Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-03 | Page 4 | Chinese Residents of Butte Prosperous

CHINESE RESIDENTS OF BUTTE AnE PROSPEROUS HLTTI-J, Mont., Ken, i. Tin Chinatown China-town of Butte with i:s shocks and dilapidated dil-apidated one-stOry buildings. it pic-tureSquC pic-tureSquC juss house and its aggregation aggrega-tion of plg-talled. wlde-bloused Mon-! Mon-! gollans. has passed into history. The I" pirmg i col e w'.th h - tWu bask Is of laundry susp nded from the two ends of his shoulder poic has dlsap- ' pcared from the streets. The Chinaman has not departed from Butte, however. He merely has' prospered and. to some extent has Changed his environment and appe.t. m.-. The pig tall disappeared with ' the f.,11 of the Manchu dvnastv and' th ubeeauenl proclamation of the , Chinese republic. The washbnskets on i the pule have been succeeded bv au-' toiiuil.ne d. lh. , . vvaion.s and the ld ! ramshackle buildings have heet, re-1 placed with ones of brick. Two brick ! bot.j buildings and many othe, store' building in now th- property of Butte Chinese who washed clolhes or peddled vegetables about the Butte streets not so many ers ago ! T here are In Butte today, accord-1 ! ing to cits records no leas than lochl- "r,: '" ""'" "'e majorifv oi these. It ,s declared, have automobile deliver... wtgpn ,h X" o ' f ' 1"n ' '' - Mstauiarts ' In Butte and scores of Chtneee are en ! gaged in ..the.- business pursuits: 1 oo