The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-02

lty county treasurer TOT the colleClAoA s
delinquent personal taxes, Is meet
.ng with much better success than he (
anticipated when he undertook the
task. So far he has managed to col
[ect from about one-haf Of those
names appear on the list given
to him and is confident that he will be
able to round up a large percentage
of the remaining ones. Many OF those
in arrears have been found to have
the county, while quite a few are
not possessed of any property. seiz-
ure of which could be made to enforce
collection by distress. On the whole
he is we'll satisfied with. results 80
far and will be able to make a material
addition to the county's funds before
he is through.
From Thursdays Daily Gazette.
Judge Loud and Stenographer
Kreidler came up from Miles City this
morning.
Former County Commissioner La
yelle was in the city last evening from
COLUMBUS.
Mrs. AL. Godske and little SON.,
Willie, left this morning for a visit
to st. Paul.
George H. Bailey, a Red Lodge at
~torney, came down last night from the
Carbon county capital.
Lee and S. F. Simonson and s. r.
\ Benbow of Absarokee are here today
on business. They are among the
early settlers of Carbon county.
Ralph Berry left this morning for
Merrill to superintend loading ct 10
cars of sheep which he will ship to
| his Wibaux range.
No. II, the Portland Express ar
rived in two sections this morning.
Both were heavily loaded with home
seekers bound for the far west.
fudge Matheson is spending a few
DAYS at Red Lodge, in the interest
of the life assurance mission of which
he is the representative in these
parts% -
Unable to longer resist the tempta,
k6nfo e whether they would bite
NE Hon. j. d. Losekamp has gone
to the Clearwater for the purpose Of
tempting the finny .denizens OF tha'
stream. *
Today the Driscoll hotel changed
hands. Matt Driscoll, who has owned
and managed the hostelry for man!
wears retiring, and giving way to J
Mathieson, lately of Pierre, s. D., Wh'
will conduct the place hereafter.
The county commissioners continu
ed in session today as such, andln'
!. the road and other matters presents
for their consideration sufficient t
. keen them busy. Tomorrow the
will meet in accordance with n LAY
as a county board Of health.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Conway nav
again been called upon to mourn tn
loss of a child, the second death
the family during the past few weeks
This last n is that of their 5-yea
: old daughter who succumbed to sea
let fever. Mrs. Conway and one otne
!; child are still sick at their home.
a II is now "Chief" Calhoun with
a verify, as this morning the muscul'
and athletic gentleman recently q
er pointed head ct Billings police Tor
IS invested himself with the badge
,e Office and is henceforth to be reckone
u with by the crooked gentry OF u
= CITY in their violations of law al
ty order.
of It was reported today that Sher
ID Potter of Carbon county had succee
rn ed in capturing David Briscoe, an
To- legged horsethief, whom he was p'
he suing for assisting in the theft OF 10
us horses from a rancher near Bridg'
re The capture was effected about
TX miles from the place where the cha
fe. began.
ed George F. Ingram of Helena
Use spending the day in the city on
ed way home from the reunion OF
,es confederates at Galveston. He
/ still the private he was before his
81 parture, as the demand for om'
The was greater than the supply. ~
lch ever. he has the promise ola jed
,st, sergeant as 500 as a vacancy occt
.rs Bert Harris, Northern Pac
asst switchman had his right hand cru
SEES ed yesterday afternoon in the 10
Of yards of the company while atten
the ing to uncouple an engine from
its train that had just arrived. Altho