The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-11-26
BUTTE AND STATE
OBSERVE THE DAY
MONTANA AND ITS GREATEST CAMP
HAS MUCH TO BE THANKFUL
FOR ON THIS DAY.
so IT IS DULY MARKED
Religious Services in All the Churches
With Union Meeting by Majority
Of the Protestant Sects.

The Hobbies of the hotels, the railroad
Offices, the postoIfce, the public library
and ether public places where men do gen
orally congregate presented the usual holi
day appearance today. As general rule
that portion OF the travelling public who
can get home for Thanksgiving day try
to do so, and today was no exception to
the rule.
Some travelling men, however, always
find il impossible to eat Thanksgiving din
hospitality Of their hotel.
All Of the hotels and restaurants OF
Butte prepared extra dinners for their
guests today. Turkey and cranberry
sauce were, of course, the prevailing
dishes, with the usual side trimmings,
winding up with pudding or old-fashioned
pumpkin pie. Regardless of reports to
the contrary about the scarcity of turkeys,
the national bird was very much in evil
dence today.
Many thousands of pounds were shipped
into Butte i'll the past few days, and all
of the local eating establishments were
literally supplied.
Few Montana Birds.
The turkeys came from Nebraska Iowa
and Missouri chiefly. Some were shipped
in cold storage and others without any
ice. Net few Utah turkeys were served
in Butte today. As they we're not shipped
as far their quality was pronounced SUI
perior to those that came farther Mon
tana turkeys were rarely to be found.
Chickens. geese and other fowl were also
served, while oysters from the Atlantic
and the Pacific were in evidence.
The railroad Offices were opened for
time il the afternoon upon the regular
Sunday schedule. There was little to do,
as few people wanted to travel today.
All OF the courts and other public Offices
were closed during the entire day. The
postoilice opened the general delivery win
dow at II AS a. M. and closed at p. M,
while two collections of mail will be made
between S 80 and 80 p. III. The public
library was closed for the entire day.
The numerous forms OF outdoor amuse-
ment in the shape Of football, skating and
the like helped to make the day up to the
regulation Thanksgiving order. Private
dinner parties very numerous and
about almost every family board were
gathered along with the family one or two
invited guests.
Thanksgiving Day Weather.
"The high barometer continues, indicat-
ing the day will be pleasant after the
smoke gets out of the way" said ]. r.
Wharton, the weather man. 1--WE did not
receive any report from Washington today
on account of this being holiday but you
can say that the clear, cool weather will
continue"
The smoke was very much in evidence
this morning, continuing until noon.
Visitors at the local hotels were loud in
their complaint OF the smoke but the GENT
inc smoke-eaters went along the even
tenor of their way and raised no com
plant.
Usual Raffles.
Turkey rafhes were pulled off at a num-
Der of places last night. and the elusive
birds frequently changed hands. At one
place on Park street it is said that the
patrons got a poor run for their money.
Chances were sold on birds, the numbers
running from to IS. A revolving wheel
upon which were the numbers was sup
posed to name the winner. but it is re-
ported that there were few winners, as
the wheel had peculiar habit of never
stopping opposite number held by
ticket owner.
Either through ignorance of the game or
because OF too much Thanksgiving en-
thusasm the dupes Of the game never