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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-10
OXFORD DEGREE
FOR DR.. BUTLER

LONDON, July 10.-With interest
ing ceremony and in the presence
of a distinguished gathering oxford
university, at its annual convocation
today conferred the degree of doctor
of letters on Nicholas Murray But
Ter, president of Columbia university
New York DR.. Butler was present
and made a felicitous response to
the address comforting the honor or
hin
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-10

tain q decree of divorce dissolving
the bonds of matrimony between
plaintiff and defendant on the
grounds of desertion and non-Support
d. r. GLASGOW,
Attorney for Plaintiff
Address, room SO Jameson block,
Spokane, Wash.
June s, 1905.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-10

A. r. Bass of Morgantown, Ind,
had to get up 10 or IL times in the
night, and had a severe backache
and pains in the kidneys. Was cured
by Foley's Kidney Cure. Sold by
Chas. McNab, 402 Riverside avenue
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27
Eikins Predicts l.egislatd~n.

New YORK, Sept. Ex-senator Ste.
phen B. Elkins Of West Virginia is in
New York and has been in conference
with railroad and business men re.
garding railroad aud tariff iegisla-
ton to be considered by congress in
She coming session. As chairman of
the senate committee on interstate com.
merce, Mr.. Elkins will have charge of
all railroad legislation in the senate.
He predicts that a regulation bill will
pass this winter, but feels that a pro.
longed and bitter fight will ensue when
the subject Of tariff revision is con-
sidered. The senator said.
"Thc committee of which ] am chair
man and which will frame a measure
this winter, is prepared for its work,
and will meet two weeks in advance Of
the regular session, for the purpose OF
preparing a bill. Every member of
the committee knows exactly where he
stands on this question, and | think
that by December | We will have a bill
ready for Introduction. l regard de.
cislve action this session as beyond
question.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27
Brief and Pertinent.

Chicago Journal: The problem of
what to do with our ex-presidents will
become Q serious one when Mr.. Roose.
welt retires at the age of 50.
Minneapolis Journal: Cradles are
now being rocked by little electric bat.
t~eries. Years ago mothers slipper
used to feel as though it were run by
electricity.
Chicago News: When a girl tells q
young man that she doesn't eat any
more than a bird he should remember
before inviting her to lunch that an
ostrich is a bird.
New York Tri bune: A Nova SEQ.
tian paper says Canada has enough
land to give each inhabitant 400 acres.
We may add that che could throw in
enough ice to last till the millennium.
Globe.Democrat Presidents of in.
surance companies receive double the
amount Of salary paid to President
Roosevelt. Besides, President Roose.
welt does something to earn the money .
Kansas City Journal: Suppose
Marshall Field does pay taxes on
SAC, 0O0, 900 worth of property, ''with-
out q murmur,' what of it? There are
hundreds Of men right here in Kansas
City who would gladly pay taxes on
twice that amount.
Washington Star. A New York
young man lost his balance while
lighting q cigarette, fell out OF a boat
and was drowned. The Anti.1obaccO
league will blame the cigarette, but
Kentucky will insist that the fault lies
entirely with the water.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27
Plans For Panama Canal.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-The board
OF consulting engineers of the Isthmian
Canal Commission today devoted its
time to hearing an explanation of the
plans for a canal which Mr.. Buneau
Narilla and Linden w. Bates. re-
spectively, have formulated. Mr..
Narilla was engaged on the canal
work as an engineer under the French
regime. Mr.. Bates is an engineer of
New York.
Mr.. Varilla told the board that un-
der his proposed method, a canal
could be built and put into operation
within five years. 1t could be deepened
to a sea level canal within I've years
more. The novel feature of his plan
Is to construct the locks from . founda a.
ton below sea level. The highest lock
on the canal as finished first would be
l3O feet above sea level depth. The
work of dredging the canal could be
continued without interruption of its
operation for commerce.
The same locks could be utilized at
every depth until a sea level was
reached, when the locks. could be
taken out. This is regarded rather
Is a method of treatment than actual
plan, as Mr.. Buneau Varilla submit
ted no proposition as to the location
OF dams Or other suggestions regard.
ing the engineering feat.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27
Governor ROaStS Auditor.

HAMILTON, Ind. Sept. l9.-ln an
address at the reunion of the Thirtieth
Indiana regiment. Governor Hanley,
the principal speaker. made public
his reasons for his action in the case
Of David L. Sherrick. ex auditor Of
the state.
Facts and figures were used to show
what became Of the money belonging
to the state that was lost by David
+. Sherrick, auditor of state and COM
mon gambler" The governor charged
that slo,ooO Of the states money went
by check into the hands of the gentle.
man who was then operating the Cas-.
mo at French Lick. The governor
then enumerated a list of what he calls
"wiid-eat securities, aggregating a
face value of $4,000, into which the
state : money went Following this.
he charged that Sherriek'> continued
absence from the sessions of the state
board OF tax commissioners twas OK.
casloned by drinking bouts aud mid.
night ~carousals around the gambling
table. from which he could not ecover
IN time 10 meet with the commission"
he charged that Sherrick. at the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27
LOANED INSURANCE Firms
New York Authorities May Prosecute of.
ficials implicated In the Deal

NEW YORK, Sept. l9.-That the
Equitable Life Assurance society paid
out s2ls.264 to the Mercantile Trust
company in connection with certain
loans known as the "Turuer loans,''
and that these payments we're without
authority so far as the records of the
society disclose, became known today
when Paul Morton. president, made
public a report on the subject submit.
ted by him to the %society's directors.
These transactions occurred in what
Mr.. Morton refers to as the Turner
loans" This loan, Mr.. Morton's re-
port sets forth, was carried in 1894 by
the Western National bank, which
was controlled by the Equitable Life
Assurance society.
The collateral for the loans was oh.
jected to by a bank examiner and
Henry B. Hyde then agreed to trans
fer the loan and coll ateral to the Mer.
Trust company. AT that time
apparently the loans amounted to
S66l, 49l. George V. Turner, in whose
name the loans stood, was q secretary
to Louis Fitzgerald, then president of
the Mercantile Trust company and a
business associate OF Henry B.
State Attorney General Mayer ar
here today intending to inter.
view members of the legislative insur-
ance Investigating committee and its
regarding the political cam.
paign contributions made by the life
insurance companies. 1t was reported
.oday that the attorney general had
oeen told money SO paid out would be
'estored to the insurance companies,
)ut that this would not necessarily
him from taking any action he
night think proper.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27
the MILK RIVER PROJECT.

A new method OF reaching a settle
ment Of the water right problem in
the Milk river valley was suggested
by Senator Carter in a speech de-
livered at Harlem last week. After
describing the general plans of the
Milk river project, he is reported by
the Harlem News to have made these
remarks:
1t is felt that owing to q large
number of existing claimants to the
water along the stream that the an.
cient claimants will insist upon TAX.
ing from the stream not only the NOT.
NAL flow but any water the govern.
ment may place therein without pay
ment for water rights. In other words,
the government may use the channel
OF the stream rs a canal to conduct in
part the water from St. Mary's lake
to the farm holdings of those who
subscribe for the water, and assur.
ances must be given in some form that
prior appropriations will neither dis.
turb o claim the water belonging to
the United States while in transit from
st. Mary's lake to the place Of use.
The officers of the government very
properly suggest that it is important
to begin with, that the amounts of eX.
listing claims to the waters of Milk
river be j%udicially a%scertaiued. This
step is important, Of course, and the
suggestion of the officers of the gov
ernment should be promptly acted
upon, but it is apparent to me that
the ascertainment of the extent Of the
water rights will not secure to the
government exemption from interior.
encc with the government rights 10y
the persons named in the courts de.
cree, because the government will not
be a party to the proceeding.
Attached to this suggestion Of ad.
Publication of water rights is the eie.
ment of delay. There will be at leas,
two hundred and fifty parties to the
suit and it is reasonably safe to as.
sumo that some Of these parties will
be dissatisfied with any judgment 0,
decree and will consequently appeal
to the supreme court. 1t may be that
many appeals will be taken. 1t is no,
at all improbable that five years will
baconsumed in reaching a final ad.
Indication.
Under these circumstances, it is
clear that the interests of the gov.
eminent and the interests of the resi-.
dents of the Milk river valley call for
speedy construction Of the canal di.
verting the 81. Mary's river into the
channel OF Milk river. 1t is distress.
ing to contemplate a wait Of five years
or any considerable portion Of tina,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27
Reports On Federal Army.

WASHINGTON, Sept. l9.-According
to Major General Corbin, command.
ing the Philippine division, there ave
now 1880 troops in the Philippines.
including 5,lSl native scouts, and
General Corbin recommends there be
no reduction of this force. He says
the conditions As to peace in the
islands are better than at any time
since the American occupation with
the exception of Samar. \. reduction
in expenditure amounting to 81, 5UO,-
600 is reported as having been &C.
complished during the administration
of General Corbiu.
General Lee, commanding the de-
partment of Texas, in his report,
recommends Il compulsory retirement
law similar to that of the navy and
marine corps. General Lee is posi-.
lively in favor Of the re.establishmcut
of the army cantecn.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27

period pending the ascertainmeut O
the extent of existing water rights
Even after the adjudication shall hav,
been completed as between the farmers
and water claimants along the river,
the government must still enter into
contract relations with each of the
claimants for the purpose of securing
to the government immunity from in.
reference with the flow of such water
in the stream as the government NAV
add to the normal flow of the river.
Why not make that contract now:
Let each person having any claim to
the water of Milk river sign a contract
agreeing to accept the measurement
of the government engineers as to the
amounts OF water added to the stream
by the St. Mary's canal or held in
check by reservoirs constructed along
Milk river, and also agreeing that
such water may flow unhindered
through the channel of the stream.
Such a contract signed by a water
owner or claimant could in no sense
impair his water right, and at the
same time the contract would as effect.
lively protect the government as could
any court decree. Indeed, such a
contract will be a necessary supple.
ment to the court decree when entered.
1t would not at any time be difficult
to measure the amount Of water turned
into Milk river through the St. Mary's
canal. Then with due allowance for
the government would be
protected and no settler would be in.
jured by allowing the purchasers of
government water rights to take out
amount of water which the govern.
had put in, and when the stream
got down to that amount it would be.
to all others than government pa.
'rons. treated as a dry stream. These
it seems to me, could be ex.
scuted during the coming winter and
'hus construction could proceed with
'afety to the government and profit to |
he people the coming spring. Should
be deferred until the final
determination of all the water rights
~ the river BY decree of court, no one
IAN predict when construction will
commence.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27

BILLINGS, Sept. 2O.-A telegram was
received by Charles Spear here today.
stating that the contract for the con-
struction of the Corbett tunnel. IA part
of the Cody irrigation project. has
been awarded to him by Secretary
Hitchcock. Mr.. Spears bid was
1894 1925. The next bid being S3e9, $40.
that of j. G. White X Co., New York.
The tunnel will be over three miles in
length, the contract being one of the
largest ever let in the west.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27
New York Plans Big Fair.

NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-Active work
is going on in this city looking to.
ward a permanent worlds fair to be
opened in 1909 in celebration of the
tricentenial anniversary of the discov-
cry of the Hudson river. Offices have
been opened in Manhattan and Peeks.
kill for the promotion of the enter.
prise and options have been obtained
on a large tract of land at Verplanck's
point, on the east bank OF the Hudson,
Peekskill, where it is proposed to
locate the exposition.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27
London Wool Sales.

LONDON, Sept. ia large number
of buyers attended the opening Of the
fourth series Of wool auction Gales to-
day. The offerings numbered 9,4OO
bales, chiefly cross-breds. The de.
mand was active throughout, with
home buyers taking the bulk Of the
wool sold. A small supply of meri.
nos was in good demand. A few lots
of superior combings we're bought for
America at full rates.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27
BOTH FARM AND MINE ARE GOOD.

During a recent visit to Butte tn
:, governor of North Dakota was pleased
to qualify his appreci alton of the min
eral wealth and development of thi,
region with a prediction that agricul
tural development of Montana woulc
dwarf the mineral wealth of the state
In the estimation of its citizens, says
the Butte Inter-M Mountain. No one
among mine owners and operators viii,
care to hope that our distinguished
guest was a false prophet, because
wealth in any form and in quantity to
dwarf the mine production of Montana
will be a mighty fine thing to have
among the Jul of q state.
But the man with the pillow, spade
q hoe will have to dig somewhat
strenuously before he will eclipse the
product of the man with the pick and
shovel in Montana, granting ccuracy
to the estimates in the figures upon
which Governor Searles based his
prediction. We assume that these
were taken from a recent summary
published by the Minneapolis Jour-
nal as an estimate of the total value
OF all field crops for the year 1905 in
the three states of Minnesota North
and South Dakota. This exhibit
placed the aggregate returns from the
soil of those states at 1922, 923, Oil.
Worth the harvesting, surely. Three
states, mind you, and including the
territory properly described as the
granary of the world. From one
square mile in almost boundless Mon.
tana the copper product value for this
year of grace will approximate s5O,-
600, OOO, which is an amount larger
than the average value of the wheat
crop for the three states mentioned
above. BY the time the gold and sill
yer and coal, the livestock and wool
are included in the product
of wealth in Montana, the visitor
would have something to explain to
him why the majority of the people
here are not spending their leisure
time in locating agents of agricultural
implements. And If he would take
into account the returns from those
comparatively small portions of the
state in which crops have been raised,
ne would realize why citizens of the
older and exclusively agricultural
are beginning to come this way,
where the great diversity of resources
offers at once the opportunity for the
iarmer and the best of home market
nearly everything which can be
'aised.
The simple truth is that Montana is
lot much further advanced in develop
nent of her mineral resources than in
Ter agricultural wealth in proportion
% the ground to be covered, or rather
uncovered. BY the time the state is
old as her reasonably proud neigh.
1ors to the east she is likely to be
icher In material wealth than all three
i them.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27

BUTTE. Sept. 20.-.Archibald Gray,
assistant general freight and passeu-
ger agent Of the Great Northern rail-
road, with headquarters in Butte, last
night received a telegram from the
general offices of the road in ST. Paul
informing him of his appointment as
traffic manager of the Wilmar \ Sioux
Falls railroad, Il terminal line Of the
Great Northern, with general offices
III Sioux City. Iowa. Mr.. Gray will
succeed Fred. Rogers and will assume
the duties Of his new position October
LIST. AS yet Mr.. Gray has received
no inkling as to who will succeed TO
the position OF assistant general
freight and passenger agent which he
is leaving.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27

time the Monon railroad came up for
assessment, urged that the assessment
be allowed to remain at S1S, 900, be.
cause, in that case, q friend of his, to
whom he was under great obligation
personally, could get permanent en-
ployment with the company, If the as.
sessment could be kept at SIS, 00O.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27

This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and tho
most liberal treatment consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct on all principal American and
European cities, and issues Its own
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. The
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27

Parties wishing 70 purchase live
stock will tind >ome attractive Offer
ings in our advertising columns.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-01
NEW YORK FASHIONS

with tulle ends, or streamers, Of inch
wide black velvet ribbon.
A London visitor at one Of the ia.
nous English racecourses this spring
gives these generalities of the cos
tunes. "Muslins, printed with the
faintest of colored bouquets; taffetas,
shaded and lowered, used in Louis XIV
jackets over white gauze skirts; Irish
lace boleros over white linens; voilcs
in the palest Of mauves and blues and
white embroidered lawns made the
scene a paradise for femininity.
Little chemisettes are more worn
than fuckers, which are counted quite
passe by the ultras Of fashionable cir.
cles, in the decolletages Of evening
gowns. 1t is a quaint Romney touch
To be quite la mode one must
have, now, set Of hat pins that be-
long together give is the accepted
number), in place of the hodge-podge
of pins that has been used so long.
When it comes to question of lace
coats, description fails. They must be
seen to be appreciated. Among the
handsomest and most fashionable are
other material deliberately trimmed in
crochet; but, heretical though the ut.
terance be, the coats of finer lace or
those composed almost wholly Of Irish
Irish crichet are in line and grace far
ahead of all Irish lace models.
Chantilly, both in cream and in
black, has undergone a renaissance this
season and many Of the loveliest lace
coats are in this lace, fine all-over de.
sign being trimmed with bolder lace in
sertion, medallions, etc. Sometimes
motifs Of heavy lace are included in
the trimming, and bands of velvet OF
satin ribbon often are used. The black
chantilly over white is popular and
number Of French coats worthy Of ad-
miration are in black chantilly made
up over lowered chiffon. The chiffon
is in either a white or black ground,
with a flower design Of delicate tints,
and is usually accordion plated in the
loose coats, while the lace falls over
il in full folds but without plating.
The bathing suit is an essential part
of the summer outfit, and women noted
for their smart dressing pay close heed
to the correctness Of it's lines and fin.
ish. The skirts Of the smartest bath
ing suits are full and devoid Of trim.
ming. The waist is also full, but there
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-01
The responsibility Of Express
Companies.

That the express companies are com
mon carriers is no longer an open ques
tion. Their relation to the public has
been many times judicially established.
Congress has recognized their character
by including them in Legislation affect
ing common carriers, engaged in in
terstate commerce, in such acts, for
example, as that prohibiting the trans
portation Of obscene literature, and
that for expediting the delivery Of i'm.
ported parcels. Upon this common car
rier the public relies for the perform.
ance of q particular service. The ship
pers have no dealings with railway
companies; in case of loss or damage
to property in transit, they look for
relief to the express company; and this
agency enjoys an immunity from in,
reference all tho more extraordinary
when contrasted with the policy of gov
ernment toward the railways upon
which express companies operate. In
return for their franchises, the rail-
ways are subjected to control both as
to the reasonableness and the equality
Of their rates; they are required to
make reports which throw the business
open in large part to the inspection of
the public. Tho express companies,
likewise common carriers engaged in
interstate commerce, secure by con-
with railway companies all the privi-
leges which railways enjoy, but be-
cause Of slight variation in the char
acter Of their business are exempt from
that control to which railways submit
in return for advantages secured.-
Frank Haigh Dixon, in the July At
lantic.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-01
CHILDREN CRY FOR
FLETCHER's CAsToRIA.
Corporations Must Be Controlled.


United States Senator Charles w.
Fulton, to whom was accorded the
place preceding the guest Of honor,
whom he introduced, at the Cotton din
ner given at the American Inn in
Portland last evening, took occasion to
refer to the fact that It seemed rather
extraordinary that in this day, when
so much is being said anent the reg
ulation and control OF corporations,
that a distinguished official Of one of
the largest Of these companies should
be selected for appointment, but do.
elared that no dscordant note had
been heard, because the public reposed
the most absolute confidence in the
sterling integrity and unimpeaehable
character Of Judge Cotton, whom the
senator declared that he believes will
In time be justified by elevation 20 the
highest tribunal Of the land. Senator
Fulton took occasion 70 proclaim in
positive terms his conviction that the
time has come whom transportation
systems of the country must be con
trolled under government supervision,
and that the sO-called private-car com
panies must be regulated or abolished.
Astoria Budget.