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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1900
Page
4
J O Miles notes George Blinn as a candidate for the legislature. Born Cincinnati August 23 1855 he came to Montana in 1886 and worked as an engineer in Leadville before directing large plants in the state. He served as Montana state boiler inspector for four years under Governor Richards.
D J Giard George Pascoe born in England 1845 moved to Butte 1872 served on city council eight years two as president. Sewell W Davis born 1863 Truckee Meadows Navy lived Austin White Pine Salt Lake City Butte since 1880. Edward A Morley 37 Wisconsin born auditor turned Montana real estate. Josiah Hodge Devonshire England 45, long Montana miner and staunch Republican.
The Chicago Times-Herald reports on how South American Indians use dynamite to drive chinchillas from burrows, then kill them for skins valued up to 15 dollars each. Ferrets aid hunts, meat is eaten, and annual fur sales attract European traders, with agent George Herzig noting large payments in native currency.
A Boston Daily Globe report details how cannon balls sold after a navy yard stock became repurposed for quarry work. Proposer notes their use replacing steel wedges to split granite and marble, with balls acting as starters rollers and weighty aids in clearing blasts.
The piece recounts a Tammany tale about Richard Croker and J Sergeant Cram in City Hall Park. Croker allegedly remarked on Cram’s bandaged arm after a Europe trip amid ice trust troubles. The anecdote illustrates Croker's sharp, pointed humor used against political rivals.
A drummer narrates a tale of a westward chap starting a business with little capital but great pluck. An uncle questions his product list while the aspiring trader proclaims a full line of courage, only to face the uncle's stern doubt and a cockney chuckle.
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