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Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
FOR SALE
By ELVIN ]. CURRY
612-13 Fay Building
Wonderful Sacrifice
Choicest of the Choice
View of Both Mountain and Sea
Look This Up at Once
$4,000
Was $4,000

This beautiful and attractive 11-room resi-
donce is located the hilltop of Wiltshire
district. 1t will make any family most
desirable home and you will make a mis-
take not to Investigate it, There is a very
fine reception hall leading on one side to
the living room and on the other TO the
dining room; both Of which are very large
and finished with every modern appointment
and with the best Of taste. Massive beam
ceilings in all these rooms. There is also n
den with built-in bookcases, which is ideal.
Plate glass windows in all these rooms.
Splendid kitchen and buffers pantry. -Four
fine corner bedrooms and two baths on the
second floor; also large balconies, both
front and rear; two sleeping porches; large
basement with splendid furnace and electric
ventilator. The lot is 75X15O. You cannot
duplicate this fine property for the cash
price. We can make terms to suit pur-
chaser and as the owner is anxious to go
abroad for a season he is ready to sacrifice,
We will be glad to submit almost any kind
of proposition. See us at once
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
Suburban Property

FOR SALE-THREE BEAUTIFUL LEVEL
lots IN Monrovia, each 50x200, or nearly =
Of acre IN all; fine street, never muddy;
telephone gas and electricity at hand. Lots
command a grand view. Monrovia Is an
ideal place for home, no saloons, clean
streets, all modern conveniences banks. well
established business houses, fine schools, IL
brary and churches and a respectable, or
derly and intelligent population. Just 10
minutes by Pacific Electric trolley cars from
Los Angeles Can be bought at less than
actual value direct from owner. ROERT Il.
WESTWATER, $40 Frost bldg, Los Angeles
Telephone Main Ml5. 12-l4-7
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20

BRIGHT, SUNNY ROOMS, CLEAN; GOOD
location: close in; real home cooking :;
reasonable; gentlemen preferred. 2l8 w.
pICO Main 71gg 12-18-4
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IIIBII LOCdlIOII'
12-1O-15t
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
Rooms-Furnished
THE HIGHLAND VILLA
1n3 North Hill ST

Newly furnished throughout: brightest
ana sunniest winter rooms in the city; all
front rooms open onto porches two front
suites, suitable for housekeeping; single
room with dining room and kitchen privi-
leges also single rooms So up per week.
Free baths; high altitude and pure air.
Phone AiSS9. 11-23-lmo
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20

III n. BoYLsToN ST. TEMPLE 493.
Good location; close in; three car lines;
modern convenlences; good table; quiet
home 1854
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20

MONEY TO LOAN AT Low RATES ON I'M
proved city property or for building, on easy
terms OF repayment. Loans can be paid off
at any time without extra cost. STATE
MUTUAL BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIA-
TION 223 $. Spring st. S-s-tf
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20

MONEY TO LOAN
5000 TO $3.50 900 TO loan on real estate and
other good securities at current rates.
LEE A. MCCONNELL & Co,
Established 1886. Sl1-312 Douglas Bldg.
I2-12-1mo
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20

Gao ACRES DECIDED LAND, $4 PER
acre. SPENCER & DAY. 429 Merchants
Trust Bldg. ll-lO-L
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
Pianos

THERE is 4 PIANO HOUSE IN Los AN
geles that's cutting prices good and deep
The reason is they save $1,000 to $500
per month in rent over ground dealers by
using elevator For genuine bargains
in new or used pianos see VAN SAINT
PIANO CO.. second floor. 72o So. Broad
way. l--lV-Il
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-07
Will Welcome Roosevelt.

NAPLES, April 3. - Never before
have the people of Naples shown such
an interest in the arrival of a for
eigner as in the expected visit of ex-
President Roosevelt. Forum ately,
however, the brevity of Mr.. Roose.
velt's stay will compel the abandon.
ment of many of the arrangements
that have been made for his entertain
ment.
King Victor Emman has instruct.
the Duke of Aosta to welcome the ex.
president to Italy in his name and to
express to Mr.. Roosevelt the king g
wish to make his personal acquaint.
auce, which he would have taken steps
to do had not Mr.. Roosevelt travelled
in the strictest incognito.
The German emperor, besides send.
ing greetings, has ordered the German
consul general here to fill Mr.. Roose-
velt's cabin on the steamer Admiral
with rnations, red, white and black,
the German colors, as q token of the
German emperor's homage.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-07
Wants Millions From States.

WASHINGTON, April 3.-The pub
lication of the Introduction by Rep.
resentative Murdock of Kansas, of q
bill to call on the 26 states to repay
the government s2S, ,OOO,0 which was
distributed during Andrew Jackson s
administration, was followed immedi.
ately by floods of demands by mem.
bers for more light on the subject.
Ia 1886 there was a surplus in the
federal treasury of S3s,OOO,0OO, due
largely to the sale of public lands in
the central west. Congress author
ized the distribution of this money
among the states on their promising
to repay it upon demand of the secre.
tary of the treasury. After S2S, ,000,-
600 had been distributed, but before
the fourth installment had been
passed, congress passed another law
postponing payment of the final in
stallment and Incorporating a
'joker," a proviso that the money
distributed should be subject to the
demand of congress instead of the
treasury.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-07
Advertisements Must Tell Truth.

WASHINGTON, April -Represen.
tative Coudry of Missouri, has intro.
duced bill m akingssi' Il mi.demeanor
for anyone to make any fraudulent
representations IN advertisements
such as "bankrupt.' ''damaged
gOods' and "fre" wnen the goods
offered for sale are u,,t part of a
damaged or bankrupt stock. The bill
is wide in its scope. II resem ol.s the
pure food law in that 1t requires ad-
vertisements of all goods to state pre-
cisely the materials contained in the
goods.
Advertisements of claims of superior
professional skill or containing offer 9
of mo cure, no pay" "money back
If not cured" or "contract on cure"
offered or false statements of any
kind come under the prohibitions of
the bill as those containing fictitious
testimonials. Violations are punish
able by fine of not less than 800.
Each days continuance of the publ.
cation of such an advertisement is
constituted separate offense.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-07
Sugar Companies Must Pay.

New YORK, April 3.-Assessm
of duties amounting to a total in
crease of 81 ,239, 900 on sugar imported
by the American Sugar Refining com.
pany at the refinery OF Havemeyer and
Elder between December, 1901, and
November, 1907, have been ordered
by Collector Loeb of the port of New
York. Mr.. Loeb ordered the reliqui.
dation OF the duties on the ground of
fraud.
In addition to the assessment OF
81, ,2S9, 900, the government claims it
has been defrauded out of about
$500, 900 in duties on sugar weighed at
the refinery of Havemeyer and Elder
In Brooklyn, and also of $500, 900 in
duties on sugar weighed at the Jersey
City refinery prior to 1901. It was
announced today that legal steps were
now being taken on behalf of the gov.
ernment to enforce q collection of these
duties.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-07
Protest Against Land Withdrawal

DILLON, March 3l.-Judge Gala.
way, chairman of the Montana con.
ser alton commission, has addressed
an energetic protest to GiffordIP Pinchot
in connection with the srecent with
drawal from settlement or entry of
immense tracts of land lying along
the Beaverhead, Madison, Missouri,
Jefferson and Gallatin rivers inIMon-
tana to prevent their acquisition by
power companies seeking to acquire
dam sites.
Judge Galloway says the lands
withdrawn along the Beaverhead
river in Beaverhead county are those
lying high on bench grounds upon
which scores of dry land farmers are
now settling, and to continue the
withdrawal order in effect, as it per-
tains to these lands, will result in
irrepar able damage to Montana. The
land withdrawn is utterly unfit, de-
clares Judge Galloway for purposes of
power sites and the drastic order can
only result in the diss atisfaction of
the people with the administration in
its efforts to conserve the resources of
the country.
The chief forester is asked to take
up the NJ after with President Taft in
an effort to have that portion OF the
withdrawal order rescinded where the
lands embr aced are such as will not
afford power sites, and are adapted
for GUILTY. alton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-07
Cattle Drank Petroleum Dip.

TULSA, Ok, March 31.-Chargiug
that AZ died and the remainder of a
shipment of 2502 cattle, valued at s35
head, became sick and were serious
ly injured from being dipped in crude
petroleum without first being watered,
as required by law, Thomas j. Clegg
of Tom Green County, Tex, has filed
suit for damages in the District Court
against the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe railroads, asking S3S,37O
The cattle were shipped from San
Angelo, Tex, to Red Rock, Ok, a
twenty four hour journey, but were
delayed in transit, being without food
and water in the meantime, SO Clegg
charges, and when the petroleum was
applied to them as precaution
against fever tick, the thirsty animals
drank of the dip which caused sick
ness and death.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-07
Dam Cost Over a Million,

YUMA, Ariz., March 81. - Two
thousand visitors are in the city and
holiday reigns in the. vicinity tod ay
in honor of the opening of the great
Laguna dam, the first of the govern
ment's reclamation projects in the
southwest to be completed.
The Laguna dam extends across the
Colorado river, and is located about
IA miles above the city of Yuma. 1t
was built by the United States recla.
nation service at cost of more th an
million dollars. The dam is not q
storage basin, but a diversion weir,
which allows the water to pass
through sluice gates on either side
of the river into main channels from
which many laterals and bitches will
extend over about 130, 900 acres under
the Yuma project. Work on the dam
was commenced in July, 1905. The
dam is Alto feet long.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-07
Tricks In Tobacco Trade.

WASHINGTON, March 3l.-What is
designated as a 'joker" that cost the
consumers of tobacco in this country
nearly s45, ,OOO, 900 was found today in
the existing revenue laws by Repre-.
sentative Dawson of Iowa, who at
once introduced bill to correct the
error by restoring tobacco packages
to their original sizes.
Under the Dingley tariff the two.
ounce packages of tobacco sell to the
consumer at five cents each and the
four.ounce packages for ten cents. In
1898 war revenue tax of six cents q
pound additional was levied. At the
same time, in order to serve the con.
venience of the trade, authorization
was given for the reduction of the
sizes of the packages from 2, and 4
ounces, to II q and 81 ounces, thus
enabling the smoker to procure s.
cent and 10, cent package of tobacco
sat the store.''
The war revenue tax was repealed,
but the packages of tobacco remained
the same size. Since 1902 the con.
sumer of tobacco has been paying the
equivalent of war revenue tax to
manufacturers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-07
A Railroad Mans Opinion.

DENVER, March, 30.-If E. H. Har.
riman could have his way he would
bring all the railroads of America
into one gigantic combin alton, under
one head, and begin Immediately the
expenditure $3.50, 600, 900 or $500, 600, 900
in improving the weaker roads, both
physically and financially. In this
way he says be could derive the great.
est good for the government, the peo.
pie of the United States generally, to
the shipper individually and finally
to the owners of the railroad stock.
Mr.. Hartman also declares that
his roads have spent in the nighbor-
hood Of $3.50, 100000 since 1892 in
building and rebuilding in the west
and through the mountains. He re-.
peated his assertion that he had found
great change in sentiment toward
railroads and railroad building
throughout the land. "Five years
ago." said Mr.. Hartman, II told
President Roosevelt that he was wrong
and that he would have many imita.
tors in states and cities, who would
do the country incalculable harm, and
what I told him then has proved cor.
rect. Roosevelt was wrong in his
fight on me and the railroads., and the
truth of this is getting clearer every
dav
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-07
Millions In Slot Machines.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 30.-More
than s12, ,000, 900 in nickels is the an.
nual tribute of San Francisco to the
slot machines, according to Super
visor Comte in answering P. J. Healy,
q member of the grand jury, who ap-
peared before the board of supervisors
yesterday in reference to the proposed
an.i.slot machine ordinance and an.
nounced that the inquisitorial body
would have recommended q committee
to report on the subject as q result Of
its investigation. The supervisors
exact figures were sl2, 10000 He
combatted motion to ascertain the
amount of revenue that would be lost
to the city by the suppression of these
devices, on the ground that the faro
games and other "disreputable
things" might be licensed with equal
violation of conscientious scruples.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-07
Completes Long Walk.

BOSTON, April 1.-Sergeant w alsh
OF the United States army, the long
distance walker, who reached Boston
today after having completed walk
from Boston to San Francisco and
return, q distance of over 7,7O(
miles, in l65 days, started later In the
afternoon, after few hours rest, to
repeat the performance.
Walsh left Boston on August II,
1908, and arrived in San Francisco
October %, according to his state.
ment. He said he lost fifty pounds,
but felt strong, aud thought he could
make the preseot trip ia competition
with Edward Peyson Weston. who
started from New York last week
Walsh is IS years old.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-07
Immigrants Moving West.

ST. PAUL, April 5. - About ten
special full.car consignments of i'm.
migrants, mostly from northern Eu-
ropean countries have passed through
st. Paul the past seven days. Others
have passed through on regular
coaches, and immigration officials at
the union depot believe that more
than 1000 northern Europeans have
gone west through St. Paul during
the past week.
The most of these have been young
men, unmarried. In many cases they
were staked by their parents for q
trial in the Dakotas, Minnesota or
Montana. They are the most energetic
and desirable class of citizens.
1t is believed that the influx of i'm
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-07
Lands Restored To Entry.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-President
Taft has revoked an executive order
issued by Rossevelt in 1905 under
which l,S66, 900 acres of land in North
Dakota were Withdrawn from entry,
following q report that it contained
coal and combina alton of vested in.
terests were attempting to secure q mo.
nopoly on it.
The restoratio of this land to the
public domain will permit entries un-
der the general land laws applicable
to that area. Secretary Ballinger in
a statement, says that II the lands are
of agricultural character, they can be
entered under the homestead laws,
and II they have workable deposits of
coal they may be entered under the
coal land laws.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-07
Like Shooting Tame Cows.

NEW YORK, March 81. - In the
opinion Of Dana Estes, the Boston
publisher, who arrived here today on
the St. Louis. after q journey of q, 900
miles in Europe, Asia and africa, for
mer President Roosevelt will find
hunting big game in East Africa "like
shooting cows in backy ard"
1.-THE antelope and animals of thai
kind are so tame," he said, "that they
Craze along the railroad track and
scarcely look up as the train goes by.
I saw thousands of zebras, antelopes,
ostriches, etc. They were few hun.
dred yards of the train and most of
them never even so much as lifted
their heads as we went BY"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-07
TO VOTE ON PAYNE BILL,
Tariff Discussion In House of Re
presentatives Will Soon Close.

WASHINGTON, March 31.-Indica.
tions today were strong that a rule
would be brought into the house fix.
ing April 10 as the date for voting on
the Payne tariff bill.
The house today resumed considera.
tion of the tariff bill. Mr.. Morgan
urged protective tariff only. Quoting
from a speech by President Taft that
the primary purpose of q tariff was
to provide more revenue for the gov
ernment, Mr.. Brantley (Georgia) de-
clared this to be true democratic
doctrine. The primary purpose of
the Payne bill. he contended, was
not revenue, but the mainten ance OF
the true republican theory of protec-
tion. Mr.. Brantley laid the present
deficit at the doors of what be charged
was republican extravaganza.
Mr.. Rothermell Pennsylvania in a
speech favoring reduction on wood
pulp and print paper, severely
arraigned the Gould Paper company
and the Continental Paper Bag com.
pany. He quoted from the testimony
of representatives of those companies
under oath before the Mann committee
in which it was stated they knew of no
agreement or understanding among
them fixing prices, and yet, he said,
both companies pleaded guilty to in.
dictments charging them with unlaw-
full combina nation in restraint of trade
during the period beginning Sept. 10,
1906 and paid fines of $1,000 each.
Mr.. Rothermell maintained that the
fines were so small it would result in
placing premimum on wrong-doing.
The principal criticism which Mr..
Mondell of Wyoming had to the bill
was against the coal schedule. He
made an urgent plea for the abolition
OF the reciprocity arrangement on
coal and wool and hides.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-07

the evening in an effort to incite them
to an uprising. One story received
here declares the Seminoles had risen
and were ON the march In armed
bodies. This could not be confirmed
up to midnight.
1t is charged that efforts are being
made to belittle the trouble on &C.
count of supposed unpleasant noto-
riety to the state. For this reason it
is hard to get the real facts regarding
the number of dead and injured since
the fighting began last Thursday. A
dispatch from Henrietta tonight said
military officers had admitted unoffl.
cially that 13 negroes and Indians had
been killed since Thursday. All eff.
forts to establish the truth or falsity
of the report are in vain.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-07
Went a Swift Pace.

BALTIMORE. Md, April 1.-Wm. F.
Downs, a young clerk in the city reg.
ister's office, was held today in $780,.
600 bail for hearing on a charge Of
embezzling city funds. State Attorney
Owens stated the amount taken from
the city probably would amount to
100000
Downs is 26 years old. He has been
living in style beyond the means of a
$500 q year clerk, which he was until
recently promoted to q 81, 400 clerk
ship much against his will. He kept
q couple of race horses and is said to
have been patron OF prize fights and
horse races, and to have had other
expensive habits.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-07
HOT REPLYTO BRYAN.
Democratic Congressman Resents
Remarks Of Peerless Leader.

ssS'sOs No " OOu 1000 @O0OVus
WASHINGTON, April 3.-Represent.
alive John j. Fitzgerald of New York
who gained prominence by securing
the adoption of his amendment to the
house rules, which at the came time.
brought down upon himself the wrath
of the regular democrats, issued today
the following reply to William J.
Bryan's criticism of his action, which
recently appeared in the Commoner:
with his usual rashness Mr..
Bryan rushed in where angels might
we'll fear to tread. His statement th at
I am not representative of my party
would have come with better grace II
made when my speeches were being
selected as democratic campaign docu.
ments In the last two national cam.
paigns. 1t would be more convinc.
ing If he had marsh aled incidents in
my 10 years. service in the house of re-
representatives. to justify his assertion
II Mr.. Bryan means that I am not q
representative of the democra attic p arty
as democracy has been understood
and professed by himself, shall no,
challenge his statement.
"As to the personal reference in Mr.
Bryan's statement to my sense of pro
priety and respect for my party,
have only to say that If the democratic
party had given me three opportunities
to become president. and I lad failed
as dismally as Mr.. Bryan has, ever
If / did not have the sense to do so,
yet the obliga alton of gratitude to my
party would compel me to remain
silent about matters of which l was
Ignorant.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-07
Chouteau County Convict Hanged.

Advices from Deer Lodge bring
news of the execution of William A.
Hayes, the Chouteau county convict
who took part in the murder of John
Robinson, q guard in the state pen.
itentiary, during an atempt to escape
from that institution. Hayes was
serving term for burglarizing the
Wildwood saloon at Landusky, when
he became involved in the trouble
that resulted in his paying the death
penalty.
The hanging of Hayes closed one of
the most stirring chapters in the his
tory of the Deer Lodge penitentiary.
A little more than year ago Hayes,
Rock and other prisoners tried to
make their escape from the prison.
In the endeavor they made an attack
on Warden Conley and for time it
was thought his injuries would re.
suit fatally. But the convicts in the
attempt killed one man. John Robin.
son, a guard, and it was for this
crime that Hayes was hanged.
There were four prisoners who took
part in the outbreak, the other two
being c. B. Young and Orem
Stevens. Young pleaded guilty and
was given a life sentence. Stevens
was acquitted, owing to contradictory
testimony adduced at his trial. Rock
and Hayes paid the penalty on the
galiows.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-07

ports. Thus foreigners on their way
to America will be shown the advan-
tages of the west over city life before
they land and will have this in mind
before being swallowed up in the tene-
ment districts OF New York. The plan
is an addition to the work which has
been carried on for some time, largely
financed by Jacob H. Schiff, who has
devoted great deal of money to turn
ing the tide of immigration westward. {.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-07
Flathead Opening In September.

MIssoULA, March 3l.-"It will be
impossible to have everything ready
for the opening of the Flathead reser.
vation before the first of Septem Der, "
said F. x. Salzman, chairman of the
appraisement commission which has
been engaged for year in placing the
valu alton on the various kinds of land
on the reserve.
"The work of readjusting allot-
ments. it has been found, will require
considerable time, and until that ia
completed, the opening cannot take
place. Senator Dixon thought when
he first returned from Washington
that not later tha the first of August
would find the opening in progress,
but since that time, after getting a
line on the work yet to be done,
through Clerk Sloane, he is also OF
the same opinion that it will at least
be September IT,