The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-18
daughter, little Miss Blendine, remain
ed with her aunt to attend school.

daughter, little Miss Blend1ne, remain
ed with her aunt to attend school.
Edward Taylor filed a petition with
the clerk Of the district court yester-
day to be appointed guardian of Fred,
Gertrude, Bryan and Minnie Massig,
minors, to whose mother a decree of
divorce was granted earlier in the
day.
A warranty deed executed by c.
| w. English in favor of ]. M. V. Coch-
ran to lot % and the north half of
lot 23, block 1913, Billings townsite,
was filed for record with the county
clerk and recorder, yesterday The
consideration involved is $1,100.
Excavating for the foundation of
the new city hall is still going on un-
der the direction of the street COM
missioner. The dirt so obtained is be-
ing put to good use in filling up the
sides of adjoining streets, which were
rendered rather skinny" by reason
of the removal Of so much earth to
bring their centers up to grade.
The Northern Pacific is still con,
tinuing the work of r%iprapping and
otherwise improving it's o bed east
of the city where it is washed by the
Yellowstone. Immense quantities OF
stone of different sizes are being haul
ed through town by construction
trains and are dumped along the
places where the work is progress
ing.
The three alleged road agents ar
rested at Havre last week, turn out
to have been three men who had been
working in the harvest fields of North
Dakota and were beating their way
west. The railroad company refused
to prosecute them and they were ar
j.. raigned on the charge of carrying con
cealed weapons, as a cheap revolver
was found on each Of them.
Luke Henry Bryan, the colored boy
who was arrested some days ago fol
:, making a gun play, was arraigned be
f fore Judge Mann. yesterday. He
: pleaded guilty to the charge contain
I ed in the complaint and his honor Ger
court. Yesterday afternoon the lac
received his examination and Judge
Loud made an order committing hin
!, to the reform school. Sheriff Hubbard
;, expects to leave with him for Miles
City today.
i The information received from Ra
valli county concerning the success
v which has so far attended the expert
ments made near Hamilton in the mai
G ter of raising sugar beets has adde'
interest to the~~Tuestion0 Of MAXIM
O similar ,s~egperiments in the yellow
stone valley. Although the beets wi
not be harvested for almost tW
a made show them to contain an ave-
age Of Is per cent of sugar OF so finess
1t is said that the success of the test
has removed the last remaining dout
# as to the erection of a beet suga
!. factory either in the town of Hamilto
!. or else close by.
Is Information received by J. D. LOSE
If kamp in reference to the change
made in the mail service from LAWN
e north is of such a nature as to lead t
ID the belief that efforts to secure
N change at this time will prove useless
The routes which have been disconti1
70 ued have been abandoned on the re
II o~mmendation of the agents OF tn
postal department who have supervi
ion of the star routes and in maxim
10 up the schedule of bids for the ems
20 ing year theyawere not considered an
ID no provisions exist by which none
could be secured to defray the e
ct pense of operating them. While tt
y. matter is annoying to a large numbt
ro of people, Mr.. Losekamp thinks not
id ing can be done this year, but thinl
~ If proper action is taken next year tt
I'd routes now discontinued may be rel
he stated.
ed $50,
From Fridays Daily Gazette.
The first meeting Of the new boa
d of library trustees has been called f
4 O'Clock this AFTERNOON.
IN John Forster; he/well-known stoc
ne man of Grey lcM, was transactil
W business in the city Yesterday.