The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-06-12
INDEPENDENCE DAY HERE
WILL Be A HUMMER
Here's the Programme and Everybody is
Requested to Get Busy With Money
and Men 70 Make It Good

Better, bigger, healthier and
breezier than anything Ely has
ever had in the way Of II holt
day celebration will be the ob-
seryance of Independence Day
if our people will only fall into
line and help to execute lbe
plans mapped out by the Com
nittee on Arrangements appoint
ed at the meeting held last Sat
urday evening in Graham : Hall.
Judge George >. Brown, WIG
chanccd to be holding court
here, presided at that meeting
and appointed the working com
mittee with D. S. Dckerson a.
chairman, assisted by }. A. ''cs.
!er, J. S. IlarVillc, Uouldcr 1lud
gins aud Allen G. Bragg.
At "A meeting held last night il,
TIE NEWS Office d programme
was adopted which will draw 10
F,ly on The Fourth Of July every
able-bodied man, woman and
child in White Pine, Eureka aud
Elko ceuntics, and hundreds Of
residents from Osceola, Black
Horse, White River. Nowhouse
aud Pioche.
First of all tho committee has
in store d surprise AS orator ot
the day-a gentleman whose
name will bc II magnet to all resi-
dents Of Nevada. The News
has been let into the secret, but
we cannot share it with you just
yet, except to say that the
Speaker will come from afar and
will be escorted into Ely from
the railroad by Mr.. Russell ".
HudginS in one Of tho new auto,
mobiles Of the Ely Transports
ton Company, along with mem
bers Of the visiting baseball
team from Wells, who will cross
bats with our boys in Il match
game for a prize of 500 in gold.
Every house in Ely will be de-
corated on the Fourth aud a hand
some prize will be awarded to
the person making the best dis
play Local merchants have
been and arc hereby-request
ed to order forthwith from Salt
Lake City plenty OF bnnting and
flags, for delivery in Ely not
later than the last week in June.
The NEWS will guarantee the
sale of such material in reason
able quantity.
Literary exercises, scheduled
Tor the morning, will be held in
Aultman street, under d tent and
bower OF cvergrcenS to be erect
ed right in the heart of the town
on lots owned by }. A.. Feslcr.
The streets Of Ely will be clean
ed and sprinlled prior to the
celebration under the supervision
OF A. y. Marshal, whose word
Will be law on this occasion,
packed up by u dozen deputy
sherlffs, sworn in for the occas-
ion.
The parade will pass under Il
"lamphal arch, the columns OF
winch will be built of bright
copper ore, Characteristic of the
o'strlct, All mining companies
opefatlng here are requested,
Without further notice, to send
10 IHE NEWS office, by teams re
lurnlng from the mines, samples
VI ore to be used for this pur
pose. We will see to it that the
ore Is properly placed in tho
columns.
AS simple form of decoration
~ Is suggested that propert,
o"hcrs obtain pine trees, ap
pfoXlmately eight feet in height
ana ' plant the same on the curl
l'nc IN front of their houses o.
p,'aceS OF business not later THAI
'"s Third day of July.
Inc Nevada Consolidated Cop
y" company is requested II
s'aht permission to She commit
,cc r beaded 10y u. $. Dickerao
'or The free use of water fo
Sueel sprinkling on the thir
ruo m fourth of July, and tn
rt'oper authority will confer
ono mot oy arranging this detail d