The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-20

Sldlh, SCCOAu VICE pAColuCAI, NAio'
Susanna P. Rixon; secretary, Mrs.
Mantha M. Marshall; treasurer, Mrs.
Cora Hopkins. Captain Du,ton ad-
dressed the meeting.
The Atlantic Refining company of
Cleveland, which is represented in
this section by Frank Derby, remem-
bered that gentleman yesterday by
presenting him with a draft for 500.
The draft is a present to Mr.. Derby
in recognition of his excellent services
for that company throughout several
of the northwestern states. Mr..
Derby, during the past year, has sold
Is carloads of Elastic carbon roof
paint for that company. One carload
sold in this county.
HCaptain Bond, assisted by several
of the members of the Maverick Hose
company is busily engaged today in
preparing the fire station in the new
city hall for the reception of the de-
partment. Many of the old fixtures
had to be removed and put to use in
the new room and the task of making
the place habitable was no easy one.
The horses and remaining apparatus
will be transferred this afternoon.
When completed the new station will
be the equal of any in the west, being
rnrfoot in ovory dofoi1
\jFour more of the lot Of 20 new
locomotives ordered by the Northern
Pacific are expected to arrive in a
few days. They will be kept on the
Montana division. The remaining
ones will be forwarded as fast as CON-
pleted and it is believed that the last
will not be ready for delivery before
spring. The engines are 80 feet long,
exclusive of the tenders and are a
trfe over Is feet high, while they
weigh $4,000 pounds. Their tanks
have a capacity of 5000 gallons. The
fireboxes are much wider than ordi-
narily and have double doors.
Mizpah lodge, No. 20, Degree of
Honor, o. O. U. w, held it's annual
meeting and installation of officers
last Wednesday evening. Those in
stalled were: Past chief of honor.
Pauline Thorson; chief of honor, Oh
lie Gilsdorf; lady of honor, Kate SAILS
bury; chief of ceremonies, Mary Silt
nick; recorder, Mrs. Mantha M.
Marshall; financier, Mrs. Josie Berky;
receiver, Bernard Schneider; usher,
Mrs. Georgana Nelson; inner guard,
Gilbert Williams; outer guard, w. H.
Reese; advisor to c. of h., Fred HI.
Foster. A bountiful Dutch" lunch
was served as a surprise to the north
side members by those from the
south side. The hot potatoes, saur
and an abundance of delicious cake
were heartily enjoyed by all.
From Monday's~Daiy Gazette.
Fred Ramsey of Kirby is a visitor
in the city.
c. T. Thomas of Musselshell is reg.
istered at the Grand. e
A. G.. Anderson of the Barnard
blank book house at st. Louis is a
visitor in town today.
For having been drunk and disorder.
ly Grant March paid $40 into the
city treasury this morning.
County Assessor Evans has gone
to Helena to represent the county at
the state meeting of the assessors.
Senator Yegen, who spent Saturday
and Sunday in the city, returned TO
Helena this morning, accompanied by
Mrs. Yegen.
w. F. Meyer, state senator from
Carbon county, was in the city last
night on his way to Helena from a
visit to Red Lodge.
F. H. Hathhorn took his departure
this morning for Helena, where he
intends to spend a few days seeing
the wheels go 1round.
Henri J. Haskell, former attorney
general of the state, is up from
Glendive to look after some court
matters in which he is interested.
Landlord Bennington of the Grand
hotel contemplates a trip to the
Hawaiian islands in the early spring.
He will visit a number of coast cities
en- route.
Northern Pacific train No. 8, due
here at 2:30 this morning, did not
arrive until 9 o'clock, having been