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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-15
MAY CALL EXTRA SESSION,

The recent award of q contract for
building IN addition to the state capi-
toll at Helena, has been followed by q
protest from many citizens who desire
that Montana material be used in the
work of construction. The price at
which the contract was awarded pre-
cludes the use of Montana stone, be.
cause its cost will be much greater
than that of building stone that q be
obtained from Indiana, and citizens
interested in the welfare of owners of
the Columbus stone quarry in Yellow
stone county, which appears to have q
monopoly Of Montana stone suitable
for the purpose, are urging q special
session of the Legislature to secure an
appropriation that will cover the ad.
ditional cost Of the Montana material.
Before action of this kind is taken,
it would be proper to ascertain the
actual cost of producing the stone
from the Columbus quarry. There is
such q big difference between the
quoted price Of the Columbus stone
and that OF the Indiana product, that
the average citizen fails to understand
why it should be so. Every citizen o.
Montana is In favor Of using Montana
products in his own business affair,
provided they can be obtained at .
reasonable pro6t upon the Montsn,
cost, but where the price seems ex
orbitsnt-compsred with the price
charged elsewhere-he wants to b.
shown.
That there are two sides to thit
capitol building stone controversy, IL
made plain In these remarks by the
Great Falls Leader:
Six months before the bids were
called for, the management of the
Columbus quarry was asked to pre-.
sent figures for Montana sandstone:
he did so, and the plans yer drawn
specifically upon the figures presented,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-15
WOMAN AND FASHION
Smart Back Draperv-

In the drawing the gown of ottoman
silk has a draped waist that sends ii
long end eff the front and another
from the back. These meet, loop at
the side and then fall in tasseled ends.
The sleeves of this gown are short, as
are many house costumes Of the day.
The short sleeves Punishment was
brief. 1t is back where it Is wished,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-15
Two Ct a Kind.

Mrs. Boggs-l hate to have a man
always complaining about some little
thing. Now. my husband is continually
harping on the lace curtains. Mrs.
Woggs-Yes. and my husband has been
kicking on u front door every morn.
ing at s o'clock for the past twenty
years.-Puck.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-15
Would Exclude Corporation Lawyers

IN ~ .
WASHINGTON, Dec. att on
aimed at corporation lawyers ia con.
gress, particularly those representing
railroads., is the object of a bill in.
PRODUCED today by Senator Borah
and referred to the senate judiciary
committee. ,
Mr.. Borah will prohibit senators,
representatives and delegates in cor.
gress from representing as attorney
or otherwise corporations or com.
panies or persons doing q business
over which the government exercises
regulatory control.
The law would exact the same pen.
atty as that imposed O for viola.
tions of the act prohibiting members
OF congress from representing concerns
In suits In which the government IL
directly or indirectly interested-im,
prisonment not exceeding two year,
or q fine not exceeding $4,000.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-15
Cold Wave Is General,

CHICAGO, Dec. Heavy snow, &C.
companied by lower temperature and
q 25.mile wind, swept over Chicago
this morning, bringing death to three
persons in the city before the noon
hour and seriously hamperipg trans.
portation. One was found dead from
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-15

but in house gowns only. 1t is to be
hoped that the long sleeve will con
tinue to prevail for walking gowns of
all kinds. In some of the afternoon
tailor mades there is a relief from
the dark foundation color in the lapels
of the coat, which are often of oriental
embroidery or it's effect, while the col
lar is Of black velvet, satin or MORE.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-15
AReiTRATE LABOR TROUBLES.

From an economic standpoint N
course of reasoning q possibly jus
tify the present methods controlling
strikes and lockout, aud when /
comes to public utility corporation
and their employees such things should
be impossible.
The more advanced labor orgsniza
lions and employers recognize the
wastefulness and great loss that II
sustained by both elements involved
in . cessation of work while some
controversy involving wages or hours
OF employment is adjusted.
The Internationsl Typographical
union, which is generally acknowl-
edged to be the most advanced labor
organization in the world, has an
agreement with the American Publish
ers' association by the terms of which
no printers are allowed to walk out of
q publishers plant, and no publisher
is permitted to lock out the printers,
but, instead, when any controversy
comes up. work goes on just the same,
and the difference is arbitrated by
men appointed by the union and the
publishers' association.
This is the most sensible manner by
which such matters can be adjusted,
as it guards against loss by both
sides.
Twenty.three hundred switchmen
employed by Ii northwestern railro ads
at the present time are on a strike,
and as 9 result of their action any.
where from $1,000 to 10000 men are.
put out of employment because freight
cannot be handled.
There should be some mean adopt-
ed to avoid this condition of affairs,
and it could be easily done by mutual
agreement or, failing that by legal
compulsion to arbitrate such differ.
ences.
When two men have q difference
they 60 into court and present their
sides of the case before a tribunal, and
there appears to be no good reason
why employer and employe should
not be compelled to submit their con-
troversies to an honest, competent and
unprejudiced court, while everybody
works as usual pending the decision
of the case.
If a general system of arbitr alton
we're adopted no employe would neces-
sarily lose a days time, and no IN
ployer would be subject to heavy loss
through the failure of his men to work.
A system which the printers and the
publishers have found satisfactory
would prove equally so in other lines
of industrial cndeavor, and would
bring about a greater economic saw
ing.
If employees and employers in any
line Of business will not enter into
mutual agreements t O arbitrate their
differences, then In the interest of the
public welfare it looks as though they
should be compelled to do SO, at least
some means should be adopted to pre-
vent the suspension of operations on
the part of utility corporations like
railroads, street q systems, power
and lighting plants and telegraph
service.
The side that wins a strike or a
lockout invariably loses financially if
it wins it's contention, and2there is no
justification for this economic waste.
Butte Miner.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-15
Kept Him BUSY.

"You haven't had time to make any
friends? Then you have lived in vain"
"Not on your life I've managed to
make some bully enemies."-Cleveland
Leader.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-15
A Hard Job.

Willie-Papa. there's a big black bug
on the ceiling. Papa tbusy reading
Well. step on it and don't bother me.
Boston Transcript.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-15

To make laws complete they should
reward as we'll as punish.-Goldsmith
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-15

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, 1909-12-15

The WEEKLY RIVER PRESS is q good
newspaper to send away to our friends
in the east. 1t will save you the trou.
BILE Of writing letters
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-15

Local Securities q Speciality.
Interest Allowed on Time Deposits.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-23

stars to the varsity scrub team ranks.
The law school at Ann Arbor has
fresh. soph. junior and T.. G. teams en-
tered in the annual interclass elim.na-
tion schedule: the dental college has
three. and each of the three other de-
partments-eD eDgineer, medic and IT.
turns out four short dozens and a de-
gree adorned squad In contrast To the
wolverine varsity seven game sChed-
ule, these class teams play nearly every
day Of the autumn quarter. and twcn-
ty-three games are necessary to decide
the premiership of the twenty two
teams. Formerly round robin was
played.
Even now. with the elimination sys-
tenn. few of the first round losers are
satisfied until they have played the
others downed. About two years Of
this strenuous work grinds out some
finished players. who put In strong
claim for varsity jobs. At other schools
class teams are almost az productive,
and east ana west many late rising
star has come from struggles for uu-
merals.
Hard fights for recognition are not
the football players only troubles to
hc borne before he ranks as "a stellar
lght. Even after his spurs are won "a
weeks letdown may kin forever his
chances ON the team Always the men
no has passed are hot after him. ach-
ing for a single days sickness to give
them n chance To show I'm his place
where one bright play may influence
the coach to change. Then practice
starts early in the fall. and long be-
fore the games begin there have been
weeks of hard training and bumps
Hours Of quiz work soon are added to
the afternoon practice. and signals and
signal series must he learned at odd
times. What all this means i'm con
nection with the study Of Il hard col
lego course has been wei told by the
number of tired bodies that have gone
to education bankruptcy. | have seen
n hardworking scrub come home to
MS frat house and drop asleep at 6
o'clock. too exhausted for even his
dinner
Quarterbachs, perhaps. have II worse
than any Other boys. for. as much
brain as football job requires now,
the Held general, even more. must have
head filled with football lore.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-23
TIs FOR YALE FooTBAI ETvEN PRACrItNG LINE RUSHING

undergo in order to become n hero In
your own and the eyes of the fran
s'cally cheering thousands that watch
the GENE.
When one discovers the routine
which a moleskin warrior goes through
II Is dollars to cents that admiration
will grow apace for the lusty specimen
of young manhood who for some sem
sational play is being lifted on the
shoulders of his joyful college mates,
for there is the training that would
make a Spartan warrior vince. For
two months or more the football hero
IN in training every minute. AS early
ns possible In the season he must be-
come full of strength, agility, speed,
endurance, and. above all, he must be
taught the science of the game. 1t is
the duty OF the trainer to equip him
with all the essentials except the last.
That IL the coach's task
That he may perform his part of the
work to the best advantage the trainer.
whenever the college authorities will
let him, gathers each and every grid
iron player into a training or foot
ball house. No university which Of
fers an advanced course I'm the strenu-
Gus gridron game is without house
for the players. Although a football
house usually holds, besides the train
err from twenty-five to thirty players.
severa! assistants to the trainer, chef
and corps of walters, there Is only
one mind In that house from the time
IL opens until the men break training
at the seasons end, and that Is the
trainers.
All responsibilities for the physical
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-23

each does his allotted task. and IL he
discovers that any player Is being
worked too hard for any reason what
soever he takes that man out of the
game entirely or directs the coach to
ease up on him. and the coach must
do It.
Also as the men are injured the
trainer rushes them to the gym-that
Is. provided no bones are broken or
other serious injuries sustained.
Practice usually lasts for ain hour
and half. In that time each man IL
instructed not only In team play. but in
his own speciality. the object of 1t all
being ultimately to make eleven units
work beautifully as one. Sometimes
the practice is discouraging. some
times highly pleasing to coach and
trainer and players alike.
For the first week of training each
player. as rule will lose several
pounds of flesh after practice. A fat
man will get rid of seven or eight
pounds, a man of average avoirdupois
a pound or less.
For several days following the first
week of practice il is the rule of the
players to put on from eight TO ten
pounds apiece; then as the training
becomes more severe they drop back to
normal and remain there throughout
the rest of the season.
A chart of the weights is kept by
the trainer and by means OF 1t he is
greatly aided in determining the pc
culiarities of training that he needs
to bring the player to the height of
physical c2udition and to keep him
there until his last football duty Is
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-23

morning II is callsthenics, perhaps. or
the medicine ball, or walk of two or
three miles, finishing with a sprint of
q hundred yards. Frequently there are
punting and drop kicking by the kick
ers excused from the other exercise.
once back at the football house.
those Tan who have perspired freely
rub themselves down, all dress for
breakfast, and right on the minute set
for IL the meal begins. At the head of
the varsity table sits the trainer one
OF his assistants occupies II similar
position at the college or scrub able.
usually set in another room, and each
handler serves to each player just IA
much food as the trainer thinks that
player should have and no more. Three
times a day the food is thus doled out.
the portions being determined by the
trainers careful study of the young
athletes physical being Thus many
a player Is kept from eating too much
and If the handler sees that n player
IL not eating what he should then
steps are taken TO provide him with an
appetite.
Troubles Of the Candidates.
Many of the country's best gridlron
players enter college well skilled In
the details of good work on the grid
iron. The high water mark of pro-
ficiency attained by many leading
preparatory and public high schools
present university squads with num-
bers of promising material but even
the best of them work hard before they
land place on the team. Ahead Is "A
horde of material that Is so abun-
dantly turned out from the ranks OF
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-23

only upon a trial IN an aCtuai game
wiz the best of the twelve be able to
show his superiority on the difference
fast company win make In h.ln.
chief among the Obstacles to the
ambitious possibility" ranks the can
didate who comes To practice wearing
a varsity initiai. That letter looms
up as big as the sos! posts to the as
piring would be-" al1 It means prac-
tically all that II ico.sl 10 him. 1t Is
seldom that veteran Is displaced by
n newcomer and ain st as rarely is
the nerve found C. maEc the hard
fight. II is easier to enter the lists
for another place not fatrd ana run
chance with the best of last fall's
scrubs.
The regular has the advantage OF his
nine points possession and must be
outplaycd by a wide margin before his
inexperienced contender Will be tried.
only one noteworthy case of such dis
placement Is to he found In 1907 foot
ball. at Pennsylvania, where a saving
of nine veterans influenced Torrey to-
ward changes and gave the 1910 boys
a chance.
Besides scrubs and regulSrs T last
years team and his fellow graduates
Of the freshmen eleven To beat, I'm
many schools he finds wcl trained
products of class teams in the run
ming. At every big school these class
team stars are factor, and at some
colleges an apprenticeship of this sort
is considered necessary training. At
Michigan, in the west, there is a team
for every class in the school, and every
year these clcvens graduate skilled
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-23

sold powder o. guns or had snv Arm
pay your expenses to tournsmap.
IL golfer, you are barred " yoa
have ever competed for money, MADE
golf clubs for living or actee 3.
professional instructor for club. ppt
you can play in tournaments with pro-
fesslonals
In every sport there Ia n diTs-snt
idea Of just what an amateur sports
man II.
70 say the least, II is confusing.
The colleges are supposed to be 7nG
most strict. but even there some PFC
fessionalism Is allowed to creep IN in "A
roundabout way.
A college athlete NAV work al stv--
mcr In a harvest field and return
clean amateur, but II he plays one
game Of baseball and take! cent he
Is barred from amateur circles
That Is, if they can prove It on h'n.
over In England they have be5n
calling "simon pure" amateur the
man who played for pure love Of the
sport aud who did not work for a liv.
ing
We do not go that far in Amer!ca. Il
we dil, Harry Payne Wnitney slo
young Jay Gould would be about the
only amateur sports on the job.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-23

dropped by his dead father. There the
young man finds the master key to the
situation, love, as embodied I'm the
young schoolteacher OF the little com
munity.
AS Drake, g supposed new clerk, the
young ironmaster wins the girls love,
but Is rcpudated when his identity Is
revealed ana he is known to be the
man hated above all others of the
workers because Of his supposed in
difference to the needs of his people.
Upon this scene Mr. Hamilton and
William A, Brady, the producer. have
lavished much effort, A fourth act
brings the play to its rather unusual
and charming conclusion,
Orrin johnson as the 'ironmaster
gives lirmness of touch and sincerity
To his performance, while Miss Fran
ces Ring scores heavily throughout.
Bennett Southard Ia capital In what
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-23
TIE Symbolic Characters.

The authors description of his own
characters is sufficient index OF their
natures. They are "A cheat, a slave, Il
painted lady, a shrew, bully, a snob,
hussy a rogue. n cad, coward and
a satyr, each human enough to be rec
ognlzable at once without the subse-
quent labels he affiXes and each typi-
fying some form of selfishness and
vice. Into this congregation, and first
impressively revealed In a flash of light
that illumines the opened door, enters
the mysterious stranger, ultimately To
be known to the other dodgers as The
Third Floor Back on account of the
chamber which he occupies and for
which he unhesitatlngly pays the
grasping landlady as much as or more
than she demands. His work in the
house is to bring back to each O. the
inmates his lost better self, and to each
he appeals. and not in vain
1t IN unfortunate FOR the more sus-
tanned interest In the play that the
method of conversion mGat be the
same in each case and that the formu-
la of reformation must be repeated in
every instance, The woman who
paints her face, for instance is com
mended for her lack of vanity and as
sured OF her true beauty, whereupon
she discards her makeup; the swindler
is shamed into new attitude by tha
ready acceptance of his lies on the
part of his intended victim; the SEN
sualist Is suddenly convinced of his
own chivarous good intentions by the
others faith In their existence. And
80 II goes on throughout. But though
the means are unyarying and the re-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-23

ridge. Dye know. I've never ancoun-
tered that blessed shoal without ry
periencin' most unpleasant time. I'VE
begun to feel fidgety. restless, out ~
sorts-hatin' nysclf and hatin' tha
man who's been sl.arin' my cabin with
me. But the SEM" tiun hasn't lasted
long, Gradually the beastly morton
mas dled down and I'm quarter OF an
hour or so I've found myself pacIn' the
same deck arm In arm with the tray-
clln companion I've been positively
loathln few minutes earlier NV
dear pals, there's "A resemblance be-
tween that and marriage. The ham
piest and luckiest of married couples
have got to cross that ridge. sooner
or later there's the rough and tumble
OF midchannel to negotiate But irs
soon over, well over II only Mr.. Jack
and Mrs. Jill win understand tho situa-
ton, If only they'll say to themselves
We're on the ridge; we're In mldohan-
mel; IN another quarter OF an hour the
beat II be steady again"
This, then-this ridge or shoal 30
often reached in MARRIAGES. what Sir
Arthur has based his drama upon Ha
SHOWS a We'll TO do English couple, a
Mr.. and Mrs Blundell, who have
T.
dell bures himself I'm his business.
Zoe cultivates smart friends, smokes
cigarettes and has nice boys to tea
every day. She calls them her tame
robins, particularly Leonard Ferris.
who is described by the family friend.
Peter Mottram, as IAN unmannerly
young cub who has a nice head OF hairs
They quarrel over the plans OF a trip
TO Paris, which they have arranged on
Peters advice so that they can get
away together and patch up their dir
hculties. The trip falls through. ana
Theo leaves the house In I. rage ana
takes fiat Of his own, while Zoe goes
to Italy
Meanwhile Theo has formed a too
close friendship with a notorious wo-
man. Peter tries to bring about a
reconciliation, knowing both are
wretched. Zoe finally turns against
Leonard and tells him she will never
see him again. and, acting on impulse.
she goes TO visit her husband He, too,
has just given his companion her
congo, and he Is after the first few mo.
ments of restraint honestly glad to see.
his wife and make terms with her.
But instead of reconciliation "a quar-
rel occurs lie insults her, and she
tells him she will marry her lover IL
he will help her to obtain q divorce.
The last act Is In Leonard's fiat
Mr. Blundell and Peter come In, and
Zoe hides in the next room. They. 100.
have come to point out to Leonard. his
duty to Zoe. He declares himself will
Ing TO marry her, lie goes iato the
next room To find her that she may
tell them her decision. but she has
gone The window Is open. She has
thrown herself out and lies dead On
the pavement below,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-23

enough, though II Is withou. the fine
literary flavor of "The Servant "a the
House"
Little of Mr.. Jerome's humor has
percolated into the play, though there
Is a sort of lightness to the earlier
scene In the Bloomsbury lodging
house, with the familiar disputes about
the length OF the candles, the con-
slstency of the milk, the disappear
ance of the landl~dy's whisky and
other details of cheap and sordid life.
But the people themselves are so mean
ana unsympathetic as to be an anti
aote to the humorous inclination even
here
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-23

paid for their slaughter II is asserted
by old hunters that these animals Kill
more game than all the hunters put to-
gether. If that IL the case, It would
not only be sport but blessing to kill
these animals. II would save the game
and furnish the hunters excellent tro-
phies. The skins of all the animals
named. even the coyote, make excel
lent parlor adornments and may be
mounted or made into rugs at COM
paratiVely small cost. Why not form
IL club to XIII these animals I'm the off
season? Prizes might be offered for
the greatest number Of Kills.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-23
Forbes-Robertson Appears In New
Morality Play by J. X. Jerome;
''The Master Key and Its Merits

with "The Servant In the House" and
"a Message From Mars"
"The Third Floor Back" Is the title
applied to the humble occupant of a
back room on the third floor of "A mis-
cradle Bloomsbury lodging house. He
is none other than the Saviour. Oh
vlously. then, "rhe Passing of the
Third Floor Back" Is n play with a
message. and this it voices distinctly