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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-02-19
WILL PROTECT AMERICANS
Revolution In Mexico Causes Alarm
Among Foreign Residents.

Revolution In Mexico Causes Alarm
Among Foreign Residents.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 12.-Americaus
and other foreigners living in this city
found themselves in a desperate situa-
ton today. The foreign residential
and commercial districts lay in the
direct line OF artillery fire from both
the rebel and federal positions. Many
people who had taken refuge In the
more important buildings found them
selves penned In, while heavy shells
whtssled about them, tearing through
walls and roofs.
All surrounding streets we're occu-
pied by troops and throughout the
morning the whirr Of the machine guns
was continued while infsntry-men kept
up . constant rife fire.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-The fret
brigade OF the fret army division.
numbering 5000 men, are resting on
their arms, ready to entrain At q mo.
mens's notice for Newport News to
board transports for Mexico.
Twenty-Five hundred marines from
the Atlantic fleet and the Guantanamo
naval station are prepared to sail for
Vera Cruz to go to the relief of
the foreign leg atoms, should they be.
come besieged IS they did at Picking.
Four dreadnaughts of the battle
ship fleet are steaming at top speed to
Tampico and Vera Cruz and two
others rushing on the Pacific side to
Mexican ports to afford refuge to
Americans and other foreigners.
The president and the cabinet are
firm in their determination not to send
any American troops into Mexico I'm.
less the most dire necessity forces it.
These are the developments of the
day In the attitude of the United
States toward the newest revolution
in Mexico.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-02-19
Slot Machine Men Protest,

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1l.-Circula alton
of the proposed new nickel, scheduled
for February II, was postponed in
definitely today bv the treasury de.
partment on protests of slot machine
interests.
Manufacturers vigorously complain
ed that just as they had perfected
chewing gum and other slot machines
to refuse counterfeit nickels and
''slugs" designed for fraud, the gov.
eminent was about to place in circuls.
tion q 5-cent piece, the design Of which
product would nullify their invention.
George B. Roberts, director OF the
mint, left w sshington for Philadelphia
for a conference of mint officials.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-02-19
Brief And Pertinent.

One thing that makes living come
higher is that population increases
faster than provision for sustaining
IL. The amount of land under cult.
walton In this country increased only
ten per cent. in the ten years covered
by the last census. AT the same time
the number of consumers In the couu-
try increased twenty per cent.
Ireland was known az the Emera aid
Isle long before Sir Horace Plunkett
was born. so perhaps it's not quite
true to Say that he has made two
blades of grass to grow there, where
one grew before. But he has done
his best to promote the planting of two
acres OF potatoes where one was plant.
ed before his time, TO encourage the
doubling of iocks and herds,-and,
best Of all, to making these enterprises
profitable to the Irish farmer. By en-
abline him to own his own bit Of land
andto ind . ready market through
corporation.
Undertaking to fix wages by law is
regarded as q modern innovation. In
reality however, it Is an ancient at
tempt. England, for example, in the
fourteenth century decreed that in Ger.
tain industries wages should not ex.
coed q given amount. 1t was later
provided by law that justices of the
peace should set the scale of wages in
their districts. The modern move.
ment for having the state set q mini
mum below which wages in certain in
dustries shall not fall operates in the
opposite direction from the medieval
which sought to set q maxi
mum to the pay Of labor.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-02-19
RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT.

The coming of the 500 Line int,
this state is an enterprise that is far
reaching In the future development o
Montana. 1t is another step in tn
ever onward progress of the Canadian
Pacific system, the real power behini
the undertaking. 1t means the expen'
diture of millions of foreign capita,
distributed among the people of shit
state, to cay nothing of the increased
value of lands in the sections through
which the new road will penetra ate,
ssys the Helena Independent.
With the exception Of the Trsns.Si
berisn road, the Csnadisn.P Pacific ia
the longest in the world, with a through
train service from the Atlantic TO the
Pacific. and maintains . standard OF
efficiency that is not equaled by any OF
the other trans.continentsl lines. 1t
has been, and is the dominant in.
fuence 10 the development of Canada.
The liberal policy pursued by this sys.
TEN has been the means of attracting
hundreds of thousands of Americans
who have gone from this side of the
boundary to become citizens of that
country.
If the roads of the United States had
adopted the policy of the Canadian
Pacific in the systematic care and the
selection Of settlers there would have
been better results here.
The entrance OF the 500 Line into
Montana will be followed by the far
seeing policy of the mother company
In the natter OF. directing settlers
to this state, the same as has been APP
piled north of the boundary line. which
will mean much to this common.
wealth. System atized immigration is
the kind that lie followed by wealth
producing results, and no where has
this been demon str ated to better ad.
vantage than by the Csnadian-P aci6c
system. Being as 1t IL, q most power
full railroad between the two oceans,
It's influence extends to the United
States at many points and is q con-
spicuous factor in the sphere Of trans.
p~orsation of both countries.
The people of Montana should and
will welcome the coming of the 500
Line TO this state, in a reciprocal
spirit, the same as it would any other
system, whether built by the coin of
the realm or that which comes from
Canada aud England. What Mon
TAM needs most are more miles OF
railroad-more than any other state
in the Union at this time.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-02-19
CANDIDATES MUST BEWARE.

The municipal and school election,
in April will give candidate for pub
lie Office their fret experience witt
the new corrupt practices act. This
Law, 1t will be remembered, was psss.
ed BY popular vote st the last general
election and its provisions will apply
hereafter to all applicants for elective
Offices in Montana.
The new act proposes several re.
forms In the game OF politics, and the
candida ate who breaks the rules may
get into serious trouble. The free dis.
tribution of fragrant and other kinds
cigars, and similar campaign cour-
tesies heretofore extended by csndi-
dates seeking votes, must be avoided
by anyone who values his reputation
Is q law-abiding citizen, or he will
subject himself to prosecution and
punishment. He must resist the temp.
tstion to be a ''good fellow" for cam.
paign purposes.
The candidate is limited to an ex.
penditure of Is per cent Of his first
years salary with q minimum in all
cases of 800 in cities of over 10, 900
population. He must file with the
city clerk within ten days after election
an itemized statement OF all his ex.
penditures, with receipts for all pay
ments ovey s.. If he fails to do this,
he cannot qualify for the Office If
elected.
Section 81 OF the law says: mo per-
con shall solicit, demand, ask or invite
any payment or contribution for any
religious, charitable, political or other
cause or organization supposed to DO
primarily or principally for the public
good from . person who seeks to be
or has been nominated or elected to
any Office, and no such candids ate or
elected person shall make such pay.
ment or contribution il it shall be de-
manded or asked during the time he
Is q candida ate for nomination or
election to or an incumbent of any
Office"
Section 26 of the statute says: "Any
person or candid ate who shall either
by himself or by any other person,
either before or after an election, or
while such person is seeking . nomi-
nation or election, directly or indi-
rectly, give or provide or pay, wholly
or in part, the expenses of giving or
providing any meat or drink or other
entertainment or provision, clothing,
liquors, cigars, to or for any person
for the purpose of or with intent or
hope to influence that person or any
other person to give or refrain from
giving his vote at such election to or
for any candidate Of any political
party or organization measure before
the people shall be guilty of a viola
ton of this act"
The act also makes it q violation of
the law for any person to accept cigars
or drinks or meat, which the candi-
date is forbidden to offer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-02-19
Montana Convicts Recaptured.

CHICAGO, Feb. l1.-Alexander Olson
and Jonathan Nelson, who escaped
last May from the peniteutiary at
Deer Lodge, Mont, where they were
serving .hree-year terms. were arrest
ed here today and are being held
pending the arrival OF q deputy warden
from the prison.
Daniel Edwards, who served a SEN
tence of Is months in the same institu-
ton, recognized the men on the street
and notified the police. There 10 q
rewa ard for their capture.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-02-19
Will Not Announce Cabinet.

PRINCETON, Feb. II. - President.
elect Wilson announced definitely to-
day that he would not make public the
names OF his cabinet until he sent
them to the senate for confirmstio in
March. Mr.. Wilson's statement was
occasioned by the publication of re-
ports from Washington that he would
announce his cabinet tomorrow.
MIR. Wilson, 1t is indicated, will ask
the men to whom portfolios are Of
fered to regard the information as
confidential. He believes, also, it is
reported that he ought not to make
any pre-cabinet announcement until
he is actually president OF the United
States.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-02-19
Six-Year Term Bill DELAYED.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Clay.
ton resolution for q constitutional
amendment for . six year single presi-
Dental term effective in 1912 to exempt
Taft, Wilson and Roosevelt from its
operation, was put i've TO the next
congress tod ay by the house judiciary
committee. This indicates that &c &C.
ton will be taken on the Works single
term resolution already passed by the
senate.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-02-19
A MAGNIFICENT HERITAGE.

The endowment bestowed upon Mon
tana public schools and state educa-
tiona institutions by land grants from
the federal government is q magnif
cent heritage. There sources thus pro.
vided cannot be accurately estim ated,
but the benefits already derived from
them reach large proportions.
Some interesting information upon
this subj sct appears in q report recent
~ made by the register of state lands,
which shows the acreage under lease
and the rentals received therefrom.
According to the report the state has
title to 1888, 574 acres of land exclu.
sive Of land sold for which cont" acts
are in force. To this will be added
approximately 1000, 900 acres more as
surveys are made identifying sections
Is aud 80 in townships now uusur-
veyed.
This vast area. and moneys hereto.
fore and to DC received from these
lands, constitutute an endowment
conserv atively estimated to be worth
over $50, 900, 900, held in trust by the
state for educational uses.
The enabling act, the constitution
and statutory law afford ample pro.
lection against the unwise disposal OF
this colossal endowment.
First. as to the lands. by requiring
l that not an acre a be sold ut less
than $40; (2) appraised before sale,
which must be at public auction after
four weeks advertising: ~ %reserving
the coal, oil and gas, and conserving
timber; "A giving the state board of
land commissioners discretion to fix
sale dates at times they deem condi.
tons most favorable, and finally to
approve or reject sales as made.
Only lands for which u fee.paid ap.
%plication has been made are advertised
for sale.
These laws, as construed by the gu.
preme court, further safeguard this
endowment by requiring. that proceeds
OF land aud timber sales, and all
royalties from coal, oil and gas
"shall forever remain inviolate,"i i. e.
be kept in permanent funds invested
under regulations prescribed by Law
and the interest only expended fou
support Of the schools.
OF these permanent funds there was
January l, 1913. 81. 1914, $50 invested i,
bonds bearing from four to six pc
cent interest, aud 1885, 64 availa bl
for such Investments.
Besides this there are outstanding
deferred payment acts for Ian,
exceeding SO, 000, 600, bearing five pc
cent interest. So there is now q per
manent interest.bearing endowment Q
about 81, 900, OOO.
The state lands under lease at III
close OF the fiscal year 1912 amounte'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-02-19

to over 2 ,46S, 900 acres, and the rentals
collected during the year yielded .
revenue of S279,563 for the public
schools and state institutions. An an
nual increase In this revenue will fol-
low an increased demand for land,
with corresponding benefit to Montana
citizens interested in the welfare of
our educational institutions.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-02-19
MOUNTAIN STATES
ELECTS OFFICERS
Big Telephone Company Holds An
nual Meeting and Two Additional
Vice Presidents Are Crea ed.

DENVER, Colo, Feb. 12.-The an
nual meeting of the Mountain States
Telephone and Telegraph company
was held at the Offices of the company
yesterday afternoon.
President Field presented his annual
report covering the operations of the
Mountain States system, and the fol-
lowing directors were elected for the
ensuing year:
E. B. Field, Edward b. Field, Jr.,
Philip Hamlin, Crawford Hill, E. S.
Kassler and L. c. Phipps, Jr., of
Denver, A. V. Hunter. of Leadville,
w. L. Graham, of Pueblo, W. S.
Mccormick, of Salt Lake City. and
Theo. N. Vail and U. N. Bethel, of
New York.
Nothing other than routine business
was transacted at the stockholders'
meeting. In presenting the annual
report President Field called particu-
lar attention to the fact that the fig
ures given embraced the transactions
of the entire system, noting that in the
past, figures given embodying the
trans actions of the company as q
whole, had been misquoted as cover
ing the business done only In one city
or one state, whereas they should have
been clearly shown to cover oper atoms
in five states. The report is given in
another column.
Immediately following the stock.
holders meeting the newly elected
directors met and chose the following
officers:
E. B. Field. President.
Ed. B. Field, Jr.. First Vice Presi.
dent and Treasurer.
E. M. Burgess. Vice President and
General Manager.
Philip Hamlin. Vice President.
J. E. Macdonald, Secretary.
Roderick Reid, General Auditor.
This practically continues y r~e-elec-
ton of the former officers, with the
two vice presidents created this year.
MIR. E. M. Burgess, formerly general
manager, continues that title, and is
made vice president in charge of OPP
Grafton. Mr.. Philip Hamlin, assist
ant to the president, is elected a d.
rector and made vice president il
charge of public relations.
Both Messrs. Burgess and Hamlin
have long been identified with the tele-
phone industry of the west. Mr.. Bur-
CESS came to Colorado from New York
In 1881 and Immediately entered the
service Of The Colorado Telephone
company, serving respectively as
manager al Central City, chief in.
spector, Denver, general s%uperinten-
lent and general manager, and on the
formation of the Mountain States
company was elected general manager
of that corporation.
Mr.. Hamlin is q more recent arriv.
al, coming to Colorado from one of
the eastern telephone companies in
1900, and having been identified since
that time with President Field as
| special agent and later as assistant
to the president.
The growth Of the company is re-
sponsible for the enlargement OF the
authority of both these gentlemen in
the action taken yesterday.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-02-19

tlne BOOK and JOB Printing a sps.
ciSitv st the RIVER PRESS Office,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-02-19
THE RIVER PRESS, Fort Benton

zine BOOK ANA sob Printing a spe-
clasty at the RIVER PRESS Office
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-12-18
SENATOR ROOT NOT A CANDI
DATE

In his speech on the currency bill
in the United States senate Tuesday,
Senator Root set at rest all question
as to his being a candidate for the
Republican nomination for president,
in the following words:
my friends who have made these
kindly suggestions forget" he said,
''that before this administration
comes to a close / will have reached
the age of ~ pears; that before the
next administration could complete
its service | would ave reached the
age of rs.
cit W uld be manifestly improper
that ] should be president of the
United States. ! could not render
service. | could not undertake it. /
would not accept the nomination, and
| would not accept the Office"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-12-18
TWO SEPARATE QUESTIONS

Having decided to their own salts
faction that 'tthe tariff is the mother
of trusts the free traders imagine
that they are going to remedy trust
evils by destroying tariff protection.
1t is as though the only cure for de-
feet in a superstructure was to be
found in razing the foundation. But
when they have thus wrecked the su-
perstructure for the sake of correct
ing a defect which could have been
treated by itself, leaving the founda-
ton intact and the desirable remand
er of the structure still standing, the
trust evil remains as before. 1t will
simply seek ar other foundation. A
free trade foundation will do as we'll.
Trusts, combinations, monopolies
thrive under free trade as under pro-
lection. There are laws in our coun
try which deal with trust evils. If
other and more stringent laws are
needed, let them be passed and ex,
ecuted. But don't wreck prosperity
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-12-18
NO SPECIAL REPUBLICAN CON
VENTION

The Republican national commit
tee, in session at Washington, has de-
termined that it is clothed with am
pic power to readjust the composition
of the party's national convictions
and has authority to make reforms in
convention rules and procedure that
have been demanded by many ele-
ments since the convention of 1912
and the Democratic victory at the
polls last November.
With little bitterness and no tangi
BILE evidence that differences which
arose over methods could not be rec.
onciled, the committee took steps
which have b en- agitated in the par
ty for 30 years and which have been
vital factors in many exciting con
ventions in it's latter lay history.
Without a dissenting vote the
the basis of representation in nation
al conventions which will greatly aft
feet southern states, gave full recog
milton to the principle of the primary
in the election of delegates to such
convention, approved laws regarding
such elections adopted by severa
states which provide that all dele.
gates be selected at large, and accept.
ed the principle that delegates prop.
erly accredited by state authorities
shall be placed on the temporary con.
vention roll. Informally it had been
agreed that the new basis of repre-.
sentation should be referred to the
Republicans in the various states for
ratification.
The only difference of opinion that
developed on the surface was over the
question of the machinery to be used
to effect the reforms. OF the 40
committeeman who voted ON the one
roll call taken, IA favored the call
ing of a special convention to bring
about these changes and 5 declared
themselves opposed.
Before the meeting of the national
committee ~adjourns, definite plans
will be adopted which will settle all
questions in dispute.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-12-18
800 REWARD, 500

The readers OF this paper will be
pleased to learn hat there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, re-
quires a constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system, there
by destroying the foundation of the
disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the eonstitu-
ton and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much
faith in it's curative powers that they
offer one hundred dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for
list of testimonials.
Address F. ]. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio
Sold by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for con.
stipation.
Subscribe for the Silver State, a.
per year.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-12-18
ADVICE OF GREAT VALUE TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

If a man does not provide for MS
children. If be does not provide for all
those dependent upon him, ana II nc
has not that vision OF conditions
come, and that care for the uays mm
have not yet dawned, when we
nm in the whole idea of thrift and saw
inc. hen he has not opened his eyes
to any adequate conception of human
life. We are IA this world to provide
not for ourselves, but for others, ana
that is the basis of economy.
WOODROW WILSON.
The President of the United states
is a man who practices what ne
breaches. He is a policyholder IN
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF NEW YORK, }. A.
LIPMAN, Agent, Winnemucea.-Ad.
V rtisement.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-12-18
GROUP AND COUGH REMEDY

Group is a terrible disease, it at
tacks children so suddenly they are
very apt to choke unless given the
proper remedy at once. There is moth
ing better in the world than DR..
Kings New Discovery. Lewis Cham
berlain, of Manchester, Ohio, writes
al out his children: Sometimes in
severe attacks we were afraid they
would die, but since we prove what
a certain remedy DR.. Kings New
Discovery is, we have no fear. We
rely on it for Group, coughs and
colds" So car you. SOC and $l.OO.
A bottle should be in every home. At
ali druggists. Fl. E. Bucklen & Co.,
Philadelphia and st. Louis.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-12-18

on account of the trusts. Don't burn
the barn in order to get rid of the
rats. Don't sink the whole ship be
cause there is a leak somewhere in
the hull. The trust question and the
tariff question are two distinctly sep
arate questions. Each should be
dealt with separately upon its merits
or demerits.-American Economist.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-12-18
MEN OR WOMEN

The two greatest specialties eve
invented.
The One Dip Pen. With one dip Of
ink will write six hundred words.
The Matchless Pocket Lighter. Fol
the smoker, automobilist, miner, hunt
er, fisherman. A recognized household
necessity. Satisfaction guaranteed Of
money refunded. Particulars and de
scriptive circular free. Write today
7. johnson & Co., 23s Townsend st..
San Francisco, Csl.-Advertisement
Sept.23.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-12-18
LOSSES SURELY PREVENTED

BY Cutters Biaokies Pills. Low
priced. always fresh and reliable. they
are used by over so per cent Of Calf
tornia and Western stockmen because
they protect where other vaccines fail.
Write for booklet and testimonials.
l0-dose pkse. Biackies Pills. -. 81. 90
50-dose pkge. Biaekieg Pills. 80. 400
Cutters BiaekIeg Pill in~ieeter.. i.5O
. Pills may be used In any injector.
but Cutters Is simplest and strongest.
The Cutter lsborstery. Dsrkslsy. Cal.
Insist on Cutters. II druggist doesn't
stock. order from Laboratory.