The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1889-10-17
Monitors Are Useless.


since, having locked themselves in the
house.
Monitors Are Useless.
New YORK, Oct. 1.-THE Times as
serts that rust has eaten away portions of
the iron plating Of the monitors A1ianto-
nonaah and Terror. which have been
lying at the Brooklyn navy yard fol
years. 1t has been necessary to plug up
the holes thus made in order to keep the
vessels af1oat. An inquiry viii doubtless
be ordered by the navy department.
Letter from GraDite.
GRANITE, Montana. October y. 1859.
To the Editor Of The Philipsturg Mcii:
| Dear Sir-Kindly permit me space IN
your valuable paper for the following
statements: I was wonderfully struck
whilst reading your valuable paper OF the
| 26th in regard to the great silver mine OF
Granite, and the way in which 1t is
worked at present for the benefit OF the
company; also for the convenience OF the
employees. Our correspondent must have
been struck very forcibly, like most peo-
| pie would be, to visit this great mine; 10
see such large bodies Of ore untouched,
/ with the exception OF level driven
] through, waiting IN It's turn win the
many other levels to swell the dividends
! Of the future. And whilst reading IN
/ your valuable paper about this great and
richest silver mine in the world. enough
has not been said, especially N regard to
| it's management and the many improve
ments made both in the mine and on
surface and in the community at large.
I will endeaver, rs IA workingman and
witness, to point out few of tho many
! improvements made during the past year,
which have tendency to elevate the
| people of Granite. First, by not com
pelling men working for the Granite
company to board in company board
I ing house, where there was so much III
ferior food consumed, cooked up IN
hog-like fashion and served out on the
table in the usual way-"there 1t IS
| No matter how much our appet1tes go
against it, eat it or go short Or wait until
| supper time; then we would have 4 tough
| beef steak or mutton chop. in the
morning it would be mutton crop or beef
steak for change, and often cooked over
! two or three times: but this was not all
after working hard all day and improper
ly fed, he had to turn into bunk house
| that was so ever crowded one had to
sleep above tho other Zip as high as three
rows. In fact was one out OF twenty-
| six in number who slept in compart-
ment 12xl6 feet, and no one can describe
| the inconvenience of overcrOwdlng, the
! filth and stencil from gum boots and
miners other apparel, all hung IN the
same room or thrown carelessly on the
floor. say it was enough to dlshearten
any civilized citizen, though in his own
free country, under his own country's
| flag under which our forefathers fought
50 bravely for freedom and died to win.
Their memory shall ever remain so long
as eternal ages roll, and we, as citizens.
| look on that part Of our nations history
| with pleasure and grateful haarts for
| those heroic deeds performed to save this
| country from slavery and oppression, and
allow us, their offspring, to enjoy perfect
freedom. But such is not now the
case at Granite; men had been COM
! PEELED almost to eat the husks which
| swine did eat; compelled to spend their
hard earned money in a certain favored
store, and the balance IN favored saloon,
either in drink or to gamble; yes, favored
! by some of the officials of the Granite
mine. But [ am proud to say things
! have undergone great change; that
great and good man. Mr.. Fusz, one OF
| the directors of the Granite company.
also a large shareholder, came to the
rescue and released us victims, who had
been bound to such absurd laws. AL
! though his stay was short he won the
respect and affection OF all the people In
this community. And so has our present
superintendent, Mr.. Weir, who has proven
to be man of unusual sense and
straightforwardness in every branch OF
duty. He not only stands high in the
estimation of the company but to the
miner and all his employees. and he has
not only made great successful improve
ments at the mine for the benefit OF the
company having a tendency to increase
the dividends, but he has a greater am
| bltion IN view than this. He wants to
see everybody enjoying the privileges |
which God has given them. First of all
we have the Sabbath to rest, church to
worship IN, Sunday school besides, and |
other means OF grace We have nice
hospital, which has been long-fet want |
for the Granite. We also have IA reading
room. Surely this alone is. move to-
wards civilization, and it is great boon |
to the working class at large Instead |
of wasting precious time in the saloon,
and not only time, but money, that ought |
to be carried home to clothe, feed and |
educate their chlldren-instead OF rob-
bing them like have seen in Granite in
times that are past, and bringing a dis
grace on themselves, wife and children,
and soon to 60 down in a drunEard's
grave, piece of wrecked humanity. I
know several here at Granite who have
fallen victims to the demon drink, who
only few years ago came here seeking
employment; and after their daily labors
we're over there was no other p ace to go
to but the saloon and the ill-famed red
lights, and so were led away step by step
until they became conscious that they
had love for the glass and the gay com
pany, and every night found them III
these dens, and with curse ever Oh
their lips. Nothing seems too bad for
them to say or do, and unless there was
something done soon they would have to
people the region of dark despair. Oh!
ies us, as c1tizAns, make an effort to put
stop to such proceedings; let us up
hold and carry out the principles which
our gallant superintendent has intro
duced. and willingly support everything
that would make our fellowmen better
Let the officials of other mines follow the
example and they will realize the same
progress. Respectfully, F. W. JONES' i