The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-02-17
MIKE
SEZ::


I was at the Firemen's ball
Saturday mite. Gee, what a
crowd-nobody was drunk or
enything, not even l argument.
The orchestra was swell. The q
best dancers were both tall and
good lookin.' Dick Warren was
the best guy to waltz with and
Jim Durkin was better at fox
trottin' (modern way to say
it is Jigger Buggin). Gee, +
herd some wimmen talkin' isn't
MI. Warren a wonderful dancer.
Oh, I'd love to dance with him.
Then l women I was dancin'l
with in my style sed to me
kinda ruff, "Be loose when you
dance. See Jim Durkin over
there. Dance like him before
you ask me agtn for another
dance. You're so stiff you feel
like a board" That Firemen's
dance Is one of the best dances
of the yeer. I seen Roy Cool
there too wearing a red hat, no
he wasn't alone. His wife was
there. I missed quite a few other
big shots but they were busy an
got good excuses, I hope. Rhon-
aid Iverson was host" master.
Roy Riley and Cliff Ludrick and
Bill Walker were floor mana
gers. John Bennett had his fun,
too. Geo. Daniels and his lady
were steppin' them off, too, but
Geo. was like me, not quite old
fashioned enuff for US. Geo. sed
he usta go to dances where you
hadda peel off your coat even
before the music started to
play. Music was that hot in
them daze.
The tallest guy in the crowd,
I don't hafta to tell you. Art
Ebling but young Kallen wasn't
there. Enyway, I didn't see'im.
Sheridan MacIntyre and his la
dy was there, too. You knoe I
never remember hearin' Mac
ever sayin' a derty cuss werd
yet. Maybe that's why he does
so good in his oil and gas bis
ness. Gee, I even seen Ed Schoen
there too. He was so busy I
coodn't git to talk to him. II
Amt gonna tell who else was
there because Hollis gets mad
whenever I tell my stories too
long, even if they are lies. Oh
yes, before I forgit I hope all
the ladies that I didn't git to
dance with amt mad. You knoe
my feet were so tired I Just
coodn't git around to all of EN-
I remember when I was in Miles
City and asked some purity girl
for a dance she said "Oh, I'm
so tired I just can't dance this
one" I'd walk away and some
other dark and handsome guy
wood come up and away they
wood dance. Maybe I had B. O..
or Hallytossus or something.
I have never carried a bottle
like a lot Of other guys do.
10
About a yeer or 2 ago H. w.
Bunston kinda retired being a
lawyer to go farming-now he
retiring to retire. I hope I make
that much on my farming. Now
that the Republicans are gonna
take things over, Funston otto
run for something. Being retired
he otto make a good something
in PollytickS. III betcha he does.
70
The ferst American soldier to
kill a Jap was Mike Murphy.
The ferst American pilot to sink
a Jap ship was Colin Kelly. The
ferst American flyer to shoot
down a jap plane was John Cul-
len. The ferst American soldier
to be decorated by the Presi-
dent was Pat Power. The ferst
American admiral to die on his
bridge was Dan Callahan. The
ferst American ship to be named
after brothers for Battle Valor
was the Sullivans. The ferst
guy to get four tires from his
rashun board was Isadore Gold
stein. If you think I'm Irish,
I'm not.
Everybody thinks Montana &
wyoming are the 2 leading cat
tie producing or raising states.
Montana & wyoming are not
even in the ferst 10. I'm shure
mad fer even lookin' it up. Well,
anyway Montana raises the
BEST cattle. Here are the 10
leading states: Texas, Iowa, Can
sas, Wisconsin,, Minnesota, Me-
braska, Missouri, Illinoise, Okla
homa and Calf.
MIKE
KucHFR RATS