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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-30
Remarkable Airship Flight.

SYRACUSE. N. Y. Aug. 22.-On the
ninth day OF his aeroplane flight from
St. Louis to New York, Harry N. At
wood today planned to fly along the
1873 mile stretch from Belle Isle, five
miles vest of here, to Albany.
Atwood expected to pass Syracuse,
Utica, Amsterdam, Schenectady and
the intermediate towns, following di.
rectly over the New York Central rail-
road tracks. Atwood's route for to.
day is Syracuse, five miles, Utica Sc
miles; Schenectady 136 miles, and
Albany 153 miles.
If he reaches Albany tonight, At.
wood will have flown 1923 miles from
St. Louis. Besides breaking all
cross.country records in America, this
will be a near approach to the worlds
record of l, l64 miles, now held in Eu
rope. Atwood will have surpassed
the worlds record when he flies along
the Hudson river over Rhyme Cliff
when he will have LII miles to his
credit.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-30
Made Millions From Farming.
Spokesman Review.

While there are thousands of pros.
porous farmers in this country, it is
rather the exception than the rule for
a farmer to amass anything like q
considerable fortune from farming
alone. That this is possible Is proven
by the experience of David Rankin,
the Kansas farmer, who began his
agricultural career with Q loan of Sc
and ended it worth the comfortable
sun of s., 900, 900.
This wonderful success In farming
was won because Mr.. Rankin realized
the value of-and practiced-scientifc
principles of management, eve before
the subject had been elaborated into
working theories and had engaged the
attention of men of aft airs, railroads
and other large corporations.
Mr.. Rankin was q of the first me-
to perceive that, If the farmer was te
make farming q paying and prosper
Gus proposition, he must give it thu
same duty and attention that businesi
men give to their concerns. To re
duce the cost OF production whenever
it might be done without sacrificing
ultimate ends vas his constant aim
He inv ariably invested In the lates
labor.saving devices and the fortuna
he made from farming shows that hi
investments in machinery amply re
paid the necessary outlay.
The problem which nowadays con
fronts the farmer Is not, however, ma
chinery, but how to get the most GU
of his land without destroying it's fer
tility.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-30
SPECIAL SESSION ADJOURNED
Republican Floor Leader Scores tn,
Political Opposition.

Republican Floor Leader Scores The
Political Opposition.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-The extra
Ordinary session of the sixty second
congress, marked by the passage OF
the Canadian reciprocity bill, vetoed
tariff revision Legislation, the state.
hood and other important measures,
adjourned sine die at 1902 o'clock this
afternoon. President Taft, who had
just vetoed the cotton bill, the last of
the three revision bills adversely acted
| on, was present with the members OF
his cabinet.
Presiding officers OF both houses OF
congress delivered short speeches,
facilitating the members regardless of
party, upon the good will shown dur.
ing the session and expressing best
wishes for them during the recess of
congress-. The regular session of
congress will begin on December 4.
Republican Leader Mann of the
house, in q statement Issued today,
giving the minority view of the work
of the extra session of the democratic
house, declared that the net result was
to strengthen the president and weak.
en- the democracy and that the demo.
Gratis, "trying to put the president in
q hole" in tariff revision legislation,
had been ''hoist by their own petard."
"The special session" said Mr..
Mann, "was called by the president in
the full6llment of the obligations of
his agreement with Canada to consid-
er and pass on the Canadian recipro-
city bill. That bill passed and has
become q law.
1.-THE democrats in the house would
have been wise If they had confined the
special session to the consider alton OF
the reciprocity bill. Instead of that
they Get out to show how they could
bungle legislation. They prevented
the passage OF the constitutions
amendment for direct election of sena.
tors by insisting upon coupling with
it another amendment to the constitu'
ton to deprive the general govern.
ment of one of its necessary powers.
"They fought against publicity Of
primary election expenditures, until
we got them to yield. They nearly de-
feated statehood for Arizona by insist
ing that congress gave political ap'
prevail to the recall Of judges. They
prepared tariff bills without knowledge
either of form or substance. They
brought in tariff bills in great form,
with a plain avowal that they never
knew or cared what the effect might b.
on the industry of the country, and
planted themselves squarely on q plat
form against projection and in favor
of q tariff for revenue only without
knowing what the effect on the revenue
would be-. They have declared il
favor of larger importations from
abroad egardless OF whether we have
idle factories and idle men who nigh
produce similar goods"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-30

protect aviators against their own
recklessness and desire for "dare-
devil" notoriety by prohibiting merely
spectacular exhibitions-feats In which
the chances of coming through without
death or serious injury are known to
be small.
The large death roll of aviation also
illustrates strikingly the premature
ness of most predictions that in the
near future travel through the air will
become about az common and normal
as travel on land or the water.
The truth ia that neither the aero
plane o the dirigible balloon has
attained the degree of safety necessary
to regular service. The dirigible has
come q trife esr meeting this test
Of permanence In transportation than
the aeroplane, but q trife. Last year
regular dirigible service from Berlin
to Ober ammergau during the Passion
Play season was announced, but could
not be given on account of repeated
accidents.
As for the aeroplane. it is for daily
life obviously far from being any
thing more than the most fascin atiDg
experiment OF the age. So far its
limits in weight carrying are about 30(
pounds for short distances. And II
doesn't seem possible to build it much
larger and have it operated by only
one man. To keep it going requires
highly specialized physical dexterlty.
Like the submarine, the airshiI
probably will serve q great many pur'
poses in the next war. Like the sub
marine also, it is as yet quite remote
from the less hazardous uses of peace
full pleasure and commerce.
What the succeeding years will dc
for the airship can only be guessed
but the present generation probably
will see only q few Of the aviators
dreams realized in it's practical uses
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-30
ANOTHER CONGRESSMAN.

Montana having been given another
congressman, 1t remains to be seen
whether Governor Norris considers
the creation of two congressional dis
tricts of such Importance as to war
rant the converting of the Legislature
in special session or the plea OF being
an Extraordinary OCCASION Ii this
is not done the representatives will be
congressmen-at.large, in the election
of whom the entire state will partici.
pate.
Such an arrangement will suit the
people; the only ones who are likely
to raise objections are individuals
with ambitions. They may think that
by dividing the state into two districts
their chances OF gratifying ambition
would be bettered, particularly II they
were given q voice in the matter OF
establishing the boundaries. AS those
gentlemen are in the minority, the
state will probably worry along until
the next regular session of the legis'
lature, when the districts will be es.
tablished.
In order to prevent the senseless
and often shameless gerrymanderine
that has marked the creation of con
gressional districts in other states
the senate inserted q clause in the law
which provides that districts shall
"be composed OF contiguous and com
pact locality and contain as nearly a.
practical an equal number of inhabi
tants." Should legislatures desire tc
do so, they may disregard the provi'
sion of the senate, rs the establishing
of congressional districts Is purely ar
aff air of the Legislatures of the differ
ent states. Still, 1t is quite likely tina
heed will be paid to the Injunction
particularly as the people general!
these days are more insistent upol
what is right than what the politician
want.
Assuming that the election next yea
will be at large. the state convention
may be relied upon to see that prope
regard is paid to the matter OF geo
graphical divisions in reference to tn
naming of candidates.. It is not likel,
that either party will attempt to dis
regard the wishes of the people in tha
respect. They cannot afford it.-Bil
Timber Pioneer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-30
Boston Wool Market Improves.

BOSTON, Aug. 22.-Greatly increas.
ed activity marked the wool market
during the last week, sales being esti-
mated at close to 5000, 900 pounds,
compared with recent weekly dealings
of under 1000, 900 pounds.
Prices have advanced little, how.
ever. Some Michigan blood
has sold at "a cents. In territory
woods, Montana, in original bags, has
brought about % cents, or So cents
clean.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-30
Surveying Public Lands.

HELENA, Aug. 22.-Seventeen mil.
lion acres of land, approxima tely will
be surveyed this year 10 the public
land states of the United States, &C.
cording to Frank M. Johnson, D
visior of surveys. One hundred and
fifteen surveying parties are at work
in the field In different parts of the
west. OF this number more are at
work in this state than In any other,
and q greater acreage will be surveyed
in Montana than in any other state.
"In addition to it's proportion of the
general fund, Montana has q special
appropriation OF $1,000 0 to survey
lands in Fergus, Valley, Dawson and
Custer counties, and a fund for the
surveying of public lands within the
limits of the railroad grant," said
Mr.. johnson tod ay. ut is the policy
Of the department. to first survey
lands for which settlers have made
application" continued the super.
visor, "next,. those for which the
state have applied under the several
land grants, and then lands which are
believed to possess agricultural pos.
sibilities.
~"Surveying under the present sys-
tenn is being carried on more efficient.
ly, more economically and more
speedily than under the old system Of
contract surveys. Instead of work
being done by the poorest engineers.
when contracts were awarded to the
lowest bidders, it is being done by the
best engineers and at q saving OF ap'
proximatelY rs per cent in cost and in
just about one.half the time REQ uired
under the old system. At the present
rate of progress all the public lands
10 the United States will be surveyed
| within ten years."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-30
The River Press
Published every Wednesday Morning
b. the River Press Publish
ing Company.
REFORM.

It is alleged that as q result OF the
Spokane decision the railroads will
adopt q new policy Of building up the
interior cities. Because of the near
approach Of the completion OF the
Panama cam al it lie said that It will be
to their interest to do 80 rather than
continue the practice of framing freight
tariffs In the interest Of coast towns.
What the railroads intend to do is
difficult to say. The cities of the in.
terror or the people of the interior,
who are equally interested in the mat.
ter, have never at any time, nor do
they now ask any special favors At
the hands of the railroads..
In order that the inter.mountain
country should be developed no favors
are necessary. All that we have aver
asked is fair play. This section
wants only q square deal. In matters
of railroad policy its interest will be
fully served if the railroads obey the
spirit of the law and carry on their
business without discrimina alton. II
they do this the inter.mountain states
may fairly be left to work out their
own salv alton.
1t is noted that the Southern Pacific
railroad has already projected a
steamship line to ply by way of the
Panama canal from coast to coast.
Possibly other railroads will follow
the Southern Pacifc's example later.
II this is so it is q matter which those
having supervision of interstate com.
merce may find it we'll worth while to
look into. To have the transportation
by way of the Panama controlled by
railroads which control also transcon.
~tinental land traffic would not be in
the public's interest.
1t is q grave question whether the
time has not fully arrived for the en-
actment Of legislation which would
prevent transcontinental roads oper-
ating competing steamship lines. 1t
will hardly be safe to trust the inter-
ests of either the inter.mountain or
Pacific states to railroad promises not
to take advantage OF the monopoly
they would acquire If they controlled
both land and water transportation.
The Panama canal will best serve the
public interests as an altern alive and
competing route.-Missoula Sentinel.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-30
Roosevelt Is Not q Candidate.

PITTsBURG, Aug. 21.-Former Presi'
dent Theodore Roosevelt, in q letter
to Alexander P. Moore, editor of the
Pittsburg Leader, made public today,
says:
81 must ask not only you but every
friend I have to see to it that no move
ment whatever is made to bring mi
forward for the nomin alton in 1912
I should esteem it q genuine calamity
If such q movement we're undertaken
The Leader has been advocating tn,
nomin alton OF Mr.. Roosevelt for pres
ident In 1912.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-30
Peanuts As a Topic.

Sixty years ago there was not q
peanut in the United States-that was
grown here; they came from Brazil.
The circus first made the peanut pop.
ulsr and the top gallery OF the theater
kept 1t going through the winter
months. Peanuts were expensive in
their early days, and q small paper
sack of them cost ten cents with the
shells on. Now peanuts owe the
United States, and their shells also.
The first peanuts were grown at
tidewster In Virginia and the Caro-.
linas in 1855, and we're admired only
for the beauty OF the flowers. They
we're nearly as backward Is the to-
mato in making their worthiness
known, and Glove apples and ''goo-
bers" may be said to have been twins
in o%bscurity.
St. Louis ss the greatest peanut
distributing point in the west began
to move toward that proud position
In the 70s.
Virginia, the mother OF presidents,
continues to be the mother of peanuts,
the best In the world. The Virgins
peanut, like 90 many things that come
out of the Old Dominion, leads In ex
c~ellence. The peanut Is q freakisl
plant; 1t blooms . bright yellow flow
or, and when the petals fall the re
naming pod pushes itself into q tomt
beneath the soil, from which there /,
q glorious resurrection.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-30
AN EXTRA HAZARDOUS SPORT

The spectators at the aviation meet
on Tuesday saw two aviators killed
within half an hour, and another, with
his passenger. escape 'aa'h or MAIN
ing BY q narrow MAJ These pain.
full incidents ILLUSTRATE VuS truth that
aviation is q dangerous enter prise. in
which only persons of experience and
approved skill should be permitted to
participate says the 1nter.Ocean.
In this connection there Is sober
sense in the suggestion Of the editor
of the Aircraft Magazine, that the
nan ayers of such spectscles should
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-30
Seize Sheep For Taxes.

RAwLINs, Wyo., Aug. 2l.-Sheep.
men of Carbon county, Wyoming, are
up in arms over the action OF Routt
county, Colorado, authorities in seiz.
ing A 1000 sheep belonging to Wyom'
ing sheepmen with the avowed inten.
ton of holding them until the owners
pay three.years back taxes. Hereto,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-30

A we'll known Des Moines woman
after suffering miserably for two days
from bowel complaint, was cured by
one dose OF Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera aud Diarrhoea Remedy. For
sale by all dealers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-30
Seemed To Give Him a New Stomach

II suffered intensely after eating
and no medicine or treatment l tried
seemed to do auy good" writes H. NJ.
Youngpeters, editor o! The Sun, Lake
View, Ohio. 1.-THE fret few doses of
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets rave me surprising relief and
the second bottle seemed to give me a
new stomach and perfectly good
health" For sale by all dealers. n
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-30
DOER OF DEEDS.

It is not the critic who counts,
not the man who points out how
the strong man stumbles or
where the doer Of deeds could
have done them better. The
credit belongs to the man who is
actually in the arena, whose
face is marred by dust and
sweat and blood. - Theodore
Roosevelt.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-30

fore Wyoming counties have paid
Routt county what was considered q
fair sum for the time the sheep were
grazed in Colorado.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-01-12
NoTICE OF PUBLIoATI0N


Mice is hereby given that at /
p. m. on the 18th day Of February,
1911 at Richfield, County of Lincoln
State of Idaho before D. c. Brake,
Notary Public, proof viii be submit
ted of the completion Of works for
the diversion of 800 cubic feet per
second OF the waters Of Little Wood
River and all tributaries thereof in
Guiding particularly Silver Creek and
Cottonwood Slough in accordance
with the terms ana conditions Of a
certain permit heretofore issued by
the State Engineer OF the State Of
Idaho.
1. The name of the person Or
corporation holding said permit is
Idaho Irrigation Company Limited.
?. The postoffice address Of such
person or the place OF business OF
such corporation is Richfield. Ccun-
of Lincoln, State Of Idaho.
9. The number Of such permit is
2644, and the date SGT for the com
pletion of such work March 20
1912
A. Said water to be used for IT.
rigation and domestic purposes.
5. Said works OF diversion viii
be fully completed on the date set
for such completion and the amount
of water which said works are cap
able Of conducting to the place Of in
tended use, in accordance with the
plans accompanying the application
for such permit is 500 cubic feet
per second.
6 The amount Of lands for which
said water is available is 15077.2e
acres. particularly described as fol-t
lows: TIPS. s., R. IA and Is 3.
and 6 s., R. IA, Is and 16 3. Lin
con county, State Of Idaho, the said
lands being all the irrigable lands
under the south Gooding canal Of tn
Idaho irrigation Company, Limited
D. G. MARTIN.
State Engineer
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-01-12
PLANT THRlvEs ON FLIES
Little Weed, Grown in England, Helps
in Work of Kidding Homes
of Pest.

In England there grows a little red
dish-leayed, odd-looking plant known
as sundew 1t is but an inconspicu-
Gus weed, and yet literary and scien-
tiic honors have been heaped upon it.
The leaf is round and fiat, and is
covered by number of small red
glands, which act as the attractive
advertisement to the misguided in
sects. Their knobby ends are covered
with glutinous secretion. which
giistehs like honey In the sunlight,
and so gains for the plant its common
English name But the moment a
hapless fly, attracted by hopes of meat
or nectar, settles quietly in its midst,
on huspitable thoughts intent. the
viscid liquid holds him tight immedi.
ately, and clogs his legs and wings. so
that he is shared exactly as a sparrow
is shared in birdlime.
Then the leaf closes over him slow
ly but surely, and brushes him by
folding its edges inward gradually to-
ward the center. The fly often fingers
long with Intellectual struggles, while
the cruel, crawling leaf pours forth a
digestive fluid-a vegetable gastric
juice, as it were-and dissolves him
alive piecemeal.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-01-12
The Cat Did II

At East Liverpool, o. boy was
told to carry cat away and drown
her lie put her in a covered basket
and started off; but she got out of
the basket and in running away fright
ened horse into running away The
animal ran for a mile and then hit
telephone pole and was killed. The
boy got licking, the cat got away
and 5000 horse was killed, all be-
cause nobody knew enough to tie
bell to pussy's tall and let her scare
herself out of the neighborhood The
bell will work the trick every time.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-01-12
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

Notice is hereby given that at
p. m. on the 18th day of February,
& Richfield County of Lin
coin, State Of Idaho, before d. G.
Brake, Notary Public, proof will be
submitted of the completion of work
for the diversio. of 5000 cubic feet
per second Of the waters of Big
Wood River and the Malad River in
accordance with the terms and con-
ditions of a certain permit hereto
fore Issued by the State Engineer Of
the state ofIdaho.
L. The name Of the person or
corporation holding said 2 nit is
Idaho Irrigation ompany. Limited.
2. The postoffice add CT such
person or the place of business of
such corporation is Richfield, Coun-
ty Of Lincoln. State of Idaho.
g. The number OIL such permit
1917, and the date set for the. com
pletion Of such works is February
II, 1911.
4. Said water to be used for II
and -vmestic purposes.
8. Said works of diversion wi
be fully completed on the date set
for such completion and the amount
of water which said works are cap
able of conducting to the place of
use, in accordance with the
plans accompanying the application
fir such permit is 5000 cubic feet
pr second.
6. The amount of lands for
which said water is available is
10000 acres. particularly described
as fonows: FPS. s., R. IS e.; 8
S., r. IS, 10 and 20 E.; s., R. IA
Is, 16, II, IS, 19 and 20 e.; 5 s.,
R. Ia, Is, IS, II, IS and 10 E.; S
R. IA, Is, 16, II, IS and 10 E.; Z
S., R. 10 and 10 e.
d. G. MARTIN,
State Engineer.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-01-12


county the state, that ha
Contemplated
the election There division
with 1000 miles
division is feasible Nez
may di
divide Fremont will
comprehensive division scheme; three new
Bngham too Power
county with county Falls
Blaine Bannoc all these dsionsts
their point without much trouble Most
the proposed entirely rational
venience
Governor Haw
ley pomp startling
Hawey-Everybdoyi Jim" has
years dahowalks from the state
house, cigar in his mouth many
Brady Chauffeur
consequ
Brady
tertanments every expense fashion could 1t
may salary $4,000
yer-though renquishes times
l. Clifford secretary his office with
training Auditor and Recorder of Nez
county discretion He is fortunate
of the lady clerks
during assistant
administrations
be their choice at the
primaries compeeny filled
of state
goodm their deliberations
holding the
appointments third the legislative session
is that
pointee confirms confirmation Another
bear the
of his appontees
anotef
the old appontees had not yet
all these old appointing
of the
While he delayed the
business politics. the term
first
appointed about the first
For Hawey these
either
oversight a blunder.
sprng legislature
appropriations look
Good viii all
liability discussion and
priation might profit by Civ
The
consideration movae agricultural
practical things day
life
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-01-12

A. II. WRIGHT, G. e.