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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
A. WILLIAMS.
+. H. Hathhorn, Esq.
Attorney for Petitioner. 1914
1 OF

The annual city election of the City
of Billings will be held on Monday,
April 1, 1901, for the election of one
mayor; n city treasurer; one police
judge, and one alderman from each of
the four wards of the city.
The polling places are as follows:
First Ward-Court house.
Second Ward-C. F. Burton's office.
Third Ward-H. M. Allen & Co.. IS
office.
Fourth Ward-Fire hall.
Polls will be open from S a. M, to
6 p. m., of said day.
Certificates of nomination OF candi-
dates to be voted for at the said annual
election Of the city Of Billings must
be filed with the city clerk not more
than 80 days or less than three days.
previous to the day of election.
Dated at Billings, Montana, March
10, 1901.
By order of the city council,
J. B. HEREFORD,
15S-l-94-5 City Clerk.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
AN UNFORTUNATE'S PLIGHT.
Smallpox Sufferer Compelled to Wander
About Without Shelter.

The following in the form of a
special from Red Lodge appeared in
Saturdays Helena Record:
Smallpox seems to be making in
vasion Of Carbon county. Today re-
port ZONES from Clarke Fork that two
families are afflicted with this disease
and County Physician Kelly has gone
to investigate. At o today Justice
Stone of Bridger wired that a man
afflicted with smallpox was approach
ing that town. He came from the
Burlington grading camp at Pryor's
Gap. He tried to enter. Billings, but
was stopped at the bridge over the
Yellowstone by the shotgun quaran-
tine established a few days ago by the
commissioners of Yellowstone county.
He then started for Bridger. Sheriff
Potter has sent deputies out to warn
him off. Heavy snow is falling and
the unfortunate afflicted man is forced
to remain out in the bad weather.
The officials entrusted with guard
ing the public health Of Billings and
Yellowstone county declare that the
dispatch misrepresents the facts. They
say that if the man referred 20 had
been employed at one of the grading
camps in this county he would have
been cared for at the hospital main
tanned at Pryor Gap. The fact that
he did not seek admission there salts
fies them that he belonged to one of the
camps in Carbon county, and they say
instead Of chasing him away the Car
bon people should have seen to it chat
he received proper care and attention.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26

BOTH LEGS AMpuTA1ED
w. M. Mitchell Victim of Terrible
Accident in Burlington
Yards Yesterday.

W. M. Mitchell, a Burlington
switchman in the local yards, lies al
St. Vincent's hospital with both his
legs amputated just above the knees,
the result Of being run over Saturday
forenoon at about II 80 O'Clock.
Mitchell was holding to the side.
ladder of a car with his body swinging
out from the car, the car having been
pushed down a sidetrack by an engine.
In passing a switch his head struck
another car, which had not entirely
cleared the track, knocking him under
the wheels of the rapidly moving car,
the wheels passing over both legs just
above the ankles.
Mitchell was picked up and placed
in a way car which was run around to
the Northern Pacific passenger depot,
when the injured man was conveyed
to St. Vincent's hospital. Both legs
were found to be frightfully mangled.
lecessitating amputation, which was
performed just above the knees by
four surgeons.
After the first leg had been removed
the surgeons thought the injured man
would not be able to Withstand the
second operation, but he rallied and
the second was then a%mputated. The
surgeons are unable to state at this
time whether the man will survive.
Mitchell has been in Billings only
since last December. He worked in
the Burlington freight Office until a
couple of weeks ago, when he went
into the yards as switchman. He is a
young man, about rs years of age.
His home is at Burlington, Ia, where
his parents reside. He is a member
OF the Burlington Relief association,
and also of the Elks of this city, and
the members of the latter are giving
him every attention.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
SMALLPOX UAT
Seventeen Patients at Pest House-Baby
Will Die.

The smallpox situation is growing
better each week and unless new cases
continue to break out in the city it
will be but a matter of a few weeks
until the disease is entirely stamped
out. Two cases were dischared from
the pest house last week and about six
will be discharged this week. There
are still seventeen people out there,
ill with the disease, and about ten
others who have been exposed to it.
The three-months-old babe, which
has been i'll for a week, will likely
die, SO said the hospital physician
yesterday afternoon. DR.. Free has
been supplied with a bath tub for the
institution and the patients are now
given an opportunity to keep them
selves clean.
The quarantine which the county
commissioners established at the Bill
lngs wagon, bridge and the Northern
Pacific railroad bridge, has been the
means of keeping out of Billings the
laborers from the grading on
the Toluca-Cody line, where smallpox
first started and where the majority
OF cases have come from.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
EACH LIABLE FOR ACTS.
Board of Health 1ncurring Bills Must
Stand for Them.

The attorney generals office today
says the Helena Herald, replying to al
inquiry from County Attorney Miller
OF Park county, concerning the liabil
ity of the city and county boards Of
health for expenses incurred in bat.
thing with an epidemic. said that the
cost must be borne by the board in.
curing it.
The opinion Of the office is that both
boards are liable, but that each must
pay for its specific acts in the way OF
ordering medicine Or medical treat
ment, in other words, the one taking
the initiative must bear whatever ex-
pense results from taking the first
steps.
This is in line with a decision of At
torney General Nolan last MAY when
inquiry came from Butte from the CITY
board of health asking it the county
board was not liable for expenses of
treating patients.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
M0NTANANs AT SEATTLE.
What the Standard Says of Ex-Treasure
State People.

The latest issue Of the Seattle Stand
ard has the following regarding Mon
tana and Billings people, who are To-
Gated in Seattle:
"The ex-Montanans in Seattle num-
Der fully 500. The Standard has been
engaged in the past two months "cor-
railing and branding them. and as a
result has made a pretty fair round
up. None of them show any signs of
having passed through a hard winter
they are all sleek and fat, browsing
from the succulent bunch grass of this
region.
"And while the ex-Montanan will
always have a fond regard for the
state he is proud to call his, life in
Seattle has it's compensations. The
activity and hustle and the great
promises held out for push and en-
deavor,' together with the rapid and
permanent growth of Seattle, appeals
to him and makes him a loyal, opti-
mistic citizen.
1.-THE large Montana element. i'll Sc
attic is liberal, pushing, progressive
men who are not cold of feet nor
croakers. They have invested largely
in property in this city they are in
ducing their friends to do so and as a
result a large amount Of Montana
money is constantly being invested
here. 1T could not be better employed.
-. D. Finn, for many years divi-
sion superintendent at Livingston.
will very 0 occupy an important
railroad position at Seattle.
Colonel G. H. Horn, one of the
pioneers of Billings, is in the invest
ment business in the Bailey building.
"Archie Losby, a Northern Pacific
conductor of Billings, is paymaster of
the Seattle & Columbia railroad, with
offices in the New York block.
&c. S. (Sherm) Robinson, formerly
i'll business for himself at Billings and
then manager of W. H. Conrad's i'm
mense interests at Horr, is in charge
Of the Seattle office of the Capital
Brewing company. His brother, W.
M, also of Montana, being city sales
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
TERMS OF COURT.

In the District Court of the Seventh
Judicial District of the State of Mon
tana.
In the matter of the terms of Court in
and for the Seventh Judicial District Of
the State OF Montana, in and for the
County of Rosebad.-ORDER.
1t is hereby ordered that the terms OF
the District Court of the Seventh Judi
clal District of the State of Montana in
and for the county of Rosebud, for the
year A. p. 1907, be held at Forsythe, the
county seat OF said county, at 10 o'clock
a. m. of the following days, to,wit: April
D, May 70, November Is and December9 g.
This order is supplemental to an order
made by the district judge on the second
day OF January, 1901, establishing the
terms of court for said year in the coun-
ties of Custer, Dawson and Yellowstone.
Dome in Chambers at Miles City, Mon
tana, this first day of March. 1901.
-. e. H. LOUD, Judge.
First Publication March. s, l9Ol-4t1
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
OUTLOOK FOR coPpERopo11s.
"Two Dot'' Wilson Talks About Mining
Camp.

eyes sir, Copperopolis is going to be
the greatest mining camp of Mon.
tana,' y said G. r. Wilson of Two Dot,
better known as 1.-TWO Dot' Wilson,
who is in the city with his wife and
is stopping at the Cottage Inn. "The
DAILY company, which recently took a
bond on some Of the copper claims
around Copperopolis in the sum of
$75, 900, have already taken up these
bonds and are now working the claims
in earnest. They have between 60
and 70 men at work and with the
opening of spring expect TO increase
their force. The ore which they are
taking out is running as high as rs
per cent. The fact that the Daily COM
pany is working. the mines is evidence
that they think they have a good
proposition, as they do not very often
take up a proposition and sink money
in it unless they think it will pay.
'Copperopolis is already taking OH
city airs and it will be but a matter
of a few months until it will be one of
the coming cities of the state. When
I say that it will be the greatest min
ing camp in the state I mean it, for
that is the general opinion in that sec
tion. -...
"Teamste1s have contracted to haul
a car Of ore a day to the railroad at
Two Dot, which is some ~ miles dis
tant from the mines. It is said that
the mining company is realizing be-
tween So, 700 and So, 900 net to the car
Of ore sheltered. There is every rea-
son to believe that Copperopolis will
cut off trade from White Sulphur
Springs, but it will be ii few months
before it will make any impression,
for the reason that the former will
have to have a banking house."
When questioned about the outlook
for Two Dot, which was named after
Mr.. Wilson, that gentleman said his
town was quite a little place at present
and was growing. In order to give
the town a start Mr.. Wilson erected a
hotel at a cost of $5, 900 and rented it.
The hotel is always crowded and is
making the proprietor money.
Mr.. Wilson is the largest cattleman
in that section of the state, having
something like 5000 head. Speaking
of the condition of cattle he said they
were looking fairly we'll, but the
range is short and there is great need
OF moisture Mr.. Wilson derived the
name Of Two Dot by reason of his
brand, which is composed of
two round blotches. Although he
has made frequent visits to Billings
this is the first time that Mrs. Wilson
has been in the metropolis of eastern
Montana, and she is enjoying herself.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
"GRASS" DANCE.
Three Tribes of Indians Making Prepare
' lions for a Big Time.

Citizens of northern Montana are re-
minded just at present of the ancient
customs still practiced by the few re-
manning members of the formerly
great Indian tribes. All the Crees, the
Assinniboines and Gros Ventres in
that section of the state. says the In
dependent, are beginning to make
preparations for their big sun, or
grass dance, which is given each
year in honor of the advent of spring.
The Indians recognize the truth that
with spring comes all that is beautiful
and glorious in nature, and with it,
also, all the possibilities of the year,
as regards the more material things of
life.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
EDITOR ACCUSED OF LIBEL.
B. A. Harlan Casts Aspersions on Prom
inent Citizens.

MI. !. .#.y. I ~. -IrH
B. A. Harlan, editor of the Gebo
Sentinel, was arrested by Sheriff
Potter on a charge of criminal libel
preferred by John Mccullough of
Joliet, assignee of the A. G. Talmage
bankrupt hardware stock at Gebo,
says a Red Lodge dispatch to the
Helena Record.
The prisoner will be brought to Red
Lodge for preliminary hearing. The
alleged libel consists of an article pub
lished in the Sentinel a week ago. It
was an attack on Mccullough, B. E..
Vail, cashier of the Carbon county
bank, and W. A. Talmage of this city.
The article said the stock was disposed
OF in a covert manner and that it eds
counted any work that Cinnamon
would ever attempt"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
CAMP DEWEY DESERTED.
Northern Pacific Becomes Disguised with
Lab0rers and Discharges Them.

Just as Dewey made trouble for the
Spaniards at Manila, SO the camp OF
Dewey has been making trouble for
the Northern Pacific Railroad com
pany, which has had a large number
Of laborers employed there OH grading
work. The trouble was first caused
by an outbreak of smallpox among the
men. The patient was Immediately
isolated i'll a box car. the camp fumi-
gated and ordered under quarantine,
but when two more cases developed
later on and the men were compelled
to abide within the quarantine bound
aries, they became disconnected and
finally struck.
The first strike was effectuallv
squelched by the county commission
ers of Rosebud county refusing to sup
port ble-bodied men under quarantine
when they had all opportunity to
work, and the gang returned to their
labors.
Speaking of the trouble the Rosebud
County News says:
Last Monday. some of the more
turbulent members of the gang inaug-
urated a second strike, and as the
quarantine was ordered raised by DR..
Wilson on the same day, the company
ordered Mr.. Burke, the boss of the
gang, to give them their time and let
all Of them go, after proper fumiga-
ton. The men who have been sick of
smallox have been confined in two
box cars a mile or so from camp and
are practically we'll again, so there is
little danger of contagion.
Before leaving camp every man was
given a bath and his clothing washed
and fumigated. On Monday morning
they walked into Forsyth, and made
quite a sight as they struggled up the
track in squads of a dozen or so. The
sudden influx Of a hundred or SO men
who had been cooped up in a grading
camp for weeks naturally resulted in
more or less drinking. and before the
day was done a trio of over.hilarious
graders were landed in the cooler. AS
a rule, however, the men waited
quietly about until Tuesday morning,
when they got their pay.
The bosses, under bosses, cooks,
and several who are sick from non-con-
tagious diseases are still in camp, and
will remain until new men are, en-
pioyed to take the place of the old
gang"
There were originally about 1870, men.
in the camp, many Of whom were
picked up around Billings. A new
gang is now being hired to take the
place of the old.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
IN U
Case of John ]. Cameron of Big Timber
Heard Yesterday.

The hearing of John j. Cameron of
Big Timber, who was recently ad-
judged a bankrupt, was held before
Referee Firth Tin this city Friday.
Attorney E. M. Hall Of Big Timber
was here representing six of the cred
itors OF Big Timber. Mr.. Cameron's
liabilities are S., 1913. 80, while the as
sets are So, aga. 30, of which sum be
claims exempted $500. He was pres
ent, but his attorney, Chas. j. Grier
OF Helena, did not put in IN appear
ance. Able Gardner of Mcleod,
Mont, who is the only secured cred
itor, having a mortgage of $7OO, with
interest, vas also present. A. E. Shook
of Big Timber was appointed trustee
and will have to file a bond of 81, 600,
Three appraisers were appointed to
sell the property when a dividend will
be declared.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
T OF

NOTICE OF HEARING.
N THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Seventh Judicial District of the
State of Montana, in and for the Coun.
ty of Yellowstone.
In the Matter of the Estate of Mary j.
Sanders, Deceased.
Notice Of Time of Hearing for Probate
OF Will and for Letters Testamentary
and OF Administration with the Will
Annexed.
Notice is hereby given that Charles
=. Smith has filed with the clerk of
this court a petition praying for the
probate of what purports to be the last
will and testament Of Mary J.. sanders,
deceased, and praying for letters
testamentary and of administration
with the will annexed of the estate Of
Mary J. Sanders, deceased, and that
Wednesday the third (3rd) day Of
April, A. D.,1901, at 10 O'Clock in the
forenoon of said day. that being a day
of the regular April term, 1901, at the
court room, in the court house, in the
city of Billings, Yellowstone county.
Montana, has been set as the time and
place for hearing said petition when
and where any person interested may
appear and show III why said will
should not be admitted to probate and
why said petition should not be grant,
Dated this 22nl day of March,
A. D. 1901.
T. A. WILLIAMS,
Clerk Of said Court.
+. Fl. Hathhorn, Esq.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
THINKS HE HAS A GOLD MINE.
J. G. Graham Claims to Have Struck It
Rich Near Nye.

Rich Near Nye.
J. G.. Graham, formerly manage,
for the Montana Sandstone COMPANY
at Columbus, was in the city Fri.
day. Mr.. Graham resigned his posi-
tion some few weeks ago to go to Nye,
Mont, where he has taken up some
gold and copper claims. To a Gazette
man ne stated that he had one of the
greatest mine opportunities that has
ever been heard Of in the west.
why said Mr.. Graham, eve have
the best proposition that has ever been
known and it will be a funny thing il
we do not make a stake out Of it.
have had Captain j. P. Hughes Of
Billings up there prospecting for the
past year and a half, and his diggings
have turned out quite satisfactory to
us. We have taken up nine claims
and have five men at work on them.
They are located about two miles east
from the old town OF Nye. There is
a good wagon road from the bottom of
the mountain to Columbus and even
should a railroad not be built through
that section it will not cause us any
great amoun of annoyance. The
smallest assay we have had of sample
ore shows that it runs $9S to the ton
OF copper, gold and silver. The cop
per ais about II per cent"
Mr.. Graham says he learned on good
authority a few days ago that the peo-
pie behind the movement to build a
line of railroad to Cooke City had per-
manently decided on tire route that
would take it past Nye and that work
would likely begin during the next
couple of months. In addition to his
great gold and copper strike Mr..
Graham says they have struck a splen-
did vein OF coal six feet and two inches
thick. .
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
A FIREMAN'S CLOSE CALL.

II stuck to my engine, although every
joint ached and every nerve was racked
with PAIN writes G. w. Bellamy, a To-
connective fireman, of Burlington, Iowa.
II was weak and pale, without any ap-
petite and all run down. ASH was about
to give up, / got a bottle of Electric Bit
ters and, after taking it, I felt as we'll as
| ever did in my life" Weak, sickly,
run down people always gain new life,
strength and vigor from their use. Try
them. Satisfaction guaranteed by
Chapple Drug Co., Price so cents.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
PLAYED OJrT

Dull Headache, Pains IN var,oys parts
OF the body, Sinking at the pit Of the
stomach. Loss Of appetite, Feverlshness,
Pimples or sores are all positive evi.
dences OF impure blood. No matter how
it became so it must be purified in order
TO obtain good health. Acker's Blood
Elixir has never failed to cure scrofulous
or syphilitic poisons or any other blood
diseases. 1t is certainly a wonderful
pemedy, and We sell every bottle on a
positive guarantee. Chapple Drug Go.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
LOST A FORTUNE.
Liberality of Major Pease Causes Fortune
to Dwindle Away.

There vas a visitor in Billings Fri
day who has been associated with
the interests of this section of Mon
tana for the past 33 years. The person
in question was Major Frank D.
Pease, who is known by every early
settler Of eastern Montana. Major
Pease came to Montana in 1868 as
agent for the Grow Indians, the agency
at that time being located on Mission
creek, neal where the city of Living
ston now stands. He was appointed
at a time when a wave struck the gov
ernment, during the last Grant adj
ministration, to appoint no one as In
dian agents, except preachers and re-
ligious men, it being thought that by
so doing the Indians might be better
treated. Mr.. Pease was anxious to be
an Indian agent, but not coming under
the class enumerated above, he began
to think the game was up with him, un.
til a happy thought struck him and he
proceeded to put it into effect. Pease
is a native of Pennsylvania and was
reared in a Quaker locality. He con-
ceived an idea whereby he would de.
ceive the government and secure the
coveted appointment. He fitted him
self out with a complete Quaker suit
and with a few staunch friends pre-
sented himself for consideration. The
steadfast religion and staid manners
of the Quaker sect won the hearts of
the powers that were and Pease was
appointed All Indian agent.
1t is said that among the appointees
as Indian agents to the northwest
country during his time was a Baptist
minister. When the reverend gentle
mar came out to take charge, he was
taken off to Il side by his prede-
cessor, who said, II have been treat
ing the Indians pretty fairly and have
given them half of what the govern
ment allows and then sold the bal
ance, pocketing the money. Now.
you can do the same and no one will
be the wiser and you will be the
richer. The Indians don't need so
much. There are plenty of buffalo
and game to be had and they get good
living as it is"
The minister reprimanded his pre-
decessor, but later on while checking
him out the man of the cloth nearly
took the others breath away by say
ing: Don't you think the Indians
get along on one-third and me
keep two thirds?'
Major Pease came to Montana with
$50, 900, but due to his extreme lib
to the Grow Indians and his
white friends his fortune dwindled
away. He was one Of the first white
men to attempt settlement of the
lower Yellowstone in the early seven
ties and prior to the Custer massacre.
Pease Bottom, a strip of agricultural
land lying north Of the Yellowstone
and east Of the mouth Of the Big Horn
was named in honor of Mr..
Pease.
Major Pease left yesterday afternoon
northwest Washington, where a
brother resides and where he may pos
'lbly locate and spend the evening of
lis life. His name, like that of Paul
Mccormick, and a few others yet liv-
ng is closely linked with the early
settlement of this part Of Montana.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-26
WORKING "a HOURS A DAY.

There's no rest for those tlreless little
workers-Dr. Kings New Life Pills.
Millions are always busy. curing torpid
liver, jaundice, biliousness, fever and
ague. They banish sick headache, drive
out malaria. Never grippe or weaken.
Small, taste nice, work wonders. Try
them. 25c at Chapple Drug Co.