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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10
HOG CHOLERA SERUM.
Discovery Of Government Specialist
Proves E~ficacious,

Discovery Of Government Specialist
Proves E~ficacious.
After a thirty day test, which was
conducted by experts under the most
rigid supervision Of the United States
government and the Kansas City
Stockyards company, the unquestioned
efficacy Of the serum discovered by DR..
NJ. Dorset, a government specialist, for
the prevention of hog cholera has been
demonstrated. OF a poison squad Of
thirty-five hogs thirteen which were
not immunized at the beginning of the
test are dead and twenty-five which
were treated are perfectly healthy in
an isolated pen.
The twenty-five were subjected to
every conceivable form of cholera ex-
posture, and the thirteen which sue
cumbed to the disease died in pens
with the twenty-five at various times
during the progress of the tests. The
carcasses of the dead hogs were per-
mitted to remain in pens with immu-
nized animals sometimes two or three
days.
Every opportunity was given the
twenty-five to succumb to the disease.
Under normal conditions, it is said,
every hog would be dead. The fact
that the twenty-five did not die is
absolute proof, those who conducted
the tests declare, that the serum is an
%unfailing preventive of hog cholera.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10

elected to the state senate. In 1905 he
was elected lieutenant governor and
was reelected in 1908.
Mr. Eberhart's name originally was
Olson. In Mankato, where he former
~ lived, there were half a dozen or
more Adolph Olsons. resulting in much
confusion Of identity. So when the fu-
ture state official was married he
asked the court to permit him to take
the name Of his wife.
The death of John A. Johnson re-
moved a man whose loss is felt keen
~ not only in his own state, but
throughout the country. His winning
personality and ability had won him
great popularity everywhere.
The career of Johnson is a most in
teresting one. The son of wretchedly
poor parents, he rose to be chief exec
utive of a state and achieved a repu-
tation that made him a strong presi-
dental possibility. Although a Demo-
crat, he had thrice been elected gov.
ernor of Minnesota, a strong Repub-
lican state.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10
THE NEGRO EXPLORER.

Matthew Henson, Who ACCOMPANIED
Peary to tho North Pole.
A man whom the colored race have
reason to feel proud of is Matthew
Henson, the negro who was in the final
dash for the north pole with Com
mander Peary. Henson Is a native of
the District of Columbia and forty-two
years old. For the past eighteen years
he has been with Peary on his explor-
Ing trips to the far north. He made
his first trip to the arctic in 1891 and
has been going year after year.
What l wanted most at the north
pole was Il SMOKE" said the colored
explorer recently in speaking of the
achievement. II was very tired, as I
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10
Into the Great Loneliness.

The more we think of all that was
and will be the paler will grow that
which is actually happening. When
we live with the dead and die their
deaths. what then are our ''neighbors''
to us? We grow lonelier for the very
reason that the whole flood of human
ity is surging round us. The fire with
in us. which is glowing for all that is
human, is eve ON the increase, where
fore we look upon all that surrounds
us as though it had become more in
different, more shadowy.-Nietzsche.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10
J0HNS0N'S SUCCESSOR.
Career Of New Chief Executive Of Min.
neSota.

Career Of New Chief Executive Of Min.
nesota.
The successor of the late John A.
Johnson. governor of Minnesota. is
A. o. Eberhart. formerly lieutenant
governor Of the state. Mr.. Eberhart
is a Republican and has been promi-
nent in politics in the North Star
State for some time. He possesses
executive ability of a high order. is a
splendid orator and is in every way
we'll qualified to ill the high Office.
Mr.. Eberhart was born in Sweden
th%irty-eight years ago, but went to
Minnesota in 1881. He attended the
public schools and was afterward
graduated from Gustavus Adolphus col
lege as a minister of the gospel. Soon
after graduation he abandoned church
work.
For many years MI. Eberhart has
been interested In politics and has
worked hard for the success Of the
party. He was at one time
clerk of the United States circuit and
district courts and later was United
States commissioner for the district of
In 1903 and 1905 he was
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10
The ESkifn0S
In Arctic
Achievements

every expedition to the frozen
north since the very 1rst the Es-
kimo and his dog have been prom
inent figures. According to their
respective narratives, the Eskimo was
with both Cook and Peary when the
final goal was reached after long years
Of disappointment, but he is spoken
of by neither explorer as a hero nor
as ~betraying any part of the white
mans jubilation. He had been hired
to make the dash, they had succeeded,
and he had earned his guns and knives.
The north pole was no more to him
than the south-no more than any 9TH
er part of the frozen region.
The Eskimo knows the fee as the
Indian knows the plains. If sadly
lacking in intelligence in other direc-
lions, his knowledge of natural condi-
lions about him has saved some of the
expeditions from being totally over
whelmed and all from more misfor-
tunes than actually befell them. With
out him as a hunter, fisherman, dog
driver, hut builder and guide the
north pole would still be a mystery
today. The present day explorer takes
Eskimos and no white men in his final
dash for the simple reason that every
white man is a hindrance to the prog
ress Of the party. He is not used to
conditions, is not weathered to live on
raw food, like the Eskimo, and nat
urally consumes nor food and the
kind Of food that has to be taken along.
Aside from this, there is the great
fact that the Eskimo naturally is the
greatest dog driver in the world, and
where a white man can push his dogs
over a stretch Of fifteen miles Of ice
the Eskimo can wear them over twice
the distance and not tire out the AMI
mails half as much. He knows condi-
lions, he knows the temperament Of
the dogs, and he knows how to drop
his animals for a rest Of two or three
minutes at a time that means more
recuperation than half an hours rest
at another part of the journey.
DR.. Cook had with him on his final
dash two Eskimo youths only twenty
years old. and Eskimos also reached
the pole with Peary. One Of the latter
made the long and dangerous journey
to win the hand of the girl he loved.
His reward. a boat, a rife, ammuni-
ton, knives. ETC., was riches that
would enable him to wrest his arctic
sweetheart from a stubborn father.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10
The Life of a Bio Gun,

In his testimony before the house
committee Rear Admiral Mason re-
Gently estimated the life of an eight
inch gun at 200 rounds. AS first con-
structed the twelve inch gun began to
deteriorate by erosion at 80 rounds,
but by reducing the velocity and using
a broader copper ri6ing band its life
has been extended to about $50 rounds.
After $50 rounds it would be neces-
sary to refine the gun at a cost of
$4,000, which is about one-fourth the
first cost Of the gun.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10
Proper Heat For eabbitt Metal.

The greatest mistake in using bah
bitt metal is heating too hot before
pouring. says Popular Mechanics.
When the metal is hot enough to light
q small pine stick it is ready to pour.
Never heat the metal until it shows
red. Babbitt that has been overhead.
ed or burned crystallizes and when
poured is brittle, hard and not .homoge-
neous Never mix overheated metal
with the good hoping to restore 1t, as
such mixed metal will be brittle.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10
Very Nifty.

We notice a new style of humor that
mas broken loose in the eastern fun
making magazines. 1t is so deep and
subtle that not every reader can tum-
BILE to 1t at first, but after they do we
presume their sides shake with laugh.
ter: We hope it will become popular,
as we could write it all day with our
eyes shut. Here is the idea:
Tea is usually served in a teacup.
A debt may be paid with money.
Pants are worn by men.
To ride on a railroad train buy a
ticket and get aboard.
Ice put in water will cool the same,
When hungry. eat.
Isn't it too cute for anything?
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10
Chicken and Wit,

A country minister in the course of
his dining out ON the circuit came to a
house where roast chicken was served
for dinner. He had previously en-
countered a series Of corn beef din
ners. and the chicken looked good.
"Well." the clergyman remarked,
"here's where that chicken enters the
ministry!
Hope it does better there than in
lay work." rejoined the host.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10

tate $3O,OOO,OW. wid-
DIV received $4,000 600 in lieu of dover;
Mrs. Charles I. Yerkes. husbands es-
tate $1,5OO.OOO. widow received $780,.
OO0; Mrs. William K. Thaw. husbands
estate $2O.0OO.O 900. widow received So.
100000; Mrs. H. o. Havemeyer, hus.
bands estate $20.OOO.0O widows por-
ton. an annuity Of $4,000 and a home:
MIS-. William B. Leeds. husbands es.
tate $SO.OOO.OOO. widow received life
estafe in nlajor portion with remain.
der to children: Mrs. Phoebe Hearst.
huseand's estate 3 .00O.O0O, widow
reserved one-half absolutely and all e
estate II she did not NJ
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10

ture. 1t is so arranged that the move
ment Of the armature away from the
magnet when a closed circuit is used
or toward the magnet when an open
circuit is used releases the lever, allow
Ing the gears to start. The center
gear, which engages with the end of
the blowing lever, makes one blast of
the whistle at every revolution.
The weight is used in preference to
springs, because it does not change it's
tension and when n adjusted only
requires to be occasionally rewound.-
Popular Mechanics.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10
Her Next Role.

One of the wittiest of Parisians, in a
friends box at the opera. was listening
to "Thais," or. rather. trying to do SO.
for his hostess talked necessarily and
deadened tt music with her shrill
voice. At the end Of the opera she in
vited him to the next subscribers night.
"With pleasure" replied he. II have
" heard you in Faust" \
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10
A Persistent Benedict,

A forlorn looking specimen Of a
tramp stopped a banker on the street
in New York and begged him to buy a
plain ring which he held out. II am
starving, sir. and it's my wife's we'd
ding ring" walled the tramp as he
burst into tears.
The banker looked at the tramp a
second and then broke out furiously:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10

ana annual income
of 100000; Mrs
Charles T. Barney.
husbands estate 49,
widow re-
ceived all; Mrs. Ros-
we'll p. Flower, hus-
bands estate $780,
600, widow received
bulk Of the estate:
Mrs. James Henry
Smith, husbands es-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10
HuInOr and
Philosophy
TIMELY HINT,
D. DUNCAN n. Smith

WE meant
w TO speak of it sooner.
So careless
In US to overlook It'll
You'll forgive US.
Won't you?
That's a dear.
In the busy
Rush of life
We sometimes grow careless
And neglect
Our obvious
And most important duties.
OF course
It slipped our mind.
That goes
Without saying.
We do not offer
That
AS an excuse;
Just as an explanation.
There is no excuse
For such
A palpable oversight.
True,
we have been so busy
Getting a living,
Preparing for vacation.
Giving advice
To the weather man,
Reading the tariff bill.
working in the garden.
Looking at airships
And performing other
Imperative duties
That we have overlooked
And neglected
Matters of moment,
However,
Better late than never,
So
Here goes!
Everybody listen
And heed this word Of wisdom,
IT'S this:
Buy your Christmas presents earl
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10
Felt Heavier.

"Strange that a pound Of lead should
weigh no more than a pound of feath-
ers."
Doesn't it,"
"Certainly not"
Have some one hit you with a pound
of each and see"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10
Learning Youno,

Learning Young.
INA. what is a pippin"
"A kind of fruit"
1T amt either"
"What makes you think SOP"
PA saw the other day when we
were out walking, and there wasn't
any fruit store near"
"Thatu cost your pa a new DRESS"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10

"You lying rascal! l bought your
wife's wedding ring from you only last
week to save you from starvation.
You are an impostor."
"Me an imposter!" cried the tramp in
tones Of indignation. Not at all. sir.
This ring belongs to my second wife.
I was married again last Monday"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10
Aluminium Wears Best.

Experiments in abrasion conducted
at a French mint have proved that
aluminium coins will be less rapidly
Worn by use than coins made Of gold.
silver or even bronze.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10
Spur.

"Just at this point the explorer got
cold feet"
II suppose he stopped right there"
mo; he pushed on. Cold feet are
normal in north pole di~scoverers."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10
Morse Still.

PreServc me from the candid man,
But. Oh. let me keep shady
When somewhere in the neighborhood
Appears the candid lady!
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10
WHISTLE BLOWING DEVICE.
Electrically Operated Machine For
Sounding S~i1naIs,

Sounding SiJnaIs.
The whistle blowing machine hare
with shown Is composed of a standard.
a seventy-five pound weight. three
gears, a set of fans. IL blowing lever
and the necessary electrical i~nstalla-
ton to release the weight. 1t will op-
crate any whistle in any system. the
length Of the blast being determined
by the speed of the gears and being
regulated by the fans.
The gears are held in check by a re-
lease lever, the end of which rests on
the studs of an electric magnet arma-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10
Easy.

II bound to get some trouble
BY either hook or crook
You always know before you start
You won't have far to look.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10
Quite Appropriate,

"What is she going to name her
twins?"
: "She is thinking of calling them both
William"
whats the idea?"
"Aren't they a double Bill?"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10
Useful information.

HE insulted a pugilist and made a
great discovery"
"What was it?"
"That he had a solar plexus."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10

had been working more and sleepin
less on the last four days than ut an
other time on the journey.
"Why." he replied to the query as to
how he felt when he got to the pole,
1T didn't much different, but l
would have liked a smoke. You see.
when I'm down here l like to smoke
all the time. Once we get into the
Ice, though. we use no tobacco or
liquor; we just go along on tea. crack.
ers and pemmican. So it struck me
while we were waiting there with the
pole right under feet that a good
smoke would do me good"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10

Ahs world. 1t was the
greatest tribute perhaps ever paid by
an American man to an American wo-
man, but was no surprise to those who
knew that Mrs. Hartman was in u
wonderfully large measure responsible
for the success of the master railroad
builder. He had the greatest conf
dence in her judgment and considered
her advice so valuable that he would
often change his plans concerning
matters of financial import after con
su1ting her.
Mrs. Hartman brought considerable
money to her husband at a time when
he needed it most. He had made ii
brilliant beginning. but capital was
what he lacked. and he found it with
his bride. That little fortune was the
foundation upon which be reared the
mountain Of wealth that now passes
unreservedly to his wife.
Only one American fortune AZ.
preaching this in vastness and impor,
lance has ever been left to a woman
That woman is Mrs. Russell Sage, who
inherited a fortune exceeding $4,000.
600. Mrs. Sage has given away i'm
mense sums since her husbands death
for educational and humanitarian pur-
poses.
Another very wealthy American
woman is Mrs. Hetty Green, whose
fortune is estimated to be over $780,
100000. Mrs. Green is now seventy
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10
Americas
Women of
Great Wealth

ANOTHER name
"A has just been
added to the
long list Of wealthy
American
that of Mrs. Edward
H. Hartman, who
recently inherited
the vast fortune of
her husband, max.
ing her. it Is be-
lieved. the richest
" o m a n in t e
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-07-24
SHERIFF WILL TOUR
IN STOLEN AUTO
UNITED Press Leased wlre.l

Seattle, Wash. July 24-Although
the county commissioners have just
refused to purchase an automobile
for the use of Sheriff Hodge, the sher-
in doesn't mind. He has hit upon a
scheme by which he will enjoy an
automobile tour without the a'd of
the commissioners.
W. l.. Reckhard Is now held at
Dungmuir. CAL, on the charge of
having stolen a big touring car from
local garage. Sheriff Hodge, ac-
companied deputy last night fon
the, California town, and will COM
pei Reckhard to drive the car over
land to Seattle. and retnrn II to the
garage from which he rented Il as
partial punishment, and incidentally
TO AFFORD the big sheriff an opportu-
nifty to view the splendid California
and oregon scenery to be seen on the
way.
The sheriff and his deputy will SIT
In the rear seat while the prisoner
operates the machine. The trip will
take four days and at night Il Is plan
ned to lodge Reckhard in jalls along
the route.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-07-24
ROLLER THREW OLSON
IN A CLOSE MATCH
limited Press Leased wIre.I

Seattle, wash July 24.-Atter one
of the hardest struggles in his mat
career, DR.. B. f. Roller, OF Seattle
emerged winner last night over Chas
Olsen, the indianapolis wrestler. The
physician grapplos demonstrated HIS
supremacy by throwing Olson in AZ
minutes on neck and knee hold and
again in 26h minutes on leg hold
and half-nelson.
Olson gave Roller one of the hard
est tuBsles Of his experience, and the
exhibition was exciting from begin
ming to end. The Easterner showed
superior speed and science. but this
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-07-24
ALBANY PLANNING
BIG APPLE FAIR
United Press Lenaed wIrs. !

Albany, Or July 2i.-The scope
of the Albany Annual Apple Far will
he enlarged this year TO include apple
growers in all sections OF the Will
lamette valley. Fruit men will be
invited 90 make displays I'm competi-
tlon for a magnificent list OF preml-
ums
An executive committee has been
selected from the ranks of the Linn
County horticultural Society and the
Albany Commercial Club. who will
have charge OF the details OF the
event, the date Of which will he fixed
for tho early part of November The
,pergonnel OF this committee Is as fol-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-07-24

ed in gold and black, the fraternity
colors.
The members of the Kappa Alpha
Theata's new chapter are; Leila Cod
dard, Kate Fullerton, Susan Hayes,
Frances Nelson, Gladys Mckenzie,
Adele Goff, winifred Hadley, winl-
fred Cockerline, Eva Allen, Frances
Oberteuffer Mary DeBar, Lucia
Campbell, Cecile Wilcox, Hazel
Brown Aline Thompson, Hazel Nc
Nair. lone Lambert, Fielda Nc
elaine, Jessie Bibee, Mildred Bagley,
Merle MacKelvey and Jane Knox
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-07-24

lows: From the Horticultural socie-
ty: e. w. Cooper, w. A. Eastburn,
II. Bryant; from the Commercial
Club: c. II. Stewart, j. A. Howard,
f. M. French.
The committee has effected perma-
nent organization by the election Of
the following officers and sub-commit
teees: Chairman, E. w. Cooper;
secretary and treasurer, w. A. East
burn; publicity manager, Wallace r.
Struble; finance committe, H. Bryant,
e. w. Cooper F. NJ French; premium
list committee, J. A. Howard. c. II.
Stewart. w. A. Eastburn.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-07-24
BETTER THAN SPANKING

spanking does not cure children ol bed.
wetting. There II constitutional cause for
this trouble. Mrs. NJ. Summers, BoX W.
Notre Dame, Ind. will send free to any mother
her succcssful home treatment. with full
instructions, Send no money but write her
today II your children trouble you In this
way. Don't blame the child, the chances are
II can't help Il. This treatment also cures
adults aud aged people troubled with urine
dinculties BY day or night
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-07-24
SOCIET Y

tions we're nasturtiums and red can
dies. Miss Sylvia Jones and Miss
Rankin are now at Seattle attending
the exposition.
Miss Alta Hays was given fare
well surprise by fifteen of her friends
Thursday evening at her home on
Thirteenth street. outdoor games
we're enjoyed and afterwards refresh
ments were served.
Mrs. Fred A. Erixon and daughters
Gertrude and Hazel will leave August
II for an extended trip through East
ern States. They will visit the expo
sltion at Seattle and will also make
short stay in Victoria, b. c., going
from there direct to New York City.
on their return they will stop at
Niagara Falls, Washington, d. c.,
Chicago, indianapolis, Kansas City
and other points of interest along the
line. They expect to bo gone about
six weeks.
Miss Angenatha Reddicopp and
Mr.. V. A. johnson, of Polk county,
we're married last Saturday evening
at the home of Mr.. John Carmichael
on Winter street. Only few friends
we're present. They left Sunday
morning for Idaho. where they will
make their home. Both are promi-
nent residents OF Dallas and Mrs.
johnson has "A large list of friends
IN Salem.
About twenty young people were
up on Fairmount Heights Friday
morning and enjoyed sunrise break
fast They had beautiful scenery
for the first course. first rays OF the
sun for the second, and buttered sun
shine on toast for the third, and all
came home In the electric palace
cars to merry music made by them
selves.
Miss Kate Scott Is home from n
few weeks vacation on the pictures
que Clackamas. about Estacada.
Miss Della Biggs. of the telephone ex-
change force, remained few days
longer at the pretty summer resort
on the o. w. p, carline.
An event OF interest In Portland
this week was the granting OF Alpha
Xi chapter OF Kappa Alpha Theta to
the Beta Epsilon sorority at Eugene.
Kappa Alpha Theta is the oldest and
most conservative fraternity in the
country. Ito first chapter was found
cd at what 10 now DePauw University
In 1870.
The installation banquet OF Alpha
N chapter was given at the oregon
grill, which was beautifully decorat-