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Billings, Montana
Local and Personal
From Sunday's Daily.
James Paxton of Dillon, is spend
ing the week in this city.
W. S. Wiley, a business man of
Cody, is spending a few days in this
city.
A. H. Davis of Red Lodge, was in
the city yesterday transacting busi
ness.
A. R. Burke of Belfry, is spending
the week attending to business mat
ters in this city.
State Engineer Wade of Helena,
spent yesterday attending to business
matters in this city.
Deputy County Attorney Chas. E.
Taylor spent yesterday on profes
sional business in Laurel.
A. C. Davis of Gravity, Iowa, is
spending a few days in this city as
the guest of Billings friends.
J. E. Logan is expected to arrive in
Billings today. He has been spending
the past week at Seattle visiting the
fair.
Lawrence Hay, a prosperous settler
in the Broadview district, spent Sat
urday attending to business matters
in this city.
Rev. H. Sell of Lindsay, Montana,
was the guest of Rev. and Mrs. H.
Samuel Fritsch for a number of days
the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Gibson Gardner of
Washington, D. C., arrived in Billings
yesterday for a short visit with
friends in this city.
Al C. Conrad of Boise, Idaho, ar
rived in the city yesterday and will be
associated with the Babcock theater
orchestra in the capacity of trap
drummer.
J. L. Price of Oskaloosa, Iowa, is
visiting for a few days with Billings
friends. Mr. Price may decide to
make his home in this section of the
state soon.
W. O. Ross of Fairmont, Neb., ar
rived in Billings yesterday and will
spend the coming week looking over
the dry farming sestions of Yellow
stone county.
Mrs. T. B. Hood and Mrs. J. C.
Halm of Thermopolis, arrived in Bill
ings yesterday on a shopping trip.
They will remain in the city the first
part of the week.
R. Young of Maryville, Mo., ar
rived in Billings yesterday. Mr.
Young is seeking a Montana location
and is greatly pleased with Billings
and the Yellowstone valley.
Harry P. Graves and family ar
rived in Billings yesterday from
Hutchinson, Kansas, and will make
their home here on a farm which Mr.
Graves has recently purchased in the
Broadview district.
The family of Peter Yegen arrived
in Billings yesterday after spending
the summer with relatives in Switzer
land. Mr. Yegen stopped on the way
to Billings to visit for a few days
with a brother in Bismarck, N. D.
Miss Anna Vilm has gone upon an
extended visit to points in the states
of Kansas, Missouri and Illinois,
where she will spend several months
with friends. She was accompanied
by Mrs. R. C. Eason, who goes to her
old home in St. Louis.
FOR SAL!
Full blood Orford and Hamp
shire rams. Prices according to
selection. Have six hundred
young full blood Oxford ewes
which are for sale. Prices rea
sonable considering quality. Ad
dress
6[O. H. WEBST[R
Bozeman, Mont.
J. A. PEED, D. V. S.
Deputy State Veterinarian
Calls Promptly Answered.
Phones: Bell 96 B.. Mutual 1131
103 N. 25th St. Billings, Mont.
Harry L. Smith, until recently a
resident of Los Angeles, has decided
that Montana is better than the land I
of sunshine and flowers and has con
sequently decided to make his home 1
in the Yellowstone valley. Yesterday
he filed on a farm unit of the project t
situated near the town of Huntley.
F. E. Kell returned yesterday from r
Helena, where he has been attending s
the state convention of the Masons as
a delegate from the Billings lodge. He I
says that Hon. Frank Connely, also I
a delegate from this city, went on to l
Missoula on a business trip and that 1
Sidney Morris will visit the coast
before returning to his home in Bill- I
ings.
Mr. Arthur J. Adler, who has been
spending the summer in Billings with I
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. From
holz and his brothers, Elmer E. and i
William C. Adler of this city, re
turned last evening from an extended
trip through the western states. Mr.
Adler will remain in Billings for a
few more days and will then leave for
Ithaca, N. Y., where he will finish his
course at Cornell university.
From Saturday's Daily.
M. D. Young, a real estate man of
Laurel, was in the city yesterday.
Miss Ella L. Hooten of Huntley,
spent yesterday as the guest of Bill
ings friends.
A. W. Inderlied, a business man of
Denver, spent yesterday with Billings
acquaintances.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Corwin of Har
din, are guests of friends in this city
for a few days.
Mr. A. B. Clarke and son of Sheri
dan, are this week the guests of
friends in this city.
Mrs. S. R. Parker of Sheridan, ar
rived in Billings last night for a
short visit with friends in this city.
John Small, miller of the Crow res
ervation, is attending the celebration
of the Caledonian club in this city.
H. N. Savage, chief engineer of the
gevernment reclamation service for
the northwest, was in the city yester
day.
Roger Fleming, a business man of
Red Lodge, is spending a few days at
tending to business matters in Bill
ings.
Vincent Nigro, a business man of
Roundup, is spending the week in
Billings attending to business mat
ters.
H. J. Walsman of Batesville, In
diana, is spending the week investi
gating the non-irrigated sections of
the valley.
W. S. Arthur of the government
e reclamation service, stationed e'
Huntley, was a business visitor in the
city yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Dixon of
Globe, Ariz., arrived in Billings yes
terday and will visit with friends in
this city for a few weeks.
J. H. Diamond of Plain, Wis., is a
prospective settler who is spending
the week investigating the dry farm
ing sections of the valley.
J. G. Ricker of Hot Springs, S. D.,
is in the city for a few days. Mr.
Ricker is thinking of making his
home in Yellowstone county.
A. C. and Will Tompkins of Buffalo
Springs, Wyo., arrived in Billings yes
terday and will spend the latter part
of the week attending to business mat
ters in this city.
George Arnett has returned to this
city after spending a few days at
tending to business matters at Stan
ford and other towns of the Judith
basin.
Frank L. Phillips of Bridger, spent
yesterday in this city attending to
business with the local land office. He
has recently filed on a quarter section
of government land in Carbon county.
Charles Robertson, an official of
the Burlington stationed at Aurora,
Ill., spent yesterday in this city visit
ing with former residents of Aurora.
He is combining business with pleas
ure in a western trip.
Joseph Sample, head janitor at the
court house, who has been confined
to his home by illness for several
days, was feeling much better last
evening. During his absence G. C.
Sample was in charge with Grover
Creach as assistant.
James Jackson of Chillicothe, Mo.,
is in the city this week. Mr. Jackson
came to Billings to see if all the good
things he has heard about Montana
are true and so thoroughly convinced
is he that Billings is all that is
claimed for it that he will probably
make his home here in the near fu
ture.
POLYTECHNIC
OPENS OCT. 5
School for First Few Months Will Be
Held in the Down Town
Quarters.
BUYS ABBOTT COLLEGE
Popular Business School Has Been C
Absorbed by Larger Institution.--
Seven Buildings Now Are Under
Construction.
Through the purchase of the Abbott
Business college and the renting of t
several large rooms and boarding >
quarters in the heart of the city the 1
board of trustees of the Polytechnic
institute is now able to announce that a
its school will open promptly on Oc
tober 5 as originally scheduled wheth
er or not the new buildings being c
erected for the school are finished on
that date. The announcement will be '
greeted with joy by prospective stu
dents, some of iwhom have, on ac- I
count of the fact that the buildings
of the school are not quite completed, t
been led to believe thta the new 1
school would not open on the date
originally set.
Yesterday the purchase of the Ab
bott Business college by the Poly
technic was announced. The Abbott
college is one of the big institutions
of the city and its union with the
Polytechnic cannot but add to its use
fulness and widen its field. It will
hereafter be known as the commer
cial branch of the Polytechnic insti
tute and Professor Chapman, who has
had charge of the work of the busi
ness department of the high school,
will be in charge of the commercial
department of the Polytechnic. Pro
fessor Abbott, on account of failing
health, is compelled to seek a warmer
climate for the winter. His staff will
be retained by the Polytechnic.
The rooms of the college in the Odd
Fellows' block will be used tempo
rarily for the school, and additional
class room has been obtained in the
library and in the Y. M. C. A. building.
After the school is in its new quar
ters the rooms in the Odd Fellows'
block will be used as the down town
office of the school and will also be
occupied by the night school of the
college. In speaking of the work of
the college and its plans for opening I
on October 5, Director L. T. Eaton t
said yesterday:
"The trustees felt that while unfin
ished accommodations could be pro
vided at the grounds it would be far
more satisfactory to care for the stu
dents in the city for a few weeks.
'The acquisition of the Abbott
Business college by the Polytechnic is
an important step, for it not only pro- 1
vides a number of excellent recitation
rooms for the school at the opening,
but gives the quarters in the city 1
that the school needs for its down 1
town department and night school.
"The work at the Polytechnic l
grounds will be rushed to completion
as fast as men and material can ac- 1
complish the erection of buildings. 1
At the present time seven buildings
are in process of construction. The 1
Science ball is about ready for the a
roof, the girls' dormitory is being
plastered, and the foundations and i
frames are being pushed on three
dormitories for boys, the gymnasium
and shops and heating plant. The
contracts on all these buildings call
for completion before November 1, so
that the occupancy of the institute"
plant cannot be delayed long beyond
the opening.
"The next two weeks will be busy
ones for the directors in getting ev
erything prepared for the opening.
It is confidently expected that the en
rollment the first week will reach
near the 200 mark and that a much
larger number will be enrolled on the
date of the winter opening, Novem
ber 2.
"The Billings Polytechnic institute
will open positively on the date set
for the commencement of the school.
October 5. The board of trustees is
making every arrangement for the
beginning. The slight delay in getting
material for the institute buildings
will not interfere in the least with the
opening of the school on time.
"Temporary auarters for the school
have been provided and most excellent
accommodations will be given the stu
dents for the first few weeks while
the finishing touches are put on the
institute grounds and buildings.
"A number of buildings 'will be se
cured as temporary living quarters
for the students, provision already
Shaving been made for about 100 young
people. The furnishines and equlp
oment of the school will be used in
-these temporary quarters until every
't thing is ready at the Institute grounds.
All students from out of the city will
he in the direct charge of the school
authorities during their stay in the
city, and the strict regulations for
hours of study, discipline, etc., will
be maintained. The class room work
will be carried on jnust as thoroughly
as if the school opened in permanent
quarters."
MARRIED IN NEBRASKA.
Announcements have been received
in this city of the marriage on Tues
day, September 14, in Nelson, Neb., of
Miss Matilda Otis James and Thomas
Walter Marshall. Mr. and Mrs. Mar
shall will be at home in Powell, Wyo.,
after the first of November.
Mr. Marshall was for some time an
employe of the First National bank in
this city, and has recently been ap
p ointed cashier of the First State
bank of Powell. He has built a cozy
little home for his bride and is now
on a wedding trip through the west.
BENCHES AT LAST.
Now that the summer is over and
the season of cold weather and snows
is at hand, the shipment of benches
for the park surrounding the Cham
ber of Commerce building, has at lasi
arrived. The benches have been
placed around the edge of the grass
plot and are proving to be quite pop.
uilar.
PeopleAreTaught (
the Science of
Agriculture D
SASHINGTON, Sept. 17.-Bohemia
has a system of traveling teach
ers who tour the country in
strucing farmers and others interest
ed in the scinece of agriculture, ac
cording to Consul Joseph I. Brait- L
tain of Prague. The teachers have
been organized by the Bohemian gov
ernment.
Each teacher has several special
ties, for instance, one has dairying
and hop culture, and the scientific
plan of fertilizing meadows; another F
teaches the proper care of grapes and
gives pracitcaly demonstrations and ol
lectures on vegetable culture.
All landowners, farmers, teachers
and persons interested in agricultur- e
al questions are entitled to receive 0
instructions. The tuition feet for each h
course is $2.03, the student paying the h
cost of lodging and similar expenses. IF
To those unablet o pay, the govern- c'
ment gives $1.15 each with a total th
limit of $223 for all deserving pupils lk
in each school. The women are y
taught fruit preservation and marma
lade making. The course includes in- it
structions in irrigation, fertilization, is
forestry, prevention and cure of plant IT
diseases, the cultivation of vines, c0
keeping of poultry, bees, veterinary tl
surgery and care of the home. b
Speaking of the good results ob- ci
tained by this scheme, the consul a
says: 0o
"The value of these courses is seen c,
when the agriculture of Bohemia dur- C
ing the last year is noted. In forestry b,
alone the result has been astounding; li
seven million trees have been planted ci
and especial attention has been given Il
to the forestration of bare slopes."
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THROUGH SERVICE i
IS AGAIN RESUMED p
Great Northern Train No. 44 Arrives ,
on Time and Via Billings & u
Northern Tracks.
0
After being routed via the Northern s
Pacific tracks and Helena for nearly a
four weeks, the Great Northern t<
through passenger trains are again n
using the line of the Billings & fi
Northern between this city and Great a
Falls, No. 44 eastbound arriving in c
Billings on schedule time yesterday
evening and making the trip through
the tunnel about ten miles west of this h
city. No. 43 this morning will take
the Billings & Northern tracks to I
Great Falls.
The lining of the tunnel caught fire
four weeks ago tomorrow and since
that time the through trains have
been going via Helena, necessitating
a delay of about three hours in their a
running time. Early this week the
first freight train was sent through
the tunnel and the track is now in
such a condition that it is safe for
the heavier through trains. The work
of replacing the lining of the tunnel b
is about half completed and the en
tire new lining will be in within the
course of a few weeks.
Residents of Broadview who came to
the city yesterday evening on No. 44
expressed their satisfaction at seeing h
the line again in use. Passenger ser
vice between Billings and the Lake
Basin country has been kept up by 1
means of stub trains, but the mile
walk across the mountain has kept t
many people, and especially the lady
shoppers, from coming to Billings and
their loss has been keenly felt by the
merchants of this city. t
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WILL OFFER CUP.
C. H. Reifenrath, publisher of the
Northwestern Stockman and Farmer
of Helena, has notified the secretary
of the Dry Farming congress that he
would give a loving cup as a premium
to be awarded at the International
Dry Farming exposition at Billings
next month. Mr. Reifenrath announced I
that he would give the cup for the
best collective exhibit from any single
county in Montana, (Yellowstone
I county barred), Idaho, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Wyoming, eastern Ore
gon and eastern Washington.
WELCOME ARCH IS
DAMAGED BY WIND
Severe Gale of Yesterday Afternoon
Nearly Toppled Over Big
Decoration.
From Saturday's Daily.
While yesterday's storm was at its
height, the welcome arch which is
being built as part of the decorative
scheme of the city during the Dry
Farming congress, received a severe
test of its strength. The wind did not
blow it down, but after the storm the
arch was found to be damaged con
siderably. It is bent as far as the guy
wires would permit and will require
stronger supports.
The wind broke one window and
carried away a large sign from the
headquarters of the congress at the
Orpheum building. This was a can
vas sign which extended across the
entire front of the building and had
been donated to the board of control
by the Bigelow Art Sign company of
Billings.
NEW OFFICIAL HERE.
From Saturday's Daily.
SJ. T. McGaughey of Helena, the
5 newly appointed assistant freight and
5 passenger agent of the Great North
- ern, who will succeed H. A. Jackson,
t spent yesterday in this city getting
1 acquainted with the merchants and
5 shippers of Billings. Mr. Jackson has
- been promoted and will go to the St
Paul offices of the road soon.
CORN TO YIELD
EIGHTY BUSIELS
D. W. Connick Has a Field Which
Would Be Revelation to an
Iowa Farmer.
CROP A SUCCESS HERE
Local Supply Does not Exceed at
Present the Demand and Higher
Prices Are Obtained Than in the
Eastern States.
From Sunday's Daily.
The fact that the soil and climate
of the Yellowstone valley are adapted
to raising almost any kind of a crop
except tropical fruits has been dem
onstrated more than once, but per
haps the most startling results which
have been obtained from a crop which
is not generally recognized as suc
cessful this far west, are those ob
tained by D. W. Connick of the Wil
lowburn farm 'with his corn field this
year.
Corn is commonly supposed to grow
in a "corn belt," the center of which
is Iowa. Of course corn is grown al
most everywhere, but Iowa and the
central states are generally conceded
the palm for record yields and the
bulk of the corn grown for commer
cial purposes is raised in the central
and southern states. If all farmers
of the Yellowstone valley are as suc
cessful with their corn fields as Mr.
Connick has been the fame of the corn
belt is bound to perish or its boundary
line will have to be enlarged suffi
cient to include the Yellowstone val
ley.
Mr. Connick yesterday brought to
the Chamber of Commerce some spec
imens from his corn field which 'were
beauties. He declares very positively
that his field will yield 80 bushels to
the acre and his statement was as
positively denied by an Iowa tourist
who happened to be in the building
at the time. Mr. Connick is, however,
willing to allow his statement to stand
until his crop is harvested. He is
very positive that he will realize 80
bushels to the acre from his field, and
others who have this year raised corn
say that they are anticipating equally
as favorable yields.
So good did Mr. Connick's corn look
to the members of the special com
mittee appointed to gather an exhibit
for the state fair that they are once
asked for the use of the ears, and ac
cordingly the corn left the city yes
terday for Helena.
According to one of the successful
ranchers of this valley corn raising
has been carried on to a limited de
gree ever since farming first began
in Yellowstone valley. In all cases
a very successful crop has 'been har
vested but it has seemingly never
occurred to any one to raise corn in
large enough quantities to supply any
more than his own personal needs.
and as a result large quantities of
corn are annually shipped into this
city and sold to those who use it for
feeding purposes. W. B. George is
this year raising 60 acres of corn
which give promise of an abundant
harvest. Others are raising corn on
a larger scale than 'usual, and corn
promises to become one of the staple
crops of the valley within the coming
few years. At present the supply is
so small that local corn demands
higher prices than usual and all of it
is purchased on the home market.
The laurels of another state are also
likely to fall before the Billings
Chamber of Commerce, for yesterday
two sunflowers the likes of which
were placed on exhibit. The stalks,
were placed on exhibit. Ahe stalks,
which stand at either side of the en
trane to the headquarters buildings,
are each over 15 feet high.
PRICES ON SHEEP
CONTINUE HIGHER
Sheepmen Who Predicted That Lambs
Would Bring Good Prices
Were Quite Right.
From Saturday's Daily.
The local quotations on lambs and
ewes continue to be high and the
sheepmen who, earlier in the sea
son, predicted that good sheep would
be scarce this year and would com
mand better prices than usual are
now out with the "I told you so"
story. Local commission men says
that but comparatively few sales are
being made and that flockmasters
who have sheep for sale are not let
ting go of them at any but the high
est prices.
Recent deals place the current
prices on lambs at from $5.65 to $5.75
per 100 and from $3.25 to $3.40 per
head. Good breeding ewes are sell
ing at $4.75 to $5.50 per 100 and there
has been a marked advance in the
price of wethers. which has been
largely due to the influence of the
eastern market.
Billings A Matter of Choice
Really, as a matter of choice, while we welcome both large
and small deposits, we would rather have
S ta te ten persons deposit $1 each than one person $10 , or
ten persons deposit $10 each than one person $100 , or
ten persons deposit $10 each than one person $1000 , or
ten persons deposit $1000 each than one person $10000.
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 WHITE, Cashier deposits.
CHAB. SPEAR. Vice President
8. L. DOUGHTY, Asst. Oashies
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that fit with ease and com
fort. That holds the rup
ture secure. This is the
kind we sell and fit and
guarantee. It costs you
nothing if it does not do
all we say.
CHIAPPLE DRUG CO.
"You Can Get it at Chapple's"
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The First National Bank
of Billings
Personal Attention
Given All Accounts
We invite you to open your bank account
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 youI
We give personal 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
I. B. Moes, President.
Lee N. Goodwin, Vice Prealdent.
Robert A. Newton, Cashier.
N'. M. Lipp, Ass't .sahiler.
L. B. St. John, Ass't Cashier.
Interest Paid on Time Certificates of
Deposit
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MUSCULAR STRENiETI
is gained by exercise
FINANCIAL is gained by years of careful and con
servative methods. We invite your
STRENGTH consideration and business.
Yellowstone National Bank
Capital and Surplus $150,000.00
United States Depositary Billings, Mont.
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