White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-19
LOCAL. BREVITIES

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Mrs. Clarence A. Eddy is seriously
i'll at her home on Canyon street.
II. G. Parks. representing the z C..
NJ. |. of Salt Lake. came In Tuesday
evening in the interest of his COM
pany.
Mrs. Charles Grain of Spring val
ley, who was taken TO the White Pine
General hospital last week and who
| has been seriously i'll. is row improv-
ed and was able to sit up yesterday.
f. T. Hinshaw. a representative of
the state highway department, who
is making a trip through the counties
Of the state in the interest of road
work. spent several days of the week
in Ely to obtain Information as to the
mileage and expenditure of moneys i'll
connection with highway projects.
Creighton p. Whitmore had a mar
row escape from i serious accident
Thursday afternoon when some gaso-
line he was pouring into a truck
became ignited. 1t Is thought that a
short circuit caused the gasoline to
explode. The fire was extingnished
without any damage TO the truck.
W L. Tuck. a veteran of the Span
ish-American war, has offered to Ely
post No. 3 of the American Legion
two lots adjoining the Alamo MOTEL
ON the east as a site for the erection
of the clubhouse which the post plans
TO build in the near future. The nat
ter of the acceptance of the lots will
be taken up by the legion shortly.
Lester Robson came from his home
in Spring valley Tuesday. bringing
Mrs. Robson, who has beer quite i'll
with heart trouble. The trip was
made with a team and buggy and
Mrs. Robson was placed in the White
Pine General hospital as a private
patient. Her condition is reported as
somewhat better since her arrival.
Glenn Meek of the Baker Livestock
Company left on a special train last
Sunday morning TO make connection
with the Southern Pacific at Cobre
for a trip to Salt Lake. The return
ing train brought one passenger and
the Sunday papers. which the PEOPLE
were glad TO receive. as the wait from
Saturday until Tuesday fer mail Is a
long one
Miss Gladys Ellithorpe. deputy
county clerk of Washoe county for
the last five years. died suddenly in
San Francisco Tuesday. Miss Eli
thorpe left Reno last Saturday for
a short vacation and news Of her
death came as a shock TO her Reno
friends. Mrs. Lucy X. Ellithorpe,
formerly Miss Lucy Rumbaugh of
East Ely. was married 10 n cousin of
Miss Ellithorpe.
Two cases of diphtheria we're dis
covered in McGill during the week at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley
Reed. County Health officer +. +.
Owens Immediately placed a quaran-
tine on the place and no new cases
have developed. II is thought that
the disease will be confined to the
two cases. The little daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Reed and Mr.. Stoddard
are the sufferers.
Word has been received in ely of
the death of G.. VI. Deeyer, a former
resident here. w. II. iIeusser re-
ceived news Of the death from Ora
Deever, the deceased's son, who says
that his father died at Phoenix, Arlz.,
February 81. Mr.. and Mrs Deever
and family made their home in Cen
trail Ely for a number of years and
their son Ora Is a graduate OF the
White Pine county nigh school.
The case of II. II Rutherford
against the substituted defendants
for the Union Land and Cattle Com
pany to recover the reward offered
for the capture of the murderers of
Arthur st. Clair and George Requa.
including the right of II. &. Nichol-
q to intervene. was taken up in the
district court Wednesday and 1t was
ordered by the court that further
hearing of oral arguments be hello
March % at 10 o'clock.