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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07
WANTS LETTERS OF
ADMINISTRATION
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
81 DAVID BoYKlN.

"A petition for letters of administra-
ton in the matter Of the estate Of
David Boykin, deceased, was filed
with the clerk Of the district court
yesterday by the petitioner, Elmer
Summers.
The petition states that the estate
OF the deceased is valued at $4,000,
and consists Of two lots and a dwell
ing valued at $4,000; a stock Of cigars.
confectionery. etc, with the fixtures,
valued at $500; loans aggregatine
$4,000, and shares Of stock in the Vel
5lowstone Building and Loan society
valued at $1.7oo.
Miss Margaret Boykin, sister Of the
deceased, Is the nearest relative re
siding In the state, and she has waived
her right to ask for letters Of admin
istration and requested that they be
issued to MI. Summers.
The heirs are Sarah Menely, !
daughter. residing in San Antonio
Texas, and the children Of Peter Boy
kin, a brother Of the deceased, tesid
ing in San Antonio also.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07

the wisdom Of the company in choos-
M tho new location will be seen when
the new depot is erected.
The company has been contemplate
Ing the change for the past two years,
but storerooms IN 9 suitable location
we're not available until the Smith
block was erected. and It was then
the company leased the room which
the oflces now occupy. Owing to a
delay n getting q force Of electricians
here to do the moving, the change has
been delayed from time to time since
last August, when the storeroom was
leased.
All OF the apparatus Is installed and
Manager schaeffer is busy getting
things In shape to do business. Plans
for q new system Of. call boxes for the
American District Telegraph com
pany's messenger service are being
made, and the local manager stated
yesterday that an uprto-date messen-
ger service will be inaugurated soon.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07
WESTERN UNION
IN new QUARTERS
GROUND FLOOR OFFICE in THE
NEW SMITH BLOCK.

The Western Union Telegraph com
pany has completed moving its
office in this city from the second
floor of the First National bank block
to a commodious storeroom on the
ground floor OF the new Smith block.
Demand for q downstairs ONCE and
lack Of floor space in the old quarters
of the company are the causes for the
change.
The location Of the telegraph com.
pany's new once is an excellent one
In view of the fact that the new depot
WIN probably be In the neighborhood
Of North Twenty-nfth street. the new
once will be centrally located be
tween the depot and the business die
trict. Az It il now. II 10 almost b
the heart Of the buainess district, and
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07
POST OFFICE WILL
REACH ITS GOAL
DR.. PRlcKETT CERTAIN III WILL
BE MADE FIRST CLASS.

T@aI4 FtlFEg HET4N-a
All we need now Is to keep up our
present rate Of sales,' said Postmaster
Prickett yesterday, "and by March l
we will have reached the $4,000
mark, which will make us q first class
postofice. When that comes the
rates. Of pay for the employees should
be better than they are now.
DR.. Prickett pointed out that the
classification Of postomces is based
entirely upon their sales OF stamps
during the year. and that Billings had
done SO well In the past fall and early
winter that the temporary falling on
in the month Of January would prob
ably not affect the chance Of reaching
the total Of $4,000 By the nrst Of
March.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07
VALUE OF B.ENNENT
PLUMBER GROWING
TAKEN NOW SAID TO
BE WORTH $4,000 OR MORE.

"A complete list Of the jewelry stol-
en- from the Bennett residence on
North Thirtieth street Tuesday after
noon is now in the possession Of the
police and the total value Of the arti-
cles listed is said to be $4,000. The
stun was taken from the home Of ].
g. Bennett, proprietor Of the CONNER
cial hotel, while both Mr.. and Mrs.
Bennett we're out Of the house.
The list is as follows: One lady's
watch and chain; one ~ carat dia-
mond shirt stud; n TX carat dia-
mond shirt stud; m three-set opal
ring, one set broken; n marquise
oval ring; one solid gold watch fob;
one pair gold cuff buttons; one heavy
gold chain bracelet; one gold neck
lace; n lot Of broken jewelry; one
pair pearl sleeve buttons; two Scan.
dinavian pearl buttons; six pearl
dress buttons and one fur collarette.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07
TRAINS DELAYED BY
WATER and SHOWS
EAST AND WEST ARE SOMEWHAT
sNowRouNpsAT PRESENT.

Northern Pacinc trains, and plartic-
ularly all the through trains, were
from n to six hours late all day yes
terday. 1t did not seem much to mat
ter whether they were from east or
west, the trainmens reported that the
snow was heavy and deep and that
particularly in the mountain divisions
the going was necessarily slow.
On the prairies Of Dakota and Min
nesota the trains were frequently
slowed down by drifts cross the
track, and through the bad lands were
encountered heavy now storms and
winds which drifted the snow almost
as high as the coaches. Snow plows
are out on the western divisions and
IL there is not another snow in q few
days the track will be all clear again,
No snow slides have been reported on
the Northern Pacific.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07
MERE BABIES STEAL
SLEDS FROM STORE
THEY ARE ARRESTED AND SET
RIGHT UPON THEIR WAY.

t4F9N WgHG a.. . EA2sME~k4FZ s-SEH-I H5LNASs
What might eventually have become
a career Of thievery was checked, It is
hoped forever. by the action Of Omcer
Sage yesterday when he arrested two
little kids. aged Z and 8 respectively.
for stealing two sleds from the front
Of Chapple's drug store.
The infants were taken to the po-
lice station, where Chief Talgo looked
very stern and awesome. while he
lectured the two boys on the sins OF
their ways, and on the difference be
tween what was theirs and what was
some one else's.
Weeping, the children we're allowed
to go, and the father was made respon-
sible for their future behavior.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07
FILES
ANSWER TO SUIT
DENIES NEGLIGENCE AND DE-
MANDs JUDGMENT.

An answer and counter suit to the
action in which Joseph Zimmerman
is suing Joel HALLOWEEN for damages
was fled in the clerk Of the courts
office yesterday.
HaIlowell denies In his answer that
the burning Of grain alleged by zim-
norman was due to his negligence
hut asserts that the fire was due to
the negligence Of the plaintiff and his
employees. Hallowell demands judg
ment for 34s.2s. which he alleges Il
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07
WILL LECTURE ON
%ADULTERA1ED FOOD.
PROF. BURKE 10 GIVE ADDRESS
AT Y. M. c. A. TO-DAY.

Prof. Edmund Burke. 9 chemist Of
the state agricultural college at Boze-
man, will speak at the Y. M. 6. A.
building this afternoon on Pure
Food" The lecture is to be given un-
der the auspices Of the p~hilanthropic,
department Of the Women's club. and
the amount received from the pro
Iceds Of a collection which will be
taken at the door, will be used to de-
fray the expenses Of the lecture, and
if there is any money inexcess OF
this amount, 1t will be used In allevi-
ating poverty and distress by the
Women's club.
Tests for adnlterants and preserya-
tives In baking powder, vinegar, meat
milk, butter, etc, will be made BY the
lecturer to show that many az these
contain formaldehyde. bortcs acid, an.
aline dyes and other common adultsr-
ants and preseryatiyes used.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07
SKATING At THE RINK

Crowds at the Coliseum Grow contin-
uously-Rink Open Daily From 2
Till 10 p. M.
The popularity Of the Coliseum ring
seems to be growing. Larger attend
ance than ever is recorded every
night.
The floor at rink is in better condi-
ton than ever, and the large orches-
trion which Manager straub instal.ea
last fall, furnishes delightful music to
skate by, records for the most popuia'
pieces being IN the music box.
The rink is open from 2 O'Clock III
the afternoon till 10 o'clock 1t nigat'
ANA on Saturday afternoon there 10 .
special matinee.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07
DEATHS EXCEED
LOCAL BIRTHS.
VITAL STATISTICS FOR JANUARY
SHOW DEARTH OF MALES.
GIRLS LEAD PARADE
Feminine Ranks Of Billings Are In:
creased While Male Ranks Are De-
pIeted-Pneumonla Takes Heaviest
Toll During First Month.

According to an old superstition,
when many more girls than boys are
born it is q prophecy Of peace, just
as the opposite condition war.
II this tradition has anything in it
then there is little danger OF war for
Billings, since the past month, jan
|uary, records % births. 10 Of which
are boys and the other Is girls.
More than this in the register Of
deaths are found the names of 10
males and only IA females. Thus in
the city OF Billings during January
There is a net decrease Of males OF
nine. The net loss as shown BY the
records in the city clerks Office is i've,
since there were but % births and 81
deaths.
OF the deaths reported II were
from pneumonia, two from diptherla
three from heart trouble, one from
fcancer, one from %peritonitis, n from
pyaemia, Caused by abortion) on
from internal injuries from q fight
one from an explosion Of powder ant
IL from miscellaneous causes which
include such things 81 "oedema Of th,
larynx," "aortic in%sufaciency" an.
most terrible Of all, "caconisis Of th,
superior floxellory."
Mother and Child.
Among the deaths recorded is tina
of Hane Takashira, a young JapaneE'
matron, who expired in childbirth
early in the month. Her baby live,
on for several days, but early in tn
present month died and was con
signed to earth beside Its mother. TIL
young husband, who won his bride II
old Japan, Is now alone.
DR.. Armstrong; report Of contag
ious diseases during the month Q
January shows 10 cases Of measle
and M Of diptheria reported in thu
register Of deaths above was the re
suit of a case which was reported thu
month before, since there could hard
ly be two deaths from = case Q
diptheria.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07
FUNERAL TO BE
HELD SUNDAY
SERVICES OVER BODY OF o. a.
TscHuDY Al THE HOUSE III
RELATIVES ARE COMING
His Death to Intimate Friends Seems
Like Loss Of as1rother-Many Ex-
presstons q Sympathy Received ~
1ereaved Family.

Funeral services Owe the body Of
o. Tschudy. who died Of pneumonia
at his home yesterday morning, will
be held at the family home on North
Thirty-second street Sunday afternoon
at $3.50 O'Clock. Arrangements for the
funeral are in the hands OF the EN-
4bers Of the local lodge OF Elks, Of
which the deceased was a member.
Rev. Fritsch will oficiate during the
services held at the house, and at the
grave the Elks will conduct the serv-
Ice. "a male quartet will render two
hymns which were Mr.. Tschudy's spe-i
cial favorites, and ones that he has
often expressed the desire to have
sung at his funeral.
Relatives from Lewistown and Boze-
man az well as q brother residing n
Illinois will attend the services. The
brother. Robert Tschudy, e expected
to arrive here Saturday night.
Wide Spread Cried. ]
There is scarcely = person ii the
city who knew ''Joe," as he was IA
military known by almost everyone
but what expresses grief over his
death. The members Of the bereaved|
family are almost Frustrated with,
grief. Expressions Of sympathy from
this city as well as from all parts q
the state are being received ~ the
Borrowing wife and children. B
10 the scores Of intimate friends o6
Mr.. Tschudy his death seems Ike the
death Of q brother, 60 firmly had he
established himself In their affections
by his many good traits Of character.
It 10 with voices broken With emotion
and traces Of tears that they recount
incidents in his life which made him
beloved by all.
The bereaved wife and children
have the heartfelt sympathy Of the
entire community in their hour Of sor-
row over the loss Of q beloved hus-
band and father.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07
BoYKIN FUNERAL SERVICES.
Old Time Resident is Laid to His
Last Rest.

Funeral services over the body of
David Boykin. who died of heart trou-
BILE Wednesday morning. were held
at his former home on South Thirty
third street yesterday afternoon and
interment was made in the Billings
cemetery.
Rev. Edward Smith OF the Methodist
church oficiated and the local lodge
Of Odd Fellows, Of which the deceased
was . member. attended the funeral
in q body.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07
FREIGHT CLERK AND BAGGAGE lilE'
THEE 90 70 JAiL.
RESTITUTION MADE
Ben Topping Receives Four Months
In County Jail and Robert Carr VIII.
Serve 90 Days-Justiee Melted Out
in Record Time.

Justice was meted out to Ben Top
ping and Robert Carr In Justice
Mann's court yesterday in record.
time, when the former received a
sentence Of four months In the county
Jail for petit larceny ana the latter
got 80 days for a similar offense.
Both pleaded guilty to stealing goods.
from the Northern Pacific Railway.
company.
Topping was employed IS a clerk
III the overs, shorts and damaged.
goods department Of the Northern Pa
cifc freight Office in this city. Dur
ing a period extending over several
months he disposed Of large qsanti-
ties, in fact whole dray loads Of mer-
chandise belonging to the company to
the various merchants and restau-
rants Of the city by means Of forged
orders for delivery OF goods.
Flows, eggs, rolling pins, rugs,
shoes, bales OF wool, hides and even
rolls Of oil cloth were included in the
goods which we're stolen. The whole
would have stocked a general mer-
chandise store.
S Goods Recovered.
Local Agent veltum got wind OF
T%opping's populations and immediate
ly telegraphed for Special Agent
Frank Thomas, in charge Of the Mon
tana division, and after his arrival
whole dray loads Of the stolen goods
were recovered from various business
houses Of the city where Topping had
disposed Of them.
Although charges Of forgery, OF
J even grand larceny might have been
preferred against Topping. It is IN.
derstood that his friends made resti:
tuition to the company for some OF
the perishable goods which were
stolen, and in this way secured len
iency for him and the charge was re
duced to petit larceny.
stole Many Trunks.
4 E T&E HM MaAR &NNAGgA F8F . EER
Carr is alleged to have stolen
number Of trunks and suit cases and
disposed Of them to various second
hand dealers of the city. His ares
was due to the efforts Of the loca
Northern Pacific special service Off
Ger, who has been seeking for sew
eral days to break up the practice o
stealing baggage. III
He was arrested Wednesday nigh
and trunks and valises and suit case
which he had stolen and hauled ava.
In a 5dray were recovered and returne,
to the company. Included in tn
goods contained in the trunks an,
bags were a penknives. ~ collars
numerous suits Of clothes and al
manner Of wearing apparel.
Practically all OF the stolen good
have been recovered by the company
, officers and tits due to this fact an
that Carr was not considered as
principal in the thefts, that he Y
.Iceived so light 9 sentence.
- NH4 NAS LLsL - &-E AAM HM
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07

Cincinnati, Feb. 6s1-The Licking
rolling mill, Twelfth street and Tie
Licking river. Covinston, ~, - y
most entirely destroyed ~ dre safiyR
today. Loss, s116.0oos
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07
RILEY GOES
BACK TO PASC0
WILL TESTIFY AGAINST AssAIL.
ANT IN WAshINeToh.
COMMISSIONER IS HERE
E. 7. ~Juvenaul, Chairman Of the
Board Of County Commissioners
Tells Of Portable Jail used,to Work
Prisoners on County Roads.

E. T. Juvenaul, chairman of the board
of county commissioners OF Pasco,
Wash, was in Billings yesterday to
get William Riley. a youth, arrested
by the local police and wanted as a
witness in an assault case in Pasco.
Mr.. Juvenaul and his prisoner left
yesterday afternoon on delayed No. 4.
1t is said that Riley was assaulted by
q contractor for whom he had been
working and that the contractor, "A. r.
Galen, attempted to kill the boy dur
ing a dispute which the two we're
having. Galen is under indictment for
assault in the first degree on the
person OF Riley, and it is alleged that
he paid two men to get Riley out Of
the state.
Riley says that two men doped him
and that when he came too, he was
in Spokane with a ticket for Billings
in his pocket. Riley entered the po-
lice headquarters last Tuesday night
and gave himself up to the officers
saying that he wanted protection.
The police communicated with the
Pasco officers and the departure OF
Nj. Juvenaul and his prisoner for the
west yesterday was the elimination
of the whole affair.
Mr.. Juvenaul has been prominently
connected with the county affairs in
Pasco for many years. IN speaking
of conditions in that section yesterday
morning before his departure he said
to a representative Of the Gazette:
.Pasco and the whole state OF
Washington, I enjoying a boom
such as they never had before. Miles
Of sage brush country, which were
formerly an eye sore to the tourist,
have been transformed into fields OF
waving grain dotted here and there
with pretty farm houses.
ssThe railroad construction work
which is going on at present, brings
thousands Of the worst class Of men
into the country and then there are
always a mob of crooks, who follow
up this work to fleece the workmen
These are giving the county officials
much trouble and as a result we keeI
our county jail pretty well Allied VI
all the time.
Last year we solved the problem o
working these prisoners on the coun
ty roads by building a portable jail
(which Is hauled by horses and as
: result we have some very. good road
: in the county.
The portable Jail consists OF a eel
, eight feet. wide, IA feet long and abou
10 feet high. This cell is provide
with three tiers Of hunks where tn
prisoners sleep at night.
"a portable cook wagon follow
g this about the county and with
guard and a cook we are enabled I
: work the prisoners any place in tn
county where the roads need repai
. ing"
! When asked what the consensus (
! opinion was regarding the assault K
= which Galen is under Indictment. N
Juvenaul said that the people were !
censed over It and he stated that Il
men responsible for spiriting the vi
ness, Riley, away would be prosecute
: also.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07
FROM Wednesdays Daily.
a. q. Shepherd has returned iron
"a eastern business trip.

IRON wednesdays DAILY.
Al. =. Shepherd has returned iron
"a eastern business trip.
Mrs. 6. n. Lawrence Of Huntley p
visiting friends in Billings this week.
y. E. Choisser. . Wholesale dealer
OF Forsyth, is in the city On business.
Phil Cassidy. . base ball player Of
Red Lodge, is visiting Billings friends.
Carl Rankin, q real estate man Of
Hardin, was a Billings visitor yester-
day.
G.. M. McDaniels, a merchant Of
Grow agency. is in the city on bust
meas. ~
r. B. Mitchell. a rancher Of Laurel,
was a bueiness visitor in Billings yes
terday.
d. A. Benedict, a rancher Of Park
City. is in the city calling on old
friends.
Guy stapleton is In the city from
Butte looking after his property inter
ests here.
MAJOR j. E. Edwards, q banker and
business man OF Forsyth, was q Bill
ings visitor yesterday.
E. u. Parkinson, a civil engineer 81
this city, returned yesterday from q
trip to the Pacific coast.
H. w. Bever, q rancher Of Bridger,
is visiting his brother, G. G. Bever. re.
ceiver Of the local lard ONCE.
John Blewett, a county commission.
er Of Carbon county, ID in the city
from his ranch near Fromberg.
Earl Robinson Of Red Oak Iowa, ID
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Mcneil
At their home on North Thirtieth
street.
DIR. s. NJ. Souders, a physician and
surgeon OF Red Lodge, was in Billings
yesterday accompanied by Mr.
Souders.
c. D. Howe. an employe Of thu
United States reclamation service sta
toned at Huntley. visited friends Il
the city yesterday.
Mrs. ". D. Cruise ana Miss Am,
Bennington, who have been VISITING
their sister, Mrs. G. +. Watkins. o
North Thirtieth street, left yesterda,
for Mrs. Cruse's home In Helena.
Nj. Ed r. Staples Of Worth Thirty
arst street left yesterday for Mime
apolis and White Cloud. MINI, % visa
friends and relatlves. Mn. staple'
expects 70 be zone about ) moata.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07
Teachers Examination.

Teachers examination.
The regular teachers examination
will be held in the office of the Coun'
ty School Superintendent, Billings
Montana, February % and 80, 1908, be.
ginning at $3.50 a. m. IS
MARGUERITE M. STRANG,
Chairman Board of Educational Elk
aminers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07

The very latest designs in ladies'
engraved calling cards and embossed
note paper and envelopes At The Ga
xette ONES.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07
DECLARES INTENTION.
William sprultt Takes Out Natural'za
tion Papers.

William spruitt, a native Of Meth.
erlands, declared his intention of be
coming a citizen Of the United States
before the clerk of the district court
yesterday. spruitt - a farmer by oc-
cupation and came to this country on
July "a, 1906, landing at New York.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07

For Sale.
One hundred and fifty tons Of good
alfalfa. Open water and good shelter.
Box No. "a, Roberts, Montana.