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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14
Suspected Of 25 Murders

LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, May g.
Twenty i've murders committed in the
last three years in Missouri. Kausss,
Colorado. Iowa and Illinois by means
oflblows from an axe are ascribed to
Henry Lee Moore, now serving q life
term in the Missouri etste peniten-
tary, according to q theory announ.
ced today BY M. W. McClaughry,
special agent of the department of
justice, after an exhaustive study of
the so.called axe murders.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14
Would Amend Tariff Bill,

WASHINGTON, May 10.-An amend.
ment to the tariff bill to authorize
the secretary OF the treasury to pro.
claim values of imported goods for the
purpose of assessing ad vslorem tariff
duties, irrespective of auctu ating for.
eign markets, thereby approximatine
the ad valorem system to the sdvant.
age of specific duties, was proposed
today to Chairman Simmons of the 4.
nance committee and Chairman Un.
derwood of the ways and means com.
mi,tee. Both leaders looked upon the
proposal with interest and the tariff
bill may accordingly be amended il
the finance committee before it enters
the senate for debate.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14
PASSED UNDERWOOD BILL
Measure Received Big Majority Il
House Of Representatives.

WASHINGTON, May 8.-The Under.
wood tariff bill was passed by the
house this afternoon by . vote of 28l
TO 139. One progressive and two re-.
publican attempts to amend the bill
had been rejected by overwhelming
votes before the final vote was reached. i.
When Speaker Clark announced the
vote 10 loud tones that revealed bis
-a'isfsction, exubersut democrats
started a stuffed donkey over the col.
leagues in the rear of the chambe Q
faint ripple OF applause followed and
the gsvel fell on the first chapter In
the history Of President Wilson's OK.
tra session Of congress.
There 10 talk among the house lead
ers OF taking recess of about thirty
days during the senate considerst ion
OF the tariff. While there have been
individual conferences on the subject
the fact that the president has not yet
communicated his views reg arding the
question of currency legislation at
this or the regular session of congress-
las precluded any formal considera-
tion go far OF what the house shall do
when it disposes of the tariff.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14
Will Row 2, 400 Miles.

ST. PAUL, May l0.-To row from
Park Rapids, Minn., on the Mississip.
pi, to the gulf is the task that con.
fronts Quarterma aster Andrew Koehn
OF the United States navy. This he
has been ordered to do as an adver.
tisemsnt to attract recruits, according
to an announcement last night. Koehu
will start June ! aad expects to cover
the distance, 2,47O miles in 80 days,
The qusrterm sster has q reputa.
tion as one of the navy's most expert
oarsmen. He 10 now stationed At ST.
Louis.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14
Military Aviator2kilIed.

Los ANGELES, May 9.-Lieuten ant
J. d. Park. q military aviator, who
started from San Diego this morning
on flight to Los Angeles, was killed
as Olive. nine miles north OF Santa
Ana about eight O'Clock.
Lieutenant Park met his death in a
fall OF less than fifteen feet. He had
altghted . quarter Of mile from the
Olive school house, on account of q
heavy mist that confused him % to
his bearings, and after giving . mes.
sage to little girl to telephone to
Los Angeles, he rose again. His
machine swoopedsover . low hill and
crashed into q tree. he WAS dead
when the little girl and her father
reached his side.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14
Protests Alien Land Law.

WASHINGTON. May T. China is
preparing to follow Japan In protest.
ing against the California alien land
bill. Ownership Of lands in Califor-
MIA by Chinese has diminished con.
siderably within the last few years,
but many Chinese land owners still
are there and it is with the purpose of
protecting them against loss of their
property that the Chinese government
Is contempt ating q protest.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14
TARIFF VOTE DELAYED
Republican Leader Blocks Progress
Of Underwood Bill.

Republican Leader Blocks Progress
Of Underwood Bill.
WASHINGTON, May 7.-Aiter oil Of
the 6reworks preparatory to the pas
sage of the Underwood bill in the
house had been set OF, . republican
parliamentary msneuver blocked pro-
eress BY the de0ocr attic majority. and
the house was forced to adjourn until
tomorrow with the bill still pending.
When the vsledictory speeches on
the bill had been delivered, and crowd
ed floor and galleries were prepared
for final action, Republican Leader
Mann replied to Majority Leader Un.
derwood's opposition to . roll-csll on
the repub blicsn amendment proposing
tariff commission, by declaring he
would demand the reading of the zen.
rolled BILL" It was impoe for
the enrolling clerk to complete the en-
rollment Of the bill before t,morrow
afternoon, and amid the disc atisfied
mutteriug OF the members who had
waited through the evening 10 the ex.
pecta,ion of dual vote, Represen-
tative Underwood moved an adjourn.
ment.
With an overwhelming democratic
majority on hand 10 send the bill on
its way to the senate, the session to.
night was marked by an exuberant
spirit OF triumph on the democrats
side of the center aisle. Every mem
ber who possibly could attend was in
his place to hear the conclusion of
the debate on the bill. and to cast his
vote,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14
Republicans May Get Together

CHICAGO, May l2.-First steps to.
ward reuniting the republican party
were taken At q conference of republi.
can United States senator's and other
leaders OF the party held here today.
The conference decided to call upon
the republican national committee at
its meeting scheduled for May "a, a,
Washington to issue . call for q
national convention this year.
To reorganize the party "along pro.
gressive lines," Senator Albert B.
Cummins. OF Iowa, Senator William
D. Borsh of Idaho and former Cover.
nor Herbert Hadley, together with the
other leaders at the conference agreed
that the proposed convention shsll
change the bAsis of represent alton In
future conventions and make other
radical changes 90 that the party shall
stand for ''constructive and prospec.
tive activities" in the affairs of the
government.
After the conference former Cover.
nor Herbert E. Hadley of Missouri,
stated that "a coalition of the Repub'
lican party and the Progressive party
is not only desired, but is being
sought" Mr.. Hadley explained tha
this end was being sought by the q.
tempt to reform the republican part!
so that the conscientious progressive
who left the party last fall will join.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14
Suffragettes Make Trouble

LONDON, May 8.-The damage to
property In the British Isles caused
by the militant suffragettes during
the last three months amounts to more
than 81, 900. 900, according to 40 off,
cial estimate made today by the au-
thorities at Scotland Yard.
The militant suffragettes intend to
inaugurate campaign of even great
er proportions in order to avenge
the defeat of the women's suffrage bill
Tuesday night and the prosecution OF
the central militant org ganiz alton. Ad.
vanced MEMBERS of the fighting sister.
hood declared today that the events
of the laet few days are to be eclipsed
by worse things to come.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14
Defines Graham Flour.

WASHINGTON, May 8.-Having
learned that many so.called Graham
fours on the market contain the sweep
ings from the mill and that they often
contain ''red dog" the lowest grade OF
-four produced ss we'll as bran and
other by.products, the United States
bureau of chemistry has defined the
Graham flour as "unbolted whea
meal made from sound clean fully
matured air dried wheat" This is
the report OF an extensive investiga- a.
tion just completed. The bureau hold
that mixtures should be labeled "imi-
tation Graham -four"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14
Blinded BY Wood Alcohol,

NEW YORK, May 8.-Thirteen hun
dred persons in the state of New York
were made blind for life and four
others were killed in the past IL
months, either by drinking wood alco.
boil or inhaling its fumes, according
to the fourth annual report of the
New York committee on the preveu-
tion of blindness.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14
MAY ABANDON PROJECTS.
Montana Settlers Burdened 6y High
Cost Of Work.

Montana Settlers 6urdened 6y High
Cost Of Work.
WASHINGTON, May 9.-The govern
ment may abandon both the Milk
river and the Sun river irrig alton
projects in Montana, in view of testi.
mony given yesterday before Secre-
tary Of the Interior Lane, showing
that thus far neither project has been
successful, that the farmers are un.
able to make payments and many of
them are ready to abandon their
lands II they can sell out. While
Secretary Lane has announced no de.
cision with reference to the projects,
he strongly indicated today that it
would be wise, from q business stand.
point, for the government to discon-
tinue work on projects where it seems
evident in advance that the cost of
irrig alton will be greater than the
settlers can pay, and where the farm
ers have shown difficulty in maintain.
ing themselves after they once get
water.
This afternoon Senator Walsh
summed up the evidence taken
yesterday, pointing out the hard
ships of the settlers on the various
Montana projects, their inability to
raise aud market crops and also
their inability to meet payments as
they fell due. He concluded by sp-
pealing for decision from the sec.
retary granting them further exten.
sion of time in which to pay for water
and also urging that they be permit.
ted to have water at the price at
which the reclaim alton service first
estim ated the per acre cost, would be,
rather than the actual cost which ex-
ceeds estimates materially.
Incident to Senator Walsh's re.
marks it developed that it will cost
practically s23. .0O0, 900 to complete the
various projects in Montana, of
which s6,000,00O must yet be spent
on Milk river and more than 90, ,OO0, 900
on Sun river.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14
Declares Carnegie Is Alien

LONDON. May 7.-Miss May Scott
Troy, San Francisco suffr ags,te,
oabled today to Andrew Carnegie as
follows:
"What right have you to pose as 40
American citizen when you are regis.
tered % . voter in the parish of Dor
nocb, in the county of Southerland, |,
Scotland? You are voter No. IL on
the official list received by me today
from the sheriff OF the county. Why
did King Edward offer you . duke.
dom?"
Mr.. Carnegie ia described on the
voting list as: Occupation, gentleman D.
Place of abode, Skibo CASTLE"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14
Boston Wool Market.

BOSTON, May 9.-Conditions in the
seaboard wool market continue very
much unsettled. For the small
amount of wool which manufactured
use they are willing to pay very fair
prices, but on the leftover woods
which dealers try to sell values are
necess srily sacrificed. In the ives,
buying OF the new clip has been re-
sumed, but not in any extensive man
ner. Two or three representatives are
rather aggressive buyers at top
prices.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14

port to him the number of contests
pending before them, the length OF
time they have been pending and the
reasons for delay 10 action. Mr..
Evans says some of these contests
have record for ten years and entry.
men have been unable to get patent or
get any sort of final action by the
government.
Is there 10 need for additional spec.
ial agents or more clerical assistance
In local Offices he wants to be advised
80 he can present this matter in,elli-
gently to the general land ONCE. Mr..
Evans intends, II possible, to have all
the work Of the local land Offices in
Montana brought up to date and will
concentrate his efforts on this matter
during the summer months.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14

massive edifice was making HE rounds
when he heard ticking sound neap
the high altar. Upon hts investigs-
tion he found hidden . heavy parcel
rolled up In brown paper. He immedi-.
ately placed it in water and handed +
over to the police who found . suf.
frsgeste newspaper wrapped up with
the bomb.
The bomb from the cathedral IVES
examined at the Bridewell police sta~-
tion and later ct the home office by
the government experts. The bomb
WAS painted black and contained two
detonstors attached to IN electric
battery. It was filed with slugs Of
hard black substance. There 10 no
doubt, the police cay, that II was
placed in position by militant suffrs~
gettes or persous in their employ.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14
To Investigate indian Affairs

WASHINGTON, May 9.-The ate
committee on Indian aff airs today ap-
pointed subcommittee to visit the
Grow reserv alton in Montana after
the adjournment of congress and make
tnvestig alton of charges fled by Helen
Pierce Gray.
Robert J. Hamilton, q Blackfoot In
dian. appeared today before the sen-
ate Indian committee and preferred
charges OF incompetency against A.
E. McFatridge, agent of the Black
feet reserv alton. He declared that
McFatridge 10 unfit to hold Office,
charging him with misinterpreting the
the law In q way to deprive some In
diane of allottments, with misrepre-
senting conditions on reserv alton to
the department and influencing speci al
agents sent out to investigate charges
that there is destitution among the
Blackfeet.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14
Tariff Bill Goes To Senate

WASHINGTON, May 9.-The demo.
cratic tariff bill passed yesterday In
the house with majority OF l42 votes,
went over to the senate today to be re.
ferred to the finance committee.
Finance sub. committees have had
the bill under consider alton inform al
~ and they are about ready to report
to the full committee on the various
schedules and administra alive features.
Few changes will be recommended by
the sub-committees though protests
against many rates have been filed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14
Found Bomb In Cathedral.

LONDON, May 7.-An attempt to
wreck the ancient St. Paul's cathed.
raj by bomb today Is attributed to
the militant suffragettes. The verger
who conducts sight-seers through the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14

toosned cylinder, depositing il into .
trough from which it Is eIev ated by IN
suger into another toothed cylinder
which re-threshes it. The chaff is
blown out and the clean grain falls In.
to sack or may be carried through .
tube Into wagon driven elongside.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14
WANT A SQUARE DEAL.
Settlers On Irrigation Projects Ap.
peal To Secretary Of Interior.

settlers On irrigation Projects Ap-
peal To Secretary Of Interior.
WASHINGTON, May s.-Hard ships
are being experienced by settlers on
oil government irrigation projects in
Montana, according to testimony
given today before Secretary OF In.
terror Lane. In come instances set.
tlers are bankrupt and are likely to
lose their water rights; In other in
stances they have had hard struggle
to meet their payments. Dissatisfac-
tion prev ails generally, according to
those gentlemen who came here to Tee.
tify. Unless national relief is extend.
ed by the government. many settlers
will be obliged to abandon their land
and move on. Several representa-.
sives OF local water users' associ atious
were heard and without exception they
urged that they be relieved from
paying more than the original esti-
mated per acre cost of the irrig alton
OF lands of their respective projects.
Bearing on this particular point
Sen atOr Walsh, who took q promi.
nent part In examining Witnesses, in
terpreted the reel am alton law to mean
that settlers can legally be required
to repay the government only the
estimated cost of the project and can
not be compelled to pay the actual
cost when the actual cost exceeds
the original official estimate. This
has not been the government's conten.
ton up to this time and Sen ator
Walsh suggested the advisability of
taking into court this and other ques.
tions regarding the reclaim alton law
to secure final determination of oil
contested points.
No one appeared to represent the
settlers on the Milk river project, but
Senators Myers and Walsh question
ed Division Engineer q. N. Savage
at length securing from him the fact
that considerable work on the diver.
sion canal. costing from o72. 900 to Sl,-
600, had been abandoned after construc.
tion because 1t was not properly 10.
Gated. Savage. however, maintained
that 1t was in the interest of economy
to abandon the work. for II the cana
had been completed as originally laid
out it would ultim ately have cost much
more than this TO maintain it safely.
1t was endangered by slides along the
hillsides. Mr.. Savage also explained
the much delay on the Milk river pro-
ject was due to delay in adjusting
private water rights of settlers who
were on the land before the govern
ment project was undertaken. That
question being settled, he said, the
prospect was good for rapid progress.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14

HELENA. May 9.-William Sgutt, o
linen buyer for a Helena dry goods
store, committed suicide in the Ma
sonic Temple this morning. He swal-
lowed carbolic acid. Sgutt was born
IN Russia AZ years ago, and had been
in Helena about ten years. He leaves
wife and two children. He had been
In poor health in recent months.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14
Would Settle Land Contests

WASHINGTON, May l2.-Congress.
man Evans has addressed letter to
all registers and receivers of Mon.
tana land Offices asking them to re.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-14
TARIFF IN SENATE.
Measure Will Be Under Discussion
Several Weeks.

Several Weeks.
WASHINGTON, May 12.-The tariff
revision fight shifted from the house
will be renewed in the senate tomor-
row when the Underwood bill comes
up for reference to the finance COM
mitee. The senate Was not in session
today.
The house met today to dispose of
what como party leaders refer to %
''chicken feed," with the announced
purpose Of sdiourning almost imme.
distely for three days, q beginning of
regular adjsurnments for similar per-
iods until the frst week of June.
President Wilson does not expect
that the tariff bill will be amended in
any important particular. he has
not suggested that any schedule be re.
opened; has not been informed th at
the senate contemplate changing tho
work of the house and is confident
that the measure will pass the senate.
In the senate some repub ublican oppo.
sition has developed to the Penrose
amendment to force public hearings
by the finance committee. The de-.
velopmeut indicates that the demo-
cratic plan for no hearings will be
carried out although reference OF the
bill may be delayed while the republi-
can leaders debate the Penrose amend
ment for several days beginning to.
morrow.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-07-19

WHAT CONSTITUTES A FARMER?

i've or more so than in the begin
ming.
The tendency of men who farm
today is to acquire large holdings
for speculation, hoping to reap a
profit not from production, but
from increased land valuations, and
for this reason alone land has been
allowed to deteriorate to such de-
gree that the men who purchase
now, at whatever price, are not re-
ceiving in actual value so per cent
of what it was worth when the
original settler purchased from the
government at 81 rs per acre.
Speculation has been rife, but
that day dream has almost faded
into everlasting night and farming
is again assuming a phase of legit-
innate business. Today the man
who purchases an eighty or one
hundred and sixty acres wants to
be shown" what the percentage of
return is going to be on his invest
ment. The old stock argument of
"buy today and tomorrow l will
sell for you at an advance as a
method of making commission
for the real estate fakir, don't go,
as in the majority of cases land is
now being purchased with an idea
of making a permanent invest
ment from which they expect to
receive dividends or, in other words,
to make home and farm for liv-
ing, and when this finally becomes
the rule the entire community will
be benefited
The question as to the best size
for the individual holdings is one
to which no hard and fast rule can
be applied. Conditions, not alto
gether financial, enter largely into
farming for profit. Some men may
have abundance of money to pro-
vide all of the best modern machin-
cry and frst-class seed and yet in
the operation of eighty acres have
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-07-19

to meet deficit at the end of the
season, while others with practical
knowledge and small resources
would reap large returns on the
same tract. The desire generally
for large tracts of land by the in
dividual is based on the hope of
profit from increased valuation, but
this is not always the case. All
over this country individual in
stances can be cited where the
owners of large tracts of land are
farming them in practicable and
profitable way. AS general prop
osition, however, it can be safely
asserted that the greater proper
tionate benefit will be derived from
large number of small holdings
than there will be from few
larger tracts.
Farming is just as much of a
business as any form of merchan-
dising or manufacturing and re-
quires great deal more of hard
study and practice than is required
in fitting oneself for bank presi-
dent, and when any person, after
making failure in other pursuits,
turns to farming as last resort
and as an easy way to make liv-
ing he is liable, very shortly, to re-
alize his error.
Natural products are the only
real basic values. He that pro-
duces by his labor that which sus-
tains life and makes living posi-
BILE will some day come into his
own and will, as he should, be
looked up to as public benefactor.
If every farmer should change his
ploughshare into sword this world
would become rather dismal abode
for mankind.
Hasten the day when the true
farmer will be justly rewarded and
also hasten the day when the spec
ulator will get whats coming to
him"
Evan Mead of Pueblo came in
Thursday to attend the funeral Of
his uncle, +. II. Shotwell.