Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-01
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w. II. Hassler. Representative Inter
Mountain. Branch Office Gazette Bldg.


W. r. Hassler. Representative Inter
Mountain. Branch Office Gazette Bldg.
Billings, August 80.
The Billings band delighted a large
crowd tonight with one of it's good con-
certs in the park. This was the first
concert for several weeks, and it was
thoroughly appreciated by the people.
Inc Dand has been greatly strengthened
IN membership during the past summer
ana SHOWS great improvement in its
The Woman's club will hold it's first
business meeting of this season at the
nome or Mrs. j. D. Matheson, next Mon
Gay evening, September 3, at s o'clock.
Al TINS meeting an outline of the work
for the coming year will be discussed.
The separate departments of the club
VIII meet in a few weeks to decide upon
the work for the winter.
A special train of stock passed through
from the Burlington to the Northern
Pacific: 1t comprised eight cars of cat
te and two of hogs and was enroute to
emma, being shipped from the Barse
commission company of Kansas City.
The stock will be butchered on it's ar
rival in China.
Frank Scott. well known in Billings,
but who has been employed in Bridger
for some time by the Bridger Coal COM
pany, returned to the city this week and
has accepted a position with Burnett &
Cole.
Mamie E. Clark of Dean Greek yes
terday filed a homestead entry on lots
2. ; and S and the southeast quarter of
southwest quarter. section 6, township
5 north, range rs east.
Mrs. Paul Mccormick will soon begin
some alterations in her residence on
North Thirty-first street and Fourth av-
enue.
Acting Trainsmaster III. S. Hammond
was up from Sheridan Wednesday,
Trainmaster Campbell, who IS recover-
ing from his accident. is now in Lincoln.
but expects to be able to resume his du-
ties about the middle or last of Septem-
Der. Mr.. Hammond desires to take a
months vacation and visit relatives and
friends in Iowa, where Mrs. Hammond
is at present, before he resumes his pas
senger run. Mr.. and Mrs. Hammond do
not expect to return to Billings for at
least two months yet.
Rev. Percival Mcintyre: pastor or the
Church Of the Redeemer. Episcopal.an,
NO. Sc Washington street. Chicago, stop
pa IN B'll'nor Wednesday. while en-
route home from a five weeks visit to
Montana, which might We'll be termed his
old stamping ground. In 1881 Mr.. Nc
lntyre, who was an eastern journalist.
came west to Montana, accepting a po-
sition as city editor on the Helena Her.
aid, under r. Z. Fiske. and later went to
the Independent, with which paper he
remained only a short time. In speaking
of his first visit to Montana, Rev. Nc
Intyre said that he came as far as Og-
den over the Union Pacific. thence to
Dillon over the Oregon Short Line, TAX
ing the stage route over he mountains
to Helena. In returning to the East to
take up his studies preparatory to en-
tering the ministry. he took the stage to
the Northern Pacific. it only having
reached that far in it's coast line. This
last visit is the third Mr.. Mcintyre has
made to Montana and each time he has
noticed great improvements. Fe has
two brothers residing in Helena and to-
gether with them and their families he
had just finished a tour of the Yellow
stone park, and was Fastening home to
~oiiciate at a big church wedding on Sat
urday.
Father Murphy of All Hallows' col
lege of Salt Lake City was in the city
today the guest of the family of Paul
Mccormick.
The Federal Labor union Of Billings
will hold it's first LabOr Day celebration
next Monday and an invitation has been
extended to outside towns to be present
and participate. There will be speeches.
sports and a grand parade: The labor
union here numbers over 500 members
and it is thought that at least 400 will be
in the parade.
The county commissioners of Yellow
cfnuo 0nrrotU wont RI 1avino fn6lV and
on tomorrow will be met there by the
commissioners of Fergus county. when a
conference will be held In reference to
the new bridge to be erected over the
Musselshell river by the two counties.
Fergus county to stand the larger share
of the expense. About a dozen bridge
contractors from Minneapolis and other
points also went out to submit bids on
the same.
Ex-Gov. ]. E. Richards of Butte. GEN.
sus supervisor of Montana, was in the
city today looking up his fences per-
tanning to the United States senator
ship. Governor Richards san that evey-
thing augured we'll for a republican vic
tory this fall in Montana as the people
had become disguised with the demo-
cratic ~debauchery.
Mrs. F. d. Lewis Of Dawson City
was in Billings this week enroute to
Kansas City for a visit to her mothor.
Mrs. Lewis went to Dawson City ~
the first rush from the states. and ran
a miners boarding house in the camp
for the first year, after which she en-
gagged in prospecting for gold and was
quite successful. She has several mines
in the Yukon country and expects to re-
turn to the gold fields in the spring. h
carried with her a trophy of her mines
in the form of a full-sized ladies' gold
waist belt. which was manufactured
from the output Of ope Of her mines.
The belt is made in the form of IL gold