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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-22
Washington News Notes.

WASHINGTON May 14.-Representa.
tive Charles N. Pray was informed to-
day by the reclamation service that
the delay in work on the Sun river
project is caused by difficulty in find.
ing bedrock on which 20 construct the
main dam.
Many million dollars in Txaes were
lost by the state of Oklahoma by a de-
cision of the supreme court of the
United States that the sen ate cannot
tax land allotted to about 5000 less
than half blood Indians.
The state judiciary committee de-
cided to report favorably the Works
resolution restricting the presidential
tenure of officer to q single term of six
years. A minority report favoring q
single term Of four years also will be
made from the committee.
Although there was discussion in
the appropriations committee as to the
advisability of abolishing the Office of
solicitor of internal revenue, which is
now held by Fletcher Maddox of Great
Falls, the Office will o be abolished.
After deliberation the committee de.
cided to retain the Office, and in the
legislative bill provides for the solic-
itor at Is, 900 year.
WASHINGTON, May l5.-The sec
rotary of the interior has appointed
Robert H. Chapman as superinten.
dent of the Glacier National park to
succeed the late Major Logan. Mr..
Chapman has been for many years q
Typographical engineer in the United
States geological survey service.
Some years ago he made q topogra.
phtc survey and printed q report on
Glacier park. He will leave tomor.
row to assume his new duties.
Senator Hepburn today proposed
an amendment to the agricultural bill
authorizing the government to turn
over to the respective states all public
lands within their borders, to be dis.
posed of by the states under substan.
TALLY the same laws which now apply
to public lands. Receipts from sales
of lands would be turned over to the
states, which, in turn, would be
obliged to pay 5 per cent of the an-
nual receipts into the federal treas
ury. The amendment was defeated on
a point of order.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-22
PACKERS GETTING EVEN.

A few weeks ago the courts over
threw the meat trust, and an hour
after the final decision was rendered
the prices of beef, pork and others of
the combines products started up-
ward. With an occasional interval
OF stationary rates and one or two
spasms Of recession, the general ten
dency has been upward ever since.
AT the present moment the people are
paying more for such meats as they
get than they did previous in q decade
or two.
All of this advance in prices can not
honestly be charged to the packers.
While the population is increasing the
supply of meats in the country is
either stationary or decreasing. Un-
der the operation of the law of sup
ply and demand some advance would
reasonably be expected. But the up-
ward bound has gone faster and far
Their than,tis justified by ordinary
trade laws. The packers boost prices
on the wholesalers. these even up
things by charging the retailers a lit
tie extra, and the burden 10 pushed
over on the ultimate consumer, who
cannot shove it any farther.
What ire We going to do about it?
This is . hard question to answer sat-
isfsctorily. Some way ought to be
devised BY our national lawmakers, If
possible, to break the monopoly which
ensbles . few men to fix the prices for
meat which the 95.000,000 Of people
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-22
REPUBLICANS ADJOURN.
List Of Delegates Named To Attend
Chicago Convention.

LIVINGSTON, May l7.-Af .r having
adopted resolutions endoreiny the i'd.
ministr alton of President Taft. the
state republican convention adj ~, ma
last night. AS stated 10 the d..
yesterday, the delegation to the na-
tional convention is uninstruc;ed, but
requested to use all honorable means
to secure the re nomin alton of the
president. E. c. Mulrooney was the
permanent chairman. The following
we're named as national deleg a,es:
o. NJ. Lanstrum, Helena; Edward
Donlan, Missoula: D.. J. Charles,
Butte; Geo. T. Bsgee, Stevensville;
Sam Stephenson, Great Falls; Geo.
W. Clay, Valley county; j. G. Kenny,
Dawson; and A. j. Wilcomh, Mad
ison.
Administration D. Waite, Lewis.
town; j. E. Edwards, Forsyth; F. B.
Connolly, Billings; John Luce, Boze-
man; Geo. Millet,e, Lincoln county;
E. J. Crull, Roundup: julius Lehfeldt,
Chinook; and W. G. Husband, Har.
lowton.
For the minority Judge Cheadle pre-.
sented the following list:
Jos. M. Dixon; j. A. Ferris, Daw-
son; A. W. Merri6eld, Flathead; G..
A. Horkan, Rosebud; E. G. Russell,
Fergus; T. Nj. Everett, Blaine; Frank
Edwards, Helena, and W. F. Meyer,
Carbon.
Automatically Patterson, Beaver
head: H. j. Faust, Powell: G. B. And
erson, Galla.in: S. J. Small, Meagher:
Gilbert Ellis, Ravalli: H. A. Vagg,
Valley: Geo. Meyers, Broadwa.er,
and N. T. Lease, Cascade.
A roll call was demanded on the
question OF delee ates, but the Taft
won by 431 to 235.
Thomas A. NARROW of Helena was
chosen national committee man by a
vote of 422 to 232 over George W.
Farr of Miles City.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-22
The Cause Of Mankind.
By Theodore Roosevelt.

~ OOuOA NOOecNcAt.
Our task as Americana is to strive
for social and Industrial justice,
achieved through the genuine rule Of
people. This is our end, our purpose.
The methods for achieving the end
are merely e%xpedients, to be finally
accepted or rejected, according as ex.
perience shows that they work we'll or
i'll. But in our hearts we must have
this lofty purpose, and We must strive
for it in all earnestness and sincerity,
or Jul work will come to nothing.
In order to succeed we need leaders
OF inspired idealism, leaders to whom
are granted great visions, who dream
greatly and strive to make their
dreams come true: who can kindle the
people with the fire from their own
burning souls. The leader for the
time being, whoever be may be, is but
an instrument. to be used until brok-
en- then to be cast aside; and il
he is worth his salt he will care no
more when he is broken than a soldier
when he is sent where his life Ia for
felt, in order that the victory may be
won.
In the long fight for righteousness
the wachword for all of US Is spend
and be spent. 1t is of little matter
whether any M man fails or succeeds;
but the cause shall not fail, for 1t is
the cause Of mankind. We, here in
America, hold in our hands the hope
of the world, the fate of the
coming years; and shame and disgrace
will be our II In ~ eyes the iieh,
Of high resolve is dimmed. II we trail
In the duet the golden hopes OF man.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-22

have to pay. II this cannot be done
by statute 1t might be we'll to strike At
the packers from the other end of the
chain. But cutting down meat con.
sumption by 30 or 40 per cent and
by keeping it cut for q month or two,
the people could bring the packers to
terms. AS the hot weather is upon
us, when the average man would be
benefited by using less meat, it might
be we'll, on general principles, to try
this plan on the trust.-Globe Demo-
rrat
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-22
Voters Wreck Political Machines.
Baltimore Sun.

B4lIlmOf0 sun.
At its fret trial the direct presiden-
tial primary law gave q mighty good
account of itself.
Never In the history of Maryland
within the memory of the present gen.
GRAFTON has the political machine of
either party failed to dictate the states
choice of q presidential candidate.
Year after year, under the old system,
the republican machine dictated the
choice of the delegates sent to the
republican convention and the demo-
CT ratio machine dictated the choice of
the deleg stes to the democratic con-
yention. Such q thing as the people
getting into the game and choosing
their own delegates never entered the
head of the widest enthusiast.
Yet at the very first trial of the
direct voting law, the machine of one
party is smashed into smithereens.
And the machine of the other party,
although it was wise enough to get
back of q candid ate who has shown
strength in other sections
of the country, who is an experienced
himself and had all Of the
so-called pr actical" men of the city
back OF him, yet meets with a more
than q respectable opposition-sn OPP
position strong enough to carry 10 or
II of the % counties Of the state, in a
triangular fight, lined up behind q
college professor.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-22
Appropriate Names For Twins.

Colonel Roosevelt was warmly con.
gratul ating 9 young husband of Oys.
ter Bay on the arrival of twins.
Eyes, they are q great JOY to u.s."
the young husband said, biting his
lip nervously, "only we don't know
what to name Them"
"Why," said Colonel Roosevelt,
with q gay laugh, "there are hosts OF
good twin names. There's Ann and
Another, or Kate and Duplicate, for
girl twins; and for boys we have Peter
and Repeater Max and Climax, or
even-if the little fellows incline to be
boisterous-or even Hugh and Cny.''
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-22
OFFICIAL PAPER OF cH0UrEAU COUNTY
WEDNESDAY, MAY ~, 1912.
WHO WILL ElECT7

The bitter contest for the republican
presidential nomination threatens to
have . serious effect on election day,
should either of the rival sspirants
secure the nomin ration. Each OF the
contestants has enlisted in his service
. large and loyal body of republican
voters, and it is not within the proba.
bilities that all Of these will rally
round the banner of q csndida te who
was successful in q fierce fight against
their presidential preference.
It is realized by impartial observers
OF political developments that while
machine methods may secure q nomi.
nation, they invite defeat for their
candida on election day. The politi-
cal machine is not in favor among the
voters, and they are apt to express
their displeasure by turning down q
candida ate, however good his record,
simply because his nomination was
the result of unpopular machine meth
DDS.
That is what has been the matter
with Mr.. Taft's candidacy in some Of
the states that have been ruled with an
iron hand by political bosses. The
poor showing made by Mr.. Taft in the
primaries recently held in such states
was not due so much to his person al
deserts, as to the unpopular influences
that were supporting his candidacy.
The voters decided to smash the ma
chine, and in the accomplishment of
that purpose they caused Mr.. Taft q
degree of humiliation that may not
have been deserved by his record az
president.
The voters of each political party
have become weary and disguised with
machine methods, and will no longer
tolerate them. Progressive republic
cans and progressive democrats-and
these elements constitute a large ma
Joritv 10 each party-hold that the
voters should exercise in a direct
manner all the political rights to
which they are entitled. To force up
on them q nominee without their aid
or consent is regarded as q reflection
upon their ability to make q wise and
proper choice, or a scheme to advance
selfish interests that stand back OF the
machine-m ade nominee.
United party support for q candid ate
can best be secured by a square deal
in awarding the nomin alton. Ameri.
can citizens who are beaten in q fair
fight have no grievance against the
victor. but II they are thrown down by
foul tactics-bY methods that are
tricky and dishonest-theY sometimes
yield to the natural impulse to resent
such treatment In whatever manner
may seem effective.
A political machine that steals
nomination by crooked methods, even
for q worthy candidate, imposes a
burden of disrepute upon the nominee
that will handicap him In the race.
Honesty in politics was at one time
derided as an "iridescent DREAM
but the popular esteem Of q near ap.
proach to that ideal condition is one
OF the encouraging signs of the times.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-22

Water right blsnks-oniy correct
form published-for sale at the RIVER
PRESS Office.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
PAYS TRIBUTE TO BRONCO
Writer GiowinoIy Points Out ussful-
ness Of Little Arizona Animal
on the Trail.

When the Arizona bronco wishes to
be safe for you and himself, he is tie
safest thing in the world; and when
he wishes To be unsafe, life Is a mer-
ry chance. l went up and down trails
in Arizona which were almost perpen-
dioular, and rough and stone-strewn.
too; but there was little danger. Tor
the bronco has, not the ''ten pound"
but the Thousand pound" look! His
nose is TO the ground. his eyes fast
ened on the trail. his footstep the
most beautifully careful thing the
mind can conceive. One foot. placed
before another eases, preserves the
balance, adjusts the weight for an
other; and all this wonderful machin-
cry of equipoise, stability and safety
you feel working under you like deli.
cate machine. Yet this sage pioneer
Of the trail. with his meticulous care
Of you and himself, was just a wild
range-pony, hunted down by a range
rider, driven, coaxed or duped into
corral, broken. saddled, bridled and
ridden all in one hour; wrenched out
OF his wildness, having his heart brok-
en-, and made into slave while you
would eat your breakfast. He Is not
q beauty; he Is just mongrel; but
his legs and his feet are made of iron
and steel, and the work he does over
awful trails. In a rough and ragged
country, strewn with stones and fiints
and boulders and lava and scrub.
week after week, month after month
and year after year. would spoil the
legs of thoroughbred in three days
Gilbert Parker in Metropolitan Mag
azine.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
C0LoRS OF THE RAINBOW.
They Vary According to the Size Of tbs
Randroos.

Nlo'et. indigo blue. green. yellow. or.
anSr. red the colorS OF the rainbow.
Any child knows that. and the high
school pupil can refer you to half a
dozen textbooks 10 prove II. IL Is true.
however. OF only a very few rain
bows. rs G. Fitzhugh Talman demon
Strates In the Scientific American
The celors of rainbows vary With
their width, and their width varies with
the size OF the raindrops, biz drops
producing narrow bows with bright.
clearly defined colors. small drops pro-
ducing wide bows With pale c0lors.
Here are the en'ors rs generally seen:
I Wien thu ralndrcrs average one
nililinlc'pr IN Diameter. violet. light
bite. blush green. green, yellow. or
sugc. lisht red. dark red: -, when
the GrCaS average three ,enhs Of a
milimftpr in diameter. violet. light
blue, blush, green. greep yellow, or
ange; O. when the drops average one.
tenth Of milimp,rr. very pale violet.
yiu,e;, wh!tlSh hlue. whIiiSh green.
whitiSh yellow. pate yellow; lii when
The drurs average oue-twenlipth Of a
r.illiinpter ,fGs1 While tinged with VIC.
let. bright white. white tingcd with
yellow. very pale yellow.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
TOOK AER0PLRNE FOR ENEMY
French Birds investigated Strange
Creature OF the Air and Appear
Satisfied.

An extraordinary instance CT tie in
telligenco OF birds forms tho subject
OF a letter received by the French
ministry Of agriculture from al in
spector OF forests.
Some time ago the Inspector re
ceived complaints from sportsEen
that quail and partri6ges had become
scarce in cel tain districts. On exam
lining the matter lie found the birds
had deserted the regions in which
aerodoles had been installed. Seem
ingly they took the moncplGnes and
tiplares for enormous birds Of pey.
Finding after some tine, however,
that their ranks were not thlnned by
the strange creatures lowering over
head, paytridges and quail dispatched
scouts to tho aerodones to examine
the air craft at cloge quarters. The
result Of the Investigations Of these
feathcred ENJOYS was evidently reas
surirg, for the birds returned 20 their
former haunts and tic preserves
around lie Mans and Rheims are now
as well stocked Is formerly.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
r.r litsd hv = knifa.

an al blirtn whose tendencies
were ,aw.sl HE leaciiinss of prohibit
luuisi> ~ haW lie accidentally spoiled
,ha eIe, 81 pea he WAS making
tsalh>i &c ,iq;;er traffic before an Out
dosr an.caee IN the northern part OF
fadjaag is The time he had made out
lie nos Tor his speech he mad reached
poir Of view that BODIED Ill for King
,u;n. and when he began speaking
frouthem his Imagination expanded
and i language fairly sclntillated with
,rtLindS hurried at the traffic. In the
mist of il, while paying his specia!
raaec!S 10 Hose who helped the traffic
9ng by their leniynce toward II. q
.ries of malrvoleni hreeZes tried 10
larry OF the loose leaves OF his manu-.
script. To stop the annoyance he
opened up his rocketknife ana pinned
he pages TO the pine board before tim.
Tie pinned them with such vigorous
jolt that II biz corkSrrcw With which
he other end of the knife was equip,
rer Topped opeu and stood up shame.
lesS!y before all those temperance PEG
pie
II have always felt" the orator is
wont 10 say. that the impression 1
made on that crowd was not common.
sarate with the beauty of my effort. -
Indianapolis News.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
Dancer In Crabs.

Crabs no matter how fresh they be
make SINE fellows sick nearly everj
time thy eat them. Still they TAXI
chance on it every once In SO often
just the same. Crabs must De very
tne eatirg and have a lovely taste as
they are being munched and put into
the paurcaes of the crab-eaters. Craps
will eat dead horse, or rats, pigs
cats or dogs decaying in the ocean.
Perhaps ii the crabs were penned UP
and fed on the choicest Of foods for
some days, so as to get few OF the
dirty germs out of them, as well as rio
them of the filth they eat, then in
somewhat cleaner condition they might
not, after being eaten, turn the insldes
wrong side out and inside outward
both ways at the same time. Some
foolish fellows feel highly insultee
when told that they take chance
every time they eat crabs. Eat en-
and don't kick at the doctor bill--Ex
change.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
Orininai Panamans.

The Chccos Indians, who live en- the
southwestern coast Of Panama, are be-
lieved to be descendants Of the tribes
which inhabited that part Of the vcrld
when Columbus discovered Santo Do
mingo.
They are tall and stalwart, with
kindly natures, free hospitality and
an innate honesty Few white men
have ever been among them Tribes OF
a somewhat similar nature are also
found CT the southeast coast many or
Them having never seen white face
Nn their lives. While the republic OF
ranama nominally rules this aection'
Se truth is that these indians govern
temselves entirely, and have absolute,
lJno intercourse with the white. they
donot allow white man to visit their
laHs and still fly the Colombian nag
7eir houses are grass huts, their
dieting Is almost nothing, but they
secnto enjoy life in spite OF the lac'
that hey are unacquaiated with the
bcnets of religion, fashion, society
and evernment
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
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INSPIRATION OF THE C0l0RS
Sentiments That the Soldier Associ.
ates With the Flag Have Turned
Many Battles.

Instance after instance could DO
quoted from military history In which
The mere sight of the colors has In.
spired men and carried them to ulti-
mate victory when the tide Of battle
appeared to have turned against them
and all seemed lost. Great generals
have themselves taken the colors In
their hands and rallied their forces to
supreme effort In the hour Of trial.
obviously 1t was not the mere piece
OF tattered silk that wrought these
wonders; 1t was the sentiment insep-
arably associated with the colors that
acted as the spell.
We know, too. that the capture or
the loss of colors has always been as
signed vital Importance by the
worlds greatest commanders, be-
cause they knew that these regimen
tai emblems typified all that their
possessors held most dear-prestige.
| honor, victory. Let any man visit
Napoleon's tomb at the Invalides, and.
taking on the solemn spirit Of the
hour. gaze down into the circular
shrine in which lies the huge porphyry
sarcophagus containing the body Of
the great captain whose legions made
all Europe tremble. Apart from the
sarcophagus itself, what is it that
most impresses nine out of every ter
spectators? Surely the stands of col
ors--the trophies of war-that stand
grouped round the tomb. They are
the mutely eloquent witnesses to ths
greatness of the man whose dust rests
in their midst--London Telegraph.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
First Drop Curtain Sian.

1t is very seldom nowadays that we
catch Il glimpse of advertising signs Oh
the drop curtains OF amy New York
u0d yet time was when this
method of advertising was source OF
revenue 10 tie manager. and curtains
were literally covered with signs. |, is
related that one Ut the foremost PRO
aucers along broadway some twenty
i've years ago. while putting on Il big
musical pluy. discovered that his funds
were running low and he was unable
10 raise loan One of the scenes in
The play represented Cnion square. al
that tine the FIRST class retail! center OF
New York city He had an idea he
went TO merchants whose places OF
business were on Union square and
proposed 10 show their stores in his
srenc and with their signs plainly in
sight, which would be good ad The
suggestion was readily accented. and
the producer col MI the money he re-
quircd for bringing out his play end q
great deal more. New York Telegraph
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
eaothers.in.La W.

The editor Of a woman's magazine
got a letter the ether day from a cor
respondent who asked, What mourn
Ing. # any, should be worn for
incthee.in-la>y p This question is
freightcd with meaning, The longer
you look at it tie wcightier it be.
comes. The editor answered that it
all depends en- the motherin-law, and
Immediately we have an answer quite
as veiehty as the question. In the
furLy papers and in fiction no mother.
in-law vas ever taken seriously. In
resl life we not only take them seri
ously bat we sometimes take them
with a great deal OF affection and re-
srcct The motherin-law joke should
have had its day, and yet out OF 6
clear eky-well, as | say, the woman
wants to know what mourning-lF
ANY!-should be worn. New York
Press.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-10-12
Il Isn't Veneer That Really Counts.

It's what man is, not what he has,
which makes him q real man, after
all. Acquired powers have their fas.
cinatlon, it must be admitted, butt
compared with genuine qualities, are
not important. Which do you wish
the ability OF husband to swear ct
you in seven languages, or q loving
tenderness that will prompt your hus
band to speak words Of sympathy al
you in commonplace accents? Arr
you contemplating living with clever
ness that can cut you to the heart oil
with great tenderness of nature tina
can sympathize?
Technical facilities, encyclopedia In
formation, polished manners. all &C
CURED points. usually attract o won
an. They are veneers, and the wis
girl will look beneath. A continents
bow, a polite speech Of apology with
French phrase thrown In, can neve
counterbalance the black eye given 4
blind rage.