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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-07

ting and asking questions with regard
TO the training They especially com
mented on the physical fitness and
cheeriulness OF the American soldiers
They were told of Saturdays trench
fight and each was presented with she'll
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-07

cases Of the first days artillery firing
apainSt the Geuuans. 4
The congressional party eame from
Nerdun where they insperred the de-
lenses and were entertained by The
French commanders.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-07
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the winter months.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-02-02
Legislative Bureau Of
the Montana Newspaper
Association. Helena J

There is a new Moses in 'srael.
His name is B. G. White and he halls
from Buffalo. He is the man who
is leading the farmers out of the poll
tical wilderness. Officially he is one
of the members of the Fergus county
delegation in the legislature. Unof-
ficially he is the head of the farmer
movement which is making itself felt
every time there is a roll call in the
house of representatives.
White of Buffalo Is the outstand-
ing figure of this session of the legis-
lature. He looks like a farmer. He
thinks like a lawyer. He talks like a
whirlwind and has the action of a
dynamo. He has a wonderful grasp
of public affairs, and is a flueAt
speaker. He is possessed Of a vein
OF humor, too, and when he rises to
speak the house sits up and takes
notice. He talks right out in meet
ing.
There is no nap on the carpet OF
the aisle that leads up to the speak
er's dais. There was at the beginning
of the session, but White has worn
it all away. When speaking he pa
rades up and down this isle, thunder.
ing his pronunciamentos as he "a.
rades. The house listens, lauals
and votes the White way.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-02-02

spring, and may not marry unless he
is divorced.
The bill promises to stir u things
when it comes up for consideration.
It is strongly endorsed by the Nation
al Federation of Women's Clubs. A
similar measure has been introduced
in the Minnesota legislature.
Senator Amin will introduce a bill
which, If it should become a law,
would make the state dry on Decem-
Der 81, a year before the time stipu-
lated in the constitutional amend
ment adopted at the recent election.
Mrs. Maggie Hathaway, member
from Ravalli and champion of wom-
Zen, would pension all mothers whose
husbands desert them. She has in
PRODUCED a bill to this effect. The
bill also provides that mothers may
receive a pension for their children
if their husbands are dead, or are
inmates of any of the Montana in
stitutiOns.
Senator George McCone of Dawson
county would put a little more red
fire into politics. He is the father Of
a which would amend the
primary law SO as permit of the Sc
lection of candidates for office by
party conventions.
According to the estimate of Sena'
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cial proposition on the Missouri river
in it's unimproved state. They could
not understand that a stream which
apparently had such a tremendous
volume of water would in the busiest
months of summer frequently show,
over the wide crossings, a depth of
only 80 inches or less. 1t was hard
to see why it was impossible for boats
to use any portion of the river unless
a sufficient channel Vas open be-
tween two large shipping centers."
The improvement of the navigabil.@
ity of such rivers as the Missouri has
gone hand in hand with reclamation
lower course of the stream and the
Strengthening of the banks by revet-
ments, a vast acreage has been re-
Similar results would follow upon
reaches of the river. ( From Fort
Benton to its confluence with the
Missouri, army engineers have deter
mined, there is always sufficient wa
ter in the MissouT for navigation
provided occasional shoals and snags
are eliminated, AID these will cease to
recur as soon 4s the channel is
Strengthened ann the banks fortified.
The most satisfactory results will be
achieved only with the expenditure
of millions of dollars, but the open
ing of the river to heavy traffic for
the greater part of the year with the
consequent lowering Of freight rates
would probably benefit Montana
more than the extension of several
new transcontinsntal lines through
her farrif0rx
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-02-02

He is a gentle boss. He can swing
more votes with one of those five
minute talks of his than any other
man who sits there. But sometimes
he startles.
"Mr. Speaker" he Numbered the
other day. as he paused in his ora
torical parade, II want to say eL1-
phatically that those who are under
the impression that the farmers are
here to raise sever different ' inds of
hell are wrong"
And when he said the warm word,
he pointed a long index finger
straight at Hon. Maggie Hathaway.
The Honorable Maggie probably
thought that the expression was not
ladylike, but she did not bat an e. a.
Then he proceeded to talk the
house out Of the notion of limiting
the legal rate of interest to eight per
cent. He contended that the small
bank, the oasis of the homesteader,
would be seriously handicapped by
this Limitation. He proved his case
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-02-02
W. MCDOWELL
RECORD BREAKER
ONLY MAN WHO HAS BEEN
TWICE LIEUTENANT Gov
ERNOR OF STATE.
Also Only One Who Has Served Two
Terms as Speaker of House; Be
sides, No One Else Has Served Bot
az Speaker and Lieutenant Govern
or; Never Had Decision Overruled.

Lieutenant Governor w. w. Nc
Dowell is one of the interesting per-
sonalities in Helena just now. He
was born in Gibson county, Tennes-
see, January %, 1867. His father
served for four years in the civil war
as a confederate. While both Nc
Dowell's grandparents were we'll to
do, being large slave owners, the war
broke up the families and his father
was a poor man when the war ended.
The lieutenant governor comes
from an old Scotch Presbyterian fam
lily. He lived on a farm and did the
work connected with a farmer boys
life until he reached the age of 16
years, when his father moved to the
little town of Union City, Tennessee,
later on moving to Nashville, where,
after completing his college course,
he entered the banking business as a
clerk in the Capital City bank of
Nashville. After he had remained
four years the bank was consolidated
with another bank in Nashville, and
young Mcdowell went to Chicago
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-02-02

where the worlds fair was then be-
ing held.
Come to Montana 20 Years Ago.
While in the Windy City," he was
offered and accepted a position with
Armour & Company, the big pork
packers, and remained in their en-
ploy for three years, after which
time he resigned his position ant
came to Montana, taking up his resi-
dence in Butte, where he has lived
for the last 20 years. He has been
engaged in mining, real estate bust
ness and farming ever since. Eight
years ago he was elected to the legis-
lature from Silver Bow county and,
although it was his first term as a
was elected speaker of the house.
Two years later he was again elected
to the legislature and was again
chosen speaker of the house, the only
man in Montana who has ever been
twice speaker.
Nominated by A~cclamation.
At the democratic state v
ton, held at Great Falls four years
ago, he was nominated by acclama-
ton for the office of lieutenant gov
ernor and was elected. During the
last four years he has presided over
the senate in the thirteenth and
fourteenth legislative assemblies and
he is now presiding for the third
time over that body. He is the only
man in Montana who has ever been
speaker of the house and lieutenant
governor and the only man in the
state who has been twice lieutenant
governor.
The positions of speaker of the
house and president of the senate re-
Quire that a man should be an ex-
pert parliamentarian, and the jour
nails of the last four legislative ses-
sions show that Lieutenant Governor
Mcdowell has never had a decision
overruled, either in the senate or in
the house, which is considered an un-
usual record.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-02-02

tor Kane, of the special committee on
taxation and assessments, between
$750,O0O and $1,000, 600 additional
revenue must be provided for the
states expenses during the next two
years. The report estimates the total
income for the biennial period to be
$4,13S.171 and the total expendi-
lures $~4,592,434, leaving a deficit of
$454,263, to which must be added
~$326,423 to square the general fund,
and $294,940, If the chancellor of
the university gets all the money he
is asking for to take care of extern
sions in Montana's scheme of higher
education.
State Auditor William Heating
takes issue with the senate commit
tee. He says the deficit at the end
of this appropriation period will not
be more than $4,000. He contends
that the estimates OF the senate COM
mittee are too high.
Senator Oliver of Fallon county
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-02-02
FISH COMMISSION
NO STATE BURDEN
Is MAINTAINED BY LICENSES
PAID IN BY THOSE WHO
FISH AND HUNT.
All Expenses of the Department Are
Met From Money Derived From
This Source; Streams Being Re-
stocked From Hatchery Estab-
1ished by Commission.
(By w. M. BickfOrd.)

At the time when the attention OF
the people of Montana is addressed
to the question of taxation, 1t
may be of interest for hen
to know concerning one department
of the state where the burden OF tax
alton rests equally upon the shoul-
ders of all of those who are direct
ly interested, and I mean by this, the
fish and game department of the
state.
A license fee, which has been
changed from time to time until now
the amount of one dollar is collected
from the Inhabitants. of the state for
the privilege of hunting and fishing
within the limits, Is the source from
which the state fish commission and
the department of the state game
warden is paid.
BY an act approved March 8. 1907,
the Montana state fish commission
was created, to consist of two men,
bers and the state game warden, with
authority to select d site for and to
erect thereon a state fish hatchery
BY an act approved March 13, 1913,
the membership of the state fish
commission was increased to five
members, four members to be ap-
pointed by the governor and the fifth
member to be the state game warden
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-02-02

a second examination of the project
by a board of engineers to obtain ac-
curate data as to it's cost and posi-
bilities.
Story Retold by Borland.
The story of this fight was retold
in congress last July In a speech de-
livered by William P. Borland. rep
r%esentative from Missouri. Mr.. Bor-
land said:
"The business men of Kansas City
left their employment and journeyed
to Washington at their own expense
to lay the facts before the committee
of congress-, making every sacrifice
necessary to secure the growth and
prosperity of their city. They be-
lieved, and still believe, that the des-
tiny OF Kansas City depends upon our
securing water rates with a success
full method of water transportation;
that we had reached the limit of our
growth as a purely inland city; and
that we must be connected up with
the seaboard, the Panama canal, and
the great foreign trade of the world.
1.-THE denomination of the pro-
ject was favorable, and in 1912 con-
gress formally adopted it and entered
upon the work of carrying out the
engineering plan. Meanwhile, the
Kansas City men, in pursuance OF
their promise to congress to restore
navigation, even upon the unim-
proved channel, organized a boat line
which has been an assured success.
1t is now carrying freight for 80 per
CEN of the rail rates, absorbing
switching and marine insurance, and
has grown in public confidence by
the reliability of it's service and the
safety and good order in which it de-
livers freight.
Valuable Land Saved From Ruin.
"The work under the engineering
plan has progressed favorably, al
though not as rapidly as congress
had at first intended, and the boat
line has had to contend with all the
difficulties of navigating an unim-
proved channel. The banks have
been revetted for a portion Of the
way to St. Louis. The channel has
been improved; much valuable az
ricultural land has been saved from
destruction; Kansas City has provid-
ed itself with a municipal wharf; and
the amount of freight carried by riv-
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-02-02

The railroad freight congestion of
the past year has revived interest
in the improvement of the country's
waterways for navigation, and in
cluded in this years rivers and har-
bors bill now before congress is an
item appropriating $4,000 for
clearing the channel of the Missouri
from Sioux City to Fort Benton,
Montana, which has been recon-
mended for passage by the house
committee on appropriations. One
Of the members of this committee is
John M. Evans of Montana, who has
announced his intention of doing his
utmost to have the Sioux City-Fort
Benton item retained in the bill.
With the extension of the railway
lines in the west, traffic on the Mis-
souri, river was almost entirely
abandoned, but within later years
there has been a revival of Missouri
river steamboating that promises to
extend within a few years to the up
per reaches of the river-in any
case to Mondak on the eastern bor-
der of Montana, and probably to Fort
Benton.
Work Never Wholly Abandoned.
The government has never wholly
abandoned work on the channel OF
the upper Missouri and recently con-
siderable snagging has been done as
far as Mondak and some e. above
that point. In the sixties and sever
ties the Missouri river as far as Fort
Benton was a great highway of COM
merce and government engineers
then reported that with comparative
ly little expense the river could be
kept open for navigation by large
boats for the greater part of the
year. Now with homesteaders set
thing up the country along both
banks and with a production OF
grain in Montana greater than the
railroads can carry with their present
facilities. the incentive for the res.
toration of traffic on the river has
enormously increased and an expen'
diture for improvement that would
not be justified a few years age
would be regarded as fully warranted
today.
Yellowstone Highway in Seventies.
In the earlier days steamboat
operated on the Yellowstone as far al
the mouth Of the Big Horn and there
are many who believe that this river
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-02-02

also will again become a highway of
commerce. Many boats were sent up
this stream during the Sioux war and
it was down the Yellowstone to it's
mouth and thence down the Missouri
to Bismarck, North Dakota, that a
record run vas made by the Far
West in 1876 with the first account
of the Custer massacre, which was
to be flashed over the wires to all
parts of the civilized world. The
Far West completed this trip Just
81 hours from out the mouth of the
Big Horn. She had covered no
miles, laden with wounded men, at
the average rate of Is II miles an
hour, establishing d record never
equaled by any other craft on the
Missouri or it's tributaries. The Vel
lowstone has the advantage over the
upper Missouri of having many more
towns and cities along its banks and
it is possible that, above Mondak, the
course of the river traffic of the fu-
ture will be up the Yellowstone.
All Europe's Streams Utilized.
Today in western Europe virtually
every stream that is big enough to
float a bathtub is crowded with
barges and boats and the headWaters
Of all the larger rivers of France
are connected with canals. In Cali
fornia, the Sacramento, which, like
the upper Missouri, is a turbulent
stream, is navigated by steamboats,,
some of which are owned by the
Southern Pacific railroad. Unlm-
proved, the Sacramento was even
shallower than the Missouri between
Fort Benton and Mondak. Upon the
Sacramento and its twin stream. the
San Joaquin, millions have been ex-
pended, but they have saved the far
mrrs Millions in freight charges be-
sides relieving congestion in the har-
vest season.
The fight for the permanent i'm
provement of the lower Missouri nv
er as a channel of commerce was be-
gun less than ten years ago by the
merchants of Kansas City and now
during the greater part of the year
the river below this point bristles
with tunnels. These merchants found
powerful interests arrayed against
them. but they succeeded In 1910 in
obtaining the appropriation OF ST.
100000 for construction work, but
1t was coupled with a condition Tor
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-02-02
Cargoes on Upper Missouri Prospect

er has steadily increased with each
season.
"As the river became a factor in
transportation problems, the opposi-
ton to it increased. Each year we
had a fight for a renewal of the ap-
preparation, in face of the fact that
every reason which actuated the orig
iral adoption of the project had
been justified by the progress of
events. The Missouri river stands
today as the one inland waterway
proposition which has more than re-
allied the expectations of its advo-
Gates. The opposition to it has re-
suited in a continual holding back
of portions of the appropriation, but
each time the business men of Kan
sas City have enthusiastically res
pended to the call and rushed to the
firing line at the first sign of danger.
Project Bitterly Attacked.
1.-THE end is not yet; for, as the
to serve the commercial interests of
the west, the attacks upon it will be-
come more determined. But each
llSuL HAS lIcu6llCUcu Iuo COHll-
dence of Kansas City in it's project,
and each fight will, l trust, result
as this last has done-in strengthen
ing the position of the river and in
j~ustifying those who advocated it's
being among the great channels of
commerce."
When the merchants of Kansas
City first went to congress and asked
for the permanent and businesslike
improvement of the Missouri river
as a great artery of commerce they
were met by questions such as would
be fired at a delegation from Mon
tana today should it go to Washing
ton and ask for a large appropriation
to restore navigation as far up the
river as Mondak or Fort Benton.
Where is your commerce." the
congressman asked. Why have you
no boats on the river? What is the
tonnage now carried by water?"
Congressman Slow to See Light.
Commenting upon this attitude.
Congressman Borland, in a speech
in 1914, said:
1T was difficult for congress to
understand the practical impossible
ity of carrying freight as a CONNER
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-25

WEATHER RECORD
Corn and Wheat Region Bulletin |
Issued by the u. s. Weather
Bureau Station at Bismarck.
For the "a hours ending at a. m.
Friday, Aug. "a.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-25
EAST SIDE NOTES

Edgar s. Sharp and family left this
| morning in their car for Euclid
Mimi, where they will visit relatives
| over Sunday
| farm near Georgetown Friday after
noon and reported some rye in that
! locality to be yielding as high as
thirty-five bushels to the acre.
Co. Aud. A. o. Houglum went to
Lake Park this afternoon for an over
Sunday visit at the farm.
J. Mclaughlin, division roadmaster
Of the Great Northern, was a guest
at the New Columbia hotel last night.
was a guest at the Comstcok hotel
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Riefer, Mrs. F. A.
Hoyt, Miss Leila Hoyt. GAINESVILLE,
and Richard Cosgrove. Minneapolis,
were Moorhead visitors this morning.
Mrs. Edwin Morris and family will
occupy the John Turner house, on
having leased 1t for a term of three
years.
A. H. Costain went to Lake Lizzie
this morning to spend Sunday with
his family.
Chief of police Malvey seized
eighteen packages of booze this
morning, containing from one gallon
to a case of some variety of red
liquor.
Alfred Olson was in from his farm
in Kraghes township this morning.
He is busy threshing and reports a
fair yield of wheat.
Miss Lola LaValley and Mr.. and
Mrs. Dean w. Meeker returned FRI
day from Darcy. N. d.
David Mcdonald will leave tonight
for Minneapolis on business trip.
Eugene Askegaard. the Comstock
banker, was a Moorhead visitor FRI
day night.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-25
WEEKLY HEALTH LETTER.
(From the state public health labor
atory at the University Of North
Dakota

DakOLd.l
The hour for the funeral had ar
rived and neighbors were coming in
to the services. The dead baby lay
in a little white coffin lined with
white satin, was dressed in white,
and flowers in profusion decorated
the room that testified to the SYM
pathy of the neighbors.
The preacher made a short pray
er,, uttered few comforting words
a song was sung, the baby was
borne to the white hearse by four
young girls in white, and the pro-
cession moved towards the cemetery.
The baby has died from intestinal
disorder induced by wrong feeding,
yet the preacher has said-"Th
Lord giveth and the Lord has taken
away" Tie doctor told how it all
happened. That baby" said he, was
born strong and healthy. The mother
nursed it for weeks but finding that
nursing interfered with other af-.
fairs, provided bottle, and when
she was absent her aunt who lived
with her, fed cows milk. This ir-
regularity of breast feeding soon
lessened the amount of the mothers
milk and she concluded she would
cease nursing entirely. The child
seemed to do well on the bottle for
a while, but 1t soon became evident
that, something was wrong. One time.
/ saw the mother give piece OF rich
pie crust to her baby and / warned
her against doing so. She told me
that she found the infant liked sco1ee
and a little was frequently given 1t.
And. SO, despite my medicines and
NV warning in regard to feeding, the
child's digestive apparatus gradu~
w broke down. An old grandfather
told the mother that 1t was natural
for babies to throw up. Another
prescribed soothing syrup which
contained morphine. Another one
recommended anise seed cordial, and
SO it went; the young rg5ther being
willing to depend upon drugs and
remedies but would not practice pre-
vention by feeding nationally. When
the digestive machinery was put to
the bad the baby finally took dysen-
terry and died."
Continuing the doctor said: II had
three infants die of pneumonia last
winter. simply because the mother
would not give them air enough. In
spite of my instructions that plenty
of air made babies strong and pro-
tected them against colds ana
coughs, still they would cover their
babies faces with wells and napkins
keeping the life giving air away
The foolish idea" said the doctor.
(which seems to exist everywhere,
that fresh, cold air Is injurious, must
be somehow extracted from the
minds which hold the same or else
pneumonia and dead babies will al
ways be with u.s."