Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-13
BOzEM AN NE VS.
Dan r.. Allen. manager inter Mountain
Branch Office. T. o. News Stand.
PIONEERS MEET
MONTANA OLD TIMERS CELE-
BP PATE AT BOHEMIAN.
COMPARE OLD DAYS WITH NEW.
most Successful Gathering For Many
4ears-Make Merry With Dance
and Feasting.

IT.. BoZeman, Sept. II.
1he nrst day of the Pioneers. meeting
was ushered in with a lower1nr skv and
a emil tbreeze that swept over the city.
ana the day promised to be u~npropitions
Tor the folks that had come a great dis
lance 10 meet with the friends Of old,
toward ~ O'Clock, however, the sky be-
gan 10 clear and the sun burst forth in
az lts glory, while the wind that had a
snort while before been anything but
peasant, tempered by the warm sun
shlne settled down to one of those au-
tumn zephyrs so delightful in this coun-
try: MI banners, flags and bunting
with which almost every buildint. had
peen decorated swayed softly and gave
a monday appearance to the town, such
as 1T has not worn in a long time. The
streets were soon crowded by the visit
ors, many of whom had not been here in
ten years, and they mingled with the
home folks who We're out in force to add
what little they might to the general fes-
tlvity of the occasion.
Altogether about $50 had arrived from
outside points. and quite a number who
reside in different parts of the Gallatin
valley drove in, thus constantly adding
TO the throng. No formal programme
mad been arranged for the morning and
each of the visitors went where he pleas
ed. Some took walks about the town,
noting and admiring the man. improve
ments that had been made since their
last visit, while others visited with
friends or hunted up old comrades and
passed the time in pleasant onvers GO
ing over the jokes and escapades that
had furnished amusement many long
years ago, asking after this o. that
friend that had SO. far failed to put in
an appearance, and the thousand and one
subjects that form the base of CONVEX
sation n anecdote.
OLD-TIMERS ADMITTED.
The meeting was called to order about
cs2n r thp n,,s .-El - -~~- ..-.1
titude of home folks had listened to an
open air concert given by the Montana
State band in front of Maxey hall, the
duration of which was about an hour.
The boys came in for many compliments
on their splendid performance, and the
crowd was 10th to see them take up their
line OF march for their quarters, hut the
boys had to go or there would have been
no preliminary meeting. There was no
particular work mapped out for the at
ternoon. and the meeting was called to
order without formality, the minutes of
the last meeting We're read and approved
after which the names of those who had
resided in the state the necessary length
of time to entitle them to the privileges
of me-~""rship were proposed and voted
upon. We're: George w. Crane of
BeayC county,: Mrs. S. Crockett,
Richa.N. May, Albert l.. Melton. Mrs.
H. H. Howard, Merritt Penwell, Edward
G. Anderson, Mrs. Addie Mardis, Mrs.
Walter Cooper and Mrs. Mary A. Pen
we'll of Gallatin county; Samuel W..
Langhorne, Martin Maginnis Of Lewis
and Clarke county; George p. Sparrow,
Andrew w. Switzer. Mrs. Almira Wall
len. N. J. Isdell, J. NJ. Nelson, Albert Ma
son, Mrs. Addie l.. Mason. Edward n.
Brown, John NJ. Conrow. George w.
Wakefield, George H.. Phelps of Park
county; Mrs. F. Belcher. Jacob II. Jack
son, Henry S. Clark of Silver Bow coun-
ty; Richard w. Clark of Yellowstone
county. A brief verbal report of the
president showed tina the membership
of the society extended to % counties of
the state and that CT members had been
gathered in by the grim reaper, while a
few Others had crossed the great divide
and the total would be swelled when
their names were entered on the roll of
the departed. President Anderson also
called attention to a register which had
been published by the society and could
be had of the officers on the payment of
s.. so, the cost of the work.
The secretary, James u. Sanders, read
his report in which a detailed account of
the work done by the society during the
past year was clearly set forth, after
which d committee of two. consisting
of A.. J. Fisk of lewis and Clarke and j.
NJ. Lindley of Gallatin We're appointed
to audit the accounts Of the financial Sec
rotary.
TO KEEP GRAVES GREEN.
George w. Irwin gave notice that he had
received a check fer 500 from a man.
not a member, with the request that the
money be expended in the care of the
graves of the Pioneers in the Old Vir-
ginia City cemetery. After some discus
sion the sum SO kindly donated was ac-
cented and turned over to the secretary
to be used for the purpose suggested by
the donor.
Mr.. Walter Cooper of Bozeman gave
notice that he wou introduce a motion
changing the time necessary to be a resi-
dent of Montana in order to be eligible
to membership, resembling the action of
the last meeting in Virginia City. and
proposing to make SO years the time
which prospective members must have
been residents of Montana before apply
ing for membership and each year fol-
lowing to change the year Of entering
Montana to one year later. always, how