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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-09-20
Forecast of the Work Be Done At Its Session in MnnsaDo
Minn, in November
BIG MASS MEETING OF LABOR LEADERS OF AMERICA
l1ny important Questions to Come Before the Delegates From Inter
national and Other BodiesThe Political Aims of the op,n
zation VIII Be Well Considered.
Minn., in November.

Typographical union. Mr.. Foster
Is II labor editor of renown and is a
clever public speaker and writer. ON
economic questions.
Sunday, Nov. Is, is designated
aS "Niinistcis' Day" Upon that
date the Rev. Charles Stclzle, super
intendcnt of the department Of
church and labor of the Prcsbytcr.
IAN church, will hold II mass meet.
ing OF ministers of the twin cities
and outside towns. This meeting
has for its object the bringing into
closer touch of the church and the
iapor union. Mr.. StelZlc was n
machlniSt before he became Il min
ister aud is a member of the ma
chinists' union.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-09-20
Composed of Those Who are Born
Without the Golden Spoon.
HE CANNOT ESCAPE THE DRAFT
From the Mighty Army Arrayed in the
Neyer-Ending Class Struggle
For Bread.

Every man who is not born into
the class of capitalists is born into
the army of wage workers. He is
forced from the day of his birth to
become a part of a mighty army
arrayed in this bitter, never ending
class struggle. He does not en-
list rs volunteer; he does not
even have the chance of lottery
drawing to escape the draft. He
is enrolled by the very fact of
birth. His entrance into this world
without property carries with it
the articles of enrolment among
the class of wage slaves. Here,
then, is war into which the com
batants are drafted by the inevit-
able law of birth. The gage of
battle is life and death to the
workers, their wives and their
children. But in this battle one
straggler can ruin the cause; all
must stand together or the battle is
lost, for wages are fixed by what
the weaker ones can be forced to
take, not what the strongest may
demand. A desertion from this
army then, is the most deadly of
treason. 1t is as if every man had
the key to the fortress within which
all were fighting. If death is rec
ogniZed as the proper penalty
for the traitor in every army the
world has ever known, what shall
we say of the penalty due him who
plays the traitor to the great army
of industry? In any ordinary sol
diery the private carries little as
sistance to the enemy; he has gen
orally entered the army of his own
free will; he never has such tire,
mendous interests at stake as in
the industrial struggle. On the
contrary, he is generally fighting
some quarrel of his economic mas,
tiers and enemies, the decision OF
which is of no consequence what
ever to him or his class. Is it not
plain why the .tScab" is, of al
| traitors the world has ever known
the most damnablei He betrays
an army whose members are his
fellow-workers and whose cause is
his own; he betrays men, womer
and babes to a lingering death il
city slums and factory dens; hi
curses unborn generations with the
slave portion; he damns a race tt
continual bondage and fastens fet
tiers upon babes yet unborn.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-09-20
NO SCARCITY OF LABOR
Plenty of American Workingmen for
Any and All Positions.

In the course of recent inter.
view Samuel Gompers said he be-
Eeved Congress should make strict
er immigration laws and thinks it
should have passed the anti-in-
junction bill
The daily press continually
prints articles stating that labor is
scarce in the corntry,'' he said
''That is not SO. There is plenty
of laEor, and good, honest Ameri-
can labor at that. Such statements
are merely the excuse of the manu-
facturers for Il Congress that is too
weak to enact proper Immigration
laws.
''The farmers complain that they
cannot secure laborerS for the
West. 1t Is no wonder Men are
not anxious to go into the country
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-09-20
What is BrotherIy Love.

A SHIRT making firm in Philadel,
phla, running .smodelu open
hop, subjected their employees,
ABOUT lSO persons, mostly girls, to
d 1iN OF fifty cents week for pow
er and for the use of a machine,
hve cents n week for towels and
soap Two cents a week for drink
ing water, five cents Il week in sum.
mer time for ice and five cents n
week IN winter for heat and light,
IN all about 1928 Il week from the
whole force. Repeated requests for
the abolition of these exactions
were denied, until the girls went
On a strike and got what they
wanted. And this happened, too.
IN the city of Brotherly Love.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-09-20
Dpised by ALI Honest Workers Equally So by Those Who
Employ Him.
The "Scab Workman Simply Traitor the Great Army of
Labor and Not Entitled to be Recognized as an Honest
American Citzen--Not Tolerated Among EMPLOYERS

These employers are not to be
blamed. Fight is fight, and every
army takes advantage of deserters
from the other side. But employ
ers should cease to defend the
.scab." They do not tolerate
'scab" among themselves.
Let some capitalist try to make
profit out of the present dilemma
OF the coal mire owners, and see
what will happen to him. He will
be boycotted by banks and rail
roads, shut out of clubs, snubbed
in public, jeered at in private-his
life will be made a burden.
If the prosperous man, with
everything that he needs-even i'm
strike times-hates the .'scab', i'm
his class, let him not wonder that
the laboring siscab" is despised
He seeks to make profit out of his
brothers suffering. He works
knowing that he is keeping women
and children hungry. For imme-
dlate gain he opposes the perma-
nent welfare of the whole class to
which he belongs. !.
He is unspeakably vile and re-
pulslve, and his well known name
of SCAB describes him.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-09-20

for a few months work at low,
wages My advice to the working,
men is: BE harmonious and fair
transact business in open conven-
uon, not in caucus. Never again
make it necessary to resort to com
blnatlon to secure the legislation
You want. Never again permit a
locality to wag the whole ma.
chine.
Every Improvement that has
come to the life of the workincman
he has had to fight for. The good
thlhgs have never been brought to
him on silver platter. There are
more good things waiting for him
II he Will contend with all his or.
ginlzed strength against govern.
mental tyranny and judicial usurp-
ation.''
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-09-20
BIT OF PHILOSOPHY
10 Workers by T. L. Lewis, of the
Mine Workers.
OUR INTELLIGENT Discomfort
The Kind that is Progressive and Helps
to Upbuild and Elevate Mankind
in General.

These are the days of discomfort.
Discomfort, everywhere, in the
ranks of labor, in the midst of cap.
ltal, in political parties, in govern.
ment. In fact, nature itself seems
TO be diScontented as the mipbty,
eruptions that are taking place over
the globe attest.
Much of this discomfort i'm tho
human family will ultimately lead
TO better and stronger condition
OF mankind. Discomfort is the
foundation of progress. Discon-
TENT Is also the foundation of sense
less and wicken revolutions-Re
olutlons that make for evil and not
for good. In other words, there
are two kinds of discomfort, intelIi-
gent and ignorant.
Ihe Intelligent sort is the begin
ming of agitation that lifts men and
women from lower to higher
plane 1t says in action, / am not
SATISFIED that present conditions
should exist, where one man must
toll to the end of his existence for
enough to feed and clothe him and
be denied the higher enjoyments.
the recreationS that should be his
the preparations for peaceful and
retiring old age, and the thousand
and one things that should distin.
guish the human being from the
beast OF burden. And following
this agitation is the incentive to,
ward intelligent action and an hon
est seeking for the remedy.
Ignorant discomfort is an apita-
ton that has for its purpose the
destruction OF everything that is.
regardless of what may follow. It
revileS the action of every man.
however sincere his purpose. simply
because he has acted. There is no
time taken to weigh any promo
sitions or conditions that NAV ex-
lst with a view to bettering them.
This class of discomfort has for
its symbol and its creed-tear
down, destroy, abuse and malign.
II they do not know anything, they
imagine something, put it out as
the truth, try to get their neighbor
to believe it, tell them to spread it,
create pandemonium, if possible.
This class of people may be aptly
called discontented destructionists
They are the milestone that hangs
about the neck of progress. These
are the class of people in labor or
CARNATIONS who are too cowardly
to go backward and too weak to &c
forward
GOD SPEED THE ARMY OF THE
INTELLIGENT DISCONTINUED.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-09-20
Look Up.

We love the man with the rose
on his tongue, the man who notices
your shabby coat but praises your
studious habits, the man who sees
all faults but who is quick to
praise, slow to blame. We like to
meet man whose smile will
brighten up deadness, whose voice
Is full of music of the birds, whose
handshake is an inspiration and his
''God bless your a benediction.
He makes us forget our troubles as
the ravens dismal croak is forgot
ten when the wood thrush sings.
God bless the man of cheer, There
Is plenty of trouble here and we
need not increase it. There is lot
of dying done ahead of time.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-09-20

The turn of a woman's head
often turns mans.
The shady side of Wall street is
long way from the sunny side of
Easy street.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05

And in addition each county is entitled to three
delegates and threa alternate delegates at large,
making the total number 553.
The following rules have heen adopted by the
party for the government of the conyentit Il.
l. Delegates and alternate delegates shall he
elected to the convention and in the event Of the
failure of any delegate to attend the alternate
delegate shall cast the vote of the delegate whom
he represents.
:. In the absence Of any delegate and his alter.
nate n majority Of the delegation from that coun-
ty shall cast the vote of the absentee.
In the absence of all the delegates and
alternate delegates from any county, no vote
shall he cast from such county.
I. In the county in which the state convention
Is held no vote shall be cast for an absent dele.
gate or his alternate.
3. Delegates and alternates must be republi.
cans and residents Of the county which they rep
resent.
q. All notices Of contests shall he submitted in
writing accompanied by u statement setting forth
the grounds Of the contest. which shall be filed
with the secretary of the State Central Commit
tee At least one day prior to the meeting of the
convention. Contests will be acted on by the
state Central Committee and reported to the con.
ventiOn for its action.
LEE MANTLE, Chairman.
c. ID. FRENCH, Secretary.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05
M>9MawKoehn
Nervous exhaustion invites disease.

' Nervous exhaustion invites disease.
This statement is the positive truth.
When everything becomes a burden
and you cannot walk a few blocks with
out excessive fatigue, and you break
out into p~erspiration easily. and your
face Pushes, and you grow excited and
shaky at the least provocation, and
you cannot bear to be crossed in any
thing. you are in danger; your nerves
have given out ; you need building up
1t once! To build up woman's nerv-
Gus system and during the period of
change of life we know of no better
medicine than Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound. Here is an illus
tration. Mrs. Mary l.. Koehne. a7l
Garfield Avenue, Chicago. Ill.,. writes
~ have used Lydia E. Pinkham'sv egetable
Compound for years IN my family and it
never d~isappoints; 80 when I felt that I was
nearing the change Of life I commenced treat
men with It. I took in all about six bottles
and It did me q great deal Of good. 1t stopped
my dizzy spells, pains In my back and the
headaches With which I had suffered for
months before taking the Compound feel
that IL It had not been for this great medicine
for women that I should not have been alive
to-day. It Is splendid for women, old or young,
and will surely cure all female disorders"
Mrs. Pinkham, daughter-in.law OF
Lydia E. Pinkham. of Lynn, Mass in
vites a.. sick and ailing women to write
her for advice. Her great experience
is at their service. free of cost.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05
ENGRAVED

Their Romantic Origin Dates Back to
the Fifteenth Century.
The art of engraved pictures dates its
romantic origin to the chamber Of a
Florentine goldsmith. Maso Finlguerra.
In the fifteenth century, about the time
that Gutenberg was struggling with
his printing from movable types. Be
fore that day pictures were drawn or
painted by hand. Finiguerra was a
celebrated worker In metals. and, being
commissioned to make a pax Of gold
engraved with a coronation Of the Vir-
gin, he sought to test his design by
filling in the lines with a preparation
Of oil and lampblack, which threw the
picture into relief. by chance the face
was laid face downward on a piece Of
damp linen. and when taken up it was
discovered that the picture vas printed.
Sheet after sheet Of damp paper was
impressed by the same plate and the
good news that the art Of printing pic
lures was born spread like wildf1re
throughout Europe. The collection Of
old prints introduces Albrecht Durer,
the father Of line engraving" C1471)
In four brilliant impressions of "Adam
and Eve" Little Horse" "Melancho-
liza" md est. Gerome." "Melancholia''
Is a strange composition of extraordi-
nary originality, and has been a mys-
terry for yer four centuries. This bit
Of yellOwed paper, possibly pulled from
the plate by Durer's own hands. has
lost none Of its fascination.-Chicago
Post.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05
SPIDERS OF CEYLON.
Their Golden Webs viii Ensnare
Birds and Lizards.

Birds and Lizards.
Far up in the mountains of Ceylon
there is Il spider that spins a web like
bright ye!lowish silk. the central net
Of which is five feet in diameter. while
the supporting lines or guys. rs they
are called, measure sometimes ten or
twelve feet. The spider seldom bites
or stings. but should any one try to
catch him bite he will, and, though not
venomous, his jaws are as powerful as
a birds beak.
The bodies Of these spiders are very
handsomely decorated. being bright
gold or scarlet underneath, while the
upper part is covered with the most
delicate slate colored fur.
So strong are the webs that birds the
size of larks are frequently caught
therein, and V the small but pow
erful scaly lizard falls a victim. A
writer says that he has often sat and
watched the yellow monster-measur-
ing. when waiting for his prey, with his
legs stretched out, fully six inches
striding across the middle Of the net
and noted the rapid manner in which
he winds his stout threads round the
unfortunate captive.
He usually throws the coils about the
head until the wretched victim is first
blinded and then choked. In many un-
~frequented dark hooks Of the jungle
you come across skeletons Of small
birds caught in these terrible snares.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05
Oklahoma!

Hark forward, Oklahoma!
Child of the yesteryears.
Full grown now and corn and cotton
crowned.
Proud Of your red blood youth of states.
Tanned n ruby checked and spirit high
As when you rode some hundred thou
sand strong.
Free lance. free heart, free will,
And called mo Mans Land your home.
Or when that later time. in SO.
The signal cannon doomed along the
waiting line
OF thousands hungry for the tempting
land.
Unleashed the thunder hoofs Of horses
In rudy race across the fenceless,
Trackless waste OF verdant plain.
10. canvas cities blossomed in an hour.
And cornerstones were set for future
farms!
At noon 1.-THE Strip a virgin prairie roll
ed
At night a people tented plain.
And now this pioneer OF yesteryear,
This rugged infant Of the western wild,
Is lifted to the glory and a place
Among the statehood constellation OF the
stars!
John n. Edwards in St. Louis Republic.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05
NO SENTIMENT IN SlGHS.
They Are simply Caused by a Desire
For More Breath.

They Are simply Caused by a Desire
For More Breath.
The sigh, which from time immemo-
rial and by all the poets whoever sung
has been regarded as a matter of SEN
timent and connected with the emo
tons, is declared by physicians to be
as purely a physical phenomenon as Is
the eeZ or cough. A we'll known
Philadelphia doctor, speaking of this
the other day. explained that the sigh
Is natures method of making one take
a deep breath. When the lungs have
been getting insufficient air a sigh Is
the "a by which they are replenish-
ed, or when the air has been impure
the sigh which one often takes in step
ping out into the open air Is from the
same cause.
The doctor admitted that people
sometimes sigh from sorrow or other
mental i'll. but maintained that this is
partly because it has been accepted as
the expression Of grief through ages as
long as kissing and handshaking have
been accepted as signs of affection or
friendship. Another Isl why a sigh
follows a sorrowful thought Is that
such thoughts are often concentrated
and intense enough to cause INSULT
cient breathing. When the lungs suf-
fer for Il certain time from this insult
ficiency the sigh follows. Signs are
often caused, too. says the same au-
thority, by certain sorts Of indigestion.
philadelphia Record.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05
new Fall Materials.

For country tweeds. herring
bone, checks and striped, are prepared,
and in these fabrics also gray Is a
predominating color, with the blues,
browns and green's to follow. Striped
silks showing overplaids In a contrast
ing color will be fashionable in shades
Of blue, red. olive and myrtle green.
Black silk dresses will also be much
worn. Indeed, judging from the au-
tumn colored silk cards issued by q
leading Paris firm, dark colors will
predominate. with black as a special
favorite.
Among six shades Of old rose rang.
ing from a high to a dark tone the
deepest somewhat resembles mahoga.
ny and Is known as "a~cajou." It IL
really a dull old rOse.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05
Notice OF Final Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

GREAT FALLS, Mont, August Is. l.u6
Notice ls hereby given that the following named
-ettler has filed notice of his intention 70 make
hnal proof in supper, of hie claim. AID that said
pro-, f will be made before Cha>. II. Boyle, L.. 5.
commissioner, at his office in Fort Benton,
Montana, on Tuesday, September ~, 1906. viz:
CARL A. HAMAAN.
VINO made homestead entry No. II, l5o, for the
Wa NE4. SEA MEX, NWha SCI. section II,
township - north, range 10 east.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of said
land, viz: Martin Hansen, Carroll W. Thrail.
kill, George ". sample, Charles W. Ay.es, all of
Fort Benton, Montana
j. M. BrRLINGAME. Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05
Republican State &C nvention.
HEr.SA Mont Auv-st *

HELENA, Mont, August Is, 1906.
~ IA meeting of the state central committee,
held IN the city of Helena, on he 18th day of Au-
gust, l.tt, 1t was or:er-I that tue Republican
state Convention Ne held a, Helena, Montana,
on Sept Is. i!*"i. at II o'clock noon. in the Audi
~toriu!n, Tor tie purpose II lacin- in nomination
tundidai.s for the following offices:
One representative in congress.
One 49, ciate ~iu>tic" of the supreme court.
ni:o- tie transaction OF such Other r,ine.s
a> may properly come before the convention.
The Tel lhlican electors of the several counties,
and all other electors, without regard to past
poiitica affiliations, who believe in the principles
ct tn re-: uhlic,n party IN! WHO endorse i-s poll.
cie-, Aiv .~uriially Invited ~ .iitr Unuer TIL, call
u the holding of primaries and conventions for
the pUrpos' "f electing delegates and al:erna.es
10 said state convention. Said convention shall
consist of dele cate. and alternate delegates for
the several cOuntie. a. follows:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05
A Marine Fire Alarm.

Many ships have a pipe running from
the hold to the deck. 1t Is a precau-
ton against fire. II even q triding
fire occurs In the hold smoke will
ascend the pipe and upon issuing from
the top will be noticed by some Of the
crew. Checking it would then be CON-
p%aratively easy. In the absence Of a
pipe, though, a fire might begin and
remain unnoticed until it assumed such
proportions that conquering it would
be almost impossible.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05

An ancient recipe for making a sweet
perfume for the ladies runs as follows:
Take storaX. calamite and benjamin.
Of each half an ounce, laudanum one
ounce, musk two grains, and put them
together in a fair brass mortar. which
you must first warm SO hot in the fire
that with the heat thereof and beating
with a little pestle it may work like
wax, which, being thoroughly wrought.
you may make it in little cakes or balls
and so lay it up.-IIome Notes.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05
Notice Of Final Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFlCH,

GREAT FALLS, Mont, July -, 1906.
Notice is hereby giventhat the following named
settler has filed notice Of his intention 70 make
tnsl proc. in support of his claim, and that said
proof will he made before Chas. II. Boyle, l..
5: commissioners, at his Office In Fort Benton,
Montana, on Tuesday, September i, 1906, viz:
FRED ". HUMPHREY,
who made homestead entry No. $40, for the
lots :, ! aud 3, section 10, lots and |, section II,
and lot II, section Z, township - north, range )
east.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land, viz: Archilas Bessette. Hilaire La
Barre, John Lee, Homer Shepard, all of Fort
Benton, Montana.
j. NJ. BuRLlNGAME. R~egi.tef.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05
No Modern Home Is Complete
Without a Telephone.

The greatest labor and time-saviuR
convenience of the age. You can talk
from your telephone to every subscribe
e in any exchange in Utah, Montana,
Idaho, Wyoming, as we'll as all Pacific
coast points and Colorado and New
Mexico. Short rates for short talks.
Half minute up. The pay begins when
the talk begins.
Rates from $500 up, for unlimited
local service.
Leave your orders now. The new
instruments are the very latest i'm.
proved.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05
Desert land..FinaI Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FAII... Mon, .Jrjv 4

CNITEU NIAIE LANUV FFTTE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, July 30, 1906.
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has filed notice of intention to make final
proof on his claim, and that said proof will be
made before Chas. II, Boyle, I. 5 commissioner,
at his office in Fort Benton, Montana. on Tues.
day, September Is, 1905, viz:
GILBERT X. EMBLETON,
who made homestead entry No. 1900 for the
sla SEA section %, M NEl. section -, town.
ship u north, range 5 east.
He names the following witnesses to prove the
complete irrigation and reclamation of aidland
William Collins, Homer Shepherd, Edward
Kelly, Cyrus Neuhert, all of Fort Benton, Mont.
]. NJ. BURLINGAME. Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05
Plated Skirts.

The plated skirt, which seemed push.
ed into the background by the circular
and gored skirts earlier in the season,
has asserted itself and In various forms
70 much in evidence. Many women in
sist that nothing is so practical and
comfortable for rough wear as a nan
nish tailored coat and a plated skirt,
and this model is made up by the best
tailors in all the popular summer mate
RAILS suitable for the coat and skirt
frock.