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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
Rockefeller's Enormous Income.

NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-From author.
ity that should be absolute, John D.
Rockefeller's annual income vas told
yesterday for the first time, authen.
tically. 1t will be $50. 000, 900 when
the year 1906 closes.
Henry H. Rogers and John D. Arch
bold were talking with a prominent
financier when the subject anne up OF
how fast the oil kings millions were
piling on one another. Said MIR.
Rogers:
II know for a fact that Mr.. Rookie.
f%eller's income this year will be sixty
millions" Mr.. Archbold assented.
These two men are closer to John D.
Rockefeller's finances than any other
two in the world.
Mr.. Rockefeller's income every day
of the year is therefore $685. 50
Every hour of -, waking or sleeping
playing golf or skating, sitting in
church or experimenting the new
house at Pocantico, John D. Rookie
Teller Is sure that So, $40. so is accumu.
lating for him. This is S114 a minute,
His fortune accumulates at the ate o.
81. 80 every time the clock ticks.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02

power now 10 the hands of one man,
Mr.. Hartman, is more than hat OF
any inferior sovereign OF the world.
His capacity to raise money is not
equaled by more than half a dozen
of the worlds sovereigns. AT the
back of these magnates are the bright
est array of lawyers in the land and
hundreds of thousands of the most
capable skilled and unskilled laborers.
What might they not do: On the other
hand suppose the government owned
the roads and had that army under
its control and some man on horse
back should get to be president of
the United States, who might decide
that he wanted sovereign power, what
then? The railroad is a new force in the
world. It's dealings are in millions:
the whole country leans upon it for
transportation of freights and pas.
sengers; its forces have to be disci.
plined, in some respects as much as
an army is disciplined. What could
not q few magnates behind those
forces do? What could not an ambi.
tious and uncrupulous administration
6pc
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
Order to Show Cause.

In the district court of the Twelfth judicial
district of the state of Montona, in and for the
county of ChouteAu.
In the matter of the estate of Thomas Lannon,
deceased.
Louis d. Sharp, the administrator with the
will annexed of the estate of Thomas Lannon,
deceased, having filed his petition herein pray.
ing for an order of sale of all the real estate of
said decedent, for the purposes therein set forth,
1t is therefore ordered by the said court tina,
all persons interested in the estate of said de.
ceased appear before the said court on Saturday,
tne sotn aay OF = ahuary, .so', al ~ o CLOCK IN tne
court, at the court house in Fort Benton, county
of Chouteau, to show cause why an order should
not be granted to the said administratOr with the
will annexed to sell all Of the real estate Of the
said deceased, Thomas Lannon; and that a copy
of this order be published at least four success
sive weeks in the River Press, q newspaper
printed and published In said county; and that 8
copy Of this order be mailed by registered mail
to ?. j. Lannon, 454 Bantield street. st. Paul
Minnesota. JOHN w. TATTAN, Judge.
Dated December 20, 1906.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
Texas Cuts Pullman Rates.

AUSTIN, Tex, Dec. 25.-The Texas
railroad commission has issued an
order declaring Pullman cars common
carriers and providing that all such
operated in Texas shall be under their
immediate and constant supervision,
providing a reduction OF 20 per cent.
in the rates on the same and specify.
ing that the Pullman company shall
consult the commission regarding the
number of ars operated as to increase
or decrease in number, file its Operat'
ing books, ETC., with the commission
and report all these operations to tn,
commission the same as railroads ar,
required to do.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
THE RAILROAD POWER.

All the chief railroad lines in the
country are congested with the i'm
measurable mass of business heaped
upon them, There are more than
225, 900 miles Of tracks aud yet the cry
is for more roads and more rolling
stock.
Considering this q statistician fig
ures out that by 1880, twenty-five
years from now, the present popula-
ton of IS, 900 900 will be increased to
l45, OO0, 900, or q gain of 10000, 900,
and that freights for railroads will be
increased in like proportion. This
will make it necessary to double track
all present lines and to add new roads
aggregating thousands of miles more.
OF course blighted harvests, a
p%ostlilence or a great and prolonged
war would change this, but SO far as
present indications are a guide, tina,
advance will have to be made. Tha,
will mean that the railroad Interest
will be the leading q Of the country
says Goodwin's Weekly. Will thu
roads be controlled by a few men who
will dominate the country: viii the.
be reduced to the&. real sphere of com
mon carriers? Will the governmen
interpose, purchase them and ru
them on government account:
1t is a most grave question. Thu
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
A santa Claus Special.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 25.-S. X.
McHarg, who recently sold his Vir.
ginia Il Southwesters railroad to the
Southern, handsomely remembered all
his employees and officials. He ran a
"Santa Claus special' over the entire
length of the road, "Santa Claus
being the conductor.
To every employee who had been in
the company's service for one year
"Santa Claus gave one months sal.
airy as a Christmas present. Other
tokens were presented to the remain
ing employees.
To the heads of the road Mr.. Nc
Hard presented one years salary
each. The gifts to subordinate EN-,
ployes alone aggregated more thar
$50, 900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
MILLIONS O. MINES.
LITTLE ROCKIES DISTRICT ATTRACTS
ATTENTION OF CAPITALISTS.
Ruby Gulch Properties Bonded to Big
Syndicate For $500, 900.

"A action that means the de-
velopment OF the Little Rockies min
ing district into one of the most i'm.
portant gold camps in the United
States, Is reported from Helena in a
dispatch which says the Ruby Gulch
properties have been bonded for the
handsome figure of $500. That is
one o. the biggest deals in Montana
mining history, and will lead to future
prospecting and opening of claims
that are believed to contain millions
OF the precious metal. These opera
lions will place Chouteau county
among the leading gold producing
sections of the country.
The dispatch announcing the com.
pletion OF this important mining deal
is to this effect:
Former State Senator Benjamin D.
Phillips of this city, has closed a deal
whereby the mines of the Ruby Gulch
Mining company at Zortman, in the
Little Rockies, have been bonded to a
New York syndicate for 81, 500, 900.
The syndicate is to make the first pay
ment of 81, ZOO, 900 in May, and is given
four months from that time to pay the
balance of S., 500, 600. This is the
biggest mining deal which has been
made in Montana since Heinze sold to
the Amalgamated and. outside of the
Butte district, is the biggest mining
deal which has ever been made in
Montana. The syndicate is COM
posed OF George Kenyon, of New
York, c. W. Whitley, formerly man
ager of the East Helena smelter of
the American Smelling and Refining
company, and associates. Mr.. Whit.
ley is supposed to represent the Amer.
lean Smelling and Refining company.
Two years ago last September the
mine was purchased for $500, 900 by its
present owners, who are B. d. Phil
lips, half interest: Charles Whitcomb,
of Zortman, not quite q third interest:
b. M. Phillips, son of B. D. Phillips
and +. II. Peters. The latter owns
$1,000 shares. The company issued
100, 900 shares.
Before h present owner took pos
session, the mine was little known.
One or two strikes have been made,
but the two big parallel veins averag.
ing from 60 to $50 feet in width had
not been developed until last spring.
a new road was being graded across
the claims of the company and when
the surface dirt was removed, the big
vein was exposed at the grass roots.
Since then thousands of dollars have
been taken out. The ore is low grade,
averaging from S. to $40 a ton, but it
is handled for 81 a ton, leaving a
handsome profit to the owners 1t is
a cyanide proposition and the ore is
very soft. There is a 300.ton cyanide
mill on the group and at present 20(
tons a day are being treated. A force
of 80 men is employed. In the group
of the Ruby Gulch Mining company
are go claims, but to date the vein.
have only been traced on about eigh'
of the group. The syndicate is not tc
take possession until the group ha.
been paid for and the mine and mil
will be u by the present owners re
CARELESS of the 81, 500, 900 deal which
is pending.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
Christmas Dinners For Poor.

NEW YORK. Dec. 25.-New York
contributed today to the most boun.
teous Christina it has had in several
years. Ideal weather. clear. cold and
sunshiuy, marked the day.
Thirty.seven thousand of the city 5
poor shared in the distribution OF
Christmas dinners by the Salv alton
Army. Timothy D. sullivan and the
Bowery Mission. The people were
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02

This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and the
most liberal tire tment consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct on all principal American and
European cities, and issues Its own
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. The
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02

W. G. CONRAD, Pres.
JAMES T. STANFORD,
Vice-Pres. and Manager.
A. E. SCHWINGEL,
Cashier.
OMAR j. MALCOLM,
Asst. Cashier.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
Conrad Banking
COMPANY,
GREAT FALLS MONT
(Unincorporsted.)

PAID UP CAP1TAL."."..."....S 100000
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY 600, 900
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02

Mrs. Mary McKittrick. General Shat
tey's only daughter, passionately loved
her father. On his return from Santi-
&So she Travelled over half Of the con-
h1ent to meet and welcome him. \
~Acourse Of people had assembled to
Witness the affecting meeting between
tho touQuering hero and his daughter
after those long history making months
Of separation. And what were her first
touching words Of greeting? She gave
4 little start at sight Of the generals
form. by no means attehuated, but less
Como sixty pounds, lost In Cuba, and
said,
"Oh, you're just a. thin as a rail-"
Tho tension was relaxed. and the
crowd smiled.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
Anecdotes OFSHAFTER
How a Joke Was Played on the
Santiago Chieftain.
EXAMPLE OF HIS PERSEVERANCE

ball Which Finally Conquered Him.
True Prediction Made by His Fa-
theF When H. Started For the Civil
War-How He Won Nickname of
ssPec0s BILL"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-29
NEW COURT RULES.
Changes Announced Thursday by
Chief Justice Lucillius A. Emery.

Announcement was made Thursday
by Chief Justice LucilliuS A. Emery of
the supreme court of Maine that the
following be established ana recorded
as amendments to present rules of
court and as additional rules of court
viz:
l. Rule 80 of the Rules of Court is
amended SO as to read as follows,
viz:
Rule NXXTX. The examination and
cross examination of each witness
shall be conducted by one counsel
only on each side, except by special
leave of court. aad counsel shall stand
while 50 examining or cross cxamin-
ing unless otherwise permitted by the
court.
The REORGANIZATION of n witness
whether direct or cross shall be
limited to matters brought out in the
last examination by the other party
unless by special leave of Court.
?. Chancory Rule No. % is amend
ed so as to read as follows:
NNVIII. When party is entitled
to a decree in his favor. he shall draw
the same ana file it and give notice.
If corrections are desired they shall
be filed within five days after receipt
of notice. If the corrections are
adopted, new draft shall be prcpar-
cd and submitted to the justice who
heard the case for approval.
If they are not adopted, notice shall
be given of the time and place when
and where the matter will be sub
mitted to such justice for decision,
and he shall settle and sign the de-
cree.
When the law court has certified
its decision upon an appeal or cX-
ceptions from final decree, and 4 de-
cree has been entered therein by a
single justice, as III accordance with
the certificate and opinion of the law
court. q party aggrievcd by the form
of such last named decree may with
in ten days take exceptions thereto.
nccted herewith, including a copy of
the opinion of the court, shall be
transmitted to the chief justice, and
be argued in writing on both sides,
within thirty days thereafter. ana they
shall be considered and decided by the
justices as soon as may be. If the de-
cision is adverse to the excepting par
ty, treble costs on these exceptions
may be allowed to the prevailing party.
3. A party having rested his case
cannot aftcrward introduce further
evidence except in rebuttal unless by
leave of the court
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-29
TIMING TOLL CALLS.

Local telephone service can he sold
wholesale, 81 to speak. but toll ana
long distance service, which each indi-
Vidual user employs Only occasionally.
is necessarily charged for by the single
message. And tho only fair mcasul e
of the service of the costly long dis
tancc plant to build. to MAIN
tain and to operate is that Of the
lrngth Of time the line is used. Time
being of all things the most precious in
this age Of hustle, it must be measured
with absolute accuracy when it is
made n commodity. Ii is the absolute
mechanical precision with which this
is done that makes the telephone one
Of tho great commercial economies of
the day.
Every toll operator in the New Eng
land telephone system has ut her sid"
4 device called Il calculagraph. 1t
looks. at first glance. quite like an
ordinary clock. except for 4 slot three
or four inches wide that runs in under
the face and couple of handles or
levers projecting from the case. Tho
face Of the clock is not used in max
ing charges for service: il is merely q
convenient thing to have around"
Take off the hands and face of the
clock. and you find three little circlctS
of figures that LOOK like skeleton watch
dials. the numerals being metal type.
which is linked by a ribbon, just as are
the letters of q typewriter.
One dial has Roman numerals for
the hours and dots for the minutes,
Just like the watch You carry in your
pocket every day. Another. which
looks like a miniature clock with
Arabic figures that run uncommonly
high. divides an hour into twelve five
minute periods. The third shows a
1ive-minute period divided into
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-29
NEW STEAM BOAT
For Augusta and Boothbay Route t.
Be Built This Fall,

Augusta people ana others along the
Kcnncbcc river will be interested in
the statement that the building of 4
steamboat to run on the Augusta and
BOoihbay route another season is now
an assured fact. The movement was
started by Augusta ana Gardiner citi-
ZCnS who own cottages at the different
resorts about Boothbay harbor and
ShecpScot bay, and the amount neccs-
sary to build the steamer has already
been subscribed.
The new company will be organized
shortly and Will probably be known
AS the Augusta ana Boothbay Steam
boat Co. 1t is strictly 4 home PROPOSE
ton and the interest that is felt in the
new organization was shown by the
ready response which was received in
the matter of subscriptions to stock.
After the organization of the COM
pany has been effected the matter of
the steamer will be taken up ana the
contract for her construction will be
placed this fall. The steamer will be
a fast one ana will carry about 800
people. She will be ready to go on tho
route early in the spring.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-29
"BLUE DEVILS"
Get Rid of Indigestion and Things Will
Look Bright and Joyous.

Even in the present era Of pros
perity and good times everything ap-
pears black 20 those people who are
suffering wretcholly from some form
of indigestion. Where digestion Is
quick. complete ana easy there is Il
form and proved its invariable success
digestion causes depression.
The want Of a safe, effective cure
for sick headache, Indigestion and
stomach troubles, was always felt until
the prescription known as Mi-o-na
stomach tablets was put up in popular
for ana proved its invariable success
in the many forms of indigestion.
After a few days use of Mi-O-na
stomach tablets the headache. dizzy
feeling, drOwsincss, bad taste in the
mouth, coated tongue. nervousness.
slecplessness. distress after cating-all
these symptoms Of weak stomach
will disappear and perfect digestion
and a good skin will show that the
vital machinery is once more running
smoothly.
Mi-o-na is to be taken before each
meal and it will stimulate the secre-
tive and digestive juices and strength
en- the whole of the digestive system
so that the unpleasant full feeling will
ba absent and indigestion prevented.
Mi-o-na stomach tablets are sold
only in a neat metal box convenient tor
the vestpocket and cost so cents.
Bowditch, Webster & Co, of Augusta
and Geo. W. DOrr Of Waterville have
seen SO many cures made by Mi-O-na
stomach tablets that they give n
guarantee with every box that the
will be refunded if the remedy
fails to give satisfaction.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-29
BODY FOUND IN RIVER.
Was Probably That Of William Lessard
Of WaterviIIe, Missing Since April %.

At about 9 o'clock SATURDAY after
noon David King, riverman in the
employ of Supt. II. MacFarlane of the
>. II. Warren Paper Cos. pulp wood
mill at Kennebec siding, about three
and one-half miles above the city,
found a human body floating in the
river. The body, which was apparent
ly that of a boy of about IA wears of
age, was nude and had evidently been
in the water for long time, as it was
badly decomposed, rendering anything
like Identification impossible.
Mr.. King pulled the body into the
boom and secured it and Coroner T. If
Henderson of HallowelI was summon
ed, and on his arrival went in company
with Supt. MacFarlane, +. w. Halpcn
and ]. A. Buckley, in Mr.. MacFarlane's
launch, to the point where the body
was. No inquest was deemed neces-
sary and after viewing the BODY the
coroner ordered It's removal and it was
brought to the undertaking rooms of
the II. w. Plummer Co. in this city.
Inquiries were made at Watervilc
and it was learned that one William
LesSard, son of Joseph Lessard Of
that city had been missing since the
last of April. Young Lessard had bee n
playing along the canal at the Lock-
wood mills during the noon hour on
April 80, and had been missing since
that time Mr.. Lcssard came to Au-
gusta Sunday afternoon and after
viewing the remains was convinced
that they were those of his son. They
will be sent to Watcrvillc this morn
ing for burial.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-29
FOR SUMMER COMPLAINT.
D'sentery, Diarrhen and Cramps
Cured by Simple Remedy.

al this season of the year, every
No'ne should have n bottle of Neural
sac Anodync in the medicine-closet so
~at when anyone of the family is
ASen with diarrhea, dysentery,
ramps or collie, this reliable remedy
VIII be right at hand to give relief.
mere is nothing else known that so
tl~Kiy eases pain. and restores natu-
e1S conditions to the stomach and bow
5vn,o dose or two of Neuralgia Ano-
sue sae taken at the first symptoms will
hans Gays and weeks of suffering, per-
MOI me value of Neuralgia Anodyne is
Maj, united to these summer COM
f or ms for the remedy is invaluable
rag al aches and pains in cases of neu-
acbs' a; headache, rheumatism. tooth
AZ bruises, sprains, cuts, etc.
sofa iaarse bottle costs but Csc, and IS
unde,nDy dealers everywhere with the
refunSesaan that the money will be
ali atnIued II the Anodyne does not do
Twitaihat It claims to. Made by The
'eneil-Champlin Co., Portland. Me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-29

minutes, which are suniivdcd into
tift""n-scconu spaces. The unusual
feature of the watch face is that the
hour hand is q little triangular pointer
which rcvolvcs outside the numerals,
while the minute hand is an arrow
which revolvcs within. The other
diaIs are Quccrcr still, for their figures
rrvovc while the solitary hand that
adnrnS each face stands still.
When you talk with n man twenty
five or two hundred and fifty or
thousand miles away. as the case may
be, the details of your call are recorded
on an order ticket, which goes to a
toll operator. She slips this ticket
into the slot in the calcula raph and
at the proper time pulls down one of
the levers. This registers tho exact
hour and minute of tho beginning Of
the connection. thus identifying it for
record purposes by printing on the
order the watch face. hands and all.
white It also leaves impressions Of tho
two other dials, though no hand ap-
pears on either of them
When the calculagraph is not in
active use the dials showing the sub
divisions Of the hour and the five
minute period arc motionlcss. with
their hands pointing to zero. Pulling
the lever sets the dials going. but the
hands remain stationary. SO when the
mechanism is stopped these indicators
show just how long the dials have
been moving. The instant the opera
tor gets the signal that tells her you
are through talking she slides the
ticket into the calculagraph again and
pulls down the other lever. That
prints an arrow-like hand into each of
the blank dials. registering the exact
lapse of time down to the seconds.
to give full measure the company
allows on every call fifteen seconds
leeway on the elapsed time the
calculagraph records.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-29
AMUSEM ENTS,
Island Park Theater.

The Fenbcrg Co. will present start
ing tonight and continuing until
Wednesday night one of the strongest
of western meIodramas, 1.-The Indian
The story is Western. full of excite
ment and dramatic interest. Highly
sensational in construction. humorous,
thrilling, emotional, picturesque, far
cial in comedy and melodramatic in
climaXes. ID. ]. Hamilton as the In
dlan. has part that just fits him and
as the Hebrew, Harry Bewley is sure
to please. The other members all have
good parts. New spccialtics will be
introduced, new illustrated songs ana
new music by the orchestra. Dancing
in the Pavilion after the regular per-
fOrmance tonight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-29
IPERUNA
SUMNER CATARRH
A Tonic for Blood and Nerves,
and a Woman's Tonic.
:
they KNOW Ii

thousands of people throughout the
country know that the ordinary RENEE
dies for Pilcs-ointments, SUPPOSE
tories and appliances-willn not cure.
The best of them only bring passing
relief.
DIR. LoOnhardt's Hom-Roid is a tablet
taken internally that removes the
cause Of Piles. hence the cure is per-
manent. Every package sold carries
a guarantee with it.
1t is perfectly harmless to the most
delicate constitution. months treat
mont in each package. Sold at $1.O0.
At Eowditch. Webster & Co, or DR..
Leonhardt Co. Niagara Falls, n. Y.