The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-26

mas Undertaken Dle TASK OF converting
the immense room into a convention
hall, and accommodations ample for
all delegates and spectators are as
sured.
Reminder is given once more that
next Sunday will be Memorial day
with the fire department, and that
all who wish to make contributions
of flowers for decorating the graves
of dead firemen are requested to
leave them at the station or notify
Captain Bond where they may be
had. The column will leave the city
hall at 2 o'clock.
A delightful card party was given
last Tuesday evening by Mrs. Paul
Mccormick in honor Of Mrs. and Miss
Tierney Of Townsend, who have been
her guests for several weeks. The
floral decorations were artistic and
elaborate and added greatly to the
appearance Of the beautiful home of
the hostess. Progressive whist vas
played.
w. p. Adams of Columbus, who is
making an active canvass for the nom
~ination of sheriff on the republican
ticket, is visiting the city. He IN
dertook to drive down with a span of
colts that he is breaking and after all
manners of exciting experiences a
aged to arrive here Thursday morning,
after having been on the road since
Tuesday. -
\ \Bruce Cook was kicked by a NcA
ious horse in the barn Of his father,
last Wednesday evening Fortunately
the young man was so close to the ami
NAL that he failed to receive the full
force of the blow it aimed at him,
but as an evidence of it's severity the
imprint of the shoe remained on his
right side, where it landed, for a num-
Der of hours. The accident has inca
FACILITATED him for a few days.
Snis evening an exhibition VII he
| given in front OF Ike Gaze etle oiIica
by a large number of the Crow In
dams now in the city. This state ilent
IS rade on. authority of Chief plea::y
Coos, head of the tribe. AS tie I:ows
are 1.Oted for the variety of their
dances and the Agility of their lcrp-
s:cnorean performers the exhibition
VIII undoubtedly prove a great at.rac.
t. i, and be witnessed by an immense
c.. Wd.
W. H. Raymond. PROF. iclo r of the
na interested visitors at the fair.
:Ir Raymond has probably hail or
experience with fast horses than al
most any other man who calls Men
.analls home and IS accepted auth
O:ity on all matte,s pertaining to
ra, rs. He gives it cs :.is cpiaim that
.he local track, as r e :~nnstru'.e,l. IS
the fastest in the state and the equal
of any half mile track in the west.
A petition is said to be ~circulat-
ing in the Musselshell valley for pre-
sanitation to the board of county COM
missiOners at next months meeting,
protesting against a change OF the
county road from it's present location
in Huntley flats and placing it near
err to the Yellowstone river. The
claim is made that the change pro-
posed would increase the distance be-
tween Billings and the valley about
much less desirable than the n in
use at present.
satisfied the local police that the dia'
mond ring and gold watch found on a
suspect a few days ago were not stolen
there, as was at first supposed. The
man having them, who gave his name
as George Wilton, was considered as
as an undesirable sort to have about
the city and he was ordered to leave
town. AS far as known he may have
come into possession of the jewelry
honestly, but his actions while here
were not of the kind to commend him
TIC the good people and his absence
was regarded as preferable to his pres
Neither bankrupt nor creditors pu'
in an appearance at the first meeting
of the later called for last Tuesday
by Referee Firth, in the mater of the
bankruptcy proceedings pending
against O. E. Brown of Livingston
When he filed his petition Brown
scheduled his liabilities as aggregatins