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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-29
A BEjEWELED MONARCH.
The New Shah Of Persia, His Crown
and His Costly Thrones.


Mohammel Ali Mira. the new shah
OF the Persian empire, made an i'm
preSSive figure when he aScenueu the
throne on the 18th Of last January.
He was c"bwneu at Teheran at mid
day surrounded by the Persian princes,
the ministers of state, the high Persian
fun%ctionaries and the diplomatic corps.
Though Persia is now II constitutional
monarchy, with a parliament to assist
the shah in the government Of the
country, the entry Of the young shah
upon his kingly responsibilities was
made an occasion for the traditional
oriental magnihccnce. 1t was n bril-
liant spectacle when he assembled the
famous peacock throne and the grand
vizier placed upon his head the crown
Of the ancient empire. 1t Is so heavy
with precious stones that the monarch
removed it from his head as soon rs a
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-29

made the Washington trip, and it was
he who urged the president to confer
with leading railroad men.
MIR. Il. +. Yoakum Of the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific railroad, who
also had IN interview with President
Roosevelt recently, goes very far in
the direction of government control Of
railways. Mr.. Yoakum agrees with
Mr.. Hartman that the time has come
when the salvation Of the railroads de-
ponds on their cooperation with the
government. and he argues for a meas-
ure of federal control OF them beyond
even that proposed by the president
himself. He says that the agitation
and legislation in various states re-
garding two cen fares and the re-
duction in freight rates have made it
impossible for railroads to negotiate
loans on their securities. and he de-
clares that 'the railroad men are Will
ing TINT the supervision of the roads
be centralized in the national govern
ment." He adds. THAT would restore
confidence and give the people to un-
derStand that the railroads wish to
observe the laws"
Theodore +. Shonts, who resigned not
long ago as chairman of the Panama
cana! commission and accepted an Of
fee and fat salary as active head of the
Relmon-Ryan traction interests in New
York. also advocates cooperation. The
New York legislature is considering a
public utilities bill which creates two
commissions for supervision of public
service corporations IN the Empire
State and confers upon the commits
sioners large supervisory powers. Some
of the corporations affected are oppos
Ing the bill. Mr.. Shonts. as president
Of the lnterborough- Metropolitan COM
pany. issued a statement In which he
denied that the interests he represent
ed were opposed to the bill. and added:
! took hold OF my present work with a
frm determination to do all | could to
bring about a better understandings be-
tween the public and our corporations.
feeling certain that in the long run the
corporations could prosper only bv giving
satisfactory service and by having salts
factory relations with the public.
Mr.. Shonts has entirely thrown over
the old idea that a transportation cor
pOration Is a private enterprise in
which the public has no business to in
terfere and advocates not only greater
supervision OF such corporations by the
authorities, but also wider participa-
ZION by the public in general in the
profits OF their operation.
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B0WSER WANTS FARM
Figures He Can Make Money
Raising New Kind of Berry.
WIFE SKATERS HIS DREAM.

TTeSentS fSctS and fiSuFe TO SnoW
That It Would Be a Money Losing
Scheme-He IL Sad at Heart at Out
come.
copyright. 1907, by c. H. sutcliffe.]
"Ncw. them" said Mr.. Bowser when
dinner had been finished the other
evening, II want to have a square
business talk with YOU. We have ar
rived at n crisis, and l want you to
help me meet It,"
Mrs. Bovser had seen from the mo-
ment he entered the house that he had
something on his mind, but had been
content to wait until he was ready to
breach It.
"Well, what Is it?" she asked.
you must know that we are not rich
and able to live on the interest Of our
money when l have to retire from
business"
"Yes."
And that there is not much show
for a man who is plodding along"
"Well?"
well the trouble with me has been
that I have worked In the same old
groove and have been afraid to take
chances in any new line, or, rather
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-29
4 Huge Screw Wrench,

The largest screw wrench yet re-
ported Is made by n Arm OF Worcester,
Mass. for tightening the large nuts
used in bridges. The wrench is seven
ty-two inches long and has a full jaw
opening Of twelve inches. with a depth
Of eight inches. The total weight is
16O pounds. of which the jaw supplies
thirty-three and a half pounds. the
screw eight and a half pounds and the
bar ia pounds.
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Value In Seaweed Ashes.

The debts of Norwegian farmers
whose holdings lie along the seashore
have beer paid in recent years by the
income arising from the sale of sea-
weed ashes.
Farmers collect the apparently
worthless growth. burn 1t and sell the
ashes to agents Of British manufac-
turers. The ashes contain valuable
chemical properties. including iodine,
but the use to which they are put Is not
known In Norway.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-29
New Elastic Road,

The promising elastic road now being
tested mt Zurich consists Of 4 thicE
rolled layer Of fine tarred gravel. The
grains, about a twelfth OF an inch in
size. were coated with tar in a revo!v-
ing drum aud then hardened for two
months.
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After the HONEYMOON.

Mother-Why are you weeping, my
dear?
Daughter-Boohoo! George sent me
a peck of kisses in his letter.
Mother-Then ! don't see any cause
for tears.
Daughter-YeS, he used to send Il
bushel. and now l believe that ven the
peck is short weight.-Chicago News.
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EDNA MAYS NEXT MARRIAGE.

Her Reported Engagement to the Rich
Oscar Lewisohn.
DevoteeS of the stage have been
much interested in the announcement
that Edna May will marry n million
aire before the year is over and will
then terminate her career as an &C.
tress. The lucky mar is Oscar Levi
sohn. son of the late copper magnate.
Adolph Lewisohn of New York. Young
Lewisohn has n fine estate IN England,
called Summer Hill, near Ascot, and
this will he the home Of the actress
after her marriage, according to the
statement of her father. Edgar c. Pc.
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proper adherence to custom would per-
init. The peacock throne itself. upon
which he sat during the ceremony. rep
resentS Il value Of many millions. The
silver Of its framework can scarcely
he seen. So incrnsteu is 1t with diu-
monds. Besides the peacock throne,
there are the ruby thrcne and the mar
BILE throne. both magnificent and al
most priceless. The photograph OF the
shah reproduced in the accompanying
picture and showing him at the mo-
ment Of his coronation was taken BY
the Prince Ahdullah Mira.
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Asked.

Sergeant Major-\ow. then. young
TELLER. what blithering idiot told You TO
spread all this litter in front Of the
orr zee quarters. eh:
Stolid Private-Th colonel.
Sergeant Major-An' who might you
be, may l ask. to call the colonel Il
blithering idiot:-Cassell $ Journal.
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you have always stood ready to dis
courage me. and l have taken your ad-
vice. l could have made a big thing
half a dozen times over If l had acted
or my Judgment, as most men do"
"In starting a chicken farm" she
queried. with a smile.
Why Chicken Plan Failed.
"Now. don't begin to grin and be sar-
castle. l figured out that l could make
ten thousand a year raising chickens
for market and figured hat l would
lose two thousand. l an sure that I
could have carried it through, but you
raised such a row that l let it go. This
il a different thing. I've got facts and
figures to beat all the argument you
can bring to bear, and l hereby an
nounce to you that this house and lot
are for sale and that l hope to have u
place in the country within two
months
"Yes!' queried Mrs. Bowser. We'll,
let us hear all about It,"
"You shall, but let me warn you that
upon the first appearance of sarcasm l
shut right up and say no more. Did
you ever hear of the Persian Double
Prolific strawherry?'
Never"
well. here Is q pamphlet telling all
about 1t. The plant grows from two
to three times as many berries as the
! American plant. The berries are twice
as large, three times as sweet and sell
for 3 cents more a quart. They arc
lust being introduced into this country.
The agent was in the Office today. !
turned him down at first. but when l
came to figure with him l was aston
ished. l took back all l had said. Mrs.
Bowser, look at me-"
II am looking"
Money to Be Made.
"There's more clear money to be
made in Persian Doubled Prolific straw
berries than in Il copper mine. You
smile, but 1t won't take me ten min
utes to convince you. Here we have
it: Five hundred plants will ar
acre of ground. They spread just twice
as much as the American plant. Ar
acre Of American strawberry plants
will produce 400 quarts Of strawber
ries. At 6 cents per quart that IS $24
If 1t is a good season, they will run t
$50 an acre. One hundred acres Il
about $1,000. 1t Is the easiest kind OF
work-more like play than work-an(
you get your cash on the nail. Plan
100 acres of the Persian Double-Pro
liics, and what do you get? From S.,
600 to $4,000 of the same ground. TIL
increased price you get makes you rea
sonably sure of $4,000. One is out
doors In the fresh air all the time
and one summer alone would do m!
back $1,000 worth Of good"
Have you anything the matter witt
your back" asked Mrs. Bowser.
Have l anything the matter witt
my back: Great Scott. woman. hav'
not beer complaining OF lumbago ant
rheumatism for the last Ave years
ANYTHING the matter with my back
What ails your
Things to Be Considered.
II don't remember to have heard 20
say anything. but let that go. and v
will talk about the Double-Prolinc
You figure on a hundred acres. d
. your
mot a rod less"
And you want to be nea a ma
ketT"
"Of course"
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His Reform Measure.

"Money. my SON. remarked the good
old deacon. lis h root of all evil
II believe it. dad rejoined the way
ward youth, land I'm doing my best to
tear up evil by the roots."-Baltimore
American.
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The Nation and
The Railroads.

1T has been noticed
Of late that the
men prominent in
large corporations
have been hulnluing
a different tune from
that which was pop
ular among them not
long since. The bur,
den Of their song Is
now cooperation be-
tween public serv-
ices and nnhlic an
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-29

THE JAMESTOWN FAIR
It's Keynote Is Historical and
Educational
HONORlNG THE PIONEERS.
The Tercsntennial Of the Foundation Of
Anglo Saxon Civilization In America.
The Naval Observation-Disclosures Fea-
lures Of the Exposition
<ES~ 1T is 300 years
%TRS~ since h @
zMS&-A \ Englishmen who
~ 81: 81; ; !; !: &; :: :: !: !: !:
tSN NA MN founded the first
EAN NYuAeI permanent set
v\@AAyN@T Element of their
M ~~ nationality in
~66SST~ America sailed
~ up the James
rxpos1r1ov SEAL. river between
Capes Henry and
Charles, and 1t Is for this reason that
April % was selected rs the opening
day of the jamestown exposition.
When they attempted to land at Cape
Henry, the settlers were attacked by
Indians and driven back to their ships,
and 1t was not until May 10 that they
finally landed and began the establish
ment Of a colony. The point where
they made this successful landing
was a peninsula jutting out into the
James river about thirty-1ve miles
from Its mouth. They named the place
Fort James in honor Of the king who
then sat on the British throne. Later
1t was called James City and still later
Jamestown. Water long since washed
away the neck which connected the
body Of the peninsula with the main
land, and the place where jamestown
stood is now an island. For more than
two centuries 1t has been abandoned.
Two fires desolated the town, M kin
died during Bacon's rebellion In 1876
and the other twenty years later, due
to an accident. After the second fire
the seat of government Of the colony
was moved to Williamsburg. The date
OF the permanent settlement, May 10.
10 now generally taken as the birthday
OF the American republic-July 4. 1916.
being the time when It came Of age
and asserted its right to manage its
own affairs. May Is Is the date set for
the beginning Of the great maritime
and naval display which will take place
on the waters Of Hampton Roads in
connection with the exposition.
1t Is expected that President Roose-
welt will start the machinery going on
April 26 and make an address appro-
pirate to the occasion. The buildings
and grounds Of the exposition repre-
sent an expenditure of about $4,000
GOO, but this sum by no means covers
the value Of the things Of interest
which exposition tourists will aim to
see. 1t has been estimated that the
fighting ships representing many ma
tons which will be anchored in Hamp-
ton Roads could not be duplicated for
$3.50, 100000. The evolution OF the
fighting vessel will be illustrated In
this display, and every variety Of sea
fighting method and craft, from the
tlnieSt torpedo or messenger boa to
the largest bnttleship or armored cruis-
er. will be shown.
The keynote Of the terccntennial is
historical. and many visitors will come
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-05
THE PRODUCING
OF CLEAN MILK
By w. j. Fraser, Illinois Expert
meut Station.

Keep the cows clean and do not
compel v allow them to wade and
live in filth. This means clean yards
and clean well bedded stalls. Every
thing short Of this is positively re-
pulsive and should not be tolerated
any longer in a civilized community.
Stop the filthy practice known as
"wetting the teats," by which Is
meant the drawing of a little milk into
the hands with which to wet the
teats before and during milking,
leaving the excess of filthy milk to
drop from the hands and teats into
the pail.
Wash all utensils clean by FIRST
using lukewarm water, afterwards
washing in warm water, and rinsing
in an abundance Of boiling water,
then exposing until the next using in
direct sunlight, which is a good
sterilizer.
Use milk pals, cans, etc., for no
other purposes but to hold milk.
Keep out of these utensils all sour
Or tainted milk.
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straw to dry out. Below the floor is a
basement, which furnishes an ideal
scratching shed for winter use To
the rear of this house is small grove,
which furnishes plenty of shade, and
about 20 feet from the front Of the
house is stream of water.
The first of the smaller illustrations
shows one of the colony houses for
chickens in use at the poultry farm
of White & Rice, in New York state.
This house is about eight feet long
and seven feet high in front and 81
feet in rear. The walls are built of
one thickness of matched boards. The
floor is of wood. A hover is placed in
this house, and the chicks are placed
here when first Matched. When the
chicks are from six to ten weeks old
depending largely on weather condi-
lions and the development of the
chicks, the heater is removed and
perches are placed in the rear Of the
house about 10 or 18 inches above
the floor.
We also show New HAMPSHIRE
house, one Of many such houses in use
on Mr.. Hicks poultry farm in Massa-
chusetts. This building is about nine
feet long and seven feet wide, and
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is the institution of a constitutional
form of government due.
He founded the present Seiyukai or
constitutional party, and although now
out of active politics is still the most
influential of all politicians, the only
man who can fairly claim division of
his honor with him being Marshal Mar
quis Yamagata
If Ito is first of the elder statesmen
in the eyes of the world, Yamagata is
very close second in the eyes of JAP
an. AS Ito may in sense be regarded
Japan's Jefferson, so Yamagata may
be pictured a combination Of Won
Moltke and Bismarck. Yamagata is
both soldier and statesman.
Inouye, Mutsukata, Oyama-these
three, with Ito and Yamagata, make
up the Genro.
These five men, with the emperor at
their head, form the real directing
force of this empire. They are getting
old now-all of them. When these
have gone there will be no elder
statesmen. What, then, of Japan?
The question can be asked without
necessarily joining with the pessimists
who predict that when the present en-
peror and his old associates pass away
things will go to smash. AS a matter
of fact, there are so many able men
among the younger statesmen - safe
men as well as brilliant. But will a
new emperor have the wisdom to rely
upon his councillors, and will it be pos
sible for him to find such advisors as
those who helped Mutsu-Hito keep the
right path?
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inrrusted with the full powers and re-
sponsibilities of absolutism, should
have turned to others for advice and
counsel; but to have retained these
counselors during all the years of his
rule, to have been guided by their wis
dom, is in itself an evidence Of real
greatness in man around whom have
been thrown all the temptations to
which monarchs fall heir.
Of the personality and mental at
tainments of His Imperial Majesty
Mutsu-Hito, few Japanese are qualified
to speak, and these do not. No son of
Japan looks upon the emperor as
mere man. In this democratic age the
peculiarly reverential attitude of all
Japanese toward the head of their ma
ton may be sneered at and condemned
as relic Of the past, but there is no
gainsaying the existence of this rever-
ence. AS all the old court formalities
are still preserved in their medieval
strictness, it is doubtful is ever men,
bers Of the imperial family know very
much about the personality of him to
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-05
GRASSES
BY Prof. A. M. Sor11e, Vir41uaa
Experiment Station.

One of the great problems of the
farmer is to obtain grass on his land
In sections where the bluegrass grows
the problem is not of serious moment
but there are vast areas where blue.
grass cannot be cultivated. What
shall be done? Thousands Of farmers
have given up in despair. They dc
not understand, for example, that by
combining Texas blue and Bermuda
grass an all-year-round pasture may be
had in many sections Of the south
They do not understand that a mix.
ture of grass is vastly superior to one
grass. They do not realize that where
timothy will not grow, orchard grass
and tall oat grass may be used and as
large yields of hay, of just as fine quail
ity, obtained. They have not studied
the composition and relative merit OF
the various grasses, and therefore they
lay more stress on the virtues of tim.
othy than it was ever entitled to.
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JAPAN'S FAMOUS
ELDER STATESMEN
Wise Old "Paots" Who Steer the Ship of State-7he
Five SERVANTS of the Genro

In searching for the causes Of the re-
markabie progress Japan has made
especially her uplift from the mediae-
val past to the front rank of modern
nations and all within the short period
OF forty years-it is impossible to over
estimate the great services rendered
by the handful of really great men
who have throughout the entire period
OF development ruled this nation from
the top
What. is often asked, is to become of
.]aran when her elder statesmen pass
;'Way'
Speaking broadly, the affairs of this
country are still in the hands of the
E.tn who began the great work of ma
tlonal reformation at the time of the
overthrow of the Shogunate and the
restoration of real imperial power to
the nlikado. In the intervening forty
years the great majority of the men
who took active part in Japan's great
revolution have passed away, but those
who to-day stand as the representa-
tives of those statesmen and warriors
exercise ust as great an inuence as
when the young emperor first turned
to them and their fellows for the guild
Ance which he voluntarily pledged
himself to follow.
Indeed. instead of diminishing with
the passing years, which have brought
many developments and changes in
the externals Of government, the in
huence of these elder statesmen has
grown steadily greater as every crisis
has demonstrated the wisdom of their
council and as their association with
the emperor has grown more and more
personal.
Under the constitutional form of
government full opportunity is given
for the play of politics, for party strife
and personal aspirations, but above
and beyond this strife, on a higher
plane, the emperor and his chosen
counselors of the Genro, sit, calm and
serene. to render final decision in any
issue involving grave national policy,
whether this be internal or interna-
1ional in character
Japan knows no such Office as elder
oldleollleu, YET all Japan reVefeS IneSe
elder statesmen and bows to the wis
dom Of their decisions, which find ex-
preston in the imperial will The ma
l;ona1 veneration Of the emperor as d.
rect descendant Of deified ancestors
does not prevent universal tribute to
the elder statesmen as the embodi-
ntilt Of all that is wise and good.
It is perhaps natural that, viewing
tr record Of the last forty years, and
recognizing the part these men have
played in the creation of the new JAP
an. foreign observers should give to
these elder statesmen the entire cred
it for the transformation. But the
tendency of such generalization is to
lose sight of one to whom, it seems to
me. first credit should be given. This
is the emperor himself
1t is not at all remarkable that the
boy prince who at fifteen found him.
self not the mere fgurehead which so
man: of his ancestors had been, but
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the circulation of air in the soil and
also favors the escape of the water.
This crust must be broken by deeper
cultivation.
Land is summer titled to store the
moisture of one season in order that
a crop may be grown the next. The
more thorough the tillage, the better
this moisture is conserved. When a
small grain crop is being harvested,
the disk should follow the binder. The
ground may be plowed later in the
fall and packed with a harrow and a
soil packer. AS soon as the frost is
gone in the spring the ground should
be made loose on top. It should be
kept in this condition all summer or
until the next crop is needed. The disk
and harrow should be used as often as
necessary to keep the surface loose.
When the ground is not ploWed in the
fall, it will be necessary to disk it ear
ly in the spring and plow before July
Is. Deep blowing increases the ca
pacity Of the soil to hold water. If