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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-11

Nunnelly's have good bread.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-11

Advertising rates made known on
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
Big Rush Of immigrants.

NEW YORK, March 25.-The number
OF immigrants now arriving at this
port from Europe is remarkable. I'm.
migration Commissioner Watchorn
says that there will be a record break
ing influx of foreigners this year. The
incoming stream of aliens will not
abate until May at least.
Ellis Island, where the Immigrants
are taken for inspection before being
allowed to land, is filled to overlooking
and several steamships which arrived
yesterday and today had to hold their
passengers, as there vas not room for
them at the island station. Altogether
ll,0O0 immigrants we're awaiting re.
lease today. The Hamburg liner Pa
tricia carried 2,16S Storage passen-
gers.
The rush from Europe has begun
earlier than usual and in greater vol.
ume. Reports about the prosperity in
this country, the wages paid and the
need OF workmen are drawing the peo-
pie to the United States. Immigration
inspectors are examining and landing
about 5000 per day. Many thousands
do not enter New York, but are taken
from Ellis Island by steamboats, to the
railway stations and go to the west
and south.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
Affects Trials In Criminal Gases.

A new departure in the method OF
trial of criminal cases is provided in
q new law enacted by the tenth assemb.
~. 1t makes certain innovations re.
lative to q visit by ~juries to scenes of
occurrences, aud is Is follows:
"When, in the opinion OF the court,
it is proper that the jury should view
the place in which the otfense Is charg.
ed to have been committed, or In which
any other material fact occurred, or in
cases involving the brand or mark or
identity of live stock, or other person.
al property, it may order the jury to
be conducted in q body in the custody
of the sheriff, and in the presence Of
the defend ant and his counsel, to the
| place which must be shown to them by
a person appointed by the court for
that purposes: and in cases involving
the brands or marks on, and identity
of live stock, or other personal prop.
erty, the jury must be conducted In a
body, in the custody OF the sheriff,
and in the presence Of the defend ant
and his attorney, to a convenient place
where the live stock or personal prop
erty in question can be shown to them
by a person appointed by the court,
that they may personally inspect the
same: and the sheriff must be sworn
to suffer no person to speak to or
communicate with the jury, nor to do
so himself, on any subject connected
with the trial, and return them into
the court without unnecessary delay
at a specified time, as the court may
direct
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
Must Remove Fences.

WASHINGTON, March 26.-Secre.
tary Garfield to-day issued an order
for the strict enforcement of the law
prohibiting the fencing of the public
domain. In doing 80 he mentioned the
efforts made at the last session Of con.
gress to obtain a modification of this
law, which "a passed in 1885, and ex-
pressed regret that no discretion Is
given the government to permit the
continuance of the fences. ''that are
clearly for the benefit OF all con-
cerned.'
He states that hardship and loss
would be occasioned the stock raiser
and home maker by strict enforcement
| of the law, and adds: "But so long
as it is on the statute books it must be
enforced without considering the rea.
sons which led to any violation
The order calls attention to the max
ing OF maps or maintenance OF gate
ways in illegal fences, and says that
these will relieve from liability under
the law. The cutting down OF the
wires and allowing the fence posts &c
stand will relieve from liability. The
order says the department of justice
will act vigorously against v~iolator'
OF the law, and an invitation is extend
ed to persons injured by illegal fences
to make complaint.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
Floods Bankrupt Farmers.

ANTIOCH, CAL, March 26.-All Of
the rich river islands between Sacra-
mento and Stockton and Antioch, with
the exception Of Grand, Sherman and
Bradford, which produced vast guam
titles OF asparagus and celery and all
kinds Of vegetables, are inundated,
the water soaked levees having given
away one by one under the terrible
strain to which they were subjected by
the recent storm.
This means that many men are bank
rupt and the loss cannot uow be est.
mated. Fortunately there has been
very little loss of life, but many resi-
dents have lost all their personal eff
fects, while the homes Of some were
swept away. They refused to leave
and are now camping on the levees.
A great deal of live stock has been
brought here and other places, but
many bands can still be seen on the
~levees and some will be drowned
Farming implements were hastily
placed on the big entertainments to-
! sether with hay and grain.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
North Dakota As a Winter Resort

M1NoT, March 26.-According to
the report of the Northwestern North
Dakota FEEDER alton, just Issued, dur
ing the last winter there were only
eight deaths in North Dakota which
could even indirectly be traced to the
cold weather.
The federation has made an exhaus.
tive investigation of conditions in
every county OF the state, and finds
that there have been deaths attributed
to cold only in the following counties
Williams county-Two deaths.
Ward county-Three deaths.
Wells county-Three deaths.
It is almost generally reported tina,
there has been little real suffering
from the cold, and what suffering
there was might have been prevented
with ordinary precautions. In many
counties there was not q single death
during the entire winter from an!
cause. In other counties Is per cent
of the deaths were Of persons from 81
to IS years old, indicating, the repor
says, that the people Of the state ar
acquiring reputation for longevity.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03

than in any other state. In Michigan
also the utilization Of the by.products
has received considerable attention.
In Utah the problem OF the delivery
of beets to the factories has been
solved by establishing slicing stations
at points from twelve to twenty-five
miles distant, and connecting them
with the central factories by pipe
lines. The beets from the neighbor.
ing country r received at these
slicing stations. where the juice is ex-
tracted and treated with Q compost.
ton Of lime, after which it is forced
through the pipes to the factory.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03

lamation service to January l shows
thai it had dug 1927 miles of canals,
or nearly the distance from Washing.
ton to Omaha. Some of these canals
carry whole rivers, like the Truckee
river in Nevada and the North Platte
in Wyoming. The tunnels e~xcavated
are II in number and have an aggre.
gate length OF nine and one-half miles.
The service has erected "a large struc-
lures. including two great dams IN
Nevada aud the MinidOka dam in
Idaho, 50 feet high and $40 feet long.
1t has completed go headworks,
fumes, etc. 1t has built 316 miles OF
wagon road ia mountainous country
and into heretofore inaccessible reg.
ions. 1t has erected and in operation
1873 miles of telephones. Its own
cement mill has manufactured 10000
barrels OF cement, and the purchased
amount is 3!2, 900 barrels. Its own
sawmills have cut 3,O3s, 900 feet board
measure OF lumber, and 6,54O, 900 feet
have been purchased. The surveying
parties OF the service have completed
topographic surveys covering 1870
square miles, an area greater than
the combined areas of Massachusetts
and Rhode Island. The transit lines
had a length Of $500 linear miles,
while the level lines run amount to
24,21S miles. or nearly sufficient to go
around the earth.
The diamond drillings for dam sites
aud canals amount to 41,51o feet, or
more than nine miles. Today the serv.
ice owns and has at work ll54 horses
and mules. 1t operates nine lOcOmO.
tives, 2223 ears and - miles Of rail.
road, SO stationary engines and -
steam engines. 1t has constructed
and is operating FIVE electric light
plants. This work has been carried
on by the following forces: Classified
service. $50, including the Washing
ton Office: laborers employed directly
by the government, $500, laborers en-
ployed by contractors, 6lOO. or a to-
tai of all forces of 10000.
The expenditures now total about
81, DOC, 900 per month. The excava.
tions OF rock and earth amount TO 3d.
900, 900 cubic yards, or about one.
fourth the estimated yardage of the
Panama canal. AS a result Of the op.
e%rations OF the reclamation service
eight new towns have been constructed
and lU.oto people have taken up their
resiieuc4 ia the desert.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
PUBLIC PAYS THE FREIGHT,
Increased Value Of Railroads Given
AS Reason For High Rates.

WASHINGTON, March 26.-Because
the Hill roads have doubled in value
IN ten years; because enterprising mu.
inequalities have presented them with
millions of dollars worth of termin.
ais just to get any service at all, and
because the lines own $50, OOO, 600 worth
OF coal lands from which they are sup
posed to get their fuel at very low
cost, their officials have declared to
the interstate commerce commission
that they cannot lower freight rates.
The property in the Hill system was
bought IN 1897 for $40, 900, 900. The
present value placed on it by its own.
ers is $500, 900, 900, and they say they
must pay dividends on this sum.
They declare the roads could not be
duplicated for any less, and that this
represents the actual tangible value of
the property.
This action on the part of the Hill
system, bringing forward the disputed
question of what is "a just and rea-
sonable rate" is as contemplated un-
der the interstate commerce act. The
railroa ads contend that in fixing a rate
the commission must take into account
the value Of the property. Repeated
attempts were made in congress to
pass some legislation looking to the
appraisement of the railroad proper.
ties of the country, but nothing has
been done and the Hill system has
forstalled any action by the commits
sion by substituting its own valua.
ton.
Commissioners Prouty and Harlan,
who conducted the hearings in Chi.
cago, are considering whether the ap-
pr aisement made by the Hill people
OF their system is a correct one. The
same question will be involved in
practically every rate-making case
which the interstate commerce COM
mission is compelled to pass upon.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
Fate OF Old Boots

What becomes of old boots and
shoes has hitherto been almost as
puzzling a problem as where all the
pins 90 to. The solution, however, is
given in the Boot and Shoe Trades
Journal.
Old boots and shoes of leather are
cut up into small pieces. and then are
put for two days in chloride OF sui
phur, the etfec. OF which is to make
the leather very bard and brittle.
When this is fully effected the ma.
terial is Withdrawn from the action OF
the chloride of sulphur, washed With
water, dried and ground to powder,
1t is then mixed with some substance
that will cause it to adhere together,
such as shellac or other resinoIs ma
~terial, or even good glue, and a thick
solution of strong gum.
1t is afterward pressed into molds
to form combs, buttons and a variety
Of other useful objects.
Prussiate of potash is also made
out OF old leather. 1t is heated with
pearl ash and old iron hoops in q
large pot. The nitrogen and carbon
form cyanogen, and then unite with
the iron and potassium. The soluble
portions are dissolved out, and thu
resulting salt, added to one OF iron
produces the we'll known Prussiar
blue, either for dyeing purposes or a
| a pigment.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
THE RECLAMATION SERVICE.

The recent appointment OF r. IL.
Newell as chief Of the reclamation
bureau, the irrigation department of
the federal government, Is said to con-
template more active work upon many
of the western projects that have been
undertaken. Within the next few
years MIR. Newell will have the super.
vision of expenditures aggregatlng
over 800, 900, 900, and will direct OPP.
erations that have in view the recla-
nation Of nearly seven million acres
of land.
Regarding the character Of the work
to be done under the direction of Mr..
Newell, C. j. Blanchard, engineer and
statistician ofithe sevrice, gives some
interesting and illuminating facts:
The full Importance of national rec.
lamation is obtainable only by com.
parison. The Is projects upon which
the government is now eng aged, when
developed to their full extent, will add
3,l9S, 900 acres to the crop-producing
urea of the United States. Add to
these ID other projects which are held
in allegiance, pending the completion
of the first mentioned, and which will
reclaim 3,270,0 600 acres, and We have .
grand total OF 6,46S, 900 acres. Thi.
enormous area today is practically
worthless.
Potentially it is the richest, the mos
fertile and productive land in tn
world, and is capable Of supportin,
In comfort an neutrality-suspicious.,
as dense as can be found in any O
the older settled parts Of our country
BY expanding SIC, ooo, 900 on the u en-
cheering works now in process Q
construction the reclamation servic
will reclaim 3.leS, 900 acres, or a cul
tivated area equal to the total acre
age in crops in the four states of Cor
uecticut, Massachuttes, New Haml
shire and Florida. The deversiGe
crops, enormous yields from irrisate
lands aud the excellent prices for a
farm products in the west warrant IL
assumption that this land will re,ur
annually an income larger than Il
farmers receive in the four stats
named.
A summation OF the work OF the re
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03

This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and the
most liberal ire atment consistent with
and and sells foreign xchange, drawins
direct on all principal American and
European cities, and issues Its own
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. Ths
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
Seeds Grow After Burial 2 900 Years

The extraordinary resuscitating
power of light recently received a cur
ious ILLUSTRATION in the silver mines at
Laurium. A mine had been abandon.
ed 1000 years, when some poppy seed
vas found beneath the Stag. The Stag
being removed, In a short time the en-
tire space was covered with the most
gorgeous show of peoples. After their
twenty centuries rest they had bloom
ed as vigorously as il they had been
borne by flowers of yesterday.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
Conrad Banking
COMPANY,
GREAT FALLS MONT
Unincorporated.)

PAID UP CAP1TAL............S 100000
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITIES 900, 600
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
BETTER BEEF CATTLE.

II one visits the great worlds mar.
ket at the Union Stock Yards today
and contrasts the cattle that are of.
fered for beef with receipts a quarter
of a century ago be will realize there
has been q marvellous evolution IN
quality and general type OF conforma.
ton. When agricultural lands were
cheap and larger acreage of the pub
lie domain offered tree range, hus.
bandmen were not so particular what
kind of cattle was raised. The old
type of stilty. wind-splitting person.
atty cost but a triAe to produce and
the results OF marketing were nearly
all profit. A score of years ago the
yards bristled with the massive horns
of the Texas steer, and western cattle
were but little superior to the long.
horned, angular southern cattle which
frequently stampeded statesmen and
visitors at the Chicago market.
The best grazing lands Of the gov.
ernment domain have been trans
formed into productive, highly cult.
waited farms, equipped with as high a
grade of all classes Of livestock as
present Improvements transcend the
primitive conditions when cattlemeu
were exploiting the industry of free
lands. AS it costs more to raise cat
tie now than when the Texas steer
tiourished like the lily of the valley,
SO a better grade of cattle was evolved
from sheer necessity. The old, angu-
lar, slab.sided steer that could con.
sumo a field of corn without making
much gain ir flesh has been super.
seeded by the short.legged. broad,
compact beef animal that makes gain
rapidly on a given amount OF feed.
If farmers were compelled I o fatten
the %antiquated type of steers at cur
rem prices for beef the industry would
soon bankrupt cattle growers. The
saving in grain and the reduced cost
of producing a hundred weight of beef
has made cattle raising not only pos.
sible, but also profitable on high
priced farming lands.
The cattlemen Of Texas have appre.
ciated the economy of raising the new
type of cattle and introduced the blood
of new beef breeds into their herds
until the old long.horn, angular type
of the Texas steer has become obso.
lete. The old type of beef cattle has
been eliminated on the score of com.
mercial economy. The industry has
reached a stage where breeders are
either compelled to use modern thor.
oughbred breeds, in exploiting beef
production or face bankruptcy.
Mere sentiment will not give iinap
cial profits, and experiment has dem
onstrated that the compact conforma
ton OF modern breeds conduces no
only to early maturity, but to much
larger gains on the amount OF feec
consumed. The evolution OF bee
breeds has been consummated out o
the imperative necessity of cheaper
production of the meat supply, and tt
ignore this fact Is to be a Rip Var
Wrinkle agriculturist .-Drovers Jour
nal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
SUGAR BEET FARMING.

The subject of sugar beet farming
is one that should be kept in mind by
the ranchers of northern Montana. 1t
will eventually form one of the most
important agricultural industries of
this part of the state, and those who
anticipate future conditions by pre-.
pairing to take advantage OF them.
will secure the greater share of the
benefits that will follow.
There has not been much public dis.
cussiou in recent weeks, regarding the
| Milk river beet sugar factory prop
osition. but it is presumed the pro-
ject is still under contemplation. Its
esta adjustment can be encouraged and
fastened by the breaking and cultiva.
ton of the acreage necessary to sup
ply the raw product for such an in
stitution. These preparations for
sugar beet farming will Of themselves
be a profitable effort, even if their
original purpose is not accomplished,
the cultivated land being in shape to
raise crops that give better returns
than were formerly obtained. The
success witnessed in the Yellowstone
valley, in the vicinity of Billings,
should be an inspiration to northern
Montana farmers who own soil that is
equally fertile, and who possess the
facilities airy for sugar beet cul'
ture.
Government census bulletin No. 81,
recently issued, contains much inter.
esting data relative to the growth OF
the beet sugar industry in this coun'
try.
The manufacture of beet sugar was
carried on in twelve states at the time
of the census OF 1905. The leading
states were Colorado, Michigan anG
California. The value Of products
was 81, 1913, 9S2 for Colorado; s5,37S,
O04 for Michigan, and S4,4l5,l72 fol
California. These three states pro
duced 60 per cent. OF the total pro
duct reported for the United States.
At the census of 1905 Idaho, Ohit
and Wisconsin appeared for the frs
| time among the states engaged in thi
industry, while Illinois and New Mex
| leo were not shown in the list, al
though in 1900 factories were in op
. Grafton in those states.
The state which had the creates
number OF factories in 1905 was Mich
gan, and Of the nineteen factories i
e that state ten had been establishe
6 since 1900. Colorado ranked secon
n with nine active factories, OF whic
only one was in existence in 1900.
=. The greatest actual increase in va
ue OF products in 1905, as compare
with 1900, occurred in Colorado, an
'e the next greatest in Michigan.
l. The largest sugar factory in thi
e. country and one of the largest in tt
a. world Is located in California, whiC
p state Possesses Il larger acreage tn,
I'd Is adapted to the growing Of sug;
ID beets than is found in any other sta
III in the union. In California aud
ne Colorado irrigation is used in Il
IN growing OF bee,s. In the latter sta
be extensive experiments in feeding catt
es and sheep on beet pulp are being ca
ried on, and the bee, pulp branch
&C. the industry is further advanced he
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-03
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-21
SEVERAL CHANGES BEING
MADE IN CONSULAR CORPS

WASHINGTON, June 21-Feeling
that his usefulness as American con-
sui at San Salvador had been impaired
the state department has decided TO
find another post for John jenkins.
This office became embroiled in the
quarrel between Nicaragua and Saliva
DOR. Samuel E. Magill, a present
American consul at TampicO, Mexico,
will be transferred to San Salvador,
where Mr.. Jenkins has been stationed
since 1897.
The appointment of Percival Dodge
at present secretary of the American
embassy at Toxic. Japan, to fill the
new post of minister of Guatemala
leaves a vacancy at Toxic, which will
probably be filled by the transfer of
Peter Augustus Jay from the Amerl
can embassy at Constantinople. This
change in turn will afford an OppOr-
tunity for the state department to re-
ward Philip NJ. Brown. at present sec
rotary of the American legation at
Guatemala and Honduras for services
rendered in bringing about the ter
minatiOn of the war between Salvador
and Nicaragua
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-21
GOES AFTER BIG FORTUNE
Chicago Physician to Claim Con-
fscated Estate

CHICAGO, June 21.-A dispatch
to the Tribune from Ludington. Mich,
says: After being deprived of his in
heri+ance for more than half a CEN
fury DR.. Franklin Slocum. prominent
physician of this city, left yesterday
for Washington, D. c.. to conclude the
final arrangements through Baron
Rosen, the Russian ambassador to the
United States for the recovery of his
fathers fortune. which amounts now
to more than $1,000 900.
The story of the seizure of the
Slocum fortune, the original amount
of which was about s277 ,OO0 goes back
to the time of the famous Russian
uprising in 1S49. At that time the eld-
err SlOcum was an importer of silk
and tea from China and Japan, doing
business in Moscow. Incensed by the
excessive importation duties exacted
from them by the Russian government
a number of importers, including
Slocum made personal remonstrance
to the car, with the result that they
and their families were banished
from the country and One-half of their
property seized by the government, to
be held in trust for their heirs.