The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-17
ANACONDA NEWS.
DEER LODGE PIONEERS
Preliminary Steps Looking To-
ward q County Organization.
WILL MEET NEXT MONTH
Deer Lodge Chosen as the Place for the
First Regular Convention and Oct. 81
as the Date-Those Who Are Eligi-
BILE Should Send In Their Names.

The Deer Lodge County Pioneers as
ISOLATION was organized yesterday at
meeting held in this city. The gather
ing took place at the office of County
Assessor George S. Miller at the court
house, and was in pursuance to a call
issued by A. M. Walker, chairman of
the board Of county commissioners.
Those who were present were the fol-
lowing well known old-timers: David
Cohen, ST., Jacob Stuckey, Thomas
Parker, G. c. Vineyard, Charles E.
Aspiring, James L. Goodwin, c. b.
Jones, A. NJ. Walker and George S.
Miller. All of them were enthusiastic
over the new organization and pledges
were made that if determined will and
earnest effort can do it, Deer Lodge
county will have the banner pioneer or
ganization of the state.
Upon calling the meeting to order Mr..
Walker announced that the purpose of
the assemblage was to effect an organi-
cation of Montana pioneers of Deer
Lodge county, subordinate and auxil-
larry to the state organization of pio-
neers. Mr.. Walker was elected chair
man of the meeting and George S. Mil
On motion of d. Cohen, ST., the first
regular meeting of the association is
called to meet at Deer Lodge on Oct. q.
A committee was then appointed to
draft preamble stating the object and
purpose of the county organization. On
this committee Chairman Walker APP
pointed Messrs. David Cohen, ST., G.
G. Vineyard and Charles E. Aspling
The committee will report at a later
date.
1t was ordered that application
blanks for membership be sent by the
secretary to all those in the county who
are known to be eligible to membership.
The meeting then adjourned.
There are now known to be 1873 men
in Deer Lodge county who are eligible
to membership in the pioneer associa-
ton. This number is taken from the
books of the state organization, and the
full list will be at hand in a few days,
the secretary of the state body being
now busily engaged in preparing it,.
Besides these 1873, there are scores and
scores of old-timers in the county who
came to Montana long enough ago to
be qualified for membership, and 1t Is
the object of the organization formed
yesterday to enroll every one of them
on It's books.
The organization of an association in
Deer Lodge county makes I; the fifth
county in the state to form local bodies,
the others being Gallatin, Lewis and
Clarke, Madison and Beaverhead- The
object in holding the first regular meet
ing in Deer Lodge is for the purpose Of
securing as large an attendance as pos
sible at the meeting from that section
of the county, where host of old
timers reside.
Yesterday afternoon Secretary Miller
sent out a number Of application
blanks to pioneers. The blanks call for
the following data: Name in full, place
of birth, date of birth, fathers name,
mothers name, place of departure for
Montana, route travelled, date of ar
rival, place of arrival, occupation and
such other matters as may be OF use
as historical data. Secretary Miller, or
course, knows the names of but a COM
paratively small portion of those in
Deer Lodge county who are qualifled
for membership, and therefore his
blanks will not reach all those whom 1t
is desired shall be enrolled. 1t is the
earnest request of Mr.. Miller that those
who do not receive blanks, and who are
eligible place themselves in communi-
cation with him and the aims of the So
ciety will be promptly explained to
them 1t is to be earnestly hoped that
every old-timer in the county will re-
spond.
The qualification for membership in
the associa ton is that the applicant
shall have arrived in Montana during
or prior to 1866. Formerly the date was
fixed at 1864 An amendment to the
constitution, adopted at the recent
meeting held at Virginia City, is to the
effect that any one who has been in the
state SO years is eligible to member
ship; thus, in 1900 those who came here
in 1857 will be qualified; in 1901, those
who came in 1868 and so on. This