Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-22
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One of the busiest and brainiest pro-
motors in our city, said Il Salt Laker to
Hotel Gossip al the Butte today. lis
Judge +. F. ColbOrn. He is everlasting:y
doing something to boost Salt Lake and
wake up some of it's old fogies. Colborn
can turn his hand and his head and his
tongue to anything--sing song. make a
speech. write poetry, or preach sermon
if he felt so inclined. He came to Salt
Lake from Denver some years ago. II
we had more Colborns and Coloradans
, in Utah and less capitalists who want
four dollars in sight for every dollar
they put out in investments. Salt Lake
would be the commercial center Of the
intermountain country
IS
They tell me that Butte people pay
out more for light and obtain less candle
power than the worth of their money!
resumed the SAT- I.aker. Now Judge
Colborn has got hold of a new light that
is arousing much local interest. The 9TH
er night in Salt Lake, Il test was made
in order to demonstrate that the gas
could be conducted through pipes any
distance desired and did not have to be
burned at the point where il was made
Up to this time the experiments have
been made with the light right where
the gas was generated: but on the night
the test was made the gas was conduct
ed through an ordinary tin speaking
tube for a distance of between thirty ana
forty feet and there burned with an or
binary Walsbach gas burner. The result
was so satisfactory that all Interested
in the discovery were highly elated 1t
was held by them that this demonstrated
the fact that any family could have one
Of these little machines and a tank of oil
outside. conduct the gas into the hnus,,
and have the most brilliant light known
to science for about one-tenth the pres
ent cost of electric light
The light exhibited in Judge Colborn's
office was said to be of go candle pow
er. and this light. it was stated, could be
burned for forty-siX consecutive hours
with one quart of oil. One test recently
made was to burn two of these lights for
thirty-seven and one-half consecutive
hours on - cents worth of coal oil at
the retail price in Salt Lake. Many To-
cal scientific men have tested the new
light, and agree that it is wonder"
So
Mr.. D Arcy, advance agent of ..'Tne
Christian" while in Butte related an in
cident which transpred on Puget Sound
before railroads webbed that part of the
country. and steamboats, almost walked
into the stores and dwellings ON the
beach. The town is Astoria Ore The
time is when Ellie Ellsler and her troupe
showed in that part of the country.
Darcy WAS at that time Miss E,lser's
advance agent.
There was one good hotel in the town,
but p.enty of other places where guest
could obtain a good fish dinner. Astoria
then was an ideal watering place for
such as cared nothing for show and alb
horred places like Coney Island.
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OF course. watering place has a he
alter or some sort of a building used as
a play house. Astoria haG an unpreten-
tious but rather pretty title lheate- az
this time. and it's manager and lessee
was also a dancing master. AS dancing
master and theater manager. he vas
the dandy of the town and his curly hair
the envy of every beau a: the Watering
place. He wore a dress suit in the mid
die of the day. and was really the Beau
Brummel of Oregon.
The theater manager was roioicel over
the coming of Iiffie Ellsler. Ef1ie was
then in her halcyon glory. She would
glOrify Astoria. She could impart far,e
to its theater, its manager. its dancin g
| master. Darcy was received With opea
| arms.
! When will madame play in my the
ater!!" inquired the proud manager"
She will come on the next GOAT "e-
Piled Darcy.
And what will madame o!ay?' vas
| the managers next question.
As You Like II, replied her agent.
'Ah. you do me much honor replied
| the manager IN the courtly tones OF tie
dancing master, much honor. But |
prefer you should select yourself VIVA
madame Will play. 1t is not as 1 like.
but as you like Choose any play. and l
am satisfied, so long as Madame Elser
| is the star
| Astoria's erstwhile dancing master and
| theater manager never read Shakespeare.
Not to this day does he know what
caused Darcy to burst out in laughter
| over his polite offer to leave the matter
of selecting a play To the agent-tha
same to be anything he liked.
AT THE HOTELS.