| Show silv ver king C alft ulft a I 1 afeld park utah V U F s wonderful Won darful n never was there a more enjoyable day spent in park city than on last monday whai tho the miners and their families were the guests ot of the silver king coalition and park mining companies in the great celebration of 0 labor day I 1 it mas just a continual roand of 0 pleasure for or the of the two big companies their families and the citizens in general from 9 a ni until 3 the next morning and everybody was happy none more so go than the officials of tie the two companies and the committees that had so successfully arranged I 1 the details and pleasures lor for the day monday Sep september Septen tamber itier 6 15 1926 will be talked about fora long time to come by all who participated therein as one ot of the most harmonious and pleasing labor day celebrations I 1 ever given in the state slate the record can give no better account ot of the days celebration than that given by bythe reporter ot of the i salt like lake tribune who was hero here there and everywhere enjoying every a minute I 1 of the big doings that all roads lead to park city i Is the impression that one might have received monday byj by looking over tie the multitude ot of pleasure seekers and the hundreds of cars parked at the consolidated tunnel field tho the scene ot of the labor day celebration for there one could have ses sesa seen a close to persons and cars iron from nearly halt the tha states ol of the union tourists from both east andl and west attract attracted edt by the gala da day y appearance appe aranco ot of the town and the vast throng as at the place meet was held drove into the field agnile or two from town and joined in the merry making the expense ot of the celebration was waa stood by the silver king coalition and ind the park utah mining companies the two companies gave away approximately 1600 in ill prizes during the day and furnished iree free transportation from the town to tho the scene of 0 activities at 1 1 bottles of 0 soda water had been fu lAshed tree free to those who had gAthe gathered redl tor for the celebration all day long the tha stream of 0 merry makers surged from the abb letie field to the lunch and soft drink stands farther west bee because ause of ct the great numbers rs gathered there it iwas necessary to require P each ach to stand in line until each had been served in order the lunchi lunch cs which consisted 1 ot sandwiches hot dogs etc were furnis hedl tree free by the t two we big mining companies the celebration began promptly at 9 a in with mith a so lection by the miners and muckers duckers boys band of 0 the silver king and the park utah companies tois this was followed by ho he flag raising of 0 he boy scouts I 1 then began the athletic contests which many declared would have done justice to terms teams of 0 trained athletes anywhere in the land contests are held from that time ime on there thera ve were races and contests of strength streng fhi and endurance men struggled tor for supremacy while wives and children 1 I on the sidelines and most ot f the victories reent to the representatives I 1 senta tives of 0 the park utah company A gallant fight was put up by the silver king men in each ol of the contests and not one stowed a sign ot of weakening until the last exertion had been made but the men proved themselves good losers as well as aa good d winners and the only contest that had to be repeated was the first heat ot of the drilling contest this repetition was not caused by the tact fact I 1 that the men participating objected to the decision but was due to the ot of the judges themselves ves the first birst athletic contest was the yard dash which was won von by davis ot of the park utah company company the time in this thia was waa 11 se second condis ls flat second place was claimed by smith also ot of the park utah the money in this race was 10 and 5 tor for first and second places second on the program was war the relay race of 0 yards this was waa won by the silver king team la in 49 25 26 2 5 6 seconds the money in this contest was 40 to the winner and 10 to the second best bast in tte tibe pushball contest was posted by the two com companies paules this was one ot of the most bitterly contested evi ants ot of the day backward and forward the tha ball surged and at times members ot of both trials teams climbed on top ot of it to prevent it fro from in be ing ine hoisted on high but one or the other was thrown from the heights he had attained and when the one final reckoning was made the score stood 20 20 2 0 in favor of the park utah team real physical test thin then came the mucking contest for tests ot of real physical endurance taj alis undoubtedly led the program a in I 1 in front of cf each were forty cubic fet feit ot of ore equivalent to approximately two and one halt balt mine carloads car loads this am amount aunt S edmunds ot of the silver king coalition man aged to shovel from one bin to another in six minutes all autes flat mine officials I 1 declared axed the amount handled would register two tons or more morea I 1 while the contest was close clos e edmunds won easily over any and all competitors e to s I 1 I 1 following the flue montest between the muckers duckers came the wrestling match between roe lee of tie the park utah mining alining company and young you ng adbert of salt lake this match was a fit cecii inzauto bout and ira dern of salt lake light heavyweight wrestler of 0 utah acted as referee several times during the match lee seemed to have his opponent near defeat but each time the salt lake youth managed to squirm from the grasp of his antagonist and the contest resulted in a draw dram although the two men were supposed to wrestle wj estle at pounds leg lee appeared to be the heavier of the tha two after the wrestling match the tug o war was staged the teams on each side in this were made up of nine men each eacer from th the park utah and silver king companies in addition to then the nine lne mien anen on each team there iwas a cdade making a total of ten on the team the contest was won by the park utah team in the money in this contest was dorco scores fall fail I 1 immediately following the tugo tug o war came lunch hour and the first event after that was the wrestling match beleen dan korep koree ot of the park utah and the masked marvel of salt lake after a terrific st struggle ruggle lasting 1332 25 2 5 koree korea managed to score a several that the be seemed near having the masted marvel in the tha corner but each time the unknown youth managed to escape there were three boxing matches and a battle battla royal at each ot of which ira dern resided presided as referee five boys entered the battle royal roya and four were going str oagat ngat the finish and refused to quit in the first boxing match earl reed ot of the silver king company was knocked out by joe ot of the park utah company in the first round the second bout was won by bp cliff ot of the park utah from i roy mclendon McLe MeLe neon neou ot of the silver king in the second round jack chido ot of salt lake won well the third bout front dwigh kulken kuiken dal daft of the Silver King Xing a knockout ik in the 9 cond round then came the drilling contest which was won by the park utah atal company kompany oom pany the best time OB this drilling two thirty loch irich holes and removing and taking tak ing care of the drill was waa second time was won by the 1 park a rk utah in and third place by the silver king company in I 1 15 1 5 1 the silver liling company won the thel ball game with a score of 72 7 2 batteries were donner bonner and mcnaughton for the park utah and nobles and austin for the silver king cy har 1 beck was the star hitter tor for the siti ver king company and the strong feature of 0 the game rol follow loing ing the ball game the ae horse races the contests tor for the day the first race was won by tom ames owned by thomas P F kearns with walker up second money was taken by dan nicholes with fred dicksen ksen owner and rider up the second race was won by dan nichols with dicksen up lip and redwing owned by kearns walker up tip won second place the big days doings concluded with X a grand ball at the elks hall the big dance floor was practically packed packed solid but that did not prevent everybody present from try trying g to dance and joining in the continual merriment ot of the occasion vie tae music tor for this dance was mas furnished by colleen girls orchestra ot of salt 1 lake and fine music it was too in ad addition dation to the grand ball street dancing furnished all kinds of amusement tor for the overt lowi dancers until 11 the society gators orchestra 0 of salt lake furnishing the best of best music at this hour the dancers and orchestra adjourned to the womans comans athen baum hall where the light fantastic was tripped until near daylight 0 NOTES sheriff joe dark clark a and nd deputy geo gao stockman came up from coalville Co alville to assist in managing the crowds at the big field there were no disorders of any character jinks nelson was special field marshal and did good work in lining up the millions of automobiles and keeping open passageways eways at lunch aunch time and night our main street resembled a big metropolitan city on a busy day so heavy was iwas the automobile traffic t that ba t traffic cops were necessary at a all inter se clious ana good work was wag done by officers sam brown del redden george prudence and wm they were on the at all alf times i nothing was overlooked tor for emergencies on the con tunnel field even an hospital tent with mith m ith first aid equipment and nurses nurse miss sybil workman ot of the miners hospital la in charge was ou on tb tha 0 a grounds gF grounds As the year previous a little shiow er came up in the tha afternoon causing a hasty scattering for a few minutes but not marring to any extent the arranged program the so called soft drink parlors or more properly speaking the tha licensed booze joints did a land office business all day and particularly after the conclusion of the festivities at the consolidated tunnel field aud and drunks became more numerous nuh nerous as the night hours advanced and to the disgrace of the he city many of these drunks were young boys and young girls were also seen under the influence of liquor so numerous I 1 re ere the drunks on the tha streets that at the instigation oi of city marshal baker about 11 the whiskey dives and the pool halls balls were ordered closed and the city and county peace officers on duty pro preceded ceded at once to close them all up tight this was certainly a chui coui commendable act on the part ot of city marshal baker andi one that will win for him the approval of every law abiding citizen to in the tha community and should win the commendation of the tha mayor and city council it is true I 1 the places were only closed tor for the night yet it Is a stepin step in the right direction and should be followed by closer law enforcement la in park city from now on find and will be it deserved encouragement ts Is given marshal baker by those these higher in authority tho rity tet let right and fearlessness prevail in our municipality there were hundreds of df former park city people in the city to participate in the great labor day celebration and among the many were noticed mrs J S salmon of rock springs wyoming mr and mrs ed hatch hata and mr and mrs airs ebar murdock of heber mr air and mrs theo asen ot of provo N J williams mrs peggy von elm mr and mrs peter clark dr ed lecompte mrs W L I 1 snyder mr air and mrs ren aubrey miss agnes harrington mr and mrs J D fisher mr and andars airs Mrs continued 0 n page four silver king and park utah royal hosts continued from page ge one H H mccarthy WM tom p mccaugh lin mr and M mrs J F P plan flannagan Flanna it gaa mr and mrs tom mcdonald Mc Donala and aim daughter ellen ot of salt lake cit ciar mr and mrs ed tracy mr mrs jack a and na tracy mr air and mrs birs jann jame bogart bogan leo durkin ot of Bl aglian 3 mrs hazel at whalen ot of gol gold it hill I 1 utah mr and mrs milton joan jane mr and mrs earl jones iones ot of provo froio MILs miss jane glenola dark clark of 0 cogl coal ville mr and mrs austin ir my and family amily ot utah howard houts stages did dh a great business last monday be between teen park city and salt lake all regular stages were loaded leaded with IOU tour double headers to accommodate tl crowds two big stages were kept busy carrying pleasure seekers to a and from the con tunnel field in addition to tie the big motor tracks ot of the park utah and silver xing king coalition and a constant stream at 0 private automobiles there was only one serious is hap at thi labor da day L festivities latt monday andl that occurred during the base ball game when little margaret the six year old daughter of 0 mr and mrs albert carter TOI tag struck in the head by a ball frae rac 1 turing the skull the little suffer buffer for er is at the miners hospital where everything possible is being done lor for her dr darts barta Is attending abys clan 0 there were several minor bruam scratches aad cuts cats during tie the TO ter fous contests con testa on the grounds were expertly pertly ei treated by nurse narse sybil workman at the emergency mer gentT tent hospital provided tor the occasion by the mining companies |
