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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23
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COOL
.I,Hll[Ol, U UGH
the Hindu does.

the Hindu does
There's for the electric fan s buzz and the hot
stoves crackle.
Nobody but the hymn writer linked Greenland IS
icy mountains with midas coral strands for the Eskimo
in his ice mansion and the Hindu the Gauges each has
soul soaked with desire to be somebody else Here
combine the natures of both the Eskimo and the Hindu.
So that is why The Press is showing the people of Spo
kane today few pictures and things that may lower their
mental temperature. Anyway it isn't how hot it is but
how hot think it is that makes life full of pepexty
and persplration.
Did you ever notice how the ice cream puts odd
silver frosting around the letters his sgn It's the
sign painters psychology at work You that hot sign
but it looks COOL and your soul is filled with longing for
plate of ice On the system the saloon
puts the fac sme of glass of beer in front of his
place without the foam running
If you haven't taken your vacation yet take look at
the pictures. Maybe they will cool you off
Think of how cold it was last winter AS you went to
work feet crunched the the street. and
muffs couldn't keep the blasts of BOeas from tickling
you with occasional frost-bite.
Look at the pictures think of the and the
muf and cheer up That's of the best hot weather
prescriptions.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23
TRUST COMPANY
NOT INTERESTED

Officers of the Northwest Loan
& Trust Co. state that the COM
pany has no interest in the new
hotel at Post and Second, for
which Chief of Police Sullivan has
declined to sanction a saloon
license. The hotel is the property
OF the Spokane Brewing and Malt
ing Co. The hcief holds that it was
built to avoid the state screen law.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23
TROUBLE CAUSED BY
LIBERAL USE OF COIN
(ey United Press.)

CHEYENNE, Wyo., July %
William White and w. r. Stock
well are under arrest here, sus-
pected of Union Pacific trainrob-
berry several years ago. The men
came to town and spent $445 for
champagne, after which White put
$4,000 In the bank Their displaV
of sudden prosperity caused the &r-
rest. The men belong at Rock
Creek.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23
GETTING READY TO
OPEN YAKIMA LANDS
(By United Press.)

WASHINGTON. July 23.-Ap.
praisement of surplus Indian lands
on the Yakima reservation for the
proposed sale cannot be completed
without an appropriation of $25 900
additional. The secretary of the
interior has asked congress for this
sum. making a total of $4,000
needed to open the land to settle
ment.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23

have been employed by the Walla
Walla Valley Traction Co. struck
for 90 cent raise. Manager O'Con-
nor Immediately sent to Spokane
for Greeks to take their places.
Less than 20 went out. The men
have been getting 81 a day.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23
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STORESSy
THE MIDNIGHT FROLlC

Willie's new birthday presents
were all lying on the floor and
Willie was asleep in his bed.
Woolly Sheep had been sleeping
with his head on the building
blocks, but he awakened when he
heard someone calling to him from
inside Noah's ark.
Please, Woolly Sheep, come and
open the door so we can get out.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23
JAPs IN CHECK FoRGERIEs
(By United Press.j

BELLlNGHAM. July 23.-Mer-
chants and bankers of the city are
flooded with bad checks and the
police and sheriff's office are try
Ing to locate three Japanese and
two white men who are thought to
be responsible for passing the
paper. Up to date the total of the
alleged forgeries is $1,000.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23

marched In, in q long line, Woolly
Sheep locking the door after them
and then going to sleep again on
the building blocks beside the bed.
Willie did. not know next day
that his toys had been playing all
night long while he was asleep.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23
TEST IDAHO OPTION LAW
(By United Press, J

BOISE CITY, Idaho. July pa
Idaho saloon interests have begun
fight on the local option election
called for this county September 8.
II is hoped to beat the law on tech
nicalities,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23
GREEKS GO OUT ON A STRIKE
(By United Press.

WALLA WALI4A. July %
Greek and Italian workmen who
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23

Park Policeman-Hey, don't you
pay no attention to that sign,
Keep Off the Grass?
Trespasser-Certainly. I've got
handkerchief spread under my
white duck trousers to keep 1t off.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23

Mistress-Well, Mary, have you
found out what has became of the
remainder of the pigeon pie
Mary (returned from voyage of
investigation below Please,
mum, cook says l ate it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23

On October 10 the S0,0O0,O00 of
the United States are expected to
cease work simultaneously and
drink a toast in honor of the re-
built city of San Francisco.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23

waiter, get me newspaper so
l can hide my yawns; this concert
is so stupid"
Yes, miss; I'll brbing the larg-
est / can find"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23

Of heavy meshed
these
white gowns
Those lace decoration they
fashioned with shngs and rufes while the braided
coats made Of net follow the tailored lines.
Large pumed with the
simpler shapes ribbon
lei
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23
ENAKoPs IN sEssll

The boss Enakops met in. 3
Gothic room at Davenport's ut NJ
today to discuss business of gr9
Importance to that serious mind
organisation.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23

/ This, at length, suggests a use for
| diplomas.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23

Man enjoys himself in the
scale of opposites. In winter
he puts on heavy underwear
and is a sort of half-baked
Eskimo, and in weather like
this we're wearing bathing
suits and trying to feel like
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23

A Kansas man left will written
on the back of his Yale diploma.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-17
HEDGES WILL DRILL
FOR ITS OWN WATER
To Bore One Thousand Feet in Effort
to Establish Municipal
Well.

The old town pump" of the usual
rural stage scene may soon have a
duplicate in one of the new towns of
Montana, if the plans of the Hedges
Commercial club for the drilling of a
town we'll in that hustling little burg
are successful. ]. F. Bacon of the
Billings & Northern Townsite com
pany, who returned to Billings yester-
day from a trip along the road, re-
ports that the business men of Hedges
are circulating a subscription paper,
which is meeting with liberal recep-
ton, with the intention of drilling a
we'll in the center of the town for the
purpose of obtaining pure drinking
water for it's inhabitants
An equipment capable of boring a
10-inch hole to depth of about 1900
feet has been provided. The we'll will
be drilled in the center of the town.
Other wells sunk in the vicinity have
struck good flows of pure water, and
it is the hope of the newly organized
commercial association of the town
that the place can be provided with
good water for domestic purposes at
very little cost.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-17
BRAZEN THIEF TAKES
CHIEF TALGO'S Hens
Head Of Police Department. Is Victim
of Midnight PrOwler-Will Ferret
Out Guilty Party.

1t is generally admitted that to
creep noiselessly on a snow night to
the roosting place of your neighbor's
chickens and to ruthlessly bag all the
hens to be found in the coop requires
more or less nerve and an awful
hankering for certain dainty articles
Of food, but for one to rob the coop
of the chief of police and to brazenly
twist the necks of two of his choicest
thoroughbred pullets and to leave
their bodies lying in snowbanks re-
quires, according to Chief Talgo. the
most collosal nerve that has been dis
played during his term of office
When Mr.. Talgo went out yesterday
morning to feed his thoroughbreds
he found the coop deserted, three pull
let's huddled together in corner of
the yard and two more, which the
midnight visitor evidently could not
carry, lying dead with their necks
twisted in nearby snowbank. Nine
Of the pullets were missing, and up to
a late hour last night their more re-
cent possession has not been located
by the police, although the chief is
bending his every effort in the search.
Chief Talgo was rather touchy on
the subject of chickens yesterday. The
birds are thoroughbred Plymouth
Rocks, which the chief purchased.
Telephone calls to the chief asking
whether or not he wished to purchase
some nice fresh eggs received some
very curt replies yesterday, and the
head of the department admits that
he suspects his neighbors across the
alley, namely, the members of the
sheriff's force in the courthouse. A
bunch of feathers found in the pocket
of one of the prisoners yesterday
morning did not furnish satisfac-
tory clue, as the man was arrested
before the chickens disappeared.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-17
REDWATER DISMISSED.

Thaddeus Redwater, the gigantic
Cheyenne Indian, who came near
death at the station Wednesday even
ing, when he was run into by the To-
comotive on Northern Pacific train
No. 4, and who was afterward arrested
on a charge of drunkenness, was re-
leased yesterday morning when
brought before Police Magistrate
Mann. The brave, somewhat sobered.
admits that he had a narrow escape
and the bruised condition of his leg
and arm bear him up in his statement.
A small tin box in his coat pocket
was crushed flat by the force of the
impact, but the Indians body behind
the spot where the box rested seems
to be none the worse for wear. Red
water came here from Helena and
said in court yesterday that he had
recently been visiting in the Crow res
erVation.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-17
AGENT DENIES
STRIKE EXISTS
He Declares an Experienced Switch
man Cannot Find Work In
This Locality.
new FREIGHT RATES
Special Schedule for Household Arti.
cles of New Settlers to Go Into Ef-
feet goth of Next Month.-FavOrabl
Potato Rates.

How is the strike situation?" Gen
eral Agent Squirting of the Northern
Pacific was asked yesterday.
There is no strike on the Northern
Pacific" replied Mr.. Squirting.
81 am speaking in all serious" con-
tinued the general agent. II emphat-
ically declare that there is no strike
on our line or on any of the lines
running into Billings. The switch
mems strike is thing of the past, at
least in as far as this city and it
shipper are concerned. The places OF
the men who quit have been filled,
the freight is moving just as it always
did, and the unpleasantness of the
past few weeks has passed down into
history.
81 speak but the truth when l de-
clare that it is impossible for switch
man to get employment in this state.
don't care how good a switchman
you are, or how much experience you
have had; if you should apply at the
local round house or at Laurel or at
at Livingston or for that matter any
of the division points in this state for
job you wouldn't get it, for the sim
pie reason it isn't to be had. The road
has all the competent switchmen it
can handle, and it's business is going
on as it did previous to the calling
of the strike"
A bundle of new freight schedules
which reached the Billings office yes
terday contains two items of more
than passing Importance. One is the
establishment of a rate on "emigrants
movables," which will enable the
homeseeker to bring his household
goods to the new western territory at
| less expense than formerly, and the
second is the establishment of cut
rate on Yellowstone valley potatoes
from Billings to the Twin Cities.
The first mentioned rate has hereto
fore not been in existence. 1t is ap-
plicable to all shipments of household
goods for new settlers and after jan
uary 20 freight of this class will be
received at the Twin Cities, Duluth
and all the eastern connection of the
road at 35 cents per 100 for carload
lots, and 70 cents per 100 in less than
carload lots. These figures, it is said
compare very favorably with the for
mer rates on such goods.
I LII COmpSIlIlOn WILL LhC Dul lLhSIOL
rates on potatoes to Mississippi valley
points, the Northern Pacific has cut
its rate on potatoes from this city tc
st. Paul and eastern connections, and
after January 1 potatoes in carload
lots with a minimum weight of 10000
pounds will be shipped to the eastern
terminals of the road at 35 cents pei
100 The former rate was Al cents
per 100 and the new rate is equal to
that charged by the Burlington for
shipments of potatoes from Billings
to Kansas City and common points in
the Kansas City territory. The roads
recognize that the potato crop is des-
tined to be one of the big things OF
the Yellowstone valley and of the dry
lands. which surround this city and
accordingly are bidding for it's trans
portation and stand ready to assist
the local shippers in creating mar
ket for local potatoes in the east.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-17
MAKING EFFORT TO
ENLARGE membership
National Conservation Association In
cludes Men Prominent in National
and Educational Affairs.
Especial to The Gazettel

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 16.-The
National Conservation association is
making vigorous efforts to enlarge Its
membership. Recently invitations have
been extended to all members of CON
gress to join the association, and SINH
lar invitations have been sent out to
the public generally.
The president of the association is
Charles W. Eliot of Cambridge, Mass,
and included in the list of names of
the executive committee are former
Secretary of the Interior James r.
Garfield, John F. Bass, Walter L.
Fisher of Chicago and Joseph M. Teal
of Portland. r
The invitation to join the associa-
tion recites that the annual dues for
members are So; active members, $5;
contributing members, $25; patrons,
$100, and life members, $1,000.
The name of Clifford Pinchot does
nto appear among the list Of officers
or members of the executive commit
tee
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-17
Local and Personal

T. E. Gay, merchant of Hardin
was in the city yesterday.
w. w. Theil of Red Lodge is busi-
ness visitor in the city.
R. F. Bohart, a business man of
Bozeman, was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Plunkett of Red
Lodge are the guests of friends in
this city
w. H. Fisher of Twin Falls, Idaho
arrived in Billings yesterday and is
spending the latter part of the week
here.
r. r. Selway of Sheridan arrived in
Billings yesterday and is attending to
business matters in this city the lat
ter part of the week.
William Fergus, manager of the i'm
plement department of Yegen Bros.
went to Broadview yesterday on busi-
ness.
o. P. Woodard, a stockman and
rancher of the vicinity of Fishtail. has
returned to his home, after short
business visit in this city.
e. Deffebach, livestock agent for
the Great Western, was business
visitor in Billings yesterday, coming
here to oversee the shipment of some
stock from the Billings yards.
Miss Pauline N Freedman and Miss
Agnes l.. Richardson arrived in Bill
ings yesterday from Battle Creek
Mich, and will be the guests of friends
in this city until after Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Gertison and
children left the city yesterday fol
Mt Carmel, ILL.,, where they will be
the guests of relatives during the
Christmas season.
Mrs. G. w. Miller and daughters
Charlse and Bertha, arrived in Bill.
ings yesterday from Fargo, N. D., ant
will remain in Billings during tht
holiday season as the guests of Mrs
Miller's brother, H. R. Brunk.
George Clawson. who has returned
to Billings from Lewistown, has &C
cepted a position with the Flemint
hardware store to succeed Charles
Stroup, who will engage in business
for himself the first of the year. Mrs
Clawson will go east for short visi
with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Mathew ant
children left Billings yesterday TO
Wallace, Idaho, where they will spent
the holidays with relatives. Befor
returning to Billings they will Vlsi
in Portland and other coast cities.
G.. F.. Knight of the Northern Pa
cific force expects to leave the cit,
in a few days for Kansas City. Wher
he will join his wife in spending tn
holidays with relatives. Mr.. and Mrs
Fnight will spend some time in tn
Twin Cities before returning to thet
home in Billings.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-17
CELERY WORTH
5000 AN ACRE
Yellowstone Valley Farmer Meets
with Phenomenal Success In
Raising New Crop.
KAl AMAZOO IS BESTED
Product of Michigan Town Must Take
q Back Seat When Compared to LO-
cal Goods, Declares A. F. Marsh of
Producers Association.
Nine hundred dollars an acre.


That is what the Slack celery crop
is worth according to yesterdays To-
cal quotations on the toothsome deli
cacy. And of that 5000 an acre the
greater portion is clear profit, accord
ing to Mr.. Slack, and he has found
a crop which grows with great sue
cess in this section of the country and
for which he can generally depend on
obtaining fancy price.
Mr.. Slack has been working the
Thomas McGirl place in the valley
east of this city, this year, and yes
terday brought to the city for sale on
the local market the first Of this
years crop. He has not raised a very
great quantity, the planting of the
crop being more or less of an expert
ment, but he says he wishes that in
stead of two acres he had planted 20
acres.
The price of celery yesterday was
so cents per dozen punches, figure
which is somewhat higher than usual.
But celery always commands a good
figure here, most of the local supply
coming from the coast and from Mich
igan, and such celery as Mr.. Slack has
Is said to be good always for clear
profit of several hundred dollars an
acre.
kalamazoo will have to take back
seat now," declared A. F. Marsh of
the Producers association as he look
ed over the Slack celery. "The Mich
igan town can't raise stuff like this
In the first place it is better than
any Michigan celery that was ever
brought to Billings, the stalks are
small, firm and crisp and there isn't
a trace of rust, but the great feature
of it is that Mr. Slack's celery will
average just 28 pounds to the dozen
bundles That means better bargain
for the purchasers, for all celery is
sold by the bundle and Mr.. Slack and
the retailers get on more for these big
bundles than do the eastern raisers
for their smaller bundles. Kalama-
ZOO celery averages about 16 pounds
to the dozen, and rarely exceeds 20
pounds. How does that compare with
the Yellowstone valleys 2S-pound
product?
Postmaster o. B. Prickett has a
carload of celery raised on the farm
next to Mr.. Slack's which he thinks
will do equally as we'll as his neigh
bor's But the Slack celery proves
conclusively that celery will do ex-
ceptionally we'll here and it looks to
me as If it points the way to man
making a comfortable living on five
acres and p whole lot better one on
10 acres It is bound to be one of the
big crops of this valley, and one for
which there will always be a ready
market" 20.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-17
OLDHAM.M1LLER WEDDING.

Yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
in the Congregational parsonage, 316
North Twenty-seventh street, c. j.
Oldham and Miss Effie M. Miller were
united in marriage by the Rev. DR..
H. Samuel Fritsch.
The brides home is at Absarokee
She was attended by her sister, Miss
Ida E. Miller. The groom halls from
Spokane. where he is engaged as
ranch foreman of the Washington
State Sugar Beet company.
The couple will take honeymoon
trip to Kansas, then return to this
state for a brief visit with the brides
parents at Absarokee, after which they
will make their home in Spokane
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-17
WITH CHRISTMAs SHOW.

R. w. Priest, advance agent for 1.-THE
Third Degree" was in the city yester-
day laying the plans for the reception
of his company which will play at the
Babcock theater Christmas day Like
most advance men Mr.. Priest claims
that this is about the best production
in the west this season, and to sub
statiate his claim he points to the
quantity of favorable criticism which
his play has received in the leading
magazines of the east "The Third
Degree will be presented here twice
on Christmas day.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-17
SaUes His Skin
But Loses Job
PatrOlman Hung Back While JeweIer
Was Being Shot by a
RObber.

CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-Patrolman Emil
E. Kohler was discharged in disgrace
from the Chicago police department
yesterday for cowardice. A removal
for cowardice prior to the punishment
visited upon Kohler is not remembered
by the oldest policeman in the depart
ment.
Kohler was patrolling Halsted
street last Monday night when Barnett
Greenberg was shot dead in his pawn
shop by thief. The shot attracted a
crowd and Kohler skulked behind.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-17
ARE DRAWING THE NET
Continued from Page One
sued against her sister was sworn

sued against her sister was sworn
out.
Mrs. Martin was arraigned this
morning in the Tombs police court
and committed to the Tombs prison
pending the arrival of extradition pa
pers from New Jersey. In her exam
ination she gave no hint as to whether
she would fight extradition.
Mrs. Martin is So years old and fee
Bile, though resolute and alert of mind.
She showed today the same aversion
to lifting the heavy black veil that
completely concealed her features as
characterized her sister. Virginia
Wardlaw, in the latter's examination
at East Orange, several days ago. Mrs.
Mary Snead when taken to police
headquarters today, was equally reti-
cent. Mrs. Martins pitiful infirmity
saved her the indignity of being meas
ured and photographed, but Mrs.
Snead escaped none of the humiliating
details of police routine. She will be
examined tomorrow in the Tombs po-
lice court to determine whether she
can justly be held for extradition.
The three notes found yesterday
among Mrs. Martins effects, all SIM
liar in handwriting and wording to the
suicide note found pinned to Ocey
Sneads clothing beside the bathtub in
which she was drowned, were deemed
sufficient evidence against Mrs Mar
tin.
The point made against Mrs. Snead
is that she was a party with Miss
Wardlaw to the renting of the unfur-
niShp6 hOugp in East Orange In
which Ocey Snead's body was found.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-17
CANDY STORE HELD UP.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. ia candy
store at Ninth and Market streets ad-
joining the drug store of DR.. Edward
Gleason was held up and robbed last
night by lone bandit who answered
to the description of the man who
robbed Gleason's place twice in sue
cession last week, and to capture
whom the police have swept the city
with a greater dragnet than any before
employed in San Francisco.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-17
MURDER is SUSPECTED.

. CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, Dec. 10
The body of Miss Shelly with the
head blown off was found last even
ing in her home near lumber camp
south of Hannibal, Wis, % miles from
here. 1t is believed that the woman
was murdered.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-17
HIGH SCHOOL WINS.

The girls OF Billings high school
yesterday evening defeated the girls
of the Polytech in closely contested
game by the narrow score OF 10 to Z
In the game between the first and
second teams of the high school the
regulars piled up score of 32 to 10
on their opponents.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-17
PINCHOT WILL STICK.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-Gifford
Pinchot, chief forester Of the United
States, to whom. it was said, an offer
mad been made to become president of
the University of Michigan, returned
to Washington from Chicago, and de-
clared he did not intend to give up
his governmental position.
The Billings gazette., 1909-12-17
MARRIAGE LICENSE.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
A license was issued by Clerk Lorin
T. Jones of the district court .yester-
day for the marriage Of Thomas
Knopp of Lavina and Miss Elsie M.
Smith of Greedy, Iowa.