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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24
FOR DISTRICT JUDGE.

For the first time since this district
was formed, the official ballots OF
Chouteau and Valley counties will
contain the name of a republican
candidate for district judge. Al the
two former elections, the republican
party failed to secure representation
on the ballot for this important Office.
bu. this year a nomination las made
and will be submitted to the electors
of the two counties on November s.
The republican nominee for the dis
trict judgeship, John j. Kerr. OF Glas-
gov, had the unanimous support Of
the Valley county delegates in the re-
publican judicial convention, a cir
cumstance which showed the esteem
in which he Is held by his home peo-
ple-his personal and political friends.
Mr.. Kerr has lived among them for
fifteen years, has served them in a
public capacity a considerable part
of that time, and is presented as a
candidate for judicial honors with
their unanimous endorsement.
Although Mr.. Kerr enjoys the &C.
Quaintance Of nearly every voter in
Valley county, his circle Of personal
friends in this part of the district Is
limited. owing to the fact that public
duty has compelled his constant at.
tendance at the Valley county seat.
For the information of Chouteau
county voters, this brief biographical
sketch of the republican judicial nom.
iuee is presented:
John j. Kerr, the republican candi'
date for Judge Of this district, was
born in Pennsylvania in 1850. Later
in his youth he lived in Ohio and
Michigan. He entered the Michigan
State Agricultural college at Lansing
in 1868, graduating at the end of the
four-year course in 1871. Afterwa ard
Mr.. Kerr entered the law school o.
the Michigan University where he was
graduated In 1879. He began the prac'
tice of law in his home county Of Gin
ton, and %practiced also in the adjoin'
ing counties oflEaton and Iona.
Mr.. Kerr csme to Montana in ISIS:
and practiced his profession for
time In Madison and Jefferson coun'
ties. In 1881 he settled at Glasgow
where he has ever since lived In tn
active practice of the law.
When Valley county was organize
in 1S93liMr. Kerr became its count,
attorney and has held this position
for ten of the fourteen years last past
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24
Alleged Unfair Rates.

WASHINGTON, Oct. pa COM
plant 10 which the "long and short
haul' question and incidentally, the
Standard Oil company figure, was filed
today with the interstate commerce
commission. The complainant is the
Merchants Traffic association of Den.
yer, an association formed to promote
the welfare of Denver and Colorado
state points, and the defend ants are
the Denver & Rio Grande, the Colo.
RADIO Midland, the Atchison, Topeka
Il Santa Fee, the Chicago, Burlington
4 Quincy, the Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific, the Chicago & Northwest.
ern, the Colorado Southern, the Mis-.
souri, Pacific, and the Union Pacific
railways.
The complaint charges that the de-
fend ant lines charge a greater freight
rate to Leadville, Glenwood Springs
and Grand Junction and to intermedi-
ate Colorado points than to Salt Lake
and Ogden and other points in Utah,
300 miles further from Chicago than
the Colorado points. 1t is pointed
out in the petition that no such dis.
elimination is practiced in the trans.
portation Of oil, rates to Colorado
and Utah points from Chicago being
identical, because, the petition alleges,
the Standard Oil company, "by reason
of its great power and influence, has
been able TO exact from the said de.
fend ant railroads a due observance OF
the acts of congress for the regulation
of interstate commerce.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24
BIG STORM IN ROCKIES.
Colorado and Other states Report Worst
storm In Fourteen Years.

DENVER, October 22.-The storm
throughout b mountain region.
which began here with rain on Fri
day, changing TO snow on Saturday.
subsidized this morni.,-. 1t is said TO
have beeu one of the worst snow
storms in this vicinity since 1892.
There was more than "a foot Of snow
on the level, and the melted snow
measured Is inches. The temperature
fell to twenty degrees. Locally but
little damage vas done. Sheepmen in
Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico,
it is believed. will suffer heavy losses,
as they were un%prepared for such
severe weather.
There are hundreds Of tons Of sugar
beets and thousands of barrels Of po-
tatoes still in the open in the northern
part of Colorado. and should it con-
tinue the damage will be very great to
the r%anchers. Telegraphic service
throughout the west is badly hampered
and trains indefinitely late.
+. II. burgh, head OF the
local weather bureau, today furnished
the following account OF the storm
and its cause:
The crest OF the an%ti-cyclOne re-
NAMED for "a hours over northern
Colorado, with the barometer low in
the southwest. This distribution OF
pressure caused strong winds in
Wyoming, eastern Colorado and New
Mexico With the low temperature
the precipitation spread southwark
The scope Of the storm included
southern Wyoming, Colorado and
northern New Mexico. This condition
remained steady for "A hours, bal
there came a change Sunday, which
ought to break the storm shortly, al
though the low temperature will prob
ably remain until Wednesday,"
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. 22.-Tht
storm which began in northern Wyom
ing Friday and which spread gen
orally over the state Saturday ant
Sunday still continues without abate
ment in this section today. About
foo, Of snow has fallen and all train;
have been delayed. Stock on thu
range 10 in good condition, and there
will be little loss, unless extremel!
low temperature follows.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., October D.
David Ganaway and Herbert Brown
young sons of prominent citizens Q
Chamberlain, were found dead on III
prairie, victims of the storm tina
swept central South Dakota.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24
Is There Il Beef Combine

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-The agri-
cultural department officials are very
much interested in the report from
Chicago that the big packing houses
are contemplating a gigantic company
to be financed by English capital.
They do not look for the carrying out
of any such project. For years the
packing companies have been strain
ing every effort to create the impress
sion that they are acting independent
ly Of each other.
Officials here declare that, nOtwith'
standing the rigorous beef inspection
measures now being enforced, the
packing houses are being operated
with a big profit. They cannot see
wherein there would be any serious
disadvantage through the packers as
the outcome OF such a deal, for for
eiyn corporations would be absolute
~ at the mercy Of the respective
states.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24
stole Valuable Ore.

G~OLDFIELD, Oct. 2I.-The Hayes
Monet lease on the Mohawk mining
property was robbed OF $50, 900 worth
of ore today by Il band of robbers
whose operations We're of the most
daring character.
Just before daybreak four men
drove up 70 the EIaye.-Monett shaft
house and jumped from the wagon.
Entering the shaft house they ordered
the two engineers to throw up their
hands. They We're heavily armed, and
under their drawn weapons ordered
the engineers to carr. IS sack. OF higE
grade ore from the shaft house to the
wagon. After making the engineers
load the wagon the robbers drove of,
An alarm vas given. but up to moor
tod ay the robbers had not been appre
hended.
The Hayes-Mone,t had been prepar
ing for Il Mathematician shipment @
ore Some of the ore being hoist,t
runs as high as $50 per pound.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24
A Mammoth Silver Nugget.

CITY OF MEXICO, Oct. pa huge
nugget Of silver ore, weighing two
tons was mined today at the Nipissing
mine near Cobalt. Its estimated value
is 49, 900. This is the largest and most
valuable nugget of silver ever mined,
eclipsing the famous nugget taken
from the Mollie Ibson mine at Aspen,
Colo. The vein from which this mug.
get vas taken is one of the most re.
markable v discovered. |. has
been stripped for $50 feet, and aver
erages % to 81 inches in thickness. l,
is estimated that If this vein continues
to only a depth of 50 feet below the
earth's surface it will contain 81, 1000,
600 worth of silver ore. Work on the
Nipssing mine is being rushed, and
within a few weeks it is expected tha'
thousands of dollars worth of ore
per month will be taken out.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24
Montana Should he Advertised.
Butte Evening News.

'"''> "''e ~
Ever since Montana was admitted to
statehood. our legislatures have been
too busy settling the disputes of op.
posing factions, or framing up new
issues to make o factions, to attend
to tho vital affairs of the
wealth.
SO it is that all these years, leyisla.
tive action has been or less d.
rected to the interests of corporations
or politicians with axes to grind, while
the industries of the state were left to
so along rs best they could.
In the meantime Washington, Ore.
gon, Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado
have been improving their opportuni.
ties, until today there is no line OF
commercial, irrigation or industrial
opportunity that has not in these
states been the subject of legislative
action or discussion.
but FOR the energy and enterprise OF
her individual citizenship and her
own uncovered treasure, Montana
would today be supporting a tenth OF
her present population. We have
about SOC, 900 people within our bord.
ers. We have room and work and
opportunity for 5000, 900.
There Is no reason why the next ten
years should not add a million pros.
porous and contented people to GU,
industrial army. There is no reason
I why every dollar We are adding to thu
nations wealth today should not b,
twenty in 1916.
But in order to accomplish this,
Montanans must cO.Operate: they mus
act intelligently: they must let thu
world know that Montana is on the
map and that people with money t(
invest, people looking for land I o til
and manufacturers seeking u field 70,
their enterprise and their capital dc
: not have to cross the Canadian lin,
to find a land OF opportunity.
>. II Montana doesn't advertise, sh.
will always be at the tail.end OF tn.
professions: she will be a trailer in III,
! l!ine OF prosperity.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24

cort for President Roosevelt on his
trip to Panama.
The president has selected the new
oa,tleship Louisiana for his flagship
during the voyage. His plan now is
to go aboard the Louisiana at New
Yorn on November 5. 1t is possible,
however, that he will so down the Pc.
tomac and meet the Louisiana. The
trip will require about six days each
way. \ farewell ball given by the Of.
ticers and men Of the Tennessee will
take place tomorrow night.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24
A CAMPAIGN CONuNDRUM.

From reports Of campaign speeches
made in various parts of Montana by
the rival candidates for representative
in congress-, it appeares that each
claims to be an admirer and sup.
porter of President Roosevelt. Thorn.
as j. Walsh, the democratic nominee,
says he is a Roosevelt democrat:
Charles N. Pray, the republican can
didate, is known to be a Roosevelt
republican.
1t President Roosevelt were a resi-
dent of Montana, would he cast his
vote for MIR. Pray Or Mr.. Walsh:
The correct answer to this question
Is SO plain that no intelligent voter is
left in doubt as to what the president
would do.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24

acquired. In addition to the enact.
ment of necessary laws, the tenth Leg
islative assembly will elect a success.
sor t Senator w. a. Clark. who will
be a republican if that party has a
majority in the state legislature. In
view of this and other duties that will
devolve upon members OF the next as
sembly, the republican voters of Chou
teau county should give their solid
support TO the legislative nominees OF
their party.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24
Earthquakes In Maine.

PORTLAND, Me-, Oct. 29.-Two
earthquake shocks tonight destroyed
about 100 feet of a temporary highway
structure which crosses the upper
harbor. The first shock was felt by
pedestrians. Accompanying the rumb
ling was a sound made by the crack
ing Of the tinbers of the temporary
structure. 1t is feared that great dam
age has been done to the DUN atior
OF the new highway bridge nearby
for which $25O,0O vas appropriated
recently.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24
WEDNESDAY,. OCT. ~. 1906.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET

Representative in Congress
CHARLES n. PRAY,
Of Chouteau County.
Associate Justice supreme Court
HENRY c. SMITH,
OF Lewis and Clark County.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24
Heavy Fines For Rebates.

NEW YORK, Oct.-]9.-Judge Holt,
in the United States circuit court, i'm.
posed a fine of CLOS, 600 on the New
York Central & Hudson River rail.
road for granting rebates to Lowell
NJ. Palmer, who has charge of trans
portation for the American Suga,
Refining company. There were siz
counts and a fine of $1,000 imposed
10 each.
Frederick L. Pomeroy, assistant
traffic manager of the New Yorl
Central, was fined $1,000 on eact
count, a total of $4,000. Judge Hol
criticised the practices Of the rail
road.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24
Presidents Trip To Panama.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. -. - Omcla
notice has been posted at the League
Island navy yard, to the effect that
the cruiser Washington will leave on
or about November | for Hampton
Roads. The Tennessee, it 10 said,
viii! pass out a couple OF days later
and the two w%arships will act as es'
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-17

n. NJ Kellar, who is to be manager
Of the Fairmont Hotel arrived in the
city yesterday and is staying at the st.
Francis, where he will make his home
until the new caravansary-of the
palace car caravans-is opened. That
viii be as near the first of February
as force of artisans, workmen and
furnishers can make possible
Mr.. Kellar is direct from the Hotel
st. Regis, where he occupied one of the
highest of managerial positions. He
was seen at the st. Francis yesterday
and said:
II have had little time to study the
Fairmont as yet" he said, but what
have seen and what I know of its
plans and prospects assure me of the
success Of the undertaking In one
respect the Fairmont will be unique
among the good hotels of the world
there is no hotel anywhere that has
the view which is available from the
Fairmont. In New York there is much
sympathetic interest IN San Francisco,
and there will be a large travel to this
coast in the winter. The Fairmont has
already aroused interest in the East
A large portion OF the travelling public,
you know, is more interested in COM
fort than in geography and with the
reopening of hotels of the type Of the
Fairmont there Will be a great impetus
toward directing travel to San Fran
CISCO"
There are at present approximately
400 men working on the Fairmont. BY
February ! it is expected that all the
general rooms will be finished and 160
apartments ready for occupancy by
guests. DR.. Hartland Law states that
many guests could be signed now if the
hotel were ready to entertain them.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-17
CUBA IS ALMOST
NORMAL AGAIN.

HAVANA, Oct. 16.-Reports received
here from all over the island show
that agricultural operations are being
gradually resumed.
There are no further signs Of dis
content with the exception of COM
plants that some of the Moderate off,
cials ought to be removed.
The Liberals are talking about the
displacement of certain of the more Of
fensive partisan officials from high
Governmental positions, but no move
in that direction has been made by the
leaders.
While there is some apprehension
with regard to yellow fever, the situa-
ton is not regarded as especially dam
gerous. The number of cases under
treatment In Havana this evening is
ten.
Major Kean Of the Medical Depart
ment said this evening that the work
of exterminating the mosquitoes was
progressing vigorously and effectively
and that general sanitary work was
being undertaken on a large scale.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-17
BANKERS DISCUSS
MONEY MATTERS.
Large Increase in Number
of Trust Companies Over
Record Of Last Year
CURRENCY REQUIRED

ST. LOUIS. Oct. 16.-The American
Bankers Association convened today
for its thirty second annual convention,
when the trust company's section was
Vailed to order at the Olympic The
ater simultaneously with the gathering
of the savings bank section at Schuyler
Memorial Hall. The meeting of the
convention as a whole will not take
place until tomorrow.
The principal meeting of today was
the eleventh annual assembly of the
trust company section. The annual re-
port of Secretary James R. Branch of
New York showed that 115 trust COM
panies were added to the rolls since
September 1. 1906. enlarging the pres
ent membership to 718, the largest in
the history of the section.
The convention was then addressed
briefly by William B. Ridgeley, Comp
troller of the Currency.
At the afternoon sessf}u the trust
company section elected &Festus J.
Wade. president of the Mercantile Trust
Company of ST. Louis, and Benjamin
q. Cohen Of Portland. Ore, members of
the executive committee
Considerable opposition developed to-
day at the session of the currency re-
form conference, held at the Jefferson
Hotel, before the following resolutions
were adopted:
Resolved. That the several plans pro-
posed and submitted to this currency
conference be referred to the executive
council of the American Bankers AS
soclation without recommendations
that the council be requested to refer
the plans and their subject matter back
to committee to be known as the
special legislative committee, said COM
mittee to be composed of the members
OF this currency committee, together
with one member representing each Of
the State bankers associations now
represented in said conference and the
members of the special committee of
the Chamber of Commerce of New York
City and a representative of trust COM
panies. with the incoming president of
the American Bankers Association as
its chairman; that said committee shall
meet at the Auditorium, in the city of
Chicago, on Tuesday, November 20,
1906, to consider the subjects so re-
ferred and to formulate and draft bill
or bills to submit to Congress for en-
actment at its next session
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
conference that the present supply of
currency is inadequate for the needs
of our growing country; that the said
currency Is not sufficiently flexible to
fill the requirements of our agricultural
sections; that certain changes In our
existing banking laws are necessary
and expedient that Congress be re-
Quested to pass laws looking to the
correction of these conditions.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-17
COMPLY WITH LAW
BY EVADING It.
Witness in Grain Case
Tells How Elevator Own
ers Avoid Prosecution
RESTRICTIVE RULES

0hl~AGO, Oct lS-W. S. Jackson.
Iornler president OF the Chicago Board
q -I-ae was called as a witness at
tooaH session OF the Interstate Com
lilsIee commission TO testify as to the
practlce Of owners Of eleva tors storing
srain contrary 10 Law. He testifeS
that he had known OF cases where
gram rad been stored in elevators that
eeionSeo 20 the owners Of the ware
houses.
In such cases he stated, however. If
was the custom to transfer the title
OF Lhe grain before storing it, thus
IA way complying with the letter
OF the law. After the grain was re-
moved from the elevators he asserted
u would be retransferred to the owner
seFerat other grain men testified
that such practice was in vogue and
sS1Seo mat they did not consider it a
violation OF the law
Richard Gambrin. a Board OF Trade
broker. was the first witness called
he declared that the rules of the chit
cago Board Of Trade are clearly IN
restraint OF trade and are rapidly max
'ng the Chicago grain market in the
words OF the witness. "a one-horse
proposition
rule is posted on the Chicago
Board Of Trade each Afternoon Ssi6
Mr.. Cambrill. which prevents me from
gong into the country and bidding for
gram That. TO my mind, is detrimen-
"a 70 business and is in restraint of
samuel Finney, apother broker on
the Board Of Trade. testified that there
Is an agreement between certain
Board OF Trade men to bid certain
prices Tor grain in the country. and he
named Two firms which he declared
are party TO this agreement. Em-
ploves Of these firms we're ar onca
served with subpenas.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-17
MESSAGE TO URGE
MANY REFORMS.
President Favors With
drawal of All Oil, Coal
and Mineral Lands
SHIP BILL INDORSED
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-President
Roosevelt has about completed his an
nual message to Congress with the ex-
ceptfon of the chapters devoted to the
Panama canal and to Cuba which are
left open for rewriting or additions as
Developments may require.
One or two minors changes in the
railroad rate law, which in actual prac-
tice have been discovered to be desira-
bic by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, will be recommended by the
President. Among other things he will
urge PROPOSITION advocated by SEN
ator La toilette while the rate bill was
under consideration, viz, the with
drawal of all coal, oil and mineral
lands in the public domain from sale
or settlement until their value has been
demonstrated. The Presidents mes
sage will indorse the ship subsidy bill
and will urge the enactment of legis-
lation to improve the relations between
the United States and the Philippines
by reducing the tariff rates on products
of those islands.
Perhaps the most striking thing
about the message will be it's strong
Recommendation for legislation to pro-
vide a tax on inheritance to prevent
and control great accumulations of
wealth In treating this latter subject
it is quite possible that the President
may advocate the adoption of an in
come tax so framed as to avoid the con-
stitutional objections raised by the Su-
preme Court.
The message Will be sent to Congress
on December 4, the day after she open
ing of the session. The bids for the
construction of the Panama canal will
not be offered until December 12, SO
the President will be able to forestall
much Congressional criticism by giving
in his message an explanation of the
reasons for letting the canal work out
to contractors. This he will undoubt-
edly do, following the lines of Chair
man Shonts recent letter to Secretary
Taft in which economy of time and
money was advanced as the principal
reason.
The President will repeat Secretary
Shaw's frequent warning regarding the
necessity Of legislation to improve the
currency system of the country so as
to avoid possible monetary panic, but
1t is doubtful whether he will commit
himself to any one specific scheme OF
| financial reform.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-17

Then carry the little ten-cent box con
stantly with you in your purse. and take a
Cascaret whenever you suspect you need
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-17
WHITE GIRLS WIN VERDICT
IN FAMOUS PEONAGE CASE
Jury Awards Them Damages and Coun-
sci for Defendants Says Judg-
ment VIII be Paid.

HELENA, Ark. Oct. 1.-THE jury in
the so-called "peonage" case has
found in favor OF the plaintiffs, two
white girls of st. Louis, named EN-
mons and Witt.
A farmer named Musgroye of Mis-
sissippi. County, Arkansas, charged
with having enticed the girls from ST
Louis apd held them on his plantation,
was, on complaint of Miss Witt and
Miss Emmons, indicted for peonage.
The indictment. however, was found to
be faulty and damage suits were in
stituted instead. These snits have been
decided and award Miss Witt $625 and
Miss Emmons $1,000 damages.
Counsel for Musgroy@ states that he
will pay these amounts.