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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
Miners NJ ust Stand Trial.

WASHINGTON, Dec. B. The su.
preme court today refused to order the
release of Meyer, Haywood and Petit.
bone, officials of the Western Fedora
tion of Miners, who are held in s
tody in Idaho on q charge of com.
plicity in the murder of Ex-Governor
Steuuenberg. The action was based
on an application for a writ of habeas
corpus, and has been pending for sew.
eral months. The attorneys for the
applicants commended that the Idaho
authorities had kidnapped the accused
men from the state of Colorado, and
that their Imprisonment was, there.
fore, illegal. The trial of the murder
cases has been postponed pending the
decision of the supreme court in the
habeas corpus cases.
Justice Harlan announced the de-
cision of the court. He stated that the
decision of the federal court in quash.
ing the appeal from the Idaho state
court was affirmed by the supreme
court. The guilt or innocence of the
accused men was not considered, the
only point involved being the legality
Of the imprisonment. The our held
the motive OF the governor OF Idaho
in issuing extradition papers and the
governor of Colorado in honorine
them was immaterial.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
THEY WANT APPROPRIATIONS
Legislature Will Be Asked To Provide For
Educational Institutions.

HELENA, Dec. 4.-The state board
OF education completed a two DAYS
session this afternoon, and as a re.
suit OF he meeting, recommend atoms
for appropriations for the mainten.
ance OF the state educational institu.
tions were adopted. While the state
bond question a discussed inform.
ally, no action was taken.
The committees to which had been
referred the reports of the state insti.
tutions made their reports. 1t was
recommended that the legislature be
asked for an appropriation of %, ZOO
for a boiler house at the school OF
mines, and that the appropriation for
the maintenance of the institution be
$780, 400 for each of the years 1907 and
1908.
The appropriation to be asked for
the agricultural college is S25, 800 q
year, and in addition, $500 for the
experiment station, $500 for dry land
farming experiments, $1,000 for live.
stock, and $1,000 for repairs and ex.
tensions.
The state normal school appropria.
ton to be asked for is s29, 800 for
maintenance each year. The legisla.
ture will also be asked to make provi-
sion for completing the building, in
accord ance with the plans already
adopted, and to pay the liabilities al.
ready incurred.
The school for the deaf and blind
will ask for q mainten lance appropria.
ton OF s33, 900 for 1907. OS, and in ad.
dition, "a, 800 to finish and furnish a
building under construction, $500
for an industrial building, $4,000 for
a hospital, and $40, 900 to purchase a
farm.
The committee On the University of
Montana recommended that the legis-
lature be asked to make.an appropria.
ton of S57,555 for each OF the years
19O7-OS, for the maintenance of the in.
stitution. It was also recommended
that the legislature be asked to enact
q law providing that all graduates OF
the university who have taken q years
work in the department OF psychology
and method. and who get q regular
diploma from the university, be au-
thorized to teach in the common
schools of the state without taking Q
teachers examination, and that, after
teaching three years, they be given q
life diploma by the state board.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
INHERITANCE TAN.

That portion Of the presidents mes.
sage which refers to the desir ability
OF an income and inheritance tax,
promises to become an interesting
subject for discussion among states.
men, lawyers aud citizens generally.
The "square deal' nature OF the prop.
osition will appeal to the American
people. although the difficulty Of en-
acting such legislation is appre-
ciated by the president and others who
have made careful study Of the mat
ter.
Commissioner G artield was recently
interviewed rel ative to an inheritance
and income tax. He said he had given
the matter particular attention and
his views on the Inheritance tax are:
"If we had u scheme Of taxation that
justly and fairly taxed property dur.
ing the life of the owner thereof there
would be no reason or excuse for an
inheritance tax. But no plan has been
developed in our country that reaches
the property of men of more than am.
pie means. The great burden falls on
the man OF moderate mcans-the mar
whose property cannot be hidden.
"The only time the property OF a
rich nan comes into evidence is when
he dies. 1t is then we see that it has
not borne its fair share OF taxation.
~ think the inheritance tax he
continued, ''should be graded with q
rapidly increasing scale in proportion
to the value Of the property. | have
never worked out an exact plan, but
the English system offers Il pretty
good basis, both for a graded income
tax and for q graded inheritance tax.
"Still, British inheritance taxes are
exceedingly heavy. l have not recent.
ly looked up English Statutes but l
! understand that three deaths in a year
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12

would seriously impair the corpus of
the state. That Of course is too much.
snow, in Ohio, the state with which
l am particularly familiar, the scheme
OF taxation has resulted in increasing
the burden on land-and that neces.
sarily means the farmers.
When l examined the returns some
years ago, there had been no appre.
ciable increase for twenty-five years
in personal property assessments. /
think it was $500, 000, 900 in 1873, and
about the anne in 1898. OF course,
this was perfectly absurd, for we know
that the value of personal property
increased many fold in that PERIOD"
Commissioner Garfield was asked
how this kind of property could be
reached for taxation purposes at its
proper value.
1.-THE only possible way to do it un-
der our system of laws" he respond.
ed, "would be by an Inheritance tax
when the property ome in sight
through the death Of its owner.
"Whatever it may be in the other
states do not know, but in Ohio the
current rate of taxation in cleveland
is about three per cent. of the earning
power of the personal property if it
were returned by the owner at its full
value.
"But personal property is not re-
turned. People simply will not do it.
The only way that kind of property
q be reached or made to bear ulti.
mately its fair share of taxation is
when it comes into sight through
death"
He does not believe there will be
any conflict between state laws and a
national law. If a national law had
been in force when the late Marshall
Field died, Mr.. Garfield said that q
large proportion Of the estate would
have gone to the national government.
Mr.. Garfield also believes in an in
come tax, graded up, aud on5a million
dollar income the state should take not
more than IS or less than Is per cent.
He does not believe that such a tax
will prevent the accumulation ofllarge
fortunes, but it would enable the state |
to share, as it should be, in them.
What Mr.. Garfield says about inheri.
lance and income taxes Is OF interest
at this time when it is confidently be.
lieved that the national government
contemplates the enactment of such q
law.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
New Plants For Farmers.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. An. T..
Hansen, explorer for the department OF
agriculture at Washington, arrived
on the steamer China from a tour OF
the world in search of rare specimens
OF plants and trees that would be OF
economic value to the farmers of the
United States. He was eminently sue.
cessful in his mission, but declined to
enter into details regarding his dis.
coveries. Hansen left Washington in
July last, going direct to England
and thence to Lapland, Norway,
Sweden, Finland and across Russia
and Siberia to V~ladivostok, and from
there to Japan and China.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
To Adjust Water Rights.

MILTON, WASH, Dec. An the
supreme court here today Judge Bean
commenced the hearing of the much
discussed irrigation suits. There are
over 400 litigants involved in the case,
nearly all Of whom are in attendance
to give evidence. The case involves
every land owner along the Little
Walla Walla and Tumalum rivers,
and is the most important and far
reaching irrigation case in the history
OF this state. The hearing of the cases
will last about 20 days.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12

its subsidiary companies r also
asked for.
As further source of information IL
Its prosecution, the state asks for az
accounting of all the oil transported
by the Standard Oil in the last three
years, to whom shipped and the names
of the individuals or corporations
who paid the charges. Suit was re-
Gently filed by the state against the
Buckeye company, q subsidiary of the
Standard Oil, charging violations Of
the Valentine antitrust law.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12

This bank solicits accounts, and
oher to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and tho
most liberal treatment consistent With
SAFE q profitable banking. Buys
md sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct on all principal American and
European cities, and issues It's 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, 1906-12-12
Want To see standard Books.

FINDLAY, Ohio, Dec. An a mo.
ton filed today in the circuit court by
the state of Ohio, in its suit against
the Buckeye Pipe Line company, the
court is asked to order the production
OF all the books and vouchers OF the
Standard Oil company. The names
Of the directors in the Standard and
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12

One of the curiosities of South AT.
RIGA is the "sneezeland' tree. No one
can cut 1t with q saw without sneez.
ing, as the fine dust 10 very irritating.
Even planning the wood will sometimes
cause sneezing. No insect or worm
will touch it. 1t is very bitter to the
taste, and when placed in water i,
sinks.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
congressman Want More Pay.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Congress'
man Gaines Of Texas, has introduced
q bill raising the salaries Of members
Of congress to $500 annually, to be-
effective in the Sixty.tirst con-
gress and reimbursing them for money
actually spent in going to aud from
each session.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
Millions For Mineral Lands.

TORONTO, Dec. 5.-The government
has received an offer Of Sl5,OOO,ON
from a number of United States tinan-
ciers for about ten square miles OF
land in the Cobalt region. This offer
il being considered.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12

W. G. CONRAD, Pres.
JAMES T. STANFORD,
Vice.Pres. and Manager.
A. E. SCHWINGEL.
Cashier
OMAR J. MALCOLM,
Asst. Cashier.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
Conrad Banking
COMPANY,
GREAT FALLS MoNT
Unincorporsted.>

PAID UP OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ,oO mn
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITIES Ooo. O
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
" Prints All he NeWs.''

If any reader Of the RIVER PRESS
considers it worthy of recommendation
to friends, the favor will be very high
~ appreciated by its publishers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
GAS. Il. DUER. Prest.
:. Y. CARROLL, Vice-Prsst.
LOUIS D. SHARP. Cashier.

Local Securities a Specially.
Interest Allowed on Time Deposits
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09
By Elsie Janis

MY experience on the stage has been much
1N1 too brief to have encountered much of
its trials and humors; but one of the most
emphatic memories of my career was one that
came in the nature of a request from sailor
in distress. He had heard that l was pro-
tegee of President Mckinley and begged me
to come to his aid. He had left Uncle Sam S
service without leave, and was at any moment
liable to arrest for desertion.
eff you could know" he wrote, how
anxious am to return to the service, which
l left while drunk, you would help me to get
back again. My mother does not know that
back to the ship before she knows"
Letter followed letter, and l finally appealed
to the President and his wife to reinstate him.
Later l received another letter, thanking
me for my efforts in his behalf; that he was
once more in the service. That letter will
always be one of my most valued possessions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09

man suffering severely from cold and sobbing.
The stars wife, hearing one of Lees sobs,
asked, What is the matter with him?"
This was the cue for the fellow conspirator to
call attention to the red footprints and tell
with great detail how poor Dicks shoes were
worn through and he was unable to get others
because they had received no money in weeks.
Dick continued to play the part to the boarding
house, while the stars wife cried in sympathy.
At the boarding house the star quietly
edged up to Lee and slipped hmm fve-dollar
bill, begging him to hurry and get a new pair
of shoes, as his wife was soft hearted and it
distressed her woefully to find brother per-
former suffering.
The boys who helped Lee with the job
feasted in fine style that night in Sioux City S
swell restaurant to the amount of five dollars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09
TOLD BY
STAGE FOLK
By Marie Dress1er

0NE of the funniest experiences in my
~ transforming career occurred out West
in midwinter, with star who was VIGOROUSLY
impecunious. Happy Dick Lee was the joker
on this occasion, and his strategy to get money
out of the manager proved him an artist.
Business was pretty bad; but the players
had reason to believe that their star, who
was his own manager, was holding out on
them. All the players could get out of him
in addition to paying their board averaged
less than dollar week each.
On the train going into Sioux City Dick Lee
was telling about restaurant where the cook
ing was just to his liking and bewailing the
ill fortune that would compel him to eat and
sleep at the extremely bad cheap boarding
house which the management had selected for
their stay in Sioux City.
Suddenly an .dea struck him. The ground
was covered with snow. He borrowed from
another player his WORKOUT overshoes. Then
he took part of deck of red-backed playing
cards. and putting on the overshoes, he placed
the red backs down between the soles of his
shoes and the rubbers. He hurried off the
train when it stopped at Sioux City and after
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09

At length one of the boys addressed him
facetiously: a say, Count, if you were to
choose an American bride, what style would
appeal to you, girl with brown eyes and
brown hair, girl with black hair and gray
eyes, or girl with red hair and blue eyes? !"
The Count thought for minute, shrugged
his shoulders and answered indifferently All.
monsieur l care not SO much for re color of
re eye or re color of re hair SO long as she
have re green back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09
By Raymond Hitchcock

I WAS a passen-
L ger aboard a
transatlantic liner
one rough voyage
when everyone
had to abandon
the deck for two
days, and we be-
came like a big
family party in
the cabin; in fact,
a stag party, for
the women were
not among those
present. Nearly
every nation was
represented, and
we had consider
able fun with a
French Count who
was something of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09

You light or cook by
gas now. Add a Glow
GASTEAM RADIA-
TOR, tone or more) and
Heat your Home Tin
whole or part) with
Steam Heat made by
gas. Furnishes salts
factory sole heat in
the milder climate of the
Southern and Pacific
Coast States; and most
agreeab bic, cheap,
clean and ever-ready
auxiliary heat in cold
Northern climates for
bath room, sick room,
ETC., and in fall and
spring months before
system is set at work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09

d lew SIcpS Ill Lie
snow the red backs
of the cards became
wet, and the red
ink, oozing through
the holes in the rub
bers. left a fine
imitation of bloody
footprints in the
virgin snow.
Then one of Lees
fellow conspirators
made it a point to
walk with the star
and his wife a few
yards back of Lee,
who was giving a
fine imitation Of a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09
HEAT Your homE
With GAS

- II
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-03-15

pointed stars instead Of six.poiuted stars
as tfey were found in the British fag
llo gave m1uy patriotic incidents about
a glory tl1t for over a hundred years
Do dvuvcl 5vcr oH FREQ institutions
and it wa inailtci only with peril
one was mover po pleased az sight Of
che American flag as when In a foreign
aud Hc WIS loudly appaujcd Tho
chairman Of tho board accepted the flag
ir 3n appropriate adtIrcss
Hon. John Hunt madc a patriotic adj
drrrs fpr tho aag. advising all to love
% and honor 10 ON an occasions, tic
told o. touching ircblcut II how a Gag
th1t vBs an sboi b. picccs was prcsout.
ni iu The people ON "a certain occasion
a. "a carclos wori ~ insult nearly
sausrl o. riot ic grew eloquent In De-.
iarso Of thc grani Obj cmblcm of Do.
wtv Ho was loudly appiauJod at che
conclusion ~ hia romarks
Mr. Hofcr m,slo a plea for th. pub.
li' arhool Vvtcm ilo thought thc och
spI 10th gru,is- .houJ be- taught mory
of tbc c0uairys q scbools and that tbc
s'Hio Should support 90 loas, ono fret
olass normal school Well prepared
lo1chvrs aud bcttcr country schools
we've Tho gr,utest Hc,-l of ouF ,iyilim.
tom n higher gadv--wrrs noe taught
aui larger tvrns taught in che country
srhool too many famiars would b. com-
prlissl 90 semi their children away from
home 20 tlso eitios o. be- educated
A. o'ciork lir heauiIful dye by
tv,.lye foot bunting nag presented 90
dsiric, No. Sc WIS swung to tho broge
and went o. tho top of ths pole With
throe cho'rs Coz che stars aul stripes
Miss Darby hnd auoihar very ap-
pnorriaia program tlat vas rruder,l
out ~ hlors that sios,l the Jay's "a.
rrcisos Tho patrons OF tho -.hool ora
highly plrahoi Nith her work.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-03-15
Saving Five Cents a Day.

Afirr noting thut Charles A. Moore.
the AmoTiran manufacturer at meet.
ing ~ tho National Civic Federation.
quoted with words of approval from
siatmout mtio bysuUvo-sant Fish.
president of the Illinois Central rail-
road, la reuTd 90 tho waste and lavish
expenditures ~ tho American people.
the Wall Street Journal SAYS. III ey.
cry person in the United states should
effect a rcirrnfhmeui iu be- living ex.
Penaes amounting 90 am average ~ S
cents dag. the aggregate saving 20 the
whole country for 500 working days N
the year Would bc sl,2O0u00-0OO Now
pat thu, sum by the side of the anm,sl
consumption of wines and liquors IN the
United States and see how tho eompari.
sou looks; Per aunpm
Aggrcgate saving lut cents
day pee eaP.tal ......sl, goo. 600 OlO
Consumption ~ wines and
hquoae .-.,-, ., .,.,. l.65s. GOO OOO
"fhr consumption ~ wines and "a.
quors is one of the items Ia which ma.
tcrial rc'action could h. made IN order
% encct the Moderate saying which has
been Indicated There is. however. a
wocful waste in the consumption Of
food Ia has been s,id thar a Freneh
fanllle' could 1--we on the food which An
American family throws away every
day. and while this may. ia a deeres
be an exaggeration, yet IL contains a
large ciement o. truth. The French
Peop1e are notorions savers and thev
are also tho greatest snail investors in
the wuri1 A saving Of a bnlion dollars
In the living cxpenses az the American
PsoPle would add an enormous sum 20
che investing PoweT ~ the nation. This
: noe ne only oconomic feature u the
matter. This eKtravagauoc 81 hvins
sooa bceou,es a sethel habit. ana the
luxuFia ~ to.isy bsooue ne neesuit ties
q uasHcgrUss rhcy wcaken he dhre Of
sountFy ana reduce iis pFoOeiug pou.
a. IN coulPetitioa With other naious
whose people practice eeOlony.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-03-15
ANOTHER
FLAG
RAISED
At McElhaney School lin the
waldo Hills

The sohoo is taught by Miss Ethel
Darby Mr.. CaspoH il chairman Of the
board Of e,h1cation and viii Hum
phrcv clerk The school house was
bunt in 1891 and Is a very good one.
The Afternoon program opened with
tho singing Of America by the school
A uplcbhd ,dnuer had been serval 30
an present by the ladies Of the dis
trict. John Hunt sat az the head Of
tho table. and two or three tables had
b. b. served. anil there was plenty.
Tho program was ne followsi
song. "Amcrica -; recitation. syl-
vcstcr Doardor; recitation. "Thc See.
ortl Table" Dolphi Humphreys cxo.
oiso. "Our F7ag" recitation, "Poppin
Corn" Ilarrv Humphreys; recitation.
"To tho Rcl white and Blue" Josie
DomAsr, rcciiation Boys Rights, ~
Roy Given; recitation. "a Little Boys
Pocket, " Lawrence McElhaueyj song
"Ro,A White anil Blue" by school;
rcci'ation. History Of Our Flag,
Lois McElhaucyj rco,ling ami song
"siar spapglod Banurr," Helen Lut.
key, rcadine Harold Humphreys reel.
tatiou Ehzabcth small; exercise. "The
F7ng", "somc Rules" Mino Docrf
Ter.
lial Patton presented tho hag with
an appropriate abircss. ile mid ~.
cry s'hool houa' shouh ny The Am'ri.
can nar That was tho custom in
Rancc anil aa ours was tbc most beau
tiful nag in tho world. why shouij Sc
unt nyi Hc plyc be- history from tho
6rs rcsaa'utiuu iu congrvss. 10 the NAL.
ing uf iho arst aag b. tho dFosanakor
BETSY Rec, who Insisted on having hyc
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-03-15
STAND
BY YOUR
RIGHTS
The People HaVea Vote
on Senator
There Is Nothing so Very
Sacred About That Poll
tical Job Anyhow

IA Capital Journaii As The eloctiou
approacb,s We sce many expressions
from editors. lYut not many from the
r,eopla In The moro common walks Of
nfo concerning our coptituiiona rights
ami du,icg concerning statement No. l.
7 simild hlo 60 hear more from tho
hsrmars aul l3borsrs aui business mcnj
a asns 10 mo that We are ell In
tsrou,ed Or should bo IN the matters
~ much as ncwspapor editors AZ We
N ooc bike allegiance 20 our govern
mon W. ahouhi ~ alike interested In
uaat hind of government We have AMI
ought 30 have. ~ be- moao explicit, each
uan who is a votcr should Do he own
thintiug aml not elbow others 10 10 ID
for him and in orlcr 10 BE- ablo b.
thirk and arrive 90 On intonigout con.
ch.,ion b. slroti,l bo hbcrul and broad
niifri,-i enough 10 ruad tlro vafioua
tswspapcrs ant expressions - al par
iis- ant pcpIic. then have Independence
api manhooi cuuugh 20 act upon BIZ
own bo'a iu,guisrf A. rrgar,hng our
conaiitution, hath state AMI nauomil,
flsy wrrc un'l" by tho p"opic. for che
pcqae ard not tho pcopho fo On" con.
sliuiiion. as somo ehtors wouhl have
b. hoiiUyo
The k nntior to which ung 81.
itor slnuhi give careful study lout
they may iunuo.niiy miaioad souio ouo