The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-21
Picked Up by
The Wanderer

There is a prevailing sentiment in
this city in of monetizing nickel
in-the-slot and cigar checks. The opin-
ion is held in many quarters that TO ac-
cept the checks In payment of local
private debts and current expenses
would be a practical plan and a con-
venient one. Sometimes a man has as
many as so or 100 checks in his pocket,
and it is argued that il he could ex-
change some of them for a pair of
pants or a sack of flour or a bale of
hay or cord of wood or a beefsteak, IL
would act as a r~esister to his tempta-
ton to smoke himself black in the face
or fill up to the ears on mineral water,
and at the same time give the other
fellows a chance to buy a cigar with
out having to disturb their ash tills-
the exchange would be mutual. 1t has
been suggested that the onion Eaters
association take the matter up and look
into ii.
Anything new about the Maine?"
What do you hear from Cuba, and
what are the prospects for WARP" ID
you think il was blown up from the
outsider" and many more questions of
the same sort are heard on every cor
ner. Klondike and its Aladdin's caves,
the Philippines and their instructions,
the Nile and its sources, Brazil. Peru
anu Quiet COuln AfltIitdn SAdAtN WIN
their political revolutions, the Boring
sea seal question. Hawaiian N Cana
dian annexation themes, the Armenian
m-assacres, the a of the British
on natives of the west coast of Africa,
the khedive of Egypt and his woes,
Russia's acquisitions in Chinese terri
tory, Japan and the gold standard,
Johannesburr's offerings. the Central
American triumvirate. Secretary of the
Treasury Cages financial schemes,
Oregon's senatorial contest, h Adam
less Eden i'm the North Sea islands, the
New England cotton mill strikes. echoes
of Hanna's jubilee in Ohio. railroad re-
organization plans and cut and re-
stored rates. the second coming of Sow
ereign. the car, Emperor William and
his wheels, Victoria, Gladstone's health,
Faure and his receptions. Princess de
Chimay and her fiddler, Cleveland and
his fishing pole, the fall elections or the
city campaign-all are brushed aside to
make way for war news. Men go 10
the store and ask for a pound of but
ter and the latest news from Washing
ton women meet on street corners and
ask one another If the war is really
coming to Anaconda, and will my hus-
band have to fight, oh. dear" Smelter
employees talk of war while riding to
work in the street cars. continue II
during lunch hour and renew 1t on the
return trip home, n go to bed on II.
Even the vagrant dogs enter into the
spirit Of their environs and argue it to
a finish. It's war talk from morning
till night in Anaconda.
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Or. Championiere of Paris. who has
devoted much attention to the medical
aspects Of cycling, speaking Of long
distance contests, says il is useless to
eat although he excerpts fruit in max
ing this statemenD during violent eX-
ercise. but il is important to drink, and
if the body is in good working order,
the only result of the effort is n de-
crease in weight. The doctor doesn't
say what to drink, but water or milk
are about the best drinks whcelmen
can indulge in.
If something is not done soon to
check the increase. some day the cock
reaches in the city Jail are going to
walk OF with the city hall basement
and give every prisoner in it a
foater.
When the new court house is built
and the green lawns around II are fresh
and sweet. many visitors will recall TO
MIND the pleasant memory Of the days
when they used to do "A little counting
up there themselves. That old gulch,
could II not only speak. could tell some
interesting stories of days long ago.
II used to be called "Spooney Hol-
low"
The registration books for the city
aldermanic election will open to-mor-
row. None but those who are regis
tered will be allowed to vote on April
4. There is an old saying recorded in
the musty files of back numbers of
newspapers, IF you don't register you
can't vote"
II has been remarked on several oc-
casions by visitors i'm this city that the
policemen here are the most courteous
set that one meets in a long travel.
Every member of the force takes n
deep pride in giving correct informa-
ton whenever n person approaches him
in seach Of IL. There's none of the
bully in Anaconda's squad.
City Treasurer Walliup had a good
sized draft cashed while he was in New
York. and they gave him bills of the
denomination of 81. 81 and 81. none
larger He said he had to divide it
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