The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-05


PERSONAL ;
some better and today was still alive,
with fair prospects of ultimate re-
covery.
yesterday was evidently not Bill
1ngs' day for playing baseball. In ad-
dition to the inglorious defeat sus-
tanned by the Elks at Miles City, the
combination that years the Yegen uni
form was even worse beaten at Joliet.
The score there is not known, but it
was somewhere about 20 to 5. The
Joliet fellows "came it" on the visitors
by forming a junction with Roberts
and putting a picked lot of men in
the field.
w. C. Doherty, who has the mail
contract on the Billings-Musselshell
route, writes to Postmaster Babcock
that he will have his coaches and.
full equipment strung out so Is to
enable him to begin business July
10 and will do a general staging and
express business. The days for de-
parture from this end are Sunday,
Tuesday and Thursday Of each week.
AS soon as possible Mr.. Doherty in
%o-lo - 1oor o~ 1F31 horo nE t.
Two additions nave been made to
the engineering corps of the Billings
Land and Irrigation company. Both
are vigorous and husky young fell
lows and give promise of attaining
the same high standing in the profess
sion as do the gentlemen with whom
they are CHARTERED. Chief Engineer
and put him on the probation list the
Fourth. The other is with G. G. Ward
and was enrolled last Friday, June 30
Notwithstanding the rain of Satin
day and Sunday made the grounds
just a trifle wet for real comfort, the
union Sunday school picnic held. yes
terday in Newman's grove proved a
happy and enjoyable event. The pic
nickers assembled at their respective
churches at 9 o'clock and then march
ed to Montana avenue and West Twen-
ty-ninth street, whence c~onveyances
took them to the grove. Decorated
floats and banners bearing biblical
quotations formed an interesting part
OF the column.
So much better is he that it was
considered safe to remove w. H. Bick-
nell from the hospital last Friday
and place him in Jail. He is still quite
sore and complains Of great pain in
his shoulder and arm as a result Of
the wound he received when arrested
by the posse that chased him across
the fiat south Of town. Bicknell insists
in his profession of ignorance of what
occurred that evening and declares
he knows absolutely nothing about
shooting at children and his own sub
sequent wounding.
Mast week IS. G.. Reynolds was OF
Nm the Grow agency and RECALLED his
friends with an experience he had in
which he and a couple of silver tip
bears played conspicuous parts. One
of the bears was a cub and Mr.. Rey'
nolds shot at and wounded 1t. Its
cries soon brought the mother in
sight, which charged at an Indian &C
complaining Mr.. Reynolds. The Grow
began to climb a tree conveniently
near, while the agent took advantage
of the diversion in his favor to gel
away in another direction. Being IN.
able to reach the Indian and not see
ing Mr.. Reynolds, the old bear growled
and calling to ner offspring wandered
back into the brush.
Had it not been for Alderman Ge/rgi
ennighoff the Fourth would haye
been permitted to pass in Billings
with no more recognition than tha'
bestowed by the small boy and hi.
flrecrackers. His patriotism asfd lib
erality prevented such utter neglec
of the day and the important even
it is commemorative of. Under hi
direction there was an immense dis