The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-08-07


-T'he prairie fR which Was started
by sparks from u Locomotive neaF Sand
000leU 4 few DAYS Np0 swept over 4
VAST AREA, n0t being checked anil "
Ind devastated practically MI OF Tho
pnnRe MtWapN TINT emp mud halt,
leNvtDA path Ab0nt IVA miles bIaAd
ANd causing Nh inestimNble lOas, tho
full ektent N which cannot no npprs.
otNted until mart sprinp, AaverAl men
lONl MI lhnt lhaS owned eAuapt the
bNpu land, mud others suffered l0ss
which they oannOt calculate,
a'fhe aulOOnkeelsvs OF Billings Ind
nnOthar experience last Wpak with
forged 0haOkA 10 thu amount 0f tIbO Oh
Whloh They advanced Via onsll, A
wnll known man VIM buekiDa tha GAnl.
bllnn games And draW aana cheeks 0n
\ ONvb0n county hank, Iii which In
had 40 funds, The man haH consented
70 make Tho Oha0ka G00d with the eaab,
but hAs n0liNad lha s4i0ONkeepefs that
thsy Will hAve 70 wait on him for \
tlMH, Rather than prosecute him tho
NKlO0l men have Anread 10 ihiM One
gambler also e0t 0n6 Of TIM ehaeks for
$780,
ralf N IN pOauible Tho company which
n N present n%Hhanand0ah'' the 0Oms
lne season under ,he direction Of JAeOb
hltt N Aven Htr0nNei TINT II haa haaI
tlN past iva adNs0nH, Whatever new
enNNesMantA lAva hnen lnAde hnve
ba0N with n view " strengthening tho
oOmpanN The scenery Id TINT which
WINS Nhed IN Tho revival Of tho play by
MI, LiW m thu broadway theatre,
Nav York CITY, aud WINS sRid M Tho
time III In Who hAnds0M6at that lHd
AVER bean used IN tho production 0f tho
play, WhaI6 have hpen several nav
electrical effects Hddad ami the bAttls
seena M tim and Of tha third ANt bar
al.o heen improved upon, y saoh 4
thing ware possible, shenandoah"
makes another trip Ia Tho o0Rsl this
seNsOu mud Will visit Billings
AS stated IN thla paper several
weeks aA0, u. ii Mofalt, thu new
OwnM " thu Yellowstone Valley Tsle.
phOnp line, will e.tand The system 10
CNFbon county points, Work Inv a.
ready begun on tho extension, tho d.
lny having been caused on ACCOUNT OF
difficulty III getting Hnppliah IL ii en-
peOtad that tho line Will be G0mr
pleled Inside Of thlitXfdays, The 0ODr
tract for digging haJp0at holes lIas A.
tendy hedn hWaNdaN and will he G0ln'
plated Within tw0NYeeha Mr. MOfeit
purposes 10 tun TIM llno ftOm haurel,
which N OennyOIod with Billings 10
Hilotln aud MQ0hvnlo, tIan run 0li6 up
N00k OreNk, tnhiDA IN Joliet aud CAR
hOnadO, md Mn0thpf up tho Clarke Il
Fork 10 aab0, thence 10 Hiidnei, Tllia
SUSTAIN, Of course, viii facilitate
prompt communication with tlleH6
camps aud Billings
--Ihe populials will MOI hold a
county convention III feN0wHt0ne
county tO nalnn delegates 10 thu stata
convention, Phu county u0utpAi t0In.
Mittee mat Saturday afternoon In uill.
INK aud elected A. N, petevH, II, H.
Nv, JOhN, A. n, Shannon VIM, Taylor
Of Laurel and q, II, Smith Of pnyk
CITY IN suQli delegates, A mAHs
meeting M pOpNliRtnsW will ha held OH
September ", ~ s%aaoOtivo committees
composed Oh A, N, pulara, A, N, Shan
AoN and II, Aflrfith being appointed
w arrange toy the aNnle. Al tia date
IL tho sN1ia Nh tho Democratic aOnvanr
ti0n II lnAeNfu 10 presume that some
a0It Of fusion will De effected between
Tho two Tho democrats ara Aald 10 la
willing 10 nlve tho pops III 0liOa On
two ana this II I'LL tlG latter wish, A.,
N, Peters rasisnad M secretary 0f Tho
county central Oommittua and II, A,
Firth WaH elected,