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Show Intermountain news. BUTTE, MONT. Jerry Sullivan., an old-timer from Fort Benton, is in Butte. f Mrs. P. Mullins and her sons, Frank and George, have returned after a trip to thte coast. M. P. Lavelle has returned after a two weeks' trip to Echo lake. Mrs. D. J. Hennessy was hostess at a dinner given at the Basin resorvoir ; Wednesday evening, of last w eek ' to a number of society friends. The party went to the reservoir in a covered tally-ho and enjoyed the drive to and from the reservoir. Mrs. Hennessy and her guests Went out late in the afternoon after-noon and after dinner returned, reaching reach-ing town about JO o'clock in the evening. even-ing. The weather was ideal and the drive proved enjoyable. Miss Fulton Evana gave a prettily appointed dinner last Sunday afternoon through compliment to Miss Bess Skyrme and Lieutenant Edwin Butenci of Helena. Sweet peas were used in the dee ..1 actions ac-tions and the placards were hand-psuit-cd cupids on heart-shaped bnstcl. 1 ne pretty appointments gave an artistic effect and the merry diners enjoyed a delicious menu. With Miss Evans were Miss Skyrme, Lieutenant Butcher, Mr. and Mrs. YUI-liam YUI-liam Skyrme. Miss Christine Nissler, Miss Maime Driseoll. Mr. and Mrs. John (J. Evans, Frank Laird and John Co-ni'tte. Co-ni'tte. 4 -Mrs. William Lux ton of Idaho Falls, Ida., was a gueft in this city a few days this week, . returning last Tuesday, Tues-day, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Hore as her guests. The effort of the Butchers union of Butte to stop the sale of meat from thr; Chicago packing houses has failed here. The Butte Clerks' union refuses to join the butchers and are handling the meat. An cfficial of the Butchers' union said that his union mignl be forced also t handle the meat in order to prevent the groceries from getting all the business. A disnatch from St. Paul says thai Vice President L. W. Hill of the Great Northern is authority for the statement state-ment that a new union passenger station sta-tion will be constructed in Butte at a cost of $250,000. The Canadian institute of Butte has received word from Premier Laurier of Canada that he will make a tour of the principal cities of the northwest, from St. Paul to Seattle, including Butte. While here he will be the guest of the institution. The object of the premier's tour is not known here. MISSOULA, MONT. Massey McCullough left Tuesday night of last week on the North Coast Limited for the fair at St. Louis, where he will join his mother and sisters. In their company he will visit for a while with relatives in the east before returning return-ing home. f ' Misses Anabel Ross. Margaret Ronan and Harriet Rankin have gone to Ste-vensville, Ste-vensville, w here they will be the guests of friends for a short while. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Fanell, Miss Bessie Bes-sie Farrell and Edith and Ruth Conway left last Thursday for Lolo Hot Springs. ANACONDA, MONT. Deeply regretting the necessity of their mission, many friends of the late Professor Redeker, Saturday, Aug. 20, accompanied the remains to the Mount Carmel cemetery to witness the last , sad rites performed. Services were held at St. Paul's church. I Professor Redeker died at Warm j Springs a few days ago. He went there some time ago in hopes that life j in the country air would be beneficial to him. j Professor Redeker was one of the most highly educated men in the west. He held diploma? and honorable medals from Germany's greatest universities. uni-versities. As a linguist he had few equala. His research work in Latin and Greek also made him well known. For some time he was instructor of languages in the high school at Helena and in this city. His death was a source of deep regret re-gret to many Anaconda residents and he will always be remembered by them as a scholar and polished gentleman of the highest type. Miss Redeker, his daughter, who arrived ar-rived from Minneapolis to arrange for the funeral, left for her home this week. She is a member of the teachers' corps in that city. f The Butte Miners' union picnic Sunday Sun-day at Mountain View park was a tremendous tre-mendous success. It is estimated that nearly 7,000 persons spent the day at the park, and that the greater number of these came down from Butte. The management of the affair was perfect and everything went off very smoothly. President Ed Long of the Butte Miners' union was the busiest man on the; grounds, and he was ably assisted by the committees from the organization. f Mrs. George Savage and son of Butte were here on their way home from the Hannah mipes in the Georgetown district. dis-trict. ' - ' The funeral of James A. Ryan was held Tuesday morning from the family j residence, 514 Washington street. Serv- I ices were held in St. Peter's church and the remains were laid at rest in Mount Carmel cemetery. ' James A.' Ryan formerly lived in Anaconda, An-aconda, but' for the past few years ha-1 been a resident of the state of Washington. Wash-ington. Last week while in bathing in the river riv-er at Levering. Wash., he was taken with cramps and drowned. He' was the only son of Mrs. Mary A. Ryan of this city, and the body was brought here for burial. 1 f The A. O. H. celebration here Sunday Sun-day evening was well attended, and the 'occasion, was an interesting one for i all present. Divisions 1 and 2 of the local lodge of the order entertained the state officers of the society and a large delegation from- Butte. State President D. J. Hennessy of Butte presided pre-sided at the joint session of the Butte and Anaconda organizations, and thirty-five new members were initiated into the Anaconda lodge. The social session following the business busi-ness meeting was a most' interesting one. An excellent programme of speeches, music, recitations, etc.. wag given, following which refreshments' were served. The meeting was not adjourned ad-journed until a late hour at night. CHEYENNE, WYO. The Knights of Columbus on Sunday Sun-day initiated a class of thirty-eight candidates, concluding with a banquet at Keefe hall. . J -4- U. S. Attorney T. F. Burke and Mar- shal Joe Lefors have returned from Sheridan where they went on official business. Mr. J. B. O'Brien of St. Paul passed through the city Saturday and was the guest of Conductor Andy Walsh. - Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Ryan returned from Omaha Sunday by way of Denver. Den-ver. : 4 ; Captain N. J. O'Brien, the special land agent, passed through Cheyenne, Sunday en route from Denver (o Evanston, where he will hear a num ber of oil contest cases, the officers of the land office of that place being disqualified. f- Mrs. E. L. Mooney and daughter, Mabel, left Sunday for Milwaukee on a two weeks' visit to Mrs. Mooney's parents and then will go to Smith Falls, Ont., for a three weeks' visit with relatives. r - . ' Hon. Thomas A. Cosgriff, one of the wealthiest sheep owners In the state has been in Grand Encampment this week visiting the sheep grazing country. coun-try. He was accompanied by Carey-Abbott Carey-Abbott and G. W. Winkleman. Mr. Cosgriff looked over the new E. & H. bank building, which he declared to be one of the finest structures in the commonwealth. f Indian races, games, ceremonies and pipe-smoking on Frontier days at Cheyenne, Wyo.. Aug. 30 and 31. Bucking Buck-ing and' pitching contents, roping ; steers. The. whole, field and track a seethrmr vortex of whirling horses and entangling ropes, wild, horses, trained coav ponies and enthusiastic and interested in-terested spectators are mixed up'. fn. one vast ; a nf mated and . deeply f asci- , nating picture. ' ' . , The matter of building an opeia house for Cheyenne has been settled, I and settled right. It will be sty lea the "Capitol Avenue Theatre, anfl the corporation which -will construct It will be the "Capitol Avenue 1 neat re companv." It will be located on Capitol- avenue, east of the Inter Ocean hotel. The cost of the site, bui ding and furnishings will be something le.-s than $100,000, say between $75,000 ana $90,00!). KEKMEEER, WYO. M. O. Callahan was in from Spring Valley renewing old acquaintances. Mike Naylin returned from the Oregon Ore-gon climate and thinks of relocating here. . . ' I. Wanted Two experienced horse-shoers horse-shoers at the O'Conncll shop, Kfin-merer, Kfin-merer, Wyo. Miss Josephine Lennan arrived at Diamondville on Thursday from Dos Moines. Ia., and will teach there during dur-ing the coming term. The Evanston papers announce an important oil strike which was made : in the Uinta countv oil fields la.st wce.t bv the- Consolidated Oil company. The j oil was discovered at a. depth of 1,000 feet and it is estimated the tlow will average seventy-five barrels a day. This is the fifth producing well opened up by the Consolidated company and has caused renewed activity in t'inta county as there is no doubt of the existence of oil in unlimited quantities and of a very high grade. ROCK SPRINGS, WYO. Mr. L. J. Healey has returned from a. two weeks' business trip up the Short Line and in Salt Lake. f Copious rains have fallen this week, cooling the atmosphere, laying the dust and improving the range. f . Mr. J. P. McDermott will return about the first of September, after a six months' trip to the Pacific coast, New Orleans and the world's fair at St. Louis. . ASHFORK, ARIZ. The recent flood has caused the greatest great-est washouts' ever suffered by the Santa Fe railroad in Arizona. Six hundred feet of roadbed has been destroyed between-Yucca and Haviland; bridges, large and small, have been carried away and the entire country between Kingman, King-man, Ariz., and The Needles. Cal., has ' been flooded. Water is still rushing over the tracks and gr?at damage has occurred at many sections. EUREKA, NEV. Mrs. Ed MeCormiok of Eureka is visiting vis-iting Mrs. William Matsen at Hamilton, White Pine county. I - : I Rev. Father Manion will hold the usual services at the Catholic church I Sunday, morning at 10:30 o'clock. Sunday Sun-day school at 2 p. m. f O. K. Reed was an arrival in Eureka last week from Reveille, Nye county. looking for miners to go to work in the Last Chance mine at that place. Mr. Reed says the mine ist looking fine and that new bodies of rich lead ore are being be-ing opened up. Thirty men are now-employed, now-employed, and wages are $3 a day. Board is $1 a day. 4 The old camp at Tuscarora. Elko county, is rapidly reviving. The Elko Eclipse Gold . Mining company ha? been developing a four-foot ledge run- I ning from $15 to $20 per ton, another ledge on the ground also showing good values. The company expects to start milling soon and claim to have enough ore in sight to keep ten stamps going for years. P. A. McKenzie, late superintendent super-intendent of the Dexter, will operate that mine under a lease from the eom-pajiy. eom-pajiy. Systematic work on the Grand Prize is also being commenced. CA.LIENTES, NEV. While there has been much speculation specula-tion as to the location of the district terminal of the Salt Lake route, the matter was settled when the directors went over the ground recently, and new it is- announced officially that Caliente will be the permanent terminal. Heretofore Los Vegas and -Moapa have been mentioned, but although they are nearer in the center of the system other conditions make Caliente n" more desirable spot. It has a good water service, and is at the pcint where the line will branch off to Pioche. Following this determination the company com-pany will at once appropriate the sum of $200,000 for permanent structures at Caliente. This will be the first heavy appropriation yet made by the company com-pany for permanent structures 011 this end of the line. The news will be interesting to all at 1 Caliente, as there has been a feeling that the terminal might be moved to some other point, 'ow that the matter is settled, however, the town will tak.-on tak.-on renewed activity and will in time become be-come the lending place in Lincoln j county, Nevada. j |