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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-04-22

Newspaper l3o Years Old.
County School Superintend-
ent H. c. Seymour Ct Dallas,
Ore, lays CLAIM Is owning the
oldest newspaper in the col 4,
the Boston Gazette of / ynday
March II, ITO, aa.og a
long account of s..- Boston
massacre, headed by Two black
coffins with skulls and cross
bones. Onthe front page are
copies of the resolutions passed
by different towns in New
England to buy no more of
British goods.
Notice OF Probate OF Will
District Court in and for
Harrison County.
STATE OF IOWA
HARRISON COUNTY
To all whom it may concern:
Whereas on the 22nd day of
April A. D. 1909, a paper pur-
porting to be the last will and
testament of Esther Jane Egan
late of said county, deceased,
was filed in my office, and was
by me opened and read; ard
the 10Th day of May 1909 ap-
pointed and fixed as the time
when the same will come be-
fore the court at the March
term thereof then to be held
for finale proof and probate, as
the duly executed will and
testament of the said Esther
Jane Egan deceased, at which
time all persons interested may
appear and show cause why the
same should not be admi tied
to probate. Dated this 22nd
day of April 1909.
A. w. Blackburn, Clerk m6
Stock Food, Stock remedies,
lice killers, dips and disenfect-
ants of all kinds. The best at
3l8 Erie j. D. Brown & Son
Use Cream 81 tina ya'!syflcar
We are the agents for East
man Kodaks and Cameras see
is if you have the Kodak fever
We can supply your wants.
3l8 Erie j. D. Brown & Son
Strawberry Short Cake and
cream at the Railroad Eating
House.
Wanted men and teams to
work with scrapers at good
wages near town. Write to me
at California Junction. H. A.
Lemon. A24
The H. r. Newton Co. are
now prepared to handle orders
for sand and gravel to be de-
livered in the city, we will
handle all washed sand.
May1
4 Room house on Mill street
to rent. j. A. George.
For fancy buttons see N.
Jensen the tailor. | am in my
new quarters now and am
ready for all Spring orders.
| wish to announce to my
friends of Mo Valley and Har-
rison county that | am now
managing the bar at the Arcade
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-04-22

4 Room house on Mill street
to rent. j. A. George.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-04-22
Use Cream ag t:,a ya'lsyflca,

We are the agents for East
man Kodaks and Cameras see
is if YOU have the Kodak fever
We can supply your wants.
318 Erie ]. D. Brown & Son
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-04-22

For fancy buttons see N.
Jensen the tailor. I am in my
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-10
Strong MonosytIables.

Instructors in the art Of literary
composition usually condemn a strine
Of monosyllables, but in the wei
known hymn LEAD, Kindly Light
written by a master Of the English
language, you may count thirty con.
secuttve words Of one syllable only
They offend neither the eye nor the
ear.
Milton often use a series Of mono.
synables. In the second book Of ''Par.
adise Lost" we have:
The Aend
O'er o or steep. through strait rough,
dense y rare.
With head. hands. wings or feet pursuea
his way
And swims or sinks Or wades or creeps
OF fies.
Such lines are not uncommon In the
book:
Rocks, caves, lakes, fens. bogs, lens and
shades OF death.
And again:
OF neither sea nor shore nor air nor nre.
London Notes and Queries.
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Courtshjp In Ireland.

Courtshjp In ireland.
An Irish boy marr1es when he has a
rid house and an Irish girl Just when
she pleases. Sometimes she 80 pleases
while yet her years are few; at other
times she Is content to wait upon wis
dom. In the latter case, Of course, she
makes a wise choice, but In the for
mer almost always a lucky one, for
luck is the guardian angel Of the irish.
you're too young to marry yet,
Mary" the mother said when Mary
pleaded that she should grant Lau-
renee O'Mahony a particular boon.
IF You only have patience, mother,
ri cure meself Of that fault" was
Mary's reply.
"And she's never been used to work,
laurence" the mother said to the
sutton discouraging1y.
III you only have patience, ma'am,"
was Laurence's reply to this, I'LL cure
her Of that fault" And he did too
Seumas MacManus in Lippincotts.
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The mule would get ahead of the horses

The mule would get ahead of the horses
to 60 with General Custer and that he
wanted me to have the best mount
there was at the post. At that time
the horses at the fort were pretty well
run down from many chases after In.
dams, but l was riding and had at
the time as good a long distance horse
as l have ever known, and he was a
mule. The general himself was riding
a Kentucky thoroughbred.
AT daylight l rode up to the com
handing officers quarters, and Cap
tain Ovenshine introduced me for the
first time to General Custer. The gen.
eral, seeing that 1 was mounted on a
mule, said to Captain Ovenshine:
Captain, l haven't got time to dilly
daily along the road with a mule. I
see that my guide here is mounted on
a mule. I want him to have a horse,
and a good one"
l said, General, this is the best
horse at the fort, and I assure you
that he won't be much behind you
when you reach Fort Larned."
The captain explained to the general
that the horses were in pretty bad
condition at the fort and that he had
heard me brag so much about that
mule that he felt quite sure that the
beast was all right.
The general seemed a little displeas-
ed and said, "Well If that Is the best
you have l will have to put up with
it."
We mounted and started out on the
road. For the first fifteen miles to
Smoky Hill river there was a good
wagon road, and as we rode along the
general asked me numerous questions
in regard to the country and the In
dams, and thus we talked along mile
after mile. But the general was going
at a pretty rapid gait, and my mule
was not very speedy on the start, but
I knew he would finish all right. So
when the general was not looking
would put the spurs to the mule a lit.
tie to wake him up. However, I kept
alongside Of the general until I got tc
Smoky Hill river. I noticed that the
old mule was not painting much. but
the horses were.
I told the general that this would BIZ
the last water for forty-1ve miles un
til We got near Larned; that 1t would
be best to water the horses there, ani
II the men required any water they
had better fill up their canteens, whict
they did.
From this point we struck into tn,
sand bills, leaving all roads. 1t wa,
pretty sandy and pretty heavy travel
ing for horse or mule, but I made VI
my mind that I would show the gen
eral from there on that I had spokel
the truth about the mule. So when til,
general was not looking at me I woul,
put the spurs to him. and as he woul,
lunge ahead I would say:
"Whoa. there! Take it easy, old fel
low. Don't get to frettin'."
We went on like that for a mile Q
80. The mule would get ahead Of til
horses, and whenever the gener.
wasn't looking I would spur him, an
as the mule would forge ahead
would pat him to calm him down.
Finally the general remarked, "Tha
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-10
Faults on Beth d

He was a mild and meek kind of
husband, but at length hts patience
and good nature gave out, and he went
to his lawyer to get him to draw up a
deed Of separation from his exasper-
ating better half.
"Ah, WELL" said the lawyer thought
fully, perhaps there may be faults on
both Sides"
you're rightr' shouted the angry
client. "She has a hump on her back
md a wart on her nose."-New York
Times.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-10
The Riddle.

The Riddle.
Here is a strange riddle which we
have never met before. It Is sent N
by a friend from Jhansi, India:
Divide $50 by o. Add two-thirds Of
10, So ends the riddle.
Here Is the answer: CoLENSO.
C-1O0.
L-5O.
EN-two-thirds Of TEN.
SO-ends the riddle.-London Scraps.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-10
TO BUY OR SELL.
CATTLE,
SHEEP, Of
HORSES,

Place an advertisement in the
River Press, where ii will be seen
by the live stock buyers and sell.
ers of Northern Montana. The
cost Of advertising is a mere
trifle, and it brings results in
nearly every case.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-10
Fov Sale or Exchange.

THE RIVER PRESS, Fort Benton
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-10

Il don't mind finding a gray hair or
two in my own hair" sighed the
bachelor girl, who shows some few
xigns Of the scar and yellow leaf, 'but
when I pay So for q nice bunch Of
lovely brown curls and have to pick
them out Of those. too, It isn't fair.
% you think It isT-Chfca9o Inter
Ocean.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-10
The Riqht Of the Kiss.

The Right OF the Kiss.
Some say kissing is a sin, but if it
was ma lawful, lawyers would ma al
low it; If it was ma holy, ministers
would ma do it; If it was ma modest,
maidens would NJ take 1t; II it was ma
plenty. puir folk would ma get IT.
Robert Burns.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-10
By BUFFALO BILL
TALES OF TnBPLAINS
coPxRio,sE. ieoo .Ur WILLIAM =! ooUf

first meeting with Genera!
Nv George A. Custer was wheI
4V1 I was a scout in the de.
partment Of the Missouri
In the spring Of 1867. At this time
General Clusters regiment, the Sew.
enth cavalry, United States army, was
at Fort Larned, on Pawnee Fork, near
the Arkansas river.
One evening the general arrived at
Fort Hays from Fort Harker. He had
with him only two officers and three
orderlies. The general told Captain
O~venshine, who was in command Of
Fort Hays at the time, that he wished
to leave Fort Hays the next morning
at daylight to join his regiment and
wanted a guide who knew the country,
n that would make no mistake, well
mounted, to guide him to Fort Larned.
Captain Ovenshine sent for ne and
told me to be ready sharp at daylight
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-10
Located.

D0c3to0.
Say" queried the would be humor-
lst, where is that place Atoms that
10 many people are blown to-"
TITS just the other side of Efigy, the
place in which so many people are
hanged" answered the solemn person.
Chicago News.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-10
Terms Of District Court, 1909

CHOUTEAU COUNTY.
Tuesday, April 20.
Tuesday August "a.
Tuesday, November %.
VALLEY COUNTY.
Tuesday, February %.
Tuesday, June 8.
Tuesd ay, September 81.
Tuesday, November Is.
TETON COUNTY.
Monday, February l..
Monday, May 3.
Monday, August 2.
Monday, November l..
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-10

horse in the outfit, and when twilight
arrived he decided, after patching up
his head a little. to bring relief and
meet US at q point northwest on the
Platte river. about a days march on
ward These were about the most
definite directions any scout got in the
trackless wastes Of those days, and It
showed the peculiar sixth sense or
acumen possessed by experienced off,
GERS and why practical scouts, like
Cody. In the wide terrestrial seas Of
the great plains rarely e missed
connections. Cody therefore reached
US safely. making a successful ride of
fifty miles during the night and ar.
irving at Fort Kearny at daylight"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-10

Water right blanks-only r
form published--fcr sale at the RIVER
PRESS office.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-10

Fifty-two copies Of the Ws1xlY RIVER Pns.s
tor $500 spot cash, or it, equivalent in banks bic
paper; Goods will Be delivered in regular weekly
instauments during the twelve months following
tocelpt OF remittance. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Address THE RIVER PRESS,
Fort FentOu, Mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-10
No Modern Home Is Complete
Without a Telephone.

The greatest labor and time-saving
convenience of the age. You can talk
from your telephone to every subscrib.
er in any exchange in Utah, Montana,
Idaho, Wyoming, as we'll Is all Pacific
coast points and Colorado and New
Mexico. Short rates for shc.t talks.
Halt minute up. The pay begins when
the talk begins.
Rates from $500 up, for unlimited
local service.
Leave your orders now. The new
instruments are the very latest i'm.
proved.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-12-31
NOT MUCH TROUBLE TO WRITE
Some Proper Names That at Least
Have the Distinguishing Merit
OF Novelty.

In the zuyder Zee there is a bay
called Y, and Amsterdam has . river
Y. while. strange to say, in quite an
other part Of the earth, in China, the
same brief name Is given to a town.
Elsewhere in the flowery KINGDOM,
in the province of Honan, there is .
city called U. and in France there IL
river and in Sweden a town rejoic-
ing In the name Of A.
Proper names of this brief nature
are not. however. monopolized BY
places; instances are on record where
individuals have been similarly named
Some years ago there was a shop kept
ON the Rue de Louvan. Brussels, by
Theresa o. and there is a Nine. o in
Paris, who is well-known as the pro-
prietor Of popular cafe.
An amusing incident is recounted in
connection with the impressment into
the military service of the son of one
Of the members Of the o family. The
young man could not write, and 30
signed his name on the military pa.
pers with cross. it not occurring to
him or to any Of the officials how
easily he could have written his name.
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svNoPsis.

and Uncle Henry. A cyclone lifted their
home into the air Dorothy falling asleep
her. The house had landed in a country
Of marvellous beauty, Groups OF queer
HsSne ss nsr bsd to 'hs ked her
othy took the witch's silver shoes. She
Wizard OF OF. who. she was promised.
Kansas; Dorothy Recessed . sea ssaresTow. e, W.
Quiring brains and started with her to
Che Wizard to get them. The seareerow
man a WI Who is1ty io1Eed ney for heart He also
Joined them. They came upon q terrible
hon. The lion confessed he had no cour-
the Wizard OF Oz to get some. The scare
crow In pushing the raft became i'm
vef s. pss IN was ns Of By ths
ssid: .hieh caused poSo.5y to fsil
sescued her and her dog from the deadly
flowers. The lion fell asleep and being too
neavy to Mt. was left On the search for
emerald City they met a wild cat and
heid mice. The woodmap killed the wild
SSat Sat The queen mouse became friendly.
70 draw the lion away from the poppy
s,ssn ssld; rSI Dorothy awoke from her long
d CITY road i'arfd T6ez zss on the
painted green. There were farmers OF
,een: EN-. houses Of green and people dressed
ecribed the power Of the Wizard Of Or
Al put on green spectacles as the bright.
them. The wizard decided to receive one
OF the party each day. All were put In
room. In chair sparkling with emer-
AIDS she beheld an enormous head with
S'aats Gut body. legs or arms bigger than the
terrible. said the head. Oz told her that
when she killed the wicked witch of the
East he would send her home. The scare
tifuI lady. who 81 said i'd she ese was the he = WIZARD, %
was promised brains when he killed the
Fitch. Fitch ,;Th The woodman beheld a terrible
nve eyes The wizard promised him a
heart II he would slay the witch. The
on tss es;.es ba Of re s and voice from
slew the witch. The search commenced.
The witch saw the party when It entered
to attack it The woodman Killed the
es,s,.s ss9G scared and killed Bee. We're dis;
the stings Finally winged monkeys took
them s prisoner and conveyed them to
ON the wicked DOROTHY web th5sw Ta
. her. Dorothy rescued the lion. wood
man and ,scarecrow. She found a
to she up ast and sbs started back M
cup to call the winged monkeys who
took them to the Emerald City. The
charmed cups story was told Dor
0thy discovered the wizard to be a
humbug. He told his life story The
wizard gave the scarecrow brains, the
Woodman heart and the lion cour-
age fluid. The Wizard of Or constructed
a balloon to take Dorothy home. The
air craft broke loose and the wizard was
carried away without the girl. Dorothy
called the winged monkeys but they
were powerless. She went to Glinda, the
good witch of the south. All journeyed
toward the Land of the South.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-12-31

Daa vas ssre II was stroog anl would
answer their purpose. The Scarecrou
walked Dorothy and the Lion and Toto
and told them that the ladder Uaa
ready. The ScarecrOw climbed up the
ladder Arst. but he vas 80 awkward
that Dorothy had to follow close b.
hind and keep him from falling 04
When he got his head over the top Ol
the wall the Scarecrov said:
"Oh. my"
Go on" exclaimed Dorothy.
90 the Scarecrov climbed further
up and sat down ON the top Of the
wall. and Dorothy put her head over
and cried:
"Oh. MY" just - the scarecrov
had DONE
Then Toto came up. and immediate
ly began to bark. but Dorothy made
him be still.
The Lion climbed the ladder next.
and the Tin Woodman came last: but
both of them cried "Oh. my" - -eosa
as they looked over the wall. When
they were all sitting in q row on the
top Of the wall they looked down and
saw q strange sight.
Before them was a great stretch of
country having a floor as smooth and
shining and white as the bottom Of q
big platter. Scattered around were
many houses made entirely of china
and painted In the brightest colors.
These houses were quite small. the
biggest of them reaching only as high
as Dorothy's waist There were also
pretty little barns. with china fences
around them. and many cows and
sheep and horses and pigs and chick
ems. all made Of china, were standing
about In groups.
But the strangest of all were the
people who lived in this queer coun-
try. There were milk-maids and shep-
herdesses. with bright-colored bodices
and golden spots all over their gowns:
and princesses with most gorgeous
frocks of silver and gold and purple;
and shepherds dressed in knee
breeches with pink and yellow and
blue stripes down them, and golden
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-12-31

buckles on their shoes; and princes
with jeweled crowns upon their heads.
wearing ermine robes and satin doub-
lets; and funny clowns in ruined
gowns, with round red spots upon
their cheeks and tall pointed caps.
And, strangest Of all, these people
were made of china, even to their
clothes. and were 90 small that the
tallest of them was no higher than
Dorothy's knee.
No one did so much as look at the
travellers at first, except one little pur-
pie china dog with an extra-large head,
who came to the wall and barked at
them in tiny voice, afterwards rum
ming away again.
How shall We get DOWN." asked
Dorothy.
They found the ladder SO heavy they
could not pull 1t up, SO the Scarecrow
fell of the wall and the others jumped
down upon him SO that the hard floor
would not hurt their feet. OF course
they took pains not to light on his
head and get the pins in their feet.
When all were safely down they
picked up the Scarecrow, whose body
was quite flattened out. and patted his
straw into shape again.
we must cross this strange place
in order to get to the other side" said
Dorothy; "for 1t would be unwise for
us to go any other way except due
SOUTH"
They began walking through the
country of the china people. and the
first thing they came to was a china
milkmaid milking china COW. Al
they drew near the COW suddenly gave
a kick and kicked over the stool, the
pail and even the milkmaid herself, all
falling on the china ground with q
great clatter.
Dorothy was shocked to see that the
cow had broken her leg short of, and
that the pail was lying in severa
small pieces, while the poor milkmait
had nick in her left elbow.
"There!" cried the milkmaid, an
grily; "see what you have done! M,
COW has broken her leg, and mus
take her to the mender's shop ant
have it glued on again. What do yo,
mean by coming here and frightenin,
my cow?'
I'm very SORRY" returned Dorothy
please forgive u.s.
But the pretty milkmaid was mucl
too vexed to make any answer. Sh,
picked up the leg sulkily and led he
COW away, the poor animal limping O,
three legs. AS she left them the milk
maid cast many reproachful glance
over her shoulder at the clumsy stran
gers, holding her nicked elbow clos
to her side.
Dorothy was quite grieved at thi
mishap.
I'VE must be very careful here,
said the kind.hearted Woodman, 20
we may hurt these pretty little peopl
50 they will never get over It"
! A little further on Dorothy met
most beautifully dressed young prir
cess. who stopped short as she sa,
the strangers and started to run away
Dorothy wanted to see more Of tn
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-12-31
Ready with Explanation.

A rector of Ethan once gave out
the words: WHO art thou?" and, as
he paused for a moment, an officer in
uniform, who had just entered the
church, suddenly halted. and taking
the question as personal. promptly re
piled: Sir. am the recruiting officer
of the Sixteenth Foot, and. having my
wife and daughter with me. should be
glad to make the acquaintance of the
clergy and gentry of the neighbor-
hood"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-12-31
Raid Of Liquor Joints.

A Grand Junction dispatch Friday
says: Acting under the liquor provis-
ion of the new charter, which forbids
the storage of liquor in places Of pub
lie resort, as well as its sale, the most
sensational raids in the city's history
occurred last night and resulted in the
arrest Of E. C. Teachout, William
Gould, A. w. johnson, Edward Gala
CHER and Blaine Kitzmiller, charged
with Illegal liquor selling. and the setz-
ure of hundreds of bottles of beer and
whisky.
Sixteen special police and deputy
sherif1s made the raids, pesonally con-
Quoted by the city commissioners.
Four places were entered simultane-
ously. three being private houses
which to all appearances had been At
ted up rs blind tigers" and the other
Q billiard hall. At one place several
men were found drinking and while
the oncers were there eight others
called and were warned by the pro-
pTistor.
City oficers announce that last
uiSht's raids are only the beginning Of
q campaign against the bootleggins
which 1t is alleged has been going on
ever since the city voted out saloons
last April. Several Of the men ar,
rested have been arrested before on
similar charges but not convicted.
l.. A. Sheen, convicted in the Dis.
trict Court of Teller county of com.
pounding drugs without license. and
not rs an apprentice under proper su.
pervision. for which he was fined
800, proposes to test the law in the
Supreme Court Of the state.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-12-31
hia Definition ~ e,h.

A little boy was amusing himself by
hallooing. then listening for the echo.
What is the echo, mamma?" he
asked. His mother attempted to ex-
plain feeling all the while how made
quate her explanation was. The little
fellow trotted along at her side, silent
for some minutes. then his eyes fell
upon his shadow.
"Oh. ! know what echo is," he ex.
claimed joyfully: ITS the shadow of
our voices"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-12-31
Beware of Ointments for catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

. mercury will surely destroy the sense Of smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering IL through the surfaces Such
articles should never be used except on prescrir-
tons from reputable physicians, the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good you possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured
by F. J. Cheney 4 Co.. Toledo o.. contains mer-
curry and Is taken internally. acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces OF the system. In
buying Halls CatArrh Cure be sure you get ths
genuine. 1t Is taken internally and made Toledo.
Ohio. by F: J. Cheney 4 Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by DrugRista. Price. 75c. per bottle.
TAks HAls Family Plls fos constipation.