The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-27
LOCAL and PERSONAL.


Robert Clark Of Dillon, Is a Billings
visitor.
w. "A. Talmage, a Red Lodge mer.
chant is in the city.
Sam Reed, a Lake Basin rancher
wa in town yesterday.
T. r. Wilds of Miles City spent
Thanksgiving in Billings.
Minnie 3. Wright OF Custer is in
Billings calling on friends.
=. R. Keil and wife spent Thanks
giving the guests Of friends at Park
City.
Sam Dillner, the well-known hide
and pelt buyer Of Sioux City is in
town.
J. B. Elliott, a wool grower Of
Claire, Mont, spent Turkey day in
Billings. .5.
R. w. Dunn, Of Silesia is in town
attending to business matters and Wis
iting friends.
John H. Shredder, a stockman from
the Lake Basin country spent turkey
day in Billings.
OFFICER Lavelle OF the Billings police
force spent Thanksgiving with rela-
tives at Columbus.
F. M. Hendrick, a cattleman Of
Slack, Wyoming, was in the city yes.
terday on business.
Misses, Nellie and Helgo Nelson Of
Columbus are in the city visiting
friends and doing some shopping.
Mrs. E. IN. Piper and Miss Ella
Wood, a school teacher Of Absarokee
spent Thanksgiving in Billings, the
guests Of friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. q. Butler Of Red
Lodge arrived in Billings last night.
MI. Butler is the publisher Of the Red
Lodge Picket and is we'll known in
Billings. LA,
Judge F. L. Mann spent Thanksgiv.
Ing day at his ranch near Bull Noun
tain station. He took down three fat
gobblers and one fine mallard duck
which were presented to him Wednes-
day by an old friend.
L. ". Fairchild, Of Jennings, La,
who has been in Billings and vicinity
for the past several days visiting old
time acquaintance left last night for
his home. Mr.. Fairchild was formerly
in the horse business in Iowa and
made many trips into this region Of
the country to buy horses. He has a
large acquaintance among the old res.
idents Of the Yellowstone valley.
J.. N. Van Hoose, a rancher from
Martinsadle, on the Mussellshell spent
yesterday in the city and left last
night for Pryor, where he will spenu
a few weeks visiting with relatives.
Mr.. Van Hoose is one of the old set
tiers in Montana, having come here
from Denver in 1863. He is a firm
believer in Montana and says that the
last few years have proven proved
that his judgment was good.
Hugh Mcdonald has returned from
Denver, where he attended the meet
ing of the American Federation of La
Dor. He states that he had a SPLEEN
did time and that the meeting was one
of the best he ever attended. Mr.. Nc
Donald is a member of the local car
penters' union and is a member Of
the Federation executive committee
for Montana. He has received the ap-
pointment of state organizer for the
American Federation of Labor.
Grant S. Irwin OF Columbus was in
the city yesterday and returned home
last night. Mr.. Irwin and a number Of
other ranchers of his section are
strenuously sobiecting to a contract
which has just been let by the county
commissioners of Carbon and Yellow
stone counties for a bridge across the
Yellowstone at Columbus. Mr.. Irwin
states that he and about 400 other
ranchers wanted the bridge built near
the location of the old one, but that
the contract as let will make them
drive a mile out Of the way and that
the location of the bridge is otherwise
undesirable.