Show THEY ARE BRAINY MEN sketches of some of tho the members of the montana rally As a body of 0 men the members of 0 the montana press reflect honor upon their state and their profession there are arc among them men of talents BO bright that they aou oud d adorn I 1 the to 0 pulpit the bar or OP the political rostrum in the same degree decree in M aich they now flow as a molders or of public opan opinion and those A flailing salt lake ore are representatives of their does class learned eloi eloquent tient v itty illy genial and 1101 w hol just jui the type of men who mho as aa oll allied betl unit are still assisting in building up the grand brand commonwealth of 0 Mo montana nuana many are by their alvea ived and daughters daugh tere and the indies as may be supposed reflect the noble qualities lUrg of their thrle husbands and fathers accomplished graceful pol I 1 ishad hed and coulte courteous ous they are to tile the name e extent ref re of tile tho noble womanhood nv liau ban made castle the nime name of montana synonymous with all that thai lit Is cultured refined and hospitable in the realon realm of mans holy of holies the home im alicle abe they bere it all 11 to the ile leall men inell yesterday and to prevent vent bent them to lo abe other oilier people of the city and state the Iri bline herewith gives a fow few personal sketchy os 01 mb bora pre of tho the party fay anally a leader a at r in anny solon J john tn AI t tho b talented 11 editor of tho ilia jillso hutta miner miller has taken k en his bin place in the flails rank 0 of r nor northwestern t tit c stern joul mallaM 11 had ho h political ambitions he might have hao fill 1 mondana M in congress anil and nery lery time lime a campaign campal Rn ratio around ho he jose hard work to keep III his 9 name orr off tile the democratic ticket he ha made it a rot reputation lotion as an editor on the monal list to abune and ab about lit ton ten years ago affo nent to 10 ji bitle tle 11 here he has ban K greatly defir addad to herf move AS a journalist liver ever allies ho he has eilitz d tile the miner millionaire W A darks clarks paper until aa now h ho 0 uns has become gross greater t or than his ja journel rr n I 1 an and d la Is soon to embark in a van tl lure rl of 11 his a onn 9 v weekly cc kly to review ir v khilch which will fi bo Qun qu to it a sto degree to I 1 that at promises a novelty in moreton and FL folium of tune to its gifted sir mr quinn la a L literary newspaper ilia inan ills hla tn I 1 la e eloquent lOo luent tin annl in montana his la Is the graceful word weaver eaver of tile the ROC it lei A As an orator lie he stands ismons tile beat in the state TWO HELENA lla HUMORISTS hl jovial jack A J risk illik of the heleni helen 11 alid sn in one ant of the vs wae age of the pill ty he is 19 fat fai and orty forty and the bood ad nature I 1 that I 1 let beams I 1 in n h his ls race ls in as an deep rooted d a aa tile hie spirit of elie camaraderie derl which makes him on one 0 oatlie calle most artis popular mm men in the he Is oni one 0 it three brothers h ho the ilia weekly herald in helena in fcc and I 1 the he dully dally if in W ani and the same L trio ric ave still billt running tho ilia paper not having haieff an isue I sue since the days dayn when tt hen they m mi ent to 11 dross on yellow paper and sold the ahe aid fr ats 16 a jear air pa payable y able in kold gold durt duist H HA helped drive an 0 ox moulin the pietism front from MITT in tho the Fix tien and hoa hes not of it tic lie also worst wore the blue as a boy in file lh civil nor itar and I 1 if ft a member of 0 tile iho U A it lie jie la in MHO also so 1 past not of the masonic C grand lo cloce his HIM political faith ix in republic can and ami hn paper aall aa on ono I 1 e of f the ih few to support mckinley lat last la t f tall all lie he la 14 it A crack shot at blue bitio roas s practical printer slid and a successful tou biness manager A 0 keith in iff it a humorist an editor a politician a miner a secret society organizer and an allaround all around like likeable ablo man ile I 1 e la Is also alko an all orator and his speeches aldays brittle with u ith a vu peculiarly culi arly ills hid otan on on russell hard hanl sons bona paper the li hilmo elina hi journal he scored 8 a gleat hit as all the sunday sinner clinner and as 09 private secretary of gov lie he in steering the ship of state stale wilh fill such nuch yankee tactics that the united states stales sail great rest bi I 1 tain maln camp near getting into an easo cin brosilo over tho the cree indian question As a senator maker lie i lot not it a suc site ceat ceas hut but when it comes to sliver silver he taken it straight and leads the sliver silver republicans 1 leans I 1 in st his film county ile he f in the newly mostly elected president of the press a and his administration promises veil akell for th I 1 body lie Is a hl h official in the NV goodmen woodmen dodan a 0 t tile the world PERMANENT SECRETARY secretary and ter john MAI mcmurray Is urray util little johnny as ho he Is knots so Is the republican editor of anaconda lie ile la Is the founder and conductor of tho the dally recorder and in spite of the overshadow ing competition of the big standard ho he puts out a sheet that MILL Is id creditable to both town and party parly on account of his hid youth and rood good nature the press emaciation association Y years cars aso ago elected him secretary and amt as an he has haa aroun n younger and more good natured every year they have replaced repeated tilt the imposition as regu regularly regulars larl y as aa the an annual a us feeling comes around lie ile to Is a host hoai in himmele at managing ex cur afons and that id 19 on ono a reason they keep him film secretary 11 lie e began ile nebb U e paper work as aa a reporter on the but butte t caper inter nier mountain and served in the same juse capacity on the iho helena independent whence he went to anaconda to slier start I 1 tile the recorder auctioneer ienn AND SINGER gen charles U D curtla curtis la Is not an no ac live member of the th erases silly but he trains with fill the newspaper paper rune gang and has ban alt all the qualities of nn an editor nith out the bad habit of indulging in neus paper ventures ventu reB lie ho la Is soldier and chiv illan ulan poet pate and musician politician and merchant ner chant only one of at his hid vim v v im eta ever it vaa aas slashed off mh ahen on he be me was iboa lter tm aster in fit helena and one of that tribe of at 1 who he make the postmasters life a burden had written him asking how to pro the name helena lie re plied piled in a stanza the last laal complex of at which was as aa follows follow a in it friend mo me well strong mph emph nils shod should id E eo bild aid a i lt IW but charley has othor ohr claims to fame he has fought indians indiana in the montana militia and as it member or of the early day vigilance committee in sending desperadoes out of the country and the world at tile the end of a ropo rope uy by the way he h began his military experience in salt lake in 1853 the m writer floor recalls his first glimpse of gon gen curtla curtis astride a broncho tearing dom do n alie afe main street of helena jelling in tin lie voice of a comancho in what a am to I 1 offered for him ho he was an auction auctioneer n in the days day a and to 1 bell I hors homes e 8 had to ride them to prove their soundness and speed ile H stings un an excellent pong and at every gath gathering er of cf neus newspaper paper men monakea the welkin ring with auld liang lang syne ryne Crula keen leon laun ard good night ladles J A largent representing the iho great falls falla leader Is one of the leading attorneys of the northern montana me tro polls ile ill id prominent an aa co a can and Is a well nell known figure on abo tb I 1 tump judge J D matheson of at in Is s the veil all informed and popular editor edicts r of the times of at that city at times time a dally daily but now a weekly paper lie ile li 14 one a of f iha pillars of the pi licis cis in eastern montana and an leaped ed ged a authority on his country count rys 9 beof r c PONT OF PARTY harry 0 collins editor of the mis 1114 itil t Is the J et of the montana Jon tana press H he has a blue eye and blond head that denote gentleness of dispo isi netlon tion aad his poetic tent dpn h he e can call banish the pr prosaic it to sarea of life finds ent in some oti of tile the chair ert cost hits of verse that ever adorned a newe newspaper paper page mr collinss prose la 13 as vigorous as fill alq poetry to la graceful anrig and he rous is in strong on political writing and ent balha hf he went to he h of did I 1 it where here I 1 montane Mo niami f fron ran D denver olive sam nom anell or work ho he a falio for or a time city ed I 1 tor for of the fielena independent representing ih the anaconda standard pt iq charle colen harvo one of 0 the brightest apor men of 0 the th great cap corpor par camp lie he Is 1 city e edellor d or a al butto butte for the standard and hla big in III the paper attests hla his alt able wails woi klie khe in IK accompanied on the i rip by chauncey L I 1 harris rise of the standards butte tone force mho be has seen awn service on tile the montana press ainia tit alio 0 early arty daya the w weekly L sicly press Is represented by bv such well known hyoun me inan n an alderson Alde rAon of bokchan maj of f Honel rt holl bronner of 0 butte bulte abi of at Jr ginta oily city butler of miles chy ol of walloon of schoenfeld of great balls I ajla stevens Steven fl of stevens 1 valle I ad le N moore loore of missoula Ml souta faulds Itt ulda of and jones of billings 1 |