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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-13
Roosevelt Declines Nomination.

UTICA, N. Y, July about 10
days ago the Republican club of this
city passed . resolution putting forth
the name of former President Roose-
velt as q nominee for governor Of this
state. The resolution was forwarded
to Col. Roosevelt with q statement as
to the character and standing of the
body which passed It.
1t appears that Col. Roosevelt sent
an immediate reply, but in some man
ner the letter was missent, and not un.
til day or two ago did the secretary
of the club, Fred B. Adams of this
city, receive it. The letter is q posi-.
tive and unqualified declin alton of the
proposed honor.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-13
Montana Horses For Army.

WASHINGTON, July THE quar-.
termaster general Of the army, Cen
eral Aleshire, 10 much gratifled over
the report he Is receiving from the
army remount depot at Fort Keogh,
Montana. Desirable horses for the
army are being purchased in the west
at much less cost than has been the
case heretofore. The animals are &C.
quired with view to being sent for
training purposes to Fort KeoRh.
Captain H. P. How ard, In charge of
the Fort Keogh depot, has purchased
since last July, 3l3 horses at an av-
erage price OF less thanlisl16. They
were acquired in the vicinity of the
depot in wsetern Montana. It is re-
ported that the farmers of that section
are beginning to realize that the gov.
ernment Is in the market for good
young horses and they propose to
meet the demand.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-13
Railroads Are Retrenching.

ST. PAUL, July 9.-Within . short
time, q few weeks at the latest, the
Northern Pacific railroad will have
removed between 5000 and 1000 men
from its pay roll because OF the crop
shortage on its lines between Mime.
sofa and the coast. One hundred and
seventy.fve men were laid of at the
Brainerd { MINI. shops, and other
reductions have been made at Mis-.
soula and Spokane. General Mana
ger G. A. Goodell said today that re.
trenchment had been made necessary
because of the crop situation, but de-
MED that 1000 men would be laid off.
Reports from along the line, however,
are to the effect that the number of
men laid off will even be larger.
Louis Hill, president of the Great
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-13
WITHDRAWS COAL LANDS.
President Taft Signs Order Affecting
Millions Of Acres.

BEVERLY. Mass, July 8.-Continu.
ing his policy of practical conserva a.
tion President Taft has signed orders
to withdraw 35,037, 1874 acres of coal
lands from the public domain in the
states OF North Dakota and South Da.
kota, Washington. Utah, Colorado
and the territory Of Arizona.
North and South Dakota are the two
states affected by the newIwithdrawal.
From the public domainlin North Da-
kota, the president has withdraw
from settlement II 1928, ,1S2Iacres of land
believed to contain workable coal, in
South Dakota, the amount Withdrawn
Is 18, 2S7, ,270 acres.
Director George o. Smith of the geo.
logical survey 10 his recommendation
for Withdrawals in North and South
Dakota says:
IA consider alton OF the inform alton
available here as we'll as.the report of
Mr.. Jeffa leads US to believe that there
are large areas in these states which
are underlaid by Ignite considered
workable under the presnt regulations
and which should be Withdrawn from
entry.
"All the orders state that the lands $
are withdrawn from selection, (, loo alton,
sale or entry and reserved for examin-
alton and classification with respect
to coal values"
President Taft earlier this week
signed orders Withdrawing approxi-
mately S,500,000 acres of waterpower
sites, phosphate and petroleum lands
in the United States and all of the
known coal fields in Alaska.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-13
SOLD ADULTERATED FLOUR.
Government Officials Win Their Suit
Against Dishonest Millers.


KANSAS CITY, July Give, the
jury, find that the -four seized was
adulter ated."
"We, the jury, find that the -four
seized was misbr anded."
These two verdicts were returned in
the federal court here today by the
jury that, for more thanJ Eve weeks,
had listened to testimony for and
against the charge OF theigovernment
that 625 sacks OF -four, bleached aud
sold by the Lexington Mill and IEleva.
tor company of Lexington, Neb., and
seized by the government!while in the
possession OF purchaser, q grocer
at Castle, Mo-, were adulterated aud
mis- branded.
The verdict, returned after seven
hours OF deliberation, was q complete
victory for the government, which
prosecuted the suit underIthe national
pure food and drug act.
The government charged that the
flour was adulterated in that it was
bleached by the Alison process, which
makes use OF nitrogen peroxide in
bleaching flour. Misbranding was
labeled fancy patent. which the gov.
ernment contended, 1t was not, be.
cause it was not made from a first
grade hard winter wheat.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-13
CENSUS MEN IN TROUBLE.
Great Falls Enumerators Accused of
Fraud In Census Work.


GREAT FALLS, July 6.-Ch arged
with making false returns to the census
bureau, F. G. Mcdonald, w. E. Mar
tin and Joseph Thompson, enumera.
tors who were employed by the United
States in gathering the census of Great
Falls, have been arrested by Deputy
United States Msrshal Haieler Of Hell
ena. When taken before United
States Commissioner w. S. Frary,
Mcdonald aud Martin gave bonds 10
the sum OF 81, 900 for their appear auce
In the federal court At Helena this
week.
The arrest of the enumer ators is the
direct outcome Of investig atoms re.
Gently made by the United States grand
jury at Helena into charges that the
census In Great Falls had been "pad.
ded." While but three arrests have
thus far been made, it is reported here
that the grand jury returned indict.
ments against local citizens, several
OF whom are said to be prominent bust.
ness and professional men. for their
connection in the gathering of the po-
pulation Of the Electric city.
Following the return of the Great
Falls census to the bureau at Wash.
ington Special Agent Hester of the
department. was ordered to Great
Falls to make an investigation of re-.
ported irregularities in the census
lists. While Mr.. Hester was conduct.
ing his probe Census Supervisor Shaw
of Helena, arrived in the city, and
while 1t was not generally known,
the census in three districts of the city
was retaken under the direction of
Messrs. Hester and Shaw. 1t Is said
that the second census disclosed the
fact that at the residence of Robert S.
Ford, president of the Great Falls
National bank, where 408 persons
were given in the first census, but q
half dozen people actually resided
there. In the Tod block, one of the
principal business blocks of the city,
the second census showed that there
were less than 100 people living there,
while the returns of the first census
gave 500 Inhabitants. Seventy-hve
names, it is alleged, were found to be
returned as living on a vacant lot on
the north side and mum Der of minor
irregularities, it is also said, resulted
in the action OF the grand jury in re.
turning true bills against the local
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-13
Ten Days For Heinze.

NEW YORK, July THE United
States circuit court of appeals affirm.
ed the sentence of 10 days. imprison-
ment passed by Judge Ray on Arthur
P. Heinze, brother of F. Augustus
Heinze. after his conviction in June,
1909, on an indictment charging him
with obstruoting the administr alton of
justice by instig ating the removal and
mutilatton of the books of the United
Copper company.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-13
Will Supervise Reclamation Projects

BEVERLY, July 6.-In an interview
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger
has made it plain that while the army
engineers will have the say as to VIII at
irrig alton projects shall be completed
the actual work of construction will
be done by the field force of the recla-
N mation service under the supervision
OF the director. General William L.
Marshall, the engineer officer appoint.
ed last week as consulting engineer to
the reclaim alton work, will of course,
be an important factor in the work.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-13
about s3O, 900. Thus he and his part
ner Gleason will have . profit OF about
S12O, 600,
New Land Entry Ruling.

WASHINGTON, July 6.-Entries can.
not be made upon lands Withdrawn as
susceptible Of irriga alton until the sec-
retary of the interior has issued the
usual public notice establishing the
unit Of acreage announcing the water
charges and when water can be sp-
piled, according to the terms OF the
law providing for the Issuance Of go, {.
900, 900 of certificates Of Indebtedness
to complete existing reclamation pro.
iects.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-13
Wealthy Girl Sues Dentist.

CHICAGO. July 6.-Miss Nellie An.
heuser. OF the wealthy St. Louis family
OF brewers of that name, whose opera
gowns were attached by Dr.. Robert
Good. q dentist. during the grand op.
era season here last year, filed suit
for 1000 damages against the dentist
here today.
DR.. Good, for dentist work, charged
Miss Anheuser $500, or at the rate OF
e25 an hour. She refused TO pay, al.
leging that the work WAS faulty. and
had TO be done over by another den-
tist.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-13
NO LAND LOTTERIES,
Opening Of Reservations Will Not
Take Place This Year.


WAsH1NoToN, July 9.-There will
be no government treasure box of pub
lie lands opened for the laud.hungry
of America this year. This is assert.
ed definitely now by authorities of the
land and Indian Offices at Washing.
ton, and is blow to the schemes of
many who had hoped to take part in
government lotteries for valuable re.
servation farms.
The outcome is unpleasant also for
several people who have been indus.
triously advertising the lands of the
Yakima reservation, located in the
state Of Washington, and Offering to
sell information about them. Activity
of this kind has resulted in drastic
action by the federal land Office. The
inspectors' division of the postoface
department has been asked to keep this
class of advertising out of the mails,
and to prosecute firms engaged in con.
oection with the Yakima reserv alton
opening.
None OF the Indian reserv ations will
be opened this year. Congress passed
bills authorizing the opening of the
Fort Berthold reservation in North
Dakota and the Pine Ridge and Rose.
bud reservations in South Dakota.
The government already had author.
ity to open the Blackfeet and Fort
Peck reservations in Montana and the
Colville reservation in Washington,
and work has been progressing upon
all Of them. In no case, however, can
1t be completed In time for q public
lottery this year.
The reserv ations now being prepared
for opening next year, with their ap.
proximate areas, are as follows:
Montana-Blackfeet, 959, 1000 acres;
Fort Peck, 1,776,000.
Washington Colville, 10000
acres.
North Dakota-Fort Berthold, 85O..
90. acres.
> South Dakota-Rosebud, $4,000
acres; Pine Ridge, 100000.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-13
Government Receivers coaIhLands


CHEYENNE, July 7. The United
States land Office at Lander today
rendered decisions in civil contest
cases against "a entrymen on the coal
lands of the Owl creek and Gebo
mines Of Big Horn county, involving
10000 acres, valued at d, 500, 900.
Fifty.seven cases were decided in
favor of the government. four in favor
of the entrymen and two cases were
set for rehearing. The mines were
closed last February by Injunction
proceedings before the federal court
here, q thousand men being thrown
out of employment. Criminal cases
are still pending against eight promi.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-13

Northern. denies that his line is lay.
Ing of men. but reports from along
the system do not bear out this state.
ment.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-30

feet, from which the aviator coulG
plainly hear the shouts of the people
crowding the streets of the towns over
which he passed.
In practically all of the towns along
the route business was entirely sus
pended as the air machine passed
above them. Schoolhouses were de-
serted.
Brookins started at 1928 a. m. in
the Wright biplane "Hawk." A hun
dred thousand persons clustered about
the starting place and cheered the air
mariner on his way.
His destination was the state fair
grounds at Springfield and his object
the winning of the Chicago Record
Herald prize of $4,000. Brookins
said that he intended to sail high to
avoid the treacherous air currents.
In the ifty-four-mile run from Chi
cago to Kankakee of the Illinois Cen
trail special train following Aviator
Brookins no trace had been seen OF
the man attempting the record break
ing flight from Chicago to Springfield
AS the train passed stations bulletins
telling of the flight were thrown into
the windows.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-30
Submitted to tho Touch.

II suppose all of us have our little
vanities," says James Hamilton Lew
Is of Chicago. when I was men,
Der of congress l was called out into
the corridor by stranger who asked,
is this Colonel James Hamilton Lew
is?' /
"'Plain Mr.. Lewis, at your service
l replied.
"'Well, Mr.. Lewis" he replied. 4 was
so struck with a speech you made in
the house last week that l went to the
document room to get copy for. N.Y.
self and for another friend. They
charge five cents for cOp., and l
haven't a cent of change. Can you
let me have the money to buy two
copies?
"Now, I had not made any speech,
and they do not charge five cents nor
any cents at all in the document room;
but l gave him the dime he wanted,
and reproached myself aftervard for
my stinginess. Such an arts at fat
terry ought to have had quarter. at
ast."-Chicago Record-Heralt.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-30
STlMS0N HEADS The TICKET
Nominees of New York Republican
State Convention.


Saratoga, NJ Y, Sept. 30.-The Re.
publican state convention adjourned
after nominating a ticket dictated by
Theodore Roosevelt and his so called
progressive adherents and adopting a
platform with a direct nominations
plank drawn by the progressives. The
old guard met defeat utterly.
Henry L. Stimson was nominated
for governor. He drew public atten.
ton as the prosecutor of the sugar
trust. The remainder of the state
ticket follows:
Lieutenant governor, Edward Schoe
neck; secretary of state, Samuel S,
Koenig (renominated) state control
Ter, James Thompson; state treasurer,
Thomas F. Fennell; state engineer,
Frank M. Williams (renominated) {;
attorney general, Edward R. O'Mal
ley (renominated); associate judge OF
the court of appeals, Irving G. Vann
(renominated).
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-30
A Benevolent Censor.

A trio of young ladies spent some
weeks last year at an out Of he way
village in the mountain region. They
found the village postmaster !, quaint
old character. whose ways were as orr
ginal as they we're startling, so that
the daily trip to the postof1ce became
a real event.
us there any mail for us, najorT'
asked one of the young ladies as she
appeared at the window one morning.
mo: they amt thing for you all
this mawnin'. Miss Mary" was the re-
ply. 'They wasn't nothin' c'me for
you but a letter that looked lik. adver-
tisin', an so opened it, aid sure
enough it was jest some advertisement
about somethin' or other, and says
to myself, says l. Now, Mis- Mary
don't want to tote such stuff as that
home with her, and so throwed it in
the waste box."-Youth's Comp,nion.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-30
SIX HAVE NARROW ESCAPES
Thrown Into Water When Launch
Strikes a Pile.

Saltwater, Minn., Sept. 90.-Lynn
Carroll, note teller, Second National
bank, St. Paul; his wife; Mrs. Chris.
tine Carroll, his mother, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Dearborn, Saltwater, mar.
rowly escaped drowning in the St.
Croix river.
The party was cruising in Mrs.
Christine CAROLS launch, with Mrs.
Lynn Carroll at the tiller, when the
boat struck pile. The boat upended,
but did not capsize, and all the occu-
pants were thrown into the water.
Mr.. Carroll pulled the women to
the boat side and rescued his infant
by placing the child in the boat.
Calls for help were heard by the
crew of the steamer Boss passing
down stream. Assistance was dis.
patched and all members of the party,
nearly exhausted, were rescued.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-30
No Pure Water.

Owing to the extremely solvent pow
ers, pure water is never found in ma
ture. the nearest approach being found
in rainwater. which, as it is formed in
the upper regions of the atmosphere.
is the purest that nature supplies. but
in descending it brings with it what
ever impurities are floating near the
surface. which in the neighborhood of
cities are always numerous; hence per-
fectly pure water is hardly to be found,
even the artifcially distilled being only
approximately so.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-30
YOUNG GIRLS FANATICAL ACT
Cremates Herself in Bonfire Made Of
Religious Books.

St. Louis, Sept. 30.-Kneeling in the
midst of a bonfire which she had made
of pages of religious books and maya.
zines and saturated with coal oil by
her own hands, Mamie Mccarthy,
eighteen years old, slowly burned to
death in the rear of her home while
she prayed. She died at the city hos
pital an hour later.
The girls action was not a sudden
inspiration. She apparently had wait.
ed until an unguarded moment to car
ry out her fanatical act. The bible,
magazines and papers with which she
made the bonfire were taken from a
center table in the living room, where
she had been sewing.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-30
GEORGE W. PATTEN DEAD
Millionaire Grain Operator Victim Of
Tuberculosis.

Chicago, Sept. 30.-George W., Pat.
ten, millionaire grain operator, who
died of tuberculosis at the home of
his brother, James A. Patten, in Ev-
anston, made requests by which a
great portion of his $5,000,O00 estate
is given to charity. Just who the ben
eficiaries are will not be known until
Mr.. Patterns will is made public
Jim Patten, the czar of the board of
trade, the man who gave up his busi-
ness career at it's zenith in order to
nurse his brother during his last days,
was at the bedside when the end
came.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-30
A Scandal Spoiled.

'Of course he and his wife seem d
voted to each other, now" said the
jealous Miss Gaussip. but do you
think she will always be so true and
all that?'' .....,
"Well," replied Miss Kidder, II have
reason to know. that only last night he
had occasion to set trap for her."
"Ah! Do you know. suspected
something
"They more than suspected. They
knew there were mice in the house,
Philadelphia Press.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-30
German Aviator Killed.

Muhlhausen, Germany, Sept 3d.
Aviator Flochmann, who was injured
when his biplane collapsed at height
of $50 feet, is dead without recovering
consciousness.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-30
The Burden Of Golf.

Golfer with full bag, looking for q
caddie,-l say, my friend, do you hap
pen to know Of any one who'- Near.
sighted Villager (estily)-No. don't.
All the folks round here does their own
umbrella repairin'.-Puck
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-30
Tho Lamp Of a Mans Life.

DIR. Holmes said the lamp of a mans
life has three wicks-brain, blood and
breath-and to turn down any one of
them makes the other two go out.
The wounds man will survive, and
even disregard so long as his head.
heart and lungs are unhurt have long
been one of the wonders of war his.
tory
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-30
Where to Beuin.

Look here" said the reforming hus-
band; I'VE must have things arranged
in this house so that we shall know
just where everything is KEEP"
with all my heart sweetly an
swered his wife. land let us begin with
your late hours, my love. | should
very much like to know where they
are t"-Stray Stories.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-30
GREAT SUFFERING RESULTS
Business at Naples Suspended Be.
cause of Cholera.

Naples, Sept. 30.-The authorities
have opened street kitchens in Naples
to provide for those who have been
made destitute by the cholera epidem
ic and scare. Thousands of persons
have been thrown out of employment
by the epidemic.
The work of the port has been sus.
pended practically in consequence of
the cholera epidemic in the poorer
quarters of the city.
All foreign steamship lines refuse
to take on either passengers or freight
here.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-30
Blank Verso.

Poet-You published poem II mine
last week. You pay according to the
kind of verse. don't you? Edit.r-Yes.
George. give the gentleman blank
check.-Judge. - T.. .~. #rr IT,. :.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-30
BROOK|NS IS
FORCED To LAND
Fails to Break Record in
Long Distance Flight.
WINDSTRONG AGAINST HIM

Did Not Garry Sufficient Oil for Trip
From Chicago to Springfield and
Was Compelled to Stop and RepIen.
ish His supp|y-PeopIe Crowd the
Streets of the Towns Over Which
He Passed in His Flight.
Chicago, Sept. 30.-Brookins re-
sumed his fight from Gilman at 49,
p. m. Wilbur Wright, who overlook
Brookins at Gilman in the special
train, predicted his pupil would COM
plete his journey without another
stop.
Brookins passed over Ridgeville,
five miles from Gilman, at IL: 81. and
Thawville nine miles from Gilman
and eighty-nine miles from Chicago,
at ! D. M, covering the nine miles in
eighteen minutes. He was flying high
at about 1000 feet
Chicago, Sept SO-Aviator Walter
Brookins failed in his attempt to
make a continuous flight of 1856 miles
from Washington park, Chicago, to
Springfield, ILL.,, by descending at Gil
man, Ill.,, seventy-five miles from his
starting point.
The descent, in measure, had
been provided for, as the aviator did
not carry a sufficient amount of fuel
to fight the brisk wind which blew
across his path the greater part OF
the journey.
Wilbur Wright, who was a passen
ger on the special train following the
aviator, overlook his pupil at Gilman
and assisted in the preparations for
the resumption of the flight. He pre-
dcted that Brookins would reach
Springfield without making another
descent.
Brcokins descended easily in field
29O yards from the Illinois Central sta
ton at Gilman, where he awaited the
arrival OF Mr.. Wright, who was car
rying the necessary fuel. The special
train left the station at 1907 with Mr.
Wright aboard, Brookins not resum
ing his fight until thirty-four minutes
later.
Thoroughly Enjoys Trip.
Brookins said he had enjoyed the
trip, that he was not in the least ia.
tigued and that the biplane was work.
ing smoothly. He anticipated no diff
fculty in reaching Springfield without
a further descent
The aeroplane had maintained an