Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-11-13
COWBOY hanback,
FROM BIG SPOKANE
LIVESTOCK EXHIBIT;
GLORY ALL THEIRS
Grangeville Frontier Musicians
Are Hit of Entertainment
Features at Great Show
Local Boys Render Concert
on Roof of Old National
Bank Building; Comment

With greater triumphs than ever
Hbefore attained, the popular Grange
willie Cowboy band returned the last of
week from Spokane where, as the
official musical organization of the
2 Western Royal Livestock show, the boys
fplayed a 5-day engagement The Cow
8bov band was the hit of the entertain
Suent features of the show. This was
admitted by the Spokane press and pub
zIic from the start and all during the
week the band boys were the recipients
4 of earnest congratulations and comph-
Sments on every side.
The Cowboy band played special con-
/ certs at the Spokane hotel, the Pacific
zhotel, in the lobby of the Davenport
hotel. at the Occur 'Alene hotel, at
Sullivan IS, at the Ridpath, at the Cede s
and Washington dancing academies, and
lat numerous other centers during the
week. Last Wednesday evening the
<band made the rounds of the Spokane s
largest music houses and played con-
Icert at each.
On ROOf Vi Sh SChAR6 Lily
A special feature Of the week was a
concert played atop of the Old National
Bank building, fifteen stories high.
Several members of Sousa S band, which
appeared in concert in Spokane last
week, went on top of the bank build
Iing with the boys and thoroughly enjoy
fed and applauded the concert ION
high. - The manager of the Old Nation
al bank informed the boys of the Cow
boy band that this was the first con
cert ever given upon the roof of the
building
The band played a long program at
the Elks temple one evening and made
the hit of the week Thursday evening ,,
when the boys grabbed the lion s share
of the applause at the big banquet to
the stOckmen in the Hall of the Doges |
at the Davenport hotel A number of |
folk were present at this |
affair and they can attest to the pop |
ularity of the band on this occasion.
SPOKANE PRESS COMMENT
Some of the laudatory comments by |
the Spokane press during the stay of I
the band in Spokane are here repro |
duced:
"Unique in American musical circles |
rs the Cowboy Band of Grangeville, |
Idaho, official band of the Western !
Royal Livestock show. The men are !
picturesque in their cowboy garb, and
their music is jazzy, to say the least. -
Chronicle.
"...... In the center of the big tent
Is the Grangeville Cowboy band that
plays such jazzy music that even the
COWS chew their cud in jazz rythm to
the tunes. The band adds much to the
color of the landscape with their clio,
ines. The boys go in for Navajo color
ed mackinaws and orange colored, long
nalred chaps. Spokesman Review.
No feature of the Western Royal
Livestock show is more discussed, prob
aDiy, than the Cowboy band of Grange
vile, Idaho, which has been designated
Dnielal band of the livestock show.
me cowboy organization was one of the
TOUR which braved the elements last
night and played on the downtown
streets in a heavy fall of wet snow.
me Grangeville band was organized in
1910 and its fame has spread in these
rev years so that four long trips, one
IS far as Thermopolis, Wyo., have been
'aken already this year. Jack Running,
me director, was a band leader at Camp
:e"is; Manager Harold ("Red ~ Har-
rs tnck bass drumer, is a member Of
ne 1daho state memorial commission.
' y of the players are business men
u Grangeville, but others are genuine
owDoys. Joe Roberts, the roper, is
'onsldered one of the most dexterous
arlat men in the country. A number
n the musicians are fancy riders. -
THEY'RE MASTERS OF JAZZ
A picturesque feature of the show
rs sne Grangeville Cowboy band, the
unielais musicians of the week under
No patton of j. B. Running. He has
isnVeen pieces and the buckaroos are
iS ~, OF jazz. Spokesman Review.
me following members of the band
lent: ee
oach Running, Ray Pennington and
ny Hhmers, comets; Paul Bailey and /.
NO Graham, clarinets; Rastus Rush,
' .. heath, Dago Criddlebaugh and Ho-
IA campbell, trombones; Hub Woods
~ ied Tollefson, altos; Lance Nc ,
rteady' baritone; Dutch Kabat and al
tuoas; B. Verne Harris and Red
,'arrls, drums; Joe Roberts and Tex
nzzell, ropers. |,