The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-28
THE BILLINGS

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stock by. the propagation of the erst-
while monarch of the plains. They
were taken to Mr.. McCormick's Al
kali creek ranch, where he already has
a large herd Of elk. The balance of
the shipment went to North Dakota.
j.. E. Kurtz and family left Satur-
day morning for Cleveland, O., where
they expect to remain, Mr.. Kurtz hav-
ing been offered a very tempting po-
sition there. Should ne decide not
to remain, he will return and again
enter the services of Yegen Bros,
having been offered the authorship
of the firm, Professionally. Friday
evening the Young Mems Debating so
| ciety, of which he was a member,
rendered Mr.. Kurtz a reception in
Elks' hall.
Although somewhat early, the local
sheep market has already opened and
several large transactions have been
consummated within the last few
days. Among the sales reported was
one of 5000 yearling ewes by the Gus
ter Sheep company to Phillips & Skin
ner of Pierre, S. D., last Saturday.
Ed. O'Donnell on the same day sold
1000 wethers to Tolman & Nutting
OF Red Lodge. The Pierre men paid
$2.75 a head, while it is said that the
O'Donnell sheep brought $3.50.
At a meeting of the directors of The
Zig Ditch company, held in the city
last Saturday, an assessment OF . per
o5i.., was levied to meet the current
expel ses and the added expense in
Cured by reason OF the repairs made
necessary on account of the flood OF
last month, which destroyed the Val
ley creek 1ume. About $4,000 was
expended last winter in improving
and charging the company's canal,
which now carries approximately 49,
600 inches of water, making it the
largest irrigating ditch in the state.
Several cont1ding persons are look
LIZ lOx Mlos Gs A11AIGAl1 DAANS ~
to her, name, is said to have developed
a strength for flight and irregularity
of movement. She is alleged to have
l suddenly departed for the west Sun.
! day night, without the formality Of
: bidding boodbye to her friends. The
> claim is made that she forgot to pay
! a number of bills, the aggregate OF
which is considerable, although the
individual amounts are small. Dur
ing her stay in Billings the lady con
t Quoted a musical conservatory, but re
ceived only slight patronage.
Captain Perkins, the postal inspec
+ tor, is trying to find a clue to the
party that stole a mail pouch at Laure
last Friday night. The pouch wa
S hanging from the crane used in catch
8 ing mail by passing trains and while
waiting to be picked up was purloined
Subsequently it was found in the rea
of the depot, where it had been throw
d by the thief, who had cut it open ant
helped himself to the registered mail
A Ar 1870 t-fa. III fL'.'TF
e AS near as could be ascertained tn,
8 rest of the contents had not been tam
pered with, the fellow stealing tn
j, pouch evidently o wanting anything
vt that which gave promise of value
DForsyth has a ball team that is be
lieved to be the strongest in easter
O. Montana, at least SO the Billings play
ers aver. The latter undertook t
take the former out for a little ambl
d last Sunday. but found the compan,
~ too fast The score was Z to 2. /
majority of the Forsythians are me
who are just a trif1e too slow for tn
professional class and a little too swit
: for strictly amateur players. The
have beer collected from variOu