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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-05
. MANUFACTURING CENTER.

Billings is so situated that it is GER
tain to become a great manufacturing
and industrial center. It is the nat.
ural supply point for one of the rich
est agricultural districts in the
world, as well as for a mining region
that is but in the infancy Of its de-
velopment. With the wonderful in
in population, which is as
sured in the district tributary to Bill.
ings within the next few years. will
come an enormous demand for manu-
factured articles. Eastern manufac.
turers will seek a western location
near the center OF this demand. Bill.
ilsgs will be where they will locate.
She not only possesses the advantages
OF being the logical distributing point
Tor eastern Montana and northern
Wyoming, but the completion of the
consolidation OF the two water power
plants here and the extension Of the
high voltage power transmission line
Of the Madison River Power company
tc Billings will assure sufficient pow.
er, heat and light for the largest man
ufacturing enterprises. It makes
Billings one Of the ideal cities of
the country for manufacturing instj-
tutions to be located.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-05

wants, and orders r mainly to meet
Immediate needs. But the sentiment
OF trade is improving, collections are
better and progress is steady. Cotton
mills are increasing the proportion OF
their active machinery and prices are
steady, with expectations of active de-
mand in the ear future on account of
the exhaustion of retail stocks. The
shoe and leather trade is progressing
rather slowly, but with manifest
gains.
The monetary situation continues
to reflect ease on f~irst-class security.
Money rates at the foreign centers
and New York are down to low fig
ures. The New York bank statement
shows loss in cash, due to continued
gold exports and the repayment of
funds to the United States treasury,
which reduced the surplus e by.
$S,575, 1000, leaving the ample margin
of $47,910,OOO above legal require.
ments. Banks are generally in good
shape, but exercise much are in the
security of loans. Clearing house E
changes for the five business days of
the week reflect the heavy diminution
of business from the corresponding
week Of last year.
In the central portion of the coun-
try factories are resuming, while in
the west building activity is increas-
ing, thus affording employment for
many more, artisans.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-05
CHAMBERLAIN is CHOSEN.

A republican legislature will send
to the United States senate from the
state Of washington a democrat if the
will of the voters as expressed at the
election Monday is carried out by the
legislature. Under the Oregon law
the people express their preference
for United States senator when voting
and the legislature is expected to Sc
lect the man the citizens prefer. In
the election of Governor George E.
Chamberlain, a democrat, defeated
Henry M. Cake, a republican, as the
for senator. The legisla-
ture will be almost unanimously re-
publican, but 68 Of the members are
pledged to vote. for Governor Cham
berlain. 1t takes but 46 to elect a
senator. So unless plans miscarry
a republican legislature will select a,
democratic United States senator.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-05
COMMUNICATIONS
: crlticizina the Ministry.

.rHENt LEFaL Ai EtuI fE-4N
Editor OF The Gazette: On June 2
you published q scathing roast" Of
the Presbyterian preachers by Base
Ball Billy Sunday. In your editorial
you approved of the criticism and
said: "The public at large will agree
with Rev. Sunday in his declaration
that many Of the ministers OF today
are "fudge-eating coddles" and that
few ministers Of today are anything
but stiffs and salary quacks." MANY
are ~grafters pure and simple"
The preachers no doubt often need
criticism and can stand, It, but a
good deal OF this criticism is like the
Virgins Of old, partly wise and partly
foolish, most generally the latter.
Molly coddles and grafters are per
lhaps fewer In the ministry than in
any other profession. II what VIII
liam Salisbury says in 1.-THE Career of
q Journalist" Is true, there must be a
good many Of the above class in the
journalistic profession. But no doubt
Salisbury Is speaking Of the fakes"
OF the yellow journals, to which class
we do not believe The Gazette be
longs. II a man wants to be a molly
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INTERESTING FACTS.

Street noises are regulated to a
nicely in Berlin.
The Bank of England employs
about 1000 people.
The actual cost of the suez canal
was $500, 10000.
England has about 10000 square
miles OF coal fields.
Australia's only beast Of prey is
the dingo, or wild dog.
New York paid last year $21, 100000
in interest and will pay this year $24,-
0O0, 900.
The year 1907 surpassed all previous
years In the output Of cars and loco
motives.
The average yield Of wheat in India
is oficially stated to be about liz
bushels an acre.
Germany nov has five commercial
high schools. at Leipsic, AK, Cologne,
Frankfurt and Berlin.
Bolivia ranks second among the
tin producing countries, with an out
put of 1890 tons in 1907.
In boring for oil at Mobile, Ala,
three years ago, salt water and natu-
raj gas were struck at q depth Of 400.
feet.
Within 20 miles Of New York city
hall there is a population of 1000, 900
Jews. more than in all America be
sides. 81
Johannesburg's new telephone ex-
change will serve $4,000 lines. There
are now about $500 entering the
building.
The value Of $25,0oo,Ooo placed on
the annual output of honey puts this
farm crop only slightly behind raw
cane sugar.
George s. Nixon, senator from Ne
vada, has q ranch OF 49, 900 acres In
Wyoming under fence and a farm OF
5000 acres in Nevada.
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Y AND PUBLICITY.

William Jennings Bryan's agitation
for publicity Of campaign contribu-
tions seems to have proved a boomer
ang. 1t has been discovered that
Thomas +. Ryan, the New York 1nan-
cier. contributed $4,000 to the Ne
braska campaign in 1904, and it is
said that it was contributed for the
purpose Of securing the election OF.
Mr.. Bryan to the United States SEN
ate and retaining his support for
Judge Parker. Mayor Dahlman Of
Omaha, n of Mr.. Bryan's campaign
managers, has admitted receiving the
money in three payments through w.
r.. Sheehan of New York, but he de-
clares that it was used in an effort to
elect the democratic candidate for
governor of Nebraska. One thing is
certain-the money was contributed.
It was spent in Nebraska, in Mr..
Bryan's own state, and he being the
most influential democrat in Nebras-
ka it is not to be assumed that he
did not have some knowledge of it.
Evidently Mr.. Bryan should cast the
mote out of his own eye before find
ing it in the other fellows eye. If in
vestigation was made into the Bryan
campaigns Of 1896 and 1900 it might
develop that the democracy in the In
terest Of the peerless one" accepted
other tainted money. If we recall his
tory correctly a former Montanan,
greatly interested in the silver u
gave considerable to the democratic
campaign fund OF 1896. If inyestiga.
ton was made into the money ex.
pended in securing instructed dele.
gates to the Denver convention in
the interest of Mr.. Bryan some other
interesting data in connection with
campaign contributions might be dis.
closed: But, as when asked about the
contribution OF Mr.. Bryan, concerning
campaign contributions, where he is
interested, the Nebraska statesman
maintains a discreet silence.
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of his efforts in the lower house, in
conjunction with the support of Sena-
tors Carter and Dixon in the senate, a
vast amount of legislation, Of interest
to the people of Montana, was passed.
Due to their efforts Billings will have
a new $125, 900 public building; Mis-
soula will get n costing $13O,000, an
appropriation for a site having been
made at a previous session; a site for.
a public building will be purchased in
Livingston; Custer county will wit
ness the opening Of the Fort Keogh
reservation; the Grow Indians will es-
tablish in Montana any army horse
breeding farm; valuable timber land
has been set aside to protect our
water supplies; immense irrigation
projects in the state will be carried
out; o settlers have been enabled
to take up homesteads on the Huntley
tract; anew water supply has been Sc
cured for Fort Harrison; the coal
lands of Montana will be classified;
and a large arount of minor legisla-
ton, of especial interest to the people
Of Montana has been passed. In all
matters Congressman Pray carefully
guarded the interests Of Montana.
The Gazette believes this is an ex-
cellent record for a man, who is serv-
ing his first term in congress. It GER
80 4E0E, 4fGGt5Hs. Az.
tainly speaks we'll for the ability of
Congressman Pray, the Butte Miner to
the contrary Notwithstanding. In view
of such a record it would seem that,
biased as it is, the Butte Miner would
acknowledge the debt the state owes
to his ability. Yet in Monday morn
ing's issue the editor of the esteemed
Miner attempted to persuade his read
ers that Congressman Pray was I'M
fortunate in his efforts to secure leg
islation. But in view of the facts the
effort of the Miner seems ridiculous
indeed. 1t will have no weight with
the people Of eastern Montana, who
next fall will vouch their approval of
Montana's congressman and his ex-
cellent record.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-05
DAY OF BIG cATTLEMEh PASSING

DAY OF BIG cATTLEMEM PASSING
Irrigation and intensive farming are
working wonders in eastern Montana.
Where once graZed the unnumbered
herds owned bylarge livestockowners,
farmers now cultivate the soil, rails
ing a few cattle, but increasing the
productiveness of the country more
than one hundred fold. Fancy stock
is %displacing the ranger and the plow-
mans song is heard where once the
cowboy roamed. Eastern Montana is
now undergoing a most remarkable
change from which she will emerge
just as important a livestock center
as ever, but also one of the most pro-
ductiye agricultural communities in
the world. The effect this change
is having on the livestock industry is
shown by the following taken from a
recent issue Of the Chicago livestock
Reporter:
From official Information at hand
it is estimated that the movement Of
cattle and sheep from Montana will
show a decrease for the year ending
November 81. In the territory trib-
utary to the Great Northern railway
1t is estimated that the decrease will
amount to at least 80 per cent. In
the territory tributary to the Northern
Pacific railway the decrease is esti-
mated at about Is per cent
"These decreases n shipments do
not in any way represent a decline in
the live stock industry in the north
west. The decreases are owing to
economic causes, which will put the
industry on a better economic basis in
the future than it has ever been in
the past. 1t simply means the GUST
ing of the big cattlemen by the small
farmer, and when the change has TAX
en- place and the country has all been
settled up by enterprising small stock
raisers going into Montana from the
central states an entirely new system
will come into vogue and a much bet
ter quality of stock will be grown for
commercial purposes than was the
case under the old range conditions
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-05
HIGH LICENSE IN BILLINGS.

The action of the city council In
raising the cost of liquor licenses in
Billings to the maximum sum permit
ted BY the state law should meet with
general approval. The need of some
such action, tending to reduce the
number of saloons in Billings, has
been apparent for sometime. The Ga
zette has frequently called attention
to the fact.
The proposed increase in the city's
license will raise the total license paid
by a retail liquor dealer to the city,
county and state to more than $500.
AS a result the moral standard of the
local saloons should be improved and
many of the dives should be eliminat-
ed. It places the cost of conducting a
retail liquor dispensary in Billings so
high that only men of some financial
responsibility can afford to engage in
the business, while there will proba-
bly, be few saloon keepers willing to
conduct a questionable resort and
run the risk of having an expensive
license revoked. While the action of
the city council may work a tenn
norary hardship on some of the bet
ter element among the saloon keep
ers they will eventually reap the ben
efits Of its action when the cheaper
class of saloons are forced to close.
While the action Of the council is
good, IN so far as it goes, 1t does not
go far enough. The council should
take a stand upon the question Of lin
iting the number OF saloons in Bill
ingsh Popular sentiment demands, is
this paper has frequently declared,
that no more saloon licenses be grant
ed. While high license may keep out
some of the saloons and force others
to close, 1t is not to be presumed
that 1t will reduce the number Of re
tail liquor establishments in Billings
to a reasonable number. There are
now nearly 40 saloon licenses held In
I1olilinss. that Is one IoF 1855 tnan
every SO voters In the city, taking
the number of votes cast at the last
city election as a criterion. There
are SO many saloons here now that
none OF them are making an excessive
profit, while many are unable to pay
expenses. Even the saloon men
themselves would be benefited by a
limitation Of the number Of saloons to
about one-half of the present number.
Consequently, It is sincerely to be
desired that the councilmen follow up
their action Of Tuesday night with a
decision to limit the number Of sa-
looms.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-05
THE DANDELioN NUISANCE.

The yellow appearance Of some of
the lawns in Billings would indicate
that the city council would do well to
follow the example Of the city fathers
OF Helena and Great Falls and adopt
an ordinance making 1t punishable by
a fine for people to permit dandelions
to remain in their lawns. The ordi.
nance has but recently been passed in
Helena, but in Great Falls, where it
has been in force for some time, it is
pronounced unusually effective. While
it has never been tested in the courts
many prominent citizens, who did not
remove the yellow pest from their
lawns, were convicted and fined. Pub
lie sentiment has assisted the law and
as a consequence the dandelions in
the lawns of Great Falls have been
removed.
The ordinances adopted in Great
Falls and Helena pronounce the dan
delion a public nuisance and anyone
maintaining such a nuisance is liable
to arrest and a fine Of from IS to $50.
If the street commissioner learns of
the presence OF the weeds, he Is to
serve notice on the householder, and
If the nuisance is not abated within "a
hours the delinquent is subject to a
light fine, and for every "a hours
thereafter that the weeds remain, a
second offense is constituted. II the
householder declines to rid his prem
Uses Of the dandelion the street com
missioner is empowered to perform
the work and the cost thereof be-
comes a lien upon the property.
While civic pride and a desire to
beautify the surroundings Of the home
has caused many Billings people to re
move the dandelions, at the same time
there are many who will neglect it
unless some such an ordinance as
adopted by Helena and Great Falls is
passed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-05
THE coWRoY.
By John !. James.

BY John !. James.
The bawl Of a steer to the cowboys
Is music Of sweetest strain;
And the yelping notes Of the gray
coyotes
To him are a glad refrain.
The rapid beat of his broncho's feet
On sod as he speeds along
Keeps livening time to the ringing
rhyme
OF his rollioking cowboy song.
His eyes are bright and his heart is
light
AS he smokes his cigarette.
There's never a care for his soul to
bear
No troubles to make him fret.
For a kingly crown in the noisy town
His saddle he wouldn't change, :
No life's so free as the life we sec
Way out on the cattle range.
Hi 10! hi la! for the range away
On the deck of a bronze Of steel,
With a careless flirt Of the rawhide
quirt
And a dig OF the roweled heel.
Let the wild wind howl or the thun-
der growl
Or the breezes softly moan
"A riders life is a royal life,
The saddle a kingly throne.
HI 10! Hi la! for the work is play.
When loves in the cowboy eyes;
When his heart is light as the clouds
Of white
That swim in the summer skies.
And his jolly song speeds the hour
along
AS he thinks Of the little gal
With the golden hair who is waiting
there E8
At the bars Of the home corral.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-05
TRADE CONDITIONS.

There is another decided improve
naent noticeable in trade conditions
this week. The reports OF the fnan-
cial papers are more sanguine than
they have been at any time since last
fall. They show mercantile opera
tons to be improved and retail trade
better due to the increase in buying
y the summer advances. The crop
reports are very encouraging and the
outlook Tor enormous yields next fall
Axcellent. Buyers II wholesale and
5obbiag branches retain conservation
With regard to anticipating future
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-05
PRAY's ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

Congressman Pray can point with
pride to his record as a member Of
the house during the session of con-
gress, which has just adjourned. He
has succeeded in accomplishing as
much for the district he represents as
any other congressman. AS a result
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-05

John Hays Hammond, the noted
mining engineer, has resigned q $780,
900 per year job to become a candi-
date for the vice presidential nominal
tion. 1t is gratifying to know that
someone who a really earn more at
something else is willing to take sec
ond place.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-05

The floods in eastern Montana ena-
.bled Billings to see two performances
of "The REGENERATION of Aunt Nary
and almost forced a regeneration of
the Northern Pacific railroad in the
flooded sections.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-05

Two landslides in two weeks will
probably be the experience of Boze-
man. This week the Northern Pacific
was affected and next week it will be
the democratic party.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-05

Arkansas has tired of JEFF Davis and
refused to send him as a delegate to
the national democratic convention.
Probably the other delegates feared
he might attempt to make a speech.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-05

High water stopped Emma Goldman.
the anarchist, before she. reached
Butte. High temper would probably
nav stopped her had she reached the
copper camp.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-05

The Methodist general conference
adjourned without eliminating the
provision in the discipline about dane
ind, card playing and theater going,
but many Of the younger Methodists
will still enjoy them.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-05

If the Grow Indians are as succes
full in breeding horses as they former
" were in stealing them every mem
Der OF the tribe should soon accumu-
late a fortune.-Forsyth Journal.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-05

OS1ASSO ~ vi Jul ~ .
.tTruelson," which indicates again that
there is little in names.
It is to be hoped that CHIP Taft
will meet with a better fate at Chi
cago, than that which befell his friend,
Publicity .Bill," in congress.-Helena
Independent.
ceived the signature of President
Roosevelt, 1t is in order for Billings
and other Montana towns which are
remembered in the measure to have a
observation-disclosures Record.
If Emma Goldman comes to preach
economics, a church is no place for
her-and if she comes to preach her
favorite doctrine of free love, no
place is the place for her.-Butte In
ter Mountain.
With Nj. Conrad in the field for the
democratic vice presidential nomina-
ton, 1t appears to be a little strange
that the Montana and other western
republicans have not sprung the name
of Senator Carter as a desirable run
ming mate for Mr.. Taft.-Butte Miner.
Many papers Of the country are
comparing the long distance speech of
Senator LaFollette to that Of Senator
Carter of Montana, made several years
ago on the river and harbor bill. Such
comparisons are odiOus-Senator Car
ter accomplished what he started out
to do.-Great Falls Leader.
Really, the reverend gentleman OF
Butte who has offered his church to
Emma Goldman, the Chicago anarch-
ist, free love, murder and rso advo.
cate, may have only In his mind a de-
sire to snatch a brand from the burn
ing, and certainly Emma IL as brand
HAEE HGAE
like as they make them.-Great Falls
Leader.
Mr.. Bryan has had another change
Of heart. He has quit the Presbyter.
ian church and Joined the Methodists.
Probably the peerless one has been
sizing up the congregations in the
country and believes there are more
suckers, whom he can corral next
fall, in the Methodist church than in
the observation-disclosures Republi.
can-Courier.
The idea Of the Gallatin county
ranchman that the moisture which
has gone into the ground In Montana
In the past three weeks has extend
ed clear through to China may be
exaggerated, but certain It IL It has
gone deep enough to guarantee the
greatest harvest in the history Of
this state.-Helena Record.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-05

Without any assistance from the
federal government the channels OF
southern Montana rivers seem. to
have been deepened.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-05

Passengers on the Northern Pacific
in Montana have been having what
might be termed a damp reception.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-05

The men, who made the big fill on
the N. P. near Bozeman probably
never thought it would "All come out
in the wash,' but 1t did.
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even cause a commotion among

AS a record making speaker Bryan
seems to eclipse all the candidates.
Yet, it must be remembered that talk
is cheap.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-05

The suggestion Of w. B. George
that the streets and roads should be
dragged seems timely indeed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-05

The announcement that r. A. Heinze
is coming back to Montana does moi
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-05

Some Of the baseball fans can thank
the rain for preventing them from be-
ing disappointed.