The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-04
FROM FAR SIBERIA
LETTER REACHES AN OFFICER ON
BUTTE POLICE FORCE.
is ON PARCHMENT PAPER
His Fir end Narrates Incidents of Trip
Customs of Strange Race
Mining and Agricultural
Possibilities.

Officer Parvue of the city police receiv-
ed a letter today that IS, it is SAFE to say,
unique in this country, certainly in
Butte.
1T comes from faT distant Siberia, over
tie signature of his friend NorWaid
LOugias. Many of the incidents that
tranipired on his journey before reach
ing MS destination axe most entertain
lnsly des ribbed, as well as a few of the
customs of he country and its people.
Bitt plota~ly the most interesting
phase of the lie ts.' lies in the fact that
4. is W.'lt:en on Di. "a b>t'k with sharp
oinlei stick. The .1.lter is in English,
and the characters .erfSctly lesible. The
bark is as light ami pl.able as many of
tEle finer Gta,ies of stationery. The epis-
tie comes ia the Russo Chinese bank,
and is post marked Hiarhta in Siberia,
Russia.
Douglas says that until he reached
Moscow, ara while on board the vessel
the days and nights were one long. in
te."upted period of wine. women and
song. and that THE people of the differ
ent countries of Europe through which
he passed are very cordial to the Amer
leans, eXtenling every courtesy and
making ,heir visit Us pleasant as pos
sible.
The women of Russia the writer says,
are very beautiful indeed. On his trip
from Moscow to Irkoust which occu-
pied him nine days by railroad, they
We're much interested in him. Most of
the Russian passengers on the train,
with, he says. was crowded to it's ut
NEST capacity. displayed much curiosity
cnent his god filled teeth. Many of the
young girls would shyiy approach him.
and by signs induce him to open his
mouth. when they would gaze upon the
low of richly embe!lisihed molars with
undisgu sed admiration and with many
expressions Of awe and wonder.
The letter contains a number of I'M
pressions of The writer. In the Monsol-
Ian inha bitants he was chiefly interested,
in them and uaeir customs. They are as
a race very mach opposed to the desc
Grafton of the face of nature. To such
an extent do they carry this idea that
they will no. dig graves for the burial
of their dead. but leave the corpse lying
upon the surfa to be devoured later by
the great Russian wolves. Their women
they consider in precisely the same light
as they do their dogs, without soul or
lie: son, and treat them accordingly. In
speaking CT the mines Douglas says the
cond Lions are at variance with prevail
ing notions. The properties are not as
productive as at fart supposed, and then
there are countless obstacles to be over
come in the way of shipment of ma
chinery and ore. 1t took several weeks
before the implements ordered could
reach the syndicate of mines, of which
The writer is an esnpioye, and when they
did finally ai1Ive The people expected the
miners to take cut tons of gold in a
Gay: when this state Of :ihings failed to
mat ial re they grew dissatisfied.
The ulrney consumed month and
ten days and in Russia the writer
speals of travelling through thousands
of miles of rich and fertile land upon
Wi ch ii is probable the foot OF man has
ne ter trod. He dlaNs contrast between
tie den ely populated territories OF
China and other countries. and thls
great uninhabit stretch of the globe
in which, for the poor people OF the
future. lie possibilities no pen con paint.