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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25
FIGHTING FOREST FIRES.
Several Towns Menaced ey Flames
From Burning Timber.

SPOKANE, Aug. 2l.-Ba attliug a.
most hopelessly, 300 farmers and
timber men are fighting q great forest
fire. three miles wide. which is sweeping
through the splendid FIR and tamarack
timber north and west of Lake Occur
d'Alene today. For forty hours the
fire has defed all efforts to check 1t, the
blaze dividing as it nears ROCKFORD
bay, one wall Of fire moving north
east, the other southeast, beyond con.
troll.
The fire, which is now about Is
miles southeast of Spokane, is burn.
ing path three miles wide and has
already gone distance of more than
six miles. There seems to be no pos.
sibility Of gaining Immediate control.
For every mile 1t moves now 1t is esti.
mated s100, 900 worth of fine timber
is destroyed, and the total loss up to
noon today is estima ated at 81, 250, 900.
GRAND FORKS, B. G. Aug. 2l.-
This town Ia in danger of total de-
struction by a forest fire that has been
raging In this vicinity for two days.
Already the nearby town of Roseber.
ry has been destroyed, its inhabitants
narrowly escaping with their lives.
The fires are now sweeping through
the valley toward Ratton and the res.
idents of the little town are fleeing for
their lives.
The forest rangers are recruiting
fighters and apparatus is being hur.
ried to the scene from points outside
of the damage zone. Although the
flames have not yet touched Grand
Forks, they are headed in this direc-
tion, and every preparation is being
made to stop the fire before it reaches
the city.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25
STOCK Thief INDICTED.
Wealthy New York Brewer Charged
With Stealing Helnze Stocks.


With Stealing Helnze Stocks.
NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-The grand
jury this afternoon handed down an
indictment against Charles Katz. pres-
ident Of the Eastern Brewing company
Of Brooklyn. charging him with grand
larceny in connection with the Wind.
sor Trust company loan trans action,
in which stocks belonging to F. A.
Heinze were stolep.
The grand jury also returned an
indictment today against Walter L.
Clarke, . note broker, now under Sl2,-
600 bail on grand larceny charge IN
connection with the theft.
John Alvin Young, president of the
Windsor Trust company, and Jordan
J. Rollins, counsel and director of the
trust company, went before the grand
jury today as Witnesses and we're ex-
pected to explain the part the trus,
company took in the loan trans action
by which M. j. Joyce, broker for F.
Aug. Reinze, is alleged to have been
swindled out of $4,000 worth oi
Davis.Daly and Ohio copper &C.
curities.
Previously Mr.. Young told the as.
sistant district attorney that the books
of the Windsor Trust company showed
tha at 81, 900 bonus had been received
for the part the company took in the
$4,000 loan to Joyce. Mr.. Young
declared to the assistent district attor
ney that the real lender was Charles
Katz, q Brooklyn brewer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25
The Champion Broncho Buster.


CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 21.-Before
10000 people Clayton Danks of Chey.
enne, after a sens sational ride on
Steam mboat, the famous outlaw horse,
was awarded the worlds champion.
ship in the bucking contest finals at
the frontier celebr alton this afternoon.
Danks won the championship here two
years ago aud in Denver three years
ago. Harry Brennan won second
nrize s--'-y' 81. .--'-- ~ ..------.s
Ed. McCarty of the Cheyenne high
school won the worlds championship
in roping, Thursday, throwing steer
in "A 2-5 seconds. w. H. Garrett of
New Mexico, was second, with a time
of SO As seconds.
The humane society prevented the
finals 10 the roping contest today on
the ground that it was too cruel to the
steers, number having been badly
injured.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25
LOEB IS ANGRY.
Labor Union Paper Hints at Graft
and Prosecution Will Result.

anu PROSECUTION VIII nSSuus
WASHINGTON, Aug. I.-Court pro.
ceedings by William Loeb, Jr., col.
lector of the port of New York, are
said to hang over the head Of q local
labor leader. Mr.. Loeb he's written to
Samuel De Nedry, the editor of local
trades union paper, protesting vigor.
ously against q recent article In the
paper stating that Mr.. Loeb contem.
plates appointing Charles A. Still
ings, former public printer, to posi-.
tion of trust in the Office of collection
OF customs and which concluded with
the question, "Who was at the head
of the audit system?"
It is understood Mr.. Loeb took Of
tense at what he believes to be q
yelled insinu alton that he was inter.
ested in the audit system which was
inaugurated at the government print.
ing Office by Mr.. Stillings and which,
ultimately, was responsible primarily
for the resignation of Mr.. Stillings as
public printer.
Mr.. Loeb intimates that it is hie
intention to carry the matter into the
courts. Mr.. De Nedry says he was
absent from the city when the article
appeared in the paper and does moi
know how it got into print.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25

nan, Reveilos, Dixon, Dayton, St.
Ign atius and Poison.
Klaxtain in the Spokane reserva.
ton has been selected for terminal
and townsite purposes, but has not
been reserved. These townsites will
be sold at public auction this fall.
The Occur d'Alene sites will be dis
posed of in September at Occur
d'Alene.
Dayton and Roman In the Flathead
will be sold to the highest bidders al
Kallspell, September Z.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25

Rockefeller lives to be 80, he vii
have billion dollars. 1t is estim ated
today that he has 500, ,000, 900. despite
the fact that he has given away to
public charity sl30, ,000, 900. It is de.
clared that II he suddenly withdrew his
fortune from circul alton It would ere.
ate Q worldwide panic.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-16
NON-INFLAMMABLE
ODORLESS
NO MATTER

How careful nothing happens
getting stain Of some kind upon garment you wearing
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-16
SKETCH OF WALTER e. ANDREWS
Was Prominent In Western Newspa-
per Work and Spent His BoyhoOd in
Vermont.

A copy of The Evening Sentinel,
published at Ansonia, Conn, con-
tains an article upon the death of
Walter G.. Andrews, a one time resi-
dent of Waitsfied, whose death occur
red on Tuesday. The article reads:
Walter E. Andrews, who during his
residence here has been president of
the Williams Typewriter Company,
died at his home last evening. Mr..
Andrews had been i'll from heart
troubles and other complications for
over eight months. He was born in
Lowell, Mass, in 1S49, and passed his
boyhood days in Waitsfeld, VT. When
still a Young man, he went West, set
thing in Des Moines, Iowa, where he
founded the Western Newspaper
Union, of which he was president I'M
til his return East He became inter-
ested in the Williams Typewriter Com
pany and became its president, NOV
| ing to Shelton nine years ago. He
is survived by his wife, his aged mo-
Their, and three daughters Mrs. F. D.
Waning, Mrs. H. M. Wallace and
Miss Esther Andrews.
Mr.. Andrews was especially home
lover, living quiet retired life,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-16

days ahead. This is made possible
by reason of the fact the United
States Weather Bureau has every day
at its command knowledge of the
meteorological conditions all over the
inhabited part of the Northern Hem
| isphere which is in touch with civil
ization. About two years ago the plan
was adopted of working in coopera-
ton with other governments to OBJ
tain daily reports of meteorological
conditions from stations scattered ov-
world north of the equator. BY ten
O'Clock every day, reports have reach
ed the Weather Bureau which, as
soon as plated, enable the weather
officials to locate the exact position of
the storms and cool waves existent
at that time over practically the en-
tire Northern Hemisphere, barring
of course, much of the region above
the Arctic Circle and large parts of
the ocean areas, though by no means
all of them. The sequence from clear
weather to storms around the globe
can be perceived Often, as many as
half dozen big storms, with stretch
es between, are rotating in the north
ern half of the earth IN other words,
the Weather Bureau has daily por-
trayal of worldwide weather condi-
Itions and, knowing these, forecasting
is greatly assisted.
When the Weather Bureau reaches
tout four or five days and makes a
forecast it is an indication that over
the Pacific and over a part of the ORR
ent there exists some positive condi-
ton, which, extending to vast area
and being certain to continue for
days, makes it possible for the wealth
er seers to peer for considerable
time into the future. In the absence
of such a condition over a great area
the long-range forecast is not tried
and is practically useless, with the
lpresent stock of weather science
While the United States obtains it's
worldwide data with the cooperation
of other governments, it is at the ex-
pense of the Government. No other
Government can begin to compare
with the United States in efficiency of
weather service. 1t is strange fact
that when the barometer and Their
mometer, the two instruments of most
use in weather forecasting, were in
vented, America was almost an I'M
known continent. 1t was 1643 that
the barometer was invented by Tor
Iricelli, and about the same time that
the thermometer was brought first
Into use, the invention of Calico
These two savants could never have
dreamed that their greatest field of
usefulness would be found in foretell-
ling meteorological conditions in a
continent which was then barely
known to Europe except by name and
by the strange tales of a few explor-
ers.
The demand for knowledge of the
weather is constantly growing in the
United States, according t. DR.. Will
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-16
WORK or WEATHER BUREAU.
United States Forecasts Best in the
MOrld-NeM Buildings in Virginia.

Weather Bureau officials are look
ing forward impatiently to the COM
pletion of all the buildings at the OBJ
servation station at Mt. Weather, Va,
says a Washington correspondent of
the Boston Transcript The last Of
the buildings will be completed this
fall, and the damage done by the
big fire there about two years ago
entirely repaired. With the station
completed and fully equipped, it is
expected that the observations and
experiments of great value in the
foreacsting of weather conditions will
abe made.
The great work which DR.. Willis
L. Moore and his aides Gre trying to
do at Mt. Weather is to- perfect their
knowledge of upper air conditions.
Until comparatively recently, weather
forecasts were based entirely on
knowledge of conditions at the sur
face of the earth. Now the Weather
Bureau draws not only upon the
widest possible information obtainable
at the earth's surface, but upon such
facts as to meteorological conditions
in the upper air, miles above the
earth, as arc obtainable. 1t is now
possible to send kites or aeroplanes
of the earth and obtain readings of
the conditions, and these are of great
value in making weather predictions
A most important phase Of the work
at Mt. Weather relates to the meas
urement Of the exact amount of alb
sorption of the heat Of the suns rays
by the atmosphere. Observations
along this line, taken in connection
with the work which is being done by
Professor Abbot of the Smithsonian
Institute, in measuring the variations
in the amount Of heat furnished by
the suns rays, constitute valuable ad-
ditions to the sum of information
necessary to the perfection of the
weather forecast system Of the Unit
ed states.
That the Weather Bureau is work
ing gradually in the direction of more
and more long range torecasting is
the assertion of the officials of this
service. Necessarily the progress is
SLOW And while some startling state
ments have been put forward as to the
length of time forecasts could be
made ahead. the object to which the
Weather Bureau is directing its atten-
ton more than anything else is the
perfection of the system of making
forecasts from day to day and for
several days ahead Generally speak,
ing, the short range forecasts are
deemed likely always to be of more
practical value than the one reaching
many days ahead might he if it be-
comes possible to attain it.
1t is not generally realized that the
Weather Bureau already does a great
deal of forecasting for four or five
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-16
An Error Corrected.

The automobile registration figures
published few days ago by State pa
pers created some comment owing to
the fact that according to the figures
published, Orange county would have
"a larger sum available from automo-
bile revenues for highway purposes
than some of the more thickly popu-
lated counties. Orange was slated at
|$7,04700, while Washington and
Chittenden counties boasted only $2,-
'S0725 and $2,95226, respectively.
The correct figures slate Orange
county at S704.07.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-16

The presiding officer is Sir Albert Sp;cer,
M. p, president of the London Chamber
of Commerce.
The commercial relations between the
mother country and the colonies is to
form the general subject of discussion by
the congress. National or imperial defence
occupies prominent place. Other mat
ters to receive attention include emigra-
ton, reduced postal rates, cheaper cable
communication, uniform weights and
measures and currency, the decimal sys-
TEN, the validity of British arbitration
awards, and of English judgments in the
colonies, labor Cancellation. federal quar-
antine, copyright in the colonies, commerl-
cial education, the prevention of tubercu-
losis, and the establishment of a general
office of the colonies at London.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-16

lis Moore. The high schools and
colleges have taken 1t up. Dr. Moore
has just completed text book of five
hundred pages on the subject of me-
teorology, dealing with that science
in way to eliminate in it's applica-
ton to the weather. 1t represents
many years of work by DR.. Moore
and is intended for general perusal
as well as for the use of the student
in the colleges and high schools of
the country.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-16
COL. w. p. MORRISON AT IS
Was Conspicuous Democratic Member Of
Congress and Author of Tariff Bill


Waterloo, ILL.,, Sept l4-Col. William
p. Morrison, the former Democratic leader
who was mentioned as possible candi-
date for the presidential nomination in
1896 received many congratulations to-
day on his eighty-ifth birthday. Col
Morrison was born in this county and has
always made his home here.
Il For many years Horizontal Bill
Morrison" as he has been Familiarity
known, was a conspicuous member of
Congress. He served one term in Congress
during the closing days of the civil war.
In 1873 he returned to the House, where
he continued to serve for fourteen years.
He was the author of the tariff measure
known as the horizontal or Morrison -
bill.
AS young man Col. Morrison fought in
the Mexican war under Zachary Taylor.
In l649 he caught the gold fever and went
to California. Upon his return to Illi6ois
he took the stump for Douglas in the Kan
sas-Nebraska squatter sovereignty fight,
and in 1854 was elected to the State
Legislature. He Served during the Civil
War as colonel of the Forty-ninth Illinois
infantry. He was member of the cleo
tional commission of 1876 and voted for
Tilden. In 1887, after his retirement from
Congress, he was appointed by President
Cleveland member of the Interstate Com
MERGE and served as a member of that body
for ten years.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-16
IF YOU WOULD

No sessions of the association are to be
held tomorrow. In the forenoon there
will be sessions of the Trust Company
section and the Clearing House section
and also meeting to organize an asso-
citation of secretaries of State bankers
associations. In the afternoon the visiting
bankers will go to Gary, Indiana, to
inspect the plant of the Indiana Steel
Company.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-16

president of the association, responded
in behalf of the visiting bankers.
The exchange of greetings was followed
by the presidential address of George
NJ. Reynolds, of Chicago, and the annual
reports of the other officers of the asso-
citation. Reports of the standing COM
mittees concluded the work of the initial
session.
Features of the programme this after
noon were addresses by Hon. Joseph
G. Cannon, Speaker of the House of
Representatives; Lawrence O. Murray
Comptroller of the Currency and James
j. Hill president of the Great Northern
Railroad.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-16

Young's Hotel. President j. b. Yeakle,
of Baltimore, called the gathering to
order. Leading subjects of discussion
during the three days session will be the
construction Of underground conduits,
progress of the fire alarm telegraph, a
national electric code, and the use of the
storage battery for fire and police tele-
graph systems.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-16
BANKERS IN SESSION
Annual Convention of American Asso-
citation Opens in Chicago

citation Opens in Chicago
Chicago, Sept 1.-THE American
Bankers Association began its annual
convention in the Auditorium this morn
ing at 10 o'clock, with an unusually
large attendance of delegates and a
liberal sprinkling of visitors and on-lookers
The association was welcomed to the
city by Joseph T. Talbert, president of
the Chicago Clearing House Association,
and to the State by Governor Charles
5. Deneen. To the words of welcome Col
Robert J. Lowry, of Atlanta, former
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-16

Feel languid, weak, rundown?
Headache? Stomach "?-Just a
plain case of lazy liver. Burdock
Blood Bitters tones liver and stom-
ach promotes digestion, purifies the
blood.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-16
AN EMPIRE CONFERENCE
Delegates from British Province Open a
Congress at Sydney, N. S. w.

Sydney N. S. W., Sept. 14.-Delegates
from Canada, South Africa, India, the
British West Indies, Australia and the
United Kingdom are attending the seventh
Congress Of Chambers of Commerce of the
Empire, which met in Sydney to-day for a
session that will extend through the week
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-16

Municipal Electricians in Session
Atlantic City, n j., Sept. 16.-The
fourteenth annual convention of the
International Association of Electricians
began here to-day, with headquarters at
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-11

clear majority of the lower house and
force a baekdown on all of the sena-
torial amendments.
Neither anti machine nor machine re-
publicans In the senate are willing to
stand for amendments and 4, and
the only way in which concurrence in
any of the assembly amendments can
be secured now is to force them as
party Issue and drive the republi-
cans OF the upper house into caucus.
STANTON AGAINST AMENDMENTS
Speaker Stanton said this morning
1 do not believe in those amendments
and they must come out of the bill.
l did not realize what they provided
until after they had been adopted. II
they are taken out on third reading
the bill must go back to print and a
delay result. If the senate refuses to
concur in them the assembly will re-
cede and there viii be no delay
stanton was undoubtedly correct IN
the assumption that the assembly
would recede from amendments and
If the senate refused to concur in
them, but he was not nearly so accu-
rate in the assumption that the SEN
ate would refuse to concur IN those
ODiy. 1n6 senate occupies
the place of vantage. It has done its
share in the matter of direct pri-
mariss. II passed a bill satisfactory
to the rank and file Of the republicans
and to those democrats who were will
ing to admit that they were partisans.
1t can refuse to give an inch from the
position 1t took by a vote of two to
one and pass the buck" to the SO
assemblymen who voted for the amend
ments in the assembly
BY simple insistence on the preser-
vation of its senatorial dignity the
upper house could encompass the de-
feat of the bill or force a break in the
assembly lineup on the amendments.
WOULD MEAN PARTY DEFEAT
The defeat of the bill would prob
ably also mean the defeat of the re-
publican party at the next general
election. which is quite different mat
ter from the standpoint of either the
machine or anti-machine republican.
The average legislator is prepared to
keep an eye on the interests of his
party sometimes and on the interests
of his particular faction of his party
most of the time, but he is also pre-
pared to lose sight of both party and
faction any time when his own per-
sonal interests are involved. The di-
rect primary bill involves those per-
sonal interests in every assembly dis
trict in the state and that very fact
is at the bottom OF the angry repub-
ilcan senator's desire to let the as
sembly pay the piper IF 1t wishes to
dance.
The Wright-Stanton bill, as amended,
viii come up in the assembly tomorrow
afternoon as a special order for final
passage. If It goes to the senate with
amendments 3 and 4 stricken out, the
republicans of the upper house may
be switched into line for concurrence
In order to avert further fight within
the ranks of the party. There is no
chance Of the senate concurring in
amendments 3 and 4, and their return
70 the senate means nonconcurrence in
all of the amedments or a forced
party caucus.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-11
LAWMAKERS AMEND.
WRIGHT RATE BILL
Unjust Discrimination to Be
Punished by Maximum
Penalty of $4,000
Senate Rejects Plan for Physical
Valuation of Railroads
in State
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

GALL HEADQUARTERS, CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE BUILDING, SACRA-
MENTo. March 10.-The senate voted
unanimously today to adopt six amend
ments to the Wright railway rate bill
and rejected a seventh, providing for
the physical valuation of railroads, by
vote of II to 19. Caminetti. with
the assistance of Seth Mann. attorney
Tor the traffic bureau of the Merchants
exchange, will attempt to make further
amendments tomorrow
unjust discrimination by one of the
amendments adopted is made a misde-
meanor, punishable by a fine of from
5000 to $4,000. Another makes 1t a
misdemeanor with the same punish
ment for a railway to issue a pass to
any person holding any Office of honor,
trust or profit in the state.
third amendment authorizes and
directs the railroad commission to file
petitions or suits, either with the in
terstate commerce commission or with
any other tribunal of competent juris-
dlct1on, when injury has been done by
the raising of rates, by combinations to
raise or maintain rates, or by any ar
rangements which will hinder competi-
tion. The attorney general is directed
to represent the commission and the
people In any such proceedings.
Cooperation and joint meetings with
the interstate commerce commission on
the part Of the railroad commission
are provided for in another amendment.
Still another provides that the COM
mission shall sit at least twice year
In San Francisco, Los Angeles, San
Diego, Stockton, Sacramento, Oakland,
Fresno, San Jose, Santa Barbara, Red
ding, Bakersfield Marysville, San Ber-
nardino and Eureka TO hear both sides
in any dispute between railroads and
shippers. Investigation of accidents,
the obligation on the railroad of pro-
viding switch connections, regulations
for long and short hauls and continu
Gus carriage are provided for in other
amendmanfs adoptad