The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-19
Of Maquoketa, Ia, and Leni c. Mel.
son of Fort Scott, Kans.

Of Maquoketa, Ia, and Leni C. Mel
son Of Fort Scott, Kans.
G.. w. Marble, a Fort Scott, 5Kans.,
newspaper man, who has been visiting
relatives in the city for the past week,
LETT for his home this morning. -
s. R. Miller, F. H. Foster, j. w.
Vaughan, Del Latin, H. E. Merritt
and o. G. Overn returned this NORM
ing from the Elks' reunion and grand
lodge at Salt Lake.
T. q. Butler, in charge of the sub
scription department Of the Anaconda
Standard, accompanied by several as
s~istants, i'd in the city canvassing
in the interest Of that paper.
Albert Thomas was in police court
this morning to answer to a complaint
charging him with having been drunk.
He pleaded guilty and was fined IS.
Being short just then, he was commit
ted In default.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Schneider left for,
Butte last night to attend the grand
lodge meetings of the A. O. U. w.
and Degree Of Honor. Mr.. Schneider
is n of the grand trustees Of the
first named order. ,
This morning a gang Of men began
to tear out the stone front of the G. T.
Babcock building in Montana avenue
It will be replaced with one of press
ed brick. The lower floor of the
structure has been let down to a level
with the sidewalk and in addition to
the change of front the block will be
improved in other ways.
The trip of the ball team to Miles
CITY was full of disaster and disap-
pointment, all because Of the outland-
ish curves the Milesian pitcher man
ages to get on his ball. Saturdays
Yesterdays went in the same direc-
ton, with the exception that Miles
(could do no better than get in three
runs to the solitary one made by the
men from Billings.
Among the fancy range cattle sold
at Chicago last week were four mani
moth steers belong to Louis Lefeldt
of the Musselshell for which $3.50
was paid. AS they averaged LAO
pounds, they brought the neat sum Of
$130.50, each. On the same day ma
tive steers sold on the same market
for 50, the highest August price on
record and within 80 cents of the
highest price ever paid at Chicago.
A camping party composed of DR..
and Mrs. Selbrede and son Mr.. and
Mrs. E. H. HOLSTER and Mr.. and Mrs.
G. w. Forester left yesterday norm
ing for the Dryhead, in Carbon coun-
ty and expect to be gone a week or
ten days. TONY" Matheson, astride
a fiery charger, accompanied them,
with the intention. however, SO he
said, of going no further than the
first camp and to take dinner. The
fact that he had not returned this
| morning caused it to be regarded that
he found camp life too attractive to
tear himself away and may Conclude
to go the rest of the way. \
The sherif's office received a mes
sage from Livingston yesterday to
look out for three boys, the young
est eight and the oldest IL years old,
who had run away from home and
were supposed to be headed in this
direction. Two of the youngsters were
barefoot and in other respects poor
~ clad for an extended journey. In
quiry revealed that the lads had been
seen to- get off a train in the North
ern Pacific yards and run toward the
south side. Search for them was
made, but they could not be found.
This morning Mr.. Hubbard telephoned
to the Livingston authorities that
the boys were supposedly here, but
he could not find them. He receiv-
ed a reply that they were back, hav-
ing returned on the first w%estbound
train, almost starved, as they had had
nothing to eat since leaving home.
EAGLES BANQUET.