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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-01
LAND LEGISLATION DELAYED

Months ago the senate passed Sena-
tor Borah's bill amending the home
stead law by providing that in lieu Of
cultivation, entrymen may establish
their good faith by making improve
ments on their lands to the extent Of
$3.50 an acre. Every senator and
every representative from the west
has received score of letters this
session pointing out the %hardships
worked by the cultivation clause Of
the three-year homestead law, and 1t
has been established, beyond doubt
that If that provision remains UNI
changed, many homesteaders will be
unable to get patent to the lands they
have homesteaded, because of their in
ability to show the amount of cult
walton required by the law.
Since that bill passed the senate, it
has been allowed to lie in the house
committee or public lands, because
western members have different ideas
as to Just how the cultivation clause
should be rlOdified. There has been
tall IF getting these members togeth'
er to reconcile their differences. and
to agree upon some given plan of leg
islation; but nothing has come of this
talk. and the Porah bill is still pigeon
holed because the house members
Lave failed 70 get together on this
important piece OF legislation. If the
homestead law is not amended this
session. the responsibility will rest
upon the congressman from the west
ern states, whose failure to display
an interest in the subject is primar
lily responsible for the present situa
ton. It cannot Justly be charged that
the house leaders defeated such legis
iation when the men most interested
have failed to co their part. and have
failed to have the bill favorably re
ported to the house. so that final &C
ton can be taken.
The house committee on public
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-01
Must Pay Income Tax

Washington, June 29.-TOmorrow is
the final day for the payment of in
come tax assessments and internal
revenue collectors throughout the
United States are working day and
night now handling the payments of
corporations and individuals who have
waited almost until the last moment
in order to hold on to their money as
long as possible. On July 10 a pen
atty of 5 per cent will attach the un-
paid assessments and for every addi-
tional month of delay the penalty will
be / per cent.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-01
OFFICIAL PAPER OF cHoUrEAU COUNTY
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1914
IMPORTANT RATE DECISION

The decision rendered by the su'
preme court of the United States in
the celebrated inter.mountain rate
case is regarded as one of the most
important conclusions ever rachel by
that body. 1t affects business of all
kinds in the Rocky mountain country
by removing the discrimination here.
tofore practiced by the railroads in
fixing freight charges.
1t is held by the court that the
interstate commerce commission has
the power to establish rates between
localities that are affected by water
competition as we'll as in cases where
such conditions do not obtain. The
decision also sustains the long and
short haul" clause of the interstate
commerce law, an amendment of the
original act, for which Senator Dixon
of Montana, is mainly responsible, and
which is considered the most bene'
fetal piece of rate legislation yer
passed by congress. 1t provides that
the railroads shall not charge more
for the short haul than for the long
haul, except upon express permission
granted by the interstate commerce
board, upon good cause being shown.
The litigation that resulted in this
decision by the supreme court was
based mainly upon the conditions ex-
listing at Spokane and other large in
land business centers. Heretofore
the railroads have made lower rates
fn0v1 noc<nNn pOSy,to In DnnSEn CT
cities than were given to similar ship
ments to Spokane, although the Pa
cific coast traffic passed through Spo.
kane on the way to it's destination.
The rates charged on shipments to
Spokane were equal to the through
rate to the Pacific coast, plus the To-
cal rate from that locality to Spokane.
The same rule applied to rates to
many other business centers in the
inter-mOuntain countryside coast
cities enjoying a lower rate than could
be secured by inland business centers
to which the haul was shorter, ant
which were competitors for trade il
the same territory.
The business interests of Montan;
were affected by this unjust discrim
ination-the rates from eastern ter
minals to Montana points being higher
in many cases than the rates for sim,
liar shipments to the Pacific coast
The interstate IN commission
in an announcement made about three
years ago, declared such discrimina
ton to be unlawful, and ordered that
equitable charges be applied in al
Eases The resistance of the railroads
to this order caused an appeal to the
courts, which sustained the interstate
commerce board in it's efforts to EN-
force the law.
The decision means that the bust
ness interests of the Rocky mountain
country will benefit from the lowe
transportation charges that may re
suit from the construction Of the Pan
anna canal. If water competition
brings lower rates to Pacific coas
points, the rates to inland points mus
be adjusted to the new conditions, an,
these benefits should eventually b.
shared by the shippers and consum
erS.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-01
The Farmers Income

The department of agriculture has
recently issued a bulletin in which it
is computed that the average annual
income of the American farmer is
$640.4O. This may, upon superficial
consideration, convey the impression
that farming, even at present high
prices, is not a lucrative business. 1t
looks as though the average city clerk
or bookkeeper who has no capital in
vested earns considerably more than
the average farmer.
But on the farm the cost of living
out before the income is count
ed, and with the city employee it comes
out afterward. The vegetables, poul.
try. eggs, butter and fruits that are
consumed on the farm are not paid
for out of the income. They are SIM
PLY incidental to business. No ac-
count is generally kept of them. The
farmers income is pretty nearly net.
1t generally means what is left over
after he has settled his fertilizer bill
and squared with lis hired help.
On the other hand, the city wage
Garner who is drawing $50 per week
finds that it all goes to the milkman,
grocery man, butcher, ice man, gas
and other iGnctual collectors. In
computing income it is very delusive
to count the gross receipts. To get
at the farmers gross income he should
keep a board bill account against the
members of his family, charging each,
including the mead of the family. say
s. per weeE. Getting a living off the
:arr. is a large i:em.-Baltimore Am.
erican.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-01
Reserve Bank Directors

Washington, June 29.-The treasury
department today announced that the
following Montana men had been nom
mated for directors of the regional
reserve bank, district No. 8, with head
quarters at Minneapolis.
Class A-Group No. l, d. \. McCaw,
Livingstone; group =, A. G. Johnson
Helena; group 3, Albert l.. Smith, Hell
M
Class B-Group No. l, Norman B
Hotter, Helena; group 2, Norman B
Hotter and w. II. Griffin, K~alispell
group ,, Norman y. Hotter and K. O
Adams.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-01

Malta, June 27.-Grace Fuller. a
Dodson young woman, attempted sui.
eide here today As her sweetheart.
Thomas Darling, was being lowered
into his grave at the Malta cemetery.
Darling was drowned at Dodson Thurs.
day. and the funeral was held here to.
day. Miss Fuller took a large dose of
poison and leaped into the grave. She
is still alive at the Malta hospital, but
no hopes are entertained for her re-
cOvery.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-01
Hogs for Sale

Twenty choice young hogs for sale.
Address
NJ. s. HOLDERBAUM,
Fort Benton, Mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-01
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE

Press for 81 90 spot cash. or it's eauiva-
lent in bankable paper. Goods will be
delivered in regular weekly installments
during the twelve months following re-
teed. Address
THE RIVER PRESS,
Fort Benton. Mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-01

All the news in the River Press.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1914-11-27
The EIyina putc!inan.

The legend Of the phantom ship
called "The Flying Dutchman" is
very old one. According to one
version it was a vessel laden with
precious metal. A horrible murder
having been committed on board,
the ship became cursed, the plague
broke out among the crew, and no
port would allow the ship to enter,
so it was doomed to float about like
a phantom and never to enjoy rest.
Another story is that g Dutch cap
tain, homeward bound, met with
continued head winds off the Cape
of Good Hope, but vowed he would
double the cape and not put back if
he stroye until doomsday. He was
taken at his word, and there he still
beats, but never succeeds in round
ing the point.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1914-11-27
Spoiled His Story.

The explorers fair companion
was listening with almost GREATNESS
interest to his account Of how he
had been caught in the forest in a
thunderstorm of unusual severity.
His description was so vivid that
she could fairly hear the thunder
crashing and see the lightning flash
ing. He continued: "And amidst
this warning of elements | shrank
closer and closer to the tree under
which | stood, expecting every mo-
ment that it would be the first to
be struck. | felt fear for the first
time in my life GLOW drcadful''
she exclaimed, interrupting him.
"But why didn't You run to some
other tree ?"-Puck.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1914-11-27
TOO TINY TO SEE.
Elections Are So Minute They Defy
Even the Microscope.

6VCII eIC WIN 0SSOPS'
The scientist has at last discov-
cred the very smallest things in the
world. He has weighed and meas
ured them as well and can estimate
- their number. They do not appear
on the microscopic field, although
that reveals objects so minute that
125,OO0,000,000,000 of them could
be crowded into a cubic centimeter.
Each of these is in turn composed
of millions upon millions Of mole
cules, every one of which contains
two or more atoms. Physicists esti-
mate, indeed, that there are at
least 20,0oo,000,000 of atoms in the
smallest particle of matter that is
to be seen through the most power
full of the microscopes under reflect
ed light-the smallest thing that a
man can really sec.
Until quite recently the atom has
been considered the ultimate sub
division of matter, and its infnitcsi-
NAL size seems to have justified the
conclusion. 1t now appears, how
ever, that every atom is a sphere
in which thousands Of lesser par
ticles are revolving. These are call
clectrons. To picture their incon-
ceivable nlinuteness scientist
likens the atom to the dome of a
vast cathedral and the elcctrons to
a swarm of gnats fl wing about its re-
cesses.
The electron is in continuous mo-
ton, flying hither and thithcr
through the atom or dashing from
atom to atom with uncomfortable
rapidity. There is divergence of
opinion as to whether it is matter
or something intermediate between
matter and the all pervading ether,
but there is a general leaning to-
ward the opinion that this, the very
tiniest something in all the world,
is "probablv the basal substance
out of which all matter is built"
Very evidently there must be re-
vision Of the familiar lines:
Little drops of water, little grains of sand,
etc
A drop of water is as an ocean to
the electron, and a grain of sand
seems a continent by comparison.--
Bottom Herald.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1914-11-27
Fruit Trees of Japan.

Among the many ways of their
own that the japanese have for do
ing things is their system Of prun-
ing and training fruit trees. The
system is called ''tana" and consists
in training the branches overhead
on trclliswork, made Of bamboo or
wire, supported on wooden posts
about five and a half feet high.
This offers advantages in gathering
the fruit, and not only serves to pro-
tect the trees against wind and
storms, but is said to increase pro-
duction. Only very light pruning
is done, and that usually in the win
ter time.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1914-11-27
Tortoise That breads Rain.

The tortoise is not an animal one
would naturally fix upon as likely
to be afraid of rain, but it is singu-
larly so. Twenty-four hours Or
more before rain falls the Gala
pages tortoise makes for some con-
venient shelter. On bright, clear
morning, when not a cloud is to
Be seen, the denizens Of a tortoise
farm on the African coast may
sometimes be seen heading for the
nearest overhanging rocks. When
that happens the proprietor knows
that rain will come down during
the day, and, as a rule, it comes
down in torrents. The sign never
fails. This presentlment, or what
ever you may call it, exists in many
birds and beasts.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1914-11-27

They called the gun Old Nicholas. If
name Old Nick would have meant
more than it did in Russian.
The gunner who served Old Nicholas
correspondent in size to his piece. AS the
gun was one of the biggest in the Rus.
sian service. so was Ivan Yusnovsky.
the gunner who served it, one of the
biggest men in the army. He was six
feet four inches high and massive in
proportion. or course he had Il num-
Der of assistants. but he was plenty
strong enough to put in the polIderouS
balls which it sent down among the
was no diminution in the frequency Of
his shots.
A more important auxiliary to Ivan
Yasnovsky than gun servers was the
sharpshooters who when those OF the
enemy became too troublesome picked
them Off one by one until Ivan could
show a bit of his person without get
ting bullet in it. Half a dozen Of
these sharIshoOters We're detailed to
stand by the gunner of Old Nicholas.
but DIS the siege proceeded some Of
them We're picked off. while others were
needed at other points. At last the
number was reduced to one.
This single sharpShooter was called
Alexis Galieif. Though Il man of mid
die height. beside the ponderOus Ivan
he looked small. He was especially
marked for being beardless. and this.
too. was in contrast with the gunner's
bristling whiskers and mustachios
Then. too. Ivan was dark, while Alexis
was light. 1t was remarkable how
that soft blue eye of the sharpshooter
would take sight at an Englishman, a
Frenchman or Turk and at a flash
from his rifle the object would sink
down under the blight of death.
No such execution was done by any
two persons in the Russian army as
by this gunner and his protecting
sharpshooter. Whether it was the as
ISOLATION under constant danger that
drew them together no one knew. Ger
tain it was that they We're devoted to
each other. Alexis was constantly on
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1914-11-27
Sheriff's Sale.
Reservation Land and Lumber Con
pany, corporation, plaintiff,

pany, corporation, plaintiff,
VS..
Ernest Landquist. Ellen Landquist,
Francis Burland, Frank A. Roberts, as
assignee for the benellt of the creditors
of The Lumber Company, Montana
corporation, and The Kelley-How-
Thompson Company, a foreign corpo-
ration, defendants.
Notice of sheriff. sale under order of
sale.
To be sold at sheriff sale on the 5th
day Of December, A. D. 1914, at the
hour of 1890 o'clock a. m. of said day,
at the front door Of the court house, in
the City Of Missoula, county of Mis-
soula, state of Montana: The lands
and premises described to be sold by
this notice are described as follows:
One certain frame dwelling house To-
Gated on lots eight (S) and nine. (9),
block number five (5), of the Smead
Addition to the town of Roman, accord
ing to the plat thereof now on file and
of record in the office of the County
Clerk and Recorder of Missou!a county,
Montana, and also all the right, title,
estate and interest of the defendants,
Ernest Landquist and Ellen Landquist,
in and to lots eight and nine, block five,
of Smead Addition to the town of Ro-
nan. Together with all and singular
the tenements, Entertainments and ap-
purtenances thereunto belonging or in
any wise appertaining thereto.
Dated this 9th day of November,
1914. w. L. KELLEY, Sheriff.
By Albert Marion, Under Sheriff.
nov 13-20-27 and dec 4.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1914-11-27
ANIMALS SHOW SYMPATHY.
Even Pigs Will Run to Rescue Their
Kind In Trouble.

Kind In Trouble.
Few things in nature are so inter
esting and delightful as the quick
sympathy that runs through animal
life and the readiness with which so
much of it responds to the cry OF
distress. Perhaps all men reared in
the country have seen fastened in
the fence a pig whose sqneals
brought all the swine on the planta-
ton running to its rescue and Civ
ing great grunts of sympathy on
the way.
The cry Of a wounded bird, or of
one whose nest has been invaded,
quickly brings together all the birds
within reach OF its call. They will
90 closer to their enemies at such
times than under any other circum-
stances, except when they conceive
their eggs or young to be in danger,
When a bird returning to its nest
finds a snake there swallowing its
nestlings and utters its note OF dis
tress birds of other species will as
semble at the scene as quickly as
those of it's kind. In such instances
it is not unusual to see birds Of a
dozen or more species collect within
a few minutes. | once heard the
cry of bird caught by a snake con-
cealed in honeysuckle vines. The
snake held it by its wing while it
huttered and struggled and cried
pitcously. | FASTENED to the spot,
but when I arrived the vines were
alive with various kinds Of birds
that had rushed in.
I recall little incident that was
not nearly so serious. A Carolina
chickadec started down in a hole
in a sycamore when it discovered a
screech owl that had quarters there.
1t speedily backed out and made
such hue and cry that it got together
IA small bunch of birds that took
turns at pccplng down III the cavity
at the owl and scolding it for being
an owl and upsctting the chickadce.
| was much impressed by a little
occurrence a few days ago. | drove
ort With my boys to where they had
set a rabbit trap on my place in the
country. There was a rabbit in the
trap, and as we were taking it out
it gave the usual yell. This was an
swered instantly by the voices of
two crows in the woods short dis
lance away. The rabbit repeated his
cries, and in few moments the
crows were lowering above us cav
ing loudly. This is the first time |
have seen birds come to the call Of
a quadruped,-Forest and Stream.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1914-11-27
O4162
Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Missou!a, Montana,
Nov. 16, 1914. Notice is hereby given
that Harry E. Crossley, of Horte.
Montana, who, on April %, 1912, made
nd entry, No. 04162, for Unit, G 81,
NW14, SW14 NE14, Sec. 20, T. q N,
R. Fl w. M. NJ, has filed notice of
intention to make communication proof
under old law to establish claim to the
land above described before Coker F.
Rathbone, a U. S. Commissioner, at
Roman, Montana, on the 2Sth day of
Dec, 1914. Claimant names as wit
nesses: Julius e. Odiet, John Hartman,
of Roman, Montana, Samuel Hisey,
Alexander Kennedy, of Horte, Mon
tana. FRANK M. McHAFFIE,
nov 20 dec Is Register.
Non-coal land. Flathead Project.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1914-11-27
O3053
Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior, U. S,
Land Office at Missoula, Montana,
Nov. 2, 19l4.-Notice is hereby given
that James E. Coombs, of Roman.
Montana, who, on Dec. Is, 1910, made
has filed notice of intention to make
communication proof under new law to
establish claim to the land above des-
cribed before Coker F. Rathbone, a U.
S. Commissioner, at Roman, Montana,
on the 14th day of Dec 1914 Claimant
names as witnesses: Carl Swanson,
Anton W. Goranson, Erick Johnson,
John J. Smith, all of Roman, Montana.
FRANK M. McHAFFIE,
nov 6 dec 4 Register.
Non coal land. Flathead project.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1914-11-27
The Big Gunner
of the Malak0ff
And the SharpShooter
Who Supported
Him
BY F. A. NIT CHI Ell

One of the worlds greatest sieges
was that of Sebastopol, which occurred
in 1SJ4-5. The fall of the fortress
marked the end of the Crimean war,
in which the English, the French and
the Turks on one side were pitteu
against the Russians on the other.
1t was the failure of bluff on
the part of the British ambassador
at st. Petersburg that caused thou
sands of men to kill each other and
leave multitude OF widows and or
phans to mourn for them. No better
argument for q worlds peace paria-
ment can be derived from amy event of
the nineteenth century than this diplo-
matte blunder.
After good deal OF fighting the
Russians shut themselves up in the
stronghold of Sebastopol to resist the
further progress of the allies and stood
one of the longest sieges in history.
extending over a period OF eleven
months.
The allies approached the fortress by
that military process which is as old
as war-a system of ZigZag trenches.
In these trenches. in heat and cold. in
wind and rain. the soldiers worked
their way toward the object of their
attack. From the walls the heavy
guns sent iron balls to pillow up the
earth about them and crush those who
stood in their path. On both sides the
sharpshooter was ever ready to pick
off any one who exposed even an in
finitesimal portion of his person.
Among the guns that did the most
damage to the allies was one on that
part Of the fortress called the Mala
kof. 1t was an enormous piece of ord
nance. which acquired a name among
the Russian soldiers taken from the
car who reigned at the time, Nicholas.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1914-11-27
Dance and the Raven.

Perhaps the Danes selected the
raven for their standard out of feel
ings of gratitude, for before the in
vention of the mariners compass
they must have found him extreme
Iy useful. The only method of de-
termining whether land was near
was to let loose a raven. If the bird
saw land he sailed away forever; if
he did not, he returned to the ship.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1914-11-27
WILLIAMS STAGE LINE
RaValli to Poison
FADE Ravalli to Roman S1.5O
Roman to Poison $1.OO
GEO. w. WILLIAMS, Manager.
U3573
Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior, u S
Land Office at Missoula, Montana,
Nov. Is, 1914. Notice is hereby given
that FAYE JOHNS, Of Horte, Mon
tana, who, on July -, 1911, made hi
entry, No. 03573, for Unit F, NE
SW4, NWl4 SEA Sec. 4, T. 20 NJ, F..
81 w. NJ. NJ, has filed notice of inter-
ton to make Communication proof, under
new law to establish claim to the land
above described, before Coker F. Rati
bone, a U. S. Commissioner, at Roman,
Montana, on the 2Sth day of Dec, 1914.
Claimant names as witnesses: Leroy
Atkinson, William McGourty, John
Kinnick, Joseph M. Johns, all of Horte,
Montana.
FRANK M. McHAFFIE,
nov 20 dec Is Register.
Non-coal Land. Flathead Project.
The Cimarron news and Cimarron citizen. (Cimarron, Colfax County, N.M.) 19??-19??, 1914-09-03
Must Keep
Mum About
The War
excessive

II you are prone to stir up an
argument, or are laboring under
the impression that you are an or
ator, display your talents at home,
concerning the European struggle.
This edic, was received last week
by Mayor Bass from the United
Marshal at Denver, who instructed
the mayor to prohibit all public
speaking and arguments either in
the steeets or halls; and to arrest
all parties who violate this dictum.
This precaution is taken TO pre-
vent any possible trouble among
different races Of people who, in
heat of passion may commit afro
cious crimes.