Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-08
HAMILTON NEWS
Hamilton, July z

Hamilton, July Z.
The city counci met in regular session,
with a full attendance. Wednesday night.
The report of the treasurer showed a bal
ance of $6S2.49 on hand. The marshal's
report shows that no arrests under city
ordinances were made during the month
of June. The new ordinance prohibiting
the riding of bicycles on sidewalks was
passed to the second reading, and 500
was appropriated for the purpose of adj
vertising the town in the Souvenir of the
Irrigation Congress-" The advertising
will consist of a write-up Of the city and
IA views of the town and places of inter-
est surrounding the same. Among the il
Illustrations will be a bridseye view from
the west. The principal streets and build
ings. mill dam and mills, Lake Como and
mountains, CurleW mine and mountains.
The county commissioners met in spe-
cial session yesterday to open bids for the
construction of the Hamilton bridge. The
members of the board We're all present.
and the following bids We're considered
on combination bridges 200 feet in length:
Andrew Carlson of Hamilton, specifica-
ton No. 1. $6.552; No. q, 1852. o. E. Pep
pard of Missoula, specification No. 1,
$5,5S1; No. 2, $685. 0 A. McLouth. specifi-
cation No. 1, $500; No. 2, $1,000; No. 8,
$3.50: No. 4, &c. 800. Gillett-Herzog MAN.
uLdltuIluS 10, SpecIllcdLlOu NO. /, YO,UUU,
No. 2. Sc, 500; San Francisco Bridge Co,
specification No. 1, $500; No. 2, Sc. $40.
The bids We're all accompanied by plans
drawn by the bidders. and the board here
found it a difficult matter to make a Sc
lection. The contract for construction
will probably be let today.
Game Warden Hammond took some
snap shots with his camera recently that
n1,al mad into artipk;o a,,r r,,11~ Or o,>
could scarcely hope to see once in a gen.
Grafton. While in the mountains recent
ly he CHANGED upOn two young bears,
about One-fOurth grown, which evidently
had never known the instinct Of fear, as
he was able to secure a succession of
very amusing and striking poses from the
youngsters. The photos will be condensed
into half-tOnes and used in the pamphlet
now being prepared by the Ravalli Alb
stract company. descriptive of the eli
mate, scenery and of the Bitter
Root valley.
Milton Hammond Of Darby, who has
the contract for the construction of a
wagon road from Mineral Point to the
Monitor mine. in Mineral hill, is In the
city, n states that the new road will
not be open before August 1. Water is
still very high IN the west fork. The
bridges, roads and fords are washed out.
and travel to the mines is attended with
considerable danger. Many miners and
prospectors, however, are going to Min
eral hill, and on the completion of the
road a general revival of prospecting and
mining in that region is assured.
The Steversville people had a fine time
on the Fourth, their celebration proving
a big success with a crowd of 1000 people
In attendance. Many came from Corval-
lis. Victor. Hamilton and Missoula, and
all expressed themselves delighted with
their entertainment. The Emsley band
of Missoula furnished the music for the
occasion. and plenty of it. The ORATOR
BY Massena Billiard pleased everybody