The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-28
MULE PACKERS SCARCE
Butte Unable to Furnish Any for
the War. wv
THE CALL is FRUITLeSS
lnr. Mcbride Sends Word That While
Some People Herr Can Carry Most
Any Kind OF . Load They
AMI Pack Mules.


Is follows. vas received by w. c. Nc
Bride. general agent OF the Rio Grande
Western. from II. Il. Kooser. the COM
mercial agent of the Dad at Salt Lake:
Jefferson Barracks, st. Louis. wires
for 200 men accustomed to pack mules.
Please a any parties desiring to go
60 St. Louis confer with this Office for
transportation. etc"
Yesterday Mr.. Mcbride sent a letter
to Mr.. Kooser. reading as follows:
Dear Sir-Referring TO your tele-
gram OF the 23d inst, concerning notice
received by you hat Jefferson Bar
racks. at 81. Louis. wanted 200 men ac-
customec to pack mules. 1 would say
tina; l put your telegram in our win
dow. where IL attracted such a crowd
that the police mad us take II down
on account of blockading the sidewalk.
notwithstanding the crowd and inter-
est manifested. there seem to be 10
mule packers in this part Of the coun-
try. The citizens Of Butte are not
only very patriotic and loyal. but cap
able OF carrying most any kind OF a
load. and 1t is to be deplored that u
ONCE was not crowded with eager APP
plicants. anxious to serve their
try in carrying mules. II is r a
few have called and made inquiries.
but they appeared TO have on all the
load they could carry, and we thought
best not TO further burden them with
. mule. II any one shows up who is
not already overloaded, will refer them
TO your Office. as per request"
As one result OF the war, Western
passenger men are figuring on reaping
a golden arves from the summer tour
list business this season at the expense
of the Eastern resorts. Unless there
should be a speedy termination of hos
tilities the tide of holiday travel. West
ern men think. will be directly away
from the East. They. say that bust
ness are not disposed to send their fam
lilies to the ocean while there is a pos
sibility OF some Spanish gunboat send
ing a few shells into a crowd OF holiday
seekers. The hotel men along the coast
are not feeling very jubilant w the
prospects for the summer. and from
more than n resort already reports
have come that the regular stream of
visitors promises to be considerably
smaller than in former years.
Colorado will probably entertain a
host OF tourists this summer. The fact
that the Omaha exposition Is in the di-
rect line of travel to the Rocky mou
tains will add materially TO the attrac-
tions of that region. The railways
have made Omaha a tourist point. and
have agreed to give stopovers of five
days to all holders Of through tickets.
Colorado scores another point in the
recent Improvement in fast train serv-
ice. The lake lines are looking for
good business. and the hotel keepers in
Northern Michigan and Wisconsin are
preparing for a rush of visitors.
In the meantime. the Eastern passen-
ger men say they are not worrying.
Even IL the tide of trave should go to
the West. these lines will get their
~
travellers from the West will probably
be more than Offset by the large num-
Der of Americans who will spend their
vacations in their own country instead
of going across the Atlanti to leave
their dollars. The Eastern men say.
too. that they are patriotic enough to
believe that the American navy can
take care of the coast line. and that
tourists need not be afraid to rusti-
cate at their accustomed seaside re-
sorts.
Il do not believe that President New
man will max any changes when he
takes charge of the Lake Shore" said
an official of the Great Northern. Mr..
Newman does not carry any friends
with him when he goes to the road.
The old men who have been giving the
Lake Shore good service need not fear
that they Will lose their positions. He
did not bring any of his friends to the
Great Northern when he accepted the
vice presidency OF the road, and will
not take any OF the Great Northern
men to the Lake Shore. Mr.. New
mans policy Is TO make new friends of
the old employees of the road to which
he goes. rather than to demoralize the
force by wholesale changes. And he
will make friends of all the men on the
Lake Shore"
I The Omaha city council has passed
an ordinance which IL is ex-
pected will prevent much manipu-
lation of railroad tickets during the ex-
position. A license of SIS viii be inn
posed upon all doing a brokerage bus
inese. N the scalper found guilty OF
dealing in individual tickets may be
fined not less than x25 or more than
$50 for each onense. Such a law was
in effect during the Nashville EXPOSE
ZION. n the railroads received great
protection from IL.