The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-07-11

other towns of southern Nevada as its
guests, Goldfeld celebrated the
Fourth of July in a BETTING manner
AS a whole the celebration was the
most successful and brilliant ever
held not only in Goldfeld but in
southern Nevada and great credit is
due the m OF the citizens COM
mittee who arranged the festivities
and saw to it that every detail of the
elaborate program was carried out.
The spirit of enjoyment prevailed
everywhere and local residents and
visitors were agreed hat the pro-
gram could not have been better.
The festivities began at 6 o'clock
Friday evening with the arrival in
camp of a special train yer the Las
Vegas and Tonopah railroad bearing
a big crowd of Elks, prospective
members of the antlered herd and
other visitors from Las Vegas. Head
ed by their fifteen-piece band and the
local Moose band, the Las Vegas
Elks marched from the depot through
the streets of the camp to the Elks'
club, after which the two musical
organizations alternated in playing
selections at the corner of Crook and
Columbia streets until the benefit
dances in the Elks' and Ross-Holley
halls began at 8 o'clock in the e
ing. There were capacity assem-
blages at both places and revelry pre-
vailed until an early hour Saturday
morning.
Fine Street Parade
Following an aerial voyage over
the camp by Silas Christofferson, the
noted aviator of San Francisco, which
was witnessed by all residents and
visitors, the street parade was held.
1t proved n of the most brilliant
features of the celebration and
eclipsed all previous %pageants in the
camp, due to the participation of the
members of many of the fraternal or
CARNATIONS and other patriotic resi-
dents of the town. 1t is safe to est1-
mate that there were four hundred
marchers, in addition to numerous
floats, autos and carriages, in the
procession which traversed the main
streets of the camp. Charles s..
Sprague officiated as grand marshal
of the parade, with M. j. Sullivan
and E. Pritchard Smith as marshals
and Walter Drabnick, M. L. Hewitt,
A.. H. Petit, ]. c. PEBBLES, j.. F. Varda-
man, Sheriff ingalls, and Constable
Toohey as aides. j. o. Walthers, A.
c.. White and r. w. Cattermole,
Judges of the parade, awarded prizes
as follows:
Faternal orders (men), largest
turn out: First prize ($5O), Elks;
second $3.50, Moose; best appearing
$3.50, Uniform Rank, knights OF
Pythias. Women-largest turn out,
prize ($25), Equal suffrage Society.
Boys, largest turn out, prize C$l5),
League of the Cross Cadets.
Best decorated floats, first prize
(s35). Knights of Columbus; second
$3.50, Equal Suffrage Society; most
UNIQUE and original, prize ($2O),
Mrs. A. H. Howe's Mediation car.
Best decorated automobile-First
prize $500, Miss Sallie Spragues
car; second 600, Charles G. Pat
rick.
Best decorated horse and carriage,
prize ($1O), Mrs. ]. H. Parks and
Miss Wilson.
Great interest vas SHOWN in the
double and single-handed rock drill
ing contests, held from IL a. m. IN
til 2.3O M, at the corner OF Crook
and Main streets. In the doubles
Schram and Olson won first prize
($6OO), drilling fifty-six and seven
s~ixteenths inches; Mccain and o
Inns, second $4,000, fifty-six n
three-sixteenths inches; lmpola ana
Hokken, third 1.-TWO suits OF clothes
donated by Cullyford & Drabnick)'
ffty-four and one-eighth inches. in
the single-handed contests, Paui
Malli won first prize ($15O), drilling
thirty-three and one-half inches;
pete Vanola, second $500, thirty
and one-half inches; Steven Nitro
witch. third Zone suit of clothes do
mated by CullyIoru anu
tw~enty-eight and five : slxteentn
inches. Walter S. Norris, l.. l.. Dill
linger and Louis Bannister officlated
az Judges and Roy Stackpoole as
timekeeper.
Awards for Small Sports
A list OF the small sports, held De-
tween 1890 a. m. and 2 p. M, ana
the names of the winners in the dill
ferent events follows:
Motorcycle Race F1rst prize
$3.50, Percy Davidson; second
C$15). Ted Wright.
Marathon Race First prize
Cs5O), Ralph Brown; second ($zo)'
Dean Rowland; third ($10), R. X.
Barger; fourth, ]. Warren.
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