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The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-08-24

las name and price stamped on bottom. Take
douglas shoes. IL he cannot supply you, send
W. 'a'al"o free W.L,D"uslss. Proei,ton. Mass
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
Organize Against RustIers.

SIOUX FALLS, S. D., June H.
William Moses, sheriff of Butte coun.
ty, q of the best known peace officers
of western South Dakota, who, during
the period he has been in Office, has
proved himself q terror to cattle and
horse ''rustlers," has returned from
attendance at an important meeting OF
the horse raisers of Wyoming, at
which arrangements we're concluded
for waging an aggressive war Of ex-
termination upon the horse and cattle
thieves of western North and South
Dakota, eastern Montana and Wyom.
ing and the Pine Ridge and Rosebud
Indian reserv ations of South Dakota,
All the above vast extent of terri
tory has been divided into districts,
each n being placed in charge of re.
liable and persistent sheriffs who are
expected to carry on a warfare to the
death against the thieves. Western
North and South Dakota and the Pine
Ridge and Rosebud reserv ations have
been assigned to Sheriff Moses, and
he has been authorized by the horse
growers association of Wyoming to
spare no efforts or expense in the work
of locating and arresting men who
modest the horses of members of the
association, or who have in the past
handled any of the animals, either as
thieves or middlemen.
Rewards as high as 81, 900 have been
offered for the conviction of any man
who has stolen horses from members
Of the association. The sheritfs who
have been placed in charge of the
various districts also have been au.
thorized to engage the services of at
torneys to prosecute men whom they
may arrest on the charge of horse
stealing.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
Lumber Dealers Complain.

WASHINGTON, June ia case in.
volving millions of dollars annually
to the lumber interests of the far west
and embodying the question of joint
rates and through routes, is being
argued before the interstate commerce
commission today. Charged by the
Pacific Lumber Manufacturers associ.
alton and the single mills bureau,
that owing to fights between Hartman
and Hill systems it is impossible to
get lumber and shingles from Wash
ington points through Oregon to Ida
no, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Kan
sas or Nebraska points except by pay
ing the local ate to Portland and re,
billing.
As a result, millions Of feet Of pre-
pared timber is awaiting shipment or
account OF car shortage. \ sui
against the Northern Pacific, South
ern Pacific. Oregon Railway, Missouri
Pacific and other lines is about to b
brought.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
Peculiar and Pertinent.

Largest of all animals that ever
lived on this planet is the great sui
phur-bottom whale Of the Pacific
ocean One specimen which was
measured was 95 feet in length and %
feet in girth. Its estim ated weight was
294, 600 pounds.
Pittsburg makes enough steel rails
each day to build over eleven miles OF
railroad track. One Of the unique
features of the smoky city is its won.
derful river commerce.. 1t is at the
head of navigation on the Ohio river
and ships 10, 200, 900 tons OF freight by
water each year, although boats car
only be handled during the high water
stages. II it had a nine.foot stage
all the year round there is no telling
to what dimensions its river commerce
would reach.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
Wants Old Trail Preserved.

NEW YORK, June l2.-Ezra Meeker,
OF Puyallup, Wash, who IS travelling
to Oyster Bay in a prairie schooner,
was in town today to make arrange
meuts for the trip. He left his vehicle,
which is drawn by an OK team, in BUT.
falo, but will rejoin his outfit today.
Meeker, who went west in 1852 in the
same prairie schooner in which he is
now returning. hopes to iuteres, Presi.
dent Roosevelt, and through him the
people of the country, in making q
grand boulevard Of the old Oregon
trail. He wants the old road between
the Missouri river and the Pacific
coast perpetuated as a monument to
the hardy pioneers whose sacrifices
and enterprises made the settlement Of
the west possible. He expects TO ask
congress to pass a bill at its next ses.
sion appropriatiug the money for the
preliminary work.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
Fugitive Bandit Killed.

SHERIDAN, Wyo., June l0.-While
pursuing two Montana horsethieves
yesterday, Sheriff Guy and a posse
from Johnson county, shot and killed
one Of the robbers who held up a Nor.
theru Pacific passenger train at Welch
recently. The man was cornered aud
shot on what is known as the 80. W.
ranch, forty miles southeast Of Sherid.
an. The second man escaped with the
posse still ia pursuit, but it is believed
he will be captured Or shot today.
BUTTE, June lO.-The men run down
by Sheriff Guy Of Wyoming are un-
doubtedly the same outlaws recently
pursued by the sheriff Of Carbon
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19

county. Recent dispatches told OF the
pursuit Of these men and added that
although charged with the theft Of
horses. they were believed to be the
bandits who held up the North Coast
Limited train on the Northern Pacific
railway at WEIGH, sixteen miles from
Butte. Northern Pacific employees in
this city have no knowledge Of the
matter. It has never been explained
on what grounds the officers in Carbon
county or in northern Wyoming az.
sumo that the men pursued we're the
bandits who held up the train and
murdered Engineer Frank Glow.
When last heard fromlthe officers we're
headed south and it is presumed that
after they crossed the state line the
Wyoming officers took charge of the
chase.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
UNCLE SAM MAKES FARMS.

The farmers of the United States
will be interested in an article lately
published I'VE the signature Of C. j.
Blanchard, statistician Of the United
States reclamation service, showing
the vastness of the government irri.
cation projects o being built under
the provisions of the national recla-
nation act for the purpose Of making
new farms for the rapidly growing
number of American farmers.
Mr.. Blanchard in his article enum.
crates a long list OF projects actually
under construction, and another list
held in abey ance awaiting the time
when the condition of the reclamation
fund will permit their construction. He
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
Alzen.

a new metal which has attr acted
considerable attention in Germany,
and which gives promise Of becoming
of no little Importance to many
branches of industry, has received>he
name Of ''a~lzen,' the name being a
compromising of the first letters OF
aluminium and zine, Of which it is
composed. 1t is claimed that it equals
cast iron ia strength, but that it is
much more elastic. and that it has q
great superiority Over iron in hat i,
does not rust easily and takes a very
high polish.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
ORCHARDS TESTIMONY.

The impression Is widespread that
Orchard is telling the truth, the hid
eous and self.destructive truth. AT
the same time the intelligent justice of
public opinion will not rush into gen
eral condemnation of the Western Fed.
Grafton of Miners, o into quick and
Incorporate animosity against labor
unions generally.
If it Is true that the ~'leaders' Of the
miners federation plotted murders,
hired assassius and planned wholesale
slaughter, yet it is incredible that the
rank and file of western miners knew
of or approved such villaiuy.
Slant.headed, bigoted anti-laborites
may find excuse, If not reason, for
condemning organized labor upon the
mere evidence Of such damnable ras
Gals as Harry Orchard. But thinking
people will not do so. In the case OF
the great political parties the fact is
patent that some Of the most corrupt,
the most selfish, the most immoral men
of parties have been endowed with
"leadership." The gift OF CAB, a tai
ent for intrigue, almost a genius for
subterfugc, for lies and for presense,
have made leaders of men who are
unfit to tie the shoe.strings of their
honest followers.
1t is predicted by some short-sighted
and prejudiced wiseacres that the Hey.
wood trial will produce a vas and
overwhelming revulsion against un-
ionism and organized labor.
It will do no such thing. Justice
will prevail. The rotten leaders who
trapped their thousands Of followers
into ignOminOus suspicion will bt
duly punished. But organized labor
as an expression of American liberty
and justice will survive and prevail a
last. New standards Of leadership
may be fixed, new methods Of choos
ing champions will be fixed, but unior
labor will continue to go forward
thoughtfully, honestly and bravely &c
q destiny that is above and beyond
the selfish Vaccinations Of dishones,
and selfish ~"leaders.'
And it is high time that orsanizet
labor in the United States should real
lie the fact that its fine principles are
most jeopardized by corrupt and in
temperate captaincy. The dirtiest anc
most d~iscouraging scandals in the
history Of American unionism have
had nothing to do with the rights anc
demands of the mass of wage earners
In every instance they have beer
,raceab!e to the criminal conduct, thu
vile selishness. the corrupt %chicanery
Of "leaders'' whose only claim &c
dominance has been hot.air eloquence.
tiannel-mou,h oratory and the devious
ability to "do business" in back Of
fees and subterrauean saloons.
The mos. sinister feature in the af
fairs of union labor in this country i:
the method, and personality
of its so-cal!ed leaders. 1t is worthy
| of note that this Western Federation
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
The Farm Is A Bank.

Every farmer has a bank account in
the soil on his farm. There is q Ger.
tain deposit Of fertility there which
can be drawn out in time by continu.
U cropping if nothing is added to it.
This fertility represents money just as
surely as the crops a farmer raises re.
present money. So il it is wasted it
means just that much money wasted.
Aim to return fertility to the soil by
practicing diversified farming with
live stock raising.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19

of Miners, in convention assembled ,
openly, vindic:ively and causelessly
s'bawled-out," condemned and repudi.
ated John Mitchell. the best. the abb
est. the decentest and the most informed
of ali the labor leaders that have come
into prominence since Arthur put the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
upon the highest and most enduring
plane ever achieved by a union labor
organization.
The evil leadership OF Shea and
Young in Chicago set back the jus,
cause of union labor more than a
score of years. Honore Jaxon, who
has come into prominence by reason
of his letter to Roosevelt which elicit,
ed the reply that men like Hartman
and Haywood are undesirable citizens,
was the fomenter and originator O
violence as a"strike argument" He
is eloquent. He writes we'll. He is ar
educated" half.breed Indian. Al
outlaw by his wi admission, but hi
10 a "leader" of labor unionism ii
Chicago, the citadel and stronghold
of industrial organization in thi,
country.
Villains have led the political par
ties in almost every city, state ane
national organizations in this coun
try: they always lead to ultimate de
%struc,ion. Union labor has had NOR
than its share of diabolical leader
ship. That's what's the matter will
union labor now.-Helena Indepen
dent.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19

| shows that the % projects now under
construction, when fully developed,
will add to the crop-producing ares
of the United States 3,19S, 900 acres,
or a cultivated area equal to the total
acreage devoted to agricultural crops
in Connecticut, New Hampshire, Mas.
sachusetts and Florida.
Three of these . projects are prac.
tically completed: six more will be in
service this summer. Work is pro.
crossing on all Of them. and their
early completion may be considered
absolutely sure.
Thirteen additional projects held in
abey ance have an even greater area
tn an those now under construction,
and there are in the west many more
millions OF acres with water available
for irrig ation-a great Geld for further
agricultural development, comprising
one of the most valuable resources in
view of the rapid increase in popula.
ton and the necessity of continued in.
crease of agricultural production.
The national reclamation act pro.
vides that moneys received from sales
of public lands in certain western
states and territories shall be placed
in a revolving fund that is being used
to build irrigation systems in the state
which provide it. The law wisely pro.
vides for the return of the money to
the national treasury by the lands
benefited, when it becomes available
for use in further irrig alton construc.
ton.
The addition OF these millions Of
acres to the agricultural lands of the
country is of interest not alone to the
west, but to the entire United States,
because of the Importance Of continued
agricultural expansion. 1t is Of inter
est to the farmers because it gives to
their sons an opportunity of obtain
ing new lands; it is of interest to the
business men because it means oppor'
tunities for new business: it is OF in
terest to manufacturers because il
means q new demand for their pro
ducts.
The enactment OF the law under
which this great reclamation work il
going on is very largely due to the
national irrigation congress-, the 18th
session of which will be held in Sac
ramento, Cal, September % next
This promises to be one OF the mos
widely represented congresses evel
held in this country, both because O.
the widespread interest in this new
national irrigation policy, and be
cause Of the widespread interest il
national forestry, which takes equa
prominence in the annual meeting o
this body.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19

This bank solicits accounts, aat
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and the
most liberal treatment consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct on all principal American and
European cities, and issues Its own
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. The
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
Enforcing Prohibition Law.

CHEROKEE, Kan, June l2.-Oae of
enforce the Kansas prohibition law
was taken here this morning when
four saloOnkeepers, who Yesterday
pleaded guilty to violation OF the
law. were fined 800 each, oruerea to
pay the cost Of the suit. and sentenced
10 thirty days on the rock pile. efec-
tive AZ once.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
Suggests a Difficult Job.
Butte Inter Mountain.

Butte Inter Mountain.
1t is interesting to learn that a new
railway map of Montana is to be pub.
lished, but it would be more interest
ing to learn why the taxpayers of
Montana should be made to pay for
az enterprise OF that sort. Now it it
was proposed to issue an accurate
train time table, that would be differ.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19

W. G.. CONRAD, Pres.
JAMES T. STANFORD,
Vice-Pres. and Manager.
A. E. SCHWINGEL,
Cashier
OMAR J. MALCOLM,
Asst. Cashier.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
Conrad Banking
COMPANY,
GREAT FALLS MONT
(Uaincorporated)

AID UP CAPITAL. ............S 100000
INDIVIDUAL REsPONSIBILITY..2 900. 600
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19

Local Securities a Speciality.
Interest Allowed on Time Deposits
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-27
THERE WE'RE FEW SLAVE OWN.
Frs.

h impression prevails throughout
the North that before the war most Of
the Southern men we're slave-owners
and that slave-owning was well nigh
universal and that all who did not
own slaves belonged to a class denom-
mated poor whites who were in
some way an inferior race of men. In
fact owning slaves was not different
from owning any other sort of prop
erty. A thrifty man could own
slaves; his brother, not so prosperous,
could be a ~non-slave owner. Again:
IN some vocations owning slaves was
not profitable. The Houston Texas
Post gives some figures hat are in
teresting:
The population Of the eleven States
which seeded, was, in 1850, ~9,1O8.332.
The numbe of slave holders in these
States in the same year, all told, was
in round numbers $4,000, of whom
10000 owned just one slave. 1900
two to five slaves and $4,000 from six
to ten slaves It is clear, therefore.
that a comparatively small percentage
of the people of the South were slave
owners.
THE estimates of the men engaged
IN the Confederate military service,
from the beginning to the end of the
war, range from $4,000 to 100000.
The records at Washington Indicate
something near the latter figures.
though Confederate authorities rarely
the number beyond 700
OF this number the slave owning
classes furnished their full quota of
private soldiers and the great majority
of the officers, but i is not likely that
there were exceeding 10000 slave
owning soldiers in the Confederate
army and the figures are apt to be
under that estimate. Naturally many
of the slave owners were old men
thousands of them were women and
not a few were too young to serve in
the army
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-27

that proves the real faith OF the
South instead Of opening IL to cues
ton. Before The state constitutions
had relieved the South Of the Incubus
OF the Fifteenth Amendment there
might have been q doubt as TO Ia IN
herent Democracy OF Southern people
Since hen the negro has been sheiyef-
Any deterrent except such as follows
on p~rt1cipIe and the choice OF COM
pa1y is removed from the Southern
white man who desires 70 vote The
Republican ticket. l. II not Signin-
cant Of the vitality OF the peoples
faith that they have not divided since
the supposed menace that welded them
together has been removed? Does
not the very fact tina having shaken
off the shack les OF the negro. they stu
do not vote with the party with which
the negro ~affiliates. show that the ne
gro does not enter into the equation?
Without the negro votes, VIA chance
has the Republican party ever had in
any Southern State?
One thing more. the South is not
the tail" OF the Democratic party.
It is, on the contrary. the head and
the hear that has kept it alive. SO
far as its nominees not having come
from the South, it is nothing more than
the proof Of the South's unselishness
in the interest of the cause that it
holds at heart. The South is Demo-
cratic because it sees in the triumph.
OF Democratic principles a hope of a
government that shall be nearer to
the Constitution than further away
from it, that shall operate on the can
cerCus growth of trusts as speedily
as possible; that shall change the tariff
system from an instrument of extor-
ton to a of revenue; and tina
shall re-erect in the sight of the world
the principle of business and liberty
to all men. upon which the Govern
ment was founded and out of which it
the memory of which, un-
der Republican administration, has
a reproach instead of a mat
ter or pride.
The South could have become Re-
publican and swallowed the negro
had it had the stomach. It preferred
10 endure the negro in politics
for the sake of the principles involved.
1t has conquered the negro n 1t
Will continue Democratic in principle,
without hope of reward or tempta-
ton to barter, in the faith that the
principle will finally conouer-be-
cause it is right,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-27

ability. he end - coming closer am
closer 70 shs beginning lie may out
Of actual ex~pc~fenc. os work learn all
and more q fact and literature than
g college could teach hsrn- but he nss
missed IN the beginning tina which .
college and nothing else can teach.
how to see beyond himself The school
Of experience A thorough bot tech
nicai the school Of life. for the rrar-
preparation. ~ valuable not 80 much
for It's furniture Of knowledge - that
il opens aide the door OF the brain
Il Is hard by the time when hum
dreds Of North Carolina I3ys are de-
batting the question OF college We
would that we could umpire every
such debate. Ii in ,rue that this Is
an age of specialization. OF applied
knowledge. OF chemistry and electric
ity and engineering. II il also rue
rhas h demands for trained men In
these and other lines OF exact science
are such sha, the broader college edu-
cation means the added cost OF a year
III S1 away
And yet such education Is Of an i'm
portance to make IL a necessity TO
every young man who would realize
the best that is in him. II Ia the
dation on which the larger success Is
erected from the smaller. II Is the
mentor and the philosopher in the
time Of need and emergency. Already
the professions are coming to require
it as the basis OF professional equip
ment. 1t should be the basis
of every sort of equipment. for
In 1t lies the open min and the
Imagination that can dare with rea-
son. And only so can the individual
his greatest power. or can the
State hope to find in the moments that
come OF the country's need the
of genius equipped to ac-
cept its destiny.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-27
TAXING AMERICANS FOR nUfr
ISL ADVANTAGE

A curious instance of The are-st-
OF the high American tarIr heu ..~.
TO light In Il discussion ~ ma s.~s-.
ences In price between thrraa trs, Is
sold in England and that wn..a #,
bought by the American baasrsa
For thread OF the same quality Amer
lea pays exactly double what 81, r.
In England. white the duty g. only szt
OF that amount. 1t Is therefor a..
parent that the tariff ~ not Dire
responsible for the difference bur
directly so. since the most power,
OF the English thread mills own ,as,
own American plants They AFRO .r,
enabled 10 add tho tariff To- uee' ,s
English competition and then aJ 81
additional tariff on their Ameras
sales, since they practically cartI g,
American market. AS "A resg- %
product In England is sold ~ s
closest margin and the pront ts 'lsr
from the American woman wl. ru
on the buttons that her boy rgrf'
from his s~hirt-waist.
In the vagaries Of the opc~a'a- =
a protective tariff" this tax..g ~ 80
American consumer for tho Her.f' .
a foreign manufacture is
new under the sun."