The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-30
Local NOTES.

w. p. Taylor of Laurel was in the
city, yesterday.
Mrs. F. H. Elmore has returned
from a visit to friends in Chicago.
Mrs. G. H. Unger and daughter Of
Laurel were visitors in the city, yes
terday.
A marriage license was granted yes
teray to James M. Wilson and Sophia
Thompson, both of Forsyth.
Drummond, in the western part Of
the state, reports the first frost of the
season. It occurred the latter part of
last week and did no damage.
Joseph Kountz, banker, rancher,
cattleman and capitalist Of Bozeman,
was a visitor in the city yesterday.
He returned to the Gallatin metropo-
lis last night.
The children of the Baptist Sunday
shoot will meet at Mrs. Brayton's
Thursday at 8 O'Clock for the purpose
Of making up a picnic party to the
White ranch.
G. e. Smith will leave this morning
for Chico springs to try the curative
powers of the waters of that resort
in hope of receiving relief from rheu-
matism. He expects to be zone a
month.
A deed executed by G. Yegen ct ux
conveying to school district No. 2 the,
parcel Of ground occupied by the
school building in Yegen's addition
was filed for record yesterday. Con
sideration, $1,000.
AFRO Battles, %janitor of the court
house, has been granted a months
~leave-of absence and has gone to Hun
tiers Hot springs to make another eff
fort to rid his system Of a severe at
tack of rheumatism.
Caleb Flynn was the only offender
to face the police magistrate, yester-
day. He was picked up the night be-
fore by a policeman while drunk and
also somewhat b%oisterous. He was
fined IS, which he paid.
From Miles City comes the report
of the sale of a band of sheep, 3-year-
olds and 4-year-olds, at a price netting
the owner about 81 per head. Michi-
gan parties were the buyers. The
flock numbers $500 head.
c.. H. Thompson, who has been trav-
cling for the Rocky Fork Coal COM
pany of Red Lodge, has located in the
city and will have charge of the COM
pany's business here. Mr.. Thompson
has opened an Office in the Donovan
Mccormick ware house on the North
ern Pacific right-of-way.
1t may afford a little consolation to
the local players, who were recently
defeated at Miles City to l~earn-that
the Milesians Gseae compelled to lower
their colors to Forsyth, last Sunday.
The score stood 8 to 2 at the end of
the first half Of the ninth inning and
Miles said enough
Through the efforts of William
Woodbridge of Hinsdale and julius
Lehfeldt of Chinook about $4,000 head
Of sheep will be fed this winter near
Chinook in the Milk river valley. Feed
ing will begin about the middle Of
October and continue until March.
Alfalfa will be used to some extent in
feeding.
DIR. Knowles, state veterinarian,
writes to The Gazette contradicting
the item recently published in a Hell
ena paper in which he was quoted as
saying that two cases of anthrax had
their existence in the eastern part of
the state. He denies having made
such a statement and also disclaims
all knowledge of the existence of the
disease in the state.
Reports received from stations on
the line of the Northern Pacific indi-
cate that the crops of hay and grain
viii. be equal to the average. In some
sections a third crop Of alfalfa is be
ing cut. Harvesting is progressing
everywhere. The reports show that
the hot dry spell did not do as much
damage as was feared. Rains have
helped crops materially in nearly all
parts of the state.
Chicago parties have arrived at
Great Falls for the purpose of buying
horses to put on the market Of their
city. They say the demand for horses
in Chicago is very good and anticipate
even a better demand during the win
ter. Many of the best horses in Hi.
nois, they say, have been shipped out
OF the state, owing to the big prices
that have been paid by representa-.