The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-10
JAS. Convery, the Joliet saloon

JAS. Convery, the Joliet saloon.
keeper, who was discharged by U. 8.
commissioner Fraser in this city several
weeks ago, when examined on the
charge Of selling whisky to Grow, In.
dians, has been indicted by the U. s.
grand jury at Helena for the same Of
Tense. Convery gave bond for his up.
pearance for trial, furnished by a Butte
Wholesale liquor dealer.
Pile sad news has been received III
Killings Of the death Of Mrs. M. q.
Mains, which occurred at Spokane the
latter part OF last week. Lee Mains,
a SOL OF the deceased, who makes his
home in Billings. had left early last
week aud reached his mothers bedside
before her death. Mrs. Mains was a
former resident Of Billings and ia we'll
remem bered BY many Of our people.
The coast roads are understood to
be figuring Oh a winter schedule, which
is being hurried toward completion
owing to the heavy decrease in local
and through traffic. and will probably
be put into effect Nov. /. It IL proba-
BILE that the winter schedule will be in
creased by six hours at least. which
will bring the Northern Pacific trains
into Billings at a later hour than at
present.
M. q. Meckley, u Northern Pacific
freight brakeman. had his left foot
badly smashed at Park City last night
BY a car running over it. The injured
nan was brought to Billings at about
II O'Clock last night and taken to st.
Vinoent's hospital, where the company
physician, DR.. Armstrong, assisted by
DR.. Baxter, amputated the foot just
above the ankle. The unfortunate nan
is resting as comfortably as possible. .
1t may have been all right for Ed.
tor Anderson TO know the following,
but to make it public III the Picket Ia
rather hard Oh the young gentleman
mentioned and "queers" him with q
certain Billings young lady: "Lieut.
H. v. Bailey, the dapper rough rider
who has a solid girl in every town be
visits, was in the city the first Of the
week and went over to the Big Horn
basin in the interest Of the Babcock
Hardware company Of Billings.
Invitations to the number Of
thirty. five have been sent out by the
medical fraternity Of Billings to the
physicians and surgeons Of eastern
Montana asking them to visit Billings
on October 10. when an Eastern Mon.
tana Medical society will be organized.
The visiting doctors will be shown
about the city and through st. Vim.
cents hospital, with a view to getting
them interested in the hospital work.
In the evening a reception will be
rendered the fraternity.
Columbus. the second city Of Vel.
lowstone county, continues to come to
the front. Last spring q sandstone
quarry was discovered near that place
and az the quarry becomes further do.
veloped the quality Of the stone in.
creases. The owners OF the quarry, the
Montana Sandstone company, 1t ia
learned, proposes to establish u new in
dustry there III the way Of a factory for
making grindstones. Grindstone OK.
perts have pronounced the stone Of the
first order for making those oommodi-
ties. The owners believe that with the
growing oriental trade a large business
oan be built up.
Rocky Mountain Husbandman :
When the new Crow Indian treaty 10
confirmed and the lands opened up
Montana will see come under the yoke
Of h%usbandry some Of the finest fruit
lands IN all her proud domain. The
new purchase will however, be a field
for big river canals, but these the farm.
ers must man by cooperative endeavor.
It will also be an especially inviting
field for small cattle herds, since there
are no railway lands, no desert lands
and no way Of getting title except by
the filing Of a homestead. This insures
it to be a thiokly populated district and
its soil and climate will make it almost
as largely sought after as were the
lands Of Oklahoma.