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Fhe River Press.
Vol. XXXIII.
Fort Benton, Montana, Wednesday» January 1, 191^,
No. 11
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Limit of first zone from Chicago. Rate 5
cents for first pound and 3 cents for
each additional pound.
Limit of second zone from Chicago. Rate
6 cents, 4 cents.
Limit of third zone from Chicago. Rate
7 cents, 5 cents.
Fourth zone. Rate 8 cents, 6 cents.
TYPICAL DIAGRAM INDICATING PARCEL POST ZONES FROM CHICAGO AND SHOWING HOW
TO COMPUTE POSTAGE ON PACKAGES.
service 8 which ^ifbe^nau^urafed Jan l***' h °' thB Z ° n ° 8y8tem W,U be USe< * pranging rates for the parcel post
asSÄrta 'crÄr; - -« > ^
An examp!e of how to get the first xone Is as follows:
Every unit V ^1? î?v. Wh ^ h your P° 8tofflce lm '»cated. Draw a circle of fifty miles radius around that center
f ^ es w h°My within that circle or more than half of which la within that circle is included in th« flr«t
The second"S>rf' V rato ,s 5 cents ,or th# flrst P° und *» d * cents for each adduîonal piund the flr8t Z ° M
it ^li nnlauf. fvf 2 determined by drawing with the same center a circle of 160 miles radius. Every unit which lies wlthla
ij pound flrat r ° ne - " to the » TOOnd «»«•. «d »"a rate 1. « cent, for the flrst pound andTcenS 'for Jach ad Jitoi"
by ^ hlch the second zo «o 1» determined Is used for all other sones. their radii and rate of postage for the flrat
«nt/- flfVh n ^f°i I !ÏÏÎ r " pect ' ve,y be, «W as follow.: Third zone, 300 miles. 7 cents. 5 cents; fourth Von" 800 miles 8 cents 6
£ni il- Äh 9 . cent "' 7 cent8: " lxth *° ne - M» m,le ". M <»»*■. » cents; seventh zone, 1,800 mUeTucSw
cents, eighth zone and all territory farther away. Including the Philippines and Island possessions, 13 cents flat.
For the purpose of carrying this law Into effect the United States is divided into sones. with different rates of
postage applicable to each, as follows:
Weight.
^ ZS
1 pound .
I pounds
S pounds
4 pounds
Local
rate.
10. OS
.06
.07
.08
I pounds
6 pounds 40
7 pounds .11
8 pounds
9 pounds 13
10 pounds 14
11 pounds 15
Zone rate,
60 miles.
S0.06
.08
.11
.1«
.17
.30
.21
.36
.38
n
.38
«To
if!
|5 a
Rate.
30.06
.10
.14
.18
.22
.26
.30
.34
.38
.41
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28 rf
2 o J
S|S
Rate.
10.07
.12
.17
.22
.27
.32
.37
.42
.47
a
«
if*
Rate.
80.08
.14
.20
.26
.32
.38
.44
.50
.66
.62
.«8
£§
îh
Sel
Ȥ
Rate.
t0.09
.16
.13
.30
.37
.44
.51
.68
.66
.72
s si
£8 8
5 ®..
Rate.
10.10
.19
.28
.37
.46
.65
.64
.73
.82
.91
1.00
s s!
,5§S
Rate.
$0.11
.a
.31
.41
.51
.61
.71
.81
.91
1.88
1.U
I; 8
111
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«
Rate.
80.12
.24
.36
•4S
.60
.72
.84
.96
1.0S
1.20
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Parcel Post Is Operated On
Unit System W<û 8 Zones
Any One Can Learn Postage
Rates by Figuring Out Dis
tance From Pustutfice.
B
I'"GINNING New Year's day at (5
a. m. the new parcel post law
permits any inhabitant of the
United States to send through
the mail merchandise of all descrip
tions. provided it does not weigh more
than eleven pounds and is not more
than six feet in combined length and
girth. One point the postmaster gen
eral wishes emphasized and that is
that all packages have to be taken to
the postotfice by the sender, and this
doesn't mean the numbered substa
tious ordinarily found in drug stores,
but the regular postoffice stations.
The packages will be delivered at
their destination in wagons, the deliv
eries being as regular as the present
letter service.
At present the number of men in the
postal service has not been increased.
Such a step is considered unnecessary
at present. The postoffice department
has been working overtime since last
July, when congress passed the law.
preparing for the inauguration of the
new service. Twenty thousand of the
most delicate and Intricate scales have
been ordere» im- delivery before Jan. 1.
A most elaborate system of maps
has been completed, inaugurating a
zone system. There are eight differ
ent zones. Upon the maps are depict
ed various units iu each zone. Every
town is situated in a numbered unit.
Bhown upon the map. The flrst zone
is any distance within fifty miles.
The second zone is a greater distance,
and so on until the last zone, which
takes in Alaska and the Hawaiian Is
lands, but not the Philippines.
For instance, the map with its num
Counterfeiters Were Busy.
Washington , Dec. 26.— There has
been a remarkable activity of email
coin counterfeiters in the last few
weetts, attributed by secret service offi
ciais to the rush of the Christmas sea
son, when offenders expected to pass
spurious money on the hurrying pub
lic. Most of the counterfeit ivere
half dollars circulated in the east.
OûÔ .i.ï/ ■
3,503
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s Mapped Out With
Uiüs-Governmsnt
Guides Cheaply.
bered units printed on it shows that
New York city is in unit 717. which,
of course, is in the first zone. Each lo
cality makes its own flrst zone, so it
was necessary for the postotiicp de
partment to have printed separate
maps for euch locality. Suppose you
are in unit 717 in the flrst zone and
you want to send a package to Buffalo,
which is approximately in unit 1.102.
which is in the second zone. You take
the package to the postotfice, and the
postotfice clerk will place lt on the
newly constructed scales, flrst desig
nating ou tlie scales that the package
is to go to the second zone. When it
is welshed the scale will give exactly
the nmount necessary to carry the
package to its destination.
The flrst zone of fifty miles includes
what is called the local zone. The
maximum charge for the local zone is
5 cents for the flrst pound and 1 cent
for each additional pound.
After that there is a graduated in
crease. the second zone having a ra
dius of 150 miles, the third 300 miles:
etc.. until the eighth zone, which In
cludes every town over 1.800 miles.
Separate provision is made for all
packages that weigh four ounces or
less. Like the present system of fourth
class matter, there will be a flat rate
of a cent an ounce. If a package
weighs over four ounces it goes under
the pound rate.
Every postmaster and postoffice clerk
handling parcel post has a map and a
guidebook which holds the key to the
numbered units on the map. If you
want to send a package to Buffalo his
guidebook will show him which unit
Buffalo Is in. and then the map will
Soo Line Is Coming.
Minneapolis , Dec. 27.—The Soo
line will lay rails into Montana early
in the year 1913, according to the
statement today of Edmund Penning
ton, president of the road. The Amb
rose lice is to be extended about 50
miles Into Valley county, Montana,
and another extension from Piaza, N.
D., to a point near Good ale, Mont.,
has been approved.
designate the zone. ATT lie has to do
is to mark his scale with the zone in
dicator and the machine will show the
amount of postage.
The postoffice department has issued
a guide book and map that can be «pur
chased for 75 cents. There is also an
insurance against loss of all packages
not over $50.
Among the things that will not be ac
cepted for delivery are intoxicants, ex
plosives, inflammable liquids, live or
dead animals, firearms, diseuse geruis,
books or printed matter.
A special series of stamps has been
engrt ved for the service.
The greatest advantage of the par
cel post is to the farmer who wants to
sell his products direct to the consum
er. A postal card for a dozen or more
l'resh eggs can be sent on one day and
the eggs received the next. All kinds
of produce will be acceptable. Eggs
can be packed separately in cotton and
placed iu corrugated pasteboard boxes
so they can be shipped with entire safe
ty. All packages containing eggs must
be marked "eggs."
All fragile articles, such as millinery,
toys, musical instruments, glassware,
etc.. must be marked "fragile."
It is expected that the parcel post
will hurt the express companies' busi
ness. particularly in short deliveries,
on account of the cheap rates of the
parcel post. The suburban poultry
and produce markets will be accessible
to thousands of town buyers.
The parcel post stamps measure 1 by
1% Inches between perforated »n««
The color is red for all denominations.
In a curved panel across the top, sup
ported by a paneled perpendicular col
umn at each end.
Triangular ornaments occupy both
upper corners. The denomination in
large numerals Is in each lower cor
ner. with the title of the subject and
the word "cents" or "dollars" between.
The designs on the several denomi
nations are as follows:
1 cent—Postofflce clerk.
2 cents—City carrier.
3 cents—Railway postal cleric.
4 cents—Rural carrier.
5 cents—Mall train.
10 cents—Steamship and mall tender.
15 cents—Automobile service.
20 cents—Aeroplane carrying mail.
25 cents—Manufacturing.
60 cents—Dairying.
75 cents—Harvesting.
31— Fruit growing.
Helena , Dec. 27—The annual
meeting of the state association of as
sessors will be held in Helena Janu
ary 21 to 23 for the purpose of con
sidering matters pertaining to the a*
sessment of property. Notices of the
meeting have been sent to all the &*
aessor* in the state bv Frank S'eele,
seeretary of thp association, and there
is reason to believe that all the as
eessor .-i will attend.
DYNAMITERS^ SENTENCED.
Labor Union Officials Will Spend
Several Years In Prison.
Indianapolis , Dec. 30.—Sentences
varying from seven years' imprison,
ment in the federal prison at Leaven
wortb, Ka.., to one year and one day
and to suspended sentences were today
Imposed upon the 38 labor union offi
cials In the dynamite conspiracy cases.
Frank M. Ryan, president of the
Iron workers' international union,
was given a sentence of seven years.
Olaf A. Tveitmoe <»f San Francisco,
convicted of aiding in plotting the de
struction of the L in Angeles Times
building, and Eugene A. Clancv, also
of San Francisco, were given six years
each.
Before Judge Auderson parsed sen
tence he said he ii> sired t> make a
statement. He then reviewed the case
as well as the evidence introduced and
said:
"This campaign of dynamite was
carried on throughout the country
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The
evidence disclosed an appalling list of
crimes, in addition to those charged
in the Indicroen'?. Tbcse crimes were
all commuted in ihr i>t>me of organ
ized labor. I will no», believe that
organized labor spproves of such
practices.
"Any organization that approves
and adopts the methods of these de
fendants is an outlaw and will meet
the fate which outlaws have met since
civilized society began.
"The evidence shows some of these
defendants to be guilty of murder, but
they are not charged with that crime;
this court cannot punish them for it,
nor shall it be influenced by such con
sideration In fixing the measures of
punishment for the crimes charged."
Snowdrifts Block Traffic.
Ellbnsbcrq , Wash., Deo.
o
Snow ccmdUions in the Cascade moun
30 -
tains are the worst in 20 years, accord
ing to railroad officials here. The
Milwaukee is tied up completely by
slides. The Northern Pacific has re
fused to handle Milwaukee trains ovtr
the mountains.
Snow i'ilowb at Easton aod Lester
are wedged in the snow. A plow sta
tioned at Ellensburg, with a 15 foot
double fan has released one snow
plow. A locomotive left the rails at
Easton and is on its side.
A wrecking outfit has left here by
special train, with 95 laborers follow
ing. A foot of snow an hour is re
ported at the summit. Lower down,
rain fell last evening and then froze,
forming a heavy crust on the snow and
making conditions much worse.
Ready For Parcel Post.
Washington , Dec. 30.— A New
Year's gift by the American govern
ment to the American people will be a
thoroughly equipped domestic parcel
post. Following consideration of the
subject in a general way for a third of
a century, congress last August autho
rized the postmaster general to es
tablish the new system on January 1,
1913.
In actual operation it is expected that
the parcel post will bring the factory
and farm into closer touch with the
consumer and that it may reduce the
high cost of living. The largest city
and the most obscure hamlet alike
will enjoy the advantages of the par
cel post. It will be open to all on
precisely equal terms. The new sys
tem will be a direct competitor of
the express companies, particularly
on small package business. By it
shippers praotically may send from
their own doors parcels to any one of
the 60,000 postoffices in the United
States.
Garment Workers On Strike.
New York , Dec. 30. —Men and
women garment workers, estimated at
125,000 went out on strike in New
York today, tying up approximately
4,000 factories. Tbey demand higher
pay and better working conditions.
Picket squads have been posted at all
factories affected.
An eight hour day, 20 per cent in
crease in wages, with a minimum of
•10 a week for girls and 910 for men,
abolition of child labor and work in
the tenements are the features of the
strikers' demands.
Phosphate Rock In Montana.
Washington , Dec. 30.—New dis
coveries of phosphate rock in Mon
tana are reported by the Uniteh States
geological survey iu the Garnet range
3ô miles from Anaconda, and six miles
north of Garrison. Considerable im
portance is attached to the discovery,
nut only because the rock exists in
commercial quantities, but because it
in ea»y reach of the smelters, where |
an abundance of eulphuric acid is
going to waste.
,
To convert this rock into available
to conoludé that" there i~s soon" to "be
developed in Montana a great fertili
j zeP lndu , tPy that BUpply not only
fertilizer phosphate rock Is quickly
rendered available as plant food by
dissolution in sulphuric acid and a
combination of vast quantities of
phosphate rork; and sulphuric acid in
one vicinity l<-ads the survey officials
western
well.
but eastern agriculture as
Land Patents Held Up.
Washington , Dec. 28.— By the
joiut action today of the war, inter
ior and agricultural departments, ex
tensive land patents of the Interna
tional Power aud Manufacturing com
pany of the state of Washington
were held up because of the belief of
Secretary Fis her that the company
was trying to free Itself from all con-1
1 by the , S' ,ver nment b> »ecuring
patents to lands under tha guise of
mining claims or by railroad scrip,
filings in combination with a ,p cial
200,000
dam license.
The company was planning t > hui!d
a series of power plants which it was
estimated would produce
horse power, having a value of $5,
000 000 to »8,000 000 a year. The
power site is In the so called"S" can
yon of the Pend D'Oreille river, situa
ted partly in the Kaniksu national
foret-t and partly in the power site
reserve set aside by President Taft
TARIFF REVISION SESSION.
Will Be Called By New President
About March 15.
Trenton, N. J., Deo. 25.— Congress
probably will be called into extraor
dinary session by President Woodrow
Wilson shortly after his inauguration,
perhaps March 15, and the particular
legislation that will come before it
will b3 tariff revision.
After two hours' conference with
Speaker Clark, the president-elect jes
terday ea(d be would endeavor tQ
meet tbe wishes of democratic leaders
in congress, who, he was informed,
were anxious that the interval between
the two sessions of congress be as
brief as possible.
While, the speaker said the time of
the present legislature would be con
sumed with appropriation bills, leav
log the bulk of the democratic plat
form pledget* to the next congress, he
concurred with Mr. Wilson that the
tariff should be the foremost subicet
to come before the special session.
When the conference was over, Mr.
Wilson said the talk had bei
universal lines legislation a
tilong I
wt " as j
cabinet possibilities having been |
taken up He added that they had 1
discussed the general character of the ,
extra session and the preparedness of,
generul legislation to come before it.
"We agreed that the tariff should |
be the main interest of the extra ses
sion," said the governor.
In urging an early meeting of con
gress, the speaker told Mr. Wilson he
believed members of congress ought
not to be kept waiting too long be
tween sessions.
May Reduce Cost of Living.
Washington , Dec. 26.— Boarding
house keepers all over the country
may celebrata today, for the express
companies have been compelled by the
government to cut down the rate on
prunes. The reduction was brought
about through the agency of the par
cels post.
Dr. Charles P. Granfleld, first as
sistant postmaster general, recetnly
received from a Sao Diego, Cal.,
grower the aooouocement that the lat
ter proposed to send a parcels post
of two car loads of prunes to New
Yorlc. It was a "freak" shipmeot
and was to be sent in eight pound
boxes. The rate would have been 96
cents.
Tbe express companies promptly
cut their rate to 35 cents. Dr. Gran
Seid believes that the parcels post
eventually will force express rates
down to "rock bottom."
The Oldest Store "Girl."
New York , Dec. 26.— Miss Ellen
Horgan, a department store "girl"
104 years old, who was dusting coun
ters at the store every morning up to
a few days ago, died from bronchitis
in her lonely little flat yesterday. In
a few weeks more she would have been
105 years old. Her friends in the big
store had planned to make her Christ
mas a merry one by visiting her, but
to their grief their plans were halted
by the news of her death.
Bozeman , Dec. 27.—It is reported
here that Hogers Bros, of Alpena,
Mich., a firm of seed dealers, will
have a large acreage of seed peas in
the Gallatin va.'ley for the coming
season. Tbey will be a new tirm in
tbe business here, which this last sea
son assumed such large proportions
in the Gall latin valley, as to consti
tute one of its staple crops.
BREAKFAST FOOD TRUSTS
Federal Authorities Allege Attempt:
To Monopolixe Business.
Chicago , Dec. 26. —Investigation of
an alleged attempt to secure control of
the oatmeal business of the Udited
States has been started by the federal
grand jury here.
Purchase of the Great Western Cer»
eal companv by the Quaker Oats com'
pany will be inquired into first Rob
ert Gordon, secretary of the Quaker
Oats company, aud Daniel Pekterkln,
private -ecretary of Joy Morton, head
of the Great Western company, have
been ordered to appear before the
grand jury. A uuuib-r of other em
j ploye8 baTn betQ sllbp0fänaed to tell of
the traDsactll , n6 . It is L . haPffed thw
virtual C(mtro , of lhe OHtmea , bus( .
; nea8 resuked from the trHnsactlon .
Detroit , Die. 2(5. — The Kellogg
Toasted Corn F ak, company is al
j le^d to be violating th, Sherman law
in a petition in equity filed in the
United State» riis'rict court here today
t»y order of Attorney G *neral Wickor
j sbam to neitie for all the time the ex
tent to which a manufacturer may coo**
trol retail prices.
The company und its offleere, engag
ed in the manufacture of Kellogg's
Toasted C.jru Fiakee, are charged with
fixing prices at which the flakes are
sold to retailer aud consumer, pre
venting competition which would re
duce the price to the public and créât»
log a monopoly by concentrating the
entire interstate traffic do this com*
modity in the hands of jobbers and re«*
tallers who abldejby price agreements
exacted by the defendants. It is aU>
leged that the defendaots have invoked
the patent laws through tbe use of ft
patented carton in which the flakes ere
packed as "mere subterfuge and de*
vice" to escape tbe provisions of tbe
Sbermao law.
Tbe government asks for injunctions
to prevent the company, its officer*
and agents from controlling the price
of the breakfast food after it leavea
tbe hands of the mannfacturer.
Christmas Cheer For Homeless.
New York , Dec. 25.— The Christ
mas spirit prevailed here today and
muU i t udes of poor feit the bénéficient
results.
The Salvation Army caring for 300,
000 persons throughout the country,
provided for 25,000 here.
At tlie Nin'ih regimeut armory 5,
000 baskets of food were presented to
representntives of as many families.
Clothing and fuel will be exchanged
in rtturn for tlckeU haadad tQ ^ -
00 0 people. The tickets were given to
two lhou ., aDjs of
b(id bet , u f ec j
Congressman "Big Tim" Sullivan
gav , hu CU8tomary Chri8lma9 dinaer
hungry after they
to 5.0U0 homeless men. Tickets were
distributed which will bring each man
shoes and socks on Febuary 6.
Greetings By Wireless.
Washington , Dec. 26. — For tbe
first time in history, wireless Christmas
greetings were Hashed last night from
tbe Mate Island navy yard on the
Pacific coAftt to Washington. The
message wa« irom Captain Mayo, the
commander of the Mare Island navy
yard, and was received by the giant
radio station at Arlington. It con
veyed the wishes of Captain Mayo
and other officers of the navy and tbe
officers of the navy and marine oorpa
for "A Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year."
First Snow Storm In 30 Years.
Fort Worth , Tex., Dec. 26.— There
is sleighing today in southern Texas.
Antiquated cutters and "bobs', arc
speeding through the streets with
merry loads for it is the first sleigh
ing in thirty years. There are many
happy youngsters who today hurled
their first snowball. The snow has
fallen to a depth of four inches, and
in some parts of the Panhandle the
depth Is greater than seven inches.
Practically the same conditions pre*
vail in Oklahoma, but there sleighing
is oot such a oovelty.
Should Raise Sugar Beets.
Washington Dec. 27.— With the
declaration that the Uoited States
should raise all its sugar, the depart
ment of agriculture today issued an
appeal to the American farmer to go
in for the cultivation of the sugar beet.
There are 2,000,000 short tons of beets
now imported annually, which should
be raised at home.
Many Leap Year Marriages.
Chicago , Dec. 27.—Leap .year is
given credit by the marriagt* license
clerkn in this city for a gain o' 3,374
in the number of licenses issued here
during 1912. The total number was
32.877.