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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02

have been accustomed to pillow the
ground, plant their seed and then
await for nature to do the rest. There
was little OF the scientific study of
methods required in coil preparation,
consequently when these people come
here and attempt to cultivate the soil
in the same manner az they had the
lands of a region of considerable rain.
fall they naturally will make mis-
takes.
With proper instruction there will
be no dissatisfied settlers because
there will be no crop failures, conse.
quently each settler who comes to the
rich lands of Montana and achieves q
fair measure OF success, will prove a
decidedly rich ad advertisement for the
state.
The new settler should be shown
how to guilty ate the soil of HE 90.
called dry farm. he should have q
chance to find out how to treat his
land, and what crops should be plant.
ed. He must learn these things either
by having them demonstrated to him
in advance or else by long and costly
experimentation. As between the two
the former would be decidedly prefer.
able.--Billings Gazette.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
Heard at Breakfast.

81 used to be a weather prophet in
my home town." confided the new
boarder as he speared a potato with
his fork.
"Sh!" commented the comedian
boarder laconically.
Eyes, and every time I look at that
steak it reminds me Of a winters
day."
"How SOL"
"Cold and raw"
"Quite clever. How does the coffee
strike you?"
"That reminds me Of a November
d~ay-cloudy and unsettled"
Good. And do you notice that the
landlady Is watching us?"
Eyes, and she reminds me Of a March
day."
"Tell us why"
because she Is cold and stormy"
And the look that the landlady passed
down to that end Of the table would
have CONCEALED a redhot stove.-Chi-
cago News.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
Character Of tho Montenearins.

Vn9r4cter OF the mo0eo0o0r0nD.
Nowhere is love Of country more in.
tense than among the Montenegrins, to
whom exile is the greatest Of punish
ments. When Mr.. w. j. Stillman was
there in the seventies all the free men
were away fighting, and he observed
how, when a messenger was wanted,
the official took a man out of the prison
and sent him of, with no fear that he
would not return. One such messenger
was sent to Cattaro, In Austrian terri
tory, with 5000 forms for the bank,
and duly came back. Another asked a
Russian at Cattaro to intercede with
Prince Nicholas for his release from
prison. "But you are not in PRISON.
said the Russian. "Oh," said the man,
II have only come down for a load of
skins for So-and-so, but I must 60
into prison again when I get back to
Cetinje." One guard watched all the
prisoners when they summed them
selves out Of doors, and If he were
called away a prisoner would take his
rifle and do duty for the time.-London
Chronicle.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
Human at Least.

An American player who fulfilled
several London engagements under the
late Sir Henry Irving tells a story Of q
young man employed as the ~tragedian's
dresser when Irving was the lessee Of
the Lyceum theater. The young fellow
had been recommended for the place
by Clarkson, the celebrated wigmak-
er. Irving was as exacting in matters
Of makeup as he was in everything
else relating to stage equipment, and
he succeeded in impressing Clarkson
with a deep sense of responsibility.
Shortly after his entering upon his
new duties Clarkson called upon his
former employee. AS Clarkson had
noticed that he did not get as many
orders for wigs from Irving al he for.
merly did,. he had begun to suspect
that the dresser was accountable.
care you making Sir Henry's wigsT'
Clarkson demanded without prelimi
nary.
sometimes"
do you call that a wigT sneered
the caller, pointing to an article or
the dressing table. "Do you mean tt
tell me that you believe that thing
looks at all like a wigT"
"No, sir, I don't" hotly replied the
dresser, now considerably irritated
"but l do mean to say rs how 1t look!
like the air Of the 'uman 'ead!"-St
Paul Pioneer Press.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
1Paper From Scrub Pine.


The long neglected scrub or Jersey
pine, growing on abandoned farms and
cut over land Of the east, seems des.
tined at last, the forestry bureau re-
ports, to have reached its rightful
place as q material of value, according
to the results obtained through recent
pulp and paper making tests at the
forest service laboratories at Washing
ton.
Scrub pine might have been used to
good advantage long ago, but it did
not seem to the practical papermaker
worthy Of trial. By only slight changes
Of the treatment ordinarily accorded
pulp wood In the sulphite process 1t
has now yielded a pulp product which,
It is thought can be used az q substi-
tute for spruce sulphite In the manu-
facture Of news paper.
One advantage for papermak1ne
which scrub pine II said to have Is the
fact that there IL less loss tn barking II
than with ordinary spruce. The wood
yields quite easily to the sulphite treat
meut. ,
The fiber is strong and durable. TIT
yields obtained by the forest servic'
are about the same 40 those obtainet
from woods now in general paper
making use
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
joANsoN's JAG.

A Telephone Talk That Must Have Had
. Queer Sequel.
McCarty has a fondness for a joke.
If a really glittering opportunity turns
up, his we'll controlled conscience is no
obstacle to his devoting all the time
necessary to the thorough and artistic
performance Of his jokelet, which Is
bad for business, but seems to be good
for McCarty's digestion.
The other afternoon the telephone
rang. A woman was on the wire. She
had the wrong number, which made
no difference to McCarty. He was In
need Of relaxation. and the following
one sided conversation ensued:
"Yes-yes, this is humpty-umphsteen-
seven Rector" d
"Who? Mr.. Johnson? oh, yes, Mr..
Johnson-sure," he lied pleasantly.
"Did you want to speak to him?" in
quired McCarty sweetly.
you're sure it's Mr.. johnson you
want to talk tor
Here McCarty held his hand over the
mouthpiece and forcibly admonished
the Office boy, who, with humane inten-
lions, had come to rescue the switch
board, s%uspecting trouble. "G'wan
now! I'm dom this" remarked Nc
Carly, fixing the mental with m eagle
eye.
"Could you give me the message,
ma'am, and I'll deliver it to Mr. John
SOM" he resumed with engaging pO-
likeness.
ooh, you must speak to him person
ally If he is busy?" McCarty's voice
was an interrogation point.
"You want Mr.. johnson himself to
step to the telephone, and you are Mrs
Johnson"
"Well, ma'am, you see he amt STEP
ping much now-that isl mean-he is
-well-er-er''- He hesitated in elab-
crate confusion.
"Yes'm, I am explaining what's the
matter. He-well, you see, your hus-
band would be willing to come to the
telephone, but he isn't exactly able"
"No, he's not just what you'd cal
busy"
"No, he's not i'll. He's doing nicely
eve have i'm on the lounge in the
directors room, and we're doing all we
can for him
"Oh, no, ma'am, you needn't be al
all alarmed. He's not able to walk yet
but We'll Don have him all right"
mo, no-not Ill. I say he's not Ill
he's dr-that is, intoxicated, ma'am
but you needn't What's that?"
you've never seen him intox-well
| you ought to see him now. What?"
"You-Ill"-
"Oh. She's rung off,"
"Now, who in the deuce-who dye
s'pose Mr.. Johnson is, and what dye
s'pose will be comm to him when h,
gets home? Oh, gee" And Mozart,
gurgled with joy as he swung bacl
into his seat, and his typewriter click
ed %innocently out upon the Office at
mosphere.-New York Press.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
CONCRETE

light is n~inety-two feet above high
water.
The seventeen foundation piles are
built Of steel rods laced together with
steel wire and covered with concrete.
The concrete was In the proportion OF
M Of portland cement to two and
one-half parts Of granite broken to
pass ut all angles through a three
quarter inch ring and n and one
half parts Of sand. The piles are sixty
three feet long and were sunk to an
average depth in the sand Of twenty
six feet nine inches.
The foundation piles were arranged
in octagonal form, the center pile be-
ing a five foot diameter cylinder filed
with concrete, an inner ring Of eight
cen inch square piles at a radius OF
nine feet nine inches and an outer ring
Of two foot square piles at a radius of
twenty feet.
From each pile a ferro-concrete col
umn was carried up to the level Of the
first floor, twenty-one feet above the
main bracing. Intermediate between
the main bacing and first floor a ferro.
concrete bracing was fixed Of radial
beams, strengthened by steel bars and
shearing bars fitted between the ten.
sion bars. The first floor is supported
by ~ferro-concrete radial beams and by
the inner and outer ring beams. The
gallery, five feet wide, is carried on a
continuation Of the radial beams in the
form Of a cantalever. The ferro-con
crete floor is five inches thick, finished
with a rendering Of cement mortar.
From the first to the third floors the
intervals between the outer ring stand
ards are walled in with ferro-concrete
The central column is two feet in di
ameter and is carried to the top Of the
building. From the third floor eight
radial beams Of REINFORCED concrete
rise thirty feet to the level Of the serv
ice floor. These are braced by two sets
Of REINFORCED concrete beams. Eigh'
radial beams support the floor at thu
top level, and to this floor is bolted thu
cast iron base Of the lantern, which Il
twelve feet in diameter. The tota
weight Of the completed structure 4
about a thousand tons and the tota
cost about $145 ,OO0.-Colonial Ofacta
Journal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
DEMONSTRATION FARMS.

In the pushing of the dry farming
experimental farms
q decidedly important part.
At one time the dry farming move
was in q theoretical form and
knew little concerning the cult.
walton of the soil and the raising OF
crops without the aid of irrigation In
the semi.arid regions. 1t was known
that some things would grow to ma
turity on the lands lying above the
bitches, but how to make plant life
grow with any degree OF certainty and
with reasonable return for the money
and time expended was something that
had to be ascertained, the only way
for doing this being through practical
experiment.
Men there we're who were public
spirited enough to test the different
methods suggested for the preparation
of the soil in order that the natural
moisture might be properly conserved.
OF course there a. no one who be.
lieved that there was any such q thing
as raising crops without moisture and
all experiments were along the line OF
creating reservoirs under the soil
from which the needs Of plant life
could be supplied.
The experimenters found that by
blowing to q certain depth the water
precipitated in the form of rain and
snow would be p%ercolated through the
soil, and that II the land was allowed
to lie still long enough the soil would
become saturated. The problem Of
evaporation was solved by . system
of narrowing which destroyed the hair.
like tubes through which the moisture
escaped to the surface. and the expert
mentors, through Q careful testing 0,
seeds and of methods of cultivation,
demonstrated the fact that dry farm
ing was entirely practicable and tina
the immense area Of the semi.arit
regions, lying beyond the irrigabl'
belt, could be made to support q lsrg'
population.
Coming into the country from thu
regions of the east and the middl
west are thousands of new settlers TO
the lands Of the region lying along tn
base OF the Rocky mountains. Thes
men are In the majority OF instance
good farmers, but they are totally ur
acquainted with the conditions whic
exist in the semi. arid west. The
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
PRICING PUBLIC COAL LANDS.

Il is announced in . circular issued
by the Uuited States geological survey
that new regulations affecting the dis.
posal Of public coal lands have been
adopted by the secretary Of the in
terror. II 10 provided by this new de-
parture, that the selling price Of public
coal lands shall be determined by the
value of the coal they contain.
The revised scheme used in the valu-
alton Of the coal lands differs from
that formerly In force in two general
respects. The basis ls now speci6cal.
ly that Of coal tonnage and the land
prices thus determined for the better
grades Of coal, anthracite and coking
b%ituminous, are somewhat higher, the
maximum being raised from 800 to
$500 per acre, and indeed this max
imum does not hold in 'districts
which contain large coal mines where
the character and extent of the coal
deposits are we'll known to the pur.
chaser"
The present scheme of valuation is
as follows: Anthracite and coking,
bituminous and low grade bituminous
Goals are valued at 2 to 8 cents q ton.
High grade non.coking bituminous
Goals are valued at / to l cent q ton.
Low grade sub. bituminous Goals and
lignites are valued al the minimum
price fixed by law of 60 and S20 an
acre. The tonnage is very conserva.
lively estimated and actual recovery
ought always to exceed the tonnage
upon which the valuation is based.
A few instances are cited as show.
ing the comparative working out of
valuations under the deterrent land
policies. In one township near Rock
Springs, Wyoming, the valuation of
which has just been completed by the
geological survey the coal land values
aggregate 90, 800. 900 on the basis of l
cent q ton. The amount for which
the government would have sold these
lands on the basis of the minimum
price allowed by law, under the inter
probation which held prior to 1906, Is
$3.50, 600 while under the valuation
plan of last year, the amount would
have been a little less than 81, 1000, 600.
In a Montana township, near the
town of Roundup, on the new line OF
the Milw aukee, the original amount
which the government would have re.
ceived under the 800 minimum rate
was SIP, 900; under the regulations OF
last year s141, 900; and under the
present valuation scheme adopted
April 81, by this administration,
1910, 900, some of the coal % being
valued at s65 an acre where 500 and
S25 respectively would have been the
former rates.
1t will be seen that the present Goa
land policy provides for the saving
to the government and the people o.
enormous sums of money and prevents
the monopolization by private inter
ests Of the western coal fields.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
Huge Testing Machine.

The largest machine In the world
for testing the strength Of structural
materials used In buildings and engi-
neering works Is about to be erected
by the United States government at
the geological survey testing station
In Pittsburg. 1t viii weigh more than
200 tons and have the extreme height
Of about eighty feet above the founda-
lions. 1t will exert a maximum pres
sure d. 100000 pounds.
The machine will be housed In q
structure 100 feet in height and Of un-
usual strength. Elevators will run to
the top Of the machine so that the ex.
perts may examine the columns being
tested from any point Of view to de.
tect, tie first signs of weakening.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
She Admitted Il.

"What do you ask for this plaqueT
inquired an old gentleman Of the pref
ty GIRL in charge of a church bazaar.
zone guinea" she replied.
"Aren't you a little dear2" queried
the Old gentleman.
"Well," answered the pretty girl,
blushing, "that's what the boys all ten
me-"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
Conrad Banking
COMPANY,
GREAT FALLS MONT
WnincorporatsA.)
PAID UP CAPITAL.........S 100000
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY. "a 900. 900
W. G. CONRAD, Pres.
JAMES T. STANFORD,
Vice-Pres. and Manager.
A. E. sCHWINGEL,
Cashier.
OMAR J. MALCOLM,
Asst. Cashier.

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 own
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, 1909-06-02
CONCRETE LIGHTHOUSE.

First Structure Of It's Kind Erected In
the Open Sea.
The ferro-concrete lighthouse here.
with Illustrated was recently erected
on One Fathom bank. strait of Malac-
ca. about fifteen miles from the near
est land on the Malayan coast. It
takes the place Of an iron screw pile
lighthouse and is believed to be the
first Of its class constructed In the
open e in comparatively deep water
twenty feet) on a sand bank subject
to tidal erosion. The focal plane Of the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
An lndestructibie Color.

An InooStructtbI0 Color.
The i~ndestructible floral color Is yel-
low. You cannot, even with sulphur
GUS acid fumes, destroy 1t. Take q
heartsease and try. You will consume
the purple tint easily enough, but the
yellow viii remain for all your filthy
fumes.-Fry's Magazine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
Absolutely Hopeless.

"But you might learn to love me-" he
urged.
She shook her head.
you've no idea," she said. "what a
poor student I am."-Chicago Post.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02

did your uncle remember you In his
will?"
Eyes. He directed his executors to
collect all the loans he had made me-"
Boston Transcript.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02

Parties wishing to purchase live
stock will find some. attr active Offer
ings in our advertising columns.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
Tho River Press.

Subscribe now for the WEEKLY Rlv.
Err PRESS. Send it to "the old folks
at home.'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02

Local Securities = Specially.
Interest Allowed o. Time Deposits.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02

SeVcCAI Oh Iue AAIACoA CodSt IAOSO
worship the shark. Three or four times
in the year they celebrate the festival
Of the shark, which is done in this
wise: They all row out in their boats
to the middle of the river, where they
invoke, with the strangest ceremonies,
the protection Of the great shark. They
offer to him poultry and goats In order
to satisfy his sacred appetite. But this
u nothing. An infant Is every year
sacrificed to the monster, which has
been feted and nourished for the sac
rince from its birth to the age Of ten.
on the day Of the fete It Is bound to q
post on a sandy point at low water.
Az the tide rises the child may utter
cries OF terror, but they are Of no
avail AZ It n abandoned to the waves,
and the sharks soon arrive to finish 1ts
agony and thus permit it to enter into
heaven.
Tho Polynesians have an ancient ia
BILE treating Of the flight Of Ina, the
daughter Of vaitoringa and Ngaetna,
to the sacred isle. After the sole
dumped her at the edge Of the break
ers with such disastrous results to It.
self from the angry princess the latter
summoned the shark and by its help
succeeded in reaching the sacred Is
land. Feeling thirsty during the voy,
age, Ina cracked a cocoanut on the
sharks forehead, and this accounts fol
the bump now found on the forehead
Of all sharks.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-09
GOOD ROADS MEN MEET.
Five Hundred Miles OF Imnrove,l
highways 6n Southern Appala-
chians Planned.

Asheville. N. c., Oct. 5.-The per
mancnt organization OF the Southern
Appalachian Good Roads Association.
with Joseph Hyde Pratt, State geoio-
gist, as president and w. L. Spoon
of the North Carolina highway COM
mission, as secretary, was the feature
OF this afternoons session of the
Southern Appalachian Good Roads
congress. Vice Presidents of the AS
sociation will be later chosen from
each State in the section affected. Ad-
dresses were made by Henry A.
Brown, president Of the East Tennes-
see Good Roads Association; Mr.. w.
S. McCallie, State geologist of Geor-
gia; M. L. Shipman, commissioner of
labor and printing in this State, and
Prof. w. c. Riddick, Of this State.
A reception was given to delegates
and guests at the Battery Park Ho-
tel tonight.
There is no magical way of get
ting good roads and the people mus:
go down in their pockets and bear
the expenses II they want them" said
Governor Kitchin, of North Carolina,
In welcoming the delegates to the
congress this morning Governor Kit.
chin added that the question of good
roads was not a new one, that the.
Romans had built good roads, roads
that have lasted for more than one
thousand years. He said that the Ro-
mans appreciated the value of good
highways, not only for purposes Of
war, but for the development of COM
merce.
DR.. Jos. Pratt, of North Carolina.
was elected permanent chairman OF
the congress, and E. j. Watson, of
South Carolina, was chosen secretary.
DR.. Pratt in opening the congress
stated that the purpose Of the gather
ing was to devise ways and means for
building five hundred miles of good
roads in the Appalachian Mountains,
with connecting links leading to
South Carolina. Georgia, Tennessee
and Virginia. w. J. Cooke, welcomed
the delegates on behalf OF the city.
Col. d. Cameron. president of the Ma
tional Agricultural Society. spoke on
the subject Of Federal Aid to Pos,
Roads,"
The congress then adjourned until
2:SO O'Clock this afternoon.
There are about one hundred and
seventy-five delegates from North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Tennessee and Virginia present.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-09
CHINESE NOT BUYING
americans Are i'm Same Plight as Pest
Oh Nations.

Washington, Oct. 5.-America is
not the only country that is not build
ing up thriving trade in China. The
Chinese are buying from no foreign
ers in great quantities. That is the
view of Consul General Leo Bergholz.
OF Canton. American travellers i'm.
China, after calling attention TO the
immense resources and great popula-
tlon, attribute the scant trade with
america to lack of enterprise on the
part of American merchants and
manufacturers, but tourists from
England and Germany are making
similar complaints regarding the,
trade of their own countries saws
consul General Bergholz.
Spurred on, then as all the coun-
tries are, by keen rivalry. the lack of
results must be attributed to some
thing else than lack of enterprise. and
rightly So" says Mr.. Bergholz. In
view of the fact that China has been,
following the same old customs for
several thousand years, he saws we
can not be expected to cast them all
aside in day.
1t is stated that the demand for
machinery in China will increase as
the country's standard of civilization
rises, but there is little doubt that the
demand will be met by the ability of
the Chinese to copy. with the aid of
foreign engineers. any model that
German and English practically CON-
troll the Chinese market.
The introduction of machinery into
China. no doubt. will be met with
some opposition. owing to the fact
that it will throw a large number of
people out of employment. as most OF
the work is now done by hand.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-09
MEETS SUDDEN DEATH.
Wire EIectrOcutes A. y. Perham. Jr. :,
In Waycross During Storm.

Naycross. Ga. Oct Ga. p. oer-
ham, Jr., editor Of the waycross Her
old. was Instantly Killed i'm an electric
torn of violence which swept over
this city today, destroying telephone
and telegraph wires and throwing
live wires about the streets. A mum.
Der of horses. some of them fine an
imals. met instant death in coming I'm
contact with the wires, while there
vas danger everywhere.
That no one met death except Mr..
Perham is regarded as surprising.
Mr. Perham was on the street near
the office of the Southern Express
Company when a wire dangling from
a pole struck him. He dropped to the
street dead. Mr.. Perham was one of
the best known men of this section.
having been n the newspaper busi-
ness here for years.