The Anaconda standard., 1899-10-21
ANACONDA NEWS.
SCHOOLS TO Be CLOSED
And the Children to Be Given q
Chance to Celebrate.
TWO DAYS OF HOLIDAY
School Board Decides to Hold No School
Monday and Tuesday-Win Make
Up the Lost Days Later
in the Season.

All the Anaconda schools will be
closed on Monday and Tuesday of next
week in order to give the children
chance to celebrate on the occasion of
the arrival home of the Montana vol
unteers.
This was decided yesterday morning
by the school trustees. There was no
meeting of the board, but the mem
bers telephoned to each other and after
having got opinions on the matter it
was decided to give the children a
chance to celebrate This will give the
pupils four days holiday, as to-day
Saturday and Sunday precede the
special holidays.
This holiday will not be time lost for
the children, as it was decided by the
trustees that to make up these two
days the schools would be opened on
two Saturdays, the schools regular
weekly holiday
The teachers were informed last
night of the special holiday and they
in turn informed the pupils, who were
greatly pleased.
part in the parade in Anaconda Tues
day.
From his knowledge of soldiers and
soldering Gerald Sullivan, formerly g,
lieutenant in Company M, believes that
one thing the Anaconda volunteers will
bring home with them is thirst. Ac-
cordingly, he has confided his views in
the matter to a number of Anaconda
men, who have responded with a lib
erality that has proven astonishing.
Donations of six barrels of beer, $50
cigars, II gallons of whiskey, two gall
Ions of brandy and four cases of wine
have been made him for the boys.
Il have no desire to interfere with
the work of the committee" said Mr..
Sullivan last evening, nor have I any
desire to work the boys an injury by
securing for them too much of a good
thing, but I do know they will appre-
ciate good things to smoke and drink.
Before Sheriff Conley left for Utah he
empowered me to purchase two bar
rels of beer for the boys. Others have
offered goods in great amount. Their
OFFERS were so generous that I have
been obliged to cut them down, fear
ing to get too much. / know that much
more could be secured than has already
been donated. ] have not sought any
donations from Hugh DAILY because he
did more than his share in entertain
ing the boys in San Francisco; nor have
! asked Larry Mulligan for anything,
tnasmuch as when went to San Fran
cisco he entrusted $50 to me to be
spent for the boys
THE goods have received will be di-
vided equally between the two COM
panies, one-half being sent to Turner
hall and one-hnlf to Hibernia hall on
Tuesday night"
Following is a list of the contribu-
t!ons Mr.. Sullivan has received: Jack |
Conley, two barrels of beer; Harring-
ton & Larkin, two barrels Of beer
Chief White. one barrel of beer; Judge |
J. M. Kennedy. one barrel of beer
I,oir
er, 500 cigars; Steve Hovarth, one box
cigars; Mike Ivancovich, one box
cigars; Ludwig Adler, two boxes of
cigars; J. j. Waggoner. one box of
cigars; Barney Radefeld, one box of
cigars; Charles Bertsch. one box of
cigars; Matt LAWN, two gallons of
whiskey: James Johnson two gallons
of whiskey; William Ehlert two gall
Ions of whiskey; Lawlor & McSweeny, |
two gallons of whiskey: O. M. Hart
quest, one gallon of whiskey; e. Lund-
land & Co., one gallon of whiskey: Nc
Greevy q SHELTON, one gallon of whis- |
key; Frank Foskett two gallons of
brandy: ]. V. Collins, two cases port
wine; Mcguire G. Keenan, one case
port wine.
A large attendance was present at |
last nights meeting of the ladies' re- |
freshment committee. The time of the |
meeting was taken up with the discus |
sion of the provisions that are needed |
for the lunch on Tuesday. The COM
mittee desire to call attention to the |
fact that all provisions should be ready |
early Tuesday morning, and these pro-
visions should be all cooked. Wagons
will pass through the residence sections
to receive the donations
The decoration committee will meet
this afternoon at the Turner hall to
begin the work of decora ting.
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Portraits Of Montana's 1st regiment
commanders and line officers in ..Or To |