The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-04

-Carwile & Bouton write liberal
fire insurance policies at the best
obtainable rates. l.
-Chas. S. Hartman of Bozeman,
~. congressma from Montana, was a
in Billings yesterday.
j. Z. Harrington and family and
Miss M. Rea Lawrence have returned
home from a visit to Superior, Ne
braska.
Judge George R. Milburn and
continued their journey to Hell
.na yesterday, after a couple of days
visit with Billings friends.
e. 8. Holmes, county treasurer
elect, has fled his bond in the sum of
$40, 600 with the United States Fidel-
ity and Casualty company as surety.
Paul Mccormick and Ed. Card
we'll will attend the meeting of the
National Live Stock association to be
held in Salt Lake City about January
II.
Miss Lora Goddard leaves tonight
for Des Moines, Iowa, to resume her
studies at Drake college, after having
spent the holidays with her parents
in Billings.
Geo. T. Beck, one of the pro-
moters of the Big Horn basin, was in
Billings yesterday returning from an
eastern trip, where he attended the
annual meeting of the Shoshone Irri-
CATION Ditch company.
W. P. Cresop, who has been con
nected with The Fair in this city for
a couple of years, as clerk, has gone to
Livingston to work for j. N. Nc
| Cracker & Sons. The young man
made many friends while here and all
regret his departure.
"A. Sommers of Helena, manager
of the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
company, was in the city yesterday on
matters pertaining to the construction
of the system into Billings during the
coming spring. He appeared before
the city council last night and asked
for a franchise.
ALL the state officials who go out
of office this month will have to wait
until March before they will receive
what is coming t o them from the
state. This is due to the fact that
the fiscal year ended November 80, and
all appropriations were exhausted.
Henry Struck has filed an appeal
from the decision of the district court
in the case Of G. M. Bair VS.. Henry
Struck, a suit to damages by
reason Of the formers loss of some
rams, alleged to have been due
through careless dipping by the latter
as inspector.
i. D. O'Donnell of this city has
received word of: his appointment as
delegate to represent the sheep in
dustries of Montana at the National
Live Stock association to be held in
Salt Lake City about the middle OF
January. The appointment comes
from the Montana state sheep com.
mission.
Charles M Winter the wei.
known general agent of the Wisconsin
Central railroad at Helena, has beer
promoted to a position in the traffic
department in Wisconsin, and viii
leave to enter upon it in two or three
weeks. He will be succeeded here by
; F. H. Marsh, who was formerly di
vision superintendent of the Northern
Pacific in Montana and has lately helt
a similar position on the Wisconsin
Central.
The Misses Bessie and Elsie Dun
levy entertained a number OF theil
!, little friends yesterday afternoon il
; honor of their cousins, Misses Haze
, and Irene DENY, of Maudlow. Thos'
present were the Misses Bertha, Cert
rude and Myrle Mccormick, Florence
, De Witt, Lottie and Josie White
, Mary, Marguerite and Julia Whaley
Myrtle and Ruth Linton, Marguerite
, and Beatrice Smyth, Celia Bayerd
!, Irene and Hazel DENY.
From Fridays Daily Gazette.
"A baby boy was born to Mr.. AM
: Mrs. John Van Houten last evening.
! H. P. Imsland, a merchant o
a Grass Range, came to Billings yester
: day to buy goods.
: E. S. Becker of Forsyth, represent
ative-elect from Custer county, wa
in the city yesterday.
= Geo. Dilworth of Red Lodge wa
: shaking hands with Billings &C
! quaintances yesterday.
/ H. B. Banks, a member Of tn
4 Columbus. Mercantile company, q
Columbus, was a visitor in Billing
yesterday.
y Mrs. j. M. Fox and daughter G
n Red Lodge visited in Billings yeste'
day while en- route to Portland, whe1
they are to reside in the future.
Il &C. H. Gregory of Gebo, represen,
It alive from Carbon county, was i