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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-14
Concerning Nails.

All Of you have heard of fourpenny
nails, ~sixpenny nails, etc. The sufRx
penny in this connection does not
mean penny. but is a corruption Of the
word pound.
When we speak Of a fourpenny nail
We e nails of such a size that a
thousand Of them will weigh four
pounds. An eightpenny nail weighs
eight pounds a thousand. and so on.
1t is an old English term. and it's orig
1nal form was -four pound" ''eight
pound" ten pound" etc. Carpenters
and other artisans got into the way OF
slurring over these terms and pro-
%nouncing them fourpen, sixpen. etc.
and this corruption in turn was modi.
fed by turning the shortened suttix
pen into penny. and so it stands today.
a clear case of turning a pound into
a penny.
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much more. Ye hollered fur jpstice
and hey got it. and If the boys wasn't
goin' to run you outer town Id double
the fine. Pete. how much money ye
got?"
about $50"
''Then I'll gin ye a dose O. jestice at
the same time. The verdict is that ye
pay a fine Of $15 fur bein' the cause of
this yere row, and Is court adjourns
we'll 60 over to my saloon and We kin
spend $40 or SIS more treatin' the
crowd. Somebody hit that Chinaman
asleep agin the wall fur contempt OF
court in not keepin' awake. and court
will then adjourn and rush bizness
across the creek.
The Next Case Called.
This other case before US kin be
disposed Of without a joory and with
out any pertickler fussin' around. Joe
Taylor rides into Hill City on a boss.
He gifts off and goes into a saloon with.
out hitchin' that boss. bein' In a power
full hurry to git outside Of a drink of
whisky. He SEE he hitched the boss to
a post in front Of the saloon. but as
thar is no post thar It kin be taken fur
granted that Joe Taylor is a liar"
"Your honor" said Joe's lawyer as
he, arose. II must protest against SIGH
talk as comm FROM
"Sot down. Jim Davis. or I'll fine ye
$500" shouted the judge. and when
the %protester had dropped out Of sight
he resumed:
"That boss. bein' onhitched. wanders
away and finally brings up at the
Lame Dog saloon and puts his head in
at a winder. Hank Harper ar in the
saloon. mo- or less drunk. and mo- or
less expectin' to be shot at from that
very winder. When he sees that boss
head he takes it fur the face Of Pete
Williams and pops away. and though
he amt much Of a shot. as we all
know. he kills the boss. Now orne
Joe Taylor and demands $75 fur his
c%ritter. which would hev bin dear at
$40. and rs Hank won't pay. not hevin'
intended to kill the boss. Joe brings
suit fur value. That ar's the case. and
what ar we goin' to do about it,"
interruption by Counsel.
"Your honor. I wish to say began
both lawyers in chorus. but his honor
raped on the table and shouted:
"Shet up! This court takes no back
talk from lawyers. What's the use of
over a plain case7 The idea
hain't to grind out bushels O. law. but
quarts o. jestice. The verdict Of this
court ar to the effeck that Joe Taylor
has no ase agin Hank Harper.
Joe Taylor hain't to blame fur ridin'
into town on a boss. nor fur wantin' a
drink so plumb bad that be leaves that
boss to take keer of hisself. The boss
amt to blame fur wanderin' around.
Hank Harper amt to blame fur bein'
half drunk and 'spectin' to be shot at
1T was all right all around. 'ceptin'
that these two pesky lawyers got up a
end took up the valuable time .
this court, and in consequence each o.
'em ar fined $40 and costs. and If they
patronize any other saloon but mine
doorin' the rest o. the week I'll hev
them thrown owe the bar and hustled
out O. town."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-14
Contest No. 4459
Notice Of Contest

U. s: Land Office at Great Falls. Mon
tana, December II. 1918.
Montana, contestee:
lou arg xL 3@s1SRH TUBS Il. BHAT 5
wh9 gives Lewistown;,, Montana, as his
1913, file in this office his duly corrobor-
ated application to contest and secure
the sance aast49 s of y9u NJ hom ossssa1 ms sae
July p, 1912, for Eh SEN. section Is.
En- NEA. sec. %. twp. % north. range
H. east Montana meridian. and "a, as
you have wholly abandoned said land for
more than six months last past, and that
yon never have established your resi-
You are. therefore. further notified that
the said allegations will be taken by this
o offise x as hs ssi9 e been confessed con Ss c by ySsai
hereunder without your further right
to be heard therein either before this
9 tSis Office Gt on w niRReal tw It you da as,; after a4 me th he
FOURTH publication of this notice. as
shown below, your answer. under oath,
specifically meeting and responding to
fail within that time to file in this Of
flee due proof that you have served a
copy Of your answer on the said contest;
ant either in person or by registered
mail. II this service is made by the de-
livery OF a copy of your answer to the
Sise mast b IN s Res6sqnt; bge re saia OF aos sSen ssr $
written acknowledgment of his receipt of
h copy, showing the date of its re-
ceipt. or the affidavit of the person by
whom the delivery was made stating
when n where the copy was delivered;
II made by registered mail, proof OF such
the person by whom the copy was mailed
stating when and the post Office to which
1t was mailed, and this affidavit must be
e eei1t for tSe by fstte the postmaster's re-
You should state in your answer the
name Of the post Office to which you de-
sire future notices to be sent to you.
r. N. SUTHERLIN. Register.
Date OF first publication. December 70.
1918.
Date of second publication. January 2.
Date of third publication. January 9.
1914.
Date of fourth publication, January 16,
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Notice Of Registration

Notice, is hereby given that pursuant
to ORDINANCE % of the City of Fort Ben
ton. providing for an election for sub
hitting to vote of the taxpayers of the
city, the question of issuing city bonds
for the construction of a sanitary and
drainage sewerage system, and regis
A registration will be held on Monday
the 18th, Tuesday. the goth, and Satur-
day. the gath of January, 1914, at my
office at City Council rooms in h city
Of Fort Benton. .Chouteau count Mon
tana. That said registry office will be
open from 8 o'clock a. M, to 9 o'clock
p. M. on said days with an hours inter-
mission at noon and evening.
Then and there l will receive the
names of all persons qualified to vote at
such election.
No person shall be entitled to reg
lister n vote at said election that is
not a taxpayer of the city of Fort Ben
ton: Women taxpayers are entitled to
register and vote at said election.
EZRA L. CRANE,
Registry agent.
January Z, 1914.
First publication January Z. 1914.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-14
The Useful Pin.

We are SO used to having the handy
pin around while sewing and dressing
that we can scarcely imagine how the
ancients ever got along without this
article. Yet they did. for it was only
Mt the end Of the seventeenth century
that the modern pin was invented.
After that time the pinmaker was al
lowed to sell pins openly only OH Jan.
! and ?. so that court ladies and fash
ionable danes alike We're Obliged to
buy a large store on those days.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-14
Next.

Little Bertha was invited out to din.
ner with her father and mother. Be-
fore she went. however. it was firmly
impressed upon her mind that she
must not speak unless spoken to. All
went smoothly for awhile. but when
some time elapsed and no notice was
taken of her she began to get uneasy.
i Finally the hostess. seeing some.
thing was wrong. asked her what she
would like next
II should like to have you begin to
ask me questions" was the polite re-
ply.-Lippincott's.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-14
JUDGE H0KE SITS.
Sandy Bend Arbiter Expounds
Points of Law,
SAM WHITE IN TROUBLE.

And Al Because His Wife Was Stolen
by zone Legged Pste"-Lawyers In
Difficulties For Taking Up Courts
Time UseIessIy.
By N. QUAD.
copyright, 1918. by Associated Literary
Press.1
""H1s yere court bein' a court Of
law and now open fur biz
ness" said Judge Hoke Of
Sandy Bend. as he looked
around on the crowd. II will purceed
70 cut matters short and saw the coun-
y Of Devils Elbow $50 in cash by
Stain the case. Over thar On my right
sits that blamed kyote known as Sam
White. Hes the complainant in this
case, and he's tryin' bis durndest to
look like an abused man Over thar on
my left sits One Legged Pete, who's
half greaser and half American, and
M Of the meanest critters to be found
fur a hundred miles around. Neither
one Of 'em is wuth plantin' over six
inches deep. and after the trial this
court hopes to see the pair run outer
town on gineral principles.
This yere court, as is known to most
Of ye, owns the Red Dog saloon across
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-14
Ae Did Before,

why. Tommy" exclaimed the Sun.
day school teacher. don't you say
your prayers every night before you 60
to bed?"
mot any more," replied Tommy: II
Ulster when | slept in a foldin' bed.
though" -RostOn Globe.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-14
The Dancing Lesson,

Now. Miss Clara. point your toe,
Look at me and point it so.
You know. my dear, l learned to dance
In that graceful country. France.
And. having been so nicely taught.
l move, of course as a lady ought,
And only think how grand twill be
TO have 1t said you dance like me!
SO now, Miss Clara. point Your toe.
Look at me and point it so.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-14
Should Have Lauohed.

Newwed-Did you spend as much
money as this before | married You?
Mrs. Why. yes.
Newwed-Then | can't understand
why your father went on so when |
took yon away from him.-New York
American
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-14
Boy.

W0SUoTB 0Oys
"Why, Tommie. where did you get
that black eyer"
"The boy downstairs struck me-"
what for?"
HE said I struck him first"
"And did your"
mo. mother. I didn't"
"Well. why didn't YOUR Yonkers
Statesman.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-14
The Matter.

II wonder what Is the matter with
meT" he said. II have a feeling of de-
preston. and l can't throw it OF, no
matter how I try"
II know what Is the matter" his
wife replied. you have an engage
ment with the dentist at 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning. you know."-Boston
Transcript
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-14
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE

Fifty-two copies Of the Weekly River
Press for 400 spot cash, or tts eQutva-
lent in ,bankable. paper. Goods viii be
delivered in regular weekly installments
during the twelve month following 10.
teod. Address
THE RIVER PRESS.
Fort Benton. Mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-14
Notice Of Annual MEETING

The annual. meeting of the stockhold-
ers OF the Missouri River Lumber com
company at Fort Benton, Chouteau coun-
ty, Montana, on Saturday, January II,
1914; at 2 o'clock p. m, for the purpose
acting such other business as may come
before said meeting.
v. 6. PoGLssoN. Secretary.
Dated January /, 1914,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-14
No Gentle Joke,

Hemmandhaw - When Beanbrough
got married n Of his friends threw
an old shoe through the carriage at
him and hit him on the head.
Shimmerpate.-Couldn't he find out
who owned the shoe?
Hemmandhaw.-No: it belonged to a
horse.-Judge.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-14
Hard to Pass,

B~lobbs-Jones is an awful scrapper,
He reminds me Of a plugged dime
Slobbs- In what way?
Bloobs-Yon can't pass him without
raising a row Philadelphia Record.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-14
Good Business,

Why is an undertaken the most sue.
ceSsful business man?
He fails to carry out what be
undertakes
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-14
Of Election for City Sewerage
o

Notice is hereby given that pursuant
to Ordinance number % of the city OF
Fort Benton, at an election to be held
regular polling places in the first, second
and third precincts of said city, to-wit:
At the Choteau house in the first ward:
ond ward: and at the residence Of w. o.
Dexter, In the third ward. the question
OF issuing bonds of the said city of the
amount of Thfrty-three thousand dol
lars, for he purpose of constructing a
sanitary n drainage sewerage system
for said city. will be submitted to the
vote of the taxpayers of the city.
The proposed bonds to be for the term
OF 20 years, redeemable after IL years,
n to bear interest at the rate Of 5h
nually.
Dated this fifth day of January, 1914.
JOHN F. MURPHY,
CIV Clerk
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-14
Notice Of Annual Meetino

The regular annual meeting Of the
~knolde Of the Fort Benton Sanitar-
1um VIII oe held at the Office of DR.. Z.
Porter, In Fort Benton, Montana, on
Saturday, January II, 1914. at 1880
O'Clock p. m., for the purpose of elect
Ing q BOARD OF directors to serve for the
year, n for the transaction of
the meeting.
CHAs. H. GREEN, President.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-14

Tue CIVchs ~ III uCCOICSo W QuO LAoS
drinks, poker and various other things
ar dispensed over thar fur cash, and
the reputashun of Red Dog ar second
to none in this woolly west. Last night
was a busy time at the Red Dog. This
court had to help wait on the bar.
chuck three men out Of doors and pop
another, and when midnight come he
went to bed tired out. He had just got
to sleep when a critter gallops up on
q bronco and pounds on the door and
yells that he wants ~jestice.
E. "'Who is it?' SEE I.
= "'Sam White sez he.
"'What's the hullabaloo?"
"'One Legged Pete has stole my
wife,
"'Waal, go'n steal some other CRIT
ters wife,
"'But l want jestice.'
He Wanted Justice.
Eyes, durn his hide, he wanted jes-
tice, and he wouldn't be satisfied till l
got up and agreed to hev One Legged
Pete arrested. He was arrested this
mornin', and thar he is. I've talked
with him. and I've talked with the
woman, and I've also had my nose In
the statoots fur an hour or more Now,
then, Justly. as the woman went away
willinly with the prisoner he didn't
steal her; secondly. under the statoots
Of this territory a woman hain't prop
erty and can't be stole; thirdly. any
critter hevin' SIGH a humly wife as she
Ar orter be willin' to pay $50 to hev
her stole: fourth. Sam White was right
thar when his wife jumped on the boss
behind Pete and rode away. He had
q rife beside him. and he's a good
shot He could hev plunked the both
OF EN- and the boss to boot. but did he
do It? No, stree. He sot right thar
and seen 'em go. and then he mounts
his knockkneed ole broncho and rides
1even miles to pound on the back door
Of the Red Dog saloon and yell fur
jestice!"
"Your honor" said Sans lawyer.
my client ar q peaceful. lawabid.
in'"-
"Shet up!" Numbered the Judge.
I'VE know Sam White from top to toe,
and the court don't want any of vel
CAB in this case! Has the prisoners
lawyer got any words to shoot OFT"
I'VE have nuthin' to say" replied
the counsel.
(which ar jest as we'll fur you. Tom
Thatcher" growled the Judge. III
you'd said ten words in favor of the
prisoner I'd of sentenced him to be
hung. Pete. ye blamed ole reptile
what made ye steal that woman?"
"She wanted to be STOLE"
Why He Held Back.
"Waal. we've got her and now keel
her and never do it agin. Sam White
why didn't ye shoot the smoke coloret
kuss when he come fur yer wife?"
II left him to the law"
"Oh. ye did! Well. mebbe it's jes
as we'll. as the law is big 'nuh ant
broad nun to take keer Of both Of We
When l was elected jestice of tn
peace in and fur the county Of Devil
Elbow it was ginerally understood
that everybody could hev law and jes
tice by the %shovelful. Ye had the RICH
to pop at Pete. but no right to walk
this court up Ye ar therefore fnet
S25 and costs. which will he about al
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-14
Ranch for lease

For lease, a $50 acre ranch uv,th over
one nunored tons of hay for sale. Ideal
spo. LOT Wlntering cattle or sheep. Thir-
~ n.ies IRON Havle or Chinook on Clear
ROBERT FELTON,,
LlOyd. Montana.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-01-14
Reward for Estray

Estraysd. e black mare branded M R
thigh. Weight about hoo bounds and
neavy WIN foal. Ten dollars reward for
information leading to recovery.
j.. M. GRASS, Box Elder Mont,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-02-27

archives Of the war department, were to-
keep the st. Johns River open from it's
mouth to the head Of navigation and to-
arm the negroes for service in the union
army. The small Confederate force in
East Florida in 1868 was commanded,
by Gen. Joseph Finegan. On March IL,
1868, Gen Finegan issued proclama-
ton here in which he said;
II feel it my duty as brigadier-gen-
eral commanding this district to inform
the people OF the district and OF the
State that our unscrupulous enemy has
landed large force Of negroes, under
command OF white officers, at Jackson
vile, under cover OF gunboats. He is
attempting to fortify the place so as to
make it secure against attacks. The
purpose Of this movement is obvious
and need not be mentioned in direct
terms. 1t is sufficient to inspire the
whole body OF people with renewed
and sterner purpose of resistance. /,
therefore, call on such OF the citizens as
can possibly leave their homes to arm
and organize themselves into Companies
without delay and report to me. f"
Gen. II. Saxton (U. s. A.) in a report
to the war department dated March IA,
1868, says. THE object OF this expe-
dition was to occupy Jacksonville and
make it the base Of operations for the
arming OF negroes and securing in this
way possession OF the entire State OF
Florida. 1t is my belief that scarcely
an incident in this wg has caused a
greater panic throughout the whole
southern coast than this raid Of the
colored troops in Florida. I"
During this occupation, Jacksonville
was burned by Federal troops. A cor
respondent OF the New York Tribune
wrote a graphic description OF the fire,
which was probably overdrawn, from
the deck Of the transport Boston, then
lying in the harbor. He charged the
crime OF burning the city to the Eighth
Maine and Sixth Connecticut regiments,
and declared that the negro troops had
nothing to do with it.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-02-27
The South--=The EldoradO Of
American Adventure
By Richard H. Edmonds
Editor Manufacturers Record.

lacking for reviving the industrial ac-
tivities which between 1850 and 1860
caused a more rapid percentage OF
growth in every line OF manufacturing
in the South than in the rest OF the
country. The amazing agricultural and
industrial progress of the decade ended
with 1860 as indicated in the fact that
during that period the increase in the
wealth of the South exceeded by more
than one billion dollars the aggregate
increase of wealth of the New England
and Middle States.
The engineering and industrial traits,
which from Colonial days down to the
time when the invention of the cotton
gin fastened slavery around the necks Of
the people OF the South, were beginning
to reassert themselves between 1850 and
1860. This industrial and engineering
trend of the people of the South has
again during the last twenty-five years
been reasserting itself, and it is to the
rebirth Of this inherited trait of char
acter that the tremendous momentum
OF this section is due.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-02-27

The sixteen Southern States have a
population OF SS, 100000. In 1880 the
United States had a population OF 90
0O0,O At that time, and very justly
so, the United States was regarded as
one of the greatest and richest ma
tions of the world. The South OF to-
day, with 9S, 900, 900 people, is in many
respects very far ahead of the United
States Of 1880, with $4,000, 900.
The people OF the South have $780,
900, 900 more in individual deposits in
the banks and trust companies of this
section than the people Of the United
States had in similar institutions in
1880.
The South is mining almost twice as
much coal as the United States then
mined. 1t is producing four times as
much petroleum, It's output last year
having been 100, 900, 900 barrels. against
$4,000, 900 barrels for the United States
in 1880.
The South has $700,000,000 more
capital invested in manufacturing than
the United States had in 1880, and the
value of its agricultural output exceeds
by some hundreds of millions Of dollars
tie total agricultural output OF the
United States in 1880.
The South has far more capital in.
vested in cotton manufacturing than the
United States then had, and is consum'
ing in its own mills about twice as much
cotton as was then consumed in the
mills OF the country.
The value of exports from Southern
ports is only few million dollars less
than the total export trade OF the United
States in 1880.
The South expended last year upor
the maintenance OF its public schools
500, 900, 900, or $l2, 100000 more thar
the United States with its $4,000, ,00t
people expended upon public education
In 1880.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-02-27
CONFEDERACY IN FLORIDA

Jacksonville, Fla, Feb. %. - The
State Of Florida pays out more money
per capita for the support OF dependent
ex. Confederate soldiers than any other
Southern State. This fact should be
sufficient to convince ex-Confederates
everywhere that when they, and their
descendants, visit Jacksonville on the
occasion of the oath annual Reunion OF
the United Confederate Veterans Assoc
citation that they will be in the hands OF
their friends. The reunion will be held
May 6, z,
The handsome total Of $60,0 per
annum is being paid by the State for
support of ex-Confederate pensioners.
The average yearly amount paid to each
person on the pension list, according to
the latest report OF the State Board OF
pensions, is $121.21, while the average
paid to the old soldiers is $122.30.
Widows of Confederate soldiers draw an
average OF $120 per annum. Since the
report from which these figures are
taken was made, the legislature has
passed still more liberal pension law
which will authorize additional pay
ments Of approximately $3.50, 600 year,
making tbs total $3.50, 600 per annum
paid to Confederate pensioners by the
State.
There are 1858 soldier pensioners on
the rolls OF the State and 1927 widows
of Confederates, making total OF 4, $780,
The fund to support this pension roll is
raised by tax Of four mills on the as
sessed property Of the taxpayer.
Florida is not only caring for the liv-
ing but the memory Of the dead is also
kept green. Throughout the State
handsome Confederate monuments have
been erected by both public and private
means. All told there are twenty, or
possibly more, handsome Confederate
monuments in the State, and others are
yet to be erected. A home for ex-Con-
federate soldiers is maintained at jack
sonyille. Last year the State appro-
priated $4,000 to the Confederate sol
diers home in this city. Two Confed-
crate monuments have been erected
here, and monument will be dedicated
the Women OF the Confederacy during
the coming reunion. This monument
is companion to the handsome State
Memorial unveiled last May on the bat
tlefield OF Chickamauga during the Con-
federate reunion at Chattanooga. 1t is
located in beautiful park and will be
ready for the unyeiling ceremonies by
the date Of the reunion.
This brief exposition OF the work that
Florida is doing for the ex-Confederate
soldiers, living and dead, is proof that
the people OF the State will extend a
warm and generous welcome to the old
soldiers and their friends on the occasion
OF the Jacksonville reunion. Florida,
while situated far South Of the great
theater OF war Of 1S61-5, felt the shock
Of the conflict. Jacksonville was oc-
cupied four different times by the fed
erals. purposes oi this occupancy,
according to official reports on file 10