The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-03
Talk of the T0u,n

Registration for the selcctiye CON
scription Is bringing many forgotten
chickens home to roost. Men who
nave long been gone from the Garden
CITY are claiming it as their home
County Clerk Darlington is receiving.
rom all parts of the country registra-
''on cafdS made ont by former Mis-
soullahs residence is determined by
previous registration for voting pur-
poses. The State University is re-
sponsible for Missoula's two most dis
tant citizens. Webster ". Jones. for
merly instructor in chemistry here
claimed Missoula as his residence when
he registered in Cambridge, where he is
now teaching as a member or the Har.
Iard faculty. Carl II. Getz, Instructor
III Journalism here in 1914 and 1915
ana now n newspaperlnan in New
1ork, also has registered as a Missoula
man.
me registration also brought news
or a Missoula boy who was once re-
ported killed In Il railroad wreck in
the east w. Roscoe Bezanson. for
merly a pressman on The MissoulIan
registered in Vinita, Okla. where he is
now working as a newspaper solicitor.
HeZanson left here with a street car
h'Val and was said to have been killed
IN south Carolina. His registration
cara shows that he IS now married
\ professional baseball player is an
o'her OF MissOula's absent citizens, M.
=. Hlgbee, pitcher for Fort WAYNE.
Ind., in the Central league, is subject
10 call from here. John r. Grove, sta
TONED at the officers training camp
in the Prcsdio Cal. has Registered
from Mssoula. So has G, A. Preston
or washington, D. G. There are doz
ems or others. all Missoula men who
are living elsewhere.
Jim Newcomb. proprietor of the
Vienna Cafe, is advertising Missoula
as well as his restaurant in new cards
which he mailed out to friends yester
day "rhe Town of Bigness." he calls
Missoula. He credits the city with
Big. streets. big trees. big rivers, big
railroads. big farms, big trout, big
newspapers. big people AND SOME
BIG LIARS"
Young Hugh Campbell, ST.. captain,
of the Od-Timers' baseball team,
which is to play the newspapermen
next Sunday for the benefit of tn.
swimming pool. consented-yea, de-
manded-to give out an optimistic in
terview yesterday.
THE old-timers will surprise you,".
he said. I'VE have been warming up
a little. and we aren't as old as you
think we are. Ted O'.Malley. star of
the Mfssoula team in 1873 or there
abouts. reported for practice yesterday
and looks as good az everA OF course
we have young owen Kelley on second
and Kid Gleason on first. They are
among the best of the many promising
youngsters we will wheel out for the
big game. The infielders will need
shin guards and trenches that day." .
Down from the reservation an Indian
has streamed during the pa st
week. and today automobilists will
find the prairics about -Missoula dotted
everywhere with teepees. The Indians
are on their spring search for Bitter
Roots and camas. the traditional foods
and medicines of their tribe. Out on
the flat the reds dig up the roots their
fathers ate. wash and dry them and
pound them into flour. They take adj
vantage of the warm days. too, to dry
meat for winter use.
The average 'potatriot" Is satisfied
with one potato plant per spud. Not
SO "Dud' Richards. secretary Of the|
chamber of commerce. On the sill OIL
the south window Of his office he has
planted" two potatoes. each almost as