The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-28
LOCAL AND

FEKoOlNAI
prise. Thanks to the promptness OF
his subscribers and the fact that he
holds an advertising contract with the
Burlington he was enabled to start
fotc a trip to st. Louis.
N Some of the more enthusiastic an.
glers of the city have set about for
the organization of an anglers club
Already a large number have signed
the call for a meeting for next Satur.
day evening, when the society will
be formally organized.
In addition to the sales reported in
this issue of The Gazette the clips of
Robert Brownlee and Rademaker &
Evers have been sold. The first nam
ed, 11,OOO pounds, went to J. Kosh-
land & Co., 161a cents, and the other
to James Fraser, 1873 cents. 1t weigh
ed 80, 0 pounds.
License to wed was granted yester-
day to Frank Kinney and Mrs. Liz
zie E. Kinney, both of Park City. The
marriage took place at Laurel today.
| Mrs. Kinney was the wife of George
Kinney, brother of the groom, who
died last year during the epidemic Of
scarlet fever which ragged at Park
Cjkyzfor sometime.
IAN entertainment was given Friday
evening by the Women of Woodcraft
in their hall, at which Mrs. Sarah
Bennett delivered an address on the
history and objects oft he order. At
the conclusion a Photographic diver
sion followed, interspersed with a NOV
ing picture exhibition. A dance closed
The evenings pleasure.
"a burning Northern Pacific freight
car loaded with coal was the cause
of an alarm that called out the fire
department shortly after noon today.
The car stood on a siding east of
town and was backed opposite the
Touring mill, where it was within
reach of the fremen, who speedily
&tinguished the blaze.
kJoliet, the little. town up in Carbon
county, is giving further evidence of
progress and prosperity. A banking
company has been organized there.
which will open for business August
l under the name of the Bank of
! Joliet, with Claude Hudson as cashier.
j. L. Moran of this city has just
| closed a contract for the new banks
salkk and vault equipment.
saturday night Little Horn encamp-
ment, No. IL, l. o. o. F., held its an
nual election Of officers at which the
following were elected: Chief patri-
arch, Henry Schissler; high priest.
ID. w. DERRICK; senior warden, Philip
Wesch; junior warden, Charles With
am; scribe, John Powers; treasurer,
w. C. Hinshaw. The installation will
take place Saturday night, July 9.
as an indication of the un-
Usual activity marking the wool mar
ket at this time of year it may be
worthy Of mention that already be-
tween 1000, 900 and 100000 pounds
have been baled at the Northern Pa
cific warehouse, with almost a like
amount at the Burlington. Twenty
seven men are employed in the bal
ing crew at the Northern Pacific.
w. H. Mcdonald, who was in the
city last week, with the intention of
going to the st. Louis exposition, re-
turned home last Saturday. He post
poned the contemplated journey on
account of a misfortune with which
he met the night of his intended de-
parture for the south. While coming
down Montana venue he lost the
money he had set aside for the trip.
three 800 bills.
Sunday morning the Knights and
Ladies of the Maccabees attended wor.
ship in a body at st. Luke's Episco'
pal church, where special memorial
services were conducted in commemo
ration Of the dead Of the order. In
the afternoon they went to the GENE