Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-06-20
THE CUB CREEK yLL-FI6HT



The great potato picnic will never be
forgotten by the ?eopIe Of Cub Greek
valley. This district was at first the
scene of a brief mining excitement.
After that there was blaze of disorder
i glory. This subsidized into tame ca
reer OF czrie ranehing. which hnaiiy de.
veIoPed an unexpected resource. II
vas found ,ha, the light and Powdery
soil of the valley, when properly irri-
gated, produced potatoes in great guam
tity and of excellent quality
From this moment the prosperity Of
the Cub Greek valley was assured. Po-
iaio ranches were opened in every -di-
recfion. Trrigating enterprises we're
undertaken on large scale, and land
rose rapidly in value Cub Greek City
sssun had papal4tion Of 5000 souls,
mits am 1peHa hnnse, daily paper. a
mayer and ; CRY council.
Nv fzther~ the FIRST mayor Of the
citv He IS a very enterPrising man
and had contributed mary schemes to
ssboom" Cub Greek. One OF his schemes
was the great potato Picnic-a kind Of
grand potato barbecue. which Was ad-
vertised far and vide which attracted
many Thousands of people, and which
served 20 increase the fame and an
nounce the resources Of The district.
Committees were appointed TO devise
attractive features for the occasion.
was put on the committee on sports. Of
which my friend Tom Narcross, wAs
chairman. We we're told by my father
that no ordinary programme OF sports
would do. and that We must get up
something picturesque. Eoxel and
startling.
III II ss4se-es ricfuresqsse. a sid IN
ca~f De zomunassee aaeeainws. "a uuusl
be botraasd FFCu ore q the bygone
times Of the valley
We all remained silent and reflected =
moment, and then Ton Nzrcross Jump
Aet Bp IN some excitement
Il have it'- ne exclaimed well
give them buli-fghtr We uere struck
alu1us, dumb BY the briiliancy Of the
suggestion. ard adopted il by a unaui
nous vote.
Bu, i vas one thing TO decide TO have
ball-dghs and another 70 get one up
My father told rs that We must -put Il
through ourselves he had 20 time TO
superiatend IL BIZ, re must guarantee
that no one should be hurt In it. and that
the animals should neither be killed nor
cruelly treated
We gave the guarantee and SCI ahou,
Organizing the light" OF course We
knew absolutely nothing about bull
sights We had come to the valley dur
ing the potato period. and knew nothing
eKeeP; from books ard hezrsar about
the wild life in the mountains and the
plains
Nor could xe had anyone Who had
experience in ball-hghts 80 much
time passed while We we're yainiv cor.
responding with various people in the
territory, hoping TO find someone who
could direct a bull fight, that when we
At last gave up searching and resolved
10 srast to our own resources. we had
~; cree weeks eft in which 10 prepare
tr the event.
Ne read zlE We could find n the books
'n .az Cub Greek public library about
baa 6Ehtiag. AMI then I ven, down to
chty and ,adied up the subjec, ii
'he public library there
~ Arst proceeding on reaching home
va 70 organize all the bsys kaew into
corps Of tofedorrs, pie2dores, chulos
banderilIos and matzdores. Most OF the
Ooss wanted 10 BE soredores or ma,a.
dores. bu, Tom and exercised our
authority. seconded b TIA, of nv
father. to such an extent thar We fnsiI,
filed up the rank
Then sc appointed = subcommittee
8 costumes. ard called In the assist.
anee Of my sister Blanche and 9f Tom.
mother, ~ho had gift for getting Ut