Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-14
FOR AUDITORIUM
MOVE TO PROVIDE CITY WITH A
GOOD PUBLIC HALL.
GREAT WOOL HOUSE AT CODY.
Untimely Death Of Mrs. Scott-Will
Be Taken to Utah for
Burial.
Billings. Deceber II.

more or less asitation regarding the
erection of an auditorium or public hall
in Billings. This agitation has been
brought about by reason of what people
term that exorbitant price that is charg-
ed local entertainments for hall rental
More local entertainments would be Civ
en- if a hall could BE secured where it was
not necessary to give up all the receipts
for rental. So strong has become this ag-
itation for hall that an effort is being
made now to form a stock company for
the purpose of erecting building. AL
ready half enough money mas been
pledged for structure to cost about $4.-
600, and a site has been offered in good
location. 1t is proposed to erect one
story brick building With basement,
heated by steam or hot air. It is TO be
arranged on the plan of an auditorium
so that it can be used for dances, etc.
Besides 4 stage and dressing rooms in
the rear there is also to be a room for
the use of the band for practice.
The county commissioners concluded
their last regular session for 1900 yester-
day morning, at which time they audited
a few bills among them being their own
for mileage and salary. The county
clerks annual financial statement was
approved. In the matter of the proposed
East Billings bridge the citizens We're
granted until January l, 1901, to raise
the 81, 500 and deposit it With one of the
banks. The board adjourned to meet on
January I, next, to approve bonds of
township officers.
Only last Monday. ]. H. Waterman of
the Burlington roalroad responsible
official of that company, made contracts
with johnson & Sonner, the mill owners,
to furnish 102, $50 feet of sawed dimension
material. to be delivered at Cody by
February Is next. which is oart Z the
framework material to be used in the
construction of the immense wool ware
house which the company will erect
there. The building is to be 40 feet
long, the sides and ends to be OF CORFU
gated iron, with gravel roof, the whaic
structure TO be fire and water prcof.
Mr.. Waterman started from Lincoln ll..
Thursday evening, reached Cody Sun lay
evening. and on Monday journeyei 30
miles in a carriage and on horseback,
going and returning from the mill in
the brief time having closed a contract
for the material, and on Tues1av start
ed for Lincoln. Work on the wool ware.
house will be started soon the ma
terial reaches here. Prepara Lions are
being actively made for grading for the
| depot and round house and other W ork
| necessary for the entrance of the POI l..
| 1t is not thought that the J., alton of
| a wool warehouse at Coay will 1etract
| to any not ceable degree from the wool
receipts in Billings. This city has The
| best market in the northwest. More
! buyers come here, bidding is sharper,
and the grower who brings MS Wool to
| Billings is assured a better pi ce han
on any other market. This has been
. shown to be a fact for two seasons past.
Wyoming growers received from to
cents more a pound for the.r wool on
this market than on any othe" market
And such being the case, it is not sup
posed for one moment thar growers vii
hesitate to freight their wool few ,niies
further to reach a railroad where they
can get the benefit of these better
prices.
| Mrs. Scott, wife of w. j. Scott, diet
at her home on North Thirty-f -fourt1
street in this city, Monday morning, a
5 O'Clock, after an illness of about
weeks duration. The announcement o
her death came as a shock to the friend
of the family, despite the fact that sh
had been critically i'll for several days
Friday she was very dow. but the attend
ing physician was of the opinion tina
she would recover if she should be abl
to live through the day. In the evenin
a slight improvement for the better wa
noticed and she seemed to slowly i'm
prove throughout Saturday and Sunda,
but Sunday night a relapse set in an
she passed away early the next even
ing, death being caused from infamma
tion of the bowels, superceding child
birth. Mrs. Scott was 2S years of age, tn
second daughter of Nathan Faux mar
ager of a Cooperative Mercantile estat
| lishment at Morroni, San Pete count.
Utah. She was married to VIM. J. SEQ
in Butte, Mont, in August, 1899, havin
come to that city from her home. NJ
Scott returned to Billings with his brd
who made many friends by her lovab
disposition and sociabiity. A short ful
eral service was held at the family res
dence that afternoon at O'Clock, col
Quoted by Rev. G. c. Stul, pastor of Il
NJ. E. church. 1t was the request of Mr.
| Scout that should she die that she be tai
en- to Utah and buried beside her mott
er. Her little babe, which died sever
days ago, and was buried Saturday, w:
disinterred, and will be buried with
mother, Mr.. Scott leaving yesterds
morning on his doubly sad mission.