The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-22
ORGANIZERS OF THE PIPE
They Have Been Seeing More
Fanciful Visions.
TALES OF BURIED WEALTH
San Francisco Newspaper Men Credit
Montana Soldiers With Digging Up
Vast Sums While Campaign
ing on Luzon

From a trustworthy source those
dear, delightful San Francisco news
paper men have learned that when the
Montana volunteers returned from far
Luzon several months ago they were
loaded with scads of money One hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars is the
conservative estimate placed upon the
sum brought by two Montana compan-
les alone. All this money, says the
dreamers of dreams and seers of Wis
ions by the Golden Gate. was dug up
by the sturdy Montanans at Caloocan.
or course it is somewhat late to
spring such story as this, and per-
maps that is the reason the springerS
thereof made it good and strong
From trustworthy source" say
those who are responsible for the story
to prove that it did not emanate from
their imaginations, which leads one to
believe that it is all a wash house Wis
ion.
Here is the story as first printed in
San Francisco and sent out by ener-
gettc correspondents to various coast
newspapers:
San Francisco, Dec 19-From a
trustworthy source it was learned to-
day that two companies of Montana
volunteers who came back from Ma
Mia on the transport Zealandia brought
with them $150,000 in gold and Mexican
silver This treasure was first discov-
cred by two men at Caloocan. They
were the first to enter the Filipino
town. which was very rich. Two men
from Montana entered a large man
sion. but found the place deserted
They then went into the large garden
and in one corner saw traces of earth
which had recently been disturbed.
They prodded with bayonets and
they uncovered a large chest which
contained thousands in gold coin.
The men who found the gold treas
ure took all they could carry. Then
they uncovered a large chest full of
Mexican dollars. The men of the two
through the garden. AS each man
passed he scooped up double handfuls
of silver and filed his pockets.
On the voyage over on the Zealan-
dia poker was the favorite pastime,
chips being IS and no limit Some of
the, men had $4,000 in gold and silver.
and with the purser was deposited
$l5O.0OO for which no receipts We're Civ
en-, the purser simply keeping a mem
orandum of each mans sack.
The authority for this story is abso-
lutely reliable Besides the treasure
Drought nome. the soldiers left -hOuS-
ands behind in different places in Lu-
zon, trusting to maps and markings to
secure it after being mustered out"
All of which goes to show that the
quality of San Francisco dope is not
strained. 1t is the coarse stuff right
from Hong Kong. 1t is mightiest in
the pipe of newspaper man and
pleaseth the kingly city editor better
than bare recital Of facts, 1t spread
eth as the gentle clouds of heaven
across the continent, gathering addi-
tional details as it spreads. Twice
cursed. for it curses him who smokes
and him who reads. There are these
who believe, like Poo Bah. in decor
ating true story with imaginary de-
tails now and then to lend an air of
verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and
embarrassing narrative, but the pipe
dreamers of the San Francisco yellow
journals go to the poppy for their foun-
dalton and build from that a giant
colorful edifice hardly SO substantial as
a mirage.
/ No large treasure was found in Cal
ocean by the Montanas. To be sure a
modest youth from Anaconda who de-
sires no fame found" a drove of cat
tie one day and a grand piano another
! at that memorable place, but he didn t