Show The Press Utuitr I Mrs E D Hatch is an honorary member mem-ber of the association and for many years contributed to the Popular Science Monthly Major W W Walderson of the Boseman Press is one of the oldest newspaper men on the Dakota press and he is respected by all Ono of the most reminiscent minds venerable ven-erable with pioneer experience is J C Kerley editor of the Zlessenocr at Townsend Town-send J H Monteath business manager of the Butte InttrMountain was taken violently ill at Dillon and had to be taken to a hotel His condition is critical I Sam Gordon of the Yellowstone Journal I I until twb weeks ago owned the only paper in the Yellowstone valley and it rivalled I the great geysers in its spantaneity j I O K Yerkes was the founder of the Billings Post He took hold of tho Bose man Chronicle and helped it out and it is one of the papers that keep no old stock on hand The lithe and sinewy form of S Gordon the expresident of the association toyed about in the brine tho cynosure of all eyes and the fair ladies flocked about in his track like gulls in the wako of an ocean greyhound grey-hound Mrs Mattie Yost is a fine descriptive writer and contributes for the leading eastern east-ern journals and magazines She has traveled extensively in this country and Europe and is a most charming and cultured cul-tured woman John B Read an old Salt Lake boy I turned out by the Deseret university in I the early 70s now editor of the Butte InterMountain had to turn back home at Pocatello on account of illness He was seriously sick and lost sixteen pounds in three days Major Butler greatly resembles Phil Sheridan and he is a fighter from way back His last duty was at Pine Ridge where he did distinguished service under General Brooke In his early days he did editorial work on the New York Tribune under Horace Greoley J M Quinn took ajug of the salt water along with him to mako rye flour pretzels He says ho never tasted beer so good as after taking a swallow of the saline water A pretzel factory on the great Salt Lake he believes will soon be one of the flourishing flourish-ing industries of the territory It is not generally known that there are three parts salt to one of flour in tho best paying pretzels J B Quinn of the Butte Miner is the new president of the association and he is one of the most brilliant and unique men in the profession He will bo remembered as the one who made the Bismark Tribune famous His paraphrasing of Shakespeare to illustrate local events struck the fancy of Bob Ingersoll who said it was better than anything of tho kind in the east Quinn has been styled the Bret Harte of Montana John Maguire the well known theatrical manager add Mr Quiglan of the jfjncr paid TUB HERALD a friendly call and the latter said it was like being home again to be in a Democratic newspaper office Mr Maguire said his opera house in Butte had had a good season and anticipated a better one Bernhardt plays there the 20th inst and Jefferson and Florence appear later in the season Mr Maguires Helena house is nearing completion and it will be a fine ono when finished He says that with the possible exception of Salt Lake Helena is the best show town in the west |