The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
Chapter 13.

Jul hCAt sup WHICH WAS 10 De Butte
1.-the world famous" And at 5 o'clock
in the afternoon after a dusty but par
ticularly beautiful scenic trip, we roll
ed into the city of which we had heard
so much and which was not only the
largest city in Montana but was reput.
ed to be the gamest, toughest and
greatest mining camp in the world.
Butte is situated on the West slope
of the main range of the Rocky Noun
tains. 1t was laid out in 1867 and in
1876 the population was about 500.
The discovery of copper became the
basis of Butte's prosperity; and now
it has population of nearly 100.
Butte produces 23,OOO,OOO pounds of
copper per month or one fourth of the
copper in America and one seventh of
the world. Also about $3.50, 1000 in sill
yer and Sl50,OOO in gold per month and
there are still millions of tons of ore
in the producing properties. We were
told by the secretary of the Merchants
Association that the pay roll of labor
ers in the various mines of Butte
bAihOuhNo " PlsoVNsVNu pei llOulll
miners receiving on an ayerage of 81
per day. And there are about $4,000
miners employed working about 100
different properties. There are two
colored companies. The Red Rock
mining company capitalized at $1,000,
600, twenty-three miles east of Butte
on the Great Northern Railroad and
the Afro-American Mining and Milling
Company in Silver Bow county. Jeffer-
son county and Madison county with
capital of 100000. There are sever
al places of interest that attract the
attention OF stranger in Butte, among
the most conspicuous of which is the
monument of Marcus Daily, the great
copper king, which stands at the head
of the principal street in front OF the
| Government building; another is tue
tallest concrete stack in the world
which surmounts the Butte reduction
works where the beautiful Columbia
gardens situated at the foot of the
| Rockies on the Pacific Slope is one of
the most beautiful parks in the world.
Butte is the natural gateway to the
marvellous and wonderful Yellow Stone
! National Park and the City is always
filled with strangers during the season
| going to or from this resort. There
are about 400 Colored people in Butte
some of whom are doing nicely.
Upon our arrival in the city We hunt
ed up our agent for the Sun. Mr.. Jerry
I.arkins who had an excellent place of
business at East Galena street, but
who has been compelled on account of
the increase in his business to secure
larger quarters and is now located at
Ala South Main Street.
After removing the stains of travel
in his shop we were conducted by him
to our stopping place which was the
residence of Mrs. Ella Poague who un-
doubtedly has one of the finest homes
we saw on our entire trip. And it was
really a difficult thing to get the
Grand Secretary to leave the next day
After calling up a few friends in the
adjoining City of Anaconda % miles
away and having a pleasant chat with
Mr.. and Mrs. Leatherbury, Mr.. Calves
ton Miller and sister, were taken
for a ride over the city by our repre-
sentatives Mr. Larkins and had point
ed out us many places of interest We
were invited to go down in one of the
mines 1000 feet, but on account of the
rabbit in our Secretary We were dis
suaded from going. Our people have
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pastored The pastor of the Shaffel
A. NJ. +. Church is the Rev. R. S
brown a brother of Rev. J. NJ. Brown
formerly of Topeka but now of Port
land, Ore, who graduated last yeal
from Payne's Theological Seminar!
at Wilberforce and who was married
Immediately after his graduation t
Miss Floy NJ. Smith the daughter o
one of his instructors, and a very
charming and cultured young woman
Rev. Brown is entering into his new
work with much zeal in month afte
$3.50, $1O0 being given him b!
one banking firm in that city. Whel
we returned from our drive we wer'
agreeable surprised to have the hous
filled with Butte's leading Colored cit
izens, among whom were Rev. and Mrs
Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Larkins
Mr ]. Harrison. Miss Sallie Moore
formerly of this city, Mrs. C. f. Jones
and a number of others whose name
we do not recall just at this time.
delightful evening was spent in socia
coverse and some excellent musica
numbers were furnished by Mrs
Brown. On account of our niece an
her husband Mr. and Mrs. F. NJ. ShaT
non of 10 S. Washington Street bein
on a visit in Seattle our stay wa
necessarily cut short in this very IL
teresting and aggressive city and afte
splendid nights rest and delight
full breakfast we called a taxi cab an
were carried to the station and star
ed on the last leg of our journey to tn
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