The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-01
Manager Mcguire viii Not Rslin-
quish the Opera House,
as Reported.
Ico-ekating at the Famous Broad
water Attracting Large
Crowds.
Can Chicoory be Drown in Montana PA
Chat with Mr.. Wlnns-Othor
Gossip.

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mains in possession of Ming's opera hous'
in this city. Mr.. Mcguire has not made i
q point to say much concerning the uncsr
tainties which have surrounded the leasing
of the house, but now feels frse to express
himself upon the subject. II will be re-
mcmbered that negotiations have beer
pending for months past TO secure the con-
troll OF MinR's. At last Mr.. Mcguire ID in q
position to know that tho booking Of at.
fractions which he has made for a yeal
ahead will not be interfered with by a d.
vorcs OF the opera house here from the rest
of the Montana circuit. Mr.. J.. G. Reming-
ton, who has been endeavoring to secure
the house, says that the failure OF his plans
has by NO means deferred him from hi,
purpose OF making Montana his permanent
residence. He will remain in Helena fol
the present and has already turned his at
tention to some matters outside of thentri-
cal circles with which he was formerly en-
gagged on his arrival here to accept a posi-
ton on the Montana circuit.
The big Broadwater natatorium, recently
transformed into an ice-skating rink. is in
creasing in popularity. The present beau
tiful weather makes the exhilarating sport
unusually pleasant and every afternoon and
evening the icy floor ia we'll filed with
people. Fully $50 skaters were on the ice
yesterday afternoon and the beautiful
rink was again crowded last evening. Col.
Broadwater paid his first visit to the rinL
last night since the bathing season closed
Next winter he proposes to have the entire
floor covered with ice and will make a mum
Der of improvements that will add to the
comfort and convenience of skaters and
spectators.
When asked the time of r~eopeninp the
hotel, Col. Broadwater said it would be
about May /. II expect that the place will
be crowded all summer said he. During
my recent trip down east, and while l was
in Warrington working in the interest of
the silver bill, I discovered the resort is
very we'll known. Nearly every man / was
introduced to, on hearing my name, would
say: Are you the man who owns the big
swimming bath in Montana" Col. Broad
water has a number of plans projected for
the improvement of the grounds and en-
largement Of the hotel, but he will probably
not carry them into effect until next year.
MI. Peter Winnie, when asked what pro.
Rress the north side railway bonus wa q
making, replied that everything is getting
along nicely and the success of the under
taking will be assured if all the property
owners will hold their End up and fulfill all
promises. To assure the building of the
electric line MIR. Whine says it will be nec-
essary for every man interested to contri-
butte his share. Mr.. Whine is very en-
thusiastic over the gardening scheme in the
Prickly valley. The abundant snow will
make Montana blossom as the rose and the
prosperity of the state will be greatly in
creased thereby.
Since the sugar beet question was agitated
a few weeks ago other people have been
looking around to see what other staple
articles could thrive in Montana. A little
conversation on this matter was overheard
in a restaurant last evening, during which
n gentleman suggested that chiccory
could be cultivated in Montana. Two
other member of the party laughed at this.
"'Why, man." said one, don't you know
that chiccory only grows in the torrid zone.
where coffee is raised" II know nothing
of the kind, and furthermore, Ill bet You q
small bottle that there never was a pound
of chiccory raised in q warm climate re-
piled the first speaker. Thu question was
left to an outsider to answer, but he and sew
eral others were densely ignorant on the
subject and the first speaker had the floor.
Nov, to tell you wha. ! know about it.
My father has a very extensive farm in
Northern Canada and grows an immense
crop Of chiccory annually"
Here, then, ia a new field for Investigation
for botanical students. Chiccory il a
foreign plant and is grown in portions of
Northern Europe and Asia. An immense
quantity of il is used in coffee. One hotel
in this city alone used fifteen barrels last
year. 1t is also a food for cattle. Any
body familiar with the cultivation of chic
cary might %enli9hten the public. What
there is of it in the United States has been
transplanted from the old world.
II was a newspaper reporter once, nv
SELF" said Francis Pope yesterday. II
worked on the Toronto Globe. That was
during 1864. In 1866 ] started for San
Francisco from that place on an ocean
steamer, going vim the isthmus. There
were 500 people aboard and while in the
Caribbean sea we struck a reef. We d.ifted
vi y q ohA"i AoA0hA AoV over IOuT Ulllcb
long and very narrow. Every person on
the vessel got safely ashore and slough the
steamer was completely wrecked not a
single life was lost. Provisions were got
ashore after a hard struggle and
We remained helpless on that small
island and we lived on half rations. 1t
was n wierd situation and We had no meaus
of communicating with the world. I wa
young and ambitious then and my .%iourna-
listic instinct at once announced itself.
/ wrote up a complete account of the affair,
scenes, incidents and our experiences on
the island, etc. In two weeks a man-of-
war picked us up and took us to Aspinwall.
We came across a north bound vessel dur
ing the voyage and l managed to get my
article aboard. ! wrote it for the Toronto
Globe and that paper had q clean scoop on
the whole United States. The Globe had
the first and only accurate account of the
wreck and they made good use of il. 1t
covered their entire first page and it will
|go down in history AZ one of the few times
when the New York press were scooped. l
Ieot to San Francisco eventually. and in
1896 l was in Montana"
Miss G. l.. Turnkey. county superintend-
'ent of schools, returned yesterday from a
visit TO Marysville. She found the school
there very prosperous. the discipline and
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