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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-24
Officers Pleased

Officers Pleased.
VERA CRUZ. April 23.-Both Rear
Admiral Fletcher and Captain Rush
declare themselves we'll satisfied
with the manner in which the posi-
lions have been occupied by the
American forces.
Lieutenant Commander Allen Buch-
anan OF the Florida has charge of
that part OF the city along the piers
and TO the central portion of the city.
To the left OF Lieutenant Com
mander Buchanan and across the en-
IRE southern side Captain Edwin A,
Anderson OF the New Hampshire Is in
command. Both OF these officers
have forces OF bluejackets.
The western half OF the city, the
largest area, is handled by marines
under Colonel John A. Lejeune, who
Is seconded by Lieutenant Colonel
Wendell c. Neville.
All these officers are held respon-
sible for the restoration OF normal
conditions In their districts.
The work OF sanitation and policing
OF the city generally was taken up TO
day.
Not Badly Damaged.
Inc city was not badly damaged BY
the fire from the warships. as the
~. Broken doors and windows and
SCARED walls are the only outward
evidence of the fighting that occurred
n complete search of the houses TO
day revealed a number OF bodies OF
Mexicans. but up till this afternoon
no American dead or injured had been
found beyond those already sent on
board the Solace.
As all the local municipal officers
had disappeared. affairs In the city
rapidly became complicated and Cap
tain II ush under Rear Admiral
Fletcher's directions was today plan
ming complete resumption of the
municipal utility works
The street car service. II was
thought would probably be resumed
today.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-24

Rear Admiral ?. p. Fletcher"
The proclamation was printed IN
Spanish and scattered throughout the
town.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-22
Are Sweeping the Coast

On Board U. S. S. California. MAJ
allan. Mex, July Is, by wireless to
San Diego, CAL, July 1.-THE on
s~titutionalists are sweeping the Paci.
fc coast of Mexico. Excavations. oc.
equations. armistices and exchange of
prisoners are everywhere reported to
Rear Admiral Howard, commanding
the American Pacific fleet and the in.
dications are that within a week the
federals will be in possession of only
Mazatlan and Salina Cruz among the
important garrisoned seaports.
At Santa Rosalia. a mining port on
tire cutter coast of Lower California,
r. federals and constitutional IS
held a conference yesterday at which
It IS decided to bury the ha:che;
and make ,oint cause with Car~c, ~.
The same procedure is exp: ct",l &c
take place at La Paz, another Lower
California port. while at Guaymas the
most important point on the gulf OF
California, an armistice has been
agreed on to expire at midnight July
20.
In the meantime four large mer
chant vessels of the Naviera (MeXi
cam line are loading rapidly and it i:
expected all federal troops will be on
OF Guaymas within the next few days
NEGOTIATIONS for the exchange of pris
oncr.; began with the signing of thu
armistice.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-22
Senator Myers Declines

Washington. July 14.-After being
grossly insulted on the floor Of the
senate today by Senator Townsend of
Michigan. Senator Myers of Montana,
declined to serve on the conference
committee on the Indian apprOpria-
ton bill. The trouble arose when the
Indian bill was SEN back to the SEN
ate with notification that the house
had refused to accept most of all the
senate amendments, including one
proposed by Senator Robinson of Ar
kansas, which had been adopted over
the protest of Senator Myers. This
amendment provided that no part OF
the $3.50, 900 appropriated for the Flat
head Indian irrigation project should
be expended until the attorney gen
eral investigates and advises the sec
rotary of the interior that the water
rights of the Flatlead Indians have
been adequately guarded.
Senator Myers opposed the adop
ton of this amendment when the bill
was first brought up in the senate, bu,
he was voted down. When the Indian
bill had passed the senate, Senator
Myers conferred with representatives
Evans and Stout and urged them tt
have the house disagree to Robinson's
amendment. This they did, and they
were successful.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-22
Quarantine Still Exists

Helena, July little quarantine de-
clared more than a year ago against
Utah farm and garden products on ac-
count of the prevalence of the alfalfa
weevil in that state has not been rails
ed, published reports to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
June 80 Governor Spry of Utah,
telegraphed Governor Stewart, ask
ing if arrangements could not be
made whereby Montana would per-
nit cherries, which are rotting on
the ground in Utah for lack of a mar.
ket, to be shipped in. Gov. Stewart
called a conference of the board of en-.
tomology, which just recently made
a second inspection of conditions in
Utah, and guided by its expert advice
the governor declined to lift the
quarantine. He was advised that this
was the season when there is the
which rate making has been found
ing, and was also advised that Mon
tana has four times as large an acre
age in alfalfa as has Utah.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-22
Notice Of Sale Of Bonds

NOTICE is hereby given that the Truss.
tees OF School District Numbsr 90, of
Chouteau county, Montana, will. pursu.
ant tn an election held in said district
on the 9th day of June, 1914, for the
purpose of determining whether such
bonds hould issue or not, sell to the
highest bidder for cash the bonds of said
district in the sum Of tS240O. o0) Twenty
four Sfundred Dollars, divided into "a
bond certificates of the par value of
S1oo.O 90 each: such bonds being issued for
a period Of 30 years, and being redeem
able in 10 years. and to draw interest at
the rate of 6 per centum per annum.
Said bonds are issued for the purpose
of buying four school sites and building
and equipping four school houses there
on.
Bids will be received and opened or
the sth day OF August, 1914, at 2 o'clock
p. m, at W. c. Montgomery's house in
district No. 20. Bids for such bonds
may be sent by mail addressed to the
undersigned. same to be enclosed in sealed
envelope, and marked Bid for Bonds"
value of said bonds.
The board of trustees of said district
reserves the right to reject any and all
bids.
BY order of the board of school trus-
tees OF school district No.. 20.
Dated July 1. 1914;
Clerk Of School District No. 20
fAddress> Carter, Montana.
First publication July l. 1914.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-22
implement that guides Itself

One of the latest innovations in
farming implements is a gasoline-driv.
al vehicle that guides itself around
the cid and needs no attention en-
c. ut to be started and stopped a. the
r:yht points. This vehicle. which Is
described, with illustration, in the Jul
w Popular Mechanics Magazine. trav-
els iE a constantly narrowing circle
en-! is so designed that II Of thu
devices used in row crop tarllin.,
such as plows, ridgers, cultivator' I
srravers. may be readily attached tC
it. In order to use the implcE' eltt, II
u necessary to abandon the nsa;.l
rectangular form of field with strai"t:'
.nws and adopt 4 circular te d, Will
circular rows spiraling toward the
center. The met ;ud is not adapted T.
big farms, but is intended for truck
%y.:lening aIu .nr farming on 4 small
scale when the expense of employ
ing an operator for the machine would
be prohibitive.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-22
Senators Want MILEAGE

Washington, July 15.-With the sem
ate insistent upon retaining the pre-
Sent allowance of 20-cent mileage for
congressman. the house was confront
Ell today with a report Of disagree
ment from it's conferees on the legis.
lative, executive and judicial appro'
priation bill. The house conferees
had been instructed to insist upon the
house provision for 5 cents a mile.
Twenty cent mileage had been IN
vogue in congress since the early
days OF the government.
The senators told the house con.
ferees that they never would agree to
the proposition to reduce the 2O-cent
allowance, and it was on this xed
determination on the part of II SEN
ate, which the senate yesterday rati'
led by a large majority, that the house
conferees were ready today to present
their report of continued disagree.
ment and to ask further instructions
from the house.
Meantime. the big appropriations
for general purposes carried in the
bill have been held up, pending the
settlement OF the mileage controversy,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-22
Coal Waste Disappearing

The mountains Of culm Or coal
waste which break the sky line
throughout the anthracite coal region
of Pennsylvania and which for many
years were considered a nuisance are
now being made to serve a very use.
full purpose. There is at present a
market for almost any grade OF an
thracite that will burn. and no more
coal goes to the culm bank except
for temporary storage and subsequent
recovery by washers. These ranges
o. artificial hills. unsightly monu'
ments to former waste. are contrib
uting their share to the total coal
production and are rapidly disappear
ing. Even the waste from the culm
barr washers is being utilized. for 1t
is flushed in,o the mines and partly
fills cid workings where it cements
together and furnishes support to the
roof when the coal previously left for
pillars is removed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-22
Where Bananas Grow

On the American continent bananas
are successfully grown through so de-.
grees of latitude, from Tampico. Mex.
leo, % degrees north, to Asuncion Par
aguay,2 5 degrees south. Cultivation Of
the fruit is practically restricted to
the eastern coast line. for the banana
is one of the thriftiest plants. and
cannot be expected to produce its max.
! imum in districts where there are less
than 100 iches of annual rainfall.
The plant will grow with wonder.
full rapidity under favorable circum'
stances. Within a period of six or
seven weeks the 2 or 3-foot plant will
more than double in size. and a month
or so later the leaves cease to unfold
and a spike appears out of the center
of the crown. This is the future stock
of the bunch and carries a huge red
blossom on the end. 1t develops rap
idly, bending more and more until 1t
has completely turned upon itself, so
that the bananas grow end up. or IN
a position the reverse of that in which
they are seen when hung up for sale.
From seven to twelve months after
| the blossom appears the fruit is ready
for the gatherer.
In cultivation four suckers. or
shoots are usually allowed to grow in
one hill, and their graduation is SO
arranged that while the oldest is
bearing fruit the next is in blossom
the third is half grown. and the las
is just coming up from the ground
The plantation yields a continuou:
harvest for years without ~replanting
In planting for the market about 20(
hills are allowed to the acre. Some
times the number is increased to 225
having 900 stalks, yielding about 30'
marketable punches a year. 1t is sait
that the cost of production of bunche:
that sell for 80 cents is about from
10 to Is cents, the average profit pc,
acre being about $50 annually.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-22

formerly a wilderness, and a period
of development was entered into such
as America had never before seen on
a similar scale.
In recent years, however, the Cana
dian settler has discovered that all
that glitters is not gold. His crops
have not been all that he expected;
prosperity has been slow in manifest
ing itself. Cities and new towns were
overboomed, and when the collapse
came in some of these places where
inflated values were the rule, the
farmers suffered in similar measure.
While the northwest territory is on a
firm basis. it is a fact that real estate
values have not been maintained;
over-development has been followed
by certain reaction which has been
manifest for more than a year.
Early in 1913 the Post commented
on the requests received by our local
Chamber of Commerce and by the
state bureau of labor, agriculture and
industry from Americans who had set
tied in Canada and who wanted to
return. The state bureau had evil
dence that many of these disappoint.
ed emigrants YER planning to locate
in Montana. where they were con-
WINGED the opportunities were great
err than in Canada. 1t is very evident
from the report of Secretary Wilson
of the department of labor that many
American farmers in Canada again
have their eyes turned toward the
states. The fact that in eleven
months more than %forty-four thousand
of them returned to the United
States is significant.-Butte Post.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-22
FREIGHT Rates Discriminatory

Helena, July 14.-The theory upon
which rate making has beenn found
ed in Montana is declared to be at
variance with the provisions of the
state constitution, in a dissenting
opinion delivered today by J. H. Hall
of the state railroad commission.
He contends there is no warrant
for there being three classes or rates
in The state; distance rates. distribut.
Ing rates and commodity rates, be.
cause Section seven, Article fifteen OF
the state constitution says: mo dis
elimination in charges for transpor-
tation of freight of the same class
shall be made by any railroad com.
pan.. between persons or places
within the state.
According to Commissioner Hall
distributing rates in the state. are ten
per &c: t. lower than the distance rates
which were recently ordered into ef
feet by the commission based upon
the Washington schedule. The dis
tlibutins rates apply only from Ana
ccnda. black Eagle. Deer Lodge. Hav'
re, Livingston. Fort Benton, Butte
FORSYTH. Helena, Miles City, Big Tim
Der, Bozeman. Great Falls, Kalispell
Missoula. Billings, Conrad, Glendive
aud LeWistown. Distributing rates
on !our. mill feed. mill stuffs, grain
grain PRODUCTS and cereal prepare
ticns are enjoyed by Belgrade. Sid
ney, Manhattan, Hamilton, Townsend
and Plains.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-22
PROPOSAL REJECTED
Railroad Employees Refuse To Submit
Their Differences to Arbitration

Chicago, July misrepresentation
of $4,000 engineers and firemen of 9S
railroads today declared that they
would not accept arbitration of their
, wage differences under the Erdman
act but would continue negotiation,
with their employers.
1t was also announced that the fire.
men and engineers had voted almost
unanimously in favor of strike should
their requests be refused by the rail
roads.
An ultimatum in the wage DISPUTE
between engineers and firemen of the
! railroads west of Chicago and their
employees was scheduled to be IRE.
scented today to the management of
will tie up 14S,OO0 miles of road is i'm.
minent unless an agreement is reach
ed. according to union officials.
The ultimatum, it was announced,
contained the statement that 80 per
cent of the men had voted to strike
unless their demands we're acceded to.
Counting of the strike referendum
ballots has just been completed. The
next nov is up to the roads.
Virtually all lines west of Chicago,
the Illinois Central lines in Canada
west of Fort Williams. except the Ca
NATHAN Grand Trunk Pacific, are af-
fected.
Warren S. Stone, grand chief engi.
neer of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers. and w. S. Carter,
president of the Brotherhood of Loco.
motive Firemen and Engineers, met
the general managers committee OF
the railroads today. A. w. Trenholm,
general manager of the Chicago. st.
Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha railway,
chairman of the managers committee
and other members of the committee,
were present.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-22
Notice Of Hearing

In the district court of the Twelfth Jul
dicial district of the state of Montana, in
and for the county of Chouteau.
In the matter of the estate of Paul
GrenOn, deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that the will
OF Paul Grenon. deceased. has been pro-
duced and filed herein: that the petition
Of August !.\enon and George Grenon.
of Butte. Montana. for the probate Of
said viii! has been filed herein: that Tues
day. the 2Sth day of July. A. D.. 1914, at
~ o'clock A. NJ, be. and the same is,
hereby set by the clerk of said court
as the time for hearing said petition by
the said court or judge. at the court
room OF said court. in the court house at
Fort Benton, Montana.
That said notice of said hearing is
given by sail clerk by publication Of
the same il the River Press, a daily
n newspaper printed and published at Fort
Benton. in said county and state, for at
least twelve different days of publica-
ton consecutively. ~
GEO. D. PATTERSON.
Clerk of the district court.
rN..-A T~1, = < n1
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-22
A Record Flight

New York. July 1.-THE record
made on Saturday last by Reinhold
Boehm at Johannisthal, when he re-
manned in the air "a hours and II
minutes and flew 1850 miles. has caus.
ed members of the Aero club to feel
that Lieutenant Porte will accomplish
his proposed transatlantic fight in the
air boat America.
Roehm used an ordinary biplane in
his flight. and the fact that it was
not equipped for an endurance test Is
an indication. according to Henry
Woodhouse, of the Aero club, that the
America. with her special equipment,
will be able to carry Lieutenant Porte
to the Azores without mishap
The route to be followed by Lieu
tenant Porte to the Azores is 1,l4O
miles or some 2lO miles less than the
distance covered by Boehm.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-22
ALIAS. SUM MONS

In the district court Of the Twelfth Ju-
in o and FOR E, the s e"1nt Mo, Of G n remn.nv
Ar fH1p11': and Tf !ne"01 Adv val ,s'l'1 Th lfes6es
cc Thpe State = Of fot SIontann s e=etend sraetjnxs
to the abOve-nared defendants and each
Of them. You are hereby to
which is filed in the office Of the clerk
of this court. a copy of which is here
with served upon one OF YOU in each
county wherein amy of you reside and to
file your answer and serve IA copy there
of upon the PLAINTIFFS attorney within
twenty days after the service of this
vice and in case of your failure to APP
pear or answer Judgment vii be taken
manded in the complaint.
IN tins action Judgment is sought against
the hna defendants upon prqmiss3Ty notes
Arisman to said plaintiff, the Overly
Land and Mortgage company. a corpor-
alton, on May 5. 1911. for thu sum Of
besides interest: the sum Of Ninety-siS
dollars with interest, paid by said
ppG lHinfilf! s sotP9 }nnd. and on tb prior E,rn m M TINE
one and l!-1oo Dollars taxes, with inter-
est. paid by said plaintiff corporation on
which suit is brought: with reasonable
attorney fees. and costs of suit. -,
Plaintiff further seeks to have said
therein described, as follows: Lots three
80, four ~, five 20, and the southeast
nU east, Of the Montana meridian. in
Chouteau county. Montana.
GEO: ?: PATTERSON; Clerk
r. > II; nArT faI 1lainfir' Conrad Montana
First publication July ), 1914.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-22
The River Press
Published every Wednesday Morning
By the River Press Publish
ing Company.
MONTANA LAND VALUES

Another reason is being assigned by
some of the railroads for not pushing
building operations faster in Montana
than they are, says the Helena indie
pendent. 1t is not tight money" nor
"unfavorable rate regulation" but
some of them are complaining that
Montana land is being held too
high.
This is a danger which always con.
fronts a new state. Because the
farmers car make dividends on a
Montana" is not good reason to boost
the prices of land to the sky. Better
take it a little slower-we have not
the transportation facilities which are
needed. nor the capital invested in
industrial enterprises which we
would like to have. 1t is not neces-
sary to put the prices of land beyond
reason. 1t would be better to let
the values increase slowly and nat
urally.
Ii railroads are holding back be-
cause Montana lands are reaching an
unreasonable high level, it is time to
stop and take stock"
The building of a railroad across
a given area of Montana is worth
from $4,000 to $4,000 a mile to the
owners of land on either side of the
right of way. 1t would be better to
get the railroad through before push
ing up the price Of land from $50
to $50 per acre. however. The one is
having the bird in the hand, the other
basing a value on a bird in the bush
and it may be several years before
we can put salt on the birds tail.
Good, conservative business de-
mands that we keep our lands at a
fair valuation and we must not get
nervous prostration over the good crop
prospects. Montana is enjoying its
present prosperity in a measure be-
cause of the eastern money which IS
flowing into the state-because we
have a reputation which enables the
new settlers and new land owners
to borrow eastern money. This can
not last if we get to a position of in
f1ated values.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-22
New Officers For EIks

Denver, July 14.-Substituting it.
self for Seattle with quick precision,
Los Angeles and Southern California
delegations swung the annual reun.
ion of B. p. o. Elks for 1915 back to
the Pacific coast when at the first ses.
sion of the grand lodge today it seem.
ed to be bound eastward to Chatta.
nOoga, Tenn.
Los Angeles was selected by a vote
of 500, Chattanooga receiving 141
votes, and Seattle 81.
The newly elected officers for the
grand lodge of the 3. p. o. L. are:
Grand exalted ruler. Raymond Ben.
jamin. Of Napa, Cal: grand loyal
knight, E. NJ. Dickerman, Tuscon,
Arizona: grand l%ecturing knight, w
F.. Sohad, Milwaukee,. Wis: grand
secretary. Frederick Robinson, Dubu'
que. Iowa: grand treasurer, G.. A,
White. Chicago; grand inner guard,
Thomas c. Donohue, New London,
Conn: grand trustee. Calvin Kings
ley. Waterloo. Iowa.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-22
Enforce Pure Food Law

Washington, July 15.-Real fruit
jelly must "jelly" because OF the fruit
Juice in it and not because gelatine
has been added to it, the pure food
board announced in a ruling today.
Under the decision products thick
ened by gelatine cannot properly be
labeled as fruit jelly, but must lndi.
cate by it's name its true character.
The board also ruled whenever salts
are added to a natural water the label
must show that the water had been
artificially treated.