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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01

troyed the concentrator of the Butte
reduction works, entailing a loss
roughly estimated at $3.50, 600, with
approxima tely s175, 900 insurance.
held with the exception of s35, 600 BY
eastern companies.
The fire started in the CRATES of the
revolving drier In the concentr ating
rooms In the southwestern part of the
plant. The fire was still burning at 2
O'Clock this morning. but was under
control. The smelter and converters.
with the machine house and offices on
the south, were scorched but we're
intact.
The works are the property OF the
Amalgamated Copper company, it
having purchased the property from
w. A. Clark several years ago. Mr..
Clark, however, had q lease on the
concentr ator and was smelling the
zinc ore from the Elm Orlu and the
Polger mines there, about 400 tons be.
ing treated daily and about 125 men
being employed. The destruction OF
the ~concentrator will probably mean
the shutdown of the two properties
until some other arrangement can be
made to treat the ore.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
They Want Fair Rates.

CHICAGO, Oct. 24.-Charges of dis
elimination against western WOOL
growers and shippers were heard here
today before Ward A. Prouty. special
ex aminer of the interstate commerce
commission. The National Mohair
Growers association, the National
Wool Growers association and others
are i~nterveners.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01

81 am pleased to recommend Cham.
b%erlain's Cough Remedy as the bes,
thing I know of and safest remedy for
coughs, colds aud bronchial trouble
writes Mrs. L. B. Arnold, of Denver,
Colo. "We have used it repeatedly
and it has never failed to give relief
For sale by all dealers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
Big Fire Loss at Butte.

BUTTE, Oct. 25.-Fire, discovered
At $40 O'Clock last night, totally des.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-09-01
ROASTED ALIVE.

Agnes Kone, a farmers wife, at Gortschach, in Carniola, Hungary, recently committed suicide in an ap- palling way. She was the recog- nized beauty of the district, lived very happily with her husband and four children, and was known as an extremely devoted Roman Catholic. The other day, on returning from church, where she had received the communion, she sent her children and the servant to her husband, who was engaged in field work. Then she kindled a big fire in the oven, light ed six candles and put them on this improvised altar, undressed, and crept into the red-hot oven, where the husband and children found her charred body. From note she left it was found that she had roasted herself alive in the kitchen oven in a frenzied desire to die like the martyrs at the stake.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-09-01
BEE 5 LAXATIVE G0UGH SYRnp
 RELIEVES COUGHS ARD COLDS
DIFFICULT TO ENTER ARMY

"No one knows until he makes the try" said a man who was looking for something to do," 'how hard it is to get into the army. l am down and out, and l thought that would be good three-year job. On the same day that l tried g others did, and not one got in. Bad eyes, bad teeth and all sorts of things are booked against you. One fellow who went with me got Ike put after his name when they shut him out. We didn't know until the sergeant told us that it meant 'Insullicient knowl- edge of English
The Prescott daily news., 1911-09-01
SERVICE RENDERED BY BIRDS
That Play Havoc With the Farmers Crops.

Among the creatures that render service to mankind the birds occupy A foremost place. It is their func- tion to suppress the insects that play havoc with the farmers hard-earned crops.
 Fifty-three per cent. of the food of birds in one locality was found to consist of the larvae of the dis Pase-disseminating mosquitoes. Horse flies are the burden not only of horses, but of other valuable stock, and the larvae of this fly are the natural food of several species of birds. The fever tick, so injurious to cattle, is the natural food of the killdeer and the blower. Corn, cot ton and other crops are destroyed to large extent by grasshoppers, and there are at least 23 species of birds that feed upon grasshoppers. Grass lands and grain crops in general suf- fer greatly from various insect pests, which are destroyed in vast multi tudes by birds. The greatly dread- ed boil weevil is food for the plover, the killdeer and others of the feath- cred tribe. -ssA%as-. .. l. a.....A s- It is g common experience to see birds following the plow and con- saming grubs that are destructive to garden and other valuable plants. These friends of the planter should in every state be protected by rigid legislation.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-09-01
SHAKESPEARE NOT INIT.

Richard Le Gallienne, the well- known author, was condemning at a dinner at Sherry's in New York, the conceit of certain playwright.
 'He is indeed conceited," said a young woman novelist. 'In congrat- ulating him on the success of his last comedy, l told him he was the great est living playwright, and-do you know-he didn't seem at all pleasedY'
 'No, of course not,' said Mir. Le Gallienne, "you should have told him he was the greatest playwright that ever lived"
The Prescott daily news., 1911-09-01
CARDINALATE REDUCED.

The Catholic college of cardinals has now the smallest membership re- corded in centuries, and the smallest proportion of Italians ever known. The traditional membership is 70, and by the recent death of Cardinal Cavicchioni it is reduced to 49. It is three and half years since any car dinals have been created, and it is likely to be year before a consistory is called, whereat alone new cardinals are proclaimed.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-09-01
AMBITIOUS YOUNG WOMAN.

Miss Paula Laddy, who was the only woman graduate of the New Jersey Law school, is the daughter of the president of the New Jersey State Suffrage association, whose son took his doctors degree in the New York university at the same time that her daughter graduated. Miss Laddy was a probation officer and thought that knowledge of law would better fit her for her work. so took the course. @ g,
The Prescott daily news., 1911-09-01
HEN NOW IS 4 FINANCIER
Realizing the Value of Her Product. She Is "Skmping" the
 Size of Eggs.


 It seems that our old friend, the hen, is being charged with skimping the size of her eggs. All of which confirms the discoveries made by an ordinary pleb freshman at the Uni versity of Kansas. He has laid aside the classics and gone in for poultry psychology. If the hen is guilty, as charged, of reducing the size of her packages for the market, she shows that fine mentality called ''the financier's view" She is in touch with the best commercial thought of the day. Behold the manufacturers of our breakfast food, how in times when people were becoming accus- toned to paying more for every thing, they reduced the size of their original packages; behold, likewise, the man who makes our cloth, how he has reduced the number of threads from GA to b6, and the man who ounce by ounce has reduced our loaf to only an emaciated shadow of its former self Is not, indeed, the hen "wise" ?-Indianapolis News.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-09-01
SPORTING CONSTABLE.

"waal," said the constable, after some barley with Jinks, q reckon l know speed when I see speed, and, by gerryl I'll bet ye S5 ye was goin' faster'n the law allows"
 'I'll bet you five I wasn't" said Jinks. "And there's the money"
 He paid the constable the $5 and resumed his journey. -
 ''They is suthin' in this sportin' life after all," chuckled the con. stable, as he folded up the bill and placed 1t in his pocket.-Harper'f Weekly.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-09-01
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that T. l. n po, nnasd .ls.fasor b O, the estate of J. j. pet So So' County Probate Court, will on the Ne'ads SECOND. DAY or SEPTEAlBFR ,o,, between the hours fixed by law fo. sales sell to the highest bidder for aSulca coaa ITSns Facoo oi ,Re Nevsda s5ore house of A. Fnche promissory notes due to and belonSrss ss 2. he lhe estate of J, J. Pelt, deceased hTIs which 'p pe lhe been listed by me as assets of said es,oe. nave which have not been paid, N''''e and This August 1. i9lI.,
 J. D, PELT Administra,o.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-09-01
GAME FOR HER.

MT. Knox-You don't want to meet Mrs. Gaybird, you say.
 Mrs. Knox-No; I pick my friends.
 Mir. Knox-Well, she's just the sort of woman you and your friends would like to pick-to pieces Catholic Standard and Times.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-09-01
YOUTH AND AGE.

ncle Joe" Cannon, at wedding breakfast in Danvlle, indicated in a telling way one of the great differ ences between youth and age.
 When man is young," he said, 'he is anxious to display his knowl- edge; but, when he gets old, his de- sire is to conceal his ignorance.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-09-01
A WRESTLING WELL.

A resident of West Seattle has in his back yard whistling we'll which predicts changes of weather instead of gushing water With the inten- tion of boring for water this man drove drill 153 feet below the sur
 The we'll was abandoned at this depth because no water was in sight. Later the owner noticed that the pipe which capped the bore was spouting wind making a peculiar whistling sound. At other times the pipe seems to suck in wind.
 By observation it has been found that the expulsion of air precedes a storm of some sort, and the influx of air a change for the better.-Popu- lar Mechanics.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-09-01
THE FIRST EXCUSE.

Its all your fault, Eve" nut tered Adam, when he heard that Abel had been killed. "rhis comes of the way you've been raising Cain.'
The Prescott daily news., 1911-09-01
NO NEWS.

Visitor (who has been going for the last half hour)-You know, I'm not physically strong, but I've got staying powers. ''"''' '~''' ''--.
 Hostess (wearily)-Yes, we mo- ticed that.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-09-01
THE REASON.

"Somehow, the colors in that ma rine view don't seem to mix prop erly"
 That's because the artist painted water scene with oil colors."
The Prescott daily news., 1911-09-01
Hay Fever, Asthma and Summer Colds

Must be relieved quickly, and Foley's Honey and Ter Compound will do it. E: M. Stweart, l034 Wolfram St., Chi ceago. IL, writes: 'I have been great ly troubled during the hot summer months with Hay Fever and find that by using Foley's Honey and Tar Com pound l get relief" Many others who suffer similarly will be glad to benefit by Mir. Stewards experience. Sold by Hesterly Drug Store.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-09-01

Ruyter's Kramp-I'm writing a history of the gas company. Can you suggest a suitable title?
 Henry Wise-Yes; "The Charge of the Light Brigade"
The Prescott daily news., 1911-09-01

Foley Kidney Pills will lla enebld blad1 progress of your kidney ana .he cnut trouble and heal by removing gsIS .H DrC Try them. Sold by Hester' Store.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-09-01
THE BRIGHT SIDE.

"You always seem to be so cheer ful, MT. Spruceley."
 "Why shouldn't ] be? Here I am, forty years old, and I have never had to listen to baccalaureate sermon"
The Prescott daily news., 1911-09-01
In the Nevada Court of Common pI,,

Bank of Prescott p.,..,. NS '1 J, $, Riding ahd L, J, Riding Defenda,,s
 WARNING ORDER The defendants J, $. and l., ]. Ria,nc o.. warned to appear in this conrt within thi,r Bank of Prescott f'"A'u' August g, 1911.
 F, F.. Murrah Clerk
The Prescott daily news., 1911-09-01
AAk||;'||33A |

If it's a surface to be painted, enameled, stained, vanished or fin ished in any way, there's an Acme Quality Kind to fit the purpose.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-03-11

Every man in the party, and there
were eight. for Olga was not men,
Der of the ''ten." wore over the lower
part of his face false black beard of
huge dimensions-not that they were
averse to recognition among them
selves, but in the fear that by some
hook or crook Dangloss or his agents
might be able to look in upon them.
Brutus was speaking. 1.-THE man is
spy. He has been brought here
from America to Tullis."
I'VE shall continue to watch his
every movement" said william Spantz.
Time will tell. When we are posi-
tive that he is detective and that
he is dangerous there is way to stop
his operations"
"Dangloss suspects more than one of
u.s." ventured Brutus. his gaze travel
ing toward Olga. There was lewd ad-
miration in that steady glance. "But
well fool the old fox. The time will
soon be here for the blow that frees
Graustark from the yoke"
1t appeared in the course of his re-
marks that Marlanx had friends and
supporters in all parts of Graustark.
Hundreds of men In the hills. includ-
ing honest shepherds and the dishonest
brigands who thrived on them, coal
miners and wood stealers, hunters and
outlaws were ready to do his bidding
when the time was ripe. Moreover.
Marlanx had been successful in his
design to fill the railway construction
crews with the riffraff Of all Europe,
all Of whom were under the control of
leaders who could sway them In any
movement provided it was against law
and order.
With a cunning that commands ad-
miration, the Iron Count deliberately
sanctioned the assassination of the lit
the prince Of the reds, knowing that
the condemnation of the world would
fall upon them instead of upon him
and that his own actions following the
regicide would at once stamp him as
irrevocably opposed to anarchy and all
Of its practices! III
In the course of his remarks Peter
Brutus touched hastily upon the sub
ject Of the little prince. pa
Hes not very big" said he, WITH
laugh, "and it won't require very
big bomb to blow him to smithereens.
He will'- g3
"Stop!' cried Olga Platanova, spring
ing to her feet. II cannot listens to
you! You shall not speak of it in that
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-03-11
| R(JX TON
{ King
Copyright. 1909. by George
Barr McCutcheon
Copyright. 1909, by Dodd.
Mead a Company
CONTINUED from First pageo

NContlnued from t1rSt paBe.)
go down through The mysterious trap
door In the workshop of William
Spantz, armorer to the crown, or he
might come up through hidden aper-
ture In the walls of the great govern
ment sewer which ran directly paral-
lei with and far below the walls of
the quaint old building. One could
take his choice of direction In ap-
preaching this hole In the huge sewer
he could come up from the river,
half a mile away, or he could come
down from the hills above II he had
the courage to drop through one of
the intakes.
1t is of special significance that the
trapdoor In Spantz's workshop was
reserved for use by the armorer and
his more fastldious comrades, of whom
three were women and one an estab-
lished functionary In the royal house
hold.
The committee of ten represented
the brains and the activity of a rabid
coterie In Edelweiss, among them
selves styled the Party Of Equals. In
plain language. they were ''reds."
Tho nominal leader was William
Spantz, he who had a son In the
princes household, julius Spantz, the
master of arms. Far Off in the hills
above the Danube there lived the real
leader OF this deadly group-the Iron
Count Marlanx, exile from the land of
his birth, hated and execrated by ev-
cry loyal Graustarkian, hating and
execrating In return with tenfold
greater venom
Olga Platanova was the latest ac-
QUESTION to this select circle. A word
concerning her: She was the daugh-
ter of Professor Platanova, one time
oculist and sociologist In large Ger
man university. He had been one of
the most brilliant men In Europe and
member Of noble family. Less
than n year before the opening OF this
tale he was executed for treason and
conspiracy against the empire
His daughter, Olga, was recognized
MS one OF the most beautiful and cul
tuttN lQunS WOintu III NuIcNW. xttT
sultors seemed to be without number
Finally there came one who conquered
and was beloved. He was the son OF
mighty duke. prince of the blood
The young prince pledged himself to
marry her despite all opposition; he
was ready to give up his noble Inherit
ance for the sake of love. The all
powerful ruler of an empire learned
Of this proposed mesalliance and was
horrlfied. The will OF the crown was
made known TO him and--he obeyed.
Olga Platanova was cast aside. but not
forgotten. He became the husband of
an unloved. scrawny lady of diadems.
When the situation beanie more than
he could bear he blew out his brains
When Olga heard the news OF his
death she was not stricken by grief.
She cried out her JOY to now cloud
less sky, for he had justified the great
love that had been theirs and would
be theirs to the end OF time.
From a passive believer In the doc
trlnes of her father and his circle she :
became at once their most impassioned
exponent. She threw herself heart |
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-03-11
SATURDAY, MARCH II, 1911.
THE PEOPLES AXE.

Nothing to prevent anybody want
ing to destroy the initiative, or to
amend it, or to take any other back
ward step, from getting out with a
petition and putting it up to the peo-
pie.
The plunder and trust organ says
that where there is no strong per
sonal interest enthusiasm wanes.
The employers liability law is op-
posed by strong personal interests,
but enthusiasm has waned wonder
fully.
Fact is, my dear eastern friend, the
people of Oregon sit down so hard
on every retroactive measure that
comes up that it is really no use to
try on any scheme to fool the peo-
pie out of any power they may have
secured.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-03-11

The recent action Of the legislature
in trying to trick the people out of
power to make tax laws and to re-
tain their initiative, will get the axe
where the constitutional convention
resolution of the legislature elected
in 1908 got that instrument. 1t was
too dead to peep at the last session
of the misrepresentation of the peo-
pie of Oregon. 1t fell under the
stroke of $1,000 majority. Next
Portland Labor Press.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-03-11
"A Story of
Grausfark
BY 10
GEORGE BARR /
M'CUTCHEON /,

and soul into the deliberations and
transactions Of the great red circle;
her father understood and yet was
amazed.
Then he was put to death by the
class she had come to hate--one more
stone In the sepulcher of her tender,
girlish ideals. When the time came
she Travelled to Graustark in response
to the call Of the committee Of ten; she
same prepared to kill the creature she
would be asked to kill. And yet down
In her heart she was sore afraid.
She was there not to kill man
grown old In wrongs to her people. but
to destroy the life Of gentle. inno-
cent boy of seven!
There were times when her heart
shrank from the unholy deed she had
been selected to perform. But there
was never thought Of receding from
the bloody task set down for her.
On Saturday night, following the
last visit of Truxton King to the
armorer, the committee of ten met in
the underground room to hear the lat
est word from one who could not be
with them In person. but was always
there in spirit. II they were to believe
his most jealous utterances, The Iron
Count Marlanx. professed hater Of all
that was rich and noble, was the
power behind the committee Of ten,
The assassination of the little prince
and the overthrow Of the royal fam
lily awaited his pleasure. He was the
man who would give the word.
Alas for the committee Of ten! The
wiliest fox In the history Of the world
was never 80 willy as the Iron Count
Some day they were to find out that
he was using them to pull his choicest
ehestnuts from the fire.
The committee was seated around
the long table In the stiHing. breath
less room. the armorer at the head.
Those who came by way Of the sewer
had performed ablutions in the queer
toilet room that once had been a secret
vault for the storing Of feudal plum
der. What air there was came from
the narrow ventilator that burrowed
Its way up to the shop Of William
Spantz or through the chimney hole
In the ceiling. Olga Platanova sat far
down the side, moody. inscrutable
expression In her dark eyes. AT
Spantz's right lounged Peter Brutus,
a lawyer, formerly secretary to the
Iron Count and now his sole represent.
ative among these people. He was a
dark faced, snaky eyed young man.
with mop Of coarse black hair that
hung ominously low over his high. re-
ceding forehead.
Julius Spantz, the armorer's son,
placid young man Of goodly physical
proportions. sat next to Brutus, while
down the table ranged others deep In
the consideration Of the worlds grav-
est problems. One of the women was
Nine. Drovnask, whose husband had
been sent to Siberia for life. and the
other Anna Cromer. rabid red lee
turer, who had been driven from the
United States. together with her amia-
BILE husband. an assassin of some dis
tinction and many aliases. at present
foreman In charge Of one Of the bridge
building crews on the new railroad.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-03-11

Centuries ago the British parlia
ment met in church pending the
rebuilding of the firedestroyed house
of parliament. In. honor of the al.
tar and the statute of the Virgin,
each member bowed three times
before he took his seat This Gus
tom became a part of the regular
proceedings, and is followed yet, al
though there is nothing to bow to.
Men are still bowling in Oregon to
institutions and things passing or
about to pass, forever.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-03-11

"sToPP CRIED OLGA PLATANovA. "YOU
SHALL NOT SPEAK OF 1T IN THAT wAYP
way! Peter Brutus, you are not to
speak of-of what / am to do! Never
never again"
| She shuddered violently as she stood
there before them, her eyes closed as
If to shut out the horrible picture her
mind was painting.
"She will bungle it." sneered Anna
Cromer.
Olga's lids were lifted. Her dark
eyes looked straight into those of the
older woman
mo" she said quietly, her body re-
laxing, ~ shall not bungle It."
The discussion went back to Truxton
King. isn't 1t possible that he Is
merely attracted by the beauty of our
charming young friend hereY ven
tured Nine. Drovnask.
1T is part of his game" said julius
Spantz. "He knows Olgas past. He
Is waiting for chance to catch her
on her guard. He may even so so far
as to make pretty love to you. cousin.
In the hope that No offense, my dear.
no offense!" Her look had silenced him
"Mr. King Is not spy" she said
steadily.
"Well," said William Spantz. 1--WE
are safe II we take no chances with
him. He must be watched all the
time. II We discover that he is what
| some OF US think he Is there Is a way
to end his usefulness. Now. Brutus
what does Count Marlanx say to this
day two weeks? Will he be ready.
On that day the prince and the court
are to witness the unveillng of the Ye
tive memorial statue in the plaza II
Is full holiday In Graustark No
man will be employed at his usual
task. and
Brutus Interrupted him. THAT is
the very day that the count has asked
me to submit to the committee. He
believes 1t to be the day of all days
Nothing should go amiss. We con.
Quer with single blow. BY noon OF
that day. the 26th Of July. the commit
tee OF ten will be In control of the
state; the new regime will be at hand
A new world will be begun. with Edel
weiss as the center. about which all
the rest shall revolve. We. the com.
mittee Of ten, win be its true found
ers. We shall be glorifed forever. The
death OF the prince is the signal for
the overthrow Of the present govern.
ment and the establishment of the new
order Of equal humanity"
Up In the distant hills slept the Iron
Count dreaming Of the day when he
should rule over the new Graustark-
for he would rulel--a smile on his griz-
xled face in reflection Of recent wax
ing thoughts concerning the punish.
ment that should fall swiftly upon the
assassins OF the beloved Prince Robin
He would make short shrift Of as
sassinsl
Continued Saturday,