White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-21

gan tearing off bills at prodiejous
rate until he reached the buffet run
by Walter Drysdale. There he hand
ed out ten-dollar note, which could
not deceive the worldly-wise Walter.
About this time Constable Peck
loomed up, and the gentleman from
Ely was turned over to the officer.
despite his protests that he arrived
in Tonopah without a dollar of coun-
terfeit money, and his protestations
that he had been robbed and the
package of bogus substituted He
was dragged out of the Bank buffet
and allowed to repine over his misery
before the chief of police called to
get a statement of how he happened
to have so much phony in his pos
ession.
Chief Evans relented when he saw
what good looking prisoner was in
the town calabose, which he said
wasn't fit place for a real gentle
man, and he hustled up a lot of
bondsmen and freed the victim.
THE whole affair was conducted
with such dignity that the victim did
not realize the practical joke
next morning when he sum-
moned his bondsmen by phone and
tried to explain there was nothing
wrong with the performance. 1t was
nearly noon when great white light
dawned on the novice from Ely and
he got busy with invitations to his
tormentors to suppress the story from
the newspapers, as he did not want
any of his townspeople to known he
was such a tenderfoot He was told
1t was all in the ritual of the Alum
club and he accepted the inevitable
exposure.
"The degree work was put on by
the Goldfield team, who came over
with an escort Of forty members. and
the tNo ScSciuus Vi thc iouSc tdhiu6 B
care of the limitations were only
limited by the capacity of the hall.
The degrees we're conferred with the
utmost impressivness and in the
most commendable style. After this
the banquet hall was thrown open to
the visitors who were escorted to FIVE
tables loaded with choice refresh
ments, including cold meats and tur-
key. and seasoned with hot coffee and
other refreshments of a more stimu-
lating order.
The decorations OF the banquet
hall we're of the Christmas order.
greenery and shrubbery, brought in
from California. being festooned
around the walls, and the tables
trailed with smilax with couple of
set pieces between the crisp brown
turkey that interlarded the array of
good things.
1.-The guests at the first table
drank to the health of their Tonopah
hosts and the others responded later
with toasts to the bunch from Ely
and neighboring camps. Il was not
until early morning that the proceed
| ings for the night came TO an end,
but so far as the entertainment was
concerned II was continuous per-
formanoe that showed no abatement
Of hospitality. Open house was kept
up all Sunday. and then Sunday
evening there was a smoker that kept
everybody busy and bubblins over
until long past midnight.
"At the smoker a six piece orches-
ira discoursed beeween numbers
of the program. c. H. Mcintosh was
master of the jinks, accompanied by
that southern gentleman, julius Gar
ner and Nanny Matilda. in the per-
son of Ernest Hall of Manhattan.
Special guard to the master of the
links we're Brother Vanderhoef the
big SnONel man Ol tue ANtfouo Ooi
solidated Copper company, OF Ely.
and Jones. keenan,, Walker and
Evans of Tonopah-
-Four boxing contests. OF four
rounds each. between Lydon VS..
Trudgeon, Milks VS.. Walsh, Murphy
VS.. Mallihan, Sherlock VS.. Murphy
Sherlock and Murphy fought with
blackened gloves and white tights
and when they got through with the
rounds both men appeared as II they
had been immersed in ink.
One About Lopez.
Some of the skits pulled OF caught
the keenest Elks, who are always on
the alert for such tricks, but the best
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