The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1916-10-26
BOBBY SHORES
WROTE OF BUTTE
TOLD OF SOME OF THE DOINGS
OF THE INNER SOCIAL
CIRCLES.


Direction of Butte Newspaper Of
flee; Bobbie Was Fired for Writing
Too Vividly.
Robert J. Shores, author, and form
err Montanan, is now the head Of a
New York publishing house. He broke
into bellies letters through the back
door of Butte newspaper, years ago.
He was also social light in Butte for
a time, but his popularity waned when
he told, in the public prints, some Of
the backstairs gossip of Copper So
ciety.
His father, Arthur j. Shores, was
a gifted man, who served the Great
Northern railway as chief counsel, and
later was at the head Of the legal de-
partment of the Amalgamated Copper
company. The elder Shores wanted
Bobbie, as he was generally known,
to be lawyer, and sent him through
the best schools with this end in view.
But Bobbie was Of literary bent. Poet
ry just dripped from his pen and
worked it's way in metered rhymth
through his typewriting machine.
But Bobby insisted on becoming a
newspaperman. So it was arranged
for him to break into the game
through the Butte Inter Mountain.
"Knickerbocker Stories.
About this time the New York
Journal was running series OF
stories dealing with New York society.
They were clever, spicy yarns, of red
blooded people, and just the kind OF
reading for the tired business man.
Hearst inspired them because OF the
fact that Gotham's society leaders
would have none of him. These stories
we're signed by "Charlie Knickerbock-
err" and attracted much attention.
The managing editor of the Inter
Mountain was a great admirer OF the
"Charlie nKickerbocker stories. He
considered them as the acme OF clever
ness, To his brain came an lnsplra-
ton.
Butte was then at it's gayest. Why
not run series Of Knickerbocker stor-
les of individuals moving in Butte So
ciety? There was an abundance OF
material. Who was qualified to do the
work? Why Bobby Shores, of course,
the Beau Brummel OF Butte's inner
circles. Bobby was approached. He
saw visions of quick fame and went
to his work with avidity. By innuen-
do in naked type he told Of the inner
workings of Butte society. 1t was the
kind Of stuff that would make the
y men mentioned reach for their shot
, guns and go looking for the man re-
2 sponsible.
So Bobby passed his stories up to
the city editor. They really should
, have been written on asbestos paper
The city editor was a man new to
;, Butte, and the stories we're just SO
= many words assembled to him. Be
sides the word had gone forth that the
managing editor had ordered them
" They got into the paper, unabridged
lust as Bobby, in his Irresponsible
dizziness, had penned them.
Created a Near Riot.
Naturally they created sensation
There was shot gun parade OF ag
grieved individuals in the direction Of
the newspaper office. After severa
interviews the managing editor con
cduded to take a vacation for hi
health's sake. In the meantime tn
demonstration around the newspape
office became almost a riot. The cit.
editor was unable to stand up unde
the onslaught Of the Butte four hun
dred and resigned and got out OF towf
It was up to the management OF tn
paper to do something to appease tn
wrath of those offended. 1t was de
cided to make of Bobby burnt offer
ING on the altar of Butte's angry cleo
Bobby was canned.
That is how Bobby broke into an
out of the Butte newspaper game.
was enough to discourage the averae
young man, just starting in life. Br
s not Bobby. In a month he was bac
on the job again, but he wrote n
stories with chastened spirit. The
would pass the most exacting cit
ne editor. But the punch was gone, ar
the fun for Bobby, too. He quit ar
We went out on the coast, where he cou
m put more pep into his stories. Final
IN he drifted to New York, where,
IN seems, his abilities have finally -four
III, their reward.
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