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_The Billings MGazette.
VOL.XXI BILLINGS, MONTANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1909.O. 18
BROADV IEW DISTRICT TAKES
JAMES J. HILL LOVING CUP
Display from the Lake
Basin Outclasses
All Others
KALISPELL FRUITS
From Orchards of Fred Whiteside
Capture Special Premiums For Best
General Display of Apples-List of
Awards Announced Yesterday By
Judges of Dry Farming Exposition.
tion.
HE Broadview distric4 capture
of the first prize and the hand
some silver cup offered by;
.Tames J. Hill for the best general
display entered by any district along
the line of the Great Northern, and
the capture of the sweepstakes prize
for the best fruit exhibit by the
Kalispell entries were the principal
awards announced yesterday by the
judges at the second annual exhibit
of the Dry Farm exposition.
The Broadview exhibit, one of the'
best in the whole display, had little
trouble in walking away with the Hill
cup and was favorably commented
upon by many officers of the road who
viewed the exhibits yesterday. In
winning the cup offered for the best
general display of Montana fruits,
Flathead county has established
record as a fruit-raising country. Thi
prize was hotly contested for, but the
fact that the Flathead people brought
to this city a full car of apples and
had a prom:inent place in which to
exhibit their products helped much
in winning the coveted honor for
them.
The judges yesterday concluded the
awarding of prizes in dlasses 3, 4 and
5 and special prizes offered by J. J.
Hill for crops grown within 25 miles
of the Great Northern.
Today the remainder and the more
important of the awards will be made,
the winners of all sweepstakes and
special prizes and cups to be deter
mined. The exposition will close to
night and the work of taking away
the exhibits will take place Saturday,
as there is an urgent demand for the
use of the warehouse by parties who
have leased it for the remainder of
the season.
Following is the list of wards made
by the judges yesterday.
CLASS FRUITS.
Best five boxes of winter commer
cial apples-Silver loving cup, C. L.
Smith, Spokane.
Best individual fruit display-W. M.
Cramer, Somers. Mont., sweepstakes.
Best exhibit of apples-C. L. Smith,
Spokane, first; J. W. White, Kalispell,
second; Willis Scott, Eureka, Mont.,
third.
Pest exhibit of crabapples-Willis
Scott. Eureak, Mont., first; J. W.
White. Kalispell, second; E. R. Par
sons, Parker, Colo., third.
Pest exhibit of peaches-E. R. Par
sons Parker, Colo., first.
Best, exhibit of pIears--C. L. Smith,
Spokane, first: J. W. White, Kalispell,
second: Willis Scott, Eureka, Mont.,
third.
Best exhibit of grapes-E. R. Par
sons. Parker, Colo., first.
Best plate of commercial apples
Griffin and Stannard, Kalispell, first;
W. M. Cramer, Somers, Mont., second;
Willis Scott, Eureka, Mont., third.
Largest apples-W. M. Cramer,
Somers, Mont., first: Ralph Neden
hauser, Tygh valley, Ore., second.
Largest pear-James Conlin, Kal
ispell, first.
Largest plum--J. C. Wood, Big
Fork. Mont., first; David Shook,
Klamath, Ore., second.
Best display canned fruit-Willis
(ContlnSeld ",n Pnwre 5.
America's Super-Dreadnaught Is
Sent Upon Her Builder's Trial
QUINCY, Mass., Oct. 28-The battle
ship Nonrh Dakota. America's "Super-I
Dreadnaught," today crept away from
the docks of the Fore River Ship
building company and headed for
Provincetown.
The great war vessel's trip to the
til end of Cape Cod was for the pur
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4 Partly cloudy in east Friday 4
4 and Saturday; colder Saturday. 4
Banker Walsh at End
Of Many Difficulties
Stated That He Has Effected Dis
posal of His Properties---Being
Watched by Detectives
CHICAGc , Oct. 28.-Rumors that
John R. Walsh had at last effect
ed a disposal of his properties
reached the federal building and the
government redoubled its efforts to
assure the former banker's presence
in Chicago on November 4, the date
for his new trial. Declaring that he
has definite information that Walsh
has been advised to leave the country
the minute his negotiations were com
pleted, District Attorney Sims detailed
fi- e secret service men to watch the
financier's every movement.
The Record-Herald today prints a
story asserting that Mr. Walsh will
pay the quarterly interest on the
$'1,771.887 Chicago National bank loan
wlun funds advanced by the United
States Steel corporation in return for
an exclusive option on the Walsh
road properties in Illinois and Indi
ana.
1nrough ..le closing of this deal it
is asserted by the Record-Herald that
,Mr. Walsh has not only cleared away
JAPS WERE INTERESTED.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 28.-The
Japanese commercial commissioners
today saw armor plate for battleships
manufactured at the Bethlehem Steel
company's plant. They showed great
interest in the process.
The commissioners arrived here to
night and attended a reception given
them by the members of the Ameri
can academy of Political and Social
Science.
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CUTLER ELECTED.
TOPEKA, Kan., Oct. 28.-Thomas
DeWitt Cuyler of New York was
elected a director of the Atchison, To
peka & Santa Fe Railway company, to
succeed the late H. H. Rogers, at the
meeting of the stockholders today.
BLEW POSTOFFICE SAFE.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Oct.
28.- Cracksmen secured between
$3,000 and $5,000 in stamps by blow
ing the safe at the Colorado City post
office early this morning.
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Missing 14 Years
Kendall Is Alive
rMan Supposed to Be Dead-Insurance
Has Been Paid-Wrong Body
Burled.
DENVER, Oct. 28.--G. R. Kendall.
whose supposedly dead body was iden
tified and buried at Deadwood, S. D.,
14 years ago and on whom the insur
ance policies in the Woodmen of the
World and the Ancient Order of
Un!ted Workmen, were paid, is alive
and well. Frank McLaughlin, a Den
ver attorney, has received a letter
from Kendall and has positively
identified the writing as that of the
man supposed to be dead.
The body supposed to be Kendall's
was found in the railroad yards at
Alliance, Neb., 14 years ago and
identified by a Deadwood dentist by
the t-eeth. No clue as to Kendall's
present whereabouts is given in the
letter.
pose of giving her a builder's trial,
in the *course of which her turbine
engines, the first installed in any
American battleship, will, it is hoped,
send her through the water at a
Ispeed in excess of her contract re
quirements of 21 knots an hour.
WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC.
(Speclal to The Gamette.)
BUTTE, Mont.. Oct. 28.--Continuing
the federal campaign against the white
slave traffic, United States Immigra
tion Commissioner Ebey of Helena,
today, arrested two French women of
the restricted district who are alleged
to have been imported into this coun
try for immoral purpose. Date of
hearing has not been set.
his financial uifficulties in a large
measure, but he has made possible
one of the most gigantic railroad
schemes planned .in recent years-the
formation of a untfied system extend
ing from the Pacific coast through
Chicago to New Orleans and Pensa
cola, Fla.
CHOICE OF THE CONGRESS FALLS ON
CAPITAL CITY OF THE INLAND EMPIRE
Contest for Honor of Entertaining Next Gathering Was Close
Between Spokane and Colorado Springs, the Wash
ington City Winning by Two Votes
SPOKANE, WASH.., will entertain
the Dry Farming congress in the
year 1.10.
This conclusion was reached at a
session of the executive committee
in private sesion at noon yesterday.
The period to be occupied by the
fifth session at Spokane will be de
termined later, the convenience of the
citizens being considered to some ex
tent by the executive committee,
which sets the date.
The announcement that Spokane
was the choice, made in the conven
tion shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, was received by the mem
bers assembled with enthusiasm long
drawn. In addition to the elation of
representatives from ,Sopkane it was
evident that many others of the body
were in sympathetic accord.
The majority of Spokane in the ex
ecutive session, held in a room be.
neath the stage on which scientific
addresses were 'being made, was not
overwhelming. In fact, Spokane had
little advantage over Colorada Springs,
Col., whose delegation presented close
to 50 per cent of the vote cast.
The first ballot stood as follows:
Spokane 10, Colorado Springs 8, Rapid
City, S. D., 2. It was proposed that
the vote for Spokane be made unan
imous, to which Colorado Springs and
Rapid City acquiesced gracefully.
A dramatic feature of the afternoon
session was the presentation of the
cup awarded by the Broadview dis
trict to Professor Campbell. "the
father of the dry farming movement."
'by Dr. W. X. Sudduth and Broadview,
the original recipients. The cup, a
handsome souvenir of :he silver
smith's art, was presented by Mr.
Hill for the best exhibit in the expo
sition of a community, and it fell on
Broadview through sheer merit. The
reason for its presentation to Mr.
Campbell is best told in the address of
Dr.'Sudduth, who in the course of his
remarks said that they had followed
the teachings of Mr. Campbell in their
early and subsequent effort and as
the result of that following had
achieved success. The people of
Broadview harbored a gratitude that
could be given expression best by
the presentation of the cup to the
father of the movement.
Having no warning of the intention
Professor Campbell was ove¶'come
with emotion and the words in which
To The People of Billings and Vicinity:
Representing the delegation from Eastern Colorado in attendance to the Dry Farming (Congress, I wish
to thank and to congratulate you on the whole-handed open heartedness in which we have been receised. West
ern Hospitality is known and spoken of with pleasant recollection in every part of the globe, but Northwestern
Hospitality' as centered and magnified in Billings, the place where everyone is II Booster and no one a Knocker,
is something that will always oceupy a topmost place in the archives of our memory. We will hlave here with
our minds tilled with most pleasant recollections, indeed; recollections that will neier fade, for we believe that
it will be impossible for any other place at any time in the future to so entertain a gathering of this nature as
will dim or impair the lustre of Billings Hospitality.
A DELEGATE.
HEARST NOT
A FAVORITE
Even Mloney Offered
That He Will Be
The Low Man
NEW YORK, Oct. 28.-Betting on the
result of the municipal campaign has
become much brisker and various
large wagers are reported. Gaynor,
the Democratic nominee for mayor, is
commonly favored over Hearst and
Bannard at odds of 2% and 2 to 1.
Louis Wallack, owner of a Broadway
hotel, announced that he had $10,000,
all or any part of which he would bet
at even money that .Hearst will run
third in the race. A bet of $1,000 to
$2,000 was reported that both Gaynor
and Bannard would have pluralities
of 50,000 over Hearst. Hugh Smith
is reported to have bet J. R. Josephs
$2,500 to $3,000 that Gaynor will get
a plurality of 140,000.
W. C. T. U. TO BALTIMORE.
OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 28.-Baltimore
was selected today as the 1910 meeting
place of the W. C. T. U.
he couched his acceptance were hesi
tating. It was apparent that the audi
ence was gratified with the recogni
tion of Dr. Sudduth and the Broadview
farmers.
Award of the cup for the largest
delegation outside of Montana, pre
sented by W. B. George, one of the
largest dry farmers in Montana, was
made to Minnesota. D. W. Warner of
Alberta, Canada, called on by Con
gressman IUondell of Wyoming, chair
man, to make the presentation speech,
took occasion to remark that this
convention had been freer of selfish
ness than any convention of the kind
he had attended. The responese. in
behalf of the Minnesota delegation,
was made Eby Mr. Patterson, a member
of the executive committee, a busi
ness man. He said that the award
was a surprise to -.. mself and associ
ates, for while they had assembled
36 members, mainly farmers, they had
no expectation of capturing a trophy.
"Dry Farming Legumes" was the
title of an addres by Prof. Thomas
Shaw of the University of Minnesota,
St. Paul. He referred to Michigan as
the bean-growing state, which never
knew when, it would get a crop be
cause of the uncertainty of an oppor
tune fall of rain, but which succeeded,
nevertheless. in maintaining its su
,premacy. Prof. Shaw is not an advo
cate of the plan to allow half of the
farm to lie idle and submitted scien
tific reasons for his opposition thereto.
He outlined elaborate plans, found
successful under his observation, for
handling succesive crops of various
kinds.
Invitations for the fifth Dry Farm
ing congress to hold its sessions in
Colorado Springs, Col., were received
from Pueblo, Fort Morgan, Arapahoe
county anu. other cities and counties
of Colorado.
Its candidacy for the sixth annual
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4 Hon. W. A. Wheeler......... 8 4
4 Prof. E. J. Iddings........ 7 4
+ Hon. Frank W. Mondell.... 7 4
+ Hon. F. H. Newell.......... 7 4
Prof. B. Youngblood........ 8 4
4 D. W. Warner.............. 7 4
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HAMILTON TENDERS DR. COOK
AN ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME
She Shot Her Husband
As He Stood in Cell
Two Hours After She Caused His
Arrest Woman Goes to Jail
And Shoots Him Dead
HICAGO, Oct. 28.-Two hours
after she had caused the arrest
of her husband, Abraham Levy,
a tailor, on a charge of abandonment,
Mrs. Esther Levy visited the cell room
of the Harrison Street 'station today
and before the startled lockout had a
convention, to be held in the year
1911, was announced by the chamber
of commerce and the business men's
club of San Antonio, Texas, through
Austin North of this city.
Hans Mendelsohn, scientist of the
American 'Beet Sugar company, having
a large plant in this city, made an ad
dress on "Dry Farming of Root
Crops" that was listened to with rapt
a.tention ,by the assemblage. The ad
dress of Mr. Mendelsohn was accept
ed as highly scientific, yet readily
digestible because of the terms in
which it was presented. Among oth
ers the point was made that after the
sugar, about 15 per cent, had been ex
tracted from the root, there remained
a large volume of pulp of which 85 to
95 per cent was digestible by stock.
He stated that root crops might be
grown closer, whereas it had ,been
the practice to plant three feet apart,
equally good results could be obtained
with the plants but two feet apart.
"Some Dry Farming Crop Essen
tials," the topic of Prof. Alfred Atkin
son, agronomist, agricultural college,
Bozeman, Mont., was heard by a large
number of congressional delegates.
.ae address is reproduced in another
part of this paper.
E. J. Iddings of the Colorado Agri
cultural college and field commissioner
for the Dry Farming congress, de
scribed achievements in the Centen
nial state. The address of Prof. Idd
ings is presented in another part of
this paper.
"Siberian Druth-Resistant Forage
Grasses" was the title of a paper by
Prof. Neils Hanson of Brookiugs, S.
D., connected with the faculty of the
South Dakota Agricultural college.
Prof. Hanson 'has traveled extensively
and observed scrupulously, as was
suggested by the details of his ad
dress, which embraced the history of
alfalfa in Europe, Siberia and Amer
ica.
"Developmeint of Power in Great
Plains Farming" was disbussed 'by W.
R. Wooden, a manufacturer of Battle
Creek. Mich. Mr. Wooden paid tribute
to the nerve of the dry farmer and
of the nerve, as he was pleased to
style it, of the men who have furth
ered the growth of the Dry Farming
congress. He was frank in stating,
in response to the query of a specta
tor, that the use of power plows on
small farms was not profitable. He
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chance to interfere, shot through the
bars at Levy, inflicting a fatal wound.
In the building at the time were a
score or more of policemen. Mrs.
Levy stood in the corridor of the cage
talking ,in a low voice to the prisoner,
who remained locked in his cell. Sud
denly she drew the revolver which
had been concealed beneath her
jacket, and fired.
A prisoner who occupied the cell
with Levy said that Mrs. Levy be
taiyed no excitement in conversing
with Levy.
"Are you coming back to me and
the children?" asked the visitor.
"No," answered Levy, "you put me
here and here I will remain. You
till your story to the judge."
Mrs. Levy then shot her husband.
She was taken to the women's annex
of the station, where she became
hysterical. When Mrs. Levy ordered
the warrant for her husband's arresti
she had charged Levy with neglect of
his home for other women and she
had to work as a saleswomen to sup
port their four chifdren.
SWINDLER IS ARRESTED.
OAKLAND, Cal., Oet. 28.-William
J. Connors, alias William Carson, a
member of the Maybray gang of
alleged prize fight fakers, and race
track swindlers, was arrested here
today by Captain of Detectives Peter
son at the request of the postal au
thorities. Connors, accompanied by
R. B. Herriman, F. Brown and E. C.
oore, members of the gang, who l
were arrested a few weeks ago in San
lose, will be taken before United
States commissioner E. H. Heacock
next Monday for preliminary exami
nation.
SUCCEEDS HARRIMAN.
NEW YORK, Oct. 28.-Robert S.
Lovett was today elected president of
the Southern Pacific company to suc
ceed the late E. H. Harriman. The
directors at this meeting also elected
William Mahl, comptroller of the
Southern Pacific, as vice president.
Mr. Mahl is serving in addition to the
Shree other vice presidents, John C.
tubbs, Julius Kruttschnitt and E. E.
Calvin.
Eluded Police for
Over Eight Years
(George B. Chaney Pleads Guilty of
['sing Malls For Fradulent
Purposes.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28.-George
B. Chaney, who was arrested in Phil
adelphia a short time ago after elud
ing the postoffice authorities for eight
years, pleaded guilty in the United
States district court here today of
using the mails for fraudulent pur
poses.
Eight years ago, in company with
James Ewing, Chaney organized the
Standard Oil Investment and Promo.
tion company. This was broken up by
the postoffice inspectors, who declared
that it was a fraudulent concern.
Chaney fled and succeeded in eluding
the federal officers until several weeks
ago.
Chaney will appear for sentence
next Saturday.
Professional Pallbearers Take
Measures to Stop Price-cutting
I)DENVER, Oct. 28.-Alarmed at the
dastardly action of the "amateurs" in
cutting the regulation fee to 25 cents.
their habitual funereal expression
deepened the attack on their
pockets by the professional pall
bearers of Denver who hang around
the undertakers' establishments and
the coroner's offiee to aid in the last
rites to the friendless dead, are about
to join the ranks of organized labor.
The regular price for assisting in
conveying the dead to the last resting
place has been 50 cents. but in the
last few days, newcomers in the pro
fession cut the rate to 25 cents. The
last funeral conducted under the new
rate was conducted under muttered
Ed Barrill's Neighbors
Discredit His
Affidavit
WARMLY GREETED
Enthusiasm and Interest at Fever
Heat in Hamilton, the Home of the
Man Who Called Explorer a Fakir
Crowds Gather and Wildly Cheer
the Man Who Planted the Flag at
Pole.
Al AMELTON, 31ont., Oct. 28.-The
people of Hamilton and the
Bitter Root valley, the home
of Edward N. Barrill, of 'Hnmiltop,
who made a sworn statement that Dr.
Cook never reached the summit of
Mt. McKinley, turned out en masse
tonight to listen to the 'doctor's story
regarding the ascent of the mountain
an.. to hear a brief lecture on his
trip to the north pole.
Enthusiasm and interest were at
fever heat in the valley all day,
and wnen Dr. Cook arrived in
Hamilton this afternoon in an auto
mobile in which he made the trip from
Missoula to this city was gr-..*.
by a crowd that thronged the
street.
He went immediately to the
valli ..otel, where he was gieet
a crowd that quickly filled the
to overflowing, and he was for(
shake hanids with hundreds Qt pt
and submit to having his picture
by numerous photographers. A(
era entnusiasts.
Long before .ne hour for the I
tonight the opera house was
and by tne Lime the doctor was
to make his appearance the
extended into the street, many
gling vainly in the effort to get
hearing distance of the sl
There was much cheering at
reception accorded the doctor i
thusiastic. The speaker was intro
duced by Mayor Brinkeniberger.
DESPERADO KILLS POLICEMAN.
SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 28.-Night
Patrolman Alfred B. Waterbury, who
was shot by a desperado last night.
died early today.
Waterbury had ordered the man to
halt. The answer was a pistol bullet
that pierced the policeman's groin.
Lying on the ground the wounded pa
trolman fired four shots at the flee
ing assassin, but the man escaped. A
heavy overcoat, a pair of overshoes
and a black mask were found along
the thug's trail.
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NEW OVERLAND TRAIN.
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 28.-The
San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt
Lake railroad will, on December 1,
inaugurate its third overland traih
between Salt Lake and Los Angeles.
The new train will be known as the
Utah-California limited and it will
make the run in 24 hours.
Since its opening in 1905, the Salt
Lake route, as it is commonly called,
has been operating two trains daily
each way, but the increased travel
makes the new train a necessity.
FREE SPEECH DAY.
SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 28.-ladus
trial Workers of the World have an
nounced that Nov. 2 will be "Free
Speech Day" here, when they propose
to hold street meetings in defiance of
the city's police rules. They assert
that 500 men have agreed to make
speeches and he arrested.
APPROVE METHODS
DES MOINES, la, Oct. 28.-The
Iowa Equal Suffrage association today
adopted resolutions favoring methods
adopted by the suffragettes of Eng
land.
cries of "scab." from the professional
pallbearers and was followed by
energetic personal encounters.
Stopped by the police from active
measures against the amateurs, the
professionals have decided that a
union offers the only adequate pro
tection to their profession.
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