White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-03
Great Preparations Have Been
Made in Smelter Town For
Celebration of Labor Day
PARADE, MUSIC, SONG, DANCING
GRAFTON BY GRANT MILLER AT
THE PAVILION, PICNICKING IN
THE GROVE. BASEBALL IN
THE PARK.

Inc LADOf LAY celeDTatlOn VIII
take place this year in McGill, and
tomorrow will witness the OBJ
servance of the event. From the
preparations which have already
been made in the smelter town, there
is no doubt of the success of the
occasion. IL will be red letter
day for MeGill; IL will be an oceas-
ion of which the whole district will
be proud McGill is the home of
labor in the county, for they have
there the biggest payroll OF the coun-
ty McGill has always been to the
fore on any celebration that has taxi
en- place In the district. and the men
there have come forward most gen
erously In the way of money require
ments; and the district. this year is
going to repay McGill In kind by
turning out the greatest representa-
ton that has ever been known under
any auspices.
The program which has been out
lined promises the best of fun and
entertainment for all classes of peo-
ple-men, women and children
There Is Just one cloud on the holi-
day, and that is the accident in the
Giroux mine We're II not for the
fact that there were seven miners
killed In that calamity there would
have been a rock drilling contest
This is really, the Joy of day of this
kind. and arrangements had been
made to have such a contest with
the biggest prize which had ever
been offered In the county. IL was
first suggested. after the calamity of
the hill that Labor Day be forgotten
for the year; but this would not do
for the reason that the holiday is
for all labor. The men of McGill,
having charge the arrangements for
the day. concluded to eliminate the
rock drilling contest as tribute to
the memory of the dead, and while
this may be disappointment to
many, the rank and file of labor
recognize the movement as a mark
of respect to their fellow workers.
A special train will come down
from the mines. leaving Veteran at
Sis clock In the morning This
train will stop at Copper Flat, and
will arrive In Ely at 9, taking on
the people of the big town who
wish to celebrate among the groves
and the shaded woods of MeGill dur
ing the day. That there will be
plenty on the train there Is no doubt
for this Will be a holiday long to be
remembered in the annals of the
district There will be the cool and
shady groves for the women and
children; there will be games for
the young and old, there will be all
kinds of sport for the nimbe-footed
and the active mindedx
The program, which Is published
In another column speaks for itself.
No better program has ever been ar
ranged for the enjoyment and pleas
ure OF all. On the arrival of the
special train from the mines and the
two Elys, the parade will form in
line, and will march from the depot
down Guggenheim avenue to the
Main street, and from there down to
the pavilion at the ranch, where the
musical and literary exercises will
take place. The marshal of the day
VIII be +. G. Marquiss, and he will
have for his aids the following:
j. F. Boggs of the machinists'
union; c. A. Ormiston, Ely carpen-
ters; M. o. Blockhus. Lane miners
union; w. T. Sylvester, Duncan Pat
terson and Thos. F. JOY. mill and
smeltermen's union; W. c. Rowan.