The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-25

rs Years
Ago Today

(Taken from the files of the Missoula
Gazette for Monday. January 25. 1922
The spectacle of one poor, lone
deputy sheriff for county the size of
Missoula, is indeed pitiful, and Board
fof County Commissioners Marion
should furnish Sheriff Houston glass
| case to keep him in. In the face Of al
lowing the county clerk three deputiesi
! and the sheriff but one. it is plain too
perceive that neither Joe Marion nor
Dave Bogart are in the office simply
| for their health.
Will McHaffie, assistant business
manager of the Helena Journal, was i'm
the city yesterday.
Miss Katie Booth is going to I.olo
for a six-months' course of tuition in
music. painting and elocution from
Mrs. Fred Gilbert.
Q. +. Peppard leaves today for the
east, but not on business He will be
| married before returning to Miss Mary
| Manning, q young lady well known to-
Missoulians, from her residence here.
last summer \
G. \. Hartly returned last night from
his trip to Great Falls and Helena. He
says Helena is going to have five new
opera houses this year, and every man
whom he met with the price of a drink
in his clothes wants to come over and
build one in Missoula
The funeral of Blanche Mccormick
occurred yesterday at o'clock from
the Catholic church. The church
was not only crowded but many people
were compelled to stand on the side
walk. unable to get in.
The knights of Labor will meet on
Friday night at Odd Fellows hall.
| The various departments of the Mis-
soula Mercantile company have been
busy for a week or more taking stock
and are still hard at work at it,
The Missoula hotel dining room I'M
der the style of the "Missoua Cafe"
was opened yesterday. 1t will be short
order or q Ia carte restaurant, but a
table, d'hote dinner will be served at
70 cents.
Articles We're filed this morning for
| the incorporation of the w. A. Mentrum
Liquor and BottIng company. The in
corporators are William A. Mentrlm,
Lorenso Abbott and c.. r. Shelledy.
The capital stock is 100000 in shares
of 500 each. Offices and principal
place of business will be in this city.
The athletic exhibition given under
Of 4
club at the Mascot last Saturday even
ing proved an enjoyable affair and was
well attended. The evening was opened
by Senator Mats. who in we'll
termed speech welcomed on behalf Of
the club, the large audience which had
assembled to witness the performance
He was followed by Hon. W. NJ. Bick-
ford who in an equally happy effort
spoke Of the benefits or the club.
Messers Shechan and Lombard then
engaged in a four-round glove contest
which was very pretty and fairly
scientific. After this came a four
round contest between Rodgers of
| Mcssers Hamilton, Andrews, Tibbetts
and Bearman then rendered, very
beautifully, the quartette 1.-TWO Roses"
The performance was closed by q rat
Ting four-round contest between A.
Harrity and Dune. Mcdonald, both of
Helena. Everybody who attended the
performance was entirely satisfied
with the evenings entertainment, and
its complete success will insure its
speedy REPETITION.
w. NJ. Bickford says that the timber
exhibit for Montana at the World's
fair is going to be something very
crcditable. c. +. Woodwork, the tim
Der man of the Northern Pacific, is
going to take a hand and in addition to
some beautiful specimens will prepare
a monograph on the subject in con-
ncction with the exhibit He is probably
as well equipped for the work as any
man in the state. The world will also
be able to sec what Montana can do
in the way of fruit growing. BY the use
of a liquid preparation recently invent
cd the fruit will be preserved in large
jars in a way to- retain their color
size and freshness and it is believed
that Montana's exhibit of cherries
lapples and plums raised on irrigated
ground will exceed that of any other
state.