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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
Suspect Land.Frauds.

WASHINGTON, June 24.-Unless all
signs fail there will be something do
ing ia land fraud prosecution in the
Huntley irrigation project in Mon.
tana, according to statements made in
the general land Office today. Certain
parties, unnamed, it is alleged, have
been unlawfully operating with SOL
diers' declar atOry statements in an ct.
fort to gobble up government lands
under the Huntley project. Their op-
erations have been discovered and are
now being investigated. The land Of
fee, in announcing the discovery OF
these frauds, calls attention to what
just happened to similar operator
who tried the same game in South
Dakota.
B. F. letter and G. B. Vantrees, OF
Butler, Mo-, have pleaded guilty be.
fore the district court for the western
district of Missouri, and have been
fined $1,000 each and sentenced to
four months in Jail for conspiracy un-
der section 544O, revised statutes.
These men, in conjunction with one
another, all of Butler, Mo-, at the
time of the opening of the Rose
bud Indian reservation in South
Dakota, last year, secured from
qualified persons number Of SOL
diers, declaratory statements which,
as agents for the soldiers, they
offered for filing. AT the same
time they secured promises OF
relinq from the soldiers in
case the soldiers were lucky enough to
draw a winning number, the idea be.
ing to secure purchasers for the land.
Ia was therefore not the intention o1
the soldiers to take this land If they
were successful in their application.
and these parties were cognizant Of
this fact, and, indeed, suggested the
scheme to the applicants.
The scheme is said to have beer
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
Grand Jury In Session.

HELENA, June 2O.-Judge W. h.
Hunt, in charging the grand jury
summoned for today in the United
States court, after referring as usual
to minor otfenses subject TO inquiry,
diIa,ed at some length upon land laws,
dwelling upon the fact that the public
domain is a public trust and that it
was Intended for bona tide settlers
only. Therefore i, was incumben, on
tie Iry to protect these rights.
This is taken by many to indicate
that here will pro badly be indictments
a,oL- these lines, but Of course this is
more or less surmise. 1t is expected
the Jry will be in session ten days.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
Will Test Grazing Rules.

DENVER, Jane Plan agreement
was reached today between the Colo
rado representatives Of the range in.
partn.clt. under which Fred Light, OF
Aspen, Is to become plaiItif 10 q
friendly suit in the Coluradu district
courts, to test the powers OF the gov
ernment TO forbid grazing on govern
ment dom ain. while unfenced, but in.
c!uded ia reserves. Officials of the
government have been classifying as
trespa.s the action Of the rangers.
An appeal will be taken to the United
States supreme court.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
The proposed preamble. in part, is as

The proposed pream BILE. in part, is as
follows:
"We hold that there is class
struggle in society and that this strug.
gle is caused by economic conditions;
th at the producer is exploited for the
wealth he produces: that the class
struggle will continue until the pro.
ducer is recognized a. the sole owner
of the product; that the working class
must achieve its own emancipati
and that the industrial union OF all
useful workers is the surest and best
method of attaining that end.
Therefore, we, wage slaves. en-
ployed in and among the mines, mills
and smelters Of the United States and
Canada, have associated IN the West.
ern FEEDER alton of Miners, the mining
department Of the Industrial Workers
of the World"
Percy Rawliug of Go!dtied, Nevada,
leader OF the radicals. who are in
control OF the convention, said in the
course OF his speech that there can De
no friendly relations between any thief
and the N an he robs. He advoc ated
disc arding the present preamble and
8 aid he wanted to 90 on record as the
enemy of all employers Of labor
This sentiment was greeted with great
applause.
The conserv ative element predicted
a revolt in the org ganization II the new
preamble shall be adopted. They
said it was only the opening wedge 0:
the socialist party to gain complete
control OF the Western FEEDER alton o.
Miners. Even il it received maxi
mum referendum vote, it was declared
a large number of the members viii
refuse to accept it aud split in the
order will follow.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
Meat Prices Have Advanced.

CHICAGO, JuAe 2l.-A dispatch to
The Tribune from Washington, c.,
says: In the opinion of Secretary OF
Agriculture Wilson, the recent in
crease in the price Of meats is entirely
natural and even a further advance
in prices may be expected. That the
cost Of meats is greater today than
ever before is conceded, but Secretary
Wilson believes that American pros.
perity is at the bottom OF the situa'
ton.
The people are eating more meat and
the farmers are not raising as many
cattle as formerly. There is also an
enormous export trade, which cuts a
great hole in the supply. Last year
we sent abroad more than 1928, ,0O, 10000
worth of animals, meats and amin al
products.
twas suggested to Mr.. Wilson tn at
the price of meats was due chiefly to
the determin n alton of the meat packers
of Chicago to so far incrase prices as
to m AXE up for the losses suffered by
the packers as a result Of the meat in.
spection law.
II don't think there is anything in
that said Mr.. Wilson. ''As mat
ter of fact Chicago does not fix the
price of cattle, as the east have their
buyers at Chicago and they compete
too sharply for Chicago alone to fix
the Drices,'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
Fight Nevada Rate Law.

CARSON, New, June 2l.-Suit was
brought in the United States district
court by the Southern Pacific, San Pc
dro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake, and
the Nevada. California & Oregon
railways. asking that the state rail-
road commission and state officers be
enjoined from putting into effect the
rates named in the Syphus bill, passed
by the last legislature.
The complaint alleges that the law
ia unconstitutional and is an invasion
of the rights OF the judiciary. 1t fur.
ther charges that the rates and charges
prescribed are unjust. uuremunera.
tive and impractic able.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
STEUNENBERC DENOUNCED.
Magazine Articles Figure In Haywood
Murder Trial.

BOISE, June 2O.-Judge Wood ad.
ministered serious reverse to the
defense in the Haywood case today,
when in ruling regarding the admis'
sibility of an article in the Miners
Magazine he held that because the de.
fendant was an officer in the union,
he was responsible for the public alton
and that because the articles offered
in evidence indicated an animosity to.
ward Steunenberg, Goddard and
others, they are admissible.
Judge Wood permitted the introduc.
ton OF almost all Of the articles of.
fered by the state as showing animus
toward Steunenberg by Haywood and
the other leaders of the Western Fed.
Grafton of Miners, and excluded all OF
the articles published after Steunen-
berg was killed. The most important
OF the articles read to the jury by Sen.
ator Borah was entitled 1.-THE Passing
of S,eunenberg. 1t appears in the
magazine issued for January, 1901. It
begins:
"On the tenth of January, 1901,
Frank Steunenberg, of Idaho, will
sink into obscurity from public view,
where he shall forever lie buried,
damned for the outrages he committed
upon the workingmen Of the Occur
d'Alenes during the past twenty
months"
In conclusion the article says:
"When men aud women will bless the
name of Paul Corcoran, the model
husband, the honest man, imprisoned
by this filthy reptile, Steunenberg' 8
name will be uttered with loathing.
Farewell Steunenberg, once governor
of daho. You have done everything
in your power to send the men who
made you governor to the peniten.
tiary, and, worse than all, you stand
before the world convicted perJurer
before a congressional investig ating
committee. But your cheek has long
since lost the blush of shame and your
damn able deeds will never appeal to
your manhood-for such you never
possessed. Your sole ambition was
money, which, in your estim alton, as
superior to honor; but you are gone,
and upon your political tombstone
shall be inscribed in indelible words
Here lies hireling and a traitor. .
At the afternoon session E. Nj. Stew
art, of Baker City, Ore, testified tina,
at Silver City, in 1899, he heard Will
liam D. Haywood say: "Steunenbera
is q tyrant and monster and shoulo
be ex,ermin ated."
The state introduced the origina
records OF the Postal Telegraph com
pany, showing that while Harry Or
chard was in San Francisco in Sep
tember and October, 1904, engaged or
the Bradley crime, money was trans
ferred from Pettibone's store in Den
yer to him.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
Packers Make Protest.

WASHINGTON, June q. - Com.
plants are N made by American packers
tha at the federal meat inspection laws
against oorax as a preventative have
shut them out OF the Philippines, but
have not affected their Austr allan riv.
ale, who may use borax in packing.
There being no effort on the part of
the insular customs officials to exclude
Australian meat that has been pre-.
served by the use of borax or any
other preservative, the Australians
have captured the Philippine market.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
HEYWOOD DEFENSE BEGINS.
Prosecution Has Produced Its Evil
dence Against Labor Leader.

BOISE, June 21.-When the state to-
day closed its case against William
D. Haywood, charged with the mur.
der OF Frank Steunenberg. the defense
made an unsuccessful attem pt to secure
from the court an order directing the
jury to acquit the prisoner. Judge
Woods ruling, which requires the de-
tense to meet with evidence the case
that the state has presented, was made
at 5:l5 o'clock, and it was then agreed
that Heywood's counsel should make
their opening statement and present
their frst testimony on Monday next.
When the trial opened this morn.
ing, it was stipulated that the record
should show that the date of the draft
sent by Haywood to Jack Simpkins,
late in 1905, was December q, and at.
ter the prosecution proceeded to show
by hand writing expert that George
Petit bone, using the names of ~.
Wolff and 'P. Bone" made two re-
mittances of money to Harry Orch ard,
at San Francisco, through the Postal
Telegraph company in the fall OF 1904.
The state next called Jim Searhu, q
colored horse trader, who swore that
he sold horse and buggy to Orch ard
in Denver, in 1905, and identified Hey.
wood as one of the men who rode with
Orchard After that, the defense ad-
mitted that, in June, 1908, Haywood
sent S75 to Steve Adams, at Ogden,
and when the necessary showing had
been made on the record, the prosecu-
tion formally rested.
The motion for an instruction to the
jury to acquit was, by agreement, pre-
sented at the afternoon session. and
the jury was sent back to the jury
house, out of hearing of the argument.
Attorney E. F. Rich ardson made the
principal argument in support OF the
motion in q long, carefully prepared
and eloq uent speech. He took for his
guide the Idaho statute which forbid :
conviction upon the testimony OF an
accomplice, and, quoting many au'
thorities in support of his contention
that there must be convincing corrob-
oration, entirely independent of the
testimony of the accomplice, made az
analysis of all the testimony offered
He declared that none OF the testimony
could stand without the support O
Orchard story, and that the statute
specifically forbade its acceptance uu
der these circumstances.
Senator Borah, who alone spoke fol
the state, argued, with like fire anc
eloQuence, thu at Heywood's guilt hac
been shown by independent circum
stances. He also submitted an argu
ment to show tha. the state had estab
lished the existence of a general con
spiracy, in which Haywood was con
nected with Orchard. The defense
riediculed the idea of a general con
spiracy and contended that, if th
most liberal allowances were N ade TO
the entire showing OF the state,
would not make out case agalns
the prisoner worthy of submission t
the Jury.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
THE HEYWOOD DEFENSE.
Attorneys Deny Orchard Story About
Labor Leaders.

BOISE, June 24.-1n an address that
occupied two sessions OF the district
court today, Clarence Darrow, Of Chi
cago, outlined to the jury the detailed
plea and defense of William D. Hey.
wood to the charge that he murdered
former Governor Steunenberg. In
broad description II Is to be denial
Of every material count in the testi.
mony Of Orch ard, with showing that
Orchard killed steunenberg because
of . private grudge, born Of the loss
of rich share in the great Hercules
mine, and explanations of the indie.
pendent circumstances that tend to
connect the three co.defendants with
Orchards life and oper ations.
He began by reviewing the careers
OF the defendant and of President
Meyer of the Western Federation Of
Miners and w. Pettibone, between
whom and the defend ant q conspira acy
to commit murder is alleged to have
existed. Mr.. Darrow then dwelt upon
the career of Harry Orchard, the chief
witness for the state, whom he char
acterized as a gambler, who h ad never
done an honest days work in his life.
He further said that the defense would
show that Orchard had been in the
employ OF the mineowners and charged
that the latter, and not the emissa aries
Of the w. F. NJ, had blown up the In.
dependence depot.
Darrow stated the defense would
prove that before Orchard left Denver
for Cheyenne he placed considerable
sum of money in Pettibone's keeping,
saying he would send for it from time
to time.
Mr.. Darrow continued to narrate to
the jury story Of the conditions pre-.
vailing in the Cripple Creek district
during the period of martial law,
following the Independence depot ex.
plosion. He told how Meyer had been
arrested at Ouray, on charge OF
rating the American flag, and had
then been held in Jail "as a matter of
security
"Moyer was charged with the muir.
der Of the two men killed in the riot at
Independence, the riot which occurred
while he was in the bull.pen presided
over by Bulkeley Wells" he said.
Mr.. Darrow told of the deport alton
OF the union miners from Cripple
Greek and the posting of notices that
no man would be allowed to work in
the district without first renouncing
all allegiance to the union and secur.
ing permit from the Mineowners
association.
Ia concluding his address, Mr.. Oar
row said: "We will prove Orch ard {
threats against Steunenberg. We
will prove that he said Steunenbere
made him pauper instead OF mil
lionaire, not by Copley alone, but BY
at least twelve men and women, anG
they won't all be members of thu
Western Federation of Miners either
We will produce cause for Orch ard i
act toward Steunenberg and we fee
we cannot fail to convince you.'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
Butte Miner Denounced Flag.

BUTTE, June 2l.-Thomas BooLer,
one of the Butte deleg ates to the con-
vention of the Western Federation Of
Miners at Denver, who in a rabid
speech yesterday assailed the stars
and stripes, asserting that the Ameri.
can flag denoted the "blood spilled by
wage earners in labor riots" enjoys
a unique record in this city. During
a Chinese ce!ebr alton 10 Butte il 1900
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
Texas Droutht Causes Loss.

OzONA, June 20.-The drought in
the trans.Pecos country Is causing
heavy losses of sheep and cattle,
m many Of them dying for lack OF water.
A number of disastrous range fires
are reported in the counties west of
here. Several hundred thousand acres
were burned over yesterday.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
Labor Organization May Split.

DENVER, June 2O.-The convention
Of the Western Federation Of Miners
spent the entire afternoon in discuss
ing the proposed new preamble to the
federatiou's constitution, which com.
mi,s the organic alton to socialism.
The debate was very spirited at times.
No action was taken on the preamb BILE.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
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Washington State journal. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1907-1911, 1907-12-11
GAVE A FEAST FOR rs WIDOWS
w. c. Brown, Pioneer Of 1s47, Enter
talns on Occasion Of Eighty
Third Birthday.

Dallas. Ore.-Seventy-fve smiling
widows were the guests recently of w.
c. Brown. a pioneer of 1S47. who cele-
brated his $50 birthday with a banquet
at local hotel. and thereby en-
trenched his reputation as the gallant
of Dallas"
Uncle Bill" is himself a widower.
All the widows of Dallas are not old,
but distinguishing lines of every kind
were wiped out at this little dinner.
Old and young. inflrm and dashing,
somber and picture-hatted, wealthy
and struggling, sat on common level.
Their laughter and conversation made
melody that was musical to hear.
Passing widowers looked on longingly.
The host occupied the place of honor.
Many sparkling eye. and some from
which years have stolen luster. lin
gered just a moment on him. Mr..
Brown is handsome.
Mr.. Brown was called on for an aft
er-dinner speech, in which he wished
that the widows of Dallas might have
long life and prosperity.
Washington State journal. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1907-1911, 1907-12-11
Truth
and Quality

appeal to the WellInformed in every
walk of life and are essential to per.
manent success and creditable stand
ing. Accordingly. 1t is not claimed
that Syrup Of Figs and Elixir of
SIENNA is the only remedy Of known
value. but one of many reasons why
it is the best Of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal
organs on which 1t acts without any
facilitating after effects and without
having to increase the quantity from
time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as IT Is, free from all
Objectionable substances. To get its
beneficial effects always purchase the
genuine-manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only. and for
sale by all leading druggists.
Washington State journal. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1907-1911, 1907-12-11

brought into use during the crisis.
The increase in money in circulation
outside the treasury, as shown by the
monthly statement of the treasury de-
partment for November, was $131 ,872,-
SS7. OF this amount the increase in
gold in the country is computed at
about $72.OO0,OOO, including domestic
production as we'll as importations
from abroad. The other principal form
of increase is in bank circulation, in
which an increase of $7,533,5 was OBJ
tanned by the disbursement of bank
notes held in the treasury, and $46.-
237,730 was obtained by actual in
crease in the notes issued by the con-
troller and outstanding.
There have been fears in some quar-
tiers that If anything approximating
| 00,000,000 in new bank notes were
issued upon the securities of the one
year certificates the result in imitation
would be to hold gold in large amounts
after the credits issued by the crop
movement were exhausted. This dan
ger will be reduced to a minimum by
the relatively small issues made by the
treasury. and If small amounts in gold
should be exported 1t is felt that they
could be spared, in view of the large
gold resources in the country to which
President Roosevelt called attention
in announcing the new loans.
The total gold in the country re-
ported by the last treasury statement
is $1.561, 714,719, which Is equal to
more than so per cent of the total
money in circulation. Some further
increase in bank circulation is expect
ed here upon the Panama bonds and
the treasury certificates. but it is be-
lieved that the bonds will be deposited
in many cases as security for the pub
lie money which has been left with the
banks and will not be employed IS a
basis for circulation until the one-year
certificates are cancelled in the spring.
Washington State journal. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1907-1911, 1907-12-11


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Washington State journal. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1907-1911, 1907-12-11
THOUSANDS TRY IT
HOMEMADE MIXTURE SAID TO BE
CURING ALL RHEUMATISM.
The Philadelphia and New York News
papers Print Simple Prescription
Which Thousands Of Readers
Take Advantage OF.

Some remarkable stories are being
told in the large Eastern dailies Of
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Rheumatism and Kidney trouble even
after the noted health resorts failed.
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