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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
No. 0544.
Notice For Publication,

United States Land Office at Great Falls, Mon.
tana, July 5, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that
JAMES l.. STILWELL,
assignee of Timothy Shaffer, ct al, whose post
office address is Lonetree, Montana. did on the
14th day of September, 1905, file in this Office his
ton 2306, revised statutes, the NEA NWA sec
ton "a, township 20 north, range 10 east, Mon
tana meridian, containing 40 Rcree.
Any and al persons claiming adversely the
lands described, or desiring to object because of
the mineral character of the land, or for any
S 9Th ,ns seas On to .,' the q dli sppo;sa, to 2, alR HPi AZ sh no Il
before the cath day OF August, 1911.
L. l.. BARNES, Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
Norway's Goat Girls,

A Norwegian goat girl is able to take
a OF a large flock Of goats. She
watches them while they Craze, milks
hem and salts them. The last task Is
interesting. She takes a little bag of
salt. and the goats crowd about her,
leaping over each others back, for the
privilege Of licking her hand after each
dip In the bag. She loves her goats
and makes pets of the young kids.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
HORSES.

w. p, Great Falls, writes: "How
many top crosses are necessary before
a Percheron, Clydesdale, or Shire is
eligible for registration in it's respec,
tive stud book?'
Reply: Before a horse of any of the
above breeds can be registered in its
respective stud book, its sire and dam
must be registered.-R. w. Clark,
Montana Experiment Station.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
Non Coal Land.
Notice For Publication,

United States Land Office at Great Falls, Mon.
tana, June 20, 1871.
Notice 10 hereby given that
EVA IDDINGS,
Of Fort Benton, Mont, who, on February 8, 1910,
made homestead entry serial No. 0133b5, FOR sen
section IL, township Is north, range Z east, Mon.
tana meridian, has filed notice Of intention to
make fna' communication proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, before Chas.
II. Boyle, u. 8. commissioner, at his Office at
Fort Benton, Montana, on cath day Of August,
1911.
Claimant names a. witnesses: Allen Vans.
ley, Thomas Roundebush, James Fordy, Oliver
W. Simmons, all of Fort Benton, Montana.
E. L.. BARNES, Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
Notice OF Annual Meeting.

the Northwestern Livestock company will be
held on Friday, August II, 1911, at 8 O'Clock p. n.
at the Office of DR.. Jno. V. Carroll, for the pur-
suing sum ~ year. s.s's and tra "Hara nj u such other epr business 1n1 en,
as may be necessary.
J. II. EVERs, Sec. and Treas.
JNo. V. CARROLL, President.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
For Sale.

The Steamer O. X. hull. Length lOs feet.
Breadth Il feet. Gunwale IS inches. Built of
Ohio white oak. Also a 36-horsepower Marine
Clyde boiler, cold water test $50 pounds, re-
tued with rush iron high pressure fues in 1907
Has been used but one season. Boiler and hull
will be sold separately. Boiler would be valua'
BILE for irrigating engine or for other stationary
engine purposes.
For particulars call at Grand Union Hotel.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
Notice of Annual Meeting,

The regular annual meeting of the Benton
Sheep company will be held on Tuesday, Angus
l, 1911, at 8 O'Clock p. m, at the Stockmen's Ma
tional bank.
DAVID G. BROWNE, Sec. and Treas.
JNo. V. CARROLL, Vice President.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
Ranch For Sale,

About 36 acres Of land on Arrow creek, at
mouth of Coffee creek, about one-half of which
is good alfalfa land. Running water through
place permanently; open range on both sides.
Price $40 per acre If sold within sixty days.
j. w. WOODCOCK, Shonkin, Mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
House For Sale,

4 seven roomed house, located corner Baker
and Washington streets, Fort Benton. Has sewer
connections and other modern improvements.
Will sell or trade for livestock. For further
particulars address
JNO. 7. ISAACSON, Nirgelle. Mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
500 Reward,

One hundred dollars reward will be paid TO,
evidence and conviction of parties driving of
from their accustomed home range, on head.
waters of middle fork of Clear Creek, -
iin1urlng, killing or u%nlawfully brand
ing any cattle or horses bearing brand *
on left hip for cattle and left shoulder
Tor horses. l desire to return all above stock
and Will pay a fair reward for Information lead
Ing to recovery.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
For Sale.

Twenty-Five horsepower boiler; post driver
with IS. cot lift and 6O0-pound hammer; ewes
wheel road grader, new. Above can be
seen at our Teton ranch.
LONG BROTHERS, Great Falls,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
Ewes On Shares,

W. nave young breeding ewes to put out on
suoles lot one year from October l, 1911, with
Eesponsiole parties. Write us for further infor-
"ation' j.. b. LONG q CO,
Great Falls. Montana,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
Reward For EStrav,

A reward of s35 will be paid for the return O
one bay mare branded on left shoulder,
!eft hind foot white, and slightly blind HE
IN left eye. Weighs between 1900 and
16U pounds. Was last seen in East
Pondera last winter. "
ROBERT RUSSELL. Yalier. Mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
For Sale.

A Quick Meal gasoline stove, with oven ant
o'her accesf q WSpmIPKleEs9 = Apply ,t to: p,+on
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
Ranchers,

A secondhand Minneapolis binder, in good
working order, will be sold cheap. Also work
horses and mare and colt for sale. Also Ohio
Chester White pigs for sale. Apply to
WILLIAM ROWE. Fort Benton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
Alfalfa Seed.

A limited amount of alfalfa seed for sale, re.
cleaned, at Harlem, Is cents per pound. Sample
furnished if desired.
II. FARNUM. Harlem, Mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
Ranch Fer Sale

A fret class stock ranch, with sheepsheds and
complete outfit, capable of running ten thousand
sheep. For further particulars call on or write
TO II. ID. SHANkS or w. G.. SCHNEIDER, Saco,
Mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
Reward For EStravs,

Fl1teen dollars reward for the return of one
pay ana one gray horse, lost on Dry Fork coulee,
near me Beede place north OF Marias.
NoRTHWESTERN LIVESTOCK CO.,
Fort Benton, Montana,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
For Sale.

Team, wagon and harness, in good condition
for sale. For particulars apply to
j. o. PATTERSON, Fort Benton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
Reward For EStray,

One White mare branded V-D on left shout
Qer, with large growth on right jaw. Was in
!oa!: Fifteen deliars reward for information
of Rudyard.
HOWARD KIDMAN, Rudyard, Mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
Contract To Put Up Hay.

The Big Sag Sheep company wishes to contract
for putting up alfalfa hay from about 200 acres
Apply to Lew Williams, at ranch, or
A. W. KINGSBUkX, Great Falls.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
Horses For Sale.

ABOUT twenty 1--WE head geldings, four and five
years Old. For particulars address
OSCAR JOHA STON, Fort Benton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19

Will Trade For Horses.
l Will trade my improved ranch of $40 acres
for horses.
w. G. SCHNEIDER, saco, Mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19

Readers of the Montana farm .
articles in this paper are in. -.
vited to submit questions relat- 5.
ing to any phase of agriculture. j..
These questions will receive i.
the prompt attention of special .
lists. Submit all inquiries to .
Professor H. F. Patterson of p.
BOZeman, Mont. .
The Alaska sourdough. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1911-1911, 1911-11-21

sum of $4,000 as full pay for the engi-
neers. The engineers took the matter
up before the commissioner Of the gen
eral land office, and that official prOpOs
ed compromise at $4,000. This figure
was regarded as far too low by the sur
veyors, and their motion for rehear
ing has been granted. Special Agent
Lewis will attend the hearing, and prob
ably take notary with him from ia
neau, as both the commissioner and the
notary at Wrangel are witnesses in the
case.
Part Of the trouble is said to have
been due to the fact that the township
trustees caused too much land to be
surveyed. He probably was a little too
enthusiastic about the immediate future
of the town, and had some land cut
into lots that will probably remain in
the woods for some years to come.
The Alaska sourdough. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1911-1911, 1911-11-21
The PRICE OF A TOWNSHIP SURVEY

Probably about December Is, there
will be hearing in Wrangel which will
determine the amount Of compensation
to which the firm of Whitfelds are en-
titled for surveying the townsite Of
that thriving village.
For many years the contest has been
pending in the United States land of
fee. The Whitfield brothers made a
claim for 81, 900 for their services in
running the lines which transferred
Wrangel from a steamer landing into
city. The Wrangel lot holders have
strenuously resisted the taxing against
them Of this sum, and have contended
that $4,000 would be much nearer the
right figure. A year or two ago, the
matter was heard by a special investi-
gator sent out by the general land Of
fee, and this official recommended the
The Alaska sourdough. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1911-1911, 1911-11-21
SOME THLINGET JURISPRUDENCE

Here is story, found the other dav
II the office copy book q Gov. James
Sheakley, winch throws light On some
peculiar Indian customs which were
practiced up to comparatively recent
date.
The story is entitled s'Thlinget Jur-
isprudence. It is as follows:
Forty years ago fight took place
over at Hootz- noo-oo, a town in Alaska
known to the white people as Kills
moo. The Indian name means brown
bear fort. The fight occurred between
the two differing families of the tribe
of native living at Hootz-noo-oo.
In the melee woman was killed.
This woman, named Kan-sted-sick, was
an aunt of Klantech, sub chief of the
Klak wan tans of Sitka. Klantech was
then young man, but at this date is
The Alaska sourdough. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1911-1911, 1911-11-21
NO DELAY IN HOMESTEAD PATENTS

In speech recently delivered to an
eastern audience ExGov. Brady stated
that the failure to receive patents to
homesteads in Alaska, was one Of this
territory's greatest grievances.
The ex-gov. was in error. There new
er has been any cause for complaint In
Alaska, in the matter of delay in the
issuance of patents to homesteads. The
records in the land office at Juneau
show that there are but six claims
awaiting patent and Of these cases,
not one of them has been ready for pat
emit longer than six or seven months
This application is that Of Henry Andes,
Of Haines. The other applicants, who
have completed their proofs are Louis
Lund and D. w. Burridge, of Juneau,
and Fl. E. Revelle, D. c. Brownell, and
The Alaska sourdough. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1911-1911, 1911-11-21

which Green afterwards made, the mon
ey was paid over in the presence of
Mrs. Green, and the money was piled
on the table by Mr.. Murray, where,
says Green in his affidavit, the children
played with it.
Not long after the sale of the mill,
Green went to Vancouver for medical
treatment for injuries due, Green said,
to blow on the solar plexus administ-
cred by Mrs. Green. The sale took
place in the fall, and Green was gone
to Vancouver about two months. In
the meantime, Mrs. Green occupied the
mill office. where the family had been
living at the time of the sale, the re-
tention of the office until spring having
been provided for at the time of the
sale. When Green returned from Van
and purchased a large quantity Of pork
chops, which he carried to the family
iCoAdCHOO CD q POctCC OhClIHSs Vii Ills
arrival there, Mrs. Green was out, and
he proceeded to fry the chops, and have
the peace offering ready for delivery
on the arrival of the family.
But the pork chops failed utterly
1t was tragic and pathetic tale which
Green told of his failure to propitiate
his household gods with the pork chops
He was glad, however, to escape with
ont the necessity of again securing med
zeal services
Soon after this effort to make peace,
Green left the country. He did not,
however, 50 far as known, return to
Portland He became wanderer, and
it is understood visited many countries
Of the old world. Nothing definite was
heard from him, however, until last
summer when the news came that he
had died, friendless and alone, in Yoke
hama, Japan.
The Alaska sourdough. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1911-1911, 1911-11-21

James Gerwood, or Seward. There are,
Of course, other applications for patent
pending. but these only have completed
their proofs. Homestead patents were
recently granted to W. III. Merritt and
James ANYWAY, Of Halnes and Fred
Laubner of Seward.
About 200 mining claims are pond
ing for patent in the juneau land o.
fee. Under the law, eight months
must elapse after advertisement BET
fore patent can be issued, and there
are only few patents pending in
claims where the period has expired,
and it is probable that patents will be
ued on these before the first of the
year.
The Alaska sourdough. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1911-1911, 1911-11-21

been described by man who was sew
eral times aboard the boat as much like
a Chinese sampan in some respects.
On board he had stationary engine
which ran the vessel, and with which
ne also used in logging. Soon after
building this boat he persuaded young
indian girl to accompany him on his
trips for logs. This being called to the
attention of the authorities, the girl
was taken away from him, and sent to
school. Subsequently he went to the
authorities and expressed a desire To
marry the girl. To this the authorities
consented, and the ceremony was per
formed
The young Indian woman did a man g
woxk in the woods when the Green fam
lily went after logs, doing the hardest
and toughest work cheerfulIy. She
could run the engine when the boat
was under way, could steer the odd,
ungainly craft, and 10 her full share
of the work of the domestic firm.
Green took up q homestead on Admir-
att is d. ana built a saw !; tItrr
He ais ~ ant iI.s-- saw mill at Doug
las, wnlc5 row the property If AID
ner M. ~ In meantime, The In
dian woman had bcrGe Green three
children, one Of whom died while Green
lived on Douglas island.
Some time after the Douglas ialstrfd
mill was built, Green aud lis wife quar-
relied frequently and severely. Just as
she could hold her own in the work
with him in the woods, on the boat and
in the mill, she could hold her own in
the family Jars. Indeed, according to
the stories told by Green, she usually
had the best of these encounters.
Finally, about three years ago, Green
sold his Douglas island mill to Abner
Murray. According to an affidavit
The Alaska sourdough. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1911-1911, 1911-11-21

In the spring, following the sale, Alb
ner Murray notified Mrs. Green that
he would want the mill office in thirty
days, and started work in the mill, get
ting things in shape to start it up War
was declared at once, and for some
weeks, the owner Of the Douglas water
works led strenuous existence. Muir
ray still preserves two vicious looking
clubs which were aimed at his head,
and which he captured in SIX Finishes
In the contest, Mrs. Green had the
sympathy and assistance Of her tribe,
and Indians guarded the mill a good
deal Of the time. Finally the courts
were appealed to, Mrs. Green holding
that the conveyance of the mill was in
valid on the grounds that her sigma
ture was not attached to the instrument.
Under the laws Of Alaska, however, the
signature of i wife is not required in
the sale Of property by husband, nor
the signature of husband in the sale
Of property by wife, and the case was
finally thrown ont of court BY Judge
Gunnison.
After the final rupture between Green
and his wife, he went to a friend of his
in Douglas, and made a definite offer
of several thousand dollars if he would
persuade the woman to give up the child
rem. This the woman refused to do 1t
was probably about this time that
Green had win drawnsby J. H. Cobb
According to the terms of the will,
Green left all his property to his two
children, one Of whom has died since
the will was made. Especial reference
is made to funds deposited with the
Cleveland Trust company, of Cleveland,
Ohio. Richard johnson was named as
executor in the will, but as johnson is
now dead, Attorney Cobb has asked
for the appointment Of P II. Fox.
The Alaska sourdough. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1911-1911, 1911-11-21
ALASKA'S GROWING TRADE

During the first eight months Of 1911
the value Of the commodities shipped
out Of Alaska exceeded the amount ship
ped out during the same period Of 10
by nearly three hundred per cent. The
total value Of all commodities shipped
out during the first eight months Of last
year was $1,52o,351 and during the first
eight months Of 1911, So s79 ,594.
These gains were ma.!e by The in
ee"crs Of production Of copper ore, can
ned salmon and all fish products, ana
gypsum. The eighe months product in
canned salmon increasal from $S5s,s13
in 1910 to $1,49o,l97 in 1911. The
greatest percentage Of increase was in
The Alaska sourdough. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1911-1911, 1911-11-21

well known in Sitka, and man Of con
siderable years.
According to the Indian customs,
demand was made by Klantech, of the
Klak wan tan clan of Sitka for pay for
the life of the woman, either in blank
cts or by the life of one Of the Hoot-
noo-noo clan who had caused her death.
They compromised by giving ID "a
tech slave by the anne Of MN how
whom Khan tech priced very high as
Ea how was strong young fellow Of
less than % years.
In those days, male slaves of
great value, as they Y re only ain
ed by war and stealing hnrn FIR Ell
tribes. This prticnlar -r was Ill
dab, tribe inhabiti the ern
part of Prince of WaIe island.
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The Alaska sourdough. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1911-1911, 1911-11-21
DOUGLAS INDIAN MAY INHERIT $780, O.O

The will of Charles Green was filed
in Commissioner Winn s court last week
This is the first step in litigation which
may result in securing a fortune of
100000 for Douglas half breed child
now living in cabin in the Douglas
Indian village.
The story of Charles Green is one in
stance Of that truth which is stranger
than fiction. A third of a century ago,
Charles Green was the owner of plan
ming mill at Portland. He had been a
resident Of Portland for a number of
years and had accumulated a fortune
there A Douglas business man, who
believes that he knows, says that the
estate Of Charles Green, in Portland
will amount to not less than 100000
and possibly to half a million. There
is at least very little question but that
he accumulated considerable property.
Sometime in the early eighties, Green
quarreled with his relatives in Portland.
Just what the nature of that quarrel
was, or what relatives were involved,
nobody in Alaska knows. Subsequent
ly events show that the estrangement
caused by the quarrel, the bitterness
engendered by it, scared the heart Of
Charles Green, drove him from civiliza-
ton to the wilderness, and changed a
man of affairs to a rough pioneer.
Charles Green was not laxative
man. During his more than q quarter
Of a century in Alaska, he never made
any man his confident but Green at
least once admitted to man who had
known him in Portland that he had
quarreled with relatives, but very
clearly indicated that he had no desire
to discuss the cause Of the quarrel.
Soon after his arrival on the Gastin-
eau channel, Green built curious water
craft, which was probably more of
scow than anything else, and which has
The Alaska sourdough. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1911-1911, 1911-11-21

copper ore, which increased from $54,-
Gc3. IN 1910 to 81 ,402,5so ii 1911.
VI alebone and animal oil fell off ono
half. while the value Of hides shipped
aur. owing to the chang in the game
law, fell Of at an even heavier rate Of
loss. The amount Of gypsum shipped
out in August 1910 amounted to $2,125
while for the same month in 1911 it
reached So, 500
For the eight months compared the
shipments into Alaska fell off nearly
a quarter Of a million, the imports in
to Alaska from the United States be-
ing only $l1,o99,96S for the eight
Continued on Page 81
Arizona republican., 1911-11-12

The people of Phoenix must have had number of impressions very clearly accentuated in the past week. one did not need to be an enthusiast to realize that the spirit of the booster and the literature of the publicity agent. was abroad in the land. One does not need to be a subscriber to the latest New Thought cult to know that many minds thinking in similar channels. will produce results. Some one much wiser than the writer has said that in union there is strength, and the California Arizona Mutual Ad- miration club which was recently or
 ganized in this city, will be fruitful Of much cordial relation and more help ful assistance between the two states. Then there has been perfect demon Stration of the dare devil spirit of the age. which takes the gamblers chance and wins or loses with equanimity. Sixteen automobiles tore across the desert at break neck speed, each driver taking the chance of getting lost on the desert. having his machine turn turtle with him pinned under heath, he wellingly faces nervous pros traitor caused by the excitement. ter rife speed and the dissipation which is apparently a necessary adjunct of the celebration. for if he wins he gets the glory and the purse. On Thurs day at the fair many witnessed d race in which two automobiles were wreck ed and one man badly injured. While .7r CT
 ging the wounded driver from the mass of wreckage the rest of the au- dience was watching the woman bal loonist who seemed about to be inn paled on the pickets of the fence, like a bug on a pin. Life is cheap and We must have thrillers, Another inn pression that becomes more deeply en- graved every time one gets into crowd. is the fact that the foreigner is right. the American people are col lectiveIy. if not individually ill-bred
 Every one likes the man who sees the