The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-02
HAMILTON HAPPENINGS.

Hamilton. Nov. 3o-The ball given by
| the Hamilton fire department at the
Lucas opera house was the biggest
| thing in social line occurring in this
city for many days The house was
| filled with merry dancers, the toilets of
| the ladies We're ravishing, the music
| by Missoula orchestra was all that
| could be desired, and the crowd was
| well treated and went home voting the
| fire laddies of Hamilton very compe-
! tent entertainers. In a financial way,
alsOS the affair was q success. Many
even of the business men of the city
| who did not attend showed their APP
| preciation of the good work of the de-.
! partment in the past by purchasing
tickets.
Miss Sadie Catlin same up from Mis-
| soula the other evening and is the
| guest Of Mrs. DR.. Haygard on the stock
| farm.
| Judge Woodmancy, the dispenser of
| justice at Victor, was UP at the county
| seat yesterday paying his taxes and
shaking hands with his numerous
| friends.
| Judge John NJ. Evans and brother
| Tom came up on the train last night
| from Misscula to take in the firemens
| dance and also spend Thanksgiving
with relatives.
Mr.. Sherman is negotiating for the
Western News, but whether the nego-
!
| mains to be seen, as it is said Mr.. Rom
ney puts an unusually high price on his
! business. It is also said that Mr.. Sher-
! man has his order made out for an en-
| tire new plant and is only waiting Mr.
Romney's answer, and in case of fail
ure to secure the News will wire for
the plant.
The trial of William Printz for OBJ
! tanning goods from the A. C. NJ. Co
under false representations. will be held
before Justice Fitzgerald tomorrow
Erb & Moon, one Of the Hamilton
| butcherng firms. shipper 500 turkeys
to the Occur d'Alenes for Thanksgiv-
| ing.
A. S. Crabb, who left here with his
! family several weeks ago for England,
writes to friends here that they have
| arrived safely on the old sod, but had
g, rather stormy passage.
Walter Pell, the brush artist of this
| city, has purchased two lots in the
Riverview addition and it is said will
erect residences upon the same.
B. A. Matthews and wife have sold
| to Ada Boucher 60 acres of land near
Corvallis for $3.50. Bitter Root land.
and especially that rich land in the
vicinity of Corvallis, is valuable these
, days.
Miss Monica Shannon, who has been
attending school in Missoula, came up
| last night to spend THANKSGIVING with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P. J. Shan
| non.
Miss Winnie Squers. who is one of
the popular teachers Of Missoula
county, is in the city for Thanksgiving
with her brother, Treasurer squiers.
and is being warmly greeted by her le-
gion of friends here. Miss Squiers is a
lady Of culture and refinement and is
immensely popular with all who have
the good fortune to become her friends.
Ia Nf ~ ,1,r,s,v >,tso-
ciate a faithful minister was shown last
Sunday. At the Sunday school, of which
Rev B. F. Cooper is superintendent. as
well as minister of the Baptist church,
a $40 bill was presented to that gentle
man as a good will offering and a tok-
en- OF the esteem in which he was held.
The same evening MesdameS Hammond
and Miles visited the minister, and car
ried with them a fine fat turkey for his
Thanksgiving dinner, the gift Of Milton
Hammond.
Ed Lord. an old-time and respected
citizen of the Darby vicinity, came
down from there yesterday and leaves
to-day for Pennsylvania. where he will
take position in an acid mandatory.
DR.. Hanbidge, the Victor physician
and oculist, was in the city yesterday.
The genial doctor has now well-fur-
nished drug store at Victor and his
friends are glad to know that he doing
well In his new venture.
Messrs. George T. Bags and w. G.
Stuart drove I'D from Stevensville yes
terday on a little business before the
court.
John Bowling and Charles H. Buck
We're visitors from Stevensville on
Tuesday and the former popular treas
urer OF this county was warmly greet
ed by his numerous friends.
| ]. d. Mfser. the Stevensvile druggist.
drove from that town yesterday to do
a. little business with the keeper of the
county's finances. He returned home In
the rain. $.
John Golden. the county surveyor
announces that at the coming session
of the beard of commissioners he will
tender his resignation of the office
BY the looks of the crowd which got
off the train last night. every resident
of this place who has been away was
returning home for THANKSGIVING.
The wife and daughter of Mr.. STRAIT
ton. the new foreman at the mill, have
arrived at Hamilton.
Clerk of the Court Shappe and his
family are now enjoying the delights
Of rural life at their new home above
town.
The Bitter Root Times issued it's last
number Yesterday, and the plant is now
in the hands of the new purchaser
The subscribers to the Times will be
furnished the consolidated paper to-
morrow. lne RaNal1 kepuDllcan WI
continue to be published as straight
republican paper advocating republi-
can PRINCIPLES and republican success
at the polls. The views and opinions
OF the editor and OF no one else will be
expressed in its columns. and there viii
be no strings of any kind on it.
: 1t strikes your correspondent that the
farmers Of the Bitter Root valley
should pay a little more attention tc
the dairy and poultry business than in
the past. Cheese factories have beer
! tried on a small scale in this county
and have paid. having found a ready
market for their product. but suf-
ficient thought had net been given the
subject and /. is certain that those in.
dustries would be a great success il
properly conducted Again, with eggs
selling at So cents n dozen. and none t.
be had at that price. as has been ne
case many times This fall. it really
seems as though little thought would