davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-27
PROFITS FROM STATE PRISON

Some pertinent suggestions as to q
possible source of revenue for the
state treasury are made in a recent
Issue of the Treasure State, in which
the eleventh legislative assembly is
urged to investigate conditions at the
state p%enitentiary. The contractors
who have been in charge of this insti.
tuition for several years past are al.
legged to have made large profits from
the business, and it is suggested that
similar returns should be realized
under state management. The article
says in part:
The legislator who ia not blind and
deaf must be aware of the talk buzzing
about them with regard to conditions
at Deer Lodge. The same talk has
been heard before. We all know tina,
within q score of years the property
used for penal purposes at Deer Lodge
has grown into . magnificent one.
What money was 1t that built it up:
Whose labor went into the making Of
It all? II it has been q good thing fol
private parties. why hasn't it been
good thing for the state Of Montana:
That's . business proposition, not Z
question Of muck rsking. We know
shat the prison contractors At Deer
Lodge made coolies Of money. &C
quired vast holdings, constructed
great improvements and dourished
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-27

Chinook Opinion: The activity OF
the special agents has begun again
and there are several new govern.
ment contest cases to be heard here
this coming month. A large number
OF Eases have been set before Com.
missioners Blackstone and Sands Of
this place and Piper Of Hsvre, affect.
ing claims in this vicinity.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-27
WEDNESDAY, JAN. ~, 1909.
The CHOICE.

The proposition to elect the choice
OF the people as United States senator,
which has been endorsed in the state
platforms Of each political party In
Montana, appears to be q most per-
picking problem to some Of the politi-
clans. To the average voter who be-
lieves in majority rule and govern.
ment by the people. the matter OF
electing q United States senator by
popular vote does not appear
to call for any mysterious and
complicated legislative enactment to
secure that result; but the practical
politician-who sometimes wishes to
evsde the will Of the majority If it con-
hicts with his own plans and interests
is not willing to permit the people
to give full force and effect to their
desire in this connection.
A simple, fair and square method OF
solving the problem is to comply with
the expressed will of the majority.
That method prevails in the election
of president of the United States, re.
preventative in congress, state and
county officers, and in other elections
that relate to national and local gov
eminent, and there is no valid reason
Why an exception should be made in
the case of choosing United States
enators.
In nominating q republican can
didste for president, at each stage of
the proceedings-from precinct pri-
maries to the national conventions
majority vote is the deciding factor.
What Is there In q United States
censorship that would make the
nomin alton by majority vote q menace
to the public welfare?
There is pending in the eleventh ss.
sembly . measure which purports to
contemplate the election of the
peoples choice for United States
senator from the state OF
Montana, but the supporters Of the
measure appear to be afraid of ma
jority rule. The bill, as originally
drawn, provided that the senatorial
candidate of each party who received
the largest vote in a majority of the
counties of the state should be his
party choice for United States sena'
tor, but this provision has beer
displaced by the following:
"The candidate of q political party
receiving more votes in q county than
r received by any other candid att
of such party in such county, shall bt
considered the choice of the electors
of such party In such county; and tht
candidate who is thus the choice O
the electors of the party of which HI
is q member, in the largest number o
counties electing q majority of thu
representatives Of his party on join
ballot in the Legislature, shall be thu
choice of the electors Of the party, IL
all the counties in the state"
This amendment is open the SAM
objection that applied to the origi
nal provision in the bill, in that
seeks to evade q majority or plurslit.
vote Of the electors of each part.
throughout the state. If the member
of the present legislative assembly
irrespective of their political afalia
tions, r honestly in favor OF tn
election of the peoples choice TO-
United States senator, there is
much more simple method of reachinl
that result than the complicated ar
rangement now under consideration
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-27
OFFICIAL. PAPER OF cHoUTEAU COUNTY

Al letters and co1smwHtcattons e0St0jnjn0 NAL.
tsr jssendsd for publication In tAas paper sAos1d
y sGdressed to "z1s RjSsr Prsss," and tie sSa~s
~ tAs sOritsr mvst n 0ivsn t~elinsSre attention.
Local advertisements sciH be inserted n taess
~eJvsns at TIE rate Of ten cents per line from
&ra~sient and foe cents per HnsJ from regular ad-
%ortissrs.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-27

1TOm second to home base q rOu0in2
cheer would 60 up, for they knew
that meant the winning Of the game
for them. ,
Radbourne claimed for his home
Bloomington, III. After his great sea-
son with Providence managers all over
the country were upon his heels. Flat
tering offers poured In. and he was not
under contract with Providence for the
next season either. When the contest
was over the late Ned Allen, president
OF the team that season, sent for Rad
bourne. He laid the release before
him and close beside it a blank con-
tract. Radbourne looked at them both
for several minutes and then slowly
took up a pen and filed the blank out
for a sum only $4,000 higher than he
had been getting and tore up the re-
lease. Allen almost fell on his neck
and wept for JOY.
Radbourne's last year in baseball was
with Cincinnati in 1891, but it was a
sad year. 1t seems a pity that the ca
reer Of sc great a ball player should
end 50 sadly. That year his work
showed great deterioration. for the aw-
full strain made In 1884 was beginning
to tell on his arm. At the end of the
al he was too proud to go into
minor league baseball and so entirely
withdrew from the game. He return.
ed to Bloomington. where he opened a
billiard hall. He had little to say and
In unwinking silence would sit in a
corner and watch the young men laugh
as they played. He would talk about
himself only when cornered. and then
but for a few short words. He had al.
ways been All ardent fisherman. hunter
and sportsman. but he gave up the
open life. Each year his taciturnity
increased until he became almost sui
len.
After a time he gave up his billiard
hall and retired into the obscurity OF
his home. seldom letting people sec
him. At last. in 1897, he fell III and
soon passed away. - Portland Ore
Ronian.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-10-08
New England.

Tobacco growers in the Connecticut
valley have had excellent curing wealth
er thus far and the crop has progressed
so rapidly that large percentage has
already been taken down. This is es-
pecially true on large plantations where
there is ample help and latest methods
are adopted in harvesting and cultivat-
ing, as well as curing the crop. Only
on one or two days was there any dan
ger of pole sweat.
Buyers display considerable interest
in the new crop and confirm earlier re-
ports as to the good qualities. Tobacco
that has been taken down thus far is
of high grade and the much demand
ed light wrapper will not be as scarce
as last year. This means better av-
erage price in the Connecticut valley.
Our correspondents report as follows:
Suffield, Ct.:. Ninety per cent of the
tobacco has been housed and is curing
satisfactorily. Buyers have commenced
looking and have bought few crops,
the American Cigar Company being the
heaviest buyer; price from Ia to 21c, in
the buudle, for Havana Seed. One
crop, primed Havana, sold, price said
to be 30c in the bundle"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-10-08
New York.
New YORK, Oct. 2, 1909

NEW 1ORk, OcC. z, lSUS.
The weeks festivities of the Hudson
Fulton celebration naturally proved a
drawback to the business activity of
the leaf market. Most of the leaf
houses had their offices closed on the
days Of the parades and in the few in
tervening business days buyers were
scarce. Manufacturers are commenc-
ing to be very busy, almost too busy to
attend to the providing of their raw
material. And the prospects are that
they will be getting buster and buster
till the very advent of the holidays. Of
course, it is. for the present the very
large factories who are being rushed.
But activity is infective and before long
every cigar manufacturer in the coun-
try will have his hands full. The leaf
market is bound to profit by this con-
dition and when the binder and filler
crops are thoroughly sampled there will
be sWoop down at them such as has
not been witnessed since the Fall of
1906. In view of this years outcome
of these crops, last years yield will
prove quick seller and prices are like
ly to advance as the season progresses.
From Havana an equally active market
is reported with the exception that the
recent tropical cyclone destroyed from
thirty to thirty-fve thousand bales in the
sheds Of the Vuelta Abajo district. This
loss is undoubtedly hard stroke for
farmers, but as the Vuelta crop this
year was an inferior one the trade in
general may be rather gamer than a
sufferer from this fateful elimination.
The local Havana market continues to
be brisk. journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-10-08
NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 1909.


There are two causes for the COM
parative dulness of the local leaf mar
ket this week. The semi-holiday occa-
stoned by the Hudson-Fulton celebra-
tion has been unconducive to business
activity, and most of the available and
other New England tobaccos (Which
have formed the basis of most of the
recent transactions have already been
taken up, while the Zimmer and Penn
sylvania have not yet appeared on the
market. It's expected that samples
of the latter will appear within the
next few days, and then that type will
undoubtedly hold the center of the
stage for while, and the samples of
Zimmer are expected within month.
The latter type is much later than US
ual this year. The result of recent ad-
vices from the 1909 crop has been to
stiffen the prices of all old tobacco.
Several sales of Florida are reported.
Sumatra. The second Amsterdam in
scription evidently contained more to-
baccos that were attractive to Ameri-
can buyers than the first, as nearly
1000 bales were taken for this country
and the competition was said to be
lively. In the local market good bus
mess has been done, the demand being
from the manufacturers, and being re-
fiective, no doubt, of the much better
business conditions that prevail among
them. Leaf.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-10-08
GAINESVILLE, WIS.

took new lease on life, and since the
rains have developed surprisingly. The
growers exhibited unusual nerve in re-
framing from cutting, when the period
had arrived when there was danger of
frost, being determined to take chances
of their crop being hit by the frost
rather than cut the undeveloped, un-
ripe plants. And those who held off
have their reward in plants greatly de-
veloped. Instead Of half crop, Ian
caster county's crop will reach fully go
per cent, or something more, and most
of it goes into the shed ripe, too, in a
state that will fit it for curing properly.
1t will be a pretty nice filler crop, and
there will be some wrapper goods, too.
Probably 25 per cent of the crop has
not yet been cut, but after this week
not much, if any, will be found in the
field.
The only sales of 1908 goods reported
lately were 800 cases by B. B. Herr of
Letort to A. M. Shepp of York, and
284 cases by Fritz Bros. of Strasburg
to A. FL. Hershey, Lancaster. New
Fra
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-10-08
y PAYNE WHITNEY. ins

HARRY PAYNE WHITNEY, just back
from Europe, reports that, owing to
the budget, England is facing ious
crisis whichever side wins. If Lloyd
George is beaten, England will turn
from free trade to protection. which
means a general upsctting of business
conditions. If Lloyd George wins, his
success 9.means the obstruction of all
present values and condition of busi-
ness chaos. As result, Mr.. Whit
ney says, American goods as well as
American securities are becoming pop
ular in the British Isles.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-10-08
VIRoQUA, WIS, Sept. 20, 1909.

Remarkable weather has prevailed
for tobacco raisers. There is, however,
patch of the weed unharvested, here
and there. This week will certainly
find every stalk safely slowed away in
the curing sheds. Reports are favor
able for the curing goods and there is a
brighter outlook and better feeling
among growers than for many years.
A fair proportion of the acreage has
been contracted for at prices satisfac-
tory to growers. Censor.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-10-08
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET.
EDGERToN, WIS.,, Oct. 8, 1909.

EDGERToN, WIS, Oct. 8, 1909.
The buying movement has suffered a
still further decline during the week.
A few firms have men yet on the road
and some contracts have been closed,
but the element of competition is miss
ing and more moderation characterizes
the transactions. Prices, however, are
pretty well maintained so far, as the
following sample sales will Indicate:
w. A. De Lancey, Ia at 104&3c.
A. G. Naset, 5a at 103&3c.
Otto Naset, Ga at 11&2c.
N. A. Nelson, ga at 103&2c.
Ole P. Bake, 5a at 103&2c.
j. d. Pratt, 23a at 10&3c.
E. j. Darling, 33a at 10c.
II. j. Arthur, Ga at 10&2c.
The taking over of cured leaf from
country hands goes steadily on even at
advanced prices and several hundred
cases have been delivered during the
week that net the growers we'll towards
the bundle price year ago.
The market for old leaf begins to
show some signs of improvement. The
packers are getting their '0S samples
ready for inspection, and while no large
transactions have come to notice, we
learn that several fair sized deals are
under consideration. The usual busi-
ness on manufacturers orders contin-
ues.
Weather conditions for the curing of
the new crop could hardly be more
IDEAL
The shipments out of storage reach
CTS cases for the week from this mar
ket to all points.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-10-08
Pennsylvania.

LANCASTER, Pa, Sept. %, 1909.
With the exception of a few sales
there was little trading the past week
in 1908 tobacco, in which there had
been very active trading for a few
weeks prior. The activity was un-
doubtedly due to the general belief that
there was to be very short crop this
season in Lancaster county. Many per-
sons thought it would be less than half
crop But tobacco has remarkable
powers of recovery, and when good
rains broke the long drouth the plants
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-12-10
A New Masss;e Lsise I. Msrble
Marble Age

Our growing city will see the
organization Of Masonic lodge
during the coming month. The
members of the fraternity here have
Tor the past SIX months been quietly
at work securing the necessary re
qlirements for obtaining a charter
Tor establishing a lodge here and
their efforts have now been crowned
with success and Marble Lodge A.
+. Of A. NJ will have for charter
members, masous from Colorado.
Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, Nebraska.
Vermont and Virginia and truly rep
resents something of the universally
Of Masonry. the lodge being gathered
from the four points of the compass.
The first officers will be NJ. f. Gran
ger, W NJ; Chas T. Miller, :. w
Geo +. Hoadly, j. w =; Geo. Osborn.
5, d; Truman Young, ]. d. John
Mcmahon, Secty o. L. Pratt, Treas
Geo. lays, Tyler; II. ID Pratt and
Geo. l.. Dilworth, Stewards.
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-12-10
The Raw Material

Utmost with the inception 81 the
NHEual Western Sioak SHOW ia Den
r#r tae mau from Missouri made bis
Hsarsnee aud a. be gazej upon the
nHa cattle broughi in from the ranges.
o. wanted Co. know. voa snow. v hat
they made them with. u became
necessary o. show them and that is
tls reason that the feed and forage
t.a.at vas added % the auuual show
sai 1t has steadily grown ia interest
IHa average eastern stIckma lo3k $
.rHm she car window at che short
1-s along the railroads and is con
EHae1 that it is not worth much 90
abe livestock When he sees the
cattle al the stock show he is mot
only surprised but perplexed II is
then that he is steered into the feed
and ilrage exhibit and shown she
ratei lal with which the western
7s farmers make meat. Grasses.
grains, roots, grown At all attitudes.
gu dry farms aud irrigated farms
are shown in prolusion aud a
srHre Of lecturers and takers are
Sept constantly on duty explaining
This exhibit has been of SO much
real value 10 the various sections Of
the west that it has become necessary
at the coming show to provide more
room for this department Prof
W. II Olin has 1t in charge and
promises a larger and fneI exhibit
ia January than has ever been seen
here before.
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-12-10
Great Pei 4 Campaiga IN Engl.sd

Over m "lleFrie EGgiani thfr
are g1Hg thrauch a polHlcal
heavsi which may abolish . &c house
of Lords 10 seems some ira fhJa
and lords aud ladies. ane bI,hds
and what-nrd awn practices s an tsa
land there Out af forty rec ma.
hnn 81 people only about tWa mil
iiaa have auy interest at an iu
the Er1gui, In cty or country let
ihe other f9rtv-oHe million pay most
q The taxes, iar the assessment au
land is practically NIL there havu 2
been 30 reyaluatIuu iu nearly a hun
dred wears. Llocd-t,eorge. che
chancellor 81 the ,xcl eQuer. pro
poses a retaliation and a tax on land
that will compel tbe landlords 90 sci
instead Of rent The Lords have ra-
leCted the budget and practically de-
aed the house Of commons and both
liberal and conservative parties 20
before the people for a general eloc.
ton.
One Of the spectacular phases 90
the British political situation was
the assembling on the 23d in Par.i-
ment square Of from 5000 90 G.uu0
people Tor a pro budget demunstra-
ton No speeches were made. but
the crowd undertook 10 lei The
Lords hear the people sing Ian
song The song, set 10 the air q,
Marching Through Georgia. was
as follows Ia the first stanza aud the
choras
Sound the blast for freedom, boys. and
send il far and wide
March along TO victory, for God is on
cur side.
While the voice of Nature thunders O. 'er
the rising tide:
God made the land for the people
The land, the land, twas God who gave
the land;
The land, the land. the ground on which
we stand
Why should we be beggars with the
ballot in our hand?
God gave the land to the people
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-12-10
Teacher S Pet

A Denver hotel, that ENJOYS the
reputation and advantages of being
Teachers Pet, is the Al banv
During the annual holiday cunven-
ton Of State Teachers the Albany
VIII he the iavorite and will brook
no rlvals in the affections of the
visiting teachers
The ideal central location was
what hrst won the hotel its place
Dunng the year it has made i'm
provements that place it far ahead
of any hotel in the west, while still
maintaining the same rates.
The Albany has national reputa-
ton for good music. The best
musical talent in Denver is engaged
by the management 10 furnish enter
talnment for Albany guests.
During the Teachers Convention,
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-12-10
EEpc-t Rrsa.e fsr Csssrsas n>rSIx

a DISPATCH if1m New Nork ti.i-
W has che iallaWsnc
ElIia Jar-i- Wha-s i.sHlily Tsractic-
ais rantrlls she italian attpasi q
fne Harbie. has reaurnod here fEau
az lasHaatiau ct the Calarado Haart.ls
b. Is lu luic oseek lH Gunul-.su
c1uHtg and declares them D. be 81
lncs,in4as5le value
here ~ pleniy 81 beaulsful
ul4rale ~ Culgrada said Mr. Cur-.
Wa SAILS today TOR hon.e. The
pare whiie marble Is qslte a. good
~ 5urs The green marble -
bcaatiial and We have natkiag Ike
. 10 lJaly They have produced no
siafatary marble IN Calarado as ves.
bui she's are bound % tad It az they
: HH The gaarries cat there are
nee and she farther they g the
better marble they Wsll fnd. our
Huarries. some of them at least. are
fTHm 400 % 2tNW wears old. We
d. H1i go iHio the earth as they d.
asfr there We attack a mountain
AMI rui b down as We 20 along
J Hs 9uarries there are better than
oHr- Ia that they have only one
HHsI'v q marble Osrs have faur
ar fse
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-12-10
Says ~ Deer Slaughtered

Editor News Champion, Gunnis1n.
Spencer, Colo, Dec, G, 1903
| see in your paper Of last week
one NJ. A. Smoot phoned to you that
parties In this section are kiIlrrg
deer and that a bunch were slaush
tered wIthIl one-half mile of lis
cabin on Cebolla last week.
Now ! wish to say 10 the people Of
this coanty and state that at the time
these deer were supposed % be
slaughtered that | put in two dsvs
booking over that section of the
country and ] found no iudicati rs
Of where there had been anv deer
killed or wounded in that section
f. T. Hur
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-12-10
Ra~.s Selis hz Paser at Rsss..

H5n G. II Ea0aa has sid d.
f'aHa NeWsFslper fa 4. q Hard q
b L.sA ana ts-ss kauaFds. ana re-
tlEcz aitcr EgC vearz ai sacce-.
EaWaii has t,een kHoWn az tae ahls,.,
editorial wruer. aiang eeltain lines
~ The state. and ws regrct fhaf his
->uudsv NtGbi Na-sRgs. vii a.
wager lac upan car exchange table
However. News-Champson wishes the
noW trm gooa lack
lH caarscserl-tIs edii9slal EAWali
tskes iesse 81 tbe newspaper 6ela
he SAWS sa part
Ne de-lre q resErn heartfelt
thanks % those fFeuds who have
=is0a b. us IN several Times of peril
The ieeling ui appreciation Is only
soc0nd % thas we ieel lnr quite 4
nuWbeF q peaplo wba wurc ga the
etber side For We are msre praaa
"a our enemies than We are af otr
friends They are a maaamout
erected 10 oar Go8d Judgment They
vii be remembered both l,y rs an y
8ur real ineuds.
Ne wish o. transfer % oir "a
cessars an oar friends aud we'll
wishers Our enemies we wauf {
Keep Iney are not mentioned n
thc blll aI s.iie Ne have translsrrs
1ur good WiiL. uur bad vii is d..
fH sale al arV UrIre
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-12-10
Cssd SLeiGkia4

1t has been a week Of recurring
storms, although no such blizzards.
or heavy falls of wet snow as occurred
in Denver, Colorado Springs, salida,
Fort Collins, or even west of us in
the lower valleys. However the
mountain valleys are covered pretty
deep, and even the streets Of Gunni-
son are packed for good sleighin 9
the rest OF the winter Total sno "
fall has been nearly foot, thou Q
we have not that much at present.
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-12-10

DERRY . Reagan paid Gunnisou
visit FRIDAY last DERRY has recently
made some uig cattle shipments 10
Denver. hui saws be STRUCK tbe wrong
days i1r good sales BE 6gures the
prIce i- going 90 be weak i1r six
weeks ~ two months
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-12-10

FREE.. to boys and girls. Flexible Flyer
''The sled that steers. The best sled
iE the world. You can easily secure
one within a few days hy doing a little
pleasant work. Some have IN a few
hours. BE the first in yoar town.
Write today stating your age. A Dos
tai card viii do. W l. Davis 155 Fast
path st. New York City.
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-12-10

the Albany expects to devote a great
deal of time and attention TO teachers
and their wants. The result prom
lses to make the holiday a delightful
one.
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-12-10

Targets for shooting matches I
cent by mail or at the News Cham.
pion Office.
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-12-10

Don't forget the Redman MasL
ball on Christmas eve.
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-12-10

Butter wraps TOR sale al News-Cnam-
pioa Office.
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-12-10

Don Z fail to read all our ad
Gavette Bros