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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18

JOSEPH MEDILL PATTERSON.
splits the United States navy wide
open and leaves it Il worse wreck than
Reuterdahl left it after his articles in
McClure's last winter. Sinclair's new
book is called 1.-THE Money Changers
and its publication has already elected
an interview from the chief of the bu-
reau of ordnance. Rear Admiral w. y
Mason.
Nor In the list OF flashing and scnsa-
tionally glittcring luminaries should
Halle Erminie Rives be forgotten
h Is out with Il story called Satan
Sanderson." so named. no doubt, be-
cause the author OWNED that the devi,
was going to be Il very popular fellow
about this time.
Perhaps the story by Mr.. Patterson
Is the record breaker of the season as
a sensation. The way the author. v,lc
not long since surprised his wealth,
friends by becoming IN II and on,
Socialist. has pictured the smart So,
In his book has brought down a hor
nets nest around his cars. but he does
not seem to mind it
Young Mr.. Mcdill, a grandson of the
late Joseph Mcdill. who owned the Chi
cago Tribune. was graduated from
Yale and was 4 member of the fash
ionable secret societies there. In his
book he has held up to scorn the lives
OF gilded youth who 90 to college to
have a gay time and "blow' the
money earned by their fathers and
grandfathers. Mr.. Patterson married
q daughter of Harlow NJ. Uigyinhoth-
am. one of Chicago's wcalthicst citi-
Zens and president Of the Columbian
exposition. He resigned as commits
sioner Of public works under Mayer
Busse when he became a convert to
socialism. At II time he attended
an agricultural school because he
thought it would be Il good thing for
n man Of his views as to the lcveliug
of the classes to know how to milk
the cows and till the soil, although. en-
titled as he "a to an income of about
$4,000 a year. he was under no COM
pulsion to bother himself about such
things.
"a Little Brother of the Rich" is a
book which concerns itself a Sootl deal
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
Great Lovers of Water.

The Sialnese are more devoted to the
water than any other nation in the
world. They are nearly always bath
ing, generally with their clothes on,
and they never go anywhere by land
If they can possibly go by water. The
streets of Bangkok are like those Of
Venice, and the inhabitants say that
their idea of paradise would be a town
with canals where there We're currents
in both directions, so that they might
be spared the effort Of rowing.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18

ophy. The crimes he puts up TO the
characters who figure in his pages
would land them in Jail in short order
II true and exposed.
One Of the sensational features OF
the book Is its attack ON magnates of
the steel trust.
Referring to the investigation in
1891 which resulted in the cele-
bratcd arluo plate scandal. the author
says: Nothing much was ever don.
about it. The government could not
afford to let the real facts get ont.
But, OF course, the insiders in the navy
knew about it. and the memory will
last as long rs the ships last"
The author claims that the steel
men were responsible for the burning
OF Nclicon Hall. the socialiste colony
with which he was identified.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
Ever Felt It?

The goldenrod, the goldenrod-
Atchoo. Cachee!-
Crspringing from the prairie sod
Oh. my, Oh. me-.
Its golden spikelets fill the air
Atchoo, Atchoo!-
With spicy perfume rich and rare.
They do! They do!
1t bends its head Of purest gold
CaChee. Cachee!
l gather all my hands can hold
For heavens sake take the stuff tc
the back yard and MAKE a bon.
fire of it and send for the doctor!
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
A a Of Football,

During a conference in reference to
a change in football rules so as to
make the game somewhat less hazard
Gus to life and limb Harold Balm in
advocating radical reforms cited the
following dialogue between two moth
ers as in point.
Said the first, Il hear your son has
been winning high honors at college,
EYES," answered the second, 'he has
indeed. He has been a quarterback, a
halfback. a fullback, and now Here
she paused.
SWELL" asked the first. "what is he
nOw?"
"Now," concluded the other, che is a
observation-disclosures Home Compan-
ion.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
fsumor an3 Philosophy
BY DUNCAN ri SMITH
SELECTED HISTORY.

Napoleon crossed the Delaware
Or was it Buffalo Bill?-
The Delaware or Hudson,
The Rhine or some such rill.
! get so mixed on rivers,
Locations. I'M and dates,
But still | know that some one
Crossed something, history states
And Washington, the hero.
You know he scaled the Alps
When out N pleasant morning
And red hot after Scalps,
Or was it Marco Polo
Who crossed the Andes high?
l know there was some crossing,
For history cannot lie.
Columbus crossed the ocean,
/ feel quite sure of that
And all the folks COMPOUNDED
Who said the world was fiat.
He crossed it in a vessel
Quite small, but rather trim,
Because. as you may reckon,
1t was too far to swim.
This crossing and recrossing
Make up a lot of life.
Though n might find a hero
Who never crossed his wife,
And there was bluff King Henry,
The eighth, a turtledove,
Who, as the records tell US,
Was ~ crossed in love.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
FEW TUkMELlNG DEVICE,
Machine Borcs Through Rock at Rate
ct Twenty Feet a Day.

4 machine invented by DIN S. Proc
tor of Denver promises to revolution
iZe the boring Of tunnels. ACCORDING to
the New York World. The machine
will tunnel through solid rock at the
rate Of twenty to forty feet a day.
varying with the hardness of the rock.
Formerly two or three men, working
with drills ana glycerin sticks, could
do no more than five feet a day Mt the
best. Instead of leaving jagged apcr-
lures that have to be chiseled and
propped, the new machine in its boring
smooths the sides as by hand. In one
day two men can do with this ma
chine what it would cost $500 to do
under the old, tedious method.
The machine is twenty-three feet
long and has a head of eight feet. lust
the size of the boring. In this head,
made of we'll tempered steel, are twen.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18

Ed AMI dEh OO03.
steps by which he passes from obscu-
rity and poverty. through the thrall Of
early love, through "satchel CARRYING
for wealthy college mates who took
him up because of his athletic achieve
ments, through remuneration of his be
trothed because of her fathers tinan-
cial failure, through a marriage to an
other mans faithlcss wife, through in
facilities, dissipation, more money get
ting, the tragic death OF his wife in IN,
other mans automobile, through anotll-
cr lovclcss marriage with the daughter
of IN immensely wealthy st. Louis
brewer. and, finally, to his soy@y semi
satisfaction at forty years of age in the
knowledge that he is one of the money
kings of the republic.
One paragraph will Illustrate patter-
sons idea of the life of the idle rich"
as President Roosevelt is fond of term
ing them:
"Finally Carl broke the silence. It's
getting pretty tircsomc. Same old peo-
pie, same Old food and same old booze,
same old bridge. same old racket. same
Old staying up all night. same old hor-
rible, deadly. changcless boredom. I've
lost interest. It's all over with me, in
side OF mo-"
Upton Sinclair's book, ''rhe Money
Changers" uses fictitious mn in
the exposure of alleged Wall street
crimes, but the DISCUSSES are compar-
ativcly thin. Mr.. Sinclair, too, Is n
Socialist and sees the sins of society
through the spectacles Of this philos-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
Work Of French Army Dcos

Two French army dogs have drawn
light HmbulanrcS. the invention of a
lieutenant, with Il load of loo pounds
each. for some $40 miles without n
breakdown. showing how they can he
used III wartime.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
New EnGland's Ice Can.

Professor Louis .A-aSSiz many Years
ago first announced that the ice sheet
or glacial flow at the northwest Of
Maine could not have been less than
Il mile deep. while later biologists have
confirmed his statement. adding the
more recent conclusion that the ice was
OF that thickness nj least over the
larger part ri New England
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
LOOKING Hiuher Up,

teacher. who was five years his SEN
ior."
II suppose she let him down easy"
"She was as c~onsiderate as possible"
"Pronised to be a sister to him?"
"NO; she said she would do her best
to be a stepmother to him."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18

"HIS is the era Of the problem
novel. the problem play and of
problem discussions in other
literary guises too numerous
to mention. Sometimes it is the condi-
ton of the packing houses and stock
yards, sometimes the morals of the
-Four Hundred, again the question of
corporation influence In politics or per
chance the much discussed subject of
the marriage tie versus affinities that
attracts the aspirant to literary fame.
So long as it is a problem it Is consid-
cred sufficient to form the excuse of a
work Of fiction or the drama.
1t Is often in some such way that GER
tain cratic luminaries appear in the
literary armament. darting across the
sky or, If tarrying longer, faring, glar-
ing and almost suffering sparks in
their efforts to distract attention from
the more modest orbs content to travel
their courses In the usual fashion. Re
Gently, to change the metaphor, there
has been something of a deluge Of the
problem novels and dramas. A Bridge
port Comm minister, Rev. Ernest j..
Crafts, has written a play founded on
the life and adventures of Ferdinand
Ptnney Earle, the artist, and the wom-
an whom he supposed, quite ]rroneou
ly, it proved, to be his "soul mate"
Then there is Professor Robert Her.
rick Of the University of Chicago, who
has written what is called IAN erotico-
philosophic novel" dealing With sex
problems. called "Together." 1t is a
book that has stirred up some discus
sion. but not near as much as young
Joseph Medill Patterson, the million
aire Socialist" Of Chicago, has occa-
stoned with his story. "a Little Broth
er Of the Rich" If high life' In
America is anything like Mr.. Patterson
has painted it, happy indeed are those
whose lot is cast in commonplace OBJ
security. Then there is Upton Sinclair.
whose exposes Of the evils of Pack
ingtown" in The Jungle" caused a
tempest in halls Of legislation. He has
broken out again with a work which
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
A Similarity,

"What do you think of the Darwin
ian theory" asked the girl who is i'm
proving her mind.
"The Darwinian theory" answered
Miss Cayenne, lis very much like good
advice. 1t seems all right enough for
people in whom you're not interested,
but doesn't help much for personal
use."-Washington Star.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18

with Yale, with New York and the
white lights of Broadway. If its pic
ture of American life is true one mus
believe that the average woman in thi>
country who belongs to so called $50
ciety circles" drinks to excess, cares
nothing for marriage ties and is wholly
given over to the pursuit Of such idle
frivolities as money can buy for her.
The central figure in the story, though
he can hardly be called a hero, is
Paul Potter.
He it is who is the Little Brother OF
the Rich" The story concerns the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
The Weather,

do you think there is any reliable
way of foretelling the weather."
Yep answered Farmer CorntoS-
sci. "Jes' think of the kind you don't
want and then rrophesy it."-Wash-
ington Star.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
A New Experience.

II wonder what M:llyuns, who had
so much money while his wife had
so little. is contesting her requests
for?"
Il heard him say he didn't care q
picayune for the money, but he want
ed for once in his life to feel what it
was like to dispute her will."-Balti-
more American.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
The Sorrow Of It,

Its too bad" observed the man who
seemed to be thinking aloud.
whats too bad?' Queried the party
who had overheard the observation.
THAT our neighbors always know
when we have fried onions for supper,
but get next when we have
Strawberries and ice cream explained
the noisy thinker.-Chicago News.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
Eoolisl1 Question

why. my boy. did YOU fall in that
open coal hole:"
NO: course not. | Wuz in here. an
they built a pavement over NEIL
Illustrated Bits.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
Sentiment and Business.
what did papa say?"

".And what did papa say!"
"IIe was very pleasant about it. He
even urged me to have the wedding
take place as soon as possible"
That's strange. Did he give any
reason:"
Eyes. He said he thought weddings
would cost more next y~ear."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
Full of II.

Mrs. tatevhE In 4 short time now
We will do all u heating by alcohol.
Caterhy-That's good. All We'll have
TO do VIII be to connect Your Uncle
Jake I" the furnace and range.-Life
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
lust Like Medicine.

"What 4 remarkable distate for can
dy your children have, Mrs. Skeomer."
Yes. l didn't think much of it was
good for them. so regularly every day
I used to call, Come in now. children,
and get our candy After a week they
wouldn't touch it.'-kansas City Times.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18

Mayme i nate these affectionate
girls.
Lucie-Why. always thought YOU
We're one of them?
Mayme-Well, anyway. ! don't want
Jane Jones to kiss me after she's been
eating onions.-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
His Triple.

do l understand you to say. Mrs.
O'Brien. that your husband drinks en-
cessively:"
NO. judge. Yer honor; he don't
lhrink excessively. It's always whis
ky."-BoSton Herald.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
As a Handicap,

"Iiis is what they call a squaw man."
married an Indian woman, did hep
"Well, he married a fine half section
OF land. l believe an Indian girl was
thrown in"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18

THAT Teller what's calm on daug,
ter seems to be a young man Of steady
habits"
"Too burned steady. Can't the crit
ter ever miss a Observation-Disclosures
Herald.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
Not Qp to Date.

II don't haze much hope for Henry.
You see. he is twenty-three years old
now"
"But he earns his own living"
Eyes. but he has never vel invented
a flying machine"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
No Place For
Him.
Which?

"What have they named the baby?"
"Bill."
"Bill?'
EYES,"
cautious parents. aren't they"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18

BY the streets OF by and by ont
arrives at the house Of "never."-Oer.
vantes.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
PERT PARAGRAPHS,

Facts are sensitive things; when tic-
ton gets busy they get so ashamed Of
themselves.
Some people lie simply because they
feel the need of keeping in practice.
Probably your neighbours sins will
eventually find him out. but don't aid
ana abet him in it.
The best guarantee of a mans hon
esty is his need of work-and your lib
erality of payment.
Probably the reason it is hard for
some people to concentrate their
thought is because it is so difficult to
find a space small enough to bring
pressure to bear
Some stories are hard to b~elieve-un-
ii! belief becomes necessary
Some people esteem themselves so
necessary 10 the progress of the world
that they can do nothing but assert
their claim.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
The Era of the x *
X X X Problem Novel

Professor Robert Herrick's "Ero.
tico.Philosophic" Romance - Jo-
scph Medill Patterson's Book
About the Idle Rich.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18

Halle Erminie Rives' Satan
S~anderson" Upton Sinclair's
money Changers" an Attack
on Wall Street Hen.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18

Some stories are hard to U%elieve-un-
ii! belief becomes necessary
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-04-03
ESTRAY SALE

Notice ia hereby given that CG
Collet ON the 25th day OF February.
1908. took up and now keeps at Yes
sty McRae ranch, kiOna. Wn. the
following estray horses: bav mares
brarded III on right stifie and IN on
right shoulder; and one brown mare
with same brands; buckskin horse
branded with two small circles Join
ed by a curved line, on right should
err; l brown mare branded with a
three prOnged circle on right should
er and with IN Oh right stife. Said
estravs will be sold to the highest
bidder for cas- h at the place kept. a.
above specified, on Monday. the 2Oth
lay Of April, 1908, at the hour of II
O'Clock in the forenoon Of the said
day. uuIess the owner thereof, or his
legal representative. shall appear
prior to. that time, and make out
his title and pay all charges against
said estrays. Date OF the first pub
l:cation Of this notice April 3rd. 1908.
w S Jenkins, County Auditor
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-04-03
ADriI Fool Party

Mr.. and Mrs. C. G. Ruckman gave
an April Fool party at their home
Wednesday evening at which about
fifty guests were present. The fun
started by putting the men to dress
ing dolls and the ladies to whiting
out boats. j. l.. Johnson won the
prize for the best dressed doll and
Miss Marion Leitch was the best boat
builder. She christened her boat The
Mountain Gem but disirterested OBJ
servers decided that it more closely
resembled The Todd. Each guest
was given II small card and re-
uuired to write verse OF poetry
containing the words capri Fool"
j, H. Gravenslund proved to he the
most poetic aud was awarded the
urize. In the bean hunt the prize was
awarded to the guest finding the
east number Of beans and this prize
fell to Mrs. II. j. Mcneil. The novel
ind interesting amuSements made
the ev ming pass quickly but every
minute was crowded with enjoy
nent.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-04-03
Mrs. Christ kruse ia suffering from

Mrs Christ kruse ia suffering from
Il severe attack of the grip.
The st. Paul's Guild OF the Episco-
pal church will give Missionary
Tea at the Home of Mrs. q. l.. Han
son. Friday afternoon. April 1lth
All are C rdially invited.
The White Bluffs Irrigation Com
pany is pushing the work of INSTALL
ing the irrigation system for the Sec
Ond body Of land containing $40
acres. OF the 20 carloads of wooden
pipe II or Is cars have already been
delivered on the ground. The engines
and gas producer have arrived and
the kennewick Dray Line has the
contract for putting them on the
barge. The machinery weighs 81
ton. and will lie handled in four
parts which with skids, braces, ETC.,
will make about 6 tons to the load.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-04-03
UNEQUALED AS A REMEDY FOR
CKOUp

Besides being an excellent remedy
for cough and throat troubles. Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy is unequaled
as cure for Group" saws Harry
Wilson, of WaynetOwn, Ind. When
given as soon as the crOupy cough
appears, this remedy will prevent the
attack 1t is used successfully in
many thousands of homes. For sale
by Columbia Pharmacy.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-04-03
It's Now Up to
the President
Senate Passes the Anon Snake
River Dam Bill.

The. bill giving the Benton Water
Co. the privilege to dam the Snake
River at Five Mile Rapids, passed
the Senate Wednesday by vote of
II to +. This welcome news was
received by special wire from Sena-
tor Piles on Thursday. The i'm
preston up to the time Of the re-
ceipt of the telegram was that the
bill would fail az Senator Hepburn
was most pronounced in his oppo-
sition and could under the rules,
single handed, prevent vote on
the bill. Yesterdays Spokesman
Review gives the following as to his
change of front.
After declaring he would prevent
enactment of the bill to give the
Benton Power company the privi-
lege to dam the Snake river at Five
Mile rapids in Washington, and
with complete power in his hands
to do so under the rules of the SEN
ate, Senator Hepburn today re-
coded from his position, permitting
the bill to go to vote, when it was
carried Alto 4 all the northwest
senators excepting him voting for
it..
Debate began at. two O'Clock,
Wednesday afternoon. When the
regular business had been disposed
IF Senator Hepburn offered an
amendment requiring the Benton
company to maintain always the
locks, which they. must build, open
to all boats, paying all expenses
and specifically, STIMULATING that the
government must never be asked
for a dollar in connection er with.
He continued running debate with
Senator Piles, saying he expected
before long to wi tness the
utter failure of the Benton COM
pany to carry out the plans to build
the dam and locks.
. Senator Perkins had the Clerk
read the Presidents message, say
ing he would veto all bills giving
away such privileges will out limi-
tation of the life of tie franchise or
compensation for what the franchise
conveyed. Senator Piles argued
that this bill did not come within
the purview Of that message, as it
had passed the house tefore the
message was sent to congress. Sem
ators Hepburn and Teller argued at
length against the Presidents theo-
ry that the federal government has
the right to charge for the waters,
holding that such function belongs
solely to the states under this form
of government.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-04-03
Political experts and prognosti

gators see a little split in the Re-
publican party, which some predict
will result in a big cleavage. MIR.
Hepburn and Mr.. Cannon represent
the antagonistic elements in the
Republican party. Mr.. Hepburn
belongs to the class of men that has
faith and nerve to demonstrate it
by works. Mr.. Cannon, who is up
in the seventies, belongs to the
laisez faire element of the Republic
can party, who believes in letting
well enough or bad enough alone.
During the last week or two, Mr..
Hepburn and Mr.. Roosevelt have
put their heads together and ar
ranged legislative program, but
when Mr.. Hepburn presented it to
the House, it was referred to the
dietary. COMMITTEE thru.the influence
Of Mr.. Cannon. The Judiciary
Committee of all legislation that
the One Man-Power of the House
desires to effectually smother. But
Mr.. Hepburn and many Republic
cans and very many Democrats wish
to see this legislation enacted be-
fore the close of Congress, and it is
predicted by some that there will
be split in the Republican Con-
gressional ranks, which may, in the
near future, result in the succession
of Mr.. Hepburn to the speakership.