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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-04
MISS PHILLIPS RESIGNS
Her Position as rs~eher in the Bill lings
Public schools.

Her Position "a. E,~ther in the Bill ling.
Pubic schools.
Miss Bertha M. Phillips, who taught
IN the public schools of Billings last
year, and was reelected for another
year in June, has written letter
of resignation, which is now in the
hands of I. l.. Whitney, clerk, await
ing a meeting Of the school board,
when action will be taken. Miss
Phillips, in her letter, gives as her
reason for resigning that the work
which she entered upon for her sum-
mer vacation, that Of representing an
eastern book concern, presents more
promising future. Her address now
is Salt Lake City, which will be her
headquarters.
The regular monthly meeting of the
board was to have been held Wednes-
day night, but was postponed on &C.
count Of the absence from the city Of
the chairman and one or two men,
bers. The meeting will probably not
be held before next week some time
and there remains no Doubt but that
the board will accept Miss Phillips
resignation.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-04
For Home Next Tuesday on Trans
port Sheridan with South
Dakota Troops.
IT'S GOOD NEWS TO ALL
Other Transports Now in Manila
HarbOr. but Date of Their De-
parture Is Uncertain.

Washington, Aug. 3.-The war de-
partment today received the following
cable from General Otis regarding the
movements of transports:
Manila, Aug. 3.-Four transports
are in the harbor; cargoes discharged; !;
the Pennsylvania early coaled and
takes on recruits received for organiza-
tions in southern waters.
Leaves on the 9Th inst, and returns
with all men discharged under general
orders 40. The Sheridan is being
coaled and leaves for San Francisco on
the Sth inst. with the Montana and
South Dakota troops.
The Valencia and Zealandia require
eleven hundred tons of coal. Time of
sailing is indefinite, as the approach
ing typhoon interferes.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-04
TIES TWO KNOTS.

Justice Fraser Becoming Quite an Ex-
pert in the Matrimonial Line.
The past few days have been replete
with matrimonial bliss; the clerk Of
the court smiled as he granted the
licenses to we'd and the officiating JUS
tice or clergyman smole a smile as he
gathered in the shekels. Three Ii
censes were granted this week and as
many weddings occurred, a justice Of
the peace officiating in each instance,
Justice Fraser has opened matrimonial
headquarters at his residence and has
already become quite an expert in tying
the knots. His neighbors are invited
in to participate and offer congratula-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-04

It is said that the Utah & Wyoming
railroad will sell it's franchise aud
graded work to the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy. 1t is new road and
as satisfactory proposals have been re-
ceived from the Burlington for it's pur-
chase, it is generally considered that
the absorption is but matter Of few
weeks.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-04
CATTLE ATTACHED,
v, n, Hathharn Goes After and Gets
S70Q Due Him from Chss. German,

W W. 's~V""Hf" NN"s Ns's' W." NSse
S70Q Due Him fram Chss, German,
A few days ago y, H, Hathhorn COM
menoed an action in the district court
to recover the sum of S700 from Ohas,
0pffmap, which he claimed was the
balance due him as counsel for the said
p0ttman and advice given, O, r,
Goddard appeared "a attorney foI MI,
HathhoTp, A writ Of attachment was
gQtteA ont on some cattle which Ooff-
man had In the Burlington stock yards
IN this city and which were to he sold
TO some eastern buyers, bnt " had
hardly haen served before further liti,
cation was saved by the amount due
Mr., HathhoFa heipg paid him,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-04
GNan WNRps FOR Rulings,

Helena BASEBALL ENthHslasts Pleased NJ
Fhflf RefeRtlaR
RETURNING hasahall enthusiasts We're
inyfNl Yesterday over the ontpome af
the RillingsrHelaaa games on the
grounds Af tho former, says TUESDAYS q
HaleAa independent " was Fepartad
that tha merchants and thu gppd people
M Billings made tho visitors welpama
and showed a spirit Of tlne hospitality
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-04

toward the visitors, but the handling
of the Helena men by the rowdy ele-
ment was far different. The Helena
boys found that a Billings tough,
though he may be few in number,
makes up in quality for anything he
may lack in numbers. Some Of the
imported players of the Billings team,
notably such an eminent lunch. counter
sport as "Hunky" Hines, were exceed.
ingly abusive Hines and Flannery
and one or two others are reported to
have We'd with each other in un:
sportsmanlike actions.
'The Billings people had done much
to establish a good team said W. f.
Phillips, who was with the team. last
evening, and they had subscribed more
literally for the support of their club
than Helena, although Billings is a
smaller town, They were naturally
proud of the team they had, and were
confident that they were going to win
the game,
"The merchants Of the city treated
the boys royalty. There were lot Of
toughs. however, whom their towns
people are sincerely ashamed of, who
made 1t as hot for the Helena players
as they could
Il
Zone thing to be learned from the
recent victories of the Helena team
said an enthusiast yesterday, lis that
Helena has a first class ball team and
ought to appreciate the fact and help to
hold 1t together, tt this city did as
we'll by its nine as Billings has done
we would never be in danger of losing
a player, The merchants and saloon
men and everybody help over there to
maintain an organization to be proud
of, They chip in literally all round.
Here, aside of the donation Of the
street car company, no one has done a
great deal for baseball in the capital.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-26
QUEER POSTAL SERVICE.
That OF Havana When the United
states Took Charge OF
ItS System-

Under the Spanish system the letter
carriers received their pay by charging
from three to five cents, and sometimes
more. for every letter they delivered.
1t took only 4 day or two to have that
system abolished in Hanvana, much to
the relief Of the merchants. The car.
riers were put on salaries equivalent TO
that which they were supposed to earn
by tEeassessnent method they were per-
mittcd to use under the former regime.
The carriers under the Spanish sys-
tenn not only charged for the delivery
OF mail matter, but they ritied letters
freely, and made money by stealing
stamps from mail matter and selling
them. The letters and other grades OF
mail matter would be forwarded with.
out stamps, and the carrier at the Other
end OF the route would collect not only
for delivery, but for the stamps that
had been stolen. There was simply an
unparalleled looseness in the conduct
of post office business, and every man
seemed to have license to steal wherever
he could. Even newspapers would be
stolen from bundles and sold for what.
ever could be got for them.
Another form of corruption was evi.
dent when the salary lists were ex-
amined. There was no scale of salaries
In one city postmaster would receive
twice the salary that the postmaster OF
4 larger city received. Salaries seemed
to be arranged on the pull" plan, witt
the possibilities of division with the ap.
pointing power afterward. Places thai
under the liberal payment of the United
States would rate at 1,5OO year were
worth frequently as much as $4,000
year.-Harper's Weekly.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-26
For Sale==MCAfee's.

JACKS STATION, July 27, 1899.
Special bargain. 1t will pay you to
see it; 400 acres of State land, 16O
under fence; house of six rooms, on
ground floor, with upstairs, 1880,
and a good cellar; lumber house
and st35-e room for 26 horses. There
Is good well Of water at the back
door. One can always make few
dollars for meals and hay pasturage
for horses. A fine range and. plenty
of good land can be bought if wanted
and there is an abundance of water.
Located nine miles above Mrs. John
sons, on the Mountain CITY
road. The house is pretty well
furnished. Will be sold ior eight
hundred dollars (S8OO). which is S4OO
less than cost. will be at the sta.
ton for month.
MRS. a. M. MoAFEE.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-26
FIRE SERVICE IN ENGLAND.
The Force Employed In London II
Only Ealf ns Large as That
of Paris. :

The British towns seem to have the
smallest number of paid tiremen Of any
:ities in Europe and America, says Mu-
uiripui Affairs. The London fire brig
ade has about 800 men, about the same
number as Berlin, which has only q
fourth OF the population, and less than
cn:-half the size of the Paris corps.
Glnsgow has but 100 men to SOC, 600 pop
ulation; Leeds but 80 to 4O0, 900 people,
and Sheffield 22 men to population of
$4,000. Liverpool, Bristol, Cardiff,
Norwich, Bromley and other towns
have no separately organized fire de-
partment. the work Of suppressing fires
being performed by the regular police
force. The expenditures for fire protec-
ton are on similarly unimportant
scale. Thus Leeds spends less than
$4,000 year, and Sheffield less than
$4,000 year; Preston, with a popula-
tion Of 10000, reports only 81, 500 spent
for its fire brigade, and Norwich, with
100000 population, only $3.50 a year. A
few towns. however, show a somewhat
larger range Of expenditures. Glasgow
and Liverpool each annually expend in
the neighborhood Of $75,o0o-about ten
cents per capita--and proportionate
amounts are expended by Edinburgh,
Dublin, Belfast and Stafford. The Lon
don brigade costs about $3.50, 900, or 90
cents per capita. But even these excep-
tiopal instances are below the per cap
ita expenditures for fire protection in
other European cities Of the same size.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-26
Notice to Creditors.

signed has been duly appointed and quail
fed by the District Court Of the Fourth Ju-
dictal District of the State Of Nevada, in
and for the County of Elko, as admintstra-
Of said county, deceased. All creditors
having claims against said estate. are re-
quired to file the same, with proper vouch-
ers attached. with the Clerk OF the Court,
within forty days of the first publication of
this notice.
Dated ELKo, Nevada, August 10, 1899. y
w. II. SMITH,
Administrator Of the Estate Of Elsie A.,
Gooding, Deceased.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-26
SEALED PROPOSALS

Will be received at the County Clerks
office for the delivery to the county of
Fifty Cords Of No. 1 Cedar Wood
for use at the Courthouse, Jail and
Hospital, to be delivered prior to No
vember l, 1899. Bids received for the
delivery of the full amount; or any
portion in lots Of not less than ten
cords. Said proposals to be fled
with the County Clerk on or before
the second day of September, 1899.
Bids to be opened and acted upon
September 4, 1899. BY order Of the
Board Of County Commissioners,
ATTEST: A. G. DAwLEY, Clerk.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-26
A Faithful Dor.

The Paris Figaro relates a touch
ing souvenir Of the poet de Musset, as
mentioned by the poets governess,
Nine. Adele Colin Martellet, who has
Just published her memoirs. The poet
had n small dog named Mario. After
the poet died. the dog, supposing him
absent, continued to await his return
at the same hour every evening for pc
riod OF seven years, when it also died.
Nine. Martellet's husband took the dog
to Auteuil to be buried, and found some
workmcn engaged.in digging out new
street The faithful dog was buried by
the men, and the street in which the
animals remains were laid Is called the
Rue de Musset.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-26

By order of the Board of County
Com missioners, all bills against the
County to be acted upon by the
Board, must be filed on or before the
Saturday Immediately preceding the
Monday upon which the Board meets,
otherwise the bills will not be acted
upon until the next meeting of the
Board.
Attest: A. g. DAwLEY
County Clerk.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-26

Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures dys-
pepsia because its ingredients are
such that it can't help dong 30. "The
public can rely upon it as a master
remedy for all disorders arising from
imperfect digestion" - James M.
Thomas, M. D., in American Journal
Of Health, N. Y. Elko Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-26

IS&k5z1sz1GS III III 81 III II II
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-26

Customers can have their choice Of
getting the best eastern tanage of
leather ss well as California stock
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-12
THE CHURNING PROBLEM.
Never Delay This Important Opera
ton Until the Cream Is Very
SOur or Cheesy.

How often shall churning be done !?
With the conditions found in the aver
age farmhouse no specific rule can be
given. Cream kept four days will some
times be in better condition than it
would be if kept only three or even two
days at other times. Churn when the
cream is ripe or slightly acid. Never
delay until it is very sour or cheesy.
Mosquito netting thrown over the
cream jars keeps out flies and dust and
does not seriously interfere with the
free circulation of air. Wind blowing
upon milk is always certain to cause
white specks in the butter. Our cows
will be fresh in late autumn and early
winter. We have had very little milk
this summer. The cream, if kept until
there is enough to churn, becomes stale.
1t is skinned into tin pail, heated to
so or IS degrees and then lowered
through an opening, that is Gtted with
a hinged cover, into a covered we'll in
the cellar. If the cream is churned in
- hours the butter will come very
quickly if stirred with an egg beaten
Nice butter can be made from a small
quantity of milk, if the cream is first
heated and then cooled.-Sarah f. Will
cox, in Agricultural Epitomist.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-12
PLEASED THE DRIVER.
The Stout Lady Was Less a Burden
to Him Whec She Was
Least ObliginE.

One of the most delightful women in New
York is one who discarded her waist line
years ago. She is built on the order of the
tub, but she has a genial and accommodate
ing disposition and laughs heartily when she
tells this story on herself:
She had been to the Catskills for few
weeks, staying at one of those mountain top
houses that it takes you four hours to drive
up to and half an hour to come down from.
She was met at the nearest railway station,
she and half dozen others, by a stage that
set off up the mountain road. 1t was hot and
the stout lady had a kind heart. She pitied
the horses and as the road grew sleeper she
volunteered to get out and walk. The driver
helped her down and she trudged along as
far as she could. Then she was helped into
the stage again and at the next steep grade
she insisted on being helped out. She had
returned to TIE carriage another time, when
they came to a still sleeper stretch of road
way. The stout lady was just too tired to
walk another step.
We'll" she said, 'I'm not going to get out
again. I'm too tired
The driver turned to her with look of
gratitude.
That's all right" he said. "Set STILL I'd
lot rather haul you than heft you in and
out so often"
And he hauled her to the very steps of
the hotel.-N. Y. Sun.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-12
THE PUBLIC
Some thing for Sharks I'm All Lines
of Business to Prey
Upon.

"You must remember" said the man
who was arguing with great voinbllity and
self-approval, that We owe duty to the
public" -, -,
WHO is the public?" inquired Mr.. Bly,
kins, abruptly.
"Why-er--the masses, you know; the
general populace."
NO" said Mr.. Blykins, with emphasis,
"you got the wrong idea. The public is
something to be roped in; to be gouged; to
be walked over. To the sugar trust the pub
lie is great congregation of confectionery
consumers. To the beef trust the public IS
a vast menagerie of carnivorous bpeds. To
the politician it is a collection of persons
who have influence at elections; to the the
atrical manager, a crowd of people in front
of the box office eager to get rid of money;
to the street car conductor, a lot of creatures
who ought to be made to step lively"
You think the public gets imposed upon
all aroundg :,
"Yes. 1t doesn't deserve any better, and
retribution is always waiting. The man
who imposes on the public in one respect
lapses back into the general outfit in some-
thing else and is imposed on in his turn.
It's a heartless business all the way
through One great and elaborate scheme
of imposition. What people ought to do is
to hold primaries in all parts of the civilized
world and send delegates to The Hague to
see if they can't discuss something like a
disarmament scheme by which the people
of this earth can be persuaded to quit inn
posing on one another.-Washingto Star.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-12
OIL LAYS THE DUST.
Successful Experiment In California
which Might he Given a Trial In
the Eastern States.

The machine for distributing the oil
on the roadway is quite novelty. 1t
consists of a portable tank six feet
long, running on two wheels, which are
attached to the rear of an oil tank
wagon. The oil is discharged into the
portable tank by means of hose. 1t is
then discharged through tubes six
inches apart, underneath the tank,
which are operated by lever. Only q
sufficient amount is let through to take
up the dust. The oil is run in burrows
made by little hoe and is covered by
vent the oil from seeking level in any
low place and becoming une venly dis
tributed on the road. After all the oil
has been applied the same machine is
used to incorporate the oil and earth.
Two horses are attached to the ap-
paratus, and by the means of numerous
other friction teeth and by going over
the road the balance of the day for the
purpose of Incorporating the earth and
oil the road is made ready for use. The
oil used is a heavy quality of asphaltum
oil and is applied hot. The affinity (the
earth for the oily when both are hot is
very great.
One of the principal streets of Long
Beach was treated with the oil process,
and reports concerning it are generally
satisfactory, sections of the street with
good foundation showing perfect re-
L
The following from the South Pasa-
denan will show how the oil process is
viewed by the people of that town:
1.-THE city trustees and the people of
South Pasadena are so well pleased
with the results of alloying dust by oil
that if the rainy season were not so
near the plan of using water for this
purpose would be abandoned entirely
and the dust kept down by the use OF
oil. Our people are so well satisfied
with the result of dressing portion
of the roadways with oil that they re-
gard it as the solution of the question
of street sprinkling. In the spring the
use of water will probably be aban-
doned altogether and oil substituted.
The dust by this process is entirely al
layed, the cost much less, and, what is
of equal Importance, great saving in
the water supply is made"
After thorough investigation and
practical working of the oil process as
applied by Mr.. De Camp during the past
six months there seems to be no ques-
tiOp &c to ifs utilifv and acOpomv over
the ancient custom of watering the
roads to allay the dust. This being the
case, we hope, for the good of the trav-
cling public, that the oil dust-allaying
process may be adopted not only in Los
Angeles county but throughout the
country. Parties desiring further i'm
formation in regard to this matter can
obtain the same by applying in person
or by letter to L. b. De Camp, who hns
an Office in the Frost building, Los An
geles.-Alhambra (Cal.) Advocate.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-12
RENOVATING ORCHARDS.
Thorough Pruning Is the First OPP
Grafton Necessary to Give He
neved Life to Trees.

Repair is not necessarily associated
with old age and decay. Apple trees
ten or fifteen years old sometimes need
repairing quite as much as do old and
neglected ones. When the orchard to
be treated has been neglected for many
years, the first operation, If the land
does not need draining, is to prune thor
oughly. In this operation, which may
be performed at any time from late fall
until the middle of May, care should be
used that the trees are given an open
head. This does not imply that all
small limbs should be removed, leaving
a lot of whipstocks, but that such of the
larger limbs as are parallel and close
together, or those which cross, should
be cut out, says w. NJ. Munson, in Bull
letn 40, Maine experiment station.
Half of the difficulty of pruning is done
away with if one decides to allow the
tree its natural form, rather than at
tempt to shape it to some particular
model. Many growers suppose that
pruning weakens the tree and shortens
its life. There is, however, no reason
1OT tnlS Dellel Quiet tIldu the SCHcl dl
statement that pruning is unnatural.
Man seldom prunes so heavily as does
nature in removing superfiuous limbs in
the growth of young saplings in the
forest. Furthermore, nature prunes at
all seasons and in the rudest ways. BY
this it should not be understood, how
ever, that care is not necessary in the
mechanical operation of pruning. On
the other hand, it is of the greatest i'm
portance that large limbs be removed
with care and the wounds painted to
prevent the entrance of fungi, which
will induce decay. In training young
trees, all crotches should be avoided.
If bad crotches should be found to exist
In trees ten or more years old, they
should be braced by means of an iron
bolt. Much damage may be avoided if
bolts are used in season.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-12
SUB-IRRIGATION SYSTEM.

kind. The depth below the surface
will depend on the plant to be watered.
For most garden plants few inches is
sufficient. If vineyard is to be sub
irrigated put the tile somewhat deeper,
and if the water is to be applied to an
orchard the tile should be deeper than
for vineyard
The rows of tile should be near
enough together so that the space be-
tween them will be thoroughly mois-
tened. The tile must be laid so that the
end of the line where the water enters
will be slightly lower than the other.
The water will run in until the tile is
filled and then by capillary attraction
will be distributed. The accompany
ing diagram shows how vineyard may
be watered. 1t is a plan of plat in
this vicinity, and the grapes produced
here are the finest in this section of
the state. The heavy lines (b) repre-
sent the row of grapevines and the dot
ted lines GAY the rows of tiles. They
are laid so that the water is introduced
from the upper righthand corner and
distributed throughout the whole sys-
TEN. Water is forced to the plat from
we'll some distance away by means of
a windmill. A few yards of tile in a
garden often doubles the value of the
plat.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-12
aJNlSUD' IN
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TILE SUB-IRRIGA1ION.
4 System Particularly Adapted for
Gardens, Small Farms and
Vineyards.

Surface irrigation requires much
more water because of rapid evapora-
ton and is far less valuable than sub
irrigation. Unless the water is careful
ly handled on the surface it will do
more injury to the ground and to the
plants than it will do good. If the wa
ter is applied beneath the surface it
will rapidly reach the roots and there
will be little or no loss on account of
evaporation. The loose soil above acts
as mulch. The tile used for this pur-
pose must be of the unglazed porous