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The oasis., 1912-05-25
Mexican Lands.

Doctor 5. Ben Smith of Cumu- ripa, on the Rio Yaqui, In Sonora, has established in Los Angeles, California, an office for the sale of several extensive and valuable tracts of land in that part of So- nora, owned by himselfand clients. The lands are among the very best of their kind in that rich and fertile region, and they offer remarkable opportunities for investment. Doc tor Smith himself is an old timer on the West Coast of Mexico, wide ly known and possessed of the con- fdence of everybody. He is re- commended by THE OASIS cheer fully and unreservedly.
The oasis., 1912-05-25
Whole No. e92

is alleged against the prisoners that they had tempered with the soldiers in the garrison and were endeavoring to induce them to desert and unite in raising the standard of revolt, and the allega- tiOn is made that when arrested some of the leaders were found with discriminating correspondence from Orozco.
 MT. A. F. Tarin, teller in the BancO de Sonora at Hermosillo, has very handsome gold nugget, weighing more than five ounces, that came recently from the San Perfecto placer fields, in the Altar district about fifty miles northwest from Caborca, 129 miles from the. railway at Santa Ana, and forty miles from the gulf coast. In the immediate vicinity where the mug get was found Mir. Tarin owns Announcement of good placer ground, named the Alsacia, upon which he contemplates organizing company for operation.
 Last week Yaquis killed two freighters on the road between Ures and San Javier, and three were killed the preceding week. The freighters all drew off from the roads. So the mining companies most interested raised an armed force to patrol the routes travelled. The Nina Mexico contributed twenty-five men, the San Antonio Copper Company twenty-five, the Animas mine at San Javier twenty five, and twenty-five were sent by the state, making a we'll armed force of 100 men, under protection of which the freighters resumed business.
 This week and last Mir. z. O. Stocker, from Ontagota, in the Yaqui delta, has been at Guaymas and HermosillO, hiring Chinese laborers to gather the canteloupe crop, now coming forward. He secured about seventy-fve men and returned to the delta Tuesday, Carload shipments commenced Thursday-from Cajeme station, and there will be about eighty car loads. Express shipments have been coming along some time. The first, consisting of two crates of canteloupes, no in number, sold in Los Angeles on May 1st for $110.00 gold.
The oasis., 1912-05-25
muM.clpAt ELECTION
wsrt mondsy Two Tleksts |" the Field. LIttle Interest Msnlfested.

Next Monday is the day set by law and due proclamation for the municipal election in the Town Ot Nogalea. Never before in the his tory of the town has there beer manifested so little interest as al this election. The following is the first that was put into the field: PROGRESSIVE MUNICIPAL TICKET. For COuncilmen-
 Thomas Bayze.
 Charles F. Holler
 w. J. Neumann.
 H. R. Renshaw.
 John Wilson.
 John A. Spink.
 o. K. Franklin. For Clerk
 c. NJ. Rathbun. For Marshal
 Philip Clarke. For Supt. of Streets
 K. J. Holden.
 Following is the other ticket; For Councilmen-
 L. w. Mix.
 Bracey Curtis.
 John T. Brickwood.
 c. A. Fiedler.
 w. c. Bowman.
 A. A. Doherty.
 Otto HerOld. For Clerk
 Grover Marsteller. For Marshal
 J. K. Wright. For Supt. of Streets
 A. l.. Peck.
The oasis., 1912-05-25
soAoRA SlFTIRcs. 8
Shaken Out Mere and There In the
 Great State Acroaa the Llns.

Last week Mir. w. k. Pomeroy came in from the Nina Mexico, where he is general manager, and after transaction of business at Guaymas and Hermosillo, the gentleman started Sunday to El Paso, to visit with his family.
 Last Sunday Mir. Eugene Me- Sweeney, president of the United States Graphite Company, owning extensive mines near San Marcial, who had been in Sonora on busi- ness some four weeks, returned to his home in Saginaw, Michigan.
 Monday Mir. F. c. Emery, pre- sident of the Cobriza Copper Com pany, went from Nogales to Her. mosillo on business. At Magada, lena the gentleman was joined by MT. B. K. Sharpe, and they pro- Ceeded together to the capital city,
 With the return of the Sonora railway to the day schedule with its passenger trains, Carbo is made again an eating station where all trains stop for meals, and the travelling public find the best in the country on the tables of the Depot Hotel, conducted by Mrs George R. Juarez.
 Sunday Mir. H. J. Temple, gen eral superintendent for the South. ern Pacific of Mexico, started for the East via Nogales, El Paso and New Orleans. At Douglas the gentleman was joined by his mo. ther, Mrs. L. L. Temple, his sister Mrs. E. c. Piper, and his daughter Miss Evelyn Temple, who vii visit in Boston and other eastern cities.
 Mir. Thos. Lake, superintendent for the calumet < Sonora Copper Company, is arranging to resume in June operations on the property of the company, at the Alamo ranche, about ten miles east from Llano. The property is an ex cellent copper proposition on whicl considerable work, has been done showing good ores. It is believed additional work will develop { valuable ore body.
 Fine and abundant crops ar reported in all the river valleys o Sonora, and the harvest now il course of gathering is pronounced a bumper. The wheat yield in th valleys of the Sonora and Sal Miguel rivers is reported the great est ever known; and the garbanz crop in the deltas of the Yaqui Mayo and Fuerte rivers is said t, be immense. Harvesting garbanzo has just begun. Canteloupes ar coming ous also in large quantities To move the garbanzos, canteloupe and tomatoes will require 800 cars
 A revolutionary plot has bee uncovered in Magdalena and
 number of prominent citizens c the place have been arrested among them Lie. Juan Antoni Gonzales, the we'll known lawyer who is an alternate member in tn state Congress, representing tn Magdalena district, Gabriel Urqu des, Julius Hsllenstein, Ernest Gualterio Lopez and others. The were taken to Hermosillo Sunda under 8 strong military guard.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-28
THE ASSESSMENT PROBLEM.

The plan to increase the assessment
of all property ia the state to its full
cash value, as proposed In q resulu-
ton passed at the meeting of county
commissioners recently held in Mis-
soula. is not as simple a matter as it
appears at first sight. If the ASSESS
ment could be increased on all classes
uf property to lite full cash value with
a corresponding reduction in the tax
rate for both state and county pur-
poses such a change would be bene-
assessment is low and the tax rate Is
high. In some cities OF the state the
rate is as high as t per cent. and this
rate is sufficient to discourage immi-
grafton. II the rate were reduced to
! per cert. and the assessment multi
piled by four, the figures would be
more nearly in accord with the actual
value Of the property and the low tax
rate would be IN attraction to invest
Ors.
The difficulty in the matter. however.
would be to secure an increased as
sessment that would be uniform on all
classes of property and uniform in all
parts of the state. II the proposed
increase were left to the individual
assessors it is certain that the increase
would not be uniform and, while the
assessors could raise the value of all
property, they could not increase the
assessment on railroads. Any in
crease in the assessed value OF rail
roads would have to be made by the
state board of equalization, and as
such increase would be contested by the
railroads it is not at all certain tha'
it could be made.
The only way that the proposed in.
crease could be made so as to atfec'
all property alike would be through
some such agency as the state board o
equalization. If the board could
double the assessed value of all pro
perty and at the same time cut the ia,
rate in two for state and county pur
poses, the desire result could be reach
ed without working injustice to an,
one.
Under the present law the stat
board of equalization has no powe
to take such action and a new la,
would first have to be passed an
possibly an amendment to the stat
constitution would be required. Tn
plan of having the increase made b
the several assessors, however, is In
practical and would result in create
evils than those Of the present system
-Kalispell Bee.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-28
What lie Man4ed 70 See

1t cannot be denied that the saddest
thing in the world is Il man trying to
buy in a department store q garment
for a woman. Discouraged before he
begins, a walk through acres of gar
ments which are none of his business
dcpresses him still further. Saleswo-
men are pitifully tolerant, even kind.
but his of inferiority grows.
One unfortunate who tried to buy a
sweater for q wife who was out Of
town did at last rebel. His first mis-
take was in language. "Thirty-six
chest" he said. "Thirty-six bust"
corrected the young At last
in a helpless tangle he bought meekly
what he was told to buy. Then she
asked. "Is there anything more 1 can
show you?"
"Yes," he said solemnly. the quick,
est way out."-New York Sun.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-28
Food Value OF WaInuts.

The food value Of walnuts is very
high. They are very rich in fat, con-
tanning as much as G3 per cent, while
the protcins amount to nearly 16 per
cent. 1t has been calculated that thir-
ty large walnut kernels contain as
much fat as two and three-quarters
pounds of lean beef, and yet the wal
nut is used as Il supplement to a square
meal. Added to this the glass Of port,
say two fluid ounces, contains besides
$50 grains Of alcohol, 70 grains OF
grape sugar. In the combination.
therefore, we have all the elements
which make for n complete diet-viz,
fat, protein, carbohydrate, to which
may be added mineral salts. Port and
walnuts after a meal are therefore
from a nutritive point Of view "ridicu-
lous excess" and may lead to digestive
disturbance. Both walnutS and port
wine contain tannin, which is %unsuited
to some constitutions.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-28
Fire Eneine and Street Cleaner.

The newest type Of municipal motor
driven machine acquired by Vienna is
unique in that it can serve as a fire
engine, street sweeper, street sprinkler
and as a simple six ton truck. The
transformation from sprinkling wagon
into fire engine requires but the start
ing Of a separate motor, which is indie
pendent of the motive power, and the
attachment Of a fire hose to the univer-
sal screw pump on the plug. When
the sweepers are to be used a simple
movement drops them into position.
and when the water reservoir is dis
mounted the city has an ordinary six
ton truck at its disposal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-28
TnncNE7AY AS A TAL-KE7.
A Grand Cratorical Display That Did
No: Take Place.

Thackeray was terribly self con
scious and usually presented a very
POOR appearance when he attempted to
| deliver q speech. Why can't they get
Dickens to take the chair" he Grum-
bled when he had to preside at the
general theatrical fund. He can make
q speech, and q good one. I'm of no
use. They little think how nervous !
am. and Dickens doesn't know the
meaning Of the word"
An amusing story is recorded Of the
occasion when, with Mr.. Fields. the
well known American publisher.
Thackeray Travelled to Manchester to
make q speech at the founding of the
Free Library institution in that town.
The would be orator declared that, al
though Dickens and Bulwer Lytton
and Sir James Stephen were to pre-
cede him, he intended to beat each of
them on this occasion. lie insisted
that Mr.. Fields should be seated di-
rectly in front Of him 50 that he should
not miss a single word.
Later. as he rose. he looked at his
friend as much as to say, I'll show
You what speaking is" He began flu
emily, was excellent for two minutes
ard then in the midst of q most ear
nest sentence stopped suddenly. gave
a look of comic despair and sat down.
"Ny boy" he said when the meeting
was over-"my boy, you have acct
dentally missed hearing one of the
finest speeches ever prepared by q
great British orator."-"Some Aspects
of Thackeray," by Lewis Melville.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-28
RAINED ICY BULLETS.
A HaiIstorm In the Pyrenees L. a seri-
Gus Matter.

In a letter to the London Times a
traveller tells Of a hailstorm that came
upon his party in the Pyrenees. 1T
was as if night was devouring day be-
fore our very eyes-a night, too. of
tempest and torn and trailing clouds.
Of storm, smoke and thunder" Mid
way in the darkness was 1.-THE clear
cut straight line Of cloud which in
| variably tells of hail" Excent for
the shelter of a small tree the travel
ers were exposed to the storms fury.
and when they examined the hail
stones they found they were of the
average size Of marbles. with q scat
tering here and there of much larger
stones. "as large as golf balls"
This, however. was merely the pre-
lude. The real storm came after they
had reached their tents. Suddenly
the whole land was bombarded by
great hailstones as large as lawn ten
mis- balls" These fell with d~eafening
roar on the canvas Of the tent. and 1T
seemed only q matter of a few sec
onls for US to be battered into the
earth. tent and ALL An india rubber
bath in front of their shelter, with
it's sides beaten down in places. was
half full of things like white cricket
balls"
When the storm had finally passed
the mountains around were white
with the h~ailstones. The hail was
weighed. Six stones went to the
kilo." The size was that of ga tennis
ball and almost uniform" Seventy
sheep were killed on the heights above
the travellers shelter. and in a neigh
boring valley thirty-tive cows and
some mules and the body of a child
that had been wandering in the noun
tains were brought down by a
stream"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-28
CONCERNING Cement.
Comparison Of the Natural and Arti,
fetal Products.

~'~ ENs&h
fetal Products.
A dozen years ago the production of
natural cement was nearly 1O,OOO.OOO
barrels. Last year it was but 1873. 2339
barrels. while 76.540.o51 barrels of
Portland were produced. 1t seems that
it is Il case Of the survival OF the fit
test. and Portland cement has largely
displaced natural cement.
Natural cements differ from Portland
cements in the following important
particulars:
Natural cenlents are not made from
carefully prepared and finely ground
artificial mixtures, but from natural
limestone rock.
Natural cements are burned at a
lower temperature than Portland. the
mass III the kiln never being heated
high enough even to approach the fus-
ing or c4inkering point.
Natural cements after burning and
grinding are usually yellow to brown
in color and light in weight. having a
specific gravity of - to 3.1-that is,
the Ccnlents weigh from 81 to 81 times
lHp NGleNI OF wafer. IOfIIanu cement
is commonly blue to gray in color and
heavier. its specific gravity ranging
from 3 to 80.
Natural CenentS set more rapidly
than Portland cement. but do not at
tain so high tensile strength.
Portland cement is a definite prod
uct. its percentages OF lime, silica.
aluIina and iron oxide varying only
between narrow limits. while brands
OF natural ceMents vary greatly in
composition.
The future Of the natural cement in
dustry, according to Mr.. Hurchard Of
the United States geological survey,
seems to depend on means of improve
Meut in the manufacture Of the ce-
meat chemically OF by better mechHn
ic1I devices whereby il may be brought
nearer to the specifications for high
grade Portland cement. The decline III
the use Of natural cement has been Gfc
principally to the greater tensile
strength OF Portland cement. Natural
cenlent has hydraulic Dr0perties-thQt
is, if properly prepared it Will set un
der water.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-28
ORATORY.

In spite Of his remarkable physical
endurance, strong voice and freedom
from restraint in his litter ances, Rob.
ert M. La Toilette lacks that power
of personal appeal which marked the
pristine glory of William J. Bryan,
The "Boy Orator of the Platte' had
a legitimate claim to his reputatio or
for oratory. He swayed the multitude
by the power of his eloquence and
right or wrong, he was a convincing
speaker. When Bryan unloosened
the letters of his Imagination he could
charm a bird from a tree, says the
Kansas City Journal. 1t mattered
not that most of his oratorical flights
were faulty as to logic or hat many
of his most famous SMILES were Dor.
rowed from more or less obscure
sources. In the expressive vernacular
OF the day, he got away with it,"
Senator La Toilette seems to be
afflicted with the compla amt of the
Texas preacher who talked and talk
ed but didn't pint out, and argutied
and arguied but didn't show where
in If the Wisconsin mar does not
exactly multiply words without mean.
ing he at least multiplies them without
conviction. What, for instance,
could be more = -.j'.' u this sen
tence from La -vI.-1tC's address in
Chicago the other night: "They can
not continue to strap upon the people
the burden Of this overcapitalization
which is the cause of the high cost of
living" How weak and insipid is
this appeal to the populace compared
with the way Brya an put it. The whole
world remembers the reverberating
acclaim that followed Bryan's master
piece Of oratory in which be closed in
this glowing ~peroration: "Thou shalt
not press down upon the brow of labor
this crown Of thorns: thou shalt not
crusify mankind upon this cross Of
gold.' That sort Of thing fairly peel
ed the paint of the benches and turn
ed q whole nations eyes upon the
man who uttered it.
To be sure, Bryan's famous flight
did not mean anything in particular.
and after it was cold it was found to
have been borrowed without the origi-
nal owners consent. But neither does
LaFollette's complaint about capital.
cation being "strapped' upon the
people mean anything. Therefore the
Wisconsin man should have thrown
some artistic technique into it. Bryan
would nave emerged from this orator
ic2l opportunity with a bunch OF
feathers In each hand and the crowd
bowling with enthusiasm.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-28
A New Way to Relicion

\ clergyman recently said. eff |
were to start a new religion, do you
know what | would do?"
You'd go out and preach, wouldn't
your l asked.
"Td do something else first" he re-
piled. 81 would go to the popular
song writer's. writer's of words and
writer's of music. and I would get
them to write songs expressing the
spirit of the new religion. If we can
only make people feel religion, if we
can make them realize that it is al
ready there in their hearts, make them
love it, we can move the world."-San
Francisco Bulletin.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-28

They are forced down upon the run-
ming surface, where they act as drags,
by either of the two levers shown out
side the body. The two levers are pro-
vided SO that the brakes may be han
died from the drivers or the mechani-
clans seat. Steering is accomplished
by means Of the light forward set of
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-28
Buying Precious Stones.

In buying gems always beg, buy or
borrow a microscope and examine the
stone carefully through the telltale
lens. Flaws invisible to the naked eye
which depreciate or entirely destroy
the value Of the gem will be easily
recognized.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-28
Her Suspicions Aroused

my father persuaded me to take a
course in domestic science"
"And how do you like the course?"
"Well, it looks like ordinary kitchen
work to me. If my suspicious are con-
firmed l shall drop the course and
make father buy mt a fifty dollar hat"
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-28
AUTOMOBILE SLEIGH.

F!l51 sps5d F"ToaGcsd ~ MoFoF Df.V5F
Air Propeller.
4 German motor sleigh Of unusun.
design, which travels At a speed Of
sixty miles an hour. was exhibited a1
the recent automobile show in Berlin
says Popular Mechanics. An aUtomo
bile motor occupies the center Of the
body and drives an aerial propeller
mounted at the rear and connected t.
It by means Of 4 combination Of SHAFT
and chain drives.
The steel arms shown trailing under
the real of the body are the brakes
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-28
Economical Dish Washer.

The invention Of a Chicago hotel
steward fills a long felt want. 1t Is a
machine that will wash and dry 49,
600 dishes in an hour. Moreover. 1t
needs the supervision and help OF only
two persons.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-28
TIMELY BREvITIES

per acre.
Judgment has just been given by the
supreme court at Leipzig in a Lawsuits
which commenced in 1911.
Oklahoma is the main American
shipping center from which black wal
nut is exported to Germany.
Hamburg has a number of profit
sharing companies, the largest of which
has Il membership of over 80, 700.
Ships will be towed through the
Panama canal by electric locomotives
running on either side of the water
way.
New Zealand now ships frozen ducks
TO London. They sell for about -
cents each and compare favoraDly
with the English kind.
The careless use of matches last
year is known to have been the cause
Of 1859 fires out Of $50 fires Of known
origin III Chicago alone.
Instead of the usual four winged af-
fair. 4 new storm door for public build
ines is made in the form of Il cylinder
with an opening in one side.
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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-28

The eyes believe themselves, the ears
other people.-German.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-28

Fine Book and Job Printing . spe.
cialtY 1t the RIVER PRESS Office.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-28

Think of the inconvenience and loss if your
deeds and other valuable papers are destroyed or
stolen. We have fire and burglar proof safety
boxes for rent. Each box is absolutely private,
as you will have the only key that will open it.