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scented a minority report. After de.
claring in favor Of statehood for
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, the
report says there is no more reason
for joining New Mexico and Arizona
than there would be for joining Alas
ka and Porto Rico.
At the beginning of today's session
of the senate Mr.. Warren introduced
q bill giving the women the right to
vote in all states for representatives
in congress. The bill was referred to
the committee on woman's suffrage.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-31
TEARING OF
Government Attorney Declares Defeus,
Would Prejudice the Jury.

CHICAGO, Jan. 23.-United States
Attorney Morrison this morning re.
piled to the charges of bad faith made
by the attorneys for the packers
against the government in the beef
trust case. He declared the packers
attempted to create q prejudice against
the prosecution 20 that the verdict
might shield the defendants. He de-
mands nothing but a fair trial and a
just administration of the laws, he
said. The defend ants attorneys made
objections to the ruling of the court
that after the defendan attorneys had
made statements calling the govern.
ment lawyers tricksters, the govern.
ment be allowed the same great lati.
tude that had been given the defend.
ants.
In making his opening statement
Attorney Morrison called his oppo.
nents corporation trust lawyers. He
said the admissions upon which the
indictments were based were not made
under oath, and therefore the immuni.
ty from the laws is not applicable. as
commended by the defend ants.
Morrison declared the claim Of i'm.
munity was an afterthought. He
made charge after charge which the
court ruled it proper for him to prove
to the jury. The defendants drew the
attorneys fire by objecting. Morrison
said he would call the attorneys for
the defense as witnesses to prove his
contentious.
: President Roosevelt has been made
the central figure around which re.
wolves the entire case involving the
pleas of the indicted packers for i'm.
munity from further prosecution of the
government on charges Of being in
conspiracy to combine in restraint Of
trade and ommerce
Attorney W. J. Hines, for the de-
PENDANTS, in his opening statement to.
day for the jury hearing the immunity
pleas, read an excerpt from a letter
written by President Roosevelt to At.
torney General Moody in the Atchis.
on, Topeka & Santa Fe rebate case,
which was a part of the communities
tions between the two men called TO,
by congress some time ago.
This letter Is taken by the packers
as an admission by the president tina
the department Of commerce and labor
and the department of justice worked
together to indict the packers, sup
porting the contention of the packer
upon which they rest for immunity.
The defendant packers will endeav.
or to interject the letter into the cas-
as evidence, just as If the presiden
were here and testified concerning it
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-31
THE "SClENCE" OF RATE MAKING.

Some interesting articles upon the
rate making question r being con.
to McClure's magazine by
Ray Stannard Baker, who demolishes
the claims of railroad men that the
fixing of transportation charges is q
scientific task which none but rail.
road experts should attempt. Here is
m extract from n of hi. articles, In
which Mr.. Baker tells how the beef
trust makes its own rates:
To the uninitiated some very re.
markable things were said in the re-
cent cattle and beef rate cases tried in
Chicago October, l905) J. 1t has been
the understanding OF people that the
railroads were jealous Of their rate
making rights. Railroad presidents
by the dozen appeared last winter in
Washington, told the senate commit.
tee how delicate and difficult q task it
was to ADJUST q freight.rate, how it
required long practical experience in
railr0ading, and what danger would
ensue If q government commission, or
indeed any outside interest, should
meddIe with this wonderful, finely ad-
justed rate fabric! What shall we be.
licve, then, when we hear two great
railroad presidents giving sworn ties.
timony in court that the railroads do
not make the rates for the shipment
OF 90 important q commodity as beef
products at all! Listen to A. B.
Stickney, president Of the Great West.
ern Railroad company:
"In fixing the rate on dressed meat
we don't have very much to say. The
packer generally makes the rate. He
feel that he is your friend. Then he
tain shipment of dressed meats. The
cents q hundred, but he will not pay
that. You say to him: "'I'll carry
your meat for eighteen CENTS" He
pay that" Then you say: "'Wcll.
what will you pay for it?:'" He then
replies, "'I can get It hauled for six.
/ tCCu NCoSSs Nv yOu l0u ~ " ~
teen cents q hundred"
And here is the testimony of E. p.
Ripley. president of the Santa Fe
railroad:
1.-The packing-house business today
Is concentrated in so few hands that
this fact, together with the keen com.
petition between the railroads, practi.
cally makes 1t possible for the latter
to dictate rates for dressed beef and
packing house products"
In other words, the beef trust and
not the railroads dictate what the
rates on their W products shall be.
Could not you and l make money ii
We could fix the price OF the things We
buy? Here We have the presidents Of
two railroads saying that the beei
trust does that very thing! They buy
transportation and fix their own price.
They also buy cattle and fix their own
price--for that is the usurpation OF
monopoly. They buy wheat and fin
their own price: they buy corn and fN
their own price. In sOWe eases they
buy fruit and vegetables and fix thei.
own price. And they do these things
because, and only because, they have
that other fundamental right of fixing
the price Of transportation. This fac,
cannot be too strongly emphasized
So long as any individual or cor.
] pOratiou car control the transporta.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-31

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 It's own
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. The
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-31

The WEEKLY RIVER PRESS lisa good
newspaper to send away I Oyour friends
in the east. 1t will save you the trou.
BILE of writing letters
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ton Of his product so long will he
maintain a predatory monopoly.
Having said that, there is not much
more 10 say on the trust question,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-31

W. G. CONRAD, Pres.
JAMES T. STANFORD,
Vice.Pres. and Manager.
A. E. SCHWINGEL,
Cashier
OMAR j. MALCOLM,
Asst. Cashier.
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Local Securities a Specially.
Interest Allowed on Time Deposits
The Delta independent., 1906-09-14
NEW SUGAR FACTORY.
Large Plant Projected Between Den'
yer and Brighton.

Denver.-A Colorado Springs spe-
cial to the Denver Republican Thurs
day says:
1t was stated here tonight that an
Independent beet sugar factory is pro
jectcd by Denver and California cap
italists, the site to be between Denver
and brighton. The mill Is to have n
capacity of at least 5000 sacks of
sugar day, or approximately $50 tons.
A factory of this size would cost nearly
$1,000000. The Havemeyer factories
In the state are situated at Greeley,
Eaton, Windsor, Sterling, Loveland
and Fort Collins. At Grand Junction
Is the Western Land & Sugar Com
pany's plant, controlled by J. II. Nc
Kinnie and associates OF Colorado
Springs. The Rocky Ford, Sugar City
and other plants in the Arkansas val
ley are owned by the American Beet
Sugar Company. which Is controlled by
Henry Oxnari and others.
Although the McKinnie and Oxnard
factories are Independent OF the Have
meyer plants in the northern part or
the state, the three organizations work
hand In hand more or less.
The new plant, 1t Is stated. will be
built for the purpose of fighting the
trust.
The Delta independent., 1906-09-14
INDIAN TROUBLES.
Reported Serious Outbreak In Brtist
Columbia.

Vancouver. 3. Give thousand
Indians upon the Babine river and
lake at tho headquarters of the Skccna
river, 100 miles from the coast, have
broken out In open revolution. A call
has been sent to Vancouver for the
militia.
The hostilities occurred because the
federal fisheries officials attempted to
break down the barricade which the
Indians had erected across the river
and streams leading to Babino lake
and other spawning grounds OF the
sockeye salmon.
A rush call came from Hazleton. at
tho head OF navigation upon the
Skeena river, for a force OF militia.
Tho message announced the threat
ened conflict between the government
officials and Indians had occurred and
the former had been forced to retire
because OF the superior number OF
Indians.
News Of the trouble was wired to
Ottawa and Premier Mcbride OF Brit.
ish Columbia. Action upon the part
of the authorities In response to the
call "a now awaited.
The scene o; the trouble Is 500 miles
from Vancouver. In a wild region.
The Delta independent., 1906-09-14
THE INDEPENDENT
COLORADO.
South African Dreamers.

Alfred Belts bequest of $4,000 0oe
for the building of railroads. tele-
graph and telephone lines in Africa is
hailed everywhere as being as good a
legacy as he could have left the CONT
nent where he accumulated his vast
fortune. These things carry light into
the dark places of the earth, and, In
spite of the wars. explorations and ex-
ploitations of recent years. Africa Is
still the Dark Continent" 1t is no
ticeable that the great African million
aires like Cecif Rhodes and Alfred
Belt believed in the future Of Africa
They did not regard 1t simply as
place to make money in. get away
from and forget. To the last Rhodes
and Belt and others like them have
talked and dreamed of the coming
Africa, worked for 1t while alive and
remembered it in their wills. They
believed themselves to be not merely
extractors OF millions from African
soil. but raise and sustain in their
successors a belief in and willing
ness to work for the Africa OF the fu-
ture. The South African millionaires
have come in for considerable
amount of criticism. ridicule and
abuse, some of which. it must be con-
fessed, was not wholly undeserved.
But, says the New York Press. to be-
lieve in the future of continent and
to work for that future Is no small
thing. When the march of time and
events shall have scattered into OBJ
livion the millions of Rhodes and Belt.
their names will still have a claim to
remembrance because they dreamed
dream. Belt and Rhodes. the shrewd
business men, the pilers-up OF vast
fortunes, are dead and will soon be
forgotten: but Belt and Rhodes, the
dreamers, will live through many long
years because they saw the vision OF
an Africa redeemed.
The Delta independent., 1906-09-14
Antl.ProhIbition Mayor Resigns.

Kansas City.-Mayor w. w. Rose OF
Kansas City, Kansas; Vernon J. Rose,
chief Of police of that city. and John F.
Kelly, captain of police Thursday
agreed to resign their offices upon
promise Of the state officials that con
tempt proceeding brought against
them recently in the Kansas Supreme
Court would be dropped. Chief Rose
and Captain Kelly will hand their res
ignations to Mayor Rose during the
day. and at the Council meeting Mayor
Rose will tender his resignation. to-
gether with those Of the other two Of
ficials. At Topeka the attorneys Tor
both sides reached this agreement,
three Justices Of the Supreme Court
coinciding.
The Delta independent., 1906-09-14
SOUTHWEST EXCURSION.
Arranged by Denver Merchants and
Manufacturer

Denycr.-The manufacturers and
merchants excursion through South
western Colorado. which is scheduled
to leave Denver Mt 5 10 p. IN. sunday.
September l6. promises to be one OF
the greatest that has ever left Denver.
Unusual enthusiasm is being displayed
on all sides. The Denver people are
anxious to meet their patrons in South
western Colorado and from the com
munications that are being received
daily by the Colorado Manufacturers
Association from the different towns
along the proposed route. they are cvi.
IDENTIFY looking forward with pleasure
to the arrival of their Denver guests,
special train OF Pullmaus has been
chartered and the itinerary Is aS fol
lows:
Sunday. September l6. leave Denver
Monday, leave Creole ut S 30 n. IN,
visiting the following towns: Del
Norte. Monte Vista. Alamosa. La Jara.
Antonito, Toltec. Chama. New Mex.
leo: Monero. Lumberton. Durango.
spending the night at Durango.
Tuesday. leave Durango at 10 n. m.
visiting Silverton. from whence tho
party will go to Ouray via I'd Noun.
tam and will enjoy one OF the most
beautiful rides in Colorado by stage.
spending the night at Ouray.
Wednesday. leave Ouray at $50 a
m for Ridgeway. Telluride. and Mont
rose. where that night will be spent
Thursday. leave Montrose. visiting
PaOnia. Hotchkiss. Delta. Grand juno
tion. Palisades. De Bcquo. Grand Val
ley, Rifle. New Castle. thence to Glen
wood where the party will remain long
enough to take dip in the famous
pool.
Friday the party will visit Aspen.
Carbondale and Lcadville. where the
night will be spent,
Saturday. leave Leadvillc at 10 a, m
for Bucna Vista. Salda. Canon City
and Florence. leaving Florence that
night and arriving home Sunday morn.
ing, September %.
The Delta independent., 1906-09-14
YOUNG LADY SHOOTS.
Wyoming Girl Arrested for Shooting
Ranch Foreman.

Sheridan, Wyo.-Miss Edna Irvine,
daughter OF State Treasurer Irvine.
who is charged with shooting In the
hip George II. Knighton. foreman OF
the Letter ranch on which the Irvines
were living, has been bound over under
$500 bonds. For many months, 1t Is
alleged, Knighton has made things dis
agreeble for the Irvine family, particu-
larly Miss Irvine Tuesday, when a
gate was left open and some horses es-
capped, Knighton Is said to have ac-
cused Miss Irvine and It Is said used
Indecent language. even swearing at
her. NJ
Miss Irvine, though cultured and re-
fined and the graduate OF an eastern
girls seminary, loves the range life
and rides much, carrying revolver at
all times. This she Is said to have
pulled and ordered Knighton to dcsist,
which he did not do. She. 1t Is alleged,
then snapped cartridge at him which
failed to explode, but when she pulled
the trigger again the bullet caught
Knigl ton in the hip. telling him.
The Delta independent., 1906-09-14
Exterminatlng the Tick.

Washington. The work OF ex-
terminating the cattle tick In the
southern and some OF the western
states is progressing satisfactorily. &C
cording to q statement made by Sec
retary Wilson to-day. 1t began In Vir-
einia and North Carolina, where, 1t
was said, cordial cooperation is being
given the department, both In money
and the extension Of state authority to
the departments officials. The appro'
priation for the work was @S2,bOo:
some of the states have not enacted
laws extending financial and other aid
to the government, but Secretary Will
son said that even with the sum avail
Able much progress has been made.
The Delta independent., 1906-09-14
Novelty of the Season.

Among the seasons novelties Is an
insane horse. The surprise is that
this particular animal hasn't a docked
tail, One could understand the agony
Of mind a horse without tail must
suffer in the heat. with green flies
biting him to death. but this animal
goes crazy at night. when the sun and
flies have gone. He insists on stand
ing on his head in thrifty vegetable
gardens and reversing the natural Or
der of existence. much after the style
OF human beings who are as mad as
March hares. AS a match for this in.
sane horse. says the Boston Herald
there Is the cat that enjoys a daily
salt water bath. Having once fallen
into the waves, it now seeks the beach
and swims about in the water as
though born a catfish. These animals
are abnormal; they belong to the sea
serpent class.
The Delta independent., 1906-09-14
ANOTHER PIONEER GONE.
A. G. Rhoads Dies at Denver, Aged
Seventy.

Denver, Colo.-The ranks OF Colo
radios pioneers were thinned once
more by the death Tuesday night OF
Alonzo G. Rhoads, one OF the Oldest.
best-known and best.liked of the men
who have helped make the history Of
the state.
Mr.. Rhoads was fishing few days
ago on the Laramie river at Glen Davy.
sixty-five miles west OF Fort Collins. In
company with his cousin. II. a. Hixer.
who had come from Ashtabula. o.. es-
pecially to go with him on the excur-
sion. While in tho midst OF the sport
the veteran pioneer was suddenly
taken with violent recurrence OF
chronic intestinal trouble and came
very close to death on the wagon trip
TO the railroad. He survived long
enough to reach his home Tuesday In
this city. but passed away Tuesday
night at 1920. surrounded by all the
relatives he has with the exception OF
one sister
Alonzo G. Rhoads was born In Pier
pont. Ashtabula county. Ohio. Decem.
Der 10, 1886. He came to Colora 10 in
1860 and worked at his trade OF black
smith In Russell Gulch until 1869. In
that year he went to Black Hawk,
where he opened up bakery and
cracker business. which enlarged to
such proportions that in October OF
1879 he came to Denver and continued
in the business.
During the civil war he enlisted In
Co. NJ. Third Colorado cavalry and
since was a member OF Lincoln Post,
G. a. r., in Denver.
He served two terms as president or
the Pioneer Association and one term
on the Denver school board.
He was n member OF Union lodge
No. 7. A. F. and A. NJ. Denver chapter.
No. 2, II. A. NJ. Colorado commandery.
No. /. knights Templar. and Ell Jebel
temple. Order OF the Mystic Shrine.
He married Miss Thalia A. Palmer
at ElkaGcr. Ia, in December. 1865. and
the two crossed the plains with a team
the following spring
During the last years OF life he de
voted greater part OF his time 20
philanthropy. At the time OF his death
he was treasurer OF the Colorado Hu
name society and n director OF the As
sociated Charities.
His widow survives him. there being
no children, and he is also survived
by his three brothers. J. NJ. Halsey.
NJ. and Ralph w. his sister. Mrs. l.. a
Berry. all OF Denver. and another sis
ter. Mrs. II. L. Anson. OF Monte Vista.
The Delta independent., 1906-09-14
hippIe's Heavy Forqcrics.

Philadc y" rios for moro
than Q' - .illion of dollars
by Frank K. l. ..r1. the suicide prcsi.
dent OF the defGnct Real Estate Trust
Company. have been discovered bv
Receiver Earle. The latter made this
statement Friday night. adding that he
had no idea where Hipplcs villainv
would end. Nipple. in order to meet
his Immense overdrafts. used IN"
names of some of the most prominent
business men OF this city on notes
which In some cases amounted to
$l5O.OO0. having copied their sigma
lures from checks and securities.
The Delta independent., 1906-09-14

Why shouldn't city manners be good
enough for country people? some read
ey may be inclined to ask. That is not
an easy question to answer in way
that would be conclusive to all, re-
marks the Boston Globe. But why
press 1t? Why insist on taking city
manners with us where they are not
wanted when we go off to enjoy our
selves? Why cucumber ourselves with
city things, city fashions in clothes
as we'll as in manners, city conven-
tions and snobbery, city wealth and os-
tentation, city luxuries and dissipa-
tions? II God made the country and
man made the town 1t follows that to
take the town to the country must be
a proclamation. He who seeks In his
vacation the relaxation and the natural
Joys of the simple life will find every,
one and everything in hearty accord
with his spirit. and he will have the
least trouble and the most fun
wherever he may go.
The Delta independent., 1906-09-14
IN WATERMELON DAY.
Fall Festival and Fair at Rocky Ford
a Great Success.

Rocky Ford, Colo.-Watermelon
Day, Colorado's original fall festival,
now having many imitators. continues
to grow in popularity and attendance
Thursdays gathering. the twenty
eighth Of the series, was the largest in
the history of both the fair and Water
melon Day. Had the management OF
the fair given special order for
weather best calculated to induce the
largest possible attendance. a more
magnificent day could not have been
provided. There were five excursions
and eight regular trains. which brought
throngs Of people In excess OF any
previous year. An attendance OF 15,.
900 is a conservative estimate.
The agricultural and art halls and
poultry houses were thronged all day
and the stalls and pens OF live stock
had hundreds of visitors specially in.
terested In those departments. which
were more attractive than usual by
reason OF the size and superior excel
lence OF the exhibits. The parade Of
winners In the live stock departments
in front of the crowded grand stands
n. noon was most interesting and was
indicative OF the great progress being
made by the enterprising farmers and
stock growers Of the valley in that
branch of agricultural operations.
The many trials OF speed on the
track were OF varied character. and
the presence Of an unusually large
number Of fine and fast horses made
this portion OF the days program OF
rknI mt 70 hn NJ Nt,h ~
crowded the three grand stands to
their utmost capacity.
Soon after the arrival Of the latest
excursion train the principal event OF
the day. the assault on the immense
melon pile, was announced. The fine
grove was jammed with visitors.
whose mouths were watering for the
luscious feast. and score of willing
workers rapidly served the throng with
Rocky Ford liberality. half or a whole
melon as requested, with cantaloupes
thrown In galore.
The waste of melons seemed wicked
to city visitors. many guests eating
only the choice core OF splendid
melon and throwing aside the great
bulk OF a twenty-five pound. red cored
beauty.
Eastern visitors were specially i'm
pressed by the fruit display. being in
credulous as to Colorado's horticultural
resources. 1t is doubtful II any state
in the Union could have made finer
display OF fruits. the exhibits being
particularly strong in grapes. peaches.
plums and prunes. Senator Crowley's
Fairview orchards. Ed. f. Swink and +.
y. Berry were leading prize winners
in this department.
In all branches OF agriculture and
garden products the exhibits were
equally complimentary to the product.
iveness Of the soil OF the Arkansas val
ley.
Watermelon Day was instituted by
Hon. G. w. Swink in 1878 and for sew
eral years he personally furnished the
melons required. For a number OF
years a free lunch was given to all
visitors. but soon the popularity OF the
great event became so great that this
feature was OF necessity abandoned.
The exhibit OF agricultural products In
the early years OF Watermelon Day
was the nucleus of the present fair.
which has longer history of success
than any similar fair in the West.
The Delta independent., 1906-09-14
Railroad Casualties.

The railroad accident bulletin which
has Just been Issued by the interstate
commerce commission for the three
months ended March 81. 1906, shows
that the total number Of casualties to
passengers and employees was 1926
1,126 killed and 17,170 injured). This
is an increase Of II in the number
killed and SO in the number injured
over those reported in the preceding
three months. In closing the bulletin
says: The most disastrous accident
reported in the present bulletin. col
lision causing "a deaths and injuring
"a, was due to the striking failure of
the train dispatching system. tele-
graph operator at small and lonely
station who had been on duty all day
and more than half the night fell
asleep, and on awakening misinformed
the train dispatcher as to what had
occurred while he was asleep"
The Delta independent., 1906-09-14
VIII Ex,radIte stensIand.

Washington.-The Moorish authori-
ties will interpose no objection to the
removal to America OF Paul c. Stems
land, president Of the Milwaukee Ave-
nue. State Bank Of Chicago. cables Min.
lister Gummere at Tangier to-day.
stensland is a prisoner In the Ameri.
can legation there. II a warship can.
not be had he will be brought back on
a merchant ship. He confesses that hs
meant to 20 to Russia.