White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-25
viii Clean and Glitter With
Pomp and Pageant On the
Glorious Fourth of July.
QUEEN OF FIESTA TO REIGN
THREE DAYS OF CELEBRATION,
INTERsPERsED WITH MUSIC,
DANCING. PARADING. GAMES.
RACES AND WILD WEST SHOWS

With the national colors every
where in evidence. with music and
martial acclaim, will the Fourth of
July be ushered into the district; the
twin cities of Ely and East Ely hav-
ing joined In the celebration of the
nations birthday. The entire dis
trict Is invited to Join in the jollfica-
tion, TO participate in the games, the
races and every phase of the pro-
gram. The celebration of Indepen-
dence Day will be the greatest and
most glorious ever known In White
Pine county. II will be a fete last
ing three days, and there will not be
an idle moment during the festival.
The parade on the Fourth through
the principal streets of Ely will be a
glittering pageant, aglow with color;
an ever changing Kaleidoscope of
marching men, mounted chargers.
caparisoned; gorgeous floats. bands
OF music. flags and banners. carriages
and automobiles; vehicles of all de-
scriptions. The days will be spent
in the observance of outdoor sports;
the nights in dancing. Wild West
shows there will be galore. baseball
games. horse races and races for the
old. the fat and the lean; every
minute bubbling over with something
OF interest; some excitement. some
form of entertainment.
Music will fill the air, the
music of the nation. and that there
shall be nothing lacking. young
lady from Ely or East Ely will be
chosen as Goddess of Liberty, who
Will also reign as queen of the fiesta
during the three holidays. Hers Will
be the wand which all will obey.
the wand of Pleasure; for Pleasure
rules on the natal day OF the country.
Tor Notwithstanding that the Declara-
ton of Independence was the signal
Tor bloody war; IL heralded the birth
day of Peace. 1t has since been the
motto of the United States that Peace
must prevail. II we have to fight for
1t.
The contest for the Office of God
dess OF Liberty anu Queen OF the
Fiesta Is now being waged. and will
continue up to and including the
night of the 2Sth After Saturday
night the contest will be limited to
ten ladies having the highest num-
Der of votes. One of this number
VIII be Goddess and Queen. and the
TWO having the greatest number of
votes next following will be her
maids In waiting. To the Goddess
and her train will the greatest def
erence be paid during the celebration.
II will rest with them to select their
male escort. and the encourage OF the
queen will have carte blanch to all
the festivities and functions of the
holidays.
The contest will be well worth the
winning, for 1t will be an occasion
IN the lives of those young people
10 long remember and to hand down
10 their posterity. No expense In the
way of costumes Will be incurred;
'ne committee Will provide the en-
ure trosseaux. The gown of the
queen of shimmering white silk, with
accompanying adornments, is to be
seen In one of the big windows of
oampton's. A great float will be pro-
"ded for the Queen and her attend
q ahts, and this will be the most at
'Factive feature of the Fourth of July
parade.
band concert at the corner OF
murry and Aultman streets will In
augurate the ceremonies. A plat
iorm and bandstand Is to be erected
across the entire thoroughfare of
murry, facing Aultman street. and
'on this Will all the literary and musl-
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