Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-09
BASEBALL FEVER
BOHEMIAN WILL PUT UP A GOOD
TEAM THIS YEAR.
OCEANS OF DEEP BLACK MUD.
Merchants Having Too Much Time to
Wait Tor Their Out of
Town Customers.

Bozeman. April ..
The baseball fever has struck the
young men Of our burg and they are en-
ergetically at work to form strong
club. So far about IA players have been
induced to say that they Will take an
active part when the organization Is
completed. AS they have all had con-
siderable experience and practice, very
strong nine will doubtless be the result.
The boys of this city have in former
contests shown their mettle. which, II
is safe to say. has in no way deterior-
a ted. so that good games may be looked
for the coming season.
The same old, old story, only another
chapter Just like those preceding. The
showing still continues with never
sign OF abatement, with the exception
that it takes occasional spurts and then
eases up. The mud, on the other hand,
is doing business on the don't care
plan. gradually getting deeper. likewise
thinner. The result is THAT the city man
saws some very bad things about 1t.
while the man who is interested in
crops fells jubilant and feels the weight
IF the dollars in his pocket. and can
near the sweet jingle of the coin in his
waking as we'll as sleeping dreams 1t
3 safe to say that Bozeman is treated
10 a brand of weather the like Of which
is not dealt out to any other town in
he state. Travellers tell of the dust and
winds to the west of us and the east
| Of us, but when they have been in town
for few hours they wish for some OF
it just for a change.
Travelling in the immediate vicinity of
all No
desired. in consequence those living q
| fe wmiles out are deferring their shop
| ring trips until the roads shall be in
better condition. The merchants nat
urally notice the falling off in sales.
yet are comforting themselves with the
| reflects ton that when the roads dry out
| trade will be all the better and that the
! general average will be maintained,
| While the prospects for good year for
| the farmers and stockmen are equally
i good for the merchant. who therefore
has no fault to find and rejoices with
lis patrons at the probability of rec
ord breaking year in the way of crops
and prosperity all around.
There is some talk of asking the city
/ council to pass one of those "anti-spit-
! ting" ordinances. DR.. Featherstone is
| agitating the question and proposes that
splitting on the sidewalk shall be called
| a misdemeanor. with fine attachment
| to it, to make it binding on those who
after being once warned. forget too
| soon.
| The College Glee club has been hard
! 1T work for some time in perfecting
| itself in the rendition of a programme
| Of vocal music. To show their progress
| m music arrangements have been made
20 secure the opera house at an early
| date. on which occasion they expect to
| treat the public to some extra good
| music.
Bozemanites who labored under the
| impression that they were getting away
| from a typical Montana winter by going
south about the time it was thought
| winter would start in, have mostly re-
turned, only to find that they missed
the very incest kind Of a winter by
leaving the state. and then returning
| IN ample time to get the full benefit of
that belated season.
| A. b. Carow, who has been in the
boot and shoe business in this city for
about nineteen years. has concluded to
| take much needed rest. The stock of
=, goods has been turned over to his
| nephew, Alex Wesstsch, who will con-
tinue doing business at the old stand.
Percy Train. representing the Western
Mining World. is in Bozeman for the
| purpose of looking up the various min
| Ing interests of the county, with view
of giving them extended notice in the
| Journal aforesaid.