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The River Press.
Published every Wednesday Morning
by the River Press Publish
ing Company.
Republican County Convention.
H aviik, Mont., August It, l'.Mfi.
By direction of the County Central Committee,
a republican county convention is hereliy called
to meet at Chinook on Wednesday, Sept. 12, l'.HHS,
at 10 o'clock am, for the purpose ot electing
delegate* and alternates to the republican state
convention which in 10 1>e held in Helena on Sep
tember 15, l!»0ti, also to elect delegates to the
judicial convention of the Twelfth judicial dis
trict of Montana, to nominate a candidate for
judge for said district, to be held at the same
time anil place as said state convention, anil for
the transaction of such other business as in the
judgment of the convention appertains to the
welfare of the republican partv of Chouteau
county.
The apportionment of the several precincts i
based upon one delegate for every fifteen vote
or fraction thereof for republican'representative
In congress in l!<ot, and is as follows
Avery
liasin
Box Elder
Belmont
Bin Sandy
Clear Creek (lower)
Cleveland
Chester
Circle Ranch
Chinook
Dodson
Egan
East Hutte
Fort Benton
Flagler
tialatu
Gold Butte
Ullford
Harlem
Havre
1 I Tliuhwood flipper)
, 3 ! I.anduskv
a ! Lucille
1 Lee
3 1 Libby
1 Lloyd
2 : Marias
:) i Mnnroe
1 Maddux
14 ! Nichols
3 : Perrysburg
3 Kaglanil
3 Riedel
Id .Shonkin
I I Simpson
1 Sand Cliff
S 1 Savoy
1 i Valle'aux
11 Warrick
3T> [ Zortman
3
The following rules have been adopted for the
government of the Chouteau county republican
county convention :
1. Delegates ami alternate delegates shall be
republican residents of the precinct which thev
represent.
2. In the absence of a delegate his alternate
shall cast his vote.
3. In the absence of a delegate and his alter
nate a majority of the delegation from ttat pre
cinct shall cast the vote of the absentee.
4. In the absence of all the delegates anil alter
nates from any precinct no vote shall he cast
from such precinct.
W. B. pypeh, Chairman
A. J. BKODItlCK, Secretary.
TIIE NEW SPELLING l'Ai».
Theodore Roosevelt has added an
other title to hi« versatility and is
henceforth the professor as well as
president. Simplified spelling is the
new hobby, says the Butte Inter
Mountain. The president has become
a convert to the Matthews school and
by an executive order issued yester
day from Oyster Bay announces that
hereafter, all federal business directly'
controlled by him will be spelled by
sound and not by sense. Thus the
cra/.e of the generation for empty
things asserts itself at last. The
changes will not be generally em
ployed. An autocrat could cot force
the Americam people to bother them
selves, these busy and prosperous
days, with trities. Spelling, once ac
quired, is not easily changed. The
average American acquires it less
easily than he acquires a competence
and he will not turn from his business
or his leisure for sueli matters to
pieuse any living mau or coterie of
men.
A majority of the changes specified
lire trivial. The aim, as iu steno
graphy, is to spell by sound and not
by sense. Thus, the cd, to denote the
past tense, is chauged to t, as in whipt
for whipped. In some words, er re
places or. Trauspositious are cor
rected, as iu saber for sabre. Super
fluous consonants are rejected, as in
speling for spelling. !•' is substituted
for the Greek ph. The final e is
omitted in some instances, as in civ
Hi/.. The final ue is also omitted, as
in decalog. The final te is omitted,
as in quartet. K is substituted for ae
and oe. The sample set of words,
given out by the president, numbers
1100, but below only those examples
are given which may be set down
typical guides:
Abrigment, luurst, alixt, altlio, an
apest, anemia, apothem, apprize, ar
ber, archeology, bans (not bauus ),
bark (not barque), behavior, bur.
Caliber, check (not cheque), chim
era, civili/., clanger, clue, coeval,
commixt, comprize, coquet, critici
cropt, crost, crusht, cue, curst, cutlas,
cyclopeda, careat, catalog, catechiz.
Dactyl, dasht, decalog, demago
deprest, dieresis, dipt, discust, distil,
distrest, dolor, domicil, draft, decani,
drest, drlpt, droopt, dropt, dulnei
Kdil, egis, cuamor, endeaver, en
velop, eoiiau, eon, eqaulet, eponytn,
era. esophagus, esthetic, esthesics,
estivate, ethra. etiology, exercise,
pre-t.
Fagot, fautasm, fautasy, fantom,
liber, tixt, fulfil, fulness.
Gage, ga/.el, gelatin, gild, gypsy,
glycerin, ^oodby, gram, gript.
ileapt, hematiu, hiccup, hock ( not
hough), homonym.
Imprest, iustil.
Lacrimal.
Mamma, meager, medieval, meter,
mist ( not missed ), miter, mixt, molt.
Quartet, questor, quintet.
Rancor, rapt ( not rapped ), recou
noiter, rime.
Saber, saltpeter, septet, simitar,
tithe, skilful, stedfa?t. stript, subpeua,
sulfater.
Taber, theater, tho, thoro, thoro
fare, thoroly, thru, thruout.
Vizor.
Whisky, wilful, winkt, wisht, wo,
woful.
If anything is gained to the s jusc of
sound, it will be lost to the sensu of
sight, in these changes. Knglish is a
polyglot. The best languages of the
past bave contributed to the tongue.
To obscure the Greek and Latin de
rivations is to rob the student of one
of bis chief aids for mastery of the
language as well as to deprive him of
one of bis chief sources of delight.
When the Teutonic, Celtic and Nor*
ly
of
man terms are considered, the changes
will puzzle as well as repulse. There
are too many associations with the
prevailing way, to drop it for a sys
tem not proven either simpler or bet
ter. for the easiest is not always the
best way. Who, for instance, would
see the St. James translation of the
bible put into tKe Matthews system?
The version may abound in error in
rendering the text, but what the eye
does cherish fleeting memories of the
majesty of that wonderful work'r What
becomes of Shakespeare in the cold
dead type of the Roosevelt order?
The Knglish nursery will not adopt
the toys. It will stick to its old play
things. It admires the toymaker but
it will not adopt its doil-rags, know
ing quite well that he will have for
gotten them himself îd a twelvemonth.
GO()l> CITIZENSHIP AND BRIBERY.
Do good citizens engage in bribery
and vote buying? Is the bribe taker
worse than the bribe giver? asks the
Spokane Spokesman Keview. These
questions naturally arise from a re
cent article in the Washington Post
in which it was asserted that "there
is no doubt that public opinkm is very
much opposed to vote buying by bad
men. The difficulty is that public
opinion not only condones, but ap
proves vote buying by good men.
There's the rub. If good men would
cease the practice, we would soon put
a stop to it by bad men. And this we
may be assured of—bad men will buy
votes so long and no longer than good
men set the example."
Public opinion has shown strong
irrowih in recent times in its hostility
to vote buying. Its influence is dem
onstrated in the attempt that is being
made to run the approaching cam
paign on funds obtained by dollar
subscriptions. If no more money is
expended than comes from these sub
scriptions it may be taken for granted
that there will be very little vote buy
ing.
There are, it is true, those who oc
cupy prominent positions because of
certain public and private virtues and
are counted as good citizens, yet are
known by some to be aiders and abet
tors of bribery. They simply prove
that the world's estimate of them is
wrong. The public Conscience, if ful
ly awakened, would see that the claim
of these men to rank as good citizens
barred by what is rightly held to be
au otïense against moral rectitude. It
must see that if the bribe taker is a
bad man the bribe giver is equally
bad. and that it cannot be said of
him, "a good man is a bribe giver."
Time is coming when a construction
different from that now accepted will
be put on the word "bribery." lu
fact, tiie dawn of the change is already
above the horizon of public thought.
Political patronage, as in the past
distributed, has proved the most
threatening form of bribery. Through
its workings all classes of incom
petency aud moral lack have been ele
vated to positions of trust and respon
sibility. No thought was given to the
fitness of au aspirant to appointive
position. The only matter really
taken into consideration was his
power for vengeance. Gratitude, eveu,
oftener than not, did not enter into the
selection: hence, men with neither
character nor merit to commend them
are ofteu placed where incompetency
aided by moral lack makes them mem
ace» to the probity of our institu
tions.
But this form of bribery is also dis
appearing. through the intluence of
republican reform, as fast as is com
patible with present conditions and
forms. Temptation is being taken
from tho reach of politicians who in
terpret the democratic doctrine. "To
the* victor belongs the spoils," too lit
erally.
President lloosevelt has taken de
partment after department from un
der the influence of the spoilsman
with benefit to the services affected
aud credit to himself und party, an
these results are making for a chaug
that commends the action to all hut
the so-called "honest" persons who
still engage iu prostitution of power
for alleged political purposes, but
really with an eye to selfish accrual
or aggrandizement.
«■uJUcons Al\\a>s IMcutifiil.
Washington M.iv
"What is the use," a?k the con
fidence jjatne peuple, "uf working hard
for a liviu^r when there are many
ea^y mark» at lar^e'.*" What is the
use, indeed: The world is full uf
easy marks. Take fur instance, the
case of the woman iu New York who
eujrajred herself to marry a loujr
list of men from whom she obtained
lar^e sums of money. Looked at
calmly, without prejudice, it seems
like a most transparent j;atne.
Six- advertised in the "personal"
columns of the New York newspapers
that make a specialty of such adver
tisiiiients, proclaiming herself as a
rich widow pining for matrimonial
eoiupauionship. Her victims were
uumerious. They come tumbling into
the net from all directions. Working
iu collusion with confederates, she
could move from house to house—the
gang had three richly furnished es
tablishments— and pose under various
names, and it is believed that she
was "engaged" at one time to four
different men and getting money from
them all at occe.
SUNSTROKE REMEDIES.
8uKK<*HtinitM For the Belief n f VI •
tfnin of Heal.
There are two forms of sunstroke.
The mildest is that known ns heat ex
haustion, writes Pr. Herman Spalding,
chief medical Inspector of the Cliieiio
department of health. This manifests
Itself in the case of people who are
overcome by heat without being actu
ally sunstruck. In this form the skin
Is pale, cold and clammy and tho pulse
feeble. While dent h sometimes results,
the patients under good treatment will
usually recover. Persons affected in
this way should be removed to a shady
Bpot and have their heads nnd chests
dashed with cold water. Spirits of
ammonia «hartshorni should be applied
to the nostrils, and sometimes it is
necessary to administer small quanti
ties of stimulants.
Ileat stroke or Isolation is the seri
ous form of this trouble and the one
to be most carefully guarded against.
In cases of real Isolation the face be
comes purple, eyes bloodshot, veins
swollen and corded and the skin dry
nnd burning to the touch. It is not
always fatal, but many of those whose
lives are saved are ever afterward in
ralids, with brain power more or less
impaired. The effect of the sun's heat
seems to be most marked on the brain
and spinal marrow.
When real Isolation occurs the brain
becomes so heated that the human
"heat center," controlling the produc
tion of bodily heat. Is affected and the
temperature rises from the healthy
mark, about 08 Va, to ns high as 110 de
grees or over, nnd often keeps on rising
for some time after death. The "heat
center" lies nt the bnck of the head
and should be protected from the di
rect rays of the sun.
Isolation is so dangerous that a
physician should lie called as soon as
possible. While waiting the doctor's
arrival much good can be done and life
often saved by applications of Ice to
the bend and spinal column. It U best
broken in small pieces and placed In
cloth or rubber bags, but when these
are not to lie had ice can be placed
directly about the head and neck.
Workmen and others exposed to the
direct rays of the sun should have
their heads well protected and should
wear woolen next to the skin. A very
useful precaution is a pad of cotton
batting or flannel sewed along the back
of the undergarment so as to cover
and protect the spine.
HANDY CUTTING SHEARS.
Device Kur Calling Iron That Can Be
Nude at Home.
Very bandy cutting shears can be
made at little expense aud require
little more than a couple of hours' la
bor, says a correspondent of the Amer
ican Blacksmith.
Make the stand or bench of 4 by 6
inch oak lumber, similar in construc
tion to an ordinary work truss, and
four feet long. Secure two cutter
bars from an old reaper and bend the
end of one up and the end of the other
down and rivet the two bent ends to
gether. Make the lever or handle of
^5
HOMEMADE CUTTING SUliAliS.
half inch stock four feet long. Split
one end of this piece so as to evenly
distribute the strain on the rivet by
which the lever is hinged to the lower
blade or Jaw. About live inches from
the split end drill another hole. Cut
two pieces of stock, 1 by Va by 0 Inches
long, aud drill a hole in each end of
both pieces and rivet one on each side
of the upper blade or jaw and connect
them itt turn to the lever or handle.
Fasten the lower Jaw to the bench or
stand with two or four brackets, one
or two, as the case may bo, ou each
side of the jaw nnd bolt llrtnly to the
wood base.
Forge a hook on the end of u piece
of half inch round stock, run the
straight end down through the l »euch,
hook the other end over the top edge
of the lower jaw and bolt tho lower
end firmly to the floor, thus Imidin;
the shears rigid. This tool can be used
to cut flat stock one-fourth by three
Inches or one-half inch round rods.
Wcullli Wlliihi'd V «Hj.
The saving of tho vast amount of
plant fooil now carried away by tho
rivers is a groat problem for tho future
agricultural chemist. In one estimate
the silt borne off by tho Mississippi in
one year is placed nt -143.TriO.000 tons,
and analysis has shown M. C. II. Stone
that lu this quantity there must he
8,120,025 tons of lime, 5,501,250 tons of
potash, 1,100,375 tons of phosphoric
add aud 005,025 tons of nitrogen, be
tides soda and ollior materials of un
certain usefulness. The value of the
fertilizing material removed In oue
year by this ono river alone Is estimat
ed nt about $1,000,000,000.
Kalaliitr Ship» With Acetylene.
In a new system for raising sunken
vessels cans of carbide are placed at
various parts which aro to be emptied
of water, and the cases are broken si
multaneously by electrically fired caps.
When the water reaches the carbide,
acetylene gas is generated, and the
pressure is sufficient to force the wa
ter out of tho compartment.
ltrlck From A«lie«.
Ashes combined with cement are be
ing used in Detroit for a new process
brick which is said to stand water and
Are tests. The new brick is ready to
use In five days and is much lighter
than terra cotta.
A BIG BANK FAILIRE.
Philadelphia Concern Closes Its I>oors
With Enormous Liabilities.
Philadelphia , Aug. 28. —The Real
Estate Trust company, organized in
1885, the depository for nearly $1,000,
000 of the funds of the Presbyterian
church and holding $300,000 of the
money of the city of Philadelphia, to
day closed its doors. The failure was
caused by heavy loans made by the
late president, Frank K. Hippie, to
Adolf Segal, a promoter, m insuffi
cient security.
A desperate effort was made to save
the institution by the board of direc
tors through an appeal to the clearing
house association, but that body de
clined to subscribe a guarantee fund
of $7,000,000 because of insufficient se
curity. The liabilities are placed at
$10,000,000, with quick assets of #3,
00,000and doubtful collateral amount
ing to $8,000,000.
George K. Earle, Jr., president of
the Finance company of Pennsylvania,
was appointed receiver, and in a
statement to the public he expresses
the hope that he may soon be able to
recommend a plan to depositors that
will better serve their Interests and
terminate his services.
President Hippie was always re
garded as a conservative financier,
but following his sudden death last
Friday, an investigation by the direc
tors developed the fact that his loan
to Segal had been made regardless of
property security and that he bad
made false statements to the directors
of the bank r s condition. Friends of
the president express the belief that
Segal exercised a hypnotic influence
over Hippie. Although the cause of
Mr. Hippie's death was given by bis
physician and the coroner as cerebral
hemorrhage, it is intimated that he
may have committed suicide.
Persistent rumors that President
Hippie committed suicide were borne
out tonight, when it was authoritative
ly stated that he took his life at bis
hocae last Friday evening. Mr. Hip
pie is said to have taken a dose of
laudanum with suicidal intent. While
still conscious, he was found appar
ently drowned.
Mr. Hippie's family decline to make
any statement on the subject and the
physicians interested in the case de
cline to be interviewed regarding the
suicide theory.
Kailroads Will Obey Law.
W ashington , Aug. 23.—To discuss
certain phases of the railroad rate
law, which took effect today, there
was a conference, which lasted the
greater part of the day, between the
members of the interstate commerce
commission and representatives of the
railroads.
The railroad representatives uni
formly gave assurance of their inten
tion to comply fully with the new law,,
but presented their views as to the
operation of certain provisions, among
the points urged being extension of
time in which carriers may file their
tariîs with the commission, contin
uance of the present method of posting
tariffs, objection to any change in ex
port and import rates, pending a full
hearing: and tha absolute concurrence
of all the carriers interested before
the establishment of joint rates.
The shippers'representatives vùrged
the protection of their interests, par
ticularly agaiast the railroad* shift
ing classifications, so as to t;ut up
rates, and contending for the discre
tion of the commission in the export
and import charges and for thi publi
cation of tariffs in the full acceptance
of the terms.
Spewing Keform Adopted
W ashington , Aug. 28.—The presi
dent's order regarding phonetic spell
ing will bti extended to all parts of the
government. By his decision all
documents are to be printed with that
form oi spelling. A meeting was held
yesterday, called by Public Printer
Still ings, of all the chief clerks of the
various departments and a committee
was appointed to formulate rules for
carrying out this order. The com
mittee will report at a future meeting.
O ystek B ay , Aug. 28.— President
lioosevelt's correspondence is now
spelled iu accordance with the recom
mendation of the Carnegie Reform
spelling committee, of which Professor
Brauder Matthews is chairman. An
official list of the 300 reformed words
reached the executive office yesterday
aud the letters which were mailed yes
terday afternoon were spelled iu ac
cordance therewith.
A llig Irrigation Scheme.
D kxvek , Aug. 2S.—Recently there
has been tiled with the state engineer
of Colorado papers which have for
their purpose the redemption of nearly
1,000,0000 acres of arid land, the
largest irrigation proposition that has
ever been undertaken by private capi
tal. Prank J. MacCarthy, a civil en
gineer of Deuver. is now drafting
plaus to build a reservoir that will
cover twenty four square miles, ha:
an average depth of thirty-five feet
aud will use the entire surplus water
of the Platte river.
Heretofore it has been estimated
that US,110,000,000 cubic feet of water
was wasted yearly ic the Platte river,
water whtch if properly diverted and
used on land adjoining, would irri
gate 1,000,000 acres of land and would
support 100,000 people.
This proposition is being financed
by a syndicate of New York and Lon
don backers. Engineer MacCarthy es
timates that the reservoir and dam
will cost in the neighborhood of 44,
000,CXXi.
Swift water Bill Must Pay
S eattle , Aug. 29.— Michael Dwyer.
of Duluth obtained judgment for
$200,000 against "Swiftwater Bill"
Gates this morning, in the superior
court. Although Gates was served
with the complaint, he was not repre
sented in court by an attorney. The
judgment was taken by default.
Dwyer, in 1898, was employing Gates
as a laborer in his Michigan mines.
He sent Gates to Alaska to locate
some mining claims for him, upon a
contract that he should receive half of
what Gates might mine. Gates made
$200 r 000. but refused to give Dwyer
any of it.
May Contest Sage Will.
A lbany, N. V., Aug. 28.— Claiming
that when Russell Sage drew his will
he mad? a private paper in whieh he
told his wife how she should dispose
of his millions, and alleging that if
the contents of this private paper are
found to be as he understands- they
are, it will prove that Sage was in
competent when be made it. Revsi C.
Sage of this- city, a grandnephew of
Russell Sage, is about to begin ac
tion to break; the Sage will. His at
torneys allege that the Sage direc
tions, as provided in the private pa
pers, are as ridiculous and improb
able as though ühey were for the es
tablishment of a free airship line
across the Atlantic.
Revel C. Sage was born in Paris.
His branch of the family was entirely
omitted in the bequests, probabty on
account of his father's death. He will
contest the will on the ground that by
his relationship he is entitled to a
portion of the share of the estate which
should rightfully have- fallen to his
father.
FliRE
INSURANCE,
All Leading Companies
Represented.
F. A. FLANAGAN, Fort Benton.
HATS! HATS!
Ladies, I will bein Fort Bentonr
early this Fall. Watch this space
for date, riy line of Millinery i»
larger and mnce complete than
ever, and I cam save you money.
Wait for me.
MS. L. KEMNiCkSEN,
Tlte Chinook Milliter
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OF FORT BENTON, flONTANA.
Capital Paid Up
Undivided Profits
•200,000
S 186,000
CS AS. X. DUHR, Pr est.
V. CARROLL, Vice-Prest.
LOUIS D. SHARP, Cmshier.
B oard of D irectors— Chas. E.
Duer, Chas. Lepley, Jos. Hirshberg,
Geo. W. Moore, C. H. Merrill, Jno.
V. Carroll, M. E. Milner, David G.
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Interest Allowed on Time Deposit*
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INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY.. 2 000,000
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JAMES T. STANFORD,
Vice-Pfes. and Manager.
A. E. SCHWINGEL,
Cashier.
OMAR J. MALCOLM,
Asst. Cashier.
This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and the
aost liberal treatment consistent with
»afe and profitable banking. Buya
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct on all principal American ana
European cities, and issues its own
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. The
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city »od school bonds
aad. warrants.
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