The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-07
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] The ,ost closed convention Il the
press aas0ciatio uhas brought 10 light
many interesting facts III reeArdstO the
pencil pushers. r. N. Sutherlin OF
Great Falls has been awarded the rib
non as the oldest editor In the state,
but an incident that occurred during
the Made In Afissoula, bana,iet Fri.
day night disclosed the identity Of tho
youngest reporter In Montana-and
perhaps in the United States.
1t happened during the speech OF
J. A.. Gilluly. editor Of the Fergus
County Argus /.
Sam Gilluly. aged nine, and SON of
the editor. was seated at the table with
a Missottlian reporter He listened at
tentively to his fathers opening re-
marks. then he reached a small hand
into a small pocket and pulled out a
pad. From another he took pencil.
Then the small hand began to travel
over the pad with a surprising speed.
never stacking until the elder Gilluly
was again seated at the banquet table.
The nine. yenr-old reporter marked
So on the pad and leaned toward the
''grown-up" reporter.
Say" he whispered. what dad said
about the bum building at the Journal
Ism school Ia a good lead, isn't it?'
Sam didn't notice the many eyes that
were focused upon him as he strolled
across the room to his fathers seat.
Arrived there he held up the pad for
insT,ectiOff. ~fa
There. Dad" lie said. "l've covered.
Your speech
w. w. Gail of Billings was not able
to attend te convention OF the state
press association. but he contributed
to the hilarity Of the closing BANQUET
with the following message Of regrets:
AS principal perpetrator OF q prices
less periodical publication promotive
OF potatoes. pumpkins, peas. poultry,
pigs ETC.. postulate the proposition
that am professionally privileged to
participate In press palaver. and so
perhaps pardonably plead permission
to proffer- the pencil pushers present
| this paroxysmal plant that pursuit of
| pecuniary proclivities in the nrDyinces
Of publicity that pays prevents my
partaking in the plethora OF pleasure
prognostlcated by your post prandIal
program. Peace. prosperity and power
to the potentates Of the press"
Sounds like some of the heads good
old Louie Thayer writes for the Hell
ena Independent" said one delegate.
II. Pat Kelly. quarterback on the
Montana varsity in 1918 and 1914, viii
go through Missoula this evening at
the head of the Butte contingent Of
1926 drafted men. He has been APP
pointed commander of the squad dur
Ing the trip to Camp Lewis. Tho
train will reach Mssoula between s
and y. III. today
Kelly graduated from the law de-
partment Of the university three years
ago and has since been practicing in
Butte. He has been deputy county
attorney for more than a year. Be,
cause Of his official position Kelly
might easily have secured exemption
from the draft. Kelly refused, how
ever, and accepted his service willing
ly.
At Camp Lewis Kelly expects to
enter a training school for officers
and hopes to secure n commission In
the National army.
John Sommers, of the Eighth com.
pany of the Coast Artillery corps. who
was one of the Missoula boys who en-
listed early in April, il In the city on
furlough while recovering from an
operation for appendicitis. Sommers
states that In his belief. Missoula is
doing more for the army than any of
the cities of the coast. the activity Of
| the women being especially noticeable
SOmmers expects to return to Fort
WOrden. where he Is stationed. within
the next week or two, as gunnery in
| StructionS Will begin soon and he Is
! teslr0us of learning all possible about
| he big cannon. It Is probable that
'eVeral OF the boys who enlisted in
he artillery early in the war will be
given appointments to the officers re-
serve training camp. he says. officers
being needed.
He was bare headed and wore A
ragged pair OF overalls and a pair OF
shoes too large for his small feet.
From general appearances he looked
about eight years old.
For more than an hour he had stood
at the corner OF the NJ. NJ. companys
store watching two Red Cross girls
solicit money from the pedestrians.
He never took his eyes off the young
aides and several times he started to
approach one. but his courage failed
him and he backed off again to the
curbing.
One fist he kept tightly closed as
though he had something In II that
he was afraid would get away.
At last nc seemed to take heart. ana
when one of the young girls was not
looking he sneaked up dropped q
greasy quarter In the box and ran
hurriedly down the street.
II was a little tumble down house
FAR out in Orchard Homes. The Red
Cross solicitors hesitated before max
Ing an appeal for funds there.
Finally one knocked at the door and
I tired. looking woman answered. a
title boy of five years stood beside his
mother and listened to the talk of the
Red Cross worker.
"Oh. ! wish that I could give yon
something for such worthy cause