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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
Big Demand For Immigrants.

TE-..EISGTON, Sept. 22.-In spite
OF The fact hat Immigrant, are coming
into this country at the rate of about
l, 200 900 year, there are places for
millions more. This is shown by the
first report of Terence V. Powderly,
chief of the division of Information of
the bureau Of immigration, esta abli-hed
two months ago. Already informa.
tion has been furnished that places
can be provided for 256,0 200 men,
women and children at wages ranging
from 81 week to $3.50 day. Three
states alone report that 100000 set.
tiers are needed on their lands. To
distribute this information and locate
immigrants where they are needed,
circulars will be sent to foreign lands,
and placed on incoming ships and at
the various seaboard ports. Agents OF
the immigration bureau will also ira
vel back and forth on the vessels and
disseminate the information among
immi grants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
Heinze Loses Big Suit.

VANCOUVER Sept. l9.-By a judg-
ment of Mr.. Justice Clements, the
Canadian Pacific railway wins its
suit against Augustus Heinze, the
Butte aud New York millionaire, over
900. 900. acre grant to the Columbia a
& Western railway, part of the Cana.
dian Pacific system.
Heiuze contended under the agree
ment for his sale Of this line to the
Canadian Pacific that he was not com.
PEELED to make a division Of the lands
until 1912. If division of the lands
was to be made now, he sought sale of
all the lands. The court refuses this,
and grants the Canadian Pacific rail.
way an order for the immediate parti-
tion of the lands, Heinze to pay all
costs.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
Memorial To Dead President.

LONG BRANCH, N. j., Sept. 49,
Long Branch today honored the MEM
ory OF President James A. Garfield,
who died here Sept. 10, 1881, BY laying
the corner stone Of . 10000 memorial
to be erected in Ocean park. The
monument, when completed, will be II
feet high and % feet wide, surmounted
by q bronze statue OF President Gar
field.
The Garfield Monument association
was organized last year and the money
for the memorial raised by popular
subscriptions Of d each. The memor.
ial will set forth in enduring stone the
incidents of the presidents removal
to Long Branch on Sept. s. 1881, and
the sad ending, which occurred in the
Francklyn cottage on Ocean avenue
l3 days later.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25

rough roads to this city, where she
sold them both, according to a state.
mens made yesterday by Deputy pro.
secutoe j. Stanley Webster in the po-
lice court, where Mrs. Paul Paschilk,
mother OF the girl. was on trial,
charged with receiving stolen pro.
perty.
After her long journey alone on
horseback, the girl put the animals up
for the night and the next day went to
several produce firms and attempted
to sell the horses. MIR. Oxley, q COM
mission man, with whom she opened
negotiations, became suspicious and
refused to buy the horses unless some
one vouched for the girl.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
important Land Suit.

PORTLAND, Sept. l8.-John L. Sny.
der, a resident of Columbia county,
has filed suit in the federal court
against the Oregon & California rail-
road and the Union Trust company to
test in court of competent jurisdic-
ton the question as to whether the
railroad company is compelled by the
acts of congress of April 10, 1869, and
May 4, 1870, to permit citizens of the
United States to settle upon lands
granted by the acts of congress, in
quantities not to exceed quarter Sec
tion to any one settler, and to sell the
same to such settlers at $3.50 per acre,
as is expressly provided by the acts
referred to. These two acts were
among the last passed by congress
granting lands to railroad companies.
The plaintiff asserts that congress
simply made the railroad companies
trustees to dispose of the land at the
fixed price of $3.50 an acre and al.
lowed the railroad companies to use
the funds thus obtained in railroad
construction work.
1t is said that 5000. 900 acres Of
land in Oregon and California will be
affected by the suit. 1t is alleged
that the railroad company has re-
fused to conform to the terms of the
act, retaining for its own uses lands
granted by congress for settler pur.
noses.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
Railroad Wrecks are Expensive.

VULCAN, Wash, Sept. 22.-The
money loss to the Great Northern
Railway company in the wreck OF the
Oriental Limited, which occurred two
miles west of this place Wednesday
afternoon, will approximate 800, 900.
one com bin alton baggage and express
car, smoker, day coach, touris, sleep.
er, dining car and Pullman were
waolly burned, and there is nothing
and smoudering ruins. It was nee
e-.ary to build ZOO feet of new track
around the debris before traffic could
Dc resumed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
BIG OIL PROFITS.
Interesting Facts Discovered In Fed
eral Court Proceedings.

NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-More light
was shed upon the remarkable earn
ing capacity of the various subsidiary
companies of the Standard Oil com.
pany today, when Frank s. Kellogg,
who is conducting the federal suits,
succeeded in placing upon the record
the profits Of II OF the principal sub
sidiary companies in the years 1903
and 1906.
The statement of earnings of the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana,
which was recently fined s29, 900, 900
by Judge Lands OF Chicago, for re-
batting, disclosed that in 1906 it
earned slO.5l6,os on a capitaliz alton
of 81, 900, 900, or over 1000 per cent. a
year. The Indiana company in 1906
earned more than any subsidiary COM
pany of the big combination.
John D. Rockefeller owned more
than one.fourth interest in the old
Standa Oil company, according te
the testimony of w. H. Tilford, ir
the federal proceedings against the
Stand ard Oil company Of New Jersey
here today. Mr.. Tiltord testified tha
it was correct that Mr.. Rockefelle,
owned 256, ,S54 shares out of total O
972, 500 shares of Standard Oil certifi
Gates in 1892, and that later an as
signment was made transferring t(
Mr.. Rockefeller his proportionate in
terest in the stocks of the subsidiar!
companies.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
BRYAN WANTS IT.
His Candidacy For Presidential Nom.
ination Will 6e Announced.

WAsHINGToN, Sept. 20.-The most
important piece of political news Of
the season is to the effect that William
]. Bryan will within few weeks issue
. statement announcing his candidacy
for the democratic presidential nomi.
nation next year and submitting an
outline of the platform upon which he
will run if his party wants him to
make the race.
Bryan, it 10 stated upon high au.
thority, will tell members OF his party
that he would rather not be a candi.
date again for the presidency, but
that in view of the fact that there
seems to be widespread dem and that
he be the democra attic standard bearer,
he will accept the nomin alton il it is
deemed best to give it to him on terms
he lays down. He will be more or
less specific as to these terms.
1t is assumed tina he will make ref.
erence to the initiative and referendum,
but whether the reference will be in
the nature of dem anding full con-
SUNNI alton of that idea at the present
time must remain a matter Of conject.
ure until the Nebraskan has spoken.
Undoubtedly reference will also be
made to the question OF government
ownership, but from Information
available it is safe to say that no de.
m and in favor of immediate absorp.
tion of public service corpor ations,
primarily railroads, will be exploited.
Bryan believes that government
ownership eventually will prove the
only solution OF the railroad problem,
but this may be enunciated with the
Qualific alton that the time for the
change has not yet arrived. In other
words, it lay be sought TO have it ap'
pear that government ownership IL
not to be an issue next year.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
WORLDS GREATEST STACK.
Structure at Boston and Montana
Smelter Will Be 500 Fee
High.

In few months Butte willeno long
er be able to boast OF the highest
smokestack in the west.0The new
stack that Is being constructed at
Great Falls for the Boston &3Montaua
electrolytic smelter, will lexceed 500
feet in height. The coucretel stack Of
Senator w. A. Clark's Butte reduc-
tion works is 354 feet high, land slen.
der in comparison with the great
chimney now being built. at Great
Falls, which will have an inside dia-
meter of so feet.
In order to bearIthe 5O6 feet OF brick
stack, with an inside diameter of SO
feet at the top, it is necessary that the
grea atest foundation in the world also
shall be built, and that isiwhat is be-
, ing done. The cubicalscontents Of the
found alton alone would fill a train of
more than 1886 freight cars.
Under charge of Chief Engineer
Sco.ten of the Boston &NMontana
company, the work OF making the
found alton has been started, and the
great concrete mixerI is pouring 250
tons of concrete daily into the great
hole which makes the.base of the big
stack. The foundati is of concrete
mixed with Stag. When the soft mass
is of the proper consistency it is
poured directly into the hole and is
allowed to set itself in a..solid mass
as hard as the hardestI granite. This
hole is circular in form, with core
of the original earth, leaving q space
22t feet in depth, "a feet in width at
the base and eight feet on the top.
One OF the necessities for the con-
struction OF the big stack was the
building of q railroad to the top of
Indian point for the transportation Of
supplies and men, several hundred Of
whom are engaged in the erection of
the chimney. This railroad is about
four miles In length. with number
of branches.
The Boston & Montana company's
stack will be far and away the lar
gest OF its kind in the world, and will
be the biggest structure of simil ar
kind in the world, with the exception
of Eiffel tower in Paris and the Wash.
ington monument in The nations cap
ital, being about 40 feet lower than
the latter. In the scaffolding neces-
sary to the building of the stack there
will be SOC, 900 feet of lumber When
completed it will be the eighth won
der of the world, and is already at
tr racting the attention of scientific men
the world over.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
SENATOR ON TRIAL.
Idaho Land Fraud Case Commenced
In Federal Court.

BOISE, Sept. q. - United States
Senator William E. Borah. who acted
rs one OF the principal prosecutors
for the state of Idaho as the recent
trial OF William D. Haywood, secre-
tary of the Western Federation Of
Miners, was placed on trial this morn
ing in the United States circuit court
here, charged with conspiracy to de.
fraud the government out of title to
IL, ,2SO acres of Idaho timber land.
Twelve other persons have been in
dicted with Senator Borah, but he is
the first to face federal jury, having
demanded q trial prior to the time he
shall present his credentials as . SEN
ator, next December, in Washington.
The indictments against Senator
Borah and the twelve others charge
that they entered into q conspira acy
with 10S residents of Boise whereby
the latter were to take up timber
claims of 16O acres each, paying q
minimum price to the government and
later, when the claims were finally ap.
proved. to transfer the land to the
Borah Lumber company, an Idaho
corporation, whose principal officers
are residents of Wisconsin. James
T. Barber and Samuel G. Moon of
Eau Claire, Wis, are among those
indicted. It Is claimed that the 10S
entrymen swore that they were taking
out the claims for their own uses and
benefit and not for speculation.
These statements are alleged to have
been false, and the government attor-
neys claim the entrymen had all en-.
tered into contract to deed the lands
over to the lumber corporation as
soon as their claims were approved.
1t is further claimed 0that Senator
Borah and the other alleged conspi'
rators provided funds to many of the
lOS entrymen to cover the expense oi
taking out their claims.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
Tobacco Trust Fined.

LOUISVILLE, Sept. pa jury
composed of Henry county farmers
at New Castle. KY, today returned a
verdict of guilty against the Amer.
ican Tobacco company, and assessed
a fine of 300. The company was
charged with being part of mono.
poly in restraint OF trade. 1t was
alleged that it had entered into an
agreement with other concerns to con.
troll the price of tobacco in the Leaf
and the manufactured article.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
Movement Of Big Fleet.

WASHINGTON, Sept. l9.-While no
official announcement will be made by
Secretary Loeb. it was reported at
Oyster Bay last night that the presi-
dent had summoned Secretary of the
Navy Metcalf to discuss plan for
starting the battleship feet for the
Pacific a motnh earlier than was in.
tended. The plan as first arranged
called for the departure OF the Is bat.
,leships about Decem ber II. Since
then the president has followed clos
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
Big Prices For Farm Products.

PALOUsE, Wash, Sept. 22.-Tim-
othy hay is bringing the phenomen al
price of $40 per ton delivered at the
warehouses at this point. This is the
highest price ever paid for this com.
modify at this season OF the year, and
many predict that the price will reach
the $50 mark before next spring
Oats are all soaring, the price on the
local market having jumped from 81
a hundred to Sl.O9 during the pas,
three days.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
UNCLE SAM WINS.
important Grazing Case Decided In
Favor Of Government.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S.-The fourth
important case won by the govern.
ment upon the question whether It is
q crime to violate the regulations Of
the secretary Of agriculture has just
been decided in the United States die.
trict court, held at Desdwood, s. D.,
where Robert b. Bale was found
guilty of grazing trespass on the
Black Hills national forest and fined
800 and costs. Mr.. Bale at once
paid the fine and was released.
= The defend ant is . stock owner re-
siding south Of Rapid City. and has
been grazing about $50 head OF cattle
in and adjacent to the Black Hills
national forest for some years. When
the range in the national forests was
put under administr alton In 1905 and
the grazing fee system introduced,
MIR. Bale refused to secure q grazing
permit or to remove his stock from
the forest.
After repeated efforts on the part
of the local forest officers to persuade
Mr.. Bale to remove the stock, he
was finally arrested, and in August,
1906, was indicted by the United
States grand jury at Deadwood. The
trial of the case was delayed over two
terms OF court by an effort to have the
case tried at Deadwood instead OF
Sioux Falls and the case was not pre-
sented to the jury until September 4.
The court was prompt in overruling
the defend ants demurrer, attacking
the constitutions ality of the grazing
regul ulations and in reaching deci-
sion, the jury was only out 10
minutes
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25

Plaza, at Fifty.ninth and Fifth ave-
nue., was thrown open to the public
today. John w. Gates is the leading
stockholder. and furnished q consid-
cradle portion Of the sl2, 500, 900 ex.
pended In erecting the magnificent
edifice. The first guests OF the hotel
occupied their suites today, and the
entire building will be ready for oc.
cupancy by October l.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
A Girl Horse Thief.

SPOKANE, Sept. 19.-After stealing
two horses from Peter Pauls, ranch
er near Bossburg, Stevens county,
Wash, l6.year.old Lizzie PaschilN
rode one of the animals bareback and
led the other nearly 100 mile. over
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25

HELENA, Sept. 22.-John Cubbins,
an employe of the East Helena smelt-
ers, was killed shortly after midnight
this morning, while placing an incau.
descent light in socket. In some
manner not yet determined. he came
in contact with heavy current and
was electrOcuted.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25

IL the oriental immigra alton troubles
on the Pacific coast, and questioned
Secretary Straus particularly on this
point two days ago. Reports are con.
stantly coming in from Pacific coast
officials, and since the Vancouver
riots pressure has been brought to
bear to hasten the departure of the
fleot
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
Hotel Costs Si2, 100000.

NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-What is
claimed to be without exception the
finest hostelry in the world, the new
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-04-05
Notice Of Leasing School And Institution
Lands For Hay And Grazing

me School i'd Inst it'll ton Lands NOT already
SlefIseIf situated in Ramsey county and State OF
North Dakota NJ be offered tor lease az pIstE
ia AUCTION to lie highest bidder at the Court
House III the of Dssil ID ~ IL said county,
commencing at 10 O'Clock al. nns on Thursday
tia, sSth day or IA. A conplets
list s,f the iands TO be So fered for lease has
been filed with the county aud tor OF said.
county for publ lie inspection. ALL lands will
sbsleasad upon the fol blowing terms, t0-wit
lands ratsd MS good hay land will be- leased
ha,ls one 5Issr cent hi
Iua per year. ss2t
Lands rated as med iunl has land will he
leased for not less .Qo psr qlars sec.
tion per year. And land re ted Sas poor hay
land Of not rated III sod not less
than S.. 90 par quar- feg ion psz veal.
cultivated tracts wi a sl1e asad for rot less
than per cent Of the app ned value
Lands fopraised aE So 90 per acre aranere
wi be leased for the Seasan OF 1907
lands appraised at less than $40 per acre NJ he
AaaHnd fof ii term oil Aygs year
he entire amount of the nit sSso
getsies With 81 fse pff rs or each gastf
fessse and 81 fos eacE ons year asasa must he
81 s. ,s gss so
ia Board III nissr tiles and School
sssgsss kils RICH Il fejees my IA
ut Bfsmarek y
day ~ 81 archs
fs 1agess We
SItfes Oh Jsi sf
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-04-05

the young braves came on, the morn.
ing sunlight flashing back from their
giittering snow white robes Of dressed
deerskin adorned with nyr1ads Of bril-
sltantl eolored glass beads, elk teeth
and sweeping deerskin fringe. Eagle
Iplnmes topped all B this barbaric spIen.
dor trailing out far behind In the brisk
prairie breeze. ND #
s Ugh mingie admiration and
sorrow went up rom the mult itude as
tho young braves the flower of the
tribe, began to mount. the rnenacIng
bluff. . Swiftly the sturdy little ponies
took the trail upward, the watchers be-
low waiting abound for the crucial
moment. The princess, Laughing Moon
beam, standing beside the tall old war
rior eftain, looked calmly, proudly
upward her glance resting but d mo-
ment upon the cheering crowd. is, Il;
See; only ,sBelo3 and 81 elos have
reached the top!'' some one shouted ex-
citedly Too true, the other youths,
faint hearted, perhaps, or their reason
returning in the face Of such a fool
hardy casting away: Of human and
brute life, were slowly coming down
the rugged mountain trail, leaving the
two determined suitors poised on the
brink of the blum. ,s5g$ 81 Ii
,SSS a. moment horses and riders: stood
outlined against the vivid blue like two
great uncouth birds poised for flight.
The shudd erlng multitude below turn
ed away sickened, and women shrieked
as the brave little ponies took the leap.
Horses and riders turned in the air,
/ then crashed with mighty shock upon
the cruel stones at the foot Of the
bluff, "a sight that made strong men
weep and curse and cry aloud at the
pity OF 1t ALL: The senseless form; of
Laughing Moonbe beam husbandless for
all time, for the happy hunting grounds
claimed the spirits Of her dead lovers
was borne from the scene in the arms
OF the weeping old warrior chief. The
squaWs, with barred breasts, gathered
about the dead bodies and commenced
to wall the death dirge OF the Kiowas,
:slashing their naked breasts and arms
the while with sharp hunting knives.
e: And today Medicine bluff towers Sc
renely above the beautiful little creek
Of the same name that ripples along at
its foot. forgetful of the sad scene
once nirrored in: its liquid breast
Los Angeles Times $555;$j s.t5 ~ 5
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-04-05
POINTED. PARAGRAPHS

a Just complaint IS an accommoda-
ton. # St -s. .>s Ne: ,=. s'-: 4 @ 'i
81 Talk happiness, People get tired Of
hearing OF your oes. "A 5 Y III >:@ 3 ]
}%s: The things you don't say. cause you
less grief is this life than almost any
thing else. 5: ! G.. < IT'D. ss. ss;. NIL
u Ever think how foolish j t. Is to bear
a grudge? JJnkind feelings have no
market value. s, s5 Il: " 4 Sss5: S:s VI
E.! If you spend your time In growing
about an imag inary wrong, you are
apt; 70 neglect your own shortcomings
Every child Is doomed to disapp oint-
ment. All children imagine that al
soon as they are twenty one they will
do as they please '25 # ..ss55 S.5 81
State your Views on any subject, and
IL your listener says he hash made up
his mind means ne ,disagrees with
you and hates 70 say 40. Attchison
Globe. s.:;s:ss
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-04-05


The Van Brunt low down disc
press drill, has attracted more at
tention this spring than ever be-
fore, because more people want
the. press drill, because It will
|s.plant; e. the seed the same AZ you
plant corn or garden seeds, drops
the seed the proper depth and
packs the soil over it, fine pulver-
lied soil, the process that gives
yousan even stand, and a quick
start and helps to retain the mois-
ture. The Van Brunt$ has: made
a reputation for itself that we are
proud Of and would RET ommend it,
F. H. Prosser & Co. Agents.
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\. WIZ siL II UET TE
q Curious Bit of history Wrapped
'S 5s&5 Up III the Word. ~ ,5

a. Curious Il Bit ;;of 4 aistory Wrapped
Up In the Wore. b. Ss9 hi
The making Of silhouettes can hard
y be classed among the lost arts, since
there a SO little art about them. The
best Of them represent the human pro-
die In g crude way, and they were re-
garded as rather a cheap Kind OF pic
lures even in the days when they were
most popular. Indeed, the very word
silhouette means something poor and
cheap, and it, had its origin ina. spirit
} Of ridicule. It is taken from Etienne
h de Silhouette, who was French cab!
met minister in the year 1853, when
the treasury of France was very low
because OF costly wars, with Britain
and Prussia and by the extravagances
Of the government. When Etienne de
Silhouette became minister Of finance
he set about making great reforms In
the public expenditures. He was by
nature a very ''close'' man, and he
went to- such extremes ii, keeping
down the public expenses that he
brought great ridicule upon himself,
and finally anything that was cheap
=. and poor was referred to as a la Sill
houette *f5ls ESsSS%S " :s.
h. A very crude picture was popular: at
that time. It was made by tracing the
shadow or profile of a face projected
by the light Of a candle on sheet Of
white. paper and the outline defined
with pencil This was such "a very
poor and cheap sort of picture that
I 1t was at once called a Silhouette in
further derision Of the; very: saving
French minister, and the name has
s ea'stuck."s It is an instance of the curl
GUS derivation Of some words In com.
mon use, and this unkind slur on q
! man who was really trying to, intro
duce needed reforms In the spending
& Of the public money has long been ac.
cepted as good and proper word. In
deed, there is no other word used for
pictures Of this kind, although there
were such pictures long before NJ Ell.
enne de Silhouette had his name, at.
!, fached to them in 50 embarrassing a
+; Way.-Morris Wade in Century,. g.. ..#