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White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-01-21

ments and betting went ahead lust
the same and the thing was an
%nouneed for Z o'clock. When the time
throng. He said that he had not in
tended to allow the fight, but since a
great deal of money had been bet he
would allow it provided it was on the
square. The only way to insure that
was to have some outsider pull the
badger.
Scott sailed forth and grabbed the
end of the long rope. He started to
pull it at once but was told to wait.
The neither end of the rope was in a
barrel. where II. II. Stevenson was
acting as keeper .of the badger.
Twenty feet away Billy Lawrence
was holding Stevenson's Airedale,
which was lined up straight toward
its master at the barrel top, and
"Frenchy" Vautrin was holding the
crowd back and clearing a runway.
Pendleton was appointed one Of
the judges and to appease Stroud,
who still demanded the right TO pull
the badger, he vas appointed the sec
ond Judge.
The word was given and the lanky
hardware drummer, with stiff collar,
Fedora and all that goes with the
makeup of a stylish travelling Gales
man. rope in hand, started az the
word, in high gear.
Run Rum" dozens shouted at
once.
Scott ran clear out into the open
beyond the crowd, but when down
about the Ely theater entrance nc
happened to look around, presuma-
bly, wishing to see how the fight wss
breaking. Well, Scott turned red.
pink, white. then wilted. The badger
turned out to be a piece of white en-
amled ware with a handle to it and
a clothes line rope half-hitched into
the handle.
Everybody laughed and laughed
and laughed. Several even hollered.
But Scott was good natured about 1t.
People he never saw before slapped
him on the back and joshed him for
further orders. Yet ne did not get
sore but mingled with the crowd and
Joined in the merriment for the res.
of the evening.
In Justice to Mr.. Scott it may be
added that his friend and coach. Mr..
Pendleton, was introduced 10 the
cruel world Of a travelling salesman
in exactly the same manner. so he
thought his successor was entitled TO
all the details in learning the ropes"
of life on the road in the wild from
tier desert and mountain f~astnesSe5
~ Nevada
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-01-21
Aged John Borchen
Taken Seriously III

John Borchert. aged 90 years. of
Cherry Creek, was taken quite i'll
this week and is receiving the med
ical attention of DIR. NJ. J. Rand. His
advanced age makes the case serious
but everything possible is being done
to alleviate his condition. Mr.. Bor-
ebert is the father of Fred and Harry
Borehert of Cherry Creek and is one
of the early pioneers of White Pine
county.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-01-21
BADGER FIGHT STAGED
FOR UTAH DRUMMER

That the baser side is still so
deeply imbedded, eve in this sup
posedly enlightened and humane age
the age of the quality of mercy
that should not be strained and ever
strives with pitiable success to gain
the ascendeney, showing that the
splitting of blood, carnage, destruc-
ton, downright cruelty and other
things inhuman-make the greater
painfully evident Monday night when
at least nine-tenths of the supposed
responsibility of Ely We're on hand
10 witness a horrid dog and badger
6ght-right on Aultman street, in the
heart of the metropolitan district.
Anyway. a big crowd was there,
sidewalks, windows and housetops
packed, and to take ii up from the
viewpoint of the sordid majority, ii
was a great and thrilling fight and
in every sense of the word a sue
cess"
c. A. Scott is the new travelling
salesman for the Strevell-Patterson
Hardware Company of Salt Lake. On
his trip he was accompanied by X. A.
Pendleton, who is retiring from the
same position and came along to In
troduce his successor to the trade.
On the way from Cobre the dull mo-
ments were frittered away by talking
of the wfIds of Nevada and its Indians
and gunner Scott said he had been
in Salt Lake a long time but had
never been In a Wild country like
Nevada. Because Pendleton had beer
making this territory for a few years
he proved to be a gold mine of infor-
nation about Nevada's wild men and
animals. and he 1t was who incl
dentally mentioned badgers and their
great fighting prowess. Scott became
keenly interested and was given all
the data.
Scott met quite a few people in
his rounds of the city and this sub
iect interested him so intensely that
ne spoke of badger fights to every
one Once while talking somebody
burst in the door to say a badger had
just been brought to town.
Are they going to have a fghts''
excitedly asked Scott.
His excitement grew as he was as
sured that it was being arranged.
At the Northern hotel he happened
in just at the right moment to see
large bets offered and the money
quickly covered. Some bets were
posted on the bulletin board but none
had long to wait. From the amount
of money Jack Krotzer first passed
out and then had deposited with him
as stakeholder 1t looked like more
than $1,000 had been wagered, but
the same pair OF ten-spots did the
work for the whole performance.
Toward evening Rev. James Mac
Laughlin was there and Indignantly
denounced the proposed fight. Said
he:
They tolerate such things-they
call it amusement. But I don't agree
with them"
Bud Stroud, night Waterman. took
an opposite view. He had never heard
the details of n dog and badger fight
and wanted to pull the badger.
City Marshal George Jackson put
his foot down hard and said the fight
should mol come off. The arrange
NH cAas,c nxr
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-01-21
Two Men Asphyxiated In F,u,, "a,

James Martin and ID. p. Evans, two
Young men who were riding across
the continent in a refrigerator car,
We're partially asphyAiated in the rail
way yards at Winnemucca by inhal-
Ing gas from a charcoal heater that
had been placed In the car to prevent
fruit from freezing. They recovered
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-01-21
Junior Methodist Name New Officer

Junior Methodist Name New Officers
There was an attendance of nearly
fifty. at the regular meeting of the
Junior League at the Methodist
church Friday evenintaoi aoin OHM
occasion of the annual election and
tho following officers were chosen to
serve for the next year; President,
Media G~eraghty; first viee-presidcnt,
Velma Smith: second vice-president,
Irene Kitch; third vice-president,
Jess Geraghty; fourth vice-president,
Elizabeth Wallace; secretary, Paul
Jones; treasurer, Donald Bates; pi-
anist. Mildred Delmore.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-01-21
Unclaimed Letters in Ely Postomcc

Unclaimed Letters in Ely POstofict
The following letters remain un.
called for in the postofice at Ely 10,
the week ending January 10:
Mr.. and Mrs. AL Anderson, J. M
Bennett, Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Brown
Rev. Martin Burke. James Fitzger.
aid, Frank Achabel Company, C. r.
Frazier, Mrs. E. Knight. Miss Marie
Lamon, w. II. Loerspabel, Walter D.
Murphy. Rev. and Mrs. f. A. Nc.
Gowan, w. A. Mccarthy, Mr. and Mrs.
j. T. Norton, o. T. Opheikins, J. N.
Popham, Miss Flora Rowland. Mr..
and Mrs. d. Schwartz. +. A. Sears, e.
A. Swanson, White Pine Marketing
Association.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-01-21

Blue Diamond Bishop met with an
accident to his left arm while max.
Ing an alteration at the trap. which
accounts for his score.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-01-21
POTATO MARKET DEAD;
COMBINE IS UADERSOLD

The potato market, local a5 well as
general, is in much the same condi.
ton of quietude as other produce and
farm products of all kinds. Between
tho two, while both are bad enough.
the local market is a few shades bet
ter than that of the outside.
Potatoes here are selling nominal.
~ at 1925 a hundred roundc. In
less than sacks they bring > l-2 cents
a pound.
Two months ago ranehers peddled
them in Ely, Ruth and McGill for
$1.75. Then the White river grow
ers got together and entered into IN
agreement to fix prices. They placed
a minimum of S1.70 wholesale.
So far as anybody knows the agree
ment was lived up to by the ones en-
tering into it. but merchants declare
that other growers have taken adyan-
tage of it to undersell the fixed price
and the market. 1t is said that they
have peddled potatoes for less than
the merchants paid for them.
The laid down price for Idaho po-
tatoes at the time most local stocks
were bought was $1.3S. Dealers who
did not take advantage of it had their
W reasons; n of which probably
was that it would unouestionahly add
10 a large home surplus and to that
extent aggravate an already bad sit
nation. Others may have had more
patriotic reasons. wishing to be
scrupulously loyal to an important
home industry. All knew Of the
Idaho supply and the price, hence
these or similar reasons were In
volyed.
The home market appears to be
listless. There is a huge quantity in
stock and a most moderate demand.
Hundred pound sales are not as fire.
quent as the low price would indicate.
The Utah and Idaho market is
lower in proportion than that of this
district. Many acres of potatoes were
not dug last fall and hogs were
turned into the fields. Carloads were
sold at 80 to 60 cents a hundred I.
@. b Since each sack costs about Il
cents new that of itself is quite an
item and tears a big hole into the
amount received by the grower. The
net price leaves no semblance OF a
profit, which means an actual loss.
As said by Mayor Gallagher--him-
self a dealer-in his banquet ad-
dress of two weeks ago, II there were
an outside market for White Pine
county potatoes, and even If freight
rate were favorable, they could not
be shipped. This county would be
quarantined against spread of the al
falfa weevil and not a potato would
be allowed to go out. The low out
side price, If such is possible, is ever
more effective than all the quaran.
tines, for the world is long on pota-
toes and the price is so low as 10 he
destructive of a great industry.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-01-21
Mountain Lion Killed
Twenty Miles from Ely

A. large mountain lion was shot
recently In the range about three
miles west OF the Campbell ranch,
in Steptoe valley. by Indian Johnny.
II is said to- have measured about
nine feet. The spot where it was
slain is not over twenty miles from
Ely.
The Indian and others In that To-
cality arc on the lookout for the mate
To this animal. The track of a lion
apparently still larger has been seen
at various places In an area OF several
miles. Its range appears to be sir
to ten miles north of Hercules gap
and down westerly toward the divide
at the south end of Butte valley.
There are more or less deer in the
mountains between the gap and Wa
ter canyon and as far north ms Cherry
Creek. where there probably are a
number of lions.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-01-21

Sunday Shoot of Rod and Gun Club
At the Sunday shoot of the White
Pine Rod and Gun Club the following
ecOres Wprn NADIA.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-01-21

BY j. l.. MARTIN
The ~seven-year Itch has struck the
Hog Greek nelghborhood again. and
old Doc Dewberry says that II Is an
epidemic, and that the quickest way
to cure 1t is to let 1t run Its course.
EPIDEMIC: A disease that every
body gets. but doesn't know how nor
where he got 1t. unless II was from
some member of a certain family In
the nelghborhood who Is always ac-
cused of starting such things. Bill
Sans Dictionary. page 451.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-01-21

FOR SALE OR TRADE-used
Dodge truck; great puller. Inquire
Lincoln Highway Garage.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-01-21

The y WIS delivered by carrier.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-01-21

VS. delivered by carrier.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-04
CHINESE GOLD
 PIONEER DEAD

SONORA. June i. - An Lee. 93, for 50 years Q character cg the mountain country, was found dead in his cabin hora recently. He was enc Of the fcw survivors of the gold .Ius1 days, coming to the Mother Lode with thousands of other Chinese who followed the white prospectors after the discovery of gold. These Chinese established separate towns and opened small shops, restaurants and gambling halls
 At Chinese camp perhaps asAmany as 5000 of these Orientals were gathered at enc time They con structed flimsy shanties and were modest in their activities. being con tent to go over tho ground already prospected and abandoned and satis. flied with the returns the cast-off 'diggings' produced. No member of the race is said ever to have been accused of poaching
 Now here and there an old man or an, old woman still remain and
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-04
STATE PROBES
 DEATH REASON

HELENA, Mont, June 4.-With tana Historical library has under taken three difficult tasks: The first to disproye the general belief that Territorial Governor Sir Francis Meagher exiled Irish patriot, WIS intoxicated when he fell off steam Benton; second, to cut down he number of sole white survivors of lie Custer massacre to a reasoha 5le number if not to tiie zero poini; third, to disprove the charga that Major Marcus A. Reno was 5'i " of cowardice in the Battle of the Big Horn, June 25-26, 1876.
 In lieu of the first impression the Montana library has statements from pioneers who were with the Irish American statesman and swarritr or the day when he met death u the effect that he was suffering soine. what from the effects of long ride in the hot sun and had not been drinking on that day. In this re- spect, too, the state historians claim the body was never recover il- stead of having bean found various y from points on the Missouri River in North Dakota to the mouth Of the Mississippi at New Orleans.
 Against the second so-callel ral- lacy the Montana historians say there are no "sole white surg.yors' living who were in or who saw the Custer massacre and only a few h. dians still alive.
 To supplant the third general be- lief the state historical society has secured copy of the United States War Department report of an inquiry conducted March II, 1879, which is lengthy and involved but the sub stance of which sets forth that the man for whom Reno, New, was named obeyed all of his orders on the day of the battle, and, under eGn- eral Sherman's signature, declares there was no evidence of cowardice.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-04
VILLAGE BARS GAMES
 OF DOMlNOES SUNDAY

DUNBAR, w. Va, June 4.-Blue laws of ultramarine blue are being enforced in this municipality. The policy of the administration is to keep the lid down tight. Somebody slipped over the line of demarcation the other Sunday and played domi. noes. News of the crime reached the ears of Mayor R. H. Garrett, and he forthwith caused the following off. cial notice to be published in the Dunbar Advance:
 Must close Sunday!
 Notice is hereby given that the
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-04
14,ooo, 900 WAR MEDALS

LONDON, June 1. More thai 14,O00. 900 medals have been awarded by the British government to men and women who. served the country with distinction during the Great War. The, total length of ribbon on these medals would extend 1.S00 miles.
 Among the decorations awarded are 36O,00O 1914 Stars, 145.0O0 clasps to the 1914 Star. 1,7S0.000 1914-15 Stars. 4.700.000 British War Medals, and 2,550,000 Victory Medals.
 Hugo quantities of medals were sent to Canada and the Dominions to soldiers and nurses who distinguished themselves.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-04

most of the houses have either burned down or caved in from decay All have left Jimtown and Futile town, the abode of Bret Harte. Pla. cerville in the '50s had Chinatown with 1,500; today only four reside in a once busy district.
 Jacksonville was the scene of a big "find" made by the Chinese miners, S40.000 being cleaned ur quickly, and the location kept secre; for a long time.
 Chinese Camp is said. to have been the scene of the first tong war on American soil.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-04
WHO'S HERE
 AND WHERE

c. J. Alexander, canneryman of Sitka, is in Juneau on business. $. L. Carter of the Alaska Road Commission is returning to Juneau to- day on the Princess Louise after spending several weeks in the States on q vacation trip.
 J. H. Cobb, former well known To. cal attorney, wild arrive here on the Princess Louise on business trip. At the Lynda
 Mrs. John Maher, R.. H. Number, Joe Hill.
 At the Alaskan
 J. c. White. Martin Anderson. Pete Corovich. H. l.. Clifford, Ross Hughes, M. J. Stanton, w. T. Douglas.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-04

ties. Another party went up the river to Moose Creek, where they caught many cut-throats, and the others enjoyed walks in the nearby vicinity of the camp.
 Several parties from the States have already arranged to spend a time at the camp the latter part of the summer and in the fall, when the hunting season opens.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-04
CHILDREN ARE
 MONEY SAVERS

OAKLAND, June 4. - A total of II 600 school children of Oakland have saved approximately $300,000, according to a report of the school department here. Actual banks are established in each high school. while the "class room savings system," directed by the teacher, prevails in the elementary schools.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-04

THAT SPARE ROOM b . cash asset-if you use the Empire classi. fed. You can rent 1t to . desirable tenant at . good. prics, thus laasen. ing your own rspt-bprden
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-04
DUTCH FARMERS EMIeRATE

ROTTERDAM, June 4.-Dutch lin CTS are carrying many Dutch farmers and farm laborers to America. These travellers are going chiefly to Pella Ia., and other Holland settlements in the Mississippi Valley.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-04
B. M. Behrends Co.,, Inc

playing of dominoes in any publit place in Dunbar on Sunday will no be permitted after this date. R. H Garrett, Mayor"
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-09-29
4sdmblea de Aaestros.

En- la tarde del domingo pasado Sc
celebr0 una importante reunion de pa
dres V maestrOs Ell uno de los salO-
mes de la escuela Elddi0 j. Vega, de
esta ciudad. La cOncurrencia de pa
dres Y maestrOs fue realmente nume-
rosa, clio nos sorprendi0 muy grata-
ell pasado curse escolar, apenas 81 al
canadian a dos docenas las persOnas
que a estos actos asistfan entonces v
ESQ que tratabase de padres que te-
MAN tienen sus hijos en- las escue-
las recibiendo el pan de la instruc-
ci6n. FL entusiasmo Y ell intereS que
todos mostraban, eran por demas vi
Sible, V este nos hace abrigar como
abrigamos, Ia eSperanZa de que, este
afiO no fracasaremOs, como fracasaron
por desdicha, las directivas de las es-
cuelas AgustfR Stdhi, Lafayette Y Ella
ria de los miembros de las directi-
vas, Y 81 por Ia cicaterfa manifesto
de muchos padres Y Ia negligencia
censurable de ciertos maestros, en- 10
que al Comedor Zapato escolar Sc
refieren.
FL inspector de escuelas senior Aran,
que tantO viene distinguiendose por
Su buena labor educativa Y sus bri-
llantes iniciativas para la mejor mar
cha Y discipline de nuestros planteles
de enseilanZa en- ASnadilla, nos hiZo
I'M bonito discurso, un discurso elo-
cuentfsimo en- que el seiior Aran pu-
so de relieve SUI talentO Y larga prdc-
tica pedagogical Y sus no menOs fell
ces disposiciones para Ia oratOria.
Nuestro active inspector de escuelas,
Sc nos present0 el domingo como todo
abundante, v elegantes, y su bello dis
curse dej0 la mas grata impression en-
ell p1blco, que lie aplaudi0 con deli
rante entusiasmO. MOmentos desputs
de haber terminado su discurso. el Sc
nor Arln, acompalado de su distin-
guida Y elegante esposa abandon0 81
salon para ir a otra reunion de pa
dres Y maestros de 4gHStih StahI.
Lueg6 cl seilor Santiago r. Robles,
quien por su caracter enteramente
franco afable sus eXcelentes mi
ciativas goZa de tantas V tan mere
cidas simpatfas en- tOdas nuestras cla-
SEES sociales, anunci0 al phblico que
iba a nombrarse la nueva directiva de
Ia association de Paddles Y MaeStr0s de
la eScuela Elddi0 j. Vega. FL simpd-
tico amigo ChagO Robes fu6 elccto
diO de los aplausos de los cOncurren-
tes tOdOs. Para Vice-Presidente, el Sc
nor don Miguel Marroig, elemento de
gran prestigiO Y de plausible iniciati-
vas; Secretario fue electo ell active
e insustitufble Pedrito Pagan; TesO-
rero ,el seilOr Carload Rosa: Nocales,
seiloras Conception Gonzalez de Celia
bert, Mini Jim6nez. Dolores NJ. de Be-
l6ndez, Y senores Agustfn Morales
(reelecto,) Segundo Ferrer Y Meme
sio Conception. Cuando el Secretario
acab6 de dar lectura In candidatu-
ia triunfante, un APPLAUSE cerrado cs-
tall0 por todo el salon.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-09-29

elogiOs la labor, por todos c0nceptos
meritfsima, que estd desplegando en-
cl dcsempcilo de sns ArduaS funcioncs
oficiales nucstro distinguido amigo el
Senor A@uStfn TacorOntc. active in
teligente agentp de RentaS IntcrnaS
en- este distriio. ,Wlicn Sicmprc ha
merccido los mas altos clo@ios de sus
Supcriores por SuS actividadcs in
teligencia prObada. FL Scnor Tac0n-
te, fu6 nombrado miembro de la aso-
ciaci6n de padres Y maestros de la
eScuela Elddi0 j. Tcg0. en- la asamblea
del domingo: el amigo Tacoronte fuG
on I'm tempo competentiSimo professor
de instruction pdblica distngui6Se
ell cl MagiSterio de una mancra no.
table.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-09-29

lie Barbosa. Cuando los que tirnJan
q Jorge de- Ia Orcjd, di6ronse cuenta
de Ia prescncia del saGaz policfa. pu-
Sieion pies en- povorosa V Llamas So
10 pud0 agarrar uno de elloS. FL
policIa I.lamas, que vienc distingui"n-
dose por SuS magnfficoS ServicioS on
eSta poblaci6n,, ocup0 unos naipes
$1.G0 en- mrnudO.
FdmHia !SdRf0ni.
Ha fijado SUI residencia definitiva
ell la calle del Pr0greso, de esta cil-
dad la amable v distinguida famfla
del preStigi0so cOmpatriota nueStro.
selor Eugenio Santoni, activfsimo 's.,-
hrcStantc de ObraS PlblicaS en- est,
dlStrlto persona cue, pOr SUI intcli-
%cncia V caballeroSidad, disfruta d.
muy merecidas simpatias aquf pnr
eSta adQuisici6n tan valiosa es de e.
licitar Il Ia culta Sociedad de Aqua
dilla.
COrreSpOHSd1
Sent " 1909