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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-06-27
Abolish the Pass.

Senator La Toilette quotes q grea,
railroad as his authority for the state.
ment that 10 per cent. Of the passenger
travel of this country is done on passes
We would like to know what these fav.
ored proteges of the railroads do to
win such favors. Who are the men
who travel on passes? Big shippers,
powerful monopolists and politicians.
Even some statesmen" have been
known to ride on the strength OF those
"handy ANNALS" which come from
railroad headquarters about the first
Of every year and for which it is nat
ural to suppose, the carrying compan'
les expect more or less Legislative
courtesy.
"Nor is this the worst phase OF the
abuse" says the New York Press,
ut is we'll known that monopolies fav'
ored by railroads, or in which rail
road officers are interested, are helpec
in their efforts to crush competition
by the free use Of passes. When al
most the whole item of transportation
for its agents a be wiped off the
fixed charges of q corporation it i:
easy to see that, with this advantage
alone for a favored shipper, its com
petitor can be undersold in the market
"Probably the shareholders of rail
roads, il they could be heard, would
vote almost unanimously in favor o
abolishing passes. They surely los,
by the process, whatever may b.
gained by Individual grafters amons
the officers. 1t is significant as show
ing the extent of the abuse, and the
value the favored ones put on tn
privilege, that some of the ablest and
influential members OF congress il
both branches exhausted all their in
genuity in language and tactics t
prevent the putting into the rate bill
OF an effective prohibition OF FREE
passes"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-06-27
Starts SunflOWcr farm.

LAKE PARK, Iowa, June l9.-Rood
Bros. OF that place are trying an ex.
pertinent that will be watched with in
terest by Iowa farmers. A tive'acre
field has been planted to %suntiowers.
\ corn planter was used, and the cul-
tivation will be the same as corn.
Rood Bros have contracted to sell
their entire output to a seed house at
from Sl.75 to S. per hundred pounds.
Suutlower seed is used as a stock food
and is fed to parrots. A good OIL Is
also made from them. The stalk makes
good kindling. Iowa has no other
suulower farmers, although Illinois
has several in the southern part OF
the state. \ yield of 800 pounds pei
acre is expected, which at sl.'5 pei
hundred weight will bring s26.23 al
acre.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-06-27
" ashington News Notes.

WASHINGTON, June 1S.-Secretary
Hitchcock has ordered an increase in
the allotment for the Yakima Valley
irrigation projects as follows: Tie
ton project, s25O,OO 0 Sunnyside pro-
ject, s35O,O0O, and an allotment OF
Sl0O, 600 to repiar and complete the
existing canals, for the storage of wa
ter, etc.
Justice Gould. in criminal court
No. l, today excused the June jury
panel, announcing that there would be
no mor jury trials at this term. This
postpones the trials growing out OF
the Investigation Of land deals in the
west until fall.
WASHINGTON. June 19.-The house
committee on appropriations today
voted a favorable report on the Wat
son bill authorizing an annual appro
priation of $780, 600 to pay the travelling
expenses Of the president of tn
United States and such guests as h
may invite.
The house passed the bill giving tn
state of California for its schools
per cent. of the amount received iron
the sale of government lands in Cali
fornia. There is a million dollars in
volved.
The meat inspection amendment t
the agricultural bill has been adopte'
by the house without division. TIL
bill was then sent to conference. MI
Wadsworth, in explaining the change
made in the substitute for the origins
meat inspection amendment. said tn
changes were mostly in verbiage an
then took them up seriatim. He Gale
attention to the elimination of III
court review clause and the date {
meat inspection.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-06-27
A Million Immigrants.

NEW YORK, June l9.-Over ], ZOO, 900
immigrants will have entered the
United States through this port during
the year ending June 30 next, accord
ing to an estimate made yesterday by
immigration Commissioner Watchoru
at Ellis leland. Up to June l there had
been $4,000 immigrants landed. II
the ratio so far attained this month
is continued to the end Of the govern
ment fiscal year the million mark vii,
be reached, breaking all previou:
records.
Last month showed the largest mum
Der of deportations in any similar
period of time. There l,75'
immigrants turned away during May
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-06-27

ton Of like Importance. II in the 60.
cial and political crisis that seems
approaching the conservative spirit
which prevailed from Yorktown to
Santiago continues to sway, Americas
greatness only a be surmised. If a
majority substitutes the selfshness.
class hatred add ignorant prejudice
which have kept the old world in tur.
moil a thousand years, the decline
and fall of the American republic,
like the decline and fall of Rome, may
be dated from the moment when the
national character was submerged in
the chaotic waves of conflicting alien
races and ideals.--Inter Mountain.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-06-27

and Senator Clark, who prevented the
confirmation Of the appointment. This
incident was magniied BY the demo.
cratic press into evidence of a serious
I rupture between the members of the
Montana deleg alton, but there is no
corroborative testimony to support
that suspicion.
The Legislation BY which the Grow
reserve was opened to settlement also
afforded opportunity for an exhibition
Of skill in the political game. News.
papers owned by Senator Clark, or
which are friendly to his political as
pirations, endeavored to impress upon
the public that Montana's democratic
senator was entitled to all the credit
for the passage Of the Crow reserva'
ton bill. The republican friends OF
Senator Carter and Representative
Dixon %thereupon declared that Clark
had very little to do with the success
Of the measure-that Dixon and Carter
were the "boosters'' to whom the PEG.
pie OF Montana are indebted for this
important legislation.
The Blackfeet reserv alton bill also
developed rivalry In the Montana con.
g~ressional delegation, as to who
should receive credit for its passage.
Senator Clark says he did it all him.
self; while Representative Dixon, with
equal modesty, acknowledges that he ia
the author of the measure that passed
the house and senate.
An appropriation Of q large amount
of money for q federal building at
Great Falls is also q bone of conten.
ton between these rival politicians,
Senator Clark alleging that the propo-
sition has been killed in the house,
and that statement being most en-
phatically denied by Mr.. Dixon. That
Is a question of veracity between them
which will be settled in due course.
These incidents of the political game
are regarded by many as significa ant
of the purpose of Senator Clark to
seek reelection, Notwithstanding his
recent declaration to the contrary.
Mr.. Dixon is understood to be an as.
pirant for the senatorial seat that will
be vacated next March by Clark, and
under these circumstances it is not
surprising that each of them is using
his best efforts to make a reputation
that will deserve recognition and re.
ward by his party.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-06-27
Montana Fugitive Escapes.

WASHINGTON, June 10. Barto
Rimeli, wanted in Montana for horse
and cattle stealing and under peniten'
tiary sentence in West Virginia, es'
capped for the second time yesterday
from his guards. He jumped, hand
cutfed, from the window of a train.
while being taken to prison and has
not been recaptured. In March he
escaped from Jail in Franklin, Va
Last fall he set fire to a Jail at Pen
dleton. narrowly escaping being
roasted alive. Two years ago If
northern Montana, when arrested fol
cattle stealing, he overpowered thu
sheriff, stole his horse and escaped.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-06-27

This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and the
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, 1906-06-27
Canal Bids Rejected.

WASHINGTON. June l9.-The secre.
tary Of the interior has rejected the
bid OF the Billings Construction com.
pauy, Of Billings, Montana, for the
construction of Division No. l, Car
land Canal, Shoshone project, Wyo'
ming, for sections >. ; and soniy. and
also the bid of Hughes X Olson,
Butte, Montana. for the construction
OF a.! sections y 70 5 except section ).
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-06-27
REPUBLICAN, RESOLUTIONS.
Convention Points With Pride to the Rec.
ord of Republican Party.

PHILADELPHIA, June 19.-Reafirm.
ing allegiance to the principles of the
republican party and condemning
combinations in restraint of trade, the
National League of Republicans Clubs
today ended its convention. The res
o~lutions adopted by the convention
are, in part, as follows:
I'VE pay tribute to our great lead.
ers, from vi first standard bearer,
John c. Fremont, and Abraham Lin.
coin, the first republican president, to
Theodore Roosevelt, our present
leader, the worlds first citizen, who,
through his rugged honesty, his per-
sistent determiu alton, his unflagging
courage and bis demand for q square
deal for every person and every in.
~terest, has gained not only the respect
and love of his fellow countrymen, but
the esteemed admiration Of all man.
kind.
1--WE indorse the sentiment of Will
liam Mckinley, that the principle OF q
protective tariff is sacred, but that
schedules should be changed when
conditions Of industry, commerce and
finance demand, and not till then.
1--WE emphasize the results of the
operation of the Diugley tariff, which
is giving US q surplus of revenue, I'M.
paralleled activity in our factories,
forests and mines, profitable prices
for the products of our farms, great
bank clearings and relatively less fail
ures than ever before: q larger vol.
ume OF employment at higher wages,
resulting In unprecedented consump-
ton OF not only the aries, but
comforts, and luxuries of life, aug.
mented with q larger saving and in
vestments than have previously been
recorded in our history.
"We approve of the action of the
present congress in carrying out the
recommend atoms of President Roose.
welt by more advanced legislation
than has been given US in q single
session since the days Of the Civil
war.
"We have Just pride in our party's
record in its settlement of.the currency
question through the adoption Of the
gold stand ard: in the rural free deliv-
cry system, now extended to more than
3 1000 routes and 5000, 900 homes: in
the progress in opening our arid lands
to cultivation through irrigation: in
the well-begun work of connecting
ocean and ocean with an isthmian
canal; In the many laws tending to the
welfare of labor and in the completed
or pending legislation providing for
equitable railroad regulations in in.
terstate commerce.: for better inspec.
ton in all food products: for free al.
cohol: for a new state; for an Anneri-
can merchant marine and the many
other important measures which have
been, or are to be, considered.
"We are opposed to all illegal com.
binations in restraint Of trade, where.
by the interests of either producers or
consumers are injured or whereby,
through monopoly, rates and prices
Of products are controlled at the ex-
pense of the masses. We want no
war on capital or corporations, as
such, but we do ask for equity and
justice to all. by all and for ALL"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-06-27
THE NATIONS BEST RESOURCE.

A century ago the territory now EN-.
braced within the United States Of
America was almost entirely unde.
veloped. Today this country without
question is second in wealth and com.
MERGE, perhaps first In both among
the powers. The most formidable Of
its competitors consumed many cen.
turtles in rising from barbarity and
poverty to civilization and afiuence.
Why the rapid progress on this con.
tinent? 1t is 40 richer than Africa,
which has lain fallow q thousand gen.
erations. Why should Australia and
North America have made strides un-
paralleled in history? Was it salu-
brity of climate, natural resources, or
have purely human conditions been
the chief factors in the remarkable
advance?
The United States has been settled
by the finest blood of the latest civil
lization, and the same may be said OF
Australia. Russia has possessed as
rich mineral lands for centuries and
has done nothing. Australia, Am.
a erica aud South Africa, all the seat of
the same civilization, have supplied
the minerals Of the world. China has
possessed commercial advantages so
, far beyond those of the Occident that
h the decline of Occidental commercial
, supremacy will be dated from the
n "awakening" Of China. Yet the Chin.
Y ese empire today cannot pay its sol.
i diers. Why have certain portions of
the world, no richer or less rich that
v certain other portions, made such
rapid progress: Because human law
and human character have risen
n highest in those sections.
The national American character is
il today the most valuable possession OF
the United States. Any attack upon
it, any tendency to deteriorate upon
its part causes the most acute appre'
hension upon the part of the American
II who possesses patriotism and: percep'
ton. In its brief century Of world.
a, Importance this nation has exhibited
VIC SpcCtACAC VI u pCOpAC opCuuAue
billions of dollars and millions o
lives 10 free . race of slaves. 1t has
held the light Of education in tn
IN march Of civilization. 1t has givel
no the race the most advanced system o
rk government, in which economy an,
le. liberty were as nearly reconciled q
on they can be, until human nature i
al bettered. 1t has welcomed the outcas
u. and oppressed Of every land. 1t ha
,e. found homes for the destitute OF thre
of continents and offered self-suppor
sr. and consequent ~self.respect for mil
as lions whose ancestors had neve
a. known them. Have Asia, Africa o
Eastern Europe, with their vast area
Iat and tremendous wealth, lifted the hr
as man race one degree from the mire
Ter They have been the seats of SLAYER
Ter since the dawn Of history, becaus
ST.. their national and racial rharacte
MS has been inferior.
lr. Compared to this question of Ii
er, peril of American character throug
tie undesirable immigration, the inculc:
as ton of false economic and polite;
Of theories and the dissemination of di:
ice turbing popular sentiment throug
RS prejudice, fanaticism aud hysteri;
elf congress has not considered a que:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-06-27

In the opinion of the director of the
reclamation service the bids are high,
and as they are only for detached Sec
tions of the canal he recommended
their rejection. The secretary has or.
dered a re. ad vertisement for bids for
this work.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-06-27

Fine Book and JOB Printing a sps'
cialty 81 the RIVER PRESS o.tre.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-06-27

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, 1906-06-27
Conrad Banking
COMPANY.
GREAT FALLS MONT
Untncorporated.)

PAID VP CAPITAL........S q o.O0O
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY 20 OO, 900
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-06-27

Local Securities a Specially.
Interest Allowed on Time Deposits
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1906-03-30
IRISHMAN OF THE PAST

A. m election before the union.
Dick Martin was opposed by Giles
Eyre 81 Eyocourt territorial mag
nate and thorough sportsman. 70.
roWnod alike Tor bis reckless oHtrny.
nrancoa and daredevil bravery. says
nlackvood's Magazine he was. how.
ever totally illitcmtc. a circumstance
less regarded then than AZ the pres.
cnt time. The hastings In those days
used 10 be- erected In Eyre square. In
Galway sufficiently close 10 each 9th.
cr IN enable the rival candidates Tor
popular favor 10 exchange banter and
ether Hallios of Wit Advancing to the
front N hls booth with folded paper
In hla hand. Dick Martin exclaimed.
u declare solomnly before an here
assembled, that I am willing this mo.
Tcnt 10 retire from this contest and
10 allow Col Eyre To be- returned un.
opposed n he viii only sign this dec.
hraiion which I hold In my hand
This. however. II WAS not possible
Tor Giles Eyre 10 do-not from any
dissent 10 the Views rot forth IN tho
document In question but because. as
Dick Martin was we'll aware. he was
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1906-03-30
LyDDy DECIDED TO LIVE

a nolrhbor was tanning Lyddy. who
lay very still and apparently breathing
her last
Lyddy was r. thin, why little woman,
with a alowgulng husband. who had
just then tlptood into tho room with
his hat on tho back Of his head. The
nclghbor shook her head obviously.
and waved Jim back Then she famed
the sick woman more slowly until the
last motion was hardly percoptiblc,
and laid down the fan, fyddy was
breathing. but that seemed all
stepping into the adjoining Kitchen.
the nclrhbor said 'Jim. you might ~
we'll ro down and order your clothes
You've rot 10 show Lyddy proper re-.
spcct Ole Jones IL sober this mornln,
aud It's most time Tor him To have an.
other loot n he giis 10 maxim EN- he
won drink an he's done hut all
doomsday can't stop him when once he
gliH started"
Well. I viii" said Jim "Lyddy'H
got some money laid by from her
drcssmnkln' She's mighty thrifty. ia
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1906-03-30
DIED SUDDENLY
OF HEApr DISEASE

How frequently dos /. hlii Ine '.uil-
ar 10 the above greet us . ihe nv
papers The rush, push ~ slieua.9.s
ness on tho American naoq.tt "a. s.tt' W
tendency 10 lead up tovafrau ana gt1.l
affections " the hsart. sfsaded ~ ~
regular action, palpitat1 dlti.l,..'
smothered sensations aud der a''''''
Ing symptoms 1870,
Three % BE prominent aredleinHi, ~, o.
which ~. P!erco.s Coded Nel,',.' ~.
covery II made arc recon nflisd ~ s.,ns
Of the leading writer on Nfnia Hfdtna
for the cure u Just ufch as. ,fo'9sn
beal root, for Instance. 40 ul Wy
UsfrED STATES DfsrENsaroar slA4u l
ard authority, 10 impnn one auq W
creased power N the Hetfh A't0H
Numerous other leading tl'hufllc' reP,
resent Golden Seal a. a. ansltpa.'f1,
tonic Tor the muscular sysisr ~ g.neiA,'
and a. the heart Is almost HhnIl enll.
posed ~ muscular tissue q nallfaly
follows that II must DO erily 'lf'h w.,
ened n ms superb, geneft i29ll.,. ,i nu,
probably the most impurfi lngfedlsut
Of Golden Medical bIs5Wfy 'o Tar
AZ ls marvellous cures " aIyu'Ar AMI
other affections Of The hart are CON
eerned. u stone root. NJ f0'i1flnia 'un.,
Prot WIN. Paine. authr ~ ialhe
Eplt0my Of Medicine. s.u u To-
!. nQt long since hsd piilsnt rho as a,
- much oppressed With vtlftlif dIssas9 9t
the heart that HE fflsuds rife Obliged 70
carr him up-staira H.. tdsifll gTalualll
recovered under The iHnus - Z Collin lnln
tnedicinal pnnciuIr etffi r-trum -tonn
root. and i no'I Intending hh plslnes.
heretofofe physicians knss u ~ fenlels
Tor the remuVal 81 ~ distrefsnr tnd = u.i
gsrous malady With IN y "a ~
guess YORK. and II fesrf1J safned No
amicted that death va neat A. hand Nol-
liasonin unquesiinnhhly lffds fyllet N
such cases md In most insance' sue'is
cure
Stone root IL also recommended BY Drs.
Hale and Elllngwood. q chicago, ior
yAlvplAr and other disoaus oi tho heart
The latter says 1t IL heart tonic OF
direct and permanent infsnCo
Golden Medical DlscCury not only
cures serious heart affetous hui j. a
most efficient general tnft and invlgor'
at0r, strengthening the r0maeh, lnNlg'
Grating the liver, tegulilng The Towel,
and curing catArrha. sections IN Az
parts Of The system.
DR.. Pisrca's Pellets eur Constipation
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1906-03-30

a well.known Boston merchant made a
pilgrimage thither. spent several hours
NJ the temple.
"Thlther I went" says this gentle.
man. zone beautiful day In September,
TO search out the place where an
Ameyloan oitison IA held AZ a god.
The main room OF the temple ~
perhaps twenty feet square, and in
the center stands the pedestal or dais
on which rests the tablets which are
the material manifestation OF Wards
deity.
There are number OF tablets
about the shrine. Above all and tho
most prominent one has these words
In Chinese characters. Sacred Seat OF
Major ward Two others which
we're presented by the Taotai OF
Shanghai read as follows A wonder.
ful warrior. be was from boyond the
seas. whose deeds spread through q
myriad miles, and whose name Is re.
talnod In stone and blood
Near the rear OF the temple stands
the grave, II IL a large mound pos.
slhly eight feet In height
In no other place In the world
would the grave Of foreigner receive
such homage a. does this one OF the
leader Of the Ever Victorious army "
Il IL a remarkable story how Ward.
who without military training aud
while comparatively mere boy
should seek such a commission. He
with his followers were playing for
biz stakes. Many hundreds Of them
fell on the neld and received but the
scant honor Of an unknown grave In
an unknown land
Others. more fortunate. M officers.
have their names engraved upon the
brass tablets which adorn the sides Of
granite monument which stands
upon the public bund In Shanghai.
Wards name heads that list Every
morning u coolle Furnishes the tablets
on the monument, but he cannot read,
Two foreigners have been received
into the Chinese government. and
have been claimed and held as II they
we're God.glyen honefactors to the Chi.
nose people one was Ward, whom
the Chinese have thus deihed: the
other Is Sir Robert Hart who is the
most powerful parsonage today In the
Chinese empire. an Englishman who
IL virtually the dictator Of Chinese
policy under the guise Of public ad'
wiser.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1906-03-30

A young couple we're recently mar
rlod ~ Melbourne, Australia. beside
the conn containing the body of the
bridegrOoms mother The bride went
10 live with the bridegfoom'u mother
some time ago IN order to look after
her IA nhe was an invalid Tho latter
became very much attached TO her
and said that II was her dearest wish
10 see her son and the girl married
Feeling sure that she would not 1.-Two
long. she urged them 10 obtain a
license and be married In her pres
cnee The license was procured. and
the wedding fixed for the next day
hut In the morning the mother died
OF heart disease. The wedding was
postponed until the day oi the fune
raj and Immediately after the service
Tor the dead had been read the young
couple we're married beside the conn.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1906-03-30

Everythin, . by comparison Said
a woman recently OF n young married
couple whose families are counted
immensely rich. They really can not
1.-Two on their Income: Il is shocking 10
pinch a. they must. Why. you know,
his father only gives him 10000 a
year. He has a salary Of 5000 and
-. be- - allowance from her family
OF $40 OOO-only $4,000. with 800.
900 house to keep up. It's outrageous
with all the money there Is In those
two familiesi" twenty-five thousand
dollars income and a completely fur
nished house and yet counted paupcrs
by the world In which they move. Bet
ter change the orbit and come into
one OF common sense. - Boston
Herald.