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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-05
ISAAC FROST SUES
A LOAN COMP ANY.
Makes Charges Of Fraud and Mis-
management Which Are Or
hcially Denied,
PRESIDENT MADSEN SAYS WAIT
p,vieOs The Case and Asks the Stock
holders to Exercise Patience Dur.
log an Investigation.

+, complaint filed in the district
,or-, Yesterday afternoon by lssac
FROST. by his attorneys, c, S. Price and
M NJ NcCrea, a receiver Is asked for
the western Loan e Savings company
and algo that the company and p. w.
vadsc.. IFS president, be compelled to
-srdsr au accounting Of the business
,or the benefit Of plaintiff and all other
stockholders similarly situated.
Mr. Frost alleges that he subscribed
for seven shares OF class "E,' stock OF
,be defendant company on March. ~,
1906 I'm order to secure loan OF 1915. He
agreed 10 pay said loan at the rate of
2-5 per month on the principal and
j2m her month interest, together with
su mstalments and charges on said
.oycn shares OF stock. He claims that
Ne has paid defendants sG9i,5O and al
en- the sum Of $3ll,5O interest and has
INV compiled with the terms and con-
1tl0ns of his contract. II is charged
that the defendants have failed TO allow
painuN the proper credits upon his
.iock and Indebtedness and have only
given him credit for 1878.
CHARGES FRAUD.
Plaintiff also charges that defend
ants have fraudently and Illegally re-
taned and withheld the earnings and
dividends upon his stock and that the
officers have msmanaged the affairs Of
the company to the damage of plaintiff
and all other owners OF common stock.
Because OF manipulations Of certain re-
serve fund stock and the prepondcrat-
irg influence Of Madsen, plaintiff claims
MT it lie impossible for him To secure
redress Of his wrongs within the cor
poration. In addition n asking for
receiver plaintiff asks for an accounting
and THAT upon such accounting being
had and that II II be determined that
any Of said officers have mlawfully re
ceiyed from said defendant company
any moneys to which they are not en-
Tilted, that such officers be required to
return said moneys back into the treas
ury NJ said defendant company for the
uso and benefit Of the common stock
holders Of the same"
MADsEN's STATEMENT.
President Madsen has given out the
following statement in regard TO the
action Of Mr.. Frost;
Mt Frost became connected with
The company in 1893. through the sale
70 him Of a small house and lot owned
by the company In the western part OF
The city The price and terms OF the
sale were fairly agreed upon and the
company agreed 20 execute deed 10
Frost as soon as the purchase price was
paid AZ further security for this pur-
chase price and as a convenient method
c' paying ID Frost also subscribed for
seven shares Of stock In the company
TN" lnsta.Iments upon the purchase
price ana the dues upon the stock have
heretofore been regularly paid by Frst.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-05

"Thst Good Coal 1000 lbs i'm Ey.
cry Ton.
BAMBERGER,
l6l Meighn Street.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-05
EXPERT sEWING-MACHINE
REPAIRS.

A $50 sewlng-ma chine oil Of absolute
purity, ana the best needles and parts
Ior az machines at Singer stores.
Look for the red $. 43 South Main
81, salt Lake City. Utah.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-05
oRoHEsTRAs.

y, o. T.. Orchestra open for an en-
gagemonta 4 j. Elmer. Mgr. phons
2521-z. Res no. N2l So. 2nd East.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-08
\ Railroad to Kendall

According to advices from Lewis
town, it is probable that John A.
Drake will undertake a project tha at
has been taken up and abandoned sew
eral times, but which il declared by
competent authorities to be one of the
most inviting Of the kind in Montana.
This is the building of railroad from
Lewistown to Kendall, a distance OF
about IL miles, and the United States
Steel company is associated with Mr..
Drake in the enterprise, according to
the report.
The road will cost in the neighbor-
hood of $3.50 900. and will receive a
great tonnage from the very start. AT
present everything taken into Kenda all
goes by team, and the expense for
hauling heavy machinery and timbers
and the general run OF mining supplies
IL enormous. The railroad will Gu,
down the operating expenses At the
mines materially, the saving On coal
alone representing a large sum.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-08
Notice Of Sale Of Real Estate,

In the district court of the Twelfth judicial dis
trict OF the state of Montana, in and for the
county of Chouteau
In the matter Of the estate of Martha Meredith,
deceased.
Notice IL hereby given that in pursuance of an
order of the district court of the county of Chou.
tesu, state of Montana, made on the 4th day OF
October, 1905, in the matter of the estate If Mar.
tina Meredith, deceased, the undersigned, admin
istrator of said eetate, will cell at private sale
to the highest bidder, for cash, subject to con-
Armation by said district court, on Friday, the
10th day of November, 1905 at 2 o'clock y. m,
at Fort Benton, in the county of ChOutean, state
of Montana, al the right, title, interest and es-
tate of the said Martha Meredith at the time of
her death, and all the right, title and interest
that the said estate has, ny operation of law or
otherwise. acquired other than or in addition to
that of the said Martha Me ,edith at the time Of
her death, in and to all those certain lots, pieces
or parcels of land situate, lying and being in the
said county of ChOut'au state of Montana, and
bounded and described rs follows, to-wit:
The east half OF the southwest quarter of sec
tion twenty (2O) and the east half of the northwest
quarter of section twenty-nine t2s), in township
twenty-siX (26) north, range seven a. east.
Terms and conditions Of sale: Cash. Ten per
cent. of the purchase money to be paid to the
administra or on the day of sale, balance on con.
firmation of Gale by said district court. Deed 1T
expense of purchaser.
Bids may be mailed to the administrator al
Fort Benton, Mont, or handed to him person.
ally. THOMAS MEREDITH.
Administrator of the estate of Martha Meredith,
deceased
Dated October Gath, 1905.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-08
Predict a Hard Winter.

BIG TIMBER, Oct. 3l.-Old timers are
talking of the similarity between the
commencement of this winter and the
winter of 1901. They say that the
winter of 1880 commenced early in Oc-
tober, that is, that there was a snow.
storm during the second or third week
in October of that year; that it then
cleared up and good weather prevailed
tor q week or two; that % election
day of that year it literally and figu-
ratively showed; that after this storm
on election day the ground vas COW
cred with snow, aud it remained cold
until the 10th day of February, when
it chinooked and spring started.
The loss to the stock interests was
enormous that year. No provision
had heretofore been made for feeding
stock, and more than one-half of ali
of the sheep aud cattle in Smith river
valley and in the Musselshell persisted
The conditions are now changed, Al
cattle and sheep are fed, and there il
an abundance Of hay in the country.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-08
Official Weather Data.

A bulletin issued by Observer G. w.
Ling, of the Havre weather bureau
station, says the mean temperature of
the past month was IL degrees, com.
pared with al average of IS degrees
for October in former years. The low
est temperature recorded last month
was Z below zero, on the 10Th.
The precipitation last month was
only O.37 inches, while the average
for October 10 26 years has been O.63
inches. The deficiency in moisture
since January l, compared with the
average of former seasons, is 6.34
inches.
The average mean temperature for
November, according to the records
in Mr.. Ling's office, Is % degrees.
The lowest November temperature on
record is 33 below zero, in 1896.
The average precipitation for No
vember is about three.fourths of al
| inch. There was an S-inch snowfall
90 November "a, 1892
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-08
Death Of Col. A. C.. BOtkiu.

A dispatch from Washington an.
nounces the death Of Hon. Alexander
G. Botkin, q we'll known resident of
Montana, who was q member of the
commission employed in ~codifying the
criminal laws Of the United States.
For the past twenty years or more
Colonel Botkin took part in nearly
every political campaign, and ad.
dressed audiences in all parts OF Mon
taua.
The wheel chair Of Colonel Botkiu
was in the early days a familiar sight
on the streets of Helena, and its occu-
pant always had a CHEEKY word for
everyone. Although for many years
an invalid, during those same years
he was an able champion of the repub-
lican party in the Montana campaigns,
and at the time when the old Helena
Herald was recognized as the leading
republican newspaper of the north
west Colonel Botkin was one of the
editorial writer's on that newspaper.
His infirmity, it was said, was caused
by the long stage rides in first coming
to the country, the cramped position
of his limbs during those trips result
ing eventually in paralysis from the
hips down.
Alexander C. Botkin was born in
Madison, Wis, October Ii, 1912. He
was educated In the public schools OF
Wisconsin,, graduated from the state
university 10 1859. aud afterwards at
tended the university Of Albany IN.
~ law school, whence he gradu ated
in 1866.
From 1868 to 1878 he was connected
with The Chicago Times and The
Milwaukee Sentinel. In 1878, Presi.
dent Hayes appointed him United
States Marshal for the Territory Of
Montana. He was commissioned in
1882 and nominated for delegate to
congress by the republican party in
the same year, but defeated for cleo
ton by Martin Maginnis.
In 1885, he retired from federal of.
flee and p%racticed law, acting as city
attorney of Helena from 1887 to 1890.
In 1892 he was elected as lieutenan,
governor Of Montana and served fou,
years, at the end of which time he was
nominated as governor on the repub'
lican ticket but lost at the polls.
In 1897 President Mckinley ap
pointed him to the commission for the
revision of the criminal and pena'
laws of the United States. The fol
lowing year he became chairman o.
the commission, which afterward pre-
pared q code for Alaska.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-08

another bowl, and still another, until
the good ladies who served him won.
dered it he would ever quit eating.
The next day hs told q friend that
be found two large pearls in the fret
bowl, aud that was why be speculated
II the bowls that he subsequently, or.
dered. Then some one told about the
finding of the pearls, and some one
else set a price on the pearls found by
Mr.. Badcon, until the next day, when
1t was current report that the lucky
water man had cleared something like
$1,000 from his investment at the sup.
per table.
The stores Of the city could not sup.
ply the demand for oysters, and ia.
dtvidual orders were sent to Butte
and Anacouda, and some went SO far
as Helena. There has been an oyster
famine yer since the Presbyterian
supper. The citizens are urging all
the aid societies of the churches to
give oyster suppers, and even the lit.
tie children r crying for oysters
and oyster soup. Rev. MIR. Martin,
pastor of the Pres byterian church,
says that he has always assured his
friends that whenever they attend q
supper given by his dock they can de-
pend upon getting their moneys
worth.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-08
Notice Of Probate Of VIII.

In the matter of the estate OF Ephraim Not
tingham, deceased.
II is hereby ordered that tn thursday, the I'D
day of November, 1905, 1T 10 o'clock a. m. of said
day, at the court room of said court, at Fort Ben
is hereby. appointed the time for proving the
last will and Testament Of Ephrsim Nottingham,
deceased. and hearing the application of Mary F.
person interested may appear and contest the
said will, and may file objections In writing to
the granting of letters testsmeptary to said pc
titioner.
1t is further q. dered, that notice be given there.
of by the clerk of said court by publication not
less than ten days before said 2sd day of Novem-
Der, 1905, in the River Press, a newspaper printed
and published in said Choutesu county.
Dated October oath, 1905.
CHAS. II. BOYLE,
Clerk Of District Court,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-08
MOntana News Bricflcts.

ANACONDA, Nov. 1.-The water
rights of Warm Springs creek are
made the subject of litigation In the
district court of this comfy by q com.
plant filed yesterday afternoon in
which half a dozen or more plaintiffs
bring an action against about 10 de-
PENDANTS and ask the court to deter.
mine the rights and the amount of
water due to each and all of them.
LIVINGSTON, Nov. Frank Rose,
q freighter employed between G ardiner
and Fort Yellowstone, was killed yes
terda y afternoon by being u over by
a wagon he vas driving. The team
started t ran while going down a
heavy grade, and Rose was thrown
beneath the wheels and was instantly
killed. Rose was so years of age and
had no relatives in this section OF the
country.
BUTTE, Nov. l.-Contractor Mill arc
Whitney has hauled 1000 loads of de
bris from the scene of the big $3.50, O0(
fire and has completely cleaned al
that portion from the Woodwork
block west. Out of the rubbish h,
saved about 100000 brick and ton.
and tons of scrap iron serviceable il
precipitating tanks, These big twisted
iron beams are sawed into small strips
with q new patent buzz cav and put II
the tanks Of copper water.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-08
Everybody Wants Oyster Soup.

DILLON, Nov. Ever since the
Presbyterian church supper last Fri.
day night there has been q steady run
on the stock of oysters in this city,
and some men have been sent to Butte
and Anaconda for additional supplies.
1t all came about in this way: Arthur
Badcon, water commissioner of the
city, patronized the church supper
and he ate a bowlful of the bivalves
and said he liked them. He ordered
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-08
Notice to Creditors.

Estate of Douglas Catnach, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
admir- 1stratOr of the estate of Douglas Catnach,
to the creditors Of. and all persons hay.
them with the necessary vouchers within four
months after the first publication of this notice
to the said administrator at the office of the
clerk of the district court, Fort Benton, Chou
team county, Montana.
JOHN NEUBERT,
Administrator Of the estate of Douglas Catnach,
deceased.
Dated October ?5, 1905.
First publication, October rs, 1905.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-08
$40 Reward.

Strayed or stolen, from my pasture near Har-
lem, Mont, three horses, branded as follows:
One strawberry roam mare, branded 4 on left
thigh.
One steel roam gelding, branded ~ on right
thigh.
One white horse, branded ~.
The above reward will be paid for information
leading to their recovery.
ALONZO SMITH, Harlem, Mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-08

district court by the county attorney
against George Cunningham, charging
the larceny Of q colt owned by r. NJ.
traitor. OF Malta. The accused was
recently released from custody under
bonds to appear in the district court
on a charge of shooting Thos. Pearce
at Wagner.
While official announcement to that
effect has not been received in the 10.
cal railroad offices, it is understood
that after the 1st of January there will
be no eserv atoms Of sleeping car ac-
commoda atoms on the western railroads
until the berth is paid for in advance.
This rule has been Ia effect in the east
for a long time, and only during the
past summer went into effect on the
railroads running out Of San Fran
cisco, it being the first western city
to adopt the plan of cash IN advance.
From Fridays Daily
New Process ever fresh bread, better
than ever, at c. w. Ayres'.
A marriage license was issued 10.
day to H. A. Ribbelman, Of Chinook,
and Mary Posthauer. of La Fayette.
Indiana.
The county attorney has filed an in
formation in the district court against
Frank Allen and William Edwards,
who are charged with injuring the Jail
at Havrc.
The hunting party consisting Of
Messrs. Embleton, Smith and Lewis,
returned home last evening, bringing
with them quite a number Of ducks
and prairie chickens.
Oscar JOHNSON and his daughter,
Mise Mabel, have taken their depar.
ture for Lexington, Nebraska, to be
present at the funeral of Mr.. john
stOn's mother, Mrs. Isabelle John.
ston.
Sheriff Frank Mcdonald will leave
tomorrow with the two Gale children,
aged respectively six aud years.
who were deserted by their parents.
and will place them in the orphans
home at Twin Bridges.
Henry Hagen has finished the work
of installing a furnace in St. Paul's
church, and in a test made yesterday
everything worked satisfactorily. The
expense of the new heating plant is
borne by the Kings Daughters so.
ciety.
Some of the owners of Shonkin cat.
tie that were shipped yesterday will
feed their cattle at Trevor, Wis, or
some other point en- route, before
placing them on the market. BY this
method they hope to regain some OF
the shrinkage.
The October weather report of E.
Wilson,, voluntary observer at Steele,
says the lei temperature of the
month was IS degrees, the lowest ten.
perature recorded being four below on
the 10th. The total precipitation dur
ing the month was one.half inch.
Northern Montana stockmen who
have been waiting for ars find they
are up against another unsatisfactory
proposition. One of the victims in.
forms the River Press that the winter
schedule of freight rates went into ef-
feet November l, the effect of the
change being that the railroad will
not be responsible for damage or loss
due to weather conditions unless the
shipper pays q winter rate that is q
per cent. higher than that of the regu.
lar shipping season. II the shippe,
is willing to take the risk himself he
Is given the old rate, but in that even,
he must sign q red ink contract which
releases the railroad from all respon'
cihi0it~, ~ thnt o0rrontt<,n
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-08
Bucks for Sale.

Three hundred yearling bucks for sale at my
bucks shear eleven pounds of wool and their
eires are very choice Ohio delaine rams. Price
very reasonable. Address A. K. Prescott, Hell
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-08

A bunch of cattle, about 3W head, wanted to
winter. Have plenty of hay and feed. Location
on south side of Bear Paws. Address N, River
Press office.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-08
For Sale.
Cattle Wanted to Winter.

4 fine, we'll broken buggy team for sale. In.
Qulre at the River Press office.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-12
Like Mistress, Like Maid.

'The manners and temperament OF
the mistress of a house are reflected
In her servants" An enterprising book
agent made this statement The man
ner in which the servant answers my
summons to the front door is almost
invariably the clew to what kind OF
treatment may expect from the mis-
tress. When maid appears and wears
forbidding scowl on her face l can
be absolutely certain that the woman
Of the house is person Of very un-
certain temperament. If. on the con-
trary, am greeted with smile and
something that seems to approach cor
diality I enter the house feeling re-
lieved, for l know that even if the mis-
tress refuses to buy the books have
to offer she will do so in a manner that
will make me feel that am human
being trying to earn an honest living
and not social outcast Servants re-
feet the atmosphere of a household.
just as children reflect the breeding OF
their parents. "-Philadelphia Record.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-12
the MASS OF THE STARS.

To determine the masses of the
Hars, situated as they are far off
h space, it is generally necessary to
know their distance, and this has
been determined for only a few
stars. In paper submitted at the
Cambridge meeting of the British
Association For the Advancement
Of Science Dr.. III. N. Russell of the
Cambridge observatory called atten-
ton to the fact that the masses of
the stars could be found by Kape-
tyn's formula in terms of the stars
magnitude and proper motion. Pro-
ceeding on this basis, he found that
the average mass of fifty-five binary
systems was about three times that
Of the sun and that many groups of
stars were of the same mass, despite
the fact that they varied greatly in
their brightness and proper motion.
The binary stars seemed to be of the
same order of mass, though their
brightness, motion and specter va
ried.-Harper's Weekly.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-12
A Wild Man Of the Woods.

In the woods of St. Pierre, near
Marry, in Lorraine, lives man
named Antoine Hedin, who for thir-
ty years has not slept in bed, eaten
bread or cooked meat or worn a
pair Of boots. Hedin is fifty-fve
years Of age and was born in the vii
lage Of Marry, near Briey, in 1S49.
In summer he sleeps in ditch, in
winter under a tree in the heart of
the woods He makes fires now and
then, which he lights with flint and
steel. He lives on roots, herbs and
grass, which he gathers, and, no
matter how inclement the weather
may be, he never seeks any other
shelter than the foot of tree or a
thlcket Of brushwood. He is a
small, weird looking figure and looks
barely thirty. Nobody has ever
known him to be i'll. He is abnor-
mally strong and very swift Of foot
and has been seen to run a hare
down IN the woods and kill it with a
stick.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-12

Fish, per lb.-Salmon, 15c; hall
but 121sc; soles 10c; perch. 12hc; rock
cod. 15c; Holsters, 25c; founder, 10c;
herring, 1oc; crabs. Csc and soc; smelt,
12kc; sturgeon, 15c; black cod. 15c;
shrimps, SOC.
Eastern opsters-75c a quart.
Spring chicken. 1sc.
Geese and ducks, 1sc.
Turkey, zoe.
Meats.
POrterhouse steak, 12kc.
Sirloin steak, 1oc.
Round steak, &c.
Chuck steak, &c.
Prime rib roast, 1ec.
Beef roast, 7c.
Boiling beef, &c.
Mutton chops, Sc.
Mutton leg, SC.
Mutton stew, &c.
Pork steak. Sc.
Pork roast, &c.
Pork sausage &C..
Hamburg steak, &c.
Bologna, &c.
Head cheese, &c.
Liver wurst, &c.
Blood wurst, &c.
Buvino Pricas.
These are the quotations on the local
market:
Apples-Per box, soc to soc.
Lemons-Per case, 81 to $3.50.
Oranges-Per case, $3.50.
Onions-Per cwt., $500.
Carrots-Per sack 75c.
Beets-Per sack. 75c.
Potatoes-Per cwt.. 81.
Chickens-Hens. per h.. Sc: roost-
ers, per ID. &C.. spring chickens. per
h., &c: geese. per h., 7c: ducks, per
h., 7c: turkeys per h., IL to lac; eggs,
Csc.
Calves-Live. &c. dressed, SC; UP to
$50 lbs, &C: 200 lbs. Sc. ....-
Good hogs-Live &c; dressed SIC.
Sheep-wethers, 81; ewes. 81 &c:
lambs, So.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-12
An Irish Fire Hero.

Sir James A. Power, mayor of
Waterford, Ireland, was the hero
of a fire in Waterford about two
years ago. An entire square of build
ings was completely consumed. Two
men were overcome in one OF the
upper stories of one of the burned
buildings. Sir James rushed to the
rescue, but, owing to the rapid
spread of the flames, was forced to
abandon the stairways and carry his
men to the windows. By tying bed
clothes together he succeeded in
lowering his men safely to the street,
but to save himself he was COM
PEELED to jump. 1t was thirty foot
leap, and he was carried uncon-
scious to a hospital, where he re-
NAMED six weeks. Shortly after
ward he was elected mayor Of his
city, ard one of his drst official acts
was to organize an efficient fire bri-
gsds.