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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08

muskets shooting at the enemy. and
the number of killed and wounded can
be figured from that. We went in as a
private and came out As a captain, and
we didn't pay out cash for promotion.
We were wounded by a shell at
Groveton, hit by a bullet at Manassas
and sliced by a saber at Gettysburg.
We got run yer by a horse at Fred
ericksburg. had a tree fall upon us at
Charlottesville. and a solid shot at
Falling Waters chased us around for
ten minutes. and finally wounded and
with a soft corn on every toe. but
ready to go back and leave one of Jul
legs on the battlefield, we were march
ing while our esteemed contemporary
was running a cheese factory.
It has been our policy to say rs lit
tie of ourselves personally as possible.
but under the present circumstances a
few words seem to be in order. We
ar mayor Of Giveadam Gulch. We are
postmaster Of the same. We are a
member Of the territorial assembly.
We are a deputy United States mar
shall. We are editor and proprietor Of
the greatest weekly in the community.
There are those who would rest sat
ished after gathering the laurels We
have, but we still have the fires Of am
hilton burning in our breast.
In returning from Pine Hill Sunday
evening a man stepped out from be.
hind a tree and ordered US to halt and
throw up our hands. We obeyed him
with the greatest celebrity and shall al
ways feel grateful to him for giving us
the opportunity. He asked our name
and occupation. and we gave them
with the hope that the press was ex.
empt from his operation. We were
wrong, however. He was a man with
q grievance against we'll conducted
pewspapers, and it tickled him to
know that be had caught an editor: He
robbed Us Of sven the key Of the Of
nce clock and our goose quill tooth.
pick, and II lie had had any use for a
\hofse he would certainly have left us
to foot it into town: We lost SO IN
cash and $50 worth Of watch. but We
are not repining. The critter was a
scholar and a gentleman. and possibly
we may meet him in a game of poker
Two or three weeks ago. wanting ar
item to fill up with. we turned our at
tention to the ranch kept by Jim Hop
kins over on Goose creek. 1t is a
hard place, and We said so. Jim is q
tough man. who ought to have beer
lynched when he was a kid. W.
didn't know how Jim would feel abON'
r. but as usual prepared for business
Saturday last he came into town to Sc
aauare, and it so happened that VI
net on Apache avenue He was IL
TO great a hurry to take aim. and hi
hullets were wasted. When he hat
1red six bullets at us We closed in. pu
him on his back and made him nolle
ID about sixty seconds.
The boys put him in a barrel AM
ro1led him around. and yesterday b
was chased out of his dive and depart
81 for the mountains.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
Denied RiQht to Work

Butte, July 1.-The long expected
start on the construction of the new
Milwaukee passenger depot on Mon.
tana street had no more than been
made this morning by a gang of men
who began excavation work, under the
direction of Superintendent w. A.
Roberts of the Guthrie-McDoughall
company of Spokane, when large dele.
cations of union men rushed the
workers, told them they were work.
ing for wages below the Butte scale,
and threatened them if they contin,
ued. The employees quit, being run
off the ground, or as one of the union.
lists stated, from under their hats"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
Notice to Creditors

Esta' of Katherine Smith, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed ADMINISTRATORS of the estate of
Katherine Smith, deceased, to- the cred
against the said deceased, to exhibit
them with the necessary vouchers within
four months after the first publication OF
at the law office of Stranahan 4 Strana-
han, in Fort Benton. in the county of
state of Montana.
CHARLOTTE X. ROWE,
Administrators of the estate of Nath-
crime Smith, deceased.
Dated June "a. 1914.
First publication July 3, 1914.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
Notice Of Election for CITY Electric
Light Bonds

%otiSe is hereby given that pursuant
to ordinance No. 80 of the City of Fort
Benton, Montana, at an election to be
held on the 10th day of July, 1914, at the
resuiar polling. places in the first, second
At the Choteau House in the first ward;
at the City Council rooms in the second
ward, and at the residence of W.. 0.
of issuing bonds of the said city for the
amount of seventeen thousand dollars,
Tor the purpose OF constructing, pur-
plant for said city, will be submitted to
the vote OF the taxpayers of the city.
The proposed bonds to be for the term
and to bear interest at the rate Of So
per cent. per annum, payable semi-an-
nually.
Dated this Sth day of June, 1914.
JOHN F. MURPHY,
City Clerk.
First publication Trpo Q 1O1A
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
Notice Of Closing Of Registration Book.

Notice is hereby given thai the regis
tration books of Chouteau county will be
closed on July 25th, 1914, at 5 o'clock p.
to be held August 25th, 1914. Electors
may register for the ensuing election by
appearing before the County Clerk at his
office. or by appearing before a Justice of
the Peace. or Notary Public in the man.
ner provided by law. All parties whose
names do not now appear on said regis
tration books will have to register in
order to vote at said election.
Date June %, 1914.
j. LEE: SEDGWICK,
County Clerk and Ex-Oficio County
Registrar.
First publication June "a, 1914.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
Notice Of Sale Of Real Estate

Notice is hereby given that applica-
tion having been made to the board of
county commissioners for the sale of
lots I, s, 8, 10. II, -, 13 and IA. block
157 OF the Addition to Fort Benton, Mon
ttna, the chairman of the board of cour-
ty. commissioners will sell on July 20,
1874, at public auction to the highest
bidder said above described lots. Sale
will he held at the front door of the court
house at the hour of 2 o'clock p. m
Ev OiGe.' Of the Board.
j. LEE SEDGWICK,
County Clerk.
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Both Disappointed

Wife-If I'd known that you We're
after my money l would have
listened to you. Husband-And If I'D
known you'd be so mighty close with
your money I would never have pro-
posed.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
SUM MONS

In the district court of the Twelfth
Judicial district of the state of Mon
tana, in and for the county of Chouteau.
The st. Anthony & Dakota Elevator
Co, a corporation, plaintiff, VS.. L.. s.
The state OF Montana sends greetings
to the above named defendants, and to
each of them.
You are hereby to answer
the complaint in this action which is
filed in the office of the clerk Of this
court, a copy of which is hereby served
upon one of you in each county where
in a of YOU reside, and to file your
answer and serve a copy thereof upon
the plaintiffs attorney within twenty
days after the service of this summons,
exclusive of the day of service: and in
case of your failure to appear or an
swer,. Judgment will be taken against
YOU. by default, for the relief demanded
in the complaint. This action is brought
to recover $500 with interest thereon at
!" per cent per annum from August 80,
1913, and the costs of this action, ball
ance Of open account for goods, wares
and merchandise. sold and delivered by
plaintiff to defendant, at his request,
between May 4, 1911 and August 80,
1913.
Witness my hand and seal of said
court this 9th day of June, 1914.
lSeaD GEO. d. PATTERSON,
Nelson & Moore, Clerk.
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
Residing. at Havre, Montana.
First publication June 8. 1914.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
Notice OF Annual MEETING

The annual meeting of stockholders
Of the West Quincy Granite company
will be held ON Monday. July IS, 1914,
at ll;0o Il. m. at the cOmpany's Office,
at %l.onetree. Mont. for the purpose of
electing a board of directors and the
transaction of such other business as
may come before the meeting.
\. r.. McLElSH, President.
G. WILSON. Secretary.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
Seed Wheat for Sale

We are booking orders for Harvest
beardless winter wheat grown-grades
with Turkey Red. Will sell recleaned
seed at $1;00 per bu. F. Q. B., Floweree,
sax furnished. Sample may be seen at
River Press office. Address
TRACkWELL BROS,
FlOWeree, Mont,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
ARIZONA K|CKLETS
The Editor Is Obliged to Bare His
War Record.
4 QUESTION OF PATRIOTISM.
HE Motives Have Been lmpusned by .
loathsoms Contemporary-other In.
eidsnts Of q Busy Week Show He's
Discreet a. Well a. Courageous.
BY N. QUAD.

0y W. OOAOs
copyright, 1914. by Associated Literary
Press.]
"HE aged and infrm critter whom
We are obliged by courtesy to
refer to as u esteemed con-
temporary is still neutral on
the Mexican war question. Among his
so subscribers IL a half breed Mexi-
can, and be IL afraid of hurting the
man's feelings by coming out strong
for the American eagle. In this last
issue he says we are a patriot for the
money there is in It and that II we
ever smelled powder it was when we
had our head in a barrel. We are not
q man to exploit u W adventures.
We should not now refer to our war
record except to defend our honor. We
have the papers to show that we were
among the first dozen men to enlist in
the wal for the Union.
We began with Bull Run and ended
with Appomattox. We wore out three
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
Notice Of Annual MEETING

The regular annual meeting of the
Benton Sheep Company will be held on
Monday. August Bird. 1914, at $500 O'Clock
p. m. at the Stockmen's National Bank.
JOHN V. CARROLL, Vice President.
David G. Browne, Treas.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
House for Sale

\ three-room house and two lots, with
stable, chicken house and other out
buildings, situated on lower franklin
street. in this city, for sale on reasonable
terms. Address.
JOHN FALLON,
Carter, Mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
For Sale

one 2o-horse power Cas- steam en-
CINE; one "2N54 separator, steel; one s.
bottom John Deere pillow. All in good
condition. Enquire at
SHARP BROS.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
Horses for $aiH

About ffty-five head Of we'll broken
saddle and work horses for sale at rea-
fS"d9's i pii,e at L Gsa Re e Addr ns e. w.
C.. w. BUCK. Fort Benton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08

A BENTON LODGE No. 2S.-A. r.
~ AND A. M.-Regular commune
N cations Of the above named
lodge are held at 1880 .. m. on
the first and third Mondays Of each
month. Members of sister Lodges and
sojoulning brethren are cordially invited
to attend.
EZRA L. CRANE, W. NJ.
ROBT. RICHARDSON. Sec'y.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
Hogs for Sale

Twenty choice young hogs for sale.
Address
NJ. :. HnLDERBACM.
Fort Benton, Mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
II RIVER RES

Subscribe for the WEEKLY RIVER
PRESS. Send it to "the old folks at
home.'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08
Strayed

From my ranch. near Virgelle, one
gray morse branded Boz on left hip.
and one dark bay mare branded w on
left shoulder. Finder will please notify
me. \. o. CLEVELAND,
Virgelle, Mont.
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-, " NTVy
First publication June 8, 1914.
Notice to Lumber Dealers

Notice Is hereby given tina the board
county, Montana, will receive sealed bid
for approximately one hundred three
t1O3, 0O0) thousand feet of bridge lumber,
Office of the county surveyor of said
All bids to be filed with the
county clerk and will be opened at 10
o'clock a. M, July goth, 1914. The board
reserves the right to reject any or all
bids.
Dated June 18th, 1914.
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Paid on Time Deposits
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OFFICERS

OFFICERS
G. B. POWER, President
z. D. SHARP, Vice President
F. A. FLANAGAN, Cashier
]. F.. SULLIVAN. Asst Cashier
W. solicit your business and offer you
every accommodation conslotont WttA
safe and profitable ranking.
Think Of the Inconvenience and loss II
yenr deeds e. and at other M 7.aSi ,p aRsrs A.
burglar proof safety boxes for rent. Each
box IL absolutely private a. you will have
the only key that will open 1t.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-03

International Magazine, the day be-
fore Baker killed himself.
The DIARY of a Suicide" ends with
an appeal to thousand other men
ito kill themselves in protest so that
the Powers that Be may sit up and
take notice"
Always on every page, like the
motif of an opera, runs the thought
of the 1oEe-thirst, the hunger of the
lonely soul of youth!
And the bitter irony Of the situa-
ton is that perhaps just around the
corner of life from this young man
who killed himself from love-loneG-
ness was some young woman who
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-03
Chapter XCIl.

SldpL0I NSIis
What did Mrs. Selwin say to you,
Margie?" asked Dick when he came
home last night.
"Oh, Dick, she makes me wish my
mother had lived. have never in my
life met an old woman who was SO
lovely. She just seems to know ev-
erything; to get at the heart of every
thing. She works her experiences
over into the wisest of advice for one,
and makes one feel that if every wo-
man were like her there would be
no unhappy marriages in the world"
"My, but you are an enthusiastic
little woman when you like any per-
son or anything" said Dick quizzical-
ly as he lighted his cigar. 81 some
times wonder what you say about me
when they get you started" -
It was after dinner and we had
come up to our rooms for an evening
by ourselves. .t
Personally" said Dick, 81 don't
know much about old women, but
the average old man is apt to be very
opinionated and most awfully self
ish old duck. have known number
of old men in my time and few old
women, and, with the exception of
Selwin and his wife, l have never
known a person over seventy who
could get the point of view of a live
one for a minute.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-03

might have loved him, but who was
herself condemned by modern social
conditions to a life of monotonous
toll who also suffered from the
strange gnawing melancholy which
constitutes the love thirst of the
world.
Sociologists are just beginning to
concern themselves with the problem
of the love thirst They find its So
luton in the social center advocated
by Miss Margaret Wilson; that is, the
use of the public schools after class
hours as meeting places really
courtship centers for young men and
women who live away from home.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-03
THE CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE
A MANS PLACE IN A WoMAN'S MIND

81 have come to the conclusion that
about sixty or sixty-five man be-
gins to get dry rot. He seems to think
that the world must stop with him
instead of going along at a fast rate,
and that if he wants to amount to
anything for the rest of his life he will
just have to brace up and march with
his regiment.
81 have watched men in street cars
who have reached the age where the
question of sex does not interest them
any more, and they are as selfish as
anything in human form can be. Ev-
cry human emotion; except those
which make them physically comfort
able, is dead.
Talk of the chiYalry that is given
by men to women-it is relic of the
time when she was a chattel.
eff women only knew it, chivalry
is only the tribute that men pay to
sex and nothing more. know this
and so does every man, but few of
them will acknowledge the truth
about il"
Seems to me, Dick, that you your
self are pretty enthusiastic when you
begin to talk about something that
interests YOU" put in shyly as he
paused for an instant to take a
breath. "Tm aWfully glad to hear you
say this, however, for have always
contended that l did not want a man
. o
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-20
METHoDIsTs OPPOSE
HIGH LIQUOR TAX

TOPEKA, Kan, Aug. 20.-Asking
them to unite in vigorous opposition.
to any effort to increase the federal
tax on liquors, a call was sent today
to 1900 pastors of church Of tho
Methodist denomination in the Unit
ed States from the Offices here Of the
secretary of the temperance society
of.the Methodist church.
amy extension of this iniquitous
participation in the profits OF a Vi
cious and Inherently criminal trade
will be fought to the last ditch by
every member who realizes It's
shameful nature" said Clarence
True Wilson, general secretary.
Doubling of the feeral tax on Ii.
quors will quadruple the difficulties
now facing the Hobson-shcpherd
prohibition amendment bill.'
Officers of the society asserted that
IL It were not for the federal liquor.
revenue act of 1868 the legalized III
quor revenue would have been abols
'ished long ago.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-20
PASSENGERS ON
PRINCE ALBERT SAFE

PRINCE RPERT, d. c., Aug. 90
The passengers and crew OF the
Grand Trunk steamer Prince Albcr..
which went ashore on B%utterswortl
Rock last night, are safe. They put.
on In two boats shortly after the YES
sci struck. After the first message
was received the wireless went dead.
The operator had trouble sending his
message us the vessel was CARED BIZ
the heavy sea.
The Prince Albert was formerly
the Bruno, 800 tons, plying between
Hull and Antwerp, and was built In
Hull, England, in 1905.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-20
From castelfranco he passed in

From Castelfranco he passed in
1850 to the'Scminary at paduc, and
in 1858, at the age Of %, was or
dained priest and took up his studies
at Tombolo. In 1867 he had his first
parish of Importance, that of Salzano,
where he remained for eleven years.
In addition to his ecclesiastical du-
ties Father Sarto contributed largely
to the support of his mother and sis.
tiers, who found life a hard struggle,
especially in the winter.
His e%loquence led to his being
called at the age OF 40 to Trcyiso IS
chancellor OF the diocese, and short
ly after he was appointed Professor OF
Theology in the seminary. Nine
years of strenuous work followed,
crowned, in 1854, by his assuming
the entire mitre as Bishop Of Mantua
Leo NH. conferred upon Bishop
Sarto the title Of Roman Count
and in the Consistory Of June, 1898,
created him Cardinal, giving him the
Roman church of San Bernardo from
which to take his title. He was SO
poor that he was unable to pay the
fees connected with the acceptancc;o OF
the new dignity, but some of his ad-
mirers came. forward and provided
him with the necessary funds.
Creating him Cardinal. Leo. XIII.
appointed him also Patriarch Of Ven
ice, but he did not leave Mantua I'M
til a year later, owing to conflict be-
tween the italian government and the
Holy See, over the right Of the House
of Savoy to be consulted before the
appointment Of q Patriarch. the gov
eminent having inherited the rights
of the Republic of Venice. The dis
pute was cut short by King Humbert
also appointing Cardinal sarto as Pa
triarch OF. Venice. (
The PatriarclFs relations with the
House Of Savoy were always most
cordial. Every time that their Ma
iesties or the princes visited Venice
he paid them a visit and presented his
homage. He was one Of Queen Mar
.gherita's confessors. and only a few
months before the death of Leo XIII.
he was next the Count Of Turin in
public. when he (the Patriarci)
blessed the foundation stone of the
new Campanile in Piazza San Marco.
He was the candidate Of Leo XIII. as
his successor, but he so little realized
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-20
Pope Plus
xcosr1NscrD FROM FACE oNE.1

NU-NAN #..
dfdates already mentioned are Car
dinals$ Maffi, DeLai, Ferrata, Agliar-
di, Pompilii and serfani.
Thetarriyals of Cardinal Della Wolfe.
chamberlinSof5sthc church from Imola
today was anxiously awaited. As
chamberlain he will direct the Holy
See temporarily and will conduct the
traditional ceremonies in which the
pontiff Is Officially pronounced dead.
In this ceremony the cllamperlain
lifts th~eIcovering from the face Of the
dead andgwith a silver hammer touch
es the forehead three times saying
each time, "Giuseppi sarto.' When
there Is no; reply he announces ""The
Popetiss really dead" This is done in
tile presenceEof the cardinals, a few
intimates OF the dead, and the peni-
tentiaries Of the st. Peters who will
prepare the body for the tomb.
It's expected that the conclave for
the election Of. a pope viii be held on
September 8 after a delay to give
time for the cardinals from several
countries to arrive.
Giuseppe Melciorre sarto, known
tdsthe world as Pope Plus X. was
elected to the Pontificate on August
q, 1903 and during his occupancy of
his exalted office as head of the Ro-
man Catholic church, lie was con-
fronted with some OF the most mo-
mentous problems, religious and gov
ernmental, with which the Holy See
has had To deal in modern times.
Pope Plus was born on June 9,
1885, at Riese. in the Venetian PROV
inces, tfelfirsta child of Clan Battista
Sarto, a postman, and his wife Mar
gilerita. Giuseppe's early career was
influenced by the village priest WHO
took a liking for the boy. taught him
TO read and write and drummed into
the youthful head the rudiments of
Latin. At1the age,of eleven years he
entered the seminary at castelfranco.
not far from his birthplace, and for
four years every day he tramped to
school, usually barefooted. until he
reacfied the outskirts of the village,
where lie would slip on his shoes to
keep up appearance. !.
- IHRIr H~N#H. 4#".
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-20
Pen Too Small
To House All
The Conuicts

WHEELING, Aug. 20.-Wcrc Il
not for the new law which permits
the working of convicts on the COM,
.ty roads throughout the state, the
state %penitentiary at Moundsvillcl
would be too small to hold all the
conyicts under its supervision. At.
present there are 1850 convicts in
charge OF the %pcnitentfary. Nearly
100 OF these are employed on road.
improvement work In Kanawha,
peasants and Berkeley counties,
and are kept in camps in the various
counties. Even with these 100 CON
Sicts out of the way the institution
is overcrowdcd, and it will probably
be necessary to make an addition or
provide some other means of caring
for those extra men when winter
closes the road work.
This number is the largest ever
handled by the institution Mt any ono
time in its history. 1t is hoped that
more counties throughout the state
will take convicts for road work next
spring, so that the institution will
not be overcrowdcd.
it may be necessary to refuse any
more federal prisoners. rs the pen Is
lalrcady carrying owe its capacity of
men, and at present is averaging as
many %convicts as the famous old Sing
Sing prison at New York.