The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-20
THEY OWNED The TOWN
Bolsman People Royalty Entertained
In the Silver City.
FLOWERS AND ELOQUENCE
seven Hundred Residents of the
Fertile Caiiatin Enjoyed Them
selves Though the Rain Ran
Down Their Backs.
special Correspoudeuce Of the Standard.

~ US oattS 1919
mittee of arrangements, which labored so
u~ntiringly for the success of he occasion
had apparently made no arrangements
for the weather.
II so happened that the rainiest day
Butte has seen in a year was the day Sc
lected for the visit of Bozeman and its
valued citizens.
Butte never looked more ~unfavorable
than il did to-day.
The cold rain fell at intervals of an
hour or oftener throughout the day and
saddened somewhat the smile OF welcome
which had been donned for Bozeman's
benefit. The flags, which had been
placed on every flagstaff, dropped like
wet rags; the bunting lost the brightness
of its color, and the gaily caparisoned
rigs seemed somewhat dismal splashing
through the mud.
But there was no installing the hearth
ness Of the welcome accorded the people
of the Gallatin by the people of Butte.
In spite of the disheartening rain
and the vexatious delay, the day was pro-
nounced by all a success. Rain could not
prevent the people of the two cities from
fraternizing, and could only dampen con-
siderably the enjoyment of the visitors.
NoH ioht ott thtts ~
stead of leaving Bozeman at Z o'clock this
morning, II did not start until 3 o'clock
and was then made the regular train. The
people whe were TO meet them accord
ingly delayed going to the depot
until 1 o'clock this afternoon.
The interchangeable II. ID. Leggat, chairman
of the committee on arrangements, with
train to meet the visitors at Homestake,
but were unsuccessful. So at noon they
drove t~hree-quarters of a mile out on the
prairie and camped in the wet rain, wait
ing for the train.
At I 30 o'clock this afternoon 1000 peo-
pie thronged about the new Northern Pa
cifc depot, waiting for, the train.
wait. Nearly all the Carriages
and wagons i'm Butte were there. decd
rated with flags and colors, or with mot
toes OF welcome to Bozeman. Ii was a
long wait and some became discouraged
and vel back TO town. The Alice band,
i'm its gay uniform, relieved h monotony
occasionally by its excellent music, and
Major Loeber and Captain Neidenhofen,
marshals of the day, afforded diversion
by mad cantefs down the streets.
Al 2:l0 o'clock word came from the tel
egraph Office that the train had just left
Homestaks and 1000 pairs of eyes
here strained to penetrate the thick fog
WIith hNbk v hhS IA bhS -
pail. At $50 o'clock the sun, which all
day long had refused to show its face,
burst forth from behind the heavy clouds,
the dense fog lifted for n minute. and far
off on the mountain side, just emerging
from around the bend, could be seen the
from the assembled crowd and the
snake-like progress Of the train, creeping
slowly down the mountain side, was
watched with absorbing interest. But the
fog fell again, the train vas hid from
view, the sun Withdrew its face, n IL
looked like another drizzle.
IL was 10 minutes before 3o'clock when,
amid the welcome of 1000 people, the
music of the Alice band and The varied
| atmosphere caused by 81 different kinds
of smoke, the Bozeman train, consisting
Of two engines, a baggage a and min
coaches, drew up at the depot.
The people poured out of the train like
OF them. Nobody waited for an intro
duction. While the band was still playing
every Bozeman hand was grasped in 2
Butte hand. Names were overlooked
They had no meaning. 1t was:
"hello, Bozeman"
"Hello, Butte!"
And the two would grasp hands and
Mayor Walton stood up in the carriage
and cried out:
ITO the Citizens Of Bozeman and the
Gallatin V~alley-ln behalf of the citizen,
of Butte / bid you a most hearty wei
come. In behalf Of the city, governments
! offer you the freedom Of the city. Take
il and run 1t To suit yourselves and yol
will best suit MS. Let me introduce Hon
| w. A. Clark"
As w. A. Clark began to speak. he barct
his head to the hardest rain of the day. /
had rained in showers all day, but !
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