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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-14
Cause OF Wrecks Exroained.

SAN FRANCISCO, August 6.-The
Call says that the Southern Pacific
finally has discovered one of the causes
of the many freight wrecks that have
occurred with disconcerti,g frequency
of late. The side bearing of about 500
new cars, built on the order Of the
Southern Pacific for the fruit express,
are faulty and must be altered from
6O-inch centers to 4S~inch centers.
This difference, though slight, has
been the cause OF many disasters. The
cars would not stay on the rails when
rounding curves.
Car experts from Chicago, St. Louis
Sacramento and San Francisco have
completed their examination OF the
cars and have reported their findings
to the company. There can be no
doubt, they say, that the faulty side
bearings have caused the wrecks.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-14

and class feeling must go down. as
caste went before righteousness under
Washington and Franklin in the Am.
erican revolution, and human slavery
went down under Lincoln aud Grant.
But of course the millennium is not
at hand. 1t did not follow Washing.
tons victory, nor Lincoln's, and it
will not follow Roosevelt's. Waves
of democracy rise and fall back, but
the tide is flowing in. At the end of
every great fight the heroes dismount
and fight their battles over, and while
the people are cheering, the looters
plumber: 80 it was after yorktown,
after New Orleans, after Appomattox.
Then new heroes come to stop the
plundering. And that is why, when
the half gods go, the gods arrive.
Roosevelt is one OF the new gods
that is all; and some day he will be q
half god and 20 when the gods come.
For thus man moves the world.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-14
Peculiar and Pertinent.

O~ne-seventh of the total area OF
Ireland is bogland.
In a survey between Chicago and
St. Louis an error of only half an
inch was made.
1t is said there are men buried
to the square foot along the line of
the Panama canal than in any other
part of the world.
Alabama is the only state in the
union which holds a legislative SEES.
sion only once in four years. Her
lawmakers and unmakers get 81 a day
and the ouadrennial session is limited
to fifty days.
Bristol county, Rhode Island, is the
smallest county in the United States,
containing only % square miles. The
county having the largest population
is New York: Bailey county, Texas,
has only four inh abitants.
The largest riding hall in the army
will be at Fort Leavenworth, Kan,
the contract for the construction of
which has been awarded by the quar-
termaster general to Fred larry for
1880. 1t will be 300 feet long and
200 feet wide.
Some of the wooden churches Of
Norway are fully 700 years old and
are still in an excellent state of pres
erv ation. Their tilnbers have success
fully resisted the frosty and almost
arctic winters because they have been
repeatedly coated with tar.
An English electrical expert has
discovered a mean of ripen!ng ba.
nanas TO order. The punches are
hung in an alright glass case, in
which are a number OF electric lights.
The artificial light and heat hastens
the r%ipening process in proportion to
the number OF lights turned on. Rec
ords have been made which enable the
operators to make delivery of any
quantities at any agreed date.
Recent Official tests OF the many
valuable hardwoods native 70 western
Australia have made known the ex-
traordinary properties of ya.e, be.
lieved to be the strongest OF all
known woods. Its average tensile
strength of $4,000 pounds to the
square inch, equaling tina. of good
cast iron, But many specimens are
much stronger and one vas tested up
to Il. tons TO the square inch. which
is eaua! t o the tensile strength of
wrought iron.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-14
Ar Expensive Prisoner.

SAN FRANCISCO, August GA suit
vas filed in the superior court yester-
day for the ostensible purpose of saw
ing the city the expense of keeping
Abraham Ruef in the custody of Ellis.
or Biggy outside OF the county Jail.
1t is brought by J. p. Murphy, a
taxpayer, against Treasurer Bantel
and takes the form of an application
for a writ of prohibition TO prevent
the treasurer from paying any more
of Biggy's bills. The complaint
points out that Ruef now costs the
city about $ $1,000 a month, while the
prisoner might be kept at she county
Jail, at a much more reasonable price.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-14
SPIRIT OF THE COURTS.

The belief that the administr alton Of
justice a be affected by money or
any other influence was shown to be
erroneous in two celebrated cases that
were brought to q close the past week.
1t is undoubtedly true that wealthy Of
tenders, by employing skillful and
high-priced attorneys, may sometimes
escape the punishment that should
follow their misdeeds, but as . gener.
al rule the proof OF guilt brings upon
the law breaker the penalty provided
by the statutes. The protection pro-
vided by the courts against illega al
acts by any offender, rich or poor,
and the fair treatment accorded cit.
liens accused of crime, are the sub
iect Of this comment by the Butte
Miner:
Considered aside from the par,icu-
lar issues involved in the cases, two
great court trials just closed are of
vital interest to the public as indicat-
ing the spirit of the justice admins
tered in the courts of the land. The
acquittal of Secretary W. d. Hey
wood in the Idaho courts after a trial
upon which the eyes Of the whole
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-14
Big Coal Fields In Alaska.

CHICAGO, August GA newly dis.
covered coal field worth millions in
the southeastern part of Alaska has
Just been unearthed by Prot. W. w.
Atwood of Chicago university seolo-
gical department. Under the direc-
ton of the United States geological
survey. DR.. Atwood is conducting a
series Of explorations in the south.
eastern Alaska, and has been travers-
ing a country which white men have
never before seen. He knew Of the eN.
istence of the new coal fields, but was
unaware of their extent until two
weeks ago, wnen he discovered that
that they we're Of greater area than
the anthracite fields of Pennsylvania.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-14
ROOSEVELT.

a character study of President
Roosevelt is contributed to the cur.
rent number of McClure's magazine
by William Allen White, who gives
an interesting sketch Of the diplo.
matte achievements of our national
executive in promoting peace among
the nations Of the earth, and securing
"a square deal among all classes OF
his fellow citizens. After enumerating
some OF the work accomplished under
the present administration, the writer
says:
The wonder is that anyone was sur.
prised At these things. Indeed, MIR.
ROosevelt's whole career as president
has revealed no new or s.rang things
about the man. The oldest thing
about him is that he has not been
colored by the false atmosphere of
politics, but has kept the average
views OF the average citizen and has
done as president, not great heroic
work, but the days work as the aver.
~ man would like to DO it if he
could have the courage to meet the
opportunities that Presiden, Roose.
welt has met. Civic righteousness,
whether in the White house or at the
ward caucus, after all is the only
practical efficient use of common
sense, uncommon courage, and com.
mon honesty. Add to these virtues
great kindness, q desire t 0 please,
and a wish to serve others rather
than advance himself, and you have
the clay Of which Theodore Roosevelt
is made. Not only are his feet OF
clay. but his whole being is of native
mud, but it is of the kind which under
pressure and heat easily turns &c
marble and become immortal. Wash.
ington, Lincoln and Grant were made
OF similar stuff.
For nearly six years the American
people, the most sensitive people on
the globe to spiritual forces, have had
before them in the most promiuen,
place in the nation q man who day in
and day out, from the momen Of his
elev alton to political power, has shown
his scorn Of dishonest ealth: who ha:
shown his hatred Of power bought Will
corruption: who has iauuted his de
tianee at thieves in high places, NJ
matter how we'll conventionalized thei1
stealings may have been. no mates
how respectable they may have bee,
considered. The tremendous effect O
his precep,s and his consistent exam
pie upon the mental habits 0; thi
people is incalculable.
The power for righteousness tina
this zeal has generated among men i
felt in the stirring roots of humanity
wherever il can be manifested. Befor,
this dynamic power for Justice an,
equity IN politics and in business aut
in the simpler relations Of life. greed
Liz the form Of aggrardi4;ug capita
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-14

world were turned, has been followed
within the week by the decision Of
Judge Lands in the federal court at
Chicago imposing fines Of a stagger.
ing amount upon the Standard Oil
company after a Judgment of guilty
had been pronounced upon a charge
of violating the anti-rebate laws.
Each Ease has played an important
part in contradicting frequent asser-
tions that money is all.powerful in the
courts and that Justice may slip her
blindfold when the jingle of the dollar
is heard.
Many misguided persons believed
that the labor leader on trial in Idaho
was to be railroaded to the gallows in
utter disregard Of evidences: that an
immense prosecution fund had been
provided for securing a conviction at
any cost. There has been q happy
disappointment of any such outcome,
and the acquittal Of the defendant is
generally admitted to have been as.
sured after the charge Of the court to
the jury had been read. His instruc-
tions as to the competency of evidence
to be weighed was q clear exposition
OF the Idaho law, say the lawyers,
and the jurors were directed to sift
the bewildering mass of evidence in
such manne as to insure an absolute.
square deal for the man on trial.
When the most powerful corpora.
ton in the world was brought into
court at Chicago there we're predic-
tions that some loophole OF escape
would be found by its r%esourceful
lawyers But no favors we're shown
that are not prescribed for the hum
blest citizen facing his accusers, and
the prosecution won a complete vic.
tory. Then it was bruited about that
the company would escape with q
minimum fine that would make the
penalty merely nominal. The judg.
ment of the court goes to the opposite
extreme, and the maximum penalty has
benn pronounced. Final disposition
OF the case may come only after every
resort OF appeal has been adopted.
but in the meantime those who pirate
on the compatibility Of the courts are
effectively answered.
Under our system Of government the
courts constitute the fundamental hope
Of the citizen OF refuge from anarchy:
when they are suspected of venality
patriotism a no longer exist.
Judges are only human, and there
must be a comprehensive system Of
appeal to provide every safeguard
against essential error. But the
spirit OF fairness must be credited if
the judiciary is to be saved from dis
repute, and the week has been one I'm.
favorable to those who grasp every
opportunity to assail the administra-
ton of Justice.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-14
PLANS FOR IRRIGATION,
Projects On Indian Reserves Con.
templated BY Reclamation
Service.

HELENA, August 6.-The interior
department of the federal government
is planning extensive public works in
Montana on the various Indian reser.
vatlons and arid lands. Secretary
Garfield outlined some of the work in
an interview at Fallon, New, with h.
N. Savage, supervising engineer of
the reclaim alton service OF the govern.
ment for this state.
1.-The secretary Of the interior has
directed that work be init ated in each
OF the five Indian reservations in
Mntana, to determine the irrigable
possibilities of all the land embraced
therein said MI. Savage. "Inves-
tigations and surveys heretofore made
by the reel amation service on q mum.
Der OF the reservations have already
brought out some of the controlling
factors relating to the work.
"A party of engineers will be put
into the field at once to make location
surveys of canals for the irrigation of
the southern part Of the Blackfeet res
erv alton. An appropriation of $780,.
600 has been made by the Indian serv-
ice to construct the work. 1t il ex.
pected that these location surveys can
be completed this fall and actual con.
struction begin in the spring of 1908.
Arrangements have been made by the
secretary OF the interior whereby the
construction Of works for the Indians
will be under the general supervision
OF the reclaim alton service engineers.
1t is expected that the sales OF lands
opened to entry on the reserv alton will
reimburse the Indian fund for the
work required to construct irrigation
systems on the land allotted to the In
dians.'
Mr.. Savage said that the next land
opened will be the Fort Shaw unit Of
the Sun river project, comprising H..
600 acres of land, and the first unit of
the Shoshone project Of $4,000 acres.
He said it is probable that entries will
be possible on each one of these units
late this fall. The Yellowstone pro.
ject will be the next one to be opened
after these two, which will probably
be some time in the spring OF 1908.
Arrangements have been made with
the Montana experiment station by
Mr.. Savage for the operation of a
demonstration farm on the Runtley
project. A tract of 100 acres has been
set aside and is now being prepared
for the growing of crops. 1t will be
fenced and plowed and it is expected
that crops of alfalfa, sugar bsets,
cereals, small fruits and vegetables
will be grown as an example of the
kind Of crops and the methods of ae-
riculture likely to be the most success.
full. Arrangements are also being
made for the planting of trees on the
project by the forest service, the in
tention being to so arrange matters
tina every settler will. in years to
come, have his own lot, where he can
ecure all the fuel and wood he needs
TO. the mainten ance of his own farm.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-14
The Biggest Locomotive.

NEW YORK, August THE largest
steam locomotive in the world is
about to be turned out from the plant
OF the American Locomotive works at
Schenectady for the Erie railroad. 1t
will haul on grades q train of loaded
cars a mile and a half long without
the aid OF helpers. Is weight is 49,
900 pounds.
The engine is in realty two engines
under one boiler. The engine is de-
signed for pusher service and will
operate on the SusQuehauna hill be.
tween SusquehaEua aud Gulf Sunni
pass.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-14
Biggest Cannon Ball.

What is said to be the biggest can.
non ball ever made weighed two thous.
and six hundred pounds and was
manufactured at the Krupp works,
Essen. for the government of the car.
The gun from which this projectile
was fred is placed in the Notifications
Of Cronstadt. This gun has q range
of twelve miles and it has been esti.
mated that each shot costs one thous.
and five hundred dollars.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-14
LABOR UNIONS ENJOINEO,
Judge w. n. Hunt Prohibits Boycott
Against Bell Telephone
Company.

HELENA, August In the federal
court this morning Judge William H.
Hunt granted the application of the
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone com
pany for a temporary injunction d.
rected to the officers of the Montana
Federation of Labor, the Livingston
Telephone Operators union and the
Livingston Trade and Labor council,
prohibiting them from interfering with
the business of the company.
Judge Hunt said he reserved the
right to put into writing his views upon
the questions involved, and that the
decision only presented the question
now OF whether q temporary restrain
ing order should issue. The court
holds that the circulars and posters
were intended to injure the business
OF the telephone company: that they
characterized the company as ''legal-
lied highwaymen," that they advised
persons to withdraw patronage from
the company; and advised that the
labor organizations should ~patronize
only certain firms named in the circu.
lar.
The court took up the definitions Of
combin ations of laboring people, as
defined by the supreme court OF the
United States, and the several federal
courts throughout the country, and
read from the decisions establishing
as 9 proposition of law that all per-
sons have the right to associate them.
selves together for the betterment of
their conditions: that laboring people
have the right to strike whenever they
please, and peacesbly to persuade
others from working for people. But
they have no right to intimidate or to
coerce or to boycott, and that threats,
or language intended to intimidate or
to coerce becomes unlawful interior
ence with the business, and Injunction
would lie to prevent such. The court
further said that a court of equity
would meet the exigencies that might
arise in modern and social conditions
and that it would protect all persons
engaged in the lawful pursuit of q
lawfal business, whether they were
members of labor organizations or
not members of labor organic atoms:
whether they were capitalists or
whether they were wage-earners: and
that the facts in this case disclosed a
clearly unlawful interference which
entitled the company to equitable re.
lief.
In conclusion, the Judge said that
in according relief by injunction to
the telephone company, he was but
protecting a right to pursue its own
business in a way which the defend
ants, upon reflection, re believed,
would find was but extending that
protection, the like of which they
might themselves be invoking in case
their rights should be unlawfully in.
.erfered with.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-14
Indian Chiefs On Trial.

WINNIPEG, August s.-Two Cree
Indian chiefs are being tried for the
murder OF a daughter-in-law OF one of
them with all tribal ~torma!ity in the
presence Of several hundred Indians.
The chiefs r accused Of numbering
twenty Indians during their chieftan-
ship. The government is determined
to stop the savage tradition that all
members of a tribe stricken with q
delirium in q fever are possessed of an
evil spirit and must be killed a. once
or the soul vii! be lost.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-14

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 Its 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, 1907-08-14
Expensive Railway.

The most expensive piece of railway
line in the world is said to be that OF
the North British railway which runs
owe the Forth bridge. This portion
OF the line, including approaches, is
about four miles long and cost four
million dollars a mile to construct.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-14

G.. CONRAD, Pres.
JAMES T. STANFORD,
Vice-Pres. and Manager.
A. E. SCHWINGEL,
Cashier.
OMAR j. MALCOLM,
Asst. Cashier.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-14
Conrad Banking
COMPANY,
GREAT FALLS MONT
(Unincorporated.)

PAID UP CAPITAL. 100 a
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY 900. 600
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-14

Local Securities a Specially.
Interest Allowed on Time Deposits
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-09
INQUEST TONIGHT OVER
MURDERED MANS BODY
Perry Schultz Killed in Kaiser Hotel
After Terrible Struggle.

, been employed as motorman by the
Traction Co.
The local Garments union will ap-
point member to accompany their
dead comrades remains to his
home in Waukesa, Ill. Schultz 8
father, j. J. Schultz, yesterday sent
two, kilograms to Chief Rice, the
first saying to bury his son here,
and the last asking that the re-
mains be sent home.
Some mystery as to what became
of the dead man money has de-
veloped today. Although all his
effects were searched, only about
$40 was found. He has worked
steadily for six months, and yet,
saving as he is known to have
been, he has not put by any
money.
Among the effects in his trunk
was an insurance policy with Pixies
Peak camp No. 5, Woodmen of the
World, made for $4,000 in favor of
Margaret Sullivan. A telegram was
also found which he had sent from
Butte, Mont, to Margaret Sullivan
and addressed to her in this city.
Last year there was a domestic
employed at the Spokane hotel by
that name, but she is not there
now.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-09
ARREST MINER BUT
LET "RUSTLERS" GO

Detectives Briley and Miles last
night arrested f. Bradshaw, a
miner, in box at the Occur
d'Alene theater, where he was buy
ing beer for the women employees
and carousing. He was armed with
an automatic pistol. II was first
thought he would show fight. The
detectives had a waiter call him,
and as he approached he put his
hand in his pockets. Detective
Miles told him they were officers
and reached for his hands. The
revolver was then discovered. He
was investigated as far as possible
and said he Is a miner from
Phoenix, B. c. He will be tried in
police court this afternoon on a
charge of carrying concealed
weapons.
The beer "rustlers" were not mo-
Tested, although under city regula-
tons the proprietors who hired
them TO beguile money from Wis.,
itors are as much law breakers as
the miner with his pistol.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-09

The sheriff Of Heppner, Ore, IS
expected to reach here tomorrow
to take back to Heppner Webb Nc
Caslin, who is wanted for the MUIR
der of F. Zaspell, wealthy farm
er of that place, on the night of
Sept. 20. The sheriff will first go
to Salem, Ore, and arrange for ex-
tradition, and from there will go
to Olympia and secure the neces-
sary papers.
McCaslin was captured Saturday
night in the rear of feed store at
Third and Maple. All day Satur-
day the officers were on the watch
for him. Detective George Mites
first received the tip that he was
in this vicinity, and he, with Dep
uty Sheriff Mac Pugh and Captain
Coverly went to Trent, several
miles east Of the city, where Nc
Caslin has been working for farm
err. They waited for several hours
along the road. When it got dark
they believed he would make his
customary trip into town, and as
he always put up his team in the
barn in the rear of the feed store
the three officers went there. Aft
er several hours they saw him
drive up and begin to unhitch. AS
he turned from his work he look
ed into the barrels of three revoi-
vers. Throw up your hands,
commanded Captain Coverly. AS
McCaslin hastily obeyed Detective
Miles stepped up TO him and clasp
ed handouts around his wrists
without even removing his gloves.
McCasln was taken TO jail in the
patrol wagon. Sheriff Schutt, of
Heppner, was notified of the cap
ture. McCaslin admits the killing
and pleads self defense.
DR.. j. l.. Yeager, who was cor
oner at the time of the Zaspell
murder was in the city yesterday
and recalled the crime wildly. He
said Zaspell was undoubtedly muir
dered outside of the town and then
the body was hauIe4 in and dump
ed into an alley.
McCaslin told what appears to
he ghtforward story. He
said he went TO Heppner tC meet
partner of his named Kerns. He
was taiiung about looking for
work when Zaspell said he would
give him a job on his ranch. They
then drove in the direction of the
place and when several miles out
of town McCaslin announced that
he would go back to town and not
take the job. Zaspell was angry
and a fight ensued. men McCaslin
shot him in the head with a 3S
calibre revolver. The body fell into
the bed of the wagon and McCasliu
drove back TO town. He was
frightened and took one of the
horses and fled. He then beat his
way TO Spokane. The body of Zas'