The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-23
SILVER BOW CLUB MEN ENJOY
UNUSUAL DELIGHTS.
COLUMBIA GARDENS He SCENE
New England Festivities in the
Shadow Of the Rockies-0eorge Irwin
the Hero Of the Day-Music
and Speeches.

the Silver Bow club HE'D themselves to
Columbia Gardens and INDUCED In a
clambake, the first event of the kind in
the history of that organization. There
was a full attendance Of clubnen and
the proceedings were carried on with
snap and vim that proclaimed the keen
relish with which the patrons of the
time-honored New England Institution
enjoyed the day. The CLAIMS were
brought from the Atlantic cost and with
them came huge parcels of sea weed
and other material used for tluxing the
crude product of the ocean in the clam
pit.
Tom Carter is a standard authority
on Montana clambakes. but Postmaster
George Irwin was recognized as the
father Of the ciambake movement in
Butte. To him was given a degree of
aduiation sufficient to distinguish him
from the ordinary club member whose
knowledge Of clans and clambakes was
less technical and eXhaustive,and whose
opinions respecting the ways and means
of this delightful function were in
nebulous Or gummy state and had not
been crystalized into a conviction.
About $50 members Of the Silver Bow
club and their guests comprised the at
tendance at the clambake. In the spa
cious cafe of the Gardens the members
Of the club dined on CLANS, quahaugs.
Holsters. chowder, sand CLANS green
corn and chicken and variety Of other
edibles known only to the dexterous
chef of the guild Of clam bakers. 1t
was a royal spread. The Boston &
Montana band added to the hilarity Of
the occasion by splintering the air with
Jagged bits Of melody that put the fin
tOllChaS ho Of no
clubmen and their guests.
After the various courses Of clans had
teen patronized by the diners cigars
were passed around and the club men,
hers leaned back and proceeded, as is
their custom. to return thanks to the
maker of the festivities.
Charles w. Clark arose and in happy
vein pronounced an eulogy upon George
Irwin. "IIe is the only man in Butte
who Possesses the tact and finesse to
engineer such a scheme as this to a sue
cessful ending. He has brought to-
gether more good fellows than have met
In Butte in many day, and 1 propose
three cheers for the genial Uncle
George" ...r
The windows ratified and the fire in
the kitchen range blinked, three times
80 hearty We're the cheers that greeted
this request.
At the conclusion Of the demons tration
Mr.. Irwin arose to his feet and the oc-
casion. The cheers broke out afresh.
The genial recipient Of the clubs admir-
alton paused until the merry expressions
of esteem had subsidized and then said,
When l first proposed that we have a
clam bake in this city my good friend,
Mr.. Clark. opposed the scheme, saying
that there We're no CLANS in Butte and
clam bake without clans would be a
dismal superiority. I admonished him to
give thought to the fact that clans
may be shipped a long distance If prop
erly packed and proceeding along these
lines we finally secured the result which
appears to be so eminently satisfactory
to US all. Clambakes are, beyond ques-
tfon. entitled to a place in the list of
good things which are a Joy forever.
The soothing presence of a clam in our
internal economy Is not provocative of
Indigestion as poultice for internal APP
plication it is always timely. 1t is an aid
to digestion and has tendency to re-
cruit all the faculties of the mind and
body and give the countenance a polish
of happy smiles
With these and other expressions in
which jovial good nature. eloquence.
technical information and medical skill
were rolled into an attractive whole, Mr..
Irwin bowed in acknowledgement of an
other burst Of applause and sat down.
Mr.. E. w. Whitmore promised to repeat
the performance next year It was a
great day for Silver Bow club members
and ONE not likely to be forgotten.
The business men. the professional
men, the society men, We're well repre-
scented and were all hungry and dry.
Col. Sanders came as delegate at-large,
escorted by Mr.. Scallon of the Anaconda
company.