The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-09-05
NEARLY $1,000 PUT
IN FiREMFN'S FUND

added to the Winnemucca Volunteer
Fire Departments fund for disabled
members as a result of the Labor dav
celebration held in this city Monday
under the auspices of the firemen, in
cooperation with the Business Mems
Association. The Belgian relief fund
and the Red Cross also gained con-
siderable money for their treasures
because of the celebration. All to-
gether the celebration was a huge sue
cess and everyone connected with 1t
is we'll satisfied with the result of
their efforts.
The carnival opened Sunday after
noon with a baseball game at Recrea-
tion park between the Battle Mountain
boys and the Winnemucca team, re-
sulting in a score of to in favor of
the latter team. This score was disput-
ed, the visiting team claiming that the
catcher at the homeplate dropped the
ball when the last put-out was made.
This run would have counted and the
score would have been tied. 1t was
then decided to play another game
Monday afternoon. This game, while
hotly contested, was won by the Win
nemucca boys with a score of IL to g.
On Monday morning the days events
opened with the fiag-raising exercises
when Old Glory was hoisted to the top
OF the ninety-foot iagpole planted in
the middle of Bridge stret at the in
tersection of Third street. These ex-
ercises were attended by large
crowd of people Appropriate open
ing remarks were made by Mayor c. f.
Haviland and an address was delivered
by Judge c. f. Robins, who not only
paid a great tribute to Old Glory but
spoke of the significance of Labor Day
and the part the American working
men were taking in the world war.
After Judge Robins remarks the flag
was hoisted to the top of the staff by
T. J. d. Salter, chairman of the coun-
ty council of defense; ]. G. Moore and
Sergeant w. F. Belway of the u. s.
marines, local recruiting officer. AS
Old Glory was hoisted to the breeze
the orchestra played the Star Spang
led Banner" the audience standing
with barred heads or at salute and fin
ally giving three rousing cheers for the
flag. The exercises closed with the
assemblage singing America"
One of the big features of the car
nival was the number of booths deco
rated with the national colors that
lined Bridge street All these booths,
which were there for a good cause,
such as the Red Cross, the Belgian re
lief fund and the firemen's fund, were
well patroniZed and, in fact, sold out
long before the days events were over.
Owing to the fact that the manag-
ing committee was unable to procure
band this part of the program was
greatly missed, but nevertheless the
nausic furnished by Frank Pratini and
Joe Di Benedetto, San Francisco mu-
sicians, on piano-accordians, with
drums. was greatly enjoyed by all
The field sports and horseraces
proved to be very interesting and not
only town boys joined in the contests
but it was noticeable that a number
of the visiting boys joined in the
races and other events, and the same
can be said of the girls, who were very
active when the girls races and con-
tests were called. The horseraces held
on Second street were big features of
the carnival and enjoyed by every
body.
The New England dinner served at
Winneva hall by the canteen service
committee of the Red Cross was well
patronized and netted a large sum to
the Red Cross.
One of the big amusement features
of the program was "swatting the kai-
ser" and everybody seemed to want to
get a crack at him. This feature
brought large sum of money for the
firemen's fund.
The special picture attraction at the
American theater-Theda Bara in the
Fox super-production. Cleopatra
proved a great drawing card and was
enjoyed by large audience
The grand ball given in the Nixon
Opera House as the wind-up faeture of
the celebration was one of the most
enjoyable parts of the program and it
looked as if everybody that attended
the street part of the carnival were
there, and although the spacious dane
ing floor was crowded all the dancers
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