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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-12-28

without answering his query. She had
made a discovery, and she didn't ex-
actly know how to handle it.
Ever see a finer bird?' he asked as
they descended to the dining room.
Did you buy him at a bird store? %
Il did. 1 had had my eye on him for
a couple of weeks"
"And they said he was a whippoor-
will?"
"They didn't have to. l called and
said 1 wanted to buy him. He doesn't
look to You like a turkey gobbler, does
he?"
ooh, no."
Hell be worth his weight in gold
this winter. I'm expecting to hear him
burst into song any instant. Lord, but
l wish winter We're here now. The
bird store man said that If you gave
the bird the key on the piano he'd sing
most anything. The monograph or the
pianola won't be in it with him."
"When you were a boy on a farm
you saw whippoorwills, perhaps?'
queried Mrs. Bowser after an interval.
"Seven or eight million of them, !
guess"
"And you saw quail and robins and
larks?"
Certainly, and what of it,"
"I-I don't know" faltered Mrs. Bow
ser and turned the subject to some.
thing else, although he hung IN to il
like a choice morsel.
Was It a W~hippoorwiII?
"The bird will be company for you
when l happen to be out of an even.
ing" he went on. "Some folks think
a whipporwill's song is a bit mournful
but I don't. It's a fact that he sings
with such fervor as makes the first
few notes seem tinged with some great
grief. You had no idea that l was
after such a bird, had youy"
"No-O-o."
Il try to be considerable toward you,
Indeed, l may say that I bought the
bird solely on your account. l hope
you will take to each other and that
IN time he will sit on your shoulder
and utter his lay. We will now go up
and hear him trill forth"
The cage was brought from the hall
into the sitting room and placed under
the light. Mrs. Bowser took another
and still closer look, and she gazed ut
Mr.. Bowser in a plying way. He fail
ed to notice it, but stood before the
cage with his fingers in the armholes
Of his vest and said:
"Only cost $40. and he's worth dou-
bic that. 1t surely was a happy
thought Of mine. See him cock his
head on one side and look at me-"
"Yes."
do you think he knows that I'm
Bowser?"
VERY likely"
That's what the bird man said
that he'd know me In a very little
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-12-28

interested in the work of the bird men
to cooperate with our army and navy.
It is called the United States Aero
nautical reserve and already has over
5000 members, who propose to lose
no time in making the society an ef-
fective adjunct to the nations often
sive and defensive forces.
Heretofore the airship has been
more Of a toy than anything else.
largely because 1t has not advanced
much beyond that state, but from now
on an effort will be made to develop
the machine and train men so that
they will be important factors in case
Of hostilities. France has already
done this, and England and Germany
are endeavoring to overtake their alert
rival. Here in the United States. so
distant from any other first class pow
er, the incentive to employ the heav.
Ter than air machine for military pur-
poses has not been great. But in the
future we should be as we'll II not
better prepared to hold our own in
this direction as any nation in the
world.
The United States Aeronautical re-
serve is a nation wide association of
aeroplane inventors, professional and
amateur avfators. designers and build
ers Of %aeroplane engines and other
aerial equipment, army and navy off,
Gals prominent in the regular service
and in the militia Of the states. finan-
ciers. statesmen, newspaper men.
sportsmen and hundreds Of others in
terested in aeronautics. from Presi-
dent Taft down to the humblest aero
plane mechanic. and they are all band
ed together to advance the aeroplane
as q. war engine. to make something
better of it than a mere exhibition
toy and Of its aviators something be-
sides air chasers Of prize money.
Clifford B. Harmon. best known of
the amateur aviators. has been ap-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-12-28
CLIFFORD D. HARMON.

pointed chief of staff of the reserves.
while the sons Of Thomas +. Ryan,
the we'll known financier. are taking
Barry Ryan holding the Office of COM
modore Of the association. The other
son Of Mr.. Ryan. Allan A.. is now a
prominent figure in aviation in this
country. being manager Of the inter-
national air tournament at Belmont
park. Governors and other prominent
men in various states are also officers
of the reserves, which will have their
headquarters in New York. The ac-
tive members include only drivers of
aeroplanes and owners, designers. ill.,
ventors, builders and others who are
doing practical work for the advance
ment of aviation.
Not so long ago you could have
counted all the bird men who had done
anything to speak of in the air on the
fingers Of n hand; today it would be
like counting an immense flock of
sheep in the field. for in the past
year or two they have sprung up like
mushrooms, and almost every day their
ranks are being added to. Many Of
these fiers were expert mechanics or
inventors before turning their atten-
ton to aviation, others automobile
drivers who craved a more remunera-
tive and exciting sport, while a large
number took it up merely as a pas
time. only to become devoted to the art
Of flying and world famous for their
achievements. OF course the magnet
to attract most Of them has been the
fame and riches to be gained in this
new and daring profession.
Among those who have only recently
gained fame for their achievements in
aviation is Walter s. Brookins, who
broke the worlds record for cross
country continued fight a few weeks
ago. With only two stops he made the
trip from Chicago to the state fair at
Springfield, ILL.,. a distance Of 1856 miles.
IN Eve hours and forty-three minutes,
maintaining an average speed Of 1927
miles an hour. For this trip he won a
prize Of $4,000. Brookins is the
youngest aviator in the world, being
but twenty-five, and is a. pupil of the
Wright brothers and their representa-
tive at the international meet. He is
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-12-28
In Aviation
Some Recent Achievements
Of the Bird Men

we'll known as a trough rider" Of the
air, but let's it be known that he does
not take unnecessary risks or dc
things just because they are spectacu-
lar and hair raising. When asked re.
Gently what prompted him to make his
sensational high fight at Atlantic
City. when he set a new record for
high altitude, he frankly and promptly
replied:
"Five thousand dollars"
Another aviator who gained sudden
fame by his remarkable achievement
was John B. Moissant Of Chicago. who
few from Paris to England with a
passenger. the first time that such a
feat had been accomplished. Mois-
SAINT was so little known at the time
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-12-28
W. g. CONRAD, Pres.
JAMES T. STANFORD.
Vice-Pres. and MANAGER.
A. E. SCHW1NGEL,
Cashier.
OMAR J. MALCOLM,
Asst. Cashier.

This bank solicits accounts. and
Offers 70 depositors sbsolute security.
prompt and careful attention, and the
most liberal treatment consietent vith
safe and profitable banking. Buys
md sells foreign exchange, drawine
direct on oil principal American M
EUROPEAN cities, and issues its own
Letters Of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. Ths
highest cash price paid for approved
etase, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-12-28
Railway MILEAGE,

During the year 1909 BIAS miles of
new track were built in the United
States. This Is an increase of 534 miles
over the year 1908. which was the year
Of least new construction since 1907.
when 2.1O0 miles were built.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-12-28
Manufacture of Cement.

" ~
The total quantity of portland. nat
ural and puZZolan cements produced
in the United States during 1909 was
6 .19G.3S6 barrels, valued at $51 ,232.-
079. an increase over 1908 of p per
cent in quantity and Is per cent in
value. The puzzolan cement is made
by mixing blast furnace Stag with
slaked lime. but its output decreased
from 557,252 barrels in 1907 to 16O.646
barrels in 1909.
One of the newer developments in
cement manufacture. says a late bulle-
tin Of the geological survey, is the pro-
duction Of a white non-staining port
land cement. This supplies a growing
demand for ornamental work and sur
face finish. both interior and exterior.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-12-28

CHAVEZ CROSSING H ALPS.
has shown us that bombs may easily
and accurately be dropped from aero.
planes on the deck Of a warship and
that a flight around the Boston light
is possible. For that feat he received
a prize of $4,000.
These are only a few of the remark
able achievements of the bird men OF
late. 1t has been a year Of wonderful
progress in that field indeed. but just
now. with Americas big air tourna-
ment on. history in aviation IL being
made as never before.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-12-28
The Progress
Our New Army Of Fliers
For Future Wars

NJ ro apSns viii viii
play an I'M
portant part in fu-
ture wars. and no
doubt Europe has
been first to recog-
nize that fact, but
m now on
America must be
reckoned with in
this directio n,
for this country
now has a nation
al organization of
flfnro on6 mon
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-12-28

W. ~P~S'S
BY N. QUAD.
Copyright, 1910, by Associated Literary
Press.]
UYHEN Mr.. Bowser came home
wv the other evening he had a
boy with him, and the boy
was. carrying a birdcage
with a bird in it. OF course Mrs. Bow
Ser was full of curiosity about it, and
the explanation was:
MY dear woman, fall is here, isn't
it,"
"Yes."
"And winter will soon follow. There
will be long evenings to get through
with. We do not care much for the
theater or cards, but we must have
some form Of amusement. l am, as
you know, a domestic man. l want
things around me homelike."
But what Of the bird?" she asked.
"You have heard Of the whippoor.
will, l presume?"
"Oh yes"
HE sings at night. His is a joyous
song. Sitting in front of an open fire,
with a pan of popcorn on one side and
a dish of apples on the other and
with the whippoorwill singing his lay,
can you present a greater picture Of a
happy and contented fireside!"
mo, butt
But what?"
Mrs. Bowser had knelt to have a
closer look at the bird. She arose
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-12-28
Soft and Low.
Hand and Foot.

"George, l don't think you have
treated me right. l told You that you
might ask father for my hand. and I
haven't seen you SINCE"
"This is the first time I've been out
since hen."-Buffalo Express.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-12-28
WATCH SIZED TYPEWRITER,

seen on its back. The disk holding
them turns, and the typewriter is op-
Grated by a of a knob in the ring.
to which u chain may be attached as
with an ordinary watch.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-12-28
Rubbered.

In her hobble skirt she tripped
Just as dainty as could be,
And as down the street she skipped
Everybody looked to see.
But I'm certain something ripped.
Just as certain as can be.
IN her hobble skirt she tripped-
Everybody looked to see.
Detroit Free Press.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-12-28
Conrad Banking
COMPANY,
GREAT FALLS MONT
Unincorporstsd.)

PAID VI CAPlTAL....,..S a mn
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITIES ooo. o
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-12-28
B0WSER COT BIRD
Bought to Make the House Home
like In Winter.
He KNEW A WHIPP0ORWILL.

Sure This Was One That Would TriIl
In the Night, but Mrs. 5owser Had
Chased eIaekbirds, and This Was Of
That Species.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-08-05
Scarcity Of Genuine White Oak
Timber

Washington, D. G., July. 3O.-It
will surprise most persons who know
something about oak to be told that
the so-called white oak timber Of our
markets is often q mixture not only
Of various species Of the white oak
group but also of other species, such
as the red oak. This generally I'M
known fact is reported by the:U. s.
Department of Agriculture, which,
as a part of its forestry work, is fire.
quently called upon to pass Judgment
upon the identity of market woods in
dispute.
Foresters divide all the oaks into
two distinct gronps-the white oak
group and: the black oak group. One
way of distinguishing the two is by
the fact that the black oaks require
two years to mature their acorns,
while the white oaks take but one.
The woods of the two groups of oak
are also structurally different. The
true white oak, known to botanists
as Quercus alba, is merely one of the
species which make up the white oak
group. Red oak, on the other hand,
belongs to the lack oak group.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-08-05
CURSED AND CALLED LIAR

SIT was the greatest political TRACE
dy in the history of Nebraska. Bryan,
for years the idol of his party, was
cursed and called liar by opposition
orators, and the delegates cheered men
who denounced the old leader"
The above appeared in the newspa-
pers of yesterday. We may be reading
the truth and we may not, but we will
say one thing in Mr.. Bryan's favor.
He is not shown to have lost his head
Or given way to his temper. The call
ing of him a liar does not make him q
liar. Often the liar is the utterer of
the epithet, and not he against whom
it is uttered, and in this instance, as
in others, we doubt not that Mr.. Bryan
will gain instead of lose. If Mr.. Bryan
did not lie, and we do not believe he
did, in anything he could have said,
those who denounced him unjustly
will be the liars proven SO out of their
own mouths.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-08-05
Land! Good! Cheap!
Rich /!
FORlSALE IN
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS.
These lands produce good Wheat.
Kaffir-Corn Booom-C Corn, etc., and
Common-C Corn when properly cultiva-
ted. Uncultivated land in grass.
Address,
A. M. WILLIS,
apis At Beaver, Oklahoma
Southern Railway.
N. B.-The following schedule figures
are published only as information
and are not guaranteed. Schedule
in effect MAY. % 1910.
Leave Charlottesville as follows:

Leave Charlottesville as follows:
No. 8, daily, 11.5O a. m. Local be-
tween Washington and Danville.
No. %, daily, ITO p. m. Birming-
ham Special. Through coaches
and sleeping car 20 Columbia, Savan-
ma and Jacksonville sleeping car to
Augusta and Aiken. Sleeping car to
Birmingham. Dining car service. Tou-
rist to California times a weeks
No. IS, daily, 1910 p. m. U. 8. Fast
Mail, first-class coaches and drawing
room sleeping car to New Orleans
dining car service.
No. Al, daily, LOS am. New York and
Chattanooga Limited (via Lynchburg)
first-class coach and steering cars to
Roanoke, Knoxville, Chattanooga.
car service.
No. 81, daily, LAP a. m. New York
Atlanta and New Orleans Limited; all
Pullman train, club and observation
cars to Atlanta and New Orleans;
sleeping cars to Asheville, Atlanta,
New Orleans. Sleeping car to Char
lotte. Dining car service.
7:25 a. m. daily. Memphis special.
Through sleeping cars and coaches for
Roanoke, Knoxville, Chattanooga and
Memphis. Dining car service.
Trains leave Harrisonburg for WASH
ington 6. 40 a. m. week days, and 2.55
p. m. daily; arrive Washington 11.55
Q. m. and $40 p. M, respectively
Trains leave Washington for Harrison
burg $50 a. m. daily, and 4.3O p. m
and 8. SO p. m. week days; arrive Har-
risOnburg 2.55 p m. and 1925 and 800
p. M, respectively.
Immediate connection in New Union
Depot at Washington for and from
Baltimore, Philadelphia and NewYork
/. Ell. Coopman, Gen. Mgr.
s. III. Hardwick, Pass. Traffic Mgr.
H. F. Cary, Gen. Pass. Agt.
L. 8. Brown, Gen. Agt.
Washington, d. G
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-08-05
The DunSmOre
Business College
StauntOn, Va,

Begins its 39th session Thursday,
September l, 1910.
This school is noted for its thorough
training of young men and women for
making their future lives more profit
able and Independent. Its graduates
are found in almost every town and
city OF the United States. They are
holding positions in all Of the banks of
Stanton, from Exchange Clerk to
President.
The Dunsmore School has an envia-
BILE reputation for the thorOughness Of
its methods of teaching and prepare
ration for high salaried clerical work.
Send for catalogue at once.
J. G. DUNSMORE,
715 Pm President.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-08-05

There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable.
For a great many years doctors pro-
nounced it local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treat
ment, pronounced it incurable. Sci
ence has proven catarrh to be consti-
tutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only
constitutional cure ON the market. It
IS taken internally in doses from 10
drops to a teaspoonful. 1t acts direct
ly on the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. They offer one hundred
dollars for any case it fails to cure.
Send for circular and testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-08-05
B. 4 O. IMPROVING TUNNEL
viii Also Build Additional Tunnels
at Kingwood, W. Va.

Baltimore, Nd, July 80. 1.-The i'm
provements which the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad will make at the King
wood tunnel in West Virginia will
include not only the ventilation and
lighting of tine present tunnel, but
with two tracks about 50 feet to the
north and 80 feet lower than the pres
emit tunnel. The new tunnel is to be
used for freight trains, and the grade
rh rough it will be easier than the old
route, which is to be thereafter de-
voted to passenger trains A ventilat-
ing fan is to be placed in the old tun-
mel which will be lighted by electric
ity. On the western side of the
mountain the helping engines
now run through the Kingwood
tunnel in handling freight
trains, but when thenew tunnel
trains, but when the new tunnel is
completed they will, because of the
lighter grade be able to cut off from
trains at the western end of the tun-
mel, which will greatly reduce the
of smoke in the tunnel.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-08-05
I VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
BLAcKSBURG, VA.

Degree course in Agriculture,
Horticulture, Applied Chemistry.
Applied Geology, Civil, Mining
Mechanical and Electrical Engi-
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graphy, and Preparatory Veterina-
ry Medicine. Sixty-four InstrucS
tors, Thoroughly Equipped Shops,
Laboratories and Barns. Steam
heating and electric lights in dorrni-
tories. Library $4,000 volumes.
Farm of /. 100 acres.
SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURAL APPENTlCEH
Zone Year Course for Young Farmers r
Total cost OF seBslon Of nine months. inclu.
ding tuition and other feess board. washing.
uniforms, medical attendance, ETC., S28l,66.
Cost to virginia students, $29e6o
The next session opens wednesday,
PAUL B. BARRiNeER, Md. LID.
Proaidene
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-08-05
John G. Carlisle Dead.


New York, July S1.-John G. Car
Isle. former secretary Of the treasury.
who had been critically i'll for the
past two days, died at his apartments
in New York, at l 80 O'Clock tonight
Of heart failure. accompanied by oed-
ema of the lungs.
An intestinal complaint of long
standing, which wore down his vital
ity, lay behind the technical fact of
heart failure. He was attacked last
spring blythe same trou BILE complicat-
ed by an ailnent Of the kidneys, land
for time lowered near death. But
his remarkable vitality trim ohed
then, Is it seemed it might even in
the illness which ended tonight.
John Griffin Carlisle was orr in
Kenton county, KY, on September s.,
1886. He was educated in tina public
schools. later studied law, and was
admitted to the bar. Always consis-
tent democrat: andl interested IN pub
lie affairs a. q young man, he rose
from the Kentucky House Of Repre-
sentatives to the state senate, served
as Lieutenant Governor, and finally
graduated into national affairs.
From 1877 to 1890 he was member
of the national house, and from 1883
to 1889 was speaker of the house. He
resigned to fill the unexpired term OF
James B. Beck in the United States
Senate, from which he again resigned
in 1898 to become Secretary of the
Treasury under President 2 Grover
Cleveland.
With the retirement from power OF
the democratic party IN 1907 he with
drew from politics, and took up oEce
more the practice of law, this time in
New York City, where he continued
to reside until his death tonight.
The body will be sent to Washington
tomorrow, and the funeral probably
will be held from the residence which
Mr.. Carlisle still retained there be.
cause Of the many cases he argued be.
fore the United States Supreme court.
Burial will be in the family plot al
Covington, Ky.
With him at the bedside was hi.
daughter, Mrs William K. Carlisle,
and his two granddaughters, Mrs.
Frederick L. Allen and Mrs. Louis
Sherman Pitkin, the latter Of New
Heaven.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-08-05
Expert Peach Packers.

The arrival of a crew of six expert
packers, who have just finished NOV
ing the Georgia peach crop, marks a
new era in the fruit growing indus
try in the Valley. In fact this the
first time expert fruit packers have
ever been imported into this state.
These men travel the country from
California to Main packing everything
from figs, raisins and cherries to apples
and pears. They will be put to work
right away on the peach crop in this
section and later will be scattered
through the Valley at different points
where schools will be established for
the. purpose of training native packers
in this most important phase of the
fruit growing industry. Special stress
will be laid upon the packing Of fancy
apples. The Shenandoah Fruit Grow
ers Association, under whose super
vision this work is being carried on
and who are bringing to this state its
first expert packers, will not only un-
dertake to make Shenandoah fruit
growers produce as fine apples as the
Hood River apples, which are shipped
here even now from Oregon, but will
train young men to become expert
packers and thus bring a fancy price
for their product. They realize that
it is useless to grow fine apples with
out marketing them In the most up
to-date manner::and in dress.befitting
their station. The expense attached
to this new departure in Valley fruit
growing, that is, of bringing these
fruit packing experts here and Of
maintaining them for training pur-
poses will be met by the association,
thing impossible without such an or
ganization. The State horticultural
Society has made an appropriation for
demonstrating packer. A pro-
posal has been made to them to aid in
maintaining tie school of packers and
proper1committees are now considering
the matter.