The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01
MUD, THICK AND THIN
Tin Cans, Old Rags, Decayed Vegetation
and Discarded Foot Gear.
yAGRANT DOGS AND HORSES
All This Should Ee Removed Be-
fore Spring Time for obvious
Reasons-A Batch of Subjects
of Local Discussion.

Missoula. Jan. 31.-The city lies deep
in slush and mud On East Front
street lakes, a foot and more in depth,
stretch in broad expanse and their rip
ping surfaces reflect in constant GIT
ter the bright rays of the springlike
sun. Pine street is a succession OF puu-
dies and mud bars. North MISSOURI
is navigable almost everywhere. Inc
Rattlesnake region contains numerous
bodies of water that do not appear on
the map South Missoula is exceed
ingly well watered In fact the whole
town is as damp underfoot as IL wen
could be and not become one vast, ex-
massive lake All of which is very
nasty and exceedingly unhealthy Inc
man that hasn't cold is not in FASH
ion and as the dampness increases
the epidemic becomes more prevalent.
But il is said TO be good for the crops
and that is something to consider
Through the slop and slush there
daily travels a small bunch OF Vagrant
horses that ought to receive attention
from somebody. They have been an
moving householders by reaching over
fences and browsing upon young trees
and shrubbery and are a nuisance gem
orally Taken i'm connection with the
dogs these horses make the streets or
Missoula look like the backwards or
some ill-kept ranch The combined et-
feet of horses. dogs and water is GER
tainly productive of typhoid FEVER
diphtheria and almost every other all
ment Of that ilk. There Is an oppor-
tunity here for some missionary work
by the police and health departments.
Speaking of fevers, ii is earnestly
hoped that the aldermen will succeed
4 % hot a
fever that characterizes them, If not
for all time at least long enough to
pass a dog ordinance and to order the
enforceme mt of the stock ordinance. IL
they will but do this the city people
will forgive them If they lapse once
more into that dreamy state OF mac
tivity that has so long made them con-
spicuous. The time of year is fast APP
preaching when exertion of any kind
is burdensome and IL will be easier for
the city fathers to shake off this lassi-
tude now than to walt a month or six
weeks. In this connection IL may be
well to inquire as to what has become
of the revised city ordinances, al
though ii is, perhaps. expecting too
much to look for any information. 1t
is now two years since the revision
of the city ordinances was undertaken
and, as far as any practical results are
concerned, the end is as far off as 1t
was "a months ago.
There are some natures that respond
more readily than others to the infiu-
ence of warm weather and, although
one week of slush and sunshine does
not make spring. the effect of the UNI
usual warmth of the past week has
been to produce several symptoms OF
genuine spring time. OF course these
symptoms will disappear as soon as
the next snow storm comes but, for
the time being these impressionable
natures are basking in the ecstatic
happiness of the vernal season. The
first victims of the disease have been
the sportsmen. The scheme for an
athletic club was incubated by the
springlike warmth of last week and
this and the other evening a number
of bicycle cranks planned a run for
. tomorrow. They will probably not
take IL. as the sky already shows sig>Is
OF a renewal Of winter but this goes to
show that spring gets in its work very
early in these parts.
Dan Cavanah responded to the
threatened spring weather by writing
poetry. While IL is not, as a rule. a
good thing to give publicity to spring
poetry, the fact that Dams was pro-
duced in January is sufficient excuse
for printing some OF IL. Only portion
of the effusion is given here, but that
portion will serve TO show what can
be done i'm Missoula in January, when
most of the state is shiverng. This is
the way IL worked on Dan:
OUR SENTIMENTS.
A little whiskey now and then
Is relished by the best of men;
IL smoothes the wrinkles out OF care
And makes ace-high look like two
pair.
When everything looks blasted blue.
And misery sticks like Spaulding's
glue
A nip that reaches toe and hair
VIII make the bum a millionaire.
When 1t has wandered down your
necks.
Ii fits your eyes with magic specks,
Which brings the bright side full in
view
And makes one quarter look like two
A scrawny woman looks divine;
Our burial lot becomes a mine;
The trees all walk, the fences run,
And funny talk just takes the bun.
even over Missoula. on the weather
proposition. There has been no snow
there for two weeks and to-day har-
rows were put upon the race tracks 10
get them i'm shape for the training
season. That is pretty good for Mon
fana which has the reDufatfon Of ha