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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20
Watch Chouteau County Grow!
Helena Record.

ASlCAo AsoSoIu'
Few people, even those who are
supposed to be the best posted, are
aware of the vast empire that ia open
to settlement in just one northern
county of this state--Chouteau. 1t
that county, according to the River
Press, there are today seven million
acres of land open to homestead en-.
try. This is an area greater than
some of the smaller eastern states.
The county contains a total OF II, 1000, .
600 acres, and more than half of it ia
free for the taking.
The Record printed the statement
the other day that there was little sur.
veyed land left north OF Havre, which
is In Chouteau county, to the Cana:
dian line, which has not been filed
upon But there are hundreds OF
thousands of acres, u~nsurveyed, which
offer the same opportunities as dc
the lands which have been taken.
This year 1t is hoped to complete the
survey of some Of this area.
In the past that portion of Chou.
teau county tributary to other towns
than Fort Benton has attracted the
larger number Of homeseekers. Blu,
the country tributary to the old towr
offers just ss many opportunities TO,
the new conner ss does any other por'
ton of the county. For years The
county seat has been living to q large
extent on the memory Of the old day,
when 1t was the most active business
center in Montana, and on the glor,
of the latter days when the livestock
industry brought hundreds Of thous
ands OF dollars into its banks and 1T
stores. The spirit which made th'
old town is not dead, and the people
of Fort Benton are just awakening t
their opportunities under the presen
day development. They will take ad
vantage of them, and within q twelv,
month Fort Benton will again be OF
the Montana map in big black letters
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20
Annual Certificate for Pub,,eation

Certtacete Of authority insurance companies
state OF Montana. Office Of State Auditor, In
surance Department, Helena, Montana, April II,
19lO.-Whsreas. the Hamburg Brewer Fire
the empire Of Germany, has died in this ONCE .
sworn statement of its condition on the Thirty.
drst day of December, 1909, in accordance with
the provisions of the Revised Codes of Montan q
panies; and in accordance with the provisions Of
ea1d codes % amended, relating only to life in.
eufAnce companies. and whereas, said statement
SHOWS that said insurance company has com.
Piled with the laws Of this state relating to in.
therefore,, In pursuance Of law, I, 81. R. Gun
n1ngham. state auditor and Commissioner of in.
surance. ex-oficio. do hereby certify that said
ine9rance company Il authorized to transact the
business OF nre insurance in this state, BY agents
properly appointed. z: required BY law, until
sooner revoked BY competent authority Of law.
! further certify that the statement shows:
states deposit Of said com.
..pany, Dec. 81, 1909, to be.....4 2o5, 600 90
I'd. The aggregate amount of the
assets of said company, Dec.
Sd. The aggregate amount Of iisbii: ~
-. tiles Of said company to be-. 1885, ss Sc
company for the year 1909 to
sth. Tho aggregate expenditures Of ~
said company Tor the year
9Th. Net suspi1:-e1ciu:ive Of cspi: '''S''0 90 ~
9TH. Surplus as regards policy hold: ~ ~
In testimony whereof. / have hereuntso SUB.
ecri6ed ny name and affixed the seal of my office
tn es s:y above wr5 M' 4. c,1Nn,nauAv
State Auditor and Commissioners Of insurance.
Ex.Ofacio.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20
%FRiGHTFUL WASTE OF WAR.

1t is an anomaly that we are q ma.
ton peacefully disposed and at peace
with the rest of the world, but that we
spend 80 much for war. Our position
with respect to geography. u tradi'
tions, u purposes are such that we
are not in rick of the complications
which compel most of the world pow.
ers to maintain vast armies and be
always in militant form.
Yet the astonishing fact In .connec.
ton with the extrav agsnt admins.
trstion of national aff airs is that in
every ten dollars thus spent W 60
for wars that have been fought or
wars that are to come. Figures which
are official are used by the New York
World to substantiate this statement:
"Americans have long been accus.
toned to commiserste the nations OF
Europe which are grooming under
heavy srmaments; yet there is no ma.
ton in Europe which pays 80 heavily
for war as we do"
For the current year sppropri ations
directly representing al costs are
S430. 600. 900; and were all the items
carefully figured in, that figure would
be hardly less than q plump $500, 600,
600. This is double the amount Of
money that was required as recently
as the time when Grover Cleveland
became president wherewith to pay
every dollar of the running expense:
of government, with the cost for every
department figured in.
In the item of war costs-and w
without a standing army of account
''neither Great Britain, with its fleets
on every sea and it's camps echoine
their drum be ats around the world,
nor France and Germany, with every
able-bodied man a soldier, can show
such prodigality. ''-Anaconda Stan.
dard,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20
REGULATE FREIGHT RATES,
Senator Dixon Proposes Amendment
To Railroad Bill.

WASHINGTON, April IL. - The
amendment 20 the railroad bill, in.
troduced by Senator Dixon of Mon
tana, relating to the long and short
haul clause, whose purpose it is to
prevent discrimin alton in freight
rates to Montana and other western
points, has the support of many of
the western senator's, and there is q
belief 1t will be adopted. Senator
Aldrich suggested when it was intro
duced that hearings be held immed.
lately on the amendment. It is ex-
pected that Washington state shippers
and others from Montana will be sum.
moned to appear.
Senator LaFollette today took the
senate floor for the purpose of max.
ing his long promised speech oppos-
ing the administration railroad bill.
The speech was IN arraignment of the
department Of justice and his remarks
we're largely devoted to the provisions
Of the bill authorizing the acquisition
Of the stock Of n company by an.
other. He used the merger of the
Boston & Maine company with the
New York, New Haven & Hartford as
the basis OF his accus atoms.
Asserting that Massachusetts had
found its master In the New haven
company, Mr.. LaFollette entered upon
Q detailed statement of the steps by
which the company had acquired con.
troll of the Boston & Maine, a rival
line, in def lance OF the antitrust law
and in opposition to the wishes of the
people OF Mass achusetts where most
OF the state proceedings we're con.
Quoted,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20
Assembled Mount Mckinley.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 12.-The
Fairbanks expedition to Mount Nc.
Kinley, the tallest peak In North Am.
erica, reached the summit April 3,
after o climb OF one month from the
base. No traces of DR.. Frederick A.
Cooks alleged ascent we're found.
Four camps were established during
the ascent and a trail was blazed all
the way to the crest. Up to $4,000 feet
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20

This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and the
most liberal treatment consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct on all principal American and
European cities, and issues Its own
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. The
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20

amount had been reduced to ~, 900, 229
acres, and al this time some of the
offices are. so behind in the work
that the department at Washington
has been asked to increase the Office
forces.
Montana is the only state that has
large areas of farm lands open for
settlement. In other states the desira-
bile arabic lands have nearly all been
taken, but there are millions of acres
that will give rich yields to those who
will till them. We have $4,000, 600
acres within our borders. OF these
3 1000, 600 acres are arabic. Is, 900. 00O
acres being suited to dry farming and
II 1000, 900 acres susceptible to irriga-
tion.
What Montana land is capable OF
producing may be estimated from
what the small quantity OF land in
cultivation has produced. For the
10.year period ending in 1907, 10 the
average yield of wheat and in the
farm value of the crops per acre,
Montana led the average of the Unit.
ed States about 100 per cent; in oats
q greater percentage, and in barley,
rye, hay and potatoes Montana's gu.
periority was likewise shown.
On many occasions the superior
quality of Montana farm products has
been proved. As long ago as 1893
awards to Montana exhibits were
made at the Chicago worlds fair for
apples, laxseed, oats, barley, -four,
wheat and hay. At the St. Louis ex-
position in 1904 the awards for agri.
cultural exhibits from Montana were
SO gold medals, 81 silver medals and
So bronze med ais. At the Port
land exposition in 1905 in the agricul.
tural exhibit the awards to Montana
numbered 81 gold medals, Is silver
med ais and two bronze medals. At
the dry farming congress at Cheyenne,
Wyo., in 1908, Montana exhibitors
carried away most of the prizes.
Montana apples won prizes at the
national apple show at Spokane,
Wash., in 1903. For the best brewing
barley grown in the United States the
Pabst cup was awarded to the exhibi,
made by the Manhattan Mailing com.
pany Of Gallatin county, at the nation.
al irrigation congress held at Salt
Lake city.
Montana's triumphs have been re.
peated in 1909. At the national apple
show in Spokane, Bitter Root Valley
residents won first prizes for McIn-
tosh Red apples and for apple butter,
AT the dry farming congress Wallis
Scott OF Eureka, Mont, was awarded
the cup for the best exhibit of turkey
red wheat grown in Washington, Ore.
gon, or Montana, and Lohr brothers
of Tampico won the cup for the bes,
display OF alfalfa seed grown in these
states.
Still more notable was the success:
of Montana exhibitors at the third
national corr exposition at ON aha,
Neb., in December last. In the sweep
stakes for wheat grown in the western
part of the United States the frs,
prize vas won by Gus Siegling of Ar
mington, Cascade county. In the
sweepstakes open to the world, H. F
Albrecht OF Kalispell won first prize
for the best sheaf of field peas; B. F
Booker of Helena, first on marrowfa'
peas, and Gus Siegling for best peel
of navy beans. Numerous other priz
es went to Montana exhibitors.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20

the climbing did not present unusual
difficulties. For the next 1000 feet the
way led over a steep ice field which at
first seemed to forbid further progress,
but, upon explor alton, 1t was found
possible to locate q path. The final
dash TO the top was made from the
16, O00-foot camp D.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20
"Prints All the NeWs."

II any reader of the RIVER PRESS
considers it worthy of recommendation
10 friends, the favor will be very high
ly appreciated by its publishers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20
l. B. LONG & co.,
Opposite Park Aotel,
Great Falls, Nor.

Our speciality is buying sheer
on orders for our customers. Il
you have any for sale for de!;>.
cry in the spring, or after shear.
ing, write US giving description,
and price.
W. make no charges.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20
Conrad Banking
COMPANY,
GREAT FALLS MONT
(Unincorporatsd.)
PAID UP CAPITAL...........S lOO.O 900
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY 600. 900

W. G. CONRAD, Pres.
JAMES T. STANFORD,
Vice.Pres. and Manager.
A. E. SCHWINGEL,
Cashier.
OMAR j. MALCOLM,
Asst. Cashier.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-20

Local Securities 4 Speciality.
Interest Allowed on Time Deposits.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-19
TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA:

Il hereby announce my candidacy
for the office of state treasurer, sub
ject to the white democratic primary
of 1910, to be held on a date to be
selected by the state democratic exec
utive committee.
I'm making this announcement [ feel
that it is appropriate for me to say
that my service for seven years IN
both branches of the Georgia legisla-
ture, during which time many of the
present laws relating to banks and
banking were enacted, and my service
at the same time on the house COM
mittee ON banks and banking, by
which these laws were considered has
given me clear insight into the Geor-
gia laws concerning banking and fl
nance
''In addition to the foregoing expe-
rience, | have been. for fifteen years,
president of the Elberton Loan and
Savings Bank, in which capacity | may
say | have gained wide political ex-
perience concerning the operation of
these laws; and, as a result of which
am in position to recommend certain
improvements in the present laws
which will better safeguard the inter-
asts of the depositors in Georgias
state banks.
IF elected to this important posi-
ton, | shall give my every effort to
the faithful discharge of its duties, to
assist me in which | shall secure the
services of trained, expert and capa-
BILE assistants.
II respectfully request the favorable
cons ;dnrati0n Of tha Democratic v0t.
ers of the state.
"PEYTON M. HALVES.
"Elberton, Ga, May Z, 1910"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-19
Leslie.

(From Our Regular Correspondent
Leslie, Ca, Aug. 17-At tie home of
Mr.. f. P. James Friday night, the Bar
acas entertained the PhiIatbeas in a
very charming manner. The porches
were decorated with vines, ferns, etc,
while Japanese lanterns liglced the
whole place. A very Interesting pro-
gram was rendered, after which delic-
iou8 ices and cakes were served in the
hall by Rosa Sims and Dennis Cock.
Messrs. Grady Harris and Eugene
Wise were in our town Sunday, com
ing up from Warwick.
Mr.. j. c. Amason made a trip to
Cordele Monday.
Mr.. Willie Jordan and his sister,
Mamie Belle, of Leary, are spending
this week with Miss Maggie Harvey.
Miss Nellie Hines will return home
tomorrow, after spending several
weeks near Sasser.
Miss Mary Carter left Saturday for
Vidalia, where she Will spend some
time with friends
Frank Wilson is attending the house
party given by Miss AIusa Ucry, near
Smithville.
Messrs. George and John Hammond,
and Misses Market, Rubye Griffin ara
Matte Griffin, Of Leary. spent Sunday
afternoon with Miss Maggie Harvey
Mr.. Will Wilson and Miss Matte
Wilson spent Sunday with Miss Zera
Cock, near Cobb.
Miss Lille Childs. of Jackson, is the
guest of Misses Leola and Jessie RI
new.
Mr.. Tom Amason, of Atlanta, spent
Monday witch his brother, Mr.. ]. J..
Amason.
Mr.. Ruben Clifton, of sasser, spent
part Of this week with his sister, Mrs.
F. TT. Tines.
Mr. II. P. Harvey, of near Americas,
is visiting his sons. Luscius and John
Harvey.
Mrs. L H. Harvey is visiting Tela-
tives near Americas this week.
Messrs. While Jordan. Walter John
son and Misses Ruth Wilson and Mag
gle Harvey attended the ball game IL
Americas Monday.
Miss Lounie LaramOTe, who has
spent a portion of the summer in Al
lanta, will return home this week.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-19

0LORJtA-Sumter County.
t-es and by virtue of an order
a1'+l by the Court Of Ordinary Of
sumter County, Ga, viii be sold before
.-s e9lF, house door in Americas, Ga,
= -'e highest bidder, within the Legal
-..s o.. sale on the first Tuesday in
1+Z. September:
-9- of land No. 22O, POP 10 acres,
W. r less, west Lalf of Lot No.
~. --l, lol IA acres, more or less,
~ ~ '1s New 18th District. Known as
,s W, 7. 2icMath Place, near Shiloh
g-l'ol In Sumter, County. Sold as the
Ir. OF the Estate of w. T. Nc
5 ,-1.~ deceased. To be sold for distri-
'1 among tie heirs. 4-4t-pd
Z. ]. McMATH,
A-Aaa .strator of w. T. McMatE
Deceased.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-19
Sabattus, Maine.
tn Ike Lydia E. PHI

my name in your testimonials. Mrs.
Ii. W MITCHELL, Box 3, Sabattus, Me.
Another Woman Helped.
Graniteyille, vt, 81 was passing
throughthe Change of Life andsuffered
from nervousness and other annoying
symptoms. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege,
table Compound restoredmy health and
strength, and proved worth mountains
OF gold to me. For the sake of other
suffering women | am willing YOU
should publish my letter" - Mrs.
CHARLES BARCLAY, RED, Granite
vile, Vt.
Women who are passing through
this critical period or who are suffer
ing from any of those distressing ills
peculiar to their sex should not lose
sight Of the fact that for thirty years
Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, which is made from roots and
herbs, has been the standard remedy
for female ills. In almost every com.
munity you will find women who
have been restored to health by Lydia
Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-19
APATHY OF CHURCHES
CAUSE OF Nl.BEtR
If They Woke Up Would
Run 1t Out of State.
Especial to Times-Recorder9

Atlanta, Ga, August 17-With the
decision not to make any changes in
the prohibition law at the recent SEES
sion of the legislature and the deter
mina~ion to keep the prohibition ques-
ton out of the present gubernatorial
campaign considerable speculation is
rife as to the operation of the prohi-
b1tion law in Georgia.
1t is quite apparent, according to
those who have made close study
Of the situation, that prohibition in
should not be taken to mean that the
law is not violated, for such laws
would not be necessary were there no
violations. but the prohibition leaders
mean to declare that the prohibition
law is 8 s we'll enforced as other Grim
inal statutes, and when men violate
the law and are apprehended, with
evidence Of guilt, they are usually con-
victed.
prohibition must naturally be
judged by results, and will stand Or
fall according to whether they he good
or evil" declared J. B. Richards, se,.-
rotary of the Georgia Anti-Saloon
League today. Our people are pro-
verbally progressive and practical, :"
he continued. IF prohibition in the
various counties adopting it during
THE past thirty years has not given
them a better civilization a nobler
manhood and Womanhood, it would
have been repudiated long ago. AS it
has been With great majority of the
counties, so it is working as a state
wide measure.
Mr.. Richards says he has talked 20
and las received letters from business
men and court officials in various sec
lions of the state some of whom were
opposed to the passage of the prohibi-
ton law, who say that pN)hibition has
been a great blessing to Georgia anl
that they would not for any consider
alton go back to the old saloon sys-
TEN.
Speaking of the church and the Anti
Saloon League, DR.. A. r. Holderty
says:
There would be no such condition
in Georgia as we have in the so, jailed
'Near-Beer problem, but for the apa-
thy Of the churches. The churches
are simply winking at the evil, ana
they alone are responsible for itrs
gross and palpatle violation of tie
@,&te prohibition law The city coun-
ely of Atlanta could be enjoined from
issuing licenses for the sale of intoxi-
eating beer, when it is now doing if
Th5 chhTches Wctld rise up in their
Gods iven power and demand obedi-
erce to the iaN. But with a lot of
weak-kneed preachers and cowardly
churches, who are afraid of some of
their bloated beer drinkers and money
ed men, we need not hope for Z
change in the situation"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-19
TO AILING WOMEN.
4 Little Sound Advice VIII Help Many
a Sufferer i'm Americas.

No woman can be healthy and we'll
if the kidneys are sick. Poisons THAT
pass off in the secretions when the
kidneys are we'll are retained in the
body when the kidneys are sick. Kid
neys and bladder become inflamed and
swollen and worse troubles quickly
follow This is often the true cause
of bearing down pains, lameness, back
ache, sideache, ETC. Uric acid poison
ing also causes headaches, dizzy spells,
languor, nervousness and rheumatls
pain.
When suffering so, try Doan's Kid
ney Pills, a remedy that cures sick
kidneys. You will get better as the
kidneys get better, and health will
return when the kidneys are we'll. Let
an Americas woman tell about Doan's
Kidney Pills.
Mrs. Allie L. Cobb, 2O5 Mayo ST.,
Amercus Ga, says:
Il suffered from kidney trouble for
l.
lacks of pain in the small of my back
and at times | had headaches and felt
dull and languid. Some time ago /
was advised to try Doan's Kidney
Pills and l procured a box at Dod-
sons Pharmacy. Since using them /
have felt a great deal better. They
relieved me Of the pains in my back
and restored my kidneys to a normal
condition"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan'B-a
take no other.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-19
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.

To the Voters of Sumter County:
At the solicitation of a number of
the good people of Sumter county. /
have decided to enter the race for the
Legislature in the primary of August
23rd. Should | be honored with the
nomination for Representative,
pledge my best efforts toward the
upbuilding of our County,
City and State. My candidacy is an
nounced subject to the rules of the
Democratic primary
CALVIN CARTER.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-19
JOHN w. BENNETT
FIRST SUGGESTED LAW
He and Judge Cobb Originated Con.
Victs-On- Road Plan.
(Athens Banner.)

Candidate Fielder for the office of at
torney general and Ex-Governor Smith
are both claiming the credit for being
Instrumental in the passage of the
measure abolishing the convict lease
system and putting the convicts 10
work on the roads, and for being the
original advocates of this measure.
Long before either of these gentle
men were in public life, Hon. John w.
Bennett, of Waycross, and Judge A. j.
Cobb, of this city, advocated the work
ing of the convicts on the public roads.
In 1890, Mr. Bennett was a member
of the legislature from Ware county.
and through his fertile brain the plan
for working conyicts on the public
roads was conceived. He Immediately
wrote to Judge Cobb, of this city, and
made known to him his plans for bet
tering the roads and conditions in the
state. Judge Cobb realized the i'm
portance of the proposition and mes
with Mr.. Bennett in Atlanta, and these
gentlemen drew up bill providing for
the abolition of the lease system ana
putting the convicts to work on the
roads.
The measure created much interest
at the time and it was ably presented
to the legislature by Mr.. Bennett, but
the time was not ripe, and the bill met
with defeat, but the action of the leg
islature in 1908 proves the wise fore
thought OF Messrs. Bennett and Cobb,
and should the legislature have passed
this bill, the roads in Georgia now
would be the best in the south
AS the originators of this great
movement, Messrs. Bennett and COBB
are entitled to the credit.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-19
THIS LITTLE PIG
CLIMBED A TREE

New York, August 1S.-John Kane,
of Bloomfield, S. T., has a seven months
old pig that climbs a tree. 1t is true
the tree is bent over, but it is a
stiff climb at that
Kane called his neighbors to see the
pig up tree the first time he found
him there, so that he might retain his
reputation for veracity.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-19
Tor Letters Of nismisSion.

GEORGTA-Sumter County
Whereas. Mrs. Josephine Johnson,
Administrative of Henry r. Johnson,
represents to the Court in her petition,
duly filed and entered On record, that
sic has fully administered Henry x.
Ju1u5ou's estate: This is therefore 10
cite ali persons concerned, kindred
and creditors. to show cause, if any
they can. why said Administrative
should not he DISCHARGED from her adj
mntsraton, and receive letters of
dismission on the first Monday in Sep
TENDER 1910. nd
AT JOHN A. COBB. Ordinary.