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The Billings gazette., 1909-12-10

account assigned .......... LOU
Billings State Bank, witness
fees, j. c., account assigned 1.80
Yegen Bros, Inc, supplies
IOf JAN IO.VU
Hart Albin Co., supplies for
jail .'''''''' oI.oU
Harry l.. Wilson, office ex-
penSe 1o.0V
Montana Water Co., water for
court house .....s....e... z5.55
Western Union Tel. Co., tele-
grams for auditor. r......... 8.07
Montana Water Co., water for
jail lO.UU
Northwestern Contracting Co.,
supplies for jail ....... rs
r. NJ. Nelson, hack for sheriff so
Otto Casady, services of sher-
III ............o...'. Io.VV
Mrs. Sara Morse, transporta-
tion ...............'. o.4U
Jos. Ducharfne, services spe-
cial constable ............ 800
E. J. Auge, work at jail. 43.OO
Billings State Bank, witness
fees, j. c., account assigned LEO
C. F. Watkins, salary health
officer November 5000
Smith Cab Co., cab for sheriff us
"A
treasurer, account assigned 300
Joe Sample, salary janitor. $500
Joe Sample, salary assistant
janitor ................... oo.Vo
Harry Hough, assistant treas
urer .............. ...''.. 1oo'oo
Ira l.. Whitney, services court
bailiff, account assigned.... $500
Mcdowell Bros, supplies for
court hoIcn l6.46
A j. Mitchell, salary stenog-
rapher county Attorney. 1880
John McGirr, services court
bailiff S3.uu
First National Bank of Bill
ings, juror fees, J. c., ac-
count assigned ........... 1.5O
Smith Cab Co., cab for county
nhysician ... 600
w l.. Bishop. insane inquest 500
Grand hotel, feeding jurors. 140.OO
Charles Warner, supplies
court house ............... .oO
O"a, court ri, house ..'........... 1880
G. Orrick. telegrams sos
E. o. Balsan, insane inquest. 800
First National Bank of Bill
ings, juror fees, j. c., ac-
count assigned ......... l.5o
II. NJ Brayton, teachers eX-
animation ................. 24.oo
Mrs. Anna Sample, laundry
for court house ........... 2'9o
Billings & East. Mont. Power
Co., light for court house
and Jail ................. lo'of
G. Herman Smith, services
coroner .................. 67.4O
Park City State Bank. juror
/ fees, ]. c., account assigned l.5o
Ira L. Whitney, transportation
of poor ................'.' |f'7o
Johnson sisters, house rent
for poor ................. o'VV
! Mrs. NJ. J. Steele, meals for
Charles Davis, coal for poor. 1.45
A. H. Emery, refund of poor
tax ........... @'N
h't,1~n nn~n+v nbvsician ..... 27.os
]. Fl. Perrine, milk for poor. l.oO
T. J. Sherman, burial of poor. 2.oO
J. A. Turner, supplies for
poor ......-...'.. -. '''' W"
t Bill No 1876 of John Russett'
amounting to $500, for refund OF poor
The Washington herald., 1909-05-30
EASY TO DECEIVE FARMER
Argentine Specimen Falls Prey tc
Government Abuses.
Suffers from OTertaxaticn, Which
Keeps Him Ever Poor
and Miserable.

Y. D. Meyer, &C BGenes Ayres. repre-
senting the international Harvester
COMPANY. passed through London on his
way to Chicago after spending three
years among the farmers of the Arsen-
tire Republic. Modern farming ma
chinery Is greatly improving the lot Of
the South American agrieulturist, said
3Ir. Meyer. The A ntine farmer is
the most scandalously heeced man
have ever known. The governing classes
prey upon him without mercy" says a
London cable TO the Chicago News.
7 an personally acquainted with Ar
gentine farmers who have been strug-
Cling with the soil for twenty years, and
who haven't dollar to their names The
taxation is something terrific. A farm
wagon is taxed so and tvo-wheeled
vehicle Sl9 a year. Only recently a propo-
sitjon TO make every man owning a COW
pay 500 il gold anEaaIly was defeated
This appalling gouge was prevented by
a threat o. revolution
The absentee-landlord system in a par
ticUiariy> bad form prevails in Argentina
What the government does not get out Of
the farmers the landlords clean up. and
the poor fgTangers are glad II they escape
with their lives little food and cloth
ing, and singIe-rOOm mUdhouse. The
tenant has only q three-year lease OF his
farm, and then he must SOW his acres
70 alfalfa for the landlords cattle and
move on to plOw up another piece of
waste land The country is practically
without roads. and farmers are compelled
TO so long way around in hauling their
grain 70 market'-
The Washington herald., 1909-05-30
De SOTO PARISH ORGANIZES
Forms Commercial Club to Develop
Industrial Enterprise.
ToTvu Of Mansfield Progressive and
Reaches Out TO All Improve
mentS In Reach.

Mansfield. La. May "a mass meet-
ing Of the most prominent business men
OF De Soto Parish met in the courthouse
here on May 10 and organized a CONNER
cal club for the purpose OF bringing in
settlers and developing the parish.
Mansfield. the parish seat, has tripled
in population and wealth IN the past five
years. It has just completed a public
school building costing s25.OOO and dedi-
Gated a new brick Methodist church cost
!, ing s220c0. Mansfield has a fine female
college and a good public school
Mansfield has a modern brick plant.
electric light plant. telephone exchange.
ice plant. saw mill. cotton oil mill, a
foundry and machine shop. all built IN
the past five years.
Mansfield has under construction a hard
wood mill and another saw mill A real
estate company is being organized. with
100000 capital 70 bring settlers 10 this
parish
The land and natural resources Of De
Soto Parish IS very rich. De Soto Parish
is in the heart Of the largest oil and sas
fields the world has ever seen. There Is
large deposits Of cement. lime, coal. iron,
salt, and fire clay, easily developed. only
waiting capital and enterprising men.
The parish is in the northwestern part
Of the State. between the Red and Sabine
rivers. The land IS gradually sloping and
rollins. heavily umbered and well drained.
Cotton, corn. and hay are the principal
crops raised. Last year some truck and
fruit were raised for market and the ret
results were satisfactory.
T. A. SMELL.
Acting Secretary Commercial Cub
The Washington herald., 1909-05-30
OF PROGRESS IN SOUTH

One who has read any considerable part
Of the correspondence published in the
Southern Progress Section has been i'm
pressed with the fact that Southern cities
and towns. large and small, are making
great progress. industriaTy and CONNER
cislly. as well as in the way Of civic
Improvement Almost every letter speaks
IN detail OF new factories building. new
business places established, banks enlarg-
Ing their capital and erecting new homes
residences under construction, street paw
ing. waterworks. and electric lighting
plants going into operation at large cost
in short, a general and widespread up
lift
One Of the significant things revealed in
these letters is the widespread adapta-
ton Of electricity 10 the needs Of these
towns and cities. We read Of the dam
ming Of rivers and conduction OF the cur
rent. sometimes as far as twenty-eight
miles. to supply power for street cars.
municipal lighting. and to Fun factories.
In Oklahoma and il Texas the waste
water OF government dams is utilized for
the production OF cheap power for the
nearby towns. Where this new form Of
power has been installed there is a uni
versaI call for Industrial establishments
70 use it. and in most cases they are
answering the call
Agriculture. the basic industry Of civili-
zation. IS making long strides in the
South Diversifcatlor Of crops. the grow
ing Of truck where once cotton only vas
grown. the occupation Of cut-over lands
and territory reclaimed from tidewater
swamps. al go to show that the farmer
OF the south has awakened to the reallza-
ton Of the dawning era Of prosperity
The western States OF the South are
not much ahead Of the eastern in this
march OF progress. AL are going ahead
at a rapid pace The South has joined
the advance which marks the nation. and
is no longer apart from the development
OF America which to-day Is the envy OF
the world
One significant note sounds through this
cOrrespondence-an expression that vaI1-
Gus localities need men OF capital 10
come from the outside TO aid n this de-
velopment IN few cases We read that
local capital and local effort is at work
The Washington herald., 1909-05-30
Mills OPERATE AT PROFIT.
Greenwood Claims TO Be Coming
City Of the Piedmont REGION.

Greenwood Claims TO Be Coming
City Of the Piedmont Region.
Greenwood. S. C. Nay 29.-The largest
ginnery and OF mill east Of the Missis-
sippt River IS isskEcisessfuily operated here.
Two large cotton mills, the Grendell
and the Greenwood, are running fun time.
20 TIE profit OF their owners. The Green
ton o. modern machinery in No. I mill.
doubling its capacity at q cost Of more
than S2990oo.
-Four Wholesale groceries. two wholesale
fruit and produce companies. and a whole
sale druggist DO thriving jobbing busi-
ness.
Municipal ownership OF public utilities
supplies pure water. sanitary sewerage,
and day ana night electrical current at
low prices and at good profit to the
city.
Three weIi-managed banks with large
deposits and ample capital speak Of con-
se-yaJism and prosperity.
TIE business streets are being paved
WIKI vitriEed brick a. = cost OF Si6.o0a.
4 oeE city hail is ready for occupancy.
The government IS erecting q post-ofics
building 10 cost S59.009
Larder College Is preparing to add a
large wing 20 the main building
More than 81, COG was spent last year IA
the building OF small residences, and more
than S49.oo0 worth o. residences arc nov
under contract or planned for immediate
erection
Paul ". 3icLURE.
Secretary Merchants AssOciatsc1
The Washington herald., 1909-05-30
USING WASTE WATER
Batesvill8 Derives Power
from Government Dam.
TO HAVE FACTORIES
Arkansas Town selzeS an OpPOrtu-
nifty 10 Convert White River Into
Power TO Light the Town and
Run It's Street Cars-TwO other
Dams Are Available.

Batesville. Ark, Nay 29-The Federal
government has recently constructed the
third Of a system OF ten locks and dams
on the Upper White River. !n Arkansas.
the fourth largest waterway in the Unit
ed States.
These dams were projected for the pur-
pose Of giving Us slack-water navigation
and connecting the outside world with
river as well as rail transportation
The first or what IS known ss lock and
cam No. !. IS about three-foUrths Of a
mile east OF Batesvine and was complet-
ed in 1soa It's length is 6595 feet; height
at deepest place, : feet; height OF crest
1 above original low water, 125 feet; low
water discharge. I,10O cubic feet per sec
ond; average discharge. $3.50 cubic feet
per second. It is only ,--e il about
fou- or I've years that the river has as
little discharge as 200 cubic feet per
second Cost Of construction. SlooOa
Utilize Waste Water.
Thousands Of horsepower so 10 waste
over this dam. and since the Federal
government has shown Us how It IS pos
/ si5le 70 create and have a cheap power
here It is our purpose 10 utilize that
which Is now going 90 waste by harness
ing It and generating electric current for
commercial purposes.
We feel the necessity for cheap power.
being located quite 90 miles from the
coal fields BIZ rail, 20 induce manufac-
turing enterprises 10 locate among Us.
-~ - cH
how cheapIy power can be furnished fac
tories OF various kinds VIII be seeking 10
cations here.
We have an abundance OF raw mate
rial. The best cotton that grows. fifty
or more varieties OF timber. immense
beds Of building stone, including the IA
nous Batesville marble. OF which our
new milli0n-dollar State capitol building
/ is constructed; also black marble. as fne
as ever came from Seligum- We have
large deposits Of manganese ore Of good
quality. running above 80 Per cent in
metallic manganese, practically free from
all objectionable constituents. and we are
within 100 miles Of the rich Arkansas
zinc fields
Can Operate Factories.
With this power developed we could
operate factories Of al kinds. smelters,
electric railroads. &c. and furnish al
the towns in this vicinity with their cur
rent 1or lighting and other purposes.
We feel mat our development depends
largely on the utilization Of the power
that IS now going 10 waste
Lock and dam No. IS about eight
niles northwest OF Batesville and is 65S
feet Ions. Lock and dam No IS about
eighteen miles northwest OF BatesviIe
and Is 81 feet long
II due time the wasting waters Of both
these VIII be taken care OF and developed
and your Eastern factories viii be hus-
ting Southwark hunting locations where
the raw material s produced. thus bene-
fling themselves and US
A. A. WEBER
= L
The Washington herald., 1909-05-30

. doing what is done for the uplift Of the
community. In these instances the local
people have decided not 20 wait for out
side help. but have set themselves to the
task with the resources at their Disposal
ard are depending upon self-help % solve
the industrial. commercial. and municipal
problems presented TO Bhem-
This is the proper attitude. There must
be capital enough. brains enough. execu-
tive ability enough. and potential effort
enough in the South to bring it forward
to the firing lire. If only the home peo-
pie would In all cases take the initiative
ard make the most Of what Is at hand
This work done first hand in the South
accomplishes a double purpose It de-
velops local resources through local en-
terpTise. and those who 90 It viii own
the agencies OF progress when the work
IS done suppose New York capital OF
Washington capital. or money from some
other source builds an electric plant and
establishes a trolley railroad in South
Carolina. When IL has been established
and developed to a dividend paying basis.
the dividends go TO the outside owners
and 20 that extent drain the local people
Of their money. Better in every way is
the locally constructed and locally owned
enterprise that uses the money Of the
community served 20 its enrichment and
continued progress.
This cry for outside aid is not a good
sign Better ten miles Of trolley built
By home capital than fifty miles con-
structed by funds from the outside, Of
which the community receives only the
service which the corporation may choose
TO give.
This application OF self-reliance has
far-reaching significance in the South. It
extends through all the gradations Of
good roads, good schools. trolleys. and
diversified farming 10 the spinning OF
cotton near the plantation where it is
grown. 10 the use Of Southern coal in
Southern Industry. and TO the develop
ment OF cement works. brick works. and
the use Of yellow pine IN Southern build
Ing operations. The South first and the
outsider afterward is a principle which
might be applied with beneficial results
from the Potomac 10 the Rio Grande.
and from the Kansas border to the
Florida keys.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-30
WANTS STATE CAPITAL.
Ell Reno Has Hopes of Becoming Pc.
IftfcaI Center of oklahoma.

Ell Reno. Okla. Nay 29.-El Reno is a
city OF IzOo0 population and is the main
division point for the Rock Island Rail-
road The shops. round houses, yards.
and all general of5css are here.
We are paving 1S2 blocks and putting
IN a street car line. We have several
good factories, and have just closed a
deal with large packing plant that viii
work 500 men. We have Just voted bonds
10 build a $4,000 city hall and S2a.Oo0 for
two new fire stations. What we are
reaching out for now is factories. We
pay a bonus to any good factory to
come IL.
We are working to locate the state
capital here and have a good show 10
get II r 5. ENGLE
Secretary Commercial Club
The Washington herald., 1909-05-30
OUT FOR HONE SEEKERS

Decatur Wants 5000 of Them In
Wise County, Tex.
Decatur, Tex. Nay 2-Decatur. the
county seat OF Wise County. is LO62 feet
above sea level. thus rendering the win
ters mid and the summers delightful. It
is free from malaria and all other causes
OF sickness, and IS naturally the place
that attracts the attention Of home seek
Gs.
The Commercial Club vii not be salts
fed until i settles 500 additional home
seekers in Wise County.
q. ". RAGSDALE.
Secretary Cgruue-riaI f-rr.h
The Washington herald., 1909-05-30
Wants q RaiIroad West.
Corn Vow shaulaer High.

Moore, Tex. Nay Z.-we have recent
ly built twelve new residences. The
First National Bank has Increased its
capital stock to $4,000. We haze erected
a $1,000 gin and min. About 2eoO acres
OF land were put into cultivation in the
county last year. Corn IS now shoulder
high, with every prospect OF a good crop.
". +. BURNETT
Secretary Business Meas Cluh
The Washington herald., 1909-05-30
STRIKES COAL IN a WELL.
Texas Town Finds Plenty of Fuel
Reneath Its Feet.

Bridgeport. Tex. May 2s.-The new
brick works are panning out admirably.
getting 4 burning Of % per cent merchant
able output of an excellent quality. The
supply Of shale is practically inexhausti-
bic and the company IS preparing to
enlarge its capacity > per cent. and also
TO add the manufacture Of paving brick.
On May 1S. in drilling a deep well at
the electric light plant. forty-ineh vein
OF coal Of cOking quality was struck at a
depth Of 30 feet. The new strike is of
much higher sUality than the stTatiem.
which is now being mined at a depth Of
sixty 10 lie feet ORION PROCTER
Secretary Ffre Tboussgf f7ub
The Washington herald., 1909-05-30
BUILDS $50 NEW HOMES.
This Oklahoma Town Progressing
Like Al the Rest of Them.

S ~ tac NASst oA AHCAA-
Sayre, Okla. May 29-Fifteen substan-
tial business houses and about $50 resi-
dence properties have been built in the
last year. besides a large increase in the
railroad properties here The Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific Railroad has in
stalled a new roundhOuse and increased
the number Of employees
The town is just completing a twO-stOry
brick public school building. and this year
viii build a courthouse and jail. being
the county seat OF Beckham County.
Our population IS increasing rapidly.
being about 2500. We expect IN the next
two years 10 double this.
W. BEN TURNER
Secretarv Commercial Club
The Washington herald., 1909-05-30
EXPENSES FOR CANAL.

The expenditures from appro-
priatlons for canal construction Up
10 February /. 1869. amounted 70
Sss.s5.657.7s. These expenditures
were made under the following
heads:
Department C CIVIL sdministr1-
tiol S--n-,-aJ-o3
Department q ssri-atiou.------ s-054a6-
Department q construction and
engineering .--------------------- 5aslL--4 40
Building far department q
construction ard engiuseTing.
Ilcsudiug qzartsrs-------------- -Is--5o- q
B1Iildings for department q
CiTl admiuis-Tl-i0Il. ............. ~ s3sa
Bandinss for department o;
s2-irzt1on ------.------.------- Ia zs-oa
ton .......-...--------...---- a0a0
i-sla,-'-.' YIsl.s ..-..---..-.-..-..-.... = 2IRa
Purchase of sreamsrs Panama
and C5lC1..---.-.-.--.--- Ia, ,o39a9
Doubis tEzckiag Panama Rail
rosd .........-.-.-......--.-.---- LR5EEO
Relocztiuz Panama Rairu0d 2E7 G1I5
Docks and WilGrVes leased %
Panama Railroad Company 3 s5l-a
Municipal improvements f1C
benefit q qUiss Of Panama
and Colon. % be Tepad %
United States.--........-.-.----- 2z2s5,-5
Mgziarsi nT-0Tsneuts fG
bere6s q Canal Zlrs settle
r1ents. paid from CongTsSs0u-
al spy7oFriztious---------------. l.0o-. SIS
Lardz purchased and zprTul-l-
ated ..-.--.-.....-.-------.----- ZzS5.i5
Buildings. tools and machinery.
Cris.obsl saoTs LEASED %
Panama Rsircad COmDauT---- I-sNo.Oo
LocomotIvss, cars, and equip
g.Cul losued 70 aEd Used by
the Panama Rairoad.---.---.- slo.Eo90
Ictal --------..----.--..------- S95.sls.s7l.l5
The Washington herald., 1909-05-30
MAKE WASHINGTON
4 WORLD CENTER
Writer Suggests Permanent
Commercial Exhibit.
FORCES WORKING THAT WAY

I. s. Perkins Advocates Establish
ment of Great Park of 1000 Acres
SS=- Washington-In 1t the States
and Foreign Nations would Build
Trade MuSeums-NOt Idle Dream.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-30
FIVE YEARS WORK
ON PANAMA CANAL
What Has Been Accomplish
ed Since May 4, 1904.
COST TO FEB 1, s88,815,857

Review of Construction Since the
Property Was Purchased from the
French Canal COmpany-HOw Dams
and Locks VIII Be BuiIt-PrOErezs
In an AceeIeratiHg Ratio.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-30
IN CENTER OF STAGE
This Is Where Hot Springs
Intends to Stay.
RESORT MAKING PROGRESS

starts Paving of streets and VIII
Encompass City with smooth
Roadway sixteen Miles Long.
Projects Finest Golf Course in the
COuntry-Wants another Railroad.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-30
SUMTER 4 PARADISE
It's Agricultural Resources
Seem BOUndleSS.
WANTS ELECTRIC RAILWAYS

ucts of the Soil that COmTnuniea-
tiOn with the Markets Only Is
Needed IL Make the Country One
of the Richest in the south.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-30

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The Washington herald., 1909-05-30

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The Washington herald., 1909-05-30

aL y v llca I EE-
Secretary Merchants Associaaon.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-07-02
Handsome is as 4aaasome Does.

Augustus Thomas. the playwright,
told In a recent speech of hunting
trip he had taken in the south. They
were after 'coons and 'possums. but
the only trail the dogs struck was ena
which made them put their tails be-
tween their legs and turn for home.
Just what does a polecat look
lke?" Mr.. Thomas asked one of his
negro guides.
"A polecat. boss? Why. a polecat's
somefin like a kitten. only prettier.
Yes. a poleeat's heap prettier'n a
kitten, amt it, Sam?" he said, turn
ing to another negro for corrobora-
ton.
Sam did not seem SO sure. He hes.
itated a moment.
Well he replied. scratching his
wool, its always been nah con.
tention dat handsome is as handsome
dc es." -Eyerybody's Magazine.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-07-02
ExToLs LIFE IN THE COUNTRY,
suburbanite corrects MlsapprehensIon
of the City DweIler.

"One of the great blessings of living
In the country Is that we can see the
sky and the moon and the stars and
the sunset" said a woman at a social
gathering in the New Century club the
other day, according to the Phladel
phia Record. She lives in a beautiful
country place in the Chelton hills all
the year round. I'VE have had some
wonderful sunsets In the past few
weeks" she continued. Il have known
friends to spend afternoons in art gal
leries looking at pictures when they
might have been out In the country
watching a far more beautiful sky
painting by the hand of Nature. Then
you who live in the city never see the
stars at all in the city's glare of cleo
trio lights. Neither do you have the
interesting occupation of watching the
sky and anticipating weather changes
by the clouds. / know that most city
residents think the country dreary.
uninteresting waste in the winter time.
but we suburbanites don't consider 1t
that way. The earth is rather bleak
when 1t isn't covered by white man,
tie of snow, but the winter sky always
presents an interesting If not fascinat
ing study, and seldom a day goes by
that we don't have a charming sunrise
or sunset"