The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-20
BUTTE's MAYOR.
He Fav0rs . ssMiner" Reporter With q
Little Chat ON the City,s Future.

L was ueilEnUeu DeyOnO measure. SalC
Mayor Frank, when l read in this morn
ing's MINER that SO prominent a man a.
Charles Francis Adams, Jr., president o.
the UnionaPacific Railway, had pronounced
Butte the levelest camp in the entire West
and that General Manager Galloway of the
same road had heartily endorsed Mr..
Adams, with the remark that Butte was
the only live amp he had seer in his ex.
tended tour through the West When such
prominent men as Adams and Galloway
predict sc brilliant a future for Butte. it
behooves us to legislate for the welfare of a
coming large community"
TO F. UP.
"By the way" said The MINER econo-
mist, what is the first purpose of your
administration, which, by the way, prom
ises to be the most economical and popular
in the annals of the city,"
WELL" replied the worthy Mayor, "my
first efforts shall beto have the city's high
and | can confidently predict that inside OF
ten days Butte will be as clean, sweet and
wholesome as any city in the land"
THE
"How abnut the smallpox scare" asked
the reporter.
"Iher is no occasion for any alarm.
There has only been one case in Butte this
season, and that was simply varioloid.
We promptly put the poor unfortunate
into the pest house, and he is rapidly con-
valeseing. l ms tructed the police to make
a careful investigation, and they reported
that this single mentioned case was the only
one in the entire CITY,"
How does the future look through your
optics?"
A GRAND FUTURE.
II am satisfied that Butte has a grand
future. All that we want, is to pull to-
gether. l have seen men from all sections
OF the country, and they all agree that
Butte is the hveliest tow on the continent.
Are there many idle men here? Yes, lots
OF them. Now that the gas company is
about to lay it's pipes there will be work
Tor all honest labOrers. In fact, any one
who desires work a secure it in or about
Butte. As to the drones, those fellows who
would rather beg or steal than work, the
policy OF my administration is to fire them
out or put them on the chain gang. I de-
cldedly prefer the firing out process. No
honest labOrer or mechanic, anxious to
secure work, can fail to secure a nun
alive job in or about Butte. This is, in
fact, a colony OF sturdy, honest wage
workers, and l intend to do my utmost to
protect their interests"
s%URE-TH1NG MEN MUST GO.
What, Mayor" asked the reporter, twill
be your policy in regard to the 'sure-thing'
gamblers and other swindlers?"
swell, l & am satisfied that no 'sure-thing'
game is now running in this community. 1
nave instructed the police particularly on
this subject. AS soon as any ~'dead-falr
game is discovered, it will be suppressed.
Under my administration the city ordi-
nances shall be strictly enforced. If they
are not sufficient to stop 'sure-thing' games
and other swindles, l will see that the City
Council enacts more stringent laws, and 1
will further see that they are enforced"
1t is safe to say that under the worthy
administration OF Mayor Frank the city
will prosper, Inc that 'sure-thing' men,
thugs, thieves, dead beats, bummers and
other scoundrels will have to migrate to
more congenial climes.