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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-02
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1910.
THE WELCOME CHINOOK.

Under q brilliant sunshine a warn
chinook wind blowing out of the ives,
melted the SNOW and impaired spring
like air over a large part of the Inland
Empire last) week.E.The "~chinooks,'
which come unfailingly each winter at
irregular intervals, are probably the
most distinctive clima attic phenomenon
Of the Inland Empire, says the Spokes.
man Review. They we're observed at
IN early period In our history by ex.
plorers and trappers, and by them
called chinooks because they were
thought to comeifrom the country on
the lower Columbia that was occupied
by two Indian tribes oflthat name.
The correct explanation was not
mad. by scientists untill about thirty
years ago when it was pointed out and
proved that the comparative warmth
and great dryness of these resulted
from their rapid descent down the east
slope of the Cascade mountains; or
when they appeared upon the Montana
plains, from their rapid movement
down the east slope of the Rocky
mountains.
It is now known THAT rapidly de.
scending air currents, by coming
under great pressure, are compressed
and warmed at the rate of one degree
for each 1873 feet of descent.C A strong
chinook wind, therefore, is about thir.
ty degrees warmer when 1t reaches the
Columbia river In easternlW ashington
than it was at the summit Of the noun.
tains.
To this climatic fact 10 largely due
the mild and broken winter of the In.
land Empire. In pioneer days Indian
tribes of thelinterior, when suffering
from excessivelylcold blasts from the
northeast, implicitly went through
ceremonial dances to conjure the com.
ing of the mildIchinook, and as nature
had b~eneftcently arranged that q cold
wave from the!least was always fol.
lowed by q warn chinook from the
west, the Navel lamentations Y
failed, and these winds helped greatly
to maintain the credit and glory OF
the medicine men.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-02
All Eyes On Halley's Comet.

An interesting variety of opinione
have found their way into the press
10 regard 10 the nature and possible
influence of Halley's comet. which IL
due to approach nearest to the earth
on May 16, and on which the eyes OF
the wole scientific world are now cen.
tered. Prof. Edwin B. Frost of the
Yerkes observatory in Wisconsin,
says: "HslIey's comet is about l..
600, 600 times as large as the earth,
but although the earth's gravity may
change the orbit of the comet, the
earth's path through the sky will be
unaffected by the approaching prox-
unity of the two bodies"
BE points out that the comet is
gaseous and its mass comparatively
slight and that, therefore, the attrsc.
ton will not affect the planets while
the solid heavy planets are likely to
affect the comet q great deal.
Prof. Edwin Booth Of the depart.
ment of chemistry at the University Of
California, says that II the astronom-
ers are right In their estimation of the
amount Of cysnogen gas in the tail of
the comet We may have q chance to
feel the sensation of the bugs and in
sects that are being killed by this
same gas. He says We will all be
snuffed out II enough of this gas
unites with enough oxygen of the
earth's atmosphere.
The Astronomical and Astrophysi.
cal Society of America is equipping
an expedition, under Frederic Eller.
man Of the Pasadena observ atory,
which will take observations OF the
comet from the Hawaiian Islands.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-02
FOR DIRECT

A large majority of the people of
Montana are popularity supposed to
be in favor of a general primary cleo.
ton law which will enable the voter
to express his preference in the choice
OF party candidates. If this we're not
true it would be difficult to account
for party platform and legislative ex.
pressiOns favorable to such a law.
Nearly ten years have passed since
the subject became regarded as i'm.
portant in this state, and nothing has
been accomplished in the direction of
q change in the method of nominating
candidates for public Offices.
Why shouldlnot the people of Mon
tsns secure a law to give them the
right of direct vote in the nomination
OF candidates through a direct vote
and without the aid or consent of any
politician whatsoever. The fret power
reserved by the people, through their
constitution, in Legislative matters is
the right of initiatives; and eight per
cent of the legal voters of the state
may propose by petition any measure
for approval or rejection by the PEG.
pie al a general election. Such petit
ton must include the full text of the
measure proposed for adoption and it
Is much more probable that q salts
factory primary law will be secured
10 this way than through the manipu.
latlons OF lawmakersswho are opposed
TO an effective primary measure.
The act necess arily would be framed
IN a way to satisfy those sincerely de.
sirous of a practical act, In ;order to
secure the necessary support for the
initiative proceeding, and it would
not be subject to the injection OF
amendments and lokers by tricky
statesmen anxious to defeat its pur-
poses. Measures which have been
tried out and proven reasonably sat.
factory through experience in other
tates during a period ~of;.yeare could
be utilized and a law submitted which
would invite the support of every citi.
zen disposed to give the primary Law
principles q fair trial in politica,
practice In Montana. Such a Law
submitted to the voters at a genera
election could not be defeated by tn,
combined powers of all political part,
and corporate managers, for the sim
pie reason that it would attract th,
support of patriotic citizens in al
parties.
This method. of obtaining an effec
tive primary election law will requir
some organized effort, but much les
than will be found necessary to AZ
: complish the same results workin
through party organizations agains
hostile influences which control them
Moreover, . law submitted Ia this Va
With reasonable certainty of adoptio
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-02

would silence the opposition to q very
large extent, because of the hopeful
ness of such opposition and the hope
fulness of the opponents for favors Ia
future from the friends of the improved
method of nominating public officials.
Montana Lookout.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30
The Order Pleased the Cook.

The following story is told OH a mis-
sionary Of The China inland mission. a
bachelor Keeping house for himself in
the southern part of China: One MORN.
Ing In Or,c.ing his dinner he wished
to tell his cook to buy a chicken. In
stead of saying "ye" for chicken he
asriratcd the word. saying. "Ruy me a;
che" His cook thought that was an
eminently proper command and went
about his marketing in high good hui
NOR. At o vi the missionary found
no chicken cooked-in fact. 10 dinner
at all. for his cook had not returned.
About dark the man came back. say
Ing: This was not a good day for buy
Ing wives. and ! have been all day
looking for one. but at last | found
one for you. She is rather old and not
pretty, but you al have her cheap.
have promised $40 for her."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30
o.al Iand Nfico Mnrhinn4on n ~ Iann

IMPAIRMENT OF IL INTERIOR, GEN
l. eral Land Office, Washington, d. c., Janu-
airy 10, l9lO.- Notice of restoration of public
given that the Secretary of the Interior has va
Gated departmental order of withdrawal in so far
as the same Affects the withdrawal for irrigation
purposes under the act of June II, 1902 (32 Stat
SSS), for use in connection with the Milk River
Project, Montana, of the following described
lands In the State of Montana, and by his author
ity such of said tracts as have not been hereto
fore finally restored and are not otherwise with
drawn, reserved or appropriated, will be subject
to settlement under the public land lave of the
shall not be subject to entry, nling, or selection
until May IL, 1910, at the United States land Of
fee at Great Falls, Montana, warning being OK.
pressly given that no person will be permitted
to gain or exercise any right whatever under any
settlement or occupation begun after January .,
1910 ma1t and prior to april Psin 10 o lSlS, all such Ms settle;
j. :, :, 4, Z, 10 to 70 and Is to So incl T go n,
r; 2 +, al ) Secs ;a:, l to to = l. Incl, NJ 4 s. Sec 81 -; AZ
Sec ~; ShS Sec. 80; and all Secs. 81 to So incl:
7. 80 n, R. E., all secs. l to y and % to SO
incl incl; : : 90 % NJ sna b. j. = e. e. ,a al Secs g 81 ! + to l 9 i I 4
al Secs Z : $ to tG 81 8, IS , to q e 3 and 's.2 IS to TO-, g incl incl. q; T. "a. So
49, iso,. r.; = p 50 81: H. r.; R. T. I'll 3 f.: all si Se's i. ! IS s. s 9 .f r. : = Etc. to !. Il
Secs. i to 8, 8 to is and g to So Incl. i. so N, r.
r., all; 7; ~ n, r. T.. all. + % N, RISE,
all. T. % N, R.9E., ali. 4. 20 N, re f., all
Secs "a 8 to e g i11clYs Secs is; % to y incl, and e 81
ali. T. % N, r. 10 r., all. 7. 20 N. r: 10 q,
all Secs. 10 to q and % to So incl. 7 go n, R: lt
81 Sec. i, 81 Sec. .. all Secs 8 and 4. 81 Sec. s
and all Secs. z to IS incl. T.. 80 N, R. II E.. all
Secs. l to 81 incl, q to 20 incl, and Secs. IS and
So. r. q n, r. IL all. T:8 NJ R. IL g., all
Secs; !, 2, 9. ~ Sec, q, and all Secs 2 to SO incl,
and Sec. 80. T. SO n, r. IL &, all Secs. / to 8, 1
70 IS and q to "a incl. T.: SO n, r. II E, all: T:
incl. 7. % n, R.: 10 E.. all Secs. !, IL, 10, % to
"a and 81 to SO Incl. T. 81 n, r. 1SE., all Secs.
n, r. is E., eli Secs. 5 to 10, is to %, and 20 to 81
incl. 7. 80 n, R: IA E., all Secs. IA. 10. 81 to 2s
Is to 20 and 81 to IS incl. T.. 80 n, r. Il E., al
Secs. 1 to 10 and 70 to "a incl. 7. So N, R IL 3.
all Secs. ! to 80 incl, and Sec: SO. 7. 50 M 4
E., all Secs. / to SO incl. T. SON, r. l W.. al
Secs. 10 to g; 7, g n; R; 2 ", AZ Secs G., ! / to !,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office
FRANK PIERCE, First Assistant Secretary O
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30
REASONS FOR PARCELS POST
How The United States Gov.
eminent Could Make Better
Use Of Its System and
Change the Big Postal Deficit
Into Profit - Canada's Great
Surplus Cited as an Example.

Fourth.-If the government carried par
cells at even l cent a pound 1t would get
the hundreds Of millions of packages sent
out by the great dry goods houses. This
would probably reduce the average haul
to twenty miles or less.
Fifth.-The United States government is
already equipped with more than $4,000
completely organized stations. These have
their managers n clerks, their rentals,
heat and light, their detective and legal
services already paid for. To handle par
cells would cost nothing additional In tens
OF thousands of postof1ces except the
wagon haul in the locality.
Sixth.-Is 1t possible to conceive Of any
business men taking part In operating
private express companies IL the govern
ment were to make use Of this farreach-
ing and costly machinery
Seventh.-The government IL spending
more than $32,O 0 900 annually on q coun-
try delivery service which the postmaster
general reports as carrying only twenty
five pounds per trip per wagon. Each Of
these wagons could carry from 800 to 700
pounds per daily trip each way. At l
cent a pound this service. instead Of be-
ing conducted at an almost total loss, as
now. would be clearing tens of millions.
The wagon that now carries only twenty
I'VE pounds, loaded each a with 500
more pounds at / cent a pound. would
bring in SO a day additional.
Finally. at what price will experts agree
to move parcels twenty miles? No; let us
make the figure large enough and say 500
miles. With offices and and
clerks all provided, what would it cost to
carry parcels this average distance and
then deliver them by carriers or in
wagons?
With all the facts and figures before
him any able business man who could
be put in possession Of the asst ma
chinery Of the postofice, with only its
present deficiency Of $1S,O0O,OOO to
make up, would know how to fix a
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30
EQU!NES' HARD LOT.
Much Suffering Among Horses In the
Cities This Winter.

Much Suffering Among Horses In the
Cities This Winter.
So far this has been Il hard winter
for horses III the large cities, in New
York alone one day recently after Il
heavy storm more than Il hundred fine
animals falling and miuring them
selves so that they had to be shot
Let it come good 1reezing weather af;-
er a %rainstorm and the asphalt pave
ments are a. slippery as the surface OF
a skating rink, and even the best shou
equines find it impossible to keep thrir
feet at times.
Brutal drivers. who blame their poor
ly shod animals every time an accident
of this kind happens, are being hailed
to court in large numbers, where they
are fined and cautioned. and mans
faithful servant is otherwise being
protected by pedestrians in the cities
this winter. OF course most owners
and drivers go to no little expense ia
make it easier for their horses to navi.
gate on slippery pavements and not
only keep them well shod. but use the
new devices that are on the market
for this purpose One of these non
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30
Sheriff's Sale.

James a. Freeman, plaintiff, We. Carl Stang
meth, defendant.
To be cold at sherih'e sale, on the 18th day of
April, 1910, at 1920 O'Clock q. m. at the premises
descr bed in Chouteau county, state of Montan a,
All the right, title and interest of defendant,
Carl Stangneth, in and to that certain piece
or parcel OF land situate in the northerly part of
the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter
of section twenty five (25l township twenty seven
CID north OF range sixteen Q6l east, in Chouteau
county, Montan0, marked as follows:
post marked G S, n w Cor, thence south forty
rods to a monument of stones with post marked
ment of stones with post marked CS, S E Cor,
then north forty rods to a monument of stones
with post marked c y, N Z Cor, thence west
forty rods to place of beginning, together with
belonging. GEO. BICKLE, Sheriff.
Dated Fort Benton, Mont, March 81, 1910.
First publication March %, 1910.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30

figure we'll within a cent a pound at
which he would feel certain of proita-
bly, handling the average parcel.
In a recent communication to the
New York Evening Post Don Seitz,
the manager of the New York World.
said:
If congress will repeal it's act of monop-
oily under which the postoffice exercises
the right to tax as 1t pleases l will en-
gage within thirty days to establish a de-
livery service for mail matter that would
put the government out of business by its
celebrity and economy.
What, then. is the matter? Why
should Canada clear $S09,237.53 a year
while carrying periodicals owe its vast
and sparsely settled territories, while
the United States is unable to make a
profit even If it charged ~thirty-two
times as much as Canada-so u post
master general asserts-in fact, has a
deficiency of $18,O0O,O0O while charg-
ing upon merchandise sixty-four times
as much as Canada charges for period
icals, or 5000 per cent more than Ger
many charges for carrying parcels?
More than twelve years ago l called
upon MI. Wanamaker, the then post
master general, in Washington regard
ing a postal parcels system. "There
are four insuperable obstacles" he
said when asked why we could not
have what England and Germany had.
I looked surprised, and he explained,
'The first is the Adams Express com.
pany, the second is the American Elk
press company, the third is the Wells
Fargo Express company, and the fourth
is the United States Express company"
That was a recognition of conditions
which every citizen must make If he
studies the facts.
Millions Lost to the Public.
The Wells Fargo Express company
recently declared a 300 per cent divi-
dend. But its stock and that of all
the express companies is a small drop
in the bucket compared with the losses
to the American people through a
cumbrous and u%nscientifc system of
parcels delivery. My own impression
is that $780, 100000 would not cove,
the direct loss. while the evils arising
from the system cannot be measured.
What price should the government
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30

Browning lent Lord Coleridge .one
OF his works to read. and afterward.
meeting the poet. the lord chief Justice
said to him: What / could under
stand l heartily admired. and parts
ought to be immortal. But as to much
Of it l really could not tell whether |
admired it or not. because for the life
OF me ] could not understand it,"
Browning replied. IF q reader of
your caliber understands 10 per cent
Of what | write l think I ought to be
content"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30
the postal year ended March 81, 1909.
shows a surplus of $~SO9,237.53.

the postal year ended March 81. 1909.
shows Il surplus of $SO9.237.53.
Producer and Consumer Kept Apart
l shall undertake to show by a COM
parison of accepted facts and figures
that our whole system is laundering.
and worse. and that the suffering
caused by II failure to adopt the
methods employed by not merely IL
but by many European countries is a
governmental crime of monumental
proportions.
Instead of the butter and cheese
producer being able to ship directly to
the user, as in Germany, in refusing
a parcels post we have put the whole
army of American consumers into the
power Of all sorts of combinations that
pay the lowest price to the producer
and seem to be able to charge any
sum to those compelled to buy.
So fragrant has this system become
that in the early months of 1910 the
high prices of food are ascribed as
forcing 5000 children out Of the public
schools of Brooklyn to help support
their households by child labor.
Fruit in the orchards of New York
state has been permitted to rot on the
ground because the express charges
and the middleman's charges would
not leave the cost Of packing for the
horticultural.
Cheap Railway Transportation.
Here are a few simple facts to be
kept in mind:
First.-In the United States our rail-
ways have been able to ship freight for
one-ffth of a cent per ton per mile. l be-
lieve no European country has been able
to equal this cheap rail transportation.
AS the cost per ton per mile forms the
basis for all kinds of freight carried. 1t
would seem that we have a primary ad-
vantage.
~Second.-The transportation of parcels
Is like the carrying of letters. 1t Is gov
erned by the law of averages. There are
some letters carried by the United States
into difficult regions which must cost the
government IS apiece. But as the price
demanded for hauling letters is regulated
by the average haul, so the price for car
ryins parcels must be based upon the
same law.
IL less than thirty-eight miles. This Is b.
CAUSE trade is largely carried on ~.
those living near by.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30
To Study Peuaura.

A committee has been formed In
England, the membership Of which in
cludes the Italian ambassador. the
Marquis of San Giuliano: Sir Thomas
Clifford .Allbutt. regius professor of
physics at Cambridge. and Il number
of prominent scientists and physicians,
to promote the investigation and stu ~
Of the disease pe,lngra.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30
CHARLIE TAFT'S SKILL

Presidents Youngest Son Enjoys Long
Runs on His Snowshoes.
Charlie taft. the presidents young
est sou. spends every moment Of his
spare time outdoors these days. with
the result that he is Que of the strong
est and heartiest looking boys for his
age In the country. Charlie is attend.
Ing his uncle's school at Watertown,
Conn.,. but the president insists that
he nave plenty of time for outdoor ex-
ercise. The boy is extremely fond Of
all outdoor sports. but especially en-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30
EXCHANGE Of Courtesies.

One Of the keenest of journalists and
wits. Moritz Gottlieb Saphir. had the
better Of the irate stranger against
whom he ran by accident at the corner
Of a street in Munich. "Beast!'' cried
the offended person without waiting
for an apology. THANK you" said the
journalist. land mine is Saphir.'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30
Would Relieve Merchants.
Publishers. Farmers. Con.
sumers and Manufacturer
Of Incubus of Express Com
pany Domination. Says John
Brisben Walker. :: :; ::
BY JOHN BRIsBEN WALKER.

"YHILE the German postal
WV service is carrying packages
for one-third of a cent a
pound. transporting them, II
necessary. from one end Of Germany
to the farthermost town In Austria
Hungary, carrying all sorts Of parcels
up to a hundred pound trunk, the pres
ident Of the United States in his mes
sage to congress and the postmaster
general in his annual report are arous-
ing the attention Of the country to a
loss Of $s.0O0.000 per annum incurred
IN transporting periodicals at 1 cent
a pound.
The actual cost of these periodicals
has been accurately measured by the
postmaster general down to the one
~thousandth part Of a cent. He says
that for each pound Of one cent mail
carried the government Is put to an
expense Of 9.235 cents.
If any n suggests that Germany
and Austria Hungary and pretty ear
~ all the countries Of Europe are car
rying parcels at a fraction of a cent
per pound, the United States post
Office department retorts that they are
all small countries, thickly populated.
But Canada is a country as wide as
ours and sparsely populated. While
we have been losing 1926 cents per
pound on periodical mail Canada found
that her profits on such mail at one
half cent a pound were excessive. Ac-
cordingly the rate was reduced to one
quarter of a cent per pound, and at
this price the government report for
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30

joys a long run Oh SnowshoeS. and he
has become quite al expert in their
use.
Almost every day young Taft Il be
seer on snowshoes taking a run of
several miles through the country II
rounding the school. He considers
this sport even more exhilarating ana
enjoyable than skating or sleighing.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30
Cruel.

Jessie said my face was a poem.
Bess-It is-like one of Browning's.
Jess-How do you mean? B~ess-Some
Of the lines are so deep.-Cleveland
Leader.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30

slip Inventions is made of chains and
goes over shoe and hoof. 1t is an idea
borrowed from the non-skid tires OF
the automobile and is said to give til
horses a perfect foothold on the mos;
slippery street.
Recently in Pittsburg Mrs. Geor-p
Westinghouse sympathy was dcrp!
aroused over the plight of two haze
some PercheronS hitched to IA t-Ec',
that had fallen on the icy ~asi'hA!'
She at one purchased several hunGre
non-slip devices and presented 'hrJ
to every driver who cared to take L.
trouble to adjust them on the feet &
their animals.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30
The Thorn.

Caller-How pleased you must be to
find that your new cook Is a slayer!
Hostess-My dear. don't mention it.
She's a slayer. all right, but unfortu-
nately she's not a cook.-Boston Tran
script.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30

Criticism often takes from the tree
caterpillars and blossoms together
Richter.
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the German postal
wv service is carrying packages
w for one-third Of a cent a