The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-16
mill, TERRIERS, DRILL.
AnsEntsrtainmsnt at the Auditorium
Which Furnished Amusement
TO tho Crowd.
ghIrd and Fourth Team Moneys
Hung Up Over q Big
Dispute.
The LsaAvills Team Refuse 70 Abide by
NJ CoMuittss's Dseision and
Divide Up Even.

The people who went TO the auditorium
last night saw some amusing and some in
ssrestinR things, and heard a dispute sha
vas not Al all entertaining. The anusin
things we're tho drilling contests betwee'
men who once knew how to do it. but nov
hire othera to do IL for them when the,
want anything Of the kind. The interest
ing things were some drilling exhibition
By experts, . broad sword contest and
m9kc-bslieve safe drilling. The dispute
was over the Page-Reagan protest.
Dayy and Tagus, the winners OF she mrs
prize for teams, gave q short exhiplsion
drill, and went down 81 inches in six MIN"
utes. Davy struck as high a. lo4 blows to
che minute and Tague ninety-slx. Ihsn'
10 the tune of Drill, Terriers Drill. FRANK
Lang and M. II. Keefe started = hole on
behalf of the Montana club. Gov. Hauser
warned the audience that the club would
mot be responsible for damage by hy'ns
drills and hammers. The team got IN a
hole several inches deep and broke OH sew
eral inches of steel. Then thew started
another hole and worked thirteen minutes
ill their wind gave out. The result was
announced az thirteen inches. Dan Haniey
and Ipora., Smith, for tho Sapphire club,
made a hole, in the same time, that was
aid by the Judges to be l7ss inches. Han
ley used to do better when he did II for a
living. Smith struck . very rapid ana
scientific blow.
A broadsword contest between J. h.
Holmes and j. r.. Miller was next. 1t was
I very emo Exhibition. Miller appeared to
have had the BEST of it. but tho points were
announced as even.
J.. r, Gibson gave a safe blowing contest,
In which there were nj other competitors
but to which strict attention was paid BY
MANY who wished to get on to his system:
He had an imitation safe on the stage and
with the lights turned down, a KITTY OF
tools and a gun. he began work. All the
small boys in the audience acted as his
coufederates by giving any number OF
whistles and cat calls, and somebody
stepped on the tail Of the ja~nitor's dog and
made him bark. All this helped to make
the scene very realistic. Gibson drilled
two holes in the safe door, poured In the
powder, inserted a rose. ~ ~, ole" up Cne
COMPUTATION and helped himself. The
crowd thought it very interesting.
William Shea, the leader on the single
hand drilling. cave an exhibition OF top
and aide drilling. E. w. Fiske, the man
who built tho auditorium on time and
didn't have to 90 to law for his money.
started in to drill single handed. His drill
was too soft and bent double. a tribute to
his great strength.
The last thing on the programme was the
distribution of prizes to the winners OF the
drilling contests. Col. O.. 5. Chase. OF
Omaha, after a neat address, presented
Davy and Tague. of Butte. with a certified
check for 500, and gave each man a pretty
silver medal, for drilling the deepest hole:
Rinker and Ahearn were given a certified
check for $500 for the second deepest hole.
William Shea was handed a $3.50 check for
the champion single handed drill, and was
presented with a handsome medal. David
L Jones got q $500 check. John Irenary
one for $50. and Frank Wegenstein one
Paoe-Reapan trouble. William Harrison,
one of the Judges, said the drilling COM
had decided the third and fourth
places a tie. When the judges had meas
ured the holes they made Myers and Dwg-
er's drill 81 1l-16 inches and
Page and Reagan's 81 9-16. Ihe latter
had questioned the accuracy OF sns
all the drills OF the first night.
The result was that they foundi nacuracies
in all but one of the measurements after
cleaning out the dirt which was there when
the judges measured. Between the rage
Reagan and the Myers-Dwyer drills the
surveyors found no difference. For this
reason the committee decided ii a tie. Nick
Myers, one of the Leadville team, said he
and his partner wanted only what belonged
to them. If the judges measurements
were good for one they were good for all.
They would not accept any compromise,
but IL tho committee would agree not to
give Page and Reagan the money the Lead
Vile team would 90 back to Colorado with
out anything.
Al this point Dennis O'Neill, one Of the
Judges. announced from the stage that he
had refused to agree to the measurement
announced for Page and Reagan. Some
one in the rear of the hall cried out, You
A0d money on it."
II did not" cried O'Neill. II took it
down."
Col. Chase admonished the disputants
that outside was the place to settle such
matters, not in the presence of ladies.
The $500 for third and the $500 for fourth
place is all hung up.