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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-15
Thirteenth Day.

Billings, Montana. August 9, 1902.
The board met pursuant to adjourn
ment at TO- o'clock a. M; there were
present w. o. Parker. chairman; S.
K. Deverill, G.. M. Jacobs and Nat.
G. Carwile, clerk.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
The proper notices having been CIV
en- and this being the day set for the
consideration thereof, the board after
due examination and in order to more
nearly equalize the valuation of the
property contained in the assessment
book, directed the clerk to enter there,
on the following increased valuations
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Twelfth Day.

Billings, Montana, August 8, 1902.
The beard met pursuant to adjourn
ment at 10 o'clock a. m. there were
present w. o. Parker, chairman; S.
K. Deverill, G. M. Jacobs and Nat.
G. Carwile, clerk.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
The board proceeded with the ex-
animation Of the assessment book.
The proper notices having been given
and this being the day set for the con-
sideration thereof, the board after due
examination and in order to more
nearly equalize the valuation Of the
property contained in the assessment
book, directed the clerk to enter there
on the following increased valuations
upon the property Of the following
sproperty owners.
Harding & Hubbard, SWA Sec. Is,
T. 8 N, r. % E., 1920.
Thos. E. Keithly, sWA Sec. 8, T.
L S., R. rs E.. $3.50.
Mrs. ]. J. Mccormick, improve
ments on block 81, Billings, $500.
w. F. Mclaughlin, goods, wares and
Merchandise, $500, Valuation too low.
The proper notices having been CIV
en- and this being the day set for the
consideration thereof, the board after
due examination and for the reasons
hereinafter stated directed the as
SCISSOR. to make the following additions
to the assessment book opposite the
names Of the following property own
ers:
Belle Gile, 10 stock cattle, $3.50.
Custer Sheep Co., 1000 stock sheep,
$4,000. Incomplete assessment.
High Line Ditch Co., incomplete
ditch, $1,000. Escaped assessment.
The matter of the proposed addition
to assessment of e. B. Kennedy was
postponed until August 9.
A communication was read from the
Cudahy Packing Co., protesting
against the raise of assessment as
made by the board.
The board adjourned until August
9, at 10 o'clock a. m.
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LAST 3 SALES.

Wool Exchange Is Closed for the
Season.
The last public sales on the wool
exchange for 1902 were made today.
Nearly all the buyers have left the
city and the few who still remain will
leave in the next day or two.
Today's Sales Were:
w. G. J~enizen, $4,000 pounds; to
Eisman Bros. at 1914 cents.
j. r. Cooley, 100000 pounds; to- Jer-
emiah Williams & Co. at 14% cents.
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Tax Levy.

Billings, Montana, August II, 1902.
The board met at 2 o'clock p. M, as
required by law, to fix the tax levy
for the current year; there were pres
ent w. o. Parker, chairman; S. X.
Deverill, G. NJ. Jacobs and Nat. G..
Carwile, clerk.
Upon motion and in accordance
with the statute the board fixed the
state levy as follows:
State AK .. -. ..........z.5O mills
Fish and game tax ........ 10 mills
Stock indemnity tax ...... 10 mills
Stock inspector and detec-
tax ...... ...... ......1.5O mills
Sheep inspection and indem-
nifty tax ....... ........ .5O mills
Total for state purposes. ITO mills
Upon motion the board fixed the
following levies for county. school and
road purposes:
General fund tax ..........3.00 mills
Contingent fund tax ......2.O0 mills
Poor fund tax ............ 80 mills
Sinking fund tax ........1.00 mills
Bond interest fund tax -. so mills
Bridge fund tax ..........1.OO mills
Total for county purposes 500 mills
Road fund tax ...... 400 mills
General school fund tax 200 mills
AS required by law the board levied
the following tax against property
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within the city Of Billings and addi.

within tho oi+v 80 p,,1;n.s 49, oaa,
lions 70 said c;tv.
Rillinps Ara fnnd ~ M min
The Following sschoo1 diatricts NOV
inc certi,ed 10 tho hoard +ha taxaa
For +bo novroor+ - honaa 80 ir+ar
oct and for +ho 40; n+ona \, sohn,,.
.nd for f,,rn ;shinr .da;+;an,, .ahaa1
fooi,;+ios IN +bo;r -osneo+iro a;s+-,o..
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OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF the Board Of County Commission
ers, Yellowstone County.
Equalization Term.
Eleventh Day.

NHtNHN- @NteaH lh#Ag 8#NH.-H&
Billings, Montana, August Z, 1902.
The board met pursuant to adjourn
ment at 10 a. M; there were present
w. O. Parker, chairman; s. K. Dever-
i'll, G. NJ. Jacobs and Nat. G. Carwile,
clerk.
The minutes Of the last meeting
were read and approved.
The board proceeded with the ex-
animation of the assessment book.
The proper notices having been given
and this being the day set for the
consideration thereof, the board after
due examination and in order to more
nearly equalize the valuation OF the
property contained inthe assessment
book, directed the clerk to enter there.
on the following increased valuations
upon the PROPERTY of the following
property owners:
Armour Packing Co., goods, wares
and merchandise, $1,000.
Arbuckle Brothers, goods, wares
| and merchandise, $3.50.
HTTEE G. -
w. L. Allard. improvements on sec.
!, 7. 2 s., R. 20 E., $3.50.
Cudahy Packing Co., goods, wares
and merchandise, $2,75O.
J. G. Epperson, lands in Sec. Is, T,
|1 81, R. 25 E., $50.
Hammond Packing Co., goods, wares
and merchandise. 1885.
w. B. George, fixtures, $500.
IL. Brewer, barn in block 100, Bill.
ings, 800. Valuation too low.
Mr.. Geo. L. Tracy, representing
Arbuckle Brothers, protested against
the proposed addition to assessment
of said Arbuckle Brothers.
Mr.. R. A. Carpenter, representing
the Hammond Packing Co., protested
against the proposed addition to as
sessment of said Hammond Packing
Go.
The proper notices having been Civ.
en- and this being the day set for the
consideration thereof, the board after
due examination and for the reasons
hereinafter stated directed the as
SCISSOR to make the following addi
tions to the assessment book oppo
site the INT sof the following prop
erty owners:
p. P. Boshart, 800 stock cattle, So.
$50.
H. B. Drum, so stock cattle, $3.50
Incomplete assessment.
The hearing of the proposed add
ton to assessment of Custer Sheer
Co. was postponed until August s
at request of Mr.. Trask, manager.
The board adjourned until Angus
s, at 10 a. m.
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For the Public Good.

In another part of this paper ap-
pears an advertisement worthy the
reading, as it's for the public good.
It tells of a free distribution of Doan's
Kidney Pills, a remedy for Kidney
his. Read it, and call at Chapple
Drug Store, Monday, August 18.
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Wanted.

To buy bounty CLAIMS. AT ONO.
front room over W. B. Ten Eyck's
Montana avenue.
sstf DIR. CLIFF LINDSEY.
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Quick Relief for Asthma Sufferers.

Foley's Honey and Tar affords i'm.
mediate relief to asthma sufferers in
the worst stages and if taken in time
will effect a cure. Sold by Holmes
& Rixon.
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II LEADS ALL OTHERS
Sales and consignments Exceed Those
Of Any Interior Shipping
Point.

From Tuesdays Daily Gazette.
Another wool season has practically
closed and The Gazette once more is
enabled to present to it's readers a
summary Of the business done on the
local exchange, and al vouch for the
correctness of the figures herewith
presented. Estimates have been made
and statements published as to the
seasons business, they only ap-
p~roximately correct and were based
upon data more or less faulty and in
complete.
The total number of pounds of wool
offered en- the floor Of the exchange
was 1O,291, 900, while the total amount
shipped from the city was 13, 900
pounds.
@ The Seasons Sales.
The following sales were made on
the exchanges:
Purchaser. Pounds.
jeremiah Williams & Co.. 2 1851 900
j. Koshland & Co ........ 1913, 900
Dewey, Gould & Co. ...... $4,000
Whitman, Farnsworth &
Thayer ...... ...... +. 1873, 900
Hecht, Lehman & Co. =. TAI, 900
Justice, Bateman & Co... SIG, 900
Brown & Adams . /. =. -. 497,O 0
Nichols, Dupee & Co. ...... 411,Oo
Luce & Manning =. ........ 405, 900
Hallowell, Donald & Co. ;. 255,oG6
Eiseman Bros. :. :. ..... $4,000
Francis Wiley & Co. :. .... $4,000
Silberman Bros. .... 49,. $4,000
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ST. JOHNS COUGH CURE win
cure .-our cough. Sold by Chapple
Drug Gu
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Total sales on exchange. .9,108, 900
Woods sold west of Butte and
Helena and also in Madi-
son county sent to Billings
to be compressed and re-
shipped :. ...... $50. 100000
Woods yet to arrive-esti-
mated ....... .......... 100000
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Total amount offered on
floor of Billings wool x
change, season 1902 .....10,291,0OO.
Miscellaneous.
Disposed of through medium
of the exchange 1921, 900
Woods sold and consigned
before and during the sales,
but never offered on the
exchange. (This includes
the White Sulphur Springs
woods bought by Francis
Wiley & Coz .......... 1,65O,000
Were Billings to figure her wool re-
ceipts in the same specious manner
as does Great Falls, the total could
easily be swelled to upward of 17,000,-
900 pounds. The figures at Great
Falls not only include all woods sold
publicly and privately at Fort Benton
about 100000 pounds-but also in
clude dozens of clips actually lying
hundreds of miles east of Great Falls,
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Total shipments from Bill

ings, season 1902 49,. 13, 261, 900
OF this amount 2,25O,OOO pounds
was shipped from the Burlington &
Missouri. The shipments from the
Burlington & Missouri are practical
ly the same as in 1901. The receipts
by team showed a decrease of 10000
pounds, but as the amount shipped in
by rail increased by the same quaint
ity, there was no falling off in the
total shipments over that road.
The shipments from the Northern
Pacific will approximate 1000, 900
pounds, as against 12,s00,0oo pounds
in 1901. This falling off is due large
1y to the market at Cody this year,
which did not exist in 1901. About
100000 pounds were sold at Cody
this year which in the past three
years came to the Billings market
via Bridger and Red Lodge. Many Of
the woods that went to Cody this year
will be shipped to Billings next year
via the Burlington & Missouri. Cody
is such a difficult point to get to that
very few buyers went there this year
and the wool growers who took their
clips there were far from satisfied.
Offered But Not Sold.
The following lots were offered on
the exchange but not sold, and con-
signed instead, with the names Of the
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Total offerings consigned. 1,183, 900
Total amount of sales on
the exchange .9,lOS,O OO
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS..

JAMES cHAPPLE, NJ. ., G. N,
Physician and Surgeon.
Telephone - Residence, No. n:
Once, No. 124.
Belknap Block. Billings. Mont.
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The following lots were offered on
the exchange but not sold, and con-
signed instead, with the names Of the
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-07-03

For the first time since women were
admitted to Wesleyan University at
Middleton, Conn, in 1872, the girls
who are member Of The graduating
class will not sit OH class day with the
young men. The men have voted to
do away entirely with the platform and
return to the old custom of sitting on
the ground, cross. legged, Indian fash
ion. They will build the amphitheatre
Tor the guests around the nclOsure
where they sit. The men have invited
the young women to sit with the other
guests, as, of course, they could not be
expected to sit on the ground
The consumption of meat all over
the universe is increasing. 1t ls now
estimated that in one year the total
amount of meat consumed over
the entire world (noL including mis-.
sionarics aud adventurers) amounts to
S,A2O 900 tons, or sixteen billion, eight
hundred and forty million pounds.
This includes the three classes of hu-
man meat f0od-beef, mutton and pOrks
Diversified farming Is the most
profitable system of managing a farm
in the corn and wheat growing States.
The fertility of the soil can in this way
be maintained and even increased m.
der continuous cultivation by rotation
of crops and careful saving and appli-
cations of manurcs.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-07-03

I1IE CORPSE RANG FOR Icr WA
TERRA correspondent OF tho Char
lotte Observer tells this story of n negro
named Butler, whom he Describes 40
the unique bcll.boy of the Central Uo,
tel in that city:
1t was in the days of the late En-
gene Dawson that Butlor Jared worsi
Mr.. Dawson had n way of making life
miserable Tor hotel negroes and But
Ter was one of his pets. One night q
decadc or more ago a corpse was left
at the Central over night. 1t came
from South Carolina and was demos.
tied i'll room 70, whore il remained. all
alone, behind locked doors. Butler
was night bell-boy as he is now. Mr..
Dawson had room in the neighbor-
hood of the dead body. lie purloincd
Key TO the room and about 2 O'Clock
in the morning when all was still and
at peace about tho town and hotel Mr..
Dawson slipped INTO the room of the
corpse and rang the bell twice-for
ice water. Butler left his easy chair
in the back part of the office and
walked to the board to see what room
wanted ice water. When his eyes
dropped on "70" his courage left him
and his limbs quakGd. His eyes spread
and his mouth dropped open. He was
paralyZcd from head to foot but when
he saw the shadow of gown on tho
wall at the head of The stairs and
heard feeble voice say: "Ain't ye
g0in' to fetch no water to scventy?"
all his strength came back and carried
him out the front dOor--half the door
gong with hlm-and to his home In
brooklyn. II was week before he
could be persuaded to return TO the
hotel. He argued that would starve
before he would work where dead men
rung for ice water.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-07-03

splendid health, the endowment of a
| healthy mother.
Dr. Picrcc's Favorite Prescription gives
the mother health to give her child. It
cures nervousness, nausea and slceplcss-
ness. II makes the body comfortable and
the mind content. 1t gives physical
vlgor and muscular elasticity SO tha, the
baby's advent is practically painless.
II viii cndcavOr to tell you Of the many
nrnchN have derived from taking Dr. ricrCrs
favori,c Prescriptions" writes Mrs Is r Robert.
son, nt Medicine Lodge Barber Co. Kans. "In
th' iall "f ~, was expecting TO become a
mother and suffered terribly with pains in thr
back Of head i'll fact achcd all over Suffered
with awful bearing down pains; ! was threat
cncd for weeks with mishap A lady friend
told me to use DR.. ricrcc's medicines She had
taken them and felt like II new woman / bcvnn
using the Favoritc Prescription and took four
bottles before my baby came and two aftcr.
wards. suffered almost death with nv other
Two children. but hardly realized that I was
SICK when this baby was born and she weighed
twelve and onc'1nartrr pounds. She is now
hours sickness; at present she weighs thirty
seven pounds. owe il all to Dr. P:.rcc's
Favoiitc Prescription"
"Favorite Prescription" makes weak
women strong, and sick women we'll
Accept no substitute for the medicine
which works wonders for weak women.
Dr. Picrcc's Pleasant Pellets are the
most desirable laxative for delicate
women.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-07-03

liz WAS No SrEAkEE.--Wm AL
den Smith, of Michigan, illustrating
the valre Of honesty in politics, told q
story the other day Of an old governor
ol Michigan, who became Il candidate
on condition that he should not bc
asked to make speeches. An occasion
arose however, when the regular ora.
TORS were absent from Il meeting, and
the crowd insisted on hearing from the
candidate himself. He walked To the
front ana bravely announced that he
was no speaker, with considerable rcp.
ctltlon, and after q little haltno pro
cecacd TO talk for three quarters of an
hour: When the meeting was over the
cahaIdatc had quite come to the con-
cl"slon that he was a speaker after all,
ana especially did he feel so when an
o,n FARMER came up to him to say that,
n'nongh lifelong Democrat, he hal
"cc'ucd AZ result of what he bod
i'"ra' TO vote this time for the Rcpub.
,lcan candidate. Before the latter. in
MS brushes, could stammcr ont n re-.
spohsc, the farmer continued: g what
W., W. want as governor is honest men
." arc one. You said You were M
speaker. You told the truth. shall
vote for YOU" snail
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-07-03
THE WEALTH. OF Suuru ArHjrA

The WEALTH. OF SuUTH ArRjcA.-
1t is thought that the restoration of
peace IN South Africa and the omen.
ing up OF the greatest gold producing
mines III the world will be followed nv
great revival of commercial matters
on the Dark Continent. The L.. :.
treasury Department has issued a
monograph on African commerce.
which is stated to amount to 500 600.
GOO annually, of which S429 900 600
represents imports. The great nun
Der of peoples and tribes in Africa
"h'th Keep no records must make
this total larger. Three -fuurths of the
imports to Africa are through the
! ports AT the extreme north and south
oi me ointment, the Soudau being
suprhcd hy caravans from the north
crn poris, while at the south the i'm
ports are largely for the mining couu.
lry and paid for in goll ana diamonds.
lhese regions use machinery, mining
tools, dynamite, powder, hour, meats,
clocks and trinkets. The trade is
mainly with England, AS her colonies
he III that section. The diamond
mines at Kimberley, 600 miles from
cape Town, furnish NS per cent, Of
me diamonds in commerce, and have
IN the past thirty years furnished
$3.50 900 900 worth of rough diamonds
worth double that sum after cu,tinr
Tins output could have been Increased
nut Tor the agreement OF the owners &c
h'hil IL 10 the consumption Of the
world. The gold product of the Ran,
since 1881 has been over 500 900 oUl
ana experts say that the gold ain sight
there probably amounts to 81 800 900,
600, and there are other mines il
thodcaia which are also very promls
my. 50 il seems probable that Soutl
Africa will continue for long time [,
be the glealcst producing section
OF the world. All Of which goes to cx
PLAN the reason for the war. Had tht
5oers settled country without uOlo
they might have kept their cattle and
independence unmoIcstcd. But thew
were too weak To keep the cold
That England wants and has never
hcsltated TO sacrifice human life to Oh.
TAM |fnctn"i F"rm,r.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-07-03

twenty-five thousand American far
mcrs have migrated to Manitoba this
spring, and the Canadians are getting
little uneasy lest these pioneers
may sometime start movement for
the annexation of the province to the
United States. The homestead law
has resulted in the taking up of all the
available arabic land in the United
States and Manitoba is the " last
chance.' II is Il great cattle country
as well as a good place for raising
spring wheat. 1t will soon. be settled
up at the rate people arc rushing in
there this year. Most of the imml-
grants are from the prairie States.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-07-03

There was another rattle of wheels
q shout from the policeman, and the,
were gone.
Hayden stepped forward. He di,
not intend to make scene in public
and only the hard lines of his mouth
betrayed his inward anger. Miss
| Allerton," he said, ceremoniously
"you will be chilled in that thin wrap
Let me take you to the carriage"
She turned and went back with him
through the staring crowd. Neither
spoke till the carriage was reached.
We shall be late for the OPERA" he
said coldly, as he helped her IN.
Il am not going to the OPERA" she
answered.
Not going to the opcra" lie
spoke as if TO an unreasonable child.
" Shall we drive home, then?"
"l am going to the hospital. l will
not trouble you to CO." she said, icly .
d" TO the hospital?" His face grew
white. Surely you will not compro-
mise yourself so"-A sudden passion
broke through his hard sclf-restraint.
lie leaned close to her. Mildred, we
will forget tonight's folly. When you
are my wife"--
shall never be-" she interrupted,
snatching away the hand he had taken.
" iou knew loved him, but you came
between us, you slandcrcd him and
turned my mother against memo, |
shall never be your wife, whether he
lives or dies"--A quick sob caught her
breath, but she fought it down and
went on rs If more to herself than to
HIM. "The doctor said there was a
chance--he said he would help me-
am going to hlm now" She lifted up
her head and looked Hayden full in
the face with returning composurc.
" Will you give the order, or shall 2'
Hayden stood with the door IN his
hand, hastily considering the situation.
lie had been SO sure of this girl. Only
tonight.-not half an hour ago-shc
had promised TO marry him, and now
He set his teeth at the thought, but
he would not allow his angry disap-
pointment to lead him TO make n false
step. He loved her with selfish te-
nacity and he had not the slightest in.
tentlon of relaxing the hold he had
gained through her mothers worldh-
ness and his own machinations, but he
"s" 'iot III hSl IlSotil
encc would be worse than useless.
Under the circumstances, let ii be
rs you wish," he forced himself TO say.
u" Tomorrow we will see
She made no reply. He bowed and
walked away, controlling his inward
rage with new plans for the future.
The coucha,an gathered mp his reins
and the h0rses dashed forward. The
few curious loiterers still remaining
turned to watch the carriage ont Of sight
and then drifted away. Nothing was left
of the brief drama which had changed
| the course Of three lives but crushed
white flower with blood. stained edges
glmmering under the electric light
AT the opera that night two seats
were consp,cuously vacant in the bril-.
liant throng. As the applause rang
!ouiest over the dlva's great aria,
young girl stood by the door of a dim
! ly lighted ho..'tal ward, looking NJ
with happy eyes into the face tina
smiled back AT her.
We've won nodded the doctu
with an eXultani grasp Of the hand
Hen pul! through now, never fear!'
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-07-03
In al address deliYered in AIlantn ,

In an address delivered in Atlanta n
lew days ago Mr.. Il. II. Edmunds,
editor of the Manufacturers Record
made strong plea for manual and
technical education for Southern boys,
ana IN the interest of the South itself.
lie declared that unless the South de-
vclops its now limited facilities for the
many white boys who would gladly
avail thems Ives of the opportunity,
" lts great natural advantages will no
more enable them to win in compcti-
ton with the technical experts of other
sections that would a naturally strong
position enable an army equipped with
the old muzzle-loadcr guns to with
stand an assault from one holding a
positl' naturally weaker, but equipped
with the repeating rifle and the breach
loading cannon"