The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-20
LOCAL AND

From Tuesdays Daily Gazette.
L. M. Hughes of Helena is register
ed at the Grand.
Fred Ramsey of Kirby is among the
visitors in the city today.
Phil Grein departed today for Butte
and other towns to the west.
George M. Hays, secretary Of state,
is down from Helena to circulate
among his home friends for a day or
Z THE Honorable ]. M. Tolman, rep
~resentative from Carbon county, was
in the city last evening on his way to
Helena. 4
Fred Hathhorn has returned to Hell
[ ena to resume his missionary labors
in behalf of the proposed Yellow
stone-Rosebud county judicial dis
trict.
Sheriff Hubbard left this morning
for Buffalo, Wyo., to bring back Ed
Farmer, who was arrested there a few
days ago on a felony charge hanging
over him in the courts of this county.
Mrs. Strang, county superintendent,
has been notified by the state super
intendent of public instruction that
the teachers institute for Yellow
stone county will be held in this city
April 1916. =
f1fhis morning workmen made the
preliminary in the direction of
removing the old city hall and fire
station from it's present location on
the Northern Pacific right of way onto
a lot on the north side where it is to
be transformed into a residence. -
Arrivals on today's belated No. 3,
the Northern Pacific local train, re-
ported excessively cold weather in
registered SO below zero and it was
impossible to keep up steam, causing
1.-THE train to lose time continuously.
Nit was reported among railroad men
this morning that AZ cars, loaded with
homeseekers left st. Paul last night
via the Northern Pacific for Montana
and other western states. The same
report had it that about $50 tourists
were coming over the Burlington, all
i1QAest of new locations.
NSuperintendent Searles of the Big
Ditch company is in town today. He
reports that work on the company's
canal is still in progress. The head
gates have been completed and con
struction of the big fiume across Can
} yon creek has progressed so far that
it's completion is expected within the
next two weeks.
State Senator Meyer is expected tc
arrive from Red Lodge this evening
, and tonight he will attend a confer
ence Of the attorneys OF the city in
regard to the proposed judicial dis
trict. 1t is hoped that he may yet be
won over and that he will cease his
opposition TO the measure favored
here, the consolidation of Yellow
stone and Rosebud counties for judi
-& purposes.
IContinued delayed trains from the
east attest to the severity OF The
weather prevailing in the extreme
eastern part of this state and Min
nesota and Dakota. Surprising stories
come from there of low temperature
and bowling billiards.. The moderate
ly cold weather of the past few days
, hereabouts was broken. yesterday an6
last night a chinook found it's way
? through the passes of the mountains
l to the west, causing the air to be al
, most %springlike in it's mildress this
morning a
: Deputy Marshal Gage was in the
city last night and this morning, being
, on his way to Helena from Bridger
where he had been to take charge o1
the man Clark, who is accused of hav
ing stolen a team from a Grow In
dian. He returned without his man
Clark having made his escape from
the constable who had him in custody
Bridger is without a Jail and the of
: 6cer who arrested the man was com
PEELED to keep him under guard con
. t%inuously and during a moment whe1
he relaxed his vigilance Clark gave
him the slip.
Judge Goss returned last evening
) from Red Lodge, where he had beef
to consult with the men charged will
bo1;pp ,ohhod tho Rridpar hank III