The Billings gazette. [volume], August 11, 1903, Image 1

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Yellowstone J
National OF
Bank BILLINGS
.CAPITAL,. - $50,000
SURPLUS - $20o,o00o
:A. L. . .OCK, President '
0. A.GI0dOOS Cashier44.
B, II. HOLLISTER, As't Cast
IREICTORS.
.A L.ABCOCIK DAVID FRAi
$D. CARDWEL1 PETER LARSON
Reg lr anklI, in allI its ranches.
S~af oeposit ioxes, Rented.
SpecialAttuaflo Give o ` Collections.
S DEALERS IN.
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-BRIEF JA
OF:iERTY
A.LLEGED, SHEEP STEALERS' DIS
CHARGED PROM CUSTODY. :
ARRESTEI A[IN :AT
Motion for Dismissal Granted-Serv
ed With New Warrants ,
Statement by Smith.
Much to the surprise of the officers
Wtho " sedt them, Arthur Smith,
tugene Grimes and Wclford Woods,
tithe three alleged .sheep stealers at
eested last week in the vicinity of
Columibus, this. u..u tl e.,e 4;t
fi;ore whom they were a.iaigned: While
litey were apprehended in Yellov~stone
county ,4hey, were taken to Oarbon,
the "heep tlhey were charged witih hav
ing stolen having been reimoved from
Only two witnesses .were -examined
Iby, the' prcecut'loa t . a'nd ..'When the
'state. announced that, it rested, the
itornetacsor the defense moved that
the accused men be discharged- for
want. of testimony' suticient to war
rant holding th~m to the district court.
'The' motion was grant-ed, _ But".-for
'only a tew monaents were 'th ldefend
and-ts free. Before they could leave
t'i co-irt ioom they wet rearrestd
on new 'warrants.
The second coanplaints lodged
iga~nsa the men 0charged themn with
Agraidft larceny. 'The finrt merely oharg
ed sheep stealing, .which Was practi
cally the same. As soon as they had
been rearrested the defendants were
srraigned and in the case of each
bond was 'fixed at $300, ash or. $500
in case that reaslty was ivye. as secur
ity. Grnmes "iiiediately'- "produced
:the requ red amount of oash to secure
his release from custody and said he
would send lback tei anioubt inees
isaryY to obtain Woods' release. Smith
Is still suffering from. his roui.s and
is at 'the haospitai, ::i.'aid he die
not care fqr bail, .
The second heariig of the mefi wae
'fixed for ,Augut -26.
In the opinion of.th' pAhy sijin who
is caring for. him Smith is . very like
ly to lose his fodt. If the man is
.-eventually acquitted his rJawyer says
C~arbon ..couty wilo l flnd'd- itself the
d" fexis )t in a etilt for Aheavy 'da -
'ages rfor personal l.juries.
Statement by .mi~th.
AlthougbtSi lth hal been cautioned
by his attorney -aot: to spak to' a~;
one about 'his . : ase, .h talked .freely
about the -ihooting- and the cause he
aleimel led up to It. T a "reporter
for the P'li k'et"hee 4enierabaolutelyn
that he or ap oft jhi party bad to
len or attetped tob ` el andy aheep
.r$im McKay or Weott. , He ..aid
'the whole.troub'ie was due: t- the fact
that Deputy Sheriff Malt. :i*qiiqnbus
had -it '$i for him'-'" beoaiiad he had
several m.it.imi gone to Columibus and
art:, irdnk 'Smith furthernore said
thit IHol ha4 attempted to ki8 him
- his prtnr Glt without ,the
l~est provqcfenq ' ,·--,
'east ~roi~~ ºr. tide
"I 4n ~ t. wia' ie;, or
what: tAIOYr do' w~t miie3Kz Uth_ de~
~tl ec; e"60 theyev 4wb an
; e - cio id.cl me,1 fve tiwm .idil was
Awxgin . !hip a e r4ou11 d b. s d 'to:
b1 n rhea he %ý s4ong'
a .. ý, ý " ,,ý men Vie.ey.~tt~rrC~ Ie;d~
o4ptiTyzý~
bus b 'O fo " 1Q01iOU h ts, Yi
worked -1 Al. > , ?i1 du
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si d" nteepl 2iet j o7eIO?1g t
Smi*4h denite*. tii$t h $ te
SPELL I' BROKEN
Billings Team Finally Manage. {
WIna day~e.
~hether Pen ntyi or,
Sppoe ~of Obwl int 4r
hold can ot y i t ',i l
'gee ' " hoodoo" that 'ehas been
ing the Billings ball teami all ;4n
relaxed its grasp long iD eu*A .
Suinday to enable the focalt
win a game. The men over
they pult it came up from;
and they beat them by one t
and down stroke on the taaly
The game was interesating n*114
citing at tlPtes bedause of th "
in which 'the : score conti1 (L
change untiJ{l'i lear;t_ e$?t i
played a very: pour game, Whlit
played an a ptionall brilia'`
There was auttle of both Rso sand h
edd hat 4it prevented nionoton
way dn ithe spetators
*uehlg y ntil the.nal *r*,,
'*iim weuld beat, Corcran
ueual dlsplay of peevishness by thiw
ifig mot badi over the granndn&1 e
seemed to lbe -i need of a nesyr
as he app nly was suffeln "l
lack of eleep. But for all th4
sopie very good worki in fronm t e
plate.
Whelm a:n IKeret n wer&e he a ht,
tery 'for the visitors and Corcran:
aind Platt for the home team.
Doi'e; 10 to 9.
PLEASING EVENT.
Logan Orchestra Conmplimentar;oe
t Proves Highly Entertain ngri
Friday evining 'the Logan breie4tra
made its fiest appearance befor,-: a
homet audience ineee tlhe return of bh
meimbers from` their study at .t
Ohfbago cosiervatory of, e
occasion being. a complimentary co-p
cert tenderd .by the orchestra to the
Elks and ethe .xetern, woil buiye s in
thei city. It toolk rlace 'at l.ik'.ihalli
and proved to be a hirlty enjoyablc
and successful event.
The programme was in. tJ parts
nd durlng.'tli intermission .he E~lls
served- refieshments, a portion- of the
gustatory diversion being ai:u'Ditcha"
lunch and some of the ladies present
had ,their firt- experience with Elk
hospitaity. .
In :addltton. to 'the members of the
orihestra the Mlises Biennighoff took
part in the. misical entertainment,
petite _Mis. Jtilia singing a couple of
songs in a ha rming and clever man
ner,- her sisters accompanying her on
the violin and p ino.
The concert was greg~tiy enjoyed
and -the marked improvement notice-,
able in the performanqe of the Logan
:children was much commented upon.
*itce their last apepartnce they have
been strenthenied to t.-e extent of
:-the "ddition b. one.~ member,.. little
Grace, wh presildes yovr the "traps
aid4 plays dte differjitt- ituments
f t.tyt part witih th..'ise and' skill
of an old nmiicaan.
CAUo ED By DRINK.
Old -Colored Woman Die's Suddenly
L-ast Saturday bdrholer Rinehart
wias- til le of thf lndin of the
ded . bo d ' od . -A '. tromrng,
"n elderly, : o- lived
in ..app:. ja .or p sgluttA .aide,
weli 44i o d He pm
paneled a j 7 4dI;r v ,vwing the
remainp he° Ardoh: r the testi
them Luke -Bryt, =. :,t e- dead
ry ther
mthat .` re !_; 1 th 'most
'R t'e n4uht. ; g she
sand he
a
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AGRICULTURAL EXHIBIT AT ST.
LOUIS EXPOSITION.
~iL·IE IT P'ENT
Desire That State's; Showing Shall: Be
as Complete as Posiible-YeI
lowstonrei Opportunity.
As has been prqVl sly published,
the Montans wain e. < l ta sm'nhisaioU.
ha' 'elebitod to tahe rl9eurs ural
college the work ";C. 6lIcig th3
state's agricultural exhitlh. at the
Louisiana Purchase exposition.: The
responsibility bhase b en accepeted andr
alreaedy the nwiei en at the head
of the ti collese Ai egagedian the'biins
of gathering ands preparing t e dx!hiMt
and in order that it may be as; com
plete and thoroughly representative
of the state's possibilities Io the -way
of the prodiution of the fruits of the
farm, garden and orchaird as possible
they are asking t.he co-dperatibon of
the feirmeer· of every 'part of Mon
tana. Realizing the .difficulty of per
sonal request to eacth of the many
hundrede wihom they wish to reach,
Professor, . B. Linfleld, 'acting direc
tor of the experiment station, has ap
pealed to ,the 'newspapers of the state
,t lend their help in rleaching
Sthose whose ' assistance' .· desired,
with the request thalt they pulgish a
liut ,of the samples that are wanted
and general directions as to ;:heir se
lection and mode of shipment. Those
who desire to contribute to t-le ex
hibgt 'fw, ..:be to ,no expease,. except
that of the 'time and- little labor con
nected in selecting ani ~packng their
samples, as the cost of freight to Boze
w wili be defrayed by the state.
Ali, samples bihould be sent by ex
teei, collect, 'to the experiment tS
tion, Bozeman..
'Following is Professor tilhileld's let
'rto The Gazette, and he bioes thbat
liberal response will be made by the
rmers of -.Yellow'stone county, the
center of. the 'farming industry of
Montana:
We ".wish to get sanmples of every
variety of -haty, o~lover, afialfat and
grasses of lll~ kinde used as bay, also
isampls of grain in the sheaf, of every
kind of grain grown in thie :various
localities. In addition, we desire to
get'. samiples of the tthr.shed grain
o l ;vesoius varieties, " aboi t two
qusttsinr each sampile, aid samnaples of
O ovij, afalfa and various :kinds of
grass seeds, grown in ,thestapte., We
would like as full an account as possi
b:of the variety, giving especially
the yie1d per acre, kind of land upon
,h:ch: growni and' whe'her irrigated
:no.t i'::..otographs illustrating agri.
cultural secenes of all kinds would
also' .e very valuable...
ri"TI leeting the samples of grain
in. tie. sheaf .the following `points
it be Toted: I
May arnd Fodder Plants,
.Separate samplesaof irat, second
ain third cutting of ellalfa or clover
-4be sent and each separately
id. Send separate samples al]o
;: lry and from irrigated land.
2., iQt he samples before the planti
ad ry it perfetly without
.Cut the sample · olose to the
. .s t :o get ths ..ml height_
etteplat.s. Select a good samplei
% da small .1a%, ,about a
,to ea t'a" e, pack:
in aBardtboardO* r- wood bo:
~:ape spr eun4 tlae paaniM.
ly abel japle 4wth
t n a gnjid variety o l timne
the yield per` t O
se me e n aud, add s. s of th
grain Oample.
der p head aine wbeat oats,
lmA , e rye, corm n. beans _, and
nd a isis sseas, etc
4se9parate: emple f gtrali
Saegp~eS bdt ore tie plant
e .ts =psi ea g out.
to *±=t ..+11Iewgth
:to *'w. - Sl~i'`e~~
nil? i " sen: hi a smaila
)o not.: "dam ±h ea4 of the samiile...:.
5 Properly'abel. oh omple with
,he nas p! i1i v riety," the tine
when dty: th, gr'aini yield r " ire
i :pounds, and the name and aaddrese
if the sen4er.
The threshcd igri and gras, and
slover seeds should be put in a strong
sottoa sackfor rhipadent.
Send tIw quarts tof .each variety of
irain id one quart of seed. Send
&"luxmpeeo otnly.
IPhtia labei` hi each sack giving a If~
aime' Y' the variety; of grafil, or seed,,
hte yield per.acre In pounds, the kind
)la upon ,wich it iVisgr wn
Mad ':-iwhethe i' igatedor not. Give 1
miso the ntiie hand address of the sen
ter.
Thie gratxin SioEui eto be shipped 'in
the ame bmi oxwith the shea! grain
or hy seamples.
We are anxious to get samples of
grains anid todeirs from the unirri
ated ianme of the state as wel1 as
rom the 1irgateidI land. IEt is very irn
portant thatli thesamles of hay and
grain in th; sheaf reach us in good
condition.
o1StitY LEL VY
REDUCTION O ONE' MILL MADE
BY' COM MISSIONERS.
ELEVEN MILL8 THE FIUURE
List of All Taxes, State,... School, City
and Special Ordered
Levied.
11'eduotion of the county tax levy
is getting to be :a regular proceeding
of the qounty commissioners. Last
year a reduction from the levy of the
preceding ,year was made and now a
reduction. of on; mill "has been made
fromy last; year's levy, making the
-taxes for t.he ensuing year 11 i.lls.
'1h board' met ~ yesterday for the
purpose of fxitng the levy for the state,
county, city ana. the different school
diatriets ot the county. Only in the
matter of the copnty levy, has the
tbhasda.ay~-discretion, the other taxes
being fixed; either by law or by the
action of different bodies, which vote
for their imaposition and it becomes
the duty of the commissioners to make
the respective levies.
Following are the different taxes
levied:
~ ~tate.
State general...............2 mills
Fish and game .......... .10 mill
Stock Indemnity ..........10 mill
Stock inep. and indemnity.,1% mills
heep ip. nd ind indemnity.. fa mill
Stateb bouny..... .........35 mills
Total: ............... 61.95 mills
County.
Genperl ftund. . .... .... 3 . mIlls
CoOf.agent .. .. ...l . . ..... mills
.forf... d .. .,..... - mri
Sinkling ed.-. , ... .. .1 mIll
Rb5 lg . . . ....... 1% mIflls
Ger al, chool -fundi. . 2, l mills
Bridge fund.. ....... }4 mill
Bond interest fund ....... % mill
Tot.l .. ...11 m.i'lls
'Th general qchol tax is fixed by
city of :Bilirng.
(Uiy atfwi s a pipecile,.......10 mills
City of flnins fire. ... 4.... 1 mill
To , . .. ,... .. ...... .11 mIll
.' pecial School Taxes.
l itiNo. 2.. ........8 mills
t .. . . .6 . 8» mills
r o.:. :. ...... 3 - mills
altt :Nodi . . ...... 3 mills
lstr i*44 ..1: . ....... 5 mills
ptl No.· 11 .. .-. . 3- Splls
Nog. 22..........21 mills
PFai Tax.
a ;csg ilir .baSd
.}a. ^ tom"; of $2 l~q
:i s s in e"co· Jty4 m .
aul McCormlck Grigie
Which Yellowstone My
ute Unique
If plans now maturing te
ueceedfully Yeliowatoie 0
ontrite what w._i d
he nmot unique , ;o O:
.terestMig features of the
, is n. ot'hing less than Ui teno
o-riciling on the 'air gi fl
arge bane of taro w Indians, a 1 u
The distinction of origfns hg
iea of uech an exhibit
he H onorable 1Paul M
his city. lrady: '$eghy iie
he extent of ecIring eft, r
artnipation in the air ai4 i
se lias been made eof eaet
ieration. Only the detai
o be worked olut.
As now outlined bea. plai o
ske a band of the Indi a , u oi
men and dhildren, toflei1# ih4
*f representing the tribe .
D what may be tea rmed 'tjh
acy" of the tribe, that is onlWt
ressers, those w14 will k
eat antd most im sing e
ahe liaked for dbeor
wvumun weir annes; F
If the band o~e ~t 'wli=ll
a narload, otfik fljts8 'a ' of- `
tribe for entry in some of ithe ac
In ,which. whitemen't East in t
coimpete and potibly it can
arranged to have races ia l
ithe Inlans. It eas; ept e
tided ajs to whether there wir'e Y
exhibitions of the. ga. es.i d
f the redman, but veryr eik h
will be, as that would '
tnd highly interestig .
programme. Even if .tlihere wi
be, itie already settled, th1t
ihe women will enter in the..
relay race of five days: btiath
management is advertising as
:he stellar attractions.:
One of the young women of .the
Slinoted for :.er -skill a., .a
rienee an4i as she will t
mold that the ;pale Faced4
will have ,to look very sharp
will oocupy only a place i 'tMhe a'
an'' column.
Plenty Coues, the old c4hi.e
grows, has had aevena,, k
iIr. McCormick and noto... ''
ad himself highly, pleastect' i
5uggestion of an qhlbiit by. t
ut also promised that hel
ll in °his power 'to make .i..
As the Crows iong ago
rom their old state of sa
_re among the most ror
iighly civilired Indi'ne of t
aent, they are: bound to.reate.
Eation among the viSiti t
rhey will be able to give
proof of the assertio
tut not always jeioed, t'at
oerly managed Indidans'
nd eaxtentt least "trav('
t the whiatemaun an f
'thie good as well as .tll".
iustonme, mnaneers andl iab t;;
Soy Cured of Colic fter c i
Trdatment Had
My boy when . four
aken with scolic an -
eomach.; I senti ort
ie injeoted,
rept getting w '
calf a tease l
Lnd ia
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