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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-26
BringS TyyO-FoId Joy.

This day brings with it a two-fold
joy. in that it marks the ter-centennial
of the birth, not only of the American
republic. but also the birth of Virginia,
the oldest American colony. both coinci-
dent and simultaneous. BY Divine pre-
science, the infant republic was first
hidden in the bullrushes of our Virginia
Nile, and nurtured by its mother. Vir-
ginia, the daughter of the king, whom
Providence had placed in waiting on
the banks of the river, that she might
be the first to give her offspring those
| impressions of infancy so necessary to
high and noble character in maturity.
I'VE greet YOU therefore, Mr. Pres
ident, and honored representatives of
the great powers of the earth, at the
birthday party not only of the Ameri-
can republic, but of Virginia also-the
first, the Oldest of the American col
IOniCS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-26
Even England in Haze.

Even our own mother land. endear-
ed to us by so many ties. finds it diff
cult, in the incursiOns of the Morse
men, the piratical invasions of the An
giles and the SaXOns. and the misty
origin of the ancient Briton. to deter
mine either its paternity or the birth
day Of the kingdom. More fortunate
than these. or any of them, is this
American republic, not only in the
knowledge of the date of its birth. but
in the possession of the names and
characters of those who first faced the
dangers Of the sea, and then the dan
gers of the savage and forest, in the
founding of the greatest republic of
modern times And so We gather today
in the presence of this distinguished
company, representing not only our
own country. but the mother country,
and with few exceptions. every civiliz-
ed nation of the world. to celebrate the
Iter-centennial of the birth of America
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-26
Cement Ties of Friendship.

"My hearts desire and prayer to God
is, that when these gates. which we
this day open, shall be closed in No
vember next. and the fleets of the
world gracefully ride these waters,
shall have turned their prows home
ward that all the nations of the earth
here represented, with mutual respect
and admiration increased and strength
ened by their friendly intercourse, may
be cemented by the ties of an everlast-
ing friendship that shall encircle the
earth in one continuous band of amity
and peace; and that those of our own
people who have gathered here from
every part of these United States, for
the purpose of kindling anew the fires
of liberty in their hearts from these an
cient altars. may with one heart and
one voice joyfully unite in the aspira-
tion of Massachusetts great orator:
Liberty and union. one and insep-
arabic, now and forever"
Begins ut Noon.
The address of the president was be.
gun at noon
President Roosevelt first addressed
himself to the foreign visitors, after
which he said:
"To all of you here gathered | ex
press my thanks for your coming, and
l extend to you my earnest wishes for
the welfare Of your several nations
The world has moved so far that it is
no longer necessary to believe that one
nation can rise only by thrusting an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-26
welcomed by Tucker.

President Henry St. George Tucker,
in welcoming the visitors, said in part:
Standing upon an eminence of three
centuries of achievements, the Ameri-
can republic pauses today 10 celebrate,
in fitting manner, the ter-centennial Of
lis birth on the banks of the tawny
James. The steadiest head grows
dizzy, the strongest nerve agitated,
while the pulse of the lion-hearted as
sumcs the motion of the trip-hammer in
the retrospect of the marvellous prog
Tess of SEQ years. The origin of an
cient Rome, of Greece and of other
countries that in their day have con
trOlled the dcstinies of the world, are
shrouded in mystery, or preserved in
fable. by poetic fancy; and even more
modern nations find it difficult to point
with historic accuracy to the date Of
their birth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-26

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-26
Really Mere Form.

Pressing the proverbial gold button
invariably used in connection with the
opening of exposiions was not such an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-26
PRESIDENT OPENS THE
JAMESTOWN FAIR WITH
POMP and CEREMONY
Imposing Naval and Military Display Marks Exer-
cises on Site of First English
Settlement in America.

important function in itself as has been
expected. On account OF the unreadi-
ness of the buildings and grounds
there was little machinery to set in
motion and many buildings had not
been supplied with flags TO be un-
fuTled
Weather il Blamed.
The coolest and most backward
spring in the annals of Virginia mark
ed by severe rain storms in the past
month is responsible for the opening
ceremonies being marred by incom-
ploted structures and uninstalled ma-
chinery.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08
Livestock Killed BY Hail.

GALVESTON, May 6.-Reports OF
Saturdays storm from sections Of
west Texas are just coming in and
show that the severest hail storm on
record swept over that portion of the
state. Thousands of head of cattle
succumbed to the hailstones and expos.
ure, and the ranchmen estimate their
loss anywhere from 500, 600 to $780,
600. The storm was especially severe
in Schleicher, Irion and Tom Green
counties, and, according to reports,
the destructive hail storm covered an
area about 100 miles wide.
Farm houses and shelters for horses
and cattle we're wrecked by the hail
stones, but the greatest damage was
to cattle on the range. Thousands OF
steers had been travelling for weeks in
quest of water when the storm caught
them. Col. Walter Chesman, q prom.
inent ranch an in that section, is au.
thority for the statement that for sew.
eral miles In Schleicher county the
hail stones were two feet deep. With.
in this area no animal survived.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08
Pennsylvania Capitol Graft.

PlTTsBrRG, May 5.-Civil and Grim.
inal suits will be brought by Attorney
General Todd against those involved
in the state capitol scand al. A com.
plete list OF the defendants will not be
known until the inquiry is completed.
The commission will hold no more
public sessions until after the legisla.
ture adjourns on May l6. As the
commission cannot finish its work in
time to report to the present legisla.
tive assembly, as provided in the 9
olution creating that body, the inves.
tigators will send q report to the gen.
eral assembly which will simply be
temporary.
The suits will be based on the testi.
mony showing that the contractor col.
lected from the state for 1872 thermos.
tats and installed only 1863, and on the
substitution of domestic for imported
glass and an inferior glass for Tiffany
favrile.
The reports Of experts which will be
made to the commission before the
public hearings are resumed will show
tina the measurements of the parquet.
ry flooring, painting and decorating
and other fittings were falsifed and
that the contractors profit on the g.
600, 600 metallic furniture contract was
500 per cent.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08
The Deserter Of His Family.
Butte Inter Mountain.

Butte Inter Mountain.
State after state joins the list in
desertion of wife and family or
is made a felony. The day when
adequate punishment will be meted
such wretches is approaching.
1t is an error to suppose that only
of moderate or reduced circum-
stances are guilty Of this offense. The
cowardly, Sinking temperament that
leads a man to forswear his lows is
not confined to any particular class,
and il the whipping posts were revived
for il b%roadcloth might be stripped
from backs as we'll as fustian.
If now and then there is extenuation
for the human failure, i'll, weak, dis
couraged and unable to secure employ
ment, who hies from his responsible
ties, there can be none whatever for
the man in strength and aftluence.
The better the worldly estate, the more
objectionable the crime. Nor is sin.
compatibility" to be accepted as ex-
tenuation. That fact that man and
wife do not agree, or have found that
they have nothing in common, does
not release the man from the burdens
he took when he knelt before the altar
and when his children were born.
Wife desertion, despite the creates,
prosperity in the history OF the ma
ton, steadily increases. Only when
the offenders are inexorably pursued
and punished, it will become less a
menace. So long as they are permit
ted to live at ease elsewhere, a certain
proportion OF human hyenas will con-
tinue to prey upon the race by dis
carding their responsibilities to the
public care.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08
Certificate Of Co-Partnership.

We, the undersigned, do hereby certify that we
have formed q partnership, to transact business
in the state OF Montana, under the firm name and
style of Carl F. Hensen Il Co. That the princi.
pal place of business of said partnership is Stu.
ated in Chouteau county, In said state. That the
full nance of all the members of such partner.
ship, and their place of residence, are as follows
Carl F. Hensen, residing at Zortman,. Montana:
Ida G. Hensen, residing at ZOrtman, Montana.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our
hands this lsth day of April. A. D.. 1901:
CARL F.. HENSEN,
IDA G. HENSEN.
State of Montana, county of Chouteau, Sc.
On this l2th day of April, 1907, before me, F. E.
Stranahan, a notary public in and for the county
of Choutesu, state of Montana, personally APP
peared Carl F. Hensen and lds c.. hensen, known
to me to be the persons whose names are cub
ecribed to the foregoing instrument. and &C
knowledged TO me that they executed the same.
In witness whereof ! have herennto set my
hand and affixed my official seal, the day snc
year in this certificate first above written
F. E. STRANAHAN,
Notary public in and for Chouteau county
Montana
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08

today b at had received notifications
from nearly 200 pensioners in North
Dakota telling him of the non receipt
Of the vouchers and expressing the
fear that they had been destroyed in
the wreck.
Most Of the vouchers were for sums
10 excess of $50. Under the rules OF
the pension department where a pen
sion voucher is lost the facts have to
be certified to the department and il
the amount is 10 excess of $50 a new
voucher will be issued % the pension
err 1t the expiration of six months.
Provided the amount is less that $50 a
new voucher will be issued at the end
of 80 days.
Agent Coe will ask the department,
to modify the rules in this case owing
to the certainty that unless the pen
sioners get their money many will be
put to great suffering.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08
A Record Of Railroad Accidents.

WASHINGTON, May 6.-The three
months ended Dec. 81 last we're, with
one exception, the worst quarter in
the history of railroading as far as
deaths from accidents we're concerned,
according to the interstate commerce
commissions figures. The deaths OF
passengers we're $50. Three wrecks
we're responsible for lab of the deaths.
The total of 474 passengers and rail.
way employees killed in accidents was
an increase Of POI over those for the
preceding quarter, while, including
deaths and injuries which aggregated
20, 944. the increase was 1904.
The collisions involving 397 passen'
gers and 1895 freight trains, and de
railments of 100 and 1,549 respectively
destroyed or injured engines, cars an(
roadbed to the extent of 50, 0O9, 22S.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08
Peculiar and Pertinent.

The first copper cen vas l~coined in
New Haven in 1857.
The fret steam engine nsed in An.
erica was brought from England in
1853.
Taking all crimes, more are com.
mitted in the autumn than during any
other of the seasons Of the year.
Pigeons and turkeys have each a
natural temperature OF 100 degrees,
which is ten degrees higher than
mans.
New York city has the shortest
stream of water in the world digni-
fed by the name 'river.' II is the
Harlem river. and is strictly one Of
the mouths OF the Hudson.
The stastern greyhound has been
from time immemorial the hunting dog
Of the eastern plains, and making al.
lowances for the artistic attachments
of those early periods We fnd repre-.
sensations of him which are almost
identical with the dogs Of today on
the monuments and ,ombs Of ancient
Egypt.
Real storehouses of delight for the
visitor are the bazaars Of Tunis. One
merchant has a s.. 900 carpet which he
likes to display. This huge filmy
ere cation he will ding into the air for
the benefit of . possible customer and
allows it to settle itself gradually on
the ground. This it does unlike an
ordinary carpet. So exclusively fine
is the weaving that it imprisons air
bubbles large enough to hold a man,
The largest birds nests are to be
found in Australia. The Australian
Jungle fowl build for nests grea,
mounds, Is feet in height aud lo5 o,
$50 feet in circumference. Grass.
leaves and other vegetable matter are
used in the construction Of the nests
which easily weigh a ton. The Aus
tralian brush turkeys, working in col
onies, build pyrsmidal nests ever
larger. One of theses nests, on being
removed. filled several carts, and 1T
! total weight was i've tons.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08

slo; machine. IT isn't necessary to
name the place where this robbery oc-
Cured. The fellow was arrested, tried,
convicted and sent K prison. The
owner of the machine, a plugged one.
was just as big-or bigger-a thief as
the mar who robbed him.
These little peculiarities of law are
vastly amusing, says the Muscular.
1t was necessary to pass a law to DO
away with these slot machines. they
being licensed to rob, as it were, until
the machines were abolished, and such
a thing as punishment OF the owners
for robbery vas unknown.
But it is no. alone the slot machine
tn at rObs. Hundreds of instances OF
robbery in so-called legitimate bust.
ness actions occur daily. and it
passes as shrewdness. Human law
essay to draw the line between lar.
ceny and legitimate graft, and sue
ceeds to the satifaction of most Of US.
Divine law also draws the line, but
few walk it without webbing to one
side or the other. The horse trader
who succeeds in disposing OF a worth.
less animal to a man who knows
nothing about a horse, for a price far
10 excess of its value, would not hest.
tate to prosecute a man caught steal
ing his oats. The law would punish
the thief and allow the other to 60 IN.
punished.
But this is the way of the world: i,
has been the way ever since man be.
came intelligent enough to acquire
possessions. 1t will remain the way
| of the world until everything is held
In common, and when that time come
there will be no world. All of US viii,
be doing business in a different way
in a different place. Every fellow who
doesn't own a plugged slot machine
would like to have one.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08
Must Reduce Express Rates.

WASHINGTON, May. 1.-The inter.
state commerce commission has rem.
dered its first opinion in a case in
volving the reasonableness of an ex.
press rate. The case was brought by
the Society Of American Florists, who
claimed that the rate charged by the
United States Express company on
cut flowers from New Jersey points to
New York City was unreasonable, ex-
cessive and unjust. This rate until
July. 1905, was so cents per 100 pounds
and then vas raised to 81. Com
missioner Lane, who delivers the
opinion. holds that the rate should be
reduced to 90 cents.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08
THE WAY OF THE WORLD.

Butte authorities recently destroyed
twenty-five slot machines, condemned
to incinerstion by Judge Bourquin.
1t 10 stated that without exception It
was found that the machines had been
plugged so the higher premiums would
not pay. Evidence to convict the own.
ers of these machines of robbery has
been destroyed.
Even q slot machine which pays q
money prize, when operated on the
square, absorbs about Is per cent. Of
the profits, and when plugged, about
95 per cent. Last winter . mar was
arrested in Montana for robbing q
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08
BIDS ARE TOO HIGH.
Reclamation Bureau Officials Will Do
Work BY Force Account.

WASHINGTON, May 6.-"Let the
work be done by force account has
been the order of Director Newell of
the reclamation service twice within a
week when contractors either refused
to bid. or, if bidding, bid too high.
One of the pieces of work was in Mon.
tana, the other in Oregon.
1.-The people Of the west scarcely
realize how difficult it is to induce
contr actors to submit proposals, and
how often when they bid they name
an impossible figure" c. j. Blan.
chard, statistician of the service, said
when asked regarding the Montana
and Oregon projects in question.
1.-The instance in Montana was one
10 which we advertised for more than
a month for proposals. to construct a
simple earth-fll dam aud accessory
structures on Willow creek, five miles
northwest of Augusta. But no bids
we're given. Now we have proceeded
to do the work ourselves.
1.-The Oregon case is ever more
startling. We asked for bids on 3d..
600 yards of earth and rock excava-
ton, waited more than two months,
received only one bid, that from Pa.
quet, Giebsch Il Joplin of Portland.
at Is cents a yard for the earth, and,
OF course, quickly rejected such an Of
fer.
"Less than a year ago we let con-
tracts at less than 10 cents a yard for
earth excavation, although that prob
ably is too low: and out of fourteen
bids received, nine was for more than
IS cents ayard. Yet today for work
on the klamath canal we are asked to
pay Is cents a yard. 1t Is serious, in
deed, for the farmers Of the west be-
cause every dollar Of added cost ir
constructing an irrigation projec
they must pay back to the government
The entire cost of building is to b.
paid back in ten equal annual pay
ments.
"This condition affects Wyoming
Idaho, Washington and all the othe
irrigation states, and the prevalence
Of excessively high prices for labo
and materials today will extend thei
effect into the years to come, Will
the farmers and fruitgrowers are max
ing their payments to the government
Mr.. Blanchard tells of the govern
ment's experience with high bids o
the Salt river project in Arizona
where it was planned to build a s.,
600, 900 dam, and the contractors bi
90 a barrel for cement. The govern
ment had estimated the cement at s.
barrel. When the 50 bid came In
: with none lower, the engineers locke
:. around the site for the proposed da,
and found they could build a cemer
! mill there themselves, and this the
did, saving for the government 81
600, 600 in the construction Of that dal
J alone.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08
Fighting Forest Fires.

BELLINGHAM, Wash, May 4.-Fivc
hundred men are still fighting fires
which menace Maple Falls, a town OF
700 people in the eastern part OF
Whatcom county. A change in the
direction of the wind saved the place
from total destruction. Reports re-
ceived this morning state that unless
the wind rises the town is safe.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08
Pension Money Was Burned.

MILWAUKEE. May t.-Many q pen.
siouer may go hungry or be put to
great inconvenience because of the
railroad wreck on the Great Northern
last month. Scores Of vouchers en-
route to pensioners from Pension
Agent Coe here were in the mail Of the
Great Northern train when it was
wrecked and burned. Mr.. Coe said
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-08

During the four years since its or.
g~anization, the reclamation service
has rendered productive $50, 900 acres
of desert, being one fourth of an area
that has been mapped out for irriga-
ton under % projects.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-01-11
(scIa6rcn Scr 9iamroaS.S Sci5nng.

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-01-11
Gundlnuro in So,un.

@otcrIoo, Sa. 10. 3onuar.-.
Gin aus lmgeidbr 1000 Wonn be-
Itehcn0er N}ob Itilrnlte in Ger Icbten
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uorragen0cn 9iir8ern, atno S6crIlf
Shermerborn biclt cs nidlt iiir gc'
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-01-11
Eulucr.Grpluiiun nnb 0ranb.

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@rm6cnmcrfc in ,ElammcH.

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