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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-12
FORESTER PINCHOT IS OUT,
Government Official Disciplined For
Act Of Insubordination.

WASHINGTON, Jan. T. Clifford
Pinchot, chief forester and intima ate
friend of Theodore Roosevelt, tonight
was dismissed from the service of the
United States by President Taft for
insu bordin alton.
Thoroughly indignant over the &C.
tion OF Mr.. Pinchot in inducing Sena.
tor Dolliver to read letter from him
in the sen ate yesterday, President Taft
today would listen to no advice th a,
the forester's violation of executive
orders be overlooked pending the in.
Quiry soon to be made by congress.
He declared the dignity of the presi.
Dental Office had been attacked and
he would be unfaithful to his trust if
he submitted longer.
Mr.. Taft undoubtedly realizes fully
what the dismissal of Forester Pin
chot means in a political way. He
has been con vinced for some time tn at
the so called "insurgents" and other
critics of his administr alton had en-.
listed the services of Mr.. Piuci1Ot and
practically were defying him to dis.
miss Pinchot from Office. The latter q
letter of yesterday was written for the
direct purpose of "putting it squarely
up to the president.
The president sought to avoid the
threatened war as long as he could,
but declared today that patience b ad
ceased to be virtue. He picked up the
gauge OF battle thrown down by Mr..
Pinchot through the hands of Senator
Dolliver in the senate and, with the
administration supporters, is ready for
the coming fray.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-12
Snow Blockade On Northern Pacific

Snow Blockade On Northern Pacific,
BILLINGS, Jan.6-Completely block
AIDED by the derailment of snow
plow and wrecking ! train at Grey.
cliff, 70 miles west of this city, there
are Is transcontinental trains of the
Northern Pacific and Burlington lying
on sidetracks in Billings and Living
ston awaiting the clearing of the track.
At O'Clock this evening 1t was 48
hours since an eastbound train reached
this city and the railroad off1cres de-
clared it will be some time tomorrow
before the track can be tcleared and
the block ade lifted.
The blockade in causedj by the derail-
ment OF q special engine, ATTACHED to q
snow plow, which ran off the track
while running curve near Greycliff
Tuesday afternoon. The wrecking
train was dispatchedu at once from
Livingston, but the wrecker was also
derailed near thel same spot, necessi-
tating shoveling away the snow by
hand.
In this work the railro ad i;has been
greatly hampered because of the high
winds, which wiped out in an tour
yesterday the work done by the Sec
tion hands the preceding, day, and
left conditions even worse than they
we're prior to the derailment.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-12
Buffalo Meat Comes High,

NEW YORK, Jan. 8.-Buffa alo meat
is on sale in the market of New York
for the first time in many years.
Twenty eight hundred pounds, repre-.
sentlng four bull uffaloes, are Of
fered, and the meat brings IS cents q
pound. The hides are on sale at g..
600 each, whereas 30 years ago they
could have been bought for s5 apiece.
The four bulls were shot by a wes.
tern ranch owner who has q privat
herd In Wyoming. It is said there
are now less than 1000 American
bison alive, and it was only because
OF the unruly tempers of the four hat
they were sacrificed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-12
Would Change Land Laws.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7-Senator Nell
son, chairman of the senate public
lands committee, has introduced a bill
proposing radical changes in the
methods of disposing of public lands.
The bill authorizes the secretary of
the interior to withdraw from settle.
ment public lands for water power,
forestry or irrigation purposes. the
order for withdrawal to remain in
force until revoked by congress.
1t directs the secretary to classify
public lands intoleight classes; Agri-
cultural, irrigible, dry farming, timber,
coal, mineral, national forests and wa.
ter power, and provides for the dispo.
sition as follows: Agricultural by
homesteading only; irrigible by opera.
tion only of nationa clam alton and
Carey act; timber lands shall not
be sold and the timber they contain
shall be sold to the highest bidders
and the proceeds divided between the
state and national reclaim alton fund;
mineral land shall be opened to PROS
pecting and purchase pracsica ally as at
present; coal lands shall not be sold
and coal, oil, asphsltum and phos.
phate they contain shall be disposed
OF by case; forest lands shall be re.
tained in national forests, and water
power lands shall not be sold but shall
be leased for periods and at rates de.
by the interior department,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-12
Record Price For Hogs.

CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-THE % hog ar
rived today at the Union Stock yards
here, and his coming marked an epoch
in high prices. With the exception of
short period In 1882. when swine
sold at 1896 per hundredweight, the
90 hog has not been seen here since
the civil war. Continued intense cold
impeding transportation and apparent
of producers to 10 arket their
hogs are the chief causes of the ab.
normal advance.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-12
MAY Abandon Fast Mail.

SPOKANE, Jan. Sunless it can
secure q larger mail contract from the
government the Great Northern rail.
way, it is said, plans to abandon its
trauscontinental mail train known as
No. q. The train has been in service
for the last 60 days and has made rec
ord time, clipping IL and II hours off
previous running time.
For the first month of it's operation
between st. Paul and Seattle the train
was behind the schedule on two occa.
sions, being 30 minutes late on each
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-12
DEFENDS WOOL TARIFF,
Gooding Gives Interesting Address
At Sheepmen's Convention.

Gooding Gives Interesting Address
At Sheepmen's Convention.
OGDEN, Utah, Jan. 5.-Owing to the
non -arriv al of many delegates due to
delayed railway traffic, the opening
hour of the 46th annual convention of
the National Woolgrowers' associa-
tion was postponed until p. m. In
his annual address President Gooding
said in part:
"There is general misunderstanding
among a majority of the people of the
United States, some of them in high
positions, relative to this phase OF
the tariff question. President Taft in
his Winona speech, expressed the
opinion that perhaps the tariff charg-
es on raw material and manufactured
wool we're too high, and that it was
the only serious defect in the Payne
tariff bill. People in general in dis.
cussing the tariff on wool think the
raise in the price of articles manufac-
tured of wool is due to the high tariff
on that commodity, whereas, as has
been stated many times before, if the
raw wool was given to the manufac-
turer it could not make more than two
dollars more in the average suit of
clothes and of other wooden goods in
proportion.
"Public sentiment seems to be grow.
ing in favor of reduction in the wool
schedule. This comes about through
merchants and others handling wooden
goods stating that the high price of
wool compels a high price for all
goods made of wool, higher wages to
the employees of railroads which haul
this product to the manufacturing
centers, higher wages to manufactur.
ers' employees, more pay to the tailors,
to the wholes alers and to the clerks
in the stores. 1t is claimed that these
advances in cost force the farmer to
pay more for help to produce those
things the people must have to feed
and clothe themselves, thereby dimin.
ishing his profits.
"You must keep the farmer prosper.
Gus, for upon the farmer depends the
very existence of the whole nation. 1t
Is duty of this associati to be
prepared at all times to fight any at.
tempt to lower the tariff on wool. In
this connection would urge on the
associatio the necessity of appropri-
ating funds for the establishment and
Of permanent press bu.
reau and 9 department of statistics.
Through this agency I feel that the
people in general could be educated to
q thorough understanding of the
truth OF our claim that the tariff on
wool cuts but little figure in the price
that is paid for the wooden clothing
they wear"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-12

Hale to his feet with a severe rebuke
to the chief forester for having ignored
. recent order from the president di.
rectlng that no subordinate officer
should give information concerning
anairs OF the government except to
his superior officers. he also sug.
Rested that the adoption Of this course
tended to forestall and prejudice pub.
lie opinion in relation to the Ballin.
ger-Pinchot controversy.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-12
Big Sheep Losses In Wyoming.

DEADWooD, S. D., Jan. 7.-Thous.
ands of sheep have been killed during
the last few days by the cold. accord
ing to reports from various sections
of the northwest received here tod ay.
Some owners have sold their large
aocks for SO cents q head. One man
bought 5000 sheep for d head, but
only got 300 OF them. to safety.
The loss Ia most severe In the vicin.
ity of Lander, Wyo., the blocking of
the railro ads In that section having
prevented the sheepmen from securing
feed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-12

Chinook Opinion: Ten years from
now this will still be q stockmen's
country. The holdings will be en- msller.
the conditions will be different, the
stock will be raised inside of fences,
not on the open plain, they will feed
on alfalfa and not bunch grass, the
ranches and farms will be smaller but
the same products will go to the mar.
kets in larger quantities, in better
shape and the wealth that will return
will be larger many times over than
that which has sustained the present
growth of the country.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-12
The Ballinger-Pinchot Controversy,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-The Ballin-
ger.Pinchot controversy today was
made doubly intense by the reading
In the sen ate of the letter addressed by
Mr.. Pinchot to Senator Dolliver, in
which the course adopted by L. r.
CLAWS, with the assistance of Messrs.
Price and Shaw of the bureau of for.
estry, was warmly approved.
In this communication the chief
forester not only upheld their criti-
cisms of Secretary Ballinger, but
suggested that the president himself
had been mistaken in the facts when
he removed Mr.. CLAWS from the pub
lie service.
Mr.. Pinchot's letter called Senator
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-12
Wool Growers Elect Officers.

OGDEN, Utah, Jan. 8. = After the
selection of Portland, Ore., by
unanimous vote, the forty. sixth see.
sion of the National Wool Growers
association came to close today.
All the present officers were re.elect.
ed, as follows:
President-Fred W. Gooding, Sho.
shone, Idaho.
Eastern Vice Presideut-A. J. Knoll.
lin, Chicago.
Western Vice President-J. A. Del.
fielder, Walton, Wyo.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-12
Insurgents Jolt Speaker Cannon.

'''~~' 6VuSS OVtA speaker ~8OnOUs
WASHINGTON, Jse. 1.-THE house
OF representatives today, after q par.
hamentary battle in which q combina.
tion OF insurgents and democra ats de.
feated the republican organization,
adopted joint resolution providing
for an investig alton of the interior
departmt and of the forest bureau.
The resolution provides for an inves-
tigation to be conducted by a joint
committee of the house and ate.
The defeat of the Cannon organiza.
tion came in the adoption, by a vote
OF 149 to l46, of an amendment pro-
vidtng that the house members of the
joint committee are to be appointed
by the house itself, and not by Speak.
er Cannon.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-12
C0NRAD'S GENEROUS OFFER
Will Supply Granite For the Capitol
Free Of Cost.

HELENA, Jan. 5.-W. G. Conrad
announces that he will place the Bax.
endale quarries in Ten Mile, south of
Helena, at the disposal of the state,
and the commonwealth take therefrom
q sufficient amount of stone to not
only construct the wings to the capi.
tol building, but also sufficient amount
to reface the present building. In ad.
dition Mr.. Conrad announces that he
will place at the disposal of the state
all of the machinery, including hoist
ing machines, derricks, etc., now at
the quarry.
As the result of this offer the only
cost to the state for stone for the
building would be the actual cost of
quarrying 1t and hauling it to the
building. In view of the fact that the
Northern Pacific runs within q few
hundred feet of the quarry, q spur
could be built at very small cost,
and the stone loaded on the cars at
the quarry and hauled directly to the
building, ii arrangements could be
made whereby the tracks of the Helena
Light and Railway company could be
used.
The Baxendale quarry is ten miles
from Helena, and some Of the stone in
the best buildings in Helena has been
taken from this quarry. The Helena
high school building, one of the most
durable structures in the northwest,
and the Lewis and Clark county court
house, as we'll as the Granite and At.
las blocks and residences on the west
side, are constructed of Baxendale
stone.
In making the offer Mr.. Conrad de-
sires it to be understood that the state
will be at liberty at any time in the
future, to take sufficient amount of
stone from his quarry to reface the
present building, and that his offer
holds good to any future board which
may represent the state.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-12
Fuel Famine At Boise,

BOISE, Idaho, Jan. THE fuel
famine here has reached critical
stage. Five hundred families are
without fire for cooking or heating.
Three electric railroads, city and sub
urban, are tied up for lack of power.
Provisions are selling at famine
prices. Six cars of coal arrived to.
day, but the quantity was 80 small az
to bring little relief.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-12

occasion. During the last month
heavy storms in eastern Montana and
the Dakotas have delayed the trains.
With the adoption of the summer
schedule of the Great Northern, which
will be effective about April Is, the
time of the fast mail train is expected
to be reduced from Sc to 81 hours from
Chicago to Seattle, with the came
time into Portlan via the Portland &
Seattle railway from this city. The
time OF the mail train now between St.
Paul and Seattle is 40 hours.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-12

ty. The case is for the recovery Of
$500 refunded to the companies By
the county commissioners acting as .
board Of equalization nearly two
years ago.
LEwIsTowN, Jan. ga rotary
snow plow was taken from Three Forks
to Harlowton this afternoon and 10
being used In opening up the road be.
tween that place and lewistowu.
There are now FIVE dead engines on
the line between Harlowton and
Lewistown. While the weather is fne;
1t will not be possible to get the road
open before tomorrow. About Is pas
pengers are waiting ut Harlowton to
get through and there is about q weeks
accumulation of mail, express and
freight there.
GREAT FALLS, Jan. &-Consider.
able excitement was caused this MORN
ing in the yards Of the Boston and
Montana smelter by the findin Of
three sticks of dynamite on the Great
Northern track at q point about mid
way between the Little Chicago and
the smelter. The discovery of the ex-
plosives was made by q man walking
along the track q short time before a
switch engine ran down to the smelter.
Whether the dynamite was placed
there with the intention of wrecking
the engine or merely for the purpose
OF frightening the imported switchmen
employed in the smelter yards is un.
known.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-12
Were Flood Bound Six Dsvs.

SALT LAKE, Jan. latter being
kept for six days and nights on dead
train, Hood bound on the desert, nine
passengers, rescued by teamsters near
Caliente yesterday. reached this city
safely. The sleeper which served so
oreditably as the abode for the hap
less travellers, deserted by all save
the porter, now stands on uncertain
ground and will doubtless be under.
mined,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-12
TAFT ADVISES LEGISLATION.
Changes In Interstate Commerce
Law Urged Upon Congress.

Changes In Interstate Commerce
Law Urged Upon Congress.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-President
Taft's special message dealing with
amendments to the interstate com.
merce laws looking to q more effective
federal supervision of railroads and
conveying his recommend ations for
the passage of q federal incorpor alton
act, was submitted to congress today
in the house, the senate not being in
session. The mess age follows closely
the forecasts that have been made
from time to time and in the suggested
Legislation ss to railroads embodies
all of the suggestions that the presi.
dent has made in his speeches on the
subject.
In that portion of his mess age deal.
ing with changes in the interstate com.
merce laws the. president recommends: {:
The establishment of q United States
court of commerce of five judges to
hear and determine appeals from the
Interstate commerce commission, the
only appeal from this court lying in
the United States supreme court.
The commission to be empowered
to prosecute cases in the courts, this
duty being placed in the department
of justice. r
Pooling arrangements as to rates to
be allowed under direct supervision of
the commission.
The commission is to be empowered
to pass upon freight classificstions.
The commission to be empowered to
hold up new rates or classi6cations by
railroads until an inquiry can be made
as to the reasonableness. If found to
be unre asonable the commission may
forbid the increase.
Shippers to be given the choice of
established routes on through freight.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-12
Cardinal SatoIli Is Dead.

ROME, Jan. 8.-Francesco Satolli,
one OF the five cardinal bishops of the
Catholic church, died at 4 O'Clock this
afternoon. after three weeks illness
OF nepritis. Cardinal Satolli was II
years old. He was raised to the car
dinalate in 1895.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-12

Water right blanks-only correct
form published--fcr sale at the RIVER
PRESS Office.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19
Garfield Circle Installation.

The Garfield Circle of DEBORAH,
Ia, held it's first annual installation
Wednesday evening, Jan. 18th, at
the Yeomen hall. Although the
weather was not just perfect, a good
ly number of the members were at
the meeting. AS had been requested,
most of the ladies present wore
white dresses or white waists and
dark skirts in honor of the occasion.
A good substantial supper was
spread to us at o'clock, which
was enjoyed by all present, including
comrades, sons of veterans and their
children. After the supper and a
short time of social chatter, and a
short business meeting, the follow
ing officers were installed
Pres.-Mary j. Couse.
Senior Vice-Elmina Hong.
Junior Vice-Anna Vineyard
Sec.-Elnora Coffeen
Treas.-Josie Cutting.
Chap.-Olive Wicks.
Cond.--Mary H. c. Baker.
Asst. Cond.-Allie Green.
Elizabeth Heinberg.
Asst. Guard-Dora Ambli.
Patriotic Inst.-Dr. Amy.
Pres Corres.-Mrs. Mary Burt.
The installation service was very
creditably performed by our honor
airy member, Comrade Gillett.
The Circle reelected all of it's last
years officers who would take that
office again, which in any event,
shows that their work was efficient,
and satisfactory to the Circle
New Years day the Circle met
from two to five to celebrate the
day and exchange greetings with
each other Songs, refreshments,
writing our names in visiting
book, and sending greetings and,
good wishes to our absent Comrade'
Cratsenberg, were delightful enter
tajnment. %
The spirit of good will certainly
prevails among us and we hope it
may continue.
The Circle is less than one year
old and numbers fifty-seven mem
bers and % honorary members. g
We extend a hearty invitation to
all lineal descendants of soldiers to
join our circle and work with us.
Yours in F. C. and L.,
Press Correspondent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19
Going to Buy an Auto?


If you are contemplating the pur-
chase of an automobile for use the
coming season, we urge you to care
fully consider the Maxwell line be-
fore deciding what machine to buy.
We believe there is no machine
manufactured in America that will
give such perfect satisfaction and
such absolute reliability as the Max
we'll. Nor is there a machine that
is SO easy riding, so easy to operate,
or so economical in the use of gaso-
line, upkeep, repairs, etc, as the
Maxwell. For the same money we
do not think 1t can be excelled. Ask
any person who owns a Maxwell (;
that is the best recommendation OF
car. We have the exclusive agen-
cy for the Maxwell machines in Win
neshiek county, and will be pleased
to submit catalogue, prices, etc
Don't put off buying until spring
Then you may not be able to get
delivery of machine before late in
the summer. Come in and talk tC
us about the Maxwell.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19
FALLS 65 FEET ON COW.
Knocked From Top of Windmill Sees
Whole Life Like Moving
Picture,

Martin Van Dersly, farmer near
Bedford, Iowa, fell 65 feet several
days ago, landing squarely on the
back on the thoroughbred COW, val
ued at S375. and was practically un-
injured. The COW is dead.
Farmer Van Dersly was repairing
the top of his windmill when sud-
den shift of the wind turned the
fans in the wrong direction, which
swept him from his perch. At that
instant his prize cow marched up
for drink of water, got directly
beneath him, and stopped. Her
masters feet struck her just behind
the shoulders. Her back was broken
and she was ordered to be killed.
Van Dersly says his flight did not
last longer than three seconds, but
during that time his entire life
passed before him like a moving
picture. While he was the cause of
the cows death, he is confident she
was the cause of saving his life.
Charley Mckinney says it serves
him right for not buying the wind
mill of him, for if he had it would
not have needed repairing.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-19
Fruit Raising in Colorado.

In letter renting for his sub
scription Mr.. A. w. Grow of Hotch-
kiss, Colo, for many years a prom
inent citizen of DEBORAH, writes as
follows:
This country is all right. We
had fine crop this year, and Colo
RADIO fruit always brings good pri-
ces. When Chicago pays $2.75 and
$500 per box for short bushel OF
apples by the hundred or thousand
car lots and you have the apples to
sell, you surely are in it. OF course
you must have the right varieties
and must take the right care OF your
orchard. My next door neighbor
was in last evening. He had seven
teen acres bearing orchard bought
last March for $4,000. This year
he harvested over 5000 boxes OF
apples, for which he received net, at
ter all expenses were paid, over
$4,000. 1t is an old orchard and not
nearly all are of the best varieties
He has just bought 100 trees of one
of the best varieties (Jonathan) and
he told me ne got $1,000 from them
covering less than an acre of ground
Taking these figures, what is land
worth per acre? Men owning orch
ards of two-year-old trees have re
fused $650.00 per acre this fall.