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with 800, GOO 900 ranked as the worlds rich est citizen next to Rothschild their names, if not household words. would at least have been familiar.
 To possess $40, ,000.000 and to be less well known than the captain of the "Giants'' or Broadway actor gives a more real impression of the swollen fortunes of America than do the accumulations of a Rockefeller or Carnegie
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So Would Others.

From the November Delneator.
 Little Freddie was told by the nurse one morning that the stork had visited the house during the night and left him a little baby sister, and asked If he would like to see her
 'I don't care nothing about the baby.' said Freddie, but I'd like to see the stork"
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Southern Railway, the popu- lar route to Atlanta. Trains leave 7:30 a.m., 4::25 pm. and 12::30 midnight. Chair, Parlor and Pullman cars.
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Lap Robes, Blankets, Storm Aprons, Oil Goats, Oil Hats, Oil Suits, Food Warmers, H eater Goats, Tarpaulins, made to order at Wm. Reck- ling's, 1911 Second Avenue, manufacturer of Harness and Saddles.
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What He Meant.

From the Chicago News.
 Muggins-I hear you have been com pairing me to parrot. What am I to infer from that?
 Huggins-Oh, I merely meant to i'm ply that you were not as green as you looked. That's all.
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Panama Skirts at $4.95

You'll miss it certainly if you don't buy one of these Skirts. They are made of splendid quality of Panama in black, navy and brown Worth up for to SS.Oo. ;. >. oh0iee .4.95
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cauoht a Swallow on His Line.

One catches at times more than fish
 when out angling One breezy summer evening I stood on the bank of large reservoir at an Irish bleach works, where many a nice basket has been obtained. was waiting for the sun to go behind the hills. and had my rod erect with my casting line floating in the wind, when there was a sudden chuck, and to
 my surprise I saw full-sized swallow f1uttering on my line.
 A little black-hackle, being the tall fly on my cast, had so well deceived'the poor bird that he had snapped it for supper, and was now hanging hooked firmly at the side of his beak. Of course, he
 was quickly and gently released and after two or three quiet moments rest in the
 nalm of my hand he winked his little
 bright black eye and darted off, none the worse
 I have a pleasant memory Of the way in which, many years ago, one of the Irish nobility himself 8 keen sportsman and fisherman, tried to impress upon my
 mind exactly the size of trout he wished taken in his little river I was, no doubt,
 young in years. but taking me into his
 library he sought out scissors and paper
 and carefully cut out strip of the de-
 sired length and asked me to hold tight
 to my slip and carefully replace in tho
 stream any juvenile trout that might on
 reaching the shore not prove up to the
 Ia and1ords standard
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Long cloth at 98c

English Long Cloth in full 12-yard bolts; worth regularly $1.50. Special, the OQo bolt .. :. .. ..... JON
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And the Suits at S17.95 That
 are worth $25

At this price we will give you posi- lively the best Suits 1t has ever been your good fortune to see. These Suits are the regular ones that sell for $25.00 but for a business getter for Monday and you can have any of the good materials and colors you 1T OE desire. Choice for ll.JO
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
May Sue For Value Of Timber.

MIssOULA, June g. Government
officials are running survey lines in
the mountains near Philipsbure in an
effort to ascertain the exact location
OF the ground upon which thousands
of cords of wood have been taken for
the big mining companies in Granite.
Phillips burg and Butte. 1t is claimed
that this wood vas the property of the
government aud the survey lines are
being put through to determine the
ownership of the land.
1t is estimated that over 700, 600
cords of wood have been taken from
one area which ia ten miles wide and
twelve miles long. Much of this wood
was used during the boom days OF
Granite and Philipsburg, when all the
silver mines were running full blast.
Something over 300 cords of wood
were burned a day.
Several of the men who held the
largest contracts for cutting wood in
the old days are dead, but the gov.
eminent officials expect to recover
from the mining companies if it is
found that the wood came from lands
owned by the United States.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
Reflections Of a Bachelor.

The pleasure you buy spoils before
the bills for 1t come in.
The nice thing about being q sinner
Is it's never q lonesome job.
The more there isn't any reason for
it, the happier a woman can be about
1t.
There's something about q woman's
birthdays that seems to make her age
run backward.
A man can ask q girl to marry him
without ever knowing he did it until
she accepts him.
It's never necessary for q woman
to appear girlish unless she is past SC
and not yet married.
When one girl wants to puzzle a 10,
of them she acts natural and they
can't make it out to save their wits.
You can always convince q woman
what a good mar you are by appre'
ciating what q fine character she has
A good thing about losing your
money is all the s~enseless things yor
don't do any longer because you can
! pay for it.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
Great Coal Deposits On MusselsheII

Millions Of IONS of the best coal in
the West lie awaiting development in
the virtually untouched Bull noun.
tain field of Montana, according to a
bulletin just issued by the United
States geological survey. 1t is almcst
q virgin coal field comprising an area
of about $50 miles on the divide be.
tween the Musselshell and Yellowstone
rivers, northeast of Billings. Except
a few old tunnels from which coal
was extracted during the building Of
the Northern Pacific Is or 20 years
ago, there is scarcely a prospect or a
developed coal banks in the entire
field.
l." H. Woolsey of the geological
survey made q preliminary investiga-
ton last year, discovering at least IA
beds OF coal that exceed two, three or
five feet in thickness. 1t il probable,
says Mr.. Woolsey, that the total thick
ness Of the beds In the portion OF the
area studied will exceed 40 feet. One
bed, known as the Mammoth seam, is
Is feet in thickness In some places.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
The Japanese Dentist.

The Japanese dentist does not
brighten his patient with an array Of
steel Instruments. All his operations
in tooth drawing are performed by
the forefinger and thumb of one hand.
The skill necessary to do this Is &C.
quired only after long practice, but
when once it Is obtained the operator
is able to extract helf a dozen teeth in
about thirty seconds, without once re-
moving his. fingers from the patients
mouth. The dentists education COM
mences with the pulling out Of pegs
which have been pressed into soft
wood; 1t ends with the drawing OF
hard pegs which have been driven
into an oak plank with q mallet.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
ORDINANCE NO. 2I--A.
An Ordinance Setting Apart Tract of
Land for Park and Defeating
Same to Public Use, and for the
Care, Protection and Maintenance
Thereof.

Be it ordained by the council of the
city of Fort Benton:
Section l. In accord ance with an
act of the legislative assembly of the
state of Montana, entitled IAN Act
Appropriating Money for the Restora-
ton and Maintenance OF Old Fort
Benton and Providing for a Board of
Trustees for the Management thereof"
approved March I, 1907, the following
described tract of land, upon which
said old fort is situated, is hereby
dedicated and set apart to and for the
sole and exclusive purpose OF a pub.
lie park, to-wit: beginning at the
northernly corner of block B, at the
intersection Of Main and Second
streets, thence southwesterly along the
%southerly line Of Main street, 500 feet:
thence southerly, parallel With the
easterly line of block C, to the Mis-.
souri, river; thence northeasterly
along the bank of the Missouri river
to a point on line with the easterly
line of block B, and thence along said
latter line northwesterly to the place
of beginning.
Section 2. For the protection and
maintenance of said park grounds,
and the buildings thereon, the care
and custody of the same is hereby
given and granted to the board OF
trustees of old Fort Benton, appointed
by the governor of the state of Mon
tana under the provisions OF said act
House bill No. 1914, J and its ccess
ors in Office.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be
10 full force and effect from and after
its passage and approval.
Passed and approved this lst day OF
June, 1908.
f. +. STRANAHAN, Mayor.
Attest:
JOHN f. MURPHY, Clerk.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
Balloon Trip Of 800 Miles.

CLEAR LAKE, S. D., June 2.-The
big balloon Chicago" which left
Quincy, H., at 6 O'Clock last night,
Al into a heavy rain storm and drop.
ped to the earth at a. point six miles
southwest of Clear Lake at 5 o'clock
today. No one was hurt and the bal
loon was not particularly damaged.
1t will be shipped to Chicago. Before
landing the balloon was last spoken
at Kirksville, Mo. 1t was in the air
eleven hours and made 40 average
of Is miles an hour. Fifteen hundred
feet Of the drop to the earth was made
in one minute.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
A CONVENTION PRIMER
Important Information Concerning Past and
Coming National Political Conventions.


- INK 0K 0TnEK F7K ! UNIV EN 0TS "
What parties have held national conventions besides the Repub-
lcans and Democrats?
There have been several. The first political national convention
ever held was by the o called ntiMaso party in 1881. The Dem
ocratic party has been in existence since that date. The National
Republicans were followed by the Wings and they by the Repub
icans, who have been in existence since 1856. Other parties which
have nominated presidential candidates have been the Liberty party,
the Free Solers, the Americans or Know Nothings, the Liberal Re-
~pubicans, Prohibidonists, Labor, Peoples, Socialists.
Has any national party besides the two great predominant parties
ever been successful?
No, but they have sometimes so held the balance as to determine
the election. For instance, the Liberty party defeated Clay in 1910,
and the Prohibitonists defeated Blaine in 1884.
What parties besides the Republican and Democratic will probably
nominate presidential candidates this year?
The Prohibitionists, the Independence League, the Socialist and
possibly some Labor party.
What would happen if a third party candidate should obtain enough
electoral votes to prevent the Republican or Democratic candidates from
having a majority in the electoral college,
The election for president would be decided by the house of rep
resentatves and that for vice president by the senate.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
Preparing New Bank Notes.

WASHINGTON. June 2.-Tressury
officials are making active prepare.
tons to carry into effect the new cur.
rency law passed in the closing hours
of congress. Assistant Secretary
Collinger has conferred with Director
Ralph, of the bureau of engraving
and printing. and with w. Aldrich,
of the Office OF the comptroller Of the
currency and the statement was
authorized that the actual printing OF
the notes would be begun within the
next ten days. The new t will be
identical with the bank notes now ir
use except that the legend at the tor
of the face of the note, "Secured by
bonds of the United States" vii,
be changed to "Secured by bonds O.
the United States or other securities
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
MANY TRAINS TIED UP,
Passengers On Northern Pacific Are
Guests Of Railway Company.

BUTTE, June 2.--Fifteen Northern
Pacific passenger trains are stalled
by washouts in Montana, and the l..
500 people IN them are eating and
sleeping at the company's expense.
Nine westbound trains are at Living
ston, where 1000 passengers are de.
layed. There are four eastbound trains
at Drummond, M westbound train at
Bonita, and one westbound at CARR.
son. According to General Passenger
Agent W. H. Merriam, it is costing
that road about "a, 900 a day to feed
the passengers stalled in Montana.
1t is impossible to run more trains
east Y the Great Northern tracks
from Butte today because of the lack
of equipment. Should any of the
trains stalled to the west go through
before the track is opened to the east,
they will be run out over the Great
Northern lines to Fargo, N. D., and
then over the Northern Pacific track
to St. Paul.
The damage suffered by the North.
ern Pacific and Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul roads west of Butte will run
into the thousands of dollars. The
Big Bend bridge on the Northern Pa
ci6c, together with another small one
between Garrison and Missoula, have
been washed away, together with many
hundreds Of feet of track. The going
out of q small bridge near Blossburg
tied up the traffic on the branch line
Of the Northern Pacific from Garrison
to Helena. Many feet Of snow are ly-
ing in the mountains as the result of
the recent storm, and when the sun
shines again it is feared that the snow
will 60 of in a rush and add to the
damage already doue.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10

almost level country vas found. The
ore found in British Columbia and
In the northwest we're another cause.
Inducements offered to settlers was
yet another cause. And, finally, the
laws are more certainly administered
In that country than in u own.
This latter fact is what has eliminat.
ed the desire of annexation.
But after five years more Canada
will not grow 80 fast. There are
billiards up there, long winters and
too short summers. And men grow
weary of such surroundings after
awhile. The great Republic will not,
on account of Canada. 90 into eclipse
for a good while yet.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
ORDINANCE NO. 22--A.
An Ordinance vacating Parts of
First and Front Streets, Fort Ben
ton.

Be it ordained by the city council
of the city of Fort Benton:
Section l. That, pursuant to Ordi-
nance No. q A, setting apart and
dedicating the property In said Ordt-
nance No. q A described, all the fol.
lowing described parts of streets Of
Fort Benton be, and they hereby are.
vacated, to.wit: All that part Of
Front street between the southerly line
of blocks B and c and the Missouri
river, to-wit: beginning at the easterly
corner of said block B, and thence
westerly five hundred (500) feet. All
that part of First street between the
southerly line OF Main street and the
Missouri river along the westerly line
Of said block B and the easterly line
of said block c.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be
In full force and effect from and after
its passag and approval.
Passed and approved this lst day o.
June, 1905.
F. Z. STRANAHAN, Mayor.
Attest:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
High Price For Chickens.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Junei2.-Judge
S. II. Artman, of Lebanon, has ren.
dered a decision in favor OF G. S.
Byers, of Hazelrigg, Ind, against the
Adams Express company for $1,000
for the death of seven black Orpington
chickens that were killed during ship
ment to the Jane stown exposition
last year. Experts testified that the
chickens we're worth g, 500, but Judge
Artman thought $1,000 sufficient tc
cover the loss.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
OUR NORTHERN NEIGHBoRs.

In July Of this year our northern
neighbors are going to have q great
celebration OF the three hundredth an.
niversary of the founding of the first
fort built in Canada. II IL said this
is not intended as a vainglorious
hoorah so much rs to celebrate the
real birth of the Canadian nation, for
in the last decade Canada has expand.
ed 80 rapidly that our northern neigh
bors begin to think that the world has
changed q little on its axis and that
its real center is now only q little
south of Hudson's Bay. That is, they
are looking forward o to . growth
in the next forty years exceeding that
of the United States during the past
forty years.
They claim almost unlimited areas
Of wheat lands, no Limitation on the ir
timber lands, great beds OF asphaltum,
the shortest routes on the worlds
circle, and a swiftly increasing popu.
lation which is setting in in increased
volume and constantly acceler ating
momentum. And we suspect that Is
all true, says Goodwin's Weekly. A
hundred thousand Americans have
gone there in the past seven years,
and it is believed they carried $500,
OOO, 900 with them. Tremendous in
vestments have also been made BY
New York capitalists in the railroad
and timber lands Of Canada.
1t is said that whatever the ole
sentiment for annexation to the Unit
ed States was, it has all passed away
and one writer ascribes this change tt
the American tariff. OF course Their
ia no sense in that, for Canada ha
quite as selfish q tariff as is tn:
Dingley tariff. A man when strug
Cling to develop a mine will give tn
control to anyone who will do tn
needed work, but II he finds q bonanz
he ia not at all anxious for q partner
The causes Of Canada's recer
advance are four.fold. The Canada
Pacific railroad was intended as
military road with the expectatio
that it could only be run through a
annual subsidy. But it paid. An
further north a shorter route over a
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10

BUTTE, June 3.-Presiding in pc.
lice court today Justice Grice dis
missed q case against q foreman on
the St. Paul railroad grade named
Worth, for carrying a revolver.
Judge Grice held that since there are
so many desperate characters lurking
in the vicinity, those whose business
requires them to go outside of police
protection should be permitted TO arm
themselves.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
IMPROVE THE WATERWAYS.

In view of the importance of inland
waterways for transportation pur.
poses, the Helena Independent sug-
gests that their improvement be urged
in the platforms of the several politi.
cal parties. In q recent editorial re.
lating to this subject, the Independent
says:
Montana's slogan In the campaign
for q deeper channel for the upper
Missouri river, has been taken up in
old Missouri, and the democrats of
that state, in convention at Jefferson
City, adopted q resolution, which has
been inserted in the state platform,
advocating the permanent improve.
ment of the Missouri and Mississippi
rivers to provide for navigation from
Fort Benton to the Gulf of Mexico.
The active part which Helena has
taken in advocating better waterways
also led the Missouri democrats to
opened to Helena, probably not TAX.
ing into considers alton the fact that
Fort Benton Is the head Of navigation.
Helena appreciates the fact, however,
that the city has made sufficient noise
to be heard away down in Missouri.
Helena. however, will be satisfied II
the Missouri IL improved to such an
extent as to allow boats to again run
as far up as Fort Benton. The clause
in the Missouri platform referring to
the improvement of the Missouri river
reads:
"The permanent improvement of the
Missouri river, the most important
part Of which is entirely within the
bounds of the state Of Missouri, and
of the upper Missouri river, must be
assumed by the government at this
time, SO that freight lines OF towboats
and steel barges may run safely on
these rivers, not only from St. Paul
down, but from Fort Benton and Hell
ena through St. Joseph and Kansas
City"
1t would be an excellent idea for the
democr attic state convention at Boze-
nan to adopt similar resolutions fav-
orable to improved waterways. The
St. Louis platform of the national
convention in 1904 declared: 1--WE
favor liberal appropriations for the
care and improvement of the water
ways of the country. When any water.
way like the Mississippi river is Of
sufficient Importance to demand spe-
cial aid of the government, such aid
should be extended with a definite
plan of continuous work until per-
manent impro\ ement Is secured
The Independent has called atten-
ton to the fact hal the states of llli-
nois and Mississippi have already
taken Legislative action In aid of the
lakes-to-the-gulf waterway, and the
governor of Louisiana has just sent u
special message to the Legislature of
that state for the same purpose. The
democrats of Montana should recon.
mend to the legislature which meets
mex winter, the consideration of the
subject Of state participation in i'm
provement Of waterways which con.
Germ the people of Montana.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
Fortune Awaits Widow.

RENO, New, June 2.-The friends
OF the late Joe Simpson who was
lynched by being hanged to u tele.
graph pole at Skidoo for shooting q
saloon man of that place. are now try
ing to find his wife. 1t is stated tina,
he left over S25, 600, and that his wife
will receive the entire estate if she
will apply for it.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10

JOHN +. MURPHY, Clerk.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10

This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security.
prompt and careful attention, and the
most liberal treatment 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.
, 1908-05-13
STATE PRESS
Are We Live Anes?-

Are We Live lnes?-
We all like to believe that we are q
bunch of live ones. But are We? A
little comparison with other good
towns will not hurt any and may do
some good. Take, for instance, Eu-
gene, oregon. A few weeks ago a Lam
der business man wrote 10 the secre-
tary of the commercial club at Eugene
asking about the country. He has had
something from that secretary in al
most every mail since. The amount
of good boosting literature they put
out Is wonderful. In a personal letter
to the inquirer, John Hartog, the sec
rotary, said that he had 1000 just such
inquiries and tnat he proposed to keep
right after them until they located
somewhere. He stated that their town
had grown from a village to a city of
10000 people in four or Ave years and
that a fund of $12, 900 had been raised
to double it again. A wealthy citizen
there has just given thirty-two acres
of land adjoining tho city for . park.
Which one of our citizens has ever
given a foot of land for such purposes?
When have We ever had a line of read
ing matter to send out? Can we ex-
, 1908-05-13
RIGHT AND LEFT HANDEpNEss
Matter Of Physical Structure, Accord
ing to an Authority.

George NJ. Gould of Philadelphia.
says that mentality preceded and
created structure. 1t has been shown
that the mechanisms that give the
mar external validity, speech and
writing, are one-sided. This one-sided
differentiation is progressive through.
out life. Right-handedness is partially
a matter of right-sightedness. In 81
per cent. of children the right eye is
the better-seeing eye. If n is right
handed the centers for writing and
speech must be on the left side and the
visual centers on the same side.
Pathology follows any attempt to in
terfere with right or left-handedness.
persons who demand right
handedness of the ~left-handed child
make him morbid and maladroit. The
author gives several very interesting
cases OF the lifelong Gripping of the
faculties and mechanism of writing
resulting from attempts to make a left
handed person learn to use the wrong
side OF his brain for writing.-Medical
Record.