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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-22
Wool Market Is Improving.
Boston Commercial Bulletin,

Boston Commercial Bulletin.
The situation has developed into one
OF greater activity, not only here in
Boston but in the west. The trans
actions have been on "a larger scale
than for several weeks. \ trading
basis has been reached without much
change in prevailing prices. Old
clothing woods are cleaning up slowly,
but have met with rather more demand
than previously. Fine aeeces are
practically out Of the market and
would doubtless move with some free.
dom we're they in stock. On good au.
thority it Is stated that there is not a
pound of fine delaine left unsold in
Boston. This matter of low stocks
and poor assortments is a trouble to
q great many firms who would like to
be doing more business. 1t will be q
monotouous time for them till re-
ceipts from the new clip are heavier.
A fair amount Of Montana fine the.
dunn sold at PIC and other fine and fine
medium at 20 to PIC. The occurred
basis is Csc for strictly fine clothing
and about Csc for fine medium.
In several sections the deadlock be-
tween buyers and sellers. which has
existed since the opening Of the sea
SOD, is broken. Wyoming has fur
nished the most excitement, several
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-22

million pounds of the Rawlins woods
have changed hands on last Saturday
aud since. The advantage is not
wholly to the eastern dealer. Prices
are said to be lower than last year.
The range is from 10 to 208c. which
shows that the grower is receiving a
fair price for his wool. The estimated
landed secured cost in Boston of these
purchases is not lower than 65c. II
Is figured at several cents higher, or
81 to Csc, by good authorities.
This does not look like 60.cent wool
this season, the basis upon which
eastern merchants had hoped the bulk
of the clip would be secured. There
is some faith that that basis may We,
prevail. The Utah clip is we'll mark.
eted through transfers since the sea.
son opened and by contracts made
last fall. Recently 1000, 600 pounds
changed hands at Is to PIC. Up to
224c has been paid in the triangle
section.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-22
Charged With illegal Fencing.

CHEYENNE, May 2O.-Actiou was
brought in the United States district
court here today by the federal gov.
eminent against the Wyoming Cattle
X Investment company and the Fed.
eral Land 4 Securities company to
compel them to remove fences around
20, 72O acres of government land 20
miles east Of Cheyenne. This is the
first suit instituted as a result of the
investigation recently begun by gov.
eminent land agents.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-22
For Dry Farming Experiments.

LEwIsTOwN, May 1.-THE farmers
Of the Judith basin are highly pleased
with the success of the movement
started by S. S. Hobson to secure for
this county an experimental station to
be under the direction Of the state and
the department Of agriculture.
The 100 acre tract selected at Helena
this week is tweuty-four miles west Of
Lewistown and about four miles from
Philbrook. 1t is in the exact geo.
graphical center of Montana, as we'll
as the center Of the J udith basin. That
locality was chosen because it was not
influenced by the proximity OF noun.
tains, and is therefore representative
OF the conditions Of the largest posi-.
BILE area in regard to the soil, mois.
ture, etc.
The tract was bought and paid for
by S. S. Hobson, who has decided i,
back to the state. and in addition to
this he has guaranteed the money re.
Quired for making Improvements.
These expenses had to be met before
the project could be carried out, and
Mr.. Hobson's public spirit and gen.
crosby are appreciated. The land
will be plowed next month, and q por.
ton of it made ready for fall seeding,
while the buildings will also be com.
menced this year.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-22
Will Test New Law.

HELENA, May 1S.-The case which
will be taken into the courts to test the
constitution ality OF the l6.hour law
applicable to trainmen will be begun
in Park county. Assistant Attorney
General Yancy, who has charge of the
natter, has arranged for the filing Of
the papers there. The case is brought
in Park because at Livingston the or
ders are made for this division. The
Northern Pacific some time ago mott.
fed the board of railroad commission.
ers that it proposed to ignore the law
on the ground that it was u%nconstitu.
tional. Then it was decided to submit
the case % adjudication by the courts
On an agreed statement of facts. The
contention of the railroad is that.
while the new state law limiting the
number of hours Of railway employees
to 16, except in emergency cases, was
passed in FEBRUARY and became effec.
tive at once, the national law, which
is similar, was passed in March, but
does not become operative until q year
thereafter. Hence, it holds that the
state has q law at least tacitly in col.
dict with federal statutes.
It is the contention OF the railroad
commissioners and the attorney gen.
eral, representing the state, that there
is no difference between the statutes,
save in mere phraseo1ogy, and that
even il there is no federal law on the
subject effective at this time, the state
has the right, as a police regulation,
to limit the hours OF employees.
The complaint to be filed at Living.
ston sets forth that the Northern Pa
ci6c Railway company is a Wisconsin
corporation and has among its en-
ployes n NJ. +. Delavergn: that the
former w~illfully, intentionally and un'
lawfully compelled the latter to ignore
the laws relative to the hours of his
employment, in Park county on May
10, by requiring him to remain or
duty more than Ii hours, and that i,
was not due to q wreck or other such
emergency, where exception is mad>
by the statute.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-22
We Will Celebrate.

A rousing Fourth OF July celebra.
ton by residents of this city and
vicinity is assured by the action taken
by . public meeting held at the coun.
ell rooms Monday evening. The SO.
Letting committee appointed at a for.
mer meeting made q very satisfactory
report, the subscriptions contributed
by many OF our citizens being suffici.
cient to justify preparations for a
good time.
w. S. Towner, chairman OF the
meeting, was authorized to appoint
an executive committee, each member
of which is to be chairman Of q SUBJ
committee to be in charge Of certain
portions of the program. The ap'
pointmeuts were:
Isaac Hunsberger, sports.
Frank Mcdonald, races.
Henry Hagen, fireworks and deco.
rations.
w. G Morrison, parade.
John E. Epperson, advertising and
program.
F. A. Flanagan, baseball game.
On motion, Lee Sedwick was ap.
pointed treasurer of the committee.
Early announcement of the celebra'
ton is made ia order that visitors
within convenient distance may ar
range their appointments with a view
to taking part in the celebration
They are guaranteed a most enjoyabl
time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-11
FROM PERJURY TO WEALTH
Inmate of Poor Farm FINDS Him =
self POssessOr of Fortune
of 100000.

Des MOines. Ia, May 10.-Al-
though an inmate of the Polk county
poor farm, John Antleyis heir to $780,
600. Robert Brennan. assistant county
attorney, has received a letter from AT
torney Ellsworth Breckenridge. of
New York city. who says Antley is an
heir to the residue of the estate of the
late Barton Antley, who died in New
York in 1871
An interesting feature of the case
is that breckenridge heard of Brennan
in connection with the case which the
Des MONIES attorney is prosecuting for
Mrs. Amelia Brown, of East Des
MOines. who is claimant of sixty-fOur
acres of land i'm the heart Of New York
city, through deed which she claims
was made to her ancestors by Aaro1
Burr.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-11
swoRE OFF THE CIGARETTE
Dozen Comrades of the Boy Killed by
Smoking Take Very Solemn
Pledge,

Detroit. May 10.-Grouped about
the coffin of the dead boy, dozen
companions of Herbert Secrest. is
years old, school boy who died of
excessive use of cigarettes, solemnly
vowed TO abandon forever the use of
the noXiOus coffin nail' in response
TO the dead lads dying request to
members of his gang"
Terror was written on their faces a
they heard with sobs a statement by
the 13-yPar-oId brother of Herl e. t. who
said: "Herbie says to me just before
he died, Frank, l want you to promise
me you will never smoke another cf-
garette and that you'll ask other boys
to quit and l promised"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-11
SOAP CLUBS AND so FORTH.
How Such Schemes of Mail Order
Houses DecYeass Business

A close student of trade conditions
has just made the surprising statement
that "last year at least $3.50, 900
that should have gone to the retail
merchants OF the middle west was
sent away from home to these mail
order concerns
Whether mail order trading is a
fashion. a habit or fad is not under
discussion here but it is fact and a
serious fact. The writer already men
toned goes on to say:
This buying of catalogue houses
and through soap clubs is fad that
has grown up in the commercial gar
den like a rank weed People have
been so busy about other things that
they simply have forgotten the obliga-
tons they are under to their fellow
neighbOrs and to themselves as COM
munity.''
The soap club, by the way, and
schemes Of its sort do a lot of damage
in many communities A woman or
girl sees In one of the cheap monthly
mail order publications an alIuring of
fer of prize in return for selling so
many boxes Of soap or something else
for household use. Let us suppose 1t
is soap. Everybody uses soap except
tramps. SOAP appeals to the house
wife, and when her neighhcr and
friend come: around and requests her
to subscribe to q box Of soap so that
the canvasser may win the prize of Il
package Of beautiful hatpins OF a new
parlOr rug almost any woman VI axe
the soap. 1t helps the neighbor along.
you know.
But these good women fail to think
of other neighbors. just as deserving.
who are not helped by this little TRIMS
action, but, on the other hand. are him
dered. There is the Storekeeper in
town who sells soap. lie sells soap
just as good, no doubt, as the mail or
der brand, and his small profit on the
sale helps him to succeed in business
and to continue patronizing his other
neighbOrs who are III business. Per-
haps he buys many things for his own
household use from the husbands of
the very women who send the order
for the mail order soap.
The competition of the catalogue
house with the local retail stores, IN
the opinion of those who study the
situation, is doing more than any other
thing to sap the commercial strength
Of the country towns.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-11
ANOTHER sEPoY REBELLION!
John Bull Has Trouble on His Hand
in India and Is ''GFinding
His Knife

Lahore. British India. May 10.-l1v-
erything seems to point TO the imni-
nence of native outbreak here. and
the authorities are taking all the Steps
possible to suppress it by force o.
arms. Bands of stalwart rusticS armed
with bludgeOns. who have been enlist
ed by the leaders of the sedition. are
crowding into the native city. and
troops Of all arms and bodies of pO-
lice, mounted ard dismounted. are he
ing drafted into the city of Lahore
from al PARTS of the province. The
Notifications of Lahore have been sub
iected to a special inspection, and tie
artillerynen have been reinforced. T .
lieutenant governor of the Puniab. Sir
Denzil IbbetSan. has issued a p ocla-
NATION prohibiting meetings of every
kinds. and solemnly warning the
public not to attend any assemblages
under pain Of severe punishment. IN
addition the lieutenant governor has
struck at the root of the revolution
AIRY movement by causing the arrest
OF prominent LAWYER. Lajpatrai. who
practiced in the chief court of the Pun
1ah, and who was the leader financier
and organizer of most of the sedit Ous
demonstrations and Revolutionary liJts
I'm the Punjab.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-11
THEY WILL ALL RESIGN NOW
Sequel i'm the United Mine Workers Of
the Disappearance of
Strauhen.

puquoin, ILL.,, May 10.-As Il result
of tie alleged embezzlement of L. L..
Strauhen. of MurphysborO, su5-diStrict
secretary-treasurero of the United Mine
Workers. who disappeared a few weeks
ago leaving a shortage Of about $500
in his accounts, every sub-district Off,
cial has resigned and a special cleo
ton will be held in June to fill the va,
carcies.
This action was taken at the Sug,
gestiOn of State President Walker.
Vice President Pennington and Secre-
tary-Treasurer Ryan. who constituted
a commission appointed to confer with
the Sub-diStrict officials. 1t is very
probable that the entire roster of Off
Gals will be retained. The seventh
sub-district has a membership of over
1900.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-11
Attractive Store Fronts.

Since the invention of plate glass the
outside appearance Of shops and stores
has been greatly improved. The first
impression is important Many persons
are attracted to store by the tasteful
arrangement OF the show windows
Plate glass is now so cheap that it is
in general use. and the merchant who
tries to draw trade with the old fash
toned small pane windows. as some
still do. Is losing an opportunity Next
10 good newspaper advertising, a tasty
show window brings business. There's
nothing like putting on a good front
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-11
BUILDING UP HOME TRADE.
Local Merchants Must Advertise to
Compete With Persistent Outsiders.

Local Merchants Must Advertise to
Compete With Persistent Outsiders.
"A hundred years ago it was not
necessary to do any considerable
amount of advertising, but this is the
twentieth century, and conditions are
quite different" says an old advertiS-
ing expert. Nowadays the merchant
who neglects to put his wares before
the public through the public prints is
surely destined to go away back and
sit down, while his more up to date
competitors keep going toward the
front Advertising is the life of trade.
That statement has been made so often
that it is trite, but it is always true.
"Much is heard In these days about
the mail order concerns in the big cities
taking away the trade of the mer-
chants in the smaller towns and cities.
It Is an undeniable fact that the cata-
logue, with its price list Of everything
under the sun, accompanied by numer-
Gus alluring cuts to represent the goods
offered, is attracting millions of dol
lars from the great public pocket. This
money before the invention of the mail
order scheme went into the pockets of
pie also persistently advertise their
wares in the various little publications
which are known to the trade as mail
order Journals Thus the town and
country people are kept constantly in
touch with possible bargains, having
only to send in an order by mail anA
receive the goods, whether satisfac-
tory or not, by return mail.
"SOme local merchants make a great
to do about this sapping of their sub
stance but If they fail to take the
only obvious method of self defense
there is not much sympathy to be
wasted upon them. The only obvious
method is to shoot the same kind of
ammunition that is shot by the compel
ing houses in the big cities. This am
munition is called advertising. Every
small town now has its local weekly
newspaper, which practically every
body In the town and its outlying ter
ritory reads regularly. Every good
sized town has its daily paper. These
must load with the proper sort Of am
munitlon if they expect to fight the
competition from the outside.
"In many towns the merchants have
discovered this fact and are lombard
ing the enemy furiously. Reports or
the battle usually show that the bonn
barlrent is effective. OF course q
mere scrap of ammunition, charge Of
bird shot, won't do much good, but a
few cannon balls will show results.
Those who hold that advertising doesn't
nav do not know how to advertise.
They are bad marksmen. They don't
shoot straight, or perhaps they use am
munition that is too ancient. People
like to read advertisements that are mp
TO date and striking. Nobody Is going
to get ahead in these sharply competi-
tive days unless he keeps wide awake
and always has his gun cooked ready
TO shoot when the game is in sight"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-11
STORY OF FAMOUS HYMN.
Cali Glory, Laud and Honour" Writ
ten in a Prison.

A popular hymn is Theodulph's All
glory, laud and honour" belonging to
the ninth century, and said to have
been written by the poet while in An
gers prison. The author of Hymns
and Their Makers" quotes legend ID
relation to it's use on Palm Sunday,
S21. to the effect that when Louis the
Pious, king of France, was at Anglers,
he took part in the usual procession
of laity and clergy, and as the process
sion passed the place where st. Thee
duIph, the bishop of Orleans, had long
been incarcerated he was seen stand
ing at the open window of his cell,
and there, amid the silence of the peo-
pie, he sang his hymn, to The delight
of the king, who at once ordered him
to be set at liberty and restored to his
see. In some minor details this legend
is referred to by other writer's as well.
The original is too long TO be sung IN
modern services, as it has no fewer
than rs lines. The verses usually
found in our hymnals are but frag-
ment OF the original hymn, which, with
more or less abbreyiation, has been
used as a professional for many ceDs
turies.-The Culver.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-11
OUR INDIANA POO Bah
He Is Postmaster, ''TonSorial Artist"
and C0unty TruaHJ Onicpr
All in One.

Newcastle. Ind, May 10.-Postm1s s.
ter Of his town. the only "tonsorial
artist in the place. and count; rant
officer. IS the novel position he'd b.
Charles Pearson. Il young man Of Ca
diZ. IearSpm has heen the towns bar
Der and postmaster tor several years,
and IL necessary one could git ones
mail while = customer lay in the chair
in the same little bUiidiL% with lather
on his face.
Now Pears IN hes aGdlel the DUTIES
Of county truant officer to his u 81 eSsi.
lie has been appointed V the, county
CCmmSSi pnerS tDSucceed join 4. Ro,-
ertS. OF kannard. Pearson w II have
busy time and can serve an entiia
family. lie can deliver the mail -
the women Of a family. shave the hus.-
band ana father and round up the
son who plays hockey" from the little
red school house.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-11
QUESTIONING THE TALEsNIEN
Line of Interrogatories of the Defense
Includes ROuseyeIt's Utterances.


Line of heterogeneous of the Defense
includes ROoseyeIt's Utterances.
The questioning Of the defense took
a much wider range than that Of the
state, and its most striking feature
dealt with the possible effect upon the
minds and attitude of jurors of the
letter of President Roosevelt in call
ing Haywood and his associates ''un-
desirable citizens" the speeches in
Idaho of Secretary Taft, the message
of Governor GOOding to the legislature
of Idaho. the speech in Boise of Sena-
tor Hepburn. and the action of the
Idaho legislature in passing resOlu-
ton appropriatingmOney for tie prose
cutiOn OF the three prisoners.
Richardson, who conducted the ex-
animation of the talesmen for the de-
Tense. was particular to ascertain theiI:
attitude toward socialists and mem
bers of labor organizations. and
whether they could give them a fair
trial. 4 remarkable feature of this
men questioned by the defense swOre
that they had not been influenced by
the letter of President Roosevelt or
the speeches of other officials of the
national or state governments. and 4
majority of them said they were Re-
publicans.
The chief concern of the counsel fo,
Fr,S 4I, ne 4saIr
men. as indicated by the questions.
was their attitude toward circumstan-
tial evidence. the absence of the &C
cuSed from the state when the crime
was committed and the effect of the
manner I'm which the prisoner and his
companions were brought from Colo
RADIO, view Of the talesmen as to the
death penalty for murder in the first
degree. and union labor. Their exam
inatiOn brought out the fact that Ger.
tain labor and SOcialistic papers arc
being distributed free of charge III
parts O. Ada county
The custom Of the Idaho courts I'm
selecting iuries for criminal cases is
10 call twelve t. - nen 10 The jury box
and 10 keep the noX full ~ immedi.
ately filing any vacancies that occur.
The state first conducts a complete
examination that continues until
twelve men. when the body of tales
men passes 10 the defense fOr
examination The state passed
twelve. and these eleven men re-
manned i'm the box ut the close Of the
session: only three have been passed
hy both sides. They have not been
rnany accepted and sworn, and are
still subject to perempt0ry challenge
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-11
Ther nisavnw Terrnrisn

London, May 10. - The $50 Rus
slams who left Denmark for London
for the purpose of holding a congress,
after having been refused permission
to do so in Norway. Sweden and BEN
mark, have arrived here. One Of the
leaders said the party represented , o
districts in Russia. and explained that
the proper title of the body was the
Social Democratic Labor party. We
are revolutionary party this leader
said, 'but we are not terrOrists."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-11
SCORES ON THE BALL FIELD

Chicago, May 10. - Following are
the base ball scores:
League: At ACKNOWLEDGMENT g.
Boston 4 at New York. Brooklyn and
Philadclphia-We
American: At Decentralization 3
Detroit .: IT Cleveland-NewY York ,.
Cleveland :: ut st. Louis-W Washington
9, ST. Louis 4: at ChicagO-Philadel-
phia O. Chicago &.
Association: At Milwaukee-LOu's 5
vile 1, Milwaukee q: ut Minneapolis
Columbus q. Minneapolis 1; ut Kan.
sas City-IndianapOlis ,. Kansas city
Q: at st. Paul-Toledo :. st. Paul ..
Western: AT Pueblo N Denver Z,
Pueblo 9: ar SiOuX Ci1y-DeS MOinen
z, Sioux City .; n Omaha-Lincoln 4,
Omaha 2.