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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-24
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS.
Special Adjourned Meeting Of the
County Commissioners.

Special Adjourned Meeting Of the
County Commissioners.
Billings, Mont, April 20, 1908.
The board met this day pursuant to
adjournment at 10 o'clock a. m. All
members being present. The min.
utes of the last meeting were read and
approved.
In connection with the matter of
awarding contract for construction OF
new court house and Jail, decision on
which was deferred until this date,
it developed that the sale of bonds
from which money was to be derived
for the cost of building, had failed OF
consummation owing to a technical
error in the wording of the ballot used
in submitting the question to the
electors at the last general election,
and no funds being in sight with
which to prosecute the work, it be-
came necessary to suspend action in
the court house construction, temper
arily. The subject was thoroughly
discussed in an informal manner, a
number of citizens being present and
their views being invited by the
board. rN. I
Pending the decision by the board
as to their course of action, Foley "
Grove appeared before the board, and
agreed in writing to continue in force
and effect the terms and conditions of
their bid for constructing court house
and Jail, until June g., 1908, the board
to retain their certified check for ST.
500 as a guaranty that the require
ments of bidders would be complied
with in case the contract was finally
awarded to them.
The board adjourned to meet April
21, 1903, at 10 o'clock a. m.
Attest: J. w. FISH, Clerk.
Approved: w. o. PARKER, Chairman.
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OF UNTOLD VALUE.
The Information Contained in This
Gentleman's Statement Is Priceless

- F - So hl -,
Gentleman's Statement Is Priceless
The hale, the hearty, the strong can
afford to toss this paper to one side
impatiently when they read the fol-
lowing, but any sufferer in Billings
who has suffered hours of torture
caused by kidney complaint will stand
in his own light if he does not follow
the valuabel advice offered here. +
Frank Sites, bricklayer, of 1850
Thirty-third avenue, Denver, Colo.
says: ut is over three years since
l recommended Doan's Kidney Pills
through our Denver papers. At that
time they stopped pain in my back
and through the sides which al
though never severe enough to lay me
up was sufficient to cause more an
noyancc than anyone could endure
when Doan's Kidney Pills a so cas-
lily be procured. If l had not receiv-
ed positive benefit when that remedy
first came to my notice l would be
the last man in Denver to publicly en-
dorse the medicine, and if the results
obtained from the treatment with
Doan's Kidney Pills had not been
permanent nothing could induce me
to re-endorse this medicine. The mer-
it's of Doan's Kidney Pills should be
universally known"
Just such emphatic endorsements
can be had right here in Billings.
Drop into the Chapple Drug Co.'s
store and ask what their customers
report. .-
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.
Y, sole agents for the U. S.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other. 4
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-24
THlRD RAIL SYSTEM.
Great Electric Line e to Connect A.
bany and New York.

H
White Plains, NJ Y, April 2o.-Al-
though much mystery surrounds the
secret survey which engineers and
surveyors have been making in the
northern part OF Westchester, Putnam
and Duchess counties and in~Hudson.
Chatham, Albany and other cities, it
is said there is a plan on foot to
build a third-rail system between Bos.
ton, Albany and New York.
The engineers will not reveal the
nature of the scheme, but it was ex.
planned the new company will be
known as the New York, Boston &
Albany railroad, and that the main
headquarters of the corporation will
be in Brewster, Putnam county.
The new road, it is asserted, will be
built principally on private property
and will connect with the proposed
four-track electric system which is to
be built between Port Chester and
New York and the underground sys-
tenn.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-24
KANSAS TORNADO.
Five Fatally Hurt and Great Amount
of Property Destroyed.


Topeka, Kan, April 2O.-Word has
just reached here OF a tornado at st.
Paul, Neosho county, last night which
destroyed a great amount of property
and injured five people, four OF whom
cannot Gov
Mrs. Chamberlain and three mem
bers of a German family named Long
ham, will die, it is thought. David
Chamberlain has bruises of a severe
character, while several other persons
sustained minor injuries.
A three-story brick school building
was entirely destroyed and the homes
OF David Chamberlain, Longham and
Mrs. Melluse blown away and many
houses were also unroofed. The depot
platform was carried form the town.
site. The storm laster about five min
utes.
Near Cherryvale all the buildings
on the farm OF Stanley Foster were
demolished, Mr.. and Mrs. Foster were
injured badly and their 2-year-old
child was fatally hurt. the latter suf-
fering a fractured skull.
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SUCH IS THE OPINION OF A PIo.
NEER IN THE INDUSTRY.
IS OF HIGH GRADE
Climatic and Range Conditions Are
Especially Adapted to the
Raising Of Angoras.

Helena Independent: 81 do not be.
lleve there is another state in the
union whose soil and climatic con-
dltions are as well adapted to the
raising of Angora goats as Montana"
said c. E. Bailey of San Jose, Cal.
n of the best known goat breeders
In the United States. 81 have looked
over the goats in this section, and
nm that they have an exception.
ally high grade fleece, they seem
healthy and active, and there is no
question that this altitude and this
latitude agree with them"
Mr.. Bailey, who is a member of the
firm of c. p. Bailey & Sons of San
Jose, CAL, who were pioneers in. the
goat raising business, is in Helena for
a few days, having brought up a con.
signment Of 200 goats, which have
been sold through the Montana An
CORA Goat company to Barney Warn.
ken, who lives lea Scratch Gravel.
I'm 6OoSo SOAAC I'LL OuS Ill 0ACCllCuC
condition and were held yesterday in
the back yard of John w. Fulton's
residence on Clarke street, where they
were inspected by a large number
of visitors. The goats will be driven
over to Scratch Gravel this afternoon.
During the 26 years that Mr.. Bal
ley's firm has been in the business
it has shipped goats to every state
in the union, and it was through this
firm that the Montana Angora Goat
company has within the past year
brought over 5000 goats into Mon
tana. Mr.. Bailey's goats were i'm
! ported from Turkey and South Africa,
and the firm has succeeded in taking
first premiums at every livestock
show at which the company has ex-
hibited.
Mr.. Bailey tells an interesting story
of how his brother a year ago sue
ceeded in getting some goats from
Angora province, Turkey. This is
the original home of the Angora goat,
and owing to the fact that there had
been so many goats exported from
that country, the sultan, several years
ago., prohibited the expectation OF
goats. The Baileys, however, were
determined to get some original An
goras, and accordingly n of the
members of the firm, a brother OF
C. E. Bailey, went over to Turkey on
this mission.
He succeeded in getting two bucks
and two does, and determined to
smuggle them out of the country. To
guard against detection the goats
were sheared and painted black, and
then as a further means of protec-
ton they were placed in "gunny''
sacks and loaded on the backs of
mules. In this way the party sue
ceeded in getting the goats across
the Turkish line and into Naples,
where they were loaded onto a boat
and SHIPPED to New York. The animals
were held in quarantine in New York
for about three weeks, after which
| they we're shipped to California, where
they are now kept for breeding pur-
poses.
1t was a risky thing to do" said
Mr.. Bailey, land it would not have
been attempted were it not for the
fact that Turkey has the reputation
OF being the most corrupt government
in the world. My brothers. experience
teaches him that the country's repu-
| tation is we'll founded"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-24
Jersey Cows for Sale.

A carload of registered and high
grade Jersey COWS from a famous
Illinois breeding farm will be offered
for sale at Billings about the LIST OF
May at reasonable prices. Apply for
information to the T. j. Bouton Live
Stock Agency. d-sw-km1
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-24
A ThouqhtfuI Man.

Mr.. M. Austin of Winchester, Ind,
knew what to do in the hour of need.
His wife had such an unusual case
OF stomach and liver trouble, physi-
clans could not help her. He thought
Of and tried DR.. Kings New Life Pills
and she got relief at once and was
finally cured. Only Csc at Chapple
Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-24
SPECIAL RATES.

Live Stock Meeting at Helena, Mon
tana, April "a and 25, 1908.
For the above occasion the N. T.
Ry. Co. will sell tickets, Billings to
Helena and return. at ore and on
fifth fare for the round trip. Tickets
on sale April % and %. Return linn
it April 81.
187-7-sw-2 M. l.. HOYT, Agent.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-24
Notice.

There will be a meeting OF the stock
holders of the Laurel Hall company
at the Hall in Laurel, Saturday, April
20, 1908, at 2 p. M, for the purpose
of electing directors for the ensuing
year and to transact such other bust
ness as may come before the meet
ing.
98-4 NJ. w. CRAMER, Secy.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-24
Senator Gives Bond.

Jefferson City, Mo-, April 21.-Sena-
tor Frank Ferris today gave $4,000
bond for his appearance in the circuit
court here on July q next, for the
trial on the charge of bribery in con-
nection with the alum bill in 1901. 4
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-24
Leap from Windows.

Grand Rapids, Wis, April 2O.-The
Dixon hotel was Quilted by fire today.
The guests escaped by jumping from
third story windows, one being slight,
ly injured. Many guests lost their
baggage. Loss heavy.
For Sale.
Shorthorn yearling bulls. Call on
Geo. Soule at ranch, 81 miles west
of Billings. -sw-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-24
COMMISSIONERS ISSUE CALL
FOR SPECIAL ELECTION.
VOTERS MUST DECIDE IT
Board Declares That Matter Of Au-
thorizing Loan Should Be Again
Decided by People.

CIOlu uSSudy . D0lAy doACLIO.s
Thursday, May %, a special cleo
ton will be held in Yellowstone coun
ty for the purpose of enabling the vot
ers to express their wishes in regard
to the construction of a new courr
house and Jail.
After considering the matter since
yesterday and hearing further from
the people in order that they might
arrive at a fair estimate concerning
popular opinion, the county commits
sioners this morning concluded to
call a special election for the result
mission of the question decided in the
affirmative at the regular election
last fall. This conclusion was arrived
at after carefully considering the
matter in all it's phases. While they
apparently had little doubt as. to their
right under section 4196 of the politi-
cal code to issue warrants against the
loan authorized by the people last
fall and subsequently convert them
into bonds, the commissioners were
forced to take cognizance Of the fact
that it would undoubtedly be a matter
OF considerable difficulty to find some
one who would accept the warrants
and advance the money called for.
They also did mot lose sight of the
likelihood of legal trouble were they
to proceed in that direction, as it was
believed that if they undertook to pro-
coed in the manner suggested at yes
terday's meeting somebody would
probably seek to enjoin them. This
would throw the question into the
courts and lengthy delay in reaching
a final conclusion would have to be
reckoned On. To remove all possible
doubt and allow the people to decide
as they want it decided, the board If
rived at the decision to hold a spec
ial election. If the desire for a new
court house is still present with a
majority the vote will show it. II, on
the other hand, public opinion in this
respect has undergone a change since
last fall the election will also de-
termine this fact. At all events the
matter will be placed before the peo-
pie and they must decide it.
The Probable Cost.
While, of course, it cannot be stat
ed to a cent what it will cost to hold
the election, the expense, it is safe to
say, will be far less than is popularity
supposed. When last fall it became
necessary to hold a special election
to decide the tie that existed between
the two candidates for representative
the cost>tO the county was 1854. This
included all expenses. The forthcom-
ing election, it is believed, will be
even less, as the item of pay for the
judges and clerks in the Billings pre-
cincts will not amount to so much as
it did then. On that occasion those
tunctionaries were allowed pay for a
day and a half, each, made necessary
because OF the length of time requlr-
&c to count the votes.
AS the proposed election is now
viewed it is thought that it will take
only about half as long to make count
and certify the returns as it did on
that occasion. Hence it is estimated
that the total cost will be but little
over 5000 at the most.
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For Sale.

ST. IoHN's HEADACHE CURE
viii cure your headache. Sold by
Chapnle Drug Co.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
n. e. ARMSTRONG, NJ. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
Belknap Block. Billings. Mont.

CLIFF LINDSEY, NJ. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
Special attention given to Surgery
and Diseases of Women. Ofice-Front
Room owe w. B. TenEyck's Harness
Establishment on Montana avenue.
Telephone 120. Residence 210 N.
Thirty-frst street. Telephone No. Z.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-24

A." CHARLES L, HARRIS.
Attorney-at-law.
Prompt and Careful Attention Given
Land Matters.
Land Scrip Bought ana Sold.
Room .26. Orwell Block. Billings, Mont
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22
Winter Sleep.
From the London Globe.

1t is a theory commonly held that
animals and insects go to sleep in Win
ter because it is too cold to keep awake.
A writer in a weekly paper who has
observed nature to some purpose, holds
to the less popular theory that the hab-
IL of Information is rather to avoid the
pangs and penalties of famine. But
surely we have had warm enough Win
terS during the past few years to es-
ia blish the soundneSs of this doctrine.
From the little bats who huddle in
amorphous clusters under belfry tower
and barn roof, to the mighty badger
who sinks far back into his subterra-
mean lodging, almost all the hibernat-
ing animals are wholly or partly, in
sectiverous. And when we come to
examine the creeping, or winged, fare
of these kreophagists, who withdraw
from the madding world during winter,
we understand how 1t is so many ami
mails fall asleep, and so many birds
fly away from our Barmecide feast.
gnats, horse flies, slugs, beetles, larvae,
worms and snails-all these are seldom
visible in winter months; while the
famine of insect life in the fresh water
of our ponds is deducible from the fact
that efts creep ashore to wriggle
asleep in the cracks of earth, and the
frog tucks himself up to sleep in the
bed of his pond. Toads and snakes
likewise sleep away the famished
months. and we are told that it is only
a minority of British animals who keep
their eyes open in winter.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22

readers have discovered the relation
between my new story, Lady Roses
Daughter and The Life and Letters
of Mile. de Lespinasse.' have, of
course. made it sufficiently plain both
by calling my heroine Julie and by sew
eral references and passages in the
book itself, which will have appealed
at once to those acquainted with that
treasure house of human psychology,
the world of French memoirs. Some
years ago, when reading the French
letters of Mile. de Lespinasse. / was
struck with the dramatic possibilities
of the situation between her and Mime.
du Deffand. Certain figures and Incl
dents of modern English life rushed
into my mind at the same time, and a
modern Julie seemed to stand and move
before me. Alack, it was not posi-
BILE for me to follow the sad, and. I
fear. shameful, story of the old Julie
very far; not for me, at any rate, who
prefer to believe in and paint the kind
lier issues and possibilities of human
fate and if your readers had
been able to trace my sources through
out-supposing they had cared enough
about the tale to do so-that, 1 sub
init. should only have been an addi-
tional pleasure to them, and no dis
credit to me-"
Those who are familiar with the mat
ter claim that Mrs. Ward has done
more than take her plot from the me-
moirs of Julie de Lespinasse. Many of
the same incidents and scenes, it is
said, are Transcribed from the French
book. Most of us. however, have not
read the memoirs and know only that
Mrs. Ward has made an interesting
story, no matter where she got the ma
terial.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22
A Negro Queens "Nerves."


Civilization is making way in Abyss
sinia. The latest innovation is-nerves.
These have been developed in Queen
Taitu to quite alarming extent, and
when King Menelik complains, she re-
torts that he is all for civilization and
now he has got it she hopes he likes
it. "All European women" she is re-
ported to have said. have nerves. If
they want anything they give way to
nerves; If they do anything which is
not just quite what it ought to be, it
is nerves; even if they murder their
husbands or run away with another
man, it is excused because they were
afflicted with nerves" The latest exhi-
bition of the nerves of the black queen
was induced by the Inauguration OF
the new railway. The Emperor an
ncunced his intention of going, and
had all his best clothes brought out,
including his choicest umbrella, when
he was arrested in the midst of his
preparations by his consort, who de-
clared that she must go. too. To that
! the Emperor agreed, knowing that it
was useless to oppose her, when she
suddenly gave a Shrek and went into
mysteries. 1t then transpired that she
had no new gown, and the Negus had
to telegraph to Paris at once.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22

However. worse blunder can be ex-
posed in this article. The most dis
tinguished (Jones) for military service
was Lieut.. de Lancey Jones, who dis
played gallantry and skill under Gen.
Worth during the Mexican War. Now,
II this writer had not been ignorant of
the valor of the Jones family she
would not have made any such foolish
and reckless statement. Lieut.. De
Lancey Floyd-Jones, u. S. A. by mar
riage. was a distant cousin Of mine,
and therefore / speak freely of his
case. He was a gallant young officer
in that war, but was only once given
a brevet, that of first lieutenant for
gallant and meritorious conduct at
Moline Del Rey. The same brevet was
given Lieut.. David Rumple Jones of
Georgia "a graduate at West Point in
same CLASP for similar conduct at Con-
treras and at Churubusco. In 1853,
when he died, d. r. Jones was a ma
Jor general under Longstreet in the
G. S. A., and Delaney Jones was
lieutenant colonel of the Nineteenth
United States Infantry. Grand old
Roger Jones of Virginia, in service
from 1909 to 1852, dying full of years
and honors, was a brevet major gen.
eral, u. S. A., and his son, Roger, fol-
lowed in his well-marked footsteps,
and, graduating from West Point in
1851, he rose to be brigadier general
and inspector general OF the U. S. A..
dying in 1889. Then there was brave
old Sam Jones of Virginia, who was
a major general in the c. S. A., and
commanded the Department of Flor
ida at close of the Civil War. So
might go on and cover up De Lancy
Jones with other more famous Jones
heroes, but l forbear.
I will leave to members of the Jones
family in Liberty county and Savan-
nah to deny the statement of this SYM
dictate scrlbbler. that "the (Jones) fam
fly has numbered few doctors. clergy
men, artists or writers among it's
members" Why, even Georgia alone
can show up a few noted men named
Jones in all these professions, except.
perhaps, artists. Noble Wimberly
Jones. and Rev. DR.. John Jones and
Col. chaF. e. Jones have left descend
ants well able 10 defend the honor and
fame Of the Jones family without John
Paul taken IN and with Arnold ElzY
Jones left out Writers WHO seek 10 be-
little. the names Of Jones and Smith
ana Brown, as EOms do, know hardly
anything about the noble women ard
brave patriotic men who have konor-
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ed those names in the past and yet
cover them with deeds and virtues
that win universal commentator. 4
history OF Georgia that did not include
the Jones, Brown and Smith families
would be like the play of Hamlet"
minus the Prince of Denmark. Writers
like Eleanor Livington, who wish TO
enlighten the public in history and
biography, as so many scribblers try
10 do, should spend at least few
hours in the careful study of standard
and reliable histories and Biographies.
Hasty and careless writing of so called
history and biography is too common.
Sidney Herbert.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22
HINTS FOR RIGHT LIVING.

One who has done more to teach the Auer1-
can people how to care for their bodies than almost
any other, is DR.. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N Y.
the Author of the Common Sense Medical Ad
wiser" He says 1t is not the quantity of the
food eaten which produces strength and health (for
some people can keep strong on very meagre
diet), but it is how much food is absorbed and
assimilated by the blood and carried to nourish
every organ of the body 1t is, therefore, vitality
necessary for the body that the stomach be in
healthy state If disease of the stomach or what is
called vstomach trouble" prevents proper nutrition
then the heart liver lungs and kidneys do not get
proper food-they are not fed rich red blood, and
in consequence, begin to show signs OF distress.
Outwardly these signs may be pimples and eruP-
tons on skin, pale face, sleepless nights tired,
languid feelings, or by reason of the nerves not
being fed on pure blood, they become starved, and
we receive Alarming in the pain we call neuralgia.
Rheumatism too, is blood disease After years
of practice and study Dr. Pierce found that one OF
his prescriptions made from the extracts of several
plants, invariably produced tonic effect upon the
system 1t helped the process of absorption OF the
healthy elements in the food and increased the red
corpuscles of the blood, as we'll as eliminated the
poisons from the system. This Alternative Extract
he named vDr Perce's Golden Medical Discovery"
a medicine made entirely of botanical extracts
and which does not contain alcohol. Some blood
medicines DO and when alcohol touches the little
red blood corpuscles they begin TO shrink and are
reduced 70 broken fragments and shapeless masses