The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-29
ANACONDA NEWS.
NOTHING IS TOO GOOD
Preparations Being Made for the
Volunteers Lunch.
THE BEST ON THE MARKET
Will Be Placed on the Tables-Ladies Who
Will Wait on the Tables VIII Wear
Patriotic Costumes Many
Ladies to Cater to the Boys.

That the returning volunteers will be
given a grand reception in Anaconda
when they arrive here there is no doubt
and nothing will be too good for them.
One thing that will make them feel glad
they are back home is the lunch that
will be served them at Turner hall by the
ladies of Anaconda. Everything on the
market will be on the tables and there
will be plenty of it, and the lunch will
be served by friends of the returning
soldiers
Mrs j. NJ. Kennedy was kept busy all
day yesterday taking down the names
of the lady friends of the volunteers who
are DESTROYS of waiting on the tables
when the lunch will be served to the boys
and it is to be feared that it will be i'm
possible to accommodate all the young
ladies, as there are too many of them
who want to have the first chance to
chat with the soldiers.
1t is said that the ladies' refreshment
committee has decided that all the ladies
who shall wait on the tables at the lunch
shall wear costumes alike. They will be
attired in a black skirt and a waist made
of the national colors
AS the time draws near the interest Is
growing and the badges are selling very
rapidly. More than 1900 red ribbons have
been sold and more than 1000 more are
distributed about the city, where they
are on sale. There are many competitors
in the contest for the gold watch which
has been offered to the lady selling the
largest number of badges. Miss Mona
Burg still heads the list but there are
several ladies who have as yet made no
report and it would not be surprising If
of yhN is he1t to ha in,
the race should report a very large sale
and win the prize.
1t is very probable that on coming home
the boys will stop for a day in Spokane,
where they will be entertained by the
citizens. There is some talk about hav-
ing review of the Montana regiment in
Spokane, the same as will be done when
the 18th Minnesota gets there. The Spo-
kane Spokesman-Review, in speaking of
the regiments going through there, says:
1T will be but a short time before re-
turning volunteers will be passing
through Spokane on their way home. Sew
eral of the regiments intend returning
over the Great Northern and the North
ern Pacific. They will be brought here
from Portland over the o. R. & N and
here transferred to the lines named.
'The North Dakota regiment left San
Francisco on its special train at O. clock
yesterday afternoon. 1t is expected to
reach Spokane tomorrow. Friday the
Moscow company CD) of the Idaho volun-
teers will be in Spokane on their way
home. They will transfer here to the Pa
louise branch -,r,...
Yesterday evening r. I. Whitney Of st.
Paul. general passenger agent of the
Great Northern, sent a telegram to the
Spokane office, saying that the 18th regi-
ment of Minnesota volunteers will pass
through Spokane Sunday evening The
Spokane agent was directed by Mr.. Whit
ney to notify Manager Bolster and sug-
gest to him the advisability of making a
special feature of the visit of the Mime
sofa boys who are returning from the
philippines, and if possible arrange for
them to remain in Spokane one day while
excursions are run to the city from all
directions to witness the review of this
regiment. Manager Bolster. before de-
Gliding on the matter, has telegraphed for
more particulars"