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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
Notice.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GpwAr EAurs Mont ncf Sd

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Oct. p, 1907.
To whom it may cOncern:
Notice is hereby given that the state of Mon.
tana. acting under the provisions Of an act
of congress approved February %, 1891, has made
application for the selection Of the following de.
ecribed land, to-wit: The 81 sen section %:
S1s of SM section -, township 30 north, range /
west; lot 4. sen SWk section 10, township 32
north, range ! east; and Eh SEA section IS,
A copy Of said list has been conspicuously
posted In this office for inspection by any person
interested and the public in general.
1907, protests or contests against the claim Of
the state to said land or any subdivision thereof,
on the ground thvt the same is more valuable
for mineral than for agricultural purposes, will
he received and noted for report to the general
land office at Washington, d. c.
Failure to protest or contest the claim of the
state to said land before final approval will be
considered sufficient evidence of its non mineral
character, and the selections being otherwise
free from objections will be recommended for
approval.
j. NJ. BURLINGAME. Register.
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DEPARTMENT oFTnE INTERIOR, United

- states Land Office, Great Falls, Montana,
August %, lN7.-Thomas Stevenson, Gold Butte,
Montana; By authority of General Land Office
letter "p' of August Is, 1907. you are hereby
notified that q special agent of that office has filed
the following charges against the validity of your
hon estead entry No. l2,4l6, made July 10, 1901,
tor Sh NEA and lots 1 and 2, section 8, township
the Enclosure of Peter Wagner; that there are no
Improvements thereon except that it is fenced
on the west and south, that you have never
entry. iOu are notified that if you fail to file in
this office, within thirty days of date of service
of this notice, u written or printed answer, under
oath, denying each of said charges, or showing a
state of facts rencering said charges immaterial,
and applying for a hearing to determine the
truth of said CHARGES and answer, or If you fail
to appear ut a hearing applied for, your said
above entry or claim will be rejected, and, If of
record. will be cancelled. Very respectfully, j.
NJ. RJRI.lNEAME, Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
Unenviabte Fame.

Lincoln Steffens in an address on
Municipal Politics. said In Chicago Of
a certain city:
THAT city is as notorious for it's rot
as he town Of PEBBLES is no.
torious for another characteristic.
Here is an incident that will give
you an idea Of the reputation of Pee
bles:
ION q train Il day a man rushed
into a car, held up his hands for atten-
ton and shouted excitedly:
"'Anybody here who belongs to Pee
bles:'
"'Ayc, l do said a small, dry Old
fellow calmly.
"Thcn,' said the other, lend US yer
eorkscrcw.'"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
LOCKED IN A BOILER,
Man Almost Cooked Alive In al
Arkansas SaWmiII.
HAIR TURNS SNOW WHITE,

Man Of Twenty-four Leaves HOSPITAL
an Old Man as Result Of Hours Of
Mental Asony-Fire Built Under His
Prison Of Iron.
Arthur Mcdonald, a boilermaker,
aged twenty-four, recently left the hos
pital at Pine Bluff, Ark, a nervous
wreck. His hair, which at one time
was coal black, now hangs over his
forehead a soft, %glistening white. He
will never again be able to return to
his calling and, in fact, will not be
able to do work Of any kind for sew
eral years. He went to Colorado, where
he hopes III a measure to rebuild his
shattered nervous system.
At the hospital Mcdonald told the
following remarkable story of the cir
cumstances which brought about his
present condition:
Il am twenty-four years Of age and
for the past three years have been en-
ployed as Il boilermaker, principally
in railroad shops. I learned my trade
when quite young, and, although fully
aware of the dangers Of a boilermak-
er's life, l never once dreamed Of the
awful experience l would go through
or l should never have attempted to
drive a rivet.
"The experience to which l refer oc-
Cured three months ago at a little
sawmill below Hope, Ark. A new set
Of boilers had been put in, and negro
tiremen We're relied upon to attend to
them. They 0 got out of order, and
the foreman sent all the way to Pine
Bluff to get a boilermaker. There
were none available then except those
in the railway shops there. AS q pref
ty good sum was offered, l laid off
from my regular work and decided to
make a few extra dollars. This try
came near being the end Of me.
when I reached the sawmill l found
the boilers in a bad fix. The flues
We're choked and needed roaming bad
ly. In addition they We're caked on
the inside, and as there was not
enough help present I decided to go
into the boiler myself and chisel off
some Of the caked matter while the
negroes were roaming out the fues.
This worked all right on the first
boiler, and l soon had it in good shape.
l then went to the second boiler and
told the negroes as 500 as they had
finished roaming out the second boiler
to replace the manhole on the first, fill
it up with water and fire up for a test.
Il went down on the inside and
found the second boilers fues in an
especially bad condition. l must have
worked for an hour, and SO intent was
l that I did not notice the noise Of the
roaming cease until l was nearly
through. My first intimation that any
thing vas wrong came when the can
die began to burn dim and the boiler
seemed full of candle gas and smoke.
I turned around to see what was the
matter and to my horror saw that the
manhole cover had been replaced.
II crawled along the tlues as fast as
l could until l reached the spot and
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
Notice..
UNiTEp STATES LAND OFFICE,

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Nov, ), 1907.
To whom 1t may concern:
Notice IL hereby given that the state of Mon
tana, acting under the provisions of AN act of
congress approved February y, 1891, has made
application for the selection of the following de-
scribed lands, to-wit: VIZ NWia, SWla SEA
section II, LOT ,, section %. and All of section Is,
township :. north, range 10 east, NJ. NJ.
a copy of said list has bean conspicuously
posted in this office for inspection by any person
interested and the public in general. Under de-
~partmertal regulations of April %, l9o,, protests
or contests against the claims of the state to said
land or any subdivision thereof on the ground
that the same is more valuable for mineral than
for agricultural purposes will be received and
noted for report to the general land Office at
Washington, ID. G.
Failure to protest or contest the claim of the
state to said land before final approval will be
considered sufficient evidence of its non-mineral
character, and the selections being otherwise
free from objections will be for
approval. j. NJ. BURLINGAME, Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
John Fox and tho kentuekian.

According TO a story told by VIII
Payne, the novelist, John Fox usually
spends his summers in Maine with his
friend, Thomas Nelson Page. Once
while on a visit to Page he ran into a
Kentuckian whom he had not seen for
a long time. Suddenly 1t began to
storm. Large hailstones were rafting
down. The Kentuckian grew sad. AS
the storm and hail increased in fury,
he became sadder. Finally he broke
into uncomfortable sobs and cried like
= child.
what Is the mattery" asked Fox in
utter bewilderment.
"Matter?" replied his friend. Look
at that waste Of cracked Ice In a pro-
hibltion state!" Saturday Evening
Post.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
Notice Of Final Proof,
CNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FAILS. Mont, Oct. l.. T.

NJ NIATES LAND VFFItE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Oct. l., 1907.
Notice is hereby given that
ERNEST \. GRACE,
of Fort Benton, Montana, has filed notice of his
intention to make final commutation proof in
support of his claim, viz: Homestead entry No,
1892, made June ~, 1904, for lots :, 3 and 1, sec
ton 3, lot | section 1, township 20 north, range
10 east, and >WA SEA section 81, township 81
north. rance 10 east, and that said proof will be
made before Chas. II. Boyle, L. 5. commissioner
a. his o zee at Fort Benton, Montana, on Novem-
Der 23d, 1907.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon. and cultivat on of
said land. viz: Isaac Postill and Charles ".
Morrison, of Fort Benton, Montana: Joseph A.
Martin and Bert II. Becker, of Steele, Montana.
j. NJ. BURLINGAME, Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
Desert Land..Firai Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Oct. l., 1

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Oct. II, lN..
Notice IL hereby given that
HALVOR .. LYING,
assignee Of John W. Smith, Of H%ighwood, Mon
tana, has filed notice Of intention to make proof
on his desert land claim No. 6sl, for the St
NWA, WY SW1 section 2. township 81 north,
range : east, before Chss. H. Boyle, u. $. com.
%,s SATURDAY,. ~ t his S So1S d an f Of N%o osesEn, I 1872 !
He names the following witnesses to prove the
complete irrigation and reclamation of said land
BENJAMIN Mcmahon, Olaf E.. johnson, Hilmen
G. Lying and Riley j. Leece, all Of Highwood,
Mont, j. NJ. BURLINGAME, Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
freed BY Sears.

freed by six bears from Yellowstone
National park. five men and one wo-
man from |IIulett, Wye. were compel
led to spend 1 night in a tree astrilc
branches while the bears r0amed
among the wreck Of the camp and ate
al the supplies. After daylight til"
animals returned to the mountains, and
the camping party escaped.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
Notice Of Final Proof,
tNlrED STATES LAND OFFICE.
JAMESTOWN. Mont. Nov I I

UNITED STATES Ian OFFICE.
JAMESTOWN, Mont, Nov. I, 80
No'i ri~ hereby given that
Urge ENGELLANT,
OF Ever1on, Montana. has filed notice of his in
tention 70 make tna' five year proof in support
of his claim, Wv Homestead entry No. 2566,
made November % 1901, for the SEA section 10,
townshtp Il North, range II east, and that said
proof VIII I've made before Chas. II. Boyle, Y. 5
commissioner, AZ has office in Fort Benton,
Montana, on Dec" nihpr ~, 1907.
He names tn" following Witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
aaid land: Claus II Evers, Henry Hagen, Henry
Nickh"r-t and Oscar Johnston, all of Fort Ben,
ton, Mont.
C. Z. MrkOlN. REGISTER.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
NEW SHORT STC@-- =
Feminine CIcve-rees.

Mrs. Chapman SinniehSon. -. c>t
ern lecturer. said III lie cot. ~ ;
debate in st. Paul:
as clever as man. cleverer il ao.a,
things. in affairs Of tle heart ;.u.
%cleverer.
II used to know Il pretty girl whoa
q young banker was counting t%ini,lly
One afternoon in the gardens the bank
er scraped up courage enough to as:
In a tremulous whisper for Il kiss.
1.-The pretty girl looked at him grave
~.
"a kiss she said. You ask me fol
q kiss. Now. applied to the hand. !:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
Workinq Up Interest.

Working Up Interest.
Any time you feel like kicking
And complaining just because
Life is calm and uneventful,
Running on without a pause,
And you long for great excitement.
Work your cards to get In debt,
And you'll have some stirring moments
You can bet.
There is nothing half SO thrilling.
I've been told by quite a few,
AS to a some debts pursuing
That are mostly overdue.
Under such a dispensation
Life Is surely n SUCCESS
When o haven't any money
And are busted, more or less.
After several years of hustle
And excitement Of that kind
You'd enjoy a week OF quiet
And a little peace Of mind
Standing off the bill collector.
Telling him to See your wife,.
And you'd almost be contented
With a dash Of simple life.
1t Is better than a circus
Or a grand and thrilling play
where the lady thWarts the villain
Who would carry her away.
If you're looking for excitement.
That's exactly what you'll get
II you work the credit racket
And fall over heels In deb
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20

Practicing.
"What are you going to make Of your
boy?'
"a critic. | think"
"ShOws discriminating tastey'
mot so much. but every time he can
find a hammer he gets gay with the
furniture
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
In the Trust Ridden State.

"What are you saving your money
for. Key
Maybe l will get enough to buy II
United States senntOrShip.'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
Revenue Every Time.

Revenue Every Time.
'The saloon seems to be the outpost
of civilization, rs you always find 1t OH
the frontier in all its glory"
Yes. but l thought 1t quite the other
way about"
"How so;"
II thought 1t was the impost."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
Humor qna Philosophy
BY DUNCAN NJ. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

The water of life doesn't foam over
the top.
The more we ,osa the nearer VIC
come to a new start.
AS Il reference a bank account Is
sometimes treated as no account, but
not often.
A bale Of bills stands In place Of
their wives in the minds Of some men.
thoroughly train her husband In the
art against a time Of need.
The way to impress a woman Is to
suppress her.
Being selfish is only being natural,
after all.
The Joy Of yesterday ought to be the
gladness OF today, but It generally
isn't.
Heaven is IA we'll known place that IL
strange to everybody.
The less we see Of some people the
more we heal about them.
a square man always m round
when he owes you money.
To be able to seize an advantage and
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
Took No Chances.

Took No Chances.
"See that bright young ladyw
Eyes; I've been noticing her."
swell, she can tell fortunes"
"How does she do it-by reading the
palmT
mo; by consulting Bradstreet's."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
Rejuvenating.

els this a healthy country"
ais It? You see that charming young
lady over yonder? Well. say, back
east she was thirty-three. and since liv-
ing here a year she isn't a day over
twenty-seven."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20

As a reference a bank account Is
sometimes treated as no account. but
not often.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20

The more we lose the ncarer VIC
come to a new start.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20

To be able to seize an advantage an(
hold to 1t Is a great advantage.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20

The water of life doesn't foam over
the top.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20

A bale Of bills stands in place of
their wives in the minds Of some men.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20

a square nan always comes round
when he owes you money.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-07-26
BROWNS AFTER RESCUE.
st. Louis Youth Puts Victim on Boat
But Merrimac Rapids Swept
Her Away.

st. Louis, July 22.-After being
saved twice by her escort, who placed
her on the bottom of an overturned
canoe, Miss Ruth Ledwigge, 10 years
of age, of 1885 Washington boulevard,
was drowned in the rapids of the Mer-
rimac river, near st. Louis, at dusk
Sunday, while her escol was saving
a companion, Miss Olive Wineow, 10
years of age.
The canoe, containing the girls and
Ross Denham, aged "a, of $500 Wells
avenue, was overturned while Miss
Ledwigge was tying her shoe. Den
ham managed to place both girls on
the overturned canoe, which turned,
throwing them into the water a Sec
ond time. Denham placed Miss Led
wigge second time on the boat and
while he was struggling to save Miss
Wineow, Miss Ledwegge was swept
into the rapids. Miss Ledwigge's
body has not been recovered.
William Ashton, chief engineer of
the Oregon Short Line, had his
skull fractured in runaway accident
in Idaho Sunday. The catastrophe &C.
Cured at the Yellowstone branch of
the Short Line, which is now under
construction
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-07-26
five BLOCKS BURN
At VICTORIA, B. c.

Victoria, B. @. July 24.-The great.
est fire in Victoria's history occurred
Tuesday afternoon, destroying five
blocks and many detached buildings,
involving loss ola quarter Of million
dollars. Starting in the usused boiler
shop of the defunct Albion works, the
fire wiped out the shacks of the of ten.
rloin. From Store street to Quadra,
four blocks eastward, and between
Herald and Chatham and Pioneer
streets, scarcely any thing escaped.
The poor pressure of water greatly
handicapped the fremen, who, aided
by the soldiers of the garrison and a
host of volunteers, fought desperately,
pulling down many buildings in the
path of the fire, which was brought
under control at p. m.
In many instances the furniture
brought to the street was burned before
conveya nces could be secured to carry
it away.
Several narrow escapes took place.
The women who wanted to get back
into burning buildings to save their
valuables were dragged out by firemen
as the roof fell IN.
One woman on Green street became
crazed and tried to rush back into a
burning building, being prevented by
policeman, who grabbed her and hur-
ried her struggling from the scene.
The number Of houses destroyed is
placed at IS, and the insurance at
about $l35, 900. The total loss is esti-
mated at $3.50. 900. No casualties are
reported.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-07-26
RIOT AGAIN IN SAN FRANCISCO
Carriage Overturned and Man Hurt
Starts Trouble; Car Is Badly
Wrecked,

San Francisco, July 22.-The at
lacking and shooting of a conductor
and motorman Saturday night by
three unknown men and the riot which
subsequently followed, was followed
Sunday night with more turbulence in
the Mission street district. The i'm
mediate cause was an accident.
While driving to the Mission theater
with his family, car struck the car
riage of Charles Davis on Mission
street, between Twenty-third and
Twenty-fourth. The carriage was
wrecked and Davis sustained a brok-
en- leg and other injuries. A crowd
Immediately gathered. almost wreck
ed the car and attacked Motorman
Charles Evans. Policemen Furman
and Beisel came to his rescue, and
stood off the mob until a sergeant and
10 officers came down from the Mis-
sion street police station in response
to a riot call. The police dispersed
the crowd with their clubs.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-07-26
EVERYBODY PAYS FULL FARE
Clergy Charity Workers and the
Nations Wards included.

Clergymen, charity workers and in.
mates of soldiers and sailors homes
hereafter, when they travel, will pay
full fare, the same as ordinary citi-
gems.
Ever since the 2-cent rate law be-
gan to be agitated reduced rates for
clergymen have been up '.in the air. /"
More than 100000 annual certificates
now in existence will be Cancelled. In
the west these grant a rate Of IN
cents a mile and in the east of 3
cents a mile.
The railroads were disposed for a
time to let these certificates stand, as
they had been issued for a year, but
as all OF them bear a clause to the
effect that they may be cancelled al
any time 1t was decided to call them
in.
The general inclination of the coun.
try to demand flat rate determined
this action. The roads say they can
show no favors and that the present
rate is low enough for anybody.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-07-26
Col. Ayres Retired.

A lifetime experience as a fighter of
Indians and Filipinos, of guerilla war
fare, did not prevent Lieutenant Colo
mel Charles G. Ayres from falling into
an ambuscade.
Although the military boards rec
ommendation for his retirment will
not be made public officially until it is
passed on by the secretary of war,
high officials of the department are
unanimous in the opinion that the
colonel will be placed upon the retired
list with little loss of time.
The penalty is to be RELOCATION to
pension at the prime of his official
life, and with no prospects of increas-
ing honor before him.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-07-26
Dies as Did Tschaikowsky.

Pittsburg, July 22.-Mrs. Margaret
X. King, 35 years of age, well known
local musician, committed suicide by
cutting her throat at her home Sun
day after playing Tschaikowsky's
Sixth Symphony" on the piano. Mrs.
King has been respondent for long
time, necessitating her being closely
watched by her husband and a nurse.
1t is believed she was impressed by
the act of the Russian composer who
killed himself after writing the Sixth
Symphony" and so killed herself fol-
lowing the rendition of the piece.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-07-26
NORTHWEST NEWS.

A very importan final decision, ad-
verse to Idaho settlers, has just been
rendered by Assistant Secretary
Woodruff of the Interior department,
Washington, D. C. This is the long
drawn-out case of the state of Idaho
vs.. Steve Thorp ct al, and AFFECTS
over $50 settlers in township "A,
ranges 2 and 3 east, and who settled
on these lands after July s, 1901. A
man in touch with this case says that
the loss to each one Of these settlers
will reach on an average $1,000, or a
grand total of $150,00O, besides the
lands. This is the case in which the
state of Idaho relinquished valuable
school sections in the Occur d'Alene
Indian reservation in order to use
them as base with which to attack
settlers. That there is intense feel.
ing throughout this section of Idaho
against the state officials implicated
in this deal is drawing it mildly. This
case was part Of the strenuous contest
in which the Northern Pacific railroad
was third party, and which, as a re-
suit of this decision and others Of the
same nature, mas gained good part
Of these lands.
Uncle Sam will have some more
land to give away this fall" a govern
ment official who went with the Gar
field party on it's trip through the
state of Montana is quoted as saying,
and it will probably be disposed of
in the same manner as the Huntley
project was, and the drawing will
probably take place in October. 1t is
the lands under the Fort Shaw irri-
cation and reclamation project in Cas-
cade county"
President Louis w. Hill of the
Great Northern railway declares the
lumbermen Of the coast must choose
between a continuation of the car
shortage that has crippled the lum-
Der industry during the past year and
the advance of 10 cents per 100 pounds
on lumber and single shipments that
will be applied October 1. President
Hill said his road had sent 1000 empty
cars to the coast to haul lumber
products this summer, hauling the
empties from the Dakotas and Mon
tana. At the existing rates of lumber
and shingles, he said, this car haul
age could not continue.
In consequence of cloudburst
near the head of Elk Park canyon,
east of Butte, at o'clock Sunday
evening a flood of water swept
through Columbia gardens, the city's
big recreation park, and flooded a
portion of the street car tracks to the
gardens. Heavy damage was done,
especially to the copper precipitating
plants along Silver Bow creek. Both
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
trains were delayed several hours.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-07-26
Ivory Saves Her Life.

Helena, Mont, July 23.-Mrs. J. c.
Krause of Spokane had a most mar
row escape from death by lightning
here while walking on Main street
and that her life was saved is due
in the belief of many, to tibet fact
that her umbrella had an ivory han.
die. Mrs. Krouse was walking on
Main street when lightning struck
the umbrella she was carrying and
Immediately set fire to it. Strange
to say, she was untouched, and fall.
ing rain soon quenched the flames
Mrs. Krause was saved from shock
by the ivory handle of the umbrella
this being a nonconductor of cleo
tricity.