The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-07-11
FOURTH OF JULY Celebrated IN
GOLDFIELD IN Fitting MANNER

Clearance Grockowski; second ($1),
Arliss Barnes.
Twenty-Five yard dash boys under
seven years = First prize ($2), Ed
die Robillard; second S1), John
Koontz.
One hundred yard dash, free for
all, men = First prize ($5), Elmer
Teer; second S2.50), John Morri-
son.
twenty-five yard dash, girls under
seven years First prize ($2.50),
Helen Mentell; second &1), Jose
phine Daugherty.
Fifty-yard dash, three-legged race.
free for all = First prize &10),
Dan Cronin and Earl Brown; second,
(s), Elmer Teer and r. r.. 'Barges.
Fifty yard dash, sack race, free
for all = First prize (S, Griffith
Dickson; second &2.5O), Manard
Cronin.
Burro race for boys = First prize
(S3), Howard Chase; second so,
Lester Bradley.
Judges = Ben Rosenthal, Roger
Foley and Carl Damskey.
Makes Second Flight
Aviator Christofrerson made a Sec
ond flight ove the town about Il
o'clock, starting from his original
landing place near the cemetery and
alighting at a point hear the baseball
park. He was scheduled to make a
flight from near the baseball park
at 3 o'clock, but on account of the
danger to the people who cOngregat-
ed around the craft and refused to
be kept out of harms way, he de-
ferred going up until after the prize
fights we're held. While his machine
was resting OF the ground near the
baseball park, unprotected, some
person sat on n of the planes and
broke two of the ribs. About 5
o'clock he flew from the hill south of
the ball park over town to the
cemetery, and Sunday morning early
flew to Tonopah.
The mardi gras parade held at
tention from 8 until 8 o'clock Satur-
day evening and was a brilliant af-
fair. Floyd Cable, Isaac Bair and
Roger Foley, acting as judges, award
ed the following prizes:
Auto containing best fantastic
group, first prize ($20), William
Pagenkoff; second ($15), F. S. Hunt.
Most original ladies' costume, prize
($1O), Mrs. Harold; most original
gentleman's costume, prize (10). j..
Warren; best dressed lady, prize
($1O), Mrs. N. B. Alexander; best
dressed couple, prize C15), Mr.. and
Mrs. c. E. Redman; best dressed gen.
tleman, prize &1O), William Dun
fec; most comical boy on burro.
prize $50, Manard Cronin; most
unique and original girls costume,
prize $50, Miss Agnes Connolly.
f. p. Cooke, c. H. Ellsworth and
H. G.. Mayer, judges of the decora-
lions on buildings. awarded first
prize $500 to the Charles S.
Sprague company, and second ($2O)
to Cullyford & Drabnick.
From noon until 10 o'clock Satur-
day night free moving pictures for
ladies and children were given at the
Exchange theater. Ice cream was
distributed to all children attending,
of whom there were several hundred.
The benefit dances at the Elks'
and Ross-Holley halls Saturday eve.
ming drew great crowds, as did those
of Friday night, and proved thor
oughly enjoyable affairs.
The celebration came to a close at
2:3O o'clock yesterday afternoon
with a quarter mile and repeat horse
ace for two-year-olds and over. The
prizes, 500, SOS and $35, were won,
respectively, by Pat owned and
ridden by Carl Pierce of Ida;
Club owned and ridden by Coon
ey'' Clifford of Cactus Springs;
Bob" owned by M. A. Kibby and
ridden by Jimmy Berk. Billy Muir
ray and Ralph Burris acted as start
ers and J.. G. Thompson and w. f.
circuit as judges.