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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-03-11
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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-29
OFFICIAL PAPER OF cnoUTEAU COUNTY

Al letters and communication containing mat
ter intended for publication in this paper should
be addressed to "TheR icer Press" and the name
eft scriter must BE- given to insure attention..
Local 0duertisements WiW be Inserted In these
columns at the rate Of ten cents per line from
trdnsient and .fue cents per line from regular "a.
C~ertisers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-29
Depths at WhichuMiners Work.

Below so feet the temperature rises
In the proportion of one degree for
every IS feet Of depth except where
currents Of water carry the heat away.
The result is that at . depth OF about
1000 feet we reach q temperature of 90
degrees, or blood heat. This renders
it exceedingly difficult to work coal
pits below that depth. This is the
reason that Great Britaiu's coal com.
mission h~assdecided that mines are
not workable below 1900 feet.
The thickness Of the solid rocks
buildinglup the crust of the earth is
at least 30 to 40 miles. At that depth
the heat is such as would reduce every.
thing on the surface OF the earth to
liquid. But the pressure of the yer
lying rocks 10 so great that until the
relation OF the heat to pressure is
known it cannot be said whether the
earth at that depth is fluid or solid.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-29
STATE LANDS.

The large area of state lands in
Chouteau county, amounting in the
aggregate to about 400, 600 acres,
gives local interest to information
regarding state lands which was re-
Gently published in pamphlet form by
the state board of land commissioners.
The more important features of the
publication are given in this sum.
mary:
The common school and other state
lands approximate $500, 900 acres,
embracing grazing, agricultural,
timber and coal lands. A typewriter
list OF state lands in any county will
be furnished at legal cost, or 20 cents
Q folio, no map or list OF such lands
having been published. Except coal
and some mineral lands, all lands,
after approved survey and appraised,
are open tolsale. The Carey act lands,
so'cslled, are under the jurisdiction
OF the board. Such lands are located
in Lewis and Clark, Yellowstone,
Sweet Grass and Teton counties, and
inquiries concerning them should, for
the respective county, be addressed to:
Billings Land & Irrigation company,
Billings; Glass Brothers Land com.
pany. Big Timber: Conrad Land com.
pany, Conrad. and Ames Realty com.
pauy, st. Louis. Coal lands capno,
be sold, but may be leased.
Those who wish 70 buy should make
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-29
East Is Storm Swept.

NEW YORK, edo. 27.-Eighteen per.
sons in or near New York persisted In
the Christmas storm, or from accidents
caused by 1t. Six died of exposure
after being caught In snow drifts, 9th.
ers were drowned and several were
killed by trains.
Today New York was rapidly dig.
ging its way from the cover of ten
inches OF snow. BY afternoon traffic
conditions approached normal as aIre.
suit of the labor of nearly 10, 900 men
in the employ of the city and traction
lines, while steam railroad conditions
also were rapidly improving. Wire
which was badly in.
terrupted during the worst of the
blow, was again fairly good today
except as to New England points.
Blockades on railroads created q
shortage of food supplies and a con.
sequent increase in prices, which con.
triouted to the hardships of the poor.
BOSTON, Dec. 27.-Five million dol.
lars loss is the estimate made today
OF the havoc wrought in and around
boston by the blizzard which yester.
day swept New England and drove q
record tide over the coast. No fatal.
tiles have been reported in this vicin.
ity besides the four known to have
occurred yesterday in Chelsea, where
q tidal wave bursting through the
dyke along Island End river, flooded
homes and forced 2 800 persons to fee.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-29

formal application promptly on blanks
which will be supplied. The receip,
OF such application, with fee (5(
cents J, insures the earliest possible
r%eappraisal and Offering at next sale
held In county where land is situated.
Advance notice of sale will be mailed
applicant.
Except coal and timber land all
leased land is subject to sale at any
time. If bought possession will be
given the next January |, or before II
lease expires prior to said date; or
the lessee and purchaser may, II they
wish, agree upon another date.
No land can be sold for less than
90 per acre and it must bring the APP
praised price when same exceeds $40
per acre.
Fifteen per cent. Of purchase price
in cash on day of sale, the balance in
twenty equal annual payments bearing
FIVE per cent. interest per annum.
Payments of one or more annual in
stallments may be made at one time,
but II made on other than q due date,
then interest that would be due at next
payment must be paid.
Purchasers of the lands may be
citizens of the United States or
those who have declared their inten.
lion OF becoming such, or domestic
c~orporatisns, actual settlers, or per.
sons who will improve the land, or to
The United States reclamation service.
All sales must be at public auction
only, and held at court house of coun.
" where the land is; after ad vertising
. description Of the land, place, time
and terms Of sale, once q week for
our consecutive weeks in q paper
published in said county.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-29
A BARNUM TRICK.
Getting His Posters Into Canada With.
out Paying Duty.

-" wy
One Of p. Il. Barnum's most success
full feats of bamboozlement was played
upon the Canadian customs authori-
ties. The veteran showman's tours
were always planned far in advance,
and one winter he made up his mind
to take his great circus and menag-
erie through Canada during the sum-
mel after the next. This gave him
about two years in which to mature
his plans.
One important item Of a shOwman's
expenses consists of his advertising
placards, and MIR. Barnum was always
lavish with these gaudy prints. He
was aware that the Canadian govern
ment imposed a high duty on this
class Of imports, and yet he wanted to
paint Canada red. yellow, blue and
green with a l%avishness that no show
man had ever displayed in that coun-
try before.
Now, there was no printing house
anywhere in Canada that could begin
to turn out the kind Of work that Mr..
Barnum required either in size, color
Or finish. Nevertheless his immense
posters anne under the same CLASH
fication as much smaller Autographs
and printed coiored matter did. and he
knew that the Dominion custom au-
thorities would not abate one jot Of !
the full toll, but would rather rejoice /
at the opportunity to mulct the foreign
er who would convey SO much money |
out of a country.
So Barnum studied the question
awhile and finally sent on at once a
great lot of circus posters Of the most
gorgeous designs wherein yellow lions
and clawed striped tigers and brown
bears fought with blue hippopotamuses
till gore flowed into beautiful crimson
backgrounds. No agent appeared when
the posters were detained by the Ca
madam customs officers to pay the
duty. They were accordingly held for
twelve months. then duly advertised
for sale for three months more and
finally put up at auction with a lot of
other unclaimed parcels and were des-
ignated in the catalogue merely as
''colored prints"
Nobody took any interest in them
when the auctioneer called for q bid.
and finally the whole batch was knock
ed down for a song to a secret agent
Of the circus who had been sent up by
Mr.. Barnum for that express purpose.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-29
Ferry Boats Stuck In Ice.

DETROIT, Dec. 25.-Six coaches Of
Christmas travellers on the Canadian
Pacifc's Chicago-Toronto train are
stalled in the Detroit river aboard the
company's car ferry Michigan, which
has been fast In the ice since 2:3O this
morning.
Tugs are at work trying tn clear it.
Some distance below the Michigan &
Grand Trunk ferry Huron and q Pierre
Marquette ferry, both with freigh,
trains aboard, are also held. United
States marine men declare ice condi.
tions to be worse today than for
years.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-29
Discovery Of Chewing Gum.

Chewing gum has been called the
mystery OF confectionery, for, of all
the millions OF chewers there are very
few who have any idea what it really
is they are ms sticating.
Chewing gum is nothing but chicle
mixed with sugar and favoring, and
chicle is the gum of q tree that grows
plentifully In Mexico and Central
America, and that of recent years has
been GUILTY. ated on a large scale in
Yucatan, where the American Chicle
company, commonly known as the
chewing gum trust, owns several mil.
lion acres:of it.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-29
THE CROCODILE.
Terror Of the Stealth Of the Cunning
6rute's Approach.

Terror Of the Stealth Of the Cunning
6rute's Approach.
One of the reasons given by old writ
ers for the crocodile being worshiped
in Egypt was the somewhat cryptic
one that it Laid threescore eggs and
lived for threescore years." but from
twenty to thirty is the common num-
Der of eggs found in a clutch" In
the reptiles easy code Of ethics. how
ever, it's parental responsibilities end
with the act of oviposition, for, hay
ing covered the eggs with a layer Of
sand, it leaves the sun to do the rest
(whence doubtless Shakespeare's your
mud and the operation of your SUM-
and leaves it also to the ichneumon to
do its worst. In some places it seems
that water %tOrtoises, too, eat croco-
dies eggs. but the ichneumon is the
real desolator of crocodile homes,
scratching up the nests and eating or
breaking the entire sitting at a meal.
Crocodiles' eggs. however, are absurd
~ small. a mother twenty feet long
being content with an egg no larger
than that of a goose, and the newly
Matched young. hardly more formula
bic than a common newt. are preyed
upon by birds, which a little later the
rapidly growing crocodile would like
nothing better than to get within its
reach as we'll as doubtless by many
other things, including old crocodiles
themselves.
The real horror Of the members Of
the crocodile tribe lies in their usual
n~oiselessness. ''They swim with great
silence. making scarcely ven a ripple
on the water" says NJ. du Chaillu. and
the terror Of the stealth Of their ap-
proach is well conveyed in Rudyard
Kipling's cripple Song"
"Wait. all. wait" the ripple saith.
maiden, wait, for l am Death!'
London Times.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-29
A Real Consolation.

Little Molly's father can't quite see
where Molly got her information. One
day when her unmarried aunt was Wis
iting at their house Molly became i'm
pressed with her aunt's solitary state.
Haven't you any husband, Aunt Mol
ly?' she asked. Aunt Molly's pretend
ed grief over the fact that she was
husbandleM; was so real to Molly that
she undert'o ok the task Of consolation.
"Never mid, dear Aunt Molly, hus-
bands scoll."-Delineator.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-29
"1hc Fault of the Dutch"

1t was to Sir Charles Bagot, minis
ter at The Hague, that Canning in the
course Of a tariff dispute with Falk,
the Dutch premier, addressed his ia
nous dispatch in verse. which. as we
have seen it wrongly quoted on sew
eral occasions. we venture to append:
In matters Of commerce the fault Of the
Dutch
Is giving too little and asking too much.
With equal advantage the French are
content,
So We'll clap on Dutch bottoms at twenty
per cent,
Twenty per cent,
Twenty per cent,
Nous frapperons Falk with twenty per
cent.
Links With the Past"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-29
His Neiohbor.

I'VE are told. Tommy" said the Sun
day school teacher. that we should
love our neighbor. Now. who is YOUR
neighbor. Tommy
But Tommy Tucker merely blushed.
hung his head and said nothing. He
didn't want to tell the little girls
name.-ChicagO Tribune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-29
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20, 1909.
III EXTRA

The extra session of the state legis.
lature, called by Governor Norris in
response to the urgent request of citi-
zens who have interested themselves in
the controversy regarding building
material to be used in the wings of the
state capitol, promises an instructive
discussion of the matters at issue.
The most active agitator for the extra
session was State Senator Amin, Of
Yellowstone county, some of whose
constituents are interested in the Co.
lumbus stone quarry, and 1t q
largely at his solicitation that mem.
bers of the Legislature agreed to a..
semble in Helena and serve az law
makers without cost to the state. In
some cases 1t is understood, there was
. reservation in the agreement to the
effect that the session should not CON.
tinue more than three or four days,
and If the controversy 10 prolonged it
is quite probable that some of the rep.
resentatives or senators will not stay
with the job.
A sensible view of this capitol build.
ing stone controversy is presented by
the Great Falls Leader in these re.
marks:
Governor Norris having called the
Montana Legislature in extra session,
the meeting of that body becomes q
condition, not q theory to confront US.
The session is called in response to an
alleged demand in the interest of Mon
tana products, the Columbus Sand
stone company desiring $50, 600 more
than the figures given the state board
officially by that company six months
ago upon which to base estimates
that is one feature. Another is that
the Legislature having been called, the
attention Of that body is directed to
the provision of law which cuts out
special legislation, and the best which
may come out. is that all Montana
stone be Observation-Disclosures to partici.
pate in the melon which the legisl ature
10 asked to hand out-s6O, 900 of state
money.
1t is noticeable that already the
Columbus sandstone adherents are
demandinglthat ~the.wings be in "ab-
solute conformity to the rest of the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the only thing
to do is to use Columbus sandstone.
AS q matter of cold fact, just between
US in Montana, there be those who
deal in stone who point u that the
present state capitol, ldone In Colum.
bus sandstone, is anything but q glar-
ing success in the way of stone. That,
however, is something the Legislators
may see for themselves, the only thing
required in the matter being q square
deal for the other stone Of the state
than that Of Colum bus; ri ht in Great
Falls we have some .tbuiIding stone
superior to that Of Columbus in every
way, and no doubt that in other por-
tions Of the state there are quarries
Of excellence. Give them all q chance.
The Columbusl adherents have fire..
quently quoted the demand" of the
people for an extra session; passing
this by without need of comment at
this time, the Legislature may be as
sured of n thing, and that is that
the people of Montana ''demand'
that any legisl alton looking to q gift
of $6O. 600, or any other sum, of the
state money, be lot In any manner
hedged about so as to make it q priv.
ate rakeof for any one company, but
that the lists be open to all.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-29
The River Press.

Subscribe now for the WEEKLY R,v.
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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-04-08
A WEEK OF SELF DENIAL.

The Salvation Army is actively en-
gagged in preparing for its annual
week of Self-Denlal. which has now
become an established custom
throughout the world. The dates fixed
are April 18th to 18th. inclusive. Few
persons seem to realize what a vest
and worldwide movement this has
become These modern crusaders
have now 2,O2s officers and cadets
Gncluding sociaD under their ban
ners, working in fifty-four countries
and colonies. and in their own ener-
getic way they are preaching the Cos
pei to the poor in about thirty differ
ent languages. 1t appears from their
recent returns that the following
countries and colonies have been in
vaded: Great Britain. France, Sweden,
finland, Belgium. Holland, Germany.
Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Glib
ralter, Italy, Iceland, Malta, India,
Ceylon, Java, Japan, Cape Colony, Ma
tai. Orange Free State. Zululand.
Mashonaland, Bechuanaland, Trans
vaal st. Helen. United States. Canada,
Newfoundland, Argentine. Urugary,
Bermuda. Hawaii, Jamca, British
Guiani. Victoria. New South Wales.
Queensland. South Austria. Western
Australia, New leland, Tasmania,
Special expeditions are now under
way to open up China, and the vast
territory of Russia. or social insti
tutions the Army has vast network.
numbering in all about 800. That the
effort will meet with success goes
without saying. and there is no doubt
that the friends of the movement re-
cognizing the vast amount Of good al
ready accomplished, will not fail to
afford their practical recognition
when the proper time comes.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-04-08
SEEDING ALFALFA

Colorado. On several occasions the
young alfalfa seedlings survived
freeze OF from five to ten degrees OF
temperature below 32. and gave no
evidence OF injury. A fatal error Is
often made by sowing the alfalfa
seed too deep in the drills with grain
three to four inshes deep alfalfa will
conditions. The usual method Is to
broadcast the seed just ahead OF
the grain drill, either with an at
tachment on the drill or by hand:
In this way some OF the seed Is COW
cred about the right depth, by har-
rowing after the drill. But much OF
II is so near the surface that II will
nor survive: therefore. much seed Is
wasted The ideal method would be
to have drill that would accurately
regulate the amount OF seed and SOW
uniformly by drills not much over
three-fourths OF an inch In depth.
We are sadly in need Of a drill es-
pecially designed for sowing alfalfa
seed. II one has only a small area
OF two or three acres to SOW, 1t
might pay to take the pains TO SOW
with a common garden drill, 80 as
to insure a uniform depth OF planting.
All the tests the writer has made
with the drilling OF alfa'fa In rows
have shown encouraging results In
both hay and in the production
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-04-08
ENDS INDIGESTION
IN FIVE MINUTES

Every family here ought to keep
some diapepsin in the house, as any
one Of you may have an attack OF in
digestion. day or night.
This harmless preparation will d.
gest anything fve minutes and trah
gest anything you eat and overcome .
sour stomach Ave minutes afterwards.
II your meals don't tempt you. or
what little you do eat seems to fill you
or lays like lump OF lead In your
stomach, or II you have heartburn,
that is a sign OF indigestion.
Ask your pharmacist for 5o-cent
case OF Pape's Diapepsln and take one
triangule after supper tonight. There
will be no sour risinEH. no belching OF
undigested food mixed with acid. no
stomach gas or heartburn. fullness or
heavy feeling in the stomach. Nausea.
Iebilitating headaches, dizziness or
intestinal gripping. This will all 20.
and besides. there will be no sour
food left over in the stomach to polls
on your breath with nauseous odors.
Pape's Diapepsin is a certain cure
for all stomach misery, because 1t
will take hold OF your food and digest
It Just the same as II your stomach
wasn't there.
Actual. prompt relief for all your
stomach misery Is at your pharmacist.
waiting for you.
These large .0-cent cases contain
more than sufficient to cure . case OF
dyspepsia or indigestion.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-04-08
PROGRESS CLUB ENTERTAINED

erickson and Miss Dale were found to
have the same number correct, so
Miss Dale. It proved to be a small
plate daintily bordered with clover
leaves and blossoms, the club flower.
Miss Campbell. Royal Chef" OF
the club. then took charge OF the chat
they cut for the prize. which fell to
ing dish. from which presently was
forthcoming the delicious Welsh rare
bit for which she is Justly famed. 1t
was served with stuffed olives. The
next course was OF brick ice cream
In the club colors, pink. white and
green, each slice showing the clover
leaf Delicious cake and ice cream
candy were also served. The Misses
Elsie and Leila Armstrong assisted
the hostess.
The refreshment period was en-
livened by an exchange OF condolences
as to "the biggest fool thing" each
guest had ever done.
Miss Goodykoontz is charming
hostess and there Is perhaps no COM
pany more responsive as guests than
this congenial club OF busy young wo-
men when they meet for q social time.
so the evening was thoroughly enjoy
able.
Mrs. Goodykoontz and Miss Mary
Wood were special guests.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-04-08
HOW LONG Is 1T POSSIBLE
FOR 4 FISH TO LIVE
OUT OF WATER

e. A. Roberts, of Wilbur, Colorado,
relates a remarkable fish story, but
one that differs from the usual yarn
Of that kind in the important partic-
ular of being true in every respect
Mr.. Roberts says:
George Towers Of Canon City spent
Sunday and while there caught with
hook and line. eight small fish. taking
them from the water at O'Clock in
the afternoon. He took them home
with him and wrapped them up in
a shelf where they remain I'd all might.
The next morning he took them on
the train with him to Wilbur, TWEEN
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-04-08
Frontier Sketches

An Indian campaign Along the
Platte: veritable plague of abort
ginal fiendishness was loosed upon
the plains between Denver and Jules
burg in the winter of 1865. During
the month of January Of that year,
every ranch and every dwelling of
isolated shelter which lay anywhere
near the route between the two points
was devastated. The Cheyenne and
Arapahoe tribes of the Indians, in
furiated, engrossed with the idea that
in the battle of Sand creek they had
been greatly wronged, had swept in
force upon the houses and stage sta
tions, wreaking a dreadful vengeance
upon the whites.
The men, women and children who
had not sought and found safety
through early flight were tortured,
onslaughts. The Indians were un-
usually quiet if not peaceable, during
the fall and early winter. The numer-
GUS massacres of January, 1865, were
therefore unexpected. The attack Of
the Idians was unheralded and with
out parallel in western pioneer his
tory for as a rule savages were not in
the habit of carrying on the warfare
in winter when the they could not find
grass for their ponies.
One among the great number of
ranches raided was the American
owned by Mark M. Coad which lay
100 miles northeast of Denver. Raided
at the same time was the Wisconsin
ranch, three miles away, owned by
Solon Godfrey. The concerted attack,
by united band of Arapahoes and
Cheyennes, resulted in the destruc-
ton of both ranches. The inmates of
the American ranch consisted of five
men, one woman and child. The
men and the child were killed and
mutilated. The buildings and out
houses were fired and the woman was
carried away to become the brunt of
savage cruelty, violence and torture
surprising many deaths. Fifteen In
dians were killed at the American
ranch before the place was CAPTURED.
This warfare was continued until the
late Major Downing of Denver organi-
zed war party of citizens and went
to the rescue. The savages were
under command of Black Kettle and
were finally entrapped in a canon at
the Pawnee Buttes where more than
seventy Of them were killed and 800
ponies captured. 1t was this coup d
etat on tn par, of Major Downing
that had much to do with the final
settlemen Of he Indian question.