davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1905-01-30

The Denver Music company pianos
and pianolas at the Laramie Drug com
pany's store. u
, 1905-01-30

FOR sALE-Fine, dried California
French prunes, 8 cents a pound. In
quire TOT south Sixth street. 144t2
, 1905-01-30

FOR RENT-Furnished house. 4
rooms. 161 Second st. 146t6
, 1905-01-30
Fifteen Thousand Killed.

Toxic, Jan. 3O.-The total losses of.
Saturdays and yesterdays battle be-
fore Mukden was fully $4,000.
, 1905-01-30

FOR RENT-5 room house, s16
south Fifth. 144t3
, 1905-01-30
Two Hundred Killed .t Warsaw.

Two NiiIeo ~ WSf8aW.
Warsaw. Jan. 30.-Nearly 200 were
killed in last nights riots. The Eng
fish consul was trampled under the
feet of Cossack horses.
, 1905-01-30

FOR SALE-Piano. cheap. or will
trade for horse. Household furniture,
including range. F. c. Erwin, 316
University. 146t6
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-06
The &. A. Il. ~Encampment.

DENVER, Sept. 4.-Receptions and
reunions marked the opening day Ct
the 39th annual encampmeut of the
Grand Army Of the Republic and the
conventions of the various auxiliarie
Incoming trains added thousands t
the veterans of the Civil war who had
previously arrived and $4,000 is re.
garded as a conservative estimate as
the number OF strangers who will be
IN this city this week. The old sol.
diers received an enthusiastic recep-
ton from the local communicates.
The working men shared in the cele-
bration of Labor day and was viewed
with pleasure by many Of the visitors.
There were about 5000 marchers in the
labor parade. Indian dances in the
city park were a feature of the days
entertainment.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-06
May Stop Chinese Boycott.

HONGKONG, September 4.-The Taft
party arrived at Canton this morning
and proceeded to the American consul
late. where its members were met by a
batllion OF the viceroy's guards. At
! O'Clock the visitors were entertained
at luncheon by invitation Of the vice.
roy who, however, was i'll and unable
to be present. His representative made
a speech referring to the friendly re-
latiOns of the two countries. The
United States did not want one foot
or one acre Of the soil of China. The
secretary said that he thought that
the boycott of American goods was
an unreasonable violation of treaty
rights and conditions between the two
countries, and declared he was glad
the viceroy had ordered the boycott
stopped.
The party's trip to Canton has had
an immense effect and it is believed
that within two weeks the boycott will
nn6
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-06
Corruption Always
Follows Capitalistic
AmalQamatiOn
BY GIBBONS

ORPORATION corruption is a FIXED evil that we must
reckon with just as long as the PRESENT condition of
society exists in this country. Whenever there is an
amalgamation of great capital or a large collection of
men interested in one money making concern there is sure
to be corruption. IT is NOT A NEW STORY. 1t is a story as old
as the worlds history. The only reason that it comes 81 much to the
fore at present is that the methods of it's detection are daily growing
stronger.
CORRUPTION HAS ALWAYS EXISTED. CORRUPTION. AM MUCH
AFRAID, WILL ALWAYS EXIST As LONG AS HUMAN NATURE
YIELDS TO THE ATTRIBUTES THAT LEAD TO TEMPTATION.
The bright spot in the whole swamp of present moral degradation
is the fact that the degradation is made known. Corruption cannot
exist nowadays without being discovered AFTER AWHILE. The
greater the evil the greater the possibility Of remedy, and that posi-
blity Of remedy has now become such an assured fact that it counter
balances ALMOST the evil which the present condition of money
madness creates.
The fear, the dread Of exposure, is the counterbalancing element,
and that fear, that dread, that horror Of having a name once respected
dragged down, is due to the efforts Of the metropolitan press.
1t may not be good theology, it may not be good ethics, but it is
certainly very good common sense and a very good moral element
that the fear, the dread Of exposure in the public press keeps many
a man sticking close to the path Of rccutude WIG OTHERWISE
WOULD STRAY OFF into the byways Of personal graft.
Now, in the insurance scandal and the various other unfortunate
business wrongs that have been exposed lately it is very much to be
doubted If any particular man would do OF HIS OWN ACCORD
what he did as a director o + a stakeholder: \ great many very honor
able and reputable gentlemen + more or less implicated in these scan
daEs. When the scandals are brought to light and exposed these hon
orable men justify themselves by saving that they only had a very
small part in them. Their excuse is that they owned M share in
a thousand and that, while the directorate Of the thousand shares com
mitted a financial crime, their N little interest was so small that IT
DID NOT COUNT.
THAN INTENTION, BUT A WRONG Is A WRONG, NO MATTER HOW
IT is DONE.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-06
LITTLE ONE
ONE SOLID SORE
Covered With Scales and Scabs
From Head to Foot Doctors and
All Other Remedies Fai! Skin
Now Smooth and Clear.
ANOTHER WONDERFUL
CURE BY CUTlCURA

Writing under date of Sept. 7, 1904,
Mrs. Matte Shaffer, of Cumberland,
Miss, says: "Some time ago I Or
dered and received your wonderful
Cuticura Remedies, which l used on
my little afflicted babe with wonder
full results. I had tried many other
remedies without any benefit what
ever, and Cuticura came to the rescue
when my doctors and all other REM
edies had failed. One doctor pro-
nounced it s~crofula, the other eczema.
The little one was one solid sore, with
scales and scabs from head to foot,
when l started using Cuticura Soap
and Ointment. The result was Won
derful, and O my baby's face and
body are smooth and clear"
(Signed) Mrs. Matte Shaffer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-06
THE DUTY OF MOTHERS
At the First Sign of Disfigurine
HumOrS Is to Use Cuticura.

Every child born into the world
with an inherited tendency to tortur-
ing, disfiguring humors of the Skin
and Scalp, becomes an object of the
most tender solicitude, not only be-
cause of its suffering, but because of
the dreadful fear that the designation
is to be lifelong and mar its future
happiness and prosperity. Hence it
afflicted children to acquaint them
selves with the best, the purest, and
most effective treatment available,
viz: the Cuticura Treatment, consist
ing of warm baths with Cuticura Soap,
and gentle anointings with Cuticura
Ointment, the great Skin Cure. Cures
made in childhood are speedy, per-
manent, and economical.
Cuticura SOAP, Ointment, and Pills, are sold throughout
the world. Potter Drug \ Chem. Corp. Boston, Sole
Props. Uy-Seud FOX " How to Cure Dis6Guring iiumoss."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-06

By hENRl WATrtRsoN, Editor louisville courer-Journn
%1GOJRNAiISM may be philosophy, but IT is NOT STATES
MANSlllP. 1t ; the current chronicle, among other things,
OF sUtesmansHp, real or spurious. 1t may be narrative or
it may be doctrinal. In England ii a~pires to both; with
us, less SO. But if it be enlightened, II IT BE HONEST,
II 1t seek the good of the many, it cannot blinlly follow the poll
ticians, and in England and in America it is less and less doing so.
There is a very marked difference in the makeup of the London
newspapers and, let us say, the New York newspapers. None of the
great danies Of London uses display type as it is used in America. They
affect book work IN their Typography as we'll as in their composition.
Another point of difference much to the credit of London as
against New York is the reduction of the days news into some pro-
portion and the ahridgmcnt Of each detail WITHIN ITS PROPER
QCANIuM. There is less "fcaturing,' no needless superhuny. Lon
don congresses into a paragraph what New York would amplfy into a
column. New York covers the field more fully, but it does this at the
cost of a vast amount of the immaterial. When one has read any one
of the five leading London daiics he is tocrably sure of being in pos.
session of the history of yesterday.
The cleanliness Of the London newspapers is delightful. Much Of
interest and value is found in the court reports, wherein the story
Is set down with great pariculariy, WITHOUT SURPLUSAGE.
There are no exaggeratons in the text and no headlining to distort
the text.
In London, as in America, the leading article is beginning to play
second fiddle. Whether this is the decline of strong writing or
whether !" implies that the public has found out the thundcrcr AND
WHERE THE THUNDER COMES FROM it would be hard to say.
THERE is NO REASON WHY GOOD EDITORIAL WRITING
SHOULD NOT EXERCISE THE CHARM IT ONCE DID, If NOT
THE POWER.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-06
Horses Strayed.

>tra!e ed from Willow Lake on or about April
let, one bay mare branded n on left jaw. IS
on left hip and rs Cmonogrsml vented: also one
light bay mare branded n on lef, jaw and half
moon on left shoulder, and has year ing colt at
foot branded a on left jaw: also one dark bay
mare branded n on left jaw and III tmono.
gram on on right shoulder, and has ~yearlins colt
AT foot branded n on left jaw. Twenty dollars
reward for inform alton that will lead to their re-
c.orery; Address David Ross, Woolches,er P. O..
ASA. \. W. T
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-06

F~ather-Robert. Is it not about time
that little boys were in bed? Robert
(aged six. carelessly glancing at his
watch)-Really. father. I must be ex
cused from venturing an opinion. It
Is a subject in which l have little in
terest. have no little boys, you know.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-06

plete the Inspection Of the work in
about two weeks. 1t will probably be
ate in the year before the government
is ready to announce BY proclamation
of the president the opening of the
reservation, when about 1900. 600
acres OF land will be available for
settlement after the Indian allo,men,s
have been made.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-06
Fashionable Term.

"McBluff is suffering with rheuma-
t1sm, l hear"
mo, he isn't suffering. He's got II,
but he's quite proud and happy. His
doctor calls it govt "-Philadelphia
Press.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-06
TIE Pain Part.

"Do you take pains with your eat
ing?" asked the doctor.
NO." sadly replied the dyspeptic.
''The pains don't come till afterward."
philadelphia Record.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-06
AT FORT BENTON.

RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts. ............... .S745,5O9 80
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured. :. 1881 SO
Z. 5. Bonds to secure circulation. ...... 100000 90
Premiums on [. $. bonds S,6S1 50
Bonds, securities, etc. 3S,lsS As
Banking house, furniture and fixtures. 5000 90
Other real estate owned ............... 5000 90
Due from national banks mot reserve
Due from state banks and
Due f 9amSe anorovs,i reserve sS 10
Checks and other cash items 5os IS
Notes of other national banks 45, 1000 90
Fractional paper currency,
nickels and cents ...... 10 20
Lawful money reserve in bank
Specie ................ IS, 71y co
Legal tender notes.. 1l,l95 90 1S5,5lS Is
Redemption fund with US. Treasurer
% per cent. of circulatiOn) ....... 1900 90
Due from T.. $. treasurer, Other than 5
per cent redemption funG....... 5 CO
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s1,sl5,3 800 81
LIABILITIES.
Capital stoc5 paid saOo,OoO 90
surplus fund $4,000 90
taxes paid Northumberland. l2,5ss SO
Natlonal bank notes outstanding. .... 100000 90
Due to other national banks Sl4, 1856 II
Due state banks and bankers 4,519 is
Individual deposits subject
Demand aaehe %es Ftiiifi:''t ties Of deposit t' EEL s
Time certificates of deposit $685. IA
Cashiers checks outstanding 1863 IS 1,2a27 sos Al
Total $1,Sl5,3M 81
state OF Montana, county OF ChOuteau.-SS.
l, Louis d.. Sharp, cashier of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement
Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
LOUIS d. SHARP, Cashier.
subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th dav
of August, 1905.
JOIN f. TENrLEroN, Notary Public.
Correct-Attest.
CHAs. Z. nuER
JoHN Y CARROLL Directors
CHARLES LErLEY
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-06
Lambs for Sale.

The undersigned offers for sale shou, s.5Gt
head of wether lambs, fine merinos. Address
l., u. PUGSLEI, Marias, Mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-06

. corruption is a FIXED evil that we mus
reckon with just as long as the PRESENT condition O.
society exists in this country. Whenever there is a,
, amalgamation of great capital or a large collection O.
men interested in one money making concern there is SURE
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-06
Terms Of Court, o

CHOUTEAC COUNTY,
Tuesday,, October "a.
VALLEY COUNTY.
Tuesday, September 10.
Tuesday,, December l..
TETON COUNTY.
Monday. November %.
FERGUS COUNTY.
Monday. september is.
Monday. December Is.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-06
The Churches Need
United Action

y ". W.. F. WILKINSON of N1inneapol.
Q man can look at the divided state Of Gods heritage and be
satisfied. He must see, if he can Sc ANYTHING, that
DIVISION is WEAKNESS and that the time taken to
defend indefensible positions is worse than wasted. because
it takes the strength, force and attention needed for important Chris
tian work. We hear of consultations, trusts, mergers o N every hand
in the business world, but THERE is NO PLACE where a merger
or a consolidation is as dire a necessity as in the church of God.
That the division of religious effort has enormously emphasizel
the narrow, the sectional in church life is true past successful contra.
diction. Too often victory has been sought for a form of faith, a
name, a church organization, RATHER THAN FOR TIE TRUTH.
WHAT THE CHURCHES NEED Is UNITED ACTION.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-06

Fine Book and Job Printing q spe'
cialtv At the RIVER PRESS office.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
To the Growler.
(Cathnlic Standard.l

t1dlnollC StduadTu.J
BE patient! Be "A Christian and forbear
To objurgate the weather man and swear
Because the sting OF winters in the air.
Do You remember
Those Gays in June a few short months
ago,
Whose scorching heat oppressed and
baked YOU so,
And made-you yearn the bIest relief TO
know
OF cody September
And when September came and in its
train
Brought days of frost and days of sod
den rain,
Good gracious. how you kicked and
grOwieG again,
Do you remember
Those summer days will soon have come
once more,
And you'n forget how bitterly YOU SwOre
At all the winter weather gone before
Will you remember,
When YOU are sweltering in nlid-July
The flakes frost feathered that were wont
90 fly
From out the windy reaches of the sky
This last December?
Meantime, if you should die and you
should get
Your Just deserts. with oh. what vain
re=ret
These winter days because they're cold
and weD
You will remember.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
Notice of stockholders meeting.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
the annual meeting of the stockholders
o. BeekS salt company. a corDorat ton of
Utah. is hereby called and Will be held at
the parlors OF the Wilson hotel in Salt
Lake City. Utah. on Friday. Feb. 3. 1905,
at I p. m.
This meeting was called in accordance
with the articles Of incorporation Of said
company failed TO hold its regular annual
meeting for the year 1904. and Is called at
the above place for the reason that il has
no general office al said Salt Lake City
and is called for the purpose Of electing
a board of directors for the ensuing year
and TO transact such other and further
business as may come before the stock
holders.
By order of the president
- BY r. L. TAYLOR,
Secretary
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
MARRIAGES REFORMS.

7 HE INDIANA LEGISLATURE is
busily engaged in a revision of the
states marriage laws The bill now
pending contains some provisions that
are decidedly unique. The parties desir-
ing the license must be at least 81 years
cid, except in cases where the sworn
consent of parents or guardian is pro-
CUced; the application must be adver-
tised in the newspaper nearest the
home of the bride for a period Of at
least thirty days. The woman must
have lived in the county in which the
application is made for ninety days
next preceding the application.
In addition the groom is required to
present evidence showing that his in
come is sufficient to enable him to sup
port himself and his wife. Both ap-
plicants are required to show whether
or not they have been. married before
or whether either has been divorced.
1t must also be shown that neither
has contracted the cocaine or opium
habits and that neither has any
epileptic or hereditary disease.
The proposed legislation, i'm some
particulars, may properly be described
as drastic. The advertisement # the
application, for instance, seems UNI
necessary. Most of the other provisions
are, however, sound enough. The law
is designed to prevent the use of
Indiana as a Gretna Green for Ken
lucky, Indiana and Ohio couples, many
of them mere children, who have here
tofore experienced no difficulty i'm ac-
quiring matrimonial entanglements in
Hoosierdom If this can be done the
incidental hardships that may be
worked by the law may be borne with
patience.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
A MATTER OF HATS

WILLIAM Z. CURTIS, we'll known
w traveller and newspaper CORES
pondent, has discovered great many
things in his occasional journeys
through the west. 1t was Mr. Curtis
who learned in Montana once that in Il
square game of faro the player has
only one chance in ftfty-two to win a
bet. Mr.. Curtis gravely informed us
that when d player at faro puts a
wager on a given card and that card
fails TO come out OF the box at the next
turn the player loses. Is it necessary
for us to elucidate?
a more recent discovery by Mr..
Curtis was the fact that the silk hat
habit has not reached certain portions
OF the west. He names Salt Lake as
one of the benighted cities. Nobody
here. he says. wears a silk hat to
funerals and very few of them are
worn on Sunday. To the great dismay
Of Mr.. Curtis Salt Lakers do not so
down to their offices in silk hats. In
ferentiaIiy. at least, he says we don t
dress properly for evening entertain
ments. We quote:
conventional evening dress is now
commonly worn at balls and recep-
tions. evening weddings and banquets
in Seattle, Tacoma and even in Spokane
and Helena: dress suits and tuXedoes
are advertised by ready to wear cloth
ers in all of these places, but it is not
customary for gentlemen to dress for
ordinary social occasions, and they
never think of doing so in their own
homes. In Portland, however, this is
quite common"
While We do not regard Mr.. Curtis
criticisms dis important it is perhaps
well to call attention to them for fear
that somebody might believe some
thing he says about other places. The
silk hat matter is one that troubles us
greatly but it is easily accounted for.
In the west the leisure class is very
small. We have plenty OF rich men.
but they work hard every day. They
don't have time TO change their clothes
two or three times a day and it is not
likely that they will find time to do so,
even to please Mr.. Curtis.
At evening entertainments in Salt
Lake one occasionally finds a man
dressed in evening clothes. We have
noticed at dances and dinners and
banquets men here and there in the
line with swallowtails or tuxedos on.
In fact, We had thought the habit was
firmly fixed on Salt Lakers If Mr..
Curtis mingled in a society that docs
not observe the practice so much the
worse for him, say we.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
CUPID AND THE SONG.
BY CLAUDE s. HULL.


an hail the glorious springtime. the sea-
son OF beauty and magni1icence. II is
now that the sweet fragrance of flowers
III the atmosphere. Ii is the time when
The o.nniDotence Of spring is felt BY all.
AS SetA Cornax sat at his piano he, of
al, felt the wonderful influence OF the
elements. Inspiration filled his soul. and
music flowed from him the melting
composed his song the birds outside
seemed to catch his melody and sing 1t as
lullaby 70 the newborn leaves. words
came from his brain which biended-in per-
feet harmony with his inspired notes
temporarily he was in world OF his own
"a world of music and poetry. Within
himself he Yet an effervescence-an
all things but composition. So profound
was his concentration that his song was
finished as the last rays of daY faded
INTO twilight, hushed silence fell over
the land. and CO1,aX heard the faint
twitter Of the birds as they obcyed the
commands OF nature, and prepared Tor
sleep The young composer had finished
his song. but stil remained at his piano,
producing in music the melody which had
so entraneed him.
The moon had silently risen and now
cast her sllvery rays into his studio As
the mOonbeams danced upon the key
board Comax felt that "A divine critic had
expressed his satisfaction. He arose from
the instrument. folded the manuscript
and placed il in his pocket one nearest
the region Of his heart. Had he not
written it for a girl who was dear 20 him,
and one who had always sung his songs
In voice of love-
Two hours later the composer wcnded
his way toward homo which drew him
with magnetic power. As COmaN walked
he felt himself 10 be an exponent OF ma
ture. The genius within himself seemed
to bubble over and he felt that his mer-
its would some day be lauded by the
world at large TO him tho, moon seemed
to be a sentinel Of the-gods. as she posed
gracefully in the starry heavens Luna
seemed to smile at him and whisper words
of praise. He felt himself to be a Monte
Cristo CRYING. The world is mine
At last he reached his destination ana
found hir.1se seated before her piano
His manuscript was before him and the
fair singer at his side. Again and aSaln
he played the accompaniment TO his Own
words being sung in a rich soprano voice
Her voice seemed to thrill him moro ana
more rs she rehearseG his SONG. she
graSped the sentiment of his music ana
sang the words with wonderful ability.
70 COmaN the words came from the heart
rather than the voice. AS she sang from
piano to double forte each crescendo
seemed to. raise him from his chair Ihe
rich harmonic chords and the bird-Ike
voice drew them closer and closer Each
seemed obliVioUs to every Lnlng except the
music which thrilled them As the last
notes died away COmaX rose from mis-
chair and cIasped the singer in his arms.
Once more thev were upon earth again
and only the beating of. two hearts broke
the silence. For many seconds each SaZed
into a pair of loving eyes
rs il n9utual?' he finally asked
For reply. two lips met MS ana Two
eyes spoke words OF love The song Was
forgotten. and cupid triumphed-i