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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-23
Park Hotel Is Sold,

GREAT FALLS, June 1.-THE report
OF the sale of the Park hotel was con-
frmed today when the deal was finally
closed. The purchasers are all local
men and they are represented In the
deal by Florence Vandeputte, one of
their number who, for several years
past, has conducted the boarding
house at the Boston & Montana smell
ter here. DR.. F. j. Adams is another
of the syndicate and others are re.
ported to be A. E. Wheeler, superin-
tendent OF the smelter, and Dan Tracy,
who is also connected with the smell.
ter. The consideration. as was re.
ported, was s45, 900.
Mr.. Vandeputte today took occas.
zion to deny q rumor that had been
current In the city for q day or two to
the effect that the Park hotel property
was being purchased as q site for the
new 6ve'story hotel to be built by the
townstte company.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-23
THEY HAVE WON SUCCESS.

The election of Representative Will.
liam Lorimer, of Illinois, as United
States senator from that state, recalls
the fact that he commenced his bust.
ness career in Chicago as q street car
conductor. He afterwards learned the
political game and vas elected to con.
gress from the sixth Illinois district,
which he has represented for six con.
secutive terms.
Mr.. LOrimer's success reminds a
Washington correspondent that there
are many other members of this So
called "Most Exclusive Club in the
World" who are of humble origin
and who got first their start in life in
just such ordinary, everyday occupa.
lions as those which first engaged the
attention of the new solou from iii.
nois.
Senator Curtis of Kansas, was once
q jockey, and 9 very good one, too.
Senator Scott Of West Virginia, vas
. glassblower at the time when, with
half naked bodies and brswny arms,
the workers In that industry collected
. portion of molten glass upon the
end Of . tube and blew with their own
breath into shape.
Senator Beveridge of Indiana, wac
. "lumberjack" and helped to denude
the forests which he IL now 90 eager
to save.
Senator Nixon Of Nevada, was q
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-23

telegraph operator before he got in'
terested in mines from which he has
since made millions.
Gallinger of New Hampshire, started
In life as a printer, and then studied
medicine and became q doctor before
be entered politics.
Senator Smith of Michigan, had
unusual advantages in training in
parliamentary procedure, for he be-
gan his r as a page in the Michi.
gan legislature.
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, was
q clerk in q general merchandise
store.
Even the great Aldrich, recognized
leader of the senate, and arbiter,
through his position as chairman Of
the finance committee and his control
over the pending tariff bill, of the
destinies of almost every mine, fac.
tory and mill in the United States,
got his fret practical business ex.
perience behind the counter in q re.
tall store.
The silver.haired Senator Buckley
of Connecticut, also began life az .
clerk, while Senator Perkins of Cali.
fornis, still refers with pride to the
time when he served as q sailor before
the mast In many q long voyage.
Senator Richardson of Delaware,
whose father was q Gamer and packer,
entered into that business and learned
the trade, working his way up from
the lowest position.
So Lorimer will find many among
his new colleagues with whom to swap
hard luck stories, or, better still, tales
Of obstacles overcome and success
won by pure grit.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-23
Fergus County Grain Crops.

LEwIsTOWN, June l6.-The wheat
crop of the Judith basin alone this
season, according to reports from the
various sections will reach the unpre.
cedented total of 5000, 900 bushels, yet
wheat growing is in its infancy inthis
section. The statistics collected by
land men here show that $50, 900 acres
OF land Is sown to grain in the basin
and of this 10000 acres was plowed
for the first time last fall. The far
mers will hardly receive less than
g., 500, 600 for wheat and other grains
grown this year, for the DAT crop will
also be large and command excellent
prices.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-23
Plug Away.

There 10 often . disposition on the
part of man to clay down" and cease
to work for some needed improvement
because ucces does not at once crown
his efforts. 1t is not the "quitter"
who succeeds but the man who keeps
pegging away with only one thought
and that Is encompassed in the word
success. Rebufs and repeated fail.
ures only serve as q stimulant to fresh
endeavor, and II the man is at all
practical. he goes back from these
failures more determined than ever to
make . success of work.
Being an earnest worker he has
studied the cause of his failures,
found wherelhis errors were and gone
back to his work with q clearer per.
ception of what lay before him and
expects to win.
On optimistic view of the future. If
you please, tends largely to bring the
success we desire. Brooding over
Armer failures brings no inspiration
for new efforts but rather tends to mo.
roseness. The mar who becomes dis
gruntled and sour, losing confidence
in himself and his work, will likely be
q failure.
What is true OF an individual is
true of a community. The community
that believes in itself and it's future
and shows its "faith by its works"
will be what its citizens choose to
have it be. City Messenger.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-23
Important, If True.

An item of political gossip in the
New York Sun CONVEYS this more or
less interesting information:
1t is announced that former United
States Senator W. A. Clark of New
York and Montana is again planning
to break into the United States senate
and unseat Senator Thomas h. Car.
ter, whose term expires March 3, 1911.
Montana has now q democratic COVER
nor and q republican legislature, and
on its face Mr.. Clark would find It
necessary to have q democratic legis-
lature.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-23

PONY, June ia young son of
Andrew Michael. q prominent farmer
living near Harrison, got hold of q
oox OF fever pills yesterday evening
ana taking them for candy, ate
enough to cause almost instant death.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-23
WEDNESDAY, JUNE %, 1909.
FUNDS FOR IRRIGATION.

It'appears that the cost Of irrig stior
projects undertaken by the government
will be greater than the estimate made
BY engineers of the reclamation serv.
ice. Their estimates called for q total
expenditure Of about Gao. 000, 900 upon
she projects thatlwere approved, but a
more careful computation now places
the cost at about s60, 600, 600.
The necessity of making these larger
expenditures, however, will not be
considered as sufficient reason for the
abandonment of any OF the projects
that are now in process Of construc.
ton. The re~venueslof the reclamation
fund r being increased by the re.
ceipts fromlsales Of public land, and
the settlement!o of the reclamation die.
tricts that are now open to entry will
also increase the funds at the disposal
of the bureau. OThere is no probsbili.
ty Of any serious setback in the pro.
gram Of reclamation.
According to Q Washington CORES.
pondent, SecretarylBs llinger has put
IN end to the cooperative plan of
building government irrigation pro.
jects. Hereafter. oil such works will
be built entirely by the reclamation
service, and be paid for exclusively
out Of the reclamation fund. That,
holds Secretary Bsllineer. was the
intent of the law, and therefore that
plan, without variation, will be fol.
flowed in the future.
This change3in the order OF things
grows out Of thel secretary's disap-
prevail of the scheme devised by Di.
rector Newell of the reclamation ser.
vice, under which settlers on uncom.
pleted projects were:permitted to work
on canals. bitches, etc.. and receive
in paymentlfor their labor a certain
kind of script, which was later &C.
cepted by thes reclamation service in
payment for water rights.
In devising this:co.operative scheme,
Mr.. Newell was undertaking to tighten
the burden upon settlers who went
upon projects long before water was
available for irrigation. He sought
to give them employment during the
time their farms yielded little or moth
Ing, and at the same time to lessen
the burden imposed upon them by the
payments for water demanded during
the early years of their settlement,
when their expenses were heaviest.
But it turns Out that in his efforts
to assist the settlers, Mr.. Newell went
beyond the'law, he devised q system
that the lawidid not authorize or con-
template, and in that respect he ran
counter to the views of Secretary
Ballinger. ELF q system of c~o.opera.
tive construction is to be taken up in
she future, congress, In the meantime,
must amend thelreclamation act 90 as
TO legalize such a~lprsctice.
In taking the!position he does. Sec.
rotary Ballinger has the backing of
the acknowledgement, who, at his re-
quest, looked into the law and the
facts and reported that there was no
warrant for this cooperative system
Of building irrigation works. In the
future, according to the ruling of the
attorney generals no new project or
unit of q project, can be undertaken
until there is available in the recla.
nation fund enough actual cash to
defray the entirescost of building that
project or unit.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-23
OFFICIAL PAPER OF cHoUTEAu COUNTY

Al letters IN Communications containing mat
tse tatsndedJ for publication In this paper should
- sddressed to "TAs River Press," and the name
- eAs sOritsr Mvst b. given to. insvvs attention.
Local sdvertiseSssnts UM be inserted in these
soSsmas at TIE rate Of ten cents per line from
trsssts~t and foe cents per line from regular ad.
0Gettssrs.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-23

Pc! Lcx
W alter Rights, for recording...... 10
Water Rights, for posting ........ rs
Chattel Mortg rs
Real Estate Morris ages .......... rs
Satisfaction of Mortgage ......... So
w erranty Deeds.................. 30
Quit Claim Deeds. so
B1lIs OF Sale....:................. so
Quartz location for recording 90. so
posting. go. so
OF representation ........ so
OF orand............ 80
recoro so
1rom1ssgsy Noses: per book OF 100 rs
ne'oAp' oooAs' WIN stuo........ so
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-23

" AA0OC Ulc ny SCleuce Ill cur
ing disease the saving will be enor-
nous.
Nine. Bouriant, the widow Of an
Psychologist, offered to the museum at
Brussels two scarabs with inscription,
which the lady claimed related to a
voyage on the coast Of Africa referred
to by Herodotus. The curator pur-
chased the scarabs for $1,000, but
found them to be forgeries. NJ. Ca
part, the curator, sued the widow for
the return Of the purchase price, and
the courts have decided in his favor.
Sunday funerals in Chicago have
been placed under the ban Of the Car
riage and Cab Drivers union. The
jehus consider themselves entitled to a
day Of rest, so that they may attend
church with their families. The driv-
ers have adopted resolutions condemn
Ing Sunday funerals and asking the
assistance Of ministers and others in
terested In Sunday observance in an
agitation to abolish the custom.
Nine. Edna Bertonelle, a seamstress
In the Quarter Montmartre, Paris, is
said by the Paris newspapers to be the
youngest great.grandmother in the
world. She was married at the age Of
fourteen. and her first child. a girl,
married at the same early age, When
Nine. Bertonelle was t~hirty-one she
was a grandmother. Her grandson
married at seventeen a young woman
a Few days his Junior. On her forty.
eighth birthday Nine. Bertonelle was
q great-grandmother.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-03
maine CENTRAL R. R.
In Effect Oct. q, 1909.

Trains leave Augusta as follows:
GOING WEST-311 A. NJ, except Mon
day. Portland and Boston; 6.36 A. NJ.
Lewiston. Pennington, Rockland, Port
land, Boston, Montreal and Quebec: $40
A. NJ, Brunswick, Lewiston, Farming
ton. Roclland, Portland, Boston; 3.06 P.
NJ, local; 3.55 P. NJ, (eXpress), Bruins
wick, Rockland. Portland, Boston: 7.1S P.
NJ. Portland; 1913 P. NJ, Lewiston, Bath.
Portland, Boston. Sundays 9.49 A. NJ.
3.SS and 1913 P. NJ, Portland, Boston.
GOING EAST--12.59 A. NJ, Skowhegan.
Bangor, st. John, Halifax. Aroostook
Co. Sunday morning does not connect for
Skowhegan or beyond Bangor; 800 A NJ.
(eXpress), Bangor, Calais and Bar Har-
Dor; sos a. NJ. local to Moosehead Lake
via Oakland, Belfast. FoXcroft and Ban
gor; 9,0S a. NJ, local to Belfast and Ban
gor; 12.0S p. NJ. Waterville. FoXcroft,
Bangor B. & A. r. r., Calais. st. John.
and Halifax; 2.S4 P. NJ. (expressl, Water
vile, Bangor. Bar Harbor; 3.15 P. M.
Waterville, Skowhegan, Belfast FoXcroft,
Bangor and Mattawamkeag: 7.31 P. NJ,
Waterville and Skowhegan: 9.17 A. NJ,
Sundays only Skowhegan and Bangor.
Accommodation trains leave Augusta
for Hallowell, Gardiner and South Gardi-
ner at 40 A. NJ. 1.25, 80. els P. NJ.
F. f. BOOTHBY.
General Passenger Agent.
MORRIS MCDONALD,
Nice-President & General Manager,
Portland, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-03
81 NEW YORK 81
Maine Steamship Go.

Steamers leave Franklin Wharf, Port
land. Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays
at NJ, Nov. 18th. 1909 to April 10th,
1910.
FARE One way 81. Round Trip s.
Express service for freight of all kinds:
freight rates include Marine Insurance.
to H. A. Clay Agent, Franklin Wharf,
Portland Me. Tel 800
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-03
Wanted .ma.a Me!p.
AGENTS WANTED.
SKIRT GAUGE

COMBINATION SKIRT GAUGE
Marker; sells l<" "hot cakes; IS daily
for lady agents; thousands being sold
particulars free; write today. Congress
Supply CO., So. Portland. Me. dld3ts
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-03
TO INVEST $4,000 IN SOME GOOD

paying business, would consider forming
some Co. that would stand investigations
and had proper management Write par
ticular5 for interview. +. o. y. 276, Au-
novl7dlmo1
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-03
EVERYBODY TO KNOW TAR UNI

Ointment will cure piles: 25cts. at drug
stores or sent postpaid for 25ctS. by 6.
II. Nottago, IIaiiowell, Maine; satsfac-
ton or mOnNN rofMndnd. nnNl9h lmo*
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-03
Cards, Notices, Etc.

MRS. CRAM, CLAIRVOYANT, CAN
be consulted on health or business. Cases
taken by mail. Capitol St, near river
n27d1w*
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-03
The Journals Classified Advertisements
For SaIe-.MisceIlaneous

ID LBS. SWEET POTATOES 25 CTS.
| 4 quarts CranhcrrieS - cts, celery ~
| cents per bunch. q. y. Haskell, s. Cony
street Augusta .l3dv
II TOULOUSE GEESE AND is
White Pekin aud Houen Ducks. Mrs
Nellie |. Howe, Riverside Maine
THOROUGHBRED COLLIE, f6
months old, very intelligent; good for cat
tie. All right Inquire Of A. w. Pink
ham. Winthrop. r. T. D. A. d3d2t*
A SINGLE SEAT SLEIGH AND A
| double seat sleigh both practically
good as new. Apply at - Harrison ave
- ---e. -.ar1lm1L. W.. 1Sdtt*
A LIGHT WINTER PUBLIC CAR
riaSc Half as heavy as cab. Cheap
for cash. In good repair. Address Ros-
coc Haywood 10 Maple st, Fairfield.
d2dlw
A NICE SQUARE PIANO, AND A
house fun of good furniture crockery
and glass ware, carpets, and everything
needed for good housekeeping. These
things belong to the Ballard estate and
are all in fine condition Can at my
office for particulars. j.. j. G. Little, EN-
ecutor, 1870 Water s., Augusta, Maine.
-------------------- --------- - 1-r-a-l
Observation-Disclosures CARBON
etts at $3.50 per doz are guaranteed per-
manent, finely finished and every way
correct EdGccOmb studio, near Post
oiiIee. GardI4er derld6I.
IA BARGAIN = ONE PEERLESS
Automobile 10 horse touring ear, fuzzy
equipped; excellent condition. Extras:
One Maxwell touring car, . horse, fully
equipped, in best of conditions Will sell
bh oh aN-I 1b1. ti11tbOr Ia
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-03

ON WESTERN AVE, 8 ROOM
house and stable, acres land, milo
from state House: plenty Of fruit for
home use; macadamized streets, electric
cars and telephone. Price $500 A. s
Benner Western Ave-, Augusta, Mauc.s
u.hd1 vs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-03

DESIRA5LE HOUSE lot FOR SALE
Inquire of James r.. Fuller. arrlidtf
AcusE LOTS JIM TERMS re GUY
CUSTOMERS In the most rapidly growing
portion Il the city. Have sold l5 lots ard
! tu1>.. lave beer suit Ia the last two
years III ~ Williams field betWcsu Nesl-
1ri -" md Green St. llaudy to eicc-
IN. r.ti~ -chnnls etc ln,inov. your on
uortunitJ hef"re thel sr~ gon~ } il.
Townsend. City Building iygdtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-03
We TO MUSIC

WOOD SAVE DALI PERSONS DE-
string wood sawed (by machine) should
address by postal +. Il. Best, No. Cony
St, Augusta. Terms reasonable Orders
promptly attended to. Agent for New
Way" gasoline engine o25dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-03
BOARDERS-C CLEAN AND WELL

furnished rooms and excellent table at
moderate prices. The Lawrence House,
No. "a Grove street, Augusta. Nc.
nl%ltf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-03

MRS. JULIA A. BARKER, TRANCE
Medium, q Child st. Readings daily
except Sunday, A. NJ. by appointment
only. Spiritual Message Circle Tuesday
evenings Public invited. nov30d6t*
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iOLLIS-THE ENGLISH

MADAM HOLLIS-THE ENGLISH
clairyvoyant and crystal reader, whose
work as reader of the future attracted
much attention and was highly applauded
at the Worlds Fair in ST. Louis, 1904, is
now to be seen here. Madam Hollis is a
lady of high ability and indisputable
power excelled by no one in this line
Hours to 5 daily; Monday, Wednesday
and Friday evenings. No Sunday work:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-03

7 UUN' PROPOSE TO WUKN OW
your Imagination by glowing adiectives
but simply want to tell you that ! repair
shoes in a manner that leaves no room
for complaint. c. S. York, 1863 Water St.
sent29dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-03

FURNISHED ROOM WITH ALL
modern convcnienccs at No. ; Bradbury
street. n9dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-03
CHAIRS TO CANE AND ODD JOBS

of furniture repair work. Prices reason
able. Geo. Brann, Il state St, Augusta.
nON.ind lWk =
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-03
MAN WANTS POSITION

taking care Of furnace or othor heht
work Tsod to care of horses. can fur
nish references if desired. Andre i Her
som. ~ SrWaII ST moV.odl WE 9
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-03

A SINGLE SEAT SLEIGH AND A
double seat sleigh both practically
good as new. Apply at - Harrison ave
ME. Gardiner, Ne. l3d6t*
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-03

FURNISHED ROOMS, FURNACE
heat, use of bath and telephone; also
table board, meals at all hours. j. Noyos
Place, Charles +. Norton n27dlWlt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-03

served morning, noon and night at res
taurant over bakery, Court and Water
streets. dlI.,t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-03

MARE AND COLT FOR SALE OR
exchange at a bargain for a good delivery
horse. Casavant & Cloutier Co. sc Water
ol2dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-03

VeuicnCeS. Prlc" reasonable. Inquire of
Mrs. r.. r. Small IS Weston st, or tel g.
noVriIGt 3
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-07
SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL MEN.
Second Day of Big Congress Proves
an Interesting One.

Washington. ID. c., Dec. Tine
opening of the second days session
OF the Southern Commercial Congress
was marked by an increased atten-
dance at the meeting this morning, at
which Mr.. Harvie Jordan, president or
the Southern Cotton Association, acted
as chairman. At the morning session
Hon. Winet M. Hays, assistant secre-
tary of the Department OF Agriculture
and Hon. G.. w. Moiner, commissioner
of agriculture for Virginia, delivered
valuable addresses upon the subject
Neglected Agricultural Opportunities
in the South; Assistant Forester r. ;.
Kellogg on "Perpetuating the Timber
Wealth of the South" and Mr.. Hugh
MacRae. of Wilmington, N. c., on
colonization Opportunity in the
Southern States"
At the afternoon session Mr.. f. w
Faxon. president of the Memphis BUS
mess Mems club. acted as chairman
Mr. John Mathews. secretary of the
Mississippi Valley Transportation co.
St Louis. discussed THE Commercial
Possibilities for Invention In the
South" and DIR. J. A. Holmes, of th'
u. s. Geological Survey, "The Oppor-
tunity for Southern craftsmanship ir
Conservation"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-07
PROHIBITION AN ISSUE.
Figures Largely in City Elections
Throughout Massachusetts, Today.

Boston, Mass, Dec. 1.-keen inter-
est has been aroused in the city cleo
tions in Massachusetts today by the
active campaign of the prohibition
forces of the state TO make as many
cities "dry" as possible. Fourteen OF
the leading cities of the State vote on
the liquor issue today, and a week
hence nearly all OF the remaining cit
les OF the state will vote on the ques-
ton.
In anticipation of the city elections
spirited contest has been waged all
over Massachusetts between the forces
Of prohibition and those who believe in
the regulated saloon. The struggle be-
tween the opposing forces is, on the
one hand. to increase the number
of dry places" on the other. to re-
duce it. This, however. is. in a mea-
sure only incidental to the main pur-
pose. so far as the temperance work.
ers are concerned. for they desire. in
addition to drawing the prohibition line
closer about the saloons, TO swell the
total vote of the State in favor of
prohibition. This is in their favor
already by a majority OF nearly 10000,
end large no-license vote at the
present elections will add to this con-
siderably. This is desired by the pro-
lhibitionists for the moral effect IL may
have on the State legislature when the
constitutional amendment, providing
for the resubmission of the question of
prohibition TO the voters, gets on the
legislative calendar next winter.
Not all the work has been done by
the prohibitionists, however, since the
advocates of license in many of the
no. license cities have been making un-
usual efforts to swing the pendulum
the other way in the present elections.
This is particularly true in New Bed
ford. Fall River. Worcester and Lynn.
and to n degree in all the other cities
which went dry a year ago In Wor-
cester the fight has been waged for
months. while i'm Fall River and New
Bedford II began almost as soon as
the votes were counted last December
Both of the latter swung into the no.
license column at that time. while
worcester is now completing its Sec
ond year OF prohibition, as Is also
Lynn.