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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-07-16

been fortuna ate in escaping any suct
story. But II he does 90 throughout
his term his experience will be un'
usual. says the Boston Herald.
Mr.. Taft is Q teetotaler. He used &c
explain with great frankness that he
liked vine, but among the measures
recommended to reduce weight, be had
decided to abstain from all alcoholics,
And yet the story that TAFT is drink
ing . good deal now," has At times
been passed about with considerable
industry. It wss true that in the
trials of the presidential Office he lost
bis temper on certain occasions, ad
dressing the persons about him with
such astonishing vigor that they we're
prone to attribute 1t TO the most usual
Of explanations.
At all stages Of Mr.. Cleveland's ca.
reer somebody was ready to circulate
the yarn that he wss ~''drinking heav-
lily" It VAS not true. Those who
knew him best always united In testi.
tying that such . charge was wholly
without found alton.
Stories of General Grants drinking
In the army and In Office, are readily
recalled by those familiar with the pc
riod In which he figured. The statue
of General Rswlins In Pennsylvania
venue 10 often pointed out BY the IT.
reverent guide % that of the man who
made himself useful "keeping Grant
sober" This 10 a highly exaggsr ated
view.
There seems to be no doubt that An.
drew Jackson Vas under the influence
OF liquor on taking the oath Of Office
90 vice president. This made . dis
tinctly unfavorsble impression upon
the country. And yet the men who
we're closest to him dissent vigorously
from the idea that he regularly drank
to excess
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-07-16
The Art Of Forgetting.

Sometimes ability to forget is a
greater boon than capacity to remem.
Der. This 10 the case with worry and
annoyances. Today's troubles loom
large, but Q month hence most OF them
will have sunk below the horizon. II
one we're for . month to record the
tribes that rasp him and then notice
what became OF them the score would
make him blush over bis littleuess.
Forgetting and overlooking wisely
are arts in the conduct OF life.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-07-16
TIRED OF POLITICS.

Irrespective of partisan affiliations,
the business men OF the United States
are turning to Washington with the
plea that tariff discussion shall end
o. soon us possible 90 that our indus.
tries, large aud email, may adjust
themselves to whatever new condi'
lions will be imposed by the new law
II it ISIS ~foregone conclusion thu,
this country is to have free trade
In the products Of industries hereto
fore protected, the sooner that fact
is definitely known the better. Any
thing would be better than long.
drawn-out controversy with Its sus.
pence and uncertainty.
The chamber of commerce OF Ia.
coma, WASH, has sent . circular
broadcast over the country appealing
for business relief from politics and
tariff agitation. "Let every good In
huence urge prompt action and I'd.
journment," 1t says, ITO the end that
the public mind be turned away from
politics and back to business" This
Is Q sentiment that strikes . popular
sympathetic chord. What good can
come OF long delay and fruitless argu.
mept?
The "harmony" sentiment ia Am.
erica has gone beyond the bounds
Of partissnship. The great and over
whelming OF the people OF this
country is that we should all get
"back to business" The country
has been in q political turmoil for
more than q year. There has been
no steadiness and no assurance OF
permanency. Business is crying for
peace, and the politicians in Wash.
ington are giving 1t unrest aud AK.
iety.
Many people are OF the opinion that
II would be better for the country to
take the plunge into free trade at
once and get it over with, rather
than exist under the continual state
OF uncertainty that is p~sralyzing en-.
terprise and retarding business in oil
directions.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-07-16
Would Punish Indians,

WASHINGTON, July Ex-senator
Jones has introduced . bill imposing
. fine of 800 or six months imprison.
mens or both upon any Indian solicit
ing or accepting liquor from other
persons. The legislation 10 intended
to strengthen the law prohibiting
the ssle of liquor to Indians, and has
been found necessary BY several west
ern grand juries that recently have
handled cases Of this character BY
making the Indian 80 we'll % the
liq uor seller responsible. Senator
Jones believes that the liquor traf.
&c with Indians can be practically
checked.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-07-16
Wealthy Father Objected.

New YORK, July 8.-Dying from .
slow poison taken with suicida al intent
q l9.year-old bride and her husband
OF II occupy adjoining cots in the
Emergency hospital At Englewood, N.
Y. The young man told the authori-
ties they were driven to suicide be.
cause bis wealthy father objected to
his marriage and had threatened to
have It auuulled.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-07-16
Latest Inventions Are Old.
New York Press

Now 1Ork fTeoe.
The idea Of growing plants by cleo
tricity, which has aroused 60 much In
terest OF late, has been referred to .,
the "lsst cry" in gardening aud aori
culture, but, 40 q matter Of fact, the
idea IL nearly . couple Of c~enturie:
old. AZ long ago 81 1747 electricity ..
On aid to plant cultiv alton Was advo.
Gated by . writer in the Old Gentle.
mans Magazine OF London, who men.
toned the astounding results he had
achieved from elec.rify ing . myrtle
seventeen times.
This IL but one OF the many inter.
esting cases Of the antiquity OF mod
ern inventions related BY 81. E. Dsds-
ney. It is astonishing, but neverthe.
less true, that more than 1900 yesrs
ago Egyptian priests we're using .
penny.in.the-slot machine, the mech.
anism of which was virtually identi.
cal with that of the machines to be
found on every railway station taday.
Turning to other latter.dsy inven.
lions, as they are generally regarded,
1t might be mentioned that switchback
railways we're constructed more than
100 years ago, and looping the loop
was q sensation In Paris in 1888,
while most people will learn with sur.
prise that roller skating, which came
up as q new invention about 40 years
ago, was being INDUCED in by our
forefathers as far back as 1929.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-07-16
NEW FARM

The present crop conditions in
Kansas seem to support the conten.
lions of those farm experts who have
urged insistently that agricultural
methods In that state be changed to
conform with more modern and
scientific ideas. From the day when
the first plowshare upturned the vir.
gin prairie OF Kansas, the dwellers
In that favored territory have spe-
cialized in n or two crops. The
average Kansas pioneer planted corn
and wheat in vast fields of cheap
land, with the idea that when good
crops OF these staples we're secured
a high percentage OF profit would be
inevitable. All that was counted as
an investment was the labor. Occa.
eionally during the passing years
there have been crop failures which
were total failures only because the
farmers had no drouth.resisting
crops to fall back on. When whe at
and corn failed everything was gone.
With the settlement Of Kansas and
the increasing demand for farming
land farms have become smaller and
guilty alton has been more thorough.
The increasing value OF land prompt.
ed the owners to take better care OF
1t and to see that its yields were
more regular and profitable. Nat.
urally this has developed the idea q
variation In crops, more intensive
cultivation and intelligent rotation,
There still are great Kansas farmi
that specialize in wheat and corn to
the practical exclusion Of other crops,
but they are becoming fewer. Kan,
eas farmers are progressive and en-
l~ightened. They have begun to real
lie that the best farm is that upor
which there is an assortment of crops
making total value impossible.
This tendency toward better cult.
walton has received impetus this
year BY reason OF the practical fail.
ure OF wheat ia some of the counties
OF the state. 1t Is now reported tina,
the authorities OF the agriculture
college are inducing q number o.
farmers to change their scheme o.
farming In order TO get better results
Ten to twenty farmers In each west.
ern country are to work under th.
direct supervision of college experts,
They will summer fallow email
acreage and then plant and GUILTY ate
the crops under the supervision o.
scientific college officials. The i'm,
portance OF this departure cannot bs
overestimated. II promises q revolu,
ton Of agricultural msthods)lin Kan.
sss and may herald the day when few
farms If any will be devoted wholly te
one or two crops. 1t will mean tina
disastrous crop failures will be ne
more.-Kansas City Journal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-07-16
THE RIVER PRESS.

discovery vas made when one of the
baskets vas exposed for sale after a
hole had been eaten In the false bot.
tom by . mouse.
Four thousand additional baskets
are expected here from wenstchee to.
morrow and these too will be seized If
they are under size. This IL the FIRST
time in three years that false bottom
cherry boxes have been sent here by
western shippers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-07-16
PLAN TARIFF FIGHT.
Republican Senator'S Prepare For
Attack Upon Underwood Sill.

Attack Upon Underwood Bill.
WASHINGTON, July 6.-Republicau
members Of the seuate have been pre-.
pairing for the attack that is to be
made on the Underwood immons tar.
III bill when it gets back into the sen.
ate. The democrats are not yet In
complete harmony over the measure,
because of inststence of some western
and southern senator's that the free
sugar and the free wool plane be
modified.
Two views of the republican attitude
sre shown In the work done by Sena.
tor Smoot and Senstor La Toilette in
preparation for the approaching lgh.
In the senate. Senator Smoot has
prepared amendments to the democrat.
10 items and will offer . complete sub.
stitute for the democrat is wool tariff
plan. His proposal will be for . sub
stsntial reduction In raw wool and on
manufactured goods, but on such q
basis q to retain protection.
Senator La Toilette hes been al
work for weeks, with the aid of ex.
perts, preparing substitute schedules
for many sections of the Underwood.
Simmons bill. he also has again at.
tackled the WOODEN and cotton sched-
ules and has prepared to make . long
and stubborn fight, in the effort TO raj.
ly republicans, p%rogressives and come
democrats to the support of . wooden
tariff that will be below present rates
and will preserve protection.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-07-16
Killed BY Soft Drinks.

Los ANGELES, July 8. - Daniel
Graham . 12-year. old boy OF Mouro-
via, who drank thirteen bottles OF pop
to wash down . large volume Of candy
and pastry. 10 dead. Graham IL the
second child to succumb ct Monrovia
TO excessive indulgence in soft drinks.
1t 10 said the boy va endeavorinx 70
establish . record in the absorption
OF soft drinks,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-07-16
Will Poison 0rasshoppers.

DODGE CITY. Kan, July 9.-Au or.
gained effort to extermina ate the
horde OF grssshoppers that thre aten
to destroy the crops of western Kan
sas will be begun by the farmers of
that region mex Monday. A mass of
which poison, water, and bran are to
be the principal ingredients will be
thrown broadcast ' every green
field. The insects killed by the poison
are eaten by their companions, which
also are poisoned.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-07-16
DRINKING

Colonel Roosevelt's recent suit
against the Michigan editor who
charged him with drunkenness recalls
tho regularity with which some por.
ton of the American public has been
convinced that the distinguished occu.
pant OF the White house was "drink.
Ing too much" Mr.. Wilson has
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-07-16
Fear Grasshopper Plague.

DODGE CITY, Kan, July 8.-The
corn crop In this part Of Kansas is
threatened with destruction by grass.
hoppers, according to statements by
leading farmers today. The hot
weather OF the last week has Matched
millions of insects.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-07-16

Dress Goods Remnants in Skirt,
Waist and f%ull-dress lengths a,
HALF-PR1CE. You are cordially
invited to call and inspect our new
Ines whether you purchase or not,
as we have thousands of other bar
gains awaiting you.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-07-16
Baskets Had False Bottoms,

New YORK, July S.-Four thousand
baskets OF cherries that were shipped
here from Wenatchee. Wash, were
seized today by the commissioner
Of weights and measures who charged
they were short OF q quart by more
than nine cubic centime.ers each. The
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-07-16

We just got in a lot of Mems
Sample Suits-no two alike-that
WI bought very cheap. Therefore
w offer them at the greatest bar
gains you ever saw
$4.76 to $3.50
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-07-16
CHICAGO STORE
Our Stock is now com.
plete. 1t will pay you
to look through
this ADVERTISE
ment

Wonderful bargains at our sc
and Ioc counters of Crockery,
Chinaware, Glassware, Tinware,
0raniteware and Toilet Articles
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-07-16
Sheet and Pillow Cases
VERY CHEAP

Full size bed sheets 6Oc
Pillow cases I2Hc
Cute little tea aprons l6c
Children's Nagaret under
waists I6c
Ladies' lowered lawn
dressing sacques 26c
Ladies' Japanese design
long kimonos SOC
Mems and women's carpet
slippers csc
One lot of ladies' shoes
selling at SIPS
Ladies' finest dress shoes
in tan or gun metal $2.06
Ladies' Washable Dresses,
several styles
96c, $l.l6 to $l.96
Ladies' Silky White Dresses,
very neatly trimmed, greatest
bargains you ever saw at = $2.o6
Ladies' Pongee Dresses, latest
styles and colors at $4.36
Ladies' finest all-wool serge
dresses, latest styles, Sc. 60-$6. rs
Ladies' messaline silk dresses,
Boys and girls Indian or
Squaw play suits SOC
a lot OF lace curtains, per pair soc
House brooms rs and 36c
Lot Of corsets, long models,
latest, at 06c
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-07-12

II any Of our readers have any
idea that they would like to study
law under competent guidance. and
while following their regular pursuits
we would advise that they write Tor
the catalogue and full particulars Of
THE SPRA0UE CORRESPONDING
SCHOOL OF Law. No. 40l American
Building Detroit, Mich. This ID an
old established school q On excel
lent reputation and one That can re-
fer to successful graduates In every
state and locality in the United
States. The expense II not large and
can 10 met On the easy payment
plan. adv.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-07-12

Not Feeling Just Right? Read ThIsl
Mr.. Jack Maltos, Copperopolis, Cal.
would not make this statement were
it not absolutely true. Il could
hardly stand on my feet and when
sitting down could hardly arise on
account Of pain In my kidneys.
tried three bottles Of Foley Kidney
Pills and they entirely cured me, and
have had no kidney trouble since"
Ask him. For sale at the Keener
Drug Store, adv.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-07-12
A Good investment

w. D. Magli, well known mer-
chant Of Whitemound, Wis, bought
q stock Of Chamberlain 8 medicine
90 a. to be able to supply them to
his customers. After receiving them
he was himself taken sick and says
that one small bottle Of Chamber
lain's Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy was worth more to him than
the cost Of his entire stock Of these
medicines, For sale by the Roscoe
w. Smith Co. adv.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-07-12

FOR RENT-Barn with corral
close in, room for horses. harness
room and hay lott. Inquire 1t this
oetice,
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-07-12
STATEMENT or VILLAGE TREASURER
Mountain Homo, Idaho, July 9Th, 1918

1918
Abr go Cert rental M arch, Water "a III W
May II Trans I'd amt due for 1912. LIB "a % 80
Trans from Genl I'd Hydrant rental Apr Water loo W
May a. Cert No 49, Water rental coins, wstert 10 W
Nh. r.r4 NJ IN Water rental coins . 1853 10
,s.. 81 rar4 NJ ia Imnounded stock AZ 90
Impounded stock Estray stock Fd ~ ~
-. IT,. yror con nd Rental Nav Water los 90
june Ia Cert 119. Dog Tax Gen Ed. 40 W
Cert No l1s, Impounded stock Genl I'd. Ivy
~ a go No 12o water rental Water I'd !. 1874
go No 19o Gary conn Water Ed. \, . 4. il. 2470
r,v ct n, al Water renfa Water I'd II. i. \. SO 20
Cert No III Service Conn Water. Fd.. .. - "
July Cert No 122 Trans. from Genl I'd care o.
- I,ra rana Water I'd . . I'M. \. \. j. !. los 90
r,v {, rart "A 1aa Iaouor Licenses Gen I'd 100 90
-. NJ, ia village Licenses Gen Ed. I'D. 81 so
Cert NO 1913, sale Gem Lots Gem I'd. 20 90 $lzlz
Total . . II. n. $42l4
lass Dsbursements. N. u, 4. a. Il. 3143
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06
Nature S Treasures,
By GARRETT P. SERVISS
Just Begun to Appreciate.

60. of medicines. and in many
other ways.
The second great constituent OF
the air, oxygen. Is equally mani
fold IN its uses when separated
from the atmosphere, 1t gives US
ozone, one Of the most powerful
antiseptics known. which is EN-
ployed, for instance, in purifying
the drinking water OF great cities,
and also in purifying and vitshz-
ing the air in confined places. In
art and industry oxygen plays so
large a part that, before means
had been invented for readily OBJ
tanning It IN large quantities from
the air, little advance could be
made In some occupations which
are now hourishinE.
But there are other things IN
the great aerial mins over our
heads that arc like diamonds
scattered among iodes Of gold and :
silver, It IS only within the last
twenty years that We have found
cut that the atmosphere contains,
lu addition 10 oxygen, nitrogen,
varhonic acid, ammonia ana water
vapor, hve previously unknown
gassas, viz argou, helium neon,
rryptou and Nenon. These occur
in small quantities, but they ex-
hibit remarkable and often very
useful properties,
Helium appears 10 possess val
liable medicinal properties, but. at
the present time. neon seems to
be the one ot these rare atmos-
pherjc gases which offers the
greatest utility II is employed 10
produce ysrieus kinds of artificial
light When an electric current
is passed Through ube filled
with pure neon il gives a 5rilian,
req light. g. mercury Fapor is
mingled with The neon the color
&C 'hs light is blue II nitrogen
.u# drl.ul, m0.oru, form an.
,Ni>.JTe with ua.u lns Iumiua
" bursts into a = .nN resembling
sunlight
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06
Air Over Small Part of
Earth Is Rich in Fer
tilizing Power.

The air resting upon each ten
acres OF the earth's surface con
tains as much nitrogen as is pos
sessed by 1000, 900 tons Of Gillian
uitrates the amount that Europe
has annually imported in recent
years, from The diminishing gu
Huo deposits of South America, in
order 60 maintain the fertility Of
Us gruu fields. But the entire at
mpsphere covering the globe CON
talus twelve thousand million
times as much nitrogen as that
which floats over each ten acres
of surface or in other words. is
equivalent in fertuaiug power To
twausy-tHur thousand million
million toms uf Chl.an ut,ratos.
Tns atmospheric nitrogen NOS
H... ... .. ... Us usu- la.s
Termed INTO artificial nltratls
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06
Our Atmosphere Great Mine of Riches
Is Filled With Natures Treasures Which Mankind Has Only
Just Begun to Appreciate
1t Is Filled With

Il OR thousands of years men
have been content to
breathe the air. and think
little about it. They were like
ish in the water-sstisfled and
perhaps grateful, because the
transparent medium in which
they were plunged kept them
alive.
Now suddenly, science has dis
covered that the air IS vast
mine OF untold wealth which only
needs to be worked properly in
order 10 furnish Us with great
variety Of substances that can be
utilized I'm the arts and industries
OF civilized life.
iu the first place, the at1nos-
phere Is capable OF furnishing
enough nitrogen 60 fert!llzs all
tho arabic soil Of the globe, and
TO double its capacity Of produc-
ton. without sensjhly feeling the
loss
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06

Carbonic anhydride alone gives
a white light; if nitrogen IS min
gled with 1t the color of the light
becomes a rose-yellow, or pink; If
a little ordinary air is let in the
hue changes to pure rose. With
various mixtures almost any de-
sired color Of light may be OBJ
tanned, and group Of Illuminated
tubes may be made to resemble
some of the clusters Of many col
ored stars which astronomers
have seen in the sky.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06
Exploitation of Airs In
dustrial Riches Has
" Only Begun.

The great reducing machine for
the gaseous ores Of the atnos-
phere ~ tho apparatus employed
70 produce liquid air. With thIs
the oxygen and nitrogen are easily
separated, and by processes Of
isolation and distribution all the
rare gases that havesbeen named
are obtained, in pure state,
from the liquetied air. The ex-
ploitation OF the Industrial riches
OF the air has only just begun, but
it has already gone far enough to
justify the assertion Of a French
writer that II will lead to a COM
plete economic revolution"