Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-02-14


Pocatello yesterday from Oakland
Calf, to make his home home with
DR.. Earl D. Jones. Master Mitchell
will be quite an addition to mu-
steal circles mere, having formerly
been lyric tenor soloist with the
famous juvenile opera company,
Pollard's Lilliputians. -Pocatello
Tribune.
1T
Some years since Mr.. Kappery
wrote work on the History of
Military Music. In that work he
took exception to an estimate which
has been made as to the number of
bands in the United States, and
published in a contemporary. AS
recall it, the number of bands were
estimated at about 30, 900. To
British eyes, the number appeared
ridiculously inflated, and Mr. Kap-
perry, no doubt, voiced the general
sentiment in regarding it as Yam
kee exaggeration. Now, however,
according to 1.-THE British Bands
man., there are over 10000 brass
bands in England today as active
going concerns, comprising over a
quarter of million musicians,
hungering for good music, and
willing and able to play it practical
ly at sight. Is this echo, or reality?
If we were to estimate the number
of our bands today on the basis of
one to each one thousand of our pop
ulation, we should show the re-
narkable number of upwards of
so, 600 such organizations existant
in this country. THE British
Bandsman' has estimated upon
basis of one band to about each l.
500 OF the population of England.
Were we to do likewise, we still
could show the respectable total of
about 90, 600 bands, which, averag-
ing them at only ten members each
would give a total of 600, 900 mu-
sicians. AS a matter of fact, there
are not so many. This country
in extent, SO vastly greater than
England, has about $4,000 post
offices, about so, 900 of which are
located in towns and cities that
might be sufficiently progressive to
have bands, the remaining $4,000
are in hamlets, at cross-corners, or
wherever political influence can
induce the postoffice department to
establish one. Allowing for the
foregoing, supposing we deduct 20,
900 bands and 900, 200 musicians,
there would yet remain about 49,
600 bands, including membership
of about 400, 900 such as find exer-
else for their lungs by practising
wind instruments. With double
the population, an infinitely vaster
territory and much greater ratio of
adult increase from immigration,
the above comparison of our status
with that claimed for England by
THE British Bandsman," must be
considered conservative. The above
figures will show that the practice
of wind instruments is developing
with great rapidity and creating a
tremendous demand for band in
strumcnts and music, the equal of
which is without parallel in the
history of any country. This fact
and the exceedingly rapid increase
of our population should afford great
encouragement to our makers of and
dealers in band instruments and
music. The field is practically il
1imitablc and patience With pcrsc-
verancc will bring rich rewards to
many of them who are recently be-
ginning in business as also to them,
who have been long established.
Big fortunes are yet to be made in
the corrclsted industries minister
ing to the musical needs of bands
men of whom there are nearly
million in the United States and
England. "A. A. Clappe.
BY long odds the most remarkable