The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-07
Seen and Aeard
Mere and There

Work is still progressing on the three
eighths track across the creek from the
Parrot smelter Notwithstanding the in
junction proceedings Instituted in the dis
trict court Saturday. Men and teams were
grading yesterday and it is expected that
the track will be leveled up in a few
days.
When a man pays 81 for a bouquet of
flowers for his summer girl, he can't help
but think that he is paying an exorbitant
price for the nosegay. vendor of these
Injuries stood in front of the pustoffice
yesterday afternoon. Five or six SO-year-
term Montanans also stood near by trying
to Guido each other in the matter of ly.
ing. One mans attention was attracted
by the beautiful flowers and he was ere
minded" He said that the first imported
rose that came to Montana was pur-
chased, by him for $40 That assertion was
too broad for the other members of the
party. They put that down as a lie, not a
very good one. either.
while you're talking about flowers"
said Frank Bateman, who used to cult
vate prairie flags and sunfiowers near
Helena when that camp was a long string
of sluice boxes, '1et me tell you, that |
once bought bouquet for SIS. 1t was one
Sunday afternoon and a party of young
folks myself and lady included, started
down the valley to visit the Thorough
mans. My companion had heard about
old man Schweitzer's flowers, and she or
dered me to stop and buy her bouquet.
We stopped at Schweitzer's and the old
gardener picked bouquet and the young
lady accepted it-at my expense. I sidled
up to the old man and asked him how
much l owed him. Fifteen dollars said
he. l had just one two-dollar bill in my
pocket How did I settle? Why, | made
a bluff as If to stop my horses that were
trying to run away. This frightened them
and they ran back to the stable. The
buggy was broken, but | got it repaired
for IS. The girl walked back to town and
the old gardener took pity on her and
and gave her the bouquet. We got anoth-
er rig and overlook our party down near
the old log church. eight miles from town.
The tongue in our buggy broke while We
were crossing a slough, and this cost me
81. So, you see, / spent SIS for that bou-
quet."
The lake at Columbia gardens was navi-
gable yesterday for the first time since
the flood eight days ago. Then the dam
was cut as a precautionary measure and
all the water released. Admiral He'll
bronner in the meantime gave his fleet
thorough overhauling and all the boats
We're re-launched yesterday amid appro-
pirate demonstrations of joy.
The thoroughfare at the corner of Ga
lena street and Shields avenue is in a
rather uncertain condition, especially since
the heavy rains of a week ago washed out
deep cutters between and on either side
of the double street car tracks. A dozen
or two wagon loads of gravel might with
profit be dumped into the depressions.
The official board of the Church of
Christ is contemplating a series of altera-
tons to the interior of the church edifce.
The choir gallery, according to the pro-
posed plans, is to be lowered and the pull
pit platform raised. The choir organ is
now elevated about 16 feet from the
floor which, it has been discovered is too
high. The seats in the auditorium are ar
ranged after the theater plan and the pull
pit is in what might be termed a pit in
one corner of the ROOM This will be
raised so that the congregation, instead
of craning their necks, may see the
preacher Rev Mr.. Tilburn, the pastor,
is building up large congregation.
The baseball enthusiasts of this city are
much disappointed over the failure of
Missoula to send a good team up here.
They had looked forward to couple of
exciting games, as word from Missoula
preceded the team warranted such a con-
clusion. When it was seen that instead of
crack players there was an aggregation
of young men unfamiliar with even the
first rudiments of the game, Manager
Heron of the local team promptly called
it all off,
Mr.. Heron was surprised as much as
he was veXed. He has succeeded in
bringing together some good teams and
the public compliments him on his sue
cess. The lamented affair of Saturday is
in no way chargeable to Mr. Heron.
When the young public last winter en-
deavored to organize a Y. NJ c. A. in this
city, and succeeded in bringing the propo-
sition up to the point of organizing, there
appeared an obstruction. A committee ap-
pointed to report "for or against imme-
date organization, announced that 1t had
determined to await. The Presbyterian
church was well filled with young people,
who hoped to see the Y. NJ. c. A. mate
rialize. The committees report was de-
bated at length, and the committee won
out 1t was the plan to wait until the fol-
lowing spring, when, it was suggested,
that an experienced organizer" would
come out this way and look over the field
and determine as to the advisability OF
Butte taking up the Y. M. c. A. PROPOSE
ton. The whole matter rests where it
was dropped. There are no more signs of
such an organization in Butte than there
were last fall. There are, apparently, as