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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-08-04
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WANTS TO BE A sPOOBAH.o'
Elijah Smith of the Oregon Transcontinenta
Wants the Control OF the Northern
Pacific.

New York, July 24.-There is very
little doubt that Elijah Smith has made up
his mind to go into the fight for the con-
troll of the Northern Pacific, and that he is
actively at work in order that he may
step into the large shoes of Mr.. Willard
and become Sspoobah'' of presidents.
Last year he had all he could take care Of
when he had to fight the bankers and re-
tain the presidency of the Oregon Trans
continental. Now he is out of the woods
and has the Union Pacific backing. When
he undertook to carry the Transcont1nen-
tai election he had against him all the
bankers, who made money out OF the
bankers in times past, but they gave up
the contest almost before it was opened,
for he had the stockholders support and
went through without difficulty. AS
president of the Oregon Transcontinental
he can vote the biggest block Of stock
which that company holds, and he has
friends who can give him several thou.
sand more. proxies. He has only TO get a
few more and the Union Pacific people,
who helped him out six weeks ago at
profit to themselves, will probably come
to the front again and assist him in this
campaign. The Boston people, who have
been ii the road from the beginning, and
al e large holders of the roads stock, have
not taken kindly at ali 10 the action OF the
Pennsylvania people, who have tried as
far as they could TO ;anlagonize their inter-
ests IN the allied companies. President
Smiths position is stronger, because he
has put off the Oregon Railway and Nav
CATION election, and lie has \ great deal Of
material with which to trade, holding the
fare ~ he does with the Oregon IsnErepez
menf. the Oregon Railway and Naviga-
ton, and The Oregon and Transcontinen-
tai. There is little doubt that the fight is
to come, and It will bea pretty one, In
volVing, as III does. the control OF SsO, ,0O0 n
600 IT capital, and 2, 5oonailes ct Eoad.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-08-04
Jim Hill and Grover.

WASHINGTON, July 25.-At the white
house it is stated that a letter has been re-
ceiyed from James ,. Hill, Of the NTanito-
ba road, in which he makes no complaint
of the veto Of his bill to grant the right Of
way through the Indian reservations in
Montana. Mr.. Hill appears to take the
matter very good-naturedly. 1t is also
denied that the president has told Dele
gate Toole or anyone else that he vetoed
the bill under 4 misapprehension or that
he Would sign It if It were passed again.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-08-04
Indians on the Warpath.

Wn. Collins, an employe Of the ,. 8
y L. Cattle Co., arrived in the city TO-
way and reports thata party Of Indians,
numbering about twenty-five, We're seen
" several parties in the vicinity of the
sEeet Grass hills with band of 80
~ rorses which they were driving north.
'is party was too large to pursue. lt Is
opposed that the horses belong to settlers
montana. 1t is not known what In
Nans they were.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-08-04
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The Montana Central Pushing Things.

Mr.. Dan Samples, who returned from
Helena on Saturday, reports all the grad
ing work of the Montana Central in the
canyon about completed. Work on the
two tunnels is being pushed as rapidly as
possible at both ends of each tunnel. The
bridge timbers and pilings are being dis
tributed all along at the crossings where
they are to be used, and ties We're seen at
convenient places along the road. Every
thing indicates that the Montana Central
is losing no time with it's work.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-08-04
The Beer Crop.

cASAJoHARIE, y. z, July 27.-The
last ray Of hope entertained by the hop
growers throughout New York state van
ished this morning. During the night
heavy rain occurred, and Mr.. Mowers
II tins would nave good effect, but
instead, yards which appeared green and
healthy, are now black and ruined.
Where one week ago il was thought one
quarter Of the average yield would be har-
vested now not a pound will be picked,
Good hops are now bringing 30(032 cents.
against n7 six weeks ago.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-08-04
FOOD FRAUDS.
The Shameful Use os Lima aud Alum in
Cheap Baking Powders.

Many food frauds, such as chicory coffee
or watered milk, although they are a swim
die in commercial sense, are often toler-
ated because they do not particularly af-
feet the health of the consumer; but when
an article like baking powder, that enters
largely into the food of every family, and
is relied upon for the healthful preparation
of almost every meal, is somade as to car
ry highly injurious, if not rankly poison
Gus, elements into the community, it is
the duty of the press to denounce the
practice iii the most emphatic terms.
Among recent important discoveries by
the food analysis is that by Prof. Mott, the
U. S. government chemist, Of large
amounts of alum and lime in the cheap
baking powders. These are, one the most
dangerous and the other the most useless,
adulterants yet found in the low grade,
inferior baking powders. 1t is a startling
fact that of over one hundred brands of
baking powder so far analyzed, comprising
all those sold in this vicinity, not one OF
them, with the single exception of the
Royal Baking Powder, was found free
from both lime and alum. The chief SER
vice of lime is to add weight. It is true
that lime, when subjected to heat, gives
off certain amount of carbonic acid gas,
but quck-lime is left-a caustic SO pow
erful that it is used by tanners to eat the
l. ,sac ofa oo1c md n
ing rooms to more quickly rot the flesh
from the bones Of dead subjects. a small
quantity of dry lime upon the tongue or
in the eye produces painful effects; how
much more serious must these effects be
upon the delicate membranes of the stom-s
ach, intestines and kidneys, more partic-
nlarly of infants and children, and espee-
tally when the lime is taken into the sys-
tenn day after day, and with almost every
meal. This is said by physicians TO be one
of the chief causes of indigestion, dyspep-
sia and those painful diseases Of the kid
neys now so prevalent. Instances of the
most serious affections Of the latter organs
from drinking lime waters found in some
sections of the west are noted in every
medical journal.
Adulteration with lime is quite as much
to be dreaded as with alum, which has
heretofore received the most emphatic
condemnation from every food analyst,
physician and chemist, for the reason that,
while alum is probably partially dissolved
and passed off in gas by the heat of baking
it is impossible TO destroy or change the
nature OF the lime in any degree, SO that
the entire amount passes, with all its in
furious properties, into the stomach.
When we state that the chemists have
found twelve per cent, or one-eighth Of
the entire weight OF some samples Of bak-
ing powder analyzed, to be lime, the
Wiekedness of the adnlteration will be
fully apparent.
Pure baking powders are one Of the
chief aids TO the cook In preparing perfect
alad wholesome food. While those are to
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-08-04
Piegan vs.. Grow

A raiding band of Piegans have run a'.,,,a Oh
j laraa nnn,her of horses from the Grows. !:
The latter are III hot pursuit accom- a1,ssu
~ ~ :, ] Iefach,nent of soldier from Fort Gus
ter.-Buffalo Sentinel. ~,
The Crows will4no doubt pc TOO lase'
The Indians seen near me sNese - IA IA
..,g ,,aaa - h horses we're doubtless portion ef
the raiaing party, driving north the .,,l spo,'s
of the raid. The Crow = Ioo ~ -" ,,a.sss Il C
pjeoan when 1t comes 70 stealps no'ses'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-08-04
Destructive Fire On the shonkin Range.

Col. Leaning came in from his ranch.
r'r.iday and reports ! destructive fire On
on the Shonkin range. It commenced in
the vicinity Of Frenchman's ridge, swept
over the hill and came suddenly upon
Dave Wareham who was cutting hay with
Thrailkill's horses. The animals were
quickly unhitehed but nothing could in
dt.ce then. 70 leave the place; IS conse-
uuence both were badly burned and will
never be Of much useagaia. All Of Ware
hams hay was destroyed. The fire had
gained. great headWay and came down the
sfonkln II far as George Patterson's
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-08-04
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Serious Accident to VIM. G1assman.

We were Informed to-day that VIM.
Glassman formerly of Fort Benton, but
now Of Salt Lake City, met with q serious
accident recently. He was out driving in
a buggy when the horses attached to the
vehicle took fright and ran away, throw
inc Mr.. Glassman out and breaking his
arm in five places. The arm was SO badly
fracturd that it was necessary to amputate
il at the shoulder.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-08-04

sheep sheds. It was for some time
thought that Patterson's place was DOOM
ed but by the persistent efforts of fourteen
men the fire was finally put out. At one
time, our informant states, it appeared as
if that entire portion Of the shonkin
range must go, as a high wind sped the
flames along at "a rapid rate. How the
Fl rn- enf ont Is not known.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-08-04
The O1eo1nargarine Bill.

WASHINGTON, July 2s.-The Attorney
General has returned the oleomarsgarine
bill to the President with his report there
on. Tt is expected that the President will
also obtain the views OF Acting Secretary
Fairchild in regard to the bill before ne
acts upon it.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-08-04
They win Elect a Senator.

SACRAMENTO, July 2s.-At the republic
can caucus of the members OF both houses
of the legislature this afternoon, it was re-
solved to elect a United States senator to
fill the unexpired term of the late Senator.
Miller, to whose seat Governor Stoneman
appointed Senator Hearst, the present IN
c1mbent
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-08-04
The Sweet Grass Placers.

u. lnls season has been particularly bad
Nm the miners in the Sweet Grass
NJ. s. Ground which shows great richness
tbsn wen discovered. and something more
el.,. srab stake taken from many OF the
tba - The eonfdence.of the miners in
'sAhess Of their claims has never Tor
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-08-04
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A New Judge.

T. G. Bach, Of Butte, has been appoint
ed associate justice of Montana to fill one
of the existing vacancies, i. e., in place of
McLeary, who declined, or as the fourth
Judge, under the law lately enacted. He
is said to be we'll qualified for the position
and it is a matter OF generalization, at
least, that he is Montana man.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-08-04
Injunction Granted.

Col. Broadwater has obtained from
Judge Wade an injunction restraining the
Helena e Red Mountain railway company
from prosecuting any grading work on bis
property at Hot Springs. Col. B. and the
Montana Central have some rights that
the Northern Pacific will find they are
bound to respect.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-08-04

be obtained of well established reputation,
like the Royal, of whose purity there mas
never been and cannot be a question, lt IS
proper to avoid all others.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-08-04
THE COMMISSION,
TO Treat With the Indians Of Northern Mon
tana Appointed.

WASHINGTON, July PA commission
consisting Of John Y. White Of Tennessee,
Bishop .. r. Whipple of Minnesota and
Chas. F. Iarabee of the Indian office have
been appointed by the secretary Of the in
terror under the provisions contained in
the appropriation act, approved May 18th,
1886, to negotiate with certain tribes and
bands of Indians in the state Of Minnesota,
northern Montana. Dakota, Washington
and Idaho territories for the reduction of
existing reservations and the settlement
OF other land matters. BY the act Of May
18th an agreement entered into by the
commission with Indians cannot take eff
feet until ratified by congress, and accord
ing to the Instructions furnished the COM
missioners the full and free and fair con-
sent of the Indians must be made pre-re-
quisite to all negotiations, and fair and
just compensation must be given for eve
ry right transferred to the government.
OF the personnel of the commission we
named, is friend of Commissioner of In
dian Affairs Atkins and so far as we know
aught of him that ends the biography.
Bishop d. B. Whipple is the head of
the Episcopal church of Minnesota, an
eminent divine and staunch and uncom-
promising friend Of the Indian. He has
for many yeaas been a resident in the
northwest and we are confident will take
a reasonable and practicable view of the
Indian question. The RIVER Press re-
CARDS the bishop as q person well qualified
to receive the important appointment con-
ferred upon him.
Mr.. Larabee who holds an important po-
sition in the Indian bureau is undoubtedly
the best selection that could have been
made from that department. He was for
merly an officer in the Third infantry and
knows something of service in the west
and of the character and needs of the red
man. Since his retirement fromsthe army
he has been all over this country and will
be thoroughly conyersant with his duties
as a commissioner.
| Altogether the make up of the commits
sion is all that could be desired, and SO fal
as the interests Of the citizens Of northern
Montana are concerned, we may certainly
expect justice at their hands.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-08-04
THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
~ Amount of the Appropriation for the
Upper River.

WASHINGTON, July 30.-The conferees
~ tbe river and harbor bill have reached
~ agreement on the bill and a report will
:, snhmitted to the house this afternoon.
Tbe Hennepin canal clause remains in the
iii with notifications providing for the
occeptsnce by the government of the Iii
nois and Michigan canal and q survey Of
the line of the Hennepin canal. The Po-
,omac flats, New York harbor, and other
;+nn,s of importance are conceded hy ~ the
borse conferees. No cut is made it in of
onv appropriation less than $4,000.
By looking through the files of the Con-
arassional Record we have ascertained
f6at the amount Of the appropriation for
he upper Missouri, from Sioux City to
Fort benton, is 100000, to be expended
and under the direction of secretary OF
war. There is also an item Of 1925 for
pmoving obstrucions, but whether
mples to the upper or lower division is
4 ot clear. We would think it for the for
\ Ter. These are the figures and provisions
i the senate bill and they will probably
I be unchanged. 1t is matter OF congrat-
plation that the Missouri river commission
will have nothing to do with the expendi-
tlre of this small sum. Their supervision
will be confined to the lower river, if the
house does not insist on giving them the
grand bounce.
On the 25th ult. Senator Vest came TO
the relief of his pets Of the Missouri
river commission BY having inserted in
the sundry civil appropriation bill Gas it
passed the senate, the house may have dis
sentedH the following item:
For salaries and travelling expenses OF
the Missouri river commission, office ex-
penses and contingencies, $4,000.
The house did away with this junketlng
outfit, but the senate put back the COM
mission in the river and harbor bill, with
out, however, making provision for ne
salaries or expenses of the civilian merA-
bers. It is too bad that it didn't &c
through in that way.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-09-18
Sitting Crosslegged.

Men generally cross their legs when
there is but little pressure on their
minds. You will never find a man
actually engaged in business with his
legs crossed. The limbs at those times
are straighter than at any other. be-
cause the mind and legs work togeth-
er. A man engaged in auditing ac-
counts will never cross his legs; neither
will man who Is writing an article,
or who is employed in any manner
where his brains are actively engaged.
When at work in sitting posture his
limbs naturally extend to the floor In a
perfectly straight line. A man may
cross hislegs if he is sitting in an office
chair discussing some business propo-
sition with another man, but the in
slant he really becomes in earnest and
perceives something to be gained his
limbs uneross quick as a flash. he
bends forward toward his neighbor
snd bsgns 10 pse bis bands. a. r.
fsraia
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-09-18
PERSONAL AND iMPERSONAt,
Ben Butler banks $l25.00 year

Ben Butler banks $125. 600 a year
from his law practice Boston i0St.
A young lady in Chambersburg,
! Pa, shows her fondncss for pets by
bringing up pet pig. She feeds the
little porkcr candy, and often when he
is lying asleep the young lady fans him
TO soothe his slumbcrs.
| Thomas Conway, Baltimore
youth OF seventeen years, took poison
and died because his father, steam
boat engineer told him he must go to
work and earn n living. He said he
would die before he would 90 to work.
| The world will not miss such a charac-
ter. r. baltimore SIN,
Rich men have peculiar character
istcs, writes Nashville (Tenn.)
correspondent. | saw Judge James
Whtworth go to hotel counter in
Virginia to buy postal cards and pay
twice the price, and when the return
change was given him replied; II
thought they were two cents apiece.
The Southwestern Christian 4Adpo-
cate says: "Bishop w. ii. Miles, OF the
Colored NJ. T.. Church Of America.
weighs three hundred pounds, wears u
suit which costs him from four to
seven dollars, carries q pair of old
time red leather saddle pockets, and
is worth $40, 900 in money and city
property, He is sclf-madc; but he il
made.
Tho Altoona (Pa.) Register says:
'John X. Barclay last week took an
appeal TO the Supreme Cour. at Phila-
delphia from decree for the payment
of $1,000 entered against him by
Common Pleas Court No. in an equity
suit brought against him twenty y ears
ago by his brother, Charles Barclay.
The two brothers have been in litiga-
ton for nearly n quarter OF century,
and are said to have spent S250,o0 in
fighting each other in the courts.
Stephen Girard, whose lump OF
gold more than balanced his weight.
charities in and around Philadelphia
and for other good purposes. The
Astors gave to Astor library vi ,OOO, 900;
John Hopkins gave So, 900, 900 tofound
great school; Leland Stanford Sl0,-
100000 for n similar purpose; Ezra
Cornell S2, 800, 900 to Cornell univer-
sity; j. c. Green vi l,500,O to Prince
ton College; James Lick "a, 600. 900 in
the name of bcnevolence, and James
III. Roosevelt spent ~ 900, 900 in Roose-
welt hospital in New York. -Paiid-
deiphia Press.
Hon. William w. Chapman. the
first delegate in Congress from the
Territory Of Iowa. forty-pine years
ago is still living in Portland, Oregon,
in the enjoyment of excellent health
and in the practice of his profession.
Soon after the expiration of his Con-
gressional term, which expired March
3, 1S4l, Colonel Chapman, with his wife
and children, in an emigrant wagon
drawn by three yoke Of oxen, drove
across the plains and mountains, occu-
pying nearly five months time, TO
Oregon, of which he was one OF the
earliest pioneers.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-09-18
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

The eyes of poisonous snakes have
been found by DIR. Benjamin Sharp to
have ellipticai pupils, while in the
harmless species they are circular
Boston BHdgT.
bobby. did you thank Mr.. Feath-
crly for giving you the pennyP in-
quirtd his mother. "Ies, ma am.
''What did you say?' 81 said encore"
N y. Times.
A Lcipsic paper contains the fol-
lowing advertisement; "Ihe telescopes
of my make will even bring fly, at !
distance of two miles, so near that you
can distinctly hear II buzz"
Summer Theatricals: "Do you
pass the perfcshP' asked scedy indi-
vidual Of the door keeper OF the thea
ter. "What is profession" I'm
tramp" "Pass right in. You're
one of us, see. ~ lid BITS.
What bad complexion Miss
Sloaper has" well, She ought to
have. She's all the time doc.oring IT,
Actually, she puts sulphur on her
face" Sulphur! What's sulphur
good for?" matches. life.
In store: Lady-Your store has
been recommended to me MS having
some very nice silk parasols. Clerk
You pet We has got EN-. Our new
parasols throws evcrydings in dot line
in de shade. From the German.
An photographed oddity--
A youth who was teaching the dumb
To read. ana To write, and 20 sumb,
Fell into disg race
And lost good place,
by being too fond Of his runb.
boston C0hricr
Edtor-Ycs, your poem will have
to be returned. The idea is very good
but the verses limp somewhat.
Springbard Well | can account for
that. had very bad case oi rheu-
matism when | wrote them. Chicago
Rambier.
PA. Jimmy Tuffboy saysI needn't
hold my head so high just because
you're an Alderman. He says my
grandpa was hanged" He lies, the
little beggar, he lies; you can tell him
sol Your grandpa died in Jail. and |
can prove II. ~ y Telegram.
Waiter girl to Commercial trav-
eler)--There' roast beef and roast
duck. Commercial traveller { Canvas
back duck? Waiter girl--Yes. Com
mcrcial traveller (facetiouslyl--Is II
shirred down the front with face cuffs
turned hack over the sleeves, MaryP
Waiter girl-The same. Commercial
traveller u will try some Of it, ] guess.
Waiter girl-Very well. sir; win You
have il with or Without Commercial.
traveller With o. wllaaal ahaif NaI.
ter gIrl-bsiians NJ Il slWf
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-09-18
OLD ROUGH AND READY.
How General Taylor Dismissed Two sf
General Apudia's spies.

General Apudta's spies.
General TAYLOR, when he won his
victories in Mexico, did not look much
like hero. He was somewhat below
medium height, was short and stout,
in fact was what one would call
dumpy. He wore a straw hat, an old
linen duStcr that looked as if it might
not have been washed since he fought
the battle of Palo Alto. His pants
were large and loose, and he wore
coarse soldier shoes. General Shields
used TO narrate an interesting incident
that occurred one day when he was a
guest of "Old Rough and Ready's
table Mt dinner, with Colonel Bliss and
son Of Henry Clay. just as they
were finishing dinncr, a guard filed in
with two prisoners that had just been
arrested, The men had been for two
days peddling oranges through the
camp, and by accident one OF the
soldiers had discovered that under
their coarse garments they wore tho
finest linen. SO the two were arrested,
and carefully concealed about their
persons hal been found papers con-
tanning very valuable information con-
ccrning the American camp. the num-
Der of men in arms and the best points
for attack. These papers were handed
over to General TaN lor, and after read
ing them he passed them to the rest Of
u.s. They were unmlstakablc evidences
that the two men were spies "Call
my intcrpcrtcr!' demanded General
Taylor. The General could not speak
Spanish The only Spanish word he
knew was "cdHoS, and he used it on
all occasions. Whenever he invited
the McNicans into camp. he said
"rdmoS," and whenever he ordered
them out Of camp, he said "rdmos.
The interpreter having arrived, Cen
eral TAYLOR said to him: "Ask them
who they arc" The prisoners replied
that they were Mexican soldiers.
"IIumphl Thought so. Now ask them
what their rank is. They looked ut
each other a moment, as much AS 10
say, 1--WE might as well tell the truth, y"
and answered that they were Coloncls,
one of them Chief of the Engineer
Corps at Monterey, AHA, said Gen
eral Taylor. $50 much the worse, And
now ask them who sent them here, y
They replied that they had come in
obedience to the orders OF General
Apudia. General Apudia sent You,
did hep roarcd old "Rough and
Ready" "Well, say General Apudia
is no gentleman, or he would not havo
sent you here upon this sneaking
crrand, to spy about our camp. say
he is no gentleman" The prisoners
had just begun to understand that the