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The Dolores star., 1907-02-15
couldn,t Lose Him.

A big New York Wholesale houso
not long ago started q certain drum
mer on the road, giving him 5000 for
travelling expenses.
Two weeks passed and nothing w1s
heard from him. Finally. the h0uno
becoming impatient. telegraphed ~
delinquent AZ follows:
mo advices from you since yuu
left. Are you still with us?"
In little while the answer caxna.
Referring yours Of the 18th. HnvU
drawn on you for $3.50 additional. A.
still with you"
The Dolores star., 1907-02-15
10 pome,ticate J Cat,

1t is said that an unfailing remedy
for cat that will not accustom itself
to new home is to grease its feet
thoroughly with butter and put it
down the cellar When 1t has licked
its feet clean 1t will be thoroughly
domiciled and will cause no further
trouble by running away.
The Dolores star., 1907-02-15
Matrlaoe paxa n Italx,

In Italy Sunday is usually selected
for the marriage Of those persons who
have never been married before.
Widows, however. in accordance with
an old custom. usually choose Satar.
day.
The Dolores star., 1907-02-15
SUFFERED TWELVE YEARS FROM AFJER
EFFECTS Of IA GRIPPE.

SUFFERED Twelve YEARS FROM AFTER
EFFECTS Of IA GRIPPE.
Mr.. Victor Patneaude, 32S Madisoa
St. Topeka. Kan, writes:
Twelve years ago had a severe
attack OF la grippe and l never really
recovered my health until two years
ago. I began using Peruna and =
built up my strength so that In q Con-
pie Of months ! was able to 90 to work
again." r.r.at
PNEUMONIA FOLLOWED IA 6asPSE.
Mr.. T. Barnecott, West Aylmer. On
tarfo. Can. writes: -s.--
Last winter l was III With pnsu-
monia after having Ia grippe. took
Peruna for two months. when ! -
came quite we'll"
PE-RuLNA-A TONIC AFTER IA 6alpVE.
Mrs. Chas. Il. Wells. ST.. DelaWafa.
Ohio, writes: After severe attack
of la grippe. I took Peruna and found
1t very good tonic" rans
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
A Big Government Surplus.

WASHINGTON, June $3.50 far as
working purposes is concerned, the
fiscal year of the government closed
yesterday with a surplus OF substan-
TALLY S57, 900, 900, one Of the largest
net balances ever shown.
In the fiscal year 1902, there was q
surplus Of s9l, 1872 andlthat was the
largest since 1890.
While the figures available today
for the fiscal year will not be officially
announced until Monday, they are
approximately accurate.
They show that in the year just
closed. the income from the various
sources OF revenue was 1866, 3O6, 1874,
and the expenditures, s575, ,376, 70S, as
compared with receipts ofNS594 ,454. l2l
tor the last fiscal year and expendi.
lures of 1868, 7S4, 799. the surplus in
that year being s25, $3.50, ,322:
There has been tremendous in-
crease in receipts the year just clos.
ing, while the expenditures have been
$40, 900, 900 in excess of last year.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
Three Thugs Executed.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, June 81
Harry Vaughn, Edward Raymond and
George Ryan were hanged in the coun.
ty Jail here this morning for the kill.
ing of Prison Guard John Clay, dur
ing q concerted attempt to escape from
the penitentiary. The trio were hanged
at the same moment. Sheriff Scott
sprung the trap and Eve minutes later
all three were pronounced dead. No
statement was made from the scaffold.
The execution OF Vaughn, Ryau and
Raymond 10 the termiu alton of a des-
perate attempt made by the three
named and E. Blake, another convict.
on the afternoon of November %, 1905,
to escape from the peniten:iary. Dur.
the outbreak Blake and Prison Guard >
John Clay and E. Allison were shot
dead
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
Complain Of Fuel Famine.

BLACkFooT, Idaho. June ga
most serious coal famine is threaten-
ing the entire Snake river valley.
For more than month not a pound
OF coal has been shipped into Black
foot for commercial use. During the
winter months the mineowners and the
railroad urged the storing of coal in
the summer, aud, although the dealers
have made extensive preparations for
the storage of coal. their orders are
turned down upon the ground that it
is impossible to get cars.
As all the threshing machines in the
valley are equipped with coal burners.
the coal famine threatens the grain
crop, and the stu alton has become 80
serious that an appeal will be directed
to the interstate commerce commission
showing the condition aud asking for
immediate relief.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
Salaries Are Increased,

WASHINGTON, June 29.-Under the
provisions of the new postottice law,
which goes into effect Monday, a gen.
eral advance will be made in the sal
aries of postotfice clerks, carriers,
rural carriers and railway nail clerks.
Every clerk and carrier who has been
in the service year will receive an
advance Of Sl00 except the S4OO men,
who will get $500, aud ;the $500 EN-.
ployes, who will be jumped to $500.
In the future there will be an annual
increase OF 800 for every man who
has been in certain grade for q year
and has q satisfactory efficiency re-
cord, up to 81, POO. DThe previous limit
has been 81 900.
The total number of clerks to be
promoted Monday or asls soon there
after as they have completed q years.
service in the grades in which they are
now serving is $4,000.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
New Device Calls Trains.

NEW YORK, June 28.-The teleme.
graphone, the newest device for reduc.
ing wear and tear on human throats,
is being tried in the Grand Central
station by the New York Central rail-
road. II a fair trial proves its worth,
shouting of departing trains by sta
ton attendants will be dispensed with.
The telemegraphone consists mainly
of several large brass horns distrib.
uted over the station. These horns
are connected by wires with a central.
~ situ ated booth. A railroad en-.
ploye standing inside this booth
speaks about the trains into a mouth.
piece resembling so,newhat a tele-
phone mouthpiece, and the words are
carried TO the severa, brass horns by
the wires.
But the original sound. are magni-
fed when they issue from the mouth
o. the horns. Thus far, uside from a
certain harshne=s Of tone, the train
announcements seem quite Ineligible
to passengers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
Sheep Shearer Has Bonanza.

SHosHoNE, Wyo., June 30. - Re.
fusing . cash offer of sl25, 900. made
by Montana copper people, John
Cunningham shears sheep for grub
stake and continues at work single
handed and alone on his claims. He
holds out for q quarter of a million
dollars for his property.
His claims lie in the heart of the
Copper mountain district, and COM
prise l6O acres and contain some of
the biggest bodies OF copper in the
district. One vein OF copper which is
cut square across by canyon in the
hills is no less than ninety feet in
width, and there are at least FIVE mar.
rover veins crossing the ground.
seven years ago John Cunningham
located these claims. He was in fact
one OF the first prospectors to locate
in the district. Since tha, time ne has
-heared sheep for few months in the
sumner and has worked OF the claim,
I'll. balance OF the year with the money
earned through the shearing season.
IL i. absolutely Independent. and asks
10 odds OF anybody. With the de-
= 'opmen. OF the district he will prob.
q = receive the price La ASKS.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
Taft Denies Reports.

WASHINGTON, June 23.-"It is a
tissue of falsehoods, said Secretary
Taft today when his attention was
called to reports of dissatisfaction on
the part of the adminis,r alton of the
m management of the affairs under the
lsthmian canal commission and of the
intention of the officers engaged in the
WORK to relinQuish it and return to the
United States.
The secretary was very emph attic in
his declare alton that he had not re.
ceived a single communication from
Lieuten ant Colonel Goethals, showing
in any way that he was diss atisded or
decided to end his connection with the
WORK.
NO immediate change is contem-
plated in the management OF aft airs, )"
said the secretary, 'and there has not
been single kick OF any sort. There
is no truth in the story OF the army
officers asking for leaves of absence
to return to the United States
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
Passengers Invited to Kick.

CHICAGO, June 23.-Printed on the
backs of all Burlington folders and
menu cards may be found an invita-.
tion to the public to ''kick" about
anything it does not like in connection
with the passenger service of the com.
pany. As an encouragement to public
criticism, the officials have placed in
all observ alton cars locked boxes in
which to deposit complaints, and has
also supplied those cars with pads Of
paper on which critics may write what
they have 70 say.
The purpose explained an ossc al
of the company, sis not to establish a
puo.ic espionage system over en-.
p.oyes, bu. to secure homes. aud val
liable criticism o: our passenger serv.
ice.
Sometimes things do no. appear
TO NE as they appear to the travelling
public, a1d We want 20 have the best
passenger service possible. There
fore, We want the assistance O: our
customers aud are inviting tte:r sug.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
Work Of Government Scientists.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-'Millions
OF dollars-in fact q sum so vast tha
it cannot be estimated-have been
saved to the American people by dis
coveries made by government scien-
lists during the fiscal year which
closed today" declared Secretary
Wilson in speaking Of the record of
the department of agriculture for the
year.
Secretary Wilson feels that the rec~
oguition by the government Of these
discoveries is far too meager. but he
does not hesitate to give to the scien-
tist this little help whenever he feels
that it is merited. Whenever . value.
able discovery warrauting United
States patent is made by an employe
of the department Of agriculture the
secretary advances the salary OF the
employe as much as it is possible to
do under the law. The patent is taken
out in this country in the lame of tie
scientist making the discovery aud
then dedica ated to the United States.
If the discovery is applicable to use
in foreign country, the scientist is
authorized to receive the benefit, but
usually the patent is Of character
designed to NEE. conditions il the
United States and Q: little use else
where.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
Spokane Rate Case Opens.

WASHINGTON, June GA freight
rate contest between Spokane. Wash.
and other cities of the north west is be.
ing threshed out before the interstate
commerce commission. Arguments
were begun today before that body in
what is known as the "Spokane case, -
an action OF the city OF Spoka ane
against the Northern Pacific, the
Great Northern. Union Pacific. Oregon
Railroad 4 Navigation company and
the Spokane Fall, & Northern rail-
road.
1t wa, alleged that these lines
charge on various kind, Of freight
traffic billed 20 Spokane equal to the
rate charged from western points to
Seattle, Tacoma or Portland, plus the
local rate from those cities TO SpO.
kane, although Spokane is much near
er to the points OF origiu OF the freight
than are the other cities, and in many
instances the freight has To pass
through Spokane to reach the other
cities before it is shipped back. The
claim is set up that the rates are un.
just excessive and discrimin atory to
the merchants aud shippers of Spo.
kane. 1t is likely tha, the arguments
in the case will! consume two days.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
May Distribute Immigrants.

DENVER. June 27.-The aim OF the
federal government to aid the west in
securing settlers who will become good
citizens is to be brought about by q
new scheme which the next congress
will be asked to assist in. The project
is to turn the tide OF immigration
away from the already overcrowded
cities of the east to the west, where
labor is needed. This plan will help
solve the labor problem and also the
sociological problem involved in the
increasing foreign population Of the
United States.
Secretary Garfield OF the interior
department, in his address at the land
convention, referred to this plan as
cou.em plated by the government. The
details of the plan are now being
worked out By the bureaus OF labor
and immigration o: the department Of
commerce and labor. Il vii, take a
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
Court Wants Rockefeller.

CHICAGO, June 2S.-"This court is
not . respecter of wealth or other
claims of immunity said Judge
Laadis this morning when Attorney
Miller appealed. asking that Rookie.
teller be excused from testifying in
the Chicago rebate cases on account
OF his age and wealth.
John S. Miller, attorney for the
Standard Oil company, informed the
court that Mr.. Rockefeller, although
president OF the Stand ard Oil company
OF Indiana, was not possessed of the
information regarding the financial
condition of the company desired by
the court. He also informed the court
that Mr.. Rockefeller was an old man
who had many business cares and
that no advantage could be had to
any person by bringing him into
court.
The remarks of the attorney did not
appeal to Judge Lands, for he
promptly refused to recall the sub.
poeua and in addition directed thai
subpoenas be issued for the vice pres
ident aud secretary.treasurer of the
Union Tank line.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03

liberia. appropri ration to carry this
scheme out successfully. OF the grea.
number of foreigners who come to the
United States every year 80 per cent.
never get beyond New York city and
its suburbs in New York and New
Jersey. Eight per cent. never get west
of the Allegha hany mountains. The im.
migration agents under the new plan
would have to furnish information 40
to the best place for the foreigner in
the west and convince him that he can
succeed better there than in the eastern
cities.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
Crusade Against Hoboes.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 27.-James j.
Hill and Hartman aud McCrea, aud
all other men who own locomotives
and trains, including Mr.. Baer of
Pennsylvania, have decided to engage
in new sport. They are going out
hunting for the tramps and buns over
whose head DR.. Ben Re;tman has
hung halo, and they are going to
make life so miserable for the ragged
wayfarers that they will feel like Wall
street after Grea. Northern slump.
They are going to chase the dis
heveled tourists from their rights of
way: they are going TO wash them,
make them go to work; they are now
going to uplift them. They are going
TO make them like work better than
kitchen door pies, and they are going
to boost the price of nights lodging
and coffee in the morning from 10 to
20 cents. They are going after the
buns and hoboes just as Mr.. Roose.
welt has been going after them.
The plan to bring about active CO.
operation between the railroads and
the charity workers of the country in
the solution of the vagrancy problem
was announced by Orlando F. Lewis
of New York, superintendent of the
joint application bureau Of the ch ari.y
organization society and Of the as.
sociation for improving the condition
of the poor.
Superintendent Lewis declared tn a.
the cost Of the tramps to the railro ads
annually is S2,50O,0OO He said that
during the last year the tramps who
infest every trunk line have been re.
sponsible for railroad wrecks, the
burning of depots, the great loss of
life, mum berless fires ia box cars, and
property losses mounting into the
millions. He declared that tramps, to
take revenge oa society, tampered
with signals, aud even killed railroad
employees.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
STOCkMEN ARE:|NDICTED.
Well Known Montana Citizens Ac.
cused BY Federal Grand Jury.

HELENA, June %. - The federal
grand jury, which has been in session
for nearly two weeks, submitted its re-
port to Judge w. H. Hunt today,
through Foreman E. A. McCrum, and
was discharged, after being thanked
by the court for its diligent attend.
ance.
The jury returned 30 indictments, %
in the district and one in the circuit
court divisions, respectively. OF
these, 16 were made public and IA are
secret. the alleged violators not hav.
ing been apprehended. OF these, the
most important was that Of Antoine
Nenenah, charged with murder, the
others being for such alleged crimes
az crimina assault, introducing liquor
on Indian reservations and the theft
of horses.
In the rem aiming thirteen, it is un-
derstood, some OF the leading livestock
men Of eastern Montana are involved.
on the charge Of illegal fencing. War
rants were issued in these cases and
will be made public only when served
John 7. Murphy, a cat,leman in
Montana aud a plantation owner in
Florida, was indicted for the unlaw.
full fencing of 1920 acres OF public
land, situated in Yellowstone and
Fergus counties. He was arrested to.
day and ia out on bond.
Robert Brownlee, a member of the
legislature from Sweet Grass county,
and State Sen a.or Edward Cardwell.
of Jefferson county, were also indicted
for unlawful fencing, as we'll as Cabot
Thomas, A. j. Thomas and Bert
Shorey, prominent cattlemeu OF east.
ern Montana.
The Jury reported that it had con.
Quoted an inquiry into five cases, but
regarded the evidence as insufficient
to secure conviction, and recommend
the discharge of the prisoners, who
are being held either in Jail Or under
bond. They are as follows: J. 7.
Edw ards, introducing liquor on an In.
dian reservation; Audrey In-Hoo-Tay,
murder; William Pendergrass, liquor
selling on a reservation: John Glas.
son, sending obscene matter through
the mails, aud Henry Clarem ont, sell.
ing liquor to Indians. Judge Hunt
accepted the recommendation.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
lnsisted..On:Paying Taxes.

WABASH, Ind, June 29.-W. w.
Coburn caused sensation when he
appeared before the Wabash county
board of review, announced that the
assessor had neglected to list his per-
sonal property and asked that it be
assessed against him. The personal
property could not have been found
and it was not TO protect himself that
he appeared, but merely because he
thought he ought to pay taxes on all
he owned.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
Deny Orchards Testimony.

BOISE, June % The attorneys for
William D. Haywood continue to CEN
ter their effort. on the di>credi,ing Of
Harry Orch ard and the esta ablishmeut
OF their claim that Orchard killed
Frank Steuneu berg IN revenge for the
loss Of his il,eve-. in the Hercules
mine
Today they directly attacked the
Vind!cator explosion with the testi-
mony Of y witness that made i. appe ar
accidental, rather than criminal.
William Eascer!y, who concluded
his testimony this morning, aud G.. D.
Copley, who was called this afternoon
both swore that they heard Orchard
tell of the loss of the Hercules mine
and threaten to xii! Steuneu berg for
it.
Ga cross-examinatioa, the state
questioned them both, and particular
~ Easter.y, who received two letters
and one telephone message from Or.
chard GA the eve OF the killing OF
S.euaeo berg, for rem aiming quiet when
they knew crime might be committed
Eastecly contended that he did no,
know Steunenb berg lived at Caldwell,
and explained that although he knew
Thomas Hogan was Harry Orchard,
he took no steps Immediately after the
crime. except to consult counsel for
the federation, because he was not an
informer; and Copley asserted that be
did not take Orchard seriously when
they met in San Francisco and he told
him Of the Bradley crime.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
Fly Menaces Sheep Industry.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 29.-U Mess
some remedy for the effects OF new
Kind 0: parasitic ay is discovered the
sheep industry in eastern Wyoming
and possibly OF the entire west is
menaced. State Neterin arian w. f.
Phaeging aud DR.. Lowell lark, agent
in charge Of this di,tric. for the bu.
reau OF animal industry, have Just
completed preliminary investigation
Of The ravages and character Of this
BY, and their repor.;is alarming.
Several thousand head Of steep il
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
Standard Oil Men Called.

CHICAGO, June e27.-Subpoenas were
issued today in the United States dis.
trict court for the leading officers of
the Standard Oil company, of Indi.
ana. The officers summoned to testi-
fy are John D. Rockefeller, president;
William Rockefeller, John D. Archi.
bald and Henry II. Rogers, vice.
presidents: William Howe. assistant
treasurer, and Charles T. White, as.
sistant secretary.
The issuance of the subpoenas was
the direct result of the refusal of the
Stand ard Oil officials yesterday to in
form the court of the financial condi.
tion of the Indiana company. Judge
Lands replied that he was entitled to
that inform alton in connection with
imposing of fines, and intended to
have it. He thereupon directed the
district attorney to prepare subpoenas
for such officials of the Indiana COM
pany, or for any officers of the con-
trolling corporation who might have
the inform alton desired.
The Standard Oil company Of Indi-
ana was indicted upon the charge Of
using illegal freight rates, rendered it
by the Chicago & Alton railway, and
after long trial was found guilty on
sixty-two counts of the indictment. A
maximum fine of $40, 600 is allowed on
each count, making total fine of s29, i.
100000.
Before passing sentence Judge
Lands announced that it was his Gus.
tom to proportion the fine according
to the financial condition of the de-.
fenda ants, and asked for specific infor.
nation regarding the financial condi-
tion of the Standard Oil company.
This is inform alton he has been un-
able to obtain. and the subpoenas
we're the consequence.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
A PiNKERTON CONSPIRACY,
Defense In Haywood Murder Case
Makes Sensational Charges.

BOISE, June 29.-The oper ations of
the Pinkertous ss strikebreakers and
agents Of the Mineowners and Citi.
zens' Alliance in the Cripple Creek
district. % told by Pinkerton em.
ploye was the innov alton that enter
tanned the spectators in the Haywood
trial during the major portion of to.
day. A former stenogr apher of Chief
Detective McPartland, who wrote the
reports of the Operatives" was
called to the stand for the defense and
uufolded much Of interest Of the meth
DDS employed byl the enemies OF the
Miners unions.
Friedman swore that, in3several in.
stances, the detectives sent out by the
agency, in behalf Of Ithesmineowners,
managed to get themselvesl elected to
high offices in the unions, and in q
couple OF instances. they carried their
daring roles to the extent of sharing
all the hardships of real strikers and
being finally deportedsfrom the coun-
try with real strikers who went out be.
fore the militia.
Friedman said that one of the Pink
erton operatives became chairman of
the union strike relief committee at
Globeville, and as such,l had charge
Of all the funds and. food distributed
there by the local union and gener al
federation. Friedmanssaid that. un.
der instructions fromjhis slsuperiors at
the Plnkerton agency, this man tried
to beggar the feder alton by lavish ex.
penditures in behalf Of thejlstrikers,
and failing in this, helicut the relief
down to the lowest point, iuj:the hope
that members OF the union might cen.
sure Mr.. Haywood.
BY the introduction of the witness ,
Friedman, on the last day of the first
week of the innings for the defense, a
more positive light is thrown upon the
position taken by the attorneys who
are endeavoring to clear Haywood and
the other officials Of the Western Fed
GRAFTON of Miners from the charge of
conspiracy TO murder. 1t is clearly
indicated that 1t is2proposed to show
lat the conspiracy to ex.ermin ate the
Western Federation went so far as to
secure the indictment of the highest
officials Of the federation ca the ch arge
of murder.