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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-03-04
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An Englishman just ove from Lon
don sat in a Fifth avenue club discuss
ing various topics with an American
friend whose guest he was. The con-
versation finally drifted around to the
relative merits of the New York coop
per" and his brother bobby" in Lon
don. "Where car you see Il finer body
of men than are represented by that
giant officer standing there in the cen
ter Of the street helping the lame and
the aged across?" asked the American,
pointing out of the window to a traffic
patrolman. "All very WELL" replied
the E~nglishman. but really. my dear
fellow. don't you think your Yankee
hobbies 60 a bit beyond themselves at
times: Only this morning l saw a
crowd. stopped and asked a boy what
the thing was all about. He just
grinned and said. oh. de copper just
pinched a lady Our English hobbies
don't take such liberties, upon my
word."-New York Tribune.
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Proclamation of Special Bond Election

Notice is hereby given that on Satur-
day, April 4, 1914, an election will be held
in Chouteau county, for the purpose of
determining whether the county of Chou
teau shall issue county bonds in the sum
of Fifty Thousand Dollars $3.50, 900. OO),
payable in Twenty t20) years, and re-
deemable in Ten C1O) years, and to bear
interest at not to exceed six (6) per cent,
per annum, for the purpose of purchasing
a site and building thereon a Free County
High school for said Count OF Chouteau.
A resolution therefor having been duly
adopted by the Board of Chouteau Coun-
ty High School Trustees on December
80, 1913. and duly certified to the Board
county.
The polls of which election will be open
at eight O'Clock in the morning and con-
tinue opel until six o'clock in the at
ternoOn of said day.
Dated March I'd, 1914.
G. c. IHMSEN,
Chairman Board of County Commits
sioners of Chouteau County, Montana.
Attest:
J. LEE sEDGWICK,
Clerk of the Board of County Commits
sioners of Chouteau county, Montana.
REWARD
And we do hereby offer a reward of
one hundred dollars for the arrest and
conviction of any person violating any of
the provisions of title ~, Part /, Of the
Penal Code. Such rewards to be paid
until the. total amount hereafter expend-
ed for the purpose reaches the sum of
five thousand dollars.
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SAVED HIS RINGS.
Il Was a Marrow Escape, Too, the Fat
Man Was Confident.

wan was NOuJu0SUIs
They are telling in New York a
story about Eddie Foy and George Co.
han Foy and Cohan. one autumn
afternoon. sat side by side in Il Fifth
avenue bus. when a fat. gaudily dress
ed man entered. his manicured and
scented hands covered with huge
rings.
George" said Foy. II don't like
that fellows looks. and I'm going to
make him get out before we reach
Madison square"
"All right. Eddie" said Cohan calmly.
Foy fixed his gaze on the fat mans
glittering hands. and a change came
over his face. His eyes became dull
and staring. His jaw hung slack and
loose.
ME want ring" he shouted sud-
denly. and he pointed at the fat mans
hands and at the same time jumped
up and down in his seat and waggled
his elbows up and down in the air just
like a baby. ring! Me want ring!'
Cohan took the cue at once.
"Hide your hands," he said quickly
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Revealed.

An insurance agent was trying to in
duce a hard mar to deal with to take
out a policy on his house. After listen
ing to him for an hour while he paint
ed in vivid colors the extreme danger
of fire consuming the house. the hard
man to deal with said:
"Do you really think it likely that
my house will burn down within the
time that the policy will run"
Certainly" replied the agent. Have
! not been trying all this time to con
vince you that | dO?"
"Then." said the hard man to deal
with, why is your company so anx-
ious to bet me money that it will not?"
The agent was silent and thoughtful
for a moment: then he drew the other
apart into an unfrequented place and
whispered In his ear:
"My friend. | will impart to you a
dark secret. Years ago the company
d%isgraced me before my sweetheart.
Under an assumed name l have worm
ed myself into its service for revenge.
and as there is a heaven above us I
will have it's hearts blood"
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Success shall come to him who waits,
But not to him of folded hands
To him who hopes. but hesitates
And simply by the roadside stands.
Success Is won by effort strong,
BY unremitting, earnest stress.
The way It travels seems Ger long?
To hast its course go meet success.
Why waste the time to drift and swing
And watch the careless pillows roll,
Relying that some chance will bring
You somehow some day to your goal?
Far better that. sails spread the while
To catch the faintest favoring breeze,
You man the sweeps. and mile by mile
You still advance across the seas.
Go meet success! For not enough
That O should patience have alone.
Up, signal! On! Though fields be rough
'Tis those shall reap who first have
Each day some little progress make.
Lean not on trusted idleness.
Lest ere 1t reaches you it take
Another route. So meet success.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-03-04

James Hogg. poet. known as the
"Ettrick Shepherd" was never quite
happy away from the fields. Sir Wal
ter Scott made Il friend Of him. but
he was not u social success. "ln a
shepherds Dress" writes ii historian.
"and with hands fresh from sheep
shearing. he came to dine for the first
time with Scott in Castle street. and.
finding Mrs. Scott lying on the sofa
Immediately stretched himself ut full
length ON another sofa: for. as he aft
erward explained. ! thought | could
not do better than initiate the lady Of
the house At dinner. us the wine
passed. he advanced from Mr.. Scott
to 'Shirra' Sheriff.. scott Walter
and finally Waffle till at supper he
convulsed every one by addressing
Ars- Scott famil!.r,: as Charlotte"
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to the fat man. "Your rings bother
him."
The fat man frowned u~neasily. but
he would not hide his hands.
Ring. ring! Me want ring!!' re-
peated Foy, and Cohan. as he strove
to hold his friend still. said:
Don't give him a ring!"
Huh! guess l won't" growled
the gaudy fat man. "Give him a ring
indeed" And he looked at his dia.
monds ~corrplacently.
Foy's eyes were now shining. His
face was red and contorted. He hop.
ped up and down and waggled his
arms more vehemently than ever. ME
want ring" he roared. "Ring. ring.
ring!"
"For heavens sake" said Cohan.
hide your hands. man! Don't .you
see you're bringing on one of his
spells? Hide your hands or l won't I've
responsible for the consequences"
A little pale by now. the fat man
reluctantly put both his hands behind
his back. "This is the limit" he said.
appealing to the other passengers.
"Idiots riding in omnibuses! Amt
that the limit. friends?"
But Foy leaped to his feet. Ring"
he roared. and he leaned on the fat
mans shoulders. "Give me ring"
Cohan now seemed to lose all pa
thence.
ooh. hang it." he said. give him a
ring or two and let us have some
peace! Can't you see I've lost my pow
er over him?"
But the fat man. tearing his pudgy
hand from the persistent Foy's grasp.
rose and ran full tilt for the door.
conductor. STOP" he shouted.
And he leaped off two blocks before
Madison square was reached.-Wash-
ingtOn Star.
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Serxices Appreciated.

A popular doctor was not long ago
much pleased with a certain aerated
water. and by his assiduous recommen-
dations procured for it a celebrity It
Justly deserved. The doctor acted sole
~ in the interests Of humanity gener.
ally and expected no return. To his
surprise there came one morning an
edusive letter from the company. say
ing that his recommendations had done
them so much good that they "ventur-
ed to send him n hundred"- Here the
page came to an end. 'This will never
do" said the doctor: 1T is very kind.
but l could not think Of accepting any
thing" Here he turned the page and
found the sentence ran-"of our cir
culars for distribution"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-03-04

Helena, Feb. 2S.-The state board
Of land commissioners today granted
the a~ppilcation of DR.. M. S. Scott of
Butte for a lease Of - sections of
state lano In Musselshell county for
.ne purpose of drilling for oil and gas.
Inc state will receive a royalty of 10
per ceAt on whatever oil, gas or min
era may be produced. The lease is
LOT hVe years with the privilege of a
renewal for Is more.
Helena, Feb. 2S.-The retail liquor
aealers OF Montana, as represented by
the organization which was formed at
a meetlng held in Butte Wednesday,
nave thrown the gauntlet to the anti
saloon league and the woman suffrage
a~uVocates, and will make a fight
AGAINST the success of the league and
against woman suffrage if the leaders
" the latter show a disposition to
fight the retail liquor men.
Butte, Feb. 28.-Handcuffed to each
other and feet shackeled, George Dy-
er n Harry Stanley, two prisoners
Oe1ng taken from Billings to the state
penltentfary at Deer Lodge, made a
DARING escape from the Northern Pa.
c1f1c train near Butte about S O'Clock
TINS morning. While Deputy Sheriff
George A. Wing, of Yellowstone u
ty, their guard, was sleeping, the men
ade their getaway. The discovery
OF the escape was made by the off,
GERS as the train reached Butte.
Livingston. Feb. 2S.-The Northern
Pacific railway has made a gift of a
historic locomotive to the state COL
lege OF engineering. It is engine No.
SlS, built by the Baldwin Locomotive
works and is of the 40 type. It
Is now at the Bozeman roundhouse
n will soon be placed on the street
railroad tracks and taken to the COL
lege grounds where it will be tested,
operated and studied by students.
Billings, Feb. 2S.-To stamp out
dourine in the horses of eastern Mon
tana a force of Is veterinary surgeons
will be employed as soon as President
Wilson attaches his signature to a
bill which has been passed by house
and senate. An appropriation of $780,.
u ACu AOI CuC NORTHWEST ana
the work will begin as soon as Mon
tana's portion is available. The dis
ease is said to cost Montana horse
men about 100000 each year, accord |
ing to DR.. E. G. Thomas, deputy un-
der State Veterinarian Butler. The
bill also provides that the government
shall reimburse stockmen for horses
condemned to the extent of half their |
value, the state paying the other half. |
Helena, March &C. NJ. Batch, al
Helena tailor, has returned from Den
mark where he spent two months adj |
vertising Montana, with the result
that Is families will arrive here in
the fall to settle upon a tract of 1900
acres Of land near Cascade under the
Crown Butte canal. Mr.. Batch be-
lieves the advertisement Montana re-.
ceived will bring not less than 1000
immigrants to the state. He adver-
tised in ten of the dailies and many
of the Danish weeklies, and when he
left was receiving requests for more
information at the rate of over 100 a
daV.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-03-04
Notice for Publication

U. S. Lam office at Great Falls, Mon
tana. March 2, 1914.
Notice is hereby given that
ALFRED NJ. CADDELL,
OF Clear Lake, Montana, who, on June
Is. 1911. made Homestead entry, No.
O2255O. for NEA,. NJ sen, lots 3, 4.
section 80. township "a north, range l:
east. Montana meridian. has filed notice
establish claim to the land above de-
.scribed, before Ross Elwell, U. S. Com
missioner, at Graceville, Montana, on the
18th day of April, 1914.
Claimant m as Witnesses:
Albert Lacey, Melvin A. Wisness, Dav-
ID K. Caddell.. F. Martin Ulvedal, all OF
Clear Lake, Montana.
r. N. SUTHERLIN, Register.
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Balance Due.

James Francis Dwyer. the novelist.
started on a trip around the world
the other day. He's been around be-
fore-but this time he Is going with
money in his pocket. The night be-
fore he started he met an Englishmun
Mt the Knickerbocker.
And s. you are going to visit Sgd.
ney?" said the Englishman. II must
give you a letter to my dear old
friend RowlingsOn."
X wish you would" said Dwyer.
eagerly. II very much wish you would.
! have been afraid that | would not be
able to get in to see him."
oh" said the Englishman. Then
you know Of him"
More than that" said Dwyer. II
know him. | was busted in Sydney
and he paid me s. a week to do $40
worth Of work. My wife and l lived
on that S:r-somehow. When | got a
better job and quit he yelled around
as though | We're abusing his conf
dence."
Err" said the puzzled Eng.ishman.
And why do You want to seq him
again. considering the unpleasant
nature of your acquaintance"
II want" said Mr.. Dwyer simply.
ito hit him in the other eye."-New
York Globe.
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Words.

A Shakespearean company was act
ing Macbeth" 1t had reached the
thrilling point where Macbeth goes
off to murder the king. On arriving
behind the scenes the villain Of the
piece looked about for the blood in
which to dip his hands. Not finding it.
he summoned the stage manager, who
had forgotten to prepare it. What was
to be done? The time had come for
him to reappear on the stage. Sud
denly. with admirable presence of
mind. he smote the managers nose
with all his force and, dipping his
hands in the copious stream which
flowed out. he dashed on the stage.
followed by a oar from the smitten
one, just in time with the words: Il
have done the deed. Did ye not hear q
noise?"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-03-04
Defacts of Qthers.

Fndeavor to be patient In bearing
with the defects and infirmities Of
others. Of what sort soever they be.
for that myself also hast many fail
ings which must be borne with by
others.-Thomas a Kempis.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-03-04
Worked Both Ways.

When President Nicholas Murray
Butler of Columbia university was at
college certain freshmen Of his time
made no scruple Of stealing a pail of
milk which a dairyman daily placed
outside the door Of Mr.. Buffers room
while the occupant was in class.
In order to foil the boys, Mr.. Butler
printed Il sign in big letters. Il have
poisoned this milk with arsenic"
Upon his return he found the milk in
tact. but added to the notice were
these words. $50 have we."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-03-04
For Sale

Fifty Poland China pigs, eight weeks
old, also about nifty gifts bred to regis-
tered Poland China boar Ecton's Chief,
to farrow in May. Horses for sale at
unbroken.
H. FARNUM, Harlem. Mont.
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Run Down Condition
4 Long Rest and Absence From
Business Seemed Necessary.
Quickly Restored at Home By
ALKANC
King of the Blood

Alkano Remedy Co, Kansas City,
No. Gentlemen: During the months
Of July, August, September and Octo.
Der, | was, on account of oyerwork, in
q rundown condition physically.
spent fully half my time at home in
bed under a doctors care and what
time ! was at the office / was more
than useless as a business man.
! had headache, flashes of fever, in
digestion and no appetite. was ir-
riable and without energy. and was
undergoing all the unpleasantness OF
an oyerworked system and attending
blood conditions
About November 1st my condition
became so bad that l could no longer
look after business, and as | saw 1t,
mad to decide between pressing on
with my work with a long sickness,
which seemed inevitable, or take a
long rest / decided on the rest and
mad fixed the day to leave for Cuba.
About this time / met friend. who
lold me of Alkano and advised me to
Try it. did so.
l have taken three bottles and have
never felt better or stronger in my
NE than now. | have a good appetite,
good digestion, a clear head, no head
acne, abundant energy and steady
nerve. In fact, / feel like q farm boy,
ana better than / have since | left the
farm.
attribute my present condition to
aikano and recommend 1t to anyone
N rundown or overworked condition
Very truly. F. W. CASHIER.
For sale exclusively by X. q. MOT
Ills Drug Co., Hot Springs. Ark.
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WHAT FORMER
RHEUMATICS SAY

If you only had the opportunity
that we have to hear the many en-
thusiastic things that are said about
ReXall Rheumatic Treatment, you
would most certainly believe, as We
do, that it gives really remarkable
results. Almost every day somebody
tells us about the satisfaction it has
given. In fact, it has become an old
story with us. While we know that
rheumatism is very difficult disease
to treat successfully, yet we have
such faith in the efficiency of Rexall
Rheumatic Treatment that We should
be very much surprised if we heard
of case that it did not relieve. Made
from a prescription used with great
success by prominent physicians, it
tends to get right at the causes of
the disease. 1t helps to restore COM
fort to the affected parts. warming
and soothing them and aiding to re-
duce the inflammation and swelling
and to drive away pain.
In lumbago, or govt, or sciatica, or
muscular rheumatism, Rexall Rheu-
matte Treatment will, We believe,
give you grateful relief and cause you
to join the hundreds of others who
enthusiastically endorse it. We want
you to try it at our risk-with the UNI
derstanding that it will relieve you,
or cost you nothing.
After you have used Rexall Rheu
matte Treatment reasonable length
of time, ii you don't believe it has
helped you. just tell us so and the
money you paid for 1t will be handed
back to you. You certainly cannot
afford to suffer longer or hesitate in
using Rexall Rheumatic Treatment In
view of this liberal money-back offer.
Two forms: Liquid form, so cents
and /; pill form, so cents.
Sold in this community only at our
store-The Rexall Store-R. G. Nor
ris Drug Co.
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he has been able to secure the CO.
operation of Congress to degree
without example in modern political
history. The Presidents measures
and policies have succeeded because
the Democratic majorities Of the
House and Senate have stood by MIN
through hot weather and cold. through
praise and blame, no matter whether
the going was heavy or easy. 1t fol
lows that the Democratic Congress-
men and Senators who joined in The
common counsel and who have
stood by the President are entitled to
share the benefits of a vote of con-
fidence."
Advices reaching Washington from
all parts of the country show that sub.
stantially this line of reasoning is
running in the minds of the pubic at
large. Hence the Democratic outlook
is considered excellent.
The House Republicans have sud,
denly put the soft pedal upon attacks
on the sugar schedule of the Under
wood Tariff. After having inserted
sugar speech after sugar speech in the
Congressional Record, with view to
harping insistently upon the theme in
the fall election, the high protection
lists have suddenly concluded to look
elsewhere for campaign thunder.
This change of front is due to the
very obvious fact that the effect of
the European war upon the sugar
market contains an excellent defense
OF the action Of the Democrats in pro
yiding for a gradual reduction of SUI
gar tariffs until free sugar is reached.
The reductions in effect prior to the
outbreak of the war had reduced the
retail price of sugar from 6 and Z
cents a pound to and cents a
pound. Under the present war condi,
tons, housewives are paying s, and
10 cents pound. The price has
fluctuated somewhat; but the existing
average-With little prospect of early
relief-is about 8 cents a pound.
The situation amply corroborates
the Democratic argument that high
sugar tariffs hugely increase the price
of sugar to the consumers of the
United States, and constitute a heavy
tribute laid upon the general public
for the benefit of very few people. The
high tariff creates an artificial condi,
ton strongly resembling that created
by the European war The Congress
and the government are powerless in
the war; but they can-and have in
the Underwood Act-prevent such a
situation existing during normal
times.
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season. that work will go on and ac-
complish its intended results in spite
Of al the influence his Satanic Males
ty can brin gto bear He is a wise
old devil. He used a serpent to de
ceive the first ear, and is now using
(name them, to thwart Gods purpose
and as in the first, the second viii
also fail. Thank God the l. B. S. A.
are not his willing tools.
The Scripture studies referred to
above, every subject is treated rela-
tive to Gods" plan from PARADISE
lost, to Paradise restored, and man
on speaking terms with his Maker
again, then as Son of God, he the
mans only desire will be to know and
to do the will OF his Heavenly Father
and the world will be filled with the
knowledge and the glory of God Yes,
and attuned to give glory and honor
to Jesus, the worlds life gfyer,
With reference to the church, eye
hath not seen, nor ear ever heard.
nor has it ever entered into the heart
or mind of man, what God has In
reservation for his church. Halle
luiah, what a Saviour, but none but
those Illuminated with the Hoy Spirn
are commissioned to tell the story.
Others can not, for the very simple
reason they do not know of it, Jesus
said of Satan .IIo ,t-oe - ia. Fro,,,
the beginning and abodl not in the
Truth His words, aye snail not die,
but become wise as Gods" sure. Old
Nick, the angels and poor humanity
learned something by his lie. Some
will persist in teaching, some lie, ana
he with their assistance has made all
nations drunk with their poisonous
draft They do die, however, and at
this time Christians are killing Chris
tians say Love one another. love
a continent in blood Simply doing the
will of the God of this world, after the
common people realize that they have
been bled of untold millions to build
houses to teach your various Creeds,
and a dollar or two, to carry it to the
heather. The Cinnamon say, Chris
tians say Loven one another, love
your enemies. Christian man plays
m doing it with the great time Of
trouble on hand and dark clouds low
ering There is a silver lining. God
will give the people a pure creed III
which righteousness will be laid to the
line and justice to the plummet when
the judgments of the Lord are abroad
in the Earth, then God won't plant
another eat and build and another In
habit; then you may have just what
was first-Life, complete Life Jesus
While in the flesh was the perfect man
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STRANGE engine OF
WAR is DISCOVERED
FRENCH HAVE A GUN THAT
SHOOTS A GAS CAUSING IN.
SLANT PARALYSIS.

London, Sept 26.-Tales of re-
markable engines of war are appear
ing in all parts of Europe but nothing
yet has equalled reports circulated
concerning new French guns which
fire turpinite, a substance said to pro-
duce instantaneous and painless death
for every living being within it's reach.
Turpinite, however, cannot be object
ed to on the ground that 1t violates
humane principles of war.
English correspondents have repor--
ed that entire lines of German sol
diers stood dead in their trenches as
a result of turpinite fumes in engage
ments along the Marine. The dead
Germans are reported to have main
tanned a standing posture and retain
ed their rifles in their hands, so sud-
den and unusual was the effect of the
new weapon. instantaneous paralysis
is said to have been caused by the
turpinite.