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MAKING SODA WATER sTRAWs.
A Trade which Keeps Two Young Girls In
Pocket Money.

EOCaOs H0uDys
We make our own allowance raisiug
soda water straws.' said o young girl who
osme to New York the other day on a shop
ping trip. "Fve years 6 w moved to
the oodntry and father planted a rye patch
for the chick ems. The mex summer. when
the grain began to ripen. my sister and I.
who were small girls, use to play hide and
seek In the rye patch. Then we began to
pick some Of the longest straws and make
'suckers.' I don't know just how long
this was going on when mother took us into
tow with her one day and we went to =
drugstore and had some soda.
1T was the first soda water my sister
and I had evsr tasted and we noticed that
the straws were Just like tho suckers We
had been making for our own use. One Of
us called mothers attention to this fact
and. she very promptly recognized the OPP
~portunity for turning Our play into q one
making business. She sent for the head
Of that department Of the store and learned
that there was q demand for good straws
at 81. rs q thousand, done up In little bundles
containing 100 straws each.
THE next day father cut IN armful OF
straw and brought 1t to as on The back
We cut our our first soda water straws for
the trade. That year and the ext mother
worked with us. but for the last three years
sister and l have been doing II all alone and
svs FOR cs 81. t ne make u n % S SatlS avn beside. our
own work. Father plants the rye each
yea for the chickens and COWS and gives
US AZ many etraws as We can clean and
bundle, SO far as our experience gces
that Is the only limit to the market: 49,
the rye should be cut a little. underripe
and left loose, not tied in bundles. When
allowed to dry In tho field the straws will
split n are worthless. The heads OF the
rye are cut Of % there 70 no waste Of the
spoiled by cutting and the last. the enc
next the grain head. Ia much too small.
The frst step after getting the straw In the
workroom is to clip out the joints with the
grade them as to size and len 9Th and make
into small bundles Of 100 each.
The longest straws w turn out are ~
inches, while the shortest are T.. The straws
should always be clipped with sharp scissors
they are graded as machine cut and do not
bring such q good price. Another. i'm:
portant point Ia that each bundle should
contain straws as nearly he same size
as II ie possible to get them and they should
be exactly the same length.
was very short. because the straw ripened
50 quickly. Now hat We have learned how
to keep the straw in condition by housing
It in o cool and not too damp cellar the.
make about five times a. much money.
Our customers are always willing to buy
more straws than we have, and / have
understood from them that the wholesale
dealers were eager 70 buy At any season
Of the year. During the season. which nov
incfudes nearly our entire school vacation,
sister and I earn IS Q week apiece work.
ing about five hours q day
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bow or rcsette and pendant ends in place
of the artfully careless knot.
These girdles. especially In black. are
worn even with morning muslins; and we
have seen. too. some delectable scarf ar
rangements Of hchu character such az the
one pictured here. the fichu crossing in
front. drawn around to the back, knotted
there and falling in long sash end
Several New York shops are now carrying
satin scarf sashes with fringed ends. and
II the desired color is not to be procured
there il no difficulty about havinga scarf
made up in any shade required.
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TER SASH IN FAVOR AGAIN
VIDE GIRDLES TO BE WORN WITH
TIE SUMMER FROCKS.

Called For by the Direct}lre Modos-some
startling Effects Herbrted From Paris
Scarf Wound Around the Body From
bust to knee-SOhae Other Novelties.
Not within our day has the sash played
80 important a role in the fashion comedy
as is accorded to it this summer. This
statement may, however, be misleading 20
many a woman whose idea Of a sash is lin
tied to the i~nfantile ribbon drawn around the
waist, tied in a bow at the back and falling
in long ends over the skirt-the sash Of in
-erou youth and ordinary tradition.
The sash Of the 1908 Parisienne is not the
blue ribbon worn with muslins by the
heroines Of Miss Austen. 1t is a thing far
more subtle, more complicated, more sophis-
ticated, a thing in fact SO sophisticated at
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Health and Cowardice.

I had a young friend once who won the
Victoria Cross. Well. he was the most abso-
lutte tapparent). coward as a child and boy
that 1 ever knew. and yet I am sure II was all
due to his physical condition.
I had the create OF trouble to convince his
honest martinez Of O father that II was simply
a matter Of health. But I had my way at
last, and the boy was practically taught as l
adyised for FIVE years. He came right out Of
the shadow. chose the army, TO the consterna-
ton Of his father. and eventually. won the
cross. There are plenty OF physically misun.
towards at all
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
WOOL MEN ARE ACTIVE.

That the wool men are alive to
their interests, is shown by the man
ner in which they have presented
their case before the tariff revision
commission of the ways and means
committee.
They have made it plain that I'M
less the present duty is maintained
the wool industry must fail. They
have cited conditions, particularly
under the Wilson bill, to prove their
contention, and they have fortified
themselves with arguments of ardent
free traders who have declared in no
uncertain tones, that without protec.
ton, the wool industry must be given
over to the foreigner, if the present
tariff schedule is lowered one cent,
All portions of the country are
aroused over the proposition, for the
wool industry extends to all sections
1t is interviewer with the prosperity
of nearly every state in the union,
and to ruin it would mean to strike q
blow that would affect practically
every farmer in the United States.
That the present wool schedule will
stand we have every reason to be
lieve. H
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After having called the emperor
down, and then witnessing him step
ping off Of his high horse, the taxpay-
ers of Germany are taking a hard
glance at their army and a harder
glance at their navy.
Germany has the largest army in
the world, and one of the biggest
navies. For thirty years the nation
has enjoyed profound peace. At the
present time not a ripple disturbs
her tranquility.
There is little Or no coast line to
the country, and just why a navy is
necessary, is a mystery.
The only reason for the large navy
and the larger army, therefore, is to
be able to pick a quarrel. In order
to get ready for trouble, Germany has
{ plunged into debt.
After the war with France, she ex
acted an indemnity Of $1,0O0,0OO, 900
that sum has been expended, and
now the German empire and the
German states owe more than $4,000,
DOC, 900. Last year the nation ran be
hind 81, 10000, and this year it has
been necessary to borrow $5S. 00o,o0t
to pay expenses-to maintain the
armament for which there is ne
earthly need, just to satisfy the whims
of the ruling war lord for militar,
display.
1t is no wonder the people groan
From this time on we may look fol
a gradual reduction in the armament
of the government, the peopleo Of which
want the prosperity that comes will
prolonged peace, rather than the pov
erty, misery and calamity and debt'
of war.
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ships could then return the fire, or, by
giving notice of so many hours, in
which to remove women, children and
noncombatants, could shell any forth
aed city on the Venezuelan coast. No
anfortifed city may be shelled in the
strict Interpretation of international
law.
1t is hard to believe that the Vene-
lulelans will fire on the Dutch squad
ron, for they have everything to lose
Ind nothing to gain by such an act.
Unless the difficulty is settled, to
che satisfaction of Holland, CONNER
cial paralysis will occur in the land
blighted by Castro, for three or four
war vessels may ruin the trade of that
country.
In view of the fact that every other
nation on earth has given its tacit
consent to the proposition, Holland
has the moral support of the powers
and any act Of Venezuela in retalia
ton will only multiply the difficulties
that stand in the path of settlement.
In the meantime, the Dutch states
men are keeping books, and the cos
of maintaining the fleet off that coast
plus a big fee, will doubtless be added
to the damages that Venezuela mus
pay for the privilege of upholding the
policies of that international highway
man known as Cipriano Castro.
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THE DUTCH BLOCKADE OF vENE.
zuELA.

It looks as though the Dutch mean
business.
In matters of this kind, the usual
procedure is first to make a demon
stration,'-th is, to say, a show OF
naval strength OF the coast, much the
same as q boy bares his arm to show
his muscle.
Then, If the other party to the dis
pute does not take a hint, the next
step Is to fire a shot across the bow OF
some vessel entering or leaving some
port OF the country, denying to one the
right to leave and to another the priv
lege OF entering. In this manner. a
blockade is established.
This is called q pacific blockade"
OF course, with the stream of i'm
ports and exports clogged, business
comes to. q standstiH.
This condition will exist indefinitely,
unless the other party commits an
overt actor example, the tabasco-
tempered Venezuelans might fire a
shotted cannon in the direction of the
Dutch ships.
This would establish q casus belli,
from which moment an open state OF
EvalFfsrs would exist. The Dutch
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
THE MISERABLE CONDITION OF
OUR STREETS.

If a man employed another to haul
dirt into his yard, and then haul it
out again, the n%eigtbors would Sit UP
Ind take notice.
If he persisted in the practice year
after year, at great cost, they would
wonder what in the world he was try
ing to do.
Should that man tell his inquirers
that he was seeking to improve his
property, everybody on the block
would laugh-and pass the joke along.
Yet that is just what has been go
ing on in Billings.
Dirt has been hauled onto the
streets, which have been built up from
grade to a point above the sidewalk
inc.
Sometimes the operation is varied
by scooping off a film OF dust here and
there and removing it to some other
portion of the street. But always more
lirt is hauled in and piled up on the
dust that has been aid owe the high
ways by the wagon load, for 10 these
many years.
The streets are not better after the
urst wagon load of dirt has been
added. They are not better after one
veal Of such waste of money-or after
twenty years.
The cost is enormous.
Streets of dirt and mud WI had to
commence with, and after wasting
( thousands of dollars, streets of dirt
and. mud we have yet.
We are at the point from which we
| started.
We have expended thousands of dol.
lars, and have not gained an inch in
the matter of improvements.
Yet this condition, which has been
going on so long, the people and the
taxpayers permit. It is extravaganza
Of the worst kind.
II the money were directed toward
paving the streets, we would obtain
not only the worth of the money, but
1t would enhance the value of every
lot abutting on the paved district.
Just why the taxpayers and the
people, who groan nj the cost on the
one hand, and who have pride in civic
conditions on the other, will permit
this, is beyond comprehension.
This method of improving the
streets is like building a bonfire in
ones front yard, in the hope Of heat
ing the house in cold weather.
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MASKED MEN LOOT
PORTLAND, ORE,
BANK OF $4,000
CONTINUED from First Page.)

go 54a4- IaLNL"N SUPPLEMENTARY H8% Rn@4Egg UAM
covered their senses an alarm was
sounded and the police were notified,
but it was too late.
Both sides of the river are being
searched by a corps Of police and de-
tectives, but it will be a difficult mat
ter to %apprehend the criminals.
The crime was perhaps the boldest
ever committed in this city and caps
a series of murders for robbery and
a general reign of terror which a
gang of yeggmen has created in Port
land for the past three months.
President Henry H. Newhall made
the following statement Of the robbery
to the Associated Press:
1--WE were just preparing to close
up for the night when the robbery &C.
cured. The bookkeeper, Mr.. Cotton,
had just gone out to post a letter and
my son Roger and myself were com
pleting the details incident to the clos.
ing of a bank when a masked man
entered. He had a big automatic re
volver in his hand and ordered us tc
hold up our hands. Almost in an in,
slant another mar entered and a third
was standing outside.
'The first man, protected by his
confederate, then crawled through the
teller's window, always keeping us
covered and commenced to hand out
coin and currency to his companion
The third man entered and between
them they took away a bag of gold
containing $4,000, a package contain
ing $500, mostly in large bills ant
a lot of silver coins. They had are
ceptacle Of some kind and dumped
portion of the loot into it.
Having secured practically all the
coin there was in sight, the robbers
made a hurried exit. My son Roger
and myself grabbed a revolver and raj
out after them.
'The robbery will not affect the
banks stability in any way. We have
ample money on hand to meet all re
quirements."
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MUDDY STREETS.

The muddy condition of the streets
is another reminder Of the fact that
we have wasted more than enough on
our public highways to pave the city.
We had dirt streets to commence
with and thousands of dollars have
been expended to pile more dirt on
them.
After having expended fortunes,
we find that we are at the same point
from which we started-we have not
even had the satisfaction of travel
ing in a circle, for we have dirt
streets yet.
The same money that has been
spent to pile more mud on the al
ready muddy avenues, would have
paved the town. If any business man
had an employee guilty Of such fragrant
ignorance of common bushes sense,
he would discharge him.
That the taxpayers will permit such
a wanton expenditure of their money
is marvellous to contemplate.
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UTILIZING WASTE PRODUCTS.

The national conservation commits
sion is inquiring into the wastes about
coal mines.
The committee finds that the dust
thrown away may be squeezed into
bricks, and used as cheap fuel, and
that cinders and clinkers may be util.
lied in the making Of brick.
All these things and many others,
go to waste.
They supply the demand for neces,
stiles cheaply, and give satisfaction.
During the century just closed, we
passed through the age Of invention.
The present century seems to be the
age of perfection and economy, in
which waste will be reduced to the
minimum and all energies shall be
utilized, to the end that the life OF
natural supplies may be prolonged
and the greatest good accomplished
with the least possible expense.
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SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Adjournment out Of Respect to the
Memory Of Allison.

WASHINGTON, Dec. There was
a pail of sadness over the United
States senate today when it convened
for the second session Of the sixtieth
congress, which vas due to the alb
sence of the late Senator William B.
Allison of Iowa, who died last August
after a service of over IS years in that
body.
The assemblage was a brilliant one,
eighty-two of the members being pres
ent, while the galleries We're filled
with representatives of the official and
social life of the capital. Besides the
wives and daughters of senators, who
formed a large company in the pri-
vate gallery, James Bryce, the Brit
ish ambassador to The United States,
Tong shoa vi, special envoy Of the
Chinese empire, Prince Tsai Flu and
others OF his suite, occupied seats in
the reservation set aside for the diplo-
matte corps. g@t
The procedure in the opening Of the
new session was simple and dignified,
following long established precedent.
Vice President Fairbanks called the
senate to order and Rev. Edward Ev-
erett Hale opened with prayer. Sena-
tors Aldrich, Callinger and Teller were
appointed in pursuance OF a resolution
offered by Senator Hale to wait upon
the president and inform him that con
gress was ready to receive his annual
message.
Senator Dillingham; presented the
credentials of his colleague, Senator.
elect Carol S. Page Of Vermont, and
the oath of office was administered
to him by the vice president.
Senator Dolliver announced the
death of the late Senator Allison OF
Iowa and a resolution expressing the
profound sorrow of the senate over
this bereavement vas adopted. AS a
further mark Of respect to his memory.
the senate, after a session lasting but
fifteen minutes, adjourned for the day.
'S%enator-elect Cummins Of Iowa will
take the oath OF Office tomorrow.
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SECOND SESSION OF
GOTH CONGRESS OPENS
Continued from First Page.)

usual throngs, bent on gaining admis-
sion to one house or the other where
the exercises incident to the opening
of the second session of the sixtieth
congress were held.
When the doors of the massive
structure We're thrown open at 9
o'clock a crowd more than sufficient
to take up the entire seating capacity
Of the chambers had assembled and
from that time on they came in
droves.
Unfavorable weather conditions did
not. seem to have the effect of reduc-
ing the size of the crowds as gagged
by those which had gathered IN SINH
lar occasions.
In both bodies, among the most in
terested spectators were the members
of the diplomatic corps, who were
present in goodly numbers. Numerous
high officials Of the government like
wise occupied seats and they too dis
played the keenest interest in the
proceedings.
The rule of the senate and house,
prohibiting the placing of floral pieces
OH the desks was rigidly enforced. The
contributions in this respect were
many and hansome, but their donors
were Obliged to content themselves
with having them placed in the pri-
vate Hobbies.
Immediately after the, senate had
been called to order at IL o'clock by
Vice President Fairbanks, and Rev,
Edward Everett Hale, the chaplain,
had opened the session with prayer,
Senator Dillingham; of Vermont pre-
scented the credentials of his colleague,
Standardized Carol IS. Page, who was
at once sworn in as senator Of the
United States.
After the usual ceremonies a com
mittee to inform the president and the
house of representatives of the meet
ing of that body, and a resolution OF
regret upon the death of Senator ALI
son had been adopted the senate at
1875 o'clock adjourned to meet at
~ o'clock tomorrow.
While the clerk read off the names
of members, the house was in great
confusion, the speaker being continu'
ally compelled to rap for order. The
roll call disclosed the presence Of 331
members. Several new members were
then sworn in to fill the vacancies that
had occurred by death or resignation
since the last session.
BY unanimous consent Mr. Payne Sc
cured the adoption of a resolution au'
thorizing the committee on ways and
means in their investigation and in
quiry for the house of representatives
for a bill to revise the tariff law to
subpoena and examine witnesses un'
der oath and to send for necessary rec
ords, papers and other evidence.
The speaker appointed a committee
to join a similar committee of the
senate to notify the president that the
respective houses were in session and
prepared to transact public business
Resolutions were adopted expires
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WHITE CASE DISMISSED.

'm1E LNH"tE. kIEn=F EgTFz5F4. fnlN. AgEa.LEHt
The case against Guy White,
charged with larceny as bailee, was
dismissed yesterday before Justice s.
H. Mendenhall. White was arrested
while on the way to Seattle and
brought back to this city. White in
company with two other men was
working in the beet fields and the
three had a copartnership account at
a local grocery store. Whites part
ners claimed that they gave him
about $32 with which to pay the gro
GERS bill and that instead Of paying
the account, he took the train for
Seattle. The matter was settled up
and the case against White was dis
missed.
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MONTANA WEATHER, REAL AND
APPARENT.

APPARENT.
From Havre, the coolest section
Ihereabouts, word Of bitterly cold
snaps has been sent broadcast over
the land
AS a result, the balance of the state,
in the eyes Of non-residents, has a bad
name-when it comes to the question
Of weather.
People not living here, and hence,
ignorant of exact conditions, are OF
the opinion that Montana is frozen
up during the cold months of the year,
and that locomotives are equipped
with steel jaws, to chew up the ice
that covers the right of way.
They do not understand that it is
possible to eat Christmas dinner with.
doors and windows wide open and
that an occasional furry like that of
the past few days is hailed as a bless
ing and a storm is greeted as a Curl
osity.
Yet such is the fact.
All this, because the government
does not maintain at this point an
agent in the employ of the weather
bureau, whose duty it isato report by
telegraph daily, the temperature Of
Billings and vicinity.
Just as long as the temperature Of
Montana is delivered with the Havre
brand stamped on it, just SO long will
the eastern portion Of the state suf-
fer.
1t is up to the people to change con
ditions, which may be done by send
ing a petition into Washington, on re-
ceipt of which a paid observer will
in all probability be appointed.
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(First Publication Dec. 8, 19OS.)
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Icnlatod Tract. pnhlio Land Coln
5 H. Serial o79e.


Serial O799.
Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office, Billings, Montana,
December q, 19O8-Notice is hereby
given that, as directed by the Com
missioner of the General Land Office,
under the provisions OF the act Of
congress approved June %, 1906 ga
Stat, 3d.. we will offer at public
sale to the highest bidder, at 10
O'Clock a. M, on the 18th day Of
January next, at this office, the fol-
lowing tract of land:.
Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, section 2. town
ship 2 south, range % E., M. P. M.
Any persons claiming adversely the
above-described lands are advised to
file their claims or objections on or
before the time designated for sale.
R. P. JACKSON,
Register.
c. G. BEvER,
Receiver.
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PROSPERITY is HERE.

With oat fields producing up to the
limit, heifers topping the beef market,
and people walking the streets of Bill
ings, the advance agents of prosperity
all seem to have purchased reserved
seats in Yellowstone county.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
il MONTANA HEiFER.

The Montana heifer that brought S.
per 100 in Omaha was raised at Broad
view. Such critters go to slaughter
with an air Of superiority I've the
common herd that halls from the
plains OF Texas
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FINE WEATHER FOR FARMERS.

FINE WEATHER FOR FARMERS.
The snow fall is a fine thing for
the country.
The dry land farmer wears a broad
smile, and the townspeople are con-
tented for they know that moisture
added to the soil at this time, means
extra large crops next year.
Also, 1t is fine for the range.
Like everything else in Eastern
Montana, the snow fits in with the
eternal scheme of harmony that pre-
walls in the finest agricultural sec
ton of the United States.