The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-15
They Fire Latin at Us.

II MEL ~ toBhAR hAAaN hhR ~ ooE
u picion of Latin about II. a cir
cular is reaching all the business
men of Anaconda. II Is n timely circu-
lar; the Standard commends 1t warmly
to the attention of every citizen VINO
wishes Anaconda well. II is SEN out
In the hope that II will awaken a live
Tier interest In the project 10 organize
all who want this city to be progressive
into a citizens association or a board
Of trade. Anaconda needs the like of
ii. The Standard wishes to go on record
this morning with an expression OF its
gratitude to the men who have inter-
ested themselves in the task-too often
a thankless one-of forming the organ
~ization, n we urge all citizens TO attend
the meeting which Is to be held next
Monday night at . o'clock, in the
Montana.
The gentlemen who have started this
movement share the sentiment of their
townsmen respecting this city's splen-
DID possibilities. its resources. It's en-
virons. But. In the terse phrase of their
circular. they realize that things must
be done" and doubtless II was this
laconic expression that suggested the
circulars caption. That reads: ANA
CoNDA AGENDA." The circular is an
admirable document; but the Latin
caption-my!
This circular was prepared by r
OLeary. NJ. j.. Fitzpatrick and George
w. Reynolds. The MENTION Of Mr.. Rev
nolds. who Is host at the Montana, In
this connection. by the way. does not
warrant the suspicion that he Framed
the circulars Latin out Of the printed
material that appears on the Montana's
bills of fare. which. on high HOLIDAYS.
are garnished with "Gregson-sprinc
French. On the contrary. IL Is the tes-
timony Of NJ. J. Fitzpatrick. whose
word. under proper conditions. is fire.
q%uently accepted by his townsmen, that
the Latin Is O'I.eary's.
Last night the Standards Latin re-
said that the caption might squeeze
through. under the rule tina 'barbar.
ian names or words need not necessar
lily be Latinized." The judges remark
explains itself. hui it's hard lines foI
h word Anaconda. and it's harder vet
for the man who wrote the caDtion-w-
are not saying Colonel o'Learv wrote IL
In fact, this caption was the subject
Of hard study last night in a company
az A~nacondans who labor under tho
hallucination that they know a It'll,
Latin. One of them insisted that a bet.
ter w~atchword for the coming board OF
trade would be-if II must he Latin
NUNC EST ANACONDAE AGEN.
DUN; which. when the author of 4
kindly translated II. was found to NEAR
now Is the time to be doing for Ana.
conda." The Standard gives this trans.
lation Just as IL was recited: OF course
we want IL understood that we guaran
tee n~othing-in Latin.
While the conversation was runninr
on one eastern high school graduate re,
marked that something Ike this ouch
TO go into the archives I'm connection
with the circular: "OLEARIrS null
LAM REM ANACONDAE EGTT:" an,
Judge Brantly promptly translated tina
into the words: 'O'Leary didn't do /,
thing to Anaconda The whole bust
ness is a little unfortunate. 1t leave,
plain. everyday people to sigh for tn
good old days when Anaconda wasn't
county seat and didn't have sidewalk
or a library. Latin has it's uses. bu
somehow II seems 10 us to sit on tn
top Of this triumvir circular like a mis-
ut halo. IL may even be well enough 4
require all the T., A. & p. employees &
be versed in Latin. But In the case q
an everyday board-of-trade Anaconda
circular-du lieber Gott,