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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-08-11
THE CHOICEST
Investments
IN PARKERSBURG
Are i'm BeechWOOd

Are IN BeeCnWOOQ
The Industrial City.
The streets are being graded.
Natural gas lines are being laid.
Every city convenience is there.
Electric cars are giving splendid
service.
We have Our own special car
line.
A beautiful athletic park has
been laid out for the amusement of
Beechwood residents.
A fortune can be made In Beech
wood lots.
The street car Service Is the best
In the City.
A S ct. fare takes you there.
ALL RED CARS connect for
BEECHWOOD.
We stand ready to Put tenant
n every house you build.
The demand for houses Is enor-
nous
The houses already built are the
admiration of all who behold them.
Call and get free car tickets.
100000. WORTH OF HOUS-
ES HAVE ALREADY BEEN
ERECTED. Where In all the
State can you find anything to
Squal this record?
We expect to land another big
industry soon.
Get In on the ground floor while
you have the chance. Ifyou don't,
you lose the best opportunity ever
offered l., this section.
Remember, we sell lots for $3.50,
small payments down.
Parkersburg Land Co.
Citizens Bank Bldg.
Mitchell & Shrewsbury. Local
Agents, 2o4 Fourth St.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-08-11
TRUSTEES SALE.

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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07
STRANGERS, WORK THAT LOOKS
LIKE "cRAFT."
VAIN HUNT FOR The STUDIO
Mr.. and Mrs. 1%abeger's Customers
Would Like to Know Where to.
Find Gallery.
EY6m Fridays Daily Gazette.

A EsAAI ..-.L-.H .H-.H t-E...s d"
From Fridays Daily Gazette.
4 Have you purchased any photo
4 graph coupons within the past three
or four days?
No doubt the above question will
vested so cents for a coupon which
guarantees a very cheap rate for a
dozen Handsome photographs" the
last and only offer Of this kind and
sold 'for the purpose Of introducing
our work in this CITY," The Gazette
does not expect answers from all
who have so invested, but has been
reliably informed that a large number
of citizens are holding these precious
coupons.
During the past week a well-dress-
ed man and woman have Industrious
" worked the residence portions OF
the city selling coupons of the above
description. The parties stated in
each instance where a sale was made
that they had opened a studio over
the First National bank and would
be ready to receive patrons at once.
AS far as can be learned several
hundred of the coupons have been
sold, but lone of the buyers have yet
been able to locate the studio. No
such a place of business has been
opened in the bank building and a
careful search by The Gazette failed
to result in finding any new studio in
the city.
The name "Babeger' is printed at
the bottom Of the coupon and if Mr..
"Babeger" has become a business
man of Billings there are a large num-
Der of people who would like to knoV
where his gallery is located.
The Babeger family may be all
right and they may be fakirs of a very
prosperous kind. One gentleman who
has a prominent Office in the bank
building was anxiously inquiring of
his neighbors yesterday as to where
'the new photograph gallery" was
located, and today he has come to the
conclusion that in the future he will
keep in closer touch with his neigh
bors before investing in photograph
coupons or anything else that strang-
ers may offer to sell him.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07
DeIinquents Brought to Time.

A paper in Golden, Co... raked in
many delinquents on the ground of
this eloquent appeal: "You may ap-
proximate the stars in a nail key,
hang the ocean on a grapevine to dry,
wipe the nose of a cyclone with a
towel, cut off the tail end of a tor
pedo for a keepsake, put the sky in
but never be deluded with the idea
of purgatory If you don't pay for your
paper"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07
PORTLAND EXPOSITION, MAN.
Ayers WANT A SYMBOL.
But YET STRIKING
Something That Will Interest Local
Artists With Brush and Pen
Terms Of Competition.

Some of the clever ones witt
brush and pen who make their nome
in this city may be interested u learn
OF an opportunity that Is onerea them
to make a nice little sum OF pin mon.
ey by the exercise Of their arlistic
and inventive genius. The managers
of the proposed exposition at Port
land, Ore, to celebrate the centennial
Of the Lewis and Clark expedition
have announced that a prize OF $3.50
will be given to the person submitting
the best design in colors symbolic
of the expedition, the settlement of
the western part of the United States
by Americans, the development of
trade on the Pacific ocean and the
~re-awakening of Asia.
The terms of the competition are
as follows.
Designs shall be at least one foot
square, and shall be in four colors,
oil or water, at the option Of the de-
signer. The selecting and harmonic
ing of the colors are left to the COM
petitors.
Designs must be simple and strik-
ing, and free from intricate details.
For simplicity and effectiveness, the
design adopted by the Pan-American
exposition held at Buffalo, N. Y, in
1901, is recommended to competitors
for study. Ideas Of the design may
be obtained from any of the numer-
III histories of the Lewis and Clark
expedition, "The Winning of the
West" by President Roosevelt, "The
History of the American Fur Trade
in the Far West" by Captain Chitten-
den, the Journals of Henry and
Thompson" as edited by DR.. Elliott
Coues, and other works.
Competition is open to the artists
Of the world.
The competition will close March
1, 1903. Designs must be submitted
before that date and should be ad-
dressed to l. N. Fleischer, chairman
of the committee on press and public
ity Of the Lewis and Clark centennial
exposition, Portland, Ore. The prize
will be awarded as soon after that
date as it will be possible for the
judges to agree upon the most mer-
itorious design. All unsuccessful de-
signs will become the property of the
exposition company.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07
is AGAINST vIRTuE
Judge Mann Renders Decision il
Complicated Case.

Judge Mann Renders Decision in
Complicated Case.
From Fridays Daily Gazette.
Justice F. L. Mann rendered his de-
cision today in the case of o. E. Mil
lis against James Virtue.
The case was tried Wednesday and
was a very complicated affair. The
plaintiff brought suit to recover the
sum of $233 alleged to be a balance
due on the purchase price of a certain
stage line outfit, consisting of horses,
vehicles, etc. Defendant filed an off.
set to the claim of plaintiff, setting up
as a defense that at the time he pur-
chased the outfit from Mills the bill
of sale called for "a horses and that
after he received them there were
but %. His Offset amount to about
500 more than plaintiffs claim.
After hearing the evidence and
argument and taking time to consider
all the points of the ase Justice
Mann rendered judgment against Vir-
tue in the sum of $172, which with the
costs taxed against him amounts to
$1SO.61.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07
BUT THEY WE'RE e A
Princeton Expedition Discovered Rare
Animals in Montana.

TT1J1CSIOU 6APSOlIION 0lSCVvOCCO ndJG
y Animals in Montana.
r Marcus F. Farr, of the department
OFF geology, has announced that the
Princeton geological expedition to
Montana during the summer was a
great success, many valuable speci-
mems Of the cretaceous period being
found. The remains Of several NAM
mails were discovered in the Fort I'm
ion beds, a Big Timber. Teeth
and limb bones were found which will
be added to the collection made a
year ago.
The most important discovery was
made in Fort Pierre shales, where
the hind legs and feet of a dinosaur
were found. The tail of this animal,
IA feet in length was also found. The
head and anterior portions of the
dinosaur were discovered last year,
SO that a complete restoration is now
possible. i
DIR. Farr is preparing the fossils for
the museum.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07
ON TO LEwIsTowN.
Montana Railroad Company Preparing
for an Extension.

for an Extension.
Lewistown, Oct. 2.-F. P. Robert
son, chief engineer of the Montana
railroad, arrived in Lewistown today,
accompanied by M. H. Watts, a rail-
road builder of Ogden, Utah. They
came to view the route of the propos-
ed extension of the line from Harlow
ton to L%ewistown, and Mr.. Robertson
states that, while no contract has yet
been let, the company is about ready
TO close contracts for such work, and
he expects that work will be begun
some time this month at the Harlowton
END, and the line will be graded to
Ubet this fall.
The weather will then necessitate
the suspension of operations for a
time, but Mr.. Robertson is confident
that the line will be completed to
Lewistown by March, and says it must
be completed to this place by next
July.
He says several contractors have
prepared bids for the work, some of
whom have outfits with which they
could complete the line in 80 days.
Contracts for ties, right-of-way and
other things have already been let,
and grading will be commenced in a
short time.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07
"A cHstian Gentleman"

The recent disturbance OF a funeral
procession on the East side by young
rowdies suggests a story told by Miss
Lillian Ward, head worker and foun-
der of the Nurses settlement.
While calling daily on a sick fam
lily in one of the tenements Miss Ward
made the acquaintance of two Chi
nese laundrymen who worked in the
basement of the tenement house.
Passing the laundry one day, Miss
Ward noticed that only one Chinaman
was at work, and entering, she asked:
where is Charlie"
The ingenious reply was: "Oh,
Charlie, he not here. Him in hospi-
tai. Clistian gentleman hit him on
head with blick."
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07
LOTS OF FAST TRoTTERs.
List Of 2:1o Performers for the Year
Includes Nearly a Score Of Names.

Includes Nearly a Score Of Names.
The new 2:1O list of trotters for
1902 is getting to be a wonder. Nearly
a score of trotters have entered the
list and a large number of others
are lowering on the edge. Up to date
the following are the additions:
Susie j., by Pay Hawker, 2:14A,
dam Millionaire, by Norwood. 2:Q6k
Amelia, by Antrim, dam Hazel
Kirke, by Atwood. ...........2:O7A
rhythmic, by Oakland Baron,
2:O9A, by Duchess, 2:2Oh, by
Strathmore.. 49,. -. ..2:OS
Dulce Cor, by Baron Wilkes,
2:18, dam Nancy Gladys, by
Nutbreaker. $500. ..2:0SR
Baron de Shea. by Oakland
Baron, 2:O9A, dam Orissa,
by Strathmore. -. ...2:OSA
Miss Whitney, by Edgemark,
2:16,dam Nettie r., by Snug
gler.... -. 80. .... ....1:oSN
Poindexter, by Abbotsford,
2:19h, dam Clyzerone, by
Cyclone.... 80. >. -. ..z:US
Alice Carr, by Gambette Will
kes, 2:19A, dam Nutmontie,
by Nutwood. 49,. 80. ....2:09A
Chase, by Keller, 2:13A, dam
Enola D., by Axtell. ...2:O9A
Dan T., by Crawford, 2:O7A,
dam by HULL. 49,. ....2:O9A
Wentworth, by Superior, dam
by Highland Chief .2:O9A
Waubun, by Pilot Medium,
dam Althea, by Abdalbrino .2:o9A
Idolita, by M%endocino, 2:19k,
dam Edith, by George Will
Hesperus. by Simmons, 1928,
dam MISS Perkins by Indian
apoils.... $50. :. $50. ..z:oS1s
The Roman, by Mckinney,
2:11A, dam Wanda, 2:14A,
by Enos.... ...... =. ......z:USz 2
Monte Carlo, by Mendocino,
2:19k, dam Maud Merrill,
2:18, by Antevolo.. 80. ....2:09h
Ida Highwood, by Highwood,
2:21, dam Calriga, by Califor-
MA. -. -. -. ..2:O9A
By the time the trotters go into
winter quarters it seems likely that
the list will contain at least twenty.
Ave names, which will make the sea
son a record-breaker in this respect,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07
KNOWS
HARRY WELL
BILLINGS MAN TALKS ABOUT
YOUNG sTRATToN.
DEVOTED TO HIS MOTHER
Reason Why Dead Millionaire Left
Mere Pittance Of His Fortune
to His Son.

Leo Hart, Of this city, brother-in-
law of F. B. Connolly of the Babcock
Hardware company, was a schoolmate
and chum OF Harry Stratton. who is
now seeking to- break his fathers
will at Cripple Creek, Colo.
Mr.. Hart and young Stratton went
to school together at Toulon long be-
fore the elder Stratton made his ia
nous strike in the mountains Of Col
orado. Stratton pere was then a poor
carpenter and woefully addicted to
strong drink, and his excuses in that
line finally caused his wife to leave
him. He went off to Colorado in high
dudgeon and Mrs. Stratton secured a
divorce from him and a short time
later married a DIR. Culbertson.
Young Stratton remained with his
mother and after his father made the
big strike he sent his son ample funds
with which to complete a course at
college. After completing his edu-
cation young Stratton went to Colo,
RADIO to visit his father and the latter
endeavored to induce him to leave
his mother, Mr.. Hart says, but the
young man steadfastly refused and
thereafter received nc more remit
tances from his father. His mother
died soon thereafter and young STRAIT
ton went to California and became
the private : secretary of some rail
road magnate.
Mr.. Hart says that the sole reason
of the elder Stratton's act in cut
ting his son off with $4,000, a small
part of his great fortune, was be-
cause Of the boys devotion to his
mother. The personal friends of the
young man are in sympathy with his
efforts to break the will.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07
THEIR SEASONS WORK.
Yellowstone Park Companies File
Statement With Superintendent.

Yellowstone Park Companies File
Statement With Superintendent.
- statement of the business done by
the Yellowstone Park association and
the Yellowstone Park transportation
company during the season which end
ed September - has been filed by e.
w. Bach, secretary anu treasurer of
the two companies, WITH MaJor rllch-
er, acting superintendent of the Vel
lowstone National park. 1t will be
used by the superintendent in his re-
port to the department.
The transportation company carri-
ed 4,570 persons through the park
during the season, only SO less than
were carried in 1897, which stands so
far as the year of the greatest travel
since the park has become known.
The hotel company gave
dation to 6,340 persons, of whom A.
929 entered the park via the North
ern Pacific, while 1,411 entered by way
of Monida. More people were cared
for by the hotel company than ever
before.
August had the largest number of
tourists. During that month 1876
tourists were cared for at the hotels.
In July 2,033 were sheltered and in
September only 695.
To handle this traffic the transpor-
tation company employed 593 horses,
175 men and ITO vehicles. The en-
ployes of the hotel company number
ed 300.
In addition to the 400 tons of hay
which the transportation company
had put up it was compelled to buy
600 tons more. 1t bought 1000, 900
pounds of oats and in supplying the
required feed ~patronized the ranch
ers along the Northern Pacific form
Billings west to Belgrade.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07
THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE.
Styles Of Its Various Authors Are
Being Criticised.

6elnQ CfltlctSeo.
There are indications that the next
literary affection in the United States
will be directed to the Bible-not the
Holy Bible, but the literary volume;
not to the work of the author of the
universe, but to the various authors
who wrote or translated the contents
cf the book, and gave it to us as it
is, a massive and magnificent thing
in literature.
Critics, writer's and other literary
persons are beginning to speak very
we'll of Moses. His rugged style is
approved, and there are many admir-
ers in the smoking rooms of the Chi
cago and New York clubs of the
lucid reasoning of Paul and the tex
tual beauty of TIE Psalms. On his
recent tour Of New England, Presi-
dent Roosevelt used frequent quota
tions from the Bible; the yellow jour-
nails are publishing editorials of which
scripture texts are the themes; and
everything suggests that Moses will
succeed Omar Khayyam as the pet
Of literary society.
No doubt the masses will be glad to
See the Bible thus approved by the
classes. No doubt the clergy will
breathe easier on learning on author
ity Of some unknown reviewer that
the Bible is good literature. The
missionary, carrying the book to re-
mote places, will press on cheerfully
when he learns that Algernon Horatio
Smith, the well-known magazine wri-
ter (aged 25) considers the book Of
Ecclesiastes one of the strongest
things in literature.
But the faddists, in taking the Bible
to themselves, SO that they may give
to Moses and Paul the social recog-
milton their merits deserve, cannot
remove the book from its place under
the tattered shawl Of the beggar
woman, from beneath the tunic Of
the soldier as he sets forth by night
to storm his last redoubt, from be-
meath the pillow Of the invalid-it
cannot be removed from it's place
to the hand of those who r.
serious, and to whom life is m
thing more than a masked ball.
It is a book of such power that it
can even survive the favor of those
who would pick it up patronizingly,
and Of those who join in this move
ment some who come to mock will
remain to pray.-Toronto Star.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07
RANGE TOTALLY DESTROYED
Prairie Fires in Valley County Made
Clean Sweep.

StCdu 0WSSps =
Speaking of the recent prairie fires
in Valley county, M. E. Miner is re-
ported by the Great Falls Leader to
this effect:
"The fire which visited northern
Montana a few days ago is the worst
l have ever seen, and millions of acres
Of land has been burned yer and the
ranges destroyed. All the Poplar
agency north of the railway has been
burned, and from Saco to Culbertson
east and from the Great Northern to
the Canadian line there is not enough
feed to keep a j%ackrabbit. Many
houses and farms were burned.
Jacob Sieben will be the most af.
fected of any of the large cattle men
and he will have to find a new range"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07
WAS BURIED ALIVE.
Thousands Witness Gruesome Sight
in Wisconsin Town.

.nL. III
Kenosha, Wis, Oct. 2.-The most
a carnival crowd was presented here
yesterday when H. A. Drew, a base
ball player and a former pitcher for
the Milwaukee league team, was bur-
led alive under a hypnotic spell.
Drew claims that he will remain in
the grave until next Saturday night,
thus breaking all records for the con
tinuance of the hypnotic spell.
The man was given a public burial
and more than 5000 people stood
about the grave as the coffin was low
cred.
The police made no effort to stop
the CHASTITY performance.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07
First Publication September 26, 1902.
Notice Of Publication.

- AN
Notice Of Publication.
Department of the Interior, Land
Office at B0zeman, Montana, Sept. %,
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
Lucius Whitney. y. s. Commissioner.
at Joliet, Montana, on November 6.
1902, viz:
JOHN w. MINER,
Homestead entry No. 1864, for the
lots 2 and 8, the SWA NWA, and
the NWN SWA of Sec. 10, Twp. 3 S.,
r. % E., M. p. NJ.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation Of said land,
viz: Robert K. Terrell ct Silesia.
Montana; Willard L. Terrell of ST.
lesia, Montana; James H. Dix Of
Silesia, Montana; Harry Duf1eld Of
Joliet, Montana.
M. L. WILSON, Register.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07
HIS VERY BEST.
Dan F'oweree Tells Of a Famous Beef

Speaking of good returns from beef
shipments, Dan Floweree recently in
formed the River Press that the best
returns he ever received were from
an outfit he marketed in 1882. It
consisted of $50 head of four and five
rear old steers that averaged 1,444
pounds, and sold at $5.85 straight.
The shipment was made from Bill
ings, and was the first sen over the
Northern Pacific from that point.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07
ARMY PROMOTIONS.
Several Colonies Appointed erigadier
Generals by the President.

Washington, Oct. 2.-The president
has appointed the following brigadier
generals in the regular army:
Colonel Ames l. Kimball, assistant
quartermaster general, now stationed
at New York; Colonel Chambers Nc
Kiben, Twenty-fourth infantry, sta
toned at Fort Harrison, Mont; Col
onel Charles c.. Hood, Sixteenth in
fantry, stationed at Fort Mcpherson,
Ga.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07
Beautiful Compilations.

Are spoiled by using n kind of
preparation that fills the pores of the
skin. The best way to secure a clear
complexion, free from sallowness,
pimples, blotches, etc., is to keep
the liver in good order. An occasion
al dose Of Herbine will cleanse the
bowels. regulate the liver. and so
establish a clear. healthy complexion.
soc at Holmes & Rixon's.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07
EXPECTED A LONGER TERM.
Luther w. Shear Sentenced to Twelve
Years for a Series Of Forseries. i,

Muskegon, Mich, Oct. 3.-Luther
w. Shear, the confessed forger to
the amount of $35, 900, was sentenced
by Judge Russell to II years in state
prison yesterday afternoon. He con-
fessed to the court a life filled with.
crime, all forgeries. :
He vas arrested in Chicago in 1868
fer passing a forged check, and serv-
ed time then. He took his sentence
very coolly, remarking that he expect
ed a longer term.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07
Skaters All Records.

Twice in hospital, F. A. Gulledge,
verbena, Ala, paid a vast sum to doc
tors to cure a severe case Of piles,
causing "a tumors. When all failed,
Bucklen's Arnica Salve soon cured
him. Subdues Inflammation, onuuers
aches, kills pains. Best salve in the
world. Csc at Chapple Drug Co.'s.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07
Annual Meetjno.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the High Line Ditch Com
pany will be held at the court house
at Billings. Montana. On Saturday.
October 18th, 1902. at 10 o'clock a. M,
for the purpose of electing five trus-
tees and to transact any other bust
ness that may come before the meet
ing.
s9-4t e. B. HASTINGS. Secretary.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07
Annual MEETING.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders Of the Big Ditch Company
will be held at the court house at
Billings, Montana, on Monday, Octo-
Der 18th, 1902. at 10 O'clock a. M. for
the purpose Of %electing seven trustees
and to transact any other business
that may come before the meeting.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07

Pays 5 per cent on savings depos.
Its. interest compounded quarterly.
Pays 6 FER cent on time certificates
OF deposit, not subject to check.
Issues savings certificates on build.
Ing and loan plan with definite time
OF maturity and definite payments.
Loans money on real estate to be
repaid on monthly installments run.
ming from one to ten years, to suit
borrower.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07
Trustees.

Lee Mantle. p~resYdent; Chaa.
Schatzlein. viee-president: Frank w.
Haskins, treasurer; A. B. Clements.
secretary; Charles r. Leonard, F.
Aug. Heinze, Henry Mueller. James H.
MOnteath.
FRED H. FOSTER. Local Aeent.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07
s1s.oo-Hoston and Return-s1s.oo

via Nickel Plate road, October Z to
IL. inclusive, good returning until
November II by depositing tickets at
Boston and paying fee of so cents.
Three trains daily, carrying through
vestibuled sleeping-cars. Individual
club meals, ranging in price from
35 cents to 81, served in dining cars
on Nickel Plate road; also meals a la
carte. City ticket Office Ill Adams
street, Chicago. Full Information car
be secured from John Y. Callahan.
general agent, 113 Adams street. Chi.
cago. d-eod-sw-o11
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07
RambouiiIet Rams for Sale.

RambouiIIet Rams Tor sale.
/ shall ship to Billings and offer
for sale the finest carload of Ram
bonillet yearling rams ever put on
the market in this state.
d-swtf L.. s. BRIGGS.