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The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-07-13
Bloomington News.

Mrs. J. j. Dickerson expects
to entertain Misses Maymie
Withers and Veela LaLervere of
Kentucky, next week
Mrs. A. Young and daughter,
Mrs. Carl Stearles and son Ru-
dolp, are visiting in Springfield.
Miss Edna Hawkins is visiting
in Springfield.
Chas. and Mrs. Barton spent
three days in Springfield last
week, the guests of Mrs. Bar
tons mother, Mrs. Thompson.
Mr.. Barton has resigned his PC
sition as headwaiter at the l Ii.
nois hotel and is now resting up.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barton passed thru
Bloomington Tuesday morning,
en- route to Centralia where they
will be the guests of the formers
mother. They expect to visit
Springfield again, Peoria. Quincy
and Chicago, after which they go
to Baltimore. Maryland, whore
+ Mr.. Barton will take charge vi d
hotel in that city.
Mrs. r. Harbor has returned
after pleasant visit with her
husband.
The four churches are making
preparations for grand union
concert to be given Friday, July
10, at the A. M. E. church. Don't
forget the date.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-07-13

A reception will be given by
the Juveniles of the Household
of Ruth, Saturday afternoon in
honor of Mrs. Susan G. Davis.
Cassie Curtis is better and able
to get arou d.
Mrs. DR.. Kennebrew of Jack
sonville, is the guest of Mrs.
Browder this week.
Chas. 'Tebeau of Keokuk, Iowa,
was in the city Sunday.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-27

tween the people and the railroads
and until the public realize the fact,
Mr.. Hill says, conditions cannot be
materially improved.
at is time for the whole country to
sober down and think about the prob
lens before it, said Mr.. Hill. "They
are serious enough to call for its best
and most earnest effort. They are
vital enough to engage the most gen.
erous patriotism. \ hearty union OF
all interests, a broad and genuine I'M
derstanding. and a more cautious,
honest, and tolerant attitude in all
our public acts will most effectually
promote success in industry, and Sc
curity and permanence in the nation
Conservative men everywhere will
agree with Hill that the public cannot
afford to treat the railroads unfairly;
neither can the roads take advantage
of the necessities of the people without
ultim ate hurt to themselves. Their
interests are together.-Butt Inter-
Mountain.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-27
Triplets Arrive Father Skips

BLOOMINGTON, Ill.,, Nov. 19.-When
the stork left triplets at the home of
John Cavanaugh in Marshall county,
Cavanaugh took to the woods and has
not been seen since.
Cavaaaugh was a hard working
farmer and endeavored to give his
family all the comforts possible.
When the stork brought the 18th child
to his home he fully believed that the
number entitled him to membership in
the anti race suicide club, and when
the bird delivered triplet,s increasing
the number of his children to IA, he
decamped, first turning his oat crop
into cash. The neighbours rallied tc
the assistance of the mother and an
effort will be made to induce the
father to return.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-27
Business For the Milwaukee,.

CHICAGO. Nov. 19.-Sufficient ton.
mage has been guaranteed the Mil
waukee road to make the transconti-
mental venture a paying n from the
start. The management is making a
phenomenal race to reach the Pacific
coast with its rails.
One of the most important guaran-
tees comes from the PaciGc Coast
Lumber Manufacturers association.
Secretary Beckman assured the road
that his association will give any
where from 80, O0C to $4,000 carloads
of Lumber the first year of its opera.
ton between the Pacific coast and the
middle west. This will mean between
1000, 900 and 81, SOC, 900 revenue to
the new road from one industry alone.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-27
A New Land Office Ruling.

Strict requirements are being made
by the United States land Office in the
case of homeseekers who have not yet
taken out their declaration of inten-
ton to become citizens and have not
received their certificates of citizen.
ship. r. A. Ballinger. commissioner
of the general land Office, has just is
sued an order to registers and re.
~ceivers of land offices throughout the
country, i%nstructing them to no longer
certify to the correctness of copies OF
declaration Of intention to become a
citizen of the United States presented
by foreigners who wish to file on pub.
lie lands. The letter is rs follows:
You will discontinue the practice
Of certifying to the correctness OF
copies of declaration of intention tC
become a citizen, or of certificates Of
citizenship. You will also refuse te
accept such papers a evidence O
citizenship unless the same bear the
signature and seal of the clerk of tht
court from which the papers were is
sued.
These instructions apply to papers
under the old naturalization laws, bu'
As we'll "a to the ones issued unde,
! the act Of June -, 100"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-27
Would Form New State.

MUsKoGEE, Okla, Nov. 2O.-Dele-
gates from the northwest to the Trans
Mississippi congress are today work.
ing on the proposition Of a new state
to be called Lincoln, to be carved from
parts of Washington, Oregon, Idaho
and Montana, with Spokane as the
capital.
The proposition is being fathered
by n. w. Durham, a Spokane editor.
He gives for his reasons for the crea'
ton of a new state the fact that the
territory mentioned lies between the
Rockies and the Cascade mountains
and that sections of the states named
are cut off from the other portions of
their state by precipitous mountains,
passable only al points where the
railroads penetrate. In Idaho, he
says, i, is even impossible to connect
the panhandle with the body Of the
state by rail because OF the broken
country.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-27
California Law Makers:Meet.

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Nov. 19-The
special session of the legislature call
ed by Governor Gillett convened to-
day. The governors message, which
read in both houses, says that the
session has been covened to enact
legislation believed 80 be imperative
because Of unusual financial string
ency, brought about by conditions
existing in the east.
A bill will be presented extending
the time for the payment of taxes: also
provisions for permitting the courts
to proceed on legal holidays to ratify
recent amendments to the charter Of
San Francisco and to GUST A. Nj
Wilson, a self.confessed accepter o.
brides, from the Office of state rail
road commissioner, The resignation
of Wilson, however vas rendered anl
accepted this morning, which viii
render unnecessary any action in his
case,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-27
jim HILL COMPLAINS.
Railroad Magnate Protests Against
Hostile Legislation.

KANSAS CITY, Nov. l9.--James j..
Hill of ST. Paul, executive head of
the Great Northern railroad, was the
principal speaker at the 18th annual
banquet of the Commercial club in
this city tonight. Mr.. Hill discussed
1.-The Commercial Development of the
Mississippi Valley" and gave a his
tory and review of industrial condi-
tions as they exist today. He said, in
part:
The transportation facilities of the
whole country are, and have been,
unequal to its present needs. They
must be equal to the burdens they
bear or the country cannot prosper.
Political campaigns in many states
have been made on the issue of a gen.
eral assault upon railroad property
and management. There followed q
wild raid, in which over 10 acts,
more or less c~onfscatory Of railroad
property, we're enacted by the legisla.
lures of more than a score of states.
The consequence to the transportation
systems, to railroad construction,
and, through these, to the price of
farm products and the success of every
form of business have already made
themselves felt and the country suffers
under the blow.
If such continues to be the attitude
OF the public mind, there will presently
be no power, short of a pledge of the
government itself, to provide more
tracks. 1t behooves the business man
to consider, in a purely business way,
this business problem. For it is his
problem. He individually will suffer
if railroad construction does not keep
pace with his business growth. This
is not a question of private opinion,
or of politics, but one that touches
the welfare of all the people.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-27
SAVED BY A CIRCUS TRICK,
Falling Man Turns In Air and Catches
Hold of a GirGer,

A gust Of wind swept Carl Jensen, an
iron worker. from the B.ackwell's Is
land bridge over the East river, New
York city, which he is helping to
build. Certain hideous death seemed
to await him IN the pavement of Yer
non avenue, Long Island City, 275 feet
below. But the cool headed Jensen
kept his nerve and saved himself IN
midair.
He was working far up, where the
heavy steel plates Of the structure are
being put in place. Below him was a
network of Orders; below that-death
on the pavement.
Before the sudden blast Of wind Jen-
sen fell backward-fell face up. In a
twinkling he turned, unintentionally, q
somersault and kept on falling that's
the only way to express it-face up.
In that position 1t was impossible for
him to grab Il girder, which he knew
was the only thing between him and
his destruction.
Jensen never has worked and never
will work harder than he did In the
next instant OF time. BY sheer mus
cular force, by desperate "foot thrusts,'
he turned, got head up, feet down. AS
he shot through the Orders he grabbed
one. Drowning man never so grasped
a straw. The tremendous impetus OF
his body's weight almost yanked his
arms from their shoulder sockets, and
the impetus SO suddenly arrested made
him swing like the circus trapezist he
was initiating.
Soon Jensen twisted himself ant
chung to the girder with arms ant
legs. Then his fellows swarmet
around him and congratulated him.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-27
RAILROADS AND THE PUBLIC,

Never wasteful of words, James j..
Hill invariably says something worth
remembering when he speaks OF pub
lie questions. His address before the
Kansas City Commercial club last
week is worthy of the thoughtful con.
siaeration of the American people.
Mr.. Hill spoke on THE Commercial
Development of the Mississippi Val.
ley u subject he il perhaps better
qualified TO discuss than n other
man In the course of his address,
MIR. Hill paid especial attention tt
the railroads and their relations to
the public. That they have been the
chief factor in the wonderful develop
ment OF the country all will admit:
that their record from the viewpoint
of the general public has been better
than that OF the roads of any other
country will be news to many. That
such Is the case was stated last week
by Mr.. Hill, who as the foremost rail-
road builder and operator of Amer
lea, should know what he is talking
about. His conclusions are that under
conditions mos. difficult, the American
transportation system has been Great.
ed at lowest first cost, giving the most
efficient service to the public At the
lowest charges and paying the high.
est known scale OF wages. Freigh,
and passengers are tr ansported in
this country AT lower rates than in
Europe or Great Britain, while the
net earnings available for distribu'
ton on the capital stock as dividends
are less.
In these days when the people are
quick to find fault with the railroads
it would be we'll to remember thai they
are doing all they car to keep pac,
with the growth of domestic commerce
More lines, greater trackage au(
equipment, costing billions In the ag
gregate, must be had before the trans
portation question can be fairly met
To secure these vast sums credit i
absolutely necessary. Mr.. Hill point
out that attacks upon the railroad
only serve to embarrass the situation
as they lessen credit. the very basi
of the business systems representa-!
the fabric of society itself. Their
must be community Of interest be
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-27
Lightning Bolt Spared the Cross.

A gildcd crucitix, emblematic of the
most sacred event in Christian history,
stands untouched on the spire of st.
James church at Waverly, a town
about two miles from Sayre, Pa, while
beneath the woodwork is splintered by
the destructive hand of nature. \ bolt
Of lightning during Il recent thunder
storm struck the cross, but left it unin-
tured. The woodwork beneath is torn
to shreds and looks rs though it had
been gripped in the clutches of a colos-
sal giant. The stairway leading to
the belfry is demolished, and the sides
Of the church are damaged, but the
crucitiN still CLEANS In the MONDAY
sun untarniShed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-27
Tattooed Snakes on Girls Arms.

Nearly Il score of young children
have had all kinds of designs tattooed
on their arms by an old nan who has
been lettering around Payne park,
Camden. n. ]. The designs are all
the way from anaconda snakes to a
ferryboat and executed in india ink.
The man did not conflne his operations
to the boys, and more than one young
woman will carry to the grave a snake
decoration on her arm. While the de-
signs were In many instances very
pretty, the words Of denunciation used
by some Of the parents were pretty
strong when a half dozen Of them
called to see Chief Of Police Grayenor
about the matter. The man will be
arrested on sight.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-27
The River Press.

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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-27
FOR NAViGABLE RIV Frs.

According to advices from Wash.
ington, a bill will probably be intro.
duced in congress providing for a
bond issue to establish a fund for
permanent great waterway improve.
ments The Importance of the work
contemplated is discussed by the Hell.
ena Independent, which says the
movement to rehabilitate river navi-
cation has been brought to q focus by
the inability or indisposition of the
railroads to keep pace with the swiftly
growing requirements of traffic.
Montana has as vital a interest in
the movement for the re.establishment
of inland navigation as any state in
this union: perhaps more. For the
conservation of our mountain rivers
means the use and wise apple alton of
billions of gallons of water that are
o flowing wastefully and destruc.
lively to the Gulf of Mexico. We need
what We waste and what we waste is a
menace and an evil to every interest
along the great lowland river reg.
ions.
The establishment of q navigable
channel to Fort Benton and up the
Yellowstone river would restore and
revolutionize the traffic of the state:
the conservation of our surplus waters
in the great natural reservoirs of the
mountains: the application Of power
from the headwaters of our rivers: the
big business of irrigation; the preser.
walton OF our forests and the large
problem of reclamation of arid lands
of the mountain states: all are hinged
and sutured with the plan to re-estab.
lish navigation upon the great inland
rivers.
Vast as it was the tonnage which
came up the Missouri river from 1868
to 1883 would dwindle into littleness
in contrast to the tonnage which could
be handled now over the same route if
the channels of the Missouri and the
Yellowstone were made dependable.
Nor, in the big national plan, to re-
store the navigation of the lower
rivers, to establish a deep waterway
from the great lakes to the gulf, is it
possible to divorce the essentia al prob.
lem of conserving the headwaters Of
the rivers; regulating their flows and
utilizing them in their own vicinities.
Montana is vitality interested in the
project of river navigation and for
both state and national reasons it is
time to exploit and maintain the argu-
nents apropos. The advocates of
river navigation upon the Missouri in
The middle west, upon the upper Mis-
sissippi, upon the Ohio, upon the
Illinois, which is to be made the out.
let for the great Chicago canal, and
upon every tributary stream, can
easily be made to understand that
their interests are at one with ours
aud that the problem of Il stable flow
of water and a dependable channel
will never be solved until the waste
waters Of the great divide are con
served, aud distributed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-27

He gave n loud groan and became
unconscious as the door slammed, i'm.
prisOning him.
There was no one in Nicola Roucco's
shop at the time. But Dick, the dog,
whom the butchers assistant had been
feeding, realized that his friend was
in trouble. Dick ran up the avenue
barking and at the corner circled
around Policeman Wickman and De.
tective John O'Brien until he got the
officers attention.
Dick then led the way to the shop,
barking and looking back constantly
The dog rushed up to the door Of the
iceboX and howled. When Wickman
opened the door Petruceili was near
death.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-27
PROFITS IN SUGAR BETS.

Residents of northern Montana who
are making a strong effort to secure
the location of q sugar beet factory at
some point in the Milk river valley,
will be interested in the news that q
similar enterprise in the Yellowstone
country is having a most prosperous
season. In giving an account OF the
operations Of the sugar plant in that
city, the Billings Gazette says:
The Billings Sugar company com.
pleted the compilation of its pay roll
for the month of October yesterday,
and issued checks for more than $780,.
900 on the various banks Of the valley.
Of this enormous amount, the major
portion vas paid to the farmers of
this valley for beets which they have
delivered at the factory during the
past month, and a small fortune was
paid to employees alone.
The farmers have delivered more
than So, 200 ions of beets to the sugar
company since the factory opened
about the middle of last month. This
enormous amount Of beets represents
only about one-half Of the crop in the
valley this year, and is about equal
to the entire crop raised last year, so
that this years yield of beets in this
valley will be almost double that of
last season. All of the beets grown
this year have been taken from the
ground, at least the MAJOR portion of
them, and most Of the farmers who
raise beets on a large scale have al
ready delivered them. At times the
factory was receiving as many as fifty
cars daily, from their various loading
stations along the railroad and the
farmers were hauling in large quanti-
ties to the factory at the same time.
The beet yield in this valley runs
from twelve to thirty tons to the acre,
borhood of five dollars a ton for their
product. The beets which have al
ready been received and paid for by
the factory represent an almost in
credible amount of sugar after they
have been run through the mill. This
sugar is being shipped out about as
fast as it is refined and the first car
was shipped four days after the fac
tory was in active operation.
The factory employs in the neigh
borhood of $50 men in working the
beets and making improvements
around the factory. 1t is expected
that this force will be employed about
three or four months longer, as it Is
expected that it will run until after the
first of the year. Many Of the EN-
ployes will be retained and giver
work all winter. as there is Office work
to be attended to and improvements
to be made around the plant. "A larg,
force Of men will be employed feeding
cattle on the beet pulp during the
winter months, as it is expected tina
thousands Of cattle and sheep will b,
kept in the feed yards. Recently
narrow guage railroad was construct
ed from the factory to the feed YARD
to transport the enormous amount o
beet pulp that is required to feed tn
stock. A new barn capable of hous
ing hundreds Of head Of stock ha
been constructed and the company ha
arranged it so that the work of feedin;
can be carried on exp%editiously.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-27

This bank solicits accounts, and
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, 1907-11-27
OWES LIFE TO HIS DOG.
Monarel Cur Rescues Butcher Inn
prisoned In lcehox,

The intelligence of Il mongiel ao-
and the ready aid of Il policeman saved
Antonio pctrucelli of East One :! an
dred and Forty-oighth street. New
York city. a young butcher, from bleell-
ing to death while he was a prisoner
In his employers iceboX at 5S4 Morris
avenue, the Bronx.
The young man went into the ice
box with a big sharp knife and in try
ing to keep the door from closing slip
ped and fell on the knife. The sharp
blade cut an artery in his right thigh.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-05-10
POcahOntas Items.
(MESSENGEr.)

SH Hiner returned from High
land county this week after spend
ing week at Monterey looking
after business.
Agent Snyder Informs US that
the c & O liquor receipts for the
Month of April were $54S 80
Over half of this amount was for
packages that came in show day.
The receipts for this month are not
up to the average. About as many
more packages came in other ways
than by the c. 0. D. route, thus
making the monthly sales of whis-
kew at Marlinton close to $1,000.
A strange example of mOtherly
affection can be seen at the resi-
dence of Mrs Henry Overholt at
Academy. A cat of the house.
hold has adopted chicken which
she looks after with motherly care.
The chicken is only few weeks
old but seems to realize that its
foster mother is the only friend it
has on earth. When the chicken
wandels away the cat keeps up a
constant search until it IS found.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-05-10
Overrenched.

Old Joe, q farmer, was noted for the
many ways he had Of skimping and
saving One day he hired big country
boy to help him with his work. Inc
boy reported for duty at $50 o'clock In
the morning, and Old Joe sat him down
to breakfast. After the lad had finished
the meal the sharp old farmer said,
'What do you say If we eat dinner
while we are at it?". AS the boy agreed,
they fell to and ate little more. Then,
seeing that the youngster could eat no
more, Old Joe suggested, Suppose we
finish up and eat supper too" All
right" assented the lad, and he man.
aged to swallow another crust of bread.
"Now let's get to work." shouted the
gleeful farmer, thinking Of the saving
In meals he had made. "NO," returned
the boy, 81 never work after supper.
A mans time is his own then."-Lon-
don Times.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-05-10
RESOLUTIONS.

Whereas, God in His wise Provi-
.denee. has taken unto Himself our
sister. Mrs. Patty h Peterson, and
whereas Mrs. Peterson was a faith
ful and loyal member of our For
eigp Missionary Society, be it re.
solved;
That while we submit to all of
Gods dispensations toward us, we
shall miss her in our community,
our meetings and our labors. be
it further resolved;
That her life and labor among
us shall not be forgotten, or her
influence lost, but that we shall
strive earnestly to promote The IN
terests 80 dear to her; and be it al
so resolved;
That a copy Of these resolutions
be spread upon the minutes OF our
society, a copy given to her hus-
band and friends with whom we
deeply sympathize in their bereaye-
ment. and that they be printed in
the Highland Recorder and the
Missionary Advocate.
MRS A. A. WALKER,
A. NJ. EASTMAN,
j. C. MATHEW.