The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-12-20
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From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
George Pirrie of Halbert arrived in
the city, yesterday.
w. Lee Mains has gone to Helena al
a witness in the Lee-Garvin cases.
T. j.. Bouton expects to leave this
morning for a brief business trip TO
the east.
r. G. Benbow was among the
A~bsarokeeans who were visitors in
the city, yesterday.
The vault of the new bank is rapidly
nearing completion and is we'll calcu-
lated to withstand the attacks of burg
lars and the ravages of fire. \
w. B. Sleeper is in from his Wyo-
ming stock ranch and expects to leave
during the week for New York. Mr..
Sleeper says that the reports as to
loss to range stock due to the recent
storms are entirely %groundless in so
far as it relates to his section of the
i country.
.a 11dlly LULU, OAO VI LAC OAuOo II
best known stock inspectors in the
state, has rendered his resignation to
Secretary Preuitt of the board Of stock
commissioners. Mr.. Lund has been
stationed at Fort Benton and his ter
ritory consisted of Choteau and the
northern portion of Teton county.
DIR. E. E. Doty or Red Lodge was
among yesterdays visitors in the city.
The doctor, who is interested in the
new mining company recently organic
ed by Charles Burt, formerly of this
city, was exhibiting some very fine
specimens of ore taken from a late
find made in the company's property.
The firm of Spear & White, doing
an insurance and loan business, has
dissolved partnership to take effect
January 1. Mr.. Spear will assume
as cashier charge Of the new banking
house recently capitalized in the city,
while Mr.. White will continue the
present business Of the firm of Spear
& White. Y
The weather bureau is predicting a
continuation of the warm wave which
visited this section yesterday and un-
. less more snow speedily falls the six
feet which it was wired from here
covered the ground will o o disap-
pear and the veracious correspondent
of the Butte and Helena papers may
find it pretty rough shedding.
A full 1edged chinook wandefsd
through this. part of the Yellowstone
valley yesterday afternoon and con
siderable curiosity was expressed as
to the nj in which the CORE
spondent of the outside papers
would send the ews of it's arrival tc
those sheets. Bets were offered
in some quarters that he would de
scribe it as a raging blizzard and fill
a column or more with the list Of
deaths that he would declare had fol
lowed,
From Miles City the news O.
the receipt of semi-oficial information
that the military board which hal
been in session at Washington has de
cided to recommend the retention o
Fort Keogh as one of the permanent
posts of the country. It is also sait
that the board has made a similar rec
concentration as to Forts Harrison AM
~Assinniboine. Great rejoicing is sal
to Exist in the Custer county capita
in consequence of the report, as i
is taken to mean that the old fort is t.
be rebuilt and probably enlarged t
the capacity of a full regimental gal
rison. .
The agricultural department., unde
whose directions the state veterinal
ian is supplied with blackleg vaccine
has notified that official of the forward
ing of a fresh lot of the medicine an
that hereafter it will endeavor to kee
a constant supply on hand under hi
orders. DR.. Knowles to a Helen
newspaper said that the demand fo
the vaccine was constantly CROWN
and that during the past two month
he had distributed NO fewer than 25
900 doses. The government supple
the virus free Of charge and all VIII
ma desire some of it can have it b
applying to DIR. Knowles.
Missoula dispatches to Helena p
pers give the particulars of a live
fight which occurred there early Su,
day morning. The fighting seems
have been all on one side, as thre
men waylaid three others and attacke
them in the dark without giving the
an opportunity to defend themselve
What gives local interest to the matt
is the fact that the lieutenant go
a.aoa of tho a4ato admits that he w,