The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-19

The Gazette in it's issue of last
Friday was in error in stating that the
nurse which st. Vincent's hospital in
tended securing from the east was to
be a lady. Sister Appolonios, in
charge of the hospital, says that the
nurse is to be a male, as they already
have enough female nurses.
w. E Bean Of the Flatwillow
country, who has been spending the
winter with his family in this city,
left yesterday for his sheep ranch,
where he will remain. He will be
joined about June / by his wife and
hoy, who will remain here until that
time to enable the latter to attend
school. 1 a
j. w. Richardson, the Lavina
1ockmaster, was in the city yesterday
OH business in connection with the
sheep industry. He reports the sheep
in his vicinity as being in splendid
condition and has hopes that the wool
market will be cup and a coming"
1901 clip.
-Traintmaster B. A. Campbell of
Sheridan was in the city yesterday
looking after the welfare of the Bur
lington. Mr.. Campbell is now able to
walk without the aid of either
crutches or canes, having nearly re-
covered from the injury he received
at Sheridan about a year ago in which
he had his leg broken.
Geo. T. Lamport of Red Lodge
and S. G. Kimball have formed a part
nership for carrying on a civil engi.
neering business in this city and will
shortly open an Office. Mr.. Lamport
expects to spend most Of his time in
Billings. but will not remove his fam
lily to this city. Mr.. Kimball is an old
civil engineer for the Northern Pacific
railroad.
The hearing Of Robert E. Lee,
charged with having stolen 500 head
of cattle belonging to the Grow tribe
of Indians, which was to have been
held today before United States Com
missioner Fraser has been postponed
until next Tuesday On account of the
inability of o. F. Goddard, attorney
for Lee, to be present, having business
which calls him from the city.
Passenger traffic on the Rocky
Fork branch continues to increase, and
it is thought that it will only be a
matter of a short time until the North
ern Pacific will put on a regular pas
senger train instead of running as an
accommodation. Quite often it is
necessary to carry two coaches in
order to accommodate the growing
traffic. In addition to this the mail
and express business is no small item.
Edwin G. McCadden of Colum-
bus, this county, has been granted a
pension Of 80 a month. Mr.. McCad-
den was a member Of Troop M,
Grigsby's cavalry, of this city, and
although he did not see actual service
in the Spanish American war, he
underwent a siege of camping at
Chickamaga. and was kicked by a
horse, resulting in injury to his
health, from which he has never re-
covered.
-Diptheria has made its appearance
among the Kootenai Indians on the
northern boundary of the Flathead
reservation. Several deaths have al
ready occurred. The disease was
first contracted by an Indian girl, and
her funeral was attended by a large
number of the tribe. As a result the
disease has spread with frightful ra-
pidity among their number. The set
tiers along the boundary, who are
thrown in contact with the Indians, are
in great danger.
-Yerkes & Fell, both we'll known
Montana men, now engaged in the
printing business at Seattle. have be
gun the publication of a live weekly
there. It is called the Seattle Stand
ard. The first number appeared
March 10. The publication is a four,
column folio, printed OF book paper.
There is a special column devoted tc
Montana news. Previous to going tC
the coast Yerkes & Fell were owners
and publishers of the Bozeman Chron.
icle. Since going to the coast Mr..
Yerkes was at u time publisher Of
the Ballard, WASH, News.
The city council meets tonight in
regular session. The matter of grant.
ing a franchise to the Rocky Noun
tam Bell Telephone company will be
brought up again and possibly finally
disposed of by granting the request to
be allowed to establish and maintain
a local exchange. The council will
also open bids for doing the city work
the ensuing year. This work includes
the street sprinkling. There seems
to be a desire among some of the alder.
men that the city go into the street
sprinkling business itself, j. g., buy
its own teams and hire drivers on the
same plan as they do the driver of the
hosewagon. 1t is commended that not
onl. would the city be able to save
naopou Int xuauld also saoura hotto,