The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-29
TOPICS OF The TOWN
Many Matters Of Much or Little Interest
10 Butte People.
What the Council Has to Do-About
the Census-Trouble In the Press
Club-Children Who Need
Parental Attention.

10 build, a sewer system TO be constructed.
the fire department TO be strengthened, n |
sanitary system to he inaugurated. and
the police system To he regulated and re-
yised, the city fathers certainly rave
enough on their hands Tor this year Mt
least, and when all these schemes for the
city's improvement are carried on, Butte
will certainly he a municipality worthy of
the title. Scarcely a citizen who has the
city's interests at heart can be found who
opposes b proposed issuance OF new
bonds for city hall aud sewers.
The general objection is that the
bonds are not large enough rather
than too large. No place can claim the
dignity OF a city until IL has replaced its
town hall with a city building. has sewers
through its principal streets and pays at
tention to public health. Perhaps there
is no department that so much needs reg
ulating as hat of police, aud the decis-
ion of the council TO leave its matters
hereafter in the hands of a commission
will meet with universal favor. 1t is to he
regretted: however, that the ordinance is
not TO provide for the commission 10 he
appointed from men outside of the coun-
ell. thus removing IL still further from
politics. TIKI commission should be COM
posed of citizens who care nothing for pol
tiles, instead of aldermen.
There is n Chinaman i'm town who has
gone crazy over n lawn mower. Every
afternoon when the lawn mower on the
court house lawn is in operation. the
Chinaman is on hand and watches its
movements with "a celestial grin.
When the city buys the cremator. il il
does buy one. it will nave its dumping
ground southwest of the city TO sell. 1t is
among the possibilities that next spring
there will be another addition to Butte
plated. II should be called the Dump
addition to Butte.
There is n married lady i'm Butte, prom
inent in social circles, who has never
seen an orchard, never seen an apple
grow and never seen n tree in blossom.
She has never seen n steamboat and never
seen a body of water larger than the Big
Hole river. There are three ladies in this
city who nave never been out of Mon
tana.
A serious difference has arisen i'm the
Butte Press club, and a chasm has been
formed which il will require balm to heal.
1t seems that Phil Julian, the treasurer,
called on Colonel Moore for his dues. The
Colonel wanted TO know if the treasurer
had filed his bond and If SO, who his
bondsmen were. Mr.. Julian retorted that
he had given no bonds and did not pro-
loct Y. W.T. NlbpFt ttlth ttirt - ItiN
his dues. Mr.. Julian considers tins an
insult and will propose the expulsion OF
Mr.. Moore at the meeting tomorrow
night.
II Butte is not satisfied with its census
As it undoubtedly will not bet should
not complain of the supervisor, the emu
merators or the Board of Trade. All have
lone their best the past few days. yet the
result is very unsatisfactory and not many
have been added 10 the former enumera-
ton There are "a great many i'm Butte
who don want to be enumerated and will
not permit il except at the point of the
bayonet. The city may expect TO find its
enumeration abou 1900 or 10000 short of
expectation. Ii will DC weeks or months
yet before the result is given out. Super
visor Speer has received returns from one
sixth OF the state and has sent bach many
of the returns received.
There il a good deal of fun about town
at the expense Of the self-made detective
from Glendale, who came here after the
Wyoming stage robbers. Since he gave
up the stage robbery case, he has been to
Con Sullivan's mining camp in Horse
canyon looking for q Cour IL Alcne MUIR
derer, who, somebody told him, was in
hiding there. IL is needless To- say he
was unsuccessful. He is now
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camp To look for Foxy who is wanted
for the Cronin murder i'm Chicago. The
young detective will find his life Il tor
ment il he tries to keep up with the gang.
His papers are from a Cincinnati detective
agency.
Children of 10 years old, usually boys,
but sometimes girls too. are seen on the
street after ! and 2 o'clock i'm the MORN
ing. They are getting very tough. One
day the past week two boys were
seen ON West Park street drag
ging along IA boy who was
feet. A representative of the STANDARD
took him home and gave him to his
mother. The boy worked In a liquor
store and was accustomed to drink the
liquor left in bottles, while he washed
them. He was about twelve or thirteen
years old There should be a provision To
make IL impossible to employ boys i'm
liquor stores. Montana. by the way.
needs n reformatory and needs II bad.
The business men Of Butte made a seri.
Gus blunder in not getting up a Fourth of
July celebration Of some sort. As il is
now, everybody who can get ont of town
next Friday will go To Helena, Anaconda
or some other place. All patriotic citizens
expect TO spend more on Independence
day han any other day of the year and
this extra money that is sure Ia be ex.
pended might justa as well be kept in Butte,
But instead of that IL will all he taken
away. Had each merchant and saloon
keeper subscribed s. or $40 for a celebra.
ton, not only would all this money have
been spent in Butte. but hundreds Of peo-
pie would have come ia from the outside.
The business men would have got their
money back ten fold and at a. same tim.
Butte would have had the credit Of being
patriotic. Ii is hoped that next year th.
patriotic order Of the Sons of America
and the Brotherhood of the Union, instead
of going out of,town will take the initiative
in getting up "A celebration worthy OF
Butte.
Meeting Of the Travellers Protective
Association al Denver. Colo. juno - C