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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03
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NEWS OF MUSSElSnELL
Especial Correspondents

%H&48a N~HS 54@## Il
Musselshell, Mont. March 2.-Mr.
and Mrs. John Heide OF lower Nus
selshell. were In town on Friday buy
ing supplies.
Carl Neussis OF HALEY, Idaho, spent 4
few days in Musselshell this week.
Mr.. Neussis has purchased the Wolf
Springs shearing plant OF Handel
Brothers and will move the same two
miles east Of Musselshell, along the
line OF the G. M. & st. p. r. r., and
the wool can be shipped directly from
the plant. which will save a great deal
OF time and expense.
Ben Cox, who has been employed ON
the Spenddin ranch. is spending a few
days in town.
Messrs. Fergus and Fitzpatrick,
both Of L~ewistown, are spending .
few days in this vicinity looking after
coal matters.
George McCleary and family OF
Roundup moved to the Jacobs ranch
on Tuesday.
Jerry Corey Of the Billings & Mus
selshell Telephone company is sick
with typhoid fever at Roundup.
George Bachman was a business
visitor on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. E. Corey left on
Tuesday for Roundup on account OF
the illness Of their BON.
Thos. Hurley Of Roundup is spend
ing q few days in this neighborhood.
Tom Graham OF Lewistown stopped
owe night here Tuesday on his way to
Milestone.
Mrs. J. w. Oaks and daughter OF
Lewistown passed through here Oh,
their way east.
". =. Walker. representing J. A..
and w. Bird & Co. Boston. Mass.
called on the trade here recently.
The Bijou Amusement company win
give an entertainment here on March
third in Handel's hall. which will CON
sist Of pantomimic dramas as pre-
sented in moving pictures, and every
body is invited to attend.
The representative OF the Capital
Commission company Of Helena, was
a business visitor on Tuesday.
+. w. Handel left Sunday for Living
ston, going by rail to Forsyth.
The travelling salesman OF Hotter
Hardware company OF Helena, made q.
business trip to Musselshell recently.
John R. Cooley, a prominent ranch
er Of this vicinity is spending a few
days in Billings. 4
Mr.. Larson OF Billings, representa-
tive OF Observation-Disclosures com
pany, Duluth, Mimi, vas a passenger
on Thursdays train.
Messrs. Barclay, superintendent star
mail service, and Wilson, su~perintend-
ent railway mail service, OF Helena.
were here recently looking after
postal matters.
Harry HOLSTER, OF Guiterman
Brothers, made a business trip to Mus
selshell recently. 49,"
F. NJ. Marble, representative OF
Franklin MacVeigh & Co., of Chicago,
was a passenger on Thursdays train
MI. Spitz Of Samuel Westenheimer
OF st. Louis, was in town recently
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03
RURAL COMMUNITIES BEST.

The recent shutdown Of the mines
and shelters of the Amalgamated
Copper company in Montana gave an
excellent illustration Of stability Of
farming communities and the safety
Of investments in farming lands.
While property in the cities affected
by the shutdown went tumbling In
price, the price Of property in the agri.
cultural communities remained Arm,
and, in many instances, notably in
Billings, it advanced. There could not
be a better illustration Of the wisdom
OF investing in agricultural commu-
mites where business Is bound to
maintain the even tenor Of its way,
rather than in Industrial communities.
where prices fluctuate according to
the activity Of the particular industry
which is located in the community.
One Of the best arguments which
the vendors Of local real estate can Of
er is that Billings Is the heart Of Z
great agricultural and stockraising
country, depending only to a small ex-
tent on mines or mining for its busi-
ness. Naturally the shutting down OF
mines in any portion Of the state will
affect other portions, but the uncer-
tainty Of Industrial communities COM
pared with the certainty Of business
in agricultural districts, where the
soil is certain to produce SO much, re-
CARELESS Of industrial conditions,
shows that investments made in farm
ing districts are the safest and surest.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03
WI IS HONORED BY
his COUNTRYMEN
CHINESE MINISTER Is -.rEa
TANNED in SAN FRANCISCO.

San Francisco. March 1.-Two Of
the most elaborate banquets ever
spread in the local Chinatown were
given simultaneously today to Minis
ter WI Ting Fang by local Chinese
corporations.
He entreated the local Chinese mer.
chants to forget their factional differ
ences and to work together to pre-
serve the reputation of the Chinese
people as peace abiding residents Of
the country.
Minister WI will leave for Wash
ington tomorrow night with the mem
bers OF his suite.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03
FIRST WITH THE NEWS.

1t is with considerable pride that
/ The Gazette points to the fact that
it is always first with the news. 1t
makes no difference what 1t is--events
OF worldwide Importance O Of state
Importance are always chronicled In
The Gazette before they appear in
any other daily paper in eastern Mon.
tana.
An excellent illustration of this fact
is given in today's paper. Yesterday
morning John D. Ryah, managing d.
rector Of the Amalgamated Copper
company, announced that the mines In
Butte and the smelter in Anaconda
were to resume operations. There is
no news which is Of mor importance
to the people Of Montana than that
announcement. And, as Is always the
case, The Gazette was the first paper
in eastern Montana to print It. !
The excellency Of the news service
Of The Gazette is a matter Of pride.
This paper has one of the longest
leased wires IN the service OF the AS
ISOLATED Press. 1t is the only paper
between Butte and Minneapolis on
the Northern Pacific which receives
the complete report. It is the only
paper between Butte and the eastern
Montana line with a regular tele-
graphic service.
The Gazette is proud Of the fact
that 1t Is always first to disseminate
the news among the people Of east
ern Montana and northern Wyoming.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03
N. c. R. PLANT suspEnDs.

Dayton. O.. March 2.-The National
Cash Register company today sus-
pended operations OF its plant here.
Two thousand employees are affected.
Members OF the company say they
cannot say when the work will be re-
isumed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03
State PRESS CONN

STATE PRESS COMMENT.
Billings should be proud OF the hne
impression which she makes upon her
guests. They all admire her.-Mis-
soulian.
An entire week has passed and no
Japanese has been arrested In Cali
fornia for making fortress plans
Butte News.
e. H. Hartman was 60 yesterday,
but he has been making q number OF
people yell that way for some time
Great Falls Leader. s
Speaking OF failures IN Montana,
the most remarkable one OF the sea-
son wal last evenings attempt to pro-
duce q blizzard.-Anaconda Standard.
!
An investigation of the mineral land
classification in Montana might throw
some light on the disposition Of coal
measures in this state.-Helena Re
cord.
The delegates returning from the
horticultural meeting at Billings ties
tify by word and appearance that Bill
ings is q lively entertainer Mis-
soulian.
The day when Ryan comes to Butte
promises to be an event of even
greater significance than the occasion
immortalized in the verses, when
Bryan Came to Butte."-Missoulan.
On March 31st Helena will gain a
most desirable citizen, which will be
Dillon's loss. However. the finger OF
fate u us that our loss and
Helena's gain will be only temporary.
Dillon Tribune.
All eyes are centered on Butte with
the hope that Butte can return the
stare with the announcement in q few
days to the effect that the mines will
shortly be running at full blast.-Mis-
soula Herald.
Men r. going back to work in
large railroad shops and factories
throughout the east. In some in
stances they are working overtime
Fergus County Argus.
A law limiting labor in Oregon does
not. conflict with the constitution of
the United States, while a law limit
ing labor in New York does. Wasn't
it Peter Breen who said that law is
"the last guess Of the supreme court?"
Butte Inter Mountain.
Mr.. Dixon Of Washington serves no
tice that he does not wish to be sent
as a Montana delegate to Chicago
next July. It looks as If Joseph was
looking for a quiet place on the bank
where he will neither be called on to
fish Or cut bait.-Bozeman Chronicle.
John D. Ryan's Homecoming means
much to this community and to the
state in general. The good tidings
he brought has given new courage t
the people, who see, ~prospectively, in
the smoke from the longsilent hill, a
greater Butte and a new era of pros
perity.-Butte Inter Mountain.
1t is hoped by the friends of Mr.
Conrad that his mission in Washing
ton to secure the endorsement of his
gubernatorial ambitions by Mr.. Bryan
will be abortive. Beckham, of ker
lucky, it is remembered, had the
Bryan o. K.-Hefena Record.
Billings, being real modest, isn't
asking much from the republicans of
Montana. The state nominating con
.vention, and Hon. Paul Mccormick
for a national delegate, is the limit
thus far-but we must be patient. It
is early yet, and in order to satisfy
it's overweening opinion Of itself a
few places on the state ticket may
soon be demanded.-Forsyth Times.
INTERESTING FACTS.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03

Again it will be all day In the night
time and no night In Butte. with three
shifts OF miners working and changing
at all hours.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03
KNIFE BATTLE in PORT.

Dock.
Seattle, March 2.-As a result OF a
battle with knives IN board the Ger
man steamer Augustus. lying at Esqui-
mault waiting to enter the dry dock,
G. W. Wende, a fireman. is under ar
rest, and another fireman named Wal
ter is in the hospital. Wende attacked
the other fireman while he lay In his
bunk, inflicting severe wounds.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03

There may be need for retrench-
ment In the government expenditures.
but 1t is not the pay OF p~rivates In the
army that should be affected.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03

The senate committee on public
buildings has decided to report favor
ably the bill appropriating $4,000
for a public building in Missoula. Will
some. one please tell us what has be-
come Of the bills Senator Dixon intro
duced providing for the purchase of a
site for a public building in Billings?
Wouldn't it be nice if we had a US.
senator in this part of the state?
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03

One billion dollars in the United
States treasury is not 81 bad. Put 1t
back OF the bank deposits OF the ma
ton and all cause for uneasiness will
disappear.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03

The most surprising thing about
Miss Clacia Calais conduct in Paris
Is the fact that she came from New
Hampshire and not from Pittsburg.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03

Colonel Goethals says there is no
gold on the Panama canal zone. The
chief of construction has probably for
gotten the yellow metal paid out by
the Uni.a,l States on the work.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03

The johnson boom for the presiden-
tial nomination seems to have been
Organized. We don't even hear the
governor Of Minnesota talked OF as q
possible vice presidential nominee.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03

If the interstate commerce commits
sion settles one-half of the disputes
that have been brought before it the
commissioners will be kept buster
than the Butte Miner, the Helena Rec
ord and the Anaconda Standard COM
bined in their efforts to name the
tickets for the two leading parties at
the next election.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03

Missoula papers are boosting the
Big Red Apples from the Bitter Root
valley. Better boost hard for it may
not be long till the Yellowstone val
ley will have the honor.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03
SINGER FILES FIRST PAPERS.

Newark. N. J., March 2.-Mme.
schumann-Neinke. the well known
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03

Editor j. M. Kennedy Of, the Age-Sen-
tinel of Boulder pays Billings a tribute
in his latest issue by declaring this is
the most prosperous city in the state.
Senator Kennedy made a trip over
the state a few months ago and he
ought to know.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03

The election of former Governor
Bradley as United States senator
from Kentucky can be considered in
no other light than as a rebuke to
the corrupt democratic o~fhceseekers
of the Bluegrass state.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03

All those gorgeous receptions, which
the feet is receiving in South Amer
lea, will look mighty insignificant com
pared with the welcome California is
arranging for Admiral Evans and his
soldiers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03

About the biggest fish story that
has been circulated is the statistical
information that last year 2~,511,597,377
fish we're planted in the rivers Of the
nation. That will make fishing good
for a while at least.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03

Having failed to bluff the interstate
commerce commission or to intimidate
operators the western railroads have
practically agreed to obey the pro-
visions of the nine-hour law and not
to cut the wages of their employees.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03

bers OF that august body, republicans
and democrats alike, w-re agreed that
there was no federation for the boy
colt within the bosom Of American in
situations"
If the interstate commerce commits
sion settles one-half OF the disputes
that have been brought before it the
commissioners will be kept buster
than the Butte Miner, the Helena Rec
ord and the Anaconda Standard com
bined in their efforts to name the
tickets for the two leading parties at
the next election.
The senate committee on public
buildings has decided to report favor
ably the bill appropriating 100000
for a public building in Missoula. Will
some. n please tell us what has be-
come Of the bills Senator Dixon intro
duced providing for the purchase Of a
site for a public building in Billings?
Wouldn't 1t be nice if we had a u. IS.
senator in this part of the state?
Editor j. M. Kennedy ofthe Age-Sen-
tinel of Boulder pays Billings a tribute
in his latest issue by declaring this is
the most prosperous city in the state.
Senator Kennedy made a trip owe
the state a few months ago and he
ought to know.
The election of former Governor
Bradley as United States senator
from Kentucky can be considered in
no other light than as a rebuke to
the corrupt democratic oficeseekers
of the Bluegrass state.
Having failed to bluff the interstate
commerce commission or to intimidate
operators the western railroads have
practically agreed to obey the pro-
visions of the nine-hour law and not
to cut the wages of their employees.
-O-
All those gorgeous receptions, which
the feet is receiving in South Amer
lea, will look mighty insignificant com
pared with the welcome California is
arranging for Admiral Evans and his
soldiers.
About the biggest fish story that
has been circulated is the statistical
information that last year 2~,511,597,377
fish we're planted in the rivers Of the
nation. That will make fishing good
for a while at least.
Colonel Goethals says there Is no
gold on the Panama canal zon The
chief Of construction has probably for
gotten the yellow metal paid out by
the Uni.all States on the work.
Missoula papers are boosting the
Big Red Apples from the Bitter Root
valley. Better boost hard for it may
not be long till the Yellowstone val
ley will have the honor.
The johnson boom for the presiden-
tial nomination seems to have been
Organized. We don't even hear the
governor Of Minnesota talked Of as q
possible vice presidential nominee.
One billion dollars in the United
States treasury is not SO bad. Put II
back OF the bank deposits Of the ma
ton and all cause for uneasiness will
disappear.
The most surprising thing about
Miss Clacia Calais conduct in Paris
Is the fact that she came from New
Hampshire and not from Pittsburg.
There may be need for retrench.
ment In the government expenditures
but 1t is not the pay OF privates In the
army that should be affected.
Again 1t will be all day In the night
time and no night in Butte. with three
shifts Of miners working and changing
at all hours.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-01-24
The Legislature.

There wRs not much dong in the
legislature Friday. The Gazette's dis
patches give the following
This afternoon President MrKrunon
OF the GoIdiield Miners Union and
several o: his associates appeared before
the joint committee Of both houses and
talked in favor OF the McKinnuu
measure which wonld make II state
appropriation OF S25,r01, To he used by
the sherifTs OF the counties in iii. event
Of trouble.
There is little chance 81 this measure
being passed, rs the sentiment Of both
houses IL against leaving the control OF
di.order at the discretion Of the SHERIFF..
The example furnished 10y Sheriff
Ingalls, ia alone sal ; to bc enough to
detea; such a measure.
Congressman Bartlett has a measure
which viii probably be tEr measure
which will receive tie approval OF the
JOINT committee.
IL provides for tile establishment OF a
state poll 81 u fifty men under the COM
maud Of n state warden, Who shall bc
%Rppointive 10y the governor or OF 4
state board cu"sis'rnI II the governor,
secretary Of state mud attorney general.
These men shall receive $50 a month
when not on duty md & y day add.
tional in times ~ service, The cxira s5
to be paid by the county "a which The
disorders occur.
The attitude ni Speaker SkngLs IN r.
iusinR to allow Il rcUrgamzIi iCu ,s re-
ported {" tic pnrt Of n pl.. whereby tie
legality n any mcasure cs,ahIishn a
state coustnhulary will he attacked in
the supreme court OH t,. ground TINT
the assembly raeGinR 1; was moi a duly
organized body.
SkIVga In also sai | 90 hr icsi IN ry q
"A labor putty nt which ho houc~ =" be
the leader, but ihia rcpor, In not taken
s~cri"nriy as Niatever prestige the
speaker might ever lmvc had is gone
forever.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-01-24
VIZ Will RuM

u u,,lo,. w l. L..
,,.no,A1 o,,, 800 M no
ionaw;n, - -
or,cas,a Dr., .""..nSN .-,:.:a;uan
-, -
hoohi' SAAC
Our lease with Uncle Sau, having prac-
ncauy expired, and hav nH deeIi.d to
quit the business, and retire to private
hte' We the undersigned, will offer at
pubic sale at our residence, at the
Capitoi In Washington, ID. Q, COM
mencinE on the second day Of December,
1907 'ne 'ouo"ihS described property,
to-Wit:
Que ~elephan', II. ont forty five years
old.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-01-24
Business Locals.

Proofs OF Labor on mining claims for
sale ut this office.
Blank Options to Purchase Mining
Claims FOR sale nj this oiiicy.
All tia dry good stores have agreed la
close at I o'clock p. u, Except Sn,ur
!aye, until further notice.
Save those natural teeth, thereby re-
tain your facial expression. DR.. Gill
land -the dentist" Office over Drug
Store, Elko.
Tie Elko Comfy Abstract aud Title
Company are prepared to furnish guar
anteed abstracts Of title Of any property
in Elko county.
Pete Jia1y has purchased jack Cooks
house-moving ou:iit ana is nov PIE.
pared to do all work IN that line. lie
will also do other odd jobs such rs
hauling, digging wells, ",c.
Have the Elko County Abst ract and
Title Company prepare an aboi raci Of
your property Many flaws i'll titles
are being discovered by the
every day, and property holders should
protect themselves against them.
Mining Locations and Location CcIti-
hcates Tor sale at tins office. These
blanks are in strict conformity Will! the
mining law passed by the last lcgis-
lature. Orders by mail will receive
prompt attention.
Ramsdell has moved hia rbutograrh
gallery I" his new building on i;rilruad
street, west Of the lumber !aru. He has
The hest equipped CELERY III the State
and T. now PREF arcd to take better piCi-
nres than ever. 5 cure the shallow be-
fore the substance fades.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-01-24
Probably q Hoax.

An unverited dispatch received IL
New York yesterday from Rio Janero
stated that the Connecticut, Admiral
Evans flagship, WINS blown up in the
harbor yesterday orn,u The widest
uno were aioa;. come stating thai i,
WAS the work 81 Japnntec on board, ana
oilers connecting German interests with
he disaster. No official notice WAS yi.u
by the navy department at Wash ny r"n,
and the prevailing Impression was tlla
the story was a chnnrd. All efforts /.
obtain a yerlticat.uu OF the rumor OF
knowledge as 10 its origin had faxed OF
TO a late hour IN ,he afternoon.
We tried to wire to Reno this after
noon for the latest news in r@2ari TO til.
above story, but the Western Union
wires wee ont Of Commission and the
operator WAS unable to send the mes-
sage. The story has all The earmarks
OF q hoax.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-01-24
Aon Skaggs DSdged.

The Carson News throws the iolog-
ing light on the conduct OF Speaker
Skaggs when the resolutions asking
President Roosevelt to retain the troops
at Gold6eld came before the assembly
for passage. It shows how he tries to
carry water on both shoulders:
Il believe that permanent garrison Of
United States troops should be main
tanned in Nevada. I do not favor tho
establishment Of a state constabulary.
Such an organization would bankrupt
the treasury.
r. E. SKAGos.'
The spe iker of the assembly made
thus statement yesterday 10 the press,
attached his name 20 1t, and when the
concurrent resolution providing the very
thing advocated b. Ska:ss rnme up tor
consideration in the lower uouSr he gave
up Tie chair. SGagGe WIS marked
absent fer the roll call. Assembly.
men Fitzpatrick ana O'Brien were re-
corded us mot Iotrp," hut the MEASURE
WIS pissed Notwithstanding this op-
position.
The senate hal early i'll the morning
passed with Immunity the concurrent
resolution asking President Roosevelt to
keep soldiers ill Goldfeld until other
means Of policing the district could DO
provided. Senator Pyne argued i'll
favor Of the r~esolutiOL. Tho meas
urc was rushed into the assembly,
considered 10y the committee Of ten, anu
after the recess was put to Il vote, but
Sksggs, giviuG up the chair to Frank
Folsom OF "ashoa county, left he
cbambe-. The speaker was supposed to
be III the office Of tb" attorney general,
but he was seen at the gates OF the
capitol gro md when i search was made
Tor him 10y members Of the lower house.
SkaEgs reepterei the assembly, after
the CLERK had recorded the vote, and
asked that he be marked present But
ne voluntarily made himself absent
Sher an important matter Was COT
Sidered, ALL all knew his reason for so
acting.
Governor Sparks will telegraph today
the resolution to the White House.
Speaking OF the attitude OF Speaker
Skaggs last night, lie said: "Notwith-
standing opposition from certain sources,
the passage Of this measure is one Of the
greatest things that could have happened
TO this state"
A general condemnation OF Skaggs'
attempt to do petty politics i'll the lower
houee was heard throughout tie capitol
All cav in the speakers absence an at
tempt to dodge the issue paramount be-
fore the Legislature. rnat 90. dill DOT
vote yes or no lost hi n more friends
than he thought whe he left the legis-
lature for those ten minutes.