The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-03-14
Slaeites. Boosters and
LObsters Mingled In a
Big, jolly Bunch Last
Night.
CAME OUT WHOLE FROM THE
BIGGEST TIME EVER IN THE
CANIP-HELD THE BOARDS IN
TIL EARLY THIS MORNING.

1t was a big time that was had
last night in Ely-the biggest ever.
Two hundred and twenty-five distin-
guished citizens, brave and true, par
ticipated on the ground floor and en-
joyed 1t with might and main.
The occasion was the descent upon
the city of the formidable clans of
McGill and East Ely, represented by
the Stag club and the Boosters club,
who came as the guests of the Lob
sters' club and before the break of
day conducted an inquisitorial ses-
sion upon that organization to the
end of determining whether it was
red, whether it could crawl and
whether 1t could do whole lot of
other things. And the Lobsters were
game to the finish.
The Stag club came up on a special
train from McGill. The members
wore yachting caps, which may have
been significant of their expectation
that it would not be a dry land af-
fair at all. At East Ely the special
was met by a body of 25 Boosters.
Those gentlemen wore tall hats With
well ventilated tops and made an ap-
pearance that was in keeping with
the bigness of the occasion. With
red ties and red and white badges
they were all to the good on the
looks, and they went home even more
buoyantly.
At Ely the special was met by the
Lobsters reception committee. about
100 strong, and the Dutch band. The
The costumes of the members of the
latter, consisting of night gowns.
nearly threw the timorous railroad
boys and the Stag stays into a panic
before they were shown. Headed by
Drum Major Jack German, the band
took the lead and march was begun
from the first street beyond Murry,
where the special was stopped, to the
Shellenberger hall Behind the band
came the Lobsters and citizens with
torches and following these the Stag
and Boosters clubs. The line of
march over Aultman street was
crowded with spectators. brilliant
with red fire and loud with enthus-
iasm.
There were no preliminaries at the
hall, where a feast of good things,
prominent in the arrangement of
which were lobster and crab salads
and a noble array of things in which
these might swim, in keeping with
their habit, awaited the arrival of
the guests. Toastmaster Cross i'm
mediately assumed the throne and
amid the high exuberance of the oc-
casion oratorical gems and exclama-
ton points of welcome were fired
point blank by Attorney Frank X.
Murphy, upon whom fell the honor
of delivering the address of welcome
as most eminent Lobster.
Succeeding the address of welcome
there were many and frequent other
addresses in response to the calls of
the toastmaster, who passed none.
No awards for eloquence were made,
but by unanimous vote, Charley Zieg-
Ter of the Stag club was awarded the
prize for brevity and directness. The
others spoke with large credit to
themselves. their organizations and
the community; they spoke fully and
nobly, grandly, pathetically-in fact
through the entire range of human
emotions, from the cellar plumb tol
the top of the hat of Col. Burke of
the Nevada Northern alkali express,
the highest hat in the Boosters club,
and the biggest with exception of
that of the redoubtable Tobe Weaver,
who had sprung his lid to the size
of bucket with commendable fore
thought as to the needs that might
develop.
The talkfest did not prevent atten-
tion to the inner man, who was
abundantly and Loyalty cared for. He
had a full moon smile coming to him
from the beginning TO the end, and
as caterers to the JOY of the internal
as we'll as the external being of their
guests, the Lobsters shown forth
like constellation of arc lamps.
Nor were the speeches permitted
to sidetrack more light and joyous
demonstrations betting the occa-
sion. There were songs. many and
all kinds. but each and every one the
best. Also there was dancing. clog,
Salome, Chinese. Indian. Turkish and
all other kinds. Beside which the
Dutch band played very often and