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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14
The River Press.
Published every Wednesday Morning
By the RiUer Press Publish
ing Company.
FARM LAND INVESTMENTS.

1t is q noteworthy fact that durin.
the recent financial strigency whel
practically every industry of the coun
try suffered stagnasion and when Their
vas a general shrinkage of values
especially ia the line of manufactures
farm prices amply maintained them
selves throughout the country, il
fact, that in Montana there was al
actual advance in values. The cause
for this Is not hard to find.
No matter what may be happening
in the industrial centers, the people
still must eat. There have been fire.
quent periods when steel mills, driven
under pressure because of markets
stimulated by speculation, turned Out
much o of their products than
could be Immediately consumed, and
as q result large stocks were accumu-
lated. When q monetary crisis. came
the building of railroads and the con-
struction of great buildings stopped.
The mills, with an immense surplus
already on hand, drew their fires,
and thousands of steel workers
were driven from their employment.
There has never, at least in Amer.
lea, been such q thing as an over
production of foodstuffs and
even with every acre that
al be made to raise a bushel of
wheat or corn, under guilty. alton,
there never can be more food pro-
duced than can be readily marketed.
This fact is fully recognized by the
e who give a careful study to the
of the country and who are
conversant with the law Of supply and
demand.
The fact that agriculture never be-.
comes PROSTATE even when the in.
dustrial world is suffering from stag
nation, has turned the attention of
many Of the people of the cities of the
nation, to the lands lying in the great
west, and the recent panic has resulted
in the departure Of thousands from
the over crowded cities to the more
normal, and vastly more remunerative
life OF the farm.
The tendency of the age is intensive
farming. The day of the great ranch
has passed and the immense ranches
OF Montana and the Dakotas are rap.
idly being cut up into small holdings.
Through the expenditure of immense
sums, both private capital and the
reclamation service of the federal
government are building great irriga-
ton works and bringing an immense
area under cultivation. Under these
canals the farms are in the main of a
convenient size for operation without
a too great expense for labor and the
experience of farmers has been that
better results are being obtained from
these small holdings than could be
hoped for from the big ranch. This
especially has been found true in the
vicinity of Billings and in fact it is
true OF all portions Of Montana.
Through the breaking up of large
ranches and the turning of the people
toward the land, the great west is rap
idly filling up with q high class of
Immigrants. The waste places are
being made to blossom as the rose,
while where once existed vast cattle
ranges are 0 found populous COM.
munities. each adding its share to the
wealth of the state and the nation
Billing Gazette.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14
One on the Court Jester.

One on the Court Jester.
Timon of Athens had just been mar
ried. AS he waited down the aisle of
the chapel with his bride the court
jester cried:
swat, Timon. 1 would have a word
with you."
The misanthrope turned. Here was
the one chance Of his life for a quip.
"Tfmon tied waits for no man." he
said. "There, now; I'm square with
you" And he drifted out the portal
Exchange.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14
Wanted the Excitement.

Wanted the Excitement.
els your refusal to marry me final"
'Of course not"
"Why didn't you say so long ago?"
"Don't you suppose I like to be
coaxed?"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14
Piggish.

"Well, we all have u point Of view"
"All except Brown. He insists upon
having more"
"How more?"
ooh, acres and acres of it."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14

Maybe.
young man." said Mr.. Bluffkins,
when I was your age I always stood
at the head of my class"
"Well," answered the fearfully pre-
cocfous boy, maybe teachers were
easier to fool then than they are now"
Exchange.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14

Lucky For Him.
"Coal has been in common use only
about 100 years.
"Really, that Is too bad"
"Why is it,"
"The coal man ought to have lived in
the days when torture was a popular
amusement"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14
Too Bad.

Too Bad.
You make a bluff.
It's just enough
To get what you've required.
But, sad to say,
It Is some day
Enough to get you fired.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14
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IT'S an i'll cook cannot lick his own
fngers.-Shakespeare.
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Power of the Will.

Power of the Will.
"Ive just been reading about the
power of the will. It's a wonderful
thing"
eyes. l know of a will that makes
sever children and thirty-two grand
children behave.'-Puck.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14

1t is hard to please everybody, and,
after all. nobody would care to be that
i~noffensive.. anyway.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14

Ever notice that those people who
suffer in silence are always round tell
ing their friends all about it?
II you say nothing about people that
you would not say to them. you would
do much toward overcoming your dis
ease of talkitis.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

It may be that the good die young,
but it by no means follows that the
young die good.
The way some men run for Office 1t
almost seems as If the office were run
ming, too, and keeping a good bit
ahead Of them all the time.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14

No man has a cinch on wisdom. Any
man is due to 60 of his base and quail
ify for service in the great army Of
fools at any minute.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14

If you want to
know how stub
born we can be,
just oppose us on
an immaterial
point and watch
us get busy.
When some one
else ONE to
grief it is curious
how We somehow
e to remem-
Der that we al
ways thought he
would.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14

W. G. CONRAD, Pres.
JAMES T. STANFORD,
Vice-Pres. and Manager.
A. E. SCHWINGEL,
Cashier.
OMAR j. MALCOLM,
Asst. Cashier.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14

II anybody is justified in rendering
himself a vote of thanks, 1t is undoubt-
edly the self made man.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-27
Woman's Home COMPANION.

A big section of the unusually big
number is devoted to fashions. Ex-
perts in Paris and famous tailors and
milliners in the United States have,
with Grace Margaret Gould's knowl-
edge of the American woman's tastes,
made the issue one that women will
preserve for many months Not only
gowns, coats. hats and waists, but the
important little things, shoes, hosiery,
fabrics, trimmings. coiffures-all are
exhaustively handled.
There are plenty of good stories in
the issue for these last hot days
stories by Octave Thanet, Mrs. John
Van Worst, Katherine Holland Brown,
Mary Heaton Worse, and others, illus
trated by such artists as James Mont
gomery Flagg and Alice Barber Steph-
ems. Kate Douglas Virgins serial
story of the Shakers, Susanna and
Sue," is also in this ISSUE For the
theater-goer, Walter Prichard Eaton's
article, 1.-THE Decent Stage" will prove
splendid guide, giving list of the
good. clean, successful plays that will
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-27

with little root growth the nurse crop
has also taken up some of the soil nj
trogen needed by the young alfalfa;
or if the nurse crop is heavy and has
lodged there will be left bare spots,
where the alfalfa has been smothered
out.
Cutting the nurse crop is likely to be
attended with no little damage to the
tender alfalfa plants by tramping their
crowns into the ground, or breaking
them off, Practically all the expert
! ment stations favor sowing alone
With few exceptions the second and
third years have brought heavier
yields where no nurse crop was used
! The theory that the nurse crop Will
prevent the weeds choking the alfalfa
is apparently, as a rule, not we'll found
ed. In the first place, alfalfa should
not be sown on foul land, and in the
second place proper disking and har-
rowing, at near intervals for four or
six weeks before sowing, will disturb
or kill far more weeds than can any
nurse crop. Besides, the oats or bar
ley sown as a nurse will, when cut
leave weeds in good growth or dor
mant and ready to spring up as fast
or faster than the alfalfa No nurse
crop is ever used with fall sowing
When ground has been properly pre-
pared for the preceding crop, and then
properly cared for, and made ready
for the alfalfa by the preliminary weed
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-27
Animal Nutrition.

That portion of plants and animals
which will not burn. the ash or mineral
substance, though slight in amount. is
exceedingly important. Every part of
an animal contains mineral matter as
an essential constituent and every pro-
cess in the life of animals involves
these mineral substances
The mineral nutrients are as import
ant to the growth of plants as to the
animals which use them for food. These
minerals come from the soil. The
amount and kind of fertility in the soil
powerfully influences not only the
amount but also the kind of growth
not only of plants grown upon the soil,
but also of the animals which use these
plants as food.
Our most important stock feeding
problem in the central United States
is the most profitable use Of corn
Corn happens to be particularly poor in
mineral nutriment, especially so in CAL
cium, the oxide of which we know as
lime. Our most profitable use of corn
demands that We consider not only
protein but also mineral supplements.
The subject is of greatest Importance as
1t relates to growing or milking ami
mails and also to those raised most
largely on corn, namely. hogs and
poultry.
Many. manufactured feeds are def
Client in mineral nutriments and even
pasture grass may be so deficient in
minerals, especially in dry seasons and
On certain types of soil, as to cause
malnutrition of the bones of stock The
composition of foodstuffs affects the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-27
WOmQn'S....
Schoolday Fashions For Children

. considerable fulneSs. For the very III
| tie girl the knickerbocker style is bet
ter. The busy mother can find att-ac-
tive little panties without trimmihs
and decorate them. A few tucks, lit
tlee embroidery or lace is all the trim
ming school drawers need. French
drawers, made of fine. soft muslin and
! finished with feather stitched band,
are pretty and practical. Lonsdale
cambria trimmed with German Valen-
ciennes lace and insertion wears well.
Petticoat Advice.
In the early fall and winter the
! flannel skirt is an important item
These may be plain flannel with deep
hem. or fine silk flannel with briar
stitching or handsome embroidery. Any
mother. with the "knack of sewing,
can axe these garments for her little
girl. Thin underskirts have much full
ness in them and are made of the UNI
brella pattern, trimmed just as grown
up skirts are. The materials used
are silk cambria, sateen, Hohair ging-
ham and percale
Corset Covers and Skirts.
Her corset cover is an important
item. These are very much like those
mother wears.
Separate skirts and shirtwaists give
the little miss another opportunity of
initiating her mother. Checked mad
ras is a good material for plain tail
ored waists. These she may have in
Peter Pan style. Fine white lawn,
white colored and natural shade linen
are also good materials for these
waists. Her fancy blouses are made
similar to big sisters though not so
deliberately trimmed. Sleeves in blouses
may be varied, according TO preference
of the wearer. 1t is proper to wear
them short if one desires although the
majority of blouses made in America
are shown with long sleeves.
olO~hlHS SuppOIlSIS anu SNeictOii
waist supporters are to be had for the
little girl before the corset waist or
corset age; later on the waists come,
and then the four-hook corsets After
this she begins to think of doing her
hair up, and is a young lady indeed.
Her Wraps.
Wraps of every kind are something
that have an important place in the
fall wardrobe. The rainy day is sure
to come and every little girl should be
prepared with raincoat and rubbers to
protect both her clothes and her health.
Attractive and practical raincoats
come in all shades of taffetas rubber
lied. The long top coats are of Scotch
plaids and have fur collars, or big
turned-over collars of the material. If
the child is wearing thin dresses the
wrap becomes all the more important.
One of the most attractive dress de-
signs is the Russian blouse. This style
shows off to advantage any embroidery
on the panels, or on the skirt, and is
becoming to most children. Worn at
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-27

destruction, it will be found advisable
to sow alfalfa alone, even in the spring.
After a barn the next best place for
storing hay is a shed with an adjust
able or lifting roof. The ground di-
mansions should be ample to allow the
first cuttings t. cover it's floor and not
be over five or possibly six feet deep
when first put in. The bottom of the
NOW should be raised at least one foot
from the ground, and the Moor should
have at least a twelve-inch air space
every three feet. Poles or joists COW
cred with dry straw or old hay make
good floor. Spread the hay over the
entire floor surface, on layer of straw
or other dry material. Use barrels or
boxes as recommended for ventilation
in the barn, and lower the roof until
the second cutting. For such roof the
covering should be of some such ma
terial as ruberoid, and the rafters need
not be heavy, except about every six
teen feet. Strong iron clamps can be
easily adjusted to the supports. When
the second cutting is ready, raise the
roof. which should be in sections, and
but the second crop on top of the first.
Follow this plan for all other cuttings.
If a shed with a stationary roof is
used dry straw, or hay, or corn slower
should be put on top of each cutting
to protect the alfalfa from rain. AL
most any kind of shed or covered
structure is preferable to a stack
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-27

gOerS who at one time or other get to
New York or Chicago.
]. E. Dodson remains at the Gaiety
in The House Next Door" the comedy
by J. Hartley Manners. in which the
character actor has won metropolitan
favor. Among the regular patrons are
ministers and rabbis, VIII, a Ike enjoy
the diplomacy with which the theme
of intermarriage between Jews and
gentiles is handled by the author and
the players. Mr.. Dodson is d student
of the art theatrical, md not a per-
Torrance passes in which he does not
counsel some minute Improvement in
detail.
Billy" the comedy with Sidney
Drew il the title role. continues at
Days theater where it is now enter
ing on it's third week with every pros
pect of remaining The story deals
with the predicanent of young col
lege hero who. having had his four
front teeth knocked out in football
game, has replaced them with four
false ones and finds himself unable u
speak the name of his sweetheart
without lisping. Among the princi-
pal players appearing with Mr.. Drew
are Mrs Stuart Robson Caroline
Harris and Jane Ma~hu W
Henry w. Savage has received Of
fers for the English rights of TT
Gay HuSSarS. now running at the
knickerbOcker. Three managers III
the British metropolis bid for the at
traction but Savage declined all three
He proposes to arrange the London
production under his own manage
ment.
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DR.. Mary Crawford. who at the age
of "a defeated 35 young men in medi.
cal examination for the position of in
terne in a New York hospital will
make surgery her chosen work in her
profession. She is pretty blond, and
has had many thrilling experiences
since she took up the medical profes.
sion.
Mrs. Percy Pennypacker. who wrote
the new history of Texas, now in use
in the schools of that state, is spend
ing the summer in Washington gather
ing information and data regarding
tariff and other subjects hardly ever
discussed by women. She believes
every state should have a historical So
ciety.
Miss Mabel Boardman. secretary of
the Red Cross National society, has
been presented with a beautiful Jew
eled crown as a token of appreciation
of her work by the Italian government
Miss Boardman did much good work
for Italy at the time of the earthquake
horror a few months ago.
Miss Helen F'rick. daughter of
Pittsburg millionaire, has purchased
farm just outside Boston and has fit
ted it for orphans to spend the hot
summer months free. A thousand or
more of the children are aided by
Miss Tricks charity.
Women who are employed to make
change at the Manhattan end of the
Brooklyn bridge get lower salaries
than men who do the same work. The
men receive 25 cents per hous and the
women Is.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-27
NeW
Letter

NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-Next Mon
day evening will usher New Workers
into a season of educational opera pro-
vided by the enterprise and benificence
Of Mr.. oscar Hammerstein, and the
theaters for the next few weeks at
least viii be compelled to share favor
with the Manhattan Opera house. We
use the word beneficent advisedly. be-
cause Mr. Hammerstein has announc-
ed repeatedly that it is his desire to
educate the masses to a love of opera
rather than make mOney-at least as
far as the preliminary season is con-
cerned, so he has fixed popular prices
for his next venture.
lie Prophetic in French The title
role will be sung by NJ. Lucas. 1t will
also serve to introduce to the Ameri-
can public Nine DAlvarez. a Span
/ ish contralto Others in the cast will
be NM Leroux, tenor; Laskin and
Nicolay. bassos.
! Signor Carasa. the young Spanish
| tenor whom Hammerstein regarGs as
one of his finds, will make his de-
| but in Aida" on Tuesday evening.
Nine. Alice Baron, Of the Paris Opera
will appear in the title role. Nine.
! Soyer will be the Amneris and M.
Pignataro the Amonasro. The Ameri-
can basso. Henri Scott, will make his
! first appearance as member OF Mr.
Hammerstein's company. singing Ram
| fis
Nine Marguerite sylvia will make
/ her American debut in the title role of
| Carmen on Wednesday evening. Nj
| Duffault. French tenor, will be the
Don Jose The Micaelo will be an
other newcomer Nine Walter-Villa
aIo the toreador NJ Laskin.
Lucia" which will be the. Thurs
day evening bill, will present another
new singer, Nine. Lalla Miranda. With
her will appear Sig. DOmenco Russo.
| Others in the cast will be M. Pigna-
taro. Venturini and De Grazia Aida 3.
with Carasa and Nine. Maron, will be
repeated on Friday night.
The Saturday matinee will be Ira
viata," with Nine miranda as the
heroine and another new Italian tenor,
! Sig. De Bernardo, as Alfredo. Nj. Pig
; nataro will be the Father.
| When Mr. Frank Daniels and his
educated eyebrows next appear in
! New York it will be in a musical play
] called THE Belle of Brittany one of
the successes of the season in London.
Mr.. Daniels has been abroad for
some time looking for a suitable play
and has finally settled upon The
Belle of Brittany The libretto was
written by Messrs Leedham BantOck
and T. J. Barrow. Mr.. Percy Green
bank wrote the lyrics and the score is
| by Mr. Howard Talbot, who has "A
Chinese Honeymoon" to his credit mn-
sically. The play has had long run
at the Queens theater, with Mr..
I George Graves, well-known English
comedian, in the leading role, that Of
the amusing Marquis de ST. Gautier.
| Mr. Daniels also announces that he
will be under the management of the
Messrs Shubert beginning with his
! tour in the new play.
Morton Selton one of the best
known character actors, and who last
season was in the support of William
Faversham in THE World and His
Wife" has been engaged for Sam Ber-
nards new production, 1.-The Wizard.
This will mark the debut of Mr. Sell
ton in the operate field, although the
character which he will impersonate,
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York Dramatic
::::::::::By William S. Bre,Oer:::::::::

| that of Count Hohenstadt, is one
which requires the services of a legiti-
mate actor for its proper interpreta-
| ton
| Cohan & Harris plans include the
presentation of Raymond Hitchcock
| in a new comic opera. THE Fortune
Hunter" at Rochester, n. Y, tonight
Edna Wallace Hopper will star in
| a new COhan music play called THE
Harrigan Girl George NJ. Conan
viii tour to the Pacific coast in "The
Yankee Prince" returning east in
January to start rehearsals of new
play which will open in New York on
Washingtons birthday.
Trixie Friganza and her company
will make a trip to the Pacific coast
in The American Ideal" Victor
Moore will tour the country in The
Talk of New York There will be
one Company touring in Forty five
Minutes from Broadway and two COM
panies of Fifty Miles from Boston. =
Robert ODER will resume his tour in
"Brewsters Millions and a melo-
drama will be presented in New York
during the winter holidays.
The itinerary for the forthcoming
tour of Miss Blanche Walsh in THE
Test shows that the actress will fill
for fifty-two solid weeks before her
return to New York, will traverse
more than thirty thousand miles, or
an average of more than five hundred
miles every week. and will visit every
city of any Importance in America and
northwest Canada.
Miss Walsh will inaugurate her sea-
son by opening the new William Penn
theater in Philadelphia on September
H. She then will go to Norfolk, and
within the following three weeks APP
pear in every large theatrical center
in the South Then she will visit Gin
cinnati. Toledo, Cleveland. Chicago,
Kansas City. ST Louis, Omaha, Den
yer. Seattle. Los Angeles, San Fran
cisco. thence go to British Columbia,
Manitoba and back over the northern
route to Buffalo, where her season
will come to an end. Miss Walsh will
make her tour in a private car and at
it's conclusion will come Immediately
to New York. where she will begin
rehearsals of a new play by Jules
Eckert Goodman, which will be pro-
duced at Wallack's theater
THE Sins of Society" opens here
next Monday night. Among the prln-
cipals who reported are Laura Nelson
Hall, VIM. l.. Abingdon, Louise Clos
ser Hale, Conway Tearle, Oscar Adye.
Lucy Sibley, Louise Rutter, Leslie
Kenyon and Grace Thorne.
In all about 200 people will be uti-
lized to fill out the cast of this big
production. 1t was announced by the
English players who have arrived from
London to play their original parts
that Cecil Raleigh, co-author, with
Henry Hamilton is coming over in the
fall to see the American presentation
of the piece.
THE Man from Home" is home
again. Monday saw him at his regu-
lar residence, the Aston theater,
he started the second year of his New
York engagement. William Hodge.
tn star of the piece, has the unusual
record of having played only in two
cities, New York and Chicago, during
the entire record breaking run of the
Harrington Wilson play. The only ex-
ception is the three performance en-
gagement at Asbury Park. Daniel
Voorhees, Pike is by this time a ia
miliar figure to most American play-!l