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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-02

does seem incredible. Occasionally
the whirling trombe ia withdrawn to.
ward the clouds, skipping q threaten
cd point, only TO dart downward again
with vicious speed and redoubled pow
er. Small objects like loose nails,
are driven into trees aud board
fences. Victims sometimes have their
clothing stripped off and torn to
shreds. On one occasion = cornstslk
was driven partly through a door.
"recslline the experiment of shooting
q candle through a board" A four.
inch scsntling, 10 feet long, has been
driven by q tornado 81 feet into
the ground.
Not infrequently there is . notice.
able disturbance of the air only . few
hundred yards on either eide of q
tornado track within which everything
has been destroyed. Once In q while
. house, the windows of which have
been kept closed, has been burst out.
ward like . shell by the expansion Of
the enclosed air as the central vacuum
Of the tornado passed over 1t. Hail
storms and tornadoes frequently 60
together, and both are evidently tho
result of the meeting Of bodies, or
currents, Of air of sharply contr asted
kem neratura.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-02
A Freak Election Wager.

DENVER, March 27.-Leading .
donkey by . rope across the continent
from Portland, Me-, to Portland, Ore.,
is the tedious tack that 81. B. Ander-
son. . former Denver resident, is pre-.
pairing to undertake to pay q bet.
Last fall Anderson, who was for q
number OF years q page in the house
OF Representatives at w ashington, was
an ardent supporter of Roosevelt.
he bet Q friend that the candid ate from
Oyster Bay would be the next presi.
dent. Both signed an agreement that
the loser would pay the wager by walk
ing from Portland, Me-, to Portland,
Ore, leading q donkey all the way.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-02
Governor Makes Appointments.

HELENA, March 26. - Governor
Stewart today made the following ap-
pointments:
Tax commissioner, G.. NJ. Houtz OF
Kslispell.
Game warden, J.. l.. DeHart of Great
Falls.
Secretary Montana highway COM
mission, G. R.. Metlen of Dillon.
Dairy commissioner, D. G. Scholes
of Townsend.
Engineer utilities commission, o. j.
Reynolds of Helena.
Auditor commissioner, +. L. Hoss
of Helena.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-02
May Affect Express Companies

" ~SsSspOUSVO
WASHINGTON, March 26.-An in.
depreciation of law, which If sustained
will take away from the express com.
panies oil Of their business in packages
weighing less than IL pounds, ia puz-
cling Postmaster General Burlesou.
Some Interpreters of the parcel post
law, constituting that statute in connec-
ton with the postal service of the con.
stitution, maintain that It has the ef.
feet OF giving the government az ab-
solute monopoly OF handling parcels
In mails within the limit and size set
by the law.
Under the constitution and the &C.
cumulsted statutes and decisions of
the court, 1t is unlawful for any pri-
vste person or concern to compete with
the government in handling mail mat
ter. This law, those who have rais-
ed the question claim, ausomatically
covers ell activities of the posto6lce
department and therefore would cover
the parcel post service.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-02
EXPERT LAW MAKING.

A suggestion that the laws enacted
for the people OF . state should, before
they go into effect, be censored by q
body Of lawyers, has aroused consid-
cradle interest which has manifested
itself chiefly in the form of vigorous
opposition. The theory is that the
Legislators should enact the laws, 40
under the present system, but that no
measure should be finally adopted
which has not received the sanction of
a body of competent attorneys after
careful scrutiny Of the legal questions
involved.
Every session of the various legis.
latures witnesses the farcical anomaly
of lawmakers possessing not the
slightest qualification for passing
upon intricate and ~far.reaching ques-
lions enscttng laws by which multi.
tudes of people must be governed,
says the Kansas City Journal. The
individual citizen hires an expert when
he wants anything important done.
II be wants legal sd vice be goes to a
a lawyer; il be is click, he goes to .
physicians; II he wants special know
ledge, he goes to o competent to in.
struct him; If be wants some mechani-
cal task performed, be hires q carpen.
ter or machinist or whatever artisan
is fitted to do the work required. But
The collective citizen sends q monde.
script assortment OF Legislators to the
state capital every two years to pass
laws involving results which must
affect his most serious interests. IL
it any wonder that novices In such
work do not render expert service?
This is one Of the strange anomalies
of our political ~system--that no leg
islstor sent to help make laws for
millions Of people Is eve tested as to
his qualification for such service.
Instead of getting experiences 10 the
making of their laws, the people are
constantly hiring carpenters to regu.
late their banks, plumbers to run
their railroads and greedy politicians
to tell them how to spend their money
with the best results. A merit test for
lawmakers would be the most sensi.
ble-and startling-innovation that
could be introduced.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-02
RECOVER DEAD BODIES
Number Of Omaha Storm Victims
MAY Reach Two Hundred

NUMBER OF OmaO0 StOrm Victims
May Reach Two Hundred
OMAHA, March 25.-Groups Of men,
aided and encouraged by women and
children, lsbored necessarily tod ~
among the ruins of homes and other
buildings In the section OF the city
which was practically snnihilated by
a tornado Sunday, In search for liv.
ing or dead that had been buried be.
meath the tons of debris. Added to
last nights death list Of 1852 were 16
more bodies recovered before 8 O'Clock
from under the brick and iron beams
Of the Idlewild club hall.
Relatives Of persons living within
the area stricken by the cyclone began
to arrive In Omaha last night and the
influx of anxious mi continued late
tod ay. From many of these came the
reports Of missing friends and rels.
tives. This, it is believed, will swell
Omahs's death list to , larger degree
than had been expected.
The heavy snow which has fallen
since midnight and still 10 falling,
made rescue work particularly slow
and difficult. Storm sufferers r be-
ing fed In churches and lodge halls.
The city IL furnishing them food and
will continue TO do 80 until some SEM
blsnce Of order is restored within the
stricken districts.
Omaha's Commercial club made q
statement this morning Of the physi-
cal condition of the storm section.
The figures follow:
Houses totally destroyed and unin.
habitable, 642.
Houses partly destroyed, 1,027.
People homeless, 2,179.
People entirely destitute, 262.
Plans for rebuilding the wrecked por-
lions of the city are:already underway.
Commissioners Ryder, who 10 In charge
of the temporary relief work, has sug.
gested the formation OF q corporation
to loan money to those who need it for
rebuilding.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-02
Prairie Fires In Kansas.

DODGE CITY, Kan, March 24.-The
worst pIairie fire in Kansas in many
years swept ove Ford, Hodgeman,
Gray, Scott and Finney codnties yes
terday and last night. The damage
to property was great but little stock
burned. One fire started in Finney
county and went eastw ard; another be-
gan in Gray county. Ten motor cars
filled with volunteers left this city in
response to appeals for help in fight
ing the flames.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-02

. widow with one child to receive tan
dollars and five additional dollars for
every other q, child.
The womens' minimum wage law
authorizes the governor to appoint a
minimum wage commission With power
to fix minimum wage scales for women
workers after investigating conditions
In the industries affected. The com.
mission can change the minimum wage
as conditions warrant.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-02
FLOODS CAUSE PANIC
Alarming Reports Received From
Dayton and Other Towns.

alarming reports received from
Dayton and Other Towns.
SPRINGFIELD, O., March 25.-The
mayor OF Dayton, in an appeal to the
mayor of this city, reported tonight
that the water is Is feet deep in the
union station At Dayton and that, &C.
cording to unconirmed statements,
five thousand lives have been lost and
fully 30, 900 are homeless. The dam
At Piqus has gohe out and reports un-
confirmed say that $40 lives have been
lost.
This city is in the midst of the worst
food In its history. Both Buck creek
and Mad river have broken from their
banks, and the lowlsnds are under
water. Several hundred houses in the
eastern section OF the city have been
flooded. These contain families who
refused to abondon their homes.
Many factories have been com PEELED
to close.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 25.-
Fifteen hundred families in Indian
spolis have been forced to leave their
homes at o on today by the high wat
ers, caused by incessant rains. White
river, Eagle creek and Pleasant Run
are rising at the rate of six inches an
hour. Only one OF the thirteen inter-
urban lines 10 running and traffic on
the steam roads ia at q standstill.
Flood conditions throughout the
state are the wors In thirty years. 1t
ia estimated that more than 5000 fam
lilies have been forced to leave their
homes. So far four deaths from
drowning have been reported.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-02
An Army Of Office Seekers.

WASHINGTON, March Is. -When fed.
eral ststisticians finished figuring to.
day they discovered that just one out
of every Al men who voted for Wood
row Wilson for president was q can.
dds ate for . federal position. They 81.
so deduced the fact that there will be an
army OF heartsick and disappointed
Office seekers numbering upward OF
III, 200 for there + 10. 1884 jobs to be
filed and 1850 patriots who have
signi6ed their willingness to cid the
government.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-02
FORMING NEW COUNTIES.

The form alton of new counties BY
popular vote IL made less difficult by
the provisions OF . bill passed by the
last legislative assembly. The meas
ure changes the new counties law In
several respects, it's more important
features being ss follows:
Under the law as amended Q new
county may be formed which contains
On assessed valuation of not less thar
three million dollars, whereas, under
the original act, ouch assessed valua'
tion WAS required to be not lees than
four million dollars.
When the final question of the for
nation Of the new county 10 su admitted
to the voters, under the oct % amend.
ed, only 81 per cent. Of the votes cast
is necessary to form such new county,
whereas, under the original act, IS
per cent. OF all votes was required.
The effect of the amended law upon
new county propositions that are now
pending, and for which petitions we're
signed and fled before the new law
VA enacted, is the subject of IN
opinion by the attorney general 10
reply to an inquiry from Teton coun.
ty. The opinion says in part:
Petitions heretofore presented to the
board OF county commissioners, but
not acted upon as yet, may be acted
upon BY the board of county commits
sioners In the same manner Is before
the approval of the new act, subject,
however, to the notifications before
noted, and the board of county com.
missioners will be guided by the
amendments before mentioned, and
will disregard the req uirements of the
original in 90 far Is they are not in
conflict with the requirements Of the
amended act.
The original act 10 not revoked or
repealed only in so.far as the same IL
In conflict with the amended act, but
the original act remsins in force and
effect in all respects except as modi-
fed by the amendments. 1t will not
be necessary to initiate new proceed.
ings for the county, because of any
change In the law, but may be con.
tinued to be controlled hereafter by
the provisions of the amended act,
and not by the provisions of the
original act, where such provisions
are in conflict with the amendments.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-02
THE DEADLY TORNADO.

Not since 1884 has there been such
IN outburst of tornado storms as that
which has occurred In the west and
south during the past week, writes
Garrett z. Serviss of the recent dis
asters.
A full-hedged tornado is the most
" inspiring meteor that ever sweeps
through the atmosphere. An ordi-
nary tempest creeps upon it's victims
by more gradual steps. gains strength
by degrees, covers the whole country
for miles around with its indefinite
shadow, and seems only a common
storm that has developed unusual
power.
But q tornado is a kind OF atmos,
pheric demon, whose black, distorted
form can be seen swiftly approaching
from far off, whlrling and dancing
like a gigantic dervish, and tearing
up the very soil in its fury.
1t lets down from the menac,ng cloud
above a huge trombe or trunk of inky
blackness, with lightning playing
aboutit, and, whizzing with the speedof
q buzz saw, it plows q path through a
forest, tears away the front of = gravel
bank with the force OF a hydraulic jet.
scoops up the contents of q pond to
the very mud, sucks away creeks.
1t demo!ishes barns, haystacks,
houses, churches, scattering their
remnants over q square mile of terri.
tory, snatches up cattle, horses, sheep
and even men and women-sometimes
dashing them to death aud sometimes
giving them a wild ride through the
air, only to set them down at last un-
injured.
The path of q tornado is from 100
to 600 yards wide, and the length of
its our may vary from one to two
up to fifty miles. Almost invariably
it moves toward the northeast, with q
speed of from 20 to SO miles an hour.
The center. where the destructive power
is the greatest, occupies from one to
five minutes in passing a given point.
On account Of the uniformity in the
direction of the movement of lorna.
does, it is not difficult to get out of
their track II they can be seen or heard
q quarter or q half an hour 10 ad-
vance.
A single tornado may level q hall
dozen villages and pillow a track OF
destruction across two or three coun.
ties. But when, as happened this
week, . horde of these "twisters''
breaks upon the face of the land there
is hardly any meteorological disaste,
so serious as that which they produce
In every cas the direction of the
whirl of q tornado is from right to
left, the same as that of all cyclonit
winds in the northern hemisphere. II
the case of the general winds this i:
readily explained as q result of the ro'
tation of the earth on its axis. Ia the
southern hemisphere the winds turr
from left to right.
Some of the performances of lorna
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-02
Governor Stewart Issues Appeal.

HELENA, March Ex-Governor
Stewart today issued an appeal to
the people of Montana for relief
work in Ohio and Indiana. Contribu.
tions may be sent to the members OF
the Montana board of the American
Red Cross: Edward J. Bowman, Ana
conds; H. w. Rowely, Billings; F. S.
Luck, Missouls; T. A. NARROW, Hell.
ena; Kenneth Mclean, Miles City; and
VIM. Nj. Thornton, Great Falls.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-02
Pensions For Mothers.

OLYMPIA, Wash, March 25.-Gov.
ernor Ernest Lister yesterda y signed
the mothers pension ard womens'
minimum wage commission bills.
The mothers pension law provides q
county pension for destitute mothers,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-02
Tire Only Must"

MANDY. iou've simply got to be
more careful" Deed, miss. amt
got to do n".hin' but die.'-Judge.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-02

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.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-02

Interest Paid on Time Deposits
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-06-18
REMEDY FOR NOSE BLEED
is EASILY APPLIED

There are two little arteries
which supply the whole face with
blood, one on each side. These
branch OFF from the main arteries
on each side of the windpipe, and.
running upward toward the eyes,
pass over outside of the jawbone,
about two-thirds of the way back
from the chin to The angle OF the
jaw, under the ear. Now, suppose
yoLl nose bleeds by the right nos
lrll; with the end ~ .he forclinger
feel along the outer edge of the
right jaw until you feel he beat
ing of the artery directly under
your finger, the same as the pulse
in your wrist; then press the finger
hard upon 1t, thus getting the lit
tie fellow in a tight place between
your finger and the jawbone. The
result will be that not drop %
blood goes into that side of the face
while the pressure continues; hence
the nose instantly stops bleeding
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-06-18
LAWS FOR WOMEN. BY
WOMEN-AN INSTANCE

The following incident, clipped
from an Eastern paper, is recon-
mended to those indulging in the
curious opinion that laws relating
TO women ought to be made by wo-
men. A young woman was charged
with attempting suicide. 1t seems
that eight years ago she was so in
discreet as to become mother I'M
der circumstances that may be de-
scribed as unconventional. She
concealed the birth of the child and
supported IL and herself by honest
work. But misfortune disclosed
the fact which she had successfully
hidden for eight years. All her wo-
men friends deserted her, ostraciz-
ed and gibbeted her, she was COM
PEELED to move away, and so she
lost her situation and could not get
another, and finally she took to
drink and then tried to kill herself
Let us try to imagine what kind of
laws for women would be passed
by these evil vultures who, unani-
mously and unitedly, drove that
poor girl to suicide.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-06-18
Thrice a Week Edition
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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-06-18
HOW'S THISc

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-06-18

condition Of sheep and lambs has
done we'll, and there is a splendid
crop OF young chickens. turkeys
and other fowls.
THE condition of apples is s5
per cent. peaches, 1875 per cent;
pears, 81 per cent; grapes, SO per
cent; plums, 81 per cent; cher
ries, CAS- per cent. The strawberry
crop has been fairly good. There
is every promise for one of the
largest blackberry crops the State
has ever had.
''PiAkcye'' Among Horses.
There is a disease known as ca j..
tarrhal fever or pink eye" among
horses in several counties. The
disease is proving fatal in many in
stances. and farmers are warned
against taking animals into towns
where this disease is known to ex-
list and against working them IL the
animals once become infected. This
department has on hand directions
for handling this malady, bulletin
prepared by the State veterinarian,
Or. Robert Graham, and directions
for disinfecting infected stables.
These will be sent free upon appli-
cation to the department.
Cultivation of Corn.
There has been large corn
crop planted, the stand is almost
perfect, and farmers are urged to
try shallow and frequent cultivation
for the coming season. The old
idea that three or four plowings
are sufficient to make a corn crop,
should be abandoned, and, il posi-
BILE, plow five, six or seven times,
but pillow shallow. The farmer can
very nearly count on getting an ex-
ira barrel of corn per acre for every
extra blowing he gives his corn. If
it is a bushel, it will nearly pay its
cost,
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-06-18
BIG BOOSTS FOR Pixies.
old STORY REVIVED

OF ell the yarns that ever came
down the line regarding deep mud.
the following should be entitled to
the blue ribbon. IL happened in
the place where mud originated:
A man was walking along the
roadside one day and noticed a
fairly good looking hat out In the
road Reaching out with his cane,
he gave il a cut and was startled to
hear a voice. exclaim; Here. what
the deuce are you doing?" Then
he made the astonishing discovery
that the owner of the headpiece was
under the hat, up to his ears i'm
mud. Great heavens!" exclaimed
the man who had hit the hat. us
that mud as deep as that?" "Deep."
cried the victim. why. man alive.
I'm standing on load of hay!"