The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-28
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G. F. Stocker, the Glendive sheep
man, is visiting the city.
w. J. Cruise returned to Helena this
morning, after spending several days
in the city on business.
Secretary of State Hays, who spent
several days in the city making demo-
cratic medicine, returned to Helena
this morning.
1.-THE smoky condition of the at
mosphere today and the presence of
a. suspicious brightness in the north
west last night is taken as meaning
that either a timber or prairie fire
is raging in that direction.
Lesley Bates, a former resident of
Billings, now residing at San Fran
cisco, where he is engaged in the in
uranc business, is spending a few
days with old friends in the city and
visiting his wife's parents, MI. and
Mrs. John Rixon.
O. F. Goddard and a number of the
republican county candidates went to
Columbus this morning, where a
grand rally will be held tonight. Mr..
Goddard will be the principal speak
er of the evening. Last night a rous-
ing rally was held at Park City.
The force of the division engineers
office at Livingston is to be materially
increased within a short time. At
least six men are expected to arrive
there shortly and will be employed on
maintenance of way in the Yellow
stone n Montana divisions of the
Northern Pacific.
nCaptain Chittenden, in command
OF the engineer corps at work in the
Yellowstone National park, several
days ago closed a contract with the
American Bridge Building company
for 80 steel bridges to be erected in
the park next summer. The bridges
are to be delivered between May l
ap4-July l, 1903.
/Henry White, John Powers and j..
G. Buns, who have been attending the
meeting of the Odd Fellows grand
bodies at Missoula this week, return
ed IN No. 6 this morning. The other
members of the party intended start
ing for home on No. 2, and if so they
were in the hold-up that occurred
near Drummond. n
The sheriff's office received a tele-
gram from Bczeman yesterday after
noon giving instructions to look out
for a man who is wanted there for !
cashing a forged check. A very i'm
perfect description was embodied in
the telegram and the officers have
not yet located the man and think
that he went in some other direction.
Articles of Incorporation of the
Columbus State bank have been filed
with the county clerk and recorder.
The life of the corporation is to be
20 years and the capital stock is dill
vided into $50 shares of 500, eao6.1
H. I. Grant, James Craig, Grant S.
Irwin, P. H. Hawkins, S. E. Winsett,
Lee Simonsen and w. e. Anderson
are the trustees.
Judge J. R. Goss returned yesterday
from a 20-days' visit in the east. He
visited Washington and attended the
grand encampment of the G. A. R.
and from there went to New York
where he spent several days. He had
a thoroughly good time during the
entire trip and says a Montana man
is looked upon as a sort of a curios-
ity in the far east.
The coroner's jury in the matter of
the inquiry into the aus of the
wreck at Rapids on the 4th inst, by
which August Lundwald and j. A..
lost their lives, convened
at the court house at 2:3O this after
noon. Engineers William Vaupel
and Charles DeGroat, who were ON the
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