The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-20
MOUNTAIN VIEW CHURCH
Corner Stone of the New Edif1ce
to Be Laid Saturday.
A HANDSOME STRUCTURE
Articles to Be Deposited Under the
Somewhat Was Found in the
Tin Box Under the Stone OF
the Old Church.

the Old Church
| The corner stone of the new sos 900
Mountain View NJ. f. church will be
laid Saturday afternoon at o'clock.
The stonemasons have completed two
walls of the sub-structiure and the
others will be completed in time for
laying brick next week. The plans
show beautiful structure, elegant in
design and imposing in appearance.
The main entrance will be on the
corner of Montana and Quartz. The
church room will be connected by a
hallway to the parsonage. The order
of exercises at the laying of the cor
ner stone Saturday will be as follows:
Reading ritual, Rev. w. G, Shipper:
| hymn No. SCI, Rev. George F. Feese;
prayer, Rev. ]. Hosking; reading Psalm
1872, Rev. Noftsinger; reading, First
Corinthians, 3, 9-23, Rev. J. NJ. Set
tle address, Hon. ]. E. Rickarls; ad-
dress, Rev. F. A. Riggin: address,
Rev. Groeneveld; address, Hon. J. F.
Forbis; address, Hon. w. A. Clark;
| v.
ing corner stone, Rev. j. L. Albritton;
| benediction, Rev. j. F. c. Taylor.
| Rev. Father Callahan was invited to
| make an address, but clerical duties
| in his parish prevented.
Rev. Mr. Blackiston is away on his
| vacation, and will not be in attend
| ance, as was expected.
| Rev. F. A. Riggin was pastor of the
| church when the corner stone was
laid for the old Mountain View on
| Aug. 81, 1878. This stone was remov-
| ed when the old building was torn
down to be replaced by the new and
| larger house of worship. The stone
contained a heavy tin box, in which
had been deposited the following ar
| ticles:
Butte Miner, vol. l, No. l., June 1,
1876
| Rocky Mountain Husbandman, Dia-
| mond City. Aug. Is. 1878.
| The Weekly Miner, Aug. 20, 1878.
| Helena Herald, Aug. Is, 1878.
Helena Independent Aug. l, 1878.
The New Northwest, Deer Lodge,
Aug. 16, 1878.
Avant Courier, Bozeman, .Au". Il,
| 1878
| The Missoulian, Aug. 2, 1873.
| The Madisonian, Virginia City,
Mont. Aug. II, 1878.
Bozeman Times, Aug. Is, 1878.
One silver dollar, 1873.
| List of subscribers to the building
| fund.
| Ore taken from Original mine, which
| was discovered Aug. 10, 1864, by Hum
! phres and Allison, owned by w. A.
| Clark
A slip of paper on which was writ
! ten the following:
proceedings of the laying of the cor
ner stone of the NJ. E. church of
| Butte Deer Lodge county, Montana
rrit
| Commenced singing at o'clock and
| 10 minutes. Reading from the disci-
| pine by Rev. F.. A. Riggin; prayer by
| Rev. w. w. Van Orsdel: reading and
| response from Discipline by Rev. F.
A. Riggn and Rev. w. w. Van Ors-
del; singing of the hymn Jesus, Lover
of My Soul address by John f. For
bis: remarks by Rev. F. A. Riggin on
history of the church.
The trustees of the church at that
time were w. A. Clark, president;
Charles S. Warren, secretary; Henry
McMurphy, Henry Jacobs, A. j. Run
KEEL, P, Carney, Mr.. Hensley, b. Belch-
err, Horace WEIGH; F. A. Riggin, pas
tor.
The contract calls for the compile
ton of the building by Nov. 10 of this
year. 1t is probable that the church
will be dedicated about Dec. l.
The board of trustees of the church
is composed of the following: Ex-
Governor J. E. Richards. president;
H. ]. Blume, B. F. Smith, George
Stevenson, E. D. Elderkin, p. A. Ga
mer c. S. Jackman, C. H. Repath
and j. D. Slemons board of stewards,
A. E. Bruce, M. p. Sipple ]. S. Dut-
ton, ]. D. Slemons, George Stevenson,
William Dyer, NJ. j. Reid, j. f. David
son and M. P. Triol.
At the last quarterly conference G.
H. Repath was elected delegate to the
annual conference to be held at Livings
ton on the 9th of next month. j. d.
Slemons was elected alternate. The
delegates to this conference elect Mon
tana's delegates to the general con-
ference at Chicago next May. 1t is
understood that Ex-Governor Rick
ards will be the choice of the dele
gates for that important office. At the
last quarterly conference it was unan-
imously resolved to invite the next
annual conference to meet in the new
Mountain View church.
Last Sunday 20 new members oc the
church were received on proba tion
The Auditorium continues to be crowd
ed on Sundays the same as in the
winter. Rev. ]. l.. Albritton Is very
popular with his very large congre-
CATION. To him much of the credit is
due for the building of the new
church. He has been an ndomita-
BILE worker to secure this end since
the first day he set foot in Butte.
Among the articles to be placed in
the new corner stone Saturday will be
the following:
Christian Advocate New York, July
10, 1899.
Northwestern Christian Advocate,
Chicago, July IL, 1899.
Montana Christian Advocate, Febru-
airy number.
Anaconda Standard.
Butte Miner.
Butte Inter Mountain.
Butte ReView-Tribune.
Names of building committee.
Official membership of the church.
Alpha betical list of members of the