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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-06-16

our nSuTeS-
Port ner gal. .S1OO
sherry. per gal ... LOO
C1aret ner gal 100
Sweet Catawba, per gal. ........ LOO
Tokara. ner gal LOO
Blackberry, per bottle ........- 20
Rhine Wine, per bottle ..-..... so
Duffey's Malt Whisky, per bot. 30
Whiskeys in Bulk at the Following:
Burbon Whiskey, per gal. $3.50. .S1.50
parkwood 200
Star A Rye, straight --..-.-... %
Old Charter, straight. .....-..... zoo
Pan1 ZONES 2.75
unnter 400
uarner 400
Double Stamp Gin .--.-----. Z-oV
All IOttle beer sc per bottle; 5Oc
per dozen. Watch my imitators!
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-06-16

Entered at the Newport views. va
postotIlce as Second Glass matter
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-06-16

TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
Editorial Rooms Bell Phone NO. "a
Business omce. Bell Phone No. lsi
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
PURE BRED
Percher0n Stations

MILES CITY, MoNrANA.-Twenty
splendid pure bred Percheron two
year-old Stations will be sold at
Miles City, Mont, on May Is, the
second day of the A. B. Clarke
Horse Sale. The sale will take place
in the forenoon, and these magnifi-
cent colts will be sold at the high
dollar. Every one of them has a
pedigree showing that he is worthy
OF a place among the best bred
horses in the world.
Montana horsemen should not
miss this opportunity of getting one
of these animals, every one of them
being acclimated. Messrs. Leitner
& Green also have stations of the
pure bred kind for sale at private
sale at any time. The guarantees
going with these horses absolutely
protect buyers from loss, and every
contract is gilt edged.
LElTNER BROS. & GREEN,
Miles City, Mont.
Ranch on Powder river, in Custer county.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19

These Strenuous Girls.
A kiss he would take.
He found 1t regrettable.
The miss made him quake,
In q way unforgettable.
She turned him down hard
With q strong arm athletic
As she caught him OF guard,
And results were pathetic.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
BY WALTON WILLIAMS.

AMES A. PATTEN, the man who
has engineered the corner in
wheat. denies that It is a corner
at all. Despite this bland assur-
ance, It looks very much like a corner
to the brokers and shorts who are
going into bankruptcy, to the bakers
who are closing their shops and to the
bread eating public that is paying
more money for a smaller loaf. Pat
ten, who passes the collection plate in
church and who as mayor Of Evan
ston, ILL.,, shut the town so tight that
one could not buy a drink even in a
drug store without a doctors prescrip-
ton. said many months ago that wheat
would go high this year, backed his
Judgment with his dollars and now is
making more millions than anybody
can accurately figure. Whether the
deal is a corner or a whole room, suck
a speculation on futures Of a necessary
Of life would be impossible in France.
Germany and most other European
countries. Only in this land Of the
free is n a permitted in such
gllring fashion to take fabulous for
tunes from the pockets Of the poor.
Patten may deny that he has a cor
e on wheat, but he cannot deny that
he is getting a corner on millions of
other peoples money-people who are
compelled to pay the prices he asks or
starve.
Secretary Wilson's Roast.
With this Spectator the markets are
q science. He has experts In every !
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19

never mentioned by Gates in public
because the police won't allow his yer.
idon. Late in 1908 Patten went in
with Plunger Livermore on a cotton
corner. Mr.. Livermore was observed
about August uttering loud cries Of
rage because "Patten had sold out on
him." Patterns answer was charac-
teristic. He said: II was afraid some
of those fellows were selling us real
cotton instead Of contracts to deliver.
OF course I couldn't stand for that"
Insults William Nelson Cromwell
In the Hartman fight for the
control Of the Illinois Central Patten
had the right to vote some 1877 shares.
Neither side knew which way he meant
to vote, but the Hartman people
thought his natural inclinatdons were
In their favor. Patten went to q stock
holders meeting and ~aggressipely and
loudly insulted William Nelson Crom-
well. The Fish crowd rejoiced. That
night the proxies were delivered to
Hartman. Said Patten. 1T takes an
awful jar to make some people see q
point.
The present wheat corner is due to
Patterns marvellous ability at forecast.
ing. His machinery for gathering CROP
Information has been at work fol
years. Early in April this year he
smilingly announced that his opinion
that the worlds supply Of wheat was
fna6oO,10to Ind hoan vorihod oDd thot
he guessed the price of bread was go.
ing up. A lot Of gambling millionaires
who had bet against Patterns fall opin
ions lost about $4,0OO,OOO. He stands
to win $1O,O0O,OO MORE.
Patterns orner in corn is still re-
membered In Chicago-not exactly
with pleasure, but still remembered
At that historic festival a wild. shrtek
ing mass Of men surged over every
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19

Patten. %the''kingof the Pit"
Marvellous Ability at F~orecasting Of the Expert Chicago
Spectator and Manipulation Of the Big Wheat Corner.
Man Of Force Who Has the "cornering'
Habit - An Instance Of His
Generosity
Generosity

except Senator w. A. Clark's home on
Fifth avenue in New York.
The Patten disposition runs to COS
nering things. Once the fat John ".
Gates started out to corner corn ir
1901. About the time the Armouxs
decided to accumulate to themselves
the sole right to deal in wheat and
Cudahy felt impelled to shove every.
body else out Of the pork market Pat.
ten found them all 81 busy that they
had not time to watch the corn mar.
ket. He bought all the corn in the
world and a good deal more before
they woke up. Their own corners fad.
ed away in the excitement caused by
the roars and the ,squeals Of Patterns
victims, who finally went to court and
had their contracts declared void on
the ground of public policy.
Worked by a Book Agent.
A book agent Jared forth to Chicago
a few years ago and made an indie
pendent study Of the Patten family.
Then he persuaded Mrs. Patten that
one set of Theodore Roosevelts works
worth $4,000 because it was the
only set in the world ever offered for
sale at that price. he got away with
it. But when he offered q set Of
Shakespeare in the poets own hand
writing for about the same price a
vague suspicion took shape in the
plunger's mind that all was not as 1t
should be. For a year he devoted
himself to the pleasing job Of getting
the book agent into a prison cell.
The things Patten did to Gates are
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19

The time that a dollar looks the big
gest Is after you have earned it by
hard labor and feel that every other
dollar has come to you by the same
route.
A woman's pleasure in the spring
time that has nothing to do with
housekeeping is al rare as it is beauti-
full.
Women are divorced because they
wish to be free, men because they wish
to marry some one else.
The more we scrutinize our own mo-
tives the more suspicious we are apt
to become of the motives Of others.
The personality Of some people
seems to be merely a byproduct Of
their conceit.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19

As she caught him of guard,
And results were pathetic.
Obvious.
Hard 1ines-a railroad track.
Deep sleep-the miner dosing at
work.
Happy ~days-pay days.
Calling q bluf-whistling for a cur
dog.
Spark arrester-park policeman.
Out Of sight-the dollar you are after.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
Hum0r and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
~ DUNCAN ~. S1s5rw

MI Roosevelt-You will find that a
good president is a very excellent
precedent, Mr.. Taft.
It is hard to convince a man that he
Is a chump and quite unnecessary.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19

- -
right have you to be in the grain pit?
You're too small a dealer to be in a
place like this. Say, how much have
you lost?'
"r'm in $25,ooo. Everything gone in
a moment"
"Well, go home and rest up. Come
around In the morning, and I'll take
up your accounts"
that's a funny sort Of man to be
engineering a big corn corner" said a
spectator close by. HE doesn't seem
to mind giving it back SO long as he
has the fun Of getting It"
Giving it back? Why, they'll tell
you Jim Patten doesn't care a ran for
money. That's why he wears a sos
suits and tells funny stories. Patten
Is the sort of man who likes to have
friends. he doesn't care whether they
have got a quarter OF a million, 80
long as they are honest, sociable and
full Of ~fun-good, clean fun in which
the good wife may participate.
It was not so many years ago that
he was blowing on the old home farm
at Sandwich, III. That's what makes
him such a forcefuls figure in the pit
he knows the game intimately from
the growing Of the crops to the ship
ping, marketing and manipulation.
Later he "tended store" and then
made a quick grab at education. study
ing at Northwestern university in Ev.
anston.
He is a man physically about fifty
years old, nearly six feet tall, with 200
pounds Of hard flesh and muscle ana
a pink complexion that denotes good
health.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
wheat raising country that report to
him constantly. He says that through

wheat raising country that report to
him constantly. He says that through
these channels he knows more about
the wheat crop than the government.
It was this statement which drew out
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson's IA
nous reply:
mi. Patten is operating or speculat-
ing in wheat for his own profit.
Through his operations and specula-
lions he seeks to benefit no one but
himself. His whole object is to make
money. On the other hand. this de-
partment Is animated with the sole
idea Of beneiting the country at large.
Our information as to wheat Is gath
cred by 10000 earnest, honest citi-
Gems all over the land-men who have
no personal interest at stake and who
serve without compensation. Of any
kind. They do this from purely un-
selfish and patriotic motives and with
the sole desire to furnish us with the
truth. I will set the statements of
Mr.. Patten against those Of the $780,.
600 honest men who give us u fig.
ures ana leave it to the public to de.
termine which tells the truth"
4 Patten has been described as having
eyes like a pig and an underjaw like
that Of q bulldog. When he speaks he
gr0wls, but every syllable is distinct,
IN spite Of the n Of his tone,
The pitch Of his voice is always low.
yet persons fifteen or twenty feet
away from him are likely to jump
when they r first conscious Of the
rasp in 1t.
Patten's Evanston Palace.
No celebrity is allowed to visit Evan
'ston without being driven out to look
at least at the outside Of the Patter
home. 1t Is quite worth looking at
1t has more architecture to the square
Inch than any other house in the world
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19

Flexible.
The expert who
Experts for pay
Can testify
Most any way;
The side that pays
The largest price
Gets his unbiased
Old advice.
His science" need
Not hamper him
If there is any ...
One to trim.
The facts conclusive
He can see
For those who pay
The tallest fee.
He is an expert
On the touch" "
1t isn't that he
He knows so much,
AS an outsider
Might suppose
But what he makes
Them think he knows.
Before conclusions
He can draw
Or in a theory
Pick a flaw
We wants to clearly
Understand
Which side can show him
Cash in hand.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19

They will Out-wear a dozen wooden gates. They are neat in appearance
Made Of high carbon structural steel tubing and heavy galvanized wire.
Will turn the strongest bull and never need repairs.
singIe-drive Gate (styIe Al 81 in. high la-ft. opening, $65o each
" 81 in. high lift. opening, $3.50 I"
Walk Gates, 4s in. high 3-t opening. $3.50 each
Ornamental fencing and gates to match. Prices o n application. If your
does not carry them in stock write u.s. and W will supply your demand.
MONTANA ANCHOR FENCE CO.. AGENTS. HEI ENA. MONT.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19

Pieasas Them.
II marriage is a failure,
AS you nave often heard,
Those who AVE tried it all of twice
Are keen to take q third.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
PREPARING For Retreat.

"What are you doing these days?"
Getting ready for the Fourth Of
July" .
"Buying ir~ecrackers:"
"No: digging a cyclone cellar
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19

Beyond His Grasp.
"How would you like to be presf-
dent, B1ll?''
"Not for me-"
"But think OF the salary"
"How much is it,"
"Seventy-fve thousand dollars a
year."
Excuse me. I can't think Of more
than $40 at a time"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19

A professional
hero is as tire.
some as q profess
sional beauty.
3 me m e n
work harder to
avoid work than
they would need
to to earn a liv-
ing.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-15

Section 3. That this ordinance shal
Pc published in the Chickasha Express
newspaper of general circulation in
said city. for four consecutive weeks
and II at the expiration of said time
the amount assessed against each OF
the said lots end pieces of ground shall
not be paid then the mayor and coun.
eli shall cause tax warrants to Re is.
sued against each OF the said lots and
pieces Of ground; which tar warrant
shali reclte the date OF the passage
OF this ordinance, the amount of the
assessment and the description OF the
properly and shall be signed BY the
mayor and countersiened by the cltv
clerk and shall be delivered 10 the
contractor In payment OF the contract
price Of said work.
Section I That IT Is necessary for
sne peace and safety of said city that
inns ordinance shall be operative al
once, In that Its failure to SO act would
cause great inconvenience and hard.
snip upon the city and the .said con.
tractor, accordingly an emergency II
hereby declared by reason whereof
ms ordinance shall be in full force and
erect from an after fits passage an
proyal and publication.
This ordinance duly passed with
section considered separately and |
passed by affirmative vote Of three
'ourths Of members elected to the citv |
'ounciI on the isth day Of January. |
IsOs.
Approved, With section included /
n the 18th day Of january. 1909
,. b Bridges.
N''est' Mayor.
Joe Dews,
City Clerk. y
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-15


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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-15
FOR SALE

$50. 7Sx;e5 feet. close in; sroom
house. eistern. barn. A bargain Tor
$1,000.
.l'5. 200 acres / miles from Am.
Der. Okla. Per acre, ss5
5sI. lOOxis' feet. close in on Norris
Fourth street. We consider this 4 bar.
gain at $4,000.
542. 2OO-foot front in south part Of
city 4 good investment for $500
54e. i5O-foot front in Askew addl.
ton. The cheapest property in that
section Of the city: $500.
$50. one-half block. Groom house
we'll, cistern, fruit, barn, chicken
house and yards. A bargain for 81 soc
S4s. 1O0x165 feet. good well. fruit.
convenient to schools. two good dwell
inga. VIII trade for farm property Or
sell.
547 looxis5 feet, in Frisco add.
ton, good 4-room house, well, fruit.
barn. WIN sell for sI,1Oo.
52s. 5Ox1e5 feet on South ssvsntA
street. VIII sell and take good span 81
young mules as part payment. Prizes
g7OO.
We offer the above Is some Of sur
pest propositions. We also have va
'ant lots to sell on easy terms aad
arm and city property Of all deserts
ions. If you are interested il real
state see us at our office.
GOOD : CO, PHONE ss7.
1-14-2t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-15

section !. That this ordinance shall
pe published In the chlckaeha Express
4 newspaper OF general circulation in
said stty. for four consecutive weeks
aud 4 At the expiration Of said time
the amount assessed against each Of
me said lots and pieces Of ground shall
not be paid then the mayor and coun.
gu shall cause tax warrants 10 be ie.
sued against each OF the said lots and
pieces OF ground. which tax warrant
shaii recite the date Of the passage
OF this ordinance. the amount Of the
assessment and the description Of the
property and shall be signed by me
mayor and counterslgned by The eItv
clerk and shall be delivered to the
contractor In payment Of the contract
price OF said work
Section 4 That Il Is necessary for
the peace and safety OF said city that
this ordnance shall be operative at
once, In that its failure 10 so act would
cause great Inconvenience and hard.
ship upon the city and the said con
tractor, accordingly an emergency il
horeby declared by reason whereof
IhiA ordinance shall be In full force and
effect from an after It's nssaage. ~.
proyal and publication.
This ordinance duly passed. with
section I considered separately end
passed BY affirmative vote or three
fourths Of members elected 10 the cts
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-15

AAs a rule a man will feel well salts.
fled II he can hobble around on
cTutches In two or three weeks after
spraining his ankle. and 1t is often
two or three months before he is fully
covered. This Is an unnecessary loss
OF time. as by applying ChamEeriain's
LinimeRt. as directed, cure may as
rule be effected in less than enc
weeks time, and In many cases within
three days. Sold by all druggists.
D&w
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-15

"a cs1in2nes ~8fen6inx ~ corpor
ats Kmits * - esy " ctiekmha
C2s4hon4. - - 70 islese tbssela ia
14<4 er parcss of trad tnopn a. Hen
crig a11isiea
sfsereas iAst rzsi 80 parcel u
las1 s4stieslariy 6eeerites a. ~ shas
rories d ~ nerhess qssreg y fse
sosiawest e4srfs a seetiss y. tesr.
st31 perfb. sd rAess 7 sest y she
In1sas Base 40 wen9laa. ln CrA1y
eos4N oHaiag'4ss 4essxisee p astee
aE1 9opnds p as.l1yts beginalag e
4 DNnl nizft fs<f east " Hbere ~
wess si1s y Hendefaoa sifees tsier
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-15
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE

Good. new, modern house on wes
Hin; 3 rooms. 4 block land. nice yard
good location. good barn and servant.
house. good cistern and well. electric
lights. Price, $500.
A nice, modern house. 5 rooms. 10,
50xl65 feet. electric lights. gas. CITY
water; close in. A bargain al 81 800.
Good 4room house, nice lot. 5oxIs5
feet, shade and fruit trees. splendid
water, good sheds. chicken lot and
house. Price. 1880.
Three-room house. lot 125xie5 feet
good barn and sheds. fruit and shade
trees. good we'll and cistern. tele-
phone. Price. $2.5OO
New 7-room house, lot 75xls5 feet
electric lights, city water and gas. All
kinds Of fruit and shade trees. cistern
and we'll. good barn and sheds. coal
house Price. $4,000
FOR exchange: Good farm. $50 acres,
~ IN cultivation, good hoaae. barn and
sheds. two wells. windmill and tank |
o-acre bearing orchard. a good propo.
sition at $4,000.
Eighty acres. 55 acres in cultivation
S-room house. barn and sheds, 10 acres !
hog pasture. A snap. g. 900.
JENKINS = MAJOR. Il
Phone 2so. Basement First Natq Sank.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-15
published Jan i6. 1909
ORDINANCE 70. aaf.

khgfHhHkk no ttls
~ ordinance legylng i special iai
upon each lol and piece Of ground il
sews. District No II the aty o.
chiekasha, OtIahomp. 10 pay lis pro
poreonate part of me cost ii the con
striHfion 0f the lateral district sewer
theneiu.
Whereas tbe mayor and council Of
the leiig Of chiehasha. Oklahoma. did
sy ordnance No. zs5 duly passed and
approved On The 2stb day day Of Al.
gust 1903 crested and established
sewer District No. ! Of the city Of
chiakaaha, Qbiahepa. pnd ordered the
contradiction of lAteraI district sewers
the9in IN accordance With an act Of
The Iegislature Of the Territory Of OkIa-
honia. entitled IAN oct authorizing mu.
nicipai corporations 70 extend or build
keneral sewer aystems and 10 levy
hpeaial asAessmeDia Of taxes to pay
fof Pie same" approved Oh the 10Th
any #of March, 1909, and extended in
fofoF IN the state Of Oklahoma by the
eonatitutloB thereof and dia "a ,ha 80
aay pr October. 1908 contract with 4
W HobeftA Of Independence, Missouri,
fof The construction thereof In accord.
hnoe with Tho piana specifications and
sections heretofore prepared therefor
by ihe city engineer aud approved by
This body. and
Whefeaa The said city engineer has
fiied his certificate aud report with
This body certifying that the said mi
er7l district sewer has been oompleted
by the said contractor In accordance
with aaid contract and stating chat
ne cost thereof under The terms Of
S'fd contract. Including sli other AZ.
ipabSee Incurred by the CITY IN addition
. he contract price Is s77a.si and
dhoWlng the proportlonatc part charge.
able 70 each lot aud piece ~ ground
1herein. IN the proportion that each
iot Or niece Of ground bears 10 the
area Of the whole dlatrIcl. exeiuaive
y The public highways. IN accordance
with The acid aci Of The legislature of
che Territory Of Oklahoma above refer.
fed 20 under The heading Of "rropor.
tionate part Of cost. which said certtfi. !
cate and report "a hereby referred 10
and made q part hereof az fully Al lfl
written out herein, mud
Whereas the said cost oi anld sewer
~ certified BY the aaId engineer Ii
Tess than the estimated cost thereof |
heretofore filed by the said engineer
and approved By this body, therefore /
10 Il ordained by the mayor and i
aounrilmen Of he city of chlckasha Ii
1kIahomas
Section ]. That there ii hereby !
eYian and aasoaaed against each Of
be lots and pieces Of ground IN said 9
sewer District No / the certain aum \
howa by tito eertlfIcate of the said en. II,