Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-22
PEOPLE
ON THE COAST
BaSking in the Sunshine of
California.
AN HUNDRED OR MORE
Taking In the Sights at the Golden
Gate and Enjoying Them
selves.
AN HUNDRED OR MORE

Among the hundred or more Montan-
ians who are basking in the sunshine OF
California this winter, inhallng the sea-
laden breezes and enjoying the Varled
and beautiful landscape of the coast clues
the Butte delegation is easily In the lead'
n hotel keepers and others who are
preying upon the public are praying yet
that the influx of Montana men Will con-
tinue for months to come.
w. w. SHETLAND who sold his interest
in the Dayton mine in Meaderville to the
Boston & Montana company for s $4,000
and John M. Bell an ld-time mining ex-
pert of Butte and a former partner OF
Colonel c. s. Shoemaker now of Pony,
struck Los Angeles about the same time
late in December. On the night Of their
arrival an earthquake also struck the
town. The temblor didn't wen jar the
nerve of the Butte men who thought it a
special demonstration gotten up in their
honor. They are now in San Francisco
and are stopping at the Grand. They
are always glad to pilot Montanians'
around the city and their services are in
great demand as they know all the bar
tenders by their first names and are
walking directories of the homeless to-
male stands and hairless hash factories
of the entire peninsula.
r. B. Sullivan n wife are spending the
winter on the coast. MI. Sullivan is an
old-timer in the west n was engaged in
the mining business with Terry Lennon
in Butte. Recently he disposed of some
interests in Bear guluh, Park county, n
Is now enjoying a well-earned vacation.
Tim" had a difficult time steering clear
of the sure-thing men in San Francisco,
but so far has not purchased any gold
bricks.
Barney McDevitt an old-time Butte
mining mai is enjoying a visit to San
Francisco. Mr.. McDevitt "a until re-
Gently in the employ of Patsy Clark Of
Spokane and Republic and made a trip to
the Klondike in the interest of Mr.. Clark
and his associates.
formerly of Butte, a gentleman of the
old school who Is held in kindly remem-
brance by hundreds Of Butte people is re-
siding in San Francisco with his estim-
able daughter. MI. Anderson had the
! misfortune to lose his wife since he left
Butte. He met with much adversely dur
! ing the last years of his residence in
! Butte, but it will be good news to his
many friends in this city to learn that
he is in a fair way to retrieve his Tor
tunes in the Golden State. During the
past year he organized a to ex-
paw Jill ooAA oAN OoPEN
Placer county near Marysville. Devel-
! opments show hat the ground is rich in
gold and the properties are now bonded
to a large eastern syndicate for half a
million dollars. The option of the syn
dictate expires in March and in all proba-
bility will be taken up in which case Mr..
Anderson will realize a handsome sum-.
i. James McGOvern, a gentleman who
caters to the thirst of the Butte public
and a very popular man both home and
abroad is in San Francisco selecting a
brand Of whisky that is warranted to
withstand the rigors of al Alaskan CHI
mate.
There will be no danger of it freezing
en- route. The story that he would insist
upon his b%artenders wearing blue uni
forms and red neckties, in imitation of a
popular San Francisco house is said to
be one of Tim Sullivan's joshes.
Gus Kornberg who has made a Fran
cisco his home during the past few years,
will probably return to Butte shortly. He
is interested in mining operation and is
the owner of a dredging plant for placer
mines which Is said to be very successful.
w. H. Tolliver. the air ship man who
left Butte several weeks ago is exhibit
ing his air ship model in San Francisco
and his great hopes of interesting capt.
tai in behalf of his scheme. He predicts
that within five years, the trip from
Butte to San Francisco will be made in
about a day.
Ike Morehouse the race horse man and
plunger is playing the races at Tanforan.
Morehouse is credited in San Francisco
with being next to the richest man in
Butte. Asked as to the reason for this
report n of Warehouses; friends said:
"Why of course he is next to the richest
man in Butte. He owns the Combination
adjoining Clark's bank and Clark is un-
doubtedly the richest man in Montana.
Isn't that being next to the richest man
in the state?"
Jack Thornton Of Butte. is making San