The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-09

loved her for her many virtues of heart
and mind. Mrs. Mills. in company with
her children, left for California last
September in order to be in a warmer
climate during the winter months, she
having been a sufferer for a long time
from sciatica, which disease was ag-
gravated by our severe winter weather.
After reaching California Mrs. Mills
was stricken with pneumonia and, being
weakened in constitution from previous
suffering, succumbed to the attack He;
remains were placed temporarily in a
vault in Los Angeles pending their re.
moval to this city, where they will be
laid finally to rest in the cemetery here,
where she has mother and step-father
buried Many, indeed, will be the heart
felt expressions of sorrow and regret
from those who knew her, that the
friend who left them few short months
ago, full of life and hope, should re-
turn to them corpse.
The week of the Fourth in Deer
Lodge has not witnessed many social
events. but the day itself was right
royalty celebrated by our towns peo-
pie, assisted by friends from the sur
rounding country and numbers of for
mer residents from both Butte and
Anaconda. The crowd of people was
not as large as on some former Fourths,
but what was lacking in numbers was
fully compensated for by the generally
well-behaved conduct of those taking
part in the celebration, together with
their fun-loving proclivities. Every
thing went off smoothly, everybody en-
joyed themselves immensely. and
better. more cheerful, or more enjoy
able Fourth of July was, never wit
messed in Deer Lodge. Everybody
seemed in good spirits and there was
none of that boisterous, drinking, riot
Gus exhibition which too often charac
terizes the celebration of the nations
natal day and mars its genuine enjoy
ment. The regular printed programme
was not carried out, owing to lack OF
entries for the various events, but the
Citizens band played an open air con-
cert in the morning, there was dane
ing at the pavilion in the afternoon and
evening and very creditable display
of fireworks at night Taken alto
gether, the Fourth in Deer Lodge was
very pleasant day.
Frank Martz of the Anaconda Stand
ard office spent the day in Deer Lodge
Thursday. When a boy, Frank used
to live here with the 'old folks and
it does him good to pay an occasional
visit to the old town and shake hands
with old time friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. c. McQuesten were
in town from Bearmouth. where Mr..
McQuesten is engaged in placer mining,
Miss Ida O'Bannon left for San Diego,
Cal, last Monday, where she will spend
her summer vacation with her mother
and sisters before returning to take up
her duties as teacher in the Anaconda
public schools. Miss O'Bannon came to
Deer Lodge last Saturday from Philips
burg. where she had been visiting fer
two weeks with the Bowie family, who
are cousins of hers. During her two
days stay in Deer Lodge she visited
her grandmother, Mrs. Lydia Irvine,
at the home of r. G. Humber and fam
lily.
Mrs. DIR. E. G. Rickert, who came
down from Butte last week with her
husband, has taken rooms at the resi-
dence occupied by Will Reed and fam
lily and will remain here fer the sum-
mer The doctor left last Saturday on
a fishing trip to the Big Blackfoot
country and will be gone two or three
weeks, after which he will return to
Butte and begin his practice of osteo-
pathy.
Mrs DIR. A. H. Mitchell came down
from Warm Springs Tuesday and spent
the day with Mrs. Sam Scott.
Phil Sullivan, manager of the Flor
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