The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-27
THEY WANT ONE, TOO
There Are Already Two Big Bridges
in Yellowstone County.
LAUREL PEOPLES REQUEST
Billings Stores Close at 7 p. M.
Saturdays Excepted-A Billiard
Tournament-The New Opera
House-Society Gossip.


Billings, Montana, January 25.-
Yellowstone county now has two free
bridges across the Yellowstone river.
one at Billings and one at Columbus at
the extreme western limit of the coun-
ty. The citizens living between those
points have been agitating for one near
Laurel. The county commissioners
wrestled with the proposition until af-
ter l o'clock this morning, burt found
they could not build a bridge at that
point for $4,000, which is the amount
they can spend without a vote of the
taxpayers, so they decided to postpone
the matter until the general election in
the fall, at which time 1T will be sub
united to the voters. The representa-
tives of various bridge building firms
were In attendance upon the board,
and five bids were received, ranging
from S16,120 to ST., $50. The board had to
reject all the bids, as the amount ex-
ceeded the constitutional limit, but they
made an agreement with +. E. Dtbley,
representing the Wisconsin Bridge COM
pany of Milwaukee. to give his COM
pany the contract on condition of the
vote OF the taxpayers being favorable
at the general election in November
The bridge Will be 500 feet long, with
three spans, each 166 2-3 feet in length
1T Will be a combination of steel and
wood set on tubular piers, and must be
completed before May ], 1897.
A blizzard tournament has been ar
ranged at the Billings club and will be-
gin tonight, though, as the games are
10 be played TO suft the convenience of
the players, IT may stretch over a pc
Rod of two or three weeks. The play
ers are divided into three GLASSES, and
each player will play "a game of 80
points with every other player in his
class, the one having the largest num-
per winning the prize. which Will be
handsome cane in each Grass. The fol-
lowing rs a LIST of the players First
classCJ. d. Losekamp. H. w. Rowley,
w. b. George. ]. w. Fish, Paul McCor-
mick. e. l.. Boardnian.
Second class-Ceorge NJ. Hays, o. C.
Finkelniburg, ID. A. Ross. c. A. Dewar,
+. l.. Mann, Austin North.
Third class-H. S. Williston. j. d.
Reece, p. L. Reece. w. II. Donovan, E.
ID. Gagnon. DR.. II. Chapple. Chris. Ye-
gen, George T. Lamport, n. G. WI
Eams.
A local board of the Western Loan &
savings company of Salt Lake City has
been organized In Billings. The follow
ing officers were elected: o. c. Fink
elnburg, president; E. S. Holmes, vice
president; p. B. Moss, secretary and
treasurer. The directors elected were
III. M. Allen, r. r. Grove, Judge f. N.
HARDWOOD, w. II. Heffner, Judge A.
Campbell.
The merchants have agreed to try
the effect of early closing for a month.
The stores now close every evening ex-
cept Saturday at O'Clock
The new opera house is nearing COM
pletion, and will be a very pretty and
coy place. 1t will be opened by the
Nellie McHenry company on Febru-
airy 4th.
A peanut social was given by the Ep-
81.
ana Mrs r. @. Funk ON Friday even
ing.
MISS Roeser entertained very charm
1ngly the members of the Entire Nous
club at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
i: ID. ODonnell on Tuesday evening
Inc names OF heroes and heroines OF
Notion were inscribed upon the score
cards and in that way the partners for
the evening were found The occasion
was honored by the presence of such
celebrated Characters as Tr-flby and
Lfttle BNlee, Hamlet and Ophelia. Ca
Drlei ana Evangeltne, Punch and Judy,
Romeo and Juliet, and many others.
which lack of space compels us to leave
The handsome orange spoon
given as a lady's prize was won by
Mss Anna Rixon. William Johnston.
after cutting with Mr.. Sayer. was
awarded little pocket comb with sill
Yer settings, the gentleman's prize. Re
freshments of pine apple sherbet. cake
and coffee were served, and the pleas
ure of the occasion was much enhanced
by solos ably rendered by Miss Dora
Gruwell and Mr.. Whitney.
Mrs. O'Donnell and Mrs. Bberley as
sisted Miss Roeser i'm receiving. Those
VINO We're present were: Mr.. and Mr..
Mrs. O'Donnell. Mrs. Bierly, the Misses
Chapple, Fraser Gruwell. Hayden. An
ME Jones, Loa Jones. Edith Matheson, !
Beatrfx Matheson, Mccormick. Rixon, |
Roeser and Soule. Messrs. Bailey. J. |
Chapple, T. Cnapple, Gagnon, William |
Johnston, j. II. Johnston, knight. p. !
Reece. j. Reece, Reynolds. Sayer. Setz- |
Ter and Whitney
Miss Ella Lamport, with the assist /
ance of her mother, gave a leap year 4
party on Friday evening of last week.
when the time was devoted to whist 4
Miss Mabel Sleeper won the ladies' head /
prize. a silver hairpin. and silver watch /
FOB as the gentleman's. was carried off 1
by Albert Newman. Miss Lois Fagaly
and Grant Lamport became entitled to
the consolation prizes. which were a
,olored doll and a jack-in- the-box
Supper was served after the compile
lion of the games. The guests were:
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Lamport. Mrs.
Champion, Misses Sperry. Jones. SouIe
schmudlach. Champion. shannon.
Preuitt. Sleeper Sawyer. Edith walk.
ZONES. Teenie Fraser. Fagaly. Church.
roole. Ella and Ida Lamport: Messrs
John Reece. W. NJ. Johnston. Regain
3athhorn. Leavens. Hughes. Newman.
watson. Cooper, Collins. Percell Dake |
strange, Wilkinson and Rixon
A charming afternoon at home was
riven by Mrs. Harwood. assisted by her
mother. Mrs Porter. on Friday. Whist
vas played. the head prize. silver tea
'ell being won by Mrs. a. c. Tompkins.
md the second prize. a silver veil clasp.
y Mrs. Becker. Dainty refreshments
we're served at O'clock. The guests
we're: Mesdames a. c. Tompkins. J. r.
ioss, II. F. Clement, Paul Mccormick.