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The Springdale news., 1909-01-30
Rei9bborbood Hews.
JOHNSON.

OOAhtNSOANs
 Jan. 26.-Local folks are con- sulting allnanacs and making all sorts of prognostications about the weather and the prospects of "a big apple crop if the winter is favorable
 Full many coin oftinkling sound sublime, The apple orchards of the 0zarks bring, If winter departs al the appointed time, And fingers not i'll the lap of spring. C. W. Austin and family have arrived from lines, Kansas, and are now located at their new home on the B. C. Hayes farm for which Mir. Austin exchanged Kansas property.
 F. $. Vale and c. N. Hoxie, of Waterloo, Iowa, were guests oi C. $. Waves last Sunday. These gentlemen are prominent con- mission men and are interested in the prospects for big fruit and berry crop down in this sec ton of country.
 Robert Lane and wife arrived here Saturday from the vicinity of Joplin, Mo, where they have been residing for several months. They will probably locate near Johnson.
 The "mass meeting of local fruit and berry growers was tol- erably well attended Saturday evening and quite gabfest was made about prospective canning factory and other embryo ideas
 The saddest words.
 Of tongue pen,
 Are not the words.
 It might have been.
 For all around Us
 We can see
 The things that are
 That should ought to be. -
 No use for me
 To try to tell
 The local folks
 They all know well;
 And if they'd think.
 They'd all agree
 That the saddest words
 Are should ought to be- Aunt Mary Pearson spent ses- eral days of last week with friends and relatives at Spring dale.
 Rev. Brown conducted his reg ular services at Shady Grove Sat- urday and Sunday. He is at Shady Grove every fourth Sum- day while Rev. Rice meets with the New Hope church on the first Sunday of each month, which is also the regular appointment for Bro. Taylor, of Fayetteville, who Is pastor of the local NJ. E. Church.
 Two cars of crate material are being unloaded by the Fruitnen's Union, and Big John Luper will get busy making crates in few days.
 The local A. H. T. A. Sub- Order was represented in the quarterly meeting of the Wash ington County A. H. T. A, at Fayetteville, Saturday, by dele
The Springdale news., 1909-01-30

poultry has caused a big thinning out of ''striking" hens whose failure to lay while eggs were high was the signal for trip to the buyers coops.
 MULKEEPMO.
The Springdale news., 1909-01-30
x. c. DswITT & CO.,. Chicago. HI.
 n. A. DAILY.

 were so irregular in action as to annoy MT. Grisham greatly. Doan's Kidney Pills were brought to his attention. He procured a box at II. A. Daily's drug store and after taking the contents found himself free from the trou- ble. He can now rest we'll at night and Is in better health gen. orally. l most heartily advise the use of Doan's Kidney Pills in cases of this k1nd.'
 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Go. :, Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name-Doan's- and take no other.
The Springdale news., 1909-01-30
Lich|y yter News Co.
 N. D. LICHLfTER, Manager

AS We are entering upon new year We desire to call the attention of the public of the various lines handled by and hope to interest you in visit ing store. We have nice library of up-to-date copyright books, and adding constant ly. We handle a number of the leading daily papers, delivering at your home If desired, and If you want daily paper and we don't have will get it for you. In magazines carry regu- larly than sixtyfve different ones, and would like to make 1t a hundred. We also take subscrp. tons for any newspaper or magazine published, and will give you low clubbing you get anywhere. Also have nice line of Novelties Books, Cigars and Candies and the most complete line of Post Cards to be found in the State Always pre- pared to do tinsel work Post Cards
 Trusting that conducting business that will merit your patronage, and thanking one and all for the business given Ill the past and hoping to meet you oftener during the present year, Yours truly,
 LlCHLYTER NEWS co. Next door to Postoffice
The Springdale news., 1909-01-30

When Lot went away and left his wife his ribald companions doubtless referred to him jocular- ly as salt shaker.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
Taft Boat Stuck In Mud.

Los ANGELES, Oct. 11.-President
Taft arrived in the hospitable flower
land of southern Californiato day and
received an enthusiastic greeting. He
visited first the deep water and inner
harbors OF San Pedro, below the city,
and had a sail of an hour and a half
inside the big government break
water.
Much to the chagrin of the govern.
ment engineer in charge of the inner
harbor work, the presidents launch
struck a mud bank in the uncompleted
section and stuck fast for a minute or
two. During this time Mr.. Taft and
the Others had to change their posi-.
tions from the stern to the bow of the
launch. The delay was only momen.
tary and when the presidents boat
headed for the outer harbor a flotill a
of accompanying craft fell into its
wake.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
A Pepper Duel.

A certain literary ana diplomatic
friend Of r. once took part in a pep
per duel at a foreign restaurant. He
was provoked to the contention by the
quantity Of stimulating condiment
that a stranger across the table in
obliged in. The stranger sprinkled an
unconscionable quantity OF red pepper
upon his food and proceeded to devour
it, to the wonder and admiration of
onlookers. Thereupon with studied
nonchalance the American swallowed
an immense piece of chilli pepper. Then
the stranger added more red pepper,
then the American another larger
slice, covered with cayenne. and so on,
till it seemed as if both would ex.
plode, while the other diners looked
on aghast, the American finally win.
ming out with a prodigious dose defy.
ing all notwithstanding
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
A Big Reclamation Scheme.

. The largest of all the schemes of
reclamation contemplated by the gov.
eminent has recently been undertaken
by the engineers in the Sacramento
valley. It's ultimate object is to con.
troll the flow from a watershed of over
1000 square miles, and to improve the
two great rivers of California. When
the task is completed, over soc, 600
acres of rich land, which at present ia
dry and sun.baked during eight
months of the year, will have been
brought under irrigation, and large
areas of bottom land, which at pres.
ent are subject to annual overflow and
great destruction by the floods, will
have been reclaimed. Furthermore,
the works in olved in this reclamation
will involve the control OF s~uficien,
water power to provide electric ligh,
and power over the greater par,
of the Sacramento valley, which ex'
tends for $50 miles. from Noun
Shasta to San Francisco bay, and q
its widest part reaches about lO(
miles from mountain range to noun
tain range.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
BaIlinger Fighting Momopoly

~'o's"'6 "sVA"OpOtys
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 1~l.-Secretary
of the Interior Richard A. Ballinger,
who left here yesterday to inyestig ate
the Sierra water supply, gave u a
typewriter statement reiterating his
views on the reclamation service. He
said, in parts
"The disposition of the phosphate
lands of the Rocky mountain states
presents emergencies calling for leg.
islation. Ali known areas of phos.
plate lands in the public domain are
now under temporary reservation
aw aiting congressional action.
"Common prudence demands that
this fertilizer be disposed of with such
restrictions al will require it's domes-
tic use SO far as possible In the renew
al OF the fertility OF the farm, rather
than permit of it's expectation.
prospecting coal lands, since 1906
no coal land entries have been per.
mitted to be made in Alaska, pending
requests upon congress for legislation
to prevent the monopolization of the
vast fields OF this valuable deposit ~.
ing in this territory and to secure au.
thority for permanent preserv alton for
naval purposes"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
KEY WEST IN RUINS,
Florida Coast Swept BY Hurricane
and Tidal Wave.

and Tidal Wave.
KEY WEST, Oct. 11.-As a result of
the hurricane which struck the south.
ern coast OF Florida today. Key West
Is a mass OF wreckage tonight and the
damage to property is estimated at
50, OOO, 900. Martial law was pro.
claimed and the Key West guards are
In charge of the city.
The United States government has
been asked to dispatch troops here
without delay. Chaos reigns on every
hand. Few people remained in their
homes. Hundreds of houses were to.
tally wrecked or damaged.
While the hurricane is the worst Kew
West has ever experienced, the local
weather observer said tonight tina the
indications are that the entire east
coast of Florida would suffer.
One hundred vessels were in the
harbor and but five remained at an
Choir, the others either having gone to
sea or been washed up on the beaches.
Streets along the water front are a
mass of wreckage.
AS soon as the wind had subsidized
plundering began. The city police
was unable to cope with the situation
add the mayor decided to take string.
ent measures to suppress looting, his
proclamation of martial law resulting.
Most every nationality is represented
among the city's population of more
than 10000, about one.half of whom
are employed in ciga ar manufacturing,
sponge fisheries and salvage COM
NAMES.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
MEN Of ACTION.
Served as an Illustration For the Pro-
f~essor's Lecture.

Served as an Illustration For the Pro,
f~essor's Lecture.
How did you like Professor New
man?" one of the sulnmer residents OF
Willowby asked Mr.. Hiram Gale. ~
| saw his name on the list of lecturers
in your last winters course"
Mr.. Gale stroked his chin reflective
~.
We'll, some thought be was kind o
stiff In his speech at first, but l tell ye
what happened:
HE got kind O. worked up telling us
what 'men OF action meant. what the
government O. these United States was
doing in Alasky. the Philippines, an
so on, an he stepped a mite too nigh
the aidge o the platform an lost his
balance. But as he begun to fall Sam
Hobart an Pick Willis. that were in
the front seat, stood up an ketched
him. one by each arm, an brought him
up standin'. He bulged out at the
knees for a minute, but nothin' to
speak of.
AM says Pick to him, The last
word you spoke was 'omnivorous,'
an mebbe before you mount again
you'll give us some kind Of a hint
what it means.
"The professor looked from Pick to
Sam an back to Pick again, kind O.
dazed, an then he begun to laugh.
"'You let me mount he says, AN
I'll see to it that the rest o. my talk
is such you won't need a dictionary
An he KEEP his promise.
Eyes. sir, he gave III a fine talk
after that, an he's comm again. We
had him to breakfast next mornin',
and my wife said she wouldn't want
to hear anybody talk more sensible or
act more common an friendly than he
did. But there was a piece in the Sen
tinel next week referrin' to Pick an
Sam as 'Willowby's men of action
an l reckon the name III stick to 'em
long as they live."-Youth's Compan-
ion.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
Robber Made Big Haul.

SEATTLE, Oct. 12.-Although the
officials OF the Great Northern Ex-
press company have declined TO make
public the amount of money secured
by the bandit who robbed the express
office in the King street station early
yesterday %roorning, police detectives
are authority for the statement that
it may reach $40, 900. 1t is also known
that the robber overlooked gold, sill
YER and currency in the safe amount
Ing to between Sl5, 900 and 500, 900. AS
yet the police have been unable to find
any trace of the robber, but are work
ing on clues,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
Sheriff's Sale.

French Trading Co, plaintiff, vs. Harlem Min.
ing and Investment Company, defendant.
To be sold at sherih's sale on the 3Dth day OF
October, 1909, at 2 O'Clock p. m, at the front
door of the court house, Fort Benton, Chouteau
county, Montana, all the right, title and interest
of the above named defendant in and to the fol.
lowing described mining claims and water rights
situated In the Little Rockies (unorganized) min.
ing district, Chouteau county, Montana, tc-wit:
The Silver King, as now of record in the office
OF the clerk and recorder for Chouteau county,
Montana, in book No. l of Lode Locations, page
$50.
The Sixteen to One, as row of record in the
same office, in book No. l Of Lode Locations,
page 36l.
The Pinkeye, as now of record in the same
Office, in book No. 2 of Lode Locations, page 412.
The Tenderfoot, as now of record in the same
office, in book No. of Lode Locations, page 319.
The Blue Grouse, as now of record in the same
office, in book No. 3 of Lode Locations, page 5T2
The Porter, as now of record in the same office
in book No. 4 of Lode Locations, page 251.
The Rocker Placer, as now of record in the
came office, in book No. q of Lode Locations,
page 253.
Together with all Improvements, including
buildings, shafts, tunnels, crosscuts, and all
other property thereunto connected or there 1nto
belonging.
Also all water rights filed for record in the of.
ty, Montana, as belonging to Harry E. Burrell,
Annah c. Burrell, Harry D.. Riegel, Elmer E.
Riegel, Matilda Riegel, w. E. French and Me.
LISA French, and conveyed by deed to the Har
lem Mining and Investment company; also all
water rights filed for record IN the same office be-
longing to the Lucky Seven Mining company and
conveyed by deed 10 the Harlem Mining and In.
vestmentcompany-
Dated Fort Benton, Mont, October s, 1909.
GEO BICKLE, Sheriff.
Mcconnell & Mcconnell, Helena, attorneys
for plaintiff.
First publication Oct. 6. 1909.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
Big Increase In Land Values,

Los ANGELES, Oct. 12.-Evidence in
the tide land suit in the supreme court
brought to light the fact that VIM. L.
Hamilton paid in 1878 just 81 an acre
for the 10 acres of San Pedro harbor
front land, the subject OF the action
brought by the state against the South.
ern Pacific and Banning company.
Today the value of the land is vari-
ously estimated at between $500, 900 and
5000, 900. Banning applied for a pat
ent, but his claim vas contested by P.
c. Lennon and the dispute was taken
to the supreme court for adjudica alton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
Shank'e Mare.

II haven't got a limousine or any
acceptance; l haven't got a coach an
six. not cen a special train; l haven't
got a bicycle nor yet a boss an team.
l git along all right. by links, 'thout
gaserline or steam. l travel jest by
shank's mare an never hev no fear
but what Ill reach my stoppin' place
the same day in the year. No artificial
rigs for me. no busted tires or bones,
no landin' all up in a heap upon the
highway stones. l may be slow a-get.
tin round an cause the world to
stare. but I will git there by an by
all right side up with care."-Boston
Herald.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
THEIR LAZY CLUB.
English Workmen Make Late Corners
Pay For Hardness.


In the engineering shops of a GER
tain English firm the workmen of a
year or two ago originated what they
called the Lazy club. 1t was entirely
their own idea, which for obvious rea-
IONS has received neither recognition
nor financial support from the manage
ment, but has been the most excellent
means of reducing the number Of late
Corners.
Whenever a workman is more thar
five minutes after time he finds the
gate locked, and he is not allowed to
enter until the half hour is up.
This half hour is deducted from his
wages, but in addition he has also to
pay to the treasurer of the Lazy club
about 5 cents for coming late.
If he is late more than once or so
during a week everybody is aware Of
the fact, and the second or third time
he makes his appearance after starting
time he is greeted with a terrific conn.,
bination of noises produced on any
available material by his fellow work
men.
At certain periods the accumulated
funds of the Lazy club are divided,
not among those who have produced
them, it should be noted, but among
the entire staff equally. Thus the late
workman is made to pay the early
corners for his laziness.
The last distribution was just prior
to a bean feast" and funds accumu-
lated during twelve months We're dis
tributed. amounting to over $1.75 a
head.-Syytem.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
Alaska River Freezes No,

FAIRBANKS Alaska, Oct 1l.-Navi.
cation of the Tanana river was closed
yesterday by the freezing of the
stream. The unexpected freeze caught
a number of steamers in the river and
wiN hold them prisoner until spring,
when two OF! thsm will be in a danger
Gus position at the breaking up of the
ice.. Two steamers crowded with STAN
pecers for the new Inditarod district
aretfrozen fast. A thousand tons OF
freight, within a short distance OF
Fairbanks will not be available until
next May.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
Dust a Thousand Feet Thick,

China has it's bad lands" all dust
and ~dreariness, and its irrigation
wheels, and its ''soul appalling Cobb
desert, along whose southern boundary
lies the Great wall. In some Of these
regions the famous yellow dust OF
China lies to a depth Of 1000 feet, and
when the wind blows the whole land,
scape is obscured. Yet it is upon this
dust that the fertility Of northern
China depends. The Chinese call II
"ginger powder."-Harper's.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
HIGHER COST OF LIVING.

The increased cost of various com
modities is becoming a live subject of
discussion, and the consumer is being
advised that his larger expenditures
are due to this or that cause, accord
ing to the theory entertained by his
instructor. Some of the democratic
newspapers, viewing the situation
from a partisan standpoint, pretend
to blame republican legislation for
the increased cost of living, but I'M
biased students of the subject find
other reasons for the advance in
prices.
Here comes the Lewiston Me.
journal, for instance, with the plausi-
BILE theory that a larger money supply
has the effect of reducing its purchas-
ing power, and which states its case
in these remarks:
Unprecedented high prices are re-
ported in Germany and Japan. A
Vienna correspondent writes that the
cost of living has been the subject of
numberless meetings in that country ,
where the middle classes with fixed
salaries are At a loss to know how to
make ends meet. Nearly all govern
ment officials are 10 debt.
A similar report comes from many
quarters. 1t should surprise nobody
that the gold output is raising prices.
From 1870 to l640 this increase was in
silver, her the chief money metal,
Prices rose more than 200 per cent. tc
the great disarrangement of condi'
tons among land mt and tenants
Adam Smith, who wrote at the time O
the American revolution, described
the discovery of the abundant mines
of America to have been the ''sol'
u of the diminution in the valu'
of silver in proportion to that o
corn"
The Australian and Californian
gold discoveries in the middle of tn
nineteenth century produced much tn
same effects. Often q price movemen
will so outrun the increasing meta
supply that q temporary reaction set
in. Our recent experience shows tina
the value of the dolls ar may be lowered
by gold imitation just as surely as tn
free coinage of silver which Mr.. Bryal
advocated in 1896. In fine, the cyan
ide process of gold production which
made available the enormous deposit
of the Rand, then just beginning t.
figure heavily, having since produce'
in the world the effects in considerable
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20

HELENA, Oct. 13.-Damages in the
sum of $50, 600 are demanded of the
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railroad
company by Dominica Petrica Salvuced
Of Butte, in q suit filed in the federal
court here today. The plaintiff al
leges that Oct. 20, 1906, her husband
IA employed as a wiper by the de-
PENDANT company and that through
negligence a heavily loaded car was
allowed to bump into an engine upon
which he was working.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20

This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and the
most liberal tire atment consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct on all principal American and
European cities, and issues It's own
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. The
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
FREE A CUFF.

A bureau writer paid by the fret
trade fan atics of the democratic party
is furnishing Especial" articles to the
democratic newspapers. His stuff IL
press agency work and he has beer
sent to England to demonstrate tina,
highlands greatness is the result Of
unprotected manufactures. The great.
ness of England is, by the way, mol
much to boast of. Germany has put
crimp in the commercial supremacy oil
Britain that is q worry and hurt to
every English statesman.
Chamberlai ain, the great Birmingham
screwmaker, has spent the best years
of his brilliant career as a statesman
and patriot, striving to get protection
and imperial unity for his people. for
the scattered colonies and Dependent
cies of the empire. Tavenner says in
argument for free trade, that the
necessities of life are cheaper in Eng
land than they are in the United
States.
During the brief time when the free
trade policy was in the ascendency in
this country things were very cheap.
The nation was draped with an endless
chain of soup houses and the soup
was free. Real property, homes, town
lots, merchandise, every necessity of
life was cheaper than it had eyer been.
But nobody had the price. Food will
never be cheaper than it was then in
the soup houses.
We don't want cheap things. We
want to pay top prices for labor and
for food. The wage earne of Amer
lea are crowded with opportunity.
There are in England five million idle
workingmen, or, rather, there are five
million artisans who cannot get work
in their own country. Yet we are told
that the necessities of life are ~"cheap."
What's the use of cheap prices if the
men in need haven't got the money to
but at any price? We don't like the
word ''cheap." We don't want either
cheap men, cheap wages, or cheap
prices.
The working people of England are
literally sizzling in free-trade. The
nation has lost most and is losing
more of its prestige as a manufacture
ing country. Living is cheap in Eng
land. So is labor. Men are cheap
and free trade is piling the Pelion of
poverty upon the Ossa of incompetence.
AS an illustrative argument for free
trade, England is the most unhappy
example.
Free trade England is today the joke
OF the commercial nations of the
world. 1t the democratic party in the
United States is paying Clyde Taven-
ner's expenses in England they can
save money and prestige by fetching
him home to Washington, D. c.
Treasure State.