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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-08
SUPPORT POSTAL BILL.
Republican Members Of Congress
Agree Upon Favorable Action.

To- SS SPSsd avn 0S'S SNSSsV's
WASHINGTON, June 1.-The repub.
licans OF the house went squarely on
record tonight for prompt passage of
the postal savings bank bill, which is
part of President Taft's legislative
program. The bill was finally agreed
on at four hours caucus lasting un.
til midnight, at which the following
resolution submitted by Representa-.
tive Tawney of Minnesota, was adopt.
ed
"Resolved, That the postal savings
bank bill, agreed on by this caucus,
be and the same is hereby adopted; !;
that the same be reported by the com.
mittee on postoffices and post roads,
and that it is the sense of this caucus
tn at q rule be reported from the com.
mittee on rules for its consideration
in the house."
The caucus fixed at IS per cent the
amount of the funds placed in deposit
savings banks that must remain on
deposit in banks in each state and
territory and 20 per cent as the pro-
portion of such funds tha at the trustees
may withdraw for investment in Unit.
ed States securities.
The other 5 per cent must be held as
permanent reserve In the United
States treasury. This disposition OF
the funds expected in connection with
the proposed postal savings bank was
provided in the Davidson amendment,
which was adopted by the caucus.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-08
Millions To Avert Ruin.

CHICAGO. June Sat least $780,
000, 900 which American railroad had
tentatively arranged to spend in re-
placements as q result OF the increased
revenue from the advance in freight
rates they had expected must now be
used to stave off ruin, according to .
statement made by Slsson Thompson,
Of the Railway News bureau here to-
dav.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-08

Choteau Acantha: Interest on the
county funds for the quarter ending
May 81 totaled S67O.32, as computed
and collected by A. c. Burbank,
county treasurer. This makes q grand
total of s2,344.36 of interest collected
by Mr.. Burbank since the beginning
OF his aGmiuistr alton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-08
Surprised At RooseveIt's Audacity.

LONDON, June l.-Mr. Roosevelt's
speech At Guild Hall yesterday con.
tinued today to be the sensation OF
newspapers throughout the country.
The editorial comments on his start.
ling utter ances concerning British rule
The Jasper news., 1910-06-23
THE JASPER NEWS
The Baxter Reunion.

The big Baxter reunion to be
held Aug. 90 to Sept, 3, at Baxter
Springs, Kansas, will be the big
gest one yet held. Many new and
interesting features will be pre-
sented this year, and everything
that will amuse and entertain the
multitudes will be provided.
Vice President Sherman will at
tend the reunion, and there will be
scores of other noted men. The
attractions will be of a high order,
and there will be plenty of enter
tainment for all classes. Conces-
sions will be sold to first class
people. For the ground and priv
ileges apply to Chas. l.. Smith,
Privilege Man.
The Jasper news., 1910-06-23
VIM. C. Boon for Recorder.

VIM. c. Boon, better known to
his friends as Billy Boon, the
Carthage. young man who aspires
to the democratic nomination for
recorder of deeds, was in town
Monday seeing that local Demo-
Gratis do not forget him in the pri-
mary. Mr.. Boon is engaged in the
launadry business at Carthage with
his brother, and says he hasn't half
the leisure he should have to
make a thorough campaign; but
has been so we'll received in every
part of the county he has visited
that he is nightly encouraged.
II am not making this campaign
with a hammer in my hand or
knife under my coat" he said to
the News. "the men who are
out against me for the nomination
are, so far as know, good men and
good Democrats, and if either OF
them beats me in the primary /
will spare no effort to elect him,
just as | have spared no effort in
past campaigns to elect the Demo-
cratic nominees. Furthermore do
not state to your readers that | am
making this campaign "at the re-
quest of my friends" ! am out be-
cause | want the Office, and believe
my labors in the rank and file of
the party entitle are to whatever
reward is embodied in the nomin-
alton to the recordership."
Mr.. Boon is at present chairman
of the Democratic city committee
at Carthage, and is also an ex-
member of the county committee.
His home for years has been in the
fifth ward, in which ward it is adj
mitted by Republicans that his
efforts have been almost solely to
blame for the cutting down of a
Republican majority of IT'S votes
to a tiny seven votes at the lost
election.
There is no doubt as to Mr.
Boon's competency to attend to
the recorders duties and he would
make the Democrats fine cani-
date for the. place.
The Jasper news., 1910-06-23
"Bert" Johnson Wants Collector
ship.

The announcement of Bert
Johnson of Webb City, who wants
the Democratic nomination for
the county collectorship, appears
in its proper place in this issue of
the News. Mr.. Johnson is an ''old
timer" in Webb City, having lived
there 81 years, and is just finishing
his second term as city collector
there, which office he has filled to
the entire satisfaction of every
body. He is a thorough Demo-
crat, hard party worker, and is
certainly entitled to ask the con-
sideration of the Democratic voters
at the primary. The very strong
est man the Republicans could
name would have the job of his life
beating Mr. Johnson should the
latter be given the nomination by
his own party, for he makes a fine
impression upon every man he
meets. regardless of which side ot
the political fence may be his roost'
ing place.
The Jasper news., 1910-06-23

We are authorized to announce
GEO EDWARD GERKEY
of Carthage as candidate for the Office
of Recorder of Deeds of Jasper County
subject to the decision OF the Republi-
can primary.
We are authorized to announce,
JOHN Z. PEARCE
as q candidate for recorder of deeda Of
Jasper county, subject to the decision
of the Republican primary.
We are authorized to announce
GEO. G. BRADER
of Joplin as candidate for the Office Of
county recorder, subject to the decision
of the Republican primary.
We are authorized to announce
VIM. g. BOON,
of Webb City as candidate for the
office of recorder of deeds, subject
to the decision Of the Democratic
voters at the primary.
The Jasper news., 1910-06-23

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The Jasper news., 1910-06-23
A Dreadful Wound

from knife, gun, tin can, rusty nail,
fireworks. or any other nature, demands
prompt treatment with Bucklen's Arni
ca Salve to prevent blood poison or gan
creme. It's the quickest, surest healer
for all such wounds as also for Burns,
Bois. Sores, Skin Eruptions, Eczema,
Chapped Hands, Corns or Piles. 25c.
at Webb Bros.
The Jasper news., 1910-06-23
D. w. Teeter, Agt.
Let's Have Those Fire Engines.

Purcell had a bad fire last Sat-
urday morning, which destroyed
two business buildings. The two
buildings burned stood apart from
the other store buildings. which
saved the entire business district
from destruction. Alba, Purcall's
next door neighbor. lost half her
business section by fire three years
ago and it has never been rebuilt.
Lamar has a costly FIRE every
change of the moon. Will it be
Jasper next1 1t wouldn'thurt any
thing to be prepared fort the emer-
gency when it comes.
The Jasper news., 1910-06-23
Political Announcements.

We are authorized to announce
JAS, A. DAUGHERTY
of Webb City, as candidate for con.
gress in the Fifteenth, Mo-, district,
subject to the decision of the Demo-
cratic voters at the primary election.
We are authorized to announce
M. E. BENTON
of Neosho, as a candidate for congress
in the Fifteenth Mo-, district, subject
to the decision of the Democratic voters
at the primary election.
The Jasper news., 1910-06-23

Mines. DIV and C.E. Teeter yis7
tied the latter part, of last week
with the family of Oh Hacket at
Asbury.
The Jasper news., 1910-06-23

We are authorized TO anpounce-
l.. M. MURPHY
Of Carthage as candidate for the Office
of probate judge OF Jasper county,
subject to the decision of the Repub-
lcan primary.
The Jasper news., 1910-06-23
We are authorized Co announce
C. w. DYKEMAN

of Joplin as candidate for the Office OF
presiding Judge Of the county court,
subject to the decision Of the Republi-
can primary.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-04-23
ITEMS IF ALASKA

An attempt Is being made to form a lodge of FreemasOns at Cordova. So far some thirty members have notified their willingness assist in the forma- ton of a lodge.
 The municipal election recent ly held in Cordova resulted in a victory for the citizens ticket. Dr.. Chase is the new mayor Cordova'S new paper, Truth, is much elated eyer the result, claiming it as personal victory.
 Emery Valentine, who vas WickerSham's campaign mana ger during the last election, was reelected mayor of Juneau on April <, by a unanimous vote. His reelection was violently op- posed by the Hoggatt forces.
 SkagWay citizens have thrown out the old councillors and elect ed an anti-railroad ticket.
 With total voting strength of l64 votes the little town of Valdez had five tickets, in the field. This must have been about one for each inhabitant.
 According to the COrdOva North Star, Commissioner Shy der, of Wrangell, has been com pelled to resign, owing to the opposition of the Hoggatt forces
 After a separation of 33 years Horace Curlie, a locomotive en- gineer, who arrived in Cordova on the Victoria. and Grant Thor burn. the bartender at the Cor dova house, met again on April :, says the CordOva North Star, They were raised together in Fredricton. N. B., and drifted away from and lost track of each other. When Mr. Currie, who is stopping at the Cordova House, walked down stairs Thor burn glanced at him and then glanced at him again, and finally walked over to him and called him by name. They are still talking about old times.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-04-23

very few who essayed to reach the new diggings by way of Seward de- scribe the trip as one of great diff culty, owing 10 the prevalence Of glaciers and swift running water. During the winter the snowfall in the district is extremely heavy.
 The country is intersected by high mountains and deep and difficult gorges, and until a road is put through by the road commission it will be impossible for any but the hardest e travellers to make the journey with any degree of safety or comfort.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-04-23
GREEK HAPPENINGS

Gene. Huckins has bought a building at Little Eldorado and is moving to Chatanika, where he will be joined by his family. He is working for Sam Wise on 10 below on Clcary.
 The saloon license granted to Flynn X Morrison, at Dome. has expired and will not be renewed.
 Judge Erwin has hauled in his 5o-horsepower boiler to town and will ship it to the Iditarod. The boiler has been used until recently by Hagan & Valentine
 Cascaden & Jameson are digging ditches and getting ready for sluic- ing their dump on the Wild Goose association, Engineer.
 Tom Burns, of : below, Dome, who has taken out a large dump will give up as soon as same has been sluiced. He has been drowned out.
 Frank Hall, of the Fairbanks sa- loon, Dome City, will close down today, when his license expires
 Bill Cannon, on } above Dome, has got 6 feet of pay ill his new
The Alaska citizen., 1910-04-23
TIE CITY COUNCIL

The weekly A f,s....r-n <.he city council was held as usual last night All the members were pres ent and large amount of business was transacted, Ordinances for the election of a schoolboard, for the granting of a franchise to the In- dependent Light, Heat and Water Plant, and for the appointment ot a collector oi poll tax were introduc- ed and passed.
 Councillor Callahan kept things lively, objecting to everything on general principles, and finding him. self almost invariably in a hopeless minority.
 The appointment of a poll tax collector raised considerable discus sion, Councillor Callahan thinking that the tax was a hardship upon many, but his objections were overruled and T. ]. McCroskey was appointed collector.
 Dan also objected to what he de- sCribed as the city attorneys but tin ill. " Look here, young fel- Ter, ; said Dan to Attorney Dignan on one occasion, eff you want to butt in you had better get elected, same as we were.
 The council adjournd at 70 D. m.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-04-23
WHAT DID THE GUGGS WANT?

Maybe the Guggenheim interests did not want any of Alaska s rich coal lands, but how in the name of common sense they expected to operate their big smeIters Tn the copper region without having a con venient and cheap coal supply is something 10 arouse the curiosity of the Alaskans. Perhaps the Guggenheims expected to ship their fuel supply from Seattle or British Columbia at a great cost in stead of grabbing some of the coal lands where they could get the fuel very Cheaply and quickly. Also perhaps the Guggenheim Morgan interests were to be encouraged and the smelters were to be operated by the burning of drlftwood. Maybe and maybe not. Nome Gold Dig ger.
 Jim Lushbaugh and wife of Gold stream, came in to Fairbanks yesterday,
 Joe Mock of Gilmore IS stopping at the Nordale.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-04-23
WILL COMPETE WITH RAILROAD

The teamsters of the Fairbanks district have organized, with the view of finding employment for their teams during the summer months. In the past they have been compelled to let their teams eat their heads off in idleness, but this summer they are going to make a strong bid for the creek trade. The organization will en- able them to serve Dome, Fox Cleary, Pedro and other districts as cheaply as the railroad can, ard they will at least be able te earn feed to- their horses until winter again sets in.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-04-23
E TIE |D|TARQD STAMPEDE JUSTIFIED?
So Far as Is Known fne New Strike E0I0S 2uf a Promise of INaking q Good Small Camp
 but Nof Enougl, 90 Justify Big Stampede

While it is plain on all sides that there is going to be >tam- pede of considerable dimensions to the Iditarod, it is not so clear that there is any zeal justitica tion for it.
 The reports so far received may justify the hopes that a camp of fair size is likely to arise in the immediate future, yet there does not appear to be any warrant for a wholesale migra- ton such as the one now a-born- ing
 It is one thing for a prospec- tor or miner to pack his traps and hie him to the latest colorado such is his nature, and in ac- cordance with the fitness of things; but it is quite another and more serious affair for sane man of business to desert d location where he is doing fairly well, in order that he, too, may follow a Will-o' the wiSD.
 The Citizen does not mean to say that there will be a lack of opportunity in the new camp, but it is idle to pretend that the reports so far received are sui ticient to encourage a stampede of the proportions contemplated.
 Were the excitement confined to d few small traders it would be understandable, but the folly of it all is realized when we hear of merchants of years standing in the community, and with large connections, talking of taking their stocks bodily down the river to place as yet ab- sOlutely improved, and to. towns not yet located. The most re liable reports so far do not promise more than a good small" camp, and yet one mer- chant is taking a ;S6O,0OO stock, another $40, 1000 stock, and so on.
 Does any sane person think that there will be room this, or even next year for the crowd which contemplates going to the lditarod upon the opening of navigation:
 So far pay has been found on very few creeks, and in every case that we have been able to verify, pay has been found only where the porphyry dike inter sects the creeks, elsewhere nothing but blanks have been drawn.
 Of course there still remain many days before the ice goes out, and much might happen to cool the ardor of many before that time. The best the Citizen can hope and advise ill that no
The Alaska citizen., 1910-04-23
VEIN FROM Z TG 4 FEET WIDE
ledge Located at TOO Feet and 1t5OO Feet, Which Means That a Nine of Considerable Size is hsSuret-- Quality of Sold Shows Improvement

MessrS Spaulding and Ciough, who are working in good quartz on Dome, have had the good fortune to locate their ledge 700 feet along the apex of the reef and again at 500 feet farther on, making in all 1,50O feet and proving the continuity of the reef The vein runs a~ wide if not widtrtlIan at first, viz, from to i feet, and there is no doubt that MeSsrs. Spauldin@ and Clough have {" very rich property indeed The gold from this extension of the ledge is proving to be of superior qual- ity to that previously found it is less rusty, ana therefore more easily amalgalaated. It will be remembered that the as says recently made at the Tan ana assay office went over $50 to the ton.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-04-23
RUNS SABA ID THE TON
Ore is Base, Containing Gold and Silver in COngIOmeratiOn- Gan be Easily Treated and Is Likely to Prove Equal to Anything Yet Found

A splendid sample of rock has just been found near Fairbanks, in locality not hitherto expect ed to show up as a quartz pro ducer.
 The specimen found consists of base silver and gold ore, and was taken from ledge about two feet wide.
 Ii iS different in character from samples previously found, although very similar to float found on Chatham creek.
 ASsayed at the Panama Assay office, it was found to show the following values: Gold. S17.36 per ton; silver, S25. K per ton; total SI3.2l I per ton.
 N. | "...I son, of the Salchaket roadhouse and trading post, ar rived in Fairbanks yesterday.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-04-23
WHEN TEDDY COMES HOME

Do not pin your faith to the lab sent one. " It is true he will soon be with us again. Do not expect the impossible from him. After all the fireworks are over and this old boy, whom we have often admired. looks over the field, he will do just what he has always done, stand pat for the G. o. P. There are many today who think upon his return he will hold up the hands of the insurgents. Don't you believe it. Roosevelt nominated Taft. Roosevelt elected Taft, and having done this left the country as soon as he could pack his baggage and there's been the devil to pay ever since.
 The worst Is now about over. The fat one has fallen flat. He has no policies. He is of judicial tempera- ment, which means, of course, that he is far away from the people. When the strenuous one returns he will again put some life into the adipose one. He will again make him a living issue. He will ex- communicate the insurgents from the Republican party and try to succeed Taft: We do not believe he can do it.-Helena Independent.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-04-23

person OF company Wilt D@ lO9I- ISh enough to throw Up q posi- tion or business that is showing fair returns in Fairbanks, 10 go to q place that is still un- proved, and is certain to be over done This is not the first stampede that we have been treated to, nor will it be the last, but the lessons of those that have gone before should be in valuable to those willing to pro lit by past experiences.
 Here is a sample of a letter received in Fairbanks this week from the lower camp, and it is typical of many that were writ ten for private consumpticn only and not for the purpose of rais- ing money, or intlating the value of claims already staked. It was written to Mr. Bailey, of Alder creek, by Martin Moran, former ly president of the Miners Union in the Panama valley;
 Otter Creek, March T.
 Friend BiII-ThiS camH look ed pretty uncertain untila month ago, that is my only excuse for not writing to you before this. It looks now that it is going to be a srGall camp.
 Pay is located on Otter for four claims up and down the creek and two claims wide, and on 1 above Tom DeCamp has pay on the second tier. The creek has been we'll prospected above and below them, four claims and nothing found Glen gulch comes in on 1 above left limit. It has pay for about three claims. Black creek comes in at 1 below left limit, they get good pay on the rim, but cant get down to bedrock owing to the water.
 Flat creek comes in about } miles below discovery, left limit. It is the banner creek so far. It has three miles of pay, some of it very good. Jack Bolton has a lay there. His partner sold out to Tom Doggett for S!, 300.
 Willow runs into the Idita- rod above Otter, about 5000 feet of pay on the benches a week ago. That is all that has been found up-to- date.
 II located on : creeks, every one of them blanks. l am now going to take a lay on Happy creek, a tributary of Willow. It looks promising. Dan McCas- kell owns the ground. He also has a lay on the pay on Willow. Kells is on the pay there too and has pay located
The Alaska citizen., 1910-04-23
SEWARD TRAIL TO iDITAROD

Owing to the meagre approprla- ton for Alaska's roads this year there is not the least chance of any work being done on the Seward Knik- Iditarod trail for the next two years. In the summer of 1908 a member of the road commission accompanied MT. Maddern of the geological survey over the route and staked a trail, but that is as far as the work has got so far The
The Alaska citizen., 1910-04-23

Well, Bill, 1 hardly know whether to advise yod to come here or not. There is enough in sight now 10 make a small camp but not enough 10 iu@.j.. q luNh in the spring All the creeks that pay has been found on head in the same Dome, when you get away from that you don t get a color. If you are in any thing or see a chance to make some money there ] would moi rush away, and if there k no chance there it would be all right to try your luck here. :.
 'MARTIN MORAN"
 Now the above letter is neith- CT a boost nor a knock. but on the face of it it rings true. Is there anything in q letter like this to encourage a stampede, or any promise of a camp which will beat DawSOn?"
 A letter has also been receiv- ed from John Henderson, who went to the Iditarod last year. He says that he has a good claim on Flat; that for the first four feet he averaged two cents to the pay, and for the next 6 feet cents and then-Water.
 Large pumps and boilers are needed, for without these the ground cannot be worked. There are 12,OO0 feet of good pay on Flat alone, with five prospects on several others.
 Steamers that can land at Richmond can, on the same Wa ter make Otter City, which lies at the confluence of the IditarOd river and Otter creek, into the latter flows all of the, so far, pay creeks, excepting Willow.
 The latter is reached by go- ing on up the river beyond Ot- ter City, and into Bonanza, the distance from Otter to Bonanza being about 15 miles. Willow creek territory is also reached by trail a few miles across from the workings on Flat, but which ever way one goes it means pol ing boats or packhorses on the final haul.
 Henderson's letter points very strongly to Otter City as the coming camp, although others, equally well-informed, say that the town must be on Flat creek.
 Fraser. who went down with Henderson quit, but the latter took in new men. The general tone of the letter is conservative and apologises for delay in writ ing, as he wished to be sure of his ground before committing himself.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-04-23

shaft. It rnns all the way from ? cents to S7 to the pan.
 Billy Powers and family have moved from Dome to Little Eldo- radO
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