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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-10
BASEBALL TO OPEN
ON l4TH OF APRIL
NATIONAL AND AMERICAN
LEAGUES AGREE.

Cincinnati, Jan. s.-Although the
schedule committee Of the National
and American leagues adjourned late
last night without giving out an Of
fetal report, it was learned today
that the committee decided on Tues
day, April IA, as the opening day and
Wednesday, October z, as the closing
day Of the season. The schedule for
each league will call for 154 cham
pionship games.
Immediately after the closing the
worlds championship games are to
start, probably OF October 3.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-10
Delinquent Tax List

once 81 the County Treasurer Of Yellowstone County, Billings Montana.
Notice is hereby given that the following list contains the names OF per.
sons and q description Of the property upon, which the taxes To-. "a YEA YEA
with the amount OF taxes and costsdn " opposite eac anne u tanaa ny ee
prior thereto, the real property upon which said taxes < = a soo e ihatw sn
he sold at public auction, upon the 2st day Of January, 2. - !svo, el w.
the hours Of ten O'clock q N. and three . O'clock X p n Nh OF as o. s u 1 Usn1 Is faont
which such sale may be postponed, within the imitsn xed Dy Iw n ~ aon
~ te County Treasurers ONCE at the Court house of said county, IN B1nines'
Montana. n..-h \ 4 1on
N JOHN w. FISH, -
County Treasurer Of Yellowstone County, Montana.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-10
Lame shouldsr Cured.

Lame shoulder is usually caused by
rheumatism Of the muscles and quick
ly5 yields to a few applications Of
Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Mrs. r. II.
McElwee Of Boistown. New Bruins
wick, writes: Having been troubled
for some time with q pain in my left
shoulder, ] decided to give Chamber
lain's Pain Balm q trial, with the re-
suit that I got prompt relief" For
sale by all druggists.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-10

The concessions in those cases va
ried from so. cents to 81.
Many Of the strikers, anticipating
the service Of .d%ispossess warrants,
moved today into the Brownsville
section Of Brooklyn, which Is largely
populated by Jews.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-10
M,ALisToh CHARGED With a.
TEMPTING TO KILL QUINN.
HIS MIFE'S FATHER Err
Alleged THAT Defendant Beat Quarry
man over the Head With z Rock
and Vowed That He Would Kill
Him-Rroueht to Billings.

From TUESDAY . DdAy. ~
Charles McAliston was bound over
to await the action Of the dlstrlct
court in bonds Of $1,000, on q charge
Of assault in the first degree on the
person Of Pat Quinn, by Justice y. w.
Ainlay Of Columbus, yesterday. Dep
uty County Attorney Charles Taylor
prosecuted the case and McAliston
was brought to Billings last night bs
Deputy Sheriff Davidson and lodged
in the county jail.
1t is alleged that McAliston beat
Quinn over the head with the rock
and had previously and after his ar
rest made threats to kill him. It IS
said that Quinn received a beating
that would have killed a man OF a
less rugged constitution,
Wife Left Him.
Quinn is connected with the sand
stone quarries at Columbus, and sew
eral months ago it is said McAliston
married his stepdaughter. The couple
lived happily together for four or
five months, according to report, and
then his wife left him and went to
live with her mother and s~tepfather.
Friday McAliston accosted Quinn
and asked him If he was to blame for
his life leaving him. Quinn old
him that he was not. McAliston evil
IDENTIFY believed otherwise, as ne
chased Quinn of the ranch where
they we're, with an axe.
The next morning McAliston again
asked Quinn if he was responsible for
his wife leaving him, and as before
Quinn assured him that he had moth
ing to do with it and that the girl
left him of her own free will. Later
that morning McAlister saw his wife
in the postomce and asked her If her
father caused her to leave him, and
it is alleged that his wife told him
that he was not, but that she had
left him Of her own will. It is said
that McAlister told the girl, using 8
vile epithet in referring to her step
father, that he would kill Quinn any
way.
Knocked Him OFF Wagon.
Saturday afternoon as Quinn wa
engaged in loading powder for TIL
quarries at the depot, McAlister or
preached him and again started tall
ing about his wife leaving him, as b.
had done before, and as Quinn drov
away from the depot he climbed O
the wagon with him. It is allege
that, after they had gone quite a dir
lance, McAlister suddenly struc
Quinn over the head from behind wit
a large rock which he had c~onceale
in his pocket, knocking him under tn
wagon, the wheels Of which passe
over his body. After knocking Quin
on the wagon it is said that McAli
ter jumped down after him and col
tinued pounding him ver the hea
with rocks, until finally Quinn broh
away from him and ran to town.
Deputy Sheriff Davidson was not
fed OF the occurrence and later a
rested McAlister, as he was comm
to town in pursuit Of Quinn. It
said that he told the deputy that
would kill Quinn yet, and that he to
Quinn when he was beating him tn
he was going to kill him.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-10
FILES ON HuNTLEy AND
Washington ttan Makes Homestead
Entry Of 40 Acres.

From Tuesdays Daily.
Charles Hebner OF Kingston, WASH.
Med on q 40-acre tract under the
Huntley reclamation service ditch
near Ballantine, In the local land Of
ice yesterday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-18
SUCCESS IN GROWING cow PEAS

Last year, about the middle of Nav,
| soWed ten acres of COW peas on land
that had previously been an old pas
ture. l plowed the land about seven
inches deep, disked it until 1 had a
good seed bed, then leveled it with a
drag. and sowed one bushel of peas
broadcast to the acre, narrowed them
in thoroughly and then rolled the
ground.
From a part of this piece I sold six
tons of hay at So per ton; from the
balance | threshed forty-six bushels
of clean peas, and had about seven
tons of straw.
Cattle are very fond of COW peas. and
the experience of others, as we'll as
my own, shows that the milk is much
increased in quantity by feeding them.
! do not believe any better feed can
be had for sheep. Caution, however.
must be used not to overfeed where
they are fed pods and all.
/ find that they prepare the ground
for fall seeding with timothy or o
better than any other crop. A neigh
Dor told me that in ten years he had
not failed to get a catch following
COW peas.
The quantity of seed must be varied
according to the quality of the land.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-18
WORKING SHEEP NOTES

Keep the ewes on grass till Novem-
Der and then confine them in clean
sheds AND feed oats, bran and oilmeal.
Rich people with Door appetites will
pay big prices for fat house lambs.
The sheep feeding business got a
hard jolt last winter, but it is rapidly
recovering. Stick to a small flock.
They will pay.
You can make lambs fat without
corn. Feed them barley, alfalfa, tur-
nips and field peas.
Sheep will eat weeds if very hungry,
but they don't like them any better
than a man likes poor sour bread.
Never put sheep into a field inclosed
with barbed wire. Another thing:
Never use barbed wire for any kind of
a fence.
A sheep is not particularly bright
mentally, but will espond to kind
treatment.
If sheep have a big tree or other
shelter on a hill where the wind blows
they will do better in summer time
than if compelled to stand in tight
sheds on low ground.
Sheep quickly find weak spots in a
fence. See hat there are no weak
spots.
Rain and mud do sheep a great deal
of harm. In summer have an open
shed for shelter which they can reach
quickly in cas- of storm.
Watch for ticks on the lambs and at
the first sign of the pests din. Ticky
lambs cannot thrive,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-18

seem to have been a success. 1t is,
however, common in the case of all
these berries for them to zeal a kind
OF second crop by putting forth fruit
stems now and then after the main
crop is gone.
The strawberry, too, often blooms
in the fall after a long drought fol-
lowed by copious rains.
Recently, however, some varieties of
genuine fall-bearing strawberries have
been introduced whose claims seem to
be well su~bstantiated. But here again
they are admittedly not o~verbearing,
but bear in the fall only when their
blossoms nave been kept picked off
during the spring, otherwise they
would peal all their crop in the spring
just as other kinds.
These fall-bearing strawberries
promise to become very valuable and
of great commercial Importance in at
least the southern states, where the
fall is warm and frost does not come
till toward Christmas.
This would give them a long season
n an opportunity to bear large crops.
But even in the middle and even north
ern states they will be welcomed if
they are able to afford a supply of
the delicious strawberry ever for a
time.
One of the best known Of these-the
Pan -American-was originated in
New York and annually produces it's
growers quite a crop during Septem-
Der and up till frost.
They can be made to fruit in August
if desired by allowing the blossoms to
remain thirty days before.
There seems to be no reasonable
doubt that fall Strawberries will soon
be seen in all the markets, and it is
not too much to expect that the same
will eventually be true of the raspber-
ry and other small fruits.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-18
NUBBlNs OF FARM NEWS

Arthur Meeker, manager of the Ar
mour Packing company, recently i'm
ported from England twenty-four
Guernsey cows n two bulls for
which he paid $32,40O. The price does
not include the cost of transportation.
A suit in the United States court at
Detroit developed the fact that there
exists a great butter trust concealed
in the American Farm Products com
pany and capitalized at SIS, 200, 900. 1t
is charged that the trust is forcing
small creameries to sell out or be de-
stroyed.
A vas horde of locusts has de-
stroyed the song birds in the woods
near Alton, III. Bluejays resisted the
attack for a time, but eventually all
birds We're driven away.
1t is reported that the cotton crops
of Louisiana have been very badly
damaged by the boil weevil, which the
government has been fighting vigor-
ously for three or four years.
War is being made on the large mail
d houses by small retail dealers
throughout the country.
Mrs. L. e. Killcrease, who lives on a
farm neal Pine Mills, Tex, has Just
celebrated her 131st birthday. She
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-18
GIVE PIGS STRONG BODY

The pig should be taught to rustic
and develop stamina and trait of char
acter and also to make the best of his
opportunities. BY this it is not meant
to starve him, but make him healthy
and vigorous.
The highly conditioned
pets that we see at the shows are fine
Things to look at, but they would be
little practical utility to the average
pork grower who does not find it prof
liable to stuff his animals on high
priced concentrated rations.
In most instances the prize Winners
at six months of g are physical
wrecks when yearlings.
OF course there is a great tempta-
ton for us to show great, big, over
grown and highly fitted pigs at 6
months of age. We don't want some
other breeder to scoop all the prize
money, and there is always a demand
for that kind of highly pampered pigs.
But the sooner we wake up to the fact
that the sras grown pigs are the ones
that make the best breeders the sooner
will we be on the right track to sue
cess.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-18
GROWING SOY BEANS

Soy beans are a good crop to raise,
particularly for the small farmer. The
beans bring a high ~price-from $3.50 to
81 per bushel. BY growing a variety
like Mammoth Yellow on soil that has
been well prepared and fortified a
yield of twenty to forty bushels to the
acre should be secured. and as the soy
bean is a legume it will improve the
soil. Soy beans should be i%noculated
before planting on q field where they
have not been previously grown.
When the ground has been well mel
lowed n the crop is wanted for pas
ture in the green form, or for hay or
manure, it may be broadcast or plant
ed in rows.
When wanted mainly for the grain
the seed is put in rows with the grain
drill more commonly, but sometimes
with the corn planter or the ordinary
bean planter.
In growing the small varieties the
rows may be as near as tWenty-four
inches. The largest varieties call for a
distance between the rows of not less
than three feet.
The plants in the row will bear grow
ing thickly, as the habit of growing is
upright. The distance between the
plants may vary from two to five or
six inches, according to the size of the
plants. The amount of seed used per
acre is seldom more than one bushel
per acre and seldom less than half a
bushel.
If your land is not rich in humus use
a small amount of nitrate of soda as a
starter for the beans. Apply at the rate
of seventy-five pounds per acre after
the beans are up. Put it on when the
leaves are dry. 1t is very soluble and
will sink into the soil in a surprisingly
short time. Then an application of
16 per cent acid phosphate with fifty
pounds Of muriate of potash per acre
will give you a complete fertilizer that
should be very satisfactory. Bone meal
would not be SO good for a crop such
as soy beans, as the plant food ele-
ments are not readily available.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-18

carefree and blowing in the spring
wind as gracefully and as happily as a
field Of daisies and buttercups in the
meadow.
1t was a wonderful sight and at
tracted a great deal of attention from
passers-by. They were planted in the
grass and when their blooming time
was past they were cut down, long,
with a scythe.
Where but a border of these bulbs is
desired the choicest should be selected,
such as the Empress n the Emperor,
large trumpet narcissi; the single Van
Sion; the Chalice Cup, or Star Mar
~cissus; the Poets Narcissus, the dou-
BILE d~affodils, the Gardenia daffodil, the
Narcissus Jonquils and the paper
white narcissus.
A great show can be made of Iris.
lhere are several species of this gor-
geous lower and each specie has many
varieties-there is the Spanish Iris, the
Iris Susiana, the Japan Iris, German
Iris and several new varieties and nov
elites. Every garden ought to have a
collection of these beautiful lowers.
They are easy to grow and enjoy the
sunshine in a deep, rich soil.
The lily of the valley grows best in
a shaded position. l have two beds of
these deliciously sweet flowers. and
they each are subjected to different
treatment. One bed is along the west
side of a fence and when the lawn is
dressed in the fall the lilies get their
share of the fertilizer.
The other bed is shaded from the
southern and western sun by a high
brick wall. They have been there
many a and last spring from the
bed which is 8 feet square over 5000
blossoms were picked n sold.
The first bed blossomed in the early
part of May and We're gone by Dec
GRAFTON day, while the bed under the
wall with the northern exposure
bloomed as late as Tune Is and the
blossoms were large and full, while the
flowers which have much more care
were smaller and became scorched by
the sun much sooner.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-18
RAPE FOR FORAGE CROP

Rape is n of the best forage crops
that can be grown for hogs, sheep and
steers. 1t is not good for mich cows,
as 1t lmparts a turnip taste to the milk
when eaten by cows. Rape may be
soWed from earliest spring until Au-
gust and make a crop of pasture.
There is nothing better for lambs at
weaving time or for stock sheep or
growing hogs. 1t may be pastured
down and will spring up again if the
stock is taken off before the main
stalks are eaten into the ground. On
almost any soil it will grow to good
size, but Of course flourishes best on
fertile soil. We nave seen it four feet
high all over a field in which the sheen
feeding upon it were hidden from
sight. 1t may be sowed broadcast or
In drills. A good way is to SOW in
drills two feet apart and after it gets
started 1t may be cultivated once or
twice. A great many SOW it in corn at
the last cultivation and have a good
crop for stock after the corn is taken
off. There is no crop that will pro-
duce more green feed than rape nor
one that is more easily grown. Never
teed damp rape to sheep.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-18
PLANTS IN LATE SUMMER

Don't try to keep lousy plants. hey
are as bad as lousy children. Get rid
or the insects or throw the plant away.
For insects sulpho-tobacco or fir
tree Oil soap should be applied In solu-
ton once a week Until clean before
bringing indoors.
A heliotrope will drop its leaves IL
given too much water or too little. One
must learn the happy medium. 1t
needs a rich, sandy soil.
Rake up lawn clippings and fallen
leaves, store them in boxes or barrels
under shelter to be used as protection
for plants later on.
DO not have the potting soil too rich.
conditions tend to induce a
weak, rapid growth, which rich soil
only aggravates.
A soil with no manure In 1t is best
at first, with reliable fertilizers applied
after the plant has become accustomed
to It's new quarters and begun a sturdy
growth.
Two parts loan garden soiD. ono
part sharp sand and one part leaf mold
or nbrous loan is right for nearly all
plants without anure Such compost
is lacking in forcing qualities, which is
desirable.
Plants should take things easy,
during the autumn months. after being
brought into the house, getting estab-
lished for rapid work in the early
months of the year.
Ivy geraniums are fine house plants.
with beauty of flower of foliage. Give
them a small pot. For the first year
their growth Is slow. The blossoms.
either pink, red or whita- -re beautiful
HalAn Waits-McVev.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-18
SHALL FRUITS FOR FALL
New Varieties Exploited, but
Facts Show Few Are Gen
uine and Reliable

One of the objects sought in late
years has been the creation of ever
bearing varieties of the small fruits or
OF those that will bear a second crop
in the fall.
This has never been achieved, al
though claims have been made from
Tune to time. The tree fruits, such as
tne apple and peach, have always pos
sessed sorts that naturally fruited in
the fall, but the raspberry, blackberry
n strawberry and other small fruits
nave their one appointed season for
bearing n it in all cases is in the
spring, or at least the fruits blossom
n start into growth at that time,
though some varieties of the black
berry do not ripen till the summer is
more than half gone.
Claims have been made for an over
bearing raspberry, but it does not
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-18
TIMELY HINTS ON FARM WORK

A,iaiia is nearer a perfectly balanced
ieeu than anything else grown on tbe
farm. 1t is now grown In MANY MA 900
Where 1t was thought a few wears AGO
~ could not be grown at all. Some
OF the finest alfalfa grown is in soma
helds near Syracuse, NJ. Y, If these
clay hills could grow alfalfa II sho,,la
succeed almost any place in the mid
west.
u a recent experiment it required
seVeil-tehths or an acre planted in soil
ihs crops TO Keep a COW 144 days. It
required three and six tenths of an
acre OF pasture to keep a cow for the
same time. 1t pays to plant crops for
green feeding.
100 many of us think 1t is a waste
OF time to keep the lawn nicely moved.
take time to grow flowers or orna men
tai plants, or spend time and money for
ornamental ~shrubbery. II we will keen
track of farm sales for awhile we will
ma that all these things add very
materially to the value of the farm.
BOD White has been known 10 de-
stroy sixty different kinds of weed
seeds, and it is a fact that about i
per cent of his food is made up from
seeds that are harmful to the farmer.
he also earns his keep every year by
eating injurious bugs.
The most valuable thing the farmer
or his wife has is health. Bank stock
counts for nothing by the side OF ii.
Everything they can do to preserve
their bodily vigor is SO much added
TO the sum total of life. Sound health
means happiness, comfort In the house
n u Of doors and years full OF
enjoyment.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-18
OUR APPLES IN ENGLAND
Nearly a Million Barrels &c
Over There Every Year, but
Germany SHES at Them.

DIX years the shipment of apples
~ LONDON was only $4,000 barrels a
year. Now the Englishmen take about
d nlliilon barrels and want more.
Inc shipments this year will be lar
ger than ever before, and the pri,es
will be good.
Inc western apple shipper is begin
ming to find out how the Enplisbnan
wants his apples packed and is trvina
TO accommodate him.
The old-fashioned apple barre, Il -
longer to be tolerated.. and ali gona
trult is now packed in boxes. every, e
pie being wrapped in paper,
The western grower, TRANCE ia saw
dld not appreciate the new method os
packing, and it is a fact that tbe sraat
rover of New York have moi hoan
shlpping as much fruit abroad for his
reason as the growers OF Missouri caIe
norma Oregon, Illinois and Micbiaap
The western growers evidentI,; 49,,
thelr business. They sell their apntas
TOT 30 and $4 a box and ii takes three
Jokes TO make a barrel; this nakas#
very nigh price for the fruit.
Az ~ a barrel there Is a fortune a,
apples. The English seem wiliinn ~
pay the price and even complain ha.
cause they cannot get more.
apples are no longer shipped fro,n
New York on slow sailing vessels ~
tramp steamers, but are sent on ~,
lastest ships afloat. The CeItic ,,d
tne ledflc are the joy of the anna
hippers because they carry enorr,n,,
ioaus and make good time,
inspector Bayard C. Fuller ~ ~
view YORK health department. who bas
a.'ehaed TO this part of the ex,ar.
traue or thai port for seventeen 49,
'nn more, IS quoted as saying:
New York is the best apple v,e,ainu
state ana growers should not he VIII
ing 10 take a back seat in tbis ~.
iuea. Ii they do they will find tba,,
selves confined to the cheaper e,aaa
ol apples Do you know that New
iork city sells as many apples fo,
nome use every year as are sbinned
aoroad! Our average is 1000 .O00 hoxas
or barrels a year here, and W., shonIs
get the best, 'ou'u
some attempts have been made to
introduce the American apples into
rma but the kaiser treats tba,n
as ne does most importations fron
thls country Every apple Skinned
must be absolutely without a flaw. r.
an apple has a speck on it 1t il as
suhaed TO be something that will got
contaglon in the kaiser's own annla
iand II ruin his crops.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-18
PRACTICAL POULTRY WORK

A trap nest will pick out the poor
and the good layers. giving a chance
to dispose of the drones and thus keep
the workers. Have you ever stopped
to consider the matter?
For all cuts, wounds and ulcers use
listerine. Nothing is better for a comb
injured in fighting or for any raw
surface.
II you have not already done so, Gull
out all surplus stock. Do not waste
feed or birds that are of no value to
you.
Glover with an ounce of lean meat a
day will soon compel a hen to lay.
Another good prescription is fresh
meat and bone cut up with a zone cut
ter.
When the lens have plenty of sour
milk to drink every day they do not
need much ground feed. Nothing
makes eggs faster, nor more of them,
han sour milk.
eyes begin to swell and look inflamed
also spray the throat and nostrils with
burnt alum dissolved in c~amphorated
oil.
1atileI up lHe ledNeS lildt SHdtter OIL
the clover hay when it is thrown down
from the NOV. Scald them well, then
mix with ground oats and bran; make
it wet, not sloppy. Give this to hens
for breakfast cold mornings.
Get you incubator early next spring
and try only a few eggs at first, So
many beginners at artificial incubation
waste hundreds of eggs and valuable
fip,a " tho ,,,;let ,f tlar hotnL;nor ..oo
son getting acquainted with the prin-
ciples that should have been observed
when there was less at stake.