The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-29
THE PIONEERS BANQUET,
Large Assemblage Dine at the Ho-
tel Broadwater Last
Night
The Largest Gathering of Old
Timers Ever Held in
the State.

Timers Ever Held in
the State.
An Address Delivered by W. A. Clark,
the Newly Elected President of
the Association.
The pioneers and their friends began to
gather at the Broadwater some time before
o'clock last night. At the latter hour the
porches and corridors Of the hotel were
crowded. About three hundred tickets
were issued before 10 O'Clock for the ban
auet. Included in this number were good
many who were not entitled to membership
in the Pioneer association, but who have
been in Montana long enough to feel that
thew are ''old-timers.'' While the pioneers
were renewing old acquaintance and ex-
changing "reminiscences of the old days, the
Fort Assinniboine cavalry band, stationed
out on the lawn in front of the hotel,
rendered the following numbers:
/, Spanish Bolero-A Fete in MADRID =. .Abbiate
.. seection. Martha ................. flotow
:. rt. js Gayotte-The Rose Of Erin. -. Moses
s. ldyll-The Mill in the Forest ...... Eilenberg
i. Medley-A Night in New York. ..... Brooks
This programme was admirably rendered,
and the music was heartily enjoyed by all.
The motor lines were crowded with peo-
ple from town until after 10 O'Clock, who
went out to look at the gathering of the
pioneers. The office lobby probably con-
tanned the most interesting groups. Here
were gathered men from all parts of the
state, their faces chiseled with the marks
of time. The venerable James Fergus, the
first president of the Fair Weather min
ing district stood In the center of the lobby
and greeted his many old friends of the
mining days in Alder gulch. He is bowed
over with age and his flowing. silvery locks
touching his shoulders, makes him an object
of much interest. In the throng here and
there were noticed Con. Kohrs. the cattle
king Of Deer Lodge, Col. w. DeLacy, who
crossed the Rockies near where Mullan
tunnel now is, with Capt. Mullan. years
ago. Col. Broadwater was also in the lobby
to welcome the guests. Among the many
QUAD, A. N. Hotter, Martin Maginnis,
Samuel Word, ien%sce Miller Hl,a,,z, R. :,
J. R. SANFORD, 9. b. Curtis. n. Fretz ". NJ,
sprague, J. J. Kennedy, a. J: Davidson, 7.
Rumsey, Sam Schwab, Joseph O'Neill. W.
Y. Simonton, Francis Power, P. B. Mills,
Charles Mathies, James King, H. G. Harri-
son, A. O'Connell, A. J. Fisk, VIM. Dngee
G. s. 1ngersoll. J. Armitage, 7. II. Clewell
W; ). Barrett. VIM. Ma y John W; hps-
sei., II 1iIJAi 81; n Sn,,aor. - ~,
Kaat;n' r.arra R1e,ker Iohn Is; E
AS1 aNkSo. Me.ssell Il Sh;,al,arrar N ;ss
n narAaof = AA II = Weston W. w. -''1 r
Steele John MofBtt and MANY other
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brilliantly y illuminated BY numerous electri
Ephts and tho contracting colors of til
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brllliant ehec. VI ..9 vno siu
;nterua M Samuel Word. The toast
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