Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-28
NEWS
w. r.. Hassler. Representative Inter
mountain. Branch Office Gazette Bldg.
W00L|S GOING UP
WILL HANDLE TEN MILLION
POUNDS THIS YEAR.
BALL TEAM DISBANDED.
New School House Will Be Finished
: by Christmas-Gambler Loses
: $80O-Society Gossip.

New Scnool House Will Be Finished
: by Christmas-Gambler Loses
: $s0O-Society Gossip. |
Billings, July rs.
Inc wool market at this point has !,
SHOWN some signs of improvement dur
ing the past week. but it is not enough
yet to cause the growers 20 rejoice.
.SIhere are over Is representatives OF
buying and consignment houses on this
market, the latter being more in evil
tdence than the former. Several buyers,
who came here early in the season. in
itent on buying clips, are being held back
10Y thelr houses on cOnsignments with
instructions to take nothing but choice
clips at best. One buyer, who has been
IN the business for over a dozen years,
says ne never saw such a condit>n of
aHalrs and there was no telling if it
was to become better. Up to the pres
ent time between $500. 900 and 1900, 600
pounds have been sold, the average price
being about 14R tents. The lowest price
received was 12A cents. while the highest
was l6 cents. Several large choice clips
nave been sold at Is cents and better.
Wool continues to arrive here daily,
both by rail and freight team. So far
over 5000, 900 pounds has already been
on this market and the total receipts
will reach 10000, 900 pounds if not better.
This entities Billings to the banner of
the Northwest. Great Fails, which has
had the lead heretofore, will have to
rustic to get 5000, 900 pounds and as for
prices that market is still below this.
Despite the hot weather of the present
week, society donned it's best attire for
some of our people, and several eveNs
are noted on Tuesday evening, when
the atmosphere. was anything but pleas
ant. The Colonial Bachelors entertain
ed at their rendezvous, the home of
nbaching,' IN q prize cinch party. The
lawn was lighted with Japanese an
terms. the effect being very striking
Mrs. Walter Clifton won the ladies' first
prize, a pretty leather card case; James
Atkinson, the gentleman's prize, a rag
a leather cigar case; Miss Mamie Atkin-
son, the ladies' consolation prize, a rag
| doll, and A. J. Fraser, the gentleman's
consolation prize, a corncob pipe. When
the games had been concluded the guests
hWere served ham sandwiches, olives, Ice
cream, sherbet, lemonade and cakes. The
,guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Grein.
MRS. Walter Clifton, Mrs. Denning,
H BRIGHAM; Messfe. W. g. Scott, John
| Yates, Mickey, Gillette, McElroy, "A. j.
Fraser, James Atkinson. Reither and
Sage. ,a "4 IN
Miss Alice Mccormick. entertained a
number of young people in honor. of Miss
Dora Draper, who is her guest for a few
weeks. The beautiful lawn was lighted
with Japanese lanterns and headlights,
and here the guests, seated at tables,
played progressive domino whist, Miss
Mae Toole winning the prize, a fine book.
When the games had been finished, re-
,freshments of ice cream, cake and lem
Misses Grinnell, Mickey, Anna Delfoss,
Toole, Rixon, Goddard, Lyle, Platt.
Sleeper, Goss. Hayden, stebbins. MUIR
ply, Reed, Draper, May. Alice and Ma
mic Mccormick; Messrs. Fred and Will
Rixon, G. J. Chapple. Murphy, Mathe-
rich, Lewis Babcock, Mains, Hugh Bah
cock, Ira and Charles Whitney. Percy
Smith, w. H. Jay and Ed Mccormick.
On Tuesday evening Mr. and Mrs.
George A. Griggs entertained Rev. Faith
! chim's Catholic church, at their home o
North Twenty-ninth street. in ono of
Rev. Father N. r. Walsh of Boston.
previous to the ~latter's departure for his
Eastern home. This evening was very
pleasantly spent in social amenities and
vocal and instrumental music. Father
Walsh, who has a splendid ,enor voice,
sang two or three pretty selections
Dainty refreshments were served and the
evening hours passed all too quickly.
The Billings baseball club has evil
IDENTIFY become disguised will itself, but
it has disbanded. Out of six games the
club only won one. The club has also
run in lei and this is one of the causes
of the DISARMAMENT. There is talk OF
Billings organizing a professional club
next year to take part in the state
league. The city has always patronized
a good article OF ball and will continue
to do so. and there is every reason tc
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receive strong support.
r Work on the new public school build
ing is progressing very satisfactory, the
foundation being completed from the
basement to the first floor. Owing te
the size of the foundation this has beer
a big job. The masonry from now on
tbeing of brick, can be rushed more ad
vantageously. 1t is not expected tina
the building will be completed in time
for the fall opening of school in Sep,
TENDER, but it is at least hoped that y
emay be ready when school convene
after the holiday vacation in December
A colored gambler dropped $500 in &
very neat manner Tuesday. He entered
the ~lavatory in Vale q Potter's saiooI
and on leaving forgot his vest, which
contained the above amount About &
half hour later he remembered his yes
and returned to get it.. The vest wa.
: still hanging there, but the money wa!
; gone. The colored gentleman DIVE tina
/ dawn of another day, in which even
: some one else will be the loser.
!. -he members of the A. NJ. E. churcl
gave a concert in the court house las
night, the proceeds of which are TO b,
used in the erection Of q church build
ing The concert was we'll attended AM
. greatly appreciated. The colored peopl