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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-10
Mormon Church Sells Property.

SALT LAKE, Oct. 3.-Judge Young,
the counsel for the Utah Light and
Power company, the Utah Light and
Railway company, wired from New
York today that the papers had been
signed and delivered for the sale of
the street a system here and the
electric lighting plant, capitalized at
$40. DOC. 900, to New York people. 1t
is officially stated that Z. Ii. Harri.
man is the purchaser of the property.
1t was previously owned by British
capital and the Mormon church.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-10
DEMOCRATIC DOPE.
Campaign Book Instructs Orators upou
Matters To he Discussed

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-Bearing the
motto Equal Rights To All, Special
Privileges To None" on its title page,
the democratic campaign boo.. :or use
in the approaching congressional
campaign was Issued today by the
democratic congressional committee.
1t is voluminous, being composed Of
243 pages and containing a vast
mount of matter designed to combat
the claims and policies of the republi.
can party, while at the same time it
upholds all the principles for which
democracy contends.
After quoting in full the platform
adopted by the national democratic
convention at St. Louis, in July, 1904,
the book enters into an exhaustive his.
tory of the protective tariff system,
going back to the first act of 1889. 1t
is declared that the republicans refer
to this act with unremitting Joy, be-
cause of the preamble that 1t is neces-
sary for the support Of the govern.
ment, for the discharge of the debts OF
the United States and the encourage.
ment and protection of manufacturers,
that duty be paid on goods, wares and
merchandise imported Various
tables following, giving a list OF the
articles upon which in the earlier days
duty vas imposed, while paralleled
with them is a table showing rates
under the Dingley tariff act.
Tariff history, it is maintained, dis.
proves the republican platform con-
tention that democratic tariff has al.
ways been followed by business ad.
versity, a republican tariff by bust.
ness prosperity" and with respect
thereto the book has this to say:
THAT hoary republican misstate-
ment has been reiterated in every cam
paign since the war, but it remained
for Senator Lodge to embalm 1t in q
republican platform and to have it ap.
proved by q president Of the United
States"
It Is asserted that all the panics in
this country have occurred under re.
publican auspices andlwith the higher
protective tariff, and that in France
the same conditions prevailed, while
in free trade England there has been
only one panic since 1873. Until that,
the present boom twas followed by a
panic" the book continues, sis only
q question of time"
Numerous instances of republican
tariff changes r quoted from which
the deduction is made that in forty.
five years the republicans have
changed OF revised the tariff law forty.
eight times.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-10

struck the target he would bring his
right fist into the palm Of the left a.
though he were striking a blow and
exclaim: Bully: that's great. Now
isn't that fine. Another rich;
through"
When the eighth shot had punched
its huge hole right under the bullseye
the president called out: Eight
shots and every q right square
through the target. It's wonderful.
And l2-iuch at that"
Mr.. Roosevelt learned that for more
than a year every 12.iuch shot fred on
the Missouri has struck the target.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-10
Contract Work On Canal.

WASHINGTON, Oct. "a tentative
decision has been reached by Chair.
man Shonts, of the isthmian canal
commission, that the Panama al
shall be built by contract. Chairman
Shonts had a long conference last
night with President Roosevelt, at
which this and other matters relating
to the canal were considered fully.
The president is anxious that a con.
clusion should be reached on all ques-
lions OF construction as soon as pos
sible, so that the actual work of con.
struction may be pressed vigorously.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-10
Desert land..Finai Proof,
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont. Sent. II. l4l

~ 49,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Sept. II, 1906.
Notice IL hereby given that
FRANCES ii. LOKAN1EK,
assignee of Lester o. Shoffner, of Chester, Chou.
teau county, Montana, has filed notice of inten.
ton to make proof on her desert land claim No.
s?1. for the NEA SEA section -, Ma SW4,
SEA sWh4 section %, township 81 north, range d
east.
META SPANGL.ER,
assignee of Dorance W.. Amrine, of Chester,
chouteau county, Montana, has filed notice OF
Intention to make proof on her desert, land claim
No: 5o2, for the SEA NWA, So NEA, NEA
~ section "a, township 81 north, range 6 east.
Also thst
FRANCES LORANGER,
of Chester, Chouteau county, Montana, has filed
notice of intention to make proof on her desert
land claim No 1905, for the SWA NEL, 81,
NWA, NWA NV IA section % township 81 north
range ) east, before John Dunlap, L S commits.
sioner, at his Office near Hill, Montana, on Friday,
the 18th day of October, 1906.
They name the following witness s TO prove the
complete irrigation and reclamation Of saidlaId
John n. Dorsey, John Laird, Francis Laird,
Maurice C.. Price, all of Hill, Montana.
J. NJ. BuRLINGAME, Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-10
Desert land..FlnaI Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Sept. II, 1906.
Notice l. hereby given thai
LILLE X. SUTHERLAND,
of Fort Benton, Montana, has filed notice Of in.
tentlon to make proof on her desert.land CLAIM
No: '49:, for the SEA SEA section II, EM NEA,
+ SEA section ~, township "a north, range
= east, before Chas. II. Boyle, z. $. commission.
en-, at Fort Benton. Montana, on Thursday, the
18th day of October, 1906.
Also
LILLE X. SUTHERLAND,
who male homestead entry No. ll,43l for the lot
:, section ~, Ma SWA: NW4 SEA. section 20,
township % north, range 2 east,
She names the following witnesses to prove
the complete irrigation and reclamation Of esid
desert land, and her continuous residence upon
and cultivation Of said homestead claim: Arthur
1 Sutherland, Josephine p. Holmes, Alfred La
Barre, Hilai.e LaBarre, all of For: Benton. Mont,
j. NJ. BURLlNGAME, Register.
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restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which was
SO good for their woman friends and
neighbors was equally good for the
women of the whole world.
The Pinkhams had no money, and
little credit. Their first laboratory
was the kitchen, where roots and
herbs We're stepped on the stove,
gradually filing a gross Of bottles.
Then came the question of selling
1t away freely. They hired q job
setting forth the merits of the medi-
cine, now called Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. and these were
distributed by the Pinkham sons in
Boston, New York. and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties Of
the medicine were. to a great extent,
self-advertising. for whoever used il
recommended it to others, and the de.
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts the fam.
lily had saved enough money to com.
mence newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success Of
the enterprise were assured, until to-
day Lydia E Pinkham and her Vege.
table Compound have become house.
hold words everywhere, and many
tons of roots and herbs are used annu.
ally in its manufacture.
Lydia E. Pinkham herself did not
live to See the great success of this
work. She passed to her reward years
ago, but not till she had provided
means for continuing her work as
effectively as she could have done it
herself.
During her long and eventful expe.
rience she was ever methodical in her
work and she was always careful to pre-.
serve a record of every ease that came to
her attention. The east of every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were thOusands-received
careful study, and the details, includ-
ing symptoms. treatment and results
werer recorded for future reference, and
to-day these records, together with
hundreds of thousands made since, are
available to sick ome the world
over, and represent a vast collabora-
ton of information regarding the
treatment OF woman's ills. which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled in ary library in the
world.
With Lydia F.. F,nkhan worked her
daughter in : law, the present Mrs.
Pinkham. She su.r.fuily:nStrrctcd
in all her ha,d-won kncwleh ~. and
for years she assisted her in l.er vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction of the work when it's uri~;ra-
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
five years she has continued it, sind
nothing in the work shows when the
first Lydia +. Pinkham dropped he.
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham.
now the mother of a large family. took
it up. With women assistants, some as
capable as herself. the present Mrs.
Pinkham continues this great work and
probably from the office of no other
person have so many women been adj
vised how to regain health. Sick wo.
men. this advice is ''Yours for Health
freely given if you only write to ask
for it.
Such is the history of Lydia f. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots and herbs the one
great medicine for women's ailments,
and the fitting monument to the noble
woman whose name it bears.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-10
* Office Of Final Proof.
United STATES LAM OFFICE,

LlwIsrOwN, Mont, Sept. II, 1906
office l. l-s-by given thai the following named
.e'i!"r a. i!ed notice Of his intention to make
ina! i've year proc: in support OF his claim, and
thai .aid prnof will he made before Chas. II.
Bowl L :. commissioner, at his Office at Fort
Benton, Montana, on Tuesday, October Ii, 1906,
VIZ
THORE RITLAND,
who made homestead entry No. 25ll. September
SW1 section 9, township ~ north, range i3 east.
He names the following witnesses t. prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation Of
eaid land, viz: Thor Ritland, Elmer Miner, of
Big Sandy, Montana, Georie Hoffman, George
L.. King, Of Fort Benton, Montana.
&. E. MCkOIN, Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-10
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINKtAM
And a True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had Its Birth and How the "Panic Of 49, Caused
1t to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores.

This remarkable woman, whose
maiden name was Estes, was born in
Lynn. Mass, February 9th, 1919, com.
ing from a good old Quaker family.
For some years she taught school, and
became known as q woman Of an alert
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-10
Notice of Election, Constitutional
Amendment.
House Bill No. 7S6.

a. '
An ;afi e'',leG Al yet tor the snom!ttlng to
Nv Ma'n ,an rle..o!s VI tLe stn'e o. Montana' az
, J. ~ ~ .t'.lclt OF tne Nohsttutlol OF
~ y .n9'taha. reiat;hs 70 the Legislative
a .f anu pt"vl"ihS Tor Direct Legislation
any iSt'!anes 81 ..w,
euaI.et ps the Legislative Assembly OF
'"s S,a.r . HoA.anai
;..s iueIe >ha'! pe sWplh!tteu 10 tne quar-
,auar.i a ,i :, Z" 80 q = Mon'ans, at .he next
Srn.i"i s'e..iun. ~ i,'l""l'S ahleh'llhehl 10
S..,on !; .aius.e v oi 'Ae 'oh>uiH'ioA of the
~ ~, y MoH.ahI' u
~. .", ~ ~" a H.m n ", =, ins eohs'ii"tlon
a os, i" ~ >""e - Ae'e"s a'"e""eo : % as 10 rea"
"e.o..oMsI W..
.,,,a .ba,, II. ~ agsi IL an.HortE OK me
~. .nali ~ |ss.ea IN u iIr.isIatlst Assembly,
."n ms - y Il senate anu House OF Representa-
~. =. !. Peopts reserve 10 themselves power
10 propose laws. ana to enact or reject the same at
.ne p"l.s' eNtept as u laws relatlhs 10 the appro'
rl, in - o ny y eA.tp' a : y laws tor 'he
axnan. ~ = o oo"ssl.,ionat announcements, ana
in in irt;" a. !. = ~ S , " s !e laws, as enuMeratel
~ .ar1vae : SeT.ion 30, on ms constitution, in
ueFelloeht VI the legislative Assembly: ana also
rer,e power, a! their own option, to approve or
S 5iat, exsep, as 10 laws necessary tor the imme-
go, P.num,S Wv y. ~ puoiic peace, heaith or
nrnr.; !" eAeep. o. ~ Nv rela'i"s 70 the aP-
t /, srn,~;Ss nV"e!, anu eAcept Us 10 laws Tor
a"S 49,. w 'one.itutiona amendments,
az" atn, ~; Ny. q : ~ 'o.ai Or speclai laws, as enumer-
NJ; NJ" = ~ v. ', SectloI 30. OK this constitution.
t;at;rn ,pJ .;,n. !. 'ne people Is the I'M,
tha st,,," shoi ifI ~ r"i .nl .ne ItSai voters OF
~ ~. ,.t;t;,,, .,.!"IeI" ~ pIopose any meas
, y =! p,, ,hs pros'ueu, that two-hfths OF the
sarh f,rn;.n n ,. sme eoel.ies OF me STATE must
.". I,H Ia u = S.Sners OF saiu petltioh eight per
. tnt' KS ,esat .nters IN such county, ana every
n W." : nv rnnn s"a'' imt.u.t t"e !n!l text OF me
Hied with p ~ er .ntta!!ss petitions snail be
mn",%. y. ,s tn. ' y Oh eta!e nor less thsn four
M" "pom. ~ -,
NJ H., -. Ne.eIeAuuhu. anu u
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-10
For Sale or

Fifty-,wo copies of the WEEKLY RIVER pRs,s
tor 81 % spot cssh, or its equivalent in bsnka bic
paper. Goods will be delivered in regular weekly
Install me ntsd Turing the twelve months following
receipt Of remittance. Satisfaction guaranteed
address. II RIVER PRESS.
For Benton. Mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-10
Desert land..FinaI Proof,
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont. Sept. /

CNTTED OTATES IA Nj VFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, sept. II, l46
Notice is hereby given that
GERTRUDE CHRISTENSEN,
of Taylor, Choutesu county, Montana, assignee
of Rock st. ~Jscquie. Of Great Falls, Cascade
county, Montana, has died notice OF intention to
make proof on her desert-land claim No. 1913.
for the SEA NW4 section 3, township IS north,
range 5 east, before John Dunlap, L. s. com.
missioner, at his Office in Hill, Mont, on FRIDAY.
the 18th day of October, 1906.
She names the following witnesses to prove the
Hyrnm Christensen, Troy Duncan, OF Taylor.
Montana, Maurice {. Price, George b. Bourne,
eff Hill, Montana.
J. NJ. BURLISGAME. Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-10

The WEEKLY RIVER PRESS lisa rood
newspaper to send away to your friends
in the east. 1t will save you the trou.
BILE OF writing letters
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-10
Rocky Mountain Bell Tel. Co.

Fine Book and Job Printing q spe
cialty at the RIVER PRESS office
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-11

A farmer living down toward Har.
wards had most knowing pig which
be sold to Little Islander, who took
his prize in a boat to his home at the
island. Safely shut up in the spacious
pigpen was the new inmate Of the
family, and the farmer man went
peacefully to rest, much content with
bis new purchase, In the morning the
pen was empty and no little pig could
be found on the island. Some time
hfterward he went again to town and
there saw the first owner of the lost
one. i've lost my pig" he gloomily
announced. Il know it, chuckled his
friend. Hes down to my house; came
back the next morning. What had
that homesick little pig done but swum
across two rivers the Little Island riv-
er and the Kennebec- walked across
Big Little island, trotted happily down
the two miles of road on the Richmond
shore ard finally presented himself to
his old master footsore and hungry
but mighty glad to he home once more
--Kennebec Journal
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-11
10000 in THE
CANAL ZONE
This is the Estimate Of the
Population
CENSUS RECENTLY TAKEN
BY the Health Department Blacks on
Isthmus in Large Majority-In the
City Of Panama There Are
22,547 People.
CENSUS RECENTLY TAKEN

Washington, Aug. 10, According to
census just taken BY The health de-
partment Of the Isthmian canal zone,
the population Of the zone is 22,137.
Az the inhabitants Of the zone are con.
stantly moving, II was impossible 10
enumerate all Of them, and it is esti-
mated that the number missed ii prob
ably about 5000, bringing the total up
to 2zt37. In addition 60 this the Off
cials point out there should be Il liberal
allowance, probably 10 per cent, made
for persons who live Just outside the
zone, but are employees Of the commits
sion and to all purposes are residents
OF the strip controlled by the United
States This allowance would bring the
total up 10 almost 10000.
OF the adults IN the city Of Panama
reached by ennmerators in the last cen
sus, 7049 were men, as against 6,4IO
women. Fifteen thousand one hundred
and eleven are natives of the Panama
republic. Among other nationalities
the inhabitants in that city, jamaica,
the inhabitants in that city, Jamaica
ranks second with 1877, Spain has
l40, West Indies, except Jamaica and
Porto Rico, 1850; United States, 36l:
Colombia, 500; China, 70s: Italy. 245.
Blacks Outnumber the whites in all
the settlements.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-11
THE AUTOMOBILE.

The violence OF attacks on the auto
mobile, which in the last year has not
caused as many deaths as street cars
cause in single fortnight, seems to be
the result OF blind prejudice. Chicago
Journal.
Unless they adopt a safer and saner
policy in the use Of their machines the
general public win sooner or later i'm.
pose restrictions upon automobiling
that Will be unpleasantly rigorous
from the motor enthusiasts point Of
view Worcester Post
There is no sense whatever in fight.
Ing against the automobile. Il Is one
Of the accepted methods Of travel, and
Il has come TO stay. What is needed
Is not crusade TO iufiame the minds
of the people, but general and intel
ligent acceptance OF the machine.
coupled with a proper control exercised
under the lnw.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-11
BANK ROBBED BY NOVEL PLAN.


Pittsburg, Aug. l1.-Clinton B. Wray,
the absconding teller Of the Union Trust
Company. arrested in Toronto, will start
for home Tuesday without whiting for
extradition.
Last April detective agency was EN-
ployed to look after another bank EN-
ployee. Wray learned OF IL and, be.
coming scared, fed He was not even
suspected at that Time After a few
weeks he learned that his steaIings had
not been discovered and he returned
but was discharged from the bank. The
stealings stopped when he ran away be-
cause the combination was broken.
Hixton was individual bookkeeper and
Wray was one OF the tellers, In every
bank there are many old accounts which
have been abandoned By the persons
opening them, but never closed, Hixton
would credit one Of these dead accounts
with a deposit OF several thousand dol.
lars. Wray would check against Il,
Only liquidation for the bank could
develop the steal, except hu accident,
and this accident happened while Hixton
was on his vacation.
One Of these old depositors unexprct
eddy came back and renewed business
with the bank, leaving his book for bal
ance Even then the bank officers did
not understand what was wrong until
Hixton was arrested and forced to CON
fess.
The auditors Of the trust company are
now endeavoring to invent a system of
bookkeeping which will be guarantee
against further work 81 this Kind hut
the task seems hopeless.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-11
PERHAPS CHARLIE ROSS.
HE TELLS LIFE STORY
Won Hodge Remembers Infant Luxury
and Being Placed in Orphan
Asylum by Woman.

Galveston, Tex, Aug. William
Won Hodge Of Galveston, who has been
almost convinced that he Is the long
lost Charley Ross, who was Kidnapped
from his home IN Germantown, Pa, in
1874 and whose father spent fortune
in a search for him lasting years, gave
to reporter Wednesday an account of
as much Of his life as he remembers.
Won Hodge says he has traced his
life back to bis being in an orphan asy-
lum in New Orleans in July, 1874, by a
woman who be knew was not hismother
The records showed they had been tam
.pered with, and the entry read January
1874. After remaining in the asylum
for about six years, having escaped
twice, young Won Hodge, who at that
time was known as Willie Cappcn, was
adopted by farmer in northern Louis
lana, where he remained for FIVE years,
but the man was not kind 60 him and
he ran away.
He made his way to st. Louis, Chica-
60 and New York, and finally entered
the navy. He served in the marine
corps, he said, from s92 TO 1897. While
m the navy a man approached him in
San Francisco and asked him ii he was
not a Ross boy, and said he was an old
friend Of the father Of Charley Ross.
Won Hodge saws he has Il faint Tecol-
lection OF his carly life in beautiful
home
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-11
FARMERS LIFE LURES
A SCION OF LUXURY
Chicago Bank Presidents Son Has Am
bition to Till the Soil and
Tries 1t.

Chicago, Ill, Aug. IL. Richard Hau.
gan, son 81 Hedge al. Hangar, president
of the State Bank of Chicago, turning
disdainfully from such trivialities as
automobiles, yachts and dinner parties.
has hired out to work on 4 farm at
Sugar Grove, III, where he il experienc.
ing the Joy Of milking cows and doing
chores
Mr. Hauean's idea is not by any
means the same as that of Philip Van
Xandt, son 81 George Van Zandt, presi.
dent Of the Prairie State Bank Of Chi
cago, who Ii now employed ais kit
chen helper at Lake Geneva club in the
role OF fervent student of sociology
with warnings chnrchward. He Is sim.
ply possessed OF great yearning for
the Joys Of farmers life. His one am.
bition is one day TO be a tiller Of the
soil IN his own right and to be able to
discuss in learned manner the crop
and the prevalence Of pink
eye among horses.
Tie first day Haugan was put ia work
picking garden weeds. The weeds being
eradicated lie received promotion to the
rank OF cherry picker. Then he MIXED
a COW. BY the time he had finished IA.
boring over his patient subject his en-
ployer bad MIXED seven animals and the
pupil felt discouraged. After the milk
ing lessons were completed Hangar pro-
crossed rapidly to cultivating corn and
pitching hay. He has persevered onward
toward his goal, and IS now looking for
ward 10 the time when he shall have the
proud title OF farmer attached to his
name.