Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-11-07

day evening last Week. MIR. Courtney
has been one of the prominent business
men of Miles CITY nearly 20 years He
was born in London, Eng. 20 years
ago and came to this country at the.
age of 3d. He was sergeant during
he cival war and after being discharg-
ed located at FIT. Benton, Mont. He
came to Miles City in 1882 and engag-
ed as bookkeeper for Leighton & Jor-
dan, but gave this up shortly and
went irto the live stock, insurance and
real estate commission business, which
was then just starting up il
this sec ion Of the country. In this
business he prospered SO that it was
necessary for him to employ d clerk to
keep pace with its demands.
An expert seamstress is employed
by the Miles City laundry to sew COL
lar bands on shirts. Agency at L. ].
Thompson candy store.
L. L. Crockett, of the firm of Croc-
kett & Blum, is nursing badly blist-
cred hand and face this week as the
result of a singular and painful acct
dent that befell him last week The
firm uses gasoline lamps for lighting
up their saloon therefore they keep
quantity of gasoline constantly on
hand, and as matter of safety it is
stored in small building 1T the rear of
the saloon building. Thursday even
ing Mr.. Crockett had occasion to 20 in
to room where the oil was stored and
after entering he struck a match. No
sooner had he done this than the entire
room became mass of flames, and as
Mr.. Crockett had locked the door be-
him it was with much difficulty that
he made his exit and then with the
above results. The peculiar circum-
stances Of the accident are probably
due to the fact that the cans contain
irg the oil had not been properly seal
ed, allowing gas to escape. 1t seems
paradoxical that the oil did not become
| ignited, and that is one reason why
Mr.. Crockett is thanking Kind Provi-
singing experience.
The News job department makes a
speciality of printing stationery for
ranchmen. Good quality of letter pa
per and envelopes with engraved brand
at lowestces.
IT PAID HIM WELL.
Coiored Mans Scientific knowledge Gives
Him SUPPLEMENTARY. .
Training at Tuskegee is eminently
practical. There the blacksmith learns
to dissect horses hoof, in order to
see exactly why and how the animal
may be injured by unskillful work
The girl who wishes to become a
housekeeper follows the details of her
task until she reaches economic prin-
clples. The method pays. Men and
women equipped with this sort Of SCI
entlnc training do no haphazard work
save through their own carelessness.
Again and again does the system prove
It's value. At one time the owners of
a certain creamery were in need of a
new superintendent. and Tuskegee had
just graduated man perfectly fitted
TOT the place. Still he was as black
az black could be, and it was with
some doubt that he made application
colored man." said the owners of
the creamery. "Oh, that would never
do!" The applicant replied very po-
nteiy that he had not come to talk
about color. except, perhaps. the color
OF butter. He dropped into the details
OF dairy work, and finally something
IN his speech seemed to the gentlemen
practical and significant. "Well." they
concluded. You might stay for a two
weeks trial. but there's no possibility
OF our hiring colored man perman-
emily" The first weeks make of but
ter was shipped. and when the returns
came back 1t was found that it had
SOLD at an advance of two cents Y
pound on any price the creamery had
previously been able to obtain. This
ID very singular" said the owners. So
tney waited for next weeks return.
Ihen 1t was found that the butter had
advanced still another cent, three cents
more than the creamery's best record.
The new mans methods had produced
their effect and he was at once engaged
as superintendent. The color question
sank into oblivion.-Youth's Compan-
ion.
ORIGIN OF FAMOUS HYMNS.