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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-06
CROPS GREAT
NEAR SlLESlA
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY
SEEN ON EVERY HAND.
YIELD " WAS VA ENORMOUS ri
Potatoes Had High Averaoe-Frult
Crop Something Enornoue-PPrepars
Ing TO Construct Bridge Across the
Yel,ewstone River Near Laurel.

farmers In the vicinity Of Silesia
have had q most wonderful harvest
this year. said Ralph Smith, formerly
with the Joliet Journal, who has re-
turned from q business trip to Car
ton county.
Crops have been the most abund-
ant in the history of the Clark's Fork
valley" continued Mr.. Smith, .'and the
alfalfa crop vas unusually large, the
first cutting being the greatest by
far that has ever been stacked in
Carbon county. Cattle, sheep and
horses are all looking In the best Of
condition and the range 10 fine. which
Is due to the heavy rains.
"The oat crop will not be al large
as expected as 1t was materially dam
aged by hail, but the prices paid are
such that the money result will be
better than ever Wherever the hail
did not strike the grain is heavy and
with but few exceptions the thresh-
ing has been completed.
Potatoes yielded in many instances
considerably o than 800 bushels
to the acre and there were instances,
where the yield will go nearly double.
"The fruit crop Is something enor.
nous. The trees have been ladened
to the ground 90 great was the pro
duction.
Everywhere one 9 e the evidences
of prosperity. Fences have all been
placed in excellent condition, irriga-
ton bitches have been cleaned and
fumes and syphons have been re-
paired. At Silesia, where the roads
were often flooded by high water and
the bridge washed away an iron bridge
has been constructed and there Is not
much danger Of floods stopping traflc
In the future. A new bridge Is to be
constructed acros the Yellowstone
river in the vicinity Of Laurel as soon
as q few hundred dollars mor are
added to the bridge fund. most Of tho
sum needed having already been Sc
cured. The new bridge viii give the
farms 1 good outlet 70 the laurel mar
ket when the shops are started there"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-06
SIXTEEN CRIMINAL AND 1926 CIVIL
ACTIONS SET.
DOCKET IS LARGE ONE
jury Will Report October 12 and First
Important Case viii Be Trial OF
Mrs. Florence Riordan for Murder
OF Her Husband.

From Saturdays Daily.
Sixteen criminal cases and 1875 civil
actions compose the docket for the
October term of the district court as
arranged yesterday by Judge Fox. It
is one Of the largest dockets since the
establishment of the district. From
now till October 10 the court will hear
matters which do not require q jury.
The jury will report October IL and
Sheriff Herford was instructed yester.
lay to empanel SO men to serve up
On it.
The criminal cases have been set as
follows: State VS.. Guy Garrard, as.
sault in the second degree, October
16; State VS.. Ronald Jackson, forgery,
Davis and Cisel appointed his attor.
neys and given till this morning at
$3.50 to plead; State VS.. Malen and
sC. L. Walker, assault in the first de-
gree. set for October Is; arguments
IN motion for new trial In the cas-
Of Anthony Crow, now serving time
for assault in the first degree, set
for October s.; State VS.. Florence Rior-
Ian, murder, set for October u; State
VS.. Al Devaul, grand larceny, set for
trial October 16; State VS.. Morris Mel
son, grand larceny. set for October
15; State VS.. +. w. Schauer, assault
in the second degree, set for October
"A. Date for hearing arguments on
motion for a new trial for Robert Van
nella, now serving time at Deer Lodge
for murder in the first degree, was not
set.
The civil actions set for trial and
for hearing on motions will occupy
the balance of the time from October
u till October % and 1t Is not expect
ed they will all be handled in that
time.
The first important trial will be that
Of Florence Riordan, charged with the
murder Of her husband. Dan Riordan,
at Central park n Sunday afternoon
last summer.
After the docket had been COM
pleted the court listened to testimony
i'm the divorce suit of Garvey VS.. Gar
>vey, in which Mrs. Garvey is the
plaintiff and restored her maiden
name of Lane, granting her a divorce.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-06
SECRETARY f! ! T ! A ! ! Of
Y.W.C.A. IS HERE
MISS BERTHA coNDE Will SPEAK
in LOCAL CHURCHES.
From Sundays Daily.

From Sundays Daily.
Miss Bertha Conde, national secre.
tary Of the Young Women's Christian
association, with headquarters in New
York. is in Billings In the interest Of
t14 local association. Miss Condo
Vim make three addresses today, III
hle morning at the Presbyterian
CHURCH ~ tie afternoon at i o'clock
q the Congregational church and ID
the evening at the Methodist church.
The meeting In the afternoon Is IN
the interest Of the local Y. w. C.. a.
ana ist Tor women, Miss Condo will
explain to them tAe aims and purpose
or the Organization and OF
the good It Has accomplished. She
will 60 into details about the work be.
Ing done by the local society. which is
the only city association In the state.
All the others are student associa.
tions. The young ladies hope to have
. large attendance at the afternoon
meeting.
Miss Condo arrived here yesterday
on her way to Dillon, Mont, where she
will attend the state convention Of the
Young Women's association. at which
Miss Mabel Johnson, the local secre-
tary, will represent the Billings socie-
ty. The other delegates will be from
the student societies at the different
colleges in Montana. The convention
will be held from October 9 till Octo-
Der III.
Miss Condo has just returned to
America from q visit to the Young
Women's Christian association organ
isatlOn In foreign lands, having spent
eleven months away from the United
States. She says that the condition
Of the societies Throughout the world
Is excellent and the amount OF good
they are, accomplishing is continually
increasing, while the membership is
growing larger.
As q result OF her visit to Montana
It is probable that efforts will be made
70 form Young Women's Christian as
ISOLATION Organizations in other cities
m Montana. The success Of the move
ment In Billings. has led Miss Condo
And her associates to believe thai
Montana ID q ripe field for work.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-06

Latest styles in job printing at The
Gazette ONCE.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-06
PERMIT TO WED.

A marriage license was issued yes
terday by the clerk Of the district
court to Peter McKinstery and Miss
Katie Loepler. both Of Billings.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-06

Here, then, is a fair basis upon
which to determine the effect Of the
Importation Of sugar from our own
possessions free of duty. In 1897 prac-
tically 3 per cent Of the sugar import
ed came in free of duty. In 1907 prac-
tically 20 per cent came in free Of
duty. II such free importation were
likely to affect disadvantageously beet
sugar production at home, an increase
from 9 per cent to Is per cent in the
importations OF free sugar would
doubtless have made itself apparent
by a reduction in the sugar production
of the United States. But let us see
what the beet sugar production OF the
country was In the two years in ques-
tion-1897, when 9 per cent OF the
sugar raj imported free. and 1907,
when Is per cent was imported free.
The reports of the department Of
agriculture and bureau Of Statistics
show that the beet sugar produced in
the United States amounted In 1897 to
88,s92,160 pounds. BY 1899 it had In
creased to 141,230,16O pounds; by 1901
to 2~79,682,16O pounds; and in 1906 was
967, 224.OOO pounds. Here. then, is an
increase Of 988 per cent in the beet
sugar production OF the United States
during the very period in which free
importation Of sugar from Porto Rico
was established and that from Hawaii
made absolutely permanent by annex
alton as a customs district Of the Unit
ed States, in which period the quantity
Of sugar imported free OF duty in
creased 1856 per cent. II An increase
of 1856 per cent in the quantity Of
sugar imported free Of duty. coupled
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-06
DIVORCE GRANTED MRS. LuDDY

Mrs. Nellie Luddy was yesterday
granted a divorce from her husband
Will T. Luddy on grounds of desertion
in the district court and she was
awarded custody OF the minor child.
". M. Gallagher was attorney for Mrs.
Luddy.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-10-06
LEON LEcRoIx Z 4

LEON LEcROIx DEAD.
HELENA. Oct. 3.-Leon Lecroix. .
prominent citizen, attorney Of this
city and Democratic candidate fos
Judge. dropped dead tonight from heart
disease.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-07-30
Giving Is Getting.

The old proverb-writer uttered a
great truth when he said that there
was a giving that tended to increase
and a Withholding that tended to
poverty. Giving and receiving are
aot two different things. the one
means the other. There is. in the
divine economy, a great principle OF
exchange by which giving and receiv-
ing are coincident. Especially is this
principle operative in the moral and
spiritual realm.
The most significant thing in life
and development is hospitality. We
open the doors of our heart aud life
to ennobling and inspiring visitors
We give of our capacity; but how
much more do we get. God asks
us to give our hearts. We do so and
how much more we get. jesus
Christ asks us to give Him place
in our life. We give 1t, but the re-
suit is not a giving after all so much
as it Is a getting.
Be hospitable then. Be hospitable
to all the divine influences Of life,
and let it not be a narrow, grudging
hospitality. Be hospitable to God;
to Jesus Christ. Give Them your
best rooms. Let Them be your guests,
and They will give You Themselves
In return.
Giving Is getting. and the greater
the Investment the greater the re-
turp.-Rev, c. S. Mcfarland, In
Christian Work and Evangelist.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-07-30
To CriDDIe The Ghost.

This curious bit of Dalmatian SUI
oerstton turned up in recent trial
1T Trieste: Antonio Iago. a widow.
was accused of mutilating a corpse.
and also with disturbing the repose
of the dead, by severing the sinews
in the foot of Mathe Duda. a deceas-
ed landowner, at Salona, near Spala-
to. In that locality exists deeply
rooted superstition that any evil-doer
will, after death, be compelled to
wander round eternally in the shape
of greatly distended spirit, to the
terror and discomfort of himself and
all beholders.
AS Dudas daughter-in-law had
reasons for fearing that he might
become "Bukodlak," as the Dali
matian vernacular has it, she employ
ed the widow to cut the lgaments
in one foot, and thus prevent any
ghostly ramblings later. Antonio,
the widow. believed absolutely in the
superstition and conscientiously earn
ed her pay.
The lower court discharged the
prisoner. because she had acted from
motives of piety: but the court of
appeal reversed the decision and SEN
fenced her to three days imprison-
ment for mistreatment of a corpse
Chicago News.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-07-30
HEALTH AND INCOME.
Both Kept Up ON Scientific Food.

Good sturdy health helps one lot
TO make money.
With the loss of health ones In.
come is liable to shrink. II not en-.
tirely dwindle away.
When a young lady has to maxi
her own living, good health is hei
best asset.
II am alone in the world" writes :
Chicago girl, dependent on my owl
efforts for my living. am q clerk, and
about two years ago through close ap.
plication to work and boarding
house diet, l became a nervous In
valid, and got so bad of 1t was almost
impossible for me to stay In the office
q half day at a time.
"A friend suggested to me the ides
Of trying Grape-Nuts. which l did
making this food a large part Of a
least two meals day.
"To-day am free from brain-tire
dyspepsia and all the ills Of an over
worked and improperly nourishet
brain and body. To Grape-Nuts
owe the recovery OF. my health. ant
the ability to retain my position ant
income" "There's a Reason.
Name given by Postum Co., Battl
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road Il
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
ono appears from time to time. The
arc genuine, trEc and full OF human
asAk4srnaA.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-07-30
Trawlers and Cables.

In connection with the damage
which is repeatedly being caused to
the cables of the Commercial Cable
Company of tho Irish coast by Brit
lsh trawlers. a letter written by Mr..
Clarence H. Mackay to the United
States Secretary of State shows the
cost and trouble to which the COM
pany is put In order to maintain its
ssrvice unimpaired. During the
past three months" he says. "our
cables have been injured and broken
two and three at time by these
fishing trawlers at distance Of about
nifty miles from the Irish coast. We
have expended over 100000 already
this year in making repairs to our
cables of the Irish coast, and each
and every one of the Interruptions
has been due to these fishing trawl-
ers. The injury to us is not
only the enormous expense Of repairs.
but also the necessity Of refusing to
accept business from the public for
transmission. The trouble
Is that 1t Is impossible In most In
stances to find out who the guilty
party is, and even after that is found
out, It is almost impossible to obtain
proof that the injury was wilful. -
Engineer.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-07-30
Old English Slaves.

Before the Conquest. and for long
time after, at least two-thirds OF the
people of England were denuded OF
all the substantial attributes of free
dom. The lords had the absolute dis
posal Of them; they might be attached
to the soil. or transferred by deed.
sale or conveyance, from one lord to
another: they could not change their
place or hold property; in short, they
were slaves under their obligation OF
perpetual servitude. which the con-
sent OF the master alone could dis
solve. The system was not fairly
abolished until the reign Of Charles
H., and so late as 1875 men were
bought and sold in Scotland with the
estates to which they were bound.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-07-30
Senator Cranes Baseball.

Baseball is chronic complaint
of Senator Crane When he was
Governor of Massachusetts he took
his entire staff out for a drive and
surprised them by having the rigs
pull up at an open field and an
nouncing there was to be a baseball
game. Two mines were chosen and
the game began. Pretty soon some
body came along the road,
What teams are they?" he asked
of one of the drivers.
"Why, that man pitching is the
Governor of Massachusetts, the driv-
or replied. The one catching is
the lieutenant governor, the first
haseman is a Congressman; the sec
ond bascman is the judge advocate
general"
Say" interrupted the passer-by.
perhaps you would Ike to know
who am. I'm Napoleon Bona
parte. Boston llerald.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-07-30
The Expcrt Shoemaker.

The expert shoemaker is in his
way a sort of Sherlock Holmes; he
can tell by looking at customers
shoes something about where the
customer lives, and this not by mud
on the shoes or the absence of it.,
or any such commonplace evidence
as that, but by the manner In which
the shoes show wear. But he Is not
infallible.
Here. for instance, is woman who
wears the soles of her shoes very thin
up at their forward end, at their
very tips, there. at the toe; and to
her:
You live in the country" says
the shoe expert.
NO" says the woman. II live in
the city. Why did you think | lived
in the cOuntry?'
Because your shoes are worn so
at the toes. thought you walked
on macadam roads"
So here the expert slipped, mis-
led in this case by not making due
allowance for a habit of these shoes
wearer; but usually he can tell
New York Sun.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-07-30
Wholesale Markets.

New York. - Wheat - Receipts.
$4,000. Spot irregular; No. 2 red,
99h @ 1.00A; elevator No. 2 red.
1.OO% f. o. b. af1oat: No. 1 Northern
Duluth, 1873 I. o. b. afoat; No. 2
hard winter, 1.02R f. o. b. afloat.
Corn - Receipts. 1925. Spot
firm No. 2. 81 nominal elevator.
and S4h nominal f. o. b. afloat.
Oats - Receipts, 31.S00: exports.
1853. Spot firmer; mixed, 26@32
BIS, 59M6l "; natural white, ESQ
81 lbs, 63 q IS; clipped white, $40
30 lbs. 65@73.
Poultry - Alive, steady; spring
chickens. 16; fowls, 13; turkeys, III;
dressed irregular; Western spring
chickens. 1920; fowls, 14@14k.
Butter-Steady; receipts. 7,449:
creamery specials, 23 creamery
extras, 22A aga.
Cheese - Firm; receipts, 3,767;
State full cream. large. colored or
white, fancy, 11&; do. good to
prime, 10M G11A; do, common.
9@1Ok.
PhiIadclphia.-Wheat - Firm and
Rc. higher; contract grade, July.
95 m95hc.
Corn--Firm and 1c higher; No,
2 for local trade. S5 q NC.
Oats-Firm and &c. higher; No. 2
white, natural. 67@67Rc.
Butter--Firm and " @ 1c. higher:
extra Western creamery, Csc; do.
nearby prints, 81.
Eggs-Firm; frsts 1c. higher;
Pennsylvania and other nearby firsts.
free cases, 21c., at mark.
Cheese - Firm and Nc. higher;
New York full creams, choice. 800
12Ac. do. fair to good, 11@11h.
demand; fowls, 14@14kc.; old
BOOSTERS, 100 1917; spring chickens,
1920.
Northumberland and un,
changed; receipts. 3,755; exports,
1866.
Wheat-Easier; spot, contract,
96A @96h; No. 2 red Western,
9SA a 9Sh; July, 96A @96A; Au.
gust, 95% @96; September, 95A @
90; steamer No. 2 red, 92A @921a:
receipts, S6,SSi; exports, $4,000;
Southern, by sample, IS q "a; South.
ern, on grade, 92& @96&.
Corn-Steady; spot mixed, 79h:
September. so; asked; receipts. s..
3S2; exports, 500.
Oats---Strong and higher; No. 2
white, 661s Q67R; No. 3 white
596601a; No. 2 mixed, IS q SO; re
ceipts. 16,439.
Rye-Firmer; No. Western do
nestle, 7S@S0.
Butter--Firm and unchanged;
fancy imitation, 20@21; fancy
creamery. 25; fancy ladle. 1902 20;
store packed, 1914 OF.
Eggs Steady and unchanged,
1S@18k.
Cheese-Firm and unchanged;
new large. 12h: new flats, 12h;
new small. 12A.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-07-30
An Autograph Fan.

One of our young society women
has a very good-looking husband, of
whom she is most proud. Having
noticed that this gentleman was pay
ing marked attention.. to a lady In
her own set she kept careful watch
and was fortunate enough to discov-
er among her husbands papers 4
number of letters written by the said
lady.
She then reflected as to what
course she should pursue. She
thought long and at last hit upon q
strange plan.
From among the correspondence
the lady selected four letters. pasted
them on the back Of her fan, and
then accompanied her husband to a
dinner where she knew she would
meet her rival. 1t was not long be-
fore the fan attracted the attention
of the guests, who asked to be al
lowed to look at it.
The fan then passed from hand
to hand, and when it reached the
rival she turned crimson and under
the pretext of sudden indispositior
withdrew hastily.-From the Gentle
woman.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-07-30
COMMERCIAL COLUMN
Weekly Review Of Trade and Latest
Market ReDorts

r. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
of Trade says:
Industrial plants gradually en-
large the percentage of active ma
chinery, furnishing more work for
wage-earners, which stimulates re.
tail trade, while favorable crop pro-
gress strengthens confidence In
continuance of recovery in business.
New contracts for steel products are
being placed with more freedom and
colleries resume that were closed by
the drouth.
"Outside representatives of job
bling houses are numerous in the
primary market for cotton goods.
but operations are restricted, as is
customary at this season.
New England footwear shops are
still well occupied. but wholesalers
have left the Boston market without
placing any large volume of business
and Western jobbers have not con-
tinued to purchase as freely as open
ing sales promised Prices are not
changed except where increased cost
of raw materials has forced shoe
manufacturers to advance figures,
and little business Is done on this
basis, because buyers insist that gen.
eral conditions do not warrant the
rise that has occurred in hides and
leather"
Bradstreet's says:
Good crop reports. the advance
of the season and growth in con-
fidence as to the trade outlook are
reelected in reports of moderate en-
largement of future buying at few
large centers. notably in the West
and Southwest. Industrial lines, too.
have been benefited by evidences of
revival in demand, and the number
of idle operatives has been reduced
as a whole.
Still the progress-making is of
conservative kind, curtailment of in
1ustry Is still marked feature and
small orders for immediate shipment
largely make up the volume of bust
aess doing by jobbers.
BEST reports come from the Cen
raj West, Northwest and Southwest.
and the excellent outlook for the cot
ION crop makes for better tone Of
adviCes from the South"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-07-30
Live Stock.

New York.-Baeves- l..
445. Feeling steady. Dressed beet
slow at 8h to IN for native sides.
Calves-Receipts, 800. Feeling
weak; veals, to S25; buttermilks.
$50 to AIS; city dressed veals
steady at to 13c.; country dressed,
I to 11hc.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, g.
147. Sheep steady; lambs. Is to
zoe. higher. Sheep. 1926 a AIS; fair
to choice lambs, 5.40@7; culls, 4.25.
Hogs-Receipts, 1,147. Feeling
nominally steady.
Chicago. - Cattle - Receipts esti-
mated about $500; market steady;
steers, 5.25@S.15; cows, $40 q $50;
heifers, 3.50@6.15; bulls, 5000
5.25; calves, 50@6.75; stockers
and feeders, 5000 4.SO.
Hogs - Receipts estimated about
$4,000; market steady to sc. higher;
choice heavy shipping. 6.75 q 6.S5;
butchers, 6.70@6.S5; light mixed,
6.35@6.55; choice light, $50 @ $50;
packing, SIS @6.7O; pigs, $50 @
6.1O; bulk of sales, Gas q $40.
Sheep-Receipts estimated about
10000; market steady; sheep, $50
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-07-30
WISE, WORDS.

Not merely to appear good ought
man to care, but to be 80 both pri-
vately and publicly.-Plato.
A fool and his money are soon
parted, and II that doesn't Justify the
TOOL to q commercial generation. moth
lnx will.-Puck. ~
There Is NO living without friends.
Portuguese.
The man that's goin' to the devil
always finds congenial company on
the road. Plain Dealer.
Laxiness begins in cobwebs and
ends In iron chains.-Spanish.
What is the oldest lunatic on rec
ord! Time out Of mind-Christian
Register.
1t is no secret II three know it.
Irish.
1t is unpleasant to turn back,
though 1t be to take the right way
German.
II you wish to reach the highest,
begin at the lowest.-Syrus.
I expect to suffer thousand Ills,
but none SO great as to act unjustly.
Socrates.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-07-30
CUIICURA CURED FOUR.
Southern Woman Suffered With Itch
ing, Burning Rash-Three Little
Babies Had Skin Troubles-Calls
Cuttcura Her Old Standby.

"My baby had a running sore on his
neck and nothing that l did for it took
effect until l used Cuticura. My face was
nearly full of letter or some similar skin
disease. 1t would itch and burn 80 that
could hardly stand it. Two cakes of Cuti.
cura Soap and box of Cuticura Ointment
cured me. Two years after it broke out on
my hands and wrist. Sometimes l would
go nearly crazy for it itched SO badly.
went back to my old standby, that had
never failed income set of Cuticura Rem.
edies did the work. One set also cured
my uncle's baby, whose head was cake OF
sores, and another baby who was in the
same fix. Mrs. Lille Wilcher, TO Elev'
enth St., Chattanooga, Tenn. Feb. Is. OF. "
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-07-30
Wisdom OF Age.

MA. why don't you keep out OF
the parlor? Things are running
smoothly now"
You amt engaged yet, daughter
and your ma knows from experience
that young man who finds things
running too smoothly is apt to get
bored and qut!"-Kansas City Jour
nal