White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-03-25

him, an he S the same Ielier, am
that help
Then Chris paused t~hirty.nine sec
onds, changed his voice to a minor
key and finished with Hes a damn
good foller at that.
So If Lenine and Trotsky have not
heard all about Chris Maltesta and
how he used to feed Big Bill at old
Tusearora Nevada. ii Is Haywoods
fault. for he should have told them.
In their numerous conferences and
sessions of story swapping he surely
must have rehearsed to them how
Chris always said So-and-So was q
good Teller at that.
Ii he has not. or whether he has
or not. l would never forgive myself
il I did not lay a wreath on the
mound where old Chris rests or at
least suggest an epitaph for his tomb.
For Chris did ME many a favor and
l am grateful. If l eyer'forgot wher
the first of the month rolled around
some bill collector would have re-
minded me before noon, but Chris
always and invariably beat every one
of them to my old office and laid his
dollar and a quarter on the counter
to pay for my daily paper for the
month. | might lie hammering my
old typewriter along absent-mindedly
- Eft1o, ap fv-apfU nainIfaG after
the door had opened in the morning
Chris would walk in with the money.
Then | would come to, look up at the
calendar and say. by Jove, ii Is the
first of the month, isn't it," Chris
would chuckle in that old Tuscarora
way Of his, take his receipt, start
down %Brougher avenue, meet some
old rounder, give me a roasting and
wind up by telling him in a minor
key how good a Teller / was at that.
But about that epitaph. | would
suggest to the people of Tonopah,
Nye county and Nevada generally
that they erect a shaft of granite
over old Chris resting place, let me-
head the list and have engraved
thereon these words:
Here lies Chris Maltesta. He
was a damn good Teller at that
Since Uncle Tom Haley and | are
the only persons IN Ely who read
the Congressional Record It is a
cineh that the rest do not know
what they are missing. This story
about Uncle Joe Cannon was in the
last issue on the occasion of his re-
tirement after forty-six years serv-
ice:
Cannon was brought up 4 Qua
ker. The church rules require hat
no member marry outside the
church without consent of the cid
ers. Cannon married a Methodist.
The elders insisted that he should
express regret, this demand being
made 4 week after the marriage.
I'll be damned If l do said
Cannon. If you had waited 4
year or so after I married the
young lady | might have expressed
regret, but | won't do ii this SOON
1t not being generally known that
the Congressional Record contains
such sentimental reading | have
about made up my mind TO send a
few copies of it over to Harry Par
ker at Trout Creek to give him a
little variety TO go with the Mont.
gomery Ward catalogues that he
uses TO entertain with when he lines
his pupil up against the kitchen wall
in passing the happy moments of his
Sunday night calls.
All. there, Senator MeDonough
and everything, The only rings you
yer gave us, ete.
Fred Oldbeld Gays: Yep, Senator
Oldfield is right"
Senator w. L. Meyers says: Con
CALCULATIONS on narrow escape"
And several other senators who
have put the late into congratulate.
Bill Geraghty says: My favorite
fruit is a bit o. canned salmon"
d. BROOKS.
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