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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1901
Page
4
A writer recalls Christmas spent with a German style punch in New Orleans 1885 with Julia Arthur and other actors. He notes gift exchanges among theatre companies and reflects on theatrical holiday customs, touring China and Hong Kong with Colonel Moseby as host.
A reminiscence blends Christmas tales from Germany and a Montana ranch, plus a local review of the Normandie in Western Montana. The author contrasts German theater Christmas customs with family celebrations and praises the Normandie’s ambiance, drinks, cigars, and billiard rooms as a premier social hub.
Western Montana notes a splen did field for a detective as smugglers supply whiskey to the Flathead reserve. Indians grow violent when intoxicated, and local officers have failed to stop the liquor trade. A diligent investigator could gain fame uncovering who furnishes the booze.
The piece surveys early Montana gold discovery along Gold creek and Bear gulch, highlighting Garnet, Clinton district and the Butte influence. It credits Dr. Mussigbrod for ore processing methods, notes Nancy Hanks and Bear gulch prospects, and details Copper Cliff and Copper Bell developments with the House group under Superintendent Porter.
The Missoula area sees strong mining activity with Mr. Letterman leading work in Bt Regis and De Borgia where large ore bodies were found. W H Houston in Missoula supervises promising projects while Saltese St. Lawrence and Packer creek properties ship steadily. Montana districts including Coeur d Alene branch sites and Upper Bitter Root show revival and strong winter preparations.
A Chicago Tribune piece recalls a middle aged man visiting his alma mater and the old college football field. He reflects on a lifelong tie to the grounds and recalls losing a finger joint and part of an ear during his last game there.
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