White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-13
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Gill many of the Ely Elks have been
sorely troubled, for uneasy lies the
head that wear a bum" After nu-
merous conferences on the subject
it is said that the Ely Elks consulted
their bankers rs to figures. and these
all being presented in the red they
determined not to lose. One OF the
first selections made by Chairman
Harry Powell for the Ely team was
that OF Van Newman. Van and Bill
Edwards were known to have left
the Ely ice plant. OF which Van Is
manager. between two skies. An
] examination OF the cold storage plant
| disclosed the fact that about a ton
| OF ducks had been removed there
from. Were these in the lone car
owned by Edwards and occupied by
only he and Newman in the dead
hour of the night, and what was the
purpose?
Final results show that the hunt
ing was good but the shooting was
on the cattle train.
The matter attracted such wide
spread attention that il evidently
reached the ducks and no doubt they
Immediately went in training for the
lay otdbiC9 upCf 10 Sdiu u wave
killed n fine mallard and carefully
placed him in his hunting coat. After
walking about thirty miles Stanley
discovered hal the duck was trail
ing him. He again subjected the
lame duck to execution and returned
him to the pocket of his coat. Along
In the afternoon Stanley heard, the
duck squawk as though wanting a
drink. Instead OF playing the part
OF the good samaritan he knocked
the poor duck ver the head with
the butt OF his gun. Upon arriving
at McGill and when he stepped from
The car to his amazement the duck
Jumped from his coat pocket and
walked into Cypress hall. where he
took a seat in The kitchen and an
nounced the intention OF remaining
there until "Wednesday evening.
As to who held high u will per-
haps not be definitely determined be-
fore twenty-one nineteen. as all mat
tiers in connection with the hunt
seemed to go in reverse gear.
One matter of a serious nature
still to be settled is the gigantic
wager between Jack Murphy OF the
McGiil team and the crafty Red Rob-
inson of Ely. This wager was be-
tween the individuals as to the num-
Der of ducks he could bring In. Red
appeared and claimed nineteen. MUIR
ply showed up with one. Experts
agreed that neither knew what a
duck a An Investigation OF ex-
trinsic matters by Murphy led to the
filing in the high court OF the lord
executioner OF ar affidavit to the ef-
feet mat days prior to that scheduled
gnx The nAnkoat CAA~.O N-.a.- -
his satellites visited the hunting
grounds. where they arrested all the
ducks for trespass and placed them
In the custody of o rancher just a
few miles away. On the morning of
the hunt Robinson. accompanied by
Sheriff Nicholson. Deputy Sheriff b.
dell and Deputy District Attorney
Vargas. visited the rancher and dis
charged him without paying for his
services. This naturally made the
rancher a little sore and he proceed
ed TO 'squeai."
II is further said that Robinson
took with him his prize dog. which
he recently purchased for a fabulous
sum at the Meadow Brook kennel.
where he bid on the animal against
such well-known sportsmen as John
ID. Rockefeller. Charles W. Gates, J.
P%ierpont Morgan Jr. and Samuel
Yaede. While Red brought in the
ducks it is said that the dog. show
ing its high character of intelligence,
refused to be a party TO the nefarious
scheme and Red. when he awakened
from a deep slumber. turned from
hunter TO retriever and at the risk
of contracting pneumonia waded the
stream and tied down the ducks. A
charge OF a similar character was
laid against Deputy Prosecutor Var
gas. but 1t is said that Red by af-
fidavit has proven a clean abb fo-
Vargas in the statement that the
latter did not retrieve any ducks but
slept the entire time and refused to
! he even A C0Od d0y