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White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-28
TRAPPER COMMITS SUICIDE AFTER
LOSING IN CARD GAME At P|OCHE

A government trapper named Ken
nedy shot and killed himself Tuesday
at the old Wambcldt ranch, which is
now a part OF the Geyscr ranch, in
Lake Wiley.
He mad been to Phoebe and is said
to have been drinking while there.
he also got into a poker game and
lost 5000.
The loss of the money was the
cause of his determination to self
destruction.
Returning to the ranch he made
out his will, also complete report
of his trapping as required by the
government, and i'll addition to these
note saying, among other things:
Bury me as l am.
Then he took shotgun, placed the
muzzle in his mouth and pulled the
trigger.
The charge Of shot went upward
directly To his brain, almost blowing
the top of his head Off and producing
instant death.
The deed was committed in Lin
coin county ard the authorities ther,
took charge Of his body, held an in-
quest and attended to burial.
Alex Baird, deputy state mine in
speotor, was in Phoebe Wednesday,
learning the main facts, and return
ed to Ely. Harry Wallace came up
from there and brought all particu-
lars, telling II F. Matthias and others
about it. Billy Mulvihill at Connors
station had learned the main facts
of the suicide and told them to sew
eral persons coming to Ely Others
arriving here who had knowledge of
the facts were Pet Devlin and Frank
Walker, who came up from Phoebe
with the Lincoln county teachers at
tending the institute.
Kennedy was g young man and is
said to have been better trapper
than the average in the employ of
.he government. He had trapped
extensively in that region, having
out Il long line in Lake valley and
some other coyote regions of Lincoln
county.
He was but slightly known in this
region but was quite generally ac-
quainted in the vicinity of Phoebe
and Caliente.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-28
FIRST |NSTAlLMENT
TAX NOTICES IN MAIL

Notices of taxes due, the first in
stallment for 1928, were being
placed in the mail Yesterday by
County Treasurer Thomas A. Bath.
The work Of preparing the state
ments has been completed within the
past few days by cooperation of the
assessors and treasurer's offices.
Greater speed than in previous
years has been made by following the
new system of thesnames being ar
ranged alphabetically.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-28
EGGS ADVANCE IN ELY:
SUGARS SLIGHT DROP

Eggs advancing sharply until fresh
Petalumas landed at so cents retail,
in Ely, was the sensation of the
local market during the past week.
There are practically no local
fresh eggs in market so they do not
figure in the price. utahs and Idanos
are retailing at 20 cents and there
is a grade of CALIFORNIA;, not Peta-
lumas as to size, and called pu1let
eggs, which are sold at the same
price.
Sugar declined 80 cents during the
week, the Ely wholesale price being
S11.59.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-28
WINTER WAGE CUT
FOR COPPER CAMPS
IS POSTED HERE

A winter reduction in the wages
of all copper mine, mill and smelt-
er employees of the west will &C
into effect in this district November
l.. 1t was posted this week at Ruth
and McGill.
The minimum cut is so cents per
day, with others ranging from 7 q
to Is per cent. Steam shovel men
are said to have been reduced
$1.05 day.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-28
No COMICS TODAY.

Owing to the fact that the eastern
concern supplying the White Pine
News Comic Supplements shipped 90
days issue by freight instead of by
express they have not arrived. a
double supply will be given the News
readers next Sunday If they arrive
by that time.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-28

members and each should represent
class of permit holders ON the for-
est reserves, rated by their number Of
sheep. Mr. Beam submitted the
names of Mr.. Eager. Mr.. Swallow.
Bert II. Robson. Doyle Robson and
Axel Bellander.
A vote was called by acclanlation
and Andrew Boundy shouted no to
offset two or three ayes.
Continued on Page TwO.)
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-28

GOVERNMENT TRAPPING FAKE IS
EXPOSED At STOCKMEN'S MEET

you to exterminate the coyotes under
your present system?"
well, that's hard question, pro-
tested Mr.. Rasmussen with much
confusion and embarrassment, amid
general laughter.
Eyes, l know it is, said Mr.. Bran
son. That is why asked it of you. >
We'll, then, I'll ask you what if
any results you have attained, the
newspaper man continued.
ooh, there is not more than one
coyote now TO fifteen seven years
ago." said the government man.
THAT is to say your department,
the biological survey, hes killed four
cen out of every fifteen, leaving only
one?"
yes"
'And the rabies epidemic has had
nothing to do with the decrcase?"
mo"
"And the high price of fur has mad
nothing to do with it,
"No."
"And private trappers have had
nothing to do with it?"
"No."
"Its all been done by the govern
ment men :"
Eyes"
"How many men have you in this
county?"
give"
"How mny did you have last win
ter?"
Three
And these three or five men have
killed fourteen out of every fifteen
coyotes in the county, leaving only
one?"
eyes"
Then you say you cannot estimate
how long it is going to take you to
get that other onc?"
"Yes."
Il will just let the weight of the
absurdity of this mans statements
controvert them in your minds,
said Mr.. Branson, addressing him
self to the stockmen
Mr.. Branson then asked r. T.
oM diloW " say Witdt ht tiOut III
about the fifteen to one proposition.
Mr.. Swallow replied that there were
less coyotes than seven years ago, but
that the rabies, the high price OF
fur, private trapping and govern
ment trapping each had played its
part. But the reduction was far less
than fifteen to one, being three to
two o. something like that. There
were plenty of them vet, he said.
James Robson said he wished to
defend government trapping, claim
ing poison on his lambing range had
shown difference in the number of
lambs killed. Bert Robson took
sharp issue with his brother, inti-
mating among other things that he
had not been favored in like man.
ner on his ranges.
Mr.. Metcalf here made long
talk, speaking Of the cost of trap
ping and referring to taxation, which
he said the stockmen had to pay
Eyes, and in addition to the
amounts paid i'll taxes I happen to
know that the Adams-McGill com
pany has clos, to $1,000 invested in
traps and in various ways is under
heavy expense to destroy predatory
animals which must be added to the
taxes of one of the biggest taxpay-
Continued on Page TwO.)
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-28
EYE SPECIALIST IN ELY

DR.. George P. DeVine. eyesight spe-
ciaiist OF Reno, VIII be at the North
er nhotel until November 5. Those
in need OF eve glasses or artificial
ryes shanh see the doctor while he
Is here.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-28
Harrington Coming to
Discuss NIGH Paving.

w. p. Harrington of the state
highway department will leave Car
son City for Ely tomorrow to dis
cuss the Ely-McGill paving with the
county commissioners. This is re-
ported by the Carson News.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-28

Bee Little, who takes up with every
new thing that comes along. is about
to 60 crazy again over a newfangled
religion he has picked up somewhere.
Bee says that he is afraid that every
neighbor he has will be lost because
they are too Indifferent to listen to
reason.
INDIFFERENT: Said Of fellow
who does not manifest any apparent
concern in some other fellows pet
hobby. Bin SANS dictionary. page
103.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-28

Henry Nofsinger Dies At Keno
Henry Nofsinger, long a resident
Of Winnemucca and pioneer of
Manhattan, where he lived until two
weeks ago, died Wednesday in q
Reno hospital His ,nalady was
paralysis of the heart.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-28

HONEY FOR SALE-5-gallon can
$3.50; 10 lb. pail sl.75s (. o. b. Su-
sanvilIe. A. y. Stauffer, Susanville,
Cal.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-28

THE Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
church will have food sale at the
Pallas Candy Kitchen next Saturday
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-28

FOR SALE One Chevrolet Bug;
$1I5 cash Sc r. c. Strange, Troy
naundry.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-28
FIRST ANNUAL ELKS CIRCUS
Three Nights of Carnival of Fun at
the Armory Enliven Nights Dur
ing Stock Show Week.

Last week on Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday evenings the members of
Lamar Lodge No. 1919, B. p. o. Elks,
enter tanned the citizens of Lamar with
b,g circus and carnival at the arm
cry. During the three nights over
ory and enjoyed the various sports
and sideshows. To visitor it seem
ed as if the best patronized stand was
that dispensing confetti, as each even
ing the merry crowd succeeded in COW
ering the floor deep in this article of
,!iet--tnat is most people seemed to
be receiving it in their mouths. The
crowd was entirely good humored and
inclined to give and take and be mer-
ry.
From seven to near midnight each
evening the armory was crowded with
spectators in the gallery and live ones
making merry on the floor. Most of
the stands were well patronized but
the horses racing for candy was the
VI Inc Sltt silONS
were well patronized especially Trips
Wonders of the World and the Hawai-
ian Village.
Good music was furnished each
evening by both the Lamar band and
the Springfield band, both of which
are now almost one hundred per cent
Elks, and a number of good vocal Sc
lections were given each evening by
the Elks Harmony Four, one of the
best male quartettes in the city. The
i9 Show dance was also one of the
popular features ana drew large pa
tronage each evening.
The show was put on at a big ex-
pense by the live bunch of boosters
back of the Elks lodge in Lamar, but
ever at that the patronage was suf-
ficient to net nice sum for the fund
to furnish the new home.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-28
CITY ELECTION
Interest in Coming Selection of Onic-
ials for Next Two Years
Warming Up.

Registration for the coming city
election has been announced for the
three days, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, March l3, IA and 10, at the
city hall. The registration committee
is composed of j. b. Traxler of Ward
|, J. o. Stream of Ward and Mrs.
Bert Merwin of Ward 3, but all citi-
zens who did not vote at the city cleo
ton two years ago or who have chang
ed residence to another ward since,
must go to the city hall on one of
those days to register. All registra-
tion for all the wards will be done at
the city hall. Register if you want to
vote.
Interest in the city election is be-
ginning to awaken, and mass meetings
are now being called to discuss pos
sible candidates. The citizens are just
beginning to awaken to the fact that
the government of the city of Lamar
during the coming two years will be
an even bigger job financially than
that of the county. The total revenues
of the city now including the receipts
cf the light plant and waterworks will
reach over two hundred thousand dol
lars or sum considerably greater
than the total revenue raised by the
county levy, and in addition the city
will have to spend almost as much
more money in the paving and storm
sewer improvements.
In consideration of the above facts
our citizens should carefully consider
all proposed candidates for the various
positions and see that none but men
of business ability and integrity are
chosen. The coming two years are
probably to be the most important
ores in the history of our city, and
there should be the best business tai
ent available at the head of affairs.
Lamar needs the right men at the
helm now, and she should be able to
secure them by draft if necessary.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-28
LITTLE SCHOOL GIRL
MEETS INSTANT DEATH
Falls Beneath Wheels of School Bus
and Dies without Regaining
Consciousness.

Elizabeth, the seven year old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs l.. H. Vagher, was
instantly killed in front of their home
a mile and half southeast of Bristol
yesterday afternoon when she jumped
from the school bus before it came to
a stop and fell under the wheels.
The door of the bus is at the side.
1t is not known just how the little
girl happened to fall, whether she
caught her dress of stumbled and fell
backward when she reached the
ground. 1t was all over in an instant.
The driver, Mel Murphy, carried her
into the house and rushed back to town
for doctor. Dr. Woods was not in
and the doctor from Granada was call
ed. lie found the child dead with her
head badly crushed where one wheel
had passed over it.
The bus was full of children being
taken home from school. One boy had
tried to prevent the little girl from
jumping when she did, telling her the
bus was going too fast, but the chill
dren had been in the habit of jumping
before the bus stopped as it neared
their homes, and little was thought of
it until the inevitable tragedy finally
came.
No one is to blame. 1t is only one
more result of that weak goodnatured-
ness that allows children to do as they
please, taking chances which their lit
tie minds cannot understand. There
will be no more jumping from moving
school busses in Bristol, but in thous-
and other towns the practice will con-
tinue until each one has its tragedy,
one way or Bristol Herald.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-28
Electric Line Extensions.

Citizens of Hartman have been in
terviewing city officials and Manager
Todd of the light plant this week with
view to an agreement whereby the
big transmission line now serving
Bristol and Granada can be extended
to the town of Hartman and have it
lighted also. With an extension to
that point and the inclusion of some
of the alfalfa mills in that great al
falfa district the Lamar plant would
be by far the largest in this section
of the state.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-28
Wonderful Memory.

Since attending the Elks circus last
week many of our citizens are surpris-
ed that Prof. l.. l.. Tripp is running
a hotel instead of teaching history in
the schools. Tripp says the only
reason is he had TO make a living. Such
wonderful knowledge Of historical
and scientific facts" and accurate
memory for minute details is seldom
met with, and It seems it should be
utilized in instructing the rising gen
Grafton.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-28
FIRST TICKET IN FIELD
Citizen Mass Convention Places Can
didates in Field for City
Election.

At mass meeting of citizens of La
mar held at the city hall Wednesday
evening of this week complete ticket
was placed before the voters of the
city for their consideration at the cleo
tion to be held on Tuesday, April 3rd.
There was large attendance of citi-
zens out for the meeting and the tick
ct went before the people by the un-
animous vote of the meeting. Fred
Marx was chairman and Chas. Owen
was secretary and they were made the
chairman and secretary of the party
organization to be known as the Citi-
zens Party. The following is the list
of nominees of the convention:
For Mayor, Chas. Maxwell
For City Clerk, Curtis Gentry.
For City Treasurer, Eskel Lundgren.
For Aforementioned l, |. H. Myers
and Ray Strain; Ward 2, C. T. Knuck-
ey and A. c. Heise; Ward 3, F. II.
Kelsey and John Y. Brown.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-28
Hartman Postoffice.

The town of Hartman has now
reached the presidential class as the
postoffice receipts have reached fig
ure that puts it in the third-class of
postoffice and the appointment has to
be made by the president. Mrs. Nellie
Connolly, who has held the office for
three years and given such satisfac-
ton that practically all the patrons
petitioned for her reappointment, has
been reappointed by President Harding
and confirmed by the senate, according
to telegram received from Washington
yesterday.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-28
District Court.

Judge A. C. McChesney of Trinidad
was here on Monday of this week and
presided over a short session of the
district court. Several important mat
ters were to have been considered but
owing to sickness of some of the at
torneys had to be postponed. Several
minor criminal cases were heard in
which the accused plead guilty and
were sentenced by the court, and judg-
ments were handed down in some de-
fault quiet title cases, but that was
all.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-28
NATIONAL GUARD INSPECTION
Col. Hanigan of Regular Army viii
Inspect Local Companies Next
Week.

Major Arthur L. Hart, assistant
adjutant general Of the state and in
command of the Second Battalion of the
157th Infantry, which has headquart-
ers'at Lamar, visited the local COM
panies the first of the week. He was
on a tour of inspection and was well
pleased with the condition of the two
Lamar companies. He announced
Colonel Hanigan of the regular army
is on a tour of inspection of National
Guard units for this district and is
now inspecting the Colorado units and
will wind up his work in this state
next week when he inspects Co. f at
the Lamar armory on Monday evening
and the Headquarters company on
Tuesday evening The Colonel is high
ly pleased with the general condition
Of the National Guard units in Colo
RADIO and it is hoped that there will be
a full turn out next week to show him
Lamar is right in line with the rest
OF the organization.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-28
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Their Annual Meeting Next
Week.

The annual meeting of the Prowers
County Educational Association has
been called to meet at the high school
auditorium in Lamar on Friday and
Saturday of next week, March 9 and
10. A very interesting program has
been prepared for all the sessions,
morning, afternoon and evening.
Several prominent educators Of the
state are on the program for address
es. State Superintendent, Mrs. Mary
Bradford, will be the principal speaker
at the afternoon meeting on Friday,
and DIR. J. G. Crabbe, president of
the State Teachers College, will be the
principal speaker at the morning ses-
sion on Saturday. There will be "a
fine banquet at the NJ. +. Church on
Friday evening with an interesting
program of music and toasts. Mr.. J.
H. Risley, superintendent of the Pu-
eblo city schools will make the prin-
cipal address.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-28
Auto Accident.

Just afternoon on Sunday the Ford
cars of ]. E. Fleshman and Ray Lucas
were in collision at the corner of
Elm and Fourth streets near the new
E1ks home. Each car contained the
members of the family and from the
looks of the wreck of the two cars it
would be natural to suppose that there
were many broken bones if not deaths,
but the unexpected happened and the
occupants escaped most luckily. The
most severe injury was broken col
larbone suffered by the sister of Mr..
Lucas, and some severe bruises by one
or two other occupants of the two
cars. The cars are not much more
than junk, however.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-28
Captured Hobo.

A hobo applied for something to eat
last Thursday morning at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Bolts in north
aest part of the city, and after cut
ting some wood was fed at the back
porch. The little four year old daugh
ter OF the family wandered out where
he was and on hearing a disturbance
the mother rushed out and found her
struggling with the hobo. The mo-
Tiers scream frightened him away
and he fled before help could arrive.
The officers were called at once and
he was followed until late in the af
ternoon when he was caught in the
sandhills south of town. He gave the
name of Jack Robinson and is now in
the county Jail.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-28
NOT THE REAL THING

We were reading in the Lamar pa
pers recently that the cattlemen of
eastern Colorado and western Kansas
had a real old fashioned cowboy
dance, and that they expected to make
the dance an annual event.
1t would indeed cause a violent
stretching of the imagination to see
any resemblance in the modern bunny
hug, cheek to cheek and fox trot,
with the good old fashioned square
dances of the cowboys and cowgirls
with the squeaking Of a poor fiddle,
the calls of the floor manager, 'All
hands around" "sUing your partners"
accompanied with the kiyis of the
boys, the rattle of spurs, an occasional
pistol shot, the swishing of the leath-
er chaps, the sound of high heeled
boots as the boys jumped up and
down in their unrestrained joy, and
at the end of every dance, the COM
mand in the parlance of the day,
Everybody belly up to the bar" for
refreshments that for awhile at least
put more pep into the dancers feet
and more fight in their fists.
The word would go out that there
was to be a dance at the "Blue Front"
or the Green Tiger" and soon "Tim-
berline" and "Old Dutch" would drift
in from Deadman's Creek, Shorty"
and "Rattlesnake Pete" from the Cir
Gle S, "Slim" and white Face" from
the bar, the dude horse wrangler,
with his silver spurs, white chaps,
and polished boots from the rs, and
others in twos and threes from sur
rounding ranches. You would always
know they had arrived by the rattle
of guns and the playful habit Of rid
ing into the saloons for their morning
eye-opener. And the girls came too,
fair Amazons, tanned and freckled by
the sun, bedecked in their finest, with
gay ribbons and sashes, all just sim
ply crazy to get into the dance and
ready to dispense their favors in any
way that was most likely to provoke
a fight between the jealous swains.
We imagine that when the cattle
men came to the dance the other
night they drove up in high powered
cars, offered their hands to the ladies,
garbed in modern gowns, sparkling
with Jewels and redolent with fine
perfumes, and to the music of fine
orchestra, led their partners out upon
a waxed floor, and at the end Of the
dance refreshed themselves with
something no stronger than coco-cola
or ice tea.
"Them days of the old fashioned
cowboy dance has gone forever
Garden CITY Herald
The Lamar register., 1923-02-28
Snow Storm.

The Lamar vicinity was visited on
Monday by the heaviest snowfall Of
the winter, and the most moisture that
has fallen since the roads and city
streets were worked over last fall. II
was not so very much even at that
but it fell pretty steadily all Monday
morning and has done lot of good in
this neighborhood. 1t seems to have
been pretty well confined to the i'm
mediate valley as it did not extend
very far either north or south accord
ing to reports. The roads are now
being dragged and some that have
been bad all winter are being rapidly
improved. The snow did not extend
much north of Wiley and neither Bris-
tol or Hartman report had any at all.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-28

Misses Frances and Wilma Leonard
arrived home from Boulder on Sunday
called by the serious illness of their
father.
C. NJ. Lee returned yesterday from
a visit of several weeks with Mrs. Lee
at the Rochester hospital. He reports
her to be recovering slowly from her
operation.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-28

Oscar Leonard of Salt Lake City,
but who for a number of years during
the early history of Lamar was res
ident of our city, is here this week Wis
iting the family of his brother, w. A.
Leonard. Oscar still has many old
time friends here although it has been
thirteen years since he has been in
our city.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-28

Cashier N. G. Jones of the Two
Buttes Bank and Editor Ed Novels
of the Sentinel were stock show Wis
itors on Tuesday.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-02
|CutiCura Soap
lis Ideal for
The Complexion
Giant Turns over AGAIN.
Soap 2sc, Ointment Is and SOC, Talcum Csc.

The "MOodus noises have been
heard again. These noises come from
underneath the Haddam hills. a low
ridge, nea the rOwn of MoOdus, Conn.
The noises have been described as
sounding like the "rlttling of coaches
on the street" or the rumble Of dis
tant artillery" The ground trembles
plates and dishes rattle in the pan-
tries in MOOdus, clock penduIums
cease to wag, and the inhabitants Of
the town look at each other and Won
der what the noises mean. They have
been heard from time TO time ever
since the first white man came TO
those parts. II seems as If a giant
sleeps underneath the hills. and oc-
casionally he turns over on his rocky
bed. Various theories nave been adj
vanced TO explain the phenomenon,
but to date no satisfactory explana-
ton has been made.