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Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-19
NAMES FAIR COMMISSION.
Governor TOoIe Selects Prominent Mon
tanans to Look After Exhibit at
st. Louis Fair.

Despite the fact that the legislature
adjourned without taking any steps
looking to representation at the Louis
ana Purchase exposition at St. Louis
next year, Montana is certain to be
represented there in manner entirely
fitting the position of the state. All
over the state there have been, since the
adjournment of the legislature, express
sions on the part of prominent citizens
that the state should not be urirepre-
sented, and there have been proffers of
financial aid in number of instances.
This movement was given definite
shape Saturday when Governor Toole
issued proclamation naming an hon
orary worlds fair commission consist
ing of IS members, the first five on the
list being the same as were named in
the senate amendment to the house
worlds fair bill. The proclamation of
the governor follows:
Whereas, The eighth Legislative as
sembly of Montana adjourned without
making an appropriation to insure the
representation of the state at the St.
Louis Louisiana Purchase exposition,
in May, 1904, and
"Whereas, 1t was manifest that both
branches of the legislature and the peo-
pie at large were in favor of being rep
resented and of making liberal APP
preparation therefor, the only differ
ence between the two houses relating
to the manner of appointing the COM
mission; and
"Whereas, It is desirable that the
wishes of the people respecting prop
| er representation of this state and its
resources should be made at st. Louis
at said exposition, if possible; now,
therefore I, Joseph K. Toole, governor
of the state of Montana, reposing spec
ial confidence in the ability and integ-
rity of w. G. Conrad, Lee Mantle, II.
L. Frank, Paul Mccormick, Martin
Maginnis, B. F. White, f. A. Heinze,
William Sca1lon, c. w. Hoffman, J.
H. Rice, Conrah Kohrs, d. r. Peeler,
G. j. Mcnamara, A. J. Davidson and
L. Greenough, hereby appoint them as
honorary commissioners to make al
necessary arrangements for the collec
ton and installation Of such exhibits
as to them will seem expedient ant
proper, exemplifying the history ant
varied resources Of the state of Mon
tana at said exposition; to appoint thei1
own alternates, to solicit and receive
all subscriptions for said exposition
to expend and dishurse the same, AND
control the exhibit of the state as fully
to all intents and purposes as if they
had been thereunto specially authorized
by law. 1t is understood, however
that the creation of such does not imply
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-19
FREE SEEDS.
Montana Experiment Station viii Supply
Grain and Potatoes for Test Purposes.


Grain and Potatoes for Test Purposes.
An offer is made by the experimental
station to the farmers of Montana that
should be eagerly accepted by those of
them who are interested in improving
the quality and the yield of their pro-
duCe.
The Montana experiment station has
for several years carried on expert
ments in testing many varieties of field
grains, grasses and potatoes. The
purpose of this work was to gather
from every source promising varieties
of seeds and grains and to test their
adaptability to Montana conditions in
comparison with the we'll established
varieties now grown. 1t is recognized
that the various valleys of the state
represent very different climatic condi-
tions, and the station cannot be certain
that the variety that does well on the
Gallatin valley farm will do equally
we'll in other parts of the state.
For the past four years the expert
ment station has grown from 80 to so
varieties of wheat IS to 80 varieties of
barley, Is to 40 varieties of oats and
six to eight varieties of potatoes. From
these have been selected IS varieties
that are deemed worthy of trial by
the farmers of the state. 1t therefore
offers, free of charge, the following
varieties of grain and potatoes as long
as the supply may last, subject to the
conditions given below:
Spring wheat, four yarieties-Opal,
Pringle's Champion, Chilli, Kubanka.
Oats, two varieties-SwediSh Select,
Nameless Beauty.
Peas, one variety-Golden Vine.
Barley, three vareties-NeW Zea-
land two rowed), White Hulless, Black
Hulless.
Potatoes, five varieties-Lee's Favor
ite (medium early, White Main Qate),
Six Week Market (ear1y), Early Ohio
(early), Acme early.
The conditions governing this gift by
the experiment station and the test that
is to follow are:
Frst-Twenty pounds of each variety
of grain will be sent, but not more than
four varieties of grain and two of pota-
toes will be sent to one person.
Second-The person sending for the
grain must pay the freight charges.
Third-The results obtained from the
growth of the crop must be reported on
blanks furnished by the experiment
station, said blanks to be returned to
the experiment station not later than
November /.
Besides doing a good work for the
state in testing those varieties, the op-
portunity of obtaining new and proba-
bly, valuable varieties of grains is an
important consideration.
All communications regarding this
matter should be addressed to +. B.
Linfield, agriculturist, Montana eX-
pertinent station, Bozeman, Mont.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-19

mers, who, with an unlimited water
supply ana productive lands will ma
terially add in the development of it's
resources and a settlement of the coun-
try by wel1-to-do and substantial far
mers.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-19

mdIS WSIC All1cu, ScItlilS IOTln lndC ne
is resident stock grower and tax
payer on live stock in said county, Civ
ing his postoffice address and stating
that he is personally acquainted with
the person presenting the skin or skins,
and to his own knowledge, information
and belief, said person did kill the an
ima1s from which the skin or skins
were taken, within 90 days preceding
the offering of such skins for bounty in
the locality, and within the county
where said bounty inspector resides,
and at the same time make out and de-
liver to said person a certificate ad-
dressed to the county clerk of his coun-
ty, showing the date, number and kind
of skins so marked by such severing,
and the name of the person presenting
the fact of the filing of the affidavit
herein provided for, and the examina-
ton made as required; and said certifi-
cate shall be duly signed by him in
his official capacity, Provided, that
when any doubt shall exist as to the
kind of skin or skins presented, wheth-
er wolf or coyote, the certificate shall
be issued for the lesser bounty, and
each bounty inspector shall keep a rec
ord in bound book, of all the skins so
marked and severed, showing the date,
number and kinds, the names of the
persons presenting the same, which
book shall be book of official record;
and the bounty inspector shall immed-
lately destroy by fire, the pieces of
skin or skins SO severed by him. The
bounty inspector shall, at the close of
each month, render 70 the county clerk
resides, areport setting forth the names
of the persons presenting the skins, the
kind and number of skins so presented,
as to each and every certificate which
he has issued during the month preced-
ing his report The county clerk shall
upon the receipt of each SAID certificate,
make out and deliver to the person
named in said certi 6cate, a second GER
tifcate, showing the number and kind
of skins SO marked by such severing,
the name of the person presenting such
bounty inspectors certificate, and said
county clerk shall keep a record in d
bound book of all certificates so receiv.
ed and issued, showing the date, Il
description of the number and kind o1
hides and the name of the person pre-.
sentlng the same which book shall be
an official record.
Section S. That section 3O73 of the
political code be and the same is here
by amended SO as to read as follows:
Section 1913. Should any clerk OF
bounty inspector have reason to believe
that any person presenting the skin OF
skins as above provided, has evadeC
the provisions of this act to obtain thu
bounty unlawful1y, he shall require
satisfactory evidence of the time, place
and manner of the killing of said ami.
NAL OF animals.
Section 6. That section 3076 of tn.
political code be and the same is here
by amended SO as to read as follows.
Section 5O76. It shall be the duty O
the board of county commissioners, O
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-19

any authority upon the part of the COM
mission to make liable the state to re-
imburse any subscriber for any sum
by him subscribed"
1t is expected that in a short time a
meeting of the commission will be
called.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-19
MONEY FOR THE SCHOOLS

More Than Two thousand Dollars AppOr-
toned to the Districts of the County.
Miss Gertrude M. Higgins, county
superintendent of schools, yesterday
completed her apportionment of 81, 794,
Rosebud county's portion of the state
school fund, together with 1854. 81 from
other sources, making a total of So, 478.-
81.
According to the census, there are
672 children in Rosebud county, and
the per capita is nearly $50. The
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
business was modestEv begun.

business was mOdeStly begun.
Colonel Irwin died not long after the
| establishment of his business in the
city, his death having been the result
of injuries he sustained in the Revo-
lutionary war The business was at
tended to by Mrs. Irwin, who is said
to have been u woman of extraordinary
energy and ability. Later her son as
sisted her, and the business was car
ried on under the firm name of Mary
& John Irwin.
In 1895 the ropewalk was removed
to the square bounded by Liberty ave
nue., Third and Fourth streets and Re
doubt alley. The product turned out
by the Irwins was of a good quality
and was in great demand. The bust
ness grew, and soon it was necessary
to remove the walk to a place where
more ground was available. Conse-
quently in 1912 the works were re-
moved to a site on the bank of the
Allegheny river near the Point.
Soon after this last removal there
came one day to call on Mrs. Irwin a
boyish looking fellow who introduced
himself as Oliver II. Perry. He said
that he was building q fleet of war
vessels on the shore of Lake Erie and
that he would require a considerable
quantity of cordage to equip his feet.
Mrs. Irwin made a contract with the
youthful naval officer, and in due time
the cordage was all finished and deliv-
cred to Commodore Perry.
The amount of rope in this famous
order was not great compared with
that which is now used in fitting out
our modern sea monsters of ships, but
for the day and the place the order
was notable one. When the entire or
der was completed. Mrs. Irwin, who,
though we'll up in years was still In
terested in business and was intensely
patriotic, gave personal supervision to
the inspection and packing of the goods.
They were taken by way Of the Allie
gheny valley, part way by boats and
part way overland, to the famous bay
on the south shore of Lake Erie where
the impatient Perry was busily engag-
ed in getting his little feet ready for
the coming battle which was to mean
so much for the American cause. In
short time the ropes were all fitted to
their places, and the fleet set sail.
What happened at Put-in-Bay on that
famous day of Sept 10, 1913. is known
to every American. 1t was from one of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
Christmas in
Business Life
Custom of Merchants and Bankers. Who
Award Employees.

mas spirit Is not wholly oOiiterated.
For ten days the store is kept open un-
Ill 10 o'clOci; III the evening. and for
this work after regular hours tie sales
people receive IL commission on their
sales instead of fixed wages for over
time. Last year saleswomen made as
much as 500, SO ana $iO0 on these
holiday commissions.
One New York merchant has for
many years presided over Il Christmas
gathering of his entire force. The Gus
tom, begun when less than 100 guests
were eligible. is maintained now when
1000 employees, from managers TO cash
boys. meet on equal footing for one
night of the year and listen TO the sim
cere greeting and recognition of loyal
service which are spoken by the pro-
prietor as the head of the table. This
traditional observance has done much
to inspire in this force a notable esprit
de corps. 1t is a genuine Christmas
festival.
In the words OF a humble tOiler Of
the house: 1T doesn't help pay my bills
and it doesn't raise my wages, but the
dinner is the real thing, for to hear the
old man talk of his start as an GRAND
boy in a country store and how he
fought his way up to the top makes
him one of us. And when we wish him
Merry Christmas thousand strong,
a good many of us mean it, and I think
lie does when he shouts it back"
In one commission house, whose his
tory is part of the coffee trade for
four generations, the present partners
are two brothers. both bachelors, who
have added wealth to inherited for
tunes. 1t has been their custom since
they succeeded in control Of the house
to present each OF their clerks with a
Christmas gift, sometimes equal to half
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12

his yearly salary. The amounts are
not fixed, however, and unlike most re-
wards of this kind the partners take
into account not only the services rem
dered, but also the personal needs of
the recipient. In other words, the
friendly interest is not bounded by the
office walls, and the brothers find
quiet pleasure in investigating the con-
ditions which please or worry the young
men who work for them. One of them
who told me this story said:
IF one of the office staff is single and
is able to live comfortably on his sal
airy he may get $500 for Christmas,
while a young fellow who was threat
ening matrimony last year was handed
a check for $1,000, and an old gray
haired clerk who is supporting u sister
and a half dozen of her children and
has other relatives hanging on his coat
tails got $1,000 when his salary is only
$500, which is all he is worth to the
firm. OF course, good work and loyalty
are counted in. and it's Il system of re-
ward and merit, but it is finely tenn
pered with human interest" These
gifts are distributed with a formal
courtesy and a personal greeting that
make of this office the reception room
of Il host and his guests for brief time
on the day before Christmas.
Wall street is lavish in its gifts when
the stock market is free with its favors,
and last year made a high water mark
for this form of distribution. a con-
sentative estimate is that bankers and
brokers gave away $l,000,000 in re-
wards to employees, and in the Stock
Exchange $4,000 was raised for its
working force. These gifts included
$1,000 gold certificates in one house and
an entire years salary to employees of
more than one bank. While such mu
nificence made one joyful Christmas.
failure to equal it this year will spoil
many holidays. Such magnificent gen
crosby has its flaw. as shown by the
lament of one favored bank clerk:
1T was wonderful Christmas last
wear. l received il whole years sal
airy. and 1 had been with the firm only
Que wear, and L was so happy when
went home that 1 did not bother TO
criticise the fact that the salary was
in Steel stock at the market rate My
wife and l were beside ourselves plan
ming Il country cottage, the dream OF
our lives, and of course when Steel be-
gan 10 slump we held on and hoped
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12

for an Upward turn and are still hold
ing ON. My Christmas present has
shrunk, and our dream is smashed, and
all 1 ask of Krlss Kringle this year is
that he will restore my last years pres
ent to its original size"
In the same institution there was an
employee whose Christmas gift had
the saving grace of individual consider
alton. He was a bookkeeper, nearly
forty years in harness, and he had been
overlooked in former years of fairness
in Wall street, except for a customary
and unyarying ten dollar gold piece.
Several days before Christmas last year
the office became agitated with rumors
of an unprecedented flood of good for
tune. The old bookkeeper tried to keep
calm, but his hopes ran riot, and the
day before Christmas found him in a
nervous furry He saw his fellow en-
pIoyees called into the cashiers office
one by one, each returning with a
sealed envelope The bookkeeper wait
ed for his summons, but it came not.
Even the office boys emerged biting
new gold pieces to test them, and the
roll was complete an hour before the
bookkeeper summoned courage to send
in an inquiry whether a mistake had
been made in the case of Mr.. Blank
and whether an envelope had been
overlooked. The answer was:
'"There is no envelope for Mr.. Blank,
but the president wishes to see him for
q moment"
The bookkeeper saw only one inter
probation. This meant his discharge
for failing efficiency. He fairly tot
tered into the sanctum, pitiful figure
of panic fear.
''Sit down, Mr.. Blank" said the pres
ident. Il have omitted your name in
the list of Christmas rewards for faith
full service, and 1 regret that the bank
will have to find another man to fill
your position after tomorrow. Com
pose yourself, sir; tears are undignitied
in this office. You should know better
after being here for so long term of
service. Don't go. 1 have a few words
more to say before you leave. The di-
rectorS have decided to retire you on
full pay for the rest of your life, and
the years salary will be paid you in
advance. This does not establish n
ruinous precedent, for employees with
thirty-eight years of faithful service to
their credit are not sprinkled very
plentifully through Wall street"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
a sunnressed Tennxnon Poem.

In Harper's Magazine for December
]. G. Thomson has collected a large
number of Tennyson's suppressed
poems, some of surprising beauty. OF
the one quoted below and referring di-
rectly to America Mr.. Thomson right
~ asks, What reason can Tennyson
have had for suppressing such stanzas
as these:
Gigantic daughter of the west,
We drink to thee across the flood;
We know thee most. we love thee best,
For art thou not of British blood?
Should wars mad blast again be blown,
Permit not thou the tyrant powers
To fight thy mother here alone,
But let thy broadsides roar with ours.
Oh, rise our strong Atlantic sons,
When war against our freedom springs
Oh. speak to Europe through your guns!
They can be understood by kings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
PITTSBURG CORDAGE
1T WAS A FACTOR IN PERRY'S GREAT
VICTORY ON LAKE ERIE.

The Vessels of the Famous Naval
HerO's Fleet Were Equipped With
Rope manufactured In the Then
Little More Than village.
While Pittsburg and vicinity figured
prominently in the early history of the
republic, the city has never laid claim
to any great share of the victories
achieved by Americans in the war Of
1872 because most of the engagements
of that conflict took place on the wa
ter. But, an inland town and almost
village, as it was at that time, Pitts
burg contributed materially toward
the notable victory of Oliver II. Perry
on Lake Erie Sept. 10, 1913. In Pitts
burg were manufactured the ropes
that were required in the equipment Of
Perrys famous feet.
This was the first instance that has
been placed on record of Pittsburg's
having furnished the equipment of q
feet of war for the government, but
since that time the Smoky City has al
ways held a prominent place in the
building of vessels of war. Those craft
of Perry's, of course, were only wooden
affairs, and the amount of iron about
them was very small. With the evolu-
ton in the construction of war vessels
came also the development of indus
tries in Pittsburg, so that now. by the
manufacture of armor plate for Uncle
Sans ships, the city still sustains its
reputation which was started in such
a humble way in 1913 by furnishing q
quantity of rope for Perry's fleet on
Lake Erie.
The ropemaking industry was begun
in Pittsburg in 1904, and the first one
to engage extensively in the business
was Colonel John Irwin, a Revolution
airy soldier, who ives severely wound
ed in the battle of Paoli. After peace
was declared he started in the business
in Pittsburg and at the same time es-
tablished the first ropewalk west of the
Allegheny mountains. His place Of
business was located on the site for so
many years since occupied by the IA
nous old hotel, the Monongahela House.
Here, where since presidents, kings and
princes have been entertained, the rope
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
Ends In Mems Clothes.

The London tailOrS are doing every
thing they can to induce their custom
ers to use colored material for evening
clothes, says the New York World.
Shades of blue, green, crimson and
plum, which look we'll by artificial light,
and browns are worn. Yet few men
have the courage to identify themselves
with the innovation, which has a tend
ency to make them look like flunkies.
Tight wasted, double breasted over
coats with bold lapels are being worn
by dressy Londoners, chiefly in gray.
Thescraze for loud" fancy waistcoats
continues
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
Custom of

The following is taken from an article
on the observance of Christmas in bust
ness circles by Ralph ID. Paine in the
Worlds Work for December:
Last year the owner of one of the
largest department stores in the coun-
try expanded his customary system of
rewards by giving $50 to each of the
drivers of his delivery wagons. There
were $50 of them, and they received
$4,000. They were paid for their over
time, but their work was so uncommon
ly arduous that they deserved some
thing more. and it came to them as a
surprise In the height of the rush the
10000 packages daily. On the day be
fore Christmas 100000 patrons visited
the store, and it was promised that all
purchases, including pianos, made be-
fore o'clock at night should be deliv-
cred at their homes before breakfast
Christmas morning. This immense I'M
dertaklng was accomplished, and it was
loyalty as well as wages that inspired
these drivers TO make good the promise
of their employer. To them the extra
fifty dollar checks came as wealth I'M
fOreSeen and were accepted in the true
spirit of Christmas. The Christmas
spirit was in this transaction, although
the employer was paying for value re-
ceived, and this year he will similarly
surprise some other column of his vast
army of industry.
This proprietor has on his payrOlls
during Christmas time more than H.
COO employees, and system is in Oper-
alton whereby the majority of them re
ceive extra money in the holiday sea-
son. 1t is in payment of extra services,
yet it is so distributed that the Christ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
CYCLONE CELLARS.
Illinois Farmers Build Places of Ref
uge and School Children Drill.

Illinois Farmers Build Places of Ref
uge and School Children Drill.
No more will the Illinois farmers
poke fun at Kansas and Nebraska on
account of the custom of those states
of providing themselves with cyclone
cellars, says Mendoza Qll) dispatch
to the Chicago Record Herald.
The farmers of Bureau county, in
several localities at least, have been
busy all fall building the most modern
structure of this kind on record. The
fury of the storms that visited that 10
cality last summer is still fresh in the
minds of everybody. and some of the
farmers are pieiing up cyclone drift
yet.
Not long ago Il schOolteacher at Da-
Wis Junction, fearing for the safety of
her flock of pupils, had one of these
handy contrivances built, the farmer
directors being easy to convince that
the thing was needed, and every now
and then the teacher has Il cyclone
drill, in which the whole school sud
denly leaves the building and takes to
the adjoining hole in the ground.