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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-19
CLUB MEN COMPLETE
REORGANIZATION
MissOULA ASSOCIATION TAKES
OUT ARTICLES OF iNCOR.
PORATION.

Yesterday articles of incorporation,
filed late Saturday by committee Of
the Missoula club. were made public.
The change In organization was decid-
the articles give the usual aims and
purposes of social organizations.
The members of the organization
held an enthusiastic meeting on Friday
night last and appointed a committee
to look after the incorporation Of the
club. A constitution and bylaws were
proposed and were adopted by the
members. The committee attended to
its duty faithfully and Saturday night
articles of incorporation were filed un-
der the laws of Montana. At the same
meeting a new set of officers were
elected to serve the new club for the
next year. Those elected We're as fol-
lows: G.. L. Il. Kellogg, president; F..
C. Stoddard. vice president; Ward
Rathbun. secretary; E. A. Newton.
treasurer. and Robert Silbley, C. L. f.
Kellogg, e. A. Newton, F. c. Stoddard,
]. M. Orvis, A. J. Breitenstein, Kenneth
Ross. Gil Reinhard and DR.. ]. L. Scott
members of the board of control, which
since the Incorporation will be the d.
rectors.
For Forestry Men.
There Is only one standing commit
tee but 1t will have charge of all bus
mess for the club and will have the
arrangements for the different social
affairs which will be given in the near
future. II was also decided to admit
men connected with the forestry SER
vice as members with the same stand
ing as the officers of the army, the re-
uuirements being that they pay only
monthly dues, eliminating the initia-
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-19

UMBRELLAS.
Hull Bros. $500 detachable handle umbrel-
las, best steel frame. on sale ........$4 .43
BACK AND SIDE COMBS.
All combs and hair ornaments have been
marked down for this safe. Pieces range
from 10c to $500 LESS ONE-THlRD.
HAND BAGS.
feathers; leather lined; prices range from
CSC to $500. During clearance sale ONE.
THIRD OFF.
MERCERiZED PILLOW CORDS.
In assorted colors and combinations Of
colors.
All 35c and 45c cords are now 25c and $50
All Csc and 75c silk pillow cords .49f
SOUVENIR SPOONS FREE.
All who visit the basement salesroom will
be presented with gold bowl Flathead res
ervation souvenir spoon.
FRENCH TAFFETA.
Benefits oil-boiled black taffeta. in va
rious widths at clearance prices.
$500 yard wide taffeta reduced to-. .$1.4S
s1.75 yard wide taffeta reduced to-. $3.50
e1.s0 yard-wide taffeta reduced to. .$1.19
$1.25 yardwide taffeta reduced to .... CSC
SIC Japanese silk. all colors, a perfect laun-
der silk, yard NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .S0C
CSC Japanese silk, all colors. 81 inches wide;
SIPS OUTING GOWN 800.
Women's heavy outing flannel gowns; pat
terms are neat assorted stripes and plain COL
ors; sizes 80 to "A; all are neatly trimmed;
price .....'.....'... '...'......... .oOr
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-19

ton fee which is required of oil other
members. The committee. known as
the house committee, Is composed of
the following members j. M. Orvis,
Robert Sibley and Gil Reinhard.
For College Men.
Robert Sibley suggested that space
be set aside which may be used by
men who belong to college fraterni-
ties and also for those who have at
tended different colleges, This sug.
gestion was accepted and Mr.. Slbley
was appointed a committee of one to
look after this part. He has made ar
engagements with the various fraternity
and college men to have them decorate
the space assigned to them with PEN
nants, representing the fraternities and
colleges. Under the banners of each
organization will be a list, which will
show the names of the fraternity men
in the city.
The Glenwood post., 1909-01-02
What OF THE NEW YEAR7

We are in the dawning of new
year and what it may bring forth,
none of us can tell. Fortunate indeed.
are we in that it is not given to us to
know what the future holds in store
for us. 1t is for us to do our duty by
ouri families, ourselves and our fellow
meA; in other words, do right and trust
tho future to Him who rules the desti.
nieh of nations and who takes note OF.
tha sparrow s fall.
The old year has gone and we are
now on the threshold of its successor.
What will it mean for us? Very much
what we shall make it. Let US enter
the new year with clean hearts and
clean hands and with determination
that should we not survive the coming
twelvemonth, we shall have done or
said something which will cause some
one to feel that the world has been
made little better by our brief exis-
tence. With this thought in view the
Post wishes each and every one of its
many readers, HAPPY NEW YEAR.
The Glenwood post., 1909-01-02
OUR BUSINESS MEN

Ever alert to the need of their custo.
mers; ever striving to place on their
shelves and counters the very best
the wholesaler can secure for them;
ever striving to win friends and holo
old ones, the business man of Glen
wood Springs is second to none in this
whole state.
But a casual glance is needed to
prove that our business men are alive
to market conditions; but a hurried
visit to the local store is needed to
prove that the stocks are clean, at
tractively arranged and continually
changing. A closer inspection finds
the quality is there and upon inquiry,
the customer learns that prices are
reasonable.
With these conditions, why should
the local merchant fear the great mail
order houses of Chicago and other
cities Our people will not desert the
one, who is spending his money in the
town that it may become a better place
in which to live. 1t is true, some
suspicious looking trunks and other
packages have been received with a
Chicago mail order house mark on
them, but they must have held artl-
cles that the manufacturer will not
allow sold by Glenwood merchants
We never heard of such articles, but
they may exist.
We extend to our business men best
wishes for prosperous year and at
the end may you be able to point with
satisfaction to the bright side of your
ledger.
The Glenwood post., 1909-01-02
.wAJs. IN 1RR1aAT1oN

Considerable interest, especially IN
the West, has been caused by the publ
cation of st.ry by William E. Cur
tbs concdrning the amount of water
wasted BY lax irrigation methods. The
story is based largely on statements
made by DR.. A. {. True, of the Unit
ed States Geological survey, calling at
teItion to the necessity for greater
economy in the application of water
for irrigation purposes.
Here are two paragraphs from DR..
True Is report, which are worthy of at
tention:
Measurements made by irrigation
engineers and other experts show that
not onehalf of the water diverted from
streams by unlined earthen bitches
reaches the land to be irrigated An
other large part of the water is lost
by evaporation and by percolation
through the soil and still more is lost
by wasteful use.
''It is safe to say that not more than
one-third of the water diverted from
streams serves n useful purpose on the
lands for which it is diverted. While
some of it can be prevented by better
irrigation methods. {"
The writer knows from six years
actual experience in supervising the
distribution of irrigation water, that
under our present laws and customa
much of the water diverted from our
streams is wasted, much of it is used
unlawfully in spite of all the care
which overworked water commissioners
can give it while much is lost by per
colat ng through stream beds and com
ing out in larger streams as underflow
Tn I,re are not enough irrigation off
eials to handle the water to the best
advantage, and besides, these official.
are so restricted by the law in theil
supervision, that it is impossible fol
them to get the best results from the
wat9r over which they have quasi con
The Glenwood post., 1909-01-02
RESPECT LINcoLN's MEMORY

February Twelfth of this year marks
tho one hundredth anniversary of the
birth of Abraham Lincoln, one 'of the
greatest men of which this nation
boasts. 1t is customary for schools
and various societies and organiza-
tions to observe the day each year as
mark of respect and the Post believes
the custom good one and one that
should ever be followed by future gen
erations as well as we of today.
Many are the men that can recount
tales of Lincoln. These tales cover
one of the most trying periods in our
history, yet today we are a united peo-
pie and those, who years ago were ene-
mics of this great patriot, are now
filled with endearing thoughts Of his
noble life. A life that was not his own,
but belonged to suffering humanity
wherever it was found; life that was
free of anything demoralizing; a lie
that to come in contact with, meant the
bettering of the character of the one
who learned to know him.
The next anniversary will mark the
one hundredth of his birth and this
fact seems to give incentive to comuni.
ties in every section of the country o
make greater effort to respect his
memory.
In Glenwood the schools observe the
day with programs of speeches and
songs and it is well, but should the rest
Of our people forget this noble charac.
ter? Should not our Board of Trade
make some special effort along this
Iine' A public meeting at which plans
along the line of progress are discussed
seems to us to be as fitting tribute -
could be paid the memory of Lincoln,
for his every thought, his every ACT
was for a greater nation, better gov
ernment and more progressive
people.
1t is over a month yet and this will
give the committee, which will have
charge of the February meeting of the
Board of Trade, time to prepare
short program for the evening. Il need
not be long, but the day shosM not b
passed in silence. st.s.s =.
The Glenwood post., 1909-01-02

p.ttive interest in securing votes for
We eoa.ky high school, are doing the
Ses& to nAks it possible to realize
tkir fond Asures in this respect.
Vow the Post has no quarrel with
thde people. Not at all. If they
dont want high school, the peopie
of tie county will not force it on them
If howledgt is to be secondary
tbing,if the education and future wei
fore oa our poys and girls is to be Of
| lkss eoAseduenee to US than so called
business, or anything else, all well and
good, bu, lel's be honest about it. For
goodness Ike, let s quit our hypocri-
sy and SOB asking for these better
things, unt / we really want them.
The Glenwood post., 1909-01-02
OUR BOARD OF TRADE

All honor to the Glenwood Springs
Board of Trade. Gentlemen you have
done nobly the past year. To the
membership of the body has been add
cd practically every business man in
the city and at every meeting we see
faces and hear words of cheer from the
business men of our neighboring towns
and the country surrounding the city.
The officers of the Board of Trade
have worked hard for the betterment
of the city and if vote of our busi-
ness men should be taken, there would
be but few, who would say by their
ballot, "Let us stop this Board of
Trade and do away with It," 1t is
true, unbusinesslike as it may be, there
lare some few, who still hold aloof and
fail to attend these monthly meetings,
but even these few have taken hand
in boosting the town in their way. But
the year 1909 should sec every business
man in the city member of this or
gaaization. There must be united ef-
fort if great things are to be accom-
plished for Glenwoh. Many things
hayc been done. the past season,
through the efforts of the Board Of
Trade s.e@bsrs, wal the best for years.
ose ~eek alone ptoved that Glenwood
= coming into he own and that increas-
sasssmbers will fome here for the sum
ner Esd we believe the winter season
will prove mof and more popular as
the Board spyhads advertising matter
over the easfrn. states.
Let "YUH FORWARD" be the
slosan for )his year and everybody
ct busy aid do their best to sssist
- Board z TssAs s1ssM
The Glenwood post., 1909-01-02
WELL DESERVED RECOGNITION

The election of E. E Rittenhouse,
insurance commissioner of Colorado, to
the presidency of the Provident Saw
ings Life Assurance company, is not
only worthy recognition of brains
and ability, but fitting tribute to the
honorable methods Mr. Rittenhouse
has adopted in the conduct of the in
surance department of the state.
1t has made no difference to Ritten-
house how strong the companies were
how great their backing or what their
reputation; all were made to toe the
mark alike. All were given to under.
stand that the laws must be obeyei
to the letter, and where Mr.. Ritten-
houses plans were made known and
insurance companies learned more of
the purposeful character of the man,
they respected him and his rulings,
and gpacefully cooperated with him
in his work, until today, the insurance
business of Colorado is conducted on
n sounder basis than ever before and
the interests of policy holders are safe
guarded as rever before in this state
In word, Mr.. Rittenhouse has made
record for himself and his department
throughout the country, and in recog-
milton of his honesty and ability, he is
now called to tho presidency of one
of tho companies which he has recently
disciplined for lax business methods,
which Il will now be his hrst duty to
make right.
The Glenwood post., 1909-01-02
CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS

Gun Plays, drunken brawls and street
fights in this city on Christmas day and
night marred, to a certain extent the
JOY and happiness of those who real
ly observe the day in pleasure giving
1t is perhaps true that the local Off
GERS did their utmost to control the ones
rho seem to have no higher ambition
than to fll up on intoxicating liquors
and get out on the street and fight
like animals of the lower world. But
it is just as true that fights did occur
and on the day of all days that all
the good in q man should be allowed to
assert itself that fellow men might be
happier.
Perhaps if reason should be ask
ed of some of the fighters or of the
eager crowd of watchers, who scatter
at the approach of an officer, none
could be given i. AT least none that
would reflect credit on the fighter or
spectator.
The oft repeated question arises,
"Why will man debase himself to that
extent?" Answers have been given,
which if read, should cause at least
some let up in the usual holiday car
ousals, but it seems that the best in
man is cast aside and the animal rules.
In speaking along this same line, the
p,,ahIn Gfar. Tourpal says.
1t seems to have become an establi-
shed custom among the American peo-
pie that every festal day shall be re-
garded as an excuse for getting drunk
by many of them and for putting the
day to other absurd uses. No matter
what the significance of the holiday,
with many people the effect is precise
ly the same. An undue amount of
liquor is taken aboard and an exhibit
tion of bestiality follows.
Thus every Christmas brings its quota
of drunken men staggering about the
streets, disturbing the innocent diver
| sions of the people who are enjoying
the holiday in sane fashion, and New
Years day is even worse. On that
day, when men are in the habit of
making foolish resolutions to "do bet
ter" during the new fledged year, they
take its first day to indulge in one
final "jamboree, presumably to COM
pensate for the self denial which they
have determined upon, and which usu-
ally does not outlast the bitter mem
ories of the spree.
New Years resolutions" are alb
snrd at best. They argue lack of
sef-control, are almost invariably more
honored in the breach than in the OBJ
servance, and when they are preceded
hy disgusting exhibition of weakness
their end can be readily foretold. The
r"solute man does not "resolute." He
makes no vows to himself inviting
their breach, for he knows that by SO
doing he only offers himself an invi-
tation to persist in courses that he
has found work evilly with him. He
sees wherein lie his faults and he rem
edies them without parade of resolu-
tions
However, that IS an aside. What
is really important is that the people
should wean themselves of the habit
of desecrating every holiday by unseen.
ly indulgence. 1t is not necessary to
N.r
tial to don sackcloth and ashes. The
spirit Of cheerfulness can best be pro-
moted by sane and healthy enjoyment,
not by pandering to vicious appetites,
and this is lesson that it is necessary
shall be learned by many of US.
The Glenwood post., 1909-01-02
THE STATEMENT is made by M

THE STATEMENT is made by Mr..
Cannon of the state pure food commits.
sion that the poor people are kept poor
largely through their extravagant
methods of buying expensive food stuffs
There are few people who give this
matter much thought because in most
instances we are extravagant WITHOUT
knowing it. People of very modesase
purse or income buy sirloin and porter
house steaks when the same amount
Of money would often purchase three
times as much sustenance in stews or
potroasts. It's the same with fruits
and vegetables and soups which arc
bought in canned form when they could
be had at . much les figure. We arc
a truly prosperous people and We have
mt begun to lsars ths lssoos OF true
oo1Qe0f ~s4. - '~,~
The Glenwood post., 1909-01-02
Saturday, January. 2, 1909.
..To THE vIcToRs
BELONG THE sPoII.S.'

Under the above caption, the Rifle
Telegram (Democratic) takes a few
shots at some of the Office seekers In
this county. OF course, the Telegram
is hitting at Charley Larson, the ranch
er,but it is said number Of democrats
have <aken the matter to heart and
announce under their breath that the
shoe fits them u a "T". Here is
what the Telegram had to say about
Charley Larson.
&C. P. Larson, Of Raven who is, or
was at least, a candidate for appoint
ment as one of the board OF managers
of the State Agricultural College, was
in Rifle last Tuesday, and expressed
the opinion that some of the men in
the county whom he had looked upon
as his friends had thrown him down
pretty hard when it came to using their
influence in his behalf in securing the
recommendation of the county central
commmittee for the position he desires.
1t is just possible that it was not any
inaction on the part Of Mr.. Larson g
friends that lost him the desired re-
commendation, but knowledge of GER
tain conditions which may have in
fluenced the vote. That Mr.. Larson is
good honest, capable man, and one
who would honor the position to which
he aspired, there is no room to doubt
but there are other good, honest capA-
BILE men, who would honor that same
position, and men concerning whose
politics history is not somwhat hazy
At times and of whose democracy there
is not the slightest doubt. When there
is an appointive position vacant in the
state which requires peculiar abilities
: not found in men within the democratiI
ranks, any governor would feel per
feeHy free to appoint some intermit'
tant democrat, republican or a follow
or Of some other political faith, and
members of county central committees
would feel free to recommend them
but until that condition Of affairs IT
developed it will probably be found
that democrats will keep on recommend
ing democrats for every aPpointive
Job in the state.'
We have heard one man say, after
reading the above, that the same ap
piled to Theodore Rosenberg and thai
he wa. turned down for the same reason
that the bosses doubted his demo
cracy.
The democrats are a peculiar lot OF
people after all. Now, there is E. I
Taylor He has straddled and strad
died, but he was given nice big major
ity in the recent election. 1t seems that
the rank and file Of the democratic
party do not care, who is elected &C
long as he is good man and qualifi
ed to fill the place. But with the bos
ses it is different. They favor the mar
that can deliver the votes of the rank
and file and the rank and file be dod
jgasted.
We also notice by the Telegram that
the democrats will continue to re
commend democrats. How about youl
water man, A. J. Vagg of Carbondale
Mr.. telegram Did you ever hear him
say he is a democrati Did you evel
have anyone accuse him of being 9
democrat in your presence!
Just ask Mr.. Vagg. He will tell you
and unless he has changed his political
faith during the past few months, he
will tell you that he is down on both
democrats and republicans and is q
straight out and out socialist. But
democrats will recommend democrats' :
It is to laugh.
The Glenwood post., 1909-01-02
REpuB1IcAN1sM AS
A BUSINESS ASSET


The trend of sentiment toward Re-
publicanism in the southern states is
one of the most interesting of current
events. Two southern states showed
the largest percentage of gain in the
Republican vote of 1908 as compared
with that of 1904, and there was hard
lv state of the south where the Re
publican vote was not greatly increased.
Since the election the manifestation
of sentiment favorable to Mr.. Taft and
his party has been even more marked.
Many prominent southerners have not
hesitated to express open satisfaction
with the result even though their votes
were given to the losing candidate, and
there has been almost universal ex-
preston of kindly appreciation and re-
sponse to Mr.. Taft's overtures of
good will and reconciliation.
The precise significance of this chang
ed sentiment on the part of SO large a
portion of the people of the south Is
matter worthy of serious considera-
tion.
1t does not imply that the people of
the southern states have become con-
vcrted to RepubHcanism in the sense
that they have renounced the political
principles of the opposition party.
1t means rather that changing events
and changed conditions in the south
hive brought the people of those
states into different relation towaru
the life of the nation and into different
conditions of business and industry.
The spread of Republicanism in the
south is due to economic rather than
| political reasons. 30"
The people of the south are progres
sivc; therefore they tend toward Re
| publicanism, because Republicanism is
progressive.
The people of the south are prosper
Gus as they have never been before;
therefore they tend toward Republican
ism because the Republican party is the
party of prosperity.
The people of the south are confident
hopeful, optimistic, and they tend to
ward Republicanism because the Re
publican party is based upon politi
cal philosophy that is cheerful, hope
full and optimistic.
i The people of the south are losing
their sectional narrowness. The STATE
of the south are no longer communni
ties with single industry. The re
sources of the south are being develop
ed. The mines are being opened. Th
water power is being harnessed. Diver
sified crops are revolutionizing tn
practices of southern agriculture ant
restoring fertility to wasted lands. TIL,
southern cities are expanding wonder
fully Southern factories are compet
ing successfully with the mills of New
England, Pennsylvania and Ohio. New
blood and capital are being poured int
the south and from the north and from
foreign countries, and the people o
the new south, sons of the old south
are stirring with new life.
The south is becoming Americanized
not according to the standards of 1866
or the standards of 1890, but according
to the standards of 1908, and measur
ed by that standard, Americanism Il
Republicanism.-Ch Chieftain.