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White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-05-06
TO USE STREETS
N DEADLY PERIL OF AUTOS

What shall be done with Ely blk
ers?
Shall they have the use of the
streets or the sidewalks. both or
neither
These and several correlated ques-
tions all but go, the city council
mems boats last evening at the coun-
ell meeting and. for the time being
it was deided to deny bicyclists the
use Of the walks and make them take
TO the streets.
The delicate phase of the subject
was brought up by Councilman j.
" Russell. who told OF perilous con-
ditions for young children especially.
There Is an ordinance against bikers
using the walks. but as Mr.. Russell
explained. IL they are driven 20 the
streets they are In peril of being run
down and crushed by hundreds of
automobiles. Councilman McKernan
agreed that bicyclists haven't much
show in this town. Mayor Gallagher
had received several complaints. He
said he thought boys OF six or eight
years were not likely to harm persons
with their wheels by using the
walks. but at the end Of the discus
sion Marshal Jackson was instructed
TO keep bicyclists off the walks and
to advertise II in all the Ely papers.
Being alert TO the city's financial
welfare as affected by his department.
Fire Chief Earl Bath was on hand
at the meeting to urge the purchase
Of fire hose before an advance In
price should make IL cost more. He
told the council that tires had ad-
vanced three times this spring and
hose. already s1.l0 n foot, was likely
TO go up any day. He said the city
had no extra hose whatever and that
while in use might break or burn at
any time. leaving a shortage. Five
hundred feet were needed. H. was
authorized on motion of Mr.. Russell
TO purchase II.
MIR. Bath asked that mo parking"
signs be erected at the fire plugs and
n space fifteen feet on each side be
reserved. This latter is according to
an existing ordinance. This request
was granted.
Mr.. Bath told OF an insurance ad-
iuster having been here a few days
ago. When informed that the Ely
fire loss In six months had been but
SO, 900 he said II was the best show
ing in the state. There had been but
two fires since Mr. Bath had taken
Office.
City Engineer Millard had a re.
port on street graveling and repair
ing. Four days work with teams
had put Central Ely in good shape
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-05-06
IANBLYN TICKET DECLARES BENDED|
KNEE IS ISSUE IN CITY ELECTION

ready 10 stand or fall upon that as
the issue for next Tuesday.
At the conference where this plat-
form was adopted 1t was made a
rigid rule that there should be nc
word OF criticism therein of the pres-
ent city administration, but rather
TO preserve the good feeling that has
obtained through this campaign from
the first.
The candidates do not claim 10
have copyright on their platform
and have not charged that their op-
ponents may not agree with each and
every plank. They say they would
be glad TO have It made unanimous
and invite their opponents to copy
their platform verbatim and 90 down
the line for putting It's planks into
effect.
There are 10 be three polling
places, one for each ward. That of
The First ward Is the city hall; the
Second is at the Riepe building; tho
Third is tho justice courtroom In the
courthouse basement.
The names of the voters eligible 10
cast their ballots at this election ap-
peared In this weeks Ely Record as
an authorized city advertisement.
Voters who voted at the last gen
eral election are automatically reg
istercd and qualified 10 vote Al this
election. Those who have moved
from one ward to another may have
transfers granted al the county
clerks Office.
The election Is to be held next
Tuesday.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-05-06
WOODEN PIPES TO RElNAIN
UNDER AUTUMN STREET

New iron pipes will be put in at
the Murry street crossing on Ault-
man street before it is paved and at
certain other places, but otherwise
the present wooden pipe will remain
in Aultman street as IL is.
This is the substance of a letter
received by Mayor Gallagher from
Arthur Smith, president of the Ely
Water Company
The letter went into details to say
that the Murry street intersection
would be underlaid by a sixteea-inch
iron pipe.
There will be a twelve-inch one
at the telephone Office connection
and three eight-inch ones connecting
with as many fire plugs along Ault-
man street.
The wooden pipe under Aultman
Is eleven feet from the margin of
the proposed pavement, where it will
remain. The government specifca-
tions for OGDEN water pipes require
that they shall be not less than five
feet from n street pavement The
proposed paving of Aultman street
having six feet leeway in that par
ticular, the pipes will be allowed to
remain undisturbed.
AS soon as the government arrives
at a decision regarding the upper
Anltman street railway viaduct, de
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-05-06

Gliding whether 1t may be surface
crossing or an enlarged yiaduct, bids
will be advertised for for the paving
of Aultman street.
The city and state favor the sur
face crossing in this case. The gov
ernment fixes a minimum clearance
of fourteen feet, but this one is only
nine feet, and to meet the fourteen
foot limit 1t would mean a deep ex-
cayation, which would be a great
expense to put In and a generally un-
satisfactory place at all times, espe-
cially in wet weather 1t would have
the further disadvantage of an OBJ
structed view ahead. both above and
below, with logical solution in the
form of a considerable lowering of
the grade on both sides. In these
circumstances it is believed that the
government will yield and accede to
the position taken by both the city
and state.
There is a further plan to elm
mate the next two crossings above
by north grade as far up as the
Boston and Ely mine, this not con-
corning the city now as an ordinance
pa7sed last night has contracted the
corporate limits to tie danger sign
above the yiaduet. beyond which the
street pavement as such will not ex-
tend
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-05-06

and the teams are at present hauling
away the surface debris in the alley
back of the Richmar and graveling
Murry street. The work was cheap
and good, he said, the gravel moving
at a rate of fourteen loads a day.
City Electrician Ed Merrill in max
ing a report on the repair of are
lights at Eighth and Aultman and
Eleventh and Aultman said the
shadows had been eliminated and
there were six or eight times the light
that there had been. The danger at
the point where Chet Anderson had
been killed was no more.
City Attorney J. NJ Lockhart re
lated to the council the proceedings
of a meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce held Friday evening in
support of Ely's demand for the des-
ignation of the Lincoln highway as
government-aid road. He offered
a resolution. which was passed. plac-
ing the city on record as indorsing
the chambers action.
The pending ordinance contracting
the west city limits to a few yards
above the railway Yiaduct was read
the second time and passed.
On recommendation of Mr. Millard
bids will be asked for for ditching
the city's two new sewer districts, the
city to furnish the pipe.
When the monthly bills were be-
ing audited Chief Bath called atten-
tion to the s25 a month cost of cleo
tricity for keeping the fire trucks
earburetor warm. He thought this
cost could be eliminated after a new
carburetor, just received, WIS in
stalled.
He asked whether the light COM
pany or the city should pay the cost
of having a man watch a short cir
cult outside the Owl dance hall to
safeguard against fire from 3 o'clock
one morning until daytime. when the
lights were Off Mr.. Gallagher said
the city should pay it and charge it
TO the property owner.
Fire boxes for cooking on the
camp ground will be erected on rec
ommendation of James O'Hare, street
commissioner. He was authorized to
purchase a load of pinion logs for
wood to be used there.
Police Judge Parker. City Treasur-
er Thomas Bath and City Clerk Fan
ny Cupid filed their monthly reports
which were adopted.
Adjournment was taken to May IL.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-05-06
ELY MEN HURRY
TO CARSON CITY
TOS4VE HIGHWAY

Fred NJ. Clafk. as chairman OF
the board OF county commissioners.
will catch the train this forenoon at
Wells In order 10 reach Carson CITY
tomorrow morning before Il
o'clock to help put up last-minute
heroic fight In behalf Of the Lin
coin highway before the state
highway commission. He goes in
Sheriff Nicholson ear 10 sateh the
main line Sunday train.
A wire came from the capital
Friday morning urging immedi-
ate action on the part of Ely. the
situation being described a des-
perate. That night a called meet
ing Of the Chamber Of Commerce
was held and = committee there
from left yesterday morning for
Carson. the members being o. &.
Bates. B L. ouayle and Vail II.
Pittman
The purpose : 20 demanc that
the section between Ely and the
Utah line at Ibarah be designated
by the state highway commission
as a federal aid road
Without this. as Attorney j. NJ.
LOckhart described 1t last night,
without a leg 10 stand on.
The hearing as between the
claims Of the Lincoln and Mendov-
er highways will be held At Wash
ington before Secretary Wallace
A.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-05-06
ELY MINING MAN
is CLASSlMATE OF
EMERSON HOUGH

Emerson Hough, the great west
ern story writer who died this week,
had an Ely shool and play mate in
the person of l.. +. Peer, a promi-
nent mining man. Both were born
at Newton, Iowa, where they spent
their boyhood days and they were
but a few months apart in age,
Hough being the older. They be-
longed to the same baseball and
football teams and grew to man
hood within three blocks of each
other on the main street of Newton.
II do not remember him before
he was years DID," said Mr.. Peer
yesterday. II was born in the
country and we moved to town at
that time. / was born in 1868 and
he was enough older than myself
so that when l was little past g.
he was sc. His death reminds me
that l must be growing old"
Mr. Peer says Hcugh was quiet
boy and did not take the interest
in outdoor sports that others did.
1t Is not remembered whether or
not he was a great reader, but his
subsequent literary attainments
seem to furnish proof that such was
his habit. His father was a civil
engineer and Emerson was strong
in mathematics in school, having
been one of the best young mathe-
matipianc in Nawfan
Il remember him best in the al
zebra class" said Mr.. Peer, rem
iniscently, "but cannot recall any
particular Incidents
According to Mr.. Peers recollec-
tion 1t was the plan and ambition
of the future author to become a
civil engineer and how he got
switched off and entered literature
Mr.. Peer has no means of knowing.
When they became young men Mr..
Peer went to Nebraska to teach
school and from that time lost track
of his afterward famous classmate.
He does not remember whether or
not Mr.. Hough went to college or
what became of him. 1t is almost
forty years since then and they
never met afterward.
Mr.. Houghs father was Joseph
Hough. For several terms he was
county surveyor of Jasper county
and did other engineering work.
The authors uncle, William Hough,
ran a grocery store for many years
at Newton. Emerson had a brother
two years his junior but Mr.. Peer
does not recall his first name He
thinks there were no other children
in the family, but il there were they
were much younger.
Mr.. Peer says the first that EN-
erson Hough came into notice was
when he wrote number of western
stories for the American Magazine.
Wider fame was gained when sew
eral OF his stort stories were pub
lished in the Saturday Evening
Post. Many of his best stories were
not novels, but descriptive and his
torical articles, one of which wac
entitled How Death Valley Got Its
Name" He wrote another attract
ing national attention about a trip
down the Colorado river. His final
and at the same time most famous
story was THE Covered Wagon"
which was used as the scenario for
the great moving picture that was
filmed last fall at Garrison, the TAX
ing of which was witnessed in part
by hundreds of people of Ely and
eastern Nevada generally.
The News delivered by mail or car.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-05-06
p. 7. Dolan, Pioneer
Dead at Cherry Creek

r. r Dolan. a pioneer Of eastern
Nevada. residing for fifty years at
Cherry Creek. died this week. He
was the father OF John II, Mark and
William Dolan. Mre. John Murphy,
Mrs. r. {. Murphy, Mrs. {. ]. Hod-
gems and Mrs. Leslie Pierce. The
funeral occurred al Cherry Creek
after the arrival of the members OF
OF the family.
Deceased was Sc years old and =
native OF ireland.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-05-06

FOR SALE-Whitlock house. in
East Ely; furnished complete: three
rooms; shrubbery. shade trees and
lawn: chicken house. Cheap for
cash. Phone 92-X. ID. p. Curto.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-05-06
Dance Saturday
Night at Bio Hall

A great event is to be the Moose
dance next Saturday night at Rijo
hall. 1t will be given by the Ely
lodge Nc. 1865 for the benefit OF the
building fund, with music by the
Junior Four orchestra, which Of
itself will be-Aa attraction for dan
GERS. Vocal selections will be rem
deted by William Coleman, John c
Hickey and Fred Baglin.
The price of tickets has been
placed at the reasonable sum Of 81.
with 10 cents additional for war tax.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-05-06
Harry Rowe. Constocxer, Decapitated

Harry Rowe, a Comstock miner
working in a mine in Six-Mile can
yon. had his head blown of Sunday
night by a charge of giant powder
In a missed hole. In addition his
arms and legs were broken. Rowe
was a Comstock pioneer, living there
for fifty years.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-05-06

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The Holly chieftain., 1923-05-03
RUT-PROOF TIRE is
NOT ON ANY MARKET
Not Wise Plan for Automobile
Driver to Follow Straight and
Narrow Path With Car.

The old axiom about the. advisable
ity Of following the straight and mar
row path holds as good today as ever.
but the autoist who interprets 1t as
meaning that he should drive in ruts
and car tracks will find 1t pretty ex-
penslve advice. A rut can be classed
with flies, mosquitoes and other pests.
It was made for no reason at all.
Some men pick out ruts to drive in
because 1t saves certain amount Of
steering, but the law of compensation
is an inexorable one, as the rut fiend
soon discovers when he finds his tires
chewed to bits. It would be quite
impossible to build tire that could
with any degree Of truth be termed
rut-proof casing, because Of the fact
that the side wall cannot be made
as heavy and inflexible as the tread.
No great amount Of reinforcing ma
terial can be built upon the side wall
of tire. In rut running both the
side walls become the tread as much
as does that portion Of the casing
which was intended to come in con-
tact with the road. In fact, in rut
running the side walls, under such cir
cumstances, are subjected to even
more abuse than the tread, for the
reason that the tread rolls over the
surface Of the ground, while the side
walls are scruffed and subjected to a
side-swiping motion that very soon
wears away rubber tire. OF course,
1t Is quite true that there are times
when bad roads cannot be avoided or
when conditions make 1t absolutely
necessary to drop into a RUTH. w.
Slauson In Leslie's.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-05-03
QUICK WIT SAVED SITUATION
How Indian Native Preacher Tri-
umphed Over Enemy Who Had
Thought to Confuse Him.

What valuable gift Is a ready wit
It 80 often makes the difference be.
tween humiliation and triumph. An
interesting example of its usefulness
In tight place is given by a con.
tributor to the Atlantic Monthly; she
writes:
One day an Indian native preacher
whom delight to think of was try
Ing to preach to crowd of Moham-
medan villagers. An old hostile maulvi
stepped up and said:
IF you think you are able to In
struct us, tell me this: God made
the world, didn't he? Well, what
did He do with the pieces that were
left? You know there must have been
some scraps"
Without hesitating, the preacher
stretched out his arm, pointing direct.
ly In front of him. The crowd turned
| to look.
"There are the pieces" he cried
dramatically, indicating the horizon
of Himalayas, which shone in their
SHOWS dazzingly after winter rain.
The crowd looked and fell silent
THAT'S sol" conceded the awe-strucl
maulvi. And they heard him rever
emily to the end, no longer doubling
his wisdom.-Youth's Companion.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-05-03
DIDN'T KNOW GREAT PAINTER
Woman's Criticism Decidedly Anus
ing Considering tho Standing
Of the Artist.

The amateur who knows It all" be-
longs to all arts and all periods. Our
grandparents laughed over the anec-
dote, once familiar throughout Britain
and America, of the nonprofessional
lady singer who complained to hotel
clerk Of the woman in the room next
door to her, whose vocal exercises
were not only too frequent but an
offense to the sensitive ear. She was
told that unfortunately the only rem
edy was for her to change her room,
as the management would scarcely
care to demonstrate on that point with
Madame Patti!
At Dublin not so long ago, writes a
contributor to the Boston Herald, a
woman painter of distinction was
walking on woodsy path In company
with another woman painter, New
York society woman who dabbles and
daubs but who Is not professionally
distinguished. They came presently
upon gentleman who was sitting by
the wayside, blocking in n water color.
Recognizing friend who doesn't like
to be disturbed when at work. the first
woman nudged the other to be quiet,
and they both stood for n few mo-
ments to watch.
As they walked on the society wom-
an observed compasstonately: 20 dear.
isn't it pitiful? Why do people imag-
inc they can paint? There is a man
whose hair is turning gray, and you
can see from his work that he Is one
of those who will never do anything
at It,"
The man with hair turning gray was
Mr.. John Singer Sargent. who re-
celves a thousand dollars apiece for
his little splashes In water color!
The Holly chieftain., 1923-05-03

making of criticism and malice-there
Is none so difficult as inspiration to
construction.
We cannot ever affo;a. to rest at
ease in the comfortable assumption
that right ideas always prevail by
some virtue of their own. In the long
run they do. But there can be and
there have been periods of centuries
when the world slumped back toward
darkness merely because great masses
of men became impregnated with
wrong ideas and wrong social philoso-
phies. The declines of civilization
have been born of wrong ideas. Most
Of the wars Of the world. including the
recent one, have been fought by the
advocates Of contrasting ideas Of so
cial philosophy.
The primary safeguard Of American
individualism is an understanding of
1t of faith that it Is Is the most pre-
cious possession of American civiliza-
ton. and a willingness courageously to
test every process Of national life upon
the touchstone Of this basic social
premise. Development Of the human
institutions and OF science and Of In
dustry have been long chains of trial
and error. Our public relations to
them and to other phases Of our ma
tional life can be advanced in no other
way than by willingness to expert
ment in the remedy Of our social
faults. The failures and unsolved
problems Of economic and social life
can be corrected; they can be solved
within our social theme and under no
other system. The solution Is a mat.
ter Of Will to find solution; of sense
Of duty as well as Of sense Of right
and citizenship. No one who buys
bootleg" whisky can complain Of gun
men and hoodlumism.
Humanity has long road to perfec-
ton, but we Of America can make
sure progress If we will preserve our
individualism, If we will preserve and
stimulate the Initiative Of our people,
If we will build up our insistence and
safeguards to equality of opportunity
If we will glorify service as part Of
our national character. Progress will
march If we hold an abiding faith ir
the intelligence, the initiative, the
character, the courage, and the divine
touch in the individual. We can safe
guard these ends If we give to each in
dividual that opportunity for which
the spirit of America stands. We can
make social system as perfect as
our generation merits and one that
will be received in gratitude by our
children.
1.-THE END.]
Copyright, 1923, by Doubleday. Page q
Co. Published by arrangement with
Western Newspaper Union.)
The Holly chieftain., 1923-05-03
A(y)7r@pl@[;3O[L[E
NEWS e@9a 81

Good brakes depend on good brake
lining and proper adjustment.
When a car has had severe shock
the bearings should be Immediately In
spected.
Never varnish the body Of a car
with temperature below 10 degrees
Fahrenheit.
Experience has taught that one OF
the best ways to save gasoline on the
road is to keep the spark well ad-
vahced.
Drain and flush out transmission
and rear axle and refill with lubricant
suitable to temperature range Of To-
cality.
Door ratties can be eliminated by
wedging small pieces Of tin under
meath the door bumpers. This Is equiv
alent to inserting new rubber bumperA
only 1t requires far less trouble.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-05-03
DRIVERS INJURE
RAILROAD Gates
Motorists Begin to Realize There
Is More Room Behind a
Train Than in Front.

The great volume Of propaganda
directed at the evils Of carelessness
when a RAILROAD Crossing
Look. Listen" sign looms up has
brought most motorists to realization
that there Is more room behind a train
than before 1t. 1t is with something
Of shock then that one reads a re-
port Of the Chicago safety council
showing that 27 per cent Of the motor
lists who approach railway crossings
carelessly are so blindly impatient and
foolhardy that they damage the cross
ing protection equipment provided in
an effort to make the dangerous spots
foolproof.
Drivers In Haste.
Railroad crossing watchmen Of 16
roads In and about Chicago last year
reported 867 cases Of careless driving
at their crossings to the safety council.
OF these reports 1O7, or 27 per cent,
indicate that the drivers were In such
haste to get over the tracks-to "beat
the train to It," that they damaged the
equipment provided to keep the cross
ings safe. Disregarding warning bells
and the whistles of the watchmen,
many of them kept going even after
the crossing gates had started to de-
scend. 1t Is this type Of driver that
causes the safety engineer to tear his
hair and have a moment of terrible
doubt as to whether trying to save life
is worth while.
Fifty Per Cent In Some Cases.
In some cases the number of In
stances in which the gates were dam
aged amounts to more than so per
cent. The Chicago and Western
Indiana reported 80 cases, Of which IT
resulted in damaged equipment, indi-
eating that driver tried to beat the
gates. OF 90 cases reported by the
Illinois Central, IS showed damaged
gates. Eight out Of the II reported
by the North Shore Electric line were
damaged gates"
The work Of the safety council has
done much to spread the careful
crossing" idea effectively. Railroad
gatemen have been instructed by their
officials to note the license number Of
any car driven carelessly at their
crossings. These reports go to the
safety council, which sends letter to
the car owner calling attention to his
carelessness and asking for co-opera-
ton in reducing the number Of rail-
way crossing accidents and in promot-
ing motor safety in general. The care
less crossing evil Ia thus attacked at
its source.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-05-03
BE PREPARED FOR REPAIRING
One Of Chief Factors In Doing Good
Work Of Any kind-Equipment
Of Importance.

One Of the principal factors in doing
good work Of any sort lies in being
prepared for the job you are going to
tackle. This is something the new
car owner often fails to realize. You
cannot properly wash car, grind the
valves, clean spark plug or do any
of the other jobs necessary for keep
ing the car in good order without be
Ing perfectly equipped for the work.
BY degrees the car owner collects the
equipment to enable him to finish each
job he tackles In workmanlike and
satisfactory manner.