The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-08
MlSSOUlA NOTES.

Latest styles of engraved calling
cards at the Standard office.
Roads are in good shape all over the
valley, but Higgins avenue, even now,
is muddy and watery.
Guy and Warren Peppard have re-
turned to Missoula after an extended
business trip west of here.
And now comes the perennial new
maple sugar" There is no longer any
doubt that spring has come.
The merchant who complains that
business is dull is the merchant that
does not advertise in the Standard.
George Keep had a short visit with
his brother at the station to-day, the
brother. accompanied by his wife. be-
ing en- route TO the coast.
Missoula is to have a religious revival.
Before that. begins, there ought to be
a general cleaning of yards and alleys.
Cleanliness is next to goodness.
Charles T. McCulloch has purchased
an interest in the Steffee mill at Look
out and will leave at once to take
charge of the milling operations there.
If you ask any merchant in the city
who has tried advertising in the Stand
ard, he will tell you that it is the most
profitable investment that he has ever
made
Mayor Webster has been compelled to
buy a new hat and otherwise disguise
himself, in order to appear on the street
without being overwhelmed by the Of
fceseekers.
The smile on the face of your Uncle
Rufe Angevine continues to grow
broader. He pays little attention, ap-
parently to the rumors of changes in
the municipal departments.
Now that the excitement of spring
Billiards, landslides and elections is
past, every good citizen should at once
clean up his yard and see that his al
ley is in shape to pass inspection.
If Higgins avenue were properly paw
ed with cedar blocks, it would be the
finest street in the West. 1t would add
to the already excellent reputation that
| Missoula enjoys as a beautiful city.
People up the canyon object, with rea
son. to being compelled to pay toll every
time they come to Mssoula. A free
road will be as much to the interest of
the city as to the people east of here.
The suggestion that Higgins avenue
be paved this year meets with general
approval The owners of a majority
of the property along the avenue are in
favor of the proposition if it can be
carried out 1t a reasonable cost.
The board of trade should take up the
a good start this year. Arbor day
| ought to be Missoula's greatest holiday.
The observance in this day would re-
suit in much benefit to the city.
The subject of the morning sermon
at the Congregational church next Sun
| day will be Christ In Daily Life
| Sunday school and Christian Endeavor
| meeting at the usual hours. Sunday
school At Plymouth chapel at p. m.
| job, hand his name to Mayor Webster.
| A few names, more or less. will not
| make much difference now. The list
| is so large that a few will not affect
| it, and the mayor is getting used to it.
The banana belt is beginning to smile
once more. The belt has had the hard
est experience in it's history this spring
| and some of the tenderfeet have been
discouraged but they feel better now
| The sunshine changes the aspect of
| things.
No man can do Missoula a better
| service than by subscribing literally to
| the irrigation congress fund and by
/ lending his aid to the matter in every
| possible way. It is the best opportunity
| that Nissoula has ever had to present
| her resources.
One alderman, one ex-alderman, who
voted for the bicycle ordinance, and
four other bicycle riders were on the
sidewalks between Main street and Ced-
ar street. on Higgins avenue, at one
time yesterday. Pedestrians have a
poor show on the walks these days.
The rise in temperature has served
to warm up the campaign of the people
| up the canyon in favor of a free road
| The county commissioners cannot well
| afford to overlook the demands OF the
| people of the east end, who camor for
| a free highway to Missoula. The de-
| mand is certainly reasonable and the
number of people affected by the toll
| road is large.