The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-23

Yegen" Bros. for sometime past, hat
gone to Butte, where he has been Of
fered a position.
H. e. Day, travelling engineer for
the Northern Pacific railway, inspect
ed the company's motive power at
this point yesterday.
Thomas Thompson, deputy game
warden of Miles City, was in the city
yesterday returning from an official
trip to Carbon county.
Jos. Steinhauser and sister-in-law,
Miss Hattie Sherwood, left last night
for a visit to their old homes in Atch.
ison, Kan, and Trenton, Mo.
G. F. Ingersoll of Miles City was
in the city yesterday, returning from
a southern trip for the purpose of
buying cattle for his range in Custer
county.
H. D. Arkwright, Of the Arkwright
Sheep company of Miner, arrived in
the city yesterday from the north.
He says the range is fast drying up,
but that it is not yet in a bad condi-
ton.
G. NJ. Hopkins of Helena, a former
resident of this city, is spending a
few days in the city visiting friends.
He is en- route to his old home in
Michigan, where he will again take
up his residence.
H. Lowther of Miner. who is in
terested with j. B. HEREFORD in the
purchase of horses for the British
government on contract, is in the
city to assist in receiving the ship
ment, which the latter recently pur-
chased in Washington.
Among the wool growers from a
distance who have come to this city
to sell their clips are the following:
Perry J. Moore of Martinsdale, B. F.
Moulton and Ole Vinger, Grass Range,
B. F. Sink, Utica, Frank Lye, Ubet,
and Jos. Asbridge, Highfield.
w. M. Marston, a wool buyer Of
Boston for the firm of Hallowell, Don
aid & Co. arrived in the city yester.
day and will spend a few days here.
His firm is being represented on this
market by Mr.. Ellery. Mr.. Marston
has just come from Wyoming, where
he made some purchases.
B. F. White of Utica is in the city.
Mr.. White is at the head of one of
the largest sheep companies Of Fer
gus county and has come here to sell
his WOOL. He was formerly superin-
tendent Of the state reform school at
Miles City and has many friends and
acquaintance in this section of the
state.
Dan Dewey, Jr., Of the firm of
Dewey, Gould & Co., wool firm of
Boston who is buying wool at Big
Timber and other points in the east
ern part of the state, is in the city
to see the ball game today, and in
cidentally to umpire the event. Mr..
Dewey has a reputation for being one
of the best umpires that aver came
to the state and he is still alive, too.
Captain j. G.. Bond hied himself off
to Springdale a couple of weeks ago
to catch fish. The report came to
the city yesterday that/he had be-
come Disguised ~witb>his luck, or
rather ill-luck, apd in consequence
had started for the Yellowstone park,
where he expects to spend a few
weeks in seeing the wonders which
have attracted so many people in the
past. IL
Chas. S. Fee, general passenger
agent of the Northern Pacific rail
road, was in the city for a short time
yesterday, returning to st. Paul from
a trip to the Pacific coast. He ex-
pressed himself as highly gratified at
the business which his road is doing
this year, and he was glad to note the
prosperous condition of crops and
stock along the line esf, the Northern
Pacific.
Mrs. AL. Minnick and mother, Mrs.
of Alliance, Neb, arrived here
yesterday for a visit to the family of
M. Johnston, the latter being a
grandson of Mrs. Meyer. The ladies
are just returning from a visit to
Pacific coast. They were met
here by Mr.. Minnick, who came in
Yesterday morning from Alliance,
he is manager of an electric
light plant.
e. Gillette, assistant division SUPER
|ntendent of the Burlington, vas in
city yesterday from Sheridan. 1t
reported that a change will be