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Small Chanue.

At dinner given by Andrew Carne.
gle an eminent judge, seated halfway
down the table, was deeply immersed
in conversation with his neighbol
when the host opened up the subject
Of the British coinage system and
showed signs Of wishing undivided at
tention.
Every other civilized nation" he
declaimed, "has the decimal system
while England adheres to the absurd
and cumbrous table Of pounds, shil
lings and pence" (Rap, rap, rap0
The raps We're for the Judge, who
remained absorbed in his own conver-
sation. "And even farthings," con-
tinued the ironmaster-''is there any
thing else in finance so ridiculous as
the farthing?" Rap, rapD
The judge glanced around somewhat
impatiently.
"Judge Co." Mr.. Carnegie called out
"why do the British continue theil
coinage of farthings?"
ITO enable the Scotch to practice
benevolence, Mr.. Carnegie" returned
the judge.-Success Magazine.
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Order to Show Cause.

In the district court of the Twelfth judicial
district of the state of Montana, In and for the
county of Chouteau.
In the matter Of the estate of Narcisse VAL
leaux, deceased.
On reading and filing the final account and
petition of W. r. Early, administrator OF the
estate of Narcisse Vslleaux, deceased, and pray.
ing among other things for an order settling and
allowing said final account and for the dtstrtbu-
tion Of the residue Of said estate among the per-
sons thereto entitled:
ills ordered, that all persons interested in the
estate of said Narcisse Valleaux. deceased, be
and appear before the district court OF Chouteau
county, at the court room Of said court, in the
city Of Fort Benton, in seid Cho%teau county on
g. M, then and there to show cause why the
said anal sccount should not be aiiowed snIa Snd
not be made Of the residue Of said estate a. a%ong 70
the heirs Of the said deceased, according to law
1t ie further ordered, that copy Of this order o.de.
be published for fou! successive weeks before e
| the SAID 27th day Of May, 1911, In the River
Press. q newspaper printed and published In
JNO. W. TATTAN.
Judge Of the District Court.
| Dated April "a, 1911.
First publication, April 25 1911.
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After filling the
glass to the brim the man laid down
cents.
"You have made a mistake; those are
not nickels, but pennies" admonished
the bartender.
Excuse me; my mistake" respond
ed the tramp. Then he added:
"Well since they are there, I'll just
bet you the three pennies against
dime that l can drink the whisky
without touching the glass"
The bartender, little amused, ac-
cepted the proposition and the wager
was on. Much to the surprise of the
"wine clerk" the fellow deliberately
picked up the glass and drank down
the liquor in one gulp.
"Hold on, pard; you lose," called the
barkeep.
81 know it. The three cents are on
the bar" replied the bum as he sam
tered over to the free lunch stand and
grabbed handful before departing.
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Notice Of Bond Sale.

Notice is hereby given that the trustees of
school district No. 20, in the county of Chou.
teau, state of Montana, will sci! to the highest
the denomination of fifty 5000 dollars each, in
terest thereon at the rate of six pei cent per an
ount to the aggregate sum of four hundred fifty
(S45O.OO dollars, at the school house in said dis
trict on the Goth day of June, A. D. 1911, at 2
O'Clock D. m, in the afternoon of the said Goth
day of June, 1911. Said bonds are not to be sold
for less than their par value and the right ie
bonds are redeemable and payable ten years
from and after the Goth day of June, A. D. 1871,
or on the goth day of June, A. d, 1921, at the
office of the county treasurer of said county OF
Chouteau.
All bids must be sealed and addressed ",rhekla
Thomson, clerk of school district No. y, For,
Benton, Mont.," and marked, "bids for bonds
Bv order of the board of school trustees.
Dated this fret day of May, 1911.
ROBERT THOMSON, Chairman.
THEKLA THOMSON, Clerk.
First publication May 10. 1911.
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No. 022757, Non Coal Land
Notice For Publication.

United States Land Office at Great Falls, Mon
tana, April "a, 1911.
Notice 10 hereby given that -
SANTA FE PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY,
this oath day of April 1911. hled in THE Office its
application to select under the provisions OF the
act of June 4, 1897, the SWA SWA section u.
township 81 north, range ii east, Montana meri'
dian.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
lands described, or desiring to object because OF
the mineral character of the land, or for any
le their afidavts of prote 1t In this Office on or
before the Sd day of June 1911.
E. L. BARNES, Register.
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and settle down, though he has shown
some interest in his pretty kinswo-
man.
The czar believes in early marriages.
and he has explained to his relatives
that he wants to choose the husbands
for his daughters. He realizes that II
he is to do this he must have them
married before they have reached an
age that might cause them to have too
much mind of their own. 1t is much
easier to choose a husband for girl
Of sixteen than to pick one that will
suit young lady six or eight years
older.
The mother of Grand Duke Dimitri
is dead, and his father was exiled for
contracting a second marriage that
was displeasing to the czar. Conse'
quently the young nobleman has beer
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GRAND DUCHESSES 1AlJANA, mAn1G AM
ANASTASIA.
reared by his aunt. She has urged
her nephew, the czar, not to insist on
an early marriage.
LET the boy have his f1ing," she
said, "and he will make better hus-
band"
Since the young man, who is attach
ed to the army, has taste for the
ballet and an enormous fortune that
enables him to make his ''fing" rather
spectacular, the czar is disposed to
exercise his royal prerogative and cut
the fling short. He is afraid that the
young man will take part in another
morganatic marriage, such as many
relatives of the czar have effected.
The cars other daughters are Tat
jana, born in 1897; Marie, born In
1899, and Anastasia, born in 1901. 1t
was this succession of girls that caus'
ed the suggestion to be made that the
czar divorce his wife and marry again
Finally, Aug. IL, 1904, the czarina be
came the mother Of boy, who was
named Alexis, and the delighted Rus
sian people forgot the unkind thing
they had thought and said about theiI
rulers cOnsort.
The czarevitch is healthy, happy
youngster, and unless something un
foreseen occurs he will some day b.
ruler of nearly 15O,O0O,O00 people.
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Non Coal Land.
Notice For Publication.

United States Land Office at Great Falls, Mon
tans, April "a, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that
LAURA j. CROW,
of Fort Benton, Montan q. who, on October g. 1909,
made homestead entry No. 0Ss29, for NEA sec
meridian has hled notice of Intention to make
final continuation proof, to establish claim to
the land above described before Chas. II: Boyle,
Montana, on the 7th day of June, 1911.
Claimant names as witnesses: Clayburn l..
Kelly, Harvey A. Gray, John T. Mcmahon.
Barnet W Bailor, all of Carter, Mont:
L. l.. BARNES, Register.
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Non Coal Land.
Notice For Publication.

United States Land Office at Great Falle, Mon
tana, May IL, 1911.
Notice 10 hereby given that
HENRY w. GREEN,
OF Fort Benton, Montana, who, on October q,
1909, made homestead entry No. O904S, for NEA
section ~, township "a north. range east. Mon
tana meridian, has filed notice Of intention 70
make Anal Communication proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, before Chas.
H. Boyle, U. s. commissioner, at his Office at
Fort Benton, Montana, on 26th day Of June, 1911.
Claimant names as witnesees: George b.
Stevens, Maurice Latta, Charles r. Deck, Joseph
Thorpe all OF Fort Benton. Montana.
E. L. BARNES, Register.
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Sherim's Sale.

Isaac Hedges vs. R. II. Houser, defendant.
To be sold at sheriff's sale on the 5th day of
June, 1911, at 2 o'clock p. M, at front door
state of Montana, the following described prop
erty, to-wit:
All Of the right, title and interest of the de.
fendant named, in and to the WY NEA, SEA
NWA, NWk SEX, section "a, township 80
north, range Is east, Montana meridian. In
Chouteau county, Montana, together with all the
buildings, structures and improvements situate
thereon.
Dated Fort Benton, Montana, May 16, 1911.
GEORGE BICkLE, Sheriff.
By CHAs. CRAWFORD, Under Sheriff.
r. f. O'Keefe, attorney for plaintiff.
First publication May IL, 1911.
The river press., 1911-05-24
THEY DIDN'T LAUGH.

Mark Twain Was Funny, but His Al. !,
diencs Gave Him the Stony Stare.
There was one occasion when Mark !
Twains humor went astray and ill.,
stead Of the hilarious laughter he ex-
pected poor Clemens got only sad and
stony stares from the three literary
lions at whom he had aimed his mirth-
full efforts as we'll as from the rest Of
the banqueters who were all worship
ers Of the burlesqued trio. The story
is told by F. NJ. Colby in the Book
man:
Mark Twain had gladly accepted the
invitation to address the diners and,
knowing that Emerson, Longfellow
and Holmes We're to be among them,
had prepared, in high confidence,
little skit telling Of three absurd i'm
posters who had announced themselves
by these distinguished names at
miners cabin in the far west Ac-
cording to the story, melancholy min
er at whose cabin Mark Twain found
shelter one night told him that three
other ''littery men" had stayed with
him the night before and given him
much trouble. They were Mr.. Emer-
son, Mr.. Longfellow and Mr.. Holmes.
In reply to Mark Twain's question the
miner gives an account of the visit.
They were a rough lot, but that's
nothing; everybody looks rough that
travels afoot. Mr.. Emerson was a
seedy little bit Of chap, red headed.
Mr.. Holmes was as fat as balloon.
He weighed as much as 300 and had
double chins all the way down to his
stomach. Mr. Longfellow was built
like prizefighter. His head was crop
ped and bristly-like, as if he had a
wig made of hairbrushes. His nose
lay straight down ON his face, like q
finger with the end joint tilted up
They had been drinking. I could sec
that. And what queer talk they used
Mr.. Holmes inspected this cabin. and
then he took me by the buttonhOle, anG
says he:
Through the deep caves of thought
hear a voice that sings,
Build thee more stately mansions,
o my soul!''
Says l, Il can't afford it, Mr.. Holmes
and, moreover, I don't want to-
Blamed if liked it pretty well, either
coming from Il stranger, that way
However, l started to get out my ba
con and beans when Mr.. Emerson
came and looked on awhile, and the1
be takes me aside by the buttonhol
and says:
"Give me agates for my meat;
Give me canthari1es to eat;
From air and ocean bring me foods
From all zones and attitudes
Says 1, "NIr. Emerson, if you'll e,
cuse me, this amt no hotel.'
The river press., 1911-05-24
No. O22943.
Notice For Publication.

United States Land Office at Great Falle. Mon.
tana, May II, 1911.
Notice 10 hereby given that
LOU STOCKING,
of Fort Benton, county of Chouteau, state OF
Montana, has nled in this once her application
to enter under the provisions OF section x3O6 OF
the revised statutes of the United States the
following described land, viz: The MEN NEH
section "a, township "a north, range east,
Montana meridian.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
lands described, or desiring to object because of
the mineral character of the land, or for any
other reason, to the disposal to applicant should
file their afidavits of protest In this office, on or
before the gath day of June, 1911:
E. L. BARNES, Register.
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Notice to Creditors.

Estate of George Hoffman, deceased.
Notice ie hereby given by the undersigned,
administrator of the estate of George Hoffman,
deceased to the creditors of, and all persons hay
ing claims against the said deceased, to exhibit
them with the necessary vouchers within four
months after the first publication of this notice,
to the said administrator at his residence in
in Fort Benton, Montana, in the county OF Chou
team, state of Montana.
w. o. DEXTER,
Administrator of the estate of George Holman,
deceased.
Dated May /, 1911.
First publication, May 3, 1911.
The river press., 1911-05-24
The Police Helped.

Five young gentlemen were dining
together in London club when one
of them offered to bet that he could
hold up traffic in a main street for
whole day. His companions promptly
took the wager. The young man sim
ply went out with some friends and
pickaxes and dug up the street. while
the police automatically diverted the
traffic. Then the diggers went home
and left the various authorities to cor
respond and argue as to who was re-
sponsible fer the roped off areas and
the general disorganiZation.
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Non Coal Land.
Notice For Publication.

United States Land Office at Great Falls, Mon
tana, April "a, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that
SAMUEL P. SNYDER,
o; Fort Benton, Montana, who, on March
for NA SEA, Eh SWA section q, town
ship "a north, range east, Montana meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make final commu-
tation proof to establish claim to the land above
described, before Chas H. Boyle, U. S. commits
sioner, at his Office at Fort Benton, Montana, on
the 9th day of June, 1911.
Claimant names a. witnesses: Walter F.
Morrison, Edward Keichelt, Winfield P Snyder,
II rman Scholz, all of Fort Benton, Mont.
Il. l.. BARNES, Register.
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Non Coal Land.
Notice For Publication.

United States Land Office at Great Falls, Mon
tana, May 13, 1911.
Notice ls hereby given that
HARRISON LAWRENCE,
Of Power, Montana, who, on November q, l9os,
made homestead entry, No. OlO773, for Ss
section 35, township % north, range east, Mon
tana meridian, hae filed notice OF intention to
make hnsl fve.yesr proof to establish claim
to the land above described. before the Register
and Receiver, U. S. land Office at Great Falls,
Montana, on the 9th day of June, 1911.
Claimant names as Witnesses: Albert B. Low,
Jacon G. Low. Charles A. Dodson, Harry ..
Mael, all of Power, Mont.
E. L. BARNES, Register.
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The Absent Members,

The toastmaster didn't have a set
list of speeches to announce, so he ap-
portioned the talks among the liveliest
speakers present as best he could. He
did pretty well, too, until he announc-
ed "The toast Our Absent Members
will be responded to by Mr.. Blank II.
Dash.'' Then everybody laughed loud
and long. Why? Because Mr.. Blank
H. Dash has lost an arm and leg.
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Non Coal Land.
Notice For Publication.

United States Land Office at Great Falle, Mon
tana, April ~, 1871.
Notice is hereby given that
NANCY j. NORRIS,
of Portage, Montana, WHO, on March 80, 1910,
made homestead entry No. Ol57ll, for NWA
section 2S, township p north, range east,
Montana meridian, has filed notice OF intention
to make final communication proof. to establish
claim to the land above described, before Regis
Tar and Peceiver, Z. 3. land office, Great Falls,
Montana, on the ,th day of june 1911.
Claimant names as wltnesses John F. Susene,
Harry C. Woodward, William A. Wallis, Chas.
Ii. Murphy, all Of Portage, Montana.
Z. l.. BARNES, Register.
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Non Coal Land.
Notice For Publication.

United States Land Office at Great Falls, Mon
tana, May, l3, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that
HARRIET E. HOGG,
of Fort Benton, Montana, who, on February n,
1910, made homestead entry No. Ol366S, for sen
section 81, township "a north, range 8 east, Mon
tana meridian, has nled notice OF intention to
claim to the land above described. before Chas
d. Boyle, U. 8. commissioner, at his office in
Fort Benton, Montana, on the 26th day OF June.
1911.
Claimant names as witnesses: Maurice Lstts,
Christena Weagant, Lottie NJ. Upham, Grover
G. Schmidt, all of Fort Benton, Mont.
E. l.. BARNES, Register.
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Non Coal Land.
Notice For Publication.

United States Land Office at Great Falls, Mon
tana, April "a, 1911.
Notice ie hereby given that
EUGENE A. SNYDER,
of Fort Benton, Montana, who, on March IL, 1909,
made homestead entry No O53O3, for sen section
81, township "A north, range east, Montana
meridian, has filed notice Of intention to make
final continuation proof, to establish claim to
the land above described, before Chas. II: Boyle,
U. 5. commissioner, at his Office, at Fort Benton,
Montana, on the 9Th day of June, 1911.
Claimant names IS Witnesses: George Wack-
erlin, Thomas Coatsworth, Walter F. Morrison,
Winfield p. Snyder, all of Fort Benton, Mont.
E. l.. BARNES, Register.
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Non Coal Land.
Notice For Publication.

United States Land Office at Great Falls, Mon
tana, May 13, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that
ADAM CAMERON,
of Great Falls, Montana, who, on October 10,
1907, made desert land entry No. 25?5 serial No.
Ol175, for NEh section II, township % north,
range 2 east, Montana meridian, has fled notice
of intention to make final proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, before Regis
ter and Receiver U. s. land Office at Great Falls,
Montana, on the goth day of June, 1911.
Claimant names witnesses: Robert skinner:
Hector Mckenzie, Robert Cameron, OF Great
Falls, Montana, Donald Bannatyne, of Floweree,
Montana. X. l.. BARNES, heglsteE.
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An Appetizer.

OF sporting offers made by the large
eaters of old that made to Charles
Gustavus of Sweden when he was be-
sieging Prague is worthy Of recall. A
peasant offered for the kings amuse-
ment to devour large hog then and
there General Koenigsmark, as runs
the tale, suggested that one with such
an appetite ought to be burned as a
sorcerer, on which the peasant said to
the king, 'sir, if your majesty will
make that old gentleman take off his
spurs I will eat him before I begin
the pig.''
The river press., 1911-05-24
Fiuht tho Battle Out.

What II the currents of your life
Are foiled and vexed and go amiss
And trouble your whole portion is?
Faint not. All victory comes through strife
What If a thousand shafts of wrong
And grievous obstacles and hate
Pursue you early. long and late?
Yield not, but keep your courage strong.
What if the world seems simply made
To sweep your dearest hopes away
And balk your efforts day by day?
Care not. Move onward unafraid.
What if your best work brings but pain,
Perplexity and loss and doubt?
Faint not, but fight the battle out.
No worthy life is lived in vain.
The river press., 1911-05-24
Notice to Creditors.

Estate of Henry Berger, deceased
administrators of the estate of Henry Berger, de-
ceased, to the creditors of,and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers within four months
after the first publication Of this notice. to the
said administrator at his residence in Fort ben
ton, in the county of Choutean, state OF Mon
tana. W. " DhA II,
Administrator of the estate of Henry Berger,
deceased
Dated April 29, 1911.
First publication May 3, 1911.
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500 Reward.

One hundred dollars reward will be paid for
evidence aud conviction of parties driving of
from their accustomed h ,me range, on head
waters OF middle fork of Clear Greek,
in1ufing, killing or unlawfully brand
Ing any cattle nr horses bearing brand y
on lett nip for cattle and left shoulder
for horses. l desire to return all above stock
and Will pay fair reward for information lead.
ing to recovery.
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ing a slight dent in the wall.
The thing being explained, the man
took a couple Of the eggs, put them in
his pocket and left to startle his wife.
Arriving home, he waited till the fam
lily was assembled for dinner, and
then, with confident smile, he bang
ed an egg at the newly decorated din
ing room wall.
But the smile quickly faded from his
face. The egg had thawed.
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moment at t II e
door Of a fashion
able fe and
then brav vel v
sa IL n t ere in.
Walking to the
b ar, he ordered
"a little liquor,
please" " The bar
t e II er scruti-
niZed him dubi-
ously for a few
S e on d S, but
finally placed the
glass and bottle
upon the counter.
The river press., 1911-05-24
No. 022044.
Notice For Publication.

United States Land Office at Great Falls, Mon
tana, May II. 1911.
Notice 10 hereby given that
LOU STOCKING,
of Fort Benton, county Of Chouteau, state Of
Montana, has filed In this Office her application
to enter under the provisions of section 2S06 Of
the revised statutes of the United states the fol-
lowing described land, viz; The NEA NEk
section %, township "a north. range east, Nom
tana meridian
Any and ali persons claiming. adversely the
lands described, or desiring to object because Of
the mineral character of the land, or for any
other reason,t to the disposal to applicant should
before the Gath day Of June, 1911.
e. L. BARNES, Register.
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"A - va oA~A ~
whom they were
consigned.
One man, call
ing at a brokers'
Office, was amaZ-
ed to see b / m
t a k / n & aim at
the wall with an
egg.
"W b at tn e
dickens are you
at?" he s a l d.
But the broker
let We, the
o~ly ~oc,,1& h0.
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Notice Of Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of this
Mackton Coal Co. will be held at the Office of the
company at Big Sandy, Montana. at 2 O'Clock p
m, on Wednesday, June 7, 1911, for the purpose
other bu aness as may regularly come before
said meeting o. A. BERG ESON, Secretary.
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Notice For Publication.

United states Land Office at Lewistown, Mon
lana, April q, 1871.
Notice is hereby given that
FREDERICK II. ROLF,
of judith, Montana, who. on Jane 3, 19O7, mace
homestead entry No. 5lO5, serial No. 03SSs, Tor
lots l, 2, 8 and 1, section 8, townehip 32 north,
range is east, Montana principal meridian has
filed notice of intention to make final dveyear
proof to ESTABLISH claim to the land above de-
scribed, before Chss. II. Boyle, U. 8. commits
sioner, at his Office at Fort Benton, Montana, on
the 26th day of May, 1911.
Claimant names as witnesses: Fred Rolf
Judith. Mont. James Conley, John T. Sheath
Luther Balm, of Big Sandy. Mont:
G, Il. MckOIN, Register.
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Scottv's View Of It.

Two men, an Englishman and a
Scotchman, We're travelling from Aber-
deem to London in train. They
reached Carlisle without exchanging a
word, and during the stoppage there
the Englishman got out and had some
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Claimant Wanted For Estva,s 8

sales, Miles City .,.....:. ........ .sl4s.47
Branded, no position given:-l-M. c
09. In making claim refer to number.
Claims for above animals, together with
evidence of ownership. may be filed with
D. W. RAYMOND, Secretary,
Helena Montana,
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Coal Land
Waiver filed.
Great Falls Serial No. OS467.
Notice For Publication.

United States Land Office at Havre, Mon
tane, April 10, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that
CORNELIUS j. MCNAMARA,
whose poetofice address is Big Sandy, Mont, has
his application to select under the provisions of
section 1906, revised statutes, the NWK SEA
section 20, township 26 north, range Is east,
Montana meridian.
Any and al persons claiming adversely the
lands described, or desiring to object because Of
the mineral character of the land. or for any
other reason, to the disposal to applicant
office, on or before the Sd day of June, 1911.
F. A. CARNAL, Register.
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Reward For EStray3.

Estrayed from my ranch on the Marias river,
about October, 1910, three head of work horses
other old brands n One S brisht H soerei M geldine,
one brown pinto, one brown gelding. Twenty
dollars reward will be paid for the return of
JAMES c. TURNER, Beatrice P. O., Mont
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MORE DOUR AND SOLEMN THAN EVER.
refreshment. When he got back to his
compartment he found the Scotchman
sitting where he had left him and look
ing more dour and solemn than ever.
Its long, wearisome journey" said
the Englishman when the train started
by way Of making conversation.
The Scotchman looked at him with
an angry frown.
$50 1t ought to be-" he replied frig-
idly; 'it costs two pounds nineteer and
ninepence."