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Friday, September 10;,-P .
WHEN THE NURSE POURS
the medicine for the patient she has more faith in it if
she knows we made up the perscription. She knows that
at this pharmacy purity, strength and accuracy are assured.
Please the nurse and help the invalid in your house by
bringing your prescriptions here.
RED CROSS DRUG STORE
Billings, Montana
Local and Personal
From Thursday's Daily.
T. E. Rice of Miles City, spent yes
terday attending to business matters
in Billings.
Gustave M. Mefntz of Berlin, is i
spending a few days in this city while
on a trip through America.
W. H. Daggett of Hamilton, Ohio,
is spending a few days attending to
business mstteri in this city.
Misses Maud E. and Marinon Lyle
of Parrell, Mo., are ,spending the week
as the guests of friends in this city.
Curtis C. Oehme spent yesterday in
Powell, where he is overseeing the
erection of .the new bank building of
the Frst State bank.
Miss May E. Moore of Lead, S. D.,
arrived in Billings yesterday and will
visit for a few with friends in this
city.
Elmer M. Seaburn of Bridgeport,
Conn., arrived in Billings yesterday
and will be the guest of friends in
this city for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Pow.is: and
George M. Butcher of Reedsford, Pa.,
arrived in Billings yesterday and
will make their homes on irrigated
lands east of the city.
Thomas W. Morrison, who came to
this section of the state recently from
Lilburn, Mo., has decided to make
his home here and has filed on a
quarter section of land north of this
city.
Dr. Will Allen and Ben Hoffbauer
have returned to this city after a
ten days' fishing trip on the upper
waters of the Big Horn. They say
that they have had a most enjoyable
vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. George Black of Au
rora, Ill., arrived in Billings the first
of the week and are visiting with
friends in this city for a few days.
They will probably locate on the
coast.
E. R. O'Brian and wife of Burling
ton, Ia., are spending the week in
this city. Mr. O'Brian is in quest of
a Montana location and is quite fa
vorably impressed with the land sur
rounding Billings.
Charles and Sidney Zimmerman,
who reside a few miles west of this
city, left Tuesday evening for the
Seattle exposition where they will
spend two weeks. They were accom
panied by John Waddell, Sr., of this
city.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Ray of 3018
First avenue south, are rejoicing over
the arrival of a daughter at their
home Tuesday morning. The baby
weighs nine and a half pounds and
mother and child are reported to be
doing nicely.
Miss Olivg L. Hope of Los Angeles,
Cal., arrived in Billings yesterday
afternoon and will be the guest of
his aunt, Mrs. H. P. Hobson, during
the remainder of the week. Miss Hope
is on her way east where she will at
tend Vassar during the coming year.
O. R. Parker arrived in this city
from Spokane yesterday and will make
his home here in the future. Mr.
Parker will be connected with the
Record Title company and will take
the place of Guy R. McCoy, who has
engaged in the 'raw business.
From Wednesday's Daily.
W. C. Miller of Red Lodge spent
yesterday in this city.
William May of Butte was a busi
ness visitor in this city yesterday.
John Schwartz of Custer was a
business visitor in the city yesterday.
Clause Rains of Joliet, spent yes
terday in this city transacting busi
ness.
E. M. Adams of Columbus *was in
the city yesterday attending to busi
ness matters.
Charles McAllister, a stockman of
Sweetgrass county, is in the city on
a short business trip.
Miss Flora Drake of Sedalia, Mo.,
is spending the week as the guest
of friends in this city.
John H. Schroeder, a rancher of the
Lake Basin \country, was a business
visitor in the city yesterday.
J. C. Fillenworth of Terry is spend
ing the fore part of 'the week attend
ing to his business interests in this
city.
Frank O'Brian, who came to Bill
ings recently from St. Paul with the
expectation of making his home here,
yesterday filed upon an 80-acre tract
several miles east of this city.
H. Jackson and David T'repp, two
well known business men of Lewis
town, are spending a few days in
Billings.
John C. Robey of Helena, is spend
ing a few days attending to business
matters in this city. Mr. Robey has
a farm near this city.
F. E. Runner, a well-known sheep
man of the Absorokee country, is
spending a few days in the city at
tending to business matters.
County Attorney Harry L. Wilson
went to Park City yesterday where
he spent the day attending to busi
ness connected with his office.
H. O. Lorimer and E. Seddell of
Mandan, N. D., arrived in Billings
yesterday and are spending a few
dAys investigating business conditions
in this city.
John McCullough, manager of the
Carbon county mills of Joliet, arriv
ed in Billings yesterday and will
spend a part of the week attending to
'business matters in this city.
William A. Hess of Bonfield, Ill.,
arrived in Billings Monday and will
spend a few days looking over this
section of the state. Mr. Hess is
seeking a western location.
Harry L. Hunter of Pittsburg, Pa.,
has decided to cast his lot 'with the
settlers on the Huntley project and
has filed upon an 80-acre farm unit
near the east end of the project.
C. E. Sandeen, contractor on the
Waco-Custer canal, was in the city
yesterday ordering supplies. Mr. San
deen says that work on the new ditch
is progressing at a very satisfactory
rate.
Ross Ballard and Judson R. Scof
field, recent arrivals from Corning,
N. Y., have decided to make their
home in this county and have taken
up quarter sections in the Lake Ba
s'in country.
Mrs. Gwen F. Burla is spending a
few days in this city in company with'
her husband, Commissioner Burla,
who will attend the sessions of the
board of county commissioners dur
ing the week.
Mrs. Gilbert H. Hartman and fam
ily arrived in this city yesterday from
Oklahoma City, Okla., and will make
their home on a quarter of section of
land north of Billings which Mrs.
IHartman recently purchased.
Lee Golden of Laurel, 'was in the
city yesterday morning and spent a
few hours with friends preparatory
to leaving for Colorado Springs, Col.,
where he will attend Colorado col
lege during the coming school term.
H. S. Lloyd and family of North
Point, Minn., arrived in Billings yes
terday and will probably make their
home here in the future. Mr. Lloyd
expects to make his home on irri
gated land which he will purchase
near Billings.
C. E. Shipman of the Gerharz En
gineering company, returned to the
city yesterday after spending a week
surveying on the Waco-Custer canal.
August Skyland of Musselshell was
in the city yesterday on business con
nected with the land office.
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FORECLOSURE SUIT.
North Moccasin Gold Mining Co. Is
Sued by Bank.
(Special to The Gnsette.)
LEWISTOWN, Mont., Sept. 7.-The
Bank of Fergus county, acting at the
request of the bondholders, today
brought suit in the district court
against the North Moccasin Gold Min
ing company. The action is brought
to foreclose a mortgage for $100,000
and it is asked that a receiver by
appointed to take charge of the prop
erty until it is sold. In November,
1907, the mining company gave a
mortgage or deed of trust for $100,
000 to secure bonds issued to that
amount. It is set out that the bonds
remain unpaid and that $10,000 is due
on them as interest, making a total
of $110.000, that judgment is asked for,
as well as $2,000 attorney's fees. In
this suit the Kendall Gold Mining
company also is named as a defend
ant, this being done to have its claims,
if any, declared subordinate to those
of the bondholders.
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WATCHING FOR CASTRO.
Representatives of Venezuela Looking
for Him.
SAN JUAN, P. R., Sept. 7.-The two
representatives sent here by Presi
dent Gomez of Venezuela, are watch
ing for the possible landing of former
President Castro. They say that a
large reward will be given to any one
submitting information of an attempt
by General Castro to land on Porto
Rirn nr adrinont islands.
TRAIN SERVICE
SIN AFEW DAYS
Superlntdeut of Billings & Northern
Says That Track Through
Tunnel Nearly Clear.
DEBRIS CLEARED AWAY
Ruins of Lining of Tunnel Are Nearly
All Out and Track Is Found to Be
in Fairly Good Condition.-A Large
Force at Work.
From Thursday's Daily.
According to Superintendent Tur
ner of the Billings & Northern, the
work of clearing away the debris
caused by the burning of the lining
of the Billings & Northern tunnel
about 10 miles west of this city, is
almost completed and it is expected
that traffic will be resumed ,within
10 days, and possibly sooner. At pres
ent all local traffic between Billings
and the towns along the line of the
Billings & Northern is being handled
by stub trains which run from either
end of the bore, while through .trains
are routed via Helena and are of
necessity from three to five hours
late. Superintendent Turner says
that traffic via the tunnel and the
Billings & Northern will be resumed
by the last of next or the first of the
week following, although it will be
many weeks before the timbering de
stroyed by the fire will be replaced.
Up to Monday night about two-thirds
of the debris had been cleared away
and only a small portion in the center
of the tunnel remained uncleared.
Timbering has been started from both
ends of the bore and nearly 200 men
are kept busy on the work. To pro
tect the workmen who went into the
tunnel to clear away the charred tim
bers and the rock which had fallen,
fiat cars were provided with roofs
and these were pushed in front of
the workmen, enabling them to work
in the shelter of the roofing. A few
large rocks have fallen, but no one
has as yet been seriously injured ii
the work of clearing the tunnel. As
a rule the track has been found to'
be in good condition and but little ofl
it will have to be repaired.
The center of the tunnel is still'
filled with gases caused by the fire
and it may be necessary to abandon
work at one end temporarily while a
strong current of air is forcedl
through. The road is exerting every,
effort toward clearing the tunnel and
its announcement that traffic will be i
resumed in a few days will be wel-i
comed by the business men of this
city and of the towns along the line.
PORK CHOPS RELEASED.
Well Known Characted Released by
Police Judge.
From Thursday's Daily.
There are some of the city hall at
taches who are cruel enough to hint
that the negro who goes by the name
of "Pork Chops" got drunk Tuesday
evening for no other reason than that
he wished to again receive a jail
sentence from Judge Mann and be
permitted to mop the floors of the
building for another 10 or 15 days.
If the negro had this in view, how
ever, he was sorely disappointed, for
when he faced the court yesterday
morning he was briefly reprimanded
and discharged. Pork Chops has
twice before been given a jail sen
tence and during the time of his
confinement has proven to be an ex
cellent janitor. Before his first re
lease he declared that the city jail
was the best rooming house there ,was
in town and thta nothing would suit
him betetr than another 15-day sen
tence.
REV. D. G. DUNKIN
READS A PAPER
Interesting Address Before the Mon,
tana State Baptist
Association.
(Special to The Gazette.)
HELENA, Sept. 8.-Today's session
of the state convention of Montana
Baptists was devoted to the reading
of a number of papers, consideration
of reports and the like.
The report of the treasurer and
state mission board showed the
finances of the association to be in
first class condition.
D. G. Dunkin read an extended pa
per on "The Montana Baptist Con
vention," while this afternoon a num
ber of 10-minute addresses were made.
This evening, Dr. A. B. Morris will
read a paper on testimony service,
while L. B. Prady will discuss "Mon
tana as a Mission Field." There is a
splendid attendance and much inter
est is being displayed in the proceed
ings.
BIG DAM GOES OUT.
Retaining Wall of Great Reservoir
Breaks and Country Flooded.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Sept. 7.
The Blue Water company's dam, one
of the largest private irrigation pro
jects in the southwest, owned by
Kansas City and Chicago capitalists,
and the Zuni dam, a government
reclamation project, both near Gallu,
N. M., broke loose last night. Ten
miles of Santa Fe tracks is reported
to have been completely washed out
and 35 miles is under water. No loss
of life is reported.
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MINE RESUMES.
(Speelal to The Gazette.)
BUTTE, Mont., Sept. 7.-After being
closed for more than a week the Col
orado mine resumed operations today.
The Colorado's big hoisting engine
ran away last Wednesday, the great
wheel going to pieces and dropping
the cage and 200 feet of cable into
the shaft.
AAN.
SARLY SETTLER;
Bobert Foster, Who Caime to Billings
Twenty.seven Years Ago, Has
Passed to Great Beyond.
PIONEER OF MONTANA
Though Advanced in Years Mr. Fos.
ter Was Keenly Interested in Po-.
litical and Business Matters.-The
Funeral Announcement Later.
From Thursday's Daily.
Death has claimed another of Bill
ings' pioneers, for early yesterday
morning Robert Foster, for many
years one of the leading business men
of this city, passed away after being
confined to his bed by the infirmities
of old age for a number of weeks. Mr.
Foster, father of ex-Mayor Fred H.
Foster, has made his home with his
son for a number of years and until
a few months ago was a familiar
character on the streets of this city.
Word of his death has been sent to
a number of relatives and as soon as
an answer can be received announce
ment of the funeral will be made.
Mr. Foster was born in Ohio in
1824 and in 1854 moved to Minneap
olis where he was identified with
many of the leading enterprises of the
then small city on the Mississippi.
He came to Billings in 1882 when
this city was in its infancy, being
identified with the movements which
tended to make the place what it is
today. Later he returned to Minne
apolis but came again to Billings in
1896 and for awhile made his home
with his son, I1. W. Foster, now de
ceased. For the past several years
he had lived at the home of ex-Mayor
Foster. At all times of a genial and
kindly disposition Mr. Foster was
known and beloved by all the early
settlers in this section of the Yellow
stone valley. During his younger
days here he was engaged in various
lines of business and since the time
when advanced years prohibited his
active engagement in the more stren
Uous tasks of like he has always taken
a keen interest' in political and busi
ness matters.
Mr. Iostet is survived by his son,
F. H. Foster and family of this city,
Lieut. Charles C. Foster, a retired
naval officer who makes his home in
New Orllans; a daughter, Mrs. Clara
L. King of Everett, Wash.; four grand
daughte s," Mesdames Morris Lamme
and Cla~d Steffes i.df Bozeman, the
Misses' laraaiad Annabel Foster, and
three grahdjon,' Robert, Herbert and
Henfry Foster.
It is expected that definite an
nouncement of the time and place of
the funeral can be made this morn
ing.
SENATORS PLAY FLYLOO.
SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 7.-"Fly
loo," a game popularized by the Chi
nese long before the advent of Con
fucius and since then the pastime of
the Filipinos, served to while away
several hours for three members of
the United States senate, the head of
a transcontinental railroad, his as
sistant and the chief of its legal de
partment in the west at headquarters
of the government irrigation project
in Tieton canyon, near North Yakima,
Wash., the other day. Howard El
liott, president of the Northern Pa
cific Railway company, who "butted
in with coin borrowed from other
players, after losing his own, swept
the boards and thus again added sup
port to a superstititnon generally ac
cepted by the sporting fraternity.
Senator Carter of Montana and El
liott started the game by placing
lumps of sugar on the seat of a camp
chair. Each deposited a dime under
the cube and waited for the flies to
pounce upon the sweets, the argument
being that the first fly alighting on a
cube declares its owner the winner of
the pot. Carter was trimming Elliott
to a frazzle when Thomas Cooper, as
sistant to hte railway man, joined,
still Carter continued to win. Elliott
offered to bet big red apples, but the
Montana senator declined.
Senators Paynter of Kentucky and
Chamberlain of Oregon then took
hands and the former cleaned up $1.50.
Judge Reed of Tacoma, also played in
his loose change wihtout as much as
a look in, when Elliott came back.
Borrowing 30 cents from Senator
Paynter, he won from the start and
ended by taking all the money in sight.
It is hinted that the secret of El
liott's success was due to soaking his
cube in clover honey, also that be
daubed his opponents' lumps with
ammonia; but that's another story.
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NEW HIGH SCHOOL.
Two-Year Course Is to Be Offered at
Hysham.
The town of Hysham, located 80
miles east of this city, is organizing
a high school and shaping the courses
after those of the local high school.
The board of education at Hysham
is planning to offer but two years of
high school work. In making these
two years the same as the first two
years of the Billings high school the
boys and girls who complete them
will be able to enter the Billings
high and complete any one of the
four courses in two years without
loss of time incident to the change.
PRIZES FOR MEN.
WILKESBARRE, Pa., Sept. 8.
Prizes are to be given to the girls
who manage in some way to bring
young men to the Sunday school at
Christ German Lutheran church at
Hazelton, near here. The prizes are
offered by the pastor, Rev. J. O.
Schlenker, who says he is determined
to win back the adult attendance at
Sunday school. Mr. Schlenker has
offered to give each girl who brings
two young men to Sunday school a
large box of candy.
FIELD DAY WILL
SA I cT CROWD
First Annual Gathering of Caledonian
Club to Be Attended by Out
of Town Delegations.
MILES CITY TO PLAY
First of Two Games of Association
Football Will Be Event of Program.
-All the Scottish Sports Are
Scheduled.
From Thursday's Daily.
The last, but by no means least, of
the many celebrations scheduled to
take place in Billings this summer,
will be the first annual picnic and
field day of the Caledonian club of
this city which will take place on
Friday, September 17, in the Newman
grove south of this city. The various
committees of the club have been bus
ily at work on the plans for the day
for several weeks and the success
with which the venture is meeting is
a surprise even to the most sanguine
members of the organization.
Started merely as a day of sports
for the members of the local organi
zation and. the people of this city, the
announcement of the picnic and field
meet has attracted such state wide
attention that it is now an assured
fact that delegations from Scottish
clubs of several of the cities of east
ern Montana will be present and
that the event will in a manner take
the place of a gathering, of all the
people of eastern Montana who lay
claim to Scottish ancestry. Great
Falls has promised to send a delega
tion of its best athletes to take part in
the meet, Bozeman and Livingston
are interested in the sport program
and Miles City, which has a flourish
ing Scottish club and which is plan
ning on a similar celebration on
September 20, will be represented by
an association football team and a
number of visitors who plan to take
part in various events on the pro
gram.
The chief feature of the sports pro
gram will be a game of association
football, played 'between teams rep
resenting the Miles City and Billings
clubs, under the rules in effect in the
old country. This Will be the first of
two games to be played between the
teams, for on the Monday following
the Billings team and a number of the
members of the local club, will go to
Milestown to take part in the pro
gram there.,
The list of events includes a num
ber of modern races and field sports,
as well as every sport dear to the
heart of the Scotchman. There will
be a 100-yard dash, several longer
races, hurdle races, and long distance
runs, and the hammer throw, the
shot put and the broad and high
jumps have been placed on the pro
gram. In addition there will be con
tests in the throwing of the caber, a
piece of wood 18 feet long and vary
ing from three to six inches in thick
ness, and a number of other events
which had their birth in the original
gatherings of the Scottish clans.
Suitable prizes will be offered for the
winners in all the events and all con
tests will be open to all comers.
The Caledonian club has recently
received three sets of bagpipes direct
from the best musical house in Edin
burg, and Scottish uniforms have been
ordered for the Pipers, the musical
organization of the club the mem
bers of which will also take part in a
bagpipe contest. Places on the pro
gram have also been reserved for
Scottish dances and the highland fling
will be exemplified by members of the
Caledonian club.
In the evening there will be a grand
ball given by the club.
ACTION DISMISSED.
Civil Action Against Lumber Comr-,
pany Is Dismissed.
BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 7.-The civil
action brought by the government
against the Barber Lumber company.
to cancel entry to 40,000 acres of tim
ber land in Boise basin, valued at
over a million dollars, was dismissed
today by United States District Judge i
Robert S. Bean of Oregonfi to whom I
the case was submitted a month ago.
The suit was instituted in April,
1907, following the indictment of the
officers of the company and other
prominent men on the charge of con
spiracy to defraud th egovernment.
A civil action was brought on the
ground that the lands were secured
through fraudulent entry.
The conspiracy cases against Sam
uel T. Barber and Summer G. Moon,
officers of the Barber Lumber com
pany, on the charge of conspiracy, are
set for October.
CONTRACT AWARDED.
(Speclal to The Gazette.)
HELENA, Sept. 7.-The state board
of examiners today awarded to Louis.
Johnson of this city, at $11,999, the
contract for laying the foundations
for the new capitol wings. The work
must be completed by November 18,
next.
Billings A Matter of Choice
Really, as a matter of choice, while we welcome both large
t and small deposits, we would rather have
S a teten persons deposit $1 eachthanoneperson $10 or
ten persons deposit $10 each than one person $100 , or
ten persons deposit $103 each than one person $1000 , or
ten persons deposit $1000 each than one person $10000.
a n k It is true, these smaller deposits give us more labor in caring
for them, nevertheless, we prefer them. No one there
B. G. SHOREY, President fore should feel at all timid about bringing in small
HENRY WRHITE, Cashier deposits.
CHAS. SPEAR, Vice President
8. L. DOUGHTY, Asst. Cashie,
DIBook Specia
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Th25c First National Bank
ofBillings
Personal Attention
We invite you tB bpen ,ypur .bank,~acqunt
with us by making a deposit of One Dollar or
more . If a small deposit is profitable to us is
it not much more profitable to you ?
We give persondl attention to all accounts,
and if you are a newcomer in Billings we ask you
to come in the bank for any assistance that you
may wish in establishing yourself here.
This bank has been in business over twenty
five years and our strong connections in various
parts of Montana and Wyoming place us in a po
sition to give you the very best banking service.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BILLINGS
1-. B. Moss, President.
Lee N. Goodwin, Vice President.
Robert Ai. Newton, Cashier.
F. M. Lipp, Ass't Cashier.
L. B. St. John, Ass't Cashier.
Interest Paid on Time Certificates of
Deposit
The Value of a Man's Credit
A BUISINESS man's greatest asset is his credit. The life of
his business would be snlffed out wilth its loss. In these
days, also, a bad credit record with a Bank follows one every
where. But conversely, a bank can, if it will, greatly help in
the establishment of a man's credit. It is the policy of this
Bank to whole-heartedly lend this aid when it conscientiously
Yellowstone National Bank
Capital and Surplus $150,000.00
S United States Depositary Billings, Mont.