The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-20
Montana Will Soon Have Boat Racing
by Oarsmen of National Fame
and Reputation.
The Society for Prevention Of Cru.
city to Animals Adopts
Bylaws.
Convention of Montana Sunday Schools
To-Nisht-ContractsL Let for Work on
the Boston & Montana smelter.

are now pending for series of boat races
between oarsmen of national reputation,
and the first of these will be held at Lake
Wilder, on Sunday, June LIST, when two
contests will be given between Jake eau
daur and Albert II. Hamm.
Lake Wilder has beautiful
half mile course, and is just the place for
such an event, as it can be conveniently
witnessed by thousands of people from Ana
conda, Butte, Boulder, Helena and Great
Falls. Special trains will be sent out from
these points, and besides the boat races,
the beautiful grove at Lake Wilder offers
rare opportunities for picknicking, fishing
and recreation, and large crowds should
turn out on that day to see the great oars
men.
Arrangements are also being made for a
race on Broadw tier bay at Great Falls,
where one of the finest sheets of water in
the world is located at the confluence of the
Sun and Missouri rivers. There is two
mile straight course on placid body OF
water. The citizens of Great Falls and
the Boating club of that city will raise
purse to be contested for by Gaudaur and
Hamm. The race will be held on Decora
ton Day, when the Montana Central will
run a special train from Helena.
The was good attendance of the society
for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at
St. Peters church yesterday. 1t was re-
ported that 100 names had been enrolled,
which list it is proposed to increase to 500
Bylaws of tho society were also adopted,
and President Bach made IA brief address.
The society will go right ahead on its useful
mission. Among other things it is pro-
posed to establish drinking fountains for
man and beast at various points in the city.
The first Sunday school convention of
the state of Montana will convene at 8
o'clock this evening in the Baptist church,
corner of Warren street and Eighth avenue.
William Reynolds, ESQ.,, of Chicago, ILL.,.
a member of the executive committee of
the international Sunday school conven-
ton, will be present and take an active
part in the programme. The outlook is
for a more interesting and largely attended
convention than any heretofore held in the
interest of Sunday schools. The public
generally are invited. The following is
the programme for tonight: Song service,
j. W. Eddy, chorister, S:O0-8:15: address of
welcome, the President, 8:15-S:3O; greeting
of delegates (informaD, s:3O-s:45; appoint
ment of committees; $4,000; song; ad-
dress, VIM. Reynolds, 9:OO-9:SO; Labor on"
benediction.
The convention is scheduled, and will go
through on time,
Mr.. 0. M. Parsons, of the Boston d Mon
tana Mining company, with headquarters
H., l,o, 1~@o, s~,A t,o 1s%., forx,
days on business connected with the con-
struction of the company's proposed big
smelter and refinery to be located near
Great Falls, and has, it is understood, let
several contracts in this city for the work,
which will begin at once. When started
this work will give employment to
several hundred men during the
summer, as it is an under
taking that will involve the expenditure of
$1,000, 900 or more. Mr.. Parsons says the
work will be pushed to completion and
would have been under way before but for
the delay in getting the railroad out to the
smelter site where the construction of the
monster dam at Black Eagle Falls is under
way.
To-day the order issued to take off the
Montana Central trains running between
Helena and Marysville goes into effect.
The only reason for this action is that there
is no business for two railroads i'll the
town of Marysville. The Montana COM
pany limited. or Drum Lummon, is about
the only institution there that has any ex-
tensive railroad business, and the Northern
Pacific has that traffic. The latter COM
pany has another advantage over the Mon
tana Central in Marysville in the matter of
location. Their depot is right in the town
and is large and very conveniently reached,
while the Montana Central is down in a
gulch about half mile away and a steep
hill has to be assembled to reach the town
from their depot.
liberal patron of Ming's opera house
writes suggestions that is that a very small
expenditure would provide wires for hats
beneath the seats and thus make it unnec-
essary for gentleman to either hold his
hat awkwardly or place it on an extremely
dirty floor where the chances are largely in
favor of its being rolled about beyond
reach. He also says that the backs of some
seats are improperly screwed down. Dur
ing the engagement of the Bostonians he
found seat with no back at all except a
post. In this connection it might be well
to mention that a wire on the back of every
seat on which to hang an oyercoat or wrap,
would be very desirable. Surely these are
conveniences which can be secured without
a large outlay of money and they are very
necessary, too.
Delegations of Knights of Pythias from
all over the state congregated i'll Helene
yesterday on their way to the annual grant
lodge session which convenes at Livingston
to- day. There were delegations from Mis-
soula, Phillipsburg. Granite, Anaconda
Deer Lodge, Butte, Boulder and Great Fall
and these were joined by large delegation
of Helena Knights. The entire party lef
on the evening train for Livingston an,
they will have possession of that city 70
the next few days. Among the visitor
were noticed Lieut. Gov. Richards. from
Butte; Geo. III. Bourgin and n. j. Scott o
Walkerville, Mark Bryan of Phillipsaurg
Dan Ames and wife of Granite. p. j. Gala
CHER OF Butte. DR.. c. X. Cole Harry l..
and l.. A. Walker. and Jacob Loeb wer
among the Helenaites who left.
n. p. Walters was let out as city detect
i've yesterday upon the order of the mayol