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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
Medals For Heroic Deeds.

PITTsBURG, May 2l.-The Carnegie
Hero Fund commission has awarded
Is med ais for bravery and distributed
Sl0. 500 among a number of the recip-
tents of the medals. The most uniou e
case investigated by the commission
was that OF Miss Lucy E. Ernst, OF
Philadelphia, who was awarded q
silver medal for saving the life of
Harry Schoenhut, q l6.year.old boy,
who was bitten by a rattlesnake.
They were out in the woods together
when the snake struck him on the arm .
Miss Ernst Immediately applied her
lips to the wound and sucked some of
the poison from it and then took the
boys pocket knife and cut away the
flesh about the wound. She then
helped him to the Porter's Lake Hunt
ing and fishing club. Four hours
later, when a physician arrived, the
boy was out OF danger. Miss Ernst
was i'll for a week.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
Some Iowa Philosophy.

Just q friendly tip: Don't take
them of yet; the weather may change
again.
One OF the reasons why rich people
have few children Is that the stork
can't tell an ornamental chimney from
q real one and gets Disguised with the
whole layout.
A strawberry appetite in March on
q navy bean income is one OF the
things that tempt> US toward social.
ism.
There are lots Of worse things than
being poor; for instance, being rich
and having the indigestion.
Irrigation bitches are worth untold
millions, but the man who invents a
way Of watering circus elephants with.
out the aid Of small boys will be a
traitor to the race.
The Iowa legislature decided that q
dozen hens eggs must weigh a pound
and a half, but it didn't say a word
on how many goose eggs the home
team Al pile up in a season.
This talk about the digestion of an
ostrich never made much of an i'm.
preston. What we banker for is the
digestion OF a pretty girl in ice cream
season.
Almost any ordinary looking girl
appears sweet in a light-colored
spring dress, the only difficulty being
to find an ordinary looking girl in
Iowa.
The best thing about the elbow
sleeves the girls are wearing this
spring is that the girls can go right
from the parlor to the kitchen aud
wash the dishes without having to
change their clothes.-J Trigg.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30

duced to the limited powers of inves.
tigation and recommend alton. It's
service to the country has been along
lines OF publicity. For nearly %
years it has been turning the search.
light on various abuses, and unoues.
tionably it has brought about a great
deal Of reform through moral pres.
sure alone.
But the American people were not
content with moral pressure. They
had a deep conviction that the rail.
roads were exercising dangerous
powers, and they have demanded in.
c%essantly that these powers be curbed.
President Roosevelt was prompt to
sound the depths OF this national de.
mand. and he quickly brought to the
problem his splendid resolution and
u%nyielding determination. A great
victory has crowned his efforts.
While the extent of that victory will
not be known until the our have
passed upon the measure, there is
little question that the rate bill as
passed by the senate will bring a
great deal of substantial relief and
real reform. Review.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
SURVEY II LAND.

There appears to be a lack Of good
business methods in the survey of
public lands in Montana. One of the
defects is the inadequate appropria.
ton OF the necessary funds by con.
gress, while the system under which
surveys are made Is also open to
criticism.
AS the River Press understands the
matter, surveys are generally made
at the request of residents of the To-
cality affected, who are required to
present q petition to the surveyor
general for Montana. In some cases,
the residents are not particu.
larly anxious to have the land sur.
veyed, for the reason that 1t would
require them to make final proof upon
their claims, and the latter would then
become subject to taxation. As long
as q settler is located upon unsur.
veyed laud, and is relieved from the
necessity OF acquiring title to it from
the government, he escapes tax alton
upon what 10 practically his property.
Another feature OF the matter Is its
effect upon the reclamation fund,
which derives evenue from the dis
posal Of public lands in the states
and territories to which the provisions
OF the reclamation act apply. A resi-.
dent of northern Montana recently
gave the River Press a list of settlers
in his locality who were located upon
u%nsurveyed land. and whose contribu.
lions to the reclamation fund will ag-
gregate several thousand dollars as
soon rs their lands are surveyed.
Many similar cases doubtless exist
elsewhere in Montana and other west.
ern states. The surveys will be made
some time or other, but the benefits
that would accrue to the treasury of
the local government and the larger
revenue for the reclamation fund,
suggest the desirability of securing
such surveys at a. early a date as
possible.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
May ENpel Senator burton.

WASHINGTON, May 22.-The ate
today directed the committee on priv
ileges and elections to investigate the
effect of yesterdays decision by the
supreme court in the case of Senator
Burton. The resolution was offered
by Senator Hale, and reads as fol.
lows:
Resolved, That the committee on
privileges and elections be directed to
examine into the legal effect of the
late decision of the supreme court in
the case of Joseph Il. Burton. a seua.
tor from Kansas, and as soon as may
be, to report their recommend atoms
as to what action. If any, shall be
taken by the senate.''
The resolution was adopted without
debate.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
Automobile Hire Was Costly.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 22.-The ex-
tortionate charges for automobile hire
during the fret two weeks following
the fire is likely to develop into a
scandal of huge proportions before
the finance committee finishes with
auditing the accounts. In the tabu.
lated statement filed with the CON-
mittee of forty on Saturday there ap.
pears a charge Of Sl57,59S for auto.
mobile service. 1t is a we'll known
fact that there are not more than 1000
machines in the city, and that all of
them could be bought outright for a
sum not much in excess Of the amount
charged for hire of probably half that
number.
Only 129 claims were presented to
cover this sum. The average rental
a day was S35, but in many instances
the charge was eve higher. What
the committee will do with this item is
still undetermined. In the same table
is a statement OF charges for milk,
butter, eggs, bread, vegetables, drugs,
hay, grain and clothing. The total
cost for these necessaries does not
equal the cost of the hire of automo.
biles. Some of the garages have re.
lieved the committee from embarrass-
ment by generously donating the
amount OF the demand to the relief
fund,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
Another Rebate Case.

NEW York, May 22.-The pleas of
not guilty of the charge of allowing
rebates on shipments of sugar, which
had been made by officials of the New
York Central railroad, were today
withdrawn in the United States dis.
trict court. Eight demurrers were in
terposed in their stead, chiefly on the
ground that the indictments do not set
forth the charges with sufficient par
ticularity to enable the accused to
make proper defense.
The indictment agains, the New
York Central and Hudson River
Railroad company, individually,
charges that on Nov. 20, 1902, it en-.
tered into an unlawful agreement with
the American Sugar Refining COM.
pany, and accepted its shipments to
Cleveland and west of there at a rate
from four to six cents less the lawful
taritf charge of II cents. The indict.
ment alleges q payment to the Ameri-
can Sugar company OF S26, al for re.
bates under this agreement.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
Broken Off ShOrt,

Cuba has an adult male population
OF a little more than BOG, 900, but she
has nearly 40O, 600 registered voters
Some of our statesmen must have been
giving her instructions in practical
politics.
Some folks are astonished because
a Chicago man left $4,000 to a dog,
but they do not wink an eyelash when
told that some young puppy has in.
herited a fortune.
There Is nothing at all incredible
about the statement that q woman who
would not talk became so hysterical
that the police ambulance had to be
called.
A burglar disguised himself as q
plumber and robbed houses in broad
daylight. 1t having been as~certained
that he was not a plumber, a term in
prison awaits him.
An evangelist is to deliver a lecture
40 He'll and Back" in a Washing.
ton theater. Probably mos: of his
hearers will be familiar with the seem
cry going, but the description of the
return trip should be a decided novel.
ty.
Constantine Petrovitch Pobieddon.
nonosstsetf, prosecutor general of Rus.
STA, has laid down the burdens Of Off.
cial life. The heaviness of these bur-
dens a be understood when it is re.
Elected that he had to sign his name
frequently.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
AFTER 30 YEARS OF STRUGGLE.

This is u swift country, but it takes
q long while to achieve some things.
1t has taken nearly a third OF a cen.
tury to bring about legislation which
has the appearance of adequacy in
dealing with the rate making problem.
Popular agitation for reform of
railroad abuses began shortly after
the close OF the civil Il 1t con-
tinued into the EOS and led to attempts
in many states to deal with the prob
len through state commissions. 1t
soon became apparent, however, that
while state commissions could afford
considerable relief within the bounds
OF individual states, the consolidation
of short lines into longer systems
made the problem increasingly one OF
interstate ommerce.
Several years Of public discussion
and agitation followed, and congress.
sional committees took up the question
in the latter EOS and early SOS and uu-
covered u stupendous array Of abuse,
extortiOn and discrimination. Ma
tional regulation was recommended
by President Arthur in 1883. pro.
tracted debates followed, and the in.
terstate commission was
created in 1887, a little more than 10
years ago.
The people were not, however, to re-
main long under the happy delusion
that the problem had been solved.
When the interstate act got
into court it soon became apparent
tina. in the framing and enactment of
that law the railroad interests had
outiockeyed the friends Of reform. De-
cision after decision was handed down
by the federal courts, until the inter-
state commerce commission vas re-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30

may not make footprints on the sands
of time that will last, but there is sat.
isfaction in knowing that you made
them. If you cannot write a poem,
paint a picture, compose q tune, make
a speech or do something of the kind,
you may be able to cook a meal.
sweep a floor, make a bed, turn a
somer ault, walk a slack wire-any-
thing, just SO it is something in which
you strive to excel. The spirit of the
thing is the thing itself. Eugene
Wrenger, a St. Louis engraver, en-.
graved the alphabet and nine numer.
ais on the head of a pin. Walter
Hartwick, a Detroit engraver, heard
OF Wrenger's feat and determined to
eclipse it. On q pinhead 5.64ths of an
inch in diameter he engraved not only
the alphabet and the numerals, includ.
ing the cipher, but he has also en-.
graved his name, occupation, address
aud the date on which the feat was &C.
complished.
Taking an ordinary sized pin, he
filed down the head to get o smooth
surface and set to work with the aid
OF a magnifying glass. Around the
circumference Of the pinhead be traced
the alphabet in hair.like, though dis.
tinct characters, including ever the
etc. He next engraved the numerals
in a straight line across the face of
the pinhead and just below the figures
the following: "May Is, 1906. w.
Engraver, Detroit, Mich"
The feat was accomplished in three.
quarters OF an hour and his eye sui.
no Ill effects from the strain.
Nothing in this, you may say. There
Is everything in it. Wrenger and
are ambitious to excel in
their calling. They do excel. They
are among those who know how, and
10 any vocation there is room for the
one who knows how.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
Opposed to Bluckfect BilI.

WASHINGTON May 22.-The fact is
ascertained today that the conference
committee will report that they have
decided to disagree to the amendmeu,
designed to open the Blackfee. reser-
Walton, which had the support of both
Montana senator's. The house confer.
ees contend that the proposed legisla.
ton Is too important to be attached
rs a rider to the general Indian APP.
preparation bill, but both the senate
aud the house couferees say there will
De no objection to the proposed legis-
latlon If it is considered in the usual
way, as a separate bill. Il is not Ger.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30

MILES CITY. May 22.--The war de.
partment is submitting proposals for
supplying beef to the several posts in
Montana in the following amounts:
Assinniboine, $4,000 pounds; Will
liam Henry Harrison, 10000 pounds:
Keogh, $1,000 pounds; Missoula, &c..
600 pounds. The amour required for
Fort Keogh is an advance OF Is, 900
pounds over last wear.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
STRIVING To EXCEL.

There would be little progress if
each individual made no effort to
excel in his particular calling. Men
who are content to do things no better
than they were done by their prede-
cessors, or are being done by their
fellow men, will contribute very little
to the story of progress that will form
part of the history of their time.
The stockman who raises better cat.
tie, horses, and sheep than his neigh.
bors, not only secures for himself good
reward for his efforts, but becomes an
example to other stockmen who are
encouraged to strive after still better
results and effect improvements in
breeding methods and the care OF live.
stock that may be Of immense benefit
to all engaged in the industry. In
every field of endeavor there is OPP.
p%ortunity for progress, an oppor.
tunity that will be seized by some in
dividual who is determined to do
things better than they have been done
heretofore.
These are days of "striving to ex.
cell" The progressive citizen is not
satisfied to stand still. He is impelled
to apply his activities to something to
which he feels himself specially
adapted, to accomplish something
which has defied the efforts of other
men. This spirit of progress may be
developed with advantage to all con-
cerned.
In commenting upon this commend.
able trait Of American character, the
Muscular very p%ertinently remarks:
Go and get a record. Do some.
thing. Find out what you can do,
strike your gait and get there. You
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
WILL REDUCE FREIGHT RATES
Managers OF Western Railroads An.ic,.
pate Effect Of the New Law.

The fact that congress will soon
enact a law comforting upon the inter.
state commerce commission the power
to change unjust and unreasonable
freight rates, is supposed to be re.
sponsible for a reduced schedule OF
transportation charges to Montana
points which it is announced will soon
60 into effect.
According to the Great Falls Tri.
bune, announcement of substantial re.
auctions in freight rates to. from and
between Montana points will be made
in a few days by the Great Northern,
the Northern Pacific and the Union
Pacific Oregon Short Line) the new
schedule OF rates to become effective
July !. Changes will be made in the
rates on many items, and there will
be q reclassi6catlon on many items,
that will prove beneficial to the public.
This announcement is authorized by
I. Parker Veazey, attorney for the
Great Northern in Montana, who has
returned from q visit in St. Paul.
while / was in st. Paul." said Mr..
Neazey, There was held there a con.
ference of the freight officials of the
Great Northern, the Northern Pacific
and the Union Pacific, for the pur.
pose OF considering q re.adjustment of
freight rates on those lines as they at.
feet Montana points, and The Tribune
may state that, as a result of such
conference, the three roads will, about
June l, announce a new schedule of
freight rates for this state, to become
effective July l. Under the new
schedule, there will be substantial re.
duction in many items, and in no case
will there be any increase. The mat
ter Of promulgating a new tariff is a
complicated one, and 1 cannot say
just what changes will be made, but |
am at liberty to state that there will
be important reductions on a number
OF items, with reclassifications, many
OF which will result ia lower rates to
Montana, while in no event will there
be any increase. Wherever there may
be any change, it will be to the ad.
vantage of shippers.
1T should be understood that the
revision of rates will be a general one,
so far as Montana points are con-
cerned-not merely q revision OF local
rates in the state. The revision will
affect rates on all shipments in, to or
from Montana, consigned to or from
any point in the territory west of the
Mississippi. 1t will be q general re.
vision on shipments in which Mon.
tana people r interested"
The Great Northern, the Northern
Pacific and the Union Pacific, through
the Oregon Short Line, handle practi.
all the traffic to and from Mon.
tana. A little from the southern part
OF the state is handled by the Burling.
ton, but that road is dominated by the
Northern interests, and the same
will probably be made on it as
on the other lines in the state.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30

This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security.
prompt and careful attention, and the
most liberal treatment consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct on all principal American and
European cities, and issues It's own
Letters Of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. The
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30

Water right b~lanks-ouly correct
form published-for sale a. the RIVER
PRESS Office.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30

W. G. CONRAD, Pres.
JAMES r. STANFORD,
Vice.Pres. and Manager.
A. E. SCHWINGEL.
Cashier
OMAR J. MALCOLM,
Asst. Cashier.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
Conrad Banking
COMPANY,
GREAT FALLS MONT
(unircorporsted.)
o. iccorporAted.

PAID UP CAPITAL....,....,S 100000
INDIVIDUAL RESPONsIB1L1TY..2 100000
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-07-28
The rlarkets.

New orleans July eT-Thc large stock
In; New York WIS used to advantage
lagaln hy shorts az New York report
having q that upwards Of 10000 OF Aug
ust were put IN ciroumtion by parties
WHO houett them back at a lower level
thau they were issued but not before
they had the desired effect dspressins
Juls ana August contracts In the local
market the current month suffered Ia
sympathy an the steam having about
ovaporated few buyers no wearing 70
laccept the cotton Notwithstanding the
prlce Of the option 20 be about 1oH Up
TO aud including yesterday there had
been delivered 70 the local pool about
$500 Of epot cotton aud 1t ls pycba-
Bile that about 1900 bales will have been
delivered IN an
1T hts wen that The public steefed
clear OF t1e July position when such
bombastic talk of acquisence possibly OF
a corner was so generally spoken OF two
months ago when the mar&et was 100
points higher Tor the manipulated posi-
tion. II is only "a matter OF few days
now when the old crop viii cease 10 De a
mctor in the market, as August will be
Influenced more or less hy arrivals Of
new crop cotton. the competition OF
which has witnessed the taking Of more
Interest by The public IN the market, and
with the adveut Of IN new season we
look for more actively and a broader
range of values That the developments
IN the progress of the new crop upon
which The trade must depend entirely foI
iis support until next season are att
tmctins attention. was forcibly demon
simted this morning when Traders ig-
uored tie weakness in summer months
nnd houghi new crop cotton ON Iie
strength of the second OF = series OF
preliminary crop reports by the Kew
/ York Journal of Commerce which pic-
tured The outlook iu Georgia as boine
very poor aud IFS summary of condi-
tioas in Alabama. was less than looked
for
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-07-28
sex IN HANDWRrf!Ne.


An Interesting LIttIe Experiment 20
Prove Theory.
1t Is a curious fact that one of the
only things which even IA expert
graphologist does not guaranteed 90 dis.
cover in handwriting is the sex Of the
writer. We are accustomed to think
that the feminine or masculine tenn
permanent will readily betray itself in
the written word, but in the majority
of cases such Is not the case.
Writing bold, black and firm. most
masculine appearing in every way, win
frequently be found to emanate from
the pen OF woman, while delicate
tracery, with the regularity suggestive
of precision and method or the dash
and spontanelty which indicate a live
" fancy almost unmlstakably femi.
nine, one says on examination is dlscov.
cred TO belong to a writer OF h,e oppo-
site sex.
An interesting little experimen, prov
Ing this theory can be made n this
way: Take twelve or twenty euvel
opes written in chirographles you art
sure Of and number each scrap CHAR,
". Pass them around and see how
many Of your friends will correctly
guess the sex Of the different writer's.
which may be written down and mum
bered like the envelopes. It win sci.
dom prove that more than one-thlrd OF
the guesses at most are correct.~Ex
change.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-07-28
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

The disgusted flies and mosquitoes
ask wire screens?"
Always in hot hydrogen and
sKygen
Dead men tell no tales, neither 60
they write poems.
A stitch in time often saves youI
bathing suit and your feelings.
Hes her half brother, isn't he?" Il
don't know. He was full the last tims
saw him"
"Myl how fast that trolly cars 90
ing" Eyes. I suppose somebody's try
Ing to catch IL"
The greedy man at the table d'hess
dinner always makes the bin Of fars
his table Of contents.
Mamma-"Tommy, II you behave
that way you'n never 60 10 heaven
TOMMY don't care. I've been "a
the circus"
Insurance Agent--"Why. you can
even commit nuieide under one Of oui
policies. and" Victim-"Is tier
obligatory"
Every man has some fayorite book
some book that he swears BY. In th'
magistrake's court everybody swearl
By tbs Bible.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-07-28

Slavery survived in England much
later than Is generally supposed. The
word bondage" IN Northumberland
still means a female farm servant The
coolies and salters--l. e., salt miners
Of East lothian We're actually slaves
til 1775, If they deserted their serv.
ice any one harboring them vas Liable
to a penalty OF 70 If he did not restore
them IN twcnty-four hours. The last
slave Ia England was not freed unit.
1850, and IN 1912 there was a cooly
living who, as well as his father and
grandfather had worked as slave lD
pit az Musselbnrg.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-07-28
chlne.. aanred numher..

Religious superstition asserts Itself
In Chinese architecture, and the uri-
yersal sacredness Of the numerals
three and nine is shown in the ar.
rangement Of temple doors There Is
= temple gateway TO each Of the halls
Of the imperial palace and the same
order Of things prevails at the Ming
tombs, and the sacred person CT tns
Emperor when he was in his PelSing
home could only be approached. oven
by the highest officers, after three
times three prostrations. The tenn
pie u heaven has triple roof, triple
marble staircase and all its mystic
symbolism points either to three or its
muluples