The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-06
ANACONDA NEWS.
AR|0NS IN ANACONDA
Members of the Famous New
York Society Visit the Works.
SPEND THE NIGHT HERE
Interested in the Big Plant-Sing to the
Spectators at the Hotel-Enter-
tanned by the Local Turn
Verein.

There were German fraus and frau
leins in big, broad white felt hats, each
with a feather raked back coquettishly
from the crown: there We're Germans
broad of girth, portly of mein ana bear
ing, dignified. bewhskered counte-
nances; there We're Germans young and
slender and wavy haired there were
Germans with imperials and mustaches
and Germans clean-shaved, and every
German in the party-and there were
1872 of them-wore little silver Arion
society badge, with a small American
flag knotted above, on his breast.
There have been many excursion par
ties come to Anaconda from the East
in recent years. When they get this
far west they usually look bored and
as if dining car living had played hob
with their pnemo gastric nerves. The
ocean to ocean excursion of the Arion
society of New York is an exception,
however. Everybody aboard seems
hugely contented with life, happy, in
terested in what there is to see and
anxious to meet with kindly courtesy
all who are presented to them. 1t is a
delightful party to meet and one that
is unselfish with its powers of enter
tainment
AT PAS o'clock yesterday afternoon
the special train bearing the excursion
pulled into the B., A. & p. depot from
Butte, where the morning had been
spent. 1t is a luxurious train. hand
somely appointed and fitted with every
convenience, even to a German bar in
the baggage car forward. With the
party, as the representative of the
Northern Pacific railway and also as
guide. philosopher and friend to the ex-
cursioists. was w. F. Mershon, gen.
eral agent of the roads passenger de-
partment at New York city. Richard
weinacht. president of the Arion So
ciety, was in charge, of course, but Mr..
Mershon is the man who looks after
details. General Agent Merriman of the
Northern Pacific at Butte, was also
aboard as was Marcus Talbot, general
agent of the B., A. & P.
Under the guidance of Mr.. Talbot and
Mr.. Merriman the party on disembark-
ing went to the Montana hotel, where
Manager George w. Reynolds had his
staff all ready to receive them. From
lists previously sent on assignments to
rooms had been made and servants
were in waiting to escort the guests to
them Presently the baggage vans be-
gan to arrive, and 100 portly trunks
were sent upstairs, and after them
mountain of small baggage.
1t was like moving a huge grand
opera company, but so well had all the
arrangements been made that there
was no delay.
Soon the members of the excursion
were ready to go forth to do" the
works. Trolley cars had been proNideC
and carried them first to the lower
works, where Mr.. Talbot, Mr.. Merrimar
and Assistant Superintendent Mel
showed them through the great plant
where 10000 pounds of copper are
turned out monthly. They were amazed
interested and delighted with the, &c
them. wonderful sights, the great mills
where the ore is ground to dust, the
calcine ovens where it is next treated
the smelling ovens and the making OF
copper pigs. They saw 1t all and came
away much impressed.
Meanwhile the amateur photograph
.ers of whom there seem to be score:
in the party, We're busily at work ane
caught many scenes.
Dinner at the hotel was an event, anc
when the after dinner cigars were lin
ished and a somewhat tired but al
ways happy crowd of New York Ger
mans had assembled in the rotunda
Herr julius Lorenz gathered together
Is or 90 of his glee singers in the center
of the apartment.
A wave of the leaders, hand and the
well-trained, pure and rich male voice:
broke forth into THE Singers Greet
ing" a composition by Herr Lorenz
About the excursionists and throngins
the veranda was a crowd of Anaconda
folk, gathered to hear the music the.
knew was to be vouchsafed them.
Following the opening song came
,pregert's "Roeslein Wann Bluehst oil
Auf?" a lifting song to rose, so set a.
TO bring out the fullest beauty of tn
masculine voices. Like the preceding
ssong, this was applauded heartily. The'
came Der Kaefer ind die Blume,' b,
Vert, an odd little conceit with tn
buzzing of the insect as it hoveret
about the flower running through tn
refrain.
Then Herr Lorenz and his singer
smilngly bowed their acknowledg