The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-02-23

-Yegen Bros. for plumbing, steam
and hot water heating. 1914
Be in style with nice linen by let.
ting the Billings Steam Laundry do
your work. S8.tf
Austin North for town lots. Low
prices. Reasonable terms. Easy
monthly payments.
LC~M. Jacobs, a prominent resident
Of The Musselshell country, has been
IN the city several days.
superintendent G. r. Burla spent
a couple Of days this week III visiting
the schools up the valley.
fzLMrs. M. W. Potter aud children
Of Red Lodge have been visiting friends
III Billings several days.
Mrs. w. B. Chrysler spent sevearl
days-of this week IN Red Lodge. the
guest Of Mrs. Geo. T. Laport.
DIR. W. o. Allen will visit Colum.
bus Wednesday. Feb. 2s, prepared ia
perform all work pertaining to dent.
istry. 1913
The Sheridan, Gebo and Bear
Greek coal are the leaders, give the
best satisfaction and cost no more than
Others. Try them. YeRen Bros.
The Ladies' Aid society OF the
Congregational church served a New
England supper III the parlor Of the
church Wednesday night, and az a re.
suit their e%xchequef has been increased
about $50.
The Billings Telephone company
ia erecting public stations in several
business houses in the city for the gen.
eral use Of the public. Each one Of the
drug stores will contain one, there will
be II in the pnstofice aud one on tho
second floor Of the Belknap block.
-fIneineer Bailey Waddingham, for.
merly OF Forsyth, accompanied by his
family arrived in Billings the first Of
the week from an extended visit to the
coast. They will make this city their
future home, MI. W%addingham having
taken a run on the Yellowstone divi-
sion of the Northern Pacific.
Ralph Berry, the big flockmaster,
arrived in the city yesterday from Min
neapolis, where he has been feeding
sheep this winter, with good success,
for the Chicago market. He left this
morning to join his family ut their
winter home al Bedlands, Gal, where
he will remain until shear,ng time.
Mentor Wetzstein. the wholesale
and retail liquor dealer of Livingston.
who recently asked to be adjudRed 4
bankrupt, was here the first Of the
week on business before Referee Firth.
Mr.. Wetzstein filed q statement Of his
liabilities, which amour; to $13, or,
while there were no assets excepting
those which are exempt.
f-Charles Spear has beep~ named as
Assistant County Assessor by Assessor
Wells, who Is too Ill to- attend to the
duties Of the office, ava Chairman Lin.
ton Of the board Of county commission.
ers says the apD6intment will be Ell.
tirely satisfactory to the board. Mr..
Spear will assist Deputy MoFarlip III
making the assessment, while il ia un-
derstood that G. X. Warner Ia. booked
to do the clerical work.
John Powers, financial secretary
If the Carpenters union Of Billings. Ia
In receipt Of a communication from the
district council Of the United Brother.
hood Of Carpenters and Joiners of
America, with headquarters IN Chioa-
TO-, concerning the much advertised
lookout by the Chicago Contractors
council. The circular gives the true
status Of affairs and says that "fail.
ure" Ia already stamped o. the face Of
the lockout, The Billings union is
asked to see that no carpenters from
this city go TO Chicago, aud in this way
assist IN defeating the lockout, Tt
has warned local carpenters to keep
away from Chicago.
REV, VIM, Remington, the new
pastor OF the Baptist society, arrived
In Billings yesterday from Belt, Mont,
and will preach his first sermon next
Sunday IN the court house, He comes
to this CITY highly recommended both
as an exhorter and q worker and al.
though rather advanced in years he has
the vim and vig9y0f young manhood,
Reverend Hemi6gton il a guest Of Mr.,
and Mrs, Fielding white for the pres
ent, Mrs, Remington, who Ia IN poor
health, Is visiting her mother in Miohi-
gan, but will come to Billings this
summer, We welcome Reverend Rem.
ington to our city and hespeak for him
q cordial reception from u people,