Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-09-04
Shelter City Entcrtains Over 1000 Ex- cursionists From The Surrounding
 Country-Evcnts of the Day.

With bands playing and visitors cheering Humboldt ibr w'.'cr ri'>' yc.tcrl,y celebrated Labor Day ln a manner well worthy town. of twir" i's size. The day wu rlcal, with not a cloud in tbc heaven, to mar ihc beau ,ful September weather. and th' l.ooo or more visitors present from th" sur rounding towns seemed to enjoy them selves every minute of th' dny.
 The executive and other committees which had tlc celebration m chmg" dcscrv, credit for tho manner in which the yariou. imu.omrnt, were arranged and carried out. slownc,s in pulling off some of inc events, due to unavoId nblo occurnnccs being thc only draw back
 TO show 's appreciation of it's sister city, Prescott sent nine ear loads of visitors to witno,. th" celebration, ail of whom returned somewhat weary but well pleased with their dny's outing
 Almost immediately after thc arrival of thc Poland train, to which was nt. tachcd two extra passenger coaches Tor the accommodation of the early oNcur sionists from ihrs city, which numbered altogether over zoo people, the parade formed and marched through the husi. ness portion pf the town to the grand stand erected around inc rock on which the drilling contest was later held. The parade. which included goo members of the Mil nnd Smclicrmcn's 's union. of Humboldt, anl oyer 100 members of Supni Tribe. No. 2l Improved Order of Red Men. of McCahc. was headed by Prof Fountains Red Bird band, of Phoenix Hundreds of citizens in ear rngcs, and on foot followed the pro ccssion to the grandStnnd, where j |. Rcddick, chairman of the executive committee, delivered the following al dress of welcome;
 Address of Chairman Reddick.
 "lt K indeed with a feeling of pride thnt l welcome, on behalf of our citi ycns. and tho Mill and Smcltcrmcn [ union. No. IF. of Humboldt. undc whose auspices we are gathered here to day, in celebration of a day cspccinll, set apart for thc working man. th' true producer of our nations wealth the hundreds who have journeycd C our little city to partako of the hos pitality which we snail extend you.
 "Labor Day, throughout the Unitc' States, has come to mean for we toll CTS of tho earth something more than mere holiday. and it is in this spiri that we shall celebrate today, but Q tho hospitality of our citizens, of th amuscments we have provided for you entertainment, ] beg that each an every one of you will freely partak, no matter what may bc your crccds c politics.
 "To those gathered here today n our guests our little city belongs. Talk it for tho day and do with it as yo will. Make yourselves at home an rest assured that in your cnjoymcn we will find ample rccompcnso for an trouble we may have been put to, { prepare for you royal welcome.
 'On behalf of the laboring mon an citizens generally of our little city, ngain extend to every one of you hearty welcome, and assure you tha we feel duly proud to have the homo of entertaining such a rcprcsenintiy gathering of Arizona citizens.
 We hayo been disappointed in or orator of the day, Colonel Wilson Prescott, who had agreed to he vii us, but who, at the last moment, W, forced to cancel his engagement her owing to pressing business affairs, an as n consequence we will have no fu thcr speaking, but instead the roe drilling contest will take place imm diatcly."
 Rock Drilling Contest
 Al the conclusion of his remark Chairman Rcddck introduced | Bctchel inc well known McCnI miner, wno was greeted with cheers chairman of Inc drilling contest, nr who announced that Gus pnhlin a, Alex Nybcrg constituted ihc on doublchnnd"i team that had enter for ihc t2oo prize. '. ] .Hcddirk n i. j. Quinn acted os mdgcs, wi Chairman Bctchol and r.. F. Wits the official timrkcopcrs
 Dahln and Nyherg, who won [ L. L L.