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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19
AN EN- PRE-
THAT
AWAITS
DEVELOPMENT

every acre now devoted to Wild GRASSES.
while every coulcr will become n res.
erVolr and every low bottom 1; farm,
or Il haNtield. The hills will become
summer pasture for livestock to b.
Wln1crrd ON the adjoining farms, and
every region which can be covered by
large irrigatiny plants will raise nor
nous quantitic, Of cereals for the
and Europe.
our products of beef and mutton.
wool and grain, will be found in every
market of the world, both in raw and
manufactured forms. It cannOt be i'm
agined that the tccmin" population
which will inhabit these northern
plain, will always be content to lei,
others reap the difference in price be-
tween Il pound Of beef on the hOof and
Il pound of beet in the an. between a
pound OF wool in the grease ana I;
pound of wool in the garment. But
all tho," changes will be Il lone time
coming. When thoutcau county i,
exporting flour and clothing, dressed
beet n beet sugar. Butte and .Ana-
ronda may be shipping engine, and
wire, mining machinery and
dNnamO>, ON tn" same trains.
On January |. lsS7. four-tifth, of
Choutcau county wa, included in the
reservation which stretched from
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19

next consideration was accessibility
such IA point As could be conveniently
reached from every quarter by tn,
Blackteet nation. who OCCUPIED tn,
country from the Saskatchewan to tn,
Yellowstone. Ma iOr ~Culbert>on ST.
lected as such a spot the Missouri
river bottom where the city of Fort
benton now stands. and in l>4G the
work OF building the first permanent
trading post on the upper Missouri
river was begun.
When Culbert>on iuuuuulat.d mi,
post in the heart OF the Blarkfe.,
country. removed hundreds of mile.
from other traders, and thou,-
and, from civilization. he had littIo
thought that in fourteen year, a
steamboat would poke lis nose INTO
the natural ltVcc at that place and a
Years more would witness the OK.
OF the vast herds that black
ened the plains. Fort Benton wa.
built on the idea of the permanently
the fur trade. The enclosing wall,
were 30 feet square and constructed.
as We're the several building, within
same. Of adobeS. or sun-dried
The walls We're massive. CON
with the view to protection
possible assault by the Indians
= nd "a withstand Tho ~. !, ra- ,9 ,;,,,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19

COUNTY

II MID the geographical divisions
into which Montana. for convcu.
fence OF administration, is parti,ioncG
Chouteau county i, entitled to a
prominent place on account of hen
vast area. her intensely interesting
history as a border community. and,
above all. her potential wealth and
population. Even now. reduced near
~ onc-half IN area by the creation of
Teton and Cascade counties, and bv
the enlargement of Fergus county. she
stretches for lGJ miles east and west.
through It region of unbOundcd fer
tility for Il prairie state. with an cy-
tIcinc breadth Of l4O miles. At no
pIar" Is the county les, than 10 miles
acI"o, from north to south and that
for ptt Il short distance. It's area i,
l','oO square mile, or ll.2l7. 800
acres.
Most significant of all, only ii very
small proportion Of this i, waste land.
Almost all OF it j., capable Of use al
some future time. when the growth Of
population shall encourage pain,tak-
ing "ndeaFor to improve every avail
able quarter section. 1t /, not to be
anticipated that any attempt Will ever
be made to use all. or nearly all. of
TIL, vast are for agricultural our
poses. but al cndeavOr will eventually
be made 10 increase the product Of
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19

appeared Il good Goal faster than it
Il nauc. In ISIS he returned 10
tcrt Benton. Procuring a stock, of
Indian goods from Carroll X Steel
and |. G.. Baker n co.. he went north
to trade. to the land of his wife, re-
latlon>. 'Ait the latter insisted on the
rites of hospitality to such an extent
that the venture proved Il failure. He
then vent to For, Relknap and Fort
browning. on Milk river. and died
in the early eighties at the home of a
daughter in Nebra ska.
Andrew Dawson succeeded Culbert-
son in authority at Fort Benton, re-
naming until 1864. when he returned
to his native Scotland. and soon af-
forwards died. During most of time
he was AT Fort Benton. Major Daw-
sow was Il helpless cripple. being par
alNZed from his hips down. and was
not bic to get about without assist
ance. Mat Carroll and George Steel
were his principal clerks and aides
de-camp from 1858 to l>6:,. and bv rea-
son of Daw>on'> physical intirmitie,
were IN reality the head and front of
the establishment.
|. Il. Baker. of 81. Louis. came to
Fort Benton in 1860 and was the agent
OF the American Fur company until
they sold out to Hnbhell. Hawlev *
Smith in 1867. The latter were repre-
>cntrd first by j. Il. Hubhell and af-
tcrWard 10y Col. F'rann Eastman. but
from the time the fort went out OF the
possession Of the original
there IA an end to its successful on.
terprl>es and business. This may be
partly accounted for by the fact that
there were other RichmondS in the fur
field. for |. G. Baker 4 60. and II. G..
rover X Bro. not to mention others,
began business in Fort Benton in 1856
and ISIS. respectively. Hubbell X Co.
soon closed out their business at Fort
l'ent"n and down the river point, to
Durice X Peck. who found government
contracts more allurinw than the. fu.
trade. and they gave up the latter.
The old trrt was abandoned. and AL
though tor q time partially occupied
Tor other PURPOSES. decay and ruin
soon Matkp, it rs their own, and to-
day but little more than a mas, of
debris jndiratr> the site of thi, his
t"rlr fur trading establishment, the
"r,t l"1lita"1t white settlement in
:, ntann.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19

are considered. not Overlookinr ,ht
tfeacllti"u> character of the Black
feet. that from the establishment OF
Fort Benton in 1916 until the di,coy-
cry OF gold brought Il new population
10 the country. the Indians had not
the satisfaction of counting many
'rOup> that included the drniZens of
the fort. There were remarkably few
violent deaths. and. il may i, added
deaths OF any character. OF course it
was the policy of the company to Gull
tlNate the good favOrS Of the Indian,
ana to keep on friendly term, with
'il''h' winch was successfully accom-
pIl>iled under the %>agaciOu,
>ltht OF Alexander C~ulbertSou.
Atter Lewis and Clark, VIII, were
NOT soJ"nrn"lo III. but simply rayel-
'r> through. the country. the pioneer,
OF III" upper Missouri river. and of
what is Montana. wcl. Kenneth Mo-
henzle, james kipp and Alexander
y. brief sketch of these
men ought to lit in interestingly here.
Mckenzie lit i Il name prolninen.
IN the fur trade from the time King
I flalieS chartered the Hudson Bay
company was never at Fort Benton
il wa, he. who. a, governor ~
Ont nlo sent kipp to the Maria,
establish a tort and trade with the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-23
az orsrER RAr CONFERENCE

The conference at President Roose-
velt's cottage at oyster Bay. including
among the participants Speaker Can
non and Congressman Sherman OF New
York and Tawney of Minnesota, chair
man and vice chairman, respectively,
of the republican congressional cam
paign committee. must be regarded as
an important event in the preparations
for the political contest which will soon
actively open. The place of the meet
ing signifies the deep interest of the
president in the result of the cam
paign which will decide whether his
hands are in a serious measure to be
tied during the last two years of his
term of Office or whether he lie to have
the effective support of the party to
which he belongs and which elected
him to the presidency in carrying out
those policies, still unfinished, for
which he so distinctly stands.
The record of the congress that has
just adjourned is one on which the
party can appeal for support to the
people, who are so overwhelmingly
with the president. For the success
of his continued efforts along the same
line during the remainder of his ad-
ministration he can expect nothing
but obstruction and embarrassment
therein, especially as the temptation
to partisan and perverse opposition
tactics, never slight, always increases
in congress as a presidential election
draws nearer. What part the president
may personally take in the contest
cannot, of course, be foretold, but that
he is profoundly interested in the
preparations for it and in the event is
perfectly apparent and ought to i'm
press every man, of whatever political
party, who has been a sincere sup
porter Of the president and desires to
see his policies successful in the flu
ture.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-23
UNWILLING TO UNDERSTAND.
Railroad Lawyers Tackle the Rate
Law with CIeavers.
Chtcaeo Tribune


Executive offcials and lawyers Of the
western roads met in Chicago to talk over
the new railroad rate law and find out
whether they were agreed as TO Its mean
ing. 1t Is said that they were not-that
there were about as many interpretations
as there were lawyers.
The art of writing laws, none Of whose
clauses shall be obscure or capable OF more
than one Interpretation, appears to have
been lost. Legislatures often are so care.
less or 50 overworked that they pass blind
laws, and leave It to the courts to say pre-
cisely what they mean. II may be that
there are provisions of the new interstate
commerce act which are not so clearly
worded as they might have been, although
there Is little room for doubt as to what
they mean.
The law is not hard 10 understand when
one approaches it with an open mind and a
sincere desire to know what significance the
trainers wished to convey by their words
and phrases There are many railroad men
who do not approach II In that spirit, but
in the spirit OF destructive criticism. They
DO not wish to understand the law but to
find flaws. They know that the object OF
the law is to put a stop to certain cherished
railroad abuses. and they wish TO determine
haw far the law can be twisted OF misin-
terpreted so as to work the least possible
interference with those abuses. They do
not hold counsel together to agree as to
a method OF complying with the law, but
a method Of getting around It,
1t would be more gratifying II the railroad
men were 10 go to those who are to admin
lister the law and ask them what con-
struction they put upon the provisions and
what they would like 60 have the railroads
do in the way of conforming TO It, II the
interpretations put on any section OF the
law by those who have TO execute Il should
seem strained and unjust 70 the railroads.
and they should be OF that opinion after
the matter had been argued between them,
they should appeal TO the courts
The railroad lawyers do not approve OF
that kind Of procedure 1t suits their pur,
poses to assume that the law swarms with
unconstitutional provisions, obscurities. and
double meanings. They see in IL an oppor-
tunity for the exercise OF their skill AZ
bubbles and In earning fees They will
make much money out of the new law
The railroads will not accept II cheer
fully. but acting under the advice OF coun-
sci will dispute the accuracy OF the inter-
probation put on Il by the ofnoers Of the
government and compel the courts to define
the exect meaning OF every 0ause. The
period Of struggle TO secure the enactment
Of the law will be followed by a period OF
litigation over shat IL mqAnG
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-23

THROWING GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD
The special attorneys of the Omaha
Water board have secured permission
from the United States court of APP
peals to carry up the decision recently
rendered by which Omaha is enjoined
from reducing the water rates estab-
4tshed by its contract with the water
company to the supreme court of the
United States. For this special effort
with the appellate court the special at
torneys will, of course, draw a special
daft on the city treasury and this
draft will be followed up by sundry
and various drafts from year to year
until the case is finally decided. What
has Omaha to gain by this litigation?
There are ten chances to one that
the supreme court will affirm the de-
cision of the appellate court and sad
die upon Omaha all the costs of the
proceeding, besides from ten to
twenty thousand dollars more for the
services of special attorneys who have
already drawn $4,000 of the taxpay-
ers' money in this rainbow chase.
Nobody, Including the eminent special
attorneys, expects the supreme court
to reach final decision within less
than three years.
In the meantime the contract with
the water company will have expired
and the city will either have secured
possession of the water works by pur-
chase or have negotiated a new con-
tract under more favorable conditions
than it obtained in the original con-
tract. Very naturally the taxpayers
of Omaha will want to know what
benefit they will get out of this legal
battle In the high courts.
No one blames the special attorneys
for milking the COW while the city is
Juggling at the horns and the water
company at the tail of the animal, but
to the man of horse sense it looks very
much like throwing good money after
bad.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-23
NEBRASKA SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN
In a spirit OF Fairness.


In spirit OF fairness the Herald suE-
gests q careful comparison Of the anti
monopoly record Of Edward Rosewster and
the snti-monopoly records OF Tigs Harri-
son and the editors OF those newspapers
which he controls. Perhaps Il u not the
province Of democratic newspaper TO
mix in the fight between the republican
leaders In Nebraska. but II IL our province
to ask fair treatment Of Mr.. Rosewater
He ought to lose or win THE senatorial
fight on the strength Of his record
II the republicans are really looking for
an snt-rallroad candidate then Edward
Rosewater comes closer TO the mark than
any other Nebraska republican. This is
not saying very much for him. because
the record Of that political party in this
state is record OF shameful subserviency
to railroad interests. The only breaks In
the record occurred in those years when
the surrender TO railroad interests became
30 Notorious and shameful that Edward
Rosewater could not stand for It. and some
times on such occasions the ultra railroad
tools In the republican party were carried
down TO their political graves by an in
dignsnt public protest engendered and led
by Mr.. ROsewater and his newspaper.
Edward Rosewater will probably win the
republican nomination for senator, and
after the winning some republican brother
will probably ask the Herald to cay as
many good words in his behalf as we
uttered before he became a nominee Of his
party. We promise in advance to do So
We shall give Rosewater. after his nonnina-
ton, all the praise we give him now. We
shall say then, as now. that he is the only
one among the many republican senatorial
candidates with an anu-monopoly record
worth looking at His record might be
much better, but it is by all odds the best
offered by any of the dozen republicans
who are now looking for senatorial honors
In Nebraska
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-23
AUTOCRACY VS.. DEMOCRACY

The peremptory dismissal of the
Russian National Assembly by order
Of the car brings to climax a strug-
gle which has been acute since the
car was forced by menace of out
breaking revolution to yield the form
OF national legislature. 1t was in
deed little more than an illusion form,
with only the shadow of power, but
the parliamentary result and the tor
tuous methods of reaching 1t suggest
the irrepressible conflict which is in
progress and of which this lame and
impotent assembly is itself one of the
landmarks.
Americans especially have to rid
themselves of their preconceptions of
constitution in order to realize the
situation. Our idea is a framework of
government established by the people
granting a portion of their power to
agents chosen by themselves and the
powers Of government being strictly
limited by the terms of the grant. The
constitution, or the fundamental law
as it is called in. Russia, defining the
functions of the National Assembly,
proceeds on the Numerically opposite
theory. It's powers do not come up
from the people, but down from the
autocrat, in whose sole will resides the
sum total of the power to govern. The
constitution, so far as the assembly's
Jurisdiction is concerned, therefore,
amounts to an elaborate series of de-
malls by the absolute authority of the
car OF power to the elected repre-
sentatives of the people, and they are
denials of precisely the powers, like
that OF the purse, of legislation, etc.,
which is the very life OF our consti-
tuition. AT the very utmost the as
sembly, as chained down by the car.
was a mere advisory body. with no
actual power of legislation or part in
government
In short, the Duma has operated as
a cunpingly devised scheme to thwart
the rising national will to govern or to
have a real share in government, the
merest shadow instead of the sub
stance Of what we understand by con-
stitutional government. And during
the sitting OF the assembly the autoc-
racy has rejected or nullihed every i'm
portant reform demand formulated by
the elective branch.
The autocracy, or the formidable in
terests and powers that control 1t. dis
missing the assembly simultaneously
confront the people with military
force, the instrument and mainstay OF
despotism. That this menace will d.
minish or stop the peoples agitation
for government by their own author
ity, instead of by the will of the
car alone. is impossible. The agita-
tioa has obviously gone too far and too
deeply. The experience of the as
sembly, If the teachings of history are
not belied. is likely rather in the long
run 10 accelerate the revolutionary
| movement
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-23

JUST FOR A CHANGE.

John Kendrick Bangs in the Century.
I'm sort of tired of things that is;
They're lackin' somewhat as to fzS.
There amt no ginger in life's jar
With things a-goin' as they are.
The fault may be with me, and then,
1t may be otherwise again.
! amt a-tryin' to fiX no blame
Because all tastes about the same-
Howe'er 1t is, wish It might
Have things turned round bit some
night,
So that instead of as they be.
They'd work towards the contrary.
I'd like TO see some mountain rill
Have spunk enough TO flow UP HILL
So that old Nature might be shown
1t had opinions of its own.
I'd like TO see the settin' sun
Out in the east when day is done,
Just as a hint, when goin' TO bed,
To prove that ii wasn't bigoted.
I'd like to hear bullfrog sing
Like nightingales upon the wing,
Instead of that eternal "clunk"
With which he seeks his swampy bunk.
A cat that banks, a dog that meows,
And when IL comes to milkin' cows,
'Twould cheer me up to get a pail
OF lemonade or ginger ale;
And If the bucket in the we'll
And bring me up some fresh root beer,
There'd be no kick a-comln here.
'Tain't discomfort that's vexin' me
with life so everlastin'ly,
But just a sort OF parchin' thirst
To get a peek at things reversed.
They've been the same so very long
change would strike me pretty strong,
And, though I'm maxim no complaint
For once I'd like 'em as they amt
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-23
The Two Rival Candidates.


Hon. Edward Rosewater, editor Of The
Omaha Bee, and Attorney General Norris
Brown, rival candidates for United States
senator, were pleasant callers at the Wasp
office Monday. These gentlemen came to
Wahoo to meet the people and to address
the republican county convention which met
here on that day. The meeting in wahoo
was the first meeting of these two distin-
guished gentlemen since the campaign for
senator began. There seems to be the best
OF feeling prevailing between them. Mr.
Brown remarked in his address at the court
house that II he was not pledged to an
other he would probably be for Mr.. Rose
water himself In return Mr.. Rosewater
said that II Mr.. Brown was a candidate
for governor-and he wished he was-he
could support him. and that IL he was
nominated by the state convention he would
support him for United States sene tor
Aside from the rivalry for the senatorahiy
they are friends.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-23
THAT UNsEBMLY SCRAMBLE.

The platform resolutions adopted by
the Cheyenne county republican con
vention taper on with this declaration:
We dsplore the fact that from present
indications the scramble for this dis
tinguished place Cthe United States SEN
atorship) bids fair to be more unseemly
than though Il was left to the legisla-
ture to decide without a recommenda-
ton.
With all due Difference to the as
sembled wisdom and patriotism of the
republicans Of Cheyenne county, we
should like TO know why and wherein
the nomination OF a United States SEN
ator by state convention is regarded
as an "unseemly scramble?" Why
should not the preference of the rank
and file Of the party govern in the Sc
lection Of senator as IT does in the
selection OF congressman, governors
and other state officers?
Since the admission of Nebraska into
the union fourteen senatorial elections
have been held. Five of these termi-
mated only after a protracted struggle
that in each case scandalized the state
and party and deprived the people of
Nebraska of the beneficent legislation
which they had a right to expect from
their lawmakers. In nearly every in
stance these deadlocks we're stimulated
and engineered by the corporation
lobby through which too many of our
legislatures have been debauched, de-
moralized and corrupted
Nebraska is by no means the first
state that has set its face against the
legislative deadlock and dark horse.
Ohio republicans have for the last ten
years made their choice of senator
through state conventions. Senators
Foraker and Hanna, as we'll as Senator
Dick, the successor of Senator Hanna,
we're all nominated by state conven-
lions after IAN unseemly scramble"
In Illinois Senators Cullom and Hop
kins were compelled to stand the or
deal of IAN unseemly scramble" for
nomination by state conventions, and
another "unseemly scramble" for the
place is now in progress
in Illinois for the Cullom succession.
Even IL the discarded method of leg
islative logrolling and wholesale brib-
cry of the lawmakers was less objec-
than the nomination in the
open state convention, there can be no
retreat without disastrous conse-
quences. The republicans of Ne
braska established the precedent in
the nomination of Elmer j. Burkett
two years ago, and the call of their
state committee for the nomination of
a senator this year is almost impera-
tive. The "unseemly scramble can
not be snuffed out even If it shocks
the tender sensibilities OF candidates
who'are unwilling to trust the people.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-23
Right on the Issues for Years.
Stanton Pickett (rep.).

Among the duties of the republican
state convention viii be the nomins ton
OF a United States senator to succeed
Hon. J. H. Millard. The two leading
aspirants for the position are Edward
Rosewater Of The Omaha Bee and At
torney General Norris Brown. Mr.. Rose
water is a man whom we all know has
been advocating for years the issues that
are now paramount to the state and ma
ton. His nomination and election would
mean that Nebraska would be represented
in the senate by a man who would look
after the peoples interests. Mr.. Brown
has made a good record as attorney gem
eral and upon this record alone is max
ing his candidacy for the senate. Mr.
Brown has only done his duty as attorney
general and should be given a renomina-
ton TO that ONCE to enable him TO finish
the work already begun. or the delegates
instructed for senator up to date Rose
water has IS and Brown III.