The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-04
IN THE HOTE LLOBBlES.

Nine students of mechanical and cleo
trical engineering at the Montana Agrl-
cultural college at Bozeman, accom-
panied by Prof. W. NJ. Cobleigh, assist
ant chemist at the college, arrived in
Butte this morning and are registered
at the McDermott. They are here to
gain information relative to their studies
and expect to consume a week in their
research According to arrangements.
they will return 20 Bozeman either on
Thursday or Friday.
The students in the party are Frank
Wilson. c. d. Flaherty. G. L. Norris ].
A. Davidson, Harvey Sloan, w. T. Sloan,
w. A. Flaherty, F. w. Schmidt and IL.
B. Walters.
Professor Cobleigh stated that tn,
students would devote their entire time
while in Butte and Anaconda, which
place they will visit in day or two, to
studying the natural mineral resources
of the state. They will also, he said,
devote particular attention to the smei-
tiers, the methods of handling ore, the
precipitating of copper, ETC. He said
the students were interested in the fuel
product, refractory materials, precious
metals, and in fact all else that will be
industrial chemistry.
Professor Cobleigh added that as the
students were mechanical and electrical
engineers, rather than mining engineers.
their greatest interest was in the hand
ling of the metals rather than in the
metals themselves. He said arrange
ments had been made whereby they
would be able 10 visit the Butte & Bos-
ton smelter and others.
The students are much pleased with
their trip, and say they expect to be
much benefited by it. They are all nat
urally interested in their work, and say
they have been looking forward for some
time to an opportunity to visit Butte
for the purpose of getting practical.
knowledge of the study, which in later
years they will make their business.
They say the opportunities offered
them in Butte for gaining the knowledge
they are in search of, are better than
anywhere else. The arrangements of tie
various smelters and mines to be visite1
by the students have extended every
courtesy to the searchers for knowledge.
and the boy will be offered every al.
vantage possible.
McDermott hotel, has in his possession
a letter which he says was written by
Carrie Nation, of barroom- wreckinS
fame, and of which he is very proud.
Mr. Rucker says he received the letter
from the hatcher weilder in Peoria, ILL.,,
when he was putting on in that town
the show Ten Nights in Bar Room
The letter, he says, was i'm answer to
an invitation extended by him to Mrs.
Nation to be present on the stage during
the performance.
You see," said Mr.. Rucker, speaking
of the letter, that she declined the in
Walton. That part of it is all right,
but she later accepted, and was on the
stage for ten minutes while the per-
Torrance was going on. 1t was a great
card and how the papers poked fun at
the woman for her action. I did not
care, however, as all I wanted out of
her presence was the advertisement it
gave me.
ut came about in this way. When
we struck Peoria we at once became
interested in the paper Mrs. Nation was
conducting there. We had a barroom
production, as the title would indicate,
and 1 conceived the idea of having Mrs.
Nation on the stage during the perform
ance as a drawing card.
"When the fact became known that
she was invited to show herself. the
papers at once began to make fun of
the project. Then Mrs. Nation declined
the invitation. That fact was published
too. and more fun was had at the ex-
pense of the saloon wrecker The papers
said she was afraid of the ordeal.
THAT riled Mrs. Nation. and after de-
clining the invitation. she knocked me