The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-07-06

overwhelmed the modest men -,
60 the convention and would .uo %constitm
themselves well treated u;.,. uaVe thouph.
attention and permission to "a, 'sa 1T ottSs
way which they were not. Tho 10Y Their Own
- welcome at Great Fallsn vh;s assurance of
BY Messrs. Webster and Collins was given
years before, was grandly folsHa ooe and two
The Press Association
amendments to its laws which Some
will be published at an earl We pfesuus
pointed ex-Presidents Mills, Al has, and 'p.
sutherIin a committee to submit ''son aud
OF the constitution atthe next maet;. revision
the first twenty-four hours ara ~ When
to work. A few new menber. W a%evotsl
ted and a bylaw adovted were admit
months Identification with the aN',,as SIX
press as an essential to member. M%oafaaa
fixing the annual Membership fss 'u'p' also
airy members at 50 hereafter. ~ wi honor.
the memorial for Mr.. Hendry tba a%e'afl0nn
reported and were discharged. s ul',nl'es
COMMITTEES consisting of Alex Da Snu NEW
II. Wright and Chas. s. Fell apnoiu 'us, Geo.
full authority to complete the wos,. with
it is designed to place in the Conrt . Which
Helena. The designs for monn'quaFe at
mitted were very fine and it is nroh suss sub,
OF them will be adopted. The ofsosN one
for the ensuing year are: elect
Presidential. E. Fisk.
First Vice President-Jerrv cou;u
second wee president-Alex Devins
Third Vice President-Wm. u Toas
Secretary-A. X. Yerkes.
Corresponding secretary-Dauia, Co.,.
Messrs. Harrison spaulding, Nat v sS"r1es'
and F. E. Foote were chosen 90 ~ hos
tive committee. On election tbarofa sAssl'
soula was selected as the place Of tho "s'
annual meeting, to be held at such t;ma1
the executive committee, which ino,,aN'.S
President and Secretary, NAV detarm;Ss '0s
The last of the guests left july lat 1884,
three days meeting, and ali will eve, bass.
grateful remembrance the fd4litr 'n
which the people of Great Falls fnlsv,o. WIN
promise of their ambassadors that tho ".
OF their city, the doors of their bon.os -,
the welcome of their hearts woul1 ha ra;a
open to the editorial association uhaa
should visit their city. Their cord;.l;,a.'
never be surpassed. ~u
NOTES AT SIGHT,
Mr.. e. B. Lochart, formerly with the Min
ers' Lumber Company, of Butte, is the ;n.,l,
popular and obliging clerk of the famon,
Park Hotel at Great Falls, but he is sbor,s
pair of polished buffalo horns which h.
might have kept had it not been for ths
accident of the Press Convention.
Harry W. Chllds, General Manager Of tba
Great Falls Smelter, invited the Press Av.o
citation to visit the works and take a sluncb y
1t was n of the finest repasts ever snra,a
in the Territory, and eaten with pratjto,a
beaming out of every eye of his buuperino
and grateful guests.
The st. Paul & Manitoba railroad grade
was too low and the bridges iusutHciap,
through the Marias and Milk River country.
The company is now raising the grade sev.
eral feet for go or 70 miles aud replacing tbs
bridges swept out by the streams that were
almost dry when the engineers located the
road but that are raging torrents when heavy
rains fall. In some places the location Of
the track has been entirely changed and
1000 men have been busy all season.
"Tim" Collins turned over to us the KEYS
of the city, but he held on to the key Of
the bank. Good head, he has. But then, he
didn't let US have any use for money, and
that was better.
On the evening of July Goth a storm swept
over Great Falls during which hail as large
as hens eggs fell-perhaps one large piece to
every 20 feet square. It was simply Heavens
greeting of "All hail" to the press gang.
The following telegram received on the
train was read with much merriment:
HELENA, June %.
W. ". Anderson, or any other good Repub.
llcan with the "press gang" en- route to
Great Falls:
Shut your eyes and say your prayers going
through Tunnel No. 5. That's where make
C. A. BRoADwATER.
The telegram was referred to Isaac D.
McCutcheon, Esq, with the request that he
serve an injunction on President Broadwater
from continuing the business as he had con,
fessedly run it into the ground.
w. p. P. St. Clair, formerly Superinten.
lent on the Montana Union, is now holding
4 responsible position on the Montana Cen.
trail and went along with the boys to Great
Falls.
Great Falls and vicinity is the easiest place
20 take up land in Montana-especially just
after a rainfall.
Massena Billiard contemplates holding the
temperance convention at the Giant
Mr.. Beckwith, of Helena, "took" the
press gang bald headed-ladies excluded.