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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-26
How Langhorne Worked Graft.

In his report to the Montana stock.
growers convention at Miles City
the method used by s.. W. Laughorne
Jr. in securing estray money was ex.
posed by D.. w. Raymond, secretary
of the board of stock commissioners,
in these remarks:
"On the 2lst OF December it was
discovered that Langhorne was mis-
appropriating stray money of the
board. The discovery came through
one of the banks in Helena and it has
been since discovered that this sys-
tenn had been practiced by Langhorne
for at least four years. When stray
money was returned the Office by the
commission house In the east it was
Langhorne's duty to locate, ii posi-
BILE, by referring to the records, the
owners of these stray animals. If he
found q brand that was blotched or
Ia some cases u%nrecorded he would
write q fictitious name on the account
sale and checks would be made out
according to this Information. If pos
sible, he would hold out these fictitious
checks from the mail, but If they hap
pened to be mailed he would get them
when they were returned, since there
would be no person of the name at the
postoflce to which the letter was d.
rected. After getting possession OF
the check the name was forged and the
check cashed.
ct has been the idea of stockmen
OF Montana, if they happen to be out
one Or more head of cattle, to assume
that Langhorne got the money for
their animals. l believe they have
been mistaken, for in going over all
the forged checks l find very few of
actual recorded brands. The state of
Montana is the loser by this system
of embezzlement and not the individ-
ual cattle owners, for 80 per cent of
these forged checks we're for animals
the proceeds of which would have
eventually been turned in to the state
treasurer, after advertising, for the
credit of the stock inspector and de.
tective fund. In this whole list OF
forged checks I have found not to OK.
coed ten recorded brands, the owners
| of which could be located"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-26

"Our baby cries for Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy" writes Mrs. T. B.
Kendrick, Rasaca, Ga. 'It is the
best cough remedy on the market for
coughs, colds and Group" For sale
by all dealers. II
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-26

When q medicine must be given to
young children it should be pleasant
to take. Chsmberlsin's Cough Rem
edy 10 made from loaf sugar, and the
roots used in it's preparation give 1t q
favor similar to maple syrup, making
1t pleasant to take. It has no super.
Tor for colds. Group and whooping
cough. For sale by all dealers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-26

Horses and q couple OF second hand
wagons for sale at T. G. Power q
Bro. Ltd.
A marriage license was issued today
to Alfred Falcon and Mary Emily,
both of Dodson.
Just received, . quantity OF seed
oats and seed spriug wheat. T. G.
Power & Bro. Ltd.
Just received, q fresh supply OF
selected sweet peas and lawn Rrass
seed at Sharp Bros.
Attorneys John c. Duff. of Chinook,
and L. v. Beaulieu, of Havre, are at.
tending district court.
A complete line of ladies' resdy.to.
wear-nearly 200 earments-will be
on display April "a, Is aud rs at The
Togkery.
W. S. Towner. former county attor.
ney, who now holds . position in the
attorney generals Office at Helena, 10
visiting with Fort Benton friends.
Have you had . guess on the suit st
our clothing depa:, ment? Better &c,
one. 1t may mean q new suit, new
hat or new pair of shoes for you. T.
G. Power & Bro, Ltd.
You are invited to call and inspec,
the new safety deposit boxes just in
stalled by the Stockmen's National
Bank. They will protect your valua.
BILE papers from fire and robbery. =
A. E. McLeish and wife, who re.
turned today from a months visit on
the Pacific coast, report q very enjoy.
able trip. They met several former
Fort Benton residents during their
travels.
A session Of district court was held
this morning, at which the calend a,
was called. A divorce was granted
in the suit of Elenard Leduc vs.. Pierre
Leduc, the defend ant failing to answer
to the complaint.
John E. Smith, of Chinook, and
Pearl Wallace, Of Williston, were
married at the Methodist parsonage
last evening, Rev. G. NJ. Donaldson
performing the ceremony. A chart
vari party arrived at the parsonage
at the time of the wedding, and greeted
the bridal party with q noisy seren'
ade.
A news item from Havre says Cor
oner Sanderson held 81 inquest Wed
nesda y over the dead body of an un'
known man who was killed at Lippard
by q passenger train On the Montana
Central. The identity of the man IL
unknown, but from all appearances he
was an Italian by birth. Nothing bu'
a one.cent piece was found on his body
which led to the belief that he was {
professional tramp.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-26

In cases OF rheumatism relief from
pain makes sleep and rest possible.
This may be obtained by applying
Chsmberlsin's Liniment. For sale by
all dealers. =
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-26

Lame shoulder is nearly always due
to rheum atism of the muscles, and
quickly yields to the free application
OF Chamberlain's Liniment. For sale
by all dealers. 4
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-26

Fine Book and Job Printing . spe-
cialty 1t the RIVER PRESS office.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-26

Postmaster George W. Crane is
making report to the Washington
authorities regarding the business
trans acted by the Fort Benton post.
Office during the past twelve months.
The report makes q most satisfactory
showing, there being an increase OF
over 81 per GEN. in the volume of bust.
ness, compared with the preceding
year.
Great Falls Leader: A. H. Wilson.
recently arrested at Kalispell by
Sheriff Collins on a charge of forging
q check for s55. Is on q Fort Benton
bank and passing it on Nate Wertheim,
the Great Falls clothing man, was
arraigued before Justice Stafford yes
terday. He pleaded not guilty and
his case vas set for hearing on Mon
day morning, April "A at ten O'Clock
From Fridays Daily
F. E. Tomfohr, of Lothair, was
among the arrivals today.
All kinds of field and garden seeds
Al T. c. Power & Bro, Ltd.
D. c. Peet, of Hawarden. is among
the business visitors in town.
Chopped feed for sale at sl7.W pei
Ton. At T. G. Power & Bro. Ltd.
R. E. Cline and wife are among TIL
v,sitors in town from Hollywood.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-07
STATUS OF CANCER

ly disposed to cause metastases and
cachexia. Treatment of such cases is
important.
THE two types. of cancer can not
be sharply separated clinically Many
growths which are technically super
fetal and epitheliomatous may, &C.
cording to their location, grow rapidly.
and with the aid of their acute local
metastases may quickly wear out the
patient Certain growing technically
local, but inaccessible because of To-
cation. may interfere with life indi-
rectly by causing structure and the
like.
In fact what would be termed a
relatively mild, localized and operable
cancer on the surface may have the
most dire effects II 1t occur deep In
the digestive tube. 1t may completely
interrupt the digestive processes, cause
structure Of the digestive tube. and its
metastases, even when local, will be
OF an inoperable and fatal character.
Our victories over cancer through
surgical procedures apply purely to
one of these general types-to wit,
that which is of slow growth and ex-
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-07

tsrnalIy located. without tendency TO
more than accessible metastases. But
cancers which come thus to operation
represent an Insignificant minority.
The remainder are made up Of neg
lected operable cancers and those
which were inoperable from the out
set
ITO come back to the original sub
1ect, It is well to forget all We know
and go back to school. In very recent
years 1t has been shown that with ap-
propriate nutriment cancer tissue may
attain huge development These cul.
tural peculiarities are checked up in
part by the role played by marked 10
cal irritation in ordinary tissues. II
must not be forgotten that many Ir.
ritants may cause the same or a SINH
lar effect. Hence. special germ, or
any germ at all, might at times cause
phenomenon analogous to cancer
proliferation."
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-07
Results of Second International
Congress Are Discussed.
Important Committee Work Has Been
Carried Out and Matter of Re-
search Has Been Organized
Throughout World.

New York.-The present status of
cancer is discussed in the Medical
Record. The comments of the writer
are based on the second international
conference for the study of cancer,
which was held recently in Paris The
first conference was held in Heidel-
berg and Frankfort in 1906. The
writer says:
During the interim important com.
mittee work has been carried out. the
matter of research has been organized
throughout the world, and now in this
second meeting we are in position to
understand something of what has
been done along the lines protected
during the last four years. The special
papers read and the transactions as
whole will naturally be slow In reach
Ing the public. But the Munchener
Medizinische Wochenschrift published
Won Czerny's inaugural address This
was delivered before a large and dis
unguished audience of laymen and
physicians alike. Official Paris also
was largely represented
Statistics. despite their fallacious-
ness, were first discussed by the
speaker. The disease seems to be on
the increase among all cultured folk.
But certain limited localities report a
notable decrease. This discrepancy is
highly significant, for 1t involves the
whole subject of the incidence of can
GER Thus we find, say. a 80 per cent
increase in recent years In certain
countries; yet II we consider only re-
strfcted localities we may be justified
In concluding that the disease is not
only on the wane, but actually extinct.
uor example. In many restricted To-
CAVITIES, not single cancer death has
occurred for twenty-five years.
Surely this absence of cancer in
certain out-of-the-way localities cannot
be an accident From such data near
ly every theory of cancer might re-
ceiye support-especially those of con-
tagion, food. soil. Inheritance, not to
mention many others. OF great signi.
ficance in the collection of statistics is
the anatomical Incidence of the dis
ease; but to this is opposed the fact
that In localities where cancer is espe-
ciaily prevalent we are likely to find
all locations OF the disease.
Won Czerny admits the cogency of
q parasitic theory OF cancer as long
as we follow statistics. II we pursue
this plan there is as much support of
such theory as in the case of any In
fictitious disease. Aside from the ar
gument furnished by statistics the
bulk OF the evidence tends to antag-
onize a parasitic theory. We find a
wide line of demarkation between two
groups, each of which is histologically
and clinically malignant.
The former may be described as
superficial. external, slowly growing,
originating in epidermal tissue-with
an antecedent stage of Inflammation or
misunderstanding local metastases
only. and hence largely amenable to
prompt surgical treatment But the
other type consists chiefly of deeply
placed cancers. attacking the viscera,
bones. ETC.. rapidly growing, and high
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-07

The stock barn herewith illustrated
was planned for Missouri stockman,
writes j. e. Bridgman In the Orange
Judd Farmer. The rather odd shape
was adopted for several reasons:
First. to have all the stock under one
roof; second. to keep each department
separate from the other departments;
third, to reduce to the minimum the
amount OF labor required for feeding
the stock: fourth, to save and eco
nomically use every pound of manure.
The floor plan of the structure is
34x160 feet from east to west, and
S4x1S4 feet from north to south. and
the two ellis for hogs and sheep are
each Boxes feet. The walls are 10
feet to the caves, and the roof IL SELF
supporting. which leaves q clear
space through the entire loft for
storing hay, etc. All partitions are
eight feet, except over the south front,
where they are 10 feet from the feed
rooms to the south front This is
done to allow for driving in load
Of hay in stormy weather. There are
46 COW stalls. three bull stalls two
hospital stalls and three calf pens
The horse barn has eight single stalls
and five large box stalls; the sheep
barn has six sheep pens 11x21 feet
each, and two lamb pens the hog
house has IL pens Skill feet each, also
4 feed and killing room 1929 feet.
The south front has a tool room,
engine room and watchman's room.
Stairways are located in both north
and south ends of the barn. The feed
rooms for horses and cows are 30 ar
ranged that the silage may be dropped
down the small chute In front of the
silos. The door of this chute is al
ways closed. SO that no odors may en-
ter the COW barn. A small gas en-
CINE Is used for elevating the ground
feed to six hopper-shaped bins, To-
Gated over the feed rooms. The feed
is drawn from the bins through small
spouts as wanted.
Bins for storing feed for hogs and
sheep are located over the sheep and
hog barns. All feed is handled with
feed carriers, and the tracks run
through all parts OF the barn. All
manure and litter is also handled with
carriers. and when not spread at once,
is stored In a cement manure house
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-07
GIRLS CLUB MAY CHEW GUM
Constitution Is Prepared by Young
Ladies' Providing for Expulsion
Of Bold Members.

New York.--One hundred young
women at the Labor temple, Second
avenue and Fourteenth street. with
the approval OF Rev. Charles Stelzle.
superintendent of the department of
labor of the Presbyterian church, have
formed the Girls Diversity club and
prepared their own constitution
When Mr.. Sickle and Rev. r. P.
Vaughan inspected the constitution
they were puzzled by the words.
chewing allowed"
An investigation disclosed the true
situation. They simply meant chew
ing gum, said Miss Panayiota Alexan-
dralSis. the club leader. Part of the
constitution follows:
The rules should be kept honestly.
Dues, penny week; no matter.
present or absent. the penny must be
paid. All are allowed to speak, but
none must be bold. II girl is spoken
to more than twice for being bold she
must be expelled. Chewing allowed.
Stories and singing must not go on
while we are working"
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-07
WIRELESS WORKS UNDER SEA
French Navy Carries Out interesting
Experiments by Transmitting
Submarine Messages.

Paris.-Interestinge experiments have
been carried out with submarine and
wireless telegraphy by the submarine
flotilla at Cherbourg. BY means of
submarine bells messages were con-
veyed quite distinctly to the battle
ship Bouvines by four submarines.
each at a distance of seven miles. As
a result of this experiment the min
lister of marine has given instructions
that all submarines shall be provided
with these bells.
The submersible Prairial was also
successful in signaling to the Bou-
vines by wireless telegraphy. all the
vessels met by her between st.
WAIST. Cape de la Hogue and. Cher
bourg, and announcing her arrival In
sight of the forts of Cherbourg.
French submarines will in future be
provided with wireless telegraphy ap-
paratus.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-07

Only an optimist enjoys being
fooled II he knows it.
How we delight to see loafer get
his tire puncturedi
The more money you have the
more things will come your way.
man admires modest girl al
most as doesn't the other brand.
Believe only half you hear-then
proceed to forget two-thirds of that.
All men are born honest, but 1t re-
quires constant practice to keep that
way.
A girl may not enjoy flirting unless
she knows it makes some other girl
miserable.
Many a woman who claims credit
for her husbands success in reality
acted as Handicapped.
We are unable to recall the names
of any of our acquaintance who are
too respectable to enjoy life.
Mark Antony: II didn't know 1t was
so late, Cleo. I must be going"
Some men would be brighter If they
were to reflect more and some would
reflect more If they we're brighter.
No. Cordelia, an office seeker isn't
a man who runs for a postoffice in
order to mail his wife's letter to her
mother.-Chicago News.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-07
the meteoric dust falling on the earth,
and therefore harmless"
FOR FLEsHY WOMEN ONLY
Bathing Suits at Chicago Beaches, APP
proved by Park Commissioners,
Not Adapted to Slim Ones.

Chicagc.-It is not the slender, sin
uous. sylphlike, willowy. wasp-waisted
maid who really goes near the water
If slim Processes, however. would
enjoy the pleasures of the north side
bathing beaches this summer they
had better provide their own bathing
garments. For the Lincoln park COM
mlssioners, in solemn conclave, have
ordered next summers supply of
bathing suits, and 81 inches at the
waist is the smallest thing ordered
And not many of the 27-inch sizes
were ordered; the majority of the
suits are fitted for more embonpoint
Investigation by the commission
showed that surf bathing was regard
ed as fat reducer. INDUCED In only
by large women. The bloomer skirts
for the municipal bathing suits Will
be of the standard type-no hobbies
and no lavish colors being permitted,
polka dots even being barred as max
ing stout women appear larger.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-07
COMET is A HARMLESS HOBO
Scientist Enabled to Announce New
Results in cosmic Evolution In
dorsed by Others.

Vallejo, Calm concluding a series
of lectures on astronomy Prof T. ]. J.
See. U. s. N. astronomer in charge
of Mare Island observatory, announced
that the new theory of comets result.
Ing from his long researches in cos.
mic evolution had been confirmed by
the Investigations of Prof. A. o.
Leuschner Of the University of Call
fornia. and of Prof. Ellis Stromgren
of the Royal observatory at Copen-
hagen, Denmark
AT the time the tail of Halley's
comet came so near the earth in last
May said Professor See, II was able
to conclude that the comets as class
are surviving fragments of our old
nebula, but some additional points re-
be cleared up. This has now been
effected by Leuschner and Stromgren.
who find. as l assumed last year, that
all the comet orbits are elliptical, not
one being really hyperbolic or para
bolic. as generally believed since the
days of Kepler.
What was SO mysterious to Kepler
and Newton was the high eccentricity
and great length of the major axis OF
the orbit of the comets. and the pres
ent pollution of this difficulty thus def
nitely settles one of the great prob
lens of the century.
THE comets are now proved to be
survivals Of the ancient nebula which
formed our solar system. the frag
ments coming to us chiefly from the
outer spherical shell of this nebula
the inner portion having been eaten
out and rendered vacant through this
capture and absorption of nebulcsity
by the planets.
'1n fact, the planets have beer
built up out Of the matter of comets
which have been destroyed. Even oul
earth was made up of matter once
existing in our nebula In the form Of
comets. When. therefore. we see {
comet in the future. 1t will have nj
terror for anyone. for we may say
for the most part. II IL mere dust. like
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-07

Another worlds record has been
broken. The new queen of the dairy
is beautiful Jersey COW named Sophie
Nineteenth of Hood Farm, owned and
tosted at Hood farm, Lowell, Mass She
is the champion Jersey for milk and
butter fat production of cows between
four and five years of age.
During the IL months ending
December 81. 1910. on test authenti-
Gated by the Massachusetts Agricul-
tural college, under the rules of the
American Jersey Cattle club, Sophie
Nineteenth of Hood farm gave 1873
pounds 3 ounces milk. testing 1,011
pounds ounces butter or over half a
ton. An accurate account was kept
Of her feed. and her milk sold at ten
cents per quart made profit of
$565.22.
The United States. department of
agriculture's estimate in round num-
bers Of The wealth produced each year
by the 22.000.000 COWS in the United
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-07

All cutters are drained to this manure
pit.
The exterior and interior are Gov
cred with matched sheathing, which
Is stripped with 1x2-inch strips. The
strips are In turn covered with metal
lath. and the lath covered with two
coats of portland cement All cell
ings are treated in the same manner
except the sheathing is not used
The roof is covered with the best
grade of asbestos felt roofing, which
makes 1t practically fireproof barn.
The foundation is of native limestone,
for the reason that stone can be Sc
cured on the farm at a very slight
cost.
The silos. set on cement pits four
feet deep. are built with 2x4-inch
studs, set 10 inches on centers; Mx6-
inch wooden hoops are bent around
the outside. and are doubled. one be-
tween each door and one in the cen
ter Of each door. The doors are 24x30
inches square, with 12-inch spaces be-
tween. The hoops are covered with
1x2-inch strips, and treated in the
same manner as the walls of the barn.
The inside walls of the silos are lined
with hard-burned paving brick laid in
thin cement.
All floors of the barn are of cement,
with wood Stats for the horses. The
horses have cast-iron cutters. but the
cows have both the cutters and the
managers made of cement, and the
hangers SO arranged that they may
be flooded with water. The floors are
all trapped with drain traps. and the
entire barn may be washed with a
hose in a short time. The horses are
watered at the cement trough located
north of the east feed room. and the
hogs and sheep are watered with a
hose. The barn loft is supported on
three-inch gas pipe, and all COW stalls
are of wood, with wire guards on top.
This barn is doubtless too large for
many of us. but there are many things
to be learned from 1t.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-07
Customers for Earmers.

1t pays to go down to the city and
work up trade for the farm produce.
Hunt up customers for the butter.
eggs, apples. potatoes. cabbage and all
such stuff. Have a regular market
day whom you can always be found
there. Folks will expect you and de-
pend on you. They will pay you cash
and as good prices az they would have
to pay at the store. because they get
better weight and measure and freah-
or produce.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-07
Wireless Carries 4,4s2 Miles.

San Francisco.-It is claimed that a
worlds record for wireless communi.
cation between ship and shore was
made when message was received at
a local station from the steamer
Korea 1892 miles away. The local
operator heard faint call from the
Korea. The message coule be distin.
guishcd: Steamer Korea, 4.492 out;
all we'll" The operator repeated the
message and received an 20. K"
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-04-07

Keep an eye on the man who tries
to flatter you.
More people have the gift OF gab
than the gift of silence.
Don't go too fast, young man, even
IL the road is smooth.
II a man has bad reputation, It's
easy for him to live down to 1t.
The essentials to domestic strife are
a fussy husband and nagging wife.
1t makes a mother mad II her sons
wife is deeper in the social swim than
herself.
While a steel band may be stronger
than a brass band, the latter is more
successful in holding crowd.-Chi-
cago News.