Montana labor news., 1936-02-20
AN UNUSUAL PLACE

flaltSu OHC u the most unuSud pldNCoi
we think, in the State Of Montana.
We presume you all know the place
very well, or the name at least, or pos
sibly the founders OF that particular
business. They are natives OF Butte,
left after one OF the stork's visits
thirty-eight years ago.
This place is the Butte Bottlers'
Supply Company at l12-l14 South
Main Street, right next door to the
Daily Post Building, or down where the
large Neon bottle flows into the glass.
In u visit to the store over the past
dozen years, we have seen some of the
most unusual items ever displayed in a
store. First, when you enter the door,
is the wonderful sections of shelves dis
playing stems that were in Bavaria
with the old-time Germans saying that
would just tickle a Dutchman.
Then the brilliant and shiny shakers
and erver that would just make any
cocktail taste better.
A whole display is devoted to cop
per ware, where people from this ter
ritory send copper trinkets all over the
world from our great Copper City.
There are mugs, goblets, lamps, trays,
ice buckets and what-nots. They
would just thrill people as the material
that NJ from the bowels of the
earth in Butte.
As we go along we find Swedish
punch from Stockholm, Old Negus
rum cordial from France, Cora YER
mouth from Italy, Angostura Bitters
from the West Indies, Curacao syrup
from the Isle of Curacao and in fact
syrups, cordial and flavors from every
country in the world.
We then come to the imported cher
ries and olives and the Algeria onions,
used to doll up cocktails and make
drinking a pleasant affair.
On the other shelves is found malt
syrup that people used to make their
own home brew.
A very attractive and appetizing group
is presented in the prune, lemon, or
ange, tomato, ~loganberry, grapefruit
and celery juice display. Modern sci
ence and industry have secured the
world for delicacies for human beings
and devised means to keep them in
prime condition for his health and COM
fort. One is almost driven to the con-
%clusion that if man isn't healthy, it is
his own fault.
A subdivision of the Butte Bottlers'
Supply contains a unique lot of i'm
PIGMENTS that are sought by plumbers
and others who drop into this place OF
business at various times and scan
through the fittings in order to com
plete a job upon which they have been
working. This division includes all the
fittings for soda fountains and beer
parlors and other establishments OF
similar nature.
The housewives of Butte are missing
something in the way OF attractive mer-
chandise when they fail to look over
the supply counters Of cases OF silver
ware, electrical food mixers, hot water
heaters, matted milk mixers and other
labor saving appliances that have be-
come so essential to the modern home.
The management of the Butte Bottlers'
Supply invites the women to drop into
the store and look over the many beau
tiful articles in this department, de-
signed both for utility and beauty.
Adjoining the articles just referred to
is a further exhibition of chromium
trays, olive and relish servers, curling
irons, electric cords for electric appli-
ances, %shimmering beautifully patterned
glasses attract the eye as this sight
seeing tour is continued. Here is to
be found the humble glass Of 40c to SOC
a dozen; along side her a~ristocratic
neighbor Of $500 per dozen.
Then the large show cases again
CLEAN with the little dinner bells, peli-
can ash trays, little monkey sets, jam
jars, candy dishes and in fact all the
unusual items made from copper, brass.
glass, chromium, silver, pewter and
gold
As we are still thinking OF leaving we
come upon a large display Of electrical
appliance. A muffin baker that bakes
biscuits and mullins right on the table
Electric fans for the sick room, auto
matte toasters, electric tea kettles and
electric coffee makers and ~percolators
The electric irons and, my goodness,
right over to the door goes a full line
Of dozens Of lamps; a lamp for buddies
room; a lamp for sis's room, a beau
tiful lamp for mothers parlor, or an
other Of those grand reading lamps for
dad.
OF all the stores we have ever visited
we cannot recall seeing as many I'M
usual items in one place. Dishes for
mother, electrical gadgets for your
home, in fact you just can't guess OF
think of some of the new gadgets they
have in that store. Some time when
you want something and you just don't
know what it is or where to get it for
the Love of Mike take a walk into the
Butte Bottlers'
This company employs three union
men, has all their work done by union
people, and handle only union-made
merchandise, when it is possible to dc
so. 1t is also one OF the few wholly
Butte-owned organizations, and is
worthy of your support, besides we
know that your visit will be a pleasant
one because OF this unusual store,
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