The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-08-15
T. p. A.
Notes
BY T. c. H.

The delegates to the Johns con-
vention report good time and
large attendance. The boys of Post
C were well pleased with their first
convention and pronounce the same
great success. None of the boys
were prize winners. They were either
too good looking or not good enough.
John Hegger entered in the talking
contest, but found for the first time,
a great many who could beat him a
hundred ways. He says he is going to
practice up little. John Hirshberger
was not good looking and not ugly
| enough to win a prize. He entered in
both classes, but was clearly out
classed both times.
Two members of Post C were paid In
IDENTITIES last month. John A. Evans
was paid fifty dollars for running n
nail in his foot, and Harvey Gard was
| ed ankle.
Are you doing your duty or in any
! way helping to bring up the member
ship to the 5000 mark? If you are,
| then just keep at it: but if you are one
of the many that sit idly by and do
nothing but complain, then fall off
your seat and get busy once. You
might accidentally fall onto one Of
those dandy gold watches the T. P.
A. is giving away.
IN, thn Unit fo6 tot
will receive one OF the T. p. A. Mag
| azines.e Read it carefully, as there are
some good prize offers made for sew
eral contests. To any member send
| ing in fifty or more accepted applica-
tions from May /, 1909 to April 80.
1910, solid gold hunting case watch
| will be given. To a member sending
in twenty-five accepted applications an
open face solid gold watch will be
given, either Elgin or Waltham move
ments in both cases. The T. p. A..
monogram will be engraved on the
back of the case.
/ Harry Thomas and Ed Tingler have
returned from a ten weeks fishing trip
at Bear Lake. The only fish they
managed to get on their line was a
bass weighing nine and one-half
pounds Fish at Bear Lake are scarce
this season, and the price too high to
bring any home to the boys. Both
Harry and Ed are looking well. Har-
ry went from 175 pounds to 21O
pounds. There is general rejoicing
around Bear Lake that these two lads
have left.
II Mr.. C. O. Tooker will read a
copy of the constitution and by laws
he can find the duties of his Office full
" defined. Read up little, Took.
Poor Shorty Shreeves. He has had
another brain storm. This last one
seems to be the most violent OF any nc
has yet had. All his neighbors are
now becoming quite interested In his
lease. Yesterday morning Shorty roll
ed out of bed at 600 a. m. the earliest
since he went to see the last circus
unload five years ago. Two drays. the
largest in town. were awaiting orders
from his Shorty. OF all thu
l ~~--
Even Supt George Staubach has no
had a case to equal this for genera
disruption. Babies were creeping
dogs were barking. the women OF tn
neighborhool were wringing thei
hands and carrying on at an awfu
clip. Shorty was the loudest of tn
crowd shouting orders to his'men AM
pulling things out of the house II
large chunks. Everything came out
the neighbors stood stricken with fea
and not daring to interfere with tn
; mad-like actions of Shorty.
At last the drays were loaded m
:, away they darted in a hurry. turnin
east on Main street. One neighto!
drawer than the rest. followed the pro
cession and located the outfit at tn
Chautauqua grounds. That is the las
.. seen of Shorty. How he got the thre