The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-07-28

WIN Occupy New Quarters in the Fes-
Ter Building.


Two weeks from date is the maxi
mum time limit set by A. G. Eisen, Sec
rotary of the Montezuma club, for oc-
cupaucy of their commodious and CHEEKY
quarters on the second floor of the Fes-
Ter block at the corner of Main street
and Crook avenue. The organization
will utilize the entire northern half of
the building which they plan to furn-
ish in a manner quite in keeping with
the wealth and Importance of the Gold
field mining district. Carpenters, pa
per hangers, painters and metal work
ers are now busily engaged in prepar-
ing the apartment for its tenants and
when their tasks are completed the
club quarters will be the most stump
tuous in the city.
The ceiling is of embossed alumni
mum, with artistically chased pattern
of flowers and trailing vine; the walls,
from ceiling to wainscoting, are to be
covered with heavy paper of a light
terra-cotta shade; and the wainseoting
is to be of weathered oak to match
the furniture. The flooring is made
of matched and dove-tailed eastern
oak, and is to be oiled and highly pol
ished. The furnishings are elaborate
and recently arrived in Goldield from
the smanufactory. They are made of
rich, heavy, weathered oak, presenting
the appearance OF ebony. The uphols-
tering is done in leather and heavy,
satin finished cloth. Luxurious, rest
inviting couches will lull the FESTIVE
gold seeker into dreams of untold
wealth; or, ~perchance, grant ~forgetful-
ness for the moment to the spirit be-
meath the weight of disappointment
and hope deferred in the fascinating,
gambling, hustling endeavor to wrest
from Dame Fortune her treasure, in
these brilliant, bubbling, bullion days
in southwestern Nevada beneath the
sultry rays of a molten sun which is
apparently freshly drawn each day
from the furnace of the alchemist of
the universe. Those whose spirits take
delight in tuneful lays, or Others to
whom the acquisition of riches has
brought desire to express their joy
in song, may find ful6llment of their
longings at the piano. Comfortable
rocking and ~lounging chairs are to be
conveniently at hand, and the latest
improved billiard and pool tables will
afford amusement to those whose in
clinations trend in that direction. At
one end of the room, the large table
which is to be utilized by the directorate
and in the center of the apartment |
there will be another table supplied
with all the leading newspapers of the
Pacific coast and the middle west
The Montezuma club was organized
somo few months ago by a number of
the camps most prominent business,
and professional men, and now
has a membership of 1875. For a period, |
until such time as it's growth made
such a course impossible, the members
held their meetings in the Holt resi-
dence. OF late, however, the sessions
have been abandoned and will not be
resumed until the new quarters are |
opened. The objects of the club are
string will always hang on the outside
tsring will always hang On the outside
close to the hand of its friends and
guests. The inception of the club was
the desire of prominent citizens to
nave a place where visitors to the camp
might be entertained, while at the
same time business matters could be
discussed with some degree of privacy.
At present the only meeting place for
the transaction of business is in some
papier-mache Office or in a saloon where,
in the latter instance, the social fea-
ture is combined. AS a resort of plea
sure the saloon offers many social COM
pensations, for the bloom is always on
the cocktail and the rock invariably in
the rye, but as a place to transact mat
tiers other than social it has its draw
backs. Hence the founding of the
Montezuma club.
The officers are: L. L. Patrick, presi-
dent; III. B. Lind, vice-president; A. C.
Eisen, secretary; John s. Cook, treas
urer. These gentlemen with the fol-
lowing compose the board of direct
ors: Fl. T. Bragdon, Milton M. Detch,
A. e. Barnes, DR.. Turner, J. F. O'Brien.
j. R. Bradley