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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
Recovering The Victims.

STARKv1LLE, COL, Oct. ll.-Fifty.
four hours after the explosion occur
red In the Starkville mine OF the Col.
orsdo Fuel & Iron company, entomb-
ing more than so men, the fret Of the
bodies OF the victims were found by
searchers. Two men were located At
$50 o'clock this morning in chamber
30 Of entry J.7, l 1000 feet from the
mouth of the mine and at $50 o'clock
eight more were found In chambers 81
to IS.
The condition of the bodies indicates
that the men we're instantly killed by
the terrific force of the explosion. Sew
eral we're badly burned, but none was
distigured beyond Identification. Re-
ports received from William Morgan,
superintendent OF the Piedmont mine,
who was leading the rescue party OF
IS men, stated he did not believe any
more bodies would be found soon for
the reason that the rest of the ion.
prisoned men were company men and
scattered through the various work.
ings engaged in repair work and Sim.
liar pursuits. The work Of rescue was
tedious and delayed by the presence
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19

there Is no escape from the ills of civ.
ilization. Dr.. Henry r. Slack, az up.
to-date Georgian, is trying to convince
the public that we are all damned to
die from hydrophobia. "There has
been." he'claims, ian increase of more
than 837 per cent in less than 10 years.
We are all more or less familiar with
death when he comes in 'consumption's
CHASTITY form, the earthquake shock,
and ocean Storm but In hydrophobia
he Is ever more terrible"
The further you 60 the worse it gets.
But the west has the satisfaction of
knowing that most Of these things start
in the south. The hookworm is cap.
ping the manhood and pellsgra de-
etroying the health OF Dixie, and now
Dr., Slack threatens those left with
rabies. BY the time the hookworm,
pellagra and hydrophobia arrive on
this eide of the Continental divide,
Uncle Sam will have discovered q
panacea. But, the pity Of it is, no
more vigorous southerners can come
to Montana. 1t is forum ate that Sen.
stor DIXON, Judge Woody and other
well-known Missouls citizens got away
before the hookworm got them.-Mis.
soulian.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
RELIEF FOR THE STRICKEN,
Supplies For the Fire Sufferers Are
Beginning To Arrive.

Supplies For the Fire Sufferers Are
Beginning To Arrive.
RAINY RIVER, Oct. 11.-Relief is
arriving for the stricken people of
Beaudette and the Rainy river dis.
trict. First to come to the assistance
OF the people was Fort Frances, Oot.,
with 800 cash. Six carloads of sup.
plies have arrived, two from Virginia,
Minnesota. in charge OF Aldermen
Boylan and Heritage. Two carloads
of supplies which come from Duluth
in charge of Mayor M. B.. Cullom,
and Col. F. c. Reisch. of Bemdji,
Minnesota, the county seat in which
the fire was 80 severe, is also on the
ground with two carloads of goods.
Sheriff Rszen with twenty deputies
and Sergeant Gill with fifteen men Of
the state militia from Bemidji, have
taken charge of the ruins and the
erection Of tents and the distribution
OF supplies. A pail of smoke hangs
over the town of Rainy River from
burning peat. As the days pass the
real sorrow Of the situation is only
becoming apparent.
AT various points in the forest fire
zone between Warroard, MIMI, and
Rainy River reports from fire rangers
indicate that 139 bodies have been
located. OF these ninety have been
recovered, but only sixty identified.
While fires can be see away to the
east and southeast their progress is
not dangerous to human life. Fire
rangers complain that the heat OF the
gases prevents their proceeding far
into the masses OF charged trees and
underbrush.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
Railroad Strike In France,

PARIS, Oct. 1.-THE employees of the
Northern railroad went on strike early
today and by IL o'clock this morning
the tieup of the system practically is
complete. At that hour trains only
for Calais and Cologne were moving.
Military engineers have been called to
replace the strikers, but the number
is inadequate. Several acts of vic.
lence occurred before daybreak. AT
St. Quentin the tracks were torn up.
The locomotives collided, and OBJ
structed the main track.
Military forces have taken posses
sion of eve raj stations and have been
posted along the road.
The strike developed over night and
took the company and the public by
surprise.
There had been i'll feeling on the
part OF the employees for some time,
owing to the refusal of the Northern
railroad to increase the wages of the
men 10 a minimum of 81 a day and to
grant other concessions. There have
been rumors of q pending strike, bul
the men conducted their plans with
great secrecy and not until last even
ing was it realized that the fight prob
ably would be on today.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
PURSUED BY

AZ the world grows older the enem.
les OF mankind increase. In the DAYS
OF the simple life q person was safe II
he could avoid . discharge Of light.
ming, dodge q mule In . shuck collar,
or escape the cramp collie, but now,
with automobiles, motor cycles and
flying machines all about him, and sp.
pendicltis, pellsgra, hookworms and
thousands of other things at his very
heels day and night there is no peace
for him. The latest danger that con.
fronts him is an escaped tu~bercuiosis
germ. A dispatch from Topeka. Kan.
sas. says: "Thirteen Walls containing
tuberculosis and diptheria germs were
found. open and empty, in an alley Ia
the city this morning. They were los,
BY . mail carrier" "There were
enough germs in the bottle" contin.
ues the dispatch, "to depopulate the
state"
The Indian and the pioneer had
some show with lions, bears and other
vicious beasts of the wilderness, but
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
TEAM WORK FOR MONTANA.

II has been team work in congress-
which has counted so largely for
Montana In recent sessions. Senators
Carter and Dixon have inaugurated
and urged legislation In the senate
which has been taken up and pushed
to q successful conclusion in the house
by Congressman Pray. The latter
has introduced legislation in the lower
body and got it through the house
with the full knowledge that when 1t
reached the senate It would be taken
up there by his Montana colleagues
and every effort made for it's passage.
With but three members of the con.
gress, Montana. by reason of the co.
operation of it's members. by reason
OF their industry and because they
have been ION the job all the time,"
has been the beneficiary OF more leg.
islation of direct interest and benefit
to Montana than possibly any other
in the union.
Charley Pray has no reason to be
ashamed of the record be has made
in congress in his eff orts for Montana.
Senators Carter and Dixon have done
excellent work in the senate, and here
are some of the things Mr.. Pray did
in the house:
He secured the passage through that
body OF measures for the following
purposes: New land Office at Havre.
Flathead reservation opening. Ola.
cier national park. Mine rescue sta.
tions throughout the United States,
and SIG 900 therefor. Bureau of mines.
S100, 900 additional for public surveys
10 Montana. $1,000 for bison range.
81, 900 for improvement of Poison bay,
Flathead lake. Ten claims of citizens
OF Montana. S15 900 for public build.
ing site at Kalispell. Bill for Mis-
souri, river appropriation. s75, 600
for public building site at Miles City
and other appropriations and items
carried in supply bills. These am.
ounted in all to over 81, 900, 900. Aud
he contributed to the success in the
house Of the Surface Title bill to coal
lands, the postal savings bill, Mis-
souri, river appropriations and relief
of homesteaders. Also the $40, 900 ,00O
certificate bill to complete irriga alton
projects, and other measures and sp.
Experimentation Record.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19

DEVICE IN OPERATIVE POSITION.
ner: Attached to the outside of the
mail car is a square steel frame, to
which the chain net is attached. This
frame is made to swing on hinges at
tached to sliding bars so as to permit
the device to be quickly shifted from
one side Of the car door to the other,
according to the direction in which the
car is moving. Attached to the lower
outside corner Of the frame Is the one
end Of an iron rod. with the other end
travelling on a bar attached to the car
side containing a set Of spiral springs
so adjusted as to bear by compression
the shock resulting from the frame
and net catching the mail bags. On
the same outside corner Of the frame,
below where the rod is attached, is a
hook or finger for the attachment of
the bags to be delivered.
The roadside device, which acts in
conjunction with the one attached to
the side of the car, is similar in all re-
spects. except that the bags 1t delivers
to the train are hung above the re-
ceiving net, while with the car device
the bags hang below the net.
The illustrations show clearly how
the device operates. One of them
shows the car approaching the road
side catcher, with two bags in position
to be delivered to the station and one
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
The Lakes.to-Gulf Project.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 1.-THE completion
of the entire lakes-to.the-gulf deep
waterway project was prophesied by
Theodore Roosevelt in a speech which
he made today at breakfast given to
him by the Business Mems league OF
St. Louis.
Col. Roosevelt said it was largely
on account of the Business Mems
league that he first came to take an
interest in the project for improving
the Mississippi. He said that his
grandfsther's brother built the first
steamboat to GO down the Mississippi
and that on the first trip he encoun'
tered sn earthquake.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
Ruling BY New Court.

NEW YORK, OCT. 1.-THE new cour,
OF domestic relations here has official.
~ ruled that q man is not obliged to
support his mother.in.law.
There Is no legal ground for the
belief of many women that when they
marry q man they can saddle their
whole family On him." declared the
presiding magistrate in the ase oil
St0ckey versus Stockey.
"a man is not obliged to supper,
his mother.in.law. Furthermore, if q
wife leaves her husband and goes to
live with her mother. not caring to
live with her husband, the husband is
not required to support her."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
Paint Orc of Pannsxluania,

Beds of paint Ore" an iron carbon.
ate containing 33 per cent of metallic
iron. are found in southern Carbon
county. in Pennsylvania. in an east and
west strip that ranges in width from
half a mile to two miles and is about
twenty miles long. The ore occurs in
q two foot bed that lies between q &C.
ment rock and a clay bed. 1t is mined
at two places. The paint made from
1t Is free from grit. Is very durable
and requires no drier. 1t Is mixed
with boiled linseed oil and used for
painting ships. railroad cars. tin roofs
and other metal surfaces, and also as
a filler for oilcloth and linoleum.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
The Lizard Foo Bell,

The British government has placed
a submarine bell Off the Lizard. 1t is
suspended from a heavy tripod. which
vas lowered to the bed Of the ocean
at a point about two miles from land.
The bell is connected by cable with
the lighthouse. from which it ia op.
Grated. 1t is anticipated that. since
steamers passing up the channel all
approach the Lizard. the bell will be
of great assistance to them. particular
~ in time Of fog.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
Miners Robbed Sluice Boxes,

SEATTLE, Oct. 13.-Mining men ar.
irving from the north estimate the
losses of the Pioneer Mining company
of Nome by sluice box robberies dur.
ing the past two years at $50, 900.
Treasurer Culberg of the company to.
day said thefts we're large and had
been committed by trusted employees
of the company.
The plan of the robbers was to seize
q few hsndfuls of the concentrates and
drop into the leg of their gumboots at
q moment when officials were not look.
ing. This gold sfterward was panned
out in private.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
THE MAIL EXCHANGED.

bag in position to be delivered to the
train. The devices meet as the train
PUSHES past, and the exchange is made,
the force of impact being absorbed in
the slack of the chain net and by
spiral springs. The reflex action of
the springs throws the frames and
chain nets back. al shown in the lower
illustration, with the mail bag sur
rounded by the nets.-Popular Me-
claniCS.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
MAIL CATCHING DEVICE.

Delivers and Receives Mail Bags From
Moving Trains.
A new mail catching device which
not only delivers mail bags to fast
moving trains. but receives them as
well. handling two or more bags as
easily as one is being installed on the
FreepOrt division Of the Illinois Gen.
trail railroad.
The unique feature of the catching
device is the baggy steel chain nets,
which operate in the following man
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
To Improve Solder.

The addition Of cadmium to soft
solder composed Of tin and lead lowers
its melting point and increases its
strength.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19

Water right blanks-only correct
form published-for sale at the RIVER
PRESS Office.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19

This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and the
most liberal treatment, consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct on all principal American and
European cities, and issues It's own
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid ON time deposits. The
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-10-28
Ask yonr druggist. He knows.
Was cettino Monotonous.

4 handsome woman who had been so unfortunate as to find occasion to divorce not one but several husbands was returning from Nevada. In Chi cago she happened to meet her first husband, for whom, by the way, she always has entertained a real affec- tion.
 Upon my soul, if it isn't Charlie!" exclaimed the ex-wife. cordially shak- ing hands with the gentleman whose name she had formerly borne. I'm awfully glad to see you, Charlie!" Then, after a wistful expression had come to and been banished from her countenance, she added:
 "Old chap, I've often wondered where you were and what you were doing. It was too bad we didn't get on better tog ther. hope your ex- perience hasn't been as unpleasant as mine. I'm sick and tired of mar rying strangersl'
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-10-28

tinguished public services, erected handsome memorial to him in the cemetery where his ashes repose. IF 1903 lightning shattered the statue crowning this memorial and steps were soon taken to repair the statue new one was placed in position the past summer Before it could be dedicated lightning again destroyed it
 This elemental action seems typi cal of the life of Clay himself. He was one of the commanding figures of his time, distinguished as a states. man, orator and diplomat and greatly admired by millions of Americans His one great ambition was to be pres. ident of the United States, but his prospects, even when most promising, were always shattered, just like the statue on the top oI the imposing shaft, which a grateful state has erect. ed in his memory.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-10-28
Army of ColIeue Girls.

Washington.-The army of college girls In the United States numbers H. 000-a force of Amazons about half as great in numbers as the personnel of our navy. Their sex constitutes more than q third f36 per cent.) of the entire college enrolment of the country, and the north central states contribute 10000, whereas all the oth- CT states put together give only 31,0O0. Illinois, Ohio, Iowa, Kansas, each sur passes New York In the number of girl college students, while Massa- chusetts Is way down on the list.
 Tn Kansas colleges there are five girls for every seven boys; Iowa. two girls for every three boys; Ohio. seven girls to each Il boys. In New York there is only one college girl for each five college boys. and, most surprising of all, in Massachusetts there are 1e boys to every girl in college. There are II times as many college girls in Ohio as in Massachusetts.
 About one in every 50 of opr oir, and one in each 20 of our boys of co1 lege age will be in college this fall
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-10-28

maps a caretaker will tell of hearing strange sounds overhead at night. The newspapers take 1t up and urge a more stringent enforcement of the aviation laws
 Then an old caretaker is found with his skull crushed in. the house footed and the trapdoor open, and a police nan recalls seeing an aeroplane start from that house the night be- fore The whole country is aroused.
 One night a rocket scars up over the city It is the signal which every policeman has been prepared to give and it points the culprit's line of flight toward the west
 With a whir of angry engines one of the waiting machines swooped from her perch Swiftly she climbs up- ward, hunting for her quarry Her two men see the shining double chain of Broadway lights wink out at one place and then flash back again That was where the pirate craft went by. The pursuers swerve toward her trail. | leapng in a terrific downwari slide. | The man in uniform sees her first ard points her out to his taut-nerved com panion Trey have the upper plane of her, and as they follow her out above the silent river the man at the wheel coaxes his quivering mount | higher and higher still
 At a word from him the man in uni form unfolds the wicked little four, fuked anchor With a turn of its eiIken cord brought around the alum. mum teelrost he lowers it until it is swinging 100 feet below them The man at the wheel wheedles a few 1 more revolutions a second out of his grooming engines Then. gently. he turns down the forward rudder The silken anchor cord trails whistlng be- hind them like the tail of a kite That sickening plunge overtakes the fugi- tive as if she were standing still
 scared face looks up at them, The dark craft tries to swerve. but 1t is too late The pursuer goes over her like whirlwind The man at the wheel ramps her upward to take the shock. and then the assailants hear the crunching of metal as the little anchor sets it's teeth in the pirates frame.
 shriek comes from below The line slackens suddenly They see the dark aeroplane reel and go sidewise, overturned. hopeless and out of con trol The man in uniform cuts the line with one sweep of the knife he had laid beside him for the purpose Tn a fluttering. broken spiral the wounded machine nlunges down 400 feet and Is wrecked Just such a chase may never be seen in the skies of Manhattan Certainly 1t will not until there are aeronauts of a differ ent stamp from the fellows who take up the great flyers of to-day A bur glar alarm is a mighty good thing to have on that roof door. anyway
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-10-28
monev for rubercnIooIs Work.

The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis gives forcible illustration of the way in which a small sum spent in eduea- tion has secured large apl ropriations from state, county, and municipal of ficials. The New York State Chari- ties Aid association in the three years, 1908, 1909, and 1910, has spent ill the upstate portion of. New York about s55,000 in arousing the people to the dangers of tuberculosis. As direct result of the public sentiment pro- duced by this outlay the state, coun- ty, and municipal authorities have al ready appropriated for tuberculosis work $1,500,000 and appropriations for hundreds of thousands of dollars are pending Hundreds of hospital beds have been provided, and the associa- tien alreadp aims for No Uncared-for Tuberculo is in 1915"
 Thrs the National association says if $1, ,000 GOO is realized from tue sale of Red Cross seals, millions more will be added to it from the public treas uries. Last year 25,000,000 stamps were sold It is aimed to sell four. times as many this year.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-10-28
NOW TIE SKY THIEt
Aeroplane May Figure in Crime
 as Well as in War.
Prediction That the Winged Burglar or "Sky Pirate" as He Might Be Called, Will Soon
 Be Here.

New York.-Now that aeroplane companies engage to turn out ma chine for anybody at catalogue prices and skilled pilots are counted by the score and multiply from month to month, those who have watched the growth of aviation most closely are speculating upon the probable appear ance of the aeroplane burglar, or sky pirate" as he might be called. He is not likely to be long in coming, once the noise of the aerial motor can be suppressed.
 The aeroplanes best friends have to own that it's very virtues fit 1t for a career of crime It goes fast and far, it leaves no tr2ck behind. it can escape from any pursuer except one of it's own kin, and even then chase would be most uncertain one Worst of all, if the birdman is minded rather like a vulture than like an eagle he can strike his prey in it's most vul. nerable part The easiest access to a locked house is to be had from over head as any city dweller can see for himself If he will go up and look al the door in his own roof
 A hinge of strap iron. or at best an iron bar fastened with a paddock that would yield like paper to skilfully handled jimmy" is all that prevents the ordinary trapdoor from being lifted from without Indeed, the roof is the usual route ol the robber of vacant houses, and 1t Is only the diff ficulty of reaching it that keeps such crimes from being far more common than they are.
 Only one step more in aviation Is needed to make the aeroplane the burglars mount. It must be made to alight upon restricted space, such as the roof of a house, and to go up from the same spot without difficulty. When that time has come it is easy to forecast what is likely to happen
 First the police will hear frequent complaints that vacant houses have been entered by way of the roof. Per,
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-10-28
John Townsend Trowbridge.

in Arlington, Mass, to this city in or der to take his first look at a ma chine which had been his dream from boyhood-a machine which would fly. He was introduced to several of the aviators, among them Glen Curtiss, Grahame White. Wilbur White and others. and the old gentleman was immensely pleased to meet them.
 When MT. Trowbridge wrote about Darius Green, 40 years ago, no one Of that time expected to see flying ma 2hine that would fly There were lots of machines that wouldn't, but the dea of usurping the realm of the birds The baleful results of experiments of hose times were always looked upon, more or less, as deserved,
 Speaking of the days of Darius Green, the poet says: 'I never dream ed when l wrote that poem that such a thing as a flying machine was pos sible in my time. I never had the thought of actually seeing one While have neS CT attempted to build one, have followed the aeroplane deVel- opment from the first. and it has al ways seemed to me that the greatest factor and the hardest to overcome would be the motive force
 q have never known that there were such powerful motors, and motors so light, as they are now using. They were a revelation to me. I don't care to make any prophecies as to the fu- ture, but it seems to me that the large machine for carrying passengers Is possible, and only matter Of time