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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-18
NATIONAL IRRIGATION FOR
FLOOD PROTECTION.

So far the government has appro-
priated about $%40,O00,O0O, for irriga-
tion projects. With ne expenditure
Dc that sum, 1900, 900 acres of arid
land will be reclaimed, in fifteen west
erns states and territories. ]. is only
a small part Of the land that may be
brought under water. The public lands
capable Of reclamation total 10000
900 acres-anl area fairly staggering to
the lay mind.
Every year millions Of dollars worth
OF property is destroyed by floods in
the Mississippi and the Missouri river
valleys.
These floods have cost the govern
nent. the states and the m~unicipali-
ties that border the rivers vast sums
Of money. Expensive leyees, and
great dykes have been constructed and
every EFFORT made to curb the waters
but al Ito little purpose.
The solution OF the problem il
simple, the waste waters that dox
doNnt 70 the gnlf may be impounded II
aeaksreeeryoirs. and through head
eates passed ont into irrigation canals
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-18
GIRL WEEDS ED|)SI ABDUCTOR
Continued from First Page.l

@4 WE@G TEER S839t&& 9i43& %THNG
only in her night clothes and With
sHunston she went to Laurel.
While she stayed at Laurel, Hun
ston came to Billings and secured .
suit Of mems clothes for her. These
she donned and the two stayed at q
lodging house at Laurel until Sun
day morning when they started afoot
for Livingston, where Hunston pro
posed getting a job until he had earn
ed sufficient money to take himself
and the girl to Omaha. It is SAID
that the couple proposed getting mar
ried at Livingston.
They we're walking along the track
near Park City when they were no
ticed by a nan who later notified the
officers and the young people were
captured in the brush about two miles
west 81 Park City. where they sought
shelter on the approach Of an Off
Ger. sE
Yesterday the irate father at first
refused to permit Hunston to marry
his daughter, but finally consented
and the couple secured a license and
we're soon after married by Rev.
Rauh.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-18
SPECIAL FOR.
EXCURSION
Continued From First Page.)

many occasions" said a prominent
business man yesterday, and we
should do something to show that we
reciprocate. With the construction Of
the Frannie-Fromberg cutoff, all the
trade of the section will be ours, If
We but 60 after it. That the cutoff
will be built is certain, and now is
the time for us to show that we are
awake to the chance before us. / sin
cerely hope the excursion will be run.
The trip contemplated by the
Chamber of Commerce will be an
enjoyable outing for many Of our bus
mess men and they will see q terrific
~ that many have never see before.
BY employing a special train we can
leave and go as we please, for the train
will be solely under our charge. The
best way would be to leave here
Thursday evening, September 8, which
would land us at Basin the following
morning, Friday. Returning, we could
leave Basin Friday evening and be
back in Billings Saturday morning in
timeato look after our respective stores
or whatever business we are engaged
in. This would mean the loss OF on
~ one day, certainly a short time,
and one we all can afford. As sleep
ers will be provided, the excus may
not be offered that the trip would be
a hard one or that 1t would ~incapaci-
tate US for work for q day or two af-
ter our return.
"Our firm will send at least two men,
or should t.,be impossible to spare a
couple, we will still buy two of the
tickets, If not more, as we want to
do all we caneto make Billings show up
and let the Basin people know Bill
ings is on the map and that It is not
to be frightened by any showing the
big fellows of Colorado, Nebraska or
Iowa a make IA our own territory,
for 1 consider the Big Horn Basin be
longs to us from a commercial point
Of view"
Em4 M .4A&amI ~ LN NW NAN = .IA4 nA7 L
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-18
THE MOB.

@'HGErna
We are glad that Springfield is in
Illinois and not in Montana.
We would hate to have q dispatch
sent out from this state, to the effect
that a wild mob, murder bent, was
pursuing a lot Of half-frightened black
'Wretches through any town out here.
It would reflect on the state, and we
are mighty glad, that, since such a
thing had to happen, that it occurred
away down In the prairie town Of Ill
inois. The fact that military trains
had to be rushed in from a dozen diff
ferent points to save the place from
the torch, is indicative Of the sad fact
that the community is benighted: Its
citizens cannot wait to permit justice
to take it's course through the ordi-
nary process Of the courts, as In other
civilized portions of the world---Mon-
tana for example. 4 4 KY
In this hour we extend to the people
of Springfield our sincere sympathy,
and we would suggest. when the next
state legislature meets that a com
mittee be appointed to travel in the
west, and examine conditions IN com
munities where such: things never
happen.
The people of this state will be glad
to lend any assistance whatever to
the end that Illinois may. in time. be.
come fully as law abiding as Mon
tana. HI.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-18
WATER POWER RUNNING 7
s4 WASTE. (

81 NI. HLM -LN&N.L 81 Nl8NL Nl- M-.I M| NI3 ~
It is said that the water power
going to waste in the United States
exceeds 3~0,OO0,000 horse power. It re
quires the consumption Of 225, 900, 0O0
tons Of coal annually to produce this
amount of power through the agency
of steam.
& The rush for coal and coal lands
continue while the demand for water
power seems to be entirely over
looked.
Just as soon as the streams are
harnessed-as they will be with the
rapid extension of electric lighting
and power systems, these facts will
become more evident, and when the
water now running to waste is EN-
ployed to turn the wheels Of indus
try there will be no fear on the part
of anybody as to the future coal sup
ply Of the world. AS a matter of fact
long before the coal in sight is mined
men will use electricity, not only fol
lighting purposes, but for motive pow
er and heating purposes.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-18
UNION Men
IN SESSION
Continued From First Page.)

"=N EN8EGa9l m|GEH| LH%T" NrlT.NHu.
Il am very proud Of having the hon.
Of welcoming you to our thrifty
and growing city. I can say with sin
certify and absolute honesty that i
have never had an honor conferred
upon me that I more keenly appreci-
ate than this. / have many strong
reasons for feeling glad over this hon
or. ss
q am in hearty sympathy with your
cause; you are banded together for
the great purpose Of improving the
condition of the poor man and you are
making sacrifices and are willing to
make more. While my name may not
be enrolled upon your records and
I may not be able to do as good q
as some of YOU r able to do;
days work and In as skilled q manner.
4 am an honorary member in the sptr-
it of the good cause and believe that
I can do a full days work in that
spirit. ~ 4a4 ~ SY
Eliminate the shifty, Says George.
we must stand for the sturdy
everyday man, who Is candid and out
spoken, and who has the courage to
stand by his convictions. We must
eradicate the shifty, m~ake-believe,
man that constantly has on hand 9
stock Of false nrnunfS0e.
4 a impressed with what one
earnest. honest lighter q accom-
plish when / attended 2 banquet Of
Lincoln, Neb., q few nights ago. given
by the Typographical Union in honor
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-18

John Flanagan threw a hammer
1S1 feet in Queenstown Friday, and
those fellows over there have the
nerve to say that it's the worlds
record. Right here in Montana-in
two or three towns, according to the
local newspapers, they have men who
an set a town back so far at one blow
of the hammer, that it takes twenty
years for it. to find It's way to the
front.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-18

banquet by the Yellowston Trades and
Labor assembly "a the evening
LList 81 Delegates.
Late trains lastYnight augmented the
number Of delegates considerably and
others are expected 70 arrive this
morning Those whose credentials
were presented 10 the conYentionsyes-
terday were a. follows: ssss1
Butte. Clerks Union-E. q. Shields,
'A. j. Guenther, james 4. Parks, p. j.
Moyle, y. M. Cahill, j. K. Hore, 8. NV.
Mitchell. =. p. Shields. IA. Gingras.
Billings Telephone Operators--MNrs.
Bessie Benedict. NJ Es
Helena Electrical workers.. d
Braden. st %
Helena Building Laborers--Wsiilllliias.m
Simpson. VI Ss 4
Red Lodge Federal Labor Union
u. K. Watson, p. M. Schreifels. #2
Butte Sheet Metal Workers--Chas
Gouhn.
Butte Blackslmiths-James Winn.
Big Blackfoot Lumberrnen-Fred
Kniffen. S
Butte Typographical Union++-Fran,l
e. Cleaveg, +. =. Lanstrum.
Livingston Trades Council-A Gre
nier..S IN
Livingston Telephone Operators
Ella Fraser. as85
Billings BartenndieBlrsss-H. "a. Putnam
Charles Lockwood.
Helena Cement Workers-John "A
Murray. !. n
Billings Observation-Disclosures Hood.
Billings Pressmen----L. p. Parrish.
Anaconda Central Labor Council-J
II. SchWend. S
Butte Electrical Workers.. 3
Clayton, @. u. Corey.
Butte Plumbers J.sulliyan.
Billings Federated Labor Union
William Girdwood, j. W.sHerrocks.
Missoula Federal Labor Union
Henry Wolfe, Martin Costello.
Washoe Miners Union--Dan Hen,
derson. &.
Billings Ciggar,rmnaalkea.r,ss-Heenry Kurssch
Ike. i
Great rails Trades Council-J. k
McDnna1d "
Butte Brewers-Hans Provost,
billings Electrical Wokers-v. Ii
steele.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-18

Whether the new drama, known as
the Naked Truth. Is based on the riot
that occurred in Spokane, when living
models appeared attired In dire ctoire
gowns, We are not informed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-18

When the battleship feet sails
from Auckland harbor today. the ~
bonlsdssIsof friendship between two Eng
lish speaking people will have been eta1
strengthened to q point not dreamed
of two decades ago.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-18

The Montana contractor who bored
his way through 800 odd feet Of hard
rock in 80 days is not SO much. Harry
Thaw has a record for making a mil
lion dollars look like a counterfeit
dime in the same period.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-18
COMING OF THE BILLINGS Z
NORTHERN.

Announcement is made, from off,
ciaa sources, that the Billings &
Northern \ abroad will tbe completed
into this city BY October l.
Not since the Burlington rails Joined.
those OF the Northern Pacific at this
POINT, 4 such an important event
transpired. !. Y
The Burlington connection made
possible another outlet-opened a new
passageway through the country, to
the southeast.
TIE completion Of the Billings &
Northern, "a, ain q measure even more
significant than the entrance Of the
Burlington into this field. The new
roads al local proposition, that will
develop a country Of which Billings is
the natural supply point-from which
and to which all commerce must be
scheduled.
heretofore the. section, sparsely
populated at best, has been held back
w lack Of transportation faculties.
With the construction Of 4 new line,
new towns are %springing into exist
eRce, agriculture is developing, and
land, the basis Of all material wealth,
IS rapidly enhancing in value
II order to bring the matter more
forcib1y to the attention Of the PEG
pie Of Billings, a few figures will not
be asniss. The road viii traverse .
section Of 800 miles in length, from
this point to Great rails. Figuring
hat the country for 20 mile on each
side Of the new road is the territory
Il will serye----and these figures are
very conservative, It ean that the
gateway to 10000 square miles Of ter
ritory Is to be opened to the mer.
chants of this place; it means that
an open door will be provided to 4
section where each isolated settle
mont. heretofore dealt and traded with
distant railway stations. The new
road brings these settlements within
the radius Of Billings and they will
come to this point and deal with us
There is a better outlet for the pro
ducts Of the country named to the
east and the southeast, than to the
west and the northwest. The eastern
gateway--which is through Billings,
leads to densely populated sections,
that clamor for the products of the
northwest. The gateway to the west,
leads to constantly decreasing popu-
lauons, which are seeking likewise
eastern markets for the disposition OF
their products.
The settlers along the line OF the
Billings & Northern, thus have a de-
cided advantage over those located
farther to the west.
We would suggest that, as. soon as
the line Is opened, the merchants OF
Billings organize a trade excursion,
and that they travel the length Of the
road, meet and ~fraternize with the
men in the different towns. Then
we would suggest that these trade ex.
cursitoons be followed up, and that
every month some particular town lbe
visited BY our merchants, and that
they invite and encourage the PEG.
pie to return the visit.
we will obtain a vast amount OF
business from the new section, but j,
may be multiplied greatly by active
cooperation at the outset.
IN other words, let us impart to
the people OF the country just opened
to III the Billings Spirit.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-18

Speeches of acceptance are the or
der of the day. We presume when
Hisgen delivers his, 1t will be adj
dressed to Hearst personally.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-18

A Wyoming man killed his mail or
der wife and then committed suicide.
Had he patronized home industry, ne
would doubtless be alive and happy.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-18
FIGHTING THE TIPPING SYSTEM

~ EN LN ~ 3 HfE1 u.s. .M II.
FIGHTING THE TIPPING SYSTEM.
Press dispatches tell us that the
drummers have declared q on the
tipping system. sss%
This is proper. VI
In this country employees of public
houses are paid wages which they
themselves s%tipulate. Having adopt
ed q scale satisfactory to themselves,
q customer or a guest should not,
and by all right is not, expected to
pay an additional sum.
In order to understand the differ
ence between customs in this country
ana the old, it is necessary to go
back a few centuries: In ancient
times, when q man travelled, ne took
his servants with him, for taverns in
those days did not maintain servants.
He was waited on by his WI men,
who frequently cooked, and always
served, not only his table but his per-
son. This was expensive, and only
the rich might move about.
Then it occurred to a few men to. in
e travel by decreasing the ex-
pense. To do this, servants were
placed in the ~taverns, and travellers
were informed that in the future they
would have only to pay the servants
of the house, and thereby be relieved
of the burden and expense Of paying
a retinue. The system at once fell In
to favor. Only royalty travels with
servants nowadays. Servants in Eu-
rope get no wages, and a man gets
from the attaches of the house where
he stops only the service for which he
pays. II he pays nothing, he gets
nothing-if he pays much, he is we'll
waited upon. Where such a custom
prevails, where it is general, there is
no complaint.
The tips are regulated, and, while
they are many, they r small, and in
the aggregate do not amount to much.
With the discovery of America a diff
ferent system was adopted. Men en-
ployed servants and paid them a sal.
airy, with the distinct understanding
that the guest was to pay his bill to
the house only. This was known as
the American plan, as contrasted with
the European plan. When one paid
the landlord on the continent, he had
still the servants to settle with. The
American plan contemplated every.
thing.
Americans going abroad caught the
tipping system, and imported it. The
result is that the man with the long.
est purse gets the best service--the
majority, we'll meaning and hard
working men. who cannot afford II
must wait in silence.
The size Of the tips increased. Fol
example. q man gave q manicurtst in
. New York barber shop. not long ago,
800 for trimming and polishing his
nails. A waiter in q restaurant wa
handed q so gold piece before he az
much IS placed . glass Of water in
front Of q guest-and another when
: the bill was settled. A barber waa
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-18

IN = baseball game at Bozeman, the
BARRIERS beat the real estate men
who didn'teven have the satisfaction
of a close shave.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-18

Chain and Bryan at q conference
talked Tolstoi. Bryan gave Chain a
e set Of Tolstoi. That will help
(Tolstoi) some.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-18

The Munice, Ind, tustice who de-
cided that the sheath skirt is a good
thing, is evidently a man who recos-
nizes the aforesaid good thing when
he sees 1t.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-18

ITO reclaim the millions OF acresg Of
barren lands. ~ the material heaefit
ssonf the farmers. the wealth Of tdhefs1ev-
s;eral states, and the peace, comtortand
proft 81 the people who live sin15sthe
cities and on the lands along the
streams throughMwhich these waters
i Z 7s A
Speaking on this subject in StsssLouis
recently, Hon: George H. MAXWELL had
this to say:
I'm the single state OF Montana
there are, no doubt, at least 100000
acres susceptible Of irrigation. Ten
million acres are q comparatively
small part Of the whole irrigable area
OF the Missouri river basin. Cover
shat area two feet deep with water
and you have 2o,0oO,Ooo %acre-feet Of
water.
Eli do you realize that 100000 900 feet
Of water would spread out over an
area Of 3,125 square miles ten feet
deep,Aor makessa flood overssix miles
wide and five feet deep through a val
ley / 900 miles long--practically the
distance from ST. Louis to the Gulf
Of Mexico?
That water now run to waste
down the Missouri river ii the various
floods and periods Of high water dur
ing the year 1t increases the danger
Of every: flood in the Missouri river.
# it were taken out into great canal
systems and used for irrigation and
the land saturated with the water, the
earth-sponge would first absorb It.
Then It would gradually seep through
the soil and a large part Of it would
drain back into the river at low water
when it could be used for navigation.
instead of wasting to the ocean in
foods as it does now
What is. being done with the vast
area Of public land in the Missouri
river valley that would furnish the
needed earth-sponge to thus regulate
the flow of the Missouri river, control
the floods and. furnish water when
needed for navigation?"
1t does not require much thought to
grasp the idea Mr.. Maxwell is trying
to convey. @3
NE nh Hp{f : 0p FnnHc 4 "a q r1 q IAN In tn tho
people Of the valley-the dry lands q
lesson to the people Of the west. The
latter may be watered, and the rivers
Of the former regulated in just one
INCORPORATION.
All that is necessary is for the rep
resentatives Of the fifteen states that
would benefit from the irrigation en-
terprise to combine with the ten states
that flank the stream where SO much
damage is wrought during the flood
tide.
The representatives of twenty-five
states, working as a unit, would have
no dificulty in improving both the Mis-
sissippi and the Missouri rivers, but
would reclaim the arid states of the
west at the same time. WA
Mr.. Maxwell has certainly pointed
the way-willl the Intelligent represen-
tatives Of the states involved take ad-
vantage of it?
MAX =4tm N..l
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-18

"Whois Hisgen?" asks an exchange.
For full particulars, apply to In l1]d'a
pendence party, care w. R. Hearst,
New York.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-18

It. IL stated that the Thaw case 10
without a~sprecedent. We hope it will
be without q parallel.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-18

A man in Paris invented a new
razor, and then swallowed the blade.
He is evidently quite a cut up.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-18

Announcement is made, from ON;
cial sources, that the Billings 9
Northern railroad will tbe completed
into this city by October 1.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-05-07
Municipal Court.

Chas. Oathouse of Norridgewock
was before Judge Bachelor in the
Skowhegan Municipal Court on Satur
day last, having been arrested by
Deputy Sheriff Chas. Savage of that
town, earlier in the day, for intoXi-
cation. He plead guilty and paid a
fine of five dollars and costs. He was
then arraigned for assault upon the
officer aud to this he made the same
plea. The fine imposed on this count
was twenty dollars and costs, upon
payment of which he was discharged
On Monday morning, Fred South
ard, proprietor of the hotel at Nor
ridgewock, was arraigned, on a
search and seizure process, the result
Of a raid az his place, made by depu
ties c. j. Savage of Norridgewock and
J. A. Goodrich of this place, on Sat-
urday, Apr. rs. He was found guilty,
and was given sentence of 500 and
costs and 90 days in jail with so days
additional if the fine was not paid.
He appealed and furnished sureties
for his appearance at the September
term of the supreme court.
The house of Mrs. Alphonsine Den
mis- was searched Sunday morning by
three of the enforcement deputies,
Roy E. French, w II. Weston and
George Taylor A bottle containing
seven gills of alcohol was found.
Mrs Dennis was arraigped in the
municipal court Monday and pleaded
not guilty. From the evidence it
appeared that the alcohol was for the
use of her daughter, who has been
sick. The respondent was discharged.
The enforcement deputies also paid
two visits to the restaurant on Court
street run by j. II. Williams. The
first search was made Saturday night
and the second Sunday morning.
Nothing of an Intoxicating nature
was found either time.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-05-07
The Plantation Roads.

The county commissioners for Som
erset County have CONF l. Il decision
as TO the nature of the permanent i'm
provement 10 be made On the plauta-
tionsroad-, which CONE under their
care IL this county, aud nave sent u
their report a. required BY The Sar-
gent law Ender TIL. law, 81 on
every thousand dollars Of valuation
must be set aside for permanent i'm
proyement Oh the highway. In gen
eral the principal thOrgughiare
through the plantation has been 80
lected by the county commissioners
for Improvement and their proposals,
- submitted 10 the state highway
commissioner for approval. indicate
their purpose to provide surface
drainage and to remove the roadside
debris, ike rocks and bushes, the
ann being 70 do the work Of the pres
ent season in manner 10 form
basis for further permanent improve
ment next year. In the ease Of Dead
River, one piece Of road six hundred
feet long, beginning about one mile
from the Jerusalem linz demands the
chief attention. Il Is proposed TO
make the road wider and raise the
level, besides removing the debris
from the sides. The other plantations
reported on are Bald Mountain. West
Forks, The Forks, Sandy BAY Parliu
Pond, Mayfield, Lexington. johnson
Mountain, Flagstaff and Carrying
Place.
If the commissioners wish u take
advantage of state aid, they viii add
TO the 33tc on a thousand Of Yalua-
ton above referred to, sum equal
TO one half OF said amount, this max
ing what is known az a Joint fund.
ana rne state then refunds 10 III
plantation two dollars for every dol
lar thus set aside. State aid has al
ready been apportioned to Somerse
plantation as follows: Bigelow, Sos;
Jackman, s173 %; Dennistown, S123;
Pleasant Ridge, $50; highland, 5105
In BigeloW, the permanent improve
ment Will consist III building a new
road around washout on the Dead
River; in Jackman the road near the
I. p. K. station is to BE- opened and a
"No shaped under drain viii be put in
resurtacing with gravel; in Dennis
town and Pleasant Bidge the princi-
pal attention will be given t. per-
manent culverts and surface drain
age; and in Highland, an old wharf
ing along the principal road will be
removed, the road widened, rewall-
ing in more permanent manner.