The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-11
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Sheriff John 8. Massey Of Sanders
county was in the city Sunday. and
returned TO Thompson Falls yesterday
morning with q. G.. Jackson, q col
ored Pullman porter. who was arrest
ed here by Sheriff Webb on q charge
OF obtaining money under false pre-.
lenses. on advices received from the
Sanders county sheriff.
From Saturdays Daily. M
Rev. Frdtsch has returned from .
two days visit at Laurel.
Henry Gerharz, city engineer, left
yesterday morning for Sanders.
". F. Meyer, a. Red Lodge attorney
and banker, was a Billings visitor yes
terday.
Deputy sherif Charles Davidson Of
Columbus is in the city calling on old
friends: 99
Frank De Clercq, q former resident
Of Billings, is calling on old friends
here this week. n.
William Clayton, a business man Of
Gebo, Wyo., called On old friends in
Billings yesterday.
v. R. Frederick, a prominent Car
bon county rancher, is in the city
from Joliet, attending to business af-
fairs. r p
Il. w. Powers, a Northern Pacific
passenger brakeman, has returned
from a months visit with his parents
at Waupaca,E Wis.
Sheriff Fred Bachelor Of Carbon
county stopped yer to call on the
local officers yesterday while enroute
west from Red Lodge.
H. B. Smith, state examiner of the
loan department Of the Middlesex
Banking company, was In the city
yesterday on business.
A. Kolar, one Of the local Northern
Pacific special service men, has been
transferred to Helena and left last
night for the,Capitol city.
Elmer Johnson, day clerk at the
Northern Pacific ticket Office, left
yesterday for Minneapolis for a two
weeks visit with friends and relatives.
George H. Walls, master OF the local
lodge Of the Brotherhood Of Railway
Trainmen, expects to leave in a few
days, accompanied by Mrs. Walls, for
Riverside, CAL, for a months pleasure
trip. 8g
". B. McComb, a prominent Gala
tin county stockman and rancher, left
yesterday for his home in Bozeman
after spending several days In this
section looking after his stock inter
esty.
miss Kitty Rybolt has returned from.
a two weeks visit with Mrs. W. H.
Hawley at the Hawley ranch near
Custer, while. Mr.. Hawley, who is in
business in this city, was at Helena
sitting on the grand jury.
Major Cheever, Of the state recruit
ing Office for the United States army,
left Wednesday night for Helena, &C
companied by four enlisted men. Four
new recruits have already been Sc
cured BY the local office this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Bent OF Bowler,
Mont. stopped over in Billings yester-
day morning while enroute to their
home from a six weeks visit in Ne.
braska. MI. Bent is . prominent
stockman and rancher Of Carbon
county.
Dr. II, 3. Armstrong left yesterday
morning for Hunters Hot Springs to
recuperate. from q recent attack Of
pneumonia fom which he has Just re-
covered. The doctor has 90 far recov-
cred from his recent attack that he
wassablerto walk to the train, yester-
day morning.
Dave Armour, a clerk in, the ,acaI.
postod1ce, left yesterday for Au:asta,
Mont.. his former home, in response;
. aAtelegram that his stepfathter, j.
H. Pa,' Ok. had been seriously tLjured
~. a rr.away and was not e :astea
ito ..:ve Augusta IL in Cascade ce..:,
ty and in order to reach the p'.ce
Mr.. Armour will have to go to Great
Falls, and then stage 1t for 50 miles.
w. H. Bostic. a well known rancher
Of Bridger, stopped over in Billings
yesterday while enroute to his home
from Seattle. where he and Mrs. Bos-
tic have been spending the winter.
Both Mr.. Bostic ind as wife intended
staying on the coast until March, but
were called home by sickness In the
family. Mrs. Bostic did not accompany
her husband to BILLINGS, but left the
main line of the Northern Pacific at
Laurel and went to Bridger on the
branch line.
From Sundays Daily.
H. e. Reckard, q business man of
Columbus is visiting Billings friends.