Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-22
JOKERS OFF
FOR NEVADA
MINING CAMPS PLAN THEIR
ENTERTAINMENT
DELIGHT EXPRESSED AT WEL-
COME HERE
Special Car, Leaving Last Night, Due
at GoIdfieId This Evening.
to Disband This
Week

After a week of pleasure and laughter
spent in Los Angeles by the press hu-
morists, these jovial visitors are now
vending their way to Nevada, where
they will visit the leading mining camps
before returning to their homes.
The humorists express themselves as
delighted with their stay in Los Angeles
and the reception extended them here.
They were lavish In their expressions
Of delight and appreciation-and it was
no joke either, they are the kind that
know how to enjoy themselves and they
unanimously declare they had the time
Of their lives
All day yesterday the new president
of the association, Frank T. Searight,
received thanks from the various MEM
bers at his room in the Alexandria.
And Los Angeles enjoyed the visit
of the jolly jovial jokesters who make 1t
a business to meet the world with
laugh and a cheerful word.
Last night at o'clock the humorists
embarked in their special parlor car on
the Salt Lake road en- route to Gold
field. Attached to the same train was
the private car of President j. Ross
Clark of the Salt Lake road, who went
along to make things pleasant for the
humorists. With Mr.. Clark in his car
were also Fred A. Wam, traffic man
PeASoNh0N~
agent and douglas White, editor of the
Arrowhead magazine. The special car of
the association will be at the funny
mems disposal during their stay in Ne
vada, and will be sidetracked at Gold
field to await their convenience.
Arrive Tonight
The association is due to arrive at
Goldfeid at tonight and will remain
there until Tuesday morning. The party
will be the guests of the Goldfeld Press
club from the time they arrive in the
mining city. They Will be met at the
station by committee of the club, and
will be escorted to the Hotel Casey,
where they will be housed during their
stay in Goldfeld
The desert city is planning to spread
itself for the entertainment of the hu-
morists. On Monday they will be taken
on an inspection of the mines around
Goldfield and on an automobile tour.
Monday night they will be entertained
by the Goldfeld Athletic club, which
will give boxing exhibition in their
honor. The committee of the Press club,
which will take charge of the visitors
and will stay with them all the time
they are in Goldfield, is composed of
Charles S. Sprague, president, and Sam
Davis. editor of the Carson Appeal. Mr..
Davis is trying to persuade the members
to extend their trip to Reno and Carson.
Tuesday the ,humorists will partially
disband, eight of the members going
to their homes and the remainder re-
turning to Los Angeles, where they will
start on tours of the northern part OF
the state.
One on kiser
The members who will return to the
east ace: w. r. Rose and wife of Cleve-
land, Duncan Smith and wife of Chi
cago wv. G. Rose of New York, w. j.
Hampton of New York, Edwin A. Oliver
of Yonkers, New York, Judd M Lewis OF
Houston, Tex, and Clark McAdam and
wife of St Louis. S. q. Kiser and wife
OF Chicago will return to Los Angeles
and start for tour of the northern part
of the state.
The members claim to have one on
Kiser. Friday night he lost pocketbook
which he says contained $50. The same
night the pocketbook was discovered on
the stage of the Auditorium. where the
humorists were being entertained. The
pocketbook contaiped a. ten-cent piece
and two coppers. y Mr. Kiser sRutly
denies that the pocketbook found is
his. but tlfe rest of the party had not
consented to accept this view of the
affair when they pulled out from Los
Angeles last night. They are saving the
nocketbook to show Kiser's friends in the