The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-05
NABBEO IN SHORT ORDER
The Sheriff's Office Did a Very
Pretty Piece of Work.
POCKETFUL OF NUGGETS
Moro People Now in M'ssoula Than
Ever Before-Shows Coming Thick
and Fast, and What's More.
They're Well Patronized.

due for its clever and quick work in
the recapture of the men who stole all
of the watches and revolvers that Kalb,
the secondhand dealer had in his store.
The theft was committed some time be-
tween o'clock Sunday night and the
following morning. On Monday the
sheriff was notified of the fact and
Tuesday night four men were in the
county Jail with evidence conclusive
against them, and all of their swag was
in the possession of the officers This
be done. Sheriff Curran gives much
credit to Constable Massey of Thomp-
son for his part in the matter. He
identified the men from the telegraphed
description that he had received of
them and from the character of the
wares that some of them offered for
sale He lost no time in getting them
where he could hold them and then he
wired the sheriff. There is no doubt
of the identity of the men and the
promptness with which they were
taken care of should serve to warn
similar offenders to operate elsewhere
than in Missoula.
Tom Cook was a visitor in Missoula
Tuesday. He has been here but once
before since his distressing accident of
year ago. when he came SO near los
ing his life through the carelessness
OF an engineer on the Bitter Root
branch. For months it was feared that
the genial Tom would not be able to
get around again. but he is navigating
satisfactorily now and is improving all
of the time. His right arm is still help
1nc i ,1 L.,
be so. His leg has almost entirely re-
covered and he is ready for further
adventures. He has always some ex-
element on and now that he has de-
monstrated that he cannot be killed by
being run over by a railway train, he is
wondering what will turn up next.
| Gil Rhodes had as much fun as any
| body last night with a big pocketful of
nuggets that was handed to him by
| Frank Simons when the latter stepped
| off the train that brought him from
| the coast, en- route from Dawson. The
pOcketful that he handed to his friend
| was worth about $500 and the nuggets
| were beauties. The largest weighed
| about $135 and the others ranged down
| to SO, but all of them were the real
| stuff and Gilbert had all sorts of fun in
| pouring them out on counters and
desks as he moved among his friends
| attacks of heart failure when he came
| to take stock of his possessions and
| found that one or two of the chunks
of gold were missing. But he always
| found where the missing nuggets had
| gone and his trouble was not of long
duration.
There was no moon and there was no
sleighing-in fact there was little real
| excuse for a straw ride last night ex-
! nnrt +In irif- ,,f NJ
| took the straw ride to Bonner and
back. 1t appeared from the outside that
| the ride was highly successful and that
| the absence of snow and of moon was
not noticed by the merry party that
filled the big hay wagon. Bugles, horns
and bells furnished the noise and there
was nobody on the road that did not
know when the wagon passed. AS the
party came back into town the driver
put his four-in- hand through it's pref
test PAGES and swung the big wagon
down Higgins avenue in splendid style.
The leaders pranced and the horns toot-
! ed and all hands screamed when the
wagon crossed a rough place in the
road, but there was no accident and the
party received cheers from those Wh1
witnessed the excellent horsemanship
displayed. An informal dance followed
the ride.
This has been a gala week for the
local theatergoers. They have had three
straight nights of fun, beginning with
1.-THE Girl From Chilli and ending with
the old reliable lyon Yonson' Be
tween came the burnt cork attraction
| that Is headed by the veteran Gorton
! Strange to say, good houses have beer
| the rule. Each performance has hac
more than an average attendance, de
spite the fact that they came so close
together. Mssoula houses would b.
| lnr he hn 1-t
We're only a more attractive place. I
| requires the most ardent devotion tC
the play and the stage to induce a ma!
to go three nights in succession and ST
on those straight backed, hard bottom
ed, comfortless benches that fill The
house. If the interior of the house
We're only frightened up and chair
placed where the benches hold sway
Missoula would turn out good audi
| ences all the time. There are plenty o
people in town who would go oftener i
they could only be comfortable.
There are more people in Missouri
this fall than there ever We're before
That is the opinion expressed by al
who have been familiar with the city
through all it's ups and downs. One
has but to consult the hotel registers
to become convinced of the truth O
this statement. All of them are vel
it There are people coming and goins
all the time and all of them seem tc
have something to do. Where they
come from and where they are going is
something that puzzles an onloOkel
who is not familiar with the conditions
of Missoulas tributary country. This
region is so large and the people this
fall are so busy that they of necessity
are obliged to come to MiSSoula tC
transact some of their business. This
makes the city lively and the mer-
chants happy. But stranger who
visits the city is at loss to explain
the crowds that he sees on the streets
and in the stores these days.
All of the home going delegates of the
irrigation congress seem to have &
good word to say of Missoula and al
of them are free in expressing them
selves. The Helena Independent man
who had been talking With some OF
them, sums up what they said as fol
lows: Delegates Ereturning from III,