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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-05
LIBRARIAN MAKES
REPORT FOR APRIL
MORE Than 1000 BOOKS LOANED
DURING MONTH.

According to the report of Miss
Mabel Collins, librarian Of the Parmly
Billings Memorial library, 2,274 books
were loaned by the library during the
month of April. T~hirty-seven new
readers were registered and the Ii
brary was open for the issuance Of
books Is days during the month. The
largest daily circulation was 1873 books
and the average daily circulation was
81 books.
Following is the classified report OF
the books loaned: Philosophy and re,
.ligion. a; biography, As; history. 50;
geography and travel, 3S; social sci,
ences, 49, natural sciences, Is; useful
arts, IS; fine arts, 81; language and
literature, 2es; bound magazines. 80;
fiction, 1874.
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BOAT cAPslzEs IN YELLOW
STONE NEAR RAPIDS.
v OTHERS ESCAPE
Hoboes Were Travelling East by Wa
ter in Light skiff Secured at Big
Timber-Attempted to Rescue His
Companions.

An unknown nan was drowned in
the Yellowstone river near Rapids, a
small station 30 miles west f here,
Sunday afternoon. The man, in COM
pany with two others, was drifting
down the river in a boat which the
two survivors claim was found near
Big Timber, and when the boat was
passing over the rapids it suddenly
capsized, throwing all three men into
the water.
1t is believed that all of the men
were hoboes, and after securing the
boat at Big Timber they decided to
travel east by water. The two men
who escaped declare that they don't
know the man who was drowned, and
that they met him Tor the first time
at Big Timber.
According to their story, when the
boat capsized the maj who was
drowned swan to the south shore
Of the river while they chung to the
overturned boat. They say that after
he reached the shore he started to
swim back to help them, but before
he reached them he went down. They
swan to the shore on the north side
of the river and walked to Columbus,
where they reported the affair to
Deputy Sheriff Charles Davidson.
The deputy at Columbus immediate.
Ily. communicated with the sheriff
Office in this city to find out what steps
should be taken to recover the body.
AS the river is exceedingly swift in
the vicinity of where the man was
drowned the local officers decided that
to drag the river would, be useless
and sent word to ranchers along the
river to be on the lookout for the
body. The two hoboes who escaped
are still at Columbus.
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MEETING OF $4,000 CLUB" NEXT
THURSDAY NIGHT.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE
Gatherings Growing in Popularity
Boosting Acts az a Spring Tonic
Much Favorable Comment Concern
ing Carnival.

Next Thursday evening another
meeting of the chamber Of commerce
and citizens generally will be held
in the council chamber Of the city
hall. AS 1t will be an assemblage Of
boosters, it goes without saying that
the attendance will be large. Various
matters are scheduled for discussion.
The railroad committee will probably
have a report to make, as a repre-
sentation from the chamber Of com
merce is in attendance at the meet
ing at Helena called by the state
board Of railroad commissioners for
the purpose of again taking up the
matter of local rates and distance
tariffs. 1t is also likely that some
thing more will be heard concerning
the proposition Of locating a mailing
plant here.
These meetings are growing in
popularity, and many who have not
attended any Of the preceding ones
have expressed their intention to be
present Thursday night. AS they are
in the nature Of family gatherings,
where every one who cares to be
heard has a voice and where com.
munal good is the incentive that
leads to attendance, greater crowds
may be looked for at each succeed
ing one. AS was aptly expressed at
the last meeting, this boosting seems
to be acting as q spring tonic and
the spirit that it begets is manifest.
ing itself in a number of ways.
Carnival Idea Makes Hit.
The biggest hit made so far ap.
pears to be the resolution to hold a
carnival some time during the sum.
mer. It has been taken up every.
where and already Billings is com.
ling in for much free advertising
Throughout the state. persons and
newspaper are talking of 1t and all
the comment is favorable, with only
good words for the town and the PEG.
pie who are enterprisingi enough to
undertake such an affair.
The chamber Of commerce and the
.'25, 900 club. cordially invite you to
meet with them Thursday evening
They want your encouragement and
your presence.
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Second Game.

GrtN. F.FE#E@7 SSSS'NS 50 "-a b HatA==='
Husbands good pitching and the
support given him was responsible for
the defeat of the Cubs in. the second
game, which was decidedly a inc
sided contest. The Tramps played.
with the same lineup as in the first
game, with the exception Of Hyatt,
who was supp1anted in right field by
Pool. and Duncan and Husband ex-
changed positions.
The outcome of the game was con
trary to the expectations Of most Of
the fans, as the Cubs was largely
made up OF the best players in the
Country club team. Old-timers like
Thorine, Earl and Floyd De Haven,
George Deckert, skeel and Brown,
who last season established reputa-
tions for clever ball playing, played.
a very good game, and that they did
not win was due to the excellent team
work and heavy hitting of the Tramps,
all of whom showed unusually good
form and played fast ball. Husbands
twisters fooled the Cubs heavy hit
tiers and with a few exceptions they
were unable to make any long drives
or secure safe hits.
Cubs o~utclassed.
The seven innings played showed
that the Cubs were o%utclassed, and
in the fifth the slight chance they
had Of winning the game was lost
when the Tramps ran in five men on
a bunch of hits and errors on the part
of the Cubs.
Brown in the four innings he was
in the box pitched great ball, and De
Haven did some creditable tossing.
Thorine made good behind the bat as
usual, and Skeel's reputation of last
seaso did not suffer any as the re-
suit OF Sundays game. The playing
of Carl De Haven at third, and Cad
wallader at second was such that nc
fault with the way they handled the
ball could be found.
Story Score Book Tells.
The score book tells the story this,
way:
Tramps: ABB. R. 1B. sB. III. E.
Todd, lib .....4 1 2 1 5 0 o
MCDANIEL, CTS 2 2 l 0 o
Wilson, f.....4 2 1 0 1 0 o
Marsh, c .....4 8 1 o 70 2 0
Logan. 2b ....s 0 o 1 2 / o
Duncan, IS "a I 8 0 0 I o
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SPORTING CALENDAR FOR WEEK.

New York, May Among the inn
p~ortant sporting events on the cal
endar for this week are the following:
Tuesday.
Thirty-fourth renewal Of Kentucky
derby at Churchill Downs, Louisville.
Ky.
Wednesday.
Ninth annual horse show opens in
Montreal, Que.
Seattle Dog Fanciers' annual bench
show opens in Seattle, Wash.
Beginning of covered court lawn
tennis competition Of London Olympic
games.
College baseball: Pennsylvania at
West Point, Yale at Brown, Williams
at Harvard. Washington and Lee at
Annapolis, Syracuse at Princeton, Col
lege City Of New York at Columbia,
Tennessee at Trinity, Mississippi at
Vanderbilt.
I thursday.
Garden City Golf club, New York,
opens annual invitation tournament.
Observation-Disclosures Baseball league
begins 1908 season.
Saturday.
Rowing match between Columbia
University and Annapolis Naval Acad-
envy.
Rowing match between Georgetown
university and New York university.
Spring meeting Of Maryland Jockey
club at Pimlico closes.
Pacific coast tryouts for London
Olympic games at Stanford university.
Western intercollegiate track and
field meet at University Of Colorado.
Interscholastic tennis championship
at Princeton university.
College baseball: Harvard at Cor
nell, Phillips-Andover at Yale, Prince
ton at Pennsylvania, Columbia at
Syracuse, Williams at Wesleyan, Dart
mouth at Holy Cross, Georgetown at
Annapolis, Georgia Tech at Alabama,
Indiana at Northwestern, Iowa at Min
nesota, Kansas at Missouri.
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ARE FINED
FOR DISTURBANCE
WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER DENIES
klNsHlP TO OIL KING.

William Rockefeller, who denies
that he is a brother Of the oil king or
even a distant relative, was fined $40
in police court yesterday morning by
Judge Mann for disturbing the peace
and quiet of the city. William
sworss, Rockefeller's companion, was
fined a like amount on q similar
charge.
The police say that one Of the men
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.mlSSOULA MAN HURT
in AUTO ACCIDENT
DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF MA.
CHINE At HIGHEST PEAK.

Helena, May 4.-while driving an
automobile at a rapid speed tonight,
Foxy King. the driver. lost control
Of the machine and ran into a tele.
graph pole. e. w. stetson Of Mis-.
soula, one Of the occupants Of the car,
was dangerously wounded. He is now
at st. Johns hospital in q critical con.
dition. Colonel Thomas McTague OF
Deer Lodge, state prison contractor.
was the other occupant Of the car
and he was uninjured.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-05

People change s. much, and mag
inc that it is, others who have
changed. that they never enjoy a re-
union after a long parting. We i'm
agine that for this reason reunions in
the next world will be full OF embar-
rassment and disappointments. No
man will enjoy meeting his wife when
she tells him that she married again
after he left her.-Forsyth Times.
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LINE IS
NOW INCORPORATED
WOULD BUILD TO COOK CITY
FILE PAPER IN HELENA.

Helena. May 4.-Articles Of incor-
poration Of the saltwater Power and
Railway company were fled today
with Secretary Yoder by Butte and
Helena capitalists. The company win
build an electric line from Columbus
to Cooke City, tapping . rich mining
district, with branches to various
points in Yellowstone, Sweetgrass.
Park and Carbon counties. Il has .
authorized capital Of 100000.
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REnEARSINC FOR
HOME TALENT PLAY
witch OF THE WOODS" TO BE
PRODUCED HEREssooN.

The work of chorus and soloists in
"The Witch Of the Woods" which il
soon to be produced at the Babcock
theater under the auspices Of st.
Luke's church, assures that the pro.
duction OF this spectacular extrava.
ganza will be the theatrical event OF
the a and one Of the best home
talent productions that has ever been
given in Billings.
Nightly rehearsals, combined with
hard study and painstaking drill, is
giving the members ofsthe chorus the
proper swing and vim to make the
production q success, and the soloists
are rapidly acquiring the individuality
that is required.
Owing to the fact that 200 persons
take part in the musical extravaganza
and the room where the rehearsals
are held Is inadequate to accommo.
date more than this number, the pub,
lie will be excluded from nightly re,
hearsals at the Y. M. G. "A. building
Only lady chaperones and patron
esses will be admitted.
The lady patronesses are: Mes.
danes NJ. I. Hoyt. J. Ward Huse. r
3. Shepherd, H. P. Vermilye, H. 8
Williston, A. G. Logan, John Walker,
Henry White, L. G. Babcock. Arm.
strong. Sherman, luke. A. G. Temp
kins and r. H. Vermilye.
The lady chaperones are: Mes
danes J. g. Sherman H. Muller,
James Chapple and G. q. luke. !.
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MISS PARIZEK TO
ATTEND CARNIVAL
SELECTED AS BILLINGS REPRE-
4 SENTATIVE TO AFFAIR.

Miss Marie Parizek, a well known
young woman Of Billings, who was q,
contestant in The Gazette's oriental
tour contest, has been selected as the
young woman to represent Billings at
the Portland Rose festival to be held
in Portland, Ore, During her
stay on the coast Miss Parizek will
be the guest Of the Pacific Monthly,
q magazine published in Portland.
The trip will include a two-days'
stay on the Pacific coast at Seaside,
Ore. the most famous pleasure resort
on the north coast, an excursion on
the Columbia river, as well as par.
ticipation in the carnival festivities
and excursions in and about Portland.
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CITY LEAGUE TEAMS PLAY FIRST
GAMES or BASEBALL.
OPENING OF SEASON
Double Header and Band Concert at
Central Park Draws Immense Crowd
West Pitches First 1aII-commer
ciaIs and Cubs Defeated.

Central park was the scene Of two
baseball games Sunday afternoon,
which marked the opening Of the
baseball season in Billings. The
games were between teams in the
city league, and in the first the Sugar
Tramps defeated the Commercials by
a Of 10 to 10, while in the second
the Sugar Tramps scored another vic
tory by defeating the Cubs by a score
of 10 to i.
Following an automobile parade
headed by the Second Regiment band,
which furnished music during the
game, j. Collins West, president Of
the city league, formally opened the
baseball season by pitching the first
ball in the first of the two matched
games. Weather conditions and in
fact everything favored a large attend
ance, and between 700 and 800 persons
witnessed the two games. Great en-
thusiasm was displayed by the spec
tators and applause was not lacking
after a spectacular or particularly
good play. Realizing, no doubt, that
the games were the first of the season
and that many Of the players had not
handled a ball since last season, the
crowd had little censure for players
making errors.
Good Game Until Fifth.
The first few innings OF the first
game between the Commercials and
the Sugar Tramps indicated a fast
and hotly contested game Of ball be-
tween two evenly matched aggrega-
lions. Heavy hitting and good field
ing, with few errors, were features
of the game up to the fifth inning.
After Todd had made a long drive
which ordinarily would have netted
him but three bags, but which on
account OF an error by one Of the
Commercials gave him a home run,
Captain Husband Of the Sugar
Tramps, with two strikes and three
balls called. drove a long fly over the
fence, scoring three men on bases and
making a home run himself. Before
these disastrous hits were made the
Commercials were in the lead by one
run, but after that they failed to even
the o in the few innings that were
left.
Many Good Plays.
Considering the fact that members
Of both teams have had little prac.
tice. every player played very good
ball. The infelds Of both aggrega-
tons are strong ones, while the out
Qo1Jo~c oo,onnl b1~ocoy.oa -.{AI -y.~--
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in making difficult catches. This was
especially true Of A. H. Wilson, a new
player which the Sugar Tramps i'm
ported from Loveland, Colo, Lewis
Babcock and Charles Stroup.
Todd played in his usual good form
at first base, and the. catching Of
Marsh, a new player from Colorado,
was one Of the features Of the work
Of the Tramps which, was the subject
Of much favorable comment. Marsh
showed that he is an experienced
player by his cool ~headedness and
clever handling of the ball. In secur-
ing him the Sugar Tramps strength
ened their team considerably, as he
not only plays an errorless game be-
hind the bat, but is a good and re-
liable ssticker'' as well.
OF the Commercials, Watkins, Bah
cock, Johns, Worthington, johnson
and Stroup all played a good game
outside Of a few errors on bad
chances.
Score by Innings.
Score by innings was as follows:
Sugar Tramps. Il 0 4 OIL lie 1913
Commercials LIS o. Q / l DO
Summary: Hits for the Tramps
were IA in all, as follows. Home run,
Husband i; three base, Todd ?, a. H.
Wilson 1, Sullivan 1; two base, Todd
1, Husband /, Marsh i; single, A. H.
Wilson, 2, Logan l, Hyatt 1, Todd 1.
Hits for the Commercial were 10 in
all, as follows: Two base, Berry /,
Worthington 1; single, Babcock 2,
Johns 2, Stroup i, Harry Wilson l,
johnson l, Berry 1.
The lineup OF the two teams was as
follows:
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3 o e S TONIGHT.
Clerks Union Will Contest Against
Y. M. C. A. Men.

oficials for the Clerks union-Y. N.
G. "A. indoor meet, to be held at the
Y. M. G. A. gymnasium tonight are
as follows: Referee for boxing and
wrestling bouts, William Keil, field
judges, j. A. Dittemore and member
te be named by the clerks; time
keepers, Keil Clerks, and Hopkins
u. M. G. Az
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From Sundays Daily.
A. Gray Of Forsyth was an arrival
in the city yesterday.
J. G. Lyndes was q business visitor
yesterday from Hysham.
W. L. q. Unger, a farmer Of Laurel,
was in Billings yesterday.
H. Bannaster was a visitor. in the
city yesterday from Livingston.
s. L. Jameson Of Bozeman was
registered in the city yesterday.
H. G. Smith and J. Closeland were
arrivals yesterday from Fromberg.
A. J.. Mcintyre, a prominent rancher
Of the Gallatin valley, is in the city.
"A. r. Boyer, a business man Of
Bridger, was in Billings yesterday on
business.
B. Blum, an engineer for the North
ern Pacific at Laurel, was in Billings
yesterday.
Miss Carroll White is visiting
friends in this city from her home In
Sheridan, Wyo.
y. D. Falls and w. c. Donelson
were two visitors in the city yester.
day from Red Lodge.
!. Miss Maybe Phillips q school
teacher Of Red Lodge, visited in Bill
ings yesterday afternoon.
R. 3. Shepherd left yesterday morn
ing for st. Paul on business, expect
ing to be gone about ten days.
w. II. Meloy, a travelling salesman
for IN eastern packing house, arrived
in the city yesterday from Butte.
Mrs. F. A. Staples Of North Tween.
ty-eighth street, left for her old home
in Canada last Wednesday for a two
months visit.
James L. Ash returned from south.
ern California last Thursday and has
been confinedsto his home ever since
with a severe cold.
Robert Stocking, a plumber Of this
city, left for Red Lodge yesterday to
look over the affairs Of his FIRMS
plumbing shop in that city.
John Hayes, formerly a brakeman
running out Of Billings but later
moved to Helena, has again decided
to make this city his home.
J. Z. lempleman, an attorney, and
M. Hebgin, IN engineer, both Of
whom are employed. BY the Madison
River Power company, are in the city
from Butte.
Rev. H. s. Fritsch Of the Congre'
gational church went to Laurel yester.
day, where he will preach today, q
Laurel minister filing his pulpit Al
this mornings services.
Owen Arnstad, manager Of. the
Laurel store of the Chapple Drug com.
pany, arrived in the city yesterday
from Hunters Hot Springs, where he
has been during the. last. week.
Paul B. and Ludwig Lehrkind are
in the city from Bozeman. It ID
understood that the gentlemen are
going to dispose Of all their.interests
in this city and devote all@4their time
to their business enterprise in Boze'
man.
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who has been visiting in the city for
q few days, returned to her home
yesterday morning.
v. H. Bailey, e well known young
man OF Big Timber, is in the city
visiting his sister, Miss Myrtle Bal.
ley, who Is attending business college
here this spring.
uncle Billy" Hamilton, a well
known scout and pioneer Of this val
ley in the early days. whose present
home is in Columbus, is very sick at
the hospital in this city.
w. A. Combs, a well known real
estate man Of this city, has returned
from Moore, Mont, where he was re-
Gently called by the death Of a mem
Der Of his brothers family.
G. R. Mccoy, formerly an attorney
Of Sheridan, Wyo., has arrived in the
city and will make this his permanent
home. He has accepted a position
! with the North Abstract company.
Prof. Samuel Augey, one Of the
best known oil experts and biologists
in the west, was in Billings yesterday
from Spokane. Professor Augey was
the expert called to pass on the oil
wells in the Byron and Lander, Wyo-.
fields, Cottonwood-Billings fields near
Silesia, spindletop and Beaumont
fields in Texas and numerous other
fields in nearly every state in the
middle and western states where oil
sor gas are found.
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. ~ ---- - ~ - -- -
Totals ..34 10 10 1 2 81 6 1
Cubs. Alb. R..1B.SB .SH.
De Haven, 3b.s 0 1 0 o 0 2 .
Russell, Ct ....3 0 / Q 0 8 o .
Cadwal'er, ABB o o o Q 3 / .
Thorine. { ....3 0 0 90 5 2 .
Deckert, lf.....3 0 1 / 0 :
skeil, IS ......3 / 0 Q 0 / / 2
De Haven, p-cf.3 0 o 0 0 0 | 0
Smith, Glib ....3 0 / 0 0 Z 0 2
Brown. p .:....2 Q Q o o / I =
@--------
Totals .....26 | 4 Q ri 9 8
Score by innings:
Tramps $50 2 o 0 s o 80
Cubs ........0 o 0 Q i o o-1
ESM GHW MFG8E NHWN EFSEI8 NET#Nn HENt&s48
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Many Good Plays.

Considering the fact that members
of both teams have had little prac.
tice, every player played very good
ball. The infields Of both aggrega-
tons r strong ones, while the out
ielders covered themselves with glory
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" IL III q
recently appointed referee for the
TOWNSHIP Of Custer, left for home
Sunday morning after spending sew
eral days in the city.
William Beck, proprietor Of the
Luzon cafe, left yesterday for Stew
ems Point, Wis, in response to a tele.
gram informing him Of the death of
"a brother and the serious illness OF
his mother.
j. e. Phelan and William II. Wal
ton. two prominent business men Of
Dickinson, N. D., stopped over in the
city between trains late Saturday
night to see Frank Kim Of the Com.
mercal. Mr.. Phelan has extensive
lumber interests In Montana and
North Dakota and Mr.. Walton has a
large cattle ranch in this valley.
From Saturdays Daily.
J. A. Wheeler of Butte was a city
visitor yesterday.
"A. F. McCune was a visitor yester-
day from Belgrade.
v. Holton Dyer Of Miles City regis
tered in the city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Peters We're
in Billings Thursday and Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. W. Robinson were
In Billings yesterday from Forsyth.
o. A. Lawson returned to Custer
yesterday after spending a day or so
in Billings. s.. 4
Mrs. I. H. carnss Of Pa, c,ly,
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-11-19

As Harry stood In the cabin door.
way looking after Prendergast toward
the town. glistening far below In the
morning sunlight, he thought bitterly
OF his reception there.
!. They all knew me-" he thought
EVERY one knew Neon the street. In
the hotel They know me for what
have been to them Yet to me It Is all
blank. What shameful deeds have
doneY He shrank from memory now.
what was doing so far away. where
was going. on the night when was
picked up beside the railroad track? l
may be a drunkard." be said to him
self. "No. in the past month have
drunk hard. but not for the taste of the
liquor may be a gambler may be
cheat. thief. Yet how Is It possible
for bad deeds to be blotted out and
leave no trace? Actions breed habit II
they do not spring from 1t. and habit
automatically repeated becomes char
acter. ! feel no inherent propensity to
rob or defraud. Shall I? Will these
things come back to me If my memory
does?'
In the battle that he fought now he
turned, even in his weakness, to man.
ual labor. striving to dull his thought
with mechanical movement He clean
ed and put to rights both rooms and
sorted their litter OF odds and ends.
But at times the inclination to escape
became well nigh lnsupportsb bic. When
the conflict was dercest be would
think Of q girls face once seen, and
the thought would restrain him. who
was she7 why had her look pierced
through .him7 In that hateful career
that seemed 80 curiously alien could
she have had part?
He did not know that she of whom
he wondered in the bitterest Of those
hours had been very near him; that on
her way up the mountain she had
stolen down to the Knob to look
through the parted bushes to the cabin
with the blue spiral rising from its
chimney,
Though the homely task to which he
turned failed to aIlay his struggle By
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