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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-09-30
Candid.

Elsie Mamma. ! dunV feel we'll
Mother-That's toe bad. dear. Where
do you feel worst? ElSie-ln school,
mamma. Boston Transcript.
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Water right b~lanks-only correct
form published-for sale at the XIV
Err PRESS Office.
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Blank forms for making annua! re-
ports Of corporations on sale at the
River Press Office.
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Frngality Is a fair fortune and Il abits
Of industry Il good estate Frark,in.
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Sheep For Sale.

For sale in lots to purchaser. about
1. 800 mixed yearlings. 1900 mixed lambs,
Suo wethers. For particu-
lars address W. X. HARBt:R.
Fort Benton.
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Fine Book and Job Printing q spec
4, lty at the River Press Office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-02

picked the book up and glanced In.
quiringly at Stubener.
That's Pats" he said. He goes in
for that kind OF stun and color photog
raphy and art exhibits and such
things. But for heavens sake don't
publish anything about it 1t would
ruin his reputation
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-02
CHAPTER VI.

"HE abysmaI brute, It certainly
must be worth seeing. From
what she reao of him she
Cleaned that he was a man
monster, profoundly stupid and with
the sullenness and ferocity of a jungle
beast.
True. his published photographs did
not show all that, but they did show
the hugeness of Drawn that might be
expected to go with 1t.
And so. accompanied by a staff pho
tographer, she went out to the train
ing quarters at the Cliff House at the
hour appointed by Stubener.
That real estate owner was having
trouble Pat was rebellious. Ee sat.
one big leg dangling over the side OF
the armchair and Shakespeare's Son
nets" face downward on his knee.
Grating against the new woman.
What do they want to come butting
into the game for?'. he demanded.
It's not their place. What do they
know about 1t anyway? The men are
bad enough as it is. I'm not holy
show. This woman's coming here to
make me one. l never have stood for
women around the training quarters.
and l don't care II she is a reporter"
But she's not an ordinary reporter"
Stubener interposed. You've heard
of the Sangsters. the millionairesT'
Pat nodded.
well. she's one of them. She's high
society and all that stuff. She could
be running with the Blingum crowd
now If she wanted to instead Of work
ing for wages. Her old mans worth
$50, 00O. 900 If he's worth a cent
Then what's she working on n pa
per for-keeping some poor devil out
of n job?''
"She and the old man fell out, had
tiff or something. about the time he
started to clean up San Francisco. She
quit. that's all-left home and got
job. And let me tell you one thing
Pat. She can everlastingly sling Eng
lish- There isn't pen pusher on the
coast can touch her when she gets go
ing"
Pat began to show interest, and
Stubener hurried on:
"She writes poetry. too. the regular |
ladedah stuff. just like you. only !
guess hers is better. because she pub |
lished a whole book of it once And |
she writes up the shows. She inter |
views every big actor that hits this
burg"
I've seen her name in the papers,"
Pat commented.
Sure you have. And you're honor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-02

acute. PassionsteIy independent. never
yet having met the man to whom she
could gladly submit and bored Dy
those who had aspired. she resented
her fathers interference with her way
OF life and put the climax on all her
social misdeeds by leaving home ana
going to work on the Courier-Journal.
Beginning at $50 a week, her salary
had swiftly risen to $50. Her work
was principally musical. dramatic
and art criticism. though she was not
above mere journalistic stunts II they
promised to be sufficiently interesting.
Thus she scooped the big interview
with Morgan Mt a time when he was
being futilely trailed by a dozen New
York star journalists, went down to
the bottom of the Golden Gate In
divers suit and few with Rood. the
bird man. when he broke all records of
continuous flight by reaching as far
as Riverside.
! Now, II must not be imagined that
Maud Sangster was a hard bitten
amazon. On the contrary. she was
gray eyed. slender young woman OF
three or four and twenty, of medium
stature and possessing uncommonly
small hands and feet for an outdoor
woman or any other kind OF woman.
Also. far in excess of most outdoor
women. she knew how to be daintily
feminine.
1t was on her own suggestion that
she received the editors commission
to interview Pat Giendon. With the
exception OF having caught glimpse
once OF Bob Fitzsimmons in evening
dress at the Palace grill, she had never
seen prizefighter in her life.
Nor was she curious to see one-at
least she had not been curious until
young Pat Giendon came to San Fran
cisco to train for his fight with Nat
Powers. Then his newspaper reputa-
ton had aroused her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-02
WATERY BL|STERS
ON CH|LD'S FACE
Kept Scratching Until Cheeks Fiery
Red. Skin Cracked and ScaIy.
Itched and Burned. Used Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment. No
Return of Trouble.

smithville. Ind. six months ago our
baby girl. ono year old. had few red pim-
piles come on her face which gradually spread
causing her face to become very irritated
and fiery red color. The pimples on tho
child's face were at first small watery
blisters just a small blotch on the skin She
kept scratching at this until in a few days
her whole cheeks were fiery red color and
instead of the little blisters the skin was
cracked and scaly looking and seemed to
itch and burn very much.
I'VE used n number OF remedies which
seemed to give relief for . short time then
leave her face worse than ever. Finally we
got q cake OF Cuticura Soap and q box OF
Cuticura Ointment. L washed the child's
face with very warm water and CuticurA
Soap. then applied the Cuticura Ointment
very lightly. After doing this about three
times day the itching and burning seemed
entirely gone in two days time. Inside of
two weeks time her face seemed well That
was eight months ago and there has been no
return OF the trouble (signed) Mrs. A X.
Wooden. Nov. 4. 1912.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-02

onry MT Powers and Tom Canaan.
And all would have been well had not
a certain society girl gone adventuring
into journalism, and had not Stube-
ner agreed to an interview with the
woman reporter OF the San Francisco
Courier-Journal.
Her work was always published over
the name of Maud Sangster. which. by
the way, was her own name. The
Sangsters were a VIGOROUSLY wealthy
family.
b The founder, old Jacob Sangster. had
packed his blankets and worked as a
farm hand in the west. He had dis
covered an inexhaustible borax depos-
It in Nevada. and. from hauling it out
by mule teams. had built a railroad to
do the freighting. Following that he
had poured the profits of borax into
the purchase OF hundreds and thou
sands of square miles of timber lands
in California. Oregon and Washington
Still later he had combined politics
with business, had bought statesmen.
judges and machines and become
captain of complicated industry. And
after that he had died, full of honor
and pessimism. leaving his name a
wv AOl uiSlOTldnS TO
smudge. and also leaving a matter of
couple OF hundreds OF millions for
his four sons to squabble over
The legal. Industrial and political
battles that followed vexed and anus
ed California for a generation and cul-
minated in deadly hatred and unspeak-
ing terms between the four sons.
The youngest. Theodore. in middle
life experienced a change OF heart.
sold out his stock farms and racing
stables and plunged into a fight with
all the corrupt powers of his native
state. including most OF its million
aires. in a quixotic attempt to purge it
OF the infamy which had been i'm
planted by old Jacob Sangster.
Maud Sangster was Theodore's old
est daughter. The Sangster stock uni
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-02

GUIDED II what the papers said of him
was SO. In vain she sought for ear
| marks of the brute. And in vain she
attempted to establish contacts.
For one thing. she knew too little
about prizefighters and the ring. and
whenever she opened up a lead it was
promptly snatched away by the infor-
nation oozing Stubener.
ut must be most interesting, this
life OF pugilist," she said once. add
ing with a sigh: 81 wish l knew more
about It. Tell me. why do you fight?
Oh, aside from money reasons" This
latter to forestall StubenerJ DO you
enjoy fighting: Are you stirred by #
by pitting yourself against other men?
hardly know how to express what
mean. so You must be patient with
me-
Pat and Stubener began speaking to-
gether. but for once Pat bore his man
ager down
II didn't care for it at first
You see. it was too dead easy for
him." Stubener interrupted.
But later" Pat went on, when l
encountered the better fighters, the
re1f big, clever ones. where l was
more
ION your mettle." she suggested.
Yes. that's it: more on my mettie.
found 1 did care for tia great deal.
in fact. But still it's not so absorbing
to me as 1t might be- You see, while
each battle is Il sort of problem which
must work ont with my wits and
muscle. yet to me the issue is never in
doubt
Hes never had fight go to de-
cision," Stubener proclaimed. Hes
won every battle by the knockout
route"
And it's this certainty of the out
come that Fobs it of what I imagine
must be its finest thrills" Pat con-
Guided
Maybe you'll get some of them
thrills when you go up against Jim
Hanford." said the manager.
Pat smiled. but did not speak.
Tell me some more" she urged
more about the way you feel when
you are lighting
And then Pat amazed his manager,
Miss Sangster and himself by hurting
out:
1T seems to me I don't want to talk
with you on such things. It's as If
there are things more important for
you and me to talk about. p
He stopped abruptly. aware of what
he was saying. but una aware OF why
le was saying it
Yes" she cried eaEeriy. That's IT.
That is what makes a good interview
the real personality. you know"
But Pat remained tongue tied and !
Stubener wandered away on Stats !
teal comparison of his champions |
weights. measurements and eGpan- |
lions with those OF Sandew. the Ter |
.ible Turk .Jeffries arj the other mod |
I'm strong men. This wae OF little in
rest to Maud SanSster and she |
owed that she was bored. Her eyes
HANGED to rest on the sonnets. She |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-02
CHAPTER V.

B e e !: e. ::.: e #: e: 6
him he WIS now rarnirir
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-02

TIME abysmal brute. 1t certainly
II must be worth seeing. From
q what she reao of him she
ni eanad that he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-02

| cd. rat. by her coming to Interview
you It won't bother you any. I'll
stick right by and give her most of the
dope myself. You know I've always
done that
Pat looked his gratitude.
"And another thing. Pat don't for
get you've got to put up with this in
terviewing. It's part OF your business.
It's big advertising, and it comes free.
We can't buy 1t. 1t interests people.
draws the crowds. and it's crowds that
pile up the gate receipts"
He stopped and listened, then looked
at his watch 'T think that's her now.
I'll 20 and get her and bring her In.
I'll tip 1t or to her to cut 1T short. you
know. and 1t won't take long" He
turned in the doorway. And be de-
cent, Pat Don't shut up like clam
Talk bit to her when she asks you
questions"
Pat put the sonnets on the table.
took up a newspaper and was appar.
emily deep in fits contents when the
two entered the room and he stood up.
The meeting was a mutual shock.
When blue eyes met gray it was al
most as II the man and the woman
shouted triumphantly to each other. as
II each had found something sought
and unexpected. But this was for the
instant only.
Each had anticipated in the other
something so totally different that the
next moment the clear cry of recogni-
ton gave way to confusion.
AS is the way of women. she was
did it without having given any out
ward sign that she had ever lost 1t.
She advanced most of the distance
across the floor to meet Glendon. As
for him, he scarcely knew how he
stumbled through the introduction.
Here was a woman-a woman. He
had not known that such a creature
could exist The few women he had
noticed had never prefgured this. He
wondered what old Pats judgment
would have been of her; If she was the
sort he had recommended to hang on
to with both his hands.
He discovered that in some way he
was holding her hand. He looked at
1t. curious and fascinated. marveling
at its fragility.
She, on the other hand. had proceed
ed to obliterate the echoes OF that first
clear call. 1t had been a peculiar ex,
perience, that was all. this sudden out
rush of her toward this strange man.
For was not he the abysmal brute
of the prize ring. the great. fighting.
stupid bulk of a male animal who
up his fellow males of the
same stupid order? She smiled at the
way he continued to hold her hand.
TN have IL back, please. Mr.. Glen
don," she said. IL really need 1t,
you know"
He looked at her blankly. followed
her gaze to her imprisoned hand. and |
dropped it in a rush of awkwardness !
that sent the blood in a manifest blush |
to his face.
She noted the blush. and the Thought |
came to her that he did not seem quite |
The uncouth brute she had pictured. |
She could not conceive OF a brute
at anything.
And also. she found herself pleased /
with the fact that he lacked the easy /
ylibness to murmur an apology. But
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-02

she said.
the way he devoured her with his
| eyes was disconcerting.
He stared Mt her as II in a trance.
while his cheeks flushed even more
redly.
Stubener by this time had fetched
a chair for her. and Glendon auto
| matically sank down into his.
Hes in fine shape. Miss Sangster.
In fine shape" the manager was say
felt better in your life?"
Glendon was bothered by this. His
brows contracted in troubled way.
and he made no reply.
I've wanted to meet you for a long
time. Mr.. Glendon.' Miss Sangster
said. Il never interviewed q puyilist
before. so IL don't so about it ex-
pertly you'll forgive me. am sure"
Maybe you'd better start in by
seeing him in action" was the man.
ayers suggestion. While he's getting
into his fighting toys i can tell you
n ot about him-fresh stun too. Well
call In Walsh. Pat. and go couple OF
rounds"
We'll do nothing of the sort" Glen.
don growied roughly, in just the way
an abysmal brute should go ahead
with the interview"
The business went ahead unsatis.
factorily. Stubener did most OF the
talking and suggesting. which was
sunicient TO irritate Maud Sangster.
while Pat volunteered nothing.
She studied his fine countenance. the
eyes clear blue and wide apart the
well modelled. almost aquiiine. nose.
the firm. chsste lips that were sweet
In a masculine way in their curl at
the corners and that gave no hint of
any sullenness.
1t was q battling personality. she con-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-02

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-02

One thing that Stubener noted with
secret glee was that his young fighter
no longer talked OF going permanently
back 60 his mountains when he had
won the championship away from Jim
Hanford.
The consummation OF his career was
rapidly approaching The great cham
pion had even publicly intimated his
readiness to take on Glendon as soon
as the latter had disposed OF the three
or four aspirants for the champion
ship who interviewed.
In six months Pat managed 10 put
nwny Kid McGrath and Philadelphia
Jack Mcbride. and there remained
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-02


> as his first battles had earned
him. he was now receiving
from $4,000 TO $4,000 n fight. as well
as equally large sums from the NOV
ing picture men
Stubener took his managers percent
age Of all this according to tie terms
Of the contract old Pat had drawn up
and both he and GIendon. despite their
heavy expenses, were waxing rich
This was due more than anything
else 10 the clean lives they lived. They
were not MASTERS.
StUhener was attracted 10 real estate
and his holdings in san Francisco. con
sist.ES Of building fats and apartment
houses. were bigger than Glendon ever
dreamed
There was secret syndicate OF bet
ters. however. which could have made
an accurate guess at the size OF Stube-
Ters holdings. while heavy bonus after
heavy bonus, OF which Giendon never
heard. was paid over To- his manager
by the moving picture men
StHbeners most serious task was in
maintaining the innocence Of his young
gladiator. Nor did he find it difficult.
Glendon. who had nothing to DO with
the business end. was little interested.
Besides. wherever his travels took him.
he spent his spare time in hunting and
fishing He rarely mingled with those
OF the sporting world. was notorious
II shy and secluded and preferred art
galleries and books of verse to sport
ing gossip.
Also his trainers and sDarring part
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-02


4 into the game for7"
formly bred fighters among the men
and beauties among the women, nor
was Maud an exception: also she must
have Inherited some OF the virus of
adventure from the Sangster breed,
for she had come to womanhood and
done a multitude OF things of which
no woman In her position should have
been guilty.
A match In ten thousand. she re-
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nobleman for spouse and had declined
a goodly portion OF her own set at
home.
She had gone in for outdoor sports.
won the tennis championship OF the
state. kept the society weeklies agog
with her unconventionalities. walked
from San Mateo TO Santa Cruz against
time on a wager and once caused a
sensation by playing polo in a mems
team at a private Buriingame practice
game incidentally she had gone in
for art and maintained n studio in San
Fra nciscos Latin quarter
All this hhd been OF little moment
until her fathers reform attack became
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ITO Be Continued Next wednesday,

Philadelphia has planned for IN
free public Libraries. She has now
% library buildings, 10 Of them erect.
ed out of the Carnegie fund, and as
many more will be built as soon as
ground can be provided for them.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31
Paris Renorta Proures..

Paris.-A very brief official state
ment was issued by the French War
Office regarding the great battle which
is in progress in Belgium and North
ern France. The text follows:
There is nothing to report except
some progress on our part in the
region to the south of Dixmude."
The official communication this af-
ternoon said:
"The fighting continues to be par
ticularly spirited between the mouth of
the User and the region of Lenz. In
this part of the front the Allied forces
have at no point drawn back, and they
have continued to make progress in
the region between Ypres and Roulers.
In the general region between Scissors
and Berry-au-Bac an artillery engage
ment resulted in our advantage and re-
suited in the destruction of several
batteries of the enemy.
'Kn the region to the east of Nancy,
between the forest Of Bezange and the
forest Of Barroy, we have assumed the
offensive and driven the enemy across
the frontier.
"Russia-On the River San and to
the. south of Przemysl the Russian Of
fensive is becoming more accentu-
ated."
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31
OPENED TO oYsTERMEN.
More Than $1,000 Acres withdrawn
From Leasing Area.

More Than $1,000 Acres withdrawn
From Leasing Area.
More than $4,000 acres Of oyster
bottoms heretofore regarded as sub
ject to lease were withdrawn by the
Shellfsh Commission from the lease
able territory and reserved for the
natural-bar oystermen, under the pro-
visions of the Shepherd bill, passed at
the last session of the Legislature.
The withdrawal of this territory was
made as tie result Of re-examination
conducted by Commissioners Green
and Swepson Earle, engineer Of the
commission, and which lasted from
June 10 until Thursday. 1t was found
that the territory, which, when 1t was.
surveyed in the period from 1905 to
1910, was classed as barren bottoms,
had caught up and is now producing
oysters in sufficient quantities to en-
able the oystermen to earn living on
it, and It was therefore reserved for
them.
Commissioner MaItbie pointed out
that this did not indicate that the sur
vey as originally made had been
erroneous, but that in the time since
the survey had been made the lands
had become productive.
The areas aGIed to the grounds re-
served for the natural-bar oystermen
included $500 acres on the west side
of Chesapeake Bay, from Holland
Point to Point Lookout; 5000 acres in
Tangier Sound, 1880 acres in Honga
river and Hoopers Straits, 1000 acres
in Fishing Bay, 1890 acres in the
Choptank river and adjacent waters
and 1000 acres in Eastern Bay.
Engineer Earle and Commissioner
Green are now working in the Patux-
ent river and their report on that sec
tion will be made in short time and
will be acted on by the commission.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31
BRITISH MEDALS OF HONOR
Coveted Decorations Awarded for EN'
ceptionalIy Meritorlous Work in
Military Service.

We are so frequently confronted in
the newspapers at the present time
with General So-and-So, V. c., or D..
S. o., or other cryptic combination Of
letters following the name, that it
may be of interest to have the key to
some of the riddles. In the English
army there are three principal dec
orations. The foremost and most COW
eted is the V. C. (Victoria Cross),
which either officers or men can at
tain by a deed of undaunted gallantry
or heroism. The D. S. o. (Distin-
guished Service ORDER is a distinc-
ton conferred on commissioned Off
GERS who have been mentioned in dis
patches for especially meritorious
service in the field before the enemy.
The D. C. M, or Distinguished Con-
duct Medal, we hear less of, as it is
a decoration awarded more to the non
commissioned ranks. AS in the case
of the D. S. o., it is given for personal
distinction on the fighting line.