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White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-18
Transportation Taxes
to Be Cut In Halt

Hope that the freight and passen-
ger transportation taxes would be
repealed is shattered by the action
OF the senate finance committee IA
voring retention OF these taxes, al
though in a rduced form. The house
voted to repeal these taxes, but at
Washington Wednesday the senate
committee, which is nearing the end
Of the work of revising the house
revenue bill. voted to recommend
that the taxes be fixed at one and
one-half per cent on freight and four
per cent on passenger transportation
from January l. 1922. until January
!, 1928. when they shall be wholly
repealed AS 1t now stands the tax
is three per cent on freight and eight
per cent on passenger traffic. The
tax on express shipments and oil pipe
lines will remain as 1t is for another
year, as recommended by the COM
mittee. The reduction OF one-half
OF the passenger transportation tax
will be welcomed by the people who
have to patronize the rail and other
carrier lines and should tend to stim-
ulate traffic.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-18
INSURANCE AGENTS
APPROVE HIGH SCHOOL

J. NJ. Loeknart and William Big
game. as insurance company repre-
senfatiyes. have submitted a report
to the county board of education rel
atiye TO fire escapes for the high
school building. The last grand Jury
report recommended fire escapes for
this particular school structure. but
ihe suggestion of the inquisitorial
body has never been complied with
because of the cost and the rather
depleted condition of the school
treasury.
The report of the insurance rep
resentatives makes the installation OF
fire escapes an unnecessary expense
because of the nature of the build
ing's construction, which is considered
fireproof, while as further safeguards
the interior of the structure is ade-
guate1y provided with standpipes and
fire hose and the various stairways
are short and broad.
All of which is true-except Tic
fireproof part. This Is a question
long open to argument and frequent
ly brought into the limelight of dis
cussion when some so-called fireproof
building Is destroyed by fire beyond
A1tatA- hto Aao hoPPNhC0 AtCQuCht-
ly. The present high school building
was constructed with the view to re-
ducing the fire hazard to a minimum.
and the report of the fire insurance
representatives indicates that it is
considered safe building from the
standpoint of fire.
Just the same the News believes
that the suggestion of the grand jury
was well founded and that any ouild-
Ing of two or more stories, connect
ed with interior staircases and occu-
pied as school, should have ade-
quate outside fire escapes 1t is al
WAYS the unexpected that happens
and the expense is not to be consid-
cred when compared with the safety
and lives of human beings-particu-
larly children. One such. sacrifice
through mistaken economy would
mean an everlasting sorrow.
Probably the best safeguard for
the prevention of fire in any building
Is system of automatic sprinklers,
whereby the flames are doomed in
their incipiency.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-18
Death of +. p. Curtis
Former Ely Resident

James Fl. Curtis has received word
of the death of his brother. +. p. Cur
tis. who passed away in San Fran
cisco hospital August 81. after a long
illness from tuberculosis He was a
native OF Virginia City. New. and was
born November 2S, 1865. He early
learned the printers trade and was
initiated into the mysteries of the
craft in Carson City during the SOS
He always followed the trade and be-
came well known in California, par
ticularly in San Francisco. He was
often in poor health and for time
was in the Union Printers home at
Colorado Springs. but soon left there
to again take up active work. He
was employed for time in Ely, COM
ing here shortly after the San Fran
cisco earthquake and remaining until
October, 1908. Burial was in the
Cypress Lawn cemetery at San Fran
cisco
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-18
POTATO CROP SHORT;
PRICES WILL GO HIGH

C. A. Norcross, Nevada state mar
keting specialist. asserts that the po-
toto crop of the United States will,
according to September estimates. be
over 100, 100000 bushels short of the
crop for 1920. and that the total crop
will be only three-fourths of that of
lest year. While the Pacific coast
crop is little better than last year
the east shows heavy shortage and
a ready market will be found in the
east for all western-grown potatoes
The September estimate of the
United States bureau of markets and
crop estimates of the potato crop o.
the United States is 1913 100000
bushels, as compared with 42S,36S,-
900 bushels for 1920 and a five-year
average of 371 100000 bushels. With
the exception OF 1916, this year, S
crop is the smallest since 1911. The
decrease as compared with last sea-
son Is nearly 25 per cent and as COM
pared with the five-year average 13
per cent. The attention of growers
is called to the fact. says Mr.. Nor
cross, that the lowest cash wholesale
price of fair to fancy potatoes on the
Chicago market in December. 1916,
when the national crop was $1,000
900 bushels, was S1.25 per bushel,
the highest $40 per bushel. and
which prices had increased by the
following May on the same market to
SO lowest and s3.75 highest.
The crop shortage is more or less
general east of the Rocky mountains
and particularly in the great potato
growing states of New York. Penn
sylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota
Following is a comparison of last
seasons production with the Septem-
ber estimate for this year in bushels
for the region of western states af-
fecting the Nevada potato market
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-18
MARTHA c. LEWIS IS
LAID TO LAST REST

The funeral OF Mrs. Martha c. Lew
is, who died September 10 at the age
Of 73 years, was largely attended
Wednesday afternoon at the Wilson
Bates mortuary. Rev. Harold st. c.
Carter of the Methodist Episcopal
church officiating.
AS the deceased was the mother of
County Commissioner Robert l.
Tucker the county offices we're closed
during the time of the funeral, as
were many business houses, as a trib-
ute OF respect. There was an unus-
ual offering of flowers, the remem-
brances including many elaborate set
pieces and emblems and an almost
endless number OF individual bou-
quets OF sweet peas and other flow
ers from the lawns and gardens OF
Ely friends.
Musical numbers were rendered by
Mrs. Anthony Jurich and Mrs. Joseph
Wallace. 1nterment was in the Ely
cemetery. The pallbearers were
George T. Armand, Il. A. Millick,
Percy ]. Jackson. Alex Baird, +. d.
Oldfeld and William o. Moorman.
Mrs. Lewis was a native of Iowa
but came west when young girl
and became one of the staunch char
acters in the pioneer life and upbuild-
ing of the country. She was twice
married. her first husband being
Louis Tucker, to whom she was
Joined in matrimony at San Bernar-
dino. Cal, and who later died in Vi
salia, Cal
In 1872 Mrs Tucker removed 10
Sunnyslde, in Nye county, Nevada,
where she married George II. Lewis,
and Of four children born to the Sec
ond union three are still living
Mrs. Lewis was woman univers-
ally beloved and respected and her
passing removes another who will
long be remembered for the good
work she has done
The surviving children are Mrs.
Lottie Smith Of Boise, Idaho: Mrs
Victoria McAninch of La Grande
Ore; Robert l.. Tucker of Ely; Mrs
Emily Griffith OF Sunnyside, Wash.
George and Harry Lewis. both of Ely
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-18
EXPERT LUNO HUNTER
KILLS MANY ANIMALS

Thomas Kennedy of Lund. ore of
the hunters for the United States bio
logical survey. with a record of As
predatory animals destroyed during
the month of August, comes in for
high honors as hunter. Nevada
coyotes and bobcats suffered severe
setback and all former records in the
Nevada district for the number OF
predatory animals killed by one man
were shattered by John Penola of
Eureka, who was far out in front
with the scalps and pelts of rs de-
structye varmint tied to his belt.
Penola had to his credit f6 coyotes
and SO bobcats. Kennedy. with his
record OF as, was second in the list.
4 Sans, assistant of the bio
logical survey, makes the announce
ment to the men under mis- jurisdic-
tion that from now on any skins that
have a fur value will be saved and
carefully preserved.
During this month The biological
survey has two crack Idaho hunters
nn its staff. George Thomas, who
holds consistent record of 30 pred
atory animals per month for his three
years in the service OF the govern
ment. Is working in the Owyhee .ies-
ert district. o. A. Tolman, another
expert. is making life miserable for
coyotes and bobcats in northeast
Elko county.
Inspector A. L. Rasmussen visited
the trappers in Eureka, Lander and
Nye counties in August and reported
all doing excellent work This month
he will make the rounds of Pershing,
Humboldt and northern Lander coun-
ties.
September is always a banner
month for the predatory game hunt
ers and Biological Assistant Sans
hopes to see an increase over the
August total of 7e7 coyotes, S3 hob
cats and four fur-bearing animals
trapped or killed.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-18
Senator Key Pittman
limited to Visit Ely

Senator Pittman was scheduled to
be in Elko during the week in at
tendance at the rodeo and fair. and
an effort was made to induce him to
come to Ely TO look over local busi-
ness conditions. more particularly
relative to the mail situation and the
movement under way to procure
daily mail to Ely in lieu of the pres
ent three times week service. The
senator was willing to come provided
duties at Washington did not limit
his stay in Nevada. Postmaster Wal
lace sent telegram to Senator pitt
man at Elko' inviting him here, but
mo word has been received IN reply
up 10 last evening,
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-18
Deputy Sheriff Makes
Hard Ride for Sick Man

Word was brought To ely last
Monday that an employe in sheep
camp in Spring valley was seriously
Ill with symptoms OF rabies. The
bearer of the message was the camp
loss, and as the situation seemed to
call for immediate attention Under
Sheriff Charles Chester made the
trip to the sheep camp to bring the
sick man to Ely or take such other
action as might be necessary.
The start was made about mid
night Monday and as the camp is To-
Gated in Pole canyon. high up in the
Snake range. it was Tuesday after
noon before the location was reach
ed. Then II was found that the sick
man had recovered and returned to
work He had been sick all right,
but not with rabies. He had eaten
heartily of canned tomatoes that had
leen left standing in the tin, and a
serious attack of ptomaine poison re-
suited and the patient became so sick
that he developed alarming symp-
toms. Soon after the camp attache
left for Ely to procure assistance the
sick man succeeded by the use OF an
emetic in getting rid of the poisonous
contents in his stomach and imme-
iiately felt better.
Under Sheriff Chester says he did
not have to catch a man. but did
catch a bad cold.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-18

Reduced Rates to Legion Meeting
The national convention of the
American Legion, to be held at Kan
sas City October 81. November l and
2, is without doubt going to be one
of the largest ever held. All legion
naires and members OF their families
are invited. A 1-cent rate has been
granted by most OF the railroads and
the Southern Pacific has granted
one and one-third fare for the round
trip over their lines. Anyone wish
ing to attend should let the depart
ment adjutant know as soon as pos
sible that accommodations may be
secured.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-18
Estimate
Totals ----54,270.000 $40

Totals ----oI I,270.0O0 54,705.00O
The regional increased production
OF $4,000 bushels, equivalent to
eight-tenths of l per cent, is negli-
gible. In the face of such national
scarcity potatoes grown in Idaho,
Utah and states to the east will nat
urally flow easterly in larger quanti-
ties than ever, thus tending to extend
the scarcity to the coast terminal
marhats In to September l carlots
totaled 2,1ss cars. as compared with
s2S cars to the same date last season.
Nevada potato growers are advised
not to accept too readily prices Of
fered at this time. as the outlook for
strong potato market later on is
excellent.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-18

Ruth Miner Has Serious Accident
Hugh Branagan is receiving treat
inent at the Steptoe valley hospitsl
for a badly fractured leg, the result
Ruth mine, where he is employed.
The accident occurred late Saturday
night of last week and the injured
man was taken to the hospital In the
ambulance. which was sent from
East Ely for him. DR.. Bowdle re-
duced the fracture and reports the
patient doing as well as the nature
of his injury permits at the present
time
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-18
Ely-salt Lake Mail Goes to shafte,

Ely-Salt Lake Mail Goes to Shafter
Postmaster j. ID. Wallace an
nounces that by a new arrangement
mail from Ely to Salt Lake is now
routed by way of Shafter, whereby
letters from this district are received
in Salt Lake in the afternoon in
stead OF In the evening. as was the
case when the mail was routed by
way OF Cobre. A special delivery
letter that now goes out on the Nc
vada Northern railway mail In the
morning for Salt Lake will be tie
livered the same afternoon.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-18
Southern Pacific Restaurants Reduce

Allan Pollok, manager of the
Southern Pacific commissary depart
ment, announces reductions in prices
at the company's station restaurants,
ranging as high as % per cent and
averaging about Is per cent. The
reductions are now in effect. Some
OF the reductions are:
Mutton chops. from 60 to SO cents;
sirloin steak, $1.10 to 81; Hamburg
er steak, so to 45 cents; bacon and
eggs, SIS to 55 cents: two boiled eggs,
30 to 20 cents; baked beans. 35 to
30 cents; potatoes, French fried or
lyonnaise. 20 to Is cents; mashed or
boiled potatoes, 8 to 10 cents.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-18

Fred l.. Moore, plumbing and heat
ing. 525 Aultman st. Phone SIX.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-18

Fred L. Moore. plumbing and heat
Ing. 525 Aultman st. Phone SIX
The Little River news., 1921-05-21
CHIEF JUSTICE DIES
Edward Douglas White of United Stat.
 es Supreme Court Dies.

Washington, May 19.-The death here at 2 o'clock this morning of Edward Douglas White, veteran chief justice of the United States, cast a shadow of sorrow today over the na- tiOnal capital, where during long years of service on the supreme court bench he had grown in the admira tion and esteem not only of his off, cial associates but of the entire pop ulation.
 Although all hope for the chief jus tice's recovery following an operation last Friday had been abandoned since he took a critical turn for the worse two days ago, the news of his death came as a shock to friends and assO- ciates. The chief justice, who was 76 years old, had enjoyed rugged health up to the time he was forced to submit to the recent operation for bladder trouble, and his record of attendance on the supreme bench was traditional
The Little River news., 1921-05-21
SINGING AT OAK GROVE
Oak Grove Will Have All Day Singing
 First Sunday in June.

Oak Grove, May 19.-(Spec1al)-lhe annual all day singing at Oak Grove School House will be held the hrst Sunday in June. Everybody is invited to come and bring your friends. The Oak Grove singing has been going on for the last 20 years without a failure. and we are looking forward for a good singing this year. The singing will be under the management of H. H. Tate of Jewel. MT. Tate doesn't need any introduction as most everybody that has been to singing at this place knows MT. Tate. The singing class at this place invites all classes that can to bring books with them as the more books the better the singing.
 Oak Grove is B miles northwest Of Winthrop on the Cerro Gordo and Winthrop road. Here's hoping that we will have big crowd, lots of din- her and fine singing. Don't forget the date. the first Sunday in June.
The Little River news., 1921-05-21
SLAYER FREED ON BOND
DeQueen Youth Who Fatally Stabbed
 Man Held to Grand Jury.

DeQueen, May 16-Fred Deshazo, aged 16, employe of a focal lumber mill who Saturday night fatally stab- bed Walker Priest, aged 33, this morning was held to the Sevier county Grand Jury following a hear ing before Justice George Erkin His bond was fixed at $2,5OO, which was furnished.
 Evidence at the hearing this morn ing tended to show that Priest and two other men, whose names are not known, approached Deshazo shortly before 10 o'clock Saturday night and started abusing him. The three men were drunk, it was said. Priest is said to have struck young Deshazo. The youth backed away and opened his knife, and when Priest attacked him again, it was said Desnazo stab {, bed him twice, once on the left arm and once just above the heart. The latter cut severed an artery, and the man bled to death in 20 minutes.
 Deshazo surrendered to a deputy sheriff a short time after the killing.
The Little River news., 1921-05-21
FRIDAY EVENING MARKS
 FINAL SCHOOL EXERCISES
Dr. J. D. HammOndS of TeXarkana Will Deliver Address to Graduates;
 Programs Have Been Good.

The program for the graduating ex- ercises of the high school department will be held Friday night of this week at the auditorium. This will be the big climax to the series of exercises of the week. Dr. J. D. Hammonds Of Texarkana will deliver the address to the graduates The valedictorian of the class is Miss Willie Bishop. The salutatorian is Evelena Martin.
 The class play on Wednesday night was fine. The 'Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary" a rattling comeGy, was put on by the senior class of the year. A large audience attended ana enjoyed it. The cast of characters was given in a previous issue. Withou, going into details we will say that the various characters were we'll presented, and in a way creditable to real. actors.
 The eighth grade graduating exer- cises were held Thursday night. There were thewty-three in this class who graduated and received diplomas. A splnedid program was presented by the members of the class. Juanita Twyman was the valedictorian and Julia Bass salutatorian. The program in full was given in Wednesdays issue. Every number was a good one. Much is expected of this class in the future.
The Little River news., 1921-05-21
Annual School Election
 To Be Held Saturday

The annual school elections will be held in every district in the county Saturday. The interest is not very great in Ashdown, there being only two candidates for directors without opposition They are Jim Sanderson and A. P. Steel. F. M. Davis is the only candidate for member of county board of education.
 Must be Hot at Foreman.
 At Foreman they have a ticket of 12 candidates for school director, and only four to be elected They are as follows: T. E. Cannon o. L. Davis, J. H. Hawkins, N. A George, W. M. Martin, Mrs. K. G. Campbell, Frank Horner, w. H. Atkinson, E M Davis. U. c. Hogrefe, F. T. Stroud and W. T.. Reid
The Little River news., 1921-05-21
State Insurance Business
 Shows Unusual Increase

Little Rock, May 1S.-A phenomin- al increase in the insurance business in the state is shown in the annual report of Bruce T. Bullion Insurance commission, which was made public Wednesday morning. The report shows that while in 1909 there were 227 insurance companies, as- sociations and societies collecting premiums totaling $S,OO0,00O during the past year, there were approxi- mately 400 companies collecting premiums totaling over $26s505,2 ,2S7.
The Little River news., 1921-05-21
MnLER-BOWIE FARM BU-
 REAUS TO HOLD SESSION
Aaron SapirO, Famous Marketing Ex. pert. Will Address Farmers on
 Gotten Pool Project.

Texarkana, May 18.-The meeting to be held Saturday of this week at the Texas city hall, in which the farmer members of the county Farm Bureaus of both Bowie andl Miller counties will participate, will be perhaps, the most important meeting that these organi- cations will have had since the one was held at which the bylaws, rules and regulations were adopted and the first officers of the new organization elected
 It has long been the opinion of the agricultural experts of the country that by the cooperative method alone can the salvation of the farm life in this country be maintained and the farmer secure anything like the proper price for his product. The success of this kind of organization has been so we'll demonstrated in California, where Aaron Sapiro, Sat urday's speaker, is now representing | as dllOIuey, lOuIleeH SlOWeI 5 Ol S1H- i izations, that the southern agricul- l turists conceived the idea that if he could put over successfully in Calif- ornia a project of the kind, that the territory could be enlarged and per haps a plan worked out whereby the | cotton producer could be made his own agency for handling his product thus insuring better market prices marketing conditions, and giving the grower something like a fair return on his investment.
 Mir. Sapiro was approached witl the proposition and expressed tn opinion that it could be satisfactorll, worked out. The plan will be made. The movement is already making goo ground in Arkansas, Texas. Oklahoma and in the allotment of cotton fror the various counties of the state l
 Arkansas. MJller county has bee asked to put approximately 3,5l4 bal es into the pool. In Texas alone it
 expected to have not less than l,o0o
 900 bales of cotton pledged under tn
 new plan of cooperation, and 1t IS ff
 ported that the contracts essential
 the success of the scheme are belh
 ranidlv signed up all over the cotto
 growing sections of the state.
The Little River news., 1921-05-21
OIL DEVELOPMENTS IN
 MILLER LOOKED FOR
keneWed Interest Follows Splendid Prospects at DuLaney No.
 Now Railing.

Texarkana, May 1S.-Tnat Texar- kama will have a developed oil field on some side of it before the end of the summer is the opinion being ex- pressed in many quarters, especially since there is being shown much re- newed interest in the we'll being drill ed by the National Reserve Oil Cor poration, about miles from Hooks, and in the well being drilled by the DuLaney Oil & Gas Company, on the J. F. Rochelle farm about 16 miles northwest of Texarkana, in which bail ing is now going on for the purpose of bringing it in.
 The promise of further development is making the local territory come more widely into prominence, and within the past few weeks there have been a considerable number of op- orators and drillers in Texarkana looking over the field adjacent to this city, with a view to either getting hold of acreage or of making ar ranyements to contract for the drill ing of tests.
 Almost every day it is said, there are one or more scouts or companies of prominence visiting in Texarkana who. while they do not often let their business become known, are quietly looking over the fields, Keeping their ears and eyes open, but saying little. From some of these visits it is be- lieveG there will soon come some de- velopment activity of real worth, which, when completed will have definitely settled the question for all time to come
 South Miller county again is be- coming the center of many reports, some of which cannot be verified, but others of which are based on facts sufficient to warrant the belief that iu the near future there will be more development worK than merely the securing of lease holdings going. 1t is stated on good authority that tte Farmers Oil & Refining company will drill a well in the very near fu- ture in the central southern portion of the county and there are intima- tions that a considerable number of C!her lease holders are looking over the situation with a view to letting drilling contracts.
 Based on these conditions, the be- lief that strenuous development Work will be under way long before sum- mer is over is we'll founded, in the opinion of those persons interested.