The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-21
LOCAL NOTES.

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Mayor George has gone east to be
absent probably several weeks.
J.. A. Gillully has returned from a
two weeks visit to his old home in
Missouri.
A.. r. Gates, proprietor of the
Grandon, Helena's famous hostelry,
was in the city yesterday.
The Rev. w. "A. Allen of the Meth
odist church left for Bozeman yester-
day to attend the annual conference.
A. H. Tooley engaged in the mer-
camille business at Two Dot, was
among yesterdays visitors in the city.
Mrs. Peter Smith entertained a
few friends informally yesterday az
ternoon, in honor of Mrs. H. N. Ken
needy.
Mrs. T. A.. Snidow expects to leave
today for Missouri, where she will
spend a few months visiting with
relatives.
The Cody Enterprise is authority
for the statement that the Burlington
has decided to erect a large wool
warehouse at that place and that work
is to begin on it at once.
The library has received a copy of
the Century dictionary and encylo-
pedia, also a copy Of the Century atlas
of the world, both the gift Of Fred
erick K. Billings, Jr, of New York.
The Lindsay sheep, which had been
kept at the local Northern Pacific
stockyards since the beginning of the
storm of last week, were reloaded
yesterday and forwarded to Glendive.
w. O.. Parker, chairman Of the
board of county commissioners, has
grown tired of city life and yesterday
removed with his family back onto
their ranch, about six miles west of
town.
Two teams, composed of employees
of the First National bank and C. o.
D. store played three games at the
bowling alley last night. The bankers
proved victorious in all three, winning
by 359 points.
District court will v again to-
morrow morning at 8 o'clock, at which
time the jury will be called and the
hearing Of cases begun. The calendar
is a short one and the session prom
ises to last only a few days.
Mrs. Doctor Baxter of South TWEEN
ty-ninth street gave a Kensington
party yesterday afternoon to about
80 of her lady friends. The hostess
was assisted by Miss Mae Mccormick
and Miss Edith Colvin. Mrs. Baxter
will entertain again Thursday after
moo
H. F. Clement has returned from a
weeks visit to his sheep ranch on
Flatwillow. He left the day before
the storm began and consequently
does not know how matters Jared up
that way He apprehends no serious
results owever, and says the snow
has 6rpved of undoubted benefit, as
moisture was sadly needed. x
|fhe company of Billings men Who
lhave been boring for oil up in Car
ss9bon county have come to the conclu-
zsion that heavier machinery is re-
quired to thoroughly prospect their
ground. The drill now in use is I'M
able to attain the depth considered
necessary to strike the oil bearing
strata, which are believed to be fully
1900 feet from the surface. At pres
ent nothing more is being done than
representation work in order to hold
the ground.
Relative to the trouble several trav- |
cling men, Mr.. Nelson of the city
among the number, had with Jack
SCHNEIDER IN a Burlington Toluca
train a few nights ago., it appears that
SCHNEIDER took offense at the party
smoking in the car in which they
were travelling. Mr.. Nelson does not
remember that either his companions
or himself offered any insult to
Schweder's wife, as SCHNEIDER alleged,
and to all appearances the court which
compelled SCHNEIDER to pay a fine for
assaulting Nelson was of the same
opinion. NJ
The agitation anent a state agrfeul-
tural association has at last taken
definite form and such a body is now
in existence. A meeting was held at
Helena last Friday and Saturday at
which the association was organized.
w. M. Woodbridge of Hinsdale is the
president, and John w. Pace of Hell
ena the secretary and treasurer. Each
county is to have a vice president,
who is to be named by the president.