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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
THE ATMOSPHERE.
Without It There Would Exist a Queer
State Of Affairs.

Without It There Would Exist a Queer
State Of Affairs.
Without the atmosphere, besides the
Inconvenience to breathing, a great
many peculiar things would be observ-
ed that would seem very extraordi-
nary. to us. The sun would rise
straight up in the morning into a sky
as black as ebony, ~traverse a black
sky and sink down to rest at night
Into a black bed. No beautiful glories
OF the sunset and sunrise would APP
pear, no blueness Of the heavens be
seen, no red sun gradually growing
brighter. but one that would rise as a
fiery orb and remain thus all day. No
twilight and no daybreak could cheer
us, for there would be nothing to dit.
fuse the light.
Unless the sun shone directly on a
thing we could not see it. Thus our
houses would have to be made of
some transparent substance OF else be
artifcially lighted in the daytime. No
soothing shades would appear in the
landscape, but everything would stand
out boldly and clearly, every object
casting dense black shadows that
would render invisible any one enter
ing them. No voice or music could be
heard, for there would be no medium
to carry it. No birds or insects could
dit about in the trees and above us,
for there would be nothing to enable.
them to utilize their wing motion. No
clouds would be seen in the intensely
black sky, and 10 t~hunderstorms or
high winds would be possible. No
vegetation could exist, and no animal
could live. In fact, this old earth
would be as dead as Hector as far as
activity was concerned.
Yet this Is the exact condition of
affairs on the moon, which has no at
mosphere and consequently suffers ev-
cry n of these disadvantages.
1t Is rather interesting to contem-
plate the successive events on the
earth II the atmosphere should be
quickly removed. The first thing that
would probably happen is that every
animal, insect, fish, bird and plant
would suffer a violent explosion, for
each contains air at a pressure of ff-
teen pounds to the square inch on the
outside, which is balanced by an equal
pressure on the inside and would rush
outward on the first pressure being
removed. This can be shown by plac-
ing the hand over an air pump and
gradually e%xhausting the air. The part
exposed will gradually swell. Another
Illustration is when a tornado sweeps
round a house, taking the outside air
away for an instant. If the house is
closed the windows and doors will be
blown outward with enormous force.
and sometimes the sides themselves of
the house are blown in all directions.
Record-Herald.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
Roosevelt's Tribute To Johnson.

ST. PAUL, Jan. 11.-Written with q
pencil on a sheet of note paper, a let
ter was received today by Mrs. John
A. Johnson, from former President
Roosevelt under date of November Is,
stating that he had just heard of Gov.
ernor Johnson's death and Offering
sympathy. The letter follows:
ION SAFARI, Central Africa, Nov.
Is, 1909. My Dear Mrs. Johnson
While out here far from ali chance of
hearing news with any speed, I have
just learned of the death of your hon.
ored and distinguished husband.
trust you will not think me Intrusive,
If I write a word of respectful sympa.
thy. I greatly admired your husband
as an upright and honorable public
servant and as one of those Americans
whom we like to believe are typical
of our people as q whole. He is q
loss to us all, q loss to good citizen
ship."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
STOCKMEN IN CONVENTION,
National Livestock Association In An.
nual Meeting At Denver.

National Livestock Association In An
nuaI Meeting At Denver.
DENVER, Jan. 11.-Opposition to
President Taft's proposed interstate
commerce court is the position taken
oy many among the delegates to the
American National Livestock associ.
alton convention which opened here
today.
Members see the hands of the rail.
roads behind the proposition, they
assert. Many delegates favor making
the Interstate commerce commission
the court of last resort, except in cases
where confiscation is alleged, in which
they claim the federal court only is
competent to have Jurisdiction.
At the formal opening of the con.
vention today Governor Shafforth and
j. w. Springer welcomed the dele.
gates. President II. A.. Jastro re-
viewed the years work in his annual
address.
1.-THE present system of making q
tariff bill is q game of polite theft"
declared 81. A. Jastro, retiring presi-
dent of the National Livestock associ.
alton, in his annual address before
that body today.
"The representatives of one interest
assure the representatives of the other
interests that If you will let US have
what we want in the way OF duties, we
will treat you likewise. The only sci.
ence or method involved is to get all
they want"
Mr.. Jastro said the past year had
been exceptionally prosperous for the
livestock raisers of the west and he
was of the opinion that q continuance
OF the present basis of values seemed
quite probable. The decline of our
exports of beef cattle and fresh meat
was not, he said, q thing to be de.
plored, but rather it was q matter for
rejoicing that at last there was a home
market for an increased proportion of
such products. In view of the un-
Likelihood OF q future reduction in the
price of corn, he thought that live.
stock prices wonld be corresponding
ly high.
Mr.. Jastro said that there was no
occasion for the slightets apprehen-
sion OF a shortage in meat products.
The supply of livestock would always
be forthcoming under the stimulus of
profitable prices, and as long as we
were able to export about two hundred
million dollars annually of meat food
there was no occasion for worry at
home. There was, however, a neces-
sity, he said, for educating the peo-
pie In the correct use of the cheaper
cuts of meat.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
Woman Is Biggest Taxpayer.

NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-Mrs. Emma
A. Kennedy heads the list of personal
tax assessments made public in New
York yesterday. She is the widow of
the late John A. Kennedy, who left
$4,000, 900 to charity, who died re-
Gently, and she must pay taxes on
personal property valued at sc, OOO,-
600. Andrew Carnegie, who topped
the list last year, tied this year for
second place with Mrs. Russell Sage
at SIS, 900, 900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
ENDLESS CHAIN OF THIGH PRICES

One of the explanations of the in
creased cost of living is the in
creased cost Of production of the
necessaries Of life, and further ex-
pansion in this direction will give
still greater cause for complaint
among citizens who are compelled to
foot the bill. In comparing current
prices Of commodities with their mar.
ket value ten years ago, it is proper
to remember that the cost of produce
ton has been increased by the higher
wages paid in various industries,
shorter hours of labor and other fac
tors that enter into the cost of pro.
ducing the goods.
This feature of the situation is illus
trated in two instructive interviews
with prominent railroad men, in re.
gard to q threatened railroad strike
for higher wages by their employees,
the latter urging that the increased
cost of living compels them to ask
higher compensation for their services.
A. ]. Earling, president of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad,
is credited with this significant state.
ment:
1--WE are agreed on one thing. It
will be impossible to grant our en-
ployes IN increase in wages unless
higher rates per ton are received for
froinht -
A similar statement is made by W.
@. Brown, president of the New York
Central railroad, who presents the
railroad side Of the proposition in
these remarks:
ut cannot be stated too promptly
or emphatically, that any increase
whatever in wages, no matter how
large or small, is impossible without
q commensurate increase in railroad
rates. There is not a railroad in the
country that can afford to pay its
employees more now without getting
better rates."
AS the expense of transporting COM
mOdities from the point of production
to the point of consumption affects the
selling price of the necessaries of life,
any increase in freight charges must
ultimately be borne by the consumer.
According to the two railroad presi.
dents above quoted, higher wages for
their employees because of the high
cost of living means q further increase
in the cost of commodities, thus Civ.
ing cause for another demand for
higher wages, and 80 on ad in6nitum.
Such an endless chain of high prices
would have to be broken some time, |
to save the general public from
starvation.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
Too Harsh.

"Wretched woman! You took ad-
vantage Of my hospitality to steal my
husband"
pardon me, but is 1t exactly steal
ing where a guest, wishing a souvenir
Of an agreeable visit. carries away
with her some trifing thing which her
hostess gives every token Of caring
little for?"-Life.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19

This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and the
most liberal treatment consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct on all principal American and
European cities, and issues Its own
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. The
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
ENOUGH For Him..

When the physician arrived at the
designated house he found that his pa.
tient was a decrepit negro. who sat up
In bed and inquired:
"H0w much 70 charge, doctahy
1.-TWO dollars a visit, which includes
my time, experience. advice and the
medicine"
"A poor old coon like me don't need
all dem extras. Just glib me 10 cents
wo'th O. you cough medicine. and OATS
enough TO- me."-Judge.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
PROGRESS ON THE FARM.

In discussing the advance made in
agricultural methods in comparative.
ly recent years, a writer In one of the
popular magazines says the progress
sive farmer proposes to use less
Drawn and more brains, giving the
drudgeries to machinery and leaving
himself time to solve the farm prob
lens which can turn loss into profit.
Throughout the great northwest the
gang pillow drawn by a gasoline tract
or plows n and q fourth acres in an
hour at q cost of IS cents 40 acre. If
the pillow is drawn by q steam tractor
the cost is 81 an acre. With the old
style pillow two acres q day could be
plowed ut a cost of 81. so an acre.
On a large farm, where three or
four 16.inch plows are drawn by a
2O-horse.power traction engine, thous.
ands of acres of wheat lands q be
plowed, narrowed and seeded within q
short time, for tractors are used also
in operating seeding machines, both
the pulverizing and seeding being
done in one operation. The thresh-
ing outfit of 30 years ago consisted OF
an old.fashioned separator and horse
power. There were one or two band
cutters aud one or two feeders, accord
ing to the width of the cylinder to
feed the grain into the machine. Three
or four men measured and sacked the
grain, while three to six men stacked
the straw in q cloud of choking dust.
The modern threshing machine Is
equipped with an automatic band cut
ter, ~self-feeder, automatic weighing
and sacking device, and pneumatic
swinging straw stacker, all operated
by q gasoline or steam traction en-.
CINE. BY the old method of wheat
growing three hours were needed to
produce . bushel, and at q cost of III
cents. The modern machinee do 1t in 10
minutes for 81 cents. The old threshing
mschines had Q capacity Of It's to 225
bushels . day, the new over 1000.
The cream separator enables the
farmer to double his dairy products
with less than one-third of the work
involved 10 handling the milk in the
old way. The modern improvements
in corn machines make it possible
for the farmer to ave $1,000, 900 tons
of corr fodder. At the modest esti-
mate Of O. Q ton the husker and shred.
der alone, II the whole crop were
shredded, would annually add Sl,000,-
600, 600 to the agricultural wealth of
the country.
The corn shelter enables the farmer
to shell his corn quickly II he does not
wish to market the crop In the ear.
The gasoline engine TRANSFORMS druid
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19

KALIsPELL, Jan. l0.-Two fine e
steamers with twin screws will be
launched on Flathead lake this spring,
one for passenger aud excursion ser.
vice under the control OF the West
Shore Navigation company and now
building in Michigan, and the other
q SIS foot launch.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
A Consultation.

Gladys-Well, what did Miss DR..
Cleverton say was the Of your
extreme paleness? Grace-Well. she
has described to me a hat and waist
that will go beautifully with THAR.
per's Bazaar.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
Stock Losses In Wyoming.

CHEYENNE. Wyo., Jan. 12.-Losses
OF sheep In the recent storms reaching
as high as Is per cent. In some cases,
are reported from ranges in north and
central Wyoming. Cattle losses have
been heavy. Weather is moderatipp.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19

geries into pastimes. It operates the
cream separator, churns, saws wood,
shells corn and does mum berless other
chores that were full of terrors for the
average farm boy, thus contributing
more than anything else to keep the
boy on the farm.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
Prints All the News"

If any reader of the RIVER PRESS
considers it worthy of recommendation
TO friends, the favor will be very high.
~ appreciated by it's publishers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19

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, 1910-01-19

Local Securities Z Speciality.
Interest Allowed on Time DEPOSITS.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19

PAID UP CAPITAL..........S 100000
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY OOO. 900
Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-06
OUTRAGE WAS
 WITNESSED BY
 LOCAL MINER
Destruction of Times Seen by Foreman Moon, Of Czar Shaft-BeIiegeS Dynamite Was Used

Louis Moon, foreman of the Car shaft. arrived home yesterday from Los Angeles where on Saturday morning he witnessed the destruction of the Times plant. MT. Moon was stepping at a house on Olive street. several blocks away from First and Broadway where the Times plant was located. He says he was awakened ey a terrific explosion. instantly fol lowed by a sheet of flame that H. lTminated the surrounding neighbor- t9od Ike the rays of the sun. In the n,'xt instant IEore was a second ex- 2'"sion as te fife as the first
 MT Moon followed the glare of the flames and soon arrived at the scene of the horror He was among the first to reach the place. but even at .he time of his arrival he says the plant was doomed. Those who had not escaped the inferno had already Ierished.
 Mir. Moon, who has had years of ex- pee-'ence with dynamite and nitro glycerine, says he believes the build ing was destroyed by dynamite and that the explosions succeeding the first report were caused by gas. He declares the horror has deeply arous- ed the citizens of the coast city and That il has created bitter senti- mtnt
Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-06
FORGE OF RANGERS
 APPEARS ASSURED

It is now very probable that at the next meeting of the board of sup etvisors the matter of creating force of county rangers will be talk en up. Sheriff White is expected to return to Tombstone immediately and if he sees fit to make the appoint ments there is every reason to be- ljeye that the board will confirm them.
 Supervisor Bowen stated the mat ter was not discussed at the meeting held Monday because the sheriff was not at hand to state his wishes in the matter MT. Bowen is of the opin .on that the ranger question will be settled by the creating of the force at the November meeting. He said that he has first hand information thar the cattle men nyarious parts of the country are very anxious fDr this force to be pat in the field and that many Of them have expressed them selves on the subject.
 Mir Bowen has already made . statement of his position on the coun- ty ranger question. he is very fav- orable towards the appointment of th:s force. Since he gave the inter view on the subject which appeared in a recent issue Of the Review he has discussed the matter with several prominent 'Coschise cattle men and they all urged the appointment of the rangers.
 Sherin White is known to be in favor Of the rangers and when he retarns from Oklahoma it is expect cd that he will take the matter uf snd if he nominates he men for the proposed force Mr. Bowen Is conf
Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-06
VANISHED

The way some persons cling to coffee even after they know it is doing them harm is a puzzier. But 1t is an easy matter to give it up for good when Postum-properiy made--is used instead.
 A girl writes: Mother had beer suffering with nervous headaches for seven weary years. but Kept drinking coffee.
 "One day l asked why she did not give up coffee as a cousin of mlnc had done who had taken to Postum. But mother was such slave to coffee she thought it would be terri ble to give it up
 Finally. one day, she made the change to Postum- and soon her headaches disappeared. One morning while she was drinking Postum SC freely and with such relish asked for taste.
 That started me on Postum and ! now drink it more freely than I did coffee. which never comes into our house now. -
 A girl friend of mine, one day, saw me drinking Postum and asked if it was coffee. l told her 1t was Posium ard gave her some 10 take home. but forgot to ted her how to make 1t.
 "The next day she said she did noi see how I could drink Postum- found she had made 1t like ordinary coffee. So told her how to make right. and gave Ter a cupful I made boiling it fifteen minutes. She said she never drank any coffee that tasted as good, and now coffee s' H,nished from both our homes"
 Read the little book. "The Road to weIIviIle." in pkgs. There's reason"
 Ever read the above letter. new one appears from tine to tune They are genuine, true, and ful' o hgE-sa interest.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-06
THOUGHT COMRADES
 HAD BEEN MURDERED

Uomenico Gregoraci, the local pros, pector who was thought to have been lost in the hills after being desert ed by two men who went out into the mountains in the Moctezuma dis trict to see his property. has arrived in B'sbee
 He teiis a somewhat different story from that first reported. He stateo that he went short distance from his camp and when he returned the two men who were with him had dis appeared. Not dreaming that they had deliberately deserted him he thought that they had met with some misfortune and went in search Of them.
 The longer he searched the piore sure he became that his former com panions had been killed. After tTaT- cling on foot for sevesal miles with out food he struck across county @ NacoZari for the purpose of securing assistance from the officials. His long journey across the mountains was a tarG enc and he arrived at NacoZa-i in an exhausted condition caused by lack of food and water for more than two days.
 At Nacozari he found out that his former companions had passed through there on the way to the Unit ed States and that instead of Gny- thing having happened to them they lad deliberately deserted him.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-06
CHRISTIAN ENpEAvORS

ROCHESTER, N. Y.. Oct. 4-Noted
 Christian workers from half a dozen states will address the annual con vention of the Christian Endeavor society of New York here this week. Hundreds of delegates have arrived to attend the gathering, the formal opening which took place tonight iE D. D., of Boston. president Of the United Society of Christian Endeavor wiil preach the convention sermon
Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-06

come To the theatre-goers it will only be necessary to mention that f is the companion show to ''Wira Woman and Song" that is Q sual- cient guarantee to them of its qnaI- fly Like Wine. Woman and Song it is a merry concotion blended to- gether with songs and laughter with Just a thread of a story to mai3taln the small plot and furnish a clear enjoyable evenings entertainment.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-06
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The Military Four. HarmCnlsis, ''rhe Rehearsal unique offering siowing the side of the actors life where the lights are not brightly shining and where it is a steady grind and Christmas Eve at the Club" a sketch filled with beautiful sentiment and clean cut comedy, which is re cognized as the prettiest little play. let of the times. The scenic effects are in themselves a feature.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-06

A muscal melanse in three acts call ed Morning, Noon and Night" under the. peronal direction of Mortimer NJ. Tleise. Is the attraction at the Or Isheum next week. This was said to be one Of the musical comedy treats of the past season and although it has never been seen in this territory before it's reputation has preceded it and it is assured of a warm wei
Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-06

cen: that one or both of the other members of the beard will be favor. able to the confirmation Of the men se- locted by the sheriff.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-06

Millinery opening commencing Oct ober 3rd., and continuing for ten days. Mrs. Norris, 219 Tomb stone canyon. tt.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-06

the minute we receive an order for lumber We carry such big stock that we can meet any requirement at a moments notice. Order your next lumber here and you will have no
 delay on the job. That accounts lot when :ha expense of idle r,e- chanic is considered.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-09-29
SIR THOMAS STRONG MADE
LORD MAYOR OF LONDON.
His Election to Important Post
Without Opposition.

LONDON. Sept. 29.-Sir Thomas
Nesey Strong today was elected LORD
Mayor of London without opposition.
Sir Thomas is pronounced temperance
advocate and enjoys the distinction of
being the first teetotaller chosen as
chief magistrate of the metropolis, He
was born in 1857 and In 1900 married
Lille, the eldest daughter of the late
James Hartnell
sir Thomas was educated privately
and is credited with being a self-made
man. In business he has been success
full as the head of paper supply firm.
He was knighted while occupying the
office of sheriff of the City of London.
He is a director of the United Kingdom
Temperance and General Provident In
stitution and a commander of the Order
OF Isabelle the Catholic of Spain, and
of the Order of Our Lady of Villa vi
cosa of Portugal.
The mayor will figure prominently In
the entertainments. and ceremonies con-
nected with the Coronation of King
George.