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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-06
ALIAS SUM- MONS.

In the district court Of the Twelfth judicial dis
trict of the state of Montana, in and for the coun.
ty of Chouteau.
Jennie Nielsen, plaintiff, vs.. John P. Nielsen,
defendant.
The State of Montana sends greeting to the
above named defendant and each Of them.
You are hereby summoned to answer the com
plant in this action, which is filed in the Office OF
the clerk Of this court, q copy of which is here
with served upon one of you in each county
wherein any of You reside, and to file your answer
and serve a copy thereof upon the plaintiffs at
torney within twenty days after the service Of
this summons, exclusive of the day of service,
and in case Of your failure to appear or answer
Judgment will be taken against you by default TO,
the relief demanded in the complaint.
This action is brought praying for judgmen
In favor of plaintiff and against defendant, IL
the cum of S771, together with interest thereon
from the Sd day of June, A. d. 1909, at the rate
of eight per cent. per annum and costs of cour1
herein, based upon a Judgment entered in favol
of said plaintiff and against said defendant in
the superior court of the state of Washington
in and for the county of Spokane, on the 3D. day
of June, A. D. 1909, In the sum of S77l, which
judgment has never been reversed, annulled OF
set aside, and is now IN full force and effect.
~ Witness my hand and the seal of sale
sr., lcourt this 10th day of June, 1910.
AA CHAS. II. BOYLE,
Clerk.
F.. E. stranahan, attorney for plaintiff, For
Benton, Montana.
First publication, June IS, 1910.
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Public Sale Of Real Estate,

The chairman of the board of county commits.
e!oners of Chouteau county, Montana, will offer
sne front door Of the court house In Fort Benton,
Montana, between the honrs Of 2 and 8 O'Clock
2. M, Of Friday, July Is, 1910. the following
described real 9 tate, title to which has been
acquired by the county by tax deed, to-wit:
Block 40, OF Delstraz addition to the townsite of
Fort Benton.
According to the ohicial plat ON hle In the
once Of the clerk and recorder Of Chouteau
county, Montana.
By order Of the board Of county commission.
ers. W. r. LEFT. County Clerk.
Fort Benton, Mont, June II, 1910.
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Roosevelt Reservoir In
Arizona to Irrifate 1000
Square Miles of Arid
Land Before Summer Is
Ended Is Prediction.
DAMS GREAT SIZE TOLD
~ FIGURES,
\HE greatest irrigation project the

"HE greatest irrigation project the
world has known or planned IL
soon to begin its work of wa
tering n of the sandiest val.
beys imaginable. This Is the Roosevelt
dam In the Salt river valley In Arizo-
ma, erected at a cost Of So, 100000.
The dam Is immense. To give ng.
ures would be to say that the wall is
284 feet high. Put 1t beside the Met
ropolitan tower in New York and it
would reach over a third Of the height
OF the tower. It would hide the capt.
toll at Washington to the dome. Two
four-in-hands could pass on the top, so
wide Is 1t, and you could make a
sprinting course on the crest, for It Is
nearly a quarter of q mile long. Most
Of the wall rests on stones big enough
for a team Of horses and a wagon to
stand on and weighing sixteen tons
each.
For nearly four years men and ma
chinery have been raising this barrier
in a mountain rift of the southwest.
It Is one Of the worlds great engineer
ing feats and gives America the lar
gest water reservoir in the world for
the purpose Of n%ourishing the land.
Can Flood 1000 Miles.
The camera cannot do justice to this
wall. Only when you stand at the
base and, looking up, see it towering
high above you a you realize it's d.
mansions. 1t will hold back an inland
lake intended to contain enough water
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-06
Notice TO Contractors.

Bids will be received BY School District No. 1,
Chouteau county, Montana, up to the hour Of
noon, July IL, 1910, for the following services:
l.. For Plumbing work and sewers at the old
building.
2. For carpenter work in remodeling the old
school honee.
3. For a heating plant in the old school house
to be Of two steam pipe system.
Specifications for each class Of work can be
seen at the Office of the clerk. The right IL re-
served to reject any or all bids.
BY order Of the board of school trustees.
GEORGE W. CRANE, Clerk.
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to flood 1000 square miles to the depth
the valleys twenty miles, and near the
dam it Will be over $50 feet from sur
face to bottom.
The valley Of the Salt river is so sit
uated as to form one Of the most arid
portions Of America. Yet hero the
worlds greatest water supply works
have been created. The quantity Of
water to be stored is much larger than
the volume held in storage by the
greatest Nile reservoir. Verde and
Salt rivers, furnishing the supply, drain
q basin Of $500 square miles.
The average yearly rainfall in this
basin is not nor than twenty inches.
The annual rainfall upon the territory
to be irrigated ranges from three to ten
inches, and the rapid evaporation Of
moisture Il indicated by the fact that
the temperature In summer ranges AZ
high as 120 degrees, although the ele-
walton varies from 1000 to 1900 feet
above the sea.
Work upon the construction Of the
dam proper has been in progress only
since Sept. 20, 1905, owing to the great
amount Of labor required in making
the excavations to bedrock. When it
Il remembered that the height Of the
dam above the rock Is 2S4 feet, the
length at the top 1,O80 feet, the time
and labor required in repairing the site
for the wall do not seem excessive.
Nature Helps Engineers.
The work is technically known as a
masonry arch dam with a gravity Sec
t1on arising from the foundation. 1t
ranges in thickness from nearly ia
feet at the bottom to 16 feet at the top.
An enormous quantity of rock Is re-
quired for filing in behind the face Of
the barrier. and powders as large as
can be handled are used. Nearly 400.
90 cubic yards Of masonry were psac,
Cd In position.
The Ingenuity Of the engineer forced
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-06

been used to wash away the loose
formation and accumulation Of dirt
above the bedrock upon which the
dam proper is being built. Much of
the gravel thus secured has been util.
lied for construction material. To
remove the gravel elevators have been
placed in service.
The dams used for diverting the
water to the power canal represent a
cost Of $4,000, while the canal, includ.
ing its pressure pipe and auxiliary
structures, represents a total Of near
" $1.000,000.
Rocks Aid Economy.
How to get the immense quantity
Of concrete needed was a question.
The railroad was SO fur away that the
cost Of wagon haul was more than the
price the government must pay the
nearest manufacturer. The biologists
began tapping the rocks with theil
hammers and looking at the sands
through their magnifying glasses
They found a limestone formation
from which cement could be made and
sand and gravel to complete the con.
crete. So nature had favored them In
another important way.
To buy the stun would cost SO a bar.
rel delivered at Roosevelt. To build
q mill and make it on the spot would
furnish all they wanted at less than s.
q barrel. So the reclamation service
allowed them to spend about $225,OO
or a plant, and this scheme saved the
government nearly half a million dol,
lars for concrete alone.
The 1900 square miles to be re-
claimed will make $4,000 farms, each
large enough to support at least I've
people, so that this work means
home land for fully 125,00O Americans
From what irrigation has done on the
desert each acre, it Is estimated, will
yield the farmer yearly crops ranging
from $25 to $3.50.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-06
Notice 70 Contra ctors.

Sealed proposals will be received by the count,
hour Of 10 O'Clock .. m. Of fully II, 1910, tor thu
construction Of additional toilet In the cour1
house ct Fort Benton, Montana. It 10 proposed
to build . second story over the present toilet 4
consist Of two bowls and . lavatory, steam rsdi
etor and water connection, plumbing, etc. 4
door will have to be cut through the main wal
feet long, nine feet wide and nine feet high.
BY order Of the board of county commission
ere. w. r. LEFT, County Clerk.
Fort Benton, June %, 1910.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-06
School Indemnity Selection,
Serial No. 0l1O26.
UNITED STArHs LAND OFFICE,
fl~~A- Me- AG~- H- n

UNTTEU OTATB1 LAND VTETCEV
GREAT FALLS. Mont. May, 9, 1910.
tana, on November Is, 1909, applied for SRA
section "a, and SWA section 2b, township q
north. range 3 east, and Mex section 6, town.
and filed in this Office a list Of school indemnity
selections in which it selected said lauds, and
ton.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described land or any legal subdivision
thereof, or claiming the same under the mining
laws, or desiring to show said laad to be more
valuable for mineral than for agricultural pur
poses, or to object to said selection for any Jaw
full reason, should die their CLAIMS, or ~etfidavits
of protest or consent in this office.
j. NJ. BURLINGAME, Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-06
HILMEN LYING
Real Estate Live Stock

FOR SALE-Some good pieces of land
on the famous Highwood wheat
growing bench, and cheap, too.
Fort Benton, Montana
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-06
HUGE DAM WILL DANISH DROUGHT
Four Years of Work and
$9,75O,OOO of Uncle
Sans Money Needed In
Worlds Greatest Prof.
ect of Reclamation.

the Salt river to help In the construc-
ton of the great wall that was to hold
It a prisoner. Like other streams in
the southwest. the Salt river rushes
swiftly through foothill and valley,
giving It such q current or head Of wa.
ter that the dam builders realized that
here was a substitute for steam power
to operate their machinery. It was
lucky 1t was so. for the nearest coal
mines were 500 miles away and wood
was too precious for fuel.
The first work done was to build a
power canal twenty miles long. The
canal connects with the river where
It makes a sherp curve at q point
higher than the bed Of the stream at
the dam site. Tunneled through hills.
cut through valleys and lined with con.
crete, when they opened the head gates
the canal delivered power equal to the
combined strength Of 1900 horses and
capable Of supplying all the electricity
they needed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-06
~ Dollars Reward.

Zen dollars reward will be paid by Chouteau
convection OF the person or persons who drove
g loaded wagon across the cement sidewalk In
'front.' OF the county lot on Main street or for in.
formation about any person riding or driving
across said walk.
JERE SULLIVAN,
Chairman of Board of Commissioners.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-06
No Modern Home Is Complete
Without a Telephone.

The greatest labor and time-ssving
convenience OF the age. You can talk
from your telephone to every subscrib.
or in any exchange in Utah, Montana,
Idaho, Wyoming, 20 we'll % all Pacific
coast points and Colorado and New
Mexico. Short rates for short talks.
Halt minute up. The pay begins when
the talk begins.
Rstes from 800 up, for unlimited
local service.
Leave your orders now. The new
instruments are the very latest i'm.
proved.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-06
Power Aids Labor.

In the big cement mill 1t turned the
grinders and crunchers, It ran the
machines in the repair shop, 1t sharp
ened tools, 1t lifted and carried those
sixteen ton stones from the Quarries to
their beds, 1t drove the drills into the
rocky cliffs for the dynamite holes, it
lighted the town Of Roosevelt and then
had enough strength left to pump wa
ter from wells for thousands Of acres
Of irrigated farms fifty miles away in
the Salt river valley. A new empire
Is predicted for the southwest.
What the workers did with the aid
Of the electric power may be told in
figures. This canal, which is distinct
from the reservoir, develops q head of
water that actuates water wheels con.
nected with electric generators. From
the power station extends a transmits
sion line. Under a head of $50 feet n.y.
draulic jets with nozzles eleven inches
in size, throwing water with the force
Of a FIVE horsepower engine, have
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-06

Mineral, In 1865, and the walls of the
old fort are still standing. Carson was
then a brigadier general Of United
States volunteers, commanding the
forces in New Mexico and southern
Colorado. The buildings at Camp
Nichols were constructed Of native
stone and were in use perhaps FIVE
years after the construction. With
Forts lara, Larned, Dodge and Camp
Aubrey. all in Kansas, Camp Nichols
formed a chain of military protection
to the great transprairie commerce
which passed to and fro over the his.
toric Santa Fe trail, which began at
Westport, now Kansas City, and ended
at Santa Fe, N. NJ.
At the particular time General Car
son established Camp Nichols he was
on a campaign against the C%heyennes
and other Indians who had taken the
warpath, but in 1870, after a treaty
had been signed with the tribes, the
Camp Nichols building was abandoned.
The site of the old army post Is in.
cluded In land that has reverted to the
new state of Oklahoma by virtue OF
some provisions of the statehood bill.
For several years attempts have been
made to have Camp Nichols preserved
and the Santa Fe trail in Oklahoma
marked, and this work will revert now
to the Daughters Of the American Rev
olution.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-06
Fer Bate Or

Tor $500 spot cash, or ts equivalent In bankablo
paper. Goods will be delivered In regular weekly
ln6tellments Turing the twelve months following
recetpt Of remittance. Satisfaction RuaranteoG.
Address q RIVER PRESS,
Fort Benton, Mont,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-16
M. o. o. Engineers.

A surveying party for the Miss
ouri, Oklahoma and Gulf, road.
which is to be built from Wagon
er, Oklahoma, to Kansas City,
was scouting through this city
last week and the fore part of
this week. This road is going
to be built, as the money for its
construction has been raised in
Paris. The road is now in OPP
GRAFTON from Wagorer to Deni.
son, Texas, and the builder, VIM.
Kenefick, says he will have the
in operation to Kansas City with
in a year. Whether it will build
through this city or not is a ques-
tion. but the chances are that it
will. Baxter is right on the line,
so we can't see how the builder
can afford to miss Us.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-16
SInQed by Juice

Sam Simmons, the handsome
carrier on Route No. 3, is now
prettier than ever, all on account
of getting a free hair cut and
SINCE on Thursday morning of
last week. Sam went out to his
barn to hitch up and get ready
to go and see the regular scenery
on his route. He had the harness
on the horse and was waiting for
the rain to slack up, when bolt
of lightning, commonly called
juice, descended from the heavens
and knocked his horse down.
Sam was standing next to the
horse, but was not knocked down
However, his hair was singed
considerably, and as a result the
barber was beaten out of a job.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-16
The Teachers.

Following is the faculty for
the school year 1910-1911: ~
Superintendent. T.. Myers,
Dalton, Mo.
Principal-Miss Fern Cramer,
Lawrence, Kas.
9th and part of 9TH Grades
Miss Mabel Boyd, Baxter.
7th and 9th Grades-Miss Irene
Roberts, Baxter.
5th Grade-Miss Lora Allen,
Baxter.
4th Grade-Miss Anne Stew
art, Alice, Texas.
3rd Grade-Miss Gertrude
Chambers, Lowell.
1st and Second Grades-Miss
Birdie Bennett, Scammon.
Colored SCHOOLGIRLS. Yeager,
Kansas City, Kas.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-16
Three SpeOiaI Prizes.

y Girls look here. We want to
see how much you can increase
your votes in the next four weeks.
We will give to the young lady
who has not previously won a
special prize and who turns in
the largest number of votes from
May 2s until 4 o'clock p. m. July
2 $40 in gold; we will give to
the young lady. receiving the
second largest number of votes
during that time a coupon of
5000 votes; we will give to the
young lady receiving the third
largest number of votes during
that time a coupon of 1000 votes.
Now ali girls will have an
equal chance at these special
prizes for they will be given, not
to the one whose vote is the
largest, but to the one whose
vote increases from. now until
July 2, SO that the candidate who
has no votes to speak of to her
credit at this time stands an
equal chance with the leaders.
This week there is renewed
force in our motto. Get busy.
Keep busy.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-16

The News Voting Contest. is
growing in interest every day.
The ladies are hustling business
and votes, and to one of them is
going the honor of winning a
mighty fine piano. Of course
there are some special prizes to
be won yet, but the big prize is
a handsome piano, well worth
the value placed on it, and it is
in every way a fine instrument.
Old subscribers can help the
ladies out, and every new sub
scriber secured is also a big
boost for the lady securing it.
While some of the ladies have
big votes, yet it is not too late
for a dark horse to enter the con-
test and capture the prize, so it
behooves every contestant to
strain every effort to get votes.
A little work by a contestant and
two or three friends is going to
win the big prize, and there is
no way at this time to forecast
the outcome. The winner may
not yet be nominated. After
July and no more nominations
will be received, so if you have
some one in mind you would like
to see in the race, send in their
name on the nomination blank
to be found in this paper, and
they will be entered in the race.
Somebody is going to win, and
it may be your favorite, if you
will do your part.
Watch the count which will
be made July 2nd, and after that
date the count will be announced
each week until the close of the
race.
Read about the special prizes
in the article following this one.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-16
An Enjoyable Dance.

Mrs. ]. A. Dent and Miss Irene
Dent gave a dance at the Hotel
Baxter on Tuesday evening of
this week in honor of Mrs. C. p.
King of Eubanks, Okla, who, is
here visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J. A. Dent. A large
number were present at the
dance and they had a big time.
Mrs. King used to be one of the
leaders in society events when
she used to live here, and it was
to have her meet all of her old
friends that the party was given.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-16
Miss LiTlnQsfOn Married.

Miss Mae Livingston, daugh-
ter of Mrs. d. S. Chubb of this
city, was married at the home of
her mother on Wednesday even.
ing of last week to Mr.: Harold
C. Hutchinson of Pueblo, Colora-
do, the ceremony being performed
by Judge. Jones, uncle of the
bride.
The bride is a very popular
young woman, and her many
friends will join US in wishing
her much happiness. The groom
is a fine young man, and deserves
to secure so fine a wife. They
will make their home in Colorado.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-16
Mrs. W. S. King EnfsrtainS.

Mrs. W. 5. King Ent0FtaInS.
Mrs. W. S. King gave a very
nice party last Saturday night
in the parlors of the Hotel Bax-
ter. Mrs. King, although not
at present living here, holds her
membership in the Carnation
Card Club, and while here she
decided to entertain the club ana
the husbands of its members, SO
she gave the party. Eight tables
played, and every participant in
the games had a very pleasant
evening. The prizes were won
by Mrs. o. C. Rummel and Frank
Perkins, while the consolation
troeEles went to A. L. Harvey
and Mrs. Louie Kean.
The parlOrs we're very taste
fully decorated with cut flowers,
and at the close of the evening
Mrs. King served ice cream and
cake, while Mr.. King passed the
cigars to the men.
The husbands of the members
of the club feel very kindly to-
ward Mrs. King for the party,
for this was the first time they
have had a look-in at a party
this season.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-16

The electric road people have
closed with q bond man e take
care of the matter of rails hg f.
uances to build the road, and the
surveying party Is again at work,
after having been rained out Of
the field for several days. This
road is going to be built, bat II
takes a lot of work to get such 4
projection It's feet. However, the
promoters are beginning to see
daylight, and consequently they
are feeling better, thank you.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-16

The News Voting Contest is
Growing in Interest and the
Ladies Are Hustline for Votes
When You Are Approached
the Thing to do is to Come
Through.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-16

Fred L. Erwin, an old time
Cherokee county boy, is a cand-
idate for the Republican nomi-
nation for clerk of the district
court of Bourbon county, and
the nice thing about it is the fact
that he is almost sure to receive
the nomination. Being a very
popular fellow in Bourbon county
he is very apt to be elected. For
several years, or every since he
moved to Fort Scott, Fred has
been in the employ of the W. c.
Gum Real Estate Company, and
from such employment he has
made the acquaintance of nearly
every voter in Bourbon county.
He is well qualified for the of
fee be seeks, and it is the hope
of the News and his many friends
here that he is successful.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-16

w. K. Palmer of the engineer
ing corps, which is making the
survey for the electric road, was
in Baxter the fore part of the
week. The engineers viii have
the line surveyed from Columbus
to Galena by the end of this week,
and then they begin at a point
west of Riverton and run the
line from there to Miami via
Baxter Springs.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-16

Harry Wilbur is building big
barn on his place eight miles
southwest of this city. The
barn is 32x46.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-16

DR.. J. w. Reynolds of Prescott,
Kansas, was here this week meet
ing old acquaintance. He used
to live here,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-16

Mrs. Frank Miller went to
Neck City, Mo-, last Thursday
in response to a message announc-
ing that her father had sustained
a fracture on one of his legs.
The old gentleman is rs years
old, and he fell from the roof OF
n house.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-16

Mrs. ]. M. English returned
Monday morning from Joplin,
where she had been visiting rel
atives for a few days.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-16
Carter 6 Mcclellan,
Experts in all kinds of
CONCRETE WORK.
Our work speaks for ITSELF
Let us figure with you.

Senator Deliver of Iowa has
Joined the insurgents, !" and the
speech he made Monday in which
he characterized the new tariff
law as a joke has caused a great
deal of comment. Iowa is a great
state for insurgents.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-16

Miss Margaret and little Bon
ita Black left Sunday night for
their home in Fort Scott, after a
two weeks visit with their aunt,
Mrs. B. w. Patton, in this city.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-16

Governor S. J.. Crawford was
here this week looking after
property interests. He has been
In Washington all winter and
aprinp.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-16
CDOw GuFey for a fan.

If Tom Brown cleans and
presses that suit the work will
s. dans llght. fos be knows how.