The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-14

LAC 0IdIc ou1udy 0ClOOl C~OuVSuIlUu,
will meet today at 4 p. m, with. Mrs.
there being several matters to look
AFTER.
The State Medical association will
meet at Great Falls tomorrow and
Thursday. DIR. Carl Schulin of this
city, who is on the programme with
a paper on Eye Strain; Its Origin
and Treatment" left Tor Great falls
yesterday.
Raymond, the eldest son of Mayor
w. B. George, is very i'll with little
hopes of his recovery. The lad has
been in poor health for some months
owing to an affection of the heart. All
efforts to secure relief for him have
been of no avail.
w. M. Murphy came in from the
Murphy ranch Sunday and will re-
main in the city a few days looking
after bushes He states that the
cowboys, Wa lad smallpox at the
ranch, have In out of quarantine
two weeks an. are on the trail.
The first district conventioli of the
Royal Highlanders of Montana, Idaho,
Washington and Wyoming will be held
next Friday at Helena. There will be
about 25 delegates in attendance. w.
j.. Scott has been elected to represent
the Billings lodge at the convention.
The Columbus public schools do not
close until Friday, May 81, I'D the
baccalaureate address to be delivered
before the graduating class by Rev.
G. Stull of Billings will take place on
Sunday night, way rs, instead Of last
Sunday night as previously arranged.
Tom Kinds, who was recently ma5to
a rich man by n of the judges srs,
the district court in Silver Bow cou,d
ty in being allowed the sum Of $40O,0Oe
for salary as receiver in a mining liti-'
cation, passed through the city yes
terday en- route to Butte from an east
ern trip
j. E. Kurtz, who has been with the
Yellowstone National banlA for the
past year as bookkeeper, has resigned
his position, the resignation to take
effect June l.. Mr.. Hurtz will be secre
tary and treasurer of the Billings
Wholesale Commercial company which
expects to begin business shortly.
. w. G. Jenizen arrived in the city
Sunday from Lincoln, Neb., where he
had sheep on feed during the winter.
He recently sold the sheep and at a
time when the market was depressed.
Fol the wool sheared from them, Mr..
Jenizen received only 10 cents per
pound. Neither the sheep nor the
market looks very promising to Mr..
Jenizen.
Chas. House has resigned the posi-
ton of yardmaster for the Northern
Pacific in this city and has re-
turned to Livingston, wherehe will ac-
cept his old run as FIRE ighE conductor.
He has been succeeded Ny Conductor
Hoye Of the Gate CITY. Mr.. House
has resided in Billings Tor the past
nine months and made many friends
who regret his departure.
Pierre Wibaux, the well known
stockman and Frank w. Smith, from
Wibaux, were in the city Sunday, ac-
companied Dy Y. Sadone and A.. De
Frenne, the latter two are gentlemen
from France, who are guests in this
country of Mr.. Wibaux. ThA/ party
left Sunday night for the Black Hills,
where the latter two expect to invest
in some mining property.
G. S. Sprague, an electrician of ex-
perience, arrived in the city Sunday
from Chicago and has accepted a posi-
ton with the Billings Telephone com.
pany. The company expects to be-
gin work az once on improving it's
system. Th@\ ]ine will be practically
reconstructed, Vnew and longer poles
are to be set and many new instru,
ments are to take the place of the old
ones.
Three car of horses from the Bit
ter Root stock farm passed through
Billings Saturday night. The horses
were yearling thoroughbreds, the last
of the famous stock of Marcus DAILY,
deceased. There were soNe sixty in
number and they were BOUND for New
York, where they will be sold at auc-
zion. The animals were accompanied
by DR.. Hagyard with a crew of men for
each car.