The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-27

| ride him. This same goat must have
| been a young and frisky Rocky noun
| tain goat, because some of those VINO
| had ridden him on Saturday appeared
very fatigued on Sunday, and several
of them have a tired look still. The
work of the organizers commenced on
Saturday afternoon at o'clock, and by
! the time the last of the IS charter mem
| hers was initiated and the officers elect
ed 1T was little after II o'clock in the
| evening. The lodge. B. P. o. E. lodge
NO. 463, then proceeded to the Bohemian
hotel, where mine host Burkett and his
manager, Tom Howard, had prepa, ed
| sumptuous repast for the tired ones,
Who did ample Justice to the good
things. Soon the benign influence Of
| the wines of the sunny south, the malt
| ed liquors of the northwest and tile
stronger waters of the other parts Of
the world began to loosen the tongues
of the banqueters, and words of wis
dom, jollity and eulogy proceeded from
! different parts of the dining hall, rep
resenting the various sections of
the stats. Among. those who spoke
| were Attorney Stark of Livingston, w.
s. Hartman, John Walsh, Gen. Lester
S. Wilson, Nelson Story, jr, A. K.
Yerkes, Charles Fell of Bozeman, c. r.
Burkett of Pipestone Springs and other
gentlemen.
The banquet lasted about an hour
and a half and tie visiting Elks were
then escorted to the trains going East
and West by the Bozen1an boys ard
given a rousing send off and farewell,
which tt is hoped will long remain in
the. minds of those who so kindly help
ed to establish the Bozeman lodge on
it's firm foundation. The following gen
tlemen form the lodge and are it's char
ter members: Thomas H. Rea, John
Walsh, Eugene Hoffman, Nelson
Story, jr., A. E. Cutting, c. w. White,
DR.. H. w. Foster, DR.. C. NJ. Whitefoot,
Al Love, A. K. Yerkes, Charles Fell, J.
Baker, George Cox, Leslie Gage, John
Maxey, E. b. Lamme. Elmer Ray G.
w. Jackson Byron Story. Lee Warren,
George D. Pease, r. D. Steele, John A.
Luce, w. A. Tudor and Meyers. The
following officers were selected from
the above for the first official term: p.
B. Lamme, E. ruler; c. w. Jackson, f.
L. K; A. L. Love, E. loyal knight; A.
K. Yerkes, e. lecturing knight; George
D. Pease, secretary: George Cox, treas
urer; w. A. Tudor, e. M. Ray and John
Walsh, trustees; j. H. Baker, esquire;
A. r. Cutting, tyler; r. D. Steele, Chap
lain; Eugene B. Hoffman, I. G.; John
A. Luce, organist
w. II. Ross, S. J. Seal, w. NJ Briggs
E. S. Richards, DR.. C. B. Miller. s. C.
Fitzpatrick, George B. Childs, e. W.
Prosser, l.. A. Walker, o. F. Leavy, C.
j. Clark, c. M. Winter, all of Helena;
Fred Harris and T. J. Butler of Butte;
Frank B. Hilton and M. Johnston If ST.
Paul; Ed Bessey of Lewistown; George
Wakefield and Attorney Stark of Liv-
ingston.
There have been a large number of
horses killed on account of the dread
ed disease of CHAMBERS during the last
few months. Some farmers have had
to kill as many as 20 head at one time,
and in the aggregate many more. The
first case of CHAMBERS in the valley APP
peared a number of years ago, proba-
bly, Is or 20, when Merritt Penwell Of
the East Gallatin brought in lot Of
freight mules which had been used
for freighting to the points of railroad
on the east and west. Although not
known at the time these mules were
simply rotten with CHAMBERS and some
had to be killed right away. Others
were allowed to roam in the hills and
so came in contact with the range stock
and spread it wholesale. few years
after Mr.. Arnold, a near neighbor, mad
to kill number of his finest horses. In
the course of a week he killed 26 head,
among them being four span of horses
worth $500 span. Some of his neigh
bors did not pay as much attention to
the disease and try to stamp it out so
completely as he did and now they are
killing horses, and have for several
years, at the rate of one or two year,
and for the last month or two, since
the state vetinary surgeon or his dep
uty have been around have had to Kill
half their stock. 1t is to be hoped the
crusade that is being made against the
disease this year will stamp it out for
ever, though of course there are some
farmers who won't kill unless they are
obliged to do so. and in this respect
they are penny wise and pound foolish,
as they may have to destroy their en-
tire bunch of horses in the near future