The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-02
LOCAL AND


county commissioners was held yester-
day to take action on a number of
road petitions. Today the board is
in final session as a board of equali-
zation. Very lew complaints have been
made by those who regard their as
sessments as too high.
Mrs. E. A. Alling, mother of Mrs.
George A. Berky and Mrs. Ed New
man, died at Bridger last Thursday.
Mrs. Alling had attained the age OF
80 and had been in feeble health for
some time. She came to Montana 25
years ago and had resided in this Sec
ton most of that period.
In honor of the fourth wedding an
niversary of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Retallick some 30 of their friends and
neighbors assembled at their home in
South T%hirty-frst street last evening.
The event was one of those de-
lightful social gatherings for which
that part of the city is noted.
A. G. Simmons of the Northern hotel
returned yesterday from a prolonged
visit to Minneapolis. Mr.. Simmons
reports that a SON was born to the
family during their absence in the
east and that Mrs. Simmons and Mas
ter Simmons will join him at their
Billings home in a few weeks.
Nine tattered and forlorn specimens
of unfortunate humanity were arraign-
ed in police court yesterday as the
result of the application of the police
drag net since Saturday morning.
Three Of them were given time to
leave the city. The remaining six
were sentenced to 10 days, each, on
the street gang.
This morning a camping party com
posed Of ]. w. Fish, Miss Ruth Fish,
Miss Alice Fish, Miss Laura Reed,
Miss Lyons and Mr.. and Mrs. Jean
Decker left for a two weeks outing
on the upper Saltwater, where the
fishing is said to be exceptionally
good, and the mosquitoes more than
ordinarily robust and energetic.
Evidence Of the new arrangement
between the two railroad companies
is now furnished by the arrival of
Burlington freight trains at the North
ern Pacific yards. The first one to
pull in was Sunday evening, and many
of those who for the moment had for
gotten about the further ~uniflcation of
the merger thought the crew had
made q mistake.
News was received here last week
of the accidental death at Tacoma
of Charles Warren, who at one time
resided in this city. Mr.. Warren was
! killed by being run over by an electric
car in the suburban service. He is
well remembered by some of the old
settlers as having been connected with
the engineering department of the
Northern Pacific at the time the road
was built into Billings.
In order to complete a cure it has
been found necessary to resort to
skin grating in the case of James
Steele, Jr., the boy who was injured
the night of the Fourth of July by the
accidental discharge of a number OF
roman candles he had in his belt,
Members of the youths family have
made contributions of cuticle by
means of which a large portion OF
the burned flesh has been given a
covering, but another transfer will
have to be made this week.
Final report was made yesterday
by the doctors in the insanity pro
ceedings begun last week against
Stella Fitzgerald, who attempted te
commit suicide a few days before
They found that she was not sufficient
ly deranged to warrant her commit
ment to the asylum. The proceedings
had yesterday were proforma, as the
woman left last Friday for the east
having recovered so far from her self