The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-22
the district court against a. K. Wick
to recover on a Judgment rendered in

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the district court against A. K. Wick
to recover on a judgment rendered in
his favor in the Justices court, No
vember s, 1897, for $180.60, with in
terest at 10 per cent per annum to-
gether with costs. In his complaint
the plaintiff alleges that under an
alias execution on August 6, 1902, the
sheriff obtained SIS; that the costs
amounted to $3.50, leaving the sum
of $13.7O to apply on the judgment.
He now asks the district court to
award him judgment in the sun of
$685. 0 with interest at 8 per cent per
annum,- and all costs.
MtsxW. F. Henning gave a pleasant
py6ofessive whist party last night at
home in North Twenty-sixth
Nreet in honor of her daughter, Mrs.
Hedges of Lewistown, who is visiting
her. Mrs. A. c. Logan and Mrs. Paul
| Mccormick tied for the ladies' prize,
a silver berry spoon, and in the cut
| Mrs. Mccormick won. p. Fl. Smith
and o. E. Railsback made a tie for
the gentlemen's prize, a book, and
were obliged to cut for 1T and it went
to Mr.. Railsback.s The rooms were
t~astefully decorated for the occasion
and the refreshments all that good
taste could suggest.
T. j. Bouton reports the sale Of the
John McCurdy ranch, located up the
valley, to w. NJ. McCulloch, a recent
arrival from Winnebago City, MINI.
The price was $4,000 and includes all
improvements and also a water right.
Mr.. McCulloch has travelled extern
sively over the west and southwest
in search of irrigated land, but no.
where found anything that came so
near his ideal as the land of the yell
! lowstone valley. Before coming north
Me spent a couple 81 years in Arizona,
q but after a fair trial concluded the
conditions were not such as to war
rant him in remaining there permar
nently.
Stewart Polk is back from Butte,
where he has been attending the
races and looking after his horses he
has entered there. He informs The
Gazette that many horsemen have
signiied their intention of making en-
tries for races during the fair which
the Billings Fair association is pre-
pairing to give next month. The fact
lthat no entrance Zee is demanded has
ISaused many to conclude to come
who otherwise would not have done
so. AS near as he could learn when
four carloads of speedy ones, both
runners and t%rotters, will be sen.
down here.
: The long talked Of game of base
ball between the Eagles and Elks is
in progress this afternoon. In addi.
ton to the game there are also to be
a couple of running races for which
Abseveral entries have been made. The
, kraces are between horses, not Eagles
!. and Elks. This evening the Eagles
band will give an open air concert
avenue and Twenty-seventh street
, Later a"banquet will be given by the
aerie to which members of the other
, secret orders and city off Gals have
. been invited. 1t promises to be ent
> Of the most elaborate and happy SO
, cial events ever given under the di
rections of any of the lodges of the
,Ncity.
IN 1t was a highly pleased audience
! that witnessed the production Of
1Thelma' at the opera house last
" night. While not very much car be
said of the play because of it lugubri
BUSINESS for the most part, the com
r pany that produced it was an admira
bly, balanced and strong one. Mis-!
Martha Beaufort, who assumed thu
J, title role, is n stranger to the the
D atYe-goers OF the city, having beer
seen here on a number of OCCASION
and in different parts. She is a yer.
Nsuccessful emotional actress and tn
! Echaracter of the sweet and innocen
: girl from the northland Is well adapt
. ed to her. Miss Emily Green as Brit
: ia did some very clever work ant
: showed herself possessed of mucl
skill as a. coincidence. !,
! From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
II P. NJ. Silloway of Lewistown is
" guest at the Grand.
$ B. A. Campbell, Burlington train
master, was a visitor in the city tc
\Iday.
"a Work has been begun On the founda
Z ton of the Rowley & Moss block, i
North Twenty-elghth street.