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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-19
Pray.lntroduces Bills.

WASHINGTON, April 13.-Represen-
tstive Pray today reintroduced his
bill, which was favorably reported,
but not considered by the house last
session, authorized the appointment of
an additional federal Judge in Mon
tana. He also reintroduced the bill
authorizing the opening of surplus
lands of the Grow Indian reserv alton.
This bill provides that after all Grow
Indians have received allotments the
surplus lands shall be classified and
thrown open to entry, there being res.
erv ations to the government of all
lands containing coal, water power
sites and some timber land. The bill
is similar to laws under which other
Indian reserv ations of Montana were
opened, and differs from the bill of
last session, which provided for q
division of all Grow lands among the
Indians, giving them permission to
sell.
Mr.. Pray also introduced bill pro.
viding compens alton for employees n,cf
the bureau of mines injured in mine
rescue work and other hazardous EN-.
ployment under that bureau. The bill
grants such employees one years sal.
ary unless they recover and are able
to return to duty inside of year.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-19
Discouraged by .Drouth.

OKLAHOMA CITY, April 12.-The
timelipess to the effort on the part OF
the state to help out the panhandle
counties by means of deep wells is
shown by the report of conditions in
that part of the state by j. h. High.
tower, live stock inspector. Mr.. High.
tower says there is more deserted
homesteads in that part of Oklahoma
than ever before as a result of the
poor crops last year and that hardly
more than one out of six of the farm
houses are occupied.
Near Ellinwood, Kan, however just
across the state line, immense results
are being obtained from irriga ated
land, which demonstrates the produc.
tiveness of the soil where water is
available.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-19
CANADIAN RECIPROCITY.
Protection to Farm Products Re.
moved by Trade Agreement.

protection to Farm Products Re-
moved by Trade Agreement.
WASHINGTON. April 15.-The open.
ing arguments on Canadian recipro-
city were made in the house today in
two speeches. Claud Kitchin of North
Carolina, one of the leading demo.
Gratis, spoke for three hours in favor
of the measure, arr ainging the republi-
can argument OF protection for the
farmer and characterizing it as "hum.
bug"
Following him Asher G. Kinds of
Maine made his first speech as a new
member and aligned himself in oppo.
sition to the treaty in an address de.
voted to the support of protection for
the farmers. The reciprocity treaty,
he said. thre eatened national prosper.
itv in threatening to take away from
the farming communities the protec.
tion to their products.
Interruptions from insurgent repub-
lican members injected much interest
ing debate into the Kitchin speech.
He was asked if he would vote for free
ber, free sugar, less protection on
cotton goods and like reductions OF
the tariff.
II will vote for free lumber.'' said
Mr.. La Toilette of Wisconsin, whom
Mr.. Kitchin has charged with repre-
senting the lumber interests, "if you
will vote for free sugar."
"All right" said Mr.. Kitchin, "l'il
vote for both of them"
| "Will you vote to put all trust-con
trolled articles on the free list?" de.
manded Mr.. Lenroot of Wisconsin,.
Yes said Mr.. Kitchin, "and within
four or five days We will bring free
list bill that will give you all that op'
portunity.'
Mr.. Kitchin expressed pleasure a
seeing the insurgents "dancing arouni
the fires with the distinguished stand
patters of protection singing hosan
nahs and hellelujahs to the farmers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-19
FEAR MEXICAN BULLETS.
Residents Of Douglas, Arizona, Are
Close To Scene Of Battle.

NeSlQentS OF 0OuRi0SS AT1ZOU0s t\Vo
Close To Scene Of Battle.
DOUGLAS. April l4.-The citizens
of Douglas are living in hourly fear
of another battle across the line at
Aqua Priets, which may result more
disastrously to American non.com.
batants than the one of yesterday.
Three hundred rebels are in full pos.
session of Aqua Prieta today and
the port is closed. The Mexican fed
eral troops are believed to be sp-
preaching Aqua Prieta from the
south. bringing with them machine
guns for an assault upon the city.
During battle which lasted all
yesterday afternoon and resulted in
the capture of Aqua Prieta by men
commanded by "Red" Lopez, Ameri-
can troops crossed the border and
stopped the fighting. The action was
taken after one man had been killed
and several wounded in Douglas and
the continued firing was endangering
the lives of Americans on United
States soil. Douglas was under con.
slant fire for three hours.
The feeling of citizens on this side
Of the line is one of decided ner-
vousness. They fear that another
battle such as yesterday, or OF even
greater magnitude, as indications
seem to promise, would result dis.
astrously for Douglas. The use of
machine gus by an attacking force
might result seriously on this side of
the line. Local citizens are prepar-
ing a message to forw ard to President
Taft setting forth the seriousness of
the stu alton and asking for immediate
guarantee of safety.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-19
Fighting Frost With Smudge Pots

Fighting Frost With Smudge Pots.
PROVO, Utah, April 12.-When the
thermometer dropped to 81 degrees at
10 o'clock tonight the claug of bells
and the roar of whistles throughout
the county reused every sleeper
and called every public spirited citf-
zen to the orchards. Volunteers by
hundreds went to the Provo orchards
to maintain smudge pots. In short
time thousa ands of pots were warming
the air. There will be no sleep on the
ranches tonight.
Section Director Thiessen of the
United States weather station at Salt
Lake, Is assisting in the battle. He
predicts q temper ature of Is degrees
before morning. This will kill all the
apricot, plum and peach buds not
protected by smudges.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-19
Reciprocity Bill Introduced.

WASHINGTON, April l2.-Two of
the tariff measures which the demo.
cratic house expect to pass in advance
of any general legislation, were in.
troduced today by Chairman Under
wood of the committee on ways and
means.
They are Canadian reciprocity, fol.
lowing the identical lines of the Nc.
Call bill passed last session except
for q clause authorizing the president
to continue negotiations for recipro.
city with Canadian articles not GOV.
cred by the pending agreement and a
bill to put on the free list about 10(
articles now dutiable under the gen
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-19
Threw Easter Eggs at Pastor.

CHICAGO, April 16.-Four women
and two men were arrested for pelting
the Rev. Sergius Bazilevitch, pastor
of Russian orthodox Greek Catholic
church, with eggs during the Easter
service today. While the clergyman g
head was bowed in PRAYER a shower OF
eggs was directed at him from the
rear of the church. Half a dozen
broke against his face and body and
spread over his vestments. Police
rescued the minister, who had been
dragged from the church by members
of his congreg alton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-19

OTTAWA, April 16.-A favorable
report on the reciprocity agreement
with the United States is looked for
by members of the dominion govern
ment not long after parliament reas.
sembles Wednesday. The rapid pro-
gress being made at Washington, and
the prediction that the agreement will
be adopted by the house before next
Thursday have been noted with satis-
faction. '--.
Settlement of the reciprocity agree.
ment in Canada, they now believe,
rests primarily upon action at Wash
ington. Any assurance that congress
will ratify the agreement may be
coupled, they say, with the assurance
that the Canadian parliament will do
its part.
The Canadian government, backed
by majority of more than 40 in the
house, is pledged and anxious to put
the agreement through as soon as the
conservative opposition permits a
vote. Ratification then by the senate
would be merely q matter of form,
since the government supporters in
that body outnumber the conservatives
& to
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-19
SWEPT BY TORNADO.
Wind Performs Peculiar Stunts On
Kansas Farms.

KANSAS CITY, April 13.-The storm
which swept Missouri, Kansas, Okla
homa and Arkansas yesterday was q
freak of its kind and was not even
recognized as lorna ado by the far.
mers of Kansas, who have an &C.
quaintance of long standing with this
variety of atmospheric disturbances.
In several places, farmers. who from
long training seek their cyclone eel.
lars at the approach of tornado, sat
In their homes and watched the ad-
vance OF the heavy clouds which dealt
death and destruction.
At Hiaw atha, q farmer doing his
evening work paid no attention to the
threatening clouds, but later said the
wind suddenly "dipped down" and
when 1t had passed, his home was in
ruins, his leg broken and his wife
dangerously injured. Along the route
of the Santa Fe railroad engineers
declared that the cloud was q typical
twister. In another place q farmer
whose home is on q hill sat in his
house and watched nearby houses and
villages destroyed.
At Lawrence the local company OF
militia was drilling and did not know
there was storm until the roof had
been taken of their building. AS the
last of them dashed out of the from,
door the second floor fell in. A eide
of the county jail was torn down and
about thirty prisoners made dash for
liberty. but only three succeeded in
escaping.
At Joplin, Mo-, q man was picked
up by the wind and carried the length
of block and then dropped in the
sheltering doorway OF large Office
building. He was badly injured.
In many places houses were picked
up and carried several hundred yards
before falling. In Lawrence, small
house was carried about block and
then dropped into tree, where 1t re-
m aimed firmly lodged.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-19
Wool Data Not Available.

WASHINGTON, April 14.-Revision
of the wool schedule OF the Payne
Aldrich tariff law, accepted as form.
ing part of the program of the demo.
cratic house of representatives,, will
have to be undertaken without the
assistance of the tariff board. 1t was
announced yesterday, following the
fret full meeting OF the house com.
mittee on ways and means, that the
tariff board Is not yet in position
to furnish information on the wool
schedule.
The board has informed Chairman
Underwood that It has unanimously
decided that submission of the incom'
plete data on wool growing, now In
its possession, would be misleading
and unfair to the board.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-19
New Senator From Iowa.

DEs MONIES, April 12.-Judge w.
S. Kenyon, republican,, was elected
United States senator to succeed the
late Senator ]. P. Dolliver on the 9Th
ballot in the Iowa Legislature this af.
ternoon. The victory came with the
second ballot of today's session and
followed stormy session. He re-
ceived IS votes against 26 for Su'
preme Court Justice Horace E. Deem.
er, his republican opponent.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-19
WARM WESTERN WELCOME.
Roosevelt Receives Hearty Greeting
From Montana Citizens.

HELENA, April 12.-Mr. Roosevelt
was greeted on his arrival here by
Governor Norris, former Senator
Thos. Carter and the members of the
reception committee. Senator Dixon
came with Mr.. Roosevelt's party from
Missoula. A battalion of the 14th in.
fantry acted as the former presidents
escort as he passed along the streets
of the city.
Cold weather and furry of snow
also greeted Mr.. Roosevelt, but he
faced it with the same unconcern that
marked his visit to Missoula. He was
taken directly to the high school
building and his principal address of
the day was delivered from the bal
cony of the building which was deco.
rated in his honor, two Indians In full
paint and feathers posing statuesquely
in the windows above him.
Mr.. Roosevelt touched to some ex'
tent upon conservation and reclaim a.
tion in opening his address and later
upon the need OF progressive legisla-
tion to meet the problems of today.
Good citizenship, however, formed the
main part of his talk, which occupied
an hour.
After his address, the former presi.
dent was taken to the Montana club,
where rooms we're provided for him,
and then to a luncheon in his honor
arranged by the Commercial club
The luncheon was something new tc
him, inasmuch as there were 750 guests
the largest aft air of the kind he has
attended on this trip.
The afternoon program included 8
visit to Fort William Henry Harri
son, to review the troops of the pos
and later a visit to Marshal Merri
fields Office. Tonight Mr.. Roosevelt
will dine as the guest of Conra
Kohrs, one of his old-time friends o
the cattle days.
Time and again during the last few
days since he started on the hom
stretch of his journey, Mr.. Roosevelt
has repeated the declar alton he mad
on the day that he left New York, tha
this is his last extended speaking tour
He has shown, particularly since b
left San Francisco, that he is YER.
anxious to get home, although glat
to see again the part of the west b
knew many years ago and glad t
meet his old friends and new In Mon
tana. He has stated that in future b.
will go from New York only to speal
at one or two places.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-19
Western Wool Growers Protest.

WASHINGTON, April 11.-Telegrams
by the hundreds were received today
by members of the nate and the house
from constituents in Montana, Id aho,
Wyoming, Utah and Colorado, asking
them to oppose all efforts to revise the
tariff on wool prior to the receipt and
the full consider alton of the report on
the cost of wool.growing from the ma.
tional tariff board.
Representative Pray presented a
batch of these kilograms in the house
today and large number will be pre-.
sented in the senate when it convenes
Thursday. The wool schedule is re-
garded as one of the most dangerous
items politically as we'll as difficult
technically to revise.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-19
Wealthy Woman Deported. /.

New YORK, April I5.-Although
Mrs. Annie Gould, an active French
woman, declared she was married, had
two children, owned more than 800,
600 in cash and property, and had
been in this country ten years, she was
deported today as an undesirable
alien. The case had its origin In
Portland, Ore, where she was charged
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-19
WILL PLAY POLITICS.
Tariff Debate Will Consume Time of
. Special Session.

opSC10I 0eSSIOU.
WASHINGTON, April 17.-So far in
the extraordinary session of congress
it has been plain sailing for the we'll
rganized democr attic majority in the
house of representatives, but in the
view of strong minority there are
breakers ahead.
Democratic leaders refer with pride
to the achievement of passing the bill
for the popular election of senators
and the campaign publicity bills in
two legislative days and bringing be.
fore the house the Canadian recipro.
city agreement with assurance of it's
ratification by an overwhelming ma
jority. To all these features of the Leg
islatiye program, however, there has
been little opposition. The wonder of
it. to the experienced observer, was
the demonstr alton of the smoothly
running democratic machine. But, by
what is to follow-the free list bill
approved by the democratic caucus
and favorably reported by the new
committee on ways and means-the
rapid pace of legislative progress is
expected to receive q check.
Reciprocity discussion that began
Saturday furnished an opportunity
for the minority leaders to intimate
their intentions and to make it clear
that the bill for placing on the fret
list manufactured % articles in demand
by the farmers will be fought as stub
bornly as any proposed democrs stit
tariff measures ever were opposed ir
congress. The majority leaders real
lie the bill cannot be rushed through
and they are preparing to meet th'
assault on it in q prolonged debate.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-19
Thousands Come West,

CHICAGO, April 16.-Statistics issued
by transcontinental railroads today
showed that $1,000 persons travelled
from eastern cities to points on the
Pacific coast during the twenty We
days ending April 10. The figure ex.
ceeded by 5000 the number going
west in 1910 and broke all previous
records.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-19

with conducting a disorderly house.
Mrs. Gould said emph atically that
she had offered s1O. 200 in cash to any
ian who would make her his wife and
save her from deportation. Her dis.
play of large amount of cash and
her voluble protests did not deter the
immigratio officers from putting her
on board the steamship Pretoria,
which sailed for Hamburg this after
noon.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-19

many demands we're made for this
change In the resolution, oil but Is
republicans voted for the resolution.
The majority of them had stated dur.
Ing the debate that they would sup
port the resolution because convinced
that the public wanted such q consti-
tutional amendment submitted to the
country as quickly as possible.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-04-19
THEODORE ROOSEVELT

eral tariff. Both will receive early
consideration.
The free list bill Is designed to pla-
cate farmers for agricultural losses
which they will sustain under the Ca
madam agreement, but 1t contains
also some foodstuffs and boots and
shoes.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-07-28

had noticed before. There was an
exchange-almost a clash-of glances.
The small woman frowned. That was
all. l turned my attention again to
my patient.
She had revived somewhat, and now
she asked to have the window opened.
The train had stopped again and the
car was oppressively hot. People
around were looking at their watches
and grumbling over the delay. The
doctor hustled in with a remark about
its being his busy day. The amateur
detective and the porter together
mounted guard over lower ten. Out.
side the heat rose in shimmering
waves from the tracks; the very wood
of the car was hot to touch. A Cam.
berwell Beauty darted through the
open door and made it's way, in er.
ratio plunges, great wings waving,
down the sunny aisle. All around lay
the peace of harvested fields, the quiet
of the country.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-07-28
CURE THAT SORE THROAT

sore throat is Inflammation of the
,,ncous membrane of the throat, and
y This membrane happens to be at all
.arsitiye a predisposition to sore
throat will exist.
partine Toilet Antiseptic is both a
.royentative and cure for sore
.rroat because 1t possesses extraor.
s,nary cleansing, healing and germi
eidaI qualities. Just little in a glass
= wafer. used as a gargle, will quick
i relieve ali soreness and strengthen
~ mucous membrane of the throat,
ard thus overcome all tendency to
sore throat.
paxtine is far superior to liquid an.
ttseptics or Peroxide for all toilet and
hygienic uses.
paxtine may be obtained at any
;,ue store, rs and SOC a box, or sent
rostpaid upon receipt of price by The
paYton Toilet Co., Boston, Mass.
cend for free sample.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-07-28
seyenty-one Years in a Shoe Shop.

seyenty-one Years in a Shoe Shop.
Charles H. Wilson of Troy, N. Y,
occupies the unique position of having
been In business in one building for II
years; at least he will have completed
II years in the shoe business at 242.
l4 River street August ~ next. This
record, 1t is believed, can be equaled
by few II any shoe retailers in, this
country. Mr.. Wilson has also been in
business for himself for more than so
Years, Mr.. Wilson is today just as
much in active business as he was al.
most three-quarters of century ago,
when as a thirteen-year-old lad he en-
tered the employ of John Leonard
Williams of Troy. To be exact, that
was August II, 1910. Mr.. Williams
kept shoe store at 242-244 River
street in building which had been
erected in 1903, and so the building
now occupied by Mr.. Wilson for his
retail shoe business is one of the old.
est buildings in Troy.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-07-28
CHAPTER ".

The Woman In the Next Car.
With the departure Of the conduc-
tor and the doctor, the group around
lower ten broke up, to reform in
smaller knots through the car. The
porter remained on guard. With
something of relief sank into a seat.
I wanted to think, to try to remember
the details of the previous night. But
my inquisitive acquaintance had other
intentions. He came up and sat down
beside me. Like the conductor, he had
taken notes of the dead mans be-
longings, his name, address, clothing
and the general circumstances Of the
crime. Now with his little notebook
open before him, he prepared to en-
Joy the minor sensation of the rob-
berry.
And now for the second victim"
he began cheerfully. What is your
name and address, please"
| eyed him with suspicion.
81 have lost everything but my name
and address," parried. What do you
want them for? Publication"
"Oh, no; dear, no." he said, shocked
at my misapprehension. Merely for
my own enlightenment. like to
gather data of this kind and draw my
own conclusions. Most interesting and
engrossing. Once or twice / have
forestalled the results of police inves-
tigation-but entirely for my own
amusement"
l nodded tolerantly. Most Of US
have hobbies; / knew a man once who
carried his handkerchief up his sleeve
and had a mania for old colored prints
cut out of Godey's Lady Book.
ST use that tnductive method orig
mated by Poe and followed since with
such success by Conan Doyle. Have
you ever read Gaboriau? All, you have
missed a treat, indeed. And now. to
get down to business, what is the
name of our escaped thief and prob
able murderer"
"How on earth do l know" l de-
manded impatiently. He didn't write
It in blood anywhere. did he?"
The little man looked hurt and dis
appointed.
do you mean to say" he asked,
that the pockets of those clothes are
entirely empty?"
The pockets! In the excitement l
had forgotten entirely the sealskin
grip which the porter now sat at my
feet. and | had not investigated the
pockets at all. With the inquisitive
mans pencil taking note of every
thing that found, emptied them on
the opposite seat.
Upper left-hand waist-coat, two lead
pencils and a fountain pen; lower
right waist-coat, matchbox and small
stamp book: right-hand pocket coat,
pair of gray suede gloves, new, size
seven and a half; left-hand pocket,
eun-metal cigarette case studded with
pearls. half-full of Egyptian cigarettes.
The trousers pockets contained gold
penkpife, a small amount of money in
bills and change, and a handkerchief
with the initial IS" on it.
Further search through the coat dis
covered a card-case with cards bear
ing the name Henry Pirckney Sullt-
van and a leather flask with gold
mountings, filled with what seemed to
he very fair whisky, and mono.
grammed H. P. S,
Ills name evidently is Henry
Pinckney Sullivan" said the cheerful
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-07-28
Or. Holmes Repartee.

One of the best repartees ever cred.
tied to a habitual maker of happy
phrases was that made by the be-
loved "Autocrat of the Breakfast
Table" on certain social occasion.
Going to dine with a Boston neigh
Dor DIR. Holmes was met by her with
an apology:
Il could not get another man. We
are four women and you will have
to take US all in"
"Forewarned is four armed" he
said with bow-Youth's COMPANION.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-07-28
Fell for II,

"Ya-as," drawled the Yankee, II once
knew man, sir, who fell OFF a win
dow sill in fat 20 stories high and
never hurt himself, beyond a few
bruises" t.
NONSENSE" exclaimed the English
man.
"True:" asserted the other. "Up
there he was cleanin' the window, and
he fell right off,"
"Bosh!" said the Rnglishman. How
could that be?"
Wa al, sir" drawled the Yankee,
"you see, he just happened luckily to
fall de!"-Tid-Bits