Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-20
4 NEW BUILDING
BOARD LETS CONTRACT FOR THE
EXCAVATION.
YELLOWSTONE TELEPHONE.
Line is Sold to Billings and Musselshell
Company-Will See PASSION
Play.

49, Billings, June Is, 1900.
The Billings school board has let the
contract for the excavation for the new
brick building to J.. J. Mccormick and
work has already commenced. The
frame building was sold to Austin North
who will convert it into a dwelling. hi
board Is now advertising for bids for the
new building and will meet next Monday
night to let the contract.
Mrs. Henry Terrell and Mrs. Geo. Rob-
bins departed Saturday night for Chi
cagO; Mrs. 5. II. Salisbury and three chill
dren have gone to Vermont; Mrs. J. B.
Elliott and Mrs. Gerald Panton and their
children left to-day for Salt Lake City;
Mrs. J. J.rMcCormick and children will
leave shortly for Rochester. N. Y;
Mrs. II. s. Hammond and babe leave to-
morrow night accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. Barr for Hillsboro, Iowa;
Mrs. j. L. Harrington and children and
sister, Mis- M. Rea Lawrence leave short
ly for Washington and Virginia.
The Modern Woodmen's picnic held at
ColWells ranch Saturday was a success
full affair up to 2 O'clock p. M, but a
heavy rain for a half hour dampened the
ardor of the p~icnickers. Nevertheless
Il very enjoyable time was had. The
nail driving contest by the ladies was
won by Mrs. Ebert Jones the prize be-
ing a fine silver butter dish. w.
Keene won the emblem for the chopping
contest; Bert Tomlinson the purse for
pie-eating contest; O.. Fl. Borwn. f. w.
Keene and John Staffek, each an emblem
for the log rolling contest: saving con-
test. Thos. o. Peacock; potato race, Katie
Clark: a k walk, Mrs. III. E.. Merritt
and Frank Golish. After the rain storm
dancing was INDUCED in on a large plat
form.
Rev. ]. w. Bennett of Bozeman, pre-
siding elder of this M. E.. district, ac-
cupied the pulpit in the M. E.. church
last sermons the time limit of his elder
ship having expired. The quarterly con-
ference of the church. held Friday night,
shows the church to be in fine condition
financially. The last dollar of indebted
ness on the building was l%iquidated that
night and arrangements will be made
for charging the structure. The church
by a unanimous vote has requested that
the pastor, Rev. G.. c.. Stull be returned
for another year.
E. M. Hungerford has sold his Yellow
stone valley telephone line to l.. L. Moi
felt, who is also president Of the Billings
& Musselshell Telephone company. The
line Is completed as far as Park City,
but Mr.. Moffett ~contemplates extending
it to Columbus. He has about complet-
ed all arrangements for branching of
at Laurel and extending it to Bridger
and Gebo. and later on possibly to Red
Lodge.
Father Francis Van Clarenbeck de-
parted for New York this morning where
he will sail on next Saturday for a visit
to his mother at Rotterdam, Holland.
He will witness the celebrated Passion
D1oI Of nInro ~ a one nn6 will o1c0 viSit
Rome. He will be absent from Billings
about five months. Father Hoffman
of Helena, who has been in Iowa, will
have charge of the parishes 1T this place
and Red Lodge.
Nat G. Carwile, G. W.. Hubbard and
r. A. Williams leave tonight for Mis-
soula to attend the annual district con
vention Of the Woodmen of the World
which will elect five delegates to the
head camp session, which meets in Den
yer. Colo, August 20.
Mrs. Waltz n Mrs. Reece will leave
shortly for Anaconda to snend the sum
mer. Their husbands la a large
grading contract in the copper city fol
the Amalgamated Copper company
which will take them about a veal tc
complete.
Inc WHeelIleH oI IHe CITY accompanied
by a number of friends n the Billings
band took a spin into the country yester-
day morning to- the old c. NJ. Bair ranch
and spent the day picnicking.
T. O'Rourke and family arrived in the
city this morning from Glendive anc
have taken possession of the Cottage Inr
hotel on a five years lease.
Court adjourned Saturday night after
a very short term in which there were
no cases of much interest.
City Attorney J. B. Herford left yester.
day for London. England, for a visit tt
his mother, whom he has not seen fol
thirty years.