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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
HARRY ThAN MUST
REMAIN IN PRISON
NO HOPE OF RELEASE FOR
SLAYER OF WHITE.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 21.-Harry
Kendall pThaw, the Slayer Of STANFORD
White, who is confined IN the state
hospital for the criminal insane at
Matteawan, cannot be taken to PITTS
burg to testify in the bankruptcy pro
ceedings, according to decision hand
ed down today by the United States
circuit court Of appeals in this city.
Whether the case will be taken to the
United States supreme court is not
known here.
The decision affirms the action Of
Judge Young Of the United States
court for the western district Of Penn
sylvania sitting at Pittsburg, who
quashed a writ q. haheas corpus com
Polling Robert B. Lamb, superintend-
ent Of the Matteawan asylum to turn
Thaw owe to the United States mar
shall for the prisoners appearance at
Pittsburg. The writ was allowed by
Judge Archibald, Of the United States
court for the middle district Of Penn,
sylvania, sitting 1t Scranton. who was
looking after the business In Judge
Young's court while the latter was In
Europe last summer.
Asa Byrd Gardner, who argued the
case In behalf Of the state Of New
York said that in his opinion today's
decision ends the chances OF Thaw
being taken to Pennsylvania.
He based his opinion on the fact,
he said, that the United States su-
preme court recently denied the .appli-
for a writ of error In a ONE
what similar case.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
POLICE COURT.
Happenings Before the City Masis
trate Yesterday.

trate Yesterday.
II. NJ. Fisk, a party who has been
selling insurance around the city, was
locked up by the police and was sen.
fenced to 10 days In the city Jail at
yesterdays session of police court
The direct charge against him was
drunkenness.
Earl Wepton charged with being in.
ebriated, was given five days in the
city Jail yesterday. Wepton is a va.
grant and hanger on in the redlight
district. He had a large number OF
checks on his person, but seems to be
shy a bank account. He will be in
vestigated.
Charles E. White, who has been in
the city for some time past, was also
arraigned on a charge of vagrancy.
What do you do, Mr.. White" asked
Judge Mann. Nothing" answered
White. 81 thought so-ten days." was
the crusty reply.
'.Dago Doe" an old offender, was
given S days yesterday for being
caught in his usual condition-drunk.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
GEORGE DOUGLAS TO
BE UNDER SHERIFF
POPULAR CUSTODIAN OF COURT
HOUSE is APPOINTED.

Merinelect J. G. Orrick was in
Killings yesterday from his home in
Custer. Mr.. orr1ck said he had not
determined on the appointment OF dep
nv sheri6s. but had decided to name
George Douglas. Z prominent Reputli.
san Of tho nrst ward and custodian Of
ne court house. as under sheriff OF
succeed George Nv. Hubbard.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
TAKING UP HOMES.

George A. Elsom and three daugh-
tiers Of Britton S. D., were in the city
Yesterday on their way back to Dako-
ia. All three OF the family took up
homesteads in the vicinity of Lay1na,
and will return to Montana in a few
weeks to make their homes here.
II. v. Paulson OF Zumbrota. MINI,
left yesterday after ding on a quarter
section OF land In the Lake Basin dis
trict. He stated before leaving that
he would return and bring ten more
settlers with him.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
PIONEERS BANQUET.

The Pioneers of Eastern Montana
will hold their sixth annual meeting at
the I. %. o. +. hall in this city to-
night. The occasion will be the scene
of a well-attended banquet, at which
many prominent pioneers Of Billings
and Eastern Montana will respond to
toasts.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
BIG DAY At ~PosToFFtcE.

Sunday was the record Sabbath in
the history of the Billings postoffice in
the number Of pieces of mail handled
The stamp and registry window did
an enormous business. Postmaster o
B. Prickett says the Sunday mail bust
ness is increasing on account of the
central location of the Office. The hol
iday rush is continuing and grows
larger in volume as Christmas ap.
proaches.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
AN EXTENDED TRIP.

L. r. Abbott left this morning for
Indianapolis, Ind, where he will at
tend the National Commercial Teach
ers' federation. which will convene in
that city. After the session is over
he intends to spend a few months at
Mesa City and Phoenix, Ariz.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
FINED $500 AND COSTS.

Charles Johnson, who hit Donald
Calhoun with a monkey wrench at the
Northern Pacific roundhouse, a few
nights since, was fined $500 and costs
yesterday by Justice #. L. Mann.
johnson was arraigned on q charge OF
assault in the third degree, but the
circumstances OF the assault were
somewhat extenuating, so the mini.
mum penalty was imposed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
PURCHASED FINE HORSE.

Thomas Ross, Of the firm Of Ross &
Runner, f1ockmasters OF the Grow
Agency, was in the city yesterday with
a fine draft horse which he purchased
at Absarokee. The animal weighs
1900 pounds and cost in the neighbor-
hood OF 5000. He was shipped to the
agency yesterday.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
BAD FIRE.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 81.
Fire in the store of the Breeder of
fee and supply company on West Sec
ond street today did $4,000 damage
to stock and building. An electric
light started the blaze.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
BUMPED OFF HACK.
Il. A. carnal Meets with Peculiar Acct.
dent In Helena.
(Sepcial to The Gazette

= VysSsb V~0ptW HrOVe'
dent In Helena.
ESPECIAL to The Gazette.)
HELENA, Dec. 2d.-F. "A. Carnal,
prosecuting attorney Of Chouteau
county. who was q Helena visitor yes.
terday. experienced painful though not
serious injuries last evening. Mr.. Car
nal boarded q hack for the Great
Northern train and owing to Its crowd
ed condition, he rode on the seat with
the driver. When approaching the sta
ton, q jolt caused him to fall from
his seat, badly decorating his face on
the hard pavement. The wheels OF
the hack ran over his body. He was
picked up and carried to the station,
where it was found that his injuries
were not at all serious and he depart,
ed for Fort Benton.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
CUSTER BUSINESS MAN DEAD.
Andrew Fulton pies from Typhole
Fever at Local Hospital.

Funeral services over the body of
Andrew Fulton of Custer, who died
Saturday at st. lMary's hospital. were
held Sunday afternoon and the inter-
ment was in the Billings cemetery.
Scores OF friends OF the dead man
came to Billings to attend the services.
Mr.. Fulton is survived by a widow
and three children, two girls and a
boy. He came to Montana about Is
years ago and worked as a cowboy
for the "79" ranch. Lately he has
been in business at Custer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22

Every dark night some one loses
some poultry.
Every Thursday the best paper in
Carbon county is printed at The News
office. Every day we wish our sub
scribers would pay their bills. Every
other day some one writes to let us
know they wish we would pay our
Owl bills. 54
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
CLASSY INFORMATION
ABOUT BELFRY, MONT.

(From the Carbon County News
Every day some one takes a drink
Sometimes he takes several.
Every Is minutes a dog crosses til,
street.
Every 5 hours a trainload OF coal ar
rives from Bearcreek.
Every other day mail arrives.
Every s minutes some one say
Lets have a light one" S5
Every 16 minutes the bartender sets
EN- up.
Every Saturday night, some nights
we have a dance.
Every Sunday morning some OF the
boys have a headache.
Every two minutes an old bachelor
crosses Broadway.
Every 5 seconds there's a cat fight
back of N. D. Halls store.
Every night there's something doing
at Underwood & Rays and the Sham.
rock saloon.
Every other day a rumor IS started
that the Y. p. has been sold.
Every Friday afternoon school closes
until Monday morning.
Every day Charlie Burns almost
shoots a coyote.
Every day two young men become
more jealous OF the school teacher.
Every 25th OF Christmas we cele-
brate December.
Every day Doc" Boulware wishes
school would start up again In the
Riverview district.
Every 16 minutes some q gets a
pail of water at the town pump.
Every three minutes a fresh neigh
borhood quarrel starts.
Every second some one gets thirsty.
Every rainy night the roof Of our
sanctum leaks.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
~
FATHER DIED.

q Moran, Of Yegen Bros, dry
FOODS department, yesterday received
nnessage stating that his father had
died very suddenly at Fromberg. The
messase did not state the cause Of
leah. Mr.. Moran secured an auto
mobile and left at once for the family
homs.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22

President Castro seems to have had
the right bunch in beating his faith
full subjects to it.-Great Falls Leader.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
TAFT INAUGURAL BALL

WASHINGTON. Dec. 21.-The pen.
sion office building likely will be the
Gene OF the inaugural ball despite
some objections.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-22
IMPROVING CINE AT sH,poER.
Telephone Office Moved and Line,
Rebuilt.

a party q six linemen and ground
me- returned to Billings last night
hon Br1dger. where they have rebuilt
he lines Of the Mutual Telephone
company and revived the office, which
has receutly been moved to q new
location.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-02-07
FIRST NATIONAL INSTALLs LETTER FILE,

The First National bank this
week received an elegant letter
file from the Art Steel Construc-
ton Co. of New York. The file is
constructed entirely of steel and
has eight compartments having
a total capacity of 10000 letters.
The correspondence is filed in al
phabetical order and any letter
can be found at a moments
notice. The file is intended for
use in vault and is so construct
ed that it can be added to at any
time and to fit any size or shape
of vault which may be construct
ed.
At a later date the bank may
construct a new bank building
and have it fitted with a good
vault and when this is done the
bank safes and paper files will
be placed in the vault where fire
cannot effect them. The bank
is constantly adding improved
fixtures to its equipment and is
as we'll fitted out now in most
ways for the rapid and perfect
handling of it's business as many
of the larger institutions of the
big cities. Messrs. Ehrhardt
and McGinitie believe in keeping
things abreast Of the times at
any cost.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-02-07
sentenced to serve terms in the
penitentiary at Boise
MONASTERY is NEARLY FINISHED.

The writer had the pleasure of
visiting the new Catholic monas-
terry up near the foot of the
mountain west of town Tuesday.
Work was started on the founda-
ton of the building early last
spring and the structure is now
practically completed. 1t is an
elegant building of it's kind and
will prove a valuable addition to
this community. While the
outer part of the building is COM
pleted and painted the interior
finishing is not yet complete but
it is thought the work will be
far enough along in a couple
weeks more to allow the house to
be occupied. At a later date we
hope to give a full description of
the monastery and its future
prospects.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-02-07
STEUNENBERG STUTTERINGS.

Ben Gerding has just finished
putting up ice.
w. I. Long went to Lewiston
Thursday on business.
The thermometer reached 10
degrees below zero last Friday.
George Yates and wife, of
Westlake, were in town Monday.
B. P. Duffy, of Cottonwood,
was business visitor here Mon
day.
Miss Gladys Kincaid is at
present visiting with Mrs. w. l.
Long.
The leap year dance given
here Thursday was pretty well
attended, considering the wealth
er, and all report a good time.
Several of the young folks OF
this place attended the enter
tainment given by the Reuter-
vile Dramatic Club at Ferdi.
nand.
The Standpatter seems to take
great pleasure in trying to mis-
lead the public by stating tina
they are going to put in indepen
dent warehouses. But he, like I
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-02-07
FORSMANN CASE WAS DISMISSED.

After our forms were closed
last week we received word that
the case at Lewiston against
George Forsmann, of Juilaetta,
who was charged with horse
stealing, had been dismissed.
Edward Kent aud Harry Baer,
two horse thieves who were ar
rested some time ago in Montana
and lodged in Jail at Moscow,
later confessed their crimes and
stated that George Forsmann
and Similar Hill, of Clifford,
were connected with them in
a systematic series of horse
stealing. Forsmann and Hill
were both arrested and placed
under bond to appear for tria.
at the district court. Late last
week the trial of Hill took place
and he easily proved that he haC
only met Kent and Baer on the
road and put one of their horses
in his pasture where it remained
for several months. The tria
showed that Kent and Baer were
trying to back up on their formel
statements and the jury at onc'
returned a verdict declaring Hill
not guilty. The case agains
Forsmann was then dismissed
without trial.
George Forsmann is a son o
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Forsmann
of this place, and resided her
for a number of years. All o
his friends here rejoice that tn
attempt of the two criminals t
blacken Georges name hav
proven fruitless.
Kent and Baer have both bee
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-02-07
FRANCHISE IS
ACCEPTED
Water & Light Company Met
Saturday Night and Accepted
Village Franchise---WOrk to be
Commenced Soon.

Last Saturday evening the
stockholders Of the Cottonwood
Water & Light Co. met at the
village council room and affected
its permanent organization.
After the bylaws of the COM
pany were read and accepted the
board of directors was elected
as follows: H. H. Nuxoll, E.
M. Ehrhardt, S. Goldstone, j.
w. Turner, w. M. Schiller, Fred
Simon and w. T. Simon. j. w.
Turner was then chosen presi-
dent, w. M. Schiller, vice presi-
dent, A. L. Creelman, secretary
and Fred Simon, treasurer. The
acceptance of the franchise
recently granted by the village
board was then officially filed
with the village clerk and short
> ly before midnight the board
adjourned to meet again next
Monday evening.
This act of organizing and ac-
cepting the village franchise
finally sets at rest all doubt of
the water question in Cotton
wood and it is now only a matter
of a few months until work on
the water system will be well
under way. It will be some
time yet before any work of an
active nature will be begun but
the preparatory work will be
taken up at once and it is the
intention to have things in such
shape that the steel pipes
for the water mains will be
among the first freight to reach
Cottonwood when the railroad
gets here. 1t is more than prob
able that pumping system will
be installed at this time and al
soon as a location has been chos
en- for the we'll a contract will
probably be entered into will
the we'll drillers so as to enable
them to have the well finished
betimes.
The work of excavating fo
the water mains will probabl.
be commenced with the adven
of dry weather next spring.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-02-07

Ben Schultz, of Nezperce, has
submitted a proposition to the
people of Sites to start -four mill
and electric light plant in that town.
Ben claims to have all the neces-
sary machinery and is ready to
start work as soon as the people Of
Sites raise the necessary amount
of money, which will not be long,
Ben is hustler and will make the
enterprise win out if anyone can.
One of the fire extinguishers a
the Severns & Fuchs store froze
up during the cold weather las
week and on Saturday took a no
ton to explode. 1t went from
floor to ceiling during the opera
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-02-07
AFTER THE GAME WARDEN.

Charges of malifeasance in
office have been preferred
against Deputy State Game
Warden Harbaugh by R. B.
Hibbs and R. L. Pennell of
Lewiston, and if the long list of
charges can be proven, Har-
baugh is certainly up against it.
Here are a few of the things
Hibbs has up his sleeve and says
he can prove in court:
"That Mr.. Harbaugh has kill
ed deer out of season and has
knowinly feasted on deer out of
season and called it cougar
meat That he has killed more
deer than is allowed to any one
person under the laws; that he
has sold trout for 25 cents each
that were cooked in a local hotel
that he has taken bass and othel
fish with a seine or net under
the subterfuge of securing small
fish for transplanting, and tina
he has knowingly employed
man to fish for him who did mo-
have a license and to whom he
gave the privilege of fishing
without such license.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-02-07
CHRISTIAN CHURCH ORGANIZED.

AS was predicted in last
weeks CHRONICLE, the members
of the Christian church have or
ganized a branch church of that
denomination in Cottonwood.
They met last Sunday afternoon
for that purpose at the Odd Eel
low hall and organized both a
church and Sunday school, the
former starting with 20 members
and the latter with As. Follow
ing are the officers elected at the
meeting:
Church elders-W R. Dixon,
Geo. M. Robertson. Deacons-
]. Loyal Addison, M. G. Butler.
Deaconesses- Mrs. S. R. Libbey,
Mrs. AIDA Reed Addison.
Sunday school supt. Geo. M.
Robertson. Asst. supt. j. 10y
al Adkison. Secretary-Miss
Clara Kincaid. Asst. secretary
-Rena Maxey. Librarian
Eva Joslin.
The church members have
rented the Odd Fellow hall for
each Sunday for year, with
the privilege of three years, al
the price of $50 a year. They
already have a piano for the
church and have a choir of sew.
eral good singers, assisted by the
piano and four horns, which pro-
vides exceptionally nice music.
The church has a bright out
look here and will no doubt erect
a building of its own in the
course of a few years. Rev. Nc
Donald has been secured to hole
services once each month.
The revival meetings, which
are responsible for the church
being started, are being contin
ued and are drawing gooC
crowds. Rev. Hubbel will b.
over from Grangeville to con
duct the services next week.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-02-07
NEWS AROUND
The STATE
Items From Various Places Re-
produced for the Benefit of our
Readers-Stories Rehashed from
our Exchanges.

The senate at Washington this
week passed a bill pensioning
Indian war veterans in. Idaho
who saw service before the year
1867.
Two saloons closed Saturday at
Lewiston. There are still twen-
ty operating there so the popu-
lace will not go dry for some
time yet.
Ernest Johnson, the Northern
Pacific agent stationed at Kam-
iah for the past several years,
has been transferred to the new
station at Vollmer.
Arch Craig, who was recently
found guilty at Lewiston of steal
ing 300 sheep belonging to Coffin
& Hepton, has been sentenced to
serve three years in the peniten-
tiary.
An order has been issued from
o. R. & N. headquarters at Port
land calling for the completion OF
the Lewiston-Riparia road al
once and it is thought the work
will be finished this month so as
to enable cars to operate ovel
the line.
The saloon and restaurant be-
longing to VIM. Departee at Cul
desac was destroyed by fire last
Friday night. The fire started
from a defective fiue and the fire
company could not get it under
control. Very little was saved
from the buildings.
Horace E. Neal, cashier of the
defunct Capital State bank al
Boise, has been discovered tx
have been a forger and abour
$5O,O00 worth of forged notes
bearing the signatures O.
prominent Boise people hav'
been found among the bank
} papers.
John Brasch, a we'll to d,
farmer of the Nezperce country
is being sued for bigamy by
, woman of Boise who elaine
Brasch married her knowing h
had another wife living. Brascl
g says that he is not sure he mar
g ried her, although a ceremony o
some sort was gone through wit
in Colorado City last Decembe
:, when the entire party wa
drunk. Brasch claims the VIC
man is trying to blackmail hir
and has already secured abou
$500 from him.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-02-07
To Our Subscribers.
prospects

The amended postal laws of the
United States, which went into effect
January Ist, 1908, require that no pa
per shall be sent through the mails,
except upon the payment of transient
second class postage unless it is paid
up within a year of the date of mail
ing. This makes it necessary for us
to strike from our list all delinquent
subscribers and, as rapidly as posi-
Bile, put the subscription list on
cash basis, as we cannot afford to pay
postage to violate the law to accom-
modate those who are in arrears. All
papers have been given a reasonable
time in which to adjust their business
to this new basis so we trust that
those of you who know yourselves to
be behind with your subscription will
make an effort to settle up, and, if
possible, pay one year in advance.
The CHRONICLE is recognized as
one of the best papers in Idaho coun-
ty and we intend to make it better as
time advances. We contemplate sew
eral improvements in the near future
which will meet with your hearty ap-
proval, we are sure.
The CHRONICLE will always be
found working hard for the best in
terests of Cottonwood and Idaho
county, and should be worthy of the
support of every true citizen.
Come in and settle your back sub
scription and keep your name on our
list.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-02-07
PLUMBING s.
TIN SHOP
Engine and Boiler Repair Work
A Speciality.
Steam Fittings of all Kinds
Carried in Stock.
Located Opposite the Hardware Store.
w. F. PETERSON, Prop.

ton and scattered ice, soda and
copper all over the store. 1t Great
ed considerable excitement for a
time.
While giving a geography les
son, a teacher called upon a pre-
cocious youngster named Johnny
to tell what he could about
"zones." Johnny responded as
follows: There are two kinds OF
zones, masculine and feminine.
The masculine zones are temperate
and incorporate, while the femi-
nine zones are both horrid and
frigid.' -
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-02-07

The constable's sale Wednesday
afternoon of the stock of liquor of
the Elite saloon attracted quite a
crowd and afforded as much
amusement as a country circus or
St. Patrick's day celebration.
Most of the liquor sold went pretty
cheap and was bid in by various
individuals, although several of the
local saloon men purchased quanti-
ties of the bottled and barrel goods.
The sale was to satisfy judgment
for $3.50 against Frank Harris and
in favor of Rothschild Brothers.
Four inches of fresh snow this
! morning.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-02-07

good many other business men of
that town, would look more busi-
ness like if they were to put in
warehouses to store their own
goods in.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-02-07
Lost.

In Cottonwood or on the road to
Greencreek, a note in favor of
Ed, Koelker, drawn by Vim. J.
Nuxoll. All parties are hereby
warned against cashing same.
ED. KoELKER.