The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-26
WHY BUTTE
PEOPLE are
THANKFUL

alive and that am a resident of Butte
the greatest of all mining centers; that I
am going to have turkey and cranberres
for dinner and that the green cushion
seat in the Oregon Short Line office is to
be branded with harp and shamrock.
+. M. HOdgens-I am thankful I am
living in Butte; thankful that my health
Is good. that the weather is fine and that
l have a place to sleep and enough to
eat.
An Attorney-What have to be thank
full for? I am thankful for the suits
have brought and won in the last year,
and l am willing that the other fellows
shall be thankful for those have lost.
Despite two or three threatened depres-
siOns in Butte, this has been a pretty
good year.
A Physician-I am thankful for the pa
tients l have treated and collected, my
fees from. l hope those who have not
paid me are thankful for the free serv-
ice have rendered. This has not been a
bad year for doctors, and hope it has
not been very bad year for the people,
The Coal Dealer--I am thankful be-
cause the cold weather of last year lasted
far into the summer. 1 don't like to
glOat over what puts other people to ex-
pense, but we all have to live.
The Ice Mani am thankful for the
hot days we had last summer. I have
to look back some time to the season of
my JOY but have forgotten about it,
and with the rest of the people I give
thanks at this season Of the year.
Patrick COnlon-We all ought to be
thankful for the excellent weather we
have had this fall.
g
I am now an oil expert. We have a great
field near Dillon, and am thankful for
that.
Joseph v. Long-I am thankful for
everything except the trouble have had
in getting the incorporators Of the min
ing stock exchange together, but later
on guess it will be all right.
Dennis Driscoll-I am thankful for
many things especially the great mineral
showing of the district at the east side
of the fiat, and also the fact that the
weather is SO fine that poor people will
not suffer greatly for want of fuel to
keep themselves from freezing.
Major Dawson-We can all be thankful
that we have little smelter smoke, be-
cause 1t shows that the smelters are in
operation and that Butte is turning out
copper.
Charles w. French-I am thankful fer
the possession of good health and an alb
sence of any ailment that would prevent
me from walking my usual gait. (This
remark was suggested by Mr.. French
seeing man pass who could not take a
step of more than six inches by reason
Of an attack of rheumatism)
The Hardware Mani am thankful be-
cause the season when people have to buy
stoves and when the boys wear skates is
at hand. ,2t
The Restaurant Mani am thankful
because this has been a year during
which people have eaten heartily. A
good appetite may be the bane of a man
with thin pocketbook, but it works we'll
when the restaurant man comes to fig
ure up his books.
The Furniture Mani am thankful be-
cause people have grown tired and had
to sit down at times Gas he counted up
the number of chairs he had sold in the
last year,.
J. F. Beck-I am thankful that I am
alive, and would be doubly thankful If
only had information that my neighbors
intended to bring me something good to
eat.
John Jones, hackman-I am thankful
for the possession of life, good health and
the prospects for bird dinner.
Charles Allensworth-I am thankful I
did not get the $4,000 that disappeared
from King & Lowrey's few weeks ago.
w. E. Brink of the Northern Pacific
off1ce-I am thankful am alive. which Is
all the thanks any railroad man has COM
ing. Now, just watch me fit out this
crowd with railroad tickets.
H. o. Wilson, am thankful that I am
alive and that am in Butte, the greatest
mining city on earth. I am also thankful
that our railroad service, the Oregon
Short Line, is first class in every partic-
ular and that our patrons appreciate the
fact.
thankful for the good weather we are
having If nothing else; also that so many
fine buildings have been erected in Butte
during the last year and that more are
In contemplation.
Clarence Smith - I'm thankful that
Butte is strong union town, for I'M
ionism helps the workman and his en-
ployer alike.
Bert Stephens am thankful for many
things, one of which is the fact that !
am in Butte instead of the Philippines:
another that the Overland MINISTRIES
promise to be a great success in point of
patronage; and still another. that the
federal court here does not remain in
session continuously.
Patrick Mulins-We all ought to be
thankful for the fact that we have
enough to eat and clothes to wear. and
that we are living in a district as pros
porous as any that can be found.
Hugh I. Wilson, am thankful for be-
ing back In Butte again and for the fact
that the hotel is doing a good business.
Ex-Governor Rickards-I am thankful
for many things, one of which is that
ways and means have been devised for
raising money with which to defray the
expense of holding the mining congress
In this city next year. We should all be
thankful for the fact that no great ca
lam&ties have taken place in Butte within
the last year, and that we ara prosper
Gus, happy and contented.
David Meiklejohn-I am thankful for
the excellent prospects of striking rich