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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-31
EETETf1T-
BILLINGS IS
A SURPRISE
SAM HALL OF BUTTE SAYS It is
SECOND BEST CITY IN
THE STATE.
BUSINESS IS GOOD
Compliments Community on Fine
Business Biocks-Looks For Great.
er Prosperity here.-says Butte 10
Better Than For Some Time, Mines
and smelters Running.

04AiAA8S mas Oeen 8 o delightful
surprise to me-" remarked Sam Hail.
vice president Of the Butte CONNER
cial bank and one OF the leading real
estate dealers and brokers OF the min
Ing camp, who was In Billings to at
tend the state convention OF bankers.
Next to Butte. It is the best city In
the state and will probably surpass
Butte as It grows. For its size / have
never seen anything like 1t.
Prosperity seems to be noticeable
on every hand. There is an unusual
mount Of business activity here,
when compared with other commune
ties in the northwest. Your hotels,
your city hall, the stapleton block, the
theater are places that would be a
credit to towns several sizes larger
than Billings. There Is activity
around the freight yards and In your
mercantile establishments which aug
ers well for the future Of the COM
munity. With the completion OF new
railroads 10Y projected in eastern
Aontana, Billings should go forward
with more rapid strides than in the
past.
We hear considerable about Bill
ings and the Billings booster in the
western part Of the tate and OF course
I expected to see a live town, but the
reception given the bankers, mhe gen
eral business atmosphere and the out
look shows that the boosters have not
exaggerated things one bit.
Butte is better than it has been
for some time. The Amalgamated
properties are all working full force,
the Butte and Boston mines are oper-
ating with a two-third. force, the
Clark mines are running and the re
duction plant is going, the Butte Cen
trail and Boston Copper company is
doing development work. as are q
large number Of other companies and
the prospects and the outlook in min
circles Is certainly good. The
Pittsburg and Montana smelter and
mines are operating full force.
Butte is also experiencing q build
Ing revival. There ! many business
blocks under construction and an un-
usually large number Of residences.
Our bank contemplatee erecting q
large building at Al west Park street
Immediately. Plans for 1t are now be-
Ing drawn. The building will be three
high, strictly steel construc-
lion and modern in every respect.
Work on It will be started in a few
weeks"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-31

year. the vote being: Denver 1861,
Butte 1864.
a resolution was adopted extend
ing sympathy and aid to George Al.
Pettibone, one Of the three men taken
to Idaho under the charge Of ~conspira-
cy to murder Governor Steunenberg,
and who Is dangerously Ill at his home
in this city. IN accepting the presi-
dency, MI. Meyer announced that the
policy Of the past would be the policy
Of the future.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-31
N COLEMAN E

Justice MsndenhallS Performs cere-
mony At His Home.
From Thursdays Daily.
Justice Mendenhau last nieht united
in marriage James Coleman and Mrs.
Lulu Spencer. The ceremony was per.
formed at the home OF the justice on
North T~wenty-sixth street, In the pres
ence OF 4 few friends Of the bride and
groom. Both parties : Billings resi-
dents.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-31

49, - NNAN AAS1 G6I0 gkUAGAUs
teed by the WaDash road. Both Of
these ROADS are Gould properties,
Blair & Co, who participated in TO-
days conferences, have financed the
Gould properties extensively In recent
years. while Kuhn, Loeb & Co. nave
been associated with Mr.. Hartman IL
some large financial UNDERTAKINGS.
One Of the financial interests stated
late today that the Wheeling q Lake
Erie situation would be settled In 4
satisfactory manner. It IL expected
tat q formal statement OF some plan.
for meeting the notes will be made
public by Mr.. Gounld tomorrow.
In Wall street the belief prevails
that =. II. Hartman IL likely to ngure
prominently a any financial support
which may be given to the Gould
property. II is believed that he win
accept a place In the Wheeling &
Lake directorate and that this will be
by an alliance, or at least q
working agreement, between that road
and the Erie.
Rumor further has It that the Har-
riman influence will be used to improve
the physical condition Of the Gould.
road, in return for which the Erie will
get a large share or Pittsburr tonnage
now carried ~ the Wheeling and
Lake Erie.
Mr.. Hartman declined to discuss
any phase Of the Gould situation to-
day.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-31
MEMBERS or LOCAL HERD PRE-.
PARE FOR STATE CONVENTION.
5b
IN TWO WEEKS
Railroads Grant Special Rate to Smell.
ter city-Al viii Be Out for joy
Silence On Parade Question Fore
tells Something Big.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
Billings Elks will not go to Great
Falls over the first train to be run
over the Billings & Northern railroad,
as was planned. but Notwithstanding
this disappointment, local members of
the antlered herd will have the time
OF their lives at the state convention
and the stunts they have arranged for
the parade during their stay in the
smelter city will sustain the reputa-
ton they made last year ut Bozeman.
Members OF the local lodge will
leave for Helena on No. 3 on the morn
ing Of August IL, joining the Miles
City and Eastern Montana Elks here.
At Helena they will transfer to a spe-
cial train over the Great Northern.
which will carry them to Great Falls.
"A special rate Of one fare and a third
has been granted by the Northern Pa
cific and It is probable that the Great
Northern will meet this rate with a
similar or perhaps a better one.
Many local members will Journey
to the convention in automobiles
which will be used in the parade.
There IL no change in the plans Of
the Billings Elks SO far as being u a
tered in tents to be pitched in the
city park Is concerned.
Just how many Of the Billings herd
will attend the convention the com
mittee II charge Of the arrangements
Is unable to say, but equally as large
3 delegation as attended the conven-
tion last year is assured. This means
that hundreds will journey westward
On the morning Of August 10.
No hint Of the arrangements for the
have been given out in this
city, but judging from the secrecy and
Iormer affairs OF this kind, the "Bill-
ngs Indians" will be there with bells
IN.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-31
CAMP TENDER CUTS
HAND IN CHOPPINC
LEW MORGAN SUFFERS INJURY
ON RESERVATION.
From THURSDAYS Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
While engaged in chopping wood at
n Of the sheep shearing plants OF
G. M. Bair, on the reservation several
days ago, Lew Morgan, a comb tender,
accidently cut his left hand, the az
catching in a branch Of a tree as he
brought it down, and turned in such
a way as to wound him.
The thumb Of the left hand was al
most severed. Morgan was hurried to
this city and his injury attended to
by DR.. Chapple.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-31
WILLIAM AND MICHAEL ROCHE
PARTED FOR u YEARS.
VISITING IN BILLINGS
Former Lett Home When But : Boy;
70 Come West to Llve-settled In
Country Near Here-Livsd Far
From White Men.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
Brothers met for the first time in
A years yesterday, when William
Roche Of Froze-to-Death bottom and
Michael Roche, father Of Jack and
Joe Roche Of the Billings Water CON-
pany's Office. met in this city yes
terday.
When the gentlement last saw each
other ~ years ago., they were mere
youths, William leaving the Roche
home in Iowa to come west. After
visiting different sections, he settled
at Froze-to-Death bottom, a tract d.
zvctly opposite the railroad station az
Sanders. Here he lived for the past
IS years, most Of the time being far
from any white man, selling his ranch
OF 800 acres and several herds of
cattle to Rea Brothers Sheep company
several years ago. Besiues his ranch
Mr.. Roche had more than 100 +
Of leased range for grazing purposes,
which was also transferred to the
same company.
Mr.. Roche is visitin the family of
his brother In this city during the
present week and expects to leave
Monday for a brief sojourn at Hunters
Hot Springs. From that place Mr..
Roche will leave for California, where
he expects to spend the winter re-
turning to Billings in the spring, prob
ably to make this city his permanent
location.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-31
VESSEL %soYcoTTED.

Venezuelan Ship Does No Business In
Willemstadt.
Willemstadt. July z9.-The Venezu-
elan schooner Maria Abigail, from
Maricabo. laden with Venezuelan pro.
ducts and dispatched to this port by
a Venezuelan firm, has been Doycot-
ted. On her arrival here a guard OF
police and troops was stationed at the
wharf to protect her. Later the
schooner sailed and on leaving the
harbor dipped the Venezuelan dag. the
salute being answered.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-31

Bishop Fallows says that a man
ought to be in his prime at 80 and
live to be 100 years old. In order to
do this, he advocates drinking sour
milk. The man brave enough to
tackle the proposition ought to live
to a good old age.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-31
TARIFF TALK IS
IN The AIR NOV
SERENE E. PAYNE WILL PROB
ABLY DRAFT THE BILL.

very hottest of the recent hot spell ii
Washington Representative Serene E
Payne of New York, the heavy weigh
chairman Of the ways and means com
mittee and republican floor leader ii
the house, was seen daily Waddlins
about the torrid streets mopping hi.
%perspiring brow. Unanimously ant
correctly it was guessed that the bust
ness must be pretty important thai
would bring Mr.. Payne to the capita
during such a 'hot up spell.
Mr.. Payne's mission was to start IL
motion the preliminary work which
next summer sometime is expected te
produce a new tariff law. The first
Of this preliminary work is to be done
by the state department and the de
partment Of commerce and labor, es,
pecially the census and manufacturing
bureaus of the latter department,
They will get together all sorts OF
facts and figures bearing on the tariff
schedules of this and other countries,
This information will be classified and
catalogued to form a sort of "ready
reference" library for members of the
ways and means committee when they
finally tackle the task OF drafting a
tariff bill.
The framing Of a tariff bill is the
biggest job congress ever undertakes.
The amount of work involved Is an.
palling. The preliminary data to be
gathered will make a Notwithstanding
library in itself, but that is only the
beginning. The reports Of the hear
ings to be held will make two or three
more libraries, and all this mass Of
stun must be thoroughly digested by
the men who are to frame and handle
the tarif bill. Besides, they must
have thorough and exact knowledge
OF all former tariff laws Of this country
and Of the present tariff laws Of all
other important trading nations. They
also must go deep into the theories
and practices Of all the important in
.ustries demanding protection under
the tariff schedules.
All this is necessary because. as.
suming that the next congress will be
republican, not only will a tariff bill
have to be framed that will meet the
demand for q reduction in schedules,
SO far as possible the pro-
tected interests and produce suficient
revenue. but the bill has got to be
justified before the country. Republi-
are not the only ones who will
1ig into tariff lore. The democratic
members Of the house ways and means
the senate finance committees and
he leaders Of that party in congress
will work just as hard as their repub-
lean colleagues and when the bill
1nally gets out Of committee they will
attack it in public debate at every
'oint. Should there be a comfortably
arge republican majority in the house
he leaders could whip through any
'ort Of a bill they agreed upon, but
hey have got to be able to meet the
arguments Of the democrats or the
country will want to know the reasons
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-31
HEREFORD BRINGS DOWN BURG
LAR WHO SHOWED FIGHT.
ONLY FLESH WOUND
Resisted Arrest At Thirty MlIe-eurs-
iar'zed Yeoen's storehouuss and
Stole Rlfe and observation-disclosures
40 to Name.

Sheriff Herford shot and wounded
felon, who refuses to give his name
near Thirty Mile yesterday morning
In an attempt to arrest the man TO
burglary. The wounded man wa.
brought to this city soon after til,
affair and 10 now at st. Vincent'
hospital. No serious consequences at,
feared az q result Of the shooting
since the bullet only penetrated til,
feshy part Of the mans back ant
shoulder.
The sheriff received word Tuesday
evening that q man had burglarized
Yegen's s%torehouse near Thirty Mile
that morning and that. the burglar had
stolen a rifle. revolver and some bed
ding. The sheriff authorized his in:
formant, q man named Mendenhall, to
place the man under arrest and told
him If he was unable to do 30, to call
him later.
Late Tuesday night the sheriff and
Deputy Matlock left for Thirty Mile
and yesterday morning found their
man about three miles north Of Thirty
Mile.
Sheriff Herford called on the man "a
halt and the latter replied that he
would not be taken alive. The burglar
had drawn the revolver stolen from
the storehouse and was exhibiting 1t
in a threatening manner.
Relieved of Guns.
After. an exchange Of words the
sheriff, hearing a shot fired by another
member of the posse and believing the
burglar had fired, suddenly threw up
his gun and fred. The prisoner drop
ped instantly crying that he was shot.
Deputy Sheriff Matlock ran to his side
and picked up his revolver. The weap-
on was cooked and loaded.
The bullet grazed the mans back,
coming out Of his arm near the shout
der. After the sheriff shot the man
he telephoned to Billings and DR..
Clark left Immediately for Thirty Mile
In an automobile. The officer and his
prisoner returned in the automobile
yesterday about noon.
Rifle That Killed Webb.
A notable incident in connection
with the shooting was the fact that
Sheriff Herford shot his prisoner with
the same gun which killed Sheriff
Webb. a piece of the lower part Of
the gun stock is missing. This piece
was shot away by a bullet during the
time the posse was bombarding the
sheep wagon in which Bickfourd, the
sherin's murderer, had taken refuge.
1t is said that the man wounded yes
is the third that has been shot
with the gun. Before Sheriff Webb
was killed a sheep herder employed on
the Musselshell was shot with the
same weapon.
The wounded man was carrying the
rifle which he stole from the Yegen
slung across his back. He
the revolver in q holster which
was also stolen and this was fastened
a belt evidently Of his " max
Ing. The belt bore the name Ray
and this is the only clew the
officers have as to the prisoners iden-
tity. Besides rifle. revolver and hol-
ster. the man had water bottle, some
and sausage. He carried two
butcher knives and a bunch Of cellu-
old rings also.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-31
MOVER REELECTED.

He Says Policy In Future Will He
Same 40 In Past.
Denver, July 2s.-Charles E. Meyer
was reelected president Of the West
ern Federation Of Miners today.
Meyer received 223 votes and P. ".
Flynn Of Butte, Mont, So. Flynn rep
resented the Industrial Workers Of the
World.
Charles q. Mahoney Of Butte was re-
elected vice president. Denver was
chosen as the meeting place next
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-31
BossHART IS BOUND OVER.
Rancher Charged With. Destroying
Public Property.

From Thursdays Daily.
q. B. Bosshart was bound over to
await the action Of the district court
yesterday In Justice Mendenhall's
court, when he was arraigned on q
charge of injuring public property. It
Is alleged that Bosshart flooded the
public highway with water from his
irrigation ditch. The o6ense for which
he was bound over to the district court
is a felony under the law.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-31

Are you going to be the fortunate
young lady to camp in the Yellow
stone National Park without any ex>
pense to yoursef?
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-31

a scientist has arisen who says he
can predict an earthquake. what a
boon to the bibulous man who comes
home at 2 a. N.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-31
COLEMAN GETS LICENSE.

Billings Man viii Marry Mrs. Lulu
Spencer.
From Thursdays Daily.
James Coleman was granted a mar
riage license by the clerk Of the dis
trict court yesterday permitting him
to we'd Mrs. Lulu Spencer. Prospec-
tive bride and groom are residents Of
Billings.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-31

The Charlotte Corday has been a "a.
vorite selection for the seasons
'bridemaids.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-01-02
THE SHEPHERD.

1t is not hard to fatten sheep. but
fattening is not fitting as the term Is
understood by twentieth century ex-
hibitors.
Give the breeding ewes wheat bran.
1t will make the lambs strong.
If the sheep have been ON a dry.
short pasture care should be taken not
to turn them on a new pasture when II
Is wet. There is danger that the sheep
Will get hoven or bloat.
Stick TO the ram that Is impressive
and doing good service Such are,not
to be picked up every day. We read
OF rams In England that have done
eight years satisfactory service.
When lamb Is sixty days old 1t
Will begin to stretch out and look lean
unless it is fed all it will take of suita-
BILE food.
Sheep have very delicate stomachs
and so have lambs. An excess of food
at one time will always disagree with
them.
The young exhibitor should not build
castles in the air, but should work
and be content with reasonable success
for time at least.
Do not try to keep too many sheep In
one pasture. They will gnaw the
grass roots.
Have some way Of marking your
sheep, especially IL there are other
sheep in pastures that join yours.
Don't make poultry house out OF
the sheep barn.
The best way to keep your flock up
Is to add new blood to ii once in awhile
by buying stock from some progressive
neighbours farm.
Some sheep have much more yigor
when old than others. but 1t Is never
safe to buy a sheep that is more than
six years old. You can't tell how soon
II may fail and make you lose what
you paid for 1t.
A pound or quart Of oats and corn
fed daily to sheep will be found a good
ration where hay Is scarce or poor In
quality.
Another good ration can be found In
feeding plenty Of clover hay with about
two gills Of corn per head daily.
Corn should always be carefully fed
to sheep, as 1t Is liable to cause them
to be feverIsh.
A good way to get into sheep cheap
~ is to take small flock on shares Of
a neighbor who has more than he can
well pasture. says the Farm Journal.
They will soon double up and bring
you good flock without paying out
much II any money.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-01-02
Breeding the
Coach Horse.

Now that horse breeding has once
more become worth while. the oppor-
tunity for some enterprising farmer to
raise fine coach horses was never bet
ter.
There are several ways of making a
start, writes breeder in Country
Gentleman. One can go TO the city
market. watch the sales and pick up a
good mare about fifteen and one-half
hands and with the general conforma-
ton Of the horse shown In the Illus
tration from Sanders Horse Breed
ing'-an example oil the French coGch
action, ranginess and finish If she is
to be profit maker. Her feet, even
though they may be temporarily In
bad shape from pounding the pave
ment. should be made of fine. dense
material, with fine, strong bones in her
legs and clean. strong joints. The hair
should be soft, the skin plant and fine;
bright expressive eyes, fine head, well
set. upright ears and fine hair in the
name and tail.
such mare will cost about $3.50, and
when bred to French coach stallion
her offspring will be something worth
owning.
Another way to start, which TO the
writer's thinking would be more in.
teresting, would be pick out big
rangy mare Of the trotter type, with a
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-01-02

good deep. capacious body, broad
across the loin and deep from loin to
flank. The back should be OF moderate
length, with broad, deep hind quarters
and hips thrown well forward; a
broad, roomy pelvis and well devel-
oped mammary glands. The head
should be clean cut, with active. up
right ears. DR.. J. C. Curryer sums up
these different points I'm a few words:
1.-THE character OF brood mare, both
for constitution, soundness, disposi-
ton, habits and regular breeder, to-
gether with motherly inclinations and
good mixer, is an essential feature
that no one versed In the. business
should overlook"
Now. having selected such an ami
NAL, let us take her to q pure Arabian
stallion. The result will be a horse
about fifteen and a half to sixteen
hands high, weighing about 100
pounds, with fine carriage, plenty
Of action and life, intelligence and mod
crate speed. When we consider that
the famous French coach horse was
produced by crossing an Arabian on an
English thoroughbred It seems that
the cross here suggested should give
us some excellent foundation stock.
The most promising young stations
should be kept and bred to trotting
bred mares. While the result would
be more or less an experiment l think
It would be worth trying, and any
one who succeeds in producing a fine
American coach horse should receive a
rich reward.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-01-02
To Cure Halter BREAKING.

Horses are not naturally vicious, and
with proper attention in. colthood bad
habits would never be found, says a
horse journal. The habits can gen
orally be broken by intelligent man
agement. A very troublesome habit
Is that of halter breaking. Once a
horse finds he can break the halter he
is everlastingly at 1t. To cure the
habit Is not nearly SO easy as to keep
the horse from learning 1t. However
two tried remedies for halter breakers
are herein given. Horses that are in
clined to pull and break their halters
when fastened In the stall have often
been cured In the following way:
Two straps are lightly attached to a
rope which passes through ring fas-
tened In the end of the halter strap.
The halter strap passes through ring
In the stall. If horse endeavors to
go backward suddenly he finds that
the harder he pulls the greater is the
tendency to draw his fore legs from
under him. A few attempts will cure
even the worst halter puller. Another
'P'S "hu ShSStANS LHcthou 10 "Olhcu
out by the use of long rope. One
end Of the rope Is first attached to the
manger. The rope is then threaded
through the lower ring in the halter,
back between the front legs, then over
the back and down under the belly, be-
tween the front legs again and up
through the ring to the other end and
then tied to the halter. The halter
breaker will soon find surprise in
store for him when he leans back
against the rope. as the pull comes on
his own back instead of on the rope.