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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04
WILL FIGHT RUSTLERS,
Stockmen Organize To Protect All
Glasses Of PROPERTY.

Residents Of northern Montana who
have suffered from the depred atoms Of
thieves who usually escape detection
and punishment, will be Interested in
the news that an organization Is being
formed to deal with this class OF law
lessness. The plan Of CO operation
among stockmen is outlined In this
dispatch from Miles City:
Kenneth Mclean has in his custody
a copy of a petition which is beiog
circul ated in the counties of Dawson,
Custer, Rosebud aud Valley, which
has for it's object the organizing of the
owners OF livestock 10 eastern Mon
taua into q closer organic alton for
their mutual protection against rus.
tiers OF all classes of livestock than
seems to be accomplished by the or.
CARNATIONS now existing-the Mon.
tana St~ockgrowers' association, the
Eastern Montana Woolgrowers' as
sociation, the North Montana Round
up association and the Eastern Mon.
tana Rorsemen's association.
The petition recites az follows:
"We, the undersigned stock owners
OF eastern Montana, recognizing the
need of mutual protection TO different
classes OF livestock, hereby agree to
associate ourselves together into an
association to be known as the East
Montana Stock Owners Protective
association, and pledge ourselves TO
pay an annual association due of 81,
and also an annual assessment not to
exceed Is cents per head on horses, 10
cents per head on cattle and II cents
per head or sheep, the assessment to
be based on the record of the county
assessor for the exact amount upon
which taxes are paid"
1t is claimed that depred atoms are
being committed on sheep, sheep her.
ders are being disturbed, sheep
wagons robbed, cattle butchered and
horses stolen, and few persons are de.
tected and arrested and fewer still
convicted and it Is desired to make an
effort to remedy this condition II or.
ga~nization for mutual protection a
accomplish it.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04

lies your wealth and your power and
your influence rs q unit of this repub.
lie.
"For years you have gone along,
raising cattle and digging mines and
all that. Now the period of readjust-
ment is at hand. You must develop
your agricultural Humid.
reds of millions of dollars are beneath
your feet waiting to be pLowed up.
You must turn your attention intelli-
gently to the soil.
"That is the new condition that
faces you, citizens of Montana. You
know it.. OF course you do: but let
me 60 a little further with this state.
ment. What makes q state? Men
and women. You have everything
material. Now you need human be.
ings. You need men aud women
people.
"Put two hundred thousand or three
hundred thousand more people in this
great state; set them to blowing the
land, and in less than ten years the
money derived from your mines and
all your cattle and sheep will be as
pennies beside double eagles. The
wealth Of the world is in your soil
waiting to be taken out"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges.

Chester Signal: Last week we re-.
ceived a couple of stalks of oats from
the farm Of Mr.. Williams, a few miles
southwest of Alma, that we're sprouts
from the first cutting and measured
about W feet high with perfectly de.
veloped heads. The second crop will
probably not mature but certainly will
make a fine lot of winter feed.
Havre Promoter: The railroad men
OF Havre are reorganizing their form
er political organization for the pur.
pose OF preparing for the next general
election, and to act intelligently and
collectively on all national, state and
local questions. A preliminary meet.
ing was held last week, and the meeting
to elect officers and effect a permanent
organization will be held tomorrow.
Conrad Observer: Up to yesterday
morning there were eight carloads
OF wheat shipped out Of Conrad.
Two carloads vent to Great Falls and
six went to Minneapolis. This is only
Q news item, yet 1t conveys pleasant
memories to the old-timer who had
faith in the country and knew it when
it was open range for cattle and sheep,
with al occasional Indian camp dot
ting the prairie.
Shelby News: Grain produced un-
der the Waller project Is now being
threshed and some fairly good yields
are reported. Samuel Morgan had
oats that went 103 measured bushels
to the acre, and by weight, 1854 bushels,
as. they weighed lao pounds to the
bushel. Others are getting above 30
bushels OF oats, and the wheat Is
turning out between thirty and forty
bushels per acre.
Glasgow News: Jesse Slaughter, q
young man living near Lismas, was
drowned in the Missouri river near
that town Tuesday NOR ming. He was
driving q bunch or horses across the
river, and when nearly to the bank on
the south side, the horse he was riding
fell back into q deep hole and carried
its rider with it. Man and horse arose
Z to the surface once, but were dragged
down and away by q of those mys.
terious, ~treacherous currents for which
the Missouri river is noted.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 4, 1911.
CUTTING OUT THE MIDDLEMAN

It is announced in the press dis.
patches that q large organization OF
eastern farmers proposes to cut out
the middlemsn by adopting q plan OF
supplying their products direct to con-
sumers. The middleman, it is alleged,
does not serve any useful purpose; in
fact, he IL an obstruction to business
relations between producers and con.
sumers.
A similar plan in politics is I favored
in progressive communities through
out the United States. The middle
man comes between the voter and the
candida ate, and occasion ally succeeds
In diverting political honors from the
popular choice of the electorate.
AT the election held in the state Of
Maine the other day, the voters de-
cided to retire middlemen from their
political affairs by adopting a direct
primary plan that applies to state
and county officers, and also provides
for the election of United States
sen majors. The proposition was adopt.
ed by q VOTE of about IS, 600 to 1900
better than three to one-which was
sufficiently decisive as an expression
of the views of the voters.
What good reason or excuse can be
advanced in favor of retaining the
middleman in politics? Why should
the nomination of candid ates be en-
trusted to Q convention of delegates
who, in theory only, are assumed to
represent the voters? Why should
the election OF a United States senator
be the privilege of few members OF q
legislative assembly who may be con-.
trolled by influences other than the
will of citizens they are supposed to
represent?
There may have been a time when
the middleman in politics was a
necess airy evil, but in these days Of q
higher grade of intelligence among the
voters, and their greater Familiarity
with political affairs, better and more
satisfactory results are promised by
the elimination OF the middleman.
The Montana voter who is qualified
to assist in electing a candidate for
public Office by direct vote, is surely
competent to exercise the right to
nominate the candida in q simila ar
manner. The desire of the elector can
be better expressed by his individual
vote than by deleg ating his power to
another who may misrepresent him.
The history of political convent ons
and senatorial elections in Legislative
assemblies forms q record of the abuse
of deleg ated power-an object lesson
that suggests the desirability of cutting
out the middlemsn in politics. Any
legislation that coutemplA tes this re.
form is assured popular commenda'
ton and support by the voters OF all
political parties.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04
A

The enlistment of Samuel G. Blythe,
the we'll known magazine writer, as q
member of the honorable order of
Montana Boosters, will be welcomed
by citizens of this state who are inter-
ested In its growth and development.
Mr.. Blythe was one of the speakers
at the state fair oratorical exercises,
and is quoted in newspaper reports
in part as follows:
"In the past Is years l have crossed
and crisscrossed the United States
many times. l have been in every
nook and corner OF every state and
every territory. l am a writer, Q re.
porter. 1t is my business to see things.
I have investigated all sorts OF politi-
cal, social and economic situations.
In that Is years l have lsborously &C.
cumulated a little money.
NATURALLY, my investment of tina.
money al predicated on what l had
found out during nv Investigations in
all parts of the United States. l In.
vested In Montana. in Montana land.
Why? Because, after looking at Il
all, I concluded that within the mex,
ten or fifteen years Montana is des
tined to be one of the greatest and
probably the greatest agricultural
state in the union, il you people do
your part, as I think you will. Now,
that is the eason l am q citizen oil
Montana. l want to be In on this de-
velopment.
"This brings mt to the readjustmen,
proposition. With your mineral as
sets fixed. or practically 90. and you,
grazing assets and your timber assets
practically fixed also, there comes q
new condition.
"You have here in Montana, the
greatest potential agricultural coun.
try on earth. You hsven't made
dent In your pillow land yet. There
lies your future prosperity. There
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04
The Chouteau County Exhibit.

In its review of the various county
exhibits at the state fair, the Helena
Record says:
Although two.thirds of the fifty foot
display from Chouteau county is de-
voted to the exhibition of products
grown upon irrigated lands, the por.
ton of the booth devoted to the dis
play of products grown without irri.
gait on is perhaps the most interesting
feature of the display. Seventy-seven
different varieties of vegetables to.
gether with all sorts OF forage and
grain constitute the display from the
irrigated lands.
Although Choutesu county has no,
made q speciality of any particular
thing, the principal products on die.
play are fax, potatoes, corn, alfalfa,
wheat, rye, apples, pears, plums,
grapes, grown within a halt q mile oil
Chinook, peanuts and alfalfa seed are
the principals. Alfalfa seed, which
for the past three years has captured
fret, second and third prizes 1t the
fair, is perhsps the feature OF the dis
play.
James Griffin of Chinook, who fol
the past four years has had charge Of
the display, is again the ''pilot" this
year. Mr.. Griffin himself has seven.
ty.uine varieties Of garden products
upon display.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04
The Folly Of Getting Worked Up.
American Lumberman.

American Lumbermsn.
About every so often a bill Is turned
loose in congress-, in o ate or house,
some tariff to raise or some tariff
reduce, or some budding reformer to
douse; and then we stand up on u
hind legs and let out q yell like q fan
at a game, and We swear and we boot
and we shout aud we sweat-but the
country goes on just the same.
Did you ever recall it has always
been so since George Washington sat
in the chair? That half of the people
see nothing but woe in the bills that
our statesmen prepare, while another
contingent that's equally vast is clap.
ping its hands in acclaim? Then the
bill is defeated or the bill is passed
but the country goes on just the same.
Now, it isn't the bills that the ora.
tors spring down there ia our national
halls; it isn't reforms that the orators
sing and shout to the capitol walls to
make US OF break. us-that isn't the
prize we seek in the national game;
the congress adjourns or the orator
dies-but the country goes on just the
same.
What's the use of US getting excited
like that when their climax the ora.
tors reach, when they shout insurrec'
ton. or proudly stand pat in a star
spsnRled.bannery speech? That this
bill or that bill will bring BORROW o,
woe the orators loud may acclaim,
but congresses come and congresses
go-and the country goes on just thu
same.
Let US pillow up the field, let US pu,
In the wheat, let US start up the engine
Q spell; let US hang out III sign boarc
we'll over the street, and be ready L
buy and to sell. Let US cut out tn
yawp, let Us cut out the yelp, let u
cut out the pessimist game; let Vi ge
down to business-that's all that viii
help the country go on Just the same
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-02-03
MURDER AND SUICIDE.

Fitzhugh Conner, q farmer, aged IS,
shot and killed his sweetheart, Cora
Turner, aged 20, yesterday afternoon
and then killed himself in the Blue
Ridge section at Naked Creek, Page
county, Va, near Rockingham line.
The couple were engaged, and recently
Conner became jealous Of a neighbor,
Fitzhugh Hammer. Four times he
had threatened to kill the girl ii she
continued to receive Hammer s atten-
ton. Yesterday morning Conner heard
the couple were exchanging letters.
With q single barreled shotgun he went
to the girls house. The pair strolled
to the churchyard near by. After an
hours talk, the girls little sister heard
shot. Conner fired load into the
girls shoulder, and when she did not
..;sm. ssm hs reloaded and fired again below
the heart. Again reioading he emptled
the load into his breast and died in
stantly. The girl lived eight minutes.
The tragedy happened on the steps OF
country church.
Mrs. Mamie Turpin and Frederick
Hainz we're shot aud killed and Hainz's
wife, Sadie, was mortally wounded at
Mrs. Turpin's home in St. Louis yes
terday afternoon. Circumstances and
the testimony Of children in the neigh
borhood indicate that Hainz shot the
woman and himself in remorse when
Mrs. Hainz found her husband at Mrs.
Turpin's home. Mrs. Hainz bad come
from kirkwood to effect reconcilia-
ton. They had been separated year.
Virginia, the little daughter of Mrs.
Turpin, was in the room when her
mother was shot. She lisped story
later to reporter that her mother
/ wanted her child to notify some one
that she was shot aud dying, but the
child was too small to carry the news:
The mother called the child to her and
with her last strength tied white
string around her wrist and dipped the
ends Of the string in blood and toio
her to 90 across the street to the horne
OF Mrs. Richey, near by, and show the
string to her. The child did as she
was told, but before Mrs. Rchey
reached the Turpin home the police
vera there.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-02-03
WOMAN MURDERED.

Miss Ellen Blade, who kept board
ing-house at Flint, Mich, several years,
was shot and killed early yesterday
when she answered knock at the door
of her home. Her sister Mrs. Cath
crime Talbot, who was also shot in the
arm, charged the crime to Frank Fox,
OF Sandusky, o., brother-in-law.
Mrs. Talbot is so seriously injured
that she was for q time unable to give
any clear explanation OF the tragedy or
its cause. Two brothers of the women
have been summoned from Sandusky.
Miss Blade was 40 years old and Mrs.
Talbot is go and a widow. Fox
i 4s.
Mrs. Talbot said she could conceive
OF no motive for the crime. She said
she tried to separate Miss Blade and
her assailant sitter three shots had heen
fired, but was compelled to run to
shelter when wounded in the shoulder.
The next bullet, she said, passed entire
" through Miss Blades body from
back to chest.
According to Mrs. Talbot, half q
dozen neighbors had gathered at the
scene when the fatal shot was fired.
The police believe that when the wo-
men we're awakened by someone
pounding on the doors and windows
and Miss Blade admitted the man a
previous quarrel, Of which Mrs. Talbot
knew nothing, was renewed in the
kitchen.
As he stood moment over his
victim the slayer is declared to have
said:
There, that's what you get"
Fox, whose wife is sister OF the
dead woman, is patternmaker.
Fox was arrested at Oxford, Mich,
yesterday.
He refused to mako any statement.
Jonathan Gorton, an intimate friend
OF Miss Blade, said that possible
motive for the crime might be found
in Miss Blades indifference to Fox's
partially toward her.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-02-03
GLASS FOR MARTIN BOTH TIMES

GLASS FOR MARTIN BOTH TIMES.
A special from Richmond to the
Danville Register says:
Some OF Ex-Governor Mnntague's
friends here deny emphatically that
be was member OF the secret con-
ference" held by Messrs. Glass and
Jones and some OF their friends at the
Jefferson Hotel Friday night. They
do not deny that Mr.. Montague was
at the Jefferson Friday evening and
incidentally met Messrs. Glass and
Jones, but claim that he was there
to attend meeting of the Children's
Protective Association, in the work OF
which he is-vnry, much irtA-nstad
These friends O! Mr. Montague recali
that Senator Martin was good enough
to receive Mr.. Glass vote and sup
port when he ran against Governor
TYLER and when he ran against Gov
ernor Montague, and as for Mr.. Jones,
they point to the fact that in the
fsenatorial contest Of Martin versus
Montague Mr.. Jones sailed away to
the Philippine Islands short time
before the campaign opened and re-
mained away and allowed his con-
gressional district where his political
influence is practically supreme, to go
against Mr.. Montague. Mr.. Monta-
gue's friends recall this political his
tory in order to show that Messrs.
Glass and Jones have no cause to
complain if Mr.. Montague and his
friends now decline to take an active
part in behalf OF the senatorial
aspirations OF Messrs. Glass and
Jones.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-02-03
MISS ARNoLD,s DISAPPEARANCE,

Dorothy Arnold's mother is now or
her way back to New York. 1t is sale
that Mrs. Arnold sailed from Geno;
several days ago after she had con
vinced herself that George S. Griscom
jr., knew nothing about the young
woman's present Whereabouts.
1t was not, however, until after John
w. Arnold Dorothy's elder brother,
had thrashed Griscom in the latter's
room in a Florence hotel and had
taken from Griscom's pockets while the
man lay on the floor Dorothy's last
letter to him, that the mother was per
suaded that the Pittsburger knew no
more than herself as to where Miss
Arnold is now.
Mrs. Arnold, it is stated. had made
up her mind after reading letters sent
bv Gri$com through the general de-
livery in New York - her daughter
a'ui which were found in Miss Arnold s
room after her Disappearance, that
there was abundant reason why she
should interview Griscom. Having 10
Gated him iu Florence by cable, Mrs.
Arnold and her son sailed on January
>. On January IS they arrived il
Florence and went Immediately to the
Ausio- American hotel.
Mrs. Arnnld was heavily yelled and
showed traces cfagltation. Young Mr..
Arnold inquired where the Griscom
apartment was located, and sent =
message 10 George S. Griscom, ST..
The father made it imperative for the
son to receive Mrs. Arnold and her
son.
Just what passed between the mother
and Girls com as soon as the Arnulds
were admitted is known only to those
who took part in the talk, but it has
been ascnrtai"sa :. 'hat immediatel y after
son sprang ut him and struck him in
the face. Young Arnold knocked
Griscom down with second punch
and held him on the floor while he
slapped his face.
While, Griscou lay on the floor John
W. Arnold demanded from INN any
letters he had OF Dorothy's. Griscom
made the mistake Of grabbing at his
coat pocket, gesture which told Mr..
Arnold where the letters were. He
tore the coat open and suatched several
letters out OF Griscom' S pocket.
Having finished with George ).
Griscom Mr.. Arnold went to the
father and explained his impulse to
anger. The elder Griscom was greatly
agitated but parted with the Arnolds on
the frienuliest terms. A few days later
Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Griscom, sr.,
accompanied by George S. Griscom,
ir., took passage on the steamship
Berlin from Genoa to New York.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-02-03
STEAMERS
Norfolk and Washington
Steamboat Co.

Every day in the year for Fort Mon
roe, Norfolk, Newpo-. Jews and points
south, via superb, powerful steel palace
steamers.
Leave Washington. .6.45 p. M.
Leave Alexandria 100 p. IN.
Arrive Ft. Monroes 7.0Oa. m.
Arrive Norfolk 500 a. m.
Arrive Portsmouth 500 a. m.
Leave Portsmouth 500 p. m.
Leave Eorfolk 800 p. m.
Leave Fl. Monroe 7.00p. m.
Arrive Alexandria $50 a. IN.
Arrive Washington 100 q. IN.
Through connections made n,a At 5oH5inion MGf,G1n
with steamers of the Old al,, D9,,id Tnrk and
MSrchants' and Miners Steamships ioi
Boston. o,.,, c.N-yu
Bond Building, Washington y. =.
Phone Main 1920. o7eo
Seventh street wharf. Phone Main o'oe.
Alexandria wharf foot OF PrInee stree1'
W. H. CALLAHAN,
apr1 Tyr General Passenger Agent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-02-03
rr7,,+orad attbe Postoffice of Alexandria
EHICt oG a...S a.d alacc matter !

Entered atthe Postoffice of Alexandria
Virginia, as second-class matter.
TERMS: Daily-1 year, $780, months
81. so: months, SIPS: month, 43 cents
T TTri-weekly-i year, $500: 6 months
s1.50: 8 months, Is cents; month, %
cents.
Contract advertisers will not be allowed
to exceed their space unless the excess
is paid for at transient rates, and under
no circumstances will they be allowed
to advertise other than their legiti,,
mate business in the space contracted
for.
tributes of ofrespcct, resolutions adopted
by societies or persons unless ofpublic
concern, will be printed in the paper
as advertisements.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-02-03
Maryland Delaware and VIZ
qinia Railway Company.

SPRING SCHEDULE.
Steamers of this line leave AleXandria
on and after May Is, 1910,
Every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and
SATURDAY at 80 p. m:
FOR BALTIMORE AND ALL TILE
USUAL RIVER LANDINGS.
Cuisine and appointments unexcelled.
Freight for Baltimore, Philadelphia
and New York solicited and handled
with care Through rates and bills OF
lading issued
SinSle Elr. TO Baltimore. $50: round
trip, S2.5O: statcrooms, one way, S!.aD
Meals, 5Jc.
REARDON & GRIMES, Agents,
Foot Of Cameron street,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-02-03

Chamberlain Cough Remedy never
disappoints those who use it for obstl-
nate coughs, colds and irritations of
the throat and lungs. 1t stands un-
rivallsd as remedy for all throat and
Inns diseases. Sold by W. T. Creigh-
:. "A Richard Gibson.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-02-03
Glover Hill Baked
Beans with Glover
Hill Butter, l5c can.

Crystalized Cherries,
Pineapple and Ginger, Kit
chen Bouquet, Celery Salt,
French Peas. Mushrooms,
Spanish pirncntos, Maras-
chins. Cherries, Edam
Cheese, Corn, Peas, To-
natoes, Asparagus, Aspar-
agus Tips, Lima Beans,
String Beans, Beets, Plum
Pudding and Mince Meat.