The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-16
Miss0ulu
rs Years
Ago Today
(Taken from the files of the Missoula
Gazette for Tuesday February
L.. 1921

l 10, lSJ3.)
a prominent business man was heard
to remark today. What are we going
| to do about the military reserve prop
osition? Is Missoula going to lay back
as she always does and see Fort Mis-
| soula transferred to Helena and no
effort made to retain it? 1t looks very
much that way. The idea of Helena
being designated for that purpose is
| absurd. Why, there isn't water enough
| in the entire city to satisfy three gov
| eminent mules, to say nothing of water
for other requirements. I think the
people of Missoula should get on their
hind legs and howl and send a remon-
| STRANGE and lobbyists to Washington
to strangle this unholy proposition. Is
| there anything under Heavens broad
| expanse that Helena doesn't want"
IL this weather continues that new
bridge will arise like Aladdn's palace.
| Cars should be running on the electric
line between Missoula, Fort Missoula,
Bonner and other suburbs by next July,
| and the new opera house should be
ready for opening by the first week in
September ..
Joe Mulhatton's yarn about the hi
bernating Moqui Indians in a cave in
the Bitter Root valley is gradually
working its way east. The story is a
good one, but lacks Mulhatton's orig
inality. as it is only a story which
went the rounds of the press some years
ago rcvamped and made to appear as
new.
w. II. Smead left last night for a
trip to California.
Col. J. A. MCGOWAN of Horse Plains
is in the city
There will be leap year party at
Grass Valley tonight.
Hon. Frank G. Higgins is preparing
for an extended eastern trip
Mr.. and Mrs. George Ryall of Kali
lspell came in this morning from Spo-
kane. Mr. Ryall says things are liven-
ing up there ON account of the rail-
road boom.
Jack Hardness. John NORM and Paul
O'Brien of Missoula's mighty baseball
tossers are beginning to think of get
ting in condition for another victorious
season so took an eight mile walk as
a preliminary yesterday afternoon.
Judge Knowles lecture in the Con-
Gresational church last evening on
Manhood was as well attended as
any of the course. 1t was a lecture of |
great infprpSf fall
ciatcd by all who heard it. The in
cldental music by c. +. Davis and
Prof Carl Reese was excellent.
Q. r. Peppard returned last night |
from his eastern trip, bringing. with |
nm his bride, nee Manning, to whom |
ne was married in Wisconsin last |
month. The lady is well known here
from former residence, and she and
her husband will be warmly welcomed
back by large number of friends.
AT last nights meeting of the Fair
and Racing association trustees were
elected as follows: J. NJ. Keith, c. II.
T. c. Marshall, +. c. Higgins,
Dr. w. r. Mills, c. +. Johnson and
+. "A. Wlnstaney. Another meeting
viii be held next Thursday at which
officers will be elected and a pro-
gram arranged for the coming season.
j. w. Greenough has purchased from
II. NJ. Ogden a three-tenths interest in
he Missoula Electric Light company,
paying therefor the sum of $4,000.
Mr.. Greenough has great faith in the
'uture of the business in Missoula and
he ability of the company in which
he has become interested to meet all
demands made upon it and his faith
he evidences in practical way by go.
ng into the business. He feels salts
led that electricity wnl not only hold
IS present place as a means of fur
,ishing artificial light but that it will
gradually become the only approved
method of lighting and will shortly
ind its way into every private house
II Missoula