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per cent. hull and indicate a very high
quality in oats.
The low percentage of light low
feeding value hull and the high per.
centage of the rich kernel accounts
for the high average weight per bushel
in oats raised in Montana. The stand.
ard for irrigated oats is from 40 to 45
pounds to the bushel. Oats grown in
the corn belt sections of the central
west weigh in the neighborhood of %
pounds, indicating a low percentage
of kernel and high percentage of hull.
Corn growing conditions, of course,
are not the most favorable oat grow
ing conditions, as the warm weather
does not permit Of the highest degree
of filling in oats and in most of the
small grains. If the corn belt farmers
had placed before them returns of the
average Montana grown oats, they
would certainly have a desire to Sc.
cure these oats for their seeding pur.
poses. There is no reason to believe
that Montana farmers could o pro.
cure a premium price for a large per.
centage of their irrigated oats if the
corn belt farmers we're only made
aware Of the high quality which char.
acterizes them.
At the St. Louis exposition, Mon.
tana grown barley, exhibited by the
Manhattan Mailing company, was
awarded the sweepstakes amongst all
the classes of barley shown. The
barley exhibited by this firm was
clean and uniform. but while out.
standing only compared with the bar.
ley grown from other localities it
vas not extraordinarily good Mon
tana grown barley. This indicates
that as we'll as growing a very super.
Tor strain of oats, Montana farmers
produce a very high grade strain of
barley. This also applies to wheat,
rye and other small grains grown.
A word as to the reason why this
superiority characterizes Montana
grown grains. The soils are rich,
never having been leached. The pos.
sibilities of irrigation make the sup
ply of moisture to the crop ideal,
while the bright sunshiny days and
cool nights create conditions for the
most perfect development and filling
in of all Of the small grains.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-02-26
DOCKING the Bio Liners.

When the Cunard line steamship
Lusitania finished her maiden voyage
to this country the services of twenty
n tugs were required to warp her
into her dock. Recently when the
Mauretania arrived here on her third
passage iour tugs had al easy time in
pushing her into position to steam
alongside the pier.
The tide causes the difference said
II riverman. IL have seen the Deutsch-
land absolutely immovable with nearly
thirty tugs putting and pushing simply
because the tide had hung her up
Then again l have seen the Kaiser
Wilhelm IL. go in under two tugs
New York Post.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-02-26
EVANS BIG FLEET.
The Way II Would Have Toyed With
the Spanish Armada.

the Spanish Armada.
Speaking Of the fleet Of American
battleships now on it's way to Pacific
waters as al armada" as some writ
ers appear fond Of doing. is comparing
very great things with things very
small. 1t is true that the Spanish ar
NADIA in 1888. to which allusion of
course is made, filled a large place in
history and was a very spectacular af-
fair in its day, but its power as com
pared with that Of the feet under .Ad-
miral Evans was the power of a crow
compared with that of an eagle. The
"invincible armada" Of Spain, which
set out to invade and capture England
in 1883. was a formidable demonstra-
ton of naval power for that period.
though it met with complete disaster.
The armada consisted Of about 100
vessels. some Of them Of great size.
but all wooden and without any pro-
lection against even the feeble artil-
lery Of that day. They carried in all
2,431 guns and more than 10000 men,
besides the working crews. AS the SOL
UlCIS SOuiu Iol uNjp WIN TIE Ships,
they were really in the way and much
more helpless on shipboard than mod
ern marines. The cannon which
formed the armament Of the ships
were mere toys compared with those
Of the present day. Finally the ships
were all sailing ships. cumbrously
built. hard to maneuver and liable to
be put out of action by adverse winds.
Torpedo boats and monitors were un-
known at that day.
The American feet consists of six
teen first class battleships, eight ar
mored cruisers, nine protected cruis-
ers. six %gunboats. six torpedo boat
destroyers and three monitors. The
ships carry a total of 2,1S4 guns. any
one of which could sink the biggest
ships in the Spanish armada with one
shot from a distance that the heaviest
gun in the Spanish fleet could not coy
er half the way. The concentrated fire
would not make a dent in the armored
sides of one of the American ships.
while a single broadside from the lat
ter would sink or disable the entire
armada. Finally the American ships,
being worked by steam and electricity,
are entirely independent Of wind and
weather. After they had steamed
through the Spanish armada once.
from end to end. coming out scathless,
there would be nothing left Of the ar
mada.-Kennebec Journal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-02-26
The PIuht of Mouchot.

Twenty years ago a famous work on
"SOlar Heat vas produced by Pro-
fessor Bernard Mouchot. This clever
old gentleman has just been discovered
starving in Paris, eighty-two years Of
age, and on the point Of being turned
out Of a poverty stricken home for
nonpayment Of rent. At the age Of
seventy-five he married a young wom-
an. who subsequently passed of a
relative rs the professor in order that
after his death the younger man could
continue to draw his pension. unhap-
PLY the impostor went first. and as
Bernard Mouchot was supposed to
have died the pension ceased. The
professor could not claim the pension
without exposing the fraud Of his
wife: hence his present plight,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-02-26
MONTANA GRAIN.

The claim that grain of superior
quality is raised on Montana farms
is being recognized by eastern deal.
ers. and the demand from that source
will furnish an active demand for the
product. The large shipments thai are
being made this season indicate the
increasing Importance of this form Of
wealth from Montana farms.
In discussing the merits of Montana
grain, compared with similar crops
grown in other states, Professor AT.
kinson of the Montana experiment
station says the quality of oats de-
ponds in q large measure upon the
percentage OF hull present in the a
ticular kind. The average percentage
OF hull in the varieties OF oats grown
over the United States is 80 per cent.
That is, for every 100 pounds OF oats
there is 80 pounds Of hull and &c
pounds of meat or kernel. The hull
consists largely of crude fiber and
while it has indirect value in assisting
digestion in certain animals, it's v alue
is small and the lower the percentage
OF hull the greater the feeding value
of the oats.
Determinations made last year or
upwards Of fifty different varieties O
oats grown at Montana experiment
stations revealed the fact that tn,
average percentage of hull in thes,
Montana grown oats was "a per cent
The variety having the lowest per
centage showed slightly less than .
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-02-26
The Bio Zulu Chief.

Hinizulu. the Zulu chief who is be-
lieved to be at the bottom Of the trou-
BILE In Zululand and has surrendered
himself to the British government, is
a hopeless drunkard. Like his father,
Cetewayo, he is SO unwieldy in his per-
son that it will not be a very easy mat
ter for him to run away. The present
Zulu trouble is largely due to misguid-
ed humanitarianism, which brought
DinizuM back from his exile in st.
Helena. Tradition gives him great
power among his followers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-02-26
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26. 1908.
THE TAFT

The political prophets are begin
ming to get busy. The managers OF
the Taft campaign assure the public
that the genial secretary of war will
be the presidential nominee OF the
national republican convention. while
the friends of Governor Hughes and
other aspirants make the prediction
that q majority of the delegates will
not be recorded in favor of the Ohio
man when the first ballot is taken.
The developments that may follow the
frst test of strength is a feature of the
proposition upon which the anti.Taft
politicians do not agree.
It has been evident for some time
past that the Taft campaign is being
conducted by very shrewd and active
managers. He has been prominently
before the public as a candidate for
the nomination during the past year
or more, with a we'll organized bureau
sending out literal ure to newspapers
and other mediums of publicity that
might assist in promoting his candi-
dacy. These methods of campaigning
were calculated to create the impress
sion that the republican presidential
nomin alton was certainly going to
MIR. Taft, and those who hesitated in
their choice Of candid ates were ad.
vised to climb into the band wagon.
Thouo (, n1o~Nc ~ orilor1n hnuy-
ever, that the friends Of other aspi.
rants will put up a lively fight during
the time that intervenes before the
meeting of the republican national
convention. The opposition is pro-
testing against some of the methods
alleged to have been used by the Taft
managers, one Of the complaints being
TO the effect that federal officials have
been induced by the administration to
assist In the Taft campaign. This
allegation was so industriously cir.
culated, especially by democratic
newspapers, that the president, in a
public statement, demanded that the
ecu alton be substantiated by naming
cases in which federal appointments
had been influenced by such consid-
erations. No reply 70 this challenge
was made, but the same charges APP
pear in the opposition newspapers
from time TO time.
In Montana and other western
states, it is being alleged that special
agents of the general land Office have
been temporarily retired, ia order to
quiet any an~tagonOnism that nigh,
develop against the Taft candidacy
by reason of the performance of their
duty. According to recent proceed.
ings IN the Oregon courts, however,
the investiga alton OF land matters in
the west has been temporarily suspend.
ed becauseicongress failed to appropri.
ate the funds necessary for the work.
The Taft sentiment in Montana and
other western Estates is an unknown
quantity. Efforts to obtain a repre-
sentative expression of the presidenta
choice Of republican voters have no
met with satisfactory results, and e
far as Montana 10 concerned, theil
preference cannot be accurately stated
Their choice would undoubtedly b,
the denomination of President Roose
welt, but II that il excluded from
consideration, they would prefer
candidate who would represent Mr.
Roosevelt rs nearly as possible i,
the performance of his duties as presi
dent.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-02-26
No Modern Home Is Complete
Without a Telephone.

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Idaho, Wyoming, as we'll as all Pacific
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Halt minute up. The pay begins when
the talk begins.
Rates from 800 up, for unlimited
local service.
Leave your orders now. The new
instruments are the very latest i'm.
proved.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-02-26

MISSOCLA, Feb. 24.-The county
commissioners today voted TO con.
tribute $500 towards a fund of 81, 800,
which will be used to engage DR..
Ricketts, of Chicago, to fight the dread.
ed spotted fever in this county.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-02-26
"Prints All the News"

II any reader of the RIVER PRESS
considers it worthy Of recommendation
to friends, the favor will be very high.
~ appreciated by its publishers.
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The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-22
The Mills Co.

neither of US comprehended what we
had undertaken. The old familiar
faces were not all editor, though all
had the making of editors in them.
They were the products of Kansas his
tory and of what we may call Kansas
civilization, sweetened by the breeZes
that had blown over them. And in their
way they were the prophets of all that
has come and all that is to come.
When 1 settled in Kansas, the great
Daniel Webster Wilder, familiarly
called "Web," D. r. Anthony, Henry
King, John A. Martin and Marsh Muir
dock. Of these, all now are gone ex-
cept Web Wilder and Henry King, and
they are as one might say, classic
but would have been less great with
out them. And I enjoy the distinc-
ton of having known them intimately,
and of loving them well.
That was the time when the Kansas
Magazine had just blossomed 1t was,
think, the most brilliant literary ven
ture ever made in this county. 1t fail
ed, after while, because it was too
good for the time, or at least, too good
for the financial situation. 1t would
not be right to say that it was above
it's reading constituency, for the At
lantic Monthly never ministered to
higher tastes or to a larger literary
appetite. It gave the world blue
Grass and Catfish Aristocracy," and
| made John James Ingalls, United States
senator.
I ought to tell you something more
about the old familiar. faces, if I may
do SO without too marked a personal
allusion. In January, 1874, l was ap-
pointed United States attorney upon
| the recommendation of Senator ingalls,
When the telegraph came to me at
! Independence, announcing the appoint
ment, my dear wife turned to me with
| that quiet sense of hunor which she
possessed, and said: "Oh am so glad
for now 1 suppose we can have
| clothes basket" That seems common
place, but how bright commonplace
| things become. when love turns back
| its light upon them.
| 1t was necessary for me to report al
Topeka Immediately. When I reached
there 1 went to the Teft House-the
| sanctuary for all political pilgrims II
| those days, and after securing a room
I sailed out to find the Commonwealth
| Office, which I had never seen, bu'
1 which was the centralized seat OF pow
| er. Its editor was at that time youns
| fellow named Rossington. l had only
met him once, but, for some reason
| Immediately upon the announcement o.
my appointment, he began to Write mt
| editorials commencing Senator lngalls
| and also commencing me. The night
| reached Topeka, / found Mr.. RoSSlng
| ton sitting at his desk in the Com
! monwealth office, writing an editoria
| which told the people of Kansas how
| excellent an appointment Senator IN
| gals had caused to be made in tht
| office of United States attorney, anf
| the gratitude they ought to feel to hin
1 for it. In good faith, I am bound t
/ admit that there there was some dill
ference of opinion upon this question II
the public mind but under the guild
| ance of Rossington, we moved alonl
| and in time came to feel that the ap
| pointment, If not justifable. was. a
least excuSable.
That young man, Rossington, Il
now the distinguished lawyer, Colone
tW. H. Rossington OF Topeka, known
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-22

and honored in Kansas and through
out the country. 1t has been fire.
quently rumored and, perhaps, gem
orally believed. that he is the real
author of the speeches 1 have de-
livered from time to time. Very lit
tie credit can come to him from this
report, and, as the quality of the
speeches has deteriorated very rapidly
In recent years I am perfectly con-
tent that he and not shall have the
reputation of being their author 1t
is my private opinion that he has not
been true to me; which is perfectly
plain from the fact that the speeches
he processes to have written for me
are far below the high quality he
writes for himself.
May I not have few moments to
speak of one whose face was indeed
loved and familiar one to me for
many years? Preston B. Plumb was,
all things considered, the most dis
tinct type of Kansas that ever
knew. He was great. intellectually
and physically-as Kansas is-and
also-as Kansas is-was a curious
combination of the practical and the
sentim entail
1t is my belief that I knew him
as we'll as any man ever knew him in
our state, and I am sure that above
his eager fondness for business ven
lures, his large grasp Of conditions,
control commercial movements
above all these. he placed Kansas, to
which he had come as a raw youth,
! and to whom he gave the love and
devotion of lifetime. 1t is under
stood by only a few that Senator
Plumb had in him the soul of a poet,
| though. as Wordsworth says, want
ing the accomplishment Of verse" l
never heard Of his attempting poetry,
but I know of many things he did
which were themselves poems-kind,
| just, brave things. unknown, unpub-
, lished and unvaunted, belong to
| him as,
That best portion of good mans
| His little nameless, unremembered
| acts
| OF kindness and Of love-"
I have been told that friendships
| have shifted somewhat since lived in
| Kansas, but listen while I tell you
mine have not changed. I do not
know what recasting and rearrange-
ments have been made here under
political or other influences. To me
this present Kansas is the old Kansas
| that I loved. We had our troubles
| and our quarrels then, as perhaps you
have now, but we found a way out
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-22
LAST OF THE FOXES.
Family Which Founded Spiritualfsm
Is Now Extinct.

New York, April 22.-Fifty mem
bers of the first Spiritualist society of
New York gathered last evening at at
tend the funeral services of Ferdinand
Fox Jencken. who died Sunday.
Mr.. Jencken who was 38 years old,
died of consumption He was the
last surviving member of the Fox
family, who founded spiritualism In
Rochester, about 60 years ago.
Mr. Jencken was the son of Kate
Fox, a famous medium In her day.
when his mother was a little girl,
living at Rochester, uncanny rapp1ngs
were heard about the Fox house,
which attracted the attention of the
entire country. Kate, then child,
said she was able to get answers from
spirits and became a medium and
cIairyoyant Her sisters Leah and
Margaret, followed her example, but
she was the most successful of the
three.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-22

Beautiful edges in all the
new effects, from 3 to 9 inches
wide-rare patterns in heavily
edged irregular bands for trim
ming waists and dresses
plenty of perling-edged inser-
tions in various widths.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-22

has been out of the penitentiary only
since November, stabbed Claude Gar
win. another negro, three times and
then made his escape. Garvin and
Hawkins had a quarrel in a negro
pool hall, which was followed by a
fight. Garvin's condition is serious
and it is declared that he can not re-
cover. He is a chauffeur and for
some years has been in the employ Of
H. d. Lee, the wholesale grocer.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-22
White Entertains the Editors.

Emporia, Kan, April 22.-What pro-
bably will go down in Kansas history
as William Allen Whites dinner party,
was held here last night when the edi-
tor of the Gazette had as his guests
200 prominent Kansas newspaper edi-
tors as well as several persons OF note
from outside the state.
A discussion of "postoff1ce order No
s07'' recently issued, which forbids sec
ond-class mail privileges to delinquent
subscribers, took place and the editors
generally commended 1t. Mr.. ingalls,
said the order had enabled him to col
Iect $500 subscriptions in one week, and
Mr. Bristow said the ruling means just
what it says He had, he said, chop
ned off all the Salina Journals delin-
ouents and advised other editors to do
the same.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-22

A Negro Stabbing at Salina-
Salina, Kan, April 22.-Will Hawk
ms. young negro Of this city. who
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-22
The Mills Co.
of them-and so will YOU.

of them-and so will you.
If it should ever be your fate to
live elsewhere than in Kansas-in
Chicago, for instance-you will feel
the love of the old home, more than
you can now imagine. Thoughts will
come of "the shy wild rose by the
roadside's dusty way" and of "the
sunf1owers tawny and gold and
brown" and you will hear voice
which I hear every day, and every
night:
..The voice of the prairie, calling.
Calling me-
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-23
BAsEBALL NOTES.

1t is settled now that Dave Altizer
viii play third base for Washington
next season. So saith Manager Can
tillon, and from his decision there Is
no appeal.
President Hedges of the St Louis
Americans says that he had to over
bid three other clubs for Wadden
and that the erratic one cost him
nearer 5000 than $1,000, as was first
reported.
Dan McGann, the famous Giant who
is now with the Boston Nationals, be
lieves that McGraw made a big mis-
take in dlsposing OF Cecil Ferguson.
Dan looks upon Ferguson as the most
promising twirler in the league.
Frank Chance is now confident that
there Is nothing seriously wrong with
his foot and says that he expects to be
IN the game for the Cubs from start
to finish and that the finish viii see the
Cubs in the lead.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-23
wheels Of LOVE
FOR'P AULGILMORE

TO those who grew fond of Paul
Gilmore as the Yale stroke in "At
Yale last season. the announce
ment that he viii be seen in his play
ut the Temple theater on Wednes-
day March 25, will be welcome
news Paul Gilmore is the most dis
tineuished young actor on the road
todey and George V. HobardC rec
ogniztng this has written for him
The most distinguished play Of the
season.
He calls It "The Wheel Of Love. E"
70 southwestern automobile ro-
monce, told in three acts. The au-
tcmohile does not PLAY the leading
rart by any means, but it Turks
around the corner. ready at mo-
n"nt's notice to come to the rescue
of the lovely maiden In distress.
This new play Of Hobart's con-
ta'ns I'll the elements Of former au-
tomobile successes. with the addi-
ton of one OF the most charming
love stories ever told on the stage
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-23

For first-c1ass laundry work see
Guy Fountain. Phone Black BAL II
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-23

who are appearing at the Savoy thea
ter has become topic of town talk.
One of the new playlets they put on
and for the rendition of which they
won critical praise was '"rhe Rising Of
the Moon"
This time the author was not Will
liam Butler Yeats, but Lady Gregory,
and she told very slight and simple
story, but notwithstanding that, or
very likely because of that, a very eff
fective one, which was admirably done
by the four actors appearing in it.
1t concerns the escape of a Fenian,
for whose capture there had been offer
ed reward of 500, and of a sergeant
of police and two subordinates, who
dream of getting the reward. The con
stables post notice Of the reward, and
while 'the two subordinates go Off on
their business the man himself ap-
pears disguised as ballad singer. He
and the sergeant, sitting back to back
on a barrel, begin to smoke and talk,
The ballad singer discourses of things
in general and then of patriotism and
finally of the escaped Fenian and the
reward. Would the sergeant like TO
get the reward, and would he, really,
now, take it If he could? Then he
whistles a few bars of 1.-THE Wearing
of the Green" and the subordinates re-
turn, certain that they have the reward
in sight But the sergeant sends them
away while the man hides behind the
barrel. That's ALL The curtain falls
with the sergeant wondering whether
he is as big fool as he thinks he is.
ROBERT BUTLER.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-23

dollar size bottles are Heme or swSmplSoo'-
sold by all good druggists. Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name,
Swamp-Root, DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
and the address, Binghamton, N. ", on
every bottle.