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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
Report On Hot Subject.

WASHINGTON, May 17.-One OF the
hottest and spiciest reports yet issued
by . department of the government
m ade its appearance today when the
department of agriculture published
the results of an investig CATION by the
bureau of chemistry. "Red peppers"
is the title OF the report and in it all
varieties of red peppers used in the
United States are described and anal
yzed. The investig alton was made to
determine the normal commercial posi-
ton of the various red peppers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
Favors Free Weddings.

WASHINGTON, May 19.-M arriage
fees are ministers gratis, according
to q statement today by Rev. Almer
Pennwell, pastor of the Euclid avenue
Episcopal church of Oak Park.
"If the church insists that marriage
10 writ that belongs to it," Rev.
Pennwell said, ''then the church
should make marriage free to all.
1.-THE minister who does not need q
fee should be ashamed to take it..
And q church whose minister needs
the fee should raise his salary. No
minister should be forced to stand at
. wedding with bis hand OUT"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
Norwegians Celebrate Independence


ST. PAUL, May 1.-THE Norwe-
gtans. who form q large and impor.
tant element of the popul alton of the
northwest, today celebrate their I'm
dependence day" with popular gather
ings and festivities In many cities and
towns. The celebr ations are held in
commemoration Of May II, 1914, when
representatives of the people OF Nor
way, then under Swedish rule, met at
Eidsvold and procl aimed their indie.
pendence. To avoid q bloody war q
union was formed with Sweden, which
was dissolved in q peaceful m amer
on June I, 1905. At oil OF tod sy .
meetings plans were discussed for Gel.
ebr ating the centennial anniversary
next year.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
WOULD DIVERT FUNDS.
Money Apportioned To the Montana
Projects Wanted BY Others.

WASHINGTON, May II. - Another
demand was made upon Secretary
Lane today for the sl5, 600, 600 allotted
to build the Milk river and Sun river
projects In Montana. Senator Lane
OF Ores on went farther than any other
individual who has appeared before
the secretary OF the interior and fatty
stated that he wanted at least part OF
the Montana allotment diverted for
government work in his state. He
cited the testimony OF Montana wit
nesses, who told of the utter failure of
the government works in Montana
thus far and said that Oregon could
give assurance OF hearty cooperation
with the reclaim alton service and could
afford to pay s35 per acre for water,
If necessary, where it has been testi.
fed that Montana cannot pay $50.
Senator Newlands OF Nevada, who
bid for this money, hesitated about
naming specific allotments, which he
would like to have diverted to his
state and declined 10 do SO when
pressed by the secretary.
Settlers on government irrig alton
projects in Montana, by carrying
their griev ances to Secretary OF the
Interior Lane and enlisting the as.
sistance OF Sen ator Thomas j. Walsh,
have called attention which may lead
to reforms in which they allege to be
gross mismanagement on the part oi
officials of the reclamation service,
incompetency OF engineers in charge
OF the work on several great projects
and the burden of expense upon those
who have filed upon land.
F. J. Cox, president of the w aterus'
ers' Association of the Huntley pro-
ject, aired many woes OF the settlers
He declared that the payments beg az
too early and are coming In in toe
large amounts. The soil is new, raw
and unproductive and time and lsbo,
10 needed to bring 1t into profitable
cultiv alton. Market facilities art
poor and with the exception of sugar
beets the settlers have no market fol
anything. He said that the advertis
ed "grest prosperity ?" of the Hunt
ley project is ''misconception'
which he laid at the door of the re
clam alton service through tts adver'
tisements or those furnished by it to tn,
railroads.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
PRESIDENT STANDS PAT
Will Not Change His Views Upon
Tariff Matters.

Wv0vI0CS.
WASHINGTON, May 15.-President
Wilson emphasized In Q talk with the
White House espondeuts today
that he had absolutely no intention of
compromising on the wool or sugar
schedules but that he stood firmly and
finally behind the tariff bill a. IL pass.
ed the house.
Senator Works declared there WAS
no found alton for the statement that
Csl'fornis beet sugar manufacturers
made exorbitans profits.
Senator Thomae referred to the an.
ti-alien agitation In California, and
said he agreed with the attitude Of the
Califoruians and declared the tariff
had been responsible for the presence
In that state of thousands of laborers
now held Objectionable.
Using an "original Wilson man"
from Michigan with q fluent pen for
an oracle. the anti-free sugar demo.
Gratis, led by Senator Rsnsdell Of
Louisiana, assailed the Underwood
sugar schedule 10 the senate, despite
the strenuous efforts of Senator Sim
mons and other democrats to stop the
attack.
Republicans enjoyed the efforts OF
the democr attic leaders to prevent the
reading of long letter submitted by
Sen ator Ransdell, written by Lewis G..
Rowley of Lansing, in which free
sugar advocates were char acterized as
"accursed, unpard on able apostles OF
democratic faith" and the free sugar
schedule as "boomer to knock
out the democr attic party"
With republican votes Senator
Ransdell was aided In getting the
long epistle before the senate a.
part Of his argument agsinst the pro-
posed sugar tariff.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
Defends Free Sugar.

WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator
j ames, accredited with speaking for
President Wilson and the administra.
tion, interpreted the Baltimore plat
form in speech today in the senate
as committing the president and the
democratic party to free sugar. His
rem arks were in reply to the declsra-
tions by Senator Ransdell and Sena-
tor.elect Broussa ard of Louisiana th at
1t did not.
Sena James declared that the
platform adopted at the Baltimore
convention approved the course OF
the democratic house in the last ses-
sion of congress and that 1t included
approval of the Underwood free sug AZ
bill. He read . paragraph from the
democratic campaign text book sp.
proving "the excellent record of the
house In placing sugar on the free
list"
Democratic leaders in the sen ate
were endorsed late today In their de.
termin alton to refer the Underwood
tariff bill to the finance committee for
consideration without public hssrings.
The Penrose-LaFollette amendment,
directing that public hearings be held
was defeated by q vote OF II to So
and the motion of Sen ator Simmons
to refer the bill then was passed with
out q roll call.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
To Fix Minimum Wage.

DENVER, May H.-Governor Am
mons signed bill today enacted q
the recent session Of the Legislature,
providing . commission of three 20
dx minimum wages for women and
minors. Upon the appeal Of women
and children workers Ia any industry
or In any community the commissions
is required TO hold hesrinGs and dx
minimum wage.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
For Sign Posts In Deserts.

WASHINGTON. May 14.-To tighten
the weary way Of the rospsctor across
the arid lands of the west and rob tho
deserts Of their terrors is the OBJ
ject OF bill by Senator Works re-.
ported favorsbly today bv the son ate
public lands committee. It would
appropriate $4,000 with which the
geological survey would locate
springs, streams and water holes and
place sign posts and monuments
along the lines OF travel to guide
travellers to water.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
Must Refund a Million.

WASHINGTON, May 19.-More than
q million dollars contained in cor.
por alton taxes must be surrendered
by the treasury ss result of the su-
preme courts decision that q corpora
tion leasing its property and deriving
its only income from q lease is not
'doing business" within the meaning
OF the law and is not taxable.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
the meeting, presenting conflicting
claims, mingled with criticism of the
reel amatiOn service.
Camped With Deserted Town.

RAwL1Ns, Wyo., May Is. Mrs.
Mary West, for the last year the only
dweller In the deserted town of Car.
bon. once q prosperous coal camp,
boasting OF 1900 population, was
brought to the county hospital here
today. She was found yesterday In
. critical condition from sssrv alton,
having been helpless from illness
since May 3. Beside the woman
was found IN aged collie dog, which
she ssid had not left the room since
his mistress fell i'll.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
New Comptroller Of Treasury.

WASHINGTON, Msy'15.-George F.
Downey of Aurora, Ind, today took
the oath as comptroller of the treasury
succeeding RI. Tracewell OF Corydon,
Ind, who has held the Office coutinu.
ously since appointed by President
Mckinley In 1897. This position ia
one OF the most powerful 10 the feder-
al service,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
COST Of IRRIGATION
Secretary Of interior Advised Re-
garding Montana Projects.

secretary OF Interior ADVISED He.
garding Montana Projects.
WASHINGTON, May 15.-That irri.
CATION can be successfully carried on
in Montana at cost per acre higher
than the estimated cost of the Milk
river and Sun river government pro.
jects was testified today before Secre-
tsry Lane by G. F. Ueblacker OF New
York, the engineer who built the Con-
rad irrig alton project. Mr.. Ueblaclk-
er was called at the request of Senss
ator Walsh. who desired to demon
strate by an expert witness. familiar
with Montana conditions, that these
two big government projects, now ad-
mitted to be In danger Of sbsndon.-
ment, can be carried out successfully,
both from the stsndpoint of the gov
ernment and that of the settlers.
In his testimony today Mr.. Ue-
blscker said that settlers on the Con-
rad project had been very successful,
and their crops had been good. On
that sort of project, built under the
Carey act. the price of water is fixed
at $40 per acre, and the state gets so
cents per acre additional for its land.
On that portion of the project which
reclsims private land, the water right
cost 10 fixed at $50 per acre. The main.
tensnce charge on this project is so
cents per acre, but he admitted that
the actual cost OF mainten ance was
q dollar per acre and the company
loses so cents per acre. The company
allows IA years in which to pay for
water rights and interest at per cent
10 charged on deferred payments,
bringing the actual cost of water un.
der this plan to $50 per acre on tho
Carey oct section and 972 per acre on
private lands. He said, however, that
settlers on the Conrad project have no
difficulty In meeting their payments.
he expressed the opinion that the Sun
river project offers 80 good an oppor-
tunity for development % did the
Conrad project, but he admitted that
the Conrad company exercised the Ut
most care TO colonize its project only
with thrifty and industrious class of
farmers and In this respect had the
adv vantage over the government, which
must recognize oil who apply for land
and water.
Senator T. G. Power of Helena fol-
lowed and discussed irrigation condi-
tions In Montana generally. Senato
Power gave II IS his opinion that lack
of transportation facilities and the
low prices received for crops raised
on the Fort Shaw unit of the Sun
river project had been the main cause
of discomfort. A railroad is being
built to the Sun river project, he
said, and when completed 1t will
largely solve one of the greatest Diff
ficuities that confronts settlers on
those lands.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
SIGNS ANTI-ALIEN BILL,
Governor Of California Puts Matter
Up To National Administration.

Governor Of California Puts Matter
Up To National Administration.
SACRAMENTO, May 19.-Governor
johnson signed today the alien land
bill, against which japan protests
and which the California legisls.
ture passed by an overwhelming
majority over the remonstrsncss OF
President Wilson and Secretary Bry-
an. The act will 70 into effect 90 days
from date or on August II.
WASHINGTON. May 19.-Now that
Governor johnson has signed the
anti-alisn land law, against which
Japan 10 protesting, the next stage In
The diplomatic negoti atoms will be
the formal delivery Of the reply Of the
United states to the Japanese note.
The commune alton has been consider.
ID BY the president and the cabinet
and it is believed has been withheld
from delivery to the japanese smbas.
sador only to await Governor John.
sons signing the bill. When Secre.
tary Bryan heard through the news
dispatches that Governor johnson
had signed the bill, he went over to
the executive Office for short con.
ference with President Wilson. When
he came from the presidents Office
Secretary Bryan announced that the
formal reply Of the United States to
the Japanese protest would be deliver.
ed ~ soon - official notification OF
signing of the bill had been received.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
Saved Town From Prairie Fire

SASKATOON, Sack, May A.-Aftep
fighting prairie fire which threaten
ed to destroy the town of Andrews,
Sask., all day Tuesday and all last
night, citizens today succeeded in ex-
tinguishing the flames and saved q
portion of the town. The loss IL esti.
m ated at go, 900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
investigating Charitable Institutions

CHICAGO, May 14.-About So per
cent OF the aims collected by the Uni.
ted charities are used to pay expenses
it was developed yesterday at q hear.
ing of the legislative committee in
vestig ating charitable institutions.
Superintendent Eugene T. Lies, of
the organization, testified that 47.3
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21

per cent OF the money received vas
actually paid out In relieving distress.
Mr.. Lies said be received . salary Of
$1,000 year.
1t seems to me you have . lot of
high salarisd o1]cials who dole out
advice instesd of charity" asserted
one OF the legislato
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-31

Instead oil installing gates at the
Prairie avenue crossing of the road as
ordered in judgment entered by the
5tate railroad commission after a hear
ing on complaint of the city held
weeks ago, the Chicago & Milwaukee
electric is doing what the sports call
stalling. The company has prevailed
upon the commission to reopen the
case and after another hearing held
Friday the city does not seem to be
very much nearer getting those gates
than it was when the matter was first
taken up with the commission after the
company had refused the very reason
able demand of the city for protection
at this crossing, undoubtedly one of the
most travelled on the line of the road.
The company now proposes to put in
some kind of an alarm bell contraption
instead of the gates and the plea of
the company has been taken under adj
ylsemeht by the commission. While
these automatic alarm devices may be
of some use on country. crossings, one of
them would net come anywhere near
meeting the demands of the city for
protection at the Prairie avenue cross
ing and City Attorney Slater entered a
vigorous protest against the previous
order of the commission for gates at
this crossing being changed by the COM
mission. An attempt to install a bell
alarm system would be fought by the
city in behalf of the people who use
that street and of the residents in the
vicinity of the crossing and the city
would certainly appeal from any order
of the commission permitting the rail.
way company to install any device Of
that nature.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-31
DROPS FIGHT AGAINST STATE
Contest for Recognition of Civil Service
Statute Brought Notice from Officials
All Over Wisconsin-Wa Formerly
Oil Inspector OF This District.

Harry Grace, long prominent in the
cigar manufacturing business in Keno
sha and for some time a political lead
er in the city, has sold out his BUSH
ness and on Monday he left for Mon
treal for a visit with relatives after
which he plans to leave for the east
where he will go into business. The
business on Milwaukee avenue, one Of
the largest of the kind in the city,
has been sold to William Schrader,
who for many years was connected
with Mr.. Grace in the cigar business,
During the years he has been in Ke-
nosha Mr.. Grace was decidedly active
in the political world. He was one of
the first Ken0sha men to actively take
up the cause of Robert NJ. LaFollette
and for some time he was one of a
faithful few in charge Of the organiza-
tion of the so-called progressive
wing of the republican party here. In
return for his activity along political
lines Mr. Grace was named as deputy
inspector of Illuminating oils for this
district. He served in this capacity in
a satisfactory manner, but in the cam
paign of 1910 Grace gave his support
to candidates who failed to have the
support Of the state administration and
shortly after the smoke of the election
battle had died away Grace was sum
mafily removed from office. Holding
that he had been removed without due
cause from an office which was by
state law under the civil service COM
mission Mr.. Grace through his attor-
ney, A. E. Buckmaster, filed demand
with the governor and with the state
civil service commission for hearing
and the case is still in the files at
Madison. Grace sought to secure a
hearing, not that he desired to secure
with view Of testing the civil service
statute. The demand has been held
up in Madison for more than two years
and it is now admitted that Grace has
abandoned his efforts to get a hearing
Fred g. Babcock was named to succeed
Grace as local oil inspector. Many
people in the state who had been re-
moved from Office under similar con-
ditions had taken great interest in
the fight started by Grace and these
men will be disappointed that he has
left the state without following up
his demand.
Mr.. Grace was widely known among
the Eagles in the state. He was a
past president of the Kenosha Aerie
and had held several Offices in the
state organiza tion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-31
J|MMY" ADREAN BOY
Fourteen Year Old Boy Ar
rested as Horse Thief goes
Back to New Lisbon.
FOLLOWED STORY BOOK HERO

"Jimmy Cullen'' was dream boy.
The fourteen year old hey who was
held by the police on charges of horse
stealing was restored to his parents on
Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon
Albert Hurd left Kenosha for his home
in New Lisbon thoroughly awake and
pretty certain not to dream again. The
boy Rad been in the county Jail since
last Thursday afternoon and his case
had attracted wide attention. He was
the brightest boy ever in custody here
and until he was released from Jail he
went under the name Of Jimmy Cul-
len"
When his mother and father arrived
on Sunday morning they hurriedly dis
PEELED q Jimmy 50 dream and revealed
the fact that the boy was a victim Of
bed time story. Mrs. Hurd herself
read the story to the boy and he was
| so enthusiastic over the story that he
followed every movement of the hero.
FJimmy Cullen in the book was a
fourteen year old boy and the story
told of how he had ran away from home
and when he returned at the age of
thirty he had diamonds and gold mines
and was able to buy carriages and au-
tomobiles for his father and mother.
The New Lisbon boys dream did not
come true and instead of this g Jimmy
Cullen" going home, his father and
mother came to him and found him
dirty and poorly dressed.
Mrs, Hurd had expected this ending
of the dream and she brought with her
trunk full of clothes. The first thing
she did for g Jimmy was to take him
down into the bath room at the Jail
and scrubbed from him the dirt Of two
weeks of wandering. Then she decked
him out in some real boy Is clothes and
combed his hair and when he appeared
before the eyes of the police officers not
one Of them knew him. In the mean
time the father of the boy had been
busy settling up the bills for Jimmy s
misadventure and he paid $15 for ex-
penses to John Ferry and gave the po-
lice officers a lot of kind words for the
treatment they had given the boy.
The last act in the little comedy
brought Jimmy" as the real actor.
He went out into the alley and built a
fire to burn up the clothing he had
worn on the tramp and then he went
back to the police office and left for
his home secure in his belief that the
good fairy that directed the movements
of Jimmy Cullen" in the bedtime
story had long since quit working.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-31
FEAR VIOLATIONS OF LAWS
Inspectors Allege That Men Are Being
Brought Under Contracts for Labor
But This is Vigorously Denied by Lo-
cal ArnenianS.

Inspectors or the United States gov
eminent are at work in cities along
the lake shore seeking to get some
facts in regard to the Importation of
Armenians in the country and it is
claimed that large number of these
people are being brought into the
country and there is some reason to
believe that they are being brought
in under contracts. In the past few
years the Armenian population of the
cities of Racine, Kenosha and Milwau-
kee has been largely increased. 1t is
claimed that when the Armenians ar
rive in New York and other ports of
entry money is waiting to pay their
railway fare from the port to the
cities in which the inspectors are row
making their investigations.
1t is said that many of these peo-
pie are penniless when they reach New
York but that the "relative' is al.
ways ready to take care of the In
coming immigrant and pay for his
transportation and give assurance that
he will not become a public charge.
The inspectors seem to be of the
opinion that the federal law against
contract labor is being violated. This
is denied by Armenians in Kenosha.
They insist that fellow countrymen
coming to this city are coming without
contracts and that no effort is being
made to put the men in peonage. II
is claimed that many of the Armenians
in Kenosha came here from Racine and
that city is alleged by the government
inspectors to have been the distribute
ing point for all cities in this district.
In the past two years more than one
hundred Armenians have found their
way to Kenosha. They are very clan.
ISL and nearly all of them live in
single boarding house in the city. Not
OuG Ol bu6m LIDS U6COn1O d Uu Jut
pauper committees of either the city
or the county. Several of the local
Armenians are said to be well to do,
but they all claim that they have not
brought fellow countrymen to this city
under the agreement that they shall
pay wages to them in order & meet the
cost of transportation.
The government inspectors are now
at work in Racine and Cudahy and it
is expected that they will continue
their Investigations in Kencsha later
in the year. Armenians here who are
leaders. declare that they court an in
vestigation Of the coming of every Ar
menian now at work in Kenosha.