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SADVANTAGES OF
ELECTRIC ROADS
Tremendous Benefits of Interurban
Communication to Growing
Citles and Towns.
A COMMUNITY-BUILDER
Results of Interurban Communication
as Found Throughout Country Leads
to Positive Knowledge of What
Would Happen Here.
The advantages of interurban rail
ways for all classes of towns are
many and varied. In fact, there is no
town, which has an up-to-date inter
urban railway built out of it, but
what has increased in importance and
population, and many cities, both
east and west, owe their commercial
supremacy to the fact that they are
the centers of interurban lines. If a
general idea were needed to show the
growth of towns and villages, before
and after electric railways were built,
it is only necessary to look at places
where they are in operation.
For instance, in and about Los An
geles, Cal., the Pacific Electric Rail
way company has a network of lines,
with the result that new and thriv
ing towns have been built, and the
settlement along the lines has been
quadrupled. Prior to the building of
the electric line to Long Beach, a
town upon the Pacific ocean, some
twenty miles from Los Angeles, the
place had a population of 2,500. At
that time it was served by one steam
railroad, which ran several trains a
day, to and from Los Angeles; Long
Beach now has 25,000 people, and the
Pacific Electric company is building a
four-track road, in order to accommo
date travel. The entire distance be
tween the two cities is almost solidly
built up. The same conditions have
been obtained in other directions, like
Pasadena, Santa Anna, Whittier and
Pomona.
Take the Spokane Inland Railway
company, a system which has been
constructed within the last year or
two, out of Spokane, Wash. Practi
cally the same condition was ob
tained there as in Los Angeles. Spo
kane is growing rapidly, and it is
said that it owes its prosperity to the
fact that the outside country is
brought in close touch with the city,
by reason of the interurban, and
there seems to be no doubt of it,
when one takes a look at the town
and surrounding country at close
range.
Out of Chicago, there is the Chicago,
Elgin & Aurora, a very up to date
electric system, which is doing wonders
toward developing that section of
Illinois through which it runs.
But perhaps the most comprehen
sive system of interurban railways
radiates in and out of Indianapolis,
Ind. The idea of building electric
railways through urban settlements
first took a strong hold in Indiana,
since which time, it has been devel
oped to a very high standard of ex
cellence. Indianapolis now has an
electric terminal station, out of and
into which, all interurban cars ar
rive and depart; and Indianapolis
owes its remarkable growth and im
portance in the last few years as a
trade center to its system of electric
lines.
Ohio also has a comprehensive sys
tem, and all of the towns which have
the electrical interurban lines are
prosperous. Instances too numerous
to mention are shown where urban
property doubles and triples in value
by the building of electric railways,
and there is no instance yet on record
where any depreciation has taken
place, by reason of these lines.
In Iowa, where the advantages are
keenly appreciated, towns and coun
ties to be benefited by the building of
the electric railways, are bonded for
the purpose of raising money to aid
in the construction of these roads.
This is also done in Kansas very con
siderably. Were the advantages not
considered great, the people would
not be so eager to aid in their build
ing.
A line running out of Billings would
probably do more than any one thing
toward helping the town grow. Where,
perhaps, a great many people may
not appreciate the advantages of an
electric railway through the Yellow
stone valley, yet if they were to visit'
other places, which have these lines,
they could easily see the benefits tof
be derived from it. A road between
Billings and Laurel, with cars oper
ating hourly, would put the people
along the line in as close touch with
business conditions, as those who re
side in the city. Likewise. it would
put the people living in Billings and
Laurel, who have more or less busi
ness relations with the farmers, in
close contact, not only in the matter
of transportation of freight, merchan
dise and package express, but also
the movement of people living along
the line, either those who reside in
Laurel or those who live in Billings.
When the matter is considered prop
erly the people of Billings and Laurel,
and the country served in between
these two points, can well afford to
aid the development of this project to
their utmost. A line, once started,
would not stop simply at Laurel, but
would be continued or built, and sys
tems similar to the lines referred to
above, would be constructed.
LIKES WASHINQTON.
J. H. Becker, formerly owner and
editor of the Billings Gazette, is
spending the week attending to busi
ness matters in this city. Mr. Becker
is at present interested in an irriga
tion scheme near Loon Lake, Wash.,
by which 4,000 acres of rich soil will
be put under ditch. He says that
central Washington is sharing with
the Yellowstone valley in the general
prosperity which is prevalent in the
northwest this fall, and that he has
found business to be unusually good
in that state for the past few months.
FAIR EXHIBIT
SENT HIM HERE
Minnesota Man Saw Yellowstone Pro.
ducts at State Fair and Took
Next Train West.
IS FULLY CONVINCED
Says That Local Display Has Created
Much Favorable Comment and Will
Be Means of Bringing Many Minne
sota People to This Section.
That the Billings Chamber of Com
merce made a wise move when it pre
pared and sent to nt. Paul a repre
sentative exhibit of the products of
this section of the Yellowstone val
ley, is the opinion of J. L. Watrous of
Fergus Falls, Minn., who arrived in
this city Saturday and who has since
that time been making a quiet inves
tigation to find out for himself wheth
er or not the exhibit tells a true story
concerning eastern Montana. He has
been fully convinced and is now mak
ing preparations to come to Billings
with the expectation of making this.
his home. In speaking of the exhibit,
Mr. Watrous said:
"I just happened to be at the state
fair a week ago and I was more than;
favorably impressed with your ex-i
hibit there. It is one of the big draw-:
ing cards of the fair and was in fact
the biggest attraction in the way of
an agricultural exhibit there. When I
saw the samples of wheat and other I
produce and heard the statements of.
the men in charge of the exhibits in
regard to what Yellowstone county
lands could raise, I didn't believe it.
I have a little spare time at this sea
son of the year, and I was so inter
ested in the exhibit that I decided to
make a little personal investigation of,
my own with the result that I am
now here, have been thoroughly con
vinced and am laying my plans to be
come a member of the Billings boost
ers at once.
"I think it is safe to say that that
exhibit of yours is the best advertise
ment you people ever placed. It oc
cupied one of the best positions ob
tainable at the fair. It was in charge
of four men who were on hand at all
times to tell visitors about the Yel
lowstone country, and the way those
men made the inquisitive register so
they could be furnished with more in
formation about this part of the coun
try was in no way slow. I am not
the only one who is interested enough
to come out and see for himself, and
there will be other Minnesota people
here within the next few months who'
have been attracted by that exhibit
at the state fair. Of course we have
all heard about Montana, but the ex
hibit helped a lot in convincing us
that what we heard was not the talk
of land promoters and schemers."
The exhibit at the fair looked so
good to the Great Northern railroad
that it sent a letter to the Chamber
of Commerce asking for the use of'the
exhibit after the close of the fair. The
Northern Pacific, however, paid the
freight on the exhibit, and has the
first option on using it in its St. Paul
and Minneapolis offices. Another ex
hibit will doubtless be prepared for
the Great Northern and will be placed
in the Great Northern downtown of
fices in St. Paul and Duluth.
L~J
McCORMICK CHIILD
CLAIMED BY DEATH!
Youngest of Well Known Household
Dies Sunday Night After
Short Illness.
Marguerite McCormick, the young
est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James J.
McCormick, died at 10:15 Sunday
evening at the McCormick home, cor
ner of Twenty-ninth street and Third
avenue north. Funeral arrangements
have not as yet been made, pending
the return of a sister, Miss Helen Mc
Cormick, who started east for school
t Ie latter part of last week. The ser
vices will probably be held Thursday.
Marguerite, a child of 13, was well
known to all the older families of the
city and her sudden death has cast a
shadow of gloom over the neighbor
hood where she lived. The little girl
was born and raised in this city and
was the daughter of one of the oldest
and most respected families of this
community. Of a bright and sunny
disposition and at all times full of
life, she was a favorite not only with
her younger companions but with
everyone who knew her.
Death was due to heart failure, re
sulting from intestinal trouble and
came after an illness of but a few
hours. For a few days Marguerite
had been complaining of not feeling
very well and her condition became
serious Sunday afternoon. Physicians
were hastily summoned, but all ef
forts to revive here were unavailing.
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WORDS OF PRAISE.
('owlety, Wyoming, Progress Speaks
Well of the Dally Gazette.
Leonard Cone, traveling representa
tive of The Billings Gazette, was in
town on Wednesday, interviewing our
people and showing them in good old
English that The Gazette is the only
paper in the country when it comes to
furnishing the news hot from the
wires 24 to 48 hours ahead of any
other daily in the intermountain re
gion and it is really far ahead of any
other, bringing all the Associated
Press telegraphic news to its reader
by dinner time on the same day it
happens.- Cowley, Wyo., Progress.
Potato sacks, will hold 100 lis
evenr, 6%c , ale lots. Huse-Yates Co.
THURSDAY BIG
DAY OF FAIR
Many Billings People Will Go to Res
ervation to See Exhibits of
the Crows.
GRAPHIC SHAM BATTLE
Co. K., Representing Custer's Men,
Will Meet Crow Nation on Very
Field Where Custer and His Cavalry
Were Massacred.
The annual fair of the Crow nation
opened yesterday and every Indian on
the reservation is now camped near
the agency where the exhibits are dis
played and where the sporting events
on the program will be held. The fair,
started a few years ago by Major
Reynolds in the hope of encouraging
friendly rivalry between the Crows
individually and between the five di
visions of the nation, has proven a
success far beyond the most sanguine
expectations of those in charge of the
reservation and it is said that the ag
ricultural and live stock exhibits now
gathered together at the agency will
compare very favorably with those of
any county fair in the state of Mon
tana. Yesterday was given ocer chief
ly to the arranging of the exhibits
and the classifying of the entries in
the various races.
Thursday, in so far as Billings peo
ple are concerned, will be the big day
of the fair. On that day the best of
the Indian races will be run, and in
the forenoon there will be a graphic
representation of Custer's last battle,
fought on the very ground where the
gallant cavalryman and his troopers
met death over 33 years ago.
The white men will be represent
ed by members of Co. K., the local'
militia, and other Billings youths who
will be mustered in for the occasion.
Practically every member of the com
pany will take part in the sham bat
tle, and every brave in the Crow na
tion will be togged in all his war paint
and riding his best steed. The local
militiamen, representing Custer's
handful of cavalry, will be camped
near the present battle ground, and
the Indians, mounted on their ponies,
will swoop down upon them from the
surrounding hills. Some 20,000 rounds
of ammunition have been provided by
the agency for the event, and the
sight, especially to those who have
never seen a real battle, will prove a
most interesting one. The last stand
will be made at the national ceme
tery, where marble stones now mark
the resting places of Custer's men.
Places will be provided for specta
tors on the hilltops surrounding the
field.
The local militia, which is to meet
this evening in the armory for the
purpose of making final arrangements
for the battle, will go to the battle
field in two detachments ;one leaving
the city Wednesday morning and the
other by Wednesday evening's train.
A movement is also on foot to secure
a special train which will be run
Thursday morning and which will
leave this city so as to reach the
agency in time for the sham battle.
This morning there will be a grand
parade of the Crows and the program
for this afternoon and the following
days of the fair is as follows:
Tomorrow morning the grand indus
trial parade will be given with the
following racing events in the after
noon:
Mile dash, Crow horses; 400-yard
dash, Crow horses; half-mile race,
Crow horses; one mile pappoose pony
race; one-fourth mile dash, free for
all; two and a half mile race, Crow
horses; one mile relay race on foot;
two mile relay race, stalls, Crow bred
stock. Dance at night around the
campfire.
Wednesday morning, grand live
stock parade. Afternoon, 400-yard
dash, 2-year-old Crow horses; mile
race, free for all; half-mile dash, 3
year-olds; two-mile race, Crow
horses; one mile pappoose pony race;
bucking contest; one mile dash, school
girl riders; one and one-half mile
race, Crow horses; two mile relay,
rope and change in corral, Crow
horses. Dancing at night.
Thursday morning, mounted parade
of entire camp. Afternoon. mile race,
3-year-olds; half-mile dash, free for
all; one mile cowboy race, common
saddle horses; three-quarter mile
race, half-mile relay foot race; mile
race, boys over 12; half-mile slow
race; two mile relay, stalls, free for
all. Dancing at night.
Friday forenoon, grand comic pa
rade, original designs. Afternoon,,
half-mile relay foot race; mile race,
free for all; quarter-mile dash; two
and one-half mile race, Crow horses;
100-yard foot race; one mile trot,
Crow horses; two mile relay Indian
pony race; 300-yard dash, 2-year
olds; two mile relay race, cowboys
dressed cowboy style, rope and change
horses in corral. Dancing at night.
Saturday forenoon, grand parade of
prize winners. Afternoon, the best
horses from each district, three-mile
race; half-mile dash; two and one- !
half mile race; quarter-mile dash;
two-mile race; 300-yard dash; one
mile race. Grand dance around the
campfire at night.
Thirty men wanted to assist Com
pany K in sham battle, reproducing -
Custer's last fight, to he given at c
Crow Agency Thursday morning, c
September 23. Equipment, transpor
tation and sustenance furnished free.
Heport to Lieuts. E. P. Neill or Ralph I
Morris at Coliesum rink Tuesday t
night at 8 o'clock. Company leaves,
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock and e
Wednesday night at 7:30. Returns
Thursday night following. S
Peter Yegen, who with his family I
has been spending the summer at the c
old Yegen home in Switzerland, re
turned to Billings yesterday after
spending a few days with a brother
in Bismarck, N. D. Mrs. Yegen and
children arrived in Billings Saturday. e
Local and Personal
E. W. Stork of Bronson, Iowa, is at
tending to business matters in this
city.
D. C. White, of Buffalo, a new town
in Fergus county, is in the city this
week.
Mrs. M. L. Luther of Livingston is
spending the fore part of the week in
Billings.
Miss Carolyn Jackson of Red Lodge
is the guest of friends in this city
for a few days.
William Rea, Jr. of Forsyth is
spending the week attending to his
business interests in this city.
Mrs. Stevenson and daughter of
Yampa, Colo., are spending the week
in Billings as the guests of friends.
Addison B. Collins of San Francisco,
representing the Mergenthaler Lino
type Co. of New York, spent yesterday
in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Cressy of Rocky
Ford, Colo., are spending the week
with friends in this city while en
route to the coast.
A. H. aWdsworth of South Pasadena,
Cal., is spending a few days in Bill
ings investigating the non-irirgated
sections of the state.
R. R. Selway of Sheridan and Don
ald Thomson of Clearmont, Wyo., are
spending the first part of the week
in this city attending to business mat
ters.
Charles Miller of Aurora, Ill., spent
yesterday in Billings as the guest of
Ernest S. Judd of the Fraternal Order
of Mountaineers. He is on his way
to the coast.
Miss Lucile M. Hayes of Georgetown,
Va., is spending a three-weeks' vaca
tion with Billings friends. She will
later visit relatives in Tacoma and
San Francisco.
J. S. Wanstaff of Lake City, Kas., is
a prospective settler who is spending
the week in Yellowstone county with
a view of making his home on govern
ment land in the near future.
R. S. Campbell and family of Cor
dova, Iowa, arrived in Billings yes
terday and will make their home here
in the future. Mr. Campbell expects
to engage in business in this city
soon.
Mrs. Andy Gilsdorf and daughter,
Miss Della Gilsdorf, have returned to
,their home in this city after spending
a few weeks in the east. Miss Della
is reported to be greatly improved in
health.
Orrin A. Horton, formerly of Hor
nell, N. Y., has decided to make his
home in eastern Montana and has ac
cordingly filed on a quarter section
of government land in the southern
part of the Lake Basin country.
Ira Waters, a banker and merchant
of Lovell, Wyo., and Mr. Kline of the
mercantile firm of Murphy, Kline &
Co. of the same place, arrived in Bill
ings yesterday by auto and will spend
the week attending to business mat
ters.
,WILL RAISE WATER
SEVENTY-FIVE FEET
An Irrigation Scheme Near Glendive
Plans on Use of Pumps Rather
Than Dam.
J. H. Burkhart, a former resident
of this city, spent Saturday and Sun
day with Billings friends.
Mr. Burkhart is at present engaged
in the construction of an irrigation
scheme near Glendive by which 18,
000 acres of water will be placed un
der ditch. The principal engineering
feature of the scheme is that pumps
'are to 'be employed to raise the water
rather than the daming of the Yel
lowstone which, at that point, is not
considered practicable. The first lift
will be one of 25 feet and will place
3,000 acres under the ditch. The sec
ond lift brings the water to a height
of 40 feet above the river and adds
another 7,000 acres to the irrigated
land, and the third lift, which will be
undertaken later, brings the water to
a point 75 feet above the level of the
river and places another 8,000 acres
under irrigation. For the purpose of
raising the water large pumps are
heing installed, it being claimed that
the cost of raising the water by this
imethod will, for many years at least,
bhe less than by the common practice
of going further up the stream and
taking the water out by the gravity
system.
LUNCHEON TODAY.
('redit Association to Unite With the
Chamber of Commerce.
The Billings Chamber of Commerce
will hold its regular weekly luncheon
this noon at the Grand hotel. At this
luncheon they will be joined by mem
bers of the Business Men's association,
many of whom are also members of
the Chamber of Commerce. Both or
ganizations have mutual interest, and
the two organizations will probably
unite hereafter in giving the lun
cheons.
Matters pertaining to the welfare of
the city, and especially the building
of the new electric line between Bill
ings and Laurel, will be discussed at
the luncheon.
'APPLIED FOR ENTRY
(Continued from Page One.)
company. He said the lands were so
conveyed on Nov. 9, 1906.
Mr. Wells said he first heard of the
Wyoming coal lands in November,
1905, when Rufus J. Ireland offered
to finance the whole transaction.
WVells then applied for entry but nev
er paid anything on the land, nor
was he asked to do so. He did not
see his client for his land until after
November, 1906, and never saw the
land. Mr. Ireland told him his appli
cation had been granted. The wit
ness said the Owl Creek Coal com
pany was organized Nov. 1, 1906.
Potato sacks, will hold 100 lbs
even. Gn,rc. hale lots. Huse-Yates Co.
TARTANS STREAMING IN WILD BREEZES
AND THE SHRILL NOTES OF BAGPIPES
Sons and Daughters of Scotia Gather to Enjoy the Sports of
Caledonia Under the Skies of Rocky Mountain
State-Very Enjoyable Program
From Saturday's Daily.
ARTANS streaming in the wild
breezes, the shrill notes of the
bagpipes in every ear and on all
sides the broad accent of the Gaelic
tongue, yesterday was indeed given
over to the sons of the heather and
the thistle. Billings was the host of
the Caledonians of eastern Montana.
Late trains Thursday evening
brought in the first outside arrivals
and the balance of the Scots reached
the city yesterday morning. From
every point of the compass, they came
by twos and threes, Miles City fur
nishing the largest delegation, 16 in
number.
There were fully a hundred outside
visitors, supplemented by several
hundred more of the local iHghland
ers when, headed by the Caledonian
pipers and drummers, the procession
left for Newman's grove to participate
in the first Scottish picnic and field
day ever held in this section.
All the afternoon was required for
the athletic program and even then
some of the minor events held over
until the evening's entertainment and
ball at the Coliseum rink. It was in
the wee sma' hours this morning
that the last tired participant sleepily
closed his eyes.
Newman's grove presented an inspir
ing scene of bright colors, spirited
music and happy faces when W. J.
Scott as master of ceremonies an
nounced the names of the partici
pants in the "piping for marches," the
first event.
"Hielan'" flings followed Scottish
reels and the mystic sword dances on
the platform while the hardy youth of
Scotland participated in hammer and
weight throwing, high jumping, foot
races and the like in the adjacent
fields.
Proud mothers exhibited their lad
dies and lassies of tender ages to
manly forms in kilts and jackets, un
mindful of the breezes that tossed in
fant tresses and circled bare legs in
discriminately.
One could feel the tingle of Scot
tish blood on every side as the well
known music and sports of Bonny
Scotland carried those present across
the far waters to the crags and rocks
of their native land.
Perhaps the most intense interest
centered in the Scottish dances which
were given in costume and long and
loud the applause which greeted the
participants. Honors went to first
one and then another amid much en
thusiasm.
Jack Archibald took first prize in
the piping for marches, Jesse McKay,
architect of the McAllister firm, hon
ors in the hielan' fling, while Fred
Bruce, carpenter at the Huttig Man
ufacturing company, triumphed in the
pipes contest for Strathspen and reels
as well as the sword dance.
In the field events, perhaps the
most exciting was the 100-yard dash
in which H. J. Huff and Herbert
Thomas were both entered. Thomas
will be remembered as the fleet-foot
ed ball player who bested Charles
Schneider a year ago Labor day, after
Schneider had for years been invinci
ble. In Huff he found an enemy
worthy of his steel. With a very
pretty start, Huff came across the
tape first, with Thomas right at his
heels in the remarkable time of 1b
seconds.
Easily the best athlete on the
grounds Otis McKean of this city,
amazed the crowds by winning first
place in every event he entered, car
rying off the 16-pound shot throw, the
hammer throw, the high jump and
several others. McKean is the holder
of the amateur record of Iowa in the
shot-throw, and a magnificent speci
men of young Scottish manhood.
The ball in the evening was one of
the most brilliant and successful af
fairs ever seen in the city. Scottish
flags intertwined with Old Glory and
the red and black of the iHghland cas
tles mingled with the red, white and
blue of free America.
The Scottish dance competitions
left over from the afternoon, together
with a number of special contests, in
terspersed with the measures of the
waltz and the two-step to swiftly pass
the flying hours. Excellent manage
ment was manifested throughout the
evening and the merry-making will
long be remembered by those present.
Music was furnished by the Eger
mayer-Schneider orchestra of sir
pieces.
Already the Scots plan to make the
gathering an annual event and several
places are bidding for the privilege
of entertaining the next assemblage.
The list of prize winners as far as
could be obtained up to a late hour,
were as follows:
Piping the marches: Jack Archi
bald first prize, gold mounted Gillette
safety razor; Fred Bruce second prize,
gold mounted pipe. Three contesta
ants.
"Hielan"' fling: Jesse McKay first
prize, Morris chair; Dr. Morrison sec
ond prize, box of cigars and $2 in
cash. Four contestants.
Pipes contest, Strathspe and reels:
Fred Bruce first prize, Caledonian club
gold medal; Jack Archibald second
prize, gold mounted corkscrew. Three
contestants.
Putting 16-pound shot: Otis Mc
Kean first prize, throw of 36 feet, 10%
inches, silver stein; Murdo McLeod
second prize, throw of 34 feet and one
half inch, box of 100 cigars. Fourteen
contestants.
Sword dance: Fred Bruce first prize,
smoking jacket; Bessie Ross, second
prize, smoker's pipe. Four contestants.
"Hielan'' reel (two couples): Won
by Mr. and Mrs. Hector Ross and Ar
thur Archibald and Bessie Ross; la
dies' prize, two cut glass dishes, gent's
prizes, pair of cuff buttons and $5 in
merchandise. Three sets of contest
ants.
Pole vault: A. McLennan and Thos.
McNair tied for first place at 7 ft., 8
in., the former winning out on the
toss of a coin. McNair afterward
made 8 feet in an exhibition. First
prize, Stetson hat; second prize, box
of 12 pair sox. Four contestants.
High jump: Otis McKean first prize,
leap of 4 ft. 11 ins., pair of opera
glasses; Ralph Morris second prize,
leap of 4 ft., 10 ins., box of 100 ci
gars.
100-yard dash: H. J. Huff first
prize, time 10 seconds, set silver
mounted military hair brushes; Her
bert Thomas second prize, time 10 1-5
seconds, box of 100 cigars. Nine con
testants.
Tossing the caber: Otis McLean
first prize, 18 feet, set of 48 dishes;
D. McDonals second prize, two bottles
V. O. P. King William. Eight contest
ants.
Throwing the 16-pound hammer:
Otis McLean first prize, silver stein.
Five contestants.
16-pound hammer throw: Otis Mc
Kean, first prize, 97 feet, silver stein;
James McClellan, second prize, $5 in
cash, 86 feet 7 inches. Four contest
ants.
Sack race: Harry Wilkie, first prize,
$5 in merchandise; Hector Ross, sec
ond prize, box of 50 cigars. Five con
testants.
Girls' race (under 16): Bessie Ross,
Man Taft Enjoined
Heads His Train
Engineer Out of Toledo Was Cited for
Contempt but Afterward
Became Supporter.
TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. 17.- James
Lennon, a locomotive engineer, 15
years ago was one of the targets of
the famous injunction issued against
railroad employes by Judge Taft, but
later became a supporter of President
Taft.
He was at the throttle of the loco
motive which pulled the train bear
ing the president from Toledo to Elk-:
hart yesterday.
Mr. Lennon at the time of the Ann
Arbor strike, was working for the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern rail
road. When the order came from'
Judge Taft requiring "connecting rail
road companies and their employes
to handle all Ann Arbor cars without
discrimination," Lennon was one of
the first engineers to disregard it.
Shortly after the injunction had
been issued Mr. Lennon was ordered
to attach his locomotive to a string
of Ann Arbor cars and haul them to
their destination. Lennon flatly re
fused.
Mr. Lennon not only received his
discharge, but was cited for contempt
of court, with a number of other em
ployes.
Lennon was found guilty by the late
Judge Erricks of Cleveland, and was
fined.
HOME ENDORSEMENT.
Hundreds of Billings Citizens Can Tell
You All About It.
Home endorsement, the public ex
pression of Billings people should
be evidence beyond dispute for every
Billings reader. Surely the experi
enc3 of friends and neighbors, cheer
fully given by them, will carry
more weight than the utterances of
strangers residing in faraiway*places.
Read the following:
O. J. Madison, Lock Box 1293, Bill
ings, Mont., says: "I would not be
without Doan's Kidney Pills in the
house, as I believe they are un
equaled for the trouhble arising from
disordered kidneys. When I began
taking them, I was in a serious condi
tion. My back ached constantly and
at times I was hardly able to move.
II underwent an operation and con
sulted several doctors but failed to
get any better. Doan's Kidney Pills,
brought such gratifying results that
I willingly recommend them to others
afflicted in a similar manner."
For sale by all dealers. Price, 50,
cents. Foster - Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
ROUSING SENDOFF.
The festivities attendant upon the
Caledonian celebration in this city
Friday did not terminate until the vis
iting guests from Miles City had been
given a rousing sendoff by the local
members of the clyb. After the ball
Dr. McKinzie, one of the leaders of
the Miles City organization, was car
ried on the shoulders of two stalwart
sons of Scotland to the club rooms of
the lodge in the Babcock block where
he delivered a short address. The
Miles City delegation was escorted to
the depot by local Scots and while
awaiting the arrival of the train sev
eral members performed a highland
reel on the platform.
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Potato sacks, will hold 100 lbs
even, 6%c, bale lots. Huse-Yates Co.
first prize, Scotch emblem belt buckle
and brooch; Jennie Milne, second
prize, bottle of perfume. Five con
testants.
Ladies' race: Mrs. Bob Milne, first
prize, hand-painted china plate; Orne
Bequette, second prize, boudoir slip
pers. Three contestants.
Tug of war: Billings vs. Miles
City. Billings winner, $24 in cash.
Billings team, Murdo McLeod, Simon
Ellison, Otis McYean, Jo Douglas, Bob
Milne, Neil Sutherland, Colin Pedder
and A. McClellan. Miles City team,
Mr. McKensie, D. McDonald, Geo. Fin
delater, A. Forbes, Bob Findelater,
Henry Wilkie and Kenneth Dewar.
Best two or three pulls. Time of first
pull 10 minutes.
Handsomest baby (under one year):
Kather!ne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Hector Ross, first prize, Haviland chi
na piece; William Edward, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Adam Airth, second prize,
engraved plate and 100 calling cards.
Owing to the late hour at which it
was reached, the game of football be
tween Billings and Miles City was not
played.
Committee in charge of events: W.
J. Scott, master of ceremonies; Wil
liam Grelves, entry man; Louis Mack,
announced.
Best looking lad in Scotch costume:
B. D. Lindsey, prize, pair of huge
shoes.
Best looking lady in hall: Mrs. R.
E. Anson, prize, sack of sugar and $5
in merchandise.
Best looking man in hall: george
Skeel, prize, box of cigars. ,
Belle of the ball: Miss Annabelle
Foster, prize, fancy jardinier and
fern.
THOUSANDS SWAYED
BY FEW AMERICANS
Headed by Stars and StApes They
Rush Into Plant Followed
by Strikers.
PITTSBURG, Sept. 17.-The second
strike of workmen employed at the
plant of the Pressed Steel Car com
pany, which was declared Monday,
was brought to an abrupt end today.
The climax was remarkable in the
shape of industrial disputes.
Having notified the foreigners that
they intended to march into the mill
carrying the stars and stripes, 200
workmen who were not favorable to
the strike assembled early at the Mc
Kee's Rocks end of O'Donovan bridge,
and cheering enthusiastically, started
toward the plant.
On the way 1,500 Croatians and 600
Italians joined the march. When the
gates were reached, 1,000 Slavs, Rus
sians and Poles who threatened trou
ble in the event that any of the men
attempted to enter the works, were
encountered, and these, too, fell into
line and entered the plant. Antici
pated disorders failed to materialize
and the strike was over.
It is now believed that the trouble
has definitely been settled.
Grant L. Parker, formerly a resi
dent of this city but now engaged in
the book and stationery business in
St. Louis, is spending the week with
old acquaintances in Billings. Mr.
Parker says that he is contemplating
I returning to Billings to make this his
home and that he will probably open
up a book store here if he decides to
come back to Billings.
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Miss Phoebe Nixon, who has been
spending the past three weeks with
her aunt, Mrs. H. R. Smith, left the
city yesterday for her home in Fresno,
iCal. She expects to return to Bill
ings to make this her home within a
few months.
Potato sacks, will hold 100 lbs
even, 61c, bale lots. Huse-Yates Co.
CONTEST NOTICE.
Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office, Billings, Mon
tana, September 20, 1909.
A sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed in this office by Gustave
Meiners, contestant, against Home
stead Entry No. 01459, made August
6, 1907, for Lots 3 and 4, Section 31,
Township 2 N., Range 37, Montana
Principal Meridian, rby Joseph Dalton,
contestee, in which it is alleged that
said Joseph Dalton has wholly aban
doned said tract, homestead entry, and
changed his residence therefrom for
more than six months since making
said entry and next prior to dat(
herein; that he has not cultivated
said tract as required by law, said
parties are hereby notified to appear,
respond, and offer evidence touching
said allegation at 10 o'clock a. m.,
on October 29, 1909, before the Regis
ter and Receiver at the United States
Land Office in Billings, Montana.
The said contestant having, in a
proper affidavit, filed September 20,
1909, set forth facts which show that
after due diligence personal service
of this notice can not be made, it is
hereby ordered and directed that such
notice be given by due and proper
publication.
C. L. HARRIS,
Register.
WILLIAM V. BEERS,
Attorney for Contestant.
(First publication Sept. 21, 1909.)