The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-16

il putting up the first building on the
new toysnsite. The Paul Mccormick
company Of this city, IL IL said. con.
templates erecting Il large bnilding
there also aud will conduc: a large gen.
efai store ms a branch III the billings
store.
The large barn at the feaa Of II. b.
Gonielly's property, used by the A. Il.
Babcock Hardware company, caught
fire Friday evening about q o'cloek and
might have made things most interest.
ing IN that vicinity but for the usual
prompt response Of the fire laddies.
who soon bad the fire extinguished.
just how the blaze started will proba.
bly, never be known. The damage was
slight.
The rustlinR coal camp of Bridger
is arranging to hold a grand Fourth of
July celebration and will try and put
all former efforts in this part Of Mon
tana in the shade. RI Billings expects
to celebrate M time should be lost i'm
getting to work. 1t has been years
since this city has done anything in
this line, but this should not keep onr
people from getting to work and show.
ing others what we can do.
DIR. e p. Townsend is circulating
a petition asking the state arid land
to get to work on the new
irrigating ditch for this part Of the
Already several hundred names
have been secured to the petition and il
is hoped that ii may be the means OF
the commission making an extra effort
in the matter. 1t III q matter of vital
to the surrounding country
and should be pushed to q speedy COM
Billings has commenced to have a
look about it since the citizens got
to work and cleaned up their lawns and
Yards. During the past week City
Jack Bond has had 4 gang Of
aoboes at work cleaning hnfha vacant
.ots around town and y1Ie great i'm
1rovement has been made. Some atten-
ion should now be given to the streets
thorougbfares and then Billings
you'd once more have on its robes of
cleanliness and beauty. Let il be done.
Fergus County Argus: Report
'omes from White Sulphur Springs that
everal Meagher county sheepmen have
'een offered and accepted Is cents for
heir wool clips. Utah wool is now
at II cents and Montana wool
brings q better price than that
Utah. Territorial woods are greatly
u demand in Boston and the outlook is
o : q constantly rising market. Seven
wool last year is likely to be
'ettered--certainly equalled this year.
The Billings Water Power COM
has sent ont notices TO its custom
RS to the effect that the rules govern
Do the use OF water will hereafter be
igidly enforced. This decision has
zen reached on account of the rapidly
Increasing use of water for lawns and
necessity for safeguarding the
lights of all patrons, The penalty for
iolation OF rules il suspension OF water
which will not be resumed ex-
ept by payment of 81 to the company.
1t is desired to keep before the
ublic the coming theatrical event, LA
which will be presented next
lonth. The charming actress, Miss
Walsh, will appear in the title
Die, aud Mr.. Melbourne MacDOwell,
husband Of the late Fanny Dayen-
OFT, will be leading man, Both are
sisbrated artists and the company ,
lr0ugh0Ht is strong and well bal /
lced, Read the story, and it will add !
realty to the interest OF seeing it
layed, I
-Thos, Halbert Of Halbert, Mont, !
no has been In tho city for q week,
et with q painful accident Friday D
HIGH has kept him confined to his room ,
the Cottage Inn ever since. He was /
in branding some Minnesota =
at the b, AZ NJ, stock yards, which !
} had impaired, when the accident +,
He was riding q horse
hen the animal fell with its rider,
rowing Mr., Halbert against n post,
IDLY bruising him. He expects to be :
no to leave for home in q few days,
,Weyer,
Big Horn County Rpstleri The
~. y, i. LINES, Baptist missionary, is
earnestly and against great
seoHragements TO erect q church in
Is town that will not only be an O
nalnent, but q benefit to IT, He is ?
reoelylng the encopragement which
. efforts deserve, and it is not fatter-
3 to this community that no does not,
'sln, as the capital OF this growing
unity, should be able to have one edi-
Q nj least devoted TO religious uses,
nAn aud will hnpn ~ 20 "a, ..nax1a