The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-22
ITS NO PICNIC TO THEM
County Officers Offended at
Flaming Posters.
THEIR DIGNITY INJURED
Prominent Citizens Names Are Used On
Picnic Bills Without Their Knowl-
edge OF Consent. and They
Feel Aggrieved.

The appearance on the streets yes
terday of flaming posters announcing
the programme for the Short Lin pic
mic Sunday for the benefit of those de-
pendent on soldiers gone to the war,
caused CONSERVATION and Indignation
among a number of county and city
officials, who think unwarranted liber-
ties have been taken with their names.
Baseball and tug-of-war contests are
advertised in which county and city
officials are announced to participate.
n some of the county officials con-
slider that they are made ridiculous in
the assignment of the parts they are
supposed to take in il. For instance
Judge Clancy of Department III. of the
district court is made anchorman of the
tug-of-war team, and Judge Lindsey is
MADE umpire of a baseball team.
Neither had ever been consulted, and
neither knew of the liberties taken with
their names until the big fiaring posters
appeared on the streets yesterday.
Judge Lindsey is out of the city, but
his friends, who knew him best, said
Yesterday that when he heard of the
liberties taken with his name some one
would be made to smart for it.
County Attorney Stapleton. Chief
Deputy Connolly, Deputy Oar Yancey,
County Treasurer Kinds, County Ply
sician Sheeran, Coroner Tremblay,
County Assessor Allen, Commissioners
Clark, Terrell inc Matthews and all
the deputies in the office of the clerk
and recorder and the clerk of the dis
trict court are named as among those
who viii take part in the tug-of-war
and other sports, and not one of them
had been consulted and none of them
expect to go to the park on Sunday or
take part in the advertised sports. All
or them were angry when they saw
their names on the posters.
something should be done to stop
It, said w. d. Clark, chairman of the
board of county commissioners. TT is
placing the county officials in a false
light n is making some of them rid
iculous. So far as / can learn, none of
the county officials authorized the use
of their names and none of them ever
expected to take part in any such con-
tests. When / saw in the papers tina
there was to be a benefit for those de-
pendent on the soldiers, I was willing
to give my encouragement, but not in
the way that they have used my name.
The papers said that the city officials
were to take part in it also, but / in
quired to-day and was informed that
they We're not and had not been con-
suited. The benefit, / am told, is that
so per cent. of the receipts are to go
to h railroad company and 20 per
cent. to the beneficiaries. / think the
people should know that the county
officials are not parties to It,"
Every county official, outside of the
sherif's office, denounced the matter
yesterday and protested against the use
of his lame. Coroner Tremblay aid il
was an outrage, and the county attor-
ney said it was decidedly raw to say
the least"
eff there is to be a benefit for the
soldiers wives" said Clerk of the Court
Clark, they ought to get the benefit.
Every county official is willing and
ready to contribute to such a cause,
but 1 think they are justified in object
ing to being made ridiculous for the
benefit of a park or railroad company"
1t was stated yesterday that the
whole matter started in a 'josh" in the
sheriff's office some time ago, but with
no thought or intent that the Short
Line park promoter hould take ii seri-
ously or publish the names of officials
who had no knowledge of the matter.
Recently the county commissioners in
compliance with a petition from citizens
made an order by which all those who
are needy and dependent for support
on volunteers IN the army VIII be taken
care of by the county. All they have
to do is to make known their wants TO
the county auditor. and they will be
cheerfully provided for.
AS for the city officials, they have
arranged to go to the reservoir on a pic
mic on Sunday. At least the ouncil
voted to do so at Wednesday nights
meeting, and when the aldermen were
questioned afterwards about the Short
Line picnic. they said they a nothing
to do with it and some of them a
they had not heard of it. 1t is under
stood that a nine of policemen has been
organized to play a game of ball with
county officials, but there is no tug-of-
war team so far a. known.
Mayor Harrington said yesterday
that he is going to the Short Line pic
mic instead of to the reservoir. The
manager of the picnic has a contract by
which Mayor Harrington and Sheriff
Regain will receive 20 per cent. of the
railroad fares to be held in trust for
the beneficiaries. Other city officials,
seem to know little about the
Short Line picnic n expect to go to
the reservoir Sunday.