The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-01
MONTANA SOCIETY
ORGANIZES
RESIDENTS OF TREASURE STATE
GET TOGETHER At SPOKANE
MEETING.

Spokane, Jan. 31.-tMontana against
the field exclaimed Byron E. Cooney
in the keynote speech that marked the
beginning of a new organization
in Spokane-the Montana society.
A dozen of the loyal ones, all for
mer residents of the Treasure state,
gathered at the Silver Grill today
noon and formed a temporary organ
cation. with Fred Rowlands, formerly
of Butte, and now proprietor of the
Victoria hotel, as president, and Byron
e. Cooney, former associate editor of
the late Butte. Evening News, now
publicity director for the r. S. Lane
Independent telephone companies, as
secretary.
IT is not that we love Spokane and
Washington less, but that we love our
little. old Montana a whole lott an
nounced Mr.. Cooney anagramatically
adding:
There are some 300 former Mon
tana residents in Spokane. They
are all live wires and should b. bet
ter acquainted. Hence the organi-
cation. AS we are not far from
AoiiiS, WC lldNS IiSIuSHl NISIlS lIOIl1
prominent Montana persons, and we
want to make their visits enjoyable.
This car better be accomplished by a
regularly organized society. After
February we will be in sea-going
shape, ready to give our former
neighbors the time of their lives when
they come to Spokane"
FREQUENT Luncheons,
To keep interest aroused, the Mon
ana society will have luncheon meet
ings once a month. These will not
be cut-and-dried affairs of conven-
tionalities, but something decidedly
out of the ordinary will be on tap at
each occasion.
"A committee to perfect permanent
organization was named as follows:
O. D. Coughlin, f. S. Jones, Ed En-
sign, G.. b. Harrington and Byron E.
Cooney.
Among the well-known Montanans
living in Spokane are the following:
John Hammer, Frank Walker, Vim
cent Day, Jesse M. Hall, A. w. Deav-
lit, George McDougall, Glen B.. Har-
rington. S.. George Hay, Fred Row.
lands, John Lunch, Newton Crawford,
Harry Oeschli, Harry Wraight, War
rem Chilcote, E. A.. Acheson, Profess
sor II. M. Hart, Ed Meyers, O. d.
Coughlin, Will Halle. Ed Boxer, Ar
thur Walrath, r. d. Carson, Thad-
deus S. Lane, Jack Workman, Byron
E. Cooney, James Breen, James A.
Mckee, Max Tom, f. K. Gordon,
George Miller, Fred Lohse, Ed Becker,
Robert Haslett, Fred Wilson, Charles
Boone, Fred Irving, Frank Nugent,
Irving Whitehouse, John E. Davies,
Harry J. Allen, Justin Butler. Frank
Hurley, George Watkins, DR.. Keenan,,
Colonel Carter, Jack Campbell, C. L.
Corey, +. M. Street, Ernie Cullen, NJ.
G. Osborne. Lee Catheart, w. O'Brien,
E. Fl. Mcdonald, Chaster Ridgeway,
Howard Loughlin. George Graun-
hacker, Lou Hunt, William Deem. w.
p. Warner, Herb Brown, A. j. Voeus,
Gene Winburn, Rodney Kemp, Tom +.
OBrien, George Lannehon, Harry
Haupt, Patrick Clark, Jr., Orville Sa-
vile, Ed Wraight, Carl Reuger, B. j.
Wall, f. S.. Jones, Viii O'Miera, Ed
Owen, Ed Ensign, w. C. Jones, J. c..
Cunningham, Adolph Galland, r. L..
Rutter, Frank Hickman, c. M. Smith.
Walter Sanford, Tom Bailey, Fred
krause, T.. E. Daigler. w. G. Muir
gittroyd, C. Penn Guthrie, Ed. Girsky,
H. G. Duerfeldt, Fred Booth, Tom Nc
Adams. Harold Tonseth, w. NJ. Bacon
of Wallace, Joseph 7. Carroll, E.
Creighton Largey, Joseph Pritchard,
w. Chaplin and Tom Mullane of
Occur d'Alene, Idaho.