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

raise funds for the purpose Of enter.
tanning the visiting clubs expected
here shortly in Asseries OF games.
Joseph G. Story Of Old Monroe. Mo,
and MRS, Margaret A. Guy Of this city
were united in marriage last evening
by the Rev. w. d. Clark. The cere-
mony was performed at the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. e. N. Hungerford.
Tomorrow w, B. Calhoun will pm
on the star and enter formally upon
the discharge Of his duties as chief
of police. He has been spending the
past few days at headquarters fafnil-
iarizing himself with the routine OF
the office and acquiring knowledge
calculated to come in handy later on.
John Hogan, brother Of the ire
pressible "Tom," was in the city to-
day on his way to his ranch in Car
bon county. Mr.. Hogan was formerly
roadmaster of the Northern Pacific.
but reformed and is now one of the
growing number of sheepmen who are
amassing wealth from the products q
their flocks.
A large number of the telephones
were disconnected today in order to
connect the wires in the central office
with a new and improved switch
board. After the wires have been IN
nected new phones will take the place
of the old ones and the system will
be of the latest improved devices in
telephone service.
Deputy Game Warden Smith de.
sires that The Gazette call the atten.
ton of local nimrods to the fact that
the closed season for all kinds o1
game begins today. It will be nc
longer legal to kill ducks, geese, OF
in fact any kind of feathered or Other
game until next fall, when the oper
season begins.
Frank Smith and Frank Wagnel
were found sleeping in a barn on tn
south side last night. AS it was no
the first time that they had made thel
beds in similar places they were al
rested. AS a result of an interview
with his honor this morning Smltl
will do ten days work on the street
and Wagner five.
The county commissioners are
: session today for the purpose OF &C
!, ing on a number of petitions for ne'
: roads and changes in some Of the e.
: listing ones. Tomorrow the board WI
meet as a county board of health, a
required by the statutes, which pr
vide for two meetings annually, ]
May and October.
Tomorrow the district court WI
Y convene for the May term. The Sc
r SIGN promises to be a short one as II
number of cases on the docket reae
% for trial is small. Only two crimlna
al will be called up, the cases OF II
- state VS.. the couple of tramps in il
70 on the charge of having burglarized
Northern Pacific freight car. J
~ Major J. C. Clifford, agent OF t
70 Northern Cheyenne Indians, has {
sociated himself with ]. c. Aud
~ Helena and others for the purpose
9 conducting a bank at Forsyth, I
capital of Rosebud county. The pr:
cipal stockholders in the new conce
are said to be eastern men. The ba'
nc will have a capital of $4,000.
Sheriff Davis of Rosebud coun
es passed through the city this morni
of en- route to Helena, where he v
Sc take the Great Northern for Nal
m at which place the authorities
st. holding a man named Lowry, who
~ caped from the Forsyth jail sometl
ago. Several others. made their
or cape at the same time and were
he captured shortly afterward.
he t<6as been found necessary to 8
u1hd work temporarily on the q
,ge city hall, owing to a lack OF mater
1al The window and door castings NJ
no been ordered from the east n oe
is experienced in receiving them. !
ast supposition is that the rush wn
an the sash and door factories are c
nd tending with prevents more PROF
ing filling Of orders from a distance.
use Paloma and Karla Schramm en-
re- tanned an appreciative audience
The Gruwell hall last evening with
eet most remarkable exhibition of pi
ion playing that has ever been witnes
the in Billings. The children are m
ak cal wonders. Paloma improvise'
,us- lengthy and difficult number fror
ler- theme of six notes written by j.
ons Graham, and otherwise proved
AZ wonderful talent. A small sum