Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-05
BRASS" BAND
PLAYS TONIGHT
AT BRASS SHOW
Attendance Reached Peak
Thursday Night; Biggest
Crowd Expected Today.

The brass" band in concert at the
Copper and Brass exposition in the
Palm room of the Hotel Rainbow to-
night will be n of the features of
the weeks show and attendance even
larger than that of Thursday night.
which marked the high point in the ex-
hibition. is expected.
The brass musical Instruments.
which will provide the music tonight
beginning at 1870 when welded by
the members of the Great Falls
Municipal band, have been a part of
the exposition display. The program
of the concert will range through both
popular and classical music for a gen
eral appeal TO the audience. The
Commercial club committee in charge
of the show. together with the officials
of the Anaconda Copper Mining com
pany. which has entered an exhibit of
the smelter products as well as one
from the American Brass COMPANY.
Will arrange to handle an unusually
large crowd of visitors. Men from the
smelter's technical department will be
on hand to explain the exhibits and
their relation to the smelling process.
Picture of SmeIter Hill in 1892
The attendance at the exposition
has been on the increase through Zach
day of the show. Thursday night. after
the attendance throughout the day had
been small due to the winds making it
unpleasant for afternoon visits down
town. was marked by a sharp increase.
mere was a steady stream of persons
about the room.
An interesting addition TO the expo
sition Thursday was Il reproduction of
an old Photographic print made of
Smeiter hill, the river and the falls be
tore the smelter was built. although
holes in the side hill and a cut lead
ing to the top along the line of the
present fiue to the top of the hill
and the big stack shows that construc-
ton work was then under way. Smell
ter officials. while they do not re-
member the occasion of the photo-
graph. place the date roughly at 1892.
Only the hill and the falls and river
line Identifies the picture with the
present smelter site.
When found among the records of
the company a few days ago, the print
was IN two photographs. both old and
covered with dust and dirt. Taken to
a photographer. the two negatives
cleaned and Joined together. then
rephotographed TO give a good clear
picture.
Torch Found In Panama
The result is placed directly under
the large picture in the exposition
showing the present smelter and build
lngs connected with it, resulting in a
sharp contrast.
Showing the enduring qualities Of
is an old torch that was found
in 1908 on the banks of the Chagrus
river in Panama. According to the
finders. it had probably been lying in
sands of the river bank under the
severe tropical storms and the glare
and heat of the sun for So years. The
torch, pounded out of copper. shows
no effect of the severe w~eathering. It
was entered in the show by Ralph r.
Wolf.
To explain the exposition more fully
than can be done by those in charge
Of the exhibits. the Commercial club
has prepared a booklet which is being
given to the visitors at the exposition
which contains a sketch of the
Uses of copper, brass, bronze and zinc.