The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-16
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STATE PRESS COMMENT.
Taft and Cortelyou would not sound
o bad.-virginia City Times.
What the Mississippi valley will
let, after we have shed it, is awful to
'ontemplate.-Inter Mountain.
Manhattan needs some man with
money to build 20 new dwelling
for ~rent.-Manhattan Record.
The more closely the wark of the
5ixtieth congress is examined, the
evident It becomes that the ses-
was productive Of much good
Missoulian,
After the Denver convention, Gov
ernor johnson OF Minnesota will be
admirably fitted to write a book on
the subject Of Fool Friends l Have
Known Helena Independent.
This is the silver anniversary of
the building of the track Of the North
ern Pacific into Helena. We are
ready right now to celebrate the ar
OF a train from the west.-Hel-
ena Record.
1t is now stated in New York that
Judge Alton B. Parker will not be q
delegate to the democratic national
convention. He Is reported al saying
that Bryan will be the nominee, and
he would be id If she would go to
Denver to attend a ratification meet
ing.-Fergus County Argus.
Butte's great army Of peace today
marched through her streets in COM
memoration Of the day upon which
the magnificent organization Of the
Miners union was established. The
men Of the Miners union have made
Butte great; the city does well to join
in their celebration; this is Butte's
individual holiday; it will be a holiday
as long as Butte Is Butte; as long as
the ore holds out, and there is no
body alive today who will live to see
the treasure in the hill exhausted
Butte News.
1t is not too late for Deer Lodge to
hold another convention and get in
the Bryan band wagon. The indica'
lions are the followers Of johnson
will be a lonesome lot at Bozeman.-
Helena Record.
With all due respect to Ex-Governor
Toole, 1t may be said that a multitude
of Montana voters cherish the belief
that he has been given all the political
honors coming to him. This remark
is inspired by the suggestion that the
ex-governor contemplates becoming
a candidate for congress this fall,
Furthermore, we are not imbued with
any ideas to the effect that any one
individual should be allowed to fatten
all his days at the public crib. The
pudding should be passed around. -
! Forsyth Journal.
No dry farming in Montana this
season, at least not dry enough to hin
der a bountiful harvest.-Laurel Sen
tinel.
Uncle Joe" has opened ~headquar
tiers at Chicago and his managers are
making a noise just like a Cannon
Helena Independent.
The small grain crop in the valley
couldn't look better than 1t does al
the present time. Winter wheat is
heading and an abundant yield Is as
sured.-Hardin Tribune.
Butte is at the headwaters Of the
Columbia river, and it is noticed that
that stream is a much better behaved
one than the Missouri, and this is
perhaps accounted for on the theory
of good early intluences.-Butte
Miner. sa5
Now that the electric road from Co
lumbus to Cooke is an assured fact
every one is most jubilant, and gives
Columbus great praise and credit FOL
boosting the proposition, and putting
up their money to further benefit the
farmers along the line, as well as fol
the relief of the mine owners IN
Cooke.-TrtC County News.
Eminent scientists writing on the
exhaustion OF the coal measures are
fearful that the coming generation ID
going to freeze. They, however, must
have come to this conclusion three
or four months ago.. The activity Of
electric fans, the consumption Of iced
drinks and peekaboo raiment are not
suggestive Of a. fr1gid era.--Yellow.
stone Monitor.
MI. Conrad may not be able to
swing his party in Montana to his
own support, but he has at least the
satisfaction Of knowing that as the
foremost champion OF Bryan In Mon.
tana he will occupy a place In the ma
tional councils of his party that can.
not be approached by any Of the other
old-time leaders.-Helena Record.
INTERESTING FACTS.