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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-13

"Ferninst" Legislature Junkets.
Lansing, Mich, Jan. 13-The house
today went on record. G7 to I. as oppos-
ed to the customary junket to visit the
state institutions.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-13
keros.n. "a, a.,..

Kerosene for Brass.
Brasses should he rubbed with kero
scne before they are polished. Then
use oxallc acid or common vinegar and
salt to remove the stains and aullness
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-13
Gould Rs.sleete

Gould Reelected President.
New Orleans. Jan. l3.--George J.
Gould was today reelected president
Of the New Orleans Z Pacific railroad.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-13
PISTOL FIGHT WITH ROBBERS.

UNIDFNTIF1ED WOMAN
UNIDENTIFIED MAN.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
Montana Matters In Washington.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. - Senate
Dixon had q conference today with
Director Newell of the reclaim alton
service, ia regard to construction Of
the Milk river and Sun river irriga-
tion projects in northern Montana.
Director Newell informed him th at
contr acts had been forw arded to Engi-
neer Savage, and as soon as home.
steaders aud private owners OF ditches
sign up, construction work will begin.
Newell expects to see this work started
early next spring.
Representative Pray introduced {
bill today giving jurisdiction to the
court of claims against the govern
ment growing out OF treaties with tht
northern Montana Indians. The bill
has the endors ement of the secretary
of the interior and covers the Black
feet, Bloods, Piegans, Gros Ventres
River Crows and Assinniboines
These Indians have always claimed
serious breaches on the part of the
government growing out of the trea'
ties and their enactment. The Pray
bill would enable them to settle the
question for all time.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
Big Fee For Attorney.

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-'Not less than
$50, 1000" was the fee received by Clar-
ence S. Darrow for HE services in
defending the McNamsrs brothers in
the Los Angeles dynamiting cases,
according to q declaration made by
Frank B. Morrison, secretary of the
American Federation of Labor and
custodian of the McN amara defense
fund.
Mr.. Morrison also said th at notwith.
standing the McN sm ara brothers plea
of guilty, money for their defense was
still pouring in. These receipts repre-.
sented subscriptions made before the
pleas were entered. Mr.. Morrison
and other members OF the feder alton q
committee who have charge of the fund
will meet tomorrow In Washington to
discuss the case, especially from q
financial viewpoint.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
McNamaras Go To Pen.

Los ANGELES, Dec. 9.-James B.
and John J. Mon Namara started from
here today for San Quentin penitenti.
ary, sol miles away. James B. Nc
Namara who blew up the Los Angeles
Times building on October l, 1910,
with loss OF 81 lives, will begin to.
morrow q sentence of life imprison.
ment, while his brother faces term
of Is years for completely in the
dynamiting of the Llewellyn iron
works here last Christmas.
James BIS right hand was man.
acied to John J.'s left wrist. Both
looked pale and cheerless and walked
the few steps from the Jail door to the
waiting automobile with bowed heads.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
Injured BY Tariff Agitation.

OMAHA, Dec. 8.-During the last Is
months the sheep industry has not
been prosperous, for during this per-
iod agitation as to the wool tariff has
been continuous, resulting in the SER
ious depreciation OF wool. Not only
have the prices been affected but as
necessarily follows the prices of sheep
have fallen from S. to $3.50 9 head
throughout the country. This deprec'
iation means an annual loss to the
sheep growers of the country OF ap.
proximstely ESQ, ,000, 900.
Such was the statement today OF
Frank L. Gooding, of Gooding Ida,
president of the National Woolgrow.
ers association, which will hold its
48th annual convention here December
1416. The proposed tariff revision Of
wool will be discussed in full at the
meeting and the wool growers of the
United states and Canada will unhesi.
tatingly put themselves on record for
q higher tariff, according to Mr..
Gooding.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
Will Dam Mississippi.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE Keokuk
dam across the Mississippi river, one
that will be the longest in the world
and that will gener ate 100000 electric
horse power, is described by Chester
Clark in the annual report of the
Smithsonian Institution just issued.
The dam 10 being put in between
Keokuk and Hamilton, Ill. 1t is
seven.eighths of a mile long aud is
made of masonry and concrete laid on
the limestone bed of the river. It will
change the topographs of the country
up the river, making lake from three
to Ave miles wide and forty miles
long.
The dam will be 40 feet high and will
run battery of thirty turbines. The
electric power will be distributed by a
line 1855 miles long and the possession
Of this abundance of compar atively
cheap power il likely to have an i'm
portant industrial effect upon thai
section OF the Mississippi valley.
As there are rapids in the river al
this point the dam will improve navi
CATION, as there will be q big locl
more than 400 feet long that will lif
vessels to the level of the lake above
the dam.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
More Men Than Women.

WASHINGTON, Dec. u.-A prelimin-
ary statement giving for continental
United States the distribution Of the
population according to sex, as shown
by the returns of the 18th decennial
census, taken as OF April Is, 1910, was
issued today by director Durand OF
the bureau of cen sus, department OF
commerce and labor.
In the United States as q whole
there are Al, 1882, 122 males and 44,640,.
IA females, or q proportion OF l06
males for every 100 females.
The most marked divergence from
the general average is found in the
mountain and Pacific divisions, which
have, respectively, 1921 and 1875
males for every 100 females.
Attention has been called TO the fact
that In the United States as whole
the males predominste. There are
only six states, including the District
of Columbia, in which at the present
time females are in the majority.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
Packers Trial Begins.

CHICAGO, Dec. 6.-Ten Chicago
packers, charged with violation of the
criminal provisions Of the Sherm an
antitrust act went on trial in the
United States district court today.
The way to trial had led through eight
years of legal technicslities.
The trial, although actually begun,
is likely even yet to be stopped. &C.
cording to attorneys. by Q ruling OF
the United States supreme court on
the latest appeal OF the packers. tina,
the criminal section of the law under
which they were being tried is uncon
5i1eutfonal. Pending such decision
the defendants entered separate pleas
of not guilty today.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
Satisfactory Business Conditions.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-The genera al
business OF the country, as reflected in
banking oper ations, was "quite salts.
factory" in the year ending Octob Der
81, according to the annual report of
L. o. Murray, comptroller of the cur.
rency, submitted to congress today,
Mr.. Murray records steady growth In
the volume of business and the estab.
lishment of some high records in this
connection. He points out, however,
that business did not reach the aver age
of increase for the last ten years.
The comptroller makes the startling
decl lar alton that "the dishonest prac.
tice by officers of national banks Of
receiving personal compensation foI
loans made by the bank ia q growing
evil and has already reached such
proportions as to call for criminal
legisl alton on the subject"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
Big Pay For Attorneys.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 8.-Hoping to
dispel doubt and curb criticism of
methods used in obtaining and dis
tributing the Men am ara defense fund,
. report of all money collected and
disbursed up to October 25 was made
public here tonight with the consent of
Frank A. Morrison, secretary OF the
American FEEDERS alton of Labor, who
is custodian Of the fund.
The total amount received up to
that date was el94, ,612.53 and the total
expenditures we're o184, ,650.93. No &C.
counting is made of the sums received
and spent since that time.
Clarence Dsrrow, chief of counsel
for the McN amarss, had been paid
Sl70,0O 1t is stated that Darrow wae
to pay his assistants from this amount,
In this connection, local internstional al
union officials stated that it is under.
stood Darrow will not continue bis
Office in Chicago.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
Yellowstone Farmers Lose.

BILLINGS, Dec. 11.-Persistency on
part of many of the farmers of this
vicinity of holding out for . higher
price for potatoes than the markets
justified. resulted in much of the crop
being left In the ground until ii froze
and made 1t necessary to bring In the
greater part of the required supply
from outside places.
Such is the inform alton secured from
one OF the local Wholesale concerns
which handles numerous carloads OF
spuds during the course of year.
It is said that about the time when
potatoes should have been dug, the
prices offered were about sl.35 pei
hundred. Some of the growers &C.
cepted this, but others refused. and
maintained that they should receive
$3.50. Apprecistive of the fact that
the supply locally was short, it is
said they neglected to dig their pota'
toes and waited for the market to ad'
vance to the desired figure, but before
it did the freeze arrived and their
holdings we're either entirely lost OF
badly damaged.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
Western Scenery Is Unsurpassed.

CHICAGO, Dec. eff half of the
present tourist travel to Europe could
be diverted to the west, more than .
quarter of q billion dollars now spent
abroad annually would be held In cir
culation in the United States, accord.
ing to G. J. Blanchard, statistician of
the United States reclamation service
in an address before the National r.
rigation congress here. Mr.. Blanch.
ard described the great natural scenic
attr actions OF the west, declared the
so.called American desert is dissp-
pearing and urged Americans to un.
dertake an inspection trip through
what was once the arid west.
Yellowstone park, Glacier park,
Crater lake, Yosemite park, the Grand
canyon of Arizona, all present an In
finite variety of scenic attr actions
which would make such q trip more
worth while than tours OF Europe, &C.
cording to Mr.. Blanchard.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
Milwaukee Road Will Build.

"uW0UNSS oV0O WIN oOA'Os
CHICAGO, Dec. 8.-A break in the
policy adopted by railro ads oper ating
in the northwest several months ago,
of practically discontinuing all build.
ing operations, came today when it
was announced that the Chicago, Mil.
waukee & Puget Sound railway will
at once begin work on the construc-
ton of line between Lewistown and
Roy, Mont. The project involves the
expenditure of o., ,00O, 900, and the road
will be completed, it is said, in time
for the farmers to have their crops
forwarded to market In 1912. All OF
the building material needed already
has been purchased and the task of
constructing the extension will be
pushed as rapidly as possible.
The line will be 46 miles in length
and will tap q territory embracing
1000, 900 acres of land, including the
gold producing district OF Fergus
county, and Judith Basin, one of the
largest grain producing areas in the
country. The new line will be through
difficult country aud 1t is estimated
will cost about o75 900 q mile.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
Investigating Sugar Industry

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.-Subpoenas
have been issued by the house sugar
trust committee for number of farm.
ers engaged in beet sugar culture.
They are to be called to refute the
testimony of Colorado farmers that
the beet sugar reiners do not deal
fairly with the beet farmers. The new
witnesses will prolong the investiga-
tion. Today James Bodkin of Beade,
COL, was recalled, to be questioned
further as to his statement that re.
cruits for the Colorado beet fields
were gathered in the slums.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
Calls Congressman Cowards.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Char acter.
izing his associates in congress as
"political towards" on the subject of
pension legislation and declaring tbs
the Sherwood pension fill is $50, p.
O0O, 900 campaign contribution, Repre-.
sentative Martin Dies, q Texas demo-
crat, swung the pension debate in the
house of representatives out OF its
routine channel for half hour this
afternoon.
Mr.. Dies declared that members
were not following their convictions
on the pension subject, but were sup
porting an increase of pensions for
fear of losing their seats.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
Maine Mystery Solved.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.-The United
States battleship Maine, which sank
in Havana hsrbor in February, 1898,
was blown up from the outside.
This was announced today by the
naval board that has been examining
the wreck. The finding confirms the
report of the original Investigators,
who made q superficial examinstio
of the wreck coon after the disaster.
The statement was given out by the
navy department In brief.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
Makes Charges For Bribery.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-Charges
that vote buying and selling is done In
the "open market" In Fayette county
Pa; that notorious trafdcking there
rivals the nsational disclosures
made in Adams county, Ohio, and
that the United States Steel corpora
tion, through the subsidiary com
panies, is q party to the bribery and
intimid ator of voters were made to-
day by Jessie n. Wise OF Waynes.
burg, Pa, q defeated candidate fo'
congress, before the house committee
on elections.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
REVIEWS FARM CONDITIONS
Report Of Secretary Of Agriculture
Refers To Montana.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.- There is
much Of interest to Montana in the
annual report of Secretary of Aricul-
ture Wilson, made public today.
Speaking OF the work sg gainst forest
insects, the report tells of the methods
of bark beetle control which we're car
ried on in areas in Montana and Col.
orado. In cooperation with priv ate
owners in the vicinity of Columbi a
Falls, Montana, over 10000 trees we're
treated. Formerly 10000 trees died
each year, but as the result of last
years. work only 1000 required treat
ment this year within an area of more
than 100 square miles.
The bureau Of statistics figured on
the cost of crop production, and it IL
stated that the average cost of pro
ducing wheat in Montana was A cents
to the bushel, including rental charges
and of oats % cents per bushel.
Reporting on the work of the STATE
experimental stations, it 10 stated tina
the Montana station observed tha
where moisture content of the soil wa
good the nitrate formation was rela
lively high. The great benefit from
summer fallow was due to nitrate
accumula ated in the moist soil durint
the fallow season, which gives rapi'
growth the following year, so that tn
crop usually has advanced beyond tn
stage of liability to serious injury be
fore the dry period of the year ar
rives.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
Juror Was Offered Money.

Los ANGELES, Dec. 1.-THE name
OF Clarence S. Dsrrow, chief counsel
for the McNamars brothers, was to.
day brought into the preliminary hear.
ing of Bert q. Franklin, q defense in.
vestig ator, charged with bribery, be-
fore Justice William P. Young.
George N. Lockwood, the venireman
whom Franklin Is accused OF bribing,
testified that Franklin told him he
would ''see Clarence S. Darrow and
arrange how the money was to be
paid" The uttera ance created sensa.
tion.
Lockwood, in his story, declared be
rejected Franklin's proposal, told Dis
trict Attorney John D. Fredericks OF
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
Government Loses Suit.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. - Holding
that it would be shocking to every
principle of law and justice to main
tain the doctrine that lands can be in
vaded and taken to change stream
flows without compens ating the owner,
the United States court of claims gave
judgment for $4,000 in favor OF
George F. Archer and Kate G. Ar.
cher in their claim against the United
States.
The government took about 81 acres
of land of the plaintiffs . situ ated along
the Mississippi river. and by the con-
struction of dyke caused the sedt.
ment to render unfit for use approxi.
mately $500 acres.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
ROASTS RECREATION SERVICE
Fred Whiteside Describes Conditions
On Milk River Project.

CHICAGO, December 6.-Seusational
charges that "the bureaucr attic system
of the department of the interior to.
gether with red tape" was retardtng
the irrig alton projects of the country,
and that thousands of persons In Mon
tans are starving because OF the sys.
tenn. were made before the national
irrigat congress at it's opening
session. Fred Whiteside, state
senator and delegate from Montana,
said that so per cent OF the money
spent by the government on irrig alton
was for 'supervision," and that in
one instance seventeen supervisors
were employed to watch eight men dig
q tunnel. The Milk river project In
northern Montana, he said, although
begun in 1908, is not anywhere near
completion, as only 1900 out OF the
24O, 900 acres had been watered and
while one.fourth OF the money has
been spent, less than one.twelfth of
the preliminary work has been done.
"An instance OF the extravaganza"
the speaker said, sis shown by the
abandonment, just announced, OF .
part of the project which cost s245 900.
That much money! is to be thrown
away just as dippantly as If it were
no more than q postage stamp. The
bureaucratic system in the department
covers up all the errors OF the engin-
eers, aud the land holders who have
to pay the bill, have no means of find
ing out where the money ts going.
Meanwhile, the people who went out
there with visions of happy life and
automo biles are without employment
and are starving. They are not only
unable to keep either automobiles or
horses, they can't afford to keep .
dog. The situation is appalling. II
they leave their stakes to seek em-
ployment elsewhere, q dozen govern
ment detectives ewoop down upon the
place to investig ateIthe outrage"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
Women Voters Were Busy.

Los ANGELES. Dec. 6. - George
Alexander, "good government" can
didate for mayor, who defeated Job
Hartman, socialist, in the city elec-
ton here yesterday, was leading near
ly 1900 votes at O'Clock this morn
ing. At that time the votes in 174 OF
the BIT precincts had been counted.
As the count progressed today, esti'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
Drank Montana Cider.

CHICAGO, Dec. 8.-Rich, mellow
cider ruled at the land chow today,
"Montana day." Two hundred casks
were received from the Bitter Root
valley and each visitor at the Coli.
scum was entitled to drink of it.
Health Commissioners Young has let
1t be known to the Bitter Root delega-
ton that he would be pleased to have
the cider served in individual sanitary
cups in compliance with Q state law.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
TWO HUNDRED ENTOMBED
Mine Explosion May Cost Large
Loss Of Life.

:
BRYCEvILLE, Tenn, Dec. 9.-Two
hundred and seven men, living or
dead, probably are entombed tonight,
as they have been all day, in the
Great Cross mountain coal mine of
the Knoxville Iron company, accord
ing to count made this afternoon by
an officer of the United Mine Workers
of America.
They had entered to begin the days
work when q terrific explosion wrecked
the workings. Three only have come
out alive. They had entered later al
off the main shaft and succeeded in
getting into the open before flames
and smoke caught them.
The body of Lee Polston, operator
of the mine fan plant, was found bur-
led and mangled under the cavein in
the main shaft. Rescue workers are
making scarcely any headway. The
governments rescue car is here as
are many rescuers and engineers from
all over the district.
The shafts extend more than two
miles into the bowels of the mountain
According to President Stephenson o1
the iron company, the men, ii they
had reached their ports, were in lat
eral shafts when the explosion oc
red. This encourages those on thu
surface to hope that they may be liv
inp
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
Postomces PAY Profit.

WASHINGTON, Dec. n.-For the
first time since 1883, the annual fiscal
statement of the postoffice department
shows q surplus instead Of deficit.
This is the burden of the annual re-
port of Postm aster General Hitchcock.
he indicated that the placing Of the
postal service upon . self.sustaininR
basis meant an improvement and ex'
tension of facilities, and, at no dis
tant date, one-cent letter postage.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-12-13
TO CHANGE LAND LAWS.
Wyoming Congressman Would Allow
Second Homesteads.

"yOJulU6 SOU6T0SSn0U "OuIO SsO"
Second Homesteads.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-Bills giving
new right OF homestead entry to for
mer homestesders and authorizing the
secretary of the interior to advertise
and sell lands valuable principally for
grazing purposes, have bnen intro.
deced by Representative Mondell of
Wyoming.
The Mondell homestead measure
would make it possible for one who
had already proved up on homestead
to make another entry, providing the
former entry was perfected at least ten
years prior to the date OF application
for the new entry, and with the further
restriction that the entryman is not
then the owner of the area embraced
in the former entry. In discussing this
measure Mr.. Mondell said:
"From the beginning our homestead
policy has been based on two related
and yet somewhat different lines of
thought. One is that the nation has
q large area of virgin soil which
should be distributed among those
willing to make homes upon 1t and
comply with the laws governing settle
ment; the other is that the nation
needs the assistance of those mos,
competent and willing to undergo the
hardships and priv ations necessarily
incident to the subjug alton of new
lands and pioneer conditions. have
tried to draw this bill in harmony with
both ideas."
The other Mondell bill authorizes
the secretary of the interior to sell tc
the highest bidder, on terms not ex.
ceeding FIVE annual payments, tracts
not larger than one section to any one
person of non.reserved land examined
and classified as non.mineral, non.
irrigable, not containing merch antabl'
timber and chiefly valuable for graz
ing. The intention OF >the bill is tt
make it possible for settlers to pur
chase tracts of strictly grazing lant
in the vicinity of their homesteads, il
his opinion one of the most urgen
needs of western settlement.