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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-05-04

Flat" and the city went through a pu-
rlficatiOn process that was OF great
benefit To ii.
The aspect Of San Francisco at this
time was not inspiring to lnhowing
gold seekers. II was Al struggling med
ley of low. dingy adobes. frail wooden
shanties. born in an afternoon, with n
sprinkling of more respectable frame
houses and mass OF canvas and rub
Der habitatiOns. 1t was mainly n city
of tents. rising in n crescent upon the
shores of the cove. From Clark point
it Skirted the land to Telegraph hill,
along the Clay street slopes, tapering
away to the California street ridge.
The larger number passed TO the south
west shores of the cove. beyond the
Market street ridge. region sheltered
from clustering winds and provided
with good spring water and named the
Happy Valley.
Stockton street, stretching from Sac
ramento to Green streets, presented
the neatest cluster of dwellings, and
Powell street was the abode of churches,
for of the six churches i'm existence In
the middle OF 1850 three graced its
sides and two stood upon cross streets,
within half block Mason street,
above 1t. was really the western limit
OF the city, as Green street was the
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-05-04

Independence. the Spanish settlers be
gan the work. and when Vancouver.
the explorer. visited the place in 1892
the preside represented the military
authority. while the pueblo and mis-
sion stood for the civil and religious
factors respectively. The mission was
secularized in 1884 and town laid
out the year following
In 1876 an American man-of-war, IN
der command OF Commodore John B.
Montgomery. entered the harbor and
boisted the stars and stripes over the
town. Mexico. which succeeded Spain
as the owner OF California. was then
at war with the United States. and the
act of Commodore Montgomery ended
her dominion over San Francisco.
Montgomery appointed Lieutenant
Washington A. Bartlett to he FriSco's
first alca lde. or mayor under the new
regime. Under Spanish and Mexican
rule the town was a sleepy. unprogress-
i've place. but with the coming of Amer
leans and the discovery of gold in 1913
there came an era OF growth and hus-
tie. This did not eventuate at once,
for the first news OF the discovery of
gold practically depopulated San Fran
cisco.
The town was smitten as by plague,
end one historian thus describes what
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-05-04

earthquake two OF the most prominent
corners in the city were occupied by
gambling dens. One of them, known
as the Cafe Royal. has been II veritable
gold mine for its proprietors.
The California supreme court has
rendered a decision TO the effect that
the game of draw poker is not game
of chance. but involves Judgment and
other elements as we'll as chance or
luck. and because of this decision these
places are permitted to be maintained.
They are frequented by hard look
ing crowd of men, and many scandals
are told associated with these places.
A visitors life is probably safe i'm these
resorts, but his money is not. II is said
that the son of the premier OF British
Columbia was neeced of $500 In the
Cafe Royal few years ago. He lost
$1,000 in cash, but stopped payment on
$1,000 i'm checks
San Francisco has forty-seven square
miles OF territory. or about 10000
acres. within the municipal limits. The
finest residences are OH Mob hill, and
Pacific heights. both Of which districts
command magnificent views of the
bay and the Golden Gate. The city
has six Ia - parks and twenty-five
small ones. and Golden Gate park oc-
cupies over lCCD acres.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-05-04
Conditions of the Contest:

The conditions are these Every subscriber, paying
81 Tor subscription will be entitled 200 votes and
old subscriber who pays all dues and year advance
will be entitled to 100 votes for each ST. paid subscription
must accompany each ST. and Tor every year than
paid advance 200 votes each, the subscriber
do not sell votes subscriber pay number years
advance he chooses and 200 votes EACH subscription
accompany each ST. paid and the of the lady
for must accompany the Don't fail to when sending
subscriptions These the only conditions They simple
and plain. Our subscription list numbers nearly 1900
There list at nearly posofce in the county These
lists will be mailed to parties asking for them Nearly every
subscriber will See them get your friend to speak
them for you and ask them give you Now get
busy The first in the field will have the advantage Get in the
lead Reserve subscriptions until May lst The contest
closes December 18TH 1906 The OF the will
be published from time to time, in this paper.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-05-04

~AN FRANCISCO. the earthquake
stricken city. has long been per-
meated with an air of romance
and adventure. Nowhere may
one turn without being reminded OF
the legends that have been woven
around the forty-niners and their inn
mediate followers. The names of the
streets and of the business blocks. such
as kearney. Suffer. Montgomery. Du-
pont. Flood. Crocker and Sharon. bring
10 the mind OF the visitor long forgot
ten stories of riot or adventure and OF
fortunes whose vastness once excited
his wonder or made him ineredulous.
The site of the city was first visited
by Europeans in 1863. aud i'm 1875 HUI
careli ordered Il fort. preside and mis-
sion founded on the bay One year
later. the year of the Declaration of
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-05-04
NOTICE.

To the stockholders of the Clinch
Valley Coal n Iron Company:
The Annual Meeting Of stockholders
of the Clinch Valley Coal Il Iron Com
pany, for the election of Directors and
the transaction of such other business
rs may he presented, will he held at
the Office of the Company Mt Tazewell.
Tazewell county, Virginia, on Wednes-
day, May Ind, 1906, at 4 o'clock p. m.
II. CARROLL WINCHESTER. Secy.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-05-04
WHO WILL GET THE PIANO?

Our plan is to let our subscribers say who We would
like to offer 1t to the most beautiful intelligent popular lad
This might he embarrassing, and opinions differ We will
subscribers decide They have the right So We Wi
have SAY in the matter
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
Packers Fight Taxes.

ST. PAUL, Jan. l.-Switt & Co.,
who operate q packing plant at South
ST. Paul, are engaged IN q fight with
the state of Minnesota before the aud.
itor OF Dakota county. The state ia
endeavoring to tax the corporation
on the value of its franchise and ia
now engaged in fixing o basis OF value.
The corporation has been summoned
to show cause why its assessmen,
should not be fixed at 1000. 900, and
is putting up a hard fight.
The attorneys for the packers are
entering vigorous objections In every
point that is raised. Alleged inter,
ference with interstate commerce or
part Of the state 10 claimed on thu
ground that it is attempting to assesi
the franchise OF a foreign corporation
For the present the question Is II ia the
hands of the county auditor for settle
ment, but any decision at all unfavor
able will probably he appealed to thu
courts by Swift 4 Co.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
County commissiouers' Proceedings.

The county commissioners met for
the regular January term today, the
inspection Of officers reports and the
consideration of bids for various ser.
vices.
Bids for county printing were SUBJ
mitted by the Havre Herald, the
Havre Plaindealer, the Chinook Opiu'
ion, the Harlem News aud the River
Press, each Of whom quoted large dis.
counts from what are known as statu.
tory prices.
For medical attendance upon the
county sick. the bids submitted from
each district were:
Fort Benton--Drs. Atkisson, Car
roll and Russell, $1,000.
Havre-Dr. Hamilton, 1850; Drs
Almas & Mckenzie, . $1,000: DR.. A. E
Williams, $1,000.
Chinook-Drs. Hopkins & O'Malley
e4OO.
Harlem-Dr. A. p. Rooney, $3.50.
For building . small Jail at Fort
man, the bids were: Gus Senieur
1895; John Shaughnessy $500.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03

time. This sale includes the purchase
Of many thousands Of acres Of land
and the water and lighting plants op.
Grating In Missoula. Over $1,000, 600
is involved In the transfer. A. Il.
Wethey. manager Of Clark's proper.
ties, 10 here closing the deal.
HELENA, Jan. l.-Word has been
received here Of the appointment of
DR.. Robert Treacy, of Bismarck, N.
D q brother Of Dr.. William Treacy,
OF Helena, as Inspector 10 charge Of
the two Dakotas and Montana, sue
ceeding DR.. r. A. Ramsey. who has
been appointed by Secretary Wilson
Is assistant chief Of the bureau of an.
imsl industry, with headquarters at
Denver. Dr., Treacy will make his
headquarters at Fargo.
BILLINGS, Jan. lit is stated here
on good authority that the contract
for grading the Great Falls aud Bill.
lings branch of the Great Northern
railway has been awarded to MIR.
Ffolliot:, Of tie fi":n of Guthrie & Co.
The contract was let on what Is known
as the percentage plan, which requires
no estimate by the contractor In ad.
vance. 1t is agreed that the contrac'
tor shall have a certain per cent. over
the actual cost of construction.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
Want state Lands For Irrigation.

HELENA, Dec. 29.-The state board
of land commissioners il 10 session
today receiving representatives of
B%eaverhead county asking co.opera.
ton with the Carey land act board In
the building OF a reservoir and the
construction of q canal In Beaver.
head county for the purpose Of re.
claiming a large body OF land. Some
time ago the Carey land act board
made an investigation of what Is
known as the Red Rock Basin irriga.
ton project and it is stated the Carey
land act board Is In favor OF the pro.
iect. In order for the state board to
give up the land required it will b.
necessary for congress to give au.
thority and Representative Dixon has
prepared q bill with that end in view
should the state board request the au'
thority. There is said to be some op
position to the project.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
Values Fixed Dy Assessors.

MIssoULA, Dec. 3O.-After q most
interesting three days session, the an
nual convention OF the State Asses
sors' Association has adjourned, to
meet next year in Helena. The meet
ing will be held on the third Monday
in January, 1907.
The following valuations were de.
cided upon: Livestock-Range and
stock cattle, $40 per head: coming 2
year.olds, Sl2 and upwards; yearl-
ings, 80 and upwards: beef cattle
and 3.year-olds. valuation left to the
judgment Of the assessors, but the
value to be not less than S25; dairy
cows, $50 minimum. The atiOr
Of COWS commonly styled mich cows
was o placed. Sheep, all ages, IS;
buck sheep, s. and upwards; hogs. 81
The varying value OF the Montana
horses made it impossible to place .
valuation.
Lumber-Dressed. Sl2 10 t25 pei
thousand; rough. 81 to $40 per thous
and: logs, 81 to $3.50 per thousand
according to location; 10 value
placed upon shingles and laths; whtl'
timber lands will be assessed at IS, 8.
and % for first, second and thirt
ella sses, respectively.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03

HELENA, Dec. 29.-The state board
of sheep commissioners adjourned last
night after a days session ia which
many matters OF interest to the indus.
try in this state were discussed.
One of the acts of the commission
was the adoption Of a resolution me-
mOrializing congress to amend the
laws rel ating to the shipment OF stock.
Under the present law stock in transit
must be unloaded once in from % to
81 hours. The commission desires
that the minimum be raised to sc
hours, experience having taught the
shippers that cattle arrive at their
destination ia better condition wher
not unloaded SO frequently on theil
journey.
The memorial also asks congress Il
pass laws that will tend to compel The
railroad companies to handle stock il
transit more expeditiously.
The committee passed an order re
curing that all bucks be inspected
before they are distributed, and tn
date of inspection vas fixed at froq
October / to October 30 in each year
The report OF special counsel eth
ployed to look into the matter q
bounty frauds showed that q grea
deal of good had been accomplished
In Chouteau county, it was stated
there has been q marked decrease /
the number OF bounty claims since tn
inspectors began their work. In Jun
last the filing of claims 10 that count
aggregated 800; 10 July the numb be
was 500, and IN September there wer
only six claims for bounties.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
The January Weather Record.

a bulletin issued BY Observer c. w.
Ling, of Havre. says the mean or nor.
NAL temperature for January during
the past Is years has been IL degrees,
according to the weather bureau rec
ords In his charge. The lowest Janu-
airy temperature during that period
was - below zero on January %, 1885.
The average precipitation for Jauu'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
Half the World Wonders

how the other half lives. Those who
use Bucklen's Arnica Salve never
wonder II It will cure cuts, wounde,
burns, sores and all skin eruptions;
they know 1t will. Mrs. Grant Shy,
1870 f. Reynolds ST., Sprinkfeld, III.
says: II regard it one Of the abso.
lutte necessities of housekeeping
Guaranteed by w. J. Minar, druggist,
2jc.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03

AIRY 10 0.76 inches, the greatest on 6
ord being 2.47 inches in January, 1883.
The heaviest January snowfall In "A
hours was 90 inches in 1885.
January has an average OF eight
clear days, fourteen partly cloudy,
and nine cloudy days.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03

The greatest system r%enOvator. Re.
stores vitality, regulates the kidneys,
liver and stomach. II HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea fails to cure get
your money back. That's fair. IS
cents, Tea or Tablets. D. G. Lock-
wood, druggist.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03

Many sufferers from nasal catarrh
say they get splendid results by using
an antOmiz. r For their benefit we
prepare E,y's Liquid Cream Balm.
Except that it Is liq aid it 10 in all re.
spects like the healing, helpful, pain
allaying Cream Balm that the public
has BET familiar with for years. NJ
cocaine nor other dangerous drug IL
II. The soothing spray relieves al
once and cure is certain. All drug
gists, 75c including spraying tubs
or mailed BY Ely Bros, IS Warren
Street. New York.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
The american Cir
WHAT MAKES HER POPULAR.

The American girl is admired and liked
at home and abroad because she Is the
happiest, usually the healthiest and friend.
lest of girls. She Is fond of life and 10
alive to everything beautiful and good in
existence. Mrs. Langtry has said that the
American woman has little to learn from
her English sisters.
DR.. Pierce, the specialist in women's dis
eases, of Buffalo, N. Y, advises simple ex.
ercises for women, preferably in the out:
door air. But many women are confined
to the house and their household duties or
their business confines them to poorly ven.
tilated rooms.
If a woman suffers from a headache, .
backache, a sensation Of ~irritability or
twitching and uncomfortable nervousness,
something must be wrong with the head or
back, she naturally says, but all the time
the real trouble very often centers In the
womanly organs. In 90 per cent. OF cases
the seat of the difficulty Is here, n q
woman should take rational treatment for
its cure. The local disorder and infianma-
ton of the delicate special organs OF the
sex should be treated steadily and system
atically.
Backed up by over a third of a century o!
remarkable and uniform cures, a record
such as no other remedy for the diseases
and weaknesses peculiar to women evel
attained, the proprietors and makers OF DR.,
Pierce's Favorite Prescription now feel fully
warranted in Offering to pay $500 for any
case of Leucorrhea, Female Weakness, Pro
lapsus, or Falling of Womb which they
] cannot cure. All they ask is q fair auS
reasonable trial OF their means OF cure.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03

I'll brave the storms Vi Chiicoot Pass.
III cross the plains Of frozen glass,
I'd leave my wife and cross the sea,
Rather than be without Rocky Noun
tain Tea.
D. G. Lockwood, druggist.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03
Sheep Wanted.

Three thousand sheep to winter balance of sea
son. Have good shers, plenty Of range and q
good supply Of hay.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03

Fine Book and Job Printing q spe'
cialty at the RIVER PRESS ONCE
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-03

by rail to the Canadian markets..
1t is reported from Chinook that
strong efforts will be made TO secure
the establishment Of q beet sugar fac.
tory in that locality. Utah capitalists
will visit Chinook next month, to as
certain what acreage of beets can be
guaranteed, and it is believed the pro-
ject will receive sufficient encourage
ment to insure its success.
The Catholic church had q narrow
escape from being destroyed by fire
Sunday morning, a Christmas tree be-
coming ignited by q flying spark from
a match, and the fire quickly spread
ing to the adjacent decorations. Ar
alarm was Immediately given, and
quick action on the part Of the volnn'
teer fire department saved the build
ing from serious damage.
A petition 10 being circulated in thi:
locality and at other points 10 north
ern Montana, requesting congress te
pass a bill for the opening of thu
Blackfeet reserv alton. The petition
which is being numerously signed
calls attention to the fact that th'
Blackfeet reserve includes about l.,
600. 600 acres, and that the Indiana
thereon number not to exceed two
thousand.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-13
KEN FUCKY DRY AS
SAHARA YESTERDAY
Wave of Reform Sweeping
Over State Caused the
Closing of Saloons.
ALL SPORTS UNDER BAN
POLICE IN LOUISVILLE STOPPED
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION BASE
BALL GAME UNDER THREAT OF
MAKING ARRESTS.


Louisville, Ky, ug. 12.-The wave
of moral reform that has recently
passed over Kentucky, eliminated to
day in the enforcement Of nearly all
of the existing Sunday closing laws,
and as a result, nearly every part of
the state was actually dry dry as
Sahara, and many persons who had
never been compelled to deny them
selves anything, were forced to
quench their thirst with water from
the we'll or city pipe.
And as if that were not enough all
sports were also under the ban The
game in the American Association be-
tween the Louisville and St. Paul
teams was stopped by an order of the
police, who stated that if any attempt
was made to play, all concerned would
be locked up.
Even the hotels declined to serve
drinks to guests and on the whole,
Sunday, August II, was a day pleas
ing to the refOrmer.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-13
The Fate of Cities.

Some ancient cities have disappear
ed. The archacologist digs through the
sands of the desert, the accumulatiOnS
of vegetable mold and the debris Of
human habitatiOn in Il search for the
palaces of great kings, the markets Of
wealthy traders and the homes of a
once numerous people. The massacres
of ancient warfare may explain some
of these dead and buried cities. The
inability of people in early history to
deal with the sanitary problems of q
congested population may have been a
contributing cause to their destruction.
Cities may have died because their
people could not live. But in most
cases change in the routes Of COM
merce will be found to have diverted
the stream of nouriShment from city
and left it to die Of starvation. Yet
the Eternal City and Athens, ByZan-
tium. Jerusalem. Antioch and Damas-
Gus illustrate the tenacity Of munich
pal vitality, even though long sue
cession of centuries brings great
changes in the methods and subjects
and courses of traffic.-Philadelp
Record.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-13
BRITISH BRIEFS.

For every shillings spent in Britain
on drink only halfpenny is expended
on education.
The English agricultural laborer gets
1Ss. 3d a week against los. Sd. in
Scotland and an average Of los. lid.
in Ireland.
Ireland's high water mark in popu-
latiOn was reached in 1871. She had
then S.175,124 people. She has now
fewer than 100000.
Gibraltar is the smallest British pos
session. 1t measures less than two
square mites. Canada is the biggest,
with 3,746OO0 square miles.
Owing to the large profits accruing
from the various municipal undertake
ings at Bolton. England, for last year,
the corporation has been able to hand
over in relief of the taxes the sum of
$217,50O.
In London the other day an Aus
tralian postage stamp, the fOurpenny
blue, with the swan inverted, was
offered at auction and was withdrawn
when $4,000 had been offered. Only
nine specimens are known to exist
One was sold a short time ago for
So, 600.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-13
SHORT STORIES.

The first instance of collaboration in
English literature was that of the
plays by Beaumont and Fletcher.
Astronomers are the longest lived of
any class, not even excepting clergy.
Thirteen of the great astronomers have
been over ninety at their death and
thirty-two over eighty.
In Rockland.SsaMe., the other day a
shipment of live Holsters was made to
Seattle Wash, which is believed to
be the longest distance thus far for a
consignment of that kind
'"This town. says the Washington
Ran) Republican, Register, has a
young man who pawned his watch to
obtain money for a bath. We contend
that this is claim for distinction pos
sessed by no other town on EARTH"
One Of the curious customs In con-
gress IS to furnish free lemonade for
senators, while representatives must
pay for the same luxury. The latter
are beginning to grumble at what they
call discrimination. No one seems to
understand why the distinction Is
made.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-13
AT COLUM BUS.
First game, Oh innings.)-
SHORT STORIES.

The Canadian wheatfclds are the lar
gest in the world, being 300 by 900
miles.
The president of Mexico is elected
for four years, and there Is no restric,
ton upon his reelection.
Postmaster General Cortelyou prom,
ises by July postal notes for l. 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, I, 8, 9 and 10 cents, and so on
graded by and 10 cents up to 81.
The buttermilk from the~West Paris
Me) creamery is thrown into a brook,
and it is said that the trout in the
brook thrive on it. The fish taken from
the stream in the vicinity are remark,
ably fat.
About twenty to twenty-five years
ago the United States was the princi-
pal foreign contributor to the cheese
supply Of Great Britain, but Canada
has since outstripped this country as
an exporter of cheese.
Reports from the United States Ma
val academy at Annapolis indicate
that the midshipmen have abandoned
hazing and propose Loyalty to obey the
academic regulations. ~ new edition
of these is in preparation by a board.
They will include the new law relating
to hGZing.