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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-08
BEARS GENERALLY JOLLY,
But Sometimes One Comes Along With
a Settled Crouch,

But Sometimes Ono Comes Along With
a Settled Crouch.
Rarely are bears born Ill tempered.
They may show some resentment al
the time Of their capture when but
two months old. but this feeling soon
disappears, leaving a jolly rogue aver
willing to box and wrestle. I once
knew q cub that was a regular ter.
ror," says a writer in Golfers, land
he never reformed. He would attack
anything regardless Of its size or
strength.
AT the age Of three months he
would charge at me. snorting. shifting
and striking with his tiny paws, and
when did not protect myself he
seized my trousers leg between bis
teeth and shook it violently.
AT first | thought that he had been
abused by his former owner and that
by kind treatment he would soon out.
grow his temper; but. no, he just had II
in him, and he became more and more
dangerous as time sped by.
"Finally he grew large enough to be
put In with the mature bears without
danger of his squeezing between the
bars and escaping, and to the surprise
Of every n he Immediately took
charge OF the den. Old bears twenty
times his size, possibly from some
sense of honor, If animals have honor,
submitted to cuffs and slaps in the
face and actually allowed him to
snatch food from their mouths with.
out resenting the insult"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-08
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

BUTTE, Nov. 29.-Two we'll known
miners, Patrick Burns, aged Is years,
and Timothy Rooney, aged Is years,
we're killed in the Tramway mine this
morning by a premature blast. Both
we're sing 10 men.
HELENA, Nov. 30.-Frank Conley
was reappointed warden by the state
board of prison authorities here yes.
terda y, his new term to expire on
April l, 1911. The report of the pris.
on committee was approved and the
lease of the Conley and McTague eff
fects renewed on a basis of 81 900 q
year.
HELENA, Nov. 3O.-A. N. Yoder,
secretary of state, submitted his an.
mail report tod ay covering the period
ended Nov. 30 to Governor Norris.
Mr. Yoder deposited with State Treas.
urer Esselstyn today SIG, 488. 95. the
receipts for the quarter ended today,
which swells the total receipts for the
year to s65, 125. As. This sum repre-.
sents the fees received for the filing of
incorporation papers.
HELENA. Nov. 3O.-The supreme
court has affirmed the convictions
against the Butte p%oolroom men, Har-
ny Rose and Ed Sylvester. The court
held that the men were engaged ia the
practical operation OF transferring and
communicating money and informa-
ton for the purpose of wagering on
the result of horse speed contests
without the state by means of tele.
graphic companies connections, q
business prohibited by law.
HELENA, Dec. Henry Aware,
state fish and game warden, today
filed with Governor Edwin L. Norris
a report covering the operations of
his department for the six months
ended Dec. l, which shows that never
10 it's history has there been such q
sale of licenses for hunting and feb.
ing. 1t says that IS, $50 resident
licences have been sent out t deputies
and justices of the peace, and while
complete returns have moi been re.
ceived, it is a matter of knowledge
that all previous records have been
broken.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-08
Tho Lions Rush.,

The wisest and most experienced can
never tell what a lion will do. Lion
hunting, to my mind. has a charm all
its own. Nothing compares with it,
and no driving Of ravines or swamps
or catching the great cat at his kill is
comparable to the Joy and steady ex-
element of tracking him down. He
chooses the ground. You follow him
into it. You pit yourself against him.
Crouching fiat against the yellow
earth, perhaps covered only by a few
inches of grass, he is almost unbeliev-
ably hard to see. His rush and spring
from a few yards distance is the fast
est thing in the world. No animal can
escape it, much less clumsy. slow foot
ed a He has a chance to pay of on
man, the universal lord and master.
the wrongs of the animal world, and
here in East Africa the lions revenge.
full toll taken on human life and limb
mounts high.-Rev. DR.. W. 8. Rains
ford in Worlds Work.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-08

Major T. A Cummings, who re-
turned today from q business trip to
Billings, reports q big blizzard yes.
terday at Judith Gap. 1t became
necessary to use q snow pillow to clear
the railroad track.
The infant son of Herman Evers, OF
Big Sandy, who has been quite sick
the past few days, died this morning
at the home of his grandparents in
this city. The funeral will take place
tomorrow afternoon, at 2 o'clock.
The Chinook high school football
boys are expected here tomorrow
to play q return game With the Fort
Benton high school team. The game
will commence at 3 p. %. If weather
conditions permit, and there will be
no admission charge for spectators.
A suit was commenced In the distric,
court today by J. E. Templeton
against Wallace E. Chase, to recover
an inde btedness of about 1000. al
legged to be due on two promissory
notes. The complaint asks for q de.
cree of foreclosure and sale of real
estate to satisfy the claim.
Owing to the suspension OF traffic
on the Great Northern and the uncer.
tainty regarding coal shipments, the
electric light company will discontinue
light service until the railroad strike
ends. There is a supply Of fuel on
hand sufficient for two weeks or more,
but as this may be needed for water
power purposes, it is considered pru.
dent to conserve it for necessary work,
Four suspects. who are believed to be
members of the gang of holdups tina,
recently committed several robberies
In Teton county, we're arrested yester'
day at Great Falls with some of the
stolen property in their possession,
The suspects give their names 81
Frank Collins, George G ardner, Geo
Wilson and Jack Allen, three of whom
are half.breeds. Another member o
the gang is said to have been drowned
while attempting to ford the Missouri
river near the mouth of Belt creek.
Bargains In groceries at the Chase
store. All canned fruits, d poun6
cans, at So. IS per case of two dozer
cans. These are standard goods
Sweet corn and string beans, S1.7!
per case. Honey drips, 55c per gallon
White Rock drips, SOC per gallon il
case lots. Silk soap, $50 per case O
100 bars: Swift's Pride, 1925; Ferr
Soap, $40. Japan rice, $500 pei
100 pounds. Home brand pickles a
half price. Dried r~aspberries zoe pei
pound package: currants 10c.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-08
WILL CONVICT HOWELL.
Confession Of Thomas Gordon Tells
Story Of Mail Car Holdup.

W ~
Story Of Mail Car Holdup.
Later advices from Spokane give
further particulars regarding the ar.
rest of Thomas Gordon, formerly of
this city, as an accomplice of Charles
D. Howell 10 the Seattle express office
robbery and mail car holdup at Bon.
ner's Ferry. The incident that led to
the arrest of Gordon was the discovery
Of the fact that Howell had given him
q letter containing $500 to be delivered
to Mrs. Howell in Spokane, and it
subsequently, developed that Howell
had given Gordon 8 $1,000 for his own
use. When questioned as to Why
Howell gave him such a large sum Of
money, Gordon Is said to have broken
down and told the authorities all he
knew about the crimes with which
Howell is charged. The story Of Cor.
don's arrest IL related by the Spokes.
man-Keview in part az follows:
Branding Charles D. Howell, for
merly postm aster at Havre, Montana,
as the daring bandit who, on March
Is, 1908, 10 the guise of q postal in.
spector, held up and robbed the mail
car of the Great Northern Oriental
Limited at Bonner's Ferry, Idaho.
Thos. L. Gordon, q railway mail clerk
Of this city, has made q written con.
fession to United States officials and
| Special Agent John S. Delaney of the
Great Northern secret service with
headquarters in Spokane.
Howell is now in the King county
Jail on a charge of being the Bonner's
Ferry bandit and also of being the
thug who on October 10, 1909, held up
the Great Northern express Office in
Seattle and made away with S12, 600
loot.
Starting with the slender clew of the
mere mention of Gordon's name in a
letter written by Mrs. Howell to her
husband in Seattle last September,
Special Agent Delaney, with the as
sistance of Postof3ce Inspector G. B.
Weller, attached to the Spokane Office.
worked the case up to the climax which
was reached last night when, accord.
ing to these officers Gordon wrote
down in black and white that Howell
was instructed by him how to carry
the role of a postofice inspector, what
clerks we're on the mail q of the
Oriental Limited and where to look
for those pieces of mail which were
likely to contain money. Howell
wrote Gordon afterward and admitted
to the latter that be perpetr ated the
Bonner's Ferry holdup and that it
netted him almost nothing. This
spectacular work gave him about S26,
according to United States officers.
Immediately after the confession
Gordon was arraigned before United
States Commissioner W. H. Hare and
bound over to the federal grand jury,
which %convenes April 2. Bail was
fixed at S., ZOO. Gordon was then
locked up in the county Jail, charged
with being an accessory after the fact,
Shortly before the steel doors swung
behind him he begged the officers no,
TO let his wife know of his disgrace.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-08
Notice To Common Carriers.

Every person, association or corporation, who
engages in business in this state as q common
carrier in the transmission or carrying of pack
ages or express matter, or passengers, from one
place within the state, for hire or profit mus
procure therefor a license from the county
treasurer of the county where their principal
office is located, and pay therefor as follows:
Those doing business IN any amount less than
$5.OoO.GO per quarter must pay therefor $500 pei
quarter.
Section 1850 Revised Codes of Montana pro
vides Tor q penalty in case license is not pro.
cured in advance.
This law will be enforced, and parties engaged
in such business should at once remit amour,
of license to e undersigned.
l.. u. HUDSON.
Treasurer of Chouteau County.
November ~, 1909.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-08
Tho Rubber Tree,

The india rubber" plant-Ficus
elasticus-is a great tree in the tropical
countries In which it fourishes, often
reaching as much as a hundred feet
high. Imposing. indeed. it looks III
such conditions. with a vast leafy
crown extending over forty or fifty
feet outward on each side Of the mas
sive trunk and with immense buttress-
ing roots twisting and winding along
above the ground in such a way as to
lead the natives Of India and Ceylon to
call it the "snake tree" Sometimes
these roots grow up into the trees and
make the tree look like the banyan, to
which. it may be mentioned. it Is DO.
tanically related.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-08
Sacrifice Sale,

Ladies" winter hosiery, former price
4Oc to SOC. now Zoe. All our dark per-
Gales going at &c per yard, worth 12c
to 15c. A few pieces of Mob air goods,
navy. green, brown, etc., and check,
At 3Oc per yard. Three cards of darn.
ing yarn for five cents. All goods
must be cold quick from now on. A,
the Chase Store.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-08

Great Falls Tribune: Register }.
NJ. Burlingame of the Great Falls land
office, stated last evening that the fl.
logs on land in the local land office
for the month of November numbered
l,4ll. which breaks all records in the
Great Falls land Office, as we'll, prob
ably, as any other land Office in the
country. The number of filings in
October was 1871, and it was believed
that this number would form a record
that would last for some time.
Prom Wednesdays Daily.
Did you read Cranes ad?
Born, on Thursday night, December
2. to the wife of Dan Wolff, q son.
Among the arrivals today was a
party of landseekers from Iowa, who
are seeking homestead locations in
this part of Montana.
F. M. Pinkerton, who arrived from
Great Falls today, will furnish music
for a dance at the Gilbert Embleton
ranch on the Teton, which several 10.
cal residents will attend.
Remember the Christmas sale of
fancy work and candy, and q grab
bag for the little folks, Saturday after.
noon in the Cummings block. Coffee
and douRhnuts will be served during
the afternoon.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-08
Reward For Horses.

Stolen, about October II, 1909, one
blush gray horse, light weight,
high HE, and branded thus
on right thigh, also one bay
horse, light weight, and branded On
horn, new stirrup stssps, the other stamped
s'Sullivan,'" Fort Benton; coon skin coat. A
reward Of SIS for each horse for return or for
fo 1,7s . I19ls .ei %oSs. 70 the 3, G ,::otr r e Thomas s.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-08
For Sale Or

Tor $500 spot cash, or its equivalent in banks bic
paper: Goods will DO delivered in regular week y
ntad uring the twelve months following
receipt OF remittance. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Address THE RIVER PRESS,
, Fort HAM ton MINT
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-08
Notice to the Public,

All those who are indeb. ed to Wallace f.,
Chase are requested to settle taelr accounts as
soon as possible. Goods viii hereafter be sold
for cash only, at reduced prices.
II. j. WACKERLIN, Trustee.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-08
Ranch for Sale or Rent,

A ranch of 335 acres for rent or sale. Good
hay and range. A small bunch of cattle for sale.
Address, A. HELT. Warrick. Mont,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-08

Fine Book and Job Printing . spe
cialty at the RIVER PRESS Office.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-11
NEWS oE MoNTouR.
Progress Of Special Meetings Conduct
cd by Evangelist Ludgate.
Special to Times Republican,

Special to Times Republican,
Montour. Dec 1.-THE union meet
ings. which began at Union Hall sun
day morning under the leadership OF
Rev. Mr.. Ludgatc OF Wheaton, HI.
were changed TO the NJ l.. church
"Wednesday evening and will continue
there until the close. -Four great meet
ings will be held Sunday, at 1850, y
O'Clock. ; p. m. and at I u. m.
+. G. Pratt, who underwent an ope
ration for appendicitis on Monday. at
. hospital in Marshalltown. is getting
along nicely.
The funeral Of Mary f. Rabb was
held from the NJ. L. church "Wednesday
afternoon. conducted by her pastor,
Rev. j. II. Hayward.
The business men OF Montour have
signed a petition asking the council TO
have the hitching posts replaced on
Elm street.
ON Monday afternoon Rev. Mn Lud-
gate visited the public school and gave
d delightful travel lecture the subject
being From Denver, colo. To London
England"
The Lost Jesus" will be Rev. Mr.
in the NJ. F. church next Sunday morn :
ing. The Boy Who Called on Queen
Victoria will be his subject at the /.
o'clock service. The Great Poison
Sermon" will be the topic at 3 p. m.
aud The Great Detective" the even
ing topic.
The second number of the entertain
ment course Will be given by Arthur j
| Fisher. at the Congregational church
Monday evening, Dec. 20.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-11
MRS. COLBY WINS SUIT.
DEFENDANT IN HARp.FoueHT
DIVORCE CASE TO BE GIVEN
DECREE.
HUSBAND NOT ENTITLED
TO VERDICT. SAYS COURT
Question of Alimony and Custody OF
Minor Child to Be Decided Later
No Ruling on Wife's Plea for lnjunc
ton Restraining Husband - Other
Iowa News.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican,
Mason City, Dee l1.--In his re-
MAJ is at the close of the Colby divorce
case Judge Kelley said that he would
not grant a divorce TO w. Sommer-
willie Colby, The plaintiff. but that he
cree of legal separation TO Florence
Leavenworth Colby the defendant. LII
the opinion of the court the chasm be-
tween husband and wife in this case
is too deep and wide to be bfidged and
that for their Welfare and that Of
their relatives a divorce should be
granted. A divorce to the. plaintiff is
impossible. the court says because the
absence of Colby's Wife last winter was
not extreme cruelty and therefore not
q legal ground for the granting of a
divorce. In reviewing the case the court
stated that the serious troubles of the
| Cobys began only this year and that
when they began the husband was UNI
duly and unreasonably severe toward
! his Wife.
| Judge Kelley characterized the case
| just closed as one of the most bitterly
contested he had ever heard and said
that the tragedy OF u divorce trial is
deeper than that of murder trial be-
| cause in the latter the life and happi-
ness of but one is at stake while in
the latter that Of the. man. wife. and
their children is involved. Realizing the
present situation as one almost UNI
endurable to the parties of the case
the court has promised a formal ruling
within Il week Other questions other
than that of the divorce itself are to
be decided and they are concerning the
alimony asked by the husband and
about the. custody of the child which
both desire to have and to hold.
4 The high standing and excellent
moral character of the Leavenworths
and the Colbys We're among the things
mentioned by the court Both families
rank among the most prominent in this
section of the state and Judge Kelley
himself has intimate friends among
the members of the Colby family. An
injunction to restrain the plaintiff from
. taking their son from the defendant
and from attacking and worrying the
defendant was asked by the attorney:
) for Mrs Colby. The court has made
no ruling on this injunction.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-11
p. Complaint regarding routing of car
of enigrant NOVA hleS

p. Complaint regarding routing of car
of emigrant movables.
H. X. Groubech, jewell, vs.. C. & n.
w. Complaint concerning station serv-
ice at that place.
Lewis Morel. Colo. vs.. c. & \. w.
Complaint. regarding lack of facilities
at stock yards.
l.. c. Deets, ct al. Des Mones. VS..
c. G.. w. Complaint regarding station
service at Alton Junction.
The following cases were closed
during the week:
New State Telephone Company,
Sioux City. VS.. c. & \. w. Complaint
concerning failure of company to in
stall telephone in their station at
| Moorhead. Company installed phone
as requested.
Cumberland Commercial Club. Cum
berland. VS.. c. Il. & q. Complaint re-
garding train service on the Cumber-
land branch. Upon the matter being
taken up with the company new train
schedule was installed which was sat
isfactory to the mplainants.
W. G. Rollins, Denison. VS.. C. & y.
w. Complaint concerning drainage
/ Company agreed TO remedy conditions
complained Of
John Roach. Manson. vs.. c. r. 7. 4
p. Complaint concerning condition OF
private crossings Railroad company
agreed to maintain one crossing in
| good condition which is all the statute
requires.
i NJ. X Hughist, Gypsum. VS.. c. q. w
| and Illinois Central. Complaint regard
! ing station sevtce al that place Illinois
Central, who controlled station, agreed
! to remedy conditions.
Citizens of Shannon City vs.. c. G
w. Complaint regarding station serv-
ice. Railroad company agreed to rem
edy conditions complained of at once
c. r. Bartne. Gearing VS.. Iowa Cen.
/ trail. Complaint concerning overchargt
on shipment of household goods. In
vestigation disclosed that no over
charge had been made.
National Petroleum Association
! Cleveland, vs.. c. r. I. & T. and the c
/ h. g. Q. Complaint regarding the re
fusal of these companies to accep
shipments of oil. Matter was taken III
with the companies and satisfactor.
adius tment made
Randall Lumber Company. Els
worth. vs. c. Il \. w. Complaint witt
reference to delay in transit on carloa
of lumber. Shipment located by com
pany and forwarded AT once.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-11
Hampton and Vicinity.

Speclal TO Times republican.
Hampton, Dec 1l.--Mr and Mrs.
John A. Washington, of Geneva. were
here Wednesday morning on their way
to Belmond, to attend the funeral of
the formers brother, George Wadding-
ton, who died at that place Monday.
George resided in this county a num-
Der of years, and is kindly remembered
by many of his old acquaintance here
Mrs. Fred S. Patton left Thursday
to visit her parents at Adair
Miss Winnie Mckinzie has gone TO
Alexander To teach school in the
Grant Smith school, two miles south OF
Alexander.
| MIR. Fred ID. Rodemeyer and Miss
Bertha law. of Alexander, We're mar
ried here at the home of the officiating
minister, Rev. Dewitt Clinton, We'd
nesday afternoon. Mr. Rodemeyer i
manager of the Interstate Lumber
| Company at Alexander Fred was a
former Hampton resident and has
many friends here.
! About five inches of SNOW fell here
! Friday and if the storm continues am
| other day the snow Will be II good
thing for the roads as it Will ill up
the inequalities IN the frozen ground
and make the sleighing good.
Rev. Father Weineke, of the Catho-
,lic church. WAS in Mason CITY Thurs
day
The annual sale of reserved seats
I for the Hampton lecture course took
place at The rotunda of the court house
Thursday The first number for this
season will be given ON tDe evening OF
h, at
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-11

Dubuque.
Mr. and Mrs. James Kearns. of Holy
Cross. celebrated their golden wedding.
The couple are natives of Ireland, tho
they We're married in this country
They have resided on the same farm.
fo:, forty-eight years.
Fort Dodge.
n lighted pipe left in the coat of an
enploye in the cold storage depart
rient of the Corn Belt Packing Conn
pany's new plant is believed to have
been the origin of the fire which de-
stroyed that institution few days ago
Sioux Rapids.
| The Republican Press office at this
place was damaged by water to the eN-
! tent of several hundred dollars. The
cause was the bursting of Il water pipe
| III the second story. Machinery. stock
and unfinished printing all suffered
| from the effects of the water.
Dow City.
For selling the husband of Mrs. Mar
vim Lee of Dow City. liquor which
! made him SO drunk that he fell from
his wagon and was Killed. Pat Hedder-
mann. Arion saloon keeper. must pay
the widow $1,000 judgment against him
that sum having been rendered in dis
| trict court.
Webster City.
Ira Lavender, head rpachinist fol
/ the Queen Manufacturing Company. o.
i Webster City. and A. S. Burnell. hea'
| of the company, have invented an au-
/ tomobile starter, which does away Will
I the necessity of "cranking' an automo.
/ bile The Queen company will manu-
| facture the little article.
Dubuque.
| Deputy United States Marshal Trac
! ey, of Sioux City. arrived in Dubuque
! Wednesday, having in charge FREQ
Kurtz, Charles Beckman and james
Bright. Kurtz and Bright are charged
with selling liquor to Indians. an.
! Beckn,an with selling liquor withou
stamps. Both have confessed
Usage.
The city council at their regula
meeting finally agreed on. the kind o
Laving to be used next,spring in pavin
Main street for u distance of eigh
blocks Concrete was decided to be tn
hest and cheapest, after discussing tn
matter pro and con until nearly ma
night. 1t is thought that this will Civ
general satisfaction
Sioux City.
While attempting to open the doc
of a Morning Side car, Howard Hard
ing. son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Hard
ing, had the artery in his right wris
severed by piece of glass which fe
from the door. Young Harding wa
: carried to nearby. drug store, q ply
sician summoned andhis wound dress
ed He was removed to his home, BIT
Is in serious condition. his fever hay
D ing reached a high point.
: Waterloo.
J, DR.. Fred Law, city veterinarian, r.
ported two violations of the law. +
recommended the revocation of the liz
euses OF I'D Butter and o. q. Smit
Mr. Rulter was Charged with wAterlr
milk ard Mr.. Smith with applying t