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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29
HE yards and Drought excellent

the yards and Drought excellent
prices. Ss
With the establishment Of the pro
posed alfalfa mill In the Yellowstone
valley and the increase In products
Of the Billings sugar factory, the
farmers Of the Yellowstone valley will
have an excellent ration for fatten-
ing stock and will be able to secure
1t to fatten their animals at the time
Of year, when prices are the best.
An alfalfa mill and the Billings
sugar factory will do more than any
thing else to make this country q
producer Of fatted cattle. When the
South Omaha delegation to the live
stock conventions Of the west was in
Billings, the spokesman asserted that
the visit here was to become acquaint-
ed with a section that South Omaha
commission men believed would soon
be sending large shipments Of fatted
stock to market. The success Of the
sugar company's experiment shows
the wisdom Of the South Omahans.
Billings Is excellently situated to be-
come a cattle feeding center and her
alfalfa and sugar beet pulp offer the
proper feed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29

Georgia swelled the ranks Of prohi-
bition states January. / Of this year.
| With the addition of North Carolina,
Alabama and Mississippi January /,
1909, eight states Of the union will
have eliminated the liquor trafac.
In addition to the eight totally
dry" states, present and prospective,
there are in other commonwealth
nearly 1900 counties, almost 10000
towns and townships and 136 cities,
with populations ranging up to 15O,-
900. which have been made ndry" By
local option elections.
There are IL cities, each having a
population of more than $4,000. that
are dry and 10 whose population
is between 10000 and $4,000. Many
of the states have been swert close
to Lrohibitory laws by the spread Of
local option sentiment; one-halfs of
Nebraska is without saloons; Of the
241 counties in Texas 1852 are "dry;"
20 Of the So counties in West Virginia
N7TTWa EN ITI
have shut out the saloons; &c Of the
100 counties Of Virginia have adopted
local option; "a Of the lis counties Of
Missouri are in the local option col,
umn; in Ohio three counties and
1921 townships and small towns have
voted against liquor, while in Mime
sofa 1911 townships and villages are
dry.
The recent election in Illinois
placed a large part Of the Sucker
state in the '.dry" column. In Massa-
chusetts Is per cent Of the state IL
under prohibitory law; Is per cent Of
Minnesota is dry" while in Ken
lucky but four counties are wholly
''wet."
In the face of such statistics it is
no wonder that the liquor dealers and
manufacturers Of the nation have
been organizing to combat the pro-
hibition wave.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29
E b BEET PULP.

The success, which has attended
the experiments Of the Billings Sugar
company in feeding the pulp of sugar
beets after the sugar has been e <
tracted to cattle for fattening pur.
poses. should induce farmers Of the
Yellowstone valley to adopt beet pulp
as n OF the chief rations for topping
cattle and sheep. In Colorado and
sections Of the west, where the sugar
beet industry is older than in the
Yellowstone valley, the feeding OF
pulp to livestock is an important in.
dustry. It rs certain to become SO
here. +
Alfalfa meal mixed with beet pulp
makes an excellent ration upon which
to fatten stock. The Billings Sugar
company has been feeding a large
number Of cattle and sheep at their
local feeding pens on this ration dur
inE the past few months. Last Mon
day some ~ the animals were market
n ii the South Omaha stock yards.
Zhsy we're among the finest stock in
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29
SHOULD MAKE A PROTEST.

From reliable sources The Gazette
learns that an effort is to be made to
have the Northern Pacific Railroad
company change the time Of depart
ure for trains from Billings to Red
Lodge and, towns in the Clarke,s Fork
valley to z o'clock instead of 1880 in
the morning as at present. Such a
change has been ordered for Sunday
trains.
If the new schedule is extended to
week day trains, people from the
Red Lodge and Clarke's Forg territory
will have to spend an extra day in
Billings, il they come here to shop.
AS there are scores Of persons resid-
ing in those sections, who purchase
their supplies in Billings the change
would work a hardship. It would
probably result in diverting some
trade from Billings merchants.
The chamber Of commerce and the
..2255 900 club" which hold a joint
meeting tonight, would do well to ap-
point a committee to investigate the
Intentions of the RAILROADS company
and to protest against any such
change in the time Of departure Of
trains during the week.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29
BASEBALL IN BILLINGS.

Because the membership of the
teams in the Billings Baseball league
is made up Of local young men,
amateur players, many people who
have not seen them play have natural
" believed that they were giving the
people Of Billings an inferior class Of
the national game. Such is not
the case. The Billings Baseball
league is furnishing as good exhibit
lions Of the national game as can be
seen under the auspices Of any OF the
minor leagues in the west.
Comparison between the local ANA
teur teams and the professional teams
In other cities can be made ID q re-
suit OF the recent visit OF the Coun-
try Club team to Bozeman, where
there is a professional nine, composed
Of some Of the best known players IN
the country. Though they we're IN q
higher altitude and had not had suf-
thcient practice to acquire the proper
amount Of team work, the Country
Club team, which is second in the
league, was able to play Bozeman z
to 4.
There are two other teams In Bill
ings In the same class as the Country
Club team, SC It can be seen that BILL
ings Is being given an excellent quail
ity Of baseball by the. city league.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29

Billings is. Warehouses or cheap
business blocks such as would have to-
he erected on the leases given by the
railroad company would obstruct the
view.
It is said that certain people have
informed the railroad company
that Billings is willing to have the
parks removed and the land leased.
Such information was wrong. 1t was
not In accord with the sentiment Of
the people of Billings. 1t has taken
rs years to secure toe green grass and
tall trees tnat compose the park and
1T would be a shame to permit their
removal without a protest. II the
sentiment of the citizens is properly
presented to the railroad company the
result will be that the officials of the
Northern Pacific will agree to the
maintenance of the park. 1t is the
one thing for which the land is really
lifted. 1t is what the people Of Bill
ings want. It is what, until the pres
ent time, the railroad company has
been anxious to maintain. There
should be united effort on the part Of
the citizens to persuade the railroad.
company, In friendly manner, to
grant the use of the land for a public
park.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29
"NEAR BEER" INDUSTRY.

A new industry has been started in
Georgia az a result of the enforce
ment of the prohibition laws. It is
the manufacture of near beer" an.
imitation of the foaming lager, yet
containing less than one per cent al
cohol. It is proving profitable for the
breweries, which were forced to cease
the manufacture Of the genuine arti-
Gle the first of January.
Under the United States revenue
laws the dispenser of near beer" is
compelled to take out a liquor license
and so popular is the new beverage
that the liquor licenses issued in
Georgia have doubled in number since
the prohibition law became effective.
1t is freely predicted in Georgia news
papers that the number Of licenses
will be quadrupled before next Jan
uary.
'Near BEER is an ideal temperance
beverage in that no person could con-
sumo sufficient Of 1t to become intox-
icated. AS a result, not only the near
BEER saloons, but the soda fountains,
drug stores and country merchants
have taken out licenses to dispense
NEAR beer"
Reports show that the Georgia
breweries are turning out more Of
the near beer this year than they
did of real beer, and the profit, both
for the brewer and the retailer, is
larger than is the case with the real
article.
While some of the Anti-Saloon
league workers are anxious to sup
press the manufacture Of near beer,"y
there are others who believe that 1t
supplies a satisfactory solution of the
liquor question, providing a beverage
that satisfies the appetite Of the con
f1rmed beer drinker without produc-
ing i~ntoxication.
Georgia seems to have successfully
produced a drink that may be profta-
bly, manufactured in breweries and
sold in prohibition states, and so the
opposition Of the brewers to the ad-
vance of the prohibition wave should
be reduced. Now If someone will
only invent near whiskey," a NEAR
gin" and a NEAR wine there would
probably be little opposition left to
the an%ti-liquor advocates.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29
PROCEEDINGS
OF the Board Of Commissioners Of
Yellowstone Count, Montana.
Special ses.ion-one Day.

The Board met this day ! special
session at 10000 o'clock Il. M, pur-
suant to call and publication, all
nembers and the clerk bein., present.
The minutes Of the last meeting
were read and duly approved.
The viewers report on the road pc
t;tloned for by Mrs e. b. Kennedy and
cthers, set for hearing this day at
ic.0U O'clock q. M, was pces .nte.i to
the board; several persons being
prt. ent and ohssecting to he estab-
lishment Of said road, and the board
not being satisfied with the .cport at
tbs time, upon notion, postponed
sAld hearing until June +, 1908, at
1I:OO O'Clock q. m
The viewers report on the road pc
titioned for by John Torske and 9TH
ers, set for hearing this day at 1900
O'clock a. NJ, was presented to the
board; and the board not being sat
isied with said report at this time,
upon motion, postponed said hearing
until June 4, 1908, at 1900 o'clock a.
m.
The viewers report OF the road pc
titioned for by H. q. Stilger and 9th
ers, set for hearing this day at 2.00
O'clock p. M, was presented to the
board; and the board not being sat
isfied with said report at this time,
upon motion. postponed said hearing
until June 4, 1908, at $500 o'clock p. n.
The viewers report on the road pc
titioned for by John Torke and others,
set for hearing this day at $3.50
o'clock p. M, was presented to the
board; and the board not being sat
isfied with said report at this time,
apon motion, postponed said hearing
until June 4. 1908. at $3.50 o'clock
p. "a.
The viewers report on the road Pc
titioned for by s. Dyvig and others,
set for hearing this day at $500 O'Clock
. M, was presented to the board;
anl the board not being satisfied with
said report at this time. upon motion
pc trcned said nearing 4 til Jun, 4,
1908. at $500 o'clock y. n
The following property, standing
in the name Of the county for delin-
quent taxes, raj ordered sold to the
parties named below, they being the
highest and best bidders:
Lots IL, Is, IA, is and 16, block 131,
Billings; North Real Estate Loan &
Title company, $22.6S.
Lots 5 and 8. block 81. Park City:
L. NJ. Smith, $500.
Lot !. block 1873, Park City; B. f.
Harris, 35.2S.
The board. upon motion, adjourned.
Attest: IRA L. WHITNEY,
Clerk.
| LLL H- o. 90 Z=L IN-.L N&A
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29
OBSERVE MEMORIAL DAY.

O6SEhvE MEMORIAL DAY.
It is to be hoped that there will be
a general observance OF Memorial
day in Billings Saturday. The largest
stores of the city, Yegcn Bros, Keil
Bros. and Hart-Albin, have agreed to
close throughout the day, and many
Of the other mercantile establish
ments have 'signifed their inteot,on
OF doing likewise. the patriotism Of
those who have so decided is certain
" to be commended. It is TO be hoped
that every business house in Billings
will close. The veterans Of both the
Civil and spanish-American wars
have made arrangements for an elab-
crate program. There will be a pa
rade and speaking in the afternoon,
while in the morning the graves Of
the dead veterans will be strewn
with flowers. It is well that we take
at least n day a year to pay tribute
to the memory of those who have
fought and died that our country
might remain intact. Memorial day
Is set aside al such a day and patriot
ism urges that we observe 1t.
The merchants Of Billings in decid-
ing to close their places Of business
and observe the day display the
proper patriotic feeling. It is to be
hoped that our citizens will do their
purchasing Friday that the day may
be observed without hardship to any
one.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29
BUSINESS OUTLOOK IMPROVED.

BUSINESS OUTLOOK IMPROVED.
The financial papers throughout
the country are taking a most op-
timistic view of the business outlook.
Everywhere the impression seems to
be that there will be a gradual i'm
provement in the business situation,
eliminating in a decided business re-
vival in the fall. The situation at
the end of last week is well stated
in the following from an eastern trade
paper:
"The indications Of better. business
are most widely distributed through
the wholesale and jobbing branches.
In cotton goods there was a notice.
ably larger demand, and in some
cases a tendency to higher prices.
More orders are reported in wooden
goods, the movement being stronger
than for some weeks; while footwear
orders are better, though still small
BY comparison with former years. The
reports Of improvement are most de-
cided from the southwest and the
northwest, the southern and eastern
trade being still restricted.
"In iron and steel enlarged transac.
tons and what seems to be the most
vigorous demand from consuming In.
terests since the reaction. Of last fall
are very clearly based on the convic-
ton that pig iron is down to the hard.
pan basis.
"a turn in the accumulation Of
money in New York is indicated by
the bank statement of yesterday. The
loss Of a little under 5000. 900 in
cash is small compared with the ex-
port Of about $4,000, 900 in gold. But
IN expansion of nearly $1S, 0o0, 900 in
loans results in reducing the surplus
reserve $S,121,0O0. AS this still leaves
the plethoric excess above legal re.
quirements of $50, 5000 the change
is more favorable than otherwise.
Clearing house exchanges for the
whole country show an enlargement"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29
SPREAD OF PROHIBITION.

Indications are that North Carolina
has Joined the ranks of prohibition
states. If the first returns from the
election of yesterday prove correct
the state will eliminate the liquor
business January 1, 1909.
The spread OF the prohibition SEN
timent has been remarkable. Maine
began the movement in 1855; Kansas
went dry in 1880 and North Dakota
IN 1889. Oklahoma was admitted to
the union as a temperance state and
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29
to which the state has granted conces.

to which the state has granted conces-
Sions.
The woman writer In Paris known
as Daniel Lesueur'' presided. recently
over the Societies des Gems de Let
tiers. She arrived Ave minutes ahead
Of time, and spoke only five minutes.
thus smashing two ISLANDERS. on her
sex. IA
Thomas +. Walsh, the wealthy Col
oradian, and owner Of Wolhurst, near
Denver, has made the following an
nouncement in his home papers: We
request Y sporting friends not to
shoot doves or any other birds on
Wolhurst estate"
From 1864 to the present day there
have been only seven Wears of Wins
ford, England, the present incumbent,
Prebendary Anderson, having just
reached his fiftieth year Of service,
and being still active enough, to look
after all the affairs OF mis- parish.
Experiments have recently been
made with an inflammable paste on
bullets. When the bullet leaves the
muzzle the paste ignites, leaving a
stream of smoke behind 1t, and enab-
ling the marksman to watch its course
and, II necessary, correct his aim for
the next shot.
The Mikado has a corps Of 60 doc
tors and 30 priests.
England consumes 80 ounces Of to-
bacco per annum a head.
= f
Antwerp and Amsterdam have the
best health records Of all European
cities.
The first governor Of Pennsylvania
under the constitution Of 1890 was
Thomas Mifflin.
Our standing timber is estimated to
be somewhere between fourteen and
two thousand billion feet.
There is nowhere IN Brazil q dis
tinctively American house handling
American manufactured products.
! = Il
Halt an ounce Of pure gold was
found in the body of a turkey killed
on a farm on the Tarwine river, Vic
toria.
Straightest of all the rivers in the
| world is the Lena of northern Siberia.
1t runs for nearly 800 miles with hard
" a cruve.
i = ~
Shamrock brought from ireland and
planted in England always developed
into clover, said DR.. w. e. st. Law
renee Fanny at kingston.
Spain's king is the only monarch
who does not sign his name to docu-
ments and edicts. His signature is
simply .'Yo, ell Ray"-'T, the King"
Pulp wood exported from Canada
in 1905 to the United States amounted
to 593,624 cords, valued at $2,6O0,814;
in 1907, 62s,744 cords, valued at 81
748,S
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29

Congressman will soon cease their
talking in Washington 20 resume talk
ing to their constituents. Some Of
them will have to talk pretty hard,
too, to have the privilege Of again
talking in Washington.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29

The business Of the local land Of
fice Is an Indication Of the way home
seekers + focking into eastern
Montana. Not a day passes but what
from three to five families file on
homesteads. It is said that an equal
number purchase farms from real es-
tate dealers. Ten new families, so
people added to the population Of yell
lowstone county daily is the way this
section is growing.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29

John Mitchell is probably too wise
to permit any democratic leaders to
persuade him to engage in a losing
fight by accepting the vice presiden-
nomination on the democratic
ticket. K
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29

Willie" Hearst started OF we'll in
the recount Of ballots cast in the last
city election in New York by gaining
q votes. It looks like there was a
possibility of the name Of the mayor
of Greater New York being changed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29

Everybody seems to want enforced
publicity of campaign contributions
except certain congressman. The
congressman may think that their in.
ACTIVITY will give them sufficient
publicity.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29

HashrtLI LaNf HE-.l.N HIrI41EG-t WfaWL 4fE.1Nr NanHT
The dispatchers have it that a New
Jersey justice Indignantly denies
that he married De Sagan ana Anna
Gould. It ought to be libel to accuse
an honest, Woodworking, respectable
justice Of q thing Ike that.-Butte In
ter Mountain.
Montana is a big state, and she
needs to be that to accommodate the
,h~omeseekers who have learned her
merits.-Mlssoulian.
Mrs. Guinness is coming to life alto
gether too easily and too frequently.
But her victims are sure enough dead.
Anaconda Standard.
Mr.. Bryan, taking his cue undoubt.
eddy from, Mr.. Conrad, announces that
he viii look after his home fences for
a while now.-Helena Record.
That Johnson boom owe in Yeer
Lodge county is becoming quite lone.
some, ana, unless all signs are wrong,
it will be nightly sorry that 1t ever
blossomed forth.-Missoula Herald.
sGa 8t
And "Bill" Bryan said to "Bill' Taft,
do you favor the campaign publicity
bill?" ana Bill" raft said to "Bill
Bryan, Yes / favor the bill, do you
favor the bill, 'Bill'??" And since both
Bills" favor III one particular bill,
congress should surely pass the bill
Helena Record.
BH#IfWFN H5F IG"SMMt A&N A&EsA WHM2M &HF .Nh4.
The man who cant go to a theater
n enjoy the play, Is well as per.
hitting others to do SO without get
ting up at the end Of each act and
tramplng on the toes Of the rest OF
the row while crowding his way out
to cd and grab n ought to fetch a
bottle Or. stay at the saloon.-Boze.
man RepublicaneCourier.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29

The stories which some large east
ern papers have been printing about
the enormous losses Of sheep and
cattle in a recent snowstorm in the
Yellowstone valley will be news to
our sheep and cattle owners
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29

Of salt per year.
Australia's largest cattle herd Is
that running or the Victoria river
station.
The Chinese government intends to
purchase, Immediately, 40 torpedo
boats and four gunboats.
Few members Of the supreme court
have exceeded the time Justice Har-
Ian served-3O years.
Miss Elizabeth K. jackson Of Mo
bile, Ala, is said to be n Of two
women claim clerks in the country.
One Of the great transatlantic
steamship lines has added trained
nurses to the medical personnel Of it's
vessels.
Miss Hattie Greensfelder Of St.
Louis recently conducted a suit at
Mexico, Mo, for damages for the
death Of a child.
Up to the beginning Of December
$4,000 crates Of rabbits, totaling
amout $4,000 tons, had been received
i'll London during 1907.
Miss Mabel 7. Boardman of Wash
ington is now making a tour OF the
west, trying to arouse interest in the
Red Cross organization.
Seven former students Of the Chi
.cago Training school are among the
missionaries appointed by the Bengal
Methodist conference for 1908.
Joseph, Pulitzer is tile latest Amer
lean Of means to buy q fine steam
yacht abroad. His 1,600-ton cruiser
was launched on Thursday at Leith.
Russia is contemplating the con.
struction Of huge new waterway
across Siberia, nearly parallel with
the course o. the Trens-siberian rail-
way.
Uninjured mammoth sremaina are
among the vast natural resources Of
Siberia awaiting exploitation. For
commercial purposes the skeletons.
+ more valuable than the best In
dian ivory.
OF the $1,40o, 900 thus far raised for
the construction OF the Liverpool ca
thedral $4,000 remains unexpended,
and probably will sutice for the next
i've years.
The Bowery mission OF New York
has SO far this year supplied $4,000
meals and nearly 1000 lodgings to
homeless men and boys, Its early
morning bread line being one Of the
most pathetic sights in the world.
In Denmark only the interprovin-
cial, the intercommunal and the inter.
national telephones s-e worked by the
state, while the local telephones are
worked by private limited companies,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29

The democratic statesmen are talk
ing about nominating a winner at the
Denver convention. Some Of those
democratic leaders always were
dreamers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29

The Atlanta Constitution has sug-
gested a wise way to find a candidate
for the vice presidency. It urges
making the once compulsory, not OPP
tional.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29

The question that most perplexes
the Montana democrats IS whether
they a get at the barrel sue
c~essfully with a gubernator1al nom
ination than with a vice presidential
endorsement.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29

The Gazette has received the first
copy OF 1.-THE Treasure State" a
weekly newspaper published in Hell
ena by John H. Raftery, recently. edi-
tor of the Independent. The first
number is an excellent publication.
Mr.. Raftery has spent a life Of service.
in newspaper work and the newspaper
should consequently prove q success.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29

If this weather continues DR.. Sud
duth will have to find some other To-
cality to promote dry land farming.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29

Automobile owners could prontably
remove the engines from their cars
and place them in launches.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-29

Four more days and the Merry
Widow will have to give way to the
June bride.