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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21
A BEE HIVE OF INDUSTRY.

Then there can be seen the trains OF
ore going slowly up the mountain toward
the smelters on what is known as the
high line of the Butte, Anaconda & Pa
citic; the giant locomotives can be heard
putting and Juggling away under the
weight of their great load, brought ali
the way from Butte. When finally the
works are reached, the cars are relieved
of their burden in short order and the
empties make their descent and sent
again a journey to the mines for another
load. The same operations go on during
the day; this work never ceases unless
the mines and works should close down
for a holiday or something OF that sort.
The city of Anaconda is admirably To-
Gated, it is indeed an ideal place to live
in. It's founder, who recently passed to
the great beyond. was careful to select
a place for the city where good sanitary
conditions could be had. The drainage
could not be better anywhere than = is
here. A system of sewers have been and
are being built which will be a great i'm
provement, but the health of the city Is
good and compared to some other places
there is little sickness prevalent at any
time. Some people who folloW business
pursuits in Butte have their families
here in order to escape the smoke SO an
noying sometimes and because they be-
lieve the health conditions are superior
il, tho Cp,a1far Cttv
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21
1900 WAS A BANNER YEAR.

The year 1900 has been an exceptionally
prosperous one for Anaconda. Compared
with a year ago the city, in many ways
shows a wonderful improvement. Mer-
chants report a very satisfactory in
crease in trade, which is the best pos
sible barometer of the prevailing con-
ditions in any community. Prosperity
can be seen on every hand. There is no
such thing as hard times here, idle men
are scarce, in fact the wear closes with
desires to work need be out of employ
ment. SO, summed up altogether. no city
in the United States, perhaps, can boast
of a more pleasing and satisfactory state
of affairs than the city of Anaconda.
1t is not many months ago that pros
perity was not SO apparent as it is now.
But the year dawned with hopeful signs
for the better, which became manifest
when the breaking of ground commenced
for what is to be the greatest smelling
plant in the world, located along the foot
hills of the mountains southeast OF the
city, in a spot occupying a most COM
handing MISUNDERSTANDING the Deer
Lodge valley. The year 1901 will be we'll
nigh expired before this great work is
completed and ready for operation. BY
that time the Amalgamated Copper COM
pany will ave expended in perpetual
ing the greatest smelling city in exis-
tence, in these new work alone, the mag
nificent sum of S., 00O, 900.
The beginning of this work on the 18th
of last June, infused new life into Ana
cosda. Citizens who feared thai the
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21
LITERARY M

The Women's Literary club of Ana
conda is an important organization in
this city and meets every Saturday at
2:3O O'Clock at the Hearst Public Library
building. The officers are: Mrs. George
r, Winston, president; Mrs. ]. NJ. Sigh,
vice-president: Mrs. w. E.. Galley, Sec
rotary; Mrs. Edna Waterbury,, corre-
spending secretary, and Mrs. A. M.
Walker, treasurer.
The club takes up a systematic study
of literature, AMI the bright women who
make up it's membership show great
aptitude in the higher forms of literary
work and criticism. Their meetings are
we'll attended. and it is a rare pleasure
to be numbered among their invited
guests.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21
CHURCH AND SOCIETY.

Anaconda is blessed with fine churches
of nearly every denomination, and the
membership and attendance in all OF
them is good.
Secret orders seem to prosper we'll
here. as we'll as the various labor organs
izations. The Deer Lodge Trades and
Labor council. representing $500 union
men, is composed of delegates from all
the labor unions in the city, which COM
pose the organizations OF the BARRIERS,
bricklayers, butchers, carpenters, cigar
makers, clerks, cooks and walters, typo
graphical, musicians, painters and deco
rators, shoemakers, stonecutters, tailors,
teamsters and others.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21
Deer Lodge County Produced First of the Yellow Metal
---First Silver Smelterph the State---Greatest
SmeIters-FaStest Horses In the World


conaucted system of public schools than
PED Lodge county. Miss Helena Glee-
son, whose term of office expires with
present year as superintendent. has
a splendid record in improving the
COURSES of study and looking after the
general welfare of these institutions of
learning. T
3 III the county there are SIS districts in-
Guiding Anaconda. and according to the
last census there are S.S4S children of
school age divided as follows: Deer
Lodge, 1872: Race Track. IS: Snow Shoe.
II: Lost Creek. 60; Willow Glen. 81; Pho
neer. Il; Bradley, IS: Stuart, "a: Ana
| conda, 2,1S2; Ovando. Al: Washington.
So: Clearwater 10; Dry Cottonwood. S.:
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21

Helmville. II: Strickland, IS: Gable. %,
Woodwork, is: Warm Springs. As: Gar
rison. SO; Quinlan, AS; Modesty, Is;
Douglass. p; Willow Creek, 81: Hoover,
2S; Sunset, IA; EElliston, 10l: Hozel. &;
Avon. 63. Coloma, 10; Blu Eyed Nellie,
50: Riverside, %: Blossburg, 9: Nevada
Creek. %: Salmon Creek, %; Stanley
Creek, %. :
The total amount of taxes collected by
the treasurer during the fiscal year
ending Dec. Sth, apportioned to the
schools was SAC. 6S4.SS. or $1O.56 per cap
ita. For>the same period, during the pre-
ceeding year the census figures were
2,1T9: the apportionment of moneys $751;
69S. So, While the per capita was $S.3S.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21
FIRST GOLD IN MONTANA.

1t may not be known that the first
discovery Of gold in the then morgan
ized territory of Montana was made by
the Stewart brothers., on Cold creek, be-
dow the present placer mining town of
Pioneer, in this county, The first silver
quartz mill. or quartz mill of any kind,
built in the territory was brought up
the Missouri river from St. Louis and
freishted from Fort Benton to Philips
burg, then a part of Deer Lodge county,
and there erected by the Hope Mining
company of St. Louis. Although COM
pleted in 1867, it has been almost con-
stantly running ever since, and is still
making money for it's owners. Deer
Lodge county may be said to be the very
ENTER of mining in the Rocky mountain
region. When Butte became great it
was a part of Deer Lodge county and
tn far-tamed and greatest silver pro-
ducing mine in the world was, when
discovered and during the heyday of
its diVidend-paying glory, situated in
Deer Lodge county. Reference is made
to the great Granite-Bi-Metallic prop
critics. The placer mining camps of
Pioneer, Bear sulch, Henderson and
others have produced millions of dollars
of the yellow metal, and are far from
being worked out to this day. Blu the
Old-tlmer: he of sturdy honesty and
strict integrity, is, like the buffalo and
Indian, fast passing away. The early
discoveries of all these vast riches re
ceived hut little to recompense then
for their outlay of energy and theil
hardships. but their reward will comt
when they reach that country from
which no good prospector ever returns
Some idea of the growth and develop
ment of Deer Lodge county can b,
gained by a glance at the figures pro
duced from the assessor office, shown,
the assessed valuation of property a
the close of the present year to b
1894, $50, lacking only $50, AGO of tn
amount required by law to classify thi
as a county of the fourth class. TIL
rate of taxation this year was q mill
on property outside of Anaconda an
Deer Lodge; in Anaconda, 80 1-2 mills
Deer Lodge city, 80 mills, and in tn
portion of school district No. 10, whic
extends over the city limits, ~ mill
added to the regular county levy.
In population this county records
steady, substantial growth. The censu
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21

attorney. The legislative delegation
elected by the independent democrats
has also been contested, and unless the
legislature seats the contesting delega-
ton, this county will be represented in
the next house of representatives by
John Il. Toole. j. NJ. Madden. j. +. Nc
Donald. Thomas MeTague and Michael
Geary. independent democrats. and John
~Beilenberg. republican. The contestants
are all republicans and are j. G. English,
w. r. Allen. NJ. J.. Fitzpatrick, c. H.
Williams and Charles Jackways. The
state senator from tbis county is j. NJ.
Kennedy.
PROUD OF COUNTY SCHOOLS.
-Dnn,ntA- In NIn,fann hos n hntfal
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21
THE FINEST

In the way of theaters, Anaconda has
the finest playhouse in the state of Mon
tana, in fact, in the inter-mountain re-
gions. The Margaret is under the man
agement of H. F. Collins, who has soae
of the best attractions travelling on IL
road booked for the balance of the
season.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21

Anaconda is the metropolis and the
present county seat of Deer Lodge coun-
ty. and has a population, according to
the last census, of $3.50 people. 1t is
believed by many who are inclined to be
conservative in such matters. however,
that that figure is entirely too low, that
Il. 900 YOU come nearer to the actual
number of souls who make their home in
this place.
To approach the city by night over the
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific railway is
most inspiring: it reminds one of the
great industrial cities of the east, where
great factories are running at full blast
and throwing out their lurid illumination
into the skies of night.
The first sight is but a glimpse of the
electric lights at the lower works, pres
emily, as the train rounds the next curve
the passenger is brought TO realize the
things he has read and heard alb ut
Anaconda. Hundreds of these bright,
twinkling lights are brought to view and
far off to the north, stretched along the
foothills of the mountains he sees the
outline of the great smelters, where a
perfect army of men is employed in put-
ting the ores of the Anaconda mine and
the other Amalgamated properties
through the processes which reduces
them from the crude, just as nature left
them, to the refined metal. which then
becomes OF commercial value.
Over there are plants which We're con-
structed at a cost of at least ten millions
of dollars, representing the chief indus-
try of this place; IN industry which has
converted the little valley nestled be-
tween the mountains from a barren
space with sage brush practically the
only vegetation, into a city which en-
joys many of the advantages ana COM
forts found in the M tropolitan east.
Higher up on the hill above these works,
con be seen in the glare of the lights
from below, volumes of smoke belching
forth from the great stacks which con-
Vey their poisonous fumes to such a
height that they pass off into space with.
0Ilf n garipp the health of any00p
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21
THE VOTE OF 1900.

The total vote east in the county at
the election held on November Is last
was a triie over 5000. Taking the Of
flee of sheriff as a basis to go on, the
vote cast for the candidates running
for that place was 51il. or just vote
more than the total cast for the same
officer two years ago. The total regis
tration fer the late election was 6l99.
50 it can be seen that out of that num-
Der. there was 1858 who did not eXer-
else their right of franchise, but some
of this discrepancy can be
for from the fact that in the county
precincts it was not necessary to make
a complete re-registration, and the
names upon the lists two years ago
even allowed to email there this year.
The following shows the official vote
for the office of sheriff by precincts:
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21

Of 1850 showed that SS76 people made
their homes here: in 1890 the number
was 15.l55, and in 1900 the census show
ed ii had increased to 1I,493. Notwith-
standing that the county has lost some
of its original territory by the divisions
previously spoken OF, the record is very
SATISFACTORY 10 say The lSlSt.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21

%Precincts abolished or cut off fro,
county since 1898.
Conley's majority, 1S9S-50S.
Conley's plurality, 1900-209.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21
It MONTANA'S FIRST GOLD MINES It

~ MAY NOT be generally known. but
time was when Deer Lodge county
stretched from Camp creek on the
south to the boundary line on the
north. 1t was not until the act Of Feb.
s. 1876. that the boundaries OF some of
the counties were ~r5arranged. and Deer
{ Lodge in Some way lost a portion of its
most northern territory. Thus. what IS
now d part Of F.athgad and Teton
counties was ~uuorgani2ed territory.
N.lnuut county OF municipal gevern-
meat. untjl sometime after 1876, al
though iii q way partially claimed by
the organized counties of Missuula and
C1oteaU.
Upon The organization of Deer Lodge
county. in 1864, the old town of Silver
Bow, about one-haIt. nlie from the
present railroad junction. was the coun-
ty seat. and 1T vas there that the first
sheriff. Fred Burr, summoned the jury
for a term of court. Silver Bow creek
placers were then being worked. and
next ta Rannack and Virginia City. was
about the most important place in the
territory Of Montana. Silver Bow dust
was Very light. very rusty and hard to
catch. and the tow did long remain
in the county seat class. Ths old TIM
ers used To say that the only thing that
llltN NbLFN "tN .iASIbNb biAtA
Bow dust was feathers, and the only
thing lighter than feathers was Charley
Warren's conscience. Charley Warren
was the sheriff succeeding Fred Burr.
and is now known TO fame as General
Warren.
The unit seat was moved to Deer
Lodge (which AT the time was /lbbed
1.-The village on the trail to Bear by
the miners of Eedrtown. then one OF
the most important placer mining
camps il the territory. Deer Lodge.
however, was then, and remained for
years. one of the best towns in the
west. 1t was the center of attraction
for western Montana and here could be
found the heads of the churches of the
territory as we'll as the Wealthiest gam
bIers. In the mining camps of Nevada,
Utah and other states and territories
it was a common expression when a
man had won considerable money. to
say. He has won a Deer Lodge stake
Ii was the gamblers Mecca; but this,
in those days. indicated nothing worse
than a lively town. and a Deer Lodge
stake meant what the gamblers of to-
day would call a big piece of money
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21
HOME OF FAST HORSES.

Deer Lodge has always been "horseE,"
and was the birthplace OF Snail, the
fastest quarter horse of his day, and of
Lizard. the horse that set the worlds
record for 90 miles at t hours and 10
minutes, ana ran away With his tired
jockey, who, by the way, was no less
a person than Ben Phillips, now state
senator for Chotrau county. From
Sinai - kInley Mack is a long stretch
OF yeas, hut The intervening time has
produced hu1 Ses Nike Turner, Midnight
Bel. Mary fiIley, Ranchero n many
other great horses that have stamped
their personality upon the worlds rae
in records.
Silver Bow county was carved out of
Den Lodge by an act approved March
:, 1852. and ten years later Granite
county was formed from the western
part Of i and then the county seat was
removed to Anaconda, and the little
town NJ Deer Lodge received the 'un-
kin2est cut OF an in that removal.
But still it holds its own and received
some sweet revenge in the late cleo
ticns.
Deer Lodge county is now a county
of the fifth grade. made so by an error
of the assessor, although it is claimed
that Il proper and equitable assessment
would put it in the first or second class.
If reports are true. the old county
is abtut to submit to another division
that will still further reduce its tax
abe property list, but the town of Dee
lodge will again become a county seat
ana perhaps again recover some of it:
old-time greatness. 1t is a part of tn
recent history Of the county that tht
smalters at Anaconda would have beer
1,.,t-1 n,,.nr tI, ,;,-,l frp,,, tbn tny-,
of Deer Lodge but for the exhorbitan
price asked for the land. in which cas-
the magnificent city of Anaconda woul'
never have been built.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21

Total ...... 2,316, >, s2i1 /. $50 /, 152 :, o99
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21

PROUD OF COUNTY SCHOOLS.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-08

James Barton Adams IN Denver Post.
The curfew tolls the kneA OF parting day.
The evening shadows blanket all the
town.
The weary Chic) husband homeward takes
his way
In fear his waiting wife may call him
down,
Behind the billhoards on the vacant lots
The hold-up crouchcs with his bag Of
sand.
And clustered 'rourd the oorpuient Jack
SIT anxious men with pictured cards in
hand,
And lovers stroll beneath the starut skies
Ana feed each others cars with honeyed
lies
The arc lights spit and splinter overhead
Tho noisy tram cars roll along the
street
The big policeman OF the funeral tread
his boot.
Within tho washce house the snowy shirt
with sprly from puckcred mouth Wun
LunRee vets.
And providers pick cigar stumps from the
diu
which. later. We will gei IN cigarettes.
And DER his fragrant greasy. steaming
can
or mystery stands the hot tamale man.
In moisture joints where glasses clink We
hear.
As through the dimly lighted streets We
walk
Men curse expansion Der their lager beer.
With tongues expanded tin they scarce
can talk.
And heelofs flush with cash OF candidate
To drink with them the red-nosed
founders press.
And in their Eiangy eloqucnce dilate
Upon the ballots guarded sacredness
And ask the hummcrs TO do an they can
To land their pure. unspotted. honest man
The night creeps on, the hackmen at the
call
Their sleep banked eyes with chilly nm
gcrs rub
Then speed away with rafting wheels to
haul
Tic men with tanelsd legs home from
the club.
The tired harkeepcrs close ana lock their
doors.
The huns themselves to tsn-eent beds
The worry cop In darkened hallway
shores
And dreams Of cues he sees not when
awake.
The wicked town relinqmshes It's sins
TO catch 4 nap before the day begins
The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-08
bright BITS.

Very changoable man. isn't he I
wonder what his latest within u.s." We'll
-a-I guess am. We're engaged. -
Brooklyn Life.
His Suspicious Aroused-'Mamma. a."
said Johnny. Il don't believe this Is a
health food why not SOM" 1t
tastes Eood."-Chicago Tribune.
THE connoisseur-You don't mean to
say that there was ever anything in ma
turc like that landscape
Ariist-w Well. / should say not e9aim
to b. original in my work. I'm not a
eopyist. ia have you 10 kn0w.-Boston
Transcript
-Hc-Do YOU understand the language
Of flowers. dear7
shc-Oh. yes. little
"Do YOU know what those dozen roses
/ sent YOU last night mean. love?"
"Why yes; about 20, dear."-Yonkers
Statesman
-'If that poet comes In tell him I've
gone 10 Kalamazoo.' SAID the editor.
Whats up" asked the assistant cd
ltor
"Oh' IFS the competitor again" SAID
che editor wcarily. che made the poet say
dclphia Record
Jane came home to-day crying and
said she was sure George no longer loved
her with his whole heart And they've
been married only two months"
James goose. Anybody who looks a.
George knows that MS hearts aH right
It's his liver that's gone back on Jane -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
When King solomon preached the sub
ioct Of matrinony the queen Of sheba
laughed morrily
"a have "A parrot that swears and a
monkey that chews tobacco 80 what DO
I want OF hushandg' she exclaimed.
with an arch look.
"Chcstnuts" roared solomon. deprecat-
inuly
1.-THE King also called Her Majesty's at
tention 20 the fact that tobacco was not
yet discovered. but the Queen was not to
bee shaken ia her determine tion.-Detros
Journal
The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-08

/ Evidently Mr. Croker fe,t on Tuesdly
night that there was an explanation duo
from him 20 Sir Bryan. because. as soon
us IL became evident That his prediction
ar TO the result az the election iu New
YORK city had not been fuinned be hast
enod 20 announce 90 Sir Bryan that "we
are defeated but not dishearteued." TO
his announcement ~ defeat he added "a
statement which. although % might have
made Mr. croker feel That he had not
done So badly after 40. could not have
been rho fourec ~ much satisfaction 10
Mr Bryan Tho letter OF course, remcfn-
herod that Mr. Mckinley had carried New
York 81 1895 and a.d not ncod 90 be- re-
minded OF d. what De- wanted was news
that Doe had carried New York by ma
iorty thar would give him the state.
News uko Thar wa what Sir croker had
promised 20 give him. II the volum.nous
reports iu the New York papers are 20 he
relied upon Instead. Mr Croker cent him
statement ~ what wonderful things DC
tCrokcu h7d done
And d must boz admitted that Mr. Gro
ker did very good work. lie did more
than any other man TIA Sew York could
have done. lie turned majority Of e3.co
Tor Mckinley in 1855 TO . very cons.dera-
bic majority for Mr. Bryan in 800 n
as good work hid been done for Mr. Bry-
au ln other parts ~ thc county the re-
suit would have been different
sul Mr. Croker will Doe charged nroh-
ably with having sold out MT Bryan.
His friends will not credit &C. The sim
pie truth is MIR. Croker attempted the i'm
possible and failed Mr Bryan himself
is tof blame Tor hav.ns lost New York
he Insisted upon plank 90 the Domo-
cratic platform which majority % the
voters OF New York would not accept Tho
New York delegation nt the Kansas CITY
convention knew they would not accept IT,
Tho convention. however. followed AR Bry-
aniusteadof Mr. Hm Had Mr GROCER been
na firm against silver ~ that convention
as Mr. Hul was. Mr. Croker might nave
had tho satisfaction ~ sending very
different messages 90 Mr. Bryan on the
might OF the election
The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-08
lADEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Northumberland Lodge. No IS. +.
& A. 81
Special Notice Nervous Dyspepsia ana
Prostration cured hy suwaneo Springs
water
business Notices-TIovard Pure Beer.
Henry Solomon a Son.
Now open savannah's Great Elks car
nlvai and Street Fair.
Cheroots-old Virginia Cheroots.
Legal Notlces-Citaton From the Clerk
Of the Colrt Of Ordinary
Washing Powder-rearline.
Amusement" Soldiers Sweetheart. at
Matinee and Friends" Tonight at Thea
ter
Auction sales-singer Pianos. by G. ".
Dorset Auc.oncer. Silver. China, Books
Etc. hy c. II. Dorset, Auctoncer. sn-
verware. Furniture. Etc. by {. II. Dor
sctt. Auctioneer.
Parsuetry Fioors-Wood Mosaic Co
Eatwcll-Eatwel Golatine.
Grape Nuts-Postum Cereal Company.
whisky-Dunya Pure Malt whiskey.
yellow Label whisky
Mcdioal-Peruna; Castoria; Ayers Cher
~ Pectoral s s 8 Hoods sarsaparllla
Mothers Friend. Lydia Pinkham's Vege-
table Pulls Worlds Disponsary Prepare
lions. siuart's Catarrh Tablets. Hors-
f.rd's Acid Phosphate
Cheap Column Advcrtiscments-H oip
Wanted. Employment Wanted, For Rent,
Tor sale; Lost. Personal. Miscellaneous.