The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-10
BILLINGS HoNoRED AGAIN.
I. ID. O'DoDnell Elected President of State
horticultural Hoard.

I. ID. O'DoDnell Elected President of State
horticultural Hoard.
The Montana state board of horti-
Gulture which met III Helena this week,
effected permanent organization,
agreed upon set Of rules and appoint
ed the number Of inspectors named in
the law. I. d. O'Donnell Of this city
was elected president and c. II. Ed
wards of Missoula secretary.
Mr.. O'Donnell was appointed in
spector for the First district, including
Dawson, Custer, Yellowstone, Sweet
Grass, Carbon and Park counties
Mr.. Wilcox, the entomologist at the
Bozeman agricultural college, was ap-
pointed inspector at large, to whom the
several inspectors must report. Tie
inspectors are to receive SIS per day
when actually employed, their maxi
mum salary for the year not to exceed
$500.
After a long discussion. rules govern
ing the inspection Of nursery stocks by
the inspectors were agreed to and the
secretary was instructed to publish the
same as soon as possible
The points of inspection for nursery
stock shipped into the state were de-
cided upon as follows: Miles City,
Billings and Glasgow on the east, Dill
Ion on the south, Missoula and Kalis-
pell on the west, Fort Benton and
Chinook OH the north. These points
were selected as being the gateways on
the principal lines Of railways through
which practically all Of the nursery
stock shipped into the state must pass.
If nursery stock Of any kind is shipped
into the state BY wagon it will be sub
ject to inspection at the quarantine sta
ton nearest to the point of delivery.
All Montana grown nursery stock
must be inspected at the nurseries pro-
ducing it before it can be delivered.
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CHANGE IN SCHOOL Law.
Number of Trustees in Billings Reduced
from seven to Five.
AS the time approaches for the an
nual election of school trustees interest
in such matters grows. The first
Saturday of next month is the day set
by law for such election. The last leg
islatnre passed law making some
changes in the school law, especially as
to the election of school trustees, and
providing that clerks in districts of the
first class shall give an official bond.
This law was approved by the governor
March 3.
In order to call the attention of coun-
ty superintendent and school district
officers to the changes in the law gov
erning elections. ETC., State Superinten-
dent Carleton has sent out letters to
every county superintendent in the state
briefly stating such changes and urg-
ing strict compliance Herewith.
By the new law enacted the Billings
school district comes under the jurisdic-
tion Of the second class. which reduces
the number of trustees from seven to
five. The terms Of three trustees of the
Billings district expire this spring and
only one trustee. will be elected to sue
ceed them. The trustees whose time
expires are P B. Moss, H. M. Allen
and I. D. O'Donnell, who was appoint
ed to succeed H. G. Williams.
"A MIDNIGHT BELL"
A Good Clean Comedy That Pleased the
People.
Hoyt's "A Midnight Bell" drew
large audience to the opera house
Wednesday evening and proved to be
clean comedy, with a good moral pre-
sented by one of the best companies
which has ever visited Billings. L. r.
Stockwell and Gus Tate, the two COM
edians, carried off the principal honors,
but all the parts were we'll taken. The
play is natural one, full of scenes and
incidents true to real life, and in every
way worthy the liberal patronage it