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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07
Richer Than The Kiondjke,

TACOMA, July 5.-What may prove
the most rem arkable gold discovery
since the Klondike finds, has just been
made at Laclaronge, 200 miles north
OF Prince Albert, in the great hinter.
land of the province of Saskatchewan.
II. G. Hammelin and b. L. Clemens,
business men of Prince Albert, having
evidence of q rich gold area in north
ern Saskatchewan last year, QUILTED
three parties of p~rospectors. The
finds were encouraging, but not sen.
sational. This year two more parties
were sent out, and Q find of 20 eight.
inch vein of free milling gold quartz
has created q profound sensation.
A specimen from the vein is declared
by Rowsrt of the timber and mineral
land branch of Ottawa to be the
richest and best defined specimen be
has sec and that q carload OF such
quartz is enough for any one man.
Assays 80 for made from former
finds are reported to have shown
$5,178 and IS, 164 to the ton, respec.
lively, but the latest sample is de.
clared to carry from $40. 600 to $50, 600
to the ton. The finds have been made
within 40 miles OF each other.
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very territory where the original wool
was grown. From the time the wool
leaves the back of the sheep it is al.
most continuously j%ourneying, only
to make q considerable circuit of the
United States and return to the terri.
tory where it was grown.
"TEe east got a grip on the wool
business during the period when wool
growing was al eastern industry and
before the great Montana plains had
become the center of production for
the raw material. Once established,
all Influences have tended to keep the
manufacturers of the a. material In
the east apparently against the com.
mercial law that manufacturing al
be most proftably conducted, other
conditions being equal, neal to the
source of raw material and near to
the market for the finished product.
1t is probably hopeless now,sto think
that the west can ever hope to take
the bulk of manufacturing from its
present centers. but there is no reason
why eastern manufacturing should
not be divided and q sufficient proper.
ton lodged at western centers of dis.
to care for the western de.
tnand for finished goods. In many
articles, naturally requiring national
such for instance as hose,
underwear and many lines of goods
Manufactured in whole or largely of
WOOL the western demand is now suf1.
Gent to warrant q concerted effort to
produce in the west q sufficient bulk
Of these goods to make US independent
of the east"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07
SPECTATORS Are Barred.

SPOKANE. July 4.-Soldiers of for
tune and Spectators will get short
shift If they register for any of the
Indian lands in western Montana,
northern Idaho and eastern Washing.
ton, where 75O, 900 acres will be thrown
open August 8. Those who register
simply to try their luck, when they
have neither the money with which to
make the first payment nor the inclin-
alton to cultivate the land, and others
who seek land only to sell their re-
lin quishment or to hold it as an in.
vestment without making permanent
homes, are barred.
They can and may register, but in
doing so they must p~erjure themselves.
If any cases are brought to the atten-
ton OF the government and proof &C.
com panies the charge of perjury, the
offenders will face the courts. The
government desires tillers Of the soil,
who actually need homes and will
farm the lands. James w. Written,
superintendent in charge OF the open.
Ing, has sent an appeal to the registry
points, urging residents to see that
justice is done to those who are seek.
ing the land for actual settlement and
that all others are weeded out.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07
Fire Losses From the Fourth.

NAMPA, Idaho, July SIN a fire
here resulting from a lighted fire.
cracker being thrown into a stack OF
fireworks in a cigar store the losses
are estimated at $500, 600, with about
$3.50. 900 insurance. Only the prompt
arrival of apparatus from Boise and
Caldwell saved the residence part of
the town. Thirty.two stores and other
business houses were destroyed, and
the fire was SO tirece that it was i'm.
possible to save any of the contents.
One man, q guest of the Alameda no.
tel, is missing and it is thought he was
burned.
SEATTLE, July 5.-Ten fires and
two serious accidents resulted from
Fourth of July celebrations here.
One fire occurred in q fireworks store.
The blaze started when q spinwheel
started on the sidewalk and darted
into the store. In an instant the en-.
tire stock was ablaze. Cannon crack.
ers and bombs we're exploded and
skyrockets and fiery balls from Ro.
man candles we're bombarding the
building on the opposite side Of tie
street.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07
A New Heat Record.

Ell CENTRIC, CAL, July l. The
thermometer, 3 o'clock today, regis.
tered 1164, breaking all records since
temper atures were recorded here.
Yesterday the temperature reached
lis. Cotton growers claim this hot
weather is excellent for the crop. No
prostr ations are reported, but build.
ere suspended work.
SALT LAKE, July 1.-The mercury
crossed the century mark today for
the first time since 1901. At l O'Clock
the government thermometer registered
101. This temper sture has been ex.
ceeded but once In Salt Lake, and that
was In 1880, when 102 was reached.
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WESTERN MANUFACTURES.

The ecent excursion of St. Paul
business menl although Montana has
caused q renewaliof the discussion as
to the desirability of bringing the
factory a the farm. A press
bulletin fromiSt.IPaul discourses the
upon theisubject to this effect:
"Why enot spin and manufacture
Montana wool in ST.. Paul and the
other great commercial centers of the
northwest?"&This is the question put
by a leading St. Paul business man
whose attention has been largely
drawn to Montana by the recent ex-
cursion Of leading merchants through
that state by special train. He as
serts, and his opinion is backed by
the belief of a number of prominent
men, that a concerted effort would be
sufficient to establish the manufacture
of wool products in the northwest,
and divert to the home territory an
immense amount of business which is
now handled by far eastern manufac.
turers Of yarn, knit goods and all the
products into which western wool en-.
ters.
"Montana wool passes through
Minnesota and transfers at St.. Paul
annually by the hundreds of car.
loads" this authority continued. ut
goes largely to the Boston market,
there to be sold to spinners of yarns
and other users Of the raw material.
The yarn is spun, It enters into manu-
fsctured articles, the manufactured
product is sold ct eastern mile,
transported to the great wholesale
warehouses at St. Paul and from this
point sold in small lots back into the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07
TIRED OF TARIFF TALK.
Senate May Reach Vote at End Of
Present Week.

WASHINGTON, July At is expect.
ed by senators generally that the sen.
ate will reach q vote on the passag of
the tariff bill By the end of the week.
The measure has been before the sem
ate so long that men of all factions
are becoming tired OF it, as has been
made evident since the action on Fri
day last on the income tax question.
That subject was regarded as the cul.
min atingIissue and, with it disposed
of In accordance with the finance com.
mittee's view, the opponents Of that
organization seem to have lost all
heart.
At l o'clock tomorrow afternoon the
senate will enroll its vote on the prop
osition for q constitutional amend.
ment looking to:the levying OF an in.
come lax. Senator Brown of Nebras.
ka is the author of the resolution on
which the vote will be taken, but the
proposition is part Of the general ad.
ministr alton scheme with reference to
the income and corporation taxes.
1t is thought the resolution will run
the gauntlet of the conferences and
become q law, so that before long the
various states will be called upon to
cay whether they desire . federal in.
come tax. Twelve states can defeat
that provision.
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Terms Of District Court, 1909.

CHOUTEAU COUNTY.
Tuesday, August "a.
Tuesday, November o.
VALLEY COUNTY,
Tuesday, September p.
Tuesday, November 16.
TETON COUNTY
Monday, August 2.
Monday, November l.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY z, 1909.
TLLMAN AND THE TARIFF.

tariff legislation vas so little heard
OF "a tariff for e only as in the
prolonged debate over the Payne.Ald'
rich bill that ended in the sen ate yes
terday. For seventy days the members
Of the upper house Of congress die.
Guessed the billlsent to il from the
house and at all times the old familiar
slogan of the democrats of former
days was heard but q few times.
Southern democratic have shown .
disposition to be friendly to q pro.
tective tariff ss they never have be.
fore and even so~me)western democrats
are not averse to thigh tariff when the
things in which their constituents are
particularly interestedHare involved.
Yesterdays Senator Tillman appealed
to the senate for Q ten.cent tax on tea.
But the senator from lSouth Carolina
wanted it knownithatlhe at least based
his advocacy for such . schedule on
the fact that it would bring q sub.
stantisl revenue to the government.
Nine millions for revenue and 81, 200
for protection, declared the senstor.
However averse cthe senator from
South Carolinaimay ;bes to admitting
It, the f~act9remains that the south is
gradually!chsnginR it's :views On the
tariff. The south for years has been
% important manufacturer of cotton
goods; its iron mile lcompete with
those Of Pennsylvanislsnd In various
branches Of manufscturingt the south
ern states have become q factor. So
when Senator Tillmsn asks the senate
to tax the people of the United States
more than 5000, 900 q year for the
benefit of q handful of South Caro-.
lima tea growers, be does it, as q
matter Of fact, for the benefit Of that
industry and not because of his desire
to raiseyrevenue for the federal gov.
eminent.
Tillman's attitude is further evi.
dence, if it we're needed, that the tariff
is q local question. Tillman is quite
willing that the people of America
should support an industrysemploying
. few hundreds or thousands of men
In South Carolina because his state
has a special interest in that industry.
As a matter of fact there is no justi6.
cation for a heavy duty on tea. South
Carolina could not hope to compete
with the orient in the matter of tea
culture. After years of effort the
state produces q verys small portion
OF the tea used in this country. II the
industry must have help, let the state
government assist it; q federal subsidy
would be preferable to q tax In which
the entire'country would participate.
When such radicals IS Tillman urge
congress to impose q heavy protective
tariff, it is not surprising that the
question has grown 90 complex. The
country is wearyllwith; the discussion
and there will be general relief when
the conferencelcommittees get down to
real work and try to restore order out
of chaos. Then, land not until then,
will the peopletknow whether there has
been q revision up or downlof the old
schedule. Butte Inter Mountain.
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"PHinto All the News.ss

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OFFICIAL PAPER OF cHoUrEAu COUNTY

AZ letters and communications containing mat
~ Intended for publication in this paper should
- sddressed to "TAs River Press" and the name
1feAs scrtter must b given ~t0.insxre attention.
Local eduertisements rW be Inserted In these
~eeIusns at the rate Of ten cents per line from
6rsnsient and toe cents per MneJr0m regular ad-
0lvtJstrs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-03
Ocean Yacht Racing.

Lovers of nautical sport must be inn
pressed by the extensive programme of
blue water yacht racing arranged for
this season. For many years outside or
ocean racing was in a state Of coma,
and its awakening in recent seasons has
been gradual. It's lovers were wont to
trace it's temporary cessation to the
baneful influence OF the Americas cup
contests and the class OF ultra racing
machines which it developed. There
Is doubtless some truth in the assertion
that these international contests devel-
oped a class Of yachts quite unsuitable
TO cruising conditions and thereby made
racing undesirable to that large class of
yachtsmen who had formerly FASTENED
10 enter in any regatta their comfort
able cruisers, never skinned out but
always literally supplied with the good
things OF the marine world.
These old time cruisers combined
speed with scagoing qualities. and the
historic threshes through combing seas
in search OF Brenton Reef or Cape HAY
cups-or better still, for the supremacy
OF the western ocean between Sandy
Hook and Daunt's Rock fills many Of
the most brilliant pages VI the book Of
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THE SUN, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1909.

glory was born in Springfield, Mass.
nineteen years before. Splendid as his
civil war record was, il won him only
a second lieutenancy Of infantry in the
regular army. Thirty-two years later,
at the outbreak Of the Spanish war, he
had climbed l%aboriously to the grade
Of Lieutenant Colonel and was doing
desk work in the AdjutantG Generals
office, the same modest, refined and
reticent mar as ever, as far removed
in look and port from the typical soldier
as could be imagined. His services in
the Spanish war at the capture OF Manila
and in the war in the Philippines as
commander Of the American army are
fresh tn the public mind. We have
always thought that If ARTHUR MAC
ARTHUR had not embraced q military
career he would have been an eminent
publicist and civil executive, for his
reports and addresses az military Gov
ernor Of the Philippines and his speeches
at banquets since his return to this
country show him In the light Of a
clear headed student Of affairs who has
the command OF a vigorous style.
At sixty-four General MACARTHUR is
still young in spirit, and we cannot
believe that his usefulness is ended.
The army salutes a brave soldier as
he r~etires; civil life welcomes him and
will at ono proceed to place him on
the active list.
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Triumph OF Virtue.

A play which was assailed as indecent
by all the dramatic critics has beer
withdrawn by it's proprietors in the in
terest of public morality. 1t had but
one representation, and that appears
to have been one too many. Naturally
a virtuous populace will be highly graft.
fed BY this solicitude on the part Of the
theatrical profession for morals and
good manners.
1t will be observed that this play was
stopped without the intervention Of the
pulpit or any Mysteries in the press,
Here is an extraordinary incident, then,
worthy of close study. Has the sensi-
tiveness OF the managers become sud-
denly acute?
Let it be remembered that the crit
ical writer's, besides saying that the play
In question was immoral, also recorded
other judgments against it. They de-
clared that it was hopelessly dull, stupid
and tiresome, They asserted that its
pathos was laughable. it's comedy
mournful. They described its incidents
as threadbare expedients OF hack
writers. They denied that il was orig
inal, moving or interesting. They pro-
dicted for it failure, and even a critic
may prophesy correctly at times.
What would have been the fate of
this dramatic essay II the critics had
written it down as ~shockingly democrat
izing, but bright, well written, original
and capable Of pleasing?
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The Crime Of Being Rich

To rHs EDITOR OF TIE suN-Str: Since the
death Of = promlnen, New York business man
have read obituaries OF him which spoke OF hl'
holiness Of character and Of bis Kind eots. with
the close Of bis earthly career why snoaio We men
ton Any but those superior rahnf
In he Outlook I red another account OF his
life, mentioning his nne qualities, yet ending the
article by practically pTonouncins bis bushes.
methods dishonest. This nulihed the good
which had been said Of him. Under these cir
ounstsnces Is II not cowsrdiy 10 speak evil oI
a dead man who cannot defend himselff Tit
rich do much for the poor.
Why will not the press encourage the children
fathers have startedf The ready criticism Of
the wealthy discoursses them and makes clsst
feeling more bitter. NJ o. II.
NEW LoNpo Conn.,. June l.
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The following explanation Of the COLI
sion between the Zeppelin ainship and a
tree at Goppingeu has been published in
Germany:
The helmsman ported his helm, when ordered
TO siarbosrd Il. Ms physical endurance wa,
almost spent. he having steered nearly the Who'll,
journey"
We hope the culprit was not the Count
himself, whose hand Ii often on the helm
In his voyages through space; but IL he
was really responsible for the disaster
caused by grounding on an u~mbrageoua
reef. it may be pleaded for him that
as a veteran Of the Franco German war
and an illustrious landlubber he could
not be expected 10 know port from star.
board. We submit that the incident Is an
argument for the employment OF seamer
on sirships. There eve was q landsmar
who could tell port from starboard in an
emergency.
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Undoubtedly the two great events
scheduled for the ext t-enty-four hours
hereabouts VI the eclipse Of the moor
and the parade and review Of Commits.
sioner EpwARDs's well disciplined white
winged neighbors OF godliness. Nothing
need be said Of the eclipse except that Il
is to occur soon after dinner this evening
and Is Of the we'll known total variety,
The parade Is of 4 sort that has not beer
seen since the days Of Colonel WABrNo
The place IL Madison Square. and the
time half past . O'Clock. Not only In
recognition Of the loyal and valuable SER
vices OF the street cleaning force Of the
city Of New York and for the encourage
ment Of the morale Of the department.
but also for the sake OF the spectator
who appreciates an unusual and interest
ing spectacle, We commend the occasion
to our fellow citizens.
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may select and acquire property, and
neither mentions o hints at any pre-
hminary appeal to the people on the
matter. Nevertheless in our humble
judgment the attempt OF the commits
sioners to draw funds from the State
treasury, the effort to issue bonds, the
validity of such bonds themselves,
would offer interesting questions Of It'll
cation, with every constitutional advan-
tage with the attack.
The plain fact appears to be that the
Hon. EDGAR TRUMAN BRACKET wanted
the money-he didn't ARE how It came,
but he wanted the funds. His desire
was from the point Of view OF his con-
stituency as commendable a his polit-
ical necessity was acute. The Governor
on his part, for we do not
fathom, was quite willing to humor his
friend the president OF tho Hughes
State League to this extent II the cost
could be kept out OF the budget and the
responsibility for allowing such an UNI
necessary item in the face OF a large
deficit actually avoided. In changing
the bill from an appropriation to a bond
issue, however, u judgment is that
these eminent constitutional lawyers
overlooked the constitutional regula-
tons regarding bond issues. If our
conjecture is correct the result is
plainly unfortunate for both, for the
Governor must assume the responsible
ity for a wanton extravaganza and the
most eminent of ~Saratogans will be
forced to make a difficult explanation to
a somewhat censorious constituency.
The fact that the State Constitution
still exists will probably surprise many
OF our readers. 1t Is, it is true, in a bad
state of repair, but so far as we know 1t
has never actually been repealed. Nor
do we think there Is any ultimate solace
for CHARLES EVANS HUGHES and EDGAR
TRUMAN BRAcKETT in the celebrated
opinion Of CAMPBELL, j., that the Con-
stitution is not binding between friends.
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In Respect Of Lem Ons.

All this debate over the
tariff on lemons could have been avoided
had the Department Of Agriculture
formally devoted more time to finding
places for them to grow in this country
The attack on the lemon schedule seemed
to be inspired chiefly by hostility To
California's monopoly Of the domestic
product, but suppose Secretary WILSON
years ago had shown us how TO raise
lemons in Utah, Arizona, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Texas and other Statesl
Would any one now dare to challenge
such a serried front Of infant indus
tries?
We are sure Secretary WILSON could
have managed it If he had been willing
to divert some of his best talent to the
purpose or II he could have f~oreseen
the acrimonious consequences Of letting
lemons alone. It was our opinion at
the time that the Department was Law
ishing too many of it's s%olicitudes on
peachblows and hog cholera. There
had been q loosening up, to be sure, and
solemn scientific expeditions had been
launched in respect Of phones. a most
delightful nut found in various parts
of Mexico, but it soon appeared that
phones grew wild in great p~rofusion
on our side of the line, and the talent at
onoe returned to we'll beaten paths.
Even then lemons escaped the argus
eye of the searcher for new claims upon
the credulity Of a gaping public and for
powerful aperients in respect Of the
national strong box. Salaried science
overlooked not only the lemon pure and
simple but its variants and possible
substitutes--the grapefruit, for e1-
ample, which for all we know may be
adaptable to the Adirondacks, under
proper care; the sour orange Of the
Southern States, which is hardy enough
to flourish in Indiana and Missouri, and
isn't 20 monstrous bitter after all; these
and other substances and preparations
which might gladden. Sunday school
picnics and Tammany excursions, and
mono the wiser until next day, were for
some mysterious reason overlooked.
But to our dying day we shall insist
that lemonade is not the poor man 8 drink,
and that the tariff on lemons does not
curtail the horny handed in the matter
of his imbibitions. We stand pat on
fhic
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yachting; but the racing machines
with their huge sail plans and their
exaggerated overhangs, designed to
beat the rules were not the craft
for bold plunges into the heave Of the
offshore sea.
With the introduction Of rules intended
to tax the freaks and encourage the
designing Of sound seagoing craft
yacht racing M more moved toward
its original conditions, in which the
power and endurance OF the craft were
factors second only to speed and the
grip to windward. The present season
promises some outside aces OF high
interest. Old time fanatics may pray
for q blow, but reasonable sport lovers
will be satisfied with such weather as
will enable the racers to get over the
courses without carrying away top
masts or splitting sails.
Here's good luck to them ALL May
their backstays never play tricks. May
their halyard hooks " pull out.
May their balloons never collapse. May
their bobstays never-no, never-behave
as bobstays are prone to do in the jump
Of a sea, and may it never get up such
a pitch that the steward cannot serve
hot coffee-or other beverage-both
before and after the sun is over the
foreyard.