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The river press., 1914-12-16
Redfield Would Reduce Expenses

Washington, Dec. 9.-EconOmy in
the public service is the keynote of
the annual report of Secretary Red
field of the department of commerce,
In summarizing the work of the many
bureaus of his department he under.
takes to suggest wise use of govern
ment funds.
"lf attention We're directed not to
totals but to the wise use of funds,
said Secretary Redfield. 80 that the
latter should be made to produce the
utmost possible service. much would
be accomplished that is now hardly
suggested or attempted. Every indus
trial manager knows that economy
requires that his plant be kept up in
the best possible condition. 1t is not
economical. in order to save total
expenditure. to allow the plant to run
down and then have to build it up
again. This does not save money. but
loses it. Economy of this kind is not
economy at all. 1t merely involves a
cycle of expensive changes. costly in
themselves and more costly in their re-
suits.
The river press., 1914-12-16
Storm Sweeps Atlantic Coast.

New York, Dec. 7.-Huge seas, back
ed by a mighty tide and bowling
northeast gale, battered the coasts of
New York today, smashing houses,
wrecking boats, flooding villages, de.
vastating summer resorts and fore.
ing transatlantic and coastwise steam.
ers to remain outside Sandy Hook and
fight the storm.
At Sandy Hook the wind attained a
velocity of 6S miles an hour, driving
in a record breaking tide and making
it impossible for pilots to board inconl.
ing vessels. In New York harbor the
tide was the highest in 13 years and
the waves drove the New Jersey ferry
boats to cover and strewed the shore
of Staten island with the wrecks of
scores Of small craft. In New York
city the wind blew As miles tonight,
with forecast of a shift in the gale,
attended by more rain or snow.
The river press., 1914-12-16
Simple Diet Is Sufficient.

The Roman soldiers. who built such
wonderful roads and carried such a
weight of armor and luggage as would
crush the average farm hand, lived on
coarse brown bread and sour wine
They were temperate in diet, regular
and constant in exercise.
The Spanish peasant works every
day and dances half the night, yet eats
only his black bread. onions and wa
termelons.
The Smyrna porter eats only little
fruit and some olives. He eats nc
geef. pork or mutton, yet he walks off
with his load of 500 pounds.
The coolie. fed on rice, is more &C.
tive and can endure more than the
negro fed on fat meat.
The heavy work of the world is not
done by men who eat the greatest
quantity. The fattest and longest.
winded horse is not the biggest eater.
Moderation in diet seems to be the
prerequisite for endurance.
The river press., 1914-12-16
Estimates For State Institutions.

Helena, Dec. 9.-After voting to rec.
ommend the construction of buildings
at two of the state institutions, and
passing upon the budgets of all insti-
tutions for the next two years, the
state board of education adjourned
yesterday afternoon
The board recommended the con-
struction of new $25,OOO building at
the state school for the deaf and blind
at Boulder, and another for the state
/, orphans home at Twin Bridges to cost
like sum. 1t also recommended the
expenditure of $4,000 for additional
land at the state reform school at
Miles City, as suggested by Superin.
tendent Dorr in his annual report to
the governor.
The combined appropriations asked
for by the heads of the various state
institutions amounted to over $1,000
900. but the board trimmed down the
budgets to minimum
The board recommended that the
university at Missoula, the state agri-
cultural school at Bozeman and the
state normal school at Dillon be given
the same appropriations as last year,
plus 10 per cent increase. In ad-
ditiOn to this increase, the state nor
NAL school will be given $1,000 for a
summer school.
The river press., 1914-12-16
Pointed ParaQraphs.

1t is hard to understand why so
many people vote the way they do
instead of voting the way we do
Lincoln Journal.
Another man whose name is admir-
ably adapted to his work is the Rev.
Joseph Dippem, a Baptist clergyman
in Joplin. Mo.-Kansas City Star.
The Mississippi horse is now worth
on an average $95. Keep the good
work going and he'll catch up with the
Missouri mule Memphis News.
Napoleon said before his death that
within hundred years Europe would
be either Cossack or Republican. 1t
seems to be in a fair way to become
Corpse Houston Post
An Arizona farmer claims that since
the state voted woman suffrage the
hens stand around and crow. No
wonder eggs are cents apiece in Bos-
Minneapolis Journal.
German scientist declares that to
tighten ones belt is to alleviate hun
ger. According to this theory if we
meet hungry girl. the merciful thing
to do is to hug her.--Syracuse Hehald.
Those who are digging into the
ruins of cities thousands of years old
are finding records of complaints of
the high cost of living. 1t probably
started when Eve footed up her first
grocery bill.-kansas City Journal
a foreign inventor had just got a
flock of stockholders excited about an
airship that would not fall. when they
discovered that it would not also go
up. It's such things that deaden the
airship market.-Cleveland Press.
The river press., 1914-12-16
MADE IN UNITED STATES.

The old saying that we never mis-:
the water until the we'll runs dry, j:
being forcibly illustrated by some O
the trade conditions resulting from thu
European war. One particular vel
that has ceased to supply us is the
German optical goods industry, upor
which we have depended for large
part of the eyeglasses used by the
10,O00,0O0 spectacle wearers of the
United States. Apparently as long as
we could get these goods from Ger
many it did not occur to us to produce
them in the United States in sufficient
quantities to meet the domestic de
mand. Germany supplied us with the
best, and we were content to let her
go on producing what we lacked the
initiative or enterprise to make for
ourselves. In truth, we assumed that
Germany could do better than we, and
this constituted an important optical
Illusion.
But war is an eye-opener. Con
fronted by the impending shortage in
optical supplies due to the disturbance
of commerce and the shutting down
Of German factories, American dealers
in these goods have suddenly realized
that they must make their own With
the recognition Of this necessity has
come also recognition of the fact that
we can meet it. So manufacturing
companies are being organized, and
wit in 70
will be making practically all of it's
own optical goods.
What is true of German eyeglasses
is true of many other things made
abroad-in England, France, Austria,
Russia or Italy. There is little that we
cannot produce quite as we'll as or
better than the foreign countries from
which we have been buying We have
only to understand this thoroughly in
order to manufacture sufficient goods
to meet our own demands and to in
crease vastly our volume of exports
when peace shall have been restored.
We have the material required and we
have the labor. Much of the labor is
idle at present, and employment of
some kind must be found for it. The
natural remedy is the encouragement
of American manufacturers. And in
this the government must play the
leading part. Persecution of business
should cease and legislation carefully
designed to give confidence to capital
should take the place of radical statu-
tory experiments at Washington. 1t
is time for America-otficial and in
dustrial America-to send a few more
Illusions the way of that one which
concerns the supposed necessity of
buying eyeglasses abroad.
The river press., 1914-12-16
MONTANA WOMEN VOTERS.

In accordance with the verdict ren.
dered at the polls in the November
election, Governor Stewart has officially
announced that the provision of the
state constitution relating to the
franchise has been amended in the
form in which it was submitted to the
Montana electorate. The energetic
campaign waged by number of en-
thusiastic Montana women and their
friends is now crowned with success
by the enjoyment of the rights and
privileges conferred by American cti-
zenship.
The river press., 1914-12-16
INTERNATIONAL HATRED,

Reports from London and Berlin re
Germans that is almost incredible
"a holy hate, as IA writer in one of the
German reviews expresses it. 1t eX-
tends to all circles of society, but is
especially noticeable among the more
enlightened and highly favored.
Members of the royal families have
renounced honorary titles and return
ed decorations. Learned professors
have resigned positions of distinction
and profit. There are boycOtts upon
music, drama. literature and art, to
say nothing of awful oaths that never
again shall there be any commercial or
social intercourse between the two
peoples.
War is the highest expression of
national anger, but it is not often ac-
companied by such childish manifesta-
tiOns as these. In most eases war is
Waged with peace in view; vet there
never can be peace if hatred is to be
eternal.
Enmity between nations has rarely
survived war except where the con-
queror has been harsh and unjust i'm
the imposition of terms. Powers which
have oppressed weaker states have
merely SOWn the seeds of future strife
but those which have made peace on
reasonable terms have disarmed ma
lice and revenge
England and Germany are just near
enough of kin to hate tiercely. They
are now eXaggerating each others
faults. While the lust of carnage is
upon them they probably believe that,
however the present conflict may end.
they will always be foes, refusing to
recognize each other and never neg
lecting an opportunity to intlict an in
jury.
This spirit is as miserable as venom
Gus. There will be more wisdom, if
not more charity, on both sides before
this war is ended. and when it is end
ed the implacables of royalty, aristo
cracy, art and letters will not make
the settlement. AS brave men quit
fighting when they lay down their
arms, London and Berlin will be sur
prised in due time to notice how much
virtue each has overlooked in the 9TH
er. Nations can not hate forever
New York World.
The river press., 1914-12-16
Official Election Returns.

The state canvassing board which
met in Helena the first Monday in
December as required by law, has
made official announcement of the
vote cast at the recent general cleo
ton. The returns for congressman
and other offices are given as follows
Congressmen-Evan 37,012; Stout
35.156; Moddox, 26,O46: Mccormick
26,161; Brinson, 6,166; Rankin. 6,694;
Duncan, 12,27S; Kent, 9,43O.
Associate Justice-Clements, 81,
495; Holloway, 36,415; Wallace, TO-,
S75
Railroad Commissioner - McCor
mick, 32,163: Boyle, 1929; Williams
S,113; Pietilla, 1O112.
The proposition to increase the tax
levy for period of ten years suffer
ed the greatest defeat, the majority
against it's passage being 1852, con
solidation was defeated by 15,S4t
votes; compensation by 1884 votes
the boxing law by S,141, while the
woman suffrage amendment carried
by majority of 3,7l4 votes, and the
farm loan measure by 17.3SS votes.
The vote on the six propositions
that were submitted was as follows:
kiley boxing law: For, 34,44O:
against, 42,5S1. Majority against, s.,
141.
Compensation act: For. 36,991
against, 44,275. Majority against, Z.
2S4
Consolidation of state institutions
For. 3O,465. against 46,311. Majority
against. 1886.
Taxation increase:( For, 2S,7O3;
against, 40,265. Majority against, H..
562.
Woman suffrage amendment: For,
4l.3O2; against, 37,5SS. Majority for
3,714
Farm loan-act: For, 45.l6S: against
2'.7S0. Majority for 17,3SS.
The river press., 1914-12-16
The Successful People.

The most successful men are not
necessarily the ones noisily attracting
public attention. The unlauded men
and women who are quietly attending
to their own little tasks, every day
contributing something substantial to
industry, prosperity and human prog
ress, rearing children in habits of hon
est labor and right living. and supply
ing example that elevates the moral
and intellectual level of their little
communities-these are the men and
The river press., 1914-12-16
May Close Copper Mines.

Washington, Dec. 4.-After con
ference at the state department today
Europe, Senator Myers of Montana
declared he believed England soon
would adopt new attitude more ia
vorable to the copper producers here
If change does not come. he said
some of the mines must shut down
Senator Myers expressed confidence in
the representations of the state de-
partment to the London foreign office.
The river press., 1914-12-16

The governors proclamation recites
the constitutional amendment that
| was adopted, to this effect:
Every person Of the age of q years
| or over, possessing the following quail.
| ficatiOns, shall be entitled to vote at
all general elections and for all officers
that are, or hereafter may be, elective
by the people and upon all questions
which may be submitted to the vote
of the people: First, he shall be a
citizen of the United States; second,
he shall have resided in this state one
year Immediately preceding the elec-
tiOn at which he offers to vote, and in
the town, county or precinct such
time as may be prescribed by law; pro-
vided, first, that no person convicted of
felony shall have the right to vote un-
less he has been pardoned; provided,
second, that nothing herein contained
shall be construed to deprive any per-
son of the right to vote who has such
right at the time of the adoption of
this constitution; provided, that after
the expiration of five years from the
time OF the adoption of this cOnstitu-
ton, no person except citizens of the
United States shall have the right to
vote.'
By virtue of this change in the or
ganic law of the state, Montana wo-
men who possess the qualifications set
forth in this section are entitled to
vote at all elections. are subject to
call for jury service in the justice and
district courts. and are eligible for ap-
pointment or election to public Office.
The new voters will be welcomed
with open arms, fguratively speaking,
by the 41,302 Montana men who sup
ported equal suffrage at the polls, and
most of the 37.5SS dssenters will en-
brace the opportunity to welcome the
influence of Montana women in public
affairs.
The river press., 1914-12-16
Helena, Dec. 1.-THE state board of

Helena, Dec. THE state board of
canvassers, composed of Attorney Gen
eral ID. M. Kelly, State Treasurer w.
I. Rae and Auditor William Keating.
with Secretary of State A. NJ. Alder
son secretary of the board, convened
at noon in Secretary Alderson's office
to canvass the vote cast at the Novem-
ber election. The vote for railroad
commissioner was: J. f. Mccormick,
Democrat. 32.163: Daniel Boyle. 81 ,239;
majority for Mccormick. 924. The
board then adjourned until tomorrow
because of lack of quorum.
The river press., 1914-12-16
WILSON ADVISES CONGRESS
President Believes Business Has Clear
Road To Prosperity.

Washington, Dec. S.-President Will.
son departed from the prepared text
of his annual address to congress to-
day, which was devoted principally to
answering those who contend that
the United States is unprepared for
national defense, to give notice to the
business world that the Legislative
program of his administration, as it
affects regular business, was practi-
cally completed. He said it had re-
suited in clear road for business to
travel to "unclouded success
Honest business men, the president
declared, need to have nothing to fear
in treading the way outlined in the
trust and currency bills. While the
president dwelt briefly on the sub
jects his words were interpreted as
an assurance that no further import
ant business legislation was contem-
plated.
A large portion of his address was
devoted to a discussion OF economy in
government expenditures, the presi-
dent saying in part:
The duty of economy is not debata-
BILE. 1t is manifest and imperative. In
the appropriations we pass we are
spending the money of the great peo-
pie whose servants we are-nOt our
own. We are trustees and RESPONSE
Bile stewards in the spending. The
only thing debatable. and upon which
eli, 1>o Cal
thought and purpose clear, is the kind
of economy demanded of us. | assert
with the greatest care that the peo.
pie of the United States are not jeal-
Gus of the amount that their govern
ment costs, if they are sure that they
get what they need and desire for the
outlay, that the money is being spent
for objects of which they approve, and
that it is being applied with good
business sense and management
Our duty is not altered by the scale
of the saving. But my point is that
the people of the United States do not
wish to curtail the activities of this
government, they wish, rather, to en-
large them: and with every enlarge
ment, with mere growth, indeed. of
the country itself, there must come,
of course, the inevitable increase of
expense. The sort of economy we
ought to practice may be effected,
and ought to be effected by a careful
study and assessment of the tasks to
be performed and the money spent
ought to be made to yield the best
possible returns in efficiency and
achievement. And like good stewards
we should so account for every dollar
of our appropriations as to make it
perfectly evident what it was spent
for, and in what way it was spent.
1t is not expenditure, but extrava.
gance, that we should fear being criti-
cised for: not paying for the legiti-
mate enterprises and undertakings of
a great government whose people
command what it should do, but add
ing what will benefit only few or
pouring money out for what need not
have been undertaken at all or might
have been postponed until better and
more economically conceived and car
ried out. The nation is not niggardly:
1t is very generous. 1t will chide us
only if we forget for whom we pay
money out and whose money it is we
pay. There are large and generous
standards. but they are not very diff
cult of application to particular cases.
The river press., 1914-12-16
Made Counterfeit Silver.

Kansas City, Mo- Dec Counter
felt dollars. halves and quarters SC
nearly perfect that their detection was
not possible by ringing" are in circu
lation here. The money has hard
surface and has been manufactured
in Kansas City for several months, &C.
cOrding to federal officials, who today
announced the capture of three mem.
bers of the band.
The river press., 1914-12-16
Notice to Creditors.

Estate of Elijah NJ. Stevens. deceased.
Notice Is hereby given by the under
signed administrative OF the estate OF
Elijah NJ. Stevens, deceased, to the credi-
tors Of, and all persons having claims
against the said deceased, to exhibit them
months after the first publication Of this
notice, to the said Administrative at her
residence near Big Sandy, in the county
of ChOuteau, State of Montana.
MAHALA A. STEVENS,
Administrative OF the Estate of Elijah
NJ. Stevens, deceased
Dated November l3, 1914.
First publication November 1S, 1914
The river press., 1914-12-16
No CoIlusion In Wheat Market

Washington, Dec. 9.-On it's investi.
cation of the marketing of Kansas
wheat the department of agriculture
today reported to congress that no
"cOllusion to restrain competition or
depress prices at Kansas City" was
discovered and that Kansas farmers
"as general rule are getting all that
their wheat is WORTH
The river press., 1914-12-16
Syndicate Will Ruv Wheat,

Rome. Dec. "a syndicate has been
formed with a capital of $1O.OOO,O 900 to
purchase wheat. which will be sold
again, especially in the small towns
and villages. in order to prevent spec
ulators raising prices. The syndicate
is supported by the government.
The river press., 1914-12-16
Notice Of Annual MeetinQ.

The annual meeting of the stockholders
OF the Bneton Electric Light company
Will be held on Wednesday evening, jan
uary 6, 1915, at o'clock, at the office of
the company, for the purpose of elect
ing a board of directors
GEO. l.. OVERFIELD, Sec. and Treas
Fort Benton Mont, Dec. 5. 1914
The river press., 1914-12-16
Reward for Estray.

$1,000 ten dollars reward for in
formation of big chestnut sorrel
saddle horse. weight about 100 lbs. :.
branded and 80 on left shoulder.
IE and No z on left stitle; old wire
cut on flank about six inches long.
Strayed from Geraldine about Nav Is.
FRANK MESSENGER.
Geraldine, Mont.
The river press., 1914-12-16
Will Winter Civestock

Wanted. sheep or cattle to wir ter. on
Big Willow, eight miles northeast of
Bet. Have about 900 acres of pasture
ana 1?5 tons of alfalfa hay and running
water. Address
P. 8. Box 2es, Belt, Montana.
The river press., 1914-12-16
Bulls For Sale,

Two thoroughbred Hereford bulls for
sale, four years old. For particulars ad-
dress f.. E. BRIGGS, Highwood
The river press., 1914-12-16
Watered Stock.

"Pa, what do they put water In
stocks for?" ITO soak investors with.
my "-Boston Transcript.
The river press., 1914-12-16
Wanted.

:, TO trade team of horses, weight 900
lbs each, yrs. old, for milch cows. Ad-
dress Box 395 Fort Bcnton.-Adv
The river press., 1914-12-16
Boar For Sale

For sale, a thoroughbred Duroc Jersey
boar, Is months old. also twenty October
pigs for sale. Apply to
ID. W. FLAGLER, Highwood.
ON Highwood and Benton road
The river press., 1914-12-16
For Sale or Trade.

A 45-horsepower five passenger automo-
bile practically as good as new. Will
trade for horses or cattle. Stackhouse
122 Central Ave, Great Falls, Mont.
The river press., 1914-12-16
Bears For Sale

For sale, few choice Duroc boars. fit
for service. Can be seen at my ranch
southwest of Fort Benton, or address
c. w. VAUGHAN, Highwood, Mont
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