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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-02
ALLEGED FORGE[Rl
CAUGHT BY TALGO.
CHIEF OF POLICE ARRESTS MAN
FOR CRIME OF LAST JUNE.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Chief Of Police Bert Talgo yester-
day afternoon arrested Charles Adams,
9 man who is wanted on q charge Of
passing . forged check on the Blue
Ribbon saloon last June.
Adams Is alleged to have gone into
the Blue Ribbon saloon one evening,
presented . check for 1858 and to
have had 1t cashed by w. H. Harder.
the proprietor. When the check was
discovered to be q forgery Adams had
left the country and gone to the Dako-
ia wheat fields. He returned a few
days ago and Chief Talgo went in
search OF him, meeting him on First
avenue south, between Twenty-sev-
enth and Twenty-eighth streets.
Adams denies that he ID the man
wanted, but he has been identified
positively by two men. who saw him
when the check was cashed.
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IN WYOMING OIL FIELDS NEAR
GARLAND, WYo.
ANOTHER IS splulDDED
Montana and Wyoming on Company
Starts Drilling Again for oli-Has
Four OH Wells and n Gas-Activ-
ny In Oil Fields.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
Gas has been struck in large quar-
titles In q we'll being drilled on the
Heritage place, which adjoins the
property Of the Montana and Wyo-
ming OIL Company near Garland,
Wyo., and the company operating has
decided to spud another we'll.
Renewed activity is reported from
the oil fields near Garland since the
return east Of some Standard Oil men,
who were negotiating for the purchase
OF some Of the OIL. While nothing
has been made public about the Wis
1t, the fact that the different oil com
panies are preparing to resume drill
ing has encouraged many Of those in
terested in the field, many Of whom.
are Billings people.
A string Of drills belonging to the
Neutrality-suspicious. Oil company wal
unloaded last week and a crew Of,
men are busy erecting q derrick. al
drilling outfit, belonging to Mr.. Hoke,
who owns property nea the wells Of
the Montana and Wyoming OIL com
pany, the Billings corporation, has
reached st. Louis, according to ad-
vices and will probably arrive in Gar
land next week.
The Montana and Wyoming Oil com
pany spudded another well last Mon
day and has drilled some distance.
The company has now taken charge
Of its own drilling, the contract with
drillers from the south having ex-
pired.. This company has four gush-
ing oil wells and n large gas we'll.
A small quantity of Oil at ono 81
the wells caught fire late last week, &C:
cording to arrivals in Billings, and
caused CONSERVATION in the vicinity
of the wells but the blaze was extin-
guished without much damage being
wrought. s
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WORD FROM FLEET.

49, So NMH LA Ln I
MANILA, Sept. 30.-The following
wireless message has been received:
"On board the y. 8. s.. Connecticut:
The position Of the Atlantic feet is
latitude 3 degrees A minutes north,
longitude 121 degrees 80 minutes east.
AS the feet sailed from Albany. West
Australia, So hours behind schedule,
owing to the fact that the golfers
did not arrive on time. the fleet will
arrive in Manila harbor O the evening
Of October 2.
Perfect weather was encountered
throughout the voyage from Australia,
the voyage being uneventful. The
fleet failed to get into communication
by wireless with the station at Mac
casar. on the island Of Ceelbes and
also found atmospheric conditions
very bad for wireless operations with
tho Jolo and Zamboanga stations" {
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motives and closed with an eloquent
tribute to the work ofs Mr. pfnchof

motives and closed with an eloquent
tribute to the work Of Mr.. Pinchot.
r. c. FinAle, of California, while de-
Tending the forestry .ervice, made q
brief argument IN favor Of q commits
sio~nStoewhich complaints as to the adj
ADMINISTRATION OF the reserves might be
appealed.
John Barrett. director Of The bureau
lot American Republics, delivered q
brilliant address describing the pro
gress Of irrigation through the Aanen-
can Republics and urging an inter
national American congress In 1909,
for which he said the governments Of
the several republics should raise
funds.
The resolutions committee organic
ed tonight and began work on q NUM-
Der of resolutions introduced during
the day.
Among these was n by C. B. ScA
midt, of Chicago. immigration COM
missioner Of the Rock Island railroad,
protesting against amy further restric-i
ton Of immigration as opposed to the
rapid development and colonization Of
the semi-arid states.
Fred j. Khesel, OF Ogden, introduced.
"a resolution In favor OF taking the next
session Of the congress to Washington,
%. c., stating that the holding Of the
congress In the national capitol would
lend great interest to its proceedings,
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TOWNSEND DEPOT WAS
BURNED LAST NIGHT
TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATION IN.
TERRuPTEp BY CUT WIRES.

LIVINGSTON. Mont. Sept. 30.-Ts
depot at Townsend between Logan and
Helena was destroyed by hre tonight,
all OF the telegraph wires passing
through that point being cut as q re
suit. This city, Billings and towns
in eastern Montana have no wire con-
nection with Helena. Both railroad
and Western Union wires are down.
The structure Is worth probably 81,
900. being . depot similar to that CON
structed at medium sized towns on
the Northern Pacific. The cause Of
the fire has not been learned.
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MANILA, Sept. 29.-It Is presumed
bsre that the Atlantic feet has
reached the Basilan channel which
lies between the island OF Basilan and
the southeastern extremity Of Min
Atanao, but no word to that effect has
yet been received from the wireless
stations at Zamboanga or Malabang,
though It Is estimated that the fleet
was due OF Zamboanga some time
this morning.
The last reports received In Ma
Mia from the southern wireless sta
lions stated that they had heard the
flagship Connecticut calling them dur
the night.
Manila Is preparing an elaborate
program for the water parade. with
the city will welcome the feet
on arrival. "A number Of harbor yes
sells viii steam out to the island Of
Corregidor, at the mouth Of the har-
Dor. and await the coming Of the
visitors there. while other larger
steamers will run down the coast Of
Luzon to meet the feet at sea and
escort It to the harbor. When the
Aeet has taken It's position at the an
chorage assigned to it, q heet com.
posed OF fifty steam and launch craft
carrying as many spectators as can
crowd aboard, will run out to the an
ehorage, steaming in regular forma-
ton and circle about the warships.
Rear Admiral HARDER, commanding
the Asiatic cruiser squadron, which Is
at anchor of the naval station at Ca
vite, has issued orders keeping all
men and ohlcers aboard their vessels
account Of cholera in the city.
Twelve new cases of cholera have
been reported in the city for the past
a. hours, and hve deaths.
.E zI- t ELn -LAE EE6 $50. A
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r b AND SUICIDE.

Man Shoots His Wife and Kills Him
cell,
SEATTLE. Sept. 30.-The bodies OF
George Foster and his wife. an at
tractiye woman IS years old, were
found today In a rooming house, q re-
volver on the floor, with two cham
ibers empty indicating that Foster had
shot the woman and committed sui
eide. The tragedy is attributed to
jealousy.
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SUES ON a NOTE.

The Scandinavian American Ma
tional bank of Seattle, Wash, yester-
day commenced suit in the district
court against J. w. Huse Of Billings
to collect on q note for $1,000 given at
Great Falls, Mont, September 1, 1903,
and due September i, 1908. judgment
is asked for the note, the interest
and the cost Of suit.
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coTTNER BUILDING o NJ

From Thursdays Daily.
B. s. Cottner is erecting a cottage
at $50 Wyoming avenue. in the west
end addition. Work was started some
time ago and viii soon be finished.
Mr.. Cottner is connected with Yexen
brothers dry goods department.
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AFTER TAKING sEvENTY-sEvEN
BALLOTS, ADJouRhs.
in DEADLOCK
No Nomination 10 Made, and Republi-
cans Appoint Committee to Act for
the Next Four ysarss-Adjourned IN
Afternoon.

MILES CITY, Mont, Sept. so.-Af-
ter taking n ballots. with the dele
gates from Dawson and Custer u
ties, all standing pat, the Republican
judicial convention for the selection
of 2 candidate for judge in the seventh
district, adjourneda sine die this az.
'ternoon.
A committee Of two from each counr-
ty was appointed to act as a judicial.
committee for the next four years.
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MERCHANT BUYS GOODS.

From thursdays Daily.
a. NJ. Stevenson, q prominent mer-
chant Of Lodge Grass, Mont, is In the
city, on business, and buying for his
store at that place. He purchased a
mixed car load Of merchandise. which
will be shipped to Lodge Grass.
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" THEY FILED ON THEIR LAND.
ONE YEAR AGO.
ATTORNEY CiALEN
Fact that They Filed u Prima Facla
Evidence that They Had Established
= Residence in the state Of Mon
tana-Important to Huntley People.

From Thursdays Daily.
All residents Of tho Huntley project
or people living on homesteads in this
county who fled on their homesteads
prior to November 1. 1907, whether
they have lived on the land continu-
ously or not. II they are living there
now, will be entitled to vote at the
coming election, according to an opin-
ion rendered by Attorney General Al
bert J. Galen, in a letter to Eugene
g. Sampson.
The decision will relieve the minds
Of many settlers, who were afraid they
had no right to vote, as they have not
been in the state continuously one
year, having come here and fled and
they returned for their family and
possessions. Following is the letter.
Helena, Mont, Sept. %. 1908.
Mr.. Eugene G. Sampson,
Huntley, Montana.
Dear Sir
We are in receipt OF your letter Of
the 21st inst, regarding the qualifica-
tions of certain settlers on the Hunt
ley Project to vote at the ensuing cleo
tion. You state that these persons
filed on homesteads prior to Novem.
Der LIST 1907, but in many instances
had to return home to dispose Of their
effects or to arrange for shipping the
same to Montana.
Under the provisions Of Section 80,
Revised Codes (Section 72, Political
Code), there is nc question but what
such persons residence in Montana
would dates from the time Of filing on
the land unless, upon their return
east, they voted or did some other
act showing that 1t was their intention
to still retain their residence In the
foreign state. The mere fact that at
ter gaining a residence here they left
the state for special or temporary pur-
poses, with intention Of returning to
this state, would not affect their res
idence established here at the time
Of making their filings.
Very truly yours,
ALBERT J. GALEN,
Attorney General.
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PlNCHOT DEFENDED
BY HIS FRIENDS
FORESTRY SERVICE HAS FRIENDS
AMONG lRRIcAToRs.

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, Sept. 3d.
The anticipated attack in the national
irrigation congress upon the adminis-
trations forestry rolicy came at che
morning session today when DC. Bea-
man, OF Denver, In an, address cover
Ing an hour, made q sweeping and
severe arraignment OF the administra-
ton OF the forestry by Clifford Pinchot.
At the afternoon session George H.
MAXWELL Of Chicago, made q ringing
speech attacking The Colorado man,
which brought the defenders of the
forestry service to their feet in q de-
monstratton Of enthusiastic approval.
Several western men took part III
the discussion, some attacking, others
defending the bureau, but the speech
by Mr.. Beaman and the reply of MI.
Maxwell I've Swallowed all events Of
the session. An attempt was made to
cut Beaman's speech short by q dele
gate who demanded that the time limit
OF 20 minutes ibe enforced. President.
Cloudy declined to support the point
OF order and the address was COM
pleted without further interruption.
AT the end OF the address several
questions were asked, one Of them be-
ing by John u. Fairweather, Of Cali
q rnia, who asked:
rs It true that Mr. Beaman is the
paid attorney Of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron company"
President Cloudy ruled the question
out of order, but Beaman replied, say
ing that he had been the company's
attorney since Its organization. but
that the corporation had no interest
at stake in the forestry problem, and
that the policy Of the bureau in lock-
ing up the coal Lands was of vast bene-
At to the Colorado Fuel and Iron conn
pany, in that It prevented competition
from new coal fields.
President Cloudy stated that he had
invited MI. Pinchot to attend the con-
gress, hoping that It could be arrang-
ed between Mr.. Beaman and the forest
u, but that Mr.. Pinchot had found 1t
impossible TO attend. He said, how
ever. that ample time would be given
for reply and discussion during the
afternoon session.
Mr.. Maxwell, editor Of Maxwe1l's
Talisman. of Chicago, and one Of the
founders of the irrigation congress,
departed from the subject assigned to
him on the program and launched at
once into the defense Of the forestry
service.
His speech was frequently inter
rupted by prolonged applause. The
speaker admitted that the forestry
service had made most success in ad-
administrative detail, hut he said that in
the main It was moving along the
right line and THAT aside from the
inevitable errors which CREEP into the
execution OF amy great policy. there
was no just ground for criticism. He
intdmated that the attack upon the
service was inspired by purely selhsA
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NUISANCE CHARGED.

Nick Hughes Arrested for not Having
Danger signal Over Excavation.
From Thursdays Daily.
Yesterday afternoon Chief 81 Police
gTaIgo arrested 9 man named Nick
Hughes charged with maintaining 4
nuisance. 1t Is said that Hughes was
responsible for not having a red light
burning over an excavation that he
was making in the street.
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SALOON CLOSED BY BREWERY.

From Thursdays Daily.
The Turf. saloon. situated on the cor
ner OF Minnesota avenue and Twenty
sixth street, was closed yesterday by
the Billings Brewery. which held .
'chattel mortgage on 1t.
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STRIKE IS orr.

Canadian Pacific Men Will Return to
Work.
WINNIPEG, Sept. 3O.-The strike Of
Canadian Pacific mechanics which
started August 4. was declared OF
early today. About 10000 men are
affected. The terms Of settlement
have not yet been announced. Il was
decided to call the strike on in the
west drst. This win DO followed by
. similar declaration In the east.
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SICKNESS AT STEWART HOME.

From Thursdays Daily.
The infant daughter Of Ben Stew
art. a rancher, six miles west Of the
city. Is reported as being very III.
from convulst6ns. but is said to be Inn
proving sdd was much better last
evening. DR.. Free is the attending
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MARRIAGE PERMITS GRANTED.

From Thursdays Daily.
Marriage licenses were issued yes
terday by the clerk Of the district
court to Clinton v. Newton, aged So.
and Susan E. Lesher, aged So, both
of Billings, and to George Robertson,
aged 80, and Miss Iva M, Barnard,
aged %, both Of Roberts, Montana.
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Bates Pianos. 27os Second avenue
aortA. North building.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-24
PEACEFUL PROSPECTS

A FRENCH magazine writer gives
u some curious information about
- the genesis of the R1sso-Japan-
ese war, the conclusion of which left
several civilized nations, among them
the United States, in an attitude OF
mind toward the little brown men In
which admiration was intermingled
with uneasy suspicion. NJ Mevifs ar
ticle in the National Review should be
soothing to Americans who still think
that Japan may pick a quarrel. and
who may be disposed to regard the
visiting sailors as gladiators saluting
us ere they engaged in combat, rather
than as jolly jackies on a lark. The
writer is apparently authoritative. His
words have that INSPIRED" confident
ring which suggest that he is betray-
ing secrets with the knowledge and
consent of all interested in them.
In other words, the principals in
recent international unpleasantnesses
wish the world to know that there will
be no more fighting, for some years,
at any rate, and they also wish to i'm
press upon us the fact that rumors that
Japan has designs on the Pacific coast
are founded on myth.
The writer in the National Review
states that Great Britain and Russia
have signed an agreement which must
inevitably produce happy results; that
Japan has become reconciled with her
adversary of yesterday and has con-
cluded an agreement with France, and
that the problemNof the Far East has
thus been solved.
The moral that Mevil draws from the
events preceding the usso-Japanese
war is that international differences
should be settled with as little delay
as possible and in the most definitive
fashion, as otherwise sooner or later
storm may burst with which no di-
plomacy can cope.
1t is a pity that nations have not
yet learned to have as much respect
for arbitration as they have for other
processes of law. One would think
that in the twentieth century civilized
governments would be willing to es-
tablish an international supreme court,
to which all disputes of an interna-
tional character. whether among the
citizens or among the powers, might be
referred for adjudication.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-24
OF WORLDWIDE INTEREST
LIVING OUTDOORS
BY FREDERIC }. HAskIN

dral grounds in Washington, d. c. the
congregation sitting on the sloping hill
side overlooking the city below, While
the music from the Marine band and
the songs of the choir boys drift softly
through the trees or rise, unhindered
by roof or gilded dome, to the blue or
the sky above. Summer schools and
Ckautauquas In almost every state hold
outdoor meetings throughout the sum
mer.
The Bohemian club of San Francisco
is the pioneer outdoor theatrical CLUB
OF the nation. For twenty-three years
the 500 or more business and profess
sional men who compose 1t have been
holding their midsummer links" on
tlleir own forest stage in a grove of
redwoods fifty miles north of San
Francisco. Down in a great canyon
where the trees are always green. be-
cause the mountoin sides are still for
ested and hold their water supply, the
Bohemians pitch their summer camp.
Ferns and brake are underfoot, the
seats are cut out from giant redwoods.
and the stage is a natural platform
with the hills for a sounding board and
the trees for wings. Here every August
a play is given, folkrite that is as
dear to its people as is the passion
Flay' to the people of Oberamnnergau
1t Is masque o. verse, always written
by some member of the club. Only two
things govern its writing and produc-
ton, and these are that the enactors
must be woodland folk, and that the
thtme must turn on the restoration of
good fellowship through the death of
care.
Back yards of the cities are blossom
ing with flowers where once disorder
reigned. for the garden habit has been
la. -.
Washington and twice as many more In
New York were transformed in one
season. Baron de Hirsch's fund, estab-
fishing the Woodbine colony in New
Jersey. was only forerunner of other
benevolent farms such as the Salvation
Army various churches and philan-
thropic organizations are maintaining
and the tendency is to establish more
every year. Homes for the poor and
the insane We're first put out in the
country because of the cheapness. Now
trey are there because of the health
giving. care-killing life:
I. is not only "when the red gods
nuke their medicine again in the
spring time that the river-ward, forest
ward, shore ward migration begins. 1t
Is for all the year. A party of young
girls getting their health back as they
live on a small houseboat on Florida
river, iHuitl- -nllilonalreS travelling III
motor cars that are equipped with beds
and stoves, a collection of tent colo
nists that make up one-ffth of the
population of Phoenix, Ariz., a New
Yorker and his wife camping all winter
in a fly-tent in the Jersey woods, or
some city-weary folk living in tempor-
airy quarters in an abandoned New
England farmhouse, the idea is one and
the same: IL means that the people are
looking toward health and rest once
more through means of the simple life.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-24
THREE NEW BRIDGES
TOBE CONSTRUCTED
COUNTY SUPERVISORS TO ASK
FOR BIDS
One Will Be Built Across San Gabriel
River at Dominguez Street
and Will Be 800 Feet
Iona

The board of supervisors yesterday
called for specifications and plans for
the building of a bridge across the San
Gabriel river at Dominguez street and
the old Bixby ranch house.
. The bridge will be 300 feet in length
and advertisements for bids to do the
work will soon be published. The
bridge will connect Los Angeles with
Long Beach, making direct road into
American avenue at the beach city
Bids for a 100-foot bridge on State
street over the Los Angeles river, be-
tween Clearwater and the county farm,
will also be advertised as soon as the
plans and specifications are COM
pleted.
Plans have been asked for a 175-foot
bridge at the New River schoolhouse.
This bridge will span the old San Ga
briel river The board has also decided
to put in bridge on Center street over
the old San Gabriel river, provided the
people living in the neighborbood build
a suitable road to this crossing. The
expense of building this bridge will, 1T
is expected, be about $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-24
TARIFF FAKERS

" f are indebted to Robert Can't
w we'll of Chicago for robust
expression which conveys its
meaning with convincing force. In an
interview published in The Harld he
talked of tariff takers" He charac-
terized their creation, the Dingley bill,
as "barbarous" and recalled how the
tariff Nas held up to popular admira-
tion as mot only the father of national
prosperity but it's continuator and
multiplier''
"Never was an idol so enthusiastical-
ly worshiped." continued the graphic
attorney, until it suddenly fell from
its pedestal amid the amazement of its
high priests; and as the illusory dream
of tariff-made prosperity vanished that
which alone stood visible above the
wreck was the swarm of tariff-engi-
neered trusts preying on the people,"
The reaction which followed the
idols fall was so great that one politi-
cal convention after another and one
candidate after another east and west
has made some promises more or less
definite in behalf of tariff revision. This
is one of the instances of Republican
approximation to Democratic principles
to which The Herald has called atten-
ton. But, as Mr.. Cantwell says, what
the people demand is such a SUB
STANTIAL revision of the tariff as
will relieve them from the spoliation
of the trusts. OF this there is small
hope from the party of the stand pat
ters, no matter how vociferous their
promises of reform. The hope of such
a revision is in the hereditary enemy of
the tariff, the national Democratic
party.
The tariff takers have only one argu-
ment, and that is popular prosperity,
the kind of prosperity that reaches the
masses of the people and produces
widespread content. AS soon as pros
perity begins to concentrate in a few
business oases, leaving all the rest of
the land a bowling wilderness, the tariff
faker may get out his old handbell and
bawl his old, old cry; but it is one
thing to shout in the busy market
place and another to cry in the desert.
Two million children are out of school
who should be attending school, and
the tariff faker is out of business. The
tariff spelbinders will no longer bind,
for the magic spell is broken.