The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-09-08
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A drummer iM Il wholesale RlNUe,y
house, who passed through thu city the
other dry, remarked that tho baseball
club IL tho best advertisement, Billings
ever had. why" 10 said, "within
tho past two or three weeks | have
heard numbers Of peoplo At Davenport.
Town, indianapolis and Ohioago inquire
whore that sporty little town u Hill.
inls II, Gun toll you,'' continued tho
drummer, "tlat tho hill tenn IN mink.
ing your town talked about ~ tho hiu
cities Ut the country, md u always
pays II town the siYo os Billings 70 rot
talked about. II leads, generally, to u
close investigation " u place. aud II
that follows IN tho CNsO OF Billings, IL
will help your city ~ more ways thAM
one, You have superior advantages
here 70 offer capital, md II Ia snr0 10
come II you cum Ret p@oplo I'LL over tho
country 10 talking about your town, |
don't care much for bnsebull myself,
but you would DO surprised" eouolud.
Oh the drummer, ito hear tho amount
OF talking that N being done about your
club. You hear 10 on tho milr0ad
trains, ns' we'll M Ia tho cities. and
everybody wonders NJ tho enterprise OF
Billings"
III support OF whit the drummer
snid, the HoloDn independent Of lust
Tuesday, In answering the article IN
this newspaper about tho aaMos In that
city recently, printed this. "There
IL good sense, however, Ia tho Gon0lud.
lug paragraph, Ia which Ed,t0r Board.
man says, The Billings club Ia we'll
worth what II cost tho people OF this
city for tho good advertising u IN doing
for tho town. For three days every.
ono In Helena WIS talking about Hill.
inRs--srOAkinR az hM enterprise. ute.
IN getting together such a good touM--
and now u IL advertising Billings
down In Idaho and Utah, Whether tho
Cowboys win u majority ot tho games
Or not, they "ro worth tho price,"
Tho Yellowstone county fair IL nd.
yertlsing Billings better than usual this
year, too, Tho Northern PnciAO,
which has made u rate of ono fare for
the round TRIP, N carrying hig advey,
tisoments OF tho fair IN all ot tho neigh,
boring newspapers, The Inst issua Of
the HoSemNn Chronicle remarked, adj.
iNpially, TINT Billings deserves u great
deal OF credit for her oommendahla on.
terFriso IN giving such u good fair, and
Tho He'd Lodge Picket and II number 0f
other newspapers have recently contain,
cd articles 10 the same effect, The fair
" we'll advertised IN the surrounding
towns, NIL right, and the crowds next
week should bo larger than ever,
Aud Billings N also ADVERTISING her,
self, 10 sAy nothing at her baseball club
and tRlp, The amount Ut building now
Aoina on IN tho CITY IL doing II, Onf
gentleman, tho 0ther dry, who claims
Va have made n count, SAYS there We
now actually l0h buildings IN course
Of construction, That Ii stretched Il
little, ! think, but even " there are
only half that pamhar-Npd thare ara
more Than thAt=rit II Il Wonderful
showing TOW II lowH NJ four thgHsand
nenplet billings " growing very tast,
indeed The public sphonl notes IN this
ISSUE show thAt the number NJ children
~ Attendance has Increased nearly ane
hundred since last selemher, which IN
Nratty good evidence NJ the lawH's
aFowGh, md besides there isn't a single
mouse ~ appn u room w reRt IN tho
litgI. w other words billings can
hardly shelter the people who live heIe,
ana FhaVe have boon Instances this snMr
lnaF where Maple who n0HlG nat got
HOUSES have lived In lants,