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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-11
SEATTLE A PORT FOR BIRDS
United States Game Warden 20 Wet
Every State In tho Un1on.

United States Game Warden 20 Wet
Every State In the Un1on.
1T will be a matter of only a few
years before Japan and Australia Will
be shipping birds to the Pacific coast
In great quantities." was the statement
| recently made by DIR. Theodore L.
Palmer of the department Of agricul-
ture at Washington, who Is visiting w.
Ref, county game warden, says tho
Seattle Wash.) Times.
"The importation Of birds and ami.
mails Is superintended by the depart.
ment Of agriculture" said Or. Palmer.
II estimate the number Of birds I'm
ported into this country at something
like 100000 Il year. In New York
alone more than 10000 birds are i'm
ported in the four weeks preceding
Christmas. With the development Of
the northwest and the increase in the
number Of ships plying between Seat
tie and .Asiatic ports | believe that In II
few years thousands of birds will be
shipped to Seattle annually"
DR.. Palmer, while officially connect
ed with the department of agriculture,
Is in reality United States game ward
en-. He Is now on Il tour Of every
state in the Union for the purpose Of
comforting with the various state ward
ems. studying conditions In every sec
ton, gathering reports, court decisions
with reference to game. state game
laws and everything imaginable ever
remotely connected with the subject of
game. Since Jan. l he has visited
every state east of the Mississippi
with the exception Of Florida and
Michigan. He is nov touring the west
and no state will be overlooked.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-11
The Cigarette Too Handy.

London Lancet of recent date prints
an article aiming to point out the pre-
else danger of the cigarette and how
it earns its name of deadly" To
quote:
The cigarette is at once ready to smoke.
1t only requires lighting. and as a rule
once lighted it burns regularly. The
smoker Of the cigarette reaches his aim
more quickly n with less trouble than
does the smoker of the pipe, and if
smoking is to be a soothing habit there
must be nothing mentally irritating CON
nected with it.
The worst of the cigarette habit is that
the smoker consumes more tobacco in
that form than he would in any other.
The cigar and pipe soon satisfy the to-
baccO craving; the cigarette smoker is
rarely warned in time Of his excess. The
cigarette appears as a mild form of
smoking of which the smoker never tires,
and cigarette replaces cigarette with prac-
tically little ntermission throughout the
whole day. Few can deny that such a
practice Is very injurious to the health,
and the slaves to 1t find it hard to break
the chain which binds them.
The writer maintains that the ready
made cigarette is responsible for the
rapid growth of the habit in the indi-
vidual and advises cigarette "fenos"
who honestly wish to limit their indul-
gence to make their W cigarettes
out of pure tobacco and paper and, fur,
thermore. to make each cigarette at
the time Of smoking it. The ready
supply is too handy and leads to ex-
cess.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-11
AMONG OUR NEICHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

Glasgow Review: Reports from
Malta the b~urglarizing of
the mercantile establishments of j. F.
Kilduff aud r. NJ. Traitor Saturd ay
evening of last week. The plumber
secured amounts to something over
5000.
Glasgow News: From a commune
cation received by Col. Sargent re-
Gently from the honorable board OF
railroad commissioners, it seems that
| Nashua is in line for a depot and
railroad agent in the near future.
This is something badly needed and
will be greatly appreciated by the
people.
Chinook Opinion: The Chinook
Copper Mining company Of this place
received word from their property in
the Bear Paws this week that q four
foot vein of cyanide ore had been
struck near the grass roots. Assays
Of the specimens that have been re.
ceived since then show big values OF
gold and the company is making prep
arations to develop the vein.
Conrad Observer: Shelby has a
man and boy in Jail who were caught
near Lethbridge by the mounted po'
lice with stolen horses in their pos.
session. The horses. together with
brides and saddles, we're stolen from
Crockford & Nichols at Sweet Grass
The man il said to be the same who
not long ago served a term in oul
county Jail for raising a disturbance
in the hotel at Cut Bank.
Hinsdale Homestead: A short time
ago Anders Rasmussen upset a load
of hay onto himself while crossing
slough near his house and Andy lay
there in the water under the hay unit
he got pretty we'll cooled off-in fac
he got pretty thoroughly chilled
Fortunately for him two neighbor'
happened along and extracted hin
from the very unpleasant position at
7 ter he had been there for an hour 0
so.
: Choteau Acantha: Considerable ex
lcitement prevailed in town Thursda,
afternoon because of q prairie fir
D which started somewhere above Chri
, Salmond's place on Deep creek an
9 burned eastward to George l. Smith
!. ranch. For a time it looked as II tn
: fire might prove very destructive a
a hight wind was blowing, but it wa
e put out without any loss, so far a
g has been reported, except the gras
which waa burned.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-11
THE KINGS DEAFNESS.
american Device Purchased to Ala
Hearfpo ~ Liroealf ard 0nAen

american Device Purchased to Ala
Hearing Of Himself and Queen.
Edward VII. of England is growing
leaf. This fact became known recent
~ when artificial hearing instruments
were shipped to buckingham palace.
London. by the American line steamer
New York for the use of the king and
Queen Alexandra. who has long suffer
ed from deafness, says the New York
Times. The Instruments are the finest
and most complete ever made.
There are three sets. The sound con
centcator or transmitter II the ear
pieces of the first one are of ivory. con-
nected with Il white silk covered cord
and fitted with Il head band. The Sec
Ond is the same size, but finished in
black, while the third is in box form.
resembling 4 camera. containing two
t~ransmitters. and is for use mt the
| theater or table. All the metal parts
are finished in gold. The first two in.
struments may he worn. with the ex.
ception Of the ear piece, under the
waist or coat.
The instruments have been made SC
as to enable the king and queen to
talk together without the use OF q
trumpet or horn. The transmitter, or
sound concentration, will be attached
to the clothing Of the royal couple. In
the case Of the queen it will be hidden
from view in the folds Of her dress
while that for the kings use will be
hidden from view underneath his coat
The sounds are focused on the concen
traitor in the same manner that tho
rays Of the sun are focused by mean:
Of an ordinary reading glass. At thu
point of focus Is placed a supersensi
tive %microphone, which takes up tn
focused or m~agnifed sounds and con
veys them to the a by means Of
small silk covered tinsel cord. through
} which an electric current Is conveyed
by a small battery to an a piece
which is held to the ear. The batterie
are carried in the pocket, being abou
three inches high and al inch and
half In diameter.
The ear piece IS somewhat smalle
than the ordinary telephone e piece
but highly sensitized, and can be hid
! den in the hand. The only visible par
!. Of the instrument is a portion Of tn
silk cord which connects the concer
TRAITOR with the ear piece.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-11
Time!
Time!
4 sweet and sad reminder now comes

4 sweet and sad reminder now comes
stealing through the trees
When the leaves are family touched
with red and gold.
There's a subtle strain of sadness in the
murmur OF the breeze,
And sunset skies CLEAN threatening AVG
cold.
The crows that call so harshly as tho
hurry overhead
Are laughing at our sorrow and disrGlF
Wherever you turn before your eyes i@i@
message sad IS spread:
"'Tis time to put your summer cioin".
away"
Do let us still believe that everythin" H.
for the best,
Nor turn away with supercilious roa"'
When the odor Of the moth ball from NE
newly opened chest
Supplants the perfume OF the dying f"S8.
The outing shirt, the suit OF serge. the
belt and canvas shoes,
Ala ave all enjoyed their little day.
And now, as all relent!essly the year Its
course pursues,
It's time to put your summer clothes
away.
-Washington Star.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-11

II am every day convinced that
We women, if we are to be good wom-
en-, feminine and amiable and domes-
tic, are not fitted to reign" So wrote
Queen Victoria in one Of her letters,
now published. 1t will have to be al
lowed that her majesty's example de-
molished her precept.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-11

the sin.er months.
Miss Virginia Miebach. of Great
Falls. has accepted a position as
sr~suographer in the Office of Attorney
I. F. S%trauahan.
Four location notices for quartz
claims in the Little Rockies district
We're flied in The county clerks office
TO-DAY By L H. Olson aud w. T. KEEL
lermau.
D. G. Lockwood returned yesterday
from "a business visit to- Cody. WyO.,
x..err h. s., interested in ;he Campbell
Drug cu;npsuy .urrt that a recently
destroyed -: fire.
the '~i-,rirL COURT agaln>5 the Fort
Be.:>.!. S,oru-e and Transfer ON
pauy. - collect a balance alleged to
be ..e for services rendered.
Arn'hrr public hearing is being
he'd at Ka'i-pesl by the state railroad
commission. 10 response to complaints
that ,he Grea, Northern train service
10 tha, Iocali:. i unsatisfactory.
7. Wegselaua. Of upp-r Belt, Is
credited with raising the banner Oat
crop 10 that section, the yield being
2,22l bu-hal- from twenty acres, an
average Ut III bushels TO the acre.
A Representative of the Carstens
Packing company. uf Tacoma, made
several oeef purchases ia the upper
Teton country the past week. He
made ii shipment Of eighteen carloads
from Conrad.
Miss Virginia Flanagan left today
for Helena, to join a party Of local
residents who will make trip to Mex
leo. Among the party will be Mrs.
j.. H. Rice and two sons. and Miss
May Flanagan.
Gus Senieur mas been appointed
weigh-master OF the public scales,
which are nov ready for business.
The weigh-na>ter will certify to the
correct weight Of any product brought
to the public scales for hat purpose.
The dairymen Of the state will meet
in Great Falls December II and Is
in their annua! convention. They
have engaged competent speakers tt
address the members on practical sub
jects connected with the business.
Gordon Van Hook and wife arrived
from the west today On q visit will
Mrs. D. G. Browne. Mr.. Van Hook
who is a brother of Mrs. Browne, ha!
recently returned from Valdez, Alas
ka, where he has extensive mining in
terests.
The Conrad Observer reports tn
marriage of Thos. Connant, Of Mapl
Greek, formerly a resident of the Ma
rias country, and Miss Jennie Wild
t of Medicine Hat, the ceremony bein'
performed oy Justice Dawes, a
Shelby.
] The tax collections received at tn
county tveasurer's Office prior to De
cember /, amounted to a little owe
$40. 900. This total includes the mt
nic,pal taxes of Fort Benton, Havr
ana Chinook, and the special schoc
taxes of the several districts.
: The citizens of Culbertson are pre-
pairing 70 incorporate that progresiv
{ town, .ne Valley county commission
ers having acted favorably upon
:, petition that was presented and al
pointed Harry COsner to take
. census of the proposed munich pality
T., A demurrer TO the complaint in tn
q "d,nky caboose' case has been file
in the district court by Attorney
, Parker Veazey, representing the Gree
Northern railroad, in which it is d.
MED that any public offense has bee
committed. A hearing OF the matte
will be held December Ii.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-11
Estray.
Order Fixing Terms Of Court.

In the district court of the Twelfth judicial
district of the state of Montana, in and for the
county of Chouteau.
II is hereby ordered that the terms OF court for
and during the year 1905 In said district be, and
they are by this order fixed and set ae follows,
tO-wit:
CHOUTEAU COUNTY.
Tuesday, February Is.
Tuesday, April 81.
Tuesday, August 25.
Tuesday, November q.
VALLEY COUNTY
Tuesday, February 25.
Tuesday, June
Tuesday, September 81.
Tuesday, November II
Witness my hand this 9th day of December, A.
D.. 1907, JOHN W. TATTAN,
Judge Twelfth Judicial District.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-11
Notice Of Meeting Of Stockholders
Of the Mackton Coal Company.

Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the
stockholders of the Mackton Coal company will
dy, Mont, on the 2lst day of January, A.. ID. 1905,
at the hour of ten O'Clock a. m for the purpose
of considering the question and proposition of
incr astng the capital stock of said company
from fifty thousand dollars 1850 COO to seventy
thousand dollars (S70,no0), and for such other
business rs may properly come before said meet
ing. Is. j. BAILEY, President.
Attest: {. |. JENSEN, Secretary.
MANY L. MACK,
HENRY +. TIIoMr oN,
", X. MACK,
G. |. JENSEN,
,IoHN LEHFELDT,
B. j. BAILEY,
Majority of Trustees.
Dated at Big Sandy, Mont Dec. It'll, 1907.
First publication, Dec. 9th, 1907.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-11
Cannot Remit Fines.

HELENA. Dec. 9.-Only by seeking
the pardouiug power of President
Roosevelt can +. Augustus Heinze,
Alfred Frank anc J. H. Trerise secure
the return OF s22, QUO, paid the United
States government as fines last year
for violating al Injunction of the fed.
eral court restraining them from ex-
tracing ore within the limits Of the
M:chae! Dewitt mine at Butte.
This vas me ruling Of Judge Hunt
10 the federal court today, when.sa
decision was rendered by the court,
denying the petition asking thai the
amour. Of the fines be RENTED.
Jadge Beat.ie, presiding in the fed.
eral court in Butte. March 80, 1904,
fined Mr.. Heinze $40, 900 for contempt,
and Frank ard Trerise, $1,000 each,
for having wiIfally violated an In.
junction, issued June l, 1903, %enjoin-
ny the Montana Ore Purchasing COM
pany and others from working the
Michga! Dewitt, ode. The Bate Il
Boston Cou-olida+ed company claimed
the defend ant. worked the "Enargite
vein,' aod th!. the court found TO be
true.
The fines we're paid. and March %,
1906, the petitioners filed an instru.
men,, praying for an order returning
The sums to them which they were
fined.
BILLINGS, Dec.-9.-Lying in the
city hospital with a bullet in his body,
and ia a critical condition, is Charles
Moe, a Norwegian, b has been 10
the employ OF the Billings Land
and Irrigation company, and the in.
dividual who did the shooting, A.. F.
Crow. is in a cell a. the county Jail.
The difficult: occurred last night
abo1. Ten miles cas-. Of the city, near
the house of Crow.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-11

Rates Minimum price for any abstract or con.
tinuAtion, including certificate, $3.50. When
more than one entry, Is cents per entry: Mining
properties and properties described by metes
and bounds, $l.@ per entry. Water right filings
shown only on request. Orders for abstracts
given prompt and careful attention.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04
Mrs. Thaw to Help Denver College.

Denver.-Mrs. William Thaw, mother
of Harry Kendall Thaw, the slayer of
Stanford White, and herself million
aire many times over, has given assur-
ances that she will give $4,000 to the
new Westminster University OF Den
yer, which is designed to become the
Princeton of the West, and has also
assured those in charge of raising SUBJ
scriptions for the college that If the
drain on her fortune, occasioned by
the Thaw trial, is not too great the
amount will be made 100000 inside
OF year.
That portion of the Thaw fortune
Is to be diverted to educational uses in
Colorado is the assurance that comes
from the recently adjourned meeting
OF the Gunnison presbytery held at Sa-
Ida, where announcement was made
that Mrs. William Thaw had pledged
| herself to contribute $4,000 to the
Westminster university.
The generosity of the wealthy Pitts
burg woman, who takes time even in
the great trouble that enfolds her to
think of means to help others, Is the
first noteworthy fruit of the campaign
that is being made by the directors of
the Westminster college for a $1,000,-
900 building maintenance and endow-
ment fund. 44
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04
convIets to Pave the Way.

Warden John Cleghorn Of the State
Penitentiary is getting ready to place
convicts at work upon the state road
from the southern boundary line near
Trinidad to the Wyoming line, under
the act passed by the recent Legisla-
ture, appropriating $4,000 and author
izing the employment of the convicts.
Convict camps will be established at
several points along the southern
route of the proposed road. Equipment
is now being purchased for the work.
The prisoners will be rigidly guarded
during their labors as well as while at
rest at night.
The state engineer and the commits
sioners in the various counties through
which the highway is to run will con-
suit with reference to the rights OF
way.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04
To Connect Arid LANDS into Forests.

To convert the arid wastes of gov
eminent land into beautiful groves Of
walnut trees at cost that will be in
significant in proportion to value re.
ceiyed in after years, is the plan of NJ.
G. w. Roberts, real estate dealer
of Yankton, South Dakota. Mr.. Rob-
erts is in Denver on private business,
but while here will try to interest the
government officials in the project
For years Mr.. Roberts has been ex-
perimenting with walnut trees and
after investigating the scarcity of hard
lumber, conceived plan OF supplying
the world, at the same time creating
beautiful parks all over the West.
Il think all the reserve land of the
state of Colorado can be planted In
walnuts and In time will be worth
millions of dollars said Mr.. Roberts.
This is no experiment with me. as 1
have planted two walnut groves within
two and a half miles of Yankton. South
Dakota. There today you will find
forest of beauty, and the same can be
done blythe United States for Colorado.
Twenty years hence the timber will
be worth more than you can estimate
at this time"
The method employed by Mr. Rob-
erts for planting the walnuts was SIM
pie. Carrying bucket of the nuts on
his arm he would walk the length of
the field, and dropping a nut would
push it into the earth with his heel.
Soon the forest grew but twice they
were destroyed by forest fires, only to
come up again from the roots.
Farmers in the vicinity of ,Yankton
are becoming interested in the mat
ter and are lending their aid in beau
tifying the South Dakota wastes. AS
soon as the success of these forests be-
come known, Roberts believes, the
habit" will spread all over the West
with the result that years hence the
United States will be supplying the
world with hard walnut timber.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04
Fifty Persons Injured.

New York.-Inside of five seconds
the entire reserved seat section of Har-
graves circus collapsed and slid into
the ring at White Plains Monday, bury
ing 500 men, women and children In
the wreck Five persons were hurt,
but almost through a miracle, Mrs.
Sidney Bore, wife of a policeman, was
the only one seriously injured
1t was an hour before the people
were all disentangled. Some were ly-
ing unconscious with seats piled on
top of them and other spectators lying
on top of the seats. The injured were
attended to as fast as they were taken
out by the ambulance surgeon. Fully
fifty were slightly bruised and cut. but
none, excepting Mrs. Bare, was hurt
badly enough to go to a hospital.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04
House Blown Up.

Denver-With a shock that shook
the earth for blocks around, accompa-
MED by report that aroused all the
residents in the neighborhood, accu-
mulated gas in the residence of John
Clapp, 179 West Cedar street, exploded
Monday night, completely wrecking
the house and setting fire to the debris.
John Matz, son-in-law of Clapp, and
Charles Frisby, friend, were in the
house at the time. Both we're in the
kitchen when the explosion occurred.
Frisby was hurled through the rear
door and buried in the wreckage, while
Matz was thrown into an adjoining
room. The clothes of both men caught
fire, and before they could be extin-
guished they had sustained injuries
that necessitated their removal to the
county hospital. Frisby is progressing
nicely, but Matz is in serious condi-
ton.
That Matz escaped incineration on
the spot is regarded as almost miracu-
lous.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04
travels Far to See Her Son.

Totering on the brink of the grave,
Mrs. Ellen Griffiths, eighty-fiye years
old, travelled from Brazil, Iowa, to
Eaton, Colorado, that she might once
more see her son and for the first time
in her life hug her grandchildren be-
fore she died
1t has been more than twenty years
since the aged mother had seen her
boy, and when ne met her at the sta
ton in Eaton she could scarcely rec
ognize him. She knew the voice, but
he had so changed in face and figure
that 1t was some minutes before she
became convinced that he was not a
stranger.
Thomas Lawton, a well-to-do farmer
living near Eaton, is the son, and he
paid his mothers passage from Brazil
He met her at the station and quickly
took her to his home.
Last evening there was a celebra-
ton in the Lawton family when the
aged woman gathered her grandchil-
dren about her and was moved to tears
of joy. her wish having been fulfilled
afterwhat was to her the most perilous
journey of her life.
All day yesterday Mrs. Griffiths
waited in the Union station in Denver
for train to Eaton. She arrived on
the 1880 Burlington in the morning and
Il was p. m. before she left. During
her stay at the depot she was in care
of the matron, and her appearance ex'
cited considerable interest and curl
osity.
81 am old and feeble, my eyesight is
bad, and do not hear well, SO the
journey is full of dangers to me-" she
said. II am afraid to travel, but dc
SO want to see my son again before
die that decided to risk all dangers.
II haven't seen him for more than
twenty years and ! never laid eyes on
the children. was living with my
nephew In Brazil, but my son sent for
me and ! decided to coma"