The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-08
THERE WASN'T A HITCH
Labor Day Was Celebrated as
Never Before.
PARADE WAS A SURPRISE
n Federations OF the County Were
All Well Represented The Dance
Was an Affair OF Which the
Management Is PROUD

Misoula. Sept. lit was a great day.
That is what the members of the local
federation of labor have been saying
TO each other all day yesterday and
that is what everybody else has aid
who witnessed the demonstration Of
Monday. 1t was certainly a great day
and il was a long one. too, for il was
not until a late hour this morning that
the last of the merry dancers unwil-
lingly left the union hall after one of
the largest balls that was ever given in
Missoula. From beginning to end the
details OF the programme were carried
out with promptness ana precision and
there was not a thing that was prom
Used that was not given. The weather
threatened tn upset the plans of the
committees, but the clerk relented at
the last moment and "A pleasanter lot
of weather could not be found any
where han that which he served Ma
day. The damp ground made "A picnic
impossible, but the pleasant and roomy
union hall made a delightful place in
which to m at noon, n the bar
becue was so neal at hand that the
necessary furnishings for an al fresco
lunch were easily obtained. The sports
were pulled OFF promptly and furnished
amusement for a large crowd all the
afternoon. The fitting ending to the
day was the ball, which filled the large
floor of union hall to its utmost ca
pacity. Everybody danced with every
body else and the grand right and left
was a thing of beauty. II was an affair
that the management may feel proud
of.
The size of the parade I'm the morning
was a surprise to all. as 1t was thought
-.- a-aANA
many to be on hand. 1t cleared up so
late in the night before. But the fed
erations of the county and the local
unions were nearly all represented n
their turnout was a good one Alder
Frank Keim marched alone as the
representative of the typographical
union, but he made a good showing
and kept his place in line all through
the long parade. Joe Grenier was the
only man in line who wore the badge
of the Clerks union. but with him in
line there was little need of anybody
else. lie was the Whole union in him
self. He represented well. and he
called the attention of everybody to
his badge. He did 1t proud and the
badge had no reason to blush for him.
Jim Walsh was the whole thing in the
Butchers division. He had several of
his associates along with the white
and aprons. but they were only
the pleasing background for the really
fine appearance that Jim presented
with his tall silk hat and his team OF
white horses. drawing the SWEETEST rig
that was On the streets all day. He
made a hit all right and deserved it,
too.
There was at least one man who did
not enjoy the dance. AS far as has
been heard he was the only one. He
left the hall early and as he came
down the street he was very busiiy
To "A companion who walked
beside him. Both of them wore heavy
log sailors shoes and had all the ear
marks of having come from Clinton or
somewhere back of that thriving place.
IT'S no use he said. Il can't dance
- two-step. I don't mind the
and the polkas and all that.
but this two-step business is too much
me. That let's me ut" And the
pair adjourned to a place where the
two-step is not known.
one Of the most Industrious statesmen
Of tickets to the Labor Day ball was
Joe Grenier. When Joe starts out TO
do a thing he does IL and does it To
the queens taste. So he did with this
selling business. He sold tick
cts to everybody. The man who said
he didn't want a ticket was soon
H'eN ~ NohitSS iHdt ne was mistaken
TO take from -four to five. There
always the condition attached tn
the purchase that Joe should stop talk
ing. That was hard. but il went. There
was n very mean man
who threatened to have Joe
arrested for obtaining money
under false ~pretenses on the ground
hat, in posing as a working man, he
doing something that was calcu-
ated TO deceive the public. why. you
never work. was his
What the matter with youP' asked
Zoe. Am l not working YOU? You
bet I'm a worker" The man bought a
ticket.
The fire alarm came at a had time
caused more than one man to spoil
MS best clothes. The crowd was lust
starting TO the ball when the blaze
vas discovered INC some young ladies
we're turned over To provisional escorts
'ather suddenly. But the fire was soon
)ut and the ball went on. w. II. Dol
Deer is superstitious in this regard.
when the All Nations building burned
ne had Just put on a new pair of shoes.
he went TO the fire n when he came
PACK his shoes were not as good as they
1ad been. Last Saturday evening ne
put on another new pair and before
there was a fire In the Rein
hard barn. Last night he had on a
new pair of dancing shoes and the fire
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