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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-01

Mr.. c. Il. Thomas returned last Satur-
day from Chicago. where he bought a
big lot of bargains in dry goods for the
popular firm Of Barrow & Price. Watch
for the full page announcement of these
great bargains in next weeks issue OF
The Commonwealth.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
Montana EikS Were There.

DENVER, July 1.-THE Boston <
Montana band Of Butte, Montana.
was today awarded the first prize OF
81 1000 at the contest held in this city
in connection with the national con
vention OF Elks. The leading bands
Of the country participated in the con-
test.
About 5000 Eiks and ladies &C
c~ompanying them in attendance at the
twentieth annual reunion of the order
have registered at the loca! hotels,
and others are still coming on every
train bound for Denver. The weather
is superb, the city in gala attire aud
a. Indications poiu. to a large ce!e.
bra.;ou AID memorable reunion,
! Entertainments suited TO all tastes
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25

rigatiou projects involve triumph. of
engineering skill scarcely less difficult
of attainment than is the connection
of the ocean across the isthmus, and
it would be easy for demonstrat alton to
show that the reclamation service has
been much more economical, infinitely
more effective 10 operation and has a
better record of progress for the
money expended than a be claimed
for the canal builders who have had
practically all of the forces of the
government ready at command TO as.
sist them.
The reclamation department has
been separated from the photographic
bureau of which it has been q subord.
mate branch and there is abundant
reason for the expectation that early
results will not only fully justify all
the expenditures made and provided
for but will also commend the i'm.
provement so we'll to public favor that
there will be no halt in the extension
until every drop of available water
has been utilized in the bringing of
idle soil under profitable Guilty. alton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
Stole Entire Band OflShcep.

LEW1sTOwN, July 16.-One OF the
most remarkable thefts of sheep ever
reported in the west has just come to
light here. Three men are under ar.
rest for having stolen an entire band
belonging to Smith l. Eliot. They
had the sheep penned up at the foot OF
the Snowy mountains and we're shear.
ing the band when found by officers
who placed the men under arrest.
The identity of the thieves is IN.
known here. They refused to give
their real names and are registered as
John Doe, Richard Roe and John
Smith. 1t is presumed that the sheep
were part of a large band from which
they had become separated on the
range, and that the thieves rounded
them up and drove them away. intend
ing to profit by a good high.priced
wool clip, and then sell the sheep
themselves.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25

Pennsylvania, though it does best in
warmer regions. 1t is found grow
ing wild in California, yet little or no
attempt is being made there to en-.
courage its growth or make use OF
| what is at hand.
The use Of belladonna and digitalis
in this country has become enormous.
The belladonna plant will do we'll in
good garden soil and the root be.
comes available for the market after
the second year. American firms
making use of much of this drug have
been cultivating this plant with sue
cess the last two years.
There vas imported last year $780,
600 pounds of pepper, produced chiefly
from the paprika pepper, which is pre-
pared from the pods Of slender fruit
grown in Hungary. This importation
is to the value of 81, ZOO, 600. That l,
could all be produced at home by
proper GUILTY. alton in southern states
that are adapted to its growth is fully
demOnstr ated.
Weeds that have long been regarded
as nuisances in fence corners and
roadways contain valuable drugs.
The American worm weed is being cul-
tivated in south California and pro.
duces 500 pounds per acre. giving bet
ter returns, than a cotton crop. The
ungainly, ill.smelliny jimson weed,
which supplies the drug trade with
both seeds and leaves, will pay better
than wheat or staple crops if cult
waited. Poke root, burdock and yellow
dock root, all Of which are to be
found wild on almost any farm, are
now imported because no American
farmer takes the trouble to dig them
and send them to market. The roots
Of golden seal have been found OF -pe-
cial medical value. Demand for Il
and it, Increasing scarcity have
caused the price to rise 10 $50 q
pound, az which price the cultivation
OF this plant would yield biz profits g
the grower.
a survey Of this list indicates to the
ordinary farmer that he IS thought
le,-ly hacking down and fighting
weeds and plants each year that might
be turned to GOOD account if care
enough We're taken t handle them in
an intelligent and bu-iuesslike way.
\ letter to the department Of agricul-
ture might bring more useful informn-
tion on the matter.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
Peace IN Central America.

NA~HINeTcN, lu.y l7.-Ite even
In OF Ju.y y probably will be liked
d he sine for al ar,ui>tice il Cen
trial America, peuuing the settlement
Of cHe dispute involving salvador,
Gauteu.a.a auu l~Iouuura-. The state
department received dispatches today
from tuc City Of Mexico. from Guae--
ma.a City ana san Salvador. inuica,-
il that all the power, involved III tie
war are willing 10 agree upon an ar.
u.i,ticc and that tomorrow evening a:
the time seems TO be acceptable to al,
the powers.
No farther engagements rave oeeI
reported % the state department aut
the officials here have no adviceS con
corning the report from the City Q
Mexico of heavy losses Of life,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
WEALTH IN NIln~.

The botanical experts Of the depart.
ment OF agriculture suggest that Am
erican farmers are missing Il great
opportunity to acquire wealth from
their crops OF weeds. Many varieties
of this vegetation, according to these
scientific authorities, possess value
that should not be wasted. Secretary
Wilson, head of the department Of
agriculture, recently gave to the
newspapers q statement of his views
upon this subject, and advised farm.
ing communities to turn their atten.
ton to this neglected source of wealth.
According to the secretary's state.
ment, the United States last year
bought S64, OO0, 600 worth Of drugs and
dyes, nearly every dollars worth OF
which could be produced from plants
and weeds that may be grown in the
United States. Nearly 81, OOO, DOC
worth of licorice 10 imported into the
United States, most of it in root form.
Experiments in licorice guilty alton b!
the bureau of plant industry OF the
department of agriculture show tina
the plant will grow as far north a
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
DISCUSS NEW RATE LAW
Railroad Officials Preparing 10 Comply
With New Regulations.

CLEVELAND, July Il. - Captain
Grammer, vice president and general
tr affic manager of the New York Cen.
trail railroad west of Buffalo, who is
likely to receive the immunity bath a.
did the officers Of the packing trust,
has announced that he will assist the
government attorneys in their effort
to run down the Standard Oil trust.
Captain Grammer says be believes
that the new rate law will prove of in
estimable benefit to the common car.
riers in the end. He thinks the ship.
pers will be the first to ask the repeal
Of the present law.
1.-THE e law prevents q change In
the rate after it has once been fixed
for 30 days. he says. Formerly q
shipper with a large consignment
could go to the railroad company and
get a special rate within three days.
The new law makes it just as great an
otfense to ask for a special rate as for
the railroad company to grant one.
"Shippers are always complaining
Of excessive rates and are always try.
ing 10 get an advantage over COM
petitors. Al! this is changed by the
new law. The shippers will be on an
equal basis and there will be no OPP
portun!ty for them to use the railroads
as tools TO get ahead Of competitors.
When they one realize that they will
all be on the same basis and that they
can undersel! each other only by cut
ting their own profits, they may not
be 20 anxious for this rate legislation.
Il believe hat the new law will help
the railroads. It will DO one thing,
anyway: it will remove that class Of
shippers who have been the most
trouble to us-the ones who have al.
ways been demanding special rates o.
-pecta. service 80 that they might IN
oer-el. their competitors
CHICAGO. July l~..-ESecutive Off.
Gals and general counsel of every
railroad west Of Chicago held a con
ference yesterday with a view OF de
termining the meaning Of all of the
provisions OF the new rate law. j. c.
otubb>. traffic director Of the Harri.
man lines. presided at the conference
and outlined the purposes of the
gathering. 1t Developed, however,
that there was almost as many views
regarding the Interpretation Of the
statutes a. there were lawyers ana
traffic mel present. It vas decided.
therefore, to appoint two committees,
oue Of traffic men and one Of .e-aI
mll. The traffic men are to meet aud
arrange their plans for c~arryinr tAl
"a" ,uto eject aGd whenever they en-
couu:er It provision that they aY@ HE.
able to solve. they arr TO call on the
,e-al committee for opinions. Ii tbs
meantime. tie committee Of lawyers i.
to hold meetings alu determine what
tAey consider TIE statute requires.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
PROGRESS IN IRRIGATION.

Great results arr expected from the
irrigation congress- when VIII soon
D. Acld al bolse CITY. Idaho' l'ep-
Fe=ehtati'e ron an the
western states VIII at'ehV 'Ae congress,
an" IL 10 bcIlcNcu lhe occasion "+44
ot'U- to@e'Aer lhe largest coAc."'c oi
~lFflEtHouIets IN TIE history O. tie reg
.iaha.}ou MoFehleHt'
II haa peeu NAV tac mann
uDt-ct IN view Is Il propose" govern
i'e4t loan OF o 4Vo oVo,0'V IoF
l'f5-atloA purposes sue hnahei"t
t-goufa~ ei1eAI' 80 c'a'"te"i = 49,
eazafE Tor fecIathalloh wore" upon q
-taIh t4at WA FfoAoee que" result
anu eve the present generation d
share "I the peAeL'7 Oh Fe1tA!A4''oA "@
isA tejeful -oN'FA'41st' lh"' '"'t
progress Mas a'fea@A "aeA iaaur' con
7tacfsh2 the pfo"toh47 ~ 9e 99Ne'' i
tag conclusion teaehI" =! Inc I"ISe
inter Mountain MS fe'le" Oh l-'
SITUATION;
I'm government service ior ''e re
lamaioa OF aF!d Ian"e was instituted
Tour years ago something % 'te
CROWN 81 lAt utNclaI ORGANIZATION !
lndltu'eu 10y 1Ae statistics recent!
gwen out III Washington Fei1l'a@ 70
| the chptoye7 auH expenditures, HIt4-
! - tue tour years tue iofet mas tN-
pana'd from less IMAM oh2 uoe'h men
e I" over tour h"ndre0 engineers ah'
: a~Saf7tah'-' VIII mere 3Aaa l"o nous
r an" Directly employed u! 'he depart
: meht IA apool Ten l""aa'taH WORK
! men employed II tee "orN ndc con.
, tractors foF lAe year ending d0At
/ ~ l"o'' the expenditures amounted !,
ABOUT s'oo''VV "hiIe lof 'he ahh"a
t perlo" close" last June the aggregate
: was nearl! S>,ooo'ooo. contracts nave
; o>en lei anu "oFN Is "oae' WAY! III
= VoiNin- a cost Oh nearly - VuV'oo'
t ana projects no" oe'n2 p'a"ue" MIL III
= crease the 'o'ai 10 9t''oo''o 'o'
Is N"eA II Is toNs'otre" ''a' ''1S 'n"l
n ave years = very ''" poop. '"'
t. an. Nho"'eu@e o' u" po'7'o'"'.'
~'0ohte'eu VIII" 'Frls"''oN e"'1rPf'>
an" P0p''' sentiment '"'''"e . IN
a''" 'e5.onS VIZ '".'''' "'s,"' .'''
! iaNo'aole Afen"''"'e 'n '"'s 'o'.
Il oi puo1" o'e''oo''' '"e o'"''''
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25

have been provided for the visitors.
A wild west show aud Indian exhibit.
tions r among the special features
and Elitch's gardens were thrown
open free to Elks today. Ladies who
had registered were shown about the
city ia automobiles.
Judge Henry Melvin of Oakland,
California, was unanimously elected
grand exalted ruler of the B. F. O. E.
In the convention this evening. Dr..
Haviland Of Montana, absolutely re.
fused to allow his name to go before
the O vention.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
Pceuljar ana Pertinent

IN !. marriages out OF ever! lee OIc
Of the parties ha- been married me-
fore,
\ hundred year the popula-
tan Of London wa, iust one.hith villa,
it i now. The 5000. 600 people Ia
Greater London ike ia ~, Coo houses.
May Island, Great Britain. now pos
scsse~ "A foghoru which can be heard
i miles away. Several similar ole-
are TO be installed il neigAbort4g
lighthouses to safeguard ships enter
iu- the Firth OF Forth.
Ia high mountains there = 70 -,at.
to compare with Colorado. She rtr
claim 10. peak, of an altitude OF Nor,
than 10, feet. 31j OF more than Il,
600 feet, 255 Of more than 1000, IN
OF more than 1900 and SO OF mor,
than 1000.
In these, day OF increasing use 0
concrete for building purposes. il j,
interesting TO recall the fact that III
Pantheon, in Rome, about 2ooo year
old, i, covered by Il dome over II
feet in diameter, which is east in con
crete in one solid mass.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25

The ashes cast out of Nesuvius IN
the recent outbreak will prove q bless
ing in the long run. Professor Iinno
has examined them aud found them
free from ingredients injurious TO
plant life, while containing others
that will promote the growth OF grape
vines, grass and vegetables. ihe
peasants have lost no time in pillow
ing in this valuable fertilizer, 70 pre-
vent it being washed away by rains.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25

When two Irishmen start to hight,
they may be parted but they will Mn
ally get together. You can par; AM
orleans or Germans, when they want
to fight. and they vii! make up, but
when two Irishmen start to fight, they
mean it.-Atchison Globe.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
GROWTH OF OUR RAILROADS.

In 1901 the gross earnings OF the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
we're @63, OOO, 600. In 1905 the gross
earnings OF the same two roads are
Ola, 900, 900, a gain OF $751; 600 900, or
over 80 per cent. in five years. The
growth in tonnage OF the anne roads
during the san period is, by their
W report, over 30 per cent, which
phenomenal growth they explain by
saying that it ia due to the material
reductions in the average rate per ton
per mile.
At about the time the 1901 earnings
of these two railroads were calculated
they had a cash value Of $50, 900 per
mile and in view of the fact that their
gross earnings have since increased
over 80 per cent. and their total ton
mage over 30 per cent, it is fair to
suppose that the actual commercial
values of the properties mentioned are
much greater now than they we're
when their value. proved by sale, vas
So, 800 per mile.
AS to the "material reductions in the
average rate per ton per mile which
is said to have increased the tonnage
enormously, the freight payevs Of
Montana are agreed that such material
reductions have not been applied to
this state. Indeed it is we'll under
stood that the chief reductions have
bcen made for and between terminals
and wholly by easOn of the necessity
of competing with other transcOnti-
mental railroads..
Authentic figures showing the IN.
creased earnings and traffic tonnage,
Of the Southern Pacific, Union Pacific.
Canadian Pacific. Atchison, Topeka
X Santa Fe, Chicago, Milwaukee x
st. Paul, Great Northern ana North.
ern Pacific, show that the Hill system
as comprised in the latter two, enjoyed
the greatest increase Of earnings and
the greatest addition of tonnage of
any Of the others. The percentage of
Increase OF the Canadian Pacific was
,a,,or,h,, that ~ y ,wo ui,1 ro,d.
which .ravar.a Noo.,na bn, M, "a.
5ual growth vas small by comparison.
In the case of the Canadian Pacific
lh5 advance in earnings and tonnage
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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25

This bank solicits accounts, anG
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and tie
most liberal treatment consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct or all principal American aad
European cities, and issues It's own
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. Ths
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and arran
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25

Water right blanks-ouly correct
form u bl;shed-fc- sale a. the RtVER
PRESS Office.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
Conrad Banking
COMPANY.
GREAT FALLS MONT
Onincorporaec.1

PAID UP CApITAL.....S iOaGnr
INDIVIDUAL REsPONSIR!LITY..2 OOn,CGG
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-15
cRAcKsMEN GET away WITH $4,000
Blow Open Safe at AkeIey, MIMI
Explosions Fairly Rock the
Town.

AKELEY, Mimi, Sept. 15.-Cracks-
men robbed the bank of Akeley of
$4,000 at O'clock Wednesday morning.
There were three explosions and
parts of the town fairly rocked. The
sides of the bank building were blown
out and the front is in ruins Nitro
glycerine was the explosive used. One
man who was near by attempted to
interfere, but was warned to return to
his home on penalty of being shot.
The force of the explosion was so
great that all the silver in the safe
was blown to all parts of the building
and even into the streets. There was
about $4,000 in cash in the bank; that
which the robbers did not get was in
the vault. This amount of money is
not carried at all times, but was
brought here this week to pay off the
checks of the Red River Lumber COM
pany
There is not a clue to the identity
departure from town. Large tracts
of timber are near by and it is rea
sonable to suppose that they made
their way as quickly as possible to hid
ing places in this timber or in adjacent
swamps.
The banks loss is fully covered by
insurance and it is not out a cent, save
what must be expended for repairs of
the building.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-15
ENGLISH CLOTHES IN AMERICA

The boast of a West End tailor that
all the best-dressed men, including
Americans bought their clothes in Lon
don, has led one of our consuls to do
a little investigating, with the result
that the figures of exports do not JUS
jify the boast. The leading West End
tailor" says: NO Englishman orders
his clothes from America few Ameri-
cans VINO can afford it and who prize
style, quality and fit, order their
clothes anywhere but in London
In the face of this statement it is
curious to find that of the total export
of wearing apparel from Great Brit
ain last year, amounting in all to
$23, 224,300, only a beggarly $275,500
came to the United States. If as the
West End tailor chortles, the very
existence of many of the high-grade
London shops depends upon American
patronage" they must be having a
hard time of it.
1t may be true that a great many
American tourists have clothes made in
London, but these individuals are not
Americans. They bring home a suit
of clothes usually to compare them
with American makes and American
prices and are generally satisfied that
their own country successfully COM
petes in both. This, of course is what
is natural. American tourists hear so
much about the tariff injuriously af-
fecting their chances to get good cloth
ing at reasonable prices that they are
eager to test the question by giving
London order. And London is so
dear a place to buy that one expert
ment Suffices.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-15
AT THE HOSPITALS.
Patients There for Treatment for Vari-
Gus Plants and Accidents.

Gus FIalnIS ana ACCI0SntS.
Mrs. L. Watts of Athena, was ad-
mitted to the Walla Walla hospital
Yesterday for medical treatment.
Val McMinnman was taken TO the
Walla Walla hospital yesterday for
treatment of a crushed foot caused by
a falling load of brick.
John Wickersham, Mill creek far
mer and old pioneer, was taken to the
Walla Walla hospital yesterday for
medical treatment.
G. A. Desmond of Riverside, was
brought to the Walla Walla hospital
night before last with internal 1njur-
les caused by a runaway team and was
operated on about midnight. He is do
ing fairly well.
o. V. Langdon, Walla Walla hospi-
tai patient. was discharged yesterday.
J. F. Withiam, who has been re-
ceiving medical treatment at the Wal
la Walla hospital, was discharged
yesterday.
Joe Mcdonald Of this city, was able
to leave the Walla Walla hospital this
morning for his home.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-15
DANGEROUS TO COMPROMISE.

Although we did not read it in the
morning organ, there is a republican
convention on today down at the
courthouse. 1t is convention fraught
with more than ordinary Importance
and is likely to develop politics of
either the best, or worst sort.
At this writing there are deals IN
progress which. if carried through sue
cessfully, because of the weakness of
some delegations, and the ever present
absorbing. selfish desire for office and
political power, will, to a marked de-
gree. nullify the humiliating defeat
of the renegade curbstone bosses.
Should such deals be made the bunco
bosses will have a sufficient represen-
tation to base another fight on in the
future 1t will be merely a confession
Of incapacity on the part of some of
the men just now entrusted with the
political power of the city and coun-
ty.
There are times when trading of
votes in a convention is necessary to
bring about certain needed results.
One or two such trades are now Of
fered under conditions which make it
almost imperative for the Ankeny peo-
pie to compromise-this not through
any victories by the men opposed to
the senator, but through the detection
of certain men entrusted with the
senator's welfare in their own pre-
cincts.
The Ankeny success has given GER
tain ambitious ones the chance to fur
Their their own schemes, thereby secur-
ing a personal advantage at the ex-
pense of the whole.
But this does not admit of the ne
cessity of raising the canvas for the
horde of repudiated curbstone bosses
and it behooves the loyal Ankeny men
to remember they have something due
the traitors possibility.
Too much compromise, to satisfy
individual ambitions, will result in
change in sentiment on the part of
mass of the voters so far as the re-
cerned.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-15
Odd Fellows Meet in Toronto

TORONTO, Ont, Sept. 15.-The sos
sion of the Sovereign Grand Lodeo
Patriarchs Militant, Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows, which opens here
today, has attracted more than thirty
thousand members of the order from
all parts of the United States, Canada
and other parts of the world to this
city. Even Mexico and the Sandwich
Islands are represented by delegates
The convention, which will be formalIv
opened this evening with big reeen.
ton TO the Sovereign Grand officers
will last eight days and promises TO
be unusually interesting The Sover-
eign Grand Lodge has not met here
since 1880. Then the sessions were
held in the old Parliament building on
Wellington street. This year the ses.
sions will be held in the new Parlia-
ment building in Queens park. After
the convention the delegates will take
several side trips, including visits to
Niagara Falls, the st. Lawrence river,
Thousand Islands, Lachine Rapids and
Montreal.