The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-09-27
Montana's diadern. Continuing,

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said:
81 Again, pioneers Of Montana, 1 biz
you welcome a thousand times. Wei
come to our hearts, our homes, and al
that is ours. II, haply, We have foune
favor Of old mother nature, she vii
soon change her tears TO- smiles. Ma,
YOU feel during each moment of you
stay here that you are welcome ane
honored guests, and that this town ant
all who live therein, and all that i
contains are yours to use and do witt
as you please. May your reunion
prove pleasant and profitable, ant
when you leave for your homes may
you carry with you some kindly re
membrance Of us, and retArn aga'l
and again. Again, pioneers, from the
bottom of my heart, from the bottom
of all our hearts, bid You welcome
a million times welcome
General Warren Responds. Il.
General Charles S. Warren Of Butte
being called upon to respond to the aid
dress Of welcome by Mayor Fostef
stated, among other things that he had
not expected to be called upon to ad
dress the meeting and felt as though
the chair had taken 'tsnap Judgment
upon him IN requesting him to respond
to the we'll chosen remarks Of the
honorable mayor General Warren
spoke Of the countless dangers encoun
tered by the pioneers III the early
days, and particularly iii this section
Of the state. He; compared the sage
brush flats. of this section in 1868
where the "rattlesnake and the Grow
and Sioux held full sway with the
cultivated farms Of the present day
with their large crops Of alfalfa, beets
etc, and predicted that within IL
years Billings would be the largest
city Of the state Of Montana n
NJ Cattle Queen Speaks.
Mrs. Collins of Teton county, klscWn
as the cattle queen" !" The first woman
to take a train load Of cattle from TIE
west to Chicago, followed Geenral
Warren in response to the address oi
welcome. AFTER helping 10 put up
$50 tons of hay, I have laid away the
rake and mower, and have been three
days and two nights on the road to be
with you, said Mrs. Collins. She re.
counted one Of the experiences Of her
trip to Montana with her parents in
1859 and told of fight with the In.
dians in this vicinity in which they
lost their horses Later they were
lost in the bad lands and for three
days were without food or water, until
the male members of the party had
killed a buffalo, part of which they
were compelled to share with a large
bear the next day, who came to the
mess boz uninvited while the men
we're sway in search of other game,
Commenting on this incident, Mrs. Col.
1ins said that she addressed the bear
in this manner: "Just come right UP
and help yourself, bruin, but please
don't drink the Yellowstone dry She
told of having to pay $110 fora sack
of flour, and working as nurse from
camp to camp among the miners to
secure the money. Mrs. Collins i, the
only member OF the society present
from Teton county, her husband, who
is IS years of age, being too feeble To
attend, and the other members in that
county being busy with their hay crops
and unable to get away.
\ Old Timers Present.
Following Mrs. Collins short talk,
the roll cali of the society was called
and the following members responded
to their names: @s vi sss9- a.4i n
BeayerheadJ. F. Bishop, Al II.
Crater, r. T. Wing, Jos. shineberger,
James Maldin, r. L. Graves, VIM
Rowe. r. G. Brown, Mrs. Blair, A. D.
Noyes, N. s. Wood, Geo. Woodwortt1,
Jas. Kirkpatrick, q. 2. Murray.
Broadwater- Francis Powers, A. H.
Wells, H. L. Keene, Ghas, Muhley,
George Beatty. 81 .s !. 38s=
Carbon Geo. ToWne, Jno. s. Dono-