The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-12-08
WHATS THE MATTER
WITH PALlSADE 2
Her Frat Red cross Party Nets $215.50
For the Cause
Palisade Correspondence

tndt place. EUREKA has DeluR
an auxiliary of Reno. but communi-
cation with Eureka is less frequent
than it is with Elko. consequently an
application was sent in to that point
and arrangements perfected last
week for a Red Cross Auxiliary at
Palisade.
A meeting was called and 16 men,
bers were at nee enrolled (more
since following). and the officers
elected we're: Chairman, Mrs. J. B.
Rice; Secretary, Mrs. j. E. Sexton;
Treasurer. Mrs. F. Keller.
Ways and means of securing funds
were discussed and finally a rattle
and auction party with dancing was
decided upon for Saturday night.
December 1. Pine Valley enthusiasts
began sending in donations. turkeys.
cakes, pigs, etc., until Mr.. Whit
more's store-where the articles
were delivered-began to take on
the appearance of a live stock COM
mission house.
The dancing started at 9 o'clock.
Mr.. F. A. Keller. the hotel propri-
etor. donating the use of his piano
and his services at the same until A
O'Clock a. m.-and better music they
never danced to.
The "impromptu" a~uctioneers
were Mrs. T. F. Plummer of Mineral
Hill Ia member of the Eureka Red
Crosse and Wendell Jones. the South
ern Pacific freight agent. The for
iner starting the sale by offering a
Red Cross cake. which Melted the
committee $3.50. Mrs. Welty was
the lucky and highest bidder. taking
the cake at $500 and Immediately
re-selling the same to- T. F. Plummer.
An immense turkey. donated by
Mrs. Rand of Pine Valley. was raf-
fled off and brought in $3.50. This
grieved the entire assemblage. for
at an auction with the spirited bid
ding that went on, 1t would have
brought very much more.
Wendell Jones then auctioned off
ar immense turkey gobbler, starting
off at S.. The bidding became spirit
ed and ran high until all bidders ex-
cept Mr.. and Mrs. Will Yates and
Mrs. j. E. Sexton, dropped out. 1t
was finally knocked down to Mrs.
Yates at $23, and she Immediately
had Mr.. Jones place it up again.
This time Mrs. Sexton was the sue
cessful bidder and secured the fowl
for $1,000, making a total of $35 for
the turkey. 1t had been donated in
the first place by the Yates ranch.
A sucking pig donated by R. F.
Raines brought $35 on a rattle. there
being 140 chances at Is cents each.
Antoine Sri held the lucky number
and. as the pig had been let loose in
the ball room for public inspection.
Mr.. Sri caused considerable interest
and merriment in his efforts to re-
capture the "squealer."
Senator Thatcher had donated for
rattle three dressed turkeys. which
were ratified off. two bringing Sc each
and the remaining one $500. The
lucky numbers were held by Mr..
Blanc, Tony Merialdo, and Frank
Connors, respectively.
Refreshments were served by the
ladies of Palisade, and after all had
partaken, three cakes. still uncut, re-
manned. Mrs. Boyer, committee
chairman, at once turned over the
cakes to the two a%uctioners. MIR.
Jones took stump and bidding
started. Again it became interesting
and again the bidders dropped out
as the price ran up. leaving Mr.. and
Mrs. Yates as the final contestants.
until it was at last secured by Mrs.
Yates at the price of $1,000.
Mrs. Plummer then placed for bid
ding the two cakes handed her, and
on the first Mrs. Yates was the high
bidder. A huge nut cake followed.
and after spirited bidding forced
higher and higher by Mr.. Cobb, the
Yates and the Welties'. it was dis
posed of to Mr.. Welty, netting the