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The weekly Corinthian., 1907-11-14

Delegates to the Cent? al
American Peace Conference are
gathering al washington.
The weekly Corinthian., 1907-11-14
Snow and cold in lIllnois

Decatur, ILL.,, Nov. 12.-At 10 o'clock
sunday night the temperature through
out central Illinois was 20 above zero.
tne eoidest Of this season. The change
was marked by a snow storm with
nigh wind that assumed almost the
proportions of blizzard
FOR SALE Thoroughbred berkshire
pigs: For sale cheap. Apply to
MRS. J. M. Potts, West Corinth.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
Slot Machine Swindles.

BUTTE. April 29.-The methods OF
slot machines operators 10 rob the
public guileless enough to play the
machines were exposed this morning
in the sherif's Office at the court
house, when a number Of the machines
were taken apart and their inwards
inspected. These exposures will, the
sheriff thinks, support a charge OF
robbery against the owners of the
plugged machines. The numbers OF
the crooked machines were carefully
taken and the names Of the owners
will be looked up. 1t is probable
that arrests will follow because of
their swindling operations.
The machines contained s34.ll in
nickels and many plugs and checks Of
various kinds. One Of the interesting
features which developed while the
money was being taken out was the
fact that many of the devices were
plugged so that nothing except the
small numbers would pay. In a few
instances the machines were run on
the percentage figured by the manufac.
turer, which is also a liberal one to
the owner. but there were only q very
few of these. One OF the most prOmin.
ent saloons in the downtown district
had three machines and in each one
the $l.20 and the $3.50 pay slots were
so plugged that i, was impossible for
the indicator TO stop on them. An in.
structiou book was found in one OF
the Dewey" machines which told in
detail how 10 increase the percentage
by plugging the big pay numbers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
Biggest Steam Whistle.

East ST. Louis now has the biggest
steam whistle in the world. !. is a
remarkable triple machine, with three
voices-a three.chime whistler, whose
capacity for the annihilatio of peace
is extraordinary. The whistle blows
a ten-mile blast at half steam, and
with favorable wind has a disturbing
Of 20 miles. 1t costs 81 every time 1t
is blown. But this great whistle is
not all noise. II is an idea in econ.
omy, a whistle trust, a noise combine.
Almost all the little noises, yelps,
toots and whines of smaller mechani.
cal throats IN East St. Louis are now
dumb. The giant whistle trust whis.
ties for them. The independent whis.
ties have to whistle off time 10 be
heard. Within the range Of this
whistle are said to be 100. 600 people
who tell time by IL.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
THE TIMBER SUPPLY.

Every person in the United States
is using over six times as much wood
O. he would use il he were in Europe.
The country as q whole consumes
every year between three and four
times more wood than all of the forests
OF the United States grow in the mean.
time. The average acre Of forest
lays up a store of only ten cubic feet
annually, whereas it ought to be lay.
ing up at least thirty cubic feet in or.
der to furnish the products taken out
OF it. Since 1880 more than zoe, OOO,.
OOO, 600 feet of timber have been cut
for lumber alone, including SO,OOO,'
600, 900 feet Of coniierous timber in ex.
cess of the total coniferous stumpage
estimate of the census in 1880.
These are some OF the remarkable
statements made in circular 81 Of the
forest service, which deals with the
timber supply Of the United States
and reviews the stumpsge estimates
made by oil the important authorities.
A study Of the circular must lead d.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
MAN Eater" Is Dead.

DENVER, April 1.-THE body OF
Alfred Packer. known as the MAN
Eater whose death occurred on
Wednesday in a cabin in Deer Creek
canyon, was brought to Littleton for
interment. Packer, who was an army
scout, started to guide a party OF five
men from Salt Lake City TO New Mex.
leo in 1873. They became lost in the
mount aims where the snow was six
feet deep, and Packer alone survived.
The bodies Of the other five men
were later found. One body was dis.
membered. Packer disappeared, but
was captured in 1858. He was con-
victed of numbering his five compan.
ions and was sentenced to forty years
Imprisonment. He always declared
his innocence of murder.
He claimed that in his absence from
camp one of his companions killed the
other four men and on his return at
tempted to kill him with q Ratchet,
whereupon he shot the man. Packe.
admitted that in order to keep from
perishing he ate some Of the tesh O
one OF the dead men. He was released
on parole in 1904. Packer was Is
years old.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
PACKERS MUST PAY.
Court Of Appeals Sustains Penalty
Imposed For Rebates.

ST. PAUL, April 29.-Judge San
born today filed the opinion of the
United States circuit court of ap.
peals, which he had written, affirming
the judgments of the United States
district court for the western district
Of Missouri against certain packing
companies for accepting concessions
of II cents per 100 pounds from the
established rate for the t%ransporta-
ton of provisions on through bills Of
lading from Kansas City to Chris
tiana and other ports in foreign coun
tries. Judge Hook and Judge Adams
concur in the opinion.
The defend ants in the cases involved
in the decision are the Armour Pack.
ing company, Swift & Co., Morris &
Co., and the Cudahy Packing COM
pany. These cases are the first of the
so.called rebate cases brought by the
United States against the packers
which we're determined by the appell-
ate court and this will form the basis
OF future action until the supreme
| court reviews the decision. The sub.
stance of the conclusions reached by
the court is as follows:
That the giving or receiving of a
rebate OF concession whereby property
10 interstate or foreign commerce is
transported At less than the rate le.
gally fled, is q violation of the Elkins
act and is a continuous crime adjudi-
cable in any court of the United
States having jurisdiction of the
crimes through, whose district the
tr transportation is conducted.
The giving or receiving of the re-
bate or concessions whereby property
in interstate or foreign m il
transported at lower than the estab
lished rate, is the of the of
tense pertinently denounced by the
Elkins act. The device by which the
concession or transportation Is
brought about is not an e%ssentia
element Of the crime, and it is I'M
necessary to plead it in the indict
ment. The meaning of the clause "by
any device whatever" in the Elkin.
act is directly or indirectly, in any
way whatever.
The only criminal intent required te
a violation of an offense created BY
statute which is not nahum in Sc i:
the purpose to do the act in violation
of the statute. No moral turpitude OF
wicked intent ID essential to such ;
crime.
The lower court imposed q penalt,
of SIS 900 on each of the indicted
firms, and the fines have been at
| Srno1
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01

rectly to the conclusion that the rate
at which forest products in the United
States have been and r being con-
sumed is far too lavish. and that only |
one result can follow unless steps are
promptly taken TO prevent waste in
use and to increase the growth rate OF
every acre OF forest in the United
States. This result is a timber fam
ine. This country is today in the
same position with regard TO forest
as was Germany $50 years
ago. During this period Of $50 years
such German states as Saxony and
Prussia, particularly the latter, have
applied a policy of government con-
troll and regulation which has i'm.
mensely increased the productivity OF
their forests. The same policy will
achieve even better results ia the
United States, because we have the
advantage of all the lessons which
Europe has learned and paid for 10
the course of a century Of theory and
pr actice.
Lest il might be assumed that the
rapid and gaining depletion OF Amer.
ican forest resources is sufficiently
accounted for by the increase Of popu.
lation, it is pointed out in the circular
that the increase in population since
1880 is barely more than half the in.
crease in lumber cut in the same per-
iod. Two areas supplying timber have
already reached and passed their
maximum production-the northeast.
ern states in 1870 and the lake states
in 1890. Today the southern states,
which cut yellow pine amounting to
one.third the total annual lumber
cut of the country, are u~ndoubted.
" near their maximum. The Pacific
states will soon take the a%scendency.
The state OF Washington within a few
years has come to the front and now
ranks first of all individual states in
volume Of cut.
At present but one-fifth Of the total
IOTCSt 6Tcd VI VIC AulVOO oVoIC6 &c
embraced in national forests. The
remaining four.ffths have already
passed or are most likely to pass into
priv ate hands. The average age of
the trees felled for lumber this year is
not less than $50 years. In other
words, If he is to secure a second
crop Of trees Of the same size, the
lumberman or private forest owner
must wait, say, at least one hundred
years for the second crop to grow
AS a rule, such longtime investments
as this waiting would involve do no,
commend themselves to business mer
who are accustomed to quick returns.
But the tates and the nation can lOoA
much farther ahead. The larger, then,
the area of national and state contro,
over woodlands, the greater is the
likelihood that the forests Of the coun'
try will be kept perm anently produc
tive
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01

Prairie. The season has been a su c
~cessful one for the feeders, very few
having run short on hay at any time'
and the price received for their stu #
has been higher on ar average than
was ever received before. 1t is
stated thai the average price paid for
the beef cattle of the Big Hole basin,
fattened entirely on the wild hay for
which the basin has become famous,
was 81 80 per 100 pounds, and the cat.
tie averaged close to 1850 pounds,
making the price received come very
near $50 per head.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
Beaverhead County Beef.

DILLON, April 27.-The beef feeding
season in Beaverhead county is just
closing. 1t is estimated that q sum OF
near q. OOO, 900 will go TO the beef men
of the county for stock fed during the
season. OF this amount fully three
fourths will go to the feeders of the
Rig Hole basin, nearly $1,000 head of
beef cattle having been fed there. The
balance will 60 to the feeders Of the
B~eaverhead, Grasshopper and Cen
tennial valleys and those Of Horse
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
SherIff'S Sale.

T. G.. Power & Bro. limited. . corporation,
plaintiff We. A. L.. Morrell, defendant.
To be sold at sherih's sale on the 2O.h day OF
May, 1907, at ? O'Clock p. m. at the front door OF
the court house of Chouteau equity, in Fort Ben
ton, Montana: Lots two () and three 81, and the
southwest quarter of the southeast quarter lSWiA
sea-, and the southeast quarter of the south.
west quarter (SEk SWk> section four ~, town
ship twenty COY north, range ten OOl east, Mon
tana meridian, together with all and singular the
tenements, Entertainments, appurtenances. ease
ments. water, and all other rights, belonging or
in any wise appe,taining thereto.
FRANK MCDONALD, Sheriff.
BY GkoRGEW ACKERLIN, Deputy Sherin.
Dated April %, l@1
F. E.. Stranahan, attorney for plalntih.
First publ April %, 1907.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
Thousands Of Dead Letters.

WASHINGTON, April 26.-All pre-
vious records for q days work in re-
turning letters to writer's from the
division of the dead letters were
eclipsed Monday last, when 2O,36s
letters we're returned. The largest
number heretofore returned in q single
day was 14,488 on March q last.
The number of letters on hand
awaiting return has been reduced to
Sc, 900. A little over q month ago
there were over 1000 0 OF such letters
on hand,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
New York Was Once New Orange.

Manhattan island was once named
New Orange for Is months. When the
English took it from the Dutch the
name New Amsterdam was changed to
New York, and then when the Dutch
recaptured it in July, 1913, they called
it New Orange. 1t held thai name IN.
til the English retook it in November,
1914, when the name New York was
restored and has been retained ever
since.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION.
Historical Event Of
Three Centuries Ago.

On April %, 1907, three shiploads
OF Englishmen, commanded by Chris.
TOPPER Newport, landed at Cape Henry
on the Virginia coast. They had been
at sea ever since December 10. They
wandered about Chesapeake bay for a
couple of weeks and then sailed up
James river and on May IA founded
James fort. the beginning of James
town. The colonists had a hard time
of it. and the2wonder has always been
that they stuck it out. They had 70
contend against famine. Indians. ma
larial epidemics and other dreadful
perils. During the first winter 81 of
the original l04 died or were killed.
The loss was made up by the arrival
OF 100 recruits from the old world.
After the winter of l906-1O, known as
the starvation time, of 800 persons
landed in the colony all told only $50
remained alive.
In 1913 John Role married Poca-
hontas. daughter of q ueighboring
Indian chief, and FROM this time the
colony was apparently never 10 seri.
Gus danger of abandonment. More
Englishmen came-some Of them rather
undesirable immigrants" BY spe'
cial order Of the king, the population
of jamestown was swelled by the
transportation thither OF more than
100 felons gathered from the jails OF
England. But this was Oft set in 1919
by the tr transportation, with their "
consent of 100 "maidens, young and
uncorrupt,'' as wives for young men,
who, from being only temporary set.
tiers, would thus be made by domestic
ties. perm auent Inhabitants and good
citizens. The young women met with
the heartiest welcome, and non re.
NAMED long without a husband,
though the price of q wife was the
cost of her transportation, payable in
tobacco. In the same year. 1919, by
the arrival of q Dutch vessel with
some negroes for sale was laid the
foundation for the slave traffic, which
more than two hundred years late.
came 80 lear wrecking the nation
BY 1920 the original one hundred and
four citizens had increased to foul
thousand.
jamestown was the first permanent
English settlement in America. 1t hal
not unfitly been described as the era
die of the nation. The settlers wer'
indeed "the first heroes of American
history" The lawful human trag
edy'' lived through there by men
women and children has been char
acterized by staid historians as with
out parallel in the history Of Englisl
colonization" They had at times. i
is recorded, to literally act upon tina
later phrase Of the colonists, tina
"the only good Indian is a dead In
diam by actually eating the bodie
of dead Indians TO save themselve
, from starvation. If the little ban
had given up, as would have hap
pened in 1910 but for the timely ar
riva al of food and new men, the histOr,
of this continent might have beel
very considerably altered, for Spai'
was anxiously waiting for the deser
ton of the colony to plant her ow'
Tag over the disputed territory whicI
she claimed as q part Of the Spanis|
Indies.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01

1t is stated that the crown prince is
the only one of the kaiser's children
who is not lefthapded.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-30
Twins Are Born to Chinese.

SEATTLE, Jan. 2S.-There is IN
usual JOY in Chinatown. For the
first time in several years, twins have
been born in the Celestial residence
section of Seattle. The happy par
ents are Mr.. and Mrs Chin Gee, of
the firm of Men Hop & Co., pioneer
merchants in Washington Street.
Both youngsters are boys and the
jubilant father is celebrating in trne
Oriental fashion. Nothing is 100
good for his friends now. The twins
arrived Wednesday and ever since
there has been one long holiday in
the Man Hop Company store.
Chin Gee Cow is the father of
seven boys and three girls and he is
unusually proud Of his big family.
1t is his fondest wish he says that
all of them may be fully educated /.
His oldest son, who is now "a, is
attending Whitworth college, Taco
ma; another, aged 20, is a student in
the Seattle Seminary, and third,
aged Is, is attending a college in
Hongkong. As the other boys grow
older they also will be sent to school.
Chin &c Cow is one + the wealth
lest Chinese residents of Seattle,
where he has lived for the past 81
years, coming here with his father
when Seattle was a hamlet.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-30
Emergency Desserts.

Every housekeeper gets in a rut,
especially in the matter of desserts,
and the daily question as to what to
cook is one of the real trials OF
cooks life. Here are a few simply
prepared desserts which may help in
this dilemma:
Chocolate Pudding-Mix together
one small eupful Of sugar, four table
spoonfuls Of chocolate or cocoa. three
tablespoonfuls Of cornstarch and 4
pinch Of salt. Stir this into one quart
Of sealding hot milk and cook four
or five minutes, stirring constantly.
Let it cool in cups or a fancy shaped
dish, and serve with cream and sug-
ar, or soft custard.
Fruit Pudding your big plum
pudding does not materialize. steam
slices Of fruit cake and serve them
with rich sauce and no one will
know the difference.
Cream Pie-This IS delicious.
Cook a shell Of pastry. let il cool.
and just before serving FIJI it with
stifly whipped cream, dotted with
bits Of jelly or preserves.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-30
Wheat in Fourth Place.

Wheat is not yet king of crops in
the United States; in fact, this boast
ed cereal can scarcely be classed as
member of the royal family of the
crops since Is takes fourth place in
the list.
Corn, the golden prince of the ce-
reals, wears the royal crown. 1t is
upon throne high and away above
all other members of the household
of the cereals. The value of the corn
crop this year is s1,100,000 The
yield was 2,SS1, 100000 bushels,
slightly under the crop of 1905.
Cotton, the snowy queen of the
south, takes second place with a
crop valued at $40, 900, 900.
Hay, the homely and unpreten-
tious child of the meadow, comes
in third place with crop of S,0u0.-
600 tons valued at 100000, 900.
And wheat, Of which epics have
been written and paens sung, comes
fourth on the list with 100000
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-30
REsoRTING TO CANNIBALIsM.
Awful Conditions in China Owing
to Great Famine.

VICTORIA, (B. c., Jan. Is
Further adyices received from
Shanghai tell Of increasing horrors
of the great famine in Central
China.
A correspondent of the Echo de
Chine says that in two districts, Sin
show and Paichow, starving people
are eating their children. Plants
and grass, which have furnished food
for many, have disappeared and
there is not even roots to eat.
The famine-stricken people are
being driven back to the cities in
the famine district. the officials re-
fusing to allow refugees to take the
road.
The correspondent of the Shang-
hal paper says the cases OF canni-
balism are many. He investigated
"a number and found many to be cor
rect. In the absence of ordinary
food he found human flesh being
sold
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-30
Mortgages Her Body.

DIES MONIES, Jan 2S.-In her
desire to raise $40 to aid a girl
friend at Council Bluffs who is dy-
ing Of consumption. Dottie Morgan
a beautiful girl of this city. DELHI
erately pawned her body, which is
to be delivered to a medical college
should the debt not be Cancelled be-
fore death. The mortgage was given
to Nose Levich, well known Des
Moines pawnbroker. 1t begins: 7
Dottie Morgan, of my own free vii
aI0 without coercion Of any kind
do hereby sell to Nose e. Levich my
body after death, to do with as rs
sees fit, for the consideration Of
So"
Miss Morgan wants to bring --ei
sick friend back to Des Moines.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-30
Smallpox in Railroad Camp.

KIONA, Jan. 2S.-Dr. Hedger re-
ports two cases of smallpox in the
railroad camp here. The two VIC
Tins hardly know they are sick, the
disease being extremely mild. 1t
is supposed that the infection was
brought here from Spokane. The
two men were quarantined and the
camp fumigated, and 1t is not be-
lieved that there is any danger of
the disease spreading, as it had not
reached the infectious stage when
discovered.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-30
Ena,s Picture Adorns stamps.

MADRID. Jan 25 The Spanish
nation has lost no time in adding the
likeness Of Queen Ena. or. as she is
officially styled, Queen Victoria Eu-
genie, to the extensive royal portrait
gallery which already aiorns the al
buns of stamp collectors.
soon after King Alfonso's mar
riage to Princess Ena of Batenberg
efforts were made TO induce the
Spanish postoffice to issue postage
stamps bearing her likeness. besides
that of King Alfonso.
The Royal Society for the Proven
ton of tuberculosis has now issued
with the sanction of the Spanish
postoffice. three stamp s-red. green
and blue-costing about one penny
each. more or less on the lines of
King Edwards hospital stamps in
England.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-30
Chronic Constipation Cured.

One who suffers from chronic con-
stipation is in danger of many seri-
rious ailments Orino Laxative Fruit
Syrup cures chronic constipation as
it aids digestion and stimulates the
liver and bowels. restoring the nat
ural action of these organs. Com
mence taking it today and you will
feel better at once. Orino Laxative
Fruit Syrup does not nauseate or
grippe and is very pleasant to take.
Refuse substitutes. North Yakima
Drug Store lin
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-30
FARM ALCOHOL DELAYED.
Result of Compromise Bill to Per
nit Department to Get Ready.


WASHINGTON. Jan. 2S.-Tha
compromise ienatured alcohol bill
agreed on by the house committee
on ways and means carries pro-
vision that the measure shall not
become effective until after Septem-
Der /, 1908. This date was fixed at
the request of the commissioner of
internal revenue, Mr.. Yerkes, for the
purpose of granting him adequate
time to prepare regulations for the
manufacture of alcohol by small
manufacturers not connected with
distilleries.
Representatives Hill and Marshall
and other members who have been
active in getting measure prepared
which will enable small manufac-
turers to make denatured alcohol,
we're anxious to have the present law
amended Immediately, but the treas
ury department insisted that time
must be had to frame regulations un-
der which locked stills and tanks
may be used by farmers desiring to
make alcohol in small plants.
The present law removing all in
ternal revenue tax from denatured
alcohol permits only distilleries and
factories having large denaturing
warehouses to engage in the manu-
facture OF the alcohol designed for
fuel, light and manufacturing pur-
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-30
Why

should your baby suffer- When ..e
is fretful and restless, don't expert
ment ON him and use any old thing
your neighhor recommends. Buy \
bottle Of Whites Cream vermifuge
greatest known worm medicine and
cure tor all children's diseases. 1t is
mild In FITS action, builds up the sys-
tenn, makes thin. pnnv babies fat.
Mrs. ] G. Smith, Tampa. Fla !.
writes My baby was thin and sick
III. could not retain its food and cried
all night | used one bottle Of
Whites Cream Nermifuge and in a
few days baby was laughing. happy
and vel. Colton-Fry Drug co.