The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-09

, WISHES OIL every CaCtleman Ill Mon
/: tana are with the South Dakota con
gresham, e. w. Martin, who wants
ing the packers are paying less fol
/. beef on the hoof than a few years age
the consumers are forced to pay prices
making consumption of meat almost
prohibitive. To get at this he intro.
duced a resolution in the house direct
ing the secretary of to in
vestigate the cause. Mr.. Martin rep
resents a cattle state and the men who
W the herds are continually com
planning to him that they are not
sharing in the harvest now reaped by
the large packing concerns. He does
not pose as a trust BUSTER but
wants to know the truth, ii it can
be ascertained. His resolution pro-
vides for an Investigation of the con
ditions relating to the price of beef
cattle and the selling price OF fresh
beef with a view to ascertaining
whether existing conditions have
resulted from any contract or com
bination in restraint OF commerce"
For a number OF days past it has
been apparent hat st. Valentines
day is not much further off. The
windows of the stores in which valen-
tines form q part of the stock are
filled with the sentimental and other
kind, mostly the latter. In their pro-
duction no weakness to which hu-
Ia nature is heir has been overlook.
ed, and it must be a particularly ven
omous and malicious person who can.
not be suited in his desire to send
n of the caricatures to some one
to whom he wants to give anonymous
ly a gentle reminder of his follies and
foibles. Although the custom of send
ing love messages is said to be dy.
ing out, it is noticeable that this
years crop of sentimental valentines
is gaudier and more expressive of the
tender passion than ever before.
Some of them are almost works Of
art and the recipient of such a one
must be cruelty cynical to doubt the
sincerity of the message it conveys.
While the day still survives, the
personality of the saint whom it com
memorates has been almost complete
ly lost in the wanderings of time.
In church history several st. Valen-
tines are mentioned. Two are known
ito have been actual persons. Both
suffered martyrdom, one having been
dubbed to death on the Flammian
way, during the reign of Claudius,
and the other "a beheaded. The
particular saint to whose memory
homage will be done next Sunday is
pictured in tradition as a benevolent
old gentleman who made a special
virtue of favoring the youthful and
who was possessed of wonderful pow
ers in strengthening out tangled love
Paul McCormick's herd of buffaloes
has been increased during the last
few months by the birth of four calves,
all lusty and viorous youngsters. AL
though born in practical captivity,
the "bisonettes' are as healthy and
as any that ever saw the light F
day during the times when their
kind roamed in u%ndisputed possession
OF the vast area extending from the
Mississippi river to the base of the
Rocky mountains. Mr.. Mccormick I
will exhibit photographs of them and
their mothers at the st. Louis expo
sition, and the attendant in charge of
he lot is already daily ~rehearsing
both in posing and teaching them to S
look pleasant, please"
Recollection of the disastrous wreck !;
b Northern Pacific, near Rapids, +.
September 10. 1902, has been reviy- ,
recently by Geographic dispatches
rom Milwaukee, where a suit for per- q
sonal damages was tried last week :
had its origin in the wreck. :
the passengers injured on that {
occasion was a Mrs. Edith Raiff. She e
brought action in the federal circuit (
court for that state and demanded I
$4,000 as recompense for the bodily '
Ind mental agony she said she was :
'orced to endure because of the in q
uries claimed to have been sustained. /
jury seemed to think the lady's G
igures a trife high, for it awarded i
Ter only 81 GOO Mrs pniff rrnn n Q