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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16

ing the records showed that during
the time the office was open for the
day lS2 filings we're recorded. This,
oy q large margin, vas the record
day IN land filings In the Office and
probably the heaviest day 10 the his
tory OF any land Office In the country
under similar conditions. The bust.
ness yesterd ay, with the Saturda y pre-.
ceding, shows filings to the plumber
OF z13, almost as many as have been
fled 10 a whole years period in times
past
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16

Mrs. F. A. Prosser, of Chinook,
has been received at the Fort Benton
Sanitarium for medical treatment.
J. E. Trommer, of Chester, q we'll
known stockman of that locality, is
among the business visitors in town.
Il. j. Tnsxter, . former resident of
HiRhwood who is now engaged in
business at Great Falls, was among the
arrivals today.
Among the visitors in town are sew.
eral ~landseekers. most of them com.
ing from the states of Washington
and Minnesota.
Declarations of intention to become
American citizens we're filed in the
district court today by William Flint,
of Clifford, formerly of Canada, and
Joseph Johnson, a native of EGG
land.
The contest suit brought by the gov
eminent against desert entry OF Ia abel
THAN, OF Highwood, was heard today
before Chas. H. Boyle, U. S. com.
missioner. There were q number of
Witnesses present.
A deed filed 10 the county clerks
office records the sale of about 600
acres of ranch property In the Sweet
Grass hills by w. B. Thompson to
H. F. Smith, of Whitlash. The con.
sideratian named in the deed is %, 900.
Tomorrow will be observed as q legal
holiday in banks and public offices,
the eleventh Montana assembly hav.
ing designated Lincoln's birthday a.
q date tor Observance. No agreement
as to observing the day has been
made by merchants and others.
A recent transaction in residence
property 10 the purchase OF three lots
at the corner OF Main and Armour
streets by the Sharp brothers from
John Harris, the price not being made
public. The purchasers will build
residences on the property 10 the early
spring.
The Missouri River Lumber COM
pany, Of this city, has fled articles Of
Incorporation In the county clerk
Office, its incorporators being w. G.
Poulsson, M. L. Elken. Mary E. Fouls
son and Jno. Al ullickson. The CAPT.
tai stock Of the company 10 s25, 900.
The new concer 10 preparing to open
q lumber yard at premises on upper
Front street, which we're recently pur.
chased by Mr.. Poulssou.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
Montana Car Is Great Success.

Montana's exhibit car, or the car
furnished by the Great Northern Rail.
way company and which it is sending
TO various eastern states for the pur.
pose OF illustrating Montana's op.
p%ortunities. is meeting with tremend.
ous success J.. II. Hall, commits sioner
of agriculture, labor, industry and
publicity has received three handsome
photographs from L. w. Hill, presi-
dent of the railroad, showing Mon
tana's exhibits at Omaha, and like.
wise a letter touching upon the a
In part the letter says:
The Montana al is meeting with
great success and the days are not
long enough to take in all the people
that wish to visit it. Thousands of
people every week are visiting this
car and we r always short of help
to handle the many inquiries. We
have two men with the car and two
eastern representatives joined the car
still we are short of help. Our east
ern representatives are not as we'll
posted on Montana as they should be
and | think it would be we'll worth
while If the state could send a man
to stay with the q for cay a
month, as be will get a good idea as
to how best to 60 after the eastern
settlers. In addition to showing the
car, each day and evening, we have a
lecture each evening at the best hall
we can get in each town.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
COMMISSIONERS PROTEST.,
State Land Selections In Chouteau
County Are Too Numerous.

0Idte @dnU 0eieCtIOnS IN OnOuteau
County Are Too Numerous.
The rate at which land in Chouteau
county is being appropriated by the
state, and removed from entry by
homesteaders who would Immediately
make it a taxable asset of the county,
was q subject of discussion at the re
cent special meeting of the county
commissioners. After a careful con-
sideratiOn OF the latter, the board de.
cided to protest ag ainst further seIec-
tions of state land in Chouteau coun-
ty, a statement of the stu alton being
presented in a letter addressed to the
state board of land commissioners TO
this effect:
FORT BENTON, MONT, Feb. g., 1910.
To the Honorable State Board of Land
Commissioners, Helena, Mont.
GENTLEMEN
The matter Of state land selections
10 Chouteau county having been
brought to our attention, we respect
fully submit that the area of land in
this county now owned by the state is
largely 10 excess of what should right.
fully be the case.
1t is >ur Information that state land
selections in Choutesu county aggre.
gate over 100000 acres, from which
the county will not derive any revenue
in the way of taxes until the land
passes into private ownership. The
amount of these selections in Chou
teau county is moret than twice az large
as the selections made In any other
county 10 Montana.
This natter received attention from
your predecessors 10 Office during the
administr alton of Governor Toole, and
an order was made, or a tacit UNDER
standing reached at that time to the
effect that no more state land selec-
tiOns should be made in Chouteau
county. 1t has developed recently,
however, that additional SELECTIONS
nave been and are being made, and
10 justice to the people of Chouteau
county, we would request no further
appropriations of land be- made by
the state in this county. It is unfair
to the people that such q wholesale
diversion of their land should be
made, and we, as their representa-
tives and supervisors, earnestly enter
our protest in their behalf that the
same shall cease ut once.
Yours very truly,
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
Chouteau County, Montana.
1t is hoped the state board Of land
commissioners will appreciate the in.
justice inflicted upon Chouteau coun-
ty in this connection, and will give
the relief requested.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
A Record Day In Land Office.

AZ an evidence OF the great increase
In business being experienced in the
Great Falls land Office it may be stat.
ed that the business In land filings Of
yesterday alone equals that done in q
period of full six months in some OF the
yesrs psst since the institution of the
local land Office, says the Great Falls
Leader.
At the close of business last even.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

From Various Parts Of the State.
BUTTE, Feb. 8.-Fifteen gamblers
were arrested in the back room OF
Winchester & Lambert's cigar store,
in one of the most sensational raids
made in years. The arrest was made
after q door al smashed in. A free
fight resulted, in which the officers
drew their guns and used the butts as
clubs.
LEw1sTowN, Feb. IA large Mil
wsukee survey party, fully equipped
for long service in the field. arrived
here today and al ono started out,
its orders being, 80 it is generally re-
ported, to work both ways from this
city, one party surveying to Great
Falls and the other to Milestone, or
the Musselshell.
BILLINGS, Feb. 8.-Frozen closely
in q bed of ice and snow, and repos-
ing on an island in the Yellowstone
river about forty miles east Of this
city, the skeleton of an unknown man
was found today by q party of hun.
ters. Only q few remnauts of cloth.
ing remain IN the bones and it is
believ ed the body was carried down
the stream in the high water several
months ago.
BILLINGS, Feb. Just because he
vas too impatient to wait until q
freight train had cleared q street
crossing In this city, John Brennan
is minus both feet, and his death is
expected at any time. Brennan had
started from one side Of the city to
the other, and finding the train block.
ing the crossing, started to crawl un-
der the cars, which began to move
when his shoulders we're barely clear
of the rail. Two men on the crossing
tried to pull Brennan out, otherwise
his body would have been cut in two.
Brennan lie about 80 years of age and
has resided in this locality for sew.
ersl years.
BILLINGS, Feb. 9.-John McGirr, q
prominent citizen and one of the old.
timers of the Yellowstone valley,
dropped dead today while having his
shoes shined in preparation to com.
Ing down town. He had resided ia
Billings for many years and has sew.
eral children in Canada.
HELENA, Feb. 9.-Alarmed at the
threats of lynching, which have been
muttered around Helena for the past
two days, Tim Lebeau, paramour OF
Anna Ruhl, who was either murdered
or committed suicide Thursday last.
last evening sought refuge in the
county jail, fearing to expose himself
to the vengeance of the public.
BUTTE, Feb. 9.-Timothy Kelly
with Joe Rosenthal and Col. j. G.
Thornton, one of the original locators
of the famous Gagnon mine in Butte,
which produced millions. sank from
exhaustion at his cabins door, after q
10-mile walk into the Bitter Roo,
mountains from Saltese, yesterd ay
aud died on the spot.
HELENA, Feb. 9.-Whenever small.
pOx exists or is threatened in any
part of the state the state board OF
health has authority to require all
persons f~requentiug any schools to be
vaccinated, Attorney General Galen
advises DR.. T. D. futile, secretary Of
the state hoard of health. 1t can fur.
ther provide, he holds, that no per-
son shall be admitted until the order
IL complied with, and if the order is
disregarded, then the board, under
police power of the state, can close
the schools until the order lie complied
NTH
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
Notice To Sheepmen.

have on hand early spring range-unused
range OF this winter, upon which l can place
four bands on April. l, or the last of March.
Good sheds and corrals already there for sheen.
Your sheep are more in need Of this extra good
feed during April and May than at any other
lime OF the yesr: Eight years spent in time,
can handle eight bands Of sheep tho coming
summer-dry or otherwise. Sheepmen should
make arrangements with me BY the Let of March.
Fort Benton. Montana,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
Reward for EStrayo.

The following animals have strsyed from theil
range on Eagle creek: One bay mare,
- branded thus on left shoulder:
y One bay gelding, and one sor.
rel gelding, branded on left
Ia shoulder.
Ten dollars per head will be paid for informa.
tion OF their whereabouts. Apply to
NEIL MCMILLAN, Big Sandy, Mont
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
Ranch for Sale or Rent,

location for either sheep or cattle. Plenty Of
hay and range. A small bunch of cattle for sale.
Address, A. HELT, Warrick, Mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
For Rent or Sale.

1000 acres Of decided land with improvements
10 offered for rent for q term Of years, or will be
sold q taif valuation. Plenty Of hay, range and
everything necessary for q good sheep or cattle
ranch. Address j. r.. MORRISON,
Landusky, Mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
Taken w.

A stray gelding, light bay, about six years old
and weight ABOUT 1900 pounds. Branded
on left Jaw and on right thigh.
Top of right ear dropped. Owner
can Fs'0v SosSEEpa O. as sRRR3y1WRe .t 70 Mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
Cattle for Sale.

About 60 head Of high-grade cattle for sale a,
$50 per head. INQUIRE Of
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
Stallion for Sale.

For sale cheap gray Percheron stallion,
weight 1900 lbs. Would trade for otock cattle OF
horses. EMPIRE CATTLE CO.,
Chinook. Mont,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
Reward For Estray.

Lost, near Fort Benton, one roam two
year.old steer, branded thus on lef,
ribs, waffle on left jaw. For rewsrt
notify SCRILLING b SHkEHY,
Big Sandy, Montana.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16

One fact is worth a thousand suppositions. II
you contemplate the purchase of a grain cleaner
it is we'll worth your time to learn a few facts
about tine FOSSTON AUTOMATIC.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-03-06
But as There Are Fifteen
Townships in This County
1t Will be Several Days Be-
fore Finished.
HAVE NO AUTHORITY
TO REVEAL RESULTS
In Nearly Every County Irreg-
uIarities, Because of no
Uniform System, Have Been
Ferreted Out.

Messrs. Barrett and Weybright, field
examiners, sent to Wayne county by
the state board of accounts, have done
a great deal of work in the three days
they have been at their duties. but it
will require considerable time for them
to go over in detail, check up and final
ly compile their reports of the finances
of each of the fifteen townships in
Wayne county.
The examiners are on a straight SAL
ary of $40 day for each day actually
employed in field work and if the local
operations can be taken as a fair aver
age of the examiners over the state
there is no '1oafing" on the job. From
early morning until late in the after
noon the expert accountants now in
Richmond are poring over the annual
reports of the trustees as filed in the
office of the auditor and in addition
the trustees office books are to be
gone over.
One Township p at Time.
One township is taken at a time and
receipts and expenditures for each OF
the various funds is gone into thor
oughly. The examiners have no right
to make public any of their findings
their reports in their complete state
to be forwarded to the state board from
whence comes the information that is
to be given to the public.
| 1t has been found in every county
where the examiners have been al
work that irregularities have been nu
merous, due in a great deal, it is assert
ed, to \the fact that with no uniform
guide each trustee has interpreted the
law as he sees fit What the examina
tion in Wayne county will disclose re
mains to be seen. 1t is understood
the reports of the trustees for periot
of five or six years past are to be gone
over
When the townships of the entire
state have received attention, which
likely will be before midsummer, thu
work in the county and city offices viii
begin. Whether Messrs. Barrett ant
Weybright will remain here to go owe
the affairs of the county, or whethe
they will be succeeded by other eXami
ners after the checking up of the town
ships is concluded, is not known. Th
field examiners are under the orders
the state board at all times and ma,
be shifted at will.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-03-06
"Staup Out insurgency There
So it Cannot Spread Furth-'
er," the WatchWord of Thisi
Campaign.
THINK ACTION REoUlRED'
LIEvE THAT WAR ON AIORlcH.
ISM AND cANNoNIsM WoUIO
BE SUICIDE TO PARTY.
tAmerican News Service)

news SetNtce1
Washington. March a conference
the object of which was to lay an axe
to the root of insurgency. and carry
war against it into Iowa. was held this
afternoon at the White House. The
future of the president and his party
was involved.
II there ever was a conclave in which
the key note Of action was Carthage
must be destroyed" it was this one.
Senator Cummins. leader Of = class,
which the administration dubs "mal.
contents instead of insurgents. is to
be taught lesson in his own state. He
is to be taught that the principle oe
hostility to the administration will
prevent him or his friends carrying
any districts in Iowa with anti-Taftism
as a battle cry.
Personnel Of Conference.
The personnel of the conference was
the president. w. B.McKinley. chair.
man OF republican congressional com.
mittee: w. I. Smith, a straight out ad-
ministration man from Iowa and the
famous Pete Hepburn. lately defeated
as congressman from Iowa by q demo.
crat.
II needs no sort Of divinati0n 10 fore
see that il the principles which Cum.
minis is advocating In the senate are ale
lowed to be vindicated. by the Cleo
ton OF pro-Cummins members Of con-
gress from Iowa. the end of things al
they exist will be in sight, or not very
| far below the horizon.
Good. practical politics demands,
| without any suggestion from the demo-
Gratis. that Cumminsism sould be ex.
tirpated, root and branch. and the pro.
cess of annihilation began today.
Trend Of Republieanism.
| The whole trend Of republicansm
ever since the insurgents showed their
heads in congress has been towards the
capitalization of non-insurgent.
straight-out republican doctrines. This
fact explains the current concert OF &C.
ton between the heads Of the republi-
can party in congress and President
Taft. Straightout republicans say that
to fight Cannon and Aldrich would be
to commit suicide. and most presidents
desire a SECOND term.
The impressions which the country
has of the relations between President
Taft and Speaker Cannon and Senator
Aldrich are fairly based on hie public
utterances and his public attitude. per-
sonal and otherwise. to the speaker.
and the high priest OF the higher tariff.
II these relations are not what they
| are to the public. there have been NO
stories to the contrary printed.
So. then. IL q successful fire Is blown
up by Senator Cummins and his adher-
ents In Iowa II will be hard to say
the least. to stamp out in great ex-
panse of territory, with Iowa N thu
center of the blaze.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-03-06
WONDERFUL OLD Man.

Especial Cable from the international
News Servtce)
London, March 5.-Dr. Frederick y.
Furnivall, the noted Shakespearean
scholar. who recently celebrated his
Seth. birthday by rowing q thirteen
mile spin o nthe Thames. IN . wonder
full octogenarian. Sculling Il his only
recreation. and he has remained faith
full to the sport since his Cambridge
days. In 1886 he built one Of the nrst
two narrow sculling-bOats in England
At Hammersmith DR.. Fnrnivail has
founded a rowing club for working
girls and it was in a little procession
of boats. headed by an eight OF girls.
that he rowed his birthday trip.
The doctor has been q non-smOker
and teetoaler all his life. and vege-
tartan for Is years. His golden rule
is that every man should keep up his
athletics until he takes to his death
bed. Every man. he says especially
every cyclist. shoald 90 IN for soull-
ing-one Of the bet and cheapeDo
forms IT exercise.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-03-06
.COMPERS IS SILENT

Chicago, March 5.-Samuel Gompers.
president of the American Federation
of Labor. arrived in Chicago today to
attend the meeting of the Chicago
Federation of Labor tomorrow. Mr.
Gompers refused to discuss the object
OF his visit beyond saying that vital
labor questions will be discussed today
in q conference with the officers of the
Chicago Federation and with Union
delegates at the meeting.
Mr.. Gompers will return to Washing
ton Monday. He refused to discuss
the Philadelphia strike.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-03-06
Ex-senator Roscoe E. Kirk
man Was Taken in Custody
on Main St. in a Very Pitt
full Condition.
HELD AT JAIL UNTIL
CONDITION IMPROVED
PatroIman Menke, Who Made
The Arrest, Said That He
Annoyed Young Woman
Last Evening.

Covered with mud, hat broken in,
and an object of pity, Roscoe E. Kirk
man an attorney, and former state
senator from Wayne and Union coun-
ties. who achieved much publicity as a
result of his successful efforts, while
floor leader of the senate. in the pas
sage of the county local option law at
the special session Of the Indiana leg
islature, in September, 1908, and also
by his efforts to defeat the attempt of
the democrats to repeal the law, at the
regular 1909 session. was arrested BY
Patrolman Menke last evening about
$50 o'clock, on the north side of Main
street between Sixth and Seventh
streets, and placed in the city Jail on a
charge of public intoxication.
He Had Plenty Of Money.
While possessing sufficient money
to meet the ordinary cash bond requir-
ed in the release of men. arrested for
intoxication, the authorities refused to
issue bond after the saloons closed and
until he, in their minds, was sober
enough to go to his home in West Rich
mond. Chief of Police 1. A. Gormon
said that while Mr.. Kirkman's position
was regretable, nevertheless, the de-
partment would follow the same rule.
as is observed in the bonding Of othe.
persons. less prominent. who are ar.
rested for misdemeanor.
Patrolman Menke stated, last even.
ing following the arrest, that Mr.. Kirk
man annoyed a young woman, whose
name he did not know. He said that his
arrest was necessary and also stated
that Mr.. kirkman was badly under the
influence of liquor, as evidenced by
his appearance and his actions
He was walked to the jail. His ar
rest attracted much attention. II wal
the matter of much comment upon the
streets and especially in the saloons
where he is not especially popular. ow
ing to his activity in preventing thu
repeal of the option law.
A pitiful appeal was made by Mr.
Kirkman to Officer Menke. that he be
allowed to go to his home. but the of
ficer was obstinate. kirkman vii
y
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-03-06
For Second Time Domestic
Troubles of Ex-Grand ExaIt-
ed Ruler Cronk Are Aired
Before a Court.
QUITE SENSATIONAL
ARE CHARGES MADE
WOMAN FROM WHOM HE SEEKS
TO OBTAIN DIVORCE WAS WE'D
DED AFTER cRoNK HAD d.
voRcED HIS FIRST WIFE,:
(American News Service)

Omaha. Neb, March j.-George B.
Cronk, former grand exalted ruler of
the Elks, this afternoon filed suit for
absolute divorce from his wife. Mrs.
Cora Lathrop Patterson. Cronk, max
ing sensational charges against the wo-
man, who was formerly the wife of
Millionaire Patterson, of Richmond,
Virginia, a big tobacco manufacturer
of that city.
1t is reported that if the decree is
gained. Cronk will remarry his first
wife, whom he forced to secure a di-
vorce from him several years ago in
order that he might we'd Mrs. Patter.
son. The first Mrs. Cronk now re.
sides at Los Angeles.
Caused Scene on Train.
The present Mrs. Cronk came to
Omaha several years ago to secure a
divorce from Patterson. This was
granted and in the meantime. Cronk
became infatuated with the divorce
seeker. Mrs. Cronk discovered Mr.
Cronk and Mrs. Patterson on the same
train, enroute for Chicago. caused a
scene and scratched Mrs. Patterson's
face. Shortly afterwards she secured
"a divorce, and Mr.. Cronk and Mrs
Patterson married. the former Mrs
Cronk going to California to live.
Cronk and his new wife disagreed
from the beginning and have had nu
merous rows.
The petition recites: I'm the absence
of the plaintiff from home, Mrs. Cronl
entertained number OF parties. both
male and female, of bad reputation, in
the home of the plaintiff
Next. another charge of evil compa
ny is upreferred in connection with
automobile rides with young societ,
men of Omaha and the same allegation
is made for the third item in the peti
tion.
Still another count is that Mrs
Cronk some time ago threatened t.
kill her husband with a revolver, ant
yet another that Mrs. Cronk made al
effort to have him barred from tn
Elks because of cruelty to his family.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-03-06
F7RSTSIGNS SOFSPRING

Each year simultaneously with spring, comes an
increase in the use of Palladium Want Ads.
The thrifty housewife preparing for the spring
house cleaning things to sell or trade about
the house.
What's the of having old furniture, carpets
stoves and things you no longer have for
when by the simple method of putting a Want Ad
in the Palladium turn the undesirable in
to cash or trade it for something wanted
Palladium Want Ads cost only a penny a word
and insertions for the price of five.
Learn to read and use Palladium Want Ads-it
pays Turn to page now. Your want may be
there.