Yellowstone County MT Archives News.....As It Was In Billings 45 Years Ago Today March 17, 1928
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Billings Gazette March 17, 1928
Billings Gazette, March 17, 1928:
As It Was In Billings 45 Years Ago Today
(From the Billings Post, March 17, 1883)
  The Republican primary was held at the courthouse and a total of 343 votes 
were cast.  Voters were given a period of two hours in which to register votes 
for delegates to the county convention.  There were several tickets in the 
field.  The winning delegates were L.H. Fenske, C.E. Barney, John Tully, J.R. 
Marks, G.B. Hulme, W. Swetland, J.B. Knight and C.H. Thomspson.
  One of the pleasing features was the friendly feeling that the Democracy 
showed.  Having held their caucus, they lined up shoulder to shoulder with the 
Republicans and voted the winning ticket with unanimity.
  Many learned for the first time that Billings possesses a brass band.  After 
the result of the Repbulican primary was made known the band performed some 
stirring airs.  The most significant was “There Is One More River to Cross.”  
This appeared to be aimed especially at the winning delegates.
  The first rain of the season fell, a pleasant and refreshing shower.  It came 
just in time to cool down the disappointed delegates to the Republican caucus.
  E.S. Tutt, a prominent rancher of the Sweetgrass, has bought the Danford 
ranch above Canyon and will reside there. (Mr. Tutt was an early-day cattleman 
of some prominence.  The Danfords were among the earliest settlers in the 
Canyon creek district.)
  Much interest in samples of crops raised in this section has been aroused 
among Wisconsin farmers.  These samples were obtained last fall by W.H. Holmes 
of Ripon Wis., from Meadow Ranch near Canyon, and Emerson and Taylor’s and 
Werset and Rugg’s places near Park City.


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