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ALIAS SUM MONS,

In the District Court Of the Twelfth Judicial
District of the state OF Montana. in and for the
county of ChOuteau.
John K. TEN pleton, plaintiff, VS.. Wallace 4.
Chase and Goldie G. Chase, defendants.
The State of Montana sand greetings to the
abOve-namel defendants and each of tnem:
You are hereby summoned 20 answer the CON-
plant in this action which is fled in the Office of
the clerk of this court, copy of which is here
with served upon one of You In each county
wherein any OF you may reside, and to file your
answer and eerve a copy thereof upon the plain
tits attorney within twenty days after the service
OF this summons, exclusive of the day of service
and in case of your failure to a pear or answer,
judgment will be taken against you by default
for the relief demanded in the complaint.
The said action is brought to recover the sum
of $1,000 and interest thereon as the balance of
the purchase pri g of lois numbered 2 and 8 of
block % of the original TOWNSHIP of Fort Benton,
Montana, sold by plaintiff to defendant, Wallace
F.. Chase, the said g Idle q. Chase being his
wife, and to forpcloee q vendors lien on said
property for said balance of said purchase price
also to recover plaintiffs attorneys fee of $3.50
and costs of suit
~ Witness my hand and he seal of said
sr. court this 4th day of January, A. ,.
ehAA' 1910. CHAS. H. BOYLE,
Clerk.
F. E Stranahan, attorney for plaintiff.
First publication, Jan. 5, 1910
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Powerful Combine Whose Methods
and Officials as Well as Those
of the New York Custom
House Are Being In.
veStIgated.
By JAMES A. EDcERTON.

BY JAMES A. EDcERTON.
"HE sugar trust Is having the
shaking up Of its life, and Incl
dentally a lot Of custom house
employees in New York are get
ting tipped out of their jobs and n or
two former treasury officials at Wash
ington are being Jared. incidentally
also there is coming to light a story Of
trust rascality and official c~rookedness
that is stirring the country from New
York to San Francisco. If anybody
asks who is responsible for all this ex-
posture and housekeeping the answer
comes in the language Of other days,
Loeb did it." William Loeb, Jr., is
his full name. You may have heard
of him. In the days Of Roosevelt Loeb
was popularity known as "the goat"
but his official title was secretary to
the president. At present he is COL
lector Of the port of New York. Since
he assumed that Office things have
been happening. Loeb is responsible
Loeb and his friend Parr-Richard
Parr, now chief of the weighers' divi-
sion of the New York custom house.
Parr himself is worth a story-two
or three Of them. He halls from Al
bany. where Loeb also took his rise.
After his old friend and fellow towns
man had gone high and was the right
hand Of power in Washington, Parr
concluded that he also would like to en-
ter the government service and went to
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Relative Strenath of Arms.

AS a result of some very interesting
experiments made at Washington with
a view to determine the relative
strength Of right and left limbs it has
been ascertained that over so per cent
of the men examined had the right
arm stronger than the left, 16.4O per
cent had the arms Of equal length
and strength, and 1910 per cent had
the left arm stronger than the right.
OF women 1890 per cent had the right
arm stronger than the left, and 24.5O
per cent had the left stronger than the
right. In order to arrive at the aver
age length Of limbs fifty skeletons
were measured, twenty-five Of each
sex. OF these twenty-three had the
right arm and left leg longer, six the
left arm and right leg. while in seven
teen cases all the members were more
or less equal in length.-Exchange.
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Notice Of Contest,
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS. Mont. Dec. ~. II

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Dec. 10, 1909.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been lied
In this Office by
MALVlNA A HOLMQUIST,
contestant, against horn stead entry No. O6lS7,
made May 20, 1909, for the SWA NWA, NWA
SW4, section %; sen NEA, NEA SEA, sec.
ton u, township "a north, range Z east, he sp-
piled to slneni to include wa SEA of said sec
tion Y, Montana meridian, by Louis G.. Ludtke,
conteste": in which it is alleged that the said
Louis g.. Ludlk" has never established actual or
any residence whatever thereon, and that he re-
moved from tie state OF Montana, and said
pa,ties ao hereby mott ed to appear, respond,
and offer evi2e ce touching said allegation at 10
O'Clock a. III on February "a, 1910, before Chas. II.
Boyle, United Statse commissioner, at his Office
in Fort Benton. Chouteau county, Montana, and
that final hearing will be held at 10 o'clock a. m.
on February q, 1al0, before the Register and
Receiver at tn" United States Land Office in
Great Falls, Montana.
The said contesta' having, in q proper afida-
Wit filed DeCemb s, 1909, set forth facts which
show that after due diligence personal service of
this notice cannot he made, it is hereby ordered
and directed hat such notice he given by due and
proper publication.
j. NJ. BI%LINGAME. Repister.
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was approached by a man he had re-
garded as a friend and offered $780,
600 If he would go abroad. This was
after previous hints had reached him
that he could get a large bribe from
the trust if he would absent himself at
the time Of the hearing. Nor did the
efforts to thwart him end here. On
returning to his desk he found that he
had been supplanted by a new man
and that further important papers had
been distributed which be could not
get back. He went in hot haste to
Washington to demonstrate against his
work being turned over to a man who
knew nothing Of it. The then collector
Of the port. Edward S. Fowler, accom-.
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man was removed and was almost i'm
mediately put on the payroll of the
trust. Fortunately Parr had copies Of
the most important items of the stolen
papers, so that his case was not mate
rally damaged.
At another time he was Swallowed by
private detectives. who logged him
wherever he went. peeped into the
windows of his home, annoyed and ter
rorized his family, made false reports
concerning him and pursued him until
he had them arrested. The sleuths ad-
mitted they were hired by the
trust.
Sent to San Francisco.
On the strength Of the evidence gain
ed by Parr and others the district at
torney began suit against the trust.
the same suit which was recently set
tied out Of court by the sugar people
paying to the government more than
100000 to v short weight frauds.
At b time the case was first an
preaching a hearing and when PARIS
sSSs~AVAJ 81 VAtOA lac was
ordered to Cuba. He protested and
produced a doctors certificate to the
effect that his health would not stand
the trip. He was then ordered to San
Francisco, with the strict Injunction
that he was to return by way of
New Orleans and was not to reach
New York before a certain date.
Feeling that his presence in New York
was of vital importance, he disobeyed
instructions, returned before the time
set and reached New York in season
to give his testimony. The command
to go to Cuba and then to San Francis
co came from Assistant Secretary of
the treasury Reynolds, who sharply
questioned Parr as to why he had re-
turned contrary to orders. There is
little doubt in Washington that but
for the feeling that Loeb and Roosevelt
were behind Parr the reprimand would
not have ended with a mere question.
Effort at Bribery.
On his return from San Francisco
and before he gave his evidence Parr
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BARKLEY & ROWE,
Proprietors.
Hay and Grain Bought and Sold
Hacks Meet All Trains
FRONT STREET, FORT BENTON
No Modern Home Is Complete
Without a Telephone.

The greatest labor and t~ime-saving
convenience Of the age. You can talk
from your telephone to every subscrib.
er in any exchange in Utah, Monts M
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 are the very latest i'm.
proved.
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See Loeb about it. Loeb advised him
to take the civil service examination
and await his turn. This Parr did
and was at last assigned to duty, his
work being as a sugar sampler at the
Williamsburg pier. New York city. Be
Ing a man with a Keen eye and in
stincts of honesty, he soon saw enough
to convince him that Uncle Sam. the
man for whom be was working, was
being defrauded out of vast sums in
customs duties through false weights
and valuations on imported sugar.
Again Parr went to Loeb and after
some delay was made special ex-
aminer Of the treasury department,
which would give him authority to
find out more about the sugar frauds
at the Williamsburg pier. But before
the appointment was made he had al
ready learned enough to form the basis
of a case.
Efforts to Thwart Investigation.
From this time forward PARIS story
Of his investigations, the efforts made
by the trust to circumvent him, the
burglary from his desk Of valuable pa.
pers, the hiring of detectives to shadow
him and annoy his family, the attempts
to bribe him to leave the country, the
orders from Washington sending him
to distant cities when he was needed
in New York, the releasing Of a cargo
Of sugar that he had seized, the effort
to Asupplant him with another man and
his final triumph against the crooks
despite all obstacles, form a romantic
tale that reads like a chapter from
some past book of crime. That the
thing is a living narrative Of our own
day and concerns crimes committed III
u midst makes it of more intense and
burning interest.
More in detail. Mr.. PARIS disclosures
as given in an interview are as fol-
lows: After being made a special ex.
amlner of the treasury he was ordered
TO Boston and afterward to Maine. al.
though anxious to pursue his invest
cations at the Williamsburg pie-. VI
last. growing weary of the da!i.-. ~
returned from Maine and again ap.
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SHAKING UP Of THE SUGAR TRUST
Remarkable Obstacles Met by Rich.
ard Parr In His Efforts to Expose
the Schemes to Defraud
the Government of
Vast Sums.

pealed to Mr.. Loeb. with the result
that he was shortly allowed to resume
his work in New York. Here he made
the sensational discovery Of corset
springs secretly inserted into a num-
Der Of scales used to weigh incoming
cargoes Of sugar. BY the use Of these
springs ar u~nderweight was registered.
and this falsified weight was entered
on the books. Coincident with the
finding Of the doctored scales Parr
seized a cargo of sugar just in from
Cuba. Before he had reported this
seizure orders came from Washington
to release the cargo. These orders he
oon ascertained came from Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury James
Reynolds, now a member of President
Taft's tariff commission.
PARIS Desk Broken Open.
Proceeding with his investigations,
MI. Parr laid the evidence before Unit
ed States District Attorney Henry L.
Stimson, who is now the special assist
ant attorney general in charge Of the
sugar trust prosecutions. One morn
ing on returning to his desk Mr.. Parr
found that it had been riled and that
a diary containing a record Of his work
had been stolen, together with other
evidence against the sugar trust. He
suspected a certain official, and
through the influence Of Secretary
Loeb and President Roosevelt this
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-12

The moons mean distance from the
earth Is $4,000 miles. When it is ut
the perigee-nearest point-it is 225, 900
miles and when at the apogee-far-
thest point-more than PSI. 600 miles
from the earth. The actual diameter
is estimated at z.153 miles, or a little
less than three -elevenths Of the earth's
diameter. The moons volume is
therefore about n forty-ninth that
of the earth, and it's is one
eighty-eighth Of the earth; consequent
~ the force Of gravity is 10 much less
at its surface than it Is at the earth's
surface that a body weighing 1000
pounds here would weigh on the moon
only 163 pounds.
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Notice for Publication.

Serial Nos. OS466 and O6467.
UNITED STATEs LAND OFFICE.
Withdrawn coal lands. See circular April "A.
1909.
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Dec. 2, 1909.
Notice IL hereby given that
CORNELIUS j. MCNAMARA,
whose postohice address 10 Big Sandy, Montana,
has the 25th day of September, 1909, filed in this
office his application to select under the provi-
sions Of section 1905, r. g., the NEk of SWk
and NWk Of SEX of section twenty coy, town.
ship 26 north Of range IL east. Serial Nos. O6466
and 06487.
Any and all. persons claiming adversely the
lands described, or desiring to object because Of
the mineral character of the land, or for any
other reason, to the disposal to applicant, Should
nle their afadavits Of protest in thls office on or
before the sd day of January, 1910.
j. N. BURLINGAME, Register.
First publication Dec. z. 1909,
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Notice for Publication,
(Not coal land.)

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Dec. 6, 1909.
Notice Is hereby given that
BERNICE E. STEVENS,
whose postofice address is Fort Benton, Mont.
has this 9Th day of December, 1909, filed in this
office her application to select under the provi
eions of section 23O6, X. s., the NWA SEX sec
ton &c, township u north, range 7 east. and the
NEA NEA section 30, township "a north, range
8 east. Serial No. O9O47.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
lands described, or desiring to object because OF
the mineral character of the land, or for any 9th.
er reason, to the disposal to applicant, should
file their afidavits of protest in thip Office on OF
before the 9th day of February, 1910.
j M BURL1NGAME. Register.
First publicatiOn. Dec Ia, 1909.
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Disadvantages Of Poverty,

disadvantages OF Poverty.
Were goin' to nov again in a
month or two.'' said the little girl on
the back porch. I'VE move into a new
house every year."
I'VE DON'T" said the little girl in the
adjoining yard. my papa owns this
house,"
"And you don't never move into any
other one?"
NO"
my, my! 1t must be awful to be as
poor as that!"-Chicago Tribune.
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A Reliable Plan.

A Reliable Plan.
whenever l don't like a man very
WELL" remarked the cynical person. II
give him a tip on the races. l don't
care how much 1t loses for him"
but suppose it wins"
"Then he's unhappy because he
didn't bet more"
"And It he doesn't bet at all?"
Il keep on giving tips until one does
win, and then he feels as If he had
missed the chance Of his life."-Wash.
ington Star.
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Rocky Mountain Bell Tel. Co.
Il B. LONG & co.,
Opposite Park Hotel,
Great Falls, Mont

Our speciality is buying sheep
on orders for our customers. II
you have any for sale for deliv-
cry in the spring, or after shear
ing. write us giving description
and price.
We make no charges.
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A Rialto View.

D you think a little Shakespeare
would go as a vaudeville act?" in
quired Hamlet Fatt.
why nOt?" responded Yorick
Hamm. Everybody feels that he ha*
got to stand for it If it comes along.
No man is going to admit that Shake
speare is over his ead."-Wash.u yton
Herald.
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His Little Joke,

Percy-l-aw- wrestled fob an hour
with me scarf this morning. Algernon
Which won the victory. deah boy.
you or the scarf: Percy Neither.
Cawn't you see the match wesultea IL
a tie? Huw. haw:-Chi:ugo News.
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One Who Knew,

docs any n in the GLASS;" asked
the teacher. "know the origin Of the
corn laws?"
Eyes, ma'am." answered the shaggy
haired pupil. "They were written by
John Bunion. Chicago Tribune.
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WHAT TO. DO.

Hints on First Aid to Everybody on
t All Occasions.
When a man rushes into your office
hurriedly and says:
"By lingo. Dawson, l hate to speak
of it, but l need $500 like the very Old
dickens today!"
Answer a singular cOinci-
dence, Binks! | do tool"
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There is no killing the suspicion tina
deceit has once beootten.-Eliut.
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When the lovely young maiden at
the seaside to whom you have been
paying court all ummer shakes her
head violently and says:
mo, Mr.. Blithers; l cannot imagine
any circumstances under which |
could be induced to marry you"
Answer.-"Thanks, Miss Jones. ibis
is a great relief. l was afraid you
had miscOnstrued my attentions and.
of course. desired to live up to my i'm.
piled obligations"
When you run face to face with
your tailor upon the street and he
turns a cold, beady eye upon you and
says:
Excuse me. Mr.. Bump. but what
have you to say about my little BILL"
Answer.-'I don't think | have met
your little Bill, Mr.. %Snipperton. In
deed. ! didn't know you had any chill
dren at ALL"
While he is recovering from this
jump into a taxi and proceed to break
the speed laws.-Carlyle Smith in Har-
per's Weekly.
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On his return from San Francisco
and before he gave his evidence Parr
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JrRILEE nr ". LE0N IRDS.
I've Nrn's SsciriIrs oT . IIrOoh IL % G'hurrI,
Parade and lBa,e = ninarr.

The thoroughfar~s leading to 81
Leonardo catholic church HAMBURG
avenue and Jefferson street Brooklyn.
"A the Bu-hwiCk section were throng.d
at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. On the.
Veranda of ~ Ieonard's re- 'orv stood
Bishop Mundelsin. VhO with other
clergy viewed a parade at Uniformed
aud ununforined men which Wa- led Nv
- Leonardo band u was the occasion
Of the silver Jubilee Of two Of the PRINCIPAL
mems societies Of the church
After the parade tho-s PARTICIPATING in
IL and a. many more a. the church could
accommodate entered the 81 fee. where
a solemn high mas Wa- sung Bishop
Mund-lein presided ia the sane uary, the
Rev Henry kunIg waS the Celebrant OF
the mass. the Rev George -. Sander
rector OF 81 Leonard'- Church. was
deacon. and the Rev John J Opel was
sub deacon.
The sermon was in German nv the Rev
George ID. Sander. the rector Al the
roll Of drums and uniformed ofScerS
brought their swords to salute Bishop
Mundsletn pronounced his bsnediction at
the close Of the mass.
Al 4 o'olock in the afternoon the church
societies held a nesting In Palm 0arden
and 90 half past ] o'clock in the evening
there was . dinner az which the nsembeT-
and invited guests of tho celebrating
societies the -Kranksn Unterr,uet rum,
Verein kamerad-chaft and BtIshwicE
Council. Catholic Benevolent Legion
we're present
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roo wren TO-ANRFRO-NESS
CsmmuIers JostIed cut oS Their sober
Vibrations.

Those persons whom You saw crow,llnG
the fore deck 81 the Long Island city
ferrybOats yesterday were no' inmi-
grants going To- make their fortunes On
Long Island They Wrr- CpmmItsrs
going 10 make excuses 10 their families
FOR not even catching The midnight
train GA Saturday might hey were the
men who attended Or end~ayor~d To
attend the dinner 80 she Long Island
Commuters llub. with results a. herein
set forth.
OF seventy gh' men only three reached
home yesterday in time - 20 20 church.
OF the seventy and five twenty-five re-
solved themselves into a holding company
aud tried TO incorporate themselves under
the Laws q New Jersey twenty more
organized Tor rescue work. aud twenty
five more or less invo!uutarllv aided in
the problem ut dstTlhIItiJn Ot pOpuiaii on.
Ih- small devoted land who gave
tLem--lN-s u"-" 20 rescue work had a
hard time Ia some Wav they ct scat
tered into no parties One partv went
20 staten leland. the other 20 The Bronx
Natural. ley lp-g track 81 "aCh other
Zach party -et uut - r7-Cu- the other
but each va hamp-r-d Nv Tho Necessity
% Frequently stopping aud r'-=cuing ITSELF
anil reeu-Cf'attnR IL msmt--r- The
staten Island Uolice were fret apprised
It trouble when some 80" Thuz uD the
Richmond station and zaId -lfuiiv
There's di-membered party down
here
Fearing an awful tragedy ia" police
burned - the zcane Needless To- saw.
they N-r" utterly disappointed. Thew
cunsi gned thu dlsmefnleTvd patty 10 a
well known summer resort which proved
upon iuve-ttg CATION not - - on Long
Islani aud - puz-s~- no attractions for a
Commut@r
Thrr. men Who roarhed Nor'hport were
stfrr,rf asd 10 find that ~ Na- not Eastporf
On learning thai they must 20 south TO
get 20 Rastport they proved conclu-ivelv
that they must then 10 IA Ea-fpori not
Norinport FoT the difference betwe-n
north ana east ~ gJ degrees. aud q ksrt
port - south then. being ~ degr""- on
thew must lie in Ea-tport FOr n they
were IN NorthpoFt the right angle would
take them east a. Eastuort. whereas one
must 20 south 10 Passport Therefore
they were IA Passport. not Northport.
OED
Whereuron an hands beat the swallows
-outhWari by several hour.
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Z =. Rev rnu~ Wen RaId NJ tets nIddIRs,
IsaIIrcmen Run when tie whistles.

4 yuu,h al ~. leopold Untermann
VINO lives 20 ~ ~ MARKS pace stood
60 Ninety pirfh street nd 'rhird avARti"
test al gf' -hrIilV uio~,Pga polics whistles
tie fetched several policemen. who con-
tended WITH one cnother for ihe salts
faction ~ arresting him.
Untermlnn displayed a police card
made out fOr the ROHnaHtGH JOurHai
and Jared Tire police 10 srrest him. They
dared an right A. the Past loGh street
station capt. tOrcorin recognized Inter
Iurnn ~ the Roy Vho riseI to work for
isaac Rock, a liquor dc'leF AZ 1914 Second
avenue.
Rock disrh1rgei Unfermann after Ur
term M he'd Odd he cnsIldn't - fires
bscaus" he represented tive District A.
rorr~y's once and the Tinted Stst.'S
GoverEm~ut 4 we'', later revenue mel
app. ,r-d and oy-rh0uied Rocks stock
without finding anything Illicit
Twice since then lnfermenn has been
~ The Fast i0tth street station ~ cow
pl'n To Cent. tOrcorsH thrt RocS va
brc. sing re- law Iwita fss cent
Corcorsu Investigated Rock gui found
nothing o y-iP-t hi'n Last night Inter
mann hsi = l"tt"r from District A'tor- -
Whitman Teir tive 70 white slave tra~"
IN StEvve ant place ~ which INTERIM ~
evidently hI1 complained In tt- 'e-'"r
the District Attorney Acknowledge the
Information aRd rrOm.sed e. look ~. ~