The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-09

| about completed the erection OF two
additional 10000 gallon tanks at its
supply yard i'm the eastern part Of the
city. The two additional tanks. are
for linseed Oil and gasoline storage.
The company has made Billings the
distributing point for a large area OF
country, which extends to Livingston
on the west and Glendive on the east
on the line Of the Northern Pacific.
It also includes all Of the Big Horn
basin country and as far east as
Sheridan an the Burlington; line.
From Thursdays Daily Gazette.
The Norris & Rowe circus is book
ed to appear next week.
Alex. Thomson of Miner is trans
acting business in the city.
A marriage license was issued to-
day to Thomas Hill and Matte Bris-
coe, both colored.
j. Mathison, who recently purchas-
ed the Driscoll hotel, formally took
charge Of that holstery today.
The Custer Sheep company has
bought from Frank Zimmerman 2,250
y%earlings, paying $3.50. q head.
Mrs. William Filler left this morn
ing for Los Angeles, where she ex-
poets to remain during the next year
or so. VT
Miss Lottie Fox of Portland, Ore,
has arrived in the city and will be
the guest of Mrs. c.. H. Thompson for
the next few days.
The. Mills Grocery company, which
has been conducting a clearance sale
of it's stock, has sold the remainder
to the firm of Yegen Bros.
Sheriff Hubbard and Under Sheriff
Sayles have returned from Warm
| Springs, where they took Heffner and
Hodek, ordered committed to the
asylum.
John Lamey, who has been on the
Burlington as a mail clerk between
this city and Alliance, has been trans
ferred to the Northern Pacific and will
operate between Miles City and Butte.
The second story walls of the new
fire station, forming the west wing of
the new city hall, are almost com
pleted and the rest of the structure is
also gradually assuming proportions
indicative of a speedy finish.
State Examiner Hudnall, who was
in the city several days last week,
has returned from Helena and today
is engaged in making an examination
of the books and. records of the clerk
of the district court and county
clerk and recorder.
For some reason the westbound
| North Coast Limited has as yet not
| been able to arrive on schedule time,
having been several hours late every
day since it was put on. 1t is
said that floods in Dakota are partial
ly responsible for the delays.
AS nobody could pronounce his
name, even after he had accommodate
ingly written it down, he was entered
| by the court as John Doe and asked to
| contribute IS to the city's e%xchequer
for having been drunk last night. He
paid and still had So left when he was
discharged. ~
George H. Bailey AN attorney at
Red Lodge, has been appointed as
: sistant United States attorney for the
state by the attorney general at Wash
ington. Mr.. Bailey has been city at
torney at Red Lodge and is the mem
Der Of the state republican central
committee for Carbon county. Il
Sales are reported of the mavericks
rounded up by the Shonkin Stock
| association at figures lower than we're
received last year. They were put
up at auction and the highest bid was
1925, against $2O.25 and $21.25, at
the last sale. The number of animals
sold was small, only a few v a doz-
en-. The "wind-bellies" were sold at
$3.50, as against 1928 last year.
The fire department was given a
run to the Burlington section house,
in the northeastern part Of the city.
this morning. A fire had started I'M
derneath the range and when the fire.
men arrived the floor was blazing
right merrily. They removed the range
and after tearing up a few boards ex-
tinguished the fire with buckets OF
water. Only nominal damage was
done.
The street committee of the city
council made a tour of the city yes
terday afternoon under the guidance
of the street commissioner for the
purpose Of inspecting the sidewalks