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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-09-24
To Prevent Appendicitis

DR.. Baker gives the following sim
pie rules to aid in the prevention of
appendicitis, and for the upkeep Of
the geacrG.i health:
Learn to masticate all foods thor
oughly.
If your teeth are defective give
them immediate attention.
Avoid eating tough meats.
Don't swallow Jumps of any kind
of food.
Take plenty of open air exercise.
Visit places of amusement frequent
ly to keep your mind cheerful.
Take a glass Of water the first
thing on arising, and n every hour
throughout the day.
Stoop to sitting posture and then
rise upright, then bend forward from
the hips, touching the tips of the
fingers to the floor, keeping the knees
straight. Do this ten times in the
morning and evening.
Above all, smile and laugh every
chance you get.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-09-24
jim HILLS BIRTHDAY
Great Northern Magnate Entertains
Veteran Employees

~ =
Veteran Employees
Glacier Park, Sept. 16.-James J.
Hill is celebrating his seventy.ffth
birthday here today, by acting as host
to several hundred members of the
Veterans Association of the Great
Northern railroad, the members of
which have been in the employ of the
railroad for twenty-five years or more.
Mr.. Hill brought his guests to the
park on a special train from St. Paul.
James ]. Hill is the last of the COM
paratively few men in America who
are credited with having earned the
title of railroad kings. Mr.. Hill was
born in Guelph, Ont, SEPTEMBER Is,
1888. A year ago last July, he an
nounced his retirement, having COM
pleted his thirty-three years of active
railroading in the northwest. He had
concluded to take a rest, he said, and
in a valedictory he reviewed tn
growth and progress Of the Great
Northern system, and declared the
time had arrived to place the conf
mand Of the roads forces in younger
hands.
Mr.. Hills activities during tho
twelve months or more that have pass
ed since his retirement. have been
varied enough to tax the energies Of
a man of half his years.
Seventy-f1ve years young, NJ: Hill
may not be chairman of directors,
but he is chairman of the Great North.
ern system none the less.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-09-24

able streams this is a far reaching
decision. 1t only has to be made op-
erative and effective by legislation to
put practically all water power under
federal regulation. Only such streams
as are not navigable at any point
can come under private ownership by
riparian rights, sc that private par
ties may do a. they will with the
water power.
But this is not the only effect of
the decision, says the Globe-Demo-
crat. 1t is plain that it puts into the
hands of the federal government all
the power needed for the cantrol of
floods by impounding waters at the
sources of streams, by creating vast
reservoirs along their courses. and
even by diverting the streams into
new channels. The subject of river
control and water-power development
are thus combined, and the federal
government may deal with them as
closely related to each other, with no
obstacle in the way of the form of
private riparian rights and power To-
cations to prevent DONG Whatever Is
necessary to control the flood waters
and provide for better navigation of
the waters at all seasons of the year.
This crystallizing of the federal
power in matters so clearly Of feder-
al import, while it may not please
the ancient states rights theorists,
means much for future development
and conservation. The supreme court
has taken advanced ground in the
matter of charging the federal pow
ers in recent years, notably in the
matter Of railroad and food regulation
and now in this matter of river con-
troll. We have been a long time com
ing to the point of recognizing the
absolute need Of greater federal pow
er for the common welfare, but we
are reaching it step by step.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-09-24
How to Enjoy Life

In the October Woman's Home
Companion, Charles E. Jefferson, pas
tor of the Broadway Tabernacle, New
York City, writes about "a Good
Time" Following is an extract:
"a good time does not depend on
place. There are those who are al
ways certain that they would be hap
py If they were only somewhere else
than where they are. They are yer
waiting to go somewhere. Their pres
ent environment never satisfies. If
they were in another house, or in an
other position, or in another city, then
all would be we'll. They do not know
that happiness comes from ones
state, and not from ones station.
It flows from ones condition, and not
from ones situation. 1t depends upon
character, and not upon surroundings.
A woman who is fussy in a cottage
will be fussier in a mansion. A man
who is d~isgruntled in a village will
not be better humored in a city,. The
poet who wished he had the wings
of a dove SO that he could fly away
was not unlike the rest of Us when
we get foolish.
"Many would have a good time If
| they did not postpone it. They build
their castles in next year. 1t is not
until they reach a certain point, finish
a certain course, amass a certain
amount of money, secure a certain
honor, settle a certain problem, com
| plete a certain task that they think
it possible to settle down and begin
to enjoy life. Their good time is al.
ways coming. 1t never arrives. He
who is not master of today need not
expect to make a conquest of tomor
row. 1t is too bad he had to die, fol
he had just gotten ready to live,' 81
l heard his neighbors say of a mar
who had died at the age Of sixty
What he had been doing through al
his sixty years do not know"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-09-24
ARSTOCRAT|C BOWNES
BOUGHT BY ]. ]. HILL

John G. Shaw is in receipt of a let.
ter from his brother, Thomas Shaw.
who is now in Europe purchasing
thoroughbred cattle for James ]. Hill,
giving the information that many arts.
tocratic bovines will be added to Mr..
Hills herd. The very best which can
be found across the water are being
selected, and the question of price is
not entering into the matter to any
great extent, as $4,000 has been paid
for a bull, and others are being
bought at correspondingly high prices.
The letter states that twenty-eight
shorthorns and twelve Ayrshires have
been purchased, and that the writer
has visited many lands before buying
the shorthorns, as he was determined
to get only the best. He continues:
Il am positive that We have bought
the best herd Of shorthorns that ever
left England. The average price for
them was 5000, and for the Ayrshires,
$3.50. One of the bulls cost $1,000, and
a a 4-year-old at that. No one a
tell me dual purpose cattle cannot be
bred. The highest priced cattle in
England are the dual s%horthorns.
Many give 10000 pounds Of milk per
year. and at the same time produce
the best of beef steers. I have secured
twenty-five Oxfords and twenty-five
Shropshire sheep, and Mr.. Hill has
cabled me to get three Angus bull,
and l am starting tonight for Aber.
deem, Scotland, to get them"
Before returning, MI. Shaw will visit
Holland for the purpose Of obtaining
a herd Of Holsteins, and from there
will go to France to buy French dairy
cattle, a breed little known in this
country.
Mr.. Shaw was for several years
head of the agricultural college at
Guelph, Ontario, and was afterward an
Instructor in the University Of Mime
sofa. He is the author of fifteen
works on agriculture, many of them
being used as text books in the diff
ferent colleges, and is designated by
James J. Hill as n of the best-if not
the Observation-Disclosures in America.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-09-24
BOOSTING FOX FARMS

Gold is not the only valuable thing
which Alaskans have been digging
out of the ground. AS a matter of
fact those who dug solely for some
thing else have been more fortunate
financially. They dug for foxes.
Strange as this may seem to most
folks, it is the plain truth. Before the
fox pups are old enough to leave their
dams white and Indian trappers dig
into their holes and capture them.
The live little foxes r more profit
able than the furs taken from grown
animals.
A few days ago a steamship of the
Canadian Pacific company arrived
at Vancouver from Skagaway with
126 cub foxes, valued at $100,O 600, or
nearly $500 apiece on the average.
The owner brought them for fox
farms which have been established
in several eastern states and in New
Brunswick and Prince Edward island.
One special lot of ten young black
foxes was sold to a New York firm
TO; $4,000.
Even more valuable than the black
fox is the silver gray Of Alaska. There
is practically no limit to the price OF
articles Of women's veal made of its
fur. Recently a Montreal firm sold
for $1,000 a boa and small muff of
silver fox, and it was called by ex.
perts a bargain price,"
Announcement has been made by
%bo cooro<or, of oomn,oroo NJ hic IN.
tention to lease twelve islands on
the coast of Alaska to persons who
wish to engage in the business of
rearing foxes. The islands will be
leased for five years to the highest
responsible bidders.
Recently the rearing of foxes for
their furs has attracted attention.
Public interest has been aroused by
the remarkable results achieved in
this industry in the eastern part of
Canada. The prices reported to have
been paid for silver foxes, black fox
es and other valuable varieties are
almost fabulous. The demand for
foxes by breeders has been so great
ly in excess of the supply that live
foxes Of the desired varieties bring
many times the amount which could
be secured for their pelts.
While the breeding of foxes in
Alaska has attracted but little public
attention, the business has been 60
ing on for a number of years, and the
requests to the department of COM
merce for permits to take wild stock
for the purposes Of domestication
have been steadily increasing.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-09-24
Favors Cinder Defectors

Washington, Sept. 16.-Travelers
upon railroad trains who have had
their trips married by flying cinders
which got into their eyes will be in
terested in the fate of a bill which
has been introduced in congress re-
quiring all interstate railroads to
equip their day coaches with cinder
%deflectors such as are in s on the
Pullman cars.
The author of the bill, Representa-
tive Prouty, of Iowa, expects to be
able to obtain a favorable report upon
the bill from the committee on inter
state commerce and is confident of
receiving strong support for the meas
ure should it be brought up for con-
s%ideration in the House.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-09-24
CONTROL OF WATER POWER

Absolute control of the water pow.
er on all streams which are navigable
in any portion of their course is de-
clared to inhere in the United States
by a recent decision of the supreme
court. Hitherto it has been consider.
ed that the jurisdiction of the United
States extended only to the navigable
portion of streams, and then only
matters affecting their navigability.
But this decision carries control
clear to the headwaters and includes
water power and all other s of the
streams. AS establishing in the I'm
tied States supreme ownership and
control of all water power on navig.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-09-24

Butte. Sept. 1S.-One days pay,
amounting to 100000. was contributed
toward the cause of the striking CAL
umet copper miners today by the
members of the Butte Miners union
No. l, Western Federation of Miners.
This makes 100000 the Butte miners
have given thus far. The Transfers
union tonight gave $500, the BARRIERS
500 and the plumbers union made
on assessment of $3.50 per man per
week for the copper strikers. The
miners appointed a committee tonight
to solicit clothing for the Michigan
men to arrange for benefit dances
and entertainment.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-09-24
To Unveil Sanders Statue

Helena, Sept. lit was announc-
ed today by Governor Stewart that
the date for the unveiling of the sta
tue of Col. w. f. Sanders had been
changed from next Thursday morning
to next Wednesday morning. The
change was made so that those who
attend the reception at the state
house Wednesday night may see the
statue. Changes have also been
made in the program for the unveil.
ing ceremonies. Senator w. A. Clark
and former Governor Norris were or
the program for addresses, but they
have announced their inability to be
present. AS 10Y arranged the speak
crs at the unwilling ceremonies will
be former Senators Lee Mantle OF
Butte and j. M. Dixon of Missoula.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-09-24
A TARIFF EXPERIMENT

Official figures showing that the
high cost of living is still ballooning
will be taken by some partisan citi-
zens as showing a failure of the demo.
cratic policies which we were told II
year ago would lower living figures, |
raise wages, and do almost any old
thing we wanted done. Others, how
ever, who are not hidebOund in pre-
JUDGE but look upOn whatever ad-
ministers to the best interests of the
country as best, will not view it that
way; for the democratic policies have
not gone into working action yet, and
it is we'll that they should have time
to work out their own salvation.
The people of these United States,
through the ballot box, last Novem.
Der nominated to place a democratic
administration in power and decided
to try democratic policies awhile; and
it is entirely too o 70 to brand such
gentlemen who last fall on the hust-
ings claimed cure-all properties for
democratic policies were merely pO-
litical e%xpedients making a noise like
fOoling the voter. Yet those who be-
lieved in the medicine should have
every opportunity of giving it a fair
trial.
The democratic tariff bill has not
been pushed out Of shape going
through the congressional hopper, and
may safely be taken as the Koran
upon which that political party has
builded it's hopes of the hereafter.
Even though it may not do all that has
been claimed for it, yet it is in our
midst, as it were, and should be CIV
en- every opportunity of showing of
what stuff it's terms are made. The
country vas more prosperous
than at the present time, and if eve
there was a time when a tariff cut
could be discounted the present is
that time. 1t is the psychological mo.
ment, SO to speak, and the better the
democratic policies make, the better
for the nation, for all of us; the mere
fact that the democratic tariff bill
failed to lower the high price Of liv'
ing before it is put into effect need
not initiate against the terms of the
bill, but rather against the veracity
of those gentlemen who one year ago
claimed it would do just that. Wait
until things have had a chance to
steam up awhile and show what they
do.-Great Falls Leader.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-09-24
May Succeed Maddox

Washington, Sept. 16.-Senators T.
]. Walsh and H. L. Myers have rec.
commended the appointment of I. B.
Kirkland Of Lewistown to succeed
Fletcher Maddox as solicitor of inter.
nal revenue. Kirkland has been
summoned to Washington to be "look-
ed over" by Secretary McAdoo. and
If the inspection is satisfactory he
will be appointed. The Office pays
$4,000 annual salary and has been
held by Maddox for five years.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-09-24
Revenue From Grazing Fees

Washington. Sept. 1S.-Approxi.
mately 100000 or IS per cent of the
governments receipts last year from
grazing fees on the national forests of
Montana, goes to the state for schools
and roads, according to an announce.
ment by the United States forest SER
vice. Returns to the government
grazing resources in the state during
the year total about $4,000 of which
the counties in which the forests are
situated get about $4,000. This is
in addition to receipts of SIT, 900
from other forest resources, returning
into the state a total of $1,000.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-09-24
Gold Production Decreased

Washington, Sept. REPRODUCTION
of gold in the United States, during
1912 amounted to $93,451, 900, a de-
crease of $3,438,500 IS compared with
the previous year and the lowest
American production since 1907.
The figures were made public to-
day in a joint statement by the mint
bureau and the geological survey. The
decrease was caused because Neva'
da's output lost $4,521,200 IS com
pared with 1911.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-09-24

Kalispell, Sept. 1S.-The total de-
struction by fire of the big ice house
and delivery wagons belonging to
Alex Miller, a local ice dealer entail
a loss of approximately $4,000, as
the result of al incendiary fire at the
Miller ice plant a mile from the city
limits. shortly after midnight.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-04-21
Injured % Cold Climate.

An experiment has recently bess
made b. . arm Of miners located d
Burwash creek lin the Kluan district
l76 miles west Of White Horse. Yukoa
territosy, about latitude ~ IN IL
raising q horses. Abundance Of Aae
lands b available for pasturing q
Alaska and the Yukon. Late IN The
TAN q 1911 number Of Oregon horses
USED The previous summer By The IN
ternatioaal boundary survey CORPS
were taken TO the head Of the White
river. near the International boundary
line. and turned out for winter. The
mares and Ill the colts lived and are
doing we'll. making more hardy ami,
mails than thsir predecessor. Several
instances are known In which colts
ioaled IN the far north have grown into
the hardest Of horses, having become
tally Injured to the severity Of the win.
ten. n has been observed that vheu
horses have lived for some length a
time In this region that they become
naturally protected from the extrsme
eoA ~ ths growth 4 . loassr esat q
Aaie.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-04-21
MOST USED VEGETABLE DRUG
Cactus, According to Canvass Of Ply.
slelans Of This Country, Leads
Al the Rest.

In IN attempt to determine Just
which Of the vegetable drugs are most
utilized by the practicing physicians
OF the country. whether regular. &c.
lectic " homeopathic. . comprehen.
sive list was sent out to $4,000 prac.
titioners.
Care was taken to exclude all spe.
cialists and to have every part OF the
United States represented. More
thaa lAoo0 answers were received.
The drug leading the list was can4na
which. according to Clinical Medicine,
was . genuine surprise.
The number Of votes It received
was 6.23s. The next seven, in the
order named. were hydrastine, aeon.
ite. galsemium. ipecac. digitalis, ersot
and belladonna.
Cactus u 4 purified extract OF q
special variety Of cactus plant grow.
ing In q certain soil In Mexico. and
has to b taken from the plant 1t q
certain sfaeA
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-04-21

The city OF Lakeland offers for ssle
one acre Of land between Highland
and Hunter streets along South Flor.
ida avenue In Dixieland.
Bids for purchase OF same will be
received By the city clerk until Wed
nesday. April -. 1913.
Right reserved 70 reject any or oil
bids. ana restrict purchases from re-
moving any more clay from property.
H. l. 0WATTS. City Clerk.
81
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-04-21
Coal Mine Rescue Work,


Under the British mines accident
(rescue and add act, It 10 established
that at every mine in the United
Kingdom there shall be organized and
maintained competent rescue brigadee
One when the number Of undei.
ground workmen 10 $50 or less, and IN
creasing according to the number.
A brigade must consist Of not less
than i've persons employed at the
mine. carefully selected for their
knowledge Of underground work, cool
ness and powers Of endurance. and
certified to b medically at. .,
A majority must b trained ~ astt
aid. No brigade 10 deemed come.
tent without . course Of training IN.
proved By the secretary Of state. rr a
The type Of apparatus employed con.
sists Of mouthpiece. breathing bass,
twin oxygen cylinders. resenerator.
Injector and reducing valve.
It weighs IS pounds, and ID q,
tached to the front Of the body b.
straps. The cylinders contain to.
gether ten cubic feet Of oxygen 1t 10
atmospheres, which will last two
houSo.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-04-21
FOR..>ALE
rol SALE Oh Rent.

Two elegant bungalows, i've rooms
and hath. with al modern convent.
enees. with east front: desirable
asisAborhood. situated On South Tea.
nessss and Missouri avenues; $500
eash payment: $500 one and two
years ct 3 PR cent; balance 10 years
from date st 8 pr cent, payable
monthly. =.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-04-21

Shed never let IN old woman sel
. lonely minute. don't see how they
do without 'em. 'cepting they cant
find 'em to buy. Only a dollar for thu
bird. What dye say"
Polly changed hands at the price
and thereby young Derwent had every
reason to congratulate himself. He
had bought fine present at bargain
and he had provided religious com
pany for his dear grandmother.
Polly was mute and humble. She
did not even look into the counter
ance Of her owner to see whether ne
was saint or sinner. A cage was
bought for her and she was taken to
the studio and placed on the window
ledge. The next day she was to 80
up 70 Connecticut Perhaps It was
the words Of young Dedwent. and per
haps 1t was the sight Of Miss Has
wells head out OF the window. that
set the bird talking. Scarcely had IL
owner asked 1t please to favor him
with the Lords prayer when the IN
swer came:
you can TO to -"
Miss Haswell was looking right into
Polly's eyes. and the word seemed in
tended for her. They hit like % many
blows. and the laughter Of the artist
stung like . whip. although she knew
that be didn't know she was there
BY her window. Having awakened "a
the business before her, Polly eontia'
ued: -..-- Sc ---''
"LuR! Lud! Why In - dos't
you luR!"
That's no Lords Prayer that eves
heard before!" chucklsd the artist
"0h, ths shame q H." sxe|ainel
4ise Haswell - she changed color
several times IN II seconds.
'Tts . lis!" from Polly.
Young Derwsnt gisgisd - h
thought Of what bio grandmothss
would ~.
Miss Haswell doubled her 6sts and
shut her teeth and took . resolutiea.
Hard over with your wheel you
sloueh!"
The hall door Of the studio was
banged open, and Miss Haswell stood
there with burning cheeks and IN.
nounced:
"Sir. I will have you arrested"
But I have done nothing" was the
calm reply.
"Your-y0ur parrot"
Bought him an hour ago. I didn't
teach him to swear. II he did swear"
you know he swore. sir-you know
he did!".
And Polly bowed her head In all
humility and began on the Lords
prayer and repeated Il to the last
word. Young Derwent looked up at
the girl, and she stammered:
T. I thought - thought Il was
swearing. most humbly beg your
pardon"
That evening they sat together In
the parlor and discussed good and bad
also good and bad magazine
editors. also. good and bad portrait
painters. Meanwhile the parrot swore
softly TO himself and muttered that
he'd be - u Soma folks In this
world weren't % mighty particular
that they ought to got ont Of It and
into that land where . bird could talk
y he pleased without being misunder.
stood and vilified.
The artist and tho story writer liked
Zach other. In time they discovered
hay we're soul.matae. Later thsy !
we're married.
Polly went ~ The country and stuck |
% the Lords prayer for = year. Thea |
~ changed OF for the lore OF the |
'ea, and young Derwent's grandmetk |
" was found dad IN her chair. The |
'hock had been too great for her.
Copyright. 1913. BY the Mcclure News.
paper syndlcats.)