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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-15
Ballinger Favors Small Farms.

WASHINGTON. Marchi8.-Secretary
Ballinger today informed Messrs. r.
s. Mutt, Henry Hardy and ,:Peter M.
Anderson. representing the Lower
Yellowstone Water Users associa.
tion, that he cannot consent to in
crease farm units on tha at project from
80 to 160 acres, as requested by them.
The board of army engineers re.
ported that an 80.acre unit was ample
to support q family and 1t Ia Bslliu-
gers personal judgment that this is
correct. He maintains that 1t is to
the interest of Montana to encourage
rs much settlement asi possible on the
lower Yellowstoneltproject, and this
would not be possible should farm
units be increased to 100 acres.
There is no project in the United
States where 100 acres is the unit.
Secretary Ballinger also turned down
the request of this deleg alton that eet.
tiers on the lower Yellowstone project
be relieved from payment Of mainte-
nance and operation charges OF s1.50
per acre for the season sof 1911. The
secretary, In view of the hardships
th at have been encountered, said he
was willing temporarily to waive pay.
ment OF unpaid building charges and
mainten ance and operation charges,
but he would not agree to deliver
water to any settler during the coming
summer unless maintenance and op.
Grafton charges for l9lli are paid on
or before March 81 next.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-15
WRECKED BY EXPLOSION.
Dynamite Causes Immense Damage
Over Large Area

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Over Large Area
KENosHA, Wis.,, March 9.-With q
roar that was heard for fifty miles. a
glare that was seen fully as far and
concussion that broke windows more
than hundred miles away, three car.
loads of dynamite exploded tonight
at the plant of the DUPONT Nemour
company in the village OF Pleasant
Prairie, six miles west of this city.
Nearly every house in the village,
which contains 700 residents, has been
greatly damaged and some of them
wholly demolished. Reports from the
country ten miles distant are that
houses far from the explosion we're
thrown down.
One man, E. S. Thompson, was
killed, one was seriously injured, sew
eral hundred were painfully hurt and
the greater number of residents of this
village, Bristol and the surrounding
country, have packed their remaining
household goods and moved away un.
til their houses are rebuilt.
There is still at the plant almost In
open shape and liable to instant ex-
plosion sufficient powder to cause fur
ther greater damage to the communi-
ty than the blast last night. The mag
azines which exploded last night con.
tanned $50 tons Of finished dynamite,
130 tons of dynamite unfinished, go,
600 kegs OF finished giant powder and
25, 900 kegs of unfinished giant pow
der. There are eight small cars OF
dynamite stored on q spur near the
plant according to Sheriff Stahl.
The property occupied by the pow.
der company is approximately 100
acres. There were forty buildings
according to Superintendent Brady.
He said there were seven main maga-
zines, two lesser mag gaines and four
other buildings in which the process
of % manufacture 10 carried on in which
the preparation is highly explosive.
OF these eleven buildings but one, a
small corrugated iron magazine for
dynamite, now stands, about q hall
mile from where the main dynamite
buildings were.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-15
Utah Gets Big Tax.

SALT LAKE CITY, March 10.-State
officials have forwarded to New York
for collection q check for 1918. SAG. .85,
signed by Mary w. Hartman. The
check was given in payment of the S
per cent inheritance tax on 5000
shares of common and 81, 900 shares of
preferred stock in the Union Pacific
railroad, with s15. $50, 1897, belonging
to the estate of the late E. H. Harri.
man. Utah was entitled to the tax by
reason of the fact that the Union Pa.
cific is incorpor ated here.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-15
CARTER HAS new JOB.
Former Montana Senator Receives
Favor From President.

0VOu VtSStAVuSs
WASHINGTON, March s.-President
Taft yesterday appointed former Sen.
ator Thomas H. Carter as q memb Der
of the intern ational waterways COM
miission, to be composed Of three
American and three Canadian mem.
bers, to settle all disputes as to the
use of waters along the Can adian
boundary.
In accepting this appointment Sena.
tor Carter said he was going on the
commission only temporarily, as it
was the presidents desire to bring
about an early adjudicati of num-
ber of pending Disputes. Ultimately
he will resume the practice OF law In
Montana. In fact, he will return to
Montana, as be said, about April s.,
after the commission has reorganized,
and will divide his time between law
pr ractice and the work of the commits
sion.
On this commission Senator Carter
will be associated with ex.Representa-
tive Tawney of Minnesota, and A. j.
Streeter of New Hampshire, who have
been appointed as American commits.
sioners. This commission will have
dnal jurisdiction over disputes as to
the right to the use of waters along
the Can adian line, including iurisdic.
tion over the ST. Mary's and MILF
rivers in Montana, and while adjust
ment of the rights of the two countriee
as to the use of these streams for irri.
cation has already been settled by
treaty, it is anticipated that there will
be disputes growing out of the inter
probation of that treaty. All such
controversies will be adjusted by the
commission, as will disputes along the
St. Lawrence river, on the great lakes
and on numerous lakes in Minnesota
and disputes over waterways emptyiue
into Puget Sound.
1t was originally Intended that the
American commissioners should fl
their own salaries, but a provision
was inserted in the sundry civil bill
that their salaries shall be fixed b!
the president. They probably will no
be less tn an 81 500, the present sal
aries of cen ators, and may be greater
The sundry civil bill carries q tota
appropriation of S75, 900 to defray al
expenses of the commission for th
next year.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-15
For Dollar.a-Day Pensions.

WASHINGTON, March 10.-With an
eye to the next national campaign
some democratic members of the new
house of representatives are laying
plans for an onslaught on the repub-
lican attitude toward extending the
scope of pension expenses. Some of
them received word today of publica-
tions which erroneously assumed the
enactment OF the Sulloway general
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-15

peneion bill, measure which passed
the house but failed in the sen ate.
Representative Cullop of Indiana
announced his intention to reintroduce
at the extra session q bill providing
for pension OF 81 day for every
man who served 80 days in the civil
war and was mustered out, and the
same amount for every man who serv.
ed 60 days in the Mexican war, of
whom about 5000 are said to be liv-
ing.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-15

for the statement th at Heinze is once
more "ipside big money" He has
procured the Foster group of elaine
adjoining the celebrated Dome mines,
which it is estimated that S25, ,000, 900
will be CLEANED during the present
year and for the development of which
q railroad is now under construction.
The Porcupine gold field, according
to Heron, is one OF the wonders of
the age. One prospector. he says,
has stripped the vein for distance OF
SO feet and polished it In places, 60
that gold ia visible all along. His
trench is three feet deep and he asks
5000, 900 each for it, as it lies.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-15
heinze Strikes 1t Rich.

TACOMA, March ST. Augustus
Heinze, former copper king. is report
ed to have struck it rich again. This
time he has found a fortune in the
Porcupine gold fields in northern
Canada, 1t is said.
Chas. E. Heron, we'll known Nome
mining man, who has just returned
from the new gold fields, is authority
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-15

BUTTE, March II. - Three small
boys playing with fifty sticks of dyna-
mite, which they had found wrapped
in a sack were discovered by pa
trolman today. He took the explosive
to police headquarters. As yet no
trace has been found as to who left
the dangerous stuff in sight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-01

son, the man who is now a popular dem ocratic candidate for President of the United States, was elected president of Prlnceton-the first non-olerical president of that university.
 1T was first attracted to Woodrow Will son when he was associate professor or history at Bryn Mawr. He had published valuable works--'A Study in American Politics, The State; Elements of His- torical and Practical Politics. and An Ofd Master And yet in the estimation of my university friend Wilson wasn't big enough.
 The thing for the university to do now is to get some college man between B and 45 years of age of high ideals and pluck, and if his reputation is not na- tional he will soon make it so, and will enhance the reputation of the university in a corresponding degree Denny of Lexington, Va, and Palmer of Montevallo are two educators, either one of whom might prove to ube just the sort of man that is needed at the university at this, juncture" 4a=., ,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-01
Hawthorne Back From North

Walter Hawthorne of the firm of Hey man & Hawthorne, has returned to Bir- minghan after a trip of two months and a half through the north.
 While away" said Mir. Hawthorne, "1 lad the pleasure of having a long chat both with Governor Marshall of Indiana and Governor Harmon of Ohio. It is rather hard to tell just which way the presidential sentiment is drifting, but as general proposition l would say that Harmon is leading among democrats of the northwest, but the farther east one goes the stronger becomes the sentiment for Governor Wilson of New Jersey.
 'Govcrnor Marshall is generally third choice. Both Governor Marshall and Governor Harmon asked eagerly about the different people they had met when they were in Birmingham.
 "One gratifying thing about my trir was the way everybody speaks about our own Underwood. We went as far north as Canada, and you would be surprised at the way people admire Underwood and how they are' watching his movements They realize he is a big man and com ing man. Strange to say, the only thing I heard said against him during my whole trip was that he is from the south.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-01
Infantile Paralysis

The city health authorities have turned back by publicity and by quarantine measures a rising tide o1 a disease that threatened the children of the city, thousands in number. Nc new cases have been reported in about 10 days, and the reported cases are progressing finely.
 Every stricken family has cooper ated in the effort, and the result is a speedy termination of a disease that might have created a panic in the families that include small children.
 Dr. Nelson deserves the thanks of the city. He especially will if he continues to isolate sporadic cases. A case now and then may arise, but no fear is longer felt that the disease will get beyond control. The epi- demic stage is passed and at the most only widely scattered cases are an- ticipated. These will be watched for and the flag will be used and isola- tion promoted to the utmost.
 Like the cholera scare in New York the paralysis scare in Birmingham was of short duration. Both were crushed out by scientific and tireless skill, isolation and publicity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-01

his bales until the war cloud In Eu- rope has passed and the size of the crop which is still in the making is determined will not be offered 12 cents for all he has. On the good farms in the south the line should be drawn at 12 cents, and the man who holds his cotton will almost surely see reaction that will be his oppor- tunity.
 And this is not saying the crop will be lean one. It will not be. The world, however, wants at least 14,- 000,O0O bales of American cotton, and it is not probable that the crop will exceed that unprecedented total.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-01
Smoking Out the President

The Senate is to vote on the free list bill today. This bill would put on the free list many things that the farmer buys. It is often called the prepared by Chairman Underwood to make good to the farmers any losses that might come to them through the passage of the reciprocity bill.
 The interests are sending out re- ports that the President will veto all tariff revision bills, resorting to that hollow device, the tariff board, as an excuse. So much the worse for MT Taft. If he is bluffing his bluff should be called. If he is not bluff ing his position should be made plain and positive to the people, who will de termine revision at the polls.
 The vote today on the free list bill will make clearer the determination of the insurgents and democrats tc uncover MT. Taft's crafty policy. He is trying to balance the reciprocity agreement with his Winona speech and the insurgents and democrats o1 the Senate may today throw that balance off it's poise until the Presi dents anticipations of reelection through an immence campaign func contributed by tariff beneficiaries are entirely upset. He may get the fund, but consumers will cast a ma jority of the votes.
 The hope is that Congress will com. pei the President to define his posi- tion. He is either standing by his Winona speech or else is against it Which is it? The vote today may go far to bring out an answer to thi, question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-01
RoCKEFELLER's ROCKY ROAD
From Leslie's.

r IOuu
 John D. Rockefeller celebrated his 72d birthday on July at Cleveland by playing golf with a minister. The newspapers say Mir Rockefeller was beaten. What ever may be said about his remarkable career, no one can deny that Mir. Roclle- feller is one of the greatest captains of industry the country has ever produced. The revelations he made so frankly in the story of his life that he wrote for pub lication in a popular magazine opened the eyes of great many to a juster concep- ton of Mir. Rockefeller's character and
 ability. Those who believe that he found
 the pathway to wealth an easy one need
 only recall the stories he tells in his "reminiscences of the days when, with su- perb faith in the future of his country
 he was borrowing every dollar he could to build up the petroleum refining in dustry A prominent foreign visitor, com
 menting on Mir Rockefellers career and
 on the injustice of the criticism of the yellow press, made this observations: Tn
 any other country but this MT. Roclle- feller would have received the recogni- | tion of royalty itself for his accomplish ments in promoting one of the greatest
 of all the nations industrial enterprises" History will do justice to John D. Rocke- feller We congratulate him on his birth da yanniversary. That it finds him in health. strength and vigor is the best certificate of his correct and Christian living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-01
JACK ASHORE

There has come great change in the type of men who sail the seas, says Frank Marshall White in the current issue of Hampers Weekly. .'The Bowery knows Jack no more. although it is within only three or four years that the last of the dance halls. where he was given a special welcome. have disappeared. Nor have resorts like to those that formerly ex- sted to prey upon the sailor sprung up
 in other parts of the city. There are still drinking places in the Bowery and in Cherry street and the vicinity in Man hattan, and along the water front of Brooklyn where there Is a tinkling piano in the back room, in which an occa sonal couple or trio of sailors may seek en- tertainment. but the seamen of the pres ent are not the reckless spendthrifts and drunkards who wasted their money and themselves in the days of the clipper Eships.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-01
PERIL OF CHECKERS

From the Rochester Democrat and Chron-
 icle.
 How long," inquires the Kansas City Journal, driven to frenzy by the ruin wrought in a Kansas mans life by check CTS, will civilization tolerate this terrible scourge that has wrecked so many happy families and brought such untold misery upon the human race?" It is not for us to set up as a prophet, but after reading the narrowing details of the case that in- spired the question, we should say that this terrible scourge will not exist any longer than it will take the intrepid cit izens of Kansas to go to the polls and cast their votes for statewide prohibition of the nefarious game. Myron Gould it seems, was a prosperous citizen of the Sunf1ower state until checkers lured him away from the path of duty. After that he haunted checker tournaments. He neglected his family. His farm grew up to weeds. His starving wife and children were left to the mercy of charity. Final ly the law ntervened. He was taken into custody on the charge of deserting his family. His downfall should be an object lesson to others. Beware of the checkerboard. It looks innocent enough, but in the end it biteth like a New Jersey mosquito and stingeth like a broken po- ltiical promise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-01
The Local Option Campaign

"The campaigp now in progress which will terminate with an election August 24 to decide whether Jefferson county IS 10 have saloons or a continuance of the blind tiger, has been free. from undue excitement, I am glad to say, remarked man who voted dry in 1901
 When I joined the anti-saloon league nearly four years ago I looked ahead to the time when liquor would be sold here in dispensaries. It did not occur to me that this county would be dry for any great length of time. Knew there would always be large demand for liquor and that unless we had some legalized way to handle the business thousands of people who drink at home would send money away and buy their wet goods. l estimate that millions of dollars have been sent out of this state to pay for whisky, wine and beer, and this vast sum with drawn from local circulation has nat urally hurt Birmingham.
 Some people whose thinking is shall
 low may quote scripture and ask What shall it profit a man if he gain the
  The person who applies that scripture to the liquor question assumes that so- cial drinking is a sin per SC. Those of us who do not so regard 1t would like to see decent conditions here and local money kept from going out of the state for liquor. The dispensary for the sale of whisky would be all right If there was some provision in the law for beer and wine saloons.
 But it is a condition and not the ory that now confronts us. Certain 1t is that the blind tiger Is a nuisance and a shame The city commission has tried it's best to enforce the law. and will con- tinue to do so, but the blind tiger traf- fife is extensive and so long as public sentiment is not behind the law the situation will not improve. Jefferson county is not going dry on the 24th of August. The practical question then Is. shall we have the saloon or the dis pensary? Under the circumstances think the saloon is preferable and the vote will show large majority on that side.
 Regarding the dispensary system, the revenue would not be anything like so large as some advocates of that side of the question had figured it out Men of means who keep stocks of liquor at home have got in the habit of buying their drin6ables in cities outside of Ala bama, and they will continue to send away for their liquors. With licensed dealers here most consumers would buy at home"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-01
Work Done By the Two Houses

Oscar Underwood, leader of the ma jority side of the House, recently showed that the House had made a creditable record since its organiza- tion last April. It has passed the reciprocity agreement, the resolution for the direct election of senators, and the statehood, campaign publicity, farmers free list, reapportiofiment and wool bills, and is about to pass bill reducing duties on cotton goods. This is a cohesive and valuable pro. gramme, one which would, if sane toned by the senate, prove helpful to the great mass of the people.
 The Senate on the other hand has passed an amended form of the direct election resolution and a campaign publicity bill, one or two deficiency bills, the reciprocity bill, and the La Toilette wool bill., This record IS lame and deficient when compared with what the House has done under the guiding hand of MT. Underwood. The Senate has agreed, however, to vote on the free list bill today, on re- apportionment August 3, and on the statehood bill August '.
 The New York legislature has ad- iourned until September 6, and in the meanwhile Senator Root is striving to defeat the reapportionment bill. Under it New York would gain six seats in the House and democratic legislature would apportion the state instead of Boss Barnes of Albany. Senator Root prefers to postpone a democratic apportionment in the hope that the republicans will regain con- trol of the legislature next November. He cannot be blamed for preferring a republican to democratic gerry mander.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-01
Early FaII~Trade

"The retail merchants of Birmingham have had fairly good summer trade some of them a very brisk trade,' said a member of the Business Mems league, and look for an early and active fall business.
 "The payrolls of the district are very large, and the coal trade, which has been dull, is slowly but surely improv- ing, which means more wages paid out by the mine operators. Industrial ac- tivity coupled with exceptional pros- perity in the agricultural districts with in radius of 75 miles of Birmingham will make trade hum here within the next few weeks. It is safe to say that the crowd attending the State Fair in October will be larger than ever, and as the farmers are better and bet ter off every year, our country friends will spend their money freely
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-01
Corn and Cotton in the South

Rains are needed in western Texas. They generally are, and Charlotte re- ports drouth in western North Caro- bna, but elsewhere in the cotton belt enough moisture is reported, and the cotton crop is coming along finely. It is to be an early as we'll as an abun- dant crop. So it is with corn. The south will soon begin to harvest two great crops, and general business will be fine.
 The August condition report of the government will be published tomor- row. A reported improvement in the crop is expected, and has already been discounted by declines in the market. The Moroccan situation is, however, clearing up, and war is not at present considered probable.
 A reaction from the declining prices is expected, and until it does come the farmer who is his own master should simply sit steady in the boat. All things come to him who waits. Spot Cotton is selling below 13 cents, and October contracts were marked down last week in New Orleans to a trifle below II cents. All this does not mean that the man who can hold