White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-23
LOCAL BREVITIES

LOCAL BREVITIES
At a meeting of the county com
missioners Monday it was decided
that the tax rate as originally fixee
will not be raised, present local con
ditions not %warranting the action.
elsie Ferguson will be on the
screen of the Ely theater tonight IN
the Paramount picture. "Footlights.
Monday and Tuesday will be shown
the Paramount special. Thomas
Meighan in "Cappy Kicks" from the
novel by Peter B. Kline.
Fifteen ears of copper were ship
ped from McGili yesterday. sem GU
with the regular Saturday freighl
over the Nevada Northern. This was
the second copper shipment of the
week. the first, made up of eighteen
cars, going out Wednesday
1t is expected that Arien G. Nelson,
superintendent of air mail service,
will arrive in Ely tomorrow TO in
spect the landing field here and get
wised up on local conditions as bear
ing on the service. 1t is reported Mr..
Nelson is coming from Salt Lake by
airplane
Ted Oxborrow OF Lund. who is at
the Ely Surgical hospital receiving
treatment for a badly fractured leg,
the result OF a runaway accident last
week, is doing we'll. The injured limb
is responding favOrably to treatment
but il will probably be some time be-
tore the patient will be able tn leave
the hospital.
Fire Chief II. +. Matthias and For
est Supervisor MCQUEEN were called
up hurry canyon yesterday morning
by a fire which had started in the
brush along the creek and assumed
dangerous proportions. The flames
were being driven by a strong wind
but the timely arrival of f~irefighters
soon brought the fire under control.
John Routt was taken to the Step
toe Valley hospital Thursday sSri-
cusly i'll with tuberculosis. Report
from the hospital last night was that
his condition remained about the
IN Mr.. Routt is one of the vet
eran employees of the Nevada Consol-
idated Copper Company and for a
long time has beer in charge of he
Duck creek water system.
Frank Nevin. the veteran cattle
man. has been in the district the last
week on a cattle-buying trip and yes
terday shipped out nine carloads Of
stock which was loaded at East Ely.
The shipment went out ~ "A part OF
the regular weekly freight over the
Nevada Northern. together with Two
carloads of sheep. The cattle are to
be fed at Lovelock bnt the sheep are
consigned east.
Deer hunters have been out in
force since the season opened but not
much luck is reported. Jack McKer-
nan and Henry and Albert Marriott
of Osceola each shot "A buck ear the
Swallow ranch. nj S~hoshone. and
brought in word that Harry Williams
of McGill had also brought down one
with horns. II is reported that the
deer are moi in the vicinity of in
habited sections hut are in the hills
in the far outlying districts
Sheriff Nicholson raided the Chi
nese quarter of bly, Tuesday night
and knocked down a still and incl
dentally secured some liquid evidence
in the way OF bottled m%oonshine. The
chink who conducted the joint was
absent when the raid was made. II
is believed this particular outfit has
been supplying local redskins with
firewater. particularly noticeable re-
Gently among some OF the Young In
dian girls who have been frequently
lit up" in public.
Ely and McGill grade school foot
ball teams met on the Ely ball park
Friday afternoon the eleven from the
smelter town finally winning 7 10 o.
The game was hard fought and any
hody's battle until the last quarter,
when Duncan made q touchdown for
MeGin and kicked a goal. Neither
side scored during the first three
quarters. There will he another gam,
between these eievens this week
when the Elyites will endeavor to put
the goose egg on McGill with "A win.
ming score on the home side.