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The River Press
Published every Wednesday Morning
by the River Press Publish
ing Company.
WATCH MONTANA GROW.
More than 600 miles of new railway
track will be laid io Montana at a
cost of about $25,000,000, is the an
nouncement made recently by promi
nent railway officials. Right of way
has been secured for the greater part
of this new mileage, and a number of
parties of surveyors are in the field
locating the remainder of the mileage
to be constructed. One of the most
important of the new lines to be
oonstruoted is the cutoff for the Nor
thern Pacific, extending from Glendive
to Helena, a distance of 350 miles.
This road will pass through Dawson,
Fergus and Meagher counties, which
is a new and sparsely settled section
offering many opportunities for home
seekers.
The chief purpose for the construc
tion of this new line is to give a more
direct route from St. Paul to the coast,
and the new road will be used chiefly
for mail and fast freight. This road
will parallel the Milwaukee road from
Miles City to Meagher, but at an aver
age distance of 25 miles.
In connection with the building of
this 350-mile cutoff at an estimated cost
of 810,000,000, announcement is made
that the railway company will colonize
large tracts of their lands. It is their
policy to keep these lands out of the
hands of speculators as much as pos
sible. To indicate the rapid settle
ment of Montana, the president of the
Northern Pacific states that 630,000
acres, from the total of 834,000 acres
that had been disposed of during the
10 months' period ending March 31,
were in Montana.
It ie also announced that the Great
Northern will construct a road south
easterly from Mondak to Lewistown,
a distance of 268 miles. Right of way
has been secured for this road, and
surveyors are in the field selecting the
best route for a further extension of
this road from Lawistown to Helena,
an additional distance of more than
100 miles. The estimated cost of this
road is from $12,000,000 to $15,000,000.
In addition to these two lines that
are definitely projected, the Milwaukee
system is reported actively at work on
a branch line from Melstone through
Lewistown to Great Falls. These new
railway lines will give transportation
to a very large territory in Montana
and will be the means of rapid de
velopment, for both the Hill and the
Milwaukee systems are "colonizing
roads.
PRESIDENT IS NOT PARTISAN.
The recent speech of President Taft
at Rockland, Maine, was, in its refer
ence to his position as president of the
United States, a most happy one, and
it will be exceedingly gratifying to
the masses of the people if he and his
successors invariably maintain the
pariotic and uuselfish status he so
eloquently defined.
"Traveling as I am, as president of
the United States, I have no right to
be other than president of the whole
people and to stand only on the plat
form of patriotism, love of country
and prosperity for all."
In those words President Taft raised
the chief executive far above the whirl
of party politics, far above factions,
cliques and machines, and, sincere
man as he is, the people of the coun
try receive his words with confidence
and exult in the separation of the
president and political canvasses.
We are to have no more "swinging
around the circle" of our presidests
for the purpose of intluencing voters
by presidential appeals for partisan
purposes.
He, himself, has said it, and the
presidential promises will be as firmly
fixed in the mind of the executive as
are the party convention pledges.
President Taft in this has broken
away from the course of many of his
predecessors and has set a precedent
that will render him illustrious in a
line of illustrious officials.
When he travels as president of the
United States his fellow citizens of
all and every political faith will wel
come him in every quarter of the land;
they will listen to his words of hope,
his patriotic sentences, his pledgee of
national progress, fully assured he
will utter not a sentiment that will
tend to further a partisan end or a
word of commendation of one party
more than another.
He has divorced the president from
alliance with politics of every parti
ean nature; he has separated the ex
ecutive of the nation from the schemes
and machinations of candidates and
committees who would make him the
instrument to draw the voters into
partisan organizations to advance
personal or party ends.
President Taft in that speech served
notice upon politicians everywhere
that the president of the United States
would be no tool in their bands to do
partisan work.
If be draws upon himself the anger
and disfavor of the politicians by
those words, expressing such a high
resolve and dignified attitude, be, by
keeping his promiee, will call forth
the plaudits of his countrymen.
It was high time that presidential
campaign excursions should be ended,
and it has fallen to the good fortune
of President Taft to end them.—Cin
cinnati Inquirer.
IT PRODUCES REVENUE.
Coming on the heels of recent pri
mary elections in several states, In
which the tariff law was the chief is
sue, the official figures analyzed by a
correspondent of the Milwaukee Senti
nel show up in even a stronger light
than did the friends of the tariff law
during the primary campaign the fal
sity of the charges brought against
the measure which President Taft de
clares is the best tariff law ever
framed. The law has been in oper
ation just a year. The official figures
show in general the following facts, as
summarized by the correspondent men
tioned :
1. That the total value of free Im
ports under the eleven months of the
Payne law was greater than for an
average similar period of any other
tariff law.
2. That the total value of dutiable
imports was greater than for an aver
age similar period of any other tariff
law.
3. That the percentage of free im
ports was greater than for an average
similar period of any other tariff law,
the McKinley law alone excepted,
when sugar was on the free list.
4. That the customs receipts were
greater than for an average similar
period of any other tariff law.
5. That the average ad valorem on
dutiable articles was lower than for
an average similar period of any oth
er tariff law.
6. That the average ad valorem on
all Imports was lower than for an
average similar period of any other
tariff law.
In the minds of those hostile to the
protective tariff theory these six facts
of course constitute six crimes in
political economy. But to all those
who have been prating about how
loyal they are to the principle of pro
tection and yet were too "patriotic"
to indorse the present tariff act these
facts are unanswerable refutation of
their position. To the republicans
who have maintained persistently that
the present tariff act is thoroughly re
publican in theory and in results, the
official figures covering the first year
of the law's operation will be wholly
confirmatory and correspondingly en
couraging. On such a showing the
republicans may well wage the con
gressional campaign on tha tariff
issue with confidence in the merits of
their own position, if not in the ulti
mate good sense of the voters.
Going more into detail, the figures
show that for every working day of
the year the customs revenues have
been 81,000,000. The monthly aver
age has been double that under either
the Wilson or McKinley law and $6,
000,000 more than under the Dingley
act. The Payne law has not only pro
duced $6,000,000 a month in excess of
the customs receipts under the Ding
ley law, but has added $2,000,000 a
month in corporation taxes.
Lands Open To Entry.
Upon request of the commissioner
of the general land office at Washing
ton, who called on Receiver C. A.
Wilson for an immediate report on
the unappropriated lands in the Great
Falls land district, the latter states
that there are still open for entry a
total of 1,685,701 acres, which have
been surveyed, and 300,120 acres that
have not yet been surveyed by the
government, making in all 1,986,121
acres. The tabulated report is inter
esting and is as follows, by counties:
Teton, 729,520 acres surveyed, 217,
200 acres unsurveyed; Chouteau, 633,
!>20 acres surveyed, 12,900 acres un
surveyed: Cascade, 288,620 acres sur
veyed, 70,260 acres unsurveyed; Lewis
and Clark, 19,640 acres surveyed;
Fort Shaw Military reservation, 8,801
acres surveyed. The figures named
do not include the amount of land
unappropriated which was transferred
to the Havre land district July 1.
It is understood that the general
land office desires to ascertain the
amount of vacant government land in
the United States and all of the re
ceivers throughout the entire country
have been called upon for a similar
report.
Orders Must Be Obeyed.
General Nelson A. Miles tells this
story to illustrate the results of carry
ing military discipline too far. There
was a certain colonel who, in the mid
dle of a campaign, was seized with
sudden ardor about hygiene. He or
dered that all the men change their
shirts at once.
The order wae duly carried out ex
cept in the case of one company, where
the privates' wardrobes had been piti
ably depleted. The captain of this
company was informed that none of
his men could change their shirts,
since they had only one apiece. When
he reported this fact, the colonel hesi
tated a moment, then said firmly:
"Orders must be obeyed. Let the
men change shirts with one another.'
HINTS FOR THE
BUSY HOUSEWIFE
Mop Wringer That Fastens
In the Sink.
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The mop wringer illustrated above
was designed for ordinary household
use. This new wringer consists of a
conical can with a hook on the side by
which it can be bung In the corner of
the kitchen sink. It Is open at the bot
tom and has openings at the sides to
permit the outflow of water. Along
the Inside is a series of blades that
engage the mop when It Is thrust in
the can and bold it when it is twisted.
A couple of twists of the handle and
the mop cau be squeezed as dry as
though it were run through a roller
wringer. This device has an addi
tional advantage in that it can be used
couveniently not ouly to dry a floor
mop. but to wrlug out the small mop
that women use in washing dishes.
Stuffed Eggs For Picnio Lunch.
Boil fresh eggs twenty minutes, then
drop into cold water. When cool re
move the yolks without breaking the
whites. Lay the two halves of each
egg side by side so it will be easy to
match them when tilled. Rub the yolks
to a cream with melted butter, add for
a half dozen eggs a half cupful boiled
ham minced fine aud seasoned with
salt, pepper aud a bit of made mus
tard. A spoonful of chopped pickle
may be added if desired. Put the two
halves tqgether, skewer with wooden
toothpicks and wrap each egg in a
square of paraffin paper. This filling
may be varied by using tongue instead
of ham, minced olives or chowchow,
minced mushrooms or capers.
Ripa Cucumber Pickle.
Cut cucumbers iu halves lengthwise.
Cover with alum water, allowing two
teaspoonfuls powdered alum to each
quart of water. Heat gradually to boil
ing point, then let stand on back of
range two hours. Remove from alum
water aud chill in ice water. Make a
sirup by boiling five minutes two
pounds sugar, one pint vinegar, with
two tablespooufuls each of whole
cloves and stick cinnamon tied iu a
piece of musliu, Add cucumbers and
cook ten minutes. Remove cucumbers
to a stone jar and pour over the sirup
Scald sirup three successive mornings
and returu to cucumbers.
Kitchen Hints.
For cleaning iron siuk, zinc and nick
el use kerosene, two tablespoonfuls
added to a pail of water. This is ex
cellent for washing an oiled floor. It
improves its appearance and Is also
good for oilcloth.
Use salsoda dissolved iu water for
cleansing sink spout.
For cleansing bauds discolored from
cooking use tartaric acid, rinse thor
oughly, then nib in dry Indian uieal.
Always keep near at hand an anti
septic to be applied immediately to
scratches, cuts and bruises. It often
saves blood poisouiug.
Liver Sandwiches.
Four boiliug water over a half pound
of calf s liver, drain aud pat dry. Put
several slices of bacon cut small in the
fryiug pau and as the fat begins to try
out add the liver and three small shal
lots chopped fine. Cook the liver three
or four minutes only, as longer cooking
tougheus; then chop the contents of
the frying pan fine or pound iu a mor
tar until of the consistency of pate de
fols gras. Season with salt, pepper, a
dusting of mace and nutmeg and
spread between thin slices of buttered
bread.
Homemade Cement.
A good cement that will be found
most efficacious In mending curios,
fossils and other things Is made in
this way: Dissolve two ounces of gum
arable in about a pint of water, then
add an ounce and a half of laundry
starch stirred smooth in a little cold
\£ater and half an ounce of sugar and
cook lu a double boiler until clear and
of the consistency of tar. Add a few
drops of oil of cloves or camphor to
assist in preserving the glue.
Ironing 8hirt Waists.
First iron the body of the waist, then
crumple a quantity of soft brown or
(issue paper into a big loose roll; but
ton or piu the waist over this buudle
and then proceed to Iron the sleeves
without any trouble. The button side
of the waist may be ironed on several
thicknesses of a Turkish towel; the
sinking of the buttons into the soft
towel gives a flat surface to iron on,
and the other side will be perfectly
smooth.
A DEMOCRATIC VIEW.
High Cost of Living Charged To
Republican Legislation.
Washington , Aug. 16.-The tariff,
trusts, combines, monopolies and an
increased money supply are the sub
stantial causes for the advance in
prices in the United States, according
to Senator Johnson (Ala.), Clark
( Ark. ) and Smith ( S. C. ), minority
members of the select senate commit
tee appointed during the last session
of congress to investigate and report
on wages and prices of commodities.
The report was made public today,
Vigorous attack is made in the min
ority report on almost all the reasons
given by the majority in its report
submitted some time ago as the cause
for the adv&nce in prices.
After attacking one at a time the
foregoing principal causes, which ac
cording to the majority report contri
bute to the high cost of living, the
minority report takes up the tariff,
declaring that when the Payne-Aldrich
bill was framed "champagne was put
on the schedule at from 54 to 66 per
cent, while wearing apparel was taxed
from 80 to 92 per cent; drinking cham
pagne was to be encouraged and wear
ing woolen clothing discouraged."
Fire Fighting Is Expensive.
Washington , Aug. 16.—Because
of the serious forest fire situation in
the new Glacier national park in
Montana, acting Secretary Pierce of
the interior department, today re
quested Chief Clerk Ucker, who now
is in the Yellowstone national park
on a tour of inspection, to go to the
new park and assist Supervisor Logan
in handling the situation. Because
of the extensive area it Is difficult for
one man to supervise the fighting of
the fires.
The cost of fighting the fires on the
national forests in the Missoula dis
trict comprising Montana, northern
Idaho and Wyoming is said to be
enormous. This will create a deficit
in the appropriation of $135,000 made
at the last session of congress for
fighting forest fires during the current
fiscal year. It is not believed here
the situation will be materially re
lieved until the advent of rain.
Washington News Notes.
Washington , Aug. 16.—The Amer
ican National bank at Helena has ap
plied for designation as a depository
of postal bank funds.
The coal lands In North and South
Dakota, amounting to about a million
acre^ which were recently withdrawn
from the public domain by President
Taft, have been opened to homestead
settlement, under the act passed at the
last session of congress authorizing
agricultural entries on coal lands. The
title to tha coal and the right to pros
pect for, mine and remove it is re
served to the United States, but the
surface lands are thrown open to set
tlers.
In order to promote harmony and
co-operation between the field officials
of the geueral land office and the for
est service in the settlement of home
stead claims within the national for
ests, representatives of the interior
and agricultural department will leave
Washington Thursday for the west to
confer with field agents of the two
branches of the government. The task
has been delegated to James S. Sheri
dan, chief of the field division of the
general land office.
Roosevelt Tqrned Down.
New York , Aug. 16.—Theodore
Roosevelt's name was presented for
the office of temporary chairman of the
republican state convention at the
meeting of the republican state com
mittee today but his selection for that
honor was lost by a vote of 20 to 15.
Vice President J ames M. Sherman
was named as temporary chairman of
the coming state convention by a un
animous vote, following the unsuccess
ful attempt to make Colonel Roosevelt
the temporary chairman of the con
vention.
House From One Tree.
Seattle , Aug. 16.—A house which
is perhaps the most remarkable struc
ture of its kind in the world has just
been completed at Elma, Wash. It is
a large 14 room dwelling, two and one
half stories high, and was built entire
ly from a single fir tree. All of the
lumber used in erecting the house was
from this one giant tree, adouglas Sr.
It contained 40,000 feet of good lum
ber, worth about 91,000.
To Irrigate Fork Peck Lands.
Washington , Aug. 16.—In order
that the Indians on the Fort Peck
reservation in Montana may be pro
tected from dry seasons in the future,
the interior department has decided
to construct ditches for the irrigation
of about 9,000 acres of land on the
reservation.
The work will be done under the
direction of Supervising Engineer R
N. Savage of the reclamation service.
It is said that the Indians' principal
crops have been a failure this year
on account of an exceedingly dry sea
son, and the government desires to
install the system at the earliest pos
sible moment.
The Indians will be given an oppor
tunity to work on the project during
the coming fall and winter.
REMEJ1BER ÇTTDT 104
TH E DATE OUrl. IS I
Lyng's Stock of House Furnishings
AT PUBLIC AUCTION
REMEHBER CCDT 1 o*
THE DATE OUrl. ISl
BUILDING MATERIAL
THAT'S WHAT YOD WANT WOW
Call on us when you want Good Material— and you will
find the prices the same as the material—always RIGHT.
We carry everything that is needed in the builders' line.
MISSOURI RIVER LUMBER CO,
W. C. POULSSON, Manager
Upper Front Street FORT BENTON MONT.
UAVINQ REOPENED my Drug
Business in Fort Benton, I would
respectfully solicit a share of your
patronage
FRESH DRUGS
AND MODERATE PR/OES
GUARANTEED.
®<&s
W. J. MINAR,
FORT BENTON, - - MONT
Opposite Grand Union
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Fort Benton Meat Co.
Fresh Meats of all kinds in
Their Season.
Fresli Fisli and Oysters.
OTTO SOEBERQ, Manager
FIRE
INSURANCE.
All Leading Companies
Represented.
F. A. FLANAGAN, Fort Benton.
JORDAN & RYAN
CONTRACTORS
and BUILDERS
Kemodelers ami Repairers
Reinforced Concrete Work a Specialty
See us before you build.
It will pay you.
FORT BENTON, - MONT
DISTANCE IS
NOTHING
To the user of Bell Telephone
service. By its use he is able
to reach the man in the next
county or the next state as
easily as the man next door. It
saves money, time and trouble.
Reasonable Rates
Universal Connections
Every Bell
Telephone
Is the Center
of the System
M
Pine Book and Job Printing a spe
cialty at the River Press office
Conrad Banking
COMPANY,
GREAT FALLS MONT
(Unincorporated.)
PAID UP CAPITAL $ 100,000
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY..« 000.000
W. G. CONRAD, Pres.
JAMES T. STANFORD,
Vice-Pres. 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
most liberal treatment consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct on all principal American and
European cities, and issues Its own
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. The
highest cash price paid for approved
■täte, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
Just a Moment, Please!
We have just received a solid car of
rockers and diners which are reallv
bargains. We bought them at Roch
ester, New York, and we got them
much cheaper than ever before.
To See Them means to Buy Them
METROPOLITAN FURNITURE CO.
"Walk a Block and Save a Dollar"
Great Falls, - - Montana
FORT BENTON
EMPLOYMENT AGENCY
All kinds of ranch and domestic
help supplied.
WILLI All K1XDER, Prop.