The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-10

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The meeting will be held for the pur-
pose of organizing a grand lodge for
the state and incidentally to assist
Butte aerie to celebrate it's fourth an
niversary. 1t is expected that no few
err than 700 Eagles will be in line
when the parade forms. N
The people of the western country,
who have to deal with the government
on all public land matters, are already
beginning to feel the good effect Of
having a man at the head of the gen.
eral land office at Washington who
despises the red tape system and one
W ohapplies businesses methods to the
affairs of his Office. This man is Gov
ernor Richards who halls from the
neighboring state of Wyoming,
where his long years of residence ad-
mirably fitted hi INTO fill the RESPONSE
BILE position as commissioner of the
general land Office.
Mrs. ]. B. Schraff, mother of An
drew Passenberger, the boy arrested
at Helena for robbing the United
States mail, returned with her son
this morning. On account of the *
IRENE youthfulness Of the offender
the authorities decided not to proceed
against him. He is only 10 years of
age and did not realize the serious
ness of the offense he committed. It
was mor of a childish prank than
anything else. He saw some of the
boxes in the postofice open and
tempted by curiosity helped himself
to their contents, opening the letters
and destroying them. Some postage
stamps he found in several he pasted
on the walls of the Office.
An item in the Helena Independent
would go to show that after many
years a little of the respect due to
the memory of the intrepid Indian
fighter and c~onservator of law and
order, "Muggins" Taylor, is to be paid
by some of those who knew him and
were sharers with him in the stirring
times in which he figured. According
to the newspaper quoted the Honor
able Paul Mccormick of this city and
Senator Hoffman of Bozeman have
decided to remove the body of their
old friend from the "boot leg" Gene
terry and give it a resting place in the
new grave yard. A suitable monument
will bSpbably be also erected over the
E1t6ins after their removal.
= A short time more and Cinnabar as
a town will be only a memory. Since
the completion of the Northern Pa
cific's Yellowstone park extension to
the little town of Gardiner the old
town that formerly marked the termi-
nus of the of the road has been going
down hill. Now it is being moved
bodily to it's new rival to swell the
size of the latter. Houses are either
torn down to be rebuilt at Gardiner
or are placed on wheels and drawn
by teams to the bustling little city
OF which they are destined to become
a part and everybody is preparing to
vacate. With the extension of the
railroad no further excuse existed for
continuance as a place on
the map and soon it will have vanish
ed.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
Everitt Richards of Forsyth is in
the city.
j. Weinberg of Red Lodge is a
Grand guest.
James B. How Of Virginia City is
autographed at the Grand.
James Higham of Livingston was a
visitor in the city last night.
e. B. Carter, the Fattig creek flock
master, is a visitor in the city.
Miss Martha R. Dilworth of Red
Lodge is a guest at the Grand.
Inc honorable j. N. holman or Red
is among those who are regis
tered at the Grand.
w. M. Murphy, foreman of the Mon
tana Cattle company, is among to-
visitors in the city.
Miss Lottie Hardee, who has been
visiting in Iowa Tor a number OF
returned this morning.
warehouse to be erected on
the site formerly occupied by the city
hall and fire station.
Mrs. Mary K. Holmes and niece,
Miss Elizabeth Kittredge, OF Los An
geles, Cali, are in town and stopping