The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-19
COULDN'T RECOGNIZE It
Wonderful Changes Made in
Twenty Years.
BUTTE BEATS THEM ALL
julius Langtree's Vain Search for Land
marks Which Were Familiar to
Him in 1eeo-Are Nearly
All Gone.

Things have changed about the
place. said julius Langtree yesterday,
as he stood looking up and down the
street, as if trying to rest his eyes on
some familiar landmark. Il left Butte
in the fall Of 80 and just returned from
trip over the continent. l can't see
a thing to identify Butte and he look
ed out Granite street and up at the sky.
mo, there is none of the Butte of 80
in sight I guess every trace of former
Butte has been obliterated by the grow
ing Greater Butte. The big butte over
yonder seems to be a mile or two near
er than it was in so. The hill up to-
ward Walkerville seems to be larger,
but not so steep as it used to be- Over
there towards the old Lexington mill
it all seems different, and it is differ
ent.
why, man, used to board in here
with Doc Beal,' turning about and fac
ing the big plate-glass windows of the
Hennessy building. This was once the
Centennial hotel. Now look at it. Right
there. about where you see all those
gloves and ties was the entrance to
George Newkirk's saloon. Don't see
buildings like this in every city. l used
to buy my beer just across the street
That three-story clothing store of Sic
gels was in those days big saloon.
used to sit in the hotel window and
watch the miners dumping ore from the
Gagnon mine. Over there at Connels
stood a frame drug store and On this
other corner, where the Silver Bow
bank is. was a squatty stone building
l>,,M nrp
Walton.
How do I know this is the old Cen
tennial corner? Because on the corner
below stands the old frame shack that
was there when left, photograph gal
lery and all.
Il took walk around town this
morning and l might as well have been
in Chicago for all l could see of former
Butte. True enough, there are few old
landmarks to be found, but mCst of
them have been remodeled to such an
extent that they appear new in COM
parison. Jack Jolly had a blacksmith
shop down here at the State Savings
bank and Wilder Pinkham had a sec
ond-hand store where the Lizzie block
stands. And opposite, the OWsley block,
was Owsiey & Valfton's livery stable.
and alongside of the stable office was
George Todds two-bit saloon. Every
time I think of George also think of
the little, short-haired stub-tailed dog
that was his companion. The dog was
trained to knock the ashes off of a cigar
with his tail. | used To go to Simon
Hauswirths livery stable occasionally
and hire a team. ] vent there to-day
and ran into a three-story brick build
| ing, the Columbia block. I've seen ore
wagons stuck in the mud right out there
in the street. Now look at it-paved
| b'gosh. If man had told me in so that
| Butte would ever be like his, l would
have made him treat as a penalty fol
| his density.
II have attended baseball games
| down below here. near. the B.. A. & P
depot. Johnnie Cowan used to pitci
and c.. H. Smith was behind the bat
| There used to be a bridge in Park stree
and on both ends of it was a sign
| warning riders and drivers not to cross
| it faster than a walk. Stenberg's pain
shop was on one side of it and Barrel 6
Jaclly had harness shop on the Other
| side.
Yes, I have seen some of the mer
who We're here when 1 left but no
many. I saw Mel Lowry. He has
| changed little-the same old, quiet Mel
| I also met Billy Mosby and a few o
| the old-time gains
"Since l left here I have visited hun
dreds of cities, but I'll bet not one O
| them has grown to such mighty pro
portions as Butte has attained since
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