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The West Mountain Hotel

(Formerly the Sumpter HoteD w. C.. Coodlett & Mrs. Fl. B. kellerman,
 Proprietors.
 Electric lights, call bells and gas heat. Our location is second to none; half block from bath house row; opposite Ark. National Bank Call and see us, no trou- be to show you what we have. Have Cooper Bros. Transfer Agent check your baggage on train and furnish you omnibus transportation. Come direct to West Mountain Hotel.
 RATES-Board and Room $6, S7 and SS per week. Rooms Without Board
 $175 to $500 per week. COR. EXCHANGE AND COURT SITS.
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Some men are not driven to drink; they take to t naturally.
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Also the duck season is now witt Us. the weather assisting.
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Just few more days to determine whether democracy shall rule.
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If man cant say mo" his yes is of little value.
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Art is hong. but the artist is gen eraliy short.
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The Lester Home Hotel
AIS Central Avenue,

Home of the Brotherhood men. No runners or solicitors employed. Best meals in Hot Springs at the price. Board and room, s5 per week Home cooking served family style. Good, clean large rooms; quiet and home like; close in. &
 c. J. LESTER,
 Member of Division 554, B. of L. E. 340 Benton St. Phone 1872
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And 1t hailed as Hale went out.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Graft In Building Railroad.

CHICAGO, Feb. 7.-Reports we're cur
rent here today that an investig alton
has resulted In disclosing losses OF
more than sl,000,000 in connection n
with the building and equipping of the
Pacific extension of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul railroad. II was
authoritatively stated that court pro.
ceedings would be begun simultan-
eously In Chicago and Seattle either
tomorrow or Friday.
It is intimated that the road suffer.
ed from tactics similar to those in
which the Illinois Central railroad
lost many thousands of dollars, aud
came to light when different supply
and repair companies were indicted.
The reports intimated that a rela.
tive of one of the officials of the com.
pany had profited largely by contr acts
for equipment placed with supply
company of which he was the head.
The investtg alton is said to have
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
One Man Builds Railroad,

GARDEN CITY, Kan. Feb. Elf
Rudolph Myers, who Is now SO years
old, lives 10 or Is more years longer
and remains firm in his determination
to build railroad all by himself, the
people OF Garden City may hear the
toot of q locomotive on the only rail-
road in the world constructed by one
man power.
Myers has already started his sys--
tenn and has graded out four miles of
roadbed out of Jetmore, So miles
northeast OF Garden City. He expects
to bring his road 10 miles nearer GAR
den City, the project terminus. within
the next year, with his own labor and
money. In the four miles already
completed he did all the labor with
the aid only of four mules hitched to .
road scraqer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Bryan Attack Resented.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-Wiliiam J .
Bryan was held up today to the house
as the 'evil genius lowering on the
fanks of democracy" by Representa- a.
tive Martin E. Dies of Texas. Mr..
Dies spoke in reply to Mr.. Bry an q
latest attack In the Commoner on the
democratic membership of the house.
Democrats and republicans alike
cheered Mr.. Dies declar alton that he
"neither feared the power nor respect
ed the judgment" of the Nebraskan.
His further announcement that demo-
cracy, under the leadership of Champ
Clark and Oscar W. Underwood, was
headed toward complete success swept
the democratic side of the house into q
storm OF applause.
II almost am ready to Join Governor
Wilson In his desire to find some de.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Manipulated Meat Prices.

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-THE government
centered it's attention on Swift & Co.
in the packers trial today. John M.
Chaplin, chief OF the plant accounting
department of that corpor alton was
subjected to examin alton by District
Attorney Wilkerson and was required
to explain to the jury many details of
the complex system.used by the pack
ers. Chaplin identified numerous let
ters chunging the by-products allow
ances, which were sent by other EN-.
ployes.
One letter signed by Chaplin and
dated November Is, 1907 gave instruc-
tions to discontinue making any al
lowances for hides in figuring the test
cost of beef.
District Attorney Wilkerson pointed
out that from the org aniz cation of the
National Packing company, March 8,
1908. the test cost of beef as figured,
by Swift & Co., steadily rose, while
the allowances for by.products de-
creased,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Will Make Safe Explosive.

NEW YORK, Feb. Sex. Senator w i.
A. Clark of Montana, Ia building a
large plant in New Jersey for the
manufacture OF 9 new high explosive
that is expected to eliminate ..95 per
cent of the danger attending the use
OF powder and dynamite In mines and
other similar uses. The new product
can not be exploded by concussion aud
it is stated that in giving a demon
str alton for the benefit of Mr.. Clark
the inventor of the explosive placed q
stick, or quantity, under large trip
hammer and dropped the hammer on it.
Every body else made to a safe dis
tance, but the inventor rem aimed. and
there was no explosion. A special
cap is necessary to set off the explo-
sive.
Thus far the explosive has been
made In email quantities only. but q
car of it has been tried and tested In
the Butte mines and is said to have
worked perfectly. After the tests Mr..
Clark took an interest in the invention
and is now erecting large plant for
It's manufacture.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Health Epigrams From Kansas.

Topeka, Kan, Feb. "a Kansas
Health almanac, patterned after patent
medicine almanacs and containing in.
formation calculatedj to improve the
health of Kansas people, was issued
by the state boardMof health today.
The fret charge of the public is to
''avoid patent medicines as you would
q pestilence."
Here are q few epigrams about
health contained in the book:
IAN open window is better than an
open grave. More deaths have been
caused by warm rooms than by freez.
ing"
"a stiff drink makes the stomac
warm, but the skin cold."
IA mustard bath for the feet will do
far more to ward off pneumonia than
gallon Jug"
"a dirty we'll 10 more dangerous
than dirty Kitchen"
cit takes time to fix baby's bottle
but it saves sorrow and sleepless
nights"
"Flies in the kitchen may be as
dangerous as rough on rats In the pan.
try
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Ready For Statehood.

PHOENIX, Feb. 49, Aftera territor.
ial existence of 40 years, lacking only
10 days, Arizona will emerge into the
sunlight of self government when Pre-
sident Taft signs a procl am alton
Wednesday admitting Arizona as the
48th state of the union.
The last of the territorial governors,
Rich ard E. Sloane, has Issued pro-
clamation declaring Wednesday q
holiday in Arizona. He himself prob
ably will become federal Judge of the
district OF Arizona in the near future.
A peculiar historical coincidence
lies in the fact that admission day
will be the 50th anniversary OF Arizo.
mas admission into the 90 uthern con-
federacy. On February II, 1852, JEFF
Davis issued proclamation to this
effect, but Arizona never actu ally
became a member of the confederacy.
A column of federal troops was thrown
into Arizona from California, and on
February "a, year later, President
Lincoln signed the proclaim alton OF
territorial government.
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Folk Quits In Missouri.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 10.-Former Gov
ernor Joseph w. Folk withdrew as an
active candidate for the democr attic
nomin alton for president today. His
manager announced tonight that they
would close the local headquarters
and would not prosecute further q
campaign.
Mr.. Folk withdrew after he had re.
ceived telegram from Speaker Clark,
which agreed to divide the Missouri
deleg alton to the democr attic national
convention as recently suggested by
William j. Bryan. Mr.. Folk not only
agreed to divide the delegation but
asked his friends to make no further
effort in his behalf. He released all
claims that he may have had on the
delegation and promised to support
MIR. Clark.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Coolest Day Of Winter.

New YORK. Fed. 10.-Bitter cold
weather, with the temperature falling
many degrees below the zero mark,
held sway over the eastern section of
the country today and tonight. Rec
ords OF years we're broken in some
sections notably northern New York,
Al below being recorded at one point
In the Adirondacks, while q temper q.
ture OF from 20 to 35 below was report
ed from state points.
Biting winds and heavy snow.
fall intensified the suffering in the far
southeastern section of the state
trains were stalled, several cities not
ably Oswego and Watertown, were
virtually cut off from communication
except by wire, aud q food and fuel fam.
inc was fenred. Suffering was report.
ed in many smaller places, where coal
supplies had given out.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Soldiers Had Narrow ESCAPE.

NEW YORK, Feb. ia powder
magazine on the government proving
ground at Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook,
exploded early today with q report
that was heard for ten miles. The
magazine was set of by flying sparks
from the embers of email fire which
had started two hours before in q fuse
storage house.
Five hundred soldiers from the gar
rison who had been called out to fight
the flames, we're within few rods of
the structure when it's roof shot sky.
ward and for time it was believed
that scores of lives had been lost.
Oficers declared later, however, that
so far as could be ascertained, no one
was harmed by the terrific blast.
The miraculous escape WAS due to
the fact that only email part of the
stored powder ignited. The bulk of
the ammunition was blown skyward
and scattered about the ity. Ex-
perts declare that had this been ex-
ploded few soldiers in the building
would have escaped.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Bridge Will Cost Millions.

PADUCHA, KY, Feb.-There are no
impediments now standing in the way
OF the double track .r abroad bridge
to be built overlthe.Ohio river II miles
below here marking long step in the
race of transcontinental trunk lines to
secure direct connection with gulf
ports in anticipation OF the opening of
the Panama canal. Plans for the
structure were announced here today.
The bridge is to be built jointly by
the Blu rlington, the Illinois Central,
the Louisville &sNashvtlle, the Frisco
and Big Four railroads. 1t will cost
$3, 800, 900 and another million will be
spent In constructing terminal fscili--
ties and shops.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
WILD AND WOOLLY EAST.
Train Robbers Operate In ThickIY
Settled deCountry.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 7.-Five men
plundered the mail aud express cars
Of Rock Island train No. 43 near Hull
bert, Ark, early today and made away
with their booty longibetore an alarm
was spread and the posses could seek
the trail. :...-..s >taa.I
The holdup was 80 cleverly planned
and executed with such precision that
none of the train employees could offer
resistance and few of the passengers
knew anything had happened until
they woke to find their train stalled.
The value of the plunder the robbers
secured has not been determined.
They ransacked the mail car and blew
open the Wells-Fargo express safe,
overlooking nothing of value. This
was the second holdup near Hubert
within less than four months.
Recalling last November's holdupr,
the Rock Island employees sent in .
hurry call to the Memphis police. A.
posse is searching the county about
Hubert and patrols have been Sta
toned up and down the Mississippi
river.
twas reported at noon that money
consigned to NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. esti-
mated at between $50, 200 and s75, 900,
had been taken from the express car
by the robbers. No arrests were re-
ported.
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To Open Assinniboine Lands.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-Senator
Dixon introduced q bill today which
If passed will open up to entry about
II. GOO acres of agricultural lands in
the cid Fort Assirniboine military
reserv alton, Montana. The bill author.
izes the secretary to have the reser-
vation surveyed and classified as
agricultural and timber lands. No
land will be listed as timber land th at
contains less than Is, 900 feet of timbe
to the 40 acres.
Agricultural lands will be thrown
open under lottery system such as
has been adopted in opening various
Indian reservations, those who draw
lucky numbers to pay $3.50 an acre
for their land, and SO cents down and
SO cents year until fully paid for.
Those who take land within the six
months after the opening will be con.
fined 70 100 acres each, but after six
months those ent sring may acquire
32O acres. Timber lands under the
bill will be held by the governmeu,
subject to their future disposal by con.
gress.
The bill reserves one SOU are mile ol
the reserv alton containing the build
tngs of the fort, and If within five
years the Montana legislature passes
. law providing for taking over this
property for an agricultural school or
any other industrial or public insti.
tuition, the same shall be conveyed to
the state. If the state does not desire
the property it will be disposed of as
congress may later direct.
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To Expedite Land Cases.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-To meet
c0mpl aints of western members of con-
gress that adjudic ations of land claims
we're delayed, Secretary Fisher issued
an order today to all chiefs of field
divisions of the general land Office re-
Quiring that hereafter all pro-
testedI cases which are pending
field investig alton be reported upon
within year from date of protest. II
q case be not go reported the field
chief must submit to Commissioners
Dennet of the general land Office an
adequate explain alton. .-a
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Montana Militia May Attend.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 12.-1n antici.
patton of an allowance by congress of
the war departments estimate of S1,-
$4,000 for the joint maneuvers mex.
summer OF the regular army and the
organized militia, Brigadier General
Evans, chief of the division of the
militia aff fairs, has communicated with
the adjustant generals of Montana,
Oregon. California, Washington, Ida
no. Arizona. New Mexico and Utah
definitely to ascertain the number
and kind of troops each state will be
able to furnish.
The small appropriation available
for the transportation of the regular
troops limits the number that can take
part. but the war department ia hope
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cent and orderly manner of knocking
Mr.. Bryan into q cooked hat, " said
Mr.. Dies, amid q roar of democr attic
laughter and applause.
Mr.. Dies attack on Mr.. Bry an fol-
lowed the latter's decla alton in the
last Issue of his newspaper that 13
democrats who voted against . recent
amendment in the house to require
publicity of all recommend ations to
the president on judReship appoint.
ments "were unworthy to represent a
democr attic Constituency"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
WILL BOOST ROOSEVELT,
Conference Of Governors and Dele.
gates Plans Nomination.

Conference Of Governors and Dele
gates Plans Nomination.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1O.-Eight governors
and delegates from % states met today
and in an infomal conference organ
ICED q permanent committee to push
the presidential candidacy of Theo-
dore Roosevelt. The governors after
an executive conference by themselves
addressed letter to Colonel Roose-
welt asking that he let it become known
that demand from the people that
he accept the nomin alton would not be
unheeded.
Delegates from different states told
of work already done toward promot.
ing Roosevelt's candidacy. Governor
Osborn of Michigan, former Governor
Fort of New Jersey described the plan
of campaign nearly completed.
The meeting was without disagree
ment and the resolutions adopted de-
clared "all agreed Theodore Roose-
velt ia the one man who at this time
can unite all elements of the party and
attract large number of independ-
ent voters"
The resolution further favored"an
expression of the peoples choice for
president by direct vote for candi-
date in each state," and urged all
agreeing with that plan to join the
movement. They concluded with a
protest "against the use of organized
POLITICAL machinery, based on patron
age, to deprive the people of any vote
on their real choice"
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ACCEPTS LINCOLNS ADVICE.
Col. Roosevelt Discusses Decent Pol
itics With Reporters.

Col. Roosevelt Discusses Decent Pol
itics With Reporters.
New YORK. Feb. S.-with the let.
ters of Abraham Lincoln as text
book and six newspaper reporters as
pupils, Col. Theodore Roosevelt ad.
dressed yesterday what he called his
"first class in applied decent poll
TICS"
Colonel Roosevelt prefaced his talk
with the declar alton that he had tried
to take Lincoln's letters as q guide
for himself and thought that excerpts
from many OF the m artyred presidents .
letters would make proper replies to
discussions that are being made
around him daily.
One of Lincoln's letters especially
Mr.. Roosevelt thought, would apply
to conditions confronting him today.
This was letter written at Spring g6eld
on April 6, 1850 to c. F. Mcneil. The
part emphasized by Mr.. Roosevelt
reads as follows:
~ have made this explanation to
you rs friend; but wish no explana
ton made to our enemies. What they
want is squabble and they can have
1t 1t we explain. and they cannot have
it If we DON'T"
Another missive read by Colonel
Roosevelt was Lincoln's con9dentia
letter to A. Johns, written on June 81
1860. In part it said:
''And now word OF caution. Oul
adversaries think they can gain =.
point If they could openly force me te
deny the charge, by which some de-
gree of offence would be given to tht
Americans. For this reason it mus,
publicly appear that AN paying nc
attention to the charge"
"That reminds me of some more o.
my past answers," commented Colone
Roosevelt. "You may recollect tn a.
on several occasions l have had moth
ing to saw
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Kentucky Feudist Killed.

P1KEvnLE, KY, Feb. 10.-One of
the most noted feud leaders In the Big
Sandy valley, Louis Hall, who had
bossted of killing % men, was shot
and killed at Shelby Gap in the Pine
mountains yesterday by Constable
George Johnson. Halls son, Morgan
Hall, met the same fate moment later
at the officers hand. People of that
section fear q revival of the feud war.
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BILLINGS, Feb. 12.-Although there
is snow on the ground in few places.
farmers In this section OF the state are
already making prepar ations for the
spring work, and In several instances
plowing ts In progress. Indications
are that oats and spring wheat will be
seeded this season several weeks earl.
ier than usual, and the same will be
true in case of fax. It is expected
that fully $4,000 acres OF the last men,
toned crop will be planted on the non.
Irrigated lands Of this county. The
total acreage harvested last season
was only approximately 1000 acres.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Canada Fears Potato Disease.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.-Canada is
about to put up the bars against pota-
toes from the United States, fearing
the dread black wart, according to
department of agriculture officials.
The "wart" does not exist here, but
there is no quarantine law which
would keep infected potatoes from Eu-
rope out of American ports, whence
they might make their way into Can
ada,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Suspend Proposed Rates.

WASHINGTON, Feb. "a new west
ern classification of freight lines
worked for many months and which
was recently filed with the interstate
commerce commission, today was
ordered suspended by the commission
from February Is to June 25. The
proposed classification contains hun
dreds of changes resulting in many
advances and some decreases in pre-
sent rates.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Order Affects Banks,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-Comptrol.
Ter Murray ordered today that bo ard 9
OF directors of national banks here.
after shall meet the federal bank ex-
aminers at every examin alton to dis
cuss the Affairs OF the in stitution, spec.
tally their loans and discounts. The
comptroller advised about 500 banks
that electing as q majority of their
boards directors who are not residents
in the place where the banks are loca.
ted was ''ObiectiOnable."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
More Pension Legislation,

WASHINGTON, Feb. l2.-The Sher-
wood dollar q day pension bill was
rejected today by the senate committee
on pensions and another measure
which would involve an annual ex.
penditure of s24 200, 600 proposed as q
substitute BY Senator Smoot of Utah,
was adopted.
Senators Brown OF Nebraska and
Curtis of Kansas gave notice that
they will press the Sherwood bill in the
senate IS q substitute for the Smoot
bill.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Doctors Sued For $l25, 900

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7.-Charging
that the unskilled medical treatment
and negligence of DR.. Thomas Nc
CURE and Dr.. J. W. Henry, both we'll
known practitioners of San Francisco,
caused the death of his son OF appen.
dicitis, Patrick Holland has brought
suit to collect sl25, 900 dam ages. Sew.
eral months after the death Of the son,
Mrs. Holland, the mother, died, 1t Ia
alleged, from grief and shock.
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Five Dropped To Death.

CASPER, Wyo., Feb. 10.-While q
gang of workmen were crossing the
Platte river on an aerial trsmway at
the governments Pathfinder dam
SO miles southwest OF here today, the
cable broke and the carrier with its
human freight dropped to the rocks
1856 feet below. Five men are reported
dead and several badly injured.
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been carried on at the instance of .
group Of stockholders who did not
conide their suspicions to the officers
of the road.
Watching Dynamite Suspects.

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 7.-Inseruc-
tions were sent to the governments
agents in at least 20 cities today TO
keep watch over men who have been
charged in 81 indictments with COM
plicity with the McN amaras and Ortie
E. McManigal In the dynamite conspi-
racy.
The men indicted. who are said to
number between 30 and 40, are scatter
ed In cities as far distant as Boston,
New York, New Orleans, Salt Lake,
San Francisco and Seattle and it is the
plan of the government to cause the
arrest of all on the same day.