Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-09-22

\, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER
to
stone National Park
of the Sheaf.
west side of the Continental Divide.
and at one place there is an eighteen
mile hill to climb. Motoring in western
Montana Is quite different from motor
Ing on the level roads in the Red River
valley. where there are no hills to
climb or descend, and where the roads
run straight instead of winding In and
out through canyons and along the
sides OF mountains, and where new
vlstas open up at every turn and twist
OF the road. We arrived in Butte at
DUSK and were soon very comfortably
quartered at the Arizona Hotel. Butte
by night is wonderful sight. Next
morning we looked over the city which
IS plcturesquely located on a mountain
SIDE OF the Rockies at an elevation of
500 feet. At the crest of the mountain
and Its sides are the greatest copper
mines In the country. one being the
Anaconda, which is over half mile
deep with no diminution of it's produc-
ttveness of ore. The State School of
Mines Is appropriately located in the
city. Butte is the largest city in Mon
tana, population $1,000. The ladies of
our party visited friends in the CITY,
namely Mrs. c., w. Lansrud, nee Miss
Valborg Smeby, formerly employed in
Warren store, and also a married
daughter OF Erick Welin of Warren,
who lives there and was a girlhood
friend of Mrs. Bystrom, when both
lived in town of Vega. .s~
We left Butte in the afternoon for
Helena. about 20 miles distant by the
road, but We're caught in a heavy rain
storm while viewing Columbia Gardens,
beautiful pleasure resort short dis
lance out, and for that reason we re-
turned to Butte to spend another night.
Next morning, Aug. 10, we started for
Helena again and after an interest
ing journey through a picturesque
mountain region we arrived in the
capital city OF Montana in the after
noon. Nh. Bystrom called on DR.. P. A.
Fair, pastor of the Swedish Lutheran
church, "a good friend of his, and he
kindly invited our whole party of nine
people to, lodge in the parsonage that
night. How fortunate we were. We
had intended to erect our tents in the
public camping grounds and spend the
night there, but the good doctor would
not listen to that at all. In the evening
we motOred out to the BrOadwater
Natatorium, the largest covered swim
ming pool in the world. 3OOx1OO feet
the water being supplied by natural hot
and cold springs. We had refreshing
swim. there. Returning to the city we
called OH Rev.. G. Wilson, former pas
of the Swedish Mission church OF
Warren. who is now serving a congre-
isn ~ Helena. There was a Ladies
KIIaUsasameeting in the church parlors that
evening and we and our boys partook
of the delicious coffee and lunch served
by the good ladies of the church. Rev.
and Mrs. Wilson like Helena very
much. Their son, Stanley, is employed
in a large printing Office at good wages.
But they have warm place in their
hearts for Warren, where they spent
many happy days and where their son.
Gust, still remains and is employed
at Warren. Returning to the parsonage
where DR.. Fair is the presiding genius
we spent the remainder of the evening
very pleasantly in his genial company
The young folks, and we include our:
self and Mr.. Bystrom in that category
amused themselves by throwing bean
sacks through different sized holes in
a board-a great game. When bedtime
came the good doctor committed him.
self and his guests into the keeping
and care of the Heavenly Father, and
then hunted up bedding and gave us all
good, comfortable beds in which to rest
during the night. DR.. Fair is very
versatile man. Besides being preach.
er, he is also a mechanic, and can use
his hands in doing all kinds Of manual
work. He owns and has built, largely
with his own hands, the large and com
modious parsonage in which he lives
He is also an author, philosopher, stu
dent Of the classics and a humOrist On
his study table we saw an open copy
of the Scriptures in Greek-and he
said he was still keeping up his Greek
although he left school many years ago
We have one other characteristic tt
note Of the good doctor and that is
he is confirmed bachelor. Next morn
ing he arose bright and early and made
a good breakfast for us. We were re
luctant to part with the genial doctor
so soon after making his acquaintance
and we therefore made him accompany
us to Great Falls, Ill miles distant
which was our next objective in oul
itinerary. Next week we will: write
about this trip and other adventures in
old Montana.
John p. MattsOn
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