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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-01
Suggests New Irrigation Laws.

HELENA, Jan. 29.-There was a sec.
ond meeting of the senate and house
committees on irrigation at the Gran.
don this afternoon for the purpose of
hearing II. N. Savage, consulting en-.
gineer OF the reclamation service, and
there is every indication that these
meetings will bear fruit in very much
improved irrigation laws in the state
OF Montana. Today's meeting was
given over principally to the discus.
sion of an irrigation code, Mr.. Saw
age presenting one that had been
framed by the legal department of the
reclamation service. He did not
claim, he said, that the draft would
prove perfect or satisfactory to every.
one, but it embodied the best of the
laws framed for the arid states, and
was believed to more nearly meet the
demands than anything heretofore
prepared.
The code proposed makes beneficial
use the basis of the water right and
provides for an adjudication of these
rights that. once made, will be final.
The flow of the stream having been de-.
termtned by the engineer, there can
be no more appropriations and no
more taking out of bitches.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-01
Bishop Carroll Is Installed.

HELENA, Jan. 3O.-In the presence
of d%ignataries of the Roman Catholic
church, clergy and laymen, from all
parts of Montana and hundreds of the
people of Helena, RI. Rev. John Pat.
rick Carroll, bishop of Helena, was
this evening formally Installed into
his high Office, with all the impressive
ceremony BETTING SO important an
event. The installation took place at
the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.
which had been reprinted and decor.
ated for the occasion. Every avail.
able inch of space in the cathedral
was taken. the public not being admit
ted until the bishops party and men,
bers of the Catholic societies of Hell
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-01
Torpid liver Cured,

III was a sufferer from torpid liver for over a
year. writes Mrs. Nora Willis, Of Wheatfeld.
Jasper Co, Ind, rand could not sleep, nor eat
but very little. and then it would cause me great
distress: l tried several doctors but got no re.
Pierce, which l did, and in a few days ! received
q letter advising ire to take his Golden Med.
zeal Discovery and also his Pleasant Pellets.
After l had taken only half a bottle ! was greatly
i1,rroved. l only took three bottles Of the
Golden Medical Discovery and two walls of the
Pellets and, thanks to DR.. Pierce and his
wonderful medicine. I am rs we'll as ever in my
life. and feel that life is worth living after all.
"1.ast winter l took a severe cold which re.
suited III pleurisy. Tongue can not tell what I
suffered. For two nights and two days I could
not move without it nearly killed me. I told
my husband I could not endure another night OF
suffering. The weather was SO cold and stormy
that it was almost too bad for any one to go six
miles to town, but he went, and got a bottle of
Or. Pierce's Extract of Smart Weed. which gave
me instant relief. I can say that for all pains
that l have tried it for it has worked like magic.
We keep a. bottle Of the Smart Weed in the
mouse all the time. I cannot thank DR.. Pierce
enough for what he has done for met
Constipation has almost countless con-
sequences. DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
cure constipation and cure its conse-
quences. They should always be used
with vGolden Medical Discovery" when
the use Of a laxative is indicated.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-01
AGAINST THE BEEF TRUST.
Combine Declared Guilty Of Conspiracy
To Fix Prices Of Meat.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3O.-The SUI
prelne court Of the United States to.
day decided the case of the United
States vs.. Swift Il Co., charging con.
spiracy among The packers to fix
prices on fresh meets, etc. The opin-
ion was handed down by Justice
Holmes and affirmed the decision of
the court below, which was against the
packers. In his opinion, Justice
Holmes discussed at length the vari.
ious contentious of the packers and
disposed of them individually. He
admitted that some of the charges
were less specific than desirable, but
said this vas necessarily true on &C.
count of the vast extent of the field.
He added that sufficient evidence had
been shown to prove offense and Of
tense Of such an nature to justify the
proceeding. The opinion continues
the Injunction granted against the
packers under the Sherman antitrust
law by the courts. The opinion was
concurred in by all the members of
the court.
CHICAGO, Jan. 30.-Judge Peter s..
Grosscup, of the United States circuit
court, speaking of the decision said:
"The decision establishes the right of
the government to prevent combina-
tions among the manufacturers of
meats. 1t fortifies the Sherman act.
1t is a long step in the direction of eff.
fectual government supervision. But
to my mind the real significance of the
decision is much deeper, and far
reaching than eve this. 1t effectually
clears the deck for what I believe will
be the next really great national move
ment-the organization and %supervis-
ion by the nation itself of the great
corporations of the future, a move
ment whose chief object will be, not so
much to control prices or merely to
curb power as to bring corporate own
ership within the reach and reasonable
conference of the people 1t large, ana
thus to repeopleize and republicanize
again the individual ownership of the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-01
They Need Forage supplies.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.-Owing
to the fear of capture by the Japan
csc, the shipment of the 5000 tons of
hay that the Russian government re.
Gently purchased in San Francisco
has been seriously interrupted. About
1900 tons have been loaded for Vladi-
vOstOk, but the agents of the car have
been unable to get charters for the re-
naming 1900 tons.
The Japanese consul is authority
for the statement that his government
will seek to place large orders for
horses. hay and grain in the San
Francisco market.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-01
Shot By q Small boy.

SPOKANE, Jan. 3O.-Michael Grau,
a prominent lumberman at Heron,
Mont, was seriously, if not fatally,
shot by an eight-year.oId boy late
Saturday night. Grau was brought
to the Sacred Heart hospital. Spo.
kane, Sunday morning, where he is
reported in a serious condition. 4Ac.
cording to the story told by the man
who brought Grau TO the hos pital he
and Mrs. Culverson had been drink.
ing pretty heavily on Saturday and
in the evening the Two had q%uarreled
and during the scutfle the woman's
son grabbed a rifle and shot Grau.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-01
Biggest Diamond In World.

JOHANNESBURG, Transvaal, Jan.
2S.-The largest diamond eve dis
covered has been found near Pretoria.
The stone weighs 3,o32 carats, and is
said to be Il pure white diamond of
good quality. 1t is locally valued at
$780, 600 to $4,000, 900. The famous
Kohinoor, which is valued at 5000. 900,
weighs l23 carats. though it is said to
have weighed 900 before it was cut.
There is immense excitement here and
at Pretoria as Il result of the find.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-01

bcauty-wisdom And the GREATEST Of
these TOR woman o man is WISDOM.
"''oodness' is such Il comparative term. 1t is so much
more difficult to say who is good than to say who is beau
tiful or wise, What is virtue on earth may be vice in Mars, and GER
ta1nly what is merit in New York is dement, in Constantinopc. Even
in one place IDEAS OF ESS vary exceedingly. Most
people bclevc that III my scN chastity means goodness, while have
heard 1t urged that charity, generosity and loyalty arc finer traits.
One thing may be taken as irrcfutablc- only the wise woman deserves
the credit OF being a good woman. Others re accidents.
Without undertaking the dtsiraility o. the power Of goodness
l think it worth mention that the women remembered through the
ages are the WISE women rather than the GOOD women. Per-
hmps this is because goodness is more common than wisdom,
Acknowledge this, and, from the commercial viewpoint, have proved
my contention.
Beauty as a influence is much ovcrratcd. 1t is an entirely trans;-
tory power which, if l may make a paradox, does not live even
through its own life.
A WISE WOMAN WILL RETAIN HER SWAY OVER THE MINDS
TlFUL.
In every decade we have women who re prominent by reason
OF their faces and their figures, but who never achieve ANYTHING
worth havlng-at least, not by that means alone. Moreover, beauty
Isl temptation and a danger. TO THE WOMAN WHO Is NOT
ALSO WISE IT is A FATALITY.
From the days of Greece the woman WITH BRAINS has been
a queen. One recalls her with reverence where her merely lovely
sister IS thought OF with condescension. Helen Of Troy is a Joke; she
would have been a noncntitv but for the boolshed and rapine she
brought about. On the other hand. one cannot admire Pcricles with
out admiring Aspasa, Socrates without Dotima, Pompcv without
Cornelia, Senecus without Marcia and IIeva, Epicurus without Ian
tum, Lucius Burus without Panthea, or even Diosencs without the
girl who was half his intellect.
Remember I am not saying auslt against the beauty Of good
ness or the goodness of beauty. I merely declare that l would rather
nave been Elizabeth Barrett browning than any other creature Of
my sex in history. In the choice between the three traits given /
remember that there is one which c~onprehcnds all.
WHO IS WISE IS LIKELY ALSO TO BE GOOD AND BEAUTIFUL
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-01
ena and East Helena had been admit
ted. Hundreds we're unable to obtain
even standing room.
Smallpox Is Spreading.

MILES CITY, Jan. 30.-Another of
the Billings smallpox suspects, con.
fined In the Eureka hotel, was taken
to the pest house today. His name is
E. r.. Bliss and the disease made
itself manifest this morning. necessi.
tating his removal. The hotel is still
under quarantine.
DEER LODGE, Jan. 30.-James Ben.
nett, an 0ld.timer of this section, liv.
ing a mile and a half from the race
track, is down with smallpox. Mr..
Bennett has been i'll for some time and
had just returned from Hunters Hot
springs. DR.. Stokes, of Warm
Springs. was called this morning and
pronounced il a we'll defined case of
smallpox.
BIG TIMBER, Jan. 3d.. F. Moede,
the Grand hotel barber, who was re-
moved to the detention hospital last
Monday, is dead. Mr.. Moede was at.
aicted with smallpox, having con-
tracted the disease from his wife, Mrs.
Jennie Moede, who in turn contracted
the disease from arranging the room
In which a smallpox patient had slept.
BILLINGS, Jan. 3O.--No new cases
OF smallpox were reported today.
None have occurred since Saturday
morning. and no primary cases have
developed for about ten days. While
there Is a marked improvement so far
as the prevention of a further spread
of the disease is concerned, two deaths
occurred today, one a child of Mrs.
Albert Foley, about six weeks of age.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-01
Sublime
Glory of
American
Liberty
The
BY
United States
Senator
cHAUNCEY
N.
DEpEW

N our American list of things to be proud of we have one
which is superior to that possessed by ANY OTHER
nation in the present or in the past. 1t is American liberty!
~ American liberty has a quality which no republic pos
sessed in ancient, medieval or modern times. The struggle
Of people to be free has been going on ever since Christ declared for
the equality and the freedom of mankind, but so firm, Sc strong, 81
steel clasped, so unbreakable, were the shackles of custom, Of caste and
OF PRIVILEGE that for nearly two thousand years the struggle
for liberty in every country was the struggle FOR THE LIBERTY
OF THE FEW.
The republics of Italy were only republics in name and died
because they did not have the divine spark to keep alive their insti
tutions. Runnymede is glorious, and the principles of Magma Charta
are the charter Of liberty, but at the time it was enunciated it was
only liberty FOR THE BARONs. The Poles under Kosciusko
and the Magyars under Kossuth, the Hollanders under William Of
Orange and the English under Cromwell did not fight for the liberties
which WE understand and enjoy.
The pilgrims on Plymouth rock were the real revolutionists and
the real rebels against British authority, kngly rule and a state
church. The charter framed in the cabin of the MayAower. with
Its declaration of just and equal rights, was the dynamite which has
blown up thrones, broken the crust Of caste AND DESTROYED
THE POWER OF PRIVILEGE. 1t was the germ which, under
the hand OF jefferson, lowered into the Declaration of independence.
TO THE REs'sTLEss FORCE OF THAT MAYFLowER UTTER.
ANce OF 1920 OF THE EQUALITY OF ALL MEN BEFORE THE LAW
CORVALLIS SURRENDERED HIS SWORD At YORKTOWN AND
LEE AT APPoMATTox.
stood liberty, but they ere mised by the old idea that every IAN
is absolutely at liberty to do as he wishes; that he has surrendered
certain OF his inalienable rights to the community and, in certain con-
tingencies, may take them back.
That is not AMERICAN liberty. That is a false doctrine
Cain believed that when he killed Abel. But in the family of Adam
the liberty of every child was a liberty to work out the best and high
est destiny possible, WITH A DUE REGARD TO THE
RIGHTS OF EVERY OTHER MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.
Nothing was surrendered, because nothing was granted to n
man who wronged his %neighbor! We live in a period when it is our
pride to say-and it is the truth-that IL nation is frcer from
perhs and dangers of every kind than it has been at any other period
Of its existence.
\ nation that has uprooted slavery, a nation that has throttled
anarchy a nation that has overcome bankruptcy and risen trium-
phantly into financial integrity need fear no peril for the future.
HAVE NO PATIENCE WITH THE WEAK kNEEp. SPINDLE
sHANkEo, HOLLOW sTomAcAED. WATER DRAINED AND SPIRIT
LOGGED CREATURES WHO DESPAIR OF THIS REPUBLIC.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-01
Suffered for a

ical Discoverv' is So great wv writes Mr.. IR
Martin, of Arlee, Mason Co, West Virginia, uthat
! am at a loss to find words to express my true
feeling. l had suffered for a number of years
with lung and throat troubles, and doctored with
specialists, but got no better. Then l decided
to try DR.. rierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
and after using it I was greatly relieved. I have
all faith that it has saved my life.
.."l have one of your medical books and think
1t a GRAND work "
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-01

the matter. There is q difference of
opinion as to the exact meaning of
the recent caucus Of the democrats ia
the house on the subject. Some hold
that it binds the minority to the Davey
bill. and others that it does not.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-01

the growing crops and ruin their pro-
ductiveness.
Diseases are to the body what weeds
are to the soil. They divert the nutri-
ton which is necessary to sound health,
and the body, instead of being strong
and hardy, drags out a sickly existence.
When the stomach is diseased, and the
other organs of digestion and nutrition
are involved with it, there is a constant
loss of nutrition by the body. The stom-
ache and its allied organs are not able to
convert the foods into n~ourishment, and
hence the body and its several organs are
deprived of the necessary elements Of
vitality. What is known as vweak"
heart or vweak" lungs, "weak" nerves
and other forms of so-called weakness, are
generally caused by vweak" stomach.
When the stomach and the other organs
of digestion and nutrition are cured, then
the other diseases are cured with it. Dis
eases which are caused by a diseased
condition of the stomach are cured
through the stomach. DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery cures diseases
of the stomach and its associated organs
of digestion and nutrition. It cures
through the stomach diseases of heart,
lungs, liver and other organs. 1t in.
SledSeS inc ACTIVITY OF tHe DlOOu-nlaK1fS
glands, SO that the whole body is nour-
isled by an abundant supply of pure
blood, rich in the bright red corpuscles
of health.
There is no alcohol in "Golden Med
ical Discovery" and it contains neither
opium, cocaine, O any other narcotic.
1t is strictly a temperance medicine.
Persons suffering from chronic forms
of disease are invited to consult DR..
Pierce by letter free. All correspondence
strictly private. Address DIR. R.V. Pierce,
Buffalo, n. y,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-01
Horses for Sale.

Stock horses for sale or trade for cattle. For
particulars address H.. $. TlNGLEY.
Big Sandy, Montana,
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The River 2ress.

Subscribe now for the WEEKLY Rlv.
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are weeds. Unless
they are kept down,
they divert the i1u-
triton which the
soil provides from
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-01
Varying Estimates of Goodness
BY LILLIAN RUSSELL. OPERATE Star

BY LILLIAN RUSSELL. Operate Star
And the GREATEST of
these tor woman or man is WISDOM.
Goodness is such Il comparative term. II is so much
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-01

N our American list of things to be proud of we have one
which is superior to that possessed by ANY
nation in the present or in the past. 1t is American liberty
, American liberty has a quality which no republic pos
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-08-17
VALENCIA COUNTY
SCHOOLS FLOURISHlNG
MOST SUCCESSFUL INSTITUTE
EVER HELD, NOW IN SESSION
AT BELEN.

Special Correspondence.
Belen, n. NJ, Aug. 1.-THE teach
ers' institute of Valencia county has
been in session at Belen the past two
weeks, having opened on the 9TH in
slant. The attendance OF teachers is
good. U. Francis Duff, principal of the
Deming high school, is acting as con-
ductor. This is the second year that
Prof. Duff has conducted the institute
here, and his work has been highly
satisfactory to County superintendent
j.. c. Sanchez and to the teachers. He
! is one of the oldest teachers in the
territory, having come to New Mexico
in 1890.
Superintendent Sanchez, who is now
serving the first year OF his second
term, is an energetic and efficient Off
cial. 1t has been his constant effort
to improve the condition of the schools
of Valencia county, both from a schol-
astic and from a financial standpoint.
When he took the office in January,
1902, there was in the entire county
school fund but $2,033.51. His first
report, which was made under date
of August 1, 1903, showed a balance on
hand of ~$21,926.3S. His second report,
1904, showed that there was then on
hand for school purposes, $21, 335.62.
His report for the present year indi'
Gates that there is now in the county
school fund the sum of $15,6S2.7S-
this, after having turned over some
$4,000 to the various school districts
of Torrance county, which has recent,
ly been separated from Valencia
county.
Mr.. Sanchez Is deserving of the very
highest praise, as he is the first su.
perintendent of this county to make a
really earnest effort to improve con
ditions.
The first teachers institute held in
the county was owing to his efforts in
1904. He has sought to secure thor
oughly qualified teachers only for the
twenty-three districts within the pres.
ent limits of the county. He has con.
ti~nuously urged the teachers to i'm.
prove themselves through study and
general reading.
Last year all of the districts had
from six to nine months of school,
Nearly all the children can talk Eng.
lish. The district of Belen has at
present to its credit $2,04S.31; San
Rafael, 81, 1860; Lower Tome, $l,259,
20; Peralta, $~1,223.45; Seboyeta, 81,
O3l.32; Los Lentes, $961,56; Valencia
S937.S6.
All credit is due Mr.. Sanchez fol
his successful conduct of the office o.
county superintendent of Valencia.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-08-17

mission must choose between talking
and doing, and he has made his choice
The first extensive work In flying
kites over the ocean has Just been
conducted by Prof. Frank II. Bigeiow.
one of the scientists of the govern.
ment weather bureau. The object is
to explore the upper air currents and
secure data on temperature, humidity,
etc, for comparison with the upper
air currents over land. The real Off
cial kite flyer for the government is
Prof. A. Lawrence Rotch, of the Blue
Hin meteorological observatory near
Boston. But as Prof. Bigelow was go
ing on the steamer Caesar to Spain
to observe the solar eclipse, he agreed
to take some of the department kites
and try flying them.
In private letters, Prof. Bigelow re-
ports on his experience with the kites.
The speed of the ship, combined with
the wind, proved too much for the
big kites. one of them collapsed in
mid-air, another broke the piano wire
which held it and escaped while about
a mile high; another broke loose while
being raised and was rescued by d
gallant crew of jacktars who manned
the lifeboat for the purpose. Finally,
the smaller kites were tried, and with
better luck. One flight of $1,000 feet
was secured and the automatic in
struments brought down some valua-
BILE data. The chief trouble expert
enced was from the rusting of the
wire due to the unusual moisture over
the water. This was remedied by con-
slant oiling. Some further flights will
be attempted on the return voyage.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-08-17

Ihls advocate of mother-hypnotism
IS a regular practicing physician and
surgeon. She mas been graduated
lom two colleges of high rank.
NO ore should be hypnotized with
out consent" she went on to say.
and popular fancy to the contrary,
no one a be. Even if a will is weak
l. can refuse to be influenced by a
stronger one But there are few
children that | have met in my ex-
nerience who are not amenable to
reason ard talk.
Man consists of a body, a mind and
a soul, and on each of these planes
he is smenanle to the hypnotic sug-
g%estion. If mis- bodily ills can be made
to yield to suggestion, and science has
proof that it can, why not the mind
and the soul? The latter is the vital.
the immortal part of us that we must
mainly look to for the eradication OF
the evil tendencies and the awaken
ing and expansion of the dormar
virtues.
in the soul of every one, even the
'o-cailed most depraved and crimina.
there is same latent good, and 1t re
qdires only the right sort of sugges
ton to call it into play, just as II
needs the steel to strike a spark from
TIE flint.
Il know of many boys that have
been cured of evil habits and way!
through hypnotism. Cigarette smoK
ing has been overcome in this city
So Das a tendency to drink and chew
and lie, and if mothers, while thei'
children were yet quite young, saw
the evil in their little ones, and sOugh
to correct it, the children would b.
saved much. and the world woulC
gradually grow better and better"