The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-25
BUTTE NEWS.
MARCH MAKING AMENDS
Month Came in Like the Proverb-
d ....- ial Lion.
NOW DOING THE SHEEP ACT
Old Phoebus Is Making the Snow Take
Water-Winter Denied the Pleas
ure of Sitting on the Lap
n of Spring.
NOW DOING THE SHEEP ACT

March is spending its last days in
the performance of a very agreeable
duty-making amends for the rash acts
it committed soon after it appeared on
the calendar. March's antics on arrival
were similar to those of frisky lion,
and now it appears to be trying to as
sumo the nature of sheep. Yester-
day forenoon there was a furry of
snow and a drizzle of rain, but the
March sun soon made the snow wilt
and take water. Winter tried hard to
plant itself on springs soft lap, but
spring, the demure maiden, refused to
embrace the hoary old grizzly, and then
and there an estrangement took place,
and it is believed to be a feud that
won't admit of a compromise. Spring
is evidently here to stay until summer
comes.
This very fine weather has put new
life into everybody-even the coal men
must admit that they welcome the
soothing, balmy air that is waited
northward from the orchards of Utah.
They have enjoyed a profitable bust
ness in Butte and without one pang
of regret they bid adieu to winter and
it's rigorous attendants.
Butte has been particularly fortu-
nate in the matter of snowfalls. 1t
was observed by all that while snow
fell to a great depth all around Butte,
but very little fell right in the city,
or in fact on this slope of the hill. An
aconda hill has been clear of snow
for more than week, while the tim
bered" butte is still buried under a
great depth. So are the hills back of
Walkervile and out Elk park way.
At the same time, however, it was
observed that the streets We're covered
with frost and ice for several months,
since about fail election time. Over
coats and overshoes have been worn
constantly for five months, an eXcep-
tionally long time.
The crop of FROST bitten ears, noses
and toes has been comparatively large,
and one fatality at least was due to
the extreme cold. A Meaderville wo
man succumbed to the cold. Stock in
Deer Lodge valley comes out in very
good condition after the long winter.
The hay crop last fall was large and
the ranchers were well equipped for
South Butte registered as low as 40
below zero during the early weeks of
February For nine successive days
the mercury remained under the 10
below mark.
The worthy charitable organizations
of the city have done grand work
among the deserving poor, ministering
to their wants at times when the
world seemed to be standing in" with
the man with the red clothes. There
are few, if any, families in Butte to-
day who can truthfully say that they
were forgotten by the good women last
winter.
Now that spring is here, about the
first to make a move will be the pros
pectors, who have waited patiently for
the snow and frost to leave the hills,
so that they could get out once more,
live in a tent, eat SOW belly and salt
rising bread. smoke their old pipes and
dream of wealth that is slow to make
it's appearance. but which will surely
come some day, sooner or later If
they can't strike it, they can at least
live the life of a prospector which at
its worst is luxurious