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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
Fixed Bayonets In London.

The privilege Of marching through
London with fixed bayOnets is enjoy
ed by but very few regiments, such
as the Royal fu~sileers. who trace their
origin to Cromwell's trained bands,
which in later years produced. so ia
nous a captain as John Gilpin. After
the Royal fusileers, or perhaps even
before them in point Of regimental
seniority. come the East Kent Bluffs
now the third of the line, who claim
a similar city ancestry while the Royal
marines for some reason or other also
enjoy the same fixed bayonet rights
In the city. A battalion of the grena-
der guards was once impressed to
serve as marines, and hence they
share the privilege of the men who
are soldiers and sailors too" This
also explains why that grenadier bat.
TALON has for its tattoo "Rule Britain
nia"-as a souvenir Of the time when
its combative existence was Of the
amphibious kind.-London Standard.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
A ROYAL FUNERAL,
Strange Ceremonies That Mark the
Burial Of a Spanish King.

Strange Ceremonies That Mark tho
Burial Of a Spanish King.
Strange and almost weird is the GER
emonial which accompanies the burial
Of Spanish kings. The pantheon, or
royal tomb, is at the palace of the
Escurial, situated 5000 feet above the
level Of the sea and some distance
from the capital. Only kings, queens
and mothers Of kings are buried there,
the collins Of the kings lying on one
side, those Of the queens on the other.
After lying in state for several days
In the throne room in Madrid an enor.
nous procession is formed, accompany
Ing the body to the Escurial. A halt
Is made on the way, and the corpse
rests there for night.
In the morning the lord high cham
berlain stands at the side of the coffin
and says in loud tones, us your majes-
ty pleased to proceed on your jour.
ney?' After a short silence the pro.
cession moves on and winds up to the
grand portal Of the palace. These
doors are V opened except to ad-
NIT a royal parsonage, dead or alive.
When the casket containing the re-
mains is at last placed in the vault
the chamberlain unlocks it and, kneel-
ing down, calls with a loud voice:
"Senor! Senior! Senor!"
After a solemn pause he cries again:
Ellis majesty does not reply! Then it
is true, the king is dead!'
He then locks the coffin, gives the
key to the prior and, taking his staff
Of office, breaks it in pieces and filings
them at the casket. The booming of
the guns and the tolling Of bells an
nounce to the nation that the king has
gone to his final resting place.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
X ON LIVESTOCK.

A new method of taxing Montana
livestock is proposed in a bill intro.
duced in the state legislature by Pier.
son, of Carbon county, the measure
being entitled IAN act to provide for
the assessment of livestock, creating a
migratory stock fund, and providing
for the the collection and distribution
of taxes thereon" This bill has been
favorably recommended.
1t provides that all livestock which
is kept, fed, pastured, ranged or graz
ed in more than one county of the
state during any year, shall be as
sessed for taxation in the county in
which it is found at the time fixed by
law for the assessment of all property
In the state. and this county shall be
known as the home county.
When the assessment is made it is
provided that the owner of livestock
shall deliver to assessors, under oath,
q written statement describing the
livestock owned by him, and showing
the full time during the current year
that such livestock has been, and will
be within the county, land such live.
stock and the owner thereof shall be
liable to the said county for the taxes
thereon, as other property is table,
Within fifteen days after any such
stock enters any other county, the
owner Is required to deliver TO the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
Watch Sprinus.

The watch carried by the average
man is composed Of n~inety-eight pieces,
and it's manufacture embraces more
than 1000 distinct and separate opera
lions.
Hairspring wire weighs one-twenti-
eth Of a grain to the inch. One mile Of
wire weighs less than half a pound.
The balance gives five vibrations ev-
cry second, 200 every minute, $4,000
every hour, $4,000 every day and 49,
$4,000 every year.
The value of springs when finished
and placed in watches is enormous in
proportion to the material from which
they are made. A ton OF steel made up
into hairsprings when in watches is
worth more than twelve and one-half
times the value Of the same weight In
pure gold.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24

assessor OF that county q written state.
ment, under oath, similar in all re-
spects, as far as practicable, to the
statement required at the time of the
assessment.
Each county Of the state in which
the livestock is kept, or in which it is
permitted to range O Craze, is en-.
titled to receive the taxes on such
livestock, in proportion to the time
that the same is in such county, land
the county to which said livestock is
so removed shall be entitled to receive
and recover from the home county the
taxes collected on said stock, in pro-
portion to the time for the current year
such stock is 80 kept in the county
other than where said livestock is
assessed"
1t is provided that the assessor
shall indicate on the assessment roll
livestock which has, or will be kept in
O than one county, and it is made
the duty Of the treasurer, on collecting
the taxes on such stock, to remit the
portion levied for state purposes, and
to place the remainder of the tax in a
separate fund, known as the migratory
stock fund. Then at the meeting in
March Of the board of county CON-
missioners, the assessor shall trans
NIT to the board all information filed
with him concerning stock assessed,
wherein the taxes ri to be appor.
toned between wv or more counties,
and the board of commissioners shall
then proceed to distribute the migra-
tory stock fund, in proportion to the
time said stock has been in each of
such counties, and shall order war.
rants drawn in favor of the counties
entitled to reveive q portion to be dis
tributed as at present.
mo county, by reason of the re-
moval of stock from the home county
after assessment, shall be entitled to
receive a portion of the taxes collected
by reason of said livestock being fed,
p%astured, ranged orsgrazed in a county
other then the home county because of
the change of ownership of said live
stock at the time Of it's removal, or
while being fed or pastured in a pen,
field or inclosure."
The act makes it q misdemeanor,
punishable by a fine not..exceeding one
hundred dollars for any person or
corporation refusing to make the
statement under oath to the assessor.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
How He MANAGED II,

The bishop Of Richmond told a good
story about his father. "He was a
farmer" said DIR. Pulleine, "and a nice
old gentleman too. One year he took 1t
into his head to grow flax, SO he sowed
the seed and, having a good crop, sent
1t away to be made into a tablecIoth.
Some time later when seated at dinner
he remarked to a lady near him, DO
you know, l grew this tablecloth my
self" Did you really? she answered,
with the greatest surprise. However
did you manage itT' Well most mys-
teriously, If you'll promise not to tell
any one I'll tell you. PLANTED a nap
kin.'"-LondOn Mail.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
Drastic Anti Trust Measure.

DEs MONIES, Feb. 16.-The most
sweeping antitrust law ever drafted
in Iowa will be introduced in the
house. Its purpose is to stamp out
the grocers' trust, the coal dealers
and the ice trust and even the doctors
trust. The latter are charged with
fixing excessive prices. The bill has
the support of Attorney General
Byers. Imprisonment in the p~eniten.
tiarv for not less than one year and
not o than ten years is provided
for persons convicted OF violating the
law.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
Local Option In Idaho.

BOISE, Feb. 16.-The local option
bill passed by the senat last week
was accepted by the house by a vote
of 80 to -. The bill goes to Governor
Brady, who has announced his inten.
ton of signing it. Under the terms
of the bill county commissioners OF
the county are required on p~resenta-
ton of a petition signed by 40 per
cent of the voters, to order a special
election to determine the question OF
the sale of intoxicating liquors.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
Buffalo For Montana Range.

WASHINGTON, Feb. l8.-President
Hornaday of the American Bison as.
sociation has informed Senator Dixon
that subscriptions to the Flathead
buffalo range now amour o 3d. 67,
and that by October l next a herd OF
at least sixty bison will be put on the
Montana range. Fourteen bison were
presented to the association in lieu of
cash subscriptions.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
BETTER THAN BATTLESHlPS.

While there is every reason why
Americans should Loyalty support the
present administration in its policy of
naval expansion and naval improve.
ment, a policy which will doubtless be
followed by Mr.. Taft, still the fact
should not be lost sight of that there
are In western portions Of our country
many vast regions now practically
barren and which need only
water in order to become highly pro-
ductive. The addition of thousands
of acres to the productive area of the
nation is worth infinitely more TO
both the country and to the world than
would be any number of battleships of
the highest power.
The farmer of the Dakotas, Montana
and Wyoming, may not be as pictur-
esque as is the imam behind the gum
buc he cuts far more Of a figure in the
prosperity of the nation; the admiral
who can successfully carry a great
fleet around the globe is clearly enti.
tied to the administra alton of the world
but he has not done for the nation and
for the world the great things that the
man who builds an irrigation canal or
who has spent his money in the devel.
opment OF a region of prosperous set
tiers where before existed a desert, has
accomplished.
1t is necessary that the United
States shall have a great navy In or
der that it may retain its supremacy
in the waters of the western world.
Ships of war would be absolute safe
guards against un~warrauted interfer.
ence with our foreign commerce, and
foreign m is a great source of
national wealth, but there is some
thing infinitely more valuable to the
nation tn al is its trade with other
countries, and that is the develop.
ment of it's internal resources.
There are in the cities of the far
east and upon the small and practical.
ly exhausted farms of the middle west
thousands of land-hungry people, who
require but an opportunity to become
wealth.producers. Give to these PEG.
pie access to the land and they will
speedily become strong supports to
the prosperity of the nation. The mar
who produces a bushel of wheat or 9
pound OF wool, to feed and clothe the
world Is worth more to our country
\ taking one year with another, than il
the man whose only claim t 0 distinc
ton is that he can jauntily wear 8
: uniform or can skilfully train a biz
gun upon a modern battleship.
The present administration of ma.
tional aft airs has fully realized thi.
fact, and in the face Of determined
opposition coming from the Atlauti.
coast states, has successfully inaugu
X rated its reclamation policy and With,
a comparatively short space of time
e fields of alfalfa and grain will be foun,
G in regions which but a few years 40,
seemed only fit as habitations for tn,
rattlesnake and the prairie dog
President Roosevelt's knowledge O
the west and its possibilities has bee,
the great factor in the great worl
which promises to make of the inter
n mountain region the granary of tn
lie nation, and as the results of the polio
'e' OF land reclamation develop, the OF
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24

This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and the
most liberal treatment consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct on all principal American and
European cities, and issues 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, 1909-02-24
Her Assistant.

The authoress Of whom Fliegendo
Batter tells had said that she was
very happy in her married life.
II find my husband such a helpv
she added fervently.
"Indeed!" said her friend. "Does he
cook or write?"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24

UUU8HC OF TJI"'
Papa-Are you sure that you and
mamma thought Of me while you were
away? Grace-Yes; we heard a man
kicking up a great ROY about his
breakfast at the hotel, and mamma
said, "That's just like papa"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24

The only serious and FORMIDABLE
thing in nature is will.-Emerson.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
Economy,

Howell-How many meals a day do
you have? Powell-Two. We have
breakfast, and then it takes my wife
until dinner time to decide what to
have for luncheon.-New York Press.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24

Fine Book and job Printing a spe-
~ lac RIVER PRESS oihce
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-30
r a b bits Fo OF

r a b bits Fo OF
That's Lucky.
"Do you think
that b.
bits feet are
lucky ?" Tenspot
asked.
81 do if they are
rapid enough to
carry the rabbit
safely away from
the hunter" re-
piled Mullins.
Not Left In the
Dark.
"I)1D that horse
dealer do the
fair thin g by
you?"
"Well, he told
me all the horses
mean tricks after
he had sold tho
beast to me-"
Where the Differ
ence Lies.
"WHA.,T,s the
difference,
between obstinacy
and frnness 2"
"Why, obstinacy
in oneself is firm
ness, and flrinness
in another is OBJ
stinacy."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-30
Strictly Serious.

Strictly Serious.
| H Ellen Does
the gen tie
man to whom you
In troc uced m e
play whist?.
Grace No, he
studies whist and
talks whist and
reads whist and
dreams whist, but
l don't think he'd
ever be so dis
re spe ctful and
frivolous as to
play it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-30
Most Se,,arn

Most Severe.
WHEY = Count.
Fucas h has
the hall mark of
an aristocrat.
Hubby = Maybe
SO, but he also
has the earmarEs
of a donkey.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-30
Trying to Obey

Trying TO Obey
Her.
TOMMY --Ma, let
me tie this
han'llercher over
your eyes.
Mother - What
for?
Tommy = Well.
you told me never
to let you see me
stealin' jam again.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-30

Son: won't you, papa, buy US that
new game, diaboIo, which all the boys
have"
Father: mo! What use is iii?
Why should ! spend my money for .
aood for nothing thinn2"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-30

HHE writes" said the heiress thai
he thinks of me so constantly
that he can't half do his work any
more"
II SUPPOSE" replied her gruff old
father, that he'll think so much OF
you after you're married that he won't
even be able to do the half he's still
sticking to-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-30
HAVE YOU oNE2

| TITLE WILLIE-Say, pa, what is a
mutual friend?
PA mutual friend, my son, is one
who makes 1t his business to keep you
informed of the mean things your other
friends say about you
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-30
"HeIIo (hic!, mush-be-shIow."
KEPT THE LETTERS.

LEARNED the game Of love once"
sighed the young man In the blue
Eaistcoat
"So?" asked his chum.
Yes; through a school of CORE
ipondence. l took ten lessons"
"And did you realize anything?'
"Only that was lobster She kept
the letters and sued me for breach of
PROMISE"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-30
Up to Date.
"WHAT is that

old saying,
Put a beggar on
a horse. and -
He'll kick be-
cause 1t isn't an
automobile"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-30
Amin ate Inani-

Amin ate Inani-
mates.
WATCH - Nv e
lost my sec
ond hand and
Pocketbook - I
haven't got it. You
can probably find
another at the
secondhand store.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-30

The Visitor: "f really Napoleon tell
the battle Of
The Lunstic: II make rule
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-30

"Ah, no one enjoys the feelings en-
gendered by the approach of spring
as the poet does"
But think how much more every
body would enjoy spring if the poet
would only keep his feelings to hiIn.
self
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-30
Both Bad.

Both Bad.
6 I JUST m ct
Stogie down
the street. He
fairly took my
breath away"
That so? Did
he tell you a story
or give you one of
his cigars ?"
How 1t Happened
ssVES, Dorothy
has three
children"
why, 1 thought
she always said
she would have
only one child ?"
Yes, but they
all came at once"
Ambiguous Prom
mise.
"SoLE,M.N. the
cobbler, has
tried matrimony
four times"
yes, but he
says now he is
going to stick to
hts last"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-30
NOT ALTOGETHER SLOW

NOT ALTOGETHER SLOW.
M ERCHANT--I think I'll have to fire
Polk. He's frightfully lazy
Friend-Slow in everything eho
Merchantmen, no, not everything.
He gets tired quick enough.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-30
EXPLAINING HIS CONDITION.

g A ND you tell your wife every
thing?"
well, yes"
Did you tell her that brought you
home the other night when you
couldn't remember your street or num-
ber?"
81 didn't have to tell her that. She
looked out of the window and saw
you"
"And what did you tell her?"
II told her that you had one Of the
worst cases of contagious intoxication
had ever been exposed to-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-30

Only Explanation.
HELEN - Grace
had her bath
ing suit made to
order.
Dolly-Then she
must have sent
her little sister to
be measured for
1t.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-30
HER PAS GUESS.

lle never to talk shop"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04

surprised, then, owing to his very DEF
erential manner toward the old man, the
children understood that he must be
very great or wealthy person, for usu-
ally the policemen were very harsh with
old. sick people In the park, and either
hustled them into an ambulance or
ordered them r. go home.
"Yes, sir, I'll call a carriage at once
for you" And away he FASTENED to the
park telephone station.
When the old man was awaiting the
carriage he called to the little boy who
had shown such an interest in him, and
asked how far 1t was to his home. 81
live Just five blocks north of the park
entrance. SIR" the little lad explained.
"And / live just FIVE blocks south Of
the park entrance" sighed the old man.
"Oh, how alone / have been all these
years, and Jim But again he stop
ped, and glanced at the little boy who
alone had remained with him, the other
children running off to play again.
Just then the carriage came along the
driveway and the policeman assisted the
old man into it. Then, tipping his he'll
met, he turned to give instructions to
the driver, but the old gentleman said:
"I'll give my orders, officer" Then
turning to the little boy who still re-
manned standing near the carriage, his
sunny face alight with a smile as he
was about TO say good-by, he begged him
to take seat beside him. "I'll drive
you to your horne, lad, for I want to see
your grandfather. If 1 surmise rightly
l knew him when We were boys. Yes,
1t must b. that your grandfather isis
my
But his voice sank away in a whisper,
and the little boy did not catch his last
words. Thanking the old gentleman for
the kind invitation to share his carriage,
the little boy sprang to the seat beside
him, and the old man called out to the
driver to go Eve blocks north of the
park entrance. Then, turning to tho
little boy at his side, he said: Point
out your house when we come in sight
of it. I shall stop there" ,,
Well, to make a long story short, the
misery, money-loving old man, whose
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04

- HE day before the Glorious Fourth
was a busy one with the Grey
sons. Mrs. Greyson and the cook
~ were In the kitchen most of
the time preparing an appetizing
luncheon for the morrow, for the Fourth
was to be spent In the country, in a fine
grove several miles from town. And the
children Tom, Agnes, Pearl and Chubby,
were SO excited over the plan for the fol-
lowing day that they could talk of moth
ing else. Tom was trying to memorize
patriotic speech that he had been weeks
in writing, with occasional assistance
from Agnes, but his mind would wander
from the 'oration,' as Agnes called his
able essay, to the subject of the sports
and games for the morrow.
Even Agnes found herself forgetting to
rehearse a chorus of little girls brought
together in the neighborhood, for she had
SO many things on her mind. Only Pearl
and Chubby had all the time they want
ed for anticipation. for Pearl had only
to sing in the Liberty Chorus" and
Chubby, being only five years old, had no
especial part set for him, save that of
having a jolly good time
''Ill shoot frecrnckers all day." con-
fded Chubby to Pearl, who was just two
years his senior "And when I'm tired
shooting 1recrackers I'll eat goodies. oh,
what lots of fun we'll have"
*I'm to wear my best white frock and
sing in the Liberty Chorus" said PEARL
with pride. "Oh, the Fourth is such
glorious day, isn't it?''
And so the insignificant third of July
passed, and the Glorious Fourth dawned.
Long before it was necessary for the
childrou 70 ho Of thew
and doing, and when the time for starting
to the country arrived not a moment was
wasted IN delay. Two big park wagons
carried the Greyson crowd, which con-
sisted of the six members of the Greyson
family, the three members OF the White
family, the five members of the Davidson
family. The Whites were Mr. and Mrs.
White and their happy little daughter,
10-year-old Sissy. The Davidsons were
Mr.. and Mrs. Davidson. their twin boys,
Johnny and Jacky, and their daughter
Sally, who was very fine singer for one
of her years. Then there were q house.
maid and a man servant taken along to
help with the work of preparing luncheon
and hanging swings and hammocks.
The party went merrily along over fine
country roads and every turn around a
hill or every dip into little valley or
over an upland brought new sights to the
children, and every moment was full of
pleasure.
At about 10 o'clock the grove was
reached and then the real fun of the day
began. The children had bundles and
bundles of frecrackers tc shoot OF dur
ing the day. The larger fireworks we're
held In reserve for the evening, when the
sun should be out of sight and the dark
ness would add to the brillianca Of the
display.
The morning exercise" began at II
O'Clock. and Tom was introduced as the
"opening speaker" and really did him
self proud" as Agnes whispered in his
ear after the conclusion of his "oration"
on Liberty and Patriotism And the ap-
plause which followed his address was
prolonged and hearty. and Tom was OBJ
liged to step to the improvised platform.