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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-09-14
Harvest of
Death I'm
Aviation
NHE remarkable number

"HE remarkable number of
deaths among b%alloonists and
aeroplanists in the past few
weeks has been such as to
arouse the fears Of the superstitious.
Mime. Thebes Of Paris. a near sooth.
sayer, who has predicted many things
that did not happen and a few that
did. rushed into print with q grew.
some prophecy that all those now avi.
ating were doomed to violent deaths.
She added lugubriously that 1t was
against the will Of God that man
should conquer either the water or the
afr. Well. a has not entirely con.
Quered the water, but he has come 50
a to 1t that an ocean voyage N
longer inspires the slightest terror. As
for conquering the air. man has only
had a few years to try his wings, but
with all due respect to Nine. Thebes
and other prophets Of evil who prog
nosticate at 80 much per. he has made
such progress that It requires the te-
merity Of ignorance to predict that he
will fail. Accidents and fatalities will
no more deter him than they have
kept him from navigating the sea,
from running the locomotive or the
automobile, or from discovering the
ends Of the earth. Despite the mum.
Der Of lives lost in arctic explorations,
the north pole was discovered.
The chief accident in recent aero.
nautics was that resulting in the death
Of Oscar Erbsloeh and his four com.
panions in Germany on July 10. Erbs.
loeb was In a dirigible balloon built
on the Zeppelin pattern. The explo-
sion Of a gasoline tank caused the
great gas bag to collapse like paper.
This appalling accident was preceded
only one day by the death Of the Eng.
>lish aviator. Charles Stewart Rolls,
whose aeroplane collapsed while in
full fight. On July Is the Belgian
aeronaut. Daniel Kinet. died as a re-
suit of an aeroplane wreck Of a few
days earlier.
Before the death of Kinet there had
been twelve fatalities from aeroplane
accidents IN the past two years. be.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-09-14

To Protect
American
Song Birds

CAMPAIGN is on against the
IA English sparrow. 1t is Of at
"A least poetic significance that
it was started on July 4. The
design is to make it a patriotic and
national affair. the object being to pre-.
serve u American song birds and in.
directly u crops and trees. 1t is a
notorious fact that the English spar.
row destroys the native song birds, and
that in consequence the insects for.
merly eaten by the American birds
now multiply prodigiously and prey
upon foliage and vegetation. To kill
of the English sparrow thus not only
protects our OWL birds, but Is neces-
sary for the conservation of our tree
and plant life!
The man who is leading in this cru.
SADIE is John Davey, whom Ebert
Hubbard calls "a brother to the trees"
Davey is the original tree surgeon and
has trained a school Of the same kind
of doctors who practice all over the
country. Whenever you see a man
painting over wounds in a tree, digging
out decayed places in the trunk and
filing them with cement much as a
dentist fills a tooth, and giving other
attentions to the sick or ailing tree
designed to nurse it back to health
and life. you may think Of John
Davey.
Davey was born in England and
lives In Kent, o. He is a small
man. slight and short. but as active at
sixty-four as most men at half that
age. At n time he was a minister
and at another lectured for three year
on astronomy, his most noted work in
this field concerning comets tails.
Any man of Eve feet four that is still
big enough to master tree surgery.
comets tails and English sparrows is
worthy a place in the temple Of fame.
Hubbard says Of him. He is sixty,
looks forty and acts twenty" He him.
self says that his life's preaching is
1.-THE Salvation of Our Trees and
Birds"
In his war on the sparrow Davey
wants to enlist the support Of the chill
dren and Of the newspapers. With
these two agencies he says be can do
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away with 80 per cent OF the pest in
one year. He has already issued sew
eral tracts on the question, which he
distributes free. He asks for no fnan.
cial contributions except to cover the
mere cost of distributing literature.
What he does want is publicity and
cooperation or the part Of the chik
dren. That the situation is serious
may be judged from his " state
ment that il the ravages Of the spar
row are not checked practically every
song bird and all vegetation will have
been destroyed in five years. Accord.
Ing to his estimate, and be says it Is
low. there are now 5000. 900 Eng
l1sh sparrows IN America. and they in.
crease annually at the rate of five to
one That means in five years there
will be eighteen trillion one hundred
and twenty-five billion. Those figures
alone are sufficient to kill most Of the
song birds and vegetation. Then what
will they be when every figure repre-
sents a sparrow?
AS a matter of fact. the destruction
OF the pest is already going forward.
the impelling force. however. being
not so much a regard for the other
birds as for mans own stomach. The
sparrow has been found to make ex-
cellent potpie. Around Pittsburg it
was recently reported that the sparrow
had become almost extinct, but wheth,
er this indicates that the Pittsburg ap.
petite Is larger or the Pittsburg aim
truer than elsewhere was not dis.
closed. 1t has also been found that
the sparrow makes an excellent sub
stitute for the reedbird, the flavor be-
Ing similar. 1t is even limited that
sparrows are served as reedbirds with.
out the knowledge or consent of the
customer, much as horsemeat is dished
up for beef in France. If h is.kuowl.
edge of the toothsome quality of the
English sparrow is spread broadcast it
may aid some in his extinction.
Another campaign for the preserva.
ton OF song birds is going forward on
an international scale. The purpose of
this movement is nothing less thar to
stamp out the use of plumage for mil
inery purposes. At the international
pathological congress recently held in
Berlin it was decided that the dele.
gates should recommend this to the
governments of the various countries
which they represented and that the
world wide crusade should be taken
up in earnest.
]. A. EDGERTON.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-09-14
UPLIFTING THE farmer.

R~oosevelt's Return Revives Country
Life Movement.
Since the return of Colonel Roose-
welt there has been a sudden revival
of interest in the country life commits
sion. of which Professor L. 81. Bailey
of Cornell university was the head.
Professor Bailey was n Of the men
most eagerly greeted by the colonel
and shortly afterward gave out a state
ment that the work Of improving the
American farmer would be taken up
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-09-14
Favorite Fiction.

I'm Not Buying 1t For Myself, You
Know; l want 1t For a Friend"
dishes Marked With a Star Are
Ready" Recommended by +. P. A.
my Friends, l Came Utterly Umpire
pared to Make a Speech"
"Wife, Dear, l Shall Be Lonesome
Every Moment While You Are Away"
II Smoke Stogies Because They're
Made of Real Tobacco"
II Prefer to Sit In the Balcony; You
Can See the Stage So Much Better"
"Yes, John Always Gets His Own
Breakfast; He Says He'd Rather Do
It."
LET Him Climb on My Lap if He
Wishes, Mrs. Smithkins; l Just Love
Little Boys"
1T Annoys Me Dreadfully to See My
Picture In the Papers So Often!"-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-09-14
TARIFF INVESTIGATION,

Early Report Of Board May Mean
Further Revision.
The tariff board is already at work
investigating the difference in cost Of
production at home and abroad. and
IL. G. Emery. who has been making an
exhaustive study of the question in
Europe, recently returned to America
and was sent for by President Taft to
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-09-14
Misplaced Reticence.

Misplaced Reticence.
ut was n great mistake" sighed the
man who was sued for breach of
promise.
"What do you mean?
II used a nom de plume in my lit
erary work instead of Disgusting my
identity in my love letters."-Washing
ton Star.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-09-14

"6reak, Break, Break"
They were sitting on the beach, and
he had been strangely silent.
II wonder what makes the sea
waves sadT" said Cholly languidly.
Probably the narrowing thought Of
going broke on the beach," giggled
Dolly Observation-Disclosures Sun
day Magazine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-09-14
Democratic County Convention.

A democratic county convention is hereby
called to meet at the court house. Fort Benton,
Chouteau county, Montana, Wednesday, Sep
TENDER 81, 1910, at II O'Clock noon for the pur-
pose OF nominating candidate, for county on
GERS ae follows:
One state senator.
Two members of the state legislature.
One county commissioner.
One county treasurer.
One sheriff.
One county clerk and recorder.
One county assessor.
One county attorney.
One county superintendent of schools.
One county surveyor.
One county coroner.
One public administrator.
One county auditor.
And for the transaction of such other business
40 may properly come before the convention.
The representation in the convention will be
apportioned among the several voting precincts
Of the county ss follows: On the bssis Of one
delegate fol. each twenty votes and fraction
thereof cast for Hon. Edwin 1. Norris for gov
ernor in the election Of 1908.
Primaries will be held in each voting precinct in
the county on Saturday, September il, 1910, ct 8
O'Clock p. m: ct the places named below.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-09-14
Daily Girl Friend Joke.

Daily Girl Friend Joke.
M~audie-That horrid old cat told
Claudio that l was forty years old!
Mamie-The mean thing. But she
might have done worse.
Maudie-HoW?
Mamie-Well. she might have told
some lie about you.-Cleveland Leader,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-09-14
Went the Limit,

Went the Limit.
His wife had been doing a shopping
stunt.
"How much did you spend today2'
asked her husband.
"Fifty-four dollars and nineteen
cents" she replied.
"Oh. was that all" he queried some.
what ironically.
YES" answered the other half of
the matrimonial combine with an in
jured air; that was all l had."-Chi.
cago News.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-09-14
Tho Ujtimatum,


Mamma, please button my dress
quick, so a 60 over to grandma's,'
called 1ve-year-old Margaret impatient.
ly.
But her mother was giving baby his
bath and could not stop to help her.
"You didn't come in to dress when l
called you, and now you must wait till
I'm through with brother" she was
told.
Silence for a few moments; then a
very subdued little girl appeared at her
mothers elbow. IF you don't hurry
and fasten up my back I'll probably
take cold and die" she announced.
"And l should think it would be easier
to button me up than to plant flowers
on my grave."-Harper's Weekly.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-09-14

Riddle.
Dick-What Is it that can't be seen,
can't be felt and yet thrills you when
you receive it!
Dolly-Give it up.
Dick-A kiss by wireless.-Chicago
News.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-09-14
Auricular Evidence.

Auricular Evidence.
"Aly daughter, Gladys Mae. has he
come quite an e%locutionist."
"Yes." peevishly replied the next
door neighbor, 80 | hear"-Puck.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-09-14
Defined.

Defined.
Pop. what do men mean by circum.
stances over which they have no con.
troll"
"Wives. my son." Philadelphia
Ledger.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-09-14
Our Language.

"Hurrah! am going to have my
inning now!'
"HOw?"
I'm going on an outing."-New York
Journal.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-16
An Up-Valley Road At Last

Fe
Las Cruces q miles south the
another $4,000
policy building highly progressive and
policy building
reduced
of
wasteful and costly
will
to
in but
doing grading where
mile will
In rock but
Will to La.
a
The Democrats passed by Folk
He probably
qualified net
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-16
ART AND Ell PASO
A Plea For An Awakening

As FL Paso's fair approaches do we
realize what we. as city. represent in
art? 1 speak of art in the sense or
painting. The eye OF universal opinion
is upon us in this matter and we can
not escape its obligations
The event of the fair means the pre-
sentation to the public at large of our
advancement as a city in art, mechan-
les, in fact. all the industries which
develop a growing city. All of the ex-
hibits last year represented in its dis
play the student of machinery, cleo
tricity. chemistry. poultry cattle and
so on up till il reached the realm OF
art; this disciple was and still is lack
ing; out of FL Paso's $4,000 population
it cannot. upon its walls of the art sec
ton, be- represented by its own art
student.
The work of the schools cannot be
presented as art; it is but local of the
general educational system. Art is not
mere picture painting nor copying
its expression must come through its
fundamentals. cast drawing, painting
from still life and the life model Moth
ing short of these requirements can be
called art, and the educated eye can
very quickly read beneath the mere
surface of paint. Fl Paso should be
represented in art above the amateur
There is much talent shown in the 10
cal work and for the past two years or
more the effort has been made against
the Odds of indifference to establish an
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-16
BY Harriet Jaccard.

art institution OF the legitimate t0
bring out the student of art in Ell Paso,
with what success the practical Illus
tratfon of the art exhibit of our fair
shows If this effort had been and
would be met. much clever work, and
from life of the legitimate, would be
decorating this sections walls.
1 speak not only as one interested
and active in the art section of present.
ing 10 visitors FL Paso's art, but from
10 years experience in New York City
under such masters as John La Fargo,
j. Alden Weir and Chase. If we can
not have the student work this year
we can, at least, present to our visitors
a loan exhibit worthy of Ell Paso's
sense OF cultivation of art; citizens who
possess originals tand I know or one
fine Madonna of the Spanish school
worthy of facinS the art critic) would
submit them to this section We must
have the help of such citizens in whose
homes art is represented to give any
sort of a display. FL Paso cannot at
ford TO stand still in the development
of this requisite TO her city
FL PasO in art is just where she was
before her cement buildings went up
undevelOped; the bit OF iron in the soul.
which means the commercial. has rails
ed these buildings. Surely Ell PaSo has
that element which loves and promotes
the beautiful and will help fill up this
gap.
Harriet Jaccard.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-16

+ Don't shoe away the stork from
your house Every married couple to be
happy must have a common interest,
and there is no such common interest
as a baby.
5. Don't boss or be bossed The ideal
marriage is not an autocracy but a
partnership
s. Settle the financial question the
day you are married. Make your y lie
a fair allowance, and compel her 10
keep within it
Z. Give as much time and thOE~n- 10
your wife as you do TO business. and
show as much real heart interest n her
as you do in the stock market
s. Make it a rule TO tell your wife at
least once a day that you are as nlIcn
in love with her as yOd were w en- you
cOurted her. and that she gets better
looking every year of her i;fe.
8. See that your wife mas plenty CT
work to do, mixed in with plenty of
fun 1t is only idle all neglected wO-
men who have affinit eS
10. Never let your :n..fher or vOIf
wife's mother live III your mousse An
in-law is the harbinSCr of domestic
strife and the first aid to divorce.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-16

; remember plugging a rock at you for
that dirty trick and the rock missed
you and went through Seth Pristow s
store window and they stopped it out
of my pay for shocking corn"
I guess you play some sort of a
trick like that every day. if what we
read about you in the papers is So
retorted Tad.
What 1 do in a business way is none
of the papers blamed business-and
none of yours" said Mr. Barron. DO
You remember the lies you told about
me to Susie Trowbridge?" he contin-
ued. you told her I said she was
sorrel-top and the reason Laura Brit
beat her jumping the rope was because
her feet were so large. Susie would
never have anything to do with me
after that. And you come along forty
years later and create a riot in my Of
flee because you think I'd be. glad to
see you. Do you see this tooth?'
Certainly I see it." replied Mr.. VIII
son. What about it?"
Nothing. except that the dentist put
it in there to fill a hole that you made"
snarled Mr.. Barron. The tooth that
ought to be there you knocked down
my throat with your fist because I told
you the truth about yourself, you tur-
key-necked old fraud"
See here, Buck" said Tad. IF you
get to calling me names, you and me
are apt to go to the floor right now"
I'll have you thrown into Jail and
kept there, you ruffian, if you threaten
me-" said Buck. Il just want to tell
you that you never did anything else to
me but injury Of some sort. 1 think I'd
have killed you cheerfully at any time
when l used to know you. l haven't
one pleasant recollection of YOU But
He Knew What He Wanted.
Here, I'll co. said Wilson I'm
sorry 1 came. I remember the sort or
a rooster you always was, and you
haven't changed"
sit down." commanded the magnate
I don't want you to go off mad. How
is the old place looking now, anyway?
Where's Bill Westerman now? Where
is
At this moment there was a knock
at the door, and the boy entered and
laid card on the desk Mr.. Barron
looked at it. and then said gruffIy:
III see him in a few minutes. Tell
him to wait" Then he turned to his
visitor. How much do you want to
borrow from me, Tad?" he asked
mildly
Who said anything about borrow
ing?" demanded Tad.
&AOH insisted the magnate.
drawing check book toward him and
shaking a fountain pen
Well" said Tad, reluctantly, Il don't
want TO trouble you. but there's a bal
ance of three hundred on a mortgage
I've got on my place that 1 can't
SEEM
Mr.. Barron was writing When he
had finished he tore out the check and
handed it to his boyhood enemy
This isn't for you, Tad" he said.
It's for the old home and for Billy
Westerman and the little schoolhouse
and the crick and Laura Brit and Susie
Trowbridge and the blacksmith shop
and Bankers woods. You were right.
m darned glad to see you, and 1 want
you TO come around again at 4 o'clock
and III take you to the house for a real
visit"
He pressed the buzzer and said to the
boy. Show him in" Then to Mr.. Tad
Wilson, -Four o'clock, Tad. Mindw
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-16
Dorothy Dir Civ Give; .n 10 e.n@ a,,,sa

~ ERMANY has taken over with en-
y thusiasm the idea initiated by
49, the Italian Marriage Gazette
Gazette degil SpOzi, which gives rules
for a happy married life, and there is
now published a German edition of the
Ten Commandments for Husbands.
1t should be explained that these ten
commandments are intended, and taken
seriously by both the Germans and
Italians, and are by no means a joke
The problems Of each nationality are
to a degree, different in matrimony as
we'll as politics, so I beg to suggest the
following ten commandments for the
American husbands:
For American Husbands.
1. Pick out wife with as much care
as you do a horse. Investigate her
pedigree. and find out If she is kind.
gentle, tractable, good tempered, will
ing to work in double harness without
shying or boiling.
,. Don't marry until YOU are ready to
settle down As long as you want to
train with the boys keep single.
8. Don't marry until you are able to
support a wife. 1t takes money to
nourish love at the present price OF
beefSteakS
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-16
4 Years Ago To-
From The Herald o: j..
This Date 1924 GGy
full girl?

Miss Grace Golf, who was III at the
Sisters hospital. has returned to Rim
con-
Engineer Flores of the International
dam commission. has returned from
Mexico and will go north.
Terry Pearce leaves this evening
over the Texas & Pacific on a business
trip to Kansas City
Mrs Virginia E Brady and sister
Miss Frances E. Wright, arrived this
noon from LeavenwOrth, Kas.
Mrs E B. Catron of Santa Fe, who
has been visiting Mrs. W. c. Walz for a
few days. returned north this morning.
Miss Lizzie Carrot, daughter of sher-
if Pat Garrett. Of Las Cruces. has gone
to Austin to attend the institute for the
blind
jury in the case of Juan Hart against
the city for s67 for printing. The claim
was for s2O5.45.
Several FL Paso wheeImen decorated
their wheels today with the Mexican
cOlors and went over the river TO take
part in the parade
j. H BOYD, the we'll known cattle
man. who was loading a lot Of cattle
at Ojo Cahente. missed his footing and
fell into a pen He was gOred by one
OF the steers and was brought TO the
Sisters hospital here. His condition
is serious
Charles Coleman. well known citi-
zen. has passed away He had lived
in DOna Ana county for 50 years and
was well known by all the old timers.
Las Cruces Democrat
Captain H. W Wade. an old settler
and one of the trainers of the consti-
tuition of Texas. was thrown from
his horse and killed at Quinlan
The Mexican consulate is handsomely
decorated today with the Mexican and
American colors and Chinese lanterns.
The ramparts of the McGinty club are
also decorated with the Mexican en-
bIem.
"A new brass band has been organized
at Flagstaff.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-16
Clarkson's Reputation
The Herald's
Daily Short Story

CIarkson was dragged towards a barn
IKE structure and showed violently
within. The door closed with, a bang
and he heard a paddock rattle.
Here, you-you're,s making a mis-
take" he quavered Sdesperately. I'm
not one of the bsys I-Tm"-he was
ashamed to cpsfess the humiliating
truth was trying TO stop them tres
outside
,-+'Heard that tale before. 1t don't
take me in. my lad"
Heavy footsteps retreated. Mr.
GARRISON could almost have wept in
the semi darkness.
Some 10 minutes afterwards his alb
sence was discovered. The Rev John
Sunbury, giving instructions with re-
gard to tea to each of his assistants
sought for Mr.. Clarkson in vain.
strange. He seems to have vanished
completely He turned. Have you
an explanation to offer, Mr.. Pointing?
NO. no. OF course. L am not suggesting
mat you are responsible. but
Fancy 1 saw him climb that gate
over there, sir
Into private property Dear. dear
Such bad example to his lads. 1 trust
AuASldhcu MISS chester,
now"
m sure l don't know where mes
gone" declared the young lady, a trifle
sharply.
must make inquiries among his
boys, observed the Rev. John with a
frown. He beckoned TO one and put
the question.
''Yessir; Mr.. Clarkson got over the
gate sir; and then he-he went off
with farmer Webb'S man-er-can't
think of his name for minute, sir
GOOD gracious Are you certain of
this+'
"Yessir. Smith was with me. too
Ere, Smith; what was the name O. that
feller Mr.. ClarKson went off with ."
His chum suppressed a guffaw
'Dodd," he answered in a strangled
voice. after an interval Henry Dodd
Heard i'm say So"
Thank you. That will do boys
The Rev John waited until they were
out Of earshot. 4 really cannot under
stand that at all. Henry Dodd'-some