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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-09-23
WEST CORINTH.

Ellen and Gladys Virgins visited
their brother Jesse at the, home of
Mrs. Cross in Vershire last Satur-
day and Sunday. ,.
Miss Chamberlin, her mother and
sister and Mr.. Field left for their
home in New Jersey Tuesday.
Conrad Kruger of New York re-
Gently visited his mother and sister
in-law at their summer home here.
A force of men, including Mr..
Cook of Chelsea and Mr.. Mcdonald
of Washington, have been working
on the telephone lines for several
weeks past, preparing to move the
central office from Cookville and
the Corner into Bert Virgins house
in this place.
H. E. Day and wife of Bradford
Cneter, and Mrs. Days cousin, Mrs.
Lake, recently visited relatives and
friends in town. =
Alden True, Jr., of Topeka, Kan
sas, has been. at Lewis True's for
several weeks past.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-09-23
WEST TOPSHAM.

Rev. Lewis Dexter has accepted
a call from the Wolfboro, n. H.
Free Baptist Church. That he may
commence his labors there the first
of October, he will preach his clos
ing sermon in West Topsham, Sun
day, Sept. 25, at 1915 a. M, and in
East Orange at 2 p. m. of the same
day. Thus will close a pleasant
pastorate of nearly six years with
these Vermont churches.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-09-23
II Saved His Leg.

"AH thought I'd lose my leg" writes
]. A. Swensen, Of WATERFOWL, Wis. Ten
years Of eczema, that Is doctors could
not cure, had at last laid me up. Then
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured Il, sound
and we'll" Infallfble for Skin Eruptions,
Eczema, salt Rheum, Boils, Fever Sores,
Burns, Scalds, Cuts and Piles. 25c. at
J. NJ Taylor's. -
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-09-23
Wells River Savings Bank,
WELLS RIVER, VT.
T.. DEPOSITS 1882, DOLLS

Persons living out of town may
send deposits by Bank Draft, Check
Postofice Order or Express and
deposit book will be returned by
mail. All correspondence should
be addressed and drafts made pay
able to the Wells River Savings
Bank.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-09-23
MY HOME FARM

suitably tua pasture
smith shop
Heife, Fall
Driving Horse weight $50 lbs yesrO Colt weight 1loosa good
Maehny-l Lumber
Sled Sleigh. Moving Machines Horse Rake Hay Tddr Cyr,
Power Bellows Falls Baby Horse Powery u Spara-
Milk
mean
d
ar.a bankabe Free Lunc a
JOSEPH Nolan, Owner.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-09-23
We DO JOB PRINTING.
REAL ESTATE and PERSONAL PROPERTY
AT
PUBLIC AUCTION.
AUCTIONEER
WITH THE D. A. PERRY REAL ESTATE AGENCY BARRE. VI.

decided life
public auction Wednesday Sept 8 9 at ten o'clock the forenoon the
from East ToFham Village the following described and personal
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
Washington News Notes.

WASHINGTON, March 16.-Repre-
sentative Pray f%avorably reported to
the house, from the public lands com.
mittee, q bill establishing Glacier Ma
tional park In northwestern Montana.
For the surveying of public lands
during the coming fiscal year Score.
tary of the Interior Ballinger has rec.
commended to congress the appropria.
ton OF d, 200, 900, instead of s450, 900
as previously asked.
For the surveys in Montana, s25
per linear mile for standard and mean.
der lines will be allowed and S23
for township and go for section lines.
The first surveys are to be made in
the townships occupied by settlers;
then In land grants, indemnity lands,
agricultural lands and reserv alton
lands and forest reserves.
Secretary Ballingor has also rec
commended legislation providing pun
ishments for unlawful cutting of tim.
Der on Indian lands. He thinks pun
ishments of from $500 to 81 900 in
fines and one Or two years. imprison.
ment should be made for these OF.
enses.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
Live Fish In Cold Storage.

PORTLAND. Ore, March l5.-That
live fish may be frozen in a block of
ice, kept for months on ship board or
shipped around the country and then
be thawed out alive is the result of
experiments carried on by Frank
Smith, superintendent of the govern
ment fish hatchery at Coos bay. Mr..
Smith has shipped salmon fry frozen
in ice to Seattle and when thawed out
the young fish we're as lively as when
they were sent. he has also kept
fsh frozen in q block of ice for two
months. When released they were
ound alive and in good condition.
Mr.. Smith is making further expert.
ments. He believes salmon fry can
be kept frozen much longer than two
months and will determine how long
Q period of cold storage they will
survive,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
Discounted Reclamation Scrip,

WASHINGTON, March 15.-Repre.
sentative Smith DEM, Texas told the
house ways and means committee to-
day that thousands of dollars in gov
ernment' Certificates of ndebtedness,"
issued in connection with various irri-
CATION projects, were being circulated
in the west at so cents on the dollar.
He said the paper represented ranch.
ers' pay for work done on projects,
and which they were allowed by the
government to exchange for land
when the irrig alton projects were com.
pleted. AS the project have not been
completed, the holders have been
forced, he declared, to discount the
paper in order to buy the n%ecessaries
of life.
Mr.. Smith urged favorable action
on the bill before the committee for
the issuance of $50, 900, 900 in govern
ment certificates of indebtedness to
complete irrigation projects.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
They We're Easy Marks.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, March 15.-
O. O. Newberry, of Argyle, Ia, testi.
fed in the Mabray case to losing 3d.
600 90 two horse races at Wilksbarre.
He told a story which, in many re.
spects vas similar to those recited by
other victims, but closing with the
statement that, she thought they were
fine fellows and showed me such q
good time that I decided to pay my
own expenses of S75, and did not ask
them to REIMBURSED"
"They all belonged to churches and
said they liked me. But these boys
actu ally fooled me, although I never
made q 'holler."
E. S. Kaugh. q clothing merchant
OF Terre Haute, lost $1,000, accord
ing to his testimony, but he admitted
IN cross examin alton that he came to
Council Bluffs expecting to make $40.
600 on q sure thing.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23

may prescribe, giving all citizens of
the United States an equal opportu-
nifty to subscribe therefor; but no com.
mission shall be allowed, and the in
terest on said certificates and on any
expense incident to preparing, adver.
Using and issuing the same shall be
paid out of the reclamation fund and
shall In due course be restored to said
fund by including the same with all
other expenses in future estimates of
construction, opera alton or mainte.
nance.
"The certificates authorized by this
act shall be exempt from taxes in any
form by or under state, municipal or
local authority. That all money Dor.
rowed under authority of this act shall
be devoted exclusively to the compile.
ton of work on projects heretofore
begun.
"Section 2. That beginning five
years after the date of the issue of the
first certificate of Indebtedness author.
lied by this act, so per centum of the
annual receipts of the reclaim alton
fund shall be applied to the, payment
Of said certificates, which shall be
cancelled when paid"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
SPIDER INSTINCT.
Cutting q Web Thread to Escape From
an Intruder.

Cutting \ Web Thread to Escape From
an Intruder.
The instinct of the spider ia AWAY
an interesting subject for study. Re-
Gently a naturalist placed a small spi-
der In the center Of a large spiders
web some four feet above ground.
The large spider soon rushed from its
hiding place under a leaf to attack the
intruder, which rain up one of the as
cending lines by which the web was
secured to the foliage.
The big insect gained rapidly upon
the little one, but the fugitive was
equal to the emergency, for when
barely an inch ahead of the other it
cut with one of its rear legs the line
behind itself, thus securing it's own es-
cape, the ferocious pursuer falling to
the ground.
The naturalist says: ut is not the
habit Of spiders to cut the slender
thread below them when they are as
cending to avoid some threatened dan
ger unless there is a hole close at
hand-and a hole that is known to be
u%noccupied." From this it would seem
that the little creatures action was the
result Of some sort Of reasoning. In
stinct led it to run away, but it must
have been something more than in
stinct that led it to sever the line and
so cut off the pursuit.
The same naturalist says that spi-
ders are cannibals and that they are
naturally pugnacious. But they do not
fight for the satisfaction Of eating n
another. when two spiders fight
there Is generally a very good reason
for the attack and the vigorous de-
tense that follows.
ut Is not generally known that after
a certain time spiders become inca
pable of spinning a web from lack
of material. The glutinous excretion
from which the slender threads are
spun Is limited, therefore spiders can
not keep on constructing new snares
when the old ones are destroyed. But
they can avail themselves of the web
producing powers of their younger
neighbors, and this they do without
scruple. As soon as a spiders web
constructing material has become ex-
hausted and it's last web destroyed it
sets out in search of another home,
and unless it should chance to find one
that is %tenantless a battle usually en-
which ends only with the retreat
or death Of the invader or defender."---
New York World.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
Snow Plow Buried Under Slide.

ST. PAUL, March 15.-At the Office
of the general superintendent of the
Great Northern it was said that 40 av.
blanche o few miles west of Yelling
ton, WASH, at 2 O'Clock this morning,
buried q rotary snow pillow and has
again blocked traffic though it is ex-
pected that the line will be cleared
some time tomorrow.
Engineer John Annon was seriously
injured and has been taken to Seattle.
An Italian laborer is missing. These
are the only casualties, according to
the railroad officials who say that the
engineers we're not buried.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
MAY AVERT STRIKE,
Railroad Trainmen Will Submit Claims
To Arbitration.

Railroad Trainmen Will Submit Claims
To Arbitration.
CHICAGO, March 15-President Car
ter announced from the committee
Don today that in all probability
the dremen would accept the offered
mediation under the Erdman act.
There will be no strike" said
President Carter, "but the mediation
must be speedy or the men will not
submit to It,"
0. L. Dickinson, assistant to the
president of the Chicago. Burlington
& Quincy railroad, on behalf of the
managers committee, gave out the
following statement today:
SIN order that the public and IN.
represented commercial interests of
the country may not be embarrassed or
injured by the i'll effects OF q conflict
which the firemen propose, the rail.
roads have invoked the aid of the
Erdman act and Chairman Knapp of
the Interstate commerce commission
and Commissioners of Labor Neill
have been communicated with and
their good Offices enlisted as mediat.
ors under the government law in an
effort to peaceful adjustment of the
difficulties. Messrs. Knapp and Neill
have accepted and we do not see how
the firemen q we'll refuse the propo.
sition for a peaceful adjustment.
1.-THE railroads feel that after hav.
ing offered arbitration of the wage
question and az a last resort enlisted
mediation through q third party, they
have used every reasonable effort to
avert the final break"
The points in dispute are: Increase
in wages demanded, which the union
officials say would amount to about
l23 per cent, but which the railroads
assert would amount to % per cent.
The right of the union in question
to representation when q fireman has
been promoted to an engineman or to
another capacity over which another
union claims jurisdiction.
Questions of seniority or the pro.
motion of new men over old-time EN-.
plOyes.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
THACKERAY WAS BORED.
Amusing Incident Of the Authors Sec
ond Visit to Boston.

ond Visit to Boston.
During Thackeray's second visit to
Boston Mr.. James T. Fields, his host.
was asked to invite Thackeray to at
tend an evening meeting of a scientific
club, which was to be held at the
house Of a distinguished member.
l was, said Mr.. Fields, very reluc-
tant to ask him to be present, for l
knew he was easily bored, and l was
fearful that a prosy essay or geological
paper might be presented and felt GER
tain that should such be the case he
would be eXasperated with me, the in
nocent cause of his afliction.
My worst fears were realized. l
dared not look at Thackeray. l felt
that his eye was upon me. My dis
tress may be imagined when 1 saw
him rise quite deliberately and make
his exit very noiselessly into a small
anteroom adjoining. The apartment
was dimly lighted, but he knew that
I knew he was there.
Then began a series Of pantOmimic
feats impossible to describe. He threw
an imaginary person-myself, of course
upon the floor and proceeded to stab
him several times with a paper folder,
which he caught up for the purpose.
After disposing of his victim in this
way he was not satisfied, for the dull
lecture still went on in the other room,
so he fired an Imaginary revolver sew
eral times at an imaginary head.
The whole thing was inimitably
done. l hoped nobody saw it but my
self. Years afterward a %ponderous,
fat witted young man put the question
squarely to me:
"What was the matter with Mr..
Thackeray that night the club met ut
Mr.. IS house,"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
FOR WORK.

The problem of providing funds for
the completion of government irriga.
ton projects in Montana and other
western states, will be solved by the
passage of a bill of which Senator
Carter is the author. The provisions
of the measure are to this effect:
"a bill to authorize the issue and
sale of certificates OF indebtedness
against the reclam alton fund.
"Be it enacted by the senate and
house OF representatives of the United
States of America in congress Assem-.
bled, that to enable the secretary Of
the interior to complete and properly
extend reclamation projects already
begun the secretery of the treasury is
authorized to borrow from time to
time, at a rate OF interest not exceed.
ing 3 per ceutum per annum, such
sum or sums as in the judgment of the
secretary of the interior may be neces-
sary to complete the reclamation pro.
jects heretofore begun, including
necessa airy extensions thereof by the
secretary Of the interior. and to Issue
therefor certificates of indebtedness In
such form as he may prescribe and in
denominations of $50 or of multiples
OF that sum; and each of said certi6
Gates, together with interest thereon,
shall be pay able out of the reclama.
ton fund created in pursuance of the
provisions of an act of congress-, ap.
proved June II, 1902. entitled, AN
Act appropriating the receipts from
the sale and disposal of public lands
In certain states and territories to the
construction of irrigation works for
the reclamation of arid lands, and
such payment is hereby guaranteed by
the United States.
"Provided, That the aggregate is'
sue of such certificates shall not exceed
go, DOC, 600, and the provisions and
penalties of existing law respecting
counterfeiting aud other frsudulen,
practice are hereby made applicable
to the certificates of indebtedness au'
thorized by this act. Interest on such
certificates shall be payable, with in
terest thereon accrued. at such time
after five years from the date of its
issue as the secretary of the treasur
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
"ETHlCS" AND ADVERTISING.

AOOut ~ 6OSuCO an aspect OF MOD
ern professional life as has ever
brought a smile to the face of q pub.
Usher is the phase of the so.called
code of ''ethics' which places the ban
on honest advertising. Just why
there should be one code of this vague
and uncertain thing called "ethics"
for one business and q different one
for another has never been satisfac.
torily explained. For, when consid.
cred frankly, a professional man who
makes his living from his clients is
quite as much q business man as the
merchant.
The stickler for ''ethics" is bound
by tradition and narrow prejudice.
The physician who places q sign upon
his door considers this course legiti-
mate on the ground that it will aid
patients in finding him, but he prob
ably would blanch with horror If
asked to place this same sort of a
sign in u conspicuous place and large
type in a newspaper where 1t would
serve the same purpose but with far
greater utility. Why should a physi-
clan decline to make a frank an.
nouncement of his business in a daily
newspaper? He is in business for the
money there is in it. The so.called
'advertising" dentist is anathema to
the so-called ''ethical" dentist, yet
both may be graduates of the same
college and equally capable and hon.
orable in their profession.
DR.. Pritchett's annual report as
president OF the Carnegie Found alton
contains a warning to colleges and
universities against advertising. DR..
Pritchett does not give any satisfac.
tory reason for his prejudice against
the form of legitimate publicity that
brings students to educationa al institu-
tions save that it isn't ''ethical,"
Here we have the same old bugbear.
which should be relegated to the
scrap heap with witches, the warming.
pan and the b~leeding-cup.
There is another eide to this ''ethi.
cal' proposition of which little has
been said. This is the newspapers
side. 1t is a fact verified by expert.
ence that not n ''ethical" ply stefan
or lawyer in a hundred is at all averse
TO public mention OF his connection
with any number of cases of creditable
importance-the more the better.
There are many ''ethical" profession.
al men who would be entirely willing
to do honest and legitimate advertis.
ing II the other ''ethical' professional
gentlemen would do likewise. For
~tunately, however, "ethical" prejudice
is yielding, slowly but surely, to good
sense and progress. Advertising is q
necessity In almost every branch OF
human industry. Ministers of the
gospel find that 1t fills their pews,
lawyers find that it brings them eli
ents, schools and colleges find that it
q larges their enrollments. And, we
may add, the most successful money.
makers In any phase Of life are those
who manage to secure, in one way or
another, a generous amount OF con.
tinuous advertising in the newspapers.
Kansas City Journal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
Lords and Commons.

An ancient English custom forbids
the participation of a peer in the cleo
ton Of a commoner, so that when a
general election is actually in progress
the lords are ~oratorically muzzled by
a fiction that supposes them to be quite
Indifferent to the composition Of the
lower house, but until the candidates
have been actually nominated the
peers may use all the eloquence with
which nature has endowed them for or
against the issue involved in the ap-
preaching election.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
Famous Men Who Remained Bachelors.

Famous Men Who Remained Bachelors.
Among the illustrious mel who
passed through life in single blessed
ness may be mentioned Sir Isaac New
ton, Thomas Hobbies, author Of "The
Leviathan;" Adam Smith, the father
Of political economy; Chamfort, the
greatest Of French takers; Gassendi,
Galilei, Descartes, Spinoza, Locke,
Kant, Bishop Butler, the author Of
Analogy" Bayle, Leibnitz, Hume,
Gibbon, Macaulay, Buckle, Pitt,
Charles James Fox, Leonardo da
Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Sir
Joshua Reynolds, the artist Turner.
Handel, Beethoven, Schopenhauer,
Rossini. Mendelssohn and Meyerbeer.
Detroit Journal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
MONTANA.

The exhibition cars that have been
presenting to residents of the eastern
states q demonstration OF the agricul-
tural possibilities of Montana soil
and climate, have been excellent ad.
vertisements of the U of the
Treasure state. This unique method
of calling public attention to oppor.
tunities offered to settlers is the sub
ject of these remarks by the Boston
Herald:
The Great Northern Railway com.
psny is doing it's missionary work in
concrete form by giving exhibitions
in various parts of the country of
products from various sections along
the line of it's system. The company
has no land of its own to offer, it be.
ing the only transcontinentsl railroad
that WAS built without q land grant or
subsidy Of any kind. 1t is intent.
however, upon building up the popu-
lation in the territory tributary to its
lines. and that, frankly stated, is the
reason for the exhibition which the
company will hold in this city. at POI
Washington street, during the next
few weeks.
An especial reason for holding these
exhibitions at this time is that during
the present year the United States
government will open 1000, 900 acres
OF land in the state OF Montana to
homeseekers. The Savoy district in
that state was opened the first of this
year. and there is already q large
settlement there. The Rocky Boy
reservation, from which the Indians
have departed, will be thrown open
March 10. Homesteads OF 100 acres
each are thrown open to settlers with
out lottery or drawing for first choice,
but on assignment by the government
agents, to settlers as they arrive and
locate.
Montana 10 pre- minently q grain
state. The average yield of wheat in
Montana Is 1851 bushels per acre, while
the average for the United States is
1873 bushels. The average product of
oats throughout the country is %
bushels, while in Montana it Is Al
bushels. The average yield of fax
seed throughout the country is eight
bushels per acre, and 10 Montana an
average of Ia bushels to the acre is
produced.
The exhibition is not confined to the
products of any one state. There are
fruits and vegetables from Minnesota,
Dakota, Oregon and Washington, as
we'll as from Montana. The display
of fruit from the Pacific northwest is
attractive to the degree of fascin alton.
The great fruit producing section in
cludes the eastern part of Washing
ton and the northern part of Oregon
and small parts of Idaho and Mon.
tana.
The evidence that the Great North
ern railway has furnished of the nat
ural and to 40 extent latent wealth in
the lands reached by its system should
be of special interest to the people of
New England.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
Nstura of the Goods.

II suppose Il manicure establishment
cannot possibly run out of stock"
'Why not:'
Because it is a business in which
the goods are always on hand.'-Balti-
more American.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23

He who shall pass Judgment on the
records Of our life is the same that
formed us in frailty.-Stevenson.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23

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.