The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-13
Rocky Mountain Club Of
New York Takes. Su-
perb Quarters.
WELL KNOWN IN NEVADA
Many of Members of Club Exten.
siveIy Interested in Enterprises
of the State..FamiIiar Names.

new Hotel Knickerbocker at the cor
ner of Broadway and Forty-second
street. The club has leased suite
of rooms on the parlor floor on the
Broadway side of the hotel consist
ing of four large parlors which can
be used for dinners, smokers and
other gatherings, or can be used as
single rooms as occasion requires.
Large private dining rooms and card
rooms are also included in the suite
The club has made arrangements with
the hotel by which its members will
have preference in the matter of
rooms and other accommodations.
The Rocky Mountain club has grown
in membership so rapidly that the
question of limiting its membership
is now seriously being considered.
Members of the club in this city
received a circular letter during the
week to the above effect. Owing to
the prominence of many of the men,
bers in the west and of wide ar
quaintance of not a few of them in
Nevada, the following information is
of interest:
The officers are John Hays Ham
mond, president A. ]. Seligman,
vice president; William B. Thomp-
son, treasurer, and James ]. McEvil-
ly, secretary, who together with John
G. Montgomery, Col. F. r. Burnham
and Ben amin B. Thayer make up the
board of directors. The popularity
and growth of the club are largely
due to the interest taken in it by its
president, Mr.. Hammond, and Mr..
Montgomery, chairman of the house
committee.
Among the prominent western men
who are members of the club may be
mentioned w. w. Armstrong of Salt
Lake, d. M. Barringer of Philadel-
phia, A. Chester Beatty, Joseph F
Burns of Colorado, Hon. Jonathan
Bourne, Jr., U. S. senator from Ore
gon, William M. Bradley of Salt Lake,
James Breen of Spokane, Frank
Brewer of Orange, n. j., Calvin Bull
lock of Denver, r. II. Charming, Jr.,
of Salt Lake, Edward II. Clark of Cal
ifornia, w. A. Clark, Jr, of Butte,
DIR. c. K. Cole of Montana, J. II. Con-
rad of Alaska, A. G. Corbett of Ely
f. G. Corning of California, w. Row
land Cox of the City of Mexico. Frank
w. Croker of Denver, Leon E.'Cur-
tiss of Colorado, Col. H. c. Davis
Eugene de Saba of California, M. E
Downs of Seattle, Wash, Robert H
Driscoll of Lead, S. D., Frank G,
Drum of San Francisco, Frank Nj
Danbaugh of Colorado, c, e. Durand
of New York, Col. George o. Eaton
U. S. A, retired, Stanley A. Eastton
of Kellogg, Idaho, S. w. Eccles OF
Salt Lake, A. Eilers and Carl Eilers
of Colorado, j. B. Parrish of Denver
Charles b. Flynn of Montana, Stan
! ley Clifford of Montana, Donald B. Gil
lies of Tonopah, Robert Grant of Los
Angeles, Hon. Simon Guggenheim, U
S. senator from Colorado and William
Guggenh elm of Colorado, Lewis 7
Haggin of California, Clarence Ham
lin of Colorado, A. B. Hammond OF
California, John A. Hassell of Gold
field, Hon. S. T. Hauser, ex-governor
of Montana, ]. A. Hays of Colorado
| Hon. William r. Hearst of Califor-
nia Thomas M. Hodgens of Butte
| Frank w. Holmes of Butte, j. G
Hopkins of Arizona, James A. JOY
| of Colorado, Hon. Thomas Kearns OF
| Salt Lake, Frank Keith of Nevada
David Keith of Salt Lake, Hon
| George A. Knight of California, John
C. Labor of Montana, M. S. Largely OF
| Montana, J. B. Leggett of Montana
Malcolm l.. Mcdonald of Nevada
| George w. Mckinney of Mexico
Charles NJ. MacNeill of Utah, Thomas
| A. NARROW of Montana Charles w
Merrill of Lead, S. d., Willis S. and
c. X. Mccormick of Salt Lake, Hon
w. N. McGill of Ely, Ogden Mills OF
California, George Mitchell of Mexico
Robert e. Montgomery of Texas, e
A. Montgomery of Los Angeles, VIII
lard S. Morse of Colorado, John S. M
Neill of Montana, Edward l.. and
Samuel Newhouse of Salt Lake, Hon
George s. Nixon, U. S. senator from
Nevada, w. J. Palmer of Montana
Spencer Penrose of Colorado, Ed
mund A. Potter of Chicago, Hon
Lemuel e. Quigg of New York, for
merly of Montana, William Q. Rant
of Montana, Leo L. Redding of Col
iorado, Fred Rowlands of Butte, Bar
| ton Sewell, president of the Ameri
can Smelling and Refining compan!
of Colorado, w. S. Tarbell of Colo
i
M. n. Tabor of Denver, A. n. c
Treadgold of Alaska, Harry Payne
Whitney of Colorado, w. McWhite o
Montana, Pope Yeatman of Nevada
and many others to the number o
about four hundred.
The Hotel Knickerbocker, in whicl
the club has secured rooms, is ont
of the finest and newest hotels in New
York. It has $50 sleeping rooms ant
400 bath rooms. 1t has every con
venience and comfort that modern in
genuity can devise. 1t is situated a
the corner of Broadway and Forty
second street in the heart of the thea
ter and club district and has direc
J communication with the subwa
, through the Times Square station
Members of the Rocky Mountain clu
: will secure special accommodation
through their membership and b
reason of the tenancy of the club i
, the hotel. 1t is the purpose of tn
. club to give series of smokers an
other entertainments during the win