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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-20
Ignite AND IRRIGATION.

Minneapolis Journal: 1t is gradual
ly becoming certain that in n way
or another we shall yet find out how
to make a, much greater and more
profitable use of the arid and semi
arid plains than was formerly suppos-
ed to be possible. That portion OF
them that is reserved for stock rails
ing will in the future raise much
more stock than in the past. All of
the river valleys will be cultivated by
means Of irrigation, and some crops
will be found to be adapted to extern
sive cultivation without irrigation in
the semi-arid regions. 1t is now GER
tain that the regions heretofore Civ
en- up to reckless pasturing will sup
port in time a much larger popula.
ton than was dreamed of a few years
ago.
IN the current Review of Reviews
Frank A. Wilder, director of the geo
logical survey of North Dakota,
makes a suggestion that may have a
world meaning to the extensive semi.
arid portions Of that state. 1t is char
acteristfc of the semi-arid country
that though for a number of years it
may have enough rain to produce
bountiful crops, there is no telling
when there will come one or many
years of insufficient rainfall. Irriga-
ton is crop insurance to such regions,
but the difficulty in North Dakota il
that the topography Of the country
does not favor lateral irrigating
bitches and large reservoir sites are
rare. Yet the country is %abundantly
supplied with streams that are full of
water just when the crops most need
it To get the water to the land it
must be pumped up into small reser-
voirs and thus distributed to the land.
Mr.. Wilder says that the cheap Ignite
of North Dakota will enable the farm
err to irrigate his land and insure
bountiful crops. "An ordinary farm
engine he says, "and a centrifugal
pump which costs 5000, are sufficient
equipment to irrigate 160 acres when
the lift is only twenty-five feet"
AS North Dakota has 31,500 square
miles of Ignite andsas most of it un-
derlies the very country THAT needs
irrigation as insurance, Mr.: Wilder's
suggestion means that it may be EOS
sible to settle the dry portion of the
state as densely as the humid 1t
would be interesting to know whether
there. have been any actual applica-
lions of the idea. In view of the large
population now going into the dry
country, the first season Of insufficient
moisture will doubtless lead to extern
sive trials of irrigation by pumping
with Ignite fuel.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-20

has run very short and some cities,
after having passed through a fuel
famine, are now threatened with a
flour famine.
While the railroads may not be en-
tirely responsible for these conditions,
it is their duty to do all in their
power to relieve them. They must
get more cars and more locomotives,
must have more employed, and then
be prepared to meet such an emerg-
ency. They must keep pace with the
growth of the country.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-20

The attempt of Messrs. Cole and
Howard to gain wealth and distinction
in the field of train robbery cannot
be said to have been wholly unsuc-
cessful. They are assured of a good,
long period of ease and idleness with
out the necessity of having to trouble
themselves as to the bill. 1t was to
be able to do this hat undoubtedly
prompted them to make the night
drive to Homestake pass, although it
has come to them in a manner differ
ent than they expected. While they
failed at the get-rich-quick game, as
have many others, their case is not
absolutely hopeless. They have the
satisfaction at least of knowing that
their creditors will not hound them
and need not fear a flood of letters
upbraiding them for their deceit and
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-20

While they are free to confess that
if has not proved as successful as the
moralists might wish, still the people
of Montana would rather have the
present gambling law remain in force
than to see it displaced by the n
Mr.. Farmer of Silver Bow thinks
cbould he enacted. Where there is
life there is hope and it is in recos-
milton of this that they trust the fu-
ture may bless them with public Of
icers who will do their duty. Any
way. there is a decided and growing
aversion to the occupation tax, and
instead of extending the scope or It's
operations a majority would prefer
to see it repealed in its entirety.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-20

About all the cities having been
supplied with libraries and still find
ing himself far from the attainment
of his ambition to die a poor man,
Mr.. Carnegie has offered to advance
the needed amount to Venezuela to
meet the demand OF Germany. Not
being the boss of a navy, this latest
tender on the part of the great philan-
thropist should be accepted as an
earnest of his sincerity when he de-
clared his fondest wish in life was
to die with no more tina nenough
wealth to save the county the ex
pense Of burying him. The fact h a
the offer has been declined undoubt-
eddy caused him genuine sorrow.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-20

Senator Hoffman seems to be de-
termin.aG to sIaW proper respect. for
the dead; He has introduced a Viii
for a law repeating the statute impos-
ing a fine If $4,000 on any state Of
fetal who accepts a pass from a rail
road. Beside, being a state official
himself, the senator probably does
not like the idea of finding himself
called upon some fine morning to
make a contribution to the state in
that amount, wealthy eve though he
be, as are all men who live in the
Gallatin valley.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-20
. membe having

A member having been found
courageous enough in the eighth as
sembly to be known as the father of
a freak bill, such as that introduc-
ed to tax bachelors, it only remains to
be seen whether another is possessed
of the requisite degree of damphool to
send to the speakers desk a com
panion piece in the shape Of an anti,
kissing bill, which seem to have
found sudden favor with the legisla
lures of other states.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-20

Next to a fight with a bear prob
ably just about now the greatest
pleasure the strenuous occupant OF
the white house could find would be
in the investment of authority to kill
separate items OF appropriation bills.
He would then be in a position where
thoughts of Quay would be less n
ducive to such language as he is cred
tied with having used on San Juan
hill.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-20
BENTON PRESS VIEW.


BENTON PRESS VIEW.
The Benton River Press is among
those that believe the mines Of the
state should be taxed, the same as
any other property and expresses it,
self in decidedly plain and vigorous
language IN the subject 1t regrets
that the legislature saw fit to defeat
a measure submitting to the people
for their consideration a constitu-
tional amendment providing that
mines shall be taxed on their real
value and not on their net annual pro-
ceeds. Since the adoption of the con-
stitution, the Press says, the min
ing industry of the state has under
gone great changes and that which
was apparently then reasonable is
not necessarily so at present. The
Press fails to see any sense in the
argument made by those opposing the
change that. poor prospectors would
be assessed beyond their power to
pay, holding that if a mine Were
shown to possess no actual cash value
it would not be assessed, while On the
other hand if a mining property We're
sufficiently developed to give it a com-
mercial value it would be assessed
in the same n as any other
property, real estate or other taxable
resources owned by other Montana
citizens. &c.,
What the Press objects to strongest
is the plea made by some of the SEN
ators that the men who operate mines
are prompted solely by p~hilonthropic
and charitable motives; that they
are in the business, not for the mon
ey to be made out of it, but for the
sole purpose of creating n of
employment for poor e Sarcastic
grows the Press as it continues and
| says: Under such circumstances.
they argued. these philanthropic peo-
pie should not pay taxes in the same
| pIOPol Oh IL
While many of them are regarded as
millionaire captains of industry in the
commercial world, they should be
treated as phi1anthropists or paupers,
when the tax gatherer makes his
roundup. Thus is the poor. unfor-
tunate Montana mining magnate de-
eo-lol Nv, h;c fr;on1c r. rono11c the
fact that a few weeks ago a we'll
known Montana mining philanthropy
list offered about $4,000 for an an
tique salt cellar; he felt that he had
to have this piece of b%ric-a-brac, al
though according to some members
of the legislature he is toe poor to
pay taxes like other citizens of Mon
tana.'
This is a rather hard one, but the
next paragraph is still more severe
and shows that the Press when it ex
presses itself is not afraid to use
words and say things that all may I'm
derstand:
Last fall it was reported upon re
liable authority that certain mining
interests spent $4,000 to carry the
Lewis and Clarke primaries, and ove1
$780, 900 to control the democratic
state convention. These great char
table institutions, then, can disburs'
hundreds of thousands of dollars tt
corrupt Montana citizens, and nit
ence courts and legislative assemblies
but in the matter of paying taxes the!
propose to hold on to the exemption
SO cunningly secured when the stat
constitution was framed"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-20

The distinguished gentlemen with
senatorial aspirations should take
courage from the reports that con-
tinue to come from Delaware. They
must be accepted as furnishing am
pie proof that there are some men
who Twill stay bought"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-20

The delivery Mr.. Bowen has shown
forth the unstinted concentrations OF
the grand stand. Manager Castro
could not have put a better or steadier
man in the box at the critical time OF
the game than when he selected the
American pitcher.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-20

1t is to be feared that when he
comes to deliver it, Governor Budd
will find that the Hearst boom has
suffered along with some of the other
California products that the recent
cold weather is said to have serious
ly affected.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-20

Helena is beginning to realize that
one or even more favorable reports
from committee of the whole do not
always locate a state fair or endow
it with a %corpulent, annual appropria-
ton.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-20

The shade of the late lamented Mr..
Monroe presents it's compliments to
Wilhelm and begs to call his atten-
ton to the continued soundness of
the doctrine it's owner promulgated
while in the flesh.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-20

However, Mr.. Hearst should not
try to connect the activity of the navy
department in the direction of in
creased armament with the nominal
ing speech of Governor Budd.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-20

Ii the eighth Legislative assembly
has done, it is certainly entitled to
honorable mention for what it has
omitted.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-20
At the Billings Postof11ce as Second
Glass Matter.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1908.

Notwithstanding all the prepare
tons Turkey and Roumania are said
to be making, the Macedonian cry
has not yet been heard over this way.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-20

See shoemaker under iegen Bros.
Savings bank. Good work; prices
right. "h-ll
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
May Wireless TeIegraphy be Estab.
Iished Between Two Continents.
President Roosevelt Writes Message
TO Be Sent to King Edward
By Marconi.
INVENTOR Is WORKING HARD

South Welldeet, Mass, Jan. 10
Signor Msvconi received today mes
sage from President Roosevelt to be
transmitted to King Edward as soon
as communication is established. The
text Of the message will not be given
out until after IL has been sent.
Wireless Communication between
the United States and England may
be established at any moment" said
Sianor Marooni tonight after day OF
hard work at the Cape Cod station for
the Msrooni Wireless Telegraph com.
pany of America. I'VE could receive
messages now; and how soon we shall
actually send messages depends only
on the amount OF work that my assis.
tants and myself sre able to accom-
plish in short time"
signor Mareoni arrived at South
Well feet from Boston at noon today
and with his Characteristic energy
lost no TINA in getting down TO hard
work again. Msrconi is essentially
= worker. Sixteen or eighteen hours
a day is his ordinary stint. He set q
pace this morning that kept his aSsis-
tant on the Jump, unpacking the in
struments he had brought with him
from Glaze Bay and overhauling ard
readjusting apparatus in the mysteri-
Gus building in which the electric cur.
rent is generated.
Marconi brought with him from
Glaoe Bay Mr.. @. s. Kemp,a retired en-
gineer officer Of the royal navy, and
from New York came up W. W. Brad
field, the chief engineer Of the Amer.
lean Marooni company. With J. d.
Taylor, superintendent of the station,
and Chief Electrician Sargent, there
is corps Of FIVE experts whose united
efforts are now being concentrated on
the work CT getting the new station
in working order and connecting En-
gland with the United States by an
invisible link.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
TRANSOM FELL
Struck Ella Burton, Aged Nine Years,
on the Head
About Twenty Outs Inflicted by the
Accident.

Little Miss Ella Burton, tine nile
year old daughter Of Mr.. J. ". Bur.
ton,a restaurant keeper Of South SEQ
opd street, met with a serious aoci.
dent yesterday at noon.
The restaurant had become too
warm and Mrs. Burton had decided
to raise the transom and let in q
little draught She supposed the
trsnsom was hung ON hinges. but
such was not the case and when she
pushed the bottom out the entire tran.
som fell, striking on the little girls
head. The child's head was thrust
through the glass and cut in about
twenty places.
The transom isa heavy one and
might have caused fatal injuries mad
the corner struck her head. Drs.
Hoyer and Robertson were called and
dressed the injury. This morning
the child was resting easy although
her face is badly swollen.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
SWALLOWED SNUFF
Mr., Chas. Houseman's Little Son
Has Narrow Escape
Secured It's Grandm others Snuff Box
and Ate Large quantity.

The little one year old son Of Mr..
Charles Houseman, an employee of the
local Illinois Central shops, residing on
West jackson street, swallowed the
contents of snuff box yesterday morn
ing and came near dying from the
effects.
The child was playing about the
house when it found it's grandma
theirs snuff box. II took off the top
of the box and childlike ate the con.
tents. The child soon became rigid
and cold and apparently dead and its
parents sent for DR.. r. A. Hicks.
The empty snuff box was found on
the floor and every Indication pointed
to it as the cause. Several hours hard
work by the physician brought the
child around and today it is much bet.
ter.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
MAN KILLS THE WOMAN AND
SUICIDES.

New York, Jan. 19-Mad with love,
the wife Of oliver M. Hill, Of Dover,
N. j., compelled James T. EcKhart,
prominent real estate man, to shoot
her to death, but first she made Eek
hart swear to shoot himself immedi-
ately after. He kept his word. Both
died instantly.
The tragedy was planned several
days ago, and Eckhart settled his es-
tate. Miss Violet Hill, daughter Of
the woman, was sleeping in an adjoin-
ing room in the Hill home and was
awakened at O'Clock by the shot
that killed her mother. She knew
Eckhsrt was in the house and rushed
at once to her mothers room.
Before she could enter it a second
shot was fired. When she opened the
door she saw nobody but her mother
lying silent on the bed with bullet
wound in her right temple. She ran
screaming to neighbor, who in turn
hastily got Marshal Hagsn and hur-
ried to the house.
They found the woman dead, and
then stumbled over the body of Eek
hart, who had fallen under the foot
of the bed, with the pistol under his
left hand. He had shot himself in the
left temple, being left. handed. Only
two shots were fred.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
Registered Under an Assumed Name
in Hamilton, Ohio.
The First Known of Her Death Was
When Aged Parents Game
for Her.
CAUSE Is KNOWN

Hamilton, o., Jan. f9-Edns Dell
young teacher Of the Cincinnati pub
lie schools, committed suicide in the
st. Charles hotel here by shooting her
self through the right temple. The
girl was still alive when found, but
the wound was fatal, the bullet hav-
ing reached the brain.
Edna Dell was a beautiful young
woman Of "a years, and one Of the
most popular lady teachers in the Gin.
cinnati schools. She was the daugh-
ter of MIR. and Mrs. Martin Dell of
No. 1770 Pulte avenue, North Fair
mont, and her father was also teach.
err in the public schools.
She left home IN Cincinnati Mon
day for her school, but came to
Hamilton and, going direct to the
st. Charles hotel, registered as Edna
E. Franklin.
At S:l5 O'Clock the shot was heard,
but nothing was thought Of the mat
ter until about l p. m, when an old
lady and man walked into the office
and asked if Edna Dell were registered
there. They were told that there
was no Edna Dell, but an Edna Frank
lin.
The old, grsy-haired man turned a
pair Of sad, tear-dimmef eyes upon
the clerk and said: Eyes. Edna
Dell is here in her room dead"
Then they produced letter from
their daughter, written ON the hotel
stationery, in which she stated that
they would find her at the Hotel 81.
Charles, at gigh and Front streets
in Hamilton, dead.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
Claude Barnhart Claimed He Was
Assaulted by Robbers
Another Case Saturday Night-The
Police Discredit Both
Stories.
WALTER SULLIVAN NOT ROBBED

The police say that most every
thing that happens to people nowadays
in Paducah is laid at the door Of
robbers. Saturday night one was
reported to the officers. and last
night another, but the officers do not
believe that there was holdup in Oh
Their case.
Last evening early Claude Barn.
hart appeared at the city hail and
claimed he was held up by two men,
one with q shotgun and the other with
knife. He was on his horse at the
time, and got off when they demanded
it. He was cut twice, on the upper and
lower lip, but they got no money. The
robbery is supposed to have occurred
at sixth and Jefferson streets about
pm. Drs. Robertson and Hoyer
dressed Bsrnhart's injuries. He after
wards found his horse.
Saturday night Thomas Bottomly
and Ohio Ledford. the former en- route
home to Frankfort, KY, from Colora-
do and the other employed at Coul-
sons plumbing shop, raised a distur-
bance and claimed they were held up
and assaulted near First and Broad
way, back OF the New Richmond some
where, by q negro man and woman.
Both young men were painfully cut
and bruised. The police do not UNDER
take to explain what really happened
in either care, but they do not think
that anyone was held up and robbed.
The police say that often when a
man gets drunk and squanders his
money, loses it gambling, gets into
trouble over women and battered up,
he spreads a report that he was "held
up" and that they are going to here
after probe every case to the bottom
and expose such people. The idea that
seems to be prevalent just now is that
it is dangerous to be on the streets at
night for fear of being robbed, and
every fake robbery that is reported
is indirectly q reflection on the pc.
lice, and an injustice to the officers.
1t is now claimed that Walter Sulli-
van, night Waterman at the iron fur
mace, was not knocked down and
robbed Friday night, as claimed, but
only had little too much "firewa-
ter" Several police officers claim TO
have seen him drunk early Saturday
morning.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
CHARGED WITH ROBBERY.

James Woods, . steamboat fireman,
Is in the lookup charged with as.
saulting VIM. A. Earmoan and at
tempting to rob him. The latter
claims that Woods followed him into
the closet at Sebree's saloon and
tried to rob him, and he struck him.
Woods followed him outside and
gave him beating.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
Big VOTE IN THE CONTEST
MIR. Bundy and Miss Norven the
Leaders at End of Second Week
SOME new CANDIDATES ARE IN The LIST TODAY

The Suns great contest is growing
warm" ss the street urohins would
say. The voting Saturday evening and
today was very lively and shows the
leaders are hard at work. Mr.. Bundy
increased his vote wonderfully and
Mr.. Holidays friends were not back
werd in work. MIR. weimer, and Mr..
Freundlich, too, received = big vote
and are up among the leaders.
II is anybody's race as a few year.
ly subscriptions will change the
whole aspect.
In the ladies' contests Miss Norvell
still retains her lead, n new candidate
however is in the list, Miss Augusta
List, who has 1900 votes TO her cred.
it. Miss Williams friends are work
ing in earnest, too, as Is shown by
the vote she received and is very near
the leader.
Some Of the votes received today
were thrown out because they were
not dated. Remember that the bal
lots are not good unless they are
dated and the date must be Of not
earlier than week before tine day it
Is cast.
As leader at the end Of the second
week Mr.. Bundy receives the prize Of
one dollar in cash, and Miss Norvell
receives the same as leader in the Ia.
dies contest.
Every week, the leaders in the CON
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
WREOKER SENT OUT.

The wrecker was sent out from here
this morning on freight train to re-.
place a derailed car on siding up the
Louisville division. The car was do.
rallied this morning and caused no de-
lay. being on . siding. 4
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
IS IN INDIANA.

Madison, Ind, Jan. 19-Lesnder
Guilty, ripstaff, court OF appeals of
Kentucky, is at Marion praoticing law.
II is understood he is still drawing
his salary in Kentucky.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
l.. AND. N. EARNINGS.

Louisville, Jan. l9-Louisville and
Nashville earnings show an increase
over the second week in January last
year of s26, 900.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
ENGINEERS WIN.

Louisville, Jan. l9-Engineers of
the Louisville and Nashville, gain
their point and increase will be paid.
Details only now to arrange.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19

Miss Cora Hubbard, Of Water VAL
ley, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. J.w.
Hubbard of North Fifth street.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19

test, will receive prize Of one dollar.
The vote lie rs follows:
Charles Bundy 27S3.
Charles Holiday 1891.
Henry weimer S32.
WI. White 720.
]. J. Freundlich 704.
BIZ. Pixley 657.
T.w Baird 439.
W.T.. Kirkpatrick 2ss.
George Hannah 81.
Pete Smith 10.
Young Taylor 10.
Miss Williams 8.
LADIES' CONTEST.
Miss Lille Norvell 2l09.
Miss Augusta List 1900.
Miss Maggie Williams 1873.
Miss Annie Bennlng 30.
THE PRIZES.
First prize-slO0 in gold.
Second prize-s50 in gold.
Third prize-s20.
Fourth prize-s7.5o.
Fifth prize-s9 80.
Next four-s1 each.
In the most popular lady contest the
prizes are;
First neutrality-suspicious. to Col
orsdo and return at any time during
this year.
Second neutrality-suspicious. to Ell
Their Chicago or New Orleans and re-
turn at any time in this year.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19
LATE NEWS BY WIRE

King Edward has nominated Ran
dali t. Davidson, bishop of winches.
ter, for archbishop OF Canterbury, to
succeed the late DR.. Temple.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-19

Naval Constructor Hobson has been
ordered to active duty at the Puget
Sound station at Bremerton.