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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
Military Court Exceeded Powers.

Helena, Oct. S.-The supreme court
today, in an opinion written by .Asso-
ciate Justice Sanner, decided that
neither the governor of the state nor
the military under him can lawfully
punish for instruction or other vio-
lations of the law. The decision was
in the case of Dan ellis, who was ar
rested by the military authorities,
tried in the military court at Butte,
who was convicted and given a SEN
tence of eleven months in the county
Jail and a fine of $500. ellis appealed
to the supreme court for a writ of
habeas corpus.
The court refuses to grant the writ
and release ellis, but it orders that
he be remanded to the custody of the
respondents, in this case the military
authorities at Butte, to be dealt with
according to law. Under the decision
the military courts at Butte are shorn
Of some of the functions they have
been exercising.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
"DEUTSCHLAND UBER ALLIES"

St. Louis Democrat: The phrase
deutschland Uber Alles," which gives
title to the song that the German sol
diers are singing in this war. as theil
fathers sang it in other wars, is liter
ally interpreted, Germany over ALI;
but it is only fair to say that the word
"uber" does not, in this instance, have
the significance of rule. The true
meaning of the phrase is Germany
before all" Germany, the best of ALL
analyze it, there is no country sc
great, no country so beautiful, no
country SC happy, no country so alto.
gether glorious as the fatherland."
Does not this feeling, this convic.
ton, find expression in the hearts of
the patriots of every nation? Does not
the Frenchman believe. If he does not
sing, that France is over all? Is there
any doubt in u minds that America
1s over all, first Of all, best of all? Do
we not all believe, like the children of
Israel of old, that our country is Gods
country and u people his people,
"lAOCAACA Q VIC lCuNllllCll Ill TldllCC
Germans in Germany. E%nglishmen in
England or Americans in the United
States? Most certainly we do. II we
did not we would be deficient in pa
triotism. We may criticize our coun-
try among ourselves; we may growl
about our government, we may con-
denim our laws, we may speak with
derision of our scenery and with con-
tempt of certain elements of our pop
ulation; we may think we believe that
we are going inevitably to wreck and
ruin. but when we are put to the test
It is our land over all, our land over
all the world.
So it is with the Germans, "Deutch-
land Uber Allies" is not a song of con-
quest, but a song of earnest, fervent
patriotism. 1t was written over 20
years ago, long before the creation of
the German empire, long before the
foundations of modern militarism were
laid, long before the land began to
feel the need of or the desire for "a
place in the sum-" and it breathes not
the aspirations of a monarchy, but the
profound, abiding sentiment of a race.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
OFFICIAL PAPER OF cHOUrEAU COUNTY
THE CONSOLIDATION BILL.

A good many requests have been
received for information as to the
provisions of the proposed bill for the
consolidation of Montana's institu'
tons of higher education. This matter
is one of the most important ques.
tons that is to come before Montana
voters at the November election and
every voter should acquaint himself
thoroughly with this subject in the
few remaining weeks before election.
The bill proposes the consolidation
of the state university at Missoula, the
college of agriculture and mechanic
arts at Bozeman and the school of
mines at Butte into one institution
under the name of the University of
Montana, and provides for the appoint
ment of a commission to select a place
for the permanent location of the con-
solidated university at either Boze-
mar or Missoula.
The decision as to consolidation of
these institutions rests with a ma
jOrity vote of the people Of the state
at the coming election, the question
having been left to the vote of the
people through the initiative law. If
the majority of the voters declare
against consolidation then the various
institutions will remain separate and
apart and in their present locations.
II a majority of the vote is in favor
of consolidation is to go into effect on
Aug. l next
Under the bill the permanent loca-
ton must be either at Bozeman or
Missoula. 1t is provided that a COM
mittee consisting of the governor, the
chief justice of the supreme court of
the state and the superintendent of
public schools shall appoint a COM
mission of five members to be chosen
from the presidents of state univer-
stiles which are consolidated and
which include within their consolida-
ton an agricultural college endowed
by the federal government. The five
college presidents chosen as the COM
mission are to visit the two proposed
sites, consider the land offered by
each city for the university buildings
and render a decision before Aug. /,
1915.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
VOTERS SHOULD BE CAREFUL.

AS to what is the most important
thing in this campaign depends large
~ on the point of view. Some can see
nothing OF importance before the PEG.
pie for decision at this time except
the question of equal suffrage and
they cannot understand how news
papers can waste space on anything
except suffrage news or argument. To
many others the consolidation of the
educational institutions is the all-im-
portant matter and they think that
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
Information For Candidates.

Some important features of the cor.
rupt practices act are presented in a
summary prepared by an Anaconda
attorney. Here are some of the pro-
visions that must be respected by
candidates for Office:
A candidates expenditures in his
campaign for election must not be in
excess of 10 per cent of one years
salary of the Office for which he is a
candidate. But no candidate shall be
restricted to less than 500.
Every candidate whose expenditures
are in of $50 shall keep detailed
accounts of his receipts, payments and
liabilities.
Any candidate failing to file such
a statement as is required by this act
is subject to the district court. No
candidate shall, in order to aid or pro-
mote his election, promise to APPOINT
or secure the appointment of another
person to any private or public posi-
ton.
Treating or making gifts of any.
thing of value is forbidden under this
act.
Any candidate who bets or aids any
other person to bet on the result of
the election in his electoral district
shall be guilty of corrupt practice.
No person shall pay the owner or
editor of any newspaper to induce him
to editorially advocate or oppose any
candidate for election.
1t shall be unlawful for any person
at any place on the day of the election
to ask or solicit votes.
1t shall be unlawful to write, print,
or circulate any bill, letter or circular
relating to any election or to any
candidate unless the same shall bear
on it's face the name and address of
the author and Of the printer and
publisher.
The name of the candidate chosen
at a primary nominating election shall
not be printed on the official ballot
for the ensuing election unless there
has been filed a statement of the
candidates expenses relating to his
as required by this act.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
Earring Predicts Good Times.

Great Falls, Oct. 10.-Declaring that
as a result of present conditions the
United States should be unusually
prosperous. President a. j.. Earring
of the Milwaukee Railway company
gave out an interview here remark
able for it's optimism.
Asked how he viewed the business
situation, he replied: "There is no
reason why the United States should
not be unusually prosperous. There
is absolutely nothing the matter with
this country. We are not involved in
any struggle such as is now in pro-
gress on the other side of the Allan.
tic. resulting in fearful destruction of
lives and property. We have abundant
crops. prices are ranging from rs to
30 per cent higher than they we're a
year g for everything that comes
from the soil.
Grain, cattle, hogs and sheep, staple
products in Montana, are in great de-
mand. Foreign countries are not now,
and for years will not be able to pro-
duce for export, those manufactured
articles which we have secured from
them. Our factories must supply, not
only what they have been furnishing,
but all that which the foreign factory
has supplied us. In view of all these
facts. what is there to prevent the
United States from enjoying a phen-
omenal prosperity? Nothing. abso-
lutely nothing. We are bound to be
prosperous. We cannot escape it,"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
Op to the Author.

II am thoroughly ashamed Of this
composition. Charles" said the teacher
sternly, land l shall certainly send for
your mother and show her how badly
you are doing"
"All right" said Charles cheerfully.
Send for her. Me mudder wrote it,
Exchange.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14

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,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
Age Of Discretion.

Willie-Paw, what Is the age Of dis.
cretion? Paw-That's when a man gets
old enough to keep his face closed
when he has nothing to say. my son.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-14
Aye, There's the Rub.

If We had to turn our own grind
stones we wouldn't have so many axes
to grind.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-10-29
of justice to my fellow countrymen, l
must look outside of my party's Sc
lection for our next governor.
b. c. TABOR.

With the woman of dry, brittle
hair shampooing is indeed delicate
process. She must exercise the most
exquisite care or pay heavy price
for her indiscretion. Ammonia,
washing soda, boraX or patented
shampoos of whose ingredients she
is ignorant may crack her hair and
destroy what little life exists in the
roots. Again, the woman with dry
hair often thinks she is safer If she
roes not shampoo at all, because the
process of washing, rinsing and dry
ing is trying on the hair. In this she
is wrong. Her scalp needs the cleans
which only soap and water will sup
ply, and it must be given at leas
once a month.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-10-29

Alri Irwin, the son of A. l.. Irwin,
is visiting in the city. He has been
in Portland for several years.
j. H. Farrar was taken quite i'll
this week and is at present under
the care of a physician.
Mrs. Elmer Patrick is in the city
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Walrad.
]. Dunnington of Jacksonville
spent Tuesday in Ashland on busi
ness.
H. C. Remission of Los Angeles
spent Monday in the city. He wa
accompanied by his son.
o. A. Warrens of Hit was a bust
ness visitor in the city Tuesday.
w. w. USHER for county cor
oner, not in the trust, but a squar
deal for all. Vote for him. (Adv.
All Star baseball at Medford, Mon
day, Nov 2, p. m. You'll be there
Mrs. Guy Thresher of Phoenix
spending a few days at the home c
Mrs. A. Schuerman.
Mrs. D. r. Mills has gone to Ell
gene, where she will visit friends an
relatives for some time. Mrs. e. '
Mills accompanied her as far as FL
gene, but from there went on
Portland to attend a convention I
the Parent Teacher Association.
Try a load of factory block
| Carson-Smith Lumber Co. 44-2t
Fifty cents invested in a Tidini
For Sale" ad often sells $500
property. Did you ever try it?
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-10-29
Ole
0be
Peoples Forum
Not for Withycombe.

Shall ], republican, vote for DR..
Withycombe simply because he is of .
my party?
Is it not a fact when a minister or
public speaker delivers his sermon
or lecture that it is no longer his, but
it belongs to the public, to accept,
reject, commend or condemn
And when man puts himself up
for public office, especially one inn
portant as that of governor of the
state of Oregon, should he not expect
people that listen to him to form
opinions Of him pro or con of his
ability or inability?
With the permission of your press,
Mr.. Editor | should like to express
few of my personal impressions,
based upon long career in watching
humanity.
listened carefully to his speech
given at the armory some days since
and l think he spent two-thirds of
his time, or, to be conservative, over
one-half, making bread and milk
poultices to paste over the campaign
bumps which he had received, declar-
ing that no such outrages had befall-
en- him in his many years dealings
with over 1000 of the young men at
the Corvallis University
3 He presented no special plans oil
= policies or made promises other than
that he would do his best to enforce
, the law, which is simply no promise
at all, for it is a part of his oath Of
, office, should be be elected. He man
ifested no executive ability anC
Isurely no signs of statesmanship wert
betrayed in all his hours talk.
: On my return home l told my wifi
{if that man was elected he would b
, ball of putty in the hands of hi
l. party manipulators, and the execu
2. tive office would be turned into
is pharmacy to manufacture mustar
If plasters to draw the poison out o
punctures which he would justly re
ceive from Oregon's critics.
And really l felt sure that h
y would make a good Sunday schoC
teacher or deacon in a countr
church, or moral balance wheel fc
- our boys at the Corvallis college.
- But that it must be that our part
leaders selected him to advance the
o. own and not the interest of our b.
loved state.
gs Therefore governing my ballot
DO my personal opinions, and to be trt
to myself and maintain my principle
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-10-29
LOCAL and PERSONAL


The Baptist ladies will give a
pumpkin pie sale at Holmes Bros.
next Saturday, the 31st. They will
also have a Thanksgiving food and
apron sale at the same place, Novem-
Der 25th.
Mrs. Eta Cappellar, a former resi-
dent of Ashland, but who has been
living in Pullman, Wash, for the
past few years, is in the city visiting
with her many friends.
The first Elk dance of the season
takes place tonight at the Elk dane
ing hall None except Elk can at
tend, but a large crowd is expected.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Bush have re-
turned home from their extended
eastern trip. Mrs. Bush left in June
for her old home in Kansas and Mr..
Bush joined her there about three
weeks ago.
A. r. Brown is building some new
chicken yards back of the Polytech-
mic school building. They are mere
" temporary until some more suit
able place can be found.
Walton school shoes, s1.25 to
sl.S5 for girls, $40 to $3.50 for
boys. Guaranteed to be the best
made for the price. Ashland Trad
ing Company.
Mrs. l.. w. Van SAINT and baby OF
Ager are visiting in the city with
Mrs. Cornelius, her sister She will
remain till the end of the week.
Mrs. NJ. B. Ager and little boy OF
Ager, Cal, are visiting at the home
of Mrs. Ayers sister, Mrs. Cornelius
All Star baseball at Medford, Mon
day. Nov 2, p. m. You'll be there
M. Weisser and wife visited las
week With Mr.. and Mrs. j., P, Wolf
Mrs. Weisser is a sister of Mr.. Wolf
They hail from Milwaukee, Wis
They were very much impressed will
the future of Ashland. They starte'
on their return trip Monday.
Judge C. B. Watson spent Monda
and Tuesday in Jacksonville an
Medford. He also attended, in com
pany with E. d. Briggs, Nat Coco
wins play at the Page Theatre.
Ed Staples, Charles Blake an
Fred Neil spent the fore part of tn
week in the Dead Indian countr.
where they hunted for deer.
C. H. Coffee is very i'll, having SUI
denly been taken sick short tim
ago. His condition is considered vel
serious.
Bust the undertakers' tlus
Vote for W. W. USHER, republics
candidate for county coroner. (AdV
Miss Thompson, teacher in Il
West Side school, has rented MI
Grants home on Laurel street. IL
mother will arrive soon to spend Il
winter in Ashland.
You can bust the trust and sa
money by voting for w. w. Ussh'
candidate for county coroner. (AdV
Mr.. Coffee is seriously i'll at l
home on Oak street.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-10-29

We are giving each slips with purchase Save them
and bring them to the store before Christmas ana get
Christmas present :: - - - -
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-10-29

No. Tree Trap worth SOC, sale price.
No. Q Tree Trap worth 35c, sale price,.
No. II Jump Trap worth SOC, sale price.
No. 9 Jump Trap worth 40c, sale price
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-01-07
TRIP FOR STUDENTS
IN ROAD WORK
Those Taking the Good Roads Short
Course at A. G. M. to Attend
Fort Worth Meeting.

Students of the good roads short
course. which will open Monday, Jan
uary u, at the A. & NJ. College, and
continue until February I, will prob
ably be taken in a body to attend the
annual meeting of the Texas Good
Roads Association at Fort Worth the
latter part of the month. One of the
chief items of interest at the Fort
Worth meeting, according to Prof. R.
]. Potts of the highway engineering
department at the college, will be the
exhibit of the Federal office of good
roads. Tarant County good roads, in
course of construction, also offer a
profitable field for study.
The short course, which will be the
first short course in good roads con-
Quoted in this section of the country,
is intended to give practical and
theoretical instruction to men who
have had some experience in road
work, but who never attended college.
The work will be made as practical
as possible, and at the conclusion of
a lesson during which the students
will be told how, the road experts will
adjourn to the college campus, where
they will show the students how to do
the things they have just discussed.
Prof. Potts, who is in charge of the
course, has received a large number
of queries about the course, and he
is anticipating a good attendance. For
the first year the authorities are not
expecting an unusually large attend
ance, but they are expecting much
larger attendance next year than this.
Students will arrive here Sunday and
will be assigned to their rooms and
their places at the college mess hall,
where they will be fed. The course
has been so arranged as to max the
cost of attending incredibly small.
The trip to Fort Worth will be made
provided a sufficient number of stu
dents desire to attend.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-01-07
WILL SELL LAND TO
1000 GREEK FARMERS
Syndicate Bought $4,000 Acres In
Liberty County Which viii
Be Subdivided.

As a result of a large, land deal
closed Tuesday between the Allison
Richey Land Company of Houston and
syndicate of Greek capitalists resid-
ing in Chicago, in which the latter
purchased tract of 10000 acres of
timbered land in Liberty County a
colony of about 1000 Greek farmers
and truck growers will be established
in that section within the immediate
future.
Under the terms of the contract by
which the purchase was made the pur-
chasers have agreed to sell the tract
in 40 and S0-acre farms to Greeks now
residing in the North and Middle West
States. A town to be known as Mace
donia, Texas, will be established on a
spur railroad that the syndicate has
agreed to construct to connect with
the Texas & New Orleans Railroad
line. It is proposed to grow truck,
grapes. subtropical fruits and berries
to furnish the Houston and Galveston
market.
The deal was reported to involve
something more than 100000 and 1t
is claimed that the colonization
scheme involves proposed develop
ments that will increase the total cost
to about half million dollars. The
representatives of the purchasers have
been in Texas some months looking
over various sections Of the country,
particularly the lower Rio Grande and
Gulf Coast sections. The timber will
be cut by the syndicate before the
farms are sold.-Houston Post.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-01-07
WACO MORNING
NEWS,WAS SOLD
Southern Publishing Company Which
Purchased Is Composed Of
Prohibtionists.

Waco, Tex, Jan. THE Waco
Morning News, owned by w. P. Hobby,
who is also the owner of the Beaumont
Enterprise, was sold Tuesday to the
Southern Publishing Company The
new company will take immediate
charge OF the paper The Southern
Publishing Company is composed of
prohibitionists. Among those on the
board are w. P, Lane, State Comptrol-
Ter; Rev. H. D. Knickerbocker, pastor
of the Austin Avenue Methodist
Church of this city. and DR.. A. j. Bar
ton. secretary of the Baptist State Ed
ucation Board. R. B. Spencer, a
wealthy lumber dealer residing here,
is the president of the company.
The following statement was given
out last night by the company: "The
Southern Publishing Company has
been organized for the purpose of pub
fishing a daily newspaper that will ed
itorially represent the great and grow
ing constituency, giving their atten-
ton to good government and progress
sive and constructive policies gener-
ally.
ut is to be thoroughly understood
that while this paper will be opposed
to the licensed saloon as an institu-
ton, it is not to advocate merely this
one or any other single issue, but it
is intended that 1t be newspaper in
every sense of the word.
ut has been said that the word
news originated from the initial let
tiers OF the words north, east. west
and south, and we believe that pa
per not meeting the requirements of
gathering news from all points of the
compass while it is news, will fall
short of the present demand of our
moral, educated and business citizen
ship"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-01-07
GOOD AND BAD HIGHWAYS.

From his pulpit in Temple last Sun
day night, the Rev. Curtis Fletcher
had these things to say:
The human race has grown toward
higher and higher forms of civiliza-
ton as they have enjoyed contact,
friction, social and commercial inter-
course. Where these things were i'm
possible because of the lack of high.
ways) there civilization has not gone.
Trading and dealing, touch and fric-
ton, have nourished civilization, while
isolation and seclusion have fostered
ignorance.
Isolation is the enemy of civiliza-
ton. Clannishness and the hills with.
out highways defeat progress.
Good highways lead to market, to
schools, to churches, to many a bless
ing.
Bad highways lead to prejudice, ig-
norance, dwarfed manhood and woman
hood.
Good highways bespeak of enter
prise, progress, forward movement.
Bad highways bespeak of selfish
ness, short-sightedness, sloth.
The former are boon, a great as
set, to the country through which they
pass. The latter are blight, curse
upon the country through which they
pass
Take out of our country our great
highways (also the rivers and rail-
roads,, which carry forward civiliza-
ton, also commercial, social, intellec-
tual and spiritual advantages, and we
soon 60 back to the deepest darkness
OF sin and evil. Friendship, peace and
good will will be supplanted with
strife and fends of death.
Progress may depend upon many
things, but most surely it does depend
upon the privilege of commercial, So
cial, intellectual and spiritual inter-
course. Any influence which prevents
these is anti-progressive.
Commercial, social, intellectual and
spiritual communication possess a
power to WOO the lives of men on to
higher and higher things.
But these things MUST pass over
great highways.
Great highways lead to some things.
They carry men from city to city.
from center to center.
Bad highways lead to isolated, for
gotten places-to the woods and the
hills of vice.