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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-16

Head Of Reclamation Service Nav
Soon Be Changed.

Head Of Reclamation Service May
Soon Be Changed.
WASHINGTON, June 8. - Unless
there Is a change of program F. H.
Newell will retire from the Office of di.
rector of the United States reclamation
service some time during the coming
fall, probably to be succeeded by some
mar not now in the government ser.
vice.
Secretary Ballinger is not alto.
gether satisfied with the way the recla-
nation service has been conducted.
While he finds no evidence of corrup.
ton or crookedness, he finds more or
less diss atisfaction; some little fric.
ton, and what he is inclined to regard
as %looseness IN the conduct of that
bureau of his department.
The stu alton in brief is this: While
Secretary Ballinger finds little fault
with the engineering work of Mr..
Newell he fnclines strongly to the
opinion that he car find a more salts
factory administr alive officer to take
general supervision of the reclamation
service-to become its business man.
ager. 90 to speak. He recognizes that
Mr.. Newell's abilities lie along the
lines of engineering rather than ad.
m~inistration and it is that fact which
inclines him to the opinion that a
change should be made. By appoint.
ing a new director he believes be can
overcome those ms satisfactory features
of administration which do not meet
his approval.
Secretary Ballinger is not ready to
recommend a change at the present
time for he desires to get more de.
tailed information before taking such
a radical step. During the sumner
the secretary will personally 60 upon
a number Of government irrig alton
projects, especially those that have
given rise to complaint and to troubls.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-16
Flathead Indians Object.

WASHINGTON, June 7.-Three mem.
bers of the Flathead tribe of Indians
reached here today to protest against
the proposed opening of their reserva-
ton. They claim that consent of the
Indians for %disposing OF their lands
was not obtained and they wish to
have President Taft withdraw his
proclamation directing the opening.
Senators Carter and Dixon heard
the Indians story today and arranged
for a hearing for them before Acting
Commissioner Valentine, who will de-
termine whether or not they may in
terview the president.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-16
KNOCKING THE BOOSTERS,

The booster renders valuable service
to the public and is entitled to COM
mend alton when his efforts are along
legitimate lines. but there is a class
of boosting that is not so worthy of
encouragement. The Montana Look
out hits the mark in this shot at a
class of boosting that is not good for
the community:
"Wherever you find a man, a pa.
per, or an organization, making q
sole specially of being a booster,
thorough investigation will be likely
to disclose the fact that the business
thus boosted is not legitimate nor of
a character likely to be profitable to
patrons of it. No good enterprise, no
substantial city, no important section
of this state, has been created, builded
or developed by hot air from throats
inhamed with shouting. Every con
spicuous jobbery, dishonest encroach'
ment upon public rights for private
benefits, or perversion of public senti'
ment in the accomplishment of dis
honest ends, has been protected OF
obscured by the noise of the boosters
chorus.
"This is strictly true. Many a goot
citizen, when trying to better mora
conditions in our towns and citie'
has had hurled at him the opprobriouI
epithets 'croaker' and 'knocker,' ant
has wondered if the effort was worth
while. AS a matter of fact, tn
Dakotas to the east, Oregon ant
Washington to the west, and Albert'
to the north have all grown NOR
rapidly In the last ten years thai
Montana, and without exception, NOR
stress has been laid upon civic NOR
ais by these commonwealth than b.
the Treasure state. Now Montan
in putting on the lid, showing tn
door to undesir able citizens, and pre-
pairing to welcome home owners, an
simultaneously, but not strangely, !
growing faster than ever. A grea
state can be built only upon truth, 4
man who tells the truth 10 q knocker
and no man who fails to tell the trut
can long be an effective booster"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-16
HUGE BEAM OF LIGHT,

Most Powerful S~earchIight In the
World on United States Ship.
The battleship Connecticut of the
United States navy is now equipped
with the most powerful searchlight in
the world, says Popular Mechanics.
It has a strength Of 1SO,OOO.OOO candle
power, which, for the sake Of COM
parison, is 179,99S,OOO candle power
more powerful than the ordinary
street arc lamp. The great mirror is
FIVE feet in diameter and was made
for the government in Germany. The
searchlight will throw such an I'm
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-16
MONTANA'S WATER RIGHT LAWS

Owing to his long experience ir
those departments of the government
dealing with the irrigation and recla'
nation of the lands of the northwest.
no mar IL better qualified to speak on
the subject than Frederick H. Newell,
director of the national reclamation
service. When the work now being
done by the reclamation service came
under the jurisdiction of the geological
survey, Mr.. Newell was in touch with
1t, and since as the head of the ser.
vice be has had every opportunity to
add to his knowledge of the subject.
It is therefore with a full conception
of all the phases of the subject that he
criticises adversely the water right
laws of this state. Several years ago
efforts were made to amend those laws,
the attempt being made at the same
time the work was undertaken In ad.
joining states. In Montana nothing
was accomplished, while Idaho, Ore
gon and Washington needed the ad.
vice and with profit. The weakness in
the water right laws of this state is
shown by Mr.. Newell, when he says:
In Montana there is no way by which
an investor c a ascertain where and
how much unappropriated water there
is, and even after he makes an ex-
haustive search of the records and Sc
cures the data, his plans are liable to
be upset at any moment by litigation.
This is a matter your state Legislature
should consider and remedy.
OF all the so.called semi. arid states
Montana has the greatest amount of
water for irrigation, and there is no
state in the union in which so vast q
quantity of water goes to waste, says
the Helena Record. This statement
does not refer to those streams where
no effort has been made to utilize
them, but to those where the waters
are supposed to be appropriated.
Right at the doors of Helena is an H.
lustration of this. Ranches in the
Prickly Pear are irrigated in large
part from Ten Mile n the Prickly
Pear. The courts have a~djudicated
the water in those streams several
times, and all the water is supposed
to have been appropriated, but today
thousands of inches in excess of the
amount which has been judicially de-
termined as being in the streams are
flowing straight into the Missouri. No
one knows just how much water &C.
tually runs in those streams, there is
no data on file anywhere which would
give that information, aud how much
unappropria ted water there is in them
is purely a guess.
1t is these things which Mr.. Newell
says Montana should heed,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-16
Liaht Starvation and Crime.

DR.. J. Frank Wallis Of Norristown,
Pa, recently read a paper before the
Philadelphia Medical society upon the
efficiency Of treatment by light en-
ergy Of ILLS physical and mental. he
has applied the treatment to almost
every form of ailment and In nearly
a thousand cases treated has obtained
the most satisfactory results, Tuber.
culosis, skin diseases Of every descrip.
ton, neuralgia, pneumonia. anaemia,
disorders and dipsomania-in fact, ev'
cry trouble that flesh is heir to has
come under his care, and he cited
eighteen Of these. giving the history
Of cases and results. Light starva'
tion," the doctor declared, "causes
criminals"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-16
How Quartz Tubes Are Made.

In order to increase the efficiency Of
mercury vapor lamps quartz tubes are
used In place Of glass tubes. A very
Interesting method Of making these
tubes has just been patented. a car
bon mold is imbedded in granulated
quartz and then heated by passing a
current therethrough until the quartz
is fused about 1t. The tube is now
cooled. and by means Of an electric
arc the carbon is burned off, leaving A
quartz shell. At each end Of the shell
potassium is combined with the quartz
to form gas, into which platinum ter,
r1tnal wires may be sealed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-16
May Overtake Weston.

DENVER, June S.-Battliug against
the transforms and muddy roads,
Sergeant John Walsh, the 57.year.old
pedestrian who proposes to outstrip
Edward Payson Weston in his walk
to the coast, arrived in Denver last
night, having walked 81 miles yester-
day. he was accorded q welcome by
a detachment Of soldiers from Fort
Logan.
Walsh left Boston April 8 and de.
clares that he has already gained soc
miles on Weston. BE asserts that he
will overtake Weston before the latter
leaves Salt Lake.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-16

livered lectures of a more or less in.
structive nature regarding the mater
ials OF which these articles are made
and the cost of NJ manufacture.
During the discussion of the wooden
schedule, for instance, Senator Car
ter, of Montana, presented an exhibit
which was used as an object lesson
for his senatorial associates, and from
which they acquired information a. to
the mysteries of the wool trade and
the various kinds of materials that
enter into the manufacture of wooden
fabrics. With these data at hand, the
sen majors were better able to reach an
Intelligent conclusion as to the merits
of any duty that vas proposed. The
innov alton was of material assistance
in dispelling any wrong impression
due to ignorance of the subject.
On another occasion McCumber, of
North Dakota, who wants lumber put
on the free list, produced samples of
partly finished woods to show how
cheaply, with the modern machinery
now in use, the mills can plane one,
two or three sides at one operation.
Daniel of Virginia, showed a piece
OF sole leather tanned by the product
OF his native forests with only a small
percentage of the foreign quebracho
in order to show that the latter ought
to be kept out by high duties to pro-
tect the American makers of tanning
extracts.
Smoot of Utah, contributed largely
to the gayety of one days session,
and incidentally strongly bolstered
up his argument, by exhibiting razors.
Uponthese the pending bill puts higher
duties. Mr.. Smoot showed that his
razors, which we're marked on the box
to sell for g each, were imported at a
cost of less than S12 q dozen, and he
declared that it would make no differ.
ence to the individual purchaser if the
tariff on razors should be increased
even 200 or 300 per cent they would
not have to pay any for them.
Flint of California, produced SAM
piles OF French chinaware which cost,
duty paid at the port of New York,
about $40 a set and which were on sale
in Washington stores at 1876. This
was to illustrat his argument that the
tariff was not responsible for the high
rates that consumers have to pay so
much as the middlemen, the iobbers
and the retailers, all of whom have to
have their profits and have to calcu-
late on breakages, clerk hire, inter-
est, rents, etc.
But perhaps the most impressive
display was that made by Senator
Scott, of West Virginia, who is him.
self a manufacturer of the higher
grades Of glassware. He had his desk
and those of several other neighboring
senators covered with an exhibition
of cheap glassware not made by his
own factory. There were water pitch
ers, bowls, salad dishes and other
things, and SCOTS explanation of how
the price of these articles to the con.
sumer had been reduced since the glass
works of this country had been pro.
tected by a tariff interested the SEN
ate immensely.
The members of the senate having
been "shown" that certain duties are
necessary for the encouragement of
American industry, most of them were
in favor of the proposed duties upon
imports of foreign goods.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-16
Territorial Government For Alaska

WASHINGTON, June 8. - Delegate
Wickersham of Alaska, in a bill in.
PRODUCED in the house, proposes the
establishment of a territorial form OF
government for that territory with the
capital at Juneau.
Under its provisions all Russian
subjects who resided in Alaska March
80, 1867, are to be considered as citi.
zen of that territory. The first elec-
ton for the assembly is proposed to
be held in November, 1910, and the
sessions are to begin in Juneau, on
the second Monday in January, 1911.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-16
"sHow,No" THE STATESMEN.

A new departure in the process Of
law making is described in press dis
patches from W a%shington, which give
daily reports of tariff discussions in
the United States senate. Several of
the advocates Of changes in certain
schedules have fortified their argu-
ments with exhibits of articles affected
by the proposed duties, and have de-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-16

mense beam Of light that it will be
able to detect a submarine or torpedo
boat at q. distance of ten miles. Search
lights of the same great power are to
be installed on the new American
Dreadnoughts. Their cost is about
$4,000 each.
With a number of such searchlights
mounted on the tops Of a city's sky
scrapers bombardment from aerial
craft would be made rather difficult.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-16

BUTTE, June 9. George Heller,
proprietor of one of the largest barber
shops in Butte, was made defenda ant
in a SO, 900 breach OF promise suit
brought by Rebecca Golf, widow of
w. T. Goff, who alleges that he prom
ised to marry her. and has refused to
keep his word,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-16

They will out-wear a dozen wooden gates. They ire na in appearance,
light o n the posts, and combine the greatest strength, rigidity and durability:
Made of high carbon structural steel tubing and heavy galvanized wire
Will turn he strongest bull nj eve need repairs.
Farm singte-drive Gate (Style Az 81 in. high Taft. opening, $3.50 each
" 54in II. high 14ft. opening, $3.50 "
Walk Gates, 4S In. high gift. opening, $3.50 each
Ornamental fencing and gates to match. Prices O application. If your
dealer doesn not carry them in stock write us, and vel will supply your demand.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-04-01

First Pub. Feb. 25)
Summons.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, !
County of Mile Laos, So
District Court, Seventh Judicial Dis.
trict.
Jacob Van Rhee, Plaintiff,
VS..
Stephen Dysert, Thomas Dysert, Lot
ia Deal, Charles Deal and Clara
McIhain, also all other persons un-
known, claiming right, title, estate,
interest or lien in the real estate de-
scribed in the complaint herein, De-
PENDANTS.
The State of Minnesota to the above
named defendants:
You and each of you are hereby
summoned and required to answer the
complaint of the plaintiff in the above
entitled action, which is fled in the
office of the clerk of the district court
of the Seventh judicial district in and
for the county of Mile Laos and state
of Minnesota, and to serve a copy of
your answer to the said complaint on
the subscriber at his Office in the vii
lage of Princeton in said county, with
in 20 days after the service of this
summons upon you, exclusive of the
day of such service; and if you fail to
answer the said complaint within the
time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this
action will applysto the court for the
relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated February q, 1909.
E. l.. MCMILLAN,
plaintiffs Attorney, Princeton, MINI.
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Auditors Notice of Hearing on Petit
ton in Ditch Proceedings.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, }
County of Mile Laos. IS.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, 90
County of Mile Laos, S.
In the matter of the petition of Join
E. FO0te and others, for public ditch
in the county of Mile Laos, State of
Minnesota, designated and numbered
as county ditch No. 7.
Notice is hereby given, that a peti-
ton has been filed in the Office of the
county auditor of said county, pray
ing for the construction of a public
ditch, designated and numbered by the
county auditor of such county as
County Ditch No. 7, beginning at a
point in Silver lake, so-called. forty
rods north and forty rods east of the
quarter post between sections "a and
IS, in town SO, range 26, Mile Laos
county, Mimi; thence in southeastern
~ direction, in the government lot 2,
of section IS, T. SO, r. 26, a distance
of about forty-fve (45) rods, to the
origin OF a town ditch, and there to
terminate as it's outlet, as appears by
the report OF the engineer hereinafter
mentioned, and that the names of the
owners of the lands and the names of
the municipal and other corporations
that will be affected by the construc-
tion of said ditch, as appears in the
report of viewers hereinafter mentioned
are as follows, to-wit:
Herman Thoma, William II. Sleeves,
George Ransom, Robert W. Webb,
Verne Mott, Lafayette S]aback, Henry
4: Schmidt, [: S. Mudgett estate,
whitney heirs, Edward Cater, Georgia
Johnson, NJ: NJ. Mudgett, Elizabeth
Berry, William Giltner, E. Engsell,
A
Margaret J. B. Williams, John Olson,
Mahlon Ellenbaum and the Town Of
Princeton: and that the engineer APP
pointed by the county board of said
county to make survey of the route
OF said ditch has completed his work
and made due report thereon, and fled
the same in the Office of said county
auditors. and that the viewers APP
pointed by said county board to view
the same nave completed their work
and fled their report thereon in the
office of said county auditor.
And that, therefore, the county
board OF Mile Laos county, state of
Minnesota, will hold special meeting
on Wednesday, the 21st day of April,
1909, at the county auditors Office in
the village of Princeton, in said
county, at l o'clock p. M, of said day,
for hearing and consideration Of said
petition and of said surveyors and
viewers report thereon; and that all
persons interested in the construction
of said ditch are invited to appear
and be heard by and before said
county board at said time for or
against the construction of said
ditch. E. E. WHITNEY,
County Auditor of Mile Laos
County, Minnesota.
Official SeaD
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-04-01

STATE OF MINNESOTA, -
County of Mile Laos, IS
District Court, Seventh Judicial Dis
trict,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-04-01
1. INDIAN TRIBES.

The above is the first of a
series of seven Minnesota History
picture puzzles. In order to interest
the young readers of the Union we
will give three prizes of Sl.00 each to
those who solve the puzzles correctly,
or to those who come nearest solving
them. We are simply giving away
$500 each week to interest our young
readers and to induce them to ''brush
up' in the early history of the state.
Some member of the family of those
who compete for prizes must be a
paid-up U n O subscriber. If three
or more competitors answer correctly
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-04-01
Everybody Knows the slnd1v1dual. "

Everybody Knows the "lnd1v1dual."
It is to be regretted that it has
been thought necessary to institute
contest proceedings over the recent
village election. The result, which
ever way > the decision goes, will
cause more or less factional feeling
which kills town. We believe it is
one individual at the bottom of the
whole affair and it is to be hoped that
the parties involved will realize this
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-04-01
Rev. Satterleo Has Been III.

Rev. George E. Satterlee of the
Central Park M. E. church, St. Paul,
who had been i'll for a couple of
weeks with combined attack of grip
and tonsolitis, was able to fill his
pulpit last Sunday. Mr.. Satterlee
was formerly pastor of the M. E..
church at this place and he has a
host of warm friends here.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-04-01

the winners will! be determined by lot.
We cannot afford to give more than
$500 each week. Competitors for
prizes must write their answers
legibly on one side of sheet of clean
white paper and address in sealed en-
velope to 'Puzzle Editor of the
Union" All answers must reach the
U n 10 n office not later O'Clock p. m.
on Wednesday next. Boys or girls
over Is years of age are barred from
competing for prizes. Now, remember,
a competitor, or some member of the
family must be bona 6de Unto
subscriber.
THE PUZZLE EDITOR.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-04-01
Managlng Candles.


When candles begin to flare high
and flicker on the dinner table, the
hostess, intent on preserving the life
OF her set of dainty candle shades,
keeps an anxious eye on these frail
bits of lace and paper. To instantly
extinguish the blaze dip a piece OF
bread in water and apply it to the
wick. When you are fatigued or run
down try glass of golden grain belt
beer. If taken regularly at mealtime
will build up and feed the nerves,
enrich the blood and invigorate the
muscles. Order of your nearest dealer
or be supplied by Sjoblom Bros,
Princeton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-04-01
Must Hereafter Paw In Advance.

Must Hereafter Pay In Advance.
Hereafter I shall refuse to take
packages or trunks to the depot unless
my charges are paid in advance.
These charges are Is cents for a trunk
and 10 cents for package. Expert
ence in giving credit has compelled
me to adopt this measure. I cannot
afford to work for nothing Please
take particular note of this.
l4-3t Wesley Page.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-04-01
Notice of Lis PendenS.

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Mile Laos, IS
District Court, Seventh Judicial Dis
Jacob Van Rhee, Plaintiff,
Stephen Dysert, Thomas Dysert, Lot
ia Deal, Charles Deal and Clara
McIhain, also all other persons I'M
known, claiming any right, title, es-
tate, interest or lien in the real
estate described in the complaint
herein, Defendants.
Notice is hereby given, that an
action has been commenced in this
court by the above named plaintiff
against the above named defendants,
for the purpose of determining the ad-
verse claim of the defendants, and each
of them and the rights of the parties
respectively in and to the real estate
hereinafter described, and asking that
said adverse claim of the defend ants
and each of them may be ad-
judged by the court to be null and
void and that the title to said real
estate and all thereof may be decreed
to be in the plaintiff.
The premises affected by said action
are situated in the county of Mile
Laos and state of Minnesota, and are
described as follows: The west half
of the northeast quarter Nv u OF
NEl) and the southeast quarter OF
the northwest quarter (SE4 of NWh)
of section thirteen (13) Of township
thirty -seven (37) of range twenty seven
(27).
Dated February 23rd, 1909.
E. i. MCMILLAN,
Plaintiff IS Attorney, Princeton, MINI.
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fact before the matter has gone so far
as to cause a division in our village.
-Onamia Lake Breeze.
Things Doing at Wahkon.

According to the Wahkon Enter
prise company known as the Mile
Laos Lake Transportation company
with a capital of $50, 900 has been or
ganized to operate freight and pas
senger steamers on Mile Laos, and
landing piers are to be
built at points on the lake. There is
also talk of erecting a three story
brick hotel at Wahkon for the accom-
mediation of the summer tourist trade.