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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
Must Improve Packing Plants.

CHICAGO, May PA dispatch to
the Tribune from Washington says:
The condition of some of the packing
houses was severely criticised by
President Roosevelt yesterday dur.
ing an interview he had with william,
f. Skinner and w. l.. Carlisle, rep
resenting the livestock interests Of the
country, and Representatives Madden
of Chicago, Cox OF New York, and
Brooks of Colorado. Mr.. Skinner is
the representa- alive of the Union stock
yards, Chicago, and Mr.. Carlisle Is
dean OF the National Agricultural col
lege of Colorado. 1t was at the re.
quest of the livestock interests al
over the country that they conferre {,
with the packers and then came to
Washington to see the president.
The president announced that ht
proposed to see the conditions, l1
which complaints have been made il.
the packing houses changed as promp.
ly as possible: the buildings should ! {
remodeled in order to obtain betta
ventilation and more light: that am
pie facilities should be provided fol
employees, far enough removed fro.I
the rooms in which meat was preparel
for food TO prevent coutamiu alton al
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
Washington New Notes.

WASHINGTON, May 24.-By party
vote the house committee on ways and
means has refused to take up for con-
sideration or to lay on the table the
williams resolution reducing to 100
per cent. all tariff schedules in excess
of that rate.
The bill for opening of the Fort
Shaw military reserve, on Sun river
above Great Falls, passed the senate
late yesterday afternoon, The open
ing directly concerns the Sun river
irrig alton project, and will allow the
reclaim alton service to 60 ahead with
work upon lands thrown open at once.
The bill only awaits the presidents
signature to become law.
The senate committee on public lands
has recomm eded the passage by con-
gress of q general bill authorizing the
secretary of the interior to sell parcels
of land not exceeding forty acres for
cemetery purposes. Under the pres
ent law it is necessary to pass q sep.
arate bill for every cemetery so au.
thOrized.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
Insurance Magnate Acquitted.

NEW YORK, May 25.-The appellate
division of the supreme court today
handed down q decision discharging
from custody George w. Perkins,
whom the supreme court had held to
await action of the grand jury on a
technical charge Of grand larceny in
connection with the campaign contri.
buttons of the New York Life Insur-
ance company to the national republi-
can committee.
Justice Patterson, while agreeing
that Mr.. Perkins cannot be found
guilty of larceny, said that he may be
compelled by civil action to make
restitution, inasmuch as the officers of
the company had no power to make
the contribution.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
Lost In the Mountains.

SPOKANE, May 25. A. Artman,
station agent and cashier for the
Great Northern Railway company at
Troy, Mont, has been lost in the
mountains near Troy since last Sun.
day. aud large part of the male
population OF Troy has been search.
ing for him, according to inform alton
brought to the city by j. E. Brawley,
a Great Northern conductor, last
night.
Harry Draper, owner OF the blood.
hounds that were used in trailing
Frank Smith the Oregon outlaw, re.
ceived q telegram from George Allen,
deputy sheriff of Flathead county,
Mont, to come At once with the dogs.
The telegram expressed the belief that
the missing man's trail could be found
by the dogs II they could take up the
scent after 36 hours had elapsed.
Draper and the dogs departed for
Montana on the $40 o'clock Great
Northern train last night.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
Condensed Ratious For Army.

KANSAS CITY, May 26.-Acting un-
der instructions from the secretary Of
war, eighty.stx officers Of the United
States army from New York, San
Antonio, Tex, Fort Rileyl and Fort
Leaveuworth, came to Kansas City to.
day to inspect the method OF prepsr-
ing emergency rstions for the United
States army. Under the directions Of
Maj. c. p. Stivers, OF the subsistence
department OF the army in Kansss
City, $4,000 rations for emergency
use by the troops in the field are being
prepared at local packing house.
Each can contains three cakes o.
bread and meat that has been oom-
prsssed Under weight Of 6,400
pounds: .hree c4rts OF chocolate
wrapped IN tiufoil, three.fourths OF an
ounce OF salt and gram of black pep.
per for seasoning. The weight of .
can when filled is twenty.one ounces,
and its contents are sufficient to supply
the wants of soldier for one full
day.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
Woman I)efies Tax Collectors.

LONDON, May "a. - Mrs. Dora
Montefore, a leading woman sutfra.
gist, under whose lead many women
have pledged themselves not to pay
their taxes, on the ground that tax.
alton without representation is tyran.
meal, harangued q great crowd of
woman suffragists from the second
story OF her house near London today.
She roundly denounced Chancellor of
the Exchequer Asquith as an "assas.
sin" because he stood in the way of
advance of the women's movement.
Chief Secretary for Ireland Bryce and
John Sinclair, secretary for Scotland,
were also bitterly assailed.
Mrs. Montetiore suggested that her
hearers break the windows of Mr.. As.
auith's house. She would do so her
self, she dccl AIRED, were it not FOR the
fact that she was engaged in defending
ner residence against tax collectors
and others.
The house Of Mrs. Montetiore, which
j. situated near the Thames, not far
from Hammersmith, is barricaded and
surrounded by tax collectors and
bailitfs. who hope 70 starve her QUIT
effect an entrance. Friends OF Mrs.
MontetiOre, however, are supplying
her with food.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
Rate Bill Sent to Conference.

WASHINGTON, May %. In the
house of representatives today the
question of veracity was raised be-.
tween Mr.. Cooper, of Wisconsin, and
Mr.. Hepburn, of Iowa, over conver.
satiou in which the latter is alleged to
have participated with q member Of
the senate, aud in which, Mr.. Cooper
asserted, the member of the house and
the senator agree that the so.called
"express company" amendment to the
railroad bill should not remain in the
bill. Both Mr.. Hepburn and Mr..
Cooper were exceedingly angry, and
they glared at one another during
their colloquy.
The house was turbulent during the
consideration of the rule sending the
railroad rate bill to the conference
owing to the fear of many Of the men,
bers that the rule might give the op.
ponents of the bill, il they SO desired,
opportunity to vote out the express
amendment. that relating to pipe lines
aud the sleeping car amendment.
With the assurance that the wishes
of the house would be considered on
all the amendments, the rule was
adopted, yeas IA, nay, los. Speaker
Cannon appointed as conferees Hep.
burn, Iowa, Sherman, New York and
Richardson. Alabama. Twenty-Five
republicans voted with the democrats
against the rule sending the railroad
rate bill to the conference.
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that there would be lavatories to in.
sure personal cleanliness.
Speaking for the livestock interests
and for the packers, MIR. Skinner as.
surei the president that the packers
had authorized him to state that If the
president would appoint commission
OF high.grade scientific sanitarian ex.
perts, including one practical man
versed in inspection and animal hus.
bandry, they would be glad to adopt
any suggestions the commission might
make for the improvement or change
IN the method Of slaughtering with
reference to the sanitary conditions Of
packing houses.
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Railroad Methods Exposed.

PHILADELPHIA, May A.-Addition-
al evidence of discrimination by the
Pennsylvania railroad in the distri.
button OF cars in the soft coal fields
was presented to the interstate com.
merce commission today. John Lloyd,
q banker and coal operator of AL
toona, who is one of the members OF
the banking firm of Cassatt & Co.,
testified that the Columbia Coal com.
pany was forced to sell the Alexandria
mine because OF the shortage Of cars;
and George E. Scott, of the Puritan
and Crescent Coal companies, de-
clsred that he paid for the use OF rail.
road cars when he failed to secure his
allotment, and that during q period of
q days the railroad had furnished
him with only one car. He also as
serted that Michael Trump, general
superintendent of the Pennsylvania,
had told him the company intended to
protect the Berwind.White company
at all hazards.
Frederick Vrooman, an assistant
trainmaster, told the commission that
he had received gifts of money in
amounts from a to go from various
coal companies for favors that he did
not grant. Mr.. Vrooman was ques.
toned by Attorney Glasgow for the
commission. The witness said there
was no scarcity of coal cars during
the anthracite strike. He denied
furnishing cars to certain companies
at go and $50 q car.
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ferred. He thereupon moved the reso.
luton of the date fixed by the house
bill, carrying it into effect three
months after its passage.
Senator Allison said the bill was
crude and that It should have been
more carefully considered. He spoke
OF the importance of the measure,
saying it might affect Sl00, 900, 600 of
revenue, but expressed the opinion
that as the bill had been amended by
the senate, fraud under it could be
prevented. He did not believe tha,
distillers generally would take ad.
vantage Of the opportunity to manu-.
facture den atured alcohol as provided
for by the bill.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
OIL HEARING ADJOURNED.
Interstate Commerce Commission Will
Make Report to Congress.

CLEVELAND, May 26.-After three
days spent in taking testimony con.
cerning the affairs of the Stand lard
Oil company. Interstate Commerce
Commissioners Prouty and Clements
adjourned the hearing this afternoon
and left for Washington this evening,
where they are to prepare report for
congress. The report, however, will
not be closed until the Standard Oil
company's attorneys have been given
an opportunity to reply to the main
statements of operations.
Today's proceedings were In line
with the general line Of inquiry made
during the two previous days. Spe-
cial Counsel Monet endeavored to
show by several witnesses that the
Stand ard company maintained q bu.
reau for the purpose of subsidizing
Ohio newspapers, 125 of which were
on the Stand ards list.
z. D. Ellis. an independent oil deale,
OF Cincinnati, testified that the Stand
ard had obtained the names of hi:
customers by bribing his employees.
Charles j. Castle submitted 4 table
of oil prices for ditfereet territories il
Ohio, showing that they were higl
where there were no competition ant
low where there were rival dealers.
Attorney Virgil p. Kline, for tn
Stand ard Oil company, said he wished
it understood that he wanted to tax,
up several matters referred to ant
make reply at some time and plac'
convenient to the commissioners. Th,
commissioners said they would ALLOW
Mr.. Kline the privilege and would an
nouuce the time and place later. Th
hearing then adjourned.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
Rate Rebaters Convicted.

KANSAS CITY. May 25.-George L.
Thomas, freight broker and l.. B.
Tagga art. a clerk working for Thomas,
il the United States district court here
late today We're found guilty OF the
charge Of conspiracy to illegally give
rebates 10 shippers. The jury con.
sidered the case ouly 80 minutes before
arriving At y verdict. Attorneys for
the defendants viii! file o motion for .
rsw trial, and the motion will be ar
gued tomorrow. The court will not
pronounce the Sentence against Thom-
as and Taggart until the motion for a
new trial is disposed Of.
George II. Crosby, general freight
traffic manager of the Burlington rail.
way, on trial or the same charge,
was discharged, the court sustaining
demurrer alleging that no evidence
had been presented to connect Crosby
with conspiracy.
In charging Crosby Judge Nc
Phersou said that the only evidence
adduced against Crosby to show q
conspiracy was the admission Of
Frank Barry, former ageu. .of the
Burlington railway, made at is trial,
taat the road had paid :. .omas q
generous salary because O! freight
tonnage he controlled. Such evidence,
the Judge held, could not be used in
this or any other court to cloud 9
mans character.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
STANDARD OIL METHODS.
Former Employees Of Company Tell About
Tricks Of the Trade.

CLEVELAND, May 25.-A total Of 10
witnesses were called by Interstate
Commerce Commissioners Prouty and
Clements in the Stand ard Oil case to.
day. The commissioners counsel and
every body else connected with the in
vestigation put in hard day, aud the
work OF the two sessions was prolific
of substantial results. Testimony
bordering on the sensational was OBJ
tained from several witnesses. That
Of George L. Lane Of Mansfield, Ohio,
q former emp!Oye Of the Stand ard Oil
company, was regarded as particu.
larly important. According to his
evidence, Lane was for about ii
months, in 1901 and 1902 employed by
the Standard Oil company for the par.
ticular purpose Of driving all of the
independent oil peddlers in o dozen
or more of the principal cities and
towns OF northern Ohio out of busi-
ness. He said he was employed by
c. NJ. Lynnes, OF the Cleveland Office
Of the Standard Oil company, to go to
certain designated places and use
every means. fair or foul. to force the
independents to quit. He described
the methods pursued in detail.
"My instructions, he said, "were
to kill them, and | was told that if l
could not do the job somebody else
would be sent to take my place. !
worked in Youngstown and surround.
ing small towns, Canton, Girard
Warren, Ravenna, Massillon, Mans.
field, Elyria. Oberlin and other
places. In all of the towns with the
exception of Youngstown the indepen.
dent peddlers were forced to abandon
their business. In Youngstown, 9
man named William h. Vahey was
encountered, and despite everything
we could do he held his trade. We
gave oil away by the barrel and tank
load, but 1t did no good. Valleys
customers threw it away"
Mrs. Elizabeth Portesman, a stenog
rapher and bookkeeper in the Dayton
Ohio, Office, of the Standard Oil com
pany, testified that Information con
corning the oil shipments of rival
was brought into the Office by dray
men, and that she made careful recort
Of it, and gave it to her superior.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
Washington News Notes.

WASHINGTON, May 26.-The senate
has passed q bill! appropriating sl5,.
Qo0 for the impr ve,nent and enlarge.
ment of the Butte federal building.
The sundry civil appropriation bill
which will be reported to the house
next week will carry @25, 900 to cover
the cost OF contemplated presidential
trips for the fiscal year.
The secretary of the interior has re.
stored to settlement the vacant uuap.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
Earth Quakes In Michigan.

ST. PAUL, May 26.-A special to
the Dispatch from Houghton, Mich,
says: Fifty-seven seismic shocks
shook this vicinity today. Buildings
rocked and in several places there are
cracks in the earth from two to six
inches in width. The disturbance
seemed to center in the Atlantic mine,
which shut down two weeks ago as the
result of similar disturbances. Great
alarm prevails.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
May SnOwstOrm In Dakota.

MEDORA, N. D., May 26.-Three
days OF constant rain has been fol.
lowed by q hard snowstorm. Two
inches of snow has fallen in the past
few hours.
MILWAUKEE,, May 26. - A severe
storm swept Lake Michigan today and
two small vessels were driven ashore
near Racine. The crews escaped.
Freezing weather is reported in north.
ern Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30

propriated public lands not otherwise
reserved in a tract consisting of about
e00, 900 acres In western Montana
which was Withdrawn in connection,
with the proposed Cabinet reserve. A
small part of the area is included in
the Flathead Indian reserv alton. The
lands thus restored will not be subject
to entry fling of selection until ninety
days after notice Of such publication
as may be prescribed by the depart
meut.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
SHIPPERS RECEIVED REBATES.
Merchants Employ Freight Broker and
Get Freight Charges Reduced.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 24.-More
sens ational testimony was brought
out this morning in the trial In the
United States district court here OF
George H. Crosby, traffic manager Of
the Burlington railway: George l..
Thomas of New York, freight bro
ker, aud L. 3. Taggart. his chief
clerk. on a charge Of conspiracy.
T. H. McKittrick, president OF the
Harg adine- McKittrick Dry Goods
company of St. Louis. the fret Wit
ness, who had testified that he had
employed Thomas at salary OF $500
q year to look after the interests OF
his firm in the matter Of railway rates
and routing from the east, admitted
that he had received various sums of
money from 'unknown sources.
In one instance, Mr.. McKittrick
testified, q person whom he did not
know entered his McKittrick's) Office
in New York city one day and handed
him a bundle of money containing be-
tween S4OO and $500. McKittrick de-
clared that he did not know the man
who handed him this money: that he
had not since seen him: that he did
not believe he would be able to identi.
fy the man, and further, that he did
not know for what purpose the money
was given him nor from what source it
came. -.....
In reply to direct question, Mr..
McKittrick said that he had at various
times received money from unknown
sources. His firm in four or five
years had received about $40, 600 dur.
ing which time they had paid out $780,
600 in freight charges.
J. X. Burnham, president of the
Burnham, Hanna & Munger Dry
Goods company of Kansas City, testi-
fed he had hired Thomas at salary
of q, 900 a year for attending to the
freight business of the firms Kansas
City and Detroit houses. Burnham
admitted receiving s43, 3,0o0 from Thorn
as in the past three years.
4uIS WoSs euPpOs0S oOAN WV
witness, "for mistakes in classifca'
tion, claims for damages, etc. All
money was paid to me in New York,
think"
w. E. Emery, member OF the
Emery, Bird, Thayer Dry Goods com
pany of Kansas city, testified that he
had hired Thomas for four or five
years At a salary OF $500 year, and
that in that time he had received be
tween 81, 500 and $1,000 a year. Thi'
money was given to him at his Office
in New York. Some one would cal
him up on the telephone. witness said
and say that if he [ Emery were Il
be in his Office for awhile, something
would be sent him. Later, a package
containing money was sent in. HI
did not know who had sent it, bu
supposed it came from Thomas.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-05-15
Black Iano>hanS

Ny pens arc selected 'or lay.
ing quaI.,ie> and aneg POINTS.
Eggs 81 50 per sitting.
Mrs. 8. R. KUYktkDkLL. S..9.a Mss.
Jerseys Wanted .. 90. .. .... . I'd
-, yca.a ia tsG isa.t :a.se 1.strtA
IN calf pedigree tsfa.s|es..
OSCAR y. LEI af. Me-.
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places arc few indeed.

places arc few indeed.
Tins condition will Of course
be remcdicd in time: but we are
afraid II will be slow, as so few
accept the poultry issue as
substantial part OF the farm
business. However, most farm.
cre could we'll spare the time TO
buI.d suitable houses between
the laying by and gathering OF
crops. y very good house can
DC constructed OF boards,
doublc-waIlcd. with finch
space between filed with saw.
dust we'll tampcd and having
suitable windows and door.
The floor may then be filled in
eight inches with clay thorough.
~ tampcd and smoothcd, the
root 10 be thoroughly rainprooi.
Such a building would.bc service
able Tor many years. and the
@ost would not DC great.
II i very certain that Il VIC
ra'sc poultry on a paying scale
NC must provide suitable build.
'ngs. |, cannot be accomplish
ed otherwise. The excessive
rains and sudden climatic hang
g make il absolutely necessary
N winter and early spring 10
have the best houses We can pro.
VIDE; and !, ~ necessary 10 have
early matches 10 obtain the best
profits, aud that OF course ~ the
object oi the business.
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Agents.

We want good agent for this
paper IN every neig borhood in
each state. We want an agent
10 solicit advertising and sub
scriptions and also TO collect.
We want permanent agent.
Write US for particulars.
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How to Give Sulphur


EnIIok GAZETTE:
will give my experience with
cattle ticks. had Il cow that
was literally covered with ticks.
she was old and poor. punched
the pith out OF the cobs of bout
eight or ten ears OF corn, filled
the holes with sulphur, and gave
the ears 10 the COW. In Il few
days saw chickens all around
the COW. The ticks tell of a.
tas, as a u dozen hens could pick
them up.
attribute my success TO CIV
ing the COW plenty OF sulphur.
Cattle won't lick up enough sui
phur mixed with salt 10 get II IN
the blood we'll.
Editorial note: VIVA; expert.
cncc have others with Kidding
cattle OF ticks by feeding sui
phurt Possibly the reason
some report good results and
Others rcpor, poor ones from
using sulphur for thls purpos t
- that the reported successes
are IN cases where cattle have
been got 10 take comparatively
large quantities Ct sulphur.
Possibly those who report sue
ccsscs got cattle 10 take more
sulphur mixed with salt than
they would ordinarily DO, BE-
cause the cattle were ~ that par
,cuiar time unusually hungry
for salt
All the experience we can get
IN this line ~ wanted. Possibly
the foregoing suggestion indi-
Gates good line Tor experiment.
ing. One who has i number oil
cattle could make part OF them
hungry for salt, then give all the
sal, and sulphur mixed they
would cat, while the res, OF the
herd wa~ managed in the usual
manner. The two parts oil the
herd would act a. checks on
each other, so that there would
be no guessing whether sulphur
cleaned the animals oil ticks.
The Gazette would be glad To
publish the results oil such u
test.
In this connection il Is well to
recall that some report the hair
OF animals coming of when large
quantities OF sulphur are eaten
in wet weather.
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Il. II. u4'.rf. knoHt5,lc. N,.a.
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Rainy Day Work

EDITOR GAZETTE.
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Our Kind of Readers Count

Am we'll pleased with my adj
IN your paper. Sold more from
II than any other paper. Will
give YOU another ad next season.
w. y. CoKLEY,
kellyton, Ala.
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EGGS, BERKSHlRES

50 hr~t-clas> pig~ II best English and
American strains. Some good service
bodrs. Blk. Mlnorca and ". p. Rock
eggs :, per setting.
II. y. HAkEINCroN, Dalcville Miss.
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