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


OF Meagher county, are in the city
from White sulphue Springs.
Major Powell and DR.. Barrowman
of Kansas City, inspectors of horses
for the British government, are in the
city inspecting the animals of Lowther
& Herford.
Street Commissioner Keene and his
corps du shovel did some good work
in North Twenty-seventh street yes
terday in the way Of restoring the
gradee and removing several insight.
ly and annoying elevations which ex-
listed near the intersection Of that
street and First avenue north.
Ben Hager returned yesterday morn
ing from a visit to Butte, where he
spent several days. He visited the
races, but the fact that he was able
to return otherwise than C. O. D. is
evidence of the 1att that he picked
out the right 9aes among the ponies
or that he Ee6tented himself with be-
ing merely a spectator. At all events.
he made a record, as visitors to Butte
during the racing season usually have
more OF less trouble in getting home,
unless they take the precaution to
provide themselves with round trip
tikets.
Word was brounght to the city yes
terday morning that a cowboy at Con-
ways ranch, south of Billings, was
seriously injured by being thrown
from a horse and then afterwards
kicked. A physician left at once for
the ranch and on arriving there it
was found that the man had not been
as badly injured as was reported. The
man had been thrown with a horse
and on the animal regaining it's feet
the mans foot had been caught in the
stirrup and he was dragged for quite
a distance. The injured mans name
could not be learned.
In at least two Of the churches OF
the city last sunday evening sermons
were delivered in reply to the lecture
of Judge Ewing, last Thursday night,
on christian Science" One Of the
ministers who thought fit to answer
the venerable legal gentleman was the
Rev. MI. Stull of the Methodist church
and the other the Rev. Mr.. Clark, pas
tor of the Congregational church.
Both gentlemen argued eloquently and
earnestly from their point Of view and
each had a large congregation, as it
had been previously announced what
their subjects would be.
Speaking Of the meeting OF the
Trans-Mississippi Commercial con-
gress at Cripple Creek the Rocky
Mountain News has the following con
corning a citizen of Billings: "Among
the addresses of the day was m by
a plain everyday farmer, whose prac-
tical sense and official figures served
as convincing arguments for national
irrigation, if there had been any in
the congress doubling the imperative
need of such. l. D. O'Donnell Of the
Hesper farm, Billings, Mont. an en-
thusiast on the acquisition Of new
facilities that give Denver great trade
possibilities in the northwest, spoke on
the result of irrigation"
H. Barr, who was last week arrest
ed on an information filed by his wife
and children, charging him with be-
ing Of unsound mind and later dis
charged, was sentenced to four
months in the county jail yesterday
by Justice Mann for petty larceny.
Barr, it seems, last week, previous to
his arrest, stole a saddle from a horse
that was standing on the street in
Park City. He committed the act. to-
get even with a boy, whom he accus-
ed Of having killed some Of his. dogs.
He thought the saddle belonged to
the boy, but it transpired that it was
the property Of the boys step-father,
who caused Bars arrest.
FOR SUNDAY EXCURSION.
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