The Billings gazette., 1899-04-21
CROW AGENCY CAWs.
The Flood ut Crow Agency-A Fire in the
Indian School House,


Howard. boss herder Of the Indian
herd, was up from Slack, Wyoming,
Saturday last
Allie Stevenson has been viewing the
sights in the magic city Of Billings for
several days past.
E. Gillette of Sheridan, Wyoming,
was businessing in our hamlet Satur-
day last.
A. F. G Green was down from his
Soap creek ranch last week and reports
snow gone for some time and the grass
getting good start.
Major Pease, the first agent Of the
Crows, was down from the Lodge Grass
country renewing acquaintance several
days the past week.
O. @. Kreidler, additional farmer of
the Forty Mile ranch, is at Miles City
attending the stockgrowers' meeting.
Messrs E. A. Richardson, Jerry
Thompson and Henry Keiser were food
bound at Billings several days last
week.
Jack Pennell was breathing the ex-
hilirating atmosphere of Billings Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Swisher of Fort
Custer were here last week owing to
the fact That their home in the valley
was surrounded by water.
Paul Mccormick, the Billings cattle
king, was looking after his interests in
this part Of the reservation last week.
James Haynie, foreman of the Muir.
ply Cattle company, came down from
1,c nd ic
the Murphy cattle in this section Of the
country.
Father Van Ciarenbeck of Billings
was here last Monday Oh his way home
after three days visit to the St.
Xavier mission.
Ed. Cornwell was Wednesday even
ing passenger for the north. He will
visit at Butte, Livingston and Billings
during the coming two weeks.
Father Van der Pol of the st.
Xavier mission was here Wednesday Ell
route to Billings for a brief stay.
Mrs. N. \. Taylor, who resided at
Grow Agency for several years, died at
the home Of her son in law at Aberdeen,
Sunday last. Mr.. Taylor and children
have the sympathy of our people.
l.. D. Siria and George Smith of the
Grow irrigation survey force at the
ditch camp are at Billings for few
days. stay.
Dan Bowman was down from the
ditch camp Saturday last on his way to
Fort Custer.
Joseph Cooper was down from Soap
creek Monday last and reports that his
garden is not very we'll under way ar
the present writing.
Father Boske of St. Xavier delivered |
an address in the Grow language at the
Catholic church here Sunday.
Early Wednesday morning a severe
snow storm visited this section of the
country and continued throughout the
day. and our dreams Of spring SO far
are like mince.pie vision.
Otto Miller, engineer at the Grow IT,
rigation survey, made the trip from tile
ditch camp on his wheel Tuesday and
arrived here somewhat frescoed with
mud. Mr.. Miller is en- route to Seattle
on important business, but will return
in few days.
Will leighton is down from his
Forty Mile ranch shaking hands with
his many friends.
The report in some of the daily pap
ers that thirteen Indians Oh this reser.
walton had been drowned is about on a
par with the announcement that six
passengers had been dlowned in the
coaches Of the Burlington near Sheri.
dan, Wyoming. If some of the would.
be "scoopers' who furnish these items
for the press would hustle more and
not indulge in SO many "pipe dreams'
a better and more truthful class of
news items would appear in print.
Ed. Macer of st. Xavier was measur-
ing agency sidewalk Monday.
George Drake, the Sheridan livery
man, was here several days the past
week talking over old times with Fred
Server, the two having formerly been
in the stage business between Sheridan
and Buffalo, Wyoming.
Jesse Ross and Ray Talmage have
gone to the Pease ranch Oh Lodge Grass
to herd ponies the coming season. Bet
they are homesick already; l know I
was the first time | left home Oh a SIM
liar mission.
Two weeks ago the warm weather
caused the heavy SHOWS in the upper
valley of the Little Horn to melt rapid
Iy and water and ice soon filled the
river to the brim. Sunday, the 9th,
the water was out of the banks and
the residence of Rev. Bur-
CESS and making our good people a
little uneasy. Tuesday morning at
} )'clock most of our residents were
'oused from their cozy beds and told to
AXE to the hills as the water was run
ling through the agency at an alarm.
ng rate. The school children and
some of our employees took refuge in the
I'D Catholic church across the Burling.
on tracks. Tuesday and Wednesday