The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29
OF the country. is down from Helena

OF the country, Is down o Helena
for a fe wdays.
Letters Of administration wer is
sued today to A. A. Morris or his
petition to be appointed administrator
Of the estate Of C. e. Warner, deceas.
ed.
Mrs. Strang, county superintendent
Of public instruction, today finished
examination Of the eight applicants
for teachers certificates, who appear
ed before her yesterday.
Material is being delivered for the
stone crossing ordered by the city
council on the north side of the inter-
section Of North Twenty-seventh
street and First avenue. y
Billings lodge, B. P. 0. Elks, will
dedicate it's new hall next Friday ev-
ening, May 2, with a ball, invitation
to which are now out. The attendance
will be limited to members of the Or
der.
Mrs. r. Wilkinson and Miss Anna
Wilkinson, mother and sister, re-
spectively, of Mrs. T. A. Williams,
arrived today from Duluth and will
spend several weeks in the city Wis
iting their relatives. X
Sheepmen are complaining that
there is a scarcity Of men for the
camps during the Landing season.
Several hundred have already been
engaged for the nearby camps and
apparently there are jobs for many
more. ~
Testimony was heard today before
clerk of the district court in support
Of the final proof OF Robert Leavens
on homestead entry No. 1882, for
lots 8 and 9 of section z and the south
half of the southwest quarter Of sec.
ton s, township 1, north, range n,
east.
Charles Whitney ha sreceivsd his
clearance papers from DR.. Free Of
the isolation hospital, but the vacancy
SO created has since been filled by
the admittance Of a man named DON
ovan, a stranger in the city, who has
developed a case of the disease for
which Mr.. Whitney was sequestered.
Mrs. Wiley Sackett Of Park City
is in town today enjoying a visit from
her sister, who arrived from the east
this morning en- route west. Owing
to the fact that the flyer" or which
she arrived, does not stop at Park
City the lady was obliged to leave
the train at this point, instead Of pro-
ceeding to the home of Mrs. Sackett.
Steven Haid left last night TOR the
east and after a short visit with rela-
tives will take his departure for Nome
and possibly also go to Dawson City,
in case he finds nothing to his liking
on this side Of the line. A number of
his friends made his departure the
occasion of a very pleasant little
party and gave him a '"sendoff," as
one who attended expressed it.
gIgnatius M. and Jennie L. Keithler,
husband and wife, of Junction have
filed petitions in bankruptcy. The
first named fixes his liabilities at
$857.45, with assets Of $500, of whtph
amount he claims 1926 to be exempt.
Mrs. Keithler owes $531.45 and has
assets valued at $183. The ex.
emptions she claims amount to $40,
The first meeting OF creditors has been
called for May s.
The Commercial committee Of the
Billings club met last night for the
purpose of taking up the question OF
establishing a county high school
here under the provisions of the
Losekamp law. Owing to the lack OF
a quorum the meeting adjourned with
out taking any action. The committee
will meet at some future time and en-
deavor to accomplish something in
the direction of establishing a school
4 settlement was reached yesterday
ate noon by /. l.. Brooks and L. F
Field and u. e. Frizelle, the latter
two C whom were the defendants In
an acti- n brought by Brooks TO com
pei them to give him a deed for
parcel of real estate as provided fol
in a contract to which they were the
parties Of the first part. The deed
sued for was executed and turned
over to Brooks and the matter has
been allowed to drop.
At the next regular meeting CT the
city council Alderman White Of the
Second ward, by consent of the coun
Gil, will be given the privilege of Sc
lecting a ccess to Alderman
Reynolds Of his ward. Mr.. Reynolds
will remove from the city in the neal
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