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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19

Barred SUGAR FRAUDS.
pounds gross. According to the indict-
ment, the government in this one case
was cheated out of Il ,694.O7 in duties.
1t was in 1887 that the sugar trust
was organized. sixteen concerns, head.
ed by Havemeyer & Elder, making up
the combination. In exchange. how
ever, for the $6,500.OOO worth of Sc
curities that the ice represented
stock for $5O.OOO.OOO was issued. On
this capitalization a return Of 10 per
cent was steadily paid.
Owing to the popular agitation
against the trust in New York in 1891
1t was dissolved. but Immediately re-
organized under the name of the
American Sugar Refining Company Of
New Jersey. with a capital stock Of
$5O,OOO.OOO.
AS is we'll known, this isn't the first
time the sugar trust has been in ditli-
culties. 1t is n Of the oldest of all
trusts and for years was more bitterly
assailed both in and out Of the courts
than Standard Oil. During the nine
ties Havemeyer was a veritable ''bogy"
man." He was sued in courts. de-
nounced on the stump and Investigated
by Lexow committees and legislatures.
The Pennsylvania Sugar Refining COM
pany brought suit against the trust
last June under the Sherman antitrust
act and forced a settlement on
the basis of a payment Of 100000
in cash, the return of $780, 900 par
value Of securities as collateral and the
cancellation Of a loan of $1,25O.OOO. In
Roosevelt's term a judgment for $780,
600 smart money was obtained against
the sugar trust. and in Taft's term So
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19

of the Iditarod and Innoko rivers,
which are said to be larger in extent
even than the Klondike fields, are sure
to yield many large fortunes. If the
field proves as rich as the present
showing would indicate the district
will have a population of 10000 within
q twelvemonth. Already there are
1000 men where a year ago there We're
hardly a dozen. The excitement re-
sulting will be great, and the romantic
story of the Klondike and Nome will
be repeated. But it would be most ex-
ceptional if ten years from now should
see any important placer mining going
on in that now almost unprospected
region. 1t will simply be worked out.
1t Is different with the Chitina cop
per region. There is a known belt Of
mineralized rock 12O miles long and
eight or ten miles wide. and, though
this belt may also be said to be not
half ~prospected. there are t%hirty-fve
or more groups of claims on it. One
or two OF these have been so far de-
velOped that there is assurance of q
large ore supply for generations. So
sure Is the future Of this region that
capital is spending $1O,OOO,OOO on a
railroad from the sea 200 miles inland
to tap it. Yet there is every possibil-
1ty that dozens of other properties still
unknown may equal that one or two.
The Chitina region had never been en-
tered except by a few miners, en-
gineers and Indians. so that when the
railroad. now 100 miles inland, reaches
the mouth of the Chitina river, thirty
five miles farther, next summer, prac-
tically an entirely new country, the
future activity of which is assured be-
1orehand. will be opened up. At pres
ent lngress is possible only by long
trail trips over a very rough country, a
condition that will be changed almost
IN a flash within a few months. The
result to those who know what pioneer
conditions are is apparent.
Another new mining field that gives
great promise Of attracting large num-
bers of pioneers next summer is that
north of Seward. on Kenai peninsula.
This is old placer country, in which
some Of the mother lodes have recent
~ been discovered and are proving
very rich. This country is still very
difficult of access beyond Cook inlet,
as there are not even government
trails, but a railroad is on it's way in
land to the Matanuska coal fields, and
the Alaska road commission has prom
Used next summer to build a trail
northward in this valley and across
the mountains to the headwaters of
the kuskoquim on the way to the
Id1tarod diggings. This will give a
great impetus to both quartz and
placer mining along the line and will
allow the development Of several
quartz propositions.
The railroad out of Seward already
crosses the peninsula seventy miles
n with new government trails has
this last year made available much
gold quartz country Of great promise.
On the whole. the most conservative
Investigator must admit that Alaska's
greatest mining days are Of the future
and that the mineral wealth produc.
t1on will be in the steady ascendan.
from now onward.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19

TRUST. all reports. before
he gets through with the American
Sugar Refining company, otherwise
known as the sugar trust. and the Gus.
toms service you won't know the
places. The present cleanup began
recently with the arrest of James F..
Bendernagle. superintendent Of the
sugar company's refinery in Williams
burg. on an indictment charging him
with conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment by means of false weighing Of
sugar importations.
This arrest. however, was only q step
in the governments plan to prosecute
the frauds by which it has lost mil
lions in duties. and the work is going
ahead until the men higher up are
called to account. 1t is estimated thai
through the connivance of customs Of
1cials the trust has stolen more than
$3O,O00.OOO from the government in
duty on false weights of sugar, mostly
taken in at the Williamsburg refineries,
in the last twenty years. Bendernagle
had been superintendent there for the
past thirty-6ve years, and the indict-
ment charges the entry of 27.9SO bags
Of raw sugar from Cuba on the steam
ship Eva on Aug. "a, 1907. the true
weight Of which was 9,159,494 pounds
gross. 1t is alleged that the importation
was falsely weighed a only 9,O52,62
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19

100000 back duties
were paid up.
In the i%nvestiga-
ton of the sugar
trust as it has de-
veloped in the last
five years no one
man appears to have
d o than
Richard Parr, who.
in his former capac-
ity Of special e a
ury agent and later
a c thief Of the
weighers' division Of
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
MRS. AUGUSTA E. STETSON.

Early Career Of the Deposed Christian
Science Leader.
Mrs. Augusta e. Stetson. whose con
troversy with the mother church of
Christian Science resulted in her ex-
communication. was born in Maine
and when very young married the son
of a Boston shipbuilder, who acted as
his fathers broker. For nearly ten
years Mrs. Stetson and her husband
wandered over the earth until she be-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
FOUGHT FARMING
BATTLE ALONE.
went into Wilderness aid
Made a Ten Strike.
Ole MARTINS HEROIC STORY

Miles From Any Human Being, n,
Broke the Land With a Hand Guilt
vator and Won With His Nerve anc
erains-ole's Experience With Potato
Growing.
This is the story of a farmer who
won because he had nerve and under.
standing enough to sit down on his
land and fight it out to a finish, a
farmer who had never heard Of the
word encouragement and whose only
definition Of failure was that it meant
try again a little harder" also it is
the tale Of a man who farmed as much
with his head as he did with his hands,
and he did an enormous amount of
work with those latter.
His name-not that it matters par
tcularly-is Ole Martin, and six years
ago he drifted into these United States
from Sweden. where he had been farm
ing in rocky and exhausted land for
fifteen years. Six months after his
arrival at New York he was in Alaska,
and six months after that he had Il few
acres of land on the Kenai peninsula.
Then he began to farm. There were
no neighbors-not then. at least. for it
was not until later that a taciturn
Scot sat down a short distance away
and began to farm on his own ac-
count.
Had No Dogs or Horses.
The location was three and q half
miles north Of the new town of Sew
ard. and there was no railroad; also
there were no horses and at first not
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
E MARTINS CABIN AND EXPERIMENTAL POTATO PATCH.

even a dog, so supplies had to be
packed" in. A man who has never
carried sixty to a hundred pounds on
his back over rough. unbroken coull-
try a only imagine that. Ground
had to be broken and cleared. Then it
had to be prepared for sowing, and
the old methods Of Sweden and the
United States ever We're useless. Mar
tin began with potatoes and failed.
His results We're watery caricatures
OF the potato of commerce. He had
got his seeds from Seattle. and he
tried again and failed again. Then he
began to farm with his head. He pro-
ceeded to educate his potatoes and
teach them to grow respectfully. This
could only be done by growing and re-
seeding. Soon he had real potatoes
and began to sell them.
Cultivation was a problem, for with
out tools it was difficult. Martin solv-
ed this problem, however. in his own
patient way. He built himself a hand
machine and pushed it himself with
prodigous labor. Later. when he had
secured a dog team, he broke them to
haul the c%ultivator. 1t was a severe
task, for he was alone. There was no
hired man-just Ole himself and the
dogs.
Decided on Garden Truck.
Finding himself so close to a grow.
ing community. Martin saw that in
garden produce there would be a mar
ket, and he set to put some seven
acres under cultivation. In nearly all
his work he had trouble with his seeds.
Those from the States would not grow
well in a soil where there We're 1AO
inches of rainfall in a year, and so he
had to educate his turnips, his cauli-
flower, carrots. cabbages and the rest
to grow in damp soil.
The government maintains expert
ment stations, but these were and are
too few; also they are only experiment
stations, and the real work must be
done by the real farmer. Martin went
through it all, and he built his log
house, barn and outbuildings. He cuts
his %hay-tons of it-by hand and ricks
It alone. He finds time for flowers.
and these are his amusements. He
built an incubator and is raising chick
Ems and is housing them in a log
house equipped with a stove. Every
bit OF work on the ~place-every last
tap-has been done by this farmer sin.
gle handed. He has combined the
work Of the experiment stations and
the farm, and to him is due the sue.
cess of farming on the Kenai. Now
the railroad has come to him, and he
can ship his products in to Seward.
even across the sound to Cordova and
Valdez, and he is well to do.
Fought Twenty Hour. a Day.
But the trials and the fight Of those
early days, when he was wrestling
twenty hours Of a summer day and
eight hours Of a winter twilight with
. rough, semiarctic country, pushing a
clumsy. homemade cultivator by hand
and smiling cheerfully. will not soon
lade, nor will the days when eighteen
hours Of yellow sunlight brought the
Deeds rushing to the surface and ma
lWo1 l1nm In i've weeks. Those were
- moansnt when ~ saw the things
- future held. And he's not going
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19

Island could raise,
but the largest and
finest mince pie
ever baked in this
or any h oun
try. The gift came
from the striking
pie bakers of New
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19

the treasury depart JAMES REYNOLDS.
ment. has kept his eyes open every
minute. and he has made some star
Ting revelations. Among others who
he accuses of being under the influence
OF the trust is James Reynolds. for
mer assistant secretary Of the treasury.
In charge of customs. and now a NOM
Der Of the tariff board.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19

APPARATUS USED By MINE REsCuERs.
kind. and it is urged that every mine
should be equipped with asbestos cur.
tains and sand bags and cement. with
which walls could be thrown up in
the workings to stop the flames. Pris-
lators Of the mining laws hereafter
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19

1t is no wonder that President Taft
is wearing a broad smile these days.
Not only was he sent for his Thanks.
giving dinner the juciest turkey Rhode
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19
IN PARADISE FLATS,
The Tenants Have Returned anc
the Janit0r Feels Good.
THEY OUTDlD THEMSELVES.
The Grocer Was Struck Dead When He
Heard What Swell Places They Wen.
To-Gets a Lesson In Hot and Cold
Air From tho Janitor.

To-Gets a Lesson In Hot and Cole
Air From the Janitor.
BY N. QUAD.
copyright. 1909. by Associated Literar,
Press.1
YHELL, vhas she all right mi,
" Paradise f1ats?" Queried the
German grocer of the janito,
as the latter came into tht
store and found him sorting over DO
tatoes.
"We've been having great times dow,
there this last week." was the reply.
"You don't mean somebody vhas
killed."
"Oh. no. It's just that our ladies
are returning from Newport, Long
Branch. Saratoga and other fashion
able resorts. l tell you they have done
Paradise fats proud. and I feel so go~l
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-19

Uncle Sam ;
And the :
Sugar Trust ;

MOST people let
III their general
housekeeping
go until spring. but
Uncle Sam is not so
particular in this re-
spect. Here it is
cold weather. and
yet he's got one of
the biggest house
cleaning jobs on his
hands ever d
taken by him be-
fore. In fact, from
~>>A- ~
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23
puthian Honnrs Wei, Bestowed.

Through oversight no mention has here
eofore been made in these columns of a
merited distinction bestowed upon Henry
&. We'll of this parish by his elevation TO
Ghe position of grand tribune at the an
uual session of the Louisiana Grand Lodge,
knights of Pythias, held at Lake Charles
an May II and Is. 1910 VIZ. Well has
been representative of Kenneth Lodge No.
II OF Donaldsonville in the grand lodge
for a number of years, and the honor con-
ierred upon him by this appointment was
q fitting recognition of his loyalty and
zeal as a Pythian The officers OF the
grand lodge chosen at Lake Charles were
as follows: Grand chancellor, B, F.
Thompson of Alexandria; grand vice
chancellor. a. W. Brown of New Orleans;
grand keeper of records and seal, Jn0. A.
Mclean of New Orleans; grand master of
exchequer, T. c. win of New Orleans:
grand prelate, .JudSon Harris of Jennings;
grand master-at-arms, w A. Mabry of
shreveport; grand inner guard, A. D.
Turner of Minden; grand outer guard,
Shelby Taylor of Crowley; srand tribunes,
Howard Lyle o! Baton Rouge Jas. J.
Lewis of Eunice, Henry L, We'll of Donald
Sonville. Baton Rouge was selected as the
meeting place for 1911,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23
CONGRESSIONAL CONTESTS IN
LOUISIANA.

There are three of the seven districts
of this state in which spirited contests for
the Democratic congressional nominations
are in progress. Congressman Watkins is
opposed in the fourth district by Judge
Murff of Caddo; Congressman Ransdell
has two opponents in the fifth district,
while Congressman Pujo of the seventh
district has an antagonist in the person
of Hon. James j. Bailey of St. Landry.
1t is almost a fore9one conclusion that
Conoressmen Estopinal of the first dis
trict, BrouSsard of the third and Wickliffe
of the sixth will have no opposition in
their own party, and that Hon, H. Garland
Dupre, speaker of the house of repre-
sentativeS, win be nominated without a
contest as the Democratic. candidate for
congress in the second district to succeed
the late Congressman Gilmore. Sheriff
Louis LeBourgeois of St. James has ex-
pressed a desire to enter the lists in the
second district, but it is unlikely that he
will care to do so in the face of the unan-
imous decision of the party bosses to favor
Mr.. Dupre.
Republican candidates are to be nomi-
mated in at least three districts. the first,
second and sixth. John A. Wogan of
New Orleans is to make the race in the
first, Victor Loisel of St. James in the Sec
ond, and Geo. j. Kelley of East Felieiana
in the sixth There may be a Republican
nominee in the third district also. but no
steps have been taken towards putting
forward Rars.A C sasiip the other three
districts of the state.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23

DonadsonviIe. La. July II, 1910.
To the Common Council, Denaldsonville, La:
Gentlemen Your finance committee respect
fully beg leave to report that in pursuance with
direction of Mayor Maurin and the common
council voucher system OF accounts for the
town and power plant has been installed by htr.
A. j. Melancon We have entered into
agreement with Mr.. Melancon whereby he will
continue to keep the accounts at salary of $40
per month, and we submit our action for your
approval.
Respectfully submitted,
j. T.. BLUM, Chairman;
DAVID ISRAEL, JR.,
w. d. PARK.
Finance Committee.
The mayor complimented the finance com
mittee on their report, stating that it was the
best they had ever made.
The finance committee submitted budget Of
estimated municipal expenditures for the fiscal
year 1901, which read, received and Or
dered published in the official journal for
period of thirty days.
The following ordinance was read aad re-
ceiyed:
Whereas the town of DonaldsonviIle is in
debted to the Bank of Donaldsonville in the sum
of S29,977.11 for money advanced for necessary
public improvements and necessary statutory
charges; and
Whereas the town of Donaldsonvile has Of
fered to settle the said Indebtedness in annual
inStailmentS and the said Bank of Donaldson
vile has agreed and accepted said offer whereby
the said Indebtedness is to be paid in the follow
ing installments and at the following dates, to-
wit:
Jan. Is 1911 S1277.11; Jan, Is. 1912, S17oo; Jan.
Is 1918, $1,000; Jan. Is 1914 5000; Jan. Is. 1915
$1,000; Jan, Is. 1916, $1,000; Jan. IS, 1917, $1,000
Jan. Is, 1918. $1,000.
Be it ordained by the town council of the town
of Donaldsonville. That in consideration of time
being granted and an extension being allowed
the town Of Donaldsonville by the said Bank of
DonalG sonviiIe to liquidate said Indebtedness
the surplus revenues of the said town of Donald
sonville or SO much thereof as may be necessary
and requisite to pay and satisfy the different
payments herein above set forth for the years
1911 1912. 1913 1914 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1915 be
and are hereby appropriated, dedicated and set
aside to pay the said Indebtedness in PRINCIPAL
and interest, the said surplus revenues being
made to appear by the budget hereto annexed
and made part thereof
Be it further ordained, etc, That in represen-
tation of said Indebtedness the mayor is hereby
authorized and directed to issue certificates of
Indebtedness to the said Bank of Donaldson
vile in the following amounts and payable at
the following stated periods. to-Gvit:
One certificate for the sum of $l277.1I. payable
Jan. Is, 1911.
One certificate for the sum of $500. payable
Jan. Is, 1912.
one certificate for the sum of $1,000, payable
Jan. Is. 1913.
One certificate for the sum OF 5000, payable
Jan. l5 1914
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23
Death q Richard o'Donnell, ST..


Many Of the older residents of Donald
sonville will recall that in the latter part
of 1870 and the early part of 1871 there
lived in this town a contractor named
Richard O'Donnell who did some excel
lent work in the way Of grading and re-
pairing the streets. and who married
Miss Ann Gingfy, eldest daughter Of
Widow Andrew Gingry, and at that tine
a reigning belle of local society. The fol-
lowing extracts from the Latrobe (Pa)
Bulletin, dated at Derry. Pa, July T.,
inst, convey the sad news of Mr.. ODon-
nell's death and present brief sketch of
his life:
"A career of unusual experiences and
of great engineering ability was ended at
Sis last evening, when Richard 0Don-
mel of West Derry, for years a prominent
resident of Derry, succumbed to an attack
of cirrhosis of the liver and a general
physical breakdown.
IN October, 1887, MIR. ODonneli was
born at Messina Springs, N. Y, and
when young moved to Canada, where he
obtained his education and learned his
trade He spent one year in Louisiana in
general contract work and there met the
young woman who became his wife and
who survives him. Five children also
survive, John A, Andrew, g., William P.
and Miss May, all of Derry, and Richard,
Jr, of Louisiana. This last named son
had not seen his father in twenty years.
Some few days ago the father expressed
a desire to see this son, who is holding
responsible position in the j. S. Custom
house at New Orleans The son was mott
fed by wire and started for Derry. He
is due to arrive at PittSburg early this
morning, the last summons of his father
having come too late. The following
brothers survive: John of Petersburg,
Canada; Michael of Brookville, Canada;
Ned of Trenton, N. J.
After leaving Louisiana Mr. O'Donnell
came north and embarked on his en-
9ineerinS and contracting career, which
brought him into touch with leading men
all over the country. In 1872 Mr.. O'Don
nell received the contract for installing the
great waterworks system for New York
city and made a success of the venture,
having close personal and business rela-
tons with Jay Gould. A section of the
Queen < Crescent railroad from Cincin
matt south was next constructed by MIR
ODonnell, after which he removed to
Springfield, Ohio, where he was located
from 1875 to 1858 while Installing a COM
plete waterw0rks system. He was con-
tractor for the South Penn railroad from
1884 to 1887, moving to Derry in the lat
ter year. continuing to reside there the
remainder of his life and executing a
number of contracts for public works. In
recent years he had been employed by
the American Bridge Company, for which
concern he erected many bridges in
various parts of the country.
The funeral services will be held from
St Joseph's Catholic Church, of which Mr.
0Donnei was member, interment to
follow at New Derry"
Richard o'DonnelI. Jr. returned to New
Orleans on Wednesday from attending
his fathers funeral. He and his mother
will have the sympathy of all their Louisi-
ana relatives and friends in the beraave-
ment visited upon tn family.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23
NO STREET RAILWAY STRIKE IN NEW
ORLEANS.

By vote of Isl yeas to 743 nays the
emnlovees of the New Orleans Railway
and Light Company voted last Saturday
10 accept the terms offered by the COM
pany for three-year contract dating from
.Iulv /. 1910. It would have required a
two-,hird negative vote to reject the pro-
oosition and order strike; hence the
small affirmative majority may be re-
aarded as a sweeping victory for the COR
servatives of the labor union over the rad
zeal element that sought to precipitate a
hitter struggle which must inevitably have
caused great loss and injury to the entire
community.
All honor TO the level-headed and
patriotic majority of the New Orleans
street railway men!
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-23
FIGHT PICTURES PROHIBITED.

In line with the action of the mayors
Of various other municipalities in this
state and throughout the country, Mayor
Charles Mrurin has issued an order pro-
hibiting the exhibition in this city of the
moving pictures of the recent Johnson
Jeffries prize fight. Acting upon the sug-
eestion of Secretary R. N. Slator, the board
of directors of the Progressive Union, at
meeting on July 10, instructed the secre-
tarv to address letter to the mayor and
common council requesting that body to
enact legislation to prevent the display of
the fight pictures in Donaldsonville
When the Unions communication was
read at the session of the council last
Wednesday night Mayor Maurin stated
that he had already acted in the premises
and had notified all parties concerned
that the exhibition Of these pictures would
be prohibited