The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
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Mr.. and Mrs. Auer of Chicago were
arrivals on one of Wednesday nights
belated trains from the east and will
remain in the city a short time to
visit their daughter, Mrs. Gilmore.
A marriage license was granted yes
terday to Ora L. Allen and Miss Fife
Ferdig, both OF Bridger. The cere-
mony that made them man and wife
was performed last evening by Judge
Mann. q.
The second span of the new county
bridge across the Yellowstone has
been completed. Foreman Haviland,
who is in charge of the work, ex-
poets to have the remaining span fin
ished by the latter part of next week.
George Soule left last night for
Grand Rapids Mich, to visit his
father, who is reported quite i'll and
beyond all hopes of recovery. The
elder Soule formerly resided in this
city and was engaged in business here.
w. o. Parker was in the city yes
terday and, farmerlike, while he would
not admit that the fears of a drought
had been ~dispelled for the present at
least, he acknowledged that the
ground had received a flair amount
of moisture" and that the immediate
nrnCnnafc for tho orrr;o,,1+ ,,r ~ lic%o VIZ n
good. -
Secretary of State George M. Hays
was here yesterday visiting f"iends.
Mr.. Hays is treasurer for the E,ks of
the state to raise funds for their pro-
posed trip to Salt Lake next summer.
He estimates that from 500 to 800
members of the order in. the state
will attend the grand lodge meeting
at Salt Lake. "
Charles Moore, a young man resid-
ing at the home Of his brother-in-law,
W A. Enochs, at Canyon creek, died
yesterday of consumption. The fun
eral will take place today, Rev. Clark
of the Congregational church oficiat-
ing. The deceased came here some
time ago from the east for the bene-
ftr0f his health.
ALTHOUGH not required by the regula-
lions to distribute mails arriving af-
ter 8 o'clock at night, Postmaster
Babcock had his full force on hand
Wednesday night and when the early
callers appeared at the postoffice yes,
terday morning they found all the ac-
cumulated mail brought in the night
before distributed and in the boxes.
John Lewis, a native of Wales, was
granted citizenship papers by Judge
Loud yesterday. The applicant imme-
diately before the granting Of the
final papers made his d~eclaratory
statement, a right he had under the
law, he having arrived in this country
while a minor. The applicants faith
er was naturalized, while he himself
served two terms in the regular army.
1t is said that the Peoples Electric'
company will avail itself of the lati-
tude allowed in it's recently granted
franchise from the city to erect a gas
plant at first, believing that the pros
poets for such an institution are
brighter than those held out by a
field already occupied. Later on, if
the outlook is more favorable, an
electric lighting plant may also be
constructed.
The bowling fever has attackedfthe
lawyers and doctors of the city and
next Tuesday evening two teams rep
r~esenting those professions will roll
for the supremacy. G. L. Harris, G.
H. Loud, o. F. Goddard, F. H. Hath
horn and H. L. Wilson will endeavor
to uphold the dignity of the law, while
Andrew Clark, O.. B. Prickett. W. o.
Allen, Portus Baxter and S. P. Gains
forth hurl for the honor Of the Escul-
apian guild.
Condemnation proceedings have
been instituted in the district court
by the High Line Ditch company
against John D. Losekamp in which
the court is asked to appoint apprais-
ers to fix the damages sustained by
the defendant by virtue of a right-of-
way which is sought for a proposed
of plaintiffs ditch. which
already runs through defendants land.
The defendant claims that although
the company did construct the pres
ent ditch through his land it did so
without his consent.
Charles Carter exhibited a dis
from the army yesterday, as
evidence of the story he told Judge
Mann when arraigned before him on
the charge of vagrancy. Carter ad-
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