Fergus County argus., 1902-02-19
Butte Was Dry That Day.

aggregate equipment.
Butte Was Dry That Day.
With a double,header a down-hill
pull. 1870 cars and 1000 passengers We
started out on a picnic. My deputies
brought me word that not single
soul remained behind in the whole
camp of Butte. | took this to be true
when an actual count on the train
showed 1000 more persons than the
population totaled. In fact. few
days after Hon. Bill Owsley came into
Butte from his ranch and told me of
a visit made to the camp on the day
OF our excursion and declared that you
could have fired a cannon up and down
the main street without fear of cas-.
Lalties. He said not a store, hotel.
and. would you believe It, not a sa.
loon. was open for business, and Hon
Bill was parched. He said it was the
only day in Butte's history that ii was
dry town.
AT silver Row Chris Niss,ar had
his contribution, of a carload or hear
in barrels. kegs and cases on the side
track. We had filled a fiat car next
TO the engine with a choice assortment
OF brakebeam tourists and kindred
spirits. assuming that the dust and
cinders had no terrors Tor them. I'm
agine their JOY when the locomotive
attached the beer car to the train
Immediately in their front. II was
wonderfnl-their alacrity In tapping
and driaking that beer. With every
body In black spirits, the hoboes were
II ecstacy. They drank eyerybodys
health, they cheered, they shouted
and sang.
The old Montana Union, as that party
of the Utah e. Northern railway was
then named, wound In sinuous curves
through the high-walled Silver Bow
canyon and this prodigious train was
ever describing letters IS" so that
one in its center could neither see the
front nor rear end.
Lost Some of the Crowd.
For civ n,,os ,,e groat oa,vor go,o
h.oL oo,oas from our no,sy ,orw.rd
co,ch nossangors Inn, only onoa woro
any NJ ,bau sao, Tbis uas ,b.,
tho train nassed ahout e,gb, of ,bom
str,gg,i,g ~ THAR foo, for nm, y, IN.
rich, ., ,,.v ooDos,,o ,h. o,r,,o
IN Tho ,r,oL nroh.h,v ,.non,,n, ,ho
,ro.n.c,,vo ,io conn,,no hotwoor
thore and putte
Th. Arc, s,on was mad. NJ s,,,rt
wharo our ,ro,n wos ro,,,oroaa ,i,h
moro eot cars ano,hor Iooono,,va
more dis,,ngu,shad c,,,zers from Ana.
oonaa moro o .na o,,,ar and
:, srst.o,aos a,gmon,.,ion os ,ront.oa,
vovooors A, noor od.o ,.o s,o,,o,
aoan, ,o,d ma tho ,own baa oono dovr
an mass. =, .verv conce,yah,o hind
oe yoh,o,. Garrison w.s do,on,,a,.d
o.vo ,or snooia, nossoraor ,r.ins nr,
y.,o oo,ohos ,nd swarms ., onoro,iv,
ro,,wav noon,o rano,,har .ro,,,
o.,aa "r,,an t,on,,ora ona .c,.r
,.vu Foo n, wo ,sod froa,v 10 oo,
,bo.o .van, oo,r,oro =, an or. y, nros
.r,,v .nd nonu,a,,on rhoso ar,
n.mao framed IN moro d,,nieod syn
to- ,ha, aro or,hv =, uas,orn noe
terity's imperishable remembrance
They were the real bone. sinew an,
brains of the stupendous undertaking.
that saw its nuptials that day.
How our locomotive enginee
threaded his devious way from CARR
son to Independence gulch. three mile
distant. II Is hard now to say, but h
got us there in an hour OF pickinl
himself out OF car blockades. Gu
democratic caravan not infrequentl,
jostled with the splendid equipmen
Of Dutch capitalist, a prince, a min
lister or an American notable. Pr
vate cars were SO plentiful as to be
come commonplace. while the trail
from Butte stood alone in its splendi'
isolation. a representative OF prlmI
tive democracy. Arrived at our des
tination everyone debarked except tn