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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07
DELEGATES AND MEMBERe Or
aAhlxE STATE ASSOCIATION.
THE TARE QUESTION
ofaeers for Ensuans Year Elected
Topics Of Interest 70 Producers Of
saecharine Root Are Discusssd-
Graham Reelected.
Thursdays Daily.

6IOWSES O1 Las oA4AA06S u4SC1ASIs
was held in the city hall yester-
day, an Eastern Montana Beet Grow
ers' association composed Of district
associations was formed. The organ
Of district associations will
meet once each year regularly, and
each one Of the districts will be repre-
sented by delegates.
Omcers OF the Billings district asso-
were elected yesterday. Jack
Graham was reelected president Of
the association and e. B. Camp and
I. D. O'Donnell were reelected secre-
tary and treasurer respectively.
Charles Newman was elected vice
president. The following were elected
of the executive committee:
w. o. Weidler, G. G. Sanderson, ".
B. George and W. +. Snyder.
President Reports.
The reports of the officers OF the
association were heard and approved.
M9FEF1fNE
The president, az a mem3,er Of a COM
mittee Of three appointed last fall to
confer with the officers Of the Billings
company regarding delays in
beets and other matters,
his report. which consisted
Of the correspondence between the
committee and officers OF the sugar
company.
"A number Of new members were en-
on the books Of the association,
making a total membership In excess
OF 100.
IN the absence Of ]. @. Logan. Mr..
seeley, an official Of the Billings
Sugar company. gave a short talk ex.
planning the car shortage Of last sea
son. All of the addresses were the
subject Of general discussion in which
all Of the members OF the association
took part.
President J. T. Graham gave an in,
teresting address on the a~dvisability
and ways of assisting in unloading
beets at the dumping stations. MT
Bloomfield followed Mr.. Graham and
made a short talk on the same sub
ject.
TO Employ Inspector.
"A short talk on The Tare Cues
tion," by 1. D. O'Donnell, started
lengthy discussion on this subject II
which almost every one present tool
part
A motion by Mr.. George to instruc'
the executive committee to employ q
weight and tare Inspector, to be paid
from the funds Of the association, end
ed the discussion. The motion wal
carried.
The president appointed a commit
tee Of three to meet the delegatel
from growers as ociations in ths
other districts and form an organize
ton embracing all Of the associations
which Is to meet once a year and g
which all Of the associations will bt
represented by delegates. The com
mittee met last night and the detail,
OF the organization were settled.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07
TIMER DIES
in MINNEAPOLIS
FATHER Or i. ]. FOSTER sue
cuMBs 70 PNEUMONIA.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Ofacer T. j. Foster Of the local po-
lice force yesterday received news Of.
the death Of his father, which 90.
CURED IN Minneapolis Monday night.
Mr.. Foster was visiting at the home
OF his son, George Foster. when he
died. He was first taken sick with
pneumonia the middle OF last Decem-
Der, and at that time relatives were
notified. Officer Foster and q sister
living in this city went to Minneapo-
father until his condition improved.
He evidently suffered a relapse, how
ever, and the news Of his death was
the first intimation that relatives In
this city had that he was not still
on the road to recovery.
The deceased was n Of the pio-
neers Of this section, coming to the
Yellowstone valley in 1882. For
many years he was engaged in ranch
ing in Carbon county. Mr.. Foster had
many friends among the old time resi-
dents OF this section who express sor-
row over mis- death.
He leaves five children, one Of.
whom resides in Billings, two in Ar
kansas. one in Vancouver and one in
Minneapolis,
The body will be shipped to this
city for interment and all Of the chill
dren have been notified Of the death,
so that they may attend the funeral
services which will be held here this
week. @8&
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07
a N TO BE CITIZEN.

Andrew Rennefeld Takes Out First
Papers.
From Thursdays Daily.
Andrew Renne1eld took ont first
naturalization papers with the clerk
Of the district court yesterday, and BY
50 doing renounced his allegiance to
the German emperor. He came to
this country from Dusseldorf. Ger
many. landing at New York May !,
1906. He is a farm laborer by occu-
patton and 10 employed on a. ranch
near Laurel.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07

It will take something besides mes
sages to congress 10 convince the
American Federation that Bill TAFT 10
pro-union labor.-Bntte Inter Noun
tain. /.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07
DEcLARAroRY STATEMENT.

Musselsheli People Will Make Coal
Entry.
From Thursdays Daily.
A coal declaratory statement was
filed with the county clerk yesterday
by John r. Cooley. Carrie sayine
Cooley. William Cooley and Carrie
Cooley, all Of Musselshell. The decla-
ration states that the above men
toned have formed an association to
take up $40 acres Of coal land located
in township 3 north, range, 80 east.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07
VICTIM OF WHITE PLAGUE.

Fred schrader Dies Of Consumption
81 at Hospital.
From Wednesdays Daily.
Fred schrader died at st: vincent's
hospital Monday night Of consumption.
The man has been confined to the
hospital since September 80 last. Rela-
tives living in Franklin Park, Ill, have
been notified Of his death and unless
they are heard from he will be buried
at the county's expense.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07
1oHMER STEWARD or BILLINGS
Gus pAssEs AWAY AT
SS#SsSs His NOME.
FROM PNEUMONIA
nrav.s Fight Against Death Proves in,
vatn-Famlly At the Bedside When
Death comes-one Of Best Known
and Most Popular Residents Of 5a'-
lnps-Elks VIII Conduct Funeral.
From Thursdays Daily.

After a brave fight against death.
Otto A. Tschudy. pioneer citizen OF
Billings and one Of the best known
and best loved men IN the city, died
at 12:45 this morning Of pneumonia,
from which he had been suffering for
the past two weeks.
Tanks of oxygen which might have
prolonged his life for q few hours.
had been rushed to Billings from Big
Timber, but arrived too late, for
Joe" as he was known 70 all his
friends, had sunk into the quiet
sleep that knows no awakening.
All his immediate family. his wife,
his four daughters and his baby son
were at his bedside, and IS 500 as
the spirit had fed, half q dozen Of his
intimate friends were notified and
went at once to the assistance Of the
stricken family.
The deceased was q member Of the
Elks and Of several traternal orders,
and the Elks willaahave charge Of the
funeral. arrangements for which have
not yet been made.
Came 10 Billings in 1884.
Otto a. Tschudy. better known as
Joe" was born a years ago in High.
land, Illinois. and came to Billings in
1884. when he was scarcely more than
q boy. He worked for various en-
ployers in the town and at varied
trades for y time. but on the forma-
ton OF the Billings club many years
ago, he became steward and has re
NAMED in that position except for a
time when he was in business. until
the drst Of this year. when he resigned
with the intention OF going into bust
ness for himself at the new bowling
alleys In the Babcoc ktheater block.
"a 1856 he married. and to him and
his wife have been born i've children,
Frances. Montana. Myrtle (Mrs. How
ard BOOTH. Elsie and Arnold. All
the children survive him and are left
to comfort the widow. Besides his
children and widow. Mr.. Tschudy
leaves q sister in Cheyenne. Wyo.,
and two sisters and two brothers IN
Illinois.
But grief for the death Of Joe"
viii not be confined to his relatives. It
will al the hearts Of his multitude Of.
friends. for Joe" Tschudy was known
TO nearly every man. woman and child
III the city. and there were few indeed
who were not his friends.
Highly Regarded.
8s Through his connection with the
Billings club he had come, to know
and be known BY every man who 10
identified with the growth and prog
. . Of the city. and all Of them cher,
ished him as one Of the best Of fell
lows, most true Of men and honorable
Of citizens.
There i other men mor widely
known throughout the state whose
homes are In Billings, but It iSsdoubt-
ful Il any one man in the city Was
known personally to as many people
as was MI. Tschudy, and It was Dim
cult to md any one Who would not.
speak ven Of him.
His death came Just In the prime Of
life. when he had every prospect; Of
success ii his new. business venture
and everything on earth to live for.
II y : shock to Billings and to NJ
Tschudy's intimate friends particn-
Larry. !. u. !
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-07

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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-04-09

manner in which that artful politician
could hang on to Hoke Smiths admins
tration when everybody knew what do
Gle corporation tool he had been. We
also clamored for an extra session, to car
ry out campaign pledges, and we put the
Governor and his friends on notice that
the experiment of Get your Reforms in
side the Democratic Party" WAS ON
TRIAL FOR ITS LIFE.
When James R. GEay came in out of
his trip to Europe and began to say that
an extra-session, we asked "Why fool
ish?" and did Our level best to convince
the Governor that the extra-session
should be called to carry out Our contract
with the people.
Every one who has read this paper
knows how it raped Governor Smith for
going out to make speeches on "Educa-.
tlon,' when he had promised to continue
his reform campaign and to denounce in
their own counties those members of the
Legislature who had gone back on the
people.
So far from its being true that the Gov
ernors action in The Glover case was the
cause of my criticisms of his administra-
ton, it may be, that my independence as
a critic of his official conduct may have
been the. reason why was turned down
on the only personal appeal which I
made to the Governor.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-04-09

In very strong and clear-sighted edi-
torial which appears elsewhere in this is
sue, the Jacksonville Times-Union points
out that the nomination of Taft will
weaken Bryan, for the reason that both
Bryan and Taft are on record as endors
ing the Roosevelt policies.
The country will not be inclined to vote
against a practical administrator of ap-
proved ability, like Taft, in favor of an
untried agitator like Bryan, when the
policies for which the two men stand are
practically the same.
1t would not have been injurious to
Mr.. Bryan had he said, IT endorse Mr.,
Roosevelt as far as he goes, but he does
not go far enough. I favor measures
more radical than any which are identi
fed with him, and oppose certain parts
of our present system which he has never
assailed"
Then Mr. Bryan could have stated
what those reforms were. In this way
he would have become in principle an
opposition candidate. But since his Ne
braska platform puts him on virtually the
same ground as that held by "the Roose-
welt policies" to which Taft is pledged
how can Bryan claim that he will be, in
principle, an opposition candidate?
Construed in the light of the Presi-
dents latest special message to Congress,
Mr. Taft's endorsement of "the Roosevelt
policies" carries him just as far in the
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-04-09

Why is it that, in the Atlanta Congress
sional District, Mr.. Livingston found it
necessary to set the election in the vari-
Gus counties composing his district, on
different days? Why was it that the Pri-
mary in the Atlanta district was not
called for the same day in the various
counties just as the custom has been
heretofore? Every county in the State
of Georgia votes in the Gubernatoria1
Primary of June 4th In the other Con-
ties composing the district will all vote
on the same day, Why is it that, in Liv-
ingston's district, separate counties vote
on separate days?
One Of the reasons why this is done is
that Livingston knows he is beat, and he
wants to prevent a free and fair election;
he wants to have an opportunity to go
in person to the county site of each coun-
ty on the day of the Primary, in order
that he and his henchmen can interfere,
by bribery or intimidation with the free
expression Of the will of the people.
Take, for instance, the election in
Campbell county, last week Mr.. James
L. Mayson, to all appearance, fairly car
ried the county. The returns sent in from
the county precincts showed that Mayson
was forty-odd votes in the lead. Living
ston was on hand at the countryside, Fair
burn. He was there to influence the cleo
ton. He was there to resort to just such
methods as were necessary to prevent a
free and fair election When the country
vote came in, he was seen to juggle with
his managers. Just what occurred we
are not able at this time to state. We are
reliably Informed that money was lavish
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-04-09
PAGE NINE

championship of reform measures as the
Nebraska platform carries Bryan
And Taft's platform is not weighted
down by demand for $500, 100000 of
bonds, to give work to the unemployed, as
the Nebraska platform is; consequently
the point made by the Times Union is a
good one. Those who want opposition
in principle to the candidacy of Taft will
have to vote for some other candidate
than Bryan.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-04-09
THE JEFFERSONIAN.

ly used Livingston saw the day going
against him. and it is said that he spent
money almost openly, buying the votes
which gave him the pitiful majority of
thirteen.
If the people of the Atlanta district do
not revolt, in disgust and indignation,
against the shameless methods by which
Livingston is trying to hold on to an Of
flee in which his career has been barren
of results to the people and only useful to
the predatory corporations, then, indeed,
the Fifth District is in dep1orable moral
condition.
The spectacle of Livingston absenting
himself from Congress and coming dowtz
into his district, attending each county
election in person and juggling with his
heelers at the county site, is one which
ought, of itself, to insure rousing ma
jority for Mayson in every other county
which is yet to hold it's election
What other Congressman resorts to
,undignihed methods like these? What
other Congressman leaves his post of
duty, and goes from county to county, to
take personal charge of his local lieuten-
ants at the county site on the day of cleo
ton?
What other Congressman is afraid to
allow the people of his district to vote on
the same day in every county of the dis
trict? These questions answer them
selves. No other Congressman has ever
stopped so low; NO OTHER CON-
GRESHAM, EXCEPTING LIVING
STON, rs CAPABLE OF STOPPING
SO LOW.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-04-09
Night Riding.

Vtghf K1d1ng.
The Tobacco Trust put the price of
leaf tobacco down to five and six cents
per pound, and STOOD pat" The grow
ers were threatened with ruin. To no ap-
peal or remOnstrance of theirs would the
Trust listen.
Self-preservation being the first law of
nature, the growers organized. 1t was a
case of life and death. The Trust must
be brought to reason, Or tens of thou
sands of tobacco growers would be beg
CARED.
Congress could have given these men
relief, but Congress is too busy making
and upholding the laws that produce the
Trusts. Those are best helped who help
themselves, and the brave men of Ken
lucky went to war. For home, for wife
and child, for the right to derive fair
return from their legitimate industry, the
Kentucky growers declared war upon the
remorseless Tobacco Trust.
For nearly two years the fight ragged
Warehouses were destroyed, towns burnt,
many men killed. Some crimes were COM
mitted which must be deplored. But
crime is always the incident of war; and
after all, the question is, whether those
who fight have just cause.
These Kentuckians had it. They knew
that they were right, and they fought like
men who meant to win or die.
glory in their spunk, and rejoice with
them in their victory The newspapers
announce that the Trust has bought all
the tobacco in sight at 10 cents per
pound.
If so, here is a triumph that ought to
set the cotton growers to thinking. Let
the Farmers Union study the methods of
the Night Riders of Kentucky The
Trusts have forced the price of cotton too
low, and the price of other things too
high There are other Trusts that can
be reached and brought to their knees, as
we'll as the Tobacco Trust.
Congress isn't going to do anything for
the farmers. 1t is too busy ladling out
ship subsidies and other rasca1ly favors
to the Privileged.
The lowering of the Tariff duties on
cotton goods, and upon steel and iron
manufactures would at once cause an i'm
mense advance in the price of raw cotton,
but Congress is not going to give you this
relief.
Why wait forever on your promise
making politicians? Why not help your
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-23
FOREST PRESERVATION.
Shall 1t He Put Off Until Too
Inter

If should say that the election of
a Democratic Governor in Minnesota,
by plurality of $4,000 Republican
votes, meant more than ten years Of
forestry for our trees-Why, then
should be called vague. visionary and
obscure. But l do believe that II
should say that President Roosevelt
In his breaking out of party tradition.
and breaking into the clean old Amer
icanlsm that does not confuse honest
wealth with corrupt wealth, has done
more for our trees than all our for
estry work has done-why, then I
should be called rabid partisan, and
crank. But certainly this would
not be enough. We must enlarge our
national holdings; which means that
we must buy back large tracts, the
title" to which was bought from US
for song. or stolen from us with
a grin. Suppose we should get abso-
lutely craIy-or absolutely sane-and
undertake to buy 100000, 900 acres of
land at $40 an acre. That would mean
$4,000 100000. Could we finance that
with. bonds bearing interest? Not yet.
We nave rot yet been squeezed enough.
We do not yet burn twigs and fagots.
| And yet our salvation lies along pre-
clsely that line. The owning of larger
national tracts. and the extension of
| national methods into private tracts
the regulation of private cutting and
| OF private waste--certalnly those two
| things cover the entire situation. More
forestry, and more national forests.
| That Is the remedy. 1t Is the only
| remedy!-EVeryb ody's
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-23
Dnyi. Celebration

OF ne IltneS-DlSDdtCh.
olr,-1n the issue OF your paper I'M
der date April u. 1907 Sunday there
was communication from Mr. w. o.
SHELTON calling attention to the fact
that 1908 held in its calendar the CEN
tennial birthday (June 3rd) OF Jefrer-
son Davis, etc.
Your leading editorial Ca column and
nofe) or the same date was beau
tirul tribute to President Davis, and a
complete inGorsation as we'll OF Mr.
skeltons communication. Now I am
nothing to Mr.. SHELTON, have only a
passing acquaintance, but 1t occurred
70 me as l read his lofty sentiments,
clothed IN sucn beautiful wording, ap-
pcaling TO the South to take advan-
tage OF this opportune time TO give
such evidence OF the position President
Davis hlled in the hearts of his sub
jects, that those who doubted in the
past would have no doubts in the
years to GOMEZ say, on reading the
article of Mr.. Shelton, it occurred TO me
That its appreciation and love for
President Davis was wonderful indeed.
TOR If am not mistaken. the writer
OF 1t could not have been more than
in his baptismal robes In the years
when his deat South was wearing her
baptlsmal robe OF blood one might
character OF President Davis from
those advanced in years. for they are
MS Witnesses" or from those much
YOUNGER, who are fresh in the pages
80 4'SsN' ~ NY hA1iii0, ZIG Nuu-
derfhlly beautiful tribute paid .'our
beloved President as the writer spoke
Of and for him. coming from one OF
MS day and generation. is something
remarkable.
All this have written to you, Mr..
Editor, is to suggest that, as the cen-
tennial celebration draws near, think
1t but due Mr.. SHELTON that some re-
hinder by some one be made of his
suggestion and tribute of more than
a twelyemonth since and he be well
remembered in the positions assigned
to the loyal and true in the approach
ing celebration. in which so many of
our men are invited to take part; and
Who so we'll can make this suggestion
as the columns of your paper. the
same that wrote SO beautifully on this
same event more than a twelvemonth
In advance? AsU,S D. c.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-23
Animals Their own doctors.

When you see pigs wallowing in
the mud or birds taking dust bath,
dent. "for these creatures are then
doctoring hemselves-they are getting
rid of parasites M
When q dog loses his appetite he
This brings him round at once Cats
n Ike circumstances, go to eat grass
herbs. Ff5l = IN \ 4
Monkeys have been known to dress
wounds with leaves. Latreilli cut of
an ants nntennae, and other ants came
and covered the hurt parts with Il heat
ing fluid secreted in their mouths. 1t
Is even said that birds have been
known to set their own broken legs.
Certainly animals know all about
fever. Fever stricken. they battle in
cold water TIL the temperature falls
again TO normal. And an animal With
llmb almost severed herolcally COM
pletes the amputation with Its teeth"
KANSAS City Post.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-23
Looks So.
MONEY MADNESS.
1t belongs to NO Age aud to No

Country.
Cashier William Montgomery. who is
accused of having embezzled s1,350,00o
from the Allegheny National Bank,
may plead insanity, and his friends
will attempt to prove that money
madness induced him to loot the i'm
stitution.
Money mad he certainly was. To be
money mad is not necessarily to DE
irresponsible. Deliberately Montgom-
cry. took reckless chances. He was
under no delusion as to the moral
for money and made little effort to
resist the temptation to help himself
to the banks funds. Walker, Of New
Britain. was money mad, but he knew
precisely What he was UP to when
he employed his position as bank
pockets. Many scores Of other per-
sons who are now under arrest for
converting trust funds to their per-
sonal use were money mad.
But many persons who keep with
In the law are money mad. Their
wealth They are eager TO get rich
ideals, to starve their souls, to i'm
poverish their usefulness, in order
TO annex more dollars to their bank
account. Narrow and barren Is the life
ness. It's pleasures are few and un-
fruitful, its helpfulncss is restricted,
its development is angular and uneven.
Money madness has many victims.
The trail of the dollar is over them
all. The ambition to accumulate is
not be mans sole ambition and it
should not ignore the larger things
of life. 1t makes a good servant but
bad master.-Hartford Times.