The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-12
locA. NOTES.

Henry Muller, president of the Bill
ings Brewing company, was a visitor
in the city, yesterday.
The south side drug firm, Williams
& Baxter, has dissolved partnership,
DR.. Baxter being the retiring mem
Der of the firm.
Fred Ramsey of Rosebud county,
who was in the city last week, was
again a visitor here yesterday, hav-
ing come up on business matters re-
quiring his personal attention.
The trade between the cuS and P.
B. Moss, by which they snapped por-
lions of their contgu0ds lots, to the
manifest improvement of the site for
the new city hail., has been affected,
as shown by deeds filed with the coun-
ty clerk and recorder, yesterday.
The new board Of county commits
sioners met yesterday and organized.
When the roll was called w. o. Park
er, s. K. Deverill and G. M. Jacobs re-
sponded. Mr.. Parker was elected
chairman and after transfer Of GER
tain moneys in the general road fund,
the result of special taxes, had been
ordered to the district road fund,
the board adjourned.
Governor Toole has refused to grant
the petition for the pardon of Little
Daylight and Austin Straycalf, the two
Grow Indians sentenced from this
city to serve a year in the p%eniten-
tiary, each, for the larceny of some
cattle belonging to Thomas McGirl
of Huntley. The governor says he is
unable to see any merit in the pleas
for executive clemency, especially as
the terms of the men are almost over.
Last evening The Gazette telephone
rang with an imperativeness unusual
for the silvery, little bell which an
nounces that somebody is at the other
end waiting to talk. The summons
was answered with all speed possible
and over the wire came the informa-
ton that joy filled the home of j. L.
Hiestand of Canyon creek because Of
the arrival of a mite of a miss, who
would soon call the head of the house
papa"
James Southwick, a ~12-year-old boy,
of Great Falls, read so much about
the kidnapping of young Cudahy of
Omaha that he concluded to try the
game himself. Accordingly he kidnp-
note to the father of his victim de-
manding the sum Of $1,500 as ransom
for the child's return. Before the
money could be paid he weakened and
permitted the boy to go. Now James
is under arrest and has been held to
the district court on the charge OF
kidnapping and attempted xtortion.
From Sundays Daily Gazette.
Babcock & REl8 have sold tc
Magaret A. HubbsgZ lots 7, 8 and 9
block 46, Billings townsite; consider
alton $500.
D. F. Sullivan has deed to William
M. Ames a parcel of land described by
meets and bounds, in township l
south, range %, east, for 1913.
A. T. McAusland, clerk Of the dis
trict court for Custer county, spen'
yesterday in the city on his way home
from a visit to Big Timber and Liv
ingston.
The Continental Oil company ha:
bought from thg Minnesota & Mon
tana Land and bereavement compan,
lots 9, 10, II ami -, block 1T, Bill
ings. The pricelpaid was $140.
A meeting OIL the directors Of the
Big Ditch compfny has been called fo1
next Thursdaf/a at which time it is be
1ieved that III proposition Of colone
Rowley will be formally submitted.
A warranty deed executed by thu
First National bank of Billings to thu
south half of the north vest cuarte:
of section 80, township l, north, rang
%, east, and in favor of Austin North
for the consideration of 81, was fle'
for record, yesterday.
Judge McClernan of Butte has rem
dered a decision declaring u%nconsti
tutional that part of the gamblin,
law relating to peeposcopes, a featur'
of the bill for which Chaplain Stull
as a member of the last Legislative
assembly, is given credit.
J. B. Welcome, the 6nly man t,
suffer apparently permanently TO
some of the q~uesAeAable practices Q
two years ago in connection with tn
election of a United States senator
passed through the city, yesterday
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