The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-05
DISASTROUS TO STOCK
!, Sudden Change in Weather Will
Cause Heavy Loss.
ACTIVITY IN BUILDING
Billings Experiencing Somewhat OF q
: Boom in the Construction Line-Col-
umbus to Have a New School
House-Billings Briefs.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Billings, May BIN common with tn,
other portions of Montana this section
of the state experienced one of the big
gest snow storms of the year on May
z l, which continued until the Afternoon
of the I'd. AS Landing is in progress
and calves are dropping on the ranges
the sudden changs in the weather can.
not be otherwise than disastrous to The
stock interests, especie'lv' as the. stock
has not had time to recover from the
effects Of a hard winter So far none
of the stockgrowers have come into
town since the storm, and particulars
OF losses are not ascertainable, but ex-
perienced stockmen are inclined to take
gloomy view of the situation. AL
though snow storms in May are not un-
usual, the present one is said to be the
worst that has occurred in 20 years.
10 DAY the weather is warmer and
\ Ewes promise of clearing off the snow
sS 90 farming RIM and fruit growing the
STORM Will not do any harm, unless
there should be a lowering of the tenn
perature, and the moisture will be bene-
hcial to the land. AS an illustration of
the Variableness of the weather it may
pe stated that most of the young peo-
PIE were out on Sunday gathering wild
flowers in the. fields, which - hours
later We're buried in snow drifts. On
h S1aonday the flower gatherers were
hunting for their discarded overshoes
II and winter wraps
Building Operations.
Quite a number of pretty cottages
nave been constructed and plans fc,
Others are being prepared. David
fraut, the well known stockman and
capitalist has let the contract for a
y $lO,0O residence and the foundation
Ssstone Is already on the ground. The
fBllilngs Realty company's addition to
the city, on the west side has been
placed on the market and will be hand
led by w. B. George. p. B. Moss and
a. u. Babcock two bank presidents,
nave each purchased an entire block of
this addition on which to build their
residences st. Vincent's hospital occu-
Pies block No. l in the addition and il
~ intended to make it the fashionable
residence quarter.
Columbus Is Active.
The enterprising little town of Co.
glumbus, in this county will erect an
$4,000 school building this summer, and
ne stone jail will be built there by the
county commissioners. A very hand
some stone block is nearing compile
$tion FOR the Columbus Mercantile com
fpany, and other improvements are in
progress or in contemplation. Column
bus, which was formerly called Still
water, Is an important wool shipping
point and commands the trade Of a
large district. The sandstone of which
1.-The state capitol is to be constructed
fls being quarried at Columbus by Ben
Hager of Butte The quarry is being
f,,on Ia, 70,
planning the stone, which is pronounce
ed to be OF very superior quality.
Brief Items of News.
The new city council me. for the
FIRST time Tuesday evening. Mayor
Yeegen appointed the former officers, as
follows: j. 3. HEREFORD, city attorney;
J. G. Bond, chief of police Fred Tews,
g. s. Sawyer and Willard Baker, po-
ncemen. The appointments were con-
frmed by the council without dis
sent.
j. C. Bond, city marshal and street
commissioner, has been actively at
work having the streets repaired after
the recent spring floods and compell-
ing citizens to clean their alleys and
back yards from last winters debris.
Captain Bonds experience as COM
handing officer of troop of rough
riders at Chickamauga has made him
more than ever particular to see that
cleanliness is maintained.
Fred II. Foster returned this week |
from Fergus county, where he attend
ed sheriff's sale of the Willowdale
Ranch company property as a repre-
sentative of the plaintiff. the Yellow
stone National bank of this city. The |
property was bid in for the bank, and |
subsequently sold to John Rowley, the |
well known stockman of Elk creek, for |
$13, 466.
man named John X Curran died on
Tuesday morning at his room in the
Shoemaker block of consumption. The
deceased, who was about 30 years of
in the hope of benefiting his health
a bout two months ago. He was taken
Ill about two weeks ago, and was
treated for a week at ST. vincents
hospital, and so far recovered as to
be discharged. At the request of a
brother in Yonkers, the body was
shipped Tuesday night to that point.
E L. Boardman, editor of the Ga
zette, accompanied by Mrs Boardman
and one of their daughters, arrived this
morning from months visit to San
Francisco and other coast points.
Editor Morris of the Times expects
to leave on Sunday for Little Rock,
Ark, where he will spend two weeks,
and then bring his family to their new
Northern home
j. w Dodds the well known North
ern Pacific conductor, whose run is
from Billings to Helena, departed on
Monday for Nevada, Iowa, having re-
ceived the distressing news that the
condition of Mrs. Dodds is dangerous,
Mrs. Dodds has been seriously i'll for
some time.
Into the Trust.
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