Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-17
WAS GREAT DAY..
FOR TONOpAH

line of march. The Eagles had a |
black hearse, drawn by four horses, |
with feather busters for plumes; the
Elks had six-horse truck on which |
were banners inviting the public to
partake of roast Eagle, stewed Eagle,
hashed Eagle, all kinds of cooked
Eagle. The baseball mines we're in
the parade in their costumes, and
motley brace of baseball teams they
were. The balltossers were dressed
as clowns, harleQuins, pantaloons--I
yes, there were a few columbines
(dreadful). sk Hss
/ Cheers and groans greeted the
crowded ranks, both of which were
accepted with the same spirit of
resignation. 1t was just as well, for
it would have done no good to kick.
Everybody had to take his medicine,
his eose of good natured banter, and,
oh, look!
"See who's coming"
What is it?"
"It's a Belgian hare--I mean, q
Belgian prince"
| ''It's a dude from India"
"It's a Goldfeld millionaire"
"It's the king of Patagonia. He's
| the man that brought all that cur
rency here"
"It's the Duke of Dahomey."
"It's Bill Booth!" shouted the
crowd, as the strange figure drew
nearer. Dressed in the garb of
Arabia, one of the Modam-Moham-
med of the desert, w. w. Booth, with
silk turban of gaudy colors on his
head, transparency on his shoulder,
and burro following him, marched
along with the Eagles. The trans
parency read: .t
Il ''Tonopah Daily Bonanza, Bigger
Circulation Than All the Hearst Pa
pers Combined. We Lead. Others
Follow. Hee Haw. And His Name
is BILL"
The transparency, the burro and
bill" were cheered all along the
line. They were great dope.
Automobiles, carriages, double
rigs, single rigs, all gaily caparison-
ed with the colors of the day. swung
into line and the procession must
have been strung out for more than
two miles. 1t must have been eight
: miles to the last vehicle.
But at last all were within the
gates. The grand stand was sOon
filled to overflowing, and the crowds
) the autos. the. horses and the rigs
were stretched out from the grand
stand in the shape of a diamond
. When game was called there was
: simply a mass of people around the
) field. Well, the runner who knocked
the ball over the heads of the crowd
was good for two runs, If he wa:
thirsty, and wanted to make third
base twice.
: There we're boys and men going
. through the crowds selling root beel
= and ginger pop, and there was some
beer in evidence, too. Yes, ther,
Y was. 1t was the biggest crowd eve
: gathered at Recreation Park, by ;
large majority, and it was as prett.
sight as county fair.
Pretty women and children, ga,
with the colors of the day adornini
4 their shimmering, summery gowns
crowded grand stand, automobiles
n and the grounds just outside the dia
mond. To the right of the gran
stand was the calaboose, structur
of slat bars, where all the worI
could see the prisoners; and adjoin
ing this was the kangaroo court, pre-
sided over by Exalted Ruler L. A
Gibbons, and His Clemency, Judg
Carlos Blumenthal from Mexico
Jailer Wannacott was a powerfr
guard at the Jail door, and ther
were a score of policemen stoo
around the jail door in the event c
an attempted Jail delivery.
+ Those policemen earned thel
B | wages before the day was owe
} Everybody wanted to be policema
so that he wouldn't be arrested, b,
= nearly every one of them got his, ft
, there were whole lot of innocent
people who wouldn't submit to a
, rest Then there was scrap, bl
, every prisoner was brought in. If
, took the entire force to arrest hir
, Dave Holland, the Eagles left fielde
, appeared in the open with one pir
a ,n1-ts.,od ~, Daoa Isouf