The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-01-01
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Naturally. all Hardin basket
ball fans are proud of the team
that has not yet been defeated,
but a letter received here this
week from Miles City should
make all of us proud of the
boys, win or lose.
Elmer Skeie, superintendent
of schools, received the follow
ing communication recently:
Dear Sir:
"On behalf of the manage
ment of the Olive hotel, I
should like to extend my con-
gratulations to your basketball
team, Coach Gotham and all
concerned, on winning the re-
cent tournament here in Miles
City.
However, this is not my only
object in writing this letter.
i would also like to COM
mend the team on their very
excellent conduct during their
stay at our hotel. Athletic
teams very often give us an
over amount of trouble, and it
pleaSeS me greatly not only. to
commend the boys for being
fine ball players, but also
when they conduct themselves
In a gentlemanly manner.
My best regards to Coach
Gotham and the boys.
yours very truly,
P. Kelley"
lis a rather sad comment
airy on things in general when
athletic teams give hotel man
ayers a bad time, but it is not
uncommon.
Coach Gotham is pretty proud
of his kidS-and he'll tell you
so without too much urging.
But it isn't only because they're
good basketball players. They
do know how to behave like
gentlemen, he tells us, even
when they are On trips and the
pressure of hometown public
opinion is not a curbing factor.
And he'll tell you what good
students they are at the drop
of a hat, too.
We're not so sure these are
not better reasons for being
proud of a team than an i'm
preSSiVe string of wins. (But
we like to see them come out
on top at that.)
---0E $500
RED" has apparently come
to live with us. We know it isn't
his real name, but it will have
to do until we find out what
he really should be called. We
like Red. He's a cooperative
pooch with an oVer-acJlve tail
and an expression, due to a
slightly unuerSlung lower Jaw,
that we can only describe as
a genial sheer. I'VE know that
doesn't seem possible. It has to
be seen to be believed He also
is most tolerant of our young
fry. That's why we think he
belongs to someone. We couldn't
name his breed. He is about the
size of a cocker spaniel, and his
coloring is like a red cookers.
His face and build however, |
look as though there might be
some pomeranian blood in his
family tree. (:
We'd probably hope that
Reds owner wouldn't claim him,
if it weren't for the fact that
Specs already lives with us.
Shes a malamute, and a most
loVable one, and our somewhat
cramped quarters are even more
crowded with two canine. Even
though Red is content to sleep
on an old play-psn pad in the
garage, we think he'd be hap
pier with his former owner. So
If you know who Red belongs
to, please Let us know. Incident
ally, we think Red won't have
too much trouble finding a.
home, even if he's never.
claimed. L
As must be. better than well !
known to our constant readers
(and we do hope we have al
few we're dog lovers. We have
been informed by various people!
that its a symptom of weak
mindedness, but we just can't
help it.
Our dog-loving soul was out
ragged and our wrath aroused to-
a fever pitch the other day
when we saw Duke, the coach
dog which belongs to Jack and
Alice KogalShak, and most of
all to young Billie. Duke is ap-
parently the victim of an acid
thrower, than which there is
nothing worse, so far as we can
see.
We are still hoping that what
happened to Duke was an ac- ]
cident, though it's rather diff
ficult to see just how such an /;
accident could have occurred /
There is another dog in town.
which has apparently had an
aid bath, too. We don't know I
who he belongs to, and haven't q
seen him, but we do have first
hand testimony that he has a |
raw hole in his back just :
like Dukes. Duke, Of course,
was taken to a veterinarian,
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