The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-03
TO INSPECT SUGAR PLANT
Certificates to Be Given to Subscrib-
ers to Mckinley Memorial
Are Now Ready. :.

AA6IOA 1OSI says .IuAI IOWA - WdICA'
ing with intense interest for develop
ments in the feud between Governor
Cummins and Representative Hull,
and further states that the president
may be drawn into this political scrap.
Nothing can be further from the
minds OF those who are urging Presi-
dent Roosevelt to tarry a while in
Iowa during his coming western trip.
The president will not be embarrass-
ed, as the dispatch would seem to
indicate, for really it takes more
than a small matter Of local differ
ences to jar the complaceny of Theo-
dore Roosevelt. The tale wired from
Sioux City to the Post reminds one
much of a story which ex-senator
George Graham Vest n told in
the United States senate while illus
t1ating a point wherein the majority
seemed to be against the minority.
1T was many years ago." said Sen
ator Vest, that l found myself in a
small mining town on the frontier.
The town consisted of a tavern and
a couple of dance halls, surrounding
which were adobe dwellings. 1t was
in one OF the dance halls that l recall
an incident. There raj q small plat
form, answering the purpose of a
stage, and instead of a programme
regularly printed a 'supe' announced
acts of the several performers. The
audience was enthusiastic until al
most the final announcement, when
some uneasiness manifested inself.
The said, bowling blandly,
Our next will be "a song by Miss An
nadale, who will sing'-and here a
chorus Of Kisses greeted the nnoun
| Ger, who calmly awaited his oppor-
tunity, and continued: Nevertheless
and Notwithstanding, Miss Annadale
will sing, Love Among the Roses"
Notwithstanding and nevertheless,
President Roosevelt viii visit Des
Moines.
To Inspect a Beet Sugar Plant.
Henry T. Oxnard, head of the beet
sugar industry in this country, ex-
tended the president an invitation
to stop at Oxnard, CAL, when in that
state, and visit the beet sugar factory
there. The president accepted the
invitation and will stop at Oxnard
May 9. Il wanted the president to
| see what has been done in five years
in a region where five years ago there
was a waste" said Mr.. Oxnard, after
whom the California town is named.
Gets Money for Indians.
James Staley, superintendent of the
Yankton Indian school. started for
home; today. He arranged to have
SIC, 900 paid to the Yankton Indians
by the government out of the gra-
tuity fund at an early date. This
is one-half of the amount expected.
He discussed several matters of i'm
pOrtance to the scchool with the In
dian office and the secretary of the
interior, and, it is understood as a
result of his visit the government
will purchase st. Paul's mission school
at the agency as soon as Bishop Hare
can perfect the title. A number of
dwellings for Indians will be built
this season, and several artesian wells
will be sunk. Altogether, Staley
feels very we'll satisfied with the re-
suits of his trip to Washington. The
matter of the attempt of the South
Dakota delegation to have him trans
ferred to- another agency still hangs
fire. Staley declines to. discuss it in
any way, but from other sources it
is understood that the delegation is
still a good way from having won it's
fight.
Mckinley Certificates Ready.
The souvenir certificates, which are
to go to contributors to the Mckinley
memorial fund, are now being dis
tributed and, are to be seen in one
or more of the department stores in
this city. The task of placing so large
a number of these mementoes, without
a serious expense to the Memorial
association, has been solved, in a
measure, by the officers Of the asso-
citation, through the generosity of the
department stores of the country,
they having almost without exception
volunteered to act as distributing
agents. This idea was suggested by
the fact that no other single agency
would reach so large a proportion of
the population in the large centers.
The certificate is a beautiful work
of art on which is given an excellent
ronroducfion of Mrs McKinlev'S fay-