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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-13
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By ROBERT CRAWFORD. Prominent GLASGOW Scotland socioloast
PREFER dealing with broad principles apart, if possible, from
the hurry burly Of the fight over concrete instances that are
- concerned in the question of the public ownership Of munic-
ial services and utilities. am of the opinion that Il very
big war is now impending in the United States over the vast question
OF PRINCIPLE, and, as l have always e very clearly and felt
very intensely on this subject, would like to strike America at the
rising of the wave and do my best to send it triumphanly forward.
l have the most absolute confidence in the power of the American
people to "realize" themselves AND 10 RISE TO A GREAT
EFFORT as soon as they see that the thing ought to be taken in hand.
Lam an ardent believer in that phase of Socialism called municipal
lzation and have always been intensely interested liz the growth and
development of the capacity and desire of people Of one community to
combine AND ORGANIZE THEMSELVES FOR COMMUNAL
ENDS. | see no limit to the possible good to be done in this provided
that good, honest, capable men are found with civic patriotism enough
to serve their fellows without fee o reward in CARRYING on these pubic
services AS PART OF THEIR DUTY to the community in which
they live.
So long Is the aim of civic government is clean, the tone high, the
ideal lofty and the object is to,foser and create better conditions ot
life FOR EVERY CITIZEN ALIKE, high or low, rich or poor. aror,
from all sectional or political interests, then, and then only, l hold. tie
control and extension Of municipal enterprises of all kinds is a N,csin.
N WILL BE ALWAYS SUCCESSFUL.
TOWARD THIS END CIVIC REFoamEss IN THE UNITED STATES
MUST WORK.
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SHEEP.

We have about 500 head of cows of
first-class grade, now ranging in the
northern part of Chouteau county,
which we desire to exchange for sheep.
There will be q 60 to 20 per cent. calf
crop this year.
Address communications to J. C,
W1gmore, Alma, Mont, or Madison
Live Stock Co., Twin Bridges. Mont.
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Subscribe now for the WEEKLY Rlv-.
Err PRESS. Send it to 1.-THE old folks
at home"
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ture. The tout men arrested were ar
raigned before Judge Wallace an,
took the statutory time to plead.
HELENA, Sept. S.-The state treas
urer has issued another call for war.
rants. and those who are interested il
the matter are expected to take notice
The amount for the redemption of these
warrants is about $50, 600, if other a
rants called for in a previous notice
are presented, then the sum to be paid
out will be In the neigh orhood OF
SlOO.OOO The call issued today is for
general fund warrants, registered on
or before March 8, 1905. They are
payable on Sept. 16, at which time in.
terest will cease. Some called war.
rants have been u for six months,
and as they no longer draw interest it
Is advisable for those holding them to
present them for redemption.
HELENA, Sept. 9.-According to an
opinion handed down today by the
attorney general, the county treasurer
may deputize sheriffs, assessors, etc.,
for the seizure of personal property
to compel the payment of delinquent
axes. The attorney general also
ruled In al opinion addressed to
Game Warden w. F. Scott that a
justice OF the peace may charge a
game and fish warden a fee of 81 for
issuing q search warrant.
kAL1sPELL, Sept. Oscar Zeller,
a son Of Martin Zeller, met with a
painful and serious injury on Monday
evening q few miles from town. He
was engineering for his father, who is
running a threshing machine, and as
he was backing the engine to couple
onto the separator, he lost control of
his engine and it crashed into the ma.
chine. While in this position he came
In direct contact with the steam and
he was severely scaldes, and his back
injured by an iron rod. A ply stefan
was called and his injuries were at
to. Two other men escaped by
jumping.
LIVINGSTON, Sept. SIN a coach
accident In the Yellowstone park, near
the Golden Gate, on Wednesday, Mrs.
Wells of Cheyenne, Wyo., Miss l..
of Mandan, La, and Mrs.
H. E. Carton of ST. Louis, were slight.
injured. The accident resulted from
one OF the reins breaking, when one
OF the horses stumbled aud fell. Only
good fortune prevented the coach from
going over a p~recipice several hun.
dred feet high. AS it was, it fell over
an ~embankment about four feet high
and turned completely over There
were eleven passengers in the coach,
but all but those named escaped with
out a scratch. All of the injured were
able to proceed on their way as soon
as their wounds were dressed.
BILLINGS, Sept. 9.-The bridge
across the Yellowstone river at juno.
ton, in the eastern part of Yellow
county, was formally opened for
traffic last night. Mayor Harry Scott
OF Junction performed the ceremony,
driving the first wagon across the new
structure, on which was a big hay rick
with ladies'. He was followed
by freighters' teams and q long string
Of cowboys from the 70 and Cross K
Returning to town the mayor
turned the keys over % the visitors
and q grand ball wound up the festiyi.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-13
ITCHING ECZEMA
And All Other Itching and Scaly
EruptiOnS Cured by C~uticura.

The agonizing itching. and burning
OF the skin, as in eczema; the fright.
u scaling, as in psoriasis; the loss Of
mar and crusting of scalp, as in
scaled head: all demand a remedy Of
almost superhuman virtues to success.
tully cope with them. That Cuticura
soap: Ointment. and Pills are such
stands proven beyond all doubt.
the WET soap, ointment, and Pills are sold throughout
wv ON totter Drug X Chem. Corp. Boston, Sole
NN'''e'" S-Seud for How to Cure Eczema"
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"Prints All the News.''

II any reader OF the RIVER PRESS
considers it worthy of recommend alton
to friends, the favor will be very high.
ly appreciated by its publishers.
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Cows. to Winter.

Wanted-Good reliable party to take about
eeventy-fve cows and calves to winter. Address
MARK COCkR1LL,
M0rias. Mont.
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Bucks for Sale.

have tor sale 400. delaine Merino and 200
Rambouillet bucks. ali on or address
NEIL BANNATYNE.
FlOWerree. Mont,
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MONTANA BRIEFLETS.

SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM All
OVER THE STATE.
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What Has Happened in Montana During
the Past Few Days.
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SEE no dangerous shoals ahead in the business and fnancia
situation, nor do look for any sort Of a business boom
The country ought to be thankful if business moves alons
in its PRESENT volume.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

ans Diary The native librarian evident
~ didn't quite know whether Adams Dia-
to make it sure he put it under both
headings, gravely adding Mark Twain s
own words, Translated from the Origi-
nal MS.
Booth Harrington. it will be remember
ed, was a short time ago elected a mem
Der of the Indiana legislature, and during
the last year there have been appearing
in the monthly magazine stories by him,
written out of his political experiences,
dealing chiefly with political characters
and political situations in q, small middle
west community. These political stories
have been collected and were published
by McClure-P Phillips in book form the lat
ter part of January under the title of In
the Arena. . The simple IIoosier people
and the humorous and pathetic figures
that rise out of the rural population into
political prominence are sympathetically
shown in Mr.. Tarldngton's stories. He
touches the life with somewhat the same anne
Mr.. AIDE has exhibited in his recent rural
comedies.
writer in the current Harper's Weekly
quotes an interesting q comment by
thoughtful Japanese apropos Of the recog-
milton by western nations which has come
to the Mikado's people since the beginning
of the war: While you knew us only as
thought US barbarians; but now that we
have shown that we can kill scientifically
you call us civilized" Artistic excellence.
only a very small part of the spirit of old
Japan, and, perhaps. a feminine part, as
many of the most famous works of Japa-
nese literature were written by women.
A nation must stand among nations by its
masculine qualities; the qualities of in
tellect and will, and, above all, the power
of self-defense. So Japan had to win her
spurs before her greatness could be fully
accepted. Japan's triumph seems due to
three things: a powerful ruling class; an
artisan class perfect in the mastery of
materials and very adaptive: and a peas
ant class full of vigor, health, endurance,
and self-sa crifice.
The Lothrop. Lee & Shepard Co. an
nounce for publication April l, their
Lothrop list, two widely different works of
fiction, each of commanding interest. Miss
Billy is an entertaining novel of civic
improvement by Edith K. Stokely and
Marian K. Hurd, two bright woman jour
nalists OF Des Moines, Ia. 1t has to do
with the formation of a street almost as
unpromising as the celebrated cabbage
patch.' and equally rich in humorous
characters The other is 1.-The Human
Touch a tale of the great southwest, by
Edith NJ. Nicholl, a book having much of
the quality of The Virginian-" The story
is of affinity and of the human
touch that draws man and woman to-
gether wherever it appears in its might,
regardless of any obstacles. 1t is full of
good red blood and life, enlivened with hui
NOR. They also publish April 1 on their
Lee & Shepard list Juvenile by Edward
Stratemeyer.
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passengers stood until he took seat No.
II The train started.
Porter, bring a case of champagne,
said the senator. My dear Colonel
Ring, I trust you will join us
DR.. Newell Dwight Hills first novel,
1.-THE Quest of John Chapman, pub
lished by the Macmillans, was taken
up with such avidity by people all
over the country that il went promptly
into its second large edition. Especially
throughout the middle west the book
was welcomed; for the people who live
in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and the
neighboring states cherish the tradi-
lions ofA Johnny Appleseed, and love
him for the noble work he did for
their ancestors. Something like CEN
fury ago this quaint yet devoted
pioneer began his journeys down the
Ohio and through what was then the
Northwest Territory, planting in the
open glades the seeds of apple ana
other fruit trees and of grape vines
Each prospective orchard he sur
rounded with a dense edge of fallen
timber. to keep off the deer; and
when the settlers came they found or
chards all ready for them. The facts
now known about the life of Johnny
Appleseed DR.. Hills has gathered to-
gether and woven into a romance that
is full of his own personality.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Useful 1t Is In
Preserving Health and Beauty.

Nearly everybody knows that char
coal is the safest and most efficient dis
infectant and purifier in nature but
few realize its value when taken into
the human system for the same cleans
ing purpose.
Charcoal is a. remedy that the more
you take of it the better; it is not a
drug at all, but simply absorbs the
gases and impurities always present in
the stomach and intestines and carries
them out of the system.
Charcoal sweetens the breath after
smoking, drinking or after eating
onions and other odorous vegetables.
Charcoal effectually clears and i'm
proves the complexion. it whitens the
teeth and further acts as a natural
and eminently safe cathartic
1t absorbs the injurious gases which
collect in the stomach and bowels: it
disinfects the mouth and throat from
the poison of catarrh.
All druggists sell charcoal in one
form or another, but probably the best
charcoal and the most for the money
is in Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges: they
are composed of the finest powdered
Willow charcoal. and other harmless
antiseptics in tablet form or rather in
the form of large, pleasant tasting
lozenges, the charcoal being mixed with
honey.
The daily use of these lozenres yin
soon tell in a much improved condition
of the general health, better complex
ion, sweeter breath and purer blood.
and the beauty Of it is, that no possible
harm can result from their continued
use, but on the contrary, great bene-
fit
A Buffalo physician in speaking of
the benefits Of charcoal, says: IT ad-
wise Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges to all
patients suffering from gas in stomach
and bowels. and to clear the complex
ion and purify the breath, mouth and
throat; I also believe the liver is great
" benefited by the daily use of them;
they cost but twenty-five cents a hoy
at drug stores, and although in some
sense a patent preparation. vet 7 he
lieve / get more and better charcoal
in Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges than in
any OF the ordinary charcoal tablets !"
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ken for The Century with Tolstoy, Wltte,
Shipov (the head of the Moscow zemstVo
movemenD, and other representative Rus
SLAMS.
Indian Fights and Fighters by Cyrus
Townsend Brady, is a book that viii az
ford a great satisfaction to the line Of
fcers of the regular army In It, Tor the
first time, justice is done to the brave sol
diers who have served patiently and hero
ically in the dangerous western posts The
book will serve to counterfeit the opinion,
all too widespread that service in the
plains or in the Rockies is humdrum and
unha zardous, and it will prove that the
regulars have done an immense amount of
work In upbuilding the nation Dr. Bra
dy, himself a graduate OF the navai acad-
envy understands how to do justice to the
military branch of the regular army. lie
knew personally many actors in the great
fights, and has lived quite extensively
throughout the west.
Leon Barritt, the cartoonist, whose book
on drawing. How to Draw was recent
" published by Harper & Brothers. was
born at Saugerties, n X, on the bank %. Of
expression, but he has the distinction of
being entirely self-taught, never having
attended an art class or school His first
published work appeared In Boston Punch,
when he was Is years old. He then work
ed as an artist for a firm of Boston pub
fishers. Sixteen years ago he came to
New York and started an advertising con-
Germ which supplied ideas to business peo-
pie. His first cartoon appeared in the New
York Evening Telegram, and he contin-
ued to contribute one day to that paper
came a free lance, rapidly acquiring fame
Professor Isaac Phillips Roberts book
on The Horse" which the Ma cmillan
company announce for March. will be a
particularly valuable addition to the we'll
known Rural Science series. He discusses
all the details of the breeding and care of
horses, with special reference to their use
as farm animals. The book will contain
nearly 100 illustrations.
A short story with a novel and surpris-
ing denOuement appears in the current
Harper's Weekly. It is by the distin-
guished Canadian novelist, William Nc
Lehman, and is called "A la Gaumine." 1t
is based on a curious phase of the old Ca
madam marriage laws: a provision by
which a marriage could lawfully be con-
tracted in the presence of the cure against
his will and without his or other benedic-
ton. This was called Marriage q la
Gaumine." How the lovers in Mr.. Nc
Lennan's story were finally married in
this way. after many adventures, is re-
lated with charm and humOr
The librarian of the United Service club
of Calcutta is native Indian. His cata-
logue of the library contains some re-
markable classifications. among which is
amusing one in connection with a book
of Mark Twain's-his Extracts from Ad-
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Accounting Burns

are instantly relieved and perfectly healed
by Bucllen's Arnica Salve. c. Rivenbark,
ir of Norfolk Va, writes: Il burnt my
knee dreadfully; that it blistered all over.
BuckIen's Arnica Salve stopped the pain,
and healed IL without a scar" Also heals
All wounds and sores. Csc at Arnold Drug
Co. 81 North Kansas ave.
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SAVE MONEY
PIT "a 10 WORH

Where it will work for you night and
day earning you to 6 per cent ac-
cording to time.
The Capitol Building and Loan AssOciat
Send for Booklet. 534 Kansas Ave
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The Limit.

my dear Mr.. Taylor" said Mr..
Perkins, as they met on the street,
you and have lived neighbors for
five years"
During that time I have kept a
parrot. a goat. a dog and two cats"
You have"
my children have broken your
Monday washing, and my dog and
cats have disturbed your sleep O.
nights"
Eyes. that is true
I'VE have emptied our ashes over
into your yard, borrowed your hoe and
rake, broken down your alley fence
and tried in various other ways to be
neighborly."
Heaven knows you have!"
And now, my dear SIR TO snow US
affairs and have no ill-feeling in the
matter j want to ask favor of you"
Il have four daughters. as you
know, and all of them are now Teady
to take piano lessons. Will you kind
" and as a neighbor come down to
Green's with me and help me to select
a good-toned instrument and guar
antee my financial ability to pay him
$40 a month on the installment plan p
An experiment in furniture making. is
being tried near New York Reaizlng
that few people can afford to buy hand
made furnitlIre a follower of arts and
crafts has designed some very simple but
good chairs tables ; ahG beoroo nvyn
western factory which turns out acres or
highly vanished. ornately decorated
pieces, the manufacturers agreeing 70
make the furniture and return it without
any paint, stain or varnlsh- The arts ana
crafts man will stain the pieces 70 sun NJ
occupy The furniture can be sold at very
moderate prices.
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Writing in the Chicago Chronicle on
the bridge craze and its attendant
evils, "Odette'' says:
Bridge playing is an old story here
in town now, but the results of the
popular fury over the game are ever
new Hardly a day but some marvel
GUS story is related as the latest from
gamboling on the green and hardly a
week but that someone among US is
picked up by the head and the heels
and transported to a rest cure tan
taIized by insomniaS wherein perennial
no trumpers dance madly before the
eyes. More rare are cases where the
intellectuals take their departure en-
tirely and there is an incident on rec
ord where an eXcitable lady was re-
moved from her seat at a bridge party
in a strait-jacket and confined for
some months in retired mansion Tor
the foolish.
While an occasional bridge party,
there is no gainsaying, is one of the
most attractive festivities in the world
and one that should bring forward
peoples best points, their cleverness,
finesse, their graciOusneSS and tact, all
with certain half intimacy not pos
sibie in other forms of social distrac-
ton, it very often, alas! discloses sell
fishness, rudeness and utter lack of
control But even this is better, it
would seem, than the pace set by
certain coterie of young married Wo-
men who play back and forth at each
others houses for very stable stakes
and let the whole world go by. The
DAYS of the great Louis were not more
heedIessly spent at ecarte nor more
reclxIessly. None of these women re-
joices in an income to afford losses, so
one infers they play for pure excite
ment or the elusive chance OF gains.
That they neglect their households, the
casual observer has merely to look at
the downtrodden aspect of the vesti-
buIe the cherries lay of the draw
ing room. to understand that the mind
of the tiller of the soil is elsewhere
AS for the children, there is an occa-
sional one who comprehends his dues
and chafes-
A small son from one of these fam
lilies was Iunching out one day when
he gave voice to this remarkable
speech: Mothers are no good any
vav" Several loyal small boys at once
smoke I'D for the usefulness of their
own mammas and a small sister SAID
Indignantly: '-How cruel of you to
speak so of mother, who is so kind
to us. You know she orders our meals
for us, gets our clothes and lots OF
ssPsha.w,a replied the malcontent.
1.-The servants could do all she does
with less bother. What does she DO
but play bridge all day and all night
and never even gets up for breakfast
There is father, who works hard and
leaves the house by g.
That the woman 1unch1ng these chill
dren was Mortified by this arraignment
of a friend goes without saying. The
saddest part of it was that 1t was an
true: these little people were neglected;
If could be seen in their faces, in their
cloths and in their manners and in the
presence of other much-loved, much
cared-for children they realized II
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

BIT and Spur is the title of a new
horse show magazine in which Albert r
terested- 1t viii be published in kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

The librarian of the United Service club
of Calcutta is a native Indian. His cata-
logue of the library contains some re-
markable classifications, among which is
an amusing one in connection with a book
of Mark Twain s-his Extracts from Ad-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

Every one at all in touch with the bis-
tory Of the day will want to read the ar
ticle, ANNOUNCED to appear in the March
century, on The Outlook for Reform in
Russia, by David Bell Mcgowan. whose
name IS associated with recently publish
en accounts Of a Russian Lourdes'' and
ans article embodies interviews I1ndSrts :
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

wide range of topics of immediate in
terest both national and international,
marks the issue of The World To-Day for
March. The illustra tons in this great 10
cent magazine are again fascinating. OF
special current Importance is the article
on The Problem of the Panama Canal"
by John F. Wallace, chief engineer of the
canal commission.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

The shepherds plaids, which is the cor
rect name for two-colored checks or
pIaids, are being shown in all materials.
BY the way. does every one know why
thew are called shepherds plaids2 In the
Highlands every fighting man formerly
wore the plaid of his clan, as he would
PAINT the arms of his house on his belong
fnes and for the same reason, that rev
could read his name even if he We're able
to write it. The simple folk who belonged
to the clan only as servitors or dependen-
dents did not wear the clan-Dlaid. Per
haps they could not afford to own It, At
an events they wore the simple tWo-color
plaid which to present-day taste is pref
tier than the startling combinations Of the
chiefs of old.
checks are the wolfe, almost as sheer as
silk yelling. They come in blue. black,
brown, red and violet, in combination with
white and have small dots OF the color
scattered over the surface. None OF these
made up have been seen, but it is easy to
imagine that they will make beautiful
Gowns White silk rather than colored
will be used for Innings.
This Is silk year and ribbons OF great
beauty are used lavishly on the new hats.
AS rule they are of the softest and most
pliable silks, and are put on, not in stin
bows but folded and crushed into roSettes-
Several tones of color are used in these
rosettes. giving a f1ower-like effect
one sees at a glance that the general