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Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-08-21
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LOCAL INTEREST

Miss Clara Barber assisted the Chron-
iclc force this week.
\. l.. Martin WAS up from Sentinel
Butte the first of the week
II. c. Jensen and Attorney Mncklcr
from Bismarck went to Marmarth this week
in the formers auto
Mr.. and Mrs. James lIaiSh and Violet
Bispham were Glcndivc visitors last Mon
day, which was circus day there.
James Blair, grain buyer for the Thorpe
Elevator Co., returned this week from a
visit at FIoncock Mimi, and other eastern
points.
There will be :; dance in Beach at the
opera house next Friday evening, August
2Sth Ausc will be furnished 10y the Arion
orchestra
J Postmaster Rrcnizcr, of Ercnizrr T. O..
has installed some postottlce boxes at his
postofhcc north of town and patrons Of that
| Office can get boxes for their mail.
1t is reported that a number at l,achc
lors who have claims on Williams creek,
south of here, are to be contested. as it is
claimed that they dc, not reside on their
claims.
MIR. and Mrs. Pat Doyle and children
returned last Sunday from an extended
visit at their former home at Kendall,
Wis. After short stay here they expect
to take 4 trip to the coast country
John kcohanc, states attorney, and
Henry Feldhnsen, county coroner, were
called to Marmarth this week to hold an
inquest and look into the shooting aitray
which occurred there this week. They
we're taken down by G.. d. Lowell who
sat on the coronor's Jury.
Mrs. Nels Heggen gave an ice cream
party at the Heggcn farm last Sunday
v,cd and ice cream and cake was served
and pleasant afternoon spent. Mrs
Heggen is visiting at the Ileggcn farm
with her SON. John, and expects to return
soon TO Northticld, Minn.
c. D. Li,ch. the injured engineer who
was in the wreck near Glendivc last Wccl
and who has been lying in the Glendivf
hospital has been slowly improvins, an'
last Tuesday was taken on No. 4 t" DicEin
son, his home Although he is in n very
serious condition his recovery is certain
although it will be very slow. His wil'
has been constantly at his bedside.
Mike Power is having a show window
fixed up at the Big Store for his clothing
department. and when completed ano
dressed it will put up quite cittied ap
pearance Mike believes in having thing
fixed up right and will make 4 number o
other Improvements in the store before
putting in their big fall and winter stock
! which Mr.. Dickinson is now purchasing il
Chicago.
: Veach Williams, a young fellow en-
ployetl on the Forsyth ranch norlheas
. of Sentinel Butte, accidentally shot hin,
S self through the knee With IS rcvolve
: last Sunday. The bones of the knc
were badly shattered and DR.. Muscu
It was called to dress the wound TIL
accident Will lay the young fellow II
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-08-21
MedOra

Herald, August 14.-Mrs. ]. A. Ferris
returned from her visit at the w. a. Bru-
baker home at Terry on Monday. She
was accompanied by Mrs. a. w. Merri-
field of Helena Mont, who was a guest at
the Ferris home until today, when she re-
turned to her home Miss Ada Ferris ac-
companied Mrs. Merrifeld to her home
and will make an extended visit.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-08-21

Marmarth the widest town in North
Dakota where pigs" and sporting houses
run unmolested. was the scene of another
shooting affray which resulted in the kill
girl who was an inmate of one of the
bawdy houses there. She was sho, by
another inmate of the same house. girl
known as Blanche" The two had been
drinking and got to scutfling over a loaded
revolver, which was accidentally dis
charged, killing one OF the girls instantly.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-08-21

Five members of Uncle Sans veterinary
this week looking over range horse condi-
tons and studying their diseases. The party
was composed as follows: DR.. Mohler, OF
Washington D. c., chief of staff; DR..
Kruse, state veterinarian; DIR. Van Ness,
of Fargo, bactcriologst; DIR. Tracy, OF
Bismarck and DIR. Fritz, of Winona. Minn.
Those who went in with the beef ship
ment of the 9th have been drifting back
this week. g. w. Myers and ]. w. Follis
returned last night One of Mr. Follis'
cars caught fire in some way between
Dickinson and Mandan, sutfocating the
stock in the car. The stock went in in
fine shape, having a nice run in good com
Portable weather and they struct good
market.
Ed Hamilton the Singer sewing machine
man of Bismarck, came in on the Sand
Greek stage Saturday evening. He had
been spending week with a camping party
near the Fl T ranch The party consisted
of sixteen young people from the vicinity
of Bowman, Miss Esther Barton of Bis
marck and Miss May Wctzel of Lena, I'll.
The party was chaperoned by Mrs. Ed
Hamilton and Mrs. J. NJ. Johnston.
S. NJ. Ferris, Register of the q. S. Land
Office at Dickinson, came over Tuesday
evening for a brief visit at the home OF
his brother, ]. a. Ferris. returning IL
Dickinson "Wednesday on No 4. Mrs
Ferris is still in eastern Canada, having
been detained by the death of her brother
who died of appendicitis about the time
there. Mrs Ferris many friends sympa
thzc with her in this bereavement.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-08-21
LOCAL TELEPHONE
COMPANY ORGANIZED

A local telephone company has been
organized and an application has been
made to the town trustees for franchise.
]. p Smith, one OF our cnterprising farm
crs southeast of town circulated sub
scription paper for stock and after over
900 had been subscribed a meeting
was called and held at the fire hall last
monday evening and an organizatio per-
fcctcd and officers elected.
a committee was named to confer with
the city dads and an application for a
franchise was made which is now under
consideration.
The company is capitalized at $4,000
which is divided into 400 shares of SIS
each.
The new company will be known as
the Beach Telephone Company and if a
franchise is granted will put in a town
system and also run lines into the conn-
try wherever enough patrons can be Sc
cured The line running southwest from
Sentinel Butte will be run into Beach,
and a line will be constructed to Car
lyle and one north to Brenzcr \
checking station will be put in and con-
nections will be made with the long
distance wires.
The following are the directors of the
new company, elected Monday night: c.
f.. Barber, Ed. Hoverson, G. d. Lowell,
7. d. Halstad, and ]. p. Smith.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-08-21


appear for the defence.
This is about the fourth killing that has
occurred in Ma;mar,h in little over year,
to say nothing of the many shooting afirays
where the town is shot pand no one hurt.
In an interview with party from Mar
marth the Chronicle was informed that
nearly everyone in Marmarth carried 44
and that lawlessness and disorder arc the
order of the day in that wild and woolly
town.
for some time and may result in lcaving
him with a stiff knee.
c. IT, Kaincy is back from Il sojourn
Il, his land claims fortv-iivc miles west of
Beach, ~ d., in Montana where he and
his father in law have homesteads adjourn
ing, and have purchased land in conncc-
ton making 4 total of section and half
of land in ono body. Mrs. Raincy is still
al the homo of her parents at Thorp, Eut
! both families expect TO go TO their claims
about the first of September Jackson
County (Wis) Banner
| The Northern Pacific passenger depart
nent has issued a circular to agents con
ccrning the number of men wanted for
harvest along their system. The names OF
stations are given together with the mum
ber of men wanted, the wages offered anC
when harvest beg ns in the respective
localities. The total number of mer
roughly estimated is over 20, 600. The
wages offered range from ST.. so TO 50. 50 {
day for harvest and threshins and 81 tC
ST.. so a day for haying.
The installation of the officers of the loca
Masonic lodge took place last evening at the
hall. Past Grand Masters c.. L. McGrego
of Fa rgo, and John I2icssbcCk of Dickinson
were present and assisted in the work The
local order was presented with their cl1arte
from the Grand Lodge and the new officer
took their oaths. Following the instala
ton a banquet was given ut the New Yorl
restaurant. Following are the new officer
elected: w. A. Sprague, W. NJ, F. ID
Cooper, c. W., !. X. Delany, J. W., Geo
Dclany S. d., Jesse FIouck, ]. d., Franl
Heath, Treas, !. a. MCGregor, Sec, r. T.
Near, S. s., Will Patrick. J. s., L. F.. Nobl.
r., l. A. Miller, chaplain
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-08-21

The little five year old boy of John
Rorvik got in front of moving binder and
was badly cut in the sickle last Monday.
The little fellows both legs were cut up
in bad shape the sickle cutting the bone
in several places. He was brought to
Dr. Muscus and the wounds dressed and
will come out all right, if blood poison
does not set in or some other complication.
\ cut from sickle is very dangerous as
the knives are always covered with dust
and poisonous matter from the grain, and
very often cause blood posion.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-24
AMENDMENT TO NAVAL BILL is
ADDED IN SENATE.
IT HAS RESTRICTIONS
Materials Used In Construction Of
Ships snd Submarines Must 20 Of
Domestic Manufacture Rights Of
States Discussed.

Washington. April 23. AS the sen
ate was about to conclude considera'
ton OF the naval appropriation bill to
day Senator Piles Of Warrington pro.
posed an amendment increasing from
two to four the number Of new battle.
ships to be authorized. AS several
senators desired to speak. on the
amendment further conside deration ot
the bill was postponed until tomorrow,
An amendment to the naval bill was
adopted appropriating $7,ooo.ooo to be
gin construction on the two battle
ships authorized by the bill as now
passed by the house.
A spirited debate occurred on the
amendment for the restriction Of the
purchase Of materials for the construc.
ton Of the battleships and submarine
boats to those Of domestic manutac'
ture.
L Amendments to remove that re-
striction from the bill were defeated
Mr.. Hale stating that since the or.
ganization Of the steel trust some
years ago the price Of steel armor
had been reducef from $3.50 and $500
per ton to $416 per ton.
Mr.. Beveridge declared that the
United States pays less for It's arnor
plate than any other nation except
Japan. M
Senator Raynor of Maryland spoke
today on the constitutional rights Of
the states and executive encroach-
ment.
The senate adjourned at 1880 p. m.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-24
NECK TIE PARTY
IN CALIFORNIA
GAMBLER WHO MURDERED Ar
MOLD is LYNcHED.

f Rhyolite. New, April 23 Shortly
after dusk last night a small band of
citizens of skidoo, a camp in Cali
EEfornia So miles south Of here, over
powered the sheriff's guard In charge
OF Joe Simpson, the gambler who shot
and killed James Arnold last Sunday,
and hanged the prisoner to the tele-
graph pole to which he was bound
last Sunday after he made an at
tempt on the life Of Cashier Dobbs Of
the Southern California bank at
skidoo. $5
Simpson,. who bore an unsavory
reputation, who was intoxicated, after
Threatening Dobbs, shot and killed
Arnold In what is said to have been
|a cold blooded manner. Arnold locat-
ed the townsite Of skidoo. He was
formerly justice Of the peace there
ana had been instrumental In prose
cutting Simpson on previous occasions.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-24
&$}Rs
-FOUR ARE KILLED
IN NINE EXPLOSION
SUPPOSED THAT ACCUMULATED
GAS IN ENTRY, leNiTED.

Pittsburg. Pa. April %. -Four men
were killed. three seriously injured
and 100 others had narrow escape
from death early this morning when
an explosion occurred in mine No.
Of the Ellsworth Colliery company at
Ellsworth, Pa, Washington county.
The dead are foreigners. Their bod
les we're mangled and badly burned.
It is supposed the accident resulted
from an accumulation Of gas in new
entry becoming ignited in some man
ner. s5aj
Unusual presence Of mind is said to
have been responsible for about 100
miners escaping from the mine. Al
though the concussion threw them to 1
the ground, all retained their COM
posure and after great difhculty,
reached the surface. A thorough In
vestigation will be begun Immediate
" by the state mine inspector. (.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-24
DELEGATES FROM
CARBON TO BUTTE.
Especial to Tho eaxette.l

especial to The Gazette.)
Red Lodge, Mont, April 23.-Thes
republican county contral committee
for Carbon county has selected the
16 delegates from this county to the
republican state convention at Butte,
the sentiment Of the country members
Of the committee being that 1t was
inadvisable to call a county conven-
tion for the purpose in the busy sea
son Of the year. The delegates select
ed are W. F. Meyer. J. NJ. Toyman. 4.
e. Flager. Thomas e. Butler. Jerre
G. Murphy. W. "A. Hopkins. +. ]. Trum-
bo. F. P. Whicher, Z. B. Banks. n. Al
Simmons. G. o. Cranstrom. J. r Par
ker. John Mccullough. n G. Provinse.
Z. o. Caswell and william Larkin.
The delegates are about evenly divid.
ed arlong the two factions which fos
merly existed in the republican party
J in Carbon county.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-24
GROVER CLEVELAND
SICK AT LAKEWOOD
CONDITION. OF FORMER PREsi.
DENT is uNlMPRovEo.

= ( Z T. b d / 1
Lakewood. N. j.. April 23.-At II
o'clock this morning it was learned
that ex-President Grover Cleveland,
who is suffering from an attack OF
stomach trouble, was not quite SO well
as yesterday. Mr.. Cleveland is at the
Lakewood hotel, where his apartments
have been kept open after the closing
Of the hotel. He has had attacks in
the past. and 1t has always been his
custom to leave his home at Prince
ton for Lakewood, where his recovery
has been aided by the mildness Of the
climate.
Mrs. Cleveland. who went to Prince
ton yesterday, has returned to Lake.
wood.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-24

consume twice the amount of beets
now refined. He told of the differ-
ence in cane sugar and beet sugar and
urged the Billings boosters to buy
only beet sugar.
Il Lewis G. Babcock spoke upon the
young men in Billings and declared
that more young men are engaged IN
business here or conducting business
than in any other place and asserted
that they had all been successful.
Or. w. x. sudduth spoke on the
land above the ditch. He asserted
that there were 100000 acres of land
close to the city, which under cultiva-
tion would mean wonderful in
crease in population His announce
ment that Dr.. Campbell. the father of
dry land farming, would establish ex-
perimental farms here, was received
with applause.
+ B. K. Stanton, p. "A. Morely and
Nate Godfrey. the state railroad COM
mission. spoke Of the wonderful possi-
bilities before Billings.
R. g. Linebarger, editor Of The Ca
zette. spoke of the boosting BY the
press and urged a burying OF the
hatchet and better support Of home
Industries. .3,s
County Commissioner Burla urged
the necessity Of securing more indus
trial concerns here and advocated the
improvement Of the country roads.
Attorney o. r. Goddard summarized
the important suggestions Of the diff
ferent speakers and urged that every
body get together. He declared that
II Billings takes advantage Of her op-
portunitfes and improves them the
Milwaukee will build into here and
the Burlington and N. p. will make
concessions desired.
Get Closer to Judith Basin.
One of the best talks during the
evening was by Harry Yeager. cash
Ter Of one Of the Fergus county banks.
Mr.. Yeager called the attention OF
the boosters to the fact that the Bill
ings & Northern railroad will be COM
pleted in 60 days and that over 1.s00,-
900 bushels of wheat will be shipped
to market through Billings. He as.
serted that Billings could secure much
trade from the Judith basin If she but
went after It. He told Of the wonder
full resources Of Fergus county and
urged the Billings boosters to get bet
ter acquainted with the. people Of thu
Judith basin.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-24
-FOUR ARMED MEN STOP NORTH
COAST LIMITED TRAIN NEAR d
HoMEsTAkE.
NERVE FAILS THEM
Engineers Suspect Something ls
Wrong and A'isht With Caution
Sheriff Henderson Starts Ia Pur-
suit With Posse-Two Suspects Are
Captured by Roadmaster.

Butte, April %. Another attempt
to hold up the North Coast Limited
train, westbound, the crack overland
flyer of the Northern Pacific, was
made this evening at point between
|Welch's Spur and Homestake, is
miles east of Butte, the scene of the
recent holdup of the North Coast.
in which Engineer Frank Glow was
murdered, and his fireman shot
through the arm.
Several torpedo explosions brought
the train to a stop in a portion OF the
country very rough. Engineers Hans
comb and Gear suspected something
wrong in the stopping of the train in
that locality, and both men observed
extreme caution in alighting. Evi-
dently the nerve of the would-be BAN
dts failed when they saw that hold
up was suspected, as the four men,,
with guns in their hands, disappeared
among the rocks in the direction OF
Butte. The engineers hurriedly got
up steam and quick rum was made
into Butte.
/ II Rough Country.
The North Coast arrived in Butte
soon after s o'clock this evening and
the officers were Immediately ap-
lprised Of the attempted holdup. Sher-
III Henderson with posse at once
left for Homestake on d special. #i
The Burlington overland flyer was
held up near Homestake three years
ago and the express messenger shot.
The country near Homestake. which
Its on the continental divide Is rocky
land rough, and affords ideal hiding
places. 'ts-'ei, " 4es't+-f+1rs @
h Two men suspected Of being men,
.bers Of the quartette that attempted
Ito hold up the North Coast Limited
near Welch's Spur tonight were cap
tured by Roadmaster Max Kone, who
happened to be on the train. Quietly
dropping OF, Kone quickly made his
way back over the tracks, and sur
prised the two men, whom he soon
bverpowered with his gun. Kone has
turned over the suspects to Sheriff
iHend derson's posse. I'd
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-24
PALACE LIVERY STABLE CON-
suMED BY FLAMES.
TANNED BY HIGH WIND
Screams Of Animals Tell Of Their
Awful Suffering Officers Shot as
Many as Possible to End Their
i-Agony-o Origin Unknown.
Especial to The Gazette.)

Butte, April 23.--Where stood IS
horses sleepily munching their hay in
the Palace livery stable at 1856, South
Main street, Butte. at 9:45 o'clock last
night now lie as many gcarcasses. lack
ing not more than one or two that
may have escaped the fierce fire that
ragged through the rough frame struc-
sture, famed by a high wind from the
northwest.
The stable was on the west side OF
the street. The fire, Of unknown
origin, started in or near the loft in
the rear, and the wind drove the
flames through the length Of the build
ing with such rapidity that the entire
structure was in the grasp Of the fire
by the time the bell in the city hall
tower sounded the alarm. There was
no chance to save the horses, some Of
them valuable stock, when the hremen
reached the scene. Men who tried to
lead out those nearest the door were
driven back by the, heat. The screams
Of the suffering beasts told OF the aw-
full suffering. sheriff's officers arriv-
ing early fired shots into a number Of
the animals to end their agony.
Rat-a-tat (2:19), the well known
PAGER by Copper King out OF Lat-a-tat,
bred in Madison county and winner
of many q race, is supposed to be
among the burned horses.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-24
TWO MEN CRUSHED
IN CAR OF RAILS
WE'RE STEALING RIDE TO FLAT.
HEAD RESERVATION.
Especial to The Gazette.)

Havre. Mont, April 2s.-William
Beman and Fred Garland, brother-in-
law Of Beman, were both crushed to
death while stealing ride in a car
filled with rails. The men were in
the car here when sudden jolt
threw the steel against the end Of the
car on top of them.
Both men we're from Edgerton,
Ohio, and were en- route to the Flat
head reservation to take up land.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-24
FIRE AT CAPE MAY, N. !.
Loss is Estimated at More Than Hun.
dred Thousand.

Cape May, N. T.. April 23.-A seri-
ous fire which for time threatened
to wipe out all the property at Cape
May point, near here, destroyed about
dozen buildings this afternoon. caus-
ing loss that is estimated at more
than 100000.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-24
FORECAST OF WEATHER.

Montana-Nair Friday and satur-
day. warner Saturday in south por.
t1om.
wyoming Generally fair Friday
and Saturday, warmer Saturday.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-24

Washington. April 23.As the sen
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-01-22
YAKIMA STUDENTS LEAD.

Superintendent Reed is jubilant
over the standing of the Yakima
school compared with that of the
other schools in the United States.
He has just given the sixth, seventh
and eighth grades lis of eighr
questions in arithmetic that have
been given to the first year or ninth
grade scholars in all the public
schools in the United States. The
highest average made by the other
schools was Go per cent and in the
Columbia school the eighth grade
stood 93, the seventh grade IS, the
sixth grade &C. Mr.. Reed has pass
ed the questions out to all of the
other schools and expects that bet
ter standing will be shown in at
least one of them.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-01-22
ON NORTH COAST

Chief Engineer f. L. Pitman OF
The North Coast Railroad. who was
in the city yesterday, when asked
in regard to recent publications an
nouneing assurances said TO nave
been given out by the company TO
the effect that construction would
be resumed within Go days, replied
that grading had never been stopped
on their Tekoa Branch He added
that he knew of no announcement.
whatever, such as that referred to.
having emanated from any officer OF
the company. The plans OF the rail
road, he averred, including revis-
ions of definite location, river and
railroad crossing structures aud the
aquisition OF rights of way were be-
ing pushed more vigorously than at
any time since the North Coast en-
terprise was begun. As a particular
instance statement was made that
the last piece Of right OF way across
Northern Pacific Railroad and Nor
tkern Pacific Irrigation Company
land, between Union Gap and Ken
newick. had been obtained and paid
for within the last week. This, how
ever, does not include railroad cross
ing rights at Granger, KeHnewick
and other points necessary before
construction can proceed uninterupt-
ed. A settlement of these later are
being urged upon the Northern Pact
nc with all possible emphasis.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-01-22
PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION OF
VALUES OF YAKIMA LAND
Residence Has Been Erected in iii.
all As Result of Four Acres
OF Winesaps.

Four acres of Winesap apples,
furnished the money for ]. B. Raun-
herman to construct $4,000 resi-
oence at Zillah. d. L. Thacker, the
we'll known contractor, has just re.
turned from completing the hand
some residence which is modern in
ever particular and is one of the best
in that section.
Every penny of the expense which
was paid for the home came from tn :
product of four acres set to Wine
sap apples. This is considered by
Zillah people to be the most practi-
cal demonstration of the value OF
Yakima fruit which has yet been
made public.
This would mean $500 an acre
as the net proceeds Of the four
acres 10 construct the house and en-
ter it free from debt.