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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1908-05-13
LARGE GATHERING
OF REPUBLICANS,
Convention in Louisville Was the
Assembling of Many
Delegates.
DEFEAT FOR Mr.. BRADLEY.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Augustus E. Wilson, OF Louisville,
Judge A. r. Burnam, of Madison
county.
w. Marshall Bullitt, of Louisville.
Edward Lane, colored, of Mason
county
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1908-05-13

Miss Evelyn Young, of Morganfeld,
is the guest of Mrs. Chas. Skillman.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
Special Session Of Congress.

WASHINGTON, Nov. l6.-A special
session Of the Sixty.tlrst congress will
be called 500 after March 1, is the
statement made yesterday in the White
house by President-Elect Taft. Judge
Taft stopped at the White house to
confer with President Roosevelt on
political matters.
THE republican party has promised
to call a special session of the new
congress to revise the tariff aud the
party will carry out that PROMISE"
declared Judge Taft. "The special
session will be called as soon after the
inauguration as is reasonable.
snow is the time for the interests
which ask for a revision of the tariff
to come forward and produce their
arguments.'
In response to a query from a Fill.
ipino newspaper man who was pres.
sent, Judge Taft said he had no mes.
sage for the Filipinos ''other than %
say that If personal inclinations were
to control me, l should find more
pleasure in what l do for them than
in any other line
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
Bryan Has Not Lived In Vain.
Spokesman Review.

SpOhSsIlaA ltCNlCN
Taft will have 32l electoral votes
to Bryan's 162. With one more vote
Taft would have had exactly twice as
many as Bryan.
This is Bryan's most decisive de-
feat. He had. in 1896, l76 electoral
votes against 27l for Mckinley. and
in 1900 he received l55 to 292 for Nc.
kinley. He was never beaten before
by so large an electoral vote as two
to one.
The people do not a Bryan as
their president. They admire him,
they like to hear him for his e%loquence
and lofty ideals: but they do not APP
prove his political doctrines. and
they doubt his constructive and
administrative abilities.
Yet w. J.. Bryan, as he toldhis fel.
low townsmen the night before cleo
ton day, has not lived in vain. He
has delivered a message to the Amer
lean people and our political methods
will be better for that message. he
has spoken his scoru for corrupting
politicians and those c%orrupting spe-
cial interests which have not SCRUBBED
TO break the laws, and the his word 5
have left an impression.
Bryan erred ia his claims that he
was the heir apparent Of the Roose.
welt policies. He and Roosevelt were
close together in their diagnosis OF
the evil, but far apart in remedies.
And the people have sharply express.
ed their preference for the Roosevelt
remedies and their continued applica.
by Mr.. Taft.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
Settlers Must Pay lnstaIment.

WASHINGTON, Nov. l4.-The secre-
tary of the interior has made an i'm
portant announcement relating to the
construction cost of the irrigation
works on the Minidoka project, Idaho.
The reclamation act provides for the
return OF the governments investment
in not to exceed ten annual payments.
Under the law a number of the settlers
on this project will be delinquent on
December |, 1908, and they are notified
that their first payments Of $3.50 per
acre must be made not later than Dec.
ember l, 1908, or their entries will, be
Cancelled aud all rights under the law
together with all moneys aleady paid
thereon, viii be forfeited.
The secretary has given careful con-
sheraton to the requests of a number
Of settlers for a uefcrment OF the first
payment. Owing to the fact that such
u determent would establish a pre-
cedenl which undoubtedly woul! be
used by settlers to postpone payments
on other projects, he decided that the
first payment should be due and pay
ableon Dec, !, 1908. Another reason for
this decision is the urgent need Of
o funds to complete the plans Of
this project, SO that water can be sup.
piled to settlers who arc already
located there, and also to complete
several other projects upon which the
work is we'll under way.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18

and carrying boats with a Capacity of
l,200 to 1000 tons, would be about PA
mills or about one-ninth of the present
cost by rail in Montana.
"That is to say the towns along the
Great Northern parallel to the Mis-.
souri, river, which paid s3S3,555 in
transportation charges for the freight
received and forwarded. In seven
months, should have moved the same
tonnage for something like 1851.
IL am not saying that the railroads
are charging the people of Montana
rates which are eXorbitant. 1t may
cost them more 70 move the freight
than we who investigate think it does.
But the Northern Pacific takes oath
that its operating expenses are but
5O.3S per cen of its gross earnings in
Montana-that is low for operating
expenses, or else high for earnings.
"As long ago as 1891, Jas. J. Hill
is quoted by:S..A. Thompson, of Du-
luth, as authority for the statement
that with twenty-seven hundred ton
steamers Mr.. Hill was moving as
much freight on the lakes for one dol.
lar as the best equipped railway in
America could nov the same distance
for twenty-six dollars.
"It is generally agreed that water
transportation charges are one
seventh ofIrail transportation charges.
On this basis one hundred pounds of
Montana wool could be shipped to
for twenty-five cents instead
Of Sl.75. That is to say, the present
Observation-Disclosures paid by Mon
tana wool growers to Boston and
Philadelphia is iciose to s612, 600 au-
The same wool could be
down the Missouri river after
il was unloaded from wagons and
onto boats, for 49,, 800.
"Many wool growers will hold out
or n cent more per pound when
their clips. Yet they pay II
per pound 70 ship it 10 Boston.
They could send it there by water for
30 mills andslget Il cents more per
pound for their clip by the saving in
transportation charges"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
FORMER GOVERNOR DEAD.
Robert 3. Smith Passes Away At His
FIathead Home.

kALISPELL, Nov. 16.-Ex.Governor
Robert B. Smith eied in the hosvita!
In this city this morning, the cau-e be-
ing kidney trouble, from which he has
suffered for several years. Two ears
ago Governor Smith wa Operate up-
on in New York aud for a time fe.. an
improvement. Lately, however. his
condition has been growing worse,
and death ha. been expected for
several days, he having been brought
to the city from his orchard farm 10
days ago in a critica, condition.
Robert B. Smith was born in HEX
man county, KY, December %, 1854.
La 1882 he came to Dillon, Nom.
where he entered upon an active law
practice, quickly gaining distinctive
precedence and continuing there until
1889, when he went to Helena and
formed a partnership with Hou.
Samuel Word, whose sou, Robert L.
Word, was later admitted to the firm.
Samuel Word retired in 1892, aud Mr..
Smith was then associated with r. l..
Word.
AS a democrat Mr.. Smith was con-
spicuous in campaigns in the state.
He was a member Of the constitutional
of 1884, and, in 1885, under
President Cleveland, he was appoint
ed United States district attorney for
resigning the Office on
March !, 1889. In 1894 be was the IN.
nominee of the peoples par.
y for member of congress. In 1890
was the city attorney of Helena: ia
1896 he was elected governor Of
Montana as a populist on the demo-
,ratic-populist fusion ticket.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
RIVER

AN interesting and instructive dis.
cussion Of the advantages offered by
the Missouri river in the matter OF
freight transportation, is given in an
interview printed by the Helena In
dependent. The subject is discussed
by w. a. Campbell, who is investi-
eating the situation on behalf of the
Missouri River Navigation congress,
and who says in part:
Montana could better afford to
vote bonds and spend $50, 900 per mile
for improving the Missouri river from
Fort Benton to the North Dakota line,
and pay the taH necessary to cover
the interest and finally redeem the
bonds, than to continue paying the
present heavy tax in railway trans
]portation charges-which is a tax felt
by every man and woman in the state.
more direct even than city and state
taxes, touching every individual and
levying its tribute surer than taritr or
internal
"But Montana does not have to vote
bonds. TO improve the waterways of
the country is a firmly fixed federal
policy. The country is humming with
agitation for waterways. Not for
eighty years have the American pco-
pie thought so much Of improving
rivers and digging canals.
"To improve the Missouri river from
Fort Benton to the sea is no project.
1t is simply comprehended in the pol
icy and plan which Is continental in
scope.
ut can be safely said that the aver
age cost of moving one ton one mile
on the Missouri river, ii it was opened
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
A WASTED JOKE.

tie Masct to Very His Wife. but He
-ian't after al.
Il don't thllk In try any more prac.
teal jokes Oh my Wife. They don't
raq out we'll"
"Elucidate.'
"1ou see, she has a habit Of hosting
the window in our room every night.
rs | usually 30 to bed last, she de-
rends Oh me to hoist it. Sometimes l
forget it. and then there's a wild
~squahble. Frequently she wakes me
Up in the night and asks me to see if
it is open. If | don't, she nags at me
until morning.
~ night or Two ago l resolved to
give her Il hard scare. l rolled up a
lot of old newspapers into a long bun
lie and laid the package down by the
window. OF course she was asleep
and didn't hear me. Then l opened
the window a little way and crept into
bed. Some time after midnight she
nu1sed me and said:
Jim. I'm sure you didn't open that
window. It's like a bake oven In the
roota. Get ny and see
! got UP. went to the window
aad threw the sash rs high as it would
70. A. | did 50 | gave q little Shrek
ahd then tlun- my bundle down to the
walk lcloW. 1t struck with a dull
thna. ana | lodged behind the curtain
Il await developments. The room was
very dark. aEI | couldn't see my Wife.
! heard her raise herself to n sit
''n2 posture, Then she spoke.
''i'oa' Oil linz. she quietly said.
Hes tn}uNi"l ont Of the window in his
"~fe-rde,t at.1'>1irt. What n spectacle
''@H Dc whoa they find him In the
Horaj"s" Thea She lay down again
H. sasl; to el.np,"
'111lgt dill yDu dor
stood There s~Li"erlng for a minute
NJ t"o laI iaaD sneahed into hcl."-
Cleveland I'a,n Dealer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
WEDNESDAY,, NOV. IL, 1908.
AGAINST HIGHER TAXES.

Reports from several counties in
which the official has been
made, indicate a decisive majority
against the proposed constitutional
amendment providing for an increase
in the state tax levy. In some OF the
counties the proposition was turned
down by a O of more than W to
one, and in other cases by an adverse
vote of nearly as large proportions.
The matter received very little at
tention during the campaign: the
candidates who were seeking election
were apparently not interested in the
subject, and the newspapers that made
casual reference to it were, for the
most part, favorable to the adoption
of the proposed amendment. The
voters, however, had apparently given
the matter some consider alton, and
when called upon to express them
selves a large majority concluded that
an increase in the state tax levy is not
necessary.
The effect of the proposed amend.
ment, if adopted, would have been to
permit a state tax levy of three mills
and defer the date at which a reduc-
ton in the levy, as provided by the
constitution, shall be made. The in
crease in the taX burden contemplated
by this proposition did not appeal to
the business judgment OF citizens who
would be required to furnish the ad-
ditiOnal revenue. 1t was their belief,
and "a so recorded on their ballots,
that q levy of 2! mills for state pur-
poses should furnish sufficient revenue
under present circumstances.
The proposed amendment was sub
mitted to the voters at the suggestion
Of Governor Toole in his message to
the tenth assembly, in which it was
represented that a reduction Ia the
state tax levy when the total assess
ment shall amount to $500, 600, 900, as
provided in the constitution, would
seriously affect the state finances by
cutting down the revenue. 1t appears
to be the opinion of a majority of the
voters, however, that a prospective
deficit in state revenues should be met
from some other source than a higher
tax levy.
The principal trouble with the state
finances is that about one-half of the
wealth of the community supplies the
venue for public purposes. The
mining interests, which constitute the
principal industry of Montana, are
practically exempt from taxation, the
net proceeds of the mines only being
subject to assessment. If mining
property were placed on the same
footing as all other classes OF prop.
erty, and be required to bear its
proper share Of the tax burden, there
would be sufficient state revenue for
all necessary purposes.
Efforts have been made to present
this matter to the people in the form
of al amendment to the constitution,
but the state legislature has repeated
~ refused to submit the proposition
to popular vote. A larger represen.
tation from the agricultural and stock
growing counties in the legislature
may eventually succeed in getting this
unjust discrimination removed by a
vote of the DeOple.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
Will Discourage Divorces.

SIOUX FALLS, 5, D.. Nov. l3.-Thc
new Q law, increasing the period
OF residence six months to one year,
was carried on November 3 In South
dakota, by q vote Of 2 TO l, accord
ing to unofficial figures compiled 70.
day.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
About the Size CT 1t.

my ".'G,' ,sil her husbands wife,
Won caI't accuse me Of prolonging ar
gu,ncnts.'
THAT'S right, my dear" replied his
vines husband. You merely set your
loot down on it, and that covers the
entire ground.'-Chicago News.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
Accurate Enonoh-

i want n perfectly accurate Their
moIneter," snld the snbnrbanite.
heres one that will just suit" said
the dealer. "Tl. guarantee that 1t will
90 higher In SlItniuer and lower in win
Ter Than any other In the nciyhbor.
hood I!i;4hurg Post.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-18
h Rives Press.

Subscribe FOR the WEEKLY Rlv.
Ek PRESS. Send it To "thc old folks
At hOmc.n
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-11-20
Misplaced Sympathy.

A sympathetic Frenehman unluckily
bought an almanac that gave the dates
of the worlds chief events. From that
day on he lived a life of mourning.
Thus on April 80 he had Grape on his
hat.
"Have you lost a re~lative?" a friend
asked. mot exactly" said he. but
today is a sad anniversary for the
French people. On April 80, 1924, the
Chevalier Bayard died" On May 2
he had Grape on again. "Still mourn
ing Bayard?" said the friend. NO"
said he, "but don't you remember that
on May 2 a great and charming poet,
Alfred de Musset, breathed his lGst?"
On the 9th of the same month, "Whom
are you mourning for now?" For an
honest man, General Caviagnac." On
the Both, crying terribly, he said: "Ah,
Joan of Are! On this date, in 1431, a
handful of Englishmen and a miser-
able bishop put the gallant maid to
DEATH" On July 10 he took a bath in
memory of the assassination of Marat.
On the 10th Bezanger's death gave him
n fatal shock. On the 18th, having
read of Napoleon's departure to st.
Helena, he felt better, but on the 23d
the bombardment of Dieppe by the
English, in 1854. confined him again to
his bed. He was taken with a fever
and died on the 22d, muttering, "In a
month the massacre of st. Bartholo-
mewr"-New York Sun.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-11-20
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
OF THE UNITED
FOR The DISTRICT OF
NEW JERSEY
I'm the Matter of Walter E.
BuZby. a Bankrupt.
Trustees SaEe-in Bank
ruptcy.
HOTEL HILTON AND FURNITURE
At
NORTH WILDWOOD, NEW JERSEY

By virtue of an order of this Court, made by
Lewis T.. stevens, Referee in Bankruptcy,
bearing date September 10Th, A.. D., 1908, l.,
WILLIAM j. HARRISON, TRUSTEE in
BANKRUPTCY, will offer at public sale to the
highest bidder, on
FRIDAY, the goth day OF NOVEMBER,
A. ID, 1908, at one o'clock p. M, the following
valuable real estate and personal property OF
Walter Il. Buzby, II bankrupt, on the prem
ises at North Wildwood, (Anglesea Railroad
Station) Cape May County, New Jersey, towit:
All those two certain lots or parcels of land,
together with the hotel building thereon cree
ted, known as the Hotel Hilton, situate lying
and being in the Borough of North Wildwood
(Anglesea), in the County of Cape May and
State OF New Jersey, and bounded and de-
scribed as follows, towit: Beginning at the
south corner of New Jersey avenue and First
avenue, and running thence 1st) southeast
wardly along the southwesterly side OF First
avenue one hundred feet; thence I'D south
westwardly at right angles to First avenue,
one hundred feet TO "A corner; thence (3dl
enthusiastically and parallel with First ave-
nue. one hundred feet to a point in the south
east side of New Jersey avenue; thence (4th)
ENTHUSIASTICALLY along the southeasterlv side
OF New Jersey avenue one hundred feet to the
place of beginning.
Comprising lots numbers two hundred and
fourteen (2lD and two hundred and sixteen
(2l6) on First avenue, in block number two
hundred and nineteen t2l9) as shown on the
map OF AngleSea, made by IL. Nj. Rice, Jr.,
Engineer, June, 1900. Also all the personal
property and furniture contained in the said
Hotel Hilton above naned.
The said property Will be sold free and clear
OF all liens, except taxes and other municipal
liens.
The terms and conditions of this sale will
be made known on day of sale.
Dated October 18th, A. D., 1908.
WILLIAM j. HARRISON,
Trustee in Bankruptcy.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-11-20
A Reassurinn Truth.

A lady on one of the ocean liners
who seemed very much afraid Of ice
bergs asked the captain what would
happen in case of a collision.
The captain replied, THE iceberg
would owe right along, madam. just
as if nothing had happened" And the
old lady seemed greatly relieved.-Suc-
ross
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-11-20
Lost Charm of the Wayside Inn.

The inns of England, celebrated by
Harrison and famous far and wide at
the beginning of the last century, have
degenerated into sad places which we
visit only of necessity. Little did
Stephenson think when he proposed
the line from Manchester to Liverpool
that he would ruin the wayside inns
of England and kill the art of cookery,
-Blackwood's Magazine.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-11-20
Notice

TIL County Board of Taxation will hear
appeals from the assessments of taxes in the
different municipalities of Cape May County
at the places designated below and upon the
dates named, converting in each place at ten
O'Clock in the morning. Appeals cannot be
considered unless made in accordance with
the rules OF the Board and upon the prescribed
blanks, which will be supplied to any who
desire them, upon application to the secretary
of the Board, W. Il. Young, Anglesea, N. j..
Upper township, Tuckahoe hotel, Monday,
November I'd, 1908.
Cape May Point, borough hall, Wednesday,
November 4th, 1908.
West Cape May, borough hall, Friday, No
vember 9Th, 1908.
Middle township, court house, Monday, No
Vember 9th, 1908.
South Cape May, borough hall, Wednesday,
November 18th, 1905.
Lower township, TOWNSHIP house, Friday,
November 18th, 1908.
Wildwood, borough hall, Monday, Novem-
Der 10Th, 1908.
Cap May, city hall, Wednesday, November
18th, 1905.
North Wildwood, borough hall, Friday, No
vember Goth, 1908.
Holly Beach, borough hall, onday No
vember 23d, lB0S.
Dennis township, K. of P. hall, Dennisville,
Wednesday, November 25th, 1908.
Avalon, borough hall, Friday, November
9th, 1908.
Woodbine, borough hall, Monday, Novem-
Der 3Uth, 1908.
Ocean City, first ward, city hall, Wednesday.
December I'd, 1908.
Ocean City, second ward, city hall, Friday,
December 4th, 1908.
Sea Isle City, first ward, city hall, Monday,
Sea Isle City, second ward, city hall, Tues
day, December Sth, 1908.
ELLIS II. MARSHALL,
AARON w. HAND,
STILWELL H. TOWNSEND,
County Board of Taxation.
w. e. YOUNG,
SpcratarV.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-11-20
In a Bad WAY.

Here is a doctor who says you
mustn't eat when you're worried"
"But suppose you're always worried
for fear you amt goin' to get anything
to eatT'-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-11-20

Skinner-Good morning, ma'am. Did
you ever see anything so unsettled as
the weather has been lately? Mrs.
Hashley-Well, there's your board bill.
Mr.. Skinner.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-30
THE WAR HERO

The other day Nodzu died You it, your No.
and inclined to "Nodzu? Was
The newspapers had to explain who he they
seven lines the thirteenth and that
But three Nodzu He
who forced the the
of Nanshon beating the Russians back
his acclaim Today the world forget
forgets that it has forgotten.
Nor is Nodu alone his fogetuness
self 10 to that
ated the Russians in
the planet True he reesablhed months ago
by coming to America and distributing
to the walters the Auditorium hotel
the walters
that
from the and utterly broke the naval
Now all this matter for signs
OF human fame and the fckeness of the public
Not bit of it,
After he has done his the war hero
to be forgotten unless he then
than a
It's the most encouraging sign
hero is reduced to his
the hero lived his aures
makes good in the peaceful woraday
In the dust of forgeuness.
That's why people the
aon that the hero of San Juan hill
ALL The revelation too late We
there a hill.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-30
WEDDING OF THE DUKE AND HIS BEST GIRL

and duke of Abruzzi welded
nothing will vitality
his calls bashfuly
pights his hanging
his merely
the old of wedok in either and
together
founding of old
both casesf real this is the whole
thrill
But OH the joys snobbery delights jbbery the
sizes of uft hunting the ed reveng visions the
of crossing royalty which Americans
walow and which makes the EksAbuz alliance big
The has agreed to Eins! has
nounced the duchess hanging off is
reported ready tolerate the
necklace
ings from the of Italy.
of all things really going marry
really not morganatcay Aren't getting right into the
a
Well let young people
happiness the the
holding
girl choice his talking
door of the fuuthe best
its fruiton.
the unwlngness royal family Italy
the daughter of Stephen Enswe
for it. from purely family worth anything
The reignng of a
benefcent
result of the magnificent democratic labor
bad and Mazzn a from has
fallen into the ut of present had
the grinding the
tocracy-but it has great history
The Ekns family a be
raya of the people,
date of Ekns has been from himself
is expressed in
If the Italian royal family feel
for
families stand probably in
parastism.