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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-30

GOOD ROAD
Interest In This
NeceI

interest IN ,."sI
..,r Neee1
The Good Road
receiving EXTENSIVE
out the state. T|
the state particul'
sections is arousir
the Importance az
ing immediate ste
Of the highways.
tent of the good |
seen from the ear |
some sister states
the question:
at 81. Louis and
nh nv the gov
Herried in thorou1
Importance of Ia
this state. In his
lature he said:
| Charles Sumne
road and school
most important
| civilization. IL
| gress President,
importance of G
There is a wide
] Improvement OF
ct the present q
ment of agricul |
with the people
making the best |
Die in each localft|
possible roads.
beginning to res
not only have a
10 the farmers a
ple, but a social
virtue Of the con |
refining inhuenc |
dinuse througho
Goods roads, hh
habitations ale |
Good roads econ |
in transportation
roads reduce th
horses and wag |
miles from tow
for all practical
from market tn |
miles distant OF
roads raise the
and the product |
\ been carefully
cent Of the tonna |
steamboat or eS
in a wagon over |
dent that the p
while of prima |
farmer is one
ance to the gen |
has been recent |
than half a do7 |
laws and antiql
way improyen
planted with b |
having compel |
exercising intel |
road affairs.
The importar |
been emphasize |
Of rural free n |
which Presidei
no longer in { |
Il has become 1
Justified" says
the financial rf
teal benefits Il
L brings the m |
into closer rel
business world
daily touch wi |
potential edu1
hances the VI
makes farm lif
Isolated and Wi
undesirable Gu |
city" The da |
market reports |
In the home
with free ma |
modern advan |
tanned through
1t IS an estab |
Office departm
ment of good
Of the establia
livery service.
the way of fire
absence of 70 |
can cover sum |
time with reg
the year.
In this as
other respect |
nately situate
state in the
can be made q
We need Is
this connect
the abolition
Of working 4
This custom
money was
pioneers wer
some kind OF
derness. TT
working out |
we'll expresss
his recollecti |
farm:
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Oh, our life
its toll
And often
load F;
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sweet
When we u
the 70
When we usd
we fel
And we (
labor's
There we sh
sweet
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the TO
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repose
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rest "
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doze.
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man
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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-30
When "

oh, our life
its toll
And often
load (;
But there ca
sweet
When we u
the 70
When we use
we fel
And we (
labor's
There we sh
sweet
When we I
the TO
When we us
let the
We had s
repose
With no toll
rest "
And In de,
doze.
Ire drowsin
man
And In cal
threw
Careless OF
blesse
When we
the n
l could m
y ty in the st
or more the
out" and
Of this fact
OF cancelle
fund draw
the part of
| believe
highwavs I
best though
ration.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
A N PLAYERS.

8, Miller Kent is slated to star next
season in a new play by Edward E.
Rose. entitled Fighting Bob
+. Marion Crawford has written a
play for the use of Herbert Kelley and
Efie Shannon. The piece Is liked and
has been accepted.
When THE Eternal City" goes out
next season Sarah Traux will have Vio-
Ia Aliens old role, while Frank G.
Bangs will play the pope.
NJ. Il. Raymond has purchased Kirke
La shelle's interest in "Arizona" and in
this manner becomes sole owner of that
valuable piece of property.
Margaret Ashton, an American vaude-
vile singer who has been abroad for
the past few months. has made her first
appearance in London and scored a
success.
Lillian Swain, who has been with
Weber & Fields lately and was with
the Augustin DAILY company. will play
Puck in Nat Goodwin's revival of "a
Midsummer Nights Dream"
Dan DAILY may go to London next
season. ..John Henry" his latest play,
was something of a frost in New York.
and the comedian has received an 0ner
to play in the English metropolis.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14

BENT ON MURDER.

Farmer Shoots Son-in-Law While
Lying Upon Operating Table.
Button, Ind. July 13.-John Terrell,
a farmer living near Petroleum, yes.
terday killed his son-in-law, Melvine
Wolf, firing the charges of both bar
rels of a shotgun into VOLTS head as
he lay on an operating table.
The operation was compelled by a
gunshot inflicted by Terrell a shors
time before.
Wolf had deserted his wife and
baby and a suit was brought to COM
pei him to support them. Early yes
terday Wolf drove past the Terrell
home shouting insulting remarks and
shaking his fist at Terrell. When
Wolf came again, Terrell shot him in
the leg. Wolf was hurried to Petro-
lenm, placed on an operating table
and preparations were made to ampu-
tate his leg. While a crowd stood
around watching the surgeon, Terrell
broke in the door. He drove the crowd
from the room at the point of his gun
and with the remark that Il am going
to get him now" fired both barrels
into his son-in-law's head. Wolf was
terribly mutilated. At the time Terrell
| fired Wolf was half unconscious.
After the shooting Terrell climbed
Einto his buggy, reloaded his shotgun
| and holding the crowd at bay drove
to the sherlff's residence and gave
himeslf up. -- @-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14

The remarkable fact is brought out
that :'the total cost of the irrigation
systems of the United States is $64,-
2S9, Sol, and the value OF the irrigated
crops for the single year OF 1899 was
ss4 4ss3s 1873 or 80 per cent greater than
the cost of the plants"
In view of these facts one gets a
better understanding of the great i'm
portance of the irrigation work which
the government has undertaken, n
the effect it is going to have in the
future development of the country.
With an irrigated area but little
larger than is probably possible in
Montana, India supports 0 than
300, 600, 900 people, and while Ameri-
cans, let us hope, will eve be will
ing to live as the HindoOs live, 1t
gives n an idea of what this state
may be when it is fully reclaimed.
Yet some people regard a prediction
of one-hundredth part of midas pop
ulation in Montana as visionary.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14

Those newspaper fellows Of Butte
persist in advertising their wealth to
the world and fill with envy those of
their less fortunate brothers in other
places. Not long ago one of them
furnished legal evidence of the pos
session in his own name of the munif-
icent sun of forty cents, and now
comes another and reports to the
police that he has been robbed of jew
elry and other personal belongings of
the value of several hundred dollars.
Either they are taking advantage of
siheir position to deceive the world or
they are rolling in opulence and are
ssntitled to no more consideration than
alny of the other bloated %aristocrats
and p%lutocrats.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
Tuesday, July "a, 1908.

Failing to realize that they are dead
and forgotten, the two wings OF the
populist party, the regulars and The
smiddleof-the-road' fellows, now pro-
pose to resurrect their respective
corpses and hold a conference some
time in September, with Minneapolis
as the place of meeting. September
is still one Of the warm months and
the authorities of Minneapolis may
enter objection to the introduction
of decomposing mesh at that time
Of the year and order the conference
to be held elsewhere, at some place
where the public health will be less
endangered. a
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
FIGURES ON

Great Falls Tribune: The govern
ment has recently compiled and pub
lished some very interesting figures
concerning irrigation in the United
States and in the world in general.
According to these figures the world
has about so, 900, 900 acres under irri.
cation, an area a little greater than
half that Of the state of Montana. Halt
Of these irrigated lands are in India.
In the United States 7,263,273 acres
are irrigated; in Italy, 4,715,OOO acres;
in Spain, 5000 900, and in France,
100000.
The states practicing irrigation,
with the area thus reclaimed, follow:
State or Territory Acres.
Arizona ...... ........ -. 1896
CallIOrnla -. ...... ......l,445,o1
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
Having completed his new residenc

Having completed his new residence
and with his family now beyond the
necessity of living in a barn, Colonel
BRYAN considers himself entitled to a
vacation and announces that he will
go to Europe soon. AS China is about
the only country remaining that sub
scribes to his peculiar financial theo'
ries. wonder is naturally felt why he
should select "goldbug'' Europe IN
preference to that enlightened land in
which to take a little recreation. With
a handful of silver he could travel
from one END to the other and live
like a king beside.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14

At last accounts there had been no
appreciable diminution of funerals as
a result attendant upon n misunder-
standing between races in different
parts of the country. The mortuary
records in that respect continue to
be about the average, no%twithstand-
ing the inveighing OF the press and
the energetic efforts of the constabu-
larry and national guard to reduce the
figures.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
TETANus FOLLOWS INJURY Sus-
TANNED ON FOURTH.
BELIEVED TO BE IMPROVING
Was Considered in No Danger Until
Saturday Morning, When
Lockjaw Developed.

One fatality is to be chronicled in
connection with the celebration of the
Fourth of July in this city. The vic
tim to patriotic exuberance was a
boy. IL a old, and his death &C.
Cured Sunday afternoon. Tetanus
was the cause. ". " +
With some other boys of about his
own age Andrew Passenberger was
contributing to the amount of noise
of the day and in doing so used a
small revolver. After he lac shot
the weapon a number of times it ex-.
ploded and a piece of the cartridge
Embedded itself in his hand. While
painful, it was not believed the wound
would prove serious or even danger
Gus. A physician dressed it and also
used the usual precautions to prevent
lockjaw. To all appearances all dan
ger had passed several days ago
and the boy was thought to be i'm
proving. Saturday morning the dis
ease which it was believed had been
averted suddenly manifested itself
and after a few preliminary symptoms
tetanus developed.
Believing that the only hope lay in
an operation, they boy was removed
L. "a vy:naor43, hocrIf al Wharo I1Nr.
tor Lindsey operated upon him.
The dead boy recently came to Bill
ings from Helena and resided with
his mother, Mrs. Scharf, in the eastern
part of the city. For some reason
Andrews stepfather was not kindly
disposed toward him and, it is said,
refused absolutely to defray he cost
of his funeral. The boys W father
lives at Helena and had Deen informed
of his condition, but in answer to a
message sent to him replied that he
could not come. He also, apparently,
did nothing toward providing for his
sons burial and it was believed that
he would have to be buried as a pau
per and the funeral was set for yes
terday afternoon. Happily, however,
the mother was spared the humilia-
ton of seeing her child buried at pub
lie expense. The leomen, of the wo'
mans branch of which order Mrs,
Scharf is a member, came to her res
cue an contributed the necessary
amount and gave the boy a decent
interment, which took place this morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
1t has been stated by those who
claimed to know that the reason the
stepfather did not feel kindlier to
ward the boy "a because of the trou.
BILE he got into at Helena some months
ago, when he was arrested for open.
ing letter boxes in the postofice oil
that city and abstracting their con
i tents. Because of his age and some
circumstances attending the matter
he was not prosecuted, but instead
) was permitted to come to his mother
who promised to look after him. The
stepfather, it is claimed, refused te
permit the boy to moke his home with
his mother, but he remained there
and during the time that INTERVIEWED
. between his arrival and the Fourth
) is said to have been well behaved
!. and a good boy in every respect.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
"ROssONI.
"LAPPONI.
"MAZZONI.

Rome, July IS, 1856 p. m.-The
dizziness from which the pope was
suffering was a kind of mental confus-
ion during which he seemed to lose
consciousness of his surroundings
while he believed he saw a vision.
He explained afterwards that he
thought that he saw an underlined
shadaw moving about the room and
slowly approaching the bed, where
upon the pontiff became agitated and
called for his valet, saying:
..Pio! Who is it? Who is it?"
Doctor Lapponi and Pho Contra
rushed to the patients bed and soon
succeeded in tranquilizing him.
Rome, July Is, 2:30 p. m.-The
pope's condition took a turn slightly
for the worse this morning, but the
change does not excite apprehension
of an immediate climax.
Last night was rather a sleepless
one, particularly during the early
morning hours.
The official bulletin frankly speaks
of agitated periods during the night
and c%onfesses that the general condi-
ton of the patient is somewhat de-
pressed.
It developed soon after the issuance
of the bulletin that this depression
was quite marked, and continued to
manifest itself throughout the fore.
noon, at one time assuming an alarm
| ing aspect. This was when the pope
seemed to lose his grasp on tangible
surroundings.
For the first time since his illness
began there was a momentary hallu'
cination, the patient believing that q
shadow fitted through the The
doctor and the attendant succeeded
in stopping his fears.
Outside periods of depression the
general condition OF the mental alert
ness continues clear.
When Doctors Mazzoni and Lappon:
made their morning call the patient
inquired about Doctor Rossoni, asking
why does he not come to see me"
Being told that Doctor Rossoni was
ill, he said: Tell him he must take
care of himself"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
WAS WILD SCENE.
Dublin Municipal Corporation Will
Not Welcome Edward.

==lHM.- ~ =I='@. N.- 5 sag
Dublin, July 13.-Wild scenes today
marked the second day debate by the
municipal corporation on the ques-
ton of presenting an address of well
come to King Edward on his arrival
in Dublin. The public gallery was
filled with people long before the
meeting of the house. Lord Mayor
Harrington made a violent speech
against the address and compared
the nationalists who favored it to
men "who had sold the Irish people"
Maude Come was among the dem
onstrators who continued the uproar
until the lord mayor finally called in
the police, who cleared the hall.
After a storm lasting four hours, a
motion in favor Of the address was
defeated by 40 to 81 votes.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
Tale Of Matrimony,

Old Got-Milyuns has a son, whom his
friends call Willie:
Willie fell fore young Miss Gay: poor lad
was fair silly.
Young Miss Gay Is very handsome: Will
lies not a beaut,
But the girl took kindly to him. smiled
upon his suit;
But among her friends twas whispered,
and tits whispered still.
That she cared much less for Willie than
for papa'0' will.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14

Even if the figures do not come up
TO The expectations and wishes OF the
producers, the prices paid for wool
in eastern Montana thus far make
a favorable showing when compared
with those obtained during the days
for a reversion to which the demo-
cratic editors of the state are clamor-
ing. .
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14

While. he may have consented to
act as a sort of beaterout in the
present instance. it would be wrong
to accuse the president of entertain
ing the same deadly Intentions as
on some OF his other bear hunts.
If the distinguished Mr.. Kid Curry
has really decided to make his future
residence at some remote point across
the sea he has undoubtedly confer
red a great and lasting favor upon a
number of acquaintances in this coun-
try. 1t is noped that he may find his
repatriation SO pleasant that he will
never return. s,A
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14

In the opinion Of the Livingston
Post a recent occurrence furnishes
ample testimony in substantiation OF
the charge made that the larger
newspapers of the state are manlpu-
lated by a string attachment radiat-
ing from a common center. 1t calls
attention to the fact that notwith-
standing their eagerness to publish the
news. some of it, none has deemed
worthy of mention a lawsuit instituted
in the federal courts of the state
which in the amount involved is prob.
ably one of the most important ever
entered in Montana. The government
is the plaintiff and at least four OF
the subsidiary companies of the Anal
gamated company and five or six in
dividuals, all more or less closely
connected with that concern, are the
defendants. Two million dollars is
the amount the government is suing
for and claims that sum to represent
a fair value of the damage it has sus
tanned by reason of the alleged il
legal cutting of timber by the defend
ants from government land. Not ont
of the big papers has referred tt
the action and had it not been TO,
the Reveille, a publication not accord
ed exalted standing by the press o
the state, institution of it might no
have become known.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14

Y That was a lively little race between
the injunction and the governor OF
Nebraska, the, one, to use sporting
p~arlance, pulled Off at Lincoln. last
week. The governor won, quite easily,
and the fellow whose neck it was
sought to save by enjoining the sheriff
and governor was duly and effectually
hanged. No doubt was entertained
as to the fellows guilt and he got
what he richly deserved, but the fact
that he came from a good family"
somewhere in the east and had the
prestige Of influential friends caused
the Intellectual attempt to be made
to cheat the law. The supreme court
had decided against him on appeal
and the governor, after making a
careful and conscientious investiga-
ton of the case, refused to grant
either a communication of sentence or
a reprieve. 1t was then that
application for the injunction was
made. Before the proceedings could
be completed the hanging was over.
Governor hickey may be short in &C,
complishments as a leader of cotil-
lions and high priest at pink teas,
but he is possessed of a great dea'
of good, common sense and happily
not possessed Of mawkish sentimen.
tality.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14

A contemporary contains an inter-
esting and learned article on "Alaska's
Needs" Taking the word Of those
who have been there, it is very evil
dent that one of the territory's de-
ficits lies in the direction of a revised
and improved climate. Unfortunate
Nv. however, that is one Of the needs
beyond the power of legislation to
supply.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
END
7. SEEMS NEAR
HIS CONDITION is TURNING FOR
THE WORSE.
RELATIVES ARE SUMMONED
Bulletin Of Doctors Announces Depres-
sion in Patients Strength Con-
tinues-Passes Poor Night.
(8ulletins.)

Rome, July IA, 2:15 a. m.-The pope
called out several times in his sleep
and then aWoke, showing great signs
of depression and with his ideas some
what confused.
London, July IA dispatch from
Rome, timed midnight today, says:
The pope is rapidly sinking. All
his relatives have been summoned. 1t
is reported that he has relapsed into
Inconsistencies,
Rome, July IA, 1890 a. m.-Short-
ly before midnight the pontiff fell
into a state OF Inconsistencies, half
sleep, half comma. He is very rest
less. The heat of the body is high
for the patients organism and appears
to be feverish.
Rome, July Is, 8:34 p. m.-The
following bulletin has just been is
sued: ..
"The depression in the pope's
strength persists. The frequency Of
respiration is slightly augmented.
Respiration, SO; pulse, 81, weak; tenn
perature, 81 centigrade. General con-
dition always grave. No immediate
danger.
"ROssONI.
"LAPPONI.
.-" 4 xt1EA 110AYr
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14

In these days of graft and the ex-
ploitation of public Office for the bene-
at of personal gain, the example set
by the Montana worlds fair COM
mission in the practice of rigid econo-
my and carr in the expenditure of
the states money entrusted to it
comes as a refreshing breeze over
the arid wastes of an African desert.
II anybody has been figuring on max
ing q little easy money in connection
with Montana's exhibit q great disap-
pointment seems to be in store for
that body.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
whnt Did she Meant

He-Yes, I'm sure you'd like my
brother. He's SO different from me.
She-Oh, then I'll like him immense
ly.-Smart Set.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
Good Reason For Smiling.

Manager (angrily) = What do you
mean by smiling in that death scene?
Actor With the salary you pay
death seems a pleasant relief.-New
York Times.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
PAY UP

All those receiving notice OF
their subscriptpds to the pa
per expiring are requested to
make their remittances without
! delay. The amount due from
the individual is small, but the
total runs into many hundred
dollars. Therefore, we request
a settlement.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
Ease ON the Exchange.

Bob-Archie has just bought a seat
on the Stock Exchange.
Edith-The dear boy. ! shall make
him two sofa pillows for it at once
Judge.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14

Miss Gurly-What do you consider
the ten best books. Mr.. Sect?
Con Sect fhc young ALPHABETICALLY,
I've only written six SO far, you know.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
A wild Rumor Denied.

"They say yonr brother viii has
joined Il suicide club"
ooh, no; that's a mistake. suppose
the absurd rumor grew out of the fact
that he has just bought an automo-
bile.''-Chicago Record-Herald.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14
Not Always Thus.

Not Always Thus.
Tramp-Madam, | was not always
thus.
AMadam-No. 1t was your other arm
you had in d sling yesterday.-Cook
County Jail Improvement Journal.