The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-04


tour of the Pacific coast. The lady
is a sister of MIR. Chaffee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kollar of Kan
a City were in Billings yesterday en-
route to the south from a visit to the
! Lowell ranch in Wyoming. Mr.. Kol-
lar is the administrator of the Lowell
| estate and has been here on several
occasions previously.
All the services will be held as
usual in the Methodist church next
Sunday. Morning service at IL
O'clock; Sunday school at 1875;
Epworth League at Z p. m; evening
service at 8. Everybody is invited to
attend these services.
G. W. Grieve, prescription clerk at
the Chapple drug store, returned yes
terday from a three weeks visit to
Newcastle, Ont, whittier he was sud-
denly called by the serious sickness OF
his father. Upon his arrival there he
found his father somewhat improved
]AkLast Tuesday the annual cattle ship
mnets from the Cruise ranch began,
with Custer as the shipping point.
Several days and many trains will be
required to handle all the stock tt for
market. Those who have seen them
say the animals are in exceptionally
fine condition.
Harry Segur, who has been serious
ly sick at Tacoma with appendicitis,
arrived in the city last Tuesday and
will spend a few weeks with his pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Segur, re-
covering his strength, after which ne
will return to the coast to resume his
position with the Northern Pacific.
John Rea, the Forsyth ~fiockmaster,
was among yesterdays arrivals in the
city. He is registered at the Grand.
H. J. Horn, general manager of the
Northwestern Improvement company,
formerly. superintendent Of the Mon
tana division of the Northern Pacific,
was in the city yesterday. His head
quarters are at ROslyn, Wash.
Miss Glare gave a very pleasant
Kensington Thursday afternoon. Mrs.
Hays of Minneapolis being the guest
of honor. The decorations were very
attractive. Lunch in courses was
served. Mrs. c. M. Perkins assisted
the hostess. The ladies present were
Mesdames Hays, Staples, Salisbury,
Bell, Snyder, Perkins and Miss Young.
Alderman Williams and Senator Ye-
gen returned yesterday from a tour
of the greater part of northwestern
Wyoming, which included a drive
through the Big Horn basin and the
adjacent region and then followed the
new road from Cody into the park.
Upon their exit from the park they
left their team at Gardiner and re-
turned by rail.
Miss Merle Mccormick left this
morning for Tacoma to resume her
studies in the convent of that place.
Tuesday evening the young lady, as
sisted by her mother, gave a party to
a large number of her young friends.
The event was in the nature of a dou-
BILE occasion, being in honor OF the
hostess 18th birthday and as a fare
well to her companions.
NNew officers have been elected by
the Billings & Musselshell Telephone
company, which held its annual cleo
ton a couple of days. ago. Those
chosen are H. Lowther, president;
George Bachman, vice president; Fred
w. Handel, secretary and treasurer.
A quarterly dividend of 3 per cent.
was declared and the line leased for
another year to L. L. Moffett.
County Clerk j. w. Fish is receiving
a visit from Major o. A. Parsons and
Carlos Cole, nephew of the major,
both from Wilkesbarre, Pa, friends OF
his youthful days in the Keystone
state. The gentlemen are en- route
home from San Francisco, where they