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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-27
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Yellowstone county will collect the
taxes on a band Of sheep belonging
to Annie E. Wescott and which had
been assessed in this county and in
Carbon county. according to 9 decis-5
ion BY Judge Frank Henry in the
district court yesterday.
The sheep grazed part Of the year
in Carbon county and part Of it in
this county and in former years the
band was assessed and paid taxes in
Carbon county alone, but in 1907 the
sheep were assessed in both counties
and Mrs. Wescott brought action to
find in which county the taxes should
be paid. In Carbon county the taxes
would have been about $1,100 and in
this county they were 1866. BY pay
ing them in this county the owner
of the sheep makes quite a saving.
When Judge Sydney Fox was u
ty attorney Of Carbon county he had
advised the assessment of the sheep
in that county and the taxes had been
collected there, so when the Isl came
up he asked Judge Henry to sit fer
him, as he did not deem himself quail
flied to pass judgment upon it.
The. action was brought by Mrs.
Wescott to ascertain in which county
the taxes should be paid.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-27
LOTS DOUBLE IN VALUE IN THAT
VICINITY.
PROPERTY IS SCARCE
Al Any Price in Vicinity Of New Union
pepot-Five Lots Sold Yesterday
for $1,000 Each, il is sald-owners
Of Lots Will Reap Harvest.

From Wednesdays Daily.
The new Union depot has caused
real estate to double In value In the
vicinity of Twenty-third and Twenty
fourth street and Montana avenue,
and lots are eagerly sought in that
neighborhood. The new depot there
will make it an admirable business
locality and there are, it is under
stood, a number Of business enter
prises projected for that end Of the
town.
Lots which could be bought a year
ago for $3.50 each are now held at
$500 and in the immediate vicinity OF
the depot lots which are desirable as
business property r held at $1,000
each.
Yesterday lots 4, 5, 6, z and s, in
block ia were purchased by DR.. Har'
riet F. Clark from H. ]. Thompson,
The consideration was private, but
is understood that the lots brought
about $4,000. The deal was consum'
mated yesterday afternoon at the Of
fee of w. P. Rixon.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-27
RAILROAD WORK
IN MONTANA SOON
RAILROAD CONTRACTOR PRE-.
Diets ACTIVITY.

D. j. Burke, Of Bozeman, one Of the
large railroad contractors of the
northwest, arrived in the city last
night and will remain until this even
ing when ne will go to Sheridan, Wyo-
ming, to spend Thanksgiving.
"There is much railroad work map
ped out for Montana during the COM
ing year," said he. "The Northern
Pacific will do a great deal of what is
known as 'betterment work. in reduc-
ing grades, Strengthening curves and
widening channels. I have two out
fits nov at work on the st. Paul line,
one at Lombard and another steam
shovel outfit near Butte. am told
that the st. Paul is within about 200
miles of completion, but this work is
deep cuts and big tunnels, and is hard
work to make much Roadway on.
"Bozeman is a busy town these
days. The farmers are all busy haul.
ing oats and selling them to w. p.
Devereaux, a government contractor
who has purchased 100000 pounds
Of oats for use in the Philippines. The
contract calls for the delivery of the
oats to the government warehouse
Seattle, early in December and from
there they will be taken to destina
ton.
coats are selling at from $1.27 te
$1.35 per hundred pounds in Boze
man and there seems to be plenty o.
them in the market, but l guess they
will be scare after this contract Is
filed"
Mr.. Burke threw the first dirt or
the st. Paul railway in Montana two
years and a half ago. He has many
friends in Billings and will spend the
day visiting them before going on tt
Sheridan.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-27
COURT pEcieboN RETAINS HIM
AZ MAYOR or LAUREL.
RECOUNT SHOWS A TIE
W. r. Westbrooke and e. [. Fenton,
Candidate for Mayor Of Laurel, Re-
celved ~ Votes il Recent Election
-Fenton Chosen BY Council.

From Wednesdays Daily.
=. u. Fenton is officially mayor Of
Laurel according to q decision by
Judge FOX IN the district court yes
terday III the contest case brought by
w. 4. Westbrooke against Mr.. Fen
tonf for the ohice, Judge Fox declaring
the election q tie.
At the first municipal election held
III Laurel Mr.. Westbrooke and Mr..
Fenton were candidates for mayor.
The result was q tie, each receiving
Is votes on the face Of the returns.
When the first city council met, it
elected Mr.. Fenton mayor and Mr.
W%esbrooke brought contest proceed
ings to have the ballots recounted and
secure the Office, claiming that a re
count would show his election.
After a motion of Mr.. Fenton's at.
torneys to dismiss the case had been
argued in the district court yesterday
and Judge Fox had decided it, ]. F.
Bacon, deputy county clerk, testified
as to the result of the election and
the canvassing OF the votes. After
he had testified Judge Fox ordered
the votes recounted, c. S. Prater,
court stenographer, and E. W. Dunno,
deputy clerk of the court, acting as
tellers. AS the count progressed it
looked for a short time as if the con
tention OF Mr.. Westbrooke might be
correct. One ballot, which had a
straight line marked after Mr.. Fen
toms name, and had been counted for
him was thrown out, reducing the vote
Of Mr.. Fenton by one But another
ballot on which a light mark had
been made before the name of Mr..
Fenton and q heavy mark before the
name Of Mr.. Westbrooke and had been
counted for Mr.. Westbrooke was
thrown out, leaving the result still
q tie.
According to the result by the count
yesterday Mr.. Westbrooke received 13
votes in the first ward and "a in the
second ward, while Mr.. Fenton Sc
cured 80 in the first ward and II
IN the second.
There is still said to be some ques-
ton as to whether or not the county
commissioners should have ordered a
special election, when the result was
found to be q tie.
After the decision in the contest
case the. suit brought by Mr.. West
brooke against Mr.. Fenton asking the
latter. to show BY what right he held
the Office Of mayor was dismissed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-27
AN INNOVATION.
Government Puts ii Cost Keeping
System for Indian Irrigation.

wv ssttsVus VIC w SVSs NSSPsv
System for Indian irrigation.
H. C. Means, superintendent OF n,
rigation in the Indian service, was in
the city yesterday, accompanied by
w. B. Hill, Indian inspector and irri
cation engineer.
The gentlemen have Just returned
from the Crow agency, where they
have installed a system of cost keep
ing for the irrigation system of the
agency, which is a simplined but ex
act method of keeping an account Of
money expended in keeping up the
irrigation system.
The same system will be installed
in all Indian reservations throughout
the semi-arid west, where irrigation
is used.
Messrs. Means and Hill will q
from here to the Tongue river agency
and after a visit to several other agen
cies Mr.. Means will return to the Sho
shone reservation, where is il
charge of the work of construction o
part Of the system there.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-27
GASOLINE EXPLOSION
Gasoline Coffee Heater Leaks, Takes
Fire, Flames Spread and in a Few
Moments the Walls of DEVILS Lake
Building Was in Flames.

DEVILS LAKE, N. D., Nov. "a
About ten minutes Of four Monday
morning the gasoline coffee heater in
the Windsor hotel, started to leak,
caught fire and the flames spread rap
idly. In a few minutes the walls were
burning and before three hours had
elapsed the entire building was burned
to the ground in spite Of all the work
that the fire department could dc
with the chemical engine.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-27
JUDGMENT FOR MRS. WARREN

Judgment was awarded Mrs. Ollie
Warren by the district court yester-
day in her suit against Mrs. Jack Lit
tie to ecover possession of premises
on Minnesota avenue She was
awarded rent for $3.50, damages of
$500 and restitution Of the premises
together with cancellation of a lease.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-27
WIFE MADE HIS GUARDIAN.

Annie Kostelak was appointed
guardian of John Kostelak by Judge
Fox in the district court yesterday
and her bond was fixed at $500. They
are husband and wife and their prop
erty consists of a homestead in Cas-
cade, property and lots in Great Falls.
In an irresponsible moment the hus-
band is said to have leased the land
for many years
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-27
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE.

w. 7. sidell, an attorney who has
recently moved to Billings, was yes.
iterday admitted to practice in the dis
trict court, ex gracia, by Judge Fox,
on motion of County Attorney Harry
L. Wilson.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-27
SETTLING THE WEBB ESTATE.

Judge Fox yesterday approved the
final accounting Of Harry l.. Wilson,
administrator of the estate Of the late
James T. Webb, and ordered a distri-
button among the heirs Of the late
sheriff's property.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-27
BONDS ARE APPROVED.

Judge Fox yesterday approved the
official bonds of Lorin T. Jones, elect
ed clerk of the district court; Harry
L. Wilson, county attorney and Bruce
Renwick, elected county clerk. Mr..
Jones gives as sureties on his bond:
a. L. Babcock, James r. Goss, H. j.
Thompson, H. W. Rowley, P. B. Moss
and Austin North.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-27
BAT NELSON DISMISSED.

CHICAGO, Nov. M.-The complain
ing witness against Battling Nelson"
the pugilist arrested yesterday
charged with resisting an OFFICER, did
not appear in court today and the case
was dismissed
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-27
JUDGMENT is GIVEN.

The Scandinavian American Bank
of Seattle was given judgment by de-
fault in the district court yesterday
against j. Ward Huse for s1,023.41
alleged to be due on a note, and $1oo
attorneys fees and costs of the suit.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-27
IN

Accused Of Fiourishing Fire Arms, by
r. a. Brown.
The People Of the State Of Montana
VS.. E. F. Galley, is the title Of an In.
formation sworn out yesterday before
Justice F. L. Mann. Galley is
charged with exhibiting and flourish.
ing a deadly weapon at F. A. Brown,
who caused the complaint to be sworn
out. Both of the men are ranchers
and live on the Grow agency. Galley
was released without bonds for his
appearance before Judge Mann for a
preliminary hearing, which is to take
place Monday at 10 o'clock.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-27
FLOODED RAMS o /
Fine RIooded Sheep are Disposed Of
BY Him.

Charles McAllister, dealer in pedi
greed sheep, yesterday sold to An.
gus McKinnon Of Custer, Is head OF
blooded rams at SIS per head. He
also sold 116 head Of Merino rams to
Charles Cook of White Sulphur
Springs, which brought about SIS pei
head. Mr.. McAllister OWNS a large
sheep ranch les Big Timber and re,
ports sales very brisk for this time
OF the year.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-27

TIE Butte News compares the Nav
York horse show to he Butte ..og
show. After perusal, we are at a 10 IS
to know which suffers by the com.
ftarison.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-27
TEA

The greatest e. -drinkers
are full bottom Dutch
men. There isn't much
ne prostration in
Holland.
Your grocer returns ,our money u yes dsa's.
HE Schilling's Best; Ne pay hin.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-27
YELLOWSTONE IS
TO GET TAXES
DECISION OF JUDGE HENRY FAv-
oRs THIS COUNTY.
ON THE WEsCOTT SHEEP

Band Had Been Assessed IN Yellow
stone and In Carbon Counties and
Case Was Brought to Decide In
which County Take. Should Re
Paid.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-07-15
.INGRATE GETS 5O DAYS FOR MEAN
 CRIME
ROBBED THE MAN WHO GAVE HIM SHELTER IN HIS
 HOME
lLrnm Tnc.dny,. Dnilyl

Because he stole The mans watch, who allowed him the shelter and com. forts of ni. home in Ash Fork. Albert Walters Is now serving fifty day sen. tcncc in 'hc county jail. Walters was brought here last saturday and lodged in the county ba.'iie hy Deputy Sheriff Charles Mauzc, who arrested him a short time after the theft was commit ted.
 Walters claims Co hail from Chicago. He blew into Ash Fork last week auI made inc acquaintance of the engineer of the pumping platn, informing him that ne wa. out of funds. The cngin. ger allowed him to stop at his place and was amazed Monday morning to fnd his watch gone. He immediately notified Deputy Mainzc, who found Walters and the watch cumming.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-07-15
SHEEP AND GOATS MAY bE BARRED
 FROM RESERVE
IMPORTANT MEETING TO BE HELD FIRST WEEK IN
 SEPTEMBER
tFrom ruc.day's Daily)

Or keen interest tp inc stoctmcn uf eastern NaNappi county and the owners of transient herds uf sheep ln tproninp county, tx thc meeting arranged tO bc held thc first week iu September by Dr. Newell of thC reclamation service and X r. Potter. chief of tnc bureau of grazing of the forest service. when it will he determined whether thc grazing of goats on the Verde watershed of the Verde National Forest. or the driving uf transient herds of sheep over that reserve is detrimental to the watershed, which furnishes water tu the govern mcut's irrigation projects on the Salt River.
 Arrangements for meetings and con f'runccS with the owners of all classes of stock on the watershed are now be ing made by the officials of the grazing and reclamation services. who intend to settle for all time the question whether all sheep aud goats snail he ex. cIudcd from grazing on that part of the Verde National Forest. The govern. mcnt officials intend to make personal examinations uf the watershed as well ns give all interests hearing before announcing a decision. There are q large number Of goats now on the wa. tershcd and thousands of sheep are driven over it every spring and fall From thc Coconino county pastures to the desert ranges of the southern Yava. pai and northern Maricopa counties and hack.
 " Norton JohnsAn. mining expert of the Prescott and Verde National For. csts has been ordered to report for duiy at Beaver. Utah, July lj. for work in the Fillmore National Forest. x. ]. Humestou. clerk of the forest su. pcrvisor 's office here. has been ordered to report at Washington for duty in the law department of the forest service. He will leave for Washington July 20. He will be succeeded here by F. F.. Bcmbry. clerk in the office of the for. est supervisor of the Pike's Peak Na. iional Forest at Denver, Colorado.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-07-15
NEVADA NOT ID BE COMPARED ID
 YAVAPA|
(From Tucsday's Daily)

Thoroughly convinced that there k no section of the west equal in mineral resource to Yavapai county, Frank Webb, who resided here number of years before going to Nevada year ago, returned yesterday.
 "No part of Nevada. that I saw. compares in any way with this county in mineral resources.' he said. "Some of the districts l visited have two. pos. sibly three mines in operation. In ad- dition to this there are many instances of mines under development, which are promising but do not compare in any way with the undeveloped prospects of Yavapai county. Mines that employ a number of men here, with what is con. sidered fair showings, outclass many of the properties being boomed in the Sage Brush state. Miners leave disgust. cd when they realize that they have been beguiled into the boom camps by malicious advertising.
 Personally I am glad to be back in good old Yavapai county. which has n brighter future in a mineral way taan any district of the west with which [ am familiar,' he concluded.
 Webb formerly worked in this coun. " as n miner and hoisting engineer. He was employed some years al the Gladstone, MoCabe and other large gold producers of the county. He also mined in Colorado and New Mexico.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-07-15
WAGON ROAD NOW COMPLETED TO THE VERDE
 RIVER
tfrom sundays Daily)

Work on the wagon road of the Ari. zonn Power Company K progressing steadily and it is now completed to the Verde river, the site of the main power plant. and partly completed three miles on the east side of the river towards the Fossil creek springs. All the em. ployes were given n holiday on the Fourth and wagon load of refresh. ments were served free to the men, as was also n barbecue. Everything pass. cd on quietly barring n few harmless mix-ups.
 The tunnels to convey the water through the hills from the springs to the river are being pushed as rapidly as possible under present conditions. They are under the supervision of N. Clemens, president of the Clemens Construction Compahy, which has the contract, Mir Clemens is miner and contractor of many years experience ana understands his business thorough iy and as he is paying the union scale Of wages, he should loo able to secure competent miners, From present indi- cations, it is probable the tunnels will Toe completed without the use of ma chine drills. At the present time there 'lre about 2S men employed but the Force will be increased as soon as more s'upplies and material are brought in.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-07-15
SMALL VEIN GOES THOUSANDS ID
 THE TON
(From TuesdaY,s Dallyl

After short visit here yesterday. w. l.. Conner left for his camp at the Eberhart mine in the Walker district. where he and his associates are enpap. ed in taking out n carload shipment of ore. Conner snowed specimens of the rlch md made on the property three weeks ago, n full account of which an. penred at that time in the Journal. Miner. Some of the ore carries tbous. ands of dollars in gold to the ton. Ore or the same character as that found on the apex or the vein where the rich strike was made was encountered re. cently m drift eighty feet beneat the surface. There is only a small streak of the high grade product. but me paystreak of shipping ore ranges from six inches to foot in thickness.
 MT. Conner said that general reyi. val of Inc mining industry was appar- ent m the district. Work is progress ing favorably on the unwatering of the Pine Mountain shaft and number bf prospeetors are taking out shipping orc on their claims.
 Developments in the Lamartine shaft are also satisfactory to the manage. ment of the Inter State Gold Comn,nv operating the Lamartine and Pine Mountain groups. A steady stream of Wea'th continues to pour out of the Ac. cidental mine, under exploitation by the Poland Mining Company. Tho mine IS being worked from Poland through the Poland tunnel.
 Placer miners are also busy on Lynx croek sinee the recent summer rains as. sured them n plentiful supply of water.
 MT and Mrs. w. C. Tonkin, who ar. rived Sunday from Los Angeles, left Tor the camp of the Inter State Gold company yesterday afternoon, Mir. Ton. Kin being president and general mana. ger of the concern.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-07-15
STORM WORTH MILLIONS TO
 MINING AND STOCK INTEREST,"
OFrom Sundays pal,yl


 The rain storm of yesterday and Thursday, aggregating l.9O inches hii been of incalculable benefit to tho min. ing and stock interests of Yavapai a'd all northern Arizona. Prescott seeni to have been the center of the bl storm. At Iron Springs. only ies miles from the city, very little rai Tell, and in most of the territory bte tween Prescott and Phoenix the nA was nil.
 However, the rainfall has been ' great benefit to that section, as fl seH' millions of gallons of flood watth down the dry streams, which will y constantly fed during the next thrs months of the rainy season.
 The fall has been sufficient to stan The grass, and with the usual sumns, showers, feed ought to be plentl'u' soon on all the ranges adjacent V Prescott.
 The storm was accompanied by heav thunder and lightning. The siois Thursday was one of the fiercest viss ing Prescott in years, 1.10 inches @ s rain falling in half an hour. The tH spectators at the ball park yestefd,l mad magnificent electrical picture v entertain them during the game. osa Granite mountain the forked lightni's was almost incessant and the changls! color of the entire range forming U" matchless sky line presented a gorgeo"' picture. New York, Chicago, or snl other great American city would gm a hundred millions for a baseball par. with setting like that behind '" Prescott Gray's diamond.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-07-15

Contractor D. E. Moon started the concrete work on the foundation of the new hospital building at Fort Whipple yesterday He mixed and laid yard "t concrete every 20 minutes with nine men, which IS considered better than the average for this class of work. The concrete will extend seven feet above me Foundation footing, with brick walls above. The plan calls for an eight room building, forty by seventy Tour feet in dimensions, with partitions of concrete and brick Contrctor Moon expects to have the hospital ready for occupancy October l.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-07-15
CH|CO'S TWENTY \ WARM BILL FOR "C|M" AND
 ''MUssY"
LOSER GETS BACK MOST OF HIS MONEY AND THIEVES
 GET JAIL
(From Tuesdays Dally)

Mike Mussacco was sentenced tC serve thirty days in the county jail yesterday afternoon at ? o'clock by Justice of the Peace McIane, in de fault of the payment of $30 fine closing the third chapter in the history of the SEQ bill stolen from Chico Fran. cesca in the Mint saloon Wednesday night by Vito CimmarruscO. which tho latter claimed nc swallowed.
 Mussacco was serving a ten days sentence in the county jail on the charge of contempt of court in con. nection with the trial of Cinmarrusco. when he recovered the SEQ bill from a cache underneath the Mint saloon, and paid Sj to Under Sheriff Neagle, bal. ance due on a fl0 flIe for contempt of conrt. He was arrestei later Saturday night by Night Officer Barclay ana lodged in the city jail while engaged in game of poker in one of the Whiskey Row resorts. In addition tJ the iail sentence, Mussacco was ordered by tne court tO return the remainder of the stolen S2O found m his possession by the arresting officer to the rightful owner.
 Mussacco will have seven days of his sentence to serve when Cimmarrusco. who confessed to swallowing the greea. back, K released from the bastile.
 Jose Ochoa and A. Escalante, who pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing $l0 from A. Gomez. were each sentenc. cd to ten days in the county bastile in default of Sl0 fines.
 The reliminary examination of Bar. telo Sequeiros on the charge of shoot. ing Modesto Acosta in the Hortado sa. loon on South Granite street Friday night was set for o'clock this after. noon
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-07-15
(From sundays Daily) Here from Humboldt.

Here from Humboldt.
 M. q. Burns of Humboldt is visiting in the city. Copper City Visitor.
 Ben II. Ray of Jerome is the guest of friends in the city. Here from Humboldt.
 S. r. Thompson, the Humboldt mcr. chant, is visiting in the city. Here from Humboldt.
 Joe McSparrin of Humboldt is here on short business visit Left for Congress.
 George IIapp left last night for Con. gress on snort business visit. Here from Humboldt.
 Pete Diskin, the Humboldt merchant, is here on n short business visit Wool Grower Visits.
 II. J. Gray, the Jerome Junction woolgrower, is here on sheep business. Visiting in Ash Fork.
 Miss Belle Rodgers is the pnest of her friend, Miss Helen Clark. in Ash Fork From Del Rio.
 C. R. Sutton, engineer of the pump. ing plant at Del Rio, was in town yes. terday. Purchasin Supplies.
 
 "eorge uhl is in the city from his mines near Iron Springs purchasing supplies. Back from Gallup.
 p' W. Thomas has returned from n short business visit in Gallup. New Mexico. Pioneer Resident Visits.
 Mrs. Abbie Condron, a pioneer of the Walnut Grove district, is visiting in the city.