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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
TWO FEET OF RAIN.
California Floods Cause Big Loss To
Railroads and Farmers.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 27.-The
storm which has prev allied over this
state is now moving eastward. accord
ing to the weather bureau, and is now
central over Colorado. Although q
few more showers are expected, clear
ing weather is likely to continue.
There is a great deal of snow in the
mountains and the temperature Is low,
which is favorable to the valleys in
which floods have occurred. The rain.
fall in this city to date is 24.75 inches
against 16. IS inches to the same time
last season.
The / tuation at Stockton, where
damage was threatened by the San
Joaquin river, has greatly improved.
and the came is true of other points
along the principal streams Of the
state.
Railroad communication between
this city and outside points is still
badly interrupted, and in several d.
rections is entirely suspended. Sac
ramento reports that enormous dam
age has been done in the down rivcl
districts. Hundreds of head of cattle
have persisted and fruit and vegetable
growers have suffered greatly. Tn
water is now receding from the flooded
lands. Encouraging new also come
from San Jose in the Santa Glars
valley and from southern California
and it is believed that the storm is a
an end.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
May Enter Coal Lands.

WASHINGTON, March 26.-Negotia.
tons are in progress between Secre.
tary Garfield and the Union Pacific
Railroad company for the return to
the government of all coal lands
fraudulently and improperly acquired
by the system.
The Union Pacific has recognized
that its title to some of the property is
defective and has advised the secre-
tary of the interior of its willingness
to return all the lands which it can.
not properly claim, provided the gov
eminent would forego prosecution.
If litigation was instituted it would
be years before q settlement could be
reached, and in the interests OF
promptness and saving the govern
ment money, Secretary Garfield has
accepted the proposal of the Union
Pacific.
A few months ago the Union Pacific
denied most emphatically that any OF
its coal land has been improperly OBJ.
tanned. An investigation by Commits.
sioners Prouty and Clark established
the fact that thousands OF acres of
valuable mineral lands in Utah,
Wyoming and Colorado had been &C.
quired by the Union Pacific and its
subsidiary lines through fraud.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03

men a. Bartlett Richards and w. G.
C~Omstock, the two biggest cattlemen
in the state, will be mere child's play
as compared to the upheaval in Color
ado and Wyoming. When the names
of the defendants a.e known, it will
shake the west with sensations, and
there will be no let.up.
Attorney General Bonaparte per.
sonally is determined that this shall
be the most sweeping and thorough oil
all these land investig atoms. With
the president, he is hopeful of putting
an end to such frauds this time"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
Decision Affects Homesteaders.

WASHINGTON, March 26. - An
nouncing the opinion of the court in
favor of Mrs. Flahive in the case of
Edward H. Love vs.. Annie Flahive,
involving a contest over land in Mis-
soula county, Montana, Justice Brew
err, of the supreme court of the United
States, laid down some general prin-
ciples regarding the REIMBURSEMENT OF
homestead applications and the sale
Of lands taken up under the home
stead law before the issuance of pat.
ent. On that point he says:
sit is objected by the plaintiff that
q sale of homestead prior to the issue
of q patent is void under statutes of
the United States. This is u%ndoubted-
ly the law and the ruling of the secre.
tary was not in conflict with it, but
the fact that nc n seeking to enter a
tract of land as a homestead a
make a valid sale thereof ia not at
all inconsistent with his rights to re-
linquish his application for the lands
and so the secretary of the interior
ruled.
"While public policy may prevent
enforcing the contract of sale, it does
not destroy the significance as a dec.
aration that the vendor no longer
claims title. He cannot sell and at
the same time deny that he has made
a sale. The government may right.
fully treat it as a REIMBURSEMENT and
abandonment of his apple alton and
entry. No man entering land as a
homestead is bound to perfect his
title by the occupation. He may aban-
don it at any time or he may in any
other satisfactory way r%elinquish the
right acquired by his entry. Having
done that, he is no longer interested
in the title of the land. That is a
matter to be settled between the gov.
eminent and other applicants. In this
case, Love having relinquished his
claim, it does not lie in his mouth to
challenge the action Of the govern
ment in p~atenting the lands to Mrs.
Flahive.'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
Notice Of Final Proof,
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

GREAT FALLS. Mont, March 9, 1907.
Notice lie hereby given that the following named
settlers have filed notices of their intention to
ofer final five ear proofs under their entries,
rs described, before Chas. II. Boyle, L. ). COM
missioner, at his Office in Fort Benton, Montana,
on Friday. the 18th day of April, N1 viz:
WILLIAM f. DICKINSON,
OF KIerville, Montana, who made homestead APP
piication No. 1884, March 10, 1900, tor the Eha
Ma. SWA NEA and NEA SEA section "a,
township % north, range ~ east
HARRY +. DICKINSON,
of knerville. Montana, who made homestead ap-
plication No. 10,9s4, March ~, 1910, for the e.,
SWA section -, and E1a SWA section "a, town
ship 20 north, range 10 east.
EDDIE BOYD,
of Knerville, Montana, who made homestead ap'
p%iicstion No LOCO, April I! 1900, for the VIZ
township 70 north, range 10 east. and
BAILEY NJ. BOYD,
OF Knefvllle, Montana, who made homestead 40.
p~llication No. l2,OO7, March q, 1901, for the Eh
NEk section 32, township 20 north, range II
east.
They name the following witnesses to Prov
their continuous residence upon and cultivation
Of said lands, viz:
James Stilwell, John Stilwell, William E
Dickinson, Harry B. Dickinson, Eddie Boyd
Bailey M. Boyd, all of Knerville, Montana.
j. NJ. BURLINGAME, Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
Railroads Blamed For Wreck.

New YORK, March Embellishments
charging manslaughter in the second
degree were returned today against
the New York Central railroad, Ira
A. Mccormick, general superintendent
of the company, and Alfred "A. Smith,
one OF the vice presidents, in connec.
express on the Harlem division last
month. Mccormick and Smith plea d.
ed not guilty, and were released on
$40, 900 bail each.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
Preparing For the Fourth.

PORTLAND, Ore, March q. The
manifest of the German steamship
Arabia, which arrived here from
Honkong and Japanese ports, shows
q, 645 cases of 6recrsckers, destined
for 46 cities of the United States.
The total weight OF this consignment
was in excess of 700 tons and 60 freight
cars will be required to transport the
material to eastern cities. OF the to.
tai amount of firecrackers received L.
232 cases go east in bond. They are
consigned to Grand Rapids, Toledo
and Cincinnati. There are % cases
for Winnipeg.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03

ought to be put to saving wood and
made to carr an honest living. Look
at that one swelling around as if he
had saved a dozen human lives"
"Why that's Tommy Hope" was
Isabel's reply. "lf l only dared, ia
call him over here and Introduce my
self. He's just one of the incest fell
IF he isn't a bully then l never saw
one" interrupted Edith. See him
swagger as he walks. If he was in
troduced to me I'd snub him good and
we'll"
why, Edith Lawson! Tommy Hope
is the champion high jumper and run
ner. and they say that he Is the best
boxer in college this year. His folks
are among the most
Respectable Of saloon keepers,
probably" sneerad the pretty girl.
$50 he's a prize fighter with all the
rest. Nice company we are in"
Miss DAVIS was about to protest and
argue further when the high jumpers
were called. There was a field OF
eight, and each and every n Of them
| was cheered as he took his place.
Eight Of them." observed Miss
DAVIS after counting. but none of
them will stand a show against Tom.
the highest bar like a bird"
But any we'll trained horse could
do the same thing" was Edith's re,
ply. He'd better be sailing into some
honest work, but he'll do that
as long as the people will crowd to
see these shows. If I had brother
Dick here I'd box his ears"
get ready to clap your hands, Edith
There he goes"
II won't even look"
Tommy Hope took the run and thu
jump and cleared the bar that hat
brought others to grief. In return thu
crowd raised a mighty cheer. The ap
plause lasted five minutes, but Edit
Lawson didn't join In.
During the next half hour she criti
clsed the crowd and berated her broth
er, and her friend realized that sh'
was in a pet, so automatically left be
alone. Then the running race wa
called, and Miss DAVIS suppressed en-
thusiasm burst forth again.
1T will be Tommy-our Tommy
again." she exclaimed In her excite
ment. "Oh, Edith. how sorry I an
that you can't appreciate athletics a
the rest Of us do. You see. men ar
made strong, agile and muscular b.
this training. Suppose that our Tom
my had to run for his life"
HE would If offered a job at a dol
lar a day." replied Edith.
what a girl you are! But Their
goes the bell. Now they are takinI
their places. Now the signal Is to b
given. Now Go 1t, Tommy, go it
Oh, Edith, Tommy is gaining-he i
creeping up-he is leading. O-o-o-t
such sprintlng. Tommy will win, II
has won.."
"And I am going home"
Some folks are built that way. eve
some young ladies', and the only wa
is to let them hug their theories unit
circumstances arise to change thci
opinion. One could not have Safrl
predicted that such circumstance
would Y arise in the life Of Edit
Lawson. but fate is more powerfr
/ than man.
Within a month she was Speelin
westward in reply 70 an invitation
from al aunt whose favorite she WA,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
Desert land..Final Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
GREAT FALLS, Mont. March IS, ~

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
GREAT FALLS, Mont, March Is, 1907.
Notice ie hereby given that
MINNIE L. DICKINSON,
of knerville, Chouteau county,. Montana, has
filed notice Of intention to make proof on her
desert land claim No. .62as, for the lot 4, section
10; lot I, section 10; township 20 north. range u
east. unsurveyed:. So NEA and sen section "a,
township ~ north. range 10 east, surveyed,
containing about 800 acres. before Chas. II.
Boyle, US. commissioner, at his office at Fort
Benton. Montana, on Friday, the 18th day OF
April, 1907.
She names the following witnesses to prove the
complete irrigation and reclamation of said land:
En picSin n; Sen Esellen Boya, a ali H of KnesHll M, Moan
tana. j. NJ. BURLINGAME, Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
Safer.

DO you think a flying machine
would be safer than the ordinary
means Of exploring the arctic re,
yions"
Much safer" answered the haven't
or. 1T would be likely to break down
rom civilization Washington Star.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
GREAT FALLS
Employment :: Agency,
FRED G. WILSON, Prop'r.

We furnish all kinds of help on short
notice. Help for private families,
hotels, restaurants, also labor for
ranches, railroads, contractors.
Telephone calls and mail orders
receive prompt attention.
2lyIs First Ave South.
Telephone gal. Great Falls Mont
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
MILNER CATTLE co.
n. E. miner, Pres. and Manager. Fort Benton.
Montana.

Main brands .
shown in the &C.
Comparing cuts.
Also own 81
cattle bearing the
single square
e~~brsnd, and al
rebranded cstti,
bearing only
cross p.
Also own brand
on right hip called
"squsre e."
Horse
brand on
left thigh.
Range from Besr
Paw mountains east
ward to Fort Peck
between the Milk and
Missouri rivers. Also
south of the Mis-
souri, river, between
Arrow creek and Belt
creek, saonktu rang
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
No. ID

known heretofore to the civilized
world. Along these paths have been
stumbling blocks. Our opponents are
endeavOring to persuade us the sole
responsibility for these stumbling
blocks rests upon our public service
system, to be remedled only by a
change Of system. This we deny. We
are patiently studying the ways Of
justice. Municipalizers advocate ex-
perimenting at enormous cost with
public funds, with the principles of lib
erty and with the institutions of our
country. In this we stOutly refuse to
take part.
We are conservatives in believing
that it is better to adhere to old and
tried methods based on our accepted
national principles. but radicals in the
determination to discover and to stern
ly rebuke and rectify any injustice
which may have been developed by
the present system. As it has always
been the function and duty of govern
ment to insure that individuals shall
deal justly with their fellows, it is now
the function and duty Of government
to protect the governed against injus-
tice ON the part OF these associations of
individuals working under the name
of public service corporations.
Any government that is too feeble or
corrupt to control with justice the con-
duct Of a public service corporation
has little prospect of being able itself
to supply such public service with eff
cheney and justice. Our duty is to
elect to Office men who have the intel
ligence and integrity to govern eff
ciently, honestly and justly-men who
can and will curb the unjust aggres-
siveness of the individual or of the vol
untary association of individuals and
who can and will compel each to bear
its share of the burdens of government
and give in price, service or otherwise
proper consideration for special
privileges enjoyed.
Our nation is what it is industrially
and commercially and in world politics
because of the American character, de-
veloped by the most absolute individu-
aliSm, and because of the American
corporation. developed under a govern
ment that governed. but did not trade.
Our duty is to conserve the human
agencies that have made our country
what it is-the adventurous individual
and voluntary associatiOn-but not to
let them be our masters This Is the
confession of faith of the antimunici-
paliZer, the anti-SOcialist
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17

error as himself. Two of the
parties, namely, the Populist and
Silver Republican, have vanished
and Bryan himself is nearly a
dead duck' politically.
The ''Darke County Boy'' is of
the opinion that Bryan "did not
slay with the jaw bone of an ass"
a la Samson. Guess he is right.
Let us say he did the Staying with
his eloquent tongue and cunning
vagaries. Unlike Samson, Bry-
an only slew his party.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Otterbein.

W. E. Judy and family of West
Manchester visited Harley En-
rick and family Sunday.
Ezra Slifer and wife visited
relatives at Ansonia from Satur-
day until Monday.
Russell Coblentz and family
visited Mr.. Wills and family near
Eldorado Sunday.
Clifford Howell of near West
Manchester and Miss Anna Hetz-
ler of this place were married on
last Wednesday, and on the fol-
lowing evening the boys of this
community gave them an old
fashioned serenading. The con-
tracing parties are both highly
respected in their respective COM
munities and our best wishes go
with them.
Philip Grubbs and wife and Al
bert Niswonger and family visit
ed Curtis Grubbs and wife Sun
day.
Perry Niswonger and Mrs.
Frank Coblentz of this place and
Glen Crawford and Misses Yer
ma and Debah Shuler of Beech
Grove are taking in the James
town Exposition this week.
Orlando Shumaker and family
visited Joe Shumaker and family
Sunday.
Van Odell has made arrange
ments to move TO Ithaca in the
spring.
Clifford Fowble visited Glen
and Diller Howell Sunday.
R, G. Howell is again the vic
tim of sciatic rheumatism, and at
present writing is not able to be
out of bed.
T. L. Howell and wife visited
Van Odell and wife Sunday.
Rev. Bowers preached at this
place Sunday morning and even
ing. He will, in all probability,
take up the work at this place.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17

Thus far municipal government In
this country has not been a success,
and one of the duties, one of the bur-
dens, of the generation now coming on
to assume the responsibilities Of citi-
zenship is the cleansing of the Augean
stables of municipal corruption and
the uplifting of the tone of state legis-
latOrs, so that while the interests Of
the public shall be sacredly preserved
the rights and the reasonable profits
of the corporations enjoying public
franchises shall be carefully and i'm
partially protected and maintained
Hon. William H. Taft.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
The Price of Health.

"The price of health in a ma
larious district is just Is cents;
the cost of a box of DR.. Kings
New Life Pills." writes Ella
Slayton, of holland, Ark. New
Life Pills cleanse gently and i'm
part new life and vigor to the
system. 25c. Satisfaction guar
anteed at VIM. Kipp's Sons drug
store.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17

Recommended to the public utilities
commission:
First.-Immediate suppression Of the
surreptitiOus subway smoker.
Second. Municipal ownership of
apartment house janitors.
Third.-Make it unconstitutional to
play "Arawanna" or Poor John" be-
tween the hours of l. III. and l. p. m,
inclusive, and vice versa.
Fourth.-Provide subway guards and
trolley car conductors with safety
raZorS.
Fifth.-Free and unlimited coinage
of lemOnade.-New York Mail and Ex-
press.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
XENIA'S LOSS $4,000.
Depressing Experience Of an Ohio City
With Municipal Lighting.


In response to an inquiry in regard
to the municipal electric light plant
Mayor Brennan of Xenia, O., writes as
follows:
THE city paid upward of $4,000
for light plant, and the cost of run
ming the same was at the rate of $103
per lamp. The plant was badly run,
the operating of the same being in the
hands of a committee of councilmen
who were inexperienced and, of course,
drawing no salaries, did not give it the
proper attention. All they got out of
the sale of the works was $500. The
city afterward entered into a contract
with private corporation, and the
price now paid per lamp is $G3."
Another authority states that the
amount ultimately invested in the
plant was $4,000 and that the loss
when it was sold, together with the ex-
cess cost of operation over what the
lighting would have cost by contract,
amounted to more than $4,000; in
other words, that hat sum represents
the cost of the experiment.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
"Pneumonia's Deadly Work

"PneumOnia'S Deadly work
had so seriously affected my right
lung" writes Mrs. Fannie Con-
nor, Of Rural Route 1, George
town, Tenn, that coughed
continuously night and day and
the neighbors' prediction con-
sumption seemed inevitable, un-
til my husband brought home a
bottle of DIR. Kings New DiscoV-
cry, which in my case proved to
be the only real cough cure and
restorer of weak, sore lungs. :"
When all other remedies utterly
fail, you may still win in the bat-
tie against lung and throat trou-
bles with New Discovery, the
real cure. Guaranteed by VIM.
Kipp's Sons, druggists. SOC and
$1.0O. Trial bottle free.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17

tundity in the columns, it was
clearly demonstrated that the
term fat colonels", which has
been applied to them recently, is
a misnomer. The outing was dis
tinctly popular with most of the
officers and many of them hav We
suggested the advisability of TAX
ing such rides at weekly inter-
walls for the good of the men sta
toned in Washington whose work
is so sedentary as to unfit them
for sudden emergency hiking.
Much regret is felt in Wash
ington over the unfortunate turn
the cocktail" incident of Vice
President Fairbanks reception
to the President has been given
by some of his misguided friends.
It is believed that Mr.. Fairbanks
will heartily disapprove of the
article appearing in the recent
issue of religious organ, in
which the onus for this much
advertised affair is placed on a
woman friend of the family as
sisting them in their prepara-
tions for the reception. Mr..
Fairbanks entertainments in
Washington, throughout the So
cial season, are numerous and
conducted on a magnificent scale,
and wines are served at his din
ners, and punches are served at
his receptions, as they are at the
establishments of all well-regu-
lated official and society folk the
world over. This is a well-known
fact, and why such numerous
and varied excuses should be Of
fered by his friends for his hos
pitality in this particular instance
is not apparent. Mr.. and Mrs.
Fairbanks are famous in official
and social circles for their gen.
erous and cordial hospitality, and
no one heretofore has presumed
to criticise the nature of the re-
freshments served by this kindly
host and hostess.
The Keep Commission has sent
in its report to the President and
it is the opinion of this Commits
sion that the higher grades of
public officials such as heads of
divisions and technicians-are are
much underpaid, compared with
those in the same grade of work
in private business. 1t is the O.
pinion of this committee, also,
that while the merit system is
working to prevent jobbery in
appointments, favoritism in pro-
motion is rather the rule than
the exception in the clerical
grades.