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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-17
Clever Fraud Exposed.

WASHINGTON, Oct. lis. G.. Skin.
ner was hit hard by the postmaster
general when fraud orders were issued
against the California Advertising
company and the Silk Jobbers' COM
pany, both of Los Angeles, which
Skinner operated.
The advertising company promised
q free trip to California, and adver.
tised to send Los Angeles views,
weather reports and printed matter for
. cents to pay the postage. The in
spector who investigated the case re.
ported that the concern sent the usual
illustrated matter distributed free by
the Los Angeles chamber of commerce
and the transcontinental railroads.
Persons answering the advertisement
were told that to secureIa free trip to
the coast they must furnish the names
of 800 persons who would send 25 cents
for similar stuff. The department
held that this was impossible to do,
and decided that the scheme was just
as much lottery as the endless chain.
Therefore the concern was denied the
use of the mails.
SINNERS other scheme was to ad.
vertise in eastern papers to send FIVE
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-17
Veterans Ready To Fight.

WASHINGTON, Oct. H.. Captain
Hamilton Ward, Jr., the newly elected
commander-in-chief of the United
Spanish War Veterans, accompanied
by John Lewis Smith, the newly elected
adjutant general OF the organization,
called on the president today. Cap.
tain Ward talked with the president
about the proposition to establish
clubs among the veterans of the Span.
ish war and to create the veterans into
something like an army reserve-at
least nucleus tha, might be used by
the United States ia time of war. The
matter of closer relations with the
Grand Army Of the Republic also will
be given careful attention by the new
admi ministratiOu.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-17
Leaves Millions To Charity.

LONDON, Oct. 13.-By the death to.
day OF Mrs. "Sam" Lewis Hill, widow
OF Sam Lewis, the we'll known
money lender, about s.. 900, 900 will be
distributed in charity. In accordance
with the will of "Sam" Lewis, who
died in 1901, his whole fortune was
left to his widow for life, besides which
she was given outright $1,000, 600.
much of which presumably will 90 to
her second husband, Lieutenant Hill,
OF the Scots Guards.
Lewis was the most famous man in
England in his business. His trausa ac-
tions were enormous and his clients
were among the highest personages in
the land. He used to say his motto
was II lend to the lord and give to
the poor" It is now claimed that his
princely bequests seem to prove the
truth OF his words.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-17
Paid Thousands In Duty.

NEW York, Oct. 13.-One Of the
largest amounts paid in customs duty
at this port in several years on ar
ticles fully declared and brought in
by an individual was paid by Mrs.
Coils P. Huntington when she ar
riued on Tuesday by the Kaiser Will
helm IL. She carried merchandise
worth $32, 900 bought in Europe, of
which S27 200 represented two articles
OF jewelry. The duty amounted to
about 10000. Mrs. Huntington holds
the record for paying the largest cash
amount of duty on declared articles
ever handed over to the government
officials on the dock. 1t was $32. 900
in 1901.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-17
ALCOHOL FROM Cactus.
Pestiferous Vegetation Yields Large Sup
ply OF Valuable Product.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.-Mr. Yerkes,
commissioner of internal revenue, with
the approval of the secretary OF the
treasury, has issued the departmental
regulations controlling the making OF
denatured alcohol, the handling of the
same and its uses. These regulations
follow and render effective a law en-.
acted by congress at its last session
which provides for the withdr aw al
from bond, tax free, of domestic alco-
hol when the same is rendered unfit
for beverage or liquid medicinal use
by the admixture of suitable denatur.
ing materials and for the use of the
denatured article in the arts and in.
dustries and for fuel, light and power.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. H.
Millions of acres of cactus are to be
made profitable by manufacturing al.
cohol from the ugly weeds. All over
southwest Texas and northern Mexico
there are countless tons of the prickly
unsightly growth, and the only use
heretofore found for it has been triv.
ial and Improbable. But company
of North Carolina capitalists has been
formed to build a factory in west Tex
IS to use the cactus in making alco.
hOl. The factory viii be in operation
when the use of den atured alcohol be.
comes general, and the result is ex-
pected to be most profitable to the op.
orators.
It has been demonstr ated that a ton
Of cactus will yield 1000 pounds oi
wood alcohol. The amount of cactus
on the plains of west Texas and Mex.
leo is estim ated to be, on an average,
worth SIS an acre for making alcohol.
The figuring is very startling when it
is considered that this land is now
selling at 50 to s. an acre.
So far as has been learned, this
proposition to make alcohol from
cactus is most startling in its promise
of big financial returns that has been
advanced. So far leases have been
made on but a small portion of the
lands producing cactus plants in this
state. AS much of the land belongs
TO the state public school fund, it is
believed there will be a ruling by the
school land Office that cactus is tim
ber. This would be in line with re.
cent ruling that the guayule shrub is
timber. This sort of a ruling would
permit the state to sell the lands for
any price at which they might be ap.
praised. At this time they have been
classed as dry grazing lands, and the
maximum appraisement is not more
than IS an acre.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-17
Bandit Held Up Stage.
scheme

TONOPAH, New, October ll.-Word
has been received here that the stage
between Mani attain and Round Noun.
tain was held up by a lone bandit, in
broad daylight, at 10 O'Clock this
morning, at a point two miles from
Round Mountain. The bandit secured
the express box and all the driver and
one passenger had. 1t is stated at
Manhattan that the express box con.
tained the payroll funds of the Wilson
Placer and other mining property at
Round Mountain, $1,000 in all.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-17
Armour Agents Arrested

and Dairy Commissioner Warren this
week caused warrants to be issued for
the arrest of several of Armour &
Compauy's agents in this city on the
charge of exposing for sale hams and
other meats containing boracic acid
Assistant Food and Dairy Commits.
siouer D. Schick and n. B. Critch.
field, secretary of agriculture OF this
state, today went to Washington to
meet Secretary Wilson and the chief
chemist of the department and lay the
facts before them.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-17
Tie Tells About Irrigation.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. - For the
guidance OF the great number of peo-
pie from humid regions who settle on
the immense areas of western lands
opened to settlement, the department
OF agriculture has issued a report on
''Practical inform alton for beginners
in irriga,ion.'
There are several million acres open
for settlement in the United States and
irrigation works built by private en-
terpri>e and works being constructed
by the national government will pro-
vide water supply for more than a
million acres of arid lands. The re.
port says these are certain to cause
an influx of settlers into western Am.
erica during the next few years. The
report discusses arid soils and water
supplies generally and describes how
to locate and build farm bitches, pre-.
pare land to receive water, irrigate
staple crops and how much water to
apply.
"Experience throughout the arid
REGION the report says. sis demon.
strating that the greatest danger to
irrigated lands is lack OF drainage
Water applied to crops raises the
ground water, which brings with it
the salts dissolved from the soil, and
brings the water to the surface, where
1t evaporates. The only insurance
against this is proper drainage, but
anything-as economy in the use of
water and thorough cultiv ation-which
will check the rise of water or lessen
evaporation will decrease the dan
ger.'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-17
Suit Against Harvester Trust.

TOPEKA, Kan, Oct. l3.-In the dis.
trict court OF Shawnee county today
criminal proceedings were begun
against the International Harvester
company, OF America, on 80 counts,
by the filing Of papers by Fred S.
Jackson, assistant attorney general
of Kansas.
The charge is made in each count
that the defendant has entered into an
unlawful combina natiou with the Inter.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-17

cans in some Of the minor offices, and
Americans in Office down in Cuba have
proved costly.
Charles E. Magoons salary as gov.
ernor will be S25, 900 a year-the same
as Palma's as president. If he chooses
to pay out enormous sums for high
class men in the civil service of the
government he can do so. In addition
to the governmental expenses within
the island there are military expenses
incurred by the army officers in this
country, amounting now to about S25.,
600 day.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-17
Game Laws DO Not Apply.

w WASHINGTON, Oct. l. o-Accordiuy
to an order just issued by the war de.
partment. the fish and game laws of a
state are not operative on a military
reservation over which the United
States has acquired jurisdiction. The
order states that a warden or other
stats or local officer who persists in
attempting TO enforce these laws with.
in the limits Of such reservation. af-
ter having been ordered to desist
therefrom, should be removed from the
reserv alton
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-17
LOCATING COAL LANDS.
Geological Survey Parties at Work In Sev.
cral Western states.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-Eight par.
ties of geologists working under the
geological survey, are closing up a
careful investigation of coal lands in
the public domain. Their reports.
when completed, analyzed and com.
piled, will give the best view ever se-
cured of the extent, character, value
and accurate location of the coal fields
affected by President Roosevelt's late
order Withdrawing coal lands from
entry.
Two parties are in Montana, one in
the northwestern part Of the state,
where there is q large field. and the
other in the southeastern part, where
there Is another very extensive field
that laps over into both the Dakotas
and Wyoming. Two parties are work
ing in Wyoming, one in the south cen.
trail field OF the state, which includes
the Rock Springs region, and the
other in the field in the western part OF
the state.
1t ts not yet possible to estimat
with accuracy the amount of co al land
affected by this order, but in the states
named there are about 1OO,O square
miles Of coal lands. Montana is
credited with $1,000: North Dakota,
2s,62s Wyoming, 1880; Colorado,
Is, 100: New Mexico, 2,S9O, and Utah.
1000.
The field parties will furnish the in
formation needed in order to afford q
proper enforcement Of the president >
order. It has been impossible with
the Incomplete information heretofore
at hand to determine whether large
areas were coal.bearing lands or not.
A great share Of the coal lands OF the
public domain have in fact been en-
tered as agricultural lands and then
worked as coal lands. The frauds in
this manner alone have deprived the
government OF an immense area OF its
best coal lands. Each party is sup.
piled with township plans OF all the
regions they cover and on this will be
drawn the maps Of the coal lands.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-17
opposed To Free Seeds.

ROCK ISLAND, H., Oct. l2.-Free
distribution of seeds by congress was
frowned upon in a resolution adopted
by the Farmers National congress
today. 1t recommended that the money
thus spent be devoted to investigating
agricultural methods in foreign lands
and introducing them here through
agricultural schools. Other resolu.
tions urged the consolid alton of third
and fourth class mail matter with
reduction in the rate to eight cents
per pound,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-17
Railroads Will Reform,

CHICAGO, Oct. l2.-An effort will be
made at the meeting of the American
Railway association hich will begin
In Chicago. October ~ to secure the
adoption OF measures which will put
railway leeches out of business and
will impose such heavy penalties on
"car thieves as to make it profita BILE
to quit their evil ways. A "car
thief is railroad which gets pos.
session OF cars belonging to other
roads, runs them away and uses them
for its own purposes. A "railway
leech' is a road which persistently re.
fuses to purchase as much equipment
as it needs and depends for handling
Its traffic upon securing enough cars
from other lines at per diem rate
which is un protitab BILE to the owners.
AL present each road is charged %
cents per day for the first 80 days,
during which it uses a freight car be.
longing to another line. Experience
has shown that this per diem is un.
profitable for the road owning the
car and is not sufficient to hasten its
return by line which may be making
81 or S. day clear on it.
The roads which have been depend
ing upon others to provide them with
equipment are expected to fight the
proposed changes, but enough lines
have signitied that they favor them to
indicate they will be adopted.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-17

national Harvester company, of New
Jersey, for the purpose of preventing
competition and establishing a mo.
nopoly in the trade of harvesting and
other agricultural implements in Kan.
sas.
All OF the counts are based on the
exclusive contract feature of the con.
tracts issued to agents by the Inter.
national Harvester company. The
suit is to recover penalties for the
violation of the laws that have al.
ready occurred and not as an custer
from the state. A conviction means q
fine OF from 800 to $1,000 on each
count
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-17
Intervention Is Expensive.

WASHINGTON, Oct. l2.-Americau
intervention will cost Cuba a pretty
penny. At the lowest estimate it is
s25, 900 every day now, and it is no,
likely to grow less-in fact, 1t is like.
~ TO be more. Unless the Cubans co.
operate better with the provincia al
government than they are doing now.
it will be necessary to install Amer;.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-17

yards of silk for 81 80 introduce our
fine new colors.' Upon receiving the
dollar, Skinner sent three skeins Of
embroidery silk. which the department
says can be bought for cents each or
IS cents per dozen anywhere. This
scheme was pronounced a rank fraud.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-01-30

as fond of gossip as any other place;
now If this gossip was organized gos.
something more than the New
England quilting.bee Conversations,
where the ladies were supposed to
talk about those who went out, some.
thing where neighbors got together
and talked over improving the dis
tricts in which they lived. great deal
of good could be accomplished. These
district improvement clubs were splen.
did things for the community; such
gossip as was characteristic of these
gatherings would prove all for the
benefit of the community.
The speaker laid particular stress
on the good that could be done by the
newspapers. Personally speaking, and
he thought the other editors would
agree with him, the newspapers were
always glad to receive reports of what
was going on In these clubs and Of
what was contemplated. Members of
the clubs who had ideas to contribute
to the general welfare should not be
backward in coming to the paper with
information concerning their doings;
and let them write up stuff themselves
and hand II in; this would be appre.
ciated by the busy newspapermen.
Judge Dole's remarks in regard to
the development of the proper civic
spirit through the improvement of the
city we live In were warmly endorsed
by the speaker.
All should pull together for the good
of Honolulu. To do this, publicity was
needed. The papers we're a great pow.
er and the medium Of public thought.
II good was to be accomplished II
could not be brought about by keeping
things quiet. General discussion of
plans of improvement was necessary
to the most good for the greatest mum.
Der.
c. L. Rhodes Talks.
G. l.. Rhodes next spoke, in part as
follows:
THE Improvement Club has touch.
ed into life and activity the thought
and impulse of cooperation in neigh
borhood and community. There is no
limit to what may be hoped for II that
thought and impulse can be developed
into habit-if II can be made perma.
nent.
1.-THE suggestion comes to me that
nothing is as good an augury of per.
manence, as the effort in each neigh
borhood club to do something itself;
to get its members and It's committees
to do something. The habit of work
ing rather than Of resolving and petit
tioning is the best guarantee OF per
manence."
Word From Jack Lucas.
Supervisor Lucas had the following
to say:
"In the last six months, we hav'
spent $4,000 on the island of Oahu II
road work. We have spent $4,000 II
Honolulu alone. We have spent $1,000
in Eva, $4,000 in Waiaiua, and $500 II
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-01-30

-"For Rent" cards on sale at
the Bulletin office.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-01-30

Koolauloa and Koolaupoko. The ma
tiyes on the other side of the island
say that-they have never had such
harvest And, gentlemen, we have
been enabled to do this because we have
not had to run up to the Legislature
Tor every cent that we wanted. In the
Legislature all the islands had repre-.
sentative, and the section that had
the strongest pull got the money
"The Advertiser this morning says
that we are building the Kaimud road
for political purposes. Gentlemen, II
they can find n better set Of SuperVis-
ors after we 20 out, let them do II.
like criticism, gentlemen, but let II be
truthful. do not want any underhand
business. And | tell you, that by the
time we are out of office we will have a
road upon which you can travel all
around this island in four and one'half
hours" r.fIs'
Pinkham's Good News.
President of the Board of Health
Pinkham had good news for the meet
ing. He said he would tell something
of what the Board was trying to do for
the people, although very much handi'
capped In the matter OF funds. The
Legislature had not allowed the Board
one cent to keep the city clean. Tho
Board had eight men, not counting
himself and Pratt, who did what they
could in protecting the town In this
regard. Through the merchants wharf
tax one wagon and horse were at the
service OF the Board for cleaning up,
We wanted to take this occasion to
voice the Boards appreciation OF the
attitude OF the poorer people. They
were, II seemed, always willing to do
their little best to remedy evils as
drawn to their attention by the mmen
OF the Health Department.
He had not intended to announce II
Just yet, but the work Of reclamation
| of the district of Waikiki was all map
| ped out and ready to be proceeded with
| to the most satisfactory completio1
when the government saw 1T to bach
| IL up. Above all else we should do all
we can to preserve what we had. While
the Board might be stretching Its alt
thority a little, he believed that grea'
results would be achieved as far as Wal
kiki and other sections calling for REQ
lamation were concerned.
Waikikis Bright Future.
Waikiki, said Mr.. Pinkham, woul'
he gradually occupied There SHOULD
always be plan to work to and In thu
case of Waikiki he expected that Their
would be eventually grand park sys
TEN of residences. He heartily en-
dorsed what Bishop Libert had SAT-
about system. System should be car
ried out In Waikiki. His idea OF parl
residence system could be carried on
J without disturbing any OF the presen
system Of roads. Waikiki would grad
ually be reformed; much had already
under the work OF the Board. been az
complished in the way of filling pond
and abating nuisances.
Mr.. Ho Fon and Mr.. L. Al spok
. briefly, expressing their sympathy l
the work and voicing the opinion tina
r cooperation was the main point.
/ Deputy Attorney General Prose-
> gave a breezy address, remarking tha
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-01-30
SALOON MEN AND
[AND|AD|ES STUCK

Thos. Mcmillan, a machinist, has
filed a petition as voluntary bank.
rupt. His liabilities amount to a total
OF $360.S9. All OF this, with the excep-
ton OF S. taxes, Is represented by un.
secured claims. The schedule shows
that boarding house keepers and sa.
loon keepers and saloon men are the
principal sufferers. The items are as
follows: Drs. Herbert & Walters,
medical attendance, So; Mrs. Heine.
board and lodging, $3.50; Mrs. Roe,
board and lodging, 500; w. McCourt,
board and lodging $50; L. II. f. VOL
ter, cash loaned, $50; r. II. p. Lish-
man, cash loaned, $2s; p. f. Ryan,
cash loaned, $3.50; w, Carlyle, cash
loaned, $40; A. Morrison, cash loaned,
so, and Garritt Hughes, cash loaned,
$40.
McMillan's assets consist of $40
worth OF machinist's tools, which are
claimed to be exempt, and 81 worth OF
personal property.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-01-30

he was sorry that the Attorney General,
Secretary Atkinson and Governor Car
ter were not present to address the
meeting. BE sure you are right" he
insisted, then 90 ahead"
Bishop Restarick of the Protestant
Episcopal church, reported for the
Emma street club. He declared thai
Honolulu should not necessarily be
beautified along the line OF other cities
beautiflcations: there shol~I he orig.
inality In the scheme OF Improvement
here: Honolulu was like no other city:
Honolulu was more beautiful than
most cities and improvements should
be made accordingly.
Fred Macfarlane reported for the
Waikih.Kealia club and Chief Justice
Frear for the Punahou club. John
Kidwell, reporting for the Alex
ander street club, said that a previous
speaker had remarked that you must
be sure you are right before going
ahead, but, in his opinion, sometimes
too much time was lost In being sur'
that you were right. II was occasionally
better to go ahead with an idea OF nc
complishing something. Mr.. Boyd re
ported for the kalakaua Avenue Club
Mr.. Mcguire for the Pawaa club, Mr.
Reynolds for the Manoa Heights clul
and Mr.. Lutted for the Beach roaC
club. From these reports It was verl
evident that a spirit Of enthusiasm pre-
vailed everywhere.
Mr.. Emerson of the Prospect Heights
Improvement Club read paper, In par
as follows:
Gentlemen:-The residents OF Ho
nolulu are to be congratulated on tn
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