Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1890-09-25


On Saturday morning, August
3Olh, we left Livingston for Helena
over the Northern Pacific railway,
and reached our destination at an
early hour Sunday morning, where
we slept in our car until the proper
time to "come down from our perch. ="
We repaired to the Broadwater ho-
tel, one of the most superb hotels
in the West. The Broadwater is a
fashionable watering place hostelry,
and is three miles from the business
portion of the city. The hotel build
ing, natatorium and equipments cost
a round half million dollars. Both
structures being of wood, the mag
nifcence of the appointments can be
imagined better than described.
After breakfast we boarded the
street car line and started
up town, where we found very little
regard for the holy Sabbath. Sew
eral of the stores were open and sell
ing their wares the same as on week
days. Saloons were doing a rushing
business, and gambling houses, which
are licensed in Montana, were well
and were run wide open,
with not even screens between the
front door and the gambling tables.
One interesting feature of Helena
is "ChlnatowD," in which the Chi
nese have their stores and keep all
kinds of Chinese and japanese
wares. The Chinese store was es-
peclally interesting to the ladies of
our party.
The next morning our party called
at the court house by special invita-
ton, upon Gov. Toole, Montana's
Democratic chief executive. We
found the governor TO be most ex-
cellent gentleman, which is readily
accounted for from the fact that he
Is q Missourian, his former home be
ing at Savannah, this state. While
in Governor Toole's office our party
met the governors father, who Is
now 81 years of age and still hale
and hearty land also Col. Davenport,
once a resident of Liberty, Mo-, and
Prof. Swallow, who was at one time
dean of Missouri's agricultural col
lege.
Helena has a population OF some
IA 900 and is kept up largely by bel
mining interests.
We left Helena Monday afternoon
over the Montana Union railway IL
charge of Mr.. c. B. Calderhead
general passenger agent. Mr.. Cal
derhead Is a most genial gentleman
and took much pleasure in designat
ing points of interest along the line
of the excellent road he represents
Arriving at Anaconda we t1ot
supper and t5cn took our departure
for Butte City. At Anaconda is ont
among, il not the largest, smelter'
IN the world.
Butte City was reached a couple
of hours later, when most of tht
male members Of our party went ou
to see the tiger and take in Butte b,
gaslight. In the sporting line Butt
is said to be even "swifter" thai
Helena. The latter is a city of som
22, 900 and is the most extenslv
mining point in Montana.
Our party stopped at the st. Mich
olas, where we received the kindes
apd most hospitable treatment.
Tuesday was spent In viewing til
sights of Butte, the most interestln
feature being our visit to the Noun
tain View silver and copper mine, t
whose courteous proprietors We ar
indebted for being shown through il
The Mountain View has declared
dividend of 50 1000, 900 to its stock
holders within the past two years an'
it Is useless to say that Its stock
not on the market. This is only ont
among a number of other very ric
mines IN Butte.
Our trip was extended from Butt
over the Montana Union TO Pocatello G
Idaho, where we took breakfast
Tuesday morning. Pocatcllo is
place of 3,249 Inhabitants, and ha
the distinction of being the larges
town IN Id'ho: The site on ghic
RocateIIo Is built is an Indian reseE
yatjon, and. consequently the "bus
ness houses" arc rudeIy and chesl
ly constructed. 1t is thought tha
the town will he plated off in th
spring, when better ami more cou
modious store-rooms will he built.
Pocatello has two Republican p;
pers, a number OF saloons, an
affords q splendid opening for Den
! o.raf,c ,nissi0naru WORK Wa a.