Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-19
BUTTE's BILHR AVENUE.
Fully as Immoral and Depraved
as the Nortoriously Wicked
Five Points.
Vice, Debauchery and Degra-
dalton Haunted In the
Worlds Face.

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From Fridays Daily.
Where vice and sin are permitted to exif
10 openly a. they do In Butte and wher
degradation and Inst Haunt themselves q
boldly in the faces OF the community q
they do in this city, il would be senselea
10 tell the people Of their existence. Ever
person who has been in Butte twenty-fou
hours, be he an innocent, guileless solicito
of contributions to q struggling, povert
stricken, little church In some far AVA.
Eastern hamlet, or be he q hardened oil
rounder and man Of the world, he know
that vice and wiekedness flourish here T.
m extent almost unknown elsewhere. Tn
rssiden o Of the city also know this, but q
sccustomsd have they become to the TACT
that IL ID not deemed worthy Of mention
or at most only Of passing comment. II I
sale TO say, however, that only a small
percentage know OF the enormous extent o
the curse. which like some horrible yam
pirs has fastened it's ghoulist
body to the city and defies oil
efforts of the better class oi
society to dislodse IL. And, what is more.
she curse ID daily growing to larger proper
tions, and with it's increased growth and
strength is daily becoming more bold and
defiant. II Is true that, by common con-
sent and sentiment, q tscit understanding
has seemingly been arrived at by which the
more loathsome and the more de-
Rraded o~utcasts and parasites are
relocated to o particular portion Of the
city which has been set aside for their
h~abitation, and where the very houses
which they occupy are built with q view Of
bsang adapted to the requirements OF their
sinful and dangerous calling.
As everybody who lives here knows, the
sirl-cursed portions, or ''bad lands" Of
Butte lie in the territory bounded on the
east by Main street. on the north by Park.
on the west by Wyoming. on the south by
Mercury, and at the present rate Of extern
sion win soo be even greater. East Ga
lena street is entitled to the proud distinc-
tion of being the wickedest and most cor
rspt spot in that territory OF lust, crime
and shameful iniquity. immortality, cor.
ruption and debauchery hold forth there
ON o scale 30 colossal and so infamous
that IL turns the heart sick and
hlls the beholder with loathing and
disgust. During the day time, as il shrink
ing from the light given forth from heaven.
the creatures who iHhabit the street are
seldom seen. Doors are locked and cur.
tains closely drawn. Everything is indica-
tive OF deeertion and the stranger nc pre-
viously posted ON the real character OF the
t~horoughiare would think that he was in q
spot stricken by plague aid haunted by
death. He would not be so very wrong
either in his surmise, for il there is a place
infested by O plague Of demoralizing in.
moral death In spread, that place is East
Galena street. Let the same stranger,
however, visit the same spot after the
sombre darkness OF night has fallen over it
and o different sight and different Sounds
will greet him. From countless windows
and doors streams forth light. The silence
which reigned there during his first visit 10
broken by snatches OF ribald and vulgar
songs, more vulgar Jokes and even more
disgusting conversation. Shameless women
In indecent costumes stand boldly in the
open doors and accost every male passer.
by and In the most brazen manner solicit
and attempt to lure victims
Into their dens. A refusal to comply,
either by word or the silent pass
Ing by, 10 generally rewarded with q
mark and often q chorus OF the foulest
IL hurled after the retreating
lorm by q horde Of the depraved creatures
whom he has offended by resenting the sd- |
vsnees Of one OF their number. All nations |
and all colors seem to have contributed |
Of fallen, lascivious females |
which 60 to make up the grand total Of
those who ply their calling and flourish on |
that street. Fragments OF French, English, |
Japanese, and only q philologist could tell
what other, languages and dialects are
hoard. All, however, can speak enough Of
the common language OF the land to be able |
to make the most indecent proposals and
In the vilest OF vile talk. The sins |
and crimes both against nature and the |
laws OF the land which are committed
20 infamous that the very thought OF them
mantle the cheeks OF the most hardened |
and depravsd, excepting those who practice |
them. Nine out Of every ten robberiss
In the city are committed by
creatures OF this street. When a thief,
murderer, or other violator Of the law is
wanted, the frat place in which search for
him is made IL is ON this street. By in.
almost, all the criminals who
niest the city flock to that
oca lily, we'll knowing that they will recel We
warm welcome and the protection de.
lied them elsewhere. Drunkenness, fight
NO, b~lasphemy and every other violation
N law and decency obtains there, and the
,ns who 10 the most proficient in either or
I'D Of them 10 the n who is envied by his
ess accomplished debauchees and looked
lpon az me OF exalted rank and station.
my new form OF vice and lewdness, which
,nly the most obscene and licentious mind
invent, ia hailed with delight and pleas.
ire and finds speedy practice there. Moth.
90 10 too low and nothing too loathsome
idden spot. In fact, the ordinary forms
vice and lascivious bestiality are conf
idered tame and impotent and are re-
to only when no others will do.
'rimes for which cities OF sacred history
Tere wiped from the face OF the earth are
'penly INDUCED in there, and in the most
manner held open to be gazed |,
pom BY q shocked and outraged commun.
". Even the hint to cover them with the ]
ell Of secrecy would be met with the same :
sentiment that would meet the suggestion
Ian immoral act to the most spotless and +.
being that ever existed. sr II
Besides the outcast women who makeI y
hat street . disgrace to the city, there are
male parasites who reside !
here and derive their living from the earn
go OF their degraded companions; who
ress in the finest OF linen, wear the most b
OF clothes. dine at the highest 4
restaurants Of the city; who idly G
'unge or corners smoking the choicest c. '
srs, toying with their gold headed canes 4
nd insulting every decent woman Who
lsses by. These men are even worse, and
ink to o lower depth in the scale OF de-
'avity than their unfortunate consorts,
r they live by the same means with the r
lly difference that they extort the money q
hich keeps them in idlsness from the poor, !.
graded creatures whose ~yileness and cor :
Iption they share. Thes men are q curse i
ID danger to any community In which II
~ may reside, for from their ranks ema- a
'ps the hardest and most dangerous crimi.
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