The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-26
PLAN FOB THE FOURTH
Billings Will Celebrate With Fer
vor and Vim.
THE MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Corn erstone Will Be Laid With Due
Ceremony - Exhibit Day at the
Public Schools A Dead
Body Found.

| Special Correspondence of the Standard.
| Billings, May 24.-This city viii cele-
| brate the glorious Fourth with II pa
| triotie fervor and vim that will cast all
| previous efforts into the shade. If the
| building committee of the Parmly Bill
| lings Memorial library have sufficiently
advanced their programme a notable
| feature of the morning exercises will De
the laying of the corner stone in due
! and ancient form, with appropriate OK
ercises and singing by our 500 school
children. This will be followed ly a
| parade by the home and visiting fire
| departments, National Guard and civic
societies and review by the mayor end
council and visiting officials. The after
noon will be devoted to bicycle racing,
| athletics, horse racing and baseball,
with display of day Japanese fire.
works. In the evening there VIII Re a
rousing display of pyrotechnics and a
| grand banquet. Other attractive fea-
| lures will probably be added and a lib
eral subscription of funds to make the
| day one long to be remembered has
! been made by our business men.
Agitation for new court house is
going on quietly, and action will prob
ably be taken by the county commits
Soners at their session in June. The
| present court house is ID years old and
has otlived it's sefu1ness 1t was or
iginaly intended for Temporary
court house. and is so specified in the
official proceedings of the county board,
of which, by the way, the Standard s
townsman, William B. Webb, was at
that time chairman. 1t was so con-
structed that it could be readily con-
verted into a business building, when
| permanent court house could be con-
structed. At present 1t is too small FOR
accommodation of the business of the
county, and being situated on a busy
business street, the decorum of the
court is disturbed by the noise of heav-
lily laden teams passing and other
noises. Mayor Yugen has made an Of
FER OF $4,000 for the present court house
and site, and made an offer of a dona-
ton of $4,000 block of land for site
for the new building.
Last Friday was exhibit day" at the
public schools, the first OF the Kind ever
held in this city, and the various de-
partments were thronged With visitors.
For some time the pupils have been
preparing special work for this exhibit,
there being samples Of nearly every
thing that goes to make UP their every
day duties. They had shown great zeal
in preparing the work and it was really
wonderful display of the talent watch
the Billings boys and girls possess in
various lines. All of the rooms we're
prettily decorated and in some of the
windows gardens CT growing plants had
been cultivated as permanent feature.
Inc object drawing showed real artistic
talent and map drawing was a promi-
nent feature. The visitors were loud in
their praises and really enjoyed de-
lishtful afternoon, while the children
acted the part of hosts in a courteous
manner. The term will close for the
long vacation next Friday after a sue
cessful season of study.
The body of a man was found some
days ago on the southwestern corner Of
the Crow reservation. Though the con-
dition of the corpse was such as t. rem
der identification impossible, as it was
IN an advanced stage of decomposition,
it is thought that the remains were
those of Ed Mcdonald. a sheep herder
He had been camped in the Big Horn
canyon and. running short of provisions,
had started on Feb. ) to go to Harry
Morgan's ranch on Dry Head creek.
The corpse was found about two miles
from McDonalds destination, where he
had proba bly, been overcome by fatigue
and cold. Nothing was found on the
body to lead to it's identification but
a silver watch and $3.50 in silver. The
party who found the body wrapped it
in a tarpaulin and laid it in temper
airy grave. Nothing is known here as
to McDonad's relatives.
consignment of Montana 1899 wool
was made by p b, Moss Tuesday
through A, Fraser & Co. to Fenno
Brothers & Childs, Boston, of 10000
pounds. Shearing has not really been
commenced yet in this section. but in
the neghboring state of Wyoming the
shearers have been at work Cor some
time, and about 20 carloads of Wycm
ing wool are awaiting shipment to Bill
lings at the new station of Brilger. on
the Rocky Fork branch 1t is said that
a great deal of Wyoming wool, which
formerly went to Casper, Wy9., will he
sent to Billings, which has the advan-
tage of two lines Of railway. 1t is tSti-
mated that nearly a million poIuds Of
Wyoming wool will be marketed this
year in Billings.
The three days steady down pour of
rain, which set in on Friday night, was
responsible for the death Of a sreat
many lambs on the range as hockmas-
ters were in the midst of the Landing
season. The only consolation is that
there will be abundant feed Cor the
survivors as such a heavy rainfall Il in
sures plenty of grass on the range, es-
pecially as it has been followed by
warm weather. AS the hard winter had
exhausted all the hay the rain on the
whole was beneficial to the stock inter
ests.
A Chinese funeral occurred IN Mon
day, the deceased being Charlie 500, a
cook at Scott Bros. ranch at I4aVina
who had committed suicide by Managing
himself last week. He had evidently
been temporarily insane, us he loft a
letter to a cousin in this city ii which
he said he had heard the police were
searching for Chinese lener and feared
they would arrest him The funeral
was conducted in the usual oriental
style and a feast of roast pig and chick
en- was placed on The grave. while as
the procession wendell its way 10 the
cemetery Celestial seated in the
hearse scattered small Pieces of paper
along the road