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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-09
Big Congestion Of Freight.

BILLINGS, Oct. 3.-As q result of
the congested condition of the freight
shipments on the Montana division
the Northern Pacific is holding all OF
its freight for the west at jamestown,
N. D., and will not move any freight
west of there for week at least. The
congested condition of freight on the
Montana division made drastic meas
ures necessary, and no through freight
has been received at eastern points
for some time in preparation for the
great cleanup.
The Montana division is the great
keystone of the Northern Pacific and
owing to the fact that the trains which
run from St. Paul to this division
contain m any more cars than can be
carried in one train over the noun.
tains of this division, each train has
to be divided into two sections to run
over the mountains and consequently
many more engines are required. AS
result of sending 80 many of these
long trains recently, the company's 3
supply of locomotives on this divi.
sion is not adequate to meet the de.
mand.
Although the congestion of freight
on this division is great, it is said
that it is not so bad as last year a,
this time. At present there are !, 900
freight cars in the local yards, and a.
soon as these are moved and the yards
all along the line on the Montana di'
vision are cleaned the company will
resume operations as formerly, and
will continue to receive through chip
| meuts,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-09
Widow Wants Damages.

LAWRENCE, Kan, Oct. 7.-Because
the body OF Lucius Hiram Perkins, the
Lawrence lawyer who died June l, was
exhumed and dismembered without her
consent and against her will, Mrs.
Clara Luella Morris Perkins, the
widow, has begun suit against the
Mutual Life Insurance company OF
New York for S75, 900 damages. Mrs.
Perkins action adds new chapter to
the litigation wherein the Mutual Lite
Insurance company is contesting pay
ment Of SlO0, 900 policy on the life of
Perkins.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-09

BUTTE, Oct. 5.--Burton Johnson,
an electrician, was instantly killed at
the Greenleaf mine, two and one half
miles southeast of Butte. In company
with number of other electricians.
he was engaged in removing some
wires and stringing them to another
mine near by. Henry Gagnon. a fell
low workman, was knocked senseless
by coming in contact with one of the
live wires, which hung over the cross.
arm OF q pole, and Johnson volun.
teered to climb the poe to cut of the
current. He climbed che pole and in
some manner made short circuit, the
electricity passing through his body.
johnson fell to the ground and died
instantly.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-09
Hill Is Pessimistic.

MINNEAPOL1s, Oct. 3.-James Hill,
in an address made at the reception of
the Inland Waterways commission, at
the St. Paul Commercial club, assert
ed that the time probably had arrived
when railroad building in this coun-
try had stopped, and it would take a
long time to start it again.
He said many OF the legislatures
had passed bills during the last year
or two without any knowledge Of
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-09
Canada May Have to Pay.

QUEBEC. Oct. 4.-Suits aggregating
several million dollars have been fled
in the Dominion courts against the
Phoenix Construction company by rel.
atives of the men who wereskilled when
the large Quebec bridge collapsed here
. month ago, killing nearlyll00 work.
men, many Of whom were citizens Of
the United States. These suits have
been pooled and the question has
arisen as to whether the Dominion
government can be made a party to
the suit.
The government has guaranteed the
bonds of the construction company
and has stood behind the contr actors
in all their work. The government Is
really the financial factor behind the
construction work, which is the largest
of its kind ever undertaken in Canada.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-09
SHELTER SMOKE CASE.
Suit Brought BY Deer Lodge Farmers
Will Soon Be Decided.

BUTTE, Oct. 5.-Master in Chancery
Crane today filed with the clerk Of the
court here his 6ndings in the celebrat.
ed "smoke" case. The findings are
exceedingly long, and all Of them ex-
cept that which deals with the arseni.
cal question are in favor Of the w ashoe
company. On that, which was the i'm
portant point in the case, Mr.. Crane
finds that the arsenicsl fumes from the
Washoe smelter have damaged the
lands In the Deer Lodge valley in the
zone complained OF by the complain.
ants, and that they have caused death
and disease among the animals in the
territory In question.
In the findings the master concludes
that the Washoe company has done
everything possible to remedy the evil
results from the arsenical fumes, but
without curing the situation.
The findings close with the statement
that the closing down of the smelter
would be the closing down of its prin.
cipal market, the city OF Anaconda,
work destruction and irreparable in.
jury to the complainant and others
owning property in the Deer Lodge
valley, which injury would result di.
rectly in the loss Of a market for the
products OF the land. Such losses
from the closing down of the plant
would be greatly in excess Of the dam.
age they would sustain by the contin.
uance of the smelter the same as it is
now operated; and the closing Of the
Butte mines. which would be closed
by q cessation of work At the smelter,
would cause irreparable injury to the
farms of the Deer Lodge valley by the
loss of their only remaining marke,
aud would cause q further reduction
in the value of the land.
The smoke case originated almost
two years ago, Dec. Is. 1905, when
Fred j. Bliss, farmer of the Deer
Lodge valley, brought action In the
federal court against the Anacond q
Copper Mining company, alleging
that the fumes from the smelter had
damaged his ranch, the ranches ada
cent to his, and asking the federal
court to issue an injunction closing
down the Washoe smelser at Anacon
Ga.
The report and findings will now g
to Federal Judge w. H. Hunt, WHIT
will pass upon them. He can either
confirm them, modify them or rejec
the conclusions.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-09

ut is 50 sudden" exclaimed the fair
haired. girl, who had just received
proposal to merge her identity in that
of would be protector. "YOu must
give me time to reflect"
"No. no." retorted the diplomatic
young man. Zone whose dazzling
beauty makes mirror ashamed Of
itself should never go into the reflect
ing business. Let this solitaire dia-
mond do the rejecting"
And the records Of the license clerk
show that it was even So
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-09

what they were doing. He laughed
at the Suuborg committee of the
Minnesota senate, and said half q
dozen old women could sit on the
steps under umbrellas and make just
a. good q report on the valuation OF
railro ads as these so.called investi.
eating committees. MIR. Hill finished
his remarks by asserting that II
present conditions continued It would
not be long before congress would be
asked to give bonuses for the con-
struction of railroads.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-09
Will Abstain From Meat.

NEW YORK, Oct. IA novel effect
of the rise in price of foodstuffs, par.
ticularly meat, is reported from Au-
gusta, Maine. Nearly 1900 people of
Kenuebec county are reported in open
revolt against the high prices demand.
ed for meat, and have pledged them
selves to abstain from all meat for
ten days. 1t is hoped by this method
to force prices down.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-09
Big Price For Saddle Horse.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 7.-Powha at.
tan Woodbridge of this city paid 81, 900
for the fine saddle horse Bohemian
King. The horse is considered the
finest type OF saddle horse in the
world, and was the property of A. G.
Jones of North Middletown, Ky. He
is the son Of the unbeaten Bourbon
King. MIR. Woodbridge will exhibit
the horse at Madison Square Garden
in New York.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-09
WEST IS FOR ROOSEVELT.
Senator Dixon Speaks Of Popular
Demand For denomination.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 27.-'All the
president has to do is to raise his
hand If he wants the presidency
again." said Senator Dixon of Mon.
tans at the White House. The sena-
tor called to see the president about .
local appointment, and did not stop
to discuss politics with him. But in
the ante.room he voiced his views
without any hesitancy.
tout in our section of the country
and through the west generally" con-
tinued Senator Dixon, "you will hear
occasional mention of Taft or Can.
non or Fairbanks or Hughes as presi.
Dental possibilities, but there is q
deep, earnest belief that the president
can have the place again and ought to
be heard from before any other man
is considered. Therefore there is less
political talk than you ordinarily hear
q year before the conventions are
held. Until the president is heard
from on the third term proposition
they think it is q waste OF breath to
discuss any of the other possibilities. "
"Who is the strongest candidate
discussed outside of the president him
self?" Senator Dixon was asked.
"Mr. Taft, without doubt" re.
piled Senator Dixon, "because he IL
regarded as the presidents choice
and the man who, it elected, will car
nv mt the nresident's nolicies.''
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-09
Tho Pessimistic Poet.

The rose that smells the sweetest Is
the first to fade. The boy who runs
the fastest is the one to soonest jade.
yloomiest Of dawns. The man with
the biggest yard must cut the biggest
lawns.-Albany Ledger
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-09
The Chaser.

His Wife-George, l heard you aud
Mr.. Fulup talking about "chaser" a
little while ago. \ chaser is an animal
Of some kind. isn't it?
Mr.. Drysone-Yes. It's kind Of
er-water animal.-EXchange
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-09
MUST CONSERVE RESOURCES
President Discusses Important Prob.
lens In Memphis Speech.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. 4.-President
Roosevelt today closes his i've days
of speech-mak aking in Mississippi val
ley towns. He will 60 tomorrow to
Louisiana, where he is to spend ten
days hunting bear and wild pigs. HE
reception here today duplicated the
tremendous ovations of St. Louis,
Cairo, Keokuk and the remainder Of
the cities visited on this tour. The river
was alive with craft Of all sorts and
the parade ashore was largely mill.
tary in character. The president still
is accompanied by his train of gov
ernors. whose brilliantly uniformed
staff add to the gaiety of the scene.
After dwelling at considerable
length on the necessity for improving
the inland waterways, the president
said:
Many of these resources which we
have been in the habit of calling mex
haustible are being rapidly exhausted,
or in certain regions have actually
disappeared. Coal mines, oil and gas
fields, and iron mines in important
numbers are already worked out.
The coal and oil measures which re-
main are passing rapidly, or have &C.
tually passed, into the possession Of
great corporations, who acquire omi.
nous power through an unchecked
control of the prime necessities of
modern life; a control without SUPER
vision of any kind. We are consum.
ing our forests three times faster than
they are being reproduced. Some of
the richest timber lands OF this CONT.
nent have already been destroyed, and
not replaced, and other vast areas are
on the verge of destruction. Yet for.
ests, unlike mines, can be SO handled
as to yield the best results of use,
without exhaustion, just like grain
fields.
Our public lands, whose highest use
is to supply homes for our people,
have been and are still being taken
in great quantities by large priv ate
owners, to whom home. aking is at
the very best but a secondary motive
subordinate to the desire of profit. To
allow the public lands to be worked
by the tenants of rich men for the pro
fit of the landlords, instead of by free
holders for the livelihood of thei,
wives and children, is little less than
a crime against our people and ou,
institutions. The great central facI
of the public land stu alton, as th'
public land commission we'll said, i!
that amount of public land patented
by the government to individuals !:
increasing out of all proportion to
the number of new homes.
1t is clear beyond peradventure tha
our natural resources have been ane
are still being abused, that continued
abuse will destroy them, and that W
have at last reached the forks Of tn
road. We are face to face with the
great fact that the whole future of tn
nation is directly at stake in the mo
mentous decision which is force'
upon US. Shall we continue the vast
and destruction of our natural re
sources, or shall we conserve them
There is no other question of equa
gravity now before the nation.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-09
Then There Was Trouble,

Young Wlfe-Today is the anniver-
sary Of our wedding. shall have one
Of the chickens killed in honor Of the
occasion. Her Husband-Oh, leave 1t
alone. It wasn't the chickens fault!
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-09

former successes, for it means an In.
crease IN yields and improvements in
grain grades.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-04-19
A STRANGE MAKEUP.
Whsn Wilton lsekaye Looked Like .
Sore Finger"

Barrett was very pOmpous man,
aud as my bump Of reverence has a
ways been coucavity he early mark
ed me out for his dIspleasure. After
giving me n list Of plays for which to
procure wardrobcs plays which he did
not do during the season-hc suddenly
char yed his mind and put Oh Julius
Caesar" In Richmond. Va IL was i'm
possible To get un arInor there. ] play
ed Metcllus Climber. first citizen and
Phasarlus-an soldier, Luckily ]
had sandals aud tcshings borrowed
tuniC from Otis Skinner, a toga from
tho stage manager. who was out OF the
bill; had a mob shirt made in the
thcnter: | got out makeup for Pha
sArius, The barbarian, but the soldier?
All Of the utility men were compelled
10 "ekc the battle rabhle OUT as sol
ders in the last act | could not got
I'm the town Il helmet and armOr, so !
simply "lurked" behind the other sol
dcrs clad in neShIngS, sandals and
SINNERS tunic. which came halfway
10 my knees was then 1--WE feet
eleven and three fOurths and weighed
l30 pounds. SO you mny imagine the
audience hardly became conscious Of
me until my third entrance.
My modest disposition aud my desire
not 20 meet the stars eye did not avail
me. He spotted me the first thing. As
the curtain came down he called me
and thundcved What DO you think
you represent
| shyly responded. "A camp follower
sir. lurking behind the main column
and rObbug the dead"
Huh he grunted, his eye passing
up my stretch " ShankS in pink dcsh
ings, surmOuntcd 10y the tight little
t,m!c at top. You look like "A sore I'm.
ger! Wilton Lackayc in bohemian
Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-04-19
THE GREAT "WAR COMET"
ts Fiery. Spreading Tail Was Fifty
Million MiIes Iona.

The wonderful war comet OF 1861
sprang so suddenly into view and
blazed with such unexampled bril-
Nancy as 10 astonish tbs astronomers
and frlghten those unlearned in come
tary lOre half out OF their wits. The
unlearned declared that the civil war.
which was just getting well under
headwRy, must have something 10 do
with H. However this may be, II
burst forth, unheralded and uninvlted,
shining with greater brilliancy and
magnitude than any pbenomena Of n
similar nature which that generation
had ever seen.
On the night OF July 9 Of that year
il exhibited a most wonderful spec
tacle. In Tie evening the nucleus did
not appear 90 be larger than star In
the first or second magnitude. Az the
small hours Of the morning approach.
ed. however, the nucleus vlslbly In
creased in both magnitude and bril-
fancy. Tho tail waved baCk and forth
over our little world i'm most threat.
eniug manner. ~ times sending rays
almost 10 the zenith. On the morning
OF July the astronomers announced
through the daily papers that the heat
Of the great comet was only Separated
from the earth by distance or r.
10000 miles. According 10 the report
sent out from the Cambridge obserya-
tory, the comet appears to have pass
pd it's ascending node between the 9th
and the 20th OF June in longitude 2IS
degrees, the longitude Of the earth be-
lng 277 degrees nj the same time.
ON oct. 10 it's tail extended over n
space OF 5O,OD,OOO miles and at sew
aral points was not less than 10000
JOO miles in width.
At first II was generally conceded
that II was the famous comet OF 1886,
the one which caused the Emperor
Charles V. OF France 20 resign his i'm
peral throne, he taking il TO be
warning from God. All surlnises were
subsequently, set NJ rest by the discov
cry that Il was the famous Thatcher
comet. discovered by Professor A. t.
Thatcher at the rutherford observa
tory IN New York city.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-04-19

The recent action OF the Providence Po-
lice Commission in Providence in refusing
to allow the John l.. Sullivan sparring cN-
hibition at one of the theatres has been the
occasion of considerable comment. Ii Is
safe TO say that the action taken was accord
ing TO law and the public was not deprived
of very enightening spectacle. The IN
cident however suggests the cratic nature
OF the public conscience in this state in re
gard to such matters. 1t Is only few
years ago that the Gladstone Club gave
sparring exhibitions in Providence before
large crowds. Public conscience in the
capital has evidently improved. The town
council in Cumberland only few days ago,
voted that no sparring exhibitions should
be held within the town, North Providence
and Johnston on the other hand see no oh.
lection 70 such affairs and sparring has been
held within their borders, without evi-
dent distress to the inhabitants. The mat
ter Of liquor licensing also goes in Streaks.
For example Darlington is strict in its anti
saloon ideas and Eas, Providence and ad-
joining town is "wde open" in its licensing.
In the town Of Smithfeld, It would be diff.
cult to obtain pool room license, while the
town of Scituate, which adjoins is a license
town, like most in the state. Such de.
ceded differences of opinion on these ques-
tions between towns that are adjacent pre-
sent peculiar state Of affairs that is not
easily explained and furnish an interest.
ing study.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-04-19
By DARWIN \. CRAM. Austioneer.
MORTGAGEE,S SALE

VIII be sold at public auction on
Tuesday. Apri! 80, 1907. at lO:3O O'Clock
In the forenoon, At the Town Clerk S
OH,rc, Of the town OF Johnston, in the
village or Thornton, in said Johnston,
by virtue Of the power OF sale con-
tained In a certain mortgage deed
made and executed by James +. Hills
and Emeline Maria Hills, his wife,
dated June 10th, 1897, and is recorded
IN Records OF Mortgages Of Real Es-
tate in the town Of Johnston, in Book
81, at page l2s, the conditions OF said
mortgage deed having been broken.
~! those certain lots or parcels of
lana with all the buildings and i'm.
provcments thereon situate i'm the
town or johnston in the state Of
Rhode Island, bounded and described
as follows
one lot situated at the corner of the
road leading from North Scituatc to
Apponaug and the Shun Pike road, so
called, bounded nOrtherly by land now
or formerly OF Daniel Wiswan. east.
erly by land now or formerly Of Hen.
ry e. Davis, southerly by said Shun-
Pike Road, SO called, and westerly by
said ApponauE Road. and contains
about eight and one-half (Si.D acres OF
land.
on" othcr lot near the first de.
scribed. bounded northerly by land
I! now or formerly of Henry c. Davis,
said Davis, southerly by land now or
formerly OF Daniel Wiswall, and west
erly by said ApponauE Road, and con.
talns ten tlO) acres more or less. Also
one other tract or lot Of land Situ.
ated ON the opposite corner OF the
aforementioned roads from the first
described lot; bounded northerly by
said Shun-Pike Road, casterly by said
Apponaug Road, southerly by land
formerly Of James r. Hills, and west
erly by land now or formerly OF Phil
lip Arnold, and contains about sever.
CD acres OF land, or however other-
wise the above lots Of land may be
bounded or described they constitute
the homestead estate OF the late An.
thony Smart, and was devised 10 EN-
cline Maria Hills, under and by the
last Will and testament Of said Antho-
ny Smart, which is recorded in the
Probate Records Of Wills in said town
OF Johnston in Book No. ., al page II
By order Of the pres,sHt owner and
holder of said mortgage who hereby
gives notice OF his intention TO bid up.
on the above described property at the
sale thereof or at any adjournment or
postponemcnt Of the same.
Providence. April nth, 1907.
April J.l2-l9-26, 1907.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-04-19
,Jamaica's Green Turtles.

An official Of jamaica in report on
turtle fishing. which is the chief indus
try OF the Cayman islands. says that
green turtles display an extraordinary
sense Of locality. II has happened
more than once that turtles marked
with the initials OF their captors have
escaped from their crawls In Grand
Cavmnu and within three months have
been recaptured at the flshing ground.
n distance OF over 500 miles. The last
instance OF this was when a crawl was
cut down and 200 turtles escaped.
Within three months thirty of them
were caught by different fishing boats
of the Nicaraguan coast.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-04-19

The Thaw jury should disagree was a
foregopc conclusion. 1t is evident that
Jerome, himself, feared such result when
he tried TO throw the affair over TO the
Lunacy Commission. A disagreement is
always unsatisfactory to the prosecuting
officer, especially in trial involving SO
much expense as the one just over. 1t Is
hardly likely that Mr.. Jerome will care to
try the case again, as his chances Of convict
ing Thaw will certainly be no better in a
second trial. The ends OF Justice may not
have been attained in this case, but a
second trial would seem almost useless.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-04-19
Saved by Ghouls,

Nilsson ln his Medical Anecdotes"
tells OF n woman the wife of a consul
who was buried alive I'm Cologne I'm
1917. She was dressed for the tomb I'm
gay attire. with Jewels, rs on her we'd
ding day Robbers came at night and
were taking the rings from her damp
and swollen fingers when she sudden
~ sat bolt upright. stared at them and
smiled. They He'd i'm terror ana the
lady rose and walked home. whore she
was received at first with fear, after
ward with great JOY. She lived many
years aftcrward I'm perfect health.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-04-19
THE PIhNOF0RTE.
A Direct Descendant of the Claviehord
ard Harpsichord.

ard Harps chord.
The pianofortc was directly evolved
from the clayichord and the Sarpsi-
chord. In iii Scipione Mafci gave a
detailed account of the first four in
strumcntS, which were built by Barto-
lommco CriStofoli, named 10y him pi
anoforte, and exhibited in 1909.
DIarius in France exhibited harpsi-
chords, with hammer action, in 1916.
ana SChroter i'm Germany claimed 10
have invented the panOforte between
1717 and 1921. MariuS at first was
generally credited with the invention,
for 1t was not until 173S, when Cristo.
forts Instruments had become famous,
that the Italian advanced his claim,
aud il was in 1903 that he brought for.
ward the proof Of his contention.
Pianos Of that period were shaped
Ike the modern grand, the first square
piano being built by Frcidcrica, an
organ builder OF SaXony In 1853. The
first genuine upright was patented In
England and the United States by
John Isaac Hawkins, an Englishman,
In lSOO.-Scrap Book