Show i BROWNIE BURKE WILL HELP TO j I ENLIVEN IN LOS ANGELES II I IJ II I I J I II I i I I 9 I 1 l R Rl I I I i s l rY w wR I H R i H I ter BROWNIE BROWN I E BURKE Official First Assistant Drum Major of the tho Boston Montana Band Ban Which Accompanies the S to Los Angeles from all parts of tho the United States have passed through Salt Lake on their way to Los Angeles to attend the meeting of gathered from the four quarters of the tile globe glob is the short of Ancient and Accepted Order Oler of at the tHo Nobles Nobes of the Mystic Shrine Among Aming other musical organizations par participating participating Is the famous Boston Mon Montana Montana Montana tana band of Butte which came cam within one of winning the first prize in Salt Lake City during the first won the first prize prise at the Elks grand lodge meeting in this city and also the first prize at the tho Elks grand lodge meet meetIng meeting Ing In In Denver last year The Boston Montana band has been brought to its present standard under the direction of Sam H Treloar The members of the band are sons SODS of ot toll toil When they are not tooting their horns they are working In the mines at Butte Tears Years ago the Boston Montana elected James A Shoemaker of Helena Heena its official drum major Jim Shoemaker Is a giant mentally and physically He lIe Heis lIeIs Heis is a good fellow from A to Izzard lizard and what elected him sheriff sherifF of ot Lewis and Clark county last fall fail Jim Shoemaker has a n partner in the drum majoring business His name is Brownie Burke and he is a tiny little bit of a midget He sells the tho Record In Helena and ho sells more copies than tb n alI alf tho rest ret of ot the other kids put together He is nearing 15 16 1 years but he is not grow growing lag ing very much He lIe is as bright as a flash and sharper than a whips cracker EHe He Hes Is the official first assistant drum major of the Boston Montana and he can drum maje with the best of ot them When Whoa the Buster Buter Brown company c came through Helena Helen the tho management tried every way in the world to induce Brownie to go with It He was offered 20 a week to begin with and the man management management management pledged itself to make material and rapid Increases In his salary as time mo progressed You will have to see my mother said Brownie Mrs Burke would not listen to the proposition Brownie is grateful for the opportunity you present but I want my child with me and I want him to go to school and some day we may havo have enough money mone to send him to college Brownie is a devout Catholic When Whenever Whenever ever eer he accompanies his partner on a trip with the band he ia goes to his duties in the church the benedic tion of ot the father confessor Brownie Brownlo is an honorary member of Helena lodge No Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and he is going to be an ari active member as soon as he is old enough Brownie Is always a page In the tho Mon Montana Montana Montana tana senate and he is in the confidence of every one of the sena senators senators senators tors Jim Shoemaker and his wee little part partner partner ner nor unquestionably will attract wide at n in Los Angeles as they have done In every other place where they have accompanied the he band |