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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-09

THE WEATHER-RAi TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY; MODERATE SOUTH WINDS
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-12
Long Distance Talking.

The longest distance the human
voice has been transmitted is believed
to be from Montreal to Winnipeg,
l43O miles, ove a special copper wire
along the line of the Canadian Pacific
railroad. This wire, which has inter-
mediate connections only al North
Bay and Fort Will am, was installed
by the railroad company for its tele-
graphOne system, by means OF which
two messages, one by telephone and
the other by telegraph, "a be trans.
mitted simultaneously over the wire.
A number of tests have been made of
the new outfit, it being found quite
easy to converse from end to end of
the line, while at the same moment
operators at an intermediate station
Fort William we're sending q tele.
graphic message TO Montreal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-12
Affects Mining Locations.

HELENA, June Sin the suit of the
Butte Consolida ted Mining company
against Samuel Barker, before the
supreme court on a motion for a re.
hearing, that tribunal reatfirmed its
former decision today. The opinion is
by Justice Holloway. The decision is
based upon sections 3,6ll and 1872 Of
the political code, and not upon the
federal statutes. II is of importance
to locators of mining claims. In i,
the court says:
1--WE further hold to the view ex.
pressed that the state may rightly
exact Of q locator certain things emu
merated in our code, in addition to
what is required by the laws Of the
United States, for making q quartz
lode mining location. And while i,
may be said that our code does not in
express terms declare that the open.
ing Of the cut, crosscut or tunnel,
which is design sted the equivalent OF
the discovery shaft by section 3,6ll
above, must be on the claim sought 60
be located, We do think that no other
conclusion q be drawn from the Ian.
guage employed in that section and
J section 3,6l2."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-12
Peculiar and Pertinent.

Remains Of irrigation systems 1000
years old have been excav ated in
South Africa.
A Chinese merchant Of Peking who
was convicted OF murder vas sentenced
to death by being deprived OF sleep.
Four warders kept watch over him to
keep him awake and on the tenth day
he died.
Barrow Point, Alaska, is Uncle
Sans farthest point north. A letter
from indianapolis to Point Barrow
goes first by train to Seattle, $500
miles: then by ocean steamer to
Valdez, 1000 miles farther north and
west: then by dog sleds, over the snow
and ice, 200 miles to the north and
west. The letter travels in one direc.
ton $500 miles, all the distance in
American territory.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-12
this word is the now popular ski.

this word is the now popular ski.
doo."
The true story of the origin of the
slang use of ''twenty.three' is a clas-
sic. or at least a near.classic. 1t came
from the works of Charles Dickens.
In 1.-THE Tale of Two Cities" the hero
takes the place Of another man con.
demned to die under the knife of the
guillotine. About the dreadful place
sit terrible women. knitting q record
of the Der of lives sacrificed to the
sharp blade. AS Sydney Cartons
head rolls from the knife to the bas.
ket, the women knit ''twenty.three."
Mr.. Dickens makes a sentence. a par
agraph, Of that word with dramatic
effect. When the story Of the book
was staged under the title 1.-The Only
Way the actors took up the use of
''twenty.three'' to indicate that the
story vas done, that the play was
over. that it was the end OF things.
The stage hands took it up, and after
awhile it was common property.
Elbridge Gerry, OF Massachusetts,
redistricted the state to his own ad.
vantage 10 1911, and when some one
looked at the new district and re.
marked that it looked for all the world
like q salamander, come one else re.
piled: "Better say a Gerrymander.'
And so the name was born and has
been kept to represent all such polite
al redistricting.
The word that is most typically Am.
erican in its coinage and use is pos.
sibly graft" Like many other pop
ular things this name came out OF the
west and became at ace incorporated
into the language and customs Of the
people. Its origin is not definitely
known, for though it first appeared il
print in the writings of the late 40.
siah Flint Willard when he wen,
"Tramping with Tramps," be never
claimed the word as his own, and au'
thorities show that it was known il
the west before he eve used it.
Another purely American term il
20. X" 1t vas derived from thu
words Aux Cages, from which plac.
the best tobacco and run were brought
over a century ago. The p%ronuncia
ton was y. X, and brevity.lovinl
America Immediately took the letter.
as q means Of indorsing other thing
that we're as satisfactory as the to
bacco and rum from Aux Cages. Enc
mics of Andrew Jackson have tried u
prove that the magical letters wer'
nothing nor than the initials Of "Ol
Korrect," the alleged fashion OF tn
generals spelling. This theory, how
ever, has been disproved.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-12
AMERICAN MADE WORDS.

The manufacture OF expressive words
and phrases is an industry 10 which
Americans excel, according to Fred
J. Haskin, . newspaper man who
writes entertsiningly upon the sub.
ject. In q readable article upon these
additions to the American vocabulary
he traces the origin OF many familiar
words, some of which do not appear
in the dictionary but which have been
adopted by Americans as possessing
. significance that warrants their gen.
eral use.
The reason why the American gov.
eminent Is called "Uncle Sam is ex.
planned thus: 1t is because one Sam.
uel Wilson, government inspector OF
beef and pork at Troy, N. ", in 1872,
had a way OF marking the barrels with
his own init ais and ~. S." mean.
ing United States. A workman who
was something OF a wag saw the let.
tiers, and facetiously remarked that
he supposed they stood for "Uncle
Sam The joke was retold and re.
told until it became q common saying,
that the general government has been
60 nicknamed for nearly 100 years.
Over a century ago the United States
was also known to England and other
foreign countries as "Brother iona.
than" Why: Because George Wash
ington was very greatly influenced by
the opinions of Jonathan Turnbull.
and had q way Of saying, "Well l
muet consult Brother Jonathan" be.
fore be made decisions. The term be.
came local and then drifted to its gen.
ersl use.
"Skedaddle:.' vas ~bequeathed to the
American vocabulary by q war CORE
spondent from The London Times,
who came over to report the battle OF
Bull Run. He watched the very hur.
ried and undignifed manner in which
the union soldiers left the field, and
applied 10 this rout the term skedad.
die. 1t was q catchy kind OF word.
and though it's origin is traced to q
dignifed position in the old Irish BIZ
BILE, it retains the popularity given it
in it's new meaning. An edshoot OF
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-12
WEDNESDAY, JUNE II, 1907.
JOBeING THE STOCKMEN.

A new rule has become operative IN
the big packing establishments at
Chicago that is likely to cost the
stockmen dear, says the Billings Ga
zette. Under it hereafter no money
will be paid for livestock until after
it has been slaughtered and passed
upon by the government inspectors.
All meat pronounced diseased will be
rejected and the shippers must bear
the loss. AS q beginning the rule at.
fects only "cow stuff but it is the in.
tention to apply it to all animals. AS
knowledge OF the intended rule became
known before its enforcement, the COM
mission men Of Chicago notified their
customers not to ship livestock to
markets controlled by the beef trust.
it being hoped that by Withholding the
usual supply Of cattle the packers
would be compelled to reecind the rule.
1t goes without saying that the lords
of the abattoirs will promptly deny
promulgation of the order for any dis.
honest purpose and earnestly assert
that only animals actually found to
be diseased will be rejected, but whom
of the thousands who annually sell
cattle on the Chicago and other great
markets will be able to follow his ami.
male from the time they are unloaded
at the stockya ards until they are
slaughtered, dressed and submitted to
the tests applied by the inspectors:
Even if il were possible to do this,
10 it to be supposed that the packers
would long submit to a procession Of
shippers marching through their res
pective estab lishments, trailing each
individual animal through the differ
ent departments until the govern
ment's 20. K" is attached to ever!
piece intoiwhich it is finally cut?
The Chicago Drovers' Journal, com
menting on the.rule, declares it un
just andlunfair. Two per cent is abou
the average OF diseased animals dis
covered by the inspectors, and th'
Journal thinks the packers q we'll at
ford to stand that :rifiing loss, partic
ularly as it is not a total loss, all dis
eaeed meal, being thrown into the rem
dering tanks and converted into soa
and other commodities having a goo
commercial value. Moreover, tn
packers absolutely control the buyinI
and selling price OF meat and coul'
easily reimburse themselves for an
material losses by the simple metho
Of raising the tariff on the consumer
The new rule may be honestly an
fairly enforced, but many will hav
their doubts. The regulations OF tn
packers are Tot ~spotless by any mean
and the rule will be regarded by mos
people as only another way Of gettin
the better OF the men who have live
stock to sell.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-12
Conrad Observer: It is no exaggera.

Conrad Observer: 1t is no exaggera'
ton to say that this section OF the
country never before presented a
more prosperous appearance. More
crops than ever before have been
planted this year. They are farther
ahead than ever before at this time OF
the year. Everybody 10 pleased with
the stu alton and it locke as il 1907
was going to be the banner year for
the country.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-12
Notice Of Speciai Election.

will be held in the county Of Chouteau, state OF
Montana, on SATURDAY, the 9th day of July. 1907,
for the purpose of submitting to the qualified
county high school in said county, as provided
in Chapter ~, Session laws of 1907. Said special
election will be held from the hour of : O'Clock
day of July, 1907, in the various precincts Of the
county, unless otherwise provided for, as fol
lows:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-12

There will be no new registration for THE ePe:
cial election, All qualified electors are entitled
to vote in the precinct in which they were regis
tered ct the laet election.
". X. LEFT, County Clerk.
Fort Benton, Montana, June I, 1907.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-03-06

do, q no ser que tenga alguno
de nuestros tutores el proyecto
de ir instalando en- Ell edifcio
vacio a los acolitos mas favore-
cidos de la congregation. para
que gocen tambien de las pre- :
bendas que Ell redentorismo con.
cede a sus mas inefables pro-
pagandistas.
ST esta idea ha germinado en-
Ell cerebro de alg1n tutor nues-
tro, d be desecharla pronta-
mente para irse hacienda a la
de que todos los edifcios que
no estan ocupados por las ofci-
mas de la administration, de-
ben servir para las escuelas
publicas, librando asi de gastos
inutiles al tesoro.
Prescindiendo de las cosas
que Sc han sabido y que han
podido deducirse, es 10 cierto
que sc trata de un proyecto
desdichadisimo, que no tiene
ningun aspecto por el que pue-
da ser defendido, nj ofrece des-
de el punto de vista de 10 con-
veniente 9 de 10 it'll, NADIA que
merezca la pena.
Mr.. Falkner no guerra dar
su brazO a torcer, nj tai vez sc
de pOr vencido con la leCCion
recibida de la Camara Baia, pc
70 la soluCion de todo seria que
aceptando los razonamientos de
la logica y los consoles del
buen sentido. abandonase para
siempre el proyecto del caser6n
esCOlar, va que Sc le ha demos
tradO que la construction sobre
ser inutil y costosisima, es tam
bien impossible. toda vez que
el sltio esta copadO
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-03-06
Fl p'oyecto del Sei3r Fa|inor
SOBRE CONSTRUCTION De UN EDlFICl0 ESC0LAR
EN- La PLAZA De COLON
Ell SENOR MUNOZ RIVERA

Aver Sc discuti6 en- la Camara el
proyecto del Comisionado de Educa-
cdn para erigir I'm edificio escolar en-
la plaza de Colon.
i'or dicho bill el seTor Falkner, So
licitaba sc concedtese Ia Junta es-
collar de San Juan, I'm predio de te-
T, emo radlcado en- esta ciudad, empe-
zando en- IN PINTO Ell la esquina sud
este al lado de Ia Plaza de Colon. y
eXtendi6ndose al nortc, frente 4 di-
cha plaza por una dlstancia de Gin
cue enta metros.
FL seflor Mu1Ioz Rivera combatio el
dictamen de Ia Commission de ObraS
P1blicas, manifestando que el Conf
sionado de Educacion habia presen
tado su proyectO con posterlorldad ii
de la Camara para construlr Il Capt
tolio de Puerto Rico, que preciSamen-
tc ha de levantarse Ell aqucl m)smo
sitio. Que no era possible empren
der obras de tant0 empenO en- breVe
espacio de tempo, rogando a la ca
mara no tOmaSe en Cuenta G! dlcta
mel y pospusiese la proposition de
ley.
FL presidente seilor dc Diego So
m eti0 Ia snocion del seil0r Mnn0z III
vera Y flle aprobada. Sc vota el bill
~ fuG posPucsto unanimemente.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-03-06
CININiT6GRAF0 PUERTORRIQUENO
TRES VARlADAS FuHCleNES

Para ell pr6ximo jueves, sabado y
domingo, anuncia el Cinemat6grafo
Puertorr'~ emo tres variadas funcio-
nes en- Ell Teatro Municipal.
Las peliculas que Sc exhiben son
todas del agrado del pGblico que lie
na todas las noches ell local del tea
tro.
Para estas tres funciones hay gran
demanda de butacas, por las muchas
famil las que concurren 4 tan diver
lido espect&culo.
Todas las peliculas que Sc exhibi-
ran en- estas funciones son nuevas,
.eStrenandose por primera vez en- Pto.
Rico.
Ell aparato es de l1s mas perfcctos
que hemOs vlst0.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-03-06
CONCURSO
Para premiar Ia mejor biografIa
de don Manuel Fernan-
dez Jilncos.

FL "Ateneo PuertorriquefIo' ofrece
I'm premio consistente EN- TN diploma
de honor y una pluma de orc, d la
persona que escriba Ia mejor blogra-
ffa de don Manuel Fernandez Jdncos.
Los trabajos Sc enviaran por correo
a la Junta Directiva del "Ateneo
Puertorriqueflo' y adjunto d cada ira
bajo Sc re.nitira cl nombre de su au-
tor en- III sohre cerrado. El plazo
para el env:o De originates termina
el d(a de Mayo dc 1897.
La Junta Drectiva del Ateneo
nombrara una Comision, que sera Ia
encafgada de examinar los trabaj JOS
que Sc reciban y de elegir el que q
su juicio merezca el premlo. La bio.
grafia premiada Sc leera en- todo 8
Ell parte, segdn su extension, en- la
fiesta que en- honor del senor Fer
nandez J1ncos celebrara ell Ateneo
en- la noche del 20 de Mayo de 1907.
San Juan, Puer Rico Febrero IL
Gle 1907 ia cinto Texidor, Manuel n.
Yordan Emilio del Toro,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-03-06

CB "A titulado: para enmendar
una Ley titulada". LEY creando el
cargo de Secretario del Tribunal de
Distrito. defniendo sus deberes y
|fijando su sueldo por el desempeifo
de los mismos," aprobada en- Mario
10 de 1904.
Proyectos de ley del Consejo Eje-
cutivo en- primera y segunda lee
tura.-Fueron leidos dos veceS, por
sus titulos, para que pasen q ser in
formados por las Comtsiones respec-
|tivas, los siguientes:
Substitute al G B 25, por la Comi-
sion de Hacienda y Presupuesto, IL
tulado: "Disponiendo ell examen y
comprobacion de reclamaciones con-
ira Ell gobierno y El Pueblo de Puer-
to Rico, antes del pago de las mis-
mas, para otros fines. c B s. por
Ell sefior Post, titulado. Para auxi-
liar ell Municipio de Naguabo"
{ b oI, por Ell sefIor Feuille. titu-
lado: "Autorizando a los miembros
de la Comision de la Policfa insular
~ a los oficiales de la fuerza de Poll
cia lnsular para tomar juramentos en-
determinados casos'.
En- tercera lectura -Fueron vota-
dos defnitlvamente y quedaron apro-
bados por la Camara, para ser en-
vlados al Consejo Executive, los si-
guientes:
II B 40 titulado: Para construc-
cl6n de dos puentes en- los sitios de-
nomlnados "Boca Grande" y "Boqui-
la en- el barrio de Boquer6n de
Cabo Rojo.
H B 50 titulado: "Creando el car
60 de Registrador de la Propiedad
anxiliar para el Registro de la Pro-
piedsd de San Juan, y para otros
fines"
Fl B 65, por Ell sehor Diaz titulado:
Para reglamentar el pago de los
haberes de los profesores de Instruc-
Ci0n PGblica"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-03-06
lnfOrme del tempo
SGHlNt QlE TBgNls0 FL ; NJ Nigls. 1907

La semana empez6 con un tempo
frio V parcialmente uublado en- casi
todas las Sceciones de Ia isla. Desdc
Ell dia "A hasta cl dia 27 inclusive.
los aguaceros fUeron frccuenteS en-
tcramcntc fuertes en- much4S lolali-
dades. FL dja IS de Fc5rero fuG re
Ineralmeutc bueno caluroso. EI
tempo durantc los dos lillimos dias
de la Scmena tuG nublad0 en- pate.
ICON ll&eros y rcpartidos aguaceros.
Bfle0tcs 4 tucrteS Vicntos del ME
'rejuaron durante Ia maflana del dfa
IS, en- La tardc del dia "a. en- los
diaS y ; de Mario. DQrante el res
to dc Ia scmana hubo, por 10 regu-
lar, vientos ljgeros y variables. la
'YcIocIdad mayor del viento rcpis,ra-
da en San Juan, fuG de 81 milla Dor
Ihora, del f., ell dia "a.
La temperature media en- Ia isIa
tuG u grades que cs prdcticamep-
te la misma Que Ia de la Semana an
terror y eS cerca de dos grades mas
baja que cl promedio de Ia estaci6n
La temperature fue mucho mas iuual
que la de la semana anterior 7 nc
dias fueron moderadamente caluro-
SOS y las noches regularmente frias
La temperature mas alta que han in.
tornado fu6 81 gradoc en- Ailasco el
dia 20; la mas baja, 54 gtados en-
9an Lorenzo el dia 24. La tempera-
tura media mas alta que han infor-
,mado fu& 78 grades en- Maunabo. Ia
mas oaJa, o7 grades Ell Adiuntas.
La precipitation de la semana pro.
medic 90 pulga1as, que es conside.
Irablemente mas dc la cantidad usua1
semanalmente durante esta estaci6n
del allo. La lluvia fuG enteramente
blen distribuida EN- toda la isla. ex.
cepto EN- 10 parte F., de la division $.
dondc llovio POGO s NADIA La prec;-
|pltacion semanal mas fuerte que han
'2tormado fu6 oj pulgadas en- Are.
ciOo' J le sigue Barros con 3.o7 pull
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-03-06
Nota del dia

Educacion y de la Democracia,
tendra que resignarse al fraca-
SO de su proyecto magno de
gastar en- un editlcio para las
escuelas de San uan, una con-
siderable suma.
La Camara ha pospuesto in
deflnidamente el proyecto, y
Mr.. Falkner sc quedara con las
yanas de emprender una obra
que d el Sc le antoja de utilidad
general Y de positiva economic.
SObradas TazOneS habiamOs
eXpuesto va en- contra del des-
cabellado plan cuando fue pre-
sentado, en- el Conseio Eie-
cutivo, el proyecto de ley que
ha tenidO tan triste y merecido
fin en- la Camara de Represen-
tantes; pero no eran aquellas
solamente las que podian citar-
Sc, con ser abrumadoras para el
autOr.
Ultlmamente Sc ha VlStO, V
este eS 10 que ha ahOrrado toda
discussion en la Camara, que
Mr.. Falkner pretendia aCaparar
para su casa -esCuela el terrenO
que Sc necesita para hacer el
capitoljo de Puerto Rico.
La iugada le ha salido NAL, V
tendra que Conformarse con su
derrota. Tai vez esperaba Mr..
Falkner que sin fjarse en- la
trampa cayesen en- la aproba-
ci0n del proyecto los represent
tantes i la Camara, para reirse
despues, cuando llegase al Eje-
cutlvO el proyecto de ley de Ia
Camara baja para la construc-
Ci0n del capitolio,
Mr.. Falkner hubiera cclebra -
do su traVeSura Y Sc hubiese
redo del parvullsmO colonial
pretendiendO tai vez sacar IN
argumentO para demOstrar one
no es5anOs preparados at1n pa
"a el Goblerno proplO. de esa
jugarreta truStrada, CuVo esfu-
mado triunfo estaria sabOrean-
do pOr adelantadO.
La combination sc le ha que
Drad0.
La suerte Sc ie ha mostradO
esquiva y su derrota Ell los &C
tuales mOmentOs es de una mag
nllud abrumalOra.
La Obra aCariciada Sc lie va de
entire las manOs. TOdO sc le
derrunba en- proyecto. De NADIA
ic ha seTVidO Ia provision egojs-
IA dc cOnsplrar contra la Obra
del capltollO, con el d0ble inte-
res de Ocupar un sitiO magnifcO
Y de que no Sc caste Ell Obras
que no sean escOlares, 8 en- ad
qulrlr enSeres para las escuelas
una paTte de los fondOs Insula-
res, sin que el. o alguno de los
tutOreS con que la ley Foraker
nos IA dotadO. intervengan en-
Il reparto de Ia suma,
Este fracaso ruidoso debe en-
senarle al c0ngregante que nc
es possible aDlicar la prestidigi.
tacl6n d los terrenos, y debe in
duClrle Il tOmar en- serio IN
asunt0 al que no habia queridc
Conceder importancia.
ii algo ensenan los reveses
de Ia suerte. Mr.. Falkner debe
aprovechar estas lecciones do
lorosas va que las recibe por
su culpa.
Lo que pretende hacer es de
una torpeza manifesto. Edit
CLOS de sobra hay en- San Juan
de la propiedad del pueblo pa
ra lnstalar comoda Y debida
nente las escuelas; y una vez
desalojado Ell que alberga en- Ia
actualidad a la Camara Baja, a.
Consejo Executive y al Correo
que tambien Sc muda al edifi-
Go federal que sc levantara er
Ia Marina habra locales sufi-
fetea1tac nara al ohiata av1raca