Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05

est in the big movements. so-calied, oil
the sex Recently We started a branch
of the American Woman's League anu
already our club numbers about lt, menl-
bers- The league is educatonai ana proa
ening. and fills many otherwise idle hours
with pleasant profitable occupation. MY
departure for Washington ends my ca
reer as president Of the club. but | am
interested in its success and snail al
ways keep up my membership.
y
Senator and Mrs. Myers may be named
among the younger set in the grave and
distinguished wing of senatorial society.
They were married less than fifteen years
ago. and have always lived in their pres
ent home in Hamilton. Senator Myers
was horn in Copper county. Missouri. and
educated in Bonneville, and his wife is
native of the fiourishing little city OF
Springfield. but they never met until after
Senator Myers had removed from Boone
vile and begun the practice of law IN
Hamilton, Mont Mrs. Myers Is the daugn-
ter of Thomas Doran native oil Nr-
sinia who went to Missouri soon after
the war. and located for many years in
Springfield. His wife, born Mary sum-
mers. is a native of Springfield. and IRE
atently pays visits to her old home. MT
and Mrs Doran reside near the home OF
their daughter and are among the vital
forces which have helped to make the
wilderness bloom. Their farms are among
the finest and most productive OF Nevada
county. as they We're IN Missourl .s
Our first home in Montana was
Butte said Mrs. Myers. land | can
remember the great mining city when II
was only a small and stragslins out
post Of civilization, made possible pA
~ mines. We lived there for many
wears ana | frequently return. Butte.
AZ every one knownS, Is IN ne heart Vi
the richest and most productive copper
district in the world. IL Is, indeed, inc
greatest mining camp in the nited
States or. perhaps in any other country,
and is one of the most interesting towns,
But the smoke OF the great sfieiteiS
m kcs il rather a dismal place IN whlch
70 live though. with characteristic energy,
X neoni. hay. eraSped that problem and
solve il satisfactorily. Now there are
ran chimneys in the mountains Whici
irnurson the smoke and carry III 50 hiSl
that il no longer poisons the air ana
lcsrraIs the vegetation. Time was Wnea
Grass ana trees We're killed by the smoke.
ard one may imagine its effects on the
human system when even sturdy Nege-
tation OF the mountains could not sur
xjre In lamp weather conditions lnuch
resembIed those in London, and British
ers would feel quite at home in Butte
fog.
But Butte is only one OF the many
mining centers. AMI 10 talk about the
resources of Montana would be very
verbose. Recently we made lonS strlles
in the production of gold and silver ana
precious stones. Just now the state pro-
duces more sapphires of first DUALITY than
any other commonwealth of the Union,
and is one of the coming sapphire
markets az the world. X Is only forty
years since the mines of Montana began
to be worked and in that time more than
81 .eno coo, 900 i'm gold. silver, copper ana
other precious stuffs have been taken
from the earth So we believe that our
state deserves its name, which in the soft
Indian language means the Treasure
state We have coal mines yet undevel-
oped which would furnish fuel to the
nation for many years had all other sup
plies been exhausted.
another fascinating feature Of life