The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-07-06
TWO DAYS OF FUN
ENJOYED BY EVERYONE
Splendid Literary Program and
Sports of all Kinds Made the
People Happy

creditable parade for small mountain
! town-and showed what might be ex-
pected of the city of Ely in '07. The
| line passed in review of Grand Mar
shal Simpson and aides at the corner of
Mill and Aultman street, and filed into
Ely hall where the literary exercises
were carried out. The hall had been
prettily decorated under direction of
Chairman Miles, and in this connection
THE NEWS will say that every business
house in Ely and the residences along
the line of march proved that the COM
mittee had done it's work faithfully.
Acting Chairman Harville called the
audience to order, and after outlining
the afternoon programme announced
that the exercises would open by the
Glee Club singing, with Mrs. V. 7.
Lewis presiding at the organ and un-
der whose faithful drilling the singers
had been practicing. The Red White
and Blue was rendered in excellent
style, and illicited much applause.
After the good old anthem had been
sung Mr.. Harville introduced Hon. H.
A. Comins as President of the Day,
and passed the gavel into his hands.
President Comins' remarks were full of
patriotism. He said in part: at is
no unusual thing for the citizens of Ely
to pet together on the Fourth of July
and meet friends and neighbors, but
that the introduction of new blood had
made this occasion a marked one in
Ely's history" He welcomed the
study young men from Elko; spoke of
the Nye county men who were to assist
in making Greater Ely, and said that
the Declaration of Independence was
first read in the good old city of Phila-
delphia 100 years ago and that the
grand old document had been the guild
ing star under which the most cnlight-
cned and most powerful nation on earth
had sprang, and that it was fitting to
remember the trainers of document
that had withstood the storms of life
for over century and quarter and re-
count the deeds of valor of our fore
| fathers one day in the 365 of each year.
His remarks were short, but as usual,
to the point. A double quartette then
sang the Star Spangled Banner with
pleasing effect. The President then
introduced Mr.. H. Clay Herrick as the
reader of the Declaration of lndepen-
dence. The reading was followed by
another patriotic song by the Glee
Club. which enthused the audience as
nothing else but music of such ma
turc will.
i Mr.. 0. C.. Nelson was then intro
duccd as the orator, and he prefaced
his Grafton by saying that he was fear
full of disappointing his audience for he
was very, very ill-hardly able to be
out of his bed. He commenced his
oration by saying that the nation was
born after Washington met Cornwallis
at Yorktown, and he reviewed the
country's history in an original and en-
tcrtaining manner, injecting several
new thoughts into an old subject that
proved him to be an orator IN the
trucst sense. Before he had talked ten
minutes he became so very i'll that ne
, had TO leave the hall. Every one pres
cnt was greatly disappointed for they
wanted to hear him through. Much
, regret was expressed on every hand.
Mr.. Nelson said enough, however, to
convince his audience that he was an
orator, as good as ever mounted a ros-
trum in Nevada. After Mr.. Nelson
had left the stand it devolved upon
, Senator Comins to say what Mr.. Mel
son had omitted, and the Senator took
nm the thread of Mr.. Nelson's thoughts
, where he had dropped it, and said that
, while Mr.. Nelson had reviewed the
: country's history and spoken OF Wash
, ;npton's achievements, he had left be-
fore speaking of the men behind the
!, Guns Granting Washington's ability
! as General, he never could have beer
q successful without the aid OF his sol
n d;ers in the ranks, who had hunted the
. squirrel and the bear in the forests OF
v America; the same class OF men whe