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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26
Arrest Fake Specialists

Chicago, Nov. 18.-T. w. Upton is
under arrest on a federal indictment
in what is said to be the first of a
series of prosecutions contemplated
by the government, against advertis.
ing specialists in mems disorders. Up
ton is charged by E. F. Andrews and
L. H. Staples, both of Omaha, with
using the mails to defraud, in adver.
Using the State Medical Institute at
Omaha.
According to the indictment, the in
stitute was advertised as an "old re
liable medical institute, conducted by
a large staff of skilled specialists OF
recognized ability, whose experience
reputation and standing is such as tc
merit confidence"
These representations, according tt
the government, "are false, fraudulent
and misleading statements" The in
dictment also states that advertise
ments sent through the mails were
80 framed as to attract particularly
the attention of and excite the fears
and prey upon the minds of boys ant
young men, and cause them to be
lieve themselves to be diseased"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26
Oldest Man In Country

Omaha, Nov. 19.-Probably the old.
est person in the United States today
is Thomas Morris of Custer county,
Nebraska. Charles Mytton,, with
whom the aged man lives, declares
that Morris will have reached his
120th year the 18th of next January.
1t appears that some years ago rec.
ords of his birth were destroyed by
fire, and it is largely through mem.
DRY that the present facts are retain
ed.
Morris was born in the year 1894, at
Berry, Montgomeryshire, in North
Wales, and If he lives until the 18th
Of next January he will have reached
the wonderful age of 120 years. It ia
not unlikely that the centenarian can
claim the distinction of being the old.
est living man in the United States.
Considering the great age he has
reached, Morris life has been rather
%uneventful and he has always been a
hard worker up to the time old age
incapacitated him.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26
Suit Over State Land

Helena, Nov. 1s.-Whether the
state board of land commissioners
has the authority to oppose the sale
of a tract of state land which has
heen bid in at an auction, because
sone one else appears after the sale
and offers a higher price, it to be de.
termined by the supreme court. That
tribunal today, upon the petition OF
Z. A. Gravely, Issued an alternative
writ of mandate directing Governor
Stewart and members of the state
land board and State Land Register
Miller to show cause why they should
not be compelled 10 enter into q con
tract with Grayely for the sale tc
him of a tract If larl in Deer Lodge
county.
At an auction sale held August Is
Gravely bid in the land at $40 an acre
Before the state land board had actet
on the sale the board was advised by
two people that they had intended tt
bid on the land, but did not have no
| tice of the date of sale and that il thu
land was offered again they woult
not bid less than $12 an acre TIL,
board disapproved the sale and or
dered another sale of the land.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26
The Speed Of the Wind

Up to the present the greatest speed
of the wind has been measured
for the simple reason that no instru-
ment has yet been invented capable
of doing SO.
In 1878 an anemometey on Mount
Washington registered 1856 miles an
hour, which is the highest velocity on
record, and last November a Robin
son thermometer was blown away in
Jamaica when registering 120 miles
per hour.
A tornado, however, blows far hard
er than that. At various times, at
tempts have been made to estimate
the velocity of wind in a tornado by
observing it's effects. For instance, ir
1875 a board of pine wood was blowr
against and right through a telegraph
| pole, while during the same storm an
other plank was driven three inches
into the trunk of a tree.
1t was calculated that such effects
could only have been produced by
force little less than that of a cannon
ball-that is to say, the wind mus
have been travelling at the rate of be
tween 600 and 800 miles per hour.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26
Argentina Wants HoQs

Washington, Nov. 1S.-With the
price of beef steadily increasing in
Argentina, despite that country's pre-.
parations to enter the American beet
market in competition with the home.
raised product, Alberto and Carlos De
Ibarra, representing the government
Of Argentina and personal interests,
have come to the United States to
study hog raising.
The visitors called today on DR.. A
D. Melvin, chief of the bureau of an
imal industry, and left tonight for the
west. A cheaper meat product is need
ed in Argentina, they said, because o.
the growing demand and the increas
es in price of beef. They expect tt
purchase a large number of the best
breeding hogs and ship to South
America.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26
Revised Proverbs

It's a wise son who knows when to
ask his father for money.
The best policy is paid.up life in
surance.
A lawsuit is the thief of time.
A dollar in hand is worth two loan.
ed to a friend.
Do a man today; he'll do you to.
morrow.
It is folly to be wise to all you see
and hear.
Where there's a will there's a feast
for lawyers.
It's never too late to love or go
home.
Nothing will be done we'll that you
do yourself If you don't know how.
Go slow and get left.
When the cat is away the night is
quiet.
A friend in need is a friend to steer
shy of.
An honest mans word is as good as
his bond when you've nothing to lose.
Don't look before leaping, when an
automobile m scorching your
way.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26
Resources of Montana Banks

Helena, Nov. 15.-Combined re.
sources of ITS state and "a private
banks in Montana aggregate the ire
mendous total of SIS, 1856, 1882, &C.
cording to a %tabulation of State Elk
aminer H. S. Magraw on the condi-
ton of these institutions October 81
last.
The statement, incidentally, is the
greatest in the history of the state ex-
aminer's Office.
One of the largest increases since
the previous call August 9, is shown
in the total of checking and savings
deposits, the increase being more than
$3.50 900. This is chiefly accounted
for by the deposits of farmers who
have sold their crops. In the item OF
"bills payable" a decrease of more
than a quarter of a million dollars IL
shown.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26
Beware Of South America

Minneapolis. Nov. 1S.-Rev. G. L.
Merrill, pastor of the Peoples church
here, after a three months visit to
South America, startled his congre-
cation by preaching on the subject
ITO He'll and Back" Among the
things he said were:
"Dante imagined he went to hell,
and wrote a poem. I went to South
America an saw enough to fill an en-.
cylopedia.
"Peru. with all her gold. is poor, and
amuses herself with lotteries. bullfight
and ruins.
"Buenos Aires is beautiful and bad
the home of Yankeephobia, the para
disc of fast horses, faster men and
women and the red lamp and moving
pictures that would make Sodom blush
for shame.
venezuela runs amuck with a rev
dictionary dagger in one hand, while
it mutilates with the other the moth
er bird on her nest for her egret feath
ers.
"From the number of Americans
talked with in South America who
| could not get away" he continued
"and those who returned with me
broken in health, hope, heart an(
pocketbook, l would say, Don't live II
South America If you value YOU
health, freedom and happiness. of YOU
body. mind and SOUL"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26
Advises Popcorn Diet

Popcorn for breakfast is Uncle
Sans latest advice to assist those
who desire some relief from the high
cost of living. Department of agricul-
ture corn investigation specialists de-
clare popcorn is superior, when pre-
pared properly for the table, to many
of the breakfast foods now on the
market. And $50 worth of popped
corn in the form of five cent packages
for the market, represents an outlay
of only about 81 or $3.50 for raw ma
terial, these experts say. This amount
of corn al be grown in a garden 20
by 40 feet.
In a farmers bulletin Just issued
the experts tell how to grow popcorn
and how to make it into toothsome
dishes, and advise the children OF
households to take up this branch OF
home farming.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26
IGNORES WARNING
Mexican Congress May Not Comply
With American Demands

win american Demands
Mexico City. Nov. 1s.-The' compile
ton of the preliminary organization
of both branches of the new Mexican
congress is regarded here as putting
the final touch to President Huerta's
defiance. Surprise was caused by
the publication of dispatches from
Washington indicating that President
Wilson does not contemplate any &C.
tive measures to support the warning
given by John Lind to General Huerta
against permitting the new congress
to convene.
Talk of the possibility of Huerta re-
signing is still heard but all the acts
and u~tterances of the provisional
president are calculated to dissipate
the idea that he himself has any such
intentions.
Mexican officials here seem to be
convinced that the United States is
bluffing and are quoted as stating
that they r satisfied there will be
no armed interference with their af-
fairs. A singular fact noticeable here
and much commented on by foreign
residents is the continued absence Of
any antf-American spirit among the
Mexican populace. The efforts of Ger.
tain Mexicans to stir up such a feel
ing have met with utter defeat. Mex
leans explain the difference in senti-
ment as due to the character of the
present controversy which fails to en-.
list the sympathy of the people.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26
THE GOSPEL OF ALFALFA

That ancient truism, Great Minds
run in the same channel is never
better illustrated than in the newt
able conclusions that great men reach
on the same subject.
Mccormick, whose %harvesters rev.
O%lutionized farming methods and who
founded one of the greatest industries
of the age thereby, realized late in
life that wheat, the great farm crop
that had literally made him rich, was
robbing the land and that the very
people who had made the middle west
the -four barrel of the nation were
even then facing ruin from the one
crop system.
Out of that conviction came the
founding the the Holden campaigns
in Iowa and elsewhere, with the
steady, systematic preaching of di.
versified farming, stock raising and
alfalfa, which is now the most vital
matter before the builders of the In
land Empire.
Now James j. Hill, acknow.
lodged empire builder, and out of a
half century of experience breaches
the same gospel.
"If | had to take my choice of a
single CROP said Mr.. Hill, alfalfa
would be that choice. 1t beats corr
and will produce more pounds of bee
to the acre than corn will. Alfalfa
will double, even treble, the value pei
acre of your land. 1t can be fed tt
hogs, to work horses and to beef cat
tie. Then it can be ground up anG
shipped east in the form of alfalfa
meal for chicken feed. They have
tried it for horses and it beats oats
and they have stopped feeding oats
When we allege a selfish interes'
behind this farming gospel, we mere
ly prove it's value. The selfish inter
est of a railroad MAJ in getting big
ger crops raised is the selfish inter
est of every farmer and business maj
along the line of that road. Two sucl
selfish interests mea prosperity.
The time has passed when W,
should scrutinize too suspiciously tn
motives of men who come to us wit
a great message. The messages @
Mccormick and Hill are unmistal
able and the Inland Empire will d
we'll to follow its Holdens and Smith
to a great and magnificent prosper
ity.-Spokesman-Review
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26
Bids for Medical Contract

Notice is hereby given that the Board
of County Commissioners Of Chouteau
County will on The % day OF December.
regular December meeting Of said board.
receive bids from resident practicing
physicians Of Chouteau County for med
poor and infrm persons Of Chouteau
County and the inmates Of h County
All bid to be sealed and addressed to
the clerk Of said board. BY order OF
the Board of County Commissioners OF
J: LEE sEDGw1CK
Clerk Of said Board.
Dated October 9th, 1918.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26
MILITARY RULE IN MEXICO

From the day in 1910 when Miguel
Hidlago the priest fired the revolu.
tionary movement that ended in 1924
in overthrow of Spanish rule, down to
the present hour, the history of Mex.
leo is a long tale Of military rule and
savage and summary execution of in.
surgent and revolutionary chiefs. Hid.
algo himself, after a few quick sue.
cesses in the field, was defeated, cap.
tured and shot. Morelos. his pupil
and successor, had a like fate of tran.
sient success. defeat. capture and sum.
mary execution at the hands of a fir
ing squad. Nina, the third leader in
that desperate cause, raj also defeat
ed, captured and shot.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26
Warns eeaverhead Stockmen

Dillon, Nov. 19.-W. p. Dickey of
Portland, president of the Portland
Cattle Loan company, was in Dillon
today, comforting with his legal rep
resentative regarding the cattle stu
alton and the loans made by his COM
pany in this vicinity. Mr.. Dickey
stated that while the price Of cattle
is high at present and has been in
creasing for the past few years. it
would be we'll for the producers to
keep in mind the fact that there is a
price that the consumer will not pay
for meat products, and that 1t would
be well for the cattle men to move
cautiously concerning their purchases
for feeders for fall feed, because he
finds that feeders n demanding
from soc to 81 advance over a year
ago, while fat cattle are selling for
less on the Chicago market than they
were at the same time last year. In
all probability this is due to the revi-
sion of the tariff and will continue un-
til values are readjusted the world
over.
Mr.. Dickey further said: IT do not
believe there will be q sharp break in
the price Of cattle, because of the old
law of supply and demand, as the
ranges are being taken up by settlers
each year, and, while the demand con-
tinues to increase. the supply is grow
ing less, and I think that this will
eventually mean that smaller settlers,
because of the fact that they are pro-
ducing the feed, will begin to raise
their own feeders instead Of buying
them in the southern markets. and
that cattle will be fed for market the
year round"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26

A revolution precipitated our Mexi
can wal of 1868, and the country's
unstable political status is attested by
the fact that during the two years
covered by that war there were
twelve changes in the Mexican presi
Dental Office.
A decade of guerrilla warfare fol.
lowed the termination of that war and
it was this turmoil and attendant in.
security of life and property that
finally led England, France and Spain
in 1861, to defy the Monroe doctrine
and assume the joint occupation that
led up to Frances placing Maximil-
ian on the Mexican throne.
Macmillan drove Juarez, the deposed
president, into the north, where he
conducted guerrilla warfare along the
Mexican border. Then Macmillan
lost his hold, was betrayed into the
hands of his enemies by a trusted and
false friend, and civilizations protest
ing plea a powerless to save him
from his violent fate. He and his
chief generals were shot; Juarez re-
SuA1OO tAO 4OAA0 VI VOWOI dl1U uOIO
the presidential Office from 1867 until
his death in 1872.
Four more years of unsettled gov
eminent, with. bandits everywhere
disturbing law and order. and Porfi.
rio Diaz came into power. Under his
firm rule there was a semblance of
constitutional government, but only
the semblance. The republic was un.
der a dictator, but a benevolent des.
withal, for under his long
sway Mexico had progress, prosperity
and peace, and flourished as it had
never flourished before, until the rev.
dictionary rise of Madero to power.
This, in brief, is a hundred years of
Mexican history, and in it n finds
little to encourage confidence in Pres
ident Wilson's benevolent expectation
Of genuine constitutional rule.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26
He Had to Catch Him

The farmers mule had just baked
in the road when the country doctor
came by. The farmer asked the phv.
sician If he could give him sometime
to start the mule. The doctor said he
could, and, reaching down into his
medicine case, gave the animal some
powders. The mule switched his tail
tossed his head and started on a mad
gallop down the road. The farmer
looked first at the flying animal and
then at the doctor.
"How much did that medicine cost,
doc?" he asked.
"Oh, about Is CENTS" said the ply
stefan.
well give ME a quarters worth
quick!". He swallowed it. 1--WE got
to catch that mule"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26
Advertise American Scenery

Washington, Nov. 1S.-"Come and
see Americas natural scenic beau
ties" is the invitation which Secretary
Lane is making ready to extend to
tourists in Europe. Through this
country's consul agents abroad, the
state department %consenting he is pre-
pairing to discover the best method of
informing Europe's travellers that the
national parks, s~now-capped noun
tains and g%orgeously colored canyons
of the United States can afford them
views as fine as any to be found in
Europe. A list of questions will be
sent to consul agents in Europe to
get their views as to the best methods
of inducing European nature lovers to
visit these shores.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26
MEXICAN COMPLICATIONS

Recently a writer in the New Yorl
Sun pointed out some important
phases of the Mexican situation
which, while they probably have no,
escaped our governmental experts al
Washington, at least are not generally
known among the American people
There are certain aspects of the prob
lem that involve application of inter
national law in the event that Presi'
dent Wilson grants belligerent rights
to Carranza. Heretofore we have
heard as the principal objection to
the raising of the embargo on arms
and ammunition that they would be
used against an American army in
the event it became necessary for us
to send a force of occupation and con.
Citation into Mexico. Bad as this
would be, it is not all or the worst.
Should President Wilson recognize
Carranza as a belligerent it would de-
prive the United States of the right
of demanding compensation for dam
age done to American life and prop
erty in Mexico. In support of this
opinion it may be pointed out that by
recognizing the belligerency of the
southern states in the COS England,
Germany, France and a number of
other important European nations re-
lieved the United States of all respon-
sibility for damages done to the prop
erty of citizens of these countries in
the civil war.
In Mexico today hundreds of Amer
lean plantations have been ravaged
and many American lives have been
sacrificed, and a vast amount of other
property and many more American
lives would be forfeited before order
could be restored under American &C.
cupation. In fact, 1t is a commonly
accepted opinion that should Presi-
dent Wilson send an army into Next
co the people of that republic would
speedily forget their own differences
and unite for common defense against
the invaders. That would mean that
any unfortunate American caught any
where in Mexico would be subjected
to the terrible vengeance of an igno-
rant and pitiless people.
Nor is this all. Should President
Wilson recognize the belligerency of
Carranza and then find it necessary
to interfere, the American government
would become automatically RESPONSE.
BILE to the powers of the world for all
the damage that has been done or
would be done to citizens of other
countries since the beginning of the
disturbances several years ago up to
and ending with the restoration of
order under American occupation.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26
Bids for Furnishing Medicine

Notice is hereby given by the Board Of
the "a day OF December, 1918, at ten
l1Ol o'clock A. M. Of said day, ct e reg
ular DECEMBER meeting Of said Board.
the furnishing Of all medicines for the
use Of the sick, poor and inf1rm persons
the County jail Tor the year 1914.
All bids to be sealed and addressed to
the Clerk Of said board. BY order Of the
Board Of County Commissioner Of Chou
teau County.
J.. LEE SEDGWICK,
Clerk Of said Board.
Dated October 9Th, 1918.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26
Social Feud at Capital

Washington, Nov. 18.-Storm sig
nails are flying in official social cir
cles in Washington as h result of the
decision of the cabinet ladies'" to
cut from their calling lists the wives
Of members of the house, on the
ground that some pairing Of the over
crowded calendar had to be done al
the opening of the busy social season
The women of the official set now
are divided into two camps, and the
feud threatens to spread into govern
ment quarters.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26
Notice to Creditors

Estate of John D. Buckmister. de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed administratrix Of the estate of
sDsh r: o. a'' ana al o psssons i Savi ing
claims against the said deceased, to ex.
hibit them with the necessary vouchers
cation Of this notice, to the said admin
istratrix at the office Of II. +. Miller In
Fort Benton, in the County Of Chouteau.
MINNIE BUCKMISTER,
Administrative Of the estate Of John
D.. Buckmister, deceased.
Dated Nov. 9Th, 1913.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26
World Calls for "lssers"

The world is full of "has-beens" and
"goin'-to-bes," but "issers" are in de-
mand, recites the Stafford Courier.
The work of today cannot be done in
the past or the future, but must be
performed in the present. The has
been" may occupy his time telling the
stories of the war. the "goin'-to-be'
may have beautiful dreams which
never come true, but the "isser" gets
busy and accomplishes something to-
day. The "has-been" once was. the
"goin'to.be" may possibly become but
the "isser" is. The world needs lis,
sers."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26
Bids for Coal Contract

Notice is hereby given that the Board
Of County. Commissioners Of Chouteau
County will on the I'd day Of December,
ular December nesting Of 81 said Board,
House and. county Jail at Fort Benton
All bids to be sealed and addressed to
the clerk of said Board. BY order Of the
Board Of County Commissioners Of Chou
teau County.
J. LEE SEDGWICK.
Clerk of said Board
Dated October 9th, 1918.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26
Notice Of Taxes Due

Office Of the treasurer Of Chouteau
county, Montana:
Personal and real property taxes for
the year 1913 on all property in Chou
teau county are due and payable at this
day Of November, 1918, at 8 O'Clock D.
m.,. said taxes will become delinquent
and an addition Of 10 per cent will be
added to. the amount thereof in accord
ance with the law.
w. R. LEFT.
Treasurer Of Chouteau county.
October 2, 1913.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-11-26
Bids for Care Of Sick, Poor and Infirm

Notice is hereby given by the Board Of
County Commissioners Of Chouteau
County. that on the I'd day Of December.
1918. at ten 0O) A.. M. at the regular
December meeting Of said board 1t will
receive bids for h care Of the sick.
poor and infirm persons Of Chouteau
county, including the clothing and burial
thereof for the year 1914.
All bids to be sealed and addressed to
the Clerk Of said board. BY order OF
the Board of County Commissioners Of
Chouteau County.
j. LEE SEDGWICK
Clerk of sai Board.
Dated October eth. 1918.