The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-17
THEY Do NOT STOP LONG
Mongolians larry Little in the
City of Great Falls.
NO CHINAMEN LIVE THERE
Sometimes They Pay Visit to the Office
OF Collector Browne-They Sneak
Into Town and Hurry
Out Again.

city which includes among its pOpula-
ton no Cinnamon, yet more Cinnamon
register at the highest price hotel in
the city than does at any other $3a
day house in the United States. This
assertion may seem strange, but it is
fact in both instances. Years ago
when Great Falls was young it was
decided upon the part of the working
men of the district that it would be a
good thing to dispense with the Chinese
population altogether. This plan was
carried into effect and every Chinaman
who came to the city was invited to
pass on. Some of them passed on to
other fields by the ordinary modes of
locomotion, and some, it is rumored,
passed on via the water and
Black Eagle Falls route-but that
is another story. After awhile
the word went forth among the
little yellow men that this city was not
good one for people such as they,
and the tide Of Chinese immigration
toward Great Falls suddenly stopped.
In fact it stopped so suddenly and SO
surely that no amount of money could
| to-day induce a Chinaman in the Unit
ed States to locate in this city. 1t is
bad medicine, and while the Chinamar
is noted for knowing a good thing when
he sees it, he also knows several other
things. among which are love for
hop and anything but love for this
electric city. 1t was years ago since
the Cinnamon gave this CITY the go-bv.
and the story has often been told bnt
few people are aware that a larger
number OF Cinnamon who leave the
United States register from Great Falls
than almost any other Montana point.
Cinnamon do not live here; no one ever
sees one walk the streets. and vet they
ccn,e and on like 1ittle yellnw snectres
of a dream The headunarters of Hon.
D. G. Browne. collector of customs for
Montana and Idaho are in this CITY,
and before a Cinnamon takes trim to
the t,owery Kingdom he must register
that is, if he ever expects TO come back.
At first when the office was located in
this city Cinnamon who cared to come
here were few and far between: thew
waited until the collector or one of his
IDENTITIES came to some other point. This
involved considerable DELAY. and be-
sides TO the Chinaman who is a lover
If red tame was not as officiaI A niece
| of business as applying at headuuart-
ers where ali tha necessary tiOrrjshes
were attended to first-hand. To meet
| this difficulty a sort of underground
route was established, and to-day
Wong Kee and Hon Ling come into the
| CITY. get their diploma of identification
| and vanish into the darkness, happy in
| the consciousness of having done some
| thing that thew felt they ought not to
have done
4 Chinaman or rather two for they
| never come in less than pairs wishing
| to come 70 this civ to confer with the
collector of customs. will, if coming
| from the west hoard the through train
| which arrives here at g O'Clock in the
| morning and arriving ar the depOt
| take a hack for the Park hotel. which
| is Inf a hlocl, from the deDot and the
| first building after leaving it. Arriving
| at the hrtel thew make a few f1y tracks
|
tracks for the Chinese bridal chamber.
thraa stories IN and facing the denot,
| 1rhera tbaxr ca ALWAYS look ont and see
tba hacl trail This is corfortinp. to
them and Manager Theo Gibson.
as q landlord careful of the comforts,
charges accordingly. The hotel is the
| biobest-nricad yne in the citv-s3 a dav
ava nn-rtba Chinamen pet the I'm ;,
| In anv othar citv in the United STATES
| C'hinanen below the ranl, of mandarins
| Ston Of tho Iowest-rate hotels they can
and ny better still live with their
friends For a fev DAYS Rut when a
| fthirnn,a, aan,os 10 creat rails he
! 6oasn,t cave for exnnnses. the terror he
fools at heinp in the forbidden city
| amnlv makes IN for the ordinary every
dar torrn,. thst a Cbinaman feels when
| naTtina with money After getting to
their Toom Hon and Lee take several
long hreaths hook ont Of the window
| ~ Geo hal tho hack track is clear and
than bo,, into he'd Earlv in the morn
inc at The onenins Of the custom of
| fice tbev toddle downstairs and in as
,,,ns+entat;o,,s a manner as nnssible
cot into the custom house. which is in
| fhe same building With the hotel fin
| ish thew business as quickly as possible
and scoot for their room. where they
draw several more long breaths. look
ont over the back track again and go
~ haS mill the newt train which gen
| eralIv leaves after dark. All their
meals are generally served in their
| ronns and from the time of arrival I'M
! Ill they leave probably not a person
outside of those thev do business with
sees them. and they are corresponding
" bannv Living in the "up'' part of
s3-a-day-and-un hotel and having all
meals served in YOUR room is a luxury
NOT calculated for Cinnamon, or even
white men. suffering from heart disease
hnt never vet has one flinched: they
take one look at the bill. and, realiza-
zion Of their awful nositiOn coming
over them. thev settle with a smile and
| o nravar 70 the great loss that has