Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-16
To ENTERTAIN
THE PRESIDENT.
THE BUSINESS MEMS AssoCIA-
TON DISCUSSED THE MAT
TER LAST EVENING.
COMMITTEE NAMED TO
WAIT UPON COUNCIL
Mining Superintendent Will Meet To
morrow to Arrange for Presidents
Underground Tour.

Postmaster George w. Irwin received
the following telegram from ex-senator
Thomas H. Carter this morning:
The president will arrive in Butte
from Anaconda at II O'Clock, June 1 and
leave that afternoon for the SOUTH"
The Business Mems association met
last night, and discussed the proposed
visit of President Mckinley to Butte
Ex-Gov. Richards said that although
Mayor Mccarthy desired to leave the
matter of the invitation to his sue
eessor he thought that the nun: ,pal
authorities and the association should
take immediate steps. The republican
central committee will meet tonight to
take some action but Mr.. Richards
was of the opinion that the reception
should not take any political form what
ever.
At his suggestion committee was
named to wait upon the city council AMI
present the question of entertainment
The committee was named as follows:
ID. j. Hennessy. j. E. Richards, Ben. F.,
Harris, H. L. Frank. Henry Mueller. F.
H. Renisch, P. J. Brophy, ames Brought
ton, j. w. Passmore, William Morgan.
w. Q. Speer, and Secretary P. T. O'Brien.
w. 0. Speer in speaking of the char
seSSNA
dered to the president and his party
said that an effort should be made to
show the mining industry Mr.. Speer
believed that the president would be
sick and tired Of bands and hurrahs by
the time he reached Butte. Mr.. Richards
differed with Mr.. Speer slightly saying
that the president would be here only
three hours and as there We're thousands
Of people in the city who had never seen
real live president their curiosity could
not be checked. Then again the president
might not care to so underground.
Mr.. Brophy thought that the president
should at least see the Anaconda mine.
Secretary O'Bren reported in behalf of
E. B. Weirick that the banks of the city
were engaged in securing figures to see
if it would be advisable to establish a
clearing house. The secretary said that
a report would be submitted on April %.
E. P. Trlol was elected a member Of the
association.
The National Municipal League Of
Philadelphia sent an invitation to the TO-
cal association to join with it as an at
| fila ted member. The invitation was &C.
copied.
The question of issuing an illustrated
pamphlet of Butte and Montana was dis
cussed at length and the printing COM
mittee was instructed to go ahead with
the work Register George d. Greene
of the Helena land office in response to an
inquiry addressed the following letter to
the association:
Yours of the 18th inst, inquirng how
| many acres of land there are in the
state of Montana that could be reclaim-
| ed received. There are in round num-
| bers about 6S,OO0,OOO acres of unappro-
| priated and unsurveyed and unreserved
land in the state of Montana. What
proportion Of this vast acreage is go
situated as to be subject to reclamation,
I am in no position to state. There are I'M
! doubtedly men in your association who
are more familiar with the Typographical
features of the state than 1 am, ana
who can make such estimate with more
accuracy l would say that that 10 per
| cent Of this amount would be a fair es-
innate, but the eastern part of the state
being away from the mountains, 1 should
say would contain a greater area of re-
clamabe land than that part of the
state with which l am familiar"
| After adjournment of the ASSOCIATION
the presidential reception committee held
| short meeting and a subcommittee Of
five was appointed to wait upon the city
council and urge upon that body the
| necessity of sending the invitation at
| once. The committee consists of D. j..
Hennessy, w. o. Speer, e. H. Renisch, +.
j. Brophy and H. L. Frank.
The secretary was instructed to invite
the mining superintendent to meet with
the committee at o'clock tomorrow ar
ternoon for the purpose of discussing
the reception. Mr.. Richards will commu-
nicate with ex-senator Carter to ascer-
tain what character of entertainment the
president should receive.