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The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-03-08
FLOUR MILL COMBINE.
Pacific Coast and Spokane Mills to be
Consolidated.

SOnSOIlOdlCO
Portland, Or, March 6.-The Ore
gonian says the largest industrial con-
solidation ever undertaken in the Pa
cific northwest is being quietly
worked into shape in this city and
San Francisco. The enterprise is an
amalgamation of the interests of the
great export flour milling firms of .-e
Pacific coast 1t has not yet reached
q stage where the promoters are will
ing to divulge any of the details, but
it has made sufficient progress to
awaken lively interest in financial
and business circles. No hint has
been given as to the capitalization of
the proposed combination, but it will
probably be somewhere in the neigh
borhood of $10,000,00O.
AS now outlined, the combination
will embrace mills having an annual
capacity of over 100000 barrels of
flour and consuming over one-third of
the exportable surplus of wheat
grown in Oregon, Washington, Idaho
and California. The corporations in
terested in the proposed combine are
the Portland FIGURING Mills company
of this city, the Puget Sound FIGURING
Mills company of Tacoma, which is
owned by members of the Portland
FIGURING Mills company; the Centen-
Mai Mills of Seattle and Spokane,
and the Sperry flour mills of Stockton
and San Francisco
These concerns practically control
me flour trade of the orient, their op-
erations extending from Vladivostock
and Port Arthur a" far south as Sin.
gapore. Each of the big firms has for
NUMBER of years had men in all
parts of the orient handling the pro
ducts of their mills far into the inter
ior of China, Japan, Corea, Siam and
| Siberia, and through their efforts the
business mas grown to vast proper
tons.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-03-08
Bio Crowd at the Court House on
Wednesday Evening.
NO RADICAL ACTION TAKEN.
Addresses Made by Able Speakers
and More friendly Relations AdVo-
Gated.

Under the auspices of the Carpen-
ters' union of Kalispell an open meet
ing was held on Wednesday evening
at the court house. The purpose of
the meeting was to discuss matters
of interest to labor, and particularly
the relations existing between en-
ployers- and organized labor
Mr.. A. G. Kennedy was selected as
chairman, and presided in an able
manner, making one of the best ad-
dresses of the evening. Mr. A. RiouX
was chosen as secretary. Some very
able addresses were made and with
out exception the tone of the speak
ers was toward conservatism.
If the sentiment, as expressed at
may be expected from the union,
only fair and conservative methods
will be followed by the organization.
Mr.. T. Behan made an able address
on the benefits of the eight-hour day
for labor. He was followed by Mr..
Dominick, who spoke in very inter-
esting manner upon the benefits of
organization. Mr.. Dominiek is a CT
garmal1er by occupation. and as the
cigarmakers of America have one of
the strongest organizations in the
country, he spoke from experience
and gave many interesting facts.
Mr.. G. w. Avery made an interest
ing talk upon the future outlook fol-
labor in Flathead county, and partic
ularly with reference to the future
development of the resources of the
county and the part which organized
labor should take in such develop
ment
Mr. George Demorest, organizer o
the Western Labor Union, spok,
upon the work and standing of thu
local unions, comparing them favora
bly, with those in other localities an,
counselling the members to observ
sobriety and moderation in all things
Interesting remarks were also mad
made by Mr.. J, M. Noble and Messr.
Catalan, Billings and Bader.
The hall was crowded and tn
meeting was a most interesting on
throughout.
The most prominent feature of tn
meeting was the unanimous sen
ment in favor of fair and conserv;
tive action on the part of labor an
the cultivation with more friendly r
lations between employers and en-
ployes.
The meeting was a most success
full one and is bound to result in GOO
not only to organized labor, but
the entire business community
we'll
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-03-08
Trimmed To One lncll Apart
ea(l1AGD
Not Trimmed at all
EFFECT OF THINNING NATIVE PLUMs.

EFFECT OF THINNING NATIVE PLUMs.
to serve the purpose as well as hay
in conserving moisture and preventing
the growth of weeds and grass. 1t is
probable that a mulch of some sort
will prove the best plan for the home
plum orchard. The native plum seems
to thrive better under this method of
culture than other orchard fruits.
Severe thinning is practiced, begin
ming when danger from curculio is
past. The plums at this stage are
usually one-fourth to one-third grown
and are thinned so that the remaining
fruits are about one inch apart. This
is somewhat expensive, especially with
large trees, but will always prove prof
liable. Large piums are wanted, and
only large plums will sell for good
price. The cut illustrates the benefits
derived from thinning.
Mr.. Cranefield says the increasing
demand for native plums in his local
market is gratifying. The fruit was
marketed in one-fifth bushel baskets
and sold readily for $1.75 per bushel
wholesale. and it is quite certain that
the best fruits would have brought s.
per bushel if that price had been ask
ed. This was considerable more than
peaches brought. The plums were
picked from the trees while still firm
and sorted before being sent to mar
ket. This is a paying operation and if
carefully done need not injure the
fruit. 1t is surprising how much the
| appearance of the baskets may be i'm
proved by the rejection of small per
centage of inferior fruit The culls
always sell readily for jelly fruit
Among varieties Wyant, Forest Gar
den and Quaker still hold their own
for size and quality. Hawkeye and
Stoddard are large and attractive, but
coarse and sour Surprise, North Star
and Brittlewood are all excellent
Beatty, Smith, Eta, Silas Wilson,
Keith and Lottie are some of the new.
er varieties.
OF the various species of the native
plum the Americana group is best
adapted to the northwestern states.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-03-08
Air and Rest For House Plants.

As regards airing the plants, it is
perhaps sufficient to say that what in
this respect is healthful for human
lungs will suit the plants. But do not
forget that the plants cannot take
walk on pleasant day; hence fresh air
should frequently be admitted to them
from the window. In nature all trees
and plants have their seasons of growth
and of rest, principle that must be
observed in house plant culture. When
therefore any plant, after a period of
growth and bloom, shows signs of less
ening growth, water also should be
somewhat withheld. In state of rest
from growth most kinds can get along
with lessened light also, and this we
may take advantage of by putting such
kinds as fuchsias, oleanders, hydran-
geas and scarlet geraniums in a light
cellar while growth is suspended. AL
most without exception it is best as
the end of the resting season ap-
proaches, say in late winter, to shake
the old soil from the roots and repot
the plants in fresh earth.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-03-08
SETTLERS COMING WEST.
From Two to Three Thousand People
Pass Through st. Paul.

From Two to Three Thousand PEOPLE
Pass Through st. Paul.
st. Paul, March 1.-THE number of
settlers passing through ST Paul to-
day into the great northwest is vari-
ously estimated from 1000 to 5000.
1t is only the advance guard. To-
morrow it is expected the number
will be doubled. The next day it
will continue to increase, and so on
for the next six weeks. The destina-
lions of the settlers are as numer-
Gus as the communities from which
they started.
Todays movement was larger than
had been expected. The trains from
the south and southwest were heavily
loaded. Perhaps the Chicago Great
Western brought in as many as any
single line, for the reason that there
was a large exodus of farmers from
Nebraska and Missouri in regions
contiguous to that line. Three mixed
trains, carrying 100 cars of household
effects and 500 people arrived in the
city during the early morning hours.
Many more people came on the reg
ular trains. The Burlington, Milwau-
kee, Northwestern Wisconsin Central
and the Minneapolis and st. Louis all
brought in substantial contingents.
A large portion of the colonists in
tended to settle in the cities and
towns of the Pacific coast states.
They are not agriculturists, but arti-
sans, workmen and tradesmen.
This morning the Northern Pacific
sent out II coaches loaded. Tonight
80 coaches were sent out. The Great
Northern ran two west bound trains
out this morning and two tonight.
The Burlington carried via Billings
two trains. While railroad men anti
cipated a heavy movement today,
they are appalled, at the future out
look. They say the movement will
be much larger tomorrow. Five hun
dred settlers went to Manitoba and
| 500 to North Dakota.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-03-08
WILL LEND SHAMROCK.
Upton Willing to Allow His Boat to
Be Manned by American Crew.


Be Manned by American Crew.
New York, March &c. w. Post
who offered to charter Shamrock H.
in order to race her against the Col
umbia, the Shamrock to have an
American and the Columbia to have
an English crew, has received letter
from Sir Thomas Upton, saying, in
part:
81 will not accept the charter of
Shamrock II, as you so kindly offer,
but l will let you have the use of her
during the coming season without
charge, on condition that you fit her
out in racing form and pay all ex-
penses for the racing season.
81 do not wish to discourage you
but feel certain that the Columbia
would lick you"
Mr.. Post said that to race both boats
with American crews would not de
eide whether American or British
yachtsmen were superior. He main
tanned, he said, that American crews
could get better results from the
Shamrock and that an English crew
would get less speed from the Colum
bia. He believed that under these
conditions the Shamrock would win
He said he would send a representa-
tive to London to complete arrange
ments with Sir Thomas Upton.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-03-08
The Umbrella Plant.

AS a window pant for amateurs the
umbrella plant, Cyperus alternifolius,
offers several advantages. 1t is nearly
as ornamental as a palm, though Of
much more simple culture and rapid
growth. 1t is comparatively free from
insects and will thrive in sunless
window. An abundance of root mois-
ture and the foliage kept free from
dust are the prime requisites. The
roots should never be allowed to be-
come dry. A very satisfactory method
of growing is to pot in rich, alluvial
soil and inclose the porous clay pot
in a jardiniere of water. Thus the
necessary moisture is always at hand,
says a correspondent of Meehan's
Monthly.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-03-08
RATES ARE LOWERED.
Freight From Butte to This City to
Be Hauled Cheaper

Archibald Gray, assistant freight
agent of the Great Northern, this
week announced reduction in
freight rates between Kalispell and
Columbia Falls. Heretofore there
have been four classes, the rate for
which was as follows: First, 1927;
second, $1.9S; third $1.59; fourth,
$1.39.
The new rates are as follows:
First, $1.95; second, $1.6S; third,
$1.37; fourth, $1.16.
The object of the reduction is to
enable Butte jobbers to do business
in the Columbia Falls and Kalispell
districts, which they claim they could
not do before on account of the pre-
vailing high freight rate.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-03-08

Both the banks of this city have
posted notices that hereafter they
will not accept Canadian currency
except at a discount of one per cent.
Previous to the publishing of the no
tice they have been taking the cur
rency at par, but claim that on &C
count of the expense of converting it
into United States money, it was a
losing investment
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-03-08
KILLED BY THE CARS.
Japanese Section Man Meets Death
at Essex.

Japanese section MAN MeetS peath
at Essex.
A Japanese section man was in
stantly killed by the cars near Essex
Wednesday afternoon. While stand
ing on box car on the side track
the switch engine struck the car and
he was thrown to the rails by the
shock The cars passed over him,
cutting off his leg and mangling his
body in horrible manner,
The unfortunate man was paced in
a way car and brought to this city
for medical treatment, but after be-
ing taken to the hospital he died of
his injuries before a doctor could
reach him. The body was buried
Thursday from McMahons undertake
ing rooms.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-03-08
MONEY FOR THE SCHOOLS.
Superintendent of Schools has APP
portoned the School Funds.

Fannie L. Spurck this week com
plted the apportionment of the state
and county school moneys among the
different school districts in F'lathead
county. Following is the number of
districts, the number of pupils and
the amount each district will receive:
PunilS Amount
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-03-08
FOR SALE.

About 10 head of range cattle will
be sold cheap if taken at once. Terms
reasonable. Inquire of A. w. Stahl,
Kalispell, or Stahl Bros. MarstoL.
Mont.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-03-08

For Sale-A new five room house,
cheap for cash, or will trade for lum-
Der or timber. See e. M. Bader, P.
o. Box IT'S.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-03-08

For Sale-Cheap, one team and har-
ness, $3.50; one team and harness,
$3.50; saddle horse, sos also buggy,
with harness and one saddle. Geo.
T. Mayberry, eight miles north.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-03-08

Sixth annual ball of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen, April
l. Don't forget it. The success of
the year.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-03-08
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OUR NATIVE PLUMS.
Becoming More Popular Every Year.
Growing and Marketing.

Becoming More Popular Every Year.
Growing and Marketing.
Native plums are looking up, in the
estimation of the horticulturists. Com
mending them in Rural New Yorker,
f. Cranefield of Wisconsin tells how
an Iowa man, who has produced many
of the best varieties of native plums
now on the market, grows them:
AS the seeding plum trees are plant
ed six feet apart each way for econo-
my of space and after the second year
cultivation is impracticable, the or
chards have been heavily mulched So
far this has proved highly satisfactory
in all respects. Marsh hay has been
largely used formulating as well as 9TH
er coarse material free from weed seed.
This method has also been employed
in the older orchards. 1t is necessary
to renew the mulch once a year in or
der to keep down weeds and grass.
A space of about 20 by 100 feet was
heavily mulched about four inches)
last spring with cinders. This seems
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-03-08

Mrs. w. H. Ribelin, teacher of pi-
ano and organ; Diploma from To
ronto (Canada) Conservatory of Mu-
sic Rates, 35c for 80 minutes. Resi-
dence No. 81 Third avenue east.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-03-08

Furniture for Sale-Two iron beds
springs, dresser, etc. Jones, Second
avenue west, south of Ninth street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-06
LOOKING FOR AN ANGEL.

MASSACHUSETTS WIFE IS evil
Il IDENTIFY looking for an angel. Ger
tainly no mere man win ever be
found who fulhlls all the requirements
she laid down for her husband. The
records show that the poor fellow
tried. and tried honestly. but he
couldn't MI the bill. so he quit. The
wife brought suit for divorce. and in
court her orders to her husband were
read. Then the Judge decided that the
man had a right TO depart. and that
no divorce should be granted the COM
plainant.
Here are a few OF the woman's COM
mandments:
Get Up at 5 O'Clock without my calling
you.
Provide material for one cake a week.
Provide material for pies each week.
Twenty-Five cents worth OF beef Tues
Clothes for YOU mat viii make you at
tractlve and clean.
No vulgar or profane language at all
Go TO church and sunday school and
there.
Take bath all over once a week.
Was ever a poor husband pushed up
against Il harder? The idea OF get
ting up at 5 o'clock without being
called Is enough 10 chill the warmest
heart. Add to that cake and pie ma
terial and beef twice a week and II
win be seen that the woman's de-
mands ara simply insufferable Then,
above and beyond al. the bath all
over" once a week Is it surprising
that the husband ran away?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-06
unela charlev,g Eel STORY.

The editor remembered that Uncle
Charlie Petersen PLAYED sun same Oh
poker when the international yacnt races
were on. and he was the very man 70 see.
AT The Highlands OF Navesink Uncle
Charlie Petersen does all sorts OF stunts,
When Sir Thomas Linton brought his
Shamrock / over Petersen was the man
who rowed out 70 the newspaper CORE
sDondents in his big re"poat sot the
n2Ws scaled up IN poN and many
swan ashore with it. lie IS a great, Dig,
powerfully built chap. as he needs be 10
row boat in those waters. IN WINTER ne
bs1lds bulkhsads for Uncle sam ana IN
GUNNER ne can be found with his shoes
of al the boat house just below the
steamboat landing at the Highlands OF
Nayesink. At night he reads the SPORT
ing pages of the New York papers.
This is Uncle Charlie Petersen, WHO
was TO tell about the migratory habits
Of the eel. Uncle Charlie stopped talking
tong enough TO pun up porgy. taken on
an eel hook. When he rebaited the hook
for the boy ne commenced 20 talk again.
Before he got far the reporter asked
him to have a cigar.
Thanks (Five-cent straight.)
Il was at Hodgenville. KY" he con-
tinued. where people think that theirs
Is the best state. theirs the best county,
theirs the best family"
Have a light?'
'No. thank We. / think I'll smoke this
later. As / was saylng-let me see-Oh.
yes. the Rolling Fork river overflowed
its banks during a freshet and covered
the first floor OF a dlstillery. The fish
got drunk. Nobody fished. IL was too
funny. the antics they cut up. Farmers
from all around came 10 town with pitch
forks and carried loads and loads OF fish
away. There was one big eel that"
But YOU promised 10 tell something
about the migratory habits of the eel Is
IL true that"
Looks like a storm" said Uncle
Charlie. Guess we'd better pull up and
go home" cThis to the boy) The boy
drew up his line. He had fished an hour
and caught but two little cells and a
porgy. Uncle Charlie got down 20 the
oars and got in Just in time 10 reach the
landing. where he found an umbrella. As
Uncle Charlie. the boy and the reporter
walked to the station the reporter was
heard to say between the drops:
How about cells? Is IL true that"
Uncle Charlie had pulled out his red
handkerchief and was making violent Sig
nails to the engineer to stop the train
The train was tagged. The reporter
was hustled on board.
Come down agaiR. old man." Uncle
Charlie was saying TO the reporter
"Good-bv. But is il true that"
And then the train pulled out
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-06
UNJUST uHIoNusm.


ABOR LEADERS often do very fool
II ish things and thereby bring their
organizations into disrepute and dis
favor among thoughtful people. One
OF the latest breaks is tie action Of 500
union miners OF the Tennessee Coal
company, who struck because the COM
pany refused 10 withhold 81 a week
from the pay OF a man who declined TO
contribute that amount to the Penn
syivania anthracite strikers. The cor
poration. in this instance. is clearly in
the right.
The proper way to have reached the
case would have been for the union 70
expel the member who refused 10 con-
tribute and then asked the company
70 discharge him. II the rules OF the
union made no provision for expulsion
in such cases the company was as
suredly not to blame. The strikers
VIII not receive any sympathy from
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-06

the public and they are not entitled to
any sympathy.
There was another fool strike in New
Jersey a few days since. E. c. Ben
edict, banker. has an old family serv-
ant who does odd jobs about the place.
Having nothing else for the man 10 do.
Mr.. Benedict started him at trifiing
bit of painting. The Painters' union
demanded his immediate discharge.
and when Mr.. Benedict declined to
comply all the union men who We're
doing other work for Mr.. Benedict
struck
There should be a reasonable limit
to the demands of unionism as well as
TO the demands of capital. In nearly
every instance the hearts of the peo-
pie beat in sympathy with the laboring
man. but the latter has no right 20 ex-
pect sympathy when he becomes an
arrogant master.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-06

THE HERALD has received a
pamphlet which purports to give
reasons why the tax on whisky should
be reduced. Not one Of them is sound.
The tax on whisky is too low instead Of
too high. II II could be increased 10
the point where it would be necessary
for those who sell II 20 treble prices TO
the man who drinks it. the entire coun-
try would be that much better off.
It is clear that If whisky cost %
cents a drink instead Of only half that
amount. a great deal less OF it would
be drunk The man who takes two
drinks at the prevailing schedule could
take only one-that is. figuring in the
interest OF men who spend for whisky
more than they can afford to spend.
II would be even better If the price
could be advanced to 800 a drink, be-
cause in that event the evil might be
done away with almost altogether.
Whisky is not a necessity. The wild
est advocate of the use of intoxicants
cannot successfully defend so absurd a
claim. Men who drink it under the
impression that il is necessary to their
well being would be UNNECESSARILY bet
ter OFF with cup OF tea or coffee.
Whisky has caused more vice. more
crime. more hunger. more heartache,
than any other agency the world has
ever known.
II the millions upon millions OF dol
lars that are annually worse than
wasted in the purchase of whisky in
the United States could be converted
into legitimate channels, our poor
houses and orphan asylums would have
far fewer inmates and our national
prosperity would be of the real and en-
during brand. In all conscience II is
easy enough now TO purchase whisky.
Men who haven't the money to buy
food for their families are able to buy
whisky for themselves.
The natural sequence OF a reduction
in the whisky tax would be a cheap
ening OF the product so that more weak
individuals would be able to go speedier
ways toward drunkards' graves. The
Herald hopes the reduction movement
VIII gain no Roadway. The men who
make and sell whisky are amply able
to pay the present tax. They should
pay heavy penalty for the homes
they destroy. for the children that go
hungry through their business" for
the dishonored graves they I'LL.