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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-15
Mr., B0WSER N HASTE
RusheS Home and Hurries Wife
to Station For Train.
GOES TO INSPECT COTTAGE.

Finds He Will Have to Ride Three
Miles Into Country and Prefers to
Take Drivers Word-speaks Of Dr.
voree Proceedings Again.
BY N. QUAD.
Copyright. 1909. by Associated Literary
Vt was II o'clock the other forenoon
when the telephone rang and
Mrs. Bowser helloeG in return, to
hear the voice of Mr.. Bowser
saying:
THAT you, Mrs. Bowser? Yes? Well.
I want you to have lunch at sharp l..
I shall be home. Have some clothes
on and have your hat ready to put on.
There's something doing"
But what's '~happened?" she asked.
Il can't go into any long explana-
tions over the wire, but we are going
out into the country for a few miles
Is Don as lunch is over"
ITO pick fowersY"
FLOWERS be hanged! l am offered
the greatest bargain Of my life if the
deal is closed within twenty-four
hours. That's enough until l get
home. Don't say anything to the cook
or the neighbors, but wait for me-"
At FIVE minutes to ~ he came dash
ing up in a hanson. the first ride he
had ever taken in n in his life. He
had the fare in his hand. and he reach
ed 1t to the driver and made a rush
for the house and was hardly at the
top Of the steps when he exclaimed:
III lunch isn't ready we must go
without it,"
But it's all ready. Why, 1 haven't
seen YOU so excited in years before. Is
1t a case of life or death?"
"About the same thing. You know
1t has always been our dream to have
a cottage on the water"
mo, l I didn't know it. But go on"
Don't talk that way to me, Mrs.
Bowser. You've been pegging at me
for years to get a cottage somewhere
where we can spend the summer. I
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-15
PORTABLE ELEVATOR.
labor Saving Device For Handling

Labor Saving Device For Handling
Heavy ...ercnandise.
The accompanying Illustration shows
a portable elevator and tiering ma.
chine. The wide application of the de-
vice is obvious, and. besides it's advan-
tages in the saving of labor and stor-
age space, it has proved a great adj
vantage in repairing and erecting
shafting. hangers and pulleys.
The base is of malleable iron in two
sections. The wheels are fitted to the
bottom base. and between the two is
the top base. and between the two is
fitted a ball bearing base. The ball
bearing base is a distinguishing fea-
ture Of this elevator. The revolving
base makes it possible to load from
either direction in narrow aisles and
also unload at any point Of the CON-
pass. The circle described by the ex-
treme point in making a complete rev.
olution is 4 feet 2 inches in diameter.
The wheel base consists Of only three
wheels. and it will stand, therefore.
on the toughest floors, whereas
If there were four points of contact
with the floor only three would touch
at a time, except on perfectly smooth
floors, because it is impossible to use
a fifth wheel and turn as short as de-
sired. owing to other important fea-
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CA~N ~o"s
have tried and tried and failed. There
was always something wrong with all
Of 'em."
But this time you have found the
placer"
Il have or else the owner lies like IL
son of a gun. It's a man named Bart
lett, who has failed in business and is
giving all up to his creditors. He sur
renders this cottage and has offered it
to me at about half it's value if l close
the deal right away. There are four
or five other men after it, you see."
lis it Oh the ~seashorey"
"Not directly. 1t is back about half
a mile and on a river. 1t commands q
splendid view Of the ocean, however.
Don't sit there with your mouth open.
but eat away. I'm already DONE"
But l don't think you ought to rush
things this way" protested Mrs. Bow
Ser. I'VE ought to have time to look
the house over and know what we are
buying"
and the sooner we are at Violet
Hill the sooner we can begin to look.
It's twelve miles, and we've got to
take a train"
HAS the cottage a name?'
Eyes; it is called Ocean Blue. We
can change it to Ocean Red, Green or
White if we want to. Now, on with
your hat and We'll be off. BY John,
but you beat the band for dawdling!
If your fooling around causes us to
lose this sale I'll lever forgive you"
Mrs. Bowser was ready while he
was talking. and they took a trolley
car to the depot. There We're two or
three delays en- route, and Mr.. Bow
ser told the conductor and motorman
what he thought Of them and careful
" took their numbers in his little book,
but Of course they were at the depot
a full half hour before train time.
Mrs. Bowser spent this interval sitting
on n hard bench and watching the
people who visited the water cooler.
while Mr.. Bowser walked to and fro
Snd made threats Of suing the road.
When he came to inquire for tickets
to Violet Hill the agent smiled and re-
piled:
I'VE don't sell any to that point now.
You'll have to buy to White Rose and
walk back, or perhaps you can hire a
vehicle there"
But why in blazes don't you stop at
Violet Hill?"
Because we don't. Don't block the
way"
~Ry thunder. but this thing has got
tt he and will be looked into!" shouted
MI. Bowser as he was crowded back.
mot stop at Violet Hi! Why. the
man doesn't know what he is talking
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lures. The gears are all cut from steel
blanks, except the largest n which
is cut from a gray iron blank. The
platform is thirty inches long by
twenty-four inches wide, fitted with
reversible rollers. so that it can be
loaded from front or side. as desired.
The brake is made of a fiat steel
spring wound around two drums, and
by a very small pressure of the hand
on the brake lever a full capacity load
can be lowered at any speed desired
or stopped and held at any point. The
ratchet. which is designed to catch the
load at all points. is so constructed
that the operator is compelled to re-
move the crank from the shaft and
place it on the pawl shaft in order to
lower the platform, thereby eliminat-
ing all possibility of the crank hitting
the operator when lowering the plat
form. The floor space occupied is no
more than required for an ordinary
hand Notwithstanding Magazine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-15
FACTS ABOUT THE EARTH.
Some Astronomers Believe AIcyone
Center Of Our Universe.

Some Astronomers Believe Alcyone
Center Of Our Universe.
Our dear old earth, which seems i'm
movable and solid as we go about our
daily work OF travel over it's furrowed
surface. is yet spinning and rolling
and swaying in complex but orderly
motion. Its axial rotation gives us
day and night. Its CIRCUIT round the
sun brings the seasons and the year.
The circling Of the poles produces the
procession Of the eQuinoxes. The
planets perturb it in its courses. The
plane of its orbit sways up and down,
and its perihelion is slowly shifted.
The moon swings it round a center Of
gravity common to both, which the
sun and all our system speed onward
to some far distant goal. And, If the
bright star in the constellation Taurus
is the central point round which this
vast orbit sweeps, then Alcyone is the
center Of the universe for rs.
AS far as astronomers can judge, this
motion through the vast abyss of in
tersteller space is at the rate Of about
a million miles a day. and it is in the
direction Of the constellation Hercules.
The motion through space is believed
to be away from Argus and toward
Hercules. Some have thought that
Alcyone. in the Pleiades. is somewhere
near the center of the vast circuit
swept over by the SUI and his attend
ant worlds. If this is true, that beau
tful star as it silently wrinkles in
the constellation Taurus becomes of
surprising interest to mankind.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-15
WILLIAM +. X

WILLIAM r BAKER & Co. as a clerk.
At that time the junior member Of the
firm. Bird S. Coler. now president Of
the borough Of Brooklyn. was comp.
troller OF the city of New York. In
the year 1902 he ran for governor, and
the present police commissioner was
one of the managers Of his boom.
Baker served for a time as a mem.
Der OF the New York city civil service
commission and at the time Of his ap-
pointment as police commissioner was
deputy commissioner in charge of the
oprce in the borough Of Brooklyn.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-15
The Earth's LIGHT.

That the earth must shine on the
moon even as the moon shines on the
earth is obvious. To detect this light
from the earth on the lunar surface
and scientifically prove its existence is
another matter. 1t is interesting to
ind that a recent number Of a French
astronomical paper contains two photo.
graphs of parts of the moon illuminat-
ed by earth light. They were taken
by NJ. Queenisset at the Juvisy observ-
ntcvy.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-15

Institution at New
Haven. his alma
mater as well as
the presidents. Aft
err paying tribute
to others upon
whom the univer-
sity had conferred
degrees President
Taft in his speech
at the alumni din
ner came down to
Secretary Dickin-
son and remarked:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-15

TAFT SPEAKING FROM CAR PLATFORM ON
LAST TOUR.
will motor into Boston the morning Of
Sept. 15-his fifty-second birthday
and there board the car which prac-
ucally will be a rowing White House
for two months.
His first stop will be at Chicago,
where he is to arrive on the morning
OF Sept. 1G and there spend the after
noon and evening. leaving at 3 o'clock
Friday morning, Sept. II, for Madi-
son, Wis, where he will spend the ell
tire forenoon Of that day, leaving Mad
ison at midday for Winona, Mimi,
with a brief stop at Portage, Wis, en-
route. After spending Friday night at
Winona the president will reach Min
neapolis early the morning of Satur-
day, Sept. IS. While at Minneapolis
the president will visit st. Paul for the
afternoon and evening. He will stay
on Saturday and Sunday in Minneap-
oils, leaving Sunday night at s o'clock
In order to reach Des Moines, Ia, the
morning of Sept. 90. Five hours will
be spent in Des Moines, and then the
president moves on to Omaha for the
late afternoon and evening.
From that time on brief stops will
be made at various points in Colorado,
Utah, Wyoming, Idaho. Montana.
Washington, Oregon and California.
where in the latter state on Oct, II
and II the president will visit his
sister in Los Angeles. He will arrive
at the Grand canyon the morning Of
Oct. IA and will leave again that night
for Albuquerque. N. M, where he will
spend the evening of the 18th, reach
ing Ell Paso early the following morn
ing for the meeting with President
Diaz Of Mexico. This meeting, it is
said, may take place in the center Of
the International bridge. the chief en-
ecutives Of the two nations standing
in their own territory and shaking
hands across the border. 1t is said
that a banquet also will be served on
the bridge.
Arriving at Corpus Christi the even,
ing Of Oct. 10. the president will go at
once to his brothers ranch. where h"
will stay through Tuesday. Wedne>-
day. Thursday and Friday. Visitin':
Houston on the forenoon Of Saturday.
Oct. q. he will proceed to Dallas that
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-15

You went south of the Mason and
give a degree to. Well. it is well that
you did, because he is going to build
the Panama canal. and other universe
ties will follow where you got in early.
One of the difficulties that have con-
fronted Brother Dickinson out in Chi
cagO. where he has a temporary resi-
dence, was a discussion as to what
constituted an orthodox Democrat and
whether really he ought to be counted
as n Democrat If he allowed himself
to 60 into a Republican cabinet. Well.
when you come to discuss what is q
Democrat these days you are present
ed with very much the same difficulty
that I have before me now in giving
certain rules for the construction of
the pure food law as to what whisky
Is. They say there is straight whisky.
and then there Is 'rectifed' whisky.
and then there is imitation whisky.
Now, I speak with a good deal of hest
tation in saying whether my friend
Dickinson is a straight Democrat or
dare to say in his presence that be
was an imitation Democrat"
The recent shakeup in the police de-
partment Of New York city has at
tracted wide attention because of it's
bearing on the politics of the city and
state. Mayor McClellan's removal Of
General Theodore A. Bingham from
the leadership Of the police department
has been said by some to be due to his
desire to ingratiate himself with Tam
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-15
A Journey of
$4,000 Miles

afternoon to spend Saturday evening
and Sunday. From Dallas the presi-
dent proceeds direct to st. Louis to
begin his trip down the Mississippi
and his tour of the south.
About forty banquets are to be
faced by the president on his coming
trip. and each banquet means a
speech. Three times forty speeches
are expected Of him between dinners,
SO the president is looking forward to
a fairly busy time in September, Oc-
tober and November. Not more than
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-15

ASA~
wv his great Handwriting and
speechmaking tour in 1908
he Travelled 1900 miles, and
It was believed that this would remain
q record presidential tour. President
Taft, however, is now to surpass it.
Starting from Boston on Sept. Is, he
will journey through thirty or more
states in the west and south, return
ing about the middle Of November.
This means a trip of approximately
14,O0O miles, and it will be one Of the
most notable ever made by a presi-
dent.
Prior to 1865 the chief magistrates
Of the United States seldom left the
capital. The presidential tour was be-
gun under Jackson, and so new was
the idea at the time that when he pro-
posed it and made his plans for what
was afterward known as his Swing
around the circle" the entire country
talked about 1t, and opinion was pretty
well divided as to the propriety Of the
thing. Since then long tours have been
made by a number of presidents.
Cleveland in 1888 made one of $500
miles, on which he was gone three
weeks, and Harrison added to this trip
both in the number of miles travelled
and In the number Of speeches made.
President Mckinley, however, trav-
eled on his tours more miles than all
Of his predecessors combined, and,
while Roosevelt broke all records for
these journeys, the present tour Of the
nations chief executive will surpass
anything of the kind ever undertaken
by a president before.
Taft's Swing around the circle" will
also leave his predecessor behind in
the line of economy. He will have
only one and one-half cars at his dis
posa1. Roosevelt had a train Of five.
he will travel on regular trains.
Roosevelt ran special" from Wash
tngton to Birmingham, from Birming.
ham to Los Angeles and from Los An
geles back to Washington again. Taft
will be accompanied by only his secre-
tary and n or two needed White
House attaches. Roosevelt had q ret
anue of twenty in his wake. This tour
"a to cost $4,000, while Roosevelts
IN 1908 came to over $4,000.
President Taft's most %northerly des-
tnation is Seattle. where he is to visit |
the Alaska Pacific exposition,
and his southern limit is the dividing
line between the United States and
Mexico in the middle of the interna-
donal bridge over the Rio Grande at
El Paso, Tex. Starting from the north
coast of Massachusetts, the president
goes west direct from Beverly. He
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-15
Steel Made Rust Proof,

Aluminous coated steel sheets are the
product of a Pennsylvania company,
and they have been adopted by the
United States government for use in
the construction Of vessels. The coat
ing Is applied at a very high temper
allure when the metal has great fluid
ity, and the sheet Of metal is not only
rendered rust proof, but also much
more durable. The coating applied
hot makes a very serviceable cover
ing, which withstands all kinds Of hard
usage without fracturing, as it has
penetrated into the surface Of the
ateel.
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many Hall, with
which he was for
n long time ut odds.
General Bingham
was not in favor
will Tammany.
His as
com mis- sioner Is
William F. Baker,
who got his start
in both business
and politics when
he went into the Of.
fee of W N. Golfer
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-15
Lame LAWYER.

A Scotch advocate limping down
High street. in Edinburgh, overheard
q lady say to her companion, "That is
Mr.. c., the lame lawyer" Turning
round, he replied. "No, madam; l am a
lame man but not a lame lawyer
Christian Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-15
Heard on the Ocean Waves.

1t was one of those modern ocean
giants equipped with elevators and
eight decks.
Going up" called the elevator boy
as he started to close the door Of the
cage.
"No." responded the pale man, with
a wan smile; coming up" And then
he moved over toward the rail.-Den-
yer News.
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"CAl against luc
trust and its accused officers has been
drawn. This task was intrusted to O..
e. Pagan. a member of the department
Of justice who has had a long and
valuable experience in such work. He
gave very thorough consideration to
the questions involved in the drawing
of the fourteen counts Of the indict-
ment. The courts have found few flaws
in papers Of this kind that have come
from his hands. Attorney General
Wickersham spent two days in examin-
ing the various counts of the indict-
ment and the briefs regarding them.
Directors and officers of the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining company have had
plenty of warning of the storm which
broke about their heads and deluged
them in a fourteen count indictment.
The first evidence that the big COM
bine was in difficulties came with con-
viction in the rebating cases several
months ago and the discovery that the
trust by means of fraudulent weighing
methods had defrauded the govern
ment out of hundreds Of thousands of
dollars annually. The government COL
lected several million dollars from the
corporation. The company confessed
its guilt, and subsequently seven Of
its weighers OF the sugar docks in
Brooklyn were indicted for defrauding
the government.
On top of all this came the suit of
the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining com
pany to recover $3O.OOO.OOO for dam
ages sustained through being compel
led by the trust to close its refinery.
President Taft was in a humorous
mood while in attendance at the Yale
commencement and could not with
stand the temptation Of having a little
fun with n Of the leading members
of his cabinet. Jacob NJ. Dickinson,
secretary of war. and the recipient of
an honorary degree from the famous
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-15
Fly Fame.

It seems a very simple thing
To kill the little flies.
You are SO big and they so small
And you sc very wise.
You chase one with a spatter round
The room most everywhere.
You bring 1t forward with q slap
Alas. he isn't there!
The little fly Is very fly.
He lodges we'll your blow:
He leads you on a merry chase
And thinks you pretty slow.
And fame and fortune are the same.
Just like the flies. I swear.
You make q swoop to scoop 'em In
Alas. they are not there!
Boston Herald.
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Illuminated.

SLOW do YOU like my new tie?" in.
quired the man who would be nobby.
They examined it.
ut resembles" said one, "a chamc-
leon sliding down a rainbow"
And they passed on to another sub.
5ect.-Exchange.
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NOME CIRCLE, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS EX.
POSITION.
one or two of the most important ad.
dresses will be prepared by the presi-
dent before he starts on the trip. He
believes that he can do himself better
Justice when he speaks on the spur
Of the moment and draws his inspira-
ton from the remarks Of those that
precede him on the platform or from
the events that are passing in review.
There is no doubt that this program
is rapidly improving him as an ex-
tempOraneOus speaker. Short as the
time has been since he put it into ef-
feet, he is much easier in his manner
and reader with his wits than before
last falls campaign. President Roose-
welt before starting on a tour was in
the habit Of preparing most of the
speeches he expected to make. Often
the newspapers would receive a dozen
of them all in a bunch, each with it's
"release date" printed on the cover
and each given to the press under the
most solemn pledge to avoid prema-
ture publication. Once in awhile, in
the excitement of the days work.
some newspaper would print the
wrong speech on a certain date or
print it ahead of delivery. Then there
was the mischief to pay. Whatever
else may be said in favor of previous
speech preparation, there was always
that danger to dread, and Mr.. Taft
by refusing to write out any of his
addresses in advance %effcctually pre-
vents any such break" in the offices
of the dailies.
In travelling with economy and sim
plicity the president subjects himself
to many annoyances and drawbacks
that he is spared when running spe-
A special train is king Of the
road and everything is s~idetracked to
let it go by. but a private car hitched
to a regular passenger train. which is
the Taft way Of travelling, is no bet
ter than the string of coaches Of which
1t forms the tail.
Then, too, the president will not have
the comforts that he is given on a
train. His quarters will be
crowded, and every time the train
stops at a station to take on or let off
passengers a crowd of enthusiastic cit
liens will make a dash for his a to
shake his hand. They'll not get as far
as the ~handshaking point most of the
time, it is true, but the secret service
will have the time Of their
lives in protecting him from the on
slaughts, and in order to avoid the
good natured armies the president will
be obliged to remain locked in his
whenever the train is in Il
station.
President Taft is eagerly looking
forward to his visit to the great Alas
ka-Yukon-Pacific exposition at Seat
tie, where he is to spend two days,
Sept. 80 and Oct. l, and he will see Il
fair that in many ways surpasses any
thing Of the kind yer attempted be-
fore. Alaska is the only possession Of
the United States that President Taft
has not cen This is reason why
the people Of the northwest are so
anxious to have him visit the Alaska
Yukon-Pacific exposition. To some
millions Of his fellow citizens the ex-
position is showing the wonders Of n
section little known and half under
stood by the majority Of Americans.
The presidents travels will not be
concluded until Nov. p. when he will
settle down in the national capital for
his winters work.
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A Distinction,

Post-I don't see the difference be-
tween playing bridge for prizes and
gambling for money.
Parker-There's a lot. When you
play for money you get something
worth having.-Denver Post.
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Rhetorical Figures.

THAT orators speeches are full of
volden promises to his constituents.
''Those aren't golden promises" said
farmer Corntossel. "Those are golden
DrickS."-Washington Star.
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People Who
Are
Seen In Print.

THE case of the
a gainst the
sugar trust and it's
officials promises to
become one of the
most famous in the
history of such pro-
ceedings. The Sue
cess Of the federal
prosecutors will de-
pend quite a little
on the skill with
which the indict-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-15
The Presidents
Great Tour

YHEN Theodore Roosevelt made
wv his great Handwriting and
speechmaking tour in 1908