The Anaconda standard., 1898-03-10
TARGETS FOR CAMERAS
Snap Shot Devotees Preparing
for Summer Campaign.
THE PRELIMINARY STEPS
To Celebrate the Wedding of the Wheel
and Kodak by Excursions to the
Many Beautiful Spots Near An
aconda-Much Interest.

1t was only few years ago that
Anaconda could not count among it's
| population a dozen amateur photo
| graphers. To-day there are 200 anna
| teurs in that line. some of them rank
ing high among the best artists in the
state. Excellent specimens of amateur
photography have been displayed In
places and the work has elected most
favorable comment. Among the more
advanced students of the art may be
mentioned c. c. Johnson, Albert
Church, Mrs. Frank Smith. Q. c. Voss,
B. N. Kennedy, r. B. Lewis, F. w
Harrison. and besides these there are
many others whose work is of a supe-
rior class. There is pleasure in pro-
ducing pictures-it has ceased to be a
fad" and has become a part and por-
ton or the average persons daily rou-
tine in the realm of exhilarating out
door pleasure, summer and winter, and
indoor practice all the time. 1t must
be recognized as a leading pastime all
over the civilized world. The camera
and bicycle go hand in hand over the
picturesque plains, the scenic trails in
the mountains and through canyons to
the parks, pleasure resorts and on the
streets of the cities and lanes, by the
meadows, in rural districts as well as
on the metropolitan boulevards, in
mountain Businesses as well as on the
prairie of sagebrush and bunch grass.
The camera is king, the wheel queen,
the civilized human race their subjects.
That's what
While the young people of Anaconda
have been endeavoring to organize a
camera club those of other cities in the
state have succeeded in making large
marks for themselves. In Bozeman last
summer large number of men and
women associated themselves in the
work or amateur photography and es-
tablished an envia BILE record for supe-
rior skill in the art. Also in Missoula
they nave turned out specimens that
would be credit to artists of profess
sional renown. From Boulder word is
sent abroad that the young men and
women there aspire to fame in the art
of making pictures. Anaconda has at
last expressed herself and before Maude
Muller rakes up all the green grass into
shocks in the meadows. the folks here
intend to show the world what Is in
store for it in the line of Photographic
art. The appetite for this class of sport
has assumed huge proportions-the
men like 1t, the women dearly love it,
boys cultivate a taste for it, girls dote I
on it and babies actually cry for it.
There's nothing like il.
For the camera enthusiast there are I
unlimited opportunities to draw bead /
on natural scenery in these parts. Go /
where one may, his lens can be turned
a5aihSA do D6dQliIul SGeIlES Dis the WOfiu
affords. All that is required are a cam
era, plenty of equipment, willing de-
sire-nature, the true old dame, affords
the rest in abundance. For the wheel
men. all that he needs is at command
here. The roads are improving, thanks
to the country dads He may turn his
bike face in any direction and pump
away and he'll get there, assuming that
his tires are intact, his muscles devel-
oped and his hump properly adjusted
Anaconda is blessed by all those ee-
nents of nature that are essential TO
he everlasting happiness of the kodak
and bike devotees and that is why the
solks are going to do great things this
summer. They have done much in past
seasons, but now it is proposed to take
better advantage of the offerings of
nature and profit by them. The organ
cation of a camera club in this city
Tuesday night is only a preliminary
he preface of magnificent volume of
esults to be accomplished during the
approaching summer and autumn.