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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-27
THE WEALTH OF ALASKA,

The world knows a good deal more
about Alaska than it did e years
ago, but has much yet to learn, &C.
cording to a writer Ia the Technical
World magazine. 1t is singular that
the knowledge of Alaska's great re.
sources has probably been spread on
q larger scale within the last twelve
months than in all the years that had
elapsed since the purchases; and that
this knowledge has been promoted by
persons whose irsthand information
in the premises is slight. This en-
%lightenment has been diffused through
the medium of sens ational newspapers
and magazines-some of it highly in.
accurate aud mischievous; it has been
spread by the apostles OF conserva-
ton, big and little; but the world
heretofore has been so little informed
as to primary conditions in this terri.
tory, and publicity Is so welcome, that
we cannot fail to give the muckraker
his due. Earnest and sincere advo.
Gates of rational conservation, being
engaged in q great work for the future
of the race, will receive support in
Alaska Is elsewhere.
Alaska is q big territory whose very
bigness 10 only vaguely appreciated by
persons at . distance, whose wealth
of is just beginning to be
recognized and whose climatic condi.
tions have been misjudged and usually
s%landered. Alaska is a. large ss
England. Scotland and w ales, France,
Germany and Italy combined. 1t has
almost as wide q diversity Of climate
as is found among these countries,
although the extremes of climate are
not the same. After Its acquisition
by the United States in 1867, and un.
til 1884, 1t had no civil government.
but was under the control Of the mill.
tary authorities. A civil judicial sys.
tenn was provided in the latter year,
q governor and civil officers being
appointed.
II was not until the late nineties that
the value OF the mineral resources was
widely recognized, although the pos
sibility of an enormous fishery indus.
try had been appreciated for come
years aud the fisheries had undergone
. considerable development. As late
as 1905 the complaint that capital had
failed to recognize the mineral and
other great resources OF the territory,
outside of the fisheries, was heard
everywhere in Alaska. Even now
there 10 On eager desire. almost uni.
yersal, that capitalists enter the Alas
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-27

ka field; and not much honest fear
that capital will ''gobble up the coun.
try" and Cypress the poor prospector
and miner. The sane opinion is that
capital can be properly controlled in
Alaska; and there can be no doubt in
any honest mind that capital is indis.
pensable In q country 90 vast and
isolated and rugged as this.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-27
The River Press
Published every Wednesday Morning
BY the RiUer Press Publish
ing Company.
GOOD PROFIT IN FLAX.

Flax il one of the great money crops
of the northwest. The three states OF
Minnesota and the Dakotas raised
last year about 80 per cent of all the
fax grown IN the United States. And
yet the raising Of fax despite the high
prices paid for the crop. shows q ten
dency to fall of, says the Minneapo.
lie Journal. The reason for this IL
the widespread notion that fax is q
very exhausting crop for the coil, and
that to ratse it % q steady crop means
the depletion of the land.
The researches of the experimental
stations have demonstra ted that fax
has q bad name that 1t does not de-
serve. Professor q. l.. Boliey, of the
North Dakota agricultural college,
issued q bulletin on fax culture, in
which he quoted with approval Rus.
sian experiments, showing that fax
takes less out of the soil than wheat
or barley, and he proved that wheat
following aax does better than wheat
following wheat. Minnesota expert
ments shown ia bulletin Al, of the
agricultural experiment station, prove
that wheat takes 210 pounds of mineral
matter per acre out of the soil, barley
ZIG pounds, oats POS pounds, and corn
200 pounds. Flax, on the other hand,
takes but 81 pounds. Neither does it
absorb as much soil moisture 90 the
other grains.
The bad reputation fax has &C.
quired among farmers is due to the
fact that it often leaves fields "aax
sick" 1t has been proved, however,
that this condition is due, not to the
raising OF fax, but to the growth OF
fungus that lives on the fax plant.
This fungus 80 thoroughly permeates
the soil that in time it becomes i'm
possible to raise fax on it. The
remedy is to use good seed and to
s~terlize it with formalin before plant.
ing. The same treatment prevents
fax wilt, which destroys many fields
where the seed has not been ire Gated.
The fax industry has become one of
the most important of the northwest.
The demand for daxseed is constantly
growing, aud there seems not the
slightest danger of overproduction.
The wise farmer, will therefore raise
q good crop of fax every year, taking
care to rotate his crops in the ap-
proved fashion. But fax should take
its place in the cycle OF crops, aud
should not be stunned because OF
wrong ideas about it's effect on the
soil. The annual fax acreage in the
northwest ought to increase steadily,
because it is an enormously profitable
crop, if only due care is exercised In
selection and treatment of seed, and
in guilty alton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-27

colonel reaches for his rear coattail
pocket and pulls out an olive branch
instead of a bomb the peace sign will
probably cause AZ intensity Of excite.
ment that no explosion could.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-27
Nothinn Miraculous.

"You had rheumatism in your right
leg for years and were cured of it in
an instant? How?"
by being accidentally mixed up in
a train wreck. My right leg is a cork
leg now."-Chicago Tribune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-27

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 OWE
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, 1910-04-27
For Sale or

tor $500 spot ash, OF its equivalent in banks BILE
paper. Goods will be delivered In regular weekly
attachments during the twelve months following
receipt Of remittance. Satisfaction guaranteed
Address q RIVER PRESS,
FN~t Rsnto-, Mott.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
justice of the peace.
Is YEARS OF SKIN DISEASE

For sixteen long years l have been
suffering with a bad case of skin dis.
ease. While a child there broke out a
red sore on the legs just in back of
my knees. 1t waxed from bad to worse,
and at last 1 saw l had a bad skin
disease. l tried many widely known
doctors in different cities but to no
satisfactory result. The plague both
cred me more in warm weather than
In winter and being on my leg joints
it made 1t impossible for me to walk,
and l was forced to stay indoors in the
warmest weather. My hopes of recov-
cry were by this time spent. Sleepless
nights and restless days made life an
%unbearable burden. At last l was
advised to try the Cuticura remedies
lCuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills]
and l did not need more than a trial
to convince me that l was on the road
of success this time. I bought two
sets of the Cuticura Remedies and
after these were gone l was a differ
ent man entirely. l am now the hap
piest man that there is at least one
true care for skin diseases. Leonard
A. Hawtof, II Nostrand Ave, Brook
iyn. N. Y, July 80 and Aug. s, '09."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
Need of Beds for CONSERVATIVES.

The National Association for the
Study and Prevention of tuberculosis
says that in seven states, Alabama,
Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma,
Wyoming and Utah, with a combined
population of over 5000, 900, not one
bed for consumptives has been pro-
vided. In nine states and territories.
Alaska. Delaware, Florida, Kansas.
Mississippi, South Carolina. South Da-
kota, Vermont and West Virginia, the
number of beds for consumptitves in
each case is less than fifty, while the
combined population of these states is
over 1000, 900. On the basis of 400
deaths to a million of population,
which is approximately the present
rate in the United States, there would
be nearly 5000 deaths annually from
tuberculosis in these IA states, with at
least 10000 cases of this disease all
the time, and less than 500 beds to
care for them.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10

to feel better when L had taken only
one bottle of Compound, but kept on
as L was afraid to stop too soon."-Mrs.
SADIE MULLEN, 272S N. 3. ST., FL
wood, Ind.
Why will women take chances with
an operation or drag out q sickly,
half-hearted existence, missing three
fourths of the Joy of living, when they
can find health in Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound?
For thirty years it has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
has cured thousands of women who
have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, Inflammation,
liberation, ibroid tumors, irregulari-
ties, periodic pains, backache, indiges-
ton, and nervous prOstration.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. Pinkham'S Vegc-
table Compound viii help you,
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn,
Mass, for advice. Your letter
will be absolutely confidential
and the advice treee
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
A Cynical SYNONYM.

Poor Myra Kelley" said a maya,
zine editor at the Authors club in
New York, was almost as distressed
as Mr.. Carnegie at the spirit of graft
AID crookedness rampant among us.
The young writer, at a dinner of
magazine contributors, said that we
w%Orshiped wealth-that was our trou.
BILE. Then she c%rystallized her mean
ing in an anecdote.
"She said that one man asked an
other:
What position does Blank hold in
the community
"A very honorable position was
the reply.
is he wealthy?
Wealth and honor said the other,
are Synonymous terms in America to-
day"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
Good Work Proceeds Slowly.

At the present rate of increase near
ly forty-five years must elapse before
sufficient hospital accommodations to
provide for all the INDECENT consump-
tives in the United States will be pro-
vided, declares the National Associa-
ton for the Study and Prevention of
tuberculosis. Although over 1000
beds in hospitals, s%anatoria. camps
and wards for t~uberculous patients
were established last year, there are
fully 100000 INDECENT consumptives
who ought to be placed in such institu-
tons and a total of only %, 100 beds in
the entire country. On May 1, 1909,
there were 1924 beds for consump-
tives and 294 institutions. The annual
report of the national association
shows an increase of SO institutions
and $500 beds.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
Casey at the Bat,

This famous poem is contained IN the
Coca Cola Baseball Record Book for
1910, together with records, schedules
for both leagues and other valuable
baseball information compiled by au-
thorities. This interesting book sent by
the Coca Cola Co, of Atlanta, Ga, on re-
ceipt of &c stamp for postage. Also
copy of their booklet The Truth About
Coca Cola which tells all about this
delicious beverage and why it is so
pure, wholesome and refreshing. Are
you ever hot-tired-thirsty? Drink
Coca Cola-it is cooling. relieves ia
tigue and quenches the thirst. At soda
fountains and c%arbonated in bottles
sc everywhere.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
TRAMP KNEW HUMAN NATURE
Simple Stratagem That Secured for
Knight of the Road" a Sub
stantiai Meal.

A clever little bit Of human nature
was used by a knight of the road re,
Gently on a matron living in a suburb
of Pittsburg, and as a result he slept
with a full stomach hat night.
The suburb is quite small, and when
the tramp dropped off a freight and
ambled up the main street he was quite
hungry. There were about ten houses
which gave fair chance of meals, and
the tramp lost no time. He was not
surprised when the first housewife
slammed the door in his face, nor the
second, for that was natural and the
proper thing to do. But when he
reached the ninth house, or rather was
helped away, he was thoroughly dis
gusted. The town certainly had him
hOodooed.
After a short rest and a deep think
the hungry one knocked at the door
of the tenth house.
Madam, can you let a hungry man
have a bite to eat? l don't think you
can, though" he said. The woman
opened her ears.
Why can't II" she inquired.
THE oma next door said you
didn't have enough for yourself"
He got his meal.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
Nothing Too Good

for you. That's why we want you
to take CASCARETS for liver and
bowels. It's not advertising talk
but merit-the great, wonderful,
lasting merit of CASCARETS that
we want you to know by trial. Then
you'll have Falkland join the mil.
lions who keep well by CASCA-
REFS alone. 900
CASCARErS roc a box for a weeks
treatment, all druggists. Biggest seller
in the world. Million boxes q month.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
At the Bovine Faucets.

II e n my little boy on his first visit
to the country last week" said a Wash
ington Heights milk dealer. Although
my boyhood was passed on the old
farm, Willie has grown to the age of
eight in the city. He had been watch
ing Uncle Hezekiah milk the COW on
his first evening, and when he re-
turned to the house his aunt asked
him:
lis Uncle Hezzie through milking
yet, Willie?'
mot yet answered Willie. He
has finished two faucets and has just
begun on the other two"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
a Horse Lover.

James r. Keene, who is noted nj
less as a horseman than as a financier
said at O. luncheon sat his Cedarhursr
residences
MY love of horses has been a great
comfort to me all my life. / have al
ways kept my horses in their place
though. | haven't allowed them to in.
terfere with my business.
Some men carry their love OF
horses altogether too far. Such a one
was a young father who stood, with
his fair wife, before the crib of their
first born.
Isn't he wonderful the young
mother cried. Did you ever see any
thing like him at twenty-six months?'
Maternal love is all very WE'LL the
father retorted, impatiently, but please
don't Try to compare it with a two
year-old thoroughbred"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
A ChiId's View.

Scarlet fever was in the house next
door and a little girl of eight had lis
tened to the recital of what was hap
pening. A caller came and the child
attempted to entertain the stranger
until her mother came into the draw
ing room.
She told about the trouble next
door, but in the telling broke in" and
broke out" got tangled in her child
brain.
"Johnny's got scarlet fever, because
his face is all red and his chest is
broken in" she announced.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
His ExceIIence.

Il tell YOU" said one man to an
other as they emerged from the dimly
lighted corridor of a concert hall, Il
envy that fellow who was singing"
Envy HIM" echoed the other.
well, if l were going to envy a sing
err I'd select somebody with a better
voice. His was about the poorest |
ever heard"
IT'S not his voice 7 envy, man."
was the reply. It's his tremendous
cOurage."-Ladies' Home Journal.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10

bile Compound. .
was sick three
months and could
mot walk. l suf-
|fered all the time.
The doctors said I
could not get well
without an opera
|tion, for 1 could
hardly stand the
pains in my sides,
my right
and down my
right leg. | began
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
Jimmv's Definition

What is geography" asked the
father, who vas testing his sons prog
ress in study.
Geography" replied little Jimmy
.Jiggs, lis what you put inside your
trousers when you think you are going
to get a whipping."-Sunday Magazine
of Los Angeles Times.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
Reasoning of Youthful Mind.

A schoOlmistress whose hair was
of the blacklist hue, was one day Civ
ing a lesson on a coal mine to a class
in Suffolk, England. To make the les
son interesting as possible she went
on to say she had herself been in a
coal mine. A little lad put up his
hand, and when pointed to said:
Please. teacher, is that what made
your hair so black?"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10

ualiy n before long l was suffering
from dropsy. My body bloated and
my hesh was soft and flabby. tired
easily and suffered severely from pain
In my back. Doan's Kidney Pills cured
me and am today in much better
health"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. SO cents a
box. FOster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N V
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10

urinary troubles re.
suit. To eliminate
the aches and pains
you must cure the
n Doan's
Kidney Pills cure
sick kidneys, and
cure them perma-
nently.
j. N. Markham,
Montesano, Wash,
says: Kidney trou-
Bile came on me grad
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
PIacarded.

A pretty good joke was that played
on a rotund alderman, who wandered
about the streets bearing a placard on
his broad back inscribed:
"Widened at the expense of the cor
pOratiOn." -Tit-BitS.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
Mississippi News
IIOO


In the presence of a large gathering
OF Masons and others the cornerstone
OF the Harry T. Howard Hospital, II
the grounds of the state Masonic Wild.
w and Orphans Home. was laid at
Meridian with interesting and impress.
sive ceremonies. The address was de-
livered in a mastery way by Most
Worshipful Grand Master Walter Nc.
Conner. while the stone was laid by
Grand Master Harry II. Howard. who
donated the hospital, and for whom it
Is named.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
A Worker,

S~apleigh-Ah, speaking of cleo
tricity, that makes me think
Miss Keene-Really, Mr.. Sapleigh?
Isn't it remarkable what electricity
can do!
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
His Pull.

Does that ere thin, stoop-shoul-
dered, dyspeptic-lookin' drummer that
you bought SO much from today sell
any better or cheaper goods than the
fat n We turned down SO hard yester-
day." inquired Hi Spry.
"D' know as he does" confessed the
Squam Corners merchant, but his
views on the criminal rapacity of the
trusts are a whole lot sOunder."-
Puck.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10

To meet the demand for boarding
facilities for girls, the board of trus-
tees Of the Madison County Agricultu.
raj High School has decided to build
a dormitory for them. There will be
a teachers normal. lasting four weeks,
in July and August. 1t will be held
under the auspices Of the school, and
accommodations for a hundred teach
erS will be afforded.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
AN ACHING BACK
Means Weak Kidneys.

Well Kidneys filter the blood of uric
acid and other impurities. When the
kidneys are sick, waste matter accu-
mulates and backache, headache and
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10

You will not get to heaven any
quicker by provoking your n~eighbors
to wishing you were there.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
Not the Reply He Expected.

asked.
Not at all. Have you a cigarette?"
she replied.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
WOMAN
. ESCAPES
OPERATION
Vase cured yLydiaE Pink
ham'SV Vegetable Compound

Elwood, 1nd.-"YOur remedies have
cured me and / have only taken six
bottles of Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegeta-
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
An AVERAGE

Doesn't it annoy O to be bald
headed?"
Not at ALL" replied the genial citi-
zen. When we go out evenings my
wife wear more than enough hair for
two"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10

AS the season progresses the injury
to the tomato crop by the freeze on
April 81 becomes more apparent, and
it is now evident that the damage was
greater than at first estimated to be.
To the inexperienced many fields lock
we'll, look as they ordinarily do in the
middle OF April. but a close examina.
ton shows that most fields will yield
but few tomatoes.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10

If a man would be himself he must
cease to think of himself.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
srATr OF ONO C1rY OF TOLEDO.

LUCAS COUNTY. 3d.
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he Is senior
partner Of the firm of F. J. CHENEY & Co. doing
business in the City OF Toledo. County and State
aforesaid. and that said firm will pay the sum OF
ONE for each and every
Ease of CATARRH that cannot be cure by the use ID
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
A J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presekc4
this 9th day Of December. A. D., 1886.
49, A.. W. GLEASON.
SEAL Nor,py pra1, m
1921
Halls Catarrh Cure IL taken internally and acts
directly ugon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
Vstem. Send for testimonials. free.
F.. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
For Any Disease or injury 70

the eye, use PETTIT'S EYE SALVE. alb
solutely harmless, acts quickly, 25c. All
druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10

Who has a ~favorite sin has a hard
master.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
Still a Chance

0CTTI d CndHCe.
Have you eve loved and lost %
asked the sweet young thing.
Not yet" replied the man who had
been divorced three times.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
PERRY DAVIS, pAVNK

1or all sorts Of cuts, bruises, burns and strain.
Taken internally it cures diarrhea and dy santery
Avoid substitutes. Csc, S5c and SOC.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10
tmportant to Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Bears the ~ ~-
Signature of &<ZLzM
In Use For Over 80 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
Forchildren %teething. softens the gums, reducesiu-
nanInaton ,allays pain. cures wind collie. DC a bottle.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10

The grandeur of life may come
through it's combats, but it's sweetness
comes through the CHEEKY portal Of
content.-Robert Collyer.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10

The Walden Dredging and Drainage
Company has adopted plans by which
all necessary money will be raised and
a canal survey made to begin ar once
through Hays creek valley. II pros
ent plans are perfected a lareg body
of submerged land. which is yer, val
liable, will be drained. cleared and
put into a state of cultivation.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10

The most successful session m the
history of Grenada College closed last
week. This statement applies whether
reference is made to finances, enroll
ment in college departments, or to
general character of work done.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-06-10

The A. and NJ. College commandment
Col. GoOdaie. announced the following
appointments for tho ensuing term:
S. r. Varnado. lieutenant colonel; w.
HI. Buckley, S. r. Simmons and w. B.
McMurtry. majors.