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The illhings Gazette. ^qastt ~Printing Company, Publlahera Issued Semli-Weekly. TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. Subscription fates. One year, In advanc.............6.0. tlz months......................16 Intered at the Billings Postomce as second CIass aatter. Friday, May 22, 1908. WOMEN JOIN IN PROTEST. The women of Billings have added their protest to that of the chamber of commerce, the "25,000 club" and the newspapers against the alleged in tention of the Northern Pacific Rail road company to lease the land on Montana avenue, between Twenty-sev enth and Twenty-ninth streets, now occupied by a park and the depot, for business purposes-the construction of warehouses and blocks. The Wom an's club has sent letters to the offi cials of the road both in St. Paul and Livingston, asking them not to lease the ground, but to permit the city to maintain it as a public park or plaza. The enlistment of the women of Bill ings in an effort to preserve to the city its only park to a large degree in sures the success of the agitation. It will not only have weight with the railroad company, but the business man who might occupy the site could hardly afford to lease it in the face of the combined opposition of the women Qf the city. There have now been three protests sent to the railroad company against leasing the ground-one from the chamber of commerce, one from the "25,000 club" and one from the Wom an's club. But three are not enough. Every church society, every labor organization, every fraternal organ ization, every man,' woman and child with the future welfare of Billings at heart should send a protest to the railroad company urging the officials not to lease the land and permit the destruction of the park. Strong pres sure. is said to have been brought to bear upon the railroad management to induce the company to 'ease the ground, and just as strong pressure should be brought 'to bear by the boosters if we are to succeed in our efforts to preserve the park. WHY IT IS ALARMED. The Missoulian seems alarmed at the suggestion of The Gazette that del egates from counties in eastern Mon tana- to future state conventions should get together, caucus' and pre pare to go into the convention united on every proposition, casting the vote of this section of the state solidly. The leading paper of the western por tion of the state says it fears for the harmony of the party if such action Is taken. The Missoulian need have no fear on, that score. Such action, as pro posed by The Gazette, would cement the counties of eastern Montana closer together and make their action in the future more harmonious. The Missoulian's chief reason for being alarmed probably is because it rea lizes what a powerful influence the united delegations from eastern Mon tana would exert in the state conven tions. If such an alliance was formu lated eastern Montana would be able to procure almost anything she de sired at the hands of the republican state convention. This paper does not claim the honor of making the first suggestion along the lines of united action. It has been the hobby of some of the oldest and best republicans in all the counties along the Yellowstone river for years. There was not a delegate from one of these counties in attend. ance at the state convention but what favored some such arrangement Some of the delegates even pledged themselves to work to bring about such a conference as is proposed. When the smaller counties of this section of the state go to the conven tions with their small number of votes as compared with the votes of some other counties they realize of how little importance they are in the final results. But could the small counties unite their votes, then they would be one of the most powerful factors in the convention. It is no wonder' tha*: the leading paper of western Montaina views with alarm .the attempt being made to secure con certed action in the eastern end of thbe state. 8ENATOR HEYBURN OF IDAHO. Senator Heyburn's threat to talk to thebendio the session rather than per mit the adoption of the conference're. port on the bill to provide for an en 'rwed bomeaaad directed attention for a mpment to the senior senator ?mIda-Id who is'undoubtedly one of Ut.aio rfllant statesmen in Wash retaled to mahy the mem haeh lne by Senator Car o w talke4, to death , ,b) : at the be o o Heyburn q~tietre but he seldom speaks without cageful ly weighing his utterances and' un doubtedly he would have attempted to repeat the feat of Montana's senior senator. The story of Senator Heyburn's rise to a seat in the United Stated senate shows 'how any boy, possessing the determination and health, niay make a success of life. Senator Heyburn went to the Coeur d'Alene mountains n northern Idaho before any of the remarkable lead and silver mines had been discovered. He worked as' a common laborer and after the ,crea tion of a mining district, secured work as a surveyor and made the first map of the Coeur d'Alene mining district. To do it he traveled over nearly ev ery peak in Shoshone county. Later he studied law and opened an office in Wallace, becoming one of the best known authorities in the northwest on mining law. The republican state con vention endorsed him as a candidate for United States senator and he is now serving his first term. He en tered the senate almost unknown and was assigned to the committee on pure foods, which committee had been considered of little importance by the senate. As a member of that commit tee, in conjunction with Prof. Wiley and some pure food enthusiasts in the house and senate, he assisted in draft ing the present pure food law, which passed the United States,senate be cause of his efforts. He has made the committee one of the most important in the senate, and has himself become a power in that body and one of the most prominent statesmen in the Unit ed States during less than six years service in the senate. Such a record shows what would have happened had he been called upon to carry out his threat and talk till May 23 to kill tht conference report on the bill provid ing for a larger homestead. The fa mous speech of Senator Carter prob ably would have been equaled. AMERICA ALMOST IMMUNE. During the recent discussion in the national congress for and against the four 'battleship program of the president one of the strong arguments advanced by those favoring it was that a large navy was necessary to preserve the peace of the nation. But it is not battleships or large armies that will preserve the peade of the United States and keep this na tion free from foreign wars. It is the natural productiveness of the coun try. Other nations depend upon the United States to such a great extent for commodities that none of them can afford to make war on Uncle Sam. Figures taken from" the Review of Reviews and printed recently in the Spokesman-Review show how impor tant a factor the United States is as a source of supply for the world. With an area of 5.9 per cent of that of the entire world and a population of 5.2 per cent of the world's people, the United States is producing 78.8 per cent of the entire corn product, 71.3 per cent of the cotton and 20.7 per cent of wheat. Other percentages of United States productivity in pro portion to the world's output are: To bacco 31.1;. pig iron, 42.2; petroleum, 62.5; copper, 57.5; gold, 22.1; silver, 35.5; coal, 37.3; phosphate rock, 54.4; railroad mileage, 39.5. The contrast presented by the dif ference between the area and popula tion percentages and those of pro ductivity is strikingly significant. Our agricultural supremacy is matched by that in minerals and manufactures. Statistics show, moreover, that the United States is steadily gaining in its proportion of the world's productive interests. At the beginning of this century, less than nine years ago, we were producing 34 per' cent of the world's iron, as against 42.2 now; 42.9 per cent of petroleum, as against 62.5 per cent at present; 50.5 per cent of copper, as compared with 57.6 per cent today; less than one-half of 1 per cent of the world's sulphur, as compared with 35.8 per cent now. CASUALTY LIST OF PEACE. Peace, as well as war, has an ap palling casualty list. The sum total of deaths and injuries from accidents on the traction and transportation lines of the nation is enormous. Ac cording to the monthly report of acci dents on the traction lines of New York city alone in the month of April there were 4,707 people hurt in acci dents, 80 fatally. Considering that the traction system of New York has but a small per cent of the total mile age of traction systems in the nation, the large number who must be in jured: or killed in accidents on trac tion or transportation lines in the na tion would seem enormous. The street car systems in the metropolis are as well operated as anywhere and there is no reason to believe that a greater number of accidents take place in Gotham in proportion to the population than in other sections of the country. While the total for April 'is the largest on record it is only slightly in etcese of the total for March. There must be something wrong in the op. eration of traction lines that there should be so many accidents. Trac tion lines and transportation systems are supposedly operated for the pub. lic benefit and yet in a single month the traction lines of the largest city in the nation kill and injure enough people to rival the casualty list in a good sized battle. Think what the total casualty list in the country for one month must amaouit to. It would not seem that the traction systems of the country, showing the casalty list they do, re operated i mrouh care as ii~uld be de sired in preservation of the safety of our lives. FRANNIE-FROMBERG CUT-OFF. It had been some time since the chamber of commerce and some of the wholesale interests of Billings todk up with the Burlington railroad and the state railroad commission the need of immediate construction of the proposed Frannie-Fromberg cut-off. It is said that the state railroad commis sioners expressed themselves as being willing to permit the taking up of the expensive line from Toluca over the Pryor mountains if the company would immediately build the proposed cut-off. So far no information has been given out by the railroad com pany that would indicate that con struction of the cut-off is to start in the near future, despite the state ments made by men close to the rail road, company that the officials of the Burlington were anxious to build the cut-off. There seems to be some sort of hitch in the program. The benefits which Billings would derive by the construction of the proposed cut-off have been frequently pointed out by this paler. All the traffic for the rapidly growing Big Horn district in northern Wyoming would pass through Billings and all passengers bound for points in that section of Wyoming would lay over here to make connections. The con struction of the line would mean a morning train every day leaving Bill ings for points in northern Wyoming. Our wholesale merchants would be placed considerably closer to one of the fastest growing sections of the west and a district for which Billings should be the wholesale supply Jpoint. The railroad company realizes the advantage it will gain by the construc tion of -the cut-off, which will shorten the distance and lesson the grade, thus reducing the cost of operating the line into northern Wyoming. The construction of this cut-off would be a business move on the part of the railroad. The people of Billings gen erally want it, and while the summer is advancing, it is not yet so far ad vanced that it could not be construict ed this summer. Certainly, every possible effort should be made to persuade the com pany to build the cut-off as soon a? possible. The benefits, which its con struction will mean for Billings, are appreciated by every booster, who has investigAted it. WHAT A DIFFERENCE. "Ain't it funny what a difference just a few years make" in political life? A few years ago two of the most important members of the United States senate, if not the most impor tant, were Thomas C. Platt and Chauncey M. Depew, senators from New York. When any legislation was to be enacted Tom Platt had to be seen. Before any serious steps were taken in national political life Chaun cey M. Depew was probably consulted. One was mentioned as vice presiden tial timber, while the other' was spoken of as excellent material to fill the attorney generalship of the na tion. The contrast now is startling. In national political life they have sunk to as near political oblivion as possi ble and still be United States sena tors. The press dispatches from Washington, which formerly mention ed them scores of times daily, now seldom speak of them. It required a sensational divorce and blackmail case to get Senator Platt in the lime light gain, and' the people had almost forgotten the identity of his colleague in representing the the great Empire state in the senate. Not 'one out of four people could have told that it was the Hon. Chauncey 'Depew, whose after-dinner speeches were once quoted daily. The expose of corruption in high places has had the effect of consign ing two of the nation's foremost pub lic men to the rear. Their places are held by younger men, statesmen whose names were unneard of in the heydey of the glory of Senators Platt and Depew. "Ain't it funny what a difference just a few years make" in the political life of a nation? THE MINER WAS WRONG. 'When Congressman Pray introduced a bill in the lower house of congress, providing for the construction of a public building in Billings to cost $175,000, the esteemed Butte Miner in a lengthy editorial intimated that the bill had been introduced by Congress. man Pray for the purpose of making the people of Billinge believe that he was doing something for them, when as a matter of fact there was little possibility of its being passed. The Miner has probably been so busy re cently mixing political dope for the republicans or worrying .about the lack of harmony in the democratic party that it has probably failed to notice that an appropriation of $125, 000 has been authorized by congress for the construction of the 'proposed public building here. So, the leading democratic daily of the copper camp has not yet editorially admitted that it .misjudged Congressman Pray's mo tives when it intimated that he was four flushing. But now that he has illed to his flush it is up to the Miner to make such an acknowledgment. The Butte Miner can now take a respite from pitying republcans, to producing harmony in democratic ranks. The proceedings of the Deear Lodge coaunty convention and some other county conventions are evi denes that Jt eeorte will-e naeeded. Vice President. ~airbanks is aida to. have'finally realized that he will be out of the race in Chicago. There are some other. candidates who do not rea lize it, but who are out of the race just the same. ---0-- Ex-Senator Clark of Montana de clares t!at his Fifth avenue palace is not worth as much as the New York assessor asserts. A good many people 'intimated as much when the house was built.-Pittsburg Dispatch. -0--- It is to be, regretted that every time a newspaper in eastern Montana sug gests some party action to benefit this section of the state the newspapers in the western part of the state shout "disruption." ---0- For the benefit of the eastern Mon tanans, who contemplate attending one of the national conventions, we can assure them that the hotel keep ers of Chicago and Denver will see that they have a high old time. -o- Even the threatened publication of the love letters of a boss could not be more sensational than the testimony in the Wood-Platt divorce trial. ---0-- The senator's pull with the New York assessor does not seem to be as strong as it was with certain west ern assessors a few years ago. -~----0- Still, the Platt divorce trial serves to call attention to the almost un known delegation from New York in the United States senate. Some states can boast of their sun shine, but it is rain like the Yellow stone valley has been experiencing that makes the grain grow. --o- Indications are that at the Denver convention Mr. Bryan and his adher ents will look upon Governor Johnson as the "Terrible. Swede." Who besides Senator Platt repre sents New York in the senate? The 'Hon. Chauncey Depew. How the mighty have fallen. -0o- Let us not forget that due to Mr. Lilley's charges the monopoly in sub marine boat' construction was re moved: -o-- District Attorney Jerome should be thankful, to Harry Thaw for detract ing attention from 'the Jerome charges in New York. --0-- And agfin' the Mae Wood case may have been the expiring effort of Platt's press agent to hold onto his job. Tom Johpeon is learning more about the "advantages" of municipal ownership .than he ever expected to. --0-- Even should Taft fail to' secure 'the nomination he will have established a record as a long distance traveler. -o-- Among the once popular Methodists, who will not be elected' a bishop, most conspicuous is Chancellor Day. -0- " Some of these candidates, who are in the fight to a finish, are apt to be fiiished in short order. The streets of Billings are well paved with intentions of macadamiz ing and mud. -- At Bozeman it is apt to be a case of too much Johnson for democratic harmony. -0 .Puget sound will commence. today .to outdo Cal4fornia's welcome to the flet.. STATE PRESS COMMENT, Montana has a republican governdr at present. The sitate will have one. for four years after next January. Fergus County Argus. The man who didn't seed much land this spring because he thought there wouldn't be any water is learning something.-Missoullan. Cuba is to be turned over to the Cubans by ~February, 1909. This ought to be a good time to sell grindstones in Cuba.-Madison County Monitor. All visitors agree that Montaha's prosperity surprises them, and that her amazing resources give promise of unbounded good' times ahead.-Mls ouulian. And then, agaitl Mosney might hire out 'to ,some slightof-hand expert as the disappearing outlaw. lHe seems to have the turn down perfect--Great Fmls Leader. ... In urging that aternm Montapa re publicans statndo gtther at coming state conventiona. the Billings Gauette is assuming a position both logeal and intelligent. But what's the use- they.won't do it.--Forsyth Journal, If there is a spark of gratitude in the bosoms of Lewis and Clark demo crats they will send to the state con vention an instructed delegation for W. G. Conrad.-Helena Record. The duke of Abrusi-having arran-y ed all the details with his fasmily, it iis now timd for 'Pap' Ukins to tel the newspaper boys nist wrhy the de ly:;-Helenr Record.'o A strong argulmspt itbM oua : miadebf~·p eC ~ 51R~I! for Mr. Bryan would be the prosperity that has always followed his defeat. Virginia City Times. Montana cares not for a financial panic-the rains of the past several days, which have been general all over the state, have Insured us against any calamity of a financial nature for this year.-Missoula Herald. The Methodist general conference having requested all parties to nomi nate candidates who are total abstain ers, Mr. Bryan invites particular at tention to the fact that he nbver had a cocktail record in his life.-Ana conda Standard. The manufacturers' association is about to organize a business men's political party to take a hand in the' approaching campaign. After the battle is over they will have more experience and less money.-Helena independent.' A feminine writer says "there is no sleep so delicious as that which over whelms us when, we know we ought to be getting up." Quite right; and there is no awakening so disagreeable as that which comes when we are dreaming that we have money in five or six banks.-Yellowstone Monitor. The latest important contribution to the gayety of the democratic cam paign is the announcement made by the Anaconda Standard for the benefit of the Butte Miner that there is no body in the vicinity of Anaconda who is desirous of "pulling Mr. Conrad's leg." Is this an insinuation?-Hel ena Record. The orchards of the lmtter Root were never so bountifully laden with blossoms and fruit buds, this favored valley having thus far escaped the rigorous embrace of the frost king that has alread' created such havoc in the orchards bf Utah, Colorado and throughout the eastern states.-Ham ilton Western News. The selection of V. B. McComb of Hardin as one of the delegates from Yellowstone county to the state con vention at Butte was a just recogni tion of the republicans of this pre cinct. Mr. McComb is a worker and accomplishes things in all of his un dertakings, and in the meantime he is a good booster for Hardin and the Big Horn valley.-Hardin Tribune. The 'Northern Pacific railroad has odrdered intoxicating' liquor and the Helena Record barred from its trains, probably on the proposition of saving passengers froml undue excitement. Now if the N. P. will only turn back several million acres of "non-min eral" subsidy land to the state, run its trains on time, reduce. freight rates the good faith of its goodness will stand out beyond question. Great Falls :Leader. The Billings Gazette says the mor als of that,place and also of the coun ty are improving and to prove the assertion further "states that both the city and county jails contain a less number of prisoners than' they have for a good many months, and there are fewer criminal cases on the dock et.of the district court, made so be cause the officials make the town and county too hot for offenders and they soon give the place a wide berth.- Missoula Herald. The snow presents a magnificent sight hanging to the leaf-loaded limbs, and' people are planning to secure Some beautiful pictured when the sun comes out. Old inhabitants state this is 'the worst storm since 1881, when there was just about such a snow at this time of the year. In order to make a record of the unusual event the boys in the county clerk's office drew up a regular legal document and swore to it.-Miles City Independ ent. INTERESTING FACTS. In 1870 the population of Manitoba was 17,000; today it is 400,000. E-nglishmen of MidnDevon have or ganized to wage a war on wood pig sans. Germany sends 29,000,000 feathers a year to England for millinery pur poses. Among flowers the chrysanthemum is said to live the longest after be ing cut. The fishhook cactus is the compass of theAesert, for if always points! to the south. .oulsiana has 7,000,000 acres of swamp land, which . are at present totally useless. With an income of $71,000 a day Mr. Carnegie can still give away a few libraries. every father of seven' or more chil dren is practically exempt from tax ation in France. The Lusitania has 49 clocks on board, all controlled by a master clock in the charthouse. It is computed that the dow falling in ingland is eqnil to Ave inches earet h0 year' Old and worn typewriter ribbops can be used to good advantage 'by making writing ink from them. There are 17,000,000 children in Russia between the ages of 6 and 14 receiving absolutely no education.. The ninth international geographi cal congress will be held at Geneva from July 27 to August 6. After seeing a theatrical perform ance the kaiser often goes behind the scenes and chats with the players. The Clyde shipbuilding yards pro. duced 500 vessels during 1907, as compared with 372 the previous year. " A $20,000,000 terminal station his been planned for the steam, electric and subway lines of San Francisco. Freeze Quick is the name of the democratic candidate for prothonotary in Columbiana county, Ohio. The cotton mills of Switzerland have remained almost stationary for the last 10 years, owing to foreign competition and tariffs. The match monopoly produced a net revenue of $5,475,000 to France last year, the tobacco monopoly $75, 390,000. The value of agricultural machines and implements annually imported by Siberia amounts to about 10,000,000 rubles (15,150,000). Germany's colonies are five times as big as herself, those of France 18 times, and Britain's 97 times bigger than herself. S* Germany's population is increasing much more rapidly thin that of Brit ain or France. This is a nation's greatest source of strength. The total income of the London bar is put at £780,000 a year. As there are about 2,500 practicing mem bers the average income is £315. Valparaiso is only about 5,000 miles from' New York, but it requires from 70 to 80 days to get a reply to a busi ness letter. A 'Montreal grain merchant recently sent an inquiry to London by the wireless and recelved ah answer in less than two hours. Students who have graduated in Germany are being engaged for the Hanyang (China) iron works and ar senal to improve the quality' of' the. arms being turned out there. The American Society of Natural Ists will celebrate the one hundredth annivw'rsary of Charles Darwin, in co operation with the American Associn tion for the Advancement of Sclence, on the occasion of their meetings in Baltimore. In Texas the state imposes a tax of 50 per cent on the gross proceeds of the sale of firearms. None is, there fore, for sale. They are "rented" for 50 years at the regular sale price. Owing to the spreading by rats of trichinosis among swine the German imperial chancellor has 'issued a' re elpe for the extermination of the rat in any district where trichinosis ocn curs. Saxony is the most densely populat ed of "the 'German states, having had at the time of the last census (1905) a popuilation of 100.7 a 'square kilo meter. The average for the whole :emplred is 112 a square Kilometer. In certain towns in Germany house holders are compelled by law to sort out their' house dust. They have to provide three receptacles-one for ashes and sweepings, one for cooking refuse and one for rags and paper. The rubbish is uillised by the town authorities. VANDERBILT CASE IS NEARING END REFEREE'S REPORT rS FILED IN SUPREME COURT. New York, May 21.-The report of the referee in the suit of Mnrs. mlsie French Vanderbilt for divorce from Alfred G. Vanderbilt, head of the Cor nelius Vanderbilt branch of the fai-' ily, was handed to Justice O'Gorman in the supreme court today. All the papers in the case were at once seal ed ,and flled, An intimation that the report of the referee was favorable to Mrs. Vander bilt was given when the attorneys made a motion that the report be con ilrmed. The motion was taken under advisement. SMANN GOES TO RED LODGE. Judge Mann left yesterday morning for Red Lodge, .where he has been subpoenaed aa a witness in the Har rison murder trial. The Judge took his justice court docket with him, in which there is a record of two ecases against a woman who is lamnd p in the case. YOUNG FULLERTON RELEASED ON WRIT TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON SEC OND WARRANT. San Francisco, May 21.-Robert W. Fullerton, son of a St. Louis million aire, who was taken from Seattle last week by eastern detectives on a re quisition from Governor Hughes of New York' and detained, here by hab eas corpus proceedings, was released today by Judge Sewall, wiho found the warrant insufficient, he was imme diately rearrested on a fugitive war rant issued by Judge Shortall. He was taken to the city prison and shortly afterward released on $5,000 bail furnished by his attorneys. LENGTHY STRIKE IS DECLARED OFF NO FURTHER SUPPLIES TO BE GIVEN KENTUCKY MINERS. Nashville,, Tenn., May 21.-The strike of union miners in tne non union 'Kentucky counties of Hopkins, Union, Webster and 'Christiana, which was called on June 1, was today de clared off and the, announcement was made that no firther,. supllies would be.,given the idle miners and their families. The men were offered union cards. for the purpose of seeking work in fields that are unionized. PEACE MOVEMENT BETWEEN NATIONS CONFERENCE FOR INTERNATION AL ARBITRATION MEETS. Iake Mohonk, N. Y., May 21.-That friends of the movement in favor of international peace have found much to encourage them during the past year was the opinion expressed In let ters, addresses and reports read at today's session of the Lake Mohonk conference for international arbitra tion. James Bryce, the British ambassa dor to America, in a letter expressing regret at his inability to attend the conference, called attention to the several arbitration treaties signed by the 'United 'States during the' past year. Professor Kirchwey, dean of the law school of Columbia college, said he believed the development of interna tional law will exert a strong moral force in maintaining peace and good will among nations. WIDOW KILLED HERSELF. Despondency Over Family Troubles the Cause. Newtondon, Wis., May 21.-It now appears from circumstances which have come to light since the finding of the body of Mrs. Carrie Shaw in the mill pond at Hortonville yester day that the young woman committed suicide. Despondency over ftanily troubles is given as the cause. The body was not mutilated, as at first re ported. Mrs. E. E. Veltum ,and son have gone to Seattle, where they will wit ness the appearance of the warships at that city May 24. No.( 8,057.) Report of the Condition O9 THE First N tional Bank, AT BILLINGS. In the State of Montana, at the close of business May 14, 1908. RtEOURCUS8. L.oans and Discounto.. ......o... 81,08,010 0 Overdrafts secnred and unsecured.. 151747 1 U. 8. Honds to secure eireulation .. 87 10 00 Stoeks, seurities. etc.............. 18158,88 Banking-hose, furniture and f~ Due fromr National Beaks (not re Tsrve agents) ....... ......... 2t,01 01 Duf-tromfiate Dinks4nssnkera. 10.461 5 Checkleand other cash items . 15,L . 1006 Notier other NatoaL Bk . . 40000 Nraeional paper curren, nicklee andet.....................4.160 Lgltender note.......5.51 00 51.51 10 U. cerotifcates for sold deposted 1,555 00 Total...................81.I.t1U O6 , IIeINIn. asi . Capitl Stook paid in..................150:00000 anbrifn.. nota outstandini..... ,000 Due to other National Banks........... ...... 19,18 29 Dise to:aBtate Banks and oankier. . .... 77,Si 60 Individoal deoiits sub ect,to chek............4 61,e8 18 Demahd certificates of ae. T-me oertificates of de Certified o.ecks .:' ... 1. tO .mhier'r scohte outat 1 10, im.n..................44,1 15 1J88,108 85 Total..................81,81,198 26 STTE ON MONToAN, .. I. Lee N. Goodwin. Cashier ot the above. ,amel ian do solemaly swear that theahbovo statement is true to the Ietof my knowledgle eadheiL,· '" ' l. N. (oaw.l e Sebribed and swbrn to befure, me thhs *1st ·. do . ::::.bM i