The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-06
AMONG THE LUCKY ONES
Simons Brought Back the Dust
From Alaska.
THE MISS0ULA COLONY
Cape Nome Country Will Be the Center
OF Activity Next Year-Herr Band
mann Entertains His Friends
at the Ranch.

whose return from Alaska was men,
toned in Wednesdays Standard, has
been among the lucky ones this year,
and his cleanup amounts to a hand
some sum. He brought back with him
two heavy sacks of dust, whose weight
is about 125 pounds, together with a
soodly number of gold pieces and some
drafts. He will remain in the states
during the winter. He brings news of
several of the Missoula colony in the
northern mines. D. D. Bogart is his
partner, and will remain in charge of
the firms interests until Mr.. Simons'
return viii Brayton is bookkeeper
tor the firm. Joe Deschamps has been
BUSY with his mines all the season and
had not come in when Mr.. simons left
Dawson. T.. B. Palmer, who was we'll
known to local mining men, is in the
neighborhood of Dawson, and is said to
be doing well. The other Missoulians
are scattered about through the mining
Some OF them will come back with
plenty of dust and others will come
home hungry. Mr.. Simons predicts
that the Nome country will be the CEN
ter of activity next year. and is conf
dent that Its riches will eclipse all prev
ious records. Some of the nuggets that
he brought home are from the Nome
fields and are very fine-looking gold.
One Of them, a large flat piece, was
picked up on the beach of the ocean
near the cape. 1t bears traces Of the
sea sand. Mr.. Simons brought out with
him a handsome little cocker spaniel
that has been his companion for two
years. He answers to the name Of
Klondike and is an intelligent title fell
.
tail and hind legs with white hairs,
which. Mr. Simons says, is due to the
fact that the cold season was just be-
ginning as he came out, and the dog
did not entirely get out of the cold
wave.
Some people have overlooked the fact
that the Inauguration of the carrier
service has raised the rate of local
letter postage to two cents a letter.
This forgetfulness has been the cause
of not little profanity this week.
Some of the merchants have dropped
their monthly reminders of indebted
ness into the office with only q one
cent stamp attached. The result has
been that their victims have found
notices of postage due letters and have
been obliged to pay the deficiency in
order to get from the Office bill. This
is not the pleasantest sensation in the
world. There is always a sort of lot
terry feeling about getting postage
due letter-it is suggestive of a treas
ure-but it puts tack in a fellows tire
to find that he has pungled up just to
get a statement of his account with
his grocer or his laundryman.
The members of the lyon Yonson'
company formed a merry party that
went out to the Bandmann ranch this
forenoon to visit with the veteran ac-
tor-ranchman, who is a friend to many
of the players of this company. John
Mcguire chaperoned the party and the
visit was a delightful one for all who
participated. Herr Bandmann is never
SO happy as when he is showing his
friends over his orchard. and the guests
to-day had an opportunity of seeing for
themselves that good actor may make
a good fruit grower.
"Yon Yonson" Is one OF the plays that
always draws big house in Misoula.
Last night, despite the fact that the
theater had been we'll filled for. two
night previous, the house was an i'm
mense one. The piece Is as popular now
as it was when it first appeared. and
the audience last night was as enthusi-
astic as if it had never witnessed the
performance before. The record Of the
company this season has thus far been
in the nature of a record-breaker, for
it's receipts have exceeded those of the
opening weeks of the season last year.
Local theater-goers have been disap-
pointed in not seing the BLACK Sheep"
Some of the members of the company
are well known here, and it has been
pleasant anticipation for many Mis-
soulians to look forward to seeing Bill
Devere. who was one of the early en-
tertainers of this citys stage history.
Unfortunately a conflict Of dates pre-
vented the appearance of the company
and Missoula will have to wait another
year for the expected pleasure.
Dutch Harry" whose return from
Cuba was noted in the Standard to-
day, has been meeting his old friends
since his arrival in Missoula, and tell
ing them that he is glad to get back.
Harry looks better than he did when ne
left here. The climate of Santiago
certainly agreed with him. for he IS
sleek and fat. He. however, had been
living so long in the hills and woods
that canned beef had no terrors for
him. He has no malaria in his system,
if appearances stand for anything.
Pat Mahony, whose experience in
Cuba was very different from this, is
still struggling with chills 1t is not
an uncommon sight to meet him on
the street hurrying toward his home. II
you stop him and ask him where he is
going he simply says: It's coming
again." and his friends know that he
is making a bee line for the quinine
bottle to try to head off another chill.
He is getting the upper hand of the
shakes gradually. but they are giving
him run for his money while they
last.
This has been another week of paper
railway building in the Bitter Root.
The presence in the valley of several
railway men has been construed to
mean that the much talked-of extension
or the Bitter Root branch is to be
built at once. AS far as can be learned
at railway headquarters here, there
there is no intention of such an extern
sion at present However desirable
such piece of road would be. the rail-
way people do not see their way clear
to build it this year. 1t would open
up fine piece of country and will.
doubtless, be constructed in time, but
that time does not seem to be here yet.