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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29
NOTICE TO OPEN PUBLIC ROADS.

Notice is hereby given to all Road
Trustees and Agents for Road Dis
tricts within and for the County ~
Yellowstone, State Of Montana; and
you are hereby instructed to notify
all persons, companies or corporations
who have obstructed the public high.
ways OF said county, by the eonstruc-
tIon Of fences acros said highways
or IN any other manner, to remove
such Instructions forthwith, and upon
the failure on the part Of such persons,
companies or corporations to comply
with said notice, you, the said Trus-
tees or Agents, are hereby directed
to remove such distractions and keep
said highways open to the public.
BY order Of the Board Of County
Commissioners, Yellowstone County,
State Of Montana.
NAT. 6. cARWIlE,
County Clerk and Clerk Of Said Board.
Billings, Mont.,, April 8, 1902. km10
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A GROWING
Protest Against Use Of Sidewalks by
Wheelmen.

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From Thursdays Daily Gazette.
The complaints of the w~estsiders
of the reckless manner in which BIZ
cyclists use the sidewalks Of that
part of the city for cycle paths is
growing and unless some way is
found Of stopping the nuisance some
of the more indignant ones threaten
to take matters into their W hands
and see what they can do toward
getting relief. For some reason the
men who own wheels have taken a
decided dislike to the streets and in.
stead of using them the same as other
occupants Of vehicles use them they
have preempted the sidewalks, to the
exclusion of almost everybody else.
Several collisions between humpback-
ed wheelmen and pedestrians have
been reported lately and the number
of accidents of the same sort that
have been narrowly averted is too
great to be recounted.
The suggestion has been made that
If a policeman were to be sent out
that way a few times. especially even.
ing and mornings, and an arrest or
two made the nuisance would soon
cease and life and limb would once
more be safe there the same as in
other parts of the city.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29
First Publication April 25, 1902
Notice for Publication.

Department OF the Interior, Land
Office at Bozeman, Mont, April 20,
19O2-Notice is hereby given that the
following named settler has filed no.
tice of his intention to make final
proof In support Of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before
T. A. Williams, Clerk OF Court, at
Billings, Montana, on June Z, 1902,
viz:
WILLIAM A. WHITLOCK,
Homestead Entry No. 1886, for the
NJ sWA, sen sWA, SWN sEA,
Sec. 10, TIP. 1 s, r. 20 E., M. p. M.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation Of said land, viz:
Burdette Gish, Of Columbus, Montana;
Clifford A. Rosean, Of Columbus, Mon
tana; Thomas Mulvihill, of Columbus,
Montana; Edward Mcfarland, Of Co
lumbus, Montana. +
A. L. LOVE,
Register.
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PAID CLAIM in FULL.
County Commissioners and Contractor
Hewitt Squared Accounts.
From Saturdays Daily Gazette.

FTOm 3 1Jally GaZeLte.
After discussing the matter in all
of its phases the board Of county COM
missioners arrived at the conclusion
yesterday afternoon to insist 10 long
err on holding back the amount of the
balance withheld from the contract
price for the construction OF the East
Billings bridge.
The sum in dispute was 1851 and
this the board held out when settling
with the representative of w. s. Hew.
lit, who built the bridge, as charge
able to him, being the per diem Of
the county surveyor for inspection
work performed after the time had ex-
pired when the bridge should have
been completed. Mr.. Hewitt satisfied
the commissioners that the delay had
been through no fault of his, but had
been entirely chargeable to the diff.
ficulties he encountered in construct.
ing the foundations, as the formation
was such as to prevent him from be-
to make possible completion Of the
bridge within the time limit fixed by
the contract. He also was prepared
to show by vouchers that the bridge
had cost him several thousand dol
lars in excess OF the price he receiv-
ed from the county and citizens.
Upon this showing and on the as
surance that the amount claimed
could be collected by the contractor.
were he to take the matter into court,
the board ordered payment in full and
the county will foot the surveyors
bill.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29
IS LITTLE PATRoNIzED.
Trustee Speaks in Reference to II
brary Reading Room. 4
From Fridays Daily Gazette.

From Fridays Daily Gazette. X
Zone of the objects Mr.. Frederick
Billings had in view when he selected
the site for the Parmly Billings Me-
mortal library was its nearness to the
tracks Of the Northern Pacific com
pany," said a trustee of that institu-
ton this morning. mr.. Billings be-
lieved," continued the trustee, that
because of it's convenience in this
respect many of the employees of the
company who make their ~headquar-
ters in the city would avail them.
selves Of it's privileges and spend
much Of their idle time in the free
reading room, where all of the books,
magazines and periodicals would be
ct their disposal. For some reason,
however. few Of the men avail them.
selves Of the benefits of the library
and 1t is seldom that one of them is
seen inside the building. They ap-
parently, do not understand that the
library issa free institution and that
everybody who desires to do so is at
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29

Register
First Publication April Is, 19O2-4t
Notice to Creditors.

First Publication April Is, 19O2-4t
Notice to Creditors.
Estate Of Florence n. stebbins, De
ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed administrative Of the estate of
Florence r. Stebbins, deceased, to the
creditors Of ana all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to
exhibit them, with the necessary
vouchers, within ten months after the
first publication of this notice, to the
said. administrative at 3OS North
Twenty-afth street, Billings, in, the
County Of Yellowstone, State Of Mon
tana.
Dated at Billings, Montana, April
IL, 1902.
HARRIET G. WHITNEY.
Administrative Of the Estate of Flor
ence r. Stebbins, Deceased.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29

Will do all in their power to defeat 1t.
Almost before the woolgrowers' as
ISOLATION had appointed a committee
they were in the saddle applying
copious doses Of cold water and using
other discouraging methods, That
Boston men will resign their claim to
this lucrative trade is extremely i'm
probable, and II Chicago becomes the
wool market Of the west 1t will be
only after a bitter fight. While the
Chicago promoters are backed by am
pie financial energy, Boston is not
short Of the same kind OF ammunition.
Boston men extract several kinds
OF profit from the wool trade" ex.
planned Mr.. O'Neill. when we ship
they make advances on which the.
charge us liberal interest. They sell
to the manufacturers on so days time.
and embrace that opportunity to
charge them interest also. But they
don't pay us until the manufacturer
settles with them. All our, statements,
show that our wool has been sold<o6
so days time. With a market at
Chicago we would be relieved OF soma
of this exaction and by handling the
stuff ourselves would save most OF
what we now pay in commission"
At present this Chicago wool mar
ket project is the most popular thing
in circulation and Montana wool in
terests r anxious to see 1t consuln.
mated without delay.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29
BANQUET.
Rathbone Lodge and Sanger Temple
az Entertainer.

Rathbone Lodge and Sanger Temple
az Entertainers.
From Saturdays Daily Gazette.
Rathbone lodge, No. %, X. Of r..
and Sanger temple, No. 2, Rathbone
sisters, gave q musical and banquet
last night. While the attendance
was limited principally to members Of
the two bodies, a few outsiders had
been invited. Vocal and instrumental
music by the Misses BennighoR and
H. M. Allen preceded the discussion
of the excellent menu that had been
provided by the good sisters and the
rapidly with which everything with
in reach disappeared al the best
proof Of the success Of their first ef-
fort as caterers.
At the conclusion Of the banquet
short addresses were made by DR..
Rinehart, DR.. Chapple, G. L. Harris;
George Bennighoff, J. B. Herford and
w. E. Hassler on the part Of the
brothers and visitors. For the sisters
Mrs. sherd soule and Mrs. Dabney
made a few remarks which were a
mingling Of the serious and humorous.
1t was almost midnight when Toast
master Schad gave the signal for ad-
journing and it was with relutance
that the guests withdrew, as the affair
had been a most. happy, informal
event and the knights and their ladies
achieved a signal success as enter
tainers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29
A Boys Wild Ride for Life.

With a family around expecting him
to die, and a son riding for life, is
miles, to get DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds,
w. H. Brown Of Leesville. Ind, endur-
ed deaths agonies from asthma, but
this wonderful medicine gave instant
relief and soon cured him. He writes:
II now sleep soundly every night
Like marvellous cures Of consump-
ton, pneumonia. bronchitis, coughs,
colds and grip prove it's matchless
merit for all throat and lung troubles.
Guaranteed bottles SOC and $1.O0. Trial
bottles free at Chapple Drug Co.'S.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29
TO INCREASE HAPPINESS.
PhiIanthropic Designs of Eastern
Concern on Montana Bachelors
From Fridays Daily Gazette.

Concern on Montana Bachelors
From Fridays Daily Gazette.
Away back east there is a publish
ing concern which intends to combine
philanthropy and business in a man
ner calculated to bring happiness to
two classes Of u~nfortunates in the
large human family as represented IN
the extreme east and the far west Of
this great and prosperous land, while
at the same time add a little to it's
own bank account. The manner in
which it proposes to bring about this
happy consummation is explained in
the following letter received by Mayor
George, and the executives Of other
cities in the state:
Dear Sir: The recent United States
census reveals a great deficiency Of
females in your state as compared to
|#males and a great excess of the same
in the east. This unequal distribu.
ton of the sexes constitutes a social
evil at both ends of the county and a
great obstacle to the development and
prosperity Of the west, while in the
east there is a congestion of worthy
and handsome young women wearing
out their lives in factories at low
wages, who would make the happi.
ness Of men as housewives, a position
for which they are fitted and naturally
destined.
To remedy this odd situation we
have undertaken to publish a book
album in which will be printed the
photographs and particulars of all
men in your state willing to marry
eastern ladies and who can afford
them homes. This book is to circulate
in the east, SO that the ladies intent
on matrimony may make themselves
known to the western gentlemen by
correspondence.
Very are the spinsters
apd young widows Of various classes,
rith and without means, who, for a
good husband, will 60 anywhere in
the United States.
If you are interested in this plan
to correct the disparity Of sexes,
please have this notice published.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29

Wanted-Foremen, camp cooks,
biacksmiths, masons and carpenters
for the Yellowstone Park during com
ing aso Send applications to
Captain H. M. Chittenden, U. s.. En-
gineer. Office, Yellowstone Park,
Wyoming. 104-tf
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29
(E. B. Hastings Ranch, One Mile
South Of Canyon Greek on Ditch.)
The Big Ditch Company.

Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting Of the trustees OF the Big
Ditch company, held on the 10th day
of April, 1902, ar assessment Of S
per cent per share was levied upon
the capital stock of the corporation,
payable on or before the 18th day Of
May, 1902, to the secretary, at his
ranch, or by mail at Billings, Montana.
Any stock upon which the assess
ment shall remain unpaid on the said
18th day Of May, 1902, will be delin-
quent and advertised for sale at public
auction, and unless payment Is made
before will be sold on the 9Th day Of
June, 1902, to pay the delinquent as
sessment, together with costs of ad-
vertising and expenses of sale.
q. b.. HASTINGS,
1O2-4t Secretary.
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Notice.

Notice.
The annual, meeting Of the stock
holders of the Laurel Hall company
will be held at the hall in Laurel on
Saturday, April 26, 1902, from 2 p.
m. to 4 p. m. for the purpose Of elect
ing a board Of directors and such other
business as may come before the meet
ing.
1924 M. W. CRAMER, Secretary.
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Not DOOMED for Life.

II was treated for three years by
good DOCTORS" writes w. A. Greer.
McConnellsville, O., "for piles, and as.
tula. but. when all failed, Bucklen'a
Arnica Salve cured me In two weeks
Cures burns, bruises, cuts, corns.
sores. eruptions, salt rheum, piles or
no pay. Csc at Chapple Drug Co.'s.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29
Buck Herd.

l am now prepared to take care Of
any number Of bucks for the season.
One Dollar per head. April 1 to Dec. /;
25c extra for shearing and hauling
wool to city. w. H. CLANTON,
xmas Billings.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29

ct. JOHNS HEADACHE CURE
will ure your headache. Sold by
Chapale Drug Co.
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!. J. FITzM ORRIS.
Veterinary Surgeon
and Dentist.
a

ONCE in cothron & Todd's Livery
Barn.
Phone 50.
All Operations Guaranteed.
Specialist on Poll-Evil. Nstula, Bone
SPAWN, Bog Spawn, Curbs and Al
other diseases Of horses joints ana
feet.
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DR.. H. J. Riesland, the celebrated
eye-specialist, will be at the Driscoll
May 2 to Z. 196-tf-105-tf
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29

Bring your shoe repairing to Post
ONCE basement. 74-tf
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Calling cards at Gazette ONCE.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-26
: - = -
Personal.

Gov. Crane of Massachusetts, has
not taken a vacation since his cleo
ton to the executive chair and is al
ways found in his Office during bust
ness hours.
All the negroes who have ever been
connected as servants with the War
field family of Maryland were given a
dinner by Edwin Warfield president
of the Fidelity and Trust Company
of Maryland, the other day.
Ex-senator PETER of Kansas has
been in the background for several
years, but is not letting his faculties
rest. In his quiet Washington home
he is writing a series of reviews of
certain periods of American history
and for some time has had in mind
writing work dealing with the ques-
ton of labor and capital. He has thir-
ty large scrap-hooks filled with pic
torial and other caricatures of him
self and his ideas.
When Ambassador White was Min
lister to Germany. about twenty years
ago, he received some queer letters
One was from an old lady out West,
inclosing some small pieces of linen
with this novel commission: I'VE are
going to give fair in our church and
/ am making an autograph quilt. l
want you to get me the autographs
of the Emperor, Empress, the Crown
Prince and Bismarck, and tell them
to be very careful not to write too
near the edge of the squares, as a
seam has to be allowed for putting
them together"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-26
BRIGHT BITS.

Mrs. Style-I want a hat, but ii
must be in the latest style.
Shopman-Kindly take a chair, ma
dam, and wait few minutes; the fash
ion is just changing.-fit-B Bits.
-Breakfast-Table Chat.-Alice (find-
ing a roll of bills under her plate)
You were out awfully late, Arthur.
Is this conscience money?
Arthur (timidly, from behind his
newspaper): No, my dear-hush
money!-Puck.
Just as Good.-"Did you run over
fifteen miles an hour on your last trip
in the auto?" asked Richboy of Gazo-
leen.
NO." replied Gazoleen, "only over
three COWS and two dogs. "-Cincinnat
Commercial Tribune.
Calling the Turn-She (time IL p.
m.)-ATe you aware of the fact that
I am mind-reader?
He-No, indeed. But to put you to
the test, tell me what I'm thinking of.
She-You are thinking of starting for
home immediately.-Chica Daily
News
Tourist (after unusually long stop
page at small border station)-I say,
guard, why aren't we going on? Any
thing wrong?
Guard (who is peacefully taking his
lunch)-There naething wrong, sir, but
l Gamma whustle the moo; ma mouth S
fu' o. biscuits Tit Bits.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-26
s JOHNSON ROOM.

A Democratic politician of Kansas
City named Frank P. Walsh has Sc
cured a little temporary notoriety by
asserting that he has found out
from his correspondence with leading
Democrats of the West that Tom
Johnson, the Mayor of Cleveland. O.,
is just the man the Democratic party
wants as it's candidate for President.
Mr.. Walsh doubtless has had a talk
pressed by his handsome face and his
earnest talk.
Mr.. Walsh thinks that one of the
best qualifications of Mayor johnson
for the leadership of the Democratic
party in 1904 is that he has never said
anything against silver. But did he
say anything in favor of it in the cam
paigns of 1896 and 1900? Does Mr..
Walsh wish to be understood that May
or Johnson was on the fence as far as
silver was concerned?
There is one thing that is calculated
to make the public believe that he
was a pretty strong silverite, and that
is that Mr.. Walsh is quoted as say
ing that Mr.. Bryan has sent out a tip
to the effect that Mayor Johnson is
the man for the Democratic party to
nominate in 1904.
OF course Mayor Johnson is a man
of strong personality and much abil-
ity, but it is doubtful if ne has the
ability to put himself at the head of
the Democratic party. There are sew
eral things he believes in that have
given him more than a local promi-
nence. For instance, he is a single
taxer, advocates municipal ownership
and is fighter for three-cent street
ear fares. Unless we are greatly mis-
taken there are some eminent Demo-
Gratis who do not believe in all of these
things. In fact there may be too many
of them to permit of Mayor johnson
being the Democratic nominee for
President
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-26

The efforts of Frank c. Andrews,
who was sentenced to fifteen years in
the Michigan penitentiary few days
ago for footing a savings bank in De
troit Mich, of which he was vice-presi-
dent, to get a new trial are attracting
considerable attention, particularly in
the West. Andrews career was such
remarkable one, however. that his
case is of interest throughout the en-
tire country.
He left his fathers farm twelve
years ago, when he was but nineteen
years of age. and went to Detroit with
the determination to win fame and
fortune. He had only common school
education, but he possessed plenty of
brains and a wonderful amount of
energy. When he arrived in Detroit
he had only $4 but he managed to live
on that until he earned enough. to
ment in the office of firm of real es-
tate brokers at a very small salary
some four or five dollars a week He
attracted attention at once, however,
and 1t was not long before he was a
member of a real estate firm.
He made money in everything he I'M
dertook. His rise was so rapid that he
was the subject of comment in finan-
cial circles in Detroit. Within four or
five years after he began his career he
was organizing trust companies. saw
ings banks and national banks.
IN hn it,&n O;4x
tics and became one of the most in
fiuential politicians in the state. In
deed, it is said that be aimed to be-
come governor and then senator. He
organized a syndicate and bought out
one of the leading Detroit newspapers.
| and was well launched on his political
career when ii dawned on him that to
Michigan money was needed, and a
great deal of it. Then it was that he
began to speculate heavily He opened
on office for the buying and selling of
stocks, and became big operator him
self.
Just before the phenomenal slump in
| copper stocks he thought he saw a
chance to make an immense fortune in
copper. According to the stories told
of him he had up this time made about
| 100000, and thought he could easily
make himself one of the very rich men
of the West. When the slump in cop
per came he found his money rapidly
slipping away from him. He borrowed
all he could and then he got from the
savings bank of which he was vice
| president 100000 by means of over
drafts. All of his own fortune and all
he got from his own and other banks
he lost in his copper speculation.
Naturally the people who had en-
trusted him with their savings Gid
not feel very kindly tow ards him, and
they had him arrested. A court and
/ jury sent him to the penitentiary for
fifteen years. He is now only thirty
one years of age, and doubtless If he
\ could get out of prison would easily
make another fortune But It is not at
! all likely he will be released from his
prison cell. There does not seem to be
a great desire in Detroit to see more of
/ the Napolean OF Finance that gave
that city such financial shaking UP.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-26
THE soUTHERN's POSTPONED DIyI-
DEND

| There is a good deal of speculation
\ in regard to the meaning of the action
| of the Southern Railway in postponing
| last Friday the payment of the regu-
! larly quarterly dividend of one and
/ one quarter per cent. on its preferred
stock. The money with which to pay
| the dividend was in the company's
treasury. In fact. the company had
much more than enough to pay it, the
/ earnings of the company having been
| phenomenally large.
! In connection with the passing of
/ the dividend the statement was given
/ out that some of the stockholders
wanted to have the voting trust, which
now controls the property. continued
| for another period. The men who
compose this voting trust are ]. P.
Morgan, Charles Lanier and George
| F. Baker. When this trust was form
ed it was the agreement that it should
| be dissolved when the road paid five
per cent on its preferred stock. If the
quarterly dividend had been declared
on last Friday that trust would have
been dissolved, because of the compli-
ance with condition on which it was
based.
But why it is that there are stock
| holders who want the trust extended?
In the event of this extension the pre-
ferred stockholders will have to ac-
cept, during the period of extension,
less than five per cent and the COM
mon stockholders will get nothing. no
matter how much the road may earn.
Those who are specializing about the
matter are of the opinion that great
changes in the railroad situation in the
South are impending, and that these
have been made possible by the acquis-
sition of the Louisville and Nashville
by the Morgan party. OF course no
enc outside of those interested is in
position to say what these changes
are. They must promise to be ex-
tremely beneficial to the Southern,
however, if the stockholders of that
company are willing to accept less
than five per cent. on the preferred
stock and nothing on the common
stock for a number of years. No doubt
in a few days it will be known what
the plans of the Morgan party are in
regard to the matter.
1t is worthy of notice that the story
that John w. Gates went into the open
market, and on his own motion, bought
the control of the Louisville and Nash
vile and then turned it over to the
Morgan party for a substantial advance
in the price of the shares is not so
generally believed as it was. The idea
seems to be that Gates was acting
for the Morgan party all the time,
and that he purchased the road under
the direction of Mr.. Morgan. The
truth in regard to the matter, how
ever. will probably never be known to
the public.