The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-08
JOINS IN OFFERING REWARD
City Makes Addition to sum offered
for the Capture Of Two
Murderers.

no less slow in showing it's appre-
citation of and gratitude to those of
its defenders who lose their lives inI
the discharge of duty than the nation
is in r%ewarding the families of the
men who have made like sacrifices
in it's behalf. At the next meeting OF
the city council he will bring up the
matter of granting a life pension to
the widow of Police Sergeant Robert
T. Hannah, killed last Saturday morn
ing by the men who robbed the Owl
saloon.
Notice to this effect was given by
him at last Tuesdays meeting of that
body. In notifying the council he
said the city should follow the ex-
ample of the national government in
this respect and hoped a way could
be found by which the pension he
urged could be granted.
To Buy Dumping Ground.
By a unanimous vote authority was
given Alderman Williams to buy for
the city a tract of land five acres in
extent, south of the city, to be used
as a place for depositing garbage.
The ground belongs to G. 1. Gardner
and he has offered to sell it to the
city for $50 an acre.
Protest Against Increased Salaries.
In a communication. signed by its
secretary, Henry White. the CONNER
cial committee entered a protest
against the recent advance made by
the council in the salaries of some OF
the city officials.
Under the increase against which
objection is raised by the committee
the pay of the clerk was raised by
appointing MIN special policeman,
while that of the police magistrate
was increased oy making him janitor
of the city hall. Although the latter
officer gets more pay than formerly,
the cost to the city is no greater, as
he is now given the wages before
paid to a regularly employed %janitor.
The communication was referred to
the finance committee and on motion!
of Alderman Bennington the city attor-
ney was instructed to look up the law
on the question, as the Commercial
committee takes the view that the
council in making the changes acted
without authority of law.
Reward for Murderer's Arrest.
1t was voted unanimously to offer a
reward of $3.50 for the arrest of each
of the men who shot and killed Ser
geant Hannah of the police force. AL
though informed of the arrest of one
! of the men, Moser, the aldermen
thought the men who captured him
} were entitled to some compensation,
other than their regular pay as Off.
GERS, and voted both rewards.
Miscellaneous.
Nat G. Carwile is Of the opinion
: that he does not care to combine the
| duties of special policeman with those
of city clerk. He rendered his resig.
: nation as the former. Referred tc
: the mayor.
2 The appointment of w. L. Terrill
land Bert Talgo IS policemen was
: unanimously confirmed.
H. M. Allen & Co. and j. M. Broa,
: & Son submitted new bids for sup
| plying the city with lumber for the
ensuing year. That of the first named
2 firm was $40 per thousand for undress
: ed lumber, and that of the Broats
J. $2O.25. Both bids were referred.
A bill for an ordinance making pro
: vision for the purchase or lease of a
scales for public weighing was read
4 for the first time. 1t provides that all
+ loose hay and coal in less than car
load lots sold in the city shall be
weighed on the official scales and that
10 cents per load be the charge there
for.
The bill of City Clerk Carwile fol
$50, claimed to be due as salary fol
June as ex-officio weighmaster, was
e referred to the finance committee.
An order was made transferring
$500 from the street grading fund tc
d meet warrants on improvement dis
trict No. /.
Three dollars was. ordered paid te
n each of 81 special policemen appoint
ed by the mayor for duty last Monday
night, when a mob was looking fol
e ED" Grady, who was reported to have
been seen on the south side.
Phone to Bell 65 for all kinds o
stove wood. Any lengths to order