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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04
CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ.
Material Extensively Used In Various
Industries,

Material Extensively Used In Various
Industries.
The production Of crystalline quartz.
quartzite not used in building and
flint in 1910, according to Edison S.
Basin of the United States geological
survey. showed a decrease of So per
cent in quantity and Of % per cent In
value as compared with 1909, the total
quantity produced in 1910 being 63,577
short tons. valued at $193.757. These
figures do not include the large amount
Of quartz in building. molding and
glass sand, building stone, etc. Quartz
Of the kinds mentioned is used for a
great variety Of purposes, principally
In the manufacture Of wood filler, pot
terry. paints and securing soaps. In
pottery quartz serves to diminish
shrinkage in the body Of the ware; 1t
is used also in many glazes. Quartz
for these purposes should be nearly
free from iron bearing minerals. Fine
~ ground quartz is used in paints to
increase the resistance Of the paint to
the weather. In securing soaps aud
polishers ground crystalline quartz is
preferred to silica sand not only be-
cause Of its greater angularity. but be-
cause of its superior whiteness. Mas
sive quartz. crushed and graded to-
various degrees of fineness. is extern
used In the manufacture Of sand
paper and sand belts, as a securing
agent. with sand blast apparatus, etc.
Much ground quartz is used in filters.
and some Of the most finely pulver.
ICED grades are used in tooth powders
and in place Of pumice as a cleaner by
dentists.
Within recent years crystalline quartz
and also sand have been used to some |
extent in the manufacture Of silicon
and Of alloys Of silicon with iron (fer-
r%osilicon). copper and other metals.
Ferrosilicon is largely made in the
furnace by using coke to re.
duce the quartz to the metallic state
some iron ore or scrap iron to al |
10y with the silicon. Ferrosilicon has
been employed in the manufacture OF
as a deoxidizer and to prevent the
of blowholes in steel ingots.
Quartz may also be fused in the elec-
Eric furnace to make tubes, crucibles,
dishes and other articles which can be
Used for certain purposes in the chem
cal laboratory instead of porcelain and
platinum wares.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04
The Deepest Well,

what Is supposed to be the deepest
boring In the world is at the little vii.
lage OF Czuchow, in silesia. Germany,
to a depth of almost a mile and a half
below the surface. The bore is seven.
teen and one-third inches in diameter
at the mouth and a little short of two
inches Mt the bottom. The exact depth
OF the hole is said to be 7,34S feet. The
experiments that have so far been
made with the bore show that the
temperature of the earth increases at
the rate OF l degree f. with each sec.
tion OF ffty-eight feet. or l degree G.
for each 1O4.3 feet.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04
Dancing.

Dancing.
) Somehow or other we've never
!, yet run across a married man
who would admit that he really
, enjoyed dancing. - Detroit Free
} Press.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04

DER TERMS WEIR WRITTEN AT Apo
MATTOX.
surrendered at Appomattox, their sub.
mission indirectly involved that Of the
100000 who still remained under the
orders Of Lee and his generals.
A Significant Event.
Sew events, therefore, in American
history are charged with greater in
terest and significance than the meet
ing OF Grant and Lee in an obscure
Virginia village half a century ago.
The incident has been described by
many pens and from many points of
view, but by no n more fully and
wildly than by General (then ColoneD
Horace Porter Of Grants staff, subse-
quently ambassador to France. The
first account Of the eventful happen
1ngs that came to me in Richmond
was borne by my husband, who was
one OF the officers in attendance on
General Sheridan. And, as good luck
would have 1t, he not only brought me
the story of the signing, but a price
less memento Of 1.-THE little table on
which the victorious Union commander
drew up and signed the terms of the
surrender.
general Lee said that he had come
to learn the terms ON which the sur
render Of his army would be accented.
These We're briefly stated, and at Lees
suggestion Grant proceeded to write
them down.
"'Calling for his manifold order
book writes General Porter in his
Campaigning With Grant General
Grant opened 1t, laid it on a small
wal wooden table which Colonel Par
ker brought to him from the rear of
the room and proceeded to write the
TERMS
Lee read the letter when it was
handed to him, directed his military
secretary, Colonel Marshall, to draft
a reply and when this had been done
to his satisfaction signed the docu-
ment on the marble topped table at
which he sat. Grant had signed the
terms on the oval table, which was
moved up to him again for the pur.
pose.
General Porter gives this account
OF the rush for relics that followed the
departure Of the principal actors in the
surrender: Sheridan paid the proprie.
tor $50 in gold for the table on which
General Grant wrote the terms of sur
render for the purpose of presenting it
to Mrs. Custer and handed it over to
her dashing husband. who galloped OF
with it upon his shoulder, looking like
Atlas carrying the world"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04
Table Where
Gen. Grant
Wrote Peace ;
RS. ELIZABETH CUSTER,
widow Of the famous gener-
al. has just sent to the wal

KS. ELIZABETH CUSTER
widow of the famous gener
IA al. has just sent to the wal
museum at Washington the
table on which the terms of General
Lees surrender at A~ppomattox Court
House were signed. This historic piece
OF furniture has been bequeathed in
her will to the American people.
In an article written for Harper's
Weekly Mrs. Custer tells Of the writ.
ing Of peace by General Grant and de.
scribes how the table came into her
possession. She says in part:
zone who has not made a study Of
the history Of the civil war, but has
read only fragmentary accounts of the
events Of 1865, is apt to think that
Lees surrender was the closing scene
Of the great struggle, or, rather, the
fall Of the curtain on the last act of
the four years. tragedy. For some
months. indeed, he had been the gen.
eral In chief Of the Confederate ar
mics, and there is reason to suppose
that he sought to treat at Appomatox
Court House for a general cessation of
Aostilities and would have done so had
not Grant insisted on confirming the ne.
g0tiations to the affairs Immediately
In hand. AS a matter Of fact, the let
tiers signed on April 9, 1865, by the
Federal and Confederate leaders in
volved, SO far as their terms expressed
1t, nothing but the surrender of the
Army of Northern Virginia. 1t was
not till seventeen days later that John
ston yielded to Sherman and the weary |
strife was really at an end.
Yet the popular impression that the
long and sanguinary war came to a
close when the two military leaders
met in the modest little brick house Of
Wilmer Mclean and signed two scraps |
OF paper is essentially correct. Rich.
mond had fallen a week before, and
President Davis and his cabinet were
In fight with the archives Of their
government, and the result Of Sher-
mans march through Georgia was a
foregone conclusion. Grant had struck
of the head Of the C~onfederacy, whose
heart his great lieutenant was soon to
pierce. Though less than $4,000 men
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04

w. G. CONRAD, Pres.
JAMES T. STANFORD.
Vice.Pree. and Manager,
A. E. SCHWINGEL,
Cashier.
OMAR j. MALCOLM,
Asst. Cashier.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04
BRICKLAYER'S HAMMER.

Improved Tool Is Provided With De.
tachabIe Peen.
That part Of the bricklayer's hammer
with which the bricks are Clipped off,
and which is known as the peen of the
hammer, is liable to wear out before
the rest Of the hammer does. For this
reason an inventor has devised a ham
mer in which the peen is made readily
removable.
The way in which this is done is
clearly shown in the illustration, a
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04

This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and the
most liberal treatment consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct On all principal American and
European cities, and Issues its own
Letters Of Credit.
Interest paid 90 timc deposits. The
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04
A Mind at Rest.

"What makes you adopt that silly
accent and wear those funny clothes?'
"Well, dear boy, I'm not very quick
at seeing a joke, don't you see, and !
used to be embarrassed by wondering
what people were laughing at, you un-
derstand. Now I don't have to worry
any more. l know it's me."-Nashing-
ton Star.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04
Tho Last Straw.

Mrs. Kydder-Do you know that the
hippopotamus is good to eat, Della?
The Cook (warmly)-Faith, Nv ye buy
wan iv thin things yen cook it yer
self, thin! Frogs legs is my limit
Sunday Illustrated Magazine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04
B0WSER'S CLOCK,
He Gets Timekeeper That Saws
"Cuckoo,"
LOVED ONE IN CHILDHOOD.
All His Life Hs Had Felt That His
Home Lacked Something, and So He
Filled tho Void at Auction-rh. pur.
chase Was q Continuous Performer.

Home Lacked Something, and So n,
Filled tho Void at Auetion-rhs Pur.
chase Wa a Continuous Performer.
BY N. QUAD.
copyright, 1911. by Associated Literary
Press.1
2NYHEN Mr.. Bowser came home
wv to dinner the other evening
he had a man with him. and
the man was bent almost
double under the weight Of a big pack
age. Mrs. Bowser was on the front
steps to give greeting, and as the man
Of burden staggered up the steps and
deposited his load in the hall with a
grunt Of relief she asked of Mr.. Bow.
ser:
what on earth have you been buy.
ing this time?"
"Never you mind till after dinner
he replied.
ut can't be a cow"
"Humph"
ana II isn't large enough for an
auto"
"NOnsense!'
And you wouldn't c%hloroform a nj:
and bring him home this way"
woman, restrain your curiosity. |
have made a purchase, and in due time
you shall know what it is. We will
now go down TO dinner
Mrs. Bowser restrained" It is no use
try to pick anything out Of Mr.. Bow
ser until the dramatic moment arrives.
Then he discovers the north pole. Din
ner was about halfway through when
he leaned back and said:
Mrs. Bowser, do you know that a
forgets his early home-the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04

locking joint being provided between
the peen and the hammer, which will
stand the thrust when the peen is in
use. The peen may be made Of high
carbon steel so that it will wear for a
great length Of time, while the rest
OF the tool may be made Of an inex-
pensive low carbon steel. When the
peen wears out 1t may be detached
quickly and replaced with a new peen.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04
Noncorrosfve Gunnowdar

IN VoIV0 NOUp0WoeF,
An English inventor has brought o,+
a KIND OF steel which resists the cor.
rosion OF smokeless gunpowder, the
chief objection to the use Of that form
OF powder for firearms.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04

p IVERSIDE CAMP 1888, Modern Woodmen
~ OF America, meets every second and fourth
Thursday of each month at Odd Fellows hall at
= o'clock. Visiting neighpors cordially invited.
j. G. MYERS, v. c..
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
YOUNG
WOMEN TAKEN
FOR DISORDER
Mercy for Mrs. Ackley, Who
Is Mother of Three Chill
dren-Men Are Fined

Following many complaints of resi-
dents of the neighborhood, policemen
raided the flat at 400 Bunnell street,
occupied by Mrs Myrtle Ackley, aged
"a, a few minutes after midnight, and
as a result five persons were arraign-
ed on various charges before Judge
Foster in the city court this morn
ing
Mrs. Ackley has been living in the
flat for three weeks. She had been
warned prior to the raid, that she
must make a change in conditions or
suffer a visit from the police just
after midnight Patro1men Hatch,
Flynn and Dempsey entered the place
and arrested besides Mrs. Ackley, two
women giving the names of Margaret
Patterson and Anna Boland, aged 20
and 21, and two young men, John Pat
terson and Charles Jackson.
Mrs. Ackley is the mother of three
small children. Her husband is work
ing in IvOryton, Conn. Judge Foster
sentenced her to 60 days in Jail, but
rather than subject the children to
suffering, he suspended execution of
the sentence and turned the woman
over to the custody of Probation Of
ficer Burgess. Fines ranging from S.
to $40 were imposed upon the visitors
at the house. Several neighbors and
the police established it's reputation as
a disorderly resort
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
Manager of Steeplechase 10 Give Away His
Rouseboat Which Originally Cost SIO,-
0O0--Receipts Of Day TO be
Equally Divided Between
Bridgeport and ST.
vlncent's Hospi-
tails

'tSteeplechase Island may never be
, oper again as an amusement resort"
said Captain Paul Boyton today, in a
statement outlining a plan for a wind
up of the season on Sunday, Septem-
her II, which he hopes to be able to
designate as Hospital Sunday" or
Charity Sunday" 1t is his idea to
have the last day the greatest that
the island has ever known and to
divide the profits between the Bridge
port Hospital and ST. Vincent's Hos
pital In connection with the grand
finale he proposes to give away his
m1gnificent houseboat, Carekiller,
which is worth $4,000.
Those who have been employed at
the island all season have agreed 20
give their services free and the con-
cessionaires a percentage of their re-
ceipts of the day. '1t is my ambi-
ton" he said today, Ito make the
final day of Steeplechase Island the
greatest in it's history There will be
band concerts, all kinds of games,
9erto-msncfs % rsarit and the best
display of JEry-'S Serks ever seen in
Bridgeport Only combination tickets
will be sold on that day and the en-
tire receipts, above the actual ex-
penses. will go to the two hospitals,
If they will accept, and otherwise to
charity.
"As an inducement to the pEbiic to
enter into the plan / have decided to
give away, fully equipped and fur
nished. and in perfect condition, my
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
RECALL OF JUDGES
URGED BY B0RAH
IN STRONG SPEECH
Especial from United Press }


Washington, Aug. 7-Asserting the
principle to be utterly distinctive of
a Republican form of government,
Senator Borah (Rep, Ida), today, Or
dered the recall of the judiciary in a
vigorous speech to the Senate.
Il maintain that, in writing a law,
he said, 1--WE ought to listen closely
to we'll founded and sustained pub
lie opinion. But after the law is
written the judge who cOnstrues it
and by it's term measures out to each
citizen his duty or obligations, should
consider nothing but the terms as
written. He has nothing to do with
it's leniency or it's hardness, it's wis
dom Or unwisdom.
1.-The most paltry being. who shines
his way through the machinery of
government, is the judge who seeks
to locate the popular side of judi
ciable controversy. The man of small
fortune Or limited means will always
suffer in a contest with influence or
wealth in such a court. Instead of a
trial, if he has a just case, he will
get that which in the end constitutes
a denial of justice.
II am afraid that the principle of
the recall, as applied to judges, will
tend to establish the rule of major
ity in matters of judiciary
"If the time ever comes when the
fundamental principles of our govern
ment, as embodied in our constitution
no longer hold responsibility and
fealty, the government will, as prac-
tical fact, not long survive that hour
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07

houseboat, Carekiller This will go
to the lucky person who holds the
winning ticket. She will be put in at
the actual insurance upon her, which
is $4,000, and $1,000 less than her
sale price as advertised in New York
city. The bare expenses of the day
will be taken out and the houseboat
will go regardless of how small the
attendance might be for the day.
THE Carekiller is 100 feet long, "a
feet beam and is thoroughly furnish
ed and equipped with everything
necessary for her immediate use. She
has 16 rooms, hard wood finish floors
and is fitted up in the best of ma
terials. The winner gets the boat
and contents. 1t was built four years
ago when my family was larger than
at present and it represents an in
vestment of $4,000.
Holders fthe combination tickets.
for what we hope to call Hospital
Sunday, or Charity Sunday, will. be
numbered consecutively and a cor
responding number will be placed IN
a barrel. The latter set Will be
thoroughly shaken up to the satisfac-
ton of a. comrTittee cf dfsinterested
citizens who viii supervise the award
and select little girl not over three
years of age to pick one of the tickets
out of the barrel, and the person who
has the corresponding number gets
the houseboat without condition. The
numb go with the regular COM
bination ticket and no further charge.
/ think it is possible to obtain con-
siderable sum for distribution among
the hospitals of the city'e
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
City, Attorney
And Party In
Ocean Crash
Their Steamer Hits Iceberg
How Captains Quick
Wit Averted a Catas-
ophe.

Tired by their long trip across the
Atlantic, City Attorney Thomas M.
Cullinan, with his father. John Culli-
nan, Sr., and two sisters, Miss Nellie
Cullinan and Mrs. Catherine Sullivan,
arrived in Bridgeport at 10 O'Clock last
evening. Their ocean trip will long
be remembered by them, for their
steamer, the Anchor liner Columbia,
hit an iceberg off Newfoundland on
Aug. 2, and narrowly escaped going
to the bottom.
Attorney Cullinan, describing the
mishap, says it was largely a matter
of luck that the liner didn't crash in
to the berg with full force. AS it
was, the liner was proceeding through
a thick fog, blowing her fog horn.
The captain suddenly heard an echo
from the fog horn. The instance he
caught this acoustic popularity, he
be cked the engines hard. By this
prompt action he saved the ship. AS
it was, her momentum carried her in
to the berg with a terrific crash.
This occurred at Z p. m, when pas
sengers were dining. The shock
threw the food and dishes all over the
dining room and alarmed the passen-
gers, who rushed to the deck. By
and all that told of the collision were
her bent and broken bow, and several
hundred tons of ice on the deck
One sailor, the lookout, was injur-
ed by falling ice. Some of the pas
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
mike SMALLINC" RESCUES COM
PANlON, THEN SINKS AS HE
NEARS SHORE
Body Now on Way to His Home Here-Played on Local
Teams and Was "Going Good" in Tri- State
League-His Career on Diamond

New Britain had been watching the
! youngster perform and Immediately
wired to him to report O'Nen Of
| Tered Smalling the job as the team s
| utility man, but as Snaaflfng desifed
20 play regularly and had an offer
from Lancaster, O'Neil, knowing that
constant play was better for any play
er, sent Smalling to Lancaster He
| had been playing a sensational game
Tor that club since he Joined. He was
batting around .230 and fielding well
over 800
When with the Holyoke club on its
flrst appearance in. this city this sea-
son, Smalling as he stepped to. bat for
| the flrst time accepted presentations
from the Yost players and from his
shopmates at the Yost factory, where
ne was an expert alligner. The st.
Joseph T. l.. B. Association Of
which he was a member presented him
with floral horseshoe
Smalling was in constant training
at the Y. NJ. c. a. Year after year
ne was found upon the basketball
court of the association, being a men,
Der of the Blue Ribbons, for five sea-
sons State champions. Sma1ling last
season played dashing game at
center for the Bridgeport team, rum
ners-up for the championship in the
State Basketball league
Two years ago he was with the
South End football eleven, but was
not considered more than an ordinary
player. Last year found him with the
Thunderbolts, State champions It
was with this club that he won his
spurs, and secured for him the choice
by many experts as an All State half
back. AS a hafback he had few
peers. Long of reach and stride he
was enabled to pull down forward
passes with marked Al iity and al
ways witla long gains Wnen ae flIs
the line, 1t was III crouched position,
ripping open his opponents defense,
being brought down mostly through
his own momentum. 1t was a CON-
mon sight to see Smaliing tear through
the lines of gridiron warriors and fall
beyond the mass of players
Smalling's father, Michael Kiss, died
year ago this month He is sur
vived by his mother, Mrs. Teresa Kiss,
two brothers. Frank, who conducts a
butcher market in Johnson street, and
Joseph, and two sisters, Elizabeth and
Rose. He was member of ST. Ste
phen's r. c. church in Spruce street
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
SCOFIELD'S PROPERTY
ATTACHED IN $4,000
AUTO ACCIDENT SUIT

Eleven pieces of property in East
Bridgeport owned by George S. Sco-
field. the East Main street plumber
have been attached in a suit for S10,-
COO damages brought by Ralph s.
True of Fairfield. True claims that
in the early evening of July 25 last
he was riding on his bicycle in an
easterly direction in Spring street,
Fairfield, when he was run down by
an auto driven in the same direction
by Schotield. True alleges that Sco-
field gave no signal of his approach
and that he operated his machine
negligently. True was knocked from
his bicycle and run over. receiving
bruises on both thighs. sprained his
back and sustained internal injuries.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
FOUR HUNDRED
ENROLL WITH
ASSOCIATION
First Effort of East Side Or
ganization Will Be Di-
rected Against Garbage
Nuisance.

The East Side Improvement Asso-
citation has received 400 applications for
membership, and expects that the
number will reach 500 before the first
Injecting of the directors, which has
been called for Wednesday evening
/ The call for the meeting has been sent
out by T. ]. Mcnamara, chairman OF
the organization committee.
It is estimated that over 25 pei
cent of the voters of the Ninth dis
trict and many in the Twelfth, locat-
ed above Barnum avenue, will become
members
| The first effort of the association
will be to do away with the unbear-
able nuisance caused by the reduc-
ton Of the city garbage, and to i'm
| prove the sanitary conditions at Berk-
shire pond and the river below Berk-
shire dam
The money to carry on the work will
be raised by voluntary subscription
among property owners. There will
be no dues and no assessments. But
members of the association who do not
an interest in the work of the asso-
citation and promote the desired i'm
provements.
After the settlement of the garbage
|. question the organization will extend
! its work. The directors of the asso-
citation are:
William H Comley, Jr.. Lynn W.
. Wilson. Charles L. Beach, Edward c.
Spargo, Frank ]. Ostrofsky, c. S.
Eames, William Heating, T. J. Mona
mara, Albert E. Lavery, Joseph j.
Mullins, II. Gilbert Knox, F. L. Brad
bury.