The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-07-13

| Is one OF U0e DeSU Ill Ulc COuuUy, oAOWihe
intelligent and careful cultivation. -Four
hundred young fruit trees were set out
last spring. They are looking hardy and
are growing rapidly. In a few years they
will meet all the demands of the home
in the way of fruit.
The work of the farm is done by mem
bers of the home, and while the com
rades' do not charge on the potato patch
with the same ardor that carried them
to victory on hundred battle fields,
their work is done faithfully and well.
j. r. Hiilman, the commandant, has
been at the head of the home since it
was first established. He has displayed
during his management of the institu-
ton the qualities showing him to be the
right man in the right place. His method
is intelligent direction as opposed to
command. He knows the shortcomings
and failings of his old comrades and is
tolerant of them.
The board was singularly fortunate in
securing the services of DIR. John L,
Robinson as hospital surgeon. During
his three years attendance on the wants
of his patients at the home he has filled
the position with rare fidelity. Some
of the most difficult surgical operations
have been successfully performed and
Doc" as he is called by the boys, is
deservedly popular at the home.
The present membership is fifty nine.
From the opening of the home to the
present time there have been ninety
seven members admitted. OF these,
twenty one have been discharged and
seventeen, many of whom came when all
hope of recovery was gone, are sleeping
in the Soldiers cemetery on the western
border of the farm. Their graves are
covered with flowers strewn there by
loving hands, and always, summer and
winter, the flag they fought for and in
the service of which they suffered SO
much is floating above them.
Nearly all the boys" as they are gen
orally called, were soldiers of the civil
war.
The requisites of applicants for ad-
mission are that they be citizens of the
state and have been in the military ser
vice of the United States in time of war.
A great many members are absent dur
ing a greater portion of the time engaged
in such employment as they can secure.
Several are guarding bridges on the
Great Northern railroad; many are alb
sent for a few days or weeks at a time
doing little jobs for anyone who may
need their services.
AS a rule the boys, are a jolly lot and
visitors are always treated with great
courtesy. They are proud of the beauti-
full place where they live and are always
working to make it still more attractive.
They are grateful to the state for what
it has done and all testify their appre-
citation of the liberality of the news
papers of Montana, and the work of the
q. A. r. and w. r. G. of different towns
of the state. 1t should be remembered
that when anything is done to help the
Soldiers Home or to ameliorate the lot
of it's members the honor is to the donor
and not to the donce. That they need
no testimonial, that the fame of those
who failed not in the hour of their coun-
try's peril is secure.
Let it be remembered, too, that other
wars will arise in the future. and if the
men of our state are to respond to the
call to arms it must show by the treat
ment of these men whose only home is
the institution known as the Montana
Soldiers Home, that the work of the
soldier is appreciated, and this will be
fastened upon the minds of the young
men of Montana lesson in patriotism
} that cannot be eradicated.
r. w. Main returned from six weeks
eastern trip Tuesday night. He visitet
his old home in Wisconsin, spent some
l time in Chicago and tarried at Ho
Z, Springs, Ark, for a month. He state.
that his health is greatly improved b.
the rest he took and the treatment a
4 over the Denver Il Rio Grande and Ore
gon Short Line. Mr.. Main says tina
>. what he saw only confirms him in tn
: opinion that Flathead county is tn
Q coming country.
John O'Brien of Deer Park is addin,
II the finishing touches to his new barn.
g is modern building, 4OX6O.
S w. o. Hutchinson, travelling salesman
Il for the State Lumber company, returne
Monday night from an extended tri
through eastern Montana. Mr.. Hutch
inson says that while business was yer
It good there is some doubt as to the in
II mediate future of the east side. Tn
q prairies are looking very bare and full
30 per cent of the country has bee
burned over.
>, Nathan Scott has moved into his ne,
q house on his ranch six miles south {
IF Columbia Falls. Mr.. Scott has one {
# the finest farm residences in the count,
= 1t cost him about 5000.
= Henry Howell and r. b. Tillinghas
~ attended church at Union chapel in tn
Re lower valley and visited friends.
"a V. S. Frazier and his daughter Mab'
d were in town Wednesday.
N Mrs. Harris has just completed an az