The Washington times., 1923-06-20


nocent bystanders are pie for TIT
smart, too, these mosquitoes. The,
Uring that anyone who has to llv'
To the customary right to the
body and left to the chin, Tommy
Gibbons has added q new punch.
the mosquito walk. If Tommy ever
hits Dempsey half as many times
as he has swatted Shelby MOSQUE
toes the title will be in his possess
sion long before the July event is
finished
No one seems to know where the
came from. A week
ago they were not here. Aching
Dogs, the Blackfoot favorite son,
tells US they were holding off until
they were sure there was going to
be a show.
dead Hand" Dunkley, the
rough hOrseman from Kalispell,
killed so many mosquitoes ON his
first visit to Shelby yesterday he
had to dig his way through the
dead bodies in order to get out of
town.
Solly Harris has many bumps
from mosquito bites on his head.
that he ordinarily wears a size seven
skinner, he now Grapes his skull in
an army shelter tent
"Cockeyed" Mccarthy, the Shelby
pioneer who built his hut on the
highest and hardest rock in the hills
behind town, has started a profit
table business. He roaIns the streets
in the quest of the mosquitoes and
cuts off the insects's stingers.
These he sells to the hut builders.
The real rough mosquito stringers
are requisitioned for construction
spikes in the many miles of tenn
porary tracks that are being built
outside town to handle the pullmans
in which hundreds of fight fans will
park before the bout.
Shelby. according to Zone Tooth"
johnson, a real old-timer who knew
the place when there was only one
rock here, says the mosquitoes
came here before the mud. The
mud came before, the transforms
that swept this section for the past
two days and nights. When the
transforms came here no body seems
to know.
1t has been eight years since
rain fell here. and the school chill
dren were given a half holiday to
see the first drops. Ordinarily
Shelby is so dry there are those
who say it gave VOlstead his in
spiratiOn.
Regardless of how the mosquitoes
got here, the fact we would estaD-
lish is that they are here. So.
you prospective customers. in
checking up the line OF supplies,
don't forget the mosquito netting,
if you have that. bring your own
room and bath and carry enough
sandwiches to seat yourself and sell
to those who are not so, thought
full and you'll enjoy your stay in
Shelby.
Tommy Gibbons received a pres
ent from a Portland. Ore, admirer
yesterday. Before he opened the
package it looked like CLUB.
about as necessary here
as straw hats in Iceland. When
the wrapping was taken off he
present was found to be a cane.
We doubt if even Eddie Kane
thinks Gibbons is a good enough
figh err to take a chance and carry
a cane down Main street here.
Gibbons looks very clipper and
bright, and told the newspaper men
that insisted on apologizing for
coming into his hut to escape mos
quitoes that it was all right. He
was glad to see them at any TING
and any place.
when I'm world champion it
will be time to put on the hat"
says Tommy. 1t looks as if the
st. Paul fighter will have to 90
through life with flat SKINNER.
Despite reports the town is not
yet open" the tip is out that the
old grog can be had If you're lucky
enough to find the right spots.
Solly Harris says that there are
no strangers in town now but
"solid people"
THE buns are out" he advises
us. Guys without money amt got
a chance here.
Now we know why Eyed
Connolly clings lovingly to a lobby
chair in a Great Falls hotel.
We noted a fortune teller's tent
pitched in the main street. We
hope Madam has A better lamD for
the future than Mayor Jim John
son, the man who announced $50
900 worth of tickets had been sold
when the cash register had rung
up $1,000.