The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-02
THE BILLINGS GAZETTE.

man In the immigration service, with
place Of duty at ports in Washington
and Oregon. On the same day and
on the following the commission will
examine applicants for. a place as
game law assistant in the division of
biological survey.
Mrs. Albert Carrier, residing at 121
South Thirty-second street, died Sat
urday evening, after an illness OF
about three weeks. Deceased was
about II years old and leaves, beside
her husband, two small children. She
was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
D. w. Dedrich. The funeral took
place yesterday afternoon and was
largely attended, delegations frorl sew
eral secret societies, Of which she
was a member, participating. Ser
vices were conducted by the Rever-
end w. D. Clark, pastor ct the Con-
church.
/Because of high water work on the
( Laurel bridge across the Yellowstone
has been temporarily suspended. Ac-
cording to the estimate of Superin.
tendent Haviland about two-thirds of
the actual work has been completed
and only a short time will be required
to complete the remainder. While
awaiting a subsistence of the flood Mr..
Haviland will employ a part Of his
force near Big Timber, lear where
his company has a number of bridges
under contract with Sweet Grass coun-
~, while the remainder has gone to
Miles City to put the finishing touches
to the bridge he built across the river
al that place last winter.
Lack of patronage forced Logan
Wolfe, who has been conducting a
restaurant in Montana avenue, be-
tween Twenty-eighth and Twenty
ninth streets, into the hands of the
sheriff yesterday. An attachment is
sued on the complaint Of Gilsdorf
Bros. for 100000 was served on him
and his place vas closed. Subsequent
ly another writ for $661, in favor OF
Yegen Bros, inc, was served. On
top of these claims it is said that
Wolfe is also indebted to his late
employees to the extent of several
hundred dollars, while the Donovan
Mccormick company also holds a
claim against him for $485.
a letter was receiy.i yesterday
by w. II. Calhoun from Johnnie"
Hughes, announcing the safe arrival
of himself and George Robbins at
Valdez, Alaska. The day before the
letter was "4itten a steamer arrived
end Hughes and Robbins went to the
} wharf to see who had arrived. The
only person to land whom either Of
them knew was the chaplain of the
+ regiment with which Mr.. Hughes
served while at Chickamauga wait
ing for a call to help whip the Span
iards and he described him as having
the same old, detected air of an emp
ty beer key" a description Mr.
Hughes former comrades declare fts
the gentleman exactly.
A special meeting of the schoo
board was held Saturday evening fol
the purpose Of electing more teachers
], to fill vacancies existing in the corps
!, for the coming term. The meeting
proved to be very harmonious an6
lections were made as follows: Mis-.
May Morris, Whiting, Ia, and Miss
!, Clara Anderson, Fulda, Mimi, grade
!, teachers; Miss Alice Edith Murphy
Niagara Falls, N. Y, teacher of his
tory; Miss Edith Everett, Livingston
, teacher of English. 1t was decided tt
, advance the salaries of Miss Freden
/, dali, chief kindergartener, and Mrs
, McCray, teacher of drawing, the for
mer to $S5 and the latter to $95
month.
Governor Toole has issued a prOcla
nation for the observance OF June l!
as Flag day, at the same time recon
mending that the citizens Of the state
show their patriotism by such cere
monies as may be proper to the oc
casion. Flag day is me Of the day!
observed by all the states, June 1!
being the date when Betsie Ross sub
mitted the flag of the union as it nov
floats to a commission appointed b.
the Continental congress to design !
. national emblem. Observance of thu
!, day is generally restricted to a deco
ration of public and private building
: with the Stars and Stripes. The gov