The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-02
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N,lltnsA Merchants Ash JDbbppa ~ ltnn0ma
lMlnnnalnl IN IMlANtiMM nlaMnnl,

blltnss Merchants Ash JDbbeva ~ l,enoM'
IN'epeAta1 IN lwlEatiDn P,sLesh
A matter which Ia certain 10 hem
Fruit N Tho movement on foot among
Tho mnrnhnnta and business men VI
Billings ~ VOL m other cities IN Tho
arid wnAI M chilling the attention 81
thn manufacturers nnd j0bbers 10 the
nnnnAalty VI securing some govern
mont legislation for llpiHntimN, DIP
Inv tho viail and lecture 0f Hon Cleo,
vi MAXWELL W Chicago, chairman u
tho National Irrigation congress, 10
Montana only Inst summer no nsr
planned n plan whereby thu business
men might nor0popatn with Tho cons
RrAae md II N This plan the merchants
npp following ont, l9aph merchant IA
addressing \ personal letter TO thu Job
baPa md others with whom IN d0pA
business, and In This way something
llkn 1900 letters Will ba sent from
billings nlonn, The iObbeps pann0t
help but HOO thAt the pelneat of tho
merchants N emo which " 10 ha Of
benefit 10 them " tha Issue N snpeass'
fully mpplnd through, " Will open
vAaf territory for settlers, which will
thna make markets Tor their gD0dh
A couple 0f letters Apa phpp01npAd
helOw Nv samples OF The ones being seAt
nHllliHHs, Montana, HHpt, N, 1900,
maDnnp hipi Wa enclose n copy ~ "
resolution adopted NJ n mnHs meeting
~ thA nlttsnns Of Billings md yigiD5
IVY, 0Np people nm intensity INTEREST
Ad vi lhn hDnaaRa NJ Tho national ippiH
HAtlOn movement May Wn not have
yOW G%O5OpantlOn Nv momhnps or the
National Irrigation AaaoGlnlipD, md
ID Insure n large Attendance NJ tho
coming ninth nDnnal session 0r tho
National irrigation gonRVoHs most
NOVembop pOrpi We have nsknd tho
association 10 mail y0n full paplINnr
lars ~ INA movement, wv allopass
would enormously extend tho markets
ma lnapanHo tho fpado on MI Montana
mnpnhnntsrn
nHlllnpa, MOntn Sept ab, lDOO=v
HnAP sipl We hnyA hnp0ma dnaply In
toppstnd IN Tho National lpiEAtiOn
movement nld VIZ enclose n COPY ~ y
pepOlDTion nd0pTed at u mnsa meeting
Of tbo 1ltl8nDa ~ Tho Yellowstone Wnlu
lew W. nls0 nnelOaa mn Addpass by
aaO, ", Maxwell, executive chairman
Of lhn National lppiaAli0n Ass0gtAtiOn,
md 4 summary ~ tha policy ndVOr
oRlnd by flle AHH0Gihtl0n
1--WE lpe 1onyinaad that tho subject
~ ono Of oyApebnd0winH importance w
Tho commercial interests W tho United
HIntaa, especially 10 MI tobbeps and
manufacturers who, either directly 0p
through others, have y market IN the
W6atr
I'VE behave N Nv essential TO tho
anGo0aa NJ Tho movement thAt n vida"
HpvAnd nntlOnal public interest In N
should ba awakened, md that tllis pnn
bn done by extending tho membership
Df lle National Irrigation Aas0Qiatiol,
lnd MNktDR Tho National IRRITATION
ll0ngpeas 10 ba held IN Ghiqag0 nest
n great national gathering,
~ Won tael tbAf fhe merit ~ Tho
proposition WnpghHfR, your ,GOrOpaVhr
lion, WN WOUld be Hlnd 10 have y0n
members 0f Tho National Ipir
AaaO1iati0n with III, and send
i Representative 10 lla ghiGag0 HVir
MtlOn ggngppas In November Thm
membership 100 IN tine a~Rs0ltAtiNn IN
)Dly nyn d0llAps u y0ap, which pro-
VldhH N fnnd fp fha HnlfaAnPy ON
D0nsea W lhA educational GADpHign
lint Vino annexation IN 1appyinR on by
correspondence and disHibntiOD 6f
'nGh literature IN tho angl0snd,h