Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-12-13
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VISITORS FLOCK IN FROM OUTSIDE
POINTS TO ASSIST IN ceremony


/ taken to prevent stampede, and line
riders will hold the herd while the
branding is in progress.
The Ely candidates to the number
of forty began to arrive at o'clock
this morning, as some Of the live
ones preferred to take their rest after
finding themselves in the land where
the novices have to go through the
mill. Others left the home town last
night and remained on the road so
they finished the journey in easy |
stages this afternoon. They came |
forearmed and prepared for the worst |
They came with nurses, physicians |
and undertakers to tighten the bur
den of the return voyage across the
desert sands Nevertheless. they are
live crowd, but they will be live
lier after midnight or before morning,
, when they have been introduced to
! the real mystery of the initiation
chamber, where the torturers stand
, with their flaming torches dipped in
benzine and hot sulphur.
the yknow they are going to have
/ acumen, brought his wife to poultice
) his wounds, while Dr. Gleason win
: render first aid on the inside of the
| lodge room, and he can rely on find
/ ing plenty of nurses and other ac-
}. commodations at the Mine Operators
4 hospital, where a special staff of as
y sistants will be in readiness for any
emergency. After the first class has
been admitted it is rumored that DR..
w. NJ Wadleigh of Ely will be al
lowed to do a little dental work on
the candidates who are not amen
able to the milder form of punish
ment
1 Three cars left Ely yesterday after
noon, containing c. d. Vautrin, w. J.
= Stewart of the White Pine recorders
office: J. T. Barton, the wholesale
!, grocer; G. l.. Plummer, deputy county
treasurer; William P. McGill, of Me
Gill & Adams, the big cattle men
Lockhart: Fred Helm, w. d. Bush
Dr. w. NJ Wadleigh, F. d. Oldfield
nt the county clerk: ]. H. Cone and J
o. Alexander Last night DR.. Gleason
left with Victor Mayer, w L. Fulmer
On deputy county recorder and Richar'
n Britt of East Ely.
al This morning six cars left the COP
re per center with the following pas
r. sengers; Vanderhoef, Slopansky. Mi
d. Ter. Shoemaker, Flanagan, letter
IN Cole. Bray, Thomas, Petit, List
Griest, Smith, Oehman, zingg. Sell
strom. Weber, Mcleod Manguin Dc
heny, Bierce, Callwaya, Robbins, Pow
ell, Handley, Jurich Edwards, Mr.:
Zurich and Mrs Bennett.
n The clubhouse of the Tonopah lodg
II has been newly decorated and prat
tically reconstructed for this occ;
sion. The work had been held
~ allegiance for a few months until tn
M. trustees decided the time was rip
,ab and that the psychological momer
md had arrived for the regeneration. A
,o9 it stands now the clubhouse is one {
Tho the finest interiors in the Unite
o5o States and far superior to some bull
nc ings owned by other lodges that HAY
no devoted their funds to an ornate e
t,a terror while neglecting the inner a
pointments of the lodge and clu
rooms.
The decorations of the lodgeroo
Err are especially elegant. All the WOO
work is in golden oak. Above Il
Spanish leather seats there is
Ar broad band of maroon, and the upp
rye part of the walls are. finished in pc
San bled tan. The ceilings are panel
to in silver moire with border ser
OF rated by gold molding. The rostrur
at either end of the hall and I
steps leading to them are carpet
with the heaviest of Administer Of
lie deep carmine color The static
and altar are finished in golden o
,a with green marble tops and base
MI. ventilating fan has been installed
the attic over a grilled aperture
~ the ceiling. New electric fixtures a
.,no globes have been placed throughC
the hall and ali ceiling beams {
enameed pure white.
In the clubrooms new steel c.
iAV ing has been placed with the COY
done in cream and tans and gold. c
This has been introduced all through
way building with ornate fixtures in
rect lodgerooms and all other apartmer
-ries The decorator has placed the "
iane- latest designs in paper from the e
and the completed ensemble will