The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-28
HAMILTON HAPPENINGS.

June -I-INSWlOH
Woods of Stevensville and Miss Marcia
Hord of Missoula will be married to-
day at the residence of the groom's
| parents on Burnt Fork, near Stevens
| vile. Mr.. Woods is the son of. Hon. r.
t. woods, who has represented Rayallf
county in the last two sessions of the
Montana Legislature, and the bride Is a
| sister OF Miss Harriet Hord, county SUI
perintendent of Missoula county, and
Eefself teacher in that county The
groom is at present employed in the
office of the Missoula Mercantile COM
pany at the University City, and the
happy young couple will reside there
for the present.
Frank Gage and wife, w. j. Norbeck,
j. w. Tisdale, William Lubrecht and
the Misses Markle and Dow visited
Lake Como on Sunday.
County Clerk Smart and Deputy
Reese spent last Sunday at Lake Como.
DR.. r. w. Haygard, the veterinarian
at the Bitter Root stock farm, received
news yesterday of the serious illness of
his sister at Lexington, KY, and left
for his home there on this mornings
train.
All the departments Of the Anaconda
Copper Mining company stores here are
taking stock this week, it being the
closing week of the business year for
that company.
Frank Harlan of Darby spent Sun
day in Hamilton.
Mrs. Jacob Bassus and little daughter
of Butte. who have been visiting Mr..
and Mrs. George Butler for the past 10
days, departed for their home yester-
day.
The Bitter Root strawberry has made
It's appearance in the market here and
1t is just as big and just as luscious as
ever, ana there is a good crop of it.
The Bitter Root berry is the finest in
the world, and will be thoroughly APP
preciated by the people of Anaconda,
Butte, Helena and other towns.
L. j. Phillips left yesterday for Butte,
where he will establish a commission
business with view to handling Bitter
Root produce. Shipping to Butte COM
mission houses has proved very I'M
satisfactory to the farmers of this val
ley IN the past. The Butte commission
mems returns have almost Invariably
fallen short of representation, and it is
tnought and believed that with house
in Butte and one in Hamilton, con-
Quoted by Hamilton firm, the Bitter
Root farmers will receive better prices
quicker returns and greater satisfac-
ton all around
W. A. Strange, the Hamilton transfer
man. is little under the weather. but
1t is not considered serious.
Much interest is being taken in the
various Fourth of July sports. The two
contending fire teams are out practic-
ing nearly every night, bicyclists are
on the track every evening scorching,
foot racers are trying to beat 10 sec
onds, the fat men are working down
INTO condition, and every cayuse that
can go some is being taken up, newly
shou, ana worked out. 1t is evident
that the prizes hung up will be warm
ly contested for and there will be no
| one-sided affairs this Fourth
II. H. Grant is suffering from a
slight attack of apoplexy. His physician
states that he will fully recover in a
short time
Charles Cahill, who has been clerk in
the clothing department of the A. c. NJ
Co. store here for several years past,
| has resigned his position, and it is said
that he will engage in business for him
self shortly
The quarterly conference of the
Methodist church for this charge was
held here Saturday evening, Rev. w. w.
Van Orsdel presiding. The floating in
debtedness on the local parsonage was
raised, and it was the unanimous de-
sire of the conference that Rev. j. A.
Martin. the resident pastor, be APP
pointed for another year A large con-
gregation attended the services Sunday,
and nine were baptized and seven be-
came members of 1.-The church. Rev. Mr..
Van Orsdel is an old-timer in the Bitter
Root, and his visits always bear good
fruit. He will leave for points down
| the valley tomorrow.
| At a meeting of the representatives
! of the Christian Endeavor societies of
| Missoula and Ravalli counties at Cor
wallis last Friday a district Christian
| EndeaVor union was organized, includ-
ing the two counties. Miss Mamie
| Sloane of Missoula was elected presi-
| dent, H. l.. Carter of Corvallis secre-
| tary and w. c, Harlan of Como treas
| urer. Their first convention is to be
held at Hamilton next August where
preparations are already being made
| for their entertainment.
c. ]. Leonard and wife of Missoula
have been in Hamilton this week en-
| route from Darby, where they have a
land claim.
c. w. Burton of Washington, D. c.,
| is guest of the Hamilton to- day hav-
ing arrived on last evenings train.
A party of government surveyors,
| consisting of D. M. Kinnaird A. M. Kir-
| chem, j. r. Stott and W. H. Kinnaird.
came in from Portland Ore. last night.
They are of party which did some sur
| veying last year in townships s. 6 and
7, range 10, and are here to complete
| the survey. The section where they
| will work lies on the extreme east of
the valley running from Corvallis up to
| Sleeping Child. Township is exactly
six miles due east from Hamilton. They
| Will start for the scene of operations
to-day.
W. NJ. Draffen went to Missoula this
morning to prove up on his timber
claim. Bill Eastman and Harry Kelly
| go along as witnesses
Four and one-half months scholar