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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-17
Two Thousand Meat inspectors.

WASHINGTON, April l2.-For the
department of agriculture, Secretary
Wilson takes issue with certain
structures recently made by A. M.
Trotter, municipal veterinary inspec.
tor of Glasgow. Scotland, on the sys-
tenn OF meat inspection in the United
States. In an official report, Mr..
Trotter ia alleged to have said that
in 1905 the number of animals slaught.
cred In the United States was II, 732,-
163, an average of "a, ,482 for each
working day, and that the number of
inspectors were but forty, which made
it necessary for each inspector to ex-
anime the carcasses of not less than
937 animals each day-''an utter i'm
possibility"
Secretary Wilson said the inference
was that these figures represented the
entire federal inspection service of the
United States.
"As matter of FACT" he said, "the
report of the bureau of animal indus.
try for the fiscal year of 1905, shows
that 40, ,22l ,0l3 animals were inspected
at slaughter in that year. The force
engaged in meat inspection on July l,
1905, according to the records of the
bureau, numbered 76S, exclusive OF
242 microscopists.''
The secretary declared that Mr..
Trotter's figures were evidently gar
bled from the report of the committee
of the department on the conditions in
Chicago. Under the new meat inspec.
ton law, he says, the force at Chicago
has been considerably increased, un.
til it now numbers 276, of whom Il are
trained veterinarians. In the country
at large, he adds, the meat inspection
force numbers 1000.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-17
Montana Millionaires In Court.

New YORK, April l3.-Light on the
high finance methods of Montana cop
per millionair was shed today at
hearing before q commissioner ap-
pointed by the New Jersey supreme
court to take testimony in the suit of
Thomas M. Hodgens against the
United Copper company. Hodgens
demands the right, rs q stockholder,
to examine the books of lat corpora.
ton. He charges that it has paid
dividends out of its capital. The
United Copper company Is controlled
by F. Augustus Heirze. He and Hod-
gems, formerly partners for years. are
now bitter enemies. Each is busy un-N
covering the vulnerable spots OF the
other, and each is confident he has
succeeded,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-17
IN THE HERMANN TRIAL,
Defendant Admits That Some Of His
Official Acts We're Peculiar.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE ex-
animation of Binger Hermann, which
has occupied the last several days Of
his trial on q charge of destroying
public records, was concluded today
and the trial adjourned until Monday,
when the defense will continue its
case.
Mr.. Herma ann admitted that he re-.
quested Mr.. Robertson to divide his
salary as clerk to the committee on
arid lands OF the house of representa-.
tives, of which MIR. Herm ann was
chairman before he became commits
sioner Of the general land Office. He
was allowed to explain that he took
this money to pay another clerk, who
came to his house two or three days q
week.
The defendant also admitted his
signatur to vouchers which set forth
that he had received payment from the
government at the rate of % q day for
subsistence during each of his annual
vacation trips to Oregon, made while
he was commissioner. He explained
that he combined business with vaca-
tion on these trips.
Mr.. Hermann said he had acquired
1900 acres Of land, instead of $4,000,
as was previously stated, while he was
receiver OF 9he Roseburg land Office,
in 1892. For this land he paid 1.25
an acre, held it as q sheep and cattle
ranch for many years and then sold it
for % an acre.
Mr.. Worthington read the statute
prohibiting officers, clerks and en-
ployes of the general land Office from
acquiring land of the government, and
contended that this law did not apply
to employees of the government service
outside the land Office, such as Mr..
Hermann was at that time.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-17
AGAINST STANDARD OIL.
Convicted Of Charge Of Accepting
Freight Rebates In Indiana.

CHICAGO, April 13.-The Stand ard
OIL company Of Indiana, which had
been on trial for the last six weeks
before Judge E. NJ. Lands in tho
United States district court on. .
charge of having received rebates
from the Chicago & Alton railroad
on shipments Of oil from. Whiting,
Ind, to East St. Louis, ILL.,, was
found guilty tonight on 1,483. counts
OF the original 1908 in the indictment.
The remaining 40 counts were dropped
from the Indictment on account OF err
rors.
It the verdict is sustained the oil
company IL liable to fne Of 90, ,280,-
600, as the Elkins law, which the In
dtctments charged the company with
having violated, provides q fine of
81, 900 to $20, 900 for each offense.
Pending motion for new trial,
which John S. Miller, chief counsel
for the defendant, announced would
be made Immediately, no action will
be taken by the court toward collect
ing the fine.
The indictment charged that In the
shipment Of 1908 cars ofloil over the
Chicago terminal transfer and the
Chicago & Alton railroads, from
Whiting, Ind, to East St. Louis,. ILL.,,
by way Of Chappell, ILL.,, the oil com.
pany accepted rate Of six cents per
100 pounds when the published rate
was 18 cents.
Early in the trial attorneys for the
defense endeavored to have TALL the
counts OF the Indictment thrown out
on technicalities, but the court or
dered that each count be considered
separately, which was done. The jury
was out lees than threeslhours and
reached the verdict on the first ballot
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-17
TO COMPLETE PROJECTS,
Secretary Garfield Issues New:.O Order
To Reclamation Service Officials.

WASHINGTON. April 13.-No Mon.
tana irrigation project now under way
Will be affected unfavorably, but
nevertheless the secretary of the in.
terror has decided on q policy of re.
trenchment and says he will await the
return of normal labor conditions,
cost Of materials and supply of trans.
portation before deciding on any new
reclamation projects. As q matter of
fact, the new order probably will
serve to hasten work on projects now
under way In Montana and other west.
ern states. because the idea OF the
secretary in large part Is to coucen.
trate on work now in progress in or.
der to complete the projects, thus
bringing q revenue to the government
irrigation funds from users of water
on these reclaimed lands in the form
OF the annual payments.
The situation is set forth in an or.
der issued to the director OF the recla.
nation service by Secretary Garfield
"Concentrate on and give preference
to works upon which construction is
nearly completed and where the pro.
ject will soon be producing revenue.
''Discontinue further expenditures
for general investig ations.
"Arrange wherever PRACTICABLE for
the reduction or suspension;of work on
projects which are 80 located that IA.
vorable bids for construction have
not been secured.
"Recommend for restoration to
entry all lands now reserved under
the terms of the reclamation act, the
reclamation of which cannot be under.
takeu in the near future, withholding,
however, all reservoir sites or lands
which may be required for rights of
way for future works whose practic.
ability has been determined"
In explanation of these instructions
the secretary said: "The notably in
creased cost of materials and con.
struction, the uncertainties encouu-
tered in trans nsportation and the scar
city and high price. .sof labor are de-
terring contractors from bidding for
the government, work.
"Conditions have altered. so ma
terially since the first estimates of
cost of construction were mada md
the allotments Of the fund approved
that have deemed it advisable to di.
rect th at a reduction of the work in
some instances and suspension in
others be considered. 1t would be
most unwise to continue work where
circumstances are so odisadvantageous
or to incur expenses which in the
future may be considered as unduly
large.
"By concentrating on those works
now nearing completion new revenues
will be coming into the fund and when
the labor conditions aud transporta q.
tion facilities become normal the work
on other projects can go forward more
economically and with greater rapid.
ty. The expenditures during the last
quarter have averaged about $500,
700 q month. AT this rate the fund
available for new construction will be
exhausted before the end of the calen.
dar year,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-17
THAW JURY DISAGREED,
Trial Of Sensational Murder Case
Ends Without Verdict.

NEW YORK. April 12.-Harry K.
Thaw was this afternoon remanded to
the Tombs without bail to await q Sec
ond trial on the charge of having
murdered Stanford White. The jury,
after being out Al hours and eight min.
utes failed to reach an agreement aud
was discharged.
Foreman Smith announced that the
jurors had found it impossible to reach
an agreement. Justice Fitzgerald said
he felt he had kept the jury as long as
he should and with the consent OF the
public prosecutor and counsel for the
defend ant be would discharge them
from any further consideration of
the case.
It is reported that the jury stood
seven for first degree murder and Ave
against. Three were for acquittal and
two for first degree manslaughter. It
was learned short time before the
jury reported to the court that the
discussion in the jury room became so
heated that the jurors lost all sense OF
judicial procedure and indulged in
bitter personalities.
When Thaw's second trial will take
place no one connected with the case
could tonight express an opinion.
District Attorney Jerome dsclared
there were many other persons accused
of homicide awaiting trial and Thaw
would have to take his turn with the
rnat
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-17

worth of ore per month. The Roths-
childs offered %, 900, 600 for the Beat.
son interests year ago. Beatson is
now on his way to New York to close
the deal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-12-20

The best Poultry Food made Is none
too good for the man who wants poul-
try to pay. Pages Perfected Poultry
Food" has in it the ingredients which
have been found especially valuable
for laying hens. Ii is an honest food.
Read what =. Z. Penoyer of ConStan-
tia, n. Y. says about 1t: Il can truly
say that Pages Perfected Poultry
Food is the best Poultry Food that |
ever fed to my hens
Any one sending his address on a
postal card to G. 5. Page, Hyde Park.
VT, and mentioning this paper, will re-
ceive by mail, free, postpaid, sample
package Of Pages Perfected Poultry
Food"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-12-20
The Proper Food For Poultry.

Opinions differ widely as to what Is
the proper grain ration for poultry. AL
most every poullrylhan has his own
ideas Oh the subject; but, no matter
what is used. it is universally conceded
that some meat or animal food should
be given in connection Herewith. What
&. $. Carr of Bog'.e. Mass, thinks on
the subject is expressed in the follow
ing letter from him: Il think Pages
Perfected Poultry Food ought to be
kept by the hens all Of the time in the
winter with other foods. such as crack
ed corn, oats and wheat"
Any one sending his address on a
postal card to G. S. Page, Hyde Park,
VT, and mentioning this paper, will re-
ceive by mail. free, postpaid, u sample
package Of Pages Perfected Poultry
Food."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-12-20

MINNESOTA 3 VOnQeTIui Ultimate.
A sickly lady who was visiting
Minnesota health resort on the advice
of her physician was seated at the
table next TO ruddy faced, robust
looking young man.
Have you improved much since you
came here?" the lady asked.
Wonderfully, a'am," replied the
young man.
And you were in very bad health
when you came?' she persisted.
why, when | first came here was
probably the weakest person you ever
saw. had practically no use of my
limbs nor the use of single faculty"
Dear, dear! And you lived?"
II certainly did. ma'am, although
was absolutely dependent upon others
for everything. being without power TO
help myself. but | commenced to gain
Immediately upon my arrival aud
haven't experienced serious setback
since"
Wonderful, wonderful" murmured
the lady. Il trust you found kind
friends here, Sir?"
Indeed did. ma'am. 1t is to them
and to the pure air Of Minnesota that
owe my life. My fathers family
were with me. but unfortunately my
mother was prostrated with severe
Illness during the time of my greatest
weakness"
How sad! Surely, sir, you must
have been greatly reduced In flesh
when you arrived here"
"Yes, ma'am. They tell me that !
only weighed nine pounds at the time
of my birth here. .'-Everybody's.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-12-20
BEAD CHRISTMAS TREES.
Novelty Made by a German Woman
the Originator Of Them.

NoSeity MADE by German Woman
the Originator Of Them.
lf natures supply of Christmas trees
II might, there will still he Christmas
trees as long as a German woman in
New York city remains alive. Out OF
green beads. wire and tiny waxen or.
naments she constructs miniature trees
which have been thought pretty enough
TO grace the court of Ludwig OF Ba
yaria in his time and to amuSe the
children of Kaiser Wilhelm of Germa
ny. That was when the inventor was
living in her native country. Since
coming to America she has made them
for various well known people, says
the New York Tribune.
One Of the advantages OF these trees
she says, is that they are almost in.
destructible. They may be bent. crush.
ed, packed into small compass. and
when they are wanted again it is only
necessary to straighten the branches
out into the original shape.
When the Inventor was girl, fifty.
five or sixty years ago. in Munich she
went to one Of those schools where
German girls are taught to do. as hel
daughter says, ''everyt'ing nit the
hands" 1t was having to make
wreaths out of beads that suggested to
her the notion of making bead Christ
traas Che IN work and ush
Toned innumerable tiny loops of green
beads. each at the end of long, slen
der wire She bound the loops to.
gether in threes. making trefoils and
the trefoils into branches, and the
branches into a tapering trunk, the
trunk being formed of nothing at all
but the Individual wires massed to-
gether Then she trimmed the tree
with candles and those tiny waxen
figures which the Germans are adopts
at making and fixed it in a pot of sand
and melted wax. Her parents were
quite proud of it. Her father, who
was director of the Hofgarten in Mu-
nich, showed it to his royal master,
and King Ludwig Immediately ordered
one for the Christmas festivities at
court.
After coming to the United States
she sent one to President Roosevelt
and was grieved and surprised to find
that he could not accept it.
Il expect he thinks he gets some
dynamite, said the daughter.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-12-20

est reserve, ten miles northwest OF
fruita, Colo. This tract is to he cult
waited by the Campbell system of soil
culture, and water will be used only
for domestic purposes and will be oh
talned from wells, says Il Grand June
tion dispatch to the New York World.
Experiments in dry farming for the
past Two years have been conducted on
small tracts in the reserve, and these
have proved 50 successful that the i'm
mense tract taken up will be treated
by the same methods
With dry farming success on this
side OF the range il Is believed that
there will not lie Il foot Of land uucul-
tivated in ten years.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-12-20
LUMBER FAMINE IN 1927.
Clifford Pinchot Sees Doom of Forests
Within Twenty Years.

Within Twenty Years.
Clifford Pinchot. chief of the United
States forest service, who returned to
Washington from an extensive trip
through the west. declared that the
time has come when the wooded re-
sources Of the country must he con-
served or disaster will follow, says
Washington correspondent OF the
New York Sun.
I'm twenty years we may be IN the
midst OF lumber famine" said Mr.
Pincbot. I'VE have enough standing
and matured timber to last that long
With the timber that is growing the
famine may be put off five years
One fifth Of the standing timber IS
embraced in forest reserves. The rest
Of 1t belongs to private ownership. we
must he more economical In the use or
lumber. The high price of the product
will force economy in many directions.
Practically all of the hard wood now
remaining in this country is IN the
southern Appalachians. If that region
il converted into national forest re
serve, as has been proposed, the
threatened famine may be further
postponed"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-12-20
MANY SCALPS THEIR QUEST
Girl Bachelors Hang Up Prize For Ono
Who Refuses Most Men.


The zone best bet" In Alton, H.. Is
that II man asks a girl to marry
him she will tell him she will be q
sister to him-that is, If she is mem
Der, OF the Bachelor Girls club. says
an Alton special dispatch to the Wash
ington Post. 1t matters not II the man
be possessed of wealth beyond the
dreams Of avarice. II he proposes just
now to an Alton bachelor girl he will
be put on the brotherhood list tempo
rarily at least.
The bachelor girls, whose aim In life
is to make men propose so they can
reject them, have decided to give a silk
dress worth 5000 to the member who
can prove at the leap year ball in
January that she has refused the most
offers.
If the men do their duty, as expected,
the bachelor girls figure that each will
have ut least three new scalps to show
when the contest is decided. There are
some male skeptics who scent trap
and ask. Suppose | propose, out Of
good nature, and the girl says Yes? I"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-12-20
AN OBJECT LESSON.

lhere has been time years when the stable value
kEAi- ESTATE MORTGAGE LOANS has $ strikngly
apparent as during the late financial furry.
Investments Railroad profitable and in min
ing and industrial stocks still DISASTROUS
probation being fifty percent. in six months
The Investments OF the PASSUMPSIC SAVINGS BANK of ST.
Johnsbury VT, being largely in FIRST MORTGAGE REAL
ESTATE LOANS the rinkage i'll the market value its
has been merely nominal, and in the value nothing
As result ohe panic instead
rate there will be depostors
at the OF FOUR PER CENT per beginning JANUARY
/, 1908.
Deposits received before January 1905 will be allowed i'll
terest from January The Bank deposits
$1,000 or less PASSUMPSIC SAVINGS BANK
Cable address 'MUTUAI Main Street St. Johnsbury VT.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-12-20
Helicon Hall on Wheels.

Our Uptonian Utopia
Is the latest thing awheel,
A Sinclairic cornucopia.
Full of goodies that appeal.
House and lot
Pan and pot.
Bed and baggage on the trot--
We approve domestic progress.
So we keep the axles hot
We have only icy scorning
For the dwellers a La fiat.
Who are given frigid warning
II they keep dog or cat
Man and bride
Who are tied
Unto racial suicide
Since the landlord bars the babies
Where they're fated 10 abide.
We have patronizing pity
For the occupants OF walls
Stationary, town or city.
Such a rooted life appalls.
We are free!
Free are we.
Wheresoever we may be-
For our rooftree is the tent pole,
And we whiff the whiffietree
You're afflicted with myopia
If you can't perceive the plan!
Come and join the new Utopis-
Hitch your horses, load your van!
Strike the SCENT
Pitch the tent!
Then to hades with the rent!
And you'll find the worlds your oyste
Any way you may have went.
-Robertus Love in New York Sun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-12-20
Fattenina a Possum For tho President

A fat Georgia possum Is to be sent
to President Roosevelt for his Christ
mas dinner. says Gainesville ga,
correspondent Of the New York Sun.
This possum was caught some days
ago and is being fattened on persim-
mons by Mrs. Helen Longstreet, post
mistress Of Gainesville, who will ship
1t to the White House in time for
Christmas. Mrs. Longstreet is the
widow of the Confederate General
LOngstreet.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-12-20
A Canadians Opinion oS Poultry Foods


Experience is the best teacher every
time. 1t is fortunate that all do not
have to go through the same expert
ence. Some can have the benefit OF
that which others have gone through
What w. ]. McClary of Frost Village
Que. says about the use of Poultry
Foods will be Of especial value to those
who keep poultry. Here is his letter
II have been using Pages Perfected
Poultry Food for some time past witt
excellent results. l would say that il
feeding l get better results than. with
any other food on the market and at q
smaller cost"
Any one sending his address. on: a
postal card to c. s. Page, Hyde Park.
VT, and mentioning this paper, will re
ceive by mail, free, postpaid, a sample
package Of Pages Perfected Poultry
Food"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-12-20
inosr,oIi and the Bishop.

Bishop Potter Of New York once lay
80 sick that his life was despalred Of,
and even his intimate friends were de-
MED admittance to his bedside. One
day, however, Colonel Ingersoll called.
The bishop demanded, despite the pro-
test of his physicians, that the distin-
gulshed agnostic be asked into the sick
room.
How is it, bishop" said lngersOll
after he had offered his condolences to
the invalid, "that l am so highly ia
vored when your other friends are not
allowed to see your
"Well, you see, colonel. | may not re-
cover from this illness, and II do not
I have every assurance Of seeing the
others In the next world. realized
that If wished to see you again
must do it here"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-12-20
A Blessing In Disguise.

Five Lands brothers were born on
a farm in Indiana. Two of them are
now members OF congress. one Is the
now famous federal judge In Chicago
one is supervisor of posts In Porte
Rico and one Is a physician In Cincin
natl.
I'VE had TO work from daylight ID
dark on that farm" says Congress
man Charles Lands. Father had q
team. and it took up all our time to get
enough off that farm TO support that
team. We were working night and
day to get provender for those horses.
FORTUNATELY one of the horses died
and a couple of us got away. Then
the other horse died. and that let the
rest Of us out, and since then we have
hoped along as best we could"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-12-20

who had shown great courage in the
Crimean war, entered and was struck
by their silence and depression.
You are NOT very gay" he said,
What is it?"
"Ah, monsieur" replied the actress,
I'VE are on the eve of great battle
and are afraid"
"Afraidt" echoed the marshal. mysti-
fed
"Ah. beg your pardon. | quite for
got" replied Bernhardt Touching a
bell, which summoned an usher, she
said to him:
picard. please bring dictionary for
monsieur"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-12-20
Wasted Tears.

The official in charge of the grounds
at Mount Vernon came upon woman
kneeling before building not far
from the monument. She was bathed
in tears. Thinking that the lady was
In trouble, the director gently inquired
whether he might be of service to her.
"No, thank you," sObbed the woman.
81 am not in trouble, but my patriotic
feeling overcame me when first
gazed upon the tomb Of the Father Of
His Country"
Pardon me, madam, but you have
made a slight mistake. This Is not
the tomb of Washington, but his ice
house."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-12-20
Fossil Appls a. Weddina Gift.

A unique wedding present has been
sent by the Souvenir society of Nor.
mandy to Princess Marie Bonaparte.
says a Paris cable dispatch to the New
York American. The present is an ap.
pie, the symbolical fruit Of Normandy.
but it has the popularity that 1t is a
fossil apple. which was picked up on
the battlefield Of Hastings. This won.
derful apple has been mounted in gold
as an inkstand and has been given to
the royal couple. accompanied by an
address In Norman rhymes.