El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-10
R0ASTFEsTFEATURE
Of ELK's SMOKER
Five Governors Tell What
They Are Governors Of
and Get Many Laughs.


Local Elks held a gridiron az their
smoker in the Elks' club Tuesday
night, which brought back reminis-
( cencesof the frivoIities Of the old Nc
Ginty days
It was a new Idea in lodge smokers
and II proved successful and most
entertaining one and created much
merriment at the expense OF five FL
PasO Elks-
Exalted ruler W W. Bridgers retired
from the chair in favor of v. r. stiles,
who acted as postmaster for the even
ing. Stiles began his duties By i'm
posing those of a sheriff upon Hope
Smith, who is big enough to mold down
that job IN any Texas town.
The Hope" Of the Elks, as they i'm
mediately dubbed him, arose to the Oc-
casiOn, all six feet and then some. and
in a dignified manner commenced car
rying out the orders Of his chief First
he caused U, d. Davis TO sing a tenor
Then followed a rigtime orchestral
selection, which was followed by sew
eraI songs by the Third artillery
quartet composed of J. Price J. Mean
ey, John Rose and c. LOmbardy, Of 3
battery
After this. the gridiron came Mr..
Stiles. calling the sheriff, commanded
him to bring Teddy and Bill into the
ring to settle their differences. he
announced that these distinguished
men and five prominent governors
had just arrived in tOwn-
The sheriff went out and came in
with the first OF the governors, who
proved to be J. W. Pettus. Stiles
asked. Who have you here2" and the
sheriff replied: I have governor Old
Kel." What are you governor OF,
asked Stiles of "Old keL"
4 am governor Of the city hall, the
courthouse. Hsleta and Jim COnklin-
What have you there2 What are
those guns you are CARRYING
Pettus pulled two fOrty-1lVeS out
OF their holsters and. flOurIshing them
in the air said: These are the guns
I took from PanchO Villa in the lobby
Of the sheldon hotel"
Come, have a seat at my feet, gov
ernor Old kel." And "Old KeI, Obeyed.
Then the sheriff brought in a. o.
Redding who said that he was Tom
Lea, governor OF the anti-ring-
What are your duties?' asked the
chair.
Keeping up the noise"
is that ALP
Wen. isn't that enough%'
He, too, was escorted to seat al
the tOastmaSter's feet
Then governor United States Goen"
was brought in from the ante-rOOm-
and the following conversation en-
sued:
The Republican party in FL Paso,
win YOU have a ticket in the field
this fall2"
d. c. Huntzinger who played the
role OF governor GOen." ran out &c
the ante room, came back and said'
He says yes"
Who says yes?"
why. J. A. Smith, Of course"
Next to be brought in was Jack
Dawson. who came in dragging a little
toy tin cannon He said he was gov
ernor f. Z. Steever" and was asked;
What are you governor of!
I'm governor OF the whole dam
works on the Rio Grande"
What IS that you are dragging
thereg~
why. that's the McGinty cannon
What are you carrying it for
ITO keep Old KeF from turning II
over to the Red Flaggers.
After he had taken a seat al the feet
Of the postmaster, W H. Long was
brought in and declared that he was
governor Napoleon BOnapart Yard
CDR. J. ". Yard.)
What are you governor OFF,
I'm governor Of this machine. NUM-
Der 200 and don't do anything else,
and-he showed a tiny, tin auto whieE
buzzed along the floor
ITS a great political machine for Il
won the prohibition election and
climbed a gOOseneck,' he said
Then Napoleon BOnaparte was es-
cOrted TO seat on the steps lat the
feet of the POSTMASTER.
The postmaster asked that IeQQy
be brought in. and. after a pretended
search the sheriff announced that
Teddy had been outside waiting. but
had learned that c. d, Hagerty, war
OF the Associated /
Press. had gone TO Jimenez. and, not
wishing Hagerty to have all the lime
light. Teddy followed"
Next on the program was a violin
solo by IgnaciO Garcia. ragtlme piano Z
playing and singing by Watson and I
Morrison. a story by Billy Russell, /
clog dancing by VIM. Anger and VIM I
Hanley, of ''the Matinee Girl" COM 1
pany and a song, You Gotta Quit I
Kickin' Ny Dog ArOun'," by j. Cliff I
ford. After he had sung the chorus I
twice the whole body of Elks Joined I
in
Winding up the entertainment was I
four round bout between kid Haqur I
and kid Attell." vito gave good ex- I
hibition- It-was just Il o'clock when 4
the smoker ended.