White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-07-29

motors at Oatman, in 1916, styling
themselves the Commercial CLUB,
wanted a publicity man to boom their
mines, as the previous boom was
waning. They were imbued with the
, idea that if he had a national repu-
tation he could get Oatman stun
printed in the big dailies without
pay. So they wired to Rice for a
man, enumerating various quallfca-
tons. among others thai ne mus
have a national reputation. Rice
wired back"
There amt no such animal.
Arkell was great company and an
entertainer de luxe. He told me all
about his experiences with Russell
Harrison and President Mckinley.
Russell wanted to GO to England TOR
an imaginary reason to boost their
company. 1t was discovered there
that a son of the president of the
United States was OH British soil anc
the subject of presenting him TIC
Queen Victoria was preached. But
by adroit questioning 1t was learned
that he was in England on a business
errand. He could not be presented,
as that would be a breach of court
etiquette and he would have to wear
knee pants. He cabled to Arkeii.
Arkell cabled back:
"Refuse to be presented to the
queen and you'll reflect your father
No, Russell must be presented. So
he came all the way back to Ne"
York and went back to England
again, donned knee pants and was
presented. His father, according to
the histories. was defeated.
Mckinley once asked Arkeli why
the cartoons in Judge, after swelling
him up in every issue, roasted him
once a year regularly.
Gust to let the people know you're
not interested with me-not in part
nership or substituting me-" Arkell
told him. Il like you all right, but
I don't want 'em to think you're pay
ing me-"
Arkell went through bankruptcy
in Nevada and returned to New York.
The last I heard of him he was re-
puted to be the owner and manufac-
turer of George Washington coffee,
in the money and living at the Lotus
Club.
That's once that Mr.. Rogers stole
a joke from me-. or stole a march on
me in getting off q joke. I had just
made a memo in the back Of my note.
book to say in this column put or
shift trains to help out the light and
power company, when he took the
words out of my mouth. Which
can prove by Mr.. Handwright, sitting
next to me.
Stanley Draper says: Now don't
misunderstood ME. gentlemen; We
only wanted to show 'em a good
time
IC turns out that the whole city
administration would have been kilt
if MIR. Hickey hadn't fired a blank
cartridge.
Charles S.. Chandler saws: Never
weary of well doing, Mr.. Brauson."
Oh, yes, and I forgot to ask you,
Mr.. Chandler, how Mr.. Quayle as a
newspaper writer figures as a trout
BILE generator.
Sounded exactly like the melodi-
Gus old days of Mr.. Gallagher and
Mr.. Shean.
AS a matter of common Justice
Mr.. Brimmer should collect his wit
ness fees from Mr.. Zurich.
We have Happy Hopes sworn
word for it that Charley Johnson
has all kinds and don't have to
work, worry or play cards.
Presumably Hughey Wilson was
not one of the signers, else Mr..
Chandler would have asked Happy
what he works at.
We Indignantly deny the report
that the reason Happy did not know
our old friend Heiny Muller was be-
cause Heiny never rode in a gas
wagon or had laundry work done.
It's perhaps just as well that Ole
Elliott didn't sign in his individual
capacity. Testimony might have
been offered to show that he used to
be a wet.
It's colony being larger and better
established Reno can afford to be
magnanimous. 1t showed a bad, il
not monopolistic, spirit for the
Journal to publish that scarehead,
Las Vegas Swept by Big Storm"
y. BROOKS.
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