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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-11
LOCAL and PERSONAL

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John Lohof Of Rancher is a bust
ness visitor in Billings.
H. H. Griffith Of Gebo. Wyo., is a
visitor in the Sugar City
Miss Mary Curtis is visiting friends
at Laurel for few Gays.
a. T. Mccarthy Of Helena was a
Billings visitor yesterday.
George R. Sheldon Of Helena was
a Billings visitor yesterday.
]. H. Mona4an was a Red Lodge
visitor in Billings yesterday.
DR.. w. x. sudduth Of Broadview
was a Sunday visitor in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. P. Monahan spent
Sunday in the city visiting friends.
George Caruoza of the CITY engi-
neer's Office spent Sunday at Hardin
j.. W. Farrell, a business man OF
Joliet. was among the sunday visit
ORE.
T. 3. Collins, jr., state examiner,
was in Billings yesterday from Hell
n
Charles Devlne Of Great Falls
spent yesterday III the city on bust
ID
Tom schlosser has returned from Q
tcur Of the Yellowstone National
park.
7. E. Gay, q business man OF Har-
lin. was in Billings yesterday OF bus
mess.
Attorney Fred Hathhorn has re-
turned from a weeks business trip to
Helena.
Harry r. Scott. a mercnanr OF Gus.
ter, spent Sunday with Billings
friends.
Glenn Farrel left for his home in
Nebraska yesterday morning to visit
relatives.
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-11

rooms formerly occupied by the MI
tual Telephone company. The tele-
phone company is moving to its new
building on North Twenty-seventh
street and the officials expect to be
settled in their new quarters by Sep
TENDER /.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-11
SEASONS LAST BAND DANCE.

Second Regiment Musicians Will Give
Final Ball This Evening.
The last band dance Of the season
is to be given tonight at the Coliseum
by the Second Regiment band. The
proceeds Of the funds from this dance
are to be turned over to the encamp-
ment fund, to be used to defray Ger.
tain incidental expenses on the trip
to American Lake, Wash, where they
will be on duty at the annual maneu-
vers Of the regular and national guard
armies from the northwestern states.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-11

Rooming house in Billings, near
depot, also 100 ere ranch in Clarke
Fork Valley; for sale or trade either
Or both for houses or cattle. Lock
Box 1866, Billings.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-11

Latest styles II job printing q The
Gazette once.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-11

selishness ID the suicide of happl.
The oasis., 1908-01-18
Killed by Yaquis.

The following press telegram ap- peared in the daily newspa pers of the 14th Wednesday of the present week.
 Visalia, Cal, Jan. 13.-Word of the tragic dea tn of Mark Perkins, prom inent land owner of Mexico and former resident of this city, was received today by the young mans parents, MT. and Mrs. H. P. Perkins, of Visalia On Jan uary 2, last Perkins and nine Mexicans were ambushed by Yaquis near the city of Sonora, Mexico and massacred, but one Mexican escaping. Other particulars have not been received.
 MT. Perkins was known we'll in Sonora, having been employed at La Bufa long time. From that camp he went to the Yaqui delta with the Richardson Construction Company; and was at the dam during the construction period. When that work was finished and the water turned into the canal he remained at the headgate as keeper. Some weeks ago he took leave of absence to go to La Bufa to attend some mining properties he had there. The inferenee is that his party was waylaid by the Indians when returning from the noun tains.
The oasis., 1908-01-18
The Masquerade.

Wednesday evening the skating rink was crowded with merry maskers, on skates, assembled to enjoy the skating carnival an- nounced by the management; and the evenings entertainment was one of the most complete and en- joyable of anything in the line that has occurred in Nogales at any time. The characters repre- sented were wide in range and ex- ecution, and the costumes were great in variety and conception, including comical, grotesque, beau tiful, historical, etc.; and all classes and ages were represented, simi- lated age wing with youth in entering into the spirit of the fun.
 Prizes were awarded as follows:
 For the best skating couple Mir. E. Murray and Miss Celeste Noon.
 For best skater; gentleman-Lee Hunter.
 For best skater; lady-Miss Rosa Grijalva.
 For most original costume Mrs. J. w. Schultz.
 A children's prize masquerade is announced for the evening of the 22d-Wednesday of next week.
The oasis., 1908-01-18

c. M Rathbuu, Doctor W f. Che.
 uoweth. Fred Herrera. Doctor lf. <. Lamb, l.. c. Ostcr, R q. Wilson. The committee will canvass for membership and report at another meeting which is to be called in due time; and at that meeting, everything being propitious, per. manent organization will be ef- fected.
 The object of the proposed orr ganization is most commendable, and THE OASIS trusts that it will be successful in most eminent de- gree. A real, live club, including in its membership the business men of the town, is a commanding feature in all wide awake, progress slye communities, and in Nog ties there IS room for such an organi- zation, while there is also the ma- terial for creating one, if those eligible to membership will but awaken to the fact and take hold of the proposition with real ear nestnesS.
The oasis., 1908-01-18
In the Probate Court

Of the County of Santa Cruz, Territory of Arizona
 In the matter of the Estate and Guardianship of Clara E. England, Insane-ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON APPLICATION OF GUARDIAN FOR ORDER OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE
 On reading and filing the petition of Milton Bohall the guardian of the estate of Clara k. England, Insane, praying for an order of sale of certain real estate belonging to said ward for the uses and purposes therein set forth; IT Is HEREBY ORDERED, That the next of kin of the said ward and all persons interested in the said estate, appear before this Court on Saturday, the 18th day of February, 1908 at 10 o'clock a. m., at the Court Room of this Court, at the Court House. in the said County of Santa Cruz, then and there to show cause why an order should not be granted for the sale of such estate:
 AND IT Is FURTHER ORDERED, That a copy of this order be published at least four successive weeks before tue said day of hearing, in THE OASIS" q newspaper printed and published in said County of Santa Cruz
 Dated January l7th 1908.
 NJ. MARSTELLER,
 Probate Judge.
The oasis., 1908-01-18

ances and went Co the camp, about fifty miles eastward Remaining there several days, looking over the ground, they were at Mazda lena yesterday, and arrived at No- gales last night. Messrs. Charles A. White and James Bent remain ed at Magdalena, but will come to the line city tonight. Here they expect to meet the president of the company, Mr. George P. Moore of Chicago, who came west with the party, but went to the City of Mex leo to attend some business there The visit of the gentlemen is ex- pected to result in erection of 30- stamp mill upon the property.
The oasis., 1908-01-18
For orga nixstion.

Saturday evening of last week there was held a meeting of those interested in organization of a club at Nogales, and there was quite a gathering of those who had signified an intention of uniting with such an association. A temporary or ganization was effected by the cleo tion of MT. Bracey Curtis as chair man. Ed Sharpe was elected tenn porary secretary, and H. w. Kelsey was made temporary treasurer. A committee on membership was created consisting of these gentle men, viz: H. M. Claggett, J. F. Brady, c. H. Cook, R. M. Parsons,
The oasis., 1908-01-18
The American Consulate.
NoGALEs, SONORA, MEXICO,

JANUARY F, 1908. Acting under Executive Order of April 8th, 1907, 1 have to in- form American citizens, residing in this Consular district, that a register is kept at this Consulate in which they are respectfully in- vited to inscribe their names. They should register each year and any additional facts concern ing residence, marriage and child ren, should be noted in the register, but the full registration having once been made. need not be re- peated on each subsequent registra- tion.
 No fee will be charged for regis tration nor for any service con- nected herewith.
 SAMUEL T. LEE,
 American Consul.
The oasis., 1908-01-18
NoCALES NOTES.


 Hohuson. the Tucson ieweller, ac- companied by Mir. Baylis, arrived from the old pueblo, and will re- main at the line city day or two.
 This week Mrs. A. B. Richmond from the Mansfield camp, has been visiting Nogales, the guest of Mrs. E. P. Chase. Mir. Richmond, who has been in the East some weeks, is expected to return home next week.
 Reverend R. c. Elliott has re-. ceived word from Chaplain Scott that he will return to Nogales. to- morrow evening, and will deliver the sermon at the evening service in the American Methodist church. Without a doubt there will be a large congregation, for the chap lain is very widely known as an eloquent and effective pulpit ora tor, and all will go to hear him.
 Yesterday evening there arrived from New York Mir. Theodore Douglas, president ofthe Compafiia Metalurgica y Refinadora del Paci- fico, which has built the extensive reduction plant at Fundicion. on the line of the Cananea, Yaqui River X Pacific railway. Accom- panying MT. Douglas is Mir. Victor M. Tyler of New York, who is vice president of the Douglas Copper Company, which is the American company controlling the enterprise.
 Upon the twenty first of January of last year one Thomas Campbell was arrested for robbing the bank roll of a roulette wheel in the Club saloon, then running on Morley avenue, in the Berger building. The thief was apprehended very quickly, with most of the money on his person, and what he had passed was identified. He was held to appear before the grand jury, and was indicted at the April term of court. Upon arraignment the ac- cused plead guilty, and stated that 1t was his first offence. He was given a light sentence-only one year, dating from the day of arrest. With the credits for good behaivor at the penitentiary he has served hls term and was discharged. AL ready the man seems in similar difficulty at Ventura, California. This week District Attorney ". A. O'Conner received from the district attorney of Ventura county a re- quest that there be forwarded a certified copy of the judgment and commitment here. It is stated that Campbell is under arrest there upon charge of burglary.
 Saturday evening of last week there passed Nogales going into sonora, party of eastern gentle men who are directors in the Tribune Mining Company, cor poratlon operating the "Grupo Real" (Royal Group) of mines, in the Magdalena district, beyond the Santo Domingo river. The mem- 6ers of the party were Mir. Charles h. White, secretary of the con- pany, who makes his home in Chi cago, and Messrs. w. R. White and W. Il. Sage of Terra Haute, h. diana, and A. M. Davidson, from ] Iowa. At Nogales they were joined by MT. James Rent snnarintonl
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
City
or
Country
Which,?
By PATRICIA PEMBLErON.

great deal said about the dreadful nervous strain Of life in
city, and quite much about the healthy whoomeness of country life
The natural of settling the question of superiority would be by
parlson OF the product Of the two environments.
Take of business and professional men, 60 wears Of ace and
compare them with farmers Of the number years The city men
are more erect alert mentally and Dhvsv They
look live than the farmers Compare their wives and the
same conclusion inevitable Despite the dreadful nervous strain the
city people younger thought and feeling not to mention looks
alive to the worlds interests
Granted that the country life the life TRANQUILITY and rpo
That the trouble with it. 1t lacks mental stimulus # life
dull qetude spent in round of everecurng tasks conferred on few
acres and lacking outside stimulation change There is LITTLE the
friction OF mind upon mind that produces flashes of intellectual bril-
fancy OF aouses the mental energies by introduction of new ideas
The principal thing the farmer gets of his oupaion fresh air
incidentally he gets rheumatism and lumbago and stiff Joints Hvcn
ca he supposed to live under the favorable conditions pee
60 TO the country for health Those who there seem IN somehow
age 10 miss that blessing Who the best patrons of the pae n
cine men VINO buys the pan and the oncs? Whose wives and
daughters fill up the insane asyums?
Inc farm an excellent refuge for the man whose business abilities
are oo" par ne can make living off the land The successful farmer
WHO a rule makes his lines outside pure agriculture could
MAKE more money and do 1t quicker and easily in town
he apostles OF the simple fe pirate .bou the noao and calm
NE are glad enough to hustle back the city after month
Oh It's maddenng monotony and routine They get where # becomes
positively necessary to have Something doing,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
MODERN DEMAND FOR SILENCE.
German Newspapers Protest It 10 Be.
ing Carried to Extremes.

How the times change!" says =
writer in the Frankfurter Zeitung. I'm
the days Of our fathers no description
of a homelike, cosy room was COM
plete without a reference to the tick.
ing clock. 1t was this gentle sound
which emphasized the quiet Of the
place. People had no nerves in those
days. To-day the thought Of ma.
chine ticking off the seconds and strik.
ing the hours is source Of worry and
distress. Time is going, but they do
not wish to be reminded Of 1t continu.
ally; no clock Is better than the tick.
ing machine. And now to meet the re.
quirements Of the nervous people, a
factory at Schramburg Is making
noiseless clock" In an article on the
same subject another paper says:
THE anti-noise craze has made disa-
greeable and uncomfortable some Of the
noises which once were music to US,
and soon we will find way to silence
the birds and to muffle the sound Of
the rustling leaves"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06

From Rome comes the odd romance
OF convict in the penal settlement on
the island of Lampadusa, near Sicily,
who has just been set free, nearly
three years before his term for larceny
expired, to enter into the enjoyment
of the great fortune which he had in
herited last spring from his aunt, be-
sides villa on the lake of Como and
city fiat filled with costly and beau
tiful works of art 1t was no doubt felt
that it would be easy for him to be
good with all the money he needed
and that he woul be better off than in
Jail. He promptly married widow
whom he had engaged as housekeeper
and they spent their honeymoon at
the convict settlement at Lampadusa
While a prisoner he had found the lack
of any way of telling time a great
trial, and he presented to his late
companions a handsome clock to be
placed In tower where it can be
heard striking the long hours.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
Turned and Faced Squarely the Spot
Which Held the Watching Man.

alien sound! A mans laugh, curse, a
heart-breaking below of pain. Willis
ton parted ever so slightly the thick
foliage of underbrush that separated
him from the all to familiar sounds
and peered within.
In the midst Of small clearing
man-made, for several stumps were
scattered here and there-two men
were engaged in unroping and releas.
ing red steer, similar in all essential
respects to bunch Of three or four
huddled together little to one side
They were all choice, well-fed animals,
but there were thousands of Just such
beasts herding on the free ranges.
He owned red steers like those, but
was there a man in the cattle country
who did not? They were impossible
of Identification without the aid of
their brand, and it happened that
they were SO punched as to completely
battle Williston in his eager efforts
to decipher the stamp that would dis
close their ownership. That they were
the illegitimate prey of cattle rust
lers, he never for one moment doubt
ed. The situation was conclusive. A
bed of glowing embers constantly re.
plenished and kept at white heat
served to tighten up the weird scene
growing dusky under the surrounding
cottonwoods.
Williston thought he recognized in
one of the men-the one who seemed
to be directing the procedure Of this
little affair, whose wide and dirty hat.
rim was so tantalizingly drawn over
his eyes-the solitary rider whose un.
expected appearance had 10 startled
him short time before. Both he and
his companion were dressed after the
rough, nondescript manner of cattle
men, both were gay, laughing and
laxative, and seemingly as oblivious
to possible danger as if engaged in the
most innocent and legitimate business
A little to the left and standing
alone was an odd creature of most
striking Appearances large. spotted
steer with long, peculiar-looking horns
1t was quite impossible to mistake such
a possession if it had once been yours
Its right side was turned full toward
Williston and in the center Of the hiI
stood out distinctly the cleanly eau
terized three perpendicular lines thai
were the identifying mark Of the
Three Bars ranch, one of those same
big opulent, self-centered outfits who's,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06

II a man is asked what kind of
woman it Is that he most dislikes, lie
will probably answer that it is the
slovenly woman. Unfortunately, many
women who would be Mortified If their
husbands came down to breakfast in
an unshaYed, unwashed and cOllarless
condition, think nothing Of appearing
at that meal with their hair in curl
papers and clad in an unsightly tea
gown More often than not, laziness
Is at the root Of Womans neglect TO
arrange her hair and put on short
and tidy skirt and a clean shirt-waiSt.
Five minutes less of sleep is surely all
that is necessary to enable her to
make herself neat for the morning
meal. Her husband would then carry
away with him a pleasant and inspirlt-
ing picture of a dainty woman, in
stead of slovenly, tousled creature,
who, by her own carelessness and laZl-
ness, must inevitably weaken, even
If she does not altogether destroy, the
affection and respect of her husband.
Many women think they must be dirty
and untidy when doing hOusework-a
very foolish mistake. A woman, if
she has any innate refinement, says
the New York Weekly, will do her
work and look as neat as a new pin
throughout She will coil her hair
neatly and cover it from dust with
mop-cap made of any cheap washing
material. Her short skirt and neat
shirt-waist will be businesslike and
allow freedom and quickness of move
ment. Then for doing dirty work, a
garment of dark print should be
slipped on, to be changed for a light
one when cooking. In such a dress
she will look as neat and dainty as
anyone could wish, and her work will
be better done, too, than if she wore
soiled clothes.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
"What man has done, man cen DO"

What man mas zone, MAN cen uo,
ran swiftly through Willtston's brain,
and with no idea of abandoning his
search until he had probed the mys-
terv. he mounted and rode northward,
closely examining the edge of the
nrecipice as he went along for any
evidence of a possible descent. Pres
emily he came upon cross ravlne, de-
void of shrubbery, too steep for q
horse, but presenting possibilities for
a man. With unerring instinct he fol-
lowed the cross-cut westward. Soon
a scattering of scrub oaks began to
appear, and sumach already streaked
with crimson. A little farther and the
trees began to show spiral wreaths OF
woodbine and wild grape. Yet little
farther, and doubtless there would be
outlet for horse as we'll as man.
But Wiliston was growing impa-
tient. Besides, the thought came to
him that he had best not risk his
buckskin to the unknown dangers of
an untried trail What if he should go
lame? Accordingly he was left behind
in a slight depression where he
would be pretty we'll hidden, and Will
liston scrambled down the steep in
cline alone. When foothold or hand
hold was lacking, he simply let him
self go and slid, grasping the first root
or branch that presented itself in his
daredevil course.
Arrived at the bottom, he found his
clothes torn and his hands bleeding;
but that was nothing. With grim de-
termination he made his way through
the ravine and struck across the sand
trail with a sure realization of his
danger, but without the least abate-
ment of his resolution The sand was
firm under his feet The water had
receded sufficient length Of time be-
fore to make the thought Of quick
sands an idle fear. No puff of cloudy
smoke leaped from a rifle barrel. II,
as he more than half suspected, the
island was a rendezvous for cattle
thieves, a place surely admirably fit
ted by nature for such unlawful oper-
ations, the rustlers were either over
confident of the inaccessibility of their
retreat and kept no lookout, or they
were insolently Indifferent to expos
ure. The former premise was the
more likely. A light breeze, born OF
the afterglow, came. scurrying down
the river bed. Here and there, where
the sand was finest and driest, it rose
in little whirlwinds. No sound broke
the stiffness of the summer evening.
What was that? Coyotes barking
over yonder across the river? That
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06

There Is very strict law against
any British officer accepting any gift
from a native prince in India. Even
when doctor may have performed
some serious operation upon a rajah,
who, being grateful, wishes to give
exclusive Of a money fee varying from
$500 to $1,000, according to the op-
Grafton performed--a present of a
shawl, golden cup or other similar
valuable, the doctor must obtain spe-
cial permission from the viceroy be.
fore he dare accept the present. If
any officer accepts gift of any value
without such permission he may have
to resign. This rule was made be-
cause, In the old days, when the East
India company governed India, an Off
GERS pickings and the presents, often
extorted from the rajah, were worth
much more to him than his salary.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06

In Various Mexican states the som.
brero, that picturesque adjunct of the
Mexican, is to be placed under heavy
tax, in hope, it is said, to abolish it
entirely. 1t Is said that this hat, often
six feet wide from brim to brim, often
costs so much that the average work.
ing .P spends years wages for it.
The tax takes the form Of a license,
with a number affixed, and there will
be thus induced an aristocracy of the
peon who wears the sombrero as com.
pared with the peon who gives it up
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
dme<Hncao1M

There seems to be general impression
than city life is enervating alike to physical
health and to morals, that for real bodily
vigor and the uncontaminated virtues YOU
must go to the country.
There is shop-worn saying about the
necessity Of returning to the soil every third
generation. 1t is argued that, like the ia.
bled Antaeus, the human race must be re-
newed and rejuvenated by actual contact
with mother earth. Isn't this really one Of
the pretty fictions that pass current because
no one ever took the trouble to contradict
them?