White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-30
LOCAL BREVITIES

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Tomorrow being Admission day
which is a legal holiday in Nevada
: all banks and public Offices in tn
district will be closed.
Rev. l.. Rowe Williams, d ministe,
of the Baptist faith, was an arriva
in Ely the first of the week. He !,
engaged in missionary work through
ont the state and on his way TO FL,
stopped at Ruby Hill and organized
a Sunday school.
Ethel Clayton in Beyond will bt
the attraction at the Ely theater to
night. Further headliners at thi:
popular playhouse are Al Christie
six-rcel special. SO Long Lefty,
Monday and Tuesday, and ".Neptune's
Bride" Wednesday and Thursday.
Five hundred feet of six-inch air
pipe and 200 feet Of iron pipe al
legged to have been stolen recently
from the Mechanically mine were
recovered by Sheriff Nicholson We'd
nesday. An arrest is said to have
been made and the case Is scheduled
to come up in the justice court.
The property of the Salt Lake
Tungstonia Mines Company was sold
at public auction on the courthouse
steps last Monday and was bid in by
Attorney g. l.. Boreman for $3.50.
The sale included twenty-one mining
claims and a mill and millsite. No
bids were offered fer the property in
parcels.
A case which is expected To come
up in the justice court next Tuesday
Is that of Alfred Bellander of Snake
valley, arrested on the complaint of
a neighbor, B. Fl. Robson. the owner
ship of sheep being the srbiect Of the
controversy. Judicial action was de-
layed by the illness of Justice Me-
Donald.
The Ely lodge of Eagles will meet
at the Rockhill-S challenberger hall
tomorrow evening. There will be a
banquet and dance and each member
Is expected to invite a friend. The
festivities will IN at S:30 in
The evening ana the committee ON
arrangements includes Jack Warner,
Chris Rowan and Fred Baldwin.
Wlilihin l)ldlT Is IL Ddtlt1t at tile
Ely Surgical hospital to receive treat
ment for an injured hand. Mr.. Blair
was riding in a buggy and leading a
horse with the leading rein tied
about his wrist. The led horse bolt
ed. with the result that Blair's hand /
was badly injured. necessitating the
amputation of two fingers. Mr.. Blair
is an old-time resident of Hamilton. |
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H. +. Griffin. acting mechanic in
charge of Pittman field, has received
orders to return to Salt Lake City
and expects TO leave for that place
tomorrow morning. Mr.. Griffin has
taken an active interest in getting
the air mail service satisfactorily IN
stalled in Ely and has made a lot of
friends here. He has been stationed
in Salt Lake where he has a wife
and child
Claus Strom, aged about s. years,
died at the county hospital Monday,
October "a. and was buried the fol-
lowing day in the Ely cemetery. The
deceased had been a resident of the
district for many wears but for a long
time he had been in poor health and
was cared for at the county hospital.
He was a carpenter by trade but had
lived a lonely life and so far as known
had nc relatives.
The war is on between Ely ard
McGill hunters. The Stray Elks of
he former city have challenged the
Stray Elks of Ely TO Il grand duck
hunt. the losing sill to put up q dack
supper Ely Elks have OF course ac-
cepted and the details and working
out Of the contest will be watched
with interest Both sides have some
good shots and ducks that are wise
will at once proceed to migrate.
John C.. Hickey has received tele-
graphic word from San Francisco
that the condition of his young
daughter has improved since being
taken there for hospital treatment.
Mr.. Hickey had left for San Fran
cisco but at Shafter was in receipt
of a telegram announcing hat the
young patient was improving. and
therefore he returned to East Ely.
Many friends of the family will hope
thai the Improvement is of a perma-
nent nature.
In the district court Monday j. II
Singleton was indicted on the charge
of grand larceny for the alleged
theft of twenty-six head of cattle
belonging TO the Abel and Curtner
Livestock Company. The state was
represented by District Attorney
Walker and Assistant District Attor-
e Vargas and the respondent was
represented by Attorney Anthony
Zurich. Singleton entered n plea of
not guilty. Associated with Single
ton in the alleged theft and named
in the Information is Herbert Miller
Miller did not appear in court but is
under bond and the court was in.
formed by his attorney that he would
appear later. Bail was fixed at So,
zoe for zach resnondent and was