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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-17
WATER WORKS
Especial to The Gazette.)

Especial to The Gazette.)
HELENA, Mont, Nov. 16.-1n the
federal court today Judge Hunt de-
MED the application of the Helena Wa
ter Works company for an injunction
to restrain the city Of Helena from
constructing a municipal water plant,
for which a bond issue of 100000
was authorized with a recent election.
A Kansas City firm vas awarded the
contract for its construction. The
bonds we're sold at noon to a Kansas
City firm for $6O4,6Oo. Construction
Of the waterworks plant will begin at
once.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-17
THUG GETS COIN

HAZEN. New, Nov. 16.-Entering
~unobserved while John Coffin, the
proprietor was poking the fire, a lone
highwayman held up twenty men at
the Coffin and Gruber house at this
place this morning. The robber
forced one occupant to rife the cash
register and took $50, refusing q sack
$4,000 in gold and jewels.
He succeeded in catching a train pass
ing at the time, and made good his es-
cape.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-17
RAhsP oRT ARRIVES.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16.-The
United States army transport Buford
arrived today from Manila with a
large number of troops whose terms
of enlistment have expired. The trans.
port sailed from Manila on october Is
but was delayed at Nagaski by chol.
era, two ase on board proving fatal
at that port.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-17
REVIEW POSTPONED.

KOBE, Nov. 16.-The review Of the
Japanese navy by the emperor seized.
uled to take place here today and for
which thirty %battleships and numer-
GUS torpedo boats are assembled in
the harbor has been postponed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-17

The tie vote appears TO pc the popu-
lar political fad in Montana this year.
It might be otherwise denominated q
''prolongation Of the agony."-Helena
Record.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-17
Linen Napkins $l.39

IN THE BASEMENT STORE
Large size, satin finished Linen and mercerized
Napkins, a very heavy weight. The regular
5000 grade. Specially priced at per doz-
en- S1.39
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-17

1t would now 'be quite appropriate
for Banker Morse to prefix the initials
r. e. to his otherwise distinguished
name.-Red Lodge Picket.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-17
Linen Napkins Csc

Good quality linen and mercerized finished
Sample Napkins, medium size and a great
bargain at the price, value $1.25. Special
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-10-23
Practical Farm Notes.

Don't fail to cut out and burn any
canes infested by insects and diseases.
Cabbage club foot may be prevented
by liberal application of lime TO the
soil around the plant.
It is a mistake to pillow under soy
beans or cow peas for fertilizer. They
ore too expensive. Better use barn
~,ord manure as far as possible, grow
. oron of clover and then turn under
the sod.
Have YOU ever noticed that men who
a-o tha most successful farmers stick
~ the crops they know most about,
making a speciality of them? The man
who experiments with every new thing
+h.t comes along will find it expensive
business.
Measure hay in the stack this way I:
Measure the stack in length. width and
over Multiply the width In feet by
tho over and divide by four. Then
mnltinly the result by length. TO re-
duce to ton of hay in stack less than
+,,,on+v DAYS, divide the cubical con-
+a,+s nv So. For more than twenty
ond less than sixty days divide by
800 and for more than sixty days oil
vide by $50.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-10-23
SHORT METER SERMONS.

Courtesy always gives more than IT
costs.
No nation is any greater or better
than it's homes.
Religion for the praise of men has
no power with men.
People who make trouble always talk
of their trials.
True fruits are not unwilling to be
hidden by the leaves.
The man who can be bought always
thinks he cannot be caught by his
buyer.
The greatness of any occasion de-
ponds on the man more than on the
moment
No man is good enough for heaven
whose goodness does not make men
happy.
He cannot make much Of himself who
thinks of making the most only for him
self.
IT is not the fact of the salary but
the motive in the service that stamps
the hireling.
Lots of sour people would be toler-
able if they did not pirate SO much about
their honey.
Your religion meets good test when
YOU find a stranger spreading himself
in your private pew.
You can teach congregation to en-
10y sermons of nothing but wind, but
they will die of their education.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-10-23
sheen Are Not STUPID.

The sheep is usually set down for a
model of stupidity, but gentleman
who has just returned from a three
years trip in the West tells the fol
lowing story: Il was on horseback a
great part of the time and often visit
ed large sheep ranches. One day. while
riding along, a mother sheep trotted
up toward my horse, bleating pitifully.
At last | made out that there was
something wrong off toward the left.
/ followed the sheep in that direction,
and soon found the cause of her dis
tress Her lamb had fallen into a
shallow pit and could not get out. I
lifted the little thing up, and the graft
tude of the mother sleeps eyes vii
always be a source of consolation to
me-"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-10-23
WHAT FRIENDSHIP rs.
Rv John K

By John Z. LIE Baron.
The truest test Of friendship lies not
in how much my friend will do for
me. but how much would I gladly do
for my friend.
Most essays. poems and perorations
on the subject of friendship treat it
from the selfish viewpoint, while in
truth an attachment that rests upon
such foundation is not friendship at
all. Where graft gives even a slight
tinge to the motive it is an insult to
call 1t friendship.
The most unselfish friendship l have
ever known was between man of cul-
ture and wealth and worthy individ-
ual who, in the scale by which the
world measures men, was rated very
much his inferior The man of culture
and education once declared 81 owe
much to my friend. He has given me
the opportunity to prove what good
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-10-23
Glory of Quinine.

The major was a gallant officer in
the Confederate service. Indeed, he is
mentioned in the army records as hav-
ing been something of an inspirer of
men where desperate chances were to
be taken.
Therewere a good many kinds Of des-
peration in the Southern ranks that
were little known to the boys in blue,
after whose comfort, welfare and
health a powerful government looked
with such soliictude as it might 1t is
one thing to be footsOre, wounded, or
down with break-bone fever where a
well stored commissariat, government
amply able to replenish the supplies
when needed and large corps of skill
ed physicians and surgeons are at
hand. It is quite another thing to
meet with the same affections while
fighting in the ranks where poverty's
CHASTITY hand withholds not only food
but medical skill and medical supplies
as well. This was the condition Of af-
fairs in the divisions of the Southern
army to which the major belonged.
The men were not unusually hungry.
They had become quite accustomed to
short rations. There was not an I'M
due proportion of wounded sufferers
but break bone fever had settled like
a pail over the entire camp; and the
peculiar form of desperation engenGer-
ed by this fact was what might be
called quinine mania. There was
nothing the men would not do to get
quinine. Some Of them had been
known to steal the carefully boarded
ounce. held more precious than dia-
monds, by some isolated country fami-
". Others had obtained it by dire
threats from even those whom they
were protecting, and men who were
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-10-23

- lo.onA convinced Of the amount
# good there is i'll trap nests, one
,,nst use them. He will then lind out
certainty which Of his hens are
.;,, we'll and which are not. Per
'rs NO will be surprised to learn that
no If the best egg producers he has
.n onparently bis poorest specimens
|Ta;s is quite likely TO happen, for not
1 -. opv means is it always the finest
bnoGing hens-the hens which would
,.oro HIGHEST in the show pen-that
hin Law the most eggs. Needless to say,
.+bo host LAYERS only should be kept. If
4ock is disgraced by egg-eaters, the
fran nest will pick the guilty ones out,
sl.revise the dr0ne, so that the flock
,oov he rnlled until only profitable
stork is left. As but one hen can be
s,,rpsppt at time to lay, it also does
AWAY with crowding and quarreling,
s,,berpbv the danger of breaking the
seogs in the nest is lessened. 1t indi-
rates too which hens are the winter
LAYERS, the layers Of the most fertile
seggs. the most symmetrical ones and
Stbp brown, the white and the speckled
bones. At the same time it necessi-
hates frequent handling by taking the
hens If the nest, so that even the
Eyfdcst birds become more tame, and
sre less likely to scare. Summed up
briefly. it enables the breeder to get
BIZ touch with the individual hen, ascer-
stain her good and bad qualities, and
4satsfy himself of her general condi-
hon. The only objection that can be
baised against it, any way, is that it
reouircs lot of attention. The nests
want visiting every other hour, at
beast, and every hour would be better,
Through the day For the shiftless
5DouInyman therefore. they are hardly
IL bcrerommended.-Agricultural Epit-
.RmjSf
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-10-23
noN,rs FOR cEuRcHMEN.

Don't rely on self-suffciency and ex-
pect efficiency.
Don't forget the religion is spring,
not a cistern.
Don't overlook the fact that worship
does not wait for walls.
Don't fall into the habit of becoming
nearsighted for virtues.
Don't try to conquer the world for
good by whining over its weakness.
Don't miss getting the truth by ex-
pecting something that looks learned.
Don't forget that the proof of faith
is not in it's prestige but in its present
power.
Don't shrink from cleaning earth's
alleys If you would be trained for the
streets OF gold.
Don't forget that the last man to
improve the world is the one who is
satisfied with himself.
Don't fail to learn that from the
grind Of drudgery comes at last the
glorious divine spark.
Don't make the mistake of getting so
little good out of your own faith that
YOU see no good In any other.
Don't fail to appreciate that one of
the best prayers for peace is the re-
straint that waits until the apples are
ripe.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-10-23
Eruit Mrannins Machine.

4 fruit wrapping machine has been
but in operation in California. 1t re-
lureS practically no attention and en-
trely automatically wraps the fruit,
Bays Country Gentleman. The fruit
folIs down a slight incline to the oper-
ator, turning slowly over as it APP
breaches him and giving him an oppor-
tu1lV to remove defective specimens.
ahe fruit is lifted and placed stem up
p rubber cups, which carry it to a me-
fhaniSm operating much as the human
lands. 1t is carried to the paper being
But and printed from the roll. The
sTiSt Of the paper is made over the stem
end. thus cushiOning the stem and pre-
fenting puncture injury. If the ma
chime becomes cl0gged. it is stopped by
4 clutch operated by electricity. A
counting attachment registers the num-
pr wrapped. The capacity of the ma
pine is said to equal six good wrappers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-10-23
HiIIy Orchard Land.

A certain rough section in Penn
svlvania that has hitherto been re-
garded as Of little value, for any pur-
pose. has been found TO be we'll suited
to the production of apples, and the
farmers there have been induced to en-
gage in orchard planting in a wholesale
way, being assured that the business
will nav largely. We have much rough
ly. billy land in several of our south
ern counties that ought to be used in
tbe same way.-Indiana Farmer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-10-23

The prOffering of the Union oath Of
allegiance TO the people Of Tennessee
in the infected districts, proved Sc
we're experimentum crucis to the pro
fessed patriotism OF some Of the people
there AS a specimen Of the amusing
scenes witnessed in the provost mar.
shal's Office, the following will illus
trate the situation: A surly planter
presented himself, desiring to transfer
himself or bis goods TO the North.
Certainly, sir responded the mar.
shall, you will be obliged to take the
oath of allegiance to the United States
government"
After some hesitation, and consider
able inward squirmng, the applicant
grufly remarked:
"Weil, IN take it,
The oath was propounded. As it waa
read out, the applicants face assumed
an expression of mingled surprise and
indignation, almost sublime In It's In
tensity.
why, sir, can not take that oath.
1t compels me to discountenance and
discourage secession forever"
Yes, SIR
And then it binds me to maintain
the national authority over that of my
own State. No, sir, can not take that
oath"
Every well, sir. there is no compul
sion in the matter. But until you do.
shall be obliged to refuse you permits
sion to leave town or to ship or receive
goods by the river"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-10-23

~ 4 Town in northwestern Missouri
'@Tuonal fight has been started over
"len eggs that promises to end in
N"''lIS or two, Already there have
.>D dozen fights over the matter.
aS' winter when eggs were worth "a
1'S dozen a woman borrowed that
,D0ef from neighbor. Last week
!. Ie'oFned tile eggs, but the price had
PEW 10 - cents. The neighbor de-
- .-ueu an extra dozen to make up the
~ ,s,ence in price. The borrower re-
-u aOd the feud was on. Meanwhile
lively demand for firearms
Zoe hardware store
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-10-23

there is in me. He has taught me the
most valued lesson | have ever learned
that the only true happiness comes
from making others happy. Should l
not count as my friend one who has
taught me this?'
The world is full of false friendship
of the sort which seeks those from
whom 1t expects favors and cools when
the hope of the friendship which, as
Cicero expresses it, is more inclined
return"
We sometimes find men enfettered by
the experiences of life, questioning the
existence of such a thing as friendship.
They do not analyze the question, but
class all friendship as tickle and all
friends as false. This is manifestly I'M
just.
''rhe only way to have Il friend, says
Emerson. lis to be one" That is the
very essence of friendship.
1 have little regard for that doctrine
which commands US to always seek the
companionship of our superiors. Car
ried to its logical end that theory takes
from friendship all that is ethical and
leaves only the selfish.
True friendship is not satisfied to
be always the recipient. 1t is foun-
tain from which must flow the great
stream of brotherly love and obligation,
= SSsSr Sos
comes one of the baser passions.
DIR. Van Dyke says; 1T is with
rivers as it is with people, the great
est are not always the most agreeable
nor the best to live with. Diogenes
must have been an uncomfortable bed
fellow and you can imagine
much better company for walking trip
than Napoleon Bonaparte."
No nature is wholly devoid of viz
tues If heredity, environment or mis-
fortune has cast one in false mold 1t
is not the mission Of friendship to shun
such an unfortunate. Friendship should
reach down and lend a hand and the
benefit resulting will be mutual. In
this attitude Of universal friendship the
standards Of our ambition are not low
cred.
The great men of the world-espe-
cially the great officially and spiritually
have not sought the palace and the
castle. They have moved among the
lowly. They have proved themselves
worthy of being the friends OF their
superiors by showing themselves to be
friends Of their interiors.
If friendship imposes upon US the
obligation of associating only with our
superiors, it puts it up to us to determ-
inc who are superiors are. 1t is not
always an easy thing to Judge.
If every man would try to be friend
to his fellows-and friendship, remem-
Der. is made up of little things-it
would make the world vastly better
than it is and every man would be hap
pier.
In friendship there should be no sell
fishness; in selfshness lies the source
Of our bitterest sorrows.
Let's be friends.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-10-23
The Useful sunfOvver.

Sunfower seeds are said to give an
extra fine favor to eggs and are much
used by the French people for that
purpose Remember this when you
plant your garden and drop in some
seeds around the edges and in the odd
corners. A few planted near the sink
drain will help to keep away miasma
and give you heads of seed that will
he mammoth in size.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-10-23
Valuable In the Ice House.

This is storehouse. to 6 feet
square, in the ice house, or of any con-
yenient size for the milk and butter.
The room should be provided with a
ventilator at the top. The doors lead
ing to the room should each have
sash at the top. The sketch shows
only the inside door. The house proper
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-10-23
The Farmers Prosperity.


No better evidence of the prosperity
OF those engaged in agricultural pur-
suits IS needed than to witness the
showing of wealth at the various State
fairs this season. Chicagoans who at
tended the annual shows at Iowa,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio
and Kentucky have returned with the
most cheering reports of prosperity in
the farming districts as was well shown
by the increased attendance at each of
the State fairs as compared with recent
years
Practically all of the State shows this
year had greater numbers of rural Wis
itors than have ever attended before
Were the farmers little pinched for
money doubtless many OF them would
have remained away from their State
fairs, viewing few days study and
pleasure as a luxury which they could
not afford. This year, however, the
farmers turned out in record numbers
and spent more money than in former
years.-GOodall's Farmer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-10-23
fEallkI AyA4AklUN;kAI4AAH
Observation-Disclosures
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- ; & q . ANSV
= 8Nw

Deu catch IS raised. The cord run
-"s from the catch should run the
'"Fe length of the barn. so the door
'a' De opened from any part of the
'Ne"ay, or may extend to a post in
It OarnFard, so the door may be open
! "len n the wagon or on horseback.
american Farm World.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-10-23
SeIt-Opening Sliding Door.

Inc door should be hung on a per-
ecty horizontal bar. \ cord or small
POPE is fastened to the door near the
|op ana runs over pulley at the end
I 'ne track on which the door is hung.
| he rope is fastened to a bucket or a
pant keg is good, in which sufficient
Nelght IS placed to draw the door open
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-10-23

is built with walls, the space being
filed with sawdust. The dotted lines
show the outline Of the ice when the
house is filled. If sawdust is piled
upon and around the storeroom it
makes a fine place to store vegetables
or fruits
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-10-23

.::.-:-.:-

g.
The Courage of Fighting Billy.
Fighting Billy lay face to the earth in a
tent,
With guard pacing by.
The lust of the liquor within him was
spent,
And what was there left but to die?
He was willing for that, but not, not by
the shot
Of his comrades to fall,
Nor his proud name erased from the rolls
by blot,
And dishonor the sum of it ALL
Fighting Billy lay face to the earth in
tent
With a guard pacing by,
But court martiaIs waited, for battle had
rent
a rift in the clouds of his sky.
He lifted his head as an officer passed
'One favor. sir, one
One favor. the first | have asked, and the
last,
Release for the day and gun"
The old colonel halted "Well, Billy, my
lad.
You'll find old Pap Thomas
Is looking for fighters to-day, good or bad
Go. die or come back it's promise"
Chickamau was raging, and Billy's
blood leaped
Like tigerish thing.
He filliped at death where the dying We're
heaped,
He offered it's breast to its sting,
But the shell turned away, and the bullet
sped wide,
Till there came an advance.
And brother in arms whispered close at
his side,
"Ho, Billy, my boy, here's your chance !!
Charge ahead at the word, and forget to
come back.
A dozen good men
Will swear you were captured while lead
ing attack
And fig for the court martial then"
at his heart
And deserted his face,
AS he fought the temptation which rose at
the smart
OF the thought of his waiting disgrace.
Then Forward - and wildly he led the
attack.
And then? Did he lag?
Did he throw down his gun? Or who
was it brought back
An enemy's shot-tattered flag?
He was there when the court martlaPs
verdict was read.
Guilty. that WAS the word.
"On every count guilty" The hard thing
was said,
And a murmur of sympathy stirred,
AS Billy stepped out and surrendered his
gun,
Grained grit, through and through.
There is only one thing | regret, sir.
That one
Is that Guilty God help me, is true"
And then came the sentence. 1.-THE pris-
0ner must,
Till his service shall end,
Be as valiant in arms and as true to his
trust
AS to-day. For the rest, we commend
1.-The pardon his soldierly conduct has
earned,
And his colonel requests"
And never was lesson more thoroughly
learned.
AS he proved in a hundred tests.
And when men would boast of the blo6dy
ARRAY
And the daring attack,
II was brave only once in my life" he
would say,
And that was the time | turned back"
Youths Companion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-10-23

The familiar shaving paste known as
''creme d'amands' is made by melting
one part OF caustic potash into three
parts of lard, with sufficient essence OF
almonds to give it favor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-10-23

pounds of skim milk, the latter hay
ing market value of cents for To-
pounds. Omsite is said to be imper-
Vlous to acids, unaffected by heat or
cold, an absolute nonconductor of cleo
trlcity, flreproof and practically indie
structible.-Field and Farm.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-10-23
NuoHer from Skim MIX.

4 ~ NAoH Sk1m MILK
c"ohoerful discovery has been made
IL se W. Frye. of Lexington,
, :. y which a solid substance hav-
,,os qoaities of rubber can be pro-
..,s, rom skim milk. While passing
"a ~ currents through milk to steri-
sStis M Frye found a soft. white,
boh substance. probably the casein.
nan N"S resulted in a product that
D5+n ohlSlte. Sixteen pounds of
eah be produced from 100
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-02
WILCOX.

Frank Curtis called at j. G..
Milholland's, Monday.
Ethel Gullett visited with Pearl
Milholland last Sunday.
Frank Upjohn made a trip to
Wa-Keeney last Saturday.
Miss Tracy Schneider visited
at Mr.. Mead's last Sunday.
Haugh Bros. made a trip to
Wa-Keeney last Sunday and
came home Monday.
1t is very windy at this writ
ing. I guess Kansas is coming
back to it's first love-
Mrs. Roy Blocksome made
nice supper in honor of Miss
PEARLS birthday. The young
folks report a fine time
Last Friday was the last da.
or the Lone Star school. 1t wa:
little breezy that day, but il
spite of the wind and dust we al
had a nice time Mr. F'ranl
Curtis was the teacher and b
has taught very successful
term of school.