The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-03
HOW LABOR DAY
WAS OBSERVED
Confined from page one

what | have said is in a general way,
but take it home with you and think
it over
Ladies and gentlemen. | thank
you
Contests at Courthouse Grounds.
Immediately following Mr. Dicker-
sons able address the crowd assem-
bled short distance west of the
courthouse where the ring had been
made for the drilling contest, one of
the main attractions of the day Joe
Cooney and o. A. Warren composed
the first team and they succeeded in
drilling hole % IA inches deep
in the fifteen minutes. Charles West
endeuf and his brother, William
Westendeuf were the winners, hav-
ing sunk the hole % Ia inches deep.
Rogers and Hunsen beat Cooney and
Warren by one-quarter of an inch,
having drilled hole % 1-2 inches
deep. The three teams were about
equal and put up an interesting and
exciting contest. The first prize was
5000 and the secod SIS.
The next attraction was the yole-
climbing contest and it proved an in
teresting test of climbing There
were four entries-Ely Wingler, S.
DeWoody, J. Faith and L. NJ. Barnes.
/ Wingler made fairly good time,
climbing the pole in 2 seconds. De
| Woody wasn't SO fast and it took him
seven seconds longer than Wingler.
Faith had faith in himself and climb
ed the pole as easily as a squirrel,
making it in 5 seconds. Barnes did
the trick in % seconds. Faith then
executed some fancy pole climbing
tricks. He climbed up eight or ten
feet and then dropped, catching him
self when near the bottom with his
spurs. The prize amounted to $50.
l.. Nj. Bares won the hand line
throwing contest. He threw the line
over the cross beams on each pole, a
distance of fifty feet.
The miners evidently didn't have
the pull they thought as the team
consisting of members of various
crafts easily won the tug of war
There We're nine men in the miners
team and only eight in the other.
Those in the miners team were:
Phillips, Hyman, Crucian, Stevenson,
Barrellia, Blackhus, Daggett, Lythen
and Nelson. The winning team was
as follows: r. II. Black hall, G. W.
Latham C. C. Seeley, o. S. Lee, j.
w. Meyers, H. c.. Fry, ]. B. Bush
ness and c. A. Cannon.
The victorious team was awarded
the sum of S25 for their efforts.
o. S. Lee and Mr.. Payne entered
the rip saw contest. Mr.. Payne was
armed with his pet rip saw and COM
pleted the task of ripping a fourteen
foot board in minutes and II sec
onds. Mr.. Lee did not have saw
of his own and used one some car
penter had brought along. He sawed
1.-The board in minutes and IA sec
onds and was presented with the $25.
The Races.
The afternoon was taken up with
the races and the sidewalks on Ault-
man street were crowded with spec
tators. The first race was a 100-yard
dash for card men, the first prize be-
ing SIS James Hudson won first
money and R. ]. Franks second
w. r. Crum won the fat man s
race and Mrs. r. ]. Crawford the
ladies race.
Della A. Tildey was awarded SIS
for winning the girls race and Alvin
Peters the same amount for winning
the boys race
The squaw race created consider
able amusement, Mary Pringle easily
taking the S..
The hose race was surprise to
many, including two of the COM
panies. The three local companies
spent a week or longer practicing
and expected to take the two prizes.
Hose Company No. 1 made fluke
as the water was turned on before
the nozzle man had fastened the
nozzle on the end of the hose Hose
| Company No. 2 ran next and repeated
| the action of the former, so the
! judges did not time either company.
Company No. had better luck and
won first prize, while the Ruth mine
team won second. The members of
No. got the stream of water through
the 100 feet of hose in 80 As sec
onds while it took the Ruth boys SO
seconds. The prizes We're 500 and
| $50.
Mr.. Vancouver won first place in
the cowboy race and Tex Hall sec
ond. The amounts awarded were
$50 and SIS.
The free-for-all saddle race for
men was won by Primrose, Bluebird
coming in second.
There were no entries for the sad
die race for women.
Fred Parmore won the 100-yard
dash for members of the Bricklay-
ers' union.
McGill and Hudson ran 100 yards
for side bet of 500, the latter win
ming by close margin. McGill want
ed to run for $500 but Hudson would
not accept the challenge.
Little Tex" Richard and Boyle
sprinted 100 yards for purse of $40.
The former won and offered the purse
to the winner of race for girls I'M
der | 0 years of age. Marble Richard
won the money.
Concluded With Dancing.
The electrical workers displayed
| their float in the evening, the cleo
trical sign showing up in an attract
i've manner
Dancing at two halls concluded the
days festivities and large crowds
attended both functions. The labor
unions deserve much credit for the
able manner in which they handled
the celebration, and the various COM
mittees performed their duties in a
first-clasS manner. 1t was an occa-
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