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Show DILLON, MONT. Dillon is both picturesque and beautiful. beau-tiful. The long,v single row of buildings build-ings facing the depot recall to mind the great western mining camps, only Dillon's buildings are of brick and some three and four stories in height, which, with their brisk, business-like apeparance, dispel instantly the picture their relative position calls up. Then again Dillon can show sev eral side streets on which business buildings, with their numerous busy occupants, greatly augment the brisk and bustling appearance of this enterprising en-terprising and growinjg town. The residence portion consists of much that is beautiful. Back of the tall, stately trees and velvet green of the lawns, stands some of the neatest, prettiest and most homelike and comfortable com-fortable cottages that modern designers design-ers can depict or architects execute. Though all homelike, they are not all small, and large, commodious, pressed brick dwellings are very much in evidence. evi-dence. Besides all this, she boasts of several gray stone mansions that, in taste and grace of outline, can vie with the most gorgeous In the west. Outside the town roads, shaded by fine trees, lead to the beautiful valley, the richness and quality of whose greenclad soil is amply proven by the fact that oVer half of those in possession posses-sion of the beautiful homes in Dillon are retired ranchers and farmers. The ladies of St. Rose Guild have arranged for an apron and fancy-work fancy-work sale in conection with an elaborate elab-orate supper to be held Julv 2. the proceeds to go towards teh erection of a pastoral residence for Father Van Den Brock, who has won the esteem and affection of oil by his earnest efforts ef-forts in behalf of the spiritual welfare of his congregation. The size, quality, comforts and con veniences of Father Vanden Brock's pastoral residence about to be built depends on the liberality and co-operation of his congregation, of which he may be reasonably sure and justly proud. Father Van den Brock says that no more than preliminary plans have yet been drawn, and he awaits the generosity of his people before proceeding further thaw the excavation excava-tion of a cellar and completion of a foundation which the workmen lin-Ished lin-Ished this week. Mrs. O'Brien and her daughter, Mary, a recent graduate of the State Normal school, and a popular young lady, left this week to take up permanent per-manent residence ia Sheridan, Mont. Mrs. J. A. Brown, wife of the well j known General "Joe" Brown, who was recently taken to Holy Cross hospital hos-pital at Salt Lake City, died there on Thrsday mourning, June 25. Much sympathy is extended to her husband, children and friends. |