The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-07

Now that the history Of 1907 IL com
pleted, 1t doesn't make such / bad
story as some have endeavpored to
show it.-Missoulian.
From all accounts, neither the Butte
nor the Helena band wagon suffered
from q congestion Of passengers Tues
day night-Anaconda Standard.
Prodt BY last years experience and
don't make too many New Years res
olutions. Don't saddle yourself with
resolutions that make life a burden
life is what we make n.-sheridan
Enterprise.
So long az Montana can take from
her mountains twelve millions annual.
" in the precious metals there need
be no; fear Of any great stringency ii
the circulating medium In this neigh
borhood:-Helena Record.
II the new year will kindly bring
about 4 settlement Of the Bell te1e-
phone strike, an end to the Fish4Har-
riman feud and the wind up Of the
Thaw casei It will deserve the thanks
of the Observation-Disclosures.
Having succeeded In unloading the
remainder Of that box Of cigars on
the j%anitor, we beg to assure coun-
sci for the smoke farmers we are no
longer distressed BY the smoke null
sance.-Anaconda Standard.
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Got time to figure out how many
months rent, and how many grocer's
bills and how many tons Of coal that
good coin the race track gamblers
coaxed out Of you last summer would
settle tor?-Butte Inter Mountain.
Senator Jeff Davis caned BY an old
friend" and #DeArmond and Will
Hams conducting a joint debate with
bare lists, indicates the kind Of demo
cratic harmony which will help elect
= republican president. 49, Forsyth
Times.
William James Bryan, the new sen.
ator from Florida, should insist on the
publication Of his middle name IN full
whenever he appears IN print, In Or.
der that confusian may not arise. Or
perhaps It Is William Jennings Bryan
who should insist on this.-TIelena In.
dependent. \
There Is a spornography OF blood.
lust as we'll as love-1ust. The world.
wise editors Of sensational newspa.
pers understand this and are prepar
ing to satisfy the popular demand for
romance and crime and nameless fhor
rors even more fully than during the
first trial.-Great Falls Leader.
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Winter weather is at a premium in
this section of Montana so far, there
being but two days that the ther.
mometer registered below zero. The
stock interests are now in condition
to undergo a good, long, hard siege Of
bad weather.-Glendive Independent
w. o. Thompson is in receipt of a
letter from Jack Delvin, now at Gold.
field, New, in which he says the news.
paper reports of lawlessness in that
camp are grossly exaggerated, and
that since his arrival there he has
not heard q harsh word spoken nor
seen = fist fight nor heard Of an ar.
rest.-Virginia City Times. w.
A Nebraska educator says Theodore
Roosevelt is q combination OF George
Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Jupi,
ter, Bismarck and Buffalo Bill. And
the professor minated that the PEG.
pie liked the mixture 8 well that
they would not be satisfied with the
naming Of q reactionary to take his
place.-Fergus County Argus.
Une Of the most unwelcome visitors
that Missoula has had in many a day
and one whose visit could be cut short,
quite short, without causing the least
sigh OF regret, is Ia grippe And,
strange to relate, despite the fact that
it is a most unwelcome visitor. nearly
every home in the city has either en-.
tertaiaed or is entertaining it.-Mis
soula Herald.
INTERESTING FACTS.
Cartridges are used as current coin
in Aybssiinia.
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