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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-20

president and secretary and in addi.
ton 7. j. Walsh, Austin North and
A. P. Henningsen, Of Butte.
The following vice.presidents were
then named by deleR ates present:
Beaverhead-J. E. Morse.
Carbon-W. F. Whaley.
Chouteau-Thos. Nj. Everett.
Deer Lodge--W. r. Allen.
Fergus-Wyllys Hedges.
Flathead-Sidney Nj. Logan.
Gallatin-O. D. Fisher.
Granite-Sam Teagarden.
Madison-J. Nj. knight.
Meaghsr-Louis Heitman.
Missoula-J. S. Harker.
Powell-Conrad Kohrs.
Lewis and Clark-H. NJ. Parchen.
Rosebud-W. E. Johnson.
Silver Bow-P. J. Brophy.
Teton-S. F. Ra]ston.
Valley-A. W. MahOn.
Yellowstone-P. B. Moss.
Vice presidents are yet to be named
for Cascade, Custer, Dawson, Jeffer.
son, Park. Ravalli, Sweet Grass. BY
resolution the executive committee W al
authorized to fill these vacancies.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-20
BIG EARNINGS OF RAILROADS.
Interstate Commerce Commission Makes
Annual Report to Congress.

WASHINGTON, Dec. l4:-The nine
teenth annual report Of the interstate
commerce commission was transmitted
to congress today.
In previous reports the commission
has repeatedly called attention to the
necessity for certain amendments and
additions to the present act to regu.
late commerce. and in this report the
commission sets forth the general
reasons for proposed amendments con-
tanned in the form of . bill. which has
been submitted to the sen ate committee
on interstate commerce, In compliance
with request therefor, and this bill
is printed 90 IN appendix to the re-
port. The most important amendment
is delegation of authority to the com.
mission to determine what rate should
be substituted for the future, in place
of one found, after full hearing, to be
unlawful, with the further provisions
that the order of the commission pre-.
scribing such substituted rate shall
take effect within q reason able time,
unless vacated or set aside by judicial
proceedings.
According to the customary prelim.
mary report on income accounts, the
gross earnings of 752 companies, ope.
rating q mileage OF 214,477 miles for
the year ending June 30, 1905, were
$2,073, ,177,325. The gross earnings
from operations averaged s9,656 per
mile of lines. This average Is higher
than the like average for any other
year for which q statistical report has
been published. The preliminary re.
port shows that these companies de.
clared dividends during the year to
the amount of sl96, ,080,2 and the
dividends declared by the same reads
during the year 1904 we're S1S4, ,3l3, ,472.
Ending June 30, 1905. the financial
statistical report shows that the total
amount of dividends declared by all
the railway companies covered by that
report that is both oper ating and
leased lines, was s22l, 1,044.
It is stated that within the past year
decided improvement has taken place
in the condition of safety apparatus
o. all roads.
The commission says thatS the need
Of high standard of physical and
mental condition for certain classes Of
employees and care on the part Of su.
pervisors to see that proper regula.
tions are maintained and obeyed is
quite generally recognized and some
railroads have prescribed rules limit.
ing the number Of hours Of work and
providing rest periods, but these rules
appear to have been very poorly en-.
forced.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-20
TO SECURE FAIR RATES.
Members OF the Legislature and Governor
Requested To Bury Partisan Motives.

HELENA, Dec. 15.-The state rate
convention adjourned at midnight
after strenuous evening session.
Before adjourning 1t elected perma.
nent officers. provided for the gather.
ing of statistics of freight rates in
Montana by the executive committee,
and the bringing before the interstate
commerce commission OF alleged un.
just rates.
Most important of all it adopted q
resolution setting forth the fact that it
was the sense OF the convention that q
special session of the legislature
should be called for the purpose of
creating a state railroad commission,
and authorizing the executive com.
mittee to consult Governor Toole and
ascertain If he would call special
session, If the members Of the legisla.
ture would consent to pass bill leav-
ing to the governor the naming OF the
commission and amending the bill
passed by the last legislative Assem-.
bly, so it will meet the objections of
the governor. If the members of the
legislature consent to the terms pro-
posed, then the executive committee is
to report to the governor and reques,
him to call special session for the
sole purpose of passing q railroad
commission bill.
The convention had some difficulty
in getting any one to accept the presi.
dency of the association. T. c. Power,
H. NJ. Parchen, j. E. O'Connor, W.
B. George declined, and then F. J,
Edwards was elected unanimously.
r. A. Fraser was elected secretary
and F. S. p. Lindsay treasurer. The
! legislative committee consists OF the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-20
kansas Men Indicted.

TOPEKA, Dec. 16.-The federal grand
jury which has been investig ating the
government land frauds in Kansas,
tonight returned an indictment against
State Senator F. Dumont Smith, on
the charge Of influencing federal Of
icer to neglect his duty. Smith is
state senator from q district in the
northwestern corner of the state COM
prising 18 counties. He is charged
jointly with his law partner. Roscoe
Wilson, with conspiracy to violate
the federal law which provides q pen.
atty for influencing, for any consid-
Grafton. q government ofacial on any
matter then pending before the official.
1t is alleged in the Indictment that
Smith aud Wilson, for considera.
tiou, Influenced the opinion and &C.
tions Of T. E. Ryan, formerly special
agent Of the government land Office in
land fraud cases, which he was inves-
ttgating In Hodgman county, Kan.
Sen ator Smith is attorney for some
of the cattlemen who were indicted q
week ago for illegal fencing of gov
ernment land and conspiracy to de-
fraud, by this same grand jury. He
was one of the original hackers of
United States Senator J.. r. Burton,
recently convicted by the federal court
at St. Louis.
The grand jury tonight also indicted
j. E. Billy, L. c. Billy and J. n.
Drein, Of Wallace county, for fraud
ulent land entries.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-20

States, there Is q great dearth of 10.
borers in these two seasons Of the
year, and until within . few years
owners Of Colorado beet fields found
IT difficult matter to secure sufficient
labor. The Indian has come to their
rescue. OF all the Indians, the Pueb-
los are said to be the best workers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-20
THE HELENA RATE MEETING.
Business Men From All Parts of Montana
Decide to Form State Orga nixatiou.


road rates In Montana may be re.
duced, was attended by representative
citizens from all parts of the state.
Most Of the seats in the Unitarian
church. with q seating capacity Of over
200 persons, were occupied at each of
the three sessions, and as 1t was an
open meeting the presence OF any citi.
zen was an indication of his interest
In the proceedings. Nearly every
county In the state was represented At
the meeting, residents of Custer, Gal.
latin, Meagher, Fergus, Valley. Chou.
teau and other remote counties being
present. In view Of the strenuous ef.
forts Of certain political and other In.
fuences to discredit the movement, the
attend ance at the convention and the
interest manifested in its proceedings
were most satisfactory to the advo-
Gates of railroad rate reform.
Governor Toole welcomed the visi.
tors from other parts of the state in q
speech which he read from manuscript,
and he took occasion to emphatically
remind the origiuators Of the present
freight reform agitation of his posi-.
tion with reference to q railroad com.
mission. In his speech he announced
that he was against the calling of q
special session of the legislature for
the purpose of appointing such a com.
mission, and this part of his speech
was applauded.
Mayor Purcell also made brief
address of welcome TO the visitors,
but he did not 20 into the rate subject,
contenting himself with Offering the
outside attend ants at the meeting the
hospitality of the city.
The convention made p. B. Moss,
OF Billings, chairman and r. A.
Fraser, of Helena, secretary for the
temporary organization, and the
charm an appointed three committees,
on resolutions, organization and or.
der Of business and membership.
The feature Of the afternoon session
was an excellent speech delivered by
T. j. Walsh, permanent Chairman Of
the convention, who presented the
legal aspect of rate regulation in a
mastery manner, and gave conclu-
sive reason for the necessity of such
regulation. At both the afternoon
and evening sessions there were
speeches more or less pertinent to the
subject under discussion, aud it was
finally decided to organize u state as.
sociati0n of Montana business men
for the purpose of securing better
treatment from the railroads. The
work to be undertaken by this organ.
ization will include the gathering of
data relating to rates in Montana
that are unreasonable and unjust, aud
presenting those affecting interstate
traffic to the federal authorities. 1t
was also decided that, In the event of
an agreement between members of the
ninth legislative assembly and Gov.
ernor Toole as to the proper exercise
of the appointive power, an effort
should be made to secure the creation
of q state railroad commission at as
early a ate as possible.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-20

The WEEKLY RIVER PRESS lisa good
news pa per to send away to your friends
in the east. II will save you the trou.
BILE OF writing letters
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-07-22
Are You
Looking Aheadp

To the man looking ahead the Southwest
has an urgent invitation. The ouportunitv
Is today when Investment chances are good
and homes can be purchased &C from one
tenth to one-half the prices asked in the
North and Fast
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-07-22
SURPRISED AND AMAZED.
Mrs. Noah Webster Was illustrated
Anyhow, When Her Husband
Kissed the Housemaid.

Noah Webster, the lexicOgra-
pher, was, as might be supposed,
a stickler for good English, and
often reproyed his wife's misuse
Of the language.
On one occasion Webster hap
pened to be alone in the dining
room with their very pretty house.
maid, and, being susceptible to
such charms, put his arms around
her and kissed her squarely on the
mouth.
Just at this moment Mrs. Web
ster entered the room, gasped,
stood aghast, and, in a tone of hor.
ror, exclaimed:
"Why, Noah, | am surprisedw
Whereupon Mr.. Webster, cool.
ly and calmly, but with every eyi
dence of disgust, turned upon her.
"How many times must ! cor.
rect you on the use Of simple
words?' he remarked. "You
mean, madam, that you are aston
ished. |, madam am the one
who is surprised
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-07-22
CATCHING WHALES IN NETS
japanese Use This Method Of Land
ing Big Fish-Hold Service
Over Body.

Whales are captured in nets by
the japanese. The whalers put off
from the shore as quietly as pos
sible and when they come within
the proper distance of their objec-
tive the boats, which have hither-
to worked in couples, separate,
and, dropping their nets as they
go, work round to the rear and
tanks of their expected kill. The
nets are made in large squares,
each side being about 40 feet long.
One net is composed of six
squares in line and the squares are
fastened to each other lightly.
When all is ready the boats which
have worked round to the rear of
the whale then commence to drive
him gently toward the nets. Nov.
ing along lazily at first, the whale
soon realizes that something un-
toward is happening, and, hurry.
ing forward, dashes onto one of
the nets. This is the critical
moment and when the fish
ermen see that the whaleis well in
the center of one of the squares
they raise a great shout and
charge in upon him.
When the whale is about spent
a man chosen for his strength, &C.
tiyity, pluck, GOODNESS and general
fitness for his work then leaps
upon his back and with a great
triangular-shaped knife proceeds
to cut two great gashes in his
body just back of the head,
Through the underlying blubber
and these two gashes he passes
a rope, and, knOtting it, makes d
loop of it. He then repeats the
same operation as far back on his
body as he can. When the fight has
been completely knocked out Of
the whale boats range alongside
of him and by the help of the loop,
already mentioned the haples'
cetacean is slung between then
in such a maner as to minimize thu
danger of his carcass sinking.
Then the boats form in process
sion, and, making for the shore
there commences the most curious
part of the whole affair. Thu
whalers, with real fervor and il
the most solemn manner possible
begin a chanting prayer for tn
ease of the departing spirit b.
calling out: "Joraku! Joraku
Jorakuw in low, deeptones. Upol
the third day after the kill a me
mortal service is held in the vii
lage temple and prayers ar,
offered for the repose Of the deaC
whales soul.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-07-22
AFTER READING NEW NOVEL
Some Questions It Might Occur to the
Reader to Ask Concerning
Features of Story.

Why did the town nestle among
the hills? asks Tom Mason, in
Life.
Why did she feel a mantling
blush steal over her cheeks?
How did it happen that a
strange sense of unrest swept
over him?
What was it that she swept out
Of the room?
Why did she never look more
strangely beautiful than upon
that evening?
What made him heck the ashes
from his cigarette?
How long did her heart stand
still?
Why did the cold wind that
famed their cheeks feel so good?
Why did it seem to her as if all
the light had gone out of her young
life?
What made the house stiller
than death that night?
When confronted by the law
yers, why was he visibly affected?
Why was she the life of the
whole gathering when her heart
told her that all was lost?
Why did the dog look up at that
moment and wag his tail, as if he,
too, understood her?
What choked his utterance?
What made her look back on
that day all the rest of her life?
Why was there a long pause?
Why were her hands so nerve
less when she let the telegram
drop?
What made her suspect that he
had been drinking?
Why did he clutch the photo.
graph SO wildly?
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-07-22
To the Investor,

All over the Southwest. cities and towns
are growing up, expanding. requiring more.
demanding more, peOpled by eager. pushing.
wideawake citizens. who see the virtue OF
encouraging enterprises OF every kind. the
needfulness OF getting more and better faeili-
ties, and more hands TO develop the country.
The oil and gas fields OF Kansas. Indian
Territory and Oklahoma are practically new
and offer wonderful opportunities for devel-
opment along commercial lines.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-07-22
BRIEFLY THE CONDITION IS THIS;

The Southwest is really in need Of nothing
save people. More men are wanted. In the
Southwest al eYastar of unimproved land
land not yielding the crops OF which 1t is
capable. The same thing. in a different way.
is true of the towns. Few lines Of business
are adequately represented. There are open
ingsof all sorts-fo or mills and manufacturing
plants, for small stores ofall kinds. for banks,
newspapers and lumber yards. Mechanics
and professional men, both are in demand.
We are in possession of all sorts Of infor.
nation valuable alike to the investor and
homeseeker. If you are interested. tell us
what you want, how much you have to invest,
and we will gladly furnish the information.
Write today for copy OF our book Business
Chances" It's free. Address
|WTH GEORGE MORroH,
AyILx "a General Passenger and Ticket AEuni.
% ST. LOUIS, mo.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-07-22
cupid's Repair Shop.

Ida-Yes, Dick and | were out
automobiling. We stopped at a
repair shop.
May-Indeedl Did you break
the automobile?
"No; Dick said ! broke his heart,
so we stopped at the parsonage
Chicago Daily News.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-07-22
Female who Butts.

Nov" said the teacher, who
hadbeen giving an elementary talk
upon architecture, "can any little
boy tell me what a 'buttress' is?D
q know" shouted Tommy
Smart. "a nanny goat."-Phila-
delphia Press.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-07-22
CALLED ISLE OF THE LOST
Island Of saghalien Is Known by
That Name Because No Grim
inal Ever Lives to Return.

Seventeen cents a day is said
to be the cost of Maxim Gorky, the
Russian novelist, to the Russian
government for food. GOrky was
recently arrested and immured in
a solitary cell by the government
for his completely in the outbreak
of the people. He is luxuriously
fed in comparison with the Rus
sian political prisoners and Grim
inals on the Island of Saghalien.
The allowance for these is seven
and one-half cents for the same
period.
Saghalien is an attenuated is
land lying Off the eastern coast of
Siberia, in the Sea Of 0khotsk.
Russia has used it as a penal col
Ony since 1869. Among the PEG
pie of Russia it is called the Isle
of the Lost, 1t is well named by
them. No person who is sent to
this island ever returns. The gov
eminent apparently desires to add
to this impression of h%Opelessness
by preventing as far as possible.
any description of the life lived
there from reaching the people.
Ii would have an atmosphere of
gloom hang over the island. 1t
would have exile to this forsaken
spot mean the crossing of a yawn-
ing gulf into a world from which
no word can return. There a false
passport is not worth the trouble
of writing it. Passport or no
passport it makes no difference.
A few foreigners have been able
to spend a short time on the island
in recent years. 1t has usually
been difficult to secure pictures of
the life there.
Only those who are sentenced
to penal service for life because
of some great crime, personal or
political, are sent to Saghalien.
The prisons are not great stone
dungeons, such as those to which
the American is accustomed.
They resemble barracks, or great
wooden warehouses. The stock
AIDES around the portion devoted
to the incarceration of the most
violent criminals if constructed
around an orchard would only add
to the fun of stealing the apples
for an'American boy. Leaving the
prison, however, is like jumping
from the frying pan into the fire,
so the temptation to do so is not
great. The main prison is divided
into three parts. One is for the
privileged convicts. The work
shops and cells for the best be-
haved prisoners are here. The
good conduct prisoners, who are
permitted to 90 outside in the day
to labor, occupy the middle part.
The northern quadrangle is sur
rounded by a strong stockade and
overlooked by a watch tower.
There are kept the most desperate
criminals, who wear "irOns''
weighing IA pounds. All the pris-
oners n kept there through the
first year of their incarceration.
AS capital punishment is not
a part of Russia's criminal code,
many of the prisoners are murder.
ers who have been sent there to re-
main for life. All the servants of
the officers are criminals.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-07-22
IA iha H~nmasaakAr.

Through the VI. x. & T. Land Bureau.
thousands Of acres OF rich farm lands dm-
proved ana unimprovedl. located along the
liue OF the Missouri. Kansas & Texas R'y in
Missouri. Kansas. Indian Territory. OKLA
bona and Texas. are now offered for sale.
growth OF corn, wheat. oats, fruits. vege-
tables, rice. cotton, sugar cane and for stock
farming. The lands are well located as to
mnrkntC cehnofz ato
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-30

Homes ana Family Legends" sud
rrtcniy," so the story rutt',,- ~ cold haSt
stole into the lady'S room, cXtnSuiSh-
ing the light by her bedside. She saw
a tall, mailed figure pass into the
dressing-room. Immediately there
after there was Il shrek from her child
in an adjoining room. Her maternal
instinct was aroused. She rushed into
the dresSing-room and found the
child in an agony of fear 1t described
what it had seen as "a giant who
came and leaned over its face
The operation Mrs Arthur Pagct I'M
derwcnt recently at the hands Of Sir
Alfred Fripp was very delicate and
| wonderful one, though thoroughly sue
cessful More than n year ago Mrs.
| Paget fell down an elevator shaft and
| fractured her thigh. The bone failed
| to mend and in spite OF an operation
| and special course of treatment un-
der Prof. Haffa, the great Berlin spc-
ist, Sir Alfred Fripp took photograph
of the injured bones lv means of TIC
Roentgcn rays. which showed that the
fracture was as bad as ever. 1t was
necessary to make an inclSiOn 50 that
the fractured bones could be reached.
These were screwed together with
| ivory, and it is confidently believed
that in a few months time they VIII
knit and become strong enough TO bear
The weight of the body. In spite of
| the agony extending over thirteen
mont's which Yrs. ] '@"' has endured,
she is able to drive out every day in an
| open carriage. Mrs. paGct recently
Visited the new ward at Charing-C Cross
Hospital, built from the proceeds Of Il
great charity bazaar she organized,
and called the Minnie Paget ward. 1t
contained many fracture eases ana
Mrs. paget cheercd the sufferers great
| " by her hopeful conversation. when
was appreciated even more than the
gifts of fruit and flowers she bore
| to each patient.
OF Abdul Hamid's two predecessors,
| the one was asSaSSinat2d, the other
went mad and WAS deposcd. These
| two tragical events lave made the
Sultan immensely suspicious. Always
| keeping watch against conSpirntors, he
| regards as his most fA1fhfu1 AMI uSorUl
scrvitors the men who spend their
time In discovering his enemies, in
| finding out their plans. and in prevent
| ing the execution of these plans. III"
| best rewarded will be he who has
| gwen his Majesty Tue HioSl eAh"uo'i''
| information.
As everybody wants TO obtain such
reward. all keep busy collecting
| Information. Constantinoplc is Il
| perfect paradise for the secret police.
| In all classes of Ottoman society you
encounter the secret agent: and the
very highest digntarics gladly fur
nish the Sultan with confidential in
| formation.
Van Calava.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-30
COURT NOTES.
The Strange Mystery of the Haunt
ed Room" Revealed TO Lord CLAIMS.

ne strange mystery OF the Haunt
ed Room" Revealed TO Lord CLAIMS.
Lord CLAIMS, son of the Earl and
Countess of StrathmOre, came of age
September 22. and the secret of the
Haunted Room was communicated
10 him by his father. This has been
an inyariable practice on such Occa-
sions from time immemOriaL What
secret the Haunted Room" contains is
supposed TO be passed ON 10 every
heir as lie attainS his majority. Thus
It's precise nature is in the possession
of never more than two persons at the
same time. Conjecture and traditions
say, however, that in the long ago,
when the LindSays and Ogilvies were
at feud number of the latter clan
were imprisoned and died in that par
ticular chamber. That the room has
some uncanny peculiarities appears to
he beyond doubt. for the late Lord
Strathmore had it walled up after Wis.,
lting the apartment one night 10 de-
termine the origin of certain weird
noises which, il is said, had for a long
time disturbed and puzzled him. The
Earl opened the door with key"
wrote a correspondent to a Dr. Lee,
'and dropped back in a dead swoon
into the arms of his companions; nor
could he ever be induced to open his
| lips on the subject afterward." The
experiences of a lady visitor at the cas-.
tie are quoted in the book, Haunted