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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-07
TAFT BOOSTS RECIPROCITY.
President Declares Opposition Is Due
To The Trusts.

CHICAGO, June 2.-President Taft,
in a speech before the Western Econ.
omic society here tonight, declared
that the principal opposition to the
Canadian reciprocity agreement came,
not from the farmer but from the
"lumber trust and from American
manufacturers OF print paper.
In one of the most comprehensive
addresses he has ever made on the sub.
ject, the president outlined some of the
methods employed by the opponents of
reciprocity: practically told the farm
ers they were being "buncoed" by spe.
cisl interests, and said that the fate of
the agreement rested not so much with
the United States senate as with the
people of the country.
'If the farmer and the country at
large" he said, "could be brought to
understand that the treaty was in the
interest of the majority of the people,
I would no longer fear the coming
vote in the senate"
The president was not sparing in his
words. He told the reason for the op.
position to the treaty by the lumber
trust" and by the paper N manufacturers
and, without using names, scored q
New York firm, some of whose men,
bers recently appeared at the hearings
before the senate finance committee in
Washington, ostensibly in behalf OF
the National Grange, and objected to
the enactment of the agreement.
In spite of all the forces that are ar.
rayed against 1t, the president ex.
pressed the belief that the agreemen,
would become law.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-07
REPORT WOOL BILL.
Democratic Caucus Agrees On Bill
Reducing Tariff.

Reducing Tariff.
WASHINGTON, June 2.-Democrattc
members of the house having finished
their party struggle over the wool tar
III and agreed almost unanimously to
support the Underwood bill, placing .
duty of 20 per cent adv alorem on raw
wool. prepared today to meet the at
tacks on the proposed revision of the
schedules that are to come from the
republican minority.
Representative Underwood, who with
Speaker Champ Clark led the fight for
q revenue tariff on wool from the be-
ginning of the special session, said:
1.-THE adoption of this bill and the
unsnimity with which 1t was received
by the democr ats, many of whom did
not favor it as q policy but who we're
eventually brought to see its revenue
necessity, demonstrated again the
earnestness and wisdom of the demo.
cratic house. As for Mr.. Bryan's at.
tack on the bill, l can only say that be
has received his answer from demo
Gratis who never bolted caucus"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-07
Exorbitant Freight Rates.

WASHINGTON, June 3. - Freight
rates in the northwest we're attacked
today before the interstate commerce
commission by the Minneapolis Traffic
association. The petition alleges that
the general freight rates from Minne-
apolis and points In South Dakota
and other points in the northwest.
which take the came rstes, are exces.
sive and In some instances exorbi-
tant.
The complaint is framed by all OF
the great shippers OF that section, who
assert the rates from Minneapolis to
South Dakota and contiguous points
are so high Is to render them unable
to do business.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-07

land on Swift Current creek, on the
lower st. Mary's lake. for q reservoir
site. 1t is said to be the only cite
available and II the government loses
the plan to store the waters OF the lake
must be abandoned.
Five years ago the government m made
an agreement with Mrs. Hinkle, who is
. ward of the government, with sp.
proval Of her husband, by which she
agreed to give up her interest In the
land to the government for u 500. The
money was paid in 1907, but since the
woman has refused to give possession.
The government asks for decree
awarding it the land and $1,000 dam.
ages.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-07
Will Grubstake Prospectors.

DENVER, June 3.-The grubstake
committee of the chamber of commerce
is sending out notice to prospectors
to the effect that the committee is
ready to receive applications in per.
son or by letter from prospectors
willing to take the field and search for
minerals within the state of Color ado.
The chamber promises to stand by the
prospectors In case of any complica-
tions with administr alton of the Ma
tiOnal forest reserves.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-07
Butte Absconder Arrested.

SAN JOSE, Cal, May 3O.-Robert
Lester, aged %, formerly assistant
passenger agent for the Oregon Short
Line at Butte, Montana, was arrested
in this city today upon charge OF
felony and embezzlement. His arrest
was due to tracing through the post.
Office here letters written by his de.
voted wife. He was taken into GUS
tody by W. M. Bigger. deputy sheriff
at the general delivery window of the
local postoffice this afternoon while
calling for his mail.
When taken to the county jail, Les.
ter talked freely and il said to have
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-07
SLASH, WOOL DUTIES.
Democratic Caucus Considers Bill
For Proposed Schedule.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-The demo.
cratic wool tariff bill prepared by the
ways and means committee of the
house, was presentedlto the:democratic
caucus at noon today.
The proposed new duties, together
with the present duties as figured on
an ad valorem basis by Chairman
Underwood are in part assfollows:
Raw wool, proposed duty 20 per
cent: existing duty 44.32 per cent.
Noils, waste, shoddies, etc., propos-
ed duty 20 per cent; existing duty 1895
per cent.
Combed wool or tops, proposed duty
25 per cent: existing duty 105.19 per
cent.
Yarns, made wholly or in part of
wool, proposed duty 30 per cent: ex.
listing duty S2.3S per cent.
Clothes, knit fabrics and all manu-.
factures of wool, proposed duty 40 per
cent; existing duty 97.ll per cent.
Blankets and hannels, proposed
duty 80 per cent, when.v valued less than
so cents pound; s45Iiper cent when
valued at more than so cents: existing
duty 97.57 per cent.
The proposed wool tariff represents
reduction of only Sl,350,0OO in the
revenues of the government, according
to statement presented to the caucus
by Chairman Underwood. Imports of
wool for the past year amounted
to SO, ,744 $50 and the demo.
cr attic leaders estimate that the reduc.
ton in tariff will so stimulate impor.
tation that the first year under the
proposed duties would result in the
importations OF $500 900 worth Of
wool.
The duties contained in the last year
on the wool of the imports amount.
ed to Sal 1904, $40, while under
the first year of the new duties it 10
figured the revenues would be $40, $685.
200.
All specific duties, whereby stated
sum is contained by the movement on
certain grades OF wool, are changed
by the new bill to sd valorem duties.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-07

KALIsPELL, June 81. L. Finch.
paugh, ranchman and capitalist, Is in
the Sisters hospital in critical con.
dition from q gunshot wound in the
arm, tonight, and William Black, an
prominent capitalist and bust.
ness man, is facing serious charges as
the result of a shooting affray In the
outskirts of the city late this after
noon. Black was attempting to pre-.
vent Flinchpaugh from turning the
water from an irrig ating ditch which
supplies water to their properties ad-
Joining the city on the west and their
quarrel ended in the shooting.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-07
TRUST ROBS NEWSPAPERS.
Witness Gives Testimony Before
Senate Committee.

WASHINGTON, June 5.-The sen ate
finance committee today resumed
hearings on the Canadian reciprocity
bill, Herman Ridder, until recently
president of the American Newspaper
Publishers' association, being called
to the witness chair. Mr.. Ridder had
not proceeded far when Senator Nc
Cumber OF North Dakota, startled the
committee by challenging one of Mr..
Riders statements ss an "absolute
falsehood."
Senator McCumber's action brought
quick protest from Senators Stone
and Bailey, who declared that wit
nesses should not be insulted.
Mr.. Ridder had made the statement
that the newspapers of the country
and the publishers association had
not attempted to suppress facts or
color stories sent from Washington
on the subject OF reciprocity. Senator
McCumber interrupted with the charge
OF falsehood.
Mr.. Ridder declared that while he
was in favor Of reciprocity as q whole
his reason. as newspaper man, for
urging its passage, was that he might
get out of the clutches of the "paper
trust," which he said was robbing the
newspaper publishers of the country.
"Have you ever made an effort"
asked Senator Bailey, "to have the
paper trust punished by the depart
ment Of justice?"
"Yes." replied Mr.. Ridder, ~ had
81 paper makers in New York indicted
and they paid $1,000 apiece. These
were manufacturers of various kinds
of papers, although it has not been
possible as yet to prove legally that
q white paper trust exists. Mr.. Wal.
lack, vice president of the Interna.
tional Paper company, swore before
the Mann paper committee that there
was no combination of any sort, al
though reports were being made to
him every month as to what the vari.
ous paper mills of the country were
doing"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-07
Government Revenues Increase.

WASHINGTON, June l. - Returns
from the corpor alton tax are complete
today except for few dilatory con-
Germs that will speedily be brought to
book, and by the fret of next month
treasury officials expect to have COL
lected s25 ,0OO, 900 from that resource.
Receipts from internal revenues have
also passed the high water mark the
past fiscal year. This is largely due
to the increased tax on tobacco, the
increase from that source amounting
to about $500 900 q month. Increased
consumption of beer has also helped
to fill Uncle Sans strong box.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-07
To Settle Milk River Difficulty

WASHINGTON, June AT the re-
quest of Representative Pray, Morris
Bien, law officer OF the reclamation
service, has been ordered to confer
with land owners under the Milk river
project, who have been trying for some
time to reach an agreement with the
government under which they can &C.
Quire water for their lands from gov
ernment canals. There has been con.
siderable disagreement between these
settlers and the clam alton service,
and In hopes of bringing about set.
Element Representative Pray called on
Secretary Fisher and urged him to
assist. 1t is by Secretary Fisher 3
order that Bien is sent to Montana.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-07
Big Prices For Jerseys.

ALLENTOWN, Pa, May 30.-Fifteen
thousa dollars was paid this after
noon at Jersey cattle sale at Coop.
ersburg for the bull Noble of Oak.
lands. and $1,000 for his dam, Lady
Vialo, the highest prices ever paid at
auction for animals OF this breed.
The buyer was M. A. Scovell of Lex.
ington, Ky. One hundred and sixty
four head were sold for S125,515.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-07
Yellowstone Settlers Celebrate.

GLEND1vE, June 3.-Probably the
most notable gathering in all the
history of Dawson county occurred
when 1900 people assembled at Fair.
view, in the very heart OF the wonder.
full Lower Yellowstone valley, to cele.
br ate in day of festivity and rejoic-
ing the long.delsyed settlement of the
water right controversy between the
United States reclamation service and
the members of the Lower Yellowstone
Water Users association.
This settlement ia predicated upon
the assent of at least 80 per cent OF
the settlers to the new conditions,
which give Q graduated system OF pay
ments and make it easy for all to as.
sumo the oblig alton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-07
PLAN RAILROAD MERGER.
Great Northern and Burlington
Affected BY Big Mortgage.

ST. PAUL, May 3l.-A move that Is
strongly suggestive here Of railroad
oper ations on the scale of the Northern
Securities company was announced by
J. j. Hill, chairman Of the Great
Northern Railway company. today
when in . statement he announced the
execution of q $500. 600, 900 first and
refunding mortgage to secure bonds
for the Great Northern and Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroads.
The issue OF $500, 900, 900 in bonds by
the Great Northern, as announced by
Chairman J. j. Hill means that q
number of large projects are in pros.
pect, according to q prominent Off
cial who declined to allow his name to
be used.
Fret, 1t neans the taking up OF q
$3.50, ,0O0. 900 OF gold bonds of the Grea,
Northern, including 1922, 400, 200 ir
bonds of the Burlington road for whict
the Great Northern is responsible.
According to the official, it also
means that the Great Northern will
take over the Chicago, Burlington 8
Quincy railroad, separating it from
the Northern Pacific.
In view of the recent opinion of thu
supreme court Of the United States IL
defining "reosons able restr sint," it Il
thought Q merger OF the Great North
ern and the Burlington Railroad vii
be deemed a legal merger.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-07
Copper Production Reduced.

WASHINGTON, June 3.-According
to preliminary estimates made by the
United States geological survey, the
copper output of Montana for 1910 will
aggregate 2S3, ,078, ,473 pounds, as com.
pared with 3l4, ,s5s, ,29l pounds in 1909.
In 1909 Montana led all other states
in copper output, passing Arizona,
which usually holds fret place. The
decrease in production In 1910 is esti.
mated at 297, ,250, ,538 pounds.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-07
Robbers Made Big Haul.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 2.-Joseph De-
Bren, cashier and accountant of the
State university, was held up by three
highwaymen on the banks Of the Mis-
sissippi river near the university this
morning and robbed OF sl3,636 which
he was carrying in satchel. he also
lost his watch and his months SAL
ary, Sl66.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-07

N ade a complete confession. Accord
ing to Deputy Sheriff Bigger, he
describes his down fall to gambling
and it is said he began by taking
small amounts to cover his losses.
About April 10 it was discovered that
be was short 81, ,499.60. His books
were to be audited the next day aud
as be saw no way to make good his
deficits he fed from his home at night,
coming to the coast.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-07
Scotland Shows Increase.

LONDON, Tune 1.-Scotland has a
population OF 4, 759, 445. according to
the provisional figures of the census
m made public today. This is an increase
over 1902 of 287, ,342 and is the small.
est increase in any census since 1861.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-07

regarding the trust now In the posses.
sion of the executive department. Of
the government would be put at the
disposal of the committee. Mr.. Hard.
wick said the investig alton would be.
gin next week. The committee, he
said, intended to probe deeply into the
cash settlement made by the govern
ment with the sugar trust.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-07
Southwest is Sweltering.

KANSAS CITY, June 5.-With high
temperature prev siling and no imme.
diate prospect for rain, the entire
southwest sweltered today. It is ex.
pected to be the warmest day thus far
this year. Unless there is rain within
the next few days, damage to the crops
will result.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-07
Affects Milk River Project.

HELENA, June l.-Judge Rasch today
heard arguments in suit involving
the fate of the Milk river reclaim alton
project. It is the suit of the United
States against Henry Hinkle, his wife
and four children, in which the gov.
ernment seeks to secure 800 acres OF
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-07
Want Thousands Of Harvest Hands.

Want Thousands Of Harvest Hands.
Topeka, June 2.-Although the
wheat will not be ready to cut for two
or three weeks, Kansas farmers al
ready have called for 1900 harvest
hands. Charles Harris, director of the
state free employment bureau, said to.
day that the bureau expected to ask
for 10, 900 men today.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-07
Tacoma Enumerators Indicted.

TACOMA, May 3l.-Twenty six fed.
eral Indictments were returned by the
grand jury today in connection with
census frauds against enumer ators
and solicitors In Tacoma only. Bail
was fixed at 81, 500 in each case when
arrests were made. No names were
mentioned.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-06-07
Investigating Sugar Trust.

WASHINGTON, June 5.-President
Taft today promised Representative
Hardwick, OF Georgia. chairman Of
special house committee investig ating
the sugar trust, that all information
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-07
THE GALLANT CABMAN

Nothing, perhaps produces quite so
much wit from a cabman as a sense
of being underpaid, which in most
cases means that he has been Justly
paid. A lady who had been guilty Of
this kind of justice experienced the
usual sense of discomfort when her
driver Strengthened the palm into
which she had just dropped her shil-
ling and looked at her speechlessly.
She was weakly about to add anoth-
er sixpence, when the cabby's sense
of humor prevailed. He transferred
the shilling to his pocket, and smil-
ed sweetly down at his embarrassed
fare. Course, Missy" he remarked,
there was the pleasure O. drivin'
you!"-London Chronicle.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-07

The father and mother of Babcock
are a normal, healthy couple who are
at a loss to explain the plight of their
son. other children of the couple
bear no trace of the malady which
has afflicted him.
Honolulu maintains a very active
and efficient board of health, whose
duty it is to make a special study of
leprosy. These researches have been
so thorough and exhaustive that a
statement was recently issued from
its laboratory to the effect that the
battling germ of leprosy had at last
been discovered. These medical au-
thorities have long since disproved
the common fallacy that leprosy is
contagious; in fact they declare, Off
cially, that tuberculosis is a great
deal more to be feared by the layman.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-07
STOP POACYING
ON POPULATION

Representative Watkins yesterday
afternoon introduced a bill TO protect
and safeguard the interests of newly
arrived immigrants into this Terri
tory. It's provisions are as follows:
Section 1. To aid in preventing
newly arrived immigrants into this
Territory from being misled by false
and mischievous representations of
emigrant agents seeking to withdraw
such immigrants from the Territory,
thereby discouraging the efforts of
the Territory and it's citizens, made
at great expense, to introduce desir-
able population, the hiring for employ
ment out of this Territory of any
immigrant coming into the Territory,
or the inducing, abetting and enticing
OF such immigrant to leave the Terri
tory by any licensed emigrant agent
is hereby forbidden for the period of
thirty days following the date of the
arrival of such immigrant into the
Territory, except with the consent
and approval of the Board of Immi-
grafton.
Section 2. 1t shall be the duty of
the Territorial Board of immigration
to keep an accurate record open to
public inspection of all immigrants
subject to the provisions of this act,
showing among other things the date
of the arrival of such immigrant into
this Territory.
Section 8. Any one violating the
provisions of this act shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall forfeit his license and
be subject to fine not to exceed one
thousand dollars or Imprisonment for
not more than six months of by both
such fine and Imprisonment.
Many Thousands Wanted.
Kawaakoa introduced a bill to APP
propriate $4,000 for extension of the
wharf at Hama.
loWse introduced resolution to
appropriate $4,000 for enlargement
or alteration of the Hilo Jail.
Alfonso introduced a resolution to
appropriate $4,000 for construction of
a jury room and vault for the circuit
court at Hilo. Also, one for $1,000 as
salary of janitor for circuit and dis
trict courts there. Also. one fbr
$4,000 for a new building for the
Board of Health in Hilo.
Kawaakoa introduced resolution
to appropriate $4,000 for a teachers
cottage at Kaupo.
Education Bill.
With certain verbal amendments
the committee on Education recon-
mended passage of the Senate school
maintenance bill, and the report was
adopted, passing the bill to third
reading.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-07

She-How would you have it?
He-Why, six of each, of course.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-07
Jas. w. Pratt
Real Estate,
Insurance,
Loans Negotiated
A BARGAIN IN REAL ESTATE

A BARGAIN IN REAL ESTATE
One of the finest pieces of land
i'll the Punahou District. Fenced,
erased, planted with choice fruit
and foliage trees, an abundance of
artesian water, two street frontages
and all ready for one large, two
medium or four ordinary sized
houses.
Term payments if desired by
purchaser.
For sale by PRATT"
Stangenwald Building
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-07
STORY OF A LEPER
Continued from page nine)

Babcock, accompanied by the physi-
clan and his brother-in-law, boarded
the smoker, and rode into the city.
They were piled with many questions
en- route by curious passengers, but
answered all inquiries with state
ment that their charge had been badly
burned about the face.
Infected Man Taken Through City.
On arriving, the trio secured a cab
and drove about the streets of Port
land till the train for Port Townsend
was due. From that Port, Babcock
was taken aboard a lumber schooner
bound for the Hawaiian Islands. The
leper, in due time, stepped from the
gangplank upon his native heath to
face again the life OF an exile on the
leper island of Molokai.
Doctor Paine took occasion to
study the general conditions on this
leper island while there. 1t is a long,
narrow strip of land, with a precipi-
tous mountain separating it in the
middle. On one side rich, fertile
farming lands have been developed.
On the other is located the leper set
Element. Owing to the physical con-
tour Of the leper domain, it is next
to impossible for the patients to es
cape from the settlement Here the
lepers pursue their avocations, and
the island abounds in plenty. In
habitants till the soil, and conduct
mercantile enterprises, marry and
give in marriage. Singularly enough,
the offspring of a leprous union sell
dom if ever develop the germ of the
disease in after life, and where for
merly there were 1000 lepers on Mo-
lokai Island, only 300 cases are now
known to exist The old traditional
fear and dread of leprosy has abated
with Hawaiians, who no longer con.
slider the disease either dangerous or
infectious. There are many patients
of leprous faint residing in Honolulu,
while on the other hand scores of
people who have no trace of this
afflictiOn, live from year to year in
perfect immunity in the leper colony.