The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-13
mi TO BONNER.

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Me-~rs. Hammond Entertain n Number Of
Missauia Friends Mt Their Blg Camp.
Special to the Standard.
MrssouLA. June l2.-Whcn No. 2 pulled
out Yesterday there was on board a merry
party bound for Bonner. IL consisted OF
A. b. Hammond, Capt. Jack Crawford,
Mayor Kennedy. DIR. Buckley, j. =. Booth,
Gus Marotz, T.. w. Sparks, better known
as deacon Sparks, j. :. Lesser. Charles
E. Beckxith aud a STANDARD representa-
tive. The occasion of the trip was an en-
tcrtainment To be given i'm the evening by
Captain Jack. Some of the gentlemen.
too, had nov er seen the saw mills
wentd down partly To crafty their curiosity
i'm that direction. Al Bonner the train
stopped about twenty seconds and pulled
out with Mr.. Lesser still on board. He is
"A heavy man and has cons situtioua
scruples against jumping from a moving
train, so the engineer had to stop and let
him descend with the dignity appropriate
Ia his nverdupois. The party started
down one of the switches there are three
miles Of them in the lumber yards and
soon reached the town of Bonner. After
going % the store and resting, they were
introduced 10 W. H. Hammond,thc lessee
and manager. Going over TO his house
Mayor Kennedy and DR.. Buckley, 20 say
nothing Of the rest, felt their hearts grow
light and gay with what was set before
them. Some surmised that II was what
Mr.. Hammond carried from Missoula In
an innocent looking package which he
said contained "dry goods"
An inspection Of the mills followed.
Under the guidance of the Mcssrs. Ham
mond the party were shown the big mill
with It's different sets of saws, filing es-
adjustment, log elevator, luimberc carriers,
engines. lath machine and, perhaps, moro
interesting than all, the big burner where
all the refuse Is consumed. They saw
the water power house, the planning mill.
machine shop, blacksmith shop, sash and
door~ machines, glazing shop and. indeed,
all that can be seen at a complete saw
mill plant that turns out 10000 feet of
lumber % day. Machinery is used where
ever il can accomplish the end desired,
and still $40 men are needed to run II and
supplement its wor
One Interesting feature was the
big blower in the planning mill which
blows all the sawdust and planer chips
through a tube to a point across the river
where the stuff is burned. There was the
dynamo, too, which furnishes lights for
all the buildings and yards. From there
some OF the party went up the river and
looked at the piers and thousands of
floating logs. The logs nj the stream for
three miles. About 2O,00O.0 900 came down
at the last drive and i0,OO0,OOO had come
down during the spring.
Then the village was looked al. There
are lodging houses, N house being as
signed generally TO the men OF one ma
tionality, the hotel, Inc store, the neat
cottages where married men and their
families reside, n the school house.
The school house is a large two
story building. well built and
neatly painted, which he COM
pany erected and conducts without
expense TO the men. by this time some
of the visitors were tired and Mr.. Lesser
had become quite indisposed, the only
cloud which passed over the days enjoy
mcnt, so they wandered back 10 the store.
Al 6 o'clock he party sat down TO a
spread at the hotel which did credit To the
Landlord and the host. After dinner DIR.
Buckley thought that Mr.. Hammond's
house would be a pleasant place In which
To rest. Mayor Kennedy smiled blandly
and thought so, too. Others agreed.
Al 70 minutes 10 x an audience of about
fifty had assembled at the school house.
Captain lack was introduced, and for an
hour and "a half entertained them in "a
ann which elected storms Of Applause.
Then the visitors went down 10 the store,
bade their new acquaintance good-by,
and started for the depot. When they
got there DIR. Buckley moved "A vote Of
thanks 10 Mr.. Hammond for his hospi-
tally and kindness, and the ''ayes' must
have been heard at the mill. The echoes
are probably revcrbcrating up the can
yons this morning.