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Show MAGNATES ; ON TOUR ' I" -- r V Lucas and Others Looking 'Orcr Siluatioa in Montana Mon-tana and IJtab. Big Chief H."Loca, C. H. WH-Uams, WH-Uams, chief owner of the Spokane club, Walter Wllmof. and 3. McCloskey, sur-named sur-named the Honest are stepping bard on the baseball situation, of Montana. The party have been holding the base-baU base-baU thermometer up against the chests of the citizens of Butte, Helena, Great . Falls and Missoula and the mercury of 'enthusiasm has apparently risen above freezing point. Lucas has set the thermostat at a high temperature and Is now fifing up the furnace as fast as possible. He is confident hat the season to come will be a successful one and that Helena 'and Ogden will both be able to join the league. Walter Wilmot and the supporters of ths Butte club are not exactly on. the best of terms, it is said, but it is thought that peace proposals will shortly short-ly be made. LAs soon as he has thoroughly can- 'vassed the Montana situation Lucas will come down to Ogden and Salt Lake and make investigations as to whether there will be a Pacific National "league for him to represent at the head of the payroll. |