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PASSENGER CONDUCTORS
 TO BE RE-INSTALLED

San Berrardino, Cal, Jan 21. That various passenger con ductOrs on the Santa Fe relieved from duty over three years ago as the result of the clean up by secret service operatives in the employ of the railroad are to be vlndlcated and placed back on their runs IS the report that leaked out yesterday which is said by various members of the Order of Railway Conductors, to which organization the dis charged men belong, to be au- thentic.
 Local Santa Fe officials, how ever, deny knowledge of such in- tended acton on the part of the railroad and are inclined to doubt the correctness of the statement.
 Ever since the removal from service of the conductors in ques- tion there have been charges that the "spotters" in various instances reported falsely. Elf forts, however, to prevail upon n l m l CT f,N Etrt- h. men to service have repeatedly failed, despite the fact that most of the men discharged were the best railroad men ofthe division.
 Since the heavy increase of business this winter numerous conductors relieved from duty for responsibility of accidents and other infractions of the rules have been returned to service, and railroad men make no secre of the claim that if some of the other old men discharged on the reports Oi the operatives were hack in the harness everybody would be better off
 Dan Walsh, now with the Salt Lake, it IS said, will be one of the first of the conductors to be placed back on his old run. Walsh was one of the most popular conductors Tn overland service and IS one of the best railroad men ever in the employ of the Santa Fe.
 The railroad men claim abso- lute knowledge that the rein statement is to made but they give no date when it IS to take place.
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INDIAN ALL0TTING
 IS COMPLETED

Indian Allottiug Agent Keep CTS, who has been in Gallup for the past three or four months, and who has been engage1 iu al lotting the lands to the IndilnS in this section nt the country, has finally completed the wCrk assigned him and will take va cation, during which time he wll visit in the east with friends f>r two or three months before cn- gazing in the government ser vice. If, however, they will per init him to remain out that long.
 All the allotting in this section of the country Las been done. cx- cept the Navajo reservation, and it is thought that that will be the next proposition, and that as soon as the work can be ac- complished the rest of the land will be thrown open to settle ment. There is much good land on the reservation and many many good homes could be made there.-Gallup Republican.
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WATER-P0WER MONOPOLY

The process of centralization ot water-power interests will in- evitably coalesce the power com panies of the West, and John Pierpont Morgan will dominate the power industry. The pub- licist who predicted a like con- trol of power sites has been boot ed at as visionary and one who was "seeiu' things" There are in thIs country 1 5, ,O0O, ,OOO horse power in it's water power sites, mostly in the West, and, unless there be vigorous support of the conservation movement, this incOnceivably great National as- set will pass under the control of New York capitalists, without provision for proper regulation.
 Another important topic of discussion is the monopolization ot waterway terminals by the railroads. The country has walked up to the knowledge that the railroads have bought up the terminals on most of the rivers and docks at ocean terminals. It IS now understood that this na- ton, in expending $500, ,OOO. 900 in the next ten years to improve rivers and harbors, may only be handing over tc the railroads the whole system of waterways so improved.
 The solution? Public owner ship of docks. New York is planning the expenditure of S1OO, 900, 1000 for public docks; S30,U0O, ,OOO already provided. Portland, Oregon. hasjust voted a big sum for public docks. s m Francesca has pubic docks and so have -other-cities..- In Europe the movement for public docks has been taken up in in practi- cally every country. Waterway experts consider public docks the sine qua non of freedom from ab-  solute domination of the water ways bv the railroad interests. Pacific Monthly.
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Barbers Organize

The barbers of Winslow, eight in all. joined the Barbefs' union at meeting held Wednesday evening, they afliliating with the union at Globe As a result of this organization, the three shops now here, the Office, the O K and that of A. F. Smith, are union shops, where none but un- ion barbers may be employed.
 Commencing Ian. 30, the price O! d shave vii be advanced to 25 cents and hair cut 50 cents, with minor changes in the prices for tOnics, shampoos and other tonsOrial work.
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GRANTED
 J. N. PEMBERT0N

Governor Sloan has signed the parole of ] N Pemberton, now serving time in the penitentiary His case is of general interest, as he was under a long sentence for the crime of murder and is one in which many are especially inter. ested because he was well known and well liked in northern Arizo- na previous to the commission of the crime. Indeed, his previ- ous good record afforded some warrant for clemency ill itself.
 l. N. Pemberton, better known as Pete Pemberton, was a dep uty sheriff of Navajo county and was regarded as a fearless officer he performing his duty with fidel- ity. On one occasion he was as sisting Sheriff Houck Tn the ar rest of two bad men who gave sistance, and one of them would have killed Sheriff Houck had not fatal bullet sped from the weapon of the deputy. The oth- CT robber was badly wounded and captured by the sheriff and is now serving a term in the pen itentiary.
 That was merely one incident showing the character of man Pemberton was, having ire quently faced his duty under fire and never finching Also he was personally popularin the county and highly regarded by most of his acquaintanees.
 Even those who served on the jury oisliked to bring in the yer dict because of their knowledge of his previous good conduct and his public service, as well as h S pleasing personality, and some who were summoned as jurymen publicly stated that they could not serve on the case out of sym pathy for the accused.
 Strong petitions ln the interest of Pemberton were signed by most of the jurymen who con- victed him and by many of the leading citizens of that county. The good record of the prisoner was testified to by the superin- tendent, as well as his service for the territory since his confne- ment, and the parole was recom- mended by the board of control. The usual terms were made, that PembertOn refrain from liquor, report to the superintendent ev. cry three months and otherwise conduct himself as a good citizen shOuld.-Phoenix Republican.
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ALWAYS ASSURED OF NEW STOCK

Ut pays to advertise in the local paper" said business recently eff for other reason than that he public is assured of purchasing sheworn goods By advertising turn stock more frequently and while charge the cost of advertising expense it really IS not an expense since it pays for itself in addi tona patronage and not compelled to offer customers shefwom goods The public likes to patronze store where the goods new, and ad- vertising combined with fairly intelligent effort on the part of the proprietor and clerks will the GUS against old stock Therefore, to be safe always patronze the store that advertises.
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ASSESSORS FORM
 AN ASSOCIATION

County assessors from eleven of the fourteen counties met at the capitol building at Phoenix last Monday at the suggestion of Auditor George A. Mauk and organized a territorial associa- tion, with J. j. Birdno, of Ora ham county, chairman, and B. A. Cameron, of Flagstaff, secre tary.
 Those present and the counties represented were: T. E. Camp bell, Yavapai; l. J. Birdno, Ora ham; C. " Meedeu, Yuma; R. E. Merritt, Gila; Frank Luke, Mar icopa; T. c. Wells, Pinal; Frank L. Hunt, Mohave, represented by Ross H. Blakely, deputy; Charles R. Howe, Cochise; w. F. Williams, Navajo; A. A. Doh erty, Santa Cruz; B. A. Gamer on, Coconino. C. w. Barnett, assessor of Phoenix, was also an interested visitor. The three missing assessors are J. w. Bo gan, of Pima; Mir. Peralta, oi Apache. and J H. Kirby, Green lee county.
 The object of the association is to equalize the valuation of prop erty throughout the territory, and through the efforts of the association iti believed that tn, work of the assessors of the va rious counties will be greatly ia cilitated.
 Auditor Mauk had wired othei states to send copies of their by laws, so that Arizona would have some thing to pattern af- ter. It is likely that at the con clusion of the meeting the asso ciat1on will pass resolutions sub- hitting to the territorial board of equaliza tion the minutes of it. deliberations and various recOm- mendations along the lines of schedules, valuations and assess ments.-Phoenix Republican.
 The two banks of HolbvOOk the Merchants and Stockgrow- CTS Bank and the Navajo-Apach Bank and Trust Co.,, have en. tered into an agreement whereby their respective institutions will close at noon every Saturday This, we understand, Is done so that Cashiers Cox and Hennrng may have the advantage of q half holiday at the end of each week, which they undoubtedly deserve, and will be greatly ap- preciated by the young bankers
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HOLBROOK CENTER OF AN IMMENSE
 TERRITORY
NAVAJO COUNTY BIGGER THAN
 MANY STATES EAST
Immense Shipments of Wool Sheep and Cattle Show Impor- tance of Great Arizona Dis tributing Point.
(By A. H. Hilton.)


 Rolbrook, Ariz., Jan. 19.-At an elevation of a little over 5, 900 feet above sea level, on the north bank of the Little Colorado river sits the beautiful town of Hol- brook, Arizona. One mile west of town the Rio Puerco joins the Little Colorado. Holbrook is the county seat of Navajo coun- to, one of the largest counties in Arizona and as large as many an eastern state Holbrook might we'll be called the commercial, banking. financial and educa- tional center of Navajo county. It IS one of the best business towns along the Santa Fe coast lines in this territory. An imme- diate forwarding business is be- ing carried on from this point to the towns located south of here Snowflake, St. Johns, Springer vile, Fort Apache and smaller places. Innumerable big sheep and cattle ranches are located north and south and east and west, and for hundreds of miles in every direction the roads ra- Jdiate from Holbrook to all the outlying sections. Mir. Winches- ter of Winchester & Lyon in AL buquerque, took the writer all over town and showed him the water works plant, the court house and other public improve ments, including the three-span suspension bridge over the Little Colorado, which is very necess ary in time of high water.
 At Woodruff, twelve miles dis tant, a dam impounds the water for irrigation purposes during the season from April to Octo Der. Not much water passes HOlbrook in the summer time except the floods from the tor rential rains on the Rio Puerco
 The writer blew into Holbrook "busted," waiting for some re- turns on the belts of 2OOO skunks shipped from Salomonville, Ariz., and the market being poor on this stuff at present, was against 1t until l E Cox, a former Albu- querque boy, run across the hide hunter and cashed his draft on Socorro bank. The latter will be of on the John R. Hulet stage line to Fort Apache long before this is read, so it will take a White mountain Indian scout to locate him for the next two weeks.
 The Cottage hotel in Holbrook is located on Tamrack avenue, north of the railroad, and iscon. ducted by Miss Grace Smith, the patrons of the excellent hostelry being merchants, bankers, stock men and professional men, who sat at the same table like broth CTS. Here the writer met Thor wald Larson, a Scandinavian and lawyer at that, who is quar termastcr agent for the U. $ army and one of the leading at torneys of Navajo county. He being a counnryman of the wri ter, and the latter being also 1T the skin business, we got along excellently and he gave me a let ter to Captain Lodgstreet, com manding officer at Fort Apache
 The writer had the pleasure o meeting another countryman il the person of Rev. Elmer Elm quist of St Haul, Minn., who i' spending the winter with hi mother here.
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Fred Nelson, of St. Johns, was here Tuesday before leaving for Washington, D C., where he will be the guest of his mother and friends for some time. His two sons, who have been attending school at Winslow, accompanied him.
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Notice to Patrons and Public

Beginning with Saturday, Feb ruary 4, 1911, the undersigned banks will close every Saturday at 12 o'clock (noon).
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Arthur Saunders left last week on a surveying trip and will be gone for some time.
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Bud Howell returned Friday from near Sanders, where he was looking after the prospects of sheep.
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Ed Howell left for his ranch Friday. He was joined Satur- day at Pinta by his two daugh- ters, Zelma and Elva, who will return i'll few days.
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Wallace Newman returned to his ranch last week after having spent several days with his fam fly here.
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Burr Porter and Charles A Clark, of Navajo, were in town a few days last week.
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M. '. Johns, of Magdalena, N. M., is visiting his son, o. H. Johns, and family.
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Dr. Geo. P. Sampson left Fri day for the upper country, where he was called to investigate the health of that community.
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Charles Erwin, the 8-months- old baby of Mir. and Mrs. Chas. Gardner, died last Wednesday: It was taken to Snowflake for burial.
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Mrs. A E. Henning, of Pinta, was the guest of her son Lloyd and friends here for a few days last week.
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Sanford Jaques returned to Holbrook, after an extended visit with his parents at Mesa He will spend a few days here in town before leaving for his ranch home.
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The dance given at Wetzler' S hall was greatly enjoyed by all present.
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Mir and Mrs. John Blevons, daughter Lila and little neice, Letha Mckelvey, returned to their home at Flagstaff last Tuesday.
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Preaching services held at the old school house every Sunday morning at Il o'clock. All are cordially invited to attend. E.. w. Elmquist, pastor.
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Mrs. John Murray was the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Buck, last week.
 A meeting of the stockholders and directors of the A. C. M. I. was held last week.
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Local Happenings

M. '. Johns, of Magdalena, N. M., is visiting his son, O. H. Johns, and family.
 Arthur Saunders left last week on a surveying trip and will be gone for some time.
 Ed Howell left for his ranch Friday. He was joined Satur- day at Pinta by his two daugh- ters, Zelma and Elva, who will return in a few days.
 Sanford Jaques returned to HOlbrook, after an extended visit with his parents at Mesa. He will spend a few days here in town before leaving for his ranch home.
 Preaching services held at the old school house every Sunday morning at II o'clock. All are cordially invited to attend. E. w. Elmquist, pastor.
 Mir. and Mrs. John Blevons, daughter Lila and little neice, Letha Nckelvey, returned to their home at Flagstaff last Tuesday.
 The dance given at Wetzler's hall was greatly enjoyed by all present.
 Mrs, A E. Henning, of Pinta, was the guest of her son Lloyd and friends here for a few days last week.
 Fred Nelsony of St. Johns, was here Tuesday before leaving for Washington, D C., where he will be the guest of his mother and friends for some time. His two sons, who have been attending school at WinslOw, accompanied him.
 Charles Erwin, the 8-months- old baby of Mir. and Mrs. Chas. Gardner, died last Wednesday: It was taken to Snowflake for burial
 Wallace Newman returned to his ranch last week after having spent several days with his fam fly here.
 Dr. Geo. P. Sampson left Fri day for the upper country, where he was called to investigate the health of that community.
 Burr Porter and Charles A Clark, of Navajo, were in town a few days last week.
 Bud Howell returned Friday from near Sanders, where he was looking after the prospects of sheep.
 Notice to Patrons and Public
 Beginning with Saturday, Feb ruary 4, 1911, the signed banks will close every Saturday at 12 o'clock (noon(.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-29
You Can Own a Home
Cheaper in Fort Benton

Than in any other town in Northern
Montana. It's the best place to live
in twelve months in the year in the
United States. Fine schools, fine
churches. good people, fine climate.
Surrounding country rich. Ask about
those cheap town lots. Terms easy.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-29
Will Teach Road Building,

BOHEMIAN, Nov. "a practical
school of road building for county
commissioners and county and city
engineers of the state is q plan an.
nounced by Prof. r. D. Kneale of the
department of civil engineering of the
Montana State College OF Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts. The first will be
held June II to II, under the join,
auspices of the college, the Agricul'
tn ral Experiment station, and proba,
bly, with some assistance from certain
firms which furnish materials for use
In road building.
This course is offered at the sugges
ton of the good roads congress which
met at Missoula last summer, and il
is to meet the needs of those who mus,
deal with the question of roads il
Montana in q practical way, but who
cannot take time to come to the col,
lege for the four. year courses in en-.
cheering. These long courses have
always included the subject of high,
way engineering.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-29

BOHEMIAN, Nov. 25.-More than $50
representative business and profes.
sional men, with u liberal sprinkling
Of successful farmers, gathered around
the banquet table at the Bozeman
hotel last evening to do honor to those
who recently won g honors for
Gallatin county at the big land show
10 New York, and also to encourage
the efforts of the men who are en-
deavoring to repeat those successes at
the Northwestern Land show at St.
Paul next month. The banquet was
known as q dollar dinner" and was
given under the auspices of the Boze.
man Chamber of Commerce.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-29
business trip to Clear Creek and other
points ia the Bear Paw country.

business trip to Clear Creek and other
points In the Bear Paw country.
Miss Elizabeth Murray, of Port.
land, Ore, arrived today on a visit
with her sister, Mrs. Phil Buckley, of
THE city.
A postofice bulletin announces the
discontinuance of the %postofice at Fort
Assinniboine. Mali for that place
will be distributed at Havre.
Congressman Pray and wife left to-
day for Washington. D. c., where
Mr.. Pray will be ready to represent
Montana when congress meets next
week.
The monthly meeting of the Old
Fort Improvement society will be held
Monday evening, December 4, in the
psrlors of the Grand Union hotel, at
1870 O'Clock.
The Paradis brothers. who have
located on homesteads in this vicinity,
arrived yesterday from Berthold, N.
Dak., with two cars of livestock and
farm Implements.
Fred Westphal, OF Box Elder, died
last night At the Sanitarium, where
he has been under treatment the past
two weeks for stoma ch trouble. Death
was due to that complaint.
c. j. Trip was received at the
county jail today to await trial in the
district court on q charge Of forgery.
The accused was bound over by Jus.
tice W. B. Piper, of Hsvre,
The Great Northern Railway com.
pany has appealed two cases to the
district court in which Albert Davey
of Havre, was awarded damages IL
the justice court. One judgment
amounted to 1925 for two horses killed
on the railway track, and the other
S55 for the loss of q steer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-29
The Men Who Do Things.
Butte Inter Mountain.


The chief asset is q stout heart.
Few things but it will accomplish and
fewer still that q be accomplished
without it.
The world loves q brave soul. The
sturdy little boy who swings bis
shoulders when he walks gets q grin
from the most bitter beggar, and man.
kind will forgive q brave man much.
By bravery is not meant daring or
brsvsdo, which r far different quail.
tiles. Perhaps q brave heart consists
chiefly in looking the world in the face
with clear eyes and on being able to
smile. % . man worth while, when
everything goes dead wrong.
The brave men are mems men,
rather than women's men, for women
admire the showy. But it is the mems
men that do things In this world.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-29
RUSSELL , s,~s;

latter-and their complaints received
no answer.
Mr.. Huckins shipped about 500
worth OF pulled wool. for which he
was paid nothing. He found the com.
pany's warehouse to be a small shack
about Is by 20 feet. along the railroad
track, while lilly and his family
boarded at the most expensive hotel
in Aberdeen. 1t appeared that when
lilly received q consignment he sim.
ply shipped it to some big concern
further east with which he had q
standing contract and failed to de.
liver the money received TO the "a
of the goods.
The defend ant was indicted by the
grand jury.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-29
Defrauded Montana Sheepmen.

MILES CITY, November 23.-Charles
Huckins has returned from Aberdeen,
where he was q witness before the fed.
eral grand jury against a man named
Tilly, who was investigated under a
charge of fraudulent use of the mails
by the Dakota Hide and Fur company,
OF which he appeared to be the whole
show. from Office boy to president, as
no other official or member of the
company was discovered to have an
existence, though it lie suspected there
were others in the scheme. The evi.
dence showed that the concern had
Issued $4,000 circulars, which we're
scattered throughout Montana, Ne.
brsska, Minnesota, the Dakotas,
Wyoming and other states. and that
the purport of the circulars was TO
induce shipments Of wool, skins and
hides, for which the consig nors re.
cetved little or nothing-usually the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-29
Eggs Must Square With Law.

The authors of the Montana pure
food and drug act provided protection
for the purchaser of eggs, and after
January l he may expect to get just
the kind OF hen fruit for which be pays
his good money.
Regulations adopted by the state
board of health, In conformity with
the pure food und drug act, which wat
passed by the last Legislature and
which goes into effect the first of the
year, provide, among other things fol-
the branding of eggs. The following
is quoted from the regulations:
Eggs shall be known as fresh eggs,
ranch eggs, and case eggs.
ANY eggs cold or offered for sale
as fresh eggs, that r more than
seven days old, shall be deemed mis-
branded.
"Under the title of ranch eggs are
eggs that have not been preserved OF
the age of which is not known.
"All eggs that have been kept il
cold storage or have beer preserved
In any way will be known as case egg
and the containers of such eggs mus
have plainly marked thereon in letters
not less than two inches high tn,
month and the year in which suct
eggs we're placed in cold storage
Any eggs which have been preserved
10 any way which are sold or Offered
for sale, without such label being
plainly marked on the container shall
be deemed mis- branded."
The law provides q severe pen altJ
for mis- branding food products,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-29
A Festival Of Flowers

At Genzanc. Italy. e o Rome. dur
ing the festival Of flowers. one Of the
streets is carpeted with genuine flow.
ers in elaborate designs. The work
and designing are done by the people
who live on the street. This festival
dates back to 1778.