The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12


Both presidents departed over the
Negthern Pacific at 8 O'Clock this
&qyding.
Last Tuesday evening the Zelda
Rebekah lodge held a very interesting
session, the occasion being an official
visit of Miss Louise Cooley, president
OF the Rebekah assembly, /. o. o. F.
Of Montana, who Is touring the state.
Miss Cooley addressed the members
and reviewed the work of the order
throughout the state. At the close
of business refreshments were serv-
ed. Miss Cooley left for the northern
part Of the state Wednesday morning.
Henry G. Williams has. about con-
cluded to remove his family to Port
land, Ore, to remain indefinitely. The
health Of Mrs. Williams has been
poor for many months and Mr.. Will
liams has decided upon a change in
the hopes Of an Improvement. The
two younger children Of the family
will be placed in the Portland schools
for the winter. The REMOVAL Of Mr.
Williams from the city will necessi-
tate the appointment of an alderman
from the Second ward as his success
"wednesday morning while near the
Burlington tracks, Messrs. Perry, Do
herty and LaMaster's team took fright
at a locomotive and ran away, throw
ing the men out of the wagon. Mr..
Perry escaped uninjured. The other
two were more or less bruised and
cut about the head and face. La
Masters fell over the dashboard and
was caught in the doubletrees. He
was dragged about three blocks before
he could free himself. The services
of a doctor were required to dress
his wounds.
A party of Amalgamated Copper
company officials, headed by Ben
Thayer, who is credited with being
the high priest oI the company in
Montana, were in the city Monday
evening returning from a tour into
Carbon county, where it is said they
investigated some company property,
as we'll as looking over the Bear
creek coal fields. The party denied
that the visit had amy political signif-
canoe and maintained it was purely
one of business in the interest of
Iaat corporation.
The Bell Telephone company, which
Fannounced some weeks ago that it
would build a commodious office build
in, Twenty-seventh street, near The
Gazette building, was surveying the
ground Wednesday and setting the
stakes for excavation. 1t is the inten-
tion of the company to at once begin
the erection of a two-story and base
ment fre-proof building and have the
same ready for occupancy by the first
of next year. Architecturally the
structure rs intended to be the hand
soonest in the street.
Dick Holland of this city was ar
rested yesterday at Columbus by Dep
uty Sheriff Noah Holt on a warrant
charging him with having broken into
and looted the county pest house,
While en- route from Columbus to
Billings on No. 4, last night, Dick
passed into the toilet and not re
turning to his seat Within! a reason
able time the officer began investigat,
ing and found that he had jumped
through the window while the train
stopped at Laurel and escaped in the
darkness At this hour he has moi
been retaken.
George Lamport was in the city
Tuesday bound for Helena, where he
will submit a bid to the surveyor gen
eral Of the state for a slice of ths
big job of surveying which the gov
eminent is advertising on the Grow
reservation preliminary to throwing
a large section open to settlement
From Mr.. Lamport, who has done
a great deal Of government surve.
work, it is learned that no one MAJ
can secure over $1,000 worth of tn,
work and no one who has an uncom
pleted surveying contract with thu
government or has ever had a sur
vey rejected will be given a contract
G. E. Heslop, a brakeman on
freight train, was very seriously, anu
perhaps fatally injured last Sunda.
near Grey Cliff. It seems there wa