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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-31
NEWS OF MUsSELSHELl

4AOLAp6Ou, dA dItOKAOy vi 01OuA dis,
s. D.. spent some time here recently
and will open up an Office in the near
future.
Charles G. Waits OF Sioux Falls, s..
d., visited here recently and may de-
eide to locate.
o. NJ. Durham, OF Bismarck, N. D.,
manager OF the Goodrich-Cal Lumber
company, accompaniedaby H. L. Call
OF Minneapolis, arrived on Thursdays
train and are considering opening .
lumber yard IN M%usselshell.
George "A. Smith returned from Bill.
ings on Thursday.
The excursion on the Chicago, Nil.
waukee and st. Paul, from st. Paul,
brought q party Of homeseekers to
this vicinity recently and as q result
a number Of homestead entries have
been filed in the oflce OF the United
States commissioner.
w. r. FELTON,, engineer Of construc
ton OF the Chicago, Milwaukee and St
Paul, who has his headquarters in
Miles City, was a passenger on Fri
days train.
H. B. Wiley, cashier First Nationa,
bank, Miles City, visited Musselshel
between trains on Friday:
Frank Nolan returned from Billings
on Saturdays train.
Mrs. David Milne and Mrs. Will
rJolley we're in town shopping on Sat
urday. !
j. @. Adams, townsite agent Of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
spent Wednesday in town on business
connected with the townsite Of Mus
selshell. I s
Sarge ". Weede, Of Weede post
office, filed a homestead entry in, the
office of the United States commits
stoner on Thursday, for the west hall
Of the northwest quarter, section II
west half southwest quarter, section
eight, township 10 north, range 81
east, M. r. M.
Mr. Wilson Of the Wilson Land com
pany, Staples. Mimi, spent Tuesday
and Wednesday in Musselshell, in
vestigating the conditions in this 10
cality.
w. F. Strait, M. NJ. Klein ane
Thomas Hurley OF Roundup, came ii
on Mondays train to look after land
matters.
q. N. Jacobs returned from his triI
to Billings on Thursday.
". N. Taylor, who was one Of thu
posse IN the trail of the murderer 8
James Webb, returned home on Thurs
day.
+. M. Van Horn Of Roundup was /,
passenger on Fridays train.
Henry He'll returned Friday, from
business trip to Lewistown.
Nj. Calkins, general freight and pas
senger agent, P. H. scanlon, CONNER
cial agent and Mr.. Chittic, travelling
live stock agent, Of the Chicago, MI
waukee and st. Paul, passed through
Musselshell on Friday, en- route 70
Miles City.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-31

How does it happen that the press
bureau interview with ex-senator
Mantle in favor Of Secretary Taft in
a number of Montana papers carries
the picture of Mr.. Mantle instead OF
the impressive portrait of Nj. TAFT
Belfry News.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-31

AS there are about $50 new settlers
on the Huntley tract who will start
farming this spring, it was decided to
hold institutes at Huntley and Bal,
lantine, in order to start the new set
tiers of right, by giving them point
ers on the way to farm in this sec
tioD Of Montana.
All Of the members Of the party Of
speakers are we'll versed on farming
subjects and are considered authori.
ties on matters pertaining to the farm
in this section Of the state.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-31
1Y. REV. MouNTJoY.

Proceeds to 60 to Organ Fund Of
Christian Church.
AN Evening With Dickens" IS the
subject Of an address to be given by
the Rev. Wiley MNpAlntjoy at the Chris Chris
tian church. Tqyeafdtey evening, March.
81. The Rev. Mdkespntioy is the super
intendent Of the bSatlate Orphans home
at Twin Bridges The admission
charged will be 2b cents, the proceeds
81 the entertainment to be applied 70
the organ fund Of the Christian
church.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-31
REV. FRlTscH INJURED.
Hand Cut BY Glass Falling from
Church Window.

While opening a window Sunday
morning at the Congregational church
Rev. H. 8. Fritsch was injured by hav-
ing a large piece of glass fall on his
hand. The lower window was pushed
upward with such force that the
cracked glass in the upper frame be-
came loose and fell out Of the frame
upon his hand. The wound was dress.
ed in time for Mr.. Fritsch to conduct
the morning services.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-31

The proof of the biscuit will be de-
ncious eating and easy digestion II
made with Hunts Perfect Baking
Powder.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-31

Tom Taggart is predicting that.
Bryan will be elected. Poor Tom. His
reputation as . prognosticator was
badly shattered in 1904.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-31
coBLE WANTS NEW TRIAL.
Attorney Johnston Files Motion II
District Court.

Attorney j. H. Johnston fled a mo
ton for a new trial in the district
court yesterday, in the cas in which
John Coble was found guilty OF Grim.
tinal assault on the person OF Laura
Carpenter. The motion alleges new.
" discovered evidence, that the yer
dict was contrary to law and the evi'
dence and that the jurors arrived al
their verdict BY lot and it was not q
fair expression of their opinion.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-31

Walter Mcneil at her home on North
Thirtieth street.
j. s. Van Hoose Of Pryor Agency is
In the city calling on old friends. Mr..
Van Hoose 10 connected win the In
dian department on the Grow Indian
reservation.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. McQuery returned
yesterday from q six weeks stay IN
California. Mr.. McQuery Is q con
ductor on sthe Northern Pacific and
lives on South Thirty-tourth street.
Mrs. Henry A. Firth returned yes
terday morning from Rochester, Mimi,
where she has been receiving medical
treatment. During her stay in the
east Mrs. Firth also visited relatives
in Iowa.
Jack Crandall, a horsebuyer who
has been buying horses in this part OF
the state for several years past. ar
rived in Billings yesterday from his
home in St. Louis.
MI. and Mrs. Frederick Lehrkind Of
silesia visited Billings yesterday. Mr.
Lehrkind was one of the p%roprietorf
of the Silesia brewery that was de
stroyed by fire a short time ago.
r. j. Ephland Of Versailles, Mo.
arrived in the city yesterday and has
accepted a position in the Office o.
Henry Gerharz, city engineer. MI
Ephland is' a technical graduate and
an engineer of long experience.
Rev. j. "A. Kenney, q Methodist min
lister Of Boulder, stopped over In Bill
ings yesterday while enroute to hill
old home in Missouri. Rev. Kenne,
is seeking a lower altitude in thu
hope that it will benefit his health, a,
he is subject to attacks Of heart trou
BILE.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-31
ONE MoRE GIRL in TOWN.

New Arrival at Home Of Wiley Moody
ls Fourth Child.
Al birth certificate was fled yester.
day with the city clerk showing that
q daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Wiley Moody on March %. The par.
ents live at s01 North Twenty-second
street. DR.. J.. H. Rinehart was the
physician In attendance.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-31
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

81 ~OO4D~ O
W. B. Hill was 81 Billings from
Grow Agency Sunday.
John SCHROEDER IL in the city from
his Lake Basin ranch.
q. A. Bosehert, : business man Of
Ballantine, is in the city.
j. q. Goodwin, q rancher Of Custer,
was in the city yesterday.
Edward clifford and wife Of Custer
were in the city yesterday.
Carl Rankin. . Hardin real estate
man, is in the city on business.
Will Rea. Jr., Of Forsyth. was in
Billings yesterday on business.
Dave Bowman Of Niles City was 9
visitor in the city over Sunday.
j. M. Beaver, formerly a merchant
Of Custer, was in the city yesterday.
Rev. Joseph Pope Of Park City was
the guest Of Billings friends. Sunday.
Harry i. Scott, a merchant Of Gus
ter, spent last Sunday in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. f. Trask OF Ball
tlantine were Billings visitors Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. c. Bowler Of Red
Lodge were Billings visitors Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. I'd: CLIFFORD Of Custer
are visiting Billings friends this week.
r. d. Redman. a livestock buyer
from Great Falls, arrived in Billings
yesterday.
W. "A. Brown returned yesterday
from a weeks visit In Livingston and
Bozeman.
T. 3. Phillips. q prominent stock
man and rancher Of Fishtail, is in the
city on a short business trip.
Street Commissioner Fred Warner
expects to leave this morning for 9
few days visit at his ranch in Carbon
county.
ot sIT Ea+eeEE Nu -.ataN 0&NEEH
w. F. O'Hanlon, a well known
stockman OF northern Wyoming, was
in the city yesterday from his home in
Manchester.
Richard Wyherdt Of Twenty Mile Is
in the city visiting his family. MI.
Wyherdt is employed by Lehfeldt
Bros. at Twenty Mile.
Charles W. Barney. a prominent
sheepman OF Gillette. Wyo, visited
Billings yesterday on his way home
from Hunters Hot Springs.
E. M. Sneckenberger of the county
surveyors Office returned yesterday
from the Lake basin, where he has
been doing some land surveying.
Bishop L. F. Brewer Of Helena ar
rived in the city last night from Red
Lodge and held a special conirma
ton service at the Episcopal church
here.
r. NJ. Webb Of Pilot Rock, Ore.
who came to this city to attend the
funeral OF his brother, the late Sheriff
Webb, left yesterday morning fol
rlaremore, Okla, where he will vis!
with his father and sister for SOM
time. II.
G. Z. Snyder, district secretary o
the United States civil service com
mission, with headquarters in Sal
francisco, paid the offices OF the loca
civil service examining board an Off
cial visit yesterday. After spending I
few hours here MI. Snyder left TO
Helena.
Mrs. Tessie Ravens, a former Bill
:ngs girl, who has been making he
home in Los Angeles tos several year
pest, arrived in Billings Sunday an
is visiting Mrs. Nate Cooper at he
home on North Thirty-hrst street
Mrs. Ravens Is returning home fror
a visit with relatives in Pennsylvania
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-31
BILLINGS MAN WILL WE'D:
eustave E. Wenth Secures Marriage
License.

Gustave d. Wenth secured . permit
to marry Emily Booker in the once
Of the clerk Of the district court yes-
terday. The prospective groom i 2
resident Of Billings and his nancee
formerly resided In Illinois before
coming to this city.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-31
DAVID $. JORDAN SPEAKS.

TVoeeu 70 speak az Y. M. 2.
A. Wednesday.
"A telegram was received from David
s. Jordan yesterday stating that he
would arrive in Billings Wednesday
morning. Or. Jordan will give an ad-
dress in the evening at the =. M. G.
A., the subject Of which will be "The
Call OF the Twentieth Century"
The Washington times., 1908-05-20
Career of Wild Cat Financier
Is Rapidly Nearing the End

CHICAGO. May 2o.-The career OF
Raymond L. Bernier, father of the
Journal Of Finance and Opportunities
of Today-a career pyrotechnically un-
eXcelled in the field of wildcat finance
lis drawing TO q close.
BeTnier. the dethroned king of blue
print oil wells and paper gold mines.
is busily lodging Uncle Sans Secret
Service men. He will be charged with
operating a confidence game, a swindle,
magnificent IN It's proportions. but not
too cumbersome TO overlook the small
easy ones.
It was only eight years ago that
Bernier, then about thirty years old,
began in San Francisco the publication
OF a magazine called Architectural
Art" Bernier made the experiment.
His success led him to make a visit
10 Beaumont, Tex. 20 size up the oil
fields himself He liked the prospect
and began the publication of the con
Reporter" the purpose OF which was
10 advertise his stocks.
Makes Money Slowly.
Moderate success came 10 him. but
when he sold his publication and went
back East there was a question Of
some $4,000 that was left unsettled.
From the East he came to Chicago in
1906. The oil fever had given way TO
the GoldheId excitement and when ke
The Washington times., 1908-05-20
SLAIN BY PIRATES,
BELIEF OF POLICE
Body of Young Woman and Com
panion Found, Give Evil
dences of Murder.

PITTSBURG, Pa, May 20.-That Jesse
K. Hise and Miss Anna Drexel, eighteen
years old. were murdered and robbed
by river pirates while riding in Hise' s
yacht along the shore OF the Allegheny
river last Tuesday evening, is now the
belief Of the police
Yesterday the body OF Hise was found
In the Ohio river near where the sup
posed accident happened. On his head
were several bruises which indicate that
he had been attacked. His diamond
ring. gold watch and other jewelry, to-
gether with $50 in cash. which he was
known 10 nave had when he left home,
had disappeared.
This afternoon the body Of a young
woman was found at Bridgeport, Ohio.
in the Ohio river. Although II has not
yet been Identified as that Of Miss Drex-
el. the description answers that OF the
young woman perfectly. on the woman S
face and head were great abrasions.
which had probably been made by a
blunt weapon.
Hise. who was tWenty-seven years old.
was married and apparently lived hap
PLY with his wife and two children Re
Gently he purchased a yacht and spent
almost every evening on the Ohio and
Allegheny rivers, on the little craft.
II IS believed that this attracted the
attention Of river pirates To make
the murder appear as an accident. they
are believed 70 have run the yacht into
the towboat Diamond. which sunk the
small craft
The Washington times., 1908-05-20
TO DELUGE VOTERS
WITH BIG SPEECHES
Republicans and Democrats
Plan to Utilize Utterances
in Congress.

The time is nearly at hand when the
voter from Maine 10 California and
from Florida 10 Puget sound, viii be
deluged with campaign literature IN the
form Of House and Senate speeches.
Within a short time the managers OF
the Republican and Democratic cam
paign committees VIII set TO work 10
sort out the speeches made IN Congress
this session. The Republican managers,
OF course, viii pick out those Repuo-
lcan speeches, with a few stray ones
by Democrats. that they consider will
be useful for distribution for campaign
purposes.
Some viii be selected as useful in DIFF
ferent localities. Others viii be selected
because valuable for re purpose OF
making Republican converts n any
part Of the country. Some 81 the Dem
oc~atic speakers have lauded the Fresl-
dent and his policies. such speeches
VIII be found Of value 10 the Republican
campaign committee
The Democratic managers WILL OF
course, rely mainly On the speeches OF
Democratic members. but they Wall ma
some ammunition in certain OF the
speeches by Republicans. Thus the
appeals by men like Tawney and Aid
rich for economy, appeals that nave
gone unheeded completely, can be put
10 valuable use by the Democrats.
These speeches, with muluIudluOu
documents, will be picked out and rush
ed into print for distribution from the
diff rent campaign headquarters. Voters
viii be flooded with them
The Washington times., 1908-05-20
Conservation of Country,S Farm Lands
All Important Question, Says Wilson

Secretary Wilson says the greatest
conservation problem the country has
is how to keep the soil from being
wasted-that is how 10 keep its fertility
from being lowered and gradually ex-
hausted-and how to prevent the lower
ing in any way Of the capacity of the
land to produce good crops. Involved
in this problem is the question Of how
to get the largest possible return from
the soil without leading TO its exhaus-
ton
The problem OF the cost Of living is
intimately connected with this problem
Of conservation of tie productive capac-
ity Of the soil. as Secretary Wilson
views IT. Thus the present high meat
prices and the constantly increasing
cost of meat is brought about by the
fact that the production Of meat ami
mails is not keeping pace with the
growth of the population that IS engag-
ed IN other pusuits than that OF raising
live stock.
Secretary Wilson's view is that the
highest service that can be done 20 the
great bulk Of the population Of the
country is so TO increase the production
of live stock and the output OF agricul-
tural products generally, through In
CTea sing the capacity OF the soil %
raise crops and Increasing the area
fit TO raise crops and farm and
ranch products, as 20 prevent the cost
Of living going 10 too high figure.
The Washington times., 1908-05-20

opened his office in the Security build
Ing It was as a mining broker.
His magazine for the encouragement
Of this new business was the journal
OF Finance, and Il was handled on a
large scale. Through the prestige es-
tablished by the names II his writers
BeTnier began 10 find Gus -omeTS Tor ms
Goldheld fraud stocks. 1t was also
represented that his brother-in-laW
Lloyd Russell, was at the scene OF
operations as his field manager,
Some Of the stocks which he IS salu
TO have sold now are priced at 21a cents
a share, and at the same time II is
declared that he never had in his pos
session some of the stocks which ne
sold and that Mr.. Russell had no busi-
ness connection with him.
Second We ,ure Fails.
In his second Chicago venture he
leased the bank floor at 1S5 Dearborn
street and installed blackboards and
telegraph instruments. but the public
cid not take 10 the scheme and II was
allowed 10 die a lingering death.
Two men OF TanEersvtllet n. Y,
George Eachman and J. II, Fyfe. hav-
inVestm mt. They received absolutely
no reply, became worried and asked "A
friend in Chicago 70 investigate for
them. This investigation revealed MS
sWindling tactics. Almost at the SAME
time, IL il said a Milwaukee man. visit
ing the city, had turned over 10 Ber-
nisr $4,000 worth Of stock with instruc-
lions 20 sell and never heard from Ber-
nier nor the stock again.
The Washington times., 1908-05-20

Bostock's arena at Coney Island with
his lions for several years, in the Of
fee Of the American consul at Paris,
on April %, 1905. With Bonavita she
came 70 this count = where announce
ment was made OF the union The prin-
cess Is a woman OF wealth IN her own
country During the winter months
she lives with her husband at Tappan,
n. Y
The announcement that she had be-
come the wife Of the lion trainer created
a sensation on two continents. She
told how she had heard that the ami
nal trainer was destined 10 be killed
By the terrible lions which he had de-
termined to tame before the French
pubic and when sne met him on the
street begged him not 10 enter the
arena and fiirt with death. This. doubt
]. IS, saved the life Of the intrepid
trainer It was the beginning Of q
friendship which resulted in marriage.
Captain BOnavita lost his left arm IN
q fight with a lion ia the arena Of Bos-
tock's on July q, 1904. IL was Balti-
more. the most vicious Of the lions,
which sprang upon him and buried It's
teeth in his left shoulder before the at
tendantE could drive the beast away
with guns and red hot irons.
The Washington times., 1908-05-20

What we are trying 10 do" he says,
els to make IL possible for the man
who farms 10 get better returns At
the same time, he explains, the more
efficient farming that Is done IN the
country and the less the soil Is wasted,
the larger viii be the output of food and
meat products and the tendency will
be for the average family 20 be OBLIGED
TO pay less for what they eat.
Secretary Wilson does not look for a
return Of low meat prices. On the con-
trary, he thinks this country is tending
in a direction that Will make It more
and more difficult for the poor family
to eat meat Ultimately. the poor fam
ily in America may eat meat as rarely
as the poor family IN Europe. But he
considers that whatever helps the soil
possibilities and tends to better farming
viii mean more agricultural products.
more meat animals, and less expensive
Erocers' and butchers bills.
The Department OF Agriculture is
doing what 1t can 10 encourage the
young men Of the country 10 learn bet
ter methods OF agriculture, said Secre-
tary Wilson, n speaking Of the soil con
servaIion problem. There are 10 200
young men in the country who are tax
ing agricultural courses in agricultural
colleges and many more are in one way
and another learning something about
improved methods OF farming. II means
a great deal 70 the future welfare OF
the country"
The Washington times., 1908-05-20
FINANCIAL DISASTER
NARROWLY AVERTED
Few Firms Hurt at This Time by
Allegheny National Bank
Failure.

PITTsBURG. May 90-That the ex-
posure Of the Allegheny National Bank
defalcstions four months earlier. would
have brought one OF the greatest hnan-
cial disasters IN the history Of Fkts-
burg. was the opinion expressed IN BUSH
ness cirlces today, as investigation
shows The loss 10 be nearly three times
the figure first supposed. The suspen-
sion of James Carothers & Company a
strong brokerage firm, and decided en-
barrassneut to a number Of other firms
and individuals holding Allegheny sJ5ek.
are the most serious developments fOl-
lowing the banks closing.
William Montgomery. the former cash
Ter, is charged with the embezzIement
Of only 1854. 900. but the latest figures
obtainable show a shortage Of more
than S1,I25,0o0 Aside from fear that
other firms viii go down In The crssh,
principal interest now centers In the
probability that others will be inplicat-
ed IN the banks failure. Montgomery
is Teticent. United States Attorney
Dunkie took the bold stand today mat
he did not believe Mont gome-y could
have wrecked the bank alone and thar
the case would be investigated 10 the
bpttOm.
The Washington times., 1908-05-20
Gems From CroqUnof QueenMare
Seized From Lion Taner's Wife

NEW YORK. May blocked in the
safe OF Collector o. Port Fowler are
two diamonds, wei ching forty-two car
ats each, which in The eighteenth CEN
fury oruamented the crown OF Marie
Antoinet-e. Queen OF France. Officials
OF the Treasury Department and Gus
tom house are in dispute as 20 the value
Of the gems. some placing It at $1,000
ana others declaring that the Princess
de Montglyon is right in her declaration
that their value exceeds this sum The
princess says she was offered $4,000 for
them.
Lawyers who advise the Treasury De-
partment are in a quandary. on Mon
day. when the diamonds were taken
from the custody Of G. 81. Nelson, al
torney for Princess de AIontglyOn. by
Treasury Agents James o. BrZOZinski
and William II Williams, who had been
on their trail for several weeks, It was
the contention Of the princess that the
customs authorities had no right 10
exact duty. as the gems had been in this
country for several years
The special agents had received 2 tip
that the diamonds had been brought
here less than six months ago, and on
that they began % trace them from the
Office OF q Maiden lane ieweler until
their search, which led TO several parts
Of the state. ended in the office OF Mr..
Nelson.
Warned to Go Slow.
Gentlemen. you have no right TO
these jewels" ssiG Mr. Ne.son. They
are exempt from duty and 1 warn you
10 so slow"
Chief Of the department IN which the
Treasury agents work is G. f. Cross.
lie said yesterday.
If these Jewels are dutiabIe you may
rest assured this department viii ask
that the Government get the amount OF
duty TO which II is entitled. ! do not
know how long they have been here,
and that Is why j have set an examina-
ton for tomorrow. Wait until we have
threshed out this matter. i do not wish
10 make a statement at this time"
Members of the legal department said
that the question OF duty depends upon
the length of time the jewels have been
IN the United States.
When the 81 fated Queen OF France
lost her crown and head she was IN
possession OF a wonderful collection OF
Jewels. L. as the Princess de Mont
glyou declares. these diamonds were a
setting IN the crown, they have passed
through many strange adventures down
the corridor OF years.
Princess de MOntglyOn comes or
noble Belgian family. whose ancestors
drew their swords and died for country
centuries ago. They had vast wealth
She is the divorced wife Of the Duke
d'Avaray and daughter OF Count Eu-
gene de Marcy de Argentaui with title
OF Montglyou. and a cousin Of Prince
Joseph De Chimay, who married Clara
Ward, OF Detroit
slack" BOnayira's Bride.
Princess de Montglyon became the
bride OF Capt. Jack" Bonavita, tins
animal trainer. who has performed in