The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-20
LOCAL N PER&oNAL

From Tuesdays Daily Gazette.
o. P. Whipple Of Townsend is regis.
tered at the Grand.
James A. Johnson of Gebo is auto
graphed at the Grand.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. l. Draper of Ranch
er are visiting the city.
s. F. Scott of Helena is among to-
days visitors in the city.
w. d. Story, a Park City merchant,
is among the visitors in the city to-
day.
c. T. Thomas, one Of the larger
stockmen Of the Lake basin, is at the
Grand.
In consideration OF $3.50 Ida L. Camp
has sold to Edgar B. Camp lot 5, block
AZ, Billings townsite.
George F. Carpenter and wife have
transferred, for q nominal considera-
ton, lots 13 and IA, block "a, Billings,
to Charles F. Burton.
MI. and Mrs. s. Fred Gale, promi-
nent people of Miles City. spent the
night at Billings, on their way to Den
YER, for which place they left this
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. W.. j. Cruise arrived
from Helena last night on a visit to
the father and other relatives Of Mrs.
Cruise, whose guests they will be while
ir: the city.
Tom Soloman, who was shot by
Frank Rennie, a week ago last Sun
day night. will be discharged from the
hospital mex. Thursday. The attend
ing physician says the wound Soloman
received has healed and that his
patient will be as good as ever in a
days. 49,,
Although locally no attempt, was
made to celebrate the day devoted to
the memory of the patron saint of the
Emerald Isle, it did not pass wholly
u%nobserved, as almost everybody
wore a trefoil in compliment to the
sons and daughters Of Erin and their
dY61ndants. n
Iuperintendent Summers, of the
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone CON.
pany is here from Helena inspecting
the local plant Of the company. Mr..
Summers says that it is the intention
of his company to erect during the
present year a modern flre-proof build
ing on the site recently purchased
near,The Gazette block.
<kccording to the itinerary of tbG
presidents proposed western trip tel !
egraphed from Washington yesterday
Mr.. R~oosevelt's party will pass
through this city at an early morning
hour. Under the schedule it would
probably not be agreeable to the dis
tinguished guests to be received by
the citizens of the leading city of the |
eastern part of the state.
A private letter received from
Jack" Surveys, foreman for Pierre
Wibaux, who passed through here a
short time ago for the Texas pan-han-
die, states that the losses to stock
there this winter will average fully SO
per cent and that the remaining ami
mails are looking thin and weak and if
the usual March storms prevail the
losses promise to be even much larg-
awhile the weather in these parts
has been about all that could be de-
for many days past, news from
the northern part of the state is of a
different character. A gentleman in
city today says that last Friday
he Missouri at Fort Benton, where it
had been open a short time, closed
again, making the seventh time for
he stream to freeze over at that(
point this winter.
A change much to the liking of the
and ranchers occurred in
he weather last night. Early in the
evening snow began to fall and con-
,inued long enough to give the ground
generous covering. More was add
ID this morning, after which the sun
:ame out strong and clear, causing
he snow to melt gradually and as
is but little frost in the ground
he latter will receive the long and .
much needed moisture for which hope
las been expressed ever since the
lrst signs of spring began to mani l
est themselves. {
This afternoon X. 7 Piner whn has f.