The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-21

souri, at Canyon Ferry. The oontrac
was let to the Missouri valley Bridge &
Iron works Of Leavenworth, Kan, fol
$4,000. 1t will be a first-olass steeI
structure Of three spans, each 1l5 fee
long, with q slxteen.foot roadway.
The Saturday Telegram of Helena,
after publishing eleven numbers, ha!
turned up its toes. Tie paper wa
published by the State Publishing com
pauy and was instituted for the purpose
Of rubbing hot shot into Governo,
Smith for having given the state print
ing to the independent company, when
the former was the lowest bidder.
Haying is becoming general through.
out the state, says Section Director
Glass in the weekly crop bulletin issued
this week. The best reports come
from the eastern portion, while il the
central portion the crop is good along
the bottom lands and short in the up
lands. The wheat crop remains about
the same as has been reported in for.
mer bulletins, irrigated grain crops
having 4 decided advantage OF account
Of the light rainfall. which has been
u%nequally distributed. -"
The Great Northern road has award
ed a contract to Lassig & Go of Chicago
for the construction of two big steel
bridges; Il to take the place of the
wooden trestle over the Out Bank river
and the other TO supplant the wooden
affair over the Two Medicine river.
The bridges are TO be completed in
three months. They will cost about
$75, 900 apiece. The company has
about 2 900 men and six steam shovels
at work in this state hallnsting and
otherwise improving the track.
Governor Smith has appointed the
delegates to represent the state Of Mon.
tana at the conference on combinations
and trusts, to b. held in Chicago under
the auspices Of the Civic Federation Oh
Sept. 1916, 1899. They are: Hon.
Martin Maginnis. Hon. W. f. Sanders
and Ex-Governor j. K. Toole Of Lewis
and Clarke county; Hon. A. J.. Camp
bell and Ex-Governor Richards of Sill.
yer Bow county: Hon. Charles s.
Of Gallatin county; Dr.. H.
II. Swain Of Beaverhead county.
The Postal Telegraph Gable company
has been Incorporated by W. P. s.
A. l.. Smith and Norman
all Of Helena. The company is
for $50, 900. It proposes to
construct, maintain and operate tele-
graph lines in the state. The company
gives the route of the various lines in
the state. This incorporation is the re.
suit Of the visit to Helena of the super.
intendent Of the western division Of tile
The company proposes to
complete the link between it's Colorado !
line and the Montana line and has
found the incorporation of separate
companies in each state an advantage
il the way of securing right Of way.
Tired of life and %estranged from the
Joys Of earthly existence, Holland H. |
a rancher living four miles
sast Of Livingston, took the razor route
% the great beyond Tuesday afternoon.
he went to III upper room in his house
md cut the customary cash, from a
% ear. and was found later by his fam.
ly cold in death. the razor, red with
The crimson currency he paid for his re.
ease from life, lying by his side.
Bryant leaves a wife and four children.
He came from Sydney, Iowa, six
ago and rented a ranch neal
own. Dependency is said to be the
,ause Of the mans rash act. He was
about 45 years of age. This is the
;hird violent death in that county this
month.
Governor Smith has received word
hat all Of the appointments he made
~ a result of the Promotions accorded
Colonel Wallace and other
members Of the First Montana to posi-.
ions in the volunteer regiments in the
Philippines had been acted upon by the
var department and cabled to the Phil.
Some doubt existed as to
whether some Of them had not perhaps
,een held up because the department
lid not know about the appointments
o fill the vacancy caused by the death
4 Major brennan. Nothing more was
'eard about the brennan succession,
md the presumption is that the depart.
nent holds there is no vacancy. The
Message to the governor from Adjutant
General Corbin reads: "Your appoint
nents of July ~ were cabled General
)tis July 49,"