Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-08-02
THE LAST SPIKE.
And the Big Parade at The celebra.3

And the Big Parade at The cesebra.2
ion at Tonopah.
The Tonopah Bononza in telling of |
the big time down there at the driving
of the last spike has the following.
The ceremony of browning Miss
Belle Pepper as Queen Of the Carnival
was carried out by w. B. Pittman.
The Queen, who looked charming n
whit silk dress and was attended by
her maids Of honor.
After this came the parade, in the
van of which were a suad of aides
followed by the Carson Band in their
handsome white uniforms, performing
in their most brilliant manner, then
the float Nevada bearing the Queen
and her attendants followed by a car
rage containing the Tonopah Railroad
officials, Alonzo Trip, General Super
intendent: John NJ Fulton, Freight
and Passenger agent of the Southern
Pacific, Hawthorne Division; P. ]. Nc
Grath, Superintendent Of the same;
ad r w. Welsh, Chief engineer of the
Tonopah Railroad. In another car
rage were Governor and Mrs. Sparks
with Jim Butler and Mrs. Butler. The
Miners Union wearing the Western
Federation badges, followed after
which came the fire brigade float,
which, appropriately enough, was the
handsome new hook and ladder truck
built in Tonopah, drawn by the fire.
men, headed by Chief Mckenzie, Miss
". Mcdonald. fire queen. The Eagles
drum and fife corps, led by Captain
James, drum major, came next follow
ed by members of the Order who were
loudly cheered, their handsome float
bearing the magnificent eagle recently
presented to the Aerie by Governor
Sparks, won the magnificent loving
cup presented by George F. Blakeslee,
the jeweler. for the best decorated
float They were followed by the Ton
opah Brass Band in their new KhaF'
uniforms with red trimmings, and well
sustained their reputation as splendid
musicians Following them was Ryan
& Stetson's handsome float, represent
ing the interior of their busy store
; filed with fair customers: the Miners
Drug store carriage followed, and then
tho Tothnnnoyyic
, reproduction of the first load of freight
brought in Tonopah with Lick Davis
as teamster Then came George Mon
ey's COW and calf, the former Ton
topah producer the latter bearing the
device Il drink mas milk" After this
came an ore team of one wagon and
two trailers drawn by % animals and
loaded with thirty tons of ore from
the Curtis-Ridge lease on the Jumbo
vein at GOldfield. This ore was worth
$500 per ton, or $4,000, and was
followed by the Crocker-Salesberry
! team of twenty-five animals from the
January lease with twenty tons of ore
} worth 81 900 per ton. Following them
came Harry Hudsons team and the
float Of the Nye County Mercantile
company. The rear of the procession
J was made up of crowds of sightseers
on foot and in all kinds of conveyances
who followed to the track to witne~.
the driving of the gold and silver
/ spike.
This ceremony was preceded by a
: short but pithy speech by Alonzo
Trip, who then drove the spike IN
good workman-like style. The spike
of gold will eventually adorn the
Philadelphia Office of the railroad.
: Mr.. Trip expressed hope that before
5 many months he would drive a gold
: en- spike at the completion of the Cold
l field road, sentiment loudly cheerel.
: Governor Sparks then made one of
. his happy speeches, voicing the opi,-
e ion that the road now completed was
r tapping the richest mineral district
in the world. Mr.. Fulton, in a short
speech, referred in eulogistic terms to
Jim Butler, the father of the camp, the
ceremony concluding with three rous.
3 ing cheers for T. l.. Oddie. After
n which the Queen performed the christ
: ening ceremony with a bottle ct
il Mumm's Extra Dry Champagne
s. -AUN
e Qnhir Finances.