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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-06-27
Official Communication

When Amos Kendall was postmaster
general at Washington, so the story
goes, he wrote one day the postmaster
at q little station on the Tombigbee
river: "Youswill please inform this
department how far the Tombigbee
river runs up" to which the post.
master answered: ~ have the honor
to inform the department that the
Tombigbee river don't run up at all;
1t runs down. la due course of mail
came another communication: ION
receipt Of this letter your appointment
as postmaster will cease. Mr.. - has
been appointed your successor" To
which went theifollowing reply: "The
receiptslof this Office during the last
year have been $4.37 and the Office
rent more than double that sum-: please
to kindly instruct my successor to
pay me the balance and oblige."
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Pointed Paragraphs.

Fully two.,hirds Of MI troubles are
only anticipated.
Waiting works wonlers-if you keep
busy while waiting.
Haste makes some people waste alto.
OF other peoples time.
Hatred is often the result Of knowing
but u side:of a person.
The Almighty never recognizes a
preachers worth by the salary he
gets.
It's always the man who doesn't
want credit who can get it for the ask
ing.
\ miser loves money because of the
many things he doesn't have to spend
It for.
If young mans cake is ''dough'
he can easily find a girl who is willing
to take the cake.
Many a man who imagines the eyes
Of the whole world are upon him isn't
known outside Of his own precinct.
Any man should be able to manage
q business according to directions, but
no man can manage a woman tina,
way.
\ woman never likes to send q tele.
gram unless she can send it collect;
otherwise she cant use half the words
she wants to.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-06-27
Farms Arc Flooded.

STOCKTON, Cal, June 25.-Cnion
island, containing ten square miles of
the richest reclamation land in Cali
fornia and heavy crops of potatoes,
beans and asparagus, is being rapidly
flooded from a break in the levee on
river, which occurred at | o'clock this
morning. At . O'Clock the break had
widened from 50 to 1000 feet, and al
though a fleet of dredges fastened to
the scene, the situation seems hope.
less.
The break occurred at Il Chinese
camp at Kuckuk landing. Island FAR
mers are deserving their homes and
fleeing for safety. 1t is impossible to
estimate the damage at this time.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-06-27
Ice Men Get the Limit,

TOLEDO, Ohio, June 25.-In common
pleas court today Judge Kincad i'm.
posed the maximum sentence OF s5, 600
fine and one year in the workhouse on
FIVE ice men guilty of conspiracy in
restraint Of trade. The court an
nounced, after passing sentence, tina,
If the members of the ice trust would
lower the price of ice below what it
was before the trust raised the price
and keep the price there until the pub
lie has time to get its money back and
then put the price up to where it was
when the raise was made he would con
slider q request that had been made
for a modification Of the sentence.
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" ashingtOn News Notes.

WASHINGTON, June Pit cost the
government $lOO. 600 70 extradite
Greene and Gaynor and bring them
10 trial. This statement Is made by
Attorney General Moody. Of this
sum $4,000 is to be paid to foreign
counsel in this case.
The senate today passed Senator La
Follette's joint resolution extending
the scope of the inquiry now being
conducted by the interstate commerce
commission under the Tillman.Gil lilies.
pie resolution so as to have it include
the transportation and storage Of
grains.
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TIILWAN ON THE WARpATu
pitchfOrk statesman objects to pro.
visions Of the Rate Bill.

WASHINGTON, June 25.-Immedi.
| ately after the senate met today the
| clerk of the house of representatives
| announced the action Of that body on
| the railroad rate bill, but it was al.
lowed to lie on the vice presidents
desk until 2:3O p. M, when it was
called up by Senator Tillman. After
the report was read Mr.. Tillman
called attention to the fact that his
name was not attached. He presented
! and defended it, be said, at the request
of the republican sen ate ~conferees, but
he said he was opposed to the agree.
ment concerning One amendment, to
| when be would later move that the
senate disagree. He had reference to
the carrying and producing business,
which was amended so that it does not
apply to pipe lines.
The change in this amendment, 'in
pl ain English,' he said, ''meant that
the Stand ard Oil had got in its work."
The agreement in regard to this amend.
ment, he said, relieved the Standard
Oil company from being under the
control and regulation of the inter.
state commerce commission.
When the bill was sent to conference
the second time, Senator Tillman
said, he found an entirely different at.
mosphere from that Of the first con
ference, as the house conferees insisted
upon opening up the whole subject, in-
GLIDING all matters on which an agree
ment had been reached.
"Then | began to smell a mouse or
something" he said.
Continuing, Mr.. Tillman said, any.
way, he became ''more or less skep-
tical as to motives, as one is likely to
do after service 10 the senate.'
He commended that the change of the
words, common carrier" to "rail.
roads" would simply destroy the effect
Of making pipe lines common carriers.
BY this change the enforcement Of
transportation from production would
be confined to railroads, thus relieving
the Standard Oil company from the
operation of the requirement that
transportation companies shall not
carry articles produced by themselves.
Senator Lodge objected to the anti
pass provision, excepting persons en-
gagged in the postal service, and Mr..
Tillman replied that the intention had
been to relieve railway postal clerks
from paying transportation, which
would cost the government no less
IAN $l5, ZOO, 900 annually. Mr.. Lodge
declared the provision ''actually au.
thorizes and invites a method of dis.
crimina alton which constitutes a valu-
able rebate in favor of a favored
shipper: it strikes at the central prin.
ciple and end angers some of the most
important provisions Of the BILL" He
said there is nothing to prevent the
railroads from giving passes &c dele
gates to political conventions.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-06-27

Omaha and Kansas City on a charge
OF accepting rebates from railroads Sc.
cured for them by George L. Thomas,
the New York freight broker, who,
with his chief clerk, L. B. Taggart. il
the federal court yesterday we're fined
and given q ~penitentiary sentence. 4:
Van Valkenburg. the district attor.
ney. intimated that the matter proba.
bly, would be brought to the attention
OF the grand jury next fall.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-06-27

Water right blanks-only correct
form published-for sale at the RIVER
PRESS office.
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congress. The area Of the reservation
is about 1,50O, 900 acres.

congress. The area of the reservation
is about 1900, 900 acres.
The measure gives 10 acres of irri.
gable land and 240 acres Of grazing
land to every man, woman and child
of the Indian tribes. There are about
1000 members of Indian tribes on the
reservation, to whom will be allotted
about $4,000 acres of irrigable lands.
These allotments will be made by a
commission to be appointed for that
purpose. 1t is also required that a
commission be appointed to appraise
the lands that will be subject to entry.
The terms under which these lands
may be acquired are stated in Section
5 OF the bill, which says:
The price of said lands shall be the
appraised value thereof, As fixed by
said commission, which in no Lee
shall be less than S1.25 per acre for
agricultural and grazing lands and s.
per acre for timber lands: but the set.
tiers under the homestead law who
shall resideEupon and cultivate the
land entered in good faith for the
period required by existing law shall
pay one.ifthIof the appraised value in
cash at the time of entry and the re-
mainder in five equal annual install.
ments to be paid in one, two, three,
four and five years, respectively, from
and after the date OF entry, and when
the entryman shall have complied with
all the requirements and terms of the
homestead laws as to settlement aud
residence, and shall have made all the
required paymentslaforesaid he shall
be entitled to a patent for the lands
entered: provided, that he shall make
his final proofs in accord ance with the
homestead laws within seven years
from date OF entry, and the aliens who
have declared their intention to be.
come citizens Of.the United States may
become such %entrymen, but before
making final proof and receiving pat
ent they must receive their full ma
turalization papers,: and provided
further, that the fees and commissions
at the time Of communication or final en-.
try shall be the same as are now pro.
vided by law where the price of land
is 1925 per acre: provided, that If any
entryman fails to make such pay
ments, or any ofsthem, within the time
stated, or tosmake final proof within
seven years from date of entry, all
rights in and tosthe land covered by
his entry shall at once cease, and any
payments heretofore made shall be
forfeited, and the entry shall be for
:eited and Cancelled: provided, that
nothing in this act shall prevent
homestead settlers from committing
their entries under section 2,3Ol, re.
vised statutes, by paying for the land
entered at the price fixed by said COM
mission, receiving credit for pay.
ments previously made.
Section t.. provides for the with.
drawal Of irrigable lands under the
terms Of the reclamation act. Section
II provides for townsites at Browning,
Babb and elsewhere.
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For Illegal Voting.

KANSAS CITY, June 25.-John Feely
and John Aouse pleaded guilty in the
criminal court here today to voting
illegally at the recent city election,
and were sentenced to two years in the
penitent;ary. Feely has served q sen
teuce in the New Jersey %penitentiary
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-06-27

HELENA, June 22.-John Lord OF
Augusta, this county, indicted by the
recent federal grand jury on the
charge Of illegally fencing public
lands, today entered q plea Of guilty
and was fined $500 by United States
Judge Hunt.
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After The Middlemen.

KANSAS CITY. June 23.-PrOceed.
ings may be brought against the shoe
and drygoods merchants Of St. Louis,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-07

This season the foot ball warriors OF
Gallaudet College will not beeas heavy as
they who represented the Kendall Green
college last year, But though the boys
who will make up the team for 1906 are
smaller than those of 1905, what they lack
in size and weight seems to be somewhat
made up in pure grit and nerve. Since the
college season has opened Prof. Hall has
had charge of the foot ball squad and has
worked hard to make good foot ballis.s OF
the lads who have reported to him and
announced their willingness to try to make
positions on the team.
In the scrmmage work 1t was plainly
seen that Gallaudet this season has not one
man as big and heavy as Capt. Mikeseil'
the leader of last season. His place at
tackle will be hard to fill, though CAD
we'll is doing his best to occupy the hoie
caused by the retirement Of the former
captain
O'Donnell is playing the position OF quar-
ter back, and though putting up a fast
game he has not quite arrived at the stage
that will enable Gallaudet to say that the
shoes of Hinch have been well filled.
Hinch, who left college in June. was I'M
doubtedly the fastest player who has
played upon the Gallaudet team during the
past few years. and now that he has left
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Jack Warner on Catching.

According to Jack Warner, the veteran
catcher Of the Nationals the main essen
tails Of the man behind the bat are base
ball intelligence. grit. accuracy, height.
weight and a strong throwing arm. Amy
catcher with these requisites is sure to
hold his own in any company. II he can
hit some, so much the better.
It is a noticeable fact that the catchers
of today are not in the same class with
the catchers of old when 1T comes to clout-
ing the ball. though the present-day back
stops excel in the finer points OF the game.
"Headwork is a prime factor" says War
ner. "a catcher must work in perfect har-
mony with his pitcher and the basemen.
He must know something of the weak and
for balls accordingly. When men are on
bases he must keep his wits alert and be
ready to prevent a steal or to catch care
less runner mapping.
Catcher Warner says tall catcher gives
a pitcher confidence. because it is much
easier to throw to tall persons. while a d.
minutive catcher keeps the pitcher in fear
of throwing over his head. Weight enables
the catcher to act as an obstacle at the
plate when 1t Is necessary to block the
runner.
'"The necessity Of grit Is often shown
when catcher stops wild pitch with his
bare hand Sometimes he will find II nee
essary to stop the ball at any hazard, ana
the catcher who shirks through fear of In
jury is lacking In the grit that develops
the best players of the game"
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LIGHT TEAM WILL
REPRESENT GALLAUDET

college, the buff and blue OF Kendall Green
is missing his fine fast work.
Sharp viii play left end this season and
will doubtless make a fast man for the
position. V1nson, who is playing left
tackle seems to be fast enough to keep up
with Sharp. Underhill at guard Is an ex-
perenced player. having been member
of the team last season. This year ne
has done a lot Of good work in aiding
the coach to bring the raw material to
something like working shape Talbert at
center rush is a good man for the position.
as is Caldwell at right guard.
Bell at left tackle Is husky ana seems
to be one Of the best players OF the aggre-
CATION. He hits the opposing line IKE
shot and in the kickoffs seems to get down
the field rapidly
O'Donnell at quarter back has much to
accomplish to come up to the form as dis
played by his predecessor Hnch. but from
the opinions of the Gallaudet students 1t
would seem that the boy has the stuff In
him that makes foot ball player.
Capt Horton at right half back and
Kutzleb, left half bacA. are both veterans
of last years team. and good work Is ex-
pected of them this season. Mosey. new
man, will fill the position Of full back.
He is light but fast. Thus Is the aggrega-
ton of foot ballsts of Gallaudet summed
up. They have ginger and will doubtless
play q game that will equal that of any
OF the local high school teams. but In the
contests with college teams 1t seems as
though the only thing in doubt Is how big
a score their opponents will pile up.
W. J. Hoverstick Is the manager.
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MABEL WILKES,
a NEW PURCHASE

Harry L. Dudley. who recently had the
misfortune to lose by death the noted
double-gaited gelding Harry H, 2.17k.
visited the vicinity Of Clarksburg. Md. a
few days since and bought a handsome
four-year-old bay mare called Mabel
Wilkes, by Olmedo Wilkes. 2.2OA. dam a
gray mare called Lady Lightfoot, Of
Hambletonian blood. owned by Charles
Leaman Of CArksburg, which was very
fast and enduring on the road and high
ly priced by her owner for her do or
die qualities. Some Of the greatest trotters
in turf history trace back to some great
road mare. as do. also. some OF the great
est sires of trotters. The second dam Of
Mr.. Duley's new purchase was by a horse
called Peacock. imported into Montgomery
county from Virginia and said to be thor
oughbred. Her third dam was by a Red
Buck horse. a descendant Of the noted Red
Buck family, established In Indiana up
ward Of half century ago. and from
which have descended number of fast
PAGERS and trotters. Mr.. Dudley is driving
his mare on the speedway. and she is show
ing not only%a fine trotting gait, but some
fine bursts Of speed, and is greatly admired
by horse fanciers. Next season Mr.. Dudley
will have his promising young mare trained.
She Is full 1873 hands at present, and, of
course. has quite considerable growth yet
coming to her. Olmedo Wilkes IL by On
ward. 225A. sire of 145 trotters and forty
PAGERS. while Olmedo Wilkes ia the sire of
seven trotters and eight PAGERS.
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The New Foot Ball Rules.
Two umpires, a referee and a lines
man will he tho officials

WI uulplIcS, d IelGEec ana d lines.
man will be the officials
The length of the game has been
shortened by ten minutes.
The opposing rush lines will be
separated by the length Of the ball.
which must be kept fiat on the
ground by the center.
Linemen must have both feet. both
hands, or one foot and the opposing
hand up to or within one foot Of the
line. and with the exception of the
three center men the forwards must
stand with both feet outside the out
side foot of the man next to them.
90 Before making a fair catch a player
must signal by raising his hand
clearly over his head.
Whenever any portion Of player
carrying the ball, except his hands
or feet, touches the ground when in
the grasp of an opponent, the ball
is down.
Either team may ask for time out
three times during a half without
penalty. For each extra call for time
team will be penaliZed two yards
unless the injured player be removed
from the game.
Hurdling is prohibited.
The snapperback Is allowed to have
his hands and head off side when he
IL about to pass the ball.
There must be at least six offensive
players on the line, and il there are
only six, one of the other players
must be outside Of the man at the
end of the line.
None of the five center men will
be allowed to leave the line unless he
goes five yards back and another
player takes his place in the line.
No shifting to evade this rule will
be allowed.
One forward pass will be allowed
each scrimmage, provided the pass
be made by a man who was in the
backfield when the play started. In
case the ball touches the ground it
goes to the defensive team.
A team must gain ten yards in
three downs.
When the ball Is kicked any player
on the kicking side will be on side az
soon as the ball touches the ground.
Once the ball touches the ground It
cannot be kicked further
A player preparing to kick a goal
after touchdown will be allowed to
adjust the ball in the hands of the
holder.
When a player Is disqualified his
team will lose half the distance to
its goal line.
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few seconds apart-wagner's Shepard's s,
Lawwells and NaZarro's
That's what we came to see!' yelled the
stands with delight.
And after this something happened. En-
thusiasm died, except among the confirmed
bugs" The spectators who had lost sleep
to these non ioke with de'th 50" Nnnly
re ALI d II at only the pronounc enthus as
or third lap. The girls who had expected
to be at a fever heat of excitement from
the first go" to the end of the race found
that whole mornings repetition of gray,
red or blue shadows banging by was "a
repetition.
They began to buy the morning papers.
men and women and. although they sun
looked up with interest when the trumpet
announced a comngicar. the first enthusl-
asm had waned.
The rain held off during the entire race,
with the exception of slight 6riZZe that
lasted only a minute or two early in the
morning. This was more mist than a
rainfall and it WAS not enough to drive
any one from the grand stand.
Scramble for Home.
But five minutes after Wagner had
finished his splendid run the rain came
Again there was the honking of horns
and a scramble for places for the home
ward run. Like the farmers driving the
| family nag home from the horse races at
the county fair. almost every home conn
ing motorist was quite sure he had the
makings of a racer about him. and cut er
loose as far as the laws of Nassau County
allowed-and went some.
rs today Saturday or Sunday" asked
a gray-gowned girl seated In a car that
was being ferried across the East river to
Manhattan late this afternoon. The young
man with her yawned YEARLY and without
an effort to cover the facial cavern:
drowsily: and that Is how most home
ward bound crowds felt.
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Wild Bill Hill is. perhaps. the only
pitcher who ever got an assist on a strike
out-at least since the rules forbade giving
the pitcher assist for every strikeout he
effected. The play came up in an odd way
on the Cincinnati grounds in a game against
Louisville. Just who was playing third 1
have forgotten-r think it was Charlie r.
win-but he also got an assist on the play.
There was runner at first when Carey
strike was SO low 1t hit the ground, and,
striking Schriver's knee, bounded away
down toward third. while Irwin. racing for
ward. attempted to scoop it and kicked it
straight into the hands Of Hill, who
whrled and threw Carey out at first.
The scorers were forced to give Schriver,
Irwin and Hill assists instead of scoring a
wild pitch.
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Two-base hits-Stovall Hess (2) and Donohue.
Sacrifice hits-Owen and Rhoades Stolen bases
CongaitOn; Caffyn. Altrock and ouilin, struck
Base on balls-On Rhoades. 6. Double play-Owen.
Rohe and Donohue. Hits.or Owen, in five
bases-Chcago. 16; Cleveland. TO- Passed ball
Bemis. Time OF game-1 hour and So minutes.
Unpire-Mr. O'Ioughlin.
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Gallaudet.

October l3-GeoYce Washington University,
ct University Field
October 20-Western Maryland. at Westches-
ter Nd.
October 27-St. Johns College, at Annapolis
November 3-Rock Hill College, at Kendall
Green.
November 10-Mount Washington, at Mount
Washington, Baltimore.
November 1T-0pen. at home.
November 2-Open, at home.
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George Washington.

October 13-Gallaudet, at Van Ness Park
October 20-Swarthmore at Swarthmore pa
October 21-Western Maryland at Van Ness
Park
November 3-West Virginia al Morgan.
town, w. Va, Van Ness Park
November 10-Washington and Lee at Van
Mss Park "
November l7-Virginia, at National Park.
November 24-Open
November 29-Gcorgetown, at Georgetown
Field
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Twobase hits Mc,;uire. Yeager. Thrre-ba
hits-lenger and Hughes. Home runs-Stahl and
Peterson. Storn bases ahl ard Freeman. First
base bails-OT Hughes. 1. Struck out-By
Hughes. >: by Swormstrad. T. Double play Wag-
ner. Chadtourne and Grnishaw. Hit 10y pitched
bali-Yeager Time of game hour and II min
utes Empire-Mr. Connolly.
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LOCAL COLLEGE GAMES.
Georgetown.

October f3-Maryland Agricultural College
October 21-Baltimore Medical College
October 2I-Washington and Lee University.
November 3-North Carolina, at Norfolk
November l0-MOunt st. Mary's College.
November l7-Nirginia Military Institute
November 2i-University of Maryland
November 29-tieorge Washington University
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Cold Shivers.

From the Baltimore American.
Ibid you see the latest news from South
American"
mo: what Is it?''
Chile has been having the shakes"
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MAPS WIN AT LAST.
End the Season at Chicago With q
Victory

CHICAGO, ILL.,. October 6.-Cleveland babe
farewell to Chicago today. defeating tho
new champions 5 to 3. Heavy hitting and
sensational fielding were the features. The
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TwO-base hit-Stone Sacr fee hits-JOnes Stone
Rockenfeld ~. Lindsay and Schaefer. Passed all
Payne. Stolen bases-O Brien and Hemphill.
Wild pitch-Willetts. Bases on balls-on jacobson.
2: OF Wietts. 4. Struck out-By jacobson. 3:
BY Willetts Z. Left on bases-St. Louis o. De
trot. ;. Time OF game-1 hour and 45 minutes-
CmDire-Mr