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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-28
Sun River Project Assured.

WASHINGTON, March 26.-There ia
great rejoicing. according to report
here from the Sun river valley, Mon.
taua. over the fact that the secretary
of the interior has apportioned the
sum of $500, 600 for beginning the gre at
irrigation work 10 that section. For
the past two years the engineers of the
reclaim alton service have been making
surveys and completing plans for one
OF the largest of the national projects
ia the west.
The prelinina airy Investigation of
the Sun riveriproject indicates tn at
256,0OO acres are reclaim able in this
valley at a cost Of about $50 per acre,
or a total expenditure of nearly ss,-
100000. A large percentage of this
area Is public domain and its reel am q.
ton will result in a very great in.
crease 10 the population OF the state.
The irrigable area is q broad prairie
extending from the Teton river on the
north to the Sun river on the south, a
distance of thirty miles, and from the
Rocky mountains on the west to the
Missouri river on the east, a distance
of seventy miles.
The reclaim alton of this vast area
will add to the crop.producing area of
Montana a larger acreage than is at
present cultivated in the entire state of
Rhode Island. The examinations
made by the engineers show that this
project is free from difficult engineer
ing features, and the topography of
the country is such that it can be built
uni, at a time. 1t is probable that the
first unit selected for construction will
be the reclamation of 10000 acres in
and about Fl. Shaw reservation.
The Sun river is an important tribu.
tary Of the Missouri, into which it
empties at Great Falls 1t flows out
of steep canyons, which it has cut
deeply into the main chain of the
Rockies.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-28
WILD WITH
ITCHING HUM0R
Eruption Broke Out in Spots All
Over Body-Caused a Continual
itching for Two Years = Doctors
Medicine Did no Good Cured at
Expense Of only SIPS and Now
THANKS CUTICURA
FOR COMPLETE CURE

Some time ago I wrote you for q
book on the Cuticura Remedies and
received it o. X. and went and bought
the Soap, Ointment, and Pills. They did
me more good than any medicine ! ever
used. They cured me Q fmy skin disease,
and I am very thankful to you. My
trouble was eruption Of the skin, which
broke out in spots all over my body,
and caused a continual itching which
nearly drove me wild at times. I got
medicine of a doctor, but it did not cure
me, and when l saw in a paper your
ad., I sent to you for the Cuticura book
and l studied my case in it. then
went to the drug store and bought one
cake of Cuticura Soap, II box OF Gu
ticura Ointment, and one vial OF Cuti-
cura Pills. From the first application
/ received relief. I used the first set
and two extra cakes Of Cuticura Soap,
and was completely cured. l had
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thank Cuticura for my cure. If you
wish, you may publish this. Your
friend forever, Claude N. Johnson, Maple
Grove Farm, r. +. De-, Walnut, Ham,,
June Is, 1905"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-28
To Restore Mineral Lands.

WARRINGTON, March 26.-Sena tor
Clark OF Montana has introduced q
bill to amend section 3 of the reclama.
ton act to permit the immediate res
toration to the public domain of such
lands as have been temporarily with
drawn from entry and upon investiga-
ton found not to be susceptible to
Irrigation. The main purpose of the
proposed amendment is to enable
prospectors seeking mineral deposits
to go upon public lands. The bill
provides:
"That should any of the land within
such withdrawal meaning withdrawal
for irrigation purposes be found to
be more valuable for mineral than for
other purposes, or should any person
duly qualified under the laws of the
United States enter any such land IN.
der mineral laws, then SO much of said
lands as may be found to be more
valuable for mineral than for other
purposes and land for which any
qualified person desires to make min.
eral entry shall be At once excluded
from such order of withdrawal by the
secretary of the interior and shall be
subject to entry under the laws 10 the
same manner a. if no such order of
withdrawal hid been made
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-28

Arr they not due rather tn his early
acter? II We look deep into the heart
Of the man may we not find gentler.
kindlier and swceter qualities? May
there not b. \ vein Of gold under tho
lava rock, the shalc and the quartz?
Glories In a Fight.
Iillman rips his way through Il de-
bate like Il cyclone through tall timber.
His voice is characteristic. rising from
a rasp or II snarl to II leoninc roar. His
gestures are those Of Il fighter. and his
body is ever In motion. The dignitied
senate once was we'll nigh paralyzed
to see him dance Il jig In the aisle to
enforce One Of his points. His face il
never remarkable for pulchritude. be-
ing rugged and scanned, and when he
IL angry. which is not infreQuent. It IL
almost terrifying. His swarthy skin
grows yet more dark with passion. his
frown Is truly awe compelling. and his
II eye CLEANS with the light OF battle.
He is tall, but compact. and radiates
AAISNASAAy XIV StANtlStu. AlS lNtI ~
large and we'll formed, his forehead
fairly high and broad. and his nose.
mouth and chin belong to the lighting
type. The phrase ''as hard as nails
Is hackneyed. but 1t is expressive of
Tlllman. His body Is hard. his tenn
permanent Is hard. his visage Is hard.
Yet under the iron Turk Il warm heart
ed impulsiveness and a native humor,
and the combination makes up one Of
the most complex and enigmatical
characters in American public life.
Tillman seems to court Kisses from his
audience and gets his full share Of
them, but appears to mind them no
more than a summer zephyr. He glo-
rles in Il fight and never Is so delighted
40 when drawing fire from an antago-
mist.
Benjamin Ryan Tillman was born
In 1917. He received his education
from private tutors and from an acad-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-28

and they will be content to see tho
measurc become II law regardless Of
what Il o. men may lead the fight.
Nor is 1t probable that the president
will lose sleep over the turn that ar
fairs have taken. Loving Il fighter, Mr..
Roosevelt has been known to express
his admiration for the pugnacious
qualities of Tillman, even after the
South Carolina senator had made IL
Of his most vitriolic attacks on the I'D
miuistration. Honesty and manlincss
command respect even In Il foe. and he
who possesses them is the first to ap-
preciate them in another.
The president. along with other
friends Of rate legislation, wants re-
suits. He is big and broad enough.
and it Is believed that the senators
who support his policy are big and
broad enough to overlook petty obsta-
cles thrown In the way. The reaching
of the goal is the main thing. and so
long as that Ia kept IN sight it matters
not SO much as to the runners or wen
as to the jockeying. Therefore the
American people need not be too much
disturbed by the latest phase In the
rate fight. The divinity that shapes
our ends" may have IL hand in matters
even SO prosaic as the regulation Of
corporations. and final good may come
out of the seeming tangle in spite OF
the shortsightcd scheming Of
Sturdy Farmer.SenatOr.
As for Tillman himself, he has been
so much in the public eye that the
country knows him, and yet perhaps it
does not know him. or. rather. it only
knows the rough side of him that he
has chosen to put forward. Those who
are most familiar with this sturdy
farmer-senator say that beneath a
harsh and uncouth exterior he carries
not only a big brain. but a great heart:
that he has integrity. ability, true pa
triQtlsm, genuine democracy. personal
bravery and the best OF impulses. He
Ii Independent and speaks what h
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-28
ITCH! ITCH! ITCH!

SCRATCH! SCRATCH! SCRATCH! This
is the condition of thousands Of skin-tor-
tured men, women, and children, who
may be instantly relieved and speedily
cured by warm baths with Cutlcura soap
and gentle applications Of Cuticura Olnt;
ment, the great Skin Cure, and mlld
doses of Cuticura Resolvent Pills, when
physicians and all else fail.
Sold throughout the world. Cuticura Soar, :'c,; oins;
Fivis. csc. per vial Of tO). may be had Of all druggists; i, i
single set often cures. Potter Drug = Chsm. Corps S''
a.. Mated T,cs,"lM AboutthaSkiu Scalp, andu Hair.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-28

"HERE are humors in politics as
we'll as in high finance. That
Ben Tillman, the c~astigator of
presidents. the bitterest and
most outspoken opponent of Roosevelt
ism in congress. should have been put
In charge of the administrations pet
measure Is SO audacious a piece Of
irony that it has made the country
gasp. The motion to have the Hepburn
bill reported by Tillman was made by
Aldrich. the head and front of the OPP
position to the measure. 1t was sup
ported by the other enemies of railroad
rate legislation on the senate inter-
state commerce committee. evidently
with the double intention Of humiliat-
ing Senator Dolliver and the other Re
publican friends of the measure and of
casting ridicule on the proposition It,
self. The foes of the presidents policy
knew they could count on enough
Democratic votes to elect Tillman, and
In this they were not mistaken.
Despite the humor Of the situation
the motive of Aldrich In making such Il
motion is one that will exactly appeal
to the American sense of fair play.
But 1t is just possible that the "rail-
road" senators have O~verreachcd them
selves. for Tillman, whatever else may
be said Of him, Is Il fighter. Is thorough
~ in earnest In his advocacy of the
rate bill and may prove no mean gen
eral in the great parliamentary battle
that is impending. In the minds of the
great mass of the plain people this Is a
question that %transccnds pa~rtisanism.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-28

thinks, regardless of consequences.
From his " viewpoint he is SO sim
cere and SO much In earnest, so genu-
Inc In his own rough way, that in his
eyes the art of ingratiating oneself in
the good opinions Of men has In it not
only an element Of subtle selflshness,
but of sham Us well. His honesty may
be savage. and he may enforce his
opinions with a rhetorical club, but he
at least leaves nobody In doubt as to
what he means. and he stands for the
thing he is. He may be brutal. even
coarse, In his statements, but he hits
hard and fights fair. He may shock
and offend his own friends and by lack
of tact place ammunition in the hands
Of his enemies, but he succeeds in chal-
longing attention for his principles.
and perhaps that Is what he desires.
The ~ruggedness and vigor Of his
style. his homely illustrations. his utter
lack of diplomacy, the candor with
which he announces views that other
men who entertain the same opinions
think it the part Of wisdom to with
uOIu, tHC OiuIltlAcSS Will WHICH uc
puts forth Ideas that he knows to be
opposed to those held by his audience,
the vitriOlic character Of some Of his
denunciations and Il manner that from
Its very forcefulness closely approaches
the spectacular and sensational, al.
these things may attract or repel, ac-
cording to the character of the nearer.
hut they cannot be ignored. They have
created the popular conception Of Till
man. but have they done him justice7
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-28
STURDY BEN TILLMAN
Pen Portrait Of the Picturesque Senator Who Has Sud.
denly Become One Of the Most Important
Men In Congress

Surtass Turn Of the Pondcai Wheel Which Has Made South caroaus,s ubioue
Democrat the Ally Of President Roosevelt. Whom He Has Always Most
Bitterly Oppssed-SdeMshs On he Character Of "a To-
teresdns Public Man Who 10 Generally
Misunderstood sxxuu,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-28
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-23
EVIDENCES OF PROGRESS.

Through the hustiing management Of
Philip J. Halvosa, the Vermont Union
Signal, paper devoted TO unionism
and published at Rutland, i going ahead
vigorously. Tho increase Of patronage
neccssitated enlarged quarters, and Ed
tor Halvosa moved his establishment To-
a more eommcdious location IN the
Globe building on Merchants row This
ii gratifying evidence Of the progress
Of The Union Signal since Editor Hal
vosa assumed charge d year ago. The
paper il published by the Central Trades
and Labor council Of Rutland, and it
il the only journal in the state exeus-
lively given up to the interests Of labor
With 10000 members OF unions in Yer
mont, there is q fine field for such Il
journal and abundant opportunity for
the editor to take even greater strides.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-23
STORIES OF BARNUM.
The Elephant with Two Trunks-Ex-
perience With "A Cat.

perieuce With Cat.
There is d Characteristic story told Of
the origin Of the partnership between
Barnum and Bailey In the circus busi-
ness. p. r. Barnum was the undoubt
ed leader Ia bis line Of etdeayor. but
when Bailey. Hutchinson x Cooper
plastered every fe@ae with autographs
Of "Gib. the only living elephant with
two trunks aud in consequence crowd
cd their tents with eager sightseers In
every town the great Snowman felt
that bis pre-eminence was challenged
'Dan" he said to his secretary. ''dld
you ever soc Gib?"
No said the secretary.
"Has lie really GIT two trunks?'
unused Mr.. Barnum.
Cant say for sure, said the secre-
tary. shut they keep on saying SO good
and loud
Dan" said the Snowman. we've got
to have Glib
He reached for telegraph blank and
scrubbed the following dispatch 10 Bal
ley;
Win give you $4,000 FOR Glib. the ele-
plant with two trunks
r. r.. RARNUM.
la the very next town that he visited
the veteran Snowman came face to
face with bis telegram accurately re-
produced on his rivals posters, staring
at him wherever he went and under
rns,fh III fhasa vtznrdg.
That's how much p. r. Barnum thinks
OF the famous Glib. the only elephant In
the world with two trunksl
"Dan. said Mi. Barnum to his faith
ful secretary, Its not the elephant we
want. It's that man Bailey
This naturally suggests Mr. Barnum's
experience with the famous cherry col
ored cat which a visitor offered TO sell
him.
A cherry colored eat would certainly
be an attraction said Mr.. Barnum,
sand II YOU really have one Eli give
you 500 for her.
In due course the man returned with
fine cat why, That's not cherry
coIored catf' exclaimed Nh. Barnum.
''She's black as coal hole
Haven't you ever seen black cher
RESP plaintively querled the owner Of
the eat
II is said that Mr.. Barnum paid him
500, according to promise, But IL be
Gid II Is reasonably certain that he
managed 10 get several hundred dol
lars worth Or advertising ont Of tho
incident woman's Home Companion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-23
SHOPS IN VERMONT.


Vermont is after the bucket shops.
Ii the Green mountain solons have
ben reading recent Massachusetts, his
tory, they will shun the society Of sus-
PIGEONS characters till the die is cast
Boston Herald
Vermont did not need to read Mas
saehusetts history to learn that the
bucket shop Is a blood sucker, taking
the life out Of legitimate business; the
history Of their own state in recent
years has been sufficient TO tell Yer.
monters that the buckct-shop is one Of
the insidious evils Of commercial life.
We may have been influenced more Or
less By the deIeterious effects shown III
Massachusetts,, but that alone is not
responsible for the present agitation.
The recent failures Of stupendous CON
Germs is sufficient object lesson TO
cause the commonwealth 70 strive to
protect those people who have not sense
enough to protect themselves. There
fore, the legislation before the present
general assembly. There ought to be
little doubt about stunning ''the society
Of suspicious Characters and the Iegis-
laters. If they are wise, will adopt the
measure presented by Mr.. jackson Of
Barre.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-23

The publishing Of hideously distort
cd picture Of William Randolph Hearst
IN Harper's Weekly raises the question
81 the effort does not defeat It's purpose.
The intention evidently is to raise up
Hughes at the expense Of Hearst. Start
ing with that idea for a basis. the ar
list goes to work and under his skillful
hand losthsome and disgusting cartoon
springs forth. Enthusiastically labeled
either BY word or by The facial like
ness, the cartoon finds place as tho
frontispiece 81 an admirable magazine,
there to meet the glance Of tho reader
as he opens the pages But in spite
of the cleverness Of the artist there is
something revolving in the effort, some.
thing which causes one to turn with q
feeling of remonstrance 10 the author
of the picture and TO the publisher
OF the magazine who permits its repro
iuction The remonstrance being Of no
avail, there uneonsciously arises feet.
ing Of sympathy for the one who Is
,shus ridicuIously earicatured. Sympa.
thy may develop into half.alcgiance and
half,allegiancc into outright support
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-23

n view Of the fact that some public
school teachers II Yernlost are getting
III b week for their services, as recently
disclosed the demand Of the state
teachers association for minimum sal.
AIRY il not, perhaps, to be wondered
ut. Going on the assumption that
schools have three terms " twelve
weeks each, such teachers get the muni
ticcnt sum Of S252 for their services.
Bit however desirable it may be that
the pay Of the school teachers be raised,
would the state Of Vermont be justified
in passing law fixing the salary Of
the teachers as standard for the
townsg
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-23

The merry makers have carried the
thing so far that it is getting TO be
n serious thing Go yet married in Barre.
So solicitious are the friends to give
a heary sendoff that the happy couple
are loatl 70 announce their intention.
preferring 70 leave that pleasant duty
70 the newspaper after the honeymoon
departure. To give these friends the
slip, the contracting parties hive TAX
en- recourse to The automobile, that 81.
lent, swift vehicle Of conveyance. Quite
frequently the friends have been eluded
in this way, but the other day wed.
ding party was caught at their own
game. They secured honk wagon to
carry them beyond the reach OF the
hmlcrs Of old shoes and the sprinklers
Of rice aud confetti. but the friends
went them one better, getting two ma.
chimes. When The honeymoon started Il
was accompanied BY The two outside
autos, with the occupants OF the latter
footing horns and vociferatng al the
top Of their lungs to call attention to
he fact, "lye're Just married. There
was no doubt that the Intelligence was
amply conveyed along the streets ira.
yersed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-23
STRAY PlCKINGS
OF LOCAL INTEREST

He wouldn't need makeup 70 ap.
pear Is d character IL 4 play remarked
10 Barre man AZ Id watched lettering.
faltering old gentleman walk down the
street the other day.
And certainly he didn't for he was
John Carter, the aged actor who played
with Creston Clarke in .The Ragged
Messenger" Ak the local theatre that
same night The old gentleman plays
the part of an old man IN the produc-
ton and plays II 70 perfection, too. Lie
is So years of age, and the greater
part Of the time has been spent on
the stage. II i said Of him that he
was for fourteen years in the company
of which Henry Irving was the star.
On the street Mr. Carter looks like Il
Quaker, and most everyone stopped 70
look at kim because " the personality
which seems to surround him.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-23

Does not, then, the cartoon fail to that
extent q it, undoubted purpose! The
question next becomes uppermost, Would
rot the candidacy of Hughes haze re-
nlaincd more soliditIed had not the dis
gushing cartoon been published2
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-23


Those two fierce rivals for athletic
hoDors, Goddard and Montpelier semi
naries, were let loose on The football
gridiron to practice mayhem on each
other the other day The spectators
were locking to see the manned and
the bruised carried of the field in ann
bulance loads. There wasn't serious
injury noted, and that in spite Of the
advice Of lusty enthusiast to "Pih-
verize EN-. Goddard" Montpelier re-
fused TO be pulveIized; that Is, speak
ing literally. They came out OF the
game eleven separate and distinct units
just as they went in, instead OF the
eleven pieces being divided up into az
many more atoms Of anatomy, as pull
verifying is supposed to mean But when
it came to pulyerizing Montpelier on
the score OF football playing. Goddard
did the thing TO the kings taste. From
the standpoint Of football prestige,
Montpelier was 50 pulyerized that there
wasn't even a grease spot left Of their
reputation. We rejoice greatly that
this was possible without the necessity
of reducing their bodies into separate
and distinct pieces. II may be called
"a triumph for that noble game, foot
BALL
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-23
JINGLES AND JESTS.
INC Ilaeleror.s salilnuur

ING HncHNIor'S SuIfi0uuy.
no wed or not to wed:
That ~ the question
Watcher It's better
10 remain single
And disappoint a few women
For d time
Or marry
And disappoint one woman
For HE.
Lippincott's Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-23

Broncho BiIl--No, sir he amt much
ter look at, bnt that dawg's the most
marvellous tracker II the world. Hes
traced twenty bank robbers, ten horse
thieves and thirty road agents.
The Innocent And to what my
friend. do you attribute this wonderful
abiliy2
Broncho Bill WAL, you see, sir,
when be wor a pup be used ter swaller
tracing paper reg'lar, SO you see
Punch.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-23

Miss Wasple says she wonders why
she has TO meet so many dlsagrceable
people"
That's easily explained answered
Miss Cayenne TITS hard for anybody
not 70 be dlsagreeable ia AlIss Wasplc's
company. Washington star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-23

Ethel Why don't you Marcy himl
Edith We could never get along TO-
Ethel- Welt sou wouldn't have to.
He Is rich enough to live at his club
New York Press.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-23
8 wMrrnnted susnlcIen.

shy wife was arrested Yesterday"
lyon surprise me. What was the
sroublew
"She got of trolley car the right
way, and q policeman thought she was
a man ii disguise. Puck.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-23

A hearty welcome To our old friend,
the town clockni One never realizes
the worth Of 4 thing until he Il deprived
Of III So during several weeks past
we one and all have felt as If bereft
of one of oar best friends How often
as we hurry along Che street we glance
unconsciously toward the familiar face
Of the high perched announcer Of the
flight Of tinol The hands tell us the
moulnfal tale Of being too lateT; they
quiet our feverish anxiety to he on
time; they tell as ii tho stomach does
not-when to ~ 70 our midday and
evening repasts; they give US solemn
warning when sleep should have full
sway. In short, they are the regulator
Of orr life.
But like the human machine the
''town clock gets out Of killer and has
to 20 tofthe specialists. Now, after a
prolonged spell in the hospital, the
''town clock Il back again tolling out
the passing Of time. One Of the chief
actors il back and the pluy goes on
as before.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-23

He was given Kiss
BY the bakery maid
All. the coy little missi
He was given a kiss
Though he'd asked her Tor this.
He was fooled. I'm afraid.
lie was given a kiss
BY the bakery made.
IT A. DAILY In Catholic Standard ana
Times
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-23
Trustworthy.

Biggs you consider GasIeigh a
reliable mani
Diggs-SlTe thing. When he tells you
anything you can rely on its not being
SO. Chicago News.