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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-09
HITCHCOCK OBJECTS.
Indian Appropriation Bill Not Satisfac-
tory To secretary Of Interior.

WAsHINGToN, May 5.-Secretary
Hitchcock has laid before the house
and senate conferees on the Indian ap.
bill a long statement ex.
planatory of many provisions of the
bill! which was recently passed by the
senate. Many of the senate amend.
ments do not meet with the secretary's
favor. In every instance of this kind
the secretary does not fail to state his
reasons. Al times he charges ulterior
motives not to the Legislators, but to
the Lobbyists aud agents who were in
strumental in having the particular
items inserted in the Indian appropri.
alton bill.
There are number Of features in
the Indian appropri alton bill OF local
interest to Montana, and directly af.
fecting the Flathead and Blackieet In.
dian reserv vations. For instance, Sec.
retary Hitchcock is opposed to the
provision directing the secretary OF
the interior to use certain Flathead
lands for townsite purposes and other
lands surrounding the hot springs
near Camas. The provision directing
the secretary to set aside the town.
sites according to the interior depart
ment is Objectionable, as it may be
that this cannot be done without ap.
propriating the improvements belong.
ing to individual Indians, for which
they will obtain no compensation.
Relative to the bill opening to set
tlement the Blackfeet Indian reserva
ton, Secretary Hitchcock says as fol
lows:
1.-THE original bill gave the same
acreage to all Indian allottees ire
spective Of ages, namely to heads o.
families and adults. Young people
must depend on their land for liv'
ing, and largely upon the raising oi
cattle which requires about forty acres
per head"
Secretary Hitchcock also protests
az a!nst action of the senate in nulli.
fyiug an amendment which had for its
purpose to hold water rights for any
irrigable lands allotted by the same
term and tenure that it holds the al
lotment. Moreover" said the secre.
tary, "it is strictly in accord ance witt
principles prev ailing In the entire rec
lam alton schem+ now OOinu f0ru Ard
Us it il unapprOpriated land and no
an assertion Of riparian right"
Secretary Hitchcock announces tha
it is the purpose of the department Il
gradually do away with army officer'
10 the Indian service, aud that the of
ticer. now in the service are being sta
TONED only where the strictest disci
piiue among the Indians is necessa ary
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stances would do anything but good,
and. as there is an honest doubt On
the part of come sincere adherents of
the bill whether it is or 10 not already,
by implication, contained in the bill,
the president is clearly of the opinion
that the Allison amendment should be
put in, and this without regard to
whether other amendments are made"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-09
FEEDING THE DESTITUTE.
Rations Being supplied to 100000 By the
Relief Committee.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 4.-General
Greeley reported this afternoon to the
conference called by the citizens COM
mittee that rations were issued yester-
day to 100000 people. Itwas thought,
however, that this number was excess
sive. and another count will be made.
Geueral Greeley further reported that
he has the following supplies on hand:
Que million rations Of flour, which is
being converted into bread; 93O, 900 ra-
tions Of sugar. 500, 900 rations of cof.
fee, l6S, 900 OF potatoes and 100000 Of
beans. This amount OF food will be
gone in ten days unless there is a de.
crease in the number OF persons in
need of relief. The finance committee
authorized the purchase of 100000
pounds of beef. sA-sa.->
DR.. Deviue, Of the Red Cross, read
a report making suggestions with a
view to contiuing relief to worthy per-
sous. He favored the establishment of
cheap restaurants, aud urged that
systematic efforts be made to obt ain
employment for the needy that they
may support themselves.
IL the matter Of outside relief,
Southern Pacific officials state that up
to O'Clock yesterday. 1856 carloads
OF supplies had been sent to San Fran
cisco from all sections of the country.
For twenty-four hours, ending At 5
O'Clock yesterday morning, eighty.tive
carloads were sent to the city from
OakNnDi and sixty more cars were
still Ia the Oakland yards. ia addi.
t;ou. forty.one cars were enrUute west
from the east. The Southern Pacific
people are of the opinion that an ad.
ditional 300 carloads of various kinds
of supplies from the east will reach
Oakland during the next four or five
days.
The cheering inform alton was given
yesterday that San Francisco was not
threatened with a water famine and
ths, all Of the city's sources of water
supply are intact. Probably for two
or three more weeks, however, there
will be limited supply, for the
reason that the supply cannot be en-.
larged until the serious breaks in one
of the leading mains are repaired.
Some of these reservoirs are full and
some are filling slowly. Within q
few days more liberal use OF water
will be permitted.
A great deal of melted and other
wise mutilated coin is being received
at the mint. Under the rule, this goes
in as bullion, which entails q great
loss upon the citizens, especially in
the case of silver, where the bullion
value is about one.half that of the
coin. Assistant Treasurer Jacobs in
c. Quoting the affairs of the subtreas.
ury, has take up the matter with the
authorities In Washington, and an ef.
fort will be made to have the fire coin
redeemed at its face value where it is
In sufficiently good state of preserva'
ton for indentificatiOn.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-09
supplies May Run short.

SAN FRANCISCO, May General
Greely made brief speech today be.
fore the finance committee on the food
situation. Il don't like to be an
alarulst," he said, "but | want this
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-09
FOREIGN AID FOR FRISCO.
President Announces That Federal Au-
thOrities Cannot Accept 1t.

WASHINGTON. May 3.-A special
message was sent to congress today
bv President Roosevelt in which he ex.
planned the attitude of this government
egarding the offer of contributions
to the San Francisco fire and earth.
quake sufferers from foreign coun-
tries. The president says that where
the contributions were made to this
government, he did not feel warranted
in accepting them, but where they
were made to the citizens relief COM
mit.ee of San Francisco, no official
action was, or could be, taken In re.
gard to them. The message indicates
that the governments of the entire civ.
ilized world promptly responded In
messages of sympathy and money of.
fers. The text of the messag is in
part as follows:
"Immediately after the disaster at
San Francisco offers Of assistance in
the shape OF contributions were tend.
cred by foreign individuals, corpora
tions, governments and municipalities.
The Canadian government, with gene.
rosity peculiarly pleasing as proof
Of the close aud friendly ties which
knit US together, offered to pass a
resolution appropriating S100,0O0 for
the relief of the sufferers by earth
quake and fire. With a generosity
equally marked and equally appro.
pirate, the republic of Mexico, our
nearest neighbor to the south, voted
to appropriate $50, 900 and the republic
of Guatemala voted to appropriate
$4,000 for the same purpose.
"The empress of China, in addition
to sending money to be used for the
Chinese who suffered in San Francis
co, offered to send more than double
as much to be used in general. The
Japanese government Immediately Of.
fered to send across the ocean one of
their beautifully equipped hospital
ships to be used in any way for the
sufferers and also offered 100000 yen
to the relief committee in addition to
more than 100000 yen sent by Jap.
anese subjects.
"The government OF far distant New
Zealand voted s25, 900. The govern
ment of Martinique voted 1000 francs,
the municipality of Edmonton, Can
ada, $1,000. Many municipalities,
corporations and individuals in Eng.
land, Germany, France, Japan, Cuba
and other countries proffered aid.
"Where these offerings of aid are
made to the private relief committee
and organized to deal with the dis
tress in San Francisco, have o.
course no official action to take con
cerning them. Where they were tend
cred to me, in my official capacity,
did not feel warranted in accepting
them. But I am certain gave utter
auce to the feeling of all our country
men when expressed my appreciation
of the warm hearted generosity anG
eagerness to help US in the time OF ou'
affection shown by the governments
the municipalities, the corporations
and the individuals mentioned above
''We are deeply grateful to then
and we are deeply grateful for thu
way in which they showed In suct
practical fashion the growth of tn,
spirit of brotherhood among the ma
tious."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-09
OIL TRUST GETS REBATES.
President Informs Congress Regarding
Commissioner Garficld's Work.

WASHINGTON, May 4.-Prestdent
Roosevelt today transmitted to con.
gress the report of ames r. Garfield,
commissioner Of ora.ions, giving
the results of his investig alton of the
subject OF tran sport alton and freight
rates in connection with the oil in-
dustry. In his message the president
expressed the veiw that the report is
of capital Importance. because Of the
effort now being made to secure such
enlargement of the powers Of the inter.
state commerce commission as will
confer upon the commission power in
some measure adequate to meet the
clearly demonstrated needs of the stu.
alton. The facts set forth in the re.
port, he declares, as for the most part
not disputed. That the Standard Oil
company has benefited enormously up
almost to the present moment by secret
rates, many of which were clearly un.
lawful, the president says the report
clearly shows. the benefit thereby
secured amounting to at least $3.50, 900
year. On this subject he says:
"This three-quarters of million
represents the profit that The Stand ard
Oil company obtains at the expense Of
the railroads: but of course the ulti.
mate result is that 1t obtains a much
larger profit at the expense Of the
public. A very striking result of the
investigation has been that shortly
after the discovery of these secret rates
By the commissioner of corporations,
the major portion OF them were
promptly corrected by the railro ads.
SO that the most Of them have been
done away with. This inmediate cor.
rectton, partial or complete, of the
evil of the secret rates, is Of course on
the one hand an acknowledgment tn q,
they were wrong and yet were per.
severed in unexpo sed; and on the
other, q proof of the efficiency Of the
work that has been done BY the bureau
of corpor ations.'
The statement Is added that the de
partment of justice will take up the
question of instituting prosecution;
in at least certain of the cases and the
hope is expressed that congress- will
enact into law the bill of Senator
Knox to correct the Interpretation Of
the immunity provision rendered in
Judge Humphreys decision. Con
tinuing. the president says:
"But in addition to ,hese serr.!
rates, the Standard Oil profits in
meusely by open rates, which are SC
arranged a. to give i, an overwhelm
ing advantage over its Independent,
competitors. This is q char racteristi'
example of the numerous evils which
are inevitable under a system in which
the big shipper ard the railroad arr
left free to crush out all individua
initiative and all power of independen
action, because Of the absence o
adequate aud thorough going govern
mental control. Exactly similar con
ditions obtain in large part of th'
west and southwest.
It is not possible, he says, to put in
to figures the exact amount BY whicl
the Stands ard profits through the gros
favoritism shown It by the railroad
in connection with the open rates.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-09
The Panama Pay Roll.

PANAMA, May 5.-The Panama ca
nal company had 1000 employees on
its rolls during the month of April.
Five thousand of those were paid in
gold and $4,000 in silver. The number
of men at work exceeds by $500 the
greatest number the French company
ever had in its employ.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-23

his declaration, when In the course OF
human events 1t becomes necessary
for one people to dissolve the political
bands which have connected them
with another, decent respect to the
opinions of mankind requires that they
should declare the cause which impel
them to the separation. 1t was this
decent respect to the opinions CT
congress, on July 4, 1776, to adopt the
Declaration of independence and tc
send copies to the states. Pennsylva-
MIA got her copy first, ana at noon on
July it was reao to large crowd Of
citizens in the statehouse yard. When
the reading was finished, the people
went off to pull down the royal arms
in the court room, while the great bell
In the tower, the bell which had been
cast twenty-four years before with the
prophetic word upon it's side, "Pro-
claim liberty throughout the land unto
all inhabitants thereof" rang out o
joyful peal for then was announced to
the wolrd the new political truths,
that all men are created equal" "and
that tney are endowed by their creator
with certain kinds OF rights" and that
among these are life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness. These are few
of the signers of the Declaration of In
dependence: John Adams, Thomas
Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Benja.
min Harrison, John Hancock and John
Hart. There are fitty-six altogether.
Yours truly,
Artie ThomI son, aged IL.
Bidwell, Iowa
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-23
light pressure the grass rose up, leav-
ing no more mark of his passage than

light a pressure the grass rose up, leav-
ing no more mark of his passage than
If a grasshopper had gone by.
Tanning itself daintily with its wings
the butterfly went lazily on before
Bevis. Not yet knowing that it was
being chased by the boy. it sauntered
along above the buttercups. Presently
the airy insect alighted on a glossy
green leaf which looked soft and satin
like. Then it saw Bevis coming, his
ed eagerly out. The butterfly wheeled
itself around on the leaf, shut up it's
fluttering wings, and semed very inno-
cent indeed. But when Bevis fell on his
knees, sure of his prey, he found under
his finger nothing but the leaf His
cheeks flushed, his eyes lit up, and
away he darted again after the butter
fly, which had got several yards ahead
Of him. He ran now faster than ever.
Race on said the buttercups.
Race on, Bevis; that butterfly scorns
us because there are so many of us
and we are all alike"
Never mind me-" said the clover.
"You may step on me if you like
But just look at iue Ioi d ilohnenl'
as you go by cried coarse purple
weed by the hedge.
A colt in the field, seeing Bevis run
ming so fast, thought he, too, must
join in the fun, so he whisked his tail
and galloped away. His mother whin-
MED and galloped, too, and the ground
shook under her heavy hoofs. The
COWS lifted their heads from the grass,
and wondered why any ane could be so
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-23
WORK.

Sweet wind, fair wind, where have you
been?
1--WE been sweeping the cobwebs out
of the sky;
I've been grinding grist in the mill
hard by;
I've been laughing at work while 9TH
ers sigh;
Let those laugh who win!"
Sweet rain, soft rain, what are you do
ing?
I'm urging the corn to fill out it's
cells;
Pm helping the lily to fashion its bells;
Pm swelling the torrent and trimming
the wells;
Is that worth pursuing?"
Redbreast, redoreast, what have you
done?
I've been watching the nest where
my tledslings lie;
I've sung them to sleep with lullaby;
BY and by shall teach them to fly,
Up and away, every one!"
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His little brown wrist bent down the
grass, and his still browner fingers
played with the blades, and every now
and then tore one off,
A flutter of wings sounded among
the blossoms on an apple tree close by,
and instantly Bevis sat up, knowing 1t
must be goldfnch thinking of build
ing a nest in the branches If the
trunk of the tree had not been so big,
he would have tried to climb it at once
But he knew he could not do it, nor
could he see the bird for the leaves
and the blossoms. A puff of wind
came and showered the petals down
upon him. They fell like snowHakes
on his face, and dotted the grass.
Buzz! A great bumblebee, with a
band Of red gold across his back, flew
up and lowered near, wavering to and
fro in the air as he paused to look at
a flower.
Buzz! Bevis listened and knew very
we'll what the bee was saying. 1t was:
This is a sweet little garden; a very
pleasant garden; all grass and daisies
and apple trees and narrow patches,
with flowers and fruit trees on one side
and wall and currant bushes on the
other side.
There is summer-house in the cor
ner painted as blue inside as spar
rows egg is outside. There are stone
steps leading down to meadow
where the COWS are feeding, and where
the buttercups are standing, as tall as
your waist. sir. The gate in the iron
ratings is not fastened, and besides,
there is a gap in the hedge, and it is
easy to drop down the wall. You were
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-23
SIR BEvIs AND HIS FRIENDS.

One morning as little Sir Bevis was
digging in the garden he saw daisy,
and throwing aside his spade, he sat
down on the grass to pick the flower to
pieces. He pulled off the pink-tipped
petals, one by one. and as they dropped
they were lost Next he gathered a
bright dandelion, and squeezed the
white juice from its hollow stem. Ly-
ing at full length he drummed the
earth with his toes, while the tai! grass
blades tickled his cheeks
Presently, rolling on his back, he
drummed again with his heels. He
looked up at the blue sky, but only for
a moment, because the glare of light
was too strong for his eyes. After a
minute he turned on his side. thrust
out one arm, placed his head on it, and
drew up one knee, as if going to sleep.
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told to stay in the garden, but that's
all nonsense. You know very well
you could not come to any harm in the
meadow. | am going outside the gar
den. Gooo-by, Bevis!"
Buzz! And the great bumblebee
flew slowly between the iron ratings,
out among the buttercups, and away
up the field.
Bevts went to the ratings and stood
on the lowest bar; then he opened the
gate little way, but it squeaked SO
loud upon it's rusty hinges that he let
it shut again. He walked around the
garden along beside the hedge to the
patch by the lilac trees.
Near by were the gocseberry bushes.
The berries were no bigger than bead
but he tasted two of them. Just then
thrush began to sing on an ash tree
in the edge of the meadow.
"Bevis! Bevis!" said the thrush
and he turned round to listen: "My
dearest Bevis, have you forgotten the
meadow and. buttercups and the sor-
rel? You know the sorrel, don't you,
that tastes so pleasant if you nibble
the leaf? l have a nest in the bushes,
not very far up the hedge. There are
only two eggs in it. But don't tell the
other boys about it, or we shall not
have one left.
"That is a very sweet garden where
you are, but It is very small. like
all these fields to fly about in, and the
swallows fly ever so much farther
than can. They fly SO far away and
so high that can not tell you how
they find their way home to the chin
ney. But they will tell you, if you ask
them. Good morning! am going
over the brook"
Bevis went to the iron ratings
again and climbed up two bars and
looked over But, since he could not
yet make up his mind to leave the gar
den, he went inside the summer-house
which had one small window. AS he
looked cut of the window white but.
terfiy came along the meadow, and in
stantly Bevis ran out, flung open the
gate, rushed down the steps and raced
after the butterfly He tools no heed
of the squeak the gate made as it shut
behind him.
The tall buttercups brushed his knee
and bent on either side as If wind
were rushing through them His toes
only touched the ground, and from SO
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foolish as to rush about when there
was plenty to eat and no hurry.
The deceitful butterfly, as soon as
Bevis came near, turned aside and
went along a furrow. Bevis. running
in the furrow, caught his foot, fell
down, and pricked his hand with a
thistle. Up he jumped again, red as a
peony, and shouting at the top of his
voice, ran on SO quickly that he nearly
overlook the butterfly. But they were
now nearer the other hedge. The but
terf1y, frightened at the shouting, rose
over the brambles, and Bevis, stopping
short. flung his hat at it. The hat did
not hit the butterfly, but 1t so startled
it that it flew up half as high as the
elms, and went into the next field.
When Bevis looked up, there was his
hat, hanging on branch of an ash
tree far beyond his reach. He could
not touch the lowest leaf jump as
much as he would. His next thought
was to throw stone, but there were
no stones in the meadow Then he put
his hand in his jacket pocket for his
knife to cut long stick. 1t was not in
that pocket nor in the one on the other
side. Now the knife was Bevis' great
est treasure-his very greatest. He
looked all around, and the tears rose
in his eyes.
Just then Pan, the spaniel, ran out
of the hedge with such joyful force that
the boy was almost overthrown, and
burst into a fit of laughter. The dog
ran back into the hedge to hunt, and
Bevis. with tears rolling down his
cheeks into the dimples made by his
smiles, dropped on his hands and knees
and crept in after the dog under the
briers.
On the ground lay a dead gray stick,
a branch that had fallen from the elms.
1t was heavy, but Bevis lifted it up,
pushed it through the boughs, and
thrust his hat off the tree. Creeping
out again, he put on his hat, and re.
membering his knife walked out into
the field to search for it.
When Pan missed Bevis he followed,
and presently catching scent Of rab-
bit the spaniel rushed down furrow
which happened to be the very furrow
where Bevis had tumbled. Going after
the dog. Bevis found his knife in the
grass where it had dropped when
shaken from his pocket by his fall.
Near by was large messy root I'M
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Of supervisors. auditor. clel
er, recorder, county attorne.
superintendent of schools,

Of supervisors. auditor, clel
er. recorder, county attorne.
superintendent of schools, S
and coroner.
There are three kinds of towns.
congressional, civil and schoo
townships.
Des Moines is the capital of the state
and county seat Of Polk county. The
city stands at the junction of the Des
Much of the land of Iowa was earl
sold to settlers at the government pric
of SLIPS per acre. ~
The census Of 1900 showed that low
had then population Of 2,231,S53.
My state is the state Of Iowa, a sta
that nobody ought to be ashamed
but proud to live in Des Mpines
the capital, situated on the Deg Moin
river. Iowa is one of thej leadi
states In farm productions. We
raise almost all kinds Of grains
fruits, also all kinds of domestic an
mails We have some very large citI
and rivers. Iowa. think. can show
nice a country as any state Of timh
and farming land TOD I cannot
you the population OF Iowa, but
haps some other little writer Ct
tell you more about the good oil
Your little friend.
Crystal Miller, age
r. F. D. No.
Bonaparte.