The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-19
HAD THEIR SKATES ON
Old Age and Youth Side By Side In
Giddy Pleasure
HOSTS OF MERRY PEOPLE
no Latest News From Great Falls
and the Surrounding Regions
Work TO BE Resumed On
the Moultcn at Once.

GREAT FALLS, Jan. 1s.-Advices from
Barker state that considerable develop
ment work will be done on tho Moulton
mine. After a long idlcncss, Supcrn-
tendent Miller has received instructions
from the directors at Racine, Wis, TO ut
once make arrangements TO put n force
of men at work drifting on tho vein at the
100 foot level towards the Tiger ground.
The idea is TO have the mine so ar
ranged that orc can be taken out on an
extensive scale whenever the price of
silver and lead will warrant working tho
property extensively. The vein in the
Moulton is said TO be immense, being
from eight TO 10 feet wide and averaging
more than 80 per cent. in lead and -
ounces in silver. The ore is mostly sand
carbonates and can be easily raincd.
Work on the building that is To contain
Neihart's now electric light plant is pro-
crossing rapidly. =. 5. Remington, an OK
perienced electrician from Chicago, has
been on the ground several days looking
over the plans and machinery OF the COM
pany and asccrtaining whatever may DO
needed.
The infant son of MIR. and Mrs. I. f.
Jackman died yesterday. Tho funeral
was held this afternoon from the resi-
dencc, Sixth avenue and Seventh street
north.
IL is reported that tho war department
has decided to station white troops at Fort
Assnabone again and two companies will
arrive there about the ooh.
A benefit will be given at the opera
house next Tuesday evening IN behalf of
the sufferers by tho recent explosion in
Butte. Fiskey Barnett will have charge
of the same and promises to give first
class entertainment.
The skating contest and carnival at
Williams ice rink drew a large crowd last
night. The skating was of the finest or
der, the rink having been recently flooded
and frozen. The City band added to the
pleasure of the evening by discoursng
sweet music. Adults We'd with children
in having a good time. Men who had not
seen n skate in % years renewed the pas
time of youthful days, ana riskcd life and
limb in order TO let the by ISLANDERS know
that if n man is past the giddy age he can
skate line or two. Mother and daugh-
ter skated side by side while the old man
sat on the fence and watched them with
envious eyes. at the same time wondering
what the spectators would say if he took n
whirl on tho CLASSY surface. Those who
WCIe 10 idhb IliIA III Nilt tdIHlNdl NcTb
dressed in costumes and masked.
The principal event of the evening was
the flve-mile race for a handsome gold
medal. Ropes were stretched to hold the
sight-secrs back and judges selected. In
minute the crowd yelled, "Tho're off,"
and away went half dozen crack skaters
like the wind. One by ono they dropped
out. When the tenth lap was reached
Norman Wallace and Frank Brown were
the only contestants. As the horscmen
say, they were going neck and neck
Within 30 feet of the finish both fell and
Wallace crawlcd under the wire on his
hands and knees and was declared the
winner. There was "A number of cries
of foul from Browns friends and in order
to settle disputes the race will be skated
again. The time was II minutes, or
within "a minutes of the record. The
carnival followed ard TO the tuno of
lively music the skaters passed the bal
ance of the evening in very enjoyable
manner.
Companies b and ID OF the end in
fantry from Fort heoch passed through
here this afternoon on a special train
on route for Fort Assinlbonc. Thor quar-
tcrs nj Kcogh were burned recently and
they have been temporarily transferred to
Assiniboine. Captain Crittcndon was in
command.
Mayor Gelsthorpo has received mes
sage from Mayor Dugan replying to this
city's message of coincidence and an in.
quiry rs 10 whether assistance wcro
needed from here. Buttc's mayor thanked
Mayor Gelsthorpc for the olTcr OF assist
ance but said the citizens of Butte would
cndcavor 10 raise sufficient funds.