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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-17
Would Own Mail Cars

Washington, Dec. 9.-Practical trial
of government ownership Of railway
mail cars is proposed in a bill an
proved today by the house postofice
and post road committee. The meas.
ure would appropriate 500, 900 to be
used by the postmaster general in
buying and operating a number OF
cars as an experiment.
The average construction cost, re-
ports before the committee show, is
about $4,000 for 6O-foot steel cars
The average cost to the government
for leasing mail cars, all Of which
are now owned by the railroads, is
approximately $4,000 a car a year.
The railroads receive compensation
for carrying the mail on an average
of $10,637.97 a a annually which
makes the cost to che government
about $4,000 a car. The average life
of a steel car, it is estimated, is about
Is years and the maintenance cost OF
a a is from $1,700 to $4,000 a year
according to age.
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Bankers Are Circulating Pc
titi0n to Increase
Garrison.

time a strong guard Of watchmen.
whose stations are connected by tele-
phone. patrol the corridors outside the
vaults. which are additionally protect
ed by an elaborate electric alarm sys-
tenn. As a first step to any attack upon
the s~ubtreasury's hoard, thieves must
sever all the buildings electric connec-
tons. There is even a rumor in Wall
street. believed by all the Office boys
who devour the "reminiscences Of Nick
Carter, that machine guns are kept in
the basement.
But this Is q rumor which cannot be
verified, although the other precautions
can be observed by anybody who is
permitted to go over as much Of the
building as is eve shown to the pub
lie. 1t Is not the policy Of the treas
ury department to advertise its pre-
cautions. which are generally Of a sim
pie nature. For instance, in transport
ing treasure overland it is seldom that
special trains are used. The customary
procedure Is to ship the gold or silver
In regular express cars attached to
through trains, heavily guarded by Sc
cret service men and sometimes SOL
diers OF the regular army in citizens
clothes, some of whom ride in the cars
with the treasure. while others are
scattered through the train. In this
way hundred Of millions Of dollars have
been transported without the loss of
a dollar.
The clearing house, custodian of al.
most as much ready money as the sub
treasury. is another citadel of Wall
street. Its steel vault, practically a
building by itself, lie Of the most mod
ern construction and Is regarded as
being burglar proof. Like many OF
the more modern vaults, it is equipped
with n device in particular which Is
perhaps yer more %eficacious than a
whole troop of armed guards. Over
the steel door there r crescent shap-
ed openings. They are the mouths of
automatic steam pipes which send out
clouds Of live steam the minute any
unskilled hand tries to tamper with the
delicate mechanism Of the vault. The
burglar who first disposed of the arm
ed guards who guard this vault at
night would be scalded to death long
before he could make any impression
upon the shining steel surface Of the
treasure house. Quite a large part of
the $33O,OOO.OOO of specie belonging to
the New York banks and trust compa-
MES is in the clearing house vaults.
Furthermore, even the approach of
the burglars would be communicated
to the guards. no matter how STEALTH
ly they came or from what side. from
above or from below, for by a series
Of mirrors let into the floor of the cor
ridor the guards can see on every side
of them as they walk and know exact
ly what is going on around them.
These precautions are typical of
those taken by every institution in
Wall street which has much money
to protect. At nighttime there are
more armed watchmen on duty in the
financial district than in any other Sec
ton of equal area, and never is the re-
sponsibility Of the night watch placed
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-17
Washington News Notes

Washington, Dec. 1O.-Secretary
Lane designated 1850, 900 acres of
dry lands in western states today as
suitable for entry under the enlarged
homestead act. The largest area des-
ignated is in Montana, where more
than $500, 900 acres were included in
a single order.
Senator Walsh has introduced a bill
similar to the one introduced in the
house by Representative Stout to in
rease the cost of the building at Bill
ings and to authorize the provision of
quarters for the United States courts
in the building. He also has intro
duced a bill for the relief of ]. D.
Savage.
A number of settlers living around
Poison have requested Senator Thorn
as J. Walsh to secure an appropriation
and legislation for the development of
power along the Pend Oreille river
at the outlet of Flathead lake. They
assert that the government expended
100000 on this part of the Flathead
irrigation project, but work has been
stopped for years. In connection with
the proposed use of these power sites
the secretary of the interior today
withdrew from entry 2,740 acres.
Representative Lafferty has intro
duced a bill to provide additional en-
tries for homestead entrymen in Mon.
tana and other western states. It
provides that any person who has
made final proof upon and received
patent for the lands under the home
stead laws in those states prior to
the enlarged homestead act who has
not disposed of such lands shall be
entitled to enter so much non-mineral
non-irrigable, unreserved and unap-
p~roprfated surveyed public lands
which do not contain merchantable
timber, located in a reasonable com.
pact body as when added to the orig
inal entry shall not exceed 800 acres.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-17

motion was passed that the rules be
suspended and the proposed ordin-
ance be read the second and third
time. A motion that said ordinance
pass as read was therefore submitted
to vote and was carried unanimously,
n was signed BY the mayor and
clerk. On motion duly seconded and
carried, 1t was ordered that at the
election provided for by this ordin.
ance the voting precincts be the
same as heretofore established.
A warrant for 100000 was ordered
drawn upon general fund and trans
ferred to the sinking fund, that
amount having been borrowed from
the sinking fund.
JOHN F. MURPHY, Clerk.
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Notice Of Sale Of Bonds

Notice is hereby given, that the Trus-
Chouteau county, Montana, will, pursu-
the ID day Of July. 1913, for the purpose
should issue or not, sell to the highest
bidder for cash the bonds Of said district
lars)., divided into five bond certificates
of the par value of $780, 90 each; such
bonds being issued for a period of ten
years, n being r~edeemable in seven
years, and to draw interest at the rate
OF 3 per centum per annum.
Said bonds are issued for the purpose
OF building and furnishing a school
house.
Bids will be received and opened on
the 27th day Of December, 1913, at 2
O'clock p. mr.. at the house of George
Cunningham, Graceville, Montana.
Bids for such bonds may be sent by
mail addressed to the undersigned, same
I'd be enclosed in sealed envelope, and
marked bid for Bonds" All bids to be
for not less than the par value of such
bonds.
The board of trustees of said district
reserve the right to reject any and all
bids.
By order Of the Board Of School Trus-
tees of School District No. IL.
GEORGE CUNNINGHAM,
Clerk of School District No. IL.
Graceville, Mont.
Dated November II, 1918.
First publication, November 10, 1913.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-17

upon the shoulders Of one man. There
is always a squad on duty. heavily
armed and assisted by the most elab-
crate electric protective and telephone
system possessed by any city in the
world.
The petition. which is addressed to
Senator O'Gorman Of New York, Is be-
ing circulated by Charles Elliot War
rem, president Of the Lincoln National
bank. and it has received already the
signatures Of more than 500 bankers,
brokers and merchants. 1t Is set forth
in the petition that the recent extern
sion Of Governors island added 1O3
acres to its area. and that 1t now pos
sufficient ground for the maneu-
vers of an entire regiment. and that.
inasmuch as the present barracks have
already been condemned as obsolete.
congress in appropriating money for
new barracks might as well increase
the sum to provide accommodations for
Il whole regiment instead Of four com-
panies. as Mt present.
Such n step. 1t Is argued. would give
the citizens Of New York a better OPP
p%ortunity Of observing the organiza.
ton and efficiency of the regular army.
insure the preservation Of the historic
associations of the post-One Of the
oldest still maintained provide II suita-
BILE place Of mobilization in time Of
war and would keep IL sufficient body
OF troops within call II any serious
emergency ever arose in the city.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-17
How Wall Street Guards Its
Millions From the Masses
Wants Federal Regiment In
Addition to Present
Safeguards.

NYBODY who sets out to in
spect the means taken to guard
~ the money boarded in the bank
vaults Of Wall street is bound
to arrive at the conclusion that the need
for an entire regiment Of regular troops
on Governors island is somewhat exag.
gerated by the bankers and merchants
who are going to send a petition to
Washington asking that the garrison
at Fort Jay be increased.
The petition says that in the event Of
an earthquake regular troops could be
landed at the ~subtreasury in Wall
street from the barracks on Governors
island in twelve minutes and that they
would be more effective than police or
state troops.
As a matter of fact, the United States
government and the banks in which so
much treasure is kept are by no means
remiss in their guardianship. In the
opinion Of policemen, it would be ex-
ceedingly difficult for a band of thieves,
equipped with modern tools. to enter
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-17

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE AND FAMOUS
WALL STREET CORNER
successfully one of the private safety
deposit vaults, not to speak of such q
financial citadel as the s%ubtreasury,
Not even the Bank of England is more
rigidly guarded than the subtreasury,
despite the fact that there are no
armed sentries in front of the old
Greek building ut the corner Of Nassau
and Wall streets. On the contrary, the
measures taken to protect the building
from any extraordinary attack are kept
secret.
But anybody who strolls through the
central corridor cannot avoid noticing
the pistol holsters that hang On walls
behind the doors and the husky men
in citizens clothes who stand at inter.
vals-the only men in the building who
are permitted to stand idle. Those
who do not go to the %subtreasury on
business are quickly sent away. But,
at the same time, 1t is we'll not to be
too hurried in passing through. An
eminently respectable citizen who was
late for an appointment one day
thought he would take a short cut
through the s%ubtreasury corridor and,
after climbing the high flight of steps
from Wall street, started to run be-
tween the lines of cages.
In an instant two men had stopped
him in his tracks. He barely escaped
being roughly handled before he identi-
fed himself. and when the guards
were satisfied that he was all right
they advised him grimly never to try
to run through the subtreasury again.
"We're always on the lookout for
people who lounge around and who
rum" they said. "We don't take any
chances here"
Why should they? There is, roughly
speaking, from $3.50. 100000 to $780,
100000 in cash in the %subtreasury all
the time. a great part of it in gold.
Down In the vaults the gold is stacked
up like coal. and for the sake Of con-
venience the men who handle 1t use
shOvels.
The ~subtreasury is built of stone
throughout. The walls look as though
they had been laid by old Norman
builders. Even the interior partitions
are some three feet thick, and the mas.
sive roof Is stone too. This roof, by
the way, is an essential part of the
buildings means of defense. II you
ever happen t. look up at that section
Of the roof which projects wei the
porches at each end. supported by
heavy Corinthian pillars, you will no.
tice a line of circular openings, shut.
tered from above. And If you should
ever happen to be permitted to pass
the many watchmen and barred gates
which shut out the casual visitor from
the buildings mysteries you would
find under the I'VE Of the roof neatly
stacked rows Of hand grenades. ready
to be dropped through these holes upon
an assaulting mob beneath.
Nor is this all. In racks In certain
Of the Offices are stands Of magazine RI
6es. and every employee carries n re-
volver for emergency Use. At night.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-17

A petition was received, asking the
city to vacate all of the west six feet
Of the alley in block %, old townsite,
and to authorize the mayor and clerk
for the city. to execute deeds to GER
tain owners of property abutting
thereon. 1t was referred to the COM
mittee on streets and alleys.
The marshal was directed to move
hydrant on Bond and WASHINGTON
streets and place it where it properly
belongs.
At petition was received from prop,
erty owners in third ward, west. ask
ing for street lights in their vicinity
It was referred to the committee on
lights and water.
A committee of citizens appeared
before the council, asking that GER
tain city improvements be inaugurar-
ed. A discussion of the subject was
had by all present. Mr.. Jaqueth, an
engineer. submitted a report with out
lines Of proposed improvements and
estimates of the cost of same. The
hour being late, the council adjourn.
ed until December 2.
December 2, 1913.
The council met pursuant to ad.
journment, with all members pres
ent except the mayor. Mr.. J. S. Brown
again presided.
After a full discussion of needed
city improvements, Mr.. Jere ]. Sulli-
van gave notice of intention to in.
troduce an ordinance for the cor.
struction of a sanitary and storm sew.
er for the city, at the next meeting
OF the council. The council then ad.
journed to December 9.
December 9, 1913.
The council met pursuant to ad.
journment, with all members pres
ent. Mayor Green called the council
to order.
Mr.. Sullivan read the proposed "or-
dinance providing for an election for
submitting to the vote OF the taxpay.
ers of the city of Fort Benton affect.
ed thereby, the proposition of con.
tracing Indebtedness by issuing
bonds for the construction of a sew.
er system for the city, which indebt.
edness, including all existing indebt.
edness, will not exceed three per cent
UNI of the total assessed valuation of
the taxable property of said city.
After the first reading of same, q
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-17
Notice Of Annual MEETING

The regular annual meeting of the
Bank, of Fort Benton, Montana, will be
held at the banking rooms Of said bank
the hours OF 10 a.. m, and 1 p
the purpose Of eiecting a board OF d.
rectors for the ensuing year.
DAVID G.. BROWNE, President
r. c. GIDDINGS, Cashier.
Fort Benton. Montana, December 9,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-17
Notice Of Sale Of Real Estate

In the district court Of The Twelfth Ju-
in and for the county Of Chouteau.
su see'ss Of y an He osdsr g effv snss distrtd II court D%rt
OF the county of Chouteau, state Of Mon
tana.. made on the goth day Of Novem-
Per: 1912 n the matter Of the estate Of
testament Of Mary E. cofieid. deceased.
will. sell at public auction, to the highest
bidder, for cash.. n subject to confir-
nation m by said district court. on satur..
2 O'clock p. M. at the front door Of the
county court house, in Fort Benton, in
the county Of Chouteau. all. the right,
title. interest and estate Of the. said
death, and ali the right, title and interest
that the said estate has, by operation Of
law or otherwise. acquired other tina or
N addition to that Of the said Mary E.
Cof1eld. on the time Of her death, in and
land situate. lying and being in the said
county OF Chouteau, state of Montana,
and bounded and described as follows, to-
AL, All Of the cs east half sE,4> Of section
s222 north, Of range thirteen us1 east.
fetal survey thereof by the United
ten per cen Of the purchase money to
be paid to the auctiOneer, on the day of
SALE. balance on confirmation Of sale by
said district court. Deed at expense Of
purchaser.
Executor Of the last will and testa-
Dated November 20. 1918.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-17
City Warrant Call

Notice is hereby given that all out
standing city warrants should be pre-
sented to the city treasurer for a v
ment. All interest thereon will cease
from this date.
F. A. FLANAGAN,
City Treasurer
Fort Benton, Dec. 8, 1913.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-17
Notice Of Annual MEETING

The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Benton Electric Light company
will be held on Wednesday evening, Jam
uary 7. 1914, at 8 o'clock. at the Office of
the company, for the purpose of elect
ing a board of directors.
GEO. L. OVERFIELD. Sec. and Treas.
Fort Benton, Mont, Dec. 6. 1913.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-17
Warrant Call

Notice Is hereby given that all out
standing county warrants School
my Office for payment on or after the 18th
day of December, 1918. All interest
ceases on and after that date.
w. r. LEFT, County Treasurer.
Dated December 4, 1918.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-17
Notice

The undersigned having disposed of his
blacksmith business in this city notifies
al persons indebted to him to call al
once and settle their obligations.
WIN BYERS. Fort Renton
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-17
Meeting Of Stockholders

Notice is hereby given thai the annual
Opera House company will be held at
the city council rooms in the city Of Fort
: se a'tiact on Monday. January u: 1914. at
annual election of a board OF trustees.
-JNO. v. CARROLL, President.
D. @. Lockwood, Sec. and Treas.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-17
Notice Of Annual MEETING

The annual meeting Of the stockholders
ton, Montana, will be held at the bank
Ing rooms Of said bank Monday, January
8; 1914. at 800 p. m. for the purpose Of
suing year.
F. A.. FLANAGAN, Cashier.
Fort Benton, Mont, Dec. IL. 1913.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-17
City Council Proceedings
Fort Benton, Mont. Dec, /. 191

Fort Benton, Mont. Dec. 1, 1913.
The council met at 500 p. NJ, with
members present except the mayor. j.
S. Brown, president of the council,
presided. The report of the marshal
showed collections during November
amounting to $124.20. The following
bills for labor and material were al
lowed:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-17
Terms Of Court for 1914

In the district court Of the Twelfth Ju-
dicial district Of the state Of Montana,
IN and for the counties Of Chouteau.
valley, Hill, Blaine and Sheridan.
In the matter Of the setting Of terms
Of the above entitled district court in
s said counties above named. for h year
1t is hereby ordered that the terms of
u for the respective counties in the
Twelfth Judicial district Of the state Of
Montana, be. and they are hereby, set
houte county-February "a. May S.
Valley countY"February 1e. May 2s.
July 8. September 81.
vember rs. December 80.
Blaine county-March 16, August %,
November 2. December %.
Sheridan eounty-January -. June Is,
And the clerks of court of said coun-
ties are hereby directed to publish this
Dated December first, 1918,
FRANK n, UTTER.
Judges OF the district court OF the
Montana.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-19
WAR ENDS YOAKUM DREAM
Planned Water Level Road from
St Louis to Canal.

ST Louis. Nov. 1S.-B. F.. Yoakum
former chairman Of the Frisco Rail
roads board of directors, testifying to-
day at the Interstate Commerce Com
missions inquiry into the causes OF Inc
Frisco receivership, told about his
dream of empire" He disclosed plans
for a water level railroad from 81
Louis to the Panama Canal. which lac
said had failed Of naturalization only
because OF the Mexican revolution.
He said he had documents to snow
that the Mexican government. through
Senior Limantour, former Secretary OF
Finance. had lent its active co-opera-
ton to the project. Trains carrying a
tonnage greater than any OF the steam
ships leaving New Orleans could move
more easily and swiftly to the Canal
Zone on such a road, he said.
II this line had been built and OPP
Grated undisturbed. he said, the pros
perity OF the Frisco would have peen
unequalled.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-19
PLAYFUL STUDENT
UPSETS PROFESSOR
Columbia Faculty Member on
Way to Glass Is Downed
in His Tracks.

Columbia University authorities heard
Yesterday that Professor Robert Inv
ingston Schuyler narrowly escaped a
serious fall last Friday afternoon. when
he was the victim of a number Of sky
larking students. 1t was just before
Professor Schuylers class in history, on
the top floor OF Hamilton Hall, and a
group Of students had gathered at the
head of the stairway. They began to
rough il up" with each other and did
not notice the approach Of Professor
Schuyler.
When the instructor had come op-
posite the group one of the students
made a rush at him, thinking that he
WAS one of their number. and gave him
a push, which sent him headlong
toward the steps. One Of the members
Of the class caught him as he was
about TO fall.
Had he gone over he would have had
a nasty tumble. because the steps are
NJ stone and the first landing was
about fifteen feet down. Aside from
reprimanding the guilty student Pro-
fessor Schuyler made no further report
OF the affair.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-19
STREETS AND PALACE
Uttered WITH DEAD
Fleeing Survivors Over
taken Miles Away and
Again Defeated.
FIGHT RACES 49 HOURS
Capture Gives Constitutionalists
Control of All Tamaulipas,
Except Tampico.

Brownsville, Tex, Nov. 1S.-With
the loss Of hundreds of lives and with
great destruction of property in what
General Pablo Gonzales, the rebel COM
mander, describes as the "bloodiest
battle Of the revolution" Victoria, cap
ital Of the Mexican State of Tamauli-
pas. was captured by the Constitution
alists early to-day.
The fall Of the capital city gives the
insurrectionists control of the entire
state except the important seaport Of
Tampico. where a strong force Of reb-
els is already operating.
General Luis Caballero probably will
be named military governor of Ia
maulipas in the organization Of the
state by the Constitutionalists.
General Gonzales made his report by
courier to Jiminez and by telephone
from there to rebel headquarters at
Matamoros.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-19
CRITICISM FOR KING
IN DUCHESS'S HONE
Her Grace of Marlborough Hears
of Landlord Who Limits Ten.
ants to Two Children.
tBy Gable to The Tribune !

London, Nov. 1S.-King George was
criticised at Sunderland House. the
home of the Duchess of Marlborough.
to-day by a meeting of eugenic en-
thusiasts. His majesty was quoted as
saying:
THE foundations of the national
glory are set in the homes of the peo-
pie"
The speakers, however. took excep-
ton to a rule which obtains in the new
tenements on his estate at Kensington,
providing that a family having more
than two children be put out on the
street.
The duchess is very much interested
in the new society, the National
Council for the Promotion of Public
Morals. She emphasized her belief in
DR.. Caleb Williams Saleeby's doctrine
that the feeble minded should not be
allowed to have children, and she also
held that education should be made a
necessary qualification for parentage.
She pledged herself, with other mem
bers of the society, to check the tragic
infant death rate, which in Great Brit
ain is now more than three million in
the first year.
Those present included Professor
Hermann Goliancz, the Rev. Mayne
Young and Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Bolce,
of California. the parents Of the much
advertised eugenic baby.