The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-01
HOW IT WAS OBSERVED.
Missoulans Have Cause for
Thanksgiving.
GOOD CHEER EVERYWHERE
And One Poor Fellow Was After Too Big
Bunch Of 1.-THE Lost His Earn
ings for the Year-Stock
Spectators Uneasy.

Missoula, Nov. 3O.-Thanksgiving day
was not as disagreeable as to wealth
er as Wednesday night promised. 1t
was not sunshiny, but it was not
stormy, and that was something to
De thankful for. The early hours OF
the morning witnessed the breaking
up of the firemen's ball, which was one
OF the most successful Of the many
attempts of the department to enter
tain its friends. The dancing was con-
tinued until it was time to begin to
think about getting breakfast, and
even then the dancers We're unwilling
to hear the strains of Home, Sweet
Home All things, however, come to
an end, and it became necessary for
the dancers, to end their pleasure.
Financially as well as socially the ball
was successful, and the department
treasury is considerably richer as one
result of the ball. Tom and Jerry
held receptions in various parts of the
city. with the result that some of their
friends were ultimately thankful that
they had places whereupon to lay their
heads when the enthusiasm CT the re-
ception had done It's full work. There
was no sleigh riding. for the reason
good cheer everywhere. and there were
but few Of the many people in the city
who had not abundant cause for
Thanksgiving.
There was one poor fellow, however,
IN town. who did not enjoy his Thanks
giving day. Yesterday he thought that
it would be happy day for him but
his joy was changed to mourning and
his rejoicing to lamenta tons. He came
to town yesterday afternoon from a
lumber camp where he had been at
work all summer and in his inside
pocket was the snug sum Of $3.50. For
this he had worked all summer filing
saws and with it had intended to pay
his winter bills and to send enough to
his family in the East to carry them
through the cold months. The mis-
take that he made was that he did not
attend to this remittance business at
once, before he visited with friends in
town. He didn't, however, but on the
contrary made a daylight visit to the
part of the city where virtue is an I'M
known quantity and where the affec-
ton that is felt for fellow is meas
ured by the size of his roll With a
$3.50 roll, this stranger was sure of
plenty of affection. He found it. He
remained in the district for some time
but left there before dark. When he
came back to town he went to his room
and had occasion to open his pocket
book. OF the $3.50 that was in his
pocket when he struck town, there was
left a single $40 bill. The old story fol-
lowed. The sheriff was notified and
the premises of the visitors quondam
hostess were visited and searched, The
woman was examitled and her compan-
ions also but of cd,irse the money was
not to be found. She had no idea that
her visitor had 50 much money. She
had not seen him have it and she had
not touched his pocketbock So the
lumberman's Thanksgiving has not
been full of happiness.
The stock spectators, too, have been
uneasy all day. The tickers were ST.
lent and they had to hold orto their
money all day. They tried in vain to
get up some side bets as to how sugar
and wheat and Northern Pacific and
General Electric would be in the morn
ing but it would not work. When the
Standard arrived, they paid no at'ten
ton to the war news or the reports
from the Philippines. The news from
the East had no interest for them and
they cared not for the predictions re-
garding the opening of congress. They
turned feverishly to the stock market
reports and for a short time enjoyed
themselves 1t didn't last long and
Hartley, Ross. Cooper. Garrett, Stod-
dard and the rest Of the chronic spec
ulators relapsed into their previous
condition Of melancholy and refused to
be comfor'ted How could they give
thanks when they had so little for
which to be thankful?