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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-12-07
Non Coal Land.
Notice For Publication.

United States Land Office at Great Falls, Mon.
tana. November Is, 1910.
Notice 10 hereby given that
HUGH MCKAY,
Of Great Falls, Montana, who, on February 20.
leoo. made homestead entry No. 05175, for sen
SEA section Z. Mex MEX section Is, SWX
SWk section =, NWk NWk section II township
q north range 5 east. Montana meridian, has
nled notice OF intention to make final commute
ton proof, to establish claim to the land above
deecrtbed, before Register and Receiver at Great
Falls. Montana. on the 9Th day Of January, 1911.
Claimant nance % Witnessed: James, 4. Cor
don. OF Great Falls, Montana, Neil Bsnnatyne,
Of Portage. Montana, Charles Bannatyne. Don
old Kerr, Of Dutton, Montana.
E. L. BARNES, Register.
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Non Coal Land.
Notice For Publication.

United States Land Office at Great Falls, Mon
tana, November IA, 1910.
Notice is hereby given that
VIOLA E. PETERSON,
made Homestead entry No. O6ls6, for SWA SEA,
S1a SWA section 26, SEX SEX section p, town,
ship "a north, range Z east, Montana meridian.
has filed notice of intention to make fnel GOA.
mutation proof to establish claim to the land
above described, before Chas. H. Boyle, U. s
commissioner, at his office at Fort Benton, Mon
tsna, on the 29d day of December, 1910.
Stevens, Norris Latta. Malvins A. Holmquist
William j. Lenning. all of Fort Benton. Mont.
E. L. BARNES, Register.
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Non Coal Land.
Notice For. Publication,

United States Land Once at Great Falls. Mon.
tana, November 16, 1910.
Notice is hereby given that
CARL j. BECKER,
OF Hfghwood, Montana, who, On April ~, 1905,
made .omes;ead entry No. 2S4s, serial No O3554,
tor sen NEA, Eh sen, sWA sen section 9,
sownehip q north, range Z east, Montana meri:
dian. has filed notice Of intention to make nnal
fve.yesr proof, to establish claim to. the land
above described, before Chas. H.. Boyle, U. 8.
commissioners, at his office at Fort Benton, Mon
tane, on the 18th day of December, 1910.
Claimant names Is Witnesses: Francis Nc
Gowan, Isaac shepherd. John Buckland, Alfred
auckland, all of Highwood, Montana.
Z. L. BARNES, Register.
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tural bureau of Illinois. 1t am direct.
ed to me in a large hand. You kin see
dat it's an oftishul envelope"
"Misser President" said Brother
Penstock. as he arose In a somewhat
excited manner. II object to dat com
municashun bein' read!"
What an your objeckshuns?"
X consider it a slight on de culrd
race"
Il has looked it ober very keerful,
and / don't. 1t axe a queshun. Dat
Queshun am, is de Guild man losin'
his taste fur chicken? l fail to see
how you kin make dat an insult"
But l do, sab. Fur de last hundred
years de white folks have been yellin'
'Chicken! at us, and de world has
come to believe dar hain't no Guild
man on top de airth who won't steal
chickens if he kin git a chance to.
It's all wrong. 1t was allus wrong.
We hain't got nc mo- to do wild chick
ems dan de white man. decidedly
objeck to dat communication being
received in an ofishul way"
LUIS I'LL o1C SAoC ASSl w "a
way? asked the president as he sur
veyed the crowd.
Nobody did, and he resumed:
II shall have to ak Brudder Pen
stock to sot down and shet up. Dis
am a Queshun to be discussed wild
calmness and reason. De report to be
made we're will form a part Of our ma
rJ,,,,0 r%1<se{snc ca fns rs ny hSnn.
rience and observashun goes, de black
man was bon wild a taste fur chick
en-"
Murmurs of approval.
Love of tho Fowl Comes Early.
LAS a child, before he had a, tooth In
his head, he smacked his lips fur
chicken"
Yumyums.
DE older he growed de mo- he
wanted chicken potpie. chicken roast
ed down in de kettle, chicken smoth'
cred wild onions and chicken in varus
odder ways"
Sudden outburst of applause.
up to a few years ago." continued
the president, "de white folks owned
all de chickens in de kentry. Dey
axed SIGH a price dat de black maj
couldn't buy. De result was wha'
might have been expected"
Considerable agitation.
"Feelin' dat he must have chicken OF
perish, de black man waited fur
dark night. He had located a sartir
hencoop. He knowed de shortest roat
to git dar. He knowed when de pc
liceman would be down at de odde'
end Of de beat"
Winks, mods and murmurs.
"'Bout II o'clock IN q dark night h
left his cabin and took a walk. He ar
rove at a sartin spot. De owner o
dat hencoop had locked de doah, bu
de black man pulled of two board
and crawled in."
Clapping of hands.
ION de poles above his head h
counted forty-two plump fat chick
ems. He could take de hull lot, but h
wasn't dat sorter man. He jes
reached up for a couple Of pullets an
turned his back on de odder forty"
Cheers from all over the hall.
MY friends, rs been right dar my
self. Why deny it? Is Token chicl
ems off de roost dat belonged to
white man"
Resembling cheers.
$50 has Brudder Penstock, thong
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HAvre Serial No. Ol97
Great Falls Serial No. COCOA.
Coal Land.
Notice For Publication.

United States Land Office at Havre, Montana,
November %, 1910.
Notice il hereby given that
THOMAS s. SHEEHY,
of Big Sandy, Montana, who, on december "a,
1906, made desert land entry No. 2s43. for NWA
Mex and NEA NWA section 25, township
% north, range Ia east, Montana meridian, has
filed notice of Intention to make final desert land
proof, to establish claim to the land above de.
scribed, before Alex 5. Christie, U. s. com.
missioner, at his office in Big Sandy, Montana,
on the 10th day of January, 1911.
Claimant names as witnesses: James H,
Moore, George NJ. Keller, Thomas j. Sheehy,
Hugh F. sheehy. all of Big Sandy, Montana.
Coal waiver filed.
F. A. CARNAL, Register.
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Notice Of School Indemnify Selection
Non Coal Land.
Serial No, OlS35I.

Serial No. OlS35I.
United States Land Office, Great Fails, Mon
tana, November ~, 1910.
Notice is hereby given that the State of Mon
tana, on April 25, 1910, applied for SWA SEA
section 2y, M NWA, Wa EH, SEA SEA
section 81, township ~ north, range II east,
Montana meridian, and filed in this office a list
Of school indemnity selections in which it sc.
lected said land, and that said list is open to the
public for inspection.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described land or any legal subdivision
thereof, or claiming the came under the mining
laws. or desiring to show said land to be more
valuable for mineral than for agricultural pur.
poses. or to object to said selection for any law
full reason, should file their claims, or sfldavits
of protest or consent in this Office
E. l.. BARNES, Register.
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BORN FOR CHICKEN
Brother Gardner's Pictures of
Fowls Win.
PARADISE HALLS FLUTTER.

Question, "ls de Guild Man Losin' His
Taste" For Henroost Meat. Carried
by a Rising Vote In the Negative
After Much Lurid Oratory.
BY N. QUAD.
tCopyright. 1910. by Associated Literary
Press.]
MONG the first arrivals at Para
disc hall at the last regular
"a meeting it was rumored that
an important communication
had been received by Brother Gardner
to be acted on and that the meeting
might be unusually interesting on that
account. There was suppressed ex-
element during the transaction of the
routine business. and when the presi-
dent arose with a paper in his hand
and serious look on his face a buzz
went up and down the hall.
Rrother Gardner did not speak at
once. He took a drink OF hard cider
from the pitcher and looked around
him and let the occasion sink in, as it
were, before he began:
II hold we're in my hand an ofishul
communicashun from de state agricul-
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BY an English Joke Writer.

When Jonah interviewed the whale
And haunted it's Intervals,
As erst it is recorded in
The truthfulest of journals.
What ruler did he symbolic?
A wicked joke you might style 1t.
But seems to me he might have been
Well called a paunch's pilot!
-Browning's Magazine.
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Expressive

Expressive.
One day little Georges father
brought home some I.ocquefort cheese.
Upon being asked how he liked it,
George replied with all seriousness,
Papa, 1t tastes just like the animal
cages at the circus."-Success Mag
azine,
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Cruel Comeback.
I'm doing my best to get
ahead" asserted Chollie.
SWELL, heaven knows you need
one" assented Dollie.-Toledo
Blade. ,
At the Party

Barker-Who's the fat old girl on
the sofa?
Host-Why, that's your wife, old
man. Don't you recognize her?
Barker-No. She does her bridge
playing during the day, and do mine
at night.-Life.
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In Trainjuu

In Training.
Milly--Do you think widowers make
the best husbands?
Billy-Sure! They know what's com
ing to them.-Philadelphia Ledger
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~> BENTON LODGE, No. 50,
~ I, O, Q. +.
Meets every wednesday
evening At Odd Fsllowo'hall. Visiting members
sre cordially invited to attend.
CARL SoEBERG, N. G..
ALvAN PERCY, Rec. Bee.
Encampment No. Is meets the first and third
Monday Of each month.
CRAS. THOMPSON, c. P.
WV. CARVER, Scribe.
The Washington times., 1910-11-27
TAFT SPENDS DAY
WRITING MESSAGE

Today will be memorable at the
White House as one Of the busiest Sun
days ever spent by a President in pre-
pairing an annual message TO Congress
With the exception Of 2 brief aAto-
mobile ride. just before dinner, Presi-
dent Taft has spent practically the en-
tire day diCJauEg portions of the
message He did not attend church this
morning. but remained steadfastIy at
work until 1 o'clock
Secretary Norton arrived early and
was closeted with the President all
morning There was considerable ac-
tivity In the Executive Offices, and the
evidences were many that ali the Of
fciaIs Of the White House felt the
strain which annually impendS during
the closing lays of the preparation Of a
massage
No callers v-e-a received. and, but for
the activity o. Il e officials, one might
have imagined the President was not in
the city
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EIGHT ARE BURNED
IN A BUFFALO FIRE

BUFFALO. y Y, Nov. z7-EfRbt
people were buCned. two hremen al
most suFocated, and a policeman in
jUred in a fire that occurred early to
day in a rOOming house at Il Evans
street That there was not q heavy
loss Of life is due to the fires break
ing out an hour after everyone was
up and about So rapidly did the
flames spread. however, that the es-
cape of many living on upper foors
was cut OF, and the prompt work OF
hook and ladder companies saved
them Eight of them suffered burns
none, however, regarded as fatal The
two nTemen were carried OUT Of R5a
basement where they had fallen in
clouds OF smoke
a COmrade happened to stumble over
their bodies taEIng glass cv(
through the helmet Of Patrolunan
Donohue. and he was taken 10 tho
hospital with a severe SCALP .yro.--s5
The building was destroyed A gas
leak and explosion as Jue csttls-o -
the blaze
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FIVE Still. MISSING
AND FIVE WILL DIE,

NEWARK. n =. Nov. 27.-Thirty
known dead, five more believed to be
buried in the ruins, five so critically
injured that they VIII not live through
the day, and ten others IN hospitals.
who are believed to have fatal burns
was the reckoning made today in the
FIRE which swept the foUr-story fac
tory building at 216-2iS High street.
The bodies Of five were taken from
the ruins this morning and an equal
number who are missing are now being
sought under the heap Of charred and
twisted debris.
There are eight bodies in the morgue
that cannot possibly be identified, and
together with the FIVE recovered today.
VIII be buried together In one nameIess
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grave tomorrow Those who were iden-
tined were removed TO their homes and
their funerals viii be conducted pri-
vateIy by their relatives.
Searching the Ruins.
All night long, fremen poured streams
OF water on the ruined building. and
at o'clock this morning It had cooled
OF sufficiently TO permit them 10 enter.
Then the search began.
one by one five bodies were extri-
Gated These We're at once removed to
the morgue in the police wagons and
the ambuIances
Church bells ringing their congrega-
uons TO the morning services all over
Continued on Page Sixteen.)
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MYSTERY IN DEATH
OF YOUNG STUDENT
Takes Headache Powder and
Soon LapSeS Into IN
consciousness.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov Z7.-Leroy p.
Scott, Of Buffalo, y. Y, a senior IN
the medical school OF the University
Of Pennsylvania. S dead in the uni
versity hospital under circumstances
which have necessitated investigation
by the coroner
Physicians at the hospital believe
SCOTS story that he took an overdose
Of headache powders, but notified the
police that the case should be investi-
gated for further developments. Scott
was found unconscious in a room in the
dOrmitOry Of s. Morris House This
room IS occupied by an intimate friend,
who is away over the Thanksgiving
holidays
Scott has lived for two years in
boarding house at 3l2 South Thirty
seventh street. According to George
Burton, who kept the house, he had
been Of the happiest disposition. but
recently had become nervous. IBis
physical condition Mr. Burton ascribed
10 overworIx- Scott has been working
early and late at the southeast dis
pensary--
Mr. Burton's theory IS that Scott
went to his friends room TO try and
obtain sleep away from the noises OF
the students bOlTding house To in
duce sleep he took headache powders
During the night Scott was brought to
consciousness by the physicians in the
university hospital and told them that
he must have taken an overdose Of
the powder
Shortly afterward ne lapsed into a
state Of coma again and died while un-
conscious carly today
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HUSKY MEN wanted
FOR POLICE FORCE
Applicants Do Not Measure
Up to Physical Re
quirementS.

Wanted-Six policemen
Half a dozen vacancies exist today IN
the Metropolitan Police Force and Major
Richard ". sylvester, has no eIigibles
with which 10 fI them
In the past month more than twenty
five applicants have been examined BY
the Board Of Police and Fire Surgeons,
and none OF this number met the physi-
cal requirements
1T is pretty good sign that all the
Districts husky citizens are employed 20
said Major sylvester TODAY whom We
can't ind q single eligible man 10 az
these vacancies 1t is an unusual condi-
ton Not often since I have been at the
head Of the Washington department. has
such a deaTth existed"
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next 20 mine This room IS occz1oIe5
by Nellie The noise was the 15nu7fz-
taxable one OF some one lying down on
a creaky bed
At Chat time was satisfied there was
nothing wrong. and so went back 10
sleep II could have been no more rhsr.
few moments, however. when / was
reused 10 fun consciousness again and
as soon as collected my faculties 7
recognized the strong Odor OF gas. Tns
room vas filed with it.
Il shook 3Ir- OertIey and he climbed
out OF bed in the darkness and started
from the room without striking a light
he bumped into the bed room door
uShLiE shut We never close our bed
I room OOGT- When the windows were
opened and sle room cleared If the EzS
an investigation showed that the Eas
Jet. which knew TO have been securely
turned of at the time we retired. was
coIaIjleleIy opened MoTeover5 the tip
mad Decn removed TO allow a freeT fn-
lux OF the poison The tip We found
carefully placed on the dressing stand
a Few feet away
Police Summoned.
Mr. Oertley and examined the chilli
She had been no more affected by the
gas than had we Fortunately, there
was no need 10 call a physician
Mr. Oertley hurriedlv dressed, and
WlLLDAt al1LuE Ai4E the El.lp WlD was
still apparently asleep IN her hal bed
room, went outside and called Up the
Tenth precinct"
Policeman Bryan was detailed 70 In
veStiEate the occurrence and. after
/ questioning Mr. Oe-tIey. and hearing
[ the direct accusation BY Mrs OertIey
I placed the Eiri under zrrest-
When questioned bE the police, the
girl stOurly defended herself. and de-
MED that she had anything TO do with
I the affair She was taken % TIE House
I OF Detention. where she IS held pending
I further action by the authorities.
Tomorrow the ElTi-S record with the
Board of Childreu's Guardians viii be
thoroughly gone Into Her age uviI PROB
ably preclude her being taken before the
City or District Courts. and Z Is thought
probable that the question Of the child.
for Judge, De Lacey, OF the juvenile
Court
Recalls ClaTksOn Case.
The arrest Of the EirI recalls an in
stance IN ways similar which confront
&c the police Of Washington last May
and led TO the arrest Of a negrO woman
named Mamie CIarkson, Of 1917 Swami
. street. on a double charge Of assault
with intent 20 Kill
The CIarkson woman was employed
by q family named Barrow. who Ifyed
at TsaJ time al Dupont circle on
My : last the BarrOvSs were strickeT
with serious illness. following their IN
x hep analyzed was found 20 have con
tained rOUgh-On-rats, and Flora A. Bar
row lodged a charge OF assault with IN
tent TO kill When the case was called
! in Police Court, june : last. Mary r
Barrow added similar charge
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FALL FROM LADDER
FRACTURES SHOULDER
Calvin Kennedy, of Linwood Road,
Taken to Hospital After
Accident.

Calvin Kennedy. Of z2Rk Linwood
road southwest, was taken to Emer-
geney Hospital shortly after noon today
suffering from fracture of the shorll-
der and bruises sustained from falling
of a ladder.
Mr. kennedy is forty years old HIS
condition Is not serious.
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IS FOUND
DEADBY PASSERBY

While passing the Soldiers Home
pOwer-hOuss on his way to church this
morning, Benjamin F. Turner stumbled
across the PROSTATE body of an aged
man
An examination proved the man TO be
dead. and upon his removal TO the Sol
diers' Home hospital the body was
identified as that Of Dennis Mccarthy,
an inmate Of the home
Dr. J. R Robertson said he believed
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the men had been dead several hours
and attributed his death 10 exposure
He had been IN the hospital several
times since he entered the home in 1900
for heart trouble and other ailments
Coroner hewitt WIS notified a few min
utsS after 10 O'Clock
Mccarthy came to this country from
Jseland shortly after the civil war and
enlisted in 1913 He was honorabIv dis
charged after twenty-five years service
and euteTe the Soldiers Home in 1870.
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BOY KILLS FATHER
TO SAVE MOTHER
Raymond Deeren, Only Eighteen Years Old Comes From
HIS Home Near Derwert Ohio, and Surrenders
to the Toledo Police.

TOLEDO, Ohio. Nov. Z7.-Raymond
Deeren, eighteen years old, is charged
with having shot and killed his father,
Al Deeren, early today at their home
near Derwent-
The father had been in Pleasant City
and, it is claimed. entered the house
threatening to kill the whole family
While the frightened mother was tele-
phOniES for help il Is declared that
DeeTen struck her down and was
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STRICKEN IN CHURCH,
JAMES II. HILL DIES
Heart Attack While He Is at
Alexandria Me-
mortal.

While attending the Alexandria Me-
mortal Church on \ street, between
Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth
streets. this morning, James H HW
was suddenly taken ILL., He was re-
moved to an adjoining residence where
he died before an ambulance arrived.
DR.. Philip Newton, of Emergency
Hospital, attributed his death TO heart
trouble. He was sixty years old.
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ACCIDENTAL SHOT
HITS HUNTER IN LEG

While George d Crosby was hunting
near Ardmore, Nd, he was accidentally
shot in the leg by Bernard Brady A
charge of bird shot entered his right
leg and he was taken 10 Emergency
Hospital this morning. where the shot
were removed Later IN the day he was
taken TO his home.
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FARMER IS FOUND
DYING IN ROAD
Empty Wagon Shows Evidence Of
Struggle With Thieves Met
on WaY Home.

TOLEDO, Ohio, Nov with empty
baskets and the butt Of a whip IN the
buggy as mute evidence of what police
beleVe 70 nave been struggle with
thieves, the body Of Marcelius N-ofr-
ginger farmer, was found this morning
on Stone road, lying beside his buggy
It IS believed he fell out Of his b7IvEv
after being robbed and left Injured
NoftzinSer IS dying
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HORSES RESCUED
FROM STABLE FIRE

WILMINGTON, De-, Nov. 27.-Ffre
shortly after O'Clock this morning de-
stroyed the stable belonging to James
W Gillespie. a hotel proprietor at Tay-
Tor and Church streets Three horses
were rescued The origin OF the IRE is
not known
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Premonition Of impending danger
awakened Mrs. Ada H Oertley. OF III
Quincy street northeast, early this morn
ing. and frustrated the attempt Of an un-
idenuhed intruder 10 murder her her
six-year-old daughter Margaret, and her
husband. David H Oertley. by turning
on the gas in the Oe-tIey's bed room,
closing the door lightly and leaving
them TO die in their sleep
Fffteen-year-oId Nellie johnson. a
negro house maid. is charged with the
attempt 70 XIII the Oertleys- She Is at
the House Of Detention formally accus-
sed Of attempted murder She denies
that she had anything TO do with the
occurrence which 50 narrowly missed be
ing a triple tragedy. but Mrs- OertIey
accuses her.
"RepTimands Needed"
Nellie Johnson was a ward Of the
Board Of Children's Guardians She
came to Mrs. OertIey from the organi-
zation about two months ago as a gen
eraI house helper. For some zine past
had to reprinand the girl constantly
because OF her failure 20 tell the truth
and that yesterday she was compelled
10 scold her several times This. Mrs
OertIey declares, she believes IS good
cause fer believing the girl the person
who entered her room last night, wher
considered IN the light OF other circum-
stances IN the case
I caused her arrest early this morn
ing sa;5 Mrs Oertley, because 1 be
Iieve 10 one else could have turned the
gas on nor was there anyone else who
had any cause to-
AT II e tire the family retired last
night, following the trouble with Nellie,
there > ere IN the house, besides the girl,
my husband. who is a Government
craftsman; Miss SaIIie Williams. my
cousin, Wig has been unable to move
her limbs, much less leave her bed, for
more than a week, by reason Of a
sprained hip: and my children. Mar
garet, six years old, who occupies a crib
in my bed room, and Walter ana Allen,
each older than Margaret Walter and
Allen sleep in a room 70 themselves,
while Miss Williams occupies a room in
the rear Of the house
"Felt Something Wrong"
This was the situation when We re-
tired last night
Il was suddenly awakened about 3:30
this morning hy feeling that some
thing vas wrong listened and
thought I heard light footballs in the
room. A moment later I heard the
creaking of the cot in the hail room
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tuning 10 strike her aged father who
tried 10 interfere, when the son entered
the home and shot his father through
the head The boy Immediately came
TO this city and surrendered himself