The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-27
THEY SAW THE SIGHTS
Tourists From Ohio Visit the
Mines.
PLEASED With THE WEST
Butte Was a Surprise to Them-The
Natural Wonders of the Yellow
stone Park - Going to
Salt Lake. 70.

A number of Eastern tourists stopped
over in Butte yesterday and drove
about town and saw the sights. Sew
eral hacks were engaged and trips to
the mines and reduction works made.
James Kelthrop, who is with a party
from Ohio, said to a reporter for the
Standard:
Our trip West has. been the pleas
ATTEST part of our itinerary over the
United States. Last spring We went to
the points of interest on the Atlantic
seaboard and were in Florida and Texas.
I had no idea of the greatness of the
Rocky mountain region. Our idea of
the country was probably much the
same as that of other men who have
never been farther West than Chicago.
However, ! will say that every mile
Travelled has added just that much
more to the length and breadth of our
surprise. The Yellowstone National
park is grand area of grand wonders
of nature We have visited Helena and
will go to Salt Lake tomorrow From
there We go to San Francisco and up
the coast to Seattle thence to Montreal
via the Canadian Pacific.
Butte is a revelation, indeed. OF
course Butte is in everybody's lips in
our state. But with all the talk regard
ing this city one is unable to learn of
its Importance unless a visit is made.
One forms an idea of the place, just
as I did. ] had in mind a large camp
of 10000 inhabitants, miners, store
keepers and families. I was not pre-
pared to see all these great big solid
brick houses, elegant school houses
and churches. had not associated these
things with my minds picture of the
town. 1t all looks so much more pre-
tentious when compared with what l
had expected to see. You have a splen-
did class of business men-men who
take pride in the welfare of their city,
just such men as the big cities in the
East boast of. I don't know but Butte
is ahead of some of the cities in the
East whose aim in life is to excel in
everything. l see that the money is
here. OF that there can be no question.
/ never saw a more prosperous looking
set of working men. Why, l met
gentleman this afternoon and after
asking him some questions about
places, locations, mines, etc, ! natur-
ally inquired as to his business. He
said that he was a miner and was at
present on the night shift. Now, l
didn't want to show him how ignorant
I was in that respect, so I didn't ask
him any questions about shifts What
is a night shift, anyway"
After explanations, Mr. Kelthrop went
on to recount the many funny things
he had seen during his short stay in
Butte He was much impressed with
the cosmopolitan make-ur of most of
| the citizens he had come in contact
with here.
Dear me, I was standing on street
corner down along here somewhere,
| when a well-dressed Chinaman stepped
up to prosperous looking man and
| told him that if he did not send that
| bill of groceries around to his restau-
| rant he would countermand the order in
| a hurry. Just then a colored man driv-
| ing delivery wagon appeared and the
| groceryman cried out, Take that grub
down to that China joint or I'll fire
you!'
Now, 1 never saw things Just like
| that before. I don't know, but it might
be that I'll come here next year and
stay longer"