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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04
A BILLION DOLLAR COVNTpy.
Appropriations By Congress Reviewed by
Rival Politicians.

WASHINGTON. July 2.-Represen.a.
tive Tawney, chairman Of the house
committee on appropriations, has pre-.
pared a detailed statement concerning
the appropriations for the fiscal year
beginning July !, 1907, made oy cor
gress during the session just closed,
in which he claims that the per capita
cost of government in the United
States, including federal and state, is
less than that 10 any European coun-
try. Mr.. Tawney comments as follows
on the volume of the appropriations:
"While the expenditures of our gov.
ernment are constantly increasing ard
while appropriations made therefor by
congress are in the aggre2 ate very
large, yet We stake into considera-
ton the marvellous growth of the coan-
try, the extent to which the people de-
mand that the federal government
shall perform services that should be
paid by the states, and none bu. the
%unthinking or misguided, who do not
stop to consider the care with which
the estimates for appropriations for
the public service are scrutinized by
the committees having jurisdiction of
appropriation bills, a find any rea.
son TO criticise appropriations made
during this session of congress-"
In a statement made for the demo.
cratic minority, Representative Liv-
ingston makes a comparison Of the ex-
penditures provided for by this con-
gress, $3.50, 1S3, 3Ol, with the expendi.
lures of 1898, the first year of Presi-
dent McKinley's ADMINISTRATION, when
the figures were 1928, 735, O79. a differ.
ence Of S351, 44S, 222. Commenting on
this showing, he says:
"This growth OF appropriations sus.
ta;ns the contention that the republic
a party stands for extravaganza in
public expenditures, in order 70 use
that extravaganza as a cloak for their
more Objectionable purpose of main.
tanning a high protective tariff to
favor the trust combinations Of manu-.
facturers of the country.
"a reduction Of expenditures, they
we'll know, would compel a common
surate reduction in taxation. and to
that extent a lowering OF the Chinese
wall of protection that now surrounds
the great body Of consumers, who con
stitute the larger portion OF our popu.
lation and compel tribute from them
to favored classes
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04
ALCOHOL FOR INDUSTRIAL. USE,

According to = writer IN the Scien-
tifc American, alcohol can be pro.
duced at SO low Q cost that its use for
power purposes will soon become gen.
eral throughout the United States.
The law recently enacted by congress
removes the internal revenue tax from
alcohol that has been rendered unfit
for other than industrial use, and it is
predicted that, by reason of It's cheap.
ness, It will successfully compete with
gasoline and other products that are
now used to furnish motive power. In
. review Of the sources from which al.
cohol may be derived, this writer says:
1t is needless to more than refer to
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04
President Compliments Congress.

WASHINGTON, June 3O.-Presideut
Roosevelt, on the adjournment OF con.
gress tonight, dictated a statement
concerning the work accomplished
during the session. He says that the
present congress has done more along
the lines of constructive statesman.
ship than has been accomplished at
any session with which he is familiar.
He says that men of genuine patriot.
ism have q right to feel a profound
satisfaction in the entire course of
this congress-.
The text of the presidents statement
follows: Sin the session that has just
closed the congress has done more
substantial work for good than any
congress at any session since I be.
came familiar with public affairs. The
legislation has been along the line of
real constructive craftsmanship of the
most practical and efficient type, and
bills have been enacted which have
been Of az Importance SO great that it
Is fair to say that the enactment of
any one of them would have made the
session memorable, such, for instance,
rs the railroad rate bill, the meat in.
spect,on measure, the pure food bill,
the bill for free alcohol in the arts,
the consular reform bill. Panama ca
nal legislation. the joint statehood
bill and the naturalization bill.
II certainly have no disposition to
blink at what there is of evil in our
social, industrial or political life OF
today, but it seems to me that the men
Of genuine patriotism who genuinely
wish we'll to their country have the
right to feel a profound satisfaction
in the entire course of this congress.
| would not be afraid to compare it's
record with that Of any previous con-
gress in IL history, not alone for the
wisdom, but for the disinterested high
mindedness which has controlled its
action
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04
t.hicagOans Perish From Heat.

CHICAGO, June %. - Death and
prostration followed the burning rays
OF the sun in Chicago yesterday. 1t
was the hottest day Of the year, the
Thermometer registered ~ degrees in
the United States observ atory and
touching % in the street. No lake
breeze tempered the scorching heat,
and the intense humidity added to the
torture OF the thousands who were
forced to work in the crowded down.
town and factory districts during the
hours when the mercury was at its
highest.
Four persons were fatally stricken
and Ii Others we're hurried to hospit-
ais or their homes in the hope Of sav-
ing their lives.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04

'hls session o. congress includiu.
those carried in he regular appro-
prlatlon accounts, all defcieucie.,
miscellaneous matters and permanent
annual appropri atoms aggregate
$3.50, lS3, 3Ol.
1h!s Is an apparent increase Of $50.
ooo,ooO over the appropriations made
a. the las. session of congress, This
is more than accounted for in the three
following items:
'tor The lsth,n;an canal, S42. AL.
OOO: under the statehood bill, $40, $50.
600: toward the construction of new
buildings authorized at this session,
SlO,32l, 600: making a total of $63. OlS,-
ooo' to which might properly be added
$4,000, COO for San Francisco.
"Other notable increases are 49,.
10000 for inspection of meat pro.
ducts and $40, 600, 900 on account of
the postal service. The total apparent
appropriations made at this session,
$3.50. ISL, 3Ol, do not constitute ia their
entirety a charge against the revenues
OF the government for the next fiscal
year for the reason that there must be
deducted deficiencies that are charge
able to the service of the current wear
and meet expenses already incurred
on 0 thereof, approximating q,
least S35 900, 700. This sum includes
$l6,O 0O. 600 for the isthmiap canal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04
Rehaters Want a New Trial,

KANSAS CITY, July 2.-The final
appeal steps in the United States court
here were perfected today in behalf OF
the sever convicted individuals and
concerns, and the bill of exception was
filed for the Chicago, Burlington g.
Quincy railroad and George L. Thorn.
as, the New York broker. and his
chief clerk, L. B. Taggart. Bills OF
exception had previously been pre-.
sented in the cases of the Armour,
Swift and Cudahy companies.
a part OF the charge referred to q
shipment of packing house products
accepted by the railroad at a 23.ceu,
rate when the tariff on file with the in.
terstate commerce commission was 3.
cents.
The exceptions in the cases of Thorn,
as and Taggart r based principally
upon the assertion that it was MOI
shown that the different Defendant
had been a party to the conspirac,
entered into with George A. Barton
the Kansas City shoe merchant, Il
violate the Elkins act by securing re
bates on shipments from New York
and that no overt act was committed
The indictment charged Thomas an(
Taggart with conspiracy, alleginf
seven overt acts.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04

Justices Of the peace and conetsbles will he
ferent political parties.
Dated II Fort Benton, Montana, this Sd day Of
July, 1906. W. r. LEFT,
County Clerk.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04
COngrcSSmcn Make Melody,

WASHINGTON, June 3O.-The an.
imOsities and political feeling on the
part OF the congressman were totally
forgotten or laid aside in the house,
and the sweet singers among the mem.
bers joined in the songs that were
sung about every hearthstone in the
land where the English language is
spoken.
Gathered about Mr.. Watson of In.
diana, who has a fine baritone voice,
Mr.. Tawney Of Minnesota. who has q
high tenor, Mr.. Campbell of Kansas,
Mr.. Webb Of North Carolina and Mr..
Olmsted Of Pennsylvania. and others
whose musical qualities are well
known, with the house and galleries
to join in the %choruses, the historic
chamber rang with melody.
Everybody Works But Fairbanks
was relegated to the limbo of the song.
that were, and Everybody Works
Bat Cannon" was sung in the hous,
today by some Of the sweet singer.
from the southland, the chorus run
ding:
Everybody works but Cannon,
lie sits around I'll day,
Talking in his office
In HE fascinating way.
He's supposed to be our speaker,
But Hinds really makes things 20:
Everybody works in congress
But good old uncle Joe.'
Asher Kinds is the parliamentariar
adviser at the speakers desk.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04

the raw material from which alcohol
can be produced at such q small ex-
pense that it al be utilized in place
Of refined petroleum and other liquids
TO a greater advantage. AS corn is
one of the principal materials, a brief
reference to the quantity Of spirits
which a be secured from this grain
may be given. Tests which have been
made at distllling plants in Illinois
show thai from one bushel of corn no
less than five gallons Of proof alcohol
can be distilled. This means a liquid
which Is from 80 to 50 per cent pure
o from 1S5 to 1870 degrees proOf-a
stand ard which allows it to be utilized
in nearly every product in which it is
required as an ingredient, and which
shows it to be superior to gasoline
and kerosene as a fue! and as an IL
luminant. Estimating the cost of q
bushel of cor at ~ cents, the entire
expense of a gallon of this alcohol is
but 1O.1 IS cents, for with the modern
equipment of a distilling plant the
cost Of mechanical treatment is ac-
tually less than two cents per gallon.
According to recent statistics com.
piled by the government, crude wood
alcohol costs no less than 10 cents per
gallon to manufacture.
AS low.grade molasses from sugar
cane is another base for the spirit,
reliable data have been obtained as
to the percentage which a given guam.
tity of it will yield. The Cuban dis.
tilleries extract q gallon of alcohol
which is 80 per cent. absolute from
two gallons Of the molasses-molasses
of a quality which is brought to this
country and sold at three cents a gall
Ion. The average expense of manu-
f~acture, based on this price for the
raw material, is less than ten cents.
The difference between the molasses
and corn spirit is that the former has
an odor which is somewhat disagree.
able, but it can be utilized as etfec.
lively as the other for all purposes
except in preparation of liquors and
medicines. The low cost of the mo.
lasses alcohol is of much significance,
as this base is similar to the waste
product obtained in the manufacture
of sugar from beets. Consequently,
it should be- an additional incentive
ia the expansion Of the beet-sugar in
dustry. while an opportunity is offered
to manufacture alcohol especially in
Louisiana and Hawaii.
AS is we'll known, potatoes aud fruit
are two other inexhaustible sources
Of supply in this country. The i'm
portance Of the potato as an alcohol
producer can be appreciated when it
Is known that 20 per cent. of its sub
stance represents alcohol, and that an
acre of potatoes yielding 200 bushels
will supply Eel $50 gallons. AT
present the aggregate American pc.
tatO harvest exceeds 200, 600 900 bush.
els, growing practically In every part
Of the United States. Overripe fruit,
which 10 now largely a waste product
in the various orchard districts, can
be utilized In the same manner.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04
Notice Of Primary Election.

State OF Montana, County of Chouteau, sc.
l, W. X. Leet, county clerk and recorder in
and for the county of ChOuteau, state of Mon
tana, 90 hereby. certify that the following lie a
correct list OF the offices for which candidates
are to be nominated at the primary election n
he held September 4, 1906:
One state senator.
Two representatives.
One county commissioner (six-year term,)
One county commissioner (four-year term.)
One county commissioner two.year term
One sheriff.
One treasurer.
One assessor.
One county attorney.
One clerk and recorder.
One superintendent of schools.
One county surveyor.
One coroner.
One public administrator.
Also all delegates TO the county conventions OF
the several political parties as designated by the
chairman of such organizations and filed with
the county clerk, AZ shown below:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04

Al letters and communications containing MAJ.
ter intended. for publication in this paper sAou1d
be addressed to "The Riter Press ond the name
Of the mriter must be yiSem to insure attention.
Local advertisements WiN be inserted in these
columns at the rate Of ten cents per Anetrom
transient andf re cents per tine. from reguiar ad-
Vertisers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04
Convicted Of Land Frauds.

PORTLAND, Ore, July "A former
United States surveyor general of Ore.
gou, Harry Meldrum. was today de.
MED q new trial by United States Dis.
trict Judge Wolverton and cited to
appear Thursday for sentence. Mel.
drum was convicted for having, while
in Office, forged afidavits for the pur.
pose Of defrauding the government of
public lands. He was convicted on Is
counts, on November II, 1904.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04
T~ightwads Will Feel Cheap.

Some of the tight.wads of this town,
says q Kansas newspaper, will feel
mighty cheap when they are taken to
heaven and from their perch on q
high stool, where they will play on a
golden harp with silver strings, they
can look down and see some other fell
low riding around this town in an
automobile bought with the money
they could not take along with them
to their eternal home.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04
BiG Appropriations isy Congress.

WASHINGTON, June 3O.--Chairman
Tawney. Of the house appropriation
committee, made the following state.
ment Is to the appropriations for the
fiscal year 1907:
1.-THE total appropriations made at
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04

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Bisbee daily review., 1906-10-24

His good record for four years was suf- ficient to insure his renomination by his party without effort on his part. His friends are legion throughout the county and his election should be by a decided majority. Alfred Paul will be voted for by the people of Doug las, his home city, almost regardless of politics. He started life in Cochise county as small boy; first he sold bottles and newspapers in Tombstone during the best days in that camp: then at Bisbee he was water carrier in the mines. Economy, energy, integrity and frugality have been characteristics of his life and it is needless to say that he has been successful. On the board he may be depended upon to in sist upon the same economy which has been characteristic of his private life. In the entire county it would be hard to find a more desirable man for the office of supervisor than Alfred Paul.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-10-24
NO ACCIDENTS IN NATURE. Every Calamity, No Matter How Great
 Has a Definite Reqinninu.

There are no accidents in nature.
 The avalanche that without a mo. ment's warning rushes headlong down the mountain side is not an accident.
 For years previous tiny atoms have been crystalizing, and adding their minute weight to the mass which left it's base when the accumulation reached certain point.
 Neither is badness an accident. The infinitesmaily small germ which is the cause of Dandruff and Badness, feeds silently and long before the result is seen.
 The small germs which thrive on the scalp and which are the cause of Badness and andruff cannot exist, however, when Newbro's Herpicide is applied
 Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c in stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co.,, Detroit, Mich.
 BIseEE DRUG CO, Special Agents.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-10-24

who go forth to fight the democratic party because they cannot control 1t and to fight democratic candidates be cause they failed to secure their choice in a convention can never accomplish anything in fighting the republican enemy; they are clogging the very wheels which they should be greasing, they are putting their individual opin- ion above the combined opinion of the majority. They are lending assist ance to republicans whom they profess to want to see discomfited and defeat ed.
 In the present. campaign in Cochise county we hear of few democrats who are dissatisfied with certain dem ocrats on the ticket, but We hope when the time comes for voting that the democratic ticket will receive the full party vote. as it deserves, There is not an undeserving man on the demo cratic ticket from top to bottom; all are men of competency and honorable character and many of them have ofi- cial records creditable to themselves and Cochise county. No democrat in the county can find just cause for casting his vote for a republican this year; some may be deceived tempo rarily. but if they will take the trouble to investigate we believe they will find that there is not a man on the democratic ticket unworthy of sup, port
 A notoriously disreputable man should not be supported on any ticket, but when the democrats or the repub- licans nominate reputable men these candidates have a right to expect a | full party vote.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-10-24
AN ELEMENT OF
 RRYAN's STRENGTH.

One of the elements which con tribute to the continued popularity of William Jennings Bryan with the peo- ple of this country and especially with the democrats, is his never-failing party loyalty. Tbe exhibition of this loyalty two years ago when he went on the stump and upheld the democratic party organization and candidates which had been selected by men who lad unmercifully knifed him in 1896 a11 1900 was sufficient to prove that .,..s democratic party has few m9re loyal supporters than Mir. Bryan. This action on his part left him in post ton to again assume the front rank in party management and leadership in 1908.
 zs.. Bran oTidclly thinks that the only way to promote reforms in the governmental system Of the Unitcd States is by and through the demo- cratic party and his political wisdom tells him that the only way he can have influence in that party is by obeyance of the commands of that party. In 1900 he gave to Mir. Parker his loyal support. notwithstanding the fact that Parker represented principles which had been bitterly opposed by Bryan in the two previous national campaigns.
 If the democratic party is to remain active, f its principles are to be fought for by an organization and the iniquitous policies of the republican party overthrown in the interest of the people shen democrats must be willing to yield to the majority. Men
Bisbee daily review., 1906-10-24
SOLD HONEY AT GLOBE.
(Phoenix Ente-prise.)

J. Serverin returned from Globe yes terday, where he went with a load of honey, which he sold at that place. He took twelve cases, each weighing i20 pounds. The honey sold at s per or sl0 case. and some of 1t sold at 50 cents a quart. The net proceeds from the honey amounted to s1i7. Severin says Globe is one of the busiest places in the territory. The town is booming, and there Is great acivfty in mining in that region Many buildings are going up and the new courthouse will be completed in a short time. En route to Phoenix, Severin passed through Roosevelt, and ne says that work on the dam Is pro eressing satisfactorily. The wall is now seventeen feet high
Bisbee daily review., 1906-10-24
THE ISSUE IS ClEAR-CUT.

Mark Smith, in his speeches, makes it very plain that the fight for joint statehood will be made over again in the next congress. Mir. Ainsworth follows Mir. Smith and also states that the fight for joint statehood has just commenced. With these two men, the iointure man and the anti-jointure man. agreeing on this point, it would seem as if the people would recog- nize the danger, even if statehood is voted down at the election; but Mir. Cooper, in the face of this danger. deliberately attempts to misiead the voters into believing that this vote will settle the matter. and that he ought to be elected to congress be- cause he is friend of President Roosevelt.
 The very fact that he admits that he is friend of the administration should cause his defeat by an over whelming majority. If he is a friend of the administration, he is not a friend of Arizona, because the presi- dent is the most bitter enemy, ex- cepting Beveridge, of Arizona in the United States, and it would not be long before MT. Cooper would be fol- lowing the president into the jointure camp.
 Cooper is not a stronger man than Tawney or Andrews, and both of these men laid down under the pres sure of the president.
 But, returning to the question of whether or not this vote will be de- cisive end to the joint statehood prop osition, it should be remembered that two years ago Fowler campaigned Arizona, and the statement was then made that there was no danger of Arizona ever being joined with New Mexico; but if the people would elect Fowler he could get them single state hood. That this statement was ridic- ulous is evidenced by the desperate efforts the administrator made to force this merger; that the statement that Cooper could prevent the merger in case the administration sought to again bring up the bill is equally pre- posterous. He would lose every dem ocratic vote in the senate. This statement is not mere gabble-it is unquestionably true A republican delegate need not expect anything at the hands Of democratic senators. and he you'd be buffeted around until he would get lost by the friends of the administration
 It looks as if the administration would have the decency to let up after this vote Is cast; but Roosevelt is man who never lets up. and he seems to care very little about overriding the wishes of the people. Mark Smith. who has made the fight in Washing ton, knows this, and if the people of Arizona are wise they will not make the fatal mistake of electing Cooper.
 If you want to vote for friend of the administration, vote for Aims worth: if you are patriotic and want to preserve the autonomy of Arizona, vote for Mark Smith: if you want to knife Arizona in the dark. vote for Cooper
 The issue is ciear-cut-5rnith or joint statehood.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-10-24

With the election of Alfred Paul of Douglas. and Hon. J. J. Bowen of Bisbee, as members of the board of supervisors, good government for Co chise county will be assured for the ed two years on the board and his in innate acquaintance with the affairs of the county makes 1t especially desir- able that he should be reelected. Bowen came to Bisbee as miner. working underground: he quit the mines to engage in business for him. ,elf and four years ago was nominated enr supervisor and proved so popular shat he was elected for the iong term
Bisbee daily review., 1906-10-24

J. N. Gaines, the democratic candi- date for treasurer. will be reelected by an enormous majority. notwith- standing the efforts of republicans to throw political mud at him. Mir. Gaines is too well known in Cochise county and his record as public official is too good to allow any harm to come to his candidacy through republican clap-trap.