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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-17

Of food he has discovered, and
published In Minnesota through the
medium Of the press, which is aiding
n the expose
Butter which was oleomargerine
colored with coal-tar dye.
Tomato catsup made from can
ming factory refuse, eolored with
coal-tar dye and preserved with sail
cylic acid.
Olive oil composed chiefly Of cot
tonseed oil.
Maple syrup composed chiefly OF
ane syrup.
Pepper composed chiefly Of ground
olive stones, cocoanut shells, saw
dust or other inert material.
Currant jelly manufactured from
refuse apple stock, commercial glu
cose and gelatin and colored with
coal-tar dye, preserved with salicyli<
acid and favored with currant juice
Cider vinegar made of diluted
commercial acetic acid and colored
with burnt sugar.
Coffee adulterated with chicory.
Cream testing twelve per cent but
terfat, thickened with gelatin and
colored with annato.
Pickles colored with copper salts
hardened with alum and sweetened
with saccharin.
Prepared mustard made of wheat
flour, mustard hulls and adulterated
vinegar and colored with coal-tal
dye.
Fresh meat taken from cold stor
age where it had been held fol
six months.
After reading the above, one agrees
with our German friend who re
marked:
Everything is vot it amt"
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(First Publication November II, 19O8.)
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department Of the Interior, u. S.
Land Office at Billings, Montana, Nov.
16, 19OS.-Notfce is hereby given that
William H. Humphreys, of Billings,
Montana, who, on February 9, 1905,
made desert land entry No. 1916, Boze-
man series, Serial No. $3.50, for NJ
.NWA, section 8, township 2 north,
range 81 E., M. p. Meridian, has filed
notice OF intention to make final proof,
to establish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before Register and Receiver
u. 8. Land Office, at Billings, Montana,
on the Goth day of December, 1908.
Claimant names as witnesses: Dan
lei F. Lemaster, of Billings, Montana;
Thomson Haskell, OF Billings, Mon
tana; Arie Van der Hamsvoort, of Bill
ings, Montana; Grover G. Shearer, of
Billings, Montana. i.s
Non-Coal Land.
R. P. JACKSON,
Register.
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(FYrst Publication November IL. 1sos.)
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

United States Land Office. Billings,
Montana, Nov. 10. 1908.-Notice is
hereby given that the Northern Pacific
Railway company, whose ~postof1ce adj
dress is st. Paul, Minnesota, has this
18th day of November, 1908, filed in
this office its application to select
under the provisions of the Act of
Congress, approved July l, 1898 go
Stat. 597, 620) the west half Of the
west half Of section 20 in township 3
north Of range % East Of the Mon
tana Principal Meridian, containing
100 acres. f
Any and all persons claiming adj
versely the lands described, or desir-
ing to object because of the miner
al character of the land, or for any
other reason, to the disposal to ap-
plicant, should file their afidavits Of
protest in this Office, on or before the
18th day OF December, 1908.
R. P. JACKSON,
Register.
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WAGES AND THE TRUSTS.

Charles M. Schwab, speaking to a
student body in San Francisco the
other night, remarked that the trust
had come to stay. He favors these
great industrial combinations, for the
reason that they not only pay the
highest wages, but they give constant
employment.
That this is SO, we have ample evi.
dence. The United States Steel cor.
poration employees obtain higher wages
than are received by men working for
other similar institutions. In a coun.
try where men obtain $3.50 and 81
per day, or even IS and Sc, we have
no idea of the better salaries paid in
the great steel works of the east.
Investigation made at different
periods show that it is not an uncom'
mon thing for men in these plants tc
receive 81 to $12 per day, and some
make as high as $25-daily, not week
ly. There are records Of men doing
better than that, and reaching the
point where they have claimed $50
per day. OF course, they are the high
grade men.
There are men, also, in those plants
who manage to make So a day-some
that get 81, but they IRE the class
who believe in doing a certain amount
of work and then stopping, or who
take more interest in watching the
clock, or listening for the whistle, than
In the work they have in hand. The
other men, are those who "get into
the collar" and work harder-and they
are paid a higher rate, for the big
trust, so-called, in addition to the rate
1t pays, recognizes the worth of a
man, and pays him for the amount
of work he does. Any man, no mat
ter what his position, may rise from
the position of puddler, to that OF
manager-if only he will show that
he is capable. I.
AS with the steel trust, so with the
others.
Some men with the railroad wait
for orders, run on a schedule, and dc
barely enough work to hold their posi-.
tons. Others with initiative, who are
not afraid OF work, pitch in. They &c
forward, and they are the men who
veal the titles Of general managers
and presidents. For in the trusts
every mans work is recorded. He may
not be conscious OF it, but such is
the fact, and his advancement depends
on another man, unknown to him, OF
to his "boss," who checks up the re.
suits, and who tells how much the
company obtains from one or the other
of the employees.
The trust demands it's moneys
worth, but or the other hand, the trust
has raised the standard of wages tc
the highest point ever known.
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(First Publication Nov. II, 19OS.-4T)
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of James Wheeler, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed administrative Of the estate of
James Wheeler, deceased, to the
creditors of and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to
exhibit them, with the necessary
vouchers, within four months after the
first publication Of this notice, to the
said Administrative at office of w. M.
Johnston In Billings, Montana.
Dated November 16, 1908.
JENNIE M, EBERHART,
Administrative Of the Estate
of James Wheeler, De-
ceased.
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THREE DRINKS AND THE WISDOM
OF THE OWL.

Hon. Champ Clark, after listening
to the testimony Of the liquor men
before the committee on tariff revis-
ion, remarked:
There are not a thousand men in
the United States who, after they
have had three drinks, can tell what
they are drinking"
All of which, we presume, is liter.
ally true-else the distinguished rep
resentative from the classic state of
Missouri would not have said so.
What Mr.. Clark meant to convey,
no doubt, is the fact that there is
booze and booze, and that while some
kinds may be better than others, it
all looks alike to the man who sur.
rendered to three drinks and thereby
developed a Sahara thirst.
These manufacturers-or some OF
them, plainly told the committee that
in the drinking Of wine, the Ameri.
can pays for French labels-but
drinks a home made product.
Wine is manufactured in this coun.
ty, and it is made both fiat and fz
zling--you pay you money and you
take your choice. Here are two bot
ties, the contents Of each made in the
United States. One has a label saying
SO, the other a label that lies-for ii
indicates that it was manufactured il
France. The home product brings
$1,5O to 81 a bottle, the alleged for
eign article $3.50 to 81. And, as Mr.
Dooley says, there you are"
Our drinking friend, who knows {
thing or two, selects the foreign label
winks knowingly, and remarks:
THE French are the only people
who know how to make champagne
water"
And he believes every word Of it
Fill a glass from the other bottle
he will taste It and act as though he
had been poisoned.
All Of which goes to show that q
man does not always pay for what he
gets, but for the privilege Of being
humbuegsd.
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WILL
NOT PAY FINE:
Continued from First Page.).

combinations in restraint Of trade.
Under the Sherman antitrust law
honest business corporations cannot
be conducted, much less honest
straightforward labor organizations.
Referring to the case against me
in the District Of Columbia, I want
to say that I will never consent that
the A. f. Of L. shall ever pay one
cent Of any fine for me. i don't want
to 60 to jail. but I will not tamefully
submit to the federation being
mulcted for me. / am not pleading
poverty, hut II I had the means /
would not use them In the payment Of
any fine imposed on me for exercis-
ing my rights as an American citizen"
Max Hayes, Of Cleveland, made a
Socialistic speech, but suggested the
formation Of 9 labor party. He criti-
cised the Democratic platform, and In
regard to that portion which says:
we yield to none in our respect to
the courts" Mr.. Hayes declared he
had respect for the courts.
President Gompers again took the,
floor in reply to Mr.. Hayes. He said
the position taken by Mr.. Hayes was
illogical and declared that the decis-
ions Of the supreme court had but one
object, namely to cite the men Of la
Dor to their work, to cripple the men
OF labor in their right to work or
their right not to work.
That was the proposition he de-
clared.
Those decisions he said, twill re-
suit in lettering men today in order
to enslave them for all time to come.
"The rights which the courts took
from the workmen OF Great Britain
caused the formation of the labor par.
ty, and having secured their rights to
organize, they have continued, and
will have other rights.
I'm the first place, l am not in love
with the Democratic party, second,
l am not a Democrat and third, I am
trade %unionist. May the trade un-
ionists always be right, but whether
right or wrong, I am with the trade
unionists." w. ~ s
This declaration was received with
cheers. r." ##
"No man has denounced the Demo
cratic more than L." Mr.. Gompers con-
tinued, but when the Democratic
party made our contentious its own, 1t
would not only have been ingratitude,
but cowardly to desert them. II Bry-
an had been elected with the hosts Of
organized labor back of him, 1t would
have given spirit to human freedom"
John H. Walker, president Of the
Illinois Mine Workers, who said he
was a Socialist, declared for an hide
pendent political organization. The.
report Of the committee on treasurer's
report with its recommendations was
unanimously concurred in.
"A large number Of resolutions on
labels, referred to the committee on
labels were reported and adopted.
These referred to the use Of the un-
ion label. ~a
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ers Of the notes, first testified. They
were followed by John "A. vanderpool,
a clerk in Van v~lissingen's office,
who testified to having no previous
knowledge of any irregularities in the
Office.
Van Vlissingen was then called. His
testimony in part follows:
How long have you been in bus
iness in Chicago?"
about 20 years"
He was shown the Grossman notes
and said the signatures, including
those OF the recorder and the notary
public and the number in deed were
all forgeries.
'In what manner was the forgery
committed by you?"
II did it by tracing"
How II was done.
"Just explain to the court how you
traced the documents"
Laid one paper on the other and
had an electric light underneath,
made it transparent that way and
traced it."
THAT is, the electric light was I'm.
derneath the table?"
Yes, sir, q small hole in the table
How long have you been engaged
in forgeries OF that nature?"
"Oh, | should say about eighteen
years."
approximately, how much would
those forgeries amount to-"
About 100000"
Where has the money gomez"
paid back in interest and lost in
business"
Have you speculated?"
"No, sir"
After the prisoner had again asked
for speedy punishment, the sentence
was imposed. WI
The court said:
Tho Sentence.
"Your sentence to the %penitentiary
will be an indeterminate one. I will
report to the pe%nitentiary commission
ers the situation and the length o.
time that you will have to remain will
depend on their action. It will moi
be less than one year nor exceed four
teen years."
After being taken to the county jai;
Van Vlissingen refused to see or tall
to anyone.
Van Vlissingen was born in Holland
and came with his family to a suburb
of Chicago. When a boy he was EN-
ployed by a financial firm which has
since developed into the Chicago Title
and Trust company, to which his at
torneys have now made an assignment
of his affairs. Mr.. Van Vlissinge1
grew up in the financial end Of thu
real estate business and up to the
present was regarded as most sue
cessful in that line.
One Of the things that brought hin
prominence was his having been the
first to reduce the brokerage commits
sion rate on mortgage deals from 6 tt
az per cent.
The Van Vlissingens occupied a pa
latial home at No. 5406 South Parl
avenue in one of the fashionable sec
lions of the city. Mrs. Van vlissinge1
has two children by a former mar
riage. They are Roosevelt, IA year,
old, now at school at Fort Deposit
Md; and Laura E, Is years old, {
daughter at a school at Lake Forest
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AS between the pay-as-you-enter
cars, we think we prefer the collect
Observation-Disclosures kind best.
We recommend this to the serious
consideration of the railway compa-
HES. Then, II the man don't pay
put him of. NO reasonable man could
object to the method.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-17

Some election judges in Utah locked
the ballots in a safe, and the services
OF an expert safe-cracker were re-
quired to get them out. II the judges
in some OF Montana's outlying" dis
tricts had done: the same thing, the
public would have known about as
DOE who was elected governor
Helena Independent.
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Wild oysters have been discovered
In Australia. If they are anything
like the Holsters that grow in our
social world, we are sorry for Austria
liza.
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cLAlRvoYAncy OF JAMES j. HILL

cLAlRvoYANcY OF JAMES }. HILL
When James j. Hill stood UP in
the Billings club last evening, and ad-
vised his auditors to hold their land,
and predicted that it would sell for
5000 per acre, he made one OF those
wonderful prophecies for which he is
famed.
James j. Hill is an empire builder,
as certainly as was Cecil Rhodes,
though he started with less, and had
only the land on which to base his
predictions.
When he commenced the construc-
ton Of the Great Northern railroad,
into the then wilderness Of the north
west, there were those who doubted.
But there was no element Of doubt in
the mind of the mar who conceived
the plan. That he saw clearer, and
that his range of vision was greater
than others, has been amply demon
stated in the history of this state.
With the development his railroad
has brought, it was but natural that
other and different localities advanced
along parallel lines, and now, in the
golden hour OF his life, he finds that,
optimistic as he was, and enthusiastic
as he might have been considered in
the days when he forced the rails Of
the Great Northern toward the coast,
even he failed to grasp the full sig
ni1cance Of his venture.
Nothing succeeds like success, and
fame attracts the attention OF all. And
so it is with James ]. HILL, who, hav-
ing conquered the wilderness, has
gridironed this section with rails, and
for every mile of new track construct
ed, some man has attained wealth and
for every new town laid out, hundreds
of happy homes have been established.
That part of the work is all but
done, and in the clear light of his
achievements, marvellous almost, he
sees another vista opening to those
Of us who are taking up the work at
the point to which he has carried it.
He was the pioneer, and we are
here to reap the benefit Of his efforts.
The land, which the people are turn
ing to, is our natural heritage. With
the tide that is flowing westward, to
obtain new homes, and the demand
for better and more healthful condi-
lions, he sees a remarkable advance
In the prices of farm and range, and
with the same certainty that has char
acterized his predictions in the past,
he has advised all to hold the land
they own, and to buy land If they do
ont possess it, for the day is coming,
and is not far away, when every acre
in the Yellowstone valley will sell for
not less than $500.
The man who remembers the life of
James j.. Hill, and who knows that his
wealth has been obtained in a con-
slant effort to add to the wealth of
others and the community. at large, is
blind indeed who cannot recognize in
his words the voice of the man who
has not lived in vain, for he speaks
today, as he spoke a quarter Of a cen
fury ago, with absolute certainty.
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A Philadelphia doctor says that he
has a new jag cure. He declares that
an operation is the scheme. II this
means that he will amputate ones
pocketbook, we warn him right here
that he has the wrong system. for the
old soak will never consent to 1t.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-17

Great Falls has arrived-but unless
the citizens are ON hand to welcome
the arrival, the event will amount to
but little.-Great Falls Leader.
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Butte's bad men keep the town in
the public eye.
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Chicago, Nov. '16, 1908.
"This is to certify that l alone am
responsible for the irregularities that
have occurred in my Office and that
no one in my employ, or that ever was
in my employ, has guilty knowledge
of the Irregularities that have occur
red at any time.
PETER VAN vLISSINGEN,"
II want my punishment to come as
quickly as possible," said Van Vliss-
ingen.
i will interpose no technicalities
against the indictment, arraignments
or sentence, Let the matter be attend
ed as quickly as possible"
Sobbed Aloud.
Under guard Van Vlissingen was
the led to Judge Windes court room
in another part of the criminal court
building. Judge Windes was busy
with other cases at the time and the
prisoner with the witnesses and at
torneys had to wait.
The court, however, soon disposed
of the cases and Van Vlissingen was
led to the bar. Bowling his head, the
prisoner frequently lifted his handker-
chief to his eyes, and while the Judge
looked over the evidence, his sobs
; were audible. Among the documents
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-11-05
Countess Peppered
With His Bird Shot

New York, Nov. 4.-Peppering a
Hungarian countess with bird shot
was the eFnantioipated part Of a novel
plan which l7-year-old Raymond Ar
cher adopted at Huntington, l.. L.,
yesterday, to stop, bakers boy from
reading dime novel,
AS young Archer, son of the pro-
prietor. Of the Harbor Hotel, was
standing at the edge of q woods,
watching 'fof rabbits he saw "Bea-
con" de Veanx driving along the road
with a wagon load of mullins and
other bakery products. Beacon"
having faithful nag In front of him
who knew the route, had withdrawn
his gaze from ordinary earthly OBJ
jects, and was lost in the pages of a
Observation-Disclosures romance.
The temptation to scare the read
er was too great for the amateur
gunner. There was loud explosion,
and ting bakery nag stood up straight
on Its hind legs and paved the air
Tarts, French visits, cookies and
pumpkin pies tumbled out the back
OF the wagon in a cascade. The
horses legs were SO badly wounded
and the animal bled so much, it had
to be killed.
Feminine shrieks Of distress from
the other side of the road made 1t
plain in an instant that young Ar
cher's achievement had outrun its
original purpose. Mrs. Louise Bus.
tonaby, the Hungarian countess, who
married the owner Of the Chateau
des Beaux Arts, and her sister-in-
law, Miss Marie Bustonaby, were
both stung by the. scattering bird
shot. The women were badly fright.
ened, but not sufficiently injured tc
call for the attention Of a surgeon.
Beacon de Veaux stopped read
ing his novel. There were no arrests
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-11-05
ideal. WEATHER
PREVAILED IN
ALL SECTIONS

New York, Nov. 3.--Reports dur
ing the day from all over the coun-
try show that generally fair weather
prevailed and big vote was being
polled. In fact, throug hout practi-
cally the whole country ideal wealth
er conditions prevailed and this, in
addition to the interest manifested
generally in the campaign, operated
to bring out full vote everywhere
Reports from all sections show that
the voting began early and that q
heavy, vote was cast early in all sec
tons.
In Greater New York the polling
places offered about the only scenes
Of life in the early hours of the day
in the greatest city on the western
! hemisphere. The banks, the
stock exchange. aud business houses
of all descriptions were closed.
There was rush of voters at
practically every precinct In the city
/ this morning as soon as the ballot
boxes were opened.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-11-05
PRIZE BUFFAL0-BUtL
EVER READY 1Of|GHT

New York, Nov. 3.-Black Beau
ty, the prize buffalo bull in the col
lection at the New York Geological
Park, has been on the rampage
again, but this time he was captured
and confined in closely guarded
corral before he could do any dam
age to other members of the herd
Black Beauty has a reputation for
fighting that would be hard to equal
and has at least three bulls who dis
puted his mastery on his death roll.
Once before, when Black Beauty
had killed Mckinley, an equally
strong bull, after fight which from
the evidences next. morning must
have lasted all night, the victor was
confined to a lonely barn. Recent
1y he has shown such docility that
docility, however, has been exhaust
ed, and he could no longer restrain
his rage at seeing others seemingly
being as bossy in the place as he had
been. Black Beauty is king of the
herd and is at all times ready and
willing to 'ight for that title.
Bronx Park has been the scene Of
a number of as fine buffalo fights
as any wild Westerner could wish
to see. The Park collection con-
sists of about fifty specimens. prob
ably the largest collection in exist
ence. These came originally from
the Whitney and Corbin estates.
and with a still later addition from
Lac farms of 7. G. NJ. Cardeza, a
wealthy Philadelphia. OF these
various groups each had ruler,
and each in turn has to be con-
quered by Black Beauty before he
was allowed to reign as undisputed
champion. The record of killed
and injured is one the officials do
not like to think about. but they
have been unable to devise any plan
that would make all the buffaloes
dwell in harmony.
TO prevent more killings, the
members of The different herds are
now as far as possible kept in sep
arate parts Of the range, which COM
prisea about 200 acres.
This city is now leading the coun-
try in producing buffaloes and is
supplying the country with them.
During the year of 1907 twelve
young ones were born in Bronx
Park. Up to the present time this
year there have been four young ad-
ditions. All but one of these
calves grew up strong and healthy.
1t was about year ago that fif-
teen choice specimens were shipped
to Oklahoma, where 299s@acres><haXa
heen reserved for a buffalo range
in the Wichita reservation Of the
National Forest and Game Reserve.
There with this nucleus sent from
New York, it the aim of the Am
erican Bison Society to raise a ma
tional herd and thus avert the ex-
tinction Of the buffalo.