The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-15
BUSINESS MEN ARE BLUE
Smoke Is Interfering With the
Holiday Trade.
MANY CLERKS ARE SIGH
A Breezs Started to Blow Last Night.
but Was Stiied In the Attempted
Capitalist Makes a PROPOSE
ton to Build a Flue.

The bluest people in Butte just now
are the business men. The holiday
business ought to be in full blast, but il
has scarcely started as yet. and unless
the smoke quits, the holiday trade will
be a failure. Every merchant IN Butte
put in an especially big stock of holiday
goods this year. expecting a greater
trade than ever. but the stores for the
past week have been almost empty and
business at a standstill. Most of the
stores have been running short hand
ed. several clerks being sick or at the
/ springs to get out of the smoke. One
store reports its staff laid up. Any
day. however. there may be a cN~
Inc the business men are hoping Cor n
change. 1t is certain that people will
not do their holiday trading while the
smoke continues.
Last evening the smoke partially lift
ed for a m A breeze came from TIE
west and drove a good share of the
smoke down into the valley. Then the
breeze was stified, went to coughing
n the smoke drove 1t back up into
own The last seen of the breeze II
was scurrying back towards the Big
Butte with its tail between its less. Ii
was the sickest wind you ever saw.
The smoke resumed it's station in town.
but the little breeze mad dlssipaed part
of the smoke for the time being and
come declared they could see the stars
Tor a Few minutes. 1t is to be hoped
That the breeze will not abandon the
"sht but has gone after reinforcements
and will come up again.
There vas plenty of smoke talk yes
terday. but il was mainly of that Kind
watch blows away with the smoke.
MA III aNFfnuNaV, aasl IL -.
satisfied that the people don't want
the smelters to close, even for a few
DAYS. At least, not at the meeting
tuesday night would express himself
in favor of the shelters closing. The
mayor made a change I'm his smoke
committee. He had appointed Major
Monteath on the committee on account
of his war record. but the smoke has
driven the major East. so yesterday
hon. w. III. SWEET was appointed in
place of Major Monteath, but il is un-
derstood that Mr.. SWEET has run over
10 Anaconda TO get out of the smoke.
The only safe thing is to appoint men
who are too poor to get out of town
and have got to stay here and fight.
There was talk yesterday that some
capitalist was willing to build at his
own expense a fiue to take the smoke
up to the top of the mountains. pro-
Nided the smelling companies would
agree to connect with the flue and let
him have the products of the flue IN a
al ~cleansup. 1t L. not stated
who this capitalist is, but IL the prop
csition is made there Is little doubt Of
Its acceptance. The mining companies
could lose nothing by 1t. for what the
fie would save is lost anyway. II
such a flue had been built when the
companies built their smelters. the cost
of II would have been paid long ago by
the p and silver dust saved in the
hue. The Boston a. Montana smelters
at Great Falls N the Anaconda smell
ters at Anaconda have such flues and
neither city is troubled with the smoke
complaint.