The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-07
Town T opics.

Not only has Butte the proud dis
JUNCTION of having among its citizens
| the original of Captain Jinks or the
Horse Marines" but il also has among
Its most esteemed citizens MAJOR j. Il.
| Dawson, for whom Dawson CITY, to-
| ward which the thoughts of the world
| are now directed. was named. The mod
est and popular jor is now the local
/ agent of the Great Northern railway,
ana probably not many are aware that
| Dawson has the honor of having been
| named for the major
| When the major commanded a COM
\ pany or two of Her Majesty's Canadian
4 troops in the Northwest territory a
number of years ago. Joseph Ladue and
party were wandering in that section
! and got out of provisions They tried
| to purchase supplies from Major Daw-
son. The majors reply was that Her
/ Majesty's orders prohibited him from
selling any of Her Majesty's supplies,
but there was nothing in Her Majesty's
| orders to prevent him from using Her
Majesty's supplies to keep Her Majes-
| tvs subjects from starving to death.
/ So he gave Ladue the provisions he
| needed. Soon afterward I-adue founded
| Dawson City and named it for the gall
! liant major.
Major Dawson has now reformed and
! become citizen of the United States
| and doesn't say much about his Can
adam history, but at any rate he doesn't
| deny the story given above. The fact
| that he doesn't deny IT is pretty good
| evidence of its truth. 1t may be added
that the inquiry was suggested by the
following card received by the Stand
ard day or Two ago:
Bozeman, Feb. 5.
Anaconda Standard:
VIII you please inform myself and
several friends living in Bozeman
whether or not Dawson City, Alaska,
n Of Inin no
of your city. We have a wager put up
and leave it to your decision. Please
answer through your columns. Re-
spectfully yours, JOHN Il. EMERY.
Bozeman, Mont.
1t occurred in Jahreiss' barber shop
few days ago. Bell. who has the
bootblack's chair was industrously at
work polishing customers shoes when
ragged, dirty looking urchin with a
bootblacks kit slung over his shoulder
entered and began to look around. Bell
was fearful that there might be an en-
croachment on his monopoly and he in
CURED of the kid what he wanted.
'Nothin'," said the kid. Il just want
ed to see wheder you blong to de
union. | Civ you de sign. but We didn't
come See?" and the kid withdrew.
BY the way, ii is not generally known
that John Jahreiss is probably the only
ambdextrous barber in the Northwest.
John doesn't practice his ambideXtrous-
ness very often now, but in the old days
when BARRIERS We're scarce in Butte and
grizzled chins plenty and shayes
brought so cents a throw, John was
famed for the deXterity and sang froid
with which he would shave two GUS
toners at the same time. He had two
barber chairs placed close together
with just room enough for him to stand
between them. He had a boy do the
lathering and then, with a razor in his
right hand and another in his left he
would shave both customers With equal
celebrity and precision. There was shay
ing in those days, Time was money
and Jahreiss holds the record for ambi-
dextrous shaving.
A recent dispatch says that the St.
Paul dog population is fast disappear
ing owing to the ravages of the Klon-
dikers. who consider dogs of any breed
worth their weight in gold in Alaska
and capture any CANNES they see loose.
What a godsend if the Klondke travel
could be diverted to Butte long enough
to reduce Butte's dog population about
% per cent. About once year the
dog catcher gathers in all the stray dogs
he can find and puts them to death. In
a few months afterward the dogs are,
however as numerous as ever. Ii even
the Butte Klondikers would take along
ing to get them on the sound, the sur
plus canine population would be great
ly relieved
One of the stories of the town is that
-four members of the chorus OF the Ital-
ian opera company walked into Days
saloon the other night and laid down
four nickels for four assorted drinks.
DAILY was staggered for an instant, but
his proverbial courtesy would not per-
nit him to embarrass strangers in the
city by letting them know they had
made break. So he gave the drinks,
showed back the nickels and said that
he could not dream of accepting the
money of such divine musicians and
must insist that they do him the priv
ilege of drinking with him.
John T. Sullivan. who is in advance of
the Bachelors Honeymoon. is in the
city after an absence of 13 years.
Nowhere in the country said Mr..
Sullivan, and ] travel all over it, have
| seen such a marvellous change as ap-
pears in Butte in Is years. II is a great.
bustlng city now but Is years ago l
don't believe there was a three-story
block in the town. The camp consisted
mostly of wooden shacks. Gambling
was at its height and in pleasant wealth
er they would move faro tables out on
the sidewalk in Main street and play
there. | could hardly recognize the
town now"
ST Marks. Pat Boland and the rest of
the Butte boys who are tied un for the
winter at Circle City were all right up
to Dec. 10. although little shy on
whis<ey. l.. ID. Weed of Helena re-
ceived few days ago a letter from
Joseph Davis, formerly city marshal of
Helena but now in Dawson. In the
letter he speaks as follows regarding
people Butte is interested in:
This morning Finnigan, ex-polieeman
from Helena, came in. Said he saw
and left 81 Marks and other Helena
and Butte parties at Circle City. They
were tied up and interested in the boat
81. Michaels and couldn't divide, and
not being on to the ways Of the coun-
try. they haven't rustled out the
highway 10 Dawson. when | made in