The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-28
ANACONDA news.
ELKS' PICNIC A SUCCESS
More Than Three Thousand Peo-
pie Attended It.
MISSOULAWINS BALL GAME
Bozeman Defeated by Score of 5 to 3.
Deer Lodge Was Turned over to the
Visitors and Col. McTague Made
the Elks Feel at Home.
Special Dispatch to the standard.


Deer Lodge, Aug. 27.-In the early
70s there came to Montana and Deer
Lodge one of the cleverest monologue
and character sketch artists of his day,
who, with his wife, formed a team of
entertainers rarely equaled.s Together
they played for some months through
out the principal towns of the then
territory of Montana, making stands
of two and three weeks in the larger
cities and filling the theaters to over
Moving every night of their engage
ment. The parties to whom we refer
were genial whole-souled Charlie WV
ian, founder of the Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of EllSs in the United
States, and his estimable and talented
young wife. After touring through
Montana for some months they left for
Colorado and. going to Leadville in the
early boom days of that camp, Vivian
was taken with pneumonia and died.
His body was buried there, but after
some years was removed to New York
state by his brother Elks and there re-
inferred.
The Elks' picnic here to-day recalls
to the memory of most old timers
Charlie Vivian and his wife and many
interesting and pleasurable remini-
scenes of their stay in Montana were
recounted by those acquainted with
them. Charlie Vivian was the son of
Lord Vivian of London. England. He
was clever actor, a polished gentle
man and a past master in the art of
story telling. AS a funmaker and en-
tertainer he had few, if any, equals
upon the stage in his day. He was just
the kind of a man to found such an or
a a a nd he a
but he certainly "builded better than
he knew" when he laid the foundation
of the present great order, which num-
bers its members in every town and
city of any consequence throughout
the United States.
der the auspices of Silver Bow lodge
No 240, B. p. O. E. of Butte, the fol-
lowing committees having the affair in
charge: Printing-,Major J. E. Daw-
son, J. T. Sldley Finance-Dr. w. H.
Haviland, Archibald Gray, j. f. Daw-
Kilgallon, DR.. D. G. Bryant, Harry
Cunningham. Louis Frank, l.. D. Nc
Lean John Cannon. Dancing and mu-
sic-M. L. Holland, G. D. Cocnrane,
Carlisle Mason, Ben e. Calkins, Harry
Us Doering.
gentlemen of the committees one of the
largest crowds that ever came to Deer
Lodge assembled here to-day. Elks
from Livingston, Billings, BoZeman,
Helena, Missoula and Anaconda joined
their brethren from Butte and assisted
in celebrating the occasion. 1t was a
great crowd, some estimating the num-
Der at 5000.
Following is a list of prizes offered
and the winners:
Ray Welton's Brown f1lly won the
mile dash, prize $40: Joe Johnson's gray
mare second, prize bride.
Missoula won the baseball game from
Bozeman by a score of to 8, and the
silver cup.
In the cake walk Mr.. Perrin and Miss
Nellie Summers won the first prize, S.
and the cake; G.. d. Bryant and Miss
Callan the second prize, $3.50.
The 100-yard race was won by Atchi-
son, johnson second.
The fat mems race, so yards, was won
by S. w. Gibbs.
The 75-yard race for boys was won by
Sam Bell.
The 50-yard race for girls was won by
Rosa McCloud.
Miss Elizabeth Heron was awarded
the prize for being the best lady walt
ger and H. Mcfarland for the best gen.
tleman WALTER, parasol and S. hat re-
SDectiyely.