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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-18
He Was Losing Money.

A pair Of preliminary fighters. Mar.
ty Allen and Tim Morrissey by name,
met at one Of the clubs not long ago.
Mr.. Morrissey had hardly swung at
Mr.. Allen before he landed flush on
the jaw. A pivot tooth that Mr..
Allen had just paid $12 to have set in
place was knocked loose. Mr.. Allen
swallowed 1t.
"Go easy on that side, GULL" said
Mr.. Allen hoarsely. II just paid $55
for bridgewoik on me jawr."
Mr.. Morrissey grinned v~iciously and
came in swinging like Il gate. His
mitts found Mr.. Aliens valuable Jaw
and loosened that fifty-five dollar
bridge. Mr.. Allen slipped to the floor
and began to take the count.
"Git up. you pup. shrieked his man
ager. "YOuse amt holt"
II know | amt holt" said Mr.. Al
len, beginning to unite his glo'@
"But l stand to loose $55 wort Of tect'
and l only get SIP for goin' on dix
bout. Is dat business :"-Cincinna,l
Times-Sta-.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-18
Work.

Let me but do my work from day to day.
In field or forest. at the desk or loom.
In roaring market place or tranquil
room.
Let me but find it in my heart to say
When vagrant wishes beckon me astray:
''This is my Work-my blessing, not my
doom.
OF all who live l am the only one by
whom
This work car be done in the right way"
Their shall l see it not too great nor small
To suit my spirit and to prove my pow
erS;
hours
And cheerful turn when the long shadows
fall
At eventide to play and love and rest.
Because ! know for me my work is best.
Henry van Dyke.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-18
WHAT HE WAS DOING.
The Information Came as a Shock to
His Enthusiastic Friend.

Thu Information Came az a Shock to
His Enthusiastic Friend.
When Victor Murdoch dropped into
Newark the other day to give a mono
logue on the tariff. conservation and
the high cost Of living he said he
wanted most Of all to see a friend Of
his boyhood days who vas living
there. Here is Mr.. Murdock's descrip-
ton of his friend:
"A husky. freckle faced little devil.
as l remember him. In short pants.
We used to rob birds nests and pilfer
apples together out in Kansas-glo-
rious state. Kansas-and get into all
sorts Of deviltry. Fred-that's his
name-was the terror of the country
side. l suppose he's the town bully
now. Why. l remember'-and then
followed a long list Of daredevil boy
ish episodes in which Murdoch and
friend Fred played stellar parts.
Fred-to be exact. Frederick w.
Lewis Of COO Ridge s~treet-heard that
Murdoch was in town and went down
to renew acquaintance with him.
They fell or one another's necks and
snapped yarns for ten minutes. Then
Murdoch told all over again to an at.
tentlve group the tales of Fred's esca-
pades. When he had finished he
by the way. Fred. what are you
doing now?"
why. l am pastor Of the Forest
Hill Presbyterian church here" was
the answer.
Murdoch collapsed Newark News.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-18
PAS Homo ReuaIia.

Bobby was a very observing little
boy. Along with his mother he was
watching a public Masonic ceremony
in which his father. a very large and
a very pompous man, was playing a
leading role.
"Oh. ma" giggled Bobbie, "see pas
apron! Amt 1t a skinny thing? Why
don't he veal the big one that you
make him put on when he helps you
wash the dishes?"
Then Everybody laughed but IA
ther."-Judge.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-18
Dreadful.

On the question of the practicabflity
of prohibition Mark Twain is said to
have expressed his views as follows:
II am a friend Of temperance, n l
want it to succeed, but ! don't think
prohibition is practical. The Germans.
you see. prevent it. Look at them.
They have invented a method of max
ing brandy out of sawdust. Now, what
chance will prohibition have when a
man can take a ripsaw and 60 out and
get drunk with a fence rail? What is
the good of prohibition II a man is
able to make brandy smashes out of
the shingles on his roof or If he can
get the delirium tremens by drinking
the legs of the kitchen tables"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-18
Everybody Ate ROYAL Hams.

'"The most successful swindles."
said James II. Keene at Il dinner at
Saratoga during the races. 'are those
that have a basis Of honesty. It's
like the story Of King Edwards pigs.
"At Sandringham you know. King
Edward raised priced swine, prize bull
locks and all manner Of fancy live
stock. Well. there vas a fashionable
west end butcher who bought all the
kings fat swine every year at a sim
ply enormous price, and a reporter
said to this butcher m day:
"'How can you afford to pay such
prices for the royal swineT'
swell. you see.' said the butcher
with a wink Of the eye, the kings
pigs have such a lot of legs!"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-18
Non Coal Land.
Notice For Publication.

United States Land Office at Great Falls, Mon.
tana, January 13, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that
JOHN u. BUCKMISTER
of Highwood, Montana, who, on June 6, 1901,
made homestead entry serial No. 1880, for NEA
section q, and on Aptil u. 1910. made additional
H e. No. Ol73O6, for SEX VIVA section 81,
township q north range Z eaet, Montana merl:
dian. has filed notice of intention to make final
~ive-yeer proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before Chas. H. Boyle, U. 8.
commissioners, at his Office at Fort Benton, Mon
tsna, on the 27th day Of February, 1911.
Claimant names as Witnesses: George W.
Lyon, Benjamin Kenison, Isaac Shepherd, Bert
Scott, oil of Highwood, Montana.
Ell BARNES, Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-18
...OUR FIRST.
MIDWINTER CLEARANCE SALE

No old, s1op-worn goods. Everything new, bright
and up.to.the-minut in style. We don't want to
carry over any Winter Goods, and have put a low
cut cash price on every article in our store.
HERE r A FEW OF THE M~ONEY-SAVERS:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-18
Every Bit as Good.

At a German watering place some
years ago an American with his wife
and fifteen-year-old son was staying
at a hotel where a German nobleman
appeared at dinner one evening with
his coat literally sprinkled with dec
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-18
Good Openers.

George and his mother-in-law were
not the best Of friends. The old lady
was suspicious of his occasional late
hours and rarely had a word Of COM
mendation Of any kind for him. One
day. however, as she watched him un-
screw the top of u can of preserves
which had wlthstood her own and the
young wife's efforts she said. rather
grudgingly to her daughter, well.
George certainly has very strong
hands"
Hasn't he. thought cried the young
wife admiringly. Now l know what
he meant when he spoke in his sleep
last night about having such a beauti-
full pair of openers"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-18

! SEE YOU WEAR DECORATIONS AISU.'
Orations of various sizes. The boy.
who had often spoken to the man,
asked, "What are those things fora"
and received the %sneering answer,
'"Those are decorations-not for Amer.
leans"
Next evening the boy came to din
ner wearing several medals on his
jacket and succeeded in having them
noticed by the nan Of the orders,
who asked: 81 see you wear decora'
tons also. What are they" This
one" he said. lis a bicycle prize, this
one our school pin, this II II bal
club. and they're just as good as your
Dutch kind."-NeW York Tribune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-18
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
State Bank,

AT FORT BENTON,
In the State of Montana, at the close of bushes So
January II, 1911.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts. ..... 1853, 4s4 16
Overdrafts,s secured and I'M
secured .....:........ l,26I Is
Bonds and warrants. ...... 3S6 % $165, OSS OF
Banking house, furniture
and fixtures. 21,44O II
Cash reserve in bank, viz:
Specie.::......"......S S'Ss6 GO
Due from banks and bankers 1907 90
Exchange for clearing house 34s "a GO,2Ol 81
ss5s,7as s5
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in....... 1925 OCO 90
Undivided protits.....::... 5,5l7 Sd $lso,5l7 SO
individual deposits subject
to check............. 7O,4l3 SO
Demand c%ertif'tes of deposit 1884 90
Time certificates of deposit 5O,439 33
Cashiers checks outstand-
ng............... los 40 19,212 AZ
S2os,.2s %
State of Montana, county of Chouteau, IS.
l, +. A. Flanagan, cashier of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement
is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
F.. A. FLANAGAN, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th
day of January, 1911.
JOHN +. SULLIVAN, Notary Public.
COrreCt-Attest
"a e. Is; i " 1S:s:;s," D'rsc'or,.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-02
THE NATIONAL RIVERS
and HARBORS congress

all the water courses of America hope
to get intelligent and practical atten-
ton from the general government.
The Congress Is not sectional. 1t
plans its work on broad lines, and
guarantees its moral support to every
local project on the theory that each
is part of the whole. From Hatties-
burg to Pascagoula we are interested
directly in the ultimate development
of Leaf river. Under the old system
by which appropriations for rivers
and harbors was made, We would not
in thousand years get such attention
as to guarantee us a navigable stream.
If, however, we would study the wise
and effective plans of this congress,
our hopes for a navigable stream on
Leaf and Pascagoula rivers would rise
very appreciably. This matter con
Germs everyone, but it will never be-
come asvital question with us, until
someone gets busy. AS a matter of
fact, like all such questions it must
get upon some mans heart
The Sth annual convention of the
congress will be held in Washington
d. c., December 6, and 8. Delegates
to the congress should be appointed
and someone induced to attend from
Hattiesburg who will study the plans
of the congress and get in position to
cooperate in the proposed plan for
the development of Leaf river.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-02
HENRY CLEWS' ON THE
BUSINESS SITUATION

New York, Nov. 1.-THE present de-
preston in the iron trade is a vastly
more important factor in the present
low prices of steel securities than the
antitrust law. In steel products there
has been a decline in prices of 81 per
cent since the panic of 1907. These
markets are still unsettled because
the railroads, which in good times
take 40 per cent of the output, are
not taking more than 20 per cent,
chiefly because of unsatisfactory fl
nancial conditions. The decline.
which has brought prices down to the
lowest on record except in 1897, is
rapidly bringing our most important
industry into a healthy and more
promising condition. Unfortunately,
the adjustment has been long delayed,
because of the stubborn refusal to
lower prices during the reaction
which followed the panic of 1907, The
policy of the Steel Corporation, it will
be remembered, then was to exercise
its great power in stoutly resisting
natural tendencies. Prices were held
at the high level through sheer force,
and much construction work was held
up in consequence. OF late a wiser
policy has prevailed and the steel in
dustry is now meeting the market and
adapting itself to changed conditions.
No doubt when the financial situation
improves and investment conditions
become more favorable for the issue
of securities-a time probably not
very far distant-the railroads will
enter the market as purchasers of
materials; and the result will very
likely be as on previous occasions, a
rush of accumulated orders. Our cop
per producers would do we'll to profit
by experience of the Steel Corpora
ton and assist business recovery by
lowering prices to point that would
stimulate consumption.
The Cotton Trade.
Another very important industry
the cotton trade-has adjusted itself
to market conditions. For two or
three years the cotton industry was
in very unsatisfactory condition,
manufacturers being hampered on the
one side by high raw material and in
creased cost of production and on the
other hand by inability to secure
from either home or export buyers
prices which would adequately COM
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-02
HAIR HINTS
Worthy The Attention Of People Who
Wish To Preserve The Hair.

Have your own brush and comb at
home and at hair dressers.
Never use a brush or comb in public
places, they are usually covered with
dandruff germs.
Wash your hair brush once a week
with soap and warm water to which
is added a disinfectant.
Shampoo the hair once a week with
pure soap and water.
Use PARTISAN SAGE every day,
rubbing thoroughly into scalp.
PARTISAN SAGE is guaranteed by
THE OWL DRUG STORE to destroy
dandruff germs and abolish dandruff,
or money back.
To stop hair from falling and scalp
from itching, o. money back.
To put life and beauty into dull
faded hair, or money back. Price so
cents.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-02
CATTLE RAISING IN TEXAS.

Robert ]. Kleberg is largely re-
sponsible for the International repu-
tation of Texas as a great cattle state
writes Forrest Crissey in The Munsey
for November:
"Kleberg looked upon the droves of
old-type Texas longhorn cattle that
grazed on the great ranch, and ask
ed:
Why not raise butchers meat in
stead of long horns?'
"'You can't" cried his AUDITING
ranchers. The longhorn is the only
kind that can stand Texas. Bring in
blooded stock, and the fever will get
/ 'em-and get you, too, if you go into
the importing game deep enough!
"Kleberg brought in some thorough
bred 'white-faces' and Durhams, and
began his experiment. They died -
but in the course of time the Texas
fever tick was tracked 10 its lair by
the persistent watchfulness of his
man of modern IDEAS and being
tracked, speedy and effective
means of its destruction was devised.
When Robert Kleberg demonstrated
that the tick, and not the climate of
Texas, was what killed all the blood
ed cattle of the modern beef type
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-02
HOW GERMS SPREAD SKIN DISEASE

Eczema, Psoriasis and other skin
troubles are caused by myriads Of
germs at work in the skin. Unless
these germs are promptly destroyed
they rapidly multiply, gnawing their
way deep into the sensitive tissues.
This is what causes that awful itch,
and what seemed a mere rash may
grow worse and develop into loath-
some and torturing skin disease with
its years of misery.
Don't take any chances! Destroy
the germs at the beginning of the
trouble with that soothing and cleans
ing wash, the D. D. D. Prescription
for Eczema.
A Csc bottle will prove this to you.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-02

of trust given to the bank to secure
the hypothecated notes.
1t is set forth that after the Mis-
sissipl Bank and Trust Company was
placed in the hands of receivers the
Interstate Trust and Banking Com
pany sent to the Capital National
Bank, Of Jackson the two notes for
collection. The receivers paid large
part of the Indebtedness, it is claim
ed, and on November list, 1911, the
receivers. desiring to pay the amount
due the Interstate Trust and Bank
ing Company, went to the Capital Ma
tional Bank and offered to discharge
the debt on the notes.
The receivers allege that the Inter
state Trust and Banking Company re-
fused to surrender the securities I'M
less the receivers pay 1910 lawyers
fee, which, 1t is claimed, was not due
and owing by either the Mississippi
Bank and Trust Company or the re-
ceivers. 1t is also charged that the
receivers were required to pay an
excessive and illegal item of interest
of 500 more than was due, and also
an overcharge of 500 for exchange,
making the sum total $3.50 that the
receivers were required to pay.
The receivers claim that the re-
fusal of the bank to surrender the
collateral when demanded damaged
the estate in the sum of $3.50, and
seeks a writ of attachment against
funds belonging to the Interstate
Trust and Banking Company in the
hands of the Capital National Bank.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-02
(By r. l.. Bennett.)

The waterways of nation are ma
lures contribution to the demands of
a people for means of transportation.
We used to be familiar with the pic
ture of the noble redman of the western
plains standing in awe struck wonder
as the great iron horse swept by him,
and of the language credited to him,
when he said white man going to
beat Great Spirit yet" We well know
that mans enterprise in building the
steel parallelograms all over the land,
has caused the natural arteries, the
rivers, to be neglected. The result is
that our nation is now coming to feel
the need of a revival of interest ia
the matter of water transportation.
The work of the National Rivers and
Harbors' Congress proclaims their
purpose to continue to work, for an
annual bill, backed by an annual ap
preparation with the idea of develop
ing by degrees every water system in
the nation. Mainly through the work
of this Congress the sixty-first Con
press appropriated for rivers and har
bors, through consecutive bills, to
tai of $S8,902.S30. A larger amount
than ever appropriated by any con
gress for such work, in the history o
the Government.
In no other way ever proposed, cal
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-02

pensate for increased costs. AS a re-
suit profits on cotton mill properties
diminished materially, and the whole
trade suffered more or less depres-
sion. Relief has finally come in the
form of cheap cotton, the most ma
tural and most substantial form of
relief that could be desired. The
South has produced an enormous crop
of the staple, estimates now reaching
over 100000 bales, so that it can
abundantly afford to sell it's products
at a low figure and still realize large
returns. Needless to say the worlds
cotton trade will be benefited by this
react favorably upon the United
States.
! 1t is to be noted with positive salts
faction that REIMBURSEMENT of these
two great industries to lower basis
/ has been accomplished with little or
no financial embarrassment. In pre-
vious years the after effect of panic
was usually reflected in numerous
heavy failures. The absence of seri-
Gus disaster in either the iron and
cotton industries is convincing testi-
mony of the physical and financial
/ soundness of those industries, Here
is a fact that has generally been over
looked. In all probability other
branches of business must go through
more or less liquidation and adjust
ment. Prices have been too high, con
sumption has been correspondingly
checked and values must adjust them
selves to the consuming powers of the
country.
Business Inertia.
The money market plainly reflects
business inertia. Money is abnormal
ly plentiful and cheap. The demand
for currency from the West is hard
ly a factor worth noting, for the reas
on that the interior banks possess
sufficient funds to handle crops with
out drawing upon their Eastern bal
ances. Some of our Western institu
lions have in fact been lending in
Europe, so abnormal is the present
money situation. Cotton and grain
are now coming upon the market free
ly, and the last month of favorable
weather has materially benefited al
late crops; the yield of which, wher
final returns are made, will be found
to have been greater than expected
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-02

We have had experience with many
remedies for skin trouble but have
never seen such remarkable cures as
those from D. D. d. Prescription. In
slant relief from the very first appli-
cation.
We are so confident that D. D. D.
will reach your case that it will cost
you nothing if the very first full size
bottle fails to make good every claim.
If you have skin trouble of any kind,
we certainly advise you to drop in
and investigate the merits of D. D. D.
anyway. We know that d. D. D. will
help you.-THE OWL DRUG STORE,
F.. f. Williams & Sons, Proprietors,
Front and Main Streets, Hattiesburg.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-02

is working out its own cure and the
process of readjustment to a lower
level in the merchandise markets has
already made good progress.
The investment market is much
more satisfactory than at the begin
ming of the month. Fair buying has
taken place in the. best class of rair
way bonds, which have shown dis
tinct improvement, not only in New
York, but at other financial centers
The great ease in money is perhaps
the most powerful element of support
now visible, and will in all probabiii
ty lead to liberal new issues Of Sc
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-02

There is little danger from a cold
or from an attack of the grip except
when followed by pneumonia, and
this never happens when Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy is used. This
remedy has won its great reputation
and extensive sale by its remarkable
cures of colds and grip and can be
relied upon with implicit confidence.
For sale by All Dealers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-02

WHEN YOU FEEL discouraged, con
fused. nervous tired. worried or de-
spondent it is a sure sign you need
MOTIFS NERVINE PILLS. They re.
new the normal vigor and make life
worth living. Be sure and ask for
MOTIFS NERVINE PILLS. Price
$1.00 by druggists.
Williams Mfg. Co., Props, Cleve.
land, o.
For sale only by CENTURY DRUG
CO,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-02

curities, presumably short-term notes
or bonds. Another very satisfactory
feature whicn mas been repeatedly al
luded to is our continued heavy eX-
cess Of exports. This, too, is one Of
the fundamental cures for present ills
which is quietly laying foundations
for coming recovery The financial
situation abroad. which received such
F. a severe shock from the Moroccan
question, shows decided improSS
ment. Confidence is rising in bod,
Berlin and Paris the chief points of
unsettlement; and London too is dis
! playing a more confident undertone.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-02
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