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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Will Give Emphatic Endorsement of
Roosevelt Administration.

WASHINGTON, June 4.-There will
be no lukewarm Endorsement of Presi.
dent Roosevelt and his policies in the
republican national platform, If the
wishes Of Secretary Taft and his
friends have potency in the framing
OF that document. This much was
made known after the first of q series
of conferences to be held with the Sec
retary of war on the subject of the
platform.
Should the Chicago convention adopt
this sort of platform and nominate
Secretary Taft, it Is predicted in au-
thoritative quarters that his letter or
speech of acceptance will contain q
pledge to carry out the Roosevelt pol.
icies already inaugurated and earnest
ly strive for those not enacted, which
will have ring similar to that pro-
nounceed by President Roosevelt on
taking the oath of Office over the body
of the dead Mckinley.
Secretary Taft has made no secret
of his position on the tariff. He is for
revision at special session OF the
Sixty-first congress, to be called i'm
mediately after Inauguration, March
4, 1909.
His ideas as to what the tariff
should be also are public property.
The schedules should be drawn as
near as possible to cover the difference
between the lesser cost of production
Of given article in foreign countries
and the cost to produce that article in
the United States. This he regards as
protection" in its true and fair sense.
Schedules which are fixed at a rate
higher then this difference, be be.
lieves, are not only unnecessary as
means OF protection, but are evil be.
cause of the temptation to cap.
italists to form monopolies and trusts
In this country for the control of the
market In that particular product.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
Montana Pugilist Gets Decision.

MILWAUKEE, June 5.-Stanley Ket-
chel OF Montana, was given the deci.
sion over Billy Papke of Kewaunee,
H., at the end of q fast and furious
lO-round bout before the Milwaukee
Boxing club at the Hippodrome last
night, before a crowd estim ated at
5000 persons. The contest was q ter
rife affair from the tap of the gong to
the finish, with the exception of the
time during which the men were en-
gagged in clinching. Time and time
again Ketchel forced his man to the
ropes with his furious onslaughts OF
right and lefts to the head and body.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
Many Juvenile Suicides.

CHICAGO, June 4.--The revised re-
por, of the Chicago bureau of statis-
tics compiled from the records OF 81
leading cities shows an alarming in.~
crease In the number of suicides, par.
ticuiarly within the last four months.
The most appalling feature of the re-
port is the statistical commentary on
the self.inaicted deaths of the young.
Many children of tender years have
destroyed their own lives, most of
these suicides being due primarily to
prenatal influences. Most of the sui.
cides Of adults are attributable to
economic conditions,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
TRAIN SERVICE DEMORALIZED
Floods Destroy Track and Bridges On
Northern Pacific.

BUTTE, June 3.-Train service in
Montana tonight is in state of
decentralization unequalled In the his.
tory Of railroa aiding in the northwest.
The Northern Pacific and St. Paul
right.of.way west from Deer Lodge
resembles q long sea, In places almost
as far as the eye can reach the tracks
are hidden under, washed out, afford.
ing little chance Of any trains being
gotten across the break before Friday
and possibly not before next week.
The He'll Gate and Missoula rivers
are steadily rising as the result OF
heavy rains all today, the river this
morning being nine feet above the
normal stage and tearing away at the
roadbed of the Northern Pacific.
Washouts tonight are reported at
Trout creek, Mont, west OF Missoula,
stalling the train eastbound from Spo.
kane.
Telephone advices from Drummond
are to the effect that the supplies on
the dining cars of the four trains
stalled there long since gave out and
that the passengers are making in
roads upon the stocks of canned
meats, cheese, crackers and other pre-.
pared foods on the shelves Of the local
stores.
HELENA, June 3.-Despite the her.
culean efforts OF the railroads to re-
lieve the stu alton, food conditions
throughout Montana remain practi-
cally unchanged. No trains have ar.
rived at Helena over the Northern
Pacific for several days, and none
are expected before tomorrow. Great
Northern trains are moving, but with
more or less delay.
After one days sunshine, rain be-
gan falling again today, and will do
much to retard work. The Flesher
stage, en- route to Helena, had narrow
escapes last evening, being nearly
overturned in Prickly Pear. an ordi-
nary trout stream, but which is now a
raging torrent. 1t had a similar ex.
perience on the Big Blackfoot. AS an
indication of the high water prevalent
the valley below Helena contains as
much water as before Hauserlake dam
went out.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
Lower Postage to Great Britain.

WASHINGTON, June 3.-Postma aster-
General Meyer announced today tn at
an agreement had been reached be.
tween the British government provid.
ing for letter postage OF cents an
ounce between the United States and
Great Britain and Ireland, to become
operative October l, 1908. He stated
further that the British postmaster
general, Sidney Buxton, was making
like announcement to the house OF
commons today.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
Railroad Business Revives.

NEW YORK, June 4.-President Un-
derwood of the Erie railroad issued
instructions today that all the road
locomotive and car shops be placed
on lO.hour day basis. 1t is the in
tention of the company to Immediate
ly repair all equipment which has
been idle by reason Of lack OF bust.
ness. The resumption of work will
give employment TO several thousand
men,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10

bers of the train crew still at Collins
They are cut of from the Outside
world and are short of food. Among
them are q number of women and
children.
The plight of the people at Collins
may become serious unless relief can
be afforded them tomorrow or the next
day. Superintendent Allen last eveu-,
ing said he would get food to them in
some manner, even II 1t became neces.
sary to send II out on q pack train.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
Flood News from Helena.

According to telephone message
from Helena, there has been heavy
damage from foods along the upper
Missouri river. It is stated that % .
result Of the record. breaking rainfall,
railway and telegraph service has
been almost completely demoralized.
The country in the vicinity OF Helena
is under water and large financial loss
suffered. In the city the street rail.
way has suffered loss Of d, 900. At
East Helena, where the plant of the
American Smelling and Refining COM
pany Is located, six houses have been
swept entirely away, and . score have
been damaged and loss there will
reach CSC, 900.
On the Great Northern, south from
Helena, 20 miles Of track between Hell
ena and Butte has been washed out
and many bridges destroyed.
North OF Helena, at the town Of
Wolf Creek, on the Missouri rivers
the people were compelled to take to
the hills Saturday and there the rail-
road is washed out for ten miles. But
few casualties have so far been re-
porte from any section.
The flood has been general all over
the state. and the grade Of the st.
Paul railroad, which is building
through to the coast, has been washed
out in great many places, and it is
estim ated that the loss to the company
by the flood in the state will reach
81, 900, 900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
Business Conditions Improve.

NEW YORK, June 3.-Signs of re-.
turning confidence are to be seen on
the hotel registers all over the city,
for the buyers from out.of-town firms
have been hocking in OF late, seeming.
ly on every train. A remarkable in
stance of this is at one hotel. where
from a single St. Louis dry goods
house twenty buyers are staying. In
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
Swindled Many Women.

FARGO, N. D. June 4.-Witnesses
are here from Oklahoma, Missouri
and other states to testify against G..
F. Nees Of Wheeler, charged with de-
frauding through the mails. Ness is
alleged to have advertised that be
would sell three yards OF secco silk
for 25 cents and on receipt of the mon.
ey would send three yards of baby
ribbon. He is said to have victimized
people in many parts Of the United
States.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
RAIL ROADS BADLY DAMAGED
Work Of Repairing Tracks May Re-
quire Several Weeks.

The damage to railroad tracks will
be the largest item OF loss from the
recent floods. At the present time the
Montana Central 10 operating trains
between Great Falls and this city,
but east of Teton station the track
has been flooded and is said to be in
impossible condition in many locali.
ties. The situation west of Great
Falls and north Of that city is indt.
Gated in this statement By the Great
Falls Tribune:
Telephone commune ations are re-.
established with Helena for the first
time in several days, and it was
learned that Helena had been isolated
from other sections OF the state by
floods on every side Of the state capt.
tai. Superintendent Allen received
advices from Helena to the effect that
the Great Northern expected to be
able to establish railroad connection
between Helena and Butte by Thurs.
day evening next, from which it ia
inferred that the damage to the road
between those two points is not so
serious as it might have been.
Between Helena and Great Falls it
is y different story. One railroad
man expressed the opinion that all
the damage done By the Hauserlake
flood had been repea eated and great
deal of track was out tha. the former
food had spared. Another man ex.
pressed the opinion that on stretch
OF fifty miles Of road between here and
Helena halt OF the bridges, culverts
and track was cut. Another said IL
was q good deal like building a new
road. Some discount on these state.
ments should perhaps be made on &C.
count OF the natural tendency To exag.
gerate condition that is appalling
in its magnitude. No one ia authority
is willing to be quoted as to the ex.
/ tent Of HE damage. and indeed 1t is
o.. get possible - estimate it correct.
ly, bur there il no disposition to con-
cea' 'u~ conviction that the damage
Gone N re canyon is very great.
The lin. tc the north of US between
Vaughn and Shelby Junction Is very
badly damaged. Roadmaster Nc.
DonOugh go. in last night, having
walked to Vaughn, and there got q
handcar In. So far as he could see
there is about lOt miles of track
washed out, and he estimates it will
take about five miles Of new steel and
ties to replace the track gone out.
The tremendous rise in Sun river was
due to 4 cloudburst in the country
which it drains and the cloud burs,
area also extended over the water
led OF the Teton and Marias rivers.
A dozen passengers and members OF
the train crew on the train from Shell.
by, which was due here Thursday
night, but which is stalled at Collins,
struggled into the city last evening,
having made the greater part of the
distance on foot. All state that the
damage to the railroad between here
and Collins is enormous, and tha,
ranchers and stockmen along Sun
river have suffered tremendous losses
They walked the entire distance of i;
miles. According to their story there
are abont fifty passengers and mem
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
RECORD BREAKING FLOODS.
Overflow From Missouri River De.
stroys Immense Amount Of
Property.

The unusually heavy precipitation
or the past week is being followed by
q record breaking stage Of water in
the Missouri river and the tributaries
Of that stream. The damage to rail-
road tracks and other property in the
flooded districts has already reached
enormous proportions, and with .
continuance of present conditions it
will be largely increased.
Through traffic on the several rail.
roads has been suspended by several
washouts in the tracks or demolition
of bridges, and telegraph lines are
down in many places. According to
reports from Cascade. about four
miles of Montana Central track south
Of that place are washed out, and At.
ter the floods subside-of which there
is no indicatio at present-it will re-
quire several days to repair the dam.
age.
The stage of water in the Missouri
river at Great Falls is said to be the
highest ever known, and 1t is feared
considerable damage will result. The
city pumping station is partly flooded,
and the power house at the Black
Eagle dam is menaced by the unpre-
cedented torrent. In describing the
food conditions in that vicinity, the
Great Falls Tribune says:
The damage in the way OF loss OF
crops to ranch owners along the Mis-
souri, river will be consider BILE.
Fields in which the grain had just be-
gun to come up nicely. and in which
alfalfa was nearly ready to cut are
now under water, and there will be no
harvest.
Residents on Sun river on the West
side have been compelled to abandon
their homes, and it Is feared that q
numbe of them may be carried down
the river today. Some OF these resi-.
dents managed to get out their furni.
ture onto higher land, but others have
not been 80 fortunate, and will lose a
good deal of their effects.
AT Belt the creek was last evening
reported to be rising very rapidly,
and the foot bridge in the town was
threatened. Between 6 O'Clock p. m.
and s O'Clock the water had risen two
feet, the upper end of the town being
completely submerged.
A. Sand Coulee the loss was enor
nous. Water began to invade the
Gerber mine before noon, aud large
force of meu was placed at work build.
ing temporary dam To hold the creek
back. Two cars Of Goa. belonging to
the Ne!son.Jeok. Coal company were
washed of ,he track and turped over,
the coal being scattered all along the
creek buttom.
The main part of Sand Coulee was
flooded foo: and half deep all day
yesterday. aar the losses of residents
have been large. 1t was reported
that all the bridges between Sand
Coulee AID S,ockett had gone out, in.
GLIDING one of the new county bridges,
completed last week.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10

former years fifteen buyers from the
larger houses in the west were usually
the limit to be sent here at one
time, and in q presidential year the
number WAS much lees as 9 rule.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10


the boiler house and steam plant.
Forum ately all Of the employees in the
vicinity made their escape, the elec-
tricisns and other men in the power
house succeeded In reaching the roof
Of that building from which they we're
afterward rescued.
Many houses in Great Falls on both
sides Of the river which are stu ated
along the river bank are almost out
OF eight In the water and q number Of
families have been rescued during the
day By boat and brought to the city.
At the county poor farm, several
miles up the river, It was found neces-
sarv this morning to take oil the in.
mates out by boat. The water there
had. during the night, reached point
almost up to the second story Of the
indrmary building. The nineteen
inmates were removed by boat to land
and were then brought to this city by
wagons and placed in several Of the
hotels and lodging honses.
In response to reports which reached
the city late this afternoon from up
the river that there were q number of
parties in peril in the Missouri and in
imminent danger of being drowned, q
relief train was cent out from the
Montana Central station this after.
noon. The train consisted of an en-.
gine and one dat car, containing two
boats and several men. 1t was learned
that j. W. Jones and family, who re-
side about seven miles up the river
from the city, and Miss Dick, had
been surrounded by water and had
taken refuge in the tops of trees where
they had been since seven o'clock this
morning.
The Rudolph family, who live at the
Meadowlark dairy ranch, on the point
OF Sun river across from the water
works pumping station, were sur
rounded by water and taken ont in a
launch by John A. Collins is tn after.
oOCA' liz CoNS ouu uOCSeS "eIc ieII
on the ranch and will probably be
lost.
The Lougeway ranch was badly
damaged by the water, the big fields
below the house being under water.
All the other ranches in the vicinity
have suffered terribly, and this spot is
merely an illustration of the awful
damage that has been done all the
way from Great Falls to Cascade.
Not only has the loss heen confined
to Erowing crops and agricultural
land, but many head Of livestock have
been drowned, as Is evidenced 10y the
bodies that have been seen floating a,
various places.
The flooded condition of every
stream in this part of Montana has
rendered railroad conditions in and
out of Great Falls worse than they
have been at any time within the past
Iii years. An enormous amount OF
damage has been done to the Montana q
Central tracks west of the city, and it
will be weeks before traffic between
Butte and Great Falls can be resumed.
North Of the city, reports likewise tell
OF great damage, and the Shelby line
will be out of commission for come
time to come.
Along the Neihart line much track
has been washed out in places, and It
is believed that numerous bridges are
gone, although definite Information
on that point cannot be secured at
this time. Senator Paris Gibson yes
terday notified the Great Northern
that they must cut their tracks to re.
lease the water penned In on his ranch,
which will spoil his crops unless re-
lief Is afforded in this manner.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10
Hill Plans New Line.

WINNIPEG, June 5.-J. j. Hill.
chairman of the Great Northern, has
announced to the Associated Boards
of Trades OF Saskatchewan that 40
soon a. the gaps in British Columbia
are closed aud line il built to CAL
gary, 1t is the intention to extend the
Grea, Northern from Winnipeg to
Calgary and through Saska.chew an
and Calgary.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-06-10

Water tight b.anks-only correct
form publishnd--snr sale at the RIVER
PRE>- Office &,&
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-09-18
.Nldkt SNRats Z Couch.

e. w. Walton, Condr. s. p. Ry., III
ivan Ness St., San Antonio, Tex,
writes: tDuring the summer and fall
of 1902, my annoyance from catarrh
reached that stage whereit was;actual
misery and developed alarming symp-
toms, such as avery deep-seated cough,
might sweats, and pains in the head and
chest. il experimentedwi th severalso-
called remedies before I finally decided
to take thorough course Of Peruna.
"Two of my friends had gone SO far as
TO inform me that the thing for me to do
was to resign my position and seek
higher, more congenial climate. Every
!. one thought had consumption and I
was not expected to live erylong.
"Having procured some Peruna, de-
: cided to give TIA thorough test and APP
piled myself assiduousiy' to'the task OF
taking it, as per instructions, in the
meantime.
1.-THE effects were soon apparent, all
alarming symptoms disappeared and
my general health became fully as good
rs it had ever been in mylife.
"I have resorted to the use of Peruna
on two or three occasions since that
time to cure myself of bad colds"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-09-18
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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-09-18
a. Much Alike.

A curious story went the rounds
some little time ago about lovely
foreigner, one OF whose verbal slips
gave King Edward occasion for a
hearty laugh. A very lively person
age, with a delightful accent, she
made such a favorable impression
upon the king that he asked her to be
his partner at bridge. But, sir" she
said, Il really don't know how to
play" The king would take no de-
NAL, however, and she became rather
embarrassed. Il assure you, sir," she
said, Il don't know the difference be-
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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-09-18
"THE PALE GIRL"
Did Not Know Coffee Was the Cause.

In cold weather some people think
cup of hot coffee good to help keep
warm. So it is-for short time but
he ug-caffeine-acts on the heart
20 weaken the circulation and the re-
action is to cause more chtlliness.
There is a hot wholesome drink
which a OAK girl found after time,
makes the blood warm and the heart
strong.
She says:
Having lived for five years Ia N.
Oak., have used considerable coffee
owing to the cold climate. AS a re-
suit / had a dull headache regularly,
suffered from indigestion, and had no
life In me.
Il was known as the pale girl and
people thought I was just weakly.
After time l had heart trouble and
became very nervous, never knew
what it was to be real well. Took med
.cine but it never seemed to do any
good.
Since being married my husband
and both have thought coffee was
harming us and we would quit, only to
begin again, although We felt 1t was
the same as poison to us
"Then we got some Postum. Well,
the effect was really wonderful My
complexion is clear now, headache
gone, and I have a great deal of en-
ergy | had never known while drink
ing coffee.
Il haven't been troubled with indi.
gestion since using Pos tum, am not
nervous, and need no medicine. We
have a little girl and boy who both
love Postum and thrive on it and
Grape-Nuts."
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich Read, The Road to Well
Vile" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-09-18
EYEsieHT WAS IN DANGER
From Terrible Eczema-Baby's Head
Mass of Itching Rash and Sores.
Disease Cured by cuticura.

"Our little girl was two months old
when she got rash on her face and
within five days her face and head
were all one sore. We used different
remedies but it got worse instead of
better and we thought she would turn
blind ard that her ears would fall off.
She suffered terribly, and would
scratch until the blood came. This
went on until she was five months old,
then I had her under our family doc
tors care, but she continued to grow
worse. He said it was eczema. When
she was seven months old / started
to use the Cuticura Remedies and in
two months our baby was a different
girl. You could not see sign of
sore and she was as fair as new
born baby. She has not had a sign Of
the eczema since. Mrs. H. F. Budke,
LeSueur, Mimi, Apr. 10 and May 2. '07."