White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-10
COSMOPOLITAN
FOURTH MG|LL
THE CELEBRATION AT THE BIG
COPPER CAMP AS VIEWED BY
AN APPRECIATIVE SPECTATOR
OF WESTERN WAYS.

OF WESTERN WAYS.
No more genuinely satisfactory
Fourth could have been enjoyed In
the Union than was enjoyed by the
inhabitants of 1.-The greatest copper
camp in the world Everybody had
a good time and not a p~ickpocket,
nor a crook, was on the grounds, and
no dis~orderliness of any kind marred
the days pleasure.
Boarding the excursion train at
East Ely, from the mines district, we
fonud ourselves in a jolly crowd of
enthusiasts of all nations. Our seat
was standing room only on the hind
end of a car amid Indians and fire.
cracker lads.
The cars were decorated with
bunting and small lags on which
there had not yet been placed the
newly adopted twin States adding
two more stars to the union.
Very soon We were speeding on
our way to the smoky hills of McGill.
When the conductor anne to collect
fares, the first unfortunate upon
whom he bounced was a descendant
of the A~boriginies of the district, As
the dark face looked up before us we
heard a sentence: mo tick, no
mon" -Four bits" shouted the
ticket puncher. mo mon" grunted
the Indian. Then the engineer was
signalled to stop the train, but an
ore train was Immediately in the
49,, n.I Hafara tho train NyaG gfnn-
ped, the boys each handed out nickels
and dimes and paid the fare of big
Injun." Good for the patriotic boys
of America. The Indian said moth
ing but stolidly stepped down to the
lowest rung of the stairs and grunted
his satisfaction. Amid firecrackers
and toy pistol shots We sped on to
the townsite and were greeted with
waving flags and handkerchiefs by
the jewellers.
What a welcome we received from
mine hosts of McGill. The Steptoe
band was in waiting and gave a
brazen salute, and the uniformed
ranks of the knights of Pythias drew
up in the zeal of the band. Then,
surrounded by prancing bronchos
III tHtll plIlAil Coqut luCio III
fancy embroidered saddles, the
crowd wendell its way over the dusty
sands and sagebrush to the main
street of the town. A number of
workmen brought up the ear of the
uniformed men,; and, amid cheers
and laughter, the parade marched to
patriotic airs and we'll known mel
odies.
Arrived at the oasis of the desert,
the McGill ranch of olden days, the
crowd scattered over the grounds
and filled the seats and squatted on
the grass; while the children fed the
pretty blue and silver and gold fish
of the lake of natural tepid water.
The Steptoe band took a place in
the center of the park, and sur
rounded by the X. of P. and a circle
of people, a brief concert was enjoy
ed, followed by an grafton from c.
A. Walker of Ely, who stood by a
flag covered table on the g~reensward.
The speaker had chosen Liberty as
his subject and he defined the word
and explained its value. The orator
then divided history into three
periods, beginning with that under
William the Conqueror, of England,
and the feudal lords of the manor.
This vas followed by the rule of pa
triarchs and heads of families of the
dark ages. The speaker showed the
folly of the idea of the divine rights
of kings. Then the third period
of history was dwelt upon when men
began to realize that all men have
rights and that no man had the right
to govern without the consent of the
governed. Then came the great
thought of a government "of the peo-
pie, by the people, for the people"
that finally eliminated in the con-
stitution of the United States.
The danger of America falling like
Egypt and Assyria and Rome, from
inherent corruption, was dwelt on as
a warning, and the great need of
virtue and pure manhood and a
dwelling on the Rock of Ages were
shown to be the only safeguard of a
peoples continuance as a nation
Boosting itself to be 'the land of the
free and the home of the brave"
Then the req, FUR Of the day be-
gan with a potato rae by boys un-
der IL years of age, and a hundred
yard race by the same boys, and
these evoked loud applause and
laughter. So with the same char
acter of races, by boys six years older
that drew forth yells of delight. A
ffty-yard dash by girls under twelve
showed that the girls we're as quick
as the boys on a run. The ifty-yard
dash for ladies was very amusing as
indicating the need of masculine at
tire for such exercises. Then the
program stated: I'VE are all get
ting hungrey," and the 'unsurpass-
ed barbecue" vas the scene to which
the crowd eagerly fastened.
Buried In a pit some eight or ten
feet deep there had been placed a
couple of steers and a dozen sheep
on the burning Goals and the whole
had then been imprisoned with a
mass of earth, since Sunday morn
ing. Tho crowds Witnessed the hasty
removal of the ashes from the roast
ed beef and mutton; and as the jute
covered carcases were drawn up by