The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-11

lem that all newcomers must face
the scarcity of suitable dwelling
houses. /
At the instance OF G. +. Burton a
warrant was issued several days ago
for the arrest of Katie G. Hill onsthe
charge of grand larceny. In the com
plaint it. is alleged that the woman
took furniture and fixtures valued at
$115 belonging to the complainant and
wrongfully disposed of them. Although
diligent search was made for her, tie
woman could not be found and is sup
posed to have left the city.
A rumor has been in circulation lor
a number of days that Harry Will
Jams and Earle Shrine, former well
known ranchers Of Carbon county,
were killed by the Canadian mounted
police. The killing is said to have
occurred near the boundary line and
that it was the result OF an attempt
made by Williams and Shrine to u
stock into Canada without paying the
required bounty.
Five applicants in all appeared be-
fore the agents of the civil service
commission who last Wednesday were
in the city for the purpose Of examin-
ing those DESTROYS of entering the
postal service as clerks and carriers.
OF the number three were males and
two females, all residents of the city.
The ones passing will be certified for
the eligible list and will receive ap-
pointment as fast as vacancies occur.
About all the members of the yell
lowstone delegation to the Helena con-
vention held last Monday for the pur-
pose or organizing a new political
party have returned. The gentlemen
selected to take part in that important
conference were former Senator c. O..
Gruwell, former Mayor George, Rol-
land Potter, G. w. Stoddard, J.. r. Con-
way, Dave Wolfson, w. w. Smith, b.
w. Keene, G. l.. Alvin. E. H. Gagnon
| and Colonel M. C. Norris.
Billings aerie, No. 176, Fraternal
Order of Eagles, held it's annual cleo
ton last night, which resulted as fol
lows: Worthy president, Nat. e. Car.
vile; worthy vice president, H. A.
Firth; worthy secretary, A. H. West;
worthy treasurer, George w. HUBBARD;
worthy chaplain, w. A. Vale; wor-
thy conductor, Karl M. Flaigg; worthy
inner guard, Eric Erickson; worthy
! outer guard, W. B. Parkinson; worthy
physician, ]. H. Rinehart; trustees,
George W. Stoddard, G. w. Harding
and J. G. Cashen.
Once more one of the characters OF
the city, "Frenchy," known to his
more intimate acquaintances by the
name of Joseph Lamont, is to be seer
on the streets. Due to excessive and
long continued indulgence in various
forms of strong drink, "Frenchy's'
reason was dethroned last summer and
he Was duJuuS6u d III SuDJSCC lC1 IAS
care of those at Warm Springs. The
enforced total abstinence Of the
months spent in the asylum resulted in
a cure and he returns, prepared to
hattie again with his old enemy.
Whether the Livingstonians proved
too hard a proposition for even those
enthusiastic and earnest workers in
the vineyard, or whether they have
attained a condition of spirituality
where further efforts in their behal1
are unnecessary is not known, but i
is a fact that the Salvation army PEG
Pile have abandoned the field. Cap
tain Mcdonald and Lieutenant Rick
ard, who have been in charge OF thu
Livingston garrison, have come tt
Billings and will take up the ysfl
here.
James Hoe, who was released frop
the asylum last week, is once NOR
an inmate of that institution. Hi
release was conditional only, for il
spite of the fact that his father AM
Others of the family believed. him II