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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-12-13
Kansas Grain Law void

Kansas City, Mo.-The Kansas
grain inspection and weighing law
was declared void Thursday by Judge
S. r. Peters, special master appointed
by Judge Pollack of the United States
circuit court.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-12-13
Physician to Pope Dead.

Rome.-Dr. Lapponi, physician to
the pope, died at seven o'clock Fri
day morning. He had been Ill for
some time with cancer of the stom-
ach and, pneumonia setting In, he
could not withstand its ravaSes.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-12-13
Indians Near Starvation.

Grand Marais. Minn-Many of the
Chippewa Indians at Grand Portage
reservation are on the verge on star.
walton. They expected the customary
allowance Of flour and pork from the
government. but did not get it.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-12-13
Four Killed In colIisinn.

Lewiston, Me.-Four persons were
killed and three others seriously IN.
jured in a head-on collision between a
special and a regular train on the
Maine Central railroad near the email
station Of Annabessacook.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-12-13

Mr.. Edison promises cheap motor
car, and NJ. Santos Dumont is satisfied
that his new aeroplane will be the
best ruuabout. Meanwhile the walk
ing will be good, provided pedestrians
A-e expert at lodging.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-12-13

Out In Los Angeles there is burg.
lar who has recently been busy steal
ing oil paintings, This will come as
a surprise to people who have sup.
posed Los Angeles to be a place where
there was nothing but few fruit
warehouses and real estate boom.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-12-13

Laborsaving machinery will never
bother the manicurist. Her work must
ALWAYS be done by hand.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-12-13

The flood at Clifton, Ariz., receded
after much of the town had been de-
stroyed. The number Of dead is not
known.
Government departments and COM
mercial bodies of Hawaii have organ
lied to secure pan-Pacific congress.
Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn. a
well-known paleontologist of New
York city, was elected secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution, to sue
coed the late Prof. Samuel T. Lang
ley.
Judge B. F. Weber, former judge
Of the district court of Brown and ad-
jacent counties, Minnesota. commit.
ted suicide by hanging himself. He
was "A years of age, and had been in
ill-health for some time.
Rev. ]. G.. Rawlins and ALI Moore,
a negro, were hanged at Valdosta,
Ga, for the murder of Willie and
Carrie Carter in July, 1905.
Fire at Conneaut Lake, Pa, de-
stroyed three of the largest summer
hotels and several frame buildings, and
for a time threatened the entire viii
lage.
Garland Moore, aged 81, mail car
rier, shot and, fatally wounded Miss
Clara West. aged ~. at Bos Dare.
Mo-. because she rejected his suit.
tomato Milanetti. of Midland. O.,
fired two shots into his wife's breast
killing her instantly. and then shot
himself twice.
Three hundred Japanese have en-
tered the United States through Mex.
leo SINCE Novamber 1.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-11
Texas Law Unconstitutional.

WASHINGTON, April 2. - In an
opinion by Justice Brown, the su.
preme court of the United States to.
day decided the case of the Houston
Il Texas Central railway vs.. J.. A.
Mayes in favor of the company.
Mayes ordered II cars in which to
ship 625 head of cattle. The cars ar.
rived q hours after the time set in the
agreement.
Mayes sued under a Texas law for
damages done his cattle by the delay
and also under the state law to re.
cover S25 per a on his contract with
the company. The lower courts up.
held the complainant
The supreme court, however, holds
that the law takes no account of acct.
dents, is too arbitrary, encroaches on
federal control Of the interstate com.
merce and is, therefore, unconstitu.
tional. Justices Harlan and McKeu.
ma dissented.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-11

ST.. Paw, April .;,-Thc Pioneer
Press today saya; .Ianrs j. llill Is to
have u twin ,ransrontinrntal road.
operations now being under way for
the construction Of u coast line be-
tween Winnipeg and Vancouver.
Five hundred mites of the new line Is
already in process of construction and
the plans call for u total OF 1880
miles. Hitherto it has been surmised
that Hill was building in connection
with the Canadian Northern, but this
IL not the case and au exciting rail
laying contest soon will start between
the Great Northern, the Canadian
Northern and the Grand Trunk Pa
cifc. The biggest stretch of line on
which construction is now under way
Is between Vancouver and Princeton.
The route follows along the Fraser
river and inclining norther!y it
strikes just north of the Tulamen
river. The line proceeds along the
Similkeen valley in a northern direc.
ton to Midway, b. c., from which
point a line has already been built to
Nelson B. c., Grand Forks and Bon.
ners' Ferry. This will give the Great
Northern almost as short a route as
the Canadian Pacific.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-11
Peculiar and Pertinent.

In an Irish town not long ago q
crowd watched nearly $50 rats cross
above the ground on a!telephone wire
from the town hall to a flour mill over
200 yards away. The rats used their
tails to preserve their balance, and
not one made a false step.
Fishes have no eyelids, and neces.
sarily sleep with their eyes open; they
swallow their food whole, having no
dental machinery. Frogs, toads and
serpents take food except that
which they are certain is alive. Ser.
penis are so tenacious of life that they
will live for six months or longer
without food.
In Paris the city government gives
every school child one full meal a day.
This does not tend to pauperize the
children or to lessen the responsibility
of the parents: for all those who can
afford to pay for the meal are ex.
pected to do so. On the other hand,
Nv JSuaOaSAy W NOAsSAhPt q W ANAS
by the richer children for their starved
comrades, for all are supplied with the
same metal token, which has to be
given up in exchange for the meal.
The biggest freight car in the world
is being constructed in the St. Paul
railroad shops at Milwaukee. The
largest freight cars at present are OF
100, 900 pounds capacity and are
looked upon as monsters. The new
car will have a capacity OF POO OC
pounds. 1t is being built to transpor,
a cotton section of a base for a bias,
engine which is being shipped &c
Bethlehem, Pa. The car is Al fee,
long, has four instead Of two trucks,
and IL instead Of eight wheels.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-11
D~cnaturizcd Alcohol.

a bill to exempt from internal rev.
enue tax domestic alcohol intended
for lighting, heating and manufactur.
ing purposes and for use as motor
fuel is now pending before the United
States congress. This measure should
receive the support of the farmers
over the country. says the DrOvers
journal. Alcohol a be rendered
unfit for use as a beverage by a pro.
cess called den aturization and still be
valuable for the purposes mentioned
above. This is the kind of alcohol re-
ferred TO in the bill.
The passage of this bill would in
crease small manufactures and de.
crease the price of many things the
farmer has to buy, such as varnishes,
shellac, soaps, ETC., and would give a
substitute for gasoline as q motive
power on the farm, which will figure
more in the future than al the present
time, as the use of motor power is
coming in more common use year by
year. The use of denaturized alcohol
would make a market for farm ma
terials which are now wasted, such as
small and scabby potatoes, soft corn,
sugar beets, molasses, ETC.: all these
articles would be converted into alco-
hol and sold at a profit if the tax we're
removed.
1t is said the United States il the
only nation that does not dena,urize
alcohol and use it in the arts and
sciences. The tax of S 100 per gallon
which is now exacted makes it un.
profitable. If the tax we're removed
the prohibitionist argues that the dis
tillery question would be solved, as
they could go ahead and make alcohol
for proper uses and not sell it for
beverages. Instead OF being q men.
ace to mankind it will if properly
handled become a great aid, and this
is one of the ways of helping it be-
come SO, by removing the tax.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-11
Clever Thief Captured.

NEW YORK, April 3.-After a pur-
suit OF four months by the police of
three cities, detectives today arrested
Thomas j. Wainwright, describing
himself as a lawyer of Boston who is
charged with robbing the residence of
DR.. Nicholas j. Pinault of Miuneap.
oils, Of jewelry, silverware, pictures
and securities to the value of SlOO, 900.
The police say that Wainwright,
who is % years old, and apparently a
man of excellent education, is known
by a dozen aliases and is one Of the
most accomplished criminals in the
country. Wainwright vas traced to
New York and discovered living at a
fashionable boarding house: He was
seized by detectives last night as he
came out Of the house. On him was
found completely filled cartridge belt
with two reyolvers fastened around
his waist and some valuable jewelry.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-11
SENATOR LONG TALKS RATES
Kansas statesman FavOrs Powsr ur a.
view BY the Courts,

WASHINGTON. April BIN the set,
ate today, Mr.. Long traced tho ..,
veloprneot of the doctrine of tn, iui..
cial review Of rates made by the Law
and showed that the rates of "A CON.
mission could not be made final hc.
You'd the power OF the court to inquire
into certain questions in relation ,r
them. He c%ontended that the suprc,u,
court clearly showed that before "A
cour set aside a rate made by legisla.
tive authority, it must clearly appear
that the rate is so unjust or so uncer.
tain as to amount to taking property
without just compens alton: that the
courts will not interfere with rates
made by legislative authority when
they are c~onfscatory, and they have
defined contiscatory rates to be those
which do not give a fair t on the
property employed in performing the
service.
Rates could not be fixed so low by a
commission, said Mr.. Long, as to
leave the property of the carrier in
the hands of the owner without any
remuneration for its use. 1t ia a iu.
dicial question, he said, to determine
whether the maximum rate fixed by the
commission permitted a fair return on
the property employed in performing
the services, and congress could not
and should not interfere with this iu.
dicial function. He declared that all
the rights of the carrier were amply
protected under the present jurisdic.
ton of the court, which would not be
restricted or enlarged by the bill.
Mr.. Long stated why he opposed the
Esch.Townsend bill, believing that it
was unconstitutional in that it aimed
to confer the rate making power upon
a special court of transportation. He
said the Hepburn bill was drawn on
different lines and did not contain the
fatal defects that we're clearly ap.
parent in the Esch-Townsend bill.
He believed that while the bill, as it
has passed the house, realized the
right of review, and for this reason
was not open to objection, yet he was
willing to place in the bill the kind of
review that was now accorded by the
courts in the absence of q statutory
provision. The amendment he pre-.
sented was offered to make the bill
more clear and definite on this point,
he said.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-11
Eight-HOur Law Applies.

WASHINGTON, April 3.-The at
torney general has rendered an opin.
ion, which has been approved by the
secretary of the interior, holding that
only eight hours labor a day can be
required of workmen employed upon
the construction of irrigation projects,
except in case of extraordinary emer.
gency, to be determined by the sec.
rotary of the interior. This decision
does not apply to contractors, but
only in cases where work is being done
directly under orders of the reclama.
ton service engineers and where labor
is being employed by the hour.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-11
The River Press,
Published every Wednesday Morning
by the Rirer Press PMblish-
ing Company.
PARTY OK PEOPLE.

The Chicago Chronicle asks:
What party a be held responsible
for the Hepburn bill If it is passed in
its present shape?" The Yankee form
of reply may we'll be given: "Why
should It be deemed necessary to hold
either party responsible:" The bill
is framed to meet the popular demand,
regardless of parties. 1t is in the in.
terest Of the people of the country at
large, and the people being satisfied
with it, they will not ask that either
party be blamed If it should prove to
be a failure. They do not believe
that. If passed in it's present form and
executed in proper manner, it will be
q failure. Therefore they are not con-
corning themselves as to response.
bility.
There Is. unfortunately, too much of
a disposition to look at every public
question from q partizan point of
view. Party leaders and hidebouud
party newspapers seem to consider it
a duty to draw party lines on every
question that comes up for legislative
action. Instead of being q govern
ment ''of the people, for the people,"
ours has developed into one Shy the
party, for the party Is it not time
to think less OF the party and more of
the country?
1t is quite natural, Of course, on a
great many questions that party lines
should be chosen. The public + fairs
OF the United States. or of any other
country, could not advantageously be
carried on without the check which
one party exercises over another.
But when the public voice sets par.
tizanship aside aud declares itself un-
~mis,akably infavor OF a certain policy,
why should party leaders or papers
say that ought &c draw the
lines:
The rai.voad rate bill il q measure
upon which there is practical uu.
animity OF opinion among the masses
of the people. The opposition to it
that OF the railroads-,s not based up.
on party lines. There are republicans
and democrats among the railroad
men who are fighting the bill. Why, |
then, try to make the advocacy Of the
measure a party matter: 1t is to the
credit of republicans and democrats
alike in the house that they Joined
hands in a matter so clearly In the
interest OF the people as q whole
Spokesman Review.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-11
Folk Scores Free Passes.

Dies MONIES, April Ex-Governor
Folk, who arrived here today to be
present at the Jefferson day banquet
which will be held tonight, dictated an
interview for publication in which he
declared that every state in the union
should exact an anti-pass and state
wide primary laws. Governor Folk
called on Governor Cummins at the
state house and later addressed the
Iowa legislature. Concerning the free
pass evil Governor Folk said:
"The free pass is the most hideous,
insidious species of bribery and the
o the practice is stopped the bet
ter it will be for the public welfare.
The primary system is SO manifestly
the right, proper and honest method
of making nominations it is hardly
necess airy to comment on it,"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-11
blowing and undertaking have been

blowing and undertaking have been
widely exploited. 1t is known that
plant life depends on water and sun.
shine, and soil that is prepared to re-
tain moisture and eliminate superau-
Gus water produces the largest crops
of corn, cereals and grasses. Deep
plowing has a great advantage over
shallow guilty alton, in that it opens
the pores of the soil and increases its
capacity to retain moisture. Under.
draining by capillary attraction
equalizes the rainfall and holds the
water at greater depths to be utilized
by plant growth during periods of
drought.
Expensive experiments have been
conducted in these branches. which
have resulted in genera! improvement
in the yield OF cereals and grasses per
acre. Better preparation and tillage
of the land has beer encouraged by
agricultural experiment station work.
A reduction of the cultivated area is
an imperative demand and a general
increase of the yield OF all agricul-
tural crops by better preparation and
cultivation of the land. The new az.
ricui:ure is trying to raise 1000
bushels of corn on ten acres instead
of producing the same amount on
twenty acres. The time is approach.
ing when the population will be so
increased that greater yields per acre
of the necessities of life will be i'm
perative and the new agriculture 10
rapidly developing to meet future con.
litiOns.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-11
A Joke On Uncle Joe" Cannon.

Somebody played a joke on Speaker
Cannon one day last week, and "Un.
Gle Joe' is looking for the perpetrator.
When the speaker sat down at his
desk he found a slip Of paper asking
him to call up No. so.and.so on the
phone. He did as requested, saying:
"Do you want me?" ~ don't know
came back the answer. "Well, l
haven't time to be fooling around
here: do you want me?:' insisted the
speaker. "Who are you, anyway
''This is the government hospital for
the insane," was the reply eff you
think you ought to be here, why come
along"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-11
Owners OF the United states.

Cleveland Motfett, writing in Sue.
cess Of the misuse of wealth in the
United States, estimates the 5000
principal fortunes of the country as
follows: Ten aggrega ting $4,000, OO0,-
900, 400 aggrega ting $4,000, 600, 900 and
$500 asgregating $40, 600, 600, 900. The
figures indicate that 5000 men ac-
tually own one-sixth of our entire
national wealth, including money.
land, buildings, mines, industries.
everything. AZ the same time, it is
pointed out that more han 1900, 900
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-11

ccei ~ operate the railroads, dc
tlatei Nas A. q question Ut policy II
would ~ ia=i, atie rur the city u do
az
Ma,..v t,uuno construed The paaan.o
NJ s:,e 80, tNN ,AN ,etttHra tea ami pub,
lto rs.I., propositions a. a victory
W Mnni.irai ownership. hut rs-
rtcsze.i hia disappointment uvcr the
defca. ~ tho proposition for mnnict.
pal ownership
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-11

families, or nearly one.:hird of the
nation, get along on incomes of less
than $500 a year, and two.thirds of
the families On less than 5000 a year.
while only one in twenty families gets
50, 600 or over Mr.. Moffett concludes
that, If present conditions continue.
"things will be worse, o better: and
every year will show a more painful
contrast between the few who have
everything and the many who lack
ev%erything."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-11
NEW METHODS ON TUE FARM VI.

Those engaged ia the honest and
patriotic work of transforming the
elements of the soil into food products
for the sustenance of their fellow men.
are aware of the fact that farming
methods of today show q vast improve.
ment over those of their ancestors: but
few appreciate the extent Of this ad.
vance until they compare the actual
conditions. In q comparison made
by the United States bureau OF labor.
to demonstra ate the difference between
the efficiency of hand and machine
work on the farm, appears this in
structive exhibit:
TO produce 100 bushels of barley it
took 9l1.94 hours Of labor seventy
years ago.: today, with the aid Of
machinery, it takes 9.O4 hours.
To produce 100 bushels of oats it
took 265 hours in 1890; by machinery
it takes %. 80 hours.
Seventy years ago agriculture was
impossible away from the Atlantic
seaboard. Fifty years ago grain was
harvested with the aid Of the cradle
and threshing was done with the tlail.
Within the last two decades not only
the expense of labor, incidental TO
crop growing, has been minimized to
a large extent and the process Is still
going N. Farming vas drudgery: it
Is now an employment for the intelli.
gent man.
New methods on the farm are not
saving machinery. A writer in one
of the agricultural journals points to
the fact that progressive farmers are
not satisfied to follow the example of
their ancestors in exploiting the posi-.
bilities of agriculture. The world has
progressed and new methods are
essential to meet the changed con
ditions of the times. To follow in the
old regime would lead to bankruptcy
Our ancestors purchased their lani
from the government aud as pioneer.
OAOACu lS "Uy w an o1OuNA liASNAAOus
which now characterize farm opera
lions. The early husbandmen i'm
proved their opportunities to the hes
of their ability, but they lived befor,
modern evolution brought wealth
from the soil that totaled the East sun
in 1905 OF Is, AIS, OOO, 900.
The new agriculture is stimulate,
by the states and general governmeu
maintaining agricultural experiment
stations to evolve new ideas in liv,
stock industry and general husbandry
The farmer is nc longer subiec. to tn
expense and time to make costly eN
periments, as the best talent in tn,
country is managing field and liv,
stock operations and carefully. tabu
lating the details of the work for th
benefit of the general farmer, stool
grower and feeder.
Among recent experiments, dee.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-11

This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and the
most liberal tire tment consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct on all principal American and
European cities, and issues lts 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, 1906-04-11
Voters Favor Municipal Ownership.

CHICAGO, April 3.-Uuder the result
OF the city election held today, in
which the question O: municipal own.
ership Of the street railways was the
vital issue, the city of Of Chicago a
proceed to acquire and control the
railways, but cannot operate them.
\, the same time. the voters. while
declaring that the city shall not pro-