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The Butte inter mountain., 1903-01-01
EARLY NEWSPAPER DAYS IN THE GREATEST OF CAMPS
Greer the Miner Of the
dA Men
Was

would yield his purse usually
severely straitened and comfort
unfortunately. But for his long
and persistent practice at the bar,
where barleycorn ruled in convival sway,
Chauncy's cheerful face and hearty laugh
might still be features OF Butte. lie hus-
tied business and ileeting news items for
the hillside publication.
Returning to the subject OF the Miner
Office, a very quiet reserved, saturnine man
by the name of George 3. Johnson was its
editor and founder in 1870 he was man
Of strong convictions and positive Ian
guagc by his ioreeful writing he built the
paper up TO he a strong political factor,
easily pushing the publication to the lead
ing place on the west side of the range.
But the foul and stuiiy air OF the sanctum
was too much for his naturally bilious.
consumptive tendencies, so he resigned
from the battered and shattered tripod,
sometimes otherwise called the editorial
chair, TO be not long afterwards borne TO
the city OF the dead in the valley at the
foot OF the hill
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-01-01
A iHlGH-MlNDED MAN
AND A GOOD CITIZEN

Mr.. Lockley was, socially, a genial
high-minded man and citizen. He after
wards located at Salem, Ore, from whence
he paid Butte a visit during the past
summer. lie was a pleasing writer in
well-beaten lines, but true to his native
characteristic of Scotch tenacty, dues-
tions had TO mold themselves to his STAN
dards-he would not yield-he would
travel first, and he did.
Many amusing things and experiences
might be related of incidents and events
that reeled themselves OFF in and about
the Inter Mountain Office in those carly
days, but space forbids. Nobody eScept
the man who has really breathed the sane
tilted aid OF newspaper office through
full term can realize the comedy-drama
and tragedy-that fit into the business
and then fit out again. sometimes in rapid
succession The lights and shadows
reflected and detected from busy, sor-
rowing joyous, elated, detected, success
full and unsuccessful world pass in vary
ing ebb and flow through the columns of
the public press. The cradle, the altar
and the tomb each make their announce
mcnts by this method, while old Father
Time hustles away, leaving history in his
watp
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-01-01

II anything he was heavier than at first.
There are regular hours for the three
meals givens each day but no regular
hours for going to bed and getting up.
Everybody is his own judge of how much
sleep he needs. Seldom are complaints
made by any reasonable person with re-
gard to the Jail management, and alto
gether those inside get along well together
and with those who lock them in"
Jailer May is one of tn emost efficient
officers in the service Of the county and
he will continue in service under the i'll
coming administration. He has wide
circle of friends who are pleased to hear
of his continued advancement in public
life.
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-01-01

manipulated tho dminutive pleas of
antimony for many weeks but observing
that the carriers route was indifferently
handled, one day put in an application to
Lee Mantle, who was its business manager,
to turn the whole proposition over to me.
He wrestled a while longer with S. A.
Kennicott, who at that time was book.
keeper, "crculator" and general fac
totum of the institution, but finally. with
trepidation and fear. Mantle informed me
/ could take whirl at the proposition.
He gave rue half Of what the route would
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-01-01

typos gave me in the way OF "subbing; !"
having a family to support work was an
absolute necessity SO that anything that
was offered from the cellar to the garnet
was eagerly accepted.
Later, Judge Lippncott blew into the
sanctum, and together we "subbcd" for
some months The town was growing
rapidly, work increased and we kept our
noses in the spacc-box pretty regularly
after Christmas. 1t might be said in pass
ing that beside Lippincott and myself none
OF the printers working in Butte AT that
time are still here. although Monteath,
who had a permanent position on the
Miner at that time, has only recently left
tnvn
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-01-01
BUTTE JAIL rs THE
BIG ONE OF THE STATE

"This is the big Jail of the state said
Jailer May, as he spat refectively at a
cuspidor eight feet away and made CEN
ter shot. It's the only one in the state
that has capacity of an even hundred
prisoners. Those who built it seemed to
estimate the needs of the community pref
ty well, for its capacity has never been
taxed so greatly but what we could not
accommodate all who came and guess
it will be large enough to hold the busi-
ness for couple OF years longer at least.
"The main Jail has two decks Of cells,
four corridors in all and here the male
prisoners are confined. Then there is the
witness room where witnesses held to tes-
tify are kept, and downstairs is the wo-
mans department. Altogether. the jail IS
the most commodious that the state af-
fords; other jais in other states have
greater capacity but Montana has no need
for county Jail that will hold more than
100 prisoners, They don't come in droves
here as they do in some places.
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-01-01

ositon, a few years of which generally
either makes an invalid Of him or drives
him into some other line of business.
There is much OF sadness in recalling the
names and what became of many of the
old-tme friends, associates and co-workers
in the printing Offices. The experiences of
many OF them have been sad and sombre-
some have joined 'the innumerabe cara
van that moves to the pale realms of
shade" while some few have had their
lines cast in pleasant places. There is
sort of free masonry existing in the craft
gardless of the pickering and tilts they
give and take in public discussions and
seeming quarrels.
! remember well a strike which occurred
in the Miner Office in the fall of 1881, |
believe, during which all of the printers
formerly employed there refused to work
unless the question of higher wages were
acceded to. We union printers were
"scabbed" by two sneaks from New York
state, who were out of job one from
Deer Lodge and a muscular pickup from
neighboring ranch. Union sentiment was
not as strong in Butte then as now, so
that instead Of a banner declaring the Of
fee unfair being carried back and forth
in front Of the place, the regular editions
came out about as usual beyond receiving
some passing sympathy from our several
friends and sharp curtaiment of our
credit for beefsteak and -four, that strike
ended about as others at that time did !;
some OF the boys journeyed to other fields,
| went prospecting and hat-broke at one
and the same stroke, and the Miner pur-
sued about its usual jaunt. That settled
my typesetting in that Office, principally,
l suppose because the management did
not take kindly to any Of the men who
were engaged in the walkout
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-01-01

ed, in this unconventional, free-for-all
sort of community, newspaper man."
Being of advanced years and rigid in his
adherence to formerly conceived ideas he
could never overcome his British educa-
tion in favor of the gold standard. II
was then that the free silver craze was
coming on, and, naturally enough, before
national political platforms had begun to
expound the orthodox party doctrine on
the question, Butte, being a large silver
producer, was in favor Of giving the
white metal the same show at the United
States mnts as gold had. But Mr.. L.
would have none Of it. He would write
in favor of the gold standard, no mattes
whose OK was gored, and write for it he
did until the end of his editorial career
in Butte. Finally the issue grew to be
so hot that a change had to be made, and
Mr.. Read adjusted his shoulders to the
weight and burdens of the position.
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-01-01

balance of us nomadic typos simply bent
our energies towards pulling type out Of
the boxes and running our eyesight de-
ciphering the wretched manuscript served
up as news at the breakfast table next
morning.
1t was at this same period that John B.
Read began his career in the business.
AT that time the mining news of Butte was
readily obtainable from the different
mines of Butte Ga feature that appears to
have fallen into disuse in later years., and
il was quite the usual thing to see Mr..
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-01-01
HE SERVED MOSTLY IN
BUSINESS Department

During the most of the time / was con-
nected with the Inter Mountain, cover
ing period from the spring Of 1882 to
the Ist OF December, 1884,, | was in the
business department. Having taken
practical and vigorous course in every
part of the business, however, | was oft
en- called upon to fill temporary gap in
any part OF the Office. The printing bust
ness has a decided charm for one of Bo-
hemian tastes. SO that il was not with
out much feeling and regret that | closed
a period when leaving the Inter Noun
tain, OF II years experience, reaching
over a number OF Western states, and in
eluding in the category the ups and downs
of a printer, editor and publisher, at diff
ferent times and places.
GREEN MAJORS.
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-01-01

that 1t was only the indefatigabe a,d
strenuous soliciting done at the period I
refer to that prevented the stockholders
from voting the paper too previous for
the market and financial disappointment.
Certain il was that four-page, seven
column daily was very expensive proposi-
tion and its field for business was so
limited as to make Its ultimate success
very problematical at times.
IRISH THEN, AS TODAY,
HAD THE POPULATION
During that period the voters of Mon
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-01-01
OLD SLOUGH OF THE
MOUNTAINS, Mr.. HARRIS

Before dismissing the subject OF the old
Frontier Index it would not be treating
history with due respect to omit brief
reference TO Chauncey Harris, who delight.
ed to style himself the "old slouch of the
mountains" The dear old soul had a
heart that melted at mere reference to
ones troubles, and without solicitation
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-01-01

confinement here. On the contrary, the
records show that the men who have been
in here the longest time have come out
in good condition with health unimpaired
by the long sojourn indoors. The place
is we'll ventilated and lighted and the food
is wholesome. Some of those who are
here get food from outside and then they
live fully as we'll as if boarding at the
swell restaurants of the town.
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-01-01
HOW THE MEN IN
THE JAIL WORK AT 1T

"The jailers work three shifts. Eight
hours is a days work, and hard days
work at that. Each jailer carries bunch
of keys. Here they are"-and the jailer
tangled huge bunch of keys. "There are
IS keys in the bunch and he uses them
all every day and some of them half
dozen times on one shift.
81 should say that the Jail is healthy
place for those who are locked up. No
body ever heard of anybody dying from
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-01-01
THEY GET REGULAR
MEALS EVERY DAY

zoe Shaffer was confined here from
August ~, 1897, to January 80, 1902. He
came out free inan and went away as
healthy and strong as the day he came in.
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-01-01
INTER MOUNTAIN CAME
INTO THE FIELD AS A RIVAL

In the spring OF 1882 the Miner strikers
of the fall before had an inning. In March
of that year the Inter Mountain started as
an evening daily, and those of the old
crew still in town were allowed to "holi
Cases in the new Office. Among others !
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-01-01

Read bestride his pinto horse once or twice
a week and hot-foot it over the hills and
gulches for the usual grist He developed
quite a decided talent for the business Of
writing, as a proof OF which he after
wards held for many years the position of
leading editor of the Inter Mountain.
NEWSPAPER WORK IS
VERY HARD ON A MAN
Newspaper work is a man-kiling prop
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-01-01

111 HILE typesetting by hand
was still in vogue it was the
custom for strange printer,
just to come to town, to make
q bee-lne for the composition room and
make known to the printers working there
in that he wanted to labor Such was the
course / pursued on arriving in Butte
in early September, $50, and the Miner
Office was the printing institution | visited.
On making my wants known to my
brother typos, they graciously informed me
that work was very slack at that time, and
that had better continue my journey over
10 Helena, where more printers were work.
ing than in Butte. ! meekly told them
that glance at Butte convinced me that
wanted to stop here, and stay | would.
However, it was cold comfort the Miner
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-01-01

method Of making laws.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02

would then work in harmony. 1t is
not work that causes breakdown"
Supt. K. w. Buell. followed Mr.. Tor
mey. He stated sarcastically that he
saw no wrecks in the audi
ence before him, and that When there
were breakdowns in the teaching pro-
fession they could be very frequently
traced to the thin soles and the high
heels that the teachers-the women
teachers-were fond of wearing. Com
mon sense, he thought, would keep the
average teacher in health. He de-
Tended the summer schools and the
teachers meetings.
The state song, composed by E.. H.
Ellsworth, was sung yesterday, and
Mr.. Ellsworth explained just how it
a written.
Teachers Should Be Insured.
DR.. William F. Phelps, Of Duluth,
opened the general session yesterday
afternoon with a paper on "The Best
Methods Of Providing for the Self
Support Of Teachers After the Close Of
the Wage-Earning Period" The paper
suggested life insurance as the best
method, but warned the teachers
against investing their savings in in
secure or questionable companies.
Supt. Rankin and DR.. w. A. Shoemaker
took part in the discussion which fol-
lowed.
The afternoon session closed with
an interesting chalk talk by Prof. D..
r. Augsburg, of Oakland, Cal.
1t was decided at yesterdays general
session to put aside $50 to be used in
fitting up apartments that would rep
resent the Minnesota association at
the national meeting to be held in Bos-
ton neXt spring.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
GERMAN EMPEROR
And FREDERICK
THE GREAT
In His New Years. Greetings
to the American Ambas-
sador the Emperor Elk
presses Qualification With
the Disposition to Be Made
of the Statue.

BERLIN, Jan. There were the
usual New Year o~bservances at the
palace today. After divine service EN-
peror William received the New Year
congratulations of the prince, ministers
and foreign representatives; Knights
of the Black Eagle and others.
Emperor William, in receiving the
ambassadors, said to Ambassador
Tower that in selecting the commits
sion to take the statue Of Frederick
the Great to the United States he in
tended to include in it descendants of
German officers who had fought I'M
der Washington. His majesty re-
marked that the placing of the statue
in the new war college was a happy
suggestion, especially as he under
stood that the statues Of other famous
commanders who belonged to all the
world and to all time would also be
erected there.
1t having been mentioned to the en-
peror by a member of the court that
Ambassador Tower probably would go
to Washington at the time of the
presentation Of the statue to assist in
receiving the German commission, his
majesty said today that the ambas-
sador's presence upon that occasion
would be a compliment to Germany,
and that he hoped Mr.. Tower would be
there. Emperor William inquired as
10 PRESIDENT ROoSeVelCS neaIIh n
sent his congratulations to the presi-
lent and the people of the United
States.
After his majesty, attended by
Chancellor Won Buelow, had spoken to
each ambassador in turn. the emperor
and the chancellor withdrew. Then the
empress, accompanied by the court
chamberlain and several ladies in
waiting, entered the great marine
salon of the castle where the reception
took place. Her majesty also received
the good wishes of the foreign am
bassadors and conversed with each
envoy.
Herr Uphues, the sculptor, has near
ly finished his statue Of Frederick the
Great. The date when it will be agree
able to receive the statue is not known
here, but it is assumed that this will
be in the late spring.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
CASPER WHITNEY
OVERLOOKS THE WEST
Football Critics AII-American Team Is
Picked From East.

CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-Western football is
still in its s%waddling clothes, judging from
criticism of Caspar Whitney, who every
year goes through the motion of picking
In al-American eleven. The real game
is only known East of the A~lleghanies,
while, judging from the "oracle's'' views
on the subject, the West only gets a
crumb now and then Of the real article.
1t is apparently while under this i'm
preston that he accords Michigan fourth
place among the American football teams
and puts Minnesota, the next in order, in
fifteenth place. Not a Single Western
man gets a place on Mr.. Whitney's all
American team.
Yale occupies first place in the ranking
of the teams which appears in the Janu-
airy Outing. Next comes Harvard, then
follows in order Princeton, Dartmouth,
Brown, Pennsylvania, Cornell, Amherst,
Carlisle, Annapolis, Lehigh, Lafayette,
Minnesota, Syracuse, Columbia, Chicago,
Clemson, North Carolina, Georgetown,
Sewanee, Vanderbilt and Tennessee.
In picking an all-American eleven Mr..
Whitney lines his men up as follows:
Graydon, Harvard, fullback.
Chadwick (captain), Yale, n Barry,
Brown, halfbacks.
Rockwell, Yale, quarterback.
ends.
Bunker west Point, and Kinney, Yale,
tackles.
Glass, Yale, and Warner, Cornell,
guards.
Boyer, West Point, center.
Among the substitutes Weeks, of Michi-
gan, finds a place at quarterback. Heston
and Sweeley, of Michigan, receive honor
able mention.
In discussing the comparison of Michi-
gan with Harvar and Yale, Mr.. Whit
ney delivers himself of the following COM
ment;.
Comparing Michigan of this year with
Yale or Harvard, the Western team is in
ferior in interference for the runner pro-
lection on catching punts, second line of
defense and in the general fnesse of
the game. Perhaps the Western weak
ness, which either of the Eastern teams
under consideration would find soonest,
and to the disaster of the Western, is
the almost entire absence of a second
line of defense. An attack such as that
exhibited by Yale or Harvard, would rip
through the Michigan single line Of de-
Tense almost invariably"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02

throughout the twelve rounds, while
O,Br1en, with singing jabs, cutting
swings and stunning counters. PLAYED on
the Buffalo man wherever and whenever
he pleased. But Weinig's vitality and
well known powers of recuperation and
ability to stand punishment enabled aim
to stand on his feet and taxi all ire
gruelling until the finishing punch.
OBrien fought the fastest twelve
rounds eyer seen before the Fort Erie
renting, shifting, dancing in and out, and
plIing IN the blows on the husky ''biker,''
ana although he landed. a sufficient num-
per OF times on Weinig's jaw to have
won a haf dozen fights, he seemed to
Iack a blow powerful enough to knock
MN out, Weinig was knocked down
clean IN the first round and was hanging
on the ropes in the second and fourth
ROUNDS, but his strength held him until
OBrlen had literally cut his face to rib
ponS, closed both eyes and wore him down
until he was unable to protect himself OF
40 damage to his opponent. O'Brien die
all the lighting, Weinig seldom attempting
q LEAD. OBr1en finished without a
scratch n Weinig was all out.
the betting was at prohibitive odds in
OBr1ens favor, although much money
was won on the proposition Of Weinig
staying ten round, which he had backed
himself literally to do.
Three thousand people saw the contest.
There We're three short preliminaries. all
between local amateurs, one ending in a
Knockout and the other two being stopped
by the referee, E.. H McBridge.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
EDUCATORS ARGUE
OVER SALVATION
! OF TEACHER
Prof. J. K. McBrOOm Says
Their Premature Break
down Is Due to Nagging Of
Principals and Summer
Schools - Supt. Tormey
Disputes Him.

Prof. ]. K. McBroom, of Elgin, Mimi,
merrily bowled over a few pedagogic
Idols in his address, delivered at the
general session of the Minnesota Edu-
rational association, held YESTERDAY
afternoon in the Central PRESBYTERIAN
church, but they were carefully set up
again by Supt. J. A. Tormey, who led
the discussion which followed Prof.
McBroom's paper.
The wordy tilt between these two
Minnesota educators was a lively fea-
ture of yesterday afternoons session.
n was enjoyed by an audience that
filled the auditorium of the Central
presbyterian church.
How to Save the Teacher" was the
subject of Prof. McBroom's address.
He vigorously attacked the tyranny of
principals and superintendent. sum
mer schools and teachers meetings.
The work of teaching he said in
part, tends to make both men and
women prematurely old. The grade
teacher who does what is required of
her lasts in the school about four
years. The records Of the Fergus Falls
insane asylum show that about wentv-
three insane teachers are now to be
u there. At the age of thirty-fve
the average teachers work is done and
she is put aside"
Prof. McBroOm Their proceeded to
look for the conditions that brought
about such appalling results. MANY.
he said, ascribed these b~reakdowns
among the teachers to lack of eficien-
cy and lack of preparation. Yet such
ineficiency n such lack of prepara-
ton were to be found in every profess
sion, but no such alarming conditions
were recorded.
Teachers Eat Too Fast.
"The DOCTORS" continued Prof. Nc
Broom, whose exceedingly youthful ap-
pearance did not detract from the force
of his statements, SAY tina the meals
eaten by the teachers are the cause of
the b~reakdowps. I admit that many
teachers take their meals by short
hand, yet SO do members of other pro-
LESSONS. Teachers have been urged to
spend their vacation time in travel. to
seek the stimulus of fresh scenes. In
q trip l took abroad recently, and in an
other trip 1 o through our own
country, 1 met teachers everywhere in
search of health and recreation.
No; We must seek for causes deeper
than these, and the chief of these
causes is, 1 think, the worry that re-
suits when a. teacher tries to follow
somebody's else ideas-ideas belong
ing to the heads of education. who
very likely have not taught for years.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
WANT UNIFORM BUILDINGS.
Associated School Boards Will Present
a-BiIl to Legislature.

The associated school boards divi-
sion of the Minnesota State Teachers
association, at its meeting yesterday,
adopted resolutions instructing it's leg
islative committee to draft an act for
presentation to the next legislature,
providing for a uniform system of
school buildings in the state, to be sub
jected to a regular inspection and on
troll.
officers of the section were elected
as follows: President, W. R. Hodges,
Sleepy Eye; vice president, G. H. Hop
kins, Fairfax; secretary, DR.. w. A. Pat
terson, BarnesvHle; treasurer, J. o.
Milne, Duluth. j. NJ. Brown, of Austin,
was elected delegate to the national
convention, and P. A. C~osgrove, who
will read a paper at the national gath
ering, alternate. =
c. r. Boostrom, president of the
Southern Minnesota normal college, at
Austin, read a paper IN "The Sub
merged Tenth" which was a plea to
educators for some provision for the
education of young men and women
without forcing Them e-attend the pri-
mary grades with@the children. P. A.
Cosgrove, of Arlington, read a dis
course upon h e1"Abuses of Breaking
Contracts by Teachers"