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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-03-03
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Ou,
Northern Montana Exchanges.

A 0rist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.
Conrad Observer: The Aston steam
shovel which was at work enlargiug
the canal at the head of the lake
west of town and which was laid up
on account OF cold weather, started to
work again last Friday. A IS. ton
steam shovel Is now On the road to
the home ranch, about twenty.eight
miles west of town, where it will be
put to work. also e~nlargine the canal.
Havre Plaindesler: Grant Emery q
brakeman on the Great Northern, met
with an accident at Clifford last
Wednesday morning which resulted in
the loss of his left hand. Mr.. Emery
was braking on the local west of here,
and while switching in the Clifford
yards he In some manner fell between
the engine and tender, the wheels OF
the tender passing over his left hand.
His head was also badly lscerated.
Harlem News: Claire MCGEE, q
youth of %, and at one time a resi-.
dent OF Harmon in the employ of his
brother-in.law, Chas. Tolbert, killed
himself Friday even in q barn at his
mothers residence, 1t Missouia be.
cause his sweetheart had Tilted him.
Until recently MCGEE had been work.
ing as a ranch hand in eastern Mon.
tana, but returned home several weeks
ago and since then has been employed
as a teamster.
Conrad Observer: The Conrad In.
vestment Co. now have a crew OF
about forty men in their engineer
corps at work on the contemplated
irrigation project and it is given
out that more will be secured. A
plat OF the lei town of Waller, to
be located at the lake about sixteen
miles west of town, is being prepared
and is soon to be surveyed. The
town is named after Mr.. Waller, who
was here from Wisconsin recently and
was In charge OF construction work.
Zortman Miner: Through some OF
the stockholders of the Little Rockies
Exploration company, it is given GU,
that q reorganization of the company
so far as 1t rel ates to the Alder Gulch
property, Is now being effected, and
that early in the spring the Ala bama
mine and mill will again be sending
forth its usual output of bullion.
This great mine has turned out hun.
OF thousands of dollars in bullion
heretofore and should continue to
do so Indefinitely with any reasonable
management.
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Will Roundup Taxpayers.

The work of assessing taxable prop.
erty in Chouteau county will soon
begin, preparations for the annual
roundup having been nearly com.
pleted by Henry Griesbach, county
assessor. Mr.. Griesbach will be as.
sisted in the work by Jere Sullivan,
Jr., as Office deputy; Gerge Wacker-
lin will perform field work in the
northwestern part of the county;
Alexander Ross in the Bear Paws
and central part of the county; and
Hubert Pendorf in the country south
of the Missouri river. The deputy
assessor for the eastern end of the
county has not yet been appointed.
In a circular letter to Chouteau
county taxpayers, Mr.. Griesbach an
nounces this schedule of valuations
for the current year:
Mixed stock cattle are assessed at
SlS per head.
Straight lunches of steers, s27 per
head.
Mllcn COWS, 15O per mead.
Stock sheep are assessed at So per
head.
Lambs, straight punches only, at
3d. s. per head.
Rams, s. and up.
Range horses according to grade,
but not less than CPS per head.
Work, saddle and driving horses
according to their value, but not less
than $50 per head.
Stations, jacks and mules accord.
ing to their value.
Hogs, not less than S5.
In view OF the diversified ch r acter
of the lands throughout the county,
taking into consideration the quality
OF the soil, its susceptibility to irriga-
ton and proximity to market, the
valuation thereof must conform to its
approximate market value. Improve
ments are assessed separately.
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Aimed At Undesirable Citizens.

HELENA, Feb. 27.-The Rev. L. J.
Christler, representative from Chou
teau county, was very much in earnest
when he introduced his house bill No.
376 this week. This bill, while not q
substitute for the whipping post bill,
which was introduced in the house by
Gray, is intended, in a measure, to
accomplish what was the principal
purpose of that measure-the elimina-
ton OF the men who live off the earn
ings OF unfortunate women in this
state. 1t is known that the whipping
post bill has enemies in the senate
and it was feared by the friends of the
measure from the beginning that it
might not pass that body.
The Christler bill eliminates the
feature that Is considered most OBJ
jectionable to the Gray bill, the wife
beaten section, and makes the statute
apply only to the men of the class
mentioned, or those who induce or
permit their wives to enter upon the
life Of the restricted district in the
state The Christler bill makes such
ot1enses felonies, the punishment for
which may be as high as five years in
the ~penitentiary and q fine as high as
5000. Christler says his bill is en-.
dorsed by officers who have had much
experience in dealing with the kind of
men the bill is directed against.
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Lincoln Profile On Pennies,

PHILADELPHIA, March l. - The
United States mint in this city will
In a few days destroy the dies from
which the present one.cent pieces are
made and will sink the new dies with
the bronze meda al design of the head
of Abraham Lincoln, az ordered by
the treasury department q few days
ago. The familiar Indian head on the
present penny was made many years
ago from q profile of Maria Cunning
ham, q little Philsdelphia girl, whose
father was an employe of the mint.
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13 Second 81. South,
GREAT FALLS, Mont.
Telephone 438 p. o. Box 514
No Modern Home Is Complete
Without a Telephone.

The greatest labor and time-savins'
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 as all Pacific
coast points and Colorado and New
Mexico. Short rates for short talks.
Half minute up. The pay begins when
the talk begins.
Rates from $500 up, for unlimited
local service.
Leave your orders now. The new
instruments r the very latest i'm
proved.
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lands, surface land will be exem pied
from mineral location upon establish.
ment OF claim by entryman. A large
number of these claims are in the
Judith basin coal fields. The m atters
In conference do not affect the bill so
far as 1t relates to Montana. These
entries have been held up for q long
time.
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MONTANA BEET SUGAR.
Billings Factory 0iyes Employment
To Large Number Of Men.

To Large Number Of Men.
Among the addresses made at q re.
cent meeting of the Missoula chamber
of commerce was an interesting talk
about sugar beet culture on the Yell
lowstone by F. h. Cooney, Of Bill.
hinge, who spoke In part as follows:
Actual construction of the Billings
factory was begun In March, 1905.
The factory was completed at a cost
OF 81, 500, 900, and was turning out q
steady stream of pure white sugar on
the second day of November of the
same year. Seven Thousand acres, or
los, 600 tons of beets we're grown in
1905, aad 10000 acres or
$50, 600 tons, worth s75O,00O to the
farmers, we're grown in 1908. The
general average tonnage is Is tons to
the acre. The average cost per acre,
II all work 10 done by hired help. is
$40. The price paid by the factory
for beets is IS per ton, I. o. b. cars,
showing a net income to the farmers
Of s35 per acre.. The planting Of seed
begins April l and lasts until May Is.
Harvesting begins October l and IL
usually completed by November l.
The number OF men employed by the
Billings factory during the sugar
making season OF about four months
is 500, and about 200 during the bal
ance of the year. The amount paid
for beet help in the fields last year
was 600. 900, simply for hand labor,
and about $500, 900 more for harvest.
ing and hauling, making q distribu-
ton to farm hands in and around
Billings of s400 900, leaving the far
mers q net profit on their product in
the year Of 1908 of $3.50, 900. Beet tops
are a source of big revenue to the
farmers. In the Billings district last
year the price on beet tops was % per
acre, and when q farmer feeds bis OWL
stock, this crop 10 worth double this
amount. There are also fed at the
factory about 1000 head Of cattle and
0,000 head of sheep. These are fed
on beet pulp and alfalfa, and in the
year 1908 the highest price paid fol-
steers in the Chicago market was fol
steers fattened at the Billings sugar
factory.
Each year the company brings from
eastern states from 400 to 600 families,
mostly Germans, to work in the bee'
fields, each family having from -four
TO ten children. Last year 10 per cen
of these families remained in Montan,
and either bought or took up govern
ment land, and they are proving tn
best and thriftiest class of farmers ".
have.
What is consumed by the factor!
daring it's operating period is NJ
small item, as it consumes 100 car
loads of coal, Is carloads of lime
rock and five cars of coke each week
About one-half of the product of tn
Billings factory is used in Montana
and if the merchants of our stat
would only be a little more patriotic
not one pound of this home manu-
featured sugar would leave this state
and instead of having only one fac
tory, we would have at least ten, tn,
same as Colorado.
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six hours to make q trip of 40 miles,
most Of the time being devoted to
filling water barrels At section houses
along the line. This Is q funny bust
uess for trains that carry the United
States mail.
A dispatch from Glasgow states
that the second trial of John Sherry,
on a charge Of murder. resulted in q
verdict OF guilty of manslaughter, the
jury fixing the penalty It one year in
the penitentiary. Sherry was accused
of killing Harry Black in a saloon
quarrel ut Hinsdale in October, 1907.
He was tried abou. q year ago in the
Valley county district court, when the
jury was unable TO- agree. The de.
fendant claimed that Black had made
threats against him, and thai he shot
his opponent ia self defense.
From Mondays Daily.
Send US your orders for seed oats
and alfalfa. T. G. Power & Bro.
Seed oats, seed wheat, barley, fax,
rye and alfalfa at r. c. Power &
Bro.
jos Milligan, of Gold Butte, q for
mer resident of this city, IL renewing
acquaintance with his old time friends.
I. G. Power g. Bro. have received q
nice assortment of muslin underwear.
They are showing q pretty corset cover
at IS cents.
Among the departures today were
Conrad Kulage and wife and Stephen
Kulage, OF the S%honkin, who left for
Alhambra Hot Springs.
r. P. Nickelsen, of Missouri, ar.
rived today with two fine Kentucky
bred driving horses for David G.
Browne and John Harris.
All kinds Of mending neatly and
promptly done by the teachers of St.
Paul's Sunday school. Leave orders
with Mrs. Flagler, at Grand Union
hotel.
A recent cattle deal is the sale Of
an outfit of all ages from yearlings
up, by Neil Bannatyne, of Portage &c
G. w. Buck, of this city. The pur
chase price was S22 per head.
A deed received at the county
clerks Office records the sale Of abou,
300 acres of ranch property by Nicol'
as Theis to F. M. Brechbill. of Lloyd,
the consideration being about %, 500
H. A. Nottingham, of the Shonkin.
who is in town today, reports further
livestock losses from depred atoms o.
wolves in that locality. The pests
have been unusually numerous ant
destructive the past winter.
A tract of land located near Coburg
which is needed by the reclaim atior
service for water storage purposes
has been sold 10 the United State,
government by Dudley Jones. 1
comprises about SO acres, and wa
sold for about s ,540.
Articles of incorporation have beer
filed in the county clerks office by tn
Fort Belknap Trading company by G
F. Morris, of Havre, N. E. Whet
stone, of Harlem, and F. W. Hall, o
Malta. The company, which has .
capital stock of $50, 600, will engag,
in the general merchandise business
at Fort Belknap.
James Griffin, OF Chinook, inter
viewed the county commissioners to
day regarding the merits of the Chou
teau county fair, which presents from
year to year a creditable display o
the agricultural and livestock pro
ducts Of Chouteau county. Mr.. Grifhr
urged that an appropriation of 81, 0O(
be made to assist the fair this season
and the board finally voted to appro
pirate $3.50 for that purpose. 1t wa.
also decided to appropriate $500 for .
Chouteau county exhibit at the stat,
fair, to be prepared by Mr.. Griffin.
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2. John j. ringley, Big Sandy.
3. Geo. E. STREET., Highwood.
4. James Stillwell, Steele.
5. A. E. Cunnington, Harlem.
6. Adolph Stocklin, Havre.
7. Robt. Clarkson, Chinook.
8. Sam Riswold, Whitlash
9. E. T. Lewis, Cleveland.
10. j. M. Hartman, Zortman.
IL. John MCCONNELL, Coburg.
II. j. P. Phelan, Clear Creek.
ID. J. +. Lee, Fort Benton.
IA. Henry Norden, Warrick.
Is. Carl Shaw, Clifford.
10. A. S. Porger, Shonkin.
20. Joseph Milligan, Gold Butte.
81. Robt. Corcoran. Box Elder.
%. Dan Nicholson, Dodson.
%. Chas. Soderstrom, Harlem.
"a. W. S. Weatherell, Harlem.
25. James Griffin, Chinook.
26. c. M. Sedgwick, Ada.
u. August Johnson, Fort Benton,
%. w. Achison, Havre.
30. John Lohse. Judith.
81. Maurice Spangler, Chester.
30. Adam Mallon, Riedel.
81. Percy Wilson, Oldham.
35. James Morgan, Harlem.
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Cattle for Sale.

For sale, q small bunch of stock cattle. There
IL one carload Of three and four year old steers
In the outfit. Address
PAT CONNOLLY, Fort Benton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-03-03

BE NTON LODGE NO. %, A. T. AND
~. M.-Regulsr communications Of the
~ o. eso 10 =; s nsa . nag ss ;1S Mo- !. Sp 3: : 20 .. p ., q;
month. Members Of sister Lodges and sojousning
brethren are cor daily invited 80 attend.
GEO. SHERRY, ". II.
Gro. D.. PArr ERsoN. 0ec'y,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-03-03
See0 Potatoes for Sale.

A few thousand pounds of Hamilton's Early
and Carman No. = seed potatoes for sale. at two
cents per pound. Address
JOS. GONTIER, Big Sandy.
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Road Supervisors Appointed.

Among the business transacted at
their Monday session by the Chouteau
county commissioners was the ap.
pointment Of road supervisors for the
several districts. The following ap-
po!ntments were made, the list giving
the number the road district and the
name and address OF the ~annerQisor.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-03-03
To Ny Patrons and the Public In
General.

1 desire to thank my friends for past patron
age and to solicit . continuance Of came, aseur-
ing everyone that I will continue to furnish
strictly reliable help Of all kinds whenever called
upon. JOHN MCGOWAN,
Montana Employment Agency.
T. o. Box 6l4. Telephone 488. Crest Falls.
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"Prints All the News.''

II any reader of the RIVER PRESS
considers it worthy of recommendation
friends, the favor will be very high.
" appreciated by its publishers.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-09
PER'SFOLLOWERSGIVE
 REASONFOR THEIR BELIEF

with a thory that human health Is dependeBt on the stomach and with medicine which he says proves this theory l.. T. Cooper, has built rp an immense following during the past year.
 Cooper has visited most of the lead ing cities of the country. and in each city has aroused a storm of discussion about his beliefs and his medicines. Wherever he has gone, people have called upon him by thousands. and his preparation has sold in immense quan- titles.
 The sale of this medicine has now epread over the entire country, and Is growing enormously each year, In view of this. the following statement from Mrs. Kettle c. Harris, living at 16 $. South Carolina Avenue, Atlantic City, N. J., with reference to her recent re- coyery from a severe affliction. will be of uncommon interest. Mrs. Harris says:
 For the past five years have been a sufferer from acute indigestion. ner- Vousness. constipation and hemor- fhoids. On December 22, 1908, my hus- bhny, thinking I might at any time die in one of the spells of indigestion, took me to London. Ohio. in order that I might be near my relatives. While there had twenty-seven attacks. in each of which my life was despaired of.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-09

"Finding that the change had not been beneficial. and that he could af- ford me no relief. my physician advised us to return to the ocean. I could find nothing that would help me. and al- most gave up in despair. On reading In our daily papers of Cooper's New Discovery. I sent for a bottle in order to try 1t.
 Before taking half of the first bot tie. felt better. Believing 1t was do- ing me good. I continued taking 1t. I am now on the fourth bottle. and am improving rapidly. can now eat food that have not been able to eat for years without bringing on one of those terrible spells of indigestion.
 'T have also been a great sufferer for many years from aching in my lower limbs. caused by nervousness and pre- venting me from sleeping, but have had no distress in that way for the past few weeks. for which I give the Kew Discovery credit. The hemorrhoids. which were very distressing. have not troubled me since using the Cooper medicine
 ''I feel so much better In every way that I am confident this medicine will completely restore me to good health. Words fail to express my gratitude for the benefit I have thus far received. I consider 1t marvellous"
 Cooper's New Discovery can be ob- tained from all druggists.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-09
.WolIEN LEAD IS Yc7nR
INDoon LrFn AND LACK oe nxnn
 CIsn CAUSES FILED.

Mors women than msn have piles. IL 10 beoause they take 70 little outdoor exsrcise and are % often conStipatsd. {. There 10 stagnation of blood In the lower bowel. and no way Co restore good circulation except by lntsrnst freatfnout.
 Don't be discouraged if you hsvs tried o1ntments and suppositosfea at have tesn operated on, and haven't been cured. Ycu have missed the rea1 cause, There lssa little tablet, taken intsxnal. ly, that curee piles of any kind, fn any stage lt frees circulation and rs- moves the cause. No need to use any offensive outside treatment. This rem edy. Hem Rotd. is the prescrfption of pr. T. 2. Leonhardt, . celebrated spN- cielist of Lincoln. Nsb.
 q for 3l days treatment at H. e. Fowlers or D. c. Andrews. Montkom- cry. Ala. and sold under positive guar antees IT 1t does not help you. the money is reterned. Dr.. Leonhardt Co.,, Station B. Buffalo. N. F., prop. Write for booklet. So
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-09
EUrAULA TO MAKE MERRY. All ir in Readiness for Annual Fall
 Carnival.

Eufaula, Nov. s---tSpecial)-The an- nuai fall carnival which Is being held here under the auspices of the Com mercial Club will be on in full blast by tomorrow The attractions all reached the city this morning.
 In addition to the usual attractions some fine horse racing is on the pro- gram. The public schools of the city will be dismissed Thursday and Fri day to allow the children to enjoy the occasion.
 Rev. T. H. Johnson. the new rector of St. James Episcopal Church. com ducted services yesterday morning and evening. The song services were pleas ing. Mir. Roe Reeves and Mrs. c. G. Caldwell each contributing solos.
 A woman's club composed of seven ty prominent women of the city has been organized here to aid in the cause of the constitutional amend ment. Mrs R. Q. Edmonson was chos- en president. Mrs. c W. Thompson, secretary. and Mrs. C. A. Locke, treas urer. The club has engaged Mrs. Ar nor. president of the Georgia W. C.. T. U., who will deliver a lecture at the theatre tomorrow evening
 Work on the settling basin for the water works Is under full headway and will Sibe pushed to completion as rapidly as possible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-09

Whleh he wj1l oarr1 on with < view of hevfng tbe etate hoa9n ok hesith at ils eeasion within txo utxt fsw wesks Sbol1eh thS yob1ic euDs ussd in rsflway coaohea. slseping ioara and public
 pr. Portsr has long been one of the most oarsful ssnitarfsns In the country. and hs proposes to add to hfs work of securing better vsntilatfon n sleepinr cars. better sanitary conditions in re- gard to cups.
 AnAiysis carried on in the Isst few months by several state boards of health have proved that public drink ing alassss harbof and convey the germs of diphthsriA. tubsrculosis. pneu monia. grippe. and tonsiliti2 Within the last ten days the states of Missis- sippi and Michigan. following the ao- ton of xansas in March, have prohib- tied the use of public drinking cups on trainA Many of the railroads in those states are adopting individual paper paramned cups which are purchassd out of . vendor for penny.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-09
PAY SQUIRREL HUNTERs., Cincinnati v0lunteers Receive Reward z After Long Time.


 Cincinnati, Nov. 8s-Forty-seven years after they served as volunteer soldiers to protect Cincinnati from a thrtatened raid by Confederate troops. the squirrel hunters. of Cincinnati have received their pay. In the mall received by a number of Cincinnatians were checks for SIS. months pay for a private soldier In the United States Army.
 In 1868 General Kirby smitiiss raid- CTS made dash through Kentucky, and 1t was feared that they planned an attack on Cincinnati. Governor Todd. of Ohio, called for so.0oo volunteers to mobilize at once in Cincinnati. and men and boys with squirrel rifles and the old family fowling pieces trekked to the city in large numbers. awaiting the approach of the expected foe. The Confederates got within a few miles of Covington, but turned aside. giving Cincinnati a wide berth.
 Efforts were made number of times sto secure payment. but nothing was done until at the recent session of Con- gress an appropriation was made giv- ing each squirrel hunter" months pay.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-09
SUPREME COURT READY
 FOR WORK OF SESSION

sAlabama's Supreme Court convened for reorganization Monday. The me?i- bers were assigned to divisions TOT the November term which. nominaily, pe- rfns Monday. but the work will not bc undertaken until Tuesday.
 The new senior division of the couri Is made up of Justices Simpson, Mc- CIelian and Mayfield; the junior division of Justices Anderson. Sayre and Evans
 Chief Justice Dowdell sits with both wings. R. H. Green is secretary to the senior wing. and R. G. Thoring- ton is secretary to the junior wing.
 Records in several cases were filed with the Clerk of the Supreme Court Monday, the most important of which are three, in which the Mcclure Lum- Der Company. of Washington County, figures. Several thousand acres of land in South Alabama are involved, and the contest is occasioned by uncertainty or titles to tie tracts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-09
oPP pEFENDERs MEEr.
Colonel Troy speaks in Place of Hssh

Colonel Troy Speaks in Place of Hueh
 Dent.
 Opp, Nov. s.--(Special. 1.-The largest audience that ever assembled in Opp heard Col. Alex Troy of Montgomery speak here against the amendment Sat- urday night.
 It had been announced that Congress- man Dent would be here. but 1t seems that a mistake was made in the dates. Mir. Dent will speak here November IT. Colonel Troy was introduced by Col. T. A. Goodwin, one of the leading cite izehs of Opp. The Montgomery man made 8 fine impression and was repeat. edly applauded. A large numberyo of Opp citizens went to. Andalusia Friday to hear Former Governor Jelks and Congressman Dent speak against the amendment. They say the two distinguished speakers converted number of voters.