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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-30
(First Publication Dec. l6, 19O4-6)
Desert Land, Final Proof.-Notice for
Publication.

0SeeTI Idnu, FInaI FooTs- NOTICE TOR
Publication.
Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office, Bozeman, Mont,
Dec. s, 1904.
Notice is hereby given that Willard
F. Snyder, of Billings, Yellowstone
county, Montana, has filed notice OF
his intention to make proof on his
desert land claim No. 1919, for the
SEA NEA Sec. IL, Twp. l s., r. "a
E., M. P. M, before u. w. Dunno,
Clerk of Court, in his Office at Bill
ings, Montana, on Thursday, the 26th
day of January, 1895.
He names the following witnesses to
prove the complete irrigation and re-
clamation of said land:
Robert l.. Matheson, William Phe-
Ian, Francis Phelan, Richard Early, all
of Billings, Montana.
M. R. WILSON, Register.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-30
BEHRENDT Bros MACHINERY
AND GENERAL IRON WORKS.

Machine, boiler ana general iron
work, such as rod iron ratings, fences,
heavy sheet-iron work, machine black
smithing and tool dressing. Repair
ing Of automobiles, bicycles, guns and
sewing machines a specially. Full line
of repair supplies in stock. Twenty
years experience enables us to do
all work in f1rst-class mechanical
manner. Prices reasonable.
BEHRENDT BROS, Props.
tt "a North Twenty-Ninth st.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-30
COLLECT DAMAGES.
ASKS SUIT Be BROUGHT
Mr.. WEIGH Declares That Not One of
the Contractors Is Complying
With Contract.

Helena, Dec. 26.-Earnestly assert
ing that the school book publishers are
violating their contracts with the
state of Montana, State Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction w. w.
WEIGH has sent to Attorney General
Donovan a communication asking that
he proceed against the publishing
houses with a view to the recovery OF
panies' bonds.
Mr.. Welch's request is contained in
the following letter to the attorney
general, dated Saturday:
State Superjntendent's Letter.
During the month of April, 1904, 1
discovered that three of the publish
ing houses, viz, CHM & Co., D. c.
Heath & Co. and Maynard, Merrill &
Co., who secured adoptions for certain
textbooks at a meeting of the text
book commission, held in the city OF
Melena, Montana, on June 3, 1903, had
violated their contracts with the state
of Montana, and in accordance with
my duties, as specified by law, l fur
nished the evidence of such violations
to the Honorable Joseph K. Toole,
governor of Montana, on the 31st day
of May, 1904.
This action resulted in a voluntary
acknowledgement by D. G. Heath &
Co. and Maynard, Merrill & Co. OF
such violations, fully corroborated by
the enclosed communications from the
legal representatives of these firms.
CHM & Co., who were then, and are
at this time, exacting about 81 per
cent more for their adopted text
books than promised in their con
tracts employed counsel and claimed
that they were successful in point
ing to some defect or technically,
either in senate bill 81, passed by the
Eighth legislative assembly, or in
their contract, drawn by your depart
ment.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-30

Toxic, Dec. 25, $3.50 p. m.-The fol-
lowing report was received this morn
ing from the Japanese army besieging
Port Arthur: "a body OF our right
wing surprised the enemy at Housany.
ttantun and S%ioafantun at 10 o'clock or
the night of December "a and subse-
quently occupied these villages. After
d%islodging the enemy our force at 2:25
this Sunday morning occupied the
whole of ~Taliuchiatun. Our repeated
attacks of the past few days have
been uniformly successful. ALI the
enemy's advance positions fronting
our right wing are now in our hands
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-30

General Kuroki's Headquarters in
the Field, Dec. 25.-The usual artillery
fire against the Japanese left and CEN
ter has been heard for the past three
days and from midnight last might
and until dawn this morning. Accord
ing to reports received the japanese
suffered no damage from the fire.
There is no activity in front of the
japanese right army. The weather is
very mild.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-30
"Hiah.H Handed Robbery"

Governor Toole notified M that in
his judgment we could not recover,
and explained his position fully in a
communication to my department, this
communication being published in the
leading papers of the state. In JUS
tice and without criticism to the de-
partments that have had under con
sideration for the past three and one
half years, this open, defiant, high
handed MONDAY robbery on the part
of certain publishers, l most earnestly
and respectfully ask that you fully ex-
nalmine the enclosed contracts with
fontana, Indiana and. Georgia, and
|roceed at once against the trust
which has a contract with Montana.
or a period of four years, and ii we
fail to recover damages and a for
i fixture of $4,000, the amount of their
bond, we may be able to have the SUI
preme court point out these defects
and te%chnicalities, and we trust that
the Ninth legislative assembly will so
amend senate bill 54 as to make it pos
-sible for the taxpayers of this state to
protect themselves from the tactics OF
publishers and their army of assist
ants in this state.
Not Complying With Contracts.
II beg to advise that not one of the
publishers having contracts to supply
textbooks to the people of Montana, is
complying with his contract. ALL OBJ
ligated themselves to maintain a de-
pository in each county in Montana.
where these books could be purchased
at contract prices. This clause in
contracts has been openly disregarded
from the time the contracts were
~made. 1 further desire to notify you
that Silver, Burdette & Co. have vio-
lated their contracts with the state
from the day they shipped their first
books to Montana by failing to furnish
books equal in binding, etc., to sam
pie on file in the Office of the state
superintendent of public instruction,
as provided by the terms of their con.
tracts. l have notified this firm OF
their violation, but my notices have
BEEN silently ignored.
"Allow me to inform you that the
commonwealth of Kentucky recently
obtained Judgment against a pub
- - = n 49, ---A1- IL.
grounds that u contracts are being
violated.
Weary of ~"Roasting."
"You may ask why l have delayed
sending this communication to youl
department. My reply to such a ques
ton would be: That after pressing
this fight for three and one-half years
] have grown somewhat weary from
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-30

Algiers, Dec. 25.-The Russian tor
pedo boat destroyer Prousitelny has
arrived here.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-30

M. r. WILSON, Register.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
In the End.

The road Is rough and the day is cold,
And the landscapes sour and bare,
And the milestones once such charming
friends,
Half-hearted welcomes wear.
There's trouble before and trouble be-
hind,
And a troublesome present to mend;
And the road goes up, and the road goes
down.
But it all comes right in the end.
The heart is sick and the heart is sore
For q heart to call its own;
And we scramble hard for the precious
crumbs
Amongst the heaps of stone.
For a loves love, and mans man,
Our COLDS gold would we spend:
And the heart goes up, and the heart
goes down,
But it all comes right in the end.
The road goes up, and the road goes
down
To n desoiate depth below,
And there's never shred OF the meanest
robe
On the naked ones to go.
There's a heaven above, and God OF
love.
And n Father who will fend-
And life goes up. and life goes down,
But it all comes right in the end
Westminster Gazette.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
CHAPTER XXI.
Breaking Old Ties.

On the Thursday afternoon follow
ing his interview with General Car
den, Blake strolled into his favorite
club. He was chatting with Kingsley
when Arthur Morris arrived. and at
the first opportunity led Blake TO a
secluded corner.
"Padon me, old chap, don't often
talk business after hours" apologized
Morris; you will excuse me for men
tioning a little stock matter, won't
you?"
Certainly, Morris. What's up?"
Morris looked cautiously around
and dropped his voice to whisper.
'Once in while ! get hold of a good
thing, AMI I've got one now" he be-
gan. There's going to be boom in
l.. &c o."
"Yes? What makes you think so,
Morris?"
"Cawn't go into explanations, old
chap, but you buy a little l.. e. O..
When It drops below 26 it will take
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
Locating the Blame.

An amateur actor, who has a pro
found faith in the efficacy of advertis
ing, was complaining, after the enter
tainment, to the chairman of the com
mittee on arrangements.
WHO got up the programmes p
asked the young man.
II did," replied the chairman. 90
suppose you think that your part Of
the performance was not given suff
cent prominence"
81 don't see that you ought to say
anything about the way in which We
called attention to you. The audience
didn't seem to know you were there.
ION the contrary, a number of my
friends told me | was first-rate, espe
cially when | sang that comic song.
Il didn't hear anybody laughing"
"Of course not. And that's where
| say you are to blame. How could
you expect them to laugh? You didnf
state in The programme that it was {
comic song"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
SAVED CHllD'S LIFE.
Remarkable Cure Of Dropsy by Dodd's
Kidney Pills.

Sedgwicll, Ark, July 1.-The case
of w. S. Taylor's little son is looked
upon by those interested in medical
matters as one of the most wonderful
on record. In this connection his
father makes the following statement:
Last September, my little boy had
Dropsy; his feet and limbs were
swollen to such an extent that he
could not walk nor put his shoes on.
The treatment that the doctors were
giving him seemed to do him no good
and two or three people said his days
were short, even the doctors, two Of
the best in the country told me he
would not get better. | stopped their
medicine and at once sent for Dodd's
Kidney Pills. l gave him three Pills
a day, one morning. noon and night
for eight days; at the end of the
eighth day the swelling was all gone,
but to give the medicine justice,
gave him eleven more Pills. / used
thirty-five Pills in all and he was en-
tirely cured. consider your medicine
saved my child's life. When the thir-
ty-five Pills were given him, he could
run, dance and sing. whereas before
he was an invalid in his mothers arms
from morning until night"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20

awe Of the famous firm of James
Blake & Company"
Did General Garden say anything
about his daughter" asked John,
with anxious eagerness. Has she re-
turned from Europe?"
Il think the fair Jessie is in New
York at this very moment" said
Blake, smiling as he noted the flash
of JOY in the others eyes. I'm not
supposed to know that he has a
daughter, and you cautioned me to
be very careful to say nothing which
might arouse his suspicious. But he
invited me to dine with him at the
Bisnop residence on Thursday even
ing"
"Of course, you accepted, JIM"
II should say | did," laughed Blake.
"How would you like to take my
place, John?"
wistful, far-away expression in the
deep gray eyes. 81 must wait a time
yet-not long, hope"
Never mind, old man." said Blake,
heartily, Il hope you may live to dine
with her a million times, and that in
future years an old chap named Blake
may occasionally be permitted to
have a scat at the table, and that he
may be surrounded by a new and in
creasing generation OF sturdy young
John Burts and fair and radiant little
Jessie Burts."
Thank you. Jim, returned John
Burt, his expressive face aglow with
pleasure. When that happy day
comes you must bring Mrs. Blake and
the children with you"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
HEAPED GOALS OF FIRE.
Lord Beaconsfield Paid Carlyle Hleh
Compliment.

Carlyle was once offered a baronet-
cy by Lord Beaconsfield To his
brother he wrote: THE enclosed let
ter and copy of my answer ought to
go to you as a family curiosity and
secret-nobody whatever yet knows
OF 1t beyond our two Selves except
Lady Derby, whom l believe to be
the contriver of the whole affair. You
would have been surprised, all of you,
to have found Unexpectedly your poor
old brother Tom converted into Sir
Tom Bart, but, alas, there was no
danger at any moment of such a
catastrophe. / do, however, truly ad-
mire the magnanimity of Dizzy in re-
gard to me. He is the only man l al
most never spoke Of except with con-
tempt and If there Is anything of
scurrility anywhere chargeable
against me I am sorry to own he is
the subject Of it; and yet see, here
he comes with q pan of hot Goals for
my guilty head! | am on the whole
gratified a little within my own dark
heart at this mark of the good Will of
high people,"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
SuItan's Wonderful Jewels.

A correspondent, writing from Con
stantinople to a Paris journal. claims,
as the result of personal inspection,
to give details of the amazing collec-
ton of jewels in the Sultan's treas
ury. The turbans of all the Suitans
since Mahomet ii are there, all gilt
tering with rare and large gems of
the purest water. There are also the
royal throne of Persia, carried off by
the Turks in 1914, and covered with
more than 10000 rubies, emeralds and
fine pearls, and also the throne of
Suleiman I, from the dome of which
there hangs over the head of the Caiiph
an emerald six inches long and four
deep. These two thrones are the
chief objects in the collection.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
EARLY LEARN TO RIDE.
Explanation for Famous Horseran-
ship of the Cossacks.

OF the Russian Cossacks writer
says: mo wonder the Cossack is a
famous horseman. At the age of 3
he learns to ride astride horse In
the courtyard of his fathers house.
Two years later he shows himself
on horseback in the village streets
and exercises with his young COM
seems almost to be one flesh with the
sturdy beast that carries him. Under
the present regime there are no less
than fifty-one regiments OF Cossacks,
under eleven main tribal divisions.
Chief of these are the Cossacks OF the
Don. Besides these are the Cossacks
of the Kauban, Terek, Astrakhan, the
Ural, Orenberg. Siberia, Semirietchie.
the Trans-Baikal, the pri-Amur and
the Ussuri. The last five are repre-
sented in the $4,000 Cossacks report
ed to be available for service in Man
churia. The Cossack has his own
manual of instructions. Every men,
Der of the squadron is a trick rider,
who could put the cleverest circus ac-
robat to shame, and the firing exer-
cses introduce features which only
clever riders with clever animals
could perform. On campaign, more
over, the Cossack is particularly use
full, as he is accustomed to scanty
food and extreme cold, while no bet
ter forager has yet been discovered in
the armies of Europe"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
Oriuin of "Toastinq."

"Toastirg' appears to have origin
ated at Bath, England. 1t was the
habit 200 years ago for ladies to battle
in public, dressed in buclu am
in the company Of their male friends
and acquaintance. One day cele'
brated beauty was so bathing, sur
rounded by her admirers, who were
dipping their glasses in the water and
drinking her health. One of these. be-
ing rather the worse for drink, swore
he did not like the liquor, but would
get the "toast," and could hardly be
restrained from jumping into the wa
ter. He alluded to the practice of the
day, of adding a piece of toast to the
special wine or other beverage.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
The Limit Reached.

DR.. w. II. Tolman. director of the
American Institute of Social Science
told the following story the other day
: as an unconscious illustration of the
prevailing sentiment in regard to the
race suicide problem:
"A family of my acquaintance has
a certain pewter cup which has beer
the property of five children in sue
cession, at the period when they first
begin to use cups. The other day
one of the older children, small boy
was discussing the propriety of be
slowing the cup upon some poor
child. His little sister remarked
Why, no, well keep it for the next
baby
Well said the brother, L sh'd
think God would have sense enough
to know that five babies in one fam.
lily was enough" New York Times
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20

vance you the money to exercise your
option, on the condition that you do
SO when it drops to 26. You will de-
post the stock with me and place ii
in pool to be handled at my discre-
ton AS an evidence of my good
faith / now offer you 35 for your stock
eight points more than the market
price. After meeting the Morris
claim this will leave you balance OF
$100, 000.' %
General Garden looked into the
handsome face of the young man who
calmly made this proposition. For
some moments he was silent, but the
old hopes awoke and the courage of
youth came back
II will follow your advice, Mr..
Blake" he said. firmly. "My one am
bition is to insure the happiness of
my daughter. You must be sure of
your ground, and l am content to rely
on your judgment l therefore ac-
cept your original offer, Mr.. Blake,
and will sign an agreement to that
effect"
Blake called a legal subordinate
and, in General Gardens presence, die
tated the terms of the contract.
duplicate copies of which were signed
and witnessed.
II should be pleased and honored,"
said General Garden, as he arose to
go, "to have you accept the humble
hospitality of my temporary home.
II you have no other engagement, dine
with us on Thursday evening"
II have none, and shall do myself
that pleasure. Until then, adieu, Gen
eral Garden
James Blake shook hands with the
general and turned and entered John
Burt's private office.
It's all right, john" he exclaimed,
with the enthusiasm of q boy. You
couldn't have managed it better your
self. have his option and contract
which gives us absolute control. He's
a dignified and at times crusty old
gentleman, but he stood in proper
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20

Garden, with some eagerness, nor
have l mentioned my good fortune in
consequence Of that change"
And your good fortune is what,
papa?" asked Jessie, without lifting
her eyes.
"A much more important position
has been awarded to me, with cor
responding increase in emolument,"
replied General Garden with more OF
dignity than Of pride. Jessie threw
her arms around her fathers neck
and spoke tender words of congratula-
ton
I'VE will talk no more Of money
and other gloomy things" she de-
clared with laugh which brought the
roses to her cheeks. 81 am going to
play for you.
Listen to this, papa!" She ran her
fingYs over the keys of the piano.
Thteiquid notes swelled into the in
toxicating melody of a gypsy dance
and quivered with the trilling of birds
among the trees. For half an hour
Jessie played. Then she began spir-
tied recital of hep exeriences abroad.
She mimicked the staid old German
professors, and the general. laughed
until the tears coursed down his
cheeks.
General Garden made an early APP
pointment with James Blake and was
promptly admitted TO the private Of
flee of the famous operator
eff you have no objection, general, !"
said James Blake, after the usual COM
monplace remarks which preface Dusi-
ness transactions. explain the exact
status of this block of l.. e. o. stock"
There is no secret about it," re-
piled the former banker. "A number
of years ago | became convinced that
b the l.. & o. railroad had a brilliant
fg1lre. | purchased fifteen thousand
SHARES on speculation. Then the panic
swept the country. Not dreaming that
my bank would be involved, l decided
to protect my l.. & o. stock and &C.
cordingly bought it in at fifty, pay
ing the sum of 100000 in cash. Then
the crash came and my bank wet
under with the others. Randolph Nor
ris was my principal creditor. Mr.
Arthur Morris consented, as a per-
sonal favor, to lend me two hundred
thousand dollars on the stock. In
terest and other charges have since
accumulated until Mr.. Morris has now
q claim of $24S,0O0 against the stock. "
"At what price does Mr.. Morris pro-
pose to sacrifice the stock?" asked
Bake.
"At twenty-six."
James Blake made a rapid calcula-
ton on writing pad.
81 have a proposition to make you,
General Garden" he said. Il will ad.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
TEST FOR BEST LIGHT.
Simple Plan Which an Oculist De-
clares Effective.

eft is easy" said an oculist, "to tell
what kind of light most thoroughly
suits your eyes. The light that is best
for you is the one wherein you wink
least. The wink, you see, is the eyes
sign of WEAKNESS.
81 have experimental on myself
and l find that an electric light is
even better for my eyes than daylight.
In daylight l wink two and eight
tenths times a minute, whereas in an
electric light l only wink one and
eight-tenths times. Candle light is
bad for me; in it give six and half
winks a minute. Gaslight is better,
for in it I only give two and a third
winks."
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
Story of Orange Blossom.

The practice of wearing the orange
blossom has been derived from the
Saracens, among whom the particular
blossom was regarded as symbol OF
prospective marriage, a circumstance
which is partly to be accounted for
by the fact that in the east the orange
tree bears ripe fruit and blossoms at
the. same time. You will also read
that the flower was introduced into
the wedding customs of our country
by French milliners, having been Sc
lected for its beauty rather than for
any symbolical reason.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
Where Travel Is Difficult.

Some idea of the delights Of tray
cling in Korea is given by the follow
ing description by traveller Of the
bridges" in that country: A FIST
class bridge in Korea is simply an
assortment of planks nailed together.
These are scarce. A second-class
bridge is series Of isolated stones
from one to another of which the
visitor may jump. A thirdrlass
bridge, much the commonest variety
is invisible, it's position being indi-
Gated by a couple Of posts, one on
each side Of the river. They mean
that you may safely wade across, as
the water will-probably-not go
much above your chest!
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
very truly yours,
JAMES BLAKE,

NPresident, James Blake & Co."
'"rhat is odd, isn't it?" said Jessie.
The generals face glowed with pleas
ure. do you own ten thousand shares
of stock in a railroad, papa?"
81 own an equity in that amount of
stock in an alleged railroad" he said,
with grim smile. IAN equity is some
thing you think you own. and hope to
realize on, but do not expect to. Do
not bother your head about it, pet.
From whom is your letter."
From Mr.. Morris. He wishes to
call some evening this week"
'Ah, um-m." The general cleared
his throat and appeared to be concern
ed only indirectly. Suppose you in
vite Mr.. Morris to take dinner with
us Wednesday evening"
81 have no engagement for Wednes-
day evening"" said Jessie, carelessly,
81 will write and ask him to call at
that time"
II have not told you of the change
in Mr.. Morris's affairs" said General
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
On the Pyramids.

1t is said that Richard Harding Dav.
is once made a joke about the pyra.
mids that is still repeated at Shep.
heard's hotel, the famous hostelIy of
Cairo.
Mr.. Davis was studying the pyra.
mids when. guide approached and
said TO him:
''It took hundreds of years to build
them monuments. sir"
"A government job, eh?" said the
rovelist.-Buffalo Enquirer.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-08-20
DO Your Feet Ache and Rurn2

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Swollen, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns and
Bunions. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, CSC. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen s. Olmsted, LEROY, N. Y.