, 1924-12-18

spirit Of good-fellowship and d.
spirit Of the West once more sprung
into the light opening wide the doors
for those who have So lately come
into our community.
The Music Producers opened the
party by producing some of their
excellent tunes and harmonies which
Immediately raised the spirits of all.
Cigars and cigarettes galore were
furnished throughout the evening and
everybody rave voice to their enthus-
iasm by singing that old Hail, Hail.
The Gangs All Here"
The first event of the evening was
a three round bout between Young
Flynn and Young Dempsey. The fight
was vicious throughout with a great
deal of heavy hitting and i~nfghting.
1t was declared a draw much to the
satisfaction of the crowd which cheer
ed constantly during the battle.
The coat and cap stunt was then
pulled. Nine boys put their coats
and caps in a large barrel which was
then turned upside down covering
them all up. All OF the boys then
got equal distances from the barrel
and made n rush towards it push
ing it over and scrambling for their
itSptttI't ttdtS anu caps. Inc urSt
n to procure his own coat and cap
and put them IN was declared the
winner. 1t was a gerat event and
during its progress the room was filled
with the garments flying here and
there with apparently no owner.
Paecheco then played two violin
solos accompanied by Kriddlebaugh.
These solos were very enthusiastical-
ly received. II is a treat to hear
Paecheco play as he is one of the
bset violin players in this part of the
country and 1t Is seldom that such
an opportunity presents itself.
L. II. Welch and "Stubby' Jackson
Palmer put on n three round exhibit
ton bout. They are in tlS 100
pound class. This bout was fast and
both boys showed considerable science
They are both clever fighters and will
make things interesting for anyone
in their class whom they viii be
matched with in the coming smokers.
4 Can Can Fight was her held.
Five youthful aspirants for the crown
entered the ring blindfolded. Each
n had in his possession a can and
with n rock in It. They would rat
tie the rock in the can n strike
whore they thought the possessor of
the can stood. II was great amuse-
ment to watch them striking at moth
ing and antics and facial expressions
OF the fighters was nothing short of
n scream. B~llndfolds came off and
ans were dropped and ut the end
OF n few minutes Geo. Fuller emery
ed victorious.
Harry B~reitenstein then sang two
solos, Sunrise and YOU and a COM
position OF his own origin. II was
n pleasure to listen to Harry sing
and the crowd ~applauded him with
great gusto.
Harry Neil and Albert Hopkins
both in the GO pound class put ON a
bout. Harry was n slight favorite
Mt the end OF The battle but the bat
tie was declared n draw by the
referee.
"Dinty" Curtiss then sang n solo
entitled Somebody Stole My Gal"
accompanied by the whole rochsetra.
a pan OF flour was then put on
n stool and mixed up in the flour
vas silver money of different de-
nominations. Eight boys took turns
in picking out the money with their
teeth with their hands behind them.
This stunt furnished more laughter
than any one thing. After emery
ing from the pan their faces would
be covered with flour and their
mouths full OF flour and occasional
ly money. Great clouds OF flour I'LL
cd the room and before the stunt
was over participants were n funny
looking sight.
In the 100 yard dash there were
eight entrants. -four on each side.
Each one was given a soda cracker
and required to run n certain dis
lance. stop eat the cracker and whis-
tie before returning. the side nnish-
Ing FIRST winning. Bnshaw. Mohatt.
Jackie Nell and Vernon Johnston
showed their superiority In this event
by defeating Geo. Fuller. Francis
Johnson. Harry Neil and Alfred Hop
kina- II was extremely funny TO
watch the boys attempt TO whistle
after having eaten = soda cracker
but they all finally managed to do Il
after n great deal OF effort. !
In tho string match there wore .
entries. A piece OF candy tied "a q
two-foot string was given 10 each one.
They held the opposite end Of the
sting from tho candy In their mouth
and without the aid OF their hands
were required TO pull tho candy up
and cat II whistiing after they had
finished. Goo. Fuller again proved
bis superiority BY winning tho event.
Various mishaps happened IN tho 49,
Elephants such a. lropVi0g The etf1aR