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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-06-10
JUNE COURTS

Tho regular JeHo courts were held
this week bafero Judge Staples and
his Associates Euglehart and Quick.
Constnblss wezs called and several
made o0mplaiuiS Of the condition u
che roads. Ths Grand Jury was
then charged and the o0urt directed
attsntiOp 20 the fact that In many
places ~ short curves brush obstruc-
ted tho view. aud that they should
b cot out 20 The distance Of 80 feet,
Ths court dWslt on the number Of
autonohilss and said they were q
great iaetoF IN making a community
prosperous and especially in this
county % ncs9a COG ils scenery, and
thatthe roads Should BE- made safe
Tor thear zee. T. = Dalragh wss
pppointed forsnaa q - r,s1
Jury ana -orrin Shay constable 70
walt on 10,
Accounts In she following estates
were conArmsd,
Milton Robson dec'd, Catharins
Orcs decd Thomas BurFus decd,
Andrew Marf1hg decd and Ellis l.
Decker.
Reports Of Masters hled In the
casss Of Augusta l.. Wacker W Fred
sFlck J. WaokeF. and Evaline Tigue
vs. Edward Tigue and divorces de
creed.
Bridge across DTillors creek in
WSstfall. report Of viewers confirmed
absolutely.
Nolla pros on payment Of oostS
entered In the cases Of ComWlth
vs Bertha Wells. John seIvers and
Henry Reese, also Comwlth vs Milo
WiOks.
George L. Etissel appointed Guar.
dian Of Henri C. RAgot.
Henry Eek appointed Collector Of
Palmyra twp.
Herman HaImes Esq Of Hawlsy
admitted to praCtics In the Courts of
Pike County.
John p. Lauer appointed Auditor
Of Dingman township.
Estate r. K. Van Etten deceased
heirs called TO accept or refuse al
valuation Of real estate. No bids
being received decree Of sale mads
and James P. and john P. Van Etten
Executors appointed TO make same,
bond to be given e4D. 200.
Estate John Degen deceased. Sale
lof real estate ordered. bond $4,000.
Stanton supplee charged by hil
wife with non support. discharged.
| ComWlth vs John Noel. Dsft wal
chAggsd with having ssI fire to saw
mill OF Penna Coal Co. at Shohols
last February, and was found guilty.
SentSnced to pay costs 800 fine and
be imprisoned IN Eastern peniten.
tiary not less than 21< years and noI
po.,.,o, o.. hr,d.s IN ar.., ,o,,r
-. -- r..-.,t-.a rS 800
-. S~s.-. Go. 49, -
G. L. Frank appointed VisWers.
- - 49,. r-..1- a-,'s..
F"-.S e.a',.-us~ - ~. ". r.
~,-soS - S-..,ass.,o-.
80 .S .~....o. sa,-.--.s-,S'.--
with CbarIsa Bridge for huildin,
.hntmeDa ~ h-,ar. =, a.,uh,a,. ,O,i
aD0rovad
In matter Of satisfaction of Mort
s gage given by Nathan Houck h
81 Geo CadwaladeF executor, on prem
2isses In Greene. Satisfaction decresd
al ComwIth vs John Gould. charge,
. with assault and battery. Not
true hill. county for costs.
al In the petition for county bridg
Q ON Saw creek on road leading fror
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-06-10
WANTRDl

Statesmen 20 represent Us IN
the sale Of cur High Grad0 Goods
Don'E delay. Gpply At onoo. Steady
enployment liberal terms. ExpsF.
ance not necessary.
ALLEN NURSERY co,
Rochester, n. y.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-26
Statehood Bill DELAYED.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-No new
stars will be added to the flag before
the summer of 1911, according to the
plan under considerat by the sem
ate committee on territories. The
program is said to have the endorse
ment of President Taft. It provides
for the reporting of an entirely new
bill for the admission of New Mexico
and Arizona.
The Hamilton bill which was passed
by the house is declared to be objec-
tionable to the senate committee on
two grounds. First, it does not pro-
vide for q sufficient lapse of time be.
tween the proposed territorial cleo.
tions for the adoption of constitutions
and the election of state officers and
members of the senate and house of
representatives.
The second objection relates to the
protection of public interests covering
existing and supposed land grants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-26
GovernorsPass Up Resolutions.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2O.-After per-
fecting plans for future conclaves, the
conference of governors today ad-
journed, to meet at one OF the state
capitals between next Thanksgiving
and Christmas. The final sessions
were marked by divergence of views
as to the wisdom of the state execu.
tives as body passing resolutions
for or against any proposition.
Several governors maintained that
the greatest good would be accom-.
plished by courageous and definite
stand upon public questions, while
others claimed the conferences were
10 the nature of school for the gov.
ernors, where each learned the expert.
ence of his fellows. Eventually all
resolutions calling for formal ex-
preston we're left in abey ance.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-26
Forty Dead In Wreck,

NORTH BAY, Ont, Jan. 22.-With
three big drayloads of rough boxes
waiting to receive the bodies of two
score victims, the scene of the Cana.
dian Pacific wreck yesterday presented
an almost hopeless field of labor for
the 100 men cent to clear away the
debris and recover the bodies. A
storm ragged all day.
Two OF the wrecked cars drifted
under the bridge today and were COM
pletely submerged. The dining car
remained partly on the river bank
and partly submerged.
Little remains of the second class
coach, which was split in two when
it struck the bridge girder and took
fire. Ice has closed over the first. cl as
coach and the colonist car and it is
impossible to determine their loo alton.
More than 30 injured were taken to
the general hospital and the hotels of
Sudbury.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-26
Driven Crazy BY Religion.

BELLINGHAM, Jan. 20. - Waiting
tor fiery ch ariot from heaven, Geo.
Pashtot, his wife and four children,
stripped themselves at Lynden, W ash. (,
and clambered to the roof of their
house in freezing weather. When
discovered their baby, Martha, aged
II months, was dead from exposure
and hunger, and another child was at
the point OF death. Sunday q "holy
roller" exhorted the members of the
sect at Lynden to prepare for the end
of the world. Pashtot and his wife
took the Instructions literally, stripped
themselves and the children to the
skin and danced the night through in
the bitter cold.
The prosecuting attorney said he
would try and hold the preaching ell.
der on manslaughter charge. Pash.
tot appears to be regaining his senses,
but the woman and two children are
violently insane.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-26

employed by Grant Smith, . railroad
contractor. One body has been rs-
covered and large force of men 10 q
work trying to locate the others.
LEwIsTowN, jan. 22.-According
to information received here BY ]. D.
Waite and other leading stockmeu.
the stock interests Of this county hsve
escaped thus far this winter with moth.
ing more than normal winter losses.
All are provided with an abundance
Of feed and the last storm did not af.
feet them any more than the previous
ones. The supply Of feed on hand
will be ample for the winter, no mat
ter how severe It may prove.
HELENA, Jan. 21.-Aunoucement
has been made BY W. G. Conrad that
the City National bank of Helena,
for which . charter wasE Eobtained
some time ago, will open orllbusiness
March l. The bank will occupy the
quarters of the old First National,
which are owned by Mr.. Conrad. It
is understood that Mr.. Conrad will
be the PRECEDENT of the new institution
and Alexander Livingston, 'cashier Of
the First State bank of Living ston,
the cashier.
BUTTE, ian. 24.-At the. regular
meeting of the Silver Bow Trades &
Labor assembly held last night,
committee Of five was appointed.to in.
vestigate the price of meat, milk and
all food stuffs, with instructions to re.
port next Sunday night. Q This is the
first organization made in Butte
against high prices.
BUTTE, Jan. 24.-As far as the
health officer is concerned, there are
% cases of smallpox in the city of
Butte and in the county Immediately
near by. Fourteen of thesel are at the
pest house and the other 14sare quar-.
antined at their homes. How many
other cases there are in private homes
Is not known, as many are not report
ed to the health Office.
VIRGINIA CITY, Jan. 24-Harry M.
Paxson of Butte, an electrician in the
employ of the Conrey Placer Mining
company at Ruby, was instantly
killed yesterday afternoon, being
electrocuted. He was at work on q
pole and took hold of the transmits
sion wire. He tell and was caught on
wires lower down. An examina alton
Of his body showed that two fingers
had been burned of.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-26
NAVIGATING THE AIR,
Passengers Transported In Airship
At Los Angeles.

Los ANGELES, Jan. 19.-By carry.
ing passenger on 22.mile trip from
Aviation Field to a point half a mile
out over the ocean and by taking an.
other passenger on a 12.mile trip over
the fields and by taking three other
passengers at one time on short
flight, Louis Paulhan today estab.
lished new worlds record for heav.
ier-th an air machines.
No other aviator has taken up so
many passenger during one day and
no other aviator has taken a woman
for high flight over fields and woods q
and villages and hungry surf for
more than twenty miles. Paulhan
sailed at an altitude of from 500 to
1000 feet over Redondo beach and
other resorts.
There were no life buoys tied to the
machine to save them from death in
the waves should they fall. He made
the trip and the other perilous flights
of the afternoon with the ease of a run
in q taxicab
The passenger carrying record is
held by Orville Wright, who flew with
Captain Engelhardt for one hour and
32 minutes at Berlin last fall, but
Wright did not leave the course, where
he could land at will.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-26
State Given Further Time,

WASHINGTON, j an. 2O.-As q result
OF the Intervention of Governor Nor.
ris and Attorney General Galen, the
government has postponed the filing
OF the suit against Montana to recov.
er lands in Lewis and Clark county,
which were Withdrawn for reclama.
tion but never reclaimed. The gov
ernment will allow the state two years
in which to reclaim them as original.
ly intended.
The governor and attorney gener al
also took up with the secretary of az.
riculture and the congressional dele
CATION the proposition for reservoir
site for furnishing light, water and
power to the state prison at Deer
Lodge and the insane asylum at
Warm Springs. A bill will be intro.
duced by Dixon granting the use of
the lands by the state for this pur.
nose
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-26
Would Reduce Judges Salaries.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-Sen ators
generally we're thrown into consterna.
tion by the action of the appropria.
tions committee of the house in re.
ducing the salaries of the judges of
the customs court of appeals from
slO, 900 to $1,000 q year. The commit.
tee based its action on the plea of
economy, but in view of the fact that
the Payne tariff law which created the
court fixed the salaries At sl0,0 q
year, senators are not disposed to
accept the cut. Judge Hunt of Mon.
tana. and the other members of the
court were appointed by the president
under the Payne law ands en- ators feel
that their salaries should not be cut,
as the duties to be performed by them
will be of an exceedingly important
character as affecting trade and com.
merce between this country and other
nations.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-26
Sues State Treasurer For Interest.

Sues State Treasurer For Interest.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. Jan. 2O.-In two
suits filed In the common pleas court
today In which the state of Ohio is
plaintiff and the estate of VIM. S.
McKinnon and his bondsmeu during
his two terms of Office as state treas
urer are defendants, s14I, sos is asked
The suit is the result of an investiga.
tion instituted by Governor Harmon
some weeks aga.
One petition Is filed to cover the treas
urer's fret term and another petition
covers the second term. In the first
petition covering term during part of
which there was no state depository
law it is alleged the state treasurer
collected from Corporations, copart.
nerships, associations and other per-
sons" the sum of S97, 800, interest on
state funds loaned to these corpora.
tions and judgment is asked for this
amount, with interest to date. The
second petition alleged the state treas
urer collected Sl8, $50 interest on state
funds and judgment is asked in this
amount
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-26
Railroad Will Teach Farming.

SALT LAKE, Jan. 20.-The course
OF lectures arranged by the passenger
department of the Oregon Short Line
and managed by D. E. Burling of
that road, in which the farmers liv-
ing on the sections traversed by the
Short Line will be instructed in the
art of orchard heating and potato
growing was inaugurated today with
the departure from this city of a spe.
cial train carrying a staff of we'll
known experts. Stops will be made at
the different towns in Utah and Idaho.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-26
Washington News Notes.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81. - Senator
Carter will. it was stated today, in.
troduce bill which in effect will turn
over to the state any government land
chiefly valuable for use in the develop.
ment OF water power. The plan is the
result of conference between Sen ator
Carter and western governors.
The senate committee on Indian af-
fairs instructed Senator Dixon today
to report favorably his bill allowing
Flathead Indian allottees to sell 60 of
the 80 acres Of their .allotments and. if
desired, to lease the rem aiming 20
acres. A favorable report was Or
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-26
Favor Quarantine For Smallpox.

BILLINGS, Jan. 19.-At the conven-
tion of county commissioners of the
state, held here today, a committee
was appointed to draw up resolutions
reg garding smallpox andlIquarantine
therefor.
At the evening .sessions the recon.
mend alton of the committee to the effect
that the question of quarantine be left
to the Judgment of the county commits.
sioners, with power to act as they see
fit, isolating all contagious diseases,
was adopted by the convention. This
leaves the question of enforcing quar-
antine in virtually the same condition
as at present.
Probably the most important thing
yet considered by the clerks and the
assessors is that of changing their
term OF Office from two to four years.
All are said to be in favor of this and
resolution, in course of preparation
by joint committee, Is expected to be
adopted by unanimous consent. The
officers hold that the two.year term
barely enablesIthem to get thoroughly
familiar with the duties of their re-
spective offices by the time their terms
expire.
The mayors of some of the larger
cities were here today and in an in
formal meeting placed themselves on
record In favor of maintaining strict
quarantine against all contagious
diseases until such time as the legis.
lature may see fit to pass an enact
ment enforcing vaccin alton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-26
FUNDS FOR IRRIGATION,
Congress May Pass Bill For Bond
Issue Of $50, 100000.

WASHINGTON, j an. .22.-Certificates
of indebtedness or bonds in the sum
OF $50, 100000 to raise money "to
complete and properly extend reel a
nation projects already begun" will
be authorized in bill to be reported
from the sen ate committee on irriga-
tion.
II the bill becomes law, Montana
will get material lump out of the
thirty millions, 1857 900 for Milk
river, $4,000 for Huntley, s10s, 900 for
Sun river and s33S, 900 for the lower
Yellowstone.
A tentative draft of the bill was
completed today. It Is possible that
this may be changed and bonds author
lied instead, it was announced.
A long and interesting session was
held by the committee in which was
fought the question of issuing bonds
or certificates of indebtedness. The
principle on which the proposed leg
islation ia based was presented by
Senator Borah in bill providing for
the authorization of $50, ,OOO, 900 bond
issue. The measure was prepared by
him after conference with President
Taft and Secretary Ballinger, while
the president was in ithe west last
summer.
The majority of the committee de.
cided In favor of certificates only af-
ter 1t was reported by Chairman Car
ter that Speaker Cannon believes 1t
would be impossible to get bond
issue through the house.
Whether certificates or bonds are
authorized, the securities may be Is.
sued as needed up to limit of $780,
00O, 900 and will draw 3 per cent inter-
est pay able quarterly.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-26
More Customs Frauds.

NEW YORK, J an. 18.-More trouble
in the customs service in New York
came to light last night. Everybody
around the federal building Is reticent,
but disclosures may bare q system
which will rank with the sugar cases.
Underv aluing automobiles is the new
game.
Joseph P. McGrath, q young Gus.
toms clerk, 10 specifically charged
with having defrauded the govern
ment out of $3.50, by deducting 81 900
from the value of q cargo, In Novem-
ber. The duty was As per cent adva.
loren. McGrath was held in $1,000
bail for examination.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-26
Makes Plea For oleomargerine.

wakes Plea For Oleomargerine.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Represeut-
ative Burleson OF Texas appeared TO.
day before the house committee on az.
riculture on behalf of the bill repeal.
ing the tax on oleom argerine. which
tax he asserted was responsible for
the high prices of butter.
Before this tax was imposed, Mr..
Burlesou said, there was mauufac-
tured annually 10000, 900 pounds of
oleomargerine, which he chs acterized
40 . pure and wholesome food pro-
duct and which was sold at from IL to
18 cents per pound. The price of but.
ter was then 20 to 30 cents per pound.
The production of oleom argerine
has been diminished 66a per cent, be
said. as result of the tax, and the
price of butter has gone up from %
cents . pound to 60 cents.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-26
Sat On Redhot Chair.

PORTLAND, Jan. 19.-Geo. E. Scott
today commenced suit in the circuit
court against local lodge of the I'm.
proved Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks for damages In the am.
cunt OF So, 500. Scott says that he was
induced to become q member of the
organiza alton, which is composed Of
negroes, and as part of the initi atory
exercises was forced to sit upon red.
hot chair, thereby sustaining injuries
for which he claims damages.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-26
Montana Census Supervisor.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-The pres.
ident today sent the following nomi.
nation to the enate: Harold Blake,
as census supervisor for First Mon
tana district. Blake is from Ana.
couda and is at present clerk in the
Spanish treaty claims commission here.
This nomination is in place of that OF
Louis Walker of Butte, originally Sc
lected but against whom opposition
developed.
Senator Carter's bill creating Gla-
cier National park In Teton and Flat
head counties, was favorsbly report
ed to the senate by Senator Dixon to.
day from the public lands committee.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-26
PRESERVE COAL LANDS.
Value Will 6e Determined By Extent
Of Coal Deposits.

CWAsH1NGTON, Jan. 10.-What is
being dene with the seventy millions
or more acres of GOAL lands In the
west which still remain In the posses.
sion Of the government? The total
area of the western coal felds, &C.
cording to the information of the
United States geological survey, is
122 ZOO, 900 acres. The annual report
of the commissioners of the general
land Office for 1909 shows, however,
that since the passage Of the coal land
law In 1873, only 505,919 acres have
been patented as coal land. Large
areas we're legitimately acquired
through railroad and other land
grants and some had already passed
into private ownership before the en-.
actment of the coal land law, but the
conclusion is forced that much of this
great acreage, representing q resource
of enormous value, was through either
fraud or ignorance, acquired under
other laws.
What the country should be inter.
ested In today is the question of the
immediate status and administr alton
of the 70, 000, 900 acres of coal land yet
remaining in the hands of the federal
government. Is it being csrelessly
administered and indiscrimina ately
disposed of 90 as to fall into the hands
of monopolistic syndicates, or has the
government in its present plan of
classification and valuation adopted
an adequate and comprehensive pro.
gram for protecting the interests Of
the people?
Stated in a sentence, the present
scheme of classification and valua.
tion by the government is based On
selling coal land at coal prices and
fixing the price per acre on an esti.
mate of tonnage content, and quality
of coal. An acre-foot of coal com.
prises approxim ately 1850 tons; thus
an acre underlain with a 12.foot coal
bed contains 21,O00 tons. The work
of classificat of the coal lands and
determination of the tonnage is one
of purely geologic scope; the valuation
and sale is one of administr alton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-26
WILL ABSTAIN FROM MEAT.
Boycott Movement To Compel Lower
Meat Prices.

Boycott Movement To Compel Lower
Meat Prices.
DENVER, Jan. 2l.-Plans are being
laid by the Denver Trades & Labor
assembly to join in the meat boycott
spreading throughout the east. The
assembly will be asked to endorse the
boycott at its meeting next Sunday.
When apprised of the movement sew.
eral large hotel aad restaurant men
last night announced their willingness
to aid by serving vegetable menus.
CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 21-Thirty
thousand working men and business
men have signed the anti-meat peti.
tions, according to F. W. Sebelen,
who is heading the strike against eat.
ing meat.
To this movement was added q
strike against eating eggs. when petit.
tions started in last night had 1000
signatures. More petitions will be
printed by morning and meat strikers
will circulate the anti.egg petitions.
Now that the meat boycotting move
ment which started here this week as
remedy for the increased cost of
meat has become general, local pack
ers and dealers expect lower prices in
the Kansas City and Chicago whole.
sale markets.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2l.- None of the
heads of the local packing houses
would make any statement today con.
corning the attitude their companies
would take on the country wide move.
ment toward q meat boycott. So
there has been no concerted move.
ment on the part of local labor or.
ganizations and other bodies to stop
eating meat. There appears to be q
willingness to join such a movement
when it is launched, however, and
many club women have expressed
themselves as in favor Of such action.
Tags bearing the inscription mo
Meat for Mine Until March First"
are being worn by few.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-26

dered also on Dixon's bill allowing
the sale Of q email subdivision Of
reservation land along the shore Of
Flathead lake.
A favorable report has been ordered
BY the house census committee on q
joint resolution fixing the maximum
pay OF special agents Of the census
bureau At s6 . day and travelling ex.
penses and an allow ance Of % . day
In lieu OF subsistence. The resolution
has already passed the SEQ ate.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-26
London Wool Sales.

LONDON, Jan. ia large number
of buyers, including American repre-
sentatives, attended the opening of the
first series of the wool auction sales
yesterday. The Offering amounted to
4,4lS bales, chiefly merinos. Home
and continental buyers were strong
competitors and Americans took a
few lots of cross breds, merinos,