The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-28

county today.
Thanksgiving services will be held
by the Christian Science society at
room IA Belknap block.
Frank Jandell, who is in the sheep
business in this part of the country,
came in last night from Dakota.
1.-The Topic theatre, which has been
running in east Minnesota avenue for
a year. or more past, has closed it's
doors.
Sheriff Charles Davis of Rosebud
county was in the city this morning on
his way to some points on the Bur-
lington.
f. H. Becker, wife and son, and NJ.
L. Witcher will leave in the morning
to spend a few days at the Barstow
ranch in Carbon county.
VThe annual union Thanksgiving
service will be- held in the First Meth
odist church tomorrow morning at
1O:45 o'clock. Rev. G. B. Miller, pas
tor of the Baptist church, will preach
the sermon. Anthem by the choir,
Thanksgiving" All denominations
are invited to join in this service.
The. pastors of the several churches
XQ~take part.
NFor some reason the weather bu-
reau has seen fit to discontinue it's
service in this city and no more warn
| ings and forecasts are received. The
new order went into effect several
days age and was not preceded by any
notice of the intended change. Cap
tain Bond, who has been acting as
| chief observer of the local branch,
says the same order also affects sew
| eral other towns and cities in the
| state.
VT is very evident that the youth of
Yellowstone county are among the
best behaved in the state. According
to the biennial report Of the superin-
tendent of the reform school only n
tough kid was sent to that institu-
ton from this county in the last two
years. The juveniles of Sweet Grass
and Valley counties are also among
the select, as they, too, contributed
only one inmate during the same Pc
W
NSeveral prominent gentlemen of
fthe city were observed today to make
repeated efforts to do that which San
tos-Dumont and the inventor of Car
bon county claim to be able to do,
soar aloft through the vaulted blue,
but without any artificial APPLIANCES.
They were made Eagles last night
and were merely trying their newly
sprouted wings. Among those who es-
sayed the feat of flying were County
Clerk Carwile and doc" Morris.
George Lewis "a negro, who has
been in police court repeatedly for
various minor %offenses, was up again
this morning. He was arrested on the
complaint Of a Chinese lodging house
keeper, On whom he drew a revolver
because he had asked him to pay IN
old score before he would be given a
bed last night. Lewis was found
guilty and sentenced to three months
in the county Jail. On his promise to
leave the city, sentence was suspend
ed 80 minutes.
Governor Toole has been invited to
attend the meeting Of the National
Livestock association, which takes
place at Kansas City next January.
, Embodied IN the invitation is a re-
quest that he deliver an address on
the effect of the railway merger. and
dustry. The governor has been com
PEELED to decline the invitation, as
he will find himself with the legisla-
ture in session at the time of the
meeting Of the association.
VThose in these parts who have
been thinking about buying state
ic..u-. Will nave ~ Wall HI LIN.
the legislature adjourns, as the land
commissioners have decided. not to
make any more sales until then. The
reason for this is that the board has
really more none than it knows
what to do with. Under the existing
law investment of the moneys receiv-
ed from the sale of state lands is so
hedged that it cannot be profitably
made and the board will endeavor
to have a change made in the statute.
Several applications for. land have
been rejected since the new decision
was arrived at.
DOCTORS PEARSALL AND klBBEE