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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-21
E. B. Hastings Ranch, n mile
south of Canyon Creek on Big Ditch.
ST. LII L. R;4AL Nonaaaau

E. B. Hastings Ranch, n mile
south of Canyon Creek on Big Ditch.
The High Line Ditch Company.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the trustees of the High
Line Ditch company, held on the Bird
day of April, 1903, an assessment
Of 5 per cent per share was levied
upon the capital stock of the corpo-
ration, payable on or before the 4th
day of May, 1908, to the secretary,
at his ranch, or by mail at Billings,
Montana.
Any stock upon which the assess
ment shall remain unpaid on the said
4th day of May, 1908, will be delin-
quent and advertised for sale at pub
lie auction, and unless payment is
made before will be sold on the goth
day of May, 1908, to pay the delin-
quent assessment, together with costs
of advertising and expenses of sale.
E. B. HASTINGS, Secretary.
First Publication April Z, 1903-4D
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-21
First Publication April 3, 1903.
Desert Land, Final Proof-Notice for
Qualification

Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office, Bozeman, Mont,
April /, 19O3.-Notice is hereby given
that Gustaf E. Petersen of Billings,
Yellowstone county, Montana, has FL
cd notice of intention to make proof
on his desert land claim No. 1924, for
the Eh SWA, Sec. 6, TIP. l S., R, rs,
E., NJ. P. M, before T. A. Williams,
clerk of court, at Billings, Montana,
on Saturday, the 9th day Of May, 1903.
He names the following Witnesses
to prove the complete irrigation and
reclamation of said land:
Ignatius D. O'Donnell, Of Billings,
Mont; Frank L. Mann, of Billings,
Mont; Andrew Dahlstrom, of Billings,
Mont; Jacob Dahlstrom, of Billings.
Mont.
M. r. WILSON, Register.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-21
BOYS PLANNED
The MURDER
ONE BROKE DOWN AND CONFES.
SEQ WHEN ARRESTED.

St. Paul, April 16.-Charles Nelson,
Henry Nelson and Wm. Sutton, three
Owatonna boys, were arrested today
in Minneapolis by Detective Charles D.
Brown, on Washington venue south,
upon suspicion OF being Connected with
the murder OF H. H. Krier, the Owa-
tonna saloonkeeper, who was found
dead on the railroad track in that city
Monday night.
The boys were taken to police head
quarters, where they were "sweated."
The officers say that Sutton broke
down and confessed the affair, but
that the Nelson brothers maintained
a sullen silence.
The youthful highwaymen, who will
undoubtedly be compelled to face a
charge of murder in the first degree,
appear to be mere boys.
Charles Nelson says he is 81 years
old, and his brother is only 20. SUIT
ton is II years old. The boys say
their parents live in Owatonna.
Ihe story told by Sutton. as related
by the officers, shows that the Krier
hold-up was deliberately planned.
They knew Krier was going to pass
along the railroad track on his way
to the residence of Jacob Glazier, TO
whom he owed a rem bill, and they
planned to. rob him. When he ran
away they pursued him and shot him
in the head, killing him instantly.
1--WE were in Krier's saloon" said
Sutton, when we heard him remark
to his bartender that he was going
out to Glaciers to pay his rent. We
winked at one another and left the
saloon. We reached the railroad first,
tied handkerchiefs over our faces and
waited.
1--WE had not been there long when
krier came, we ran down the bank,
and, pointing our revolvers at him,
told him to throw up his hands. He
did not do it, but started to run away.
We followed, and, as he tried to climb
over the railroad fence, caught him.
Henry Nelson grabbed him by the
coat collar and tore it off him. Chas.
Nelson then placed his revolver at
Krier's temple and fired. The shot
killed him instantly and we robbed
him.
I'VE took the bundle he was carry
ing and hid it about a mile up the rail-
road track from where Krier was kill
ed.
I'VE found $76 in his pocket and we
divided it. Charles and Henry Mel
son each got $50 and l got SIG. Henry
and I threw our revolvers down by
the body but Charles kept his gun and
has it yet.
"As soon as we had got all that
Krier had in his pockets we ran
through a grove. We then started
for Faribault and walked to that
town, where we staid all night and
yesterday. We left there last night
on a Milwaukee freight train and got
to Mendoza about IL o'clock.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-21
(First Publication April II, 1903
CONTEST NOTICE.

A sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed in this office by Christian
Yegen, contestant, against Homestead
entry No. 2427, made April l, 1897,
for SE1A section Is, township l N,
range ~ E., M. P. NJ, by John Wood
son, contestee, in which it is alleged
that said John Woodson died on or
about the 18th day of April, 1900, and
that none of his heirs have ever re-
sided upon, cultivated or improved
said land, since the death of said
entryman; and that said homestead
land has been wholly abandoned for
two years last past. And that said
alleged absence from said land was
not due to his employment in the
army, navy or marine corps OF the
United States in time OF war. Said
parties are hereby notified to appear,
respond and offer evidence touching
said allegation at 10 o'clock a. m. on
May 20, 1908, before T. A. Williams,
clerk of the court, at Billings, Mon
tana, and that final hearing will be
held at 10 o'clock a. m. on June 8,
1903, before the register and receiver
at the United States land office in
Bozeman, Montana.
The said contestant having, in a
proper affidavit, filed April Is. 1908.
cot forth foctc which show that after
due diligence personal service of his
notice can not be made, it is hereby
ordered and directed that such notice
be given by due and proper publica-
ton.
M. R. WILSON, Register.
A. J.. EDSALL. Receiver.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-21
Bold Burglar.

st. Louis, April 16.-While the fam-
lily was eating supper last night, a
burglar ransacked the se%cond-story
rooms of the residence OF Philip
Stock, secretary of the English brew
cry syndicate, securing nearly $4,000
worth of jewelry and v%aluables. Jas.
P~ierson, coachman, has been arrested
on suspicion of being implicated.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-21
Done to Cover crookedness

Done to Cover Crookedness
Hong Kong, April 16.-The arsenal
at Canton, which was destroyed by an
explosion last week, was blown up
by officials, whom the viceroy had
charged with selling powder to rebels
in order to hide their ~defalcations.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-21
Tents for immigrants.

Winnipeg, April 16.-Two carloads
OF military tents promised by the
government for the use OF immigrants,
have been received here. Fourteen
hundred more tents are expected to-
day.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-21
FINDS DOUBLE IN A MoRGUE
Man Who Is Thought to Be Dead
Walks Into Place.


New York, April 16.-lhe body
found in a barrel in East Eleventh
street yesterday was today identified
as that of a man named Quatrocchi,
who said he had often een the man in
a barber shop on First ven The
victim was married and B%onjiornno
said he was a member of some secret
society.
While the police were trying to con-
firm Bonjiornno's Identification Quat-
rocchi, whom he supposed to be the
murdered man, walked into the NOR
que. He was almost an exact counter
part of the murdered man. The ident-
ity of the dead mar is again un-
known.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-21

We want hay, oats, wheat, potatoes
or write us and we will name you
price on above.
900 DONOVAN-McCORMIC KCO.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-21
FOOLISH MISS

Her Lover Did Not Write.
Fender, Neb., April 16-Because she
did not receive a letter from her lover,
Miss Mable Prindle, a waitress at the
Palace hotel, took chloroform yester-
day afternoon. Two doctors restored
her to consciousness just as her lover,
William Neis of Omaha, walked into
the room. He had not written to her
because he knew he would be in Pen
der and wanted to surprise her.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-21
Wages Are Raised.

Jackson, Mich, April 1.-THE
wages of 500 men in the Michigan
Central shops were today increased
from Is to 80 cents a day.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-21

Four short horn bulls for sale at
the Soule ranch, 81 miles west OF
Billings. 9S-9
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-21
Wan1eu.

To buy bounty Charms. At one
front room over w. B. Ten Eyck'e
Montana enM
&esf DIR. CLIFF LINDSEY.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-21

M. R. WILSON, Register.
The independent., 1903-04-23
The Hub Of Chaos

Editor independent: Please send
me block of five. For more than
four months l have not been to the
village and postoffice less than a mile
away. Sickness in my family has con-
fined me to home duties. Meanwhile
| amuse myself by stirring up the
animals. / goaded the authorities in
Washington into activity in our navy
yards. These few days and nights
activity made Sternberg keep the ca
BILE hot the day after his arrival and
soon relieved harrassed Venezuela.
1--WE stand pat" -#
price is value expressed in terms
of money" Jupiter Is God expressed
in images of brass, marble, etc.
Neither price nor Jupiter ever were
The independent., 1903-04-23
ia mEfJ II. DO II
By Meier d Meier, his attorneys.

human beings have wants more or
less imperious; it. is sufficient to know
that they have them, and that ii they
are to be satisfied, these human be-.
ings must (a) find the things, (b)
make them, OF (c) secure them from
some other human being. If the lat
ter, they may be taken by violence or
peaceably. IL peaceably, then ex-
change is the natural solution. IL
exchange, then each party to it tries
to and must give something he wants
less for something he wants more
which is quite possible, because tastes
differ.
The phenomenon value" appears
in exchange, actual or potential.
Whether it is, as Capt. Ashby con-
tends, the force of demand in action
for the articles of wealth, appraised,
estimated, or valued" by those con-
cerned in the exchange is not ma
terial here. The fact is, that persons
never exchange without making some
mental estimate, and that estimate is
based on the saving of future energy
rather than on what has been ex-
pended. Editor.)
The independent., 1903-04-23
ABOUT OURSELVES

or could be except in the imagination
of their deluded votaries Each born
of the imagination can only live In
the place of this birth. This fiat dol
lar price unit is the hub around which,
our chaos revolves. Stick this TACT
in your pipe and smoke until you see
it is fact.
sfValue is our estimation of things"
For personal use | would not give
dozen eggs 70. a diamond therefore
the value of a diamond Is less than
the value of dozen eggs. What ar
rant nonsensei Educated mullet heads.
educated with lies, are more danger
Gus, il not more contemplate, than
ignorant mu1let heads, for they con-
firm the ignorant in lies. Meanwhile
your paper is the best of it's kind SO
far as know, and, like the doctors
prescription TO the maid with stink
ing breath, will help some; and | cir
culate it to the best of my opportuni-
ties. 1t seems absurd to write it,
yet history tells us nothing save but
purchase by blood. What little you
and I do is simply duty done. The
pay-privation, abuse, curses-may
they slip from lis as the water glides
from the ducks back.
F. w. ANTHONY.
Mattawan, Mich.
(Mr. Anthony, with his bette noir,
the "fat dollar price unit" and Mr..
Ellingston, with his human units
or human foot pounds" keep the
editor guessing to find out just what
each of these gentlemen is driving at
II Mr.. Anthony purposes to use his
belly as measure of value" OF
course a dozen eggs are more "valua-
ble' than the Koh-i-noor. Why isn't
sprice value expressed in terms OF
money!" III it isn't that, what Is 1t?
Mr.. Anthony must understand that
articles of wealth vary greatly in
many qualities. Under ordinary con-
ditions, articles of food are plentiful,
more or less perishable, and the sat
isfactions they give-the wants the"
satisfy-are fieeting, although regular
ly recurring. A starving man wouli
give almost anything he might have.
or do almost anything for something
to satisfy his hunger. But having
eaten his fill, would he place as high
an estimation on loaf of bread?
A diamond satisfies a human want
not. of course, SO imperious as hun
ger-but, nevertheless, want. 1t Is
not consumed in a 1eeting moment OF
time, as is loaf of bread, but may
be retained for years, perpetually sat
isfying the natural desire for beautiful
things. Doubtless this capacity for
satisfying human desire for the beau
tiful would be lessened in some de-
gree if diamonds were as plentiful as
ordinary pebbles; yet no matter how
plentiful, the diamond, the ruby, and
other precious stones, as we now
know them, would still be preferred
by the gattferer of pebbles. 1t is
needless to add that their value would
be little if any more than ordinary
pebbles.
1t is not necessary to inquire why
The independent., 1903-04-23
Meier 81 Meier, Attorneys, Lincoln, Nsb.
NOTICE

Lois 0. Doyle will take notice that on the ith
of April, 1863 p f. Greene, a justice OF the
peace OF Lancaster County, Nebraska, issued
an order of attachment for the sum OF twenty
FIVE (S25.40) dollars and costs in an action pend
ing before him. wherein James r. Burleigh, is
plaintiff, and Lois O. Doyle, defendant, that
property of the defendant consisting Of one
table, three dressers, one iron bedstead and
springs, one walnut bedstead and springs, one
lounge, one rocking chair, one wash stand, one
center table, one kitchen table, and the con-
tents OF dressers, has been attached under said
order. Said cause was continued TO the 26th
day OF May, 1903, at O'Clock a.. IN. ut which
time defendant is required to appear, or plain
tiff will take judgment for $500 and costs.
Dated at Lincoln, Nebraska, this 14th day OF
April, 1903.
JAMES R. BURLEIGH,
BY Meier d Meier, his attorneys.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27
Not Hurtful to Canada.

Some Canadians are opposed to reci-
procity with the United States on the
grouI.d that the great American manu-
featuring centers would drain the vitality
Of the smaller Canadian manufacturing
centers. The Orange Sentinel argues that
with reciprocity, the manufacturers Of
Pennsylvsnia, for instance, would get con-
troll Of the Canadian market, depopulate
it's Industrial centers and prevent their
growth. Baldwin Smiths paper, the
Toronto Sun, answers this argument by
saying that it is q confession that "Ameri-
can manufacturers are doing better by
their customers than ours. I. 8. :
a IT 1T is the tariff. st SAYS ta.that=pses
vents our farmers from: buying Canadian
manufactures, the American farmers must
have some advantages which are not
shared by the farmers Of Canada 1t
follows that the tariff keeps manutac-
turers here it must at the same time ex-
ert an influence in the direction of send
Ing farmers away The Sun then goes
on to say that free trade turnout the
American states has not had the effect of
over centralizing industry. It points out
that there are thirty eight cities In the
united States with a population OF more
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27
Books and Authors
THE APPRECIATION OF GENIUS


The question whether the world would
recognize great literary genius, II he
should suddenly appear. is answered by
the Philadelphia Ledger in a. qualified af-
firmatiye. Tt says recognition In the end
would be Inevitable" The expression "in
the end may mean six months. six years,
sixty years or more. Immediate. recogni-
tion Of genius never has been the case.
Even Shakespeare did not come like Fair
Inez."
ITO dazzle when the sun is down
And rob, the world Of rest
II was a century or more before he be-
gan to be really recognized and appre-
ciated as great genius by his own coun-
tryrnen. The first editor OF his works was
Nicholas Rowe, who brought out q revised
and corrected edition Of shakspere's works
In seven volumes in 1709-10. Pope's edi-
tton OF SHAKESPEARE, a little later, brought on
The sharp attack upon 1t by Theobald, and
the controversy created a Shakspere re-
yival and SHAKESPEARE has ever since been
intelligently read and studied. The bard 8
great literary distinction is. secure. II
another genius OF the same quality were
to appear suddenly, 1t Is doubtful II i'm
mediate appreciation would follow. The
world has become somewhat weary of
waiting for another master-poet. The an
nouncement has many times been made:
"Behold him." But he has not come. In
Action we have passing and temporary
successes, but how much Of 1t will live
until the bells ring in the year 20o0-A. D. (?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27
Macaroni Wheat.

The department of agriculture continues
to give much attention to the introduce
tion of macaroni wheat. According to the
Washington correspondent OF the North
western Miller, Mr.. Mark G. Carleton,
cerealist of the department, asserts that
macaroni wheat flour has passed the ex-
perimental stage and that millers must
now grind macaroni wheat whether they
want to or not The department Is try
ing hard to insure market for this
wheat, and is now certain that all Of the
crop Of this year will be taken care of
promptly and that the acreage next year
will be greatly increased.
It is hard to overcome trade conservat
ism and create markets and commercial
channels for new product. There exists
against nacareni wheat what the depart
ment thinks Is an unWarranted prejudice
and until this Is overcome the farmer will
have difficulty in selling his wheat, Of
course, and it will bring less money than
it otherwise would. Owing to the limited
market, grain men who have tried to
handle macaroni wheat have not had a
very SdtiSldCLCIy oApCIicuCS, Uut ~ Is
only question of time when the raising
Of large quantity of this wheat on land
that cannot be probably devoted to other
crops will force a regular outlet and slim
ulate the demand.
Mr.. Carleton asserts that macaroni
flour will make as good bread as any
flour. and his experiments seem to sus-
tain THIS claim. If such is the there
is no reason why in the next ten or twenty
years macaroni wheat shall not grow In
volume Of production in this country al
most as rapidly as the production Of hard
spring wheat has increased in the last
thirty years. In the semi-arid west there
must be at least 100000 square miles Of
land, now given over to pasturage, on
which macaroni wheat, requiring as It
does, very little moisture, can be success
| fully raised. A little figuring will show
What tremendous possibilities there may
be In store for wheat production in the
west thru the Introduction Of macaFoni
wheat. If they should only be partly real
lied it would mean more to the twin
cities than any other economic change
that could take place in the northwest,
since it would add to our territory $4,000
or 10000 square miles, at least, that could
be settled by farming instead Of a
grazing population.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27
The Root Of the Matter.

Undoubtedly the explanations made by
touching their records in the department
since the investigations began are inter-
esting, to newspaper readers. There have
been ordinations and recriminations and
admissions and deniais, and, take 1t alto
gether, these gentlemen are producing a
master General Charles Emory Smith yes
terday contributed his story to the accum-
ulation Of defenses, replying to the severe
comments of Tulloch upon his administra-
ton and argued himself out of all con-
nection with the scandals.
Goethe once remarked that it is always
easier to raise the devil than to lay him.
and the voluntary statements on this sub
iect ara raising the devil In such way
as to persuade the public that, where
there is so much smoke and so many
people rushing into print to defend them
selves, or to accuse somebody else. there
must be considerable amount of fire.
What the public want to get at is, not
such literature as above described, mainly
exparte, but the solid facts, which are
now accommodating under the scrutiny OF
conscientious official investigation. and
which will be made public in an official
manner after while.
President Roosevelt. in the days when
civil service reform was slowly winning
recognition by thoughtful citizens and
lighting manfully against politicians who
were trying to strange 1t by urging con-
gress to refuse the necessary appropria-
ton for the civil service commission
stood by It faithfully and, 1t is not to be
believed, as the spoils advocates intimate
that. as president, armed with fun power
to make effective the civil service rules
he has cooled In his devotion to the cause
Of incorrupt public service. II. indeed
he has had any inclination as candidate
for the presidential nomination veal
| hence to weaken in favor Of the spells.
men, the outburst Of the postoffice scan.
dals win check such tendency, but. a.
one Of the leading apostles Of civil serv.
| Ice reform. his Identification OF himsel
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27

The most extravagant member Of the '03
class at Yale spent 81, 900 in one year. and
the maximum record for the four years is
$4,000 1t is a pretty safe guess that the
student who spent money at that rate
got more fun than lasting benefit out Of
his college course. 1t Is to be regretted
that the average Of expenditures at Yale
is increasing. If that tendency keeps UP
Yale will become merely university for
rich mems sons, which will mean that it
will cease to be the force in American life
1t has hitherto been.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27
THE MAGAZINES

The Century has some interesting fea-
lures Of what Is called serious" atera-
ture-a valuable paper on the recently
discovered code of Hammurabi, the al
legged founder of Babylon and contem-
porary Of Abraham; some hitherto UNI
published letters by Sir Walter Scott.
written to Mrs. Hughes, one Of Queen
Caroline's ladies In waiting, and Profess
scr Winchester,s paper on .John Wesley"
Among the illustrations are Timothy
Coles fine wood engraving OF Velasquez's
..Menippus,' in the Prado Museum at
Madrid. Mr.. Klem's fourth instalment of
Musical Celebrities is delightfully."-
reminiscential. The number is rich In fic-
ia he srn of the
lating the deadly experience Of an ambi-
tious young English officer among the
monks OF a remote monastery; a story en-
titled "a Lost Story" by the late Frank
Norris; .'Red Tassels." by Margaret Bris-
coe; "a Boys Loves" by e. L. Sabin;
1.-THE Rraybrook Baby's Godmother,' by
David Gray. Josephine Daskam con-
tributes an exquisite poem, Songs Of
Iseult Deserted"
Lippincotts completed novel is 1.-The
Pretenders,'' by Ina B. Roberts, author of
"Tte Lifting Of Finger''za capital
story Of pair who were falsely an
as engaged In the village news
paper, thru the easerness OF a reporter
who drew wrong differences while caves
dropping. The two who got into print
agreed to keep UP the pretense, which be-
came burdensomes and the affair didn't
result as many story tellers would have 1t.
There are short stories by Maud Howe,
Edith Robinson, Henry Lanier and others
The Frontier Monthly denver, Col.)
contains an Illustrated description of the
Penitentes Of New Mexico, who accentu-
ate their repentance by crucifixion. Some
portraits of Colorado's beautiful women
fare given and there are attractive pa
pers on mining and mountains and Colo
RADIO scenery, with much Information
about the progressive state.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27
THE vERM1FoRM APPENDIX AS A RIGHT
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