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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-10
Customs Receipts Reduced

Washington, Dec. 2.-Customs re-
ceipts of the government for Novem.
Der fell off about $4,000, 900 compared
to November 1912, according to the
monthly treasury statement of operat.
ion for the new tariff, and if the
month was a fair test of the bills
revenue producing powers, the annual
more than $50, 0OO, 900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-10
THE SPIRIT OF OPTIMISM

The man with the shovel a dc
better work, just as can the man in
the pulpit, if he feels the thrill of the
spirit of optimism and if he is guided
10y it as he goes out to mis- labor each
morning. 1t is the spirit for us tC
take into our offices and our stores
to our benches and desks, every day
1t is the spirit for us to accept in oul
individual endeavor and in our com
munity movements. No man ever got
ahead by lamenting, no community
ever advanced complaining. Each man
of us has something he can do well;
it is for him to exercise that talen,
to the best advantage. Each com
munity has resources which are pc
culiarly its own. 1t is for that com.
munity to make the best use possible
of these and not to COM
plain because some other town pos
sesse fancied superiority.
Sometimes we think the other fell
lows job is p%leasanter and easier than
our own. If we knew of just a part of
the troubles and annoyances which he
encounters, we would wonder that we
ever envied him. The grass in the far
off pasture often looks greener than
that which is in our own; but when
we get to it, we find barren spots that
we did not discover at long range. We
see other cities forge ahead and envy
their opportunities, when we have
opportunities just as great; the city
u,hSah n~0nroccoC Sc tho nifxy Vr,hio1,
makes the most Of opportunities and
wastes no time in finding fault over
comparisons which are worthless.
All that we have to do is to make
the most of the chance which we
have. This is true of individuals; it
is true of communities. If half the
energy expended in calamity-howling
were directed in some useful channel,
there would be a wonderful amount of
progress. 1t is work that counts
hard work, honest work, persistent
work.
In other words. optimism is not hot
air, as the vernacular has it. The
optimist is the man who believes in
himself, who believes in his commun-
ity, and who puts his whole strength
into the endeavor to make good his
belief.
There is little substance, we believe,
in the religion which finds expression
in words only. There is no optimism
at all in the boosting which goes no
farther than talk. 1t is the man who
backs his belief with effort who has
the right idea Of true optimism. 1t
is the man who inspires confidence
by what he does rather than by what
he says who is the real optimist.
We believe the world is getting bet
ter, because We feel certain that this
spirit of optimism is taking firm hold
upon the men and women of the
world. 1t is finding expression in the
demand for cleaner government. for
honest public servants, for the recog-
milton of justice, fol- the enactment
of better laws and for their enforce
ment. And this movement is but the
embodiment OF optimism. 1t is the
spirit of true religion, if you will, but
it is the spirit of optimism.-The Mis-
soulian.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-10
Want Lower Grain Rates

Washington, Dec. 2.-Freight rates
on grain, grain products and fax seed
from the western and northwestern
points to Milwaukee, Wis, when the
shipments are intended for the east
ern markets and export, were attack.
ed today before the interstate com.
merce commission by the Milwaukee
chamber of commerce. The petition
alleges that the rates, compared with
those to Minneapolis from the east
are excessive, discriminatory and un'
lawful and a reduction is demanded.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-10
Classifying Public Lands

Washington, Dec. 2.-Secretary
Lane has announced that the CLASH
fcation of public lanes as irrigable
and non-irrigable in conformity with
the administration of the 32O-acre
homestead laws, is being accomplish.
ed satisfactorily.
Within the last few days the sec.
rotary has designated more than 900,.
600 acres in various western states
for entry under the terms of the act,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-10
December Rains in Dakota

Aberdeen, s. d.. Dec. with the
thermometer registering 40 degrees
above zero, the first December rain
recorded in more than thirty years
fell over the entire northern part of
South Dakota yesterday. The rain
extended from Mobridge, S. D., to
Montevideo, MINI.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-10
Ranch for Lease

For lease. a $50 acre ranch, with over
one hundred tons of hay for sale. Ideal
spot for wintering cattle or sheep. Thir-
Greek.
ROBERT FELTON,,
Lloyd. Montana.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-08
CHINAMAN BECOMES
 WONDER IN AVIATION

Lynn, Sept 8-Charles F,ong, a prominent young Chinese merchant of Lynn has joined the Burgess Curtiss aviation school in Marblehead and soon will take his first lesson in fly ing that he may ultimately return to China and serve his country by build ing up an airship fleet for coast de- fense purposes.
 A love for aeronautics and unlin1it- ed knowledge of machinery, gained during his employment with the Gen eraI Electric company in Lynn, with an ambition to see his country pro- gross, will see him eventually give up his business interests in the shoe city and sail for China in few months to commence operation for the Chinese government.
 Fong was born in China 28 years ago. He came to this country years ago and received a good education in tho Lynn public schools.
 Reading books on aeronautica1 sub jects and his study of the inside work ing of engines on the practical side in the big Lynn factory. increased his desire to become an aviator. --,-
 The Young Chinese association in San Francisco some months ago gave a young western Chinaman his tuition in an aviation schoo and paid all oth- CT expenses to enable him to become an aviator and enlist in the service of China Fong made application, and out of a large number of con testants was chosen as the eastern representative of the society, and he will now study at the Burgess-C -Curtiss cornpany's plant at the expense of that body which will pay for all repairs and buy him a, new machine when he leaves for China.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-08
CALIFORNIA PIONEERS WE'RE
 DEVOTED TO BOXING GAME

California will tomorrow pay its an- nuaI tribute of respect to the 49' CTS, those brave and hardy pioneers who put the Golden State on the map of the Union It is worth while record ing that those Argonauts were en- thusiastic boxing fans, and from the very first California was Mecca for the pugilists. It was largely the bet ter class of pioneers, too. who sup ported the sport. The tin-horn gamb- 1ers and other disreputable parties usually settled their arguments with 8. pistol or a dagger, but the real pioneer whom the native sons delight to honor was a sturdy, two-fsted gent who took naturally to the air, stand-up encOun- ter with the fists as a means of de- cidine a difference of opinion. In those early days on the coast real prizefights were pulled off with bare knuckles and to a, finish. The present style of boxing, which the reforn1ers are now trying to prohibit in Cali fornia, would seem mighty tame to a. '49'er.
 John Morrissey was one of the first of the great fighters to scrap in Cali fornia, and in his wake have come the most celebrated boxers of the last six ty years Jeffries and Corbett both be- gan fighting on the Coast, and the latter was a native son. Bob Fitz- simmons fought his first American bouts in San Francisco. Jef's great battles, including those with Fitz, Sharkey, Munroe, Ruhlin, Ghoynski and others, were fought on the Coast. In fact, no other State, not even New Pork, has ever witnessed so many sensa tional boxing matches. Among the notable contests staged in the Golden State may be recalled the Cor bett-Sharkey, Jackson-Corbett, Cor bett-Ch oynski, Fitzsimno ons- -O'Brien. Fitzsimmons-Gardne O'Brien- Burns, Hart-J ohnson, Johnson -McVey, Nel- son-Britt, Gans-Britt, Cans Nelson, Attel1- Moran, Johnson-Ketchel, Me Far1and- Welsh, Ketche1-Papke, NeI- and many other historic contests be- tween the stars of the pugi1istic arena. Many of these battles have been fought on Admission Day, and since that holiday was established it has been a festival of the boxing fans.
 "'Lffe''-as the philosopher George M Conan, has observed-tis a very funny proposition after al1.'' All good people know that a boxer is a low browed abysrnal brute, and yet when one of them is accidentally killed they set up a vail as if he had been their nearest and dearest rela ton. If that boxer had repented him of his evil ways and had gone to work in a coal mine, and his life had been sacrificed to the cupidity of the stockh holders- good people, a1I,-nobody, I take it and I think you will take it, would have given a continental whoop. Truly we strain at a go-cart and swallow a m motor-truck.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-08
MORAN WILL BOX
 OUTCAST JOHNSON
Conqueror of PaIzer Accepts Terms For Bout In
 Paris

Dan McKetrick, manager of Frank Moran, who knocked out Al Palzer last Wednesday put one over on his rival managers of white hopes when he matched Moran with Jack Johnson for a. twenty round bout at Paris. Nc Ketrick yesterday received a cable gram from Leon See, a French pro- rnoter, informing him that the terms which McKetrict asked for a bout with Johnson are satisfactory and that the match is clinched.
 Two weeks ago McKetrick received cablegran which read:
 Have December date open for bout with Johnson. Cable terms" The message was signed "Boxee.' the cable code for Leon See
 McKetrick answered he wants a guarantee of $5,o00 and expenses, with the privilege Of a 30 per cent guaran- tee. Those terms have been accepted, and the date of the match will be an nounced within a, few days.
 It Is possible that before Moran sails for Paris he may be matched with Gunboat Smith either for a bout at the Garden or at the St. Nicholas A. C., New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-08
TODAY IN PUG1hIsTIo ANNALS.

18e2-Jim Corbett beat John L. Sullivan for the heavyweight title in 21 rounds at New Orleans. The re- suit of this bout was about the biggest surprise party ever pulled off on the fistic fans. The San Francisco bank clerk had few packers, and the Boston battler went into the ring a 5 to favorite. Even at that Corbett money was not forthcoming in very large quantities. The Old Roman started out to make quick work of the gen tIeman boxer" and chased Corbett all over the ring. Corbett never took a chance, but played safe from begin ming to end, and his skill, clever foot work and agility won the title.
 19o9-BilIy Papke knocked out Stanley Ketchel in 12 rounds at Yer non.
 1911-wi1lte Ritchie knocked out Tommy Me cFarland in rounds at San Francisco.
 1912-Tommy O'TooIe defeated Frankie Fleming in rounds at Phila- delphia-
 1S9T-Kid McCoy and Tommy Ryan fought 5 rounds in Syracuse. Honors were about evenly divided
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-08
STOVALL LOSES " S A@
 JOB IN ST. LOUIS

St. Louis, Sept S-George StovaIl manager of the St. Louis Americans since the latter. part of the season of 1912, was formally deposed as man ager Saturday night
 Robert Lee Hedges, president of the club. announced that Jimmy Austin, the clubs third baseman, and once with the Yankees, would be in charge of the team until a successor to S6o- wall has been selected.
 Whether or not Stova1l will continue to play first base depends on his atti- tude stoward the new manager.
 Hedges said that in all probab bilfty Branch Hickey, former American League catcher and scout, would han dIe the team in 1914, having settled all questions except one.
 Hickey demands a share in the stock of the club, and the president said he could not promise this until the board of directors sanctions such a proposition
 Trouble has been brewing between StovaII and MT. Hedges for a month or more, the latter contending that the manager was making no effort to de- VeIpFhthe new players sent to him and b1anaing Stova1I for his failure to g@ t#e team higher than seventh Ps6g sferall ca4ne here in 1912 from Cleveland in ne exchange for George, pitcher When Bobby Wallace was released as manager in July of that season Stovall stepped in as his sue cesSor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-08

when the cops butted in and put an end to the rookus. Syracuse was Ryan's home town, and the crowd was with him and objected vigorously at the official interference, which came soon after Tommy had landed a vic ious kidney blow on the Hoosier. In a previous fight Ryan had under estimated the Kid, and was thorough Iy whipped, and in the Syracuse bout he was out for revenge. Mccoy fought with his usual cleverness. On that same night Homer SeIby, the young brother of Mccoy, was one of the ''prelim'' boxers.
 1909-Ad Wo1gast and Matty Bald win fought 12-round draw at Boston
 1911-Willie Ritchie defeated John ny Mccarthy in 10 rounds at Oakland
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-08
AMERICAN.
RANG BICYCLE FEDERATION
 IS TEN YEARS OLD

It may be, as George Fitch has al- legged, that motorcycling is a foolish sport, and that one can get the same sensations by tying firecrackers to the legs and sitting over an oil heater This might be true, if the oil heater could be depended upon 70 blow up at the psychological moment An oil heater, however, is 3. tame and do- mesticated contrivance, which a bang bicycle decidedly is not. It is the spice of danger connected with scoot- ing around over the landscape in what, to the casually observfng pedes- trian, looks like an animated smell, that is responsible for the prevalence of the motorcycling mania
 The bang bicycle, as a. sporting pros position, was born in Brooklyn just ten years ago today. It was on Sept T, 1903, that the Alpha Motorcycle Club of that city called a meeting for the purpose of organizing a general association of the motorcycle en- thusiasts of the United States and Canada. Forty Flour wi1d-eyed devo- tees of the sport responded to the summons, and the Federation of American Motorcyclists was formally launched. R. G. Betts, of New York, was elected the first president. After drinking 8 toast in gasoline, the char ter members of the F. A M. departed to the several places where they oc- casionaI1y slept and got their meals. The first annual meeting was held in July, 1904, and at that time there were 192 members on the rolls. In 1905 the membership increased to 52O, in 1906 to S22, and in 1907 the clan numbered 1,166. The present mem bership is over 10000, all dyed in-the-wooI fans willing to pit. their lodging ability against anything small CT than an elephant or a motor-truck- The federation governs the sport of motorcycIing and bang bicycle racing, and lays down the law for enthusiasts all over America. It has gone on rec
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-08
COMISKEY PREVENTS
 TROUBLE OVER MAGGERT

Old Roman Comiskey is being con graduated for the manner in which he averted another collision between the Pacific Coast League. and the pow CTS of organized baseball. Coniskey had an option on Maggert, a heavy hitting outf1elder of the Los Angeles team, and recently notified that club he wanted Maggert to report at once
 President Berry of Los Angeles pointed out that he did not know Mag gert was expected to report to Chi cago before the close of the Pacific Coast League season and that if the player was let go at once it would ruin the chances of the Angels.
 The matter was taken up by the Pacific Coast League as a body, and it was intimated that rather than have their players leave their teams before the close of their season they would again cut loose from organized baseball.
 Comiskey thereupon consented to let Maggert remain in Los Angeles until the close of their season and take his chances in the draft
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-08
JACKSON LEADS
 COBB IN BATTING

in front for American League batting honors by four points, according to the weeks. unofficial statistics pub lished here, Saturday. The Cleveland mans record shows .3S7 for 125 games against -3S3 for Cobb in 96 games
 Zimmerman's advance toward the top in the National League is a fea- ture of the race for honors in that cir cult. The 1912 champion is now hit ting .315 but is 11th in rank. Daubert, the real leader, is within three points of first place, held by Yingling, the Brooklyn pitcher, with an average of .372 for 29 games. Daubert's average is .36e for 119 games.
 Johnson leads the American League pitchers in games won and last, and Demaree and Humphreys are ahead in the National.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-08
TIE
 WITH GIANT TEAM
Second String Men Play Fast Exhibition Game For
 Charity

Second string teams of Giants and Athletics in command of Wi1bert Rob inson and Dan Murphy, batt1ed for
 without reaching verdict. When darkness ended the game each team had scored a single run, the Giants tying up the game in. the seventh in ming after the Athletics had held the lead from the opening chapter. The exhibition was played to increase the school fund of St. Joseph's Parish, West Hoboken, and neither club would accept anything for it's services.
 A contest between clubs which are due to come together in worlds series is unique, even when the regu- lars are not used, and some 1000 fans journeyed to Weidenmeyer' Park, the home of the Newark International League team, to see the exhibition A great number made the trip from New York, evidently under the impression that some of the regulars would be in the game
 Wyckoff and Ferdie Schupp did the boxWork for the two teams, and they held the upper hand on the batsnen all the way Neither allowed more than a single in any inning and only three players of each team got to sec ond base. Schupp retired ten on strikes retiring the side in the eleven tn inning. The Athletics got their only run in the first inning when Daley drew a pass, went to second on La vans infield out and scored when Wiltse threw over CrandalTs head try ing to get Daley at third. That one run kept the Athletics in front until the seventh, when Cy Seymour sin gled, stole second, reached third on an indeld out and scored on a wild pitch.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-08
KETCHAM TO PLAY BACKFIELD
 OR END ON YALE VARSITY
Will Shift Captain In Order To Get Good
 Runner

center. His playing at center never has been equal1ed on Yale Field, but this fall he may be shifted to some other position before the team rounds into shape. whether he will be an end or behind the line has not been decided, and will not be until after ] the early game.
 The loss of BomeieIer at end leaves a place which will be hard to fill and Ketcham may go over there He has tremendous speed and could get down under punt as fast BomeiSler In addition to this he seems impervious to the usual football injuries, while Bomeisler had a series of injuries. He has great force in tearing open a line, so that he is favored for ha1fback by many of the coaches who were here last year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-08
(By Waen@.O

Umpire Red Held, who made such a fine record in the Eastern associa- tion in 1912 is likely to be in the American league in 1914. Held is of hcfat1ng this season in the Pacific Coast league and is working so we'll that President Johnson is after him Tor the big show. Held has all the qualifications for a big league official and will make good if given a chance.
 The Bridgeport players started to scatter to their homes today. Buster Bowman and Lefty Louis Gervais have the longest journeys. Bowman goes to Fulferrias, Texas, while Gervais gets his mail in California He won't t make the trip in one jump, however, but will stop in Wisconsin to visit friends. Chic Robertai11e left for Cohoes, N. r., today and Jake Boultes is ready to hike for St. Louis any time. McGamwelI lives in Albany, N. r., Batch in Syracuse, N. Y-, Ha11rnan in Philadelphia, S11zer in Long Island City, Russell in Marshall, Va, Blum in Peterborough, Pa, Tuckey in Union Rochelle. Chief Snyder is the only resident of this city.
 Russell plans to stay here for a, few weeks to pick up a little easy money playing Sunday games. He will catch III foOOI1 N BLK next ouhOdy.
 The Bridgeport club finished the season in Pittsfield last Saturday where they played a double header before a crowd of 5000. With Tuckey pitching the Crossmen lost the first game by 2 to o, but won the second by 1 to 0 with Snyder in the box. Snyder pitched well in the last few weeks.
 Manager Cross may stick around town for another week. He wants to get the Boston Red Sox nere for an exhibition next Sunday. If this can be arranged the home club will con sist of the regulars who have. not left town and some good men from local teams.
 Jim Flynn, the heavyweight pugi-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-08

The eorerunners of the Yale football quad are making arrangements for the housing and feeding of the men until college opens, and Wednesday of the coming week candidates for the varsity eleven and the staff of resi- dent coaches will arrive.
 Yale will have the greater part of last years eleven upon which to build the team. though the policy will be that no man can hold his place on his past record There is also almost a certainty that some of the men who played last year will be shifted to other positions.
 The chief. shift, if 1t works out, will he that of Capt Henry H. Ketcham. who for two years has been an almost unanimous choice for all-American
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-08
TED COY VISITS
 NEW HAVEN FOLKS
Former Yale Athlete and Recent Bride Welcomed In Elm
 City
Mew Haven Journa1-courier.)

(New Haven Journa1-Courier.)
 Ted Coy and his bride, who was Miss Sophie Meldrim, of Savannah, Ga, who were married last Sunday in Asheville, N. e., arrived Saturday af- ternoon at the Hotel Taft by auto and left today for Maine by the same route. MT. and Mrs Coy have been making a honeymoon tour of the Berkshires, and his forzneZ home here was included in the itinerary. The Coys will return here abS.It- Septem- Der 15 to oversee the opening of the Coy homestead in Prospect street, which they will occupy when not in New York, which will become their permanent place of residence. MT. Coy is iI1 business there-
 Mr. Coy denied last night. as he did in New York city when there a few days ago, that there was any elope- ment in his marriage. ''I simply went south On business and incidentally married at the same time,'' he said
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-08
AMERICAN CYCLIST
 KILLED IN GERMANY

Cologne, Ger, Sept. S-Gys Lawson, an American cyc1ist, and Scheurman, a German rider, are dead and Meinhod, the German racers pacemaker, is dy- ing as the result of an accident, to- day, in the hundred ExiIometer motor paced bicycle championship contest here, yesterday. Lawson was pacing Guignass, a F'renchman, tire of the motorcycle burst and the racers were hurled to the bottom of the track.
 Lawsop's skull and both arms were fractured and he was injured inter naIly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-08
INTERNATIONAL
EASTERN.

ord as opposed to speeding. This is to Iaff. As George Fitch, in an enter taining article on the subject, makes his enthusiast say: What's the fun of being careful? You can be care full on a. street car or in a hammock or hearse. But if you're going to crawl along at twenty miles an hour just because you insist on seeing what is in front of you all the time you might well travel in an automo- bile ''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-08
RED CROSS SENDS S1,oOO
 TO THE FIRE SUFFERERS

Little Rock. Ark, Sept s-Gov. George w. Hayes announced that he had been authorized by the National Red Cross Society to draw on that or ganization for 1000 for the benefit of the fire sufferers at Hot Springs. At a, mass meeting here, yesterday $500 was subscribed and plans were made to canvass the city. for addition al funds.