The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-23
n News.
HOW It WAS OBSERVED.
'Washington's Birthday Enter
tainments in Anaconda.
THE VETERANS BEAN BAKE
Every Dish Sold, the Last One at Auc-
"a tion-Sons Of Hermann Give an En-
VI joya'ble Ball-"On the Suwanee
River Draws Good House.

The 18th anniversary of the birth of
George Washington was appropriately OBJ
served in Anaconda yesterday. In spite
of the fact that the weather was extreme
ly disagreeable and the wind blew bitter
blasts, the different ceremonies arranged
in honor of the occasion were well at
tended and greatly enjoyed by all.
The bean bake given by the local post
of the G. A. r. in the Matte building at
the corner of Commercial avenue and Oak
street was greater success than even the
most sanguine of the veterans had antic-
ipated. All day long people crowded into
the large room and the ladies who had in
charge the serving of the rations were
kept as busy as bees. Although hundreds
soe pounds of beans had been baked to an
exquisite turn by the ladies. there was
not single bean left when the company
adjourned last evening.
Everybody in Anaconda went to the
bean bake and everybody said that if the
soldiers in the civil war were provided
with beans like the ones served here then
the veterans of the war of the rebellion
were fortunate indeed that they did not
serve under the embalmed beef admins
!. tration of Alger. Finally about 10 o'clock
. last night the last pot of beans was
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pot brought 81.
When all the beans were gone Second
Lieutenant Brown of the oath infantry of
Fort Douglas, Utah, took the floor and
made a few appropriate remarks. He con-
graduated the post on the success OF the
bean bake and spoke earnestly in favor of
these gatherings of the old veterans, the
attendance at which grows yearly less
and less, as the old comrades pass away.
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who are still left among the living to do
their utmost to keep the old spirit alive.
George Elston, an enthusiastic veteran,
by the organization of fife and drum
corps, furnished music for the bake,
which added not a little to the success of
the occasion. The ladies who took care
Of the guests at the bake are entitled to
all the credit for the success of the event.
The veterans desire to extend to the pub
lie their heartfelt thanks. who by it's
attendance SO generously lent its aid in
encouraging the G. A. r. men in their
effort to keep the local post alive.
At.Turner hall last evening the Sons of
Hermann gave a most enjoyable ball.
which, despite the extremely cold wealth
er, was Wen attended. ,stThe crowd was
just large enough to make the dancing
enjoyable and everybody had a good time.
The committee on arrangements, which
had charge of the affair, was composed of
Nick limo, Joe Pfister, ]. A. Hansen, C. F.
Peterson and John Proebst. The floor
committee consisted Of Otto Kreutzer
Caspar Pfister and Raymond Sale. The
dancing continued until late hour this
morning.
The Margaret theater offered to its
patrons last evening a Southern comedy
drama, ION the Suwanee River" The
play drew a fairly good mouse. Stella
Mayhem as Aunt Indy caught the audi
ence by her clever work. and her coon
songs were very well received. The play
is a melo-drama and was carried out by a
company of acceptable performers, in
most instances being better than the US
ual run of melo-dramatic actors. The
company carries good quartette called
the Fountain City Quartette, the voices In
which are excellent, and would have
pleased the audience immensely but for
the grotesque attempts of the singers to
appear funny where antics were entirely
urcalled for.