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MALTA BEND

Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Martin
came over from Sedalia last
week to visit Mrs. Clara
German.
Mrs. Emma Bright 10 i'm
proving from her last attack
of grip.
Mrs. Alex Long entertained
last Saturday with six O'Clock
dinner in honor of her daugh.
ter's birthday.
DR.. J. M. Carter and W. II.
Wilson are attending the st.
Louis Conference at Spring.
I 8, Id Missouri.
Charlie Wilson Of Atlanta,
Ca, came in Sunday TO visit
HE parents and other rela-
tives and left Monday night.
Misses Fannie and Inez
Robertson entertained last
Thursday . crowd of young
people in honor of her visitor
from Ieavenworth Kansas.
Fletcher German and Miss
Opal Sturm we're married at
the home of the bride in Mul.
vane, Kansas last Wednesday
March 18th. Tney arrived
in Malta Bend at noon Thurs
day.
Mrs. James Waller who has
been dangerously i'll for the
last two weeks is reported
better.
Albert Robertson is at nome
for a week accompanied by
Harry Shepard, one of his
college friends TO hunt ducks
Mrs. Clara German gave
dinner last Friday in honor o.
her son and bride. Those
present were Mr.. and Mrs
Herbert Wilson and family
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Martin
and daughter Of Sedalia, DR.
and Mrs. j. M. Carter, Mis-
Gertrude Carter and Mis-
Edith Carter Of Chattanooga
Tenn, Mrs. Belle Payne ant
Miss Nora of Marshall ant
Miss Emma Baugh.
Mrs. Geo. Adams was calle'
to Virginia on account OF tn
illness OF her mother Sunday
The Marshall republican., 1908-03-20
MULES o SALE

have q nice lot Of 4 year
old mules, we'll broke and
good ones. Sell any way to
Suit purchaser. Cali At the
Claude Young farm a miles
nogtheast Of Marshall.
|3-2O I. I. HUFF,
|xhnne ~. Mazshall, 70,
The Marshall republican., 1908-03-20
FORSALE,

Pure bred rose comb Rhode
Island Red eggs for sale. from
the Bliss, Blakemore and
Stedham stocks, II for $500.
Mrs. Frank Evans.
8 Phone SOl.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26

great development. The debt which
Montana, and especially eastern Mon
tana, owes to William 7. Hamilton is
Sc great that it could never be paid.
He was the pioneer Of pioneers.
His death reminds us that the ranks
of the pioneers are fast thinning.
There are but few men living, If any,
who came west when Uncle Bill
did. This paper and some OF the old
timers have suggested that 1t would
be well to if possible have a meet
ing of those old timers who were
companions Of 'Uncle Bl1l' IN the
early days, who endured with him
and the other pioneers and frontiers
men the early privations and hard
ships, that from their lips might be
told the t1uc stories Of historic events
in the early development OF the north
west. The stories that have been
handed down do not agree. It these
old timels are all to be- permitted
to pass without such a correct his
tory being written, it will indeed be
regretted in after years. The death
of "Uncle Bill' reminds us that the
pioneers are old men, their days are
numbered, and If ever sue a meeting
as has been suggested is to be held 1t
should be soon.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26

{RLMAN NNN.E WIYMI5 NE3Sg=IE E
William Hemstreet Of Brooklyn IL
the owner Of the mantel before which
Edga Allen Poe sat when he wrote
MS masterpiece lie haven"
In a cemetery at M%iddlebury, VT, is
a stone erected by a widow to her
loving husban., bearing this inscrip-
ton: 'Rest in Peace-Until We
Meet Again.
In India the printed book is regard
ed as vulgar, IL not 1rreverent, and no
.devout Hinuoo would allow A4s sacred
writings to be contaminated by con
tact with leather prepared from the
hide OF some deaQ animal 8 body.
Six months ago the Tendring Guar
dams decided to keep pigs and to
feed them On the waste from the
workhouse. AT a meeting recently 1t
was announced tAat the profit from
the sale Of the pigs amounted to s65.
Crime is increasing rapidly IN New
York city. there were more COM
plants, o indictments, more
charges preferred ano more cases
tried during the ,ast half year than in
any six months in the history Of the
city. and the increase nas been in
much larger proportion that the in
in population, which is estimat-
ed at 5000.
a remarkable condition arose in the
Muskogee .(OA4a.) Gearing house the
other day. When members Of the
association met at II o'clock to adj
just their bank clearings it was found
that lhere was $4,000 In checks in
the Gay business, and that when
settlement was made the accounts Of
each bank against all other banks bal
anced to a penny. No Dank had to
pay a cent to any other.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26
EFFICIENCY OF THE -uRslNl

EFFICIENCY OF THE TURBINE
The efficiency OF the sream turbine
as / means of ~p.cpelling steamships
seems to have been established by the
Lusitania and the Maure4ar,a, her
sister ship, which have lowered the
time required for transatlantic travel
and made ocean travelling 1ccre com
Portable. Having broken neatly every
record from n mile up held by other
vessels, these giant turbine propelled
vessels r now breaking their own
records.
On her trip to New York last week
the Lusitania made a new record,
maintaining an average speed Of 24.S3
knots an hour across the Atlantic.
The trip was over what is known as
the long route, and was made in 4
days, 20 hours and 20 minutes. II the
trip had been over the short course
it would have consumed only four
and one-half days. The best days
performance was 632 knots, or an av.
erage speed for "a hours of 20 knots
an hour. This performance was
made despite bad weather. and some
severe storms, so that there Is a
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26

possibility to foretell the future. Some
alleged ~clairvoyant might be able to
occasionally guess what would hap
pen in the future, but that is all. For
tune %tellers, clairvoyants and their ilk
play on the superstitions OF people as
a means OF gaining a livelihood. They
do not give a single thing in return
for the money they take. They have
a graft and they work it. Newspaper
men, advertising men and people, who
come in contact with them, realize
this. It is a pity that everybody
doesn't.
There is only one way to account
for the success Of fortune tellers and
that is on the principle that ''the
American people like to be hum
bugged." When they intrust their
money to any fortune teller they can
expect to lose it. People who adver-
tise to do something that is an impos-
sibility lever expect to give value re-
ceived and when they get a dollar
they hold on to it.
There ought to be a law prohibiting
newspapers from printing their adver-
tisements, prohibiting them to ply
their graft and protecting the guilt
BILE who r their victims.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26
THE FORTUNE TELLING GRAFT

sHE fOnI ONe GRAF Z.
Helena has furnished the latest II.
lustration Of how the American peo-
pie like to be humbugged. An al.
legged fortune teller arrived in the
capital city some four weeks ago, ad.
vertised his presence and the fact
that he could tell the past, present
and future, give ones history from
the cradle to the grave, correctly ad.
wise in business and love matters y
and do scores of other things all be.
cause he was a gifted clairvoyant.
The gullible rushed to see him, with
the result that he left Helena a few
days ago taking with him some $16-
900 in cash, money belonging to his
victims.
The story sent out from Helena last
night does not differ materially from
similar stories about the grating OF
alleged clairvoyants that have been
sent out from nearly every city of any
size In the land in the past. It would
seem that the general reputation OF
clairvoyants would be ~sufacient to
warn people against having any deal
ings with them. Those who refuse to
take the warning deserve no sympa.
thy when they lose their money.
Nvery person, possessed OF average
Intelligence, knows that It is an i'm.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26
MUST BELIEVE 1T.
Well Known Billings People Tell 1t So
Plainly.

Well Known Billings People Tell II So
Plainly.
When public endorsement is made
by a representative citizen of Billings
the proof is positive. You must be-
lieve 1t. Read this testimony. Every
backache sufferer, every man, woman
or child with any kidney trouble will
find profit in the reading.
Mrs. w. II. Heffner, living at 1922 N.
Both street., Billings, Mont, says: 81
was suddenly taken with a severe at
tack Of backache brought on no doubt
|4by q strain. The trouble came on
while I was doing some work that re-
Quired STOPPING, and for three weeks
/ endured untold misery. My. back
was very weak and there was q con-
slant dull aching through my loins.
l was scarcely able to get around, and
it was only with the greatest effort
that l succeeded in performing my
Homework. My attention was finally
drawn to Doan's Kidney Pills, and l
procured a box. They completely
banished the attack, and 1 have been
we'll and strong since. I endorse
Doan's Kidney Pills in the highest
terms"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster ilburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26
FAvoRs RAILROAD PARK.

The spirit manifested by Yegen.
Bros. in expressing a willingness to
remove their warehouses from the N.
p. right Of way and park it in the
business section Of Billings, providing
the railroad company agrees to per-
NIT the city to retain the land in the
right Of way north Of the track be
tween the freight depot and the pro
posed new depot for a public park, is
to be commended. It is the right kind
of spirit, the true boosting spirit.
This offer of Yegen Bros. will as
sure a much larger park than the cit
liens have anticipated, if the railroad
company decides to turn down re-
quests that have been made to lease
the right Of way. Renewed effort
therefore should be made to persuade
the railroad company officials not to
lease the land for warehouses or BUSH
ness blocks, but to permit the city to
maintain it as a public park.
II the warehouses now occupying
the south side of the right Of way
were removed and the land parked to
correspond with the park now on the
north side Of the right OF way, Billings
would have n of the prettiest parks
or plazas on the Northern Pacific sys
tenn. Besides being a delightful place
of recreation for our citizens, 1t
would do more to advertise the city
by creating a favorable impression in
the minds Of travellers than almost
anything else could do.
It is encouraging indeed to note
that out Of scores Of men, whom the
newspaper men have interviewed,
there have been but two who have
been opposed to parking the land and
the two are said to have Interior mo-
tives for so doing. There can be no
doubling the sentiment in Billings.
The people want the land preserved
as a park. If this sentiment is prop
erly shown to the railroad company
no doubt the oficials will refuse to
lease it and permit the city to have
its park.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26
INJUSTICE WAS DONE.

Newspapers in general throughout
the country are commenting on the
injustice which the postofice depart
ment has done Edward G. Lewis Of
st. Louis. MI. Lewis, who has just
been acquitted On a charge of fraud,
four years ago conceived the idea OF
a mail order bank, according to an
exchange. He chartered such a bank
under the Missouri laws and adver-
tised for deposits, also the sale OF
stock. Eight months later the post
office department barred him from
the use Of the mails by fraud order,
claiming he was advertising promises
which could not be kept. This forced
the bank into a r~eceivership, where
it made the remarkable record of pay
ing depositors in full and 81 cents on
the dollar to stockholders.
Lewis tried to save himself by en-
joining the department, but the
courts held they had no right to in
HT
terfere. His business ended, Lewis
swas then prosecuted criminally for
the alleged acts which led to his dis
barment Of the mails. Last week his
trial ended In a verdict of acquittal.
District Judge Riner declared that it
was so clear that fraud had been
neither attempted nor accomplished
that he did not permit the case to 60
to the jury.
Lewis has been forced out Of bust
ness and has lost a large amount Of
money all because of a ruling made
by the postoaice department which q
federal court has declared was I'M
just. He has no redress. 1t would
seen that some steps should be
taken to provide a means Of deter
mining the business Of such rulings
when made by the postal ofacials be-
fore they are put into effect.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26

"A railway extending from Harlow
ton through Melville to Big Timber
and thence up the Boulder valley to
Cooke City and to the national PARK
would tap a country that Is rich in
undeveloped resources. Why moi
boost for it?-Big Timber Pioneer.
= =
Poor Thaw. Experts say he is q
paranoiac. To ESTABLISH the fact that
the young millionaire is insane, one
witness says he is "peevish and dom
i%neering." Some Of lis who think
we are sane may rejoice that we are
not called upon to prove the fact IN
court.-Helena Independent.
With $425,000 for a Blllings federal
building, $13O,O0O for a Missoula build.
ing and SIS, 900 for a site for a Liv.
ingston building, all in the omnibus
bill which passed the senate yester.
day, the Montana delegation in con.
gress seems to be doing business right
along at the same old stand.-Great
Falls Leader. &
1T will be suggested, of course, that
as Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Conrad are both
western men, one of them must re.
tire. That settles Bryan. Mr.. Con.
RAIDS friends, comprising as they dc
all the large interests in the world OF
capital and labor, will not stand for
his withdrawal. Surely, William Jen-
nings, You were born under an I'm.
lucky star!-Butte News.
The $4,000 committee Of Billings
has begun a campaign to determine
why SC many people, or, in fact, why
any people, send east to mail order
houses for their goods, and with that
end in view has asked that the people
wAo do SO to make known their rea-
sons. Names Of parties doing this
r not requested, but rather an ex-
p%lanation. of their acts, for, as the
committee suggests, they certainly
must have some reason. The move
is nj that might we'll be taken up
by other localities of Montana, result
ing in great good, and the further
upbuilding Of every town within Its
borders.-Missoula Herald.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26
ANOTHER PIONEER GONE.

The death of William T. Hamilton.
familiarly known as Uncle Bill"
which took place Sunday morning at
st. Vincent's hospital, marked the
passing Of n more OF the real Pic.
neers Of the northwest. For more than
66 years "Uncle Bill" had been in
the great northwest, and most of that
time had been spent in Montana.
There is probably not a man living
who really had as much to do with
early development of the Yellowstone
valley and eastern Montana as uncle
Bill' Hamilton. He came to Montana
when it was considered as ft only
for Indians and the wild animals. and
he played an important part in paving
the rathway Of civilization and law.
Ing the foundation for her present
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26
HARRY X. THAW INSANE.

The decision on the hearing Of
Harry K. Thaw's application for re
lease from the New York asylum fol
the criminal insane marks a triumph
of American justice over the powerful
American dollar. When young Thaw
was acquitted of the charge of muir.
dering Stanford White, the great
architect, on the ground of insanity,
it vas freely asserted that it was the
Thaw dollars that had secured his &C
Quittal and that the insanity plea
was but a subterfuge. The impress
sion on the public mind seemed to be
that he would soon leave the asylum
a free man. The decision that he Is
insane confirms the business of the
verdict at his trial for murder. I'm
doubtedly young Thaw has displayed
symptoms of insanity. His treatment
of his wife, his murder Of Stanford
White, his relations with his legal
advisers all combine to support such
NAo4A4 " IAO Aay 14AAus OOuOI1C0S
the medical experts have other rea-
sons which count more in the courts.
The actions Of the prisoner at Mat
teawan have not been such as would
indicate that he has improved much
over the condition he displayed at his
trial. When a jury acquitted him Of
a charge Of murder on the ground of
insanity, it was reasonable to sup
pose that he was insane. If insane
the place for him was in the asylum.
It is a matter for congratulation that
this young scion of a wealthy family
is still in custody and that an in
sanity ruse has not yet been able to
save him from being punished for his
crime, the mighty dollars Of Pitts
burg millionaires to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26
HARDIN WATER & POWER COM
PANY is INCORPORATED.
FURNISH LIGHT
New Company Capitalized at $4,000.
Understood Concession Has Been
Secured From Burlington to Fur
nish Water.

Articles of Incorporation were filed
with the county clerk yesterday by
the Hardin Water & Power company.
The incorporators are well known
citizens of Hardin and two of them
are residents Of Billings. The capital
stock of the company is $4,000 and
the life Of the corporation 20 years.
Hardin is named as the principal
place Of business and the purposes
as stated in the articles are to supply
electric light and gas for public and
private use in the town Of Hardin; to
furnish water for irrigating, fire ex-
tinguishing and domestic use; to carry
on the business Of purchasing, manu-
featuring and developing water, cleo
trio o. steam power for manufacturing
purposes or street lighting; to pur-
chase, SILL or lease real estate, water
power sites and franchises and to
construct the necessary bitches to
maintain a water power system or
water power plant.
Seven Directors.
Seven directors have been elected.
They are Carl Rankin, 3. A. howell,
C. g. Hutton, w. 3. Reno, Robert An
derson, 2. H. Rathbone and T. H.
Comes. Six hundred and twenty-five
dollars Of the capital stock, Of which
there are 5000 shares Of the par
value Of SO each, has been subscribed
for. Besides the directors, the fol-
lowing are the stockholders: J. W.
Johnston, A. p. Mcdonald T. H. Mo.
nat, D. r. Drake, Bank of Hardin,
Charles Bayless, Coffin & stoltenberg,
Corb Coulter, e. G. Spencer, J. B. Ar
mold, Billings; G. A. Cobbs, F. w.
Lee & Co., and W. H. Richards.
It is understood that the new com
.pany has secured a concession from
the Burlington whereby the railroad
will furnish them with water from
their pumping plant at Hardin, and
later intend building a plant.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26
THE PIPER AGAIN AT WORK.

The eastern space writer, who is in
the habit Of filling up the columns of
some metropolitan daily with un-
founded stories from Montana, is
again at work, plying his graft more
boldly than ever as the following dis
patch taken from the New York
lines will show:
Butte, Mont, May 16.-The demo-
cratic state convention tonight en-
Enthusiastically Endorsed Governor
Johnson OF Minnesota for the presi-
dental nomination. Delegates were
instructed for him. At the same time
the convention adopted resolutions Of
allegiance to the principles advocated
by w. j. Bryan"
The coming democratic state con-
vention might take notice of this in
formation and save itself a lot OF
trouble.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26
GRAVES OF THE pAupER DEAD

GRAVES OF THE PAUPER DEAD.
Memorial day, originally instituted
and set aside as a time to commence
rate the patriotism of our dead sol
diers and strew their graves with
floral tributes, has assumed the
broader proportions of a general dec
Grafton day, when the graves of de-
parted friends and relatives are
strewn with flowers and improved in
appearance. Saturday will be Me.
mortal day. Billings people will OBJ
serve it according to custom. Flow
ers will be strewn on the graves OF
our dead veterans and our dead
friends. Arrangements for so doing
have already been made. But in the
Billings graveyard, apart from the
graves Of our veterans, our friends
and our relatives, who are gone be-
fore, is the potters, field, the graves of
our friendless dead. There is no
one on whom devolves the duty of
Keeping up those graves or strewing
them with flowers. Some of the
graves are unkempt and sunken,
some are covered with weeds and
i'll kept. Memorial day would be a
fitting time for some one to improve
the appearance of the potters' field in
the local cemetery. The attention of
The Gazette has been called to the
condition of the potters' field by one
of the ministers of the city, who has
urged us to call the attention Of the
general public to it's appearance in
the belief that someone would be-
come sufficiently interested to see
that its appearance is improved on
Decoration day. There could not be
a more fitting time for some one AMI
mated by the proper spirit to make
the improvements needed in the pot.
ters' field, where lie the unknown and
pauper dead.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26
OF DEPOSITS.

The experiment made ny the Ok
lahoma legislature in guaranteeing
the deposits of state banks has
worked to the benefit of the deposit
tors of a bank, which was forced to
close Thursday. The bank lacked
$4,000 of having sufficient cash to
pay depositors, but the state guaran-
tee fund was Immediately drawn
upon and within a hour after the fail
ure of the bank the money was there
for depositors.
Undoubtedly the successful working
Of the new law in Oklahoma will pre-
vent any lack Of confidence in the
banks of that state in the future De-
p%ositors will realize that their money
is absolutely safe, for if the bank is
unable to pay it when demanded the
state will come to the rescue with
the necessary funds.
If other states had such a law and
the people were thus assured Of never
losing their bank deposits there would
be no more boarding of money such as
caused the financial stringency Of
last fall. Despite her eccentricities,
Oklahoma seems to have enacted one
bill Of reform legislation that other
states would do well to adopt.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26

probability Of the record being still
further reduced by one, Of the tur-
bines.
The successful demonstration Of the
efficiency Of the steam turbine as a
means OF propelling vessels and the
speed acquired by ships propelled by
1t viii probably cause a revolution IN
the methods of propelling steamships.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26

Editor Metcalf of the Dawson Coun-
ty Review might advance the ability
Of Governor Hughes to run the New
York legislature as one Of the best
reasons for making him the republi.
can candidate for the presidency. It
takes a big man to control a legisla-
ture. &
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26

Not content with the efforts Of the
Butte and Helena papers in western
Montana to run the political affairs
of eastern Montana the Mlssoulian is
trying to butt tito the game.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26

It is evident from the increase in
billboards in the busiest sections Of
the city that the people Of Billings
will soon have to follow the example
Of numerous other communities and
lodge a strong protest against the
billboard nuisance.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26

California democrats suggest a
man named Bell for chairman Of the
national democratic convention in
Denver, and considering the occasion
and the suggestion 1t seems appropri-
ate.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26

We are rapidly approaching the
time when navigating by air will be
extremely popular, but It's popularity
will cease after the November cleo.
ton.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-26

Montana democrats opposed to Ed
win Norris probably believe that any
man big enough to be considered in
connection with a vice presidential
nomination would make excellent ma
.terial for a gubernatorial candidate.