The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-01-27
FRED HERRICK IS HOST
At BIG GAME BANQUET
MOUNTAIN GOAT, ELK AND VEN
ISoN STEAKS FEATURES
OF THE MENU.

A big game banquet of which Fred
Herrick, of st. Maries, manager of the
Milwaukee Lumber company was the
host was served at the Grotto last
evening, beginning at $3.50 and con-
tinuing until 1920. Mr.. Herrick's
company owns a large amount of tim
Der land in this section and operates
three saw mills, one at st. Maries'
one at Harrison and one at Occur
d'Alene. His business connections
have made him widely known in north
Idaho. and through his superior sales
manship. as attested by one of the
mine operators last night his COM
pany enjoys a large business with the
mining companies of the Occur
d'Alene district But in addition to
being a successful lumberman, Mr.
Herrick has also become famous in
these parts as a hunter of big game.
Every fall he selects a party of con-
genial friends and good sports and
heads for the wilds of the Clearwater
and he invariably brings home the
bacon" in the form of elk, deer, bear,
moose. mountain goat or other large
game that tests the skill and endur-
ance of hunters in that inaccessible
section. He returned last fall with
deer elk and mountain goat, and fol-
lowing a custom established some two
or three years ago, he invited about
so or so of his friends in Wallace,
Mullan, Burke, Kellogg, Harrison and
Occur d'Alene to become his guests at
big feed served at the Grotto and
at which the steaks of these royal
game animals were the chief feature.
II was certainly kingly spread which
was thoroughly enjoyed by all who
were fortunate enough to be present
Mr.. Herrick Presides.
When cigars were reached Mr.. Her
rick opened the speech making feat
ure by telling a story with a moral
regarding the efforts of two neighbors
to raise pumpkins on adjoining
ground, showing why the product of
one was much larger than that of the
other After the laugh subsidized, Mr..
Herrick called upon A. w. Hoover
chief accountant for the Federal Min
ing & Smelling company. who was one
of the hunting expedition last fall to
give an official account of the trip,
assigning him the subject How an
Elk Looks Coming and Going" Mr.,
Hoover protested his inability to do
justice to the subject, but before he
got through he convinced his hearers
] .;..1- ,,fr 1,a fer1,f
man. He gave incidents of the camp
encounters with elk and the long
hikes through deep canyons and over
high mountains, in that solemn and
truthful style for which he is noted.
and was warmly applauded for his eff
fort.
Mr. Herrick then called upon the
following guests, all of whom re-
sponded briefly: Herman J. Rossi
manager of the Rossi Insurance and
Investment company; jerome j. Day.
manager of the Tamarack & Custer
Mining company; James F. McCar-
thy. manager of the Hecla Mining
company: II. c. McAllister. of the H.
c. McAllister Brokerage company;
James J. Murphy, superintendent Of
the Hercules mine; j. c. White, of
Occur dAlene, manager of the Red
Collar Steamship company. All of
the speakers expressed appreciation
OF Mr. Herrick's hospitality and hop
ed there would be many happy re-
turns" of the occasion. Mr.. Herricl1
assured them that the dinner would
be an annual event and that next
year it would probably be a little ear
lier and that all present were invited
to be on hand a year hence