The Western news., 1907-07-24

| Olaf Peterson returned Monday
from Missoula.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Treloar came
over from Butte yesterday.
Mrs. Stella Spooner of Victor is
Hamilton visitor today.
Manager Blakesley of the Hamilton
base ball team has about concluded
arrangements with Broman's Prune
Peddlers for game to take place on
the home grounds next Sunday.
Rev. J w. Carr left yesterday for
Portland to visit his wife who is visit
ing her parents there. During Rev.
Carr's absence Rev. VIM. Cobleigh of
Corvallis will fill his appointments.
Miss Ivy Solberger entertained
few friends at dinner last evening in
honor of Miss Carrie Horton of Butte.
Those invited were Misses Emma
Buol and Fay Newell and Mr.. A. Buol.
N. H. Patton has sold his ranch on
Skalkaho to the Bitter Root District
Irrigation Coz, and expects to move to
Hamilton about September /, so that
the children may attend the public
schools here next term. Mr.. Patton
expects to remain in the vally.
Commissioner John S. Treece left
for his home near Victor Thursday
after attending the meeting of the
board of equalization the first three
days of the week. Mr.. Treece pre-
diets bumper crop of grain and hay
in the lower valley this season.
J. G. Mcintosh, manager of the dry
goods department Of the A. c. M. Co.
store left last week for Chicago and
New York on purchasing trip. Mr..
Mcintosh expects to visit his former
home in Ontario before returning to
Hamilton.
Walter Howell, president of the
Christian Endeavor society Of ST.
from Seattle last week, took a run up
to Hamilton to see the big irrigating
ditch, which, 1t is understood he has
an interest in.
II. Stern berg of Virginia, Mlnn,
and family arrived Friday and will
spend a few weeks on West Fork.
Mr.. Sternberg is interested in some
promising INNING claims in the Over
which district and will do some de-
velopment work while here.
All achool books, excepting in the
high school grades, must be changed
this year according to the dictum of
the state text book commission. A
clean sweep of the old books was made,
an entirely new selection of books
having been chosen by the commission.
Steam shovel No. 2, which fell
through a As foot trestle on the line OF
the big ditch LIST week and was dam
aged considerably is being rapidly
overhauled and repaired. Two new
steam shovels have been ordered by
the irrigation company and are en-
; route from Chicago.
: There will be d dance at Burns hal
on Friday night. These dances arc
beginning to attract the attention oi
all who usually indulge in this sort OF
pleasure, and that there will be large
crowd is almost an assured fact. Mr.
Burns has announced that he will
have the best musicians obtainabls
and all are guaranteed good time.
The Bitter Root Club is the lame o1
an organization recently formed al
St. Paul for the purpose of obtaining
and disseminating information re
garding this country. The member,
wish to secure homes in the Bite,
| Root valley. The club has two repre-
seutatives here now. NJ. c. Read and
t J, M. Bach, who spent last week in
The valley. They are seeing the
country thoroughly, and have decided
, ty remain and learn what they can
for their brother members. The club
has mem bership of twenty.
Getting Round It.