The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-05-06

The state board of Worlds Fair
managers viii meet at Bozeman Aug
ust 1. There win be 20 to 25 persons
In all from abroad
M. r. Johnson has returned from
the east and is ready to take tourists
through the park as soon as the
weather viii permit.
Frank L. Benepe and family re-
turned from California Monday, all
enjoying good health. Nelson Story
and his folks may not be expected
here until the middle of June.
A. A. McRoberts was in the city
from Spanish creek Monday. He says
there was considerable more snowfall
IN this vicinity Sunday than there
on the range between the West
.GaIIatin and the Madison.
The viewers for the proposed wa
.gon road up the Gallatin river start
ed cut on Monday. Charles Callag-
han failed to come up and Hugh
Leonard was sworn in to take his
place. 1t will take from 10 days to
two weeks to complete the work.
H. ]. Hoppe purchased several wa
CONS and harness while in the city
last week, for use at Manhattan,
where he has a contract with his
teams. Mr. Hoppe saved nearly 800
by coming over the range to make
his purchases.
Baseball Association.
The BOzeman Baseball association
has been incorporated by Sydney Fox,
B. Z. Vail and W. J. Stevenson.
Capital stock $4,000, divided into 100
shares at $25 each
W. D. Smith, who has spent the
last year or so in prospecting in diff
ferent localities in the state, was in
the city this week. He says he has
discovered a large vein Of excellent
coal near Castle which he has every
reason to believe will prove valuable
in the near future.
Democratic State Convention.
The members Of the Democratic
state central committee in session al
Great Falls Tuesday night decided
on BOzeman as the place for holding
the state convention for the purpose
of e,ecting delegates to the national
convention to be held at Chicago. The
convention is called for June g..
Capt. DOane Dies.
Captain G.. c. Doane, End U. s
Cavalry, who served in Montana from
1859 to 1883, and married a BozemaT
girl, Miss Mary Lee Hunter, died a
his home in Bohemian May 5, 1892
Capt. DOane had asked to be placed
on the retired list but was granted
six months sick leave instead.
Fred Bachler says he has discovered
what has caused all this bad weather
Last summer the government rain
makers tried to have it rain whe'
they wanted it to and ~interferred wit
the regular program of the weathe
clerk. That individual became dis
satisfied and is giving us spells o
weather" to pay us back for disturb
ing his arrangements last summer.
J. N. Brown demolished one of tn
buildings on his lots, corner of We
Main street and Third avenue North
west (give it to US easy till we &c
accustomed to the machine), thi
week and removed the material. Tt
ground will be cleared during th
summer and the construction Of
fine brick block thereon will be b
gun this fall.
The report comes that S. s. Hun
ley, who was given the contract fl
transportation in Yellowstone PAL
over a year ago, viii not be able
carry it out and that Secretary Mob
will continue the lease with G. '
Wakefield, the Yellowstone Park a
sociation's former superintendent.
would seem that when Huntley we
to buy Wakefield's outfit he found
more expensive than he had confer
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