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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
POSTOFFlCE WILL
BE OPEN EVENINGS
ALSO THIS MORNING TO ACCOM-
MoDATE ',ATRoNs.

From Sundays Daily.
Postmaster o. b. Pickett will keep
the stamp and registry windows open
Sunday morning from 8 a.. m. to II a.
m, and during the evenings next week
until 9 p. m. to accommodate patrons
hours to send away Christmas pack
ages.
This is entirely optional with the
postmaster, as the postal regulations
do not provide for holiday times, but
the postmaster is considerable of his
many friends, the public, and will keep
open on their account.
Parties sending away registered
mail or any packages, should place the
name of the sender m the upper left
hand orner and the address should be
written plainly, with the street adj
dress, where possible. The packages
should be securely wrapped, SC as to
insure safe delivery and care should
be exercised: in wrapping ibreakable
articles.
When you desire to send a regis.
tered package, take it to the stamp
window, and state at that window
that you wish it registered. You will
purchase stamps there, and then all
that is necessary is to take it to the
registry window. Be sure to write
your name and return address in the
corner, with the name of the party to
whom it is sent below. The palmer
you write, the better.
There are not many offices in the
country that give their patrons as
good service as Billings, in other
words, other offices. conform to the
strict letter of the law, while Postmas.
ter Prickett is always watchful for the
accommodation Of the public.
The volume of mail handled by the
local postoffice is larger this year than
for any like period in the history of
the. city.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
BILLINGS TO BID
0 CONGRESS
STANDS EXCELLENT CHANCE OF
SECURING THE MEETING.
DRY FARMING CONGRESS
May BE Secured for Billings for 1910
Matter Will be Taken Before BiIi-
ings Chamber Of Commensurate.
ings Will Stand an Excellent Chance.

From Sundays Daily.
The Dry Farming Congress may
come to Billings In 1910. a letter re-
ceived by l. D. O'Donnell, Of this city
yesterday from Alfred Atkinson, pro
fessor of astronomy at the Bozeman
agricultural college, states that in his
opinion, Billings stands an excellent
chance of securing the meeting.
The matter will be taken up by
the Chamber of Commerce at its next
meeting and if the chamber decides to
go after the meeting steps in the mat.
ter will be taken at once.
Mr.. Atkinson is a member Of the
board Of directors for Montana and
when he states that the congress
can be secured for Billings, it means
that he knows whereof he speaks and
that a concerted movement will bring
the congress to Billings.
The Dry Farming congress will
bring hundreds to the city and is a
congress of national Importance and
the number of delegates attending 1t
will be large from every semi-arid
state in the west.
There are a number Of residents of
this section who are authorities on
dry farming and the work is being sue
cessfully carried on in To-
calities in the vicinity Of Billings.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
MRS. SYDNEY FOX IS
BURIED AT REDLODGE
MANY FRIENDS 60 - RED
LODGE 10 ATTEND SERVICES.
From Saturdays Daily.

EMNME -E k
From Saturdays Daily.
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Fox,
wife Of Judge Fox Of the district
court, was held yesterday afternoon
from the family home in Red Lodge
and the body was inferred in the Red
Lodge cemetery.
Bishop Brewer OF the Episcopal
church conducted the services, read
ing the simple E~piscopalian burial
service. There was no sermon. The
coffin was shoWered wIth magnificent
floral pieces, tributes sent by loving
friends Of Judge and Mrs. Fox
throughout the state. The bar asso-
Citations in eastern Montana were all
represented with floral pieces.
The pail bearers, who were attor-
neys, were Judge Frank Henry, Of
Livingston, o. r.. Goddard, Harry r.
Wilson and w. NJ. Johnston of Bill.
mss and a. G. Spence. and George
sPierson of Red Lodge.
Many friends Of the dead woman
from Billings and towns in Carbon
county went to Red Lodge to attend
the funeral, which was one OF the
largest ever held there.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
SCHEDULE FOR
SCHOOL LECTURES
DATES ARRANGED FOR LEcT-
UREs FOR BILLINGS.
PRACTICAL SUBJECTS
Montana Farmers Institutes and Agri.
cultural College Will Deliver a Num-
Der of Highly Instructive and En-
tertaining Lectures to Pupils.

From Sundays Daily.
The schedule for the series Of lect
ures to be delivered to the high schoo
pupils and others interested, by the
Montana Farmers Institutes college
and the Montana Agricultural College
of Bozeman, has been arranged.
The dates Of the lectures have been
set and theywill be delivered between
January 5 and March IL.
The lectures are in the line Of ex
tension work by the college and are
free to the public. They are on sub.
jects which are studied by the farmer
pupils and are Of general interest to
the public generally.
The schedule and subjects are as
follows:
On January s, Professor James NJ.
Hamilton Of the Agricultural college
will deliver a lecture on The Mission
of Industrial Education"
Miss Lille A. Harkins will speak on
The Art Of High Living on Febru-
airy 18.
February IS, Prof. r. S. Cooley, win
lecture on "Humbugs and Realities
March 4, Professor w. M. Cobleigh
will speak on Relations Of Insects to
the Spread Of Disease"
All of these lectures are on ex-
tremely interesting topics and the
people Of the city will have a rare OPP
.portunity to hear these eminent au-
thorities lecture IN their best sub
jects. Should it be found desirable,
there could no doubt be an evening
session arranged for, otherwise the
lectures will be delivered at some
hour Of the school day at the high
school building.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
MRS. MARY EVANS
DEAD IN IOWA no vi
MOTHER OF MRS. SARA 6. MORSE
AND ROY EVANS.
Sundays Daily.

LAWN 0uA1AdySo lJd1Ay r 8"$@& E&@&&" S#g&@&
Mrs. Sara G. Morse, county super.
intendent of schools, yesterday re.
ceived a telegram announcing the
death Of her mother, Mrs. Harry G
Evans, which occurred yesterday at
her home in West Liberty, Iowa.
Mrs. Evans was IS years old at the
time Of her death, which was due to
paralytic stroke suffered about ten
days ago. She possessed remarkable
vitality for her age and advices re.
ceiyed by Mrs. Morse were that she
had been improving up to the time of
death.
Mrs. Morse's little daughter and
Roy Evans, manager of the Bell Tel.
ephone company at Deer Lodge, who
formerly lived here, had gone to West
Liberty after Mrs. Evans suffered the
paralytic stroke. A son, who lives in
KANSAS, and three daughters at West
Liberty YER also at the death bed.
Mrs. EVaas had many friends in
Billings having made many visits to
The Sugar City.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
RUSHING WORK
ON new BLOCK
BILLINGS HARDWARE COMPANY
PLANS FINE STRUCTURE.
Be FOUR STORIES HIGH
Excavation viii be Completed
Wednesday and Work on Founda-
ton VIII commence-Laraest
Structure Of Kind in West.

From Sundays Daily.
Excavation for the new four story
block, which is to be constructed bv
the Billings Hardware on
the corner of Montana avenue and
Twenty-eighth street, will be complet-
ed by Wednesday and work on the
foundation will commence Immediate
ly. It is the intention to rush the.
work on the new structure with all
possible speed 50 that it NAV be oc-
cupled at the earliest possible mo.
ment.
When completed, the new building
Will be one Of the finest in the city. 1t
will be four stories, built Of structu-
raj steel, plate glass and Fromberg
brick, with fancy corn1ce and metal
roofing. It will cost completed more
than $4,000.
The foundation Of the building and
the basement are to be made Of con
crete, which will exceed the govern
ment test for strength. The basement
will be used as a store room for
heavy hardware.
The first floor will be used as a
sample room. 1t will have three en-
frances, n in the real near the rail-
road tracks for shipping purposes and
two in front as main entrances. The
front Of the building On Twenty-eighth
street will be plate glass for the first
floor and the glass will extend onto
Montana e n side fifty feet. The
remaining IS feet on the Montana
avenue side Of the structure will be
made Of Fromberg pressed brick,
handsomely finished.
Either Of the entrances on the first
floor will lead directly back to an ele-
.vator, which will connect all floors.
The stairway in the block will be built
by the side Of the elevator.
The first floor is to be handsomely !
finished, having metal ceiling and be-
ing furnished with new and specially
selected hardware store furnishings.
The Offices will also be situated on
the first floor. They ! to be en-
closed with handsome solid oak fix
lures. There will be a private tele-
phone system and a pneumatic tube
system.
The second, third and fourth floors
will be used as warehouse rooms. The
walls will be of Fromberg pressed
brick, with handsome big windows,
which will give it the appearance Of
a large office building.
When completed it will be the
largest building between Minneapolis
and the Pacific coast devoted exclu-
sively to the hardware business.
One of the novelties In the new
structure will beam electric sign and
electric dial clock in front of the
building n which is being made to
order.
w. A. Selvidge, manager of the Bill
ings Hardware company, says that
the wonderful growth Of eastern Mon
tana has forced the construction Of
the new building, in order to handle
their share of the business in the ter
litory tributary to Billings, He says
that the increase in population here
has been made quite noticeable recent
" by the increase in the hardware
business which has. compelled them to
send out five statesmen on the road
January l., while heretofore the firm
has had but three. The completion Of
new railroads opening to Billings trade
communities that are being settled is
the cause of this increase.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
CALIFORNIA OIL MEN LOOKING
OVER FIELD.
GARLAND OIL Is FINE
Better Oh Than California, Texas or
Indian Territory-Hss P~arratine
Base, Other Oils Have Asphalt Base
no High Grade FOR Fuel.

From Saturdays Daily.
w. NJ. Fitzhugh and r. d. Shields,
oil promoters and investors Of San
Francisco, Cal, are in the city and
will leave this morning for the Grey
Bull gas district, at Grey Bull, where
they will investigate the natural gas
proposition there.
They have just returned from an in
yestigation Of the Garland oil fields in
Wyoming h they. state that the quail
sity OF the Oil is excellent and they
believe that the oil exists in large
quantities from all indications and
from development work done.
They state that the oil is too fine a
quality to be used for fuel and is Of a
paraf1ne base. The oils of the Cali
fornia, Texas and Indian Territory
fields are of an a%sphaltum character,
and the does not contain as much
volatile oil.
It is possible that they may become
interested there and if they do, the
fields will be developed on a large
scale and a refinery erected.
Mr.. Fitzhugh, stated that in his
opinion that the oil Of the Garland
field contained considerable gasoline,
and that it was a much better oil than.
is found ordinarily.
Irrigation is at present the most
important proposition here said Mr..
Fitzhugh, and the opportunities in.
that line are greater than il any coun-
try I have seen. This territory is
- = III - ~ -x-~
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
PRETTY HOME WEDDING

Price-Somowitz Nuptials Last Night.
Last night at the home of the brides
mother, Mrs. Sarah SlomoWitz on
South REIMBURSEMENT street, occurred
the wedding of Solomon Price and
Miss Edith Slomowitz. The ceremony
was performed by Judge H. S. Menden-
hall and the guests were limited to a
few family friends.
place several months ago, but owing
to the death of Samuel Simowitz,,
which occurred at the Young's Point
wreck, the wedding was postponed.
The happy young couple will make
their home in Spokane. Mr.. Price is a
well known business man Of Spokane
and the bride is a popular young Bill.
ings lady.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
RUFF SENTENCE DEC. "a
He Will Get His the Day Before Christ
mas-Motion to Delay Matters un-
til January 20 Not Entertained by
the Court.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. l9.-The
passing sentence on Abraham Ruei
convicted Of the bribery of a super
visor to vote for a trolley franchise fol
the United Railroads was postponed
today until Thursday, December "a
The attorneys for the defense made a
strong, but unsuccessful, fight to Sc.
Ire a continuance until January 20
next year.
Rnef was represented by Thomas B
Dozier, who stated that the leading
counsel for the defense was so ill that
he had been unable to participate in
any OF the work involved in prepare
ton of the motion for a new trial.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
LIVESTOCK CONVENTION.

LOS ANGELES, Cal. Dec. 1s.-H.
A.. Jastro, of Bakersfield, Cal, presi-
dent, and 7. W. Tomlinson, Of Den
yer, secretary of. the American Ma
tional livestock ASSOCIATION arrived
in Los Angeles today to arrange for
the twelfth annual convention of the
association which will be held in this
city from January 26 to %. From 500
to 1000 delegates will be in attend
ance.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
KENNEDY FINED;
RAISED A ROW
MAN WHO lNsuLTED TICKET
AGENT is FINED.
From Sundays Daily.

From Sundays Daily.
Parties who have a crouch will
do well to keep away from the de-
pot, and especially from venting their
spleen on the ticket agent.
G. E. Kennedy, who got into an ar
gument at the depot on Friday with
the ticket agent and was using pro.
fame and obsence language was in
in police court and was fined yes
terday morning. He paid a fine of
$13., and was allowed to go his way.
He left for Denver.
Two DRINKS and a vag were told to
beat it" by Judge Mann.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
REVIVAL IS CLOSED
AT THE ". {. CHURCH.
RESULTS WE'RE GRATIFYING 10
THE CHURCH WORKERS.
@ q Egal4 54El
From SUNDAYS Daily.

From Sundays Daily.
The revival services, which have
been conducted at the Methodist
church, have closed and Rev. Leland,
who assisted, has returned to his
home in Glendiye, and Prof. Fl. B.
Ireland, the musical director has gone
to his home in Kansas City.
Rev. Smith, pastor of the church
and the workers in the church are
we'll pleased with the results of the
revival and the interest shown and
Rev, Smith is particularly pronounced
in his praise of Rev. Leland for his
excellent sermons, and Prof. Ireland
for the name in which he handled
the music.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
SAD NEWS.

Yesterday C. q. Shipman, assistant
to city and county engineer Henry
.Gerharz, received a message from the
old home at West Liberty, Iowa, stat
ing that his grandmother is dead. Mr..
Shipman who vas out on survey work
was notified and arrived in Billings
last night and will start for Iowa
this morning, where he will remain
until after the holidays.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
YOUNG MEN SHOOT UP A TOWN,

WAYCRoss, Ca, Dec. 1910
wreak vengeance for the arrest OF a
companion on the charge of being
drunk, six young white men rode into
the town of Beach, 10 miles north of
mere, last night. and fred 500 shots.
Kidding buildings and terrorizing the
town. Four young women who were
walking on one of the streets were
fired at, and Maggie Taylor, the Ia
year old daughter OF Leonard P. Tay-
lor. was probably fatally wounded.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
WILL eE TRIED MONDAY.

The case of the State VS.. Charles
Johnson. charged with assault in the
third degree. will be tried in the court
RI Justice r l.. Mann Monday. John,
son, who Is an employee of the North
ern Pacific %roundhouse. is charged
with having hit Donald Calhoun over
the right eye with a heavy wrench one
night last week. :
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
new UNION CHURCH
FOR CANYON CREEK
MONEY is ABOUT RAISED FOR
CHURCH EDIFicE.
From Sundays Daily.

Jesse Cunningham Of Canyon Creek
was in the city yesterday visiting local
citizens who are land owners in that
section Of the valley, soliciting funds
for the erection of a union church ed
ifice. It IS intended to spend about
$1,000 for the building and over half
of the amount has now been raised.
Rev. B. q. Mccullough of the Pres
byterian church of this city has been
M Of the prime movers in the prop
osition. The church will be built
and will be general meeting house
and place of worship for that district,
and has been badly needed for some
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
THREE MARRIAGE PERMITS.

The marriage license business took
a brace at the court house yesterday
and three permits were granted. At
the request of the bride and groom,
one of them was not made public.
The other two were to Tokutaro
Yamato, aged 20, and Kato Komshi,
aged "a, both OF Billings, and both
natives of Japan, and solomon Price,
aged IS, and Miss Edith slomowIiz,
aged 81.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
READY FOR THE
new FAST TRAIN
ORDERS ISSUED FOR. THE
NORTHWESTERN FLYER.

From Saturdays Daily. Al
MADISON, Wis, Dec. 1S.-Its is re
ported by railroad men here that the
Northern Pacific railroad company has
entered into an agreement with the
Chicago and Northwestern and Chi
cage, st. Paul, Minneapolis and Oma.
ha roads that will enable it to run
through trains from Chicago to the
Pacific coast.
This agreement is understood to be
for the purpose of enabling the con,
tracing roads to meet the competition
of the Chicago, Milwaukee and st
Paul, which has constructed a new
line to the Pacific coast,
Employees of the Chicago and North.
western road say that they have been
ordered to be prepared to handle "a
additional trains daily through Madi.
son.
PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 18.-A. D.
Charlton, assistant general passenger
agent of the Northern Pacific, with
headquarters in this city has heard
nothing of the arrangement, as tele-
graphed from Madison, Wis, to the ef-
feet that the Northern Pacific has
made arrangements ito run through
trains from Chicago to the Pacific
coast over the lines of the Chicago
and Northwestern and the Chicago, st.
Paul and Minneapolis and Omaha
roads. In fact Mr.. Charleton belittles
the report and says if such an arrange
ment is perfected it will be for the
Northern Pacific trains to run over
the tracks of the Burlington. Negotia-
tions to that end are pending. The
Burlington is owned by the Northern
Pacific and the Great Northern.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
ON A PLEASURE JAuNT.

Indian Police Going Away for. the
Holidays.
Bird Above and Spotted Rabbit, two
Indian police from the Big Horn were
in Billings last night On their way to
Fort Berthoud, North Dakota, where
they will visit with friends during
the holidays. Bird Above and Spot
ted Rabbit are shrewd officers
among their own people but among
the pale faces" they are simply IN
tutored red men.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
SMALL BLAZE.

Fire which started from a defective
nue IA one Of the small buildings occu.
pied Nv AZ. Bury, a wood dealer, at
Montana avenue and Twenty-second
street, called ont the IRE department
n hurry. The damage was nomi-
nj.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
COUNTY EXAMINERS MEET.
Examined The Papers Of Recent
Id Teachers Examination.

The board Of county examiners,
which. IS composed Of County Super
intendent Mrs. Sara G. Morse, Prof.
sLongley at Laurel and H. NJ. Bray
ton OF Billings held a meeting last
night at the county superintendent
ONCE to examine papers written in
the recent examination.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
ELECTED CITY CLERK.
.. e. Watsebaugh, Laurel Newspaper
man, Elected City Clerk.

man, Elected City Clerk.
D. u. Watsebaugh, editor OF the Lau-
rel Sentinel, who has just been APP.
pointed city clerk Of the new town,
was in the city yesterday getting in
formation from Judge j. D. Matheson,
city clerk of Billings, on the methods
of keeping a set of city books.
Mr.. Watsebaugh states that Laurel
is coming to the front as a business
town and that new business blocks
and residences are going up there
rapidly.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22

It was decided to take an informal
sallot and It resulted in seven votes
or BTayton and four for Gardner.
come n made q motion to make the
formal ballot formal and it carried.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22

c.. I. Heren, a Custer stockman, is
N the city accompanied by Earl ORA.
per and B. P. Thornburg.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22

DR.. F. E. Corwin of Chico, Mont,
n the city.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
SECRETARY Is
NAMED BY DIRECTORS
y. N. BRAYToN is ELECTED
SALARY or OFFICE REDUCED.
ION Saturdays Daily.

j rom Saturdays Daily.
Is. M. Brayton was chosen secretary
4 the Billings Chamber of Commerce
yesterday afternoon to succeed Jean
z Decker, whose resignation was ac-
aepted.
There were eleven Of the directors
and the president IN attendance. It
= decided to cut the wages Of the
secretary from s 1900 annually to ST.
400. There had been numerous appli-
ants for the position of secretary,
,ut this LETT but two in the field, Mr..
Brayton and G. I. Gardner, whose ar
1angement Of the display at the Cham
Der Of Commerce building and at the
apple show In Spokane made such a
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Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-11
FATAL FIRE IN LEAD RESORT
Five PersOnH Are Missing and Eight
Are Seriously Burned or
Hurt by Jumping.

LEAD, S. D., Nov. 10.-After a fire yester-
lay that destroyed Annie Woods house of
ill-repute two men and three women are
missing, and 1t is believed persisted. Six
women and three men were badly burned
or injured by jumping from windows and
several of them will die. The list follows:
Jeanette Roberts, jumped from building,
arm and legs broken, believed injured in
ternally.
Ella Russell, badly burned, will die.
Nearly all the skin peeled from her body.
Bessie Rowland, back injured from jump
ing.
Dorothy Clifton, badly burned.
Cleo Burnett. arm broken\ and badly
bruised about the limbs; probably internally
Injured.
Gladys Hall. thigh broken in two places,
Jaw broken, knee cap broken.
James Kirshaw, musician, badly burned
about face and hands.
Watson, burned from head to foot, ankle
crushed, will die.
WIN willard, arm and ankle fractured.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-11
BIG AUTO SHOW IN MARCH
Best Display Yet Held in Omaha q.
Planned by the Various
Dealers.

Omaha will ave another big automobile
show in March. That was decided upon
Monday afternoon at a meeting of the auto
mobile dealers Of Omaha, when the opinion
was unanimous that a show should be
given.
The date set is March l to 6, inclusive,
and the place is the Auditorium.
Indications are there will be twice as
many dealers exhibit as last year and this
will require so much additional, space that
the boxes will be removed from the Audi
torium and also the stage. so that every
inch of available space may be used. An
early start on the show has been made
by the dealers that eastern manufacturer
may know of the show far enough In adj
vance to prepare live exhibits Of an inter-
esting nature. A committee consisting Of
j. j.. Deright, Clark Powell and Willard
Hosford has been appointed to manage the
show.