The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-30
THREE ENJOYABLE DAYS
Montana Editors Visit the Psni-
Tertiary.
PLEASED WITH THE TRIP
Conley and McTaeue Proved Themselves
to b Royal Entertainers Were
Given q Banquet at the
McBurney House.

Butte. where 1t spent three enjoyble
days. Its round Of pleasure was a pill
grimage yesterday to Deer Lodge, in
response to an invitation from Messrs.
Conley and McTague to visit the peni-
Tertiary. The Northern Pacific CON-
pany invited the club to ride to Deer
Lodge on its road. Both invitations
were accepted with the sam cordiality
which marked the respective invita-
tons.
1t was a good natured crowd that left
the Montana Union depot yesterday
morning at Ills a. m. BY way of d.
version at Silver Bow. the excursion
lists were given a correct imitation of a
passenger train going kerplunk into an
open switch. 1t was real funny" said
the ladies in describing their sensations
as the wheels bumped over the ties.
When the engine bolted through the
opening in the rails everybody except
Major Anderson jumped to his feet.
The major was reading the Standard
and didn't pay any attention to the in
cident. for Incident merely ii was-no
one was hurt. The ties were getting
rotten anyway and new ones had to be
put in sooner or later.
A delay of an hour at the junction
merely served to whet the appetites
of the men and women, who knew that
Conley and McTague had ordered a big
dinner for them which was already
dished up in the hostelry which made
Deer Lodge famous. the McBurney.
While the crowd waited Ii sang long
and sweet: The singers were: So
pranos Mrs. Charles Heilbronner, Miss
Dimple Blackiston, Miss Corinne Dick
erson. Mrs. Charles Fell. Major Ander-
son and Colonel Searles; altos, Mrs.
John McMurray. Mrs. II. ID. Moore.
Mrs. L. o. Leonard. Mrs. A. X. Yerkes.
Mrs. w. A. Award: tenors, l.. S. Wild.
l.. T. Olmstead. Larry Dobell, John
McMurray. Miles Romney. Adolph
Heilbronner; bassos. H.. ID. Moore, NJ.
j. Geiger. A. X. Yerkes. f. T. Colby, l..
q. Leonard. Walter Aitken. After this
grand chorus Of voices had sung the
cars back on to the rails again, the
journey was resumed and the Valley
City reached without incident. Mr..
Yerkes remarked as Warm Springs
was passed. that is a mighty big
r~oothouse." pointing to the mound just
back of the asylum.
No" said Aitken. that's no cell
lar. it's a gopher hole"
Johnnie McMurray explained to the
excursionists that 1t was q well, and the
crowd said 'well enough"
At the Deer Lodge station Messrs.
Conley and McTague. dressed i'm their
best Sunday clothes. welcomed the wish
tors and escorted them to the II
ney house. where the world-renownsd
Colonel Aylesworth was seen by all
eyes and much appreciated. MIR. Ayles-
worth is looking quite well.
Proper n careful attention was
given to the turkey n plum pudding.
Ii vas no time for words; a duty was
to be performed, and sure enough IL
was. Leonard remarked as the party
sat down: Let us hope there are no
open switches near this round table,
Cigars followed in due time and then
the march to the great pen was started.
Mr.. Conley led the van and Colonel
McTague saw to il that no one was left.
When the crowd got inside those grim
stone walls Miss Blackiston,, with a
tremor in her voice, asked Mr.. Conley
IL he would please let them out again.
That gallant assured the lady hat all
hands were safe.
Statuelike the visitors stood aghast in
the midst of magnificent surroundings,
viewed from the architectural stand
point. They listened with eyes and
mouths open while Mr.. McTague re-
cited statistics showing the compare
tive cost of the old and new buildings.
Once through the clerical and business
departments, the party found itself in
the center OF the great area bounded on
two sides by huge prisons and on two
sides by outer walls of stone.
Isn't this immensely superb" gasp
ed Mrs. Heilbronner.
Rather say frlghtfully grand" put
in Mrs.
Give me a word-just one adjective
to express it," pleaded Mrs. McMur-
ray.
1T is just-just-my-oh, what is II
like?' shuddered Mrs. Fell. and Mrs.
Award admitted that. as she had never
seen anything like it, she could not fur
nish the adjective.
Mrs. Moore asked Mr.. Conley IL he
thought IL wasn't grand. n the war
den assured her that IL was.
After the ladies had agreed that IL
was all right. the party followed the
wardens into the new prison. the abode
of $50 ~convicts. This was a revelation
to the great majority of the visitors.
who had never seen the penltentiary.
They moved about as quickly. as noise
lessly as IL they were inspecting a
morgue. A perceptible shudder seized
the visitors as Mr.. Conley released the
bolt and opened the great iron door Of
the corridor which surrounds four tiers
of cells, each one occupied by two con
victs. The convicts looked more
pleased than did the visitors. who
viewed the melancholy Situation as a
sympathetic soul would a doomed ship
laden with human freight. Not a word
did the prisoners utter. Some stared
at the visitors. and more declined to
look at them. Some were reading. some
sewing. others sitting. standing or
smoking-apparently unconscious Of the
many eyes fastened on them. The cir
Gle completed. the party re-entered the
great court and seemed to breath easier
once in the open air. Then the electric
light plant. the bakery. kitchen, wash
and bath room, dining room. store
room. refrigerator and women's depart
ment were visited.
do you want to see the women's
ward?" asked Warden Conley.
Sure" replied Mr.. Wild. show us
the ladies' department" and they all