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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-05
STATE LOANS ON FARM LANDS

One OF the laws passed by the last
legislature and signed by the Cover.
nor. which is likely to have q far
reaching influence on the rate of in.
terest o being paid on farm loans
in Montana, IS the measure introduced
and fathered by Senator Mccarthy of
Gallati county.
According to the provisions of this
law, the state authorities are permitted
to lend the money which accumulates
in the trust funds held for the benefit
OF state educational institutions, on
farm lands at six per cent. interest.
At the present time this money is
invested in city and county bonds,
where the same a be bought at par,
but the amount of city and county
bonds which al be acquired at this
figure are limited and do moi furnish
sufficient outlet for the investment OF
all OF the money accumulated in these
funds. In fact the large proportion
of bonds so far bought by the state
under this provision, are those of
Silver Bow county and the city OF
Butte, and while these bonds are good
and will probably always be good, it
is not a proper plan to place too many
eggs in one basket.
The Mccarthy law will give an al
most unlimited field for the investment
of these funds and, with the safeguards
which have been provided, will furnish
security as safe as government bonds.
But the more important phase of the
matter is that the new law will have
the effect of reducing the rate of inter-
est on long.term gilt edge farm loans.
Heretofore the interest on this class
of loans has been seven, eight and
nine and sometimes as high as ten
per cent. The greater portion of the
money invested in farm mortgages in
Montana at the present time ia eastern
capital and the high rate of interest
paid has been a constant and consid.
cradle drain on the resources of the
state for the benefit of eastern inves-
tors.
The new law will result in replacing
some of this eastern capital with
money belonging to the state and
thus keep the interest at home and
also of lowering the ate of interest
on all farm loans in the state. This
will be a good thing in every way and
will not only reduce the burden borne
by the farmers who are obliged to
carry mortgages on their place, but
will give this class of investment a
better standing in the financial world.
Senator McCarthy's measure is one of
the best passed by the recent legis-
ature.-Bozeman Chronicle
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-05

cracking. The jacket is laid up with
concrete blocks, as illustrated, a space
being left in the bottom course through
which the ash pan may be taken out,
also for cold air registers on the three
other sides Of the jacket. The latter
should be at least 6 by 8 inches in size
and may be laid up with the walls Of
the jacket and securely fastened in
place with the mortar. Above the ash
pan a beam of concrete is placed. This
should be nodded of twice the length
of two of the blocks used, so as to
bridge the space rightly. In the fourth
course Of blocks an opening is left SUI
ficient to allow the draft and feed door
in the front of the stove to be opened.
The space between the stove and the
wall of the jacket where this opening
is located is filled with cement so as to
prevent the heat escaping into the eel
lar, except such as is thrown out from
the feed door.
With the seventh course Of blocks
another beam is used to bridge the
space above the feed door opening and
the space between this and the stove
cemented together unless it is desired
to have a door to close the feed door
opening on the outside Of the jacket.
In this case the space between beam
and stove is left open so that the heat
may be utilized. With the ninth course
Of blocks begin to draw in for the
arch on all four sides until the inside
space is II by 20 inches. Then the
jacket is laid up until it reaches the
floor above, in which a hole is cut and
a II by 20 inch register is placed.
Place a heavy elbow on the opening
for the s%tovepipe and use a heavy
pipe to carry the burned gases outside
the jacket in II course of the blocks
The opening around the pipe is easily
filled with mortar so as to be. air tight
This furnace has ample radiation fol
heating a ten dwelling or a store
or factory Of the same floor space.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-05
FAVORS INCOME TAX,
Democratic Senator Urges New
Method Of Raising Revenue,


WASHINGTON, April Ex-senator
Bailey today presented his views on
the tariff bill with especial reference
to the desirability Of an amendment
providing for an income tax. Mr..
Bailey first took up the position to
turn over to q tariff commission the
consideration of the schedules of the
tariff bill, commenting on which, he
declared he did not believe in turn.
ing over to political eunuchs'' the con.
sideration of such q great question,
even though they were so impartial as
to entertain no aversion for whati is
bad, or preference for what is good"
The question of taxation, he said,
should closely engage the attention
OF statesmen, and he did moi believe
In Withdrawing it from the people to
place it in the hands OF a commission.
He would not, he said, at this time
discuss free trade, which he declared
was impossible in this country. 81
do not hesitate to say," he added,
that I believe in taxing wealth in
stead OF consumption, and If it we're
In my power I would compel every
man to contribute toward the support
OF this great government according to
what he has, and not according to
what he wants."
Speaking of the principle of the pro.
tective tariff, Mr.. Bailey said:
"If your law ended when it gave
your fellow citizens an adv antage over
the citizens of another country, I
would be n of its most ardent sup.
porters. But it does not end there,
because its inevitable effect is to give
q few of our fellow citizens an en-.
ormous advantage over others of our
countrymen." The particular effect,
he said. was to give a bounty to the
favored members.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-05
Aerial Torpedo Latest War Engine

A patent has been applied for at the
German patent Office for an aerial
torpedo" which is being built at the
Krupp works. The torpedo consists
Of a hollow body, containing a thin
cylindrical reservoir, one end Of which
is attached to the point Of the projec-
tile and the other end to a thin plate
screwed into the hollow body. The
reservoir Is filed with liquid oxygen
and also contains an explosive charge
fitted into a cylindrical tube. In the
point Of the torpedo a hole is bored,
widening toward its front, and a pill
Of platinum sponge is inserted in the
hole. The platinum is ignited by the
escape Of hydrogen when the point of
the torpedo has pierced the covering
or envelope Of a balloon or airship
and in its turn sets fire to the explo-
sive charge.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-05
Would Reimburse States.

WASHINGTON, April 2s.-States or
territories of the United States which
raised, organized, paid and supplied
troops for service in the war with
Spain, before or after mustered into
service, may be reimbursed for the
actual expenses incurred in the
work. Senator G%uggenheim Of Col
orado has offered q bill making this
provision. A c~ertifc ate of the cover.
nor of a state that the money was ex-
pended in good faith for the sole pur-
pose Of aiding the United States would
be considered sufficient for the pay.
ment of the claims, but claims filed
after n year from the approval of
the act would be barred from settle.
ment
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-05
PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS,

The general solicitude for the con.
sumner so manifest in the preliminary
tariff making would indicate to the
uniformed and to those who give but
little heed to the questions involved,
that the consumers and producers of
the country are distinct classes of
citizens; that they are divided into
hostile camps by self.interest, and
that the consumers are overwhelmingly
in the majority, the producers advo-
eating the highest protective measure
and the equally anxious
for the free admission of imports.
This might be true If the producers
were not equally consumers, and il
the were not compelled to
produce that they might be able to
consume, says the Washington Post.
The tariff laws of the United States
have been framed for two purposes
the raising of revenue and the pro.
lection of the industries of this coun.
try and those who are engaged ir
them against cheap labor competition,
The desire to raise a sufficient rev
enue is the justification for duties or
certain imports, the products of Other
countries, which are not and cannot
be produced in the United States,
The taxation on articles of foreign
production falls upon both consumers
and producers, for the consumer O,
today is the producer of yesterday
and the producer OF today will be the
consumer of tomorrow. To take away
or decrease the ability of the producer
to purchase not only affects his bust
ness, but by decreasing his wage o.
denying him any wage the success OF
prosperity of every other business
which he as q consumer helps to sup
port 10 affected. The consumers O
the country r equally producers
except for the drones, the helpless
and those who are enforced to idlenes
by want of opportunity.
The depression which has afflicted
the country for the past year has com
largely from the curtailment of tn
powers of consumers. They have beef
partly or entirely unemployed-il
other words, they have not been pro
ducers, and, consequently as con
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-05
A Floating Compass Needle.

When a thoroughly dry and clear
sewing needle is carefully placed or
the surface Of water the needle viii
float wen if the density Of steel is
seven or eight times that Of water. A
sewing needle thus floating upon wa
ter may be used as a compass If Il
has previously been magnetized. Thu
needle will then point north and soutl
and will maintain this position II thu
containing vessel is moved about. L
the needle is displaced by force it will
return to its position along the mag
netic meridian as soon as the restrain
IS removed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-05

This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and the
most liberal tire atment 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 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, 1909-05-05
A GREAT YEAR FOR MONTANA.

The rapid progress that Is being
made in the development of the agri.
cultural of Montana is we'll
illustrated by the fact that fifty steam
and gasoline power plants will be at
work this year turning sod in the
Judith basin, says the Bozem an
Chronicle. Up to q few years years
ago this portion of the state was de-
voted almost exclusively to the pas
turage of sheep and cattle. Since the
construction of railroads released the
Judith basin from its isolation and
afforded access to outside markets,
attention has been given to it's ad-
vantages rs a farming country, and
1t has made rapid and wonderful
strides in the development of it's agri-
cultural Big ranches have
been sold and divided into small
farms, thousands of homesteaders
have taken up vacant public land,
mills and elevators have been con.
structed, towns have sprung up almost
in a night and an enterprising popu-
lation has been attracted by the many
advantages which this part of Mon.
a n offers to settlers.
Population and land values have
been doubled in the past few years.
Lewistown has taken on the airs of a
metropolis, and Moore is strutting
around as If it were the cock of the
walk of all the agricultural towns in
Montana. Fortunately there is good
reason for this optimism; and the best
word that comes from Fergus county
is that the farmers have made good
and that permanent homes for thous-
ands of self supporting and happy
people have been established on lands
heretofore devoted to grazing of sheep.
In whole neighborhoods of Fergus
county the music of the threshing
machine is heard instead of the bleat.
ing OF the sheep. If in the future there
shall be fewer sheep in Fergus county
than formerly there will be more
children.
A similar development is taking
place in other sections of the state
and the prospects are this will be a
great year for Montana. 1t has waited
long, but it looks as if it's day had
come at last. Its resources are be-
coming known. Thousands of settlers
are to come into the state this year
and build homes. There is room for
hundreds of thousands. The waste
places are to be peopled at last. The
state is beginning to realize its destiny
which is to be one of the greatest
farming states in the union. Already
the products of the soil exceed in
value the products of the mine-great
as these are. Montana and Texas are
the only two states yet having great
tracts Of land waiting the coming of
the tiller of the soil and they are the
states which will show the most rapid
growth in population and wealth in
the mex decade. Every county 10
Montana offers attractions to the
h~omeseeker and to the investor, the
equal of which it would be difficult to
find elsewhere.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-05

sumer- they could purchase less.
Consumers and producers are inter.
dependent, and suffer q adversely or
enjoy prosperity as q whole.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-05
ECONOMICAL FURNACE.
Constructed of Concrete Blocks and a
Heating Stove.

Heating Stove.
As shown in the illustration, the
main portion of the furnace is a large
heating stove Of the kind known as
the cannon ball" or shop stove, CT
may be any heating stove of the same
design or method Of constructed. In
this grade of stove the sides are from
three-quarters to an inch thick. max
ing a stove that for furnace purposes
Is ideal, says Concrete.
The stove is first set into place in
the cellar under the central room OF
the house on a concrete floor made of
sufficient strength to avoid any dan
ger Of the concrete jacket settling and
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-05
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
Or THE
Stockmen's National
BANK,

AT FORT BENTON,
In the State OF Montana, at the close of business,
April %, 1909.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-05

Local Securities a Speciality.
Interest Allowed on Time DEPOSITS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07
FOR A STORK PARTY
PRETTY WAY TO ANNOUNCE
EXPECTED VISIT.
Unique Affair Described by Nine.
Merri-Appropriate Poem Read,
THE Song of the Red
Legged Stork."

Some time ago l attended a charm
ing luncheon at which the announce
ment of the stork's expected visit was
made in this pretty way:
1t was not embarrassing to tic
guest of honor and was altogether a
unique affair. The place cards were
sealed envelopes. bearing the guests
names. The hostess asked us not to
open them until the dessert course,
then to begin at her left, each one to
read the verse her envelope con-
tanned; the last to read was the lady
on the right of the hostess and her
verse told the story.
l have the poem complete and give
it, as | have had so many requests for
something just like it. 1t is called
The Song of the Red-Legged Stork."
by Pauline c. Bowie. If luncheon is
not given, the story may be read, and
the guests asked to determine whom
the stork has honored, or the hostess
may say: Mrs. So-and-So is the for.
tunate one"
Where the skies are pale and the winds
blow cold,
Down where the gates of life, unfurIed,
Let the souls pass through the throbbing
world.
Flew the red-legged stork
And he flew and flew
For ten score days and seventy more.
Til he reached the house of the open
Where the angel of gifts stood waiting
near,
With dimples and smiles and a glittering
tear.
Over white wastes of cleaning snow.
over fair meadows where buttercups
And fields where the red peoples sleep
lily nod
To the songs Of the robins, sung to God,
Flew the red-legged stork,
And he sang as he flew:
Winds, do not hinder me-Time is fleet:
Sun. do not burn me; withhold your heat;
| carry link loves chain to complete,
And my burden is precious-a baby
sweet.
Frost do not blight me in my flight;
Rain. do not spoil my feathers white;
For the way is long and Time is fleet
And my burden is precious-a baby
sweet" |.
Down under arches of shimmering blue,
Where the south wind lives and the sun
Sits thro'-
over still spaces, where moonbeams
sleep,
And the stars climb over the cloud-stair
steep,
Flew the red-legged stork
And he sang as he flew:
Blue of the heavens, color her eyes;
Kiss her soft feet, We rose-fiushed skies;
l carry Gods message, mems love to
meet,
And my burden is precious-a baby
sweet"
MADAME MERRIa,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07

to the conclusion that those beings
who come of stock which was at any
period in the ascending line given to
the abuse of alcohol, are certainly not
of the order of humanity which is to
evolve the longexpected superman. In
other words, two highly respectable
schools of medical thought and science
practically assure the world that there
is but small permillionage of mankind
that holds the power of transmitting
greatness to posterity, and that their
being able to do so depends upon their
abstentiOn from alcohol in all forms
while they live
According to the argument. all the
really great men who have appeared
upon the earth, like Caesar, Aristotle,
Shakespeare and Napoleon, came from
select series of ancestors to whom
the use of alcohol was practically I'M
known. The fact, it is argued that
Napoleon's father may have been a
tlppler, will not alter the case for our
superman, since the weakness of the
father escaped the son by some I'M
known but none the less certain
atavistic process, as in cases of ep-
llepsy or insanity. 1t is held that by
such a series of atavistic accidents,
the faint of alcohol has skipped"
every particular hereditary phase that
goes to impress itself upon the ulti-
mate issue, namely, the superman,
who thus comes into the world wholly
free, in the matter of heredity, from
the faint of alcohol
The consequence of this is that he
has perfect will, and herein lies his
power over all other men who by ac-
cident of evolution from their fore
fathers, are. by far the greater part.
Of very imperfect will power. 1t does
not matter if the superman himself
be devOtee of the bottle He is pro-
vided with a perfect will, and only his
progeny is likely to suffer from his
abuse of strong drink
According to the new schools the
effects of alcoholism travel down to
countless generations. producing, in
more or less appreciable form. paraly-
sis of the physical instrument. and
consequently partial impotence of the
psychical factor, Of the will Great
ness. in its real sense, is therefore i'm
possible in the offspring of alcoholic
persons, unless by a series of acct
dents which can only occur in a long
cycle of years-which is practically
telling us. seeing the extent to which
alcohol is used, that the world is de-
generating
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07
TREAT you Ht1SEs RIGHT.
The Best Time to Water Them Is Be-
fore Feeding.

A horse should be watered before
feeding, and never given a large guam
tlty OF water after a meal, for the sim
pie reason that the water will wash
the food out of the stomach before
stomach digestion has taken place and
the food will not be well prepared for
absorption; and besides it is some
times the cause of collie.
There is peculiar idea that a warm
horse should not be allowed to drink
and, unlike great many other popular
ideas, there is a little truth in it. If
you water warm horse in the or
binary way, letting him drink all that
he will, you are likely to have a
foundered horse on your hands This
is especially so if, at the time, the
horse is fatigued. Nevertheless. it is
always safe to allow him from six to
ten swallows, no matter how warm he
is. If this be given on going into the
stable and he be allowed to stand and
eat hay for an hour and is then offered
water, he will not drink nearly so
much as he would had none been
given before.
The danger is not in the first swal-
low, as we often hear it asserted, but
in the excessive quantities he will
drink if not restrained. The most
dangerous time to give a horse a full
draft is when he has cooled down
from fatiguing work and has partaken
of meal
John Splan, the great trainer.
writes: AS to water. | think that a
horse should have all that he wants
at all times A man says: Why; will
you give your horse water before a
race" Yes; before the race. in the
race, and after the race, and any
other time that he wants to drink"
When | say give your horse all the
water he wants before the race
do not mean that you shall tie him
in warm stall where he cannot get
drink for five or six hours on a hot
day, and then take him to the pump
and give him all that he wants. What
| mean is to give him water often
and, in that way he will take only a
small quantity at time
After long. continuous eXertion the
system is greatly depleted of fluid
Nature calls for its replenishment,
and this is the cause of a thirst which
is so intense that, if the animal is not
restrained at this time, he may drink
much more than he needs.
The general custom, almost univer-
sally followed of giving the morning
meal before water. is not very OBJ,
jectionable, either theoretically or
practically At this time there is no
depletion of fluid. consequently the
horse is not very thirsty and, does
not drink rapidly or excessively. and
apparently very little evil results from
this method. However, the writer
much prefers that the horse should
have an opportunity to drink before
the morning meal.
Personally, | much prefer keeping
horses, both summer and winter, in an
open shed, with large water tank in
the yard, to tying them by the head
in barn. This brings us to the ar
rangement of farm buildings which |
hope to discuss in some subsequent
paper.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07

Daily exercise with light dumbbells
eventually cures round shoulders.
The juice of a raw onion applied to
the sting of an insect will remove the
poison.
a good hair oil for children's hair
which is thin or dry is made of equal
parts of pure olive oil and cold pressed
castor oil, cut with grain alcohol and
perfumed.
A glass of hot water before break
fast is cleanser and tonic for the en-
tire System. For an oily skin, squeeze
half lemon into the water; drink
without adding sugar.
For soft painful corn, try the old.
'ash,orod remedy of binding 1t nightly
il common baking soda, moisteneo
Nth a little water. The most stub.
born and painful corns will disappear
after three weeks of this treatment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07
Internal Parasites of Sheen.

Internal parasites such as the stom-
ach, tape and other worms, according
to George II. McKerrow of Wisconsin,
are the greatest enemies the sheep
men have in raising mutton. He says
the trouble is TO be prevented rather
than cured. Relating his experience
Mr. McKerrow says: We use the
hurdles, system carried on almost
exclusively in Great Britain, with ex.
cellent results. BY using this method
YOU have your lambs on fresh feed
every day. They do not follow the
ewes and become infested If you do
not use hurdles, keep your lambs on
fresh pasture-clover If possible-and
be prepared for the dry season.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07
Judges Indictment of Drink Traff,

In charging the grand jury at the
Glamorgan assizes al Swansea, Eng
land, recently. Justice Coleridge said
that in 80 out of 10 cases the deposi-
tons disclosed crimes which would
in all reasonable probability never
have happened except for either the
prosecutor or prisoner having been
under the banefu influence of drink.
That afforded much matter for regret,
and his lordship said he would make
10 comment, but would content him
self by stating what was the naked
fact.