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Tuesday, March 28, 1905.
LET OUR LIGHT SHINE.
Very naturally the cities and towns
of the coast states are preparing to de
rive some -material benefits from the
Lewis and Clark exposition, by induc
ing the vitisors to the fair to do some
sightseeing. Some of the 'more pro
gressive ones have already taken
steps which they hope will result in
attracting many of the strangers ex
pected at Portland during the sum
mer. They are plannitng vigorous
campaigns and believe that the results
w'ill more than justify their expendi
nures of effort and money.
I~he, advantage of proximity is on
-their side 'and it is but natural to sup
pose that the benefits derived by them
will be greater than any that will ac
srue to places farther inland that may
follow their example, Ibut that need not
necessarily deter the latter from try
ing. The communities of the interior
have attractions to offer to the intend
ing settler fully equal and in some in
stances superior to those 'that the
coasat people may be able to hold out.
The tertility of the soil Inland is as
great as that of the states to the west
and 'the climate as salubrious, with
none of the unpleasant features attach
ing. to that of the coast.
Billings, lying on one of the Igreat
dimre. routes to the coast, is particu
la.ly happily situated as regards de
riving good from the immense travel
i~but may be reasonably expected with
in .the next few months. To the home
..seker it has inducements to hold out
given to 'but dew communities. To the
s-armer it offers immense areas of ex
cellent land lying almost at its very
door and to the 'nan of urban tastes
it presents many opportunities for safe
and profitab'le investment and business
openings. But it will be necessary to
let the people of the outside know all
this. Unless tihey are invited to d'o so
only a few may 'be expected to stop
and see for themselves. Organiza
tion is needed and vigorous, system
atic effort to call attention to our
selves. Thais means the expenditure
of money and labor, but the results to
be expected will justify all that may
be done. Advertisements should be in
setted in a number of the newspapers
of the larger cities of the east, news
papers of influence and established
circulation. Advertising matter ,at
tm~ctively gotten up and liberally il
Iustrated, should ,be prepared for dis
tribution in' localities whence it is
known visitors will come. The rail
'roads will no doubt 'be glad to assist
in its distribution and in other ways
help to draw people here, for the more
-thickly Isettled a locality becomes the
greater the business they may expect.
If some one, the Commercial com
-mtttee, for instance, were to take up
this matter, others could be readily in
aereeted and by the time that the east
erners were ,beginnng to pass through
on their way west the movement could
be under full swing and in a lit
t-le while Issults would begin to manl
1eet themselves. Every natural ad
-rantage and resource conspires to
make Billings 'a large and prosperous
city. All 'that is required to make it
so speedily is a little united work and
-enthusialsm on the part of its cit.zens.
_TIe 'time to 'begin the one and mani
faest the other 'is at hand. Other cit
Ses with only a small percentage of the
advantag~es possessed by Billings have
soceeded to positions of eminence
and importance, placed there by the
efforts of their own 'people, often
aginst great odds and by the over
uaming of obstacles that seemed al
oost insurmountable.
It 'ie not desired that we shall have
a "boom," 'but it is essential that we
bvve growth and advancement. Botj
a-e at command, but work will be re
qired to a.chieve them.
UNGRATEFUL ALTON B.
By proving himself Ito be an ingrate
Alton B. Parker a few days ago suc
eeeded in having hts name appear
amoe more in the newspapers of the
gaootry. Totally unmindful of the
erloeee that that estimable gentle.
am smdered ,him last fall, Parker
unt out of his way 'to offer a gratul
I lEmult to Oolonel Bryan, at the
--. time also InSulti.g Cleveland,
g~re atter offense wal less serious
Si tb. e0ome of the dstingulbhed
m ra tal, It 'we an a.sult and
I Nu0 of d a Asebrams u.pre.l
rg~ruýrdT >ý~i
ory of it and at the very first opportu
nity Iseek retaliation.
The democrats of New York 'City
are going to eat a dinner April 13, in
honor of the -memory of the patron
saint of their party, or in the classic
languag3 atr.~ate toL Butte's moyor.
they're to havj a "big feed" and make
it the occasion lor laying -plans for the
future. In order that it migh't be lack
ing in none of the elements calculated
to contribute to the success of so im
portant an event, 'the managers sent
invitations to all the prominent men of
the organization. This, of course, ne
cessitated that democrats of various
shades 'be invited. Hence the names
of Cleveland and Bryan appeared on
the list of those whom it was intended
to honor, as well' as 'that of the party's
late presidential candidate. When
the judge learned that the man who
had been twice president and that the
one Who tried the same number of
times to 'be president were expected
he promptly sent his "regrets." In
this respect 'he seems to have acted a
trifle hasty, for a few days afterward
one of his friends learned that both
Cleveland and Bryan had decl.ined
that Bryan had accepted a lrior invi
tation to speak at Chicago, while
Cleveland thought he cotild celebrate
the day in no more fitting manner than
to put on an old suit of clothes and go
hunting. This information was im
parted to the gentleman from Esopus
and at once it gave him an idea. He
put it into execution without loss of
time by making a formal request to
be permitted to withdraw his declina
tion and accept the invitation. With
two of its best cards stricken from
the programme the management of
the show graciously decided to grant
the request and the name of Alton B.
Parker will appear on t'he list of
speakers.
But was there ever such base ingrat
itude shown before? What is to be
thought of a man who would treat an
other as Parker has treat
ed Bryan? What must the
colonel think of him, wit's
the memory of the sacrifices he made
for him only a few snort months ago
still fresh in his retentive mind? How
is he to appease his conscience now
as it 'continues to upbraid him for the
mananer in which 'he outraged it when
he took the stump and by all the pow
ers of his matchless eloquence sought
to influence men into voting for one
whom he but little more than a few
days before denounced as a traitor,
a candidate under false pretense, .a
slave to plutocracy and all the other
evils against which he himself twice
marshaled this 'forces in valiant en
deavor 'to save 'the country? That si
lent monitor will not be satisfied with
the plea that loyalty to party demaind
ed 'such a course from him, but will
continue to accuse him and refuse
him rest. All 'that a high minded
man holds most dear, self-respect,
pride, manly dignity, 'honor, tall have
been outraged Iby the ungrateful be
ing Whom the doughty colonel sought
to place in the presidential chair. Re
course to the code duello is denied
him, he may not sink to the level of a
brawler and engage in a rough-and
tumble with the man who has offered
him the deadly insult. Only througr
the columns of the Commoner may he
dare 'hope to secure revenge, but even
revenge of that sort will :seem insig
nificant when compared with the act
that has called it forth.
SPELLS MUCH FOR BILLINGS.
By the signing of a piece of paper
a few evenings ago what may prop
erly be called the foundation was laid
for an enterprise that means much
more for the future of Billings than
seemingly is comprehended 'by a ma
jority of those who were thereby giv
en assurance that the city will have
a beet sugar factory. To many the
announcement merely conveyed the
information that an establishment is
to be erected here which will give
employment to a considerable num
ber of men for a short period each
year and to a smaller number all the
year around, and they base their esti
mate of benefits upon the direct re
sults 'which accrue from the expendi
ture of the almount represented by the
payroll, failing to take into considera
tion the many other fbenefits, direct
and indirect, bound to inure to the
community.
The indirect benefits will, in time,
overshadow the direct, and they must
be admitted to be many. Not only
will the establishment tend 'to in
crease the urban, but also the rural
population; first, by inducing the
coming of 'those who will find em
ployment through institution of the
factory, either in the plant itself or
in the fields where are grown the
beets needed to supply it. To me'et
the wants of 'these in tyrn will bring
others who will have their wants and
they must, be supplied. Thus the
city and country population will grow.
lTe many large and only partially
tilled farms will ere long be found Lo
have been cut up and instead of mere
ly supporting one family, they will
support numbers of thrifty and ha.ppy
people. "Frtrming on horsebaok" will
give 'ay to bJaming as it .s pras.
ticed In the older commualtke. of the
east and in place of a sparsely set
tled region this will grow into one
populated to the utmost of its support
ing caipacity, a limit not easily con
ceivable under the system of inten
sive agriculture as now practiced
with results as gratifying as 'they are
astonishing.
The prestige that the localtion of
such an immense industry will give
Iillings is another element not to -be
overlooked in considering the good
bound to follow. With tangible evi
dence before them of the enterprise
of its citizens others seeking evenues
for profitabie investment will be at
tracted hither. This is only natural.
Oapital is *a timid creature and likes
to pick its 'associates, 'therefore it
usually goes where carpital already is
and where it may reasonably expect
the reward it is seeking. One enter
prise of any magnitude successfully
conducted is bound to attract others.
This is ,shown by the history of every
manufacturing centre Let it be
known that a large sugar factory is
located here and is being operated at
a profit, and other men with other
plants will want to come. Because or
its railroad facilities, abundant supply
of fuel close at 'haind and unimitee
water, which by the expendi'ture of
a little money and the exercising of a
little ingenuity may 'be turned into a
never failing source of power, Billings
has ,many inducements to offer to the
manufacturer of other -commodities
than sugar. This is not a visionary
assertion or one idly made, as time
will prove. All that is needed is push
and perseverance on the part of those
already here. If tney will only go
about it in the right way others will
be induced to come and 'help them
and lend them their aid in bringing
about that which all desire--a larger
Billings, a prosperous, growing and
energetic city, a .people who are con
tent 'and 'happy, 'the centre of a re
gion richly endowed 'by nature and
made richer by the well directed ef
forts of intelligent endeavor.
JULES VERNE.
Although denied the distinction of
greatness which is accorded other
authors by those who have set them
selves up as the tribunal invested
with the power of passing final and
conclusive judgment, yet Jules Verne
was a writer who was popular and
possessed the affection of a large fol
lowing all over the world. His
works have been translated into al
most every language of the civilized
globe and have been read with the
same pleasure by people of the re
motest part of the world as by 'those
to whom they were first given. His
writings are not only fascinating, but
instructive, and when perused at this
later day seem 'to have almost been
inspired by the gift of prophecy. Pub
lished at a .time when many of the in
Sentions and discoveries now in com
mon use were but little more than
dreamed of, some not even yet exist
ent, he used his pen, not as most au
thors do, for the introduction of char
acters, 'but for the recital of inci
dents to *which science gave anima
tion and interest. Electricity, now
one of man's most useful and obedi
ent servants, 'was then but little un
derstood. His fertile imagination
caused 'him to harness it up and pro
pal machinery and give speed to ships
and cars, even as it is doing today.
His mind perfected inven'tions yet in
a state of crudity and gave them the
completeness which is now theirs. In
the years' to come his stories will be
read with as great interest as they
were read in the time that has passed
and people will wonder at the mind
that conceived so 'many things and in
imagination gave them form and
power long before they were re
claimed from fiction and given actu
ality and substance.
Peter Breen is willing to call it off
and embalm his ambition and aspira
tion to a Butte judgeship. The recount
he secured and now in progress by
Judge Smith of Helena, who was
called in to conduct it, has gone far
enough to satisfy the distinguished
barrister that he was misinformed
when he accepted the statements of
the. Butte News that collossal frauds
had been perpetrated in the election
last fall. His attorneys have filed a
motion to discontinue the count, but
the lawyers for the contestees resist
it. They say Mr. Bren charged thO
commission of frauds and insist that
the count be concluded. Having failed
in every other way to get the job he
wants so 'badly, the gentleman wisely
concludes that the best thing he can
do is to go into that retirement to
which the lpeople of his county con
signed him last fall, and now humbly
asks permission to pull the hole in
after him.
Possibly it may have been only re
gard for the conventional and not au
perstitlion that impelled the builders
of the new battleship Minnesota to In
slst that champagne, instead of water
from the classical Minnehaha falls
shall be used 'in the baptismal core
mony. Whichever it was, they khav
gained their pai.t. Now comes K.m.
ass and with the Ladiffremo of a btr
'barian dnsists that when the vessel
bearing 'its name slips from the -ways
next July a bottle filled'with crude pe
trOleum shall be 'broxen across her.
-bow. If the 'builders acquiesce and
oil, in place of the traditional fluid is
used in the christening, it is safe to
say that Governor Hoch will take care
that It does not come from a well of
the Standard company.
Renewed talk being heard of peace,
Japan and Russia need have no hesi
ta.mcy in entering upon the preilminary
negotiations. The American editors
,may be relied upon Iby them to offer ad
vice and suggestions calculated to
smooth over some of the hitches to be
expelcted when it comes to the consid
eration of details.
HIGH SCHOOL FRATERNITIES.
Minneapolis Journal: High school
fraternities are coming in for a share
of attention from local educators, from
parents and from friends of the public
schools, and up to date nobody among
parents or 'teachers has been found
who favors their existence in the high
schools.
The objections to high school frater
nities on the part of parents and
teachers are potent. They are based
upon actual knowledge that the asso
c.iations are distracting in their ten
dencries; that they take time which
would be better em'liloyed in study;
that the fraternity idea is not needed
by the pupil 'who lives at (home and is
under ithe guidance of parents, who
largely direct 'his choice of society and
do it much better than he unaided can
do it.
Some parents have objected to the
fraternities on the ground. that they
are undemocratic. This indlictment is
serious, for if there is any place where
the pure spirit of aemocracy should
prevail it is in ithe common sohols.
The objections that are now raised
*to high school froaternities were, it is
true, raised some years ago, and are
Istill raised sometimes, against college
fraternities, and ,some colleges exclude
them. But the argument does not have
the ,same force in each instance. The
college student away from home is
differently situated as to social rela
tions from 'the high school ,boy. His
fraternity means something to him
that it could not 'mean in the high
'school. It means more to him, per
haps, after graduation, than it acid be
fore. It is the tie 'which in 'many,
caises, bind's him to his a'lma mater.
But, nevertheless, the colleges are re
sponsi'ble in a large degree for the ap
pearance in high schools of the frater
nrty. The 'foolish custom of pledging
youtihs in the second or third year of
the high school has brought the young
pupil in contact with the idea of the
fraternity 'before his time. If the gen
eral impatience with the high school
fraternity shall react to some degree
upon the college fraternities, they will
have only themselves to blame. it
the college fraternities would voluntar
ily restrict themselves to the selection
of college men at the end of their
first college year, the high ,school fra
ternity 'would soon 'be unheard of.
LOOKING AHEAD TO 1908.
Spokesman-Review: Already a year
has passed since the first steps were
tajien to prepare for electing delegates
to the national conventons. Inasmuch
as President Roosevelt has voluntarily
declined to Le a condidate again, there
is an open field for the contest of 1908,
and there are signs that presidential
aspirants in the republican party are
laying plans for the organization of
their forces.
With no cand~idates of commanding
prominence and none who has been
'before a convention in the past, the
canditions are such as have not ex
isted for many years. James G. Blaine
and John Sherman ,were standing ap
plicants for nearly a score of years.
Banjamin Harrison had not been a ser
ious figure in national conventions up
to 1888, but he had to enter a field oc
cupied 'by several old time leaders.
Even William McKinley, who easily
carried off the honor in 1896, became
,a formidable dark horse four years be
fore, and possibly might have been
nominated at the time had it not been
for fidelity to Harrison by the federal
officeholders of the south.
In 1908 there is not likely to be a
candidate who has ever received a
vote for 'the presidential nomination in
a national convention. Of the avowed
aspirants Vice President Fairbanks is
'probably the most prominent, but
there is no crystalization of strength
in 'his favor and no notable demand for
him outside of Indiana. According ýo
the presen-t outlook, there are half a
dozen men who could develop as much
popular strength as the vice president.
Taking them geographically, there is
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, an
able man, but not popular, and handi
capped by the fact that he comes from
New England; ElIhu Root of New
York, one of the 'best cabinet ol5cers
the country ever had, fully up to prer.i
detial caliber, 'honest and nde.end
eat and 'built along the Roosvelt
lStaw; Senator Frokei, who bas qken
bih neak anmogng rebltabma lmde.
band 0Bha advantawe s hatiwt tromg
Fifty Years the Standard
BA IING
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Made from pure cream of
tartar derived from grapes.
PRICE BAKING POWDER CO.. CHICAGO.
Ohio, 'but who will probalbly have a
rival in Secretary Taft, who has stead
ily been looming up larger as a presi
dential 'possi'bity; Secretary Shaw of
Iowa, who would like and will work
for the honor, but is hardly likely to
develop large initial strength; Gover
nor La Follette of Wisconsin, an ag
gressive fighter, who might be found
available if agitation of railroad super
vision and corporation control chanced
to be at its height.
These are perhaps the most promi
nent, but there are others. Favorite
son's may be brought forward and
when ithe list is perfected it would
not ,be surprising to find in it the
names of Cannon, 'Cullom, Frye, El
kins or Knox.
DEADLOCK WITH MERIT.
Spokesman-Review: Of all the
states Delaware alone has failed to
elect a United States senator. This
failure will hurt Delaware and it will
hurt the republican congressional
majority tihat will be called upon for
the next two years to stand Iby the
executive in carrying out the policies
that have been indorsed 'by the party
behind him.
But, despi'te the regrets that will 'be
expressed over the failure of Dele
'ware to elect a senator, there will be
an expression of satisfaction that as
a result of differences J. Edward Ad
'dicks has once more failed 'to gain
the seat for whcih he has ,sacrificed
his own good name and debauched
the ,state that he should honor instead
of discredit.
Republicans will regret that Dela
ware has not 'two republican senators,
but the entire country will rejoice
that Addicks has not been able to
buy his way into the senate. What
ever his redeemable qualities may be,
he has developed into the chief figure
of a notorious national scandal. His
operations in Delaware have been so
questionable that it would be a re
flection on the senate to send to it a
man of his character, and 'there will
be a sigh of relief over the fact that
hi's own state has seen fit to refuse
to give him its greatest honor.
IS CONGRESS RUNNING DOWN?
Minneapolis Journal: Former Rep
resentative Lind's address at the
Park Avenue Congregational churo:i
last night was replete, as many of 'his
public utterances are, with 'the power
of suggestion. His assertion that
congress is deteriorating Is one that
will find ready, perhaps too ready,
credence. We are apt to think that
men and pies are not what they used
to be, and 'that as for the world it is
going rapidly to the dogs. Yet we
read in the record of the past that the
'world and 'the men who make it have
almost steadily progressed.
Instead of admitting that the A'mer
ioan congress is deteriorating it
would perhaps be fairer to say that it
is in a transition from a debating to
a working 'body, and we are not yet
clear whether it is as good as it was
before or not. It may 'be more solid,
even if not so showy.
The immensity of the 'business
which congress has to transact neces
earily cuts off the freedom of debate.
There are not months enough in the
ordinary session 'to fully expose in
speech all of the marvelously ramified
interests for .which congress must
care. In spite of the fact that con.
gress now has ten times the work it
had as doaeh years ago, it tries to oon.
Ane its seseaons to as short a time as
before. So the debate sad the set
-peedh have had to go by the board
cr retire to the ommrttte room. This
of course, applies more 'to the house
than to 'the senate, but it is evident
that the upper house is 'beginning to
feel the burden of debate. In the last
session 'the senate passed all the
great supply bills in three days, and
most of them in three hours. To cure
this defect in our parliamentary sys
tem we ,shall perhaps have Ito come to
all-the-year-round sessions of con
gress.
Of course, it is always a question
whe~iher ih the old days great men
made debate or the debate made
great men. There was probably a
mutual reaction. The spurring effect
of freedom of speech developed the
highest faculties of all the men on the
flocr. In the modern congress it
must be the concrete and convincing
statement of facts in committee that
wins legislative victories.
Ibsen's "Ghosts."
The city is to have a great literary
treat on the evening of Friday, March
31, when Miss Laura Frankenfield
and a capaible company will appear in
Henrik Ibsen's great masterpiece,
"Ghosts." This play has been given
with great success ,in New York and
all the large eastern cities. Its au
thor, the great Norwegian dramatist,
has had the fortune of finding himself
the theme of many -pens and tongues.
In the eyes of literary Europe, he is
one of the strongest and best equip
ped personalities of our age. The
play of "Ghosts" is 'a study of physi
ology and psychology. A work of ex
treme -interest, or moral tendency of
great power.
Real Estate Transfers.
Following transfers of real estate
have been filed for record with the
county clerk and recorder since last
report:
Margaret A. Hubbard to Lizzie W.
Vermilye, lots 7, 8 and 9, block 46,
or:ginal t'owunsite of Billings--1,300.
Perry W. Brasier to George W.
Crawford, the northwest quarter of
section 27, 'township 1 south, range
:5 east, together with all water rights,
!:r.ines and ditches belonging thereto
-$1.
North Real Estate, Loan and Title
company to Samuel E. Dove, lots 17
and 18, block 13, originfal townsite of
Billings-$1.
J. B. Herford and wife to E. H. Hol
lister, the east half of lot 27, all of
lot 28, and the west half of lots 29,
block 2, West 'Side addition to Bill
ings townsite-$400.
Secretary Hay Better.
Ponta de Garda, Azores, March 26..
-The White Star line steamer Ore
tic, which sailed from New York
March 18, for Naples, with Secretary
of State Hay and Mrs. Hay on board,
arrived here yesterday. When ques
tion concerning his health, the secre
tary said he 'was feeling very well,
and that he had had a comfortable
trip.
Conference Postponed.
Washington, March 26.-"The Ger
man government has indefinitely post
poned the international world's elec
tric conference, which was to have
been held in Berlin next 'month.
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