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The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10

that was just visible arcgnd . curve.
Il coald not understand what Kate
intended to do to help me. but some.
how I had absolute conhdence that IL
child would save my life.
TIE lseehes's Agony.
Hardly had she gone OF the bridge
than she snatched from her neck . red
mufaer that she wore and waved Il
f~rantically At the engineer. at Tie
same time planting herself IN The MID.
die Of the track. apparently With tie
belief that II the nag did not stop the
engine she would. Whea I saw this
I hooked 1t the engine for IN instant,
and not 8 able 70 ssee hat Tie
train was slowing down NY blood
turned hot and cold BY turns, and I
shut my eyes, determined that !
would not move. for knew that u the
engine ran past Katie and her sig.
nal It meant that death had come
to her. and might Just - we'll come
to me.
In that moment I lived over . good
many years. before I realized that
the train had stopped and I vas being
lifted from danger.
Il remember thinking Of IN acct
dent which I saw several years ago
ON this very bridge. when IN old man
was killed there by . fast train. 70.
membered that his heart had fallen
right near where I was standing, and
that as I looked at It I could Q Il
beat two or three times. Tho mem
DRY Of this night anne flashing over
me rs I waited for the train, and I
think for q moment I must have
tainted.
Realized child's Bravery.
Il did not open my eyes until I
heard Katie's voice ut my side and
felt the strong arms Of the trainmen
lifting me and carrying me to the
station. And there I wept. I guess
h~ysterically. for I then realized just
how brave the child's act was, for
I knew that when Katie started up tho
track waving the muller she never
intended'to get. OF the track until she
had stopped the train"
All that Katie would say about her
part In ayerting a tragedy was:
You see. the engine had to stop, for
1 had . red signal. You know
that always stops q train, and !
waved it At the engineer because
I didn't know anything else to
do to make him stop. I couldn't
lift mother out ana 50 I just had to
stop the train. I don't think there is
anything funny In that.
mo, I wasn't afraid. What should
I be afraid Of? Didn't I have the red
mufler? Don't trains always stop
when the man ut the playhouse waves
a red dag? Well, then. what should
l be afraid of"
That's the kind Of girl Katie is.
She knew NO fear. She had absolute
confidence that the red dag controlled
the motion of the wheels of the pom.
derous Iron horse" and made her
mothers life perfectly safe.
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sent from that community to the Chi
cago mail-order houses each month.
THAT is easily twice the amount that
is spent in all the stores In this town
put together each month";" he explain
ed. Merchandising don't pay in such
q place as this"
A few hours later the writer was
talking with the publisher of the local
paper, and the conversation turned to
local advertising. or rather the lack
Of 1t.
Il was very much tempted to accept
. proposition which I received from
one OF the Chicago mailorder houses
q few days ago." said the publisher.
II still have the proposition here on
my desk. They offer me = cash con-
tract ut my regular display rates for
800 inches, to be used during the
and in addition to the cash ad-
vertising they offer me q small com
mission on all the new business BE-
cured in this county during the life
OF the contract. They aay their bust
ness In this county during the last IL
months was approximately 5000 per
month. and l would secure . small
percentage ON all business done rel
this amount during the next II
months"
Have you shown that proposition
to the merchants of this town." I
asked.
Il have, and 1t didn't move them,"
he replied. They simply say II don't
q to advertise. I would jump At
the offer II It were not for the fact
that 1 cannot bring myself to the point
of doing that which I know win help
to kin this community" >.
There was IN illustration Of mail
order methods. The wide-awake mail
order man proposed to reap . golden
harvest from the field the very-much-
asleep local merchant would not cul-
tivate.
Does It pay to advertise:
The more than 500. 000. 900 that Alds
its way to the Chicago mail-order
houses each year IL garnered BY .
campaign Of advertising. You. Mr..
Local Merchant. claim, and rightly.
that you can cell the same goods for
the same. OF less money. than the
mail-order houses offer, but at the
same time you complain because the
mailcrder man gets the bosiness.
Why do they get 1t? Because they
advertise.
They not only advertise, but they
advertise in your field. and they ad-
vortise In your field because 700 %
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tured. She never could have helped
herself; she would have been killed
instantly.
Katie Not Excited.
The women passengers turned to lit
tie Katie. who didn't seem to think
she had done anything out Of the or-
binary. There she was, standing on
the bridge trying to comfort her moth
er, who was suffering intense pain
from her broken leg. The women COW
cred her with kisses. which Katie
didn't seem to relish, because she was
excited yer seeing that somebody
would get a carriage to take her moth
er home.
The carriage was called and injured
Mrs. johnson was taken home. glad
that she had suffered only a broken
leg.
But after they got back to the hrs
the train hands began to tell stories
Of old railway men who had forgotten
to wave anything red when to do it
meant saving lives.
Katie is a slight child with flaxen
hair. cold steady blue eyes. and clear
waxen pink complexion. She has
about her an air of one who thinks
and acts quickly and with fearless
resolution.
How Accident Occurred.
We all had been to Philadelphia
| that day." said Mrs. johnson. Il had
with me q little four-yearold boy,
| Herbert Durand. and Katie. When We
got back to Mount Holly I was pretty
| tired and thought I would walk home
the shortest way. This led me over
the bridge near the station. The children
were ahead of me but q short distance.
and we're getting owe the bridge nice
ly. We walked on a plank that runs
! across the middle Of the bridge. I was
about half way across. I think. when
my foot slipped OF this plank and
caused me to fall. knocking down lit
| tie Herbert. and nearly rolling him
into the creek. After I had put him on
! his feet I started to get up. and In
doing 50 made q misstep that plunged
both my feet and then my body be-
tWCCu lWO l1CO, U0l1l July u1y uS0O
and shoulders were above the bridge.
Il saved myself from dropping into
the creek below by spreading out my
arms when I felt myself going down.
Child Thought Quickly.
Il screamed as I fell and this at
tracted the attention Of Katie. who
was a little distance ahead Of me. She
came running back and taking hold
of one arm tried to help me up. but
I could not lift myself enough to get
out. While I was thinking what to
do, whether I should drop into the
creek below or try some other means
of getting loose. I found Katie had left
me and started for the station for
help.
She had gone but a few steps when
heard . whistle. and saw Katie,
white as q sheet, with big tears in her
eyes. give one look at me and then
turn about and fairly fly across the
bridge up the track toward the train
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Mount Holly. N. MANY q mother
has saved her child from death. Here
IS a child who has saved her mother
from death-death under the grinding
wheels Of a locomotive tearing along
the rails at 60 miles An hour.
The child is 12-year-Old Katie John
son; the mother. Mrs. William John
son. II it hadn't been for little Katie
Mrs. johnson would be In her grave
% and Katie a mOtherless little
schoolgirl. But Katie kept her wits
where another child might have lost
them.
The train was the five O'Clock mail
from Philadelphia. 1t was behind
time. The engineer was trying to
catch up TO his schedule. SO he pulled
the throttle out to the last notch. He
TOOK a chance on the curve nea this
city and was about 70 take the bridge
at top speed when he was hOrrified to
see a little girl standing on the tracks.
not 20 yards away.
She was tearing along toward the
on-coming train, waving something. 1t
was red. The engineer knew.
Stopped Just in Time.
He threw over the throttle and
TANNED down the brakes-the child's
signal meant danger. The heavy train
came to a stop with such a shock that
all the passengers were thrown from
their seats in the coaches. The pilot
of the locomotive wasn't 20 feet from
the little girl when the wheels stopped
grinding along the rails.
What's the natter" cried the en-
gineer. jumping down from his seat
in the cab. followed by his fireman.
The passengers piled out. too, curl
Gus TO know. There in front Of them
stood a little girl. waving her red muf-
fer still. right in the path of the giant
locomotive that would have ground
her to pieces had 1t gone " rods fur
ther.
Quick. come quick" she cried. for
answer.
Then she started to run hack over
the tracks. followed by the train crew
and scores of the passengers. When
they got 70 the bridge they knew what
tho matter waS.
Woman Caught Between Ties.
There on the bridge. which the tfAin
would have crossed In five seconds
more, they found a woman. badly hurt.
She had tried to walk across the
bridge and had slipped. falling be
tween the ties. There she was tight
~ wedeed. Her head and shoulders
protruded above the ties. Any loco.
motive that crossed would have de.
capitated her instantly. And she was
30 tightly stuck in between the ties
that had any train passed over. there
would have been no chance for escape.
1t was Katie's mother.
Il fell she gasped. while Katie
and I were crossing the bridge OF the
way to town. I was caught fast"
Gently the train hands and some OF
the passengers pulled Mrs. johnson
, Out of her perilous position. Then they
found that her left leg had been frac
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For they ny down the past Ike the leaves
ON the blast.
We settle up. somehow. and Why
Do We bother and fret over what We for
get
Before many days have passed BY?
We were not carried on by that terrible
cough.
And In fact. 'tvasn't much. come to
think
All our pains and our Achos and our
dreadful mistakes.
Why. they too nave slid over the brink
OF the gulf that forsets: yet we still
wiring our hands.
RredictiaS 6omsr ruinous Gall.
Approaching disaster we hail a our
And then nothing happens at al.
Elliott Walker. In Spare Moments.
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BoyyosO;n9 Trouble

NoW. h very worst things that might
happen. you know,
Are the things that don't happen at all.
We Adget and worry, iamenting ard
sorry,
In the grasp Of expectancy's thrall.
A0prebensive f~orebodings cucumber our
souls.
Depression weighs down like . pail.
= Ne wear . long face with . very pool
And then nothing happens ut all.
When Ne prophecy storms 1t 10 sure to
clear Oh,
WheD U moneys gone. something
co0ee .in-
Anl the thoughts Of those bills which
have given u chills,
Bvery Month shouldn't make u grow
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10
EFFECT OF WOMEN VOTING.
British Writer Tells Of Conditions in
New Zealand.

New Zealand vas the first British
colony to adopt women's suffrage
as far back as 1885," says a writer in
the London Chronicle. The New
Zealand woman was given universal
adult suffrage. Though she had not
sought it, she immediately used It.
Out of 100000 women 109,0 900 had
placed themselves on the register In
a few months. and $4,000 voted in the
general election Of November. 1898.
They voted peacefully and in order
during the day while the men yer
at work, and left the booths to the
men in the evening. They have voted
with similar regularity and orderli
ness ever since. How do the women
use their powers? Very calmly. BY
all accounts. Roughly. women make
very much the same use of the fran.
chise q do men. The result has not
produced either . new heaven or .
new hell. Men have not been de
prived Of their rights. There has
been no disorder or unseemly behav.
ior-no strange revolution In dress OF
manners. Enfranchisement has led
neither to divided households mol d.
vided skirts.
The effects. in fact, have been rath.
er social than political Women seem
to De treated with more real respect
and not merely at election times.
There has arisen between the sexes
that sense Of equality which IL per
haps the only permanent and enduring
social basis. Speaking generally. they
have simply. become citizens. whose
part in public affairs is not sharply
| distinguished from that of men. New
Zealand women have simply stepped
into equality. And II years Of polit.
ical life have shown them equal to
that equality. Working side by side
! with man. woman still keeps her
place-'not like to like. but like In
| difference
The word pictures Of which colon
lists used to have y many given them
| Of domestic discord. Of children for
! gotten. husbands uncared for. dinners
uncooked, dress and appearances neg.
lected-have already almost passed
from memory. 1t il the commonest
sight to see husband. wife and grOwn.
up children walking or driving cheer.
fully to the polls together. The head
| of the family has become . more i'm
portant factor In politics. than Of
old"
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10
Child Turning Purple.

Mary Eighotz. three years old. Of
New York. Is turning purple. The
doctor says she is suffering with a dis
ease known as purpura hem0rrhagica.
The child's mother first noticed the
changing color three weeks ago. While
bathing the girf she detected small
purple spots on various parts Of the
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10
Only Believe.

Be not dOwncast IL difficulties sur
round you in your heavenly life. They
may be purposely placed there by God
to train and discipline you for higher
developments Of faith. II he calls o
to ''toiling in rowing" 1t may be to
make you the better seaman. and to
lead you to . hOlier trust in Him who
has the vessel and its destinies in
hand. and who. amid gathering clouds
and darkened horizon. and crested BIZ
lows. ever murmurs the mild rebuke
to our misgivings: Said I not unto
thee. that II thou W0uldst believe. thou
shouldst see the glory Of Godfrey.
John r. Macdu6.
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10
New.naper Tor Einaneiers.

\ n. Rouvier. the ex-premier and tho
greatest authority ON political finance
In France. is about to start an impor.
tant daily newspaper, for which he
has already raised 100000 out Of
the total capital needed, which he
has fixed at $1.4o0.0o0. This paper
viii be both political and financial.
and viii serve al the organ Of the
Banque de Paris ct des Pays Bas.
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body. Alarmed. she applied homo
remedies. but the spots continued to
spread. The child's body presents the
appearance of being tattooed. Almost
the entire body is covered. with the
exception Of the face. which thus far
has not been affected. While most q
the time the blotches are of q mellow
purple. they occasionally change to Q
deep plum color or a dull red. Some
blotches are as large as q penny. 9th
ers are NO larger than . pinhead. The
disease is probably caused by . rheu.
matte germ.
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ADpCied 1he00o0v.


Little Willie Trundy. of Searsport.
Me-. stood at the window one day.
watching his grandfather NOW . piece
of grass near the house. After watch.
ing him a few minutes. he turned to
his grandmother and asked II God was
everywhere.
YES" said she. God Is everywhere"
rs He here in this room?"
YES"
Willie pondered a moment, then
rs He out in the field where granny
is!'
Yes. Willie. He il everywhere"
Quick as a fash came the response:
THAT He'd better be careful or gram
by II cut His legs or"
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10

Get in a little work in the orchard
while the ground is too WEI to work.
A little time and a good pair Of eyes
will see lots to be done to help the
trees into healthy condition.
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10

A HOlstein COW ON the farm Of W.
J.. Gillett of Rosendale. Wis. has in
a test conducted under the direction
OF the Wisconsin experiment station
made the following remarkable show
ing: The test began December -.
1906. and closed February -. 1907.
and shows . production for 6 days
of 5529.e pounds Of milk containing
217.207 pounds Of butter fat. The
highest worlds record for seven days
wal made February 6 to IL. when the
tests showed $751; pounds Of milk
containing zS.17e pounds Of fat, IN
average of 4.3z%. The worlds record
for 30 days was established in the
period from January u to February
20, when the total production vas
2S73.s pounds Of milk. contain
ing 11O.S33 pounds Of fat. N
average Of 1851. The largest milk
yield for one day was that Of Febru-
ary 1911. when the great COW gave
LOG pounds Of milk containing 3.e37
mounds of fat, n average test e
5.A3. The largest production oe bet
ter fat for one day was ON February
$40. when she had to her credit A.sSA
pounds from sos pounds Of milk, test,
ing 81. equal to 5.34 pounds q e.
mercjal butter.
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Nest boxes should be movable 50
as to take. outside and cleanse or
they should be 80 constructed as to be
easily and thoroughly cleaned inside
the pen.
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10

There is little excuse for the blinds
on horses. but no excuse at all for
the blind that Is loose and tapping
back and forth against the horses
eyes.
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10

"A new IIult poCAlu8 law SOeS l0tO
effect in Oregon in May and provides
that the name and address of growers
must 90 on all packages Of fruit. This
will regulate the marketing Of the
1907 crop Of berries. cherries. pears.
apples. peaches. etc. The law Is COM
prehensive and holds q careless or
willfully negligent grower strictly to
account. The new law provides that
every Oregon buyer must. upon pack
ing fruit for market, whether intend
ed for sale within or without the
state. mark plainly on the outside Of
every package his name and post Of
nee address. No q must falsify Or
conceal the origin Of the fruit. More-
over, dealers found With falsely mar.
ed fruit in their possession will be
held liable. Violation of the lAw
will he punished by q 1ne Of not less
than IS to $500. or by imprisonment.
Or both
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-18
Indian Lands For Sugar Beets.

1t is understood that the interior
department favors a proposition to
lease a portion of the Fort Belknap
Indian reservation for sugar beet
culture, and is seeking authority from
congress TO carry this plan into effect.
A recent Washington dispatch in re.
ference to this project says:
Secretary fairfield has submitted a
draft of the bill to the senate and
recommended its adoption to authorize
the interior department to lease Indian
lands suitable for cultivation so that
they may be utilized for the cutiv alton
of sugar beets, this concession being
desired for reservations In northern
Montana, Utah and Colorado. Sen.
a,or Hepburn objected TO what he
termed the introduction of bills in
the senate by members of the cabinet.
Senator Carter defended the cause OF
the secretary, and the vice-president
explained that the secretary had not
Introduced the bill, but had simply
submitted the draft of the measure as
a part of the communications which
it was proper TO send and be referred
to committee.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-18
Initiation by Odd Fellows.

The membership of Benton Loedge
No. SO, Independent Order of Odd Fell
lows, was increased yesterd ay by ini-
tiation exercises, in which they were
assisted by members of the order from
Great Falls. The visitors, who cor.
stituted the degree team OF Rainbow
Lodge No. %, included r. H. Swain,
captain and outside conductor: A. F.
Sparkling, N. c.: Lee Hoagland, v.
G.: w. Il. George, p. G.: H. J. Pei
per, Warden: John A. Collins, Con.
ductor: j. w. Roberts, L. S. S.: Peter
Hoey. inside guard, and several 9th
ers.
Two sessions were held at Odd Eel
lows hall. at which IA class Of six APP
plicants was initiated and received
three degrees. The exercises were
followed by u banquet in which about
fifty mem bers of the Benton lodge and
their guests participated.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-18
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. D.. 1908,
at the hour of ten O'Clock a. M, for the purpose
of considering the question and proposition Of
increasing the capital stock of said company
from fifty thousand dollars 1850, 600 to seventy
thousand dollars (S7O,O0O), and for such other
business As may properly come before said meet
ing. b. j. BAILEY, President.
Attest: c. l. JENSEN, Secretary.
MANY f. MACK,
HENRY F. THOMP:ON,
W. r. MACK,
e.. l. JENSEN,
JONI LEHFELDT,
Il. j. BAILEY,
Majority of Trustees.
Dated at Big Sandy, Mont Dec. 9TH, 1907.
Fret publication, Dec. 9th, 1907.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-18
Chouteau County Schools.

a summary of the reports of the
clerks of the several school districts,
compiled by Miss Atkinson, county
superintendent, gives these data re.
gardins the public schools Of Ctuu'
.eau county:
Number Of children enrolled during
the pas: year, l,577. Average daily
attendance, l,l24.
Number Of male teachers employed,
six: female teachers, &c.
The total amour. Of teachers sal.
aries during the year. s39, Bib. Av.
erage yearly salary OF each teacher,
$751; 80.
Average salary per month OF male
teachers SlO5: female teachers, S57.66,
Total expenditures during the year
for all EDUCATIONAL purposes, SCI, 123.
Folr new school houses were bull,
during the year.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-18

out every Saturday evening to the en-.
ployes OF the factory. there being
more than 800 men employed there.
Rapid progress is being made in turn
ing our sugar, and the big factory
has continued to ruu steadily since
the campaign began about two months
ago. About 1900 tons of beets are
being sliced every day. In the feed
yards many cattle and sheep are being
fattened on The pulp residue Of the
beetS.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-18
WOOL GROWERS WILL MEET
Annual Convention Of National Asso-
citation Will Be Held At
Helena.

The forty.fourth annua! convention
of the National Wool Growers ASSOC
which will be held at Helena
on January IA, Is and 16, promises to
be the most important meeting of that
organization since its first gathering
many years ago. 1t is the hope Of
President F. f. Warren and Secretary
George S. Walker that all interested
10 the protection of sheep aud wool
will participate in this meeting, as
matters of great interest will come
up.
1t will be the last national gather.
ing OF sheepmen before the national
parties make their nominations, and
1t will be we'll for those interested IN
this industry to meet at this time and
let their views on the various public
questions be made known through
appropriate resolutions. To the
sheepmen of the east, the west, the
north aud the south the important
question of possible tariff revision
is of vital interest and to the
western rangemen the meeting will be
of special interest because of the range
question, scab eradication, admins.
ration of the forest reserves, the
twenty-eight hour law, as we'll as other
important problems. Also a PROPOSE
ton to hold wool auction sales in this
country, the same as in London, viii,
be submitted to the wool growers.
All of these subjects will be discussed
by able speakers and the meeting viii
unquestionably be one of the creates
gatherings of stockmen yer held ii
this country. No one who can posi-
bly, attend should neglect this oppor
tunity to express himself and assist II
the formation of plans for the future
In order to secure the holding Of tn
convention in Montana, the leading
sheep aud wool state 10 the Union, tn
citizens of Helena and Montana WOO
growers at the convention held ia Sal
Lake City in January, 1907, pledged
three hundred new mem bers to the IA
tioual association.