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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-24
Ripe Cucumber Pickle.

Cut cucumbers in halves lengthwise.
Cover with alum water, allowing two
teaspoonfuls powdered alum to each
quart of water. Heat gradually to boil
ing point, then let stand on back of
range two hours. Remove from alum
water and chill in ice water. Make a
strip by boiling five minutes two
pounds sugar, n pint vinegar, with
two tablespoonful each of whole
cloves and stick cinnamon tied in a
piece Of muslin. Add cucumbers and
cook ten minutes. Remove cucumbers
to a stone jar and pour over the sirup.
Scald sirup three successive mornings
and return to cucumbers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-24
Roosevelt Turned Down..

New YORK, Aug. 16.-Theodore
Roosevelt's name was presented for
the office of temporary chairman of the
republican state convention at the
meeting OF the republican state com.
mittee today but his selection for that
honor was lost by q vote of 20 to Is.
Vice President j ames M. Sherman
was named as temporary chairman OF
the coming state convention by a I'm.
animous vote, following the %unsuccess'
fu! attempt to make Colonel Roosevelt
the temporary chairman of the con.
v%eutiOp,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-24

The mop wringer illustrated above
was designed for ordinary household
use. This new wringer consists Of a
conical can with a hook on the side by
which it can be hung in the corner Of
the kitchen sink. 1t is open at the bot
tom and has openings at the sides to
permit the outflow Of water. Along
the inside is a series Of blades that
engage the mop when it is thrust in
the can and hold it when it is twisted.
A couple Of twists of the handle and
the mop can be squeezed as dry as
though it were run through a roller
wringer. This device has an addi.
tional advantage in that it be used
conveniently not only to dry a floor
mop. but to wiring out the small mop
that women use in washing dishes.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-24
PRESIDENT is NOT PARTISAN.

The recent speech of President Taft
at Rockland, Maine. was, in it's refer
ence to his position as president of the
United States, q most happy one, and
it will be exceedingly gratifying to
the masses of the people if he and his
successors invariably maintain the
patriotic and ~uuselfsh status he 90
%eloquently defined.
"Traveling as | am, as president Of
the United States, I have no right TO
be other than president OF the whole
people and to stand only On the plat
form Of patriotism, love of country
and prosperity for ALL"
In those words President Taft raised
the chief executive far above the whirl
of party politics, far above factions,
cliques and machines, and, sincere
man as he is, the people OF the coun.
try receive his words with confidence
and exult 10 the separation of the
president and political canvasses.
We are to have no more 'swinging
around the circle of our presidests
for the purpose of influencing voters
by presidential appeals for partisan
purposes.
He, himself, has said it, and the
presidential promises will be as firmly
fixed in the mind OF the executive as
are the party convention pledges.
President Taft 10 this has broken
away from the course of many of his
predecessors and has set a precedent
that will render him illustrious in a
line OF iliustrious officials.
When he travels as president of the
United States his fellow citizens OF
all and every political faith will vel
come him in every quarter of the land
they will listen to his words of hope,
his patriotic sentences, his pledges O
national progress, fully assured he
Will utter not q sentiment that will
tend to further q partisan end or {
word OF commend alton of one party
more than another.
he has divorced the president from
alliance with politics Of every parti
can nature; he has separated the ex
ecutive of the nation from the schemes
and Vaccinations of candidates ant
committees who would make him tn,
instrument to draw the voters int,
partisan organizations to advanc
personal OF party ends.
President Taft In that speech serve,
notice upon politicians everywher
that the president of the United State
would be no tool in their hands to d,
partisan work.
II he draws upon himself the snge
and disfavor of the politicians b!
those words, expressing such q higl
resolve and digni6ed attitude. he, b!
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-24
The River Press
Published erery Wednesday Morning
by the River Press Publish
ing Company.
A r MONTANA GROW.

More than 600 miles of new railway
track will be laid in Montana at q
cost Of about $25, 600 900, is the an.
nouncement made recently by promi-
nent railway officials. Right of way
has been secured for the greater part
of this Q mileage, and q number OF
parties OF surveyors r In the field
locating the remainder of the mileage
to be constructed. One of the most
important OF the new lines to be
constructed is the cutoff for the Nor
them Pacific, extending from Glendive
to Helena, q distance of $50 miles.
This road will pass through Dawson.
Fergus and Meagher counties, which
Is q new and spsrsely settled section
Offering many opportunities for home
seekers.
The chief purpose for the construc-
ton Of this new line is to give q more
direct route from St. Paul to the coast,
and the new road will be used chiefly
for mail and fast freight. This road
will parallel the Milwaukee road from
Miles City to Mesgher, but at an aver
age distance of Is miles.
In connection with the building OF
this 35O.mile cutoff at an estimated cost
Of SIC, 00O, 900. announcement Is made
that the railway company will COLOMBO
large tracts OF their lands. 1t Is their
policy to keep these lands out Of the
hands of speculators as much as pos.
sible. To indicate the rapid settle.
ment of Montana. the president of the
Northern Pacific states that $50, OOC
acres, from the total of 1874, 900 acres
that had been disposed of during the
10 months period ending March 81,
were in Montana.
1t is also announced that the Great
Northern will construct a road south.
easterly from Mondak to Lewistown,
a distance of 268 miles. Right Of way
has been secured for this road, and
surveyors are in the field selecting the
best route for a further extension OF
this road from Lewistown to Helena,
an additional distance of more than
100 miles. The estimated cost of this
road is from $l2, 900, 900 to s15, 900, 600.
In addition to these two lines that
are definitely projected, the Milwaukee
system Is reported actively at work on
a branch line from Milestone through
Lewistown to Great Falls. These new
railway lines will give transportation
to a very large territory in Montans
and will be the means of rapid de
velopment. for both the Hill and tn
Milwaukee systems are ''colonizing'
roads.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-24
1T REVENUE.

Coming on the heels of recent pri.
mary elections in several states, in
which the tariff law was the chief is-
sue. the official figures analysed by q
correspondent of the Milwaukee Sentt-
mel show up in ven q stronger light
than did the friends of the tariff law
during the primary campaign the fal.
sity OF the charges brought against
the measure which President Taft de.
clares is the best tariff law ever
framed. The law has been in oper-
alton just q year. The official figures
show in general the following facts, as
summarized by the correspondent men.
toned:
l. That the total value of free i'm.
ports under the eleven months of the
Payne law was greater than for an
average similar period of any other
tariff law.
2. That the total value of dutiable
imports was greater than for an aver.
age similar period OF any other tariff
law.
3. That the percentage of free i'm.
ports wac greater than for an average
similar period Of any other tariff law,
the Mckinley law alone excepted,
when sugar was on the free list.
4. That the customs receipts we're
greater than for IN average similar
period Of any other tariff law.
S. That the average ad valorem on
dutiable articles was lower than for
an average similar period of any 9TH
er tariff law.
6. That the average ad valorem on
all imports was lower than for an
average similar period of any other
tariff law.
In the minds OF those hostile to the
protective tariff theory these six facts
of course constitute six crimes in
political economy. But to all those
who have been prating about how
loyal they are to the principle of pro.
lection and yet were too ''patriotic'
to indorse the present tariff act these
facts are unanswerable refutation OF
their position. To the republicans
who have maintained persistently til at
the present tariff act is thoroughly re.
publican in theory and 10 results, the
official figures covering the FIRST year
of the laws operation will be wholly
confirmatory and correspondingly en-.
couraging. On such q showing the
republicans may we'll wage the con-
gressional campaign on the tariff
issue with confidence in the merits of
their own position, If not in the ulti.
mate good sense OF the voters.
Going more into detail, the figures
show that for every working day of
the year the customs revenu have
been 81, 200. 900. The monthly aver.
age has been double that under either
the Wilson or Mckinley law and &c.
600, 900 more than under the Dingley
act. The Payne law has not only pro-
duced s6, 200. 900 a month in excess OF
the customs receipts under the Ding.
ley law, but has added 81, 900, 900 a
month in corporation taxes.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-24
House From One Tree.

SEATTLE, Aug. 16.-A house which
is perhaps the most remarkable struc.
ture of its kind in the world has just
been completed at Elms, Wash. 1t is
Q large IA room dwelling. two and one.
half stories high, and was built entire
~ from q single fir tree. All of the
lumber used in erecting the house was
from this one giant tree, q douglas fir,
It contained 10000 feet Of good lum-
Der, worth about 81, 900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-24
Aomomado Camant.

A good cement that will be found
most eficacious in mending curios,
fossils and other things is made in
this way: Dissolve two ounces Of gum
arabic in about a pint of water. then
add an ounce and a half Of laundry
starch stirred smooth in a little cold
water and half an ounce Of sugar and
cook In a double boiler until clear and
Of the consistency of tai. Add a few
drops of oil Of cloves or camphor to
assist In preserving the glue.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-24
lronino Shirt Waists.

First iron the body Of the waist. then
crumple a quantity Of soft brown or
tissue paper into u big loose roll: but
ton or pin the waist over this bundle
and then proceed to iron the sleeves
without any trouble. The button side
OF the waist may he ironed on several
thicknesses Of a Turkish towel: the
sinking of the buttons into the soft
towel gives a fiat surface to iron on.
and the other side will be perfectly
smooth.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-24
Liver Sandwiches.

Pour boiling water over a half pound
Of Calls liver, drain and pat dry. Put
several slices of bacon cut small in the
frying pan and as the fat begins to try
out add the liver and three small shall
lots chopped fine. Cook the liver three
or four minutes only, as longer cooking
toughens; then chop the contents Of
the frying pan fine or pound in a NOR
tar until Of the consistency of pate de
fois gras. Season with salt, pepper. a
busting Of and nutmeg and
spread between thin slices Of buttered
bread.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-24
Stuffed Eggs For Picnic Lunch.

Boil fresh eggs twenty minutes, then
drop into cold water. When cool re-
10 the yolks without breaking the
whites. Lay the two halves of each
egg side by side so it will be easy to
match them when filled. Rub the yolks
to u cream with melted butter, add for
a half dozen eggs a half cupful boiled
ham minced fine and seasoned with
salt. pepper and a bit of made mus
tard. A spoonful Of chopped pickle
may be added If desired. Put the two
halves together. skewer with wooden
toothpicks and wrap each egg in a
square of paraflin paper. This filling
may be varied by using tongue instead
of ham. minced olives or chowchow.
minced mushrooms or capers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-24

keeping his promise, will call forth
the plaudits Of his co%untrymen.
1t was high time that presidential
campaign excursions should be ended,
and it has fallen to the good fortune
of President Taft to end them.-Cin.
cinnati Inquirer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-24

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 It's 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 Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-12-01

lican party, and Wall Street is much
less popular in the Democratic party
than in the Republican party. A
Democratic Congress must keep step
with the spirit of the time and lead
public sentiment to the reforms up
on which the people have agreed.
The Democratic party must every
where urge the election of United
States Senators by direct vote of
the people; the Democratic party
must in all sections fight the trusts
and carry out the Democrats plat
form demanding Legislation which
makes II impossible for private mon
opoly to exist. The Democratic
party must make sincere effort at
real tariff reduction. 1t goes with
out saying that the party must re-
deem its pledge to overthrow Can.
nonism and establish Representa-.
tive government In Congress.
Let the Democrats but be faithful
to the promises made by the party
and the presidential election OF 1912
will bring an abundant reward, but
retreat would be as impolitic as 1t
would be unrighteous. The Demo-
cratic party has no reason for exist
ence except as 1t Is the champion Of
the whole people in their fight for
justice and equality of opportunity.
After decade and a half the party
has been gaining strength by its
fidelity to the interests of the COM
mon people. 1t has been sowing the
seed and cultivating the crop. The
harvest is now ready.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-12-01

of the country have rcpudiated Mr..
Tait's declaration inst AS they re-
sent Mr. lladley's assertion. The
Governor thinks he must uphold
his election commissioners, Of
whom he promised so much; it's
all in the game of politics, in
which he would like to appear as n
past master. But the whole mat.
ter ought to be taken out of the
bands of the States Executive, so
that he will not have to he invent.
ing weak excuses for his appoint
ees' doiugs and making declara-
tlOns so at variance with tie most
convincing circumstantial evidence.
Let the next General Assembly
pass genuine homc-rule bill for
St Louis and our other large
cities. 1t might possibly better
conditlons-they could not be
worse--for it is probable the good
people of that city would take IN
tcrest enough in the city's reputa-
ton to protect it, and it would de
prlvc any Executive of big cog
in his attempt to construct a 20.
lltical machine for the especial
benefit of himself and his pets.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-12-01

lican leaders have been compelled
to admit the necessity for better
regulation, now that the rank and
file of all parties demand 1t, the
Democratic party is recognized as
the pioneer in this work.
During all these years the Demo-
cratic party has been pointing out
the evils of private monopoly and
insisting upon the enforcement of
the criminal law and the passage of
such additional statutes as may be
necessary to protect the public.
Now that even Republicans are COM
PEELED to admit that the trust evil
demands attention, our party is rec
ognized as the defender OF the peo-
ple's interest on this subject. Our
party's opposition to the ship sub
sidy and to extravaganza In legisla-
ton is now more popular than it
was q few years ago.
For more than twenty years the
Democratic party has been pointing
out the iniquities Of high tariff
and calling attention to the neces-
sity for tariff reduction. A great
many have been so welded to the
principle of high protection that it
has been difficult to check their
faith In the system, but the promise
made by the Republican, two years
ago and their violation of 1t in the
first session of the present Con-
gress, these together have opened
the eyes OF the blind and aroused a
countrywide protest against the
high tariff leaders.
The growth Of public sentiment In
favor of the things which the Demo-
cratic party has been advocating
and the disgust with the manage
ment of affairs by Republican lead
ers, have led to the signal victory
won by the democrats on November
s, but the victory will be of no pur-
pose unless the Democrats entrusted
with power are in sympathy with
the forward movement which the
Democratic party has been leading.
There must be no backward step;
there must be no dallying with the
reactionary element of the party. 1t
was the Republican party's Wall
Street connections that led to the
progressive movement in the Repub-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-12-01
SOUTHEAST CULLINGs.

w. j. Maxwell of Wayne county
has 1910 gallons OF molasses thi,
fall.
a sweet potato weighing eight
pounds is reported from Washing
ton county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Althenal of neai
Jackson celebrated their silver wed.
ding on the 18th.
Hyle White, one of the oldest cit.
liens of Madison county, died on the
18th, aged II years.
The Business Mems Club of Iron
ton intend to have drive around
Shepherds Mountain.
The proposition for n new Court
House for Wayne county was de-
feated by vote OF 900 against to
1858 for.
Daniel a. Glenn of Cape Girar-
deau has been in the mercantile bus
mess for forty years, and has an
nounced that he will retire from
business.
j. /. Graham OF Fredericktowu
caught his right hand in the rolls Of
a corn shucker on the 22nd ult., and
mashed 1t so severely that 1t had to
be anputated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Poindextcr Manness
of Jefferson county celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary on the
18th, with IA large gathering of their
friends and neighbors.
Mrs. Permelia Ann Jewett died
on the It'll, aged Il years. Her pa.
rents were among the early settlers
OF Washington county. Her bus
band, who is 81 years old, survives
her, and also five children.
Mike Daniels was put in the Gala
boose Mt Allensville on the night of
the 10Th for stabbing man. Dur
ing the night the building caught
fire, and the man was burned to
death. 1t was not known how the
fire started.
Arthur Gunnells OF Butler county
was kicked in the stomach by
mule on the 18th ult., receiving such
injuries that he died almost instant
ly. He had gone into the stable lot
to feed his stock when the mule
kicked him.
The greatest danger from influenza
is of Its resulting In pneumonia This
can be obviated by using Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy, as 1t not only
cures influenza, but counteracts any
tendency OF the disease towards
pneumonia. Sold by +. NJ. Laak-
man.
A sprained ankle will usually dis
able the injured person for three or
or four weeks. This is due to lack
of proper treatment. When Cham
berlain's Eminent is applied cure
may be effected In three or four
days. This liniment is one of the
best and most remarkable prepare
tons In use. Sold by +. NJ. Laak-
man.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-12-01
THE HARVEST IS READY
Let the Democratic Party be True to
the Principles and Policies that
Brought About Its Recent Vic
tory.
tory.

Harvest time is approaching. The
election returns Of 1910 indicate that
the Democratic party is approaching
the hour of its triumph. For four
teen years IL has been laboring in
behalf of certain fundamental re-
forms which were much needed. At
first it's policies were regarded as
dangerous, and every possible effort
was made to arouse opposition to
our party among the timid radicals
as well as among the avowed con-
servatives. When the Democratic
party took the side of the people on
the money question and insisted
that the country needed more
money, the money changers organ
lied and terrorized the people into
apparent submission to the disas-
trous conditions caused by an insult
ficient volume Of money. Now the
world knows that there was not
enough money in 1896, and intelli-
gent people understand that the pros
Iperity that followed since would not
have been possible without an unex-
pected increase In the volume of
money.
When the Democratic party fought
for an income tax, those who ia
vored the tax were called dema-
gogues and disturbers of the peace,
and were accused of trying to array
the poor against the rich. Since u
Republican President, Republican
Senate and Republican House have
submitted the income tax amend
ment, the people have become con-
WINGED that the Democratic party
was the champion Of the masses In
its advocacy Of the income tax.
When, eighteen years ago, the
Democratic party began its fight for
the election OF Senators by direct
vote of the people, 1t was accused Of
attempting to revolutionize the gov
eminent and destroy the influence
of the States in the Federal Congress,
but now that two-thirds of the States
have endorsed the reform; now that
three Republican Congresses have
declared for 1t and Republican
candidate for President has admitted
that he is inclined to favor 1t, the
people recognize that the Democratic
party has spoken for the masses Of
the people.
When the Democratic party be-
gan, fourteen years ago, to demand
railroad regulation and spoke out
against rebates and discrimination,
the railroad officials rushed into the
Republican party and made 1t the
representative OF the big railway
combines, but now that the Repub-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-12-01
Marvellous Discoveries

mark the wonderful progress of the
age. Air flights on heavy machines,
kilograms without wires, terrible
war inventions to kill men, and that
wonder of wonders, DR.. Kings New
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thma, Group, bronchitis, hemorr-
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or lung trouble. For all bronchial
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James M. Black of Asheviile, n.
c., No. 4, writes it cured him of an
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