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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-09-01

seed twice each week with one sixth
millet in each afternoon feed. The oil
in these particular grains is wonder
fully beneficial and birds will get rid
of their old feathers in much better
shape if given these little luxuries.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11
May Revise Bounty Law.

HELENA, Jan. 3.-"We want some
relief from the" Fostering coyotes"
said Representative Lewis H. Van.
dyck of Park county at the Helena
last evening, land the Park county
delegation will at this session of the
legislature introduce a measure look.
ing to some abatement of the nuts ance.
The animals have so increased under
the operation of a bounty law that
practically amounts to protection that
something has to be DONE"
Asked as to what sort of a revision
of the present bounty law would suit
the farmers and ranchers of Park
county, Mr.. Vandyck stated that he
and his colleagues in the legislature
were in favor of taking the bounty off
bear altogether and increasing that
on coyotes. He held that a bounty on
bear was unnecessary: that they would
be killed, bounty, Or no bounty, by
the farmers suffering from their dep
relations and that their capacity for
harm was lot to be compared with
that of the coyotes.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11
Court May Count Ballots.

HELENA, Jan. 4.-Precinct 81, which
has at intervals since since the cleo.
ton claimed the center of the stage
in Silver Bow county, is to receive
consideration at the hands of the su.
preme court when that tribunal takes
up the district judgeship cases Friday
morning.
Yesterday a subpoena duces tacum
was issued out of Clerk Athey's Office
directed to II. n. Waugh, of Butte,
and commanding him to produce in
court the ballots cast in precinct 81 at
the last election, which we're later
hustled about the court room aud
grand jury room at Butte and finally
given into Mr.. Waugh's hands as
custodian.
\ subpoena was also issued for p.
j. Gllroy, clerk and recorder of Sill.
yer Bow county, who has the custody
of the ballots cast in that county on
the Sth of November.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11
Montana News DricfletS.

MILES CITY, Jan. About the
basest piece Of petty thievery that has
yet come to light of the numerous in.
stances that have occurred recently is
that reported this morning at John
Bonding's residence, where the sneaks
tapped the clothes line and removed Il
number of articles of clothing which
belonged to the dead wife.
Bic TIMBER, Jan. fl ames Wheat,
Nell Jewell and Charley Larsen are
in Jail here charged with having stolen
~ head OF cattle from various ranch.
ers in this vicinity and having driven
them across the Yellowstone to re-
brand them. Eighteen head of cattle
were discovered in the possession OF
the defend ants and identified.
BIG TIMBER. Jan. THE trial OF
James Grady on the charge Of killing
Police Sergeant Hannah, of Billings,
which came here on achange of venue.
has commenced in the district court
before Judge Frank Henry. Twenty
witnesses are present from Billings,
and there is no little interest in the
outcome of the trial.
HELENA, Jan. 5.-Ths list of de-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11
Weather Record for Year 1904

Observer c. w. Ling, of Havre,
gives this review of weather condi-
ITEMS at that point during the past
twelve months:
The meteorological summary of
weather conditions that prevailed at
Havre during the year 1904 as tabula-
ted from the Weather Bureau records
Is as follows.
The mean annual temperature was
AIS degrees this being seven tenths Of
a degree above normal. The highest
temperature was 100 degrees on July
22d and the lowest was 30 degrees be.
low on December 26th. There were 20
days during the year on which the
temperature rose above 80 degrees
and Us days that it fell below 32 de-
grees or the freezing point. The mean
daily range of temperature was 26.4
degrees.
The year was an exceptionally dry
one. 1t was the dryesJ year on record
at this station. The total precipita-
ton a S.6l inches which is 5.64
inches below normal. The wettest
month was June with 2.29 inches and
the dryest month was November with
q trace of precipitation. The great.
est amount of precipitation in any
"a consecutive hours was 100 inches
on May % and -.
There were 70 days on which .Ol OF
an inch of rain fell and ~ days with
.O4 inches of rain and over. There
were 81 days with now and none with
hail. Seven days on which dense fog
surrounded the station for two hours
or more. ThunderstOrms occurred on
10 days. The average hourly velocity
of wind was 8 miles. There were IL
days with gales--days on which the
wind reached q velocity of 10 miles an
hour and over. The maximum velo.
city was. So miles an hour from the
southwest on November 22nd.
The first killing frost in autumn oc.
Cured on September 18th, and the
last killing frost in spring occurred
on May 18th. The number of days
clear was l75. partly cloudy l2l and
cloudy -.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11

bach, of the Teton, had net with a
severe accident near the Teton station,
the result of a runaway. The exten,
of his injuries has not been learned.
Judge Tattan left today for Helena,
to attend the proceedings in the Judge
ship contest before the supreme court.
County Attorney Pray and E. Frank
Sayre also went to Helena, to give
testimony in the case if called upon to
do 90.
Miss Jeannette Morrow left this
morning for Cleveland, in the Bear
Paw country, where she will teach
school. She was accompanied by
Miss Ella Jones, of Warrick, who has
been visiting in this city during the
past ten days.
A dividend of ten per cent. was dis.
tributed today among the stockholders
of the Stockmen's National bank, and
as q six per cent. dividend was paid
last July it makes a total of sixteen
per cent. for the past twelve months.
This shows that the institution is doing
a large and profitable business.
Sheriff Mcdonald arrived from Har.
lem this morning with the five chill.
dren of E. S. Freassone, OF that vicin.
itv. who we're alleged to be 10 a desti-
tute and demented condition. They
are all boys, ranging in age from six
to fifteen years, and while they had
not been receiving proper care they
were not in quite as bad circumstances
as reported. They will be taken in
charge by the county authorities.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11
Railroads Will Object.

HELENA, Jan. 3.-''The fight of the
session-the one great spectacular fea.
ture of the present gathering of Mon.
tana's lawmakers-will come near the
end of the session, and that will be on
the railway commission proposition"
said one of the leaders OF the upper
house who refused to be interviewed
except on condition that his name be
not used.
IA railway commission bill will
pass both houses. lear the end of the
term" said he, "and it will be the oc-
casion of the bitterest fight ever wit.
messed in the Montana capital. Every
inch Of the progress made by the
friends of the measure will be holly
contested by the railway companies.
"This railway commission bill will
be a comparatively mild measure, but
that will in no way affect the opposi-
ton of the railways. They are out 20
contest with all the power at their
hands the passage of any railway
commission bill whatever. They are
bitterly opposed to the railway COM
mission proposition in toto. They
don't even want a commission with
powers so limited as to be entirely
harmless to them.
"To the railway companies the COM
mission matter is a sort of nightmare,
q vision with all manner Of dire sug-
g%estions about it: but, like Banquo's
ghost, it won't down. There are now
in the hands Of various members of
the two houses no less than half a
dozen railway commission bills, and
all of these will be brought forward
in time. | have seen two of these my
self and they are, to put it mildly,
simply summers. Were they to pass
the two houses and become laws the
railways of the state would be put out
OF business. That is a sufficient lodi
cation of the character of these two
measures. 1t is q safe bet that they
will get beyond the committees.
Something a little less q and
drastic would have a better show.
The bill that will pass will be one of
milder terms: a bill that will leave to
the railway companies at least some
voice in the management of their af-
fairs"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11
Denounced the Beef Trust.

CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-''Cattie produc.
ton on the ranch L. a gamble where
you cash 10 five years after you put
up the ante.'
This is the way William Hill, the
noted economist of the University OF
Chicago, describes the condition of
the cattle Industry a., controlled by
the beef trus, ia the current number of
the American Journal of Political
Economy.
The beef trusts methods of manipu.
lating the market and creating a false
price for cattle are roundly c%ensured,
and government control of the indus.
try is predicted unless the packers
choose to allow the ~ranchmen a voice
in the rules of the gigantic gambling
game.
"tor the past two years the condi-
ton OF the cattle industry has been so
much disturbed that ranchmen, feed.
ers, commission men aud bankers
have lost enormous sums of money.
With q accord they have turned
against the packer and charged the
packing combine with manipulating
the market to such an extent as to
leave no profit for any one but the
packer.
Zone OF three things will happen If
the present condition is not changed
SO that the farmers will have a voice
in the game. Some plan of govern.
ment regulation will be devised; inde-
pendent plants will be established to
restore competition and again give
the farmer a chance to win occasion.
ally or the packers will be compelled
to grant the farmers a certain price
for fat cattle as is O done by some
spcculators."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11

f~ciency claims against the state,
which must later come before the leg.
islature, was made up by Clerk Ney
N. Davidson of the state board of ex.
aminers today and sent to Governor
Toole. These claims are to 60 to the
speaker of the house Of representa-.
tives and finally into the hands of the
committee on appropriations. OF
these claims the total is S62, $50. SO,
made up of p items, although if the
claims of sheriffs for the t%ransporta.
ton of prisoners to the penitentiary
at Deer Lodge be included, the aggre
gate of the claims is S7S, PAS. %.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11
A Grim Tragedy

is daily enacted, in thousands of
homes, as Death claims, in each one,
another victim of Consumption or
Pneumonia. But when Coughs and
Colds are properly treated, the tragedy
is averted. F. G.. Huntly, of Oaka-
landou, Ind, writes: "My wife had
the consumption, and three doctors
gave her up. Finally she took DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump.
ton, Coughs and Colds. which cured
her, and today she is we'll and strong"
1t kills the germs of all diseases. One
dose relieves. Guaranteed at SOC and
Sl.OO by D. G. Lockwood, druggist.
Trial bottles free.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11

LEWlSTOWN, Jan. 4.-As the result
Of Frank Flanagan finding his daugh.
ter and another girl in company with
two Whiskey Gulch miners, Smith and
L%undergreen, near their cabins, Mr..
Flanagan drew Il revolver and in a
fight which followed his daughter was
struck on the head and rendered I'M
conscious. One OF the miners is uu.
der arrest. AS the girl did not return
home when expected Mr.. Flanagan,
his brother and a deputy sheriff insti.
tuted a search and found the two
girls In company with the miners.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11
Notice to Creditors.

Estate of James j. Kennedy, deceased.
Notice is hereby given BY the undersigned
III istrator Of the estate of James j. Kennedy
deceased, to the creditors of, and all persons
having claims against the said deceased, to ex-
hlblt them, with the necessary vouchers, within
four months after the first publication of this
notice. to the said administrator at his office in
Gold Butte, Chouteau county. Montana.
JOHN MCDOWELL,
Administrator of the estate of James j, Ken.
needy, deceased.
Dated Dec. ~, 1904.
First publication, Dec. ~, 1904.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11
Terms Of Court for 1905.

In the District Court of the Twelfth Judicial Dis.
trict OF the State of Montana.
1t is hereby ordered that the terms of court,
Tor and during the year 1905, in said district, be
lows, to-wit:
tIoUTEAC COUNTY.
Tuesday, January 18th.
Tuesday, March 3lst.
Tuesday, June Goth.
Tuesday, October Gath.
VALLEY CoUNTY.
Tuesday, February 2lst.
Tuesday, May 23rd.
Tuesday, September 10Th.
Tuesday, December l!th.
Witness my hand this Sth day of December. 1904
JNO. ". TATTAN,
Judge Twelfth Judicial District.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11
Notice to Creditors.

Estate of Jim 500, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
othe creditors Of and all persons having claims
aSainet the SAID deceased, to exhibit them with
the necessary vouchers within four months after
the nfst publication Of this notice to the said ad-
ministfator at the Office of the clerk Of the dis.
Montana. JOHN NETTRERT
Dated Dec. Sth, 1904.
Fret publication Dec. ~, 1904.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11
Miscellaneous.

See our stock of Hand Bags, Silk
Mufflers, Handkerchiefs in all styles
and prices Fancy Box Paper, Fur
Scarfs and Mutfs, Pillow Tops, Pillow
Cord and Ruffling, Fascinators and
Shawls, Perfumes, all kinds of Silver
Spoons, Toilet Goods, Belts, Hand
kerchief Boxes, Toilet Soap Boxes,
Stamped Linen Napkins and Table
Linens.
Come and see what we have. We
sell everything at very low prices.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11
Heavy Penalty For Chinese Smugglcr.

CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-Convicted by a
jury in the United States district court
on a charge of having attempted to
import a Chinaman into the United
States in violation of the Chinese ex-
clusion act, Lam Chez, a wealthy Chi.
cago Cbinaman, was today sentenced
to two years in the house of correction
and fined 81 1000. Lam Chez was ar.
rested after the body of Leoug Dick
was found frozen in a refrigerator car
at St. Louis nearly a year age.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11
Christmas TOYS.

We have the largest stock of Toys
this year in Drums, Horns, Dolls,
Wagons, Books, Blocks, Games,
Tops, Dishes, Trains, Doll Cabs,
Baskets and all kinds of Toys cheap.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11

A store full of Newness, Elegance
and Price Inducements is now ready
to serve you for all your dry goods
wants and gift things. Each and
every section of this store is filled to
overlooking with new and attrac-
tive goods for present use as we'll
as for Holiday presents. Take a
look, visit the different departments,
and don't forget to see our famous
Toy display:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11
Lambs Wanted.
Forty Dollars Reward,

We will bug your lambs providing YOU can
winter same. Il. &. POW Err Il BRO.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11

Water right blanks-only correct
form published-for sale at the RIVER
PRESS Office.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11
Receipts OF Great Falls Land office
Great Falls Leader.

BY the report of the register and
receiver of the Great Falls land Office
for the quarter ending December 81,
issued today, and by those of the pre-.
ceeding three quarters Of the past
year it is shown that during the year
the cash RECEIPTS OF the Office amounted
to the enormous figure Of STA, OlS 81.
The quarterly report shows moneys
received during that period from the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11
Gloves.

Our stock of Gloves in Kid. Golf
and Wool Mitts is complete, and we
invite inspection.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11
Toilet Sets.

See our new stock of Smoking Sets,
Manicure and Toilet Sets, Shaving
Sets, etc., etc.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11
Sewing Machine For Sale.

4 second hand Singer sewing machine, in good
order, for sale cheap. Apply at River Press
office.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11

Fine Book and Job Printing q spe
cialtv At the RIVER PRESS Office.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11

Forty dollars reward will be paid to anyone
who will find and deliver to ME Ave head of
horses with the following brands: vi on right
under; Or s. 90 per head for any of
them delivered to me 4. II. earle,
Little Plume p. O.
Medicine Hat, n. W. T.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11
Dress Goods.

We have these goods in all shades,
put up in patterns for Christmas
presents.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11

The receipts of the land district.
while very heavy, are much smaller
than they would have been under or.
binary circumstances had it not been
that the withdrawal from entry of
millions of acres on account of irri.
CATION projects and the suspension of
desert land entries cut down the re-
ceipts to a great extent.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11
Lace Collar Dept.

We have just received a large lot of
the latest styles in Lace and Embroid-
cry Collars for Christmas gifts.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11
Ready.to.Wear.

Ladies' Black Silk Waists.
Ladies' Cloth Skirts.
Ladies' Waists, all styles.
Ladies' Coats, Jackets and Rain
Coats.
Wrappers at all prices.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-11

Cash sales 80. -. ...,.... SIS, 2lO %
Homesteads.. .,.......... 1890 90
Final homesteads .......... 1896 90
Timber and stone application 80 90
State selections ......... 4 90
Railroad selections. ....... 46 90
CANCEL atiOns ............ 10 90
Miscell aneOus ............. l54 80
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-15
GARDEN ON EXPRESS ISLE
PETERH0F PALACE

native OF old Russia. The Slavs lay
claim to an antiquity as remote as that
of the Greeks. They possess many
characteristics similar to the Hellenes.
Their alphabet is like the Greek, their
mythology is similar, and their re-
ligion is precisely the same. The orr
gin of the Slavic tribes is obScured by
a wealth of legendary improbabilities.
It is certain that they occupied the ter
ritory of Russia long before the fierce
northern tribes attacked the declining
civilization of Rome.
In the far past the Russian plains
were practically unknown. They were
commonly spoken of as a region in
habited by wild and fierce Scythian
and Sarn1atian tribes. Still more re-
mote were the shadowy races known to
the ancients as Hyperboreans. At a
later period the Slavs from the Baltic
and the banks of the Elbe and Danube
populated the plains to the eastward.
They were nomadic for the most part,
exceedingly quarrelsome and had little
inclination to establish unified centers.
Even at this early date, however, there
were a few settlements that still exist
as populous centers. Novgorod and
Kiev are two of them
BY the middle of the ninth century
these centers Of population had begun
to assume certain Importance, but
national unity was still a long way off.
About this time a Scandinavian leader
named Rtrik made his appearance with
band of Morse warriors and concluded
to settle and grow UP with the country.
Rurik was the first ruler who ever at
tempted to bring some order out OF
the chaos. He was an excellent organ
izer, and in few years he had made
a favorable beginning toward the
building of an organized state. Russian
historians date the foundation of the
empire from about this time-S62.
These Scandinavians were known te
| the Slavs as Varangians. One theory
has it that they were even then called
Russians, and others maintain that the
name is more ancient than that and
was borne by some OF the tribes long
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-15
TWO TALES FROM FRISCO.

Speaking of hotels" says ]. S. Spear
of San Francisco, there's pretty lit
tie country hotel in England, known as
the Rose tavern. The blushing roses
of England climb all over the veranda,
and close at hand, in the hotel grounds.
is a pretty little ivy mant1ed chapel.
The chapel in addition to being place
of worship, serves another useful pur-
pose at times. If the hotel becomes
overcrowded, as it does now and then,
they put away the guests in the chapel
A travelling man arrived there late one
night. There was not a room left in
the hotel, and the night clerk asked
him if he objected, to sleeping in the
chapel. For want of something better.
he accepted the chapel Everything
went well until 6 o'clock in the morn
ing, when the loud pealing of the chapel
bell aroused the night clerk from his
forty winks of sleep. He rushed over
to the chapel in great alarm and en-
countered the travelling man.
care you the night clerk? asked
the travelling man.
CT am, said the night clerk. What's
! the jolly row.?
"'well, for heavens sake said the
| travelling man, rush me over a cock
| tail to pew 49, "
Two sprucely dressed, prim old ladies
were having the usual struggle on a
California street car, in San Francisco.
| over who should pay the fare. The
successful competitor drew what she
supposed was a two bit piece from her
purse and handed it to the conductor
with the remark:
| "Take two out of that"
| The conductor was polite, but he
turned red and finally stammered:
"But, madam, that is only ge06 for
one"
Good for one! What do you meant
What is it?'
Its a beer check, madam