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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15

that the police are doing their best to
protect the new employees from mob
violence, but in this endeavor they
were compelled to use firearms and
other weapons, and several cases of
death or serious injury may result
from the struggle between the public
authorities and the law.breaking
strikers.
Unfortunately, this exhibition of
violence and lawlessness on the part
of labor union men is not exceptional.
We hear Of it from time to time in
all parts of the country. 1t happens
so often that the public has come to
regard it as one of the recognized
weapons of labor union warfare. The
boycott, coercion, intimid alton, as
sault and murder are quite frequently
features of labor disputes that are of
almost daily occurrence.
The adoption Of these iawiess meth
DDS of enforcing their demands will
inevitably ALLEVIATE public sympathy
which heretofore has generally been
bestowed upon the cause of the work.
ing men. The latter have perfected
organizations for the protection and
advancement of their personal inter.
ests-which is perfectly legitimate and
proper-but when these organizations
become instruments of tyranny and
oppression, and declare war and en-
courage violence against every one
who declines to submit to their dicta-
ton. they transgress the law and deny
to the general community some of the
rights conferred by American citizen
ship.
1t is the general belief that a ma
jority of labor union men are and in
tend to remain law.abiding citizens,
and many of the lawless acts charged
against their organizations are COM
mitted or melted by agitators-hot.
headed, u~nprincipled and unworthy
men-who have pushed themselves to
the front in labor union circles. 1t
would be greatly to the adj vantage of
American workingmen IL these incom.
petent and dangerous leaders could
be deposed and kept under restraint,
and the affairs of the organizations
be managed in a more prudent and
conservative manner.
Until union labor places its seal of
condemnation upon lawlessness OF
every kind, and provides for the pun
ishment of every member who wilfully
violates any law Of the land, it will
not be in good repute among law
abiding American citizens. Every
law-breaker, as soon as detected,
should be expelled from the ranks of
union labor, no matter what position
he may hold in his organization. To
tolerate or encourage lawlessness is
undesirable citizenship and the
term will stick to any man or organi-
cation whose conduct deserves the
stigma inflicted by that appellation.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15

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, 1907-05-15
THEY WANT

There is a feeling of dissatisfaction
among many residents of northern
Montana over the absence of results
in connection with the Milk river irri-
cation project. They find that other
Montana projects are being pushed,
while the northern Montana PROJECT is
apparently almost at a standstill. The
Huntley undertaking. it is understood,
lent progress is being made on the
Glendive- Buford project, and con-
tracts have Deer let for portions of the
Sun river system. The Milk river
project, which was the first to be taken
in hand by the reclamation bureau,
is far behind either OF these in the
matter of actual construction.
Murmurs of discomfort owe the sit.
uation are beginning to find express
sion in local newspapers that doubt
less reflect the sentiment of the COM
munity in which they are published.
In the current issue of the Glasgow
News, for instance, appears this com
ment:
ITO one acquainted with conditions
here it seems that the whole matter
has been ~''bungled' in the worst pos.
sible manner. When the matter frs,
came up wise meu were sent here who
never saw Milk river except in its
lowest stage, aud who decided that un.
less the flow Of the river could be in.
creased there would be insufficient,
water. Work on the Dodson diver
sion project was postponed. For thu
past two years enough water has com.
down Milk river, which, if stored neal
Bowdoin as contemplated, would hav,
irrigated the valley from Malta t
Nashua for years. Nor are thes'
years rare. In nearly every season
there are two heavy floods in Mill
river, and the water under presen
conditions Is only . damage. Ha'
the money been spent on the Dodsol
project that has been used in foolish
ness and experimenting at St. Mary
. lake, the country east of Malta woul'
be in sight of government irrigation
AS the matter now stands all that ha
y been done has been a detriment t
this section for people here hav
S waited in minor projects, expectin
!. the government to do something.
1.-The people from Dodson ca:
e should get out petitions to our repre-
c seutatives in congress and see il tn
r reclamation department. will not, tax
some steps toward the inauguration ,
5 the Dodsou project at once
Another criticism, which may pc,
7 sibly be more harsh than the circun
stances warrant, appears in the Che
C team -Acau,ha, which u~nbUrdeus i,
= mind to this effect:
e THE people living in Teton count
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15

who are familiar with the conditions
at the St. Mary's lakes, were moi very
much surprised at the recent order of
Secretary Garfield to indefinitely post.
pone work on the st. Mary's irriga.
ton project in northern Montana.
For several years a large number of
men have been employed there in sur.
veying out the proposed route of the
canal, making "estim ates" on the
probable cost of the dam to be con.
%structed, erecting buildings for the
comfort and convenience of the men
employed, building useless roads and
bridges as far as the reclamation
service is concerned J, telephone lines,
etc., to be paid for out Of the funds
which should have been expended in
actual work of construction. As near
as the Acantha has been able to learn
the funds so far expended have been
worse than wasted, a. very little of
practical benefit has been accom-.
plished. The ''civil engineers" who
have been employed on the work have
regarded their positions in the light
of an outing to be paid for by the
government, and the mar who accom-.
plished the least In q given time, and
at the same time could fix up his Ak
pense account so that it would pass
the "head mogul" was regarded as
the best man on the job"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15
Street Riot In Frisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, May THE strike
OF the L, 700 union motormen and con-
ductors of the United Railways de.
veloped this afternoon into a riot, in
which more than a score of persons
were severely, some fatally, wounded.
and others to a less extent.
The company made its first attempt
to resume the operation OF the system
oy sending out seven passenger cars,
manned by 30 or 40 strike re akers,
wearing the uniforms of inspectors
and each carrying a 80 .caliber revol.
yer strapped around his waist, out.
side Of his coat.
The appearance Of the cars in Fill.
more street, from which they were
switched into Turk street, was the
signal for an immense outburst of
ieers and bowls. Before the cars had
gone one block they were made the
targets for showers. of rocks and
bricks. In q few moments every pane
OF glass had been smashed aud sew.
eral of the armed operators had been
struck, cut and bruised.
At Turk and Buchanan streets q
fierce attack was made on the fore.
most car. A guard on the rear plat
form answered the flying stones with
3 pistol shot. The bullet struck one
OF the union sympahtizers in the arm.
This happening transformed the
crowds into a wild mob and thence
forward, for IL blocks, a pitched bat.
tie ensued. The strikers and their
friends, aided by hundreds of youth
full hoodlums, kept up a running
shower of missiles; the guards on
board the cars responded with fusi.
lade after fusilade of pistol shots,
Eight men received bullet wounds,
some OF whom will probably die,
among those thus injured being a de.
t~ective sergeant and patrolman. Fin.
ally a dozen or more of the guards
were taken under arrest by squads of
reserves from the Central station and
a crowd boarded the rearmost car and
started it back to the barns.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15

BUTTE, May 9.-Patrolman John
Walsh was charged with burglary
last night by Wah Chang Lung. a
Chinese merchant, who says Walsh
has visited his place three times, steal
ing $35 the last time. Wah and other
Chinese resisted last night and Walsh
drew his revolver. but was over
powered by other policemen, who were
attr acted by the melse. County Attor-
ney Murray Immediately took up the
case against Walsh.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15

Local Securities a Speciality.
Interest Allowed on Time Deposits.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15

W. G. CONRAD, Pres.
JAMES T. STANFORD,
Vice-Pres. and Manager.
A. E. SCHWINGEL,
Cashier.
OMAR j. MALCOLM,
Asst. Cashier.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15
Conrad Banking
COMPANY,
GREAT FALLS MONT
(Unincorpoeated.)

PAID UP CAPITAL. ........... 100. 1000
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY 900, 900
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-25
NO PANIC DOWN HERE.

The dispatches today from New
York as to the money situation are
of the most cheering character; and
with the great bankers. who should
never be COMPOUNDED with the gamb-
lers and spectators on the Stock Ex-
change, standing solidly together and
wisely lending their support to weak
er banks managed by reliable men,
the prospects for a panic have passed
away. This furry on Wall Street
seems to have had no effect in the
South and none of our banks
has shown signs of distress.
the nations strongest assets, is right
here in our own keeping, and with
such a bulwark as that, quickly con-
vertable into cash, We are doubtless
safer from panicky conditions than
any other part of the country 1t Was
an Atlanta banker who said some
weeks ago at a bankers meeting up
North that the Southern cotton crop
could be relied on to prevent a panic
in this country, and we can all see
now more clearly than before where
that Atlanta banker was right. But
this is the time when everybody is
holding back for better prices, and it
is 4 matter for serious practical con-
Sideration for the farmers if more IS
to be made or lost by Withholding the
crop entirely from the market.
Arbitrarily fixing the price may win,
or it may lose-that can only be
determined by the logic of events
but with money sent out of the coun-
try every day by merchants and
others to buy goods and pay debts,
ar 'none coming in from the cotton
crop, We cannot expect brisk trade
while that condition lasts. With the
cotton crop behind us we can defy
panic, but with all of it withheld
from the market We will be without
the money necessary to do business
on. and, each of US. farmers and all,
must feel the consequences.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-25
NOT THIS TINE. Bru =

There has been just eno,
about Governor Broward b
ton with a senatorial esn1sk
whet public curiosity. ana
part, we confess to a verysin,-1
spirit on that subject. Tke -
the Tallahassee Sun oueht :.
more about it than any one y,
cept the Governor himself. f. -
the Sun disclaims the role
organ, it is undoubtedly verv
to the administration and it VI,
and We can generally tell -
nearly how the land lays" in -.
circles at Tallahassee by coes-,n-
its pages. In the last Sun =
L'Engle says that the Goveruo. =
not opened up to him about ~.
and the senatorial race" but
L'EnSle goes on TO say sons =.
significant things in that co,,.,.
which suggest very strongly shu .
may expect the Governor 10 ho;s =.
senatorial ambition in leash =.
year when the question Of IL n
lory succession will be up, but "a -
up in full cry on the trail OF s~,.s-
Taliaferro the year following. uSs
interesting, if true, and gives "A q
prospect of a high old TIM :
Florida for two years ahead. r.
ard hot on the trail of the ss,z,>
ship, with stiff opposition from In
ierro and others, will make Ia -
test next year seem tame by eo.x<
son, and politics in the nearby -
mOnwealths will pause 10 lcos a 4
the battle royal. VIII IL be Aus,
litz or Waterloo for our F.zrs
Napoleon? QUEEN Sabe? Any ~
it will be mighty fine enserxs
ment, with not a dull line in Il. a
We almost thrill in anticipates. n
SUH says:
'BrOward' term expires Jzas<s
1, 1909, and there will only h o
interval of about nine months befss
the campaign for Senator 70 sse-<
James p. Taliaferro opens up IN
will give the present Goyerssr Q
chance TO look after his private -
ness a little bit and then tsekie ~
fight II he really vsnis ~
job. and no one. not even Brosrs
himself. knows at this time vhets
he wants il or not"
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-25

is the law defied and insulted by these
criminals who persist in the dirty
business, but every citizen who cast
his vote to drive it out and make his
home secure and save his wife and
daughters from drunken rape fiends,
is personally insulted by these laWles6
dealers in the horrible stuff. For
they tell him in effect they despise
him and his vote and they will make
that vote worthless by breaking his
has been shown repeatedly that mere
fines have but little deterrent effect
upon the blind tiger criminal. He, or
the whiShey houses back of him, can
pay II fines and still make the traffic
profitable, but it is a very different
ma ter when it comes to long term
of Imprisonment, for that effectually
blocks the game as to that particular
criminal, puts him where he can do
no harm and provides such a healthy
scare for the others yet undetected,
that even into their dull brains the
idea is likely to penetrate that the
profit is too small to justify the risk.
All honor to Judge Carter for the
policy he had adopted in disposing
of cases of this kind. The overwhelm-
ing majority of the people OF Suwan-
nee county fully approve his action,
and they are glad to know that they
have upon the bench an enlightened
and courageous judge. not afraid to
do his duty so thoroughly that the
blind tigers will at last be frightened
beyond the limits of our county.
Judge Carter has found the right
remedy.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-25

Soldering with the big guns at the
forts is what our boys are learning
over at Pensacola this week 1t is
not easy work and there is very little
of the ''pomp and circumstance"
about it to tickle the fancy and thrill
the girls, but it is very necessary tn
be learned if we are to repel the
laps and other 'furrin" foes when
they drop their anchors in range OF
the grim walls of Pickens and Bar
rancas. The more we do to bring the
regulars and State troops in SYM
pathetic touch with each and fit them
to do effective work together. the
longer do we postpone the necessity
for a large standing army. and the
better are we guarded against foes
abroad and foes at home.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-25

1t is good to look away from the
sins and sorrows of this wicked old
world; from the crime and vice and
selfish, sordid strivings: to stop
reading the awful page of even one
days history of the alleged civilized
man on this planet, and turn to the
blessed. sinless, fruitful soil and see
what the honest toilers there are do
ing. Let US read the following from
the Starke Telegraph and learn how
much better of is the man who has
TO do with fields and crops and sticks
20 his job than those of US who are
doing time" on the tread mills In
the towns and cities:
Mr.. A D. Andrews, of Raiford.
who was in town few days ago. told
a reporter for the Telegraph of the
splendid results obtained this year bv
one of his tenants or "half-croppers.
The man, he said. had already del;v-
- GN ~ OiiC SAuS SSUU worth OF cot
ton and would have at least 5000
worth more before the picking sea-
son ended. From his cotton alone
tn "kSlf-cropper" would make for
himself $500, This is equal to
salary OF $50 per month. but the man
has made other crops, so that his
years work will net him something
like 5000 or SIS per month. This is
more than the average salary paid to
bright young men employed in Of
fees and stores, and the man WHO
made the crop could not have made
above $50 per month working for
vases. He is negro and could have
found employment only as a common
lGhorCr- This incident gives some
iuya OF tie possibilities Of farming in
FLORIDA. and If many OF the young
men WHO are eking out an existence
in the towns of this and other states
would settle up our idle lands and
become producers they would be
much better on"
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-25

From setting of gorgeous
rhetoric and superlatives Of praise
which no mere human being ever de-
served. We rescue the following from
John Temple Graves welcome to
William J. Bryan to Atlanta the other
day:
For twelve long years as stormy.
strenuous and eveutful as apy citf-
zen ever spent-speaking incessap,-
ly. writing constantly. and always in
the full blaze OF publicity. this man
,lives today before the world vithour
stain upon his character or 2
ahadow upon the signal purity OF his
eSublic and private living. No enemy
I'm all the republic has been found to
smfTch the fair escutcheon on which
As writ the record of an open and A
mobile life Flinging his convictions
ravely in the face of all his genera
Ras on. and battered with a thousand
of conflicting thought.
ElNring all these years, his Ioftiness of
ESought, his sincerity of purpose and
s truth in speech have remained
Npeached and unquestioned by
or foe"
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-25

The people of Ocala are making
preparations for that coming-out
convention of the candidates for
State Offices to be held in that city
November Il. There will be a big
free feed for all of them after the
gabfest is over. and all the other fea-
lures necessary to put the candidates
in a comfortable and hopeful frame
of mind. But as yet we have heard
of only one of them who has an
nounced his purpose to attend. Cen
eral Gilchrist. who wants to be Gov
ernor. will be there. and while he
could we'll entertain the crowd il is
designed to be an all-star combina-
ton and there must be others to give
the proper eclaw to the occasion. We
say "eclaw" because that is strictly
1dem sonans" and it avoids disputa-
ton with the Franco-American edi-
tors in Tampa and Barlow.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-25

High Springs is 10 have q nsa
paper. 1t is announced that b
C. T. Taylor has moved 10 that tsss
and in a few days VIII Issue the ~
number of the High Springs -
senger. What memories OF he y
parted Setter and his incompasss
Hornet" come trooping up al -
mention of a revival OF II gh SPrsr
journalism, We will look upos ,
like and his like no more. but -
refreshing for a faded soul e vess
be TO again peruse the Hornes -
take in the elixir OF Setzsr's sosrsaf
genius unshackled By any OF
cheap conventions Of mere graEsf
syntax and logic. Setter Sas sa
Oughly unique and be gave as -
departure in journalism Shies
hoped might survive. for Dis h'f~
was good for the whole S,Aie -
and We were all eager for Us sr-ss
arrival in our Sanctuns. The -
old fellow was an uneoaso~
Artemus Ward and 40 love sin
the honest laughter ne has pro'eI
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-25
AROTTEN PRACTICE

A dispatch from Key West says
anent the approaching wet or dry
election in that city:
1T is estimated that there Will De
1900 votes for the coming wet ana
dry election that takes place on NoV-
ember 5, and there has been some
tall guessing how the votes will be
cast. 1t is reported that the wet
managers paid nine hundred poll
taxes and the drys one thousand poll
taxes to the tax collector. The vets
claim the first, fourth, fifth and eight
precincts while the drys are sure OF
the third, sixth and seventh. The
second will be very close. 1t is claim
ed that there will be 1900 votes cast
OF these the drys claim 1900, while
the vets are estimating 1,400. The
third precinct will yield a big ma
jority while the fifth will be the ban
ner precinct for the wet"
Think of the shame, the democrat
ization. the brutal, brazen corruption
implied in the statement that the
wet managers have paid nine hun
dred poll taxes and the "drys" one
thousand poll taxes to the tax col
IectOr, To pay poll taxes in that way
s equivalent to buying votes by
Wholesale and that, too, with no ef-
fort at concealment, and no matter in
what cause such shameless, mer-
cenary transactions may be conduct
ed, it is an affront to good morals
and good government The man who
won't pay his own poll tax has 70
right to vote, and when he permits
another to pay it for him, it Is certain
that the understanding is complete
between them that it is a vote pur-
chased, bought in the open market,
and is to be cast as the man paying
the poll tax may direct. There is ne
III" against II IN lOllOd, put JnSTe
ought to be in express terms, as there
now is in Texas, and until there is
such a law, open traffic in votes will
go on and majorities bought like cat
tie can defeat the will of the decent
people of the State. The next session
OF the legislature should, by all
means, repair this grave defect in
our laws and block this game for
ever of buying voters by the herd /
We want prohibition to win out il
Key West, but We want no purchased
vote to Offset that of a self-respecting
citizen. II may be all right to fight |
the devil with fire, but the law should !
take a hand and disarm both the devil !
and his adversaries of any such |
weapon by which decent society and I
good government are the heaviest |
losers
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-25

The English cotton spinners re-
Gently, in Atlanta, said In Chicago
that If American growers attempt to
make abnormal prices" for cotton
tie foreign manufacturers will be
forced to go elsewhere for their faw
material That proposition Is all
right The Southern farmer doesn't
want an abnormal price for his cot
ton. He insists only on fair COM
pensation for it. But it is the Alb
normal price that he has been getting
much of the time for many years
past-abnormally low What he
specifically asks if that the gamblers
"rake-off'' may go to him (the farm
cry by eliminating the gambler, and
then let the law of supply and de-
mand regulate the price.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-25

When Mr.. Bryan was in Atlanta
the other day, in a little extempo-e
speech he made at a banquet, he paid
a simple but beautiful and impressive
tribute to the Bible And this fri
butte has peculiar value and signifi-
canoe coming from a layman and Il
politician fighting an incessant bat
tie with human adversaries over hui
man issues, in which the Sword of
the Spirit" is not popularity supposed
TO be very effective weapon. He
said:
Il used 10 cite Democratic author
tiles To back my arguments. When
the enemy attacked my authority. il
kept ne busy hunting up records.
Then l began to cite the Bible. and
when tie enemy attacked that 1 could
90 away and let them fight it out with
the Good Book. l so to the Bible
otteneT as l grow older. II is the
most wonderful book in the world
so wise. so beautiful. so filled with
wisdom and consolation TO the
weary"
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-25

Citrus county remains dry by an
Overwhelming majoritv- The voters
there had seen the< county with
saloons and without them, and with
that knowledge in their minds, the
case was too plain for argument and
they cast their ballots to maintain
the existing Status The blind tiger"
IS bad enough. but as a source OF all
things evil the open saloon makes it
look like a singsd cat by comparison.