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The Adair County news., 1905-12-06
The improvement made in


equiping country newspaper Of
kfices within the last quarter Of
lcentury has had a telling effect,
not alone on the publications, but
Ibn the country towns as well. 1t
is within the-recolection of men,
not yet beyond middle age, when
a cylinder press was rarely ever
found in a country office, the
old Washington hand-press being
in common use. Now the major
ity of country offices have cylin-
der presses and up-to-date ma
chinery, and many of them are
putting in type setting machines
and other conveniences, import
ant both to newspaper and job
work. The improvement may be
the result of public pressure to
some extent, it may be that me-
J tropolitan journals have forced
better equipments in the country
office by becoming more and more
competitive in the rural districts,
but regardless of these incentives
we believe that the main cause
is due to the character of men
who are taking up the work more
than all others combined. Within
the last eight years, the short time
in which we have been engaged
in the work, quite a change in
the many exchanges that come
to our desk is noticeable. In some
The Adair County news., 1905-12-06

tract of land near Wilson's Mill
on Russell creek to C.. R. Payne,
for $575. Mr.. Price bought from
the Conover heirs, 10 acres on
Pettis fork, for $11OO.
R, E. Tandy & Son bought of
Charlie Hereford, 9hogs at So. r.:
L. M. Sanders, 9 hogs at $500:
Sam Wheat, 10 hogs at $500: 10
Williams, 5 hogs at 1915: O. l..
Mckinley, 6 hogs at $685.: DIR.
j. I. Jones, 8 hogs at $3.50: w.
c. Smith, II hogs at 1896: Pc
nick Smith, II hogs at 1895 Ar
thur Taylor, 3 hogs at So. 90: Mil
ton Powell, one cow $22: Uriah
Selby, two head of cattle $27.5O:
Press Miller, two head of cattle
$24: Ruel Stone, two head of cat
tie, $40: Gwinn Bradshaw, Fl
sheep $3.50.
The Adair County news., 1905-12-06

Hon. John Sharp Williams, of
Missippi, was unanimously NOM
mated by the Democrats as speak
er of the House. Mr.. Williams
delivered an address, making an
earnest plea for harmony. The
Republicans nominated Speaker
Cannon.
The Adair County news., 1905-12-06

United States Senator Burton,
of Kansas, received his sentence
of six months in a Missouri Jail
and fine of $500 as penalty
for crooked work as attorney for
the Rialto Grain & Securities
Company of St. Louis, before the
Post Office Department to pre-
vent the issuance of a fraud or
der. He takes an appeal.
The Adair County news., 1905-12-06
Land, Stock and Crops

]. P. Cundiff sold, last Monday,
a bay gelding to Allen Walker,
for $130.
N. M. Tut sold Robt. English
one town lot, for $3.50. He also
sold Nat Waggener, three lots,
price private.
900 ~
Mr.. A. D. Pedigo, of Glasgow,
bought four mules from Massie &
Co., last Monday for $500, a
horse from Owen Tupman for
500 and a mare from Clau1
Hatcher, for 500.
900
R. H. Price sold his 80 acre
The Adair County news., 1905-12-06

Congress is now in session but
the Presidents Message has not
yet reached Columbia. 1t is our
Fopinion that he will outline Con-
gressional action and point out
specific duties so clearly as to
ruffle the stand-patters to some
extent, if not openly incur their
ill will. In other words, we ex-
pect his message to deal openly
and forcefully with graft, greed
and unjust tariffs.
The Adair County news., 1905-12-06

State Insurance Commissioner
Vandiver, of Missouri, has filed
his reply against the New York
Life Insurance Company. He Sc
verely attacks President Mccall
claiming that the company has
lost 100000 in bad invest
mentS.
The Adair County news., 1905-12-06
was expected.

We have been having some nice
weather and farmers are through
gathering corn.
There is but little fall blowing
done in this part.
Sam Tarter & sons are building
a new store house.
A. D. Dunbar is travelling for
a tobacco house.
Jas. H. Smith and wife visited
Margaret Smith Saturday night
and Sunday.
The Adair County news., 1905-12-06

progress may rest assured that
the country newspaper needs
him, that the people will appre-
ciate him and give measure of
good for good.
The Adair County news., 1905-12-06

The Amendments to the conStl-
tuition, going back to the viva vo-
ce way of voting, was defeated
on the official count 1881 votes.
The Adair County news., 1905-12-06

Official returns from 100 Of the
119 counties show a Democratic
majority of 37,083.
The Adair County news., 1905-12-06

DSCKTER.
AS this is a rainy day, will en-
deavor to pen a few items.
Wheat is not looking as well as
The independent., 1905-08-24

railroads in favor of two Chicago
houses whereby they were able to
get all the grain shipped from Omaha.
According to local dealer who
was compelled to ship to these
firms, Harris, Scotten & Co. and
Rosenbaum & Co., they were allowed
elevator charges of or 8 cents,
while other companies were given a
cent or two less.
This was not noticed until about
two weeks ago. Then the two firms
began to bid above their competitors
and get all the grain. Other firms
declared that they could not think
Of paying the price offered by Har-
ris Scotch & Co. and Rosenbaum &
Co. Omaha dealers naturally went
where they could get the best price
and most of the grain which has been
sold to Chicago in the last two weeks
has gone to these firms Since the
cut in rates, which means that the
railroads have eliminated altogether
the payment of elevator charges to
grain companies, all the Chicago
firms have been bidding alike. A
local dealer remarked that it was
owing to the kicks of the Omaha
trade on this condition of affairs that
the rate reduction was brought about.
The independent., 1905-08-24
ABANDONED

Patient and gray the old house stands
AS one who waits with folded hands
For tidings from far distant lands,
But waits for death as well.
Syringa pure and woodbine true
Whisper: BE comforted. With you
We wait-through sunshine, dusk and
dew.
For what, we cannot tell"
Vacant the window, closed the door,
Like downcast eyes, that watch no
more,
Though the heart waits, when hope is
DER,
And naught can come of it.
There is no mystery, no dread,
No whispered stories OF the dead,
Nothing of terror, but instead,
A sadness infinite.
Angels of Life and Death have crossed
These portals in the days long lost,
And joy and fear and holy trust
Have borne them company.
Idle and curious, stray not here!
No strangers smile, no aliens tear,
Shall mar the place we hold SO dear
In chastened memory.
Barber Knapp, in Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The independent., 1905-08-24

judging and sale of live stock; on
two sides of the interior are elevated
seats, the seating capacity being about
1900 beneath the elevated seats; with
openings on the outer sides Of the
building, are booths for the sale Of
refreshments of various kinds.
This pavilion, the largest and most
expensive building on the fair grounds
is located in a most commanding posi-
The independent., 1905-08-24

tion south of Merchants hall, where
it can be seen and enjoyed by thou
sands of people who daily pass the
grounds over the Burlington, North
wester and Rock Island railroads; It
costs $4,000 which sum was provided
for by special act of the last legis-
lature, the bill for same being intro
duced by Hon. VIM. Ernest Of John
son county.
The independent., 1905-08-24
The Should Make a Good Run

The contest for the city clerk of
New Albany, Ind, this fall will be
one-legged mans race, for all the can
didates announced for the Office have
only three legs between them. 1t is
not likely that an able-bodied man will
be found to complete, as it is expected
that sympathy will cut big figure In
The independent., 1905-08-24

the primary City Clerk Eugene
Brisbie, who will have no opposition
for the democratic nomination, lost
his leg under an engine fifteen years
ago. John c. Short and l.. G. La
Point are the only candidates for the
republican primary. Short lost his leg
under train at Upton and La Points
leg was cut of under an engine on
the Southern railway four years ago.
The independent., 1905-08-24
LIVE STOCK PAVILION

The dimensions of this building are
95 by 10 feet height; of sidewalks 19
feet; the foundation is of cement
blocks five feet in heighs the remand
er of the outer wall, Is feet of brick
faced with pressed brick. In the cen
ter of the interior is an arena so by
110 feet to be used for exhibition,
The independent., 1905-08-24
CHARGE OF PERJURY.
FLORIDA STATE OFFICIAL At
TAckS WALKER D. HINES
Accuses President of Louisville &
Nashville of Placing Different valu-
ations on company's Property to
Meet Different Emergencies

Deadwood, S. D., Aug 17.-'Liar'
and "perjurer" were the epithets
hurled at Walker d. Hines, first vice
president of the Louisville & Nash
vile railroad at today's session OF
the National Railway association.
The charges OF lying and perjury
were made by r. Hudson Burr, mem
ber of the Florida board of railroad
commissioners.
Commissioner Burr in an address to
the convention offered proof of his
assertion that Hines is liar and a
perjurer. He said:
Hines made a sworn statement OF
the valuation of the property Of the
Louisville & Nashville railroad to the
controller of the state of Florida, for
the purpose of taxation, for the
year ending June 80, 1902.
Swears to Different Figures
Later Hines made another sworn
statement to the commissioners OF
Florida on the value of the property
of the Louisville & Nashville for the
same year for rate-making purposes
and which was much greater.
Still later Hines made third
sworn statement of the value of the
property of the Louisville & Nash
vile for the same year when apply
ing for a temporary injunction in the
United States district court to en-
join the commissioner from enforcing
a reduction in passenger rates, which
was double the statement made to
the Florida commissioners or to the
controllers"
Commissioner Burr asked the ma
tional railway commissioners to not
give any credence to statements made
by Hines before the committees of
congress. Benjamin F. Chadbourne,
railroad commissioner of Maine, made
heated reply to the charges.
vagaries Of Railway Taxation
The charges brought against
Walker D. Hines led to a general
discussion of the questions of rail-
way taxation in various states which
aroused the greatest interest thus far
manifested. Charles T. Staples of
Minnesota presented a report which
showed that the valuation per mile |
of railroad on which taxes are levied |
varies in different states from $94 in |
South Dakota to $1,366 in Massachu-
setts, and that there are over half a |
dozen methods at arriving at basis |
of taxation in the various states.
Uniform Taxation Favored
Delegate Robinson of Kansas called |
attention to the fact that such rail- |
roads as the Illinois Central and the |
Santa Fe raod had special reserva-
tions in their charters which pre-
vented taxation the same as other
railroads.
The convention decided that uniform I
taxation of railways in all states was
SO important that the matter should
be handed over to the committee on
taxes for the ensuing year
with instructions to report such a
uniform plan.
The next meeting of the railway
will be held at Wash
ington, D. c., February 21. 1906.
ONE CAUSE OF GRAIN RATE WAR
The independent., 1905-08-24
ONE CAUSE OF GRAIN RATE WAR
Railroads Said to Have Played Into
Hands of CHICAGO BUYERS

Omaha, Neb., Aug 23.-Discussion
Of the recent cut in grain rates from
the Missouri river to Chicago brings
to light the fact that there has re-
Gently been discrimination by the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
Postal Grafters In Jail.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-August W..
Machen, formerly general superin-
tendent of the free delivery postal
service, and Diller B. Croft of this
city, both under sentence,of two years.
Imprisonment and $4,000 fine for
postal conspiracy, today surrendered
themselves to the United States mar.
shall and we're placed in a cell room
of the city hall. Samuel A. Croft,
whose counsel sought to have his re.
moval to the penitentiary deferred be.
cause of illness, was ordered brought
into court and later was placed in the
cell room with the others.
DR.. George Lorenz, convicted with
Machen and the Groffs, is reported
seriously i'll at Toledo today. He
will be SEM to the ~penitentiary as
soon as he is able to make the jour-
new.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
Can Fix POstmastcrs' Salaries.

WASHINGTON, Feb. THE post
master general is empowered not only
to fix the salary 'of a postmaster, on
a basis of the gross receipts of the
postofice, as provided by law, but to
go behind the receipts to determine
whether they were obtained properly,
according to a decision rendered by
Comptroller of the Treasury Trace.
we'll. The opinion affects many post
masters charged with padding receipts
to raise their salaries, by soliciting
or having their friends solicit bust.
ness for their postoffces that belongs
to the limits of neighboring offices.
The comptroller holds that even if
the postmaster himself is not a party
TO the solicitation of business from
outside his jurisdiction and if that so.
licitation is done by friendly citizens
of his town, the postmaster general
has the right to investigate the method
Of obtaining the receipts in fixing the
salary of the postmaster.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
Routed BY Nevada Women.

RENO, New. Feb. s.-George w.
Haight, q resident of San Francisco,
has been driven from Gold6eld by two
women. Haight went to the gold camp
q few days ago and located on the
property of the two women. They de.
manded their rights, Haight demur-
ring and the result was q horsewhip.
ing. The women used buggy whips,
and Haight, after being driven from
the premises, surrendered all claim to
the property and was forced to leave
town.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15

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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
Charges Against Senator Warren.

CHEYENNE. Wyo., Feb. S.-A con.
current resolution was introduced in
the state senate today by Senator
Keister, democrat, relating umo of
six charges against United States
Senator Francis +. Warren and de-
handing a triple investigation by the
state Legislature of Wyoming, by the
senate of the United States and by
President Roosevelt. The resolution
was promptly tabled by a vote of IS
to 5. Senator Sullivan was the only
republican who voted against tabling
the resolution. The charges include
the following:
That Senator Warren leased a
building to the government, to be
used as a postoffice, while a United
States senator.
That Senator Warren has, ia vic.
lation of the federal statutes, fenced
in a vast area of government land.
That Charles NJ. Smith, brother.in-
law of Senator Warren, was kept on
the senate pay roll at Washington as
a clerk of the committee on claims
Senator Warren, chairman !, at a
salary Of 1920 a year, while, in fact,
he never served in such capacity in
Washington, but stayed in Cheyenne
all the time, turning his salary over
to Senator Warren.
That Hiram Sapp similarly col.
lected 81, 44O from the government, as
assistant clerk, and turned the money
over to the senator, the while remain
ing in Cheyenne.
That Fred E. Warren, SOD and
namesake of the senator. is drawing
pay as an assistant clerk OF the com
mittee on claims, although being alb
sent from Washington and a studen,
at Harvard university.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
Advises Citizens To Arm.

PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. 6.-With the
Lewis and Clarke Centennial EXPOSE.
ton but q few months ahead, the city
OF Portland Is becoming the haven of
q gang of crooks, ~highwaymen and
undesirables. Holdups, robberies Of
all kinds and other petty crimes are
becoming frequent, and there is alarm
among the law.abiding.
Chief of Police Hunt, fully aware of
the situation and of his inability to
cope with it on account Of the limited
police force maintained by the city,
openly advises citizens to arm them
selves, and to fortify their homes.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
DEMOCRATS CLAIM CREDIT.
Alleged That Regulation Of Railroad
Rates Is Democratic Policy.

WASHINGTON. Feb. S.--The house
today again met at an hour earlier
than usual, the subject of the regula.
ton of freight IT still being under
consideration to the exclusion of all
other business. Today's discussion
was opened by Mr.. Thayer Miss. J,
who congratulated the president, the
republican party and the majority of
the committee on interstate and for
eign commerce for adopting what he
declared to be a pure democratic
measure. After characterizing the
Hepburn bill as being also a demo.
cratic messure, he charged that it had
been pulled down at the instance of
the president as not meeting with his
appreciation. The Hepburn bill, he
said, no more resembled the Town.
send bill, which represented the posi-.
ton of the administration, than q
iackrabbit does q COW or horse.
Mr.. Esch Wis., who assisted in
framing the Townsend bill, summed
up the arguments for and against that
bill up to the present time. Some, he
said, had regarded 1t as the most i'm
portant legislation since the rebellion,
while others commended it amounted to
nothing. Such extreme views he held
to be indicative of the fact that the
bill was what it was claimed to be-a
compromise.
Mr.. Grosvernor ohio l.ridiculed the
democrats for their claim to credit for
rate legislation. He provoked laugh
ter when he declared that, following
our footsteps, toe.marking our tracks,
camping tonight where W. camped last
night and begging to be taken on
board,i not a new policy or principle
of the democratic party"
Declaring his intention of stand.
ing u~ureservedly by President Roose'
welt on the subject of regulating
freight rates, Mr.. Vanduzer New.
said there had been 10 more courage
Gus action than that of the presiden
since the days of Andrew Jackson, be-
cause the president had taken the lead
far in advance of his party.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
No Modern Home Is Complete
Without a Telephaae.

The greatest labor and time-savinTs
convenience of the age. You can talk
from your telephone to every subscrib-
or in any exchange in Utah, Montana,
Idaho, Wyoming, as we'll as all Pacific
coast points and Colorado and New
Mexico. Short rates for short talks.
Half minute up. The pay begins when
the talk begins.
Rates from $500 UP, for unlimited
local service.
Leave your orders now. The new
Instruments are the very latest i'm.
proved.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
G. In sAW LINES

An autOm0 ollie hcnrse is the latest In
the line of adapting the gasoline motor
to everyday Uses.
A ''black lily" new to science has
been discovered at Nurvn Caceres. in
the Philippines.
A model coal mine. the first Of its
kind in England, is to be included in
the scientific equipment of Birming-
ham university.
The exports Of palm seeds from the
Netherlands amounted to IO,4l2,tOO
pounds, l2.A3S.GDO pounds ana 57,o43.-
500 pounds in 1901. 1902 and 1903 re-
spectively.
The art treasures at Windsor castle
are said to be worth over $50 OOo.ON.
The king has had them rc,rTinge,l, but
has not been able to insure them as
yet owing to their great value.
A bill to prohibit Juvenile cigarette
smoking has passed its second reading
in the South Australian legislature and
will probably become law. The age
below which smoking is prohibited Is
fixed at sixteen years.
In view Of the notorious ~laZiness of
the Russian peasant, writes Il st. Pc
tersburG correspondent, it will be inter
esting to watch the effect of the new
law permitting labor on Sundays and
, festivals.
An association in Manchester, Eng
land, known as the Minnchaha ANA
teur MINISTRIES has made a business for
the past twenty-five years of giving
performances for charity. In that time
It has raised SOIL
An attempt is to he made by the
British var department to raise Il sec
ond battalion of the Irish guards. 1t is
expected to be successful, as the first
battalion now has several companies IN
excess Of the establishment.
Swedish doctors having found mi
mute pieces OF enamel from granite
ware in cases of appendicitis, it is sur
missed that the common use of this
ware may have something to do will
the prevalence of appendicitis.
OF the 1000 white settlers scattered
anon the total population of 100000
in German Southwest Africa not many
more than 1000 are ut present Ger
man. and these are very largely cOm
posed of the military and official Gle
ment.
There is more smoking of pipes done
in cold weather than at any othel
time, and, excluding the vacation sea
son, there are more pipes and smOkin.
tobacco sold during the cold weather
than during the temperate and heated
spells.
Canada is pushing for sales In ia
pan. Consuls are being appointed Will
authority to pay for early statistical
information. Sample rooms will be at
tached to the consulates. japanese
products will be exhibited in CONNER
cial museums in Canada.
For several years the Santa Fe com
pany has been filling in China basin, II
south San Francisco, to make soli'
ground on the bay front there TO
? freight yards. The work is done a
last, having cost the company $3.G35,
600. 1t now owns a fine site of fifty
three acres.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15

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