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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-25
HELENA MEN ARRESTED.
Federal Grand Jury Uncovers Scan.
dal In Surveyors Office.

HELENA, Dec. 21.-O. G. Dallas,
former chief clerk in the Office of the
surveyor general of Montana, and
John D. Mcleod, q craftsman, were
arrested today by q United States
marshal as q result of an Indictment
returned by federal grand jury yes.
terday. The indictments were not
made public when the jury made its
report, the men not being in custody.
Another indictment in the same con.
uection was that of A. S. Hovey, who
has been Q deputy mineral surveyor,
but who removed to Seattle few
weeks ago. An officer has gone to
arrest Hovey and he will be returned
to Helena.
There are two indictments each
against Dallas and Mcleod and one
against Hovey. One against Dallas
and Hovey charges them with having
forged the field notes for official sur
veys on two different sets Of mining
claims in Lewis and Clark county
and with having forged the affidavit;
of deputy mineral surveyors for th'
same. The other indictment is joint!
against three men for having entered
into conspiracy among themselves
"and with divers other persons to tn
grand jury unknown" to unlawful.
obtain the approval of the surveyor
general to these forged field notes ant
affid avits.
The alleged misconduct was uncov
cred by l.. l.. Sharp, chief of the fell
; division in this district of the genera
land office, and who is also inspecto
of the survey Office and Q
the land offices in the state. Follow
ing the investig alton the men wer
. suspended. The arrests caused a bi
, sensation in Helena, and rumors 1e,
thick and fast that other men, some {
them very prominent, would be ir
Grimm ated All of the accused me
\ have lived ia Helena many years an
r are sell known.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-25
Bribery Scandal In Silver Bow.

BUTTE, Dec. 2O.-Without parallel
in the legal history of Silver Bow
county are the scenes that are being
enacted before Judge Lynch this af.
ternoon, where Amos Doney, q mem.
ber of Department No. l jurys panel,
is being tried for contempt'gof court
for soliciting bribe.
The punishment for contempt is $500
fine and five days in Jail, but solicita-
tion of bribe is felony, punishable,
it is said. by Ii years Imprisonment.
The Doney matter has attracted the
widest attention about town and the
court room is packed with the curious.
j. Bruce kremer is prosecuting the
case and Donovan and Melzner and
Jesse B. Roote appearing for the de.
fendaut.
Briefly stated Doney is charged with
having gone to j. V. Collins, manager
of the Olympia Brewing company,
which is defendant in an action for
Sll 200. brought by Ernest Barnet,
for unlawful seizure, ard offered to
return a verdict favoring the company
| for $50.
H. is alleged to have stated that til,
Iury was 'wcli Organil.'a' and tha
they "elected Il new man every week
10 look after bribee. Collins SIT
ran for him and caused him to re
peat his story where City Detective
Morrissey and Larkin could overhea
him,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-25
Range War In Wyoming.

SHERIDAN. Wyo., Dec. 2O.-The
Weisner sheep camp near here has
been raided by ten masked cattlemen,
who after driving away the herder at
the point of rifle exhausted their am
munition killing sheep, shooting.more
than 800 of the amin ais. The sheriff
is in pursuit of the, marauders. The
sheep herders are alleged to have
crossed the dividing range line.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-25
Wants Reservation Opened.

WASHINGTON, Dec. lS.-Former
Mayor w. B. George of Billings is
in w Washington with a idely-signed
petition for the opening of the Crow
Indian reserv alton. Some time after
the holidays Sen ator Dixon will intro
duce a bill for the survey, allotment
and opening of what remains of this
reserv alton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-25
Violated Stock Laws.

CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-The Rock ls.
land Railroad company today chang
ed its plea of not guilty to- guilty in
81 cases against it for transporting
cattle in closed cars longer than %
hours without food, rest or water.
The Santa Fe. Northwestern, Great
Western, St. Paul and IllinoisiICen-
trail will follow this lead in the remain
der OF LOG cases recently brought by
the government. The fines will run
from SlOO to $500 each, but the roads
will plead mitigating circumstances.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-25
Millions In Montana Banks.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O.-The ab.
stract OF reports made to the comp.
troller of the currency giving the con.
dition of Montana national banks on
December 3, shows loans and dis.
counts aggregating s2l, ,299, ,920: lawful
money reserves s3.669, ,5S5; individual
deposits 2s,S75, ,S62. Percentage OF
legal reserve to deposits % per cent.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-25

lumbia, Hawaii and Porto Rico shall
have six delegat All democra attic
citizens of the United States, irrespec-
tive of past political associations and
differences, who can unite with us, in
the effort for a pure, economical, con-
stitutional government, are cordially
invited to join US in sending dele
pates.''
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-25

peared $50. 900 worth of hay and grain
has been fed to the donkeys. Among
mule dealers not much improvement
is looked for until January 10. BY
that time it is expected thai the cotton
planters will have disposed of enough
of their crop to begin buying mules.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-25

HELENA, Dec. 2O.-David Seltzer,
a junk dealer, was arrested today on
the charge of having in his possession
goods known to be stolen. A search
warrant was issued and in ware.
house there were found number OF
cases OF brass and other goods be.
longing to railroads. The Great
Northern has been a loser from its
Great Falls yards and the Northern
Pacific has also been complaining
about thefts. Five men went to work
opening and sorting the packages,
and it is said that $50, 900 worth OF
material, used by the railroads has
been found.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-25

yesterday on the liner China. DR..
Yeagle says that the American sur.
vey, which will not be complete for
ten years, already shows that there
are $500 of them in the archipelago.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-25
Take Census In Cuba.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-A rough
count of the census of Cuba was cabled
in the war department by Governor
Magoon today, showing the total
population of the island to be 2,02S,.
oS1
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-25

Havre Plaindealer: Engineer Fla
herty slipped and fell from his engine
Tuesday night near Chester and sus'
tained severe injuries to his hip and
back. He was brought to this city
and his injuries dressed by Drs.
Almas and Mckenzie. and was then
sent to Columbus hospital in Grea.
Falls.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-12-25

Water right blanks-only correct
iOrm publis&ed- fer sale at the RIVER
pSESS Office.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-10-14
BASS FIGHTS
 CRAWFISH

One of the srangest of under water battles was witnessed recently by B. Radford. the champion bass fisherman of eastern Pennsylvania. The trouble started in Red run, a stream that flows Into Devils pool, a favorite haunt of the black bass.
 Red run Is filled with crawfsh. Rad- ford noticed that the fish were leap ing about in an unusual manner. Look ing closer. he saw the reason. An army of crawfish was attacking the school of bass, driving them frantic by nipplng at their trails.
 Of sudden the fish all darted away In the direction of Devils pool, ald for a few seconds everything was quiet. Then the water was lashed to q foam, and dead crawfish flew in every direction. When Radford looked again be saw a magnificent eleven pound bass rise slowly to the surface and turn over on It's side. Scuttling down the stream were a dozen or so sur vivors of the crawish army, most of them minus their fighting claws.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-10-14
MARTHA TUFT
 CREW RESCUED
MEN OF SEATTLE LUMBER SCHOONER ENROUTE WITH GUGGENHEIN LUh,
 BIER ARE PICKED UP
(sy United Press.)

Seattle, Oct. l4-The steamer schcon- CT Martha Tuit, which was wrecked at the mouth of the Catalla river during severe storm On october 5th and whose crew was saved by clinging to the rigging, is reported as having been picked up and taken to Catalla by the schooner Henry. The Martha Tuit was en route from Seattle to Catalla with lumber for the Guggenheims.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-10-14
w m. BRITT THE DRUGGIST
s10Q REWARD slOo

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease that science has been a ble to cure in all it's stages, and that is Cattarrh. Halls Cattarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires con- stitutioual treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing it's work. The proprittors have so much faith in it's curative powers tbat they offer one hundred dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
 Adress F. J. CHENEY & co. Toledo, o.
 Sold by all druggists, 75c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for consplt' patton.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-10-14
Mar and His preas.

The well dressed man wears clothes that no one ever notices; at business, except in the very warmest weather, usually dark. No one ever notices clean linen, while linen soiled ever so slightly is very conspicuous. No one ever notices a hat unless it. is of ultra shape, dirty or shabby. No one ever notices shoes unless they are loud or need backing or are run down at the heels or shabby No one ever notices clean finger nails, while those needing attention are always conspicuous. The man should not be lost sight of by the consplcuousness of his clothes, either from being overdressed or shabbily dressed.-Batten's Wedge.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-10-14
rho one and the Nauaht.

Oliver Wendell Holmes once sent two poetical letters to the "postofiice" of an Episcopal fair at Plttsfeld, Mass, In one of them the first stanza was: Fair lady. whosoever thou art.
 Turn this poor leaf with tenderest care And hush, oh, hush, thy beating heart. The one thou lowest will be there.
 On turning the poor leaf' there was found a dollar bill, with some verses beginning:
 Fair iady, lift thine eyes and tsS
 If this is not a truthful letteR. This is the one CD thou lovoth well, And naught CW can make thee love H
 better dO).
The daily Alaskan., 1907-10-14
NURDERERSDID
 NUT GO NORTH
STEAMER SANTA CLARA REPORTS MUCH SOUGHTsREN WERE NOT ABOARD
 ON TRIP NORTH
tRy United Press.)

Seattle, Oct l4-The steamer Santa Clara arrived last night from the north and reports that Burlison and Coving- ton, the two men suspected of the murder of the latters wife, did not take passage on the Santa Clara on her last trip north, The Santa Clara brings DO news of the suspected murderers.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-10-14
TIES UP u ?

A gaG,. Hyas ur qGest oE LJ, youag sgyeu,y Jed up tI, Eenmryec GiEs,eu Ins.E'9 'g ai.e kgpC tyu operators aj Egg8 N .1. prisoners in tdeif s,erp l.s. g.Eg,U aRt3 ior haugs. while Wlelg - ayH Nvoe at having to stop aU 9 pG.a wISra stops were not Schc1 he1.
 Arewly arrived ta}euapler inFeste G two culs. tle ol-pri0- of the morh .r wrp fol- days had hunted high aud low for her calldrtu. As last hope she pecncd into the bunkhouse of th, operators. Fortunately they had seen her comlrg, and by Che time she reach. ed the building they had found time to bar the door leading into the station
 The notrer bear growled a little, but seemed content to wait unmoyed by the fact that a great railroad needed the assistance Of the operators in push mg tran continental trains through.
 Not sealrg the semaphore in place a freight train crew started to lnyesti- gate. They found the operators wait me to be rescucd. With the assistance of 800 Creaks>who were in work ears up the rogd a short distance the moth CT bear WIS driven or. but not until she had seriously disawanged the schedule of Mir. Uarriman's railroad for hundreds of miles east and west
The daily Alaskan., 1907-10-14

ROUND THE TOWN 0oa00cG9sa0aaaaaacS aG00a@S The Princess Royal is due tomorrow. The City of Seattle will leave Seattle tonight and will reach here Friday.
 The Dolphin will arrive at o'clock tomorrow morning and will leave at 9 "a, m.
 t''''
 Norman Cuthbertson and wife and Miss Jean CuthbertsOn are registered at the Fallen house from Dawson.
 Yesterday afternoon found the E ks Club rosms and bowling alleys well patronized by Elk members
 sss
 Mrs. Chris Shea aud daughter Nellie, accompanied by Alderman Shea's mother, will arrive ca the Dolphin today from Seattle and San Francisco. Elder Dart and wife, who have been holding religious services at the M. F. church for the past week, left for Ketehikau on the City of SeatJle.-Ju- neau Record
 whitehorse St,r: Mrs. fad Hil}ery accompanied her husband, who is ex- press messenger on the railroad, over on Monday, returning to skagway on. Tuesday.
 pThe Trip Around the woldn enter tsinment given by the Christian En- deavorers Saturday night, proved to be a financial and social success, and quIte @ neat sum was realized.
 V. &. Plank, the star secc1d baseman of, the Skagway ball team, itI leave ou the Cottage City for Seutle, and from there to Tucson, A.4ona, to play bali this winter.
 
 The council should at once see that lights are placed along East Sixth ay- enue. The Elks' Club, the Peniel Mission and the Pullen house, are visited by a large number of people every evening and the. street is so dark that it is most impossible for pedes-| trfans to use the thoroughfare, In mary places throughout the city, lights are at points entirely unnecessary and the council should see that provision is at once made to have lights placed where they win be Of some service.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-10-14

TO CURE a COLD IN ONE DAY
 Take LAXATIVE PROMO Quinme Tablets, Druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. D. W. GROVES sig nature isron each box. 25c. M
The daily Alaskan., 1907-10-14

Alex. Knight, who has been below ou a montL's vacation, came up on the Peterson and returned on tbe sane boat. Mr. Kpight is the Post black smith at Fort w. Fl. eward
The daily Alaskan., 1907-10-14

The Fifth Avenue hotel has unlimited accommodations. Steam heat and every hing modern.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-10-14

Mme. Emma Eames, the peerless, the the silver-voieed Eames. Hear her at the Seattle on the Duplex.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-10-14
SEAGWAY WEATHER BUREAU REPORT

skagway, Oct. +, 1907. The weather conditions at Skagway for the 2l hours preceding noon today were as follows; Max, Temp "......"..5O above zero Min. ....... 43 above /" Mean {" ....-.......47,, above {" Temp. at noon n...........4S above Precipitation, ......... Al
 H. D. Clark,
 Volunteer. U. S. Weather observer
The daily Alaskan., 1907-10-14
NOTICE 10 DOG OWNERS

The dog tax for the year 1907 is now due and payable to Treasurer William Britt Those owning dogs please take notice. J. B. HART,
 elS.Iw Chief of PoliceI
The daily Alaskan., 1907-10-14

D. Crowley, mate on one of the White Pass x Yukon river boats, ar rived Saturday and win leave for below on the Princess Royal,
The daily Alaskan., 1907-10-14

The best dining room, the best hotel ac- commodstions, the most comfort at the Fifth Avenue
The daily Alaskan., 1907-10-14
Fresh Meat

The Frye -Bruhn Co. keep all kind of fresh meat constantly on hard.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-10-14
Tho Cottage city wllI arrive here

Wednesday.
 The ellington arrived to ? o'clock this afternoon.
 D. Crowley mate on one of the White Pass x Yukon river boats, ar rived Saturday and will leave for below on the Princess Royal.
 ''st
 Alex. Knight, who has been below ou a month's vacation, came up on the Peterson and returned on tbe sane boat. Mr. Knight is the Post black smith at Fort W. Fl, seward.
 George A. Lewington and mother, who have been stopping at the Pullen house for thepast week, will leave on the Dolphin on their way to San Fran. cisco. MT. Lewington is the Chief En- gineer of the N A. T, x T. Company
 s
 Rev. H. r. Atkinson, of Juneau' leaves tonight on the Dolphin for his home, after spending several days in skugway. While here, Nr, Atkinson delivered lecture at the Methodist Episcopal church and yesterday held services for the local MelhodistS
 Juneau Record: Will Clayson, who returned from Seward on the Portland, brings wi,h him some copper ore that looks like the bottom of grandmother's old copper boiler, and he says they have plenty of it. His partners are b. H. Pitman, of the. customs service at Sew. ard and Gould x Connors, of the same place. The copper men have already been after them in full force to obtain an option on it, but as yet they have not bonded
 Whitehorse Star: A. k. Graves, SUI. perinteudent of eating houses for the W. P, & Yd,issued certain instructions 10 the cooks that they are to serve meals only at regular hours. Wednes- day evening "Tony' happened to bel late for supper at tie eating house here and the cook, Laird Thomas Dewar, followed the instructions 10 the letter. Irony" came down town for his supper and Col. Tom is looking for job,
 Says a Victoria special; The Hon. II. E. Young, provincial secretary and minister of education of the province ot Btiish columbia, has been present. ed with the honorary degree of u. D, by the University of Toronto in recog- nition of his ability as an educator and a man ot great learnipg.
 Gr. Young is the member of the pro yinclal parliament for the Atlin dis trict,
The daily Alaskan., 1907-10-14

All the dencacies of the season at the Pack Train Restaurant.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-10-14
. 0 Q O . e

George A. Lewington and mother, who have been stopping at the Pullen house for the past week, will leave on the Dolphin on their way to San Fran cisco. Mir. Lewingion is the Chief En- gineerof the N, A. T, & T. Company,
 eA
The daily Alaskan., 1907-10-14

whitehorse St,r: Mrs fad Hiliery accompanied her husband, who is ex- press messenger on the railroad, over on Monday, returning to Skagway on Tuesday
The daily Alaskan., 1907-10-14

this afternoon.
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The daily Alaskan., 1907-10-14

V. R. Plank, the star seccad baseman of.the Skagway ball team 4iIl leave ou the Cottage City for Syao.ie, and from there to Tucson, A.4ona, to play ball this wiuter.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-11-16
Miss Anderson's Room.

The attendance Of this room up to
the past week has been excellent.
having had an average attendance of
about % pupils
We were sorry to have had this
number greatly diplinished by the
scarlet fever scare, and now that it
is over. We hope to have the pupils
who have been out with us again very
soon.
Mary Lancaster has been absent
several days this week on account Of
sickness. We are 50 glad TO have her
back
Eulalie Sanberg, Joseph Cribs.
Ord Green. Jean Ford and Syde Kali
are among those present this week.
They have been away for some time,
and Of course their return was heart
lily welcomed by the Second Grade.
Andrew and Ruth Westbrook spent
last week in Jacksonville. visiting
their aunt
During Miss McClintOn's absence
from the First Grade. Miss Swinton
has had to leave the Second She is
greatly missed by us all and We shall
be delighted when she returns
Miss Porter, who has taken Miss
SwintOn's place as assistant, is OF
great service TO US, and We have de-
cided to keep them both when Miss
McClinton returns.
Our Honor Roll this month. while
not as large as last. shows that some
Of the children are doing excellent
work The class as d whole is doing
good work and We have started the
year with an enrolment OF IS, and
are making steady progress. Those
pupils on the Honor Roll are
George Westmoreland. Victor
Blume, Ella Mae Wallace. Check
Byrd. Maggie Brown Grace Earl
HIdreth. Nanetre Gilmore. Gus-i-
Byrd. Olivia Evans. Merle Parueir.
Miriam Green and Colin Matthews
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-11-16
they will all be back BY Monday.

they will all be back by Monday
While our per cent of attendance
this month was not as high as last
month, it is not bad 90. We are
sorry to lose the flag, but heartily
congratulate the room winning it,
We are confident of winning it back
next month
We have ALI missed Nellie Alder
man from school this week She has
been sick at her home in the county.
Oscar Ingalls, is another pupil, who
Is absent on account of sickness. We
hope Oscar will be well enough to re-
turn Monday.
Only two made the, Honor Roll this
month-Harry Horn and Hattie Rob-
inson. Several who had excellent re-
ports were out of school the last two
or three days of the month.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-11-16
SCHOOL NOTES.
Miss McCIintOn's Room.

In spite of the great scare that the
scarlet fever caused the attendance OF
the First Grade has been very good
OF course. for one week, the little
ones were kept away from school
but since Monday they have been re-
turning with bright faces. very eager
to begin work again.
Not only did the absence Of pupils
cause discouragemeRt in the work OF
the First Grade, butlthere was some
thing else missing which We were all
longing for and this thing was the
presence of Miss yMcClintOn, the
regular teacher of tie First Grade
We were all so sorry to have her
leave us. Writing in behalf of the
school. We all. ipcluding Miss Rie
Porter. who isl assisting in the
primary grades, are looking forward
with great pleasure to her return.
There are al few children of this
grade who haze been absent on ac-
count of sickness, which proved to be
other sickness. rather than scarlet
fever. We were so sorry to learn
that Winifred Gilmore. Mosley
Hardee, Nathan Fleet. James Davis
and Romania TroweIl had been sick
during the past imOnth. but are glad
that they are corning back to US.
There is one little boy who will not
be able to attend school any longer,
on account of his Family leaving town
and this boy. who is Elmer Welch,
will be missed by the First Grade
The First Grade has been doing
/ good work this last month. They
are very busy now, preparing their
/ program for Thanksgiving Day They
are working on their speeches, in
order that they may redeem them
selves that long looked for day.
/ As in all the pther grades, there
have been a few of the pupils who
have been excellent in department
/ attendance and studies, and these
4 little ones deserve to be given an
/ honorable mention. Those included
\ under the Honor Roll are:
Roy Collins, Clothilde Baisden
y Raymond Foss. Lossie Bailey. Charlie
Burnett. Merle HaddOck.
= We hope to have a larger number
on the Honor Roll this month. as W,
; are looking forward to a better at
) tendance
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-11-16
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