The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-01-05
Reception At
the Reading
Rooms
GENERAL PUBLIC INVITED TO
SPEND TOMORROW EVENING
At THE EAST ELY QUARTERS
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.

SOtldflDn VIII give 1tttlliioH " IL
members and friends at the rooms il
the Gunn-Thompson building tomor
row evening. commencing at
O'Clock. The event will mark the for
NAL opening eff the reading rooms
and most enjoyable time is antici
pated.
Mrs +. +. Nevin will sing and Mrs
Richard Richards will recite a poem
of railroad life. The Boomer, the
story of one who was filled with the
wander-lust. who "braked it on eV-
very railroad from the Atlantic &c
the Pacific. but who got call one
day for the endless run, and is now
swinging his lantern beyond the
stars. Prof. Davidson will render a
violin solo. and Mr.. Il. NJ Hogan,
who was connected for some time
with the work of the Young Men S
Christian association in the east, will
make a ten-minute address. Coffee
and sandwiches will be served during
the evening.
The following will tie the reception
committees: Mrs. Samuel W. Bel
ford. Mrs \. Vatican, Mrs Ar
thur Smith. Mrs. Rushton, Mrs. A.,
+. Hartman, Mrs. Albert Campbell.
Mrs. C. f. Deekelman, Mrs. +. {.
Jones. Mrs. Hughes and Mrs. II. W.
Edwards.
When. a few weeks ago, the pro-
iect Of establishing a reading room
and library in East Ely WAS taken
up. it met with encouragement far
exceeding the expectation of its pro-
CHI ftaaf
1876 signatures were secured of per-
sons willing 10 give their support TO
such an enterprise. The railroad and
the townsite officials. as well as the
employees. We're most favorably dis
posed toward the movement, and the
association wishes 10 acknowledge
the substantial help they have rem
dered. and without which the rooms
would have been impossible. Nearly
$500 has been expended in fitting up
the rooms. which expense has been
met by the Nevada Northern railway
and the Ely Townsite Co. alone. The
employees of both these companies
have very generously taken ont mem
berships in the associations. and the
fees paid in will he used toward the
maintenance of the rooms, and the
carrying on of the work of the as
sOciation.
All over The country the benefits
to be derived from the railroad Y.
NJ. e. \. are apparent TO every rail-
road man. and there are few rail-
roads of any importance where the
work of the association is not part
of the system The forming of the
present reading room has only been
the first step towards the organic
ing of an association on a larger
scale. where Y. NJ. c. \. methods may
be adopted with a gymnasium, pool
tables. baths. etc. What Is greatly
needed i'm East Ely is a lecture hall.
where entertainments and public
gatherings may be held and IL is the
hope of the Reading Rooms associa
ton to at no distant date possess
larger quarters. with an auditorium
and rooms where night classes may
meet. taking up such subjects for
study as electricity. practical engi-
neering. the science of railways, eco
monte and social questions. and
things that have TO do with the grow
ing age.
I'm its present quarters. however,
the Reading Rooms association has
made no unpretentious beginning
Two large rooms have been splendid
ly fitted up and equipped in the
Gunn-Thompson building. One is a
reading room, where access may be
had 10 the daily newspapers, maya
zines and periodicals. The game
room has been supplied with cards,
chess, crokinole. dominoes and
checkers, with chairs and tables in
plenty for the players.
In the reading room a book case
has Just been installed, and the nu-
cleus of a library has already been
established. Mr.. Cannon has con-
tributed = volumes by Dumas and
II books on The Science of Rail
ways by Marshall Kirkman frank
Roper has furnished the following:
"Rosalind at Redgate," Meredith
Nicholson; If | Were King Justin
Mccarthy; The Right of Way" Gill
bert Parker. The Virginian." Owen
Wister The Sunset Trail Alfred
Henry Lewis. Charles NJ. Bowen has
contributed Great Issues and Ma
tional Leaders" S. w. Belford has
promised 20 volumes embracing re-
ports OF the government industrial
commission. and official reports of the
department of labor: also a large
wall map of the United States and
its insular possessions, Just issued by
the department of the interior.
Francis Klein has subscribed for
the Munsey magazine; Munsey's Rail-
way magazine and the Scrap Book for
year. A. Il. Heartwell has purchas-
ed several magazines. and the Step
toe hotel has sent over a number of
periodicals. Richard Richards. is
supplying the rooms with the San
Francisco Examiner, while the White
Pine News. the Ely Mining Expositor
and the Ely Mining Record are being
furnished gratuitously. All of these
books and newspapers are to be found
at the rooms.
The whole quarters have been at
tractively arranged, and the associa-
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