The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-07-27

iH"HS Nho MSHL 10 Eagle valley
on the 2ith inst. to participate in
the Pioneer Day celebration will
,onG remember that occasion The
citizens of that fertile section OF
Lincoln county certainly worked ov-
ertime to entertain the visitors anu
when il comes to display of whole
souied hospitality, ,hty cannot be
equalled anywhere on the face OF
the globe The latch string was out
everywhere Every nome-and there
are twelve of chem in that little
Community-ha the welcome sign
huns out. III faet, It would seem
dat the citizens hau oyerdone them
selves to eatertain tn Sc who had
come 10 spend the day with them.
Everything was free as the air they
breathed and the bounteous spread
served in, the shade OF the massive
trees in front of Joe Hollinger's res
idence was hugely enjoyed and judg-
ing from ne manner IN which the
multitude pa took there were many
rtvenous en?c lites to satisfy. That
they We're amply satisfied, is a fore
gone con- i;i' iCu The feast was one
fit % serve before a king" and its
prapal a zion represented II whole lot
oI hard work on the part Of the
good men and women Of the twelve
happy homes of that community.
Th men selected. one of the
ahoicest Scarling beeye4 of the
raney for slaughter ana barbecue
and The rtast me3 served on the
tables that day was a perfect dem
onstra ion that the Eag.a valley
boys" are PAL masters u that line.
IN o.e home last Tue sday. 90 love
of bread. II pies and nine cakes were
baked and this represented only what
Vas done in every other home there.
Taking that as basis, there were
2i0 loayes Of bread, 20l pies and
los Ctkes baked te feed the populacc,
In addition to this, there agere sal
a1s of 81 ri0ua kinds and other edi
blts dcecHred Nearby were several
barrels Of lemonade; while IN cellars
located her. and there could be
found other ftrms OF refreshments.
Glowing the noon feed, the pro
Gtam Of sports was called and this
inclm d races for persons Of all
ages and a tug-of-war which was
worth miles going to see, A number
Of splendid horse races were pulled
with +. E, Fuller and the other
Nith r. j, Delmue astride-bo as.
pirauta tor the Republican nomination
for aberiff and assessor furnished
Key fwon byy several leneths but
some declared that Delmue had been
"johbed" into riding the ''donk" that
BIZ Orr had brought from Phoebe
and which. it was asserted, had
only been trained to participate in
Democratic races. An effort was
made to get J. A. Nesbitt into this
contest but he refused 70 qualify on
the ground that none OF the of the
other candidates We're present
Another exceedingly interesting
feature of the days program was the
base bali game played between Pi-
oche and Eagle valley, which result
ed in a victory for the Phoebe nine
in a score of II 20 g. win Orr at
tsnpted to display his skill as a
milkman and entered the milking
contest pulled off in Joe Hollinger's
barn yard "Bill' night have stood
a show to win; but he was talked in.
to taking Che left side of the COW,
Her ladyship entered a vigorous de.
murrer TO such proceedings by Civ,
ing the attorney a few pokes in the
side with her horns; besides keep
ing the legal light busily engaged in
lodging numerous ungentle kicks
frcm Mrs Cows left hind hoof
The days festivities wound up with
a dance at the town hall which con
tinued till the wee hours Practical
iy all or the population OF Fay and
Ststelire came down; as did most
all the residents of Rose. Spring and
Round valleys AS royal entertain
ers, the Eagle valley felix cannot be
beaten