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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-28
OFFICIAL PAPER OF cnoUrEAU COUNTY
o MUCH

There is one plank in the platform
OF the progressive party that will ap-
peal to Montana citizens who regard
eficient service in public Office as Of
more importance than partisan poll.
tics. Referring to the subject of
county government, the platform says:
1.-The system now prevailing of rom-
mating and electing men to county
Offices, where only clerical knowledge
and skill is required, solely on account
Of their political affiliations. is a relic
OF the past. We believe that a mans
party politics should have no more to
do with the election of county officials,
whose duties are of a clerical nature
only, than it has with the filling of
clerical positions in the post Office.
the fire department and the police
force of our cities.
1.-The great progressive states OF
California and Minnesota have already
abolished this Anticipated form of
county government, that has added
much to the burden of the local tax
payer.
I'VE pledge our legislative candi-
dates, If elected, to work for the adop-
ton of a constitutional amendment
that will abolish party nominations
for all county Offices and will make
elective by the people. only the
boards Of county commissioners, the
sheriff and the prosecuting attorney.
all other needed county officers being
appointed by the board of county com
missioners.
I'VE believe that the proposed con.
stitutional amendment should also in
clude within it's scope a change in
the present method of nominating and
electing all judicial officers in the
state of Montana, so that these off
Gals shall be elected by popular vote
regardless of party designation and at
f%liation."
That is a common-sense view of the
situation. 1t is a reflection upon thu
Intelligence of the voter to assume
that he will be Influenced by partisan
politics in giving his support to II o.
the other of the a%spirants for an office
that is of an absolutely n%On-politica
nature. 1t would be just as reasonable
to expect him to trade with this OF
that merchant because of his politica
affiliations, or to regulate an exchange
of social courtesies upon a basis OF
political belief.
The nomination of candidates for 10
cal office under the m of political
parties is simply a convenient method
of presenting the claims of several
aspirants for the same public position
Each set of candidates might Just as
we'll be designated by number as by
the name of a political party, so fal
as the significance of the label is con
cerned. Their belief regarding mat
tiers of a political nature has no effect
whatever upon their ability to give
satisfactory service in the public of
fee to which they aspire.
The voters have learned from ex
perience that the personal fitness Of
the candidate for local Office is Of fal
more Importance than the politica
uniform he may happen to wear.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-28
For Superintendent Of Schools

Having endeavored to administer the
years. to the best OF my ability, INC feel
ing confident that I am now in close
touch with the needs of the schools
of Chouteau county and therefore in a
position to carry on the work of organi-
cation and improvement, I respectfully
solicit from the voters of Chouteau cOun..
ty a second term as superintendent or
schools, MAY G. FLANAGAN.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-28
For County Surveyor.

Having been nominated for the Office
of County Surveyor or the Democratic
ticket. ! respectfully solicit the support
Sd. If elected to a second term | expect
to continue the conduct of the office IN
an economical, business-like manner and
will devote my time and best efforts ia
the cause of good roads.
JOHN S. CILBETTSON.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-28
For County Auditor.

This is to announce my candidacy for
the Office of county auditor of Chouteau
county, on the Independent ticket. If
elected to that office, | pledge myself to
give it's duties my best and constant at
tention. ALBERT IA
Hawarden, Mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-28
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT
For County Commissioner.

Having received the democratic nomi-
nation for the office of county commits
sioner at the primary election, l respect
fully solicit you favorable consideration
at the general election. If elected, will
endeavOr to serve YOU to the best of my
ability in discharging the official work
of that office in a conservative manner
and to the best interest of Chouteau
county. generally. H. 4. GRAY. Carter.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-28
For County Auditor.

hereby announce my candidacy for
the office of County Auditor, on the In
dependent ticket. Having, some years
ago., filled this position for one term, as
| trust and believe to the satisfaction of
the public, l respectfully solicit the en-
dorsement and supper of all to whom
my official record in the past has proved
acceptable, f., FRANK SAYRE.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-28
For County Auditor.

The office of count auditor having
been created by the county commission
ers too late for the political parties to
nominate their candidates, | wish to an
nOunce to the voters that | am a candi-
date on the Independent ticket. If elected
the duties of that office shall receive my
entire attention at all times.
ANDY
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-28
For County Treasurer.

! have received the Republican nomina-
ton for the Office of County Treasurer
and respectfully solicit the support OF
my friends and the voters of Chouteau
county at the coming general election to
be held November 3. If elected. l will
turn into the treasury all interest re-
ceived on county funds am in the race
to win and will appreciate your support.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-28
County Attorney.

Having received the republican nOmi-
nation for the office of county attorney.
! respectfully solicit the support Of the
voters of Chouteau county at the general
election November Sd, 1914. If | am elect
ed will insist on an economical admins
tration and the impartial enforcement of
law. H.. +. MILLER,
Fort Benton. Mont,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-28
For County Auditor.

Owing to the new Justification of
Chouteau county it is imperative that an
auditor be elected. Realizing that am
fully equipped to administer the duties
of this office, l hereby announce my
candidacy o the Independent ticket and
solicit the support of the voters of
Chouteau county If elected | pledge my
self to give the office my full and undi-
vided attention. MEL 4. SAVAGE.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-28
For County Treasurer.

Having received the democratic nomi-
nation for Treasurer of Chouteau county
| respectfully solicit the support Of the
voters at the polls on November 3. II
elected, l promise to turn in to the cOun-
ty all interest derived from county funds.
& WILSON,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-28
For Clerk and Recorder

Having received the republican NOM
nation for clerk and recorder of Chou
teau county. l respectfully solicit the
support of the voters on November 3.
cndeavor to give satisfactory service at
all times. LESTER NJ. BOND.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-28
Against said Measure No. s.
Against said Measure NO.6

1t is believed the sentiment Of Mon
tana's good citizenship is opposed to
legalized prize fighting, but that senti-
ment will not be given proper and eff,
fective expression unless the voters
mark their ballots correctly.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-28
Proof Of Affection.

A man doesn't really love women or
children unless he lets them impose on
him. Atchisnn Globe.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-28
lithium.

Pure lithium, which is the lightest
metal known. has at present no practi'
cal use.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-28
REPEAL PRIZE FIGHT LAW.

One of the amusing incidents of the
campaign is the mistake made by a
good citizen of Helena in advising
the voters how to repeal M%ontana's
prize fight law, a measure which
makes the state a partner in the pu-
gilistic game. 1t is a mistake. hOwev-
er. that is likely to be made by others
unless they give careful attention to
the matter.
The proposition will be presented
to Montana voters November 8 on a
separate ballot, and will appear in
this form:
" For Referendum Measure No. 6
Relating to Boxing in Mon
Against said Measure No. s.
If the voter marks his ballot in the
square before the words For Refer
endum Measure No. g." he expresses
himself in favor of the continuance
of the so-called Kiley boxing law
which legalizes prize fighting in the
state. If he is opposed to that bruta
and d~emoralizing form of entertain
ment, he should mark his ballot as fol
lows:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-10-16
MADE IN FREDERICK DIS.
PLAY ENDORSED.

"The Made in Frederick" display
idea for the Company A bazar to be
held in the Frederick Armory during
Thanksgiving week has secured the
almost unanimous Endorsement of the
manufacturers of Frederick. The plan
suggested by Major D. John Marley,
and explained through the columns of
The Frederick Post several weeks
ago, provides for an exhibition of
made in Frederick" products at the
Armory during the bazaar. 1t is a
scheme to show the public and the
visitors to the bazar what Frederick
county manufacturers are accomplish
ing.
Plans for the bazar, which is being
held to defray the expenses of equip
ping the Frederick Armory in an up
to-date style, are being rapidly whip
ped into shape. The huge drill shed
of the Armory, 20 by 120 feet, will be
banked on either side by artistically
decorated booths. These will extend
about ten or twelve feet from the
sides of the shed The booths will be
arranged something along the lines
that were used during the United
Steam Fire Engine Company's bazar
held in the Frederick City Opera
House in 1905.
An appeal will be made to the pub
lie for the donation of the necessary
supplies and articles which are used
at a bazaar. This is the first time
that the company has ever made an
appeal to the people of Frederick.
The public is urged to cooperate with
the members of Company A in MAX
ing this one of the largest affairs that
has ever been held in Frederick.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-10-16
Ancient Gates in Britain.

IL Great Britain there are splendid
gates, and some badly restored walls,
telling of the amazing Roman invasion.
York, with its cathedral, has one OF
the finest of the old Roman gates.
There was the Roman capital of the
days when Rome sat on her seven
hills and from her throne Of beauty
ruled the world" The city Of Ches-
ter has fine wall (restored) and
gates where at one time there was
tremendous fighting with bowguns and
all sorts of weapons that would be
laughed at in these days. Splendid
bits of architecture they are, but not
one monument of that sort is left in
what are called the walls of Paris"
and the "gates" of Paris is word
which means less to that city than the
oerrysville road means to Pittsburgh.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-10-16
A Monument in AItkirch.

One Of the public monuments in Alt,
kirch commentaries the deliverance
of the town from an attempt to cap.
ture it made in 1875 by a troop OF
English freebooters. Their leader was
son-in-law of Edward III, Enguerrand
de Coucy, who was then waging a
fierce but futile warfare against the
Holy Roman empire and had pillaged
a number of towns in Alsace, and on
reaching Altkirch penetrated into the
town in the small hours of the morn.
ing, when-so the legend runs-an ap-
partition appeared in the sky to warn
the inhabitants, who promptly sprang
from their beds and routed the invad.
ers. Every year, February 2, Altkirch
holds a fete to celebrate it's escape
from de Coucy and his English merce.
naries.-London Chronicle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-10-16
SUSTENANCE OF A LIFETIME
Astonishing Amount of Food Con.
sumed by Human Being During
the Course of Years.

If you are Of average weight, height
and appetite, and live to be seventy.
five, you will have eaten 81 tons Of
solid food and SO tons of liquid. That
is, about one thousand three hundred
times your own weight.
If you were to stack the bread you
will have consumed in this number OF
years the pile would equal a fair-sized
building. The amount of butter you
will have used on this bread would
come to ton and a quarter. If you
are a lover of bacon and were to
stretch that which you have eaten out
in single slices, four miles would be
the length. Five tons of fish and 12,.
600 eggs would stand to your credit,
while the normal cheese eater would
easily have consumed 400 pounds.
The vegetables you will have eaten
would fill a train three miles long.
You will have consumed some 10000
pounds Of sugar and 1900 pounds Of
salt. If you are a smoker you will
have used about a half-ton of tobacco
in pipes, and will have smoked mil
lion cigarettes.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-10-16
NEED ONLY DEFINITE RULES
Really Little Seems to Stand in the
Way of the Creation of Uni
versal Language.

If an editor should print bad Eng
lish he would lose his position. Many
editors are using and printing bad
methods of graphic presentation, but
they hold their jobs just the same.
The trouble at present is that there
are no standards by which graphic
presentations can be prepared in ac-
cordance with definite rules so that
their Interpretation by the reader may
be both rapid and accurate. 1t is GER
tain that there will evolve for meth
DDS Of graphic presentation few use
full and definite rules which will cor
respond with the rules of grammar for
the spoken and written language. The
rules of grammar for the English Ian
guage are numerous as well as COM
pick, and there are about as many eX-
ceptions as there are rules. Yet we
all try to follow the rules in spite of
their intricacies. The principles for a
grammar of graphic presentation are
so simple that a remarkably small
number of rules would be sufficient
to give a universal language. It is
interesting to note, also, that there
are possibilities of the graphic presen-
tation becoming an international Ian
guage, like music, which is now writ
ten by such standard methods that
sheet music may be played in any
,ountry.-Engineering Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-10-16
FLOWER MAKES GOOD FOOD
Mahua, Indian Product, Has Been
Found Of Much Usefulness-Is
Being Cultivated.

It is estimated that in the central
provinces of India alone 100000 Of
the native people use the mahua flower
as a regular article of food. Though
found in a purely wild state in many
parts of India the value of the flowers
and fruit has caused it to be brought
under more or less cultivation. The
economic value of the tree lies chiefly
in it's edible flowers and oil-yielding
seeds. The flowers are eaten extern
sively while fresh, but generally
speaking they are dried thoroughly
and cooked with rice and other grains.
Sometimes they are completely dried
and reduced to a powder, and in this
condition are cooked in round cakes
and mixed with a variety of foodstuffs
Mahua is extremely sweet, and the
ability to eat and digest it must be
acquired The art of distilling these
flowers is a very ancient one. For the
manufacture of spirits the flowers
when dried are sold to village distil-
lers or to the government distilleries.
The flowers are immersed in water
for about four days; they are then
fermented and thereafter distilled. If
the distillation has been carefully car
ried out the spirit thus produced is
not unlike good Irish whisky At first
it has a strong, smoky and rather
fetid favor, but age remedies this and
converts it into a quite palatable
though strong drink. The method Of
distillation is similar to that pursued
in all other countries, save that in In
dia it is less scientific and CORE.
spondingly more wasteful.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-10-16
Changes in Rates.

According to Tariff Bulletin No. 20,
just issued by the Public Servic Com
mission, information is given of the
changes in freig and express rates,
some of which affect Frederick city and
county. The rate on cement from
Union Bridge to Taneytown has been
reduced to 80 cents per net ton. Glass
rates are established between the Balti-
more and Ohio and the Hagerstown and
Frederick Railway. The rate on ice
from Brunswick to Knoxville has been
reduced to 60 cents per net ton. On
lime and ground lime stone from the
Hagerstown and Frederick Railway to
Fulton, Walbrook, etc., the rate is 81
per net ton, Freight transferred be-
tween the Baltimore and Ohio and the
Hagerstown and Frederick Railway at
Frederick, at which no through rates are
in effect, will be subjected to transfer
charge of three cents per hundred
weight, the minimum charge being 10
cents.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-10-16
Effects of Overeatinu.

Overeating is assigned by DR.. E. E.
Faber of Copenhagen as the real cause
of much of the misery for which "the
uric acid diathesis" is usually held re-
sponsible. From list of 2S3 corpu
lent patients he finds that chronic
rheumatism, lumbago, varicose veins
and constipation are far more COM
mon among the former, and that NOR
tally from heart and kidney disease
and apopleXy is also chiefly among the
heavyweights. The effects of a reduced
diet have proved remarkable. Rheu-
matism, neuralgia, ETC., have shown
rapid improvement when the change
has been persisted in to the extent
of lessening weight and chronic rheu-
matism-though resisting such treat
ment as drugs, hot baths and massage
has been relieved permanently dur
ing moderation, returning with any
new excess. High blood pressure is
lowered by the dieting. The superfiu.
GUS flesh is not the cause of the rheu-
matism, ETC., but both the extra weight
and the attendant disorders seem to
be due to the habit of overindulgence.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-10-16
Children of Sick Mothers.

Many mother who has been urgec
to submit to an operation to restore
her to the health which is necessary
for proper care of her family has been
distracted at the thought of being
obliged to go to a hospital and leave
her children without proper care dur
ing her absence. Especially is this
true among the very poor, where
most of the relatives, male or female,
leave to go out to work, or, perhaps
have large families of their own to
feed
To meet this emergency an excel
lent charity is being financed by some
wealthy women in Gotham, who have
established a nursery where young
sters ranging from few months to
five or six years can have trained
care while their mothers, with easy
minds, are trying to regain their OVID
strength.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-10-16
NO TRUTH IN OLD STORY
oliver GoIdsmith's Dead Body Never
in Danger of Being Seized by
His Creditors.

More or less credence has always
seemed to be given to the story that
Goldsmith's debts disrupted the ar
engagements made for his funeral. His
biographers have not been above
dwelling on this unhappy report Now
comes Case and Comment with the
legal side of it, and makes out what
appears to be a clear case. A public
funeral in Westminster abbey was de-
signed, the pall-bearers had been Sc
lected from the distinguished circle to
which Goldsmith belonged; and then
the rapidly maturing arrangements
came to a sudden halt The public
funeral was given up without explana-
ton. The burial took place simply,
almost secretly, in the ground of
the Temple church. None of the old
literary friends was present. This
strange change in procedure has been
explained by the statement that
friends feared that creditors would in
terfere with the public funeral by
Selling the body, a right which it is
alleSed the creditors had under the
law at that time. This explanation
has been reiterated until it is quite
generally believed. AS a matter of
fact the story is without foundation,
because the law Of England never
gave right of this nature to cred
itors. The story has also been quite
industriously circulated about Richard
Brinsley Sheridan, who likewise died
heavily in debt. Whatever it was that
changed the arrangements of public
funera' for Oliver Goldsmith, it may
be safely asserted as a legal propo-
sition that there was not any likeli-
hood that the dead body would be
seized by creditors. Goldsmith was
buried by his lawyer friends and
neighbors within the boundaries of
their own domain He had lived his
happiest days among them, and it was
after all more fitting that he should
lie down to his long rest in the midst
of them. rather than in a garish and
splendid tomb in Westminster abbey.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-10-16
orlain Of the cossacks.

Back in the Middle Ages the south
eastern steppes of Europe from the
Dnieper to the Ural mountains, CON
sisted of waste lands, uninhabited and
wild. To this country, the Ukraine.
came daring hunters, runaway serfs,
all manner of adventurous spirits and
outlaws. Gradually they grew to-
gether in communities and began to
make raids upon both Christian and
Turk. From the Turk, their great
est enemy, they got the name Co.'S
sacks, which means freebooters.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-10-16
"Lanouauey Hath Charms.

Few people enjoy joke more heart
lily than Sir Oliver Ledger, the prin-
cipal of Birmingham university and
a foremost authority en- many things
in this world and some few in the
next. Among the stories he is fond
of telling is that of a bishop who
was walking along a canal towpath
when he heard a bargee using very
strong language to the horse. The
bishop demonstrated in stately terms
and pointed out that such profanity
was most unseemly. The bargee lis
tened respectfully and then scratched
his head ruefully as he replied: Its
all right, gov'nor, l sees what you
mean, and I'll speak quieter like. But
I'm afeard as how it'll be a bit lone.
some like fer the boss"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-10-16
How to lake Your Own Photo.

Many schemes have been devised
by persons wishing to photograph
themselves, but the most unique
scheme is by using clothespin and
fuse. This is done by taking wood
clothespin and shaping one end so
that it grasps the bulb OF the shutter
and the spring tends to press the
bulb. The other ends are brought to-
gether so as to release the bulb and
are tied with a string or thread. On
this is put a fuse of some length.
Peering through the camera and dis
corning the object by which you can
focus yourself into the cameras eye
you light the fuse Then placing
yourself in position the fuse gradually
burns until it reaches the clothespin,
which springs, pressing the bulb and
taking the picture.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-10-16
Its Breath Is Death.

One variety of the orchid which
grows in the tropics is known as the
vampire orchid. This flower has a
wonderful odor which is peculiarly at
tractive to animals. When a beast
approaches the flower the odor mar
cotizes him and he sinks languidiy by
the tree trunk to which the flower is
clinging. Then the flower stretches
down its long, green tentacles and
sucks out the blood of the poisoned
animal The beast never awakens
from it's sleep, while the erstwhile pale
flower takes on soft velvet flush.