The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-10-27

GldTh0s AlAdAAy ACPiiSu SAO uOSSOS
as he led the way to the refreshment
emporium in the rear. 1t was then
that Mr.. Murphy told him he crossed
tile plains in SO, starting from Fort
Leavenworth In charge Of q mule train
loaded for Salt Lake. The doctor,
whose advent in the west dates back
to the latter sixties, acknowledged
that he had made a mistake and adj
mitted that he was considerable Of a
pilgrim after all.
While probably not much will be
heard Of the matter now, having other
things to think about since certain
events TRANSFERRED there last week, the
men of Butte got very much in earnest
recently as regards the need OF their
city of a respectable passenger sta
ton, a union depot, to be constructed
jointly by all the railroads centering
there. Their chamber OF commerce
held several meetings and resolutions
were adopted calculated to have the
effect Of causing the men at St. Paul
and Boston to bestir themselves and
take heed Of the appeals and demands.
At the last meeting some OF the
speakers called attention to the &C.
complishments of Helena in that direc-
ton and insisted that il Butte would
display a little of the porcine procliv-
titles that have made the states capt.
tai famous it would receive more OF
the good things it wanted. One OF
them spoke of the magnificent station
the Northern Pacific had erected at
Livingston, "a country village" he
said, and urged that Butte "go after
the railroads in the right way" and
it would succeed. The gentleman's
ignorance OF conditions no doubt
prompted him to make the remark
anent the country village" He seem
ingly was not aware that the Country
village" is the entry to the Yellow
stone park, the Northern Pacific's
49, t advertising card and an at
N that it exploits to the limit
in the passenger departments persist
ent endeavors to induce a tide OF
pleasureseekers to turn parkward each
succeeding summer. If Butte can get
up something that will eclipse or even
equal the park as an attraction for
travellers it may hope some day to
have a station fully the equal Of that
which the Country village to it's
east boasts.
According to recent press reports q
playwright has undertaken a produc
Njon calculated to have a local inter.
Nest, should the play ever be produced
, in the eastern part OF the state. II
is called "Jack Ermine OF the Yellow
) stone" What part OF the Yellowstone
; it treats with and whether any OF thu
> characters in the drama are supposed
to be taken from among the many
dramatic and historic personages wit
. figure in the earlier history OF thu
valley is not known. OF course, TIL,
army officer appears in it, also tn,
scout, trapper and other figures of
faded frontier, treasured only in his
tory and in the memories OF the mel
. composing the fast disappearing ban,
9 who were here during the days whel
the Yellowstone valley was as natur
, had left it when she finished her job
The dialogue is said to be sparklin,
and characteristic of the old tim
! western days. Samples OF the line
printed show the author of the pla
q to be a plagiarist or else he is unfol
tunate in his organizations. Tha
th%readworn remark concerning thu
particular lacks of hell-water and
" better population-as applicable t
!, the place in which he finds himsel
: is put into the mouth OF one Of tn
leading characters, a major, who eal
!, nestly curses the country after
~ hard days ride over an alkali an
: cactus infested plain.
While they have always manifesto
a very c~ommendable desire to faitl
fully perform the duties entrusted t
them, not a little complaint is hear
concerning the apparent disregard
- the county commissioners for publ
~ interests in n respect. Althoug
!, they have let the contract for erectin
! the new court house and have emplo
- ed a superintendent to oversee tn
. job, they have failed to provide accor
modations for the many y~olunte