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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-01


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gressives who think 1t should pc .
separate ballot and Others who are
willing to compromise by providing for
d vote oil the head Of the ticket and
congressman and Legislators. There are
5standpatters who oppose the idea of
having the names Of the republican
candidates for the senatorial nominal
ton on The regular. ballot and are
holding out for q separate ballot. Were
factional lines followed more closely
there woald be less hope OF getting to-
gether lit is understood that the DEM
ocrats propose to play THE game OF
politics eusl shrewd1y as they can with
the hope be getting as much out OF 1t
as they cafts Il ~
Want cireIss Replaced.
Theirs iss 81 wei DEFINED movement
for q Tetlifti t0f the circle to the ball
lot. solns ots5thes most level headed
leaders ,of the party are contending
for its return, claiming that the re-
suits of the primary law demonstrate
that the voters Will not. 30 very far
down fsie Ballot and that the candi-
dates IL me 'taiI end OF the ticket on
both pAa ties will lose many votes if the
circly "a mot returned. The democrats
WANT this circle le6tsoff.
The Generalization of the senate and
house was Quickly y perfected yester-
day. Tire old clerks and assistants
we're ou5 hand for their positions Tor
the most part and even the pages were
81, hand anxious for the weeks en-
nloyrner,t N the hopes that 1t will as
sist them 10 stl,es same positions in the
full sesssion next january.
CID Committees Renamed. fs
The House republican caucus se-
leeted :tfle old caucus committee Of
Lee. Lister, Meredith. Marston and
Weldon and added Moore and Harding.
The serlstte republican, caucus selected
the old. caucus committee of Hopkins,
Mavtap Gilliland, Turner and Stuck
slayer Lieutenant Governor Garsts in
.t,,e serlate announced the reappoint-
ne,,t Of the old appropriatiorls COM
mittee snd Of the old elections com
imtttee with the exception that Cross
lev is 1r,t here and he appointed two
standpatters. C4illiland and Whipp1e
ana TIVE progressives. Petersen and
Atattes, ito the committee in order to
pet tl,,. additional strong lawyers Of
the senate on the committee.
The horse proceeded slightly differ.
emf and l,y resolution directed the
sneaker 10 appoint a. special commit
+ee of fifteen with instructions ito the
comm II tee to consider the governors
q, esssa d and reporst as soon as posi-
hia nv hin or otherwise. This COM
,,oittee and the senate elections COM
rnittee will meet Jointly to prepare the
hill.
po1fticaldy the house speciai conn
nnfttee consists OF Ave democrats and
Of Ave procressiyes and five standpat-
ters nakinr an equal division all
GROUND. The senate elections commit
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-01
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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-02
The lnquisitive Woman.

Street car conductors regard inquisi-
tive women passengers with supersti-
tious dread. The other day a fuse
blew out in Il Broadway car, and that
car was hitched ON as a trailer to the
n ahead. Presently q woman be-
gan to ask questions.
"What would happen" she said, 'if
the fuse We're to blow out in that cal
ahead? What would become of us:
Would the car ahead Of that be able
to drag both of these cars?"
81 don't know" said the conductor
"But don't worry. We won't have q
chance to find out. a double accident
of that kind has never happened to g
car of mine yet, and it isn't likely tt
happen once in Il hundred years.
Just then there came an explosion
ahead, and both ears came to a stand
still. The fuse had blown out.
"Confound that woman!" growlet
the conductor. "lhat is all her fault
This wouldn't have happened if sh'
hadn't asked so many fool questions
She's a Jonah.'-Ncw York Times.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-02
FOES OF THE L.EVEES.
Sources of Danger to the Artificial
Banks Along the Mississippi.


'rcople who know little about our
system of levecs, the artificial banks
built to con1ine the food waters that
pour into the Mississippi, no doubt
imagine that the heavy rains are the
only enemy with which the levccs have
to contend" said a Baton Rouge man.
"On the contrary, the levees, both
during times of flood and low water,
are subject to the incessant attacks OF
living foes, the destructive work Of
which costs millions Of dollars. These
foes are alligators, turtles, muskrats,
field rats, fresh water terrapin and
crawtish. Of all these burrcwcrs that
prey on the levces, e~Xcavating within
them goodly chambers or tunnels, the
crawfish do the most damage, with tie
turtles and terrapins a good second.
The harm done by the alliGators is
comparatively small.
In repairing the banks crawfish
holes are often found of immense size
1t Is these hollow spaces that in tim(
of frcshets cause a caving in and break
of the levees, which Of course bring
on an %inundation of all the adjacent
country. The worst part Of the bust
ness Is that no way Of DISCRIMINATING
these pests has yet been found, an(
the only thing to be done is to try Il
keep them away from the banks a:
much as Observation-Disclosures Ameri
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-02
CAMELS HARBOR HATRED.
viii Wait Until ar Opportunity Ar
rives For REVENGE.

The Arab who has angered a camel
Will throw his clothes upon the
ground. and the Infatuated beast after
stamping Oh them and tearing them
asundcr with its teeth goes on its
way. and the driver is thereafter quite
safe, as it seems to be an axiom with
the camel that no man shall be put in
peril of life twice for one olfense.
The camel is stupid save when an
CRY and then seems to become almost
r~rctcrnatural in carrying out its ycnge-
ful designs. palgrave relates the fol
lowing story of a camel's revenge.
which serves to Illustrate this point:
"A lad of fourteen had conducted Il
large camel laden With wood from u
village t another at a half hours dis
lance. AS the animal loitercd or turn
cd out Of the way its conductor struck
it repeatedly and harder than ii seem
cd to have thought he had a right to
DO; but, not finding the occasion favor
able for taking immediate quits. it
'bode its time That time was not
long in coming.
"A few days later the same lad had
to reconduct the beast, but unlalen, to
his own village. When they We're
about halfway on the road and at
some distance from any habitation the
camel suddenly stopped, looked DELHI
crately round in every direction to as
sure itself that no one was in sight
and, finding the road clear of passers-
by. made a step forward, seized the
unlucky boys head in it's monstrous
mouth and. lifting him up in the air
flung him down again on the eartll
with the upper part Of his skull com
plctely torn off.
Having thus satisfied its revenge
the brute quietly resumed its pace to
ward the village, as though nothing
were the matter, till some men who
had observed the whole, though unfor
tunatcly ut too great a distance to b.
able to afford timely help, came III
and killed it."-Lonaon Telegraph.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-02
A SCISSORS ARTIST.
This Wonderful Feats Performed BY
jeanne koeIren.

More than 2oD years ago q little gir
was born at Amsterdam, Holland
whose name was Joanlia Koetren. She
was q peculiar child il that she cared
nothing whatever for play and sport
but found her greatest delight in max.
ing copies Of things about her, iulitat
ing in wax every kind of fruit and
making on silk with colored floss ex
act copies of paintings which were
thought wonderful.
But after she had become very ac-
comrlishcd in music, spinning and en-
broidery she abandoned all these for a
still more extraordinary art-that of
cutting. She executed landscapes. ma
rinc views. flowers. animals and Dor
traits of people Of such striking rescm.
blance that she was for a time quite
the wonder Of Europe. She used white
papers for her cuttings, placing them
over a black surface, SO that the mi
mute openings made by her scissors
formed the Eight and shade"
The car. Peter the Great, ard others
Of high rank paid her honor. One MAJ
IlSll III oIltc NdllllN OllcIcu llCf I,ltj
forms for three small cuttings. The
empress OF Germany paid her 1000
forms for q trophy she had cut, bear
ing the arms of Emperor Leopold,
crowned with eagles and surrounded
by q garland of flowers. She also cut
the empcror'S portrait, which can now
be seen in the Royal Art gallery in
Vienna. y great many people went to
see her, and she kept 4 book in which
princes and princcssos wrote their
anne
After She died. which was when she
had lived s~iNty-tive years, her hus-
band, Adrian Block, erected Il mOnu-
mcnt to her memory and had destined
upon it the portraits of these titled
visitors. Her cuttings We're so cor
rect in effect and 50 tasteful as to
give both dignity and value to her
work and constitute her an artist
whose exquisite skill with the scissors
has never before or since been equalcd.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-02
A CINGALESE DAINTY.
Ceylon White Ants and Their Numer-
Gus Natural Enemies.

1t is estimated that two-thirds Of the
island of Ccylon is undermined by
white ants. The number of these in
sccts is certainly quite incalculable. but
it is fortunate that their natural enc
mics are almost as numerous.
The workers are preycd upon by true
ants and many other insects; by spi.
dcrs. lizards and c%cntipeds; by rats
mice and palm squirrels. But it is
the adult winged insects that are cspe
cially victimiZcd. 1t is probable that
scarcely ! per cent of the mature in.
scots survive the dangers Of the pc
riodic fights.
They run the gauntlet of nearly CIV
cry other animal. Birds, bats. SOUR
rels, rats, tuaus and lizards all ilocl
to the feast, Dogs and cats eat tn,
winged ants with ayidity.
Even man himself does not disdail
to participate" says Il. +. Green. 9TH
Tamil cody looks upon a mess o
fitted trrmitcs as Il great dainty, and
have several European acquaintance;
who consider that tcrmitcs on toas
form Il dish worthy Of more genera
inclusion in the menu. They are sal,
to taste not unlike mushrooms.'-Agrl
cultural Journal Of Ceylon Botani
Gardens
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-02

the Black Eagle, from which some OF
the power has been extracted to run
the Boston & Montana copper smelter
and a few local power concerns. a
short distance below are the Coulters
falls with a drop of 16 feet. Within
sight of these, about half a mile be.
low, are Rainbow falls, with a drop
of 81 feet. Below these, about the
same distance, are Crooked falls,
tumbling over SO feet of solid rock:
and two miles further down the Great
falls pitch over another rocky ledge
and form whirlpools second only to
Niagara.
AT ali these points the river is wide,
and even in the case of the Great falls
the expanse of foaming water is so
great that, though ~ may be stand.
ing almost Immediately beneath them,
the perpendicular distance is dwarfed
and they appear not over one-half
their actual height. In addition there
are various rapids within the approx
innate five miles, all of which can be
cheaply utilized, so that the aggregate
drop within this distance the
enormous total of 525! feet. Or approx
imately 101 feet to the mile.
Over these falls, during high,water
period, flows a vast volume, while the
minimum ~low-water flow is 5000 cubic
feet per second, from which it is pos
sible to develop the tremendous total
voltage of 800, 900 horsepower.
With but a portion of this immense
power utilized, it is possible to pro.
duce electrical power in Great Falls
at one fifth the cost required to gener-
ate power by steam, based on the low
est price of coal. Cost of power de
velopment along the Missouri is stated
to be about onc-twentieth of that of
Niarara.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-02
A WO!.lN'S TACT.
And the Way She Explained Her d.
pIomacy to Hcr Husband.

1t being II holiday. the L~i&il0crin%
mai made calls with his wife. The
first place they went the hostess sail.
Julia is en- yed."
is she. indced:" said the mans wife
radiantly. (which n did she finally
Rcccpt:'
The mex place they were Informed
that Margaret was engaged. and again
the mans wife beamed sy~mpathetical-
ly and murlnured: SIS she, indeed:
Which one did she accept" At the
third place it was the news of .Jessic's
engagement that was broken to them.
AS before. the mans wife put the qucs-
ton. (which one did she finally take:"
On their way home the man said:
"Why did you ask which one every
time a new engagement was sprung
on us: Are those girls so attractive
that men were falling over each other
Vives?'
Not at ALL" said his wife. 81 don't
suppose either of them ever had but
one offer, and it is Il wonder she got
that. I shouldn't be surprised if the
men back out even now before the
wedding day. But you sec, dear. I had
to be diplomatic. Those people can do
me many favors. The surcst way to
make myself solid with them is to pre-
tend to think their girls so popular that
every Ia in town was crazy to marry
them
with my opportunities downtown"
groancl the man, 'if I had your genius
we'd be millionaircs inside Of siS
monthS."-Ncw York Sun.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-02
IL Paid.

A little boy of five years, paying
with his sister one day, leaned too far
out of the second story window, lost
his balance and fell into the yard be-
low. Very miraculously he escaped
being injured, and his parents and
friends were so delighted that they
gave him quite a number Of pennies,
nickels and dimes.
The next day, after he recovered
from the shock Of the fall, he was
counting his money and On seeing his
little sister enter the room exclaimed
Gee, Gladys, look ut all the money
I got for falling out of the window
| Why don't you try itr"-Delineator.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-02
Why He Drowned.

Describing the stringent police reg
ulutions of Berlin, Il citizen of that
city by way of illustration told the
following story:
ing in the park.
%"'Ilavc You heard says Schmidt,
the sad news about Muller!
"'No,' says Krauss. What is it,
"'Well, poor Muller went boating on
the river yesterday. The boat cap
sized. and he was drowned. The wa.
ter was ten feet deep
"'But couldn't he swim"
"'Swim? Don't you know that al
persons are strictly forbidden by the
police to swim in the river "-Phila
delphia Record.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-02
HONEST AMERICANS.
Incidents That Greatly Surprised .
Visitor From Germany.

On his first visit to the United
the guest of Il kinsman in New York
He expressed surprise when, Il few
days after his arrival. he saw a num.
Der of men help themselves to papers
at an unattended newsstand, where
some men laid down the exact price
Of their purchase, others made change
for themselves and still others walked
away without paying. He was told
that the last named group were custom
crs who pail only once a week. but
that no II ever failed to pay.
To demonstrates lis contention that
most people are honest in this coun
try the .AmcricaniZcu German took
his visitor that day to Il restaurant
where both Ncre unknown, and whcr
they had finished their luncheon tn,
host went to the cashiers desk with
his check and said he had no money
with him, but would pay the next
day.
The cashier gave the couple Il hast,
glance and said, "All right; Ill take {
chance" and the men started for The
street. At the door Il right about face
paid, a good cigar was handed to the
cashier, to whom the plot was re
vealcd, and the German exclaimed
"Grossartig." (magniticcnt). = Chicago
Nnu-c
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-02
Manhood's Estate.

1t is a very foolish convention which
lays down that we are grown up when
we have reached our twenty-f1rst birth.
day. The real majority is reached
when we begin to earn u W bread
and butter and to bring forth the light
which has been fostered in us by the
care of others for the last ten or fifteen
years. Self dependence and self re,i-
ance-that is the real manhood.-lsis.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-02
Not Mentioned BY Herodotus.

NerXes was meditating upon his
good luck in having been made king
by his royal father in preference to
the eldest son.
"Still," he said, III the succession
had been determined by a primary
election l would have got it just the
same. Naturally everybody would
have marked an X opposite my name"
Subsequently. however, the Greeks
| gave him the double cross at Plataea.
Chicago Tribune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-02
QUESTIONS FOR FARMERS.

Among the documents recently re-
ceived by newspaper editors and other
business men, is a series OF questions
propounded by the Commission or
Country Life, which was appointed
by the president to gather information
regarding conditions on American
farms. 1t il assumed thai country
life is not so attractive to the average
citizen as it should be, and it is pro-
posed to ascertain the cause of these
conditions and to suggest and apply
any remedy that may appear proper
and feasible.
1t is the general belief among city
folks that life on a farm is preferable
to their present habitatiOn, and those
who are engaged in agricultural pur-
suits are frequently tempted to wish
their home was in a city. In each
case there are pleasant and unpleas-
ant features peculiar to the environ
ment, and the individual who imagines
that perfect contentment exists in the
city home or on the farm, is not an
attentive student of human nature.
The idea of the commission on coun-
try life, however, Is cO~mmendable in
every respect. Its work is intended to
make farm life more attractive, to i'm.
prove conditions by promoting better
social intercourse, to provide educa-
tiOnal facilities, and to remove some
of the dis advantages and ~inconven.
fences that may make farm life un.
pleasant.
The questions submitted by the com
mission on country life a be best
answered by the farmers themselves,
some Of them being to this effect:
Are the farm homes in your neigh
borhood as good as they should be
under existing condition.: If not,
what suggestions have you to make:
Are the schools Of your neighbour
mood training boys and girls salts
f"actorily for life on the farm?
Do the farmers in your neighbour
hood get the eturns they reasonably
should from the sale OF their products?
If not, what suggestions have you to
make:
Do the farmers in your neighbour
hood receive from the railroads, troll
lev lines, ETC., the service they rea-
sonably should have? Do they re-
ceive from the United States post
al service, rura! telephone, ETC.,
the service they reasonably should
expect?
Are the farmers and their wives ir
your ueighborhood satisfactorily or
gauizcd to promote their mutual buy
ing and selling interests? What sng
yestions have you to offer:
Are the conditions surrounding
hired labor on the farms IN your
neighborhood satisfactory TO tint
hired men?
DO the farmers and their wives ant
families in your neighborhood ge'
together for mutual improvements, en-
tertainment, and social intercourse a;
much as they should:
These are some of the questions
presented by the commission on coun
try life, for the purpose of ascertain
ing conditions on American farms
by addressing the commission u
Washington, d. c., a full list of tn,
questions and necessary blanks 70
their answers may be obtained by any
per son who is competent to give tn
desired information.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-02
What he Would Keep.

When the late Francois Coppee was
elected to the academy, he told his
friend, Theodore de Banville, that he
wished he We're In too. Banville de
cllned to canvass.
suppose your nomination were
brought to YOU II fine morning on a
silver salvcr."
Il don't know what l should do
with the nomination." said Banville,
but | should certainly keep the
Salver."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-02
UTILIZING WATER POWER.

The announcement that the Milwau-
kee and other railroads will operate
their trains by electricity generated
by waterpower, il attracting public
attention to the enormous possibilities
in this connection offered by the Mis-
souri, river and other western streams.
Throughout the Rocky mountain couu-
try there are numerous rivers whose
waters can be ~impounded and used to
develop electric power for manufacture
ing, transportation and other purposes
to which steam has heretofore been
applied. 1t is the belief of scientists
tina, electricity will soon displace all
other motive powers in the principal
industries, and its cheap development
in Montana and other western states
is made possible by the existence OF
mountain streams that can be utilized
for power purposes.
In the Technical World Magazine
appears an article by Guy T.. Mitch
ell, in which the writer describes tn,
falls of the Missouri river as Ameri
cas- greatest water power, a uatura
resource that is about to be monopo
lized by corporate interests. Th,
article says in part:
The town Of Great Falls, Montana
possesses one of the greatest natura
resources of the world. Five miles o
the Missouri river Immediately belo,
the city predicate for it a metropolis
The Great falls Of the Missouri con
stitute a sheer drop Of 96 feet: but ther
are four other falls of the Missouri
included within these five miles, wit
an aggregate drop OF 535 feet, an
from which can be developed 5000
horse power. 1t is the boast Of tn
citizens that there is no other poir
in the United States including tn
American Niagara, where there is sue
a vast horse power awaiting develop
ment.
TIE falls of the Missouri are: Firs
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-02
Financial Advice,

Here's a man. said the old citizen.
"wh" lost 5000 in Il bank whar he
pnt il fer safe kccpin'. Bill. don't YOU
evrr take No risk like that. IF eve
YOU Eits hold of any money, do like
your father before you ~done-bury il
an Spen' the rest Of Your life sittin
oven it with a sh0tgun."-Atlanta Cen
Siitutinn
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-02

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 Its
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. The
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-02
Chained Books.

The finest known collection OF
chained books is that in Hereford
Unglana) cathedral. 1t includes about
1000 volumes arranged in five book
cases, of which not less than 1.5oO are
secured by chains three or -four feet
long. each with Il swivel In the center.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-02
a Poor Place.

".\nd you say You almost starved &c
death in your last position:" said the
kind housewife What position was
it,"
Il a treasurer of 4 poets union.
num-" replied the dusty wayfarcr.
with a deep sigh.-ENchauge.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-02
A Verbal Bracer,

my Wife said the first clubman,
always mixes me a cocktail when l
20 home feeling frazzlcd.'
You're in luck" declared the Sec
ono clubman. The best l get Is a
chin fzz."-St. Louis Republic.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-02

All the world may not exactly love
a lover, but it always takes quite an
interest in his letters when they are
read. to the iury.--Fuck.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-02
Easy.

uiggs-l never want to see him
again. Diggs-That's easily done. Lend
him Il iver.-IlluStrated Bits.