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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20
Land Frauds In Idaho.

PORTLAND, Ore, March 14.-A spe.
cial to the Oregonian from Lewiston,
Idaho, says: Rints from Boise as to
startling land fraud disclosures at
Lewiston tend to confirm reports
from authoritative sources that the
government has for year considered
the land frauds in Idaho more gigan.
tic than in either Oregon, Montana or
w ashington, and that it is the inten.
tion of the government to sift them to
the bottom, bringing the guilty ones
to trial and then bring remittance pro.
ceedings after conviction to secure re.
possession of the lands fraudulently
secured from the United States.
This latter step will mean great fl.
uancial loss and perhapsI absolute
ruin to priv ate individuals and bank
ing institutions which are or have
been, it is alleged, directly or iudi-
rectly, connected with the handling or
ownership of lands said to have been
fraudulently acquired.
It is known that the few indictments
secured at Moscow at the last two
terms of court are but beginning.
There are, it is said, other indictments
to follow which are to bring into the
pale of the law men high in0all walks
of life and whose names SO far have
not hean even suopested.
The steps to reclaim lands fraudu-
lently secured from the government
will mean losses of thousands OF dol
lars to those people who have ad-
vanced large sums of money on Idaho
lands secured from the governmen,
against which is a cloud because OF
their alleged unlawful requirement in
the first place.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20

pay the outstanding bonds heretofore
Issued against the educational land
grants for about $500, 600, but l am
satisfied, after careful investig alton,
that 1t is possible to raise the money
and the legislative will shall prev all. !"
He then gives tables showing that
S205, 900 for 1907 and the same amount
for next year WAS appropriated for ex.
ecutive and judicial expenses and
maintenance of state institutions.
That the total amount appropriated
out OF general funds exclusive of fore.
going amounts for 1907 is 81, 88,644,
while the net income is 81, ,344, ,167; for
1908 appropri alton is 81, ,0S2, 920, and
net income, 100000 The governor
says this last apparent deficiency Is
counter erbalanced by using that amount
from the maintenan fund now or
hand.
Interest on the outstanding educa
tional bond issue is provided for ou1
of this years appropriation.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20
Consumers Pay the Freight.

CHICAGO, March 14.-Chicago con.
sumers of coal from Illinois mines
probably will pay an increase of 81
10000 year in their fuel bills. This
is the result of an agreement of the
railroads to make an advance of 10
cents ton on the freight to Chicago.
There will be no increase in the rate
to other points in the state. The in.
crease to this city will 60 into effect
about April Is. Rate clerks of the
Illinois roads held q meeting yester.
day to revise their rates on coal to
Chicago. The actual consumer doubt.
less will pay the advance to the deal.
err. When the new rates become ef.
fective the railroads will receive 81. 10
q ton on coal from all Illinois mines
to Chicago, except from the Spring.
field district, from which the rate will
be Is cents a ton less. The Illinois
coal shipped yearly to the Chicago
market amounts to about 10000, 900
TONS
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20
ACCUSED OF GRAFT.
Idaho Grand Jury May Investigate
Work Of Reclamation Officials.

BOISE, Idaho, March 16.-Whole.
sale graft In the arid land reclsma.
tion service of the government has
been discovered. The principal evil
dence 90 far as disclosed relates to
graft in Idaho. but it is said that sim.
ilar conditions exist throughout the
service. The federal jury now in ses.
sion here will probably take the mat.
ter up so far as this state is affected,
1t the new secretary of the interior,
James r. Garfield. says the word and
decides to furnish the evidence now in
his possession.
Agents Of the department have been
conducting an iavestig alton for some
time. Charges in general are that en-
gineers and other officials of the de.
partment are standing in with favored
ontractors in some instances, and in
other instances have thrown out bids
in order to make commissions on the
purchase of machinery by the govern.
ment and to profit in other ways.
In Idaho the Boise-Payette irrig q.
tion projects have been under special
scrutiny and the special agents of the
department have been questioning
closely Supervising Engineer D. w.
Ross and Consulting Engineer F. c.
korne. These two are in direct charge
of the work for the government.
Evidence has been secured also
bearing on the relations of the con-
tracing firm OF Hubbard & Carlson,
having headquarters at Boise, with
certain department officials. The af.
fdavits now on file with the secretary
OF the interior make charges that Ger.
tain persons have been favored with
advance "inside" information as to
irrigati projects, whereby they have
been able to speculate on the lands to
be benefited. A life insurance com.
pany Is declared to have profited 1925,
600 10 this way.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20
Mine On Fire 100 Years.

OTTAWA, March ia coal mine,
burning for the last l2O years, the big
gest natural gas we'll in the world. on
fire for II years; the largest oil field
yet discovered, and tropical heat, are
some of the marvels OF today that are
shown to exist in the Canadian sub
arctic regions.
These facts we're stated in the evil
dence Of explorers given before q spe.
cial commission of the dominion SEN
ate in the course of inquiry respect.
ing the Hudson bay route and the re-
sources of the north. According to
one of the experts, Professor Won
Hammerstein, who has made extensive
explorations in northern Canada,
there is an immense depositiof hem attic
iron ore between Athabasca landing
and the mouth of the Great Slave
river. On the lower part OF the Atha-
basca there were stone suitable for
building, clay for making brick, sand
from which glass could be made and
natural gas with which to melt it.
The greatest gas we'll in the world
is located at Pelican Portage. The
government here had sunk hole $50
feet deep when testing for oil II years
ago. Boring was suddenly stopped by
great rush OF gas, which subsequent.
ly took fire and has been blowing out
and burning continuously ever since.
There are indications that the greatest
petroleum field ia the world viii! be
developed in the country lying between
the A,habasca river and the Peace
river.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20
Expenses Of State Government.

HELENA, March 15.--Over S2, 250, 900
were appropriated out of the state 8
general fund to run the state govern.
ment this year and the year following
by the legislature. Nearly another
half million was appropriated for ex-
ecutive and judicial expenses and
maintenance of state institutions,
bringing the al amount appropriated
up to nearly s., 10000 These facts
were esta blished today by Governor
Toole ia connection with the signing
OF four appropriation bills. In sign.
ing the bills Governor Toole made a
statement in part as follows:
II question the wisdom of the leg
islature in appropriatiug the states
money up to the constitutional limit,
especially at the time when we are
called upon by the decision of the su-
preme court of the United States to
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20
Lumber Men Blame Railroads.

WASHINGTON, March l7.---Alleging
that they pay sl73, 100000 a year to
the railroad for freight, and that the
present tariffs on lumber throughout
the country are unjust, excessive and
inequitable, the lumber interests are
getting ready for great fight against
the railroads. The movement is re-
garded as part of plan of the great
interest commonly referred to as the
lumber trust to pass on the railroads
share of the responsibility for the
high price OF lumber, against which
much bitter complaint has been made
of late.
The determination of the lumber in.
terests to precipitate this contest was
developed In the hearing now going
on before the Interstate Commerce
Commission on the curious question
of who should furnish the car stakes
on fat cars which haul lumber.
The uniform policy of railroads b az
long been to require the lumber mer
to provide these. They must be o.
hardwood, made under specifications
Of the railroad car builders, and they
cost about S. for each carload OF lum
ber. They are practically never re
turned to the shipper, but represent ,
dead loss to him.
It Is stated in testimony that the en-
ormous total OF S2,000,0 900 year ii
exacted from the lumbermen in the re
quirement that they furnish the stakes
and in addition they have to pay
freight on them, which adds another
million or thereabOuts.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20
If Makes a Difference.

An exchange says If you ask man
for an advertisement or q local he
will tell you he doesn't believe in ad-
vertising, sometimes a paper is never
read. But let the same man be caught
hugging the hired girl, or chasing q
loose piece of calico up the street, or
struggling with q jug of "tamrock"
water. il the printing Office is in q
garret he will climb to the top and ask
the editor not to publish it in the pa.
per where everyone can read it.
That's the difference.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20
To Limit Land Holdings.

ALBANY, March l4-Assem blyma an
Edwin A. Merritt introduced bill to.
day designed to seriously affect New
York millionaires who have extensive
private parks in the Adirondacks.
Mr.. Merritt's bill limits the size of a
private preserve to $40 acres. There
is now owned by 40 New Workers more
than 900, 200 acres of Adirondack land
maintained as private parks. Mr..
Merritt says he is merely adopting
the Maine law for New York state in
this respect, and wants to break up
baronial estates.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20

and the statement is made that all the
Industrial Workers of the World EN-
ployed in all branches OF work will be
discharged. The rumor has not been
verified. No outbreak is feared unless
such an order is Issued, which may
precipitate violence. Guards are sta.
toned at the entr ances of all Office
buildings to prevent any possible at
tempt at assassination.
The city water supply is guarded by
men armed with Winchesters, and the
fire hose is attached to all the water
plugs. Firemen are on the alert to
prevent any attempt to burn the town.
Arms are displayed IN prominent
places throughout the camp, and
several sections of the business por'
tion resemble arsenals.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20
6eaverhead Beef Sales.

BUTTE, March III. Kennedy,
buyer for the Fryhe Buhn company,
Of Seattle, is In town.. having Just re-
turned from q trip through the Big
Hole basin where he has made extern
sive purchases of beet. Mr.. Kennedy
states that the greater part OF the cat
tie fed in that section during the past
winter have been purchased by 6rms
on the sound, his company and the
Carsten company being the heaviest
purchasers. About 1000 head of cat.
tie rem ain unsold in the basin, 10000
head having been sold at advantage.
Gus figures. The ordinary Big Hole
bssin steer, fattened upon the native
grasses, will weigh /, $50 pounds. The
average price paid, delivered at the
railroad, is S4.50 per hundred weight,
making the price s55 per animal, bet.
ter than can be realized1in9the Chica-
90 market.
Mr.. Kennedy will make his first
shipment from Anaconda Wednesday,
March 20. After that time the ship.
ments will follow regularly every Eve
days until the eight trainloads he has
purch ased have been sent to market.
Only one of these shipments will be
made from Redrock, the rest going by
way of the Northern Pacific from the
smelter town, from where better rates
have been secured. The other butcher
ing companies oper ating in the basin
will ship at the same time and it is
safe to say that the next two weeks
will see all of the fat cattle of the ba-
sin on the markets of thescoast.
All Of the cattle fattenedl there are
fed on the native grasses which
abound in the meadows which were
for many years looked upon as waste
lands. There is little effort made to
furnish the cattle with shelter save
that which nature provides-the will
lows. The cattle are fed in the open
and in many instances the snow is
knee or belly-deep. Still the animals
thrive and the hay.fed cattle Of the
Big Hole basin have a national repu-
tation.
At q conserv alive estimate it is
stated tina S550,OOO will be paid the
ranchers of that section within the
next six weeks by the butchering firms
OF the coast. All Of this money IL new
coin paid into the state and it will add
IN aterially to the prosperity Of south
ern Montana.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20
Enormous Damage BY Floods.

PITTSBURG, March l6.-The rivers
are again back in their channels, and
the greatest flood ever known here is q
m after of history. For "a hours the
water has been steadily receding, and
the stage at 10 O'Clock was 2l feet and
still falling at the rate of about six
inches an hour.
With the water receding, the extent
of the damage caused is laid bare.
The most conservative figures of pro-
perty and business losses are
10000, 900, and they run from this to
$2O, 600. 900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20
Standard Oil Dividends.

New YORK, March 15.-The sum
OF Sl4, 80, 900 was disbursed among
the stockholders of the Standar Oil
company today, in payment of the
first quarterly dividend OF 1907. The
dividend is one OF SIS share. If the
disbursements continue the same
as those of last year the company
will haue paid out by the end of 1907
1867, ,523, 900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20
Labor Troubles At GoldfieId.

RENO, New, March IA special
to the Gazette says that the coroner's $
jury in Goldfeld has just returned a
verdict that Silva, the murdered res.
taurant keeper, 'died from the effects
of a gunshot wound" Much angry
comment on the verdict is being heard
on all the streets OF the mining camps.
The committee of safety is in session
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20
PATENTS FOR SETTLERS.
About 10000 Entrymen Will Get
Title To Their Lands.

WASHINGTON, March 15.-Secre-
tary Garfield of the department OF the
interior has issued an order to Com
missioner Balinger of the general
land Office, intended to expedite to the
utmost the issuance Of patents to 30,-
600 entrymen whose applications have
accumula ated in the general land of.
fee.
The order is based on President
Roosevelt's recent action making
easier the process of ''provinR up"
under the law. 1t directs the commis.
sioner Of the land Office "to take up
for action all locations, selections aud
entries upon which final certificates
have been issued, and If the proof is
found to be complete, and there is no
pending protest or objection, the same
will be passed to patent in the regular
order"
The local officers, continues the Or
der, will proceed in accordance with
the circular of December I, 1906, gov
erning the manner of giving notice of
final proofs and the action taken
thereon. You will furnish them maps
defining the mineral as within their
respective districts as soon as they
are pro vided by the government sur.
vey. All locations, selections and
entries of lands in non-mineral areas
will be considered by the local Off.
GERS under the above circular with q
view to final action by them and the
issuance of final certificate in the reg.
ular order.
Locations, selections aud entries
for lands in the mineral areas may be
made under existing rules but shall
not pass to final certificate until in
spected by field officer. 1t is ex.
pected that registers and receivers in
their respective districts will obtain
knowledge of the general char racter
and gu ality Of the public land over
which their jurisdiction extends, and
in the disposition Of cases before these
officers, they should make use of such
knowledge either in aiding the entry
men or in preventing an illegal entry,
as the case may be.
| "In accordance with the conference
we have had YOU will at once take
such action as is necessary so as tt
rganize your field and Office force
either by way of redistribution or con
centr alton as will make it possible tC
most effectively carry out the order O
the president. All regulations, or in
structions, in conflict herewith are re
voked.'
In discussing the order, Secretar,
Garfield said: "This order is one o
unusual Importance to the citizens o
the public land states, involving as i
does about 10000 entries and a larg,
number of locations and selection!
which have accumulated in the genera
land office pending examination be
fore the issuance of patents. included
in these are about &C, 900 homesteaders
1000 tlmbe and stone and other casl
entries made under specific laws
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20
WORST IN HISTORY.
Floods at Pittsburg Surpass the Dis
asters Of All Former Years.

P1TTsBURG, March IA. - Serious
food conditions prevail tonight In
western Pennsylvania, West Virginia
and eastern Ohio. At Z o'clock the
water reached stage of 34.6 feet at
Herr's island and 80 feet at Market
street, and as at the headwaters the
rivers are now stationary, the crest
of the food is expected to reach here
about midnight, when IS feet will be
recorded. This stage is Ii feet above
the danger mark.
At 4 O'Clock this afternoon the 80
mile ice gorge At Parker, Pa. broke
and is moving toward the city. The
immense gorge in the Clarion river
has also started down stream.
Conditions in Pittsburg are the
worst ever recorded. The whole lower
downtown district is under water.
Duquesne way, Pennsylvania avenue
and Liberty street, running parallel
with the Allegheny river, are sub.
merged to a depth of several feet.
Hundreds of business houses located
in this district are flooded. In mum.
ber of instances the water Is almost
up to the second floor. The Gayety,
Belasco, Alvin and Bijou theaters are
surrounded by water and will be un.
able to open for several days.
The guests in the Colonial, Lincoln
and Anderson hotels are either ma
rooned or compelled to use skiffs to
and from the buildings.
Trolley service between Pittsburg
and Allegheny was suspended early
today, and tonight at the Pennsyl-
vania depot are thousands of excited
people, trying to board trains for AL
legheny and other suburbs. The troll
ley. elev ated and phone service is de-
moralized in different sections. With.
in the last 36 hours IA fatalities, d.
rectly due to the food, have occurred.
The damage to perishable goods
and property in the Pittsburg district
alone will amount to 81, 100000 AT
Connelsville, Pa, the damage to the
coke region is estimated at 1000, 600,
and over 100, 900 persons in that dis
trict are temporarily out OF employ
ment. The Westinghouse works, EN-.
ploying $4,000 hands, are shut down
and the damage to machinery is esti'
mated at $50, 900. All the mines along
the Monongahela river are flooded
and 10000 miners are affected. The
steel and iron mills are at stand
still and fully $4,000 men are idle.
Hundreds of stores and business
houses in the downtown section are
partially submerged and have closed
their doors. The food directly at
fects over $500, 900 people.
The situation in Pittsburg and the
immediate vicinity is serious. Tele
graph and telephone service is Grip
pied. Men are pumping water from
the dynamo room of the Western
Union Telegraph company, in the cen
ter of the business section.
In the suburbs of Allegheny
Sharsburg, Aetna and Milvale, ovel
500 families are living in the second
stories of the houses. Many houses
have been undermined and the founda
tions weakened and are in danger O
collapsing. The greater portion O
Mononga gahela, Pa, is under water.
Hundreds of people are maroonet
in Pittsburg. Restaura ants and hotels
have been besieged all evening b!
persons unable to reach their homes
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-12
LIQUOR MEN
SHOW FIGHT
Trade in Alabama Said to Be
Aiding the Traffic in
Georgia.
speeIal to The journal.


Montgomery. Ala, July 11.-There
is a report about the capitol and
hotel Hobbies that the Alabama liquor
men are fighting the prohibition fight
in Georgia, to the extent that they are
sending aid to help get the traffic pro-
hibited in that state. 1t is supposed
if there is anything in the report, that
it is done with a view of getting the
business to large extent now held by
the Georgia dealers.
1t was impossible to get any line
on the report and men talked to eX-
pressed the belief that it was I'M
founded absolutely. 1t is pointed out
that with eighty per cent of the Ala
bama legislature against whlskey In
one way or another there is plenty to
be done at home There is also a
suggestion that some Georgia dealers
have been giving aid and encourage
ment to the proposed Alabama law to
prevent Alabama dealers from ship
ping into prohibition territory, hoping
thereby to get mail order trade now
going to state sellers
Both the temperance and the liquor
men have strong Hobbies here and are
fighting to keep their sides to the
front. The anti-saloon' men are try
ing to get through the shipping bill to
prevent shipments to prohibition ter
,-tory and to have passed the O'CLOCK
c.Osjng measure The saloon iEte"-
ests are fighting both of them. either
one of which would have the effect
Of reducing their business.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-12
OBITUARY..
Mrs. A. J. Richards.

Mrs A. J. Richards, age IS years.
and a resident of Escambia county,
died yesterday morning at 10 O'Clock
at her home at the head of Big
Bayou. Death was due to cancer,
from which she had been a sufferer
for the past two years, and although
it was not unexpected it was never
thelesS a shock to family and friends.
She is survived by three children,
% grandchildren and Is great grand
children. The surviving sons and
daughters are J. F. Richards, Mrs T.
w Roberts and Mrs. Chas W An
dreWs
The deceased was a deVOut Chris
tam. a member of the Baptist church
for the past so years, and was loved
by all with whom she was acquaint-
ed.
The remains will be placed at est
this morning at 10 o'clock in the fam
lily burying ground at the head of Big
Bayou
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-12
VOX POPULI.
WANTS THE MAYORS
SALARY AUGMENTED

PENSACOLA, July II. 1907.
Editor Pensacola Journal:
Fair minded people having proper
sense of justice and civic pride will
note with regret the poor socialistic
cant, and prejudice which dominated
the city council fixing the salary of
the mayor at $1,000 per year. The
''broad and liberal minds of that
majority would legislate for power to
increase the mayors salary to twenty
five hundred, sum BETTING the dig
nifty and responsibility of the office,
then turn around and squabble over
anything larger than twelve hundred
simply because-are they little and
want the mayor to be less? Or is it
simply because il is Mayor Bliss?
Could they enjoy seeing the mayor
on a slab pit or catching crabs to
splice out a livelihood?
Gentlemen, let's get on little
higher plane, pay the Office of mayor
more, and put at his disposal such
other funds and conveniences as will
at least make the position creditable
one, insuring all his thought and time
to the general welfare, entertainment
and happiness of all our people and
guests.
There are many good people who
get fair salaries, and we ought TO be