The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-18
LOCAL T
Saturdays Daily Gazette.

From Saturdays Daily Gazette.
James A.. johnson of Gebo was a
guest at the Grand, yesterday.
Dan Brown, a well known Butteite,
was a visitor in the city yesterday.
The preliminary examination of Mrs.
Circuit will take place today before
Judge Fraser. 7
The Hon. William Lindsay of Glen
dive was in the city yesterday on mat
ters connected with a sheep transac-
ton.
Gregor Klein, a native of Germany,
filed his declaration of intention to
become a citizen with the clerk of
the district court, yesterday.
Sheriff Potter of Carbon county
passed through the city yesterday
with an insane man whom he was
taking to the asylum at Warm Springs.
Officer Taylor arrested Harry
Sheldon yesterday on the charge of
stealing a wagon sheet from a man
named Miller. The latter missed the
shortly after it was stolen and
found it at a second hand store, the
owner of which said he had bought it
from Sheldon.
Among the prisoners confined at
Helena awaiting trial in the United
States court is a Canadian named
Vadnais, who is accused Of smuggling
contraband goods across the border.
He attempted to grow rich by avoid
ing the duty placed on eggs and pork
and selling those articles on the
Blackfoot reservation. While the Of
Tense is quite common the arrest of
anybody is so unusual as to be worthy
of comment. It is claimed that the
government has a strong case against
the man.
Helena newspapers that
the executive committee Of the hon
orary commission of the st. Louis ex-
position expect. to visit the latter city
early next month. The acting secre-
tary of the commission, T. G.. Kurtz,
has received a letter from the d.
rector of works saying that several
state commissions had been there and
selected sites for their buildings, and
that the men from Montana would be
welcome any time. A meeting is to
be held soon at which time a date for
the proposed trip will be decided up
on.
After letting up a short time, it>be-
gan to snow again Thursday night and
yesterday morning the ground was
covered to a depth Of several inches,
insuring a good supply of much need
ed' moisture to give the grass a start.
Stockmen n ranchers yesterday de-
clared that the snow was worth thou
sands Of dollars to this part of the
state, and judging by their joyous
name of stating it they had the ut
most confidence in their own judg-
ment, regardless of what others might
think. Farther east the snowfall was
greater, as it was reported yesterday
that over a foot had fallen in portions
of Custer and Dawson counties.
The storage system of irrigation
seems to be growing in favor with
those who have studied it, for accord
ing to state newspapers many in diff
ferent parts of Montana have decided
to adopt it. j. H. Carmichael, a Lewis
and Clark sheepman, has become a
convert to the idea and has filed on
250 inches of the surplus waters of
Flat creek, which he intends to con-
serve against the time when he needs
water and the usual supply fails. His
idea is to build a dam 494 feet long
and Is feet high for catching the
waste water in the spring and storing
it. A system of bitches will connect
the adjoining farming lands with the
\ dam.
Although the time for holding The
spring election is growing apace, but
little is heard concerning the matter.
Four of the present members of the
city council will go out next month,
their terms expiring then. They are
Aldermen Reynolds, Connolly, Hogue
and Berky. The first two will be can
didates to succeed themselves, not
withstanding they declined to run a
second time. Their friends induced
them to reconsider their ~declination
and both have been nominated by pc
titions, which were filed with the city
clerk yesterday. 1t is understood that
Messrs. Berky and .Hogue will also
make another try. At least their
friends are asking them to do SO.
The defeat of the Forsyth team
seems to have inspired the other
bowlers Of eastern Montana with a
great deal of respect for the members