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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-10
SAYS JAPS ARE
READY TO Invade
UNITED STATES
Thousands On
Mexican Border


BANGOR, Maine, Sept 1o.-Thou-
sands Of japanese veterans in the
Mexican border Of the United States
equipped with arms have secretly or
santzed and are ready to invade this
country on short notice is the start
ling statement made by F. R. euern-
sey, editor Of the Mexican Herald.
The man Is spending the summer here.
According to the editor the liberal
immigration policy enabled the Japs
to flock into that country In great
numbers.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-10

Bishop c. C. Penlck went to Wheel.
Ing this afternoon to attend The con.
vocation of the North Western dis
trict OF West Virginia.
Joseph E. Sands. Jr., who has been
spending several weeks with his pa
rents. Mr.. and Mrs; ]. E. Sands, at the
Peacock Farm, returned to Terra
Alta this afternoon. where he VIM
spend several days before returning
to Baltimore,
Mss Eleanor Barr Is spending seTegs
ii aldays In Manning ton:
R Il CUNNINGHAM s attending tie
Wheeiilg Fslr
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-10
jimmy Bfitt
ISN'T GETTING MUCH SYN p PATHf
BECAUSE or BRokEN WHIST
RECEIVED,

SAN FRANCISCO eai 10
There Is little sYnlpsthy f5r Jimmy
Brit who lot the fsht il 1e finn
round to Joe Cans yesrla Britt
broke hls wrist but i osnisd out
that many men have coatlnaet nspt
ing with severe injuEis sn iAis vas
no excuse. Il Is conedsd TINT had
the fight gone on Cans would haze Pc.
Britt out IN the nex osn B7ltfa
face Is amass Of
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-10
CHRISTIE WON'T
RACE ANY MORE
NOTED AUTOMOBILE INVENTOR
AND DRIVER SAYS He WILL
NOT RACE AGAIN.

PrTTsBuRG, Pa, Sept. 1O.-wtlton
Christie, River Edge, N. j. noted
automobile inventor and driver, who
wss injured yesterday afternoon at
Brurot's Island auto races when Rex
Reinerten, of Allegheny, President Of
the Auto Repair Company, Of Pitts
burg, was Killed ard Clair BastIan.
mechanic. was injured, to-day dec!ar-
ed he would rot race again. Christie
and Bastian are resting well and both
will recover.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-10
Girl IS Dead
MISS HELEN WILL Ans WHO WAS
HURT m AUTO sccIDENT
DIED TO-DAY

PITTsBURG. SEPT -aelen
Williams, 81 AIie asi so-isy as
ths result Is lniuries RECEIVED las.
midnight IN IN s1 ooblIe accident b.
which four others ven badly hurt-
Laura Ben, one q o:hsrs. Is eE'
pected to die. me earFss turning q
corner At Z hIgh Khen Il SID
ded into i curb hufiIashe occupants
out against 4 sapapSls
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-10
Stole Money
BECAUSE OF so MUCH SICKNESS
IN HIS FAMILY is REPORT
CONCERNING eRus5s.

PGTTsBURG, Pa, Sept. 1o.-wfl-
liam R. Grubbs, aged thirty-lye, OF
McKeesport, is in jail pending a hear.
ing on charge Of taking money from
the cash drawer of the postofice, On
August sixth he is alleged to have
been detected taking money and his
resignation was handed in. He is al
legged to have taken money because
of much sickness in his family. He
created a sensation about a year ago
by marrying a sixteen year old girl of
McKeesport.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-10

PTTTsBURG sep io-Frsnk II
Hieber, fort prsldent o. the
MeKees R6 council ssi ven lu1Ta
business mn today BE va,
IL s 81 E4isbefanl Cou11rI
Wasoa lfar eafins Company.
81 ne seFoss Ohio 10 |4e Q1|o
rtyes p1tn III Rami,y sail |t..
co6c6n II he Wellng.01-a- -ai,rl
line Hisy hs piaced ID operation % q
I'm Nss siiboash there ls a l's1''
btiity q not using It. eSosr' Ger work
trains until togar1 spinE
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-10
The Strike
IS SUBJECT WHICH IS BEING
TALKED OVER WITH PREsI-
DENT TODAY.

OYSTER BAY, Sept 1O.-secretary
strau, of the Department of Com
merce and Labor, and Chas. P. Eeill
Commissioner Of Labor, are oouterrins
with the President today relative to
the taegrapders' strike. No state
ment could be obtained as to whether
Roosevelt viii intervene.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-10
Unchanged
IS REPORT CONCERNING TELE
eRAPHERs> STRIKE SINCE
eoMPERs' VISIT.

NEW YORK, Sept 10. - President
compers, OF the American Federation
of Labor, is consulting with President
Small, Of the Commercial Telegraph
ers', regarding means of raising funis
to continue the strike indefinitely. No
change In the situation here.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-10
Killing Of Jews
GOES ON IN POLAND WITH NO
ONE TO STAY THE sLoopY

WARSAW. Poland, Sept 1o:-An'
other massacre Of lsEs Is IN progress
at LODI Poland. A message from
there states that eleven persons have
besay kiIIed and fourteen lniursd Al
ready is tinis the ne S WIS
semitic acre Eas going 9Hs
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-10
Contract for Union n.not

The B. { o. Western Maryland and
Coal & Coke railroads have let the
contract for a new union station to
be built at Beltngtoa to tie Enter.
prise Construction Company Of Elktns.
The depot 4 to cost 10000.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-10

The following Falrmont people are
at Deer Park, Nd: Walton Miller.
C. ". Fleming, Geo. T. Watson, NJ.
and Mrs. James o. Watson, three
children and nurse, T. c. Raymond
and Mrs. T. W Fleming.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-10
EYES Of NATION
TURNED TOWARD
VEST IIRgINIA
Plan 10 Protect
States Forests

West ma State board Of trade
ineladif afkflEated county and city
bo1fl ad commercial bodies, has
callId meeting be held at Elkins
ii oa6h Il which West ytrglnla's
forest olrces and interests Will be
Addresses viii be made
b ,celt men Of west Virginia,
ndsb william Il Hail of the United
service. One of the in.
has od regions yet remaining
ii United States lies in West VIZ.
ealculate that II the present
rat cutting continues 20 years
laas ne timber resources Of the
ni sates viii be very nearly ex.
larste III view Of this the govern
nisnt undertaken the administra-
the forests remaining on its
israSIn s west. and has set apart
more $4,000 square miles,
enods 10 States the size OF West
vItgi md win grow timber for the
fabFs zs IT the people.
Hulk 81 timber! Privately Owned.
IS divided into lSs tracts,
callsd ldpal forests. and the ma.
tilfs Sfa sold for lumber and the
young roNth Is protected against fire
audi destructive agents. The
ipo IS that forests shall produce
crop Its crop Of timber just as
fan crops Of grain and hay.
as the national forests are,
slsy F little more than one-fifth Of
It'd timber area Of the United
state Where the government OWES
1ns II forest private indiTidaals
snds companies own four. The gov
nnssnt cannot solve the whole prob
m iii its land. Private individuals.
1apsnias and States must take up
the ofk, for they own four-fttths of
fhe Woods Of the United States.
timber famine. which is ap-
psoaehing with alarming rapidity, is
Is be ayerted. owners of decided for.
Ind must act. They must do with
tfei possessions what the govern
nstt deing with its-stop waste,
eatnatlre trees only, let the sapiings
stahd and give the small growth
cilncs
Guarding Against Fire.
Thete are many things needful to
done. but protection against fFe
one 81 the most important. and the
shtes should do that for all lakds
within their borders. Cities do not
require each house owner to look out
III his own property IN case Of fre.
me state cannot AFFORD to do so. The
oyeInment has shown in the national
forests what IS possible in the way OF
4 z q 81
keeping down tires. Less than One
acre IN q thousand OF rs omoeF laaa
Nas burned last year. This resuis
Ms due 70 the proficiency of its sys-
tsm Of fire protection.
Few sections Of the country have
more g gain from praetlcaI poAcy
q forest preservation than wes' VIZ
Etpia slilal- the States area Is less taan
;eeo SQUARE miles and ls'Ooo square
miles Of this IS forest This however
irsludes cutsoveF and buruedoVeF
tssets some Of which have at present
fstle value, but al, OF nearly ALL may
BE- rsfoEested in course ot time.
White Pine Is Practically Cone
The white pine, which o9ce extend
following the parallel ridges Of the
Allegheny range, Is practically thing
t the past. although some man
patches remain. However IN Ei'st
Situations IN West Virginia where tais
sslaabIe timber once grew sri'
sisn number Of seed trees remaif \
t0ck the ground, and they viii %
tlt fIrs'is kept ont aud pine fofes 9
gill5 come on again
The heml0ck and the spruce are 80
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-10

School satchel ana book cover given
isss Is eaea lEc assr ot ssAool bosls
AZ ~ Asn tlese Bopk sioe Z
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-10
Reward.
$500

A reward o: Five Hundred Dollars
VII be paid by the Fa;Fmont and
carksburg Traction company for tie
Arrest and conviction Of tie person OF
pesons who placed a stone in the
switch Of said compauys railroad at
Chiffon on the night q September
sth, 1907;
Farmoat & Clarksburg Traction Co.
Bys. L. WATSON, President.
aIr. md Mrs, ". s. Hsunen. who
hRys been visiting relatives here,
started "a their return ttip to Wash;
inss6n tHis ftsfnoon.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-10

teentInaea % eass -aer.l
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
The Old New England Sabbath.

A description of the old New Ing
land sabbath is calculated to make
restless children of the present day
and possibly some of their elders
thankful they were not born two cen
turtles ago
The Sabbath began Saturday after
moo with the going down of the sun.
Sunday morning a horn was loudly
blown to the hour of WOr-
ship. Service began at 8 o'clock and
lasted for eight hours, with an inter-
mission OF one hour for dinner and
conversation. In the earliest days the
congregation sat on rude benches. their
seats being assigned them at town
meeting. The service consisted of sew
eral parts, which are chronicled in an
ancient diary as follows:
preliminary prayer or invocation;
chapter of Bible read and expounded;
psalm in meter. read out line by line
by Deacon S.; long prayer on various
matters. one hour and a half; sermon
Of 100 to $50 pages: at close Of service.
baptism; sinners put on trial, confessed
before congregation. Minister c. bowed
right and left, no person stirring till he
had passed down and out Of the meet
ing house."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
New Theater Wall Collapsed.

BUTTE, Sept. S.-Five men escaped
death in q marvellous manner yester-
day morning in Butte, when the front
wall Of the Lulu theater, in course OF
construction on West Broadway, fell
in with q crash that could be heard
for blocks. Four of the men who
faced death are brickmasons, and the
other q hod carrier. Three of the
workmen we're stationed on the third
story OF the wall when the structure
doubled up like q jack knife and car.
ried the men to the ground. q distance
OF 80 feet. in q mass of debris com.
posed Of spliutered timbers and flying
bricks. immediately an excited crowd
gathered, and soon the fire depart
ment, q detachment of the police de.
psrtment, hospital ambulances and
the coroner also arrived at the wreck.
Fortunately there were no fatalities,
and In q short time the men whose
lives had been imperiled we're extri.
Gated from the ruins.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
Peculiar and Pertinent.

The coal consumption . head is
greater in England than in any other
country.
In 1880 the world contained only 2lO
miles of railway: now there are over
$50, 600 miles OF line.
A Japanese electrician has invented
q wireless system which 10 asserted to
be superior to anything now in use.
The machine which cuts up wood to
make matches turns out 40, 1000
"splints,' As they are called, in q sin.
gle minute.
Since the opium act came into force
Chinese tradesmen in Shanghai and
other large cities have been making
big money by selling alleged cures for
the opium habit.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
The Chicago Beef Market.

A run Of 1900 rangers in the past
week was about up to old.time pro.
portions and stood against 9 100 last
week and 24,500 q year ago, making
1000 for the season to date against
100, 500 q year ago. This was a larger
supply than had been anticipated, and
while the prices we're mostly ten cents
higher at the start of the week q slump
l0(dl5c in late days brought the level
weak to l0c lower at the close, as
compared with prices noted at the
close of the previous week. Quality
Of general supplies was not as good
as theIIprevious week, according to
the Chicago Farmers and Drovers
Journal, and some of the offerings
looked like the tail.end shipments
from certain ranges. Shippers
bought a rather small number, but
packers took hold freely in early
days, only to show less keen interest
later in the week.
Top steers sold at ST, a drove of d.
J.. Hogan Montanas making that
price, while some Basin Cattle com.
pany beeves went at 1855.
Reports received at Chicago are
rather discouraging to prospects Of
very liberal marketing later in the
Sc ason, and traders take a cheerful
view of future prices. South Dakota
shipments are already on the wane
and there will be few cattle from the
Belle Fourche district in South Do
kota. Other shipping points of that
state also report email supplies avail.
able. Montana and North Dakota
are still late in shipping literally,
but there will not be any very big
supplies to come within the next few
weeks. Wyoming is now we'll along
In shipping operations, and neither
will arrivals from this state be heavy
in the next few weeks.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
A Thumb Shave,

S'Pouce OH cuiller-thumb or spoonY
says the barber. and l give a violent
start"
The sailor, a little proud Of his
French. looked about the room and
smiled easily. Then he went on:
II knowcd them BARRIERS in the south
Of France wasn't up to much. !
knowed their ways was queer. But
this spoon or thumb business was the
limit.
"'Quest &c quill y-wot's thatY says
I. 'Wot dye mean by thumb or spoon? ?
"And then that Tarascon barber told
me that in his country in Shawn
lantern jawed men like me it was
customary to plumb out the cheeks SOS
the razor could get a holt by insertin' a
spoon or Il thumb into the mouth and
pressin' from the inside.
II said to go ahead and shave me
without either spoon or thumb. He
wouldn't do it. though, so l chose the
thumb. 1t looked more hygienic. By
gosh, l can taste that there thumb
yet."-Los Angeles Times.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
Cauaht the Policemen.

All the countryside is laughing at an
experience of the police at Lougb
Neagh, Ireland. An ~intercounty cock.
fight was arranged between birds from
Londonderry and Antrim and was held
on One Of the islands in the Tough.
The police got wind Of it and arrived,
as they usually do, late. All the availa.
bic boats had been pressed into use by
the spectators, and the police, after
trying vainly to secure transportation
to the island, determined to swim for
1t. Just Is they arrived the bout ended
and every boat put of for the main.
land again. The police had a swim
back for their pains, and when they
reached the mainland they found that
their clothing, v which they had neg
lected to leave a guard, had disappear
ed. They had n ten mile march in
dripping underclothes to the nearest
barracks. where they were put to bed
until new uniforms could be procured
Liverpool Mercury.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11

tenth of March, practically five
months, and it has established q rec.
ord second to none. In all other
states the various commissions did
not get down to actual business the
first year. With the Montana com.
mission it was different. The day the
commission was sworn in it immedi-
ately began work, and much good has
resulted from its labors.
Messrs. Stanton, Morley and God.
frey visited the Oregon and Washing.
tor state commissions, and from them
they CLEANED a great deal of knowl-
edge that was beneficial to them in
their work.
The fact of the reduction of the
railroad fare in establishing inter.
changeable mileage books would have
been good work in the short time they
have been organized, but not satisfied
with that they began working on the
freight tariffs of the different rail-
roads operating in this state with re.
suits that speak for themselves.
The rates on lumber have been re.
duced and adjusted. The rates on
coal on the line of the Great Northern
have been 80 adjusted that it has be.
come possible for local coal COM.
panies to enter the business field of
the state, which business was prohibi.
tory on account of the high tariff
asked by the Great Northern. The
state OF Montana has q large acreage
of land in the vicinity Of Havre that
is now being opened up, and before
many days q fine quality of coal will
be on the market, in fact all mines on
the line of the Great Northern will
feel the beneficial effects of the good
work accomplished by the railroad
commission.
The Montana railroad commission
is the only one of the various com.
missions that has accomplished so
much Ia q space of less than a year.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received by the conn.
~ clerk OF Chouteau county, Montana, up to the
hour OF 2 o'clock p. m. September 81, 1907, for
at the west end Of what IL known as ssthe bar
on the Gold Butte and Shelby road, about one
mile west Of Gold Butte, Mont, eaid road to be
seen in the office Of the county clerk and a the
store OF A.. H.. Fey in Gold Butte. There viii be
nine thousand eight hundred cubic yards, more
one; %culvert to be furnished by the county.
Bids must be accompanied by . certified check
for ten OtoD per cent. of the bid. Bids should be
aooreseed to the county clerk and marked on
the outside to indicate their nature. The right
lie reserved to reject any or all bide,
by order OF board OF county commissioners
W. r. LEFT, County Clerk.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received BY the coun-
hour of 2 o'clock p. m. September p, 1907. for
the construction of . ditch to change the couree
Of Teton river pear the Teton bridge, about three
to be thirty (3O) feet wide at the bottom and Q
side slope of one to one and 1850 feet long, con.
cubic yards of dirt, more or less. said dirt to be
moved at leaet ten QO) feet from the side stakes
as set by the county surveyor.
Also brueh and rock rip-rapping on upper side
Of north pier, which will be fifty $50 feet long,
six g. feet high, and an average of twenty-four
GA feet wide Bids on this work are to be sep
arate.
Bids must be accompanied by q certified check
for ten (lO) per cent. Of the bid. Bids should be
addressed to the county clerk and marked on the
outside to indicate what they are. The right is
reserved to reject any or all bids.
By order of board Of county commissioners:
w. R. LEFT, County Clerk.
Fort Benton, Mont, Sept. 6, 1907.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION

The efforts of the state railroad
commission to secure better service
and reasonable rates for the people
Of Montana + beginning to be rec.
ognized, ' by newspapers that are
not in political harmony with members
of the board. These words OF common.
dation from the Helena Independent,
. democr attic organ which was for.
merly opposed to the commission as
ct present organized, are IS welcome
% they were unexpected:
The Montana railroad commission
has been in operation now since the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
Why They Are So Clean.

"Iow is it that French children are
% tidy" many foreigners in Paris in
quire. Because from the time they
understand an elementary sentence
It Is dinned into them that it is very
wrong to run fast. to fall or to dirty
their dresses in any way, and, above
all, it is awful to muss their hair. An
ordinary in the Bots Is where
two children arrive in their auto &C.
companied by a nurse and a g%overness.
They (the children) are dressed in light
silk dresses and wear long white
gloves. They start to play ball. Every
time the ball touches the ground, which
happens ono in awhile, the nurse
PUSHES up and wipes every bit Of
sand very carefully of the ball before
It Is handed back to the children. II
It a wonder that their long gloves are
clean?-New York Post.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
A 0oneral Utility Mao.

A certain stockbrOker once went to q
horsedealer and tried to pick up a gen
eral utility nag. He explained that he
was a volunteer and wanted a nice,
quiet. good looking charger. which
could be driven by his wife in Il dog.
cart and would not object on occasion
to being hitched up to a lawn mower
The dealer listened to him with rapt
attention and finally asked in dulcet
tones. would you want him to wait al
table at all. sir!"-Grand Magazine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
Notice to Contra

Sealed proposals. will be received by the coun.
tty clerk OF Chouteau county, Montana up to the
hour OF 2 o'clock p. m. September q, 1907, for
souri, river bridge at Fort Benton, Montana.
Bids must be accompanied BY . certified check
for ten 90 per cent. of the bid. Bids should BE-
the outside to indicate what they are. The right
ls reserved to reject any or Ill bids.
BY order OF board of county commissioners.
". r. LEFT. County Clerk.
Fort Benton, Mont, Sept. 10, 1907.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
Words and Deeds.

"There eve was a time in my life,
fellow citizens" exclaimed the candi-
date. when l hadn't the courage to
call a spade a spade"
"Yes." spoke up an old farmer in
the audience. land there never was q
time in your life when you had the
courage to take II in your hand!"-
Chicago Tribune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
Notice.

Old furniture repaired and re-upholetered. New
furniture made to order. Rugs made, RENTED
and sized. Get your furniture and carpets re-
paired now, while you have the opportunity.
Work guaranteed. Estimates cheerfully fur.
niehed without expense. Address
d. RUDOLPH. Fort Benton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
8ixine Him Up.

Sizing Him Up.
"How much money really has he"'
~ don't know. What is his attitude
toward the law"
"What do you mean""
"Does he evade. defy or ignore it?"-
Washington Herald.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
Odd Punishment.

Bigamists in Hungary get odd pun
shment. The man silly enough to
marry two wives Is legally forced to
i've with both Of them in the same
house.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
"Prints All the News.''

If any reader of the River PRESS
considers it worthy of recommendation
to friends, the favor will be very high.
~ appreciated by its publishers.
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The River Press.

Subscribe now for the WEEKLY Rlv-.
Err PRESS. Send it to "the old folks
at home"
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whv n. ch.naed we.non..

Why He Changed Weapons.
"Here you is-in trouble agin." said
the old colored deacon. Didn't I tel!
20 ter fight yo' way only wild de
sword er de sperit?"
eyes. suh." replied the penitent, "but
de razor come so handy."-Atlanta
Constitution.