The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-04
MAKE NIGHT LIVELY
BUTTE HAS ITS SHARE OF AFTER
DARK TRAVELLERS.
OWL HABIT CLINICS TO MANY
Bakers, Newspaper Men and Some WAC
Stay Up From Choice Keep
Things Stirring Very
Late.

'You may travel from one end Of this
country to the other and you will find
that people have set Butte down as the
greatest town for night providers be-
tween the oceans" observed James
Kane
Long before I ever saw the place"
continued Mr.. Kane. Il heard many
stories about the way the owls kept
busy in Butte. met friend in central
Nebraska a few years ago, who told me
that When he was making a visit in this
city he used to Try and sleep all day,
so that he could sit up nights and watch
the people move about the streets.
He told ME that some Of the stores
kept open all night and that there We're
so many miners on the night shift that
there was little difference, so far as the
stir on the streets was concerned be-
tween night and day.
Finds Things Changed.
when I finally made my first journey
here, about two years ago, of course
I found things had changed some since
my Nebraska friends had dropped
anchor here.
However, this is not such a poor town
as it stands today for night owls The
people who work under ground have to
be out nights, and there is nothing
strange that they should be out late in
the evening or early in the morning.
''Then there are few bakers and
newspaper men who of necessity stay
out until long after the most of the
people have retired for the night.
However, there are a great many
neOnla al 1a I,cr
late into the night and have little excuse
for staying up nights. except that they
have gotten into the habit of sleeping
days.
Il once heard a prize fighter say. when
he was asked why he attended church
regularly, that he found it about as hard
to break off good habit as to break off
a bad one.
Accustomed to Church Going.
"He had been accustomed to going To
church, and he continued to spend some
time each Sunday in a place of worship,
even after he was making his living by
appearing in the ring.
well. l think it is little bit that
way with some of the people who make
up part Of the stirring population here
after night. They are people who have
nights and they don't want to go to bed
until the day begins to break.
"These fellows want to take dinner at
midnight, and supper. to speak early
In the morning. They have accustomed
themselves to going against the stream,
that is the stream of humanity. and they
want TO travel the wrong way, judged by
the way the most Of people do things.
when a man is coming down to his
business IN the morning they like to
meet him and shake hands with them
selves because they are going home to
retire when others are Just going to GO
to work.
Many Lively Places.
cot course. there are parts of the city
where one would expect to find people
up az night. That however, is not
strange. There are parts of every city
where people stay up nights.
''The thing that interests a stranger
here is the fact that there are plenty o.
people TO he seen on the streets in parts
Of the city where one would scarcely eX
pee, 10 find them late at night.
"Duttc may not be the night town i
was 10 wears ago. bat it does pretty wei
right now--pretty well for city o
70. 90 Inha bitants.'