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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-01

by Mr.. Atkins Of Philadelphia, who
has been in Billings recently and is
known to be connected with the
parties who have become interested in
the road. This rumor is said to have
been denied, however, in a dispatch
from President Hall to Auditor Miller
of the road.
This, however, does not effect the
status OF the railroad, which it is eaid
is now in the control Of Milwaukee in
terests and will form part Of an ex-
tension Of the new line, which will
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-01
ROAM BUTTE
Wild Animals Enter the City, and De-
YOU Pigs Kept in a Summer Re.
sort-coIumbia Gardens are In
vaded. aG
Especial to The Gazette.)

BUTTE, Mont, Nov, 2s.-Butte to-
day had a striking instance Of how, al
though a modern city, it still lies in
the wilds, when coyotes, driven from
the mountains by hunger, invaded Co.
lumbia Gardens, the city's summer re-
sort, and devoured several pigs.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-01
SALOON ROBBED

Especial to The Gazette.)
BUTTE, Mont, Nov. 28.-The Little
Queen saloon was cleaned out at 4
this morning.
Masked robbers who held IN the
place got $40 for their trouble.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-01
%PosToFF.cE IS v

The postoffice was moved to
it's new location next to the
Stapleton block last night and
the employees Of the local Of
flee and a large force were
busy the greater part Of the
night in getting the fixtures in
place and the mail back in the
boxes and the incoming mail
distributed for the patrons Of
the postoffice this morning.
The work was done in a sys-
tematic manner.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-01
MINE MILL BURNS

Especial to The Gazette.)
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo, Nov. 2S.-
The mill and shaft house at the Joe
Dandy mine were destroyed by fire
today. Loss estimated at $3.50, 900; in
c1ranno 3A0 000 ....N 4- I. -.H-.-M -..l
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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-22
Evidence Of careIe.sness.

Dirty show windows are evidence of
lack of thrift and Indifference, II not
indicative of filth and laziness. To
properly take care of the windows, it
takes little time. But this time is
well spent. Some clerk may develop
much talent for this class of work, and
the average young man who takes any
interest in the store can easily learn
to care for the window displays. Some
who have original ideas, and who have
been given chance to cultivate them,
have proved great trade-makers for
their employers. Not long ago one
clerk who conceived the idea of ma
king pork-product display, did such
good job that it attracted the atten-
ton of packing house concern and
he was hired to go from town to town
with one Of the cracker-jack salesmen
and arrange displays for leading Gus
toners. There is never anything lost
except perhaps little of the inclina-
ton to be careless in having windows
of the grocery well looked after.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-22
GOLD IN PICKLE BARREL.
Widow Of an Inventor Discovers Great
Riches Unexpectedly.

Alameda. Cai.-Finding pickle
barrel fun of SEQ gold pieces was the
delightful experience of the widow OF
ii. A. Gran of 1915 Sixth street. Yves,
Alameda. while exploring her cellar
a day or two since.
Graf. while hurrying to catch n
train at the Third street station on
February I. was seized with an attack
OF heart failure and died at the Oak
land mole. He had. during his life
time. frequently remarked to his wife
that they would soon have enough in
the barrel to get back to their former
home In Germany and live for the
rest of their days.
This reference was nevc. under.
stood by his wife, and 1t now develops
that Graf had invented a mechanical
attachment for piano. which
brought him in money from time to
time The money he stored in the
pickle barrel and died too suddenly
to divulge the secret.
Mrs. Graf had no idea of the ex.
istence OF the unusual receptacle OF
wealth and found 1t quite by acct.
dent. thus becoming many thousand
dollars richer.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-22
FEEDING WASTE PRODUCTS.
One Way in Which Live Stock May
Be Made to Pay.

Live stock while growing may be
made to utilize great deal of the ma
terial of the farm, which might other
wise go to waste. Aside from the
value of combining stock-raising with
general agriculture, it is well to count
profits gained by disposing of all
waste matter on the farm as an impor-
tant item, and much may be turned
into fat pork or beef that would other
wise be thrown out as useless. Coarse
folders which are easily and cheaply
grown and which fit into any rotation
readily, are made profitable by being
fed to live stock. While there is prac-
tically no market value sufficient to re.
pay efforts in that direction, odd fields
which go out of commission early in
the season may be profitably planted
with such fodder and fed to live stock
with a very worthy margin of profit
in every branch of agriculture there is
a certain amount of waste which only
a small percentage of farmers know
how to dispose of. 1t is especially
during the growing period that stock
will prosper on such food. Besides
the grasses. etc, which may be raised
thus, there are many by-products of
the same which will go profitably into
the feed bin of the SOW or steer
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-22
STABLE MANURE FOR CORN.
II Proves Its Value for One Farmer
Who Made Test.

Last spring found it necessary to
put corn stubble land in corn again.
At one end of the field was plot
that had almost failed to grow corn
the year before, so l put on few
loads of stable manure and turned it
under. Nearly all of the field had an
application of superphosphate drilled
In with a wheat drill at the rate
of $50 to 200 pounds per acre. One
corner had stable manure, but no fer
tiliZer, but most of the land where the
stable manure was applied also had
fertilizer.
Where stable manure and fertilizer
were both applied, the corn made an
excellent crop. says Farm and
Home. Where the stable manure was
used alone, the corn was nearly as
good as where both manure and fer
tilizer were applied. Where the COM
mercial fertilizer was used alone the
corn grew rapidly during the early
season. 1t made very good stalk, but
the leaves turned yellow before the
corn reached the roasting ear stage.
There was plenty OF slower. but little
grain where the fertilizer alone was
used.
Stable manure seems especially well
adapted to the corn crop. 1t helps to
hold moisture and furnishes a regular
supply of available plant food
throughout the growing season. Dur
ing the hottest part of the season the
nitrifying bacteria working on the
manure are most active and most
Dlant food is made available inst
when the corn plants need it most.
Being distributed throughout the soil
It helps to render inert plant food
in the soil available. 1t encourages the
plants to send out roots in every direc-
ton, and to develop large root sys-
TEN, which helps the corn to with
stand drought, which often Injuries
the crop.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-22
Plans viii So That Revenge Is His
Even Beyond Grave.

Newark. N. IAN amazing reveal.
ton of n rich mans vengeance and
personal luminosity extending beyond
the grave was revealed the other day
when the will OF the late John East
wood. ~ millionaire manufacturer of
Belleville. was He'd for probate.
Mr.. Eastwood. who died in St Angus
tine. Fla. provided in his will that
Charles Smith, a former partner and
a stakeholder in the Eastwood Wire
Manufacturing company. shall not be
re-employed in the Eastwood factory,
or by John II. Eastwood. his nephew
and adopted son, and likewise prin-
cipal heir. In any capacity.
John II. Eastwood is charged with
the duff of seeing that Mr.. Smith is
not employed by the company. nor liz
the business. nor by himself. within
five years from the date Of his de-
cease. -
In case this provision is violated
the buildings and lands bequeathed to
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-22
Vengeance of a Rich Man.

John H. Eastwood shall become the
property of the deceased's sister. Mrs
Mary a. Harvey.
Mr.. Eastwood also expressly for
bids the accomplishment of Robert G.
Minion, a former superintendent in
his wire works. To insure the carry
ing out of this provision the sum of
$1,000 is to be held in trust by the
executor to be invested. and when
necessary reinvested for five years. or
until such time as Mr.. Minion may
or shall be re-employed. If he should
be re-employed this amount of money
shall be turned over to charitable or
CARNATIONS. If not re-employed with
in five years the money shall be made
over to John II. Eastwood.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-22
OUR COUNTRY PRESS.
1t Is Making Progress and 10 Impor-
tant to Wide-Awake Advertiser.

Close estimates show that adyer-
Using In country papers has increased
fully 20 per cent. the past five years.
This shows that the merchants are
realizing how important it is to sd-
vertise, and also shows that there Is
merit in the right kind of use of print
ers' ink. or there would be a decrease
instead of a continual increase. There
can be no doubt that the inroads of
the mail order houses into trade in
different parts of the country have
aroused merchants to the necessity of
more extensive advertising.
One of the things that has no doubt
stimulated advertising is the practice
OF many manufacturers supplying deal
ers with electrotypes and ready pre-
pared advertising. There can be no
doubt the trade papers have been i'm
portant mediums in the matter of in
huencing merchants to do more and
better advertising. 1t matters not how
the change has been wrought, but 1t Is
fact that advertising patronage of
the country newspaper publishers has
been increased about 20 per cent. in
five years. This means that the mer-
chants are getting their eyes open,
and are on the right path for the pro-
lection of their interests.
Now is the time to start at work
on spring and summer advertising.
There will be heavy trade the COM
ing seasons. The people have abund-
ance of ready cash and they are
anxious to spend some of it for things
that they want. The live merchant Is
going to get his share of it.
He is going to get just little more
IL he sets out right and does little
judicious advertising. When we say
little. We mean that he must use lib
eral space and fill 1t with the right
kind of ideas, of attention attractors.
Start in early. Take time in studying
out just what you want. You should
have ideas that are worth trying out,
some opinions in regard to goods that
you carry and want to shove. When
you have carefully weighed the mat
ter, take your printer into your con-
fidence and tell him that he must do
his best to get the ideas in the right
kind Of shape. Too often good adver-
tisements fall nat because the print
err has no knowledge or lacks the
means of setting up an attractive ad-
vertisement. 1t will pay the liberal
advertiser to adopt the methods the
great concerns in the cities follow.
Have a certain style of type to use
exclusively in your advertising. II
the printer is too poor to get 1t for
you. 1t might be good investment for
you to secure it yourself and for your
sole use It will be different from the
others. and the people will notice 1t.
1t will be kind of advertising trade
mark for you.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-22

Did you ever think that the govern
ment is great obliterator of prize
schemes. premium games. adulterated
foods, etc? 1t surely is. and the time
is not far off when it will take a hand
in the methods of selling goods. and
let 1t be hoped cut out such schemes
as coupons and the premiums in gen.
eral. Fraud one way is just as bad as
fraud some other way. The lottery
principle involves the plan of making
a great majority contribute toward the
payment of sums to a mighty small
minority. The average premium
scheme works with more certainty. 1t
means that all the users Of goods with
which premiums are given must con-
tribute towards paying for prizes
which only about 80 or 40 per cent of
the users of the goods receive. There
are two ways of heading of the
premium deal: One is to educate the
merchants and the consumers to the
truth that the premium racket is
plan that works against their inter
ests. and the other is to have the gov
eminent prohibit the plan. The for
mer is hard proposition to handle,
and perhaps the latter is equally so.
but 1t is more certain and would be
more effective.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-22
Experience No Educator.

Some years ago st. Louis get-rich-
quick concern failed for more than
100000. Hundreds of its patrons lost
heavily. Some who paid into the
game as high as $500 believed they
could pull cut by patronizing like con-
Germs. The man who conducted the
fraud turned over to another man who
had Just started a new game the list
of his patrons. Letters were sent out
stating that by small investment the
new concern could make the patrons
of the old one winners. Hundreds
sent in their money. Like the other
investment, the cash went into the
hands of the schemer to remain there.
An end was put to the game by the
postoffice department. 1t pays to pat
ronize home institutions of every class
and kind that you know to be legiti-
mate Steer clear of the schemers
who have something extraordinary to
Offer YOU
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-22
PRINCE DE SAGAN.

as bad as the feasts in which Tiberius
delighted in his ancient dining hall.
the Octagon Cenaculum.
One of these afairs. to which he
invited the most fragrant rakes of the
gay capital and an assortment of fem
inine beauty culled from the under
world illustrates his peculiar ability
for this sort of thing.
Despite the outre dishes and rare
wines. the feast had reached a stage
where. TO prevent a lapsing into the
commonplace of vice. some divertise-
ment was imperative. Then sudden
ly. without word of warning. the
lights went out.
The feminine shrleks were stilled
by momentary expectation when a
red glow appeared at one end of the
room. From out this glow danced de
Sagan. clad in the red feshings of
Satan. picking his way amid the
enkindling flames and shoveling
cleaning GOALS on the heads of his
guests.
Prince Helie has gone through two
fortunes, left him by his two grand
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-22

In purchasing horse that is to be
used on the road. 1t is well to see that
1t is fast walker. Enough attention
is usually paid to other points, but
this one is not so apt to be noticed. 1t
is, however, necessary for a horse to
walk good deal at times, and a fast
walker will prove advantageous in
covering ground. A quick-stepping
team is also an advantage in farm
work, especially in hauling to and
from the fields.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-22

Merchants should consider well all
phases of any proposition that will
eventually work to their detriment.
Year after year conditions are chang
ing. The retailer is finding the screws
becoming a little more frightened.
There is bound to be a reaction. Re-
bates in the way of railroad rates, in
the way of trade in general, are being
pretty well aired by the government
The time is not far distant when the
interests of the consumers and the re-
tailers will be much better protected.
For the carrying out of these purposes
there is necessity for stringent action.
When any system Is a bad thing for
the people in general it should be
changed.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-22
OUT FOR THE CASH.
Organizations Which Prey Upon the
Business People as Well as Others.

Now and then comes the news of
the formation OF some new-fangled or
ganization. Many of them are de-
signed to do away with established
systems of business. Most of them are
schemes devised by insincere persons
who think that they can make some
easy money through the work. Plans
proposed are of the most impractical
and visionary kind. Not long since
what was known as the South Dako-
ia" plan was undertaken. and it in
volved a complete revolution of es-
tablished business methods. 1t was
proposed to have the backing of
Standard Oil interests to the extent of
S20.0O0.000, and with this great amount
establish supply houses in large cities
issue immense catalogues with the
names of merchants who would use
them. and supply all these merchants
with the goods listed. 1t was a bril-
liant scheme. Should such plan be-
come operative and successful, it
would be the building up of a man.
moth monopoly to fight the retailers of
the. land or compel them to become
merely agents of the concern. There
is only one way to fight the trade
away-from-home evil, and that is by
educating the people to the fact that
the system is wrong. is unjust and con-
trary to economic laws; that the farm
er and the laborer who patronize other
than home enterprises is working
against his own interests. This is a
tedious process. 1t is an expensive
thing to do, and the only way it can be
done is by the liberal use OF printers
ink, by utilizing the home papers that
are as deeply Interested in the build
ing up of the home town and COM
munity as the merchants, the bankers
and as the farmers should be.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-22
WILL RECALLS ROMANCE.
Woman Defeated in Love by Sister
Deprives Her Of Estate.

Charlotte. Mich.-The single pro
vision in the will of Miss Mary E.
Cook that the earnings of her estate
shall go to her sister until the latter's
death and then to charity. recalls the
romance of the women's early lives.
Miss Cook and her sister loved one
man. The sister won the suit. and
after marriage resided in California.
Miss Cook never accepted the atten.
tons of another, and never communi-
Gated with her sister, either by visit
or letter.
The will provides that the estate.
worth several thousand dollars. shall
be turned over to a charity organiza.
ton TO be selected by E. l.. Coy and
Rev. Thomas r. McRoberts, soon after
the death of Miss Cooks sister.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-22
QUEER FAD OF OLD MINER.
Proposes Each Year to stenosrapher
u oreooa's Governor

Portland. Ore.-Annual proposals
of marriage are made by Bohemia
Sharpe. an old miner, to the stenog-
rapher OF Oregon's governor. whoever
she may be. Sharpe has Just made
his yearly visit to the state capitol
and incidentally called at the execu-
tive Office and made formal offer OF
his heart and hand to Gov. Chamber
Iain's stenographer.
AS has been the case many times in
the past. the offer was refused. but 1t
isrexpected that the hardy old noun
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-22

fathers. At one time he maintained
~ establishments in Paris. His love
affairs run into the scores. His life.
for Imaginative viciousDess and I'M
scrupulous Vaccinations to get money,
is unexampled In Paris since the days
of the Grand Monarch.
For years he has been without a
visible means of support. He has
been openly accused of being card
sharp. His name was coupled with
the forgeries of notes in the name of
Max Lcbaudy. millionaire sugar king.
In the suit brought by him against
his cousins. the Castellanes, for as
saulting him. Count Boni openly
charged that he derived his finances
from certain women of Paris.
Altogether It is said he has fought
hundred duels. Eight of them at
least were with men of prominence in
Paris. One was with Prince George
Stourdza. whom he first slapped one
night In the lobby OF the opera house,
and later wounded.
At another time he pummeled
Maitre Barbour for having declared
that the beautiful Nine. De Cast. with
whom at the time the prince was en-
gagged, had posed in the nude for
Gervexs famous picture. The Wom-
an in the Mask" Barbour had him
arrested and fined 500 in the police
court, but ignored his challenge.
Following the recent encounter with
de Castellane the latter declared
there would be no duel as result OF
10 10 D.; y Gn
find no seconds to represent him."
There was no duel.
De Sagan several years ago de-
Prince de Chalais. who mar
ried Miss Beatrice Winans of Balti-
more, as an impostor, claiming the
title for himself. Later he challenged
the prince who declared de Sagan be-
meath his notice. The prince still
bears the title.
In the height OF his career de
Sagan added spice to his existence by
up provocations for issuing
a challenge. When the excitement of
other pleasures palled, he would. II
necessary. deliberately give the insult
to invite a challenge.
In recent years he has figured in
few such meetings. Lack of funds
has curbed his impetuosity.
Prince Hel:e's wooing OF Nine
Gould has been systematic and care
fully determined From the beginning
of her trouble with her husband the
prince has been Nine. Gould's guide
and sympathizer He has been almost
in her society He knows
women we'll and was able to say the
right things at the right time to soothe
her rufred feelings and quiet her un-
strung nerves.
Nine. Gould becsIne' deeply touched
with his apparent devotion. Aiors to
the point. he neither csnsured her, as
did her family. nor abused her, as
did the count.
The prince comes OF an old family.
Generations of azure blood flow in
his veins. His family is as noble In
Prussia as in France. Prinz Won
Sagan is his German title. Eventually
he will succeed to the ducfy of Sagan
In Prussian Silesia. now held by his
father. the due de TalIyrand-Perigord.
The income was 100000 year until
the old dukes creditors got hold of
1t all save 5000 year.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-22
CRIMSON RECORD OF ANNA
GoUlD'S WooER.
Eciipses That Of Count soni-once
Appeared at Dinner in Paris in
Role Of Devil and Put
Fire on Guests.

Paris-All Paris is tittering over
the prospective marriage by which
Prince Helie de Sagan is to succeed
Count Boni dc Castellane as the hus.
band Of Anna Gould. 1t is character
lied as that grand joke"
Count Boni de Castellane was pretty
bad IN his ways. but compared to
Prince de Sagan. his cousin. he is a
cherub with wings only a-sprout.
Since the days Of the Caesars. there
have been few men of such mental
and emotional activity. with so many
ingenious quips and Quirks of vice, as
de Sagan.
Some Of the little dinners. with
which the prince was wont in the old
days to shock even Paris, were quite
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-22
Sheep.

Sheep occupy about the same rela.
tive position among the domestic ami
mails as the legumes occupy among the
farm crops. They improve the land.
and while they may not take nitrogen
from the air and deposit it in the soil.
they renovate the grass lands and
actually leave them in better condition
than-t they found them.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-22

taineer will return next spring to re-
new his overtures.
Sharpe is now over 20 years OF age.
but is still an active prospector. He
has claim and cabin in the noun
tains of the Bohemia district, 25 miles
from Cottage Grove II is said that he
is quite wealthy, but his riches do not
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-22

help to dispel the loneliness of his
isolated home.
Just why his fancy has settled on
wedding a stenographer OF the states
chief executive is not known. but his
persistent proposals have been the
cause of no little amusement around
the capitol.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-22
Birthstone and Trough.

respondent. A grindstone should not
be left in the water, as It makes one
side soft. hook at the end holds
the box in place when the grindstone
Is in use. When done release the
hook and the box will swing down and
away from the stone. 1t is a great
saving in time to have a water box
like this. as it saves pouring water
on the stone.