The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-19
BUTTE News.
MONTANA LIAR ABROAD
An Experience With Him on a
Pullman.
THE BARD OF SOUR DOUGH
Is Collecting a Few Pointers on His Trip
Through the South-A Lesson to
Montana From Colorado
and Spokane.

A. X Yerkes, who writes pieces" for
his paper, the Bozeman Chronicle, is
taking a trip through the Southern
states and incidentally taking on
few pointers, which he will make use
of at future date. In the current is
sue of his paper is an article written
by the bard of Sour Dough, dated Kan
sas City, Feb. 7. He describes his
journey and many of the things which
came under his observation and blue
eyes Among other things, exposes his
plan of economizing while riding in
Pullman. He tells the following true
story of the Montana liar abroad"
Says he: The Montana liar was
aboard. He came from Helena and re-
called the strangers present with sto-
ries of his mining properties; the Won
derful richness of the country and the
number of its millionaires. Why. in
Helena said he, i am closely acquaint-
ed with Is millionaires who have made
their money in mines. I have a proper
ty near Rimini, which has no foot-wall
and at the present time shows a 40 foot
vein of ore running $3.50 per ton Won
derful, said the man from Baltimore.
"A mere trifle,' replied the liar. The
dean said nothing till the liar had de-
scribed his mine in all it's bearings. then
quietly remarked, Why, you are the
richest man in the world. You have
money to throw to the dickey birds. I
have just been making mental calcu-
lation, and while you are riding along
here your mine is yielding a thousand
dollars a minute
" Yes. but you see,' replied the liar,
sx1,n }, r. w.
are not working it until we make fur
Their improvements. oh, don't let that
worry you replied the dean. "A man
with a property Of that kind can borrow
money of any of the is mfllionaires you
mentioned. But, by the way, who are
all these millionaires?'
" Well, there is Tommy Cruson, John
Jones, Thomas Smith, Bill Brown and
Others.
Z" / know every one of them said the
dean. You do?' said the liar. Why I
thought you were from New York; so
l was originally, and / want to say that
outside of Tommy Cruson, every one
of your alleged, millionaires, nice. re-
spectacle and esteemed gentlemen that
they are, would BE mighty glad to bor-
aeW yS pa vs fsfF e24s T eh haven
been stuffing lot of gentlemen here
with ghost stories. Such men as you
do Montana more injury than any one
thing. For, after a while4they will de-
vine the truth and conclude that every
man with whom they have, talked, the
truthful, AS well as the otherwise, were
gigantic liars from the ground up
THE liar went out on the back plat
form to get breath of COOL undisturb
ed air"
1t appears tthatl Mr., YeElkes and
Spokane traveller Engaged in game of
cards and that the bard won the buffet
drinks. In this connection he is remind
ed of the push displayed by Spokane men
and Colorado miners and the apathy
shown by too many Mo9nltapraaps while
away from home among strangers.
The Spokane people are all right in
their way, but-when on theirSway East
they should never play stuff with
Bozemanites. 1t makes them feel as
if they We're outclassed and have at
last run against formation that is
hard to down. But speaking of Spo-
kane, l came in contact with two gen
tlemen from that enterprising city. One
was a mineralogist of well-known abil-
ity. He was on his way to London to
place mine, presumably in the new
Republic district. 1t does one good to
meet Spokane resident. They are eX-
'tremely loyal to their city and avow
that they will live and die there. Few
Montanans Will pay their state the same
compliment. They are also proud of the
record that has been made in the Occur
d'Alenes and in British Columbia. The
expert referred to stated that it was
no longer any trouble to sell British
Columbia mines, located in region
from which results have been attained.
The location is everything to the inves-
tor. Development is a. secondary con-
sideration.
While upon this subject and in view
of the excitement Colorado is now kick
ing up. can any one explain why it is
that finds in Montana, equally as i'm
portant as those in Colorado. do not
attract as much attention? Is it the
fault of the press, or has Colorado a
board of boomers, who hurl to the
world the mineral advantages it has to
offer while Montana sits idly by and
waits?" .,.
AT THE CHURCHES.