Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-12
TOO. Low
WOOL GROWERS AT BILLINGS
WOULD NOT OPEN CLIPS.
THE STORAGE IS VERY LARGE.
Several Hundred Cars Awaiting Ship
ment-Horsemen Busy-deneral
Henderson Passes Through.

AAuAoieu JARS Awaiting snip
ment-Horsemen Busy-General
Henderson Passes Through.
Billings, July 10.
The wool market yesterday was very
depressing, the buyers seeming bent on
keeping the prices down to the lowest
ebb. Only W buyers made any offers
at all. tour clips were put up, but only
anree sold, one grower considering the
pld TOO low and refusing to accept. There
We're over 80 woolgrowers as interested
spectators on yesterday, but the low
prices offered did not please them. M
sales wer as follows: Nuckles Bros, 49,
0oo pounds at 1872 cents; Bach, Becker
q Co. and Jeremiah Williams & Co.,
tied on bid and the clip was divided.
William Thompson, 81. 200 pounds at 14h
! cents to Bach, Becke & Co. c.. G.. Park,
$4,000 pounds at 12A cents to Bach.
Becker & Co. All the clips We're Wyo-
ming wool. There are now over 1000, 900
pounds here and much more to come.
several hundred cars are at Red Lodge
and Bridger awaiting transportation to
this city and twice as many more are
coming from the west. No sales took
place at the Burlington as the growers
refused to open their clips under the
prevailing prices.
General David B. Henderson, speaker
of the national mouse of representatives,
was a distinguished passenger through
Billings "a few days ago. Genera Hem
derson was on a western trip. which
comprises a o of Yellowstone park,
and was accompanied by his wife,
daughter and son, Don A., Judge Nc
Phefson of the United States district
court of Iowa and Mrs. Mcpherson, and
Colonel Frank B. Stout of the lumber
firm of Knapp, Stout & Co. of Dubuque.
Who. With Mrs. Stout, are the hosts Of
thethe party. The party will visit all
of the important cities on the Pacific
coast, their Itinerary contemplating a trip
of fully five weeks.
Frank j. Devlin, representing the AS
surance Mutual company of San Fran
cisco, was a visitor in Billings this week.
Mr.. Devlin is quite prominent In Pacific
coast politics and keeps thoroughly
posted on affairs on the west side. He
expresses the belief that California will
roll UP a 20, 900 majority for the republi-
cam party this fall instead of a paltry
1000 as DIT did four years ago, and that
THE other states will do equally as we'll.
He says tine coast is perfectly satisfied
with the prosperity and businesslike ad-
ministration of President Mckinley.
The Donovan cCormick company,
which a few weeks since bought the one
story Wardwell brick block, has COM
lin "AlSAA VIM Noot
nearly $10 1000. Another story is to be
added n the lower rooms greatly inn
proved. The firm will add dry goods.
clothing and gents furnishings and fur
niture and greatly enlarge dts stock.
khen ut will become n of the largest
wholesale and retail houses in this sec
ition Of Montana.
At the semi-annual election of Ep-
worth league officers. the following per-
SONS will orxr fnp tho ouSyyine r ytarp, oF
six months: President, A. M. Lane; first
vice president, Mrs. Anna Wells; second
vice president, Miss Laura B. earns;
third vice president. Mrs. w. Z. Hassler;
fourth vice president, Miss Jane Pitcher;
secretary, Miss Claudia Browning;
treasurer, Miss Nellie Mills.
H. H. Mund and wife of Chicago are
the guests of Hon. o. F. Goddard and
wife. Mr.. Mund was a former resident
fairs of this city, having been president
of the First National bank up ito about
six years ago. He notices some mate
riel changes in the city's growth since
that time and thinks it quite remarkable.
W, II. Copple, a horse buyer and
would be sprinter from Nebraska, came
to Billings last week fresh from winning
laurels, but he arranged a 100-yaTd foo
race with Charles Schneider. a loca
sprinter, for Sunday afternoon, and is
now a sadder but wiser man. Copplt
not only lost the race, but 500 besides
which he dropped to local sports.
Nearly IS horses have arrived herr
from over this and Carbon county 10
take part in the race meeting which
opens Friday. The Livingston baseball
clug will be here to open the series OF
games on Friday afternoon, while Miles
City will come here with a strong aggre.
, CATION for games on Saturday and Sun
day.
The wedding of Mr.. James H. Johns
tom of Miles City and Miss BeatriS
Matheson is to take place al
ST. Luke's Episcopal church tomorrow
evening at 7:45 o'clock, after which
there will be "a reception at the residence
of the brides parents, Judge and Mrs
j. D. Ma.heson. d
A. L. Mitchell, circulator of the nte
Mountain, is spending a couple of days
in thecity In the interest OF his paper
which lis steadily increasing an import
ance in this end of the state. Three times
as many Inter Mountains are sold here
as amy other daily in the state or West
Miss Anna M. White, a deaconness in
the Methodist hospital ait Great Falls
will visit Billings this week In the in
terest of that institution and on mex
Sunday morning will speak In the NJ. E
church ON he nature Of her work.
/ The Inter Mountains Yellowstone park
contest is causing quite a spirit ol
friendly rivalry among the young lady
contestants from this city, and thu
, friends of all are using their ~erldeavors
for the interest of their favorfte:
". r. Hogg, George Taylor and Rob.
ert Harrison. prominent woolgrowers OF