The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-12-29
CHE BILLINGS GAZETTE; FRIDAY. DECEMBER %, 1890.

I RlUA1,, DECEMBER ~, 1899.
%vaccinated. the operations being per-
formed BY County Physician Arm.
strong. None Of the inmates. there be.
ing ten, raised any kick, not even the
two Cree Indians, all seemingly being
anxious to get scraped.
A colored man named Smith. who
is we'll known in BoZeman, was arrest.
ed some time ago in Great Falls and
taken to Billings to answer to the
charge Of grand larceny, says the Boze-
man Chronicle. Smith was bound over
to the district court Wednesday and
stands a first-rate chance Of going to the
pen. He came to Bozeman in the fall
of ~, and his matrimonial and other
adventures in this city proclaim Smith
a decidedly tough and unreliable citi.
zen.
Last Wednesday being the eleventh
birthday anniversary Of Maude Segur,
her mother, Mrs. H. 3. Segur, invited
about thirty Of her littlefriends to her
home to spend the attsfnon. The house
was prettily heooIated with holly and
mistletoe. Misses Inez Elliott and
Vera FrizelleN assisted Mrs. Segur in
entertaining the young folks aud in
serving the delicious refreshments. A
number Of pretty gifts were presented
to the little hostess as mementOes Of the
occasion.
Chief Of Police Bond reports that
the pawnbroker's ordinance, regulating
the purchasing and disposing of pawned
articles, which has been in force for
about a month, is working admirably.
By reason d it the police have been
able to recfysf a number Of articles
stolen and Heturn them to their right.
full owners. The ordinance compels
every. pawnbroker to deliver every
morning to the chief of police a copy
and description of the articles purchas.
ed Ivy him Oh the day previous
-Lewistown Democrat: We under
stand that Mr.. P. I. Moule of Bercail
recently sold his entire property, con-
sisting of ranches, sheep, etc., to M.
Geo. Alamana, for a consideration Of
$40. ZOO. Mr.. Moule was one of the
first to bring sheep into Fergus county,
having settled on the Careless creek in
1880. With his extensive possessions
on Careless creek and Swimming
Woman, together with his water right
OIL the aforesaid creeks, this property
may be considered one Of the most de-.
sirable sheep ranches south Of the
Snowies, if not in the country.
-The members of Edna Chapter No.
1910. E. S., held their annual election
Of officers Tuesday evening, which re.
suited in the following persons being
chosen: Mrs. Frances spear, W. M.
E. Q. Railsback, W r.; Mrs. Bell
Clement, Al M. Airs. Ella Leavens.
secretary; Mis. Nellie Youmans, treas.
urer; Mrs. Helen HEREFORD, conductor;
Jessie Evans. Assistant conductor. The
installation will take place Tueday
evening, January 8. The session will
be a social u and the grand matron,
Mrs. Emily Frizzell of Great Falls, will
probably be the installing officer.
-Bozeman Chronicle: A letter from
A. K. Yerkes conveys the information
that the Bard of Sourdough has pur.
OluSOu uIC Au4lNIu ANC"e, q WCOhly pa
per published four miles from Seattle.
The paper is the anne size as the
Chronicle, aud in a town of 5000 peo-
Pile, with the great city Of Seattle to
draw an extensive advertising patron.
age from, should be a splendid invest
ment. There are few publishers who
understand the business better than Mr..
Yerkes, and 1t is an assured fact that
the News will be as famous on the coast
as the Chronicle has been in Montana.
The Billings merchants report "a
heavy holiday trade, in fact the largest
in the history Of the city. Indeed such
is the case with The Gazette advertis.
ers, who took occaion to,get the atten-
ton Of buyers early i9>the month and
kept it until christmas day, Holiday
stocks were disposed of almost entirely
and but little viii have to be carried
over until next year. There is a say
ing tha4 if sAch and such a thing is
worth anything it is worth going after,
and this applies in a large measure to
trade. The merchants who advertised
are after the trade and as a general rule
are the ones who reap the heaviest har-
vest. II advertising during the holi-
days is a paying investment, SO it must
be during the other eleven months Of
the year. Trade continues throughout
the entire year and the merchant who
is up and doing will be the one that
will do the queens share.
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A PRETTY HOME WEDDING.