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for
fChildren'sI
lPlaytime ell

They were great chums, these
two, and had been nicknamed Jack
and Jill. Today Jill had been saucy
when the teacher scolded her for
not having her lesson, and she was
told to stay after school, That was
awful, for she and Jack had planned
to lead the rest in playing Hunt
the Gray Wolf"
AS Jack passed Jill's seat on his
way out a note dropped into her
lap. Jill read it, and as Jack looked
back, nodded. At last teacher came
gravely down the aisle to talk to
her unruly pupil, and Jill hung her
head. '..
Hearing a wild stamping of feet
in the girls cloakrOom, the teacher
went quickly to Investigate. But
she saw nothing but small Jack
sliding down the banister in the
hail. She called, but the boy had
gone. so she turned back to the
schoolroom. But where was Jill ?
The mischievous little miss had
slipped out when Jacks stamping
had attracted her attention. and
when the teacher went to the win,
dow she saw two youngsters racing
wildly down the street. Slowly she
shook her head. and smiling to her
self, murmured Tomorrow I'll
have to keep them both in after
school and give them a good lee
ture"
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,Ok @rhe wisdom Ct
ICYNTnIAGREY

To remove grease from mems
coat collars, rub with cloth damp
ened in ammonia. This will some
times remove the gloss from rubbed
places, such as elbows and seams.
Brass fixtures, when new, have
a fine coat of lacquer, to keep them
from furnishing, but this soon dis
appears before the attacks of the
cleaner. Instead of securing all
the while to keep them bright, put
another coat of lacquer on. Do it
yourself. Ten cents worth of gum
shellac dissolved in enough alcohol
to make it thin, and applied with a
small brush, makes lacquer enough
to cover many fixtures.
There is more speedy relief from
hot wet cloths than the dry heat
from hot water bottle, but it is a
tedious task keep cloths hot. If
you wiring a soft cloth out of warm
water and place it over a hot water
bag filled with hot water it will
cause steaming cloth, which gives
almost instant relief to severe at
tacks of earache, toothacke or neu-
ralgia. 1t is quite an improvement
over the dry heat.
Turpentine will remove paint
stains from all kinds of wooden
cloths. If the stains are old it may
be necessary to add a little am
monia to the turpentine.
A small button of garlic in a
quart of vinegar will give it mys-
FERROUS, delicious flavor and it will
Immensely improve salads or any
thing in which it is used.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04

If there are entertaining features
in the Howard Chandler Christy
case, can it be pardonably referred
to as the Christy Ministries.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04

A woman's figure, carriage and
general appearance depend more
upon her .corsets than any other
article of apparel. If she be i'm
properly laced she can neither
stand nor walk properly, and her
distorted figure destroys the eff
feet of the best gown she may
procure. Her lines are set by her
corsets, an her gown musdt follow
these lines. be they graceful or
awkward.
Proper lacing does not neces-
sarily imply torture. On the con-
trary. it is improper lacing that
inflicts the punishment of corsets
and brings about the resultant
physical disorders for which stays
are so commonly bewailed. So
correct lacing brings it's double
reward-improved appearance and
increased comfort.
A stout woman properly laced
will look 80 or 40 pounds lighter
than her equally stout sister, and,
in addition, she will be consider
ably more comfortable The aver
age woman, in adjusting her cor
sets, commonly makes the mistake
of permitting her body to settle
down too far into the stays. To
begin with. she should never put
on her corsets without first open
ing them up well in the back. She
should have two five-yard laces,
one lacing from the top of the cor
set to the waist line, the other
from the bottom of the corset to
the waist line, leaving the four
ends of the laces loose. With the
laces loose. the corset Is fastened
in front and then pulled down as
fas as possible over. the hips and
abdomen, the body being drawn up
out of the corset as much as pos
sible. The four strings are then
drawn back and downward until
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A FEW DOSES END BACKACHE
AND MAKE KIDNEYS ACT FINE

kidney or urinary disorder, or fee
rheumatism coming. begin taking
this harmless medicine, with the
knowledge that there is no otheI
remedy, at any price. made any
where else In the world, which will
effect SO thorough and prompt 8
cure as 50.cent treatment .ol
Pape's Diuretic. which any drug
gist can supply.
Your physician, pharmacist
banker or any mercantile agency
will tell you that Pape, Thompson
& Pape, of Cincinnati. is a large
and responsible medicine concern
thoroughly worthy Of your conf
dence.
Only curative results can come
from taking Pape's Diuretic. and a
few days treatment means clean,
active. healthy kidneys, bladder and
urinary organs-and you feel fine
Accept only Papes Diuretic-50
cent treatment-from any drug
store-anvwherc in the world.
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OO---REWARD- $500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at
least one dreaded disease that sci
ahcehas been able to cure in all it's
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive
|tcdreinow known to the medical fra
.ternity. Catarrh being constitu-
!!tfonal disease, requires a constitu-
|stional treatment. Halls Catarrh
|tcure is taken internally, acting di-
rectly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby de-
|istroying the foundation of the dis
Tease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the consti-
tuition and assisting nature in doing
| it's work. The proprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dol
lars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & c.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
situation.
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MARKET BASKET
Corrected uaily.)

Produce-Best eggs, so to 55c
per dozen; packed eggs. 40 to 45c.
Butter, best creamery grades. 45c;
second grade. 40c; ranch butter.
40c. Flour, $40 per so pound sack.
Vegetables - Potatoes, 80@85c
per sack; 10 sack lots. 75c; in
small quantities. 1c per pound: cab
bage, turnips, carrots, parsnips, 2
to &c pound. by sack lots. &c per
Dressed poultry-Turkeys, 81 to
soc pound; hens, IS to zoe pound;
greese, zoe pound; ducks, 20 to &c
pound.
Meats-Porterhous steak, Is to
22c pound; sirloin. Is pound;
round steak, 12Rc to 15c; chuck
steak. S1-3 to lie; rib roast.
1Sc to 22c; pot roast, 10c to
12Rc; boiling beef, &c to sc
Lamb, shoulder, 15c; chops, soc;
leg. Csc. Mutton. shoulder, 10c;
chops. zoe; leg. 1Sc. Pork, roast.
iSc to 22o; chops. 22c; sausages.
12hc to lac; bacon, zoe to
zoe; ham, 1Sc to 22c; picnic
hams. 12hc. Veal. roast, 15c to
zee; chops and steaks. zoe to 25c.
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FROM MARY'S
COOK BOOK

Apricot Tart-Make very rich
pie crust and line good sized
square biscuit tin, letting it come
well up on the edge. Bake this.
When cool line it with canned april
cots which have been first drained
of their juice and put into rich
thick sugar-and-water syrup and
cooked gently down till this is per
fectly thick. The fruit must not be
broken by rapid cooking, but mere
ly simmered till the syrup is thick.
Put the fruit in the crust, arrang-
ing 1t in overlapping circles; add
the syrup to barely cover and bake
till set; cool and serve with or
without cream. Blanched almonds
may be laid over the top of the
fruit before it is put into the oven,
If desired.
A good luncheon dish can be
made with stale rolls or biscuit or
mullins. Take out the crumb from
the inside, fill them with the meat
or with the rest of the cooked as
paragus or the green peas which
remained after the last dinner, set
them in the oven to brown lightly
and serve them with a gravy pour
ed around them.
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Edifying Edwina
EVENING STORY FOR THE FAMILY CIRCLE

The new cook at the Evanses
was, as Mr.. Evans put it, a dream.
Mrs. Evans, who was less enthusi'
astic. but more elegant, described
her as very pretty girl with hor'
rid language. The new cook had a
wealth of bronzy hair, gray, pensive
eyes, and complexion such as per,
oxides and powders could never
produce. The young lady's mother
had christened her Edwin, after a
heroine of Bertha M. Clay. but had
signaly failed to endow her with
the speeches of her fair namesake
For instance. Edwina called nap
kins snowy rags" If she passed
Mrs. Evans the potatoes she asked
"Have a spud?" 1t was this state
of affairs that impelled Mr., Evans
to undertake the edification of Ed
wilma.
The edifying began that very
evening. Evans proceeded into the
kitchen, where Edwina was hum
ming Il Wish | Was the Prince OF
Parmaloo." She looked up at him
inquiringly.
Anything gone wrong with the
main works."
"Er-that is, no." faltered Evans
3'YOu Sc, my dear"
y Talk United States, then" ad
monished Edwina.
ITS like this" said Evans. des
perately You see, Edwin, you are
naturally a very attractive girl ant
a good cook. But-er, we'll yol
see-that is. you will admit YOU
English Is detective"
ooh. you don't take to my CAB.
helped Edwina.
That's it-that's." answered
Evans. much relieved; and after
Edwina had given the final polish
to the pans, they began work in the
dining room. Evans found the place
in the grammar. and Edwina bend
ing over the book, managed to put
her wonderful brenzy head very
close to Evans.
NOW, suppose the first thing IL
to conjugate," instructed Evans
"Say. 4 love.
Edwin drew back in grave re
proach. "Ah-h-h-h!" she said
you're married-yoked up--har
messed in pink baby ribbon ant
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curling papers!"
Mrs. Evans, in the other room
cOughed warningly. and Evans
frowned. mo, no; you see, it's just
in the lesson. Now say, Thou
lowest"
"Nix-nixeth!" cried Edwina,
I'm no Quaker. You can passeth
that upset"
"No-no-nO!" resped Evans, be.
coming worried. ut is just form
you must learn. Now take the
plural. We love-"
Edwina did not take the plural
Instead, she leaned back in her
chair and laughed convulsively
who loves-yOu and me? If was
to spring that on me steady, he'd
push your mug off the billboard
He'd hand Il
Great Chimmie Fadden!" in,
terrupted Evans, becoming excited
your slang is the limit and then
some. You'll have to cut on this
George AIDE patter or we're stalled
at the post"
Then Mrs. Evans rushed in
Look here. Alphonso Evans. You
slang is worse than Edwina's, and
think this whole instruction Is en-
tirely too personal"
! Gee! The .czarina's sprung ar
eruption!" cried Edwina.
And you must cease this awful
language" ragged Mrs. Evans.
Edwina, somewhat scared, begar
to cry 'I'll-T" chew up the die
tionary and swallow it! I'll-Ill--
| boo-hoo-boo.hoo!"
Evans, greatly moved, began t.
pat the weeping girl upon the
bronzy tresses, which action proved
too much for Mrs. Evans. "Al
phonso Evans!" she cried, dragging
him into the front room. IF | hear
any more of this edification! If
see you patting beautiful domes
tics! If ever"
AS the door closed upon the hap
less Evans, Edwina, much reas
sured, began to sing. "Oh, Gee, In
Glad I'm Free!"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04

My Dear Miss Gray: l am ID
years old, wear dresses to. my
ankles and look like girl of 49,
wear my hair in curls caught back
|5y bafette. Some say am too
large to wear my hair hanging in
curls and others say I would be
very foolish to wear it any other
way until | am 20. Curls are be-
coming to me. What do you think
about it? ANXIOUS GIRL.
Al agree with the friends who
tell you that you would be foolish
to wear it any other way.
Dear Miss Grey: How can
wash kerosene out of my hair?
e. L. G.
Shampoo in hot soap suds
thoroughly, then rinse well. first
in hot water, then in cold. Dry in
the air.
Dear Miss Grey: What causes
gray hair at the age of 20?
A.--Inherited tendency, or poor
ly nourished scalp.
Dear Miss Grey: How much are
old Lincoln pennies with initials
worth? BLUE EYES.
A.--One cent.
Dear Miss Grey: How is the
quadrille performed and how much
room is required? G. b. S.
A.-There are many kinds OF
quadrilles. and these dances require
a very large room. In giving a
dance it would be necessary tC
have a man to assist who under
stands calling the figures, and he
could explain the quadrille to you
better than in my limited space.
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Hundreds of folks here are need
lessly miserable and worried be.
cause Of out-of-order kidneys, back
ache or bladder. trouble.
If you will take several doses OF
Pape's Diuretic all misery from a
lame back. rheumatism. painful
stitches, inflamed or swollen eye.
lids, nervous headache, irritability,
dizziness, WORKOUT. sick feeling
and other symptoms of overworked
or deranged kidneys will vanish.
Uncomfortable. smarting, fire.
quent urination Especially at
night and all bladder misery ends.
This unusual preparation goes at
once to the disordered kidneys,
bladder and urinary system. aud
distributes it's healing. cleansing
and vitalizing Influence directly
upon the organs and glands affect
ed, and completes the cure before
you realize 1t.
The moment you suspect any
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BLIND MI EN- MAY
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the proper adjustment has been
made, and then tied.
This method of lacing throws
the body forward, prevents the
abdomen from projecting, and
gives a graceful curve to the hip
lines. There is no pressure upon
the stomach, and the woman does
not have the appearance of being
compressed in the middle of her
corset with the flesh bullying out
at the top and bottom.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04
Stork Delays Train;
! Much Excitement
fS ~ in Union Depot

as h. N Union OepOt
- PORTLAND, Dec. 4.-The =
q. stork had grand old time for =
an~hour at the union station. =
= Everything had to stop. =
Passengers hurrying to =
q their trains stopped to see =
= what was the matter. The 9 =
- O'clock train for Albany on the =
. Southern Pacific was delayed =
. 10 minutes, station employees =
= and policemen took orders and =
. Mrs. Clara Fields, matron, .
>was the busiest person in the .
q big building. .
- 1t was all occasioned by the .
q visit of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert =
. McFadden, of Dilley, Ore, who =
. were on their way to Albany, .
. where they were to visit the .
. latters mother. The couple .
. intended taking the 8 o'clock .
. train, and were waiting in the .
. large room, when the husband =
q excitedly ran to a policeman =
. and the two ran to Matron .
q Fields. =
= Several women clerks .
. around the building were con- .
. suited, and all attention was .
. then directed to the impro- .
= vised hospital that Mrs. Fields .
. has at the. station. In the .
= meantime an ambulance had =
. been summoned, but it was =
q too late. =
q All this time McFadden was =
. the most interested person in .
. the crowd outside the emer- =
. gency hospital Soon the ma =
. tron came out and said it was =
= a girl and had blue eyes. The =
q mother and child remained at .
. the station until evening and =
= were taken to rooms for a few =
= days. =
This was the first child =
. born at the union station. =
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04

Rev. A. c. Grier, pastor of the
Universalist church, is to give the
Elks' memorial address in Tacoma
Sunday afternoon. His pulpit in
Spokane will be filled by Rev. w.
d. Buchanan of Tacoma. While in
Tacoma Rev. Grier is to deliver his
lecture upon Abraham Lincoln.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-05
Milwaukee Plans Branch Line.

HELENA, April 27.-There was filed
yesterday with Secretary of State
Yoder a copy of a resolution adopted
by the board of directors of the Chi.
cago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Rail.
way company. at q meeting in Chi
cago, April 9, authorizing the con.
struction of that compsny's first Mon.
tana branch line, and which incident
confirms the desire of both the Great
Northern and Milwaukee to secure q
certain route in Flathead county.
The Milwaukee resolution calls for
a line extending north from Bonner,
through Missoula, Powell and Flat
head counties to the international
boundary Inca distance of approxi-
mately 200 miles. This is known as the
Swan river route, and will connect the
Northern Pacific and Milwaukee on
the south with the Great Northern in
Flathead county. as we'll as tapping
the rich coal and mineral fields of
southern Canada. The Milwaukee re.
solution Is signed by President H. r.
Williams and Secretary E. W. Cook.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-05
Progress Of Irrigation.
GlObe-DemOcra

Five thousand persons recently
gathered at the big dam built by the
federal government eight miles above
Boise, to celebrate the opening of the
reclamation works that are to furnish
water to 20O, 900 acres in Ada and
Canyon counties. Idaho is now a
state we'll advanced in irrigation, and
not alone by reason of national aid
and encouragement. In supplying
water to sagebrush lands Idaho has
been energetically at work on its own
account, beginning with the national
cession of 1000, 900 acres of arid lands
for homesteaders in 1894.
Idaho's land board revenues have
increased in four years to nearly 49,
SOC, 900, and the net earnings to ST.,
OOO, 900. The irrigation operations
are not only self.supporting but have
become largely profitable. In theory
all the irrigation projects undertaken
by the United States are expected
eventually to repay their cost, form
ing a revolving fund to extend the
work. Idaho is showing that it turns
out better than the estimates.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-05
Threatened BY Blackmailers.

SALT LAKE, April ga carnival
OF horrors has been promised to the
people of several Utah county towns,
according to advices received by the
Herald from Spanish Fork. Letters
demanding money and threatening
destruction of property, kidnapping
and death have been received by
wealthy citizens of Spanish Fork,
Payson, Springfield and Salem for
three months past. One woman has
been frightened to death by these
missives, fully a dozen farmers and
business men are mentioned and the
communities are terror-stricken.
The letters demand from $3.50 to
1900 and are signed "Six Desperate
Men, and "The Dreaded Six" Will
liam Taylor of Salem, 80 years old,
has been warned that his little son
will be blown into bits with dynamite
and his home wrecked if he fails to
pay 5000.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-05
End Of Famous Smoke Case.

BUTTE, April 26.-Judge Hunt in
the federal court today dismissed the
bill in the action brought in the name
of F. j. Bliss against the Anaconda
and Washoe companies 70 close down
the great smelling plant at Anaconda.
Each side will pay its own costs.
which are said to aggregate about
half a million dollars. This order
disposes of the ''smoke case," begun
three years ago by the farmers of the
Deer Lodge valley, who claimed they
were being damaged by the fumes from
the smelter, and who demanded On
injunction closing down the works.
The main issue was decided last Feb
ruary, when Judge Hunt denied the
Injunction.
Counsel for Bliss had an opportu.
nifty on April 10 to combat the evil
dence submitted February Is, but
offered no proof. Instead they sub
mitted an offer to arbitrate, provided
that the defends ant would be bound to
include all the farmers who had con-
tributed to the prosecution in the case,
Bliss alone being the complainant of
the record.
Judge Hunt today declared the offer
to arbitrate wholly irrelevant. He
held that the decision in the Highland
Boy case in Utah, on which Bliss re.
lied, was not ~applicable; and that the
defendan were doing all that science
could suggest to abate the smoke
trouble. The decision Is entirely in
favor of the Defendants, and the only
relief to which the complainant is en-.
titled, If entitled to any, is through
action for damages or other, proper
suit,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-05
From Different VIEWPOINTS.

To illustrat the different viewpoints
OF manufacturers upon the question OF
tariff revision, Charles Heber Clark,
q writer upon economic subjects, but
better known as q humorist under the
pen name of MAX Adeler," recently
told this story to agathering of Phila-
delphia manufacturers:
"There is q farmer neighbor of mine
in Montgomery county, who was the
owner of q very good Attorney COW.
One day a stranger, having admired
the COW, met the farmer and asked:
What will you take for that cow?'
my farmer friend scratched his
head a minute and then said: Look
a.hear, be you the tax assessor orlhae
che been killed on the railroads."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-05
Science Notes.

For some unexplained reason sixty
inch searchlights have proved unsat-
isfactory In the navy, and they have
been abandoned in favor Of the thirty
and thirty-six inch ones.
A French chemist has figured it out
that the oceans Of the world carry
10000 tons Of radium in solution, while
100000 tons r contained in the
sediment on the floors Of the seven
seas.
The greatest road builders Of the
world are the red ants Of South Amer
lea, which line the roads leading to
and the galleries and passages within
their nests with clay, packed perfectly
smooth.
A preliminary estimate by the geo.
logical survey puts the country's pc.
troleum production for 1908 at be.
tween 175,OOO.OOO and 10000, OOC
barrels as against 166.OOO,OOO barrels
In 1907.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-05
Funds For Capitol Building.

HELENA, April 26.-The state today
purchased from the state the bond issue
of $500, 900 authorized by the last legis'
lature for the purpose Of constructing
wings on the present capitol building,
and on Wednesday the board of ex'
aminers will confer with the members
of the advisory board to determine
upon the supervising architect, the
plans, material and other details &C
that work may be started as quickly
as possible.
1t was generally known to bond
buyers that the state contemplated
taking the bonds, and for this reason
there we're no other bids submitted
The bonds run for twenty years and
bear five per cent interest. The sun
of $50, 900 becomes available i'm.
mediately from the funds of the
various state educational institutions
and the balance will be available a:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-05

necessities arise during the course of
construction work.
Members of the board assert that q
great adv antage accrues to the state
from its purchasing the bonds. The
bonds may be retired as soon as funds
are available from the state capitol
building land grant, and it will be un-
NECESSARY to issue the bonds I'm
til the money is actually needed. In
this way the saving of the interest is
very considerable.