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

ciple Of the trade unionism of tod ay,
aud wherever possible, is absolutely
insisted upon. The question OF q
closed or open shop is the one ques-
ton that unions will not arbitr ate,
and it may be said that the primary
purpose of the unions under their
present leaders is to establish a uni.
versal closed shop. This makes it
most important for the public to in.
quire into the closed shop as an eco.
uomic institution, and particularly as
to how its own interests are affected
thereby.
For the citizen who thinks more of
his country and its future than Of his
pocketbook, the greatest crime to be
laid to the closed shop in labor con-
ditions is that against the American
youth. Every union without exception,
as it increases in power, decreases the
number OF apprentices allowed to learn
a trade until in some cases absolutely
none are taken. This means that un.
less there is . REIMBURSEMENT Of some
kind, the American youth Of today
cannot join the ranks OF skilled labor.
Wherever trade schools are estsb.
lished, the unionists makes strenuous
efforts, often with success, to gain con.
troll and to see to it that the char acter
OF the workmen who r graduated IL
not such as to furnish any menace to
their monopoly.
The sad feature about all this is,
that while it is the public that is the
sufferer, it is also the public that sits
passively by holding the key to the
situation and yet not using it. The
man who pays the bills is the man
who can control any industrial situa-
ton il he sees fit.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
poor and special road tax for the

poor and special road tax for the
present year.
BILLINGS, Sept. 22.-Honeseekers
from the middle west are arriving
daily in the city for the purpose Of in
vestigatiug agricultural lands. Yes.
terday a party Of more than forty land
buyers from Iowa arrived by special
car and are now in the vicinity Of
Broadview. near the Suddu,h ranch,
where a colony of these people mas
already been established, and where
dry farming will be practiced in a sys.
tematic manner.
HELENA, Sept. 22-Suit against the
Western Lumber company, organized
under the laws Of the state of Wash.
ington, has been brough. by District
Attorney Rasch in the federal court
to recover Is, 1884, 4 the value of $780,.
200 feet of lumber and saw logs
which it is alleged the company I'm.
lawfully cut from the public domain.
The land from where the timber is al.
legged to have been taken lies within
the Missoula land district, in the west.
ern part of the state.
HELENA, Sept %. - The general
strike that was said to have been
called for noon today by certain
labor organizations was a fasco. At
noon, the employees of the street rail.
way company left their cars. but two
minutes later a sign was posted over
each of the street railway telephone
instruments. announcing that the
instrument was out of commission
and had been ordered removed. There.
upon the men returned to work, there
being 40 delay of traffic.
GREAT FALLS, Sept 23.-William
Allen. about 60 years old employed
by the Nelson jerks Coal compay 10
its mines in Sand Coulee, was found
dead in the mines this morning. He
was found by a driver who went into
the compartment where Allen was
working to see if his car was loaded.
The driver found the old gentleman
dead, with his face lying downward,
The light on his helmet was still
burning. The driver Immediately
notified several other miners.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
WENT TO BED WITH CORPSE,
Exciting Experience Of kentucky
Editor In q Crowded Hotel.

Editor IN . Hotel.
Major James Morton, editor of the
Hardaman (Ky.) Free Press, was the
victim of an exciting experience at a
hotel at Grand Junction, Ky, which he
will not soon forget. Nor will the two
other persons who were principals in
the comic tragedy find it easy to erase
the episode from their memories.
Major Morton had missed his train
and, going to the hotel late, asked for
a room. The clerk said the house was
crowded, but he guessed" he could as
sign him to a room with another man
who probably would have no objec-
lions.
Ry a mistake the major was sent to
the wrong room. Not wishing to awak-
en- his bed mate. the editor quietly dis
robed and retired.
Presently a young man and woman
entered the room and took seats near
an open window. The major thought
this procedure strange. but said nothing,
something about sitting up with the
dead" He remembered that the per
son in the bed had not moved, and,
reaching over he touched his bed mates
hand. Major Morton jumped up with
the sheet over him and ran out Of the
room. The young people, thinking the
corpse had come to life, broke for a
side door, and all met in the office or
the first floor for explanations.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
Our Pension List.

About q person in every eighty in
the United States is drawing a pension
from the United States government.
Incredible as this seems, statistics
prove it.
Assuming that the United States has
q population OF &c. 900 900. with the
total number OF pensioners OF 9S5, 97l,
would givelclose to this ratio.
Every year the government At Wash.
ington distributes S139, 000, 600 to those
who fought or to the relatives OF those
who fought for their country. There
is not q state that does not receive its
quota of this payroll. Montana has
2,l62lpensioners, and their stipend is
q quarter of q million annually.
Three.quarters OF q million dollars
goes annually in pensions to foreign
lands. Uncle Sam has EN- pensioners
in India, five in China, 81 in Belgium,
1861 in Canada, 600 in Germany, and
some representative in almost every
foreign land.
Until recently death did not reduce
the list nor time thin the army Of aged
warriors. Though the Grand Army
men r dying rapidly, the Spanish
American var veterans are cropping
up and filling the vacant spaces on the
payroll.
Pension money constitutes n of
the big financial advantages, some
states proclaim. The $l4, 600, 600 which
flows into Ohio annually is not to be
despised: Pennsylvania boasts of its
thirteen million and New York of its
eleven million annually. Strange as
it may seem, Alaska gets half a mil.
! lion every year and has 3,943 pension.
ers.
Nevsda's draught on the treasury is
the least of all. 1t has only 1884 ex'
soldiers and asks only $50, 600 q year
from Uncle Sam. In ten years, bar
ring another war, the pension list viii,
be almost entirely wiped out; 1t hal
already dropped from the two humid
red million mark. Then the treasury
department may begin piling up th'
sheckels, building a bigger navy Of
wiping the national debt of the slate
Butte Evening News.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
A Court Opinion On Dogs.

Mr.. Justice Hart, in delivering the
opinion Of the court of appeals of
California in a dog case recently de.
cided by that court, makes the follow.
ing remarks On the subject OF dogs:
There can be no doubt that many
dogs, for their acts of heroism in saw.
ing human life or preventing injury to
their masters when surrounded by ap.
palling circumstances Of danger, de.
serve q conspicuous place in poetry
and song: but there is no inconsistent
cy between this Observ alton and the
suggestion that when the poet, as, I'M
der the enhancing spell Of ethereal
dreams, in winged boat, he fits ''from
mount to mount through Cloudland,"
permits fancy to get the upper han d
OF fact, and thus uncOnsciOusly wan.
ders from concrete cases to abstrac
tons in his p~erfervid pauegyrics upon
You'd v the boundary line estab.
lished and tolerated by poetic license.
1t is, We think, safe to cay that those
writer's who have written such glowing
tributes to the dog in the abstrac,
have never had any actual experience
with q monstrOus canine of the bull
family, to which they are strangers.
There IL neither poetry . senti
ment in the dog, as q rule, especially
when one meets him upon what he con,
ceives to be his own preserves, 70,
such an occasion is generally conceded
to be an appropriate time to cast sons
and sentiment to the winds and to &c
busy by moving with all possible hast.
q comfortable distance beyond thu
danger line. But it must be admitted
that there are some really good.tem
pered, we'll. behaved dogs, which are,
It may be granted, quite useful in theil
way. But the other kind become gooi
dogs only when they have ceased e
be able to exercise the power Of respi
! ration.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
THE PUBLIC is AFFECTED.

The effect of labor troubles that are
Of frequent occurrence in all parts OF
the country is the subject OF discussion
by American Industries, which says
the public is becoming less and less a
mere Indifferent onlooker in the bat.
ties waged between capital and labor.
1t is learning by experience that its
interests are the ones really concerned.
In many cases, as where the business
Of a community is paralyzed by some
great strike, or the m Of a
country is tied up, the vital connec.
ton between the public interests and
the industrial disturbance is clearly
apparent. Such q condition acts
much as would a call to arms in the
common defense against an invader.
For the time being, the disturbance
and its speedy settlement become the
foremost subject of general concern,
and not infreQuently such conditions
have been taken cognizance Of by To-
cal or national governments.
II the public interests are leopard.
lied by such temporary disturbances.
which are really nothing more thar
eruptions on the surface of the indus
trial body, how much more are the.
affected by those deep, underlying in
dustrial conditions, which are NOR
nearly permanent in character and il
constant operation? The good physi
clan looks for the hidden cause OF the
sore, knowing that the sore itself Il
SURE proof Of some systematic disor
der.
The union institution known rs tn
''closed shop" has become, through
its extensive adoption. a. industria
condition. It 10 Q fundamental prin
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
Crazy Man EnIists In Army.

The United States army has been
made a refuge by one crazy man. He
Is an escaped lunatic and will be re-
turned to the institution in which he
was confined a year ago. Last week
]. A. Fitzsimmons. a recruit in the Co.
lumbus barracks. who enlisted in the
cavalry two months ago, complained
Of nervousness and was admitted to
the post hospital. lie tried to chew the
covers off the bed, and when ques-
toned gave incoherent answP.s. He
muttered something about Traverse
City, Mich. Inquiries brought word
from that city that Fitzsimmons had
been confined in an insane hospital
there and escaped a year ago.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
Pinehins Bug Whips Chicken.

Men employed in the lumber yard Of
the American Car and Foundry compa-
ny at .Je~tfersonville. Ind. witnessed a
battle between Il pinching bug and n
chicken, in which the ''pincher' won
the day. The chicken turned up the
bug, but the bug got first hold and
chung closely to the chickens neck, and
the chicken could do nothing. The
men stood around and made bets. AS
fast AS the bug was shaken loose and
the chicken renewed the attack. the
'.pincher" would rear up and steadily
face its foe. and its determined re-
sistance finally compelled the chicken
to take flight.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
Snake Stampedes Court.

United States Deputy Marshal G. W.
Hannah Of Sapulpa. l. T.. stirred up a
large coppcrhead snake in the court
house. Hannah started to move his
desk a few feet from the wall, and in
doing so disturbed the slumber Of the
snake. which had evidently been nest
ing behind the desk for several
months. The marshal called to Frank
Gillette. who was in the room, and to-
sether they succeeded IN shooting the
reptile. 4 stampede was created
among the young women working IN
the courthouse when the snake began
10 dodge the marshal's shots.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25, 1907.
THE RECLAMATION FUND.

1t is gratifying to learn that the
work Of completing irrigation pro-
jects now in course Of construction
will not be handicapped by lack OF
fuuds. The revenue derived from the
sale Of public lands lie increasing the
reclamation fund to q greater extent
than was anticipated, and the pay
ments for irrigated lands that are
passing into highlands Of settlers will
materially assistoein providing the
funds for new Projects that will be
undertaken.
According tosa recent announcement
from Washington, the reclamation
fund has beenlincreased about $780,.
600 by revenuelreceived from the sale
Of public land during the past fiscal
year, and nov amounts TO about SAL.
900, 600. 1t is the largest contribution
made to the reclaim alton fund since
1908, when the total amount set aside
for government irrigation work was
o., 6l3, 996. In 1906 only S., O0O, 900 was
added to th~esfundDand at that time it
was presumed that that aggregate
would never again be exceeded.
Because of the release of many tim.
Der entries in various parts Of the
west duringlthe past year, the receipts
from public Hand :sales almost dou.
bled the receipts of 19O5!and showed a
gain of about 80 per cent. over the re.
ceipts in 1906. At the end of 1906, the
reclamation fund amounted to $780,.
242, 444. Most lof the money has been
apportioned to pay for projects al.
ready authorized by the Isecretary of
the interior aud practically all of the
%, 900, 900 contributed last year goes
to pay forjprojects under way.
At the:close Iof 1906 North Dakota
had contributed more. money to the
reclamation fund than any..other state
of the west, due largely to the excess
sive receipts in that state in the fiscal
year 1906. During the year just
closed, however. Oregon contributed
nearly one and a half million dollars
to the fund, or $500, 600 in excess Of
North Dakota, and thereby displaced
North Dakota as the leading contrib
utor to the fund.
In round numbers 80 per cent. o.
the funds derived from land sales in
each state(go TO the reclamation fund
The following table gives the amounts
heretofore contributed and the total
land receipts of the respective states
during the past fiscal year:
Colorado. 80, sos, SO2 1914, l62
Utah ........... 467,67l l56,5l5
Wyoming ...... lisp, 1Sl 434,63l
Montana ...... 2,633,224 Sl4,935
The heaviest receipts from lands
during the past fiscal year come from
the Pacific coast states and were large
ly derived from sales Of timber land.
1t was the policy Of the present sec.
rotary OF the interior to revoke old
orders OF suspension which have tied
up innumerable public land interests
in the Pacific coast states in recen,
years, and thelpresumption is that the
funds derived from timber sales will
continue to swell the reclamation fund
until such time as the unreserved pub
lie timber shall have entirely passed
into priv ate ownership.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25

Parties wishing to purchase live
stock will find some attr actlve-o1er'
ings in our advertising columns.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-07
Notice of Teachers Meeting.

The following is the program of
the next teachers meeting to he
held in the High school building
OF Gettysburg Sat. March 8. 1907.
at = O'Clock p. m.
Song by audience.
Secretary's report and roll call.
Roark's Economy in Education
pages so to 9S. 1.-The city school,
Gladys Maloncy. Pages 9S to lis.
The college," Prof. WA Bentley.
Paper. Mrs. A. Nj. Beers.
sparks "Mcn that made the Ma
tion;" chap. iii. John Adams, The
Partisan of Independence. Jane
Cavanaugh. Chap. ~. Robert
Morris. The Financirr of the Rev
olution. j. w. A. Collins.
Let every teacher who a pos
sibly attend be with us.
Fraternally.
j. w. A. Collins.
Co. Supt.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-07
ADDITIONAL LOCALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Swift made a trip
to VIII Ripicy's last Saturday.
1t is reported that Frank French
has hot Alex LaPlant's big team
for $3.50.
The Woodmcn will give an in
vitation dance on the 10Th inst.
Good music.
A baby belonging to Mr.. and
Mrs. Gcrlach died last week and
was buried Saturday.
A new settler named Taliman
has moved on the X. Il. Palmer
place. They are from Iowa.
The O>bornS are moving the ar
tcsian we'll outfit from Ed Suttons
ranch to their own this week
ChaS. Hamilton. one of the NJ.
=. a. members. has removed from
Fraser. Colo. to Nenango. Neb.
VIII Ripley and Jim .IoSlNn
were up from the ranch Sunday.
the former to consult DR.. Lavary.
The r.. \ y. met with MIR, T.
ID. Reed last Friday with an al
tendance of seven. All report Il
pleasant time. Mrs. Ashley was
detained at home by the impassi-
bllity of the river.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-07

Sou l Dakota. on the gtll day ol January.
1904. and which prays for a Judgment quiz
oi.A. tEo ,ille u. a at the determination of
mi a verse clai.ns AGAINST the premises
plant. sill .atcd in
81. o.n.,. .atl.: ~ac.,outh West quar-.
taf If IA, North !ast quarter ,SM 4 of
M 90, .iun NJ. lirty t@D. IN Town
ship 40. Dac hunurtd c~ightcrnille>. north.
OF Range so. Sc~vcnty-eight (.s). west of
the 9TH +. NJ. and To serve Il copy of your
answer To said complaint on the under
signed. at his Office in the city of
Chamberlain. Rrulc county. Soutl
Dakota. within thirty days after COM
pietpd serN ice of this
upon YOU. exclusive Of the day of
such service: and il you fail to answer
the complaint within that time. the plain
iii VIII Gpply 90 thu Court Tor tic relief
,c.nan .cl IA Illc complaint.
dated At Ccttysburg. South Dakota,
this 9tli DAY of January: 1907.
Plaintiffs Attorney
Isl published Mar. :.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-07
Meeting OF Cattle and Sheep Owners

a meeting of the cattle and
sheep owners of Potter county is
hereby called to meet at the court
house in Gettysburg. So. Oak. on
Saturday, March 10th AID. 1905 at
. O'Clock p. m. for the purpose of
clccting II County Cattle Inspector
and II County Sheep Inspector for
Potter County. as provided by law.
BY order of Board OF County
Commissioners.
c. NJ. BREENE.
County Auditor
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-07
Notice of Regular County Examina.
ton.


The next regular examination
will be held at the office of the
county superintendent in Gettys-
burg. Thursday and Friday March
p and y. Candidates for LIST
grade and state &c t%ificates viii be
privileged to continue the examin-
alton ON the %. All persons de-
sirlng to take the exaninati. n for
State certificates will please not iy
me at once so that | nay order / !.
right number of sets If oeto /.
The teuchers holdi g special cor
~tific"tes are required to take this
examination.
Respectfully.
j. w. A. Collins.
Go Supt.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-07
NOTICE.
Annual Meeting Of School District 0ffic,
ers of Potter County.

ANNUAL MCet'llS VI SCHOOL UiStflCt Uffic.
ers Of Potter County.
The following is the program of
the District officers meeting to he
held in the high school building in
Gettysburg Friday March s, 1907.
at 1870 sharp.
Salaries of dist. oficers-E. K.
Harmon.
Transportation A. f. Rome.
Agriculture in the public schools
Pearl Odell.
Decorations of school grounds
IS. l.. Bacon.
Address by state supt. H. A.
Ustrud.
Other subjects relative to the
duties of the school officers will be
discussed as far as time will per-
init. We hope to see q good at
tendance at this meeting.
Respectfully,
j. w. A. Collins,
Co. Supt.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-07

There are some people in this
neck of woods who arc not making
Notwithstanding out
and inviting new settlers because
they are waiting for the railroad
railroad -railroad-to come to the
river: then. if il don't ONE near
enough to their doors so they can
see it. they are going to move.
This is why our sidewalks tell the
tale of Il dead town. These poo
pie amt exactly waiting for the res
direction to give them new life.
hut they arc the kind that throw
stones ut the corporations with one
hand, and with their breath they
90 around gasping 1--WE + dying
for want of a railroads. hut we
don't think anyone is saying that
Cheyenne Agency is dying.
OF course it would be nice for
the C&NW Ry to come down and
give us a depot and head off the
M&StL from going to LeBeuu.
But why cannot Forest City stay
by the Cheyenne Agency and meet
every Improvement there by signs
of activity on this side of the river!
Why don't our merchants 90 after
more country trade instead of he
ing content with the Indian trade,
which has been q diminishing
quantity with them for the last
few years. Why don't a few 9th
ers demand a committee to fnrmn-
late a ''plans and specifications
for a decent road north and south
and east of town. to present to our
worthy board of county commits
sioners. And when they have
done that, have another copy of
same thing ready to present to
some of our absent town lot own
rs back in the east. who are
dreaming of making 100 per cent
on their investments here, without
doing anything. in case the county
commissioners should turn them
down!
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-07

Salem. S. d., is promised a side
walk to the depot this spring.
They haye got along without one
for Il quarter of accntury.-Picrre
CT journal.
Well, that is slow, too. Forest
City will try to get along another
year without her "supcrtluous''
sidewalks.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-07

State OF South Dakota.
Sixth Judicial Circuit.
In lae Crcait CONT IN and COR rottcr
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-07
SPECIAL SESSION
Of Board of County Commissioners,
Potter County.

Gettysburg. S. d.. Marc ~
Board met ut 1890 Il. m. in re-
Spouse to Il call for special meeting
called by county auditor, 10y pub
lished notice in each official paper
of the county, as provided by law.
Meeting was called to order by
county auditor: members present,
Benton D"ncr and J :. Heron.
Chairman Simon being absent.
j. ;. Heron was on motion
elected chairman protein.
After examining petition for in
corporation of the town OF Get
tysburg and applications for loans
from the permanent school fund.
b 'ard adJo rncd ut | 1880 p m.
100 pm Board met as p "a,
JOulnmcnt. sam ma ~
Moil"n made. ScroeGed a"nAc ~ri.u
that the following bills he al y
JOHN Knott, woif oun
Smue! Beckncr same .
a II. Peterson same > q,
Ncls Kan on same
Henry BohnhoiT same 80
l. Mortenson same y 90
w + Lyman same 90,
Will Pence same 6 on
~, 50, A. ~ .
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-07

Entered as = cond class matter AT the Postofic,
NJ Forest City, s.. d..
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-07

The Press ''hcavy editorials
mar would Ike to hear a college
club debate the question "Rcsolvcd
That corporations are entitled to
life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
pincss the same as AN Individual"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-07

We would Ike to see Il commit
lee Of orr business men appointed
TO go to the C&NWRy Co 10 ask
them the qucstion-'Why do you
not put IN a good, large, ferlyboat
at Forest Cit :"