The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-15
FIRST ANNUAL OF
RICE LUMBER co.
MANAGERS OF YARDS GATHER
AT WOLF POINT FOR BUS
INESS AND PLEASURE
BANQUET AT SHERMAN
Contractors and Other Friends Join
Lumbermen in An Evening
of Quality"

hS HioI HSdOqudIlcIS COUV6nUlOI
and banquet given by local bust
ness house for its branches proved
"Howling Success" of the true
Wolf Point calibre and style.
When bud" Rice starts some
thing and ''Dinty" Moore backs him
up, it is quite superfluous to explain
that it came home wearing the first
prize ribbon. And when Harry
Frentz and Fred Williams and NJ. G..
Webber join the team, the success
thing sure gets covered with span
giles and bells.
This all has reference to the first
annual convention and banquet of
the Rice Lumber Company which
was held at the Sherman Cafe last
Saturday night. The Rice Lumber
Company, headed by E. j.. Rice, op-
crates a line of yards in Roosevelt
and Valley counties, with head offices
here. The managers of the yards
were called in and spent the day at
the Offices comparing notes on the
business campaign for 1920, and CIV
ing attention to the talk and demon
stration of A. w. Bartlett, salesman
for Pratt & Lambert, varnish manu-
facturers. Mr. Lambert is an expert
in talking and demonstrating var
nishes and enamels and proved that
he has goods of unexcelled quality. |
But the banquet in the evening |
was the feature that crowned the |
day with success. A jolly party of
% gathered about the big table at
6:45. And such feed-but what's
the use going into detail, it has al
ready been mentioned that it was
at the Sherman and that is enough.
Team Work
There were three big cards at the
eats, the music and the
speeches. There was team work
(the Wolf Point kind) all through.
There was not a Stacker in the
punch when it came to cleaning up
he plates of chicken al king. And
everybody joined in singing the songs
hat had been composed for the oc-
.asion and set to such tunes as
'Tipperary," Casey Jones" and {
Good Old Summer Time" The fol- 5
owing sample, sung to the tune of :
Casey JONES'" will give an idea of
he way they went:
Come all you people if you want
o hear
The place to buy your lumber any
me in the year,
You may want it in the spring
me, you may want it in the fall, :,
tut you'll always get the best any a
me that you call. :,
There's always one place a little \
etter than the rest, g
There's always one place where Il
on always get the best, \
f this place we're going to tell, G
So hang around close and listen =;
ell. =,
Chorus
Quality goods, that is our motto,
Quality goods, makes the business
ce, l,
Quality goods, that is our motto, -
Quality goods, from Old "Bud" -
ice.
Each song ended in the same way n
with howls. These were not anti n
pated by the authors of the ballads
It originated with the guests.
1ere was also some real music. Miss 2f
ilson of the high school and H. F. ag
cConnell rendered several piano We
d violin duets that were warmly OF
cored, and Miss Wilson and M. G.
ebber each pleasingly sang solo. tn
The Theatre, Too Fs
The flow of wit and wisdom that Et
is turned on after the feast was fr
der the personal management of
A. Frentz who is strictly equality WE
DDS" in the role Of toast master. MI
!, made 'em all sit up and perform, an
en- the lone lady. 1t was hard to
ice oratorical honors, as between MI
ed Williams and Claude Moore. Cal
ed was sure good and was said to w;
running on his own steam, too. Po
aude was also at his best but handi- H.
oped by his habit of bowling, and LIE
!, judges scored him lower on that Ca
count. Jim Miller made the short T.
speech of the evening. He said: ert
can't" "Well, you viii have to G.
nd up and say it," he was told by shs