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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-25

a simple treatment of their butts, be
made to last twenty to twenty-five
years. Sap shingles, which are al.
most worthless in their natural state,
can easily be treated aud made to out
last w painted shingles of the most
decay resistant woods. Thousands OF
dollars r lost every year by the So
called 'bluing' OF freshly sawed sap.
wood lumber. This can be prevented
at a cost so small as to put it within
the reach Of the smallest operator.
Circular 139 of the forest service,
"a Primer of Wood Preservation -
tells in simple terms what decay is
and how it can be retarded, describes
briefly certain preservatives, gives
example of the saving in dollars and
cents, and tells what wood preserva'
ton can do in the future. The circu.
lar a be had free upon application
to the forester, forest service, Wash
ington, d. c.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-25
Train Robber Was Fooled.

SPOKANE, March 1.-THE train rob-
Der who overpowered the railway mail
clerks and ransacked the registered
mail on the Great Northern westbound
train early Sunday morning between
Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, and Spokane
secured only $40 for his six hours
work, according to the statement OF
the postofice inspectors who have
spent the past "a honrs checking over
the mail. There was not a single con
signment of currency from banks in
the mails and the robber left all the
checks, drafts and stocks he found in
the mail, as we'll as all the jewelry
Every letter has been checked over
with the exception of n from a small
eastern town, and this may have con
tanned S. or $40.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-25
WOOD

The forest service Of the United
States department of agriculture is
doing commendab able work in the mat.
ter Of conserving the timber resources
pOrtant features of which relates to
the use Of wood preserv atives. The
Importance Of this subject is demon.
strated by the self.evident proposition
that if the length of time timbers can
be used is doubled, only half as much
timber will be required as before and
only one half as much money will need
to be spent in the purchase OF thai
material. Moreover, many woods
which were, for a long time considered
almost worthless, a be treated and
made to last as long as the scarcer
and more expensive kinds.
A bulletin recently issued by the
forest service says fence posts of many
kinds of cheap woods which ordinar.
lily would soon decay if set in the
ground can be made to last for twenty
years by a simple treatment with
creosote. Most of the so.called ''in-
ferior' woods are we'll adapted to the
treatment, and this is especially true
of the cotto nwood, aspen, willow,
sycamore, low.grade pines, and some
of the gums. When properly reated
these woods outlast untreated cedar
and oak, which are becoming toe
scarce and too much in demand TO-
other uses to allow of their meeting
the demand for fence posts.
Experiments of the forest servic
show that with preservative treatmen
the durability OF lodgepole pine i
Idaho is increased Ii years. The COS
of creosote is there relatively high
yet by treating posts there is a saving
with interest at six per cent, of tw
cents per post yearly. More impor'
ant than the saving, however, is III
fact that through preventative trea'
ment other woods are fitted to tax
the place of cedar, OF which the suppl
is rapidly becoming exhausted.
1t is estimated that l5O, 900 acr,
are required each year to grow ,imbt
for the anthracite coal mines alon
The average life of an untreated mir
prop is not more than three year
By proper preventative treatment
can be prolonged by many times tn
figure. Telegraph and telephone pole
which in ten or twelve years, Or ev'
less, decay so badly at the ground Ii
that they have to be removed, can,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-25
The Famous Claridae's.

The name Of Claridge's Is well known
to every visitor to London. The ia.
nous hotel in which princes and mil.
liona!rcs are, so to speak, three a
penny is about to celebrate its CEN
tenary, When 1t was opened, early in
1908, II was known as M!vart's, after
the name Of It's founder, NJ. Mivart, a
celebrated chef Of the period. Mivart
has one great claim to fame which nc
visitor to London should deny. He
was the first hotel proprietor to pro
vide his patrons with a bathroom,
fact which he advertised extensively
In 1850 Mlvart sold the business to Mr.
and Mrs. Claridge, a butler and house
keeper In n ducal family. 1t is now
run by a company.-Argonaut
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-25
Many immigrants Excluded.

PHILADELPHIA, March l7.-Secre-
tary of Commerce and Labor Oscar
Straus, who was in this city yesterday,
in an interview upon the immigration
question said that more than $1,000
applications for passage to the United
States we're rejected at the agencies
of the several steamship companies in
European cities during the last fiscal
year, and for fear that the characte,
of the applicants was such that the
steamship companiesl would be com
PEELED by the immigration authorities
Of this country to take them back tt
the port whence they would sail fol
this country.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-25
HE BLAMES FINANClERS
Senator LaF gillette Declares Recent
Panic Was Unnecessary.

WASHINGTON, March 17.-Declar.
ing that the recent financial stringency
In the country was brought about by
the influence of "Standard Oil' and
j.. Pierpont Morgan, Senator LaFol.
lette of Wisconsin, today in q speech
practically closing the debate on the
Aldrich bill, entered upon a denun.
citation of men high up in the financial
world.
"There were no commercial reasons
for q panic" said Mr.. LaFollette.
"There we're speculative, legislative
and political reasons why . panic
might serve special interests. There
we're business scores to settle. There
was Legislation to be blocked and .
currency measure suited to the system
to be secured. There was . third term
to be disposed of and things to be
d~iscredited.
"A panic came. l believe that it
needs only to be followed step BY step
to show that it val planned and ex-
pected insofar a. such q proceeding
is subject to control after once in mo.
tion."
The sen ate committee on finance to.
day voted unanimously to amend the
Aldich financial bill by. elimin ating
railroad bonds as security for ma
tional bank note circulation. It also
was decided to amend the bill 80 as to
retain the provision of the present law
prohibiting the retirement by national
banks of more than nine million dol
lars Of circulation in any one month.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-25
BUSINESS AND POLITICS.

Pr~overbially, the year of q national
election is a check upon many of the
activities OF the people. Yet this fact
is due to mental rather than material
causes, and it is allowed more weight
than it Is entitled to. A vague dread
of radical changes in government pol
icies postpones many new enterprises
and prompts caution in current trans
actions. In many of the things that
go to make up business conditions a
presidential contest has no actual eff
feet whatever. 1t is not responsible
for the weather, nor the crops, o the
worlds tide Of commerce, nor the pro-
gress of invention, nor the outbreak
Of wars. The real question, therefore,
is how far the disposition to take in
sail is warranted by the risks ahead.
considered without reference to what
is merely imaginary. In the next four
years there can be no complete demo-
cratic control at Washington. The
senate, in any case, will have a re.
publican majority until at least 1912.
This much is certain. So the fear of
an overwhelming political overturu
at one blow is baseless. The most
that could be done by a sweeping
democratic victory in November next
would be to halt legislation for a long
time. except in matters on which both
parties could agree.
Prevailing republican policies can.
not be changed without republican
consent until the opposition obtains
full control, and there is little pros
pect that it will get any control in thit
years election. In all probability the
next house and president will be re
publican, and the party now dominan
will retain complete power o act, al
Tor ten years past. II cannot be en-
tirely displaced. nor can the laws i
has passed be modified during the mex
4 four years without its concurrence
t Nothing s%tartlingly radical can hap
/, pen at Washington. Business mel
!, can be easy IN this point, which rest
. on certainties to a greater extent tina,
the timid suppose.
e But there has been a financial ilur
ry, some will say. This is admitted
G though the causes are still somewha
y obscure. one reason was a shortag
OF currency in q sudden emergency
Congress is dealing with this matter
and it is not conceivable that the mi
iority will fail 10 pass a measure {
Ie relief. The furry has been at,eudc
5. with some remarkable facts. Over
1t billion in gold is held by the trea7ur,
is the largest total ever collected in on
:, place, and six times as large a, Il
N amount In possession Of the govern
ment IN 1901. Our exports exceed in
'y ports by more thac 800. 900. 600
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-25
Admiral Evans Will Retire.

WASHINGTON, March II. - Score.
tary Metcalf announced this afternoon
that Admiral Evans, on his applica'
ton because of i'll health, will be re.
lieved of his command at San Fran.
cisco. He will be succeeded by Rear
Admiral Thomas.
Evans will haul down his flag on
the evening of the review in Sau
Francisco, May s. He will be giver
leave until August Is, the date of his
retirement. 1t ia understood he de
sires to travel abroad and will pro
badly visit Japan 6rst. His family
will meet him in San Francisco.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-25

month: another record exhibit. The
crop outlook is favorable. In this
great country a general crop failure
is scarcely feared. American farmers
are better able than formerly to deal
with adverse features OF the season.
Exports of manufactures are at the
highest point. The real estate situa.
ton is excellent. The country is at
peace. and peaceable, but not unpre-
pared. Business in 1908 ought to be
good on the face of the facts, regard.
less Of the political campaigu.-Globe
Democrat.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-25
FOR LARGER HOMESTEADS.

It is the opinion of the LewistOwu
Democrat that the 32O.a &C homestea d
proposed by the bill now pending il
congress, would be of great benefit to
settlers in Montana and other western
states. 1t discusses the merits of the
proposition in these remarks:
Every nan who has taken up a
homestead of 100 acres knows that i,
is slow progress getting much ahead
for q few years. While the land, ia
most cases, is of the most productive
nature and q source of great profit
when it is once reduced to a state OF
cultiv alton, 1t requires q hard pull for
the average homesteader who is gen.
orally without means, to get the ground
broken and the first two or three
crops harvested. 1t is no di%sparage-
ment of the country to say this as the
same conditions would confront the
homesteader if he were to take up q
leo on the richest bottom of the Mis-
sissippi valley. The land being new
will not be taken as collateral for q
very great sum of money at the bank.
For that reason, the fret two or three
crops are eaten up, where the settler
starts in with little or no money, in
getting his place in shape t. farm
properly.
When the country becomes thickly
settled, making a ready market for
everything which may be raised, and
when the land itself is developed to
the highest point OF productivity, un-
doubleday 100 acres will be ample
ground with which to make a COM
Portable living and some money in ad.
dltion. But under the present condi-
tions in Montana especially, 800 acres
is little enough land with which to
start the new settler. 1t gives him a
chance to become more quickly in
dependent and more quickly to get his
ranch in the proper state for cultiva-
ton.
The argument of Mr.. S. S. Hobson
of this place and of MIR. Paris Glib.
son of Great Falls, that the increase
in the size of the homestead will give
the larger outfits a better opportunity
to gobble up the bulk of the remain
ing public domain, while presented
with the utmost sincerity no doubt,
is hardly tenable under present con-
ditions. In former times, the big out
fits had nc difficulty in getting men
to take up a quarter section and then
%relinquish it to the big outfit for a
couple of hundred dollars or less. Blu,
with a 320.acre homestead and with
the crop producing capabilities o.
even the bench lands Of Montan;
demonstrated beyond a doubt, these
men will take up the land and hold i
for themselves and will set such &
price upon it that the big outfits viii
not feel justified in buying it to ado
to their already large holdings.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-25
Conrad Banking
COMPANY,
GREAT FALLS MONT
(Untncorporated.)
PAID UP CAPITAL. .............S 100 CG
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY 100000

This bank solicits accounts, and,
offers to depositors absolute security
prompt and careful attention, and the,
most liberal treatment consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign. exchange, drawing
direct on all principal American and
European cities, and issues It's own
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid on sime deposits. Tia
Highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-25

The WEEKLY RIVER PRESS is a good
newspaper to send awaytoyour friends
in the east. 1t will save you the trou-
bic OF writing letters
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-29

The cost Of every ton OF anthracite
Is increased eight cents by the ex.
pense Of the mine timbers. To SUD.
ply these timbers. says the Vegeta.
Ran Magazine. requires each wear
the product Of approximately $50 600
acres Of forest.
Timber Is used for cross ties for
tram roads In the main haulage WAYS
as wooden rollers and as props. A act
OF gangway timber consists Of two
legs, commonly nine or ten feet long
and about - inches in diameter. and
collar SIX or seven feet long. These
sets are placed on an average az fn.
tervals Of FIVE feet; one gangway fire.
Quently contains ! 900 sets. and ten
gangways TO colliery IS not an un
usual number
The average life Of the timber ls
hardly above two years. Forty.ave
per cent Of the timbers are DESTROYED
by decay, while breakage. wear and
insects destroy the remainder. BY
Deeling the timbers and properly sea.
soning them and especially by giving
them a treatment in oils or chemical
salts, their length OF service is materi.
ally increased.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-29
SEVEN REMARKABLE SENATOR'S

Washington. Jan. 29.-In the last
row of seats on the Democratic side
OF the senate chamber sit seven men
who are, in many ways. the most
remarkable who ever wore n toga.
There Is Gore. OF Oklahoma. the
first totally blind senator, and his
colleague, owen. descendent of
Cherokee Indian chiefs. There is the
youngest senator. Bryan. OF Florida.
and the oldest. Whyte, OF Maryland,
with a half century between them.
although they sit side by side. There
Is Kidding Bob" Taylor, of Ten
nessee. who hddled his way into the
senate, and Bankhead, Of Alabama.
who ran for tho house and landed
In his present august position Last.
but not least. among that illustrious
seven. is Jefferson Davis. OF Arkan-
sas, sworn foe OF the "pmtes" and
the Democratic Demosthones OF the
most mahgned state OF the Union.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-29
PAY DOCTORS
BY THE YEAR
CUSTOM WHICH HAS BEEN IN
VOGUE FOR 1000 YEARS SAID
TO WORK REMARKABLY
wErI--oUACKs WOULD BE
PUT OUT OF BUSINESS.

st. Louis. Jan. 2s.-The Chinese
plan OF paying physicians by the
month or year. the payments TO
cease when the M. II. becomes neg
ngent and allows his patients TO he
come seriously I'll. is advocated by
Prof. w. II. Elkins. OF the Uniyer-
sity of Missouri. in an article I'm
current scientific magazine. This
plan has been in operation In the
Chinese empire for 1000 years. and
Is said to work remarkably we'll.
Prof. Elkins intimates that the
proposal would do away with the
temptation for physicians to pro-
long the illness OF their patients. and
would render II to tho doctors in
terests to bring about a speedy re-
covery and to keep his clients in
the best possible health at all times.
The professor declares that ply
sicians. instead OF waiting around
for sick people to experiment upon.
would seriously consider methods OF
preventing illness. which now gets
them their living. Quacks would be
put out of business. The same plan
Is suggested for lawyers. who would
seek to prevent litigation instead OF
fostering 1t. A general tax is sug-
gested to subsidize the medical and
legal professions. thus making the
physicians and lawyers public SER
wants.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-29
MADE INTO STABLE
HUMBLE PURPOSE SERVED BY
MAusoLEUM OF TYRANT.
Curious Memorial Of the Ruin SoIano
Lopez Brought on Paraguay
Country Being Brought Back
Slowly to Prosperity.

curious memorial of the tyrant
Solano Lopez, who wasted and depopu-
lated Paraguay between 1862 and 1870.
stands In the city OF Asuncion, the
capital of the republic. II is the large
and imposing mausoleum that he built
for the ultimate housing OF his body.
But II was never used for that pur.
pose. When Lopez was overtaken and
killed as he was fleeing his enemies
did not care to give him decent
burial
DIR. Vallentin, the German geograph.
er. who has just written a book on
Paraguay. says that 1t puzzled the PEG
pie to decide what to do with the
mausoleum. II was finally turned into
stable and is still serving that
humble but useful purpose.
Grass Is growing upon the lofty
cupola and weeds protrude from every
crevice In the walls. II is monu.
ment to the ruin Lopez brought upon
his country and himself.
Lopez has often been called the
Nero of the nineteenth century. but
some historians say that he was worse
than Nero. DIR. Baez, the historian
OF Paraguay says that the tyranny OF
Lopez was the most barbarous that
history records. The only excuse
ever made for him is that he was in.
sane.
lie was president of Paraguay and
intended TO make himself king. He
provoked and waged FIVE years var
with the united countries OF Brazil
Argentina and Uruguay. He had a
crown made i'm Paris TO be ready for
the coronation just as soon as he could
declare himself king of more than
nan OF South America His idea was
10 Duiid up great kingdom. not by
developing its resources, but by found
ing military despotism.
He became a despot wholly unre.
strained by law. All his countrymen
VINO opposed him were shot or i'm.
prisoned He had his own mother
and one OF his sisters publicly fiogged
In the street Another sister was kent
a prisoner in chains.
Every boy and man who could carry
gun was impressed into the army
ana as the end drew near he com.
pelled many hundreds Of women to
nght in the ranks. The whole conn.
Try was In ruins when a bullet ended
MS life. In 1861 Paraguay had a pop.
ulation OF over 1000, 900. There were
only about 100000 human beings in
the country In 1872. The land was
nothing but a waste.
II had been completely stripped OF
cattle, horses. sheep and goats. not a
plantation was in cultivation. and
there was no money TO buy seed. for
Lopez, and the woman Lynch, whom
he had brought with him from Paris
the, year before he became president.
had shipped all the remaining gold
and silver TO England for a rainy day
Paraguay has recovered slowly from
this experience. She now has pop
ulation OF 100000. immigrants are
coming I'm growing numbers. and agri
culture and commerce are advancing
every year
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-29
How to Be RovaI

Many people pretend TO sheer nj the
anectation OF Americans for titles
but FOR the life OF us we can gee moth
Ing wrong about II, and Il is certainI,
cheaper for a woman to pay $500 and
get one OF her own than II is to buv
one with husband attached for two
or three millions. 10 is natural II is
human. to want TO believe that Won
are little more royal than the fam.
ily In the next fiat; and until this
country gets something equally as
good, something that sounds as eood
the heraldic experts will keep right
on creating princes and princesses or
course, this perfectly legitimate and
even commendable liking for titles
can be carried too far: any salesIsdv
can tell you that: II is better 20 dwell
In poverty In mere palace with a
comparatively obscure earl and dino
on mere cut glass and silver. with
everything regular and marriage
certihcate framed In the parlor. than
II is to be the playthlng OF a rova1
duke, even II he does wear waistcoat.
OF solid gold and dine of Of rubIes
and pearls.-Don MARQUIS in TTncIe
Remus' Magazine.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-29
HIS TIME WAS UP
MouNTAINEER READY TO BEGIN
SENTENCE.
Believer In Law and Order Saves Hls
FrlendSthe Sheriff the Neees-
atty OF Eseortlns Him to
Penitentiary.

Not long ago there appeared at the
gate of penitentiary in Kentucky a
man who asked To see the warden.
lie was tall. well-dressed. fine APP
pearing man. with all the marks OF a
citizen OF the eastern or mountain
portion OF the state. At his request
the warden showed him the Jail. Not
detail escaped the visitors eye. He
asked about the hours of exercise and
OF labor. looked at the kitchens, I'm.
spected the food. looked critically
over a few cells. and at last. when he
had made himself familiar with the
routine and administration. departed
to visit some other places OF interest
In the neighborhood.
What time do YOU close up for the
nightT' he asked as he went away.
AT five O'clock" said the warden.
A Few minutes before five the stran-
ger again appeared ut the Office and
produced from his pocket a file of pa
pers.
Well. SIR" he said. ~ reckon you1l
just have to lock me I'm now. NV time
seems To be up"
Lock you in" exclaimed the war
den. What do you mean?"
Just what | say. Lock me In. I'm
to be one OF your prisoners. Here are
my papers" He handed over his com.
mitment. which was regular. and re.
CURED the warden TO coniine him in
the penitentiary for two years.
Sit down and tell me about this. -
said the warden. The stranger took
chair and explained.
You see. up in my county they have
been having considerable talk about
law and order. and against every man
doing his own shooting. I'm that wav
myself. believe I'm the law and the
sheriff But, or course. when they
came to be little shooting among
some chaps that had feud In their
families, and IL wasn't nobody else's
business. and. the sheriff stepped I'm
and tried TO arrest the fellow that
done the shooting. and he being a
friend OF mine, just naturally had
TO go along and see that he got AWAY
There was considerable use of
guns, and In the course OF Il the
sherin-thats Jim Burt-got shot IN
quite bad. They all said done II. and
don't doubt It. though we were all
shooting.
SO they up and jailed me. and had
me tried. and found me guilty.
owned up | probably done II. as they
said, and the Judge gave me two years
In the penitentiary to pay for Il.
That's where the trouble come I'm
Jim Burt, he's great friend OF mine
vi course by law he had to come down
here with me and turn me over 70
you; but being shot up thata.way he
wasn't In any shape to travel Doc saio
II would just break him all up TO have
TO come. was sitting up nights with
him.
i don't know what I'm a.goIne 70
do Jim says.
Why. JIM ! says, you amt go
ing TO do anything. You give me
them papers. and III go down 10 the
penitentiary and hand EN- over when
go In. wouldn't be the cause o,
your having any trouble told him.
SO Jim give me the papers. and
come down here, and here I am. So
lock me up, Mr.. Warden, and IN put
IN my time any way you say TN m,
two years are up."-Youth's Com
panion.