The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-20
Stories Of
the own

Talk about wild steers on a ram
page they are not in it with Butte
newsboys when a special edition of the
Standard is out. The appearance of the
Christmas Standard is the event of the
wear in local newspaper circles and the
newsboys just stampeded the Standard
office yesterday morning. They knew
the people would all buy the Standard
and those that reached the people first
with the paper they wanted would
make the money They pushed and
crowded and yelled and fought TO get
up to the Standard counter. 1t Is need
less to say that the paper sold readily
and the boys made lots of money.
The Standard was sold to the boys
at the usual price, but the kids charged
10 cents for 1t on the streets and got IL.
Tom Butler tried in vain to compel the
boys TO sell at the usual price, but they
wouldn't do 1t.
"Oh, what're You givin' u.s." said one
of the boys who was called down. DO
you want to rob u.s."
You are doing the robbing," said
Tom.
What, Do you tink We'll sell for 5
cents when we can get 10? That's what
l call robbing u.s. i don't go"
The next kid was worse. Butler ac-
cused him of charging 10 cents on the
street and the urchin pleaded guilty.
Don't you do ii any more said
Tom.
You let us sell for what we can get
or We'll all go over and sell Miners"
said the kid. and he won.
Tom made one more attempt at cali
ing the kids down and then sur
rendered.
You must sell these papers for 5
cents" said Tom to the next kid who
came back for more papers.
"Oh, go on.' said the kid. You're
not so many. Go count YOURSELF"
And Tom collapsed!
All of which is Introductory to re-
marking that a few Christmas Stand
ards are left at the Standard Office and
can be had for the regular price, .
cents. 1t takes 3 cents postage for the
Christmas Standard.
The city council of Butte shows, at
times. a remarkable ignorance of the
rules which govern the city. BY a
unanimous vote the council, on Satur-
day evening. voted to raise Chief of
Police Mulhollands salary from $3.50 per
month to 5000 per month. Doubtless
the official in that position ought to re-
ceive 5000 per month, but the council is
powerless to raise an officers salary
during his incumbency The strange
thing is that apparently not one Of the
aldermen was aware of that fact.
Section 4I69 of Montana's political
code says:
.'The annual salary and compensation
of the chief of police must be fixed by
ordinance and must not exceed. In
cities of the first-class, 5000 per month;
and in cities of the Second-ciaSs. not
to exceed $3.50 per month; and in cities
of the third class, s75 per month; and
in towns not to exceed $15 per month,
and no fees, percentage or additional
compensation must be given or allowed
him"
And section 4171 says:
THE salary and compensation of an
office must not be increased or dimin-
inshed during his term of Office
49,
He had Just come from a visit to one
of the little, dingy dens in Chinatown
and the effects OF the hop" he had
smoked still remained as he perched
himself on one of the high stools in a
downtown lunch house. Looking
about him he recognized several ac-
Quaintances and at once entered into
conversation with the one nearest. Il
had a great experience since you saw
me last" he began. Il had a straight
tip that the games were going 10 be
into the little box. 50 / just lit out.
don't know where / went. but ] got
out of town and hit for the hills. After
going long ways | finally got to a
gulch in which there We're about a
dozen houses and in each one game
was running. / went in and thought
/ had plenty of stuff. / couldn't play.
The game wasn't my kind and the play
ers were so sort l had never seen be-
fore. The smallest one was all of 10
feet high and looked as IL he might
weigh a ton. The pictures the dealer
pulled out of the box We're as large as
door mats and the checks as big as mill
stones For markers they used slabs
of granite and every time one of those
fellows moved bet it sounded like a
house falling down. Talk about having
a game with the ceiling for a limit. why
there amt ceiling in Butte high
enough to hold the bets them fellows
made"
BY this time he saw a tooth pick
lying in front of him and he asked the
waiter what he meant by permitting
people to bring saw logs into the house
and the man to whom he had been re-
lating his wonderful experience winked
knowingly.
Snow storms formed the subject of
conversation and some toleraby tall
stories had been told. Finally the gen
eral borrowed a fresh chew from the
captain and after slowing it away COM
fortably in his right cheek. settled back
in his chair and with n depreeatins
wave of the hand, remarked. You
don't call those storms, / hope Why,
they were simply little playful freaks
of nature compared with a storm ] was
once caught in up the Sierras. | WAS
running a pack train at the time and
were camped in a little gulch. Along
"a
you may not believe it, but by actual
measurement snow fell at the rate of n
foot and three inches an hour
How long did the storm continue.
general" finally the captain ventufed
TO ask
"Thrty-six hours, sir" was the re-
ply
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