The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-19
LOCAL AND

in the city.
. Miss Cora Hartman of Absarokee
is a guest at the Grand.
George Mather of M%usselshell is
registered at the Grand.
Among the visitors from the upper
part of the vale ytoday is Joseph b.
oBessette of Park City.
A marriage license was issued to-
day to Lewis G.. Piper and Mrs. Cora
E. Hartman, both of Absarokee.
License to wed was granted yester-
day afternoon to John G. Gibson and
Mrs. Maggie Price, both of this city.
Robert Hudson and family of Nye,
after spending several days in the
!, city among friends, departed for their
home this morning.
The Birely family have removed in
to their new home just completed at
the corner of Thirty-fourth street and
Second avenue, north.
II George Soule is building an extern
sive drain ditch surrounding part of
his ranch near town in order to shut
out the seepage water coming from
the bitches in the northern part of the
valley.
M. M. Potter, Montana agent for the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific rail-
. road, is in the city. Mr.. Potter is no
stranger to the shippers of Billings,
having formerly represented the "Mil-
waukee' in this territory.
Allan Farrell, better known in the
city as "Boxey," is in Canada at the
present time visiting relatives. 1t is
understood that he has partially con-
cluded arrangements to go into bus
mess with a brother at Salt Lake ear
ly in the spring.
Tom R. Kinds of Butte, who is a
member of the firm of Cook & Kinds
in a railway contract with the North.
ern Pacific near Bismark, N. D., came
in this morning from a visit to the
work. Mr.. Kinds announced the dis
continuance of work for the winter
owing to the severity of the weather
NLhat locality.
" The Maverick Hose company is
" making unusual preparations fol
it's annual ball to be Civ
en- on New Years night. By tina
time the company hopes to be install
ed in it's new quarters in the city
building now about completed ant
where it will be able to entertain
more deliberately it's friends on thu
annual birthday of the organization
The county clerks office contradict
" the statement published in a Helen;
newspaper that the special election
to be held in the county next Satu1
day will cost the taxpayers $1,000
An estimate of the expense place
the figures at $500, just one-half tn
sum given out by the Helena publ
cation. The general election held !:
November cost the people of the cour
ty $1,400.
Fred Ramsey of Kirby is spendin
the day in the city on his way HON
from a visit to Forsyth. He but cor
:" firms the reports received from Their
lately concerning the condition Of a
fairs resulting as an outgroWth OF tn
election troubles. Feeling engende
ed then is no less strong now tina
at first, if anything the enmity e,
listing between the several faction
seems to be growing in bitterness an
intensity and the possibility Of som
serious happening has by Il
pags<disappeared.
~Sheriff Potter of Carbon county we
in the city last night. Concernin
the four suspects under arrest thel
on the charge of robbing the ban
at Bridger, Mr.. Potter asserted tn;
he believed that the officers wout
nave no difficulty in laying the GRIN
at their door when the case is trie
in the district court. Murray, one
the men under arrest and at who:
cabin on the West Rosebud Sheri
Potter and his posse made the captul
of The q%uartette, is out on $l,O'
bonds. The other three are held
the sum of $4,000 each and thus f
have been unable to furnish bail.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
J.. P. Lavelle of Columbus is in tt
city.
B. E. Palmer Of Livingston is
the Grand.
John A. Johnson of Chestnut is
visitor in the city.