Sun River sun. [volume] (Sun River, Mont.) 1884-1885, 1885-01-08

tbe tapis FOR some time and was The
principal topic Of conversation du
ing The past week. Umbrella Hal
YVES crowded-.-so crowded in fact tha,
it caused Shoocat Every 20 remark
".hat to get another man in the foo,
would have to he scrubbed 1t wa.
thought at one time that door woult
have to be cut in The back end Of th,
hall and the thrcshiny machine movct
out.
Cold Slaw Forrest occupied III,
char pro tenn. Conspicuous amongs
those who were seated on the platform
were the following: 5hoocat Every
OF Cobblestone Ranch: Reservation
Houselamp; Clawhammer Volentinc
Tom Thumb the cattle king; Linn,
Quilp, the high and mighty guzzler
Iron Mouth Mike; Pop Corn jim
Baby Elephant Joe: Sailor George
the man with the alligator mouth
Rip Van Winkle; Goliah Lang; Blu,
Beard, Piebalt Davis; Moses Macobel
and Shanghai Lundall.
The delegates from The Bears Nes
wee: Shot Gun Tom, Cameackt
Pickler. and Little TX. Sins. MIR
Forrest. in opening the meeting, gave
a brief synopsis of why the meeting
was called, the literary benefit to bt
derived by the people of tho com
munity at large, and concluded b.,
informing the audience that they
would now be called upon to select ,
president and other officers. Resor
vation Houscdamp proposed Shooca,
Every for president. The motion was
seconded by Pieball Davis; there be
ing no opposition, Bro. Shoocat was
unanimously elected to fill the re.
sponsible position. After the cheer
ing had to some extent subsided, he
was conducted to the chair lately oc.
cupied by Mr.. Forrest.
The William Shakespeare look above
tho Father Hubbard coat was too
much for the boys and the cheering
was renewed with more vigor; the
yelled themselves hoarsc,
hats were thrown to the rafters. Jt
was in fact repetition of the Demo
cratic and Republican convention at
Chicago. In the midst Of all this ex-
element Baby Elephant Joe present
ed Bro. Every with patent clothes
wringer. After Bro. Every had got
the ear of the assembly he spoke as
follows:
"Gontlcmen, I Gun hardly find
words adequate to express my graft
lude to the people of Montana for
This unlocked for pleasure. Although
l have not touched Il drop OF anything
to-day, still l am too full for utter
nnce Il am filed with emotion. You
will have to excuse me until alter the
installation Of officers. by that time
| shall have rcgained my presence of
mind sufficient 10 address you on all
leading topics of the day. We will
now elect recording secretary"
Tom Thumb was unanimously elcc-
ted recording secretary. There were
four candidates for the two vicc-prcsi-
dental chairs, Reservation House
damp. Clawhammer Volentine, Cold
Slaw Forrest and Moses Macorbor.
With the exception of the followers of
Moses who wanted the electors TO vote
for dad, there was very little enthusi-
assn. Reservation and Clawhammer
were elected under full sail.
The ollic, Of financial secretary was
given to Lime Quilp. Cold Siaw ran
but was left at the quarter pole. Rip
Van Winklc WAS woke up and offered
charge of the treasury. After wait
ing about ten minutes he accepted it
with his eyes shut. There was only one
for custodian of the Coyote
poison, Mr. Pop Corn being elected
to fill that responsible position. Little
Tx. Sins proposed Cameaclsa, but
Shot Gun Tom remarked that Il nan
that didn't know the difference be
tween an Indian and Il blackbird
would be nice pipin to have charge
of poison. Baby Elephant Joe was
given charge Of the museum. Lord
aelp the museum! After all the Of
icers were duly installed in their re-
,pcctive offices Bro. Shoocat arose and
said:
"Gentlcmen, it is about time that
We settle down to business. We want
,ery few bylaws and very few com
nittees. What we do want we can
egislate on from time to time. | find
~ the constitution that everything
If minor Importance is entrusted to
ne. This club. shall collect from its
Il monthly fec of 50 cents in
ldvance, and the club shall meet tri-