The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-09-15
FUN AND LAUGHTER
RULE HOUR
Thousands Of Visitors Unite With Res
idsnts of ooldheld in Enjoyment
Of Railroad Day Festivities.

Strains of martial music, shrill pip
ings from the throats of Young Ameri-
ca and the hoarser cheers voiced by
their elders have resounded throughout
the city since early Thursday morning,
and surging out across the sand wastes
in tnrgid sound waves are waited back
in fainter cadence by the echoes lurk-
ing in the surrounding hills. From
mountain peak and hill crest responsive
hail greets each lusty shout until it
seems as though the grim old guardi
ans of the desert, ioosening their
tongues after centuries of silence, were
uniting in the general acclaim which
marks the advent of the railroad to
the camp. From the hour whsn Char
lotte, Queen Of Railroad Day, first as
sumed her gentle reign over the resi-
dents of Goidfield joy and laughter
have had full sway and no unpleasant
feature has crept in to mar the pleas
ure of the celebration. Crowds of Wis
itors from Tonopah, Reno, Carson City,
Hawthorne and other Nevada points
are participating in the festivities, and
even San Francisco, Oakland and Sac
ramento have added their quotas to
the throng. All are imbued with the
spirit of good fellowhip that permeates
the fete and are enthusiastic in the
praise Of their hosts. The residents of
the camp are putting forth every effort
to prove how welcome are the guests
and no feature which will add to their
enjoyment is being overlooked. Late
arrivals are being accorded the same
courteous attention extended to those
who arrived on the first day of the
celebration and the only regret express |
sed is that they did not reach the camp
in time to participate in the earlier
festivities.
ARTISTIC DECORATIONS.
Harbingers of the fete made their
appearance on the street early in the
week in the guise Of vari-colored BAN
ners and streamers, and long before the
salvos Of giant powder early Thurs |
day morning announced the arrival of
Railroad Day the city was ablaze with
decorations. "Old Glory" is every
where in evidence, and waving proudly |
in the breeze from hundreds of flag
stats, or forming the center piece on
the facade of business houses and resi-
dences. Long streamers of red, white
and blue bunting, interspersed with
others Of diversified hue, radiate from
this starry neuclus in veritable riot
of harmonious coloring. The business
section of town is aglow with pennants
and flags. Across Main and the inter
secting streets they stretch away IN
vistas Of colors whose hues rival those
of the sunset; and the sombre tones
Of hill and plain form and exquisite
background for the picture. Below
them long rows of beautiful fir trees
and other souvenirs of natures gala
attire have transformed the thorough
fares into verdant bowers At night
the glow from festoon of vari-cOlored
electric lights further enhance the
beauty Of scene in which the blended
music of flute and horn make fitting
accompaniment. Surmounting the dec
orations on many of the mercantile
establishments are transparencies on
which are depicted features typifying
the event in the camps history which
the celebration commentaries, the
most applicable being representation
of the first railway train to arrive in
Goldfeld. At the Montezuma Club,
where the governor and other guests,
including the members of the Benev-
lent, Protective Order Of Elks, are be-
ing entertained, the decorations are
particularly elaborate and artistic. The
interior is beautifully trimmed with
buntiD2 and flags with which flowers
fres' culled from the green houses
p sAtsrtwined. In honor of the gov
ernor and the other members of the
antlered herd, purple and white, the
colors of the Elks, predominate in the
decorations. Across the street In front
of the building hangs transparency
on which is inscribed in purple letters
on field of white, Headquarters OF the
B. p. o. Elks." The inscription Is