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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-12-21
Serial No, O5S95. Non Coal Land.
Notice for Observation-Disclosures Tract

United States Land Office at Great Falls, Mon,
tana, December 10, 1910.
m n'mIssi ~ neseTy ~, Even ao .ms., az s u,de exec p yynd dne
provisions of Act of Congress approved June 81,
1906 (34 Stats, 5i7), We will offer at public sale,
to the highest bidder, ut II O'Clock q. M, on the
following described land: VIZ NWL section II,
township 81 north, range : east, Montana meri,
dian.
Any persons claiming adversely the above de.
scribed lands are advised to Ale their claims Of
objections on or before the time designated fol
sale. e. l.. BARNES, Register.
G.. A. WTIsON. Receiver.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-12-21
Notice Of School Indemnity Selection
Non Coal Land.
Serial No, O1S354.

Non Coal Land.
Serial No. OlS354.
United States Land Office, Great Falls, Mon
tana, November 23, 1910.
Notice IL hereby given that the State of Mon
tana. on April IS, 1910, applied for SWk SEA
section ~. M NWA, WV. EK, SEA SEA
Montana meridian, and filed in this office q liet
OF school indemnify selections in which it &C.
lected eaid land, and that said list is open to the
public for inspection.
any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described Ian, or any legal subdivision
thereof, or claiming the same 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 elaine, or afldsvits
of protest or consent in this office
e. L. BARNES, Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-12-21

heavy load and travel for long dis
tances without getting very tired.
How would you like to have Santa
Claus put in your stocking-oh, dear.
no, that's not large enough-put down
alongside the fireplace a nice big, fat
wart hog or wild boar for one Of your
Christmas presents? Ugh! Well, |
don't blame you for feeling that way,
but all the same there is such a thing
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-12-21

ago-long before the present civiliza
ton got the upper hand in that island.
But perhaps a sled would suit you
better than a wild pig? Very we'll.
this Christmas your Uncle Bob won't
try to find you a pig broken to the
bride. but will see II he can't make
Santa Claus bring you a sled for
Christmas. Sometimes a sled runs
away and throws you, but 1t never
bites.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-12-21
REAL ESTATE
City property and Ranches
bought and sold on commission.

We have some desirable City prop
erty, improved and unimproved, listed
for sale.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-12-21

c. W. MORRISON. Fort Benton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-27

From the Metropolitan Magazine.
 Of all the great conductors that nave led our orchestras, Walter Damrosch comes nearer to being a native-porn American than any other. He came to this country at the age of g. When he was only 2S years old he succeeded his father as director of the New York sym phony society, and this spring he is cele- brating his twenty-ffth anniversary of that partnership. During all these years the New York Symphony society has more than held it's own in the company or many highly subsidized musical organiza- tions. like the Boston symphony, the Thomas orchestra of Chicago and the Philharmonic of New York. The very multitude of orchestral concerts now given in New York is tribute to Walter Darn- rosch, who for years was almost alone In keeping alive the taste for good orches- tral music in the metropolis. Opinions may differ as regards his exact standing in the company of great leaders, but there can be no doubt on the score of his nut sieal enthusiasm and sincerity. Like the late Theodore Thomas. the, greatest con ductor of our time, Damrosch combines devotion to Beethoven with keen scent for novelty. Brahms Tchaikowsky, Rich ard Strauss, Debussy, were in turn almost unknown quantities in America when Damrosch became an exponent of their works. Never was there a greater ec- lectic.
 No one takes more delight in bringing good music within the reach of the masses Recently he gave up two entire summers to playing at Ravinia Park, on the shores of Lake Michigan where any one, by paying 25 cents, could enjoy Wag- ner or Tchaiskowsky in the pine woods. He is quite young enough to see the fruits of his endeavors in years to come, when music in America will no longer be the prerogative of the rich.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-27

corning them in an effort to destroy their influence with the people. It is thor oughly desperate and unprincip1ed, and neither character nor life itself is sacred in it's eyes
 This stuff reads like some of the left over literature of the Alabama amend ment eampaign-the campaign in which Colonel Mallory took an earnest and ac- tive part.
 "It is a notorious fact that the prohi- bition laws of Alabama are openly vio- lated. But it does not follow that police men and eouncilmen and judges on the bench have been bought by the Demon Ruin.' The fact is, and the fact can be traced to a very old principle, that where public sentiment is not in favor of stump tuary legislation laws, such as these re- ferred to, are never well enforced Every man in large cities would have to be policeman and a severely honest one at that in order to enforce the Fuller act.
 "As to what the liquor traffic monster does in buying up this and that I am ignorant. But it might with as good req son be said that all the bank presidents and all the corporation presidents and all the lawyers who were opposed 10 prohibition were bought up. It is just such incorporate talk as the Anti-Saloon league gives out that disgusts conserva- tive men. The prohibition wave has petered out and the Anti-Saloon league is largely responsible for it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-27
Replantlng The Duty Of The Hour

The cold wave that plunged from the
 Great Lakes to the Gulf was not quits cold enough to injure fruit sheltered by an ample cover of leaves spread by na- ture herself. A telegram from Macon, Ga, says that no damage had up to Monday night been done in the peach orchards Of that state, and the hope is that the frosts of Monday night cid not assail the young fruit in it's leafy shell ters.
 The vegetable gardens and the corn and cotton fields are the real scenes of the frosts destructive work The season. however, is young yet, and all these can be replanted, and if energy be applied to this need of the hour no great discrep- ancy will appear next fall in the va ricus out-turns.
 The cost of replanting is in the aggre- gate heavy item, but such things must be met now and then even in Alabama. One-thrd of the cotton must be replant- ed. or possibly 100000 acres. This alone means an expense well up to s2O,OOOo 900, and perhaps s1ooO0, ,oo0 more must be add ed to cover the expense of replanting corn and vegetables. These are large figures, but they apply to ten, possibly thirteen, states, and the average loss to a state is thus reduced to s2,5oo,o0o. or 
 Great as this loss is, it can be re- to some extent by great deal of hard work expended in replanting, and this is the duty now at hand in all parts of the cotton belt. The south expects every man to do his duty in this emer- gency.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-27
Republican Victory h France

The government of Premier Briand has won an expression of approval from the French electors. It will be sustained by a majority in the new house of deputies just about as large as the one it com expired The republican bloc or the Left will have a clear majority over all con- servatives and all socialists. The losses, if any, are slight.
 The third republic has won the ap- prevail of the French people, and the monarchists have no more chance of se- curing a majority than have the repu- diated imperialists. The only chance that either has to gain seats in the chamber O. deputies is to pose as a friend of the church Some members of the clerical party have gained seats, but no imperial ist as such and few monarchsts. The monarchial principle will soon be dead in France.
 It is strange indeed that the monarchial institution should die out in France, while just across a narrow channel in England it is perhaps stronger than it ever has been. Even Premier Asquitb, who is radical and an iconoclast, up- holds hereditary succession and the rights of the crown. The King in England has no veto, however, and it is by no means certain that the monarehial principle will survive even in England. France and the United States are pulling the other way, and Englishmen may yet change their cherished views.
 The republican system handles the French budgets with more ease and sat isfaction than the monarchists have been able to do in England, and altogether the French republicans are making good, and even the extremists in that country work out their theories without destroy ing public order or undermining the in- tel ests of any class in the social organ ization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-27
Federal Election Publicity

The McCalla publicity bill went through the House, and only one vote was re- corded against it. It has yet to go to the Senate, body well-equipped with cold storage facilities and asphyxiation methods. It is by no means a law.
 As the bill passed the House, treas prers of national committees and con- gressional district committees must file in the office of the clerk of the House itemized accounts of all gifts in excess of slO, which they have received for the party treasury, and these accounts must he filed at least ten days before an cleo ton. No doubt politicians will be able to adopt devices that will to some extent neutralize the provisions of the bill, but the bill will, if it becomes law, pull to- ward purer politics. Nothing goes so far in that direction as publicity.
 President Taft stands pledged to the support of the Mccall bill, and possibly public sentiment will compel the mem- bers of the upper house to permit it to go through, however much they may dis like it. The friends of the bill are work ing persistently to carry it through the Senate, but congratulations are not in order until the bill goes to the President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-27
Incomes of Modern Authors

Those best acquainted with the earn ings of Mark Twain say that they ex- ceeded s1,000,0O0. and that the great hu- norist really died a millionaire What a change this is from the days of Oliver of the worlds greatest dramatist! At the best Shakespeare did not leave an estate worth over $5O,Ooo, and he was a greatest writer.
 Mark Twain's books have long outrun the newest and best-six sellers. They Aespise sham and hypocrisy and appre- ciate that union of humor and imagina- ton which we for want of better word call genius. It is to the worlds credit that 1t paid the dead author we'll for the work he did. It did not pay him one cent too much.
 This is an age that does not hesitate to pay writer well. '"The Great Di- vide" written by a college professor. has brought that professor a fortune. and all have heard of the dollar per word that the faunal naturalist secures for all he writes for magazines. His forthcoming
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-27

book on his sojonrn in the jungle may constitute a new record in literary earn ings.
 Authors starved three hundred years ago, but authors of today who meet the public taste are not starving by any means. Mark Twain, as all were glad to hear, died in affluence surrounded by every comfort and convenience that money could muster The world is grow ing wiser and more just. It furnishes more readers, in short, to the acre.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-27
Governor Hughes On The Supreme Bench

Governor Hughes is a man of high ca pacity and unquestioned individual in tegrity but he is not a man who will ever line up with Justice Harlan in the su- preme court against high-handed privi- lege and in favor of the rights of the many. For in nearly all such questions law and law reasons can be found for uss on both sides, and the decision goes ac- cording to the bias of the judge who frames an opinion.
 Governor Hughes is friend of honesty in public affairs and he stands for direct primaries. Yet whenever a question has cropped out that involved corporations or men of great wealth he has invariably supported the rich. He, more than any one else, prevented the ratification of the Income tax amendment. He vetoed the s-cent railroad fare bill, although the New York Central has charged but cents n mile for 50 years. He is a warm friend and admirer of John D. Rockefeller. and no doubt in the great court he will be found among the staunchest supporters of corporate monopoly and privilege in all of its various forms. 'I am very much delighted" says President Taft, Ito se- cure Governor Hughes for the bench" This from the man who says the Aldrich tariff is the best one ever devised is nat ural and Governor Hughes no doubt in- dorses the Presidents views on the tariff. eept pounds avoirdupois.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-27
The Ohio Valley Exposition

Said the representative of one of the extensive railroad lines entering Birming- ham: "The Ohio Valley exposition to be held in Cincinnati during the autumn of this year will attract the people of the west and south. From an Alabama point of view it will be of great importance. The fact is, the entire south should be well represented in exhibits
 Textile manufacturers of the south are showing a decided interest in the coming exposition This exposition is designed to exploit the products, resources and in- lustries of the Ohio valley and the en- tire south. There is a conviction among the textile manufacturers that their goods have not been sufficiently exploited in this section during the past-that the Ohio valley goes much farther and does not fare as well in securing textiles as it might do if it took advantage of the industries lying practically at it's doors. For that reason the southern textile man. ufacturers are anxious to make an ex- traordinary display of their products which in every way at least equal those of other sections of the country farther removed from the Ohio valley. The dis play of textiles from the south will be se- lected by a special committee represent ing the various railroads of the south and made up of experts who will take every opportunity of making this feature one that will be a credit to the textile indus try of America in general and the south ern manufacturers in particular"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-27
TRAPPERs' HARDsHIPS
the Washington Herald.

From the Washington Herald.
 "Outside of battling with weather con- ditions, the serious troubles encountered by Maine fur trappers are snow blindness and influenza" said Benjamin G. Flood of Boston. who was seen at the Arling- ton. MT. Flood is engaged in the fur bus mess and is an expert trapper.
 When one becomes snow blind from long trampng above scaled and glaring drifts, and the outside world is made up of alternating bars of flame and dark ness, the sufferer whittles two broad discs of tough spruce wood until they are thin. cuts a transverse slit in it to fit directly over the line of vision, and goes until he recovers perhaps assisting na- ture to some extent by bathing his in- famed eyes in a decoction of witch-hazel bark secured from bushes which grow beside the camp.
 For Influenza, or grip, the trapper en- ploys the old Indian remedy. It consists of digging a circular hole in the snow, fencing it about with stout sticks. stood on end, filling the sides of the hole with heated stones, throwing the camp blanket above the sticks, wetting down the hot stones in cold water and. finally, getting inside and remaining until almost par- boiled. The patient also drinks quarts of strong and hot hemlock tea, and if that fails. tries arborvitae or cedar tea, that Is even stronger.
 Tn case all cures fai,' added Mr Flood. 'as is not infrequently the case. the victim dies in his blanketed bunk, and often remains there for a year or longer for the wild squirrels to snicker at and for some proving woods wanderer 10 find and bury with homely tenderness, taking the store of furs in payment for the obseques. It Is estimated that 15 per cent of the solitary trappers perish in the woods every winter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-27
THE SPHINX

From Innocents Abroad.
 At last it was before me The great face was so sad; so earnest so longing; so patient There was & dignity not of earth in it's mien, and on its eountenanee benignity such as never anything hu- man wore. It was stone but it seemed sentient. If ever image of stone thought, it was thinking. It was looking out over lines of century waves, which, farther and farther receding, blended at last into one unbroken tide away toward the hori- zon of remote antiquity It was thinking of the wars of departed ages; of the em- pires it had seen created and destroyed; of the nations whose birth it had wit messed, whose progress it had watched, whose annihilation 1t had noted-of the life and death, the joy and sorrow, the grandeur and decay of 5000 slow, revolv- ing years. It was a type of an attribute of man; 1t was memory, restrospection, wrought into visible. tangible form All who know what pathos there is in mem- ory of years that are accomplished and faces that have vanished, albeit only a few short years agone, will have some appreciation of the pathos that turks in those grave eyes that have looked so steadfastly back upon the things that were and forms that moved in a vague era that poetry and romance sarce know of and passed one by one away, and left the stony dreamer solitary and alone in the midst of a strange new age and un- comprehended scenes
 The spinx is grand in it's loneliness it is imposing in it's manitude; it is i'm pressive in the mystery that hangs over it's story And there is that in the over shadowng majesty of this eternal figure of stone with it's accusing memory of the deeds of all ages, that makes one to know something of what he shall feel when he shall stand at last in the awful presence of God.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-27
CARNEGIE TALKS TOO MUCH

iOil lcSllc $.
 That all retired millionaires do not talk so freely as MT. Carnegie is cause for congratulation. In an after-dinner speech before the Los Angeles Chamber of Com merce, he said; Let men make all the money they can in their lifetime, but when they die let the state take half of it. That is a pretty good dividend' No one will dispute the last sentence except the socialist, who would say that bet ter dividend would be the whole thing And if it be granted as we are quite un- ready to do, that the state possesses the right to take one-half of a mans estate when he dies, it equally has the right to extend the portion oto three-fourths and eventually to the whole. In dealing with a fortune the size df the one which MT. Carnegie still possesses in spite of his ambition to die poor, 1t is quite certain that the socialists would not be satisfied until they had divided among themselves the entire estate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-27
PARTY LOYALTY From the Baldwin Times.

Emmet O'Neal of Florence did not sub- scribe to the wisdom of the declaration by democratic convention in 1896 that de- manded free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the ratio of Is to 1 without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation.
 He subordinated his views and voted for the candidates nominated upon that platform.
 H. S. D. Mallory of Selma did not sub- scribe to the wisdom of democratic convention in 1906, and he brought on an expensive and disastrous special election to overthrow the will of the party.
 In that case, which of the two men was loyal?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-27
IN HOTEL LOBBTES.
Professor Grambs, ofYer

T was much impressed with Professor Grambs announcement in Mondays Age Herald, in which he rendered his services for benefit for the Mulga relief fund, said Manager B. B. Burton of the Cable Piano company.
 A benefit concert for the sufferers of the Muga mine disaster should be liber- ally attended, and as it is to be a benefit performance good admission should be charged.
 "The Cable hall is at the disposal of Professor Grambs and the Oratorio so- eiety, both for rehearsals and the per formance. We are only too glad to lend this small aid to so worthy a cause
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-27
Ne.roes and the Comet

If you think the Ethiopian race is not getting frightened over the approach of the comet, just talk to a few of them,' said Oscar Cooper of AYondale T was at two large construction camps during the past week each of which works over 100 negroes. Every negro in both camps is preparing to die on the 18th of next month Most of them are getting good while occasionally one may be found who has it figured out that he has less than month to live and that he had better do all the devlment he can in the mean time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-27
MOTHER O. MINE
BY Kipling

By kfpling. "If were hanged on the highest hill, Mother O mine, o mother O mine; I know whose love would follow me
 still,
 Mother O mine, o mother O mine. 'If I were drowned in the deepest sea, Mother O mine, O mother O mine. I know whose tears would come down
 to me, If I were damned of body and soul Mother O. mine. O mother O mine; I know whose prayers would make me
 whole,
 Mother O mine, o mother O mine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-27
THE STIFF PART.

''The judge gave Townson Bowers a stiff sentence"
 Why, it was only 10 days in jail?''
 "I know; but the judge recommended that the first day be spent in strait jacket
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-27
TIP FOR MALLORY

From the Sheffield Standard.
 Mir Mallory ought to call down those overzealous champions of his cause who are running the Masonic. and Baptist church racket in his behalf. Neither the Masonic lodge nor the church sanctions such methods, nor do we believe they have MT. Mallorys approval.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-27
THE APPLETON HEN

THE APPLETON HEN Mrs. Lysander John Appleton is very stubborn woman and always has her way with her family: they appreciate the folly of struggling and promptly give in But hen hasn't as much sense as a hu- man, and hen that wants to set has no sense at all. That is why there Is excitement in the Appleton part of town. Mrs. Apple ton has hen that wants to set and she won't let it. The insurgents. the errand of Clifford Pinchot abroad, war with Ja- pan, what T. R. intends to do, etc., are all wiped out of mind by the interest in the contest between Mrs. Lysander John Appleton and her hen. The latest bulletin issued by the neighbors is that I.ysander John was seen sneaking some corn to the hen. Evidently he wants to show where his sympathy lies and to give to the hen strength for the coming fray.-Atchison Globe.
 MISER. Although his back is bent with age And dirty is his collar, He's faithful to his early love,
 The lady on dollar.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 The best example some people can be is by keeping out of sight.
 A man ca noverdraw his wifes patience worse than his bank account.
 Little children are so naturally honest that 1t fools the life out or grown-ups
 It's better to be an ass and enjoy If. than wiseacre> and be wretched over it. The reason a man can make so much love to a girl is he doesn't dream she is making him do it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-27
so FETCHING

A dainty maid with ankles trim
 And morning smile bewitching, Who slyly shows A glimpse of hose
 lnwrought with fancy stitching, Wlll make mere men forget to smoke.
 Forget to scheme for dollars And twist their necks Till one suspects
 They've overstrained their collarsl