Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1905-07-26

Du1 NOIh- NOOh lOl bhC use VI hhS
family. | knew what cord wood.
solid beech, and maple was.
My father told me to select only
solid wood, straight wood, and not
put any limbs in it or any punky
wood. That was good training for
me. | did not need my father to
tell me, or anybody else. how many
feet il took to make cord OF wood.
| did not require the presence of
anybody to enable me to secure from
the man who sold that wood, good
measure
The items as Mr.. Rockefeller
once read them at a church gather
ing are interesting.
Il begin on the a5th day of Nov
ember," he said: Missionary
cause, ten cents; Mr.. Downey, one
of our young ministers, ten cents.
Slip rent'-pew rent-one dollar.
December 10Th, sabbath school, five
cents. Present for Mr.. Farrar, the
superintendent, IS cents. Five
Points Mission, New York, IL cents.
The Macedonian, little religious
paper, ten cents. Present to teacher
Deacon Sked, IS cents. January
10Th | had something left over for
benevolence: Missionary caus e,
six cents; the poor in the church,
ten cents-all on one sunday! Feb
ruary sd gave ten cents more to
the same cause; the same day ten
cents to foreign missions. March
I'd, foreign missions again, ten cents
more. Then on the I'D day of
March, ten cents for the poor of the
church; March sd pew rent one
dollar. March 9th, foreign missions
ten cents. Then / went outside of
our church, and on the 2Ist of
March gave one dollar to the Young
Mems Christian association.
Two years after he took this first
position, a difference arose between
him and his employer on the ques-
ton of salary. Mr.. Rockefeller
thought he ought to have $500 a
year. His employer was willing to
pay but 500. Meanwhile" to
quote from Mr.. Rockefeller him
self, the opportunity was offered
to engage in business with a young
man who was ten years older than
myself | had saved little money
and, accordingly, on April Ist with
$500 or 5000 that | had saved up and
few thousands which my father
loaned me at 10 per cent, until
should become of age, l contributed
my part of the capital which was
81, 900.
We were prosperous from the
beginning. We did a business of
$500, 600 produce commission for
the first year. Our profits were not
large-I think s., 4,4oo-but l think
il was better for me than the $500
which l had asked.
This then was the man in 1900
frugal, calculating, money bent
cautious in trade. yet daring, quick
to seize, yet ready to wait, and with
al good" that is a steady at
tendent at church and Sunday
school, serious-that is eschewing
all amusements which might be
called frivolous, the theater, cards.
the dance.
As time went on. these character
istics became more conspicuous.
They lead him to new lines of busi.
ness-one in particular-the refining
of ola new industry in which il
was plain there were great profits.
He gave himself to his venture, body
and soul one may truthfully say,
working with a persistency which
put day laborers to shame.
| He watched details with hawk:
eye-not a cent must go estray-
not pint of oil must be lost moi
rivet or bung be wasted. Pay
a profit to nobody" he began to say,
and it was he and his partners who
themselves, went to Oil Creek fol