The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-02-23
THE PIONEERS
WILL ORGANIZE
Homeless Twenty Organization
to be Prepetuated
MIR. AND MRS. r. NJ. McCOLLJM EN-
TERTAIN SAGE BRUSH CROWD.
Preliminary Steps Taken for Getting
the Old Crowd Together for Social
Times.

Some sixty of the real pre-railroad
pioneers Of this city gathered Tuesday
evening at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
X. nj. McCollum in response to some
we'll laid plans for surprise upon the
first lady to hold open house for the
homeless twenty in the good old days.
Some sixty of the number of the men
gathered during the evening and were
cordially greeted by the host and hos
tess, together with Mesdames O. A
Stalker, II. o. Miner and G. F. Baker
The first part of the evening was spent
in playing five hundred, in which these
pioneers showed that poker was not
the only game which had occupied
their attention in the process of city
building. H. o. Miner secured the
prize.
After lull in the hilarity, Senator
Sweeley, on behalf of the guests, pre-
sented Mrs. McCollum with a hand
some sterling mounted hand bag with
the names of the donors printed on the
inside so that it offered q lasting rec
ord of the esteem with which the re-
cipient was held. During the first few
months of the towns history when the
wives and sweethearts were left away
back east, the McCollums held open
house for the whole crowd and the
memory of those rugged days inspired
the token.
A light lunch served as the back
ground for a large number of remin-
iscences, with Del Sprague acting as
toastmaster.
r. M, McCollum, G.. D. Thomas, M. H
Pape, S. r. Hamilton and Fl. t. West
responded to the toastmaster's request
with some very interesting stories of
the hardships and the fun which gave
diversion to the monotony until the
city began to grow.
After considerable discussion COM
mittee of five was appointed to formu-
late methods of organization, consist
ing of r. M. McCollum, G. D. Thomas,
G. B. Sierer, S. T. Hamilton and w. S.
Hill. An effort will be made to form
an organization on the same plan as
the California native sons. Those
present, with date of arrival in the
city, follows, while large number not
present have expressed desire to
join:
G. E. Booth, March 1, 1905.
o. A. Stalker, July II, 1904.
M. H. Pape, November, 1904.
H. w. Ball, February Z, 1905.
II. o. Miner, June II, 1904
H. T. West, June, 1904.
c. J. Hahn, September Is, 1905.
E. M. Sweeley, February 4. 1906.
c. Harder, January 10, 1905.
H. F. Allen, March Is, 1906.
A. N. Sprague, December 4, 1904.
J. A. Waters, September 80, 1904.
H. W. Clouchek, October, 1904.
l.. E. Salladay, December "a, 1905.
c. H. Burton, 1904.
P. ]. Costello, September 22 1904
w. A. Minnick, May 8, 1905.
S. T. Hamilton, August, 1904.
Wilbur s. Hill, July 27, 1905.
! J. S. Keel, February 1st, 1906.
Morgan G. Heap, December II, 1904.
A. W. Irwin, September 1, 1905.
! W. A. Ring, January l, 1905.
| F. w. Wilkinson, January 20, 1906.
w. J. Young, March II, 1905.
! G.. D. Thomas, March Is, 1905.
J. M. Maxwell, December Is, 1904.
| G. B. Sierer, March 8, 1905.
T. G. Macauley, October 10, 1904.
| G.. F. Baker, August, 1904.
M. j. Sweeley, April, 1905.
r. M. McCollum, January s, 1904.