Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-22
COLLECTED
SPECIMENS
A TRAVELLING MAN SECURES AN
EXHIBIT FOR THE NEW
YORK SCHOOLS
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REPRESENTS EUROPEAN
CIGARETTE HOUSES.
Says hat Only the Cheapest and Vilest
Brands Of Cigarettes are Used
In Montana.

Is. M. kurtz of New York city, a trav-
cling representative of English, Russian
and German cigarette houses, who has
been staying at the McDermott hotel
for several days, has a special mission
in this state which will interest all
citizens Of Butte. 1t is the collecting
OF neurological specimens for use in
the public schools of the eastern metrop-
oils.
Mr.. kurtz is a member of the school
board of New York city, and has al
ways taken a pronounced interest in
educational affairs. Some time ago the
study OF m~ineralOgy was added to the
curriculum of the public schools of the
metropolis, and when it was learned
that Mr.. kurtz was to make a tour
OF the west in the interest of the Euro
pean houses he represents, he was re-
quested by the board to gather samples
or the mineral products of every state
through which he passed.
In Colorado Mr.. kurtz was given some
OF the finest specimens to be found in
the state. In this city III procured
specimens of iron ore, ore from the
Anaconda and Parrot mines, including
peacock ore, and also some excellent
samples from the precipitation plant.
Some OF the made by Mr..
kurtZ will be of especial interest to
topacco-users, on account of an analysis
of the smokers of Montana and
their habits and p~eculiarities in select
ing and using the weed in it's various
forms.
This is my first trip west of Omaha"
ne SAID, and 1T is also the first time
that any man representing European
UrmS making the nr1foct - l:-L
grade cigarettes a speciality has invaded
the northwest.
Il find that while men smoking cigars
IN this state generally use the best
manufactured, both domestic and i'm
ported, the users of cigarettes, on the
other hand. smoke the cheapest and
West goods in the market. In the
course OF a year or two, however, 1
thlnk the habit of smoking only first
class goods will be prevalent throughout
the state. My experience has been that
IN time every n taste will lead him
to seek the best his purse can afford.
I represent goods of English, German
Russian manufacture, the factories
being located in London, Dresden and
st. Petersburg. We also have a dis
~tr1buting point at Paris, but very curl
Gus conditions as regards the sale of
tobacco in any form prevail in France.
There the government sells all cigar
cites and other market forms of the
weed. The only persons allowed to sell
1ooacco IN addition to the government
are the widows of soldiers. This per-
mission to sell tobacco Is analogous to
a pension. Her shop is furnished and
all expenses borne by the government
while all the profits go to the widow.
There can Nn1V he So oorv clo-.
this class in any classified division of
the country.
I'm England they are very particular
about the sale of tobacco as well as of
foodstufs, and every brand has to be de-
clared unadulterated by a government
chemist. r.. H. Harland, the most dis
tinguished government chemist of Eng
land, l am glad to be able to say. has
declared all the goods I represent chem-
icallv pure.
w have two distributing points in
San Francisco, one in Portland and one
in Seattle. The San Francisco smoker,
as a rule. is very particular in his choice
OF a cigar, or a cigarette. That is due
TO its being a cosmopolitan city, for one
reason. and also because the Bohemian
element cuts quite a large figure in the
population"
In order to keep in touch with the Gus
es ne represents. Mr.. Kurtz makes four
or five trips annually across the Allan
tic. He departed this afternoon for Far
go, North Dakota. his last words before
leaving the hotel being that he was Wen
pleased with the number and variety of
the meteorological specimens he had Sc
cured in Butte.