The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-21

No Christmas box was ever more
carefully packed or dispatched with
more tender solicitude
GREETING than that which the
TO TOM Cribbage club sent yes
terdas to the absent
brother. Thomas G. Hathaway. ST..
which the same is now sojourning for
the winter In the balmy climate Of
California, absent but not forgotten.
Pa" Johnson was the master of
ceremonies and had the able assistance
of Frank Smith. Phil Gagnon. Tom
Hickey. Charlie Hart. j. Edward
Smith and Clarence Prescott Into this
Christmas box were carefully placed
these articles: A package of freshly
received dulce; two pennies: a bogus
bar check: five-cent brass. some
more dulce. Then the thoughtful kind
ness of Pa manifested itself i'm the
suggestion that there should be
club sandwich: Frank Smith said one
wouldn't keep; Pa" said he could
make one that wouldn't spoil: and he
did. He took two soda crackers and
placed the three spot Of clubs between
them and sent the resultant sandwich
to the absent one. with greetings OF
the season.
There Is no doubt that Mr.. Hathaway
Is missed. he is more missed than any
body would have be-
TROUBLE lieved and the very cx-
BREWING istence Of the Cribbage
club is threatened
There Is strife where there was al
ways peace when Tom Hathaway was
here. II Is too bad. When Tom was
here he always took the bogus checks
and smiled: now the tightwads are up
In arms when the spurious brasses are
rung in on them. There was for a
brief time yesterday morning some
hope Of a restoration of the good old
days. ]. Edward Smith returned from
months absence in the east and re-
ported for duty at club headquarters:
he was turned down. The fellows who
have been warming the chairs during
his absence ruled that he had been
away without leave and that he could
not regain his rights as a member
without paying his initiation fee over
again. J. Edward protested. The mat
ter has been referred to Mr. Hath
eway for adjudication but. until his
decision arrives. J. Edward win cool
his shins on the outside for there is
uueIiuk uoiHk IuF MIN III tile CtuD. Anu
he would have restored the old era Of
good feeling.
When the shades of night fell yester-
day. there was one gang OF earnest
workers that was sure
SPEEDING enough tired. Jack Hell
HAPlOlY frich and his helpers I'm
the Wells Fargo office
were all In: they had every reason to
be. Their records showed that. dur
ing the day. they had waited upon
more than 500 persons and some of the
patrons had had as many as four pack
ages. To handle that number OF pack
ages during one day with the force of
the local office Is a good record and
there Is no wonder that the Wells
Fargo boys were not In a mood for
any society functions when their work
was over last night. This record was
an indication of what was doing all
around yesterday: the stores were
busy. the postoffice was crammed with
work: the other express offices had
more than they could attend to. the
messengers and draymen We're on the
jump all day and 1t was surely Christ
mas time.
Judge Woody In feeling better this
week than he was Inst week: he has
some hope now that he
FEELING will be In shape to be
BITTER merry when Christmas
comes. at his present
rate of consalescence there is every
reason to believe that he will come up
to the great holiday in his usual good
FORM. The trouble with the judge has
been the result of his getting into the
activities of high society. As the ia
ther of the bride at the recent we'd
ding. Judge Woody played an impor-
tant part. Those who witnessed the
delightful ceremony had little idea that
II required the greatest fortitude on the
part of the judge to 30 through with
his part. but he did II like IA soldier.
II was all the outcome of the rehear-
sal the evening before: as one of the
chief actors Judge Woody attended the
preliminary drill: there MAS not as
much light as there should have been
and the judge WAS not familiar with /
the arrangement of the church. In the |
dark he took a header and seriously In
jured his shoulder: II was thought for
time that Ii was disiocated. but he