The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-08-11

RAILROAD DAY.
Advent of Railroad to Be Fittingly
Celebrated.

BuH ukhts, NoAAh& tNh'Sor ~
ing contests, baseball games, broncho
busting, horse races, hose races, steer
becue arc a few of the mary attrac-
beque are q few Of the many attrac-
tions with which the citizens of Gold
field plan to entertain their guests dur
ing the three days celebration which
is to mark the advent of the first rail-
way train into the camp. 1t is the
intention to make the fete the grand
est and most enjoyable ever held with
in the confines of the state and, withal,
one which will add to the popularity
which is already accorded the residents
of this camp as genial and hospitabie
hosts and hostesses. During the en-
tire three days of feasting and merry
merry making the gates of the city
will be wide open to the hundreds of
guests whom it is hoped will unite With
us in greeting the arrival of the first
train and in making the attendant
celebration one worthy of Goldfeld
and the event in its history it is to
commemorate. Although the date on
which the train will arrive has not yet
been definitely determined, it will be
on or about September s, and the com
mittee having the affair in charge has
taken time by the forelock and is al
ready busily engaged perfeeting plans
for the festival. One of the most for
midable conditions that eonfronts the
members is to secure accommodations
for the visitors, Int that subject is he
ing thoroughly ~canvassed and a plan
of procedure is being outlined which
win beyond question result in provid-
ing comfortable and adequate quarters
for every guest. The question of rams
portation is now being discussed with
the railway authorities and it is hoped
will result in the making of at least
a half rate fare for the round trip to
the camp from outside points. invita-
tions are to be extended to the citi-
zons of this and adjoining states
through the medium of the secretaries
of the several boards of trade and mer-
chants exchanges of the different
towns, and this it is thought will prove
successful in swelling the crowd Of
visitors
Governor Sparks and staff, the mem
bers of the state Legislature and the
other state officials, Nevada's repre-
s~entatives In the National House of
Representatives and the United States
Senate, the mayors of the various com
monwealths and other town and county
officials, together with the officers of
the several boards of trades will be
the guests of honor. They will he met
on arrival by members of the recep-
ton committee, headed by a band, and
will be escorted to headquarters where
every provision for their comfort and
entertainment viii be provided. Each
visitor will be presented with a min
eral specimen as q souvenir of the oc-
~casion and will be accorded a hearty
western welcome; the sort of % well
come that makes You feel that you are
not a stranger within the gates, but
are rather a member of this genial,
whole-souled, industrial ~pulsating con
munity which has established here on
the desert a city teeming
with commercial life and radi-
ant with the prospect of ad-
tls4s0ua1 4.1cNnsfz - tho ,ftt,ra Won
will find that every man, and
child in the camp is your friend and
that they will be solicitous for your
happiness and welfare. The money for
this mammoth celebration is to be
raised by popular subscription, and re-
sponses at hand thus early in the day
assures the committee that the dona-
tions win be made with that generous
Iliberality characteristic of the business
and mining men of the district.
One of the chief features of the eel
|ebration will Pc the drilling contests,
both single and double handed, and it
is the purpose to make the prizes for
these events commensurate with the
strength and tenaeity of purpose re-
quired of the contestants in this most
interesting of miners sports. An
other interesting and exciting feature
win be the baseball tournament in
which the mines of GoIdfield, Tonopah,
Hawthorne and Reno win struggle for
supremacy, urged on to strenuous effort
by esprit du corps and the value of the
prizes, $1,000 a game. BY no means
the least thrilling of the sports win be
the bull fights with their attendant
pomp, silver ~bespangled torreadors and
igaudily attired matadors. For the
pugihstie contests arrangements are
| being made to secure men who have