The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-08-01
ROYALTY ENTERTAINED
Butte Throws Open Her Hospitabls
Gates to Iichi6an's Editors.
In Speech Making, Sightseeing
and FeastinR. the Visitors
Are Spending a Very
jolly Time.


Yellowstone, or "LonRc excursion" Of the
Michigan State Press association, arrived
here this evening INT were welcomed In
that royal, hospitable manner for which
Butte Is famous. The reception was Of
that informal. open style, peculiar to the
west, which conveyed greater expression
of sincerity and hospitality than all the
set phrases or o~bsequious attention could
convey. That II was understood and &C.
cepted in the same generous n frank
manner was only too plain.
The manner OF the guests, more than
their words, showed the appreciation OF
the efforts "a entertain and the success of
the entertainment. Coming from n state
that itself Is not so very much unlike
Montana, the men n women of the
party found a congeniality i'm the sur
roundings and a companionship in their
entertainers tina probably would not have
existed had the visitors come from
another section farther east where the
same identity Of interests does not OBJ
tain.
As previously announced, Manager
Baldwin of the Montana Union kindly
placed a special train mt the service of the
excursionists and accompanied the train
to Garrison. Here the party left the
Northern Pacific n was met by Mr..
Baldwin, General Passenger Agent Cal-
derhead and Superintendent O'Brien and
a committee of the board Of trade consist
ing of w. Pinkham. Aid. j.. II. Lynch,
j. A. Cannon, +. T.. Corbett and Aid.
w. McDermott. No formal speaking
took place, but the excursionists were
quietly conducted to the cars and the
committee and the railroad men intro
duced themselves, after which the train
started for Anaconda. Some time was
spent at the Smelter City looking at the
sights, after which the train wal again
boarded and the party brought to Butte.
arriving here n few minutes after Z
o'clock. BY previous arrangement the
the depot and the visitors were taken TO
the McDermott, where supper was served.
At the conclusion of the meal Mr.. Cor
bett, in his Enthusiastically felicitious
manner, babe the guests welcome TO
Butte and assured them that no pains
would be spared to make their stay in the
city as happy and memorable as possible,
and expressed the hope hat when they
had returned to their homes the visitors
would think kindly of Butte and its
people.
as a rather %pretentious little way station
on the Northern Pacific railroad which
claimed a population of 1900, but which,
as far as the excursionists could
see, had no title to such preten-
tious claims. So far as they
liz w tht nv tu tpc oet VI
| trade, no city council and even no news
papers, for they did not see representa-
| tives of either. Arriving there late at
night the excursionists remained on board
the sleepers, and this morning after a
| comfortable breakfast at the way station,
they started Sightseeing. No attempt
was made on the part OF any OF the in
habitants of the station to show the ex-
| c~ursionists about the place, and they
were left alone to amuse themselves as
best they could and see whatever came
handy. Not ever a reporter appeared i'm
terested enough to Introduce himself pro-
f~essionally IN order to obtain an item.
After a visit to the Broadwater and q
plunge bath. the tourists returned TO their
train and awaited the time when they
could get away. A freight a standing
on a sidetrack afforded the only object
for the eye TO feast itself upon, but while
affording that relief, il hid from view the
struggling little station which stretched
itself through the tortuous confines OF a
narrow gulch. How vast, he said, the diff
ference between Butte and Helena. Ar
irving at Garrison, the party found a COM
mittee of citizens from the Former to well
come its members and take them under
their protection and extend to them the
hospitality of a thriving, prosperous and
generous city.
The tourists had started out to see the
absorbed and built up by large citiss and
towns and thriving farming communities.
The p~leasurable surprise Of the reception
given the party by the citizens of Butte
was indeed great and was characteristic
of a generous and h%ospitable people. The
interests of Butte and the west side OF
Montana were, the speaker said, identica
to those of the pe~ninsular region of Mich.
igan, both were eminently mining coun.
tries.
~ know nothing about your ~output,r
said he, ''but / will always remember ouu
Butte friends
Call. being made for Mr.. Baldwin tina,
gentleman said that at various times par.
ties had visited Butte and always wen,
back east and wrote and spoke of Butte a.