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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
Northern Pacific Loses Land,

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8.-That the
clear intent Of the United States land
laws cannot be set aside b, q decree
of the land commissioner was the de-.
cison of the United States court of ap.
peals yesterday in overruling the ap.
peal Of the Northern Pacific Railway
company against the revocation OF
certain land grants made TO that col.
poration in Montana.
When certain claims belonging to
the railroad we're included in the
Mount Rainier forest reserve other
non mineral bearing claims to be Sc.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16

HELENA, February THE attorney
generals Office today rendered an
opinion, addressed to the state audi.
tor, to the effect that it will be legal
for that department to pay county at.
torneys and district judges In full up
to January l next. or such. time as the
appropriation on hand permits. thus
making one general deficit for the
years 1909 and 1910, instead of making
q smaller deficit each year. The leg.
islature, in making the appropriation
for the two years, was q little short on
each.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
WILL WELCOME ROOSEVELT
Return Of Former President From
Africa Will Be Big Event.

Return Of Former President From
Africa Will BE Big Event.
WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-John A.
Stewart, president of the New York
League of republican clubs. arrived
here today and will confer with Presi.
dent Taft tomorrow regarding the
home coming celebration in honor of
former President Roosevelt.
A c~ablegram was received in New
York today from Mr.. Roosevelt &C.
cepting the republican clubs propo.
sition to form q reception committee
with representatives from all over the
country to meet Mr.. Roosevelt on his
arrival in New York harbor some
time between June 18th and 21st, next.
President Taft is giving hearty sup.
port to the plan for q nationwide re.
c%eption. 1t has not yet been deter.
mined whether or not President Taft
will be able to take any part in the
reception. He has promised to 20 to
Alaska the latter part OF May provid.
ed congress has adjourned by that
time and If he should take the trip he
would not return to the states until
some time in July.
NEW YORK, February S.-President
Robert E. Morris of the republican
club OF this city, announced today
that he had received c~ablegram from
Theodore Roosevelt authorizing the
club to take the initiative in a home
coming celebration of national pro.
portions which has been planned for
him. Mr.. Morris sent a message to
Colonel Roosevelt some time ago.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
FUNDS FOR

According to advices from Wash.
ington, the bill to authorize the issue
and sale of certificates of Indebtedness
az ainst the reclamation fund, will
probably become a law at this session
of congress. 1t has the endorsement
of President Taft as q measure that
will assist in the speedy completion of
several government irrigation pro-
iects, and also has the support of
Secretary Ballinger and other promi.
nent officials. The substance of the
bill is given in these extracts from its
provisions:
That to enable the secretary OF in.
terror to complete and properly extend
reclamation projects already begun the
secretary of the treasury Is authorized
to borrow from time to time, at q rate
of interest not exceeding three per
centum per annum, such sun or sums
as in the judgment of the secretary OF
the interior may be necessary to com.
plete the reclamation projects hereto
fore begun, including necessary ex'
Tensions thereof by the secretary OF
the interior, and to issue therefor GER.
tifcates of indebtedness In such form
ss he may prescribe and in denomins'
tions Of $50 or of multiples of that
sum; and each Of said certificates, TO-
gether with interest thereon, shall be
pay abie out of the reclamation fund
created in pursuance of the provisions
of IN act of congress, approved June
10, 1902, entitled ian act appropriat'
ing the receipts from the sale and die
posal Of public lands in certain states
and territories to the construction o.
irrigation works for the reclamation
of arid lands" and such payment ii
guaranteed by the United States.
Provided. That the aggregate issue
of such certificates shall not exceed
$50, 000. 900, and the provisions and
penalties of exciting law respecting
c~ounterfeiting and other fraudulent
practices are hereby made applicable
to the certificates of indebtedness au'
thorized by this act. Interest on suct
certificates shall be paid quarterly. and
each certificate shsll be payable, with
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
Could Do For Aarsalf.

She was a very delightful but a very
aged lady-over ninety-and her friends
and relatives and even chance &C.
q~uaintances, drawn by her exquisite
personality, all did her homage and,
% the saying is, waited on her hand
and foot"
She accepted it all very graciously,
but with some inward rebellion, for ia
q very old and close mouthed friend
she once said. with a quaint pucker
Of lips and brows:
II am reminded sometimes of the
old lines:
"Twa were BLOWN at her nose.
And three were bucklin' 1t her shoon.'
YOUTHS Companion.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
A Word For the Tiahtwad.

A Word For the Tishtwad.
In France they have an expressive
phrase, "liquid money" It means that
part Of the family income which il
used for the necessities and Injuries
Of life. 1t is quite apart from and
kept apart from the more serious, sub.
stantial part Of the income. which is
the saved part. In America the entire
income is Liquid. and the man who at.
tempts to make part of it solid is
called a "tightwad." A 'tightwad"
is really a man who creates a princi.
pal-a capital. in other words-and he
is the living example Of what every
private business must be and Of how
the country's resources should be han.
dled.-Argonaut.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
RIDICULOUS RAILROAD RATES

Incidental to the inquiry into the
high cost Of living Mayor Pratt has
discovered some interesting facts on
freight rates. The rate on hides from
Spokane to Chicago is Sl.40 per 100
pounds; but the rate from the coast
cities to Chicago is only IS cents,
says the Spokesman Review,
But that is not the worst of it. The
local rate from Spokane to the coast
is IS cents. In other words the rail.
roads are charging as much to haul
hides 32O miles from Spokane to the
coast as they charge to haul the same
commodity $500 miles from the coast
cities to Chicago.
Under these astonishing rates co asst
firms a buy hides in and around
Spokane, ship them to the coast and
then reship them from the coast to
Chicago, and the combined rate is ten
cents less than the single rate from
Spokane to Chicago.
1t would be interesting to hear an
explain alton of this injustice and folly
from those railroad traffic managers
who assume to themselves exclusive
wisdom and ability in the making of
freight rates. In all probability it
will be the old chestnut that hides are
shipped by sea from Pacific coast
points to Boston, New York and
Philadelphia, and it is. therefore,
necessary that the railroads protect
Chicago and other interior manufac
turers by meeting water competition.
But this defense seems absurd in the
face of the fact that rates are now so
adjusted as to encourage the shipment
OF hides from the Inland Empire to
the coast cities where they come under
the influence of the water haul. Ap.
parently the railroads are trying to
encourage shipments of hides by sea
from Pacific coast points to the Allan
tic coast.
BY the same line of railroad reason.
ing, II it Is the duty OF the railroads
to protect Chicago aud other interior
manufacturers against competition on
the Atlantic seaboard it is equally
their duty to protect Inland Empire
merchants and manufacturers against
Pacific coast competition. If to pro
tect the Chicago manufacturers they
make q low rate from the Pacific coast
to Chicago they ought to make low
rates from New York and Chicago to
Spokane for the protection of the ship.
pers of the Inland Empire.
Railroad traffic managers will find
it still more difficult to explain their
discriminate rates on hogs from
North Dakota to Spokane, with car.
load rates of 1925. while the carload
rate from North Dakota to the coast
cities is only $3.50. Even the traffic
manager must see that it would be
something of a joke for him to con-
tend that they have to make the lower
rate from Dakota to the coast to meet
water competition.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16

lected by 1t we're promised by the gov.
ernment in their place. The railroad
selected claims patented by the land
commissioners Al nOn.mineral but
known to the company to be mineral
bearing. Suit was brought to com.
pei the railroad to relinQuish these
claims and the government was given
judgment which was affirmed yester.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16

lug.
The department of agriculture is
taking a census of the birds Of the
United States and even before it's COM
pletion is able to estimate that there
n about 1,414, 0O0,O 600. The census is
also for the purpose Of finding out
what birds help and what birds harm
the crops with a view to diminishing
the injurious ones and increasing the
insect eating varieties.
Mrs. Catherine w. McCulloch Of
Evanston, ILL.,, said to be the only
woman justice Of the peace in this
country, astonished the Society Of An.
thropology at a recent meeting by de-
nouncing Adam as a loafer. She de.
clared that Eve was the mother Of all
the arts and sciences, and by data
which carried her back to the paleo.
nthic age she sought to prove that
woman was the originator Of most OF
the good things in the world.
Copernicus. the German astronomer
who formulated the theory that the
sun instead Of the earth Is the center
Of the system of which the earth is q
part, has been dead 366 years. His
astronomical theory has been his CHIEF
monument, but the Germans. conclud.
ing that a more material memorial
should be erected, have lately dedi-
Gated a monument to him In Frauen.
burg. He was a canon of the Frauen.
burg cathedral for forty years and
published his theory while living there
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
The River Press.
b. the River Press Publish
ing Company.
HIGH PRICES FOR MEAT.

Some of the members of the "Do
Without" clubs, who have instituted
. boycott against meat because of its
high price, have discovered that the
cost OF production is one of the fea-
lures that fix market quotations. I,
costs more to grow meat producing
animals than vas formerly the case,
and the price to the consumer is neces.
sarily higher.
The Montana stockman, for instance,
finds that the running expenses OF bis
business are much greater than they
we're . few years ago, and If market
prices had not advanced he would
soon ind that cattle raising lie an
Improbable occupation. Last season
Witnessed the highest prices ever paid
for Montana cattle in the eastern mar
ket, q condition brought about by
scarcity of supplies and the larger
cost of putting cattle into marketable
shape.
1T Isn't the fault of the stockm an,
the packer or the butcher" says B. o.
Cowan, secretary of the American
Shorthorn association, regarding the
agitation against the high price of
beef. 1.-TWO reasons q be given for
the high prices of meat, which we all
admit. These are the scarcity of cat.
tie and the high price of feed. City
people not conversant with these con.
ditions, are prone to think the packer
is forcing the price up for his own
profit. This is not so. OF course the
packer is in the business to make
money, but I do not think he is de-
manding an e%xorbitant profit. He is
forced to allow the feeder q fair mar
gin of gain, and to do this pro6tably
to himself he is obliged to raise the
price.
with corn selling from 100000 q
bushel the stockman has to get from
1000 q pound for his product in order
to make money. OF curse the packer
is not going to meet this increase out
of his own pocket. It's up to the man
who buys.
Feed is high principally because
WI have not had a bumper crop in
this section for several years. Two
or three years of bumper crops and
you would see the price of meat go
down. As to the other difficulty
scarcity of cattle-it can be attributed
to many things. It's a fact, though,
you can accept that. According to
Secretary Wilson's recent report
there are 2. 100, 600 less cattle in the
country than there we're one year ago.
"The breaking up Of the big ranges
some years ago and the consequent
breaking up of the big herds IL partly
responsible. Then again the small
feeder is afraid to feed many cattle on
account of the high price of corn. l
couldn't say whether meat will go
higher. 1t certainly doesn't look very
encouraging. But I can say this:
Those people in Ohio, and other
places, who have boycotted the meat
industry in al endeavor to lower the
prices are wrong. 1t isn't the packer
and it isn't the butcher or stockman.
It's just conditions"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16

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.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16

Local Securities Z Speciality.
Interest Allowed on Time Deposits.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-29

debates setting forth their claims. and
when not so engaged are going up and
down the state making all sorts Of ac-
cusations against each other. Indeed.
if only part OF what these Buckeye
bourbons have claimed is true. not one
.of them is tit for the exalted position
OF United states senator.
II was William /. Marcy. New
Yorker. who first used the expression
Ito the victors belong the spoiIs.~ but
even Marcy was not an advocate OF in
dulging in party fights over them. Ye,
such has invariably been the Demo
cratic practice. and the present bifi
and hang scenes arc no exception 70
the rule.
The Republicans OF the afflicted
states are deriving much amusement
from the sDectacles presented. now
that the bitterness OF defeat has passed
away.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-29

OUR DRUG STORE Is At
i112-11f SOUTH MAIN ST
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-29
The Case of Mr.. Parker
BY ALFRED HENRY LEWIS

THERE sending Parker
nneg considering the gentleman the public should do the same
Take last
peculiarly vhe than there better method Of apply
ing the acid with declaring what OF gold and what Of
political
Mr. Iser architect Orseans for better w0rd-Pa'r0n and fash
PRED term as governor the party boss in New York Being upon his
best fitted for the management OF the machine i'm his interest He pitched
as Hhmef intrigue
eatt ana mo- r.tr~ r1.. ,r. he nh, ,I coronor cunt n
eo"qu state he thousand
Believing Upon the lie Hin
vacancy the supreme bench which the governor would fiji vere-
IN ms Ulster county post OF surrogate to enter the political
service OF M HIN He justified the latter in his selection Cunning sleep
by naming supreme court
fortnight election There you have tho
very bad nor very good he never threatened the aurels OF Mans
chine but lived with both terms concord
judge achiettche judge he vent on the bench not be-
cause he knew public
Their this to by the one
force thar craft Mr. nm would have b5 none % him P, gwen nntr
ad A Parker not been submissive to the boss
would nave been knocked on the head directly
Feeling his own inadquaees
TIC clay TO the moulding touch OF Potter Hill
warm, preference as we'll as rc- Is f % influence whose
..sr5 tv 1i.+ 80 t ., .e ssor VINO NOT alone under
boss rule and bows before the who
books above patriotism country
their cash box ashore o a cover
Mr. Parker is honest but
been he could no more have
ern n 1855 than he could have
'eo not have sat s while the Maynard
cleveland Mr. Parker
restless Of hrum fashion
never ncrpo between get
tariff and otherwise maraud the public noks
" the size Of his hat and the only
eny
LOYALTY Big Interests II he be ehon by
will Of hungry coerie has placed the to On %
shoulders ' ~ VISA VI" ms
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-29
DEMOCRATIC sHINpTEs.

The war between DIT. Woodrow Will
son and James Smith. ST.. goes merrily
on. The lie is being banded back and
forth and the New Jersey Democrats
have been lined up into opposing fac
tons. New Jersey has been Rcpub-
iican so long that the Democrats nat
uraily cannot help fighting over the
spells. now that their opportunity has
come.
Pretty much the same situation ex-
lists in New York. where a United
states senator IS to be elected TO sue
coed Chauncey Depew. The unspeak-
able Murphy. boss OF Tammany. has
placed the seal OF his approval upon
the candidacy OF sheehau. OF odorous
memory, while Democrats who do not
owe allegiance TO the wigwam favor
shepard. The odds are on the Murphy
selection 10 win the race.
In Ohio the Democratic candidates
Tor senatorial honors are holding joint
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-29

that would be ridiculous IL IL we're not
So appalling. the American" party
faces something that is a condition and
not a theory. Il has itself I'm a fiuan-
ciai hole which probably looks worse
from within. where they are. than from
without. where We are. the city adj
ministration knows not where TO turn.
with the presiding genius Of the ad-
ministration about 20 leave town for
the towns good. IL is apparent that
something has 20 be done. Just why
Mr.. Mulvcy. who has always been
pretty much Of a square fighter. should
allow himself TO be used by the embryo
wizards Of finance that compose the
American party councils. is one OF
the things that no one can under
stand. and recalls the words or the Ia
nous wit. who said that politics
makes strange bedfellows"
The city council will do well, how
ever. 10 let the water business alone.
The city should be satisfied with the
100 per cent profit it is making on
water at the present time. It is an
old game Of city financiers 20 wrest
from the people en- water rates sums
OF money it would not dare TO extract
by direct taxation. But salt Lake is
in no humor to stand for this perform
sncc. We hope Councilman Mulvey
will tel us the joke. and cult Il.
We feel much in the position OF the
man who attended a meeting when
Folk was a candidate FOR governor Of
Missouri The orator. as he warmed
to his work. said: Gentlemen. who is
| Folk7" or course. no one answered.
and he repeated Il. Pleased with the
effect. a fourth time he asked: Gen
ucmen. who is Folk?" The man in
the back part OF the room could en-
dure Il no longer, and blurted out:
"Oh. well. III bite: who Is Folk?"
For the sake OF the Mulvey humor
we'll bite, and ask. What is the
joker"
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-29
TIE PEOPLE KNnW

Now that the cold weather has ar
rived and the kettle is singing merrily
on the kitchen stove. the citizens Of
salt Lake. and Utah for that matter
have reason to be thankful that the
price OF coal came down before the
cold winds began to blow and the
snowtlakes to descend upon the earth
The Hersld-Republican takes Just
pride in the fact that it not only
started the ball rolling. but kept IN
! the fight until its purpose was accom-
plished. Begging the pardon OF the
reading public for again referring 10
fact which has so Inundated ifs
morning and evening contemporaries
as to make them entirely obIivious Of
the truth. The Hersld-RepubIican calls
attention to the following from Good
wins Weekly:
NJ will be n merrIer Chrisfmn. for ~
eryonc concerned with 80 cents
Topped off the price OF coal. Thr
nEht Of the newspapers ~ 20
which one T. responsible for the
dccrense In the rate g. really
lHuEhnble, for the credit belongs
20 Just one paper In the town. aud
everybody knows which one.
or course the editor Of Goodwin's
Weekly meant The Herald Republican
when it said that 'the credit belongs
to just one paper in the town. and
everybody knows which one" That's
Gods truth. everybody knows which
one. At the same time there are those
who know. but refuse TO acknowledge
IT,
But let them 90 their way. They
had no part or lot in the matter at any
rate. As Goodwin's Weekly forecasted.
it was "a merrier Christmas for every
one concerned with so cents Topped off
the price OF coal" and no one has ac-
cused the salt Lake Tribune. the Even
ing Telegram or the Deseret News Of
bringing it about.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-29

The fellow who tickled the lions
chin is probably full brother of the
man who monkeyed with the buzz
saw.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-04-16

nj IS mighty hard to find apy excuse
for the action Of Governor Patterson
III granting 4 pardon toColonef COOPER
after the case had been affirmed PAX
thc supreme court The governor dldn't
attempt q awe any excuse fer i eN'
ccpt that he Thought the defendant
haaut had q fair rial The eypecal-
tion N tendency II lhe pardonine now.
is one of Me things that has pfousht
law Into disrepWe
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-04-16

Mr. Taft tossed the first ban at TIRE
opsuins 81 the American League sea-
son IN Washington which ought 10
make him strong with 4ne baseball ira-
tefnits even though he has iosj caste
with the suflfageitAa
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-04-16

old eruhbler Is complaining about
the damage dome hy the recent rain
iie should remember that the raNages
N floods At this season can be RENE
died but there isnt much relief for
dfnnth conditions
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-04-16

lhe Enid News II one of me strope
papers of Northern Oklahoma that y
come ont against resnhmission % the
prohibition question
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-04-16

George Al Brown announces his cans
didacy for the office Of sheriff. subject
to the action Of the Democratic voters
al the primary
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-04-16
FOR COUNTY CLERK.

Joe p Lindsay announces his can
didacy for the nomination for county
clerk subject to the action Of the
Democrats in the primary. August 2.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-04-16
FOB COUNTY ATTORNEY

H Blair announces that HE is a can
didate for county attorney, subject to
the action of the Democrats
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-04-16

4 VI Shepard announces that he It'll
g candidate for county attorney. sub
jeet 70 the Democratic primary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-04-16

John G Lewis announces his candi
dacy for the office Of sheriff Of Grady
county, subject to the Democratic
voters.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-04-16
EoR DISTRICT CLERK

J. r. Callahan announces as a can
didate for the nomilation for district
clerk, subject to the Democratic pri-
mary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-04-16
EoR STATE SENATOR

Geo. MI Barefoot announces that he
is caMdidate for state senator from
Grady county Fifteenth senatorial ais
rict for the four-year term. subject to
the action Of thc Democratic voters.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-04-16

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