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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21
THE HIGH COST OF LIVING.

Complaint against the high cost OF
living is becoming more and more gem
eral. It is not heard in any particular
locality. but everywhere. The mer-
chant complains at the cost OF doing
business and the workingman COM
plains because every month he
sees his wages eaten up, while he
is left in debt For II the truth be
known, 1t is safe to say that the aver
age man today spends more than he
earns. Could our grand parents have
earned salaries such al the average
men receive today they would have all.
died wealthy. But in the past half q
Fcentury there has not only been a
gradually increase in wages, but an
enormous increase In the cost Of liv-
ing. So while our grandparents on
their salaries, which would be con
sidered meager today, were able to.
save up for a rainy day, men and wo-
men can save little or the wages earn
ed today. This condition is response
ble for much OF the unrest that Is
evidenced throughout. the country.
We are face to face with q serious
problem-the problem OF living. Some
means will have to be found to read
just wages and the price Of commodi-
ties. Just as long as 1t costs as much
as 1t does to live, just that long will
the workingman continue his strug-
gle to secure better wages, and just
as long as it costs as much as it does
to do business will the large employ
ers Of the country seek to keep the
pay of the employees down.
The nation in general has got to
come to a realization of the fact that
it takes all kinds of people to make
society and that every class and call
ling is needed. We must learn that
the worker is entitled to a living,
some Of the pleasures Of life and a
profit on his labor and we must learn
that the merchant is entitled to a fair
price for his goods, that is pay for
his labor and capital and a reason.
able profit. II We ever are going to
abolish industrial disputes and estab.
lish peace between employer and EN-.
ploye we will have to abolish the ex'
cessive profit that someone is get
ting.
It is along this line that President
Roosevelt must have been thinking
when he instructed the interstate
commerce commission to investigate
the cause for the recent cut in wages
on several railroad systems. II 1t fol
lows out the instructions he gave t.
the letter, the commission will find
out what is a reasonable profit for the
company, what is a reasonable wage
for the employee and what is a reason
able charge to be assessed against the
purchaser OF the general public. It Is
a step in the right direction.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21
FIGHTING II TRUST.

The mine owners of Montana have
organized q state association in order
to work. together to promote. the inter-
ests Of their industry in the state. The
first thing the new organization will
attack is the smelter trust. The rates
charged by the shelters for refining
ores have been considered excessive,
in fact prohibitive. The mine own
ers hope to remedy this BY erecting an
independent smelter. The wealthy
mine. owners will contribute to the
proposition and q modern plant will
be erected and operated, in competi-
ton with the trust smelters. It is *
pected that the independent smelter
will not only charge reasonable rates,
but will force the trust smelters to
reduce rates.
It IS an excellent idea and the mine
owners of the state are exceedingly
fortunate In having wealth enough to
inaugurate the new smelter, and thus
provide away to escape the clutches
of the trust.
But the smelter trust is not the only
trust, nor by any e the worst
trust in Montana. The high prices
charged in some portions of the state
for the necessities of life are an indi-
cation that there are trusts in control
of prices and things which the people
have to have and that they are sap,
ping the life blood of the people,
worse than the smelter trust ever
Slapped the mine owners of the state.
But unfortunately the people have no
remedy. Unlike the mine owners
they have not the organization or the
capital to start institutions where
necessities can be secured without ex-
cessive rates Of profit being charged.
What a pity that the people cannot do
as the mine owners have done and
thus strike an effective blow at the
high cost Of living, which is hurting
the state and the best people of the
state worse than the smelter trust has
hurt the mine owners.
.6 l1E
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21
BANKER MoRsE's CAREER.

Charles w. Morse, the indicted New
York financier, has had a most specta-
cular career. At the age Of is he
began business with but a few cents,
though his parents were well-to-do
and earned 5000 peddling candy. With.
that is a nucleus he entered Bowdoin
college. got 9 bookkeeping job at 81,
500 q year, hired q mar to do the
work for $50 per month and again.
peddled candy, earning $500 more.
IN 1876. while a Junior student, with
nothing but nerve, he secured a con-
tract Tor $4,000 tons Of ice and clear
"a $4,000. He graduated In 1877.
worth probably 100000. all made
whiie . student In college. He joined
his fathers humber and ice firm In
1G1sor. Ne. and after three years
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21

If Miss Ashford succeeds in secur-
ing a money recompense for breaking
her engagement to former Senator
Gassaway Davis. she will be much
more successful than was Tom Tag.
CART in his effort to tap the old mans
barrel during the campaign of 1904.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21
CUT DOWN FORCES
n. DELAY IS RESULT
ECONOMY OF MISSOURI PACIFIC
DOESN'T PAY.

St. Louis, Feb. 20.-M. @. Markham.
assistant to the vice president Of the
Missouri Pacific system, and who has
supervision over the auditing depart
ment, stated today that the delay in.
the payment Of the. $4,000 employees OF
the system, the first instance Of the
kind in a number of years, is due to 4
reduction in the force OF the auditors
Office.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21

The American people are indebted
to Secretary Taft for the information
that our colonies increase our pres
tige. It was the impression that the
only things our colonies increased
were our debts and our troubles.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21

It is a matter Of considerable salts
faction to The Gazette that several of
the eastern Montana papers have ac-
cepted the suggestion OF this paper
that Paul Mccormick would be an
ideal delegate to send to the Chicago
convention.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21
THE DEPORTATION OF MA LAY

THE DEPORTATION OF MALAY.
There are times when public ser.
wants become entirely too oficious
and adhere too strictly to the letter
OF the law, though usually just the op-
posite is the case. Bozeman offers
an excellent illustration Of this fact
in the story of Ma Lay, a Chinese
woman, whom the supreme court OF
the United States has decided must
be deported.. The deportation of this
i%noffensive Chinese woman can be
termed nothing less than 9 miscar-
riage Of justice, and the time which
federal officials have spent in securing
the final order for her deportation
could we'll have been exerted in other
directions with greater benefit to the
people.
Ma Lay is now "a years old. She
was brought to this country when a
young girl as a slave, and she has no
knowledge of her relatives or friends
Ill Culud. AACcI tAC OCdIA VI q
Chinaman named Tom Sing, with
whom she was living, and the arrival
in this country Of a Chinese boy she
claimed to be her son, in June, 1905,
the authorities first learned that the
woman was not legally in this coun-
try. Despite the fact that she vas in
every way q respectable woman, con-
Quoting a business, she was arrested
and after q hearing RAJ ordered de-
ported. Citizens Of Bozeman inter-
ested themselves in her behalf and
the case vas appealed, first to Judge
Hunts court in Helena and then to
the higher courts, with the result that
the order of deportation was confirmed
and the woman must return to China.
Just what is to be gained by the de-
%portation is not quite clear, except
that the letter of the law is to be fol-
lowed. But United States officers are
SO lax in following it in many other
instances it would seem that for once
It might be a good thing If they con-
tinued their practice. The woman
does not speak a word Of her native
language or write Chinese, according
to dispatches. from Bozeman. She Is
educated in English, however. and is
in every way a model citizen. She. is
q member of the Presbyterian church
and lives an exemplary Christian life.
People, who know her best, speak Of
her in the highest. terms. But, despite
all this, she is to be sent back to
China, a strange country to her, and
where she will probably. meet death
Tor torture. # X s
While. The Gazette would not. be
understood as advocating violation of
the law, at the same time the law
which compels the deportation OF
such a woman to such a country is
forcing upon her a most cruel condi-
ton. Common Justice, it would seem.
should demand that she be permitted
to stay in America.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21

Even the democrats Of Ohio cannot
agree upon a presidential candidate.
Some want Bryan and some Harmon.
It looks very much as if none wanted
harmony.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21

The silence in regard to the destiny
of the fleet after it reaches the Pacific
coast would indicate that others than
Secretary Taft believe It Is nobody's
business where 1t goes, SO long as il
sticks to the ocean.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21
(Ffrist publication Feb. 81. 1sos.)
Desert Land, Final Proof-Notice for
X $%&i Publication.

VT A2 NE&4G I&n. "T#&N.EN
United States Land ONCE, Lewis
town, Montana, February Is, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that Viii =.
Strait, of Roundup, Yellowstone coun-
ty, Montana, has filed notice of inten-
ton to, make proof on his desert-land
claim No. 1884, for the lots 2 and 8.
shNEA, Sec. 4, T. $ N, R. rs E., NJ.
NJ, before Fred w. Handel, U. 8. Com
missioner, at Musselshell, Montana, on
Monday, the 23d day Of March, 1908.
He names the following witnesses
to prove the. complete irrigation and
reclamation OF said land:
Marcus M. Klein, Thomas Hurley,
John ,Mattice,. J.s w. Newton, all Of
Roundup, Montana. 4. FL
So G., 3. MgKQ1N. Register.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21

The Mississippi valley would proba-
bly, welcome a chinook such as Mon
tana experienced yesterday. When
one reads of the storms In the east
he must appreciate the glories of this
glorious Montana climate.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21

The ovations being given Secretary
Taft in the east are q good reply to
the endorsement Of favorite son in
the central portion of the nation.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21

When the democratic state conven-
ton meets one Edwin Norris will dem
onstrate that no nan thinks he can
get enough Of a good thing.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21

Admiral Evans is up against fate.
He has been too sick to get much
honor out OF the westward cruise and
BY the time the feet returns he will
have been retired.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21

The constant resumption Of fac
tories and other industries indicates
that the o~versupply of cars will not
exist much longer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21
ANOTHER RECEIVER.

Stanford, Conn, Feb. 20.-Applica-
ton was made in the superior court
today for the appointment Of q re-
ceiver for the Machine Typesetting
company.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21

st. Paul has a curiosity. Mayor
Smith has been in office Tor nearly
half a century and is said to be a
poor nan
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21

When making war between Japan
and. America tires the scribes Russia
and Turkey eem to offer excellent
fields.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21

The cheers Of the congressman for
Speaker Cannon found a ready res
ponse. in Illinois.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21

The large number of weddings,
which have taken place in Billings re-
Gently, would indicate that some be-
lieve hard times have passed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21
a PRESS mi

ELL = eFlEE
Bill Taft's star is Of first magnitude,
anyway.
The growth Of Montana this year,
from an agricultural standpoint, prom
ises to be more pronounced than any
in the history Of the state.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how we
wonder who you are, glimmering in
Denver town SO nigh. Will you give
Willie the glad hand Dye and bye?-
Virginia City Times.
The prominent DEMOCRATS who are
declaring that the party cannot win
with Bryan find their real %perplexity
In the knowledge that 1t cannot win
without him.-Belfry News.
Great benefactions for colleges will
look better when times are such that
we do not have to put our boys to
work while still at the high school
age.-Butte Inter Mountain.
There is q growing suspicion that
several prospective democratic candl.
dates for governor have a decided dis.
like for Governor Toole's kind OF poll.
tics.-1nter LAKE.
Chile is better acquainted with the
strength Of her big sister in the north
than she would have been by years Of
diplomatic p~alaver. The feet is a
great educator.-Missoulian. .;
= So
It goes without saying tnat when
the democratic dispenser of good
cheer asks Governor Norris what he
Will have this fan the answer will be
"a little more Of the same"
Candidate Whiteside when in Hell
ena yesterday did not leave q consign'
ment Of those Flathead campaign ap
pies with the representative Of w. G
Conrad. 1t was merely an oversight
Helena Record.
The recent financial furry may not
have been altogether a bad thing fol
the country. It has put congress II
an economical mood which may las
till after all the appropriation bills
are passed.-Republican Picket.
Democrats will admit, after looking
Mt pictures OF Secretary Taft, that hi
is a big American citizen, who would
more than fill the present executive
chair, and might make it necessary Il
have a new one made for him, II HI
should ever reach the white house.
Butte Miner.
Fergus county is advancing. The.
convicted a fellow Of burglary ove1
lin Lewistown last week notwithstand
ing that he plead insanity. Still, it il
probable that had the fellow been vi
for murder he would have been &C
quitted.-Bozeman Republican-Courier
With the opening Of the Butte Saw
ings bank, Montana presents the res
OF the financial world a lesson in fall
dealing hard to equal, and also a rec
ord of having passed through the late
financial panic withou turning a hair
losing a bank or issuing a dollar o
wooden money.-Great Fails Leader
A number Of Montana papers arr
printing a Standard OIL ad headed
Commissioner Smith vs.. the Stand
ard Oil. Co" These papers should b
ashamed. The adsis full OF falsehood
actual and implied, and this paper to
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21
THE BILLINGS IL

introduced an employers liability bill
and q postal savings bank bill, both.
OF which are said to be administers
ton measures.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21

It don't make any different how
hard it tries, winter seems unable to
get a good foothold this season.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21

Senator Knox seems to be pretty
close to the administration. He has
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21

much ability to fill 1t II elected. His
nome is at Livingston and his name
Is Dan Boyle.-Livingston News.
INTERESTING FACTS.
Louisville is named after Louis XVI.
Of France.
A Russian does not become of age
until he is 26.
The first photographs taken in
England in 1902.
In Australia there are nearly 247.ooo
more men than. women.
London uses $4,000 tons Of sugar an.
nually for jam. making.
For every ton Of gold in circulation
there are Id tors or silver. III
Wireless telegraphy is to be in
In Italian somaliland, East
Africa.
Mrs. Jane Dowie aspires to her late
place as head of the Christ
ian Catholic church.
One hundred and seventy Japanese
are detained in quarantine at Victoria,
B. G., failing to pass the new educa-
tional test.
The new management Of the Metro.
politan opera house, New York City, Is
talking Of introducing grand opera in
English
The New York Bar association. ,ne
most influential organization Of its
kind in the United States, has a mem
bership OF 1,944.
Louisville was first settled in TITS
by Colonel George Rogers Clark, who
landed, with 80 families from Virginia
on Corn island.
The occupant Of a top floor office II
New York. estimates that in going te
and from his Office he travels 12s
miles each year by elevator.
The campaign. against t%uberculosi.
has reduced the death rate from this
disease in Minneapolis from 1.16 IL
1903 to go per thousand.
"A Sister in st. Mary's Polytechnica
school, Greenwich, Conn, caught
burglar in that institution and helt
him fast until ofacers came.
. 3.
New York city has on It's police
force 1877 men whose business 1t Is t.
open and close doors and watch thu
persons who enter and leave.
s S.
San; Francisco has begun the .worl
of identifying herself for the recep
ton Of the battleship feet by scatter
ing seeds over the burned hillsides.
Suffragettes in London are still
rushing to martyrdom. A dozen NOR
who tried to raid the house of com
mons recently were hustled to prison
Walter "A. Kelly, a blind lawyer o
st. Louis, has announced himself a
the democratic candidate for the OF
fee Of lieutenant governor Of hi
state.
The fossil remains Of a Plesios'
Urus have been unearthed at Tai
cahuano Bay, Chile. The body Of thi
marine reptile OF a bygone age wa
As feet long.
The reported intention Of Londol
traction lines to run cars ex~clusivel.
for working women has occasione,
talk Of similar action by New Yorl
traction companies.
Rear Admiral N. M. Dyer, u. s. N
retired, who commanded the cruise
Raleigh in the battle of Manila Bay
viii contest the right of the city Q
Melrose, Mass, to tax his salary.
Though the population Of London
metropolitan district is 10000 0 NOR,
than the population Of New York city
the latter does a restaurant business
one-1fth larger than that Of the FOL
mer.
L- W.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21

Special sner to ''ph Subscriber
ends February %. n See advertise
,ment.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21
INTERESTING FACTS.

Louisville is named after Louis XVI.
Of France.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21

New York city has on its police.
force 1877 men whose business It is TO-
open and close doors and watch the
persons who enter and leave.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-21

The prominent DEMOCRATS who are.
declaring that the party cannot win.
with Bryan find their real perplexity.
In the knowledge that 1t cannot win,
without him.-Belfry News.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-08-15

urnns as soon as they unfold their newspaper
Advertising symbolizes the concentrated
energy of creative capacity. 1t is picture of
business, of science of art 1t is the electric ex
preston that strikes home and vtaizes the gath
cred results of the merchant, the manufacturer,
the chemist, the artist-the door in every depart
ment of human activity ..a.: -.
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sAGood Thing.

A good paper is one thing neces,
sary to a good town, and the
good people mustsupport it-must
own it and control it.
The Enterprise has pulled for
Fitzgerald since the very first days
of the colony. 1t was the first
paper issued here, and since it has
been under the present manage.
ment has done more for the town,
so good people say, than anything
or any body. -~.-. .-...-....-..-. r.,
The present company was not
organized to make money but to
make Fitzgerald grow, but it has
done both and paid back to stock
holders their money in dividends.
1t has prospered every year.
There is one objection, it has
been too much of a one man paper.
We want to change that. enlarge
the paper and put it in it's own
home. We want you in the new
company.
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N tice.

The Ladies' Aid Society Of the
First NJ. E. Church will give their
regular monthly birthday dinner
Wednesday, Aug. 10, 1908, at the
home of Mrs. E. N. Davis, on s.
Lee St. Price for dinner, 25c.
Everyone cordially invited, 103 2t
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-08-15
InHonor ofMr. C. w. Ashurst.

Quite number of young people
enjoyed a hay ride, Wednesday
night out to the home of Mr.. Otto
Harnish, given in honor of Mr.. Q,
w. Asharst s Of Eatouton, chaper-
oned by Miss Myra McDaniels:
The lawn was beautifully decor
ated with japanese lanterns which
made it very picturesque. Anus
ing games were played and refresh
ments were served at late hour.
All returned home expressing
themselves as having time that
shall be long remembered. j.
Those present were:. Misses
Myra McDaniels, May Buckalew,
Eddie Lee Ashurst, Lucille Huff,
Fannie Parsons, Annie parsons,
Nancy Parsons, Beaulah McMich-
ael, Sallle Meyers, Alice Meyers,
Messrs c. W. Ashurst, Otto
,Harnish, Jesse Thompson, Sam
Abrams, Will Bryant, Emory
Wilcox, Arthur Kent, Allen Nc
Michael, Otis AlcMichael, Yancie
Bowles, Mr.. Underwood.
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Social ana Business items.
Blue Serge Suits at big reduc-
ton. See them at Levin Bros.
1113-1t

Miss Helen Lane, of Fitzgerald,
has a. very bright and progressive
music class in Ocilla, to which she
gives lessons twice a week. Miss
Lane is an accomplished musician,
gifted with the faculty of teaching
and is withal a very beautiful and
accomplished young woman.-Ocil-
Ia Star. ~ ta.{
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Mysterious Figures,


al. Put down the number of your
living brothers. ''@ '''S "
als Double the number.
1r4 Add three l-si .-...
q" Multiply result by five.
-, Add number Of living sisters.
na Multiply result.by ten.
@''' Add number of dead brothers
q: and sisters.
aa Subtract $50 from the result.
.a'' The right hand figure will be the
&, number of deaths.
~: The middle figures will be the
Il number ofliving sisters.
;s The left hand figures will be the
8. number of living brothers. Dixie
~ Home.:S SOD t2H-2's .',- ~ .''-@- .
Ladies' and mems OXfOrds at
bargain prices, to- close out.
is@E ]113. 1t ass s.r" Levin Bros.
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Weather Signals.
Friday.
Forecast: Generally fair
tonight and Saturday.
Saturday.
Forecast: Generally fair
tonight and Sunday.

Prompt treatment of slight at
tack of Diarrhoea will often pre-
vent a serious sickness. The best
known Remedy is I0r. Seth Arnold's
Balsam. Your apothecary, I. J..
Halle & Co., variants it to give
satisfaction.
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.A.ls ertise in1the Enterprise.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY. =

Central M. E. Church, Corner ee d Cen
trail Avenue.
J.o. Flanders Pastor
g.
First 81. E, Church, Corner Lee and Mag
noia Z u mOnd, Pastor.
Baptist Church. Corner Main and Magnolia.
S. j Parish, Pastor,
First Christian Church, Corner Sherman and
Jessauine' E. G. Bragg, Pastor
Central Christian Church, Corner Jessamine
and Lee. G. A. Maldoon, Pastor
u. B. Church, Corner DC once and Longstree
Ave. E. G. Slower, pastor.
Presbyterian Church. Corner Palm and Grant
W. S. Harden, Pastor
Catholic Church. Corner Grant and Suwanee.
Father Wright Pastor.
Episcopal Church, Corner Central and Main
j. w. Turner, Rector,
| Christian Science, Corner Main and Alta
-. {. W, Hayes, First Reader.