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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-01-26
DR.. CRAFTS LEFT $4,000.
Reform Bureau Head Died Compare
lively Poor.

Washington. DIR. Wilbur r. Crafts,
head Of the International Reform Bu-
reau. who died December 27. was com
paratively poor man.
A petition for the probate Of his will,
filed in the office of the Register Of
Wills here. places the value Of his
estate at $4,000 of which $4,000 is
represented by life insurance policy
Dr. Crafts was survived by widow,
Mrs Sarah J. Crafts.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-01-26

in the direction Of his assailants. One
of the bullets passed through the leg
of fanny King, who was halted and
placed under arrest. George Doy and
Howard johnson we're also arrested
The trio. who are now in Jail here
will have TO stand trial on charges OF
assaulting an officer.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-01-26

Frosthurg Edward Stcwell, of Mt.
Savage and Miss Iris Bowers, daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Mack Bowers also
Of Mt. Savage were married here by
Rev. William McNeigh.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-01-26

Easton.--The results Of the recent
spelling in the Public Schools Of
Talbot county showed the oxford High
Schools had the highest average Of
all the Schools,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-01-26

Hagerstown. The Washington
County Federation Of Rural Women
has pledged TO give full support to
the health work being carried on in
the county,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-01-26
W. R. CLARK
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Ia PLAZA, Nd

Our equipments for the business ere
Of the best, our outfit compIete-New
IIearse and Good Team.
Are prepared to furnish on the
shortest notics. an styles % the besf
grades OF caskets and Coins.
WIN give our personal attention 10
all business put in our charge. and ws
guarantee the best OF service
r-sms Reasonable
W. 4 cLAMG
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-01-26
sNoweALL TIES UP CARS.


Yonkers, n VA snowfall hurled
by playful youngster tied up all
street cars in Yonkers IL minutes
The pellet went through the door Of
the powerhouse, struck the dynamo
and caused short circuit There was
binding fash and the boy disap-
peared
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-07
SHOE THRIFT

Do you fully understand just how
much money you can save by patron
izing the shoe repair man.
Many a good pair of shoes has
been thrown away because you
thought they had outllved their use
fulness.
Take those shoes to the repairman
let him show you what he can do
with them.
He will make them oyer-make
them look new-he Will keep in
them that comfort which you find
only in shoes that you have broken
in"
The shoe reparman can make the
shoes wear many time as long as the
original sole, for they can be re-
paired again and again, as long as
uppers are good.
Fathers, Mothers, brothers, sis
ters, "grown-ups" shoes, and young
ster's shoes-all may be renewed,
kept serviceable and in goood appear
ance ding after you think they are
worn out.
There is no surer way OF saving
money than good shoe repairing. Ii
will cut your family shoe bills in
half.
Goody ear Shoe Repair
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-07
CREEK ROAD
IS IN BAD CONDITION

That portion of the Ely-Cherry
Creek road between the Campbell
ranch and Cherry Creek is so rough
and cut up that it is a reminder OF
the Lincoln highway on the Utah
side OF the line at Ibapah.
Most of this is only a country road
that probably has been filled in
slightly at times in forty-five years.
but there are two small sections
that have been graded some years
back. One of these is north of the
Campbell place, extending not more
than three-fourths of q mile, ending
at the forks, where the graded road
proceeds northwesterly to Steptoe
station on the Nevada Northern rail-
way.
The other is about four miles south
of Cherry Creek, across the fiat be-
low the Sala ranch at Egan canyon.
These graded portions are the
toughest of the lot and could be i'm
proved by use of the county grader.
they being easier in that respect to
repair than the places thai nature
and the old-day wagons made.
; From the Steptoe road north TO
Warm springs the rotd is awfully
rough, deep ruts and bumps being
there in the hundreds.
The same is true to a slightly less
degree to and beyond the Rorchert
ranch. From there for a few miles
the road is naturally good, but from
the end of that acros the fiat to
Cherry Creek it is a bad one.
Tracks on the old overland stage
road between the Ely road ard
Schellbourne indicate that some
Cherry Greek cars have been coming
and going that way, which is via Nc
Gill, and thus making the road eight
or ten miles further, while others
have crossed the valley at Warm
springs station, but by neither route
may all the rough places be avoided.
Cherry Creek people could get a far
better road than right now by cross
ing the Egan range and coming in
by Bothwick, though two high sum-
mits would have to be crossed, hut
it would save springs ard car frames.
Several men and a team are grad
ing the road in places where it was
washed out up Cherry Creek canyon,
it being much improved over its con
dition of last year.
The new grade across the fiat for
eight miles north of East Ely is in
excellent shape. 1t is smoothe and
dry. If it remains that way this
winter it will surprise the .old-tim-
ers, who have always used the old
road up to now, but for weeks there
has not been a wheel over the old
road.
These various sections as far as
Cherry Creek are on the route of
the promised highway between Ely
and Twin Falls and also on the route
to Elko. The Cherry Creek CANYON
road is a part of the latter.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-07
0LD-T|MER RECALLS
FURNACE MURDER

The recent publication of the story
of Lee Singleton, who in 1871 at
Eureka knocked his working partner
down with a shovel and threw the
stunned mans body into a smelter
furnace, has brought forth a letter
from Steve Shekell, who was in Eu-
reka a few months after the murder
and vas there in 1877 when Single
ton committed suicide over it and left
a letter revealing the facts. Shekell
is living at Reno and has written to
his pioneer friend, DeputI Sheriff
Dave Mclean, as follows:
I am the only man in the world
against the whole world to solve
lately a murder mystery in Eureka
in 1871 and later suicide Of one of
the principals in the aff3ir. l was
in Michigan up to November, 1871,
and left there and arrived in
White Pine at the Shekell ranch,
above Captain Moorman's, Deem
Der IS, 1871, then about April 16,
1877, I read the original story and
then a short story came out in the
Denver Post of August IL, 1928.
1928, and would read as if it hap
pened lately. AS the Richmond fur
faces shut down and have never
turned a wheel since 1883, so it
would be impossible to burn a mar
up in a cold furnace. 1 see in an
infnruicu with tho INhita Dina
News, September 9, 1928, you re-
membered something about it. Did
you read the Sentinel of September
8, 1923? Who placed them on the
right lead where they could find
the original story Of 1877 in April?
The White Pine News published it
from the Sentinel and omitted my
name from the story I wish they
had put it in. I wish they had kept
it intact as l lived SO long in White
Pine, as l would have sent the
paper back east. The Sentinel pub
lished the story from the Denver
Post and could not verify it, accord
ing to several Nevada papers-the
Winnemueca Silver State, Carson
News and Tonopah Times, until
came along.
Come V some time and oc-
cupy the middle chair and we will
have a memory test among some of
the old-timers here. Give my re-
CARDS 10 Mrs. Mcknight in Ely. She
remembers when you were middle
man for John Bright and Taylor
Johnson.
Mr.. Shekell's name did not appear
in the Ward Reflex, from which the
White Pine News copied the story
of the strange murder of Murphy by
Lee Singleton. Every name obtain
able was published, but coming al
this time as the only person who
clearly remembers the circumstances
the testimony of Mr.. Shekell is rele-
want.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-07
Bournes Unable to
Reach Stanley Basin

Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Bourne are
expected back o o from Idaho,
where they went for the summer to
look after their placer mining prop
erty in Stanley basin. In a letter to
friends they intimate that they were
unable on account of wash-outs to
get into the basin this year and that
they spent the summer fishing.
Upon their return it is understood
that they will resume development
of their gold discovery west of Step
toe and probably this winter will be
able tc maize several good ore ship
ments.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-07

100 HEAD RambouilJet Bucks for
sale at A. Rosenlund ranch, schell-
bourne, Nevada.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-07

Do you wish to purchase jewelry
or have your watches and jeweiry
promptly repaired at Bishops Jewel.
ry store? If so, in McGill leave your
work with the McGill Drug Com
panv; if in Ruth, with the Ruth
Pharmacy. u agents
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-07
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to extend our thanks and
appreciation to our neighbors and
many friends for the beautiful flow
ers and many acts of kindness and
sympathy shown us through the re-
cent illness and death of our hus-
band, father and brother, Thomas C.
Windows.
tSigned) Margaret c. Windows
and family.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-07

Unclaimed Letters i'm Ely Postofice
The following letters remain I'M
called for in the postoffice at Ely for
the week ending October A.:
Mrs. Jack Droomgoole, Ely Copper
Co., Navarro Guadalupe "a, w. J
LaBelie, Bert MCGEE, Bisente, Rani-
nez, Dick Sears, Ted Vaughn.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-07
LIONS SEEN IN EGAN
MOUNTAINS BY HERDER

Two mountain lions were seen dur
ing the past summer by a shepherd
er employed by Jim Giannopulos and
Dick Brackenburg, their locality be-
ing in the vicinity of Egan canyon,
southwestelly several miles from
Cherry Creek.
One night a lion slew nine sheep
belonging to the outfit.
Various shsepmen and their en-
ployes say that lions are numerous
in the Egan range both north and
south of Cherry Creek.
Last winter a large one was killed
in the Butte mountains by Gracian
Etchebarren. He was passing through
the timber there when two dogs that
were with him were attracted by
something unusual and he followed
them out CT curiosity. The dogs had
freed the lion within $50 yards
Gracian had only a ~six-shotter with
him and shot four times. The first
two missed and The third got it in
the head. He let it have one more
for luck and the lion fell to the
ground, diving in a few seconds with
hardly a struggle.
There is no incentive to trap lions
in White Pine county. There is q
bounty of 50 on them, but a trapper
would have to have extraordinary
luck to make a living at $50. Nye
county pays SIS, but the additional
attraction is slight. Their skins are
worth little, fur houses quoting then
at 81 to So. Their fur is of no value
and the only demand FOR them is fol
stuffing or mounting as ornamental
rugs. Extra large specimens will
bring sometimes a great deal NOR
at private sale, but there is no de
pendahle market for them.
Lions are not difficult to trap fol
a person who understands it Blu
their range is extensive and one ma,
make signs covering ten or twenty
miles. When that one is trapped i
may be a big move to the habitat o.
the next one, and again there may
be several thrown N together. Hunt.
ing them with dogs is the generally
practiced way of getting them and
they are easily poisoned.
While lions in this state are prob
ably more numerous than any west
ern state the government trapping
department for Nevada pays no at
~tention to them. 1t has not report
cd trapping one in about three years
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-07
BY ]. L. MARTIN

BY j. L. MARTIN
1t is reported that Mrs. Bee Little
gave Bee another thrashing a few
days ago. Bee says that he is sure
that Mrs. Little's cruelty toward him
and other animals about the place
would get him a divorce; but with
Mrs. Titles reputation as a fighter,
no judge or jury would dare give him
a divorce without giving her a big all
mony, which would compel him to 60
to work.
ALIMONY: A legal patch on the
trousers of a divorce suit. Bill Sans
Dictionary, page 6S.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-07
Daniel Harrington Killed ut TonopaI

Daniel NJ. Harrington, a miner
employed III the Tonopah Extension,
was killed recently in the Victor
shaft when the engineer forgot after
releasing the clutch to apply the
brakes, and the cage fell a distance
of forty feet from the 1900 level
when signalcd to be lowered.
Charles G. Askin, former fire chief
of Tonopah, was the engineer and
has acknowledged full responsible
ity for the accident. Harrington was
active during the Divide boom as
superintendent of 4 property there.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-07

FOR SAI.E-On Mill street. Il
modern house, we'll furnished. Ring
Tx.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-04

any other one city In such case
there is no guarantee that this rel
ntiycly small group Of people repre-
SCENTS the best brains and highest
minds in the country al large III
fact. exactly the opposite was the
case In Rome. The citizens Of this
great city became degenerate. luxury
loving. and lustful. The government
fell into the hands Of tho greedy.
selfish. and short-slghied, who were
called upon 10 shape the destiny az
n great empire. The inevitable down.
fall OF Rome resulted.
our modern newspapers. our tele
graph systems. our telephone and
our wireless, which make IL possible
for all the people ~ tie United
states. All the people Of the world for
that matter. 10 keep IN touch with
what Is going on In any part Of il,
furnish ample insurance against a
royermon 10 non-represcntativo gov
eminent. They make II possible for
all people 10 be posted on public
questions and to take an active part
IN the affairs Of the government even
tho they may be many thousand
miles from our capital city
America IN not ar bad of, Il Seems.
as some degenerate reformera
would have us believe"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-04
MINE PRICE HAS
BEEN SOARING

OF the quotations today. IS TO 1896
I. o. b. mines. the cost OF production.
according TO the commlssion's ex.
perts, averages 1888. or this the la.
Dor cost is S3.97.
The I. o. b. mine price in 1913 was
$3.50. with the labor cost averaging
1852.
Whereas the labor cost per ton has
increased las per cent in 10 years.
the mine sale price has increased
slightly over 200 per cent.--from i2.se
to ss.ss35.
The proportionatc cost OF labor as
represented in the mine sale price
has decreased from els per cent TO
sos per cent
In considering the increase OF labor
costs, however. the commission en-.
phasizes two important points.
!. Tha, only part Of the increased
cost OF production per ton is due to
increased wage scales. a part being
attributable 10 changed physical con.
ditions in the mines. such as mining
Of seams which formerly were con
sidered too poor TO work. etc.
2. That the purchasing power of
tine dollar in 1923 rs about 10 per cent
less than In 1913.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-04
Vessels in Port at Seattle
.oek Str Brookdaie.

salmon Hay Dock-str Brookdaie.
smith Cove Termlnal-pier ii--Str kaEa
Msru. str Hornet. Pier t0-str Kongo-
san Maru.
Great Northern TerminRl-Str Yokohama
Maru. str Toyama Mara.
ncll Street TcrminAl--u. &. @. CO. unaiRa.
Pier it-str Tyndareus, str Portesilaus
Pier il.B-M otorship Donna Lane str
Owego.
Pier 7-Motorship Anvil.
Pier g. Str barbara c.
Pier Str sutorpcu. str Admiral Nlchol-
son,
pier str Yosemite.
Pier 2--str Alameda, str polrosa.
Pier str " r. Alexander.
Pier A--str Lake Filhcrt
Pier n Motorship Challamhn.
linton Pacific TermInel--Str VIM. Cam
pion,
q. =. shipping Board Meoriugs.-str An
ma w. Morse. str West Jester, str West
NlluH
Connecticut sire Terrhlnal--str Eastern
knight
Northlsnd.
Lander street Tormina,-,-s,r Psnnsyi-
vnnian, bark Guy @. Goss.
Duthic's Motorehip Culburra.
Spoitane street Terminal--str Curacao,
str Admiral Rogers
East waterway Dock 4 Warehouse CO.
str President jackson.
Todd Drydocks- Foros, Friend, str
Edmarn.
Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging co.-Str
Patterson
Ames Terminal Company Ship Abncr
COhurn
West Seattle Elcvator-Str bakersfield,
ucffernan's Drydock-Str Rainier, bark
Gratln.
stlmsona Minis str Annc Henify.
stream Buoy No. Str Madiaon
Winalow Marine Railway Schr Betsy
Ross sehr X. V. kruso barge Coault-
lam City. whnlcrs star Nos, |, 2, ..
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-04
AMERICAN DYE
INDUSTRY GAINS
Tables Have Been Turned
on Imports Since 1914

4 report to the dye and synthetic
organic chemical industry for the
year 1899 has been prepared by the
United statea tariff commission.
Tho domestic dye and organic chemh
cal industty made noticeable prog
ross during the year with an IN.
crease in production Of 90 per cent.
That increase. the report says. wns
largely Attributable tosan Increase In
general business activity following
the period or depression.
I.erge price reductions were noted
by tho commission, The output OF
vat aud aiizarln dyes rose remark.
ably iu 1899. and many important
dyes were produced for the first
time on commercial scale
Favorable comment OF the com.
mission on tho quality and the uni.
form Standardization OF the Ameri
can dyes has emphasis in les anser.
lion that dye for dye. with relative.
ly few exceptions, the domestic prod
ucts are found equal to She prcwar
German dycs
In 1899 abou, s3s per cent Of tho
dyes consumed Ia the United States
wers of domestic manufacture. In
1914 the imports We're nearly 30 per
cent OF domestic consumption. aes
conilng 20 The report
A measure Of the Interest IN tho
progress and development Of the dys
industry Ia this country Is carried
In the commissions statement that
moro than $4,000. 900 waa spent by
tbs raaitar dye and chemical ,adus.
try during tho five years from 1917
10 the end Of 1899 in behalf o. in
yes,iRaiions 20 improve process OF
manufacture.
A discussion u the international
dye imds Is an important part n
the report This reasons for Ger,
manys prewar supremacy in that
trade are offered with considerable
detail. and the possibility that Ger.
many may again try 10 dominate the
worlds markets receives eonaidera
ton. Tho Fnr East has become ii
ready buyer II American dyes and
ono Of tho problems 81 the domestic
trade Is 20 hold that market
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-04

FORT WORTH. Tex. Sept. a.
Fort Worth folks have as much hot
weather complaint as any other
towns citiEcnry yet right hero is
the coolest apot on earth,
Furthermore. il stays that way
90 a temperature Of SI7 below zero,
That's right. at below
The governments heiium plant is
the scene Of this extreme coolncsa
Natural gas Is liaucued AZ this tenn
pcrature. so the hci.um can be ex.
tractcd Tor use in the army aud navy
dirigihlea.
Special safeguards are maintained
to keep these rooms insulated from
the rest OF the plant, There's
reason. Lieutenant &. r. Davenport.
IN charge. gives some.
IF person would just put his
hand In that temperature. bis hand
would in one second freeze 30 solldly
that II would drop off
Put fresh piece OF bcefsteak IN
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-04
Coal Prices Haze Been
Mounting in Ten Years
Cost to Consumer Has Doubled in Past De-
cade as Production Cost Scars

TO the railroads and Is cents to the
dealer
In Philadelphia the consumer gets
iss pounds FOR his 81. Of which 81. is
and 20 cents 30 respectively 10 mines.
railroads and dealers,
In Washington the buyer gets i4i
pounds OF coal and his 81 is split IS
cents to the mine. 20 cents to freight
and 20 cents TO dealer
Chicago. being s,eaerr distance
from tho anthracite field. pays a
greater proportion to the railroads.
the chIcagoan getting only 1870
pounds OF coal for hts 81. of which
the mine gets 80 cents. the railroads
80 cents and the dealer 81 cents.
st. Louis. which IL on the western
fringe Of the territory using anthra.
cite. has net price per ton a. cents
lower than Chicago. and the ST. Louis
dealer gets only Is cents of each 81 !.
the other So going 10 railroads and
mineH
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-04

there and then drop Il to tho floor.
II would break into a thousand
pieces, flying in all directions.
~ lead pencil would do the same
Steep pipes when subjected 10 but
part Of thia temperature. shrluk 50
quickly that all paint drops from
them. A human body would also be-
come 50 brittle h would fall 20 pieces,
Helium which Is extracted from
she liquefled ems. Is ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
and possesses q. per cent Of the
buoyancy o, hydrogen Its use in
diriEiblc airahipa win make them i'm
mune from tho explosion disasters Of
tho last few years
After helium IL extracted. the gas
goes back into tho city mains. as
good as ever for cooking the family
dinner
Meantime. Fort Worth folks choose
to awelter under the August sun.
rather than frequent the city's cool.
On, spot.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-04
Foreign Trade

The United States bureau OF for.
cign and domestic commerce has re-
eeived the following inquiries from
foreign firms who wish to represent
American manufacturer in their re-
spectIve fields Full information viii
be given to American firms on ap-
piication to $. II. Blalock. district
manager OF the bureau. Lowman
building Seattle.
Spain C7si5 Chemicals; indus
trial.
switzcrland-t7e5D Cardboard tvul-
canized FIBER; Ice cream frcezers.
vacuum
Bulgaria--G76f9 Furs.
canada-t761g Glassware. jewelry
novelties.
Canary Islands-t7s4D Canned sal.
mon.
chile-t7s53, Lard; oils, edible; par.
affine wax; spices. tea.
china--t75s1l Hardware. light:
leather. paper.
Cuba-l759Tl Canned fruits. canned
vegetables. packing house products.
England C7so3) Lumber. all kinds.
Finland-f7575) Fat back. lard.
Mexico-f7s24I Pine flooring. pine
doors.
South Africa-Gs23 Fruits.
The foreign trade bureau Of the Sc
attic Chamber Of Commerce has re.
celved the following inquiries in the
foreign trade field. information con.
corning which may be obtained at
the bureau;
5000 San Francisco importer
wants Seattle connection for handling
cotton seed cake.
h310l-Quayaquil. Ecuador. wants
names Of Seattle importers Of cocoa
beans. sugar. rubber. Panama hats.
and mangroye bark and cascara bark
13f1l-Los Angeles firm wants quo.
tations on dried and canned fruit for
export.
d312l-Kobe. Japan. importer asks
for list Of exporters OF condensed
milk.
d315l-Gothenburg, Sweden, paper
manufacturer seeks connection for
gale Of Kraft. Unbleached Sulphite,
and other kinds Of paper.
f1314l--Russian immigrant. speak.
ing English, wishes position az book
keeper or tinekeeper.
n315l-Firm in Norway seeks con
nection for sale Of salt mackerel.
G31sl-New York broker wants for.
warding agent IN Seattle