Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-03-14
;. MUSICAL NOTES :. ;
!, Items OF Interest to Musicians Generally and Mem
, bers of the Mountain Home Band Particularly. Z

Falls where some OF the $4,000
horsepower is being converted into
electricity. German and English
capital is responsible for the COM
mercial activity here apparent. We
spent couple of hours here inspect
ing what is said to be the most up
to date and thoroughly equipped
power plant in Europe.
Wednesday, the 25th, was spent
at the government navy yards at
Horton, where we were taken
aboard the cruiser Norway, -
which, to those of us who had
seen some of the monsters of our
own navy, appeared rather insig-
nificant. The writer spoke with
several of the officers and men, and
they all spoke fairly good English
and ratified off the names, tonnage
and arrangement of the various bat
tleshis, cruisers, gunboats, destroy
ers and other ships of our navy
with a readiness and accuracy which
would, / am sure, have astonished
many a Jackie" and officer in
Uncle Sans service. After a short
concert here we proceeded to Dram
men, suburb of Christiana, where
we were rendered a very swell
banquet and ball, for which a
splendid orchestra played such late
n LOT
Georgia Campmeeting, g." Happy
Days in Dixie, Paradise Alley, I"
Bird in Gilded Cage" and
others. When we told the leader
that some of these selections were
so old that several of the youngest
of the boys had never heard them
and that all of them had ceased to
be popular several years ago, he
said ne could not understand it, as
he had been told that they were all
the rage and expected to give us
the one great surprise of the trip.
We squared ourselves by saying
that any piece rendered in SO
mastery a manner could not help
being good and entirely satisfac-
tory.
When we awokc next morning,
the 10th, we were lying at anchor
in the harbor of Kristiana. Our
quarters at the hotel had been re-
served for us, and after having
spent eighteen eventful, pleasant,
and as far as the writer is con-
cerned, happy days, we reluctantly
gave up our cozy quarters on the
"Andenaes," and stepped ashore.
On the evening of this day we
played what had been advertised
as farewell concert before {
mammoth audience, after which
we were rendered farewell ban.
quet by the combined total absti.
nence societies of the city, a cir
cumstance which several of the
boys did not relish, as they woulc
have liked to spend the last evening
in the father land in company more
congenisl. The fact that we were
advertised as band of teetotalcr:
was source of considerable annoy
ance to quite number of us, as j
precluded the acceptance of many
little acts of hospitality for which
our hosts were famous, and which
only served to make hypocrites o
most of us.
The following and last day fo
about 80 of us was to have been a
our own disposal, but the manage
ment, seeing a chance to take in ;
few more dollars, hurriedly adver
tised another farewell concert, an,
had barely time to give the sam
and get aboard the "Hellig Olav,
when, amid the shouts of the thous
ands gathered to see us off, and fol
lowed for several miles in
specially chartered launch by thos
of the boys who had the time an
means to remain and visit their rel
atives at leisure, we steamed dow
T the harbor. Early next morning i
the harbor of Christiansand tn
writer had an opportunity to bi
his sister last fond farewell. TIL
return journey across the Atlantic
! while not quite as pleasant AS tn
. other, was safe and uneventful an
we all reached our homes withou
serious accident or sickness afte
. having travelled nearly ten thousan
, miles by railway, boat and nearl
every kind of conveyance imagine
{ able.
, Next weeks concluding install
ment will be devoted to fc'
, personal impressions regarding tn
/ people among whom we travele
/ and who treated us so royally--som
: of the customs which struck us {
: peculiar.