The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-20
HAMILTON HAPPENINGS.

I'D uilttoH, July ld-11oH' w. j.
stephens of Missoula was in town yes
terday, interviewing the commissioners
who are sitting as d board of equali-
cation, in regard to the assessment on
his Bitter Root valley holdings.
Mrs. HI. S. Page of the Hotel Hamil-
ton, who has been visiting friends in
Butte, returned on last nights train
after pleasant visit.
Nearly all the wool growers of the
valley have sold their clip this year
for 1412 cents.
Matt Sullivan, who has been suffer-
ing severely from rheumatism. came
down from his Sleeping Child ranch
yesterday and will go to the hospital at
Missoula.
F. K. Parmenter made a business trip
to Missoula YESTERDAY returning the
same evening
All the ranchens in the valley are
making hay these days, while the sun
SHINES, and 1t is reported that the har-
vest this year will be a very good one.
From appearances. an immense fer
est fire is raging on the other side Of
the mountains to the west OF Hamil-
ton. Dark clouds of smoke overhang
the whole of the top of the range, and
even roll down on this side. The sun,
yesterday afternoon. went down
through haze with a brownish red
tinge, and it is evident that there Is
a hot time somewhere There have been
no fires reported on this side.
Dave and Matt Whaley We're up here
yesterday looking at a draft stallion
belonging to the stock farm, which
they are talking of buying and taking
to their ranch just below Stevensville.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Luby were up
yesterday from their fine farm Just
this side of Florence and did lot of
trading with Hamilton merchants. Mr..
Luby. who lis one of the prosperous and
progressive farmers of the lower valley,
reports good crops in his section.
Mrs. l.. j. Holt is up from Missoula.
visiting relatives and friends in this
valley.
Mrs. F. l.. Burns gave bicycle party
last night and entertained a number If
her friends at children's party at the
family residence in the Hart addition
yesterday afternoon.
Sheriff Chaffin went up to Ross Hole
yesterday to summon Witnesses in the
case of the Sherrills, accused and ar
rested for killing cattle belonging TO
Marcus Days ranch
Allen e. Shappee, clerk of the dis
trict court for Ravalli county. returned
last nisnt from his Eastern trip. While
away he visited st. Paul, Lacrosse,
Wis. Milwaukee and Chicago. He
has been gone a little more thana month
and is looking quite we'll, but says ne
has had hot time" and is glad to
get back to the Bitter Root, where the
cool evening breezes refresh mankind
and allow of sound and peaceful slum-
Der.
F. G. Barnes, at the head of the
clothing department of the MISSOURI
Mercantile company, came up last night
from the University City, and will put
in the time here to-day between bust
ness and pleasure.
Tom Phillips. who has been in Butte
for some weeks locking after the mat
ter of handling Bitter Root produce,
has been over from there for day or
two, and is so much encouraged that he
thinks seriously of taking up perma-
nent location there.
r. A. O'Hara made business trip to
Darby yesterday.
Mrs Joseph Farrell and sister, Miss
Barbara Mazerell. departed Tuesday
morning for visit to their former
home in New Brunswick. They expect
to return the latter part of September.
Accompanying them was Miss Nellie
Rogers, who, after visiting her brother
here for several months. was return
ing to her home at Burlington, Vt.
]. p. Scarce, formerly employed by
the Bitter Root stock farm. has ac-
cepted a position inEthe clothing de-
partment of the A. c. NJ. Co. Mr..
Scarce is a bright young man and will
no doubt develop into a No. 1lsalesman.
l.. A. Singleton and family have
started for Idaho overland, by way 1T
Sula, and the gentleman expects 10
open a hotel somewhere in the Salmon
river country. North Jones accom-
panies them on the trip.
The strawberry crop in the Bitter
Root valley is an immense one this
season. To illustrate, e. c. Packer,
living up on bench lands about four
miles from Hamilton. and where there
is no irrigation, has gathered 100 crates
of the finest kind of berries from not
more than one-third of an acre Of
land. Not only is the berry crop im-
mense. but the berries themselves seem
TO have a finer flavor than ever before,
at least people are eating more of them
right here and without getting tired
of the fruit.
DR.. DeNayer. the saw mill man, and
P. Dumnotler of Stevensville, are reg
istered at the Hotel Hamilton last
night.
r. D. Kellogg of Portland is a guest
at the Hamilton.