The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-05
LOCAL AND

From tuesdays Ddlly GdZeIIe.
John Blewett of Gebo is at the
Grand.
Lee Simonson of Absarokee is reg
istered at the Grand.
M. ]. Johnson Of Chestnut is among
today's visitors in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Wormser Of
Wormser City are guests at the Grand.
License to wed was granted today
to Frank Modry and Esther l.. Cor
don, both of Billings.
= The city council will meet tonight
in regular session, the first time since
the early part of October.
A. c.. Logan, w. Hansard and H.. B.
Segur left this morning over the Bur-
lington for Chicago and West Baden.
Mrs. H. S. Boal and children are
here from Sheridan, Wyo., visiting
with Miss Edith Colvin at the Cot.
tage Inn.
Major Reynolds left this morning
for the Grow agency, having returned
last night from his visit to Bull
Mountain.
BY a deed filed for record today J.
| M. V. Cochran and wife have sold
to Edward R. Campbell lots 10, II and
y, block 22O, Billings townsite. The
consideration named is go"
Harry Drum has returned from max
ing a shipment of cattle to Omaha
and had the misfortune to strike an
exceedingly low market. The prices
received were considerably below the
3 cent mark.
George T. Gamble has sold to Henry
Thorson the southwest quarter of the
northwest quarter of section II an
the south half of the northeast quar-,
ter and lot 4 of section IS, township l,
north. range ~, east; consideration
81.
FyCounty Treasurer Holmes has a
force of three deputies at work finish
ing up the collection of taxes for the
: current year. OF the 1S9, 900 due fol
taxes this year it is estimated thai
the delinquent list will not exceed
$4,000.
The Bell Telephone company is ne
gotiating for the purchase of a bust
ness lot Immediately north of The
Gazette office. 1t is the i%tnention OF
the company to- have a building OF
it's own in the city within the neY
year, providing it is enabled to Se
cure a suitable location.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. NJ. Childs returned
yesterday from a visit to the east ex
tending as far as Pennsylvania, Mr.
Childs' former home which he hat
not visited in 35 years. During hi
absence Mr.. Childs stopped at Brain
erd, Mimi, where he underwent al
operation at the Northern Pacific hos
pital.
Mrs, Frank Marble is in receipt o
the distressing news announcing TN
death of her brother at Chicago II
the boiler explosion at the Swift pack
ing plant. He was employed by tn
company and with a number OF 9th
ers was a victim of the terrible &C
cident reported from Chicago last Sal
. urday.
va very light fall of m occurre'
this morning, greatly disappointln
the stockmen, who had permitte
themselves to be beguiled by the al
: pearance of the sky, which presage
a regular, old fashioned storm, some
thing the men who have animals o
l the range want very much, as tn
: lack of moisture in some parts is bt
t ginning to be serious again.
= YfUp in the Saltwater region, a SCI
ton inhabited less than ten years az
by Indians, the settlers are being SUI
piled with a telephone system whlc
reaches to many parts OF the Paclt
v northwest. There are now. 1000 pc
9 ple living in the valley and it's trib'
4 taries who have located there sine
2 the Indians coded that part OF tt
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