The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-01
NOTES.
Wednesdays Daily Gazette.

LOCAL NOTES.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette. &.
Paul Mccormick is a visitor at
the state capital this week.
Rev. Father Van Clarenbeck re-
turned last night from Helena.
The spring term of district court
for this county is set for April 2.
If in want look up the intelligence
Office. South side opposite fire hall.
IS. Z. Deverill, county commits
sioner-elect, was in the city yesterday
from Laurel.
-Carwlle & Bouton write liberal
fire insurance policies at the best OBJ
taiDable rates. -
Rev. Father Hoffman came down
from Red Lodge last night for a few
days visit with Billings friends.
Miss Dora Draper returned to her
home near Junction yesterday, after a
several weeks visit to Billings friends.
A light fall of the beautiful oc-
CURED mere yesterday and the pleasant
fall-like weather has given way to
winters breezes.
The American Cattlegrowers' as
ISOLATION, which was organized at the
meeting Of the national livestock con
vention in Salt Lake, will hold it's
first convention in Denver March 5.
Every state in the Union save Mon
tana and Mississippi has rural free
wall 1o1iuorx, h11f r. ic nv1onotn1 fhof
during the present year the delivery
will be established at several different
points III this state.
-"Bill" Nye, a we'll known print"
of eastern Montana, whose home is
Livingston, was in Billings yesterday
en- route to the Pacific coast from Red
Lodge, where he has been employed
on the Picket.
james w. Johnston of Gebo was
renewing acquaintance in Billings
yesterday. He was formerly principal
of the public schools in this city, but
is now engaged in the mercantile bus
mess in Gebo and is doing we'll.
The funeral of Mrs. G.. W. Green
was held from the lodging house of
Mrs. Amelia Baker yesterday after
noon, conducted by the local Masonic
order, after which the remains were
inferred in the Billings cemetery. +
The Elks of Red Lodge have
started a movement looking to the
erection of a fine Elks' temple and
opera house combined The plan in
simple is to organize a building asso.
citation within the lodge and issue
stock to members of the order only.
The building will cost about $15, 600.
Hope s.. Davis, manager of the
local Western Union Telegraph office,
in answer to a request from the head
office, to look up a location for q
downtown office in Billings. has Sc.
cured option on two locations. One
is the room under Holmes & Cal
houn's drug store, now used as q
tailor shop, and the other is the room
upstairs in the First National bank
block, formerly occupied by the Re
publican club, and the head Office has
been notified. It is thought that 8
man will be sent to this city shortly
to install the new Office, which will.
be in charge of three operators.
County Assessor A. P. Smith j:
in Helena in attendance upon the
meeting of the county assessors Of
Montana. The principal item Of
business that will be considered, anC
for which the meeting is called is tt
determine valuation on real estate.
livestock and other classes of assessa
BILE property. The meeting will doubt
less result in a recommendation being
made to the legislature that the Law
requiring assessors to collect thu
names of men eligible for military
duty be repealed. The assessors viii
carefully go over the various classes
of real estate and personal property
and determine, as neal as possible, al
equal valuation to apply all over tn
state.