Daily inter mountain., 1899-10-25
HAMILTON NEWS
MINERAL SPRING
Is Now a Part of the Forest
Reserve.
A PETITION IS CIRCULATED
Asking That It Be Withdrawn From
It-Notable Increase in
. Hamilton's Population.
A PETITION IS CIRCULATED
Hamilton, October %, 1899.

Hamilton, October %, 1899.
Mr.. George B. Wies came down from
his home. at Wiles' Springs, on Friday to
look after matter that is of special in
terest to him. Fourteen years ago Mr..
Wiles settled on some unsurveyed land
on what is now the Butter Root forest
reserve. discovered the medical springs
that bear his name, and spent mucn
labor and money in improving the land
and the springs, which have become a
famous resort through his efforts. A Pc
tition addressed to the secretary OF the
interior is now being circulated. asking
that the land occupied by Mr.. Wiles be
withdrawn from the reserve and that he
be permitted to file on the same. Mr..
Wiles' many friends here are hoping that
this effort in his behalf will not prove
unavaling.
Hamilton has been incorporated for
several years and the matter OF it's pop
ulaton is not of quite so much moment
at the present time as that Of It's sister
burg Stevensvile, which is about to
don corporate airs. Nevertheless, there
has been noticeable and encouraging
increase in our population during the
last few days. The home of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. l.. Graves was made happy by
the advent of boy on the 10Th; Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Stockman of Fifth street are
rejoicing in the arrival of a boy on the
10th: Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Cramer are
receiving, congra tulations on the presence
in their home of a girl who came on the
18TH and Mr.. and Mrs. John Fitzgibbons
are felicitating themselves on the birth
of a daughter on the goth.
The applicat ton of the attorneys of the
condemned murderer. Nels Peterson. for
stay of execution for sixty days has
been granted by the governor, and Peter
son, in spite of his wish to the contrary,
receives a new lease of life for limited
time
Among Saturdays passengers for
Butte We're ex-Sheriff Irvine and Mrs.
Irvine, Mrs. Frank Parmenter and son
Ralph, Mrs. Q. J. Remel, Miss Ida Tim
mons, G. NJ. Crutchfield, Oscar Crutch-
field and Miles Romney.
The first quarterly conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church at Hamilton
for this conference year will be held on
next Saturday and Sunday, with the new
presiding elder. Rev. Jacob Mills, in
charge.
Rev and Mrs. J. A. Martin of the
Methodist Episcopal church will enter
tain the young people of the church at
the parsonage on Friday evening.
The ladies of the Degree of Honor OF
Victor will give a shadow social at the
A. o. U. w hall on Saturday evening for
the benefit of their treasury.
Mrs. Charles Cahill sold her household
effects at public auction on Saturday
and left on this mornings train to join
her husband at Basin, Mont.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willet of Texarkana,
Texas who have been visiting friends in
tht, yallay for time. left for their
home on Friday.
The new shaft of the Curlew mine has
ben sunk to a depth of 100 feet and
future prospecting will be carried on
from that level.
The social and dance given at the A.
o. U. w. hall in Victor on Friday even
ing was we'll attended and an unquali-
fled success.
Miss Pearl shaopee went to Stevens
willie on Saturday to visit with friends
over Sunday.
Rev. Colder and family left this morn
ing for their future home in the state OF
California.
Charles Johnson of Victor is seriously
ill with typhoid fever.
Cyrus Frank of Reno, New, is visiting
with friends in Victor.
THE SWAY OF THE SWEATER.
Il had a customer for cardigan jack
cts to-day said a dry goods jobber tC
friend With whom he was taking lun-
cheon. land it seemed like reading a
chapter from an old, forgotten book
Its no worse than receiving an or
der for hoopskirts' said another mer-
chant land that happened to us re.
Gently"
The customer who ordered the
hoopskirts probably wanted them fos
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