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The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-30
Big BEND
SELLS OUT

The Big Bend Light and Power
Co. which owns and operates the
electric light and telephone system
in this city have sold their interests
to the Northern Idaho and Mon
tana Power Co.. the large corpora
ton which has control of all the
electric light and power plants in
this valley and is capitalized Eat ten
million dollars. This deal has been
under consideration for the past few
months and will go into effect on
the first of January 1910.
At present it is not known that
there will be any changes. Mr.
Bowman who has had charge of
the plant here will remain in the
employ of the new company and
everything will probably run alo e
the same as it has in the past for
time.
We regret very much to see the
Big Bend Co. sell out because they
have been booster for the town
and have done much to help it
along by investing a great deal OF
of their money here. They have
also had a number Of other plans
under consideration which may not
mature since they have sold out
their interests.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-30
POST OFFICE
BUSY PLACE

About the busiest men in town
during the week before Cristmas
was Postmaster Dodds and his
assistant, Clarence Collins. Some
days during the rush they had to
call for assistance from the drug
store SO that they could get chance
to eat.
The mail this year was the
heaviest it has ever been and the
floor was literally covered with
packages Of every shape, size and
form until it was almost impossible
for them to move about. People
stood about the window for half an
hour at time waiting for a chance
to mail a package. 1t was the
busiest week in the history of the
Whitefish post office, and when Mr..
Dodds closes up his books at the
end of this year he promises to give
us some figures that will be sur
prising, showing what large busi-
ness has been done here during the
past year by the postal department.
The busiest day was Monday,
December 20. On that day there
were &C registers taken in and 60
delivered. Eighty one money
orders were issued and 10 full sacks
of mail went out of the office that
day. The stamp sales amounted to
1905, which in all is just double the
business that was done year ago.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-30
THAT NEW YEARS DANCE

The Royal Neighbors of America,
whose dances always proved SO
popular, will entertain the dance
lovers to a grand ball on New
Years eve.
Skyles' Hall has heen engaged
and there will be the best of music,
and it is certain that everyone who
attends will have a jolly goo,l time.
The different committees have
been busy this week getting all
arrangements finished up for some
thing extra nice, so don't fail to be
there to dance the old year out and
the new year in.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-30
WHITEISH STUDENT
DISTINGUISHED

Miss Kathleen Munro, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Munro, re-
ceived the unanimous decision of
the judges as the best individual
speaker in the recent high school
debate at the Missoula High school.
The question for debate was, RE
solved, That United States Senators
Should be Elected by Direct Vote
of the People, constitutionality
being granted. The Missoulian
says in part:
The affirmative was taken by the
following students: Miss Grace
Hanniman, Miss Mabel Longstadt
and Merit Owsley. The debaters
spoke in order, Mr.. Owsley giving
the rebuttal for his side. The team
which debated the negative side of
the question spoke as follows:
Edwin Houston, Kathleen Munro
and Hazel Hermann. Mr.. Hous-
ton spoke in rebuttal.
Miss Alice NJ. Spencer, teacher
of English in high school acted as
chairman and the judges were Pres
ident C. A. Duniway of the State
University, Miss Smith, teacher of
elocution and public speaking at the
University and Rev. Dwight S.
Bayley. The decision of the judges
was unanimous in the favor of the
negative, which Miss Munro helped
80 valiantly to defend.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-30

resentatives of the Twin City lines
are under the necessity of advising
your Excelency that their offer
cannot remain open indefinitely,
and that if not previously accepted
if will be considered withdrawn at
1900 Noon Wednesday, December
18th. With many thanks for your
interest in behalf of the railways
and their employees and with APP
probation of the manner in which
your excellency has handled these
difficult negotiations, we beg to
subscribe ourselves,
Very respectfully yours,
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R.
Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul Ry.
Chicago, St. Paul. Minneapolis q
Omaha Ry.,
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry., :,
Chicago Great Western r. r.,
Great Northern Ry.,
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Ste Marie Ry.
Minneapolis & St. Louis R. R.
Minneapolis Railway Transfer Co. =,
Minneapolis Transfer Co.
Northern Pacific R. r.,
st. Paul Bridge and Terminal Co. =,
st. Paul Union Depot Co.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-30

RAILWA

Late Friday afternoon the articles
of incorporation of the Whitefish
and Poison Electric Railway Com
pany were filed in the office of the
county clerk.
The object of the company is
stated to be the building of rail-
roads, telegraph and telephone
lines, and any other business that
may be necessary or of assistance
in the building and carrying on of
a railway business. The line of
the railway projected is from the
town Of White6sh by way of Kali
ispell, Somers and the west shore of
Flathead lake to Poison.
Kalispell is to be the principal
place of business of the company.
The capital stock is given as $780,
600, and the term for which the
company is incorporated is 40
years.
The incorporators and the first
board of directors, who are to serve
until their successors are elected
are: G. H. Adams, J. H. Stevens,
Jos. A. Edge, O. P. J. Mosby,
Peter Nilsson and Dan Ledger
wood.-Inter Lake.
That isn't all. the evening before
a meeting of persons interested in
the organization of a company to
construct electric lines in the val
ley was held in the office of Senator
Thos, D. Long. The meeting was
the outgrowth of the work of E.
F. Wheaton and DR.. G.. E. Mat.
thews, of Cleveland, but in a diff
ferent direction from the plan frs
proposed.
1t was decided to organize a com
pany with capital stock of $50,
900 and Mr.. Long was authorized
to prepare the articles of incorpora
ton.
The intention of the gentlemen
interested is to have thorough in
vestigation of routes and probable
business made, and to begin con
struction out of Kalispell on the
line that promises the best returns
It is believed that when the frs
line is constructed there will be M
difficulty in securing all the capita
needed to build as many branches
as may be desired.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-30
ANOTHER
DERAILMENT

4 Tain No. 3 running seven hours
late out OF here on Cristmas eve
came to grief at Stone Hill, but it
was another one of those lucky
accidents in which no one was in
jured and not much damage was
done to the equipment.
The accident was caused by the
axel breaking on pair of wheels
under the baggage car, which tore
up the track considerable and all
the cars following ran off onto the
ground, but that serious acci-
dent was averted is due to the good
judgement of Engineer R. w. Lar
ter who stopped the train before it
had gone more than the length of
the train. The track at this point
runs alcng the hanks of the
Kootenai river and the train was
stopped just before it began to go
around curve, and had it not been
stopped, as it was, the whole
train would have gone into the
river as the baggage car was already
headed that way.
Engineer Larter said he was pas
sing freight train at this siding
and had slowed down 50 that he
would have control of his train in
case anything was wrong with the
switches, and just as he was well
outside the west switch he felt the
engine working hard, for which
their was no occasion at this time
50 thought he would stop and in.
vestigate, and found that he hac
been pulling the entire train along
on the ties. The ground being
frozen solid prevented the wheels
from sinking into the dirt.
The aXel on the baggage ca
broke off just inside the whee
which flew off and rolled down tn,
track with great force and crashed
into The pilot of the 1924 in charg'
of Bill Adams, and demolished it
Several of the train crew had ;
narrow escape from being hit will
the wheel also.
The baggage car was the only
one that was damaged 80 the freigh
engine was coupled on the rear o
the passenger coaches and pulled
them back on the rails again. Tn,
baggage car was set out there anC
after the track was repaired tn,
train continued on it's journey
Traffic was blocked for about ter
hours.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-30
LEADER CONFECTIONERY
NEW PROPRIETOR

l.. P. Bundeson, who came here
last spring from Phillipsburg,
Mont, and entered into the con-
fectionery business, has sold out
his interests and expects to move
to California in a short time where
he will engage in similar business
Mr.. Ralph Walters of Burlington,
Ia., will be Mr.. Bundeson's sue
cessor, and the firm will now be
known as Harris & Walters, pro-
prietors of the Leader Confection-
cry. Mr.. Walters is very affable
and businesslike young man who
has been here during the greater
part of the. past year in the employ
of the great Northern, and will no
doubt be as capable of managing
this business as Mr.. Bundeson has
been.
During the nine months that
Mr.. Bundeson has been here he
has made many friends who will
regret to see him leave. He has
built up a nice little business and
has been a booster for the town,
but he is compelled to leave on
account of pressing business engage
ments that need his personal at.
tention in California.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-30
TO BE Welded

Mr.. and Mrs. N. S. Murphy
have issued marriage announce
ments for their sister, Miss Rosa
Wilde to Mr.. Earnest Zehm, which
will take place soon, but the exact
date is known only to a few in
innate friends and relatives.
Mr.. Zehm and Miss Wilde
have both been residents in
Whitefish for a number of years
and need no introduction. Both
are popular young people and have
a host of friends who extend to
them their best wishes.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-30

St. Paul, Mimi, Dec. 81, 1909.
The Honorable Adolph O. Eber-
hart,
State Capitol, St. Paul, MINI.
My Dear Sir:-In response to
the invitation from your excellency,
re representatives. of the thirteen
Twin city lines whose switchmen are
now now on strike, attended g
meeting at the Capitol building on
Thursday, December 23rd. In
opening the meeting, your excel
lency recommended to the repre-
sentatives of the Railways and to
the representatives of the switch
men basis of settlement as fol-
lows (That it had been brought
to your attention that a conference
between representatives of certain
railways in Chicago and representa-
tives of their switchmen was now
being held, to consider proposal for
increases in wages and changes in
working conditions, and that the
matters under consideration there
were similar to those presented to
the representatives of the Twin City
lines, and that in the opinion of
your Excellency, if the representa-
tives of the Twin City lines would
agree to apply the provisions of
whatever settlement might be
reached through the Chicago con-
ference to the switchmen employed
upon the Twin City lines, and re-
employ as far as possible the men
who left the service of those lines
on November Both, such a settle
ment would be fair aid equitable.
The representatives of the Railways
then withdrew to consider your Ex-
cellency's proposals, and accepted
them in written statement, which
was handed to you and which is
here quoted: "A conference be-
tween representatives of the Rail-
ways in the Chicago district and
representatives of their switchmen
is now in progress for the purpose
of determining a scale of wages and
the establishment of working con-
ditions for that district. The rate
of wages in the Chicago district and
in the Minnesota Cities for switch
men have been identical and the
working conditions similar.
The representative of the Twin
City lines, in conference this date,
have confirmed, by majority vote,
the report to your EXcellency, that
those roads represented will agree
to re-employ such of their former
yard employees as the roads may
have places for, at the rate Of pay
and under the working conditions
in effect November 1st, 1909, and
that, at the Termination of the Chi
cago conference the lines here rep
resented will meet any additions in
rates of pay or working conditions
that may be granted by the Chica-
90 lines to their switchmen, and
that, as heretofore announced the
differential on two cents per hour
in the wages of switchmen will ap-
ply in the territory Billings and
west on the Northern Pacific Rail-
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-30
FOR SETTLEMENT
OF THE STRIKE
of Twin City Railways Meet on the
Invitation of Governor Eberlnart of Minnesota for
Amicable Settlement of Switchmen's Strike and
Return the Following Report.

way and in the territory Havre and
west on the Great Northern"
1t is the understanding of the
representatives of the Twin City
lines that the matter of re-employ-
ing the switchmen, who voluntar-
lily left the service of the Twin City
lines on November 3Oth, requires
further explanation. With every
wish to meet any suggestions made
by your Excellency and with the
natural desire of employers to help
worthy men who gave up their po-
sitions and who should be at work
for the support of their families and
themselves, the representatives Of
the Twin City lines submit that no
hardship should be imposed nor
any injustice permitted to the large
number of present employees in
yard service who are no way re-
sponsible for the present situation.
When the former yard employees of
the Railways voluntarily gave up
their positions on November Both,
after refusing the offer of the rail
roads to arbitrate and be bound by
the arbitration award without ap-
peal, the refusal being made in the
following language in letter signed
by Mr.. Hawley and dated Novem-
Der 23rd, The committee begs
leave to state that it will not sub
NIT to arbitration under any cir
cumstanccs, it became necessary
for the railroads to promote many
of the men who remained in the
service, to transfer some from other
branches and to employ many new
men in order to perform their duty
to the public, to the other employees
and to the owners of the proper
ties. AS large employers of labor
under wage agreements, the Twin
City lines would not be justified in
reducing in rank these employees
who have been promoted since No
vember 30th, returning to their
former employment those who have
left positions in other branches of
the service or in dismissing without
cause the competent men who have
been employed to fill the other va
cancies. 1t is, however, certain
that upon the basis of re-employ-
ment suggested by your Excellency
many Of the old switchmen can be
given employment and probably a
large number would be restored to
their old positions. With the
growth of business it is reasonable
to expect that considerable increase
in force will be required which will
enable the Twin City lines to pro-
vide employment in the aggregate
for more men than were employed
previous to November 3Oth. The
representatives of the Twin City
lines believe that they have ac-
cepted your excellency's sugges-
tiOns without reservation. They
have done so with the sincere de-
sire of avoiding any further incon-
venience to the public, and the loss
to their employees which will result
from continuance of the present
conditions. In conclusion, the rep
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-30

Jas. Dillon, of Vancouver, Wash,
rOadmaster on the S. p. & g., was
in town yesterday shaking hands
with old friends.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-30

w. E. Gust has sold his prop
erty in the Ramsay addition to
Orrin Williamson. The deal took
place Tuesday.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-30

H. T. Senay has gone to Lin.
wood, Mich, to visit for a month
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin Rhodes have
a new boy which arrived yesterday
morning.
The Florida star., 1909-01-15

The devilfshes are inhabitants of
warm water seas and, as a rule, do
not venture from the shore very far
out on the high seas. Once in
awhile one is seen as far north as
New York or in the Mediterranean.
In United States waters they have
been more frequently reported from
South Carolina and the gulf states
and from Lower California. They
often swim in schools or shoals and
have curious habit of turning SOM
ersaults near the surface, sometimes
leaping as high as ten feet out of
the water and churning the sea into
foam. If the devilfshes could live
and move in the air in their mode
of progression, they would probably
be said to fly, for a sort of subma-
rine flight is really what is accom-
plished. 1t is by flaps of the long,
winglike fins that they speed them
selves along.
The Florida star., 1909-01-15
Looking For Farm Sites

Mr.. E. H. Herrich, president of
the Herrich Realty company, of New
York city, is in St. Augustine this
week on a business visit of consider
able Importance. He is looking for
a location for some forty or fifty Ger
man families of New York state.
The farmers are dissatisfied with con-
ditions in the empire state and desire
to change to a more genial cline
where the opportunities are greater
and the returns on their labor are
more satisfactory.
Here is a chance for Brevard, as
this county can offer them all that
they are seeking, rich soil, pleasant
environment and big returns on their
investment.
The eyes of the farmers from all
sections are beginning to turn to
Florida now, so who will take the
lead in getting them interested in this
county?
The Florida star., 1909-01-15
Seven Years of Proof

Il have had seven years of proof that DIR.
Kings New Discovery is the best medirine to
take for coughs and colds and for every dis
eased condition of throat, chest or lungs" says
w. V. Henry, of Panama, Mo. The world
has had thirty eight years of proof that DIR.
Kings New Discovery is the best remedy for
coughs and colds, la grippe, asthma hay fever,
bronchitis, hemOrrhage of the lungs and the
early stages of consumption. It's timely use
always prevents the development of pneu-
mOnia. Sold under guarantee at Banner Drug
Store. SOC. and 81 90. Trial bottle free.
The Florida star., 1909-01-15
Public Schools Receive Setback

THE STAR published last week the
fact that a recent decision of the su-
preme court has cut off the supple
mental state appropriations for high
schools, and for certain country
schools that maintained an average
daily attendance of so per cent.
State Superintendent Holloway is
quoted as saying that this places the
schools back on a par with those of a
decade ago.
There is already due the schools of
the state 1857, ,756 under the 80 per
cent. act, and the high school act. In
addition, there is also due them the
$50, 900, which should have been ap-
propriated by the comptroller on the
first of January, 1903, if at that time
there had been money in the treasury
for that purpose. The aggregate
amount, therefore, due the schools
on the first of July, 1903, was $2l7,-
756.
This large amount is lost to the
schools together with $165, 900, which
would have accrued by the first of
July, 1909.
The law establishing a system of
high schools was enacted in 1903, and
the other acts coming under the de-
cision of the court, were passed in
1905.
While it seems from this decision
that the state is not able to appropri-
ate any money to the public schools,
for the reason that the appropriations
amounted in fact to a levy for school
purposes, by which the legislature
was doing indirectly what it could
not do directly, a special county
tax of three mills by districts may
be lawfully levied in addition to the
regular county levy of seven mills,
and by this special levy it may be
possible to keep the schools up. to
present standard and length of term,
but the abolishment of the high
school system is a very serious blow
to public education in the whole
state.
School Superintendent Walker in.
forms us that the school board die
not take this matter up at their meet
ing last week. but will probably dc
so at the February meeting.
Inview of the fact that Brevard LOST
something like two thousand dollars
state aid last year and will lose the
same amount this year, it is probable
that our school fund will be about
The Florida star., 1909-01-15
Paintiag the Town Red.

The expression, Painting the
town red." has been traced to "The
Divine Comedy" Dante, led by
Virgil, comes to the cavernous
depths of the place swept by a
mighty wind where those are con-
fined who have been the prey of
their passions. Two faces arise
from the mist-the faces of Fran
cesca and Paolo. "Who are yep
cries Dante in alarm, and Francesca
replies sadly, "We are those who
have painted the world red with
our sins. ."-Argonaut.
The Florida star., 1909-01-15
County Road Matters

We desire to say to the honorable
board Of county commissioners that
in their official proceedings publish
ed in another column) they have gar
bled and misquoted the article that
they refer to as appearing in The
STAR of Dec. 25th.
We did not say that the road from
Turnbull to the Volusia county line
could be put in good condition suita-
able for automobiles to travel over
for $4O0 or $500.
We said nothing of the kind.
What we did say, and the para
graph the commissioners referred
to, reads as follows
''From Turnbull on the north to Sc
bastian (the county line) on the south,
and to Fort Pierce, in st. Lucie county,
the roads are fairly good for automo-
biles and with an expenditure of four
or five hundred dollars could be put in
very good shape"
Instead of the joke being on the
editor of The STAR it seems to fall
on the honorable board of county
commissioners and it might be well
for them to read newspaper articles
twice over in future so as to be sure
they are right before attempting a
joke on the editor.
Now that we have the good roads
subject up we do not want the hon
orable board to misunderstood The
STARS position upon another point
of this important subject.
While we have mentioned the need
of good roads, using the word auto
to designate what would be termed
fairly good roads, this paper has re-
peatedly emphasized the fact that the
proper thing to do in developing a
system of good roads is to construct
centering roads about important
towns and connecting near-adjoining
towns first, in order that the farmer
and actual settler can utilize the same
in hauling his freight and products
to market.
1t is more important that actual
residents get the use of road i'm
provements than the nonresident.
In other words we have more sympa-
thy for the cracker pony that hauls
oranges through Florida sand than
care for those who simply want to
pass through our country on sight
seeing tours, it matters not whether
they are on tally-ho, or in a 40 h. p.
touring car.
When Brevard can put down a Wit
rified brick speedway the length of
the county we will be able to cater
to the auto speeder in such a way
that he will think he has struck par
adise sure enough; but until then the
home resident with his runabout or
his neighbor who owns a span or
drives single should receive first
consideration. Are we right, honor
able board?
The Florida star., 1909-01-15
One Of the first official acts Of Gov

ernor GiIchrist was to appoint his
friend, Editor A. P. Jordan, state
pure food inspector. Mr.. Jordan is
among those who are ascribed as the
salt of the earth" He stood by his
candidate nobly, and no one, says the
OcaIa Banner, will envy him his plum.
The new governor did a graceful act
in making it his first official gift, to
which the Miami Metropolis adds:
If Mr.. Jordan gets after the impure
food artists with as much vim and
vigor as he edits the Punta Gorda
Herald, there will be something do
ing some where in the state sometime
soon.