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SAYS HAWLEY IS
WESTWARD BOUND
Ciannimg Sweet, Denver Capitalist,
Thinks New Road to Billings
Is Possible.
NEW RAILWAY MAGNATE
Report Current That Minneapolis and
St. Louis Will Go to Pacific Coast,
Hitting the Yellowstone Valley Near
Custer.
According to Channing Sweet,
owner of the Sweet block in this city
and known to Billings business men as
a very conservative and reliable gen
tleman, Edwin Hawley. who is one of
the really big railroad magnates of the
country and who, since the death of
Harriman is branching his lines out in
several directions, is headed westward
with the Pacific coast as his objective
point, and is so building his lines that
the tapping of this city by the main
line is a very feasible and probable
condition.
W. B. George of this city was yes
terday in receipt of a letter from Mr.
Sweet, who, although he makes his
home in Denver, always has the wel
fare of Billings at heart. Mr. Sweet
in a very decided manner talks of the
extension of the Hawley lines, the fol
lowing being extracts from his letter:
"Billings should make every prepa
ration to secure this line. Don't let
the grass grow under your feet. Haw
ley is going to extend his lines west,
Billings lays in their direct route, and
some immediate action in the way of
getting a committee to interview Mr.
Hawley should be taken at once.
"As you probably know, the west
ern terminal of the Minneapolis & St.
Louis, one of the Hawley lines, is at
present at Le Beau, a small town on
the Missouri, about fifty miles south
of the point where the Milwaukee
crosses the same stream. To the west
yast tracts of Indian lands are being
opened up and the road, as well as
several other roads, is laying its plans
to enter this territory.
'The Minneapolis & St. Louis will
build some distance up Mureau or Owl
river, and will enter the state of Mon
tana at a point seventy-five miles
north of the southeast corner of the
state and midway betwen the lines of
the Milwaukee and the Burlington.
"It is reasonable to believe that the
line will not rest out in the Sioux
reservation west of the ,Moreau, but
push on out to the coast. It occurs
to me to call your attention to this
situation. Get it before your people,
get it into the papers, get your busi
ness men interested .and don't wait
until some other program has been
adopted, but anticipate their coming,
by soliciting them to come your way
and fill them with knowledge of the
advantages of a route via Billings.
With best wishes, truly yours,
"CHANNING SWEET."
Mr. Sweet is a close friend of Mr.
Trumbull, president of the Colorado &
Southern, before Mr. Hawley sold that
line to the Hill interests. He has seen
the way in which the Colorado road
was built up and made the finest in
the state under the direction of Mr.
Hawley, and he states that the new
railroad magnate has the means to
push his South Dakota line onward
to Billings and the coast if he so de
sires.
He also states that Mr. Trumbull is
thoroughly acquainted with the rail
road conditions as they exist in Bill
ings and that the idea of extending
the Hawley line into eastern Mon
tana is by no means a new one to
that magnate.
Mr. Sweet says that if the line is
built westward it will probably strike
the Yellowstone midway between Cus
ter and Huntley, in this county, and
that its natural course leads into Bill
ings. He also discusses the possi
bilities of the line turning south into
the Black Hills country and crossing
Wyoming, and for this reason urges
immediate action on ithe part of the
people of this city.
Next to the Harriman and Hill sys
tems the Hawley system is the largest
in this country. It embraces the Min
neapolis & St. Louis, the Iowa Central,
the Toledo, St. Louis & Western; the
Chicago & Alton, the Cincinnati. Ham
ilton & Dayton, and the Chesapeake &
Ohio. That the extension of such a
system into this city and in compe
tition to the Hill system woull. he of
inestimable value to the city is recog
nized by all, and the matter will re
ceive the immediate consideration of
the Chamber of Commerce.
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CONTINUED ACTIVITY.
As a further evidence of continued
activity in Billings real estate sales
the North Real Estate Investment com
pany yesterday sold seventeen build
ing lots in different parts of the city,
most of which were transferred to
Eastern investors. One of the heaviest
purchasers was a representative of J.
C. Stevens of Illinois. who, after vis
iting nearly every state in the West,
returned to Billings imbued with the
Idea that no other city offers such
alltring opportunities for the invest
ment of capital. Mr. Stevens' repre
sentative declared that nowhere in the
Northwest did he find an investment
site where the possibilities for a rapid
rise in values is as great as in Bill
ings.
M'DOWELL-.PATTERSON.
E. P. McDowell, senior member of
the firm of McDowell Bros., rather
slipped one over on his unsuspecting
friends when he returned to this city
Wednesday accompanied by his bride
of a few days. Mr. and Mrs. McDow
ell, the latter of whom was formerly
Miss Freda Patterson, were married
last week in Blue Rapids, Kan., the
home of the bride. They will make
theirhome in this city.
REFINED OIL REDUCED.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-The Standard
Oil company today announced a re
duction of 10 points in the price of
refined oil.
CONTAGION HAS
DISAPPEARED
Secretary Wilson Notifies Treasury of
Freedom of Diseases of
Cattle.
QUARANTINE REMOVED
Cattle and Hides May Now Be Im.
ported from Great Britain, Channel
Islands and All Portions of North
American, Including Mexico.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-Secretary
Wilson today notified the treasury de
partment that Great Britain, the
channel islands and North Ameri
ca, including Mexico, are so far free
from contagious or infectious diseases
of animals that cattle therefrom may
be imported without danger to live
stock in the United States, and that
hides or neat cattle may be import
ed from all parts of the world, under
proper regulations.
The department accordingly has
suspended the prohibition in the new
tariff law against neat cattle and their
hides, providing, however, for the nec
essary sanitary regulations of the
secretary of agriculture as to cattle
and the treasury department as to the
hides. Certificates of disinfection,
signed by the American consul for
the district from which such hides
are shipped ,will be required upon the
entry of all hides or neat cattle, ex
cept hard sun dried and arsenic cured
hides from the countries of Europe,
Africa, Asia and South American. The
regulations provide the methods of
disinfection by sulphur dioxide or
with .a 5 per cent solution of carbolic
acid, except when anthrax is preva
lent.
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WOULD BECOME CITIZEN.
Samuel Mickel Peterson Gard, a
resident of this city, yesterday filed
his declaration of intention to become
an American citizen with the clerk of
the district court. Mr. Gard is a native
of Norway.
NEAR PINNACLE OF
MASONIC MOUNTAIN
Three Hundred 82nd Degree Holders
Nominated for Knights Comman.
der.-Four Montanans.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-At the
.fourth days' session of the supreme
council of the Scottish Rite Masons
for the southern jurisdiction, which
convened today in executive session,
nominations for Knights Commander
of the court of honor were consid
ered.
About 300 thirty-second degree Ma
sons were advanced to this honorary
degree, a stepping stone to the high
est degree in Scottish Rite Masonry,
that of the thirty-third degree. Among
those elevated were:
Idaho and Wyoming-Rock Springs,
Wyo., J. W. May; Laramie, F. A. Hol
liday; Cheyenne, C. T. Johnson: Lew
iton, Idaho, O. Kjoa; Boise. J. W.
Robinson.
Montana-Butte, A. Van 'Corry, A.
Gray and G. W. Mikels; Livingston, E.
H. Payne.
There are 11 vacancies in the su
preme council and it is expected that
at least two active members, and pos
sibly three, may he elected.
A resolution was adopted providing
for memorial services in commemora
tion of the one hundredth anniversary
of the birth of Albert Pille, the Scot
tish Rite "patron saint," on Decem
ber 29, next. On that day celebra
tions will be held in fraternities in
all parts of the world.
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WRITER OF CHECK
SENTENCED A YEAR
Richard Lee, Convicted of Passing
Check, Will Go to the
Penitentiary.
The verdict in the case of the State
vs. Richard Lee, charged with writ
ing and passing fictitious checks, was
read in court yesterday morning, the
jury having arrived at a decision after
a half hour's deliberation over the case
Wednesday afternoon. The defendant
was found guilty and was sentenced
to a year in the state penitentiary at
Deer Lodge, where he will be taken
in a few days, together with a number
of others who have been convicted of
various crimes at this session of the
district court.
The time of the court yesterday was
taken up with the case of the State vs.
Daniel Foley. charged with a crime
against nature. A sealed verdict was
returned to the court after about four
hours' deliberation on the case and
will be read in court this morning.
W. LEE MAINS AS PRESIDENT.
W. Lee Mains, for some time con
nected with the First National bank of:
this city and later holder of the con
trolling interest in the State bank of
Columbus, has been selected by the
board of directors of the Citizens' Na
tional bank of Laurel as president of
that institution. Mr. Mains is well
known to the business men of Billings
and his new association with the fi
nancial institution of the new railroad
town will be pleasing news to his
many friends in Billings.
Among other improvements which
the Citizens' National is planning is
a new and modern building in Laurel,
which will be used as the banking
home of the institution. Mr. Mains[
succeeds L. E. Nutting as head of the
institution, Mr. Nutting having other
business interests which take up the
greater part of his time and which
make his continuance as head- of the.
institution an impossibility.
DRY LAND FARMERS
WILL RIDE IN AUT(
Wealthy Men of Warsaw, Ind., Come
to Settle on Dry Lands Near
This City.
The skeptics who claim that none
but those who cannot afford to settle
on any other kind of land are making
their 'homes in the semi-arid portionm
of Yellowstone county might change
their views a little if they were to see
the quantity of household goods anm
farming implements brought to thi:
city yesterday by Harry Smith of War
saw, Ind., and another family, which
with Mr. Smith, will make its home or
quarter sections of government lan(
a few miles to the northwest of thi:
city.
The Smiths of Warsaw needed tw,
cars to transport all their goods t,
Billings, and by no means the leasi
conspicuous of the articles which they
brought with them is a seven-passen
ger touring car of the latest design
Mr. Smith, who is settling on the dr3
land in the hope that life in the opec
Montana air may tend to improve hi:
health, believes that one might just as
well live comfortably on a dry land
farm as in the city, and he has ac
cordingly brought all his household
furniture with him and is preparing tt
enjoy life to the utmost.
Mr. Smith and his father will later
be joined by another brother and all
three will make their homes on claime
which they recently took up aboul
twelve miles from Billings. They are
among those who intend to drill witl
oil machinery for artesian water.
SPOKANE CHAMBER IS
DEEPLY INTERESTED
Secretary of Association Says His
City Will Be Largely Rep.
resented at Congress.
(Special to The Gasette.,
SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 21.-Trus
tees of the Spokane chamber of com
merce have decided upon a magnifl.
cent silver trophy cup to be awarded
by this association for the best five
box exhibit of winter apples grown
in a non-irrigated orchard, open to
all, shown at the exposition in con
nection with the fourth Dry Farming
congress at Billings, Mont., October
26 to 28. Levi Grant Monroe, secre
tary of the association, is the head of
the committee appointed to arrange
for the cup, which will be suitably
engraved.
"We believe that the cup will be
valued by the winner of the contest
for which it is designed, not because
of its intrinsic value, 'but from the
source it comes." said Mr. Monroe.
"We are deeply interested in the suc
cess of the gathering at Billings and
believe that the discussions and in
terchange of ideas 'will be of benefit
and importance not alone to the grow
ers but to the country at large."
Mr. Monroe said also that the city
and county of Spokane and the state
of Washington will be represented by
a large delegation, which will leave
nothing undone to secure the fifth
cnnrress for Sookane in 1910.
NEITHER INJUNCTION
WILL BE CONTESTED
('ity Attorney Johnston Will File a
Demurrer and Will Take no
Further Action.
According to City Attorney John
ston the city of Billings will make no
further fight against the two injunc
tion suits brought against it to re
strain the collection of taxes for work
in two improvements districts of the
west side, other than to file demurers.
which the court in all probability will
overrule.
Mr. Johnston says that the city had
no right to try to collect the taxes in
either case and that the granting of
the injunctions will be but just to the
property holders who brought the ac
tions. In the case of the taxes for
umprovement district No. 19, the dis
trict created for the paving of Di
vision street and a part of Yellow
stone avenue, the contracting com
plny changed the material specified
without consulting or otltaining the
prolper authority from the council to
do so. The holder of the warrants for
the work will probably bring action
against the Piper Construction com
pany as the result of this action.
It is admitted that the city might
have a slight chance to prevent the
action in regard to the collection of
taxes for the sewer work. Mr. John
ston said in the council meeting that
the trouble had been brought abLout
,through the negligence of some for
omer council to make proper transfer
of a portion of the fund for the spe
cial work to the general sewer fund
end that it was extremuely doubtful if
this error could be rectified by a legal
fight.
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PREPARING EXHIRITS.
The boosters of Carbon county have
obtained a lease on the vacant room in
the Iosekamp building, the former lo
cation of the postoffice on Montana:
andl are preparing to exhibit the prod
unts of the country in the room dur
ing the week of the Dry Farming con
grcss. Carbon county will have its
regular place in the exhibit hall,
where the grains and grasses of the
dry lands of the Clarke Fork coun
try will be displayed, but the addi
tional space has been procured in or
tier that apples aiid other products
raised on irrigated lands may be dis
p:layed during congress week. Quan
Itities of advertising descriptive of the
county will be distributed and there
will always be someone on hand at the
exhibit to answer questions and inter
est the visitors at the congress in the
rich valleys to the southwest of this
city.
NEWLANDS URGES
CO-OPERATION
(Continued from tSag One.)
"One-tenth for the Great Lakes.
"One-fifth for the main Mississippi
river, including a connecting canal
with the Great Lakes.
"One-tenth for the western tribu
taries of the Mississippi.
"One-twentieth for the headwaters
and source streams of the western
tributaries of the Mississippi river in
the arid and semi-arid regions.
"One-tenth for the Pacific coast
rivers.
"One-twentieth for the headwaters
and source streams of the Pacific
coast rivers in the arid and semi-arid
regions.
"Under this plan the arid and semi
arid regions would receive about $5.
000,000 annually from the waterway
fund for the storage and control of
its waters, above the amount now
available from the reclamation fund.
The states in the great basin, Utah
and Nevada, would not be the bene
ficiaries of the waterway fund, for
their streams are not the sources or
tributaries of navigable rivers, but
they would be enabled probably to get
a greater 'proportion of the reclama
tion fund than at present.
"These views were presented some
what at length in my speech as a ban
quet at Casper. Wyo.. on the occasion
of the recent visit of the senate com
mittee on irrigation to 'that locality.
I would be greatly obliged to you if
you would read it and then write me
your views and suggestions regara
ing it. If you think well of the mat
ter, we can early in the next session
bring together the senators and rep
resentatives from the arid and semi
arid region for conference, just as we
did in 1901, regarding the irrigation
question. We can there make a full
expression of views, appoint a sub
committee to -form and report to the
conference a plan of legislation and
we can thus not only ,greatly benefit
our own region but be a potential
factor in the patriotic work of organ
izing the water transportation of the
country.
"Hoping that I may hear from you
at an early date, I am very sincerely
yours. FRANCIS G. NEWLANDS."
BILLINGS MAN IS
GIVEN HIGH HONOR
Henry C. Kleineh Selected as Grand
Patriarch by Odd Fellows
of Montana.
BUTTE, Oct. 21.-The grand en
campment of the Odd Fellows of Mon
tana came to a close today, Helena
being chosen for the next annual
meeting. The following were the of
ficers elected:
Henry C. Kleinch, Billings, grand
patriarch.
A. P. Dorrance, Helena, grand high
priest.
J. A. Rhodes, Bozeman, grand se
nior warden.
R. H. Swain, Great Falls, grand ju
nior warden.
R. W. Kemp, Missoula, grand scribe.
Henry A. Meyer, Helena, grand
treasurer.
J. W. Johnson, Kalispell, grand
representatives.
The appointive officers were named
as follows:
A. M. Stefens, Missoula, grand mar
shal.
D. W. Dedrich, Billings, grand out
side sentinel.
C. H. Doenger, Thompson Falls,
grand outside sentinel.
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INFORMATIONS FILED.
An information was filed ,with the
district court yesterday against Lut
wig Settig, A. C. Morris and Wilbur
Huffman, charging them with injury
to the county jail. Settig is confined
in the state penitentiary while the
other two are still in the ,building
from which they tried to make their
escape a few days ago.
An information was also filed
against Harry McBride and Harry
Moore, charging them with burglary.
The crime is said to have been com
mited in Custer where, it is alleged,
the two men entered a room and took
some money from the pockets of the
occupant. A third man, said to be
implicated in the affair, made his es
cape.
BALLANTINE BRIEFS J
A called meeting of the Ladies' Aid a
was held this week at the home of
Mrs. A. E. Alcorn. It was strictly a a
work meeting and a busy afternoon a
waB spent. 1;
Frank Shively of Lodge Grass was a
in town M.onday on business. c
1Mrs. F. A. Deisem spent several c
days visiting friends in Billings. s
M1rs. MI. F. Trask visited in Billings y
last week.
A fine boy arrived at the home of
.Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sindelar last
Tuesday. I)r. Russel was the attend
ing physician.
Charles R. Stout has purchased a
lot in the Indian allotment. A. E. 1
V'anpelt. Richard Warren and Charles I
Kinmonth also purchased lots.
The Ladies' Aid society are plan- I
ning a Ilallowe'en party to be given ,
at the home of Mrs. C. H. Hebner on t
Friday evening. Oct. 29. All sorts of b
entertainments suitable for the even- a
ing are being planned. Everything is a
free and the( whole neighborhood is ii
invited and it is hoped all will come
and have a good time. $
FRISCO IS PLEASED.
MlADRID). Oct. 20.-A cable message
has been received here from Mayor u
Taylor of San Francisco, expressing
the pleasure which his city finds in s
entertaining the Marquis de Villalo- 1
bar, the Spanish minister to the Unit
ed States during its week of celebra- .1
tion.
PRESIDENT LED INTO GREAT BLUNDER
UPON THE SUBJECT OF PRINT PAPER
Herman Ridder in Open Letter, Declares That the Action of
Congress and Executive Has Precipitated Serious
Trade War With Dominion of Canada
C HICAGO, Oct. 19.-President Taft
was led into a serious blun
der in the closing days of
the recent session of congress
when he changed his atti
tude on the print paper schedule, ac
cording to an open "letter addressed
to the chief executive and signed by
Herman Ridder, of New York, presi
dent of the American Newspaper Pub
lishers association.
Mr. Ridder's letter was written some
time ago and was made public today
folowing its indorsement by the In
land Daily Press association.
Mr. Ridder's letter is as fqllows:
"To the president: The full text of
your address at Winona, Minn., on the
tariff bill, has just come to hand.
With the utmost respect, we submit
that your statement respecting the pa
per schedule shows that you could not
have consequently read or understood,
what the print paper schedule contain
ed as it passed the house of represen
BANK WILL HAVE A
TERRA COTTA FRONT
Yellowstone National Plans Beautifi-.
cation of Its Building on
Montana Avenue.
Plans for remodeling the front of
the Yellowstone National bank build
ing on Montana avenue are being pre
pared in the office of Link & Haire,
and it is expected that remodeling
can begin within a few weeks.
The plans call for an entirely new
front, which will be built of terra
cotta and which will add greatly to
the appearance of the building. The
terra cotta will be white glazed and
cream tinted. The new front will be
twenty-eight feet high and large
leaded glass windows will take the
place of the smaller ones in use.
The main entrance to the building
will be shifted to the right, and heavy
bronze doors of special design will be
installed. Four columns of pure white
will form the chief decorative feature,
the design being decidedly Grecian.
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WILL GET GARDEN
PATCH VERY CHEAP
Bridger Man Will Secure Two Acres
of Land at About $2.50
Per Acre.
An application for the purchase of
the smallest tract of land ever record
ed in the local land office was made
last week by Swan Carlson, who lives
on a ranch near Bridger. The land
is designated as lot 7, section 25,
township 7 south, range 22 east, and
contains but a fraction of over two
acres; it being what is known in the
parlance of the land office as an iso
lated tract.
The land in question borders on a
brook, and is at the very back door
of Mr. Carlson's home. The two acres
are suitable for a garden patch, and
Mr. Carlson will not have to pay
Uncle Sam much over $2.50 an acre
for it. And certainly any land in the
Clarke Fork country, it has been de
clared, and is worth $2.50 an acre.
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SI'IMONS.
In the District Court of the Thirteenth
Judicial District of the State of
Montana, in and for the County of
Yellowstone.
Billings Building and Loan Associa
tion. a corporation, Plaintiff,
VS.
.John W. Robinson, Edward Schwartz
and Barbara Schwartz. Defendants.
The State of Montana Sends Greeting
to the Above Named Defendants:
You are hereby summoned to an
swer the complaint in this action
which is filed in the office of the ulerk
of this court, and to file your answer
and serve a copy thereof upon the
plaintiff's attorney within twenty days
after the service of this summons, ex
clusive of the day of service; and in
case of your failure to appear or an
swer, judgment will be taken against
you by default, for the relief demanded
in the complaint.
The said action is brought to obtain
a decree of the above entitled court
for the foreclosure of that certain
mortgage described in the complaint
and executed by the said John W. Rob
inson, on the 26th day of January,
1906, to secure the payment of a cer
tain bond also made and delivered by
him to the plaintiff on the same day
for the sum of $7001.00 described in
the complaint herein, and which said
bond by the non-payment of principal
and interest has become due and pay
able; and for necessary expenditures
in and about said property described
in said mortgage and in the sum of
$22.55 with interest thereon for taxes
paid by the plaintiff, and for the fur
ther sum of $21.70 paid by the plain
tiff for insurance of said premises
under the terms of said mortgage.
Witness mny hand and the seal of
said court this 21st day of October,
1909.
FRED H. FOSTER, Clerk.
lAS. R. (GOS.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
tatives.
"You were apparently misled by de
signing men into a serious blunder,
when, in the closing days of the tar
iff conference, they induced you to re
verse your previous attitude upon
print paper, and changed your notions
of what the Mann committee recom
mended and of what the house of rep
resentatives had approved.
"The Mann committee, after a hi
months investigation, marked by un
usual thoroughness, reported that a_
rate of two dollars would cover the
difference in the cost of production at
home and abroad. The draft proposed
absolutely safeguarded American pa
per mills against the serious Canadian
tangle which your advice to the tariff
conferees has since precipitated.
"The fixing of the rate on print
paper at $3.75 per ton which you ad
vised, has decided the province of
Quebec to prohibit the exportation of
its pulp wood, and many American pa
per mills must close or move to Can
Local and Personal
R. W. Crane of Cody, Wyo., is here
this week.
W. M. Nye of Big Timber, spent
yesterday in Billings.
C. D. Howe of Huntley, was a busi
ness visitor in the city yesterday.
W. M. Gall and wife of Butte, are
the guests of friends in this city.
Willis Todd, a coal mine operator
of Coalville, is spending the week in
Billings.
Rev.ames E. Coad of Bridger, re
turned to 'his home yesterday after
spending part of the ,week in this city.
E. E. Young of Sheridan was in the
city yesterday attending to business
matters.
J. A. Blummer, a well known mer
chant of Pompeys Pillar, spent yes
terday with the wholesalers of Bill
ings.
W. A. Talmage, president of the
Talmage Mercantile company of Red
Lodge, was a business visitor in the
city yesterday.
Rev. D. IK. Roberts has left for his
home in Denver after a 'brief visit
with Rev. B. Z. McCollough of the
Presbyterian church, of ,this city.
Mrs. W. L. Metz and daughter, Miss
Marion, have gone to Fowler where
they will spend a month as the guest
of friends.
John T. Brothers of Hot Springs,
S. D., arrived in Billings this week
and will spend a few days in busi
ness circles.
J. F. Bacon, secretary of the Bill
ings & Northern Townsite company,
went to Broadview yesterday on a
short business trip.
R. V. McBain, a business man of
Anaconda, is spending a few days at
tending to business matters in this
city.
Lee McGee of Salem, Mo., arrived
in Billings yesterday and ,will spend
a few days in looking over lands in
the Yellowstone valley.
Mrs. II. T. Allen and daughter have
returned to their home in this city
after spending a few days in Sheri
dan as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H.
E. Reckard.
Prof. Fred Atkinson of the State
Agricultural college, has arrived in
Billings and will remain her until
after the sessions of the Dry Farming
congress.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Howell of Har
din, are spending the week as the
guests of Billings *friends. Mr. Howell
was formerly connected with the
First National bank of this city.
Nelson Johnson, accompanied by his
mother, arrived In Billings yesterday
from Aurora, Ill., and will spend a
few weeks visiting his brother, Verna
Johnson of the First National bank.
Mr. Johnson is in the employ of the
government and is stationed on the
Panama canal. His mother will make
her home in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. T. R. North and Miss
Ava North arrived in this city yester
day from Warsaw, Ind., and will
spend Dry Farming congress week
with relatives in this city. Mr. and
Mrs. North are the parents of Austin,
.1. R. and Otto North of this city.
Half Circle 14 orld
To Welcome Teddy
Mrs. Ennis of LUganda, Will Journey
from Chicago to Entertain
the Boosevelts.
CHICAGO, Oct. 21.-Mrs. F. G. M.
Ennis, wife of the judge of the higher
court of appeals at Ntebbe, Uganda,
British East Africa, will leave Chi
cago next Wednesday on a trip to
the other side of the world, 15,000
miles, that she may be in time to act
as hostess to Col. Theodore Roosevelt
and his son, Kermit, at her home. Mrs.
Ennls arrived here last night after
a month of traveling to spend a week
with her mother and sisters.
This is the first visit Mrs. Ennis
has made to relatives in Chicago since
her marriage in November, 1904. In
order that she might maye the visit,
Mrs. Ennis traveled more than 15,000
miles.
ada to obtain their supplies of raw
material.
"The country is now in a fair way
for a trade war with Canada, because
of your apparent failure correctly to
read the Mann committees recommen
i dations. We are threatened with an in
dustrial disturbance which will in
volve business interchanges with Can
ada amounting to $285,000,000 per
annum.
"We sincerely trust you can find
some method of rectifying the mistake
into which you were led.
"We fully appreciate the difficul
ties and responsibilities of your exalt
ed office and we believe you are try
ing to do the best you can. We know
you must rely upon others for your
information. We feel that every citi
zen is under obligation to help you.
Therefore, we write this letter to you.
"Yours respectfully. (Signed)
HERMAN RIDDER,
"President American Newspaper
Publishers Association."
GLENDIVE WILL HAVE
A MODERN THEATER
E. J. Berry Approves of Plans for
New Playhouse in Dawson
County Seat.
Through the enterprise of E. J.
Berry, a wealthy hotel man of Glen
dive, the county seat of Dawson coun
I ty, is soon to have a modern theater,
and the residents of the county will
be able to see the best things in a
theatrical line that come through this
part of the country.
Mr. Berry has been laying plans
for his new theater for some time and
has approved of plans which were sub
mitted to him by the Billings firm of
Link & Haire. The new theater will
be known as the Theckla and will be
modern and up-to-date in every par
ticular. It will be built adjoining one
of Mr. Berry's hotels; will have an
area of 60x120 feet, and will have a
Sstage equally as large as that of the
Babcock in this city, thus assuring
the ability of the house to handle any
attraction ever put on the road. The
main entrance will be on the street
level and through a large arch, elabo
rately decorated with terra cotta. The
street front of the building will be of
buff colored pressed brick.
The seating capacity will be 750, the
house being divided into three sec
tions, a parquet and dress circle on
the ground floor and a balcony on the
second. Ample provisions have been
made for dressing and retiring rooms.
A feature of the theater block will be
a large hall, 60x90 feet, in the base
ment of the building, which will be
used for dances, skating, banquets
and other similar purposes.
SERIES OF CONCERTS
BY REGIMENT BAND
Local Organizations Will Present So
loists at Three Coming En.
tertalinments.
In its efforts to keep the organiza
tion in this city and to make itself
self-supporting, the Second Rgeiment
band has announced that it will this
winter give a series of concerts in
the Babcock theater to which a nom
inal admission fee will be charged
and at each of which some vocal so
loist will takle aprominent part.
The first of the series of concerts
will be given on Friday evening, Nov.
5. The band, which has been prac
ticing faithfully and which has made
remarkable improvements in the past
two months, will present a program
of classical and popular selections.
Miss Alice Walk will be the soloist
of the evening.
TO BAR TOBACCO.
SAVANNAH, Ga., Oct. 21.-The use
of tobacco by ministers will be barred
if the wishes of the Woman's Board
of Home Missions of the Methodist
Episcopal church, South, are carried
out by the general conference.
Increased Salaries
For Postal Employes
Everything Possible Being Done To.
ward That End, and Shorter
Hours, Says Offielal.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 21.-C.
P. Grandflield, first assistant post
master general, at a banquet given for
him by the postal employes of Los
Angeles last night, said:
"Everything possible is being done
at Washington toward securing an in
crease of salary for employes of 'the
postofflce department. Postmaster
General Hitchcock has put himself on
record as being in favor of better pay,
shorter hours and a 30-day leave of
absence with pay for all members of
the department.
"We are considering the creation of
a pension or retirement fund so that
the men and women who have served
the department faithfully for many
years can retire on half pay after a
certain period of service."