Show DEATH OF 11 BILL special correspondence spokane wash oct 20 william C buskett of butte and pioneer of montana known throughout the west as bill which title he derived from the ownership of the mine at wickes mont died at the sacred heart hopital in spokane on october 16 following a brief illness of pneumonia he was on the way to california to visit relatives spokane and helena lod lodges lodes es of ellis elks had charge of the funeral arrangements he was a member of the order at helena mr buskett who was immortalized by eugene field in his poem bill was 54 years of age 40 of which he spent in Alon montana tana he was prominent in public life during nearly all of that time though the only offices he occupied were those of commissioner to the worlds fairs at st louis and portland and secretary of the first montana state publicity committee at helena he is survived by ills his father a resident of rawlins ills his sister miss L buskett of seattle and his onetime one time ward mrs airs walter 11 dark clark of los angeles |