The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-19

the employ OF the railroad were tax
en- to the hospitals along the system
which were under contract with the
Great Northern to attend to all rail
way cases.
1t is said that the treatment which
those who were sick received in the
railway hospitals was unsatisfactory
owing to the fact that physicians
and nurses who cannot speak the
Japanese language could not under
stand what was the trouble with the
patients and that the Oriental Trad.
ing company had established the hos
pital for that reason, and that it had
proven success from the start, as
the men under treatment seemed to
brighten up and improve much more
rapidly. In fact they are surround
ed with what they are familiar with
and that in most cases is half the
battle with the sick.
A number of newspaper clippings
taken from different newspapers
were shown the local manager of the
Oriental Trading company, who was
found in the Office of the
company directing the work of
shelving a shipment of clothing.
After reading what had been said
regarding the Punishment of Japal-
csc from the lines of the Great
Northern, he said: THAT is
not so, don't you believe it. The
Japanese will be employed on tue
mountain divisions of the Graaz
Northern, that is, the divisions west
OF Havre to the coast They are
fully capable of doing the work as
signed them. Does it look like there
was any likelihood of our leaving
very soon when we have enlarged orr
stock and fitted up the hospital?
THE Japanese are as able to 80
the railroad work as the white men
and certainly make less noise abou.
it. All the men are used to hard
work
AT the present time almost eight
hundred Japanese are working on the
Kalispell division, and we are maxi
ing arrangements to provide FOR
many more, who will be employed on
the Libby out off, and other rail-
road construction in this locality,
during the coming summer The
contract between the Oriental Trad
ing company and the Great Northern
does not expire for tire years.
Most Of the Japanese employed in
the Office and warehouse Of the com.
pany speak fairly good English and
are an intelligent looking lot Of men,
clothed in the latest fashions AMI
always clean. They seem quite
fond of iewelry and are liberal pur-
chasers of diamonds and solid gold
watches, and insist that everything
they purchase be guaranteed TO bel
absolutely the best.
They have been called Jim Hills
Little Men," but a more becoming
name would be Silent Men," as they
are never loud, always talk in sub
dued tone of voice, and cannot ne
charged with being gamblers, drunk
ards, opium fiends or any of the traits
common to the Chinese. They ore
in fact, SO far as morals are concern
ed, almost perfect. No one seems to |
have an ill word regarding their ac-
lions. but almost every person would
be glad to see their places filled with |
white men, and as consequence |
stories of their shortcomings come
from every direction. It is under
stood that the contract under which
they are farmed out to the
Great Northern has three years to
run, and that during that time the
Japanese will be employed by the
Great Northern. Jim Hill cannot at
ford to get into trouble with the lar
anese government, which is pretty
close to the Oriental Trading com.
pany, as such a condition would pos
sibly cause trouble for his line of
Oriental steamers.