Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-21
The Egypt of America Where the Grain.
Grow Tall Beyond the Dream of the
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tana'S Pride, the Agri-
cultural College.

line proceeds along this avenue, which
is built up on both sides with homes,
some of which are quite pretentious and
elaborate. others giving evidence Of all
the comforts that could be asked for,
| Trees line both sides of this street, and
| have in most cases attained their full
growth, while the lawns and flower beds
are kept UP to look their very best, maxi
| ing this delightful street to traverse at
| any period of the year, so long as the
| trees are in foliage and the flowers in
| bloom. When Main street is reached the
| car turns west and the first buildings to
| attract the attention are the large four
| story brick store of Tilton the Hotel
Bozeman, very imposing building and
| the city hall, also four story building,
| in which are housed the city officers, the
, fire department. public library, and the
opera house. The fire department occu-
pies the large room fronting on Main
street, Immediately west of the entrance
to the opera house, While the water office
occupies the east end. The council
| chamber, Justices Office, city marshars
| Office and city jail front on Rouse
avenue. The public library occupies the
| front rooms in the second floor, the re-
| mainder being taken up by the opera
| house proper. very neat and commo-
dious room, fitted up in the latest style
seats and accommodating in all about
1900. Then several blocks of store build
| ings follow.
| The few old-time shacks are gradually
| being torn down and replaced by build
| ings M ore in keeping with the sur
roundngs. There are just enough left
| in each block to emphasize the fact that
| they need tearing down, and need it
| badly. But then Bo2err1un is not the
only town in which owners of real estate
| will persist in keeping a $40 per month
| store standing on a $3.50 per month stone
site-it can be seen almost anywhere.
Without entering into a detailed des-
cription of the many business buildings
| that line Main street from Rose to
| Grand avenue. a distance of five blocks
Suffice it to say that there are a number
that would attract the eye in any town,
here being also the usual number of
commonplace and ordinary structures
| generally used in the residence portion,
| embracing both the east and west sides
| there are many elegant homes some of
| the handsomest cottages and small
dwellings to be seen in any country, and
all have that appearance of thrift and
care about them that makes them doub-
| ly attractive With beautiful lawns,
! profuse flowers and vegetation, the sec
| lloli is d QelSnl TO DenOlu, ana one never
wearies of passing the same way and
| viewing again and again these inviting
| looking homes.
CITY OF CHURCHES.
| The various religious sects are fully
represented, and each denomination has
| a place of worship of it's own, many of
| them quite ornate and modern in every
| particular. The Baptists have their
! church at the corner of Black avenue
and Olive street. Rev. M. l.. Hickman be-
| ing pastor. The Catholic church Is To-
! Gated at 7th avenue north and Menden-
| hall street, Rev. j. Pirnat, residing in
Livingston, serving the parish. The Dis
ciples meet at Paine Memorial church.
| Grand avenue and West Babcock street,
Rev. O. F. McHargue, pastor. The Epis-
| copal church is on the corner of Tracy
and w. Olive street Rev. Frank G.
Lewis. pastor The German Lutheran
| congregation meets at 80 Bozeman
avenue north. The Methodist Episcopal
church is at Central avenue and Olive,
| Rev. Geo. H. Feese, pastor, and the
Methodist church, south, at POI Church
| avenue north, Rev. C. G. Rector. pas
| tor. The Presbyterians are located at
| Rabcock and Central avenue, Rev. J.
n. Maclean. pastor. Sunday schools are
| conducted in all of the churches, and
| the attendance is considered a very fiat
| tering one. The churches have done
| great deal of good in this town, and their
| beneficent influence is felt to a greater
| extent each year. Sunday is quite gen
| orally observed as day of rest and rec
| reation, more So than in most Montana
| towns, that are still clinging to the old
| custom of running wide open" on the
| 6aN Of Thp nf
| ity are very high. petty crimes are of
| rare occurrance, while drunkenness is
not very common, being confined mostly
| to visitors to the town from outlying
| points who worship a little too long at
| the shrine of John Barleycorn or King
| Gambrinus and are not we'll up in the
! practice of these devotions, the result
being an overdose of hilarity and noise
that promptly leads to the jug" under
official escort, with the customary PEN
| atty in the morning.
MATCHLESS SCHOOLS.
| Our public schools are our joy and
pride. There is no class of people more
ready and willing to give, and that lber-
ally, to the cause of education than are
| those of Bozeman, and there is reason
for it. The state boasts of many fine
| schools, in the larger cities, but of the
smaller ones this city leads all, with
out a shodow of doubt. In W. f. Har-
mon, superintendent, we have one of the
very finest educators of the northwest
Assisted by an able and we'll paid staff
! he is working wonders among the boys
and girls who are under his superivion.
The county high school, too, comes in
| for very flattering commendation
Prof. Swan is the efficient head of this
institution, and the high standing of the
graduates of this school speaks in louder
tones than mere words can convey the
benefits they have received in an edu-
| cational way while attending the Gala
l tin high school ho