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Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-26
2 Pounds Butter SAC

2 Pounds Butter sac
Today butter day al the
Broadway. order by phone-both phones 337. Fourth
floor, grocery
BROADWAY COFFEE POUND - The Guatemala
blend. finely favored coffee. kinds
2 POUNDS PRUNES 15c--Fne size; sweet healthy
ALMONDS 10c POUND-Extra large paper shelled nuts.
3 GLASSES 23c-cuttngs pure fruit jelly
havors.
CORN BEEF POUND CAN-solid, ready to
Less than present wholesale cost
olives Worth Csc tin.
BAYLE's ENGLISH MUSTARD JAR-with
radsh. regular 15c jar.
25c-While the stock
kind that will griddle cakes.
BREAD 31&c LOAF.
HOME MADE
will in touch with the Broadway deli
Fourth floor.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
First Discovery Of Coal.

A press bulletin issued by the geo.
logical survey says the first mention
of the discovery OF coal in the United
States is contained in the journal of
Father Hennepin, a Jesuit missionary,
who in 1879 recorded a ''cole mine"
on Illinois river neal the present city
of Ottawa, Ill.
Coal was first mined in the Rich.
mond basin, Virginia, about 70 years
after Father H%ennepin's discovery In
Illinois, but the first records of pro-
duction from the Virginia mines we're
for the year 1892, when, according
to one authority, $4,000 tons were
mined.
Ohio probably ranks second in pri'
GRITTY of production, as coal was dis
covered there in 1855, but the records
of production date back only to 1888
The mining of anthracite in Pennsyl'
vania began about 1890, and it is sale
that IS ons were shipped to Columbia
Pa, in 1907. Reports of the anthracite
coal trade are usually begun with the
year 1920, when 365 tons one for eact
day of the year were shipped to Phil
adelphia from the Lehigh region. Be
fore this, however, in 1914, a shipmen
OF - IONS was made from Carbonate
also to Philadelphia. 1t is probable
that the actual production prior tt
1920 was between $500 and 5000 tons
More than so per ent of the tota
production of coal in the United State
from 1914 to the close of 1906, or ;.
$40, OOO, 900 tons. was mined in Penn
sylvania,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
Il MAM Prohlem

It is reported that more than 1000
HindOos have crossed the Canadian
border into the state of Washington re-
Gently and have become competitors
in the labor market of the state. Men
of their race, who present a strange
and curious type to most Americans,
may be seen at work nov on the rail-
roads of California, says the Chicago
Record Herald. They are made cOn-
spicuous even Mt a distance by their
turbans. A gang here and there makes
an impression on the traveller without
being noticeable because Of its size.
But there Is a population Of 294 1861 zoo
In India. an area Of 1.76O.54 square
miles, as against a population that is
probably considerably less than 400
100000 on an area Of 1892 APO square
miles in China, and a population OF
A. 600 on an area Of IA, 655 square
miles In Japan.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
UNSAFE RAILROAD TRACKS

At the hearing recently held by the
state railroad commission in Flathead
county, some Of the witnesses gave
testimony which alleged that portions
of the railroad tracks in that locality
we're in such bad condition that it vas
unsafe to travel over them. 1t was
claimed that the frequent occurrence
of wrecks is due mainly to the condi.
ton of the rosdbed, the defects con.
sisting of rotten ties, loose rails and
other conditions that place the lives
of the travelling public in peril.
According to advices from Wash
ington, one of the most importan.
pieces of legislation to come before
the national congress this winter il
likely to be q bill empowering the in
terstate commerce commission to deal
the physical construction of railroads
to the extent Of assuring safe road
beds, Aawless trackage and generally
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
The Tallest Man In Congress.

The house OF representatives is
about as human an institution as was
ever organized. All the emotions of
humanity sweep across its face. One
sees there generosity and meanness,
selfishness and unselfishness, p~retense
and offensive plainness, hypociscy
and frankness. The dominant note,
however, is intense rivalry, in which
the newest member participates. Every
one is seeking to obtain more for his
district than any body else: to shine
forth in some particular role, no mat
ter how lowly or how strange its char.
ter. Thus there are members who
desire to be known as the best dressed
in the house: others who want the
reputation OF paying no attention to
their clothes. Some seek to- he con-
sidered eccentrics. Several claim to
be the h~andsomest, and like to pose
alongside OF u colleague who takes
pride in the fac, that he is the home.
Hest. OF course, all want recognition
as the ablest orator or lawyer.
There will be three men in the com.
ing congress who will be contestants
for the honor Of being proclaimed the
tallest member. They are Sulloway
OF New Hampshire, Barchfeld OF Penn
s~ylvania and Anthony of Kansas.
Sulloway and Barchfeld were rivals
in the last house. The former has q
height of 6 feet + inches, but he il
round shouldered, and is topped by
Barchfeld, who is 6 feet ). Anthony
is 6 feet 4. The friends OF Sulloway
have been urging him to take exercise
in order to get rid of his hump. If ht
should succeed he will be a towering
figure, at least in inches. in the lower
branch of congress.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23

to look after conditions that involve
the lives and limbs of passengers.
President Roosevelt, it is reported,
will urge legislation of this kind in
his annual message to congress and
there will be a few strong workers
both in the house of representative yes
and the senate who will push a bill of
such character.
Necessity for some such powers by
the federal government in connection
with the regulation of interstate com.
merce has long been realized by mem.
bers of the interstate commerce CON-
mission. Several months ago in a
hearing of steel manufacturers before
the commerce commission testimony
was given by the steel men relative to
the inferior quality of rails purchased
by certain railroads which run some
of the fastest passenger trains over
their lines. These roads, according
to the steel manufacturers, were daily
endaneering the lives of scores OF pas
sengers by running their trains at ter
rife speed over rails which the steel
experts declared were unfit ever for
slow traffic.
In recent years many of the worst
rail disasters have been caused by
broken f1anges, swapping rails and
faulty switches. Causes have in some
| instances been the inferiority of the
rails, while Investigations into the
causes of some of the wrecks have de-
veloped that carelessness of railroad
employees was responsible for loss o.
lives. A quiet investig alton has beer
conducted by the government and the
results show c%onclusively that there
must needs be stringent government
regulation of certain lines of railroad
construction. Agitation for reform
has been strong and it is expected tina
congress will during this session pas
a measure giving the interstate com
merce commission the power which
justly deserves, that lives of passen
gers may better be protected.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
Irritation In Mars,

The argument for the existence Of
Martians is both ingenious and plau-
sible. Eve: since 1877, when Schia-
parelli discovered his so called canals,
1t has become increasingly clear that
there are on the surface of Mars GER
tain structures which. so far as IS
known. are not matched elsewhere in
the solar system. On the whole. too,
no explanation thus far offered hangs
together so we'll as that of which Pro-
fessor Pickering is the author and Mr.
Percival Lowell the most conspicuous
advocate-tliat the lines are the strips
Of verdure along narrow waterways
that are quite possibly artificial. The
hypothetical Martians. it appears. are
fated twice each year to see most OF
their available water slowed away ir
one or other Of the polar ice caps. The!
have, therefore, been forced to cover
the entire surface of their planet with
a network Of irrigating bitches which
take the waters from the spring melt
ings, first at II pole, then at the 9th
er, and distribute them over the deser
land.-E. T. Brewster in Atlantic.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
CHOICE
She Prefers England.


With Il feeling of chastened grief We
learn that Mrs. Bradley Martin-the
great Mrs. Bradley Martin-prefers
England to America. she. hastens to
assure us that she is. and h always
will be. an American.
In spite Of all temptations
To belong to other nations,
She remainS-American.
But she prefers to live in England
and to shed her ~aristocratic e~ffuigence
on the other side of the Atlantic. She
says she is tremendously fond Of
England and the English" and she
feels more at home in London than in
| New York. AS to the American wo-
men who have married and live In
England. Mrs. Bradley Martin says
that in most instances they are social
successes.
"YOu see. Il we'll bred with
money and with tact (and most Amer
lean women have that) a get along
anywhere and in any society. Society
in London is a very simple thing, once
you're in. far simpler than in New
York. But this talk about American
women and English women being diff
ferent IS all nonsense.
"Women. l find. are pretty much the
same the world over. And when peO-
pie draw these fine distinctions be-
tween American and English women,
l think it is nothing but sheer non
sense."-ArgOnaut.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
The Boatswain's Pine.

At least one relic of the old navy is
to be preserved. Thanks to Lord
Charles BeresfOrd, the boatswain's
coming more ornamental than useful.
is to be retained, and the "calls" which
for centuries have brought men to the
performance Of their duties will con-
tinue to he heard on II warships. The
admiralty have ordered that at least
10 per cent Of the boys and youths in
harbor training establishments are to
be instructed to work to the calls OF
the pipe. and a prize will be given
each half year to the boy in EACH es'
adjustment who Is considered most
proficient in the art Of piping.-West'
minister Gazette.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
MusoIino a Maniac.

The name of MuSolino. the once
world famed Sicilian brigand. is again
attracting notice in Italy. His highly
strung temperament has had several
phases since his condemnation. from
mn extreme placidity of resignation to
fervid writing in verse. with ceasele>s
reading, and now there is another pow.
erful reaction. which threatens the
worst and most hopeless form of in.
sanity religious melancholia. \ mad.
house may be the end of his lurid Ca.
reer.-I.onuOn Globe.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
CONSOMME FOR SHAVING.
American Comedian Tells O. ti:s IS
covery Made III ~.

American Comedian Tells c. fi:s i 8
covery Made IN !:e.y.
It seemed Impossible that ,..e.r
could be two setting SUNS. Sill TX |
looked out of the window of the iiutel
Regina lobby across 10 the I'Ui.cliei
the other evening there they were.
two of them-I counted t~heln-NIi,cs
the Paris correspondent of the New
| York Herald. One rec lulniuary came
into the hotel. l pinched myself. be-
| cause such things are bad signs. And
the golden setting II approaching re-
solved itself into James Z. Powers.
with the same hair thai would have
made him conspicuous on the stage
even though he were not Il talented
comedian.
II just came from Italy, hastily ex-
planned James, "and down there l
made a great discovery. l should he IL
~discoverer, not an actor. This discov-
cry will affect all civilized men. l was
In Milan. l needed u shave. 1t is Il
bad habit, but stick to it. So l rang
the bell for a cf4mbermaid, or femme
de chandelier, or whatever you call
| Qer. III ABOUT tell minutes she came.
"'Hot water and towels said l.
Fifteen minutes later she came back
with the towels. l suggested that hot
water was part Of the order; but, you
see, l don't speak Italian. She seemed
to understand, though, for she went
quick.
Fifteen minutes later she came
back with a pitcher of cold water. l
cannot shave with cold water and ex-
planned by pantomime. l put a finger
in the water, then put it under my
arm and sucked it. Any n could in
derstand that l had burned my finger.
She laughed. said 81, ST. and went
running.
"Ten minutes later she came back
with a smile a yard wide. What dc
you think she brought me? A plate OF
hot consOmine!
"Well, l shaved with it, and it is al
right-better than water. l am goine
to patent it over home and put Pow
ers' shaving on the market
There are millions in It, my boy, mil
lions"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
AUGUST.

Her captains name is Goldenrod: his
ranks are In the fields.
The asters are her couriers who fash
their purple shields;
The corn. her mighty army. waves its tas-
sells to the sky.
And down the dreamful valleys misty
shadows fiutter by:
The milkweed grenadiers. with all their
orange comets on.
And snow upon the mountain. form the
vanguard Of the dawn;
The grass Is gray with gossamer. and.
tinkling fine and sweet.
The fairies dance upon 1t with their sill
yer cymbaled feet:
The bees are In the barley and the birds
are In the lane
To watch the ghosts Of April dance the
minuet again:
The river. like a mirror. gives us back
the brazen day
With hal the bluc OF heaven in its
breathless. molten ray:
The afternoon Is drowsy In the cool caves
OF the wood.
And, oh. the lazy feeling that comes Der
one 10 So good.
30 calm, 80 sweet. SO pleasant, when upon
the wings OF musk
ehe west winds cooling current nutters
down the deeps Of dusk.
Baltimore Sun.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
Missouri's Farm Name Law.

Missouri has Il new law under which,
the owner of Il farm in hat state may
on payment of 81 in the county court
register an exclusive name for his land.
The idea is not simply poetical or orna
mental. for the name in the course OF
business may become Il valuable trade
mark. Exclusive names are regarded
assets of value in mercantile and man
u%facturing industries, and there is lie
reason why the farmer should not have
whatever advantage there may be in a
name that will identify his products il
the market.-Utica Press.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
The French Golf Champion.

A few years ago a French youth with
a physique which an Englishman
might envy began to earn a little peck
ct money by carrying the clubs for
players OH the BiarritZ links. The
game fascinated him, and he COM
menced to play a bit himself. His play
improved to such an extent that he
was soon Il little better than scratch.
Then he migrated to the home of golf,
North Berwick, then to st. Andrews,
where he was coached to such good
purpose that recently he won for La
Belle France the British golf cham
pionship. The victory Of Arnaud Mas
sey, as the F'renchman is named, was
exceedingly popular, for he is lot only
a splendid golfer, but a thorough
sportsman. \ tall, powerful man, with
strong shoulders, Massey has a very
stiff and erect carriage as he strides
along the links. He is only twenty.
eight years old and, with the exception
of Taylor, is the youngest professional,
who has won the championship fol
twenty years.-I.ondon Tit-Bits.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
Arkansas Peach Orchard,

Arkansas will surprise the world this
year with her peach crop, says the Fort
Smith (Ark.) Interview. The peach
yield all over the country has prac-
tically been Il failure this season. and,
with the exception of California. Ar
kansas will supply nearly half Of the
markets Of the United States with this
particular fruit, Of which the .Ameri-
can people are so fond. The Elberta Is
the peach on which Arkansas depends
for this years output. Arkansas, by
the bye, has the largest peach orchard
in the United States, If not in the
world. 1t covers IL area of more than
5000 acres and is located about 100
miles south Of Fort Smith. This or
chard will produce enough peaches this
year to yield to its owner a small for
f1Nna.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
NECK SHAVE FOR GIRLS.
Fad Started by Young Women Of Nc
keesport, Pa.

An exceptionally pretty girl recently
entered a barber shop In Fifth avenue,
McKeesport. Pa, and calmly took a
seat, says the st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The bootblack dropped n picture pa
per and gasped, while the head barber
Just missed slicing of the end Of a GUS
toner's nose. The girl was promptly
on her feet ut the call of "Next!"' and
was in the chair before the barber had
recovered his mind sufficiently to ask
what she wanted.
"Hair SINCE, miss!" he stammered.
"No: shave-neck shave" explained
the pretty one.
The barber got busy, and the boot,
black looked on with undisguised de
light. The wielder of the razor had
second female visitor within m hour
and the BARRIERS are Of opinion tina
the McKeesport girls have a new
Dug"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23

HELENA, Oct. l9.-Monday morn
ing next John w. Pace, secretary OF
the Montana state fair will deposit in
the mail l,245 checks, made out to
exhibitors this year who took prem.
iums. In all the checks are for S.
600. The checks 60 to persons resid.
ing in every part OF the state.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-23
Victories Of Science.

Granting the past. Lord Lister does
take rank as. by virtue OF his OWN
life work. one of the few greatest bene.
factors of humanity. 1t has been said
Of him. and l have often repeated the
remark. that The saves more lives every
year than Napoleon took in all his
wars."-Dr. Suleeby in Reader.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-03-11
HOQUlAM

NJ. Kraft left Thursday for the hot
springs to take treatment.
G. Burns left here Thursday for Ever.
cit where he has secured a position.j
a. l.. Fitzgerald has sold his residence
at ZIG n street, to Mrs. A. D. Hicks.
Mrs. Walter q. Pebbles left Friday fol
short visit to friends on the Sound.
Mrs J.. j. Powers is reported to be
quite sick with the prevailing epidemic
Is grippe.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. 7. Ospood are visitin.
up the country for II few days, the guests
q friends.
Miss Carrie Hansen left Friday fol
Centralia, where she will visit her par.
ems for n few weeks.
Hoover u Cain have sold Lhe City
Ssh market to It's old proprietor, f. j.
McLane. who took possession Thursday,
Fred &. Foster, manager OF the North.
western Lumber company's store, left
Saturday Oh business trip TO San Fran
cisco.
The planning mill OF the Grays Harbor
Lumber company, is closed for few
days while the motors are being re-
paired.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-03-11
TO HELP LUMBERMEN.
Lane Suggests Way to Remedy
Contested Shipments.


WASHINGTON, d. c., March 9.-Lum-
bermen in the Puget Sound region have
complained to the interstate commerce
commission that they have been unable
since January to obtain transportation
OF their products to Eastern points be-
cause Of the stated inability Of the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific railroads
to handle the traffic.
Commissioner Lane, Of the interstate
commerce commission, has received let
ters from lumbermen west OF the Cas-.
cade mountains saying that it is impossi-
BILE for them to get their products to
Missouri river points and asking whether
the commission cannot sfford some re.
lief.
Commissioner Lane has suggested that
they can make formal complaint to the
com mission, requesting it to grant them
a through route from. the Puget Sound
region, via Portland, Ore, over the
Northern Pacific railroad, and thence
via the Oregon Short Line or the Union
Pacific to Missouri river points.
The Great Northern aud the Northern
Pacific admit that they cannot carry
more than one-fiith OF the lumber offered,
but heretofore they have refused to per-
nit the Oregon Short Line or the Union
Pacific to make through route or a
joint rate with them.
1t lie expected that the lumbermen will
act on the suggestion of Commissioner
Lane
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-03-11

Anderson e Young have been award
ed the contract for installing water
works system at Moclips for the Moclipa
Hotel company.
Herman Hubble, Of Humptulips, was
in town Friday to see a physician and
have his right hand attended to for
blood poisoning.
Charles Anderson caught deer on
Thursday as it plunged into the water to
escape two hounds that we're pursuing it.
He turned it over to Game Warden Lob
dell, who placed it in the city park.
Another bunch Of fifteen pack ponies
arrived here Friday on the freight. They
are now being shod and having their
pack saddles fitted previous to being
sent into the interior for RAILROAD survey
work.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-03-11
Absence Of the Head.

When mother is away from home
TO stay day or so
The others notice pretty soon
That several things don't go;
At least, not in the channel smooth
In which they lightly glide
When she Is home and running things
And sewing on the side.
The family says she needs q rest,
And so they pack her grip
And send her off to Cousin James
Just for a pleasant trip.
They say that they can run the place
Without her standing by,
And SO they really think they can
Until they come to try.
It's all right for half day
Till something goes awry,
And then there's several things to pay
At which the printers shy.
Some one can't find his overshoes.
Some one has lost his hat,
And There is no one round to ask.
'Ma. where Is this and that?"
The family really is sight
To see when she gets back,
With dispositions out Of plumb
And tempers out of whack.
Though topsy turvy Is the house.
Upset and hopeless quite,
It only takes her half day
To get things running right.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-03-11
OAKVILLE

Mrs. S. J. Inmon visited in Elma on
Wednesday.
T.J. Watkins made business trip to
Montesano the first of the week.
J. E. Fitzgerald and j. M. Clevenger
made business trip to EIma Tuesday.
Miss Hilda Lonnborg was in Monte
sano Tuesday, attending the wedding OF
her sister, Sophia.
Mrs. j. 0. Van Wrinkle and daughter,
Katherine, went to Olympia Wednesday
for few days visit with friends.
Mrs. George Snyder returned here on
Wednesday from Butte, Montana, and
will spend couple of months with her
mother, Mrs. f. Nj. Glover.
Mrs. Thos. Pearson, accompanied by
her sister.in.law, Miss Emily Pearson,
came up from Oakland, Call, last week.
They will spend the summer at Oakville.