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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27

The last football game of the sea-
son will be played before the most
picturesque setting OF any OF the
games played during 1914. The
colors of West Point and Annapolis
will blend tremendously and mem
bers OF the army and navy will fill
TO overlooking the grandstand at
Franklin Field in Philadelphia Nov.
IS. Oyereach leads the navy eleven,
while Prichard captains the army
team. The accompanying picture of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27

lower temperatures in the Missou~
and upper Mississippi valleys and tn
upper lake region Generally fai
weather is indicated for this vicin!t,
tonight and Saturday. without mucl
change in temperature.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27
RACINE, BOUT CALLED OFF;
FANS HANDED RAIN CHECKS

Racine, Wis, Nov. 27.-The fight
game in Racine met a raw death
Thanksgiving when the Belle City
Athletic association attempted to put
on four star bouts, the principal one
being between Matty McCue of Ra-
cine and frankie Conley of Kenosha,
10 rounds at 100 pounds.
The attendance for the holiday at
traction was 300 and ]. ". Krause,
promoter of the club, announced that
the McCue-Conley mill was OF be
cause of the small crowd. Es
announced that each spectator we'd
receive a rain check, emitting hin 20
admission at the next bout pullec Of
by the association. The fans were
disguised.
New York, Nov. 27.-Tom McCany
of Lewiston, Mont, fought 10round
draw with Battling Levinsky in Brook
Ign Yesterday. McCarty weighed $50
San Francisco, Cal, Nov. IL
Fighting Billy" Murray knocked out
Sailor Ed Petroskey here Turkey
day in the second round of what was
to have been a 20-rould bout.
All the news all the time-Ths
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27
Too Practical.

The New Mamma-Jack, run for a
doctor-hurry, The baby has swal-
lowed your diamond stud, Bachelor
Brother-Doctor nothirgi I'll get a sur
geon--pAiladelphia Ledger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27
Games Are Postponed.

No games were rolled last night in
the Twin-City Bowling league, because
of Thanksgiving. All of the contests
will be held Thursday, Dec. 5.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27
Lincoln School Champs.

The Lincoln school football eleven
won the championship OF the Rock Is
land grade schools Wednesday after
noon, when they defeated the Haw-
thorne team at the Island City park
by the score of 81 TO q. The game de-
cided the title holders for the year,
as both teams went through the sea-
son without a miss.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27

La Sale. ILL.,. Nov 27.-Harry Don.
ahue of Pekin was too clever for the
heavy hitting Jimmy Anderson of OF
tawa. and won the decision after 10
rounds OF fighting yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27

All the news all the time-Tne
Argus.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-04
Pacific Coast is Drenched

San Francisco, Jan. 27.-The Pacific
coast was emerging early today from
the grip of a storm that has drenched
the entire region from the Canadian
to the Mexican line. Latest reports
place the storms death toll at eight.
High water has caused much damage
to property, particularly in southern
California, and railroad service in Cal
fornia and Nevada has been badly
crippled.
Los Angeles, Jan. 27.-With seven
persons drowned, all forms of over
land transportation either completely
tied up or seriously handicapped, a
half dozen trainloads of passengers
marooned and this section of the state
damaged to an extent of more than
a million dollars as the result Of the
unprecedented storm which has been
raging since Saturday, prospect of re-
lief frightened with the appearance
of the sun today, the total rainfall for
the "a hours ending at midnight last
night being 2.96 inches, making the
total for the season, 14.32 inches.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-04
Lands Restored to Entry

Washington, Jan. 28.-Secretary OF
the interior Lane reports that Presi.
dent Wilson has recently restored to
entry about 100000 acres of land in
western Montana, which for some
time have been included in coal lands
Withdrawals. These lands have been
classified by the geological survey,
which reports that nearly $4,000 acres
do not contain coal and that about 49,
600 acres contain lignites of workable
thickness. The Goals are of such
character, however, that prices placed
upon them are the minimum prices
allowed by law.
Non.coal lands will henceforth be
open to entry under appropriate laws
Coal lands may be acquired by pur'
chase under the coal act, or agricul'
tural entrymen may file upon the sur
face for agricultural purposes, the
government meanwhile reserving min
eral deposits for disposition under the
coal laws.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-04

culiarly adapted as a range for buff
falos, wild goats and other wild game.
Senator McDuf1ie of South Carolina
thus characterized. the entire country
west of the Missouri:
"If there eve was a country upon
the face of the earth in which l would
consider it a great misfortune for the
poorest man to settle-if there be any
country in the world which has been
blasted by God, which is utterly des-
titute of all conceivable attraction, in
so much as to be scarcely capable
of sustaining the life of human beings
it is this very territory"
These eminent statesmen were In
doubtedly honest in their belief that
the American northwest was a desert,
but their estimate of its possibilities
has been discredited by developments
that were beyond their comprehen-
sion.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-04
What Cold Storage Has Done

In the current issue of Farm and
Fireside appears a very i%nte-estin.
editorial entitled "Uses of Cold Stor-
age" Following is an extract show
ing some of the advantages derived
by the public from cold storage.
"We object to the behavior of the
meat-packers sometimes, and with a
good reason: but we should not forget
that the live stock of the United
States is now slaughtered and sold
by such methods that the difference
between the price of meat on the
hoof and meat on the hook is less
than it could otherwise be. The cold
storage of heats is the thing which
makes this possible. Eggs are stored
in March, April and May for the next
winters trade. If this could not be
done eggs would be worthless on the
farms when they are most plentiful
and priceless in the cities when they
are %scarcest. Apples are sold in ev
cry month Of the year. If this were
not SO there would be a market fol
about a third of our annual crop. Colo
storage makes this possible"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-04
Pointed Paragraphs

There are sermons in stones and
ice cream in bricks.
It's up to the spinster to learn how
to strike a match.
Many a family tree has a bad
branch and a shady reputation.
A man isn't necessarily two.faced
because he has a double chin.
When a woman hasn't anything to
tell she is willing to let a man talk.
Humility is one of the ingredients
a self-made man occasionally forgets
to mix with his material.
A man can run a store without ad-
vertising and he can wink at a girl
in the dark-but what's the use?
Some men get as much satisfaction
out of a political campaign as some
women get out of a church revival.
"Give us a man who sings at his
work. says Carlyle. Yes, deliver him
into our hands and We'll gladly do
the rest.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-04
Enormous Orange Crop

Chicago, Jan. 27.-After three years
of disappointment Pacific coast citrus
fruit growers this year have produced
a bumper crop, according to E. o. Nc
Cormick, vice president of the South.
ern Pacific railroad. This years crop
of oranges alone, according to Mr.. Nc.
Cormick, will be sufficient to provide
at least Is oranges for every person
in the United States.
Estimates place the California ship.
ments at 100000 cars, more than dou'
BILE that of a year ago, and more than
has been sent east in any year in the
life of the industry. The 100000 cars
would average 400 boxes each, and
every box would contain between sc
and 100 oranges, making approximate
ly a billion and a half oranges.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-04
Too Many Divorces

San Francisco, Jan. 27.-Two mil
lion divorces have been granted in the
United States in the last fifty.three
years, according to DR.. Francis Miner
Moody, executive secretary of an in.
ternational congress on marriage and
divorce, which is to meet here in con-
vention in 1915, who spoke before the
California commission on marriage
and divorce.
There r only $4,000, 900 married
women in this country who could be
divorced" said DR.. Moody. "Yet no.
900 divorces have been granted this
year, a greater number than ever be.
fore.
more than 100000 children have
been needlessly deprived of one or
both parents by the divorce court"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-04
"D!scREDiTED PROPHETS

According to a recent dispatch
from Washington, DEBATE on the Alas
kan railroad bill brought out some
ancient history of particular interest
to those who live in all parts of the
United States west of the Missouri
river and what was known as the
"Oregon country" at one time. Viewed
in the light of the ~present-day devel-
opment, the following comment on
this vast region, publicly uttered on
the foor of the senate seems almost
incredible:
"What do we want with this worth
less area? This region Of savages
and whirlwinds of dust, of cactus and
prairie dogs? To what use could we
ever hope to put these great deserts,
or these endless mountain ranges. inn
p%enetrable, and covered to their base
with eternal SHOWS? What can we
ever hope to do with the western
coast, a coast of 5000 miles, cheerless,
rockbound and u%ninviting and not a
harbOr III it? Mr.. President, l will
never vote one cent from the public
treasury to place the Pacific coast one
inch nearer to Boston than it is now"
Yet these are the words of IN of
the great men of history, no less a
statesman than Senator Daniel Web
ster. In the course of his remarks
on the Alaskan bill Representative
Wickersham read from the records Of
the past to show how some great men
had been badly mistaken, the above
being a quotation from the Congress.
sional Record of 1925 during the de.
bate in the senate on the Oregon
country.
But Daniel Webster was not the
only senator who held pessimistic
views regarding the west at that
time. Listen to this from Senator
Benton. uttered during the same de-
bate:
1.-THE ridge of the Rocky mountains
may be named as the convenient, ma,
tural and everlasting boundary. Along
this ridge the western limits of the
republic should be drawn, and the
statue of the tabled god terminus
should be erected on its highest peak
eve to be thrown down."
But If this sounds bad, listen to the
following tribute paid by Senator
Dickerson of New Jersey during thu
same debate. on the whole of thu
great west:
'1n regard to this extensive section
of country l do not hesitate in giving
the opinion that it is almost who'll!
unfit for cultivation and. of course, un
inhabitable by a people depending up
on agriculture for subsistence. Thu
whole Of this region seems to be pc
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-04
Washington ssews Notes

Washington, Jan. 26.-Representa-
tive Evans today introduced a bill
providing that settlers on the Flat
head reservation shall have the priv
ilege of assigning their entries upon
the issuance of final land office re-
ceipt.
The president has designated for
entry under the enlarged homestead
act, 100000 acres scattered over all
parts of Montana, mostly in small
tracts. The geological survey reports
this land to be non-irrigable. To date,
approximately 35,OO0,O 900 acres in
Montana have been designated for
homestead entry, comprising 40 per
cent of the present area of the state.
Three thousand acres of public
timber land valued at nearly $4,000
have been recovered by the interior
department from persons who had
made fraudulent entries. A long lit
igation was involved in the suit,
which ended in favor of the govern
ment in the circuit court of appeals
having jurisdiction of the Lewiston,
Idaho, land district. The suit and six
others. which were won in Idaho, Mon.
tana and Oklahoma restored to the
public domain over four thousand
acres. One suit to abate unlawful
Enclosure has been filed in Montana.
In Colorado and Montana the trial on
six suits resulted in the removal of
fences which inclosed nearly four
thousand acres of public lands.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-04
DEFENDS THE SKUNK

Never since his evolution from
some still lower animal of inconceiv.
able species has the poor, abused
skunk received SO much thoughtful
consideration or provoked so much
serious discussion as since the de-
partment of agriculture the other day
flashed the intelligence upon the
world that he is a beast of great
economic Importance" The depart
ment repeats that this is no exagger.
alton.
The facts, as set forth by the gov
eminent servants, are that the skunk
in the day can't see as we'll as an
owl. His eyesight at night is also
poor, even though he is a nocturnal
animal. His eyes are small, for he
hasn't much s for them. But the
animal has a nose and a knack of
picking out insects that the man with
better eyesight cannot see or ind at
all. The animal makes a speciality of
bugs and he requires considerably
more than one or two for a meal.
That is why he is of such great eco
! nomical importance. He eats insects
the way a child eats popcorn. There
isn't much meat on a bug. When day
light comes the skunk curls up in
some confiscated woodchuck hole and
goes to sleep. When the deep SHOWS
and cold weather of January and Feb
ruary arrive, he is apt to hibernate
for a month or two. It depends on
the supply of insects. The skunk
goes to sleep only when the food sup
ply runs short.
The agriculturist finds that some of
the most destructive insects are the
sort which work underground. The
skunk digs them out. The farm boy
has often seen little holes two or
three inches deep dug in the garden.
1t is where a skunk has dug out a
cutworm and saved a 1O-cent cabbage
or a IS grape vine. The skunk sows
wild oats once in a while. He some
times gets off his regular diet and
takes up a course in chickens. The
way to prevent that is not to tempt
the animal. Keep the chickens lock-
ed up at night. In addition to all his
III Wa VuOOs IlO Shu1ln . 1uI 10 Ndkus
able.
At the same time the department
of agriculture does not urge our intel
ligent farming communities to cult.
vate terms of intimacy with the
skunk. There are reasons why it is
inadvisable to hold close and conf.
dental relations with him. Unlike
the dog and the cat, his qualifications
for domestication are a negligible
quantity. A child who might take him
up and caress him as he would take
a kitten would precipitate a famil!
panic. The skunk should be permit
ted quietly to retain his native habi
tat, care always being taken never t.
excite his wrath and indignation b,
stirring him up with an inquisitiv
pole.-AnacOnda Standard.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-04
DISCUSS TAX SYSTEM
State Officials Urge Increase in vaIua.
ton Of Property

Lewistown, Jan. 27.-Nearly $50
county officers and 100 other promin-
ent citizens from all over the state
were in attendance at the opening
sessions of the assessors, commits
%sioners, clerks and treasurers of Mon
tana. In the afternoon a joint SEES
sion was held at which addresses
were delivered by Ex-Governor Norris
and Tax Commissioner Houtz, both
dealing with taxation questions.
Mr.. Norris urged the adoption of a
uniform system of taxation for bank
stock in all Montana counties. In
some counties the assessed valuation
is 40 per cent. of stock and surplus,
and in others 100 per cent. The av-
erage is 20 per cent, and he urged
that all counties tax or a similar
basis. Compared to other property,
inequalities were shown, as for in
stance, titled land is assessed at an
average of 81 per cent. of market
value. Mr.. Norris said that he did
not ask for a reduction in the assess
ed valuation of banks, but pleaded for
a propOrtiOnate valuation of all class
es of property. He said that, with the
present low valuations, the levy must
necessarily be high. In some instan
ces it was 5 per cent, which caused
prospective investors to hesitate be
fore purchasing property here. A
valuation nearer the actual one would
greatly reduce the levy.
Commissioner Houtz recommended
in his address that the state be di
vided into districts to consist o
groups of counties wherein the LAM
conditions are found similar and tina
a uniform valuation could be had b,
classifying the lands In each distric
at the annual meeting of the assess
ors. Mr.. Houtz suggested an amend
ment to the state constitution for til
creation of a state tax commission.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-04

lature at the behest of the Anti-Saloon
league becomes a law. The plan is
to have the skull and crossbones print
ed In red ink and under them a warm
ing to this effect:
This preparation contains alcohol
which is a habit-forming, i~rritant. mar
cotic poison"
The penalty for violation Of the act
is a fine of not less than IS nor more
than $3.50 or from 5 to so days in
jail or both.
William H. Anderson, superintend-
ent of the league, refused tonight to
say who would introduce the bill. He
said, however, that it was not a joke.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-04
The River Press
Published erery Wednesday Morning
By the Rirer Press Publish
ing Company.
FORECASTS

The occasional failure of the United
States weather bureau officials in the
matter of %forecasting storms and var
iations in temperature is explained in
a bulletin issued by the department
1t is claimed that the official weather
bureau prophets foretell the coming
of disturbances in a b~usiness-like way
very similar to that in which a man
who has ordered a shipment of goods
would estimate the date of it's arrival
Suppose a business man had order.
ed a carload of pineapples from the
Hawaiian Islands. He would know
the average time it would take the
steamer to make the trip to the Pa.
ci1c port, the average time for un
loading into refrigerator cars, and the
average number of days to be allowed
these cars for their trip across the
continent to New York. His estimate
however, would be subject to error
because the steamship might be de-
layed by fog, or the cars might meet
with an accident.
Storms, like pineapples, as a rule
do not originate in the United States.
They come to us, some from the Phil
ippines, Japan, Siberia, Alaska, Can
ada or the Gulf of Mexico. The
weather bureau gets cable, telegraph
ic or wireless notice of a foreign
storm. Station after station, or YES
sci after vessel reports the storms
arrival in the neighborhood, so that
the general direction and rate of pro-
gress a be determined very nearly.
In fact, the arrival of some storms
can be foretold ten days in advance.
The fo~recasters watch for the reg.
ion of low barometer which is the
storm center around which the winds
blow. This whirl or eddy move bod.
lily forward with the general eastward
drift of about $50 miles a day in our
latitudes. AS the lines of equal pres
sure (isobars) around the low center
crowd closer together, the winds at
tending the storm increase in force.
The %forecaster determines the direc-
ton of movement of the storm and its
velocity.
When weather disturbances are re-
POl tCuS lax ONooVOA nAAo" ~
p%erience about how long it takes
them to reach our Pacific coast, and
then how long after they will reach
the Atlantic coast. For example. if
a storm coming from Siberia drifts
eastward around the North Pole and
reappears in Alaska, it should appear
in Washington and Oregon in about
two days; should get to the Great
Lakes in six days and to the Allan
tic coast in seven or eight days.
Unexpected conditions may delay
storms or divert them from the
straight track just as a refrigerator
car may be thrown off it's schedule
or be shipped by accident on a wrong
road. Some of these storms deplete
themselves by running into regions of
high barometer which are of greater
magnitude and extent than the storm
itself. Some of them, however. trav-
ell completely around the world.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-04
Would Label Booze Bottles

Albany, N. Y, Jan. 27.-All bever-
ages containing more than 2 per cent.
alcohol will be labeled with skull and
crossbones and other poison warnings,
If a bill to be introduced in the legis-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-04

The Weekly River Press is a good
newspaper to send away to your
friends in the east. It will save you
the trouble of writing letters.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-06-10
MARRIED..
LORD-MERRIAM.

The wedding of Miss Edith Mae Lord
and Arthur Herbert Merriam took place
last Wednesday evening at the home of
the BRIDES parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
s. Lord, on Hancock street. Only mem
bers of the families and few intimate
girl friends of the bride were present.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. J.
W. Tickle, of the Unitarian church.
1t was spring wedding, the color
scheme OF the decorations being pink and
white, apple blossoms being used pro-
fusely and effectively in the decorations.
The brides gown was of. white crepe
meteor with Chantilly lace trimming.
She carried bouquet of lilies of-the
valley. She was attended by her sister,
Miss Ruth Lord, as maid-of- honor. Miss
Lords dress was of pink chiffon over
pink silk, and her bouquet was of pink
carnations. Little Misses Bertha Hager-
thy and Evelyn Lord, in dainty white
dresses, were charming as flower girls.
The wedding march was played by Mrs.
F. l.. Kent.
After the ceremony and an informal re-
ception, refreshments were served. Mr..
and Mrs. Merriam left on the night train
for short wedding trip, which will in
clude visits to Boston land New York.
They will reside at Essex, Conn, where
the groom is employed as electrician for
the Essex Light & Power Co.
The bride is one of Ellsworth's popular
girls, graduate OF thel Ellsworth high
school and active in the Unitarian society.
The groom is son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles IL. Merriam, of this city, and has
many friends here. Their many friends
join in congratulations.