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stacks of chips on the tables. We. saw
licensed gambling houses in full blast
OH the principal streets in Butte ana
Helena, and tic moro one secs of them
the less he thinks of tho plan of licens.
ing gambling. Now that Montana Is
soon TO be state, it is probable that
there will be "A change for the better III
this matter.
There were number of people from
Portland, Seattle, Spokane Falls, Waila
Walla and Pendleton at the races, ana
some very fine horses.
On the second day OF our stay. Mr. Pc
Lashmutt obtained permission rom MI.
Marcus DAILY to take party through
the smelling works. They are situated
at one side of the town and to get 20
them we passed through the railroad
yards, where hugh engines were tugging
ut long tIairs of cars loaded with ore ana
coal and dragging them up an Incline on
the side of the hill above the smelters.
Under the guidance of Mr.. Kennedy, the
Superintendent, VIC went through thc
immense establishment, starting III NJ
the top, where the ore is crushed by siS
immense steam stamping machines, nnu
following II through the concentratorS
and furnaces, where IL Is roasted down
to where the 'mat' is drawn from the
furnaces and cast into large bars or pigs,
which are broken lin and sacked for ship
mcnt to Swansea or Baltimore to be re-
duced.
After completing our inspecuon OF
these works we took tne lraiii ioi ,,'utod
where the Anaconda mines are situnteu,
and which Is one of the greatest mining
centers of the territory.
Butte is busy, lively town, claiming
with the suburbs, u population OF Zo,Vp
The monthly wage roll paid III the MINES .
and smelter- around Butte amounts 20
over $4,000. The town is rather u
drcary looking place to one used TO the
| luxuriant vegetation of the Willamette
| as there is scarcely green thing 70 DC
| seen about IT, We called at the Mlner
office and enjoyed pleasant chat with
| the business manager, very nfiaoie anu
| intelligent gentleman, from whom we
obtained much information Ill snort
| space OF time. \,
we rot back to Garrison about L: Nj;
and took the east bound train and arrived
at Helena ut 7:45 next evening. L nuu
| imagined that | should see something
of the great Rocky mountains ~ gettlne
over them, but | was like the fellow VINO
could not see the town for houses. we
were in the Rockies miles before ! hmeTT
il and had reached the tunnel through
the summit before it was noticed tila'
we were going up hill. -.
Helena il a very lively town and ha'
many fine buildings some OF four ant
i've stories, and fine stone builulng q
six stories IL now being built. There u
"a very handsome stone courtnouso
where the constitutional convention Wu'
In session. -,
Main street runs up gulch whcr'
gold was probably first discovered, ant
during the afternoon and evening II Is a
crowded az First street in Portland.
A great many of the people seened u
be idle and to be in quest OF some plac
TO sit down. and in order TO counterac
this tendency iron bars with sharp pro
iecting points were placed along winuoV
lodges and ratings in front oil seVera
banks and stores.
On inauiring about was informed
that there were at least 1000 gamblers
boosters and cappers in the town, WI
idle around during the afternoon ana az
tend to business at night. There ar
several good hotels in Helena, thre
newspapers any one of which would d
} credit to "A larger town, and plenty 9
well stocked stores, where anNthll
needed can be obtained. There ar
, many wealthy people there and man
handsome and costly private res
dences. Everybody appears to o,' nay
and all seem to be trying to &c
t as much enjoyment ms is Possibl
out of life in such country. we inc
, several Portland people in Helena
5 among them q. p. Rockcnheld, WI
whom | went out to the hot spring
where a magnificent swimming bath an
, hotel are about completed. The bath
32Ox 90 feet and the building over IL
| like the central section ofthc EApositio
D building in Portland, only more elegant
e finished and with an immense pile
: real rock work, weighing hundreds
I tons at one end, over which the wate
: for the bath pours In cascades ~
I hotel is a low, wooden building, cove
: ing a large extent of ground and ver
20 elegantly furnished. In such hot an
= dusty country q swimming bath is SUI
0 to be- well patronizcd The bath an
< hotel were built by local capitals
/ named Broadwatcr and cost about SOU
G 0OO
' As was on pleasure. not business,
! shall not pretend to give any detallt
description of the places visited. III
has been very dry season in Montan
: and any remarks about the territory
u | saw ii would do it an injustice.
On our way home We passed over I
= daylight that portion of the road pass,
: over by night in going, and so saw u
:; beautiful Pend Il Orcillc lake, the mo
y beautiful aud largest sheet ol fresh wat
!, in the Northwest, and also had view
I the towns of Cheney, Sprague ana lit
\ Vile.
The sleepimg-car and tho dinner, Il
n vestibule and the air brake have don
n away with most of the discomiorts
= travelling by rail- and it is pleasure al
=, u revelation to u Stay-at-homc body
5. make trip on q great road like u
/, Northern Faoiiicito to see the nurucro
, long freight trains sidetracked az inte
y yals ana the huge passenger. tran
II which go laundering along day ~
: night bearing thousands TO new HON
r. by the Western sea. IL is only nect
If sary TO add that the further one go
!. and the more lie sees ofthis great Mort
west the more he is convinced of Z
!, fact that there is no town like Portlai
"A and no section like the Willamette VI
,. ley, which is the garden spot of I
If Pacific coast, and veritable paradise
,s earth.
ii HIS PROPOSAL ALL THERE.
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