The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-05

for the stockmen OF that section,
IS the copious rainfalls during the
earlier summer caused an abundance
grass and animals OF all kinds are
fat.
During the next two weeks the office
Of the county superintendent of schools
will remain closed. The law gives SUI
pe%rintendents a vacation of two weeks
each year and Mrs. Strang has decided
TO avail herself of the provision to spend
the next couple Of weeks with relatives
near Laurel.
Ollie jackson, who was confined to
his home for several weeks with an
attack of chicken pox, which develop
ed an affection Of the eyes that for q
time threatened destruction of his
power Of vision, is able to- be on the
streets once more although still suf-
fering considerably in n eye.
Quite a delegation of Sheridanites
are in the city today to witness the
ball game between the local cham
pions and the players from the north
ern Wyoming metropolis. Among
those here are E. Gillette, assistant
Superintendent Of the Burlington, b.
A. Campbell, trainmaster and DIR. Mil
Ter.
Secretary Hedges of the state
board of sheep commissioners, has
issued the fifth annual report OF the
board. The report calls particular
attention to the new quarantine reg
ulations, which require that all rams
must be in the state prior to Septem-
her 1, if intended for use with the
herds.
i Unless early frosts prevent matur-
ity, several amateur h~orticultrists CT
the city will have excellent crops OF
apples. So far the season has been
particularly good for this kind or
fruit and the trees are fairly loaded.
|un some instances it has been found
necessary to prop the limbs to pre-
vent them from breaking, so heavily
are the trees bearing.
The case of State VS.. Joe Halloween,
charged with o%bstructing IN irrlga,
ton ditch, is set fer trial in Judge
Fraser's court this afternoon. The
complainant is Fred w. Schauer and
he is a neighbor of the defendant. FL
forts at a compromise were being
made at last accounts and 1T was
thought that the matter would be set
tied out of court. .
The representative of the geology
cal survey who has been making az
examination of the area tributary te
the proposed st. Mary irrigation sys
TEN has concluded his labors in tina
part of the state and gone to the alus
selshell with a view to ascertainin'
the possibilities of a like institution
in that section. 1t is said that n
expects to locate a number OF rese1
yoir sites in that valley.
Testimony is being heard this after
noon by Clerk of the Court Williams i
support of the contest instituted b
Charles P. MacGlashan to the home
stead entry of John A. Whitman for tn
northeast quarter of section 80. tow
t ship / north, range 81 east. Abandon
J. nent and failure to comply in other II
: spects with the law is alleged as tt
ground of the contest. The contestee
not present, he being out of the stat
+ hence no testimony in support of II
entry will be offered.
The game between the Sherldal
Wyo., team and the local exponent
of the art of ball playing is in pro-
6 ress this afternoon. In order to a
commodate the many who could M
have attended earlier in the day, tt
= managers of the ground decided n
to call the game until 1880 o,cloc
While the visitors are acknowledge
to be hard ones to beat, Harker
men say they will let them know tn
- there are others and if possible W
retrieve the laurels lost at Red LOue
President ralcott, Of the Nation
~ Park bank at Livingston, who ash
40 from the banking business is also e
' gagged in the sheep industry to sor
. extent, returned west this mornir
Mr.. Talcott had been in the city
~ tending, the wool sales for eve
10 days past. In all matters pertalnl
IS. to the material welfare of the CT
and county in which he resides n
Or Talcott is a leading factor. Polite
ly he is prominently identified wi
VS. the republican party and is confide
ed that this year Park county will be t
ne ly restored to the republican fold
e VI L.. loo. -a,o;,od cror, tho Ia