The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-19
BOOSTERS THE
BEST YET
START NEW YEAR OF WORK
FOR SPOKANE THAT LEAVES
CROWD OF 1900 HAPPY AND
NOBODY SORE.

An audience OF at least 1900
Spokane boosters laughed last
night until tears came at the fun
let loose in the gridiron program
given in connection with the an
nual meeting of the club After
the audience had sat restiessly
through an hours business session,
and then partaken of a good buffet
luncheon, the fun was started.
The meeting was convened by
Gordon c. Corbaley, the retiring
president of the club, who called
on the Spokane Male chorus for a
selection. In his annual address,
Mr.. Corbaley spoke of what the
club had accomplished during the
past year, and urged all boosters to
work for Spokane attaining the de-
sired goal of the club, 10000, by
the time of the census taking, in
June, 1910. He said the clubs
great achievement of 1908 was the
raising Of the fund of $4,000 for
the new orphans home. He made
a plea for the more general use of
Spokane-made goods, stating that
the 100000 per annum could be
added to the pay rolls by consump-
ton Of home products.
Treasurer M. H. Eggleston re-
ported that the club had handled
$4,000 during the year, and had a
balance of $2,025.79, of which S1S25
had been invested for the clubs
benefit.
A. w. Jones. secretary of the
club, after reading his annual re-
port, said the next big thing COM
ing was the pure food show, Febru-
airy s to 10.
j. A. Tormey, former superin-
tendent of schools, made a plea for
more parks and said the club
should put its shoulder to the
proposition to issue s1,000,000 in
bonds for park purposes and make
that the browning event in the
clubs history for 1909.
The election of five managers
for period of three years resulted
in the choice of c. Cunningham,
P. D. Full, Phil T. Becher, Sol
Meyer and S. A. Mann.
The business session at an end,
President Corbaley yielded the
gavel, an implement big enough to
maui rails, to E. J. Cannon, attor-
ney for the Northern Pacific, who
presided over the frolics of the
Gridiron club. Mr.. Cannon took to
the job like a duck to water, and
was voted one of the best jolliers
of the club at the end of the fes-
tivities.
The first call was on the Elks'
quartet. but the bunch that re-
sponded would have been routed
out of Bingville had they appeared
there. The strains emitted as al
! legged melody were very distress
ing. but made good with the audi
ence, which enjoyed the burlesque
J. o. Peterson, Hugo Oswald, o. G.
Strong and l.. c. Bankson did the
heavy work In hits act.
p. B Keaney. the Mr.. Dooley of
the Spokane valley, had fairly got
started into a heavy dissertation
on the Sprague avenue fill and the
First ward sewer, in which he
handed G. B. Dennis a few hot
ones. when the real Elks' quartet
invaded the stage, and put Keaney
to rout. The quartet was at its
best and responded to encores at
all appearances during the balance
of the program.
About this time the festivities
came near being converted into a
riot by a stranger in a black shirt
and wearing red button, who APP
preached the platform and began
a denunciation of the club. Some
thought he was an anarchist that
had come over from the dodgers In
Billy Sundays temple, but after he
was thrown out it was learned that
he was r. c. Sweat, the architect,
and that ii was part of the play.
The next number was Conner
Malott's school class. consisting of
Mr.. Day, the coal dealer, as Bud,
and Frank II. Shaw as Lilly. The
makeup of the cast was good, par
ticularly that of Lilly. who wore
bright pink dress that came close
to the knees and undermuslins that
were too long for the dress. They
recited comical verse about Bill
Shannon and grade separation 100
years hence and took a few shots
at Billy Sunday.
Bud, who wants a concrete
bridge at North Monroe street.
asked the teacher. "W. H. Cowles,''
promptly answered the eager pupil.
Two subsequent attempts to get a
different answer failed, and the
boy was promoted to the head OF
the class. In verses by Lilly at
the close she took a shot at Judge
Poindexter and Joe Cannon, and
o. e. Kenyon's troubles with his
lady college chum at Seattle that
has just ripened a Judgment