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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-20
(First Publication April 20, l9O4.-30d)
CONTEST NOTICE.

Department OF the Interior, United
States Land Office, Bozeman, Montana,
April 81, 1904 sufficient contest atti-
davit having been filed in this Office by
Christian Yegen, contestant, against
homestead entry No. 2427, made April
1, 1897, at Bozeman, Montana, for
SEA section 18, township / north,
range q east, NJ. P. NJ, by John
Woodson, c%ontestee, in which it is
alleged that said John Woodson died
about April 10, 1900, and none Of his
heirs have ever cultivated, improved
Or remained in possession OF said
land since the death of said entryman;
and that said land has been wholly
abandoned for three years last past.
And that said failure of said heirs to
cultivate and improve said land has
not been due to their 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 allegations at 10 o'clock a.. m.
on June 1, 1904, before T. A. Will
liams, clerk of the court, at Billings,
Montana, and that final hearing will
be held at 10 o'clock a.. m. On June
9, 1904, before the Register and Re.
ceiver at the United States land office
in Bozeman, Montana.
The said contestant having, in a
proper affidavit, filed April 81, 1904,
set forth facts which show that after
due diligence personal service of this
notice cannot be made, it is hereby
ordered and directed that such notice
be given by due and proper puhlica-
ton.
M. R. WILSON, Register.
J.. N. KELLY, Receiver.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-20
Compiled Under the Direction of the
Billings Board of Trade.

The town of Billings is the county
seat of Yellowstone county, Montana,
and is situated on a beautiful plain
sloping down to the Yellowstone river.
It is N of the principal stations on
the line of the Northern Pacific rail-
way, which traverses the entire length
of Yellowstone county, and is about
midway between Duluth and Puget
Sound. The town was founded one
year ago and now possesses a popu-
lation of 1900, a number which will
undoubtedly double during the pres
ent season. There are over 400 build
ings in the town and many more are
contemplated and in course of erec-
ton. Many of the buildings would
be no discredit to an eastern city.
Among them are the Congregational
church, a brick ediice, erected at a
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-20

Grotto Springs Floral Company.
Fresh cut flowers In great variety.
Special attention given to design
work. Mail orders filled on day re-
ceived. Bell telephone OBJ, city sales
room; Bell telephone 79A, greenhouse.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-20

Billings Business College.
Summer term from June l to Oct.
/, 1904. Students prepared for gov
eminent and commercial positions.
Reduced rates. tt
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-20
Bright's Disease and
Diabetes News.
San francisco, March 8, 1904.

San francisco, March 8, 1904.
To the Women of Montana:
Some of you have loved ones strick
en- with Bright's Disease or Diabetes
Let me give you hope. l can speak
because l know. l was stricken with
Diabetes myself. Only Diabetes can
understand the tortures-the hopeless
ness. l went to the Women's Hospi-
tai Zone of our best). Ihey told me l
was incurable. l grew worse (sugar
was II per cent) and went to the
Cooper Medical College for examina-
ton. Same verdict-incurable. Thor
oughly discouraged I went home to
die. A mrs. Clark then living at 1913
Larkin street called to tell me there
was a cure and where to get it. The
third week the dreadful thirst dimin-
ished. / began to sleep better and in
a year I was perfectly we'll.
l have a large boarding house on the
corner of Powell and Suffer. One OF
the boarders is VIM. White, formerly
Deputy CITY Assessor. He had to give
up his position due to Bright's Disease
had been in both st. Luke's hospi-
tai and the Waldeck Sanitarium with
out result when 1 learned what the
trouble was and told him he could get
we'll. He was swollen with dropsy, al
bumen was heavy, heart was involved
and he felt sure he could not ecover.
In a month he began to mend and is
now perfectly we'll. To the women of
America l want to say that Chronic
Bright's Disease and Diabetes are pos
itively durable.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Katherine Matthewson.
The above is strictly true.
WILLIAM WHITE.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-20
PREDICTIONS ARE VERIFIED
Copy of Prospectus Compiled Under
Direction Of Board Of Trade for
Eastern Enlightenment.

menSity OF time, hut in the life OF a
man or any of the many towns in the
west that have sprung up since the
first railroad stretched it's iron bands
across the Missouri it counts for a
great deal. Twenty-one years brings
the infant to manhood, moustached
and swagger, and the same number OF
years often witnesses the birth and
death of ambitious "cities." Places
that once occupied prominent posi-
tions on the map have disappeared
within that time, never more to be
thought of, their very names forgotten,
the men and women who inhabited
them in the heyday of their prosperity
scattered and dead.
Alns9pst every one of the men who
are sun considered as anything but
old and who have been in the west
a reasonable number of years can I'M
d%oubtedly recall just such towns, for
the building of towns is one Of the
pleasant occupations of the pioneer,
even if he does not always display the
best of judgment in their location
and the children of his enterprise and
energy only too often prove short
lived. Hence it is a pleasure to those
who have assisted in the plating and
booming of embryo metropoli to be
able to look back the short time stated
and see them still in existence, par
ticularly if they have ever to a mod
crate degree come up to their antici-
pations and expectation has been real
lied, however modest. It is needless
to say anything of the pride and sat
isfaction of the men who OBLIGATED
at the birth of the towns that have
developed into actual cities and which
r still growing and with every prom
Use of ultimately developing into
places of the utmost Importance.
Many of these happy and proud in
dividuals are in Billings today, men
who displaced the Indian and drove
out the buffalo and other wild animals
that they might make homes for them
selves. From a collection of tents and
shanties they have seen the town
grow until rightfully it lays claim to
the title of Getty" For the e%dification
and interest of those The Gazette
herewith reprints a sktch of Billings,
issued in April, 1883, and compiled
under the directions of the board OF
trade, of which organization Judge J.
ID. Matheson, still an honored and en-
thusiastic citizen, was the secretary.
Some of the statements of the pros
pectus notably those relating to a
line of railroad to the north and the
erection of extensive abbatoirs, have
failed of naturalization, but all the
others have been more than realized.
It is doubtful whether the Judge then
thought that Billings would be the
wool market it has come to be, al
though he must be credited with hav
ing looked we'll into the future as re
CARDS the possibility in that direction
The particular copy of the sketch
utilized by The Gazette was printed
or the back of a letter head OF Steb
bins, Post & Mund, pioneer bankers
of the Yellowstone valley. Read it:
BILLINGS, MONTANA.
A Sketch of Billings, It's Location
History, Statistics, Surround
ings and Prospects.
Compiled Under the Direction of thu
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-20

The above refers to the newly dis
covered Fulton Compounds, n first
cures the world has ever see for
Bright's Disease and Diabetes. We
are the sole agents. Ask for pamphlet.
OHAPPLE DRUG CO., Billings.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
PEACE OF SPRING.


''He maketh me to lie down in green
pastures; he leadeth me beside the still
waters" Psalm %, 2.
The quiet of the pasture lands!
There all the grass is green and sweet
And, whisperless, 1t understands
The gentle pressure Of our feet;
There dandelions thickly spread
In wondrous arabesQues of gold,
AS though the stars from overhead
Upon earth's bosom had been rolled
The violets laugh at the sky
An echo of the dreaming blue;
The voiceless breezes wander by
To thread the blossom paths anew;
The early bees in search OF sweets
Seem all a-tiptoe in the air,
Each wing Is noiseless in its beats
AS through the soundless day they fare
The wild rose in it's cloister nook
Is shielding yet its summer blush;
The trees beside the lazy brook
Sway softly in the mornings hush;
The scattered clouds of white go by
Like sun-kissed sails far out at sea-
The argosies that journey high
To WhatsOe'er their haven be.
The quiet Of the pasture lands!
Where newborn flower, leaf, and vine
Seem to be springs cup bearing hands
That offer US her amber wine;
Where filmy wells of mist uproll
On sights that halt and hold us long
There, in chord that thrills the soul,
The very silence sings q song!
w. D. N. III Chicago Daily Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
UNDESIRABLE AMERICANS.
Eternal Summer in Philippines At
tracts Many Of Vagrant
Tendencies.

The attempt to rid Manila and the
surrounding country of those Ameri-
cans who have no visible means of sup
port is commendable, but the unde-
sirables have not all been shipped to the
home country, says the Manila Times.
Many, realizing that it is easier to for
age in country of eternal summer
than to take chances where shelter and
warm clothing are indispensable part
of the time, have scattered throughout
the provinces of Luzon, and are now
infesting the various pueblos. It has
reached point in the province of Al
bay where roundup would appear to
be indispensable. Honest Americans
are continually Inundated by the pres
ence of this class of their countrymen,
and the respect that right-mirded
Americans deserve is greatly lowered.
The worthless native is bad enough
in the Philippines, but a vagrant Amer
lean is ten times worse, and is that
much more harmful to the cause of the
United States in the islands.
Let the vagrant American be shipped
to the United States, where ample Jail
and police facilities stand ready to
greet him. He can do comparatively
little damage there; here he can do a
great deal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
THE BIRDS OF HAWAII.
Development of Country's Resources
Driving Them Back Into Noun
tain Wilderness.

From some of the open pastures rises
the song of the skylark, which was i'm
ported from New Zealand: skylarks
increase in number, but not very quick
ly. The voice of the Chinese turtle-doye
the mourning dove, it is called-is
heard in the land quite near to the valley
homes; also the upward whirr of the
Monaghan and the japanese pheasant,
writes J. A. Owen, In Blackwood's.
Grouse and quail-the Californian val
ley quail-were there until lately; but
the latter have now betaken themselves
to heights of 5000 to 1000 feet, whittier
the marauding mongoose cannot follow
them. asked young niece of my own
who lately left Honolulu what birds WIS.,
tied their grounds three miles up the
valley road, and she tells me, Java
sparrows, rice-bir6s, and those squawk-
ing mynahs. The last eat up all our
young figs and grapes, unless We throw
the tennis nets over them. The natives
call the mypah manu- al pilau-that is,
bird who eats filth" He does some
good, then, as we'll as i'll.
That watching of birds which is es-
sential to knowledge of their life his
tory has indeed been impossible to most
visitors of Hawaii. And now that an
nexation is giving an impetus to the de-
velopment of the country's resources,
the inevitable destruction of it's forests,
even if the birds themselves do not per-
ish with the trees that sheltered and fed
them, is driving them up to still more
inaccessible heights and wooded depths
between the sharp volcanicpeaks, which
will battle the hardest climber.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06

ciate player Of the opposite sex ap-
pear together on the stage to respond
to it, and should a third call from the
audience be given the entire company
appears in answer to it. The customs
OF our stage generally reverse this
procedure. Among us the first curtain
call is responded to by the entire
company, the second by three or four
or i've of the principal players, the
third by the leading man and woman
alone, and then, If there are more, by
the star or leading player:
This is, Of course. dealing with the
subject in a general way and cansid-
erlng the circumstances as those which
may ordinarily obtain. Where two or
three players only are concerned in
the scene that brings the applause:
why, naturally, the otner members Of
the company would have no part n tho
respopse,"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
Potato Farci.

Wash, scrub, and then wipe dry six
large potatoes. Cut them in halves.
lengthwise, and scoop out the centers
till you have cup with thick walls. It
is best to use a vegetable scoop for this,
if you have one. Chop very fine any
cold meat till you have a large half pint.
Wet it with tablespoon of melted but
ter and fill the potatoes, heaping the
meat in the middle. Bake in hot oven
half an hour, or till the potatoes are
done. Arrange on hot platter and pour
over them, a teaspoon to each potato, a
tablespoon of boiling water mixed with
a teaspoon of melted butter, two salt
spoons Of salt and a very little pepper.
II the potatoes are very large you will
need pint of meat instead Of half !
pint.-Good Housekeeping. zz
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
THe Intrusion
of Polly - -
Copyright, 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Coy
pv CARA LINDSAY COLEMAN


4 S Pearson sat ON the little porch
n and sent circles of blue smoke into
the soft night, snatches of gay talk, Of
laughter and of music came to him
Polly was ut the old home once more
The little Polly who used to spring
across the barbed wire fence that di-
vided them and drop on the top step
OF the side porch, breathless; the little
audacious Polly who plucked her short
skirt full of his violets without even
a by your leave, and climbed his cher
ry trees to toss his own cherries down
to him.
Polly had wintered at fashionable
school in New York, had summereil
abroad and, crossing again, had made
her smiling entrance into world that
seemed vastly interested in her. 1t
chronicled her horseback rides as
events, her tea-pourings at smart
gatherings as epochs, and her dinner
dance was put down as history. Now,
for few weeks of what Polly called
quiet, she had come back to the old
place to break into the tranquility of
Pearson's after supper cigar. There
were other porches where a man might
have smoked in peace, but at 40 ones
habits are well nigh Interchangeable.
A little white clad figure came
through the odorous darkness and
leaned on the barbed wire, a little
plaintive voice called Hello" softly
Pearson took refuge in silence. If il
had been the little girl with whom he
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
Baked Apple Short Cake.

Butter thickly an oblong or square
agate baking pan, or ealt!.en pudding
dish will answer. Pare and core a.
many good cooking apples-not too
large-as will fit into the pan; pack
them close and sprinkle thickly with
sugar, add little salt and grating OF
nutmeg, and enough water to prevent
burning-just few spoonfuls: Cover
the apples with a paste made like a
rich berry shortcake and bake for half
an hour in hot oven. Loosen around
the edges of crust, turn it upside down
on plate with the apple on top cut in
squares with a heated knife or pull
apart with two silver forks. Dividing
with the forks will prevent heaviness.
Serve with cream sweetened with ma
pie sugar or syrup. The apples should
be jellied if the best kind are used
Washington Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
FOOTWEAR AND NERVES.
Tight fitting Shoes Have Great
Deal to Do with a Disor-
: dered System. -

Inc most common causes of those SCI
rious complaints which are generally
grouped under the comprehensive
heading of nerves, are just those which
are least suspected, says Alice King, M.
d., in American Queen have people
come to me who declare that their nerves
are all to pieces, and they cannot under
Stand the reason of it; they begin to
tremble when they hear the postman's
knock or ring, fearing (often without
the least foundation) that he is bring
er OF bad tidings. They have tried
ton'cs. outdoor exercise, and change
OF air and surroundings, but all to no
purpose. When hear all that, I look
for the apparently trivial cause.
And where do you think often find it?
In the Shoes That is an absolute fact,
although it sounds strange. l find.
quite frequently, that the nerve patient
is fond of tight-fitting shoes; this does
not mean that she wears footgear which
plnches her toes or rubs the skin off
the heel; such shoes cause actual pain
and the Wearer quickly rectifies those
defects; the trouble originates in the
prediction for shoes which fit tightly
all over, pressing the foot everywhere
and cramping it without inflicting pain
at any special point. Many persons pre-
Ter loot coverings of that description,
thinking that they keep the pedal ex-
tremlties warm and afford more SUD-
port, and SO they lay the foundation
of nervous breakdown.
The compression of the foot irritates
the nerves and muscles Within it; this
irritation extends up the legs; it reaches
the heart; and so it continues it's .uD-
ward journey till it arrives at the brain
and works mischief. There is sympa-
thy between the various parts of the
body and the different sets of muscles
and nerves; one reacts on the other,
and this accounts for the extension of
the Irritation at one extremity to the
other. When I tell a patient he or she
-1or there is not much to choose be-
tween the sexes-is incre6ulous, and I
have to insist on my orders being car
rled out under penalty of not taking
the case in hand
And another prolific, yet quite unsus-
pected, cause of nervous complaint is
the need OF wearing spectacles. There
are thousands of people walking about
without glasses who ought not to do
So They would be indignant at the
suggestion that they needed spectacles,
and would tell you that they can see
splendidly. That is all very true about
being able to see we'll, but the brutal
fact is that they are unconsciously piac-
ing tremendous strain on the eyes in
order to accomplish that action of see
ing splendidly; and it is that strain
which irritates the brain and brings on
nerves. Spectacles would remedy
! that.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
Friars in the PHILIPPINES

Late advices from the Philippines
state that the church question is prac-
tically settled. The friar lands cues
ton, from having been a paramount
issue, has become dead one and the
friars themselves a back number.
There are only about 300 of them left
In the islands, and they are not in 4
position to give any trouble. The pur-
chase of their lands by the govern
ment rounds out, an epoch and re-
deems the chief promise of the United
States to the natives. The three Amer
lean bishops now there are reorean-
izing the Catholic church on American:
lines and cooperating heartily with
the civil authorities in promoting the
education Of the natives. Altogether.
great work has been done, and the
foundation laid for still greater prog
ress.-Indtanapolts Journ.J. z.s7
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
GOT THE START HE NEEDED
Medical Student Had Only One Case,
But He Handled That to
Perfection.

"A certain prominent New York ply
said a New York magazine editor, &C.
cording to the Reader, land saw him
get it, 1t was 20 years ago, and the
then young physician had just hung out
his single. Mr.. Clemens knew him
quite well, and so did l, and we be-
lieved that he had the real stuff in him.
but the people hadn't learned Of him
yet, and his Office was empty. One day
Mark was in my place talking. when a
banker of social and financial promi-
nence came in. Incidentally he men,
| toned the fact that his physician had
died the night before with heart dis.
ease, and he needed his services that
very minute. Mark at once suggested
that he give our friend trial.
What kind of man is he?' in
quired the banker.
"'None better, l should say re-
sponded MIR. Clemens He has never
lost patient.
"'That sounds good enough; give me
his address; and I'll go to him
when he had left the Office looked
at Mr.. Clemens inQuiringly.
"'Oh, that's all right he said. with
a sly SMILE I said he had never lost
a patient
"'He never had one to lose, did hep
I asked, reprovingly.
"'Of course not, but it wasn't neces-
sary to say that
"As it turned out, the humorist was
right, because the young man handled
the bankers case with success, and it
was the kind of an introduction he
needed"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06
CUBANS YET UNFRiENDlY.
Government Official Reports Result
Of Observations Made on
Recent Visit.

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Taylor returned to Washington recently
from a trip to Cuba. He says that the
natives still entertain a dislike for the
people of this country.
THE native Cubans do not" he said
"seem very friendly toward us, while
the Spaniards are especially friendly
OF course, l do not refer to Cuban Off
Gals, but to the people, who seem to en-
terrain some sort of fear that it is
the intention. at no remote date, of this
country to annex Cuba, and that Ameri-
can enterprise and capital will come in
and dominate affairs to the detriment
of the interests of Cuban residents. This
feeling undoubtedly will be allayed as
time goes on.
Cuba was a pleasant disappointment
tome. The city Of Havana is kept scrupu-
lousy clean. Ihave never seen an Amer
lean city where the streets and alleys
were cleaner than in Havana, thanks to
Gen. Wood and others. The country out
side the city Of Havana is quite pic
turesque, and surprisingly fertile. There
are forests of sugar cane and vast to.
bacco plantations and cocoanut groves
and pineapple orchards without number
The city of Havana is notably lacking in
hotel accommodations. There are
numerous hotels there, but they are not
up to proper standard, and prices are
extra high.
"The first general election was held
one Sunday while was there, and passed
off quietly, somewhat to the surprise Of
the officials. There had been anticipa-
ton of some rioting in various prov
inces, but good order generally prevailed
and the people acquiesced in the results, ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-06

had chummed, but this fashionable
young woman, whose goings and com.
ings were of such import, was not even
distantly related to that little hoyden-
Polly, and, as plain American citi-
zen, he was silent, not knowing tha
language that the new Polly spoke.
"Hello!" she called again into the
silence.
With flash and flutter of feminine
Hounces she was over.
That's still a barbed wire," Pear
son called.
"Oh!" she clarionetted, "a barbed
wire?" She sped across the space that
interviewed to drop on his top step in
breathless scorn. WAS it that?" she
demanded. 1--WE been home whole
day"
NO." said Pearson, calmly, II don't
mean to come. You've so many dan
cling about you that I'll never Be-
missed. And, anyway, Polly, l hear