The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-30

goods 81 C~ampanini, when he waves
his baton grandly toward the stage;
I have seen the brightest stars that
| ever glistened: I have watched the
joy their heightened operas bring;
but | never knew real music till /
listened, as the He'll Gate Ministries
showed the way to sing.
There was only one topic of CONVEX.
sation in Missoula yesterday. Every
man, Woman and child
GRiEVED united in cursing the
FANATICS weather man. The
heartlessness of a man
who will save a snoWstorm for a
month or more that it may be turned
loose on the day set for the opening
of the baseball season is beyond COM
parison. If it had rained on a presi-
Dental inauguration or if a tornado
had swept away a circus, the offense
, would not have been so %grievous. But
snow on Opening day, Only a mar
without a soul would do such a
thing. The city was full of trang-
ers, too. Scores of visitors came from
the reservation to see the game, and
every automobile in Missoula and in
Hamilton had been chartered for the
day. The city would have been full
Of people if the snow had not come.
! Early this morning the outlook isn't
very promising, but it won't take the
field long to dry If the u shines
today. A few loyal fans went out to
the park yesterday to look things over
and found three inches of snow there.
L. will take a hot morning to get rid
of the snow. Ordinary warm weather
won't do a bit of good. The Elks
made capital out of the storm. Yes
terday morning when the snow was
! falling thickest skipper" Roberts,
Blanks change catcher. and Jack Hell
frich chartered a cutter and drove it
through the streets.
Leo Solomon is weary n lame and
sore. He's been farming. When he
meets you on the street
SOLOMON and fails to recognize
is TIRED you. it is not because
he is proud or naughty,
but because he is so lame between the
shoulders that he can't turf his head.
Mr.. Solomon owns a tract in Orchard
Homes. Last Sunday he thought he
would ploW it. He coaXed a man to
help him and led out the family horse
to furnish the motive power. Leo
sized up the question of the distribu-
ton of labor and decided that he
would hold the plow. IF you have
ever held a pillow. you know what a
terrible mistake he made. He knows
it himself now. The Man About Town
was deprived, by the pressure of other
duties. from Witnessing the perform
ance, but a graphic account has been
furnished by a man who was favored
by Fortune with the opportunity .lto
see the whole show. 1T was better
thar a circus" say this Innocent By
stander. Leo is pretty heavy but the
horse was strong n when the ploW
hit stones or roots, the horse didn't
stop and Leo was tossed into the ar
He clunr to the pillow handles all right
but he couldn't keep his feet on the
ground. I admired his pluck, even
though I have seen better blowing
done. And he did get the plot ploWed
That's more than some men Woulc
nave done" However, any reference
to blowing makes Mr.. Solomon cringe'
&C. f. Woodwork, Manager, Harnois
Theater:-Please cancel. May 81, MAJ
Goodwin" That was
IT WAS the text of a message
A ClNCH which was signed by
the Northwest Theatri-
cal association and received here yes
terday. 1t was a cinch that this mes
sage would ONE Manager Wood
worth and the Man About Town were
talking about the Goodwin booking
few days ago. They unanimously
agreed that the date would be can
celed. And the message received yes
terday proved they were good guess
ers. But it wasn't a guess. 1t was {
cinch. Goodwin hasn't been in Mis-
soula since 1892. That was the yea
he left little May Durfee here to die
the year when he received the news o
her death as he sat at a faro layou
in the Did Combination house in Ana
\ conda, and showed the telegram int
his pocket with an oath; the yea
that he lost all his diamonds to JOIN
TWohey at that same game. Ma.
Durfee was buried by the county il
!: the p%otter's field. A year ago he
remains were removed to a lot which
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