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The National tribune., 1910-11-17

The number of survivors of the war
Of the rebellion on the roll at the close
of the year was 563,615, a net reduc-
ton of 31,S45. The total number of
survivors whose names were dropped
on account of death was 5,512. The
total number of soldiers and sailors on
the pension roll was 602,1S0: of wild
ows aud dependents, 31S,461, and army
nurses. 442 The annual value of the
pension roll at the close of the year
was $15S,3S2,391S2. This was a de-
crease from the previous year of 81
350,47S.50. The average annual value
of each pensioner was s171.90, an in
crease of $2.0S per pensioner. The num-
Der of special-act pensioners was 1922,
an increase of 3,015. The increase of
S2.0S in the value of each pension made
a total increase of $1.915, S52.64, of
which nearly one-half was due to the
increase in special acts. The average
annual value of each pension is classi-
fed as follows:
The National tribune., 1910-11-17

Congratulations for grand old Uncle
Joe. He came out of the fracas in bet
ter shape than anybody else. He ran
ahead of his ticket in nearly every pre-
cincL In the city of DanIirle he re-
ceived S,054 votes to 1852 for his COM
petitor. or two 10 one. He had a plu-
raiity OF 1,734 in the County, which is
only 376 votes short of the last off-year
election. This is something to boast of
at a time when other Republican candi-
dates went down under a perfect snow
slide OF adverse votes in even the strong
est Republican districts.
The National tribune., 1910-11-17

We have every reason to believe that
The National Tribune bill or the modi-
hcatIon Of it recommended by the Ma
tenal Encampment will be passed at
the coming session OF Congress. II there
was one feature of the campaign that
stood out prominently it was the wish
of the people for more liberal treatmen.
of the veterans. Wherever this was
made a feature in the campaign for
Congress 1t aroused enthusiasm and
brought its advocate strong support 10,
only from the veterans. but from thclI
friends and relatives. who wanted JUS
tice done the men who had saved the
country
The National tribune., 1910-11-17

The Chickamauga and Chattanooga
National Military Park Commission has
formulated complete rules for the con-
struction of sidewalks along the crest
of Mission Ridge, which have been -ap-
proved by the Secretary of War. These
provide very precisely for spaces to be
left for the placing of monuments, ETC.,
on or near historic spots.
The National tribune., 1910-11-17

All the land around st. Cloud is go
ing up rapidly in price, and much OF
it is changing hands at a big advance
from what the owners have heretofors
been holding IT. Mrs NJ. C. Fowler,
head of the Fowler Real Estate Agency
of Kansas City, Mo, recently bought
two tracts of 1900 acres each on Lake
East Tohopekaliga. AS Mrs Fowler
had already 1000 acres, she now has
10 miles of water front.
The National tribune., 1910-11-17

It il comforting to see how the men
who made "Cannonism" their main
stock In trade were handed particular
ly acid lemons at the last election. Con-
sons, who opposed the Payne-Aldrich
bill and was particularly opposed to
Speaker Cannon. Parsons was turned
down by a very decisive vote for Jeffer-
son NJ. Levy. former member of Con-
gress from that district.
The National tribune., 1910-11-17

Gen l. R. Sherwood has much reason
to congratulate himself for his success
in the Toledo (O.) District It is nat
urally strong Republican district, but
he won out for the third time against a
strong and popular candidate and a
good comrade. Gen. Sherwood has been
active and persistent in the cause of the
comrades, and much of his success is
due 10 their earnest support.
The National tribune., 1910-11-17

Senator Root tells his friends that
he is not to be Chief Justice of the
United States, and there is no basis for
the reports circulated. President Taft's
friends say that if the Senator was a
bit younger he could have the place.
He was 30 in February last
The National tribune., 1910-11-17

Daniel showed his supernatural wis
dom by knowing the dream that the
Assyrian monarch had forgotten and
then correctly interpreting it. 1t will
require Daniel to correctly interpret
the meaning of Harmon receiving a plu-
raiity of more than 100, 600 in Ohio and
the Democrats sweeping about every
thing in sight. No ordinary explana-
tions will explain.
The National tribune., 1910-11-17

The Portuguese Republicans have al
ready begun urging an Iberian Repub-
lie which will unite Portugal and Spain.
They had better wait until their own
Republic gives some assurance that it
will outlast the coming year.
The National tribune., 1910-11-17

AS befits her character, New Hamp-
shires growth is slow and solid. She
does not want so many people, but only
good ones. In the last 10 years her
population increased As per cent.
The National tribune., 1910-11-17

There were 91r44S first payments
made during the year of the average
value of s52.13 The Navy pensions
amounted to s5,335.45727.
The cost of administration of the
pension system was $2,657,67Ss6 re-
7uction of nearly 100000 from that OF
the previous year. This is a fine show
ing of the executive ability of Commits
sioner Davenport, who has constantly
perfected the machinery of his office
so as to secure the highest working ef-
fectiveness with the strongest care for
the interest OF the Government. The
number of certificates issued last year
was the least in any one year during
the last 10 years. The recapitulation
of the pending claims is as follows:
The National tribune., 1910-11-17
Total. ...........425,so4 ?

Since 1861 there have been granted
by special acts of Congress 32, ,4Ol pen
sions and increases of pensions, of
which 1922 are now on the roll. The
second session of the G1st Congress
passed special acts for C 6,O63 persons at
the following rates:
The National tribune., 1910-11-17
THE REPORT OF THE COMMITS
SIONER OF PENSIONS.

The Report of the Commissioner of
Pensions for the year ended June 80,
1910, is now out, and makes what
Horace Greeley would call mighty in
teresting reading This begins with
the General Statement" which gives
the total number of pensioners on the
roll at 921,OS3, decrease during the
year of 25,111. The gains and losses
during the year were:
The National tribune., 1910-11-17

The Trustees of the Wisconsin Vet
Grams Home have selected Past Depart
ment Commander Benjamin Bryant to
succeed Comrade Joseph II. Wood
north as Commandant of the Home.
Past Department Commander John W.
Canes has been elected a Trustee, and
DR.. Brett, of Green Bay, was elected
Surgeon OF the Home
The National tribune., 1910-11-17
WASHINGTON. D. C., NOV. II. 1910.
NOTICE.

When you send IN your subscription
always state whether renewal or new
subscriber.
When you renew from another post
office give former address os well.
When change Of address is desired la
sure TO give former address.
The National tribune., 1910-11-17

1t is claimed that 100000 New York
Republicans stayed at home on election
day. Well, whose fault was it?
The National tribune., 1910-11-17

This is a reduction of 1881 from the
number pending at the close Of the
previous fiscal year.
The following table shows the ages
of the veterans at the time when PEN
sion certificates were issued to them:
The National tribune., 1910-11-17
Total

OF these only 563 had never been on
the pension roll.
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FOR sALE-or trade for S. l. i'm
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Phones 1895
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CHIROPODIsT.
DRESSMAKING.

EXCELLENT French dressmaker
and designer just arrived from Paris,
desires few customers by the day.
Mademoiselle Frances, e3 So. 9Th E.
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FOR SALE.


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PAINTERS.

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SECONDHAND CLOTHTNG.

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CARPET CLEANING.
CASA REGISTERS.

NATIONAL CASH REGISTE Ks-Osc6F
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SECONDHAND STORES.

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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
HOTELS.


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MANIFESTATIONS.

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PAPER HANGING.

ACME PAINTING co.
House and Sign Painting from Alpha to
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Bell ls6 Ind. 2ll9
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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-09
A NEW YEARS RESOLVE.

~ Fl. the first of the years too cold. I
fear,
~ .r ges The s.; cause e. Of rs q t. ,n, reform, : ;s,s.
date
When things are a bit more warm.
The trouble that lies in the way of the
wise
Who'd leave bad habits behind,
Their virtuous sniff Is frozen stiff
By the chill Of the winters wind.
The good intent of the righteous bent
Is nipped by the frosty air.
And the new turned leaf soon comes to
grief
And withers beyond repair.
Old Janus bold, with his blasts so cold,
Bites deep on the virtuous nose;
Reform Is lost in the awful frost
That comes with the month Of snow.
'Twere better by much to await the touch
OF a genial May day sun
For putting on ice your favorite vice,
With which you at last are done.
For the tenderest flower in natures bow
err
That time can ever volve
ID q sturdy oakland that's no joke
Compared to a good resolve.
And that is why. with the new year by.
To my vicious ways I cling,
And contra bonos mores go
TIL the warmer days of spring.
John Kendrick Bangs.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-09
Will Walk Across Continent.

Los ANGELES. Feb. with mes.
cage of greeting from the mayor of
Los Angeles Il the mayor of New
York, Edward Payson Weston, the
veteran long distance walker, this
afternoon starts from this city on q
walk across the continent to New
York. to be accomplished according
to bis schedule in 100 days. The trip
az mapped out calls for q walk of 4.
500 miles. He expects to average 45
miles a day, but this 10 q conserv alive
estimate for him, for in his previous
long distance tours he has averaged
over fifty miles q day, and on some
days has accomplished over ninety
miles.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-09
The Real NAPOLEON.

At a review Of the national guard at
the Tuileries shortly before Waterloo
I had for some time a most complete
opportunity Of contemplating this ex-
t%raordinary being. His face Is of a
deadly pale, his jaws overhanging. but
not 10 much as I had heard. His hair
is short, of a dark, dusky brown. He
generally stood with his hands knit
behind him or folded before him and
three or four times took snuff out of a
plain brown box. Once he looked at
his watch, which, by the way, had a
gold face and, I think, a brown hair
chain, like an English one. His teeth
seemed regular, but not clean. He
very seldom spoke. but when he did
smiled in some sort agreeably. He
looked about him-not knitting, but
Joining, his eyebrows. As the front Of
each regiment passed he put up the
first finger of his left hand quickly to
his hat to salute. but did not move his
head or hat. He had an air Of sedate
Experimentation "Recollections of a
Long Life" by Lord Broughton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-09
For Postal Savings Bank.

WASHINGTON, J AN. 31-''The United
States is the only f%lrst-class power in
the world to deny to the people the
privileges and blessings enjoyed by
postal savings banks" said Senator
Carter of Montana speaking in the
senate today on the bill to establish
postal savings banks. He spoke of
promises made in the last republican
platform, as we'll as in several party
platforms: of the support given to the
measure by former President Roose.
welt and by President Taft. and also
by a number of the postmaster gener-
ais in the last 40 years.
Answering numerous objections to
postal savings banks, Senator Carter
said they would not be a menace to
the present banking system of the
country; that the present system of
banks, even if they we're sufficiently
numerous, could not reach the people
in the rural and sparsely settled dis
t%ricts, whom the postal banks are de-
signed to benefit.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-09
New Senator From Dakota.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Hon. F. L.
Thompson, recently appointed senator
from North Dakota, has resigned on
account of Ill health, and w. E. Pur.
cell of Wahpeton, has been appointed
his successor. The announcement was
made in the senate today by Senator
Money and Purcell was sworn in.
Senator Thompson took his seat in
the sen ate on December 5 last, having
been appointed on November 10 to fill
the vacancy caused by the death Of
Sen ator Martin H. Johnson of North
Dakota, during the recess of congress,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-09
PERISHED IN MINE.
Explosion In Colorado Coal Mine
Causes Many Deaths.

OoNSSo Ns0Vv 00AtOSs
PRIMERo, Feb. 1.-Twenty.eight vic.
Tins of y~esterd avs explosion in the
mine of the Colorado Fuel & Iron
company had been removed to the
surface this morning and while more
are being brought out at intervals it
Is believed more than fifty are still
inside. The total number of deaths
as the result of the disaster will not
exceed 70. This estimate is made by
mine officials and 10 based on the
number of safety lamps not turned in.
With dawn the full import of the
dis q was broken upon the sur.
vivors and from every quarter aid is
being rushed to the scene. Rescuers
worked all night and at daylight a
fresh supply went in.
The explosion occurred at 4:30 yes.
terday afternoon, when two small
parties of miners we're leaving for
their homes. Officials say they are
unable to account for the explosion,
as all of the miners used safety
lamps.
When the explosion occurred the
men evidently made q rush to escape
through the air shaft, and were sui.
focated as they battled with each other
for freedom. Most of the victims are
Slavs or Hungarians, although Elec.
trician Wilhelm Is reported to be
among the missing.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-09
Tariff Was Revised Downward.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-MOre than
half of the merchandise imported under
the new tariff law enters the United
States free of duty. This is shown by
the bureau of statistics in monthly
statements since the new law went into
effect, August 6, 1909, the average for
the first five months period being 81. Sc
per cent. Except for 1890, when sugar
was admitted free of duty, this is a
larger percentage of imports free of
duty than under any previous tariff
law. Prior to that time the highest
annual average importations free of
duty was in 1841, when the percentage
was 40. 53.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-09
RICHARD WATSON GLIDER,

Oiled Nov. Is, 19O9.)
TNHE summer birds have gone without
adieu.
The air CAV back no sound of speeding
wing.
saw not when they passed. We only
knew
The groves were silent where they used
to sing.
Radiant the morning, yet we sighed and
said:
'"The birds have flown. The summers Joy
is dead"
"A SINGING soul has passed to clearer
"A light
In some serener land. we know not
where.
Singing he scared. with strong. exultant
flight,
And still the music fingers in the air.
Each tuneful cadence of the singer fled
Throbs in the hearts that cannot count
him dead.
Emily Huntington Miller.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-09
SURVEY MONTANA LANDS.

The letter which Governor Norris
has written to President Taft, urging
the more rapid survey of public lands
in this state, contains some very in.
teresting facts. The governor in his
appeal is actuated by two reasons
one Is the vital interest of the state
land department., and the other is that
the prospective large migration to the
state makes the action imperative.
The governor says, and he must
have the data to support the state
ment, that there are millions of acres
of agricultural lands ia Montana be-
longing to the general government that
are unsurveyed. Included in the area
are sections 16 and SO, which belong
to the public schools. 1t is impos.
sible for the state to make selections
of these school sections until the sur
veys are made, and in the meantime
settlers ''squat" on the lands, and
when the surveys are made they can
file, and thus the state will lose those
particular sections, and will be forced
to take lieu lands. The rapidly with
which the public lands are being tax.
en- up in Montana rightfully gives the
members of the state land board, who
are responsible for the selection of
these school lands, cause for uneasi-
ness, because as the lauds are settled
on it restricts more and more the op.
portunity of the state to obtain for
the public schools lands that will be
valuable.
On the other hand the inability of
the new settler to obtain title to his
land will naturally have a deterrent
influence when he comes to the state
seeking a location. He can ''squat"
on a quarter section, it is true, but
such q right is not one that gives
him adequate financial standing in his
neighborhood, something that almost
every new settler needs when he
makes q start.
The estimate of Governor Norris
that 100, 900 new settlers will come to
Montana this year is not an exagger-
ated one, Judging from the start which
has been made 10 the first month of
the year. 1t is true that many of
these new corners will buy land from
private companies, but there will be
q large proportion who come expect
ing to take up a homestead under the
federal laws. If they settle on unsur-
veyed land it is only just that they
should have as early an opportunity
as possible to be in a position to get
their title.
Many questions Of Importance t.
Montana are before congress and the
departments at Washington, but none
greater than the survey of the public
lands.-Helena Record.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-09

ant when you go to farming, and re.
member with every thing in your fav-
or 1t requires q resourceful, intelli-
gent. ten cious hustler to succeed.
Don't get discouraged If your nose is
At the grindstone for several years.
Others have succeeded, and you can
do the same.
Optimism fs q philosophy based up
on sound digestion and q clear per.
ception. The optimist sees as much,
perhaps more, of the worlds sorrows
as does the droopy-mouthed ones, but
he prefers to be as one who marched
on, breast forward, doubling
that the clouds would break.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-09
ART AND LIFE,

~A1D the poet unto the seer:
How shall I learn to tell
What I NOW of heaven and hellf
~ speak. but to ashes turn
The passions that in me burn.
! shout to the skies. but I hear
No answer from man or God.
Shall I cast my Tyre to the sod.
Rest and give over the strife
And sink In a voiceless life?
Said the seer to the poet: Arise
And give to the seas and the skies
The message that in thee burns.
Thrice speak. though the blue sky turns
Deaf ears and the ocean spurns
Thy call. Though men despise
The word that from out thy heart
F1ameth. do thou thy part.
Thrice speak 1t aloud. I say.
Then 90, released. on thy way.
Live thou deeply and wise.
Suffer as never before.
Know Joy till it cuts to the quick,
Eat h apple. life. to the core:
Be thou cursed
BY them thou hast blessed. by the sick
Whom thou In thy weakness nursed;
With thy strength the faint endue:
Be praised when 'twere better to blame:
In the home Of thy spirit be true.
Though the voice of the street cry shame;
Be silent till all is done.
Then return in the light Of the sun
And once more sing.
Oh. then fling
Into music thy soul! Tell the seas
Again all thy thought. Oh, be strong.
Thy voice as the voice of the waves. al
the voice of the trees!
Tell the blast
That shall shudder as onward it flies
With thy word. with thy song:
Tell the skies
And the world, that shall listen at last!
Richard Watson Glider.