Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-06
BOHEMIAN.

Bozeman. April 4.
This evening was the regular meeting
of the fire department. Owing to the
dearth of fires for the past four months
the department. has had but little prac.
uice, and this evening the Boys decided
to vary the monotony of the meeting
with a practice run. Accordingly, d
false alarm was sounded and Tor the
first time in four months the nook ana
adder truck and the hose cart were
seen on the street. Those who are super
stitiously inclined say that the move
made by the department means that
they will be called to a sure enough fire
within q week.
The local lodge of Knights of Pythias
initiated W. A. Roland of Logan last
evening into the mysteries of the rank
of page. The lodge has a number of APP
plications for membership and is get
ting along in fine shape. More interest
is taken in the work this winter than
for a number of years and there is plen-
ty of pride in the order for the excellent
showing. Just now the members are
feeling jubilant because they did not
go to Livingston last Friday evening.
The Bozeman lodge had been invited to
go across the range and participate IN
the initiation ceremony with the mem
hers of the Livingston lodge. and for
some reason the train that was to take
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not arrive ON time and the expected
pleasure had to be %foregone. The fol-
lowing day 1t was learned that the Liv-
ingston lodge had a case Of smallpox
among it's membership, and the day the
Bozeman contingent was expected to ar
rive the patient was taken to the pest
house broken out with the complaint.
The members of Pythagoras lodge be-
1ieve that a special providence is watch
ing over the Bohemian lodge and saving
this city from a smallpox scare.
An examination win soon be held in
this city for letter carriers to fill the po-
sition created by the new special deliv-
cry system that it is expected will be
put in operation about the middle of
the summer. The examination will con-
sist of spelling, arithmetic. ~penmanship,
geography, reading addresses n copy
ing from plain copy An applicant for
the position of mail clerk must not be
less han IS years of age and a letter
carrier must be between q and 40. APP
plicants for carriers positions must
weigh 1875 pounds and be at least five feet
four inches In height. 1t is likely that
residents of Bozeman will! be selected
for the positions if enough applications
are filed with the examining board. A
secretary will be appointed for the board
of examiners, who will probably be one
of the clerks i'm the postoffice, and to this
o1IItldt 1IpllCdllOIlS may NC lIduC AOl III
ing. There is a certain form for appli-
cations, and without this form no appli-
cation will receive consideration.
The three graduates who will receive
their diplomas from the course in gen.
eral science in the Montana State college
are Miss Beatrice Freeman, Miss Edna
Maynard and Irwin Cockerill. These
three will graduate from the final course
of instruction in the college and abou'
twenty other students will secure Oh
plomas from the preparatory depart
1nent on their way to the higher course
the college provides. The school |!
building up fast. Professor Brewer il
or a trip to the eastern part of the stat
and lectures in Billings this evening
DIR. T%raphagen has just returned from
trip to the east and visited a number o
eastern colleges while away.
Mrs. Don johnson is seriously i'll a
the Sanatarium in this city with portion
tits and her condition is a matter o
grave concern to her many friends. Sh
was taken i'll a few days ago and take
to the hospital, and while she has no
been pronounced out of danger, she i
in a fair way to cover
A. Van Brocklin of Livingston was il
the city yesterday on a business trip, &C
colnpanied by his wife. Mr.. Van Brock
lin is one of the leading citizens of Liv
ingston and this is his first visit to Boze
man in years.
Evangelist Frank L. Rozelle and wifi
left for Chadron. Nebraska, their home
yesterday. The meetings they held a
the Methodist church in this city wer
we'll attended and resulted in the cor
version of twenty of those who attendet
They will return to Cheyenne, Wyoming
and resume evangelistic work there.
Next Sunday DIR. James Reid will OK
cupy the pulpit of the Payne Memoirs
Christian church. During the absenc
of tn pastor, Rev. McHargue, who is o
a tour of the old world, the pulpit wi
be supplied from time to time and D
Reid has consented to take his plae
behind the sacred oak next Sunday. H
ermon are very popular with Bozema
church-goers.