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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-17
HARRY {. COOK MISSES TOP
STEP OF BOOMING HOUSE.
NEARLY BROKE NECK
overindulaencs In "1ooze' said to Be
Cause Of Mlshap-Two Deep oashes
In His Pate Caused BY Contact
With Cement Walk.

From Saturdays Daily.
Harry e. Cook, a miner OF Red
Lodge, came very nearly breaking his
neck last night by falling down the
front stairs Of the Upton rooming
house over the Family theater on
North Twenty-eighth street and as it
is, is suffering from several deep
gashes in his head which may keep
him in the hospital for some time.
It is said that Cook was much the
worse for overindulgence in booze
when he missed the top stair Of the
long flight leading to the rooming
house and came tumbling down,
finally landing on the cement walk. at
the bottom, on his head.
Az he struck the sidewalk two
women were passing the doorway
and they just missed stumbling over
him as he hit the bottom. Their cry
Of fright brought a score or more OF
men who were standing in front OF
the Owl saloon to the side Of the
PROSTATE man and Ohicer Lavelle and
Chief Talgo appeared on the scene
just then, sent a call for City Physi.
clan Clark and a hack and the man
was taken to the hospital.
sleeds Profuseiy.
When DR.. Clark examined the mans
wounds at the hospital he found that
Cook was suffering from q deep cash
in the back Of his head and one on
his forehead. The wounds were Sc
deep that he bled profusely from
them and this lead many, who wit
messed the AFFAIR, to believe that the
mans skull was fractured.
The landlady Of the Upton said
last night that Cook engaged a room
there yesterday afternoon at s O'Clock
and at that time was badly intoxicat
ed. She asserts that just before he
took the fall which almost resulted in
his death, he had been wandering
through the hall, talking incoherently
and asserting that he had not rented
a room there.
DR.. Clark gave it as his opinion last
night that unless unforeseen compiled;
tons arise, Cook will recover nicely,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-17

From Saturdays Daily.
Fire which was caused from the
sparks Of the engine on Northern Pa
ciic train No. 5, originating at the
stockyards, wiped out three-tourths Of
the business district Of Big Timber
yesterday and consumed scores OF
dwellings in its path. Three hundred
families were rendered homeless and
the loss is estimated at 0 than
half a million dollars. Although
many persons were slightly injured
and burned there were no fatalities.
From IL o'clock yesterday morning
until dark last night the fire ragged,
spreading with great rapidly as q re-
suit OF a terrific gale Of wind which
was blowing. So great was the VIC
lence Of the wind that the flsmes
leaped a block at q time, lapping up
dwelling after dwelling and finally at
tacking the business section.
Soon after the fire broke out all
hope Of gaining control of the flames
was abandoned, but the Livingston
fire department vas summoned to aid
in the work Of fighting the fire. Fire
fighting apparatus was hurried to the
scene from the Gate city, about IS
miles distant. and aided in combining
the. fire to the burned section Of the
town by use Of the Northern Paciac's
water supply.
Flames Cut Wide swa.h.
Through the business district the
flames cut a swath more than a block
wide then the wind vecrei End the
flames started back over The course
tust completed and the few buildings
that had escaped the first onslaught
of the conlagration were destroyed.
So widespread was the fire that at
one time three different sections OF
the town were burning.
Despite the fact that they were
handicapped by lack Of water and
G2 - TEa siL -&-H
most Of the wells became exhausted,
there was no lack Of fire fighters
every man in the town taking part IN
the struggle to down the flames
Women brought food and coffee to the
exhausted men and finally their -ef
forts were rewarded after they had
u,..sad o,o,,rd +ho First National
bank building, where the flames were
finally subdued with the dying Of the
wind.
Telephone Wires Down.
Telephone wires are burned down
and transients are leaving town on
account Of lack Of hotel accommoda
lions. Many Of these arrived in Bill
1ngs last night, telling stories Of how
people escaped from their homes with
nothing hut the clothes on their back
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-17

According to the story the young
man told the chief, he gained en-
trance to the second hand store last
Monday night. by using a pole and
climbing to the roof, then taking out
the glass and a couple of the sashes
from the :skylight. After he had
gained entrance to the store he stole
a .22 caliber special rifle and a so
caliber Winchester.
Tuesday morning when the bur.
glary was discovered by Gus Smith,
proprietor Of the store, he immediate.
,ly notified the ofhcers and told them
that he suspected Olimnies az he had
been looking at the rifles q number
of times recently.
The police worked steadily on the
clue given them and arrested another
young man whom they thought was
Olimnies Thursday, but az Smith
failed to identity him he was released
from custody.
Prisoner Asweatsd."
Finally they learned that Olimnies
was working on the ranch Of G. 3,
Steele, secretary Of the local =. N. 6,
"A. and they asked Mr.. Steele to get
the young man to come to this city,
This he did, and az soon as the youth
full burglar came to Billings yester
day morning he was arrested.
When first taken in custody the
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-17
(First Publication February Is, 190S.)
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

(First Publication February IS, 1908.)
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior, Land
Once at Billings, Montana, January
16, 19O8.-Notice is hereby given that
Ona Saunders, Of B%allantine, Mon
I.tana, has filed notice Of his intention
to make final communication proof in
support OF his claim, viz: Homestead
Entry No. 297 made Dec. z, 1906, for
the SEA- SWA, section So, township
n north, range 20 e., M. r. NJ, and
that said proof will be made before
Register and Receiver U. s. Land Of
flee, at Billings, Montana, on March
~, 1908.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on, aud cultivation of, the land, viz:
Cecilia G. Dufleld Of Ballantine, Mon
tana; Mary A. Wilcox Of Ballantine,
Montana; Christie Hart Of Ballantine,
Montana; q. G. Culver of Ballantine,
Montana.
q. E. EssELsTYN,
Register.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-17
YOUTH YIELDS TO DESIRE AND
BREAKS INTO STORE.
CoNfEssEs TO CRIME
sio Four Second Hand Store Burglar.
ICED Last Monday Night BY Charles
olImnlss-stolen Properly Found
on steele Ranch.

From Saturdays Daily.
An overwhelming desire to possess
two rifles Of small caliber. was re.
sponsible for the arrest yesterday Of
Charles Olimnies, aged Is years, on
q charge OF b%urglarizing the Big -Four
second hand store on Minnesota ave.
nue. last Monday night. The young
man confessed to Chief Talgo last
night after he had been .'sweated" all
day yesterday.
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w. v. 1V1Ne
Dated March 8 1905.

(Ffrst Publication February 81, 190s.)
Desert Land, Final Proof.-Notice
for Publication.
United States Land once, Lewis
town, Montana, February is. 1908.
Notice is hereby given that Will f.
Strait. assignee OF Samuel Moore, Of
Roundup, Yellowstone county. Mon
tana, has filed notice OF intention
to make proof on his desert.land
claim No. 1884. for the lots 2 and 3,
sh NEA, section 4, township s north
range 26 E., M. M. before Fred w
Handel. U. 8. Commissioner, at Mus
selshell, Montana, on Monday, the
gard 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 Mat
tice, j. w. Newton, all Of Roundup,
Montana
G. e. McKOIN,
REGISTER
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-17

youth denied all knowledge Of the
crime and frequent sessions with
Chief Talgos failed to sweat" any
thing out Of him.
Later in the day Secretary Steele
found the ~ caliber rife cached on
his ranch south Of the city and turned
It over to the police. When Olimnies
was confronted with the fact that the
gun had been found he broke down
and admitted the whole thing, stating
that he would show the oficers today
where the. other rifle was cached. He
said, however, that he was about "a
confess when the chief confronted him
with evidence Of his guilt.
Came Here From Dakota.
The prisoner came to this section
from North Dakota about two years
ago and soon after his arrival in Bill
ings he was picked up by the police
on suspicion Of having away from
the state reform school in North Da,
kota.
Chief Talgo took a liking to the
youth and found him a job IN a ranch
He was known as a hard working
young man and It ID thought that hi.
desire to possess the two rifles was
too great a temptation and he yielded
Monday nights affair was the sec
ond time the Big -Four second hand
store has been burglarized in the pas,
few months. The previous offender
was found guilty and sentenced to one
year in the state pe~nitentiary.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-17
Cheap Farm Lands

In the famous Grangeville country
near Lewiston, Idaho, now being open
ed by two dimes. Of railroad. Pro
nounced by ]. j. Hill Of the Great
Northern railroad to be the "Garder
Of the Pacific Northwest" Mild eli
mate, fertile soil, producing heavy
crops Of grain, hay and fruit. No Y
rigation. Write for circular. A. +
Parker, Grangeville, Idaho.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-17
(First Publication February IS, 1sos.)
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department Of the Interior, Land
ONCE at Billings, Montana, January
16, 1908.-Notice is hereby given that
Mildred Hart, OF Billings. Montana.
has filed notice Of her intention to
make final Communication proof In sup
port OF her claim, viz: Homestead
Entry No. 237 made Sept. a. 1906.
for the NEA NWA, MI NEA, sec
ton IL, SEA SEA, section 10, town.
ship / north. range 20 r., M. p. NJ,
and that said proof will be made be-
fore Register and Receiver u. 8. Land
Office, at Billings. Montana, on March
IS, 1908.
She names the following witnesses
to prove her continuous residence mp
on, and cultivation Of. the land, viz:
Christie Hart Of Ballantine, Montana;
H. M. Cady Of Ballantine, Montana;
Mary Wilcox Of Ballantine, Montana;
Cecilia g. Duf1eld Of Ballantine, Mon
tana.
3. e. EssELsTYN,
Register.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-17
(Ffrst Publication March 10, 19O8.)
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department. OF the INFERIOR, Lana
Once at Billings, Montana, March 10.
19O8.-Notice is hereby given that
Teresa O'Donnel Of Billings. Mon
tana, has fled notice of her intention
to make final commutation proof in
support Of her claim, viz: Homestead
Entry No. % made Sept. IS. 1906. for
the SWA section 8. township ! north.
range "a E., N. P. NJ, and that said
proof will be made before Register
and Receiver u. s. Land Once at Bill
ings, Montana on April 20, 1908.
She names the following witnesses
to prove her continuous residence up
on, and cultivation OF, the land, viz:
Frank Flanagan Of Billings, Montana;
Thomas Roman OF Billings, Montana:
Glen Davis Of Billings. Montana;
George Zentmire of Billings, Mon
tanA.
E. E. EssELsTYN,
! Register
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-17
LENGTHY TERM
FOR Mr.. BURNS
CONSTANT OFFENDER SENT TO
THE COUNTY JAIL.
NINETY DAYS HIS BIT
Habitual prunkard and vag Goes too
Far and 10 Awarded Limit Sentence
on a Disturbance char0e-Insulted
Women In Homes.

From Sundays Daily.
God have mercy on q poor soul"
ysasped John Burns when Judge Mann.
true to his promise Of some time ago,
gave Burns Z ssntsaso ot 30 day
the county jail for disturbance.
Ninety days. ninety days." unused
John, as he was led out Of the court
room. Three long. lingering months
without a drink. oh mercy"
Burns has been before Judge Mann
times without number, and on the last
occasion the court promised him q SEN
,tence OF 90 days the next time he
showed up. Undeterred by this threat
Burns again got drunk and. Friday
afternoon started on . tour Of disturb.
ance which extended nearly the city
over.
He accosted men on the. street and
begged for money, he was thrown out
of saloons, he entered the homes OF
respectable women and insulted them
or drove them out into the street. He
entered the kitchen Of a Mrs. De
George and asked for something t.
eat, and when he failed to get 1t be
came so loud that she was forced to
leave the house.
Other women had similar expert
ences with him, and finally the ru
mors Of his actions reached police
headquarters and Burns was put I'm
! der arrest.
Not Guilty.
When his trial came up yesterday
morning he pleaded not guilty to 9
lcharge Of disturbance and 1t was nee
essary to bring Mrs. De George into
court to testify against him. The case
was so clear that Burns had short
shrift before he was sent, as pei
promise, to the hosiery conducted b,
Sheriff Webb, whose guest he will b
till summer strikes the land again ant
the walking out. OF town Is good.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-17
Stock sheep for Sale.

Stock Sheep for Sale.
1000 yearling ewes; 1000 yearline
wethers for April LIST delivery. Fed
on alfalfa hay on Sheridan county
ranches past winter; in fine condi'
ton. Address Geo. W. Perry. sheri
dan, Wyo.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-17
KEEN CON MEN GUILTY.
eidwe,i and Son Come to End Of Long
Rome.

Rope.
Chicago, March 14.-Benson Bidwell
and his son Charles f., promoters of
the Bidwell Arctic company, the 30
called cold motor concern, were found
guilty of operating q confidence game.
Benson Bidwell, who is q brother Of
George and Austin Bidwell, who de-
frauded the Bank Of England out Of
$1,000, 900, started the electric COM
pany In 1906. He declared that he had
invented an electric motor that would
not burn out. He also claimed that he
was the inventor of the trolley car
and the electric fan. Investors from
all parts of the United States sent in
to the company $780, 900, according
to the books Of the concern.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-17
NoTIcE

NOTICE. NJ
Notice is hereby given to parties
owning or having claims against the
improvements on the Insurveyed land
supposed to be in Sec. 20 T. 70 N. r.
81 E., to remove the same within 80
days from Tie date Of this notice OF
the said improvements will become
the property of tAe undersigned.
(Signed)l::
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-17
(First Publication February 81, 190S.)
Desert Land, Final Proof.-Notlce
S~n R.,kfiAaAeNn - 4s

for Publication.
United States Land ONCE, Lewis
town, Montana, February IS. 1908
Notice is hereby given that Will r,
Strait, for and in behalf Of the heirs
of Lillian Strait. Of Roundup, Yellow:
stone county, Montana. has filed
notice Of intention to make proof on
his desert-land claim No. 1898. for the
NWA NEA, Ell NEA, NEA sen.
section 10, township 6 north. range 2e
e., M. NJ, before Fred w. Handel, u
s. Commissioner, at Musselshell, Men
tana, on Monday, the % day OF March,
1903.
He names the following witnesses
to prove the complete irrigation and
reclamation Of said land: Marcus NJ.
Klein, Thomas Hurley, John Mattice,
j. w. Newton, all OF Roundup. Mon
tana.
F+E- - gTrrEH -N4L-FHe EEAFtM f~Z-A-A-.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-17
For Sale.

For Sale.
Strawberry plants and fresh milch
COWS. Inquire Thos. McGirl. n
mile west Of town.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-17

The world is safe once more. Fri.
day, the thirteenth, has passed and
10 calamity appeared.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-17

A hippopotamus was born in Central
Park Zoo, New York, Friday.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-17
FLAMES FLAY BUSINESS
Street OF Big TIMBER
SPARKS FROM ENGINE START STOCK YARDS FIRE WHICH 10
DRIVEN BY FIERCE WIND THROUGH THE CITY,
SWEEPING EvERYTH ING IN ITS PATHWAY
SCORES Of BUILDINGS ARE DESTROYED

Men and Women Fight Flames Throughout the Day and Many Receive
Slight Injuries, Though None Are Fatally Hurt-Loss Will Exceed
Half million DoIars-Hundreds Of Citizens Are HomsJess-FFe Cut
swath More Than Block Wde-Mass Meeting Of citizens Called.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-17

~ AA0NpEA w ~ AVVOsI
Department Of the Interior,
United States Land ONCE.
Notice for Publication (Isolated
Tract) Public Land Sale.
E2s3 q.
United States Land Office, Lewis
town.. Mont, March 5, 190S.-Notice is
hereby given that, as directed by the
Commissioner OF the General Land
Once, under provisions Of act Of con
gress approved June 81, 1906. Public
No. 800, we will offer at public sale,
to the highest bidder at 2 o'clock p.
m, IN the 18th day of April next, at
this ONCE, the following tract Of land,
to-wlt: SWA SWA section %, town
ship 10 north. range 81 east, Mont. 2.
M.
Any persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are advised to
file their claims, or objections, on or
before the day above designated for
sale.
g. q. McKo1N,
4 Register.
wYLLYs a. HEDGES,
Receiver.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-17

G. e. McKO1N,
Register
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-17

t(Seal OF Court) Clerk.
BY E. W. DUNE, Deputy Clerk.
Henry "A. Firth, attorney for Heirs
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-04-23
SOME ASPECTS OF PUBLIC
SERVICE,



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course mapped out would have been
thoroughly disastrous to the cause of
the union, possibly fatal TO the re-
establishment of the national author
lty and the pcrpetuation of the re-
public,
4 General Jackson, long before he
reached the presidency wrote the
following:
Although born and bred in land
ot freedom, popular favor has always
been with me secondary object.
My first wish, in political life, has
been to be useful to my country Yet
J am not inscnsiblc to the good Opin-
ION Of my fellow citizens. / would
do much 10 obtain it, but | can not
for this purpose, sacrifice my con-
science, or what | conceive to be the
best interests of my country
This was written in relation to crit
icism which some of his acts had
evoked. Years afterWard, when fill
ing the highest office i'm the people s.
gift, and the attitude of some. indeed
ot many of the men who had BUILT
mp the organization which placed him
there, threatened the integrity of the
republic, he felt 1T his duty to take a
stand which alicnalcd him from their
powerful support. He performed that
duty fearlessly. IN many instances
he did much that had the appearance
of rcokessncss, yet there is no doubt
t1at ne was doing what he believed to
be right however doubtful the wis.,
dom of his acts. And popular au-
pIausn, which nc thus deemed Sec
"nday carly in his career. came in
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-30
REAL ESTATE wANrEp

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state price, location and give full description.
Address l. DAhBfsHIRE. box 69S4. Roches-
Ter, n. \.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-30
MEDICAL
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Phone Oakland 545S.
DR.. ROBERT GREENLEAF FULTON
SIC 1lth st. between Washington and Clay.
Oakland. Cal.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-30

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samples and circulars. Western Feed Co.,
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The San Francisco call., 1908-05-30
CITY REAL ESTATE

CITY LOTS N TIE MISSION.
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THE RIVERS TRACT
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The San Francisco call., 1908-05-30

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The San Francisco call., 1908-05-30

WANTED house keeping rooms. with kitchen
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-08
kOkOmO Woman
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To Help Women Who Suffer.

Tn the mast few years Mrs. Cora B. Mil.
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treatment to afflicted women.
Sometime ago we announced IN the COL
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