The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-18


meet again June "a, when 1t will take
up the proposition of refunding bonds.
1t is proposed to pay OF $4,000 worth
Of bonds and refund some $4,000
The bonds are OF an issue made 4
number Of years ago and are payable
October /, next. They are held by
the Thos. Cruise Savings bank Of Hell
ena.
The commencement exercises Of
the DIR. s. s.. Still College Of Osteo-
pothy will be held in the assembly
hall Of the college in Des Moines, Ia,
Thursday evening, June q. In the
class Of graduates, which number
some SO persons, is the name OF John
H. Wilson. Mr.. Wilson is a former
resident Of this city, having been en-
gagged in the barber business with e.
L.. Brown. He Is said to have made
splendid progress in his study and is
considered one of the most thorough
graduates to leave the institution.
The funeral Of Otto Eastman was
held Sunday afternoon from the home
Of the deceased's brother, Gus. East
man, and was attended by many OF
the friends and acquaintances OF the
dead man. A short service was con-
Quoted at the house by Rev. g. G.
Stull, while the services at the grave
were In charge Of the Modern Wood
men OF America, Of which order Mr..
Eastman was a member. The mem
bers of M. troop, Third United States
volunteer cavalry, of which deceased
was q member, were in attendance
also.
In the case of Mrs. Martha G. Gift
ford vs.. the Northern Pacific Rail
road company in the United States
court at Helena, the jury brought In
a verdict for the defense, acting on
the instruction Of the court. The
suit was for $4,000 damages. Gif-
ford, while employed as a passenger
engineer on the Northern Pacific
running between Helena and this city,
fell out OF his cab or was knocked
OF it and was fatally injured. The
defense was that no contrfbutory neg
ligence had been shown on the part
of the company.
+ Sheriff Hubbard returned yester.
day form Deer Lodge to which place
he took L. A. Witt, who was sen.
fenced to rs years In the lehitentfary
for KIDNAPPING. Fearing that Witt
might make an ATTEMPT to escape,
the sheriff hanQcuffe1 and manacled
his prisoner before/he left Billings.
WITT did not shbYfa any disposition to
make trouble, however, and the jour.
ney was safely completed. He felt
rather blue over his sentence. The
sheriff told him that he had occasion
to feel otherwise as he might have
been taken from the jail before his
trial and hung to a telegraph pole
The man said that would have been
preferable to being buried alive, by
being imprisoned for the. rest Of his
natural life.3
Every precaution is to be taken tc
protect Montana against the on
slaught of the dreaded Goblin moth
and San Jose scale. Almost all the
fruit farms OF Washington, California
and Idaho are or less infected
with these parasitic insects, anC
spraying is resorted to annually il
the effort to rid the orchards of the
pests. So far neither Of the insects
has secured q foothold in this state
but the horticultural board believes
in taking time by the forelock ant
will make arrangements to place
fruit inspector at Helena, Great Falls
Butte and Kalispell.s The law en-
acted two years g by the legisla
ture relative to inspection Of fruits
has resulted in growers shipping
better grade of fruit into the state.