The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-13

He stated to The Gazette that the
work of improving the company's
canal was almost completed, only a
little remaining to be done before
water can be turned into the ditch,
which will be done as soon as possible,
as some of the users of it are desir-
GUS of obtaining water for stock. AS
SOM as the frost leaves the ground
so that scrapers can be used the re-
naming part Of the canal will be
cleaned. 4
County Attorney Harris has filed a
complaint in the district court against
John Heide, arrested sometime ago
for driving scabby sheep into Yellow
stone county. In the complaint it is
alleged that the defendant removed a
band of sheep from a point in Car
bon county known as Five Mile" to
the Big Bend of the Musselshell river
in Yellowstone county, knowing the
same to be affected with scabbies, and
that the removal was made without a
certificate from the proper authorities
and without the consent of the flock
masters along the line of the trail
taken by the flock. Heide has already
had his preliminary hearing and is at
present under bonds for his appear
ance.
About 2 O'Clock this morning the
fire department was called out in re-
the south side. The old frame shanty
at the corner of Minnesota avenue,
which has been fired repeatedly OF
late, was found to be burning once
more. 1t was very evident that the
house had been burning for sometime
before the alarm was sounded, as 1t
was wrapped in flames when the de
partment arrived. Because of the
start it had obtained it was found i'm.
possible to %extinguish the blaze be-
fore the building was almost totally
destroyed. BY hard work the fire
was prevented from communicating
to the adjoining buildings, some OF
which we're only a few feet removed
The shack belonged to Mary Samlen
From Thursdays Daily Gazette.
G. L. Smith of Chestnut is registered
at the Grand.
N0%0r ~ nwSdOnr io Quito
graphed at the Grand. ~
Born, March II, to the wife of w
M. Lane, on their ranch west of the
city, a daughter.
John cunningham is receiving con
gratulations on the birth of a daugh
ter, born yesterday. w..
B. F. Yerkes, a we'll known newspa
per man of Red Lodge, is among to-
days visitors in the city.
e. A. Richardson of the Grow
\ agency, who spent yesterday in the
Lefty, returned to his home this morn
ing.
A marriage license was granted yes
terday afternoon to Delbert o. Jack
son and Anna e. Shields, both resi-.
dents of Billings.
A petition was circulating today ask
ing the present city treasurer, O.. G,
HCvren, to become a candidate at the
coming election. 1t was being gener
ally signed.
Henry GerharZ, lately of Billings
but now employed with the govern
ment engineering corps in the Vel
lowstone National park, is a visitor
:Z s,s,, it wa. decided to send . team
I to Butte to play in the state tourna;
ment active practice has been going
on at the local alleys and some really
good scores are made nightly in
friendly competition by those anxious
t. have the honor of being chosen tC
represent the city among the crack
boh1As.
.~6nder stress of a continued attack
by the wind from without and the
korroding effects of the fumes from
within, the tall smockstack of the
steam laundry has been compelled te
yield to an unequal struggle and top
pied over, leaving only a small por
ton of it's once commanding height
s9pding. =
E/At the request of a large number o.
his friends Judge Fraser has con
sented to allow his name to be pre-
scented for the office of police magis
trate. A petition for his nomination
was circulated today. 1t is under
stood that the present incumbent
Judge Mann, will also be a candidate