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?Michael Riley—I am thankful that I am alive and that I am a resident of Butte, the greatest of all mining centers; that I soing to have turkey and cranberries for dinner and that the green cushion seat in the Oregon Short Line office is to be branded with a harp and shamrock. T. M. Hodgens—I am thankful I am lving in Butio; thankful that my health is good, that the weather is fine and that T have a place to sleep and enough to eat. An Attorney—What have T to be thank ful for? T am thankful for the suits T have brought and Won in the last year and Tam willing that the other fellows shall be thankful for those I have eut. Despite two or three threatened depres ations in Butte, this has been a pretty good year. A Physician—I am thankful for the pa tients I have treated and collected my feet from. I hope those who have not paid me are thankful for the free serv ice I have rendered. This has not been a bad year for doctors, and I hope it has noteen a very bad year for the people. The Coal Dealer—I am thankful be cause the cold weather of last year lasted far into the summer. I don't like to gloat over what puts other people to ex pense, but We all have to live. The Ice Man—I am thankful for the hot days we had last summer. I have to look back some time to the season of my joy, but I have forgotten about it, and with the rest of the people I give thanks at this season of the year. Patrick Conlon—We all ought to be thankful for the excellent weather we have had this fall. Charles 8. Warren—I am thankful that! I am now an oil expert. We have a great field near Dillon, and I am thankful for that. Joseph V. Long—I am thankful for everything except the trouble I have had in getting the Incorporators of the min ing stock exchange together, but later on I guess it will be all right. Dennis Driscoll—I am thankful for many things, especially the great mineral showing of the district at the east side of the flat, and also the fact that the ‘Weather is so fine that poor people will not suffer greatly for want of fuel to keep themselves from freezing. Major Dawson—We can all be thankful that we have a little smelter smoke, be cause it shows that the smelters are in operation and that Butte is turning out copper. Charles W. French—I am thankful for the possession of good health and anab ence of any ailment that would prevent me from walking my usual gait. (This remark was suggested by Mr. French seeing 8 man pass who could not take a step of more than six Inches by reason of an attack of rheumatism.) ‘The Hardware Man—I am thankful be came the season when people have to buy stoves and when the boys wear skates is at hand. The Restaurant Man—I am thankful because this has been a year during which people have eaten heartily. A good appetite may be the bane of a man with a thin pocketbook, but it works well when the restaurant man comes to fig ure up his books. ‘The Furniture Man—I am thankful be cause people have grown tired and had to sit down at times (as he counted up the number of chairs he had sold in the last year). J. F. Beck—I am thankful that I am alive, and would be doubly thankful if I only had information that my neighbors intended to bring me something good to eat. * John Jones, hackman—I am thankful for the possession of life, good health and the prospects for a third dinner. Charles Allensworth—I am thankful I 'd not get the $6000 that disappeared from King Lowrey’s a few weeks ago, W. E. Brink of the Northern Pacific office—I am thankful I am alive, which for all the thanks any railroad man has com ing. Now, just watch me fit out this crowd with railroad tickets. H. O. Wilson—I am thankful that I am alive and that I am in Butte, the greatest mining city on earth. I am also thankful that our railroad service, the Oregon Ghost Line, is first class in every partic ular and that our patrons appreciate the fact. Archie McIntyre—We all ought to be thankful for the good weather we are having if nothing else; also that so many fine buildings have been erected In Butte uring the last year and that more are in contemplation. Clarence Smith — I'm thankful that Butte is a strong union town, for un ionism helps the workman and his em ployer alike. Bert Stephens—I am thankful for many things, one of which 's the fact that yo u am in Butte Instead of the Philippines; another, that the Overland minstrels promise to be a great success in point of patronage; and still another, that the federal court here does not remain in session continuously. Patrick Mullins—We all ought to be thankful for the fact that we have enough to eat and clothes to wear, and that we are living in a district as pros perous as any that can be found. Hugh S. Wilson—I am thankful for be ing back in Butte again and for the fact that the hotel is doing a good business. Ex-Governor Richards—I am thankful for many things, one of which is that, ways and means have been devisuil for raising money with which to defray the expense of holding the mining congress in this city next year. We should all be iamised for the fact that no great ca lamities have taken place in Butte within the last year, and that we are prosper ous, happy and contented. David Meiklejohn—I am thankful for the excellent prospects of striking rich copper ore in large veins at the east side of the flat, and the further fact that the day for making the strike is not far due tant. HR. L. Frank—I am thankful for several things; that my health is good and that my coal mines In Canada are just as good as my health. W. H. Merriam—I am thankful for the Liberal patronage the business men and others of Butte have bestowed upon the railroad I represent, the Northern Pa cific,and that I have a little coal it stock with which to soften the crystalized particles of a frosty atmosphere that may take a notion to enter my house during a cold snap. George H. Caney—I am thankful for the possession of an interest in the Butte
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The Butte Inter Mountain
Butte, Montana, US
Tue, Nov 26, 1901
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