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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-20
BRIDGE RIVER
AT COLUMBUS
fos STRUCTURE LET
TO SECURITY BRIDGE CO.
BY THREE COUNTIES
Yellowstone, Carbon and sweetsrass
Counties Unite TO Build Bridge
Over the Yellowstone River Near
columbus-Plan Bridge At Laurel.

From Thursdays Daily.
A contract has been let Jointly by
the boards OF county commissioners
Of Yellowstone, Carbon and Sweet
Grass counties for the construction OF
a bridge over the Yellowstone river
at Columbus, the cost Of which is to
be $19,998. The Security Bridge COM
pany Of Billings and Minneapolis was
the successful bidder.
The structure will be located a short
distance below the old bridge, which
has been condemned for two years
and when completed it will be Of great
benefit to thousands of ranchers in
the three counties, that are compelled
to cross the river. there. While the old
bridge has been in used up to this
time, it has been in a dangerous con
dition for several years. The board
of commissioners have a large number
Of petitions for the construction of
bridges to consider and it will hold a
special meeting. Friday and Saturday
for that purpose.
The county commissioners now
have up with the commissioners of
Carbon county the construction of an
other joint bridge, to be located near
Laurel. County Commissioners New
man and Cramer went to Red Lodge
yesterday to meet with the board of
Carbon county and discuss the propo-
sal. County Commissioners Burla was
TO have gone, but his train from Har-
din being late, he missed the Red
Lodge local. He will go to Carbon
county today.
This bridge would greatly benefit
the people on the south side of the
river who want to get to Laurel. Its
construction would also improve bust
ness in the railroad berg. The bridge
planned will cost about $25, 900, the
two counties to pay part each and the
property owners in and near Laurel
and the business men Of Laurel will
pay the remainder, the mount desired
having been pledged.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-20
PROCEEDINGS COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
CONTINUED From Second Page.)

Range to the Northeast corner Of Sec
ton Thirty-five in said Township /
North, of Range Twenty-four East of
the Montana Meridian in Montana"
Acting on the foregoing petition the
Board appointed as viewers, Henry
Gerharz, County Surveyor, James
Steele and A. G. Logan, who shall
meet November %, 1908, at 10000
o'clock A. NJ, view the road p%etitioned
for and report thereon in writing not
later than December 9, 1908.
|. A petition dated July Is, 1908,
signed by r. B. Taylor and others, was
presented to the Board, praying as
follows: Establish and maintain the
following described road for a public
highway. Beginning at the section
corner commo to sections 80, SO, Twp.
2 N. & A, 5, Twp. 1 N, R. SO E., thence
South between sections 4 & 5, 8 & 9,
16 & II, 20 & 81, % & 20, 80 & 33 to
the base line, thence East on the base
line to the Northwest corner Of Sec.
ton 2, Twp. l South, r. 33 E., thence
South to the Southwest corner of Sec
ton 2, Twp. l S., R. 33 to the Reser.
walton line"
Acting on the foregoing petition the
Board appointed as viewers, Henry
Gerharz, County Surveyor, U. s. Miller
and w. d. Elder, who shall meet No.
vember 80, 1908, at 10000 o'clock A.
NJ, view the road petitioned for and
report thereon in writing not later
than December 8, 1908.
A petition dated August g.. 1908,
signed by v. B. McComb and others
was presented to the Board, praying
as follows: Establish and maintain
the following described road as a pub
lie highway: Beginning at the South
west corner of Section 2, Twp. L South
Range SO E., M. p. M, thence north be
tween Sections 2 and 3, Twp. / S., R
33 E., to the Base Line, thence West
about twelve rods to the n corner or
the South side of Section 80, T. / N.
R. SO, E., thence North through the
center of sections 33, %, Fl to the "
corner on the North side of section 81
thence East about " mile and inter
sect the established county road a:
now laid out, all in Twp. / N, R. 3;
E., M. p. M"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-20
REPRESENTATIVE or LUMBER
COMPANY is OPTIMISTIC.
DEMAND IS INCREASING
Election Of Taft. He Says, Has Made
Lumber Men II Kansas, Colorado,
Nebraska and Wyoming az Well as
Montana Optimistic.

From Thursdays Daily.
The election Of William H. Taft has
caused a building revival throughout
the country, according to ]. A. Sey-
mour, Of Seattle, Wash, who repre-,
sents one Of the large Northwest lum-
Der companies. Mr.. Seymour has just
returned from q visit in Colorado,
Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming and
everywhere he stopped, he says, an
optimistic feeling prevailed in building
circles as a result. of the election of
Mr.. Taft.
"Since election day there has been.
a wonderful increase in the demand
for lumber" said Mr.. Seymour, ''and 1
anticipate, as do other lumber repre-
sentatives in this section, that it will.
continue to increase. Carload after
carload Of lumber is coming into Bill.
ings over the Great Northern bound
for the states Of Nebraska, South Da-
kota, and the middle west. Lumber
dealers in these sections are begin
ming to restock their yards, they have
become so optimistic.
I'm Montana the situation is Just
the same. Today l sold a car Of lum-
Der to one firm in Billings. It is the
first full car sold here, I understand,
since the election and in fact / be-
lieve it is the first full car sold in the
state. This shows that Billings is en-
joying her share Of the optimism prev
alent as a result Of the election Of
Taft.
Billings looks good and as a result
of the optimistic feeling prevalent
everywhere, 1 am convinced that this
city will enjoy considerable building
activity in the near future"
Mr.. Seymour left last night for the
west. a S
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-20
GOOD COOKING
COAL Is FOUND
PRODUCT Of THE NEW MINE
NEAR BRoADvIEW, MONT.

From Thursdays Daily.
Coking coal has been found in the
mine at Broadview, according to pE
W. x. Sudduth, who came in o9/1ast
nights Great Northern train from his
Fairview ranch.
we fashioned a rough oven yester-
day." said DR.. Sudduth in speaking
about it, "and built a fire and while we
did not draw off all the volatile gases
owing to the i~mperfections of our
oven, at the same time our product
was good COKE"
DR.. Sudduth was highly elated as
"a result of the experiment and said
that further and more extensive exper-
iments would be conducted by Super
intendent Kimball of the mine, who is
one of the best informed coal authorl
ties in the statey Mr.. Kimball skgs
that the quality Of coal which, has
been opened near Broadkiewfs of a
good coking quality.
COK1ng coal is a asset IN
Montana as there is but little of it and
the market is always open for it.
The coal at Broadview, if the coking
experiments prove that it makes good
coking coal, will prove very valuable
as it is on a direct line to Great Falls,
where the operations of the smelter
demand it.
A small force is operating the mine
at present and the tunnel has been
driven in 140 feet, according to DR..
Sudduth. He says that the coal is
meeting with a ready sale along the
new road, two cars having been sold
yesterday, one for consignment to Jud-
18th Basin and the other to Careless
Greek.
Owing to the heavy freight rates,
the coal has not yet been placed on
the Billings market.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-20
BUSINESS SECTION
NEAR NEW DEPOT
UNION DEPOT CAUSES PROPERTY
10 ADVANCE IN VALUE.

The new Union depot, now being
rushed to completion, i causing prop
srty in that section t9%lincrease appre-
siably in value andlt1Fere will be many
new business blocks erected there
within the next few months.
Workmen are busy on the founda-
ton for a new building for ". o. Jack
son, on the corner of Montana avenue
and Twenty-fourth street. The block
will be two stories and basement, built
Of brick. The foundation and base
ment will be concrete. The improve
ment will cost in the neighborhood Of
$4,000. The lower floor will be a store
room and the upper story will be fitted
for furnished rooms.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-20
oPlE READS LECTURE.
zone Thing and Another" the Subject
Of His Discourse.

@ Ifs trNai W. @S@# ry
Last night Opie Read entertained
a large audience at the Babcock the
alter, entertaining his auditors with
humorous stories, to illustrate, some
quaint philosophy. The Incidents
were tales of life gathered during his
career, >nd aptly depicted the point
he sought to make. It vas all very
delightful, thoroughly enjoyable, and
eagerly listened to by those present.
Mr.. Read was entertained prior to
the lecture by Mr.. M. G. Morris, editor
of the Times, a friend of the good old
days in Arkansas, where each was n
gagged in the newspaper business. Last
evening Mr.. Read met a number Of
friends at the Billings club, where
men and times were recalled, and a
half hour of "reminiscences INDUCED
in, as the scenes of other days were
recalled by some chance remark.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-20
CLIMATE MAKES
hit WITH lin
ILLINOIS NEWSPAPER MAN I'M
PRESSED WITH MONTANA.
QUINCY WING NAN HERE
AL G. Winters, Of Quincy "whis,"
Thinks Montana's Climate The
Finest Ever-Will Tell illinois Peo-
pie Of Eastern Montana.

From Thursdays Daily.
AL. g. Winters, Of the Quincy, Ill,
Wing" is in the city for a visit with
his brother H. H. Winters. He will re-
main IN Billings for several weeks.
Mr.. Winters has been at Omaha,
Lincoln and Fremont Neb., and then
came on to Billings and will write n
or more letters descriptive Of eastern
Montana for his paper. h
Yesterday he put in the day at the
Chamber Of Commerce and gathered
data for a letter which will appear in
that paper at an early date.
.'Your climate certainly makes a hit
with me-" said Mr.. Winters, yester-
day, land you certainly have a grand
country. When I left home the Their
mometer vas very low n the
weather was disagreeable. Here you
have sunshine and l understand the
farmers are able to pillow long after
winter sets in back in Illinois.
""The products of the soil are an eye
opener for the eastern agriculturist.
Such grain, beets, potatoes, apples, all
up and down the line, 1 never saw, or
at least did not expect to see here"
Winters is considerable of a globe-
trotter. He was in Cripple Creek,
Colo, in the early days Of that boom
camp and saw much %privation, and
was n of those who gained a world
of experience, but did not accumulate
much wealth. He returned to Quincy
and when the volunteers went to the
Philippines, he vas one Of the num-
Der. For a time he was in charge Of
Billibid prison, one of the famous jails
during the Spanish regime there. At
that time President-elect Taft, with
whom he is personally acquainted, was
governor. He intends visiting the
state Of Washington and Canada, be-
fore returning to Quincy.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-20
DRUNKEN VAC SHOWN THE ER.1
RoR OF HIS WAY.
POLICE COURT DOINGs
Judge E. I. Mann, Dispenses Justice
in His Usual Adept Fashien-Guilty
Suffer, Innocent 90 Free-Two Plain
Gags" Have Sentence suspended.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
Henry Wright who has been out
OF a job for some time past now has
a position. He will assist the street
commissioner in the work OF beautify-
ing the city OF Billings and Will sec
that the loose paper is picked of the
streets. He will make himself other
wise useful. Henry has been out Of
work for a long period and has de-
voted his entire time to the philan-
thropic work Of putting down the
booze and 1t didn't matter to Hen
~ what kind Of booze 1t was, whether
it was double stamped, 106 proof or
whether it was railroad graders joy"
the kind with the single stamp, OF no
stamp at all, he "put it down."
Henry will miss the many pleasant
afternoons he whiled away on Mime
sofa avenue, with n foot elevated
and his arm leaning on the polished
mahogany, where he could admire
himself in the big mirrors and talk to
the "barboy," or the latest live one"
who blew in. 1t was a clear case of a
no-good vag, SO Henry got ten days
and if that isn't enough, he will prob
ably get more if he doesn't mend his
ways or leave the city.
Louis Myer, drank "schnapps,"
when according to all law Of proprie-
ty, he should have guzzled beer. He
consequently had a very heavy load,
but not an ~obstreperous one-ratner
one. OF those kind sympathetic, a
full jags. He was so contrite that the
heart of Judge Mann. went out to
him and his sentence was suspended
and he was given a few words of faith
erly admonition by the kind-hearted
Judge.
John Driscoll, also had a load on,
but vas very meek, and he also had
sentence suspended during good be-
havior. Both promised the Judge that
they would. never be caught in a sa-
loon again. +" =.
: John Doe, is the toughest character
in Billings. He is continually getting
in trouble with the police department
and was arrested but a few days ago.
He is in Jail again. He may give
some alias at the session this morning,
but the Judge is next to Doe.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-20

Acting on the foregoing petition the
Board appointed as viewers, Henry
Gerharz, County Surveyor, l.. ]. Gill
land and Alfred Myers, who shall meet
December 1, 1908, at 10000 O'Clock A.
view teh road petitioned for and
report thereon in writing not later
than December 8, 1908.
"A petition dated August Is, 1908,
signed by F. A. Brown and others, was
presented to the Board, praying as fol-
lows: Establish a road as follows:
Beginning at a point on the County
Road eighty rods, more OF less, South
OF the common to Sections
Two, Three in Township One North,
Range 8 East, M. P. NJ, and Sections
Thirty-four and T%hirty-five, Twp. Two
North 33 East M. p. M, thence
West eighty rods, thence South Two
hundred forty rods to Section Line,
thence West two hundred forty rods
to Section Line and County Road. We
also pray to have the County Road
vacated for a distance of one mile be-
ginning at a point eighty rods, more
or less, South of the corners common
to sections Two, Three in Township
One North, Range 33 East, M. P. NJ,
and Sections T%hirty-four, and Thirty
five, Twp. Q N, Range 50 E., and end
ing eighty rods, more or less, south of
the corner common to Two, Three,
Ten and Eleven Twp. One North,
Range Thirty-three East, all based on
Montana Principal Meridian"
Acting on the foregoing petition the
Board appointed as viewers, Henry
Gerharz, County Surveyor, Harry Rose
mond, and r. A. Callahan, who shall
meet December 2, 1908, at 10000
O'Clock A. NJ, view the road petitioned
tor and report thereon in writing not
later than December 9, 1908.
A petition dated August 10, 1908,
signed by G. l.. Smith and others, was
presented to the Board praying as fol-
lows: accept the change Of road
which starts at the Southeast corne
of Section 26, TIP. 8 N, R. % E.,
through and to the s. p. u Of the
s. w. n of said section and which
said portion of changed road will be
built at the expense Of George A. Da-
Wis and to no expense whatever to said
county, complying with the State Laws
governing the building Of roads where
it is necessary to make certain,
changes in county roads,"
Acting on the foregoing petition the
Board appointed las viewers, Henry
Gerharz, County Surveyor, George
spenddiff and C. M. Jacobs, who shall
meet December q, 1908. at 10000
O'Clock A. M, view the road petitioned.
for and report thereon in writing not
later than December IA, 1908.
The Board upon motion adjourned.
Attest:
IRAsLA WHITNEY, Clerk.
Approved:
G. L. NEWMAN, Chairman:
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-20
TOWNS BOOMING
ON NEW RAILROAD
LAND BETWEEN BILLINGS AND
GREAT FALLS SOUGHT.

From Thursdays Daily.
d. F. Smith of Great Falls, townsite
agent Of the Billings and Northern
railroad for the territory between Bill
ings and Great Falls is in the city.
Mr.. Smith states that all Of the new
towns are being settled up and that
many ranchers are coming in. The
towns Of 'Hobson and Stanford, at the
Great Falls end Of the line, are show
ing activity.
This year was a very dry one in that
section and the farmers were so suc-
cessful that they feel that they al
make a big success in a year of ordi-
nary rainfall. Hedges, the new town
on Calls creek, 20 miles the other side
Of the Musselshell, is a hummer, he
says.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-20
oAvlNEN DELIGHTED.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1s.-Commis-
sioner Of Labor Chas. p. Neill and Ed
ward ]. Gavinen, an attorney Of New
York, who attended last nights labor
dinner at the White House conferred
with President Roosevelt today. Com
missioner Neill expressed the opinion
that the exchange of views at the din.
Ter would result in. great benefit to
labor interests.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-20
SENTENCED.


Man Who lmpersonates Officers Goes
to Prison.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Nov. 1S.-Har-
ry S. Reardon, alias Arthur Spencer,
convicted here yesterday Of imperson-
ating a government interpreter was to-
day sentenced to serve IS months in
the federal prison at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kansas.
Reardon, who speaks the Chinese
language is said to have obtained mon
ey from Cinnamon under threats to
have them %deported. He has served
terms for similar offenses in San
Quentin and Folsom, California. Nc
Neal Island, Washington and in the
east.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-20
BELL TELEPHONES INSTALLED.

Among the new phones installed by
the Bell Telephone Co. is No. Ill at
the r. s. Todd Shoe Co.'S store.
This number Cripple one) is easily
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS it when you wish
shoes or slippers sent to your home
for inspection, or for comparison.
They have the new things in foot
wear.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-20
SUIT TO QUIET T |

Billings Estate Seeks to Quiet Title
to Land West Of Billings.
Samuel e. Kilner, executor and trus-
tee of the estate of Frederick Billings
and Dumont Clarke, administrator and
trustee, yesterday commenced suit in
the district court to quiet title for the
the estate to lots 1 and 2, section 80,
township 1 south, range % east M. p.
M. The land is situated about eight
miles west Of Billings.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-20
DIXON LEAVES
Especial to The Gazette.)

Especial to The Gazette.)
MIsSOULA, Nov. :1B. United
States Senator Dixon departed today
for Washington to be chairman Of the
reception to be rendered President
elect Taft and Vice President-elect
John Sherman. He will remain away
all winter.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-20

Latest styles in job printing ct TIE
Gazette ONCE.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-20

Calling cards at the Gazette once.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-08
Two KILLED by SnowsIide.

Denver.-A Crested Butte dispatch
Wednesday night says: A snowslide
occurred at noon today near the work
ings of the Crested Butte coal mines,
which are located on the mountain a
mile south of town, and four men were
carried down the mountain side for a
distance of 1000 feet, two being buried
and killed in the slide.
The other two managed to ride the
sliding snow and were found at the
bottom of the mountain uninjured, but
badly frightened.
The men had been at the mine seek
ing employment and started away
across the side of the mountain, di-
rectly in the line of the slide, ignoring
the warning of the mine boss and min
ers who happened to be out at the time
eating dinner. and who advised the
men to go down the tram line, which
was free from danger
The slide was witnessed by miners,
who at once rushed to the rescue, but
two Of the men were dead when found
and the others were dug out of the
snow. No damage was done to the
mine or tramway, which will resume
operations tomorrow.
The men killed are Laurence Be
quowich and George Laretic, both Aus.
trians, Laretic has no family, but Be-
quowich leaves wife and five chill
dren in Austria. The two who rode
the slide in safety are Tony Marks
and Joseph Maszer
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-08
Blizzard in Michigan.

Detroit-With more than a dozen
passenger trains snowbound in various
parts of the state and indications of
zero weather, Michigan is in the grasp
Of blizzard that has paralyzed trans
portation in many sections and threat
ems to cause serious distress. On the
Flint division of the Pere Marquette
railroad passenger train has been
stalled since Saturday, and with the
railroad closed a number of small
towns are cut off from their chief
sources of bread and other food sup
plies. So far as known the passengers
on all snowbound trains have been
carried on bobsleds to nearby towns
or farmhouses.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-08
Asiatic Exclusion League.

Pueblo, Colo.-At Wednesday nights
meeting of the Pueblo Trades assem-.
bly, the following resolution was
passed:
Whereas, The invasion of Asiatic
labor has reached stage when, un-
less some steps are taken to check it,
1t will mean the inevitable displace-
ment Of American labor; and,
Whereas, In the cities along the
Pacific coast thousands of American
working men and women are walking
the streets without work through their
displacement by Asiatic labor; and,
Whereas, In our own city of Pueblo,
these Asiatic laborers are being en-
ployed while many of our people are
being fed by the city and charitable Or
ganizations, through inability to secure
employment; be it
Resolved, By the Pueblo Trades
and Labor assembly, that we do hereby
call on all American citizens to meet
in a mass convention February 10th
for the purpose Of forming an Asiatic
exclusion league"
1t was the sense of the meeting that
the league which will be formed here
will cooperate with the one in Den
yer, to protect the workmen of Colo
RADIO.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-08
eNoWsLIDE BURIEs TWO.
Greek Mlners Struck by Slide Near
Telluride.

Denver.-A Republican special from
Telluride Wednesday night says: Two
Greeks, Gus Angelo and Gus Zangos,
who were buried in snowslide late
last night at the Lewis property, in
Bridal Veil basin, eight miles from
Telluride, are believed to be dead.
A rescuing party started for there to-
day on snowshoes, but late tonight it
had not been heard from.
The Lewis property is operated by
Bulkeley Wells and Tom Livermore
and there are four groups of claims.
The. slide which came down last night
struck the hoist house, tearing most
of 1t away.
Two other Greeks were working in
the hoist house at the time and were
carried with the slide part way down
the mountain. They were so frightened
that they made no effort to get back
to the hoist house or find their COM
panions, but kept on through the storm
and deep snow and reached Telluride
this morning in an exhausted condi-
tion, much frightened by their terrible
experience.
From their report 1t is believed that
their companions were caught in the
building and buried alive. There is
itlio plODdDlllIy IudI luty Will De
found alive, unless the woodwork of
the hoist house has held the snow
which was soft and light, off their
bodies and saved them from smother
ing. The entombed men are unmarried.
While other smaller slides occurred
last night, the only serious one re-
ported was the Alta, which came down
while the miners were in the boarding
house at supper. A part of the house
was carried away and several of the
men had narrow escapes, but none was
injured and all went farther down the
mountain to spend the night.
The Greek who was unconscious
when dug out of slide late yesterday
regained consciousness today. 1t is
now believed that he will recover.
The storm has practically subsidized,
but traffic is still tied up. Many of the
telephone lines which were torn down
have been repaired. There is consid-
cradle danger of other slides in the
outlying camps and precautions are be.
ing taken by the miners.