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The Billings Gazette. VOL. XIX. BILLINGS, YELLOWSTONE COUNTY. MONTANA TUESDAY JULY 28, 1903. NO. 25 V O. . .... . .. .. . . . ... .. .... . .. B[,.GS YE LO S;ON CO N Y iT N U S AYJL 8 93 i51ir~ ...TilE... BoyCOTT ...Is ON... " * * * ALL MY MERCHANDISE .... Patrons opposed to this Method=to compel a man to run his business to suit the local Union=-will receive the same treatment they have enjoyed the past 20 years at my store. J. D. Losekaimp Famous Outfitter Yellowstone 4"93 National OF Bank BILLINGS CAPITAL, - $50,000 SURPLUS - $20,000 A. L. BABCOCK. President DAVID FRATT, Vice-President G. A. ORIGOS, Cashier E. H. HOLLISTER, Ass's Cash DIRECTORS. A L. BABCOCK. DAVID PRATT. G. A. GRIGGS. ED. CARDWELL PETER LARSON. Regular Banking in all its Branches. Safe Deposit Boxes Rented. Special Attention Given to Collections. DEALERS IN Foreign and Domes tic'Exchange. Yegen Bros. Savings Bank OF BILLINGS, .ONTANA. Transnct a (enerai Bankin.; Businessa. Admiuister Lstates. Huy and Sell lreal Estate and Livr .tck. Responsible Capital, $125,000 Collect Rents and Take Charge of Business Af fairs for Non-.esidents. FRED INABNIT, Cashier BillingsState Bank Capital Stock, $50,000.00 OFFICERS: Paul McCormick, President. B. G. Shorey, Vice-Pres, Charles Spear, Cashier. H. A. Haynes, Teller. UIRECTORS: H. C. Bostwick A. C. Johnson, C. O. Gruwell, Paul McCormick, A. H. Barth. B. G. Shorey, Chas. Spear. T-ansact a General Bankig Business. GRUWELL BLOCK BILLINGS, . MONTANA. RUPTURE '' No Knife, conse(uently No Chloroform. Address pDR P RKa HOLLAND THE RECORD IS TOUCHED SEVENTEEN CENTS PAID AGAIN FOR WOOL. WEEK HAS BEEN BUSY ONE Prices Advance Somewhat and Large Number of Clips Are Sold Sales in Detail. Expectations concerning the wool market are being realized. Prices have become better and the volume of business transacted on the exchange is steadily swellink. Last week's sales totalled 2,550,000 pounds, being over one-half of the aggregate for the sea. son up to Saturday night. Besides the wool sold about 1,000,000 pounds has been consigned. As usual, the clips of Meagher coun ty bring the best average prices, al though the record, 17 cents, was made by a Yellowstone county clip. Also as usual Jeremiah Williams & Co, are the heaviest buyers, as they ap parently make a specialty of Montana wool's, considering them among the most desirable to handle. The sales since last report have been as follows: Saturday. Bishop & May Bros., 53,000 pounds; to Jeremiah Williams & Co.; 15% cents. Clark Bros., 34,000 pounds; to Jere miah Williams & Co.; 13% cents. E. M. Clark, 15,000 pounds; to Jere miah Williams & Co.;12% cents. E. M. Clark, 15,000 pounds; to Jere miah Williams & Co., 14 cents. E. M. Clark, 18.000 pounds; to Jere miah Williams & Co.; 14/ 'cents. James Hbgan, 23,000 pounds; to Jeremiah Williams & Co.; 13% cents. James Main, 20,000 pounds; to Jere miah Williams "& Co.; 14 cents. F. Fairburn, 14,000 pounds; to Hecht Liebman & Co.; s14% cents. August Brey, 13,000 +pounds; to Jeremiah Williams & Co.; 13% cents. Blair & Payne, 50,000 pounds; to Dewey, Gould & Co.; 14% cents. Bear Creek Sheep company, 25,000 pounds; to J. Koshland & Co.; 15 cents. Robert Quayle, 14,000 pounds; to Jeremiah Williams & Co.; 16% cents. G. W. Higgins, 14,000 pounds; to Jeremiah Williams & Co.; 16% cents. J. H. Grant, 21,000 pounds; to Dew ey, Gould & Co.; 15% cents. Monday. A. H. Barth, 42,000 pounds; to pew ey, Gould & Co.; 14% cents. J. BuJnowski, 20,000 pounds; to Jere miah Williams & Co.; 14% cents. Mrs. C. A. Smith, 8,000 pounds; to Jeremiah Williams & Co.; 14 cents. Charles Smith, 15,000 pounds; to Jeremiah Williams & Co.; 15% cents. M. Mitchell, 5,000 pounds; to Dewey, Gould & Co.; 15 cents. George Robinson, 15,000 pounds; to J. Koshland & Co.; 14% cents. E. N..Edwards, 27,000 pounds; to Whitman, Farnsworth & Thayer; 15% . cents. O. Fitzpatrick, 22,000 pounds; .to Jeremiah Williams & Co.; 14% cents. J. L. Fraser, 54,000 pounds; to J. Koshland & Co.; 14% cents. Bloomington Lrand and Livestock company, 30,000 pounds; to Dewey, Gould & Co.; 16 cents. F. Leslie, 5,000 pounds; to Justice, Bateman & Co.; 13% cents. C.' H.- Perrine, 20,000 pounds; to Jeremiah Williams & Co.; 14% cents. For this clip J. Koshland & Co. made 'the 'same bid, out the first named firm was successful mn the toss up. SBuffalo Creek Sheep company, 58, 000 pounds; to I'uce & Manning; 15% cents. 'roday's Sales. An aggregate ol about 500,000 pounds constituted the offerings at this morning's sales at the Northern Pacific warehouse. The high price Spaid for the ISchroeder wool last week, .17 cents, was dullicated, the Basin Livestock company receiving the same amount for its clip. Following are the sales: Smith Bros. Sheep company, 300,00O Spounds; to Jeremiah Williams & Co. and J. Koshland & Co.; 16% cents Basin Livestock company, 125,00( 'pounds; to Justice, Bateman & Co. 17 cents. Berry & Stevens, 80,000 pounds Jamremlhd Wllamw & Co. were thi highest bidders, offering 14% cents t= for this clip. No. sale was made, as; the offer was declined and, the woQl withdrawn. Ralph Berry, 14,000 pounds. This clip was also withdrawn, the owner refus ing the highest bid by Jeremiah Wil liams & Co., 13/ cents. Willard Bennett & Son, 36,000 F pounds. C. (C Herbert was the highest bidder, but no sale was made, the offer being rejected. F. J. Cameron, 15,000 pounds; to. Jeremiah Williams & Co.; 14 cents. This afternoon a sale is in progress at the Brfilington warehouse. STATE CAINS c MUCH WEALTH VALUE OF PROPERTY IS GREAT.* LY INCREASED. TWO COUNTIES ARE POORERL Granite and Broadwater Return De creased Valuations, While All Others Are Richer. With two exceptions, every county in Montana shows a marked increase in the value of property of all kinds during the year. The exceptions are Granite and Broadwater counties, both of which show a decrease, the. former returning a valuation lower by $52,197, while the last named is poorer by $93,129. Deer Lodge leads in the list showing an increase, hav ing more than doubled its assessment valuations of 12 months ago. The increase returned there is $8,853,190. According to the figures given out, by J. J. Ryan, clerk of the state board of equalization, the total 'of the increase in the value of -the property subject to taxation in the state is $23, 762,515. Of this amount $20,316,722 is the gain in real estate and personal property, while $3,445,683 is the in creased assessment on the railroads, ordered by the state board of equali zation. The total value of real estate and personal property in the state, ex clusive of the railroads, is $174,055, 724, compared with $153,689,092 last year. The total value of, the railroads is $35,482,188, as compared with $32, 036,505 last year. ,' Assessment by Counties. The following table shown the as sessment by counties last year and this year: 1902. 1903. Beaverhead .. ..$3,855,166 $4,249,9'58 Broadwater ..... 1,815,136 1,722,007 Carbon ......... 2,772,552 3,054,356 Cascade ........14,127,621 14,820,054 Chouteau ...... 5,865,979 6,553,874 D Custer ......... 4,900,507 5,460,651 Dawson ........ 3,155,143 4,175, 3 Deer Lodge .... 7,028,988 15,881,1 Fergus ......... 6,632,831 6,881,414 Flathead ....... 4,577,404 5,359,908 Gallatin ........ 6,751,710 . 7,413,936 Granite ......... 1,853,701 1,791,504 Jefferson ....... 2,,'28,801 2,827,975 Lewis & Clarke.15,867,362 16,040,345 I Madison ........ 4,638,900 4,801,737 Meagher ........ 3,510,125 3,927,183 Missoula ...... 6,850,866 7,604,209 Park ........... 4,043,026 4,174,871 Powell ......... 2,481,474 2,737,075 Ravalli ........ 3,204,718 4,801,737 Rosebud........ 2,881,741 3,016,314 Silver Bow .....31,262,310 32,291,605 Sweet Grass .... 2,661,242 2,667,449 Teton .......... 2,746,055 3,100,117 Valley ......... 1,793,9i2 2,184,956 Yellowstone .... 5,681,822 6,355,548 Railroad Assessmeht. d Subjoined is a table showing the . railroad assessment for last year and -this year: 1902. 1903. Butte , Anaconda & Pacific .... $674,524 $720,803 1 Big worn South t ern and C., B. & n Q............. 763,113 762,016 e Great Northern, , and branches, in including the e Montana & Grt .e Northern .... .10,986,243 12,263,560 Montana Central 0 and branches . 2,702,065 2,996,429 o. Montana Railroad ' 237,836 237,838 s. Northern Pacific 0 and branches .15,009,792 16,662,441 .. Ore. Short Line. 1,645,926 1,920;361 Yel. Park Ry ..... 17,035 18,940 is. el Totala ..$...A2,038,55 p 8sss,188 OF BENEFIT TO BILLINGS ROCKY MOUNTAIN BELL TELE PHONE SYSTEM EXTENDED. MORE TERRITORY IS ADDED Company Acquires New Lines in North ern Wyoming-Connections With Cheyenne and Denver. Again has been widened the circuit of cities and towns with which it is possible to hold telephonic commlni cation from Billings and a new terri tory haii been opened for the conven lence of those who desire to. Talk by word of mouth with persons at remote .points. George Y. Wallace, president; D. S. Murray, general manager, and Traffic Manager Thomas, all of the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company, ar rived in the city yesterday from Co burn and Cody, where they had been on a tour of inspection of the com pany's service in northern Wyoming and where they met L. L. Moffett of the Moffett system of local and long distance telephones. Negotiations pending for some time were closed and Mr. Moffett surrendered practical ly all of his lines and exchanges in thpt section, retaining only his Red Lodge-Cody line and local exchange at the latter place. By the transaction the Bell company was placed in control of the Moffett lines between Cody, Meeteetse and Basin 'and also the local service in those places. Mr. Moffett will abandon Ils lopag distance lines between those places, but as yet has not decided what he will do with the material. He thinks that he .may be able to sell them to ranchers and range outfits for pri vate use. If he cannot he will take down the wires and remove what other material is of value sufficient to war rant the cost of transportation and use them elsewhere. In addition to buying the Moffett lines the Bell company also secured control of the Powder River system, including the local service at Sheridan, which extends to Ten Sleep. This now closes the gap which has existed in the company's service between Bridger and points south and it is now possible to carry on a conversation with cities as far distant from Billings as Denver and Cheyenne. As the dif ferent lines are what is technically called' a "metallic" system, the service given is as good as it is possible for an ng distance line to be. he new arrangement is of consid erable importance to Billings, as it makes it a center from which radiates one of the best and most complete telephone systems in the northwest and insures a safe and speedy method of communication with a territory hitherto to be peached only by mail and some by telegraph. It places all of the Big Horn basin towns in direct touch with Billings, a matter of no small importance to the people of those places, as well as to those of this city. Last night a meeting of the officers of the two systems was held and it is reported that a proposition of the Bell company to buy the Moffett Bill ings system and the Red Lodge local and long distance lines was under discussion. The Bell company has long tried to enter Red Lodge, but has never suc ceeded, despite its repeated efforts in that direction, the city council of the place refusing to grant it a franchise. If the pending negotiations prove successful the company will have gained its point, the establishment of a complete circuit between Billings and Red Lodge and via the latter place into Wyoming. Should the Moffett conipany conclude to sell it will still retain its long distance lines i.o the north of this city. Saturday morning at about 6 o'clock Nate Cooper, who occupied a room in'the Neel lodging house in Montana atenue, was awakened by the jingling of coin. He opened his sleepy eyes and saw a man helping himself to the contents -of the pockets of his tron sers. The intruder was as much sur prIsed as 'was 1lr. Cooper, for he the room. Mr. Cooper followed him into the hall, where he was compell ed to give up the chase because of the scantiness of his attire, while the thief kept on and was soon in the street. He was observed by a number of persons, but none attempted to stop him, thinking there had been a fight. An inventory of his possessions show edr Mr. Cooper that he had been rob bed of $5. THEIR TAXES ARE RAISED INCREASE ORDERED IN VALUA TION OF RAILROADS. IS ADVISED BY OJVERNOR State Board Acts Unanimously on Recommendation Made by Executive Message. Last Friday the state board of equalization took action at Helena in a matter of more than passing interest to the people of the state, and more particularly to taxpeyers. A horizontal raise of 10 per cent was ordered in practically all railroad assessments of Montana, resulting in an increase of the railroad valtlations of considerably over $3,000,000. The increase was made in accord ance with a recommendation by the governor and in its concurrence thel board was unanimous. Next Thursday, July 30, is the date fixed by the ooard, when they may enter any pr9tests. As the increase made last y3ar was strongly fought by them, it is believed that the companies will exert e\ :'y possible effort at their command to induce the board to re consider its action of this year. Several o, the roads are excepted from the increase. They are the Montana & Great Northern, which comprises what was formerly the Jen nings branch of the Great Falls & Canada, which is increased 60 per cent over last year's assessment, or from $2,500 to $4,000 per mile; the Big Horn Southern, the Elkhorn branch of the Montana railroad and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. The valuation of the last four named is permitted to remain at the old figures. Governor's Messages Following is the message of Gov ernor Toole to the board: "To ,the State Board of Equalization: A review of the various assessment rolls of the state shows clearly that upon the whole a better assessment of property has been made this year, than last. "In my opinion tne railroads have not heretofore been assessed in pro portion to other property. "The assessment of railroads a year ago, as you will recall, did not reflect the unanimous opinion of the board, nor did it reflect the individual opin ion of those constituting a majority of the board, but was the result of a compromise after much discussion and consideration. "With the view of increasing the assessment of the railroads from time to time to ap amount approximating their value, I have the honor to recom mend a horizontal increase of lu per cent upon all railroad property in the state, under the jurisdiction of the board, except the Big Horn Southern, the Elkhorn branch, the Montana rail road and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. The Big Horn Southern in this'state being entirely in the Crow reservation, and having little or no local traffic, while the Elkhorn branch, the Montana railroad and the Chicago, Buslington & Quincy's busi ness on March 1, in my opinion, did not justify an increase. "Except, also, the following roads, which I recommend to be increased as follows: The Montana & Great Northern railroad, 60 per cent, or $4,000 per mile. This road represents the Jennings branch, which was last year incomplete, and the Great Falls & Canada, which was last year a narrow gauge, but which has been changed to' a broad gauge, and both are now operated and the Montana & Great Northern. "I further recommend that the in crease herein named be made upon each item donstituting the property of such smllroads reiuired by law to be assessed by the state board of Sequgalntito." DEATH ENDS HIS DEBAUC.H. WHISKY AND EXHAUSTION KILL JOHN DALTON. LIKE ANIMAL IN A HOLE Crawls Under Roof of Water Tank and Dies With Two Stran gers Near Him. With scant ceremony and with none of the usual manifestations of sor row and mourning, all that remained of what once had been a man was consigned to a narrow hole in the ground yesterday afternoon. Today only a little mound in potter's field marks the place where the body is awaiting decay and the worm. Yet, so far as years go, the man should still be alive and capable of making more than an equal fight in the strug gle of life, for nature had blessed him with a physique that many would have envied. Even the marks of long con tinued debauchery and slothful ne glect could not hide the traces of a once robust and vigorous manhood ,: and the emaciated frame that remain ed showed the power that once was its own. The body thus disposed of was that of John Dalton, a stranger, and it was sent down from Laurel Sunday : evening. There, earlier in the day, a coroner's jury found that death had. come as a result of "acute alcohol ism and exhaustion from lack of fod." Only two men could be foune who were capable of giving any informa tion concerning the dead man. They were, like himself, tramps, idlers, float ,ing along the surface of the world, utterly indifferent as to the future and caring only for .the few. wants of today. They gave their names as. T. M. Phelan and John Brady and said that they had met the deceased Saturday evening at the water tank' of the railroad company at Laurel. Having no other place at. which to spend the night and being penniless, the three' climbed up to, the little room immediately above the level of the water. There they talked for a number of hours before they finally fell asleep on the rough, hard boards. To his newly made companions Dal ton told his name and said that he was a coal miner, but had not worked for some time, as he had been drunk for a month and had not eaten any Ithing for five days. He also said that some Italian section hands had offer ed him some food that evening, but he had been too sick to eat. At one time, he said, he had worked in Brit ish Columbia. This part of his story was corroborated by a time check is sued by the Coal Creek colliery of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal company, and a receipt for revenue taxes paid to the government at r'ernie. Between 5 and 6 o'clock Sunday morning, the men said, they were awakened by Dalton talking and toss ing about as though in great pain. Realizing that he was very sick and needing attention, the men got up and Phelan went in search of a doctor, while Brady remained and chafed Dal ton's arm, thinking that he had been taken with an attack of epilepsy. The first person Phelajn saw was the sta ition agent. As there is no doctor at Laurel none could be secured and the agent and several other men went back with Phelan. When they reach ed the place Dalton was dead. The section foreman secured a rope and with the assistance of some of his men lowered the body to the ground and it was taken care of pending the arrival of Doctor Rinehart, the cor oner, who was notified. An inquest was held and Phelan and Brady told.' their stories as already related. Aside from the two papers only a 1,i penny was found in the pockets, 0 ,' the dead man, which was dressed . roughly, but fairly well, the clot.0R* being those of a workingman, Cures Sciatica; Rev. W. L. Riley, L. L. D:., New York, writes: "Arter S ~p of excruciating pain from matism, under. various was induced to fry Uiniment, the fiart