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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-15
New County Roads.

The consideration of petitions for
new county roads formed part of the
business before the Chouteau county
commissioners at their recent session.
In response to q petition for q new
road commencing in section 3, town
ship 30 north, range 10 east, the board
appointed F. A. Prosser, A. E. Nelson
and A. W. Merriield as viewers.
For a proposed road from a point
on the Great Northern railroad to the
bluffs of Marias river, the board ap.
pointed p. H. McHale, W. L. Reser
and A. w. Merrifeld as viewers.
The same viewers we're appointed
for a proposed change in the Chester
to Teton county line road.
For q proposed new road along the
Belknap reservation line, E. &. Mil
Ter, p. M. Bosley and A. w. Merri.
field were named as viewers.
The same parties were named as
viewers for q proposed road from the
reservation line to the Cleveland road,
and for q proposed road from the
Morris ranch to the reserv alton line.
A petition for q road from Harlem
to the Canadian line road and to the
Canadian line resulted in the appoint.
ment of P. M. Bosley. c. H. Reed and
A. w. Merrifield as viewers,
For q proposed road from the Clear
Creek srrick road to the Big Sandy
to Cow Creek road, the hoard sp.
pointed s. Boyoe, Chris Ruhe and A.
W. Merriield q viewers.
The road from the Chester w arrick
road TO Hill was declared to be q pub.
lie highway.
The change In the Fort Benton and
Nottingham saw mill road was also
declared by the board to be a public
highway.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-15
Montana News Brieflets.

LEWIsToWN, March l2.-Stephen A,
Suitor. who has been confined ia the
county jail here ever since his convic.
ton OF murder in the first degree las,
October. will be free in q few days,
Judge Cheadle having signed an or.
der for his release on bail in the sun
OF SIC, 200.
MILES CITY, March ia continu,
alton OF the plat Of the Great North.
ern railway through Dawson county
has been filed in the Miles City land
Office. Last summer the company filed
q plat covering its right of way from
Mondak. north OF the Missouri river,
In Valley county, to Circle, on the
Redwater in Dawson county, the route
being briefly across the Missouri from
Mondak south to connect with the
Northern Pacific near Ridgelawn.
HELENA, March l3.-aenry Aware,
state fish and game warden, is in re,
ceipt of q letter from q Montana resi-,
dent stating that he has violated the
game laws by killing deer and grouse
out OF season, and stating that he
wishes to make restitution so far 81
lies within bis power "that 1 may
square myself with God and man.
The letter was referred to the deputy
Tor that district, and II II is found tina,
his statement is true. he will be per.
mitted to enter . plea Of guilty with
tne request that the minimum punish,
ment be imposed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-15
Dry Goods Department

The ladies of Fort Benton and vicinity will
have an opportunity to make their spring
purchases at home that will equal anything
you can buy in the larger places as to style,
quality and price. Our buyer is now east,
where he will select the best and latest that
can be bought. Inspect our Spring Suits,
Millinery, Shoes, etc., before you buy. They
will please you.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-15
Grocery Department

Come to our Grocery Department when you
want the best Staples or Fancy Groceries.
We have spared no expense in making this
department so that it is a pleasure for our
customers to buy their groceries of us.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-15
Furniture Department

Perhaps you are going to refurnish your
house this spring. If you are, come in and
see our line of Furniture. 1t will help YOU
decide what you want. Our buyer is now
east purchasing a car of the most modern,
newest, ~up-to-date furniture that can be
bought or ever has been shown in Fort Ben
ton. We are agents for the famous Hoosier
Kitchen Cabinets--something very useful. If
you try one you will wonder how you ever got
along so long without it.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-15
Harness Department

To the farmer or rancher who will need
anything in Harness, Saddles: Blankets, etc.,
we would like to say that a visit to our Har-
ness Department will convince you that we
can save you money on your harness pur-
chases.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-15
Clothing Department

No matter what you want in up-to-date
clothing, Powers Clothing Department has it.
The latest styles in Spring Suits, Hats, Shoes,
Shirts, Ties, etc., will be on display in this
department. Agents for the Walk Over shoes.
See our spring styles now on display.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-15
Lumber Department

No doubt you are going to do some building
this spring. Now is a good time to figure on
your lumber. Glad to have you come to our
lumber office any time and go over your re-
q~uirements. We feel sure we can be of SER
vice to you.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-15
Seed Department

1t is nearly time to order Spring Seeds. We
will handle a full line of both field and garden
seeds. Our advice is to order early so that if
we haven't got what you want we can get it
before seeding time.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-15
PREPARE FOR SPRING

You will soon be getting ready to buv
your Spring supplies. The T. G. Power &
Bro. Ltd, Department Store is a good place
to get the Best Goods at the Lowest Prices
0btainable in Fort Benton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-15
Hay, Grain and Feed DEBT.

Our Grain and Feed Department handles
a complete line of Hay, Oats, Corn, Wheat,
Bran, Shorts, Chop Feed, etc. We can save
you money on your feed bills. Money saved
on this item means quite an amount.
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ready to welcome the city's multtudes to the regular round Of "bread
end crcuses." A vast building, occupying the entire block bounded
hy Lexington and Park avenues, Fortysevcnth and Forty-cighth
streets, and to be operated in conjunction with the new Grand Cen
trail Palace, will provide room for more people than the Garden ever
held to patronize shows, tournaments, pageants, meets, fairs, contests,
Gales, saengcrfests, concerts and conventions, and the aforesaid "box-
ing or prize-fghting events, to their hearts content and their pock-
cts limit.
A notable omission from The foregoing list is that Of art exhibi-
tons. Poultry, bulldogs, music, athletics, building materials and
Buffalo Bills Wild West are provided for, but paintings and sculpture
cut no figure in the prospectus.
Here is a bcundlcss opportunity FOR m one 10 wake up and
get busy. The bitter cry of the National Academy Of Design has
been heard, lamentng the notorious fact that New York City has
to 60 to Philadelphia, Pittsburgh or Chicago to find galleries large
enough to accommodate the sort of art salon which could and ought
to be held here.
Why are not the Acadcmicians in council with the promoters of
the new building enterprise, making dates for next years spring and
fall exhibitions? Such an arrangement might solve the art problem
in practically the same way that Paris solves it-by giving a popular
chow on a grand scale, in a place associated with public gatherings,
on q self-supporting basis.
And then, how beautiful it would be to see pugism. which a.
ready contributes officially to the revenues of the State. extend a
helping fist to a struggling sister art!
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Green and his associates framed up q
charter which,, II appears. Is the ground
work upon which our municipal gov
eminent rests. The charter builders IA
bored long and earnestly. and hnally
submitted their effort to the people.
How man. people knew what me
charter was aboutT Not one In ten
thousand. But the way Interested per-
sons jumped on that charter would give
you the idea that II was the most
iniquitous measure ever contrived.
mo , they a v brought out a new
charter. I don't know what's in It. You
don't know what's in II. Many Of the
men who helped draw It up admit they
don't know what's In II. Mayor Gaynor
says he knows hats in II, and the
statement IL promptly combated by DR.
Lyman Abbott and other eminent pub
Iicists. From the way the charter ha'
been criticised you'd think It was a
measure designed for the purpose Of
iegaiizing murder, arson. mayhem. CRANE
larceny and malfeasance in ONCE.
Most Of the opposite to certain sec
tions Of the charter has come from In
terested persons: as a matter OF TACT tns
whole charter matter has been Fought
out by Interested persons. Take Mayor
aaynor's plan for a paid Board OF d
cation as an example.
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subscription to Save this historic landmark" has been tried ineffec-
tuany, lends color to the story. One or two suspects have said "You
can search me" But the remark that "Any one who has sense
enough to make a million dollars would have too much sense to do
such a thing as that" is not necessarily reassuring.
The proper place to get antiques is where they grow. Even then
there is danger Of counterfeis, in the case Of smal-sized works of art
II has been urged, moreover, in vindicaton of the horse sense of col
lectors who buy statues by the ton and paintings by the square foot,
that had the "Mona Lisa" panel been as big as a barn door it never
would have been stolen.
From the early American custom of appropriating old world
names and fashions we have progressed to buying titles and collect
ing art. Bringing over Tattcrshal Castle, brick by brick, and set
ting it up on Long Island as good as new-or rather, perhaps. as
good as old-is quite naturally the next step. A section of the Scot
fish moors, and a few choice game preserves, may follow in due time
As might be expected, this dspleases the Britishers. Their unrea-
sonable suspicion Of annexationsts may have led them to prompt
the Canadians to reject our Reciprocity.
The evening world., 1911-09-23
HedGeVille
Editor
BY John L. Hobble

Copyright. 1911. by The Press Publishing Co.
trhe New York World.
AVID cRAUM says tina he would
pay his debts. but IL afraid he
- might insult his creditors by In
sinuatin' that they need the money.
= UMOR IL lomethin' that IL Just
- foolish enough to be funny In
stead ov foolish.
~ Ev, FROST says tina, his consre
X cation Ia made up ov Christians
and people who enjoy tellin' un-
pleasant things.
~ II. WAITS says that no likes foi
people TO take palms with hi
- medic!ne; and they most gener'
ally do.
Id FORK says his only ambition II
life IL TO live longer than his wifi
30 he can have the last word.
n FRS. DERKS says that most mel
mi are like nails. The only way I
W. drive them straight Is by hittir
en- ION the head.
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Mr.. .Jarr Pays So to Learn
lust How Little He Knows

wal the reply. but" here Mr.. jar
e~ndeavored to make the best OF l.
that wa three dollars Johnson. at the
ofiice. owed me and paid me. and I was
going to give 1t to you. anyway"
What good would three dollars have
done me!" asked Mrs. Jarr. as though
the money had been diverted from the
use originally intended for II. How
ever, It's better than nothing. So give II
to me-"
"Give Il to your was the reply.
"why. you got IL"
'Yes. but you didn't know I had ~"
said Mrs. Jarr eagerly. 80 It was just
the same as though I hadn't gotten It.
And hadn't gotten It. sc far as you
KNEW she added.
.'Dearie," replied Mr.. Jarr. with the
exception Of SOM chicken feed In silver
TO see me through I'LL tomorrow tina,
! three dollars is all the money I mad. Lei
us pass from such m%ercenary topics &c
the previous question. What were YOU
going to say about the new hats?"
Here he squinted down at his book
for he had just reached an exciting
part.
III you woul be polit enough not te
pore over a book wher I am speaking
to you l would tell you o the new
hats. Not that you care. or not that II
be able to have one-although. to tel
the truth. l do not believe they will
ever be worn. The new hats will b.
like the harem skirt or the split sheatl
gown. There'll be more talk than &C
tual wearing OF them
Are they to be bigger thar ever?'
asked Mr.. Jsrr.
NO. but they are to be higher thai
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ever." was the reply. Some Of tho
new styles . built up with feathers
10 be nearly q yard high. Look at this
one"
And Mrs. Jarr presented q fashion
journal tina. showed a picture Of a slim
creature about eight feet tall and eight
inches wide. 1t was supposedly a female
a. the dress pattern artist sees
her.
A head that was o~ne-twentieth the
sire of the beanpole body was sur
mounted with a towering edtfce Of cock
feathers. somewhat approxlmating the
height Of the foolscap hats ladies of
high rank are depicted wearing In the
illustrations TO oid-time fairy stories.
Mrs. Jarr measured the height of the
hat from the hair puffs OF the pictured
lady. II was almost a. much as the
foreAnger and thumb could a BY
, spanning this length from the bottom
Of the hat brim down over the fashion
picture person the rule OF thumb and
f~orefnger proved that the hat was as
high As half the body Of the nGure.
elongated out OF all proportion a. that
was.
What do you think OF that?' she
asked.
II think It's hne!'' aid Mr.. Jarr.
He thought no might as well say that
as anything.
We'll, ! won't go to that extreme
quite. But III get one of those shapes
II you don't object. have the trim
ming. Only there's ono thing
whats that?" asked Mr.. Jarr.
you'll have to give me that three
dollars you had for me and lost. Thu
shape will cost at least six dollars."
The evening world., 1911-09-23
Letters From the People

countries usually show the same kind
ness to Americans when the latter visit
Their countries as Americans usually
SHOW to foreigners when the foreigners
visit our country?"
WILLIAM PRoJANsKY.
How Muchf
To the Editor 81 The Evening World,
Readers kindly work out the correct
solution OF this problem. A man had
sloo' which he divided between two
men so that th%ree-quarters of o,a
mans snare was equal 10 f%our-nfths OF
tho other mans share. How much
money did each man receive?
q. l.. r.
To the Editor of Tn. Evening World.
Were there ever Third avenue cab,s
cars from city Han to Harlem or ,r
that directlon2
Engineering Queries.
To the Editor n The Eysuing World,
Would some expert reader advise
boy sixteen years OF age how long a Tim,
II requires to complete Il course OF cleo
trical engineering and II a boy conf,
work as an apprentice? Is there an,
other work to be learned superior 10 ,his
on a better paying basis2 G. V, IL,
The Man should H.. Introduced,
To the Editor Of The Ercning World;
Should a woman he Introduced 10
man or the man ~ the womanH +. d.
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.%T R% 5Qy

women are wearing" replied the good
man uneasily.
In his bones he felt hat he was going
to get the harpoon jabbed into him.
Sure enough. here II came:
You didn't notice ME wearing one
Of the new hats you mean raid Mrs.
Jarr.
She didn't look at him when she said
II. But II had hit tho mark. She
knew that.
We'll. dearie. It's like this" ex.
planned Mr.. Jarr. II give you all the
money / make and II you can't en-.
Gineer q new hat out Of II. why blame
me?"
Where IL tho three dollars. three
~one-dollar bills. that was In your fot
pocket day before yesterday morning.
asked Mrs. Jarr. "Oh. please don't &C.
cuse me Of going through your pockets
The money fell out on tho ioor."
Mr.. Jarr 3abbed a nervous nd hur'
ried forehnger into his fob pocket
II thought II YOU we're as careless ~
all that about three dollars. throwing
1t all over the floor. that I had use To-
It II you hadn't" Mrs. Jar went oil
sereneiy. You don't see m spillini
money out Of MY pocket"
"women haven't any pockets thes'
days. said Mr.. Jarr. AT least In
told so; and II they ever had any
never could hni ZEN. But I dom
think
"Do you mean TO say that you AID
NIT you have searched for m
pockets? Oh. how could you do any
thing 80 small and petty and dishon
orable?" interrupted Mrs. Jarr
Il was only speaking in general.
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IMPORTING GENUINE ANTIQUES.

mysterious american million
aire," whose mania of acquisitive-
ness keeps him busy-according
to unconfirmed rumors which oc-
casionally prove to be founded on
fact-going about the earth and
buying up such souvenirs as
Shakespeare's birthplace, Leon
ardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" and
the tombs and obelisks of ancient
Egypt, now threatens to carry of
a guaranteed medieval English
castle. The fact that a pot;opo,
The evening world., 1911-09-23
From the Other Side of the Seas.

and bricks were laid in mortar mixed
with a solution of musk. Those who
laid these stones have been long for.
gotten. but the influence and fragrance
OF their wo"'. remain.
THERE'S a sign in the sky. London,
biggest of the worlds cities. Is grow.
ing smaller. That Is. less people are
living within the actual working dis
tricts--ths congested districts-thsn
lived there ten years ago. The decrease
Is small. but 1t marks the turn of the
tide. London 10 moving to the sub.
urbs. spreading out on the land. who're
It's children nay play In the sunshine
thanks to the tubes" tramways. slse.
tric railways n motor buses
The evening world., 1911-09-23

10 the Editor OF The Evening World;
Readers. why are the prices OF food
Stufrs particularly OF sugar soaring so
much nowadays7 I've got a family 10
keep on small wages. and every time
those "birds' start soaring II Is OF PEE
culiar interest TO me. The Government
puts trusts through the courts. fines
them heavily and up go prices. perhaps
10 help pay OFF the fines. with the re-
suit that the unfortunate worker gets
the whole burden on his already too
heavily laden shoulders. In the late
British labor trouble their Government
ssttled everything by glvinL tho work
srs a little advance: nut 1t also stated
tina existing freight and passenger
rates should remain as they were.
thereby doing the workers some good
and putting the burden where II law
fully belongs and where II would be
least felt. Now. why can't we do some.
ching equally zane in hts eorntry7
]. Il. J,
- the Editor Of The Evening Word;
Is the Manhattan Beach Hotel owned
hy the b. X. TT
SOUTH BRooKLYNITE.
American broad.
- shs Editor Of The Evening World;
VIII readers who have travelled mucl
abroad give me an answer 10 this ques
uonf do tho people from AL oths
The evening world., 1911-09-23
The Weeks Wash

Bv Marffn Green

I were q member OF the Board Of Ddu.
cation I wouldn't like to think about It.
THE unpaid Board Of Education and
tho highly paid sup~erintendents who
really run the public school system
have shown themselves utterly unable
to handle the problem presented In thh
community. Maybe q paid Board OF
Education couldn't handle II either. but
a paid Board Of Education could Be held
responsible. Nobody appears to be re-
sponsibie now. Nevertheless the Afore'
said highly paid experts. aided by pro-
fessional educators. have insured the
continuation Of the present unsatisfae-
tory system."
The evening world., 1911-09-23

"H's s:,''?: more ! :''' .:s S:"': ever: err;
day in the year."
1t was Mrs. Jarr made the remark.
Mr.. Jarr, who trying to read a book
that his friend Rangle had recommend
ed M lent TO him. grunted . nom
ccmmittal grunt.
All the same. had he made such .
remark he would have been told,
dou~ble-aulck. that women weren't half
tho fools men are. And they aren't,
either.
Have you seen the new hats7" asked
Mrs. Jarr. Il ask you. HAVE you seen
the new hats?"
Mr., Jarr WAS Just getting interested
in the book. but he had to pay attention
when his wife was speaking.
Sure: they look like caterpillars," hi
said. RANGES got one hat matches
his new fall suit. and It's a bum suit,
at that"
DO you think ! was talking about
MONS hats7" asked Mrs. Jarr.
II haven't noticed the new hats the
The evening world., 1911-09-23

c h er through
( h Q Legislature
with about every
thing the reform
ers have kicked
o cut out"
"A strange and
h%orrendous I ng
10 city charter
SAID the laundry
a II recall the
time Greater New
York was launched
a n q Andrew II.
The evening world., 1911-09-23

\ TOTE in the Ceylon Independent;
IN Dear Sir; Mudsiizar Harry Jay
4 awardana has evidently forgot
ten that he handed me his hat at the
cremation OF the late high priest. am
sorry ] failed to inform him before
that. carried away by the sentiment OF
tho moment. ! flung II to the burning
pyre, hoping for future merit. May the
merit be his. as he was the owner of
the hat"
Visitors to the mosque of ST. Sophia.
In Constantinople. notice Immediately
they enter a beautiful fragrance per-
vading the entire building. The solu-
ton lies In the fac, that when 1t was
built. one thousand years ago. the stones
The evening world., 1911-09-23
PUcILISM AND The OTHER FINE ARTS.

UST as the Madison Square Gar.
den was irretrievably doomed to
destruction because it didn't pay,
they found the one thing needful
TO bring back its popularity and
fortunes, and that was the State
protected slugging match. The
Frawley law became effective too
late to save the old structure ;
but by the time Diana desccnds
from her perch on the tower,
which will be not later than next
spring, a new coliseum will be
The evening world., 1911-09-23
He Was Rejected.

A YOUNG man who signs his 'e'-
~ ter ID. B." writes: II proposea
to a dear young ady ma was
rejected. At home. at work. ana AZ a'
times the memory OF her Is c~ontinuanS
haunting me. Can you advise me 'ow
! may forget hort"
II you really wish to forget the young
lady you would best not see her. But
why not continue TO be friends with
The evening world., 1911-09-23

Canadians generally nave no use for
US. The French Canadians hate Us and
the English are not far behind the
French. This reciprocity business
brought out the real Canadian sentis
ment and gave us a chance to see ht-
We are regarded by our neighbors. W
ought to teach us a lesson to he sfff',i
that We can keep ourselves pretty brs
attending to our own affairs" "
The evening world., 1911-09-23
}ReelproeIty's Knockout.

<<xu ,HAr are We going to DO now
w that Canada has given rect
'" procity a swift kick In the
slats?" asked the head polisher.
wei have to give the Canucks credit
for knowing what they want" raid the
iaundryman. 1T Is quite evident from
the vote that Canada doesn't are to
swap products with US on q reciprocal
basis, despite the urgent appeals Of
many American patriots who ventursd
into Canada to tell the people there what
they ought TO do. .t
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her and see " YOU cannot make her
change her mind?
His &other.
A GIRL who signs her letter III.
n S." writes; II am in love with
4 \ a young man who lives In an
other town. When l 20 to his town to
call is II my place to call on his
mother?"
II Is not your place to call on the
young mans mother unless she ask
! You to.