The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-24


Kurtz has sold his home at the corner
of North Twenty-ninth street and Sew
enth avenue G.. D. Taylor is The
purchaser.
L. M. Hayden, formerly of thiseNyI
| but now employed as machinlst IN
the shops of the Red Lodge coal
mines, arrived a few days g to visit
his family. He is taking an enforced
vacation by reason of an injury to
one of his hands.
Once more the isolation hospital
has been opened. Rose Green, a ne
gress, is the patient. She was remov-
ed thither a few days ago, having
been found il her room on the south
side suffering from a we'll developed
case of smallpox.
General Manager Cooper of the
Northern Pacific passed through the
city Wednesday on a special train.
From here he went to Red Lodge and
then to Livingston, where he remained
a short time and then continued on
to the west. He did not visit Bridger,
as has been reported.
Ten sections of land were sold by
Karl Simon, Northern Pacific land
agent, during his visit to the city Tues
day and Wednesday. Those who bought
were, David Milne, five sections; w.
F.. Strait, one, and Krischbaum &
Schroeder, four sections. The average
price paid was $1.50 an acre.
LGeorge Robbins, who left here sew
Neral months ago for Alaska, writes
that he has been appointed chief OF
the fire department at Valdez, for
which he receives $3.50 a month. In
addition he is also engaged as city
, clerk, a position that pays so cents
I. an hour for all time actually employed.
Stock Inspector Stauffer started in
! Monday to dip the scabby sheep be-
) longing to the Conrad Investment
, on the south side of the
Marias river says the Shelby Indepen'
dent. There are 1000 head of sheer
with the disease and others that have
: been exposed will have to be dipped
5 also.
K/H. l.. Wilson has resigned as man
lXager OF the ball team and his sue
. cessor is w. A. Muir. Hereafter Cor
5 coran will do double duty, as pitcher
and captain. Wilson will continue
as a member and will hold down frs
base. Sunday the team will go tx
Forsyth to meet the players OF tina
place.
.s%m the opinion OF the people resid
= Ahg on Fattig creek they are entitled
to better postal facilities than the.
s are now accorded. A petition has beer
circulated during the past few day
n asking for the establishment OF a post
office on the creek. At present tn
e nearest postofice is about 20 mile
distant.
Report has it that the sale OF the bli
oscar 0L6pueuS IduCH III TOlSuo So"A
y ty has beer all but closed. The Co
- Inns Land company OF Helena is sal
- to have secured an option on tn
property which consists of about %
900 acres of land, 10000 head of ca
n tie and $4,000 sheep. The price still
lie ulated is 100000.
H. G.. Wright, a prominent youn
business man of Forsyth, is in tn
city, on his way to Helena. Mr.. Wrigh
- is one of the leaders
the democracy of Rosebud coul
y ty, and of course, is in a les
IS jubilant frame of mind than befor
~ Judge Loud rendered his decision ma
ing a hole in the list of democrat
o. oficeholders of the county.
al Lnformations have been filed in tt
- district court against F. Morris ar
70 Gets Down. The former is charge
with burglary in the first degree, q
u" legged to have been committed b
MS breaking into the store of T. F. Holl
ke In the other case an Indian is tt
E. defendant and he is accused of ha