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The Lamar register., 1905-12-06
Gold Strike in Chile.

Ssntiago. Chile.-Great excitement
prevails in the gold fields bordering on
the Straits of Magellan. Many COM
panies have been formed and there has
been great opening of the fields and
washeries. The territory promises to
be second Klondike.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

A telegraph line is soon to be ex.
tended to Timbuctoo. but the office
there will probably never achieve such
importance as has at times been at.
tributed 10 the ones at Mole st. Nicho-
las and Che Foo.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

A Chicago wife wants divorce he
cause her husband spent all his
money. That is crime. as all wives
will agree. Husbands should bring all
their money home and leave 1t on the
bureau.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

The retirement OF Constantine Pc.
trovitch Pobiedonostseff. the aged
chief procurator of the holy synod OF
the Russian church, will not be seri-
ously regretted by newspaper men
who every now and then have had to
write his name.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

Prince Louis cabled from New York
to the London Times: I'VE find TWEEN.
ty-four hours in the day wholly in.
sufficient allowance for the daily fare
of American hospitality" Royalty
never did care much about an eight.
hour day.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

1t is gratifying to observe that the
descendants of Pocahontas have been
thoughtful enough at last to arrange
for suitable monument to the mem
ory of their illustrious ancestrcss.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

Prof. Jim Jeffries' remark that he
wouldn't play football for 81 900 a
minute" shows clearly how the princely
income of successful prize fighter
makes him arrogant when discussing
a question of wages.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

1t is proposed in Russia to bring the
Julian calendar up to date by shorten.
ing the Russian February by thirteen
days and beginning March in the
Gregorian style. When people get to
fooling with the calendar. Februar. al
ways get 1t in the neck.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

A fire in New York was started by
the burning of pile of letters ignited
by the heat from radiator. Unless
they were love letters one janitor
must be doing all that can reasonably
be expected of him.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

These articles telling people how
TO be as tall as they should be. do
not meet the popular demand. What
people really want to know is how
not TO be so short as they mostly
are.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

The king of Spain is skilfull and
fearless rider. keen motorist, dead.
ly shot with either rifle or revolver, a
splendid fencer and an exceptionally
clever boxer. The people hope that
he will also be a good king.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

Russian prisoners at Kishinev re-
volted in body and set fire to the
jail The simple life did not appeal to
them when so much was going on out.
side.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

The Detroit man who has erected a
statue OF Satan in his front yard and
has to guard it from the good little
boys may be sure of the earnest sym.
pathy of Miss Mary MacLane.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

That 100000 package of securities
has been found intact in the street in
Philadelphia. Now somebody will;
probably assume that it was hidden in
the grass.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

Jan Kubelik, the violinist. is going
to make tour of the United States.
and will bring with him Mrs. Kubelil,
and the twins. This ought to keep
emotional young women from going
crazy as they used to do when Pade.
rewski played.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

No matter who wins the New York
election contest the lawyers can not
lose.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

Being an optimist. Mr.. Stead pro.
phesies the loss of 100000 lives in
Russia. If he were pessimist. he
adds. he would say two millions. Bu.
Mr.. Stead always was emotional.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

It is ungrateful of Russia not to
use w. T. Stead's remedies for a dis
tressed nation, considering the fact
that he has not patented them.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

Russia is going to have a douma
and China is going to have a parlia-
ment. Why is it none of these for
eign nations ever wants a congress
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

A st. Louis woman's club decides
that women can not love man and art
at the same time. Then let art be
passed up.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

Washington.-The Supreme Court
of the United States on Monday af-
firmed the decision of the United
States District Court of Vermont in
the case of Mrs. Mary Mabel Rogers.
who is under sentence of death in
Vermont for the murder of her hus.
band
The effect of the decision will be to
again place the responsibility of deal.
ing with the case in the hands of the
state authorities, and IL meantime
nelther the governor nor the state
courts take action in MrI. Rogers be-
half her execution must occur on tho
day set, which is December Stb next
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

Artist Gibson has left the country.
but the girls will continue the effort
to live up to his pictures.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

The state of New Jersey is out Of
debt and has $1,000 900 in the treasury.
OF course. everybody knows it's taint-
ed money.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

Spanish students are rioting now
Possibly football is a good thing after
all for the purpose of working off the
students surplus energy.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

One vote for Mark Twain was cast
at the election in New York. What
joke there was was on the voter.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

prisoners in Japan. They are to be
sent home.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

If John Kendrick Bangs carries out
his intention to become New Eng
land farmer. he will find that farming
in New England is no joke.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

Why is 1t that wise suggestion
from a foolish man never gets the at
tention given to foolish proposition
by a wise man?
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

The university presidents can
tackle football, but they don't seem to
be able to score.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

ed only few hours. Some saloon
keeper must have capitulated early.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06
Hard on Liquor PeddIers.

Washington. = Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue Yerkes has issued a
statement to collectors that there is
no internal revenue stamp tax for the
peddling of alcoholic patent medi.
cines and liquors, and directs that ped
dlers going over the country disposing
OF these things shall be required to pay
special tax at every district and sep
arate place at which there is evidence
of sales having been made.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

Two French generals are about to
fight duel. A careful inspection OF
the moon discloses no blood.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06

Milwaukee, Wis.-The hunting sea
son Just closed in Wisconsin and
northern Michigan shows a record Of
seventy-eight killed and wounded by
the use of firearms. Since the opening
of the deer hunting season four men
have been killed and sixteen wounded
in accidents for which deer hunters
were responsible. The remainder of
the accidents came from the careless
use or guns by hunters.
/ Taking the killed and wounded for
the deer season alone, 1t is much
smaller than in former years. probably
owing to the publication of former
casualties.
The Lamar register., 1905-12-06
Deadly Game of Football.

Chicago.-The football season end
ing Thanksgiving shows total of 21
killed and 205 seriously injured. OF
the latter six probably will die and
moro than forty are permanently Grip
pied. AS sport football slightly ex-
ceeds automobiling and falls slightly
under hunting for the number of fatal
tiles. Prize fighting and bull fighting
which are prohibited because of their
brutal features, do not show as many
deaths in ten years as the football sea
son displays for two months.
Public sentiment has been aroused
to the pitch where 1t is demanded that
the brutal features of the college game
be eliminated and slugging forbidden.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-29
Porto Rico.s Thanksrivfnr.

In Porto Rico at Thanksgiving time
men who go about selling chickens and
turkeys carry them in bundles wrap
ped with jagua palm. Out Of the end
of the bundle stick the turkeys long
tail feathers, looking like a feather
buster. Moreover. these bundled tur-
keys are still alive, and the woman
who purchases her Thanksgiving bird
Is compelled to board it until she or her
lord and master is ready to kill it 70,
cooking.
In that climate refrigerators are rare,
and fowls do not keep as long as one
might wish. In the markets Of Porto
Rico the housewife can buy any good
things that + possible in America.
The market is usually found on the
wide plaza. where buying and sellin;;
are attended with much din. Black
faced women in white. with gay ban
danna handkerchiefs about their heads,
do the selling. sometimes Il couple Of
little black children tumbling about at
their feet. They squat upon the ground
among their fruit and vegetables.
Pumpkins may be purchased there of a
size that would amaze the American
housewife.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-29
Making the Proclamation.

There is Il good deal of form and Ger
emony about the making of the
Thanksgiving proclamation. 1t is com.
posed by the president himself and in
most instances written out in his own
hand. When this is done the document
goes to the state department, where it
Is carefully copied in ornamental writ
ing that is almost like engraving on the
official blue paper Of that department.
The next thing needed on the document
Is the great seal of the government.
This seal is kept by the clerk of par.
dons and commissions. and it is very
carefully guarded under lock and key.
Its keeper will not produce it without
a special warrant signed by the presi.
dent, and an impression of the seal is
quite Il ceremony in itself. When the
proclamation has been thus duly sign.
ed and sealed many copies are made of
1t by clerks. and II is sent to the gov
ernor Of every state in the Union. 1t is
also given out then to the press agents.
who telegraph it all over the United
States. Each governor. as he receives
1t, issues n himself for his state.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-29
A PURITAN FESTIVAL.


AS ~ WV 80 "
Mrs Ruth Merrill Clark Hardy of
| tie National Society of New England
Women gives in the New York Trib.
| une the following account of a real
old fashioned Thanksgiving dinner in
vogue in New England when she was
young:
For weeks" she says. 1.-The prepare
tons were going on for this great
and only Puritan festival. when the
children and grandchildren, from far
and lear. gathered under the old fam
lily rooftree.
Dinner was not served, as now, in
courses. but all sorts Of good things
were placed at once on the table. If
the dining table could not he length
ened sufficiently to accommodate the
increased family group, then smaller
ones were placed around the room. The
snowy linen was that which bad been
spun and woven in the house.
Puritan simplicity did not see the
need of table adornments outside of
the fine white linen, the pears and
rosy checked apples and the abundance
Va AooOs Az N1IC SCA4lCl vi NlIC tilOlC was
a roast pig, ut one end a big turkey.
the choicest of the flock. and at the
other 4 luscious goose. There were
cold roast spareribs and always a
chicken pie. The rich crust Of this pie
was decorated on top with the words
Give Thanks in pastry letters. For
vegetables there We're potatoes. onions,
turnips and squash; for appetizers,
homemade pickles. cider apple sauce.
pepper and melon mangoes. There
We're plates OF delicious white and
brown bread and the sweetest of but
ter. Then followed plum pudding such
as only a New England woman can
make. mince. pumpkin and apple pie.
cranberry tarts and baked sweet APP
pies. hickory. butter and hazel nuts.
"Tea and coffee were served through
out the meal. with the richest of sweet
cream. and great pitchers of sweet
cider We're in evidence. not only at
the dinner, but at all times during the
day, as was popcorn. which was al
ways enjoyed b. the young folks"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-29
AN ARMY THANKSGIVING.
The Famous Plum Pudding II the
Hawkins ZOuaves.


"In November. 1862" said the vet
eran who was a drummer boy in the
famous Hawkins zouaves, W. were
in camp ut Falmouth, directly opposite
Fredericksburg, where many Of our
command fell a little later. We could
get nothing but the ordinary rations.
but we had prepared for that by start
ing Il company fund several months be-
fore for the purpose Of supplying a
Thanksgiving dinner. There must have
been something like $40 in the fund.
and our cook kept the disposal of this
fund a profound secret.
1T seems ridiculous now, but l don't
believe that any child ever waited for
the coming of Christmas morning with
a keener excitement than we did for
that Thanksgiving dinner. When it
came at last, we found that the great
dish was nothing more o. less than q
good old fashioned plum pudding, rich
and savory. I'll never forget that pud-
ding, but 1t was the only thing we had.
1t had taken all the company fund to
buy the -four and other ingredients for
the pudding
Il tell you, though, it seemed mighty
good to our stomachs, which had en-
dured a steady diet Of hard tack and
coffee for weeks. l don't believe that
a band of street ragamuti1ns ever
tackled a feast with a keener relish
than we poor fellows felt when we de-
voured that pudding"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-29
The Red Mans
Thanksgiving
How Reservation Indians Enjoy the Day.
A Pony Smoke Popular-killin6
Their Own Meat

NTENEST in Thanksgiving day
and its observance is just as in.
tense these days among the reser-
walton Indians as in college towns
where great football games are schcd-
cled to occur. Especially is this true
IN the southwest. where the Indians
have had an opportunity to become
thoroughly civilized of late years. The
white people find no more enjoyment
In this day Of universal cheer than do
these same dusky redskins.
1t is Il day of feasting. playing and
gaming, with Il big dance at night.
Such sport only comes once a year to
them nowadays. when they have had
to forsake the scalping knife for the
pillow. Their wild nature revolted at
the idea of work. and it has been with
much difficulty that the government
agents have made farmers out Of the
young braves. 4 day Of rest and
amusement is considered good for their
better nature, and the government au-
thOrities are willing that Thanksgiv-
ing day shall become IL festal time for
the reservation wards Of the nation.
The Osases hold a big feast at Paw
huska, their capital city. All members
of the tribe are invited to take part i n
the festivtticr. At the beginning and
end of eHrh zeal. and there are many,
the aged missionary who lives among
them is invited u deliver Il short pray
er, thanking the Great Spirit for the
good things which the agent has sent
hem. The food is cooked by the
sluawS, and. while it could be pre-
pared in Il much cleaner and more
tasteful manner, the cooking Is an i'm
%provement over that of a few years
ego.
The .Anaches and Cheyennes are in
the habit OF holding a pony smoke. Or
ten the Osages indulge in this expensive
festival. \ pony smoke is a friendly
meeting Of two tribes and is especial
II appropriate for the occasion. The
tribe giving the smoke is supposed to
bear al the expenses. They provide
the best game and vegetables in the
market for their guests. and at the end
Of the first days meeting they present
q good pony to the head OF each family
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-29
A Thanksgiving Game.

One of the funniest of the funny
games peculiar to Thanks giving time
Is called hunt the turkey"
Go out to the kitchen and take the
turkey out Of the oven and bring it in
and hide it somewhere in the parlor.
Under the lace curtains in the windows
Is a good place or you might shove it
down inside Of the piano. Then let
the guests come in and hunt for it.
The person who finds 1t must hit some
one with it before the person can get
it back to the other room, which is
home base. 1t is not fair to throw the
turkey. lis it must be swung by the
hands. If a person accidentally knocks
over a lamp or breaks a picture or
throws the turkey through the win
dow he or she must pay a forfeit.
OF curse this game, which is funny
and III in which both young and old
may join, must not be played longer
than half an hour before the time set
for the dinner. for the turkey must be
taken back to the oven and allowed to
finish cooking before being carried to
the table. 1t is not fair to take bites
out of the turkey when it is found and
1t is also against the rules of the game
to kick the turkey around the room. 1t
must be held III the hands, right side
up, sc that the stufting will not fall
out.-New York World.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-29

or boiling water, washed, cooled Oh
blocks of ice and finally shipped wit,
Ice In barrels covered with bagging.
In this way the Thanksgiving crop
Is transported to the market centers.
IT 1t be reckOned that 1,OOO,O 900 of the
birds are sold in towns and cities to
which they are shipped alive-usually
IN wicker crates containing half a
dozen each-5,OOO,OO are left to be
carried, dead and plucked, in cold stor.
age cars. One such vehicle will hold
1000 turkeys, so that obviously 5000
cars are required to accommodate the
Thanksgiving fowls which the public
appetite demands. If these cars were
placed In line, they would compose a
train thirty miles in length, conveying
approximately $4,000 tons of birds.
In Kentucky and also In Connecticut
anu Rhode Island what may be called
the outdoor method Of raising turkeys
Is now being extensively practiced.
The birds are provided with neither
shelter mol roosts, eve in winter, and
are compelled to shift for themselves
the idea being to initiate natural con.
ditions as closely as possible. They
are fed literally and in spring are pro.
vided with half barrels for nests, bu,
there is as little interference as posi-.
BILE with their ways Of living. Far
from suffering from such neglect, they
seem to enjoy much better health; they
are vigorous and hardy. and epidemics
such as are liable to decimate ordinary
1ocks are rare among them.
EpidemiN Of disease are the great
est trouble Of the turkey breeder, fire..
quently sweeping away whole flocks in
a few days. Hence it Is that large
numbers Of the birds cannot be raised
together, and ut least five acres of
range ordinarily are required for each
hen" and her brood of poults. Recent
" there has come to be Il great demand
FOR young "broiler" turkeys early in
autumn, and such prices are obtained
for them rs to afford an inducement to
farmers to 'force the crop" as Is done
with chickens.
We have in this country immense
quantities OF surplus corn easily con
vertible into turkeys, and each autumn
the crop Of birds surpasses all previous
records. In prosperous times. of
course. the demand is ut 4 maximum,
and this Thanksgiving will see moro
of the fowls eaten than were consumed
OH the same festive occasion in any
year hitherto. To absorb a consider
able surplus there has grown up n for
eign demand. and many thousands of
choice gobblers and hens will be
shipped this autumn to Europe to
tickle the appreciative palates Of cpl
cures on the other side of the water
Louisville Courier-Journal,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-29
HOW TO COOK A TURKEY.
The Recipe Of a Famous New Yorl;
Chef.

The Recipe Of a Famous New York
Chef.
A chef who has for many years pre-.
sided over the cuisine of one of New
York city's best hotels gives this recipe.
for preparing and cooking the Thanks
giving turkey:
"Slit the neck Of the turkey from the
back Of the head down it's whole length
and with the fingers separate the skin
from it. Cut the skin a little above the
middle and pull apart, then cut the
neck off at the base. That will leave
the skin intact for further use.
take the intestines out through an
1ncision in the abdomen, but first take
out the crop by inserting the finger
where you have cut the neck off. Loos-
en- the strings, or pipes, inside and pull
them easily, then the whole crop will
come out intact. Wash we'll, and the
turkey will be ready for stuffing.
"For the stuffing soak a small stale
loaf Of bread in cold water and when
soft squeeze all the water out; place III
a bowl, add salt, pepper, thyme or sage
or both; fry II onion chopped fine in
four ounces Of butter and a little ham,
bacon or salt pork; cut fine, add a
whole egg and mix we'll. Stuff the
crop or wishbone part thoroughly and
fasten the skin over it on the back
Of the turkey with a skewer or sew it;
the rest put inside. Bake the turkey in
a hot oven and cook about ninety min
uteS."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-29
MEDICINE MEN DANCE THEIR APPROVAL.

visiting them. AS a tribe consists Of
from 300 to 800 families, the expenses
soon mount high. The Osages, being
the richest reservation Indians, can
better afford to hold pony smokes, anu
they generally invite several hundred
guests from the Poncas, Tonkawas and
surrounding tribes. Those accepting
the ponies are supposed to return the
gift with equally expensive Ones later
on, but few of them are in the position
so to do.
The Poncas hold every Thanksgiving
as q beef issue day. If the agent does
not come forward and present them
with a herd Of cattle for this occasion
they mortgage" their property and buy
cattle Of SON" neighboring ranchman.
A beef issue is the most typical and
also the most picturesque Of Indian
Thanksgiving celebrations. For years
the government has forbidden the issue
Of beef after the Of IN old time
issue. but on especial occasions they
r allowed the amusement Of killing
their OWE meat. 1t is said by the gov.
eminent officers who succeeded in hay
ing the practice stopped that beef is
sues tend to make the Indian wilder
and more difficult to ~civilize.
A hundred cattle are turned loose in
a large pasture. The young men of the
tribe are mounted on mustangs and
have shining guns. With the good
wishes of the suuaw> and medicine
men ringing in their ears. they ride out
to kill the cattle. The beasts have no
chance for life whatever. The chase is
accompanied by an undue amount Of
wild yelling. while excitement rows
intense in the camp. The smell of fresh
blood makes the squaws wild. as it
were. After all the cattle have been
shot down then the killers give Il signal
which means that all Of the tribe are
at liberty to rush forth and secure their
portion. \ half beef is awarded to each
sQuaw. The beef is cleaned and cooked
on a fire on the open plain. while the
medicine men dance their approval and
the warriors sing in their glee. The
feast follows with more dancing. and
the whole day is thus spent. ending
late at night With a final gorge.-New
York Tribune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-29
Thanksgiving In Hawaii.

The American citizeness in Hawaii
can serve a Thanksgiving feast truly
American If she does not wish to re-
strict 1t to the primitive simplicity of
thanks and a hunk Of breadfruit fresh
from the tree. The Hawaiian towns
nave their markets. and in that tenn
perate climate everything can be
raised that can be grown elsewhere.
For years the American church in Hon.
olulu has had impressive Thanksgiving
services, and the American ladies' al.
Hays decorate the building with flow
crs and appear OH that day in their
best new gowns.-Newark Call.