The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-30
LOCAL NOTES..

From Saturdays Daily Gazette.
o. F. Goddard made a professional
trip to Livingston yesterday.
John T. Smith, the well known at
torney of Livingston, was in the city
yesterday.
Rev. A. S.. Gesner leaves for Red
Lodge this morning where he will on
uuct Episcopal services tomorrow.
Rev. Father Van Clarenbeck spent
a few days in Miles City this weeK,
the guest of Rev. Father Pauwelyn.
The family of J. B. Elliot are re-
moving to their new home in the west
side addition on Yellowstone avenue.
w. Ranker, who has a sheep ranch
on the Musselshell, is very ill with
pneumonia. A physician was called
from Billings yesterday to attend him.
County Attorney F. H. Hathhorn
expects to file a complaint in the JUS
tice court today charging Seth Dix
with murder in the first degree for
having killed Ben Davis.
> A star mail service has been estab-
lished from Harlowton by Yale, Hal
bert & Gunton to Irene six times a
week. Also from Ubet, via Greene,
to Utica, with the same frequency.
Mrs. w. l.. Linton returned yester-
day 0 a visit to Denver and points
in Kansas and Oklahoma. Mr.. Lin
poets to be able to return to Billings
in about two weeks.
John Staffek has been elected by
the local labor uniOn to represent it
at the annual sessions of the Western
Labor union ana Of the Western Fed
GRAFTON of Labor, which will begin in
the city of Denver, May27.
The Woman's club met with Mrs.
Fl. M. BraytOn yesterday afternoon.
The club has accepted an invitation
from Mrs. J H. Rinehart, who will
entertain the members and their hus-
bands May 81, when the organization
closes it's work for the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. John McVey of Round
up are stopping in the city for a few
days. Mr.. McVey LAS sold his ranch
to John Farrell and Dick Anderson and
will look about for a more desirable
property.e In the meantime Mrs. Nc
Vey will go east for a visit to rela-
tives.
The lovers of lawn tennis have
formed an organization with w. Lee
Mains as president and w. M. Purvis,
secretary and treasurer. A committee
was also appointed to look after the
matter of supplies. The members *
pect to shortly begin the playing of
this eve popular game.
w r. Westbrook, who recently locat-
ed in Laurel, has erected a fine two
story frame building in that place and
will shortly open a large stock of gen.
eral merchandise. The upper story
has been arranged into dwelling rooms
of modern convenience and will be oc-
cupied by Mr.. Westbrook and family.
Funeral services We're held yester-
day afternoon at Smith & Cos. under
taking establishment yer the remains
of Ben Davis, who vas shot and killed
Wednesday evening by Seth Dix. The
services were conducted by Rev VIM.
Remington, after which the remains
were inferred in the public cemetery
Charles Burns died at his home in
Forsyth Thursday night after an i'll
ness of only a week from pneumonia,
The deceased was an old-time cowboy
of this section of Montana, but of late
had been a prominent business man OF
fOTSyCu. ne udu 1uduy lIlcAuo LII tA1s
city, who will deeply regret to hear OF
his untimely death.
1t is reported that during the com.
ing summer the war department will
undertake, for a second time, the task
of driving the renegade Cree indians
back to Canada, where they belong
The people OF this city and other com
munities in eastern Montana sincerely
hope that the report is true, as they
long ago have grown tried of being an
noyed by the presence of the thiev
ing, beggarly loafers.
The carbon County Democrat is
authority for the statement that the
supposed oil fields on Butcher creek
20 miles west of Red Lodge, are soon
to be developed by parties of Local
and foreign capitalists The same
paper says that Red Lodge parties
have filed on 1900 acres of land and
that from a prospect hole on the
tract so barrels of crude oil have
been obtained in n day ny means
of an ordinary pump
From Sundays Daily Gazette.
Architect c. s. Hare, of Helena, Ii