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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
lnfatuation Causes Double Tragedy,

lnfatuation Causes Double Tragedy.
LIVINGSTON, July 12.-Crazed be-
cause of his infstu alton for Helen
Wells, IS years old, daughter of Nat
G. Wells, . we'll known ranchman re-
siding near Fridley. John Roach, Q
ranch employe, shot to death the
young woman and . moment later
ended his own existence by turning
the gun upon himself.
The tragedy occurred this morning,
when all the hands were out In the
fields. At this time Roach returned
to the houee, secured q shotgun and
then called for the girl, who WAS
working In the kitchen, to come out
into the yard. AS she came through
the kitchen door he fred upon her, the
charge passing through her chest,
killing her instantly. Without utter.
ing q word or moving from his tracks
he turned the gun upon himself and
committed suicide.
Roach has been employed on the
Wells ranch for several years and
has always had q good reputation,
He was we'll known about the little
trading point, Fridley, and was re.
spected. Those most familiar with the
circumstances cannot understand why
he committed the act. BY many it Is
believed he became suddenly insane
and became possessed with the idea
that he must kill the girl and himself.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
MONTANA FREIGHT RATES..

That bugaboo, known as high costs,
which the railroads have dragged out
Of their closets, and paraded before
the people for more than two decades,
has been relega ted to the rear.
The hearing before the state railroad
commission Thursday, demonstrated
that the railroads of Montana are
constructed for less money, are oper-
ated for less and return higher profit
than the average for the entire
country.
When the rail lines were completed
into the treasure state, the answer to
the excessive freight rates was high
cost. High cost, like a relative of the
past, was something the people seemed
TO shy from. 1t has been used as q
club in the hands of the great rail.
way corporations for years, to silence
opposition to the oppressive rates
that have been fastened upon the
shippers.
Railroad men told aud repeated the
story, and finally it was accepted as a
fact, unchallenged for years.
But light has been shed upon the
situation. The closet door has been
opened, only to ascertain that the
apartment has been minus q high cost
skeleton all these yegrs.
Really, it requires less to operate a
railroad in Montana than in the prai.
RE states.
1t is surprising, but 1t is, neverthe-
less, a fact, and the figures that prove
this statement were furnished by rail.
road men themselves, and incorpo.
rated into q formidable book Of Stats.
tics, that all who run may read.
While the railroad men insist tina,
high cost continues, they were unable
to produce a single figure bearing on
operation in this state, or in any
other state. They did not know, and
could not venture an opinion, for tina,
matter, on the question.
For two years the railroad commits
sion has sought to have the roads fur
nish the figures, showing such to be
the case, in order that the companies
might be protected against unresson'
able demands on the part OF uuress
enable shippers. The mere fact thai
the lines have failed to furnish tn,
data must be interpreted ss proc
that the figures presented, and which
the railroad men have not refuted
are q fact.
1t costs less to operate railroads i,
Montana than in prairie states. Ths
being the case, there is no earthl.
reason why Montana shippers SHOULD
be compelled to pay a rate in exces
of the rate charged in Iowa, lllinoi
or Nebraska.
II there is, it is up to the railroad
to produce the evidence.
The people of Montana have no de
sire to treat the railroads ~unjustly
but when the statement is made tina
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
BIG DEMAND FOR A N

The extent to which the pulic domain
In northern Montana Is passing into
private ownership, lie indicated in the
report of the United States land office
at Great Falls, which has just been
completed. The report covers q period
of twelve months, ending June 80, 1909.
In that portion of Choutesu county
included in the Great Falls land district
the appropriations during the past
year amounted to 112,465 scres, q re-
markedly good showing In view of the
fact that most of the desirable land
was appropriated by settlers in previ.
Gus years. In Teton county, the pub.
lie domain was decreased to the ex.
tent Of yer 408, 900 acres, more than
one.half of that area having been se.
lected by the state under the Carey
irrigation act.
The total appropriations In the
Great Falls land district during the
year amounted to over half q million
scres. OF this vast acreage over
200, 600 acres weretaken as homesteads,
over 100, 900 acres were taken up as
desert entries while state selections of
land to be irrigated under the Carey
land act amounted to nearly q quarter
million acres. At the same time the
cash receipts of the Office we're heavier
than aver before and reached the Hg.
ure of 1892, 600.
The total area of land embraced In
the Great Falls land district is;1O, O97,.
232 acres, divided by counties as fol.
lows: Cascade, 1882, 900; Chouteau,
$3.50, 632 acres; Teton, 2,513. $50; Lewis
and Clark. 70,320; Fergus. $4,000.
On June 30, 1909, the inappropriate.
ed public lands in the district we're az
follows: Cascade, 429, 1926 acres:
Chouteau, 4,257, 429 acres; Teton, L.
236, 233 acres; Lewis and Clark, 49,.
80 acres. and Fergus, 20,029 acres, q
total OF 6,O42, 627 acres of public land
unappropriated and open to entry.
There are 619, 240 acres of land re-
served, these lands being almost en-.
tirely included in forest reserves, Fort
Assinniboine military reservation,
and several large reservations for
reservoir sites for government irriga.
tion projects.
About two-thirds of the area of the
Great Falls land district remains
open to entry. the total appropriations
TO date aggreg ating 3,435, 365 acres.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
MUST ELOPE CLUB.

Members Forced to Run Away and
Wed or Pay Heavy Fine.
Elope or remain forever single. That
is one Of the rules in a club Of ten
young men Of Jersey City, N. J.. It Is
called the Must Elope club. and during
the Eve years of its existence Ave Of
its members have eloped.
There is q reason for this obedience
to the rule. II q member should be
married In the ordinary way he would
have to pay $50 into the club treas
ury-that Is, he would have to do it OF
move out Of Jersey City.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
Baby ~ Hand Baggage.

A tiny baby slept peacefully in a
small telescope" at the Union depot
in Kansas City the other afternoon.
1t was a new method Of caring for a
child on a long journey. The mother.
Mrs. Martha johnson of Kokomo, Ind,
explained that she was going to Los
Angeles and found this method saved
trouble in caring for the baby. II have
been around the depot eighteen years."
George Henry, passenger director. said.
'and I have seen babies carried about
in all sorts Of conveyanccs, but this
Is the first time I ever saw a child
'toted' about in a suit case"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21

1t costs more to operate here than
elsewhere, we want to be shown.
Instead, we witness the railroads
fighting every step to bring about a
fair rate and to maintain the present
prices. in which, If they are success.
full, they will strangle the industries
which the people of the state are en-.
~deavoring to foster.-Billings Gazette.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
Millions, For Panama Canal

WAsH1NGToN, July 12.-Forty.e eight
million dollars will be needed by the
isthmian canal commission to carry
on the work OF digging the Panama
canal during the fiscal year 1910, &C.
cording to estimates which have Been
received by Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh. The appropri alton Tor
the current year was $50, 63S, 900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
Notice to Creditors,

Estate of ]. A. Staufer, deceased.
Notice 10 hereby given by the undersigned,
administrator of the estate of ]. A. Sts1ffer,
deceased, to the creditors Of and all persons hav-
ing claims against the said deceased, to exhibit
months after the first publication Of this notice,
to the said administrator at his residence in Fort
Benton In the county of Chouteau, Montana.
W. O.. DEXTER,
Administrator of the estate of j. A. Stauner,
deceased.
Dated June 10, 1909.
First publication June 10, 1909.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
FAvORS INHERITANCE TAX.

The proposition to tax the estates of
wealthy men that are inherited by
relatives or other ~benefciaries, was
the subject of extended discussion in
the United States senate during the
consideration OF the tariff bill, but
until the Payne.Aldrich measure be.
comes q law it will not be definitely
known what disposition was made Of
the proposed new source of revenue
An interesting contribution to the de-
bate was made by Senator Dixon, of
Montana. who favors the imposition
of IN Inheritance tax, and who out
lined the situation as follows:
While all taxes are naturally re.
pugnant to those who are compelled
to pay them, it is my belief that the
general desire and intent on the part
OF the tax payer to avoid the payment
Of taxes largely arises from the almost
universal belief that they are not
levied with an even.handed and exact
justice.
Any tax levied upon the property
or the income of q person who has
earned and saved that income or
property is q direct burden placed
upon that PERSONS individual effort
and thrift, and to that extent takes
from him the net results of his effort.
The proposed tax upon Inheritance
levies no burden upon the man from
whom it is taken. In no case does It
work any hardship for it merely takes
slight toll from him who receives
wealth which he in no way helped
create.
The man who inherits wealth does
so by the accident Of birth. The very
fact that he inherits unearned wealth
gives the beneficiary q large advan-
tage over his fellow man in the strug-
gle for existence.
The fact that the state itself by law,
and not by natural right, creates and
maintains at a large cost the right of
Inheritance, gives the state the right
to take large toll for the privilege OF
inheriting wealth that the beneficiary
never created.
During the past few years the in.
heritance tax idea has appealed most
strongly to thinking men. Practically
every civilized nation except our own
has adopted it as a permanent part of
its national revenue.
The inheritance tax has been i'm.
posed by the United States govern
ment temporarily on three separate
occasions. First, by the act of July
6, 1897; second, by the act of July l,
1862; and recently by the act of
1898, that was repealed four years
later.
President Roosevelt in his message
to congress on the 4th day of Decem.
Der, 1906, said, in reference to inherit
lance and income taxes:
There is every reason why, when
our next system of taxation is revised,
the national government should i'm
pose a graduated Inheritance tax,
and, If possible, a graduated income
tax. The man Of great wealth owes a
peculiar obligation to the state, be.
cause he derives special advantages
from the mere existence of govern
ment.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
Radium In Irish Waters.

Recent experiments show that the
sea water of the coast Of Ireland is ex-
ceedingly rich in radium.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21

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, 1909-07-21
Terms Of District Court, 1909.

CHOCTEAC COUNTY.
Tuesday, August "A.
Tuesday, November %.
VALLEY COUNTY.
Tuesday, September 81.
Tuesday, November Ii.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21

ShearIn0 Plant for Sale.
A complete shearing plant of ten shears, To-
Gated about 2H miles from the Benton depot, for
sale cheap. Apply to
THE CHASE STORE.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21

Fine Book and Job Printing q spe.
at the RIVER PRESS Office.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21

Cor. Main and st. John FORT BENTON
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21

If you N going to put up q build
ing, construct q pumping or current
wheel irrigating plant, put in a steam
or gasoline engine, steam or hot water
heating plants, or build a bridge,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
SEE US FIRST,

And let Us Figure with you.
II your gasoline engine needs repairs
or attention of any kind, see US. We
furnish all kinds of supplies.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-28
BY G. E. ARNEY.

Special To The Tribune.
POCATELLO, Ida. Dec 2T.-Amone
other new enterprises acquired by The
Gate City in recent years because Of her
Ideal location is Il new independent telc-
phone system, which has so many novel
points that interest at once attaches 10
the installation here,
The new system through which folks
can talk at long range is cussless. wait
less and girllc$s Just how This system
will strike the young men Of Pocatcllo
(mark you young men) is a matter of
conjecture. In that IL is a Sirllcss In
vention.
The Idaho Independent Telephone COM
pany has nearly completed the installa-
ton OF an automatic telephone exchange
at this place. The equipment Is OF the
latest pattern of automatic telephone
With this system subscribers can call
their parties without the aid OF an OPP
orator. The telephone is equipped WIN
a dial having in il ten holes. number
party to call amy combination Of num-
bers By turning the dial You operate
three switches at the central Office; winch
makes the desired connection, and when
through talking by hanging up the re-
ceiver releases all the switches and they
are restored 10 their normal position.
and should II line he busy and a party
calls that number IL will tell YOU auto
n1atically by Il busy buzz through the
receiver, The workings of these little
switches are wonderful. They are as
near human as machinery Cdll NC lIdI's
The automatic system here Is of the
latest pattern; il is the most perfect de
vice for the purpose that science mas
produced, Operating expenses thFouei
the system are decreased 30 pcr cent; 1T
is always ready for service. never strikes,
always accurate and absolutely secret
II il In use I'm ninety cities thiouSuout
the United states at the present time.
The Idaho Independent Telephone
company is backed by tho Thaddcus 5.
Lane syndicate of Butte. Mont, and The
oIficnrs nC this company are as follows.
'Thaddcus S. Lane OF Butte. Mont, preSi-
dent: u. w. Standrod Of Pocatcllo; IDA,
treasurer. II. x Rislcy Of Butte. Mont
secretary: T Il. Focht of Pocatcllo. Ida
local mana gers. The directors are Thad-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-28
ANNUAL BANQUET PLANS
TO BE PERFECTED TODAY

plans for the next annual banquet OF
.ss Commercial club VIII be perfected at
msciing OF the banquet committee of
,s.i organization this Tuesday afternoon
af thc club. The banquet has been post
o-ed n month on account of the an
ii,.,,o,od completion of the new club
3nildinc. As this structure will not be
,"ndy ry1j;' until some time in the spring, it
y nroposed TO hoid the banquet some
,;rrs in January The date is set by the
,ommI,,ec and will be decided upon at
Ge coming meeting. IT is understood,
Hnvsycr, that either January Ii or Jan
nm oi VIII he chosen.
The banqucls OF the psst have always
BEN special feature OF ihG organization
,I,n don The fact that the membership is
Increasing rapidly and that the coming
.gair will be q gathering of new and
az members for the purpose OF becoming
S orm,aInted will make this annual ban
onsI not only the largest ever held. but
,Sc most Important with the possible
o5eenIion Of the great banquet 10 the
Grand Army veterans last winter,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-28
SHEEPMAN SAYS RANGES
ARE IN GOOD CONDITION

According To a. S. Potts. manager o!
the sheep interests OF G.. Il, stewart In
W:asotch county. there Is little suffering
among the rocks of that region. Mr.
Potts made ibis statement "r IN" sub
icct Monday.
con The western desert there is ltrlc
snow little more than sh!mminG on
the lats. or course, in th" highlands and
foothIIlS there has hCen heavier fail.
but nothing yet thAt would cause any
serious degree OF suffering among tho
nerds There Is Just plenty Of snow. and
re winter ranges could not ne M p''t'i
-ouditiou Tho snow In the hills prom
Sos good FOR ncXt year. and there iSn I
.nourh in the valleys ana flats 60 do any
larir I haven't heard of any serious
spssrs among The herds. and the sheep
non | haze met and talked with seem
. bc thoroughly satisfied with the pres
MT conditions aud prospects.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-28
Pooatello to Have ''Cussless,"
"WaitIess" and "Girlless" Telephone

deus s. Lane -. w. Standrod. II, Il. Itis
ley, Irving Whjtehousc and Frank Frost.
Jr., as McSSrs. RlSlev. Whitehouse and
Frost hold official positions with thy
Montana independent Telephone COM
pany and will be replaced as
board Of directors OF the Idaho
Independent Telephone company with
local stockholders In Pocatello.
The company has scycnty-livc stochhold-
ers in Pocatcllo at the present time and
have contracts for 900 telephones. They
will start operating about January IL.
The company has spent $4,000 in con-
structing the plant at Pocat"llo and Is
the first automatic telephone exchange III
Idaho and Syill build other exchanges
and construct their toll lines throughout
the state in the spring. giving them long
distance connections from Salt Lake
through to Montana and Washington, in
which states the company has extensive
holdings. having automatic exchanges at
Butte. Apssoula, Billings Helena and
Spokane Wash. and a number OF smaller
towns throughout both states The gem
cral Headquarters Tor the Idaho lndo-
pendent Telephone company Will he ut
this place. Mr.. Focht Is managing the
local fairs of tho company and Il :.
Johnson is handling the surcticS. They
have offices IN the Nelson building and
occupy the entire second loor FOR ex-
change and offices.
The Thaddcus S Lane syndicate has
just recently required the Interstate
Telephone company OF Spokane, Wash.
involving almost $1.0000QO and will i'm
mcdiately equip the several exchanges
with automatic service.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-28
NEW VOLUMES ADDED
TO PUBLIC LIBRARY

The following thirty volumes were
added 10 the public library Monday morn
ing, December -, 1908:
Misccllaneous-Era Oxford Lee
lures on Poetry: Chestcrton, George Ber-
nard Shaw; Farncsworth. Sophistries of
Christian Science: Culick. Mind and
WORK; lieadlam. Inns OF Court: Helm
holt History OF the World lvols. - g D.
8. 4. 81; Hobart. Alilwrichiing: Hutton,
l5occiccio: James, Meaning Of Truth
knight. Awakening. OF Turkey; Lyons.
Grammar OF Lettering: Miiatovich Ser
VIA and the Servians, Schencli, Sociology
of the Bible.
Fiction-Bell, Concentrations of Bee:
Dccplne. Red Saint; Lathbury Long
Gallery; Nicholson, Lords OF High De
cision, Rinehart, Circular Staircase
Robins. Florentinc Frame
ChlldrcnS Boulss--Blanchard Wits
End: Br2 2gdon. Autobiography OF n Pup.
Madison. Maid of the First Century, !,
I4endieton; Lost Prince 4tlmon: Rhoades,
Dorothy Brown; Wcikel. Betty Baird S
Golden Year.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-28
BUSINESS TRANSACTED
BY THE COUNTY BOARD
neIpsates Are Named and Two
Appointments Con-
firmed.

:, ,beir regular meeting ON Monday
,ounty commissioners sold n gravel
consisting OF about three acres Of
,d to samuel Nehf for $2ioo. The
-.,v n,v has owned the property for II
e .,,.,t many years and it is said that it
s,iriually cost about $500
The commissioners appointed George
xa,lor Winihm Boycc. Samuel Parry,
s,mrel Howard and David Mackay dele
- n renresent The county at the good
IL convention TO be held in this city
y January 2G, - and 9S. The three conf
Y,,ss,oucrs the county road supervisor
'nd county surveyor arc also delegates 10
rc,r,sent the county
Tbc appointments by c. V. Anderson,
..,,o5ntenacnt of the county niirmary.
II Mitchell St. Clair as steward and
o,nary were approved by the commits
sionerE.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-28
EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION
By j. FRED ANDERSON

But for the Intervention of Probation
Officer j, Fred Anderson. n slclghing
party might have come 10 grief Sunday
night and no doubt some of the party
would have been injured. The party was
composed OF girls and boys and tho bob
sleigh was being driven hy Jim Rakcr
They stopped at q drug store and Sc
cured some liquor and The driver IL is
said became so intoxicated that he fell
from his seat and cam" very near rolling
under Il street car at Fourth East and
second South streets. Mr. Anderson in
reIvcncd and sent for the police. who took
Rakcr in charge The party dlsbauded
and went home without waiting rog lhr
Tlolicr 10 arrive on the scene.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-28
UTAH LIGHT COMPANY
Is SUED FOR SiO.OOO

,rtbur i; Nloorhouse iled an action IN
the district court Monday against The
Utah Light 6; Railway company To re-
cover damages in the sum oi $4,000 Iol
the death OF his fiYe-ycar-oid SOP, Ar
thur E Moorhousc who was rum over by
II street car near Eleventh East and VIII
SON avenue on September IL last.
The injuries received by the lad proved
fatal and he died on September ~. IL
is alleged that the car WAS running at
an excessive speed and that the motor
man failed 10 ring his gong and give the
child warning ui the approach of tho car
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-28

The automatic telephone was formerly
invented by II man by the namc OF Stro-
ger who died before he realized what
he had invented. His patents were taken
UP by the Automatic Electric company
OF Chicago H.. and Il strong company
formed and UP To this time have cN-
pcrimentcd along the limo Of automatic
telephony until TODAY people are able
TO manipulate the calling Of one another
by automatic telephone without the aid
OF amy human operator. The same COM
pany have the contract for Installing tho
large automatic swltchboards that go TO
san Francisco for the Independent Tclc-
phone company with capacity for $4,000
telephones.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-28
FUNERAL OF THOMAS
MIDGLEY HELD MONDAY

Funeral services over the remains o.
Thomas Midgley. well-known resident
OF Salt Lake. were held Monday after
noon at the family residence. 5i1 South
second West street. The deceased was
the father OF w, c. Midgley, a prominent
business man OF this city. The services
were held at y. NJ. The remains were
inferred in the City cemetery.
Nh. Mideley died December 20 OF old
age. The deceased was in his seventy
fourth year, 60,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-28
Sane Fourth literature.

Agitation has uEain sprung up in favor
of a sane and sensible celebration of The
Fourth Of July. and Governor Spry has
received volume of literature from tn"
Society Tor tic Suppression Vi Cnn"ops-
gury Noise on that subject and IL wants
hin, TO urganzc q branch i'm Utah The
statistics sent by the society show that
between iaUa and 1909 total OF l,%l per
guns were killed and G3.o13 were injured
ns result OF Fourth -, July c"'cbrc-
tiOus.