The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-15

Daisy OFT; third vice president, Mis-
Mabel Collins; fourth vice president
w. q. Hassler; secretary, Miss Jenni,
Stoddard; treasurer, w. s. Bayerd
organist, Miss Stoddard. At a meetinf
TO be held at sometime soon five dele
gates will be elected to attend thu
state convention, which meets at Grea,
; Falls during the latter part Of the
month.
ESH. c. Sharpless and M. M. Trimble
have constructed a fatboat in which
they will undertake TO make the voy
age to New Orleans. The boat Is
12O feet long, with 20 feet of beam
and four-and-a-half feet in depth. Its
carrying capacity is estimated at zoo
tons. Next Sunday is the date Sc,
Tor beginning the long trip on three
rivers, the Yellowstone, Missouri and
Mississippi. The cargo will consist
OF scrap iron and bones, which it is
intended to pick up on the voyage
Sharpless is no novice at this kind
OF navigation, having made several
voyages of the same kind, the last
from Livingston, about three years
ago. The men expect that three
months will be required to land them
at New Orleans, if all goes well.
Tomorrow the matter of the bank
ruptcy proceedings against Olof S.
Erickson of Carbon county will come
mp for further hearing before Referee
Firth. When the bankrupt filed his
petition he named w. Hansard Of this
city as a preferred creditor, the prefer
ence being extended by virtue of a
couple of mortgages that Hansard held
on the major portion of Erickson's
estate, consisting principally OF sheep.
The validity Of the mortgages has been
attacked by the common creditors
and tomorrow's hearing will be in ref
erence to them. Further testimony
will be offered by the mortgage after
which arguments will be heard. The
contestants have prepared briefs in
support of their position and the pro-
ceedings promise to be more than or
dinarily interesting.
It would seem that all the ayaila-
BILE land that has an agricultural value
has not yet been taken up in the val
ley. A day or two ago Annie E. Prin-
gle OF Columbus made the necessary
affidavit before the clerk of the dis
trict court in support of a homestead
entry of the south half of the south
east quarter OF section 8, township 2
south. range 20 east. The claimant
has been occupying the land filed
for something over a year and
labored under the impression that be-
cause she had been living on it she
was entitled to make final proof under
communication clause of the home
law. When informed of her
mistake she prepared to make the
filing and now will have to reside
another year upon the premises be-
fore she will have the right to make
ler entry complete.
A white man, who gives his name
Neuman, and a negro, who calls !
himself Wood, are in the custody OF
he police pending further informa.
from the officers at Newcastle,
.yo. Neuman was arrested on al
description and is thought to be
wanted" for the burglary OF a store
It Hemmingford, Neb., and another
It Newcastle. At the latter place he
S believed to have stolen nine revolt
'ers from a hardware store. Wood
vas' taken on suspicion of being an
,ccompl.ca. He pawned a revolver at
southside second hand store that
the description of a pistol
aid to have been stolen by the other
ian, while still a second one was
ound N his possession. The men
ere arrested on the other side of
ne track, where they had a room at
ne of the lodging houses.
Jerry Thornton, one OF the oldest
sttlers in that part of Montana east
the main divide, died at Gardiner
lst week, where he was buried.
hornton was one of the men who
precipitated serious trouble
etween the United States and Eng
nd because OF an invasion of Cana
ian soil, where they killed over 100 {
This occurred in 1869. The
arty was composed of trappers who
ere operating in the vicinity of Fort
enton. The Indians crossed the bor-
sr and stole their horses. On foot