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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-03
AID The YOUNG LADIES.

It is to be hoped that the request Of
the Young Women's Christian associa-
ton for subscriptions to enable them
TO open a rest home in Billings will
meet with a hearty response. The
cause for which they ask the money
is a deserving one and the sum need
ed is small, something less than $500.
1t is the intention of the associa-
ton to open a rest home, and to pro-
vide a place where working girls and
women can secure board at the small
est possible sum and also be sur.
rounded with a home1ike atmosphere.
For this purpose a home has already
been rented, a matron selected and
furniture purchased. In order to buy
the furniture the association must
raise $500. This sum will have to be
paid Monday when It is intended to
open the rest home. Part Of it has
been subscribed but the greater por-
ton Of it is still to be raised. Sub
scriptions can be given to any of the
officers Of the association. Mo large
subscriptions are solicited as it is
hoped that enough small ones will be
made to complete the sum desired.
The Young Women's Christian as
s~ociation is doing an excellent work.
Throughout the country it is providing
rest homes, such as it is intended to
establish in Billings. Girls and young
women, who would have to live in
dingy rooms and eat unnourishing
food are enabled on the small wages
paid to women to procure in a rest
home excellent board and good rooms
and be surrounded with a homelike
and Christian atmosphere.
The young women are to be com
mended for their effort to establish
the home. It is something which will
ill a long felt want in Billings. But
in order to start it properly the
money must be raised. If only a few
will give one dollar each s~uf1cient
will be secured. Call up n OF the
officers Of the association and notify
them you will subscribe, or else send
them a dollar or more.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-03
WOOL GROWERS CONVENTION.

one Of the most important conven-
lions which will be held in Montana
this year will be that OF the National
Woolgrowers' association which meets
in Helena, January "a, Is and 16. 1t
is estimated by members of the asso-
ciation that at least 5000 delegates
will be in attendance.
Information from Helena is to the
effect that the commercial club Of
that place has maue arrangements to
provide proper entertainment for the
visitors during their stay in the capt.
tai of Montana. Advance copies of
the program shows that considerable
business Of Importance to the flock
masters Of the nation will be dis
cussed. AS a result the gathering
will be one Of the most important in
the history of the association.
It means much to Montana, being
one Of the first national conventions
to be held in the state, and will ma
terially advertise the and
opportunities of this state. Billings
men are wen aware Of this and as a
result a large delegation from this
city will attend the convention. Near.
II 90 %woolgrowers in this section
have signified their intention Of at
tending. a
1t Is to be hoped that all the WOOL
growers in Billings, who can, will at
tend the meeting. This city is the
greatest wool-growing center in the
nation and while other Industries are
rapidly superceding that Of sheep
raising and wool-growing in import
ance In this section, for years to come
Billings will probably maintain its
place as the leading w~ool-growing Sec
ton OF the west.
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PENSIONS FOR PRESIDENTS.

Former President Grover Cleveland,
IL an article in the Youths Compan-
ion, advocates pensioning e%x-presi-
dents. He cites the experience Of
Thomas Jefferson, who died a poor
man after being president of the Unit
ed States, as a reason for granting
such pensions.
Mr.. Cleveland is undoubtedly sim
cere In his contention and it has been
endorsed by some of the leading
statesmen Of the nation, notable Sen
ator Allison. He cannot be accused
Of wanting ex.presidents pensioned in
order to secure a pension himself as
his own financial standing is such
that he need never fear poverty. But
even were he not as well OF In this
worlds goods as he is, his ability and
his accomplishments would enable
him to provide an excellent livelihood
for himself and his family and rear
his children as should become the
children OF q former president of this
nation. The same must be said of
any other man who is suf1ciently
brilliant and talented to be chosen to
the highest honor in the gift OF the
100,000,000 people composing this ma
ton. II by any reason he should be
SO situated as to be unable to 8 his
ability then the people Of this nation
would provide for him as becomes
q former president.
Pensions are for those who because
Of inferior position, misfortune, or
bad luck" are unable to properly
carr for themselves. They should be
provided for the men who labor for
the government on small salaries and
IN minor positions, but there is no
need to pension the e~x-presidents.
Then 1t would be a bad precedent. II
We should pension our ex-presidents,
then our former senators, former con-
gressmen, former cabinet officials,
etc, would want a pension.
With due regard to the opinions Of
SO careful a thinker as the former
chief executive, 1t is safe to say that
there will be but few champion his
plea for pensions tor former presi.
dents.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-03
GOOD NIGHT KISS
BETWEEN THE BARS
LOVING coULE ARE sTlEL AFFec-
TiohATE m JAIL.

Kiss me good night, honey. before
they lock you up" said Bud Mc1ntssh
to Mrs. Lol1ie johnson last night, and
Mrs. Johnson, nothing 1oth. gave ths
kiss through the bars of the cell. The
pair was arrested in q shack At First
avenue, south and south T~wenty-siUth
street. and charged with illegal cohab-
itation.
It appears from the story Of 0mcers
I.avelle and Bakhe that Mrs. Johnson
and Mcintosh have been living togeth-
er openly for some weeks and the
two officers were quite sure OF their
case before they took them In.
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WILL BRING NEW SETTLERS.

The colonization work being done
by the Milwaukee railroad in North
Dakota is an illustration Of what
that railroad will do for eastern Mon.
tana and the country tributary to
Billings.
In North Dakota there is a strip OF
land across the state, tributary to the
railroad. The colonization of 1t has
been undertaken by the colonization
agents OF the company, and as a re.
suit hundreds Of settlers are moving
there every month. The company has
practically completed the settlement
of a strip of land 10 miles wide and
100 miles long.
When the Milwaukee is completed
In eastern Montana undoubtedly sim.
liar steps will be taken to settle the
country along the right of way. II
will take several thousand families to
do this. New towns will spring up
on the barren prairie and thousands
OF acres Of unbroken land will be
placed under cultivation.
This work OF colonization will be
gin next spring, in order to have the
settlers produce caops next year to fur
nish business for the railroad. AS q
result several thousand people will
come to the Yellowstone valley. They
will have to secure supplies, and Bill.
ings is the place which will furnish
them.
The Billings & Northern railroad,
which is being constructed from Bill.
ings to Great Falls. and the new Bur
tlington cutoff south Of here will also
open new territory tributary to Bill,
ings. The construction Of these three
lines assures q wonderful influx Of
settlers to the Yellowstone valley ant
valleys tributary to 1t during the com
ing spring and summer. This means
a lot Of business, an increase in popn
lation, a steady growth and abod times
for Billings. 1t cannot prove other
wise.
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Chicaoo Grain Ana Produce.

Chicago Grain and Produce.
Chicago, Jan. 2.--The wheat market
was strong all day and at times the
demand greatly exceeded the offerings.
The sharp bulge at Liverpool was the
chief. bullish feature, although small
receipts in the northwest and liberal
c~1earances at the seaboard and a fore
cast Of small shipments from Argen-
tina were important aids to the bulls.
A moderate recession took place late
In the day, but the close was strong.
May opened h@M to III @1Mc higher
at $1.06h@ 1.0714, sold up to S1.o7M
and closed at $1.07A.
The corn market opened strong and
gained in strength throughout the
day. May opened M@Mc higher at
60% @61, sold at CO.'S, then advanced
to 61N. The close was at 61M @61N.
Trade IN oats was quiet, but the
market was strong in sympathy with
wheat and corn. May was Nc higher
at 54A, sold OF to 54111 and then ad-
vanced to 55A. The close vas at
54W.
Provisions were firm on the strength
OF grain and a decline in the number
Of hogs killed at western packing cen
tiers. May pork closed up 2211c; lard
was zoe higher and ribs were TIC up.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-03
JAPs NOT BUYING sALTPETER

Charge d'Affalres at Embassy In
Washington Has Heard Nothing.
Washington, Jan. q Counsellor
Niayoka, charge d'afaires Of the Jap
anese embassy, stated today that he
had heard nothing Of the reported ac-
tivity Of his government In shipping
aaltpeter and yucca from Chile to
Japan for manufacture into explo-
sives, news Of wheh has been brought
to San Francisco BY passengers arriv-
ing. Mr.. Niayoka had heard OF the
use Of saltpeter in portions by prt-
yate interests in Japan.
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that time has been at dis present

Of that time has been at his present
post.
Fifty little wooden churches have
been built In northwest Canada by the
Colonial and Continental Church So
ciety, which in four years has sent
100000 persons from England to the
vast northwest.
"A very fruitful source Of controversy
In religious circles Of England just at
present, concerns the advisability Of
the clergy following the hounds at
the great hunts which are being held
all over the United Kingdom.
In China the natives preserve vege-
tables by coating them with salt and
drying them in the sun. Hams are
cured by means of an alkaline earth
and common salt. Picked eggs are
preserved with a compound Of COM
mon mud, salt, saltpeter and soy
bean sauce.
The cutters Of Rio de Janeiro ran
with beer for several days recently.
The municipality laboratory, having
discovered that practically every beer
in the local market contained a dan
gerous amount Of sulphuric acid, the
authorities proceeded to destroy all
stock on hand.
A curious barometer is used by the
remnant of the Araucanian race,
which inhabits the southernmost pro
vince Of Chile. It consists Of the
CASTOR shell Of a crab. The dead
shell is white in fair, dry weather,
but the approach Of a moist atmos-
phere is indicated by the appearance
of small red spots. II the moisture in
the air increases sufficiently the shell
becomes entirely red.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-03
New York Money Marker.

New York Money Market.
New York, Jan. 2.-Prime mercan-
tile paper. 8 to 10 per cent; sterling
exchange firm, with actual business
in bankers' bills at 44.84.76 for de-
mand and at $4.79. 75@4.79.80 for go
day bills. Commercial bills, $4.7s.50
Bar silver, 64h.
Mexican dollars, 43.
Government bonds steady. railroad
bonds heavy.
Money on call firm, S to 20 per cent;
ruling rate, IS per cent; closing bid
and offer. 6 per cent. Time loans. firm
and more active; 60 days, 8 to 10 per
cent; 80 days, z to 8 per cent; six
months, 6 to 8 per cent.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-03

When cabinet officers proposed that
the senate enact certain laws 1t is
no wonder that 1t felt its dignity hurt,
because the recommendations had not
been made in the usual red-tape way
of through a presidential message.
Whenever any suggestion is made
that would make the senators get to
work they always declare their dignity
has been attacked.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-03
Lame Shoulder Cured.

Lame shoulder is usually caused by
rheumatism of the muscles and quick
ly yields to a few applications Of
Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Mrs. r. H.
McElwee Of Boistown, New Bruins
wick, writes: Having been troubled
for some time with a pain in my left
shoulder, / decided to give Chamber
lain's Pain Balm a trial, with the re-
suit that ! got prompt relief" For
sale by all druggists.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-03

A Minneapolis attorney who object
ed to several decisions made by the
Minnesota supreme court is being
tried on disbarment proceedings, 1t
being alleged that he insulted the
court. If every time a man objects to
a courts opinion the judiciary is in
suited, there are an awful lot of in
suits to the courts. There are a whole
lot Of judicial decisions that don't look
right.
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$4@4.so; bulk Of sales. ;4.s2h0
$4.37h.
Sheep: Receipts, 5000. Market,
slow and easy. Yearltngs, 35@5.2o;
wethers. ;4.4o64.45: ewes. ;4@4.so;
lambs. $6.25@6.15.
Chicago Livestock.

Chicago, Jan. Cattle: Receipts,
1900. Market, steady to shade high
er. Reeves, $3.6o@6.2o; cows and
heifers, $1.06@6.o6; Texans. $4,000
400; westerns. s3.20@4.00; stockers
and feeders, 32.3o@4.20.
Hogs: Receipts, about $1,000. Mar
ket, weak to a shade lower. Lights.
$4.15@4.55; mixed, $4.20@4.60; heavy,
$42o@462hA;; rough, $4.2o@4.so; bulk
OF sales, $4.45@4.65.
Sheep: Receipts, 10000. Market,
streng. Natives, $3@5.3o; westerns,
$3@5.25; yearlings, $4.s0@5.60 lambs,
$4.6o@7.o0; westerns, $4.76@7.O0.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-03
Omaha Livestock.

Omaha, Jan. Cattle: Receipts.
5000. Market. strong to 1oc higher.
Native steers, $3.50@5.60; cows and
heifers, 1904; western steers, 500
4.50; Texas steers. $2.75@4.e0; stock
ers and feeders. 32.75@4.25; bulls and
stays, &1.75@4.75
Hogs: Receipts. 1900. Market,
steady. Heavy, s4.s0@4.4o; mixed.
$4.32h @4.35; lights, N$4.25@4.s6 pigs,
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Crop and Whoopina Couch.

The mothers of young children have
no need to fear these diseases II they
keep Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at
hand. Mr.. M. Davenport Of Pauls
Valley, Ind, Ter, writes: Il have
used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in
my family for several years and have
found 1t especially effective for Group
and whooping cough" For sale by all
druggists.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-03

Every now and then the papers con
tain something about some reported
claimant for some big titled estate,
but it is noticed that they usually
turn out the same as the claims Of the
bruce heirs to the estates of the duke
of Portland. $
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". J. Bryan has just returned from
a hunting trip. He seemed to be
more successful hunting than in the
other vocations he has followed, he
bagged Is ducks.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-03

Thanksgiving, Christmas, New
Years are three days on which the
men and women feel kindly toward
their fellow beings. If the good
words spoken of those days could
only be divided among the 365 days
in each year the world would be bet
ter off.
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THE BILLINGS GAZETTE

cry American heart will wish them q
pleasant voyage and a safe return,
whatever may be the opinion Of the
wisdom Of the long and expensive trip.
Independent.
The year 1907 handled Butte with
out gloves. It was no respecter Of
persons. but 1t did not injure the
fundamental resources Of the commu-
nifty. It's all OF with 1907 and its trou-
bles. Here's to 190s.-Butte News.
Steam shovels are digging the Pan
ana canal; steam shovels are digging
railways in Montana; steam shovels
are digging gold IN Alaska; but even
steam shovels cant dig up much en-
couragement for w. Jennings Bryan.
Muscular. Z
The delegates to the National Wool
growers convention will have q better
opinion Of the Montana climate il
they are not compelled to sit around
hotel offices during the nights they are
in Helena. How many visitors have
you prepared to care for?-Helena
Record.
They are going to "A Jude women
from the Thaw trial; but the cross
roads sewing circles will continue to
adjourn early, as Of yore, in order to
borrow the storekeeper's evening pa
per, containing a full and unfumigated
account Of the proceedings.-Butte
Inter Mountain.
Here is the lineup Of the eleven that
successfully defends the prosperity
goal: Taft, center; Root and Cortel.
you, guards; Bonaparte and Garfield,
tackles; Meyer and Metcalf, ends;
Roosevelt, quarterback and captain;
Wilson and, Straus, halfbacks; Loeb,
fullback.-Missoulian.
4
The proposition to have Grover
Cleveland attend the democratic ma
tlonal convention as n Of the dele
gates at large. is the latest joke. To
Growers way Of thinking the conven-
ton will be held in me Of the ttun-
desirable states Of the vest" while
an undesirable" candidate will re-
ceive the nomination for the presi-
dency.-Fergus County Argus.
Last Saturday w. J. Bryan visited
the legislature at Guthrie, Oklahoma,
and addressed that honorable body.
The chaplain thought it would be a
good time to get a stand-in- with the
Observation-Disclosures man, so
he prayed that Bryan might be the
next president. That chaplain should
have known better. Making such
prayers as that will tend to decrease
confidence in the Almighty as an an
swerer Of prayer. What's the use OF
praying to the Almighty for anything
that a large majority of the American
people r opposed to? That chaplain
ought to be f1red.-Dillon Tribune.
CT Il.MtRaR txE .N -NIR=f L@ENuE yIl%r
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MAR1s OF TRADE
Treasury Statement.

Washington, Jan. 2.-Today's state
ment of the treasury balances in the
general fund show: Available cash
balance, 269.519.991 gold coin and
bullion, $3s.95l,451; gold certificates,
$60.393.520.
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Even If General Stoessel should be
convicted for cowardice in surrender
ing Port Arthur, he would still be a
candidate for a peace medal.
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II they will exclude reporters as
as well as women from the Thaw
trial the reading public will nave
cause to give thanks.
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Kansas CITY Livestock

Kansas City. Jan. Cattle: Re.
.ceipts, 1000. Market, strong to 1Oc
higher. Native steers, $3.S0@6.50;
native COWS and heifers, $2.25@4.75;
bulls, $2.5o@4.Oo; western steers.
$3.6o@4.6o; cows, $2.50@4.o0; stock
ers and feeders, $2.75@4.15.
Hogs: Receipts, 10000. Market,
s to Zoe lower. Bulk, A.30@4.40;
heavy, $4.35@4.50; packers, $4,000
4.46; pigs and lights, $4@4.40.
Sheep: Receipts, 1000. Market,
strong. Muttons, s4.4o@4.so; lambs,
$5.60@s.66; range wethers. $4.25@
5.75; fed ewes, $3@4.4O.
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LOST

LOST.
ONE BAY TWO YEAR OLD HORSE,
branded 9m on LEFT shoulder.
Weight between SEQ and 900 pounds.
$1,000 reward. w. "a. ECllssnton.
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Only a few more days and the Thaw
trial will begin and its nauseating de-
tails will be eagerly watched for by
many newspaper readers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-03

Things are stormy in the navy de-
partment at Washington, but the feet
at last accounts was moving along IN.
placid water.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-03

Georgians have probably begun to
sing the chorus Of "Oh How Dry I
Am"
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Rutter. cheeae ana Eoua.

New York, Jan. 2.-Butter. quiet.
Western factory, common to firsts, Is
7@191h. Cheese, steady and unchanged.
Eggs, firm; western tirsts. 27c sec
onds, 25@26.
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ST. Louis Wool.

st. Louis. Jan. 2.-wool, steady. Me-
dunn grades. combing and clothing, 81.
to %; light One. 10 to 20; heavy fine,
Is to 16; tub washed, 20 to 3s.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-03

The journey on the water wagon
started alright, but there are
those who have already fallen on.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-03

Among the states which will make
a bad start this new year is Nevada.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-03

STATE PRESS COMM EMIT.
There is no better new year resolve
than to boost, boost, and. then boost
some more.-Ravaln Republican.
All that remains Of the problem of
keeping the coal going forward is to
make u + that the empty cars keep
coming back to Bear Creek-Belfry
News.
The new camera which can photo
graph at q distance OF a mile and a
half will come in handy for snapshot
fends who are SO anxious to keep out
of harms way.-Yellowstone Journal.
The chief OF police Of Billings is on
the warpath for all criminals and vags
and expects to make that town such a
hot place that not a one will want to
ta;rry there any length Of time.-Mis-
soula Herald.
It is hardly to be expected that any
one Of the numerous republican can
didates will be able to open the jack
pot at Chicago next June on the first
deal-that is to say, the first ballot
Anaconda Standard.
The battleships have sailed and ev.
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In other words President Roosevelt
told Governor Sparks to make some
sparks fly.
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Japanese dispatches show how
groundless was the war talk Of the
early fall.
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The load on the water wagon this
morning is probably not as great as
it was yesterday morning.
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which is an average Of about $3,O40
each.
A meteorological expert has comput-
ed q London fog weighs 5000, 100000
tons. This great weight Is believed
to render its dispersal by, scientific
means impossible.
It took 35 years to build up a church
Of six members in China, but since
1900 there have been 10000 natives
converted to Christianity.
The Central Trades and Labor union
of Rutland, VT, has admitted as a fra
ternal delegate q member Of the con-
ference Of Baptist ministers Of Cen
trail Vermont.
The old parish church Of Honey
church, Devonshire, England, is to be
closed, as the net yearly salary is less
than $500, and no one can be found to
take the place. +
Laymen OF the Baptist churches in
Toronto have decided to raise $50 900
during the coming year for mission
work, which means a doubling o. all
previous subscriptions.
The Long Run Baptist mission board
Of Kentucky is seeking to obtain 4
number Of portable churches, 1t being
found that for 1900 each a number OF
mission churches could be started.
For n years Rev. Henry Martyr
Sherwood. vicar Of White Ladies ~
Worcestershire. England. has been in
holy orders, and for an but one year