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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-28
SHOT ~ BARTENDER.
Brothers Wounded BY Man They Had
Tormsnted.
fspecial to The aaxette.l

Especial to The Gaxette.)
Missoula, July 24.-Two brothers.
James and John Robertson. were
wounded at Taft this morning by .
revolver In the hands OF an Austrian.
bartender, whom they had been tor
menting and abusing. Both Of the
men were shot through the leg, but
were not seriously injured. The bar
tender shot while the boys had him
covered with their pistols, but made
no attempt to take advantage Of his
position after wounding the young
men.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-28
DEATH OF WILLIAM THOMAS.

Especial to The Gazette.)
Red Lodge, July PA telegram re-
ceiyed today from Wales states that
William, the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Thomas, of this city, died in
that country several days ago. Mr..
Thomas was a well known miner of
Red Lodge and was on a visit with
relatives in Wales.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-28

% B.. es7 acres. valuation too low.
3318.50.
Section So. township S north. range
l23 r., $40 acres. valuation too low.
$4,000.
Section 35, township 5 north, range
2s D.. $40 acres. valuation too low.
$4,000.
z A. Evers. ell Of the following sec
tons: @
Section i. township 2 north. range
Is n, $40 acres. valuation too low.
$4,000.
Section 3. township . north. range
IS T.. 647 acres. valuation too low.
Ss2s.6o.
Section 9. township . north, range
% q. $40 acres, valuation too low,
$4,000.
Section II. township 2 north, range
25 b.. $40 acres, valuation too low.
$4,000.
Section Is. township Q north. range
LIS D., $40 acres, valuation too low.
$4,000.
Section Is. township 2 north. range
25 b., $40 acres. valuation too low,
$4,000.
Section q, township 2 north, range
% e., $40 acres. valuation too low.
$4,000.
Section %. township 2 north, range
IS b., $40 acres, valuation too low.
$4,000.
Section 5. township 2 north, range
26 b., GA acres, valuation too low.
$4,000.
Section q, township 2 north. range
26 b., 624 acres, valuation too low,
$4,000
Section 9, township 2 north, range
26 r.. $40 acres, valuation too low.
$312.00
Section Il, township 2 north. range
26 E., $40 acres, valuation too low,
$4,000.
Section 10. township 2 north, range
90 B., 621 acres, valuation too low,
$4,000.
Section 81, township . north, range
90 B., $40 acres, valuation too low,
$4,000.
Section 20, township Q north, range
26 E., $40 acres, valuation too low,
$4,000.
L. H. Fenske. lot 10, block 40. Bill.
, ings, valuation too low, 100000.
Simon Foster, lot / north Of river
and NEA NWA section "a, township
, / north, range 26 e., 68 acres, valua
tion too low, 100000.
n p. II. Gagnon, machinery. etc. valua
ton too low, $1,500.00.
George Gordon, Eh SWA section
35. township l north, range % E.
valuation too low, $4,000.
Sarah j. Gruwell, lots 1 to 4, bloch
/, 50, Billings. valuation too low
$1.750.O0.
Handel Bros, s11 south Of river, sec
, ton 81, township 8 north, range 20 3.
226 acres, valuation too low. $112.50
j. D. Hogan, section 10, township
north, range 90 g.. $40 acres. valuation
too low, $4,000.
!, 3. N. Harwood, lots 4 to 6, block 8
Billings, valuation too low. 100000
Peter Hoe. NEA section SO, town
ship / north, range 26 E., valuation to.
low. $4,000.
/ U.sE. Frizelle, lots / and 2, block a
Billings, valuation too low, $1,400.00
Mary Holling, lots 8 to s, block A
Billings, valuation too low. $2,800.O0
j. L. Cutler, rs hives Of bees. ca
capped assessment, $500.
H. Barr, Is hives OF bees, ESCAPED
, assessment. $225.O0.
! Upon motion, the Board adjourne.
to meet July "a, 1908, at 1000 a. m
Approved: G. H. NEWMAN,
Chairman
Attest: IRA L. WHITNEY
Clerk
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-28

some OF which there WAS . quantity
Of valuable jewelry. savage's dis
charge by the police soon followed.
"A score Of postomce inspectors and
detectives have worked on the case.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-28
DAUGHTER is BORN.

MI. and Mrs. Keenan, Parents Of
Little Girl.
a daughter was born to MI. and
Mrs. Harry Keenan, on Fourth avenue
south July IL, according to a certia-
cate fled yesterday with the city
health ofacer. MI. Keenan, Is an en-
lploye Of the Billings sugar factory.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-28
cHiEF TABOO AND HIS BLUE
coATsTo CLEAR CITY or
BAD CHARACTERS.
ANOTHER ROBBERY
Number % Recent Grimes Forces
Police 70 rake Drastic Acton
Hacknan Complains That An Al
tempt Was Made TO Hold Him Up
Police Arrest One on suslcion.
From Saturdays Daily.

SIOOhS, yS66MSA, 6cCOAA SIOIy
workers and holdups, must skiddo.
Chief Talgo and his bunch OF blue
coats yesterday started cleaning the
city OF suspicious characters. The
cleanup is result OF the number OF
holdups, burglaries and petty thefts
reported within the last two days. It
will be zone Of the most thorough
Billings has ever experienced.
Yesterday morning the burglary OF
the Pettingale blacksmith shop, on
South Twenty-seventh street was re-
ported and within q few hours John
Baker, a former employe Of the place
was landed In Jail.
The burglar gained entrance to the
shop through 9 back window. He
carried away q number Of tools valued
Ct perhaps SO. Oficers Foster and
Schneider, who were detailed on the.
case found that Baker had sold tools
similar to the ones stolen, at Stock
wells Employment office on North
Twenty-seyenth street. They found
him In the upper end Of the railroad
yards, preparing to steal.a ride out of
the city. When arrested, he denied
the crime, but the police say that the
evidence against him Is conclusive.
The officers are now Of the opinion
that the men who broke Into J. 4.
Kelley's store on Minnesota avenue
are the same ones, who attempted to
b~urglarize McNeill Bros. Bargain
store the same night. They believe
that the Job was done by .hoaters."
Mayor Foster said yesterday in
speaking Of the number of crimes re.
Gently that every year about this
time the towns and cities Of the state
are infested with travelling yeggmen,
hold ups and second story workers.
He has requested the police to keep
all suspicious characters moving and
to do everything in their power to
clear the city of these undesirables
He also warns residents and business
men to use every precaution to safe
guard their property until Billings is
once NOR purged Of crooks.
The recent hold up is one Of the
most daring in the city for some time
past and has shown the necessity OF
drastic action.
Arthur Petit, a hackman, yesterday
reported that an attempt was made
to hold him up at an early hour yes.
terday morning lear the Merrill pack
ing house in the eastern part OF the
city. He declares that a man sud
denly sprang from the side Of the
road, grasped one OF his horses by the
bit and had the animal and It's mate
not reared and bolted, the man might
have succeeded.
One dif1culty Of conducting such a
clean up, as Is in progress at the
present time, Is that although the
police strongly suspect certain indt-
viduals Of completely in the affairs,
they ! unable to secure evidence
enough to warrant an arrest and il
the man shows that he has money
and Is mot q vagrant, 1t Is extremely
hard to force him to leave the city.
II they use drastic measures. allega,
tions Of police bounding are oft times
made.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-28

The worst Of It is so far as the.
wicked Chicagoese are concerned.
there's q still hotter future In store
Tor Mem.-Anaconda Standard.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-28
OATS "coRNERp BUSTED.
4 Did Not Cause Any Excitement,
However.

Chicago, July 25.-A natural cor.
ner'' In oats came to = sudden endsto-
day when the price. Of the July deliv.
cry dropped SIX cents per bushel on
the board Of trade here. The severe
slump caused little excitement, how
owing to thetsfact that trade ii
that option had been very small. for
some time past because OF the con
gested condition Of the market.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-28
WILLIAM PARSONS
CONfESSES MURDER
sTEvENsviLLE MAN CREATES A
sENsATIoN.

Especial to The Gaxette.l
Missouri, July ga special to the
Missoulian from s~tevensville says:
william Parsons created a sensa-
tpnhere today by confessing that
The Delta independent., 1908-01-24
Cedaredee Items.

The Pannell school was not in session
last Friday, owing to the illness of Mr..
George Morris.
w. B. Stockham was up from Delta
last Tuesday, looking after his business
interests in Cedaredge.
Mr.. Alfred King, the poet Of the
Western Slope, is visiting his old friend
J. C. Rowbotham few days.
County Superintendent Miss Myers
visited the schools of Cedaredge and
vicinity several days last week.
Mumps is the fashionable disease at
present among the school children.
Some older people, among them Mrs.
Blossom, have also fallen victims.
Joe Hogrefe of the Cedaredge Bank
The Delta independent., 1908-01-24
Dominguez Dots.

j. C. Storts came in from White
water Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cheney were visiting
at the Geo. Roberts place Tuesday.
Fine weather at Dominguez. 1t
doesn't hardly freeze here at all. No
ice to put up.
Charley, the section foreman, says
he has bought one of Mr.. Leonard s
patent cook stoves.
John Beaver and his two boys are
still grubbing cottonwoods preparatory
to setting the ground with Elberta
peach trees.
Postmaster Bert Roberts is kept
quite busy handling the heavy mails
that are beginning to come in from
East and West.
Mr.. Kestler is making some fine i'm
provements on his claim. He is going
back to Missouri pretty soon and some
thing may happen.
Mr., and Mrs. John Roberts have an
S-pound boy of which they are quite
proud. Bert, however, is a little skep-
tical about the weight, as he says they
weighed it on the letter scales and he
don't see how it could weigh eight
pounds.
The Delta independent., 1908-01-24
Eckert Locals.

Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Smith were in
Delta last Monday.
Editor Brewer of the Champion was
doing Eckert last Sunday.
John Bowness Jr. is quite sick with
inflammation of the bowels, at the home
of r. E. Griffith.
LATER-Death relieved the sufferer
yesterday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. o. Simpson were
visitors at the Hull ranch on Tongue
Creek last Sunday.
James Lamar is clearing up a fine
twelve acre tract of land which will be
sown to wheat the coming spring.
Maud Forrest of the Delta High
school came home last Monday suffer-
ing with slight attack of the grip.
1t will only be few days until the
second crop of ice will be ready to cut
and the quality is said to be as good as
the first.
The Chas. Shark sale held last Sat
urday brought out big crowd and the
bidding was quite lively, all articles
bringing good price.
George Stell is in from the range
nursing a nice sized package of the
grip George says it's worse than
running down maverick.
On next Friday evening there will be
a shadow social given at the home of
Mrs. Gregg Smith for the benefit of
the Eckert Baptist church.
Abe Reynolds spent last Sunday in
Delta but don't intimate to him that
she is red headed for Abe is a little
sensitive about such matters.
Mrs. J. D. Walker returned last
Sunday from very pleasant visit with
Paonia friends and is now entertaining
her mother who came up from Gunni-
son Monday.
At the annual election of the Surface
Creek Fruit Growers Association held
last Satur day the old board of directors
were reelected with the exception of
Tom Dewar who has moved to Delta.
His place will be filled the ensuing year
by Harry Bull.
The Delta independent., 1908-01-24
Austin Briefs.

Harry GutshalI was in Austin Monday.
Charles Shark and son left Tuesday
for Buel, Idaho.
Mr.. Weible has his blacksmith shop
moved into town.
Mrs. Frost is ill at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Lobdell.
Myrtle LeeMaster attended the show
at Delta Tuesday evening.
DR.. and Mrs. Miller and Babe returned
from Delta Saturday evening.
DIR. and Mrs. Archer were callers at
S. Gorsuch's Wednesday of this week.
Mr.. Loucks and family of Hotchkiss
have moved on the H. Miller ranch for
the coming year.
DIR. Miller has sold more than a dozen
lots the past week, on all of which
buildings are to be erected in the
spring.
C. Jurgensen of Benton Harbor,
Mich, arrived here Wednesday of last
week. He expects to remain during
the summer.
DR.. and Mrs. Archer attended the
reception in Delta Thursday evening.
Mrs. Archer spent the day with Mrs.
Kernohan while the DIR. attended the
Short Course.
The Delta independent., 1908-01-24
COUNTY COMMISSION
ERS' PROCEEDINGS.
January Meeting, 1908.

The following reductions in assessments were
allowed to the parties named account Of
erroneous assessments viz:
North Fork Fruit Growers Association $500 co.
J. o. CALDWELL $4,000.
C. C. Hawkins, cash rebate. S14.1O.
Delta County Fair Association, 1907 tax
Hotchkiss Fair Association, 1907 tax on i'm
provements.
Mrs. NJ. G. Garrison S1OOOO
Caleb Maher, S15cU0
The Board re-appointed all appointed officers
II. E. Mulnix was employed to examine the
books of the several County Officers for the year
1877 for consideration of $500 o.
Contracts for printing and stationery were
awarded the Out West Printing & Stationery
Company of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and
the Ielta Independent of Delta.
Contract to furnish coal awarded to Guy
Blair.
Joseph Hogrefc was elected Chairman of the
Board of County Commissio ners for the year
1903.
The following bills were allowed and warrants
ordered drawn for the same. viz:
The Delta independent., 1908-01-24
Cooperative Coal.
Delta, Colo, Jan. 21, 1908

The project of Incorporating a
cooperative mining company cap
italized for five thousand dollars
to take over the j. w. Kuhnley
eighty-acre tract of coal land to-
gether with machinery and ac-
cessories, for the sum of $4,000,
leaving $1,000 for working capital,
is about to be consumated.
At a meeting held at the court
house on the ninth of December
a temporary organization was eff
fected with E. A. Ault as chair
man and Walter Singleton secre-
tary, and it was agreed to pay
Mr.. Kuhnley for the work neces-
sary to put the mine in in shape
and the coal sold by him during
that time was to apply on such
payment.
The idea is to have a strictly
Peoples Coal Mine" and to
guarantee the residents of the
Town of Delta and vicinity that
coal shall not increase in cost in
the future as it has twice in the
past three years, and stockhold-
ers are to have their coal at cost.
1t is estimated by competent
engineers that there is enough
coal in sight above the tunnel
level to supply population of
10, 900 for a period of so years;
and in consideration of the facts
that a road is already built to the
mine, the coal of the best quality
and the haul a short one, it seems
that everybody in the neighbor-
hood should take stock in the
company. The shares are Selling
at $1,000 each.
The proposition favored is that
stockholders may vote as individ-
uals and not by shares. That is:
a stockholder with one share
would be entitled to as many
votes as the owner of so shares.
Every safeguard is to be used in
framing the constitution and by
laws to the end that it shall for
ever be a Peoples Coal Mine"
for the benefit of the residents
of the Town of Delta and vicinity.
After organization those having
stock and wishing to dispose of
it are to turn it over to the sec
retary of the company, who will
offer it for sale to the highest
bidder.
These points, however, and al
so the price of coal to stockhold-
ers and others will be decided up
on by the subscribers at the meet
ing for final organization.
The subscription list will be
found at Ault's Drug store and
those wishing to subscribe for
stock should call and sign up, as
a meeting will be called within a
few days to complete the arrange
ments for taking over the mine.
WALTER SINGLETON,
! Secretary.
The Delta independent., 1908-01-24
2I meals at the Home Cafe $4.0O

w. R. Case & Sons cutlery best on
the market. Sold by the Porter-Obert
Hdw. Co.
Plenty of money to loan on City and
Farm Properties.
WEIGH & MERRILL.
MONEY TO LOAN at lowest rates on
farm and city property.
STEPHAN & OBERT.
Treat your family to bucket Of
chill from Smiths Lunch Wagon.
per cent money to loan on short no.
tice on all good applications.
STEPHAN & OBERT.
KING & STEWART make loans payable
on or before maturity at eight per
cent. If
The Delta independent., 1908-01-24
5 l,iis 5s
SUPPORT OF POOR FUND.
STATE OF COLORADO, J
CouSTY OF DELTA.

l, d. S. Doughty, County Clerk in and for the
County and state aforesaid, do hereby certify
that the above and foregoing Is IA true statement
of that part OF the Commissioners proceeds rs
as pertains to the allowance of bills, letting of
contracts aud the granting of rebates of tares or
assessments, required by an act approved
April 18th, 1901, and brief statement of such
other matters as are contained therein.
In witness whereof i have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of Delta County this
I'D. day of January A. D. 1908.
d. S. DOUGHTY,
County Clerk.
The Delta independent., 1908-01-24

was in Delta for county commissioners
meeting on Monday and Tuesday of
this week. His place in the bank has
been supplied by Miss johnson.
An interesting temperance rally was
held Monday evening at which the
principal speaker was Mrs. Winnerah
of Colona, district president of the
W. C. T. U. Mrs. Winnerah was ably
seconded by the pastors of the town
and by Mr.. Blanchard and Mr.. Robert
Douma.
The funeral of Homer w. Baker last
Wednesday was one of the most i'm
pressive ever held in Cedaredge. Rev.
George was in charge and briefly re-
viewed the events of Mr.. Bakers life,
his modesty-his high sense of honor,
his never-defeated courage in the
face of great trial and the sweetness
of his disposition. Music was furnished
by the Baptist choir and others. Mr..
Bakers brother left the following
morning for Seneca Falls, New York,
for the burial.
A rousing good play is advertised for
February fast at Cedaredge Hall.
"Jedediah Judkins ]. p" is the title
role carried by Mr.. Van AIKEN and
warranted to keep the audience in
roaring good humor from beginning to
end. The cast of characters is as fol-
lows:
Jedediah Judkins j. P Mr.. Van AIKEN
John CraincroSs. .......... Mr.. Melcher
Herbert Craincross. ... Ivan Van AIKEN
Reginald Windum. ...... -. Frank Dale
Geo. Prentiss s...............F Fred Bird
Horatio De Camp. Clarence Van AIKEN
DUCK f1dTQln. Earl uTHeT
Mrs. Craincross. Miss Ethel Laughlin
Bernice Craincross Greta Van AIKEN
Esther Goldfair. ...... May Alexander
Miss Bobbin. go. Miss Grace Harding
There will be new stage and new
scenery made for the occasion. Re.
served seats 35 cents; others 25 and Is.
The proceeds go to the school bell fund
and for new books for the library.
The Delta independent., 1908-01-24

For SALE-A good business in Delta.
Address ''D," this office.
Hammocks of all styles and prices at
the Porter-Obert Hdw. Co.
List your property with Wire & Reed.
Why not list your property with
Wire & Reed?
The Delta independent., 1908-01-24
1t Does The Business.

Mr.. E. E. Chamberlain, of Clinton,
Maine, says of Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
"It does the business; l have used it
for piles and it cured them. Used it for
chapped hands and it cured them. APP
piled it to an old sore and it healed it
with out leaving a scar behind" 25c.
at All Druggists.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22
BORGFLLA GIVEN
TEN YEAR TERM
Ex.Haryard Student, Once a
Fugitive, Makes Plea for
Mercy From Court
Sentenced for Passing Check
for SIS on Saloon Keeper
in This City

Standing in his place among score
OF the lowest criminals. Ralph Borgella-
ex-Harvard man and a member of one
OF the wealthiest families in Chicago,
made a broken plea for mercy prior TO
being sentenced to 10 years in Folsom
for forgery in Judge Dunne's court
yesterday.
The gay aplomb of the man, the
reckless air of deviltry which charac-
terized him before, had vanished. Ex-
cept from his speech he differed little
from his companions, his face being
stamped with the fear and terror of
the impending sentence.
I came here as 4 stranger" he
pleaded. ~and fell sick and under the
influence OF liquor committed this
crime" He hesitated, dry Tipped and
paIlid. The hopelessness OF his plea
seemed 20 strike him. He continued
again. this time IN the whine of the
professional criminal:
I have q wife and child and mother"
he said, and I but express the hope
that their tears viii be taken into
consideration by the court admit
my crime and throw myself on the
mercy Of the court"
without comment Judge Dunno
passed the sentence Of 10 years. The
specific offense for which Borgella was
arrested was the forgery of a check
for SIS, which he passed on William
Harrington. a salooA4nan. He escaped
from the authorities once. but was re-
arrested in dive on the Barbary coast
He had served two previous terms IN
the penitentiary.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22
ACCUSES BAR TENDERS
OF TAKING HIS COIN
Saloon Keeper Hires Detective
to Watch Two Liquor
Dispensers

T. ". Hanson. saloon keeper, 500
First avenue. Richmond district, OBJ
tained four warrants from Policce
Judge Shortall yesterday for the ar
rest Of ". r. Rucker and L B. Fry
singer, his bar tenders. on charges of
misdemeanor embezziement- He told
the judge that he could prosecute each
OF them on 80 similar charges.
Hanson said that the two bar tend
ers had come to him well recommended,
but they had not been there long when
his suspicious were aroused. He en-
gagged the services of a private de-
tective, who hung around the barroom
for Is days and discovered, he said, that
the bar tenders were in the habit of
ringing up on the cash register about
half the coin received and pocketing the
other half. He kept q note OF the
different amounts and handed 1t to
Hanson. who decided TO prosecute the
bar tenders. as their peculations had
amounted 10 several hundred dollars.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22
FREED OF CHARGE,
THEN R[ARR[ST[D

]. f. Grimmell, alias E. d. Smith, an
eS-convict, charged with passing nc
titious check for s1.100 on the Bank
of Canton. was dismissed by Police
Judge Weller yesterday. 1t was proved
that Grimmell had deposited with the
bank fictitious drafts aggregating
$4,000 and $500 currency and the Judge
held that the charge could not stand,
as GrimmelI had money to his credit
at the bank.
AS Grimmell left the courtroom he
was Immediately rearrested by Detec-
tive Bailey and his name registered on
the detinues book at the prison. An
officer is on the way from Buffalo, N.
Y. with papers for his extradition and
the police intend to hold him till the
arrival OF the officer. Attorney Greeley.
who represents Grimmell, says he will
apply tomorrow for a writ of habeAs
corpus for Grimmell's release.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22

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1t gives reliable information on every subiect
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gives ENCOURAGEMENT to the esfabiIshrne,e
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