The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-21
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from Fridays Daily Gazette.
Doctor James Craig Of Columbus
is registered at the Grand.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Allen returned
this morning from a short visit to
Forsyth.
r. r. Selway, the Sheridan sheep
man, arrived this morning from Miles
City on his way home.
Mrs. s. F. Gale of Miles City was
in Billings today on her way home
from a visit to Colorado.
H. G. Wright of Forsyth, who has
been in the city several days IN bus
mess matters, will return home to-
night.
Henry Mueller, president of the
Billings Brewing company, arrived in
the city this morning. He is en- route
home from a business trip to the east.
Continued improvement is reported
in the condition of Claude Tillotson,
who. accidentally shot himself on a
Burlington train several nights ago.
>/Jack" Surveys, foreman for Pierre
Wibaux, passed through town this
morning on his way to Miles City
from a trip to Texas, where he has
been looking over the cattle situa-
ton. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Sims of Lavina
arrived in town this morning. Mr..
Sims reports that his part Of the Mus
selshell valley received a thorough
soaking from a rain that fell a few
nights ago.
A special train arrived over the
Burlington this morning. carrying a
number of officials who are making
an inspection of the tool houses along
the line of the road. They returned
south this afternoon.
J. ]. Kelley, the Bozeman boniface,
who arrived yesterday to meet Mrs.
Kelley on her way home from an east
ern visit, left for the west this morn
ing on the North Coast Limited, on
board of which was his better half.
Superintendent Searles OF the Big
Ditch company is in town today. He
says all of the improvements have
been completed in the company's
canal and water was turned into it
last Wednesday.
An order OF reference has been re
ceived by Referee Firth in the matter
of the bankruptcy proceedings begun
against A. o. Newton, recently Of
Livingston. Upon the petition of sew
| eral of Newton's creditors he has
been declared a bankrupt by Judge
! Knowles of the United States court
at Helena.
- superintendent Haviland, who is di
recting the work or the Laure
bridge improvements, was in the city
today. He says only little progress
has been made SO far because OF the
difficulty experienced in removing
the stone filling of the old timber
piers, which still remains froZer
solidly and is as hard as concrete
The cribs will be allowed to remain
the intention being to put the new
steel tubes inside of them, thus max
ing in reality double piers for The
support of the superstructure.
@eputy Sheriff Harding, who has
been summoning jurors and subpoena
ing witnesses in the Musselshell val
ley, returned last night. He says the
prospects for a good grass crop il
that region are decidedly encouraging
While the weather has moderated
considerably and is now but little
colder than in these parts, sever
timely snowfalls occurred, insuring
fair degree OF moisture. Last weel
during one of the squalls no fewe'
than six inches fell and as it is dis
appearing gradually the ground is re
ceiving a thorough soaking.
y In order to encourage the use o
telephones in residences the Rock!
Mountain Bell Telephone compan.
has decided upon a step Is unusua
as it is remarkable. 1t is nothin,
less than to give all subscribers TO
ooA~,~,oc%o <o h0 i~ctof1n1 in hnron
use of them free for n year. Thi'
offer, however, is made conditiona
upon entry into a %two-years' contrac
by which the subscribers agree tt
take the instrument for a period nj
shorter than one year from the dat
of the expiration Of the first year, TO
which no charge is made. The pun
pose of the offer is two-fold, to in