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MEN
ARE PREPARED
C): tongress and Plans for En
tinnent of Visitors Chief
Tople At LUncheon.
EVE YBODY CLEAN UP
Comm lal Body Emphasizes Neces
sity Of Gettling City in Best Shape
for Co ng Festivities-No Meeting
Next Tae day.
From Wedn sday's Daily. in
Preperatio s for the coming meeting
of the Dry arming congress and the pc
emphasis of he necessity of thor- ef
.oughly cleans g the city, which, it in
was conceded is no herculean task in h:
view of the fact that the city has of
been more than diligent in its cam
paign against weeds and dirt this fo
summer,.were the chief and nearly the ,
only topics discussed at yesterday's w
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, tb
held at the Northern hotel following;
the regular wekly luncheon of that gj
body. The keynote of the meeting al
seemed to be the unanimous opinion li
of all present that next week will wit- 1,~
ness a gathering in this city that de- i,
serves the most cordial welcome ever IT
extended by Billings to any conven- a'
-tion or meeting, and toward that end ii
the business men, who were present in
unusually large numbers at yester- h
day's luncheon, are bending their ev- p
ery effort to place the city in its fin- f
est garb for the welcoming of the tl
Fourth International Dry Farming ii
congress. 81sl
President Selvidge opened the meet- b
ing by calling the attention of those i;
present to the fact that applications g
for lodging during the days of the ir
congress were coming in much faster a
than the local committee had been tl
able to fill them, and that it is abso- ti
iutely necessary that everyone in the tl
city who can possibly rent a room do'
so and will notify the headquarters a
of the congress at once of the fact. v
Mr. Walker of Lindsey & Co., an- v
nounced that the Clarke Fork valley 3
wished to exhibit some produce, prin- 1
cipally apples, which was grown under v
irrigation and therefore could not find a
a place in the main exhibit hall of the
congress. The Chamber of Commerce d
agreed to do all in its power to obtain r
a place for the fruit exhibit from the e
Clarke Fork country, it being gener- f
ally conceeded that a good exhibit I
of Clark Fork apples will do much to- I
ward advertising the exceedingly pro-I
ductive valley which lies to the south- f
west of this city and which finds its f
market place in Billings.
Austin North called the attention
of the meeting to the fact that the
Philadelphia Americans and a team
comprised of the cream of the players
of the National league will play a post
season game in this city Friday. He
asked that all stores close during the
game, but the proposition, after con
siderable debate, was voted down.
Mr. North then called the attention
of the meeting to the fact that Mayor
Thompson has designated Saturday,
Oct. 23 as the official "cleaning day"
prior to the congress and urged that
the members of the commercial body
do all in their power to get the city in
the best of shape. His remarks were
well taken and other speakers empha
sized the necessity, of making Billings
a "spotless town" before the big con
vention opens its sessions the first of
next week.
On account of the fact that the con
gress will be in session next Tuesday,
which is the regular meeting day of
the Chamber of Commerce, the lun
cheon for next week was postponed
and there will be no meeting until a
week from next Tuesday when the
members of the association will gath
er in the Grand hotel.
SAYS TAX CAN
BE COLLECTED
City Attorney Johnston Reports to
Council That Injunction Against
City Will Fall.
From Wednesday's Daily.
In a discussion of the two injunc
'tion suits pending in the district court
against the city of Billings, City At
torney Johnston last evening at the
meeting of the council announced that
in his opinion the action to prevent
the collection of taxes for sewer con
struction would fail, while that to pre
vent the collection of taxes for pave
ment and gutters would stand.
Mr. Johnston says that in his opin
ion the city had a perfect right to levy
the tax in sewer district No. 12, and
'that he believes the residents in the
four blocks of the west side who
brought the injunction will not be'
sustained in their action by the court.
The council, on motion of Alder
man Smith, voted to appropriate $500
for decorating the city hall and the
principal streets of the city during
the coming meeting of the Dry Farm
ing congress. The decorations will
take the form of electric streamers
which will be placed across the
itreets.
The request of J. M. V. Cochran for
a permit to build a frame office build
ing on North Twenty-fourth street and
back of the Rex saloon, was refused.
Mr. Cochran stated that he would be
willing to tear the building down up
oni a ten day notice from the city and
that he intended to erect a two story
brick building on the land next
spring.
A petition aslking for the opening
of South Thirty-sixth street across the
tracks of the Northern Pacific to
connect with Division street, was re
ferred to the proper committee.
A special meeting will be held Frl
day evening to discuss the matter of
ultimately placing all telephones and
electric light wires either in the al
leys or underground.
TELEGRAPHER I
IS MINING KING
Almost Forgotten "Grubstake" That l
Will Make Keller a
Rich Man.
ONE ROMANCE OF GOLD 1
M.aager Keller of Western Union, (
Supplies Prospector with Funds
and the "Digging Partner" Strikes
it Rich in the Fields of Nevada.
From Wednesday's Daily.
Informed that he had come into the
possession of a fortune through the I
effort of a man whom he grubstaked
in a Nevada prospection W. R. Keller
has resigned from the management 1
of the Western Union Telegraph of-I
lice in this city and will leave today 1
for the scene of the uncovering and s
with sufficient of the metal in hand I
will extend his travel to Hawaii and I
the Philippines.
I This romance of gold had its be
ginning down in Colorado five years 4
I ago when Keller yielded comparative
lyv a small sum of money to a pros
piector with an alluring tale of Gold- I
field opportunities. The next morn
ing he condemned his impulsiveness
and charged the dollars up to a gul
lible experience.
Not until a few days ago did Keller
hear anything encouraging of his
partner, then through his, Keller's,
father, who informed him, he relates,
that the prospector had struck it and
in the vernacular of the mines "had
struck it rich." Some of the ore
brought forth from the Goldfield gulch
is described as being covered with
Sgold like butter on bread at a Missouri
farm house and any of it is regard
! ed as being of marketable quality. The
thrills that the switchboard some
-Itimes gives forth were as nothing to
e those which the letter conveyed.
" The property embraces two claims
s of 20 acres each and the course of the
vein is described as being parallel
with the side lihes which provides
3,000 feet of possibilities longitudinal
-ly and almost unlimited possibilities
r vertically with the Mohawk, having
d a $25,000,000 record, as a standard.
0 Mr. Keller speaks regretfully of his
e departure because of the friends he
a made but looks forward to returning
e eventually, having keen appreciation
for the leaps and bounds with which
It Billings is forging into a metropolitan
iposition. He will be succeded in the
º- management of the Western Union of
- flee by a MIr. Wilson, recently agent
s for the Burlington railroad at Toluca.
+
Texas Cloudburst E
Does Big Damage a
San Marcus Visited by Destructive 1
Flood but No Lives were BRe. c
ported Lost.
SAN MARCUS, Texas, Oct. 19.-A t
cloudburst struck this afternoon, caus- d
ing heavy property loss. Ten inches
of rain have fallen within the last 24 1
hours. Many houses in the low lands a
were flooded, but no loss of life has c
been reported. The flood which fol- 1,
lowed the cloudburst washed away t
several hundred feet of the track on
the International and Great Northern
railway and the station of the Missou- t
ri, Kansas and Texas was completely
surrounded by water. All cotton a
which was washed into the river was
recovered.
f h
CULTIVATING VACANT LOTS. d
BUFFALO, N. Y., Oct. 20.-That the
cultivation of vacant lots in cities has 1
gone a long way toward the solution
of the problem of caring for the city's 2
poor was the opinion of many of the
delegates to the Vacant Lot and School t
Gardening congress, which opened
here today.
LAFOLLETTE AT MISSOULA..
M ISSOULA, Mont.. Oct. 18.-Sena
tor Lafollette of Wisconsin, opened
the Western Montana Apple show at
this place tonight with an address. He
was warmly greeted, his theme being
agricultural development and good
citizenship.
Judge Landis Fixes
Fine at one Penny
Had Opinion Been Delivered Person.
- ally There Would Have Been
no Charge.
i FREEPORT, Ill., Oct. 19.-For us
2 ing the United States mails ,to send
a threatening letter to his brother,
' Anton, who is alleged to have accus
ed members of his family, John Bow
- er of Rockford, was fined one cent by
0 K. M. Landis of the United States dis
e trict court in session here yesterday.
g Bower explained that he was igno
- rant of the postal laws covering the
i case, and told Judge Landis the story
5 of how the recipient of the letter had
e abused members of the Bowers fam
ily. Judge Landis evidently sympa
r thized with the accused and fined him
the minimum amount allowed by law.
d He told Bower what he said to the
I. brother-in-law in the letter would
e i have been all right if he had gone to
E- the relative and said it to his face.
Y PENSION ROLL DECIREASES.o
t , WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.-Deaths in
I vading the fast thinning ranks of war
9g veterans caused 48.312 names to be
e dropped front the pension rolls of the
0 United States last year. Of this num
ber 32,381 were survivors of the civil
war. The total loss to the pension
- roll from all causes was 51,581.
d The Hearst political toboggan
I- is sliding down hill Republican
ward.
REPUBLICANS
WITH HEARST
Refuses to Speak Unless They Join
Hint Publicly on a Plat
form.
T THREATENWITHDRAWAL
Odds of Three to One Offered that the
Republican Candidate Will Be the
Last in the Race.-Hurried Talks
by Gaynor and Bannard.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20.-William Ran
dolph Hearst, nominee for mayor,
e has won a strike which he declared
I against the Republican-fusion ticket,
r according to a story current here.
t Until last Saturday, none of the nom
inees on the Republican-fusion ticket
y had appeared with Mr. Hearst on his
a speechmaking tours. As all of the
a nominees, with the exception of that
d for mayor, are also on Hearst tickets,
Mr. Hearst believed that they should
speak with him during his energetic
s campaign.
Hearst was scheduled for a speech
Saturday night, and three hours be
fore the meeting was to be called he
is said to have served notice upon
s Republican-fusion managers that un
less the nominees for comptroller and
borough presidents appeared with him I
r on the same platform he would retire
s from the race for mayor and leave the
Republican-fusion ticket to fight Tam
3, many alone.
d This declaration is said to have
d thrown the Republican camp into con
'e fusion which lasted for two hours, or
h until fusion nominees assured Mr.
h Hearst that they would appear with
ri him.
I- Mr. Hearst then called his short
e and successful strike off, and since
then the fusion nominees have been
o working with him.
Gaynor Visits Tammany.
is "And so this is Tammany hall? It
ie is the first 'time that I ever have been
here. But if this ds Tammany hall,
is where is the tiger?"
These were the first words spoken
s last night by William J. Gaynor, Dem
ocratic nominee for mayor, as he
gazed out over a great audience in
is the old structure on Fourteenth street,
ie known as ,the Wigwam, the headquar
ters of the most remarkable political
organization in 'the world. He was
greeted with cheers.
n It was a typical Tammany ovation
fe and a typical Tammany ratification
meeting. The hall was packed. Al
a though Judge Gaynor had delivered
addresses since his nomination, it
was not until last night that the
Democratic ticket in Manhattan was
"officially ratified."
Otto T. Bannard, maintaining his
e whirlwind pace, but adhering closely
to business issues and avoiding per
sonalities, made four speeches in Har
ve lem last night, but the interest was
centered in the Tammany gathering.
Will Swallow Tiger.
Judge Gaynor went over the ground
that he has covered heretofore
-A thrusts at William R. Hearst, his in
Es- dependent rival, and criticism of Ban
es nard. He also touched on "personal
24 liberty," traction problems, subways
ds and other issues of interest to the
as city. He replied that if there was to
- be any swallowing between him and
ay the tiger he would be found on the
on outside. Referring to the office of
rn mayor, he classed it second in impor
*n- tance only to the presidency of the
dy United States, and said that no office
on offered greater opportunity for exert
as ing power for good or evil.
He sought 'to refute the charge that.
he was strictly a Tammany candi
date.
he While Gaynor was speaking, four
as big out of door meetings were con
on ducted from as many platforms to
' accommodate the great throng that
he could not get into Tammany. Four
0ol teenth street, between Third avenue
ed and Irving place, to the west, was
jammed and the police had difficulty
9n kzpnine order.
Odds Against Bannard.
The splutter of fireworks, red fire
and torches 'added to the confusion,
but no one was seriously injured.
Hearst rested last night. Gaynor
is still the favorite in the betting. At
the Hoffman house today, where many
of the election wagers are posted, it
,vas said that no prevailing odds have
leveloped. There are wagered, how
eer. $2,000 to $1,500, or 4 to 3. that
iannard would be last, and $2,000 bet
against $1.000 on Gaynor against the
field.
BURNED TO DEATH.
WICHITA, Kas., Oct. 18.-Four men
and thirty horses were burned to
death in a feed yard here today. The
men were asleep in the hay mow, and
perished there. The fire was of in
cendiary origin.
-- ---
Seattle Man Said
To Be on Slate
+ SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 20.- +
+ It is stated on high authority +
+4 that Thomas Burke, a wealthy +
+ lawyer of this city, has been 4
+ asked if he would accept the +
+ post of minister to China if it 4
+ was tendered him. Mr. Burke +
+ refuses to discuss the matter, 4
+ saying only that he has had no 4
+ direct communication from the +
4, state department. +
+ -- +
+ WASHINGTON. Oct. 20.-De- +
+ spite rumors, no one has yet 4
4. been selected for the post of 4
+ minister to China to succeed +
+ Charles Crane, whose resigna- +
+ tion was recently accepted by +
+ the president. All reports in +
4. regard to the post were char- +
+ actered today by Assistant Sec- +
+4 retary of State Wilson as mere +
+ speculation. +
4.4.4. 4.,4 4. 4. .4.4, 4, 4. 4,
Brilliant Array of Speakers Announced
For the Fourth Dry Farming Congress
Distinguished Men from Many Nations on Official Program for Inter
national Convention at Billings, Montana.
The official program for the Fourth Dry Farming congress and the International Dry Farming exposition
was issued today from the office of the secretary. The exposition opens Monday afternoon with interesting
ceremonies in which a number of men of international note, including Chairman James J. Hill of the Great
Northern, Senator Dixon of Montana, Governor Norris and others will participate. The congress will open on
Tuesday morning. The proceedings will continue five days. The program follows:
Monday, October 25th, 2:30 P. M.
Exposition will formally open; the
program being carried out from the
steps of the Exposition Hall, main en
trance.
Music-"America" Second Regi
ment Band, C. Guy Tingle, director.
Invocation, Rev. Edward Smith,
Billings, Montana.
I Address, Hon. Edwin L. Norris, Gov-I
ernor, Montana.
Music-"Stars and Stripes Forever"
(Sousa), Second Regiment Band.
Address, W. J. Rutherford, Deputy
Commissioner of Agriculture, Regina,
Saskatchewan, Canada.
Address, Hon. Joseph M. Dixon,
United Slates Senator. Missoula, Mon
Address, H. L. Moody, Spokane,
Washi.tglon.
Address, Hon. James J. Hill, Chair
man Board of Directors, Great Nor
thern Railway, St. Paul, Minn.
Music--"El Capitan," Second Regi
ment Babld.
Master of Ceremonies, Hon. P. B.
Moss, C*airman Board of Control for
the Fourlh Dry Farming Congress.
The Eposition will be open from
8 o'clock A. M. to 10 o'clock P. M.
daily, closing at 5 o'clock, Friday, Oct
ober 29th. Band concerts, unless
otherwise announced, Exposition Hall
or Machinery Park, 11 to 12 o'clock
A M.-i to 4 o'clock P. M...8 to 9
o'clock daily.
FIRST SESSION.
I Tuesday, October 26th, 10:00 A. M.
(In the Babcock Theatre.)
Convention called to order by MHon.
t Frank C. Bowman, Idaho Falls, Idaho,
Chairman I nternational Executive
Committee.
Music-"'America," sung by a chor
i us of 100 students of the Billings Pub
- lic schools, under direction of Miss
Hildegard Palmstrom, Director of
Music. Accompanied by Second Regi
ment Band, C. Guy Tingle, Director.
Invocation, Rev. Frank Maples, Bill
1 ings, Montana.
a Address of Welcome, P. B. Moss,
Chairman, Montana Board of Control.
a Address of Welcome, Hon. H. J.
a Thompson, Mayor of Billings.
SMusic-"Star Spangled Banner,"
d sung by chorus, accompaniment, Sec
t ond Regiment Band.
e Address of Welcome, W. A. Selvidge,
s President, Billings Chamber of Com
merce.
s Address of the President, Hon. Ed
y win L. Norris, Governor, Montana.
Resppnse, Dr. John A. Widtsoe,
Vice-President, Dry Farming Con
s gress, President Agricultural College
of Utah, Logan, Utah.
Response, from the nations, Dr.
d Laurence Baeta-Neves, Brazilian Vice
President and Secretary, Minas Ger
aes, Brazil.
Address, "Development of the
i West," Hon. James J. Hill, Chairman
of the Board of Directors, Great Nor
thern Railway, St. Paul, Minn.
S Adjournment.
d SECOND SESSION.
e Tue:iday, October 26th, 2:15 P. M.
If Music-March, "The Invincible
Eagle," Sousa; Overture, "Hungarian
.e Fantasia," Tobani; March, "The Stars
e and Stripes Forever," Sousa; Second
t- Regiment Band, C. Guy Tingle, Di
rector,
Lt Report of Executive Committee,
i- Frank C. Bowman, Chairman.
Address, "Building a Nation," Hon.
ir i. E. McCutcheon, Idaho Falls.
1- Address, "Dry Farming Progress in
o North Dakota." J. H. Shepperd, Dean
it and Vice-Director, Agricultural Col
r- lege, North Dakota.
te Address, "Some Relations of Climate
is to Crcps in the Dry Farming Districts
:y of New Mexico," Prof. J. D. Tinsley,
Director, Agricultural College, New
Mexico.
Address, "Dry Farming, Good Farm
ing," A. E. Chamberlain, Superin
tendent of Farmers Institutes, South
SDakota.
Address, "Some Things We Do Not
i, Know About Dry Farming," Prof. B.
it C. Buffum, Worland, Wyoming.
Address, Dr. W. J. Kerr, President
Oregan Agricultural College, Corval
at lis, Oregon.
THIRD SESSION.
et Tuesday, October 26th, 7:45 P. M.
te Music-March, "On Jersey Shore,'
Pryor; Morceau, "Love in Idleness,'
Macbeth; Selection, "Chimes in Nor
mandy," Planquette; March, "The
SFairest of the Fair," Sousa; Second
te Regiment Band, C. Guy Tingle, Di
rector.
Announcement of Committees.
a- Address, "Conservation," Hon
Thomas H. Carter, United States Sen
ator. Helena. Montana.
Address, "Rainfall and Evaporatior
in Dry Farming Sections of the Unite(
States," 1)r. L..1. Briggs, United State:
e Physical Laboratory, Department o
Agriculture.
i Address. "Dl)ry Farming Methods ir
SUI'tah," Prof. Lewis A. Merrill, Direct
Sor of College Extension Department
4 Agricultural College of 'tah. Sal
. Lake City, Utah.
. Address, "Forage Plants for Dr!
. Lands." C. V. Piper, Bureau Plant In
. dustry, Washington, D. C.
4. Address, "Progress of Dry Farmini
Sin thile Inland Empire," H. L. Moody
4. Spokane. Washington.
4I Address, Hen. Gee. A. Day, Statr
SLand Commiss:oner for Idaho.
SAddress. "Results of Dry Land Ex
4'periments. BIroadview Demonstratioi
4 Farm," I)r. W. X. Sudduth, Broadview
.Montana.
4. FOURTH SESSION.
4 Wednesday, October 27th, 9:15 A. M
41 Music - March, "Masterstroke.
, Chambers; Overture, "Morning, Nool
4 and Night," Suppe; March, "In Roya
4. Favor," Potter; Second Regimen
4 Band, C. Guy Tingle. Dierctor.
R eport of Committee on Nonlina
4 tions.
wi l continue nve clays. The program
Address, "The Great Northwest,"
Thomas Cooper, Assistant to Presi
dent, Northern Pacific Railway, St.
Paul, Minn.
Address, Thomas H. Woolford, Card
ston, Alberta, Canada.
Address, "Essentials of Success in
Dry Land Farming," Prof, W. M.
Jardine, Assistant Cerealist in Charge
of Dry Land Grains, United States!
Department of Agriculture.
Address, "Dry Farming on the
Laramie Plains of Wyoming," Prof.
J. C. Fitterer, University of Wyoming,
Laramie, Wyoming.
Address, "A Forward Movement in
Western Agriculture," Prof. Walter H.
Olin, Vice-President Dry Farming
Congress, Denver, Colorado.
Address, "Latin America, a Vast Op
portunity for Dry Land Farming,"
- Hon. John Barrett, the Director of the
International Bureau of the American
Republics, Washington. D. C.
FIFTH SESSION.
Wednesday, October 27th, 2:15 P. M.
Music-March, "Call of the Wild,"
Losey; Morceau, "Simple Aveau,"
Thome; Selection, "Norma," Bellini;
March, "Bombosto," Farrar. Second
Regiment Band, C. Guy Tignle, Direc
tor.
Address-"The Future of the West
Under Scientific Tillage," Prof. H. W.
Campbell, Scientific Farmer, Lincoln,
Neb.
Address - "Dry Raising of Fruit
and Alfalfa," E. R. Parsons, Parker,
Colo.
Address-"Financial Outlook of Dry
Farming Development," C. R. Worrall,
Clovis, New Mexico.
Address-"Some Obeservations Con
cerning Local Conditions Relative to
Dry Farming in Southern Alberta,"
Prof. W. H. Fairfield, Superintendent
s Experimental Farm, Lethbridge, Al
f berta, Canada.
L- Address--"Quality of Dry Land
Crops," Mark A. Carleton, United
- States Cerealist, Washington, D. C.
Address-"Dry Farming Results in
Wyoming, 1909," Dr. V. T. Cooke,
1. State Director of Dry Farming Experi
* ments, Wyoming, Cheyenne, Wyo.
SIXTH SESSION.
Wednesday, October 27th, 7:45 P: M.
Music - March, "The Diplomat,'
Sousa; Overture, "Poet and Peasant,"
Suppe; March, "Captain Cupid,'
Pryor. Second Regiment Band, C
Guy Tingle, Director.
Representatives of Foreign Nations
Address-"Drouth Resistant Wild
Wheats of Palestine," Dr. A. Aaron'
sohn, Agronomist and Agricultura
Explorer, Haifa, Palestine.
Address-Hoen. W. R. Motherwell
Commissioner Agriculture, Regina
Saskatchewan, Canada.
Address-Dr. Alberto, Alibaud, Chili
Address - Mr. Romulo, Escobar
Agronomist, Mexican Vice Presideni
and Secretary, Dry Farming Congress
Address-"What Intensive Farmin
Has Done for Germany," Herr N
Kaumanns, Imperial Agricultural At
tache, United States, official delegati
representing the Department of Agri
ie culture of Germany and Prussia.
n Address-George N. Blackshaw, B
r5 Sc. Department of Agriculture, Salis
Id bury, Rhodesia, South Africa.
I- Address-E. J. Macmillan. Depart
nient of Agriculture, Bloemfontein
e, Orange River Colony, South Africa
Address-Dr. Ladislaus Goger, Sec
n. tion Director the Royal Hungarlai
Government.
in Address-Joseph A. Rosen, Vica
Ln President and Secretary, Dry Farm
1- ing Congress, Chief of American Ag
ricultural Bureau of the Governmen
te tal Zemstvo of Ekaterinoslav. Russia
ts Address - Laurence Baeta-Nevea
Y. Vice President and Secretary, Dr'
W Farming Congress, Minas Ger'ea
Brazil.
n- Address-By the Delegate Repre
1- senting the Ministry of Agriculture
th of Bolivia.
SEVENTH SESSION.
B. Thursday, October 28th, 9:15 A. M
Music - March, "The Marathon,
t. Phillips: Overture, "Hungarian Comn
I- edy," Kelar-Bela; March, "The Mag
niflicent," Keith. Second Regimen
Band, C. Guy Tingle, Director.
Address-"Dry Farming Legumes,
" Prof. Thomas Shaw, University o
. Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn.
Address - "Dry Farming Roe
he Crops." Hans Mendelssohn, Scientis
ad American Beet Sugar Company, Bill
)i- ings, Mont.
Address-"The Breeding of ,Hard
and Drouth Resistant Alfalfas," W. A
n Wheeler, Mitchell, South Dakota.
n Address- "Commercial and Socid
Effect of Dry Farming Developmer
on in Kansas," I. D. Graham, Edite
ed Kansas Farmer, Topeka, Kansas.
es Address--"Some Dry Farming Cr
of Production Essentials," Alfred Atkir
son, Agronomist, Agricultural College
in Bozeman, Mont.
:t- Address--"Oaonquering ithe Nevad
t D)esert." Prof. E. S. Knight, Univei
slt sity of Nevada, Reno, Nev.
Address-"Federal Legislation A
ry fecting Dry Farming," Hen. Frank P
n Mondell, United States Congressmai
Newcastle. Wyoming.
ng EIGHTH SESSION.
ly, Thursday, October 28th, 2:15 P. A
Music - "March, "Flowtows Tr
nte umph," Jewell; Valse Bleue, Margis
Selection, "The Bohemian Girl
:x- Balfe; March, "Golden Dome," Taylo
on Address-"Utilization of Dry Farn
w, lng and Irrigation Methods in Moil
lure Conservation," Hon. F. H. Newel
Director United States Reclamntie
M. Service, Washington, D. C.
e." Address-"Siberian Drouth Resis
on ant Forage Grasses," Prof. Niels Iia
lal sen, Agricultural College of South D;
nt kota, Brookings, S. D.
Address--"Development of Powe
a- in Great Plains Farming," W. I
Wooden, Battle Creek, Mich.
Address-"Some Recent Results of
Dry Farming Investigations in Wash
ington," R. W. Thatcher, Director Ex
periment Station, Pullman, Wash.
Address-"Dry Farm Management,"
Prof. B. Youngblood, Special Agent in
Charge Farm Management Investiga
tions in Oklahoma and Texas.
Address-"Developments in 1909 in
Sub-Station Work," W. P. Snyder, Su
perintendent Sub-Station, North
Platte. Neb.
NINTH SESSION.
Thursday, October 28th, 7:45 P. M.
Music-March, "Imperator General,"
Losey; Overture, "Light Cavalry,"
Suppe; March, "The Toastmaster,"
Orth; Second Regiment Band, C. Guy
Tingle, Director.
Address, "Practical Results from
IDry Farming," Hon. Paris Gibson,
Former United States Senator, Great
Falls, Montana.
Address, "Dry Farming Develop
ment of the West-A Newspaper-man's
View," George J. Scharschug, Chicago
Record-Herald, Chicago, Illinois.
Address, "Effect of Dry Farming
Development on Legitimate Immigra
tion," H. B. Hening, Secretary Board
of Immigration, Albuquerque, New
Mexico.
Address, "What May Be Accom
plished Through Experiment Farms in
the West," Prof. Ed. H. Webster, Dean
of Agriculture, and Director of Ex
periment Station, Manhattan, Kansas.
Address, Hon. W. R. Motherwell,
Commissioner of Agriculture, Regina,
Saskatchewan, Canada.
Address, "Development of the
Southwest Under the Dry Land Move
ment," F. S. White, Commisioner of
Agriculture, Rock Island-Frisco Rail
road Lines, St. Louis, Missouri.
TENTH SESSION.
Friday, October 29th, 9:30 A. M.
Music - March, "Caesars Trium
I phal," Mitchell; Overture, "Light
I Cavalry," Suppe; March,( "Floral
Fete," Sticht; Second Regiment Band,
i C. Guy Tingle, Director.
I Address, "Importance of Dry Farm
ing to Alberta," George Harcourt,
Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Al
berta, Canada.
Report of Field Commissioner of
.,the Dry Farming Congress, Prof, E.
S'J. Iddings, Agricultural College of
Colorado, Fort collins, Colorado.
Address, "A Valuable Dry Farming
Implement," J. C. Hogenson, Agrono
mist, Agricultural College of Utah,
d Logan, Utah.
Address, "Comparison of American
and Hungarian Methods of Dry Farm
" i," Johann Safary, Special delegate,
Representing the National Agricultur
' al Society of Hungary.
Address, "How Dry Farming Affects
Central Alberta," D. W1 Warner, Ed
• monton, Alberta, Canada.
Address, "The Importance of Cer
tain Critical Periods in Dry Land
L'Crop Production," Prof. F. D. Farrell,
g Superintendent Experimental Station,
• Nephi, Utah.
I Address, "State Demonstration
e Farms," W. R. Porter, Superintendent
State Demonstration Farms, North Da
Skota.
Report of the Secretary.
Report of the Statistician.
Report of the Judges for the Inter
national Dry Farming Exposition.
Twelve o'clock Adjournment Sine
Die.
Institute Session.
The Program Committee I of the
e Fourth Dry Farming Congress, desir
1 ing to make this Congress practical
and beneficial to the farmers who will
. assemble here, announce that there
will be Four Special Sessions in the
Orpheum Theater Building (Head
quarters of the Congress), devoted
entirely to practical and technical
work. These institute sessions will
lbe under the personal charge of Prof.
e F. S. Cooley, Superintendent of Farm
ers' Institutes for Montana.
The Session Chairmen will be, Prof
J. D. Towar, Director of Experiments
* University of Wyoming, Laramie
"iWyo.; Mr. Fred Whiteside, Practical
I- Farmer and Hdrticulturist, Kalispell
- Mont.; Mr. I. D. O'Donnell, practical
It farmer, Billings, Mont.; Mr. A. E
Chamberlain, Superintendent Farmers
Insti'ute for South Dakota.
f Hours of Session.
-t Wednesday, October 27th, 9:30 a. m
it, to 12 noon; 2 p. m. to 4:30 p. m.
1- Thursday, October 28th, 9:30 a. m
to 12 noon; 2 p. m. to 4:30 p. m.
ly Among the speakers will be:
A. .1. Amos Farrell, Great Falls, "Ap!
plication of Dry Land Farming Prin
al ciples to Forest Culture."
t John S. Cole of Department of Agri
culture, "Field Investigations."
Prof. F. B. Linfield, Director Experi
ment Station, Bozeman, Mont., "Pros
Spects for Dry Farming in Montana."
Dr. Robert Stewart, of Agricultura
e, College of Utah, Logan, Utah. "Chem
la ical Composition of Crops Grown b:
r- Dry Farming Methods."
Prof. L. B. McWethy, Agronomist
University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wya
F. F. Irvine, practical farmer, Card
well, Mont., "Experiences on Montana
Bench Lands."
E. J. Iddings, Agricultural `Colleg
of Colorado, Fort Collins, Colo.
SW. W. Burr, Assistant in Soils and
ri- Crops, North Platte Sub-Station, "Th
s; Storing of Moisture in the Soils."
I," T. F. Coombs, practical farmer
>r. Fielding, Utah.
n- Prof. H. W. Campbell, Lincoln, Net
Is- J. W., Paxman, practical farmer
I, Nephi, Utah.
on C. S. Oliver, Klamath Falls, Ore.
I Additional addresses will be givei
st- by representatives of the Federal an
n- State Agricultural Departments .
'a- Exact program will be announce
a few hours preceding each sessioi
er of the Institute.
R. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. Fri
'day at 1:30 p. m. and continuin,
ANOTHER ROAD
IS PROPOSED
Carbon and Yellowstone County Bus
iness Men Incorporate to
Build Electric Line.
HAVE BOSTON BACKING
Said That Syndicate of Massachu
setts Men Who Own Many Other
Electric Lines Are Financially In
terested in New Project.
Following close upon the announce
ment of the Yellowstone Valley raid
road, the line backed by business men
of this city and .the survey for which
has been made and approved, that
eastern men have agreed to take the
bond issue and that the building of
the first line from this city to Lau
rel is already assured, comes the an
nouncement of the plans of a secoIid
company to build another line ibe
tween Billings and Laurel and on up
1 the Clarke Fork and Rock Creek, and
to operate a street railway line in this
city.
Articles of incorporation of the
- Eastern Montana Electric Railway
a company were received yesterday and
filed with the county clerk. The in
strument states that the purpose for
which the company is organized is to
build and operate street and interur
i ban electric lines and to furnish pow
v er for the same. The legal existence
of the corporation Is placed at 40
years, Billings is designated as the
a principal place of business of the
a concern and the capital stock is plac
ed at $500,000, divided into 5,000
shares of $100 each.
I, The directors named for the first
1, three months are, with the exception
of one, all well known business men
e of Carbon and Yellowstone counties.
The board includes Daniel D. Gile of
f New York, W. R. Westbrook and L.
- A. Nutting of Laurel, John G. Clark
and F. M. Brooder of Fromberg, E.
H. Glidden of Bridger, W. A. Talnmage
and George E. Mushback of Red
Lodge, and George F. Bennighoff,
t Austin North, A. C. Logan, F. B. Rey
l nolds and George H. Kesselhuth of
this city.
It is said that the men named on
. the board of directors have no finan
t cial interest in the project whatever
1- and that at the end of three months
the directorate will be changed, Bos
tf ton capitalists who are said to be pro
viding the funds for the work, taking
)f charge. The present board, it is said,
is named merely as an advisory body
Lg to assist in selecting the routes and
_. to lend assurance of local good will
h, toward the building of the road.
until Saturday afternoon will begin a
series of demonstrations of plowing
r- by various kinds of traction. There
will be a number of contestants for
ts honors. Gas, steam and electric trac
. tion engines, and special implements
to demonstrate various methods of
r_ soil treatment will be utilized. In
id addition there will be a demonstratioi.
11 of horse gang, horse sulky and walk
n, ing plows and a contest between
horse and man power in plowing. The
)O demonstration will be within easy
nt walking distance of the center of the
a- city.
There will be music by the Second
Regiment band during these out-door
rlam- n -r"in R
ANNOUNCEMENT. Under the Con
stitution of the Dry Farming Con
gress, the Congress issues an official
and semi-monthly newspaper or Dry
Farming Congress Bulletin. This is
forwarded only to those holding mem
bership cards in the Congress. The
report of the Fourth Dry Farming
Congress will be issued as a hand
book of information. This report is
forwarded only to members of the
Congress. Registration for member
ship may be made at the headquarters
of the Congress, Orpheum Theater
building.
No delegate should fail to see that
the Secretary's office is furnished with
his proper postoffice address.
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JAPANESE DECLARE
IGNORANCE OF LAW
Admissions of Honolulu Triumvirate
Expected to Let Them off
with a Fine.
HONOLULU, Oct. 19.-Three editors
of Japanese newspapers who recently
were indicted by the grand jury on a
charge of sending objectionable mat
ter through the mails sent a joint
open letter today to United States lis
trict Attorney B. Breckons, promis
ing to exercise a strict censorship of
their columns in the future.
The editors pleaded ignorance of
the law and said that after studying
the statute and reading their publi
cations in the light of the law, they
were compelled to acknowledge rh~ir
error.
Because of this frank avowal and
evident intention to obey the law here
after, it is expected that they will be
punished by fines and that the im
prisonment clause in the statute will
not be invoked.
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+ AUTO KILLS TWO. 4
.4 4.
4, SAN DIEGO, Cal., Oct. 19.- +
4 Clarence E. Hunt a well known 4
4 automobile man, and Dr. Ed- 4
4 ward Grove of this city, met 4
I 4 death early today when the au- +.
4 tomobile in whidh they were +
1 4 riding turned turtle on a grade +
+ while they were speeding from 4
+ Ramona to San Diego. 4
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