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COUNTESS ANNIE LEARY Is
to found a great university on
the highest point of Staten Is
land, New York, in memory of
Christopher Columbus. She will be
aided in her project by Hetty Green.
Fitting foreigners for the highest Amer
ican citizenship is the special work.
On the eighty or more acres near Cas
tleton which are to be donated by the
papal countess there will alBo be erect
ed a gigantic bronze statue of the dis
coverer. The movement already Is un
der way, and the countess and Mrs.
Green are confident they will easily
succeed in inducing their wealthy
Mends to contribute toward the statue.
If not for the university.
The countess is eighty-two years old.
Her charities and gifts to the poor are
many.
8tatua to Guard Immigrant*.
"My university," she said, "I shall
regard as the culmination of my life
time of charitable work. It will be in
deed the culmination of my whole life.
I wish to have on the highest point of
Staten Island first a gigantic bronze
statue of Christopher Columbus, the
discoverer of this country, who shall
watch the poor and oppressed of every
nation who come to this country. Then
that they may become other than poor
and oppressed I want the university to
be there to fit them to the life of this,
the greatest of nations. The university
shall teach them everything that is
taught upon the face of the earth. It
•ball teach them the gentlest of arts,
that of music, and it shall give to them
at first hand the history of the nation.
It will cost millions before it is com
pletely established, but it shall be es
tablished.
Hetty Green Har Oldest Friend.
"I have talked with the representa
tives of the pope about the project, and
the pope knows I have the thing in
OOUNTBSS ANNIE LEARY.
band, and he expects great things of
me. It goes without saying that I
•hall not disappoint him. I cannot
leave the whole of my fortune to the
university because I am interested in
many other big things.
"Hetty Green is the oldeBt friend 1
have on earth, and she will follow me
Into everything I undertake and to the
•stent that I may ask her."
The countess said she had set aside
• fund for the project, but refused to
name the amount, adding: "People are
apt to get wrong ideas from the nam
ing of sums of money. They despise
little sums. They don't think much of
a million or so."
Worth $23,000,000.
Miss Leary has a fortune of about
$23,000,000, and, although slie has had
many suitors, she has never married.
She lives in a Fifth avenue mansion.
Her father was the leading hatter of
the first part of the last century. lie
was a great friend of the original John
Jacob Astor, who sold him furs to
make the grandfather hats of that day.
Miss Leary has introduced into so
ciety many wealthy debutantes, the
requisite being that they must be Cath
olics and convent bred. Among her
proteges was Miss Sylvia Green, the
daughter of Hetty Green.
About eight years ago at a small
gathering at Miss Leary's home Arch
bishop Corrigan announced to her and
to her guests that the late Pope Leo
XIII. had made her a countess of the
holy see. This was the first time such
distinction ever was bestowed upon an
American woman.
The numbers of Countess Leary's
philanthropies are legion, and it was
in recognition of her boundless gen
erosity that the favor of the church
was bestowed upon her. * She endowed
a chair of theology in a large Catho
lic Institution in New York city. The
Stonewall sanitarium is one of her fa
vorite beneficiaries, and the Leary
chapel is a monument to her good
works.
Countess .Lear-y will be hostess at a
dinner in her home on Oct. 12. Her
guests^will be a number of her wealthy
Intimates. Plans for the project will
De completed on that occasion.
JUDGE W. J. POLLARD.
Ha Represented the United States at
Congress Against Alcoholism.
Judge William Jefferson Pollard of
St. Louis, who has won quite a repu
tation by his unique and ori&iuiii
method of dealing with "drunks"
brought before him, represented th"
United States and delivered un address
at the thirteenth international con
gress against alcoholism, held recently
at The Hague. The congress discussed
the relation of society to alcoholism
and the relation of the state to alcohol
ism.
Judge Pollard's plan Is the reforma
tion of drunkards by the probation or
pledge method. He withholds sen
tence and releases the accused on per
sonal recognizance upon the pledge
not to drink within a year's time. If
the pledge is broken the offender Is
JUDGE W. I. POLLARD.
brought up for sentence. He declares
that the plan has proved eminently
successful and has kept many unfortu
nate victims from doing time on the
rock pile and has been the instrument
in showing numbers of erring men the
better way.
Says Judge Pollard:
"I began the plan by releasing those
convicted on charges of drunkenness
and petty offenses growing out of
drunkenness upon their signing a to
tal abstinence honor pledge in open
court and requiring them to keep it or
suffer the penalty. This plan gave the
offender an opportunity to work out
his own salvation and to reform him
self—and gave the state a sober and
better citizen and protected an Inno
cent family. I required the defendant
to report to me at my residence after
working hours and so acted, aa my
own probation officer.
"I was enabled by this plan to save
95 per cent of those put on pledge pa
role."
BATTLESHIP NEW YORK.
Admiral Sampson's Grandaon Placed
First Rivet In Her Keel.
To Wat Tyler Cluverius, Jr., a grand
son of the late Rear Admiral Sampson,
was given the distinction of placing
the first rivet In the keel of the United
States battleship New York, work on
which has Just been begun at the
Brooklyn navy yard.
The New York will be America's big
gest battleship. She will have ten
fourteen-inch guns, and her engln&t
will be of 32,000 indicated horsepower.
Her displacement will be 27,000 tons,
length over all 573 feet and width 05
feet She will cost $0,400,000 and will
be completed in three years. She Is
expected to attain a speed of 21%
knots.
Among the novel features introduced
In the new battleship will be several
guns of three inch caliber for special
use in connection with airship attacks.
These guns will be mounted vertical
ly, so as to shoot straight up into the
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Photo by American Press Associauuu.
PLACING TBK FIRST BOIiT.
air, and will allow of great mobility
in their range. Special carriages will
enable them to shoot at any ungle.
Another novel feature of the New
York will be a complete change in
method of fire control—that is, direct
ing the firing of the guns. Hitherto
guns have been tired from the conning
tower level with the bridge, but a spe
cial tower for fire control will be intro
duced for the first time. The utmost
perfection in electricarappliances will
be attempted, and the safeguarding of
these appliances from the euemy's fire
is one of the toughest problems tVie na
val constructors have to contend with.
Quite a number of new devices—naval
secrets at present, however— are to be
utilized 'for finding the range of foes
in battle.
JAIL EXPERIENCES
Dilapidated Gentleman Tells Sto
ries of Arrests.
PROFIT FROM STAY IN CELL.
He Learns That He Haa Some Rights.
Though Sentenced to Impriaonment.
and Young Lawyer Halpa Him Col
lect From Authorities.
By M. QUAD.
[Copyright. 1911, by Associated Literary
Press.]
••• N my wanderings to and fro."
said the dilapidated gentleman
as be pocketed the quarter ex
tended to him and bowed bis
thanks, "it has happened that 1 have
seen the inside of several country jails.
In each and every case I was sen
tenced as a tramp, and the time was
for various periods. In some states
they have given up trying to grapple
with the tramp problem; in others tbe.v
are alert to lay hands on him and try
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IN IRONS FOR REFUSING TO WORK.
to cure him with a dose of jail life.
"I took in the country Jail as part ot
the program." continued the wanderer
with a smile, "and I got it all. The
first time i was arrested 1 let things
slide. The constable maltreated me.
the Justice of the peace abused me, anil
the Jailer half starved and put me at
the most menial work. The jail was
little better than a pigpen and the food
hardly fit for hogs.
"When 1 had served my time and
been kicked out I posted myself as to
the law, and my next arrest resulted iu
a surprise party. 1 refused to do any
work, and the low upheld me. 1 re
fused to eat the fare furnished, and
the law compelled the jailer to better
it 1 demanded bedding and heat, and
the jailer had to comply. He was glad
enough to see the last of me. but 1 had
scarcely tramped into the next county
before I was picked up again. This
was in Ohio, just over the Michigan
line, and, although It was five years
ago. 1 have no doubt they are talking
about me yet.
Attacked by a Farmer.
"I was plodding along the highway
about sundown when a farmer jumped
over the fence and pitched into me.
He had got in three or four blows be
fore I landed him one that knocked
him down. Three other men came to
his rescue, and I was handcuffed and
kept in a barn all night
"Next morning I was arraigned be
fore a country justice, and without
even asking me to plead and refusing
to let me consult a lawyer he sent me
up for six months. The charge was
vagrancy, resisting arrest and feloni
ous assault on an officer, all rolled into
one and a happy combination. Only
one of the men who aided In my ar
rest testified against me.
"I was bundled off to the country jail
in a hurry and upon my arrival was
placed in a dark cell and fed on bread
and water, and it was two weeks be
fore I had the run of the ward. Then
it so transpired that a young lawyer
who happened to run for the legisla
ture visited the jail on business, and I
got speech with him. The result was
that he took up my case, and the end
astonished several people.
Made Profitable Settlements.
"In the first place, while tlie man
who had assaulted me was a constable,
he did not seek to arrest me in the
regular way, but only after the as
sault Under the law, therefore, 1 had
a right to resist The charge against
me was vagrancy, and I had $15 In my
pocket 1 should have been taken be
fore a justice forthwith, but instead I
was locked up in a barn until next
day. We bad that constable so scared
within two days that he fairly begged
me to take $100 and call it square.
"We then went for the justice. He
had not given me the show allowed by
law and on four different points had
rendered himself liable to reproval. He
came to me with tears in his eyes and
$75 in his hand, and I let up on him.
"Then It was the jailer's turn to toe
the mark. He bad no legal right to
shut me up in a dark celL No law
gave him the privilege of substituting
bread and water for my prison diet.
He had been abusive and tyrannical
and had kieked me. and that was as
sault The law specified what food
he should furnlsb'bis prisoners, but he
had substituted what be pleased.
Case Got Into Politics.
"He tried to make me saw wood and
scrub v out the corridors and had put
me la Irons because I had refused,
and yet 1 was clearly within the law.
1 bad htm up on six différant charges.
but before the case came to trial 1
settled with him for $250.
"1 had been sent to Jail without the
option of a tine. I was taken out on
a writ of habeas corpus and admitted
to bail and was therefore tree to ap
pear in court
"The case did not end when the
jailer squared up. Three or four poli
ticians saw that my lawyer was mak
ing too much capital out of It.and they
set out to down him. The result was
that it became a political contest of
interest to all In that legislative dis
trict and after a mud slinging cam
paign and a close vote my lawyer tri
umphed over all and came out with
flying colors. The district was upset
politically for the first time In eight
een years, and all because of a tramp.
Experience In New Jersey.
"My last jail." continued tbe dilapi
dated gentleman, "was in New Jersey
and only last June. My arrest came
about in a rather singular way—that
is, it would be accounted singular out
side of New Jersey. 1 had been walk
ing all the forenoon, and about 12
o'clock I sat down by the roadside to
rest and have a cold bite. Pretty soon
a farmer came along leading a bull,
and just as be reached me the bull
broke away, knocked tbe man down
and jumped into a field and gored a
calf.
"Although I offered my services to
help capture the bull, the farmer in
sisted that I was to blame and had me
arrested. It was claimed that my
presence excited the animal to mis
chief. and on the ridiculous charge 1
was sent to jail for fifteen days. 1
told tha jailer at once that I should
stand on my legal rights as a prisoner,
and. though he sulked over it. he car
ried out his part of the contract to
the very last day.
Wrongfully Held Eight Hours.
"My sentence of fifteen days expired
at noon of a certain Wednesday. Jail
and prison sentences always expire at
that hour, the same us insurance poll
cies. This jailer probably Uiiew the
law better than 1 did. but In order to
get even with me he kept uie until
8 o'clock In the evening. It was
then raining heavily, and 1 refused to
go out. He bad me tlung into the
street and added a kick by way of
farewell and probably thought he had
seen the last of me.
"Next morning 1 began a suit against
him for false Imprisonment and on
top of that another for assault and
battery, and he had hardly consulted
a lawyer before he was on hand with
an offer to settle with me for $150. I
closed with him at that and 1 think
the lesson was one to do him good.
'Yes, I've been in Jail, and perhaps
I shall bring up behind the bars again,
but I shall accept it all as in the day's
work and stand by my rights.
"Thank you again for the coin. You
have delivered the cash, and 1 have
delivered my story. Best and safest
principle In the world to work on.
Saves all bookkeeping, prevents mis
understandings. and there are no long
drawn accounts to go over. I'm sure
of a bite to eat and a bed tonight, and
if you haven't got the worth of your
money I'll bear on a little harder next
time."
Approved.
Philip was a conceited youth. One
evening he called upon some friends
and picked up the new Webster's Un
abridged Dictionary, which lay on the
table.
"What do you think of it, Philip?"
asked the host.
"Well," was the reply, "so far as I
have looked It seems to be correct."—
Success Magazine.
Stands High.
"Would you say the presidency or
the judiciary is the noblest institution
In the land?" asked the interrogative
person.
"Without intending to cast a slur on
either the presidency or the judiciary,"
answered the opinionated person, "1
should say that pay day holds that
enviable eminence."—Buffalo Express.
• Futile.
J "Usin* profanity to a mule,"
• said Uncle Eben, "don* giner'ly
J accomplish much 'cep' to give
• de mule a chance to show off bis
2 superior dignity."—Washington
• Star.
Light Needed.
"This is the twentieth anniversary
of my marriage."
"That so?"
"Well, is that all you have to say?"
"Look here! Are you fishing for
sympathy or congratulations?"—Hous
ton Post
Weil, Ratherl
Uncle Jackson »showing city boy the
farm)—With all your city eddication.
sonny. I'll warrant you don't know
which side you milk a cow frum.
The Boy—Sure 1 do! It's the undei
side!—Puck.
Must Be Up to Date.
"She has a model husband "
"1910 or 1011?"—Detroit Free Press.
"Did We but Know."
Did we but know our neighbors' thoughts
We'd have far less conceit.
Nor would we hold our chins in air
When we walked down the atreet.
Did we but know our neighbors' thoughts
Our overweening pride
Would seem so senseless and absurd
We'd steal away and hide.
—Birmingham (Ala.) Age-IIerald.
Did we but know our neighbors' thoughts,
We'd all be busy, too,
Explaining how we can afford
To live the way we do.
Did we but know our neighbors' thoughts
If all were underatood.
The chance* are that we would seek
Home other neighborhood.
-Chicago Record-Herald.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Federal.
Senator« Jos. M. Dixon Henry L. Myers,
Representative In congres* Charles N. Pray
D.S. District Judge Carl Raech
U. 8. District Attorney Jas. W. Freeman
D.S. Marshal WilllamLindsay
Surveyor General J. Q. Locke
Collector of Customs John G. fialr
D. 8. Land Office, Great Falls
Register, E. L. Barnes Receiver, C. A. Wilson
D. S. Land Office, Havre
Register, H. W. Hutchinson. Receiver. L. W.
Pierson.
State.
Governor... Edwin L. Norrie
Lieutenant Governor W. R. Allen
Secretary of State T. H. Bwindlehnrst
State Treasurer K. E. Esselstyn
State Auditor H. R. Cunningham
attorney General Albert J Galen
Sept. Public Instruction W. X. Harmon
Chief Justice Sup. Court Theo. Brantly
Associate Justice Henry C. Smith
" « W. L. Hellewa)
Clark Supreme Court JohaT. Athey
Railroad Commlssioaer B. T. Stanton
" " Dan Beyle
" E. A. Morley
OonatT.
State Senator Thos. H. Everett
Representative A. H. Reier
" H. F. Schwartz
District Judge Jeha W. Tattan
" Frank N. Utter
Sheriff George Blckle
Treasurer William B. Leet
Clerk of District Court Chas. H. Boyle
Clerk aad Recorder J. Lee Sedgwick
Coaaty Auditor E. Prank Sayrc
Assessor Philip Buckley
County Attorney B. L. Powers
Snpt. of Schools Daisy I. Blackstaae
Coroner .... Jno. A. Sanderson
Public Administrator W. O. Dexter
Connty Surveyor A. W. Merrileld
County Commissioners, 2 yrs... .O. G. Skylstead
" " 4 yrs E. M. Keanedy
" " 6 yrs Thos. Dowsn
City of Fort Benton.
Mayor Frank Morger
City Treasurer F. A. Flanagan
Police Magistrate William Kinder
City Clerk John F. Murphy
Marshal John W. Smith
Board of Aldermen :
John Ward Jere Sullivan, Jr.
C. W. Morrison S. F. Allen
W. K. Harber Charles Lepley
RIVERSIDE CAMP 10593, Modern Woodmen
of America, meets every eecond and fourth
Thursday of each month at Odd Fellows'' hall at
8 o'clock. Visiting neigh core cordially invited.
J. C. MYERS, V. C.
J. E. Eitebson , Clerk.
, BKNTON LODGE, No. 68,
I. O. O. F.
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«a W> * Meets every Wednesday
•venine at Odd bellows'hall. Visiting members
re cordially Invited to attend.
ARNOLD WESTFALL, N. G.
Frank Hadi.ey , Ree. Sec.
Encampment No. 15 meets the second and
fourth Monday of each month.
HENRY HAGEN, C P.
Geo. Ulbich , Scribe.
ft BKNTON LODGE NO. 36, A. FAND
" Af A. M .—Regular communications of the
JUTabovenamedlodgeare held at 7:80 p.m.
'▼»ra the first and third Mondays of each
month. M embers of sis ter Lodges and sojourning
brethren are cordially invited to attend.
J. N. CHEBNUTT, W. M.
E. L. Ckank , Sec'y.
£)R. E. M. PORTER,
Physician and Surgeon
Office : Cor. Bond and Main St.
Office hours, 3 to 5 p. m.
J)RS. COTTOM & nURPHY,
Physicians and Surgeons
Office over Benton State Bank
Office Hours—3 to 5 and 7 to 8 p. m.
Fort Benton.
Montana
J)R. JOS. MURPHY,
Veterinary Physician and Surgeon
HAVRE, MONTANA
Office and hospital wards at Swan ton's livery.
Long distance calls answered anywhere.
JERE SULLIVAN,
U. S. Commissioner and Notary
Public.
Lmud Filings mud Proofs.
FORT BKNTON, - - MONTANA
QHAS. H. BOYLE,
United States Commissioner.
FORT BENTON, MONT.
i<and filings and proofs. Abstract of laad filing
aad proofs kept.
W Boldlara' Laad Scrip for salaandlocated.
f. n. stranahan c. r. stranahan
CJTRANAHAN & STRANAHAN
Atterneys-at -Law
FORT BENTON, • MONTANA.
PL S. ricGINLEY,
Attorney-at-Law
FORT BENTON, - - - MONTANA
Office in the Cummings block.
a. j. schmidt g. c. schmidt
SCHniDT & SCHniDT
Attorneys -at- Law
FORT BENTON, MONTANA
Office in Grand Union Hotel
L V. BEAULIEU,
ATTO R N EY-AT-LAW.
Havre, - Montana
Office in Skylstead Building
LLOYD a. SMITH.
Surveyor and Civil Engineer.
Prices reasonabls, and good work gaaraateed.
Reservoir Work a Specialty.
CHINOOK, MONTANA.
E. FRANK SAYRE
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
Franklin St., Opposite Court House
Fert Benton, Montana
Surety Abstract Co.
FORT BENTON, MONT.
We are prepared to make Abstracts
of Title of any property is
Chouteau County
Conrad Banking
COMPANY,
GREAT FALLS, MONT.
PAID UP CAPITAL « 250,000
W. G. CONRAD, Pres.
JAMES T. STANFORD.
Vlce-Pres. and Manager.
A. E. SCHWINGEL,
CaBhier.
OMAR J. MALCOLM,
Asst. Cashier.
This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and tbe
most liberal treatment consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct on all principal American and
European cities, and issues its own
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. The
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
HIRAM F. SMITH.
Cattle branded on
right ribs.
Horses same nrnnd
on right shoulder.
Vent for cattle avd
horses, earn? brai.d
on right hip.
P. O. addresf—
Whitlash, M ant
Note—Address is given wrong in brand book ■
H. T. Smith, Highwood.
MILNER CATTLE CO.
M. E. M ilner , Pres. and Manager, Fort Benton,
Montana.
Mala brands as
showa la the ac
eompaayiag cats.
Also owb all
sattle bearing u e
slagle " square "
d, aad all
rsbraaded cattle
bearing onl>
cross P.
Also own >>ran<t
ea right hip called
"square S."
Horte
brand on
left thigh.
Range from Bear
'Paw mountains east
ward to Fort Pee*
between the Milk anl
Mlssonri rivers. Also
south of tha Mis«
sonrl river, between
Arrow creek and B«l
creek, Bnonkta ran*
FOR
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FINISHING
PAPER HANGING
DROP A POSTAL TO
S. KNOWLES
FORT BENTON, MONT
CRANE'S
School Supplies
Office Supplies
Post Cards
Tobaccos, Candies and
Novelties
Subscriptions for all
Magazines and Papers
Post Office Store.
C. C. CHAMBERS & Co
GRAIN
MILL FEED
SCREENINGS
We have had twenty years experience
in the grain business, and ean get th«
top market on all consignments.
304 CORN EXCHANGE
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