The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-10-30
RAISE IN MINERS WAGES HAS
LOCAL EFFECT.
he WAS MARRIED ANYWAY
Talk Of Extra Session and How II is
Generally Regarded
Hereabouts.

Just now the coal consumers OF
Billings, which means about every per-
son in the city, are wondering why the
officials of the Northern Pacific coal
department should have manifested
SO much evidence OF perturbation OF
mind a short time ago, when it was
given out that unless their demands
for increased wages were met the
miners at Red Lodge would 60 on
strike. As they figure it out the Off
GERS permitted themselves to be the
victims Of much unnecessary worry
and trouble, especially in view OF
the proof now afforded that the con-
Germ they represent was not to be
the sole loser by the advance Jones,
which means the consumers, he pays
the freight, and the company is maxi
ing its usual profits from it's product,
at least from that portion which it
ton has been added to the price OF
the commodity delivered to it's Gus
toners here, and growls and COM
plants count for nothing. 1t is now
$4.25 ton, instead of $o.75, as before
the advance in the wages OF the min
ers. Of course, the same advance
applies to all other communities where
the company has agencies, and judg-
ing from it's sales in this city the
additional 'tfour bits tackled onto the
price will go a long ways to help
pay the miners the extra compensa-
tion they are receiving as a result
of the conferences that were held
some weeks ago between the repre-
sentatives of the union and the North
western Improvement company.
Once more the blackboard in the
lobby of the postoffice bears an appeal
to the patrons of Uncle Sans mail dis
tributing agency. Like the one that
preceded it, and which was noticed in
The Gazette, it is wholly unselfish in
it's nature, in fact it is made for the
good of those to whom it is directed
In a Spencerian hand and in language
plain and precise the public is urged
to affix it's individual names and ad-
dresses to each letter that it mails
and thereby prevent the untimely and
unnecessary obsequies OF many mis-
sive that is dropped into the little
slot in the partition facing the main
entrance or committed to the keeping
of the castiron boxes distributed at
different points about the city. From
so to Is letters week, the blackboard
announces, are sent from this office
to the graveyard maintained at Wash
ington for letters that cannot be de-
livered. By needing the advice rela~
tive to afflxing the addresses OF the
senders no funeral exercises will be
held over letters that fail to reach
the person for whom they are intend
ed. If they cannot be delivered they
will be returned to the senders.
Almost in line with the occurrence
at the Office of the clerk Of the dis
trict court last week, when a groom
expectant called for marriage license
and was unable to give the name OF
the fair one who had consented to bear
that of himself, was another incident
which transpired sometime ago in a
neighboring county. There were sew
eral sisters in the family, and, as is
usual in such cases. one in particular
had many admirers. Among the more
ardent swains determined upon win
ming her were two who were especially |,
lavish in their attentions. While not
to the credit of the young lady, candor|
compels the statement that she was
more or less of coquette and she !,
kept all her lovers in condition OF
painful, albeit happy suspense. FL
nally she surrendered her heart to
one of the two particularly aggres-
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