The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-10-06

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work, but. prefer to gain a livelihood
by dishonest means and already have
caused considerable trouble on theI
south side.
Chris. Matson, a sheepherder en-
Aoyed by Will KinnfcA, it at st. Vim
cents hospital receiving treatment for
"a gunshot wound, accidentally re-
ceived. He had his camp on Razor
creek and was preparing to move
A part of his belongings had been
loaded and in trying to put a small
calibre rifle into the wagon it slipped
from his hand and fell in such a
manner that the hammer struck the
tire of one of the wheels. The weapon
was discharged and the bullet pass
ed through Matson's side, inf1icting a
painful, but not dangerous wound.
XHunters still continue to bring in
immense bags of ducks and notwith-
standing the lateness of the season it
| seems that the f1ocks seeking the
warmer southern climate are con-
stantly growing larger and more nu-
merous. During the last few days
the flights have been chose of NAL
lards and other large varieties, with
an occasional flock of geese. Never in
the experience of local sportsmen has
game of that kind been as plentiful
and were it not for the sport of hunt
ing them very few would care to
longer seek them, as most of the
hunters and their friends have be-
come surfeited with ducks.
Notwithstanding the reported glut
of the Chicago market last week,
considerable stock is being shipped
from the eastern part OF the state.
Sunday Pierre Wibaux forwarded two
trainloads, about 1000 head, OF cattle
from Miles City and expects to ship
another trainload from Fallon some
time next week. He still has three
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poets to ship in a few weeks. 1t is
said that the cattle being shipped
now show a marked improvement e
those forwarded earlier in the season
This is attributed to the disappear
ance Of the Aor fly and the better
ment of the range, as grass has in
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cent heavy rains.
With the coming of cooler weather
Saturday night a couple of teams
composed of men who won laurels
last season competed at the Sherman
alleys for supremacy. One was called
the Leather Lungers" and the other
wall Flowers" Tschudy, Elliot and
Babcock made up the men with the
indistructible breathing apparatus and
they scored a total of 1,444. Salisbury,
Sherman and Smith were the others.
They could do no better than to roll
a total of 1,421. Salisbury made the
highest individual score,- 1913, with
Babcock second, 1872. The wall
Flowers" won the first two games
of the series, but in the third the
Leather Lungers' pulled themselves
together and finished with % pins
better than their opponents.
About every seat was sold for Sat-
urday nights performance OF the
Haverly minstrels. The programme
proved to be a pleasing one and the
audience was well satisfied, as about
everything was new and devoid of
Objectionable features, Mr.. Vaudeville
having rid the troupe of The men
who, on the occasion of his last ap-
pearance here injected turns" better
calculated to please a crowd at a
mining camp variety theater than an
audience of ladies and gentlemen.
Billy Van, who is now featured as
the stellar attraction of the company,
made good all that was said of him
in the advance notices. Eddie Leon
ard and Dan Waldron and Eddie
Mazier are also entitled to creditable
mention and the old %favorites, the
Young brothers, as the "black Chinks"
were we'll received, as were also Mar
Gus and Cartelle, the "skatorialists'
and Garden and Summers, IN a must.
cal act.