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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-03
OLD TIMERS FIGHT FATALLY.

George Mccaila Shoots Either in the
Back.
Vancouver, B. G.. Dec. s1.-A spe.
cial to the Province from Vernon. B.
G., says: Joseph Either will proba.
h1y die from the effects Of q gunshot
wound in his back inflicted by Geo.
McCalla, who Is now under arrest.
"Thf me are old timers and came
IN from their ranches, going to the
Victoria hotel bar. Either was abus.
I've. McCalla fred q shot to scare
the offensive man, the bullet going
through the ceiling. Either ran for
the door with McCaila In pursuit and
McCalla's second bullet penetrated
Ethier's back"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-03
DEMURRER is ovERRuLED.

On Indictment Against New York
Central.
New York, Dec. 31.-Judge Hough
again refused to sustain q demurrer
against an indictment charging the
New York Central & Hudson River
Railroad company with granting re.
bates to the American Sugar Refining
company. interposed for argument by
counsel for the railroad company to.
dny.
The corporation has already been
heavily fined.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-03
SPEAKER FOR VICE GOVERNOR

Filipino Legislature Would Name
Successor TO Smith.
Manila, Dec. 31.-A bill has been
introduced in the assembly to make
the speaker Of that body vice COVER
nor Of the islands.
The matter has been agitated here
for several weeks past. The ONCE Of
vice governor has been vacant, since
the promotion of General Smith to be
governor general. The Filipino mem
bers : generally in favor Of the
measure.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-03

New York. Dec. M.-Bishop Ed
ward G. Andrews of the Methodist
Episcopal church died. at his home
in Brooklyn at 5 o'clock this morning.
Death had been expected since yester-
day. when the physicians In charge
gave up all hope.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-03
TAFT TO SPEAK IN GOTHAM.

Under the Auspices Of the Peoples
Institute. zN
New York, Dec. 31.-Secretary Will
ham H. Taft will speak In Cooper
Union hall under the auspices OF the
Peoples Institute, in the near future.
Arrangements have been made, pro.
visionally. for an address by Mr.
Taft on the evening Of January 10,
although the date may be changed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-03
i ARTIsT DEAD.

Paris, Dec. 31.-Charles Hermann.
Leon, the noted animal and scene
painter. died here today. He was
torn in Havre July 90, 1888.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-03
PROF. THOMAS DAY DEAD.

New Haven. Conn. Dec. s1.-Pro-
lessor Thomas Day, professor Of
Greek in Yale university, died today
after a short illness Of pneumonia.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-03
BISHOP ANDREWS E A

Calling cards at The Gazette once.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-11-16

ltott, in Ser 8ei6liiiie aneenommelt
muroenx oie Iib gegen irgenolpelhe
llnterbredul1g Ser &ro5eile gegeu Die
y@rafter erflaren.
Nus geep 0orf nleloet lnaa:
@a6oem Die @rano-Surp int Saltfe
Der 8ohe alle slllflaeen megen Spi.
rituolenperfaufs an Sonntaee ie.
noriert, uno oie getit=sssilrp fiir5=
Iib Gbas 8. 8unaofpb, oell tll-
geblihen Stepart bes Milliollars=
Clubs, Der i'm lesteu Sriibiabr
altsgeboben lpuroe, freigeIpro9ell
batte, lit Ser 6l11 Der Srodenbeit
Don Der aonigin Der Seeltaote on
Der atlatltilden &iiite geipiden, ltne
Die fpabrelto Der saiion bermetii.b
berl6loilenen Seitelltiiren Der @irt=
if)aften merben ii6 ipieoer oltf Sen
leidteiten 8ruf offneil.
Cine Stuloe na1 8eenotglt1g
Der abenoporiteaung mrroe 6elier
I'M 4arf-5beoter III grooflpn e1t=
oedt. Weebrere Mitelieoer Ser Spoo=
ner Stod Co., Die in oielern S9eu=
ter auftreten befonoen ii6 nod in
ibren Nnfleibe5in1n1ern, perrno6tcn
ii6 aber gu retten. Sbihon oie
6euerpebr raid 5ur StelIe ipar,
bronrte oos @ebauoe oo6 total ab,
moonrh Elm Sdaben BON 1926, 900
angerihtet puroe. Gin Seuerpebr-
mann ipuroe leibt perlest. 3os
8ebdu6e NOR i'm Sabre 1856 er-
ri6tet moroen uno bie11te felt bent
Sabre 1868 als Sbeoter. @s mar
oas altelte 9beater IN 8rooflpn.
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@ieturia 9ioii ion, g. $. G. g. q.

Nntunft-
300. 8o2-euero, @ictoria. 7::ao na6m
4bfabrt-
20. 3o1-gnero, gictoria, $50 porm
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Stras. a

Die Sa1ta Sc 8obn ipia ibre
@erfitatten IN 9lmarillo, oie firslih
abgebronnt iino, in groBartigereln
WfaBitab fpieoer aufbauen.
timer giienbabnfonlnliiiion bat
ibren 8ro5eB gegen bie Bulln1an @e=
ieai6oft, bel oen1 es iid Inn cine BON
ibr angeorOnete @erlllteriesung Ser
5abrpreiie in ben Gulllnm @agen
9anoelte, obern1ols perloren. 9lud)
oas 8u1oes 9lppeaationsgeridt III
9eew Orleans bat gegen fie enti6ie-
Den, Sic miro icbeHfaifs ail 0a5
0ber 8uloeseeridt appellieren.
5urdtbare 2eioen bat cine aus
oen Serren S. Copeland, 8. Curtis
Sreen uno S. &C. Soro, loipie ben 3a-
men, 5ran @reen ullb Srall sSoro,
Jeitebenoe @eieGidaft ousgeftanoel,
Die am 0epntag in Gopelano's fleillef
Saiolin-2aurb BON Corpus Gbriitl
aus einen 9lusflug na6te. ga Die
See 5ienllid bod gina lqnoetc Die
8eieaibaft BEL Sour 8luffs nfo blieb
bort ben gall5en 8ief1itag. Sci Ser
fiiffobrt am Weitttpod) tpuroen lie.
bon Wino uno @eller umbergetric=
ben uno benliibten iib lpabrel1o oes
Cages uno Der 4aht pergebens 2ano
5lt erreiden. 9onneritog morgen per-
lagte Die Weaihine itno Die Gage ipur-
De jebt fritiid). SsSn Der sserne io6
nan einen 2anoitreifen nno Copeland
uno Green beidloiien, ben 8eriu6 5u
MAIDEN, i'm 5u errei6en Sic
I6namrnen uno poteten ouf i'm III,
erreihten i'm aud, entoedten bonn
aber, bob es fein Seitlano, ioncern
y0eob Wtan's ssssfano" lei. Cops
lono mar bon oen @eg our6 oas
falte @aiier 5u erifopft unb blieb
auf Der Sniel, Green aber febrte
nod Der 2aund 5uriif, Inn Die an-
Bern 81 bolen. slls er nit if.
zen 5uriiffebrte, iab er gu ieinenl
sntiesen, oaB Copeland geltorbe..
ei. @r mar oen iibergroBen 9ln-
trengungen erlegen. Die S6iff-
)riidigen blieben nit Dem Soten
5is gum Samltag morgen auf oes
Sriel, oann crit mltroen iie Don
5iidern etltoedt 9ieie bro6ten oie
&linoe nad Corpus Gbriiti mo c.
lpuroen iofort elm 9ampfer binec-
Idift, Der tie aus ibrer fl,r6tboren
Gage befreite. Copeland mar erIt 26
Sabre alt.
ltnier Staat bat Die Guarall-
tdne gegen Die merifaniiden @Gfen
aufgebober.
@m s. 9e3enber finoet in
SaloiDea Goulltp eine 2ocol Sp.
tion=slbitinm1ng itott.
aaltes 8etter bot leit 9on-
neritog i'm gall8en Stoate geberri6t.
Sn pielen @eeenben 6ot es qefrorell
un0 bort, mo es nidt regular geiro-
rem bot, fat es meligitens ge-
reift. Die enpfinoli6eren 8flan8en
baben alle inter Dem falten @etter
gelitten.
glus gtcm Sutberlano Sprinqs
miro eenteloet, oaB Die 9(rbeiten
fiir ein erobes Sotel, oas fiinf5;o
3immer entbolten ioa, bort begon,
nen bdtten.
Sn ser 9tG6e bon 8ictoric
iinb 5pei merifanii6e Arbeiter, oil
allf Dem @loB bon @biuin Sornor
2alto geflart botten, erfroren.
Sn 9iice, umpeit @nnis, MIR.
oe Der 5luolfidbriee 9oof Glarf Dor
Ieinen alteren 8rlloer oltrdl 3E
faa eridolien.
= Sonntag lnorgen gegen 2 ltbl
| fano IN 9allos cine S6ieBerei ilpi
iden Holi8iiten mo 9tegern itatt
bel Der Die &oli5ilten Settle @rig6t
uno gs. 9. 6raSier bertpunbet unl
Elm 9eeger eridoiien ipuroe. @ae1rert
gteger nuroen berhaftet.
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seit filnfschn Ssa1ren

habe itb Die @irfungen bon guf-
(en's 9(rriea Salbe perfolgt nno lie
6at iid in Sallen BON Sdnitt- unb
srono-@unoen ullo &rebs ltets be-
mdbrt uno uns mon6e 9oftorredl-
1ltng eriport, ioet 81. S. Sorop. poll
@olt 8ilton, See. % Gts. BEL 9loolpb
8reiS uno 81. gobn & 60.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-11-16

Die portugieiiihe aoIouie Wto-
Gao, an Der aiiite BON China gele0ei,
IoQ BON Aineiii6en 8ruppen in 8e-
Iib oenolnlnen poroen iein. 9ie Git'
aeborenen meigern iid, wie Die 9epc-
iden meloen, BEN portugieitiden 9e-
BORDEN lduger 81 geborden.
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M. 6. & s. ga6,.
Nad) Der @abi.

Wuu1 ueC XSoUt.
@prbei bic @abl! ttnb sleifbpiel tuie
Oas TDlf fid] bat entid]ieben,
Gs lit Dnriiber nun mnb bic
Garteien MAIDEN Sriebeu.
Der Sanbibat, ben man ertuI6lt,
Der fiiblt iid) tppbl sebDrgen,
Den tlnterlegeneu a6er anGlt,
gprerft pielleidjt mod Sprgen.
Spf balb pergift er bieie aud,
Gs gebt ia nidJt ans MefIer
!tnb er bcnft banm, mad alten1 8ramfil
ySas nad]ite Wsal gebts beHer.
llnb mo- man Ieftts b'rauf sepudt,
2Sie balb tit bas pergeifen!
81 beie, iuie man bic Snppc fpft
gStrb iie nidlt ansgegeiiem.
ttuh mid ben 3eitnngslcier freut
SO, bek bic 13eit DDritber,
Weil er bas @a1lgeihinpfe idJent,
0pd] metit iflng ct es iiber.
Su fontntt benn alles tpieber Nun
Sn bic geiuDbnten gillette,
Gin Seber ridtet iid) fein Gun
Sin md Der alten gSeiie.
ttnb ,penn nns ettuas nif)t gefalIt
I'm ben ttphernen SadDen,
Dean fam nidjt Sebem In ber gSelt
gs INNER ridltig maiden.
0ir ,uplien nidjt nit b6fetn Slut
Die 2anne unS perberben,
tlns lieber ,pieber friiflen Nint
Seim 2pne Star Ster eriuerbea.
tlnb Alles itrablt i'm 6oienidein,
Die Sprge mne neriinfen,
Wenn mir i'm fr5blihen 8eretn
9as CUTE 2pne g tar trtnfen.
S'rnm neg NIT 0rillen, iagen mir
| ttnb anb'ren fanlen Sad)en,
| 0ir iupllen BET bem Gone StarSte
@emhtlid iein nub laden!
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q & 0uunino6om. taoa mc, .cor,

q. $. Gnunimsbam, 1903 @eit.6 .6pm.
meree StraFe. Ser btligite Rlab filr
9ebrauhte Waobel, 8lliammenIegbore Get
fen. Sefen. Gange5 etc. gSir babeu ein
9roBes Eager bon &od)s nn6 SeissCes
fen, Die mir ausperfoufen m0Gten unh
Die mir gum Rreile BON $3.50 bis $40
offerierer 0ianges bon $40 ouflpdrE9.
Spredt BEL uns bor GtroBeuba6ueu pni
Steren bor benz Store
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@eInd)t. Gin dltIider @utn nit
etluoS @ernlogen iudt ltnterfunit
ais @eIeuidafter bel elmer alteren
Game ooer 8itttpe. gu erfrogen in
Ser Office oieier 3eitung.
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- @ute 8etrGnfe uno fon1oier
2ln6 itets in 9nr9itallcr's Saloon
nno Teitanrant, &iQito StroBe nebel
ser Sol1e Der SernomlSiobne.
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$. e 6. q. ga6n.
g. 81. G q. g. gabn.

Anfl1nTf-
go. t-Souiton Ii. 5. &iilte 1920 nodlm
9eo. 3-5oltfton II. s. &iiite 700 nornl
70. 54-@on &errbille g.. $50 porln
go. 52-&errbille. Sonntoe 500 1ndi1
9eo. 88-Nab &errbille ZOO ra1nt
Nbfobrt-
yao. 2-Souiton Ii. 8. aiiite $50 porn
9eo. 4-9ouiton IT, 3. &iifte 900 nodnr
gfo. 53-Ga6 &errbille .4::3O nactnt
9io. 51-&errbille, 9ontltag $50 pornr
gto. S7-3a6 &errbille .7:05 BORN
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g., $, & g. u. (Sanpt.2inie).

s., 5. & 8. q. (6onpt-2inie).
Nnflnft--
9ao. 9-8om Often. ..... 1886 norln
Jfo. 7-8om Often 600 rad6.n
SEQ. 10-gl 8afo Ii. 8eften 500 nadnr
Ibfabrt-
DO. 9-g1 Haio II. @eften 900 porm
20. 10-Na6 benz Often. 10:30 nahn,
yfo. S-gead benz Often. 40 BORN
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-23
SNOWFALL Showers.

More than n explorer in cold cli-
mates has noted the curious phenome-
non Of a SNOWFALL shower" The balls.
it is true. are not very big, the aver
age being about the size Of a hens
egg, but they are true snowballs for
all that-compressed globes Of snow,
not little Jumps Of ice or hail. A fall
Of the kind occurred in north London
in March, 1859. and at the time it was
observed that the balls seemed five
times as dense and compressed a. ordi-
nary snow and in no way to be told
from the usual handmade missiles.
They had fallen during the night and
were strewn many layers thick over
a very large area. No cause-except q
doubtful electrical ne-ca be as
cribed for the strange phenomenon.
and mountaineers are apt to discredit
the stories Of SNOWFALL showers told
them by the old guides till suddenly In
the midst Of an ordinary storm they
find themselves assailed US though by
myriads Of mischievous schoolboys.-
London Standard.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-23
Concert and Dance New Years Eve

Residents of this vicinity will be
offered q double treat New Years
eve, a concert by the Schubert Sym
phony Club and a grand ball at the
close of the concert having been ar
ranged by the Ladies' Improvement
society. There will undoubtedly be a
lagre attendance at each of the enter.
tainments.
The Schubert Symphony Club has
appeared in this city on former oc.
casions, and will be remembered as
an exec ptional!y good musical organ.
ization. In speaking of its concert in
that city, the San Francisco Call
says:
The entertainment by the Schubert
Symphony Club and Lady Quartette
at the Y. M. c. A. last night was
most enjoyable aft air and the audi.
ence testified their appreciation of the
good things ia the program by fire..
quent demands for a repetition.
Special attention is given TO their
encores by the Schuberts, and al.
though their program is an extensive
one, it rarely represents one-half Of
the work performed by this favorite
company each evening.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-23

H C%ONTENTED.
BY DUNCAN N. SMITH

When crops are good and prices high
The man with wheat to sell
Cannot believe that times are hard
And all things are not we'll.
For him the outlook is 10 fair.
So rosy Is the hue.
He cannot see why all the world
Can't take his point of view.
The man who has Il pleasant Job
That pays him ready cash
Cannot believe the world Is just
About to go to smash
Or that the times are out of joint
Since he Is in the swim.
There ma be rumblings underground
But things look good to him.
The chap with money in the bank
And rents that ON to hand
An cutlery of calamity
Can hardly understand.
Since he can meet the grocer man
With an u%nflinching eye.
He cannot see how any one
On dollars a be shy.
And so it is. If fortune has
Been OF a friendly turn,
He cannot see why every one
Has not some change to burn.
The world looks good to him indeed.
As melons ripe on ice.
And everything is quite o. K
If he has got the price.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-23
THEY DISCOVERED GOLD.
Veteran Prospector Relates Story Of
First Mining In Montana.

The recent death Of Rosin Anderson,
of Fort Maginnis, n OF the earliest
pioneers Of Montana and q who
took part in some of the mining
stampedes of the early sixties, recalls
the story of the first important gold
discovery in Montana. The story Is
told by Henry Edgar, of Plains, who
washed out the first pan of dirt and
found the first gold that came out OF
the famous placer mines OF Alder
Gulch. William F~airweather was at
the head of the party and he and Mr..
Edgar were together when Edgar
washed out the first pan.
1--WE we're going to Bannack' said
Mr.. Edgar. "We had been down near
Billings, but the Indians were so bad
we turned back. That day Fair
weather and l were camp keepers.
The others boys had gone out to pros
pect aud we stayed q. camp to take
care OF the animals and our traps.
Fairweather said: There's a bare
rock sticking out across the creek:
let's go and prospect it, The first
pan l washed there was 1888 in 1t.
Fairweather picked up a nugget in the
gulch that was worth $3.50. We got
81 and something in fear pans. The
next day We got $3.50 in a days
work."
That was the beginning Of the great
gold camp that was soon teeming with
thousands of people and from whose
diggiugs $3.50, 600, O0Oin gold was taken.
The spot where Edgar opened the
treasure box was about half q mile
above Virginia City, where the toll
gate was afterw ards located. He and
his companions took up claims in va
rious spots in the gulch and worked
them and kept them in possession for
varying periods. Mr.. Edgar sold out
in about q year.
"We thought we had the cream"
said he. "But We didn't have the
skim milk. Well, the principal reason
I quit was I couldn't stand the whisky
One week l took some gold
and went around the saloons of the
gulch to pay the boys whisky bill.
What do you suppose it took to pay
the whisky bill for one week? One
hundred ounces of gold, and gold
worth S18 an ounce"
Eighteen hundred dollars to pay
one weeks whisky bill! The pioneer
miners of the west we're wildly extrava
giant with money. In early days q
Virginia City gold was almost a:
plentiful as water with many of tht
. lucky miners. Also mining was no
, the only industry that 1ourished
i. Selling whisky apparently com
, manded larger profits and other mer
camille pursuits enriched their follow
ers as certainly and as rapidly a
+ gold mining.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-23

ton by Thomas Lacey and A. Lincoln.
The latter case, it is understood, will
be transferred to the federal court.
Leave your orders for holiday ice
cream at Minar's.
Commencing tomorrow hot choco.
late and ice cream will be served at
Minar's.
Mrs. c. I. Hoover left today for Oh.
erlin, Ohio, to spend the holidays with
her family.
Daniel Shea, who was recently given
q life sentence for murder, was taken
to Deer Lodge today by Sheriff Nc.
Donald.
Ira Barnes was received at the
county Jail tod az to serve thirty days
for peddling without q license. He
was sentenced by Justice John c. Duff,
of Chinook.
The CHASE STORE has everything
that the market will afford in fresh
fruits and vegetables for the Christ.
mas table. Place your orders early
that we may fill them to your salts.
faction.
Ed. Armstrong, a fugitive from Yell
lowstone county, where he is wanted
or q charge OF horse stealing. was
arrested near Malta q few days ago
and has been taken to Billings.
Advices from Butte report that the
trial of Paddy Rodgers, q former
resident of Zortman. on q charge OF
robbery, resulted in the conviction OF
the defendan mt The maximum penalty
is twenty years.
At the recent meeting Of the county
commissioners, an order was made
that applications for retail liquo,
licenses be granted to H. Norden, Of
W arrick; w. F. Wimberley. of Fort
man; and }. NJ. Rantschler, of bod
son.
1t is stated that the alfalfa seed crol
in the vicinity of Chinook the pas
season was about 1000 bushels, hav
ing a cash value Of some S45, 600. Th.
ranchers have discovered that alfalfs
seed is an uncertain crop, and, taking
one year with another, it is more pro
fitable to cut the forage for hay ane
feed it to livestock.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-23
A Patient judge.

A western judge. sitting In cham
bers. seeing from the piles Of papers
in the lawyers hands that the first
case was likely to be hotly contested.
asked. what Is the amount in ques-
tion?" 1.-TWO dollars" said the plain
tits counsel. ''rll pay it." said the
Judge, handing over the money. "Call
the next case"
He had not the patience Of Sir VIII
liam Grant, who, after listening tor
two days to the arguments Of counsel
as to the construction Of a certain
act, quietly observed when they had
done, 'That act has been repealed
-Argonaut.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-23
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Gu,
Northern Montana Exchanges.

Malta Enterprise: The board of
county commissioners while in session
bought u farm Ave miles west of
Glasgow, to be used for a poor farm
for Valley county. Consideration
81, 900.
Conrad Observer: The wheat mar
ket in Conrad took q drop from SO to
81 cents a bushel last Saturday. It
will 20 up again. 1t is a scheme Of
the wheat buyers just 70 scare US into
selling.
Glasgow Review: T.. G.. Water
house, more Familiarity known as
''Tomato Can Bill, committed suicide
in this city last Sunday by taking an
over dose of morphine. The verdict
of the %coroner's jury was in accord.
ance with this view. The deceased
was about so years of age, and had
worked the most of his life in the
west as aoowboy aud herder.
Conrad Observer: A number Of
filings on the high bench lands east
Of town have recently been made. A
talk this week with a man who fled
about five miles east said it was the
richest soil be ever saw and that it
could be used as a fertilizer. This
man said he only wondered how such
good land had not been taken up
long Ago..
Lcwistown Argus: The total out
put ia gold from the mines at Kendall
and Silt Edge this year will be in
excess of 5000, 900, and this will. in all
probability be more than doubled
next year. Kendall has enjoyed a
very prosperous year, more men hav-
ing beon employed at the big camp
than before, and the population has
shown considerable growth, the mum
of inhabitants now being conserva.
lively placed at around 1000.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-23
DIPLOMATIC.

In one Of the progressive western
states where the ONE go to the polls
along with their brothers and deposit
their ballot for the candidate they like
best an orator was addressing an audi
nee in which the fair sex predomi-
mated.
II see before me-" he said, $50 many
who will cast their ballot for the first
time
He got their votes.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-23
In Doubt.

"That's a curious looking mule
you're driving" remarked the man
who was whiting a pine stick.
"Yassir," answered Erastus Pinkley.
"FIe is kind O. GURUS"
"What win you take for him?"
"What'll l take fob him? Say, boss
is you referrin' to dat mule rs a piece
O. property or an affection ?"-Wash
1ngton Star.
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up Against q Hard One.

The great deliver into the secrets Of
nature who had accumulated a fortune
and retired from active business in or
der to be able to give his whole time
to study and experiments was observ-
ed to be cogitating profoundly.
'"What are you giving your mind to
now?" inquired one Of his laboratory
assistants.
II am merely wondering" he an.
swered. "what becomes of all the
corks. "-Chicago Tribune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-23
Funds For the Schools.

An apportionment Of money in the
general school fund has been made by
Miss Blackstone, county school gu
p~erintendent, the total amour dis.
tributed being SAG, $40. so. The amount
apportioned to each district in Chou
teau county is determined by the mum.
Der Of children enumerated in the
school census, the list being as fol-
lnwa.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-23

TROY, Mont, Dec. ls.-Mistaking
his brother for a deer, Leland B.
Taylor yesterday shot r. A. Taylor,
a we'll known rancher residing near
here. Leland Taylor did not discover
the fact that he had wounded his
brother until four hours later, when
the latter vas found dying on the
ground, and expired before the near
est ranch house could be reached.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-23
Joking.

"Oh, say. can't you take a joker
asked the smart young man as the fell
low whose ear he was tickling scowled.
"Oh. yes, l can take a joke all right
and shove it right along" returned the
scowling young man as he reached for
smarty's chin with his right.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-23
/" Prints All the News.'

II any reader of the RIVER PRESS
considers it worthy OF recommendation
to friends, the favor will be very high.
ly appreciated by its publishers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-23
The Other Nav.

80 you refuse me admittance." com.
planned the newly arrived spirit to St.
Peter. "You turn me off into the cold"
"No," replied the old saint. into the
hot."-Boston Transcript.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-23
A SUSPICION.

She-How is it your sister did not
sing tonight? He-Oh. the doctor has
forbidden her. He says she must not
sing for six months. She-Does he
live near her?
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-23
True to Her Training.

"Where was the new star discover.
ed?" asked one dramatic critic Of an
other.
"In n laundry" was the reply.
"Ah, we'll. she can't forget her old
calling. She's mangling the part"