The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-14
Memorial Day Services on Gus
ter's Battlefield.
SANDERS is THE ORATOR
Crow Indians Will Attend in Great Num-
bers-Plans for the Big Brew
ery-A Threatened
Boycott.

out, principally by citizens of Billings
and Sheridan, Wyo., for an interstate
observance of Memorial day at the
Custer battlefield. In addition to the
Inflated troopers of the 18th cavalry,
who persisted on that spot in the last
great battle with the bloody Sioux %
years ago, the bodies of large number
Of soldiers are buried there, it being
national cemetery. The graves of
those heroes are now every year decor
ated. This year will be no exception,
and arrangements have been made for
excursions on the Burlington from this
| city and Sheridan to the historic
ground. Col Wilbur F. Sanders has
! consented to deliver the Grafton, and
the coloners ability to do justice to
| the theme Is undoubted. Messrs J. r.
Goss, E. P. Townsend and L. F. Bah
| cock, the committee at this end of the
| line, are making arrangements with the
Northern Pacific to grant excursion
| rates as far as from Livingston and
Miles City. The Burlington has made
return fare for the low sum of s150.
Both cities will furnish bands, and the
Indian boy band from ST. Xaviers mis-
great interest in the ceremonies and
will attend in large numbers.
Louis P. Best of Butte was here this
week in the interest of the Billings
Brewing company, of which he is the
head. and made the arrangements for
the construction of the big brewery.
The company decided to provide the
| material for the buildings and have
the work done by day labor under the
observation-disclosures of R,,tta
The building will be constructed with
all the latest ideas in breweries, ana
will be SO feet by 1870, in addition to
number of smaller buildings, including
residence for the superintendent and
cottages for the employees. Mr.. Best
stated that the buildings would be
rushed through with the utmost dis
patch, and that the company would be
shipping beer by Thanksgiving. While
here Mr.. Best made a verbal bargain
with Peter Hoe of this city for 500, 600
brick, and the latter was preparing to
get his kilns ready when he was mott
fled by Mr.. Best by wire that the con-
tract was rescinded. Mr.. Hoe states
that this action was taken in conse-
quence of threatened boycott by the
Billings saloonkeepers in consequence
of Hoe being temperance man, and
that the contract has been given to
Frank SaVeresy, the proprietor of
saloon and a rival brickyard The tenn
perance people have not been heard
from, but it would not be surprising if
they Instituted a severe boycott on the
brewery's product by way of retalia-
ton.
Arbor day was observed last Tues
day by the closing of the banks and
public offices and a large number of
trees were planted by our citizens. The
various departments of the public
schools held appropriate exercises in
their respective rooms and each class
planted at least one tree in the school
grounds. A large number of the chill
dren spent the afternoon at the river
enjoying a pleasant picnic.
An inquiry into the alleged insanity
of Frank Sluser was held before Chair
man Newman of the board of county
commissioners, assisted by Drs. E. p.
Townsend and j. E. Free, last Satur-
day. The unfortunate man was ad-
judged insane and it was ordered that
he be sent to the asylum at Warm
Springs. Sheriff Hubbard took him to
the asylum last Sunday. Sluser came
here from Horr, Mont, where he has a
sister.
Mordecai Chandler, a Musselshell
cattleman, was on Wednesday married
to Miss Emma Jacobs of Diamond
Bluff, Wis. The interesting ceremony
was performed at the residence of Mrs.
Stockwel of this city in the presence
of very few friends by the Rev. w.
d. Clark, pastor of the First Congre-
gational church.
On Monday evening Howard F.
Welsh of Gebo and Mrs. Wilfred Jevons
of this city were united in marriage,
the ceremony being performed by Rev.
A Carswell, rector of st. Luke's church.
The groom is a civil engineer in the
Of t1, No, lynfE ,rly
pany, and the bride is the beautiful
and accomplished daughter of Mrs. M.
r. McKeown of this city
An Importation of 100 thoroughbred
Cotswold rams bred by Smell. the great
Canadian breeder, We're received at this
point this week by Nathan Godfrey of
Martinsdale. Although the rams had
a clean bill of health, they had to be
dipped, in accordance with the procla-
nation of the governor. This is prob
ably the first importation of clean sheep
to be caught under the terms of the
strict quarantine instituted by the gov
ernor.
The new bounty law, which requires
wolfers to bring in the upper jaw of
each wolf or coyote attached to the
hide, is not very popular, many of those
who have brought in hides lately de-
claring that they would not take the
trouble for all there is in it. The
change in the law went into effect last
Thursday, but up to this writing no
hides have been presented to the clerk
of this county for bounty.
On May Is the Billings Telephone
company will inaugurate a messenger
boy service, at which date new tele-
phone card will be issued. The COM
pany has made great success of its
business, far exceeding the most SAN
guine expectations of its promoters
Mr. Kane, the Yakima fruitman, ar
rived yesterday morning with his wife
and three children to make their home
in Billings.
Colonel Gould, the Burlington stock
agent, was in town yesterday.
Clinton Baldwin, a son of E. A. Bald
VIM the we'll known Musselshell stock
man, died last week at Little Rock,
Wash, where he ran store. He leaves
a widow and two children.
N. c. Brockway of the Musselshell
was in town last week visiting his fam
ily who are living here for the benefit