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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
Big Sale Of Reserve Timber.

From several aspects a striking in
terest attaches to the recent sale b,
the government Of about So OO. OO
feet Of timber on the Montana divisio,
of the Yellowstone forest reserve to
contracting company which will con
vert most of the timber into railroat
ties.
This is one of the largest sales evel
made of government timber; the price
10 advantageous: and q large percent.
age Of the cut will be of q species
which a few years ago was withou,
market value, namely, lod9epole pine,
Further, it may be said with assurance
that had not the p~reservative treat.
ment OF ties been shown to be both
practical and economical, such a sale
could not now have been made. for
80 per cent of the cut, or approx.
mately 1000, 900 ties. is to be treated
with preservatives by a process which
experiment and trial have placed on a
sound business basis.
The purchasers of the timber have
contracted to supply the Chicago Bur-
lington and Quincy and the Northern
Pacific railway companies with ties
for a period covering three years.
The timber for which they applied to
the government consists OF lodgepole
pine, red fir and spruce. A large
proportion of stand is l%odgepole pine,
which grows very densely. Conse.
quently after all the specified timber
has been removed, a plentiful stand of
young trees will be left, which in a
years will again form a forest of
m~erchantable dimensions.
The government will receive a
price OF $3.50 per Thousand
feet for the red fir and s.. 90 per thous-
feet for the spruce and pine.
The story of the entrance of lodge
pole pine into the timber market is an
chapter in the history of
The use OF forest products. Five years
ago this tree was classed among the
nearly worthless, inferior timbers
in the northwestern states.
Its liability to attack by fungus and
and to check in drying, its softness
and lightness, and the large percent
age OF spanwood in its structure were
lis advantages which seemed to haudi.
zap 1t permanently. Yet the possibi.
ity and the need of finding sub.
for scarcer woods had already
to the closer study of a number of
1n%exploited species, and devices were
sought by which artificial treat.
nent might be made to take the place
If natural ad aptability to a specific
IerYice.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21

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
Ind 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, 1906-03-21

northern part of the state, the SNOW il
10 inches deep, in Salt Lake City ten
and 10 the southern part of the state
two inches. The variation occurring
In about four hundred miles of terri.
tory.
Nearly all of the telegraph wires
are dom and trains are all late and
damage amounting to many thousands
OF dollars was done to property. In
this city several buildings were un.
rooted. Electric light and street car
plants have suffered much damage.
Sheepmen in different parts of the
state will lose heavily. The storm il
the fiercest in years.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
NEGOTIATING THE SOIL.

Pr #. a. Atkinson, agronomist of
the Experiment. station at Bozeman,
has just issued a bulletin dealing
witt he principles aud methods that
hay, to do with the addition OF nitro.
gen altering organisms to the soil.
p 'fessor Atkinson says that dur.
ing he year 1904 the department of
a.r1 ulture developed, tested, and
pat' ted a process by which nitrogen
s%l ring germs may be transferred
IRON one part Of the country to an.
otit> , and supplied to soils in which
t..e nay be deficient.
S incubation, or the addition OF
nitr zen gathering germs to the soil,
. .cticed only when a leguminou:
GRO Is to be grown. These legumin'
Il :rops, such as clover, alfalfa
pea ETC., require a large amount O
nilr .eau for growth. Since thi.
ele' ut dOes not exist naturally il
TIT IL, but has to be added from the
atm ,phere. the legumes experience
din lily in getting a sufficient supply
Tor rowth. To overcome this dis ad.
va &c they have associated with
the certain organisms which make
tAe home Gu the roots. These or.
ga ms or germs build up their bod
les ON the atmospheric nitrogen,
an' they multiply and decay rap,
id much nitrogen is added to the
sol use by the growing plant.
2 nipple and inexpensive way OF
inc ating for any legume is to Sc.
Gu, ONE soil from q field where the
de- d crop is growing and add it to
the Id just being W A sack OF
sol ON the surface foot Of q field on
VIII the desired crop hourishes. in.
die, ag the presence OF bacteria, dis.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
INTERESTED IN MONTANA.
state Bureau Receives Many Iuouiric.
From Eastern Home Seekers.

Helena Independent.
Commissioner OF Labor and Aor;.
culture j. A. Ferguson said yesterda az
that since Jan. l he had received and
responded to LOGO requests for copies
OF the last report Of his bureau. show.
ing the of the state.
1.-THE number of Inquiries" said
Mr.. Ferguson, ''far exceeds the re.
quests for any like period of time. and
indicates how large a part Montana
is occupying In the attention of east.
ern home.seekers. These INQUIRIES
about Montana and the opportunities
1t offers to homeseekers, especially
to tlllers OF the soil, come from every
part of the country.
'Ihe unfortunate part about It Is
that l cannot tell the seekers where
they car get free government land that
by industry will enable them to make
a home and become prosperous.
There are plenty of opportunities for
the man who has the money to buy,
but few for the man who has to depend
upon his " efforts and who has Just
a little money.
speaking roughly, one.third of
Montana Is subject to agricultural de.
velopment. I have been figuring it
up, and find that approxima tely one.
eighth OF the area of the state is set
aside for forest reserves. That takes
away a big slice. Then there are vast
bodies OF land owned by the Northern
Pacific railroad, which are not now
on the market. Then there are tens of
thousands Of acres belonging to the
public school grant and other thous.
ands OF acres belonging to other pub.
lie institutions. The minimum price
at which the public school lands can
be sold is $40 an acre.
"Other large bodies Of land have
been withdrawn from settlement by the
national irrigation projects. Add to
these the military and Indian reserva-
tions, and it will be seer what a at
body OF land in Montana is today
closed entirely to the homeseeker.
VT all depends upon when the gov
eminent gets its irrigation works in
this state in operation when we begin
get a tide of emigration of good
settlers who are simply waiting for a
place to locate. When we a fur.
nish the lands on which homes can be
made we will get the people.
"The big land reclamation project
OF w. G. Conrad in northern Mon
tana, will bring many settlers to the
state, and in the vicinity of Billings,
where much land is being reclaimed
by private enterprise, there will be /
large emigration. There are q few
other private enterprises that will
furnish homes, but on the whole just
we cannot offer homes to the mum.
Der Of people we can get."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
Notice Of Probate o. viii.

In the district court of the Twelfth judicial dis
county of Chouteau.
In the matter of the estate of H. A.. Skusa,
deceased.
Skues, deceased, has been produced. and hled
herein: that the petition Of George T. Sander
son, Of Havre, Montana, for the probate Of said
18th day Of March, A. D. 1905, at 10 O'Clock !. M,
be, and the same 10, hereby set by the clerk OF
said court as the time for hearing said petition
said court, in the court house at Fort Benton,
That said notice of said hearing is given by
said clerk by publication of the same in the
River Press, q weekly newspaper, printed and
published at Fort Benton, In said county and
state, for at least three different days Of publica.
ton consecutively.
Dated March 6, A. d. 1905.
CHAS. II. BOYLE
Clerk of the District Court.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21

SALT LAKE, March ia terrific
storm prev allied in this district last
night. Extensive damage was done
oy the wind. Trees and wires are
own store fronts are blown in and
power plants are all damaged. Snow
began to fall after midnight and it is
sull showing. At Logan, in the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
More Freedom for Man.
Washington Post.

Washington Post.
We have recently been pleased to
note, and have once or twice referred
to, the manifestation of an alton
on the part of courts Of the land to
lend their powerful assistance to the
cause OF downtrodden men. We have
now, with increasing hopefulness for
the future, to chronicle another in
stance Of impartial justice which will
be welcomed everywhere by the
brotherhood. In Buffalo there resides
q married man by the name of Joseph
Schultz, who, after some years of
peaceful domestic life, began to find
that the money he left in his trousers
pockets at night was o there in the
morning. Joseph was OF an uncom.
municative disposition, and not given
to bothering his wife about little
things, so after such elaboration, hav-
ing concluded that the culprit must be
a rat, no other explanation suggesting
itself, he supplied himself with a first.
class trap with a powerful spring, and
set 1t deep down in the inner recesses
of his capacious pocket. That same
night about midnight he was awak-
ened by a wild screech of agony. He
jumped out OF his bed, lit the gas, and
found his wife %pirouetting around the
room with the trap clinging to her
hand.
Mrs. Schultz, maintaining that she
was within her rights, proceeded to
have her husband arrested for the in
jury she had 81 Altered. The justice
who tried the case, doubtless a mar.
ried man, decided that Schultz had a
perfect right to do what he did. and
refused to afix any penalty to his act.
II Is evidence OF man 5 magnanimity
that Mr.. Schultz, scorning revenge,
brought no action a. aiust his help
meet for pocket picking.
LEWlsToWN, Marct l3.-The storm
that has preva allied over Montana
yielded about six inches of snow at
this point, and the temperature during
last night ran as low as 20 below zero.
The lowest temperature reported in
this vicinity is 30 below, at Summit,
on the Montana railroad. The storm
was largely in the nature of an old
fashioned Montana blizzard. This
afternoon the sky is clear and there is
no wind. the temperature being above
zero.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
The River Press,
F~0ltshed erery Wednesday Morning
by the RtUer Press PMblish-
ing Company.
ADVANTAGES OF DIRECT PRIMARIES

In urging the adoption of the direct
primary law in Cascade county, the
Great Falls Tribune makes q few per.
tinent remarks that are also worthy
OF consideration by the voters Of
Chouteau county, who will express
themselves regarding the proposition
on April I. 1t presents these argu
ments:
Is 1t better. all things considered,
that the democrats should have a di.
rec vote in the nomin alton of demo.
cratic candid ates for Cascade county,
or that q few democrats should have
that right?
Is it better that on%e.twentieth of the
repu blicans in the county should Sc
lect the party candidates, or that they
mould be selected by all the republi.
cans 10 the county?
These are the questions that the
voters OF this county must decide for
themselves On the 9th inst.
They can decide that they want to
select directly their own candid ates.
or they can say that they prefer a few
men should choose for them.
Did you ever figure out how much.
or rather how little, the average voter
has to do with the choice of men to
I'll! the various county offices under
the present law?
When he cOmes to vote he has a
choice between two men to fill any
particular Ofice-the democratic NOM.
inee and the republican nominee. lit
is useless to say that he has any other
choice, because no other candida t
stands any ch auce of election, and q
vote for any other candid ate-while it
may express Il principle, does moth
Ing else. 1t has no bearing on the
choice of a county officer.
ia the selection of the two men be.
tween whom he must decide he has
vo are speaking now of the average
farmer or working unexpectedly |
nothing to say.
The lists Of delegates to a county
con' ention are made up by a few men,
and perhaps dictated by a corpora.
lion back of these one or two. When
the delegates get into convention they,
IN turn, are largely nodded by q few
lead RS, and possibly there is q cor.
poration in the back debating to these
leaders.
Mn who have attended primaries
regularly know how absolutely help.
less hey are in the face Of a prear.
ranged slate or program.
Mvn who have attended county con-
FeAt'ons know how little the vast ma.
Jori'y of the delegates have to do
with the decision OF any question that
Is c nsidered vital by ore or another
iact IN.
At this would be changed by the
ptlH airy election law. Under it every
would have his "say," aud it
count just as much as the say
OF the most skillful political worker,
or he largest employer Of men. 1t
would be done secretly, and nobody 1
would know who his choice for candi.
vas il he did not choose to tell.
Now, honestly. as you think It over, (
don't you think that such a system
wou d result IN q better choice of can. {
didates? Don't you think it would
do It good deal to do away with the
low, = kind of politics, and make any
attc'npt to corruptly influence our
prin aries useless? {
A. . these thing not worth attaining.
" u know they are; and you know
fur er, that the primary law will
hrin,. them about.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
EQUAL T TO ALL.

The New York Press calls attention
to the fact that Missouri has a rail
road commission with power to fl;
freight rates. On q complaint Of favor
itism to the Stand ard Oil company tn
commission has just cut the oil rat,
between Kansas City and St. Louis b,
more than half the published tariff.
The STANDARD Oil was getting a rat,
OF nine cents. Rivals we're paying
twenty cents. When the commission
found out that the railroad compan,
could afford to carry oil for the
Standard at nine cents it decided tina,
the railroad could carry oil for every
body at the same price. So the nine.
cent rate was ordered to go into effec,
all around.
But the new rate does not 60 into
effect at M The railroads will
Q 60 into court and plead that they
cannot carry oil It the rate charged
to the Standa ard Oil without going into
the hands of a receiver. They will
fight off as long as they can the en-.
forccment of a tariff in favor of every
body which they applied to only one
favored shipper.
The Missouri plan Is n way of
discouraging rebates. The best way
OF all Is to put a few millionaire re.
baters 10 stripes and make the per atty
Invariably imprisonment, without the
alternative of cash fine. But the
Missouri plan has advantages, too.
Attorney General Moody, in his an.
nual report, suggested the method
now adopted by the Missouri railroad
as q good one for the
federal government to apply.
"If the power, upon complaint, to
fix the future maximum rat and put
1t into effect within a reasonable time
subject to appeal to the courts, should
be given to ZONE administrative body
OF congress, a weapon against dis.
practices, much more pot.
ent than any now available, would be
put into the hands of the government.
Upon proof that a lower rate had been
given to some preferred shipper, the
body clothed with the power to fix q
maximum rate might we'll de-
termine that the rate which the rail.
road could afford to give to the pre-.
shipper it could afford to give
10 all shippers in like stu ation. Such
q finding, it could be predicted with
certainty, the courts upon appeal
would not reverse, for no better evi.
1ence OF the legality and justice OF the
ate thus fixed could be found than in
The action of the carrier itself. 1t
be difficult for the carrier to
maintain that the rate actually charg-
by 1t was ~contscatory and unjust"
Why not combine this scheme of
justice with q prison pen.
Atty for the rebater caught in the act?
It you q prove thai he gave one ship
per an advantage over another in or.
Ter to give the victims of the discrim-
nation the advantage Of the favored
shippers rebate rate, why can't you
the same time prove the railroad
of the crime for which they
to be put in stripes? And
Since this kind Of stealing should be
punished as severely as shoplifting or
he larceny of q loaf of bread, why |
lot write it into the penal code that
he rebater who gets caught must be
into q cell?
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21

W. G. CONRAD, Pres.
JAMES T. STANFORD.
Vlce.Pres. and Manager.
A. E. SCHWINGEL.
Cashier.
OMAR j. MALCOLM.
Asst. Cashier.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21

Fine Book and Job Printing a SD
cialty ut the RIVER PRESS office
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Conrad Banking
COMPANY,
GREAT FALLS, MONT
(Unincorporsted.)

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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-11-08
Attendants of Lyceum Course

Judging from experience with the last
attraction, purchases of single tickets
to the two letures Of the Midland course
Of five entertainments will not be suflicl-
ent TO meet the additional expense OF
holding them in the Opera House. The
owner Of the opera House finds it neces-
sary, owing to the largely increased ex-
pense Of heating and lighting with the
new appliances, to advance the charges
for it's use henoeforth furnishing an
additional reason why too much risk is
incurred in holding them In that place.
Hence both the lectures, that Of Nat. M.
Brigham, Nov. 22nd, and that of Dent
Atkinson on February LIST will be given
ia the Presbyterian church. Arrange
ments for the Two concerts will be an
nouneed later. Ample seats will be re-
served In the main body of the audi
forum for all season ticket holders, and
will be kept till called tor By patrons OF
the course. Season tickets for the re-
naming four numbers, the two concerts
by companies Of four people each, and
the two lectures, will BE- sold for $l.1O,
reserved seat privilege Included, the last
opportunity that will be presented to at
tend them at as low price and about as
little or less most likely than the tive
concerts alone will be sold for Nathan
M. Brigham, graduate of Harvard College.
tenor singer of the Harvard Quartette and
classmate of President Roosevelt, Illus.
trates his lecture with both pictures and
songs, and pleases all classes of auditors,
old and young. lovers of music, art and
oratory. Dent Atkinson gives hnmor-
Gus, practical lecture on "Four Faced
People," The Wilbur Starr combination
and the Madrigal Lady Entertainers are
equal to the best on the road. Season
tickets supplied any time called for by
the undersigned. j. w. THOMPSON.
MaDZan relieves instantly the pain
,aused by those blind, bleeding, itching
and protruding piles. 1t is put up In
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try our free offer. Sold by PINE &
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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-11-08
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER s. 1901
News From
THE STATE SOLDIERS HOME
AT Fort Dodge, Kas.

We have been trying to learn railroad
ing on the Santa Fe for some ten or
twelve days, but 1t Is too much for US
getting old.
Many have been making inquiries as to
why the Fort items did not appear. This
is the reason: Today 10 the election, and
everybody is busy aud hire Is much ex-
element. SO you need not look for
much today.
Mrs. Tillie Barron wishes to publicly
thank the people Of Fort Dodge for their
generous donation to her of the sum Of
22O, which amount will be of great as
slstance to her In paying the expenses in
Cured in caring for her child, who but
recently met with the sad aeci dent which
caused Its death. Mrs. Barron is the els
ter-in-law Of Comrade John Keith Of the
Home, and her child was fatally injured
Dy Delng KICKED by morse.
Since being away there has been an
other death In the Home, the death Of
an fold pioneer, as David said, ian
upright man, perfect man, and one to
be depended upon In all the walks sfIlife."
Before coming to the Home he was res
ident Of Sodvllle township, and was
usually delegate to the Republican con-
ventions. Hosea B. Tullis served In Co.
r., 43d Illinois Inf during the rebellion.
He died the 9th Of October and was bur-
led the 2sth In the cemetery at Dodge
City. He leaves wife and one son.
Mrs. Tullis Is much thought of by all
who know her.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-11-08
A Year of Blood.

The year 1908 win long be remem-
bered 10 the home Of r. N. Tacket Of
Alliance, KY, as a year Of blood, which
flowed 50 copiously from Mr.. Jackets
lungs that death seemed very near. He
writes: .severe bleeding from the lungs
and ffightful cough bad brought me
at deaths door, when began taking DR..
Kings New Discovery for consumption,
with the astonishing result that after
taking four bottles ! was completely re-
stored, and a. time has proven, perma-
nentIy cured " Guaranteed for sore
lungs coughs and colds, at bath 4 Balm.
bridges drug store. Price 30 and $l.0O.
Trial bottle free.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-11-08
Head Ache
Sometimes!

If SO, it will interest you to
know that it can be stopped
with DR.. Miles Anti Pain Pills;
and without any bad after
effects, and this without dam
ger Of forming a drug habit or
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caine, chloral, ether or chloro-
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The reason for this is explained
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from tired, irritable, turbulent,
ovcr-taxed brain nerves. Anti
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rive use Or. Niles Anti-Pain Pills
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think that there h nothing that viii
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eeverest spell Of nervous Or sick
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am of d nervous temperament, and
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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-11-08
Letter TO Mr.. Charles Thomas, Dodge
City, Kansas.

Letter TO Mr.. Charles Thomas, Dodge
City, Kansas.
Dear Sir: "Ihree. quarters paint" Is
a good phrase for the best outside Of
Dovoe.
Devos Is the standard: mark 1t 100.
The next best-there are several not far
apart-are tbree,quarter paints: you may
mark them rs to Devos's 100.
The bulk of the paints in market are
40 or 80 or go: few are better than 60;
few are worse than 40.
How do they act? They cover from
one to three quarters as much as Devoe;
and they last from one to three quarter
as long az Devoe.
What are they worth? Phe same rule
don't hold; 1t costs more to put-on some
paints than they are worth; they are not
worth anything; the "put.on" costs two
or three times as much as the paint.
Yours truly,
+. w. DEvoE & Co,
New YORK, Chicago and Kansas City.
P. s. James O'Malley & Sons Lumber
Yard sells our paint.