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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Hundreds Sold Their Votes.

MADISON, Ca, Sept. 13.-The great
est vote-buying scandal in Georgia
history was disclosed today When the
Morgan county grand jury made
known the result of its investigation
into the recent democr attic primary.
The grand jury charges that over 500
votes were bought and sold in the pri.
mary, and vote buying has character
ized every election held In Morgan
county for the last ten years.
The price of votes ranged from 81
up to s60. One man and his two sons
received $3.50 for their three votes.
The candid ates stated that of the 1900
voters in the county over 500 were on
the market, and insisted on being
bought in every election. The judge
of the city court, the solicitor general
and every official chosen in the pri'
mary are said to be involved.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Fraudulent Land Schemes.

WASHINGTON, Sept 12.-The de.
partment OF agriculture in q report
soon to be issued will sound q note of
warning to all interested against
orchard investment schemes that hold
out promises of profits far in excess
of what the department regards a.
warranted.
Many inquiries have reached the de-
partment regarding orange, apple and
other enterprises where the orchardiz.
ing is to be done by proxy and profits
are alluring in the extreme. Not all
the schemes are frowned upon by the
dep artment, however, as will be point.
ed out In the report.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Big Crowd Greets Roosevelt.

SEATTLE, Sept. 1O.-Colonel Roose-
velt received q tremendous ovation
upon his arrival here today. Thous-
ands of people struggled at the rail-
road station for 9 chance to get Q
glimpse of him. He entered an auto
mobile that led long procession Of
automobiles and marching men. Pro.
minent In the parade was big moose
banner from Spokane with "Thou
Shalt not Steal'' on it.
1--WE are facing the greatest crisis
since the days of Lincoln" said Col
onel Roosevelt here today to one of
the largest crowds he has addressed
In his present campaign. ~ ask ex-
democrats aud ex-republicans alike to
leave the old parties, both of them
boss-ridden and privilege controlled,
and come with US, for we stand for
the eternal principles of righteous
ness"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Bought q Gold Brick.

SEATTLE, Sept. 14.-A $4,000 gold
brick swindle, perpetrated three years
ago on W. r. Marion. q wealthy resi-
dent of South Bend, Wssh., who has
since died, was disclosed when Q
cheese.shaped "brick" weighing 100
pounds was declared at the United
States assay Office here to be made of
an excellent grade of copper, coated
with q thick layer of pure gold. Mr..
Marion, who is believed to have
bought the gold from half.breed
Mexican who visited him three years
ago, evidently discovered that he had
been swindled. but did not complain
and the oper rations of the confidence
man only were brought to light when
Marion's widow began an investiga'
ton into her husbands estate.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Big Livestock Shipments.

HELENA, Sept. 14.-This season
will witness the windup of about all
the old.time cattle outfits in Montana,
the high price of beef having hastend
their retirement. Orders have been
given by the owners Of these outAts
that every thing is to go, lean or fat,
young or old, whether it will make
beef or not.
Indications are that a great many
more head will be shipped from Mon
tana this fall than was anticipated
for practically ever grower in the state
has given orders to ship everything
that will pass as beef. Because the
range has been excellent and condi-
tions unexcelled this season, it will
result in Montana's cattle holdings
being materially reduced and indica-
tions are that the plant will go up
next year of q decided shortage in
breeding stock.
According to reports received by
the state board OF stock commissioners
from inspectors the movement of cat
tie is now we'll under way, being two
or three weeks earlier than in past
seasons. High prices account for
this condition, stockmen fear prices
will drop and desire to get as much
OF their stuff to market as soon as pos.
sible before quotations fall.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Light Vote at Primaries.

DENVER, Sept. 10.-Out of regis.
tration Of approxim ately 25O,000 vo-
ters in Colorado for the statewide pri-
mary, it was estim ated that only about
30 to 40 per cent had cast their ballots
at the polls today. Colorado's first
trial OF the primary plan was met by
an apathy that is causing worry among
politicians.
The light vote in the rural districts
was due to the fact that farmers took
advantage of the clear weather to
harvest their bumper crops. Few
women voted, some explaining the
fact that the ballot seemed so com.
plicated that they were afraid of los.
ing their vote.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Big Parade Of Veterans.

Los ANGELES, Sept. ll.-Marching
with faltering step, but with heads
erect and tattered old bullet.ridd led
battle flags flying, 1000 veterans OF
the conflict between the states gather.
ed in annual encampment, paraded
through the streets of Los Angeles
today.
Here and there along the route tax.
en-, darting in and out of the line,
hundreds of girls with arms laden
with cut flowers scattered blossoms q,
the feet of the marching hosts, OF
quenched the thirst of the marchers
with dainty glasses of lemona ade car
ried In trays decorated with red, white
aud blue flowers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Japanese General Suicides.

TOXIC, Sept. 13.-General Nogi,
supreme military councillor of the en-
pire, and his wife, the Countess Nogi,
committed suicide tonight In accord
ance with the ancient Japanese GUS
tom, 90 q final tribute to their emper.
or and friend Mutsuhito.
The death by their own hands of
the famous general aud his wife was
as dramatic ss it was sad. The gen.
eral cut his throat with a short sword
aud the countess committed hari-kari,
Following the Samurai custom, the
couple had carefully prepared their
plans for the end and timed the event
so that it would be coincident with the
departure forever from Toxic of the
dead emperor.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
WORKING FOR NOTHING.
High Land Values are Handicap To
Eastern Farmers.

e0SSSs = - uuVs %
CHICAGO, Sept. 12.-The yield OF
corn per acre must be largely increas.
ed or land values will have to euffer .
severe drop, or large part OF the
best corn lands will have to pass from
owners who work themselves to
wealthy men and rich corporations
who can stand low returns, provided
the investment is certain, according to
II. NJ. Cottrell, agricultural commis-
sioner of the Rock Island lines.
Land in the corn states has increased
rapidly in selling value, while the
productivity of much of 1t has been
decreasing steadily. Much Of the high
priced corn land is barely giving q
net annual return of four per cent on
the Investment.
The United States department OF ag-
riculture reports for ten year aver
age that the yield of corn per acre
per year is: In Illinois, 34.7 bush
els; Iowa, 1928 bushels: Missouri, 28.6
bushels; Nebr aska, q bushels, and
Kansas, 22.4 bushels.
Forty acres is usually considered
the acreage that one man and team
can properly handle. At fifty cents a
bushel the gross returns from forty
acres of corn in Illinois will average
1904. A tenant will have to give at
least one-third rent: often he gives
one.half the crop for rent. AT one.
third rental the tenant gets gross
return of S463. 1t N axes six months
work for himself and team, and he
has to furnish and keep In repair har-
ness, wagon, plow, harrow and cult.
vator. This 10 S77 q month for him.
self, his team, their feed and his i'm
plements. A Kansas corn grower
gets q gross income of $50 q month
for the six months for himself, his
team, feed and Implements.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Will Follow Roosevelt.

CHICAGO, Sept. 10.-Arrangements
have been completed for tour of the
Pacific coast by John M. Harlan of
Chicago, who will follow .Colonel
Roosevelt through that section of the
country vocating the cause OF Presi-
dent Taft. Harlan left last night for
Huntington, Ore, where he will arrive
Thursday q few hours ahead Of
Colonel Roosevelt. At that point .
special train will be provided for
Harlan which will follow closely the
regular train to which Colonel Roose.
velt's private car ia attached.
Harlan will spend two weeks on the
Pacific coast and follow Colonel
Roosevelt back east.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
c,adstone's Speech For lrvina.

Gladstone was great admirer OF
Sir Henry Irving, and this admiration
was shown one day in the house OF
commons. Irving was under the gal
lery in the house when suddenly, with
out apparent reason, Gladstone leaped
to his feet and delivered an I'M
passioned speech, set off with all the
expression and dramatic gesture for
which he was so famous. The house
seemed surprised. Members looked at
one another and murHlured, "What Is
the old man now up tot" They
thought it was some deep political
game. But a week or two later a
friend of Irvings, encountering Mr..
Gladstone, mentioned the actors visit
to the house, and Gladstone eagerly
inquired: "What did he think Of my
speech? l made it for him."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Government Revenues Increase.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.-Treasury
figures for Augustj indicate that the
government revenues were = jumping
over the returns for thei; same period
Of last year. Customs receipts for
August and July, the fret two months
OF the present fiscal year ran S4,OOO,~
600 each above the figures Of the same
two months in 1911.
Aside from the Panama canal and
the public debt theIexcess OF ordinary
disbursements over receipts was e16,~
600, 900 less than the corresponding
two months last year.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18

out the commonwealth the last month,
- about to commence operations in
Australia, was stated here today.
The federal attorney general, Mr..
Hughes, says az far as be knows, the
commonwealth has no power to crap.
pie effectively with such trust. Those
WHO are known to be intimately con.
nected with the combine have been
Under observ alton for come time and
II the trust commences oper ations, as
70 believed ii will do soon, it is esti-
mated that the increased prices for
meat that will follow will amount to
huge Gums each year.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Daring Aviator Killed.

CHICAGO, Sept. 12.-Aviator Paul
Peck, of Washington, D. c., holder
of the American duration flight record
was killed in fall with his biplane
last night, while flying in gusty
wind. he attempted too steep spir al
and when he struck the ground the
heavy engine came through the wreck.
age, striking him in the neck.
A gusty wind blew at Circero field
all day and the directors posted the
customary warning to aviators. Peck
went up in spite OF the caution. AT
about SEQ feet altitude he started
to come down in spiral glide and
lost control of his machine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Women Politicians Get Busy.

BOISE, Sept. IL A republican ticket
made up entirely of women caudida,e
will be placed in the field in Idaho
this fall against the regular republic
can and progressive tickets. The
women members of the repu blican
party in Idaao announce that they
have become disgusted with the
wrangling within the party and have
decided to place ticket of their own
before the people. The women will
hold their convention here next week.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Fugitive Outlaws Arrested

DEs MONIES, Ia, Sept. 14.-Sidney
Allen, leader of the Hillsville, Va,
Allen gang, and Wesley Edwards, q
member of the gang, were arrested
here today, according to detectives
from Roanoake, Va. The man believ.
ed to be Sidney Allen was captured in
q house at Eleventh end Locust streets,
and Wesley Edwards was arrested
while working on q paving gang.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Gave "knockout Drops"

CHICAGO, Sept. 15.-Giving "knock-
out drops" to men and robbing them
when they became unconscious has
been carried on as a regular business
in Chicago, according to q confession
to the police by Gertrude Sutter. J.
Paul Folsom, employed in the Office of
the clerk of the county court was ar
rested with the woman when she had
charged that he lured victims from the
plot. A number of women's diamond
rings were found in Folsom's pockets
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Name For the Species.

A Texas statesman, who knows as
much about poker as he does about pol.
itics and as much about politics as he
does about poker, sat in little game In
New York one evening and became ex.
tremely annoyed, not to say peeved,
by the lamentations Of man who was
losing. Finally one of the other play.
ers, also irritated by the constant wall,
told the loser:
"You are one of the greatest monoi
ogists l ever listened to outside OF 0
theater"
Hes not a monologist," said tht
Texan tartly. "He's moan-ologist.
Popular Magazine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Highway Across Continent.

INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 11.-A msca.
dam roadway to extend from New
York to San Francisco, q distance of
3,340 miles and to cost s25, 100000 was
proposed here last eight At banquet
of 300 Indiana automobile manufac-
turers and dealers, who subscribed
$500, 900 to start the campaign in this
state. The plan is to furnish material
at q coet OF about $4,000, 900 free to
the counties through which the road
will pass, the counties to pay only the
cost of construction.
The route is to be selected by a
commission to be chosen by an org an
ization of automobile manufacturers,
and the road is to be constructed un-
der the supervision of government en-.
gineers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Suicides To Pay Creditors.

NEW YORK, Sept. l1.-Nathan Gift.
q manufacturer m of boys clothing and
treasurer of two elk manufacturing
concerns, who committed suicide At his
down town Office on Monday, took
poison because he saw that failure of
the two companies was q matter of
hours and he believed his 100000
life insurance might be enough to
satisfy the bills. This Is the state.
ment made by his lawyers.to the cre'
ditors. Petitions in bankruptcy were
filed yesterday against both COM
panies.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Denver Officials Indicted.

DENVER, Sept. 1l.-More than a
score of present and former officials
and prominent business men of Denver
appeared today in the criminal divis-
ion of the district court either in per-
son or by attorney and gave bond to
answer to charges contained in grand
jury indictments. In each case the
bond was fixed at 81, 900 except in the
case of present city officials, who were
released on their own recognizances.
The charges against present and for
mer city officials accuse them of fail
ure to enforce laws against open vice.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Bryan Will Follow Roosevelt.

New YORK, Sept. l2.-William J.
Bryan notified the democr attic national
headquarters here today that he would
start next Saturday on q speaking
tour of the western states, following
closely on the trail of Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt. He will make the trip
at his own expense.
Mr.. Bryan will speak at all impor-
tant points where Colonel Roosevelt
has spoken, in Colorado. Montana,
California, Nevada and Wyoming,
returning to Lincoln on October 2.
From that date until the end of the
campaign he will speak in the
middle east and west.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
City Pays Dividend.

FARGO, N. D., Sept. 14.-The city of
Fargo has declared q dividend of 81
per cent which will be paid in cash
March 1st, 1913. Mayor Sweet in an
nouncing the dividend said:
"Ten thousand dollars has been
saved the city in the last year and we
have decided to refund the surplus to
taxpayers in proportion to their last
assessment
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Horse Plague Costs Millions.

SAL1NA, Kas., Sept. 16.-Six mill
lion dollars will not cover the list
OF damage caused by the horse
plague in Kansas In the last month,
according to estimates made by DR..
F. S. Schoentheur, head of the veteri-
nary department, and Dr.. E. 81. Web
ster, director of the experiment sta.
ton of the Kansas agricultural col.
lege, who have been visiting the
plague infected district.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Raises Price Of Carey Land.

HELENA, Sept. 1.-THE state Carey
Land Act board, at a recent meeting,
decided to increase the price per acre
of Carey lands from SO cents an acre
to 81. so an acre.
Under the terms of the Carey act the
land is donated to the state by the
government. For years the state has
been selling it for fifty cents an acre,
this price going to pay the expenses
of the state In supervising the Carey
lands. It was found, however, that
this price was too low, and therefore
1t was increased to S1.5O an acre.
This increase will but slightly affect
the price OF the lands to settlers, the
chief charge being for the furnishing
of water, which is made by the Carey
company reclaiming the lands.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Record Price For Cattle.

CHICAGO, Sept. 12.-For the third
time this week beeves broke the high
price record yesterday. A carload
sold at 5000. This was Is cents
above the last previous top figures.
Predictions were freely made that the
trade would soon see something here.
tofore believed fabulous-the 1lcent
steer
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18

mel Joseph r. Baldwin is one of the
three who refused to get of the ticket
Progressive leaders say supporters
of the colonel should not attend the
convention, because, they argue, 1t 10
illegal. They say vacancies among
electors can be brought about only
through death or resignation, in which
event the vacancies maybe filed only
by the state centra al committee.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
STIMS0N VS.. ROOSEVELT.
Former Friend Of Colonel Opposed
To His Candidacy.


SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. LII was
Theodore Roosevelt's candid ate for
governor OF New York two years ago,
and Roosevelt and I have been very
close political and personal friends.
but l am opposed to Roosevelt's con.
duct at present. There is no jussi6ca-
tion or reason or need for Theodore
Roosevelt in this day or gener ation,"
said Secretary OF War Henry L Stim-
son in general discussion of political
conditions.
"Theodore Roosevelt has done more
harm to the ady ancement of pure poll.
tical and better governmental condi-
tions than any other one man, or com.
bination OF men, that has intermeddled
10 political and governmental affairs
in q great many years.
II am q republican because the re-
publican party is q party of progress
and am progressive. am sup
porting President Taft because he is
the real progressive of the republican
party. Under the leadership of such
progressives as President Taft and the
men who have remained loyal to him
after generation of fighting for bet
ter and higher things in the party
and in the government, the people a
large are promised the very best re-
suits obtaina able from our form O
government.
Secretary Stimson declared tha
thirty years ago when Roosevelt wen
into politics for the first time, condi
tions were infinitely more rotten thar
they had ever been before.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18

that the curiosity of the estate man
ayers was excited.
Detectives have been guarding the
grounds since the outbreak of labor
troubles there Investigated conditions
with the result that evidence developed
of the existence OF perniciously pro.
life snake hatchery on or near the
premises. The snake bounty has been
abolished.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Would Recall Electors.

BALTIMORE, Md, Sept. 10.-The
Maryland republican state convention
will re. as assemble here to .7ipose the
three avowed Roosevelt supporters
chosen last May as presidential elec-
tors, who refuse to resign. and name
successors to them and to the three
other Roosevelt men who did resign
when Mr.. Taft was nomin ated. Colo
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
AGAINST HARVESTER TRUST
Government Brings Suit To Dissolve
Big Corporation.


CHICAGO, Sept. 16.-Tsking of tes-
timony in the government suit to dis
solve the International Harvester
company, which as Sl4O, 600, 900 cor.
por alton is charged with existing in
violation of the Sherman antitrust
law, was begun today before Special
Examiner Robert S. Taylor, with
General Manager Clarence Funk, the
first witness.
Mr.. Funk appeared with books and
documents containing records OF the
company's business.
The fling OF the suit was determined
upon after the department of Justice
and the company had failed to agree to
q plan to dissolve without litig alton
by dividing the corpor alton q property
among new companies as was done in
the tobacco corporation dissolution
The government charges that the
corpor alton, by combining the five
largest agricultural implement manu-
facturers in 1902, created trust and
monopolized at that time IS to 90 per
cent of the trade.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Raised Snakes For Bounty.

TARRYToWN, N. Y, Sept. 15.-To
rid his extensive estate OF snakes which
infested its wild.r parts when he
bought it, John D. Rockefeller offered
laborers on the place q bounty of 25
cents for every dead snake brought in.
Recently the number OF reptiles pre-
sented for redemption bee anne so large
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Gig Crops In Canada.

REGINA, Sask., Sept. 10.-The esti~-
mate of the provincial department Of
agriculture of the crop ofa1912, based
on reports received from 1900 corres-
pondents, indicate yield of all grains
of 228, 466, 1853 bushels, which is an in.
crease of Is, 10000 bushels over the
crop of last year.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Freight Increase Suspended.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 10.-Advanc-
60 proposed on freight rates on whole
barley between California, Nevada,
Utah and Minneapolis and other
western points were suspended today
until January I, to permit hearings
before the interstate commerce COM
mi 8 siOn
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Starts Butterfly Farm.

TRUCKEE, Cal, Sept. II. - Miss
Ixmena McGlashan of Truckee is a
butterfly farmer and is making money
at 1t. In the last six weeks she has
propagated and sold 5000 mounted
butterflies, for which she received e3l0,
or five cents apiece, which amounts to
more than $50 q week.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Sorry He Didn't.

II knew that fellow when he didn't
have a dollar" exclaimed the envious
man.
'That may explain why he is not
more genial toward you now. You evil
dently didn't lend him one."-Washing'
ton Star.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Beef Trust In Australia.

SYDNEY, Sept. u.-That the United
States beef trust, concerning which 60
much discussion has been on through.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-10
BIindfoIded, Head soused.

In the course of the ceremonies the
boy was attired in a harlequin cos
tune, his eyes securely bound with a