The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-02
MlSSOULA NOTES.

Get your boy some firecrackers. Tues
day is his day.
Missoula merchants find that Stand
ard ads bring business.
st. Regis will have a Fourth of July
celebration of it's own this year.
Lieutenant Cave will lead the boys
of troop F. in the Tuesday parade.
Several parties have left the city for
the hills and will not return until the
Fourth.
The forest rangers will, it is hoped.
be given place in the parade of Tues.
day morning.
With the Bitter Root strawberry and
plenty of red fire, Missoulas Fourth
ought to be all right.
The second floor of the Deschamp
building on Higgins is being changed,
so as to be made into rooms.
The martial tread of the Missoula
light infantry will add dignity to the
morning parade on the Fourth.
The state press is having a lot of fun
with Postmaster Keeps name, but he
keeps on doing business at the old
stand.
Some big shipments of strawberries
are going through Missoula on the Cop
per City Limited for Butte and Ana
conda.
A. H. Shinn, who accidentally cut his
foot with an axe is getting along very
nicely and will soon leave for his home
at Quartz
The weather clerk is the friend of the
bicyclist these days. His frequent bur
light showers keep the roads in perfect
condition.
There is all the excitement of faro
game about this high water business.
It's guess whether the water will go
up or down.
Some of the farmers in the low lands
have been compelled during the, past
week to take water whether they want
ed to or not.
skittish horses and who will have them
out on the fourth-Be prepared for the
boy with tirecrackers.
The Copper City Limited came near
running over No. 1, the slow train Fri
day, The Limited is maintaining its
reputation for good running.
The arrival of Hank Myers. an
nounced in his own peculiar way last
week, will mark the beginning of the
local celebration of the Fourth
The Fourth of July committee should
get the big crowd of Indians that are
in the city to take part in the parade,
County Surveyor Hughes is in Thomp-
son looking over the road district and
supervising some repairs that were
made necessary by the high waters.
The Bonner stage people will put on
an extra line of coaches to handle the
crowd that will come up from Bonner
to attend the celebration on the Fourth
The railroad company has added an
other coach to the Copper City Limited
for the next few days so as to be able
to handle the crowds that will come to
the city for the Fourth.
Monday night is the date for the reg
ular meeting of the city council. AS it
is the night before the Fourth and as
the aldermen are all patriotic, there
will probably be brief session.
Fred c. Webster, as administrator of
the c. P. Haggtns estate, has sold to
Louise Bostwick a certain parcel of
| ground in block I, in the w. ]. McCor-
mick addition to Missoula, for 1905.
George Mcleod, who was quite badly
cut on the head from being thrown out
| of his wagon in runaway on Miller
| creek this week. is doing very nicely,
and will soon be able to attend an
| other.
! The contractors who are digging the
| cellar and foundation of the Sisters
new academy have found that owing
! to the sandy condition of the ground
| they will have to dig farther down than
| they had figured on.
| The members of the Swedish church
| gave a very enjoyable social to its
members and friends this evening In
! the old building north of the depot A
| large crowd was present. and the even
| ing was very pleasantly spent.
Higgins avenue will be Illuminated
/ So 10