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MAKES POLICE MARKED MEN PEACE CONSERVATORS ORDER ED TO DON UNIFORMS. WILL ACCEPT EITHER ONE Water Company Submits Four Propo sitions as Basis of Trans fer to City. m Wednesday's Daily Gazette. -Within a short time the members of the police force of Billings will be uniformed and equipped in regulation manner and distinquishable from the other men who apparently are saunt ering about the streets merely for the purpose of killing time. Last night the police commissioners submitted their report to the city council and their recommendations were adopted. As officially prescribed the uniform will consist of a sack coat, vest and trousers, all of dark blue cloth, a hel met in. summer and cap in winter. The coat will have brass buttons with the letter "P" raised in the center. The expense of the uniforms will have to be borne by the members, while the city will provide the equip ments, which will consist of a belt, club. revolver, holster, flash light and whistle. Recommendation was made that the city shall buy six caps at $2, each; six black helmets at $2.50, each; one gold plated wreath for the chief's cap, 60 cents; five like wreaths for patrolmen, $3; one gross adjustable, gold plated buttons, coat size with letter "P," $12; one shield for the chief; one dozen stars, to be numbered from 1 to 12; 12 enameled leather belts with club socket, $27; 12 day clubs, rosewood, $8.40; 12 whistles, $6; six Colt's revolvers, 38 calibre. $84; six holsters, $3.60; si flash lights, $21. The total cost the equipments will be $215.85. Water Company's Proposal. The fire, water and light commit tee, instructed at the last session of the council to confer with representa tives of the Billings Water Power company, submitted its report. The committee as an introduction quoted section 6 of the ordinance granting the company the franchise under which it is operating and which is as follows : "Section 6-The said company fur ther agrees to give to the said city of Billings the option of purchasing the pumps, mains and all other ma chinery and apparatus used in the construction and operation of said water works at any time after the expiration of 20 years from the date of the completion of the same. at a price to be fixed by three commissioners, one to be appointed by the said city of Bill ings .One by said company, and the third to be chosen by these two." Continuing the report says: "At the time of the passage of this ordinance only a water pumping plant was contemplated, and the above sec tion fully covered all that was de manded by the conditions as they ex isted at that time. Subsequently the company installed its electric light ing plant, making use .of the same power and the same ground and building as that previously used ex clusively for pumping water. Since that time additional buildings, power and machinery have been added from time to time, based upon the demands of a combined plant, which condition makes it wholly impracticable to de termine with justice to the city or the company just what proportion of the combined plant should be classi fied with either plant in the event that the city should elect to exercise the prerogative carried by said sec tion 6, and purchase the water power plant at the expiration of the present franchise, thereby necessitating the segregation of the two plants. "In view of the foregoing and to prevent loss in such an event, the com pany asks that section 6 of said ordinance No. 17 be so amended as to allow the city to elect, at the ex piration of the present franchise, which of the four propositions below named it desires to avail itself of, subject to all the conditions of the present section as to the. methods to be employed in determining the value of. the whole or any part of the plant to be purchased: "First, that the city may purchase the pipe lines, without the plant, con tiacting with the company for power. "Second, the purchase of the pipe feas, pumps, boilers, engines and ap purtenances necessary to a pumping p~lqt, the city to purchase a new site construct its own buildings. 2 "Third, the purchase of the water $ant only, the company to seggregate hei two plants, constructing a new ;building and equippihg it with ade M.te power and faqilities. Pqurth,, the purchase of the corn bined plant as it now exists or ma exist at the time of such purchas. allowing at least one year in whic to maKe the necessary changes, pre vided the combined plant should nm be desired. "The (.,.nmistee invites attention I the fact that ý..ere is nothing in tb present franchise calculated to lim the present company to the use c either steam power, water power c both, so long as.'a system of wate works of sufficient capacity' .is mail tained. The committee so interpret the ordinance, and understands tha the company may construct a separat steam pumping plant, and that suc separate steam pumping plant, wit its.connecting pipe lines would be a the city has an option on under th present franchise, so long as it come up to the standard of capacity and i honestly constructed and operated a an independent plant within the lit of the present franchise. "Without going into the matte further, it is the opinion of the corn mittee that an amendment in effec as proposed would reserve to thi company, in the event of the desire o the city to acquire the water plan only, the water power now developei with which to operate its electri light plant. "The committee does not understanm that it was expected to make any rec ommendations, but simply to obtail from the water power company thl propositions they were wiling to placl before it and communicate the same ti your honorable body; it, however does suggest that should the measure seem to meet with favorable consid eration the city attorney be instruct ed to confer with the attorney of the company, and that final action be de ferred pending his report thereon," On motion the report was receiv ed and filed. Miscellaneous Matters. The special committee appointed to select a site for the proposed cit3 scales asked and received further time in which to make its report. A bill for an ordinance providing foi the establishment of a city scale and for the creation of the office of city weighmaster was introduced and reac for the first time. On recommendation of the streel and sidewalk committee a warrani for $250 was ordered issued in favoi of Ben Hager as part payment of the amount due' him on his contract. Fift3 dollars was ordered retained until final settlement. Wesch & Cederholm, the contrac tors constructing the new sewer ex tension, petitioned the council t( change the form of the warrants giv en them, claiming that the ones is sued could be sold for only 80 cents on the dollar, thereby causing a losa to them on their contract. Referred to finance committee. T. F. Holly and H. S. Coleman sub mitted proposals for supplying the city with coal. The first named of fered screened lump at $3.75 a ton and Bridger screened lump at $4.25 Coleman's bid was for Rocky For, coal. railroad weight, at $3.25: the same. if the city paid for the haul ing, at $2.90. 'Forked coal delivered. $3.35. All these prices were for car load lots. By the single ton or load he agreed to furnish the best screened lump at $3.60 a ton. A contract was ordered entered into with the last bidder at $3.25 for car load lots and $3.60 for single tons or loads. On motion of White the treasurer was instructed to take up the interest coupons on the funding and city hall bonds. By motion the treasurer was also instructed to take up for cancellation the $1,000 warrant issued to Wesch & Cederholm, drawn on district No. 6, and issue in lieu thereof five war rants for $200 each. It was further ordered that in future all warrants drawn on that fund shall be of de nominations not exceeding $200. The fire, water and light commit I '( reported favorably on the petition rf St. Vincent's hospital for the erec tion of an arc lamp in front of its building. The respective city officers submit ted their reports, which were adopted. Permission was granted Lide Bidely to connect lots 18, 19, 20, 21, 2, 23 and 24, block 50, with the main sewer in district No. 6. The street and sidewalk committee recommended that the sidewalk on the south side of lot 1, block 56, be condemned and a new one ordered. Adopted. Boy's Life Saved from Membranous Croup. C. W. Lynch, a prominent citizen of Winchester, Ind., writes: "My little boy had a severe attack of membran ous croup, and only got relief .after taking Foley's Honey and Tar. He got relief after one dose and I feel that it saved the life of my boy." Re fuse substitutes. Sold by Holmes & Rixon. See shoemaker under Yegen Bros.' Savings bank. Good work; prices right. t" tf Money to loan on city and farm property. T. J. Bouton. 55-tf SAYS TRUTH WAS MANCLED "BILLY" HOFER TELLS OF GAME IN PARK. IS FAR FROM EXTINCTION Well Known Guide and Hunter Ex presses Himself on the Fullerton Charges. From Wednesday's Daily Gazette. Among the visitors who spent the night in the city was E. Hofer, better known as "Billy" Hofer, scout, guide and hunter, who was on his way back to Gardiner to "hole up'' for the re mainder of the winter. Mr. Hofer had been to Red Lodge on an investi gating tour having for its object the gaining of information regarding the personality of James Fullerton, whose sensational charges relative to alleg ed mismanagement of affairs in con nection with the Yellowstone Na tional park have lately caused a great deal to be written in the newspapers of the east and west. Recently Fullerton was in the east and among other places he visited was Washington. Upon his return he was interviewed at Minneapolis and other towns and said that he had had a personal interview with the presi dent to whom he claimed to have said a thing or two about the way game was slaughtered in the park, and a few other matters he thought Mr. Roosevelt should know. Subse quently it developed that Mr. Fuller ton had not. seen Roosevelt, the lat ter having been aick at the time, but had been asked to reduce his charges to writing and submit them and they would receive consideration. This he did and his communication was made public. The allegations they contain ed were of a sensational nature and attracted considerable attention, be ing widely published. Among other things he charged was that large game of all kinds was rapidly disap pearing through the depredations of poachers and that the soldiers guard ing the park were in collussion with the head and hide hunters and for considerations conveniently absented themselves at certain times or were suddenly and unaccountably rendered deaf, dumb and blind. Indirectly Ful lerton held the order of Elks responsi ble for the threatened extinction of the animal from which the society derives its name because of the de mand for "tushes" as emblems to be worn by the members. He also made serious charges against Major Pitcher, the acting superintendent of the park ,accusing him of unfairness, arbitrary exercise of authority and general incompetency. As "Billy" Hofer is and has been for many years a licensed guide of the park, he concluded to make a lit tle inquiry on his own account as to the standing and reliability of Mr. Ful lerton and therefore went to that gentleman's home. Red Lodge. To The Gazette.he said this morning that what he had learned had convinced him of the correctness of the estimate he had previously placed on the man and that while he was not really bad and dishonest there were many other men in the coal camp who enjoyed the confidence of the community to a greater degree. Getting back to the matter of the alleged wholesale and vandalous killing of game in the park Mr. Hofer declared the reports cir culated to that effect were wholly false:; that instead of being threaten ed with extinction the truth was that large animals of all kinds, excepting buffalo, were multiplying with ex ceptional rapidity, in fact, he declared that some of the game was getting to be too plentiful for the feed afforded in the limited area to which the an imals had learned to confine them selves. He said that one could go there now, since the snow had become deep in the timbered portions of the mountains, and see numerous small bands of antelope, ag gregating many hundreds, feed ing between Gardiner and the Mammoth Hot springs, while moun tain sheep in flocks of 40 or 50 were within sight of the springs at all times. A drive over the road between Fort Yellowstone and Yancy's would disclose several thousands of elk, while mule ear and white tail deer were almost as plentiful. Mr. Hofer said that the reported driving of game from the park to the outside was a fiction. The animals, he said, had learned long ago in what direction their safety lay and attempts to drive them beyond this reservation only resulted in running them further into the interior. If the game were harrassed and hunted in the manner charged by Mr. Fullerton, Mr. Hofer said antelope, deer, elk and mountain sheep would not be as tame as they now are and would not continue to graze within a few feet of the roads, as they now do, without even looking up when teams and horsemen pass. Concluding, Mr. Hofer said that if the government cared to investigate it would speedily be shown that Ful lerton and others who have been mak ing alarmist reports had greatly ex agerated matters, if they had not been guilty of downright misrepre sentation. Mr. Hofer is probably one of the best known guides and hunters in the northwest. He has been making his home in and about the Yellowstone park since 1878 and during that time has frequently piloted some of the most distinguished men of the coun try through "Wonderland" and in the adjoining regions where large game most abounds. During the Colum bian exposition he was in charge of the cabin built on "Wooded island" by the Boone and Crockett Hunting club, of which Theodore Roosevelt was then president. He enjoys a per sonal acquaintance with the presi dent and many other noted and fa mous men. Although he has spent a good por tion of an ordinary life time in the locality where he now makes his home, he is preparing to leave the country and go where nature still re tains its pristine primitiveness and where "improvements" have not yet obtruded themselves to mar the work of the Creator. With others he has become interested in a scheme for the propagation of blue foxes on an island in Alaska and is preparing to remove thither in the spring to re main permanently. The skins of the animals, of which a good many hun dred have already been placed on the island, are extremely valuable and a fortune is awaiting the promoters of the "fox ranch" if their efforts meet with the success now anticipated. CHANGE OF SERVICE. Star Route to Take Place of Rail way. The postoffice department has de cided upon a change in the mail service between Billings and Coburn. At present the mail is carried by the Burlington, but after February 3, next, a star route service will be establish ed. The government is now inviting bids to carry the mail between the two offices three times a week. Pro posals will be received until January 3 and the contract will not expire un til June 30, 1906. The successful bidder will be re quired to leave Billings every Tues day, Thursday and Saturday at 12:30 a m., and arrive at Coburn at 3:30 a. m. Returning days will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday, the depart ing hour to he governed by the arriv al of the train from the east. Three hours is the limit for making the re turn trip. SORENSON IN JAIL. Sorrowing Wife and Child Call to See Him. 'Fr.m Tuesday's Daily Gazette. Sheriff Hubbard returned last night from Helena with Carl Sorenson, who was arrested there last Saturday on a wnarrant issued at the instance of the First National bank of this city and in which he stands charged with hav ing disposed of mortgaged property. Sorenson was placed in jail, pending arraignment. This morning the prisoner's wife, carrying an infant in her arms, ap peared at the sheriff's office and ask permission to see her husband. The grikf of the poor woman was touch ing in the extreme. Despite her ef forts to control herself she broke down utterly and it was with the greatest effort that she made known the object of her call. Jailer Rob bins was in the office and after vain ly trying to console her with words of hope and cheer lescorted her to the jail. Another touching scene oc curred when the husband and wife met. Cooing and laughing in childish pleasure at the sight of its father whom it had not seen for a number of days, the babe was the only one in the little group that did not feel and realize the sorrow and shame thaf attached to the meeting of its parents. Those who claim to be familiar with the circumstances of the case express unlimited pity for Mrs. Sorenson, whose appearance certainly bears out the reputation given her, that of be ing an honest, hard working, trustful woman. Little sympathy is extended fo the man, who, if guilty, is not en titled to pity or sympathy, on the contrary he is to be condemned all the more for having brought suffer ing and disgrace to innocent ones dependent upon him. Sorenson will not be arraigned un til tomorrow, when he will be taken into Judge Fraser's court. As the case is now understood the accused man if found guilty can receive pun ishment no severer than a fine and term of imprisonment in the county jail, as at the most his offense is said to be only a misdemeanor, lacking in some elements necessary to consti tue a felony. CAUGHT IN A f SNOW SHED TRAIN, OVERTOOK HORSEMEN RIDING THROUGH, s THEIR HORSES WERE KILLED e One Rider Made Race for Exit But Was Overtaken and Badly Injured. Kalispell, Dec. 15.-Mr. H. Schroder of this city met with a very serious and dangerous accident while at Browning, Mont., this week purchas ing cattle. With a friend he started upon horseback to examine the cattle and coming upon a long snow shed of the Great Northern they decided they would go through same and avoid a long ride around. When part way through the same, a train appeared and they were unable to get out and Schroeder, losing his presence of mind attempted to beat the train through, but was unsuccess ful in his efforts and his horse was in stantly killed and he had both legs broken, one arm broken and his head was badly cut and bruised and he was otherwise badly bruised and scratched about his body. That he was not instantly killed is remarka ble and how he escaped will never be known. His friend, seeing his dan ger, immediately got off his horse, g whipped up and stood close to the side of the shed and escaped injury. I Schroeder was brought to Kalispell I and is now resting in the hospital here I and the physicians hope for his re covery but at the present time he is in a very dangerous condition. STRICKEN WITH APOPLEXY. Well Known Locomotive Engineer Dies Suddenly at Livingston. From Tuesday's Daily Gazette. News was received here this morn ing of the sudden death at Livingston yesterday afternoon of Miles Ray, a well known locomotive engineer. Mr. Ray was one of the old employes of the Northern Pacific, having entered the company's service over 15 year' ago. At the time of his death he was one of the freight engineers running between this city and Livingston, a run that he had been filling for a num ber of years. He was well known here and exceeding popular. Death was caused by apolexy and came without a moment's warning. Mr. Ray was walking along the street on his way home, when he was seen to suddenly fall. A number of per sons hastened to his assistance and carried him into a nearby store. His family and several physicians were summoned, but he was dead before any of them could reach him. The deceased leaves a wife and sev eral children. Strong Box Well Filled With Coin of Realm. According to the report of City Treasurer Ovren submitted to the council last night the municipality o1 Billings for the present at least is en joying a promenade on the sunny side o' easy street. Last evening there was on hand in the different funds a total of $50,748.48, apportioned as fol lows: Street ftnd ............ ..$ 1,917 02 Fire fund ...... .... .. .. 10.134 51 Spec. Imp. Dist No. 1 ...... 103 33 Spec. Imp. Dist. No. 2 .. .. 4,739 13 Spec. Imp. Dist. No. 3 .... 6,887 05 Spec. Imp. Dist. No. 4 .... 551 94 Spec. Imp. Dist. No. 5 .... 819 73 Sewer fund .... .... .... 2,66S 01 Bond interest fund ........ 1,231 11 Street grading fund ...... '447 05 City hall fund .......... 8,636 53 Library fund ............. 1,790 11 Sprinkling fund .......... 1,637 04 General fund ............ 6.686 09 Total .......... .. ... .. ..$50,748 48 A Thousand Dollars Worth of Good. A. H. Thurnes, a well known coal operator of Buffalo, 0., writes: "I have been afflicted with kidney and bladder, trouble for years, passing gravel or stones with excruciating pain. I got no relief from medicines until I began taking Foley's Kidney Cure, then the' result was surprising. A few doses started the brick dust like fine stones and now I have no pain across my kidneys and I feel like a new man. It has done me a $1,000 worth of good." Sold by Holmes & Rixon. Wanted. To buy bounty clarms. At oflle front room over W. B. Ten Eyck'e Montana avenue. $8tt DR. CLIFF LINDSBY. ' CROAKE NOW IN TRAINING. Will Fight Ike Hayes at Havre on Christmas Eve. Havre, Dec. 15.-Eddie Croake has gone into training for his fight with Ike Hayes of Helena, which will take place here on Christmas eve. Croake is now in good condition. He is a favorite among the local sports and they have money to back him against Hayes, whose recent bluff has been called by Croake's friends here. Jud Murray, the Butte lad, is match ed to fight Howard Opie on New Year's day at the Montana concert hall. Murray stock is above par. DR. SELBREDL It Improves U m Mills, the pioneer t A business career of a dozen years in Billings i Speaks for Itself I G~et My Estimates. F. S. MILLS Sheep Lost 500 sheep lost between Glasgow and McCormick Springs. Some are aranded I some L some o and some Li, all with black paint. 1 will pay 25 cents per head for infor mation leading to recovery of any of Great Falls, Mont. LEAVE YOUR STOCK AT J Cothron & Todd's U Stables Hear of birand Hotel Best of Care Prices Always Reasonable Pays 5 per cent on savings Gepos. a. Interest compouadel quarterly. Pays 6 rer cent on time certificates deposit, not subject to check. Issues savings certificates on build ig and loan plan with definite time maturity and definite payments. Loans money on real estate to be 3paid on monthly installments run ing from one to ten years, to suit )rrower. Trustees. Lee Mantle, presseent; Chas. chatzlein. viee-president; Frank W. askins, treasurer;. A. B. Clements, acretary; Charles R. Leonard, F. ug. Heinze, Henry Mueller, James H. :onteath. FERD H. FOSTER. Local APint