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Montana news., 1908-07-30

our spirited contemporary, For
ward. I'm its last weeks Issue, contain
ed a full account of n shameless sys-
tenn of milk and cream adulteratlon
enforced upon a luckless local man
ager by the Stranraer Creamery COM
pany.
In the course of an action for dam
ages for defamation of character,
brought In the Kirkcudbright sheriff
court, Il seems that the manager put
forward q series OF letters in evidence
which were admitted to be genuine.
From them we Gull the following ex-
tracts:
December. 1906.
Add IL gallons OF water to every
100 gallons OF milk received.
2sth December. 1906.
Are you adding the IL gallons TO
every 100 gallons as we arranged2
End January. 1907.
find on counting up the quantity
OF MIX you received and
the skim sent out that you are not
adding anything like the proportion
we mentioned TO you when down.
make Il that you only added 10
gallons TO the 25 per cent, instead OF
30 gallons Kindly see and make II
Montana news., 1908-07-30

the society has started the publication
OF small bi-weekly pamphlet, show
ing the growth OF the organization,
giving a list of recent socialist litera-
ture. calling attention to some current
event which has a bearing on social
ism. and discussing briefly some OBJ
lection raised against what is alleged
TO be socialism.
BY the last referendum vote the
following have been elected officers Of
the general society for the ensuing
year: j. @. Phelps Stokes. president:
Upton Sinclair. vice president: Harry
w. Ladder. second vice president:
Morris Hillquit. treasurer; w. j.
Ghent, secretary; executive committee
Robert w. Bruere, Miss Jesse Wal
lace Hughan. Robert Hunter, Edmond
Kelly, Mrs. Darwin j. Meserole. Ern-
est Poole Miss Mary II. Sandford. Le-
roy Scott. Miss Helen Phelps Stokes,
George II. Strobell. Miss Elizabeth
Butcher has also been elected to rep
resent the New York society
The intercollegiate Socialist society
was formed September IL. 1905, as
result OF call issued by Oscar Lowell
Triggs. Thomas Wentworth Higgin-
son. Clarence S. Darrow, William Eng
lish Walling. J. @. Phelps Stokes, b.
o. Flower. Leonard ID. Abbott. Jack
London and Upton Sinclair, which
proposed the organization of the So
ciety for the purpose of promoting IAN
intelligent interest in socialism among
college men and women, graduates
and undergraduates. through the
formation of study clubs in the col
leges and universities, and the encour-
agement of all legitimate endeavors to
awaken an interest in socialism among
the educated men and women of the
country" Since its inception 1t has
distributed over $4,000 socialistic
pamphlets. arranged for a large num-
ber OF lectures and spread the princi-
Piles of socialism in many ways.
II is supported by a small yearly
dues paid by each member. and by
larger sums of s25 and more paid by
the sustaining members. Any college
man or woman. or anyone connected
with the educational system of the
country as teacher. upon the payment
of the requisite dues, are eligible to
membership in the society. while the
honorary membership may be con-
ferred by the executive committee
upon any other person interested in
the work of the society, and acknowl-
edging that interest by the payment of
dues. The annual dues collected
amount to about 800.
An effort will be made during the
coming year to still further the inter-
csts of the society. and all men and
women who are desirous OF seeing
this work so well begun continue and
Increase i'm value, are earnestly re-
quested to communicate with the sec
retary. w. J. Ghent, Rand School of
Social Science. 112 East 18th street,
New York city.-Daily Call.
Montana news., 1908-07-30
LETTER OF GUY WILLIAMS.
National Committee Member OF Min
nesota.
st. Paul. Mimi, June 1. 1908.

Nutioudl NoHlftltt't M'ulber oi Slih-
nesota.
st. Paul. Mimi, June 1. 1908.
Dear comrade Barnes: For some
time I have been thinking of a
method OF making our membership
more constant and permanent. and
think the bulletin is the best way of
bringing IL TO the attention of the
members. We are constantly geetting
new members and losing others.
When I was attending the convention
Chicago comrade told me that in
the last five years Local Cook county
had taken in somewhere between six
and ten thousand new members. yet
there is less than one thousand to
show for II today. What a force of
speakers Chicago could keep going IL
they had ten thousand dues paying
members now.
The greatest problem before the
party is not how to GET members. 1t
a, ,
bers.'
"a
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Montana news., 1908-07-30

small use TO waste our time and re-
sources while we teach
The proposal of Professor Fisher
and others that a federal bureau of
public health be established. with its
chief In the cabinet, is good one.
There is hardly a more urgent need
today than attention to the national
physical welfare. But in the mean
time. at once. il seems TO me to be
the duty of our local governing bodies
to take up the question OF feeding the
school children"
Montana news., 1908-07-30
CONTRACT LABOR ORDER
OF DAY in ALABAMA
Mayor of Alabama Permits Coal Company to
Use City Prisoners in Case of Strike.

National Organizer George III. Goe-
bel and Comrade waldhorst, candidate
for mayor of Birmingham. Ala, were
arrested for street speaking and each
fined $50. This was at the instIgation
of Mayor Ward. Later the mayor re-
mltted the fine for Comrade GoebeI
to enable him to proceed on his route.
The case of Comrade waldhorst will
be taken to a jury. The prevailing
public sentiment indicates an acquitaI
About $4,000 coal miners are on a
strike in the vicinity of Birmingham.
This same Mayor Ward on July 20
signed a contract with the Sloss Min
ing company under which the city is
to receive $40 per month for its able
bodied male and female prisoners.
The contract reads i'm part as follows:
That the coal company shall be en-
titled to the services of all able-bodied
persons who have been convicted by
the city, the company reserving the
right to reject any who are not physic-
ally able to do the work. The COM
pany is required to keep the prisoners
confined until their death or the end
of their term"
Birmingham is under complete
democratic control. Other democrats
of the south evidently do not believe
in free speech and answer socialist
arguments with eggs. as was the case
Montana news., 1908-07-30
MILLIONS OF CHILDREN
SUFFER FROM POVERTY
Are Denied the Common Necessities of Life,
Particularly Adequate Nourishment.

The current number OF The Inde-
pendent contains a powerful article
on The Physical Condition OF Our
School Children" by John spargo. au-
thor OF "The Bitter Cry of the Chill
dren." and other works.
He writes that while he had esti-
mated at 100000 the number OF
school children in the United States
who are victims OF poverty which
denies them common necessities. par
ticularly adequate nourishment," the
recent investigation of the committee
on the physical welfare Of school
children shows that his figures We're
too small. IL the conditions in New
York are typical. there must be some
thing like 12.000.000 school children
In the United States suffering from
physical defects. a very large proper
tion of which are directly or Indirect
ly due to poverty. He says in part:
IF the l.40O children observed and
examined by the committee are to be
taken as typical of school children
throughout the United States there
must be something like the following
conditions:
Suffering from malnutrition. 4 .24S, 900
Suffering from enlarged
glands ................ .0,4oV,VVV
Suffering from bad teeth. s.sss,0o0
Suffering from defective
breathing .............. .7,Os2,OOO
Some OF the children suffer, of
course. from more than one defect.
some. indeed. from all four. 1t is i'm
possible to separate them accurately.
but the figures cited are terribly sig
nifcant. / confess that cannot COM
prehend the attitude OF mind which
can remain passive In face OF these
awful figures. How II is possible for
any human being to remain indiffer-
ent to the fact that the Investigations
made go to show that there are prob
ably 41.6O0 children In New York
city victims OF a disease produced in
the vast majority OF cases by lack OF
food. victims of therrible starvation
similar to that which annually claims
30 many victims In India? How can
We ignore that awful total OF 1.24s,0oo
such victims i'm the nation?
AT the present time. when the tide
Of poverty is rising higher than ever,
when great armies of unemployed
men and women workers throng our
streets. the number OF child victims
is very greatly increased. What are
we going to do about IL?
"In Bradford. England. they have
recently adopted the act which per-
mits local school authorities to feed
their pupils. More than eight hun
dred children are being fed daily
tthey feed only the poor and neces-
sitous, practically the starying), and.
| am informed. the results are aston
ishing. Children learn when they are
fed who cannot learn when they are
hungry.
Aristotle knew that more than two
thousand years ago. The anthropolo-
gists have taught us that races and
individuals alike reach the highest
point of mental energy and moral Wig
or when the maximum of physical de-
velopment is reached. Darwin showed
that in his Descent of Man common
everyday experience proves 1t. IL is -
Montana news., 1908-07-30

with Comrade ]. L. Fits Saturday
last in Greenville. Tenn.
These are a couple of samples OF
democracy at work.
The great commoner. william Jen-
nings" has some poor pupils.
Montana news., 1908-07-30

Continued on Page ?, Col. g.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-14
DEMANDS
Is. DAMAGES FOR AUTO
FILES SUIT AGAINST THE NORTH.
ERIN PACIFIC RAILROAD.

T. H. Minder fled suit In the dis,
strict count yesterday against the
Northern Pacific Railway company de-
.manding damages in the sum Of
$4,000 for damage done an automobile,
belonging to him, which was struck
by q switch engine in the local yards,
July 8.
Minder alleges in his complaint that
when the engine struck the machine it
was going at the rate OF 10 miles an.
hour, which is unlawful in the city Of
Billings and contrary to q city. ordi-
nance. He states that owing to the
din and noise caused by the mill and
the brewery the driyer,sW ". q. McCon-
nell, was unable to hear the approach
OF the locomotive and before he could
stop the auto, the engine was upon
him Negligence and carelessness on
the part of employees Is also alleged.
Minder recites that as a result Of the
accident his a is totally wrecked and
unfit for further service.
The accident occurred at the TWEEN
ty-fourth street crossing and the ma
chine, 1t is said, vas dragged for 9
distance OF 65 feet.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-14
FROM FROMBERC

.&TsB.Ms AAOASst xA06s AVs S&
"A. p. Pierson Is having the post
office wired for electric lights.
M. r. Emmitt, justice Of the peace,
and Frank Buryette went to Joliet
Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Kate Malin went to Red Lodge
and Bear Creek for a few days visit
with Mrs. "a. Wordsworth.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Wight, for
merly Of Rock Greek, arrived in From
berg on a visit to their children. Mrs.
Jack Tuggle and Mrs. J. o. Higham Of
Belfry. Mr. and Mrs. Wight's home
is at present in Los Vegas, Cal, whore
they went a year ago to reside.
Mrs. Charles Buzzette gave q lawn
party to a few Of her friends Thurs
day afternoon.
Mrs. 3. Jones Of Wyoming came for
a visit with her mother, Mrs. Barrett
OF Carbenada.
M. f. Potter Of Minneapolis was
here Friday taking orders for mops
and scrubbrushes. also delivering
them.
Rev. Louis Duncan Of Butte lectur.
ed In the l. o.. o.. r. hall Sunday ev-
ening.
Miss Lulu Malin has been engaged
as organist atSthe Methodist church.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-14
FROM WORDEh

&A 84A4ME8
Worden, Mont, Aug. 13.-The social
given by the Woman's Guild Of the
Ballantine church, on the 9Th. was q
decided success in every way. It is
unique in the fact that it is the first
of the kind ever given on the Huntley
project.
The Guild Of the Osborn church will
serve ice cream and cake at the
church tent near Mrs. Roberts store,
the evening of August 18th.
Mrs. w. g. Baird anticipates a visit
from her brother and wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Cue OF Elk Greek. Neb., next
week. They are on q home-seeking
tour.
The infant daughter Of w. G. Baird
was quite i'll last week. She is now
enjoying her usual health.
The school board was locating
q school house in the valley this
week.
Much harvesting is being done y
the Huntley valley.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-14
GERTRUDE DAVIS
WEEDS in MICHIGAN
CHICAGO MAN TAKES BILLINGS
GIRL FOR HIS BRIDE.

ISL H|At EEL&FfLE N. r. EEEEE1lAd
News has been received in Billings
of the marriage OF Miss Gertrude Dav.
is. daughter OF Mrs. Martha ]. Davis
to Edgar 3. Miller OF Chicago. The
ceremony was performed at st. JOS
eph, Mich, Aug. 10.
The bride is a Billings girl by birth
and has lived the greater part Of her
life in this city. Her mother and sis
ter, Mrs. Don Lewis reside on North
Thirty-third street.
Mr.. Miller is manager Of the Es'
senay Film company Of Chicago. He
is q native Of Maryland and his father
occupies the pulpit Of q Of the fash
ionable churches Of that state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller will make their
home in Chicago.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-14
WRITES BUM CHECK
AND LANDS IN JAIL
WORK OF WOULD Pc FoReER
TOO COARSE FOR BARTENDER.

E4t414srfr .N&4 =sF9E guls@l fF1nf |S-e1N HH59E L-4F
Had the bartender OF the HeadQuar-
ters saloon cashed a check for $685.
for Jack Shepherd Wednesday night.
the latter individual would nov be
facing a charge Of issuing 9 fictitious
check instead Of serving I'VE days 10
the city Jail for drunkenness, as he Is
doing at present.
Shepherd presented the check and
asked to have It cashed, but the bar.
tender was .leary'' and sent for the
police. Shepherd was locked up and
was given five days in police court
yesterday morning.
The check was signed. "H. n. Mil
ler'' and was drawn in Shepherds
favor. No such man as Miller has an
account with the First National bank,
on which the check was drawn.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-14
MANS CLAIM PAID

Robert M. Right, q lineman 81 Butte.
has received one-third Of the amount
payable to his beneficiary ON his
death from the Fraternal Order OF
Mountaineers for the loss Of one ofa
his arms as 9 result of coming ii con
tact with q live wire while working
at his trade last month.
After the accident it wa found that
amputation was necessary and upon
receipt Of the Necessary proof the L.
cal insurance company :paidathe claim
Immediately. Rightshad beensAsnern-
Der Of the organization but three
weeks before the accident.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-14
METHODIST BOARD WILL HOLD
MEETING.
MCDOWELL TO ATTEND


Members Of tho First Methodist
Episcopal church q this city are look
ing forward tosAugust as. at which
time Bishop ". F..s Mcdowell Of Chi
caso will arrive III Billinngyrs and Will
speak at the church On the evening
OF that day.
Bishop Mcdowell has supervision
over the states Of Montana and wye
ming, and will stop over ID Billings
for one day while enroute to sner1-
dan. Wyo, where he will hold the
Wyoming mission conference.
He 10 = scholarly gentleman and
one Of the most gifted orators in the
country.
It Is planned to take up. while the
bishop 10 In the city, the matter Of
the construction of the Methodist hos.
pital. and It is expected that the va
rous members Of the hospital board
will be here At that time.
Although no plans have vet been
drawn, the board hopes to be able
to construct q building similar to
the one which Is maintained BY the
Methodist denomination at Great
Falls. and which represents a invest
ment Of $4,000.
IA site for the building Will proba-
bly, be chosen when the board meets
on the date mentioned.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-14

naming the streets both candidates for
the presidency Of the two leading Pc
litical parties have been remembered.
The names Of the streets are Taft,
Locke, Main, Frat and Bryan and the
avenues are Railroad, First, Second
and Third.
There are SO lots with a 5o-foot
frontage and 140-foot depth and ~
lots which are IS feet wide and 40
feet deep. The streets r 80 feet
wide and the alleys 20 feet in width,
"A deed for the townsite was also
filed yesterday. The instrument shows
that the Great Northern Railroad com
pany transfers to the Dakota & Great
Northern Townsite company the land
on which the townsite is located FOL
the sum Of s1,2s9. There are 66.4t
acres in the townsite..
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-14
WELL KNOWN COUPLE WED.

HF9HRE&J TNM4 gG&aGN4 IEA
o. 4. Davis and Miss schreckenduust
Married In Mlssoula.
Oscar j.. Davis, member Of the local
postoffice force and Miss Emma
schreckendgust 81 Carlton. Mont,
were united In marriage at Missoula
at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning.
leaving q few hours later for Billings.
Mrs. Davis Is well known in this
city where she formerly resided and
where tor some time she attended the
city schools. MI. Davis has q wide
circle Of friends here and is an up
right and honorable young man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis will make their
permanent home In Billings.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-14

Bert Price Of Frombe.g was q bus
meas visitor yesterday.
7. p. Collins, u. Of Aelena, call
ed on Billings friends yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. r. Ross of Bear
Creek are visiting Billings triends.
Henry Neill OF Helena was a bus
mess visitor IS the city yesterday.
Charles Spear returned yesterday
from 9 trip to the eastern part OF the
state.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-14
Card 81 Thanks.

Mr.. and Mrs. John j. Larimer, OF
the Billings Bench, desire to extend
through the columns Of this paper,
their sincere thanks to their friends
and neighbors for their kindness and
sympathy at the death of their two
little children, John Miner, who died
March list, and Deane Russell, who
died August LIST, 1908.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-14
PLAT OF TOWNSHIP
OF CUSHMAN FILED
NEW TOWN is ON THE HlLLlNGa
q NORTHERN RAILROAD.

The plat Of the townsite OF Cush-
man on the Billings & Northern rail-
road was nled with the county clerk
and recorder yesterday by Charles r.
Babcock, president OF the Dakota z
Great Northern Townsite company.
The lei town is on the main line OF
the Billings & Northern and Is locat-
ed northwest of Billings.
There are il blocks in the townsfte.
four avenues and five streets. In
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-14

The fund collected On city mission
star day at louisville for the Wesley
mission, q Methodist institution that
has been doing great work among the
needy, will probably sufice to wipe
out It's debt and leave 3 surplus for
obtaining more nurses
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-14
91 9HA9
HUNTLEY RANcHER DIES.

Body viii ~ shlpped q MIssourl Ter
lntermsnt.
The body Of John Brockway, Who
died ct his ranch near Huntley yes;
tardays morning Of uremic poisoning,l
has been brought to this city and viii
4be shipped to Ia Plata. NO. Tor Inter
mont this morning. The wife ri the
deceased viii accompany the body 60
Missouri.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-14
PETIT LARCENY HARGED
Donovan says AL De vauI stole Sack
Of Sugar.

Of Sugar.
All De Vaul is under arrest charged
with petit larceny. De Vaul runs 9
small grocery store On South Twenty
sixth street and ". IA. Donovan alleg-
es that he stole q sack Of sugar weigh
ing 100 pounds from him.
It is said that De vaul bought one
sack Of sugar from the Donovan store
and after It was loaded into his wag-
on he took advantage Of . moment
when no one was look and loaded.
another sack Into the vehicle.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-14

"A blind actor should be able 70 ~
with feeling
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-14

From Thursdays ally.
I. II. French OF Helena Is In the city
on business.
j. u. Mangus Of kendall was in BIZ
lings yesterday.
Billy Cruise is in the city from Hell
ena on business.
A. Gray Of Forsyth was q visitor II
the city yesterday.
Frank Beeman has returned from 9
business trip to Red Lodge.
7. c. Pound OF park City is visit
ing Billings friends this week.
Mrs. Anna Talmage Of Long. Mont.
is visiting friends IN this city.
Mrs. Charles De Maris Of Thermop
oils is the guest of billings friends.
IT. Barr. a rancher OF Park City
was a business visitor here yesterday
L. B. Merrill. a business man q
Bridger spent yesterday in the city
Cevera Belanger expects to leave
soon for the Upper Boulder on q fish
ing trip.
Miss Alice Ulmer, is visiting hel
grandmother, Mrs. W. ". Anderson Q
Bozeman.
Robert Price, q stockman OF Absarl'
okee, was q visitor to the Sugar Cit!
yesterday.
Mrs. 6. D. Lusk OF shelbina, No No
who has been visiting her brothers !
"A. and j. P. snidow in this city ha'
returned from a tour Of the nationa
park. /
Mr.. and Mrs. W. R. Westbrook Q
Laurel spent yesterday visiting 81
lings friends.
j. g. Lyndes, q ditch contractor 9
Hysham. is in the city attending 7
business affairs.
Miss Mary Sullivan. who ts connect
led with the public schools Of Helene
is in the city the guest OF Mr.. and Mr.
10. A. Stockwell.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-03

The labyrinth or maze II q popular
attraction at every exposition. Coney
Island has several Of them, all exceed.
insly simple In construction, but very
difacult to and your way out Of once
you are fairly inside. .,5.,
Concy Islands mases. and even the
moro famous and ingenious ones at
Hampton Court, at Versailles and
0chsveningen, are mere toys compared
with the two most famous labyrinths
Of ancient times, the plans Of which
are shown herewith. These are the
Moeris labyrinth. In Egypt and the
Knossos labyrinth, In Crete.
The Moeris labyrinth was square and
built entirely Of marble. In II were
5000 buildings arranged In groups OF
twelve palaces. The outer wall was
decorated with lines II statues; within
are the twelve groups Of palaces and
In the center are the gardens, tho walks
Of which constitute . maxs within a
mase.
The Cretan labyrinth was formed BY
Daedaius for Minos 40 . prison for
the minotaur to which twelve Atheniau
youths and maidsns were offered every
year. According to classical mytho.
logy, Theseus. coming to Crete with
band Of victims. received the clue to
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-03

the labyrinth from Ariadne and killed
the monster.
The dotted guiding line. shown In
the plan Of the Cretan labyrinth. fur.
nishes q key to the minotaur's prison
In the center. II will b noticed that
every path In the maze has to be
traversed before the center can be
reached. Looking down on the plan
Of the maze this looks like q simple
and methodical way to reach the center.
but Il the reader were penned In BIZ.
tween the high walls of the maze ani
invited to try II again he would prob
ably soon lose his bearings and get
hopelessly lost.
No key 10 furnished to tho solution
Of the Moeris labyrinth. Readers are
invited to nnd II for themselves II
they can. An entrance to the outer
palaces will bs found In the top. There
are several shortcuts by which the
center garden may be reached; Il 10
not necessary to traverse the entire
group Of 5000 buildings. To reach the
center Of the garden will prove almost
40 much puzzle % the Cretan laby.
rinth. And having once reached the
middle It will b just 40 hard. perhaps
harder. to get out again than Il was
to hnd q way In.