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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-03

stantial gains during this period, but
not being weighed when they arrived,
the exact gain cannot be determined.
From the fields the sheep came into
the feeding lot in excellent condition,
a very desirable point in successful
feeding"
The lambs cost the station farm
$3.50 each and the wethers $3.50 each.
The greater part of the bulletin is
devoted to tables, showing the actual
gain in weight made by the sheep
which were divided into several lots
and given different rations. Other
tables show the actual cost of feeding:
the sheep, together with the amount
Of food consumed by each animal.
Summary Of Results.
Following is summary OF the re-
suits:
1. For the lambs, the screenings
proved the cheapest and most eff
cient grain ration, followed by mixed
grain, wheat, barley and oats in the
order named.
g., The lambs ate 2.O5 pounds Of clo-
yer and 81 pounds OF grain day,
while the wethers ate 1922 pounds OF
clover and 500 pounds OF grain.
3. The lambs averaged 1868 pounds
gain in live weight day, or 25 pounds
for the full term of the experiment.
The wethers averaged .238 pounds per
day or 1928 pounds for the 95 days.
A. The lambs ate 8.03 pounds OF
clover and 311 pounds of grain for
each pound of increase in live weight.
The wethers ate 13.49 pounds Of clover
and 3.38 pounds OF grain for each
pound Of increase.
5. Each pound of Increase in live
weight put upon the lambs cost 4.49
cents, while each pound of increase
on the wethers cost 6.3 cents.
s. Lambs kept without food or water
for II hours shranK nearly 2 per cent
Wethers similarly treated shrank 3
per cent
Z. In shipping to Chicago each lamb
shrank IN pounds or rs per cent.
On the average for unree years they
shrank 8.3 per cent of their shipping
weight The wethers lost 1O.4 pounds
each or 7.1.per cent of their shipping
weight, or for two years, 7.8 per cent
of their shipping weight.
g. For the past winter it cost on
the average Is cents to ship and sell
each lamb at Chicago and $1.16 for
each wether. On the average for three
| years it cost 1928 cents to ship and
sell one lamb and $1.161s to ship and
sell one wether.
8. The net prices received for the
lambs t. O. b. Bozeman was $5.57 per
| 100 pounds live weight and sfor the
wethers s4.7s per 100 pounds.
| 10. The profit, or return for money
invested and pay for labor, on each
wether was $3.50. Or taking the re-
suits of the practical feeder and
charge 225 per cent for the labor and
cost of feeding, the return on the in
vestment was 5000 for the lamb and
$2.55 for the wether.
H. In the slaughter test the lambs
J dressed SAB per cent and the wethers
dressed 81 per cent of the live weight
at Chicago.
To anyone interested in the matter
treated the station will gladly for
ward copies of the bulletin upon ap-
plication.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-03
GAZETTE AND HARDWARE COM
PANY OFFER POPULAR.
new CANDIDATES ENTERED
Ten More Young Ladies Who Want
to Visit Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition.

Fourteen young ladies are now en-
tered in the contest for the honor OF
making trip to the st. Louis exposi-
ton as the guest OF The Gazette and
the Billings Hardware company.
Since the last count of votes was
made 10 additional candidates appear
and Judging from the good showing
some of them make it is the inten-
tion Of their friends and admirers to
let it be known that they are in the
race. The new ones appearing are,
Miss Laura Reed, Miss Mabel Gordon,
Miss Alice Walk, Miss Liza Sample,
Miss Lena Jacobs, Miss Mary Sample,
Miss Kinda Sturgis, Miss Anna Nc
Kelvey, Miss Reda Kron and Miss
Anna Sample. 1t will be seen that at
least three of the new contestants
seemingly arc sisters, a fact that is
bound to lend added interest to the
contest. 1t is doubtful whether anoth-
er such case exists in any of the other
contests of like nature now In pro-
gress in the state.
Although it is still long time be-
fore the winner will be known, the in.
terest taken is none the less great
and as the date draws nearer for the
final count the rivalry will undoubted-
" deepen and the winner will have
good reason for feeling a pardonable
pride in her success, for it will be
ample proof of her popularity.
+ The vote as it stood Saturday night,
October 81, was as follows:
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-03
EXPERIMENT STATION ISSUES IN.
TEREsTiNG BULLETIN.
RESULTS OF TESTS MADE.
Information Valuable to Sheep Raiser
Who Would Produce Animals
for Mutton Market.

A bulletin of more than passing in
terest, especially to those engaged in
the sheep industry, has been issued
by the Montana experiment station at
Bozeman. It gives in detail the re-
suits obtained by feeding in expert
ments covering period OF several
months The outcome was most sat
isfactory, as the sheep fed, when ship
ped to the Chicago market, were found
to be a class by themselves, while the
prices they brought established a new
record, $7.25 being received for the
lambs and $6 for the wethers.
The Banner Sheep State.
In his Introduction to the bulletin,
Professor F. B. Linfield, the agricul-
turalist at the station, speaks as fol-
lows of the growing Importance or
sheep feeding and the position Mon
tana occupies as a sheep raising state:
Montana is the banner sheep state
OF the union with 100000 sheep own
ed within her border. The number
of sheep have increased rapidly in
the past 10 years, due to the excel
lent grass on the range and the sub
stantial profit in the business. From
observation and information gathered
| the limit of increase, as far as the
| range is concerned, is very nearly
reached. Thus much larger number
OF the increase of the flocks will have
to be marketed yearly.
"This condition will probably call
for some change Of method in the
handling and management of the
range focks. If carefully entered up
on, it also means the establishment
OF large and profitable feeding opera
tions in the state. Because of the
excellent herding qualities and close
ness of wool, the merinos will al
ways predominant in the range focks.
The market, however, demands a mutt
ton type.
1T is believed that both these de
mands may be met by the range her
1 der. In those districts that cater to
the feeding demand, the range fiocks
should be largely a eve flock, strong,
vigorous ewes, of the type that would
result from using Rambouillet OF
Delaine ram All ewes added to the
flock should be Of this style and breed.
ing. Such flock of ewes bred to. q
good, pure-bred mutton type OF ram
would give an excellent feeding lamb
4 The plan of breeding outlined may
not be wholly feasible to the small
/ range holder, but. would be entirely
SO for the larger holder. It may even
/ be profitable to produce the kind o1
eve needed by the man who is cater
ing to the feeding trade.
'.The feeding of sheep for the maj
ket has increased rapidly the past
few years. This is as it should be, as
with large number of sheep being
4 produced and going into the marke
and with abundant and cheap folders
there is every reason why the people
of Montana should retain in the state
the profits of the feeder as well az
those of the grower. Looked at il
this light, it will be seen that the in
terests of the range producer and farm
4 feeder are mutual and reciprocal ane
not antagonistic as many have thought
in the past.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-03

Miss Blanche Mickey ........... 575s
Miss Lena Rickman .......... 54S
Miss Sophia Bennighoff ........ 454
Miss Laura Reed .............. 425
Miss Marie Sleeper ............ 405
Miss Anna McKelvey ........ lit
Miss Kinda Sturgis ............ ia
Miss Lena Jacobs .... ....... 107
Miss Mabel Gordon ............ los
Miss Mary Sample ............ 1O5
Miss Reda Kron 1O5
Miss Alice Walk ............... 105
Miss Anna Sample .............. 1O2
Miss Liza Sample .. 1Ol
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-03
CLIMB
FOR PLEASURE
WHY A DleNIFIED CITIZEN SHIN.
NED THE POLE.
LEARN MORE ABOUT TROUT
Two Persistent Anglers Make Dis.
covery That Pains Them one
Kind Of Elk Projected.

A dignified gentleman of mature
years boyishly Shining" up tele-
phone pole was one of the sights wit
messed by the people in q certain part
OF the north side Sunday afternoon.
The performer of the feat was heard
to make occasional muttered remarks,
but they were too indistinct to be
clearly understood, although words
beginning with a ID could now and
then be distinguished, making it evil
dent that he was not climbing the
pole for pleasure. A second look re-
vealed rustic chair perched jauntily
on the topmost of the cross arms.
Saturday night was Halloween, the
chair belonged on the mans porch
and the man wanted to take advantage
of the pleasant sunshine to read his
newspaper out OF doors.
Two enthusiastic anglers learned
Sunday that trout are as migratory
in their habits as the most confirmed
tramp who ever sat astride a brake
beam. Miles of hard walking and
persistent whipping OF the river con-
vinced them that the freckled gour-
mands have no fixed habitatiOn, that
the place which knows them today
will be a stranger to them tomorrow
But where they go to is the question
that puzzles the disappointed pair.
All fishermen know that with the
coming of fall trout leave the tribu-
taries and enter the larger streams.
Experience has taught them this, but
where they manage to migrate after
arriving in the big river is not SO
clear. Only week before those same
tired and weary two had made excel
lent catches and the holes into which
they cast their flies seemed to TEEN
with fish. Sunday not as much as a
scale remained to show that fish
had ever been within miles. The
water was so clear that the stones and
pebbles at depth OF dozen feet
were as easily distinguishable as
though only few inches beneath the
surface, but not a trout was visible,
Notwithstanding the most careful
search for them was made. Some
where along the Yellowstone there
must be excellent fishing just about
now, think the couple, for the number
Of fish that have suddenly left this
part of the river is SO great that it
all have gone to the head OF the
stream they will have to take turns
getting into the water. Two rods that
it was intended to use for some time
yet to come have been varnished and
carefully put away for next year.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-03
known citizen who had been frequent.

known citizen who had been frequent.
measured and unmistakable terms
concerning certain matter and Ger
tain interests was approached by an
other prominent gentlemen with the
request that he give weight to peti-
ton by attaching his signature to 1t.
Now it happens tnat the petition refer
red to was absolutely variant to his
opinion and choice, but he. signed.
express himself in accordance with
his former announced and pronounced
views and he was asked why, il he
still felt so, he had signed the petition.
He was dumb for moment and then
answered, Il guess because I'm a
fool.''
BY the grace Of the legislature OF
the great state of Montana the mem
bers of the tribe cervus Canadensis,
commonly known as elk, have the
protection of the law from now until
the first of next September, as it
Subsequently he was heard to again
is an offense, punishable by fine and
Imprisonment, to kill an elk between
the months of November and Septem-
ber. The same beneticent law, how
ever, does not apply to the members
of the fraternal order which has taken
it's name from the noble monarch OF
the mountains" They must continue
to protect themselves and even guard
against the designs of those Of their
own tribe, something not always easy
of accomplishment, particularly in
the direction of harmless assaults.
The thoughtless member who raises
his glass with the right hand is still
subject to the well aimed kick OF his
brother as though there were NO such
organization as the legislature OF
Montana Sometimes the kick is not
as gentle as it might be. But this
depends largely upon conditions and
circumstances The reminder OF a
violation of an unwritten law is not
likely to be as severe earlier in the
day as when the hour has arrived for
paying tribute to the absent broth
ers.'
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-03
I)fey may have recalled similar
x(anks committed by themselves dur

xeanks committed by themselves dur
ing their years of adolescence, but
that did not tend to reduce the degree
of warmth felt by the men who were
chasing about the city Sunday morn
ing in earnest effort to discover the
whereabouts of gates and various
other articles that had taken wing
during the night and suddenly and
mysteriously disappeared. Sometimes
the search proved easy, but oftener
it was successful only after hours,
while in some instances success had
not yet been recorded yesterday. In
the latter cases the profanity resultant
was as picturesque as it was vehement
and soulful. AS rule the tricks play
ed were harmless and caused only
little ruffling of tempers, but some
of the young savages who availed
themselves of the privilege of custom
were guilty of actual depredations and
destruction of property. In such in
stances attempts were made to dis
cover the perpetrators for the purpose
of securing their punishment. How
ever, they proved to be too shrewd
and the guilty ones escaped.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-03

Each Gazette coupon, It deposited
in the box at the Billings Hardware
company's store before or on the date
printed therein, will count for vote.
Every green ticket issued by the com-
pany is also vote.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-07-10
WHITE HOUSE IN A CLASS BY ITSELF,
FROM AN ARCHITECTURAL POINT OF VIEW

members of commission
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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-07-10
COAL SUPPLY is AMPLE.
Anthracite Newly Discovered Will
Warm World for Years.

Eight veins of anthracite coal were
located In the upper district in a sub
urb of Wilkesbarre recently and
twelve veins now worked in that dis
trict, lying below the new veins, were
found to be rich and apparently very
productive. 1t is estimated that the
tract of 100000 acres which includes
the deposits contains 300,0Q0,000 tons
of coal and that it would require 5000
men to work 200 years. 80 days in
the year, TO bring the vast deposit to
the surface. Allowing much for the
exaggeration which usually character
ICES the first reports of discoveries Of
this nature, says the Philadelphia Led
ger, the new veins will probably add
greatly to the anthracite coal supply.
The estimates of the duration of this
supply must be revised if the new
fields are as extensive and productive
as the early predictions indicate. One
of the dispatches announcing the find
says that it Is estimated that the de-
posts will furnish anthra cite TO the
world for twenty years.
In Roberts Anthracite Coal Indus
try" valuable and informing work,
published in 1901, several estimates of
the probable continuance of the anthra-
cite coal fields of Pennsylvania are
presented, as computed by mining en-
gineers. According to the forecasts
Of these authorities the supply will
last from eighty to 100 years If the
annual production be 60,000,0O0 tons.
The total number of tons mined from
1920 to 1900 inclusive was 1197, 706,-
1S1 tons. 1t Is estimated that four
times as much is still in the beds.
The author notes that all the terri
tory embracing the anthracite coal
fields was purchased by the govern
ment from the Indians. In 1749 a
section 125 miles long. and 80 miles
wide, comprising all of Dauphin and
Schuylkill counties and parts of North
umberland, Columbia, Luzerne, North
ampton, Monroe and Pike counties,
was bought from the Indians for the
paltry sum of S2,500 Mr.. Roberts
continues:
To-day an acre. of coal land con-
tanning three feet of workable coal
will command from $500 to 5000, while
building lot in the city of Wilkes
barre on one of its busy thorough
fares will command more than $780,
000 In 1888 similar purchase of
the Wyoming valley was effected and
the price paid the Indians was about
the same. Dr.. Throop says In his
Fifty Years in Scranton that in 1874
land was sold in the neighborhood of
the same land could not be bought for
/ $1,000 an acre"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-07-10
Animal. necomins Extinct.

Every century sees several species
of animal becoming extinct. In the
race for life the weak must yield to
the strong, and because they are per-
sistently sought for food or for feath-
ers not only individuals but whole fam
lilies cease to exist. The disappearance
of the great aux can be laid to the
nineteenth century. 1t became ex-
tinct on the American side of the At
lantic about 1910 and in Europe about
1914. The South African quagga dis
appeared about 1870 owing to the
slaughter by hide hunters. The twin
shelled tortoise of the Galapagos is
lands became extinct in all probablli-
ty about 1875. The black emu of
South Australia was also exterminated
during the century, though 1t was
abundant in 1908. The great cormo-
rant was last seen alive about 1889,
and many other species of birds from
all parts of the world have likewise
been exterminated. In the Danish
West India islands, for example, out
of fourteen species catalogued In 1898
only six still exist and similar his
tory can be told of many other locali-
ties
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-07-10

st. Louis when he first tried its power
In the last act, which takes place In
the greenroom of the Imperial Theater
London, the applause of an imaginary
audience is heard. The author sup
posed that a crowd of supers at 30
cents per night would be used for this
purpose, but Mr.. Miller put his ma
chine at work. The real supers couldn't
have done half as well. BY turns the
hand .clapping was deafening, and then
II would subside The shutting of doors
would stop the sound. and many curl
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-07-10

also the reading habit Arithmetic should be restricted
limits of probable utility for the average person. Geogra
ply should start with actual observation Of phenomena.
History should of myth and biography into the
story OF national fe and should teach the way liberties
were Mere memory should hold Incidental and
subordinate place
sequence of and effect should be the chief aim Of
recitation Science should be training In observation
sonlng and aroused curiosity.
Promotion should be frequent and irregular. with
and opportunity bright scholars skip the
lower grades. Examinations should be of power
Instead of mere acquisition Discipline should rest on
freedom assuming right Intentions appealing
and good Will This curriculum is at length theoret-
icay accepted The difficulty is get the teachers for
the spirit requires knowledge and years
in advance of the pupil good teacher with poor
better than teacher with good As 1t is
to-day the public school is vastly better than the elongated
private kindergarens which cater to the children of the
rich The American public high school emanclpated from
narrow college domination In the substance, yet inspired
by college examinations in the quality of its Is
destined to play leading in making America the land
of intelligent workmen loyal citizens happy people
system which gives to the child the keys the
house of the whole world which opens mystery
of plant and animal star which watches for
and men teachers which goes behind the orms of
words and grasps details in their larger sgncances which
seeks TO inspire love Of beauty and goodness
Der of class. is gnifeent improvement over old
order of things.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-07-10
GOLD CANNON BALLS.
The Jungle Hidden Treasure of an
East Indian Princess.

Not long ago an old peasant was
wandering In the jungle about hale
mile from the city of Ahmadnager, In
india, when he found round ball of
metal 1t was black and looked like
nm old iron round shot, but when the
old man lifted ii he was struck with
Its immense weight He carried 1t
home and found on scratching II that
It was lump of solid gold. 1t weighed
eight pounds and its sale made the
finder rich for life.
There are many more of these can
non balls, each worth a small fortune,
lying hid or buried In the recesses of
this Jungle. and their story Is curious
one. At the end of the sixteenth CEN
tury Akbar, the greatest emperor Hin
dustan ever saw, was at the height
quering army he summoned Ahmad-
nager to surrender. The city and Its
rich treasure were then under the rule
of the Princess Cande. Knowing that
resistance could be but short, and in
bitter rage against the oppressor, she
caused all the treasure of gold and
silver to be melted down. She cast
the metal into cannon balls and en-
graved upon each maledictions against
the conqueror. These were fired into
the Jungle and when Akbar entered
the city, instead of the rich hoard he
had hoped to win, he found treasury
absolutely empty.
That this is not the only occasion
upon which cannon balls of gold have
been cast is proved by the fact that In
the treasury of the shah Of Persia
there may be seen in the same room
where stands the famous peacock
throne two small globular projectiles
of gold. They were estimated by re-
cent visitor to weigh about thirty-one
pounds each and are roughly made.
Their origin or purpose is, however,
totally forgotten. 1t is only known
that they are very old.-Chicago Chron-
icla
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-07-10

that oyeranxous for results Time Is great
tax their patience They rule, in too great
hurry TO begin making money and therefore prefer to
make little quickly rather than walt for the larger
suits which slowly.
Still another for the lower wages OF Ia
that most of them not compelled the men are to
TO work 1t Is for this that they do not
any considerable portion OF their earnngsfor they look
upon their weekly spending and there
fore quite free with It, Then their In the shop
the factory calls for better accommodations which
essary Increases the expense Of conducting business
Sl of the opinion that 1t will not be long before
women will become thoroughly accmated in the world Of
outdoor work and not only command higher wages for
themselves but also by their presence make the struggle
for existence little less fierce
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-07-10
Shelley Liked bread.

The poet Shelley was very simple in
his tastes and found his chief pleasure
In long, solitary rambles. Bread be-
came his chief sustenance when his
regimen attained to that austerity
which afterward distinguished it, He
could have lived on bread alone with
out repining.
"Do you know" he said one day to
a friend, with much surprise, that
Mr.. G.. does not like bread? Did you
ever know person who disliked
bread?" His friend explained to him
that Mr.. G. probably had no objection
to bread in moderate quantity at a
proper time and with the usual ad.
juncts and was only unwilling to de-
your several pounds of dry bread at a
meal.
Shelley had no such objection; his
pockets were generally well stored
with bread. Sometimes he ate with
his bread the common raisins which
he bought at small grocers' shops.