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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20

second base on King Edward VII.
Land, 400 miles to the east of Nc
Murdo sound. The problem of reach
ing the south pole from a wintering
station is a problem of transport. The
distance to be covered there and back
is about 1900 miles. The time at dis
posal in 4 single season is about $50
travelling days"
The vessel selected for the Scott ex-
petition is the Terra Nova, the largest
and strongest Of the old Scottish whal-
ers. She is considered the best ship
" launched for the Greenland whale
trade and has always been a most
profitable possession to her wners.
In 1908 she was purchased by the ad-
miralty as a relief ship for the Dis
covery expedition, Of which Captain
Scott was also the leader. Two years
later she was in the service Of a
north pole expedition on a visit to
Franz Josef Land; thus she has ranged
from the great barrier in the south to
the polar pack in the north, covering
the navigable waters Of the globe from
extreme to extreme. Port Lyttelton,
New Zealand, will probably be the last
habitable point Of land at which the
Terra Nova will touch, as Punta Are.
mas will be of the Americans.
The British government gave Cap.
tain Scott 100000. and already $780,
600 has been privately contributed. 1t
will be easy to obtain the remaining
$4,000. Captain Scott thinks. complet-
ing the 100000 he originally asked the
government for. Captain Scott expects
to start out with a "stay until we win"
determination.
Two other American antarctic expe-
ditiOns are also being planned. The
American Philosophical society Of
Philadelphia has appealed to the navy
department through a special commit
tee Of scientists to fit out III expedi-
ton to go south and vtndicate the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20
&
: The Woman :
Who AStOundS
Scientists :

0NCE more the entire scientific
world is talking Of a woman
~ and her wonderful work, and
once more it is Nine. Curie
Of Paris who has astonished the SCI
entists.
While Professor Curie was alive
there vas a chance that generosity
and affection played some part in his
insistence that in his scientific work
his wife was not an assistant, but an
associate, deserving credit at least
equal to his for the discovery and iso-
lation of radium. Since the husbands
death, however, Nine. Curie has con-
tinued the search for radioactive sub
stances, and now comes the news of
another great addition to the available
knowledge concerning them-the find.
ing Of pure polonium, a possible new
element 400 times more active than
radium.
Many other women have studied
chemistry to some effect, but Nine.
Curie is the only n of her sex who
has demonstrated in this domain of
science an ability sufficient to rank
her among its acknowledged masters.
In theory. as in practice, she stands
among the best. 1t seems q curious
development Of feminine capacity, but
there is no doubt about it's reality.
One does not have to add "for q wo-
man" in calling the achievements Of
Nine. Curie great.
About ten years ago Nine. Curie dis
covered a more or less impure SUBJ
stance which she called polonium, but
the present statement Of its rate Of
deterioration. bearing out, as it does.
predictions made on the basis of ex-
periments with the impure substance.
shows that she has now obtained a
pure Or almost pure form Of the ele-
ment.
Nine. Curie. who is professor of
physics at the Sorbonne, the Univer-
sity Of Paris, was formerly a student
there under the late Professor Curie,
whom she later married and shared
with him the discovery Of radium.
Polonium. named from Nine. Curie's
native country. Poland, was the first
OF The radioactive substances, ante
radium, and was discovered by
her in an impure form in 1898. Later
Professor Marckwald. a German In
vestigator. obtained a product resem-
bling polonium which he called radio
active tellurium and declared to be a
purer form of polium.
Both are decomposing products OF
radium and come from pitchblende.
Nine. Curie declared that her po-
lonium, before its deterioration set in,
had a ~radio-activity 400 times stronger
than radium. while Professor Marck-
valid declared that his was 1000 times
stronger at the beginning than radium.
On the basis of experiments with the
discovered forms it was predicted
three or four years ago that the half
life" Of polonium-that is, the period
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20

MOB BURNING A IN PHILADELPHIA.
and wrecked. tracks torn up, scores
of people injured and several hundred
arrested.
At times the police were powerless
to disperse the mobs, and the iremen
were called out to lend a hand in this
direction. They turned heavy streams
of water on the crowds, which result
ed in injury to many. 1t is said that
most of the damage and deeds of law
lessness have been done by those in
sympathy with the strikers and young
hoodluIns. The latter element has fair
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20

4 1OCN0 STK1KE f~MFATH1ZER.
~ reyeled in the affair and is blamed
for most Of the violence. Strike break
ers We're quickly imported after the
strike began.
The five thousand or so motormen
and conductors who struck claim that
some 700 Of their fellow workers were
discharged simply because they insist
ed upon belonging to the Amalgamated
association. The Philadelphia Rapid
Transit company denies this, declaring
the men We're dismissed for the coed
Of the service.
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in single shots. as a semiautomatic or
as q full fledged automatic. In general
appearance the new arm resembles an
ordinary rifle. In action one man does
the firing, while the other loads. and
at Monterey recently, where it was
tested, $500 shots were fired without
q hitch.
The next time the United States reg.
ular army and the national guard are
called into action every regiment will
have its machine guns. Orders have
been issued by the war department
for the enlistment Of machine gun
companies with the guard regiments.
In some Of the states steps are already
being taken to provide such compa.
mics.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20
B0WSER IS MISSED,
Agony In the Home When He
Fails to- Show Up on Time.
WHOLE TOWN ON THE WIRE.

Mrs. 6owser Recalls When She Might
Have Been eetter-He Returns From
"Shober Old Dubs" Ciub-Remorss
RecaIled-Yanked to Bed.
BY N. QUAD.
Copyright. 1910. by Associated Literary
Press.l
AZ five minutes to 6 o'clock the
!. other evening Mrs. Bowser be-
IA gan listening for the footsteps
of Mr.. Bowser.
An umbrella member came along, but
his voice was different.
The agent Of a soap warranted to
prevent clothes from wearing out rang
the basement bell, but MI. Bowser
came not.
A tramp called and asked for a dime
to help him to get to South America
with, but the old familiar footstep
sounded not.
Six o'clock and no Mr.. Bowser.
The winter winds moaned mourn
fully, and Mrs. Bowser thought Of the
dead killed by street cars and autos.
A quarter after q, and the cook came
upstairs to say that she had seen
many mysteries in her life, but none
to compare with this.
Was the Black Hand in it? Had
Mr.. Bowser received threatening let
ters and refused to come down with
the dough?
Six-thirty, and no step and no
BowSer. The moaning of the wind
thickened. So did the plot. 1t was
just possible that Mr.. Bowser had call
ed a street car conductor a liar and
that both had got off the car to have
it out, but if not that what could it be?
At Z O'Clock Mrs. Bowser went down
to dinner alone, but she had no appe-
title. She sat at the table and thought
of how she might have saved on the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20
The Question of Qriain.

II understand you have said you
might retire to private life."
"Yes," said Senator Sorghum. "It's
all right for me to make that sort of a
remark, but I'd hate to have any Of
my constituents say it."--Washington
Star.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20
PHILADELPHIA'S STRIKE.

Exciting Times In Quaker City When
Rapid Transit Employees Quit.
Philadelphia's second great street
car strike within a year aroused the
Quaker City to a high pitch Of excite
ment. and some startling scenes have
been witnessed on the streets of that
community. On several occasions mob
rule prevailed. and ears were burned
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20
Where the Resemblance Fails.

Tommy-YOu treat your doll jes' as
If you was her real mamma. don't
you?
Kitty seriously offended)-lndeed, I
don't! 1 never spank her a bit!-Chi-
cage Tribune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20

Changed.
"Since her husband has made a for
tune she doesn't seem to be the same
woman she was."
II know it. She always say has
gotten now."-Chicago Record-H Herald.
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What He Needs.

"He's not the sort Of person I'd care
to cultivate"
"Why? Surely a little cultivation
wouldn't hurt him. Detroit Free
Press.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20
To Fit the Crime.

"They used to hang a man in Eng
land for stealing a pig"
"Well it will be grand larceny in
this country before long If prices keep
going up."-New York Journal.
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"Aappy on the Way"
Trouble enough In the world today
The rooe 10 close to the thistle
But We make believe IT'S q please mt way
An sing to h storm an whistle.
Atlanta Constitution.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20
UNCLE SANS new GUN.

Army to Have Most Perfect Rapid Fire
Arm Ever Invented.
Uncle Sam, Eve IN the alert to keep
his army up to date in respect to fight
ing equipment. has just found what
experts say is the simplest and most
perfect rapid fire machine gun ever in
vented. 1t is known as the Benet-
Mercie automatic rifle and also the
Hotchkiss portable and may be fired
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20

NOW that Amer
IN lea Is to en-
ter the race
to find the south
pole intense inter
est is being mani
tested throughout
the country in the
arrangements be-
ing made to equip
an expedition for
this p rpo in
time to get an even
start with England
in the C on t e 8 t.
~
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-08-18
j. c. SIMMONS MARRIED.

The Aberdeen Daily News of Tues
day says: Announcements were re-
ceived today by friends of ]. c. Sim
mons Of his marriage on Monday to
Mrs. Florence Burton Doty of Glen
Falls, n. Y, the ceremony taking
place that day in the First Methodist
church Of Albany, Rev. r. II. Brown
performing the ceremony. Mr.. Sim
mons is one of the best known resi-
dents of Aberdeen and the news Of his
marriage Is of interest to a large
circle Of friends. Mrs. Simmons Is not
stranger to South Dakota, having
lived in Frederick a number of years,
to New York following the
death of Mr.. Doty, and will be warmly
welcomed back by many Brown coun-
ty friends" Mr.. Simmons is we'll
known throughout the state as the
manager Of the late stalwart cam
paign. His former home was at Fred
erick where he was engaged in the
banking business and where he was
formerly married to a sister of the
bride. His first honeymoon was spent
in Brookings the guest Of Mr.. and
Mrs. butcher.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-08-18
BANK HOME.

One day this week Cashier knappen
showed us through the new addition
to the Bank Of Bookings, which was
made necessary by the increasing bust
Of this popular institution. The
addition is twenty feet long and the
width of the building and was made
primarily for the purpose of provid-
ing more vault and storage room,
There is a vault on each floor, includ-
ing the basement, the upper one be
ing used by the Brookings Land and
Trust company. The vaults are large
and roomy and are absolutely fireproof.
The vault on the bank floor is used
for current business and the one in
the basement for the storing Of old
records and papers. The addition also
provided a large, we'll lighted room
as a private office for the cashier.
The old desks and chairs in the count
ing have been replaced with
fixtures Of oak of the most improved
pattern, a feature that is much ap-
preciated by the force. The improve
ment will greatly facilitate the work
of the bank and aid them in increas-
ing their already large business.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-08-18
TRIES TO END LIFE.

A Sioux Falls dispatch says Henry
c. Crumb of that place, after a desper-
ate fight, was arrested and lodged in
the city Jail, after making several at
tempts to end his life.
Crumb first informed Earl Barnes
a boarder at his home, that he was,
going to commit suicide, giving as a
reason that he was tired of life.
Barnes e~ndeavored to persuade him
that he was labOring under a delusion,
and when Barnes left him Crumb had
agreed to forget it and say no more.
Stating that he was tired, Crumb went
to his Don after requesting that
Barnes call him some hours later.
Crumb had not been in his room very
long when his wife detected the odol
of ether and went to the door of her
be locked. Forcing entrace by means
of a window, Mrs. Crumb found hel
husband lying on the bed with a towel
over his face.
When aroused her husband fiercely
attacked her, and she was forced tC
jump through the open window to safe
ty. Crumb followed her and started
for an old quarry hole, which con
talned about twanty feet of water
Near the quarry hole he stumbled ant
fell, being in a greatly weakened con
dition. In the meantime his distracted
wife had telephoned Health Office
Frank Keller and Chief of Police John
son, who soon were on the scene. JUS
before their arrival Crumb had re
covered and had started to run TO
ward the quarry hole, being pursued
by Ed Johnson, a citizen, who had beef
attracted to the scene. Himself, the
health officer and chief of police final
ly succeeded in overtaking and over
towering Crumb, who fought like 9
mailman and was, with great difficulty
lodged in Jail.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-08-18

We earnestly suggest that this recon-
mendation be especially considered
for immediate action.
5. We recommend also that the
c~lassifications contemplated by the
presidents withdrawal order of July
Z, 1910, should be made with all pos
sible speed and that an adequate force
for this purpose should be put into the
field Immediately.
Very respectfully,
John Burke,
Governor of the state of North Dakota
r. S. Vessey,
Governor of the state of South Dakota.
Robert j. Gamble,
United States Senator. South Dakota.
Coe /. Crawford,
United States Senator, South Dakota.
Eben w. Martin,
Representative, South Dakota,
p. ID. Norton,
Delegate Commercial and Homestead
Clubs, North Dakota.
Logan Berry,
Delegate Commercial and Homestead
Clubs, South Dakota.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-08-18
BALLOON.

Thos. Morris was considerable sur
prised Saturday evening to capture
a balloon in his pasture. 1t proved
to be one Of the observation balloons
sen out by the government weather
bureau at Huron and was equipped
with machinery for taking observa.
tons. The balloon left Huron Sat-
urday morning and alighted in Mr..
Morris pasture about seven o'clock
in the evening. 1t was made of rub
Der and was about six feet high when
inflated. Mr.. Morris shipped the bal
loon back to Huron and will collect
two dollars from the government as
a reward for his trouble. The bal
looms are sent up for the purpose of
determining the speed and direction
OF wind currents at a high altitude.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-08-18
BROOkINGS COUNTY FAIR NOTES.

Last week quite a start was made
in the solicitation of stock subscrip-
tions. Very few of those seen turned
down the matter and the management
feels assured that all the improve
ments planned will be made this year.
Plans for the woman's building are
being considered and a meeting Of the
executive board this week will decide
the matter. 1t is hoped to have a
building that will suit all and be a
model of convenience.
The new sheep and hog pens will
be located south of the stock pavilion
Work on the horse barn is progress
sing finely and will soon be completed.
BY another week the secretary will
be able to give to the public a full
program Of the attractions that will
be at the fair. There will be four
ball games, two Of them already ar
ranged for and other sports that will
engage the attention and amuse the
crowds. Bands will play as usual and
the biggest time in the history of the
fair can be expected.
Kind friends, the fair hopes that
you the planning and arranging your
exhibits. They are going to have
more space than ever before and want
everybody to bring the best of their
produce, stock, fruit, homemade
household articles, kitchen and pam
try stores, and make this years dis
play a world beater in the records of
county fairs. We can do it, and do
it we must. Rally around the Brook
ings county standard, good people and
show the rest of the state that we are
it.
Free tickets on children's day will
be sent to the clerk of every school
district in the county. If any of the
little people are missed, just come
anyhow and when you tell the man
at the gate how it was, he VIII let
you come right in. Don't forget chill
dren's day.
Remember the premiums of all stock
are two thirds Of those Of the state
fair and are larger than any other
county fair in the state. While the
fair is just as liberal in racing purses
as the other fairs, all in the state be-
ing the same, Brookings is ahead Of
them in the premiums offered on the
stock, products and in the woman's
department. II anyone thinks that
they are sighting one department for
the benefit Of others. call at the sec.
retary's office and he will show o.
that 1t Is not SO. Success In a fair
means equal justice to all exhibitors,
this they aim to do.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-08-18
DEATH OF MRS. BERT TREE.

The sad news was received here on
Thursday of the death of Mrs. Bert
Tree at Ortley in Roberts county. Mrs.
Tree has been in poor health for the
past few months, following an attack
of pneumonia a year ago. Three
months ago she e to the pine
woods of northern Minnesota in hopes
that she would escape the ravages of
the white plague that had seized upon
her, but unfortunately she was bene-
fitted but little. She ven to Ortley
about a month ago and everything a
kind husband and relatives could do
was done, but the dread disease had
gone too far. The sympathy of the
community will be extended to the
Borrowing husband and family. From
the Ortley Optic of Saturday we get
the following account Of her death:
Mrs. Bert Tree of Brookings, S. D.,
died Thursday, at HAS p. m. at the
home of her sister, Mrs. H. Aughin-
baugh.
Mrs. Tree had been here but a short
time, coming to Ortley just a month
from the date of her death.
The cause of death was pulmonary
tuberculosis, brought on by an attack
OF pneumonia, which she experienced
a year ago this spring. Since that
time she has made a most heroic fight.
keeping up her courage until the last.
Funeral services will be held today,
al noon, at the home of her brother,
Paul Halvorson and again at 800 p. m.
at the Lebanon Lutheran church, south
Of town. Interment to be made in
the cemetery of that church.
Alma Marie Tree was born in Port.
land, Oregon, April /, 1885 and was
the oldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Ole Halvorson, who now reside about
six miles south of Ortley. When she
was but two years old her parents
moved to Brookings, this state, where
she has since resided. Her marriage
to Mr.. Tree took place on Thanks
giving day, 1905.
Besides a husband and parents, there
are left to mourn her loss, three broth.
ers, Paul of Ortley, and John and AL
fred, at home, and two sisters, Mrs
II. A~ughinbaugh of Ortley and Mrs
Vollain of Reader, n. D.
Perhaps at no other time does the
human heart feel so helpless in its
ability to aid another; yet we can but
hope that the sympathy that goes out
from the hearts of this little village
will help TO sooth these hearts now
bowed in deepest sorrow.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-08-18
SOLDIERS COME
MARCHING HOME
COMPANY c ARRIVES FROM CAMP
THURSDAY.
c COMPANY IS THE BEST
IN REGIMENT ACCORDING TO A
REGULAR ARMY OFFICER.

tives in the South Dakota national
guard, arrived home Thursday norm
ing from Sparta, Wis, where the state
guard was in camp with the regulars
for ten days. The boys report a good
time and that they learned more about
the art Of warfare than at any pre-
vious enoampment. However, they
say that the ten days with the regu-
lars were not altogether filled with
joy. The camp at Sparta is located
on the sand hills near the city and
marching all day in this kind Of soil
was no picnic. The mornings were
devoted to military maneuvers, while
the afternoons were taken up with
drilling, the guard officers being as
sisted by regular army officers detail
ed for that purpose.
Besides South Dakota there were
in camp the North Dakota guard and
about 1000 regulars from Forts Sheri-
dan and Smelling. A couple of days
before breaking camp there was a
big sham battle in which the South
Dakota boys and part Of the regulars
were opposed to the North Dakotans
and the rest Of the regulars. The
South DakOtans had to march about
six miles from camp to spend the
night, using their dog tents" and in
tho n,arpipo fhnu cfortad hopL Thau
encountered the enemy on the way and
a fierce battle resulted, with infantry,
artillery and cavalry participating.
In his recommendations the regular
army inspector stated to Adjutant
General Engelsby that the ~Brookings
company was the best drilled and most
soldierly appearing body Of men in
the regiment. This was especially
pleasing, as the South Dakotans were
pronounced the best state guard to
visit the camp, and was much appre-
ciated by Captain Jensen and his men.
The entire guard anne together as
far as Brookings, scattering here for
IuelT HOIleS. n ulSpdlCn W Tue MIL
neapolis Journal from Sparta has the
following to say of the Dakota troops:
THE credit is given TO the Dako-
ia troops, which spent ten day at
Camp Mccoy, on a tour of maneuver
duty with the regulars from Fort
Smelling and other western points, of
being the most soldierly men yet to
come to the big federal army post.
The troops, including the First regi-
ment of North Dakota and the Fourth
South Dakota regiment, broke camp
late yesterday afternoon, and entrain-
ed for home, but were slated for a
lay-Over for amusement in the twin
cities. 1t is understood they were
promised this picnic If they attended
to duty in good form while in camp,
and they kept their share Of the bar
gain. The work of the Dakota boys
received high praise from the regular
officers on duty here. Their officers
are well instructed in the work. and
the men are we'll drilled. One great
feature of this time in camp was the
fact that there seemed to be little
tendency to get away to the city and
and intoxicants."
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We had a fine rain Friday and Sat
urday, which will be a big help to
the corn, potatoes and other late
crops. The ground was getting hard
again, but this rain Of a bum
per crop OF corn II the first frost
holds of for a month or so.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-08-18

1t is expected that the Brookings
Grays, the best kid ball team in the
state, will play all four days Of the
county fair. Watertown will likely
play two games with them and a
couple Of other last teams will go
against them on the remaing days.