The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-15
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tirement rather than the limelight.-
Helena Record.
Oyster Bay is now looking eagerly
forward to its annual appearance as q
popular newspaper date line.-Mis-
.soula Herald.
Mrs. Ida Mulligan of Billings is
asking tor q divorce from her nus
band, alleging that he always kept
her in a stew.-Forsyth Journal.
Cuba is to be turned over to the
Cubans by February, 1909. This ought
to be q good time to sell grindstones
in Cuba.-Madison County Monitor.
As a complaining witness Mr..
Heinze is getting as much space in the
news columns as he has been allotted
in the role of observation-disclosures
Record.
A lot Of little boys kept in after
school are sunny compared to the
anti-Hughes bunch in that extra ses-
sion Of the New York legislature
Butte Inter Mountain.
So Hon. Thomas d. Long is being
spoken of for the democratic congress
sional nomination? We thought Mr..
Long had gotten over wanting to
leave the county Whitefish Pilot.
"A party Of eastern professors are
coming to Montana this summer to
hunt fossils. Can it be possible tnat
they have heard Of those residing in
Big Timber?-Big Timber Pioneer.
Speaking of Mr.. Bryan-how can
he expect anybody to have confidence
in his ability when he says that he
can't make money raising ALFALFA
Missoulian.
Having purchased the Livingston
telephone system, Mr.. Conrad will
now be able to take his ear from the
ground and use an ordinary receiver.
Butte Miner.
What a pity the idea of that Dun
kard public feet washing stunt which
will be held in Des Moines, Iowa, in
June, can't be made into a national
holiday with a compulsory observance
clause.-Avant- Courier.
BY careful nursing and a liberal ap-
plication Of wet towels to their heads,
most Of the republicans who attend
the state convention in Butte will be
all right again in a few days.-Ana-
conda Standard.
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Mr.. Fairbanks says he would rather
see IN extension of churches than an
expansion of the navy, but he fails to
refer to the suggestion of Admiral Ev-
ans, bearing upon a reduction in the
number of Observation-Disclosures.
And Yellowstone wants President
Roosevelt for four more years. Bill
ings always did have a hankering
after the real thing. No substitutes
or "heirs-apparent" for the Sugar
City" Helena Independent.
I'VE are for Taft because we think
that the president wants him." said
Frank p. MacLennan, a leading Kan.
sas republican. Suppose the president
wanted Booker T. Washington. Would
all the Taftites be for Booker?-Hel-
ena Independent.
While we wish it to be distinctly
understood that we are not complain
ing about the rain, we would respect
fully suggest that q week Of sun
shine mixed in right now would make
a great Missoulian.
One thing is certain-and every
man knows Mr.. Conrad to the extent
of smoking a Conrad cigar will bear
testimony to the truth of the state
ment-, If MI. Conrad is going to be
president or first or second or third
vice president Of the United States, he
will win the honor on his own merits
and not by pouring the contents Of
his capacious barrel into the pockets
Of a corrupt and %avaricious populace.
Butte News.
A man to be a success in life must
be Of sound character, good mind,
truly honest, and with clean. sober
habits. We would like to 9 every
boy in this town straighten up, quit
the whisky, the cards, the cigarettes
and tobacco, and start out on man.
hoods Journey good. clean men, and
their character would be complete.
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