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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-12

Oak Park is one of the blue ribbon
suburbs Of Chicago. The cream on
the top Of the milk up there is a little
thicker than that which gathers on
the fluid that is sold in The city. But
somebody started the annexation fever
In the exclusive bailiwick. What is a
suburb for If it Is not to be free from
the dirt and rush Of the city, Well,
when the annexation bug was turned
loose the Oak Parkites got together.
They called in the preacher, and he
told them that it all grew out Of the
TACT that people In the Park were not
as sociable as they ought to be. Then
they resolved to open their homes to
all corners. Everybody in Oak Park
now extends the glad hand to every
body else. They call one another on
the wire at night, and even in the
morning they inquire what sort Of
night the neighbor had. They lend
each other anything that is asked
for.
Women wigwag from house to house,
and the men who play poker do not
oIsCAAps uAy u lie 1lCuC Ir1CkS IQ0C
are INDUCED in by men who live in
town.
The funny Alexander team Of the
New York postof1ce got quick action
on itself the other day. A letter from
addressed in large black type
a Chicago concern was relayed in
the New York Office. After the name
street address of the concern !
there was printed Chicago, U. 8. A."
was plain enough to be read by
wooden Indian. but 1t got on the
tickle bones of the New York Alexis, |
and they evidently took some valuable
government time off in order to get in
heir fling. The word illinois," writ
in ink, underlined Chicago" This
eat probably caused the funny men
# the Gotham shop to roll over in the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-12

Horrid March!
That snowy
And blowy
Old month, as of yore
UntOrrid
And horrid,
Is with US once more.
a We SILVER
And culver.
Refuse to be gay.
The good luck's
The woodchuck's,
Who's snoozing away.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-12
At BRIDGE.

From what do you discard, Miss
Cheesely""
1T depends upon my hand. Miss
Tippans."
Il knew it wasn't your head."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-12
Chicago Rabbi
Scores Society.
Tho Butterfly and the Good Womaa-Go.
than Postofflce Officials Find the
Middle West Metropolis.

tFrom Our Chicago Correspondent
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-12
No Use.

Mrs. Jawback Why have mems
clothes so many pockets in them?
Mr.. Jawback-Tu be darned II I
know!-Cleveland Leader.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-12

Her Weakness.
know what l don't like?"
"Sure."
How do you known"
by the cost mark"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-12
The Old Yarn Again.

The Old Yarn Again.
Clerk-We have a cheap sale of UNI
brella holders today, sir.
Mr.. Stubb Thanks. but l have
friends. They hold all my umbrellas
they can get their hands on.-Chicago
News.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-12

Browning-Are you still debating to
that pretty s~tenographer you had last
summer?
Greening-Not so you can notice it.
We are married now.-Houston Post,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-12
Conceit,

Conceit.
do you believe that a man can in
herit qualities from his forefathers? p
Most assuredly. All Of my family
Tor generations back were exceptional.
~ talented ."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-12

Now comes an interesting story about
three motherless lion whelps Of Lin
coln park: The day they were born
their mother turned against them. Cy
De Vry. who is known to every animal
In the park, for he has been father to
them for years, went out in search of
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-11
Chasing the Ambulance
Wagon in Lincoln

jured, though none fatally. It was
four hours before the passengers were
taken from the scene of the wreck,
claim agent" was on the ground try
ing to "fix things" without delay. He
had wad of one and two dollar bills,
and the sight of roll of that money
was very convincing. He secured sew
eral releases" on the spot, and for
sums that were. ridiculously small
His line of argument was that little
money now without legal trouble was
better than a larger sum after long
legal fight, with the very great possi-
bility that the road would win in the
courts. Perhaps you can imagine
what condition a woman would be in
to talk business at such time if she
saw her dead husband pinned under
hospital, hundreds of miles from home
and possibly without funds. That's
| the time that the smooth man. of the
claims department gets in his work.
| They always promise to see that
the company docs the right thing
but just at the present they want to
prove their friendship by doing some
thing at once. Just take this little
piece of money and sign the receipt.
| Later well take it up with the COM
pany and get an adjustment" But
with signed waiver of all claims for
damages in his pocket, the representa-
tive of the corporation hurries back
to the Office, chuckling to himself.
If there is any way to stop this sort
of ghoulish enterprise it is high time
it was put into operation.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-11
A UNION MADE CHURCH.

The Rev. James S. Meyers of Kan
sas City, Kan, who is SO well and
favorably known to the trades union
lists of this city, asks every workman
employed on the construction of his
new church if he is union man. He
states that when the structure is com
pleted he hopes to make it church
where union men can attend and know
that the work they see about them
was all done by members of organized
|labor.-Kansas City Labor Herald.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-11

take a man who had no knowledge of
business methods and in the short
space of six months make him compe-
tent to manage the affairs of the West
ern Supply Co. Why, then, should he
be SO easily led to believe that ]. E..
Murray can take the raw material and
make a skilled mechanic in six
months? The idea is absurd, but there
will be lot of dupes who will give
up their little old hundred dollars un-
der the impression that they can learn
the plumbing trade in school in
side of six months, although it takes
from three to five years under shop
conditions to make skilled mechanic
in that trade Messrs. Selleck and
Mayne, and any others who may have
been associated with them in the deal
with e. Murray, owe it to them
selves and to the journeymen plumb
ers of Lincoln to back up from that
proposition-and back up quick.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-11
The gentlemen who are framing up

The gentlemen who are framing up
the commission charter should not
take too much for granted. There are
others than politicians and business
men who are interested in the matter
A whole lot of idealistic rot is not
what the workers of the city want in
that charter They want something
practical. They want the eliminative
process of selecting the officials pro-
vided for by the charter. In other
words, they want it SO fixed that any
body who can get a reasonable num-
ber of petitioners may be a candidate
for any office, and then proceed to
eliminate the low men until only two
are left. In other words, every man
elected must be elected by majority
vote. The charter must provide for
the initiative and referendum, and for
the recall 1t must provide adequate
| provisions for a park and boulevard
| system. 1t must provide for an eight.
| hour day on all municipal work. and II
must provide that the union scale OF
wage" shall prevail In all cases where
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-11
CAPITAL AUXILIARY.
Brief News Notes Of the Busy Help
mates Of the Printermen.

At Wednesday afternoons meeting
of Capital Auxiliary No. II the follow
ing officers were elected:
Mrs. G. B. RICHTER.
Vice President, Mrs G. N Wathan
Treasurer, Mrs. Will Bus
tard.
Chaplain, Mrs. Geo. Freeman
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Turner formerly
of Lincoln, are rejoicing over fine
baby boy at their home in Springfield,
Ill.
Mrs. G. H. Freeman, who has been
visiting friends and relatives in Iui-
nois for the past six weeks has re-
turned
Mrs. w. S. Bustard's phone num-
Der has been changed to 6249.
Mrs. o. F. Young was the victim of
a badly sca1ded hand last week. Be
sides being very painful, it was a
great hindrance to her household du-
ties.
Mrs. c. B. RICHTER, chairman of the
auxiliary apron committee, is now
ready to receive orders for all kinds
of aprons, clothes pin bags, etc. This
also includes mems work aprons.
The Labor Temple committee has
asked the ladies of Capital Auxiliary
to furnish room in the new Labor
Temple. What do the ladies think of
it? Be prepared to answer at the next
meeting.
Mrs. w. c. Norton of Humboldt, for
merly of Lincoln, came up to shop
and say hello to friends the first of
the week.
Capital Auxiliary met with Mrs. F.
W. Nickel on Wednesday.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-11
legislators hesitate about enacting i
into law

In making up the list of business
men who had generously aided the
unionists to secure the Labor Temple
property, it was not strange that there
should have been some omissions. The
directors who hustled the money were
worked to a frazzle, the editor among
them, and the result was that in the
haste to make speedy recognition of
kindly assistance some were over
looked-not Intentionally, but because
of too much rush. We therefore
hasten to acknowledge the following
additional stock Subscriptions:
FRED ScMIDT G. Bro. ....... 800
JACOB NORTH e. CO.. 100
n. X. BURkETT.. T.......... IS
And we further apologize to these
good friends for the oversight.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-11

In the city is the employer And it
must provide that after the charter is
enacted by the legislature the voters
of the city may have an opportunity
to say whether or not they want it.
Failure to provide that Is what killed
the proposed charter last winter. We
don't care a continental what others
say defeated the charter-we happen
to know that if the proposed charter
had contained a submission clause it
would have passed the legislature. And
unless the charter now under way
provides for it there will be enough
opposition to it to at least make the
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-11
GIVEN APPEAL.
Supreme Court Grants Plea Of Con-
victed Labor Leaders.

victed Labor Leaders.
The supreme court of the United
States on December granted the Pc
tition for writ of certiorari in the
contempt cases of Samuel Gompers,
Frank Morrison and John Mitchell, Of
ficers of the American Federation of
Labor. The effect of the decision will
be to bring the entire record in the.
Buck Stove & Range company case
against these men to the supreme
court for review.
Messrs Gompers, Morrison and
Mitchell were present when Chief JUS
tice Fuller indicated the willingness
of the court to review their case.
They did not at first seem to en-
tirely comprehend the announcement,
but when explained to them their
faces were wreathed in smiles.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-11

Beginning next Monday The Wage
workers business Office will be in the
Labor Temple, and there will be some
one there every afternoon to receive
subscriptions, news items, advertising,
etc. 1t will be cosy little office, and
trades unionists and their wives will
be just as welcome as the flowers in
springer the union teamster with a
load of coal this winter.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-11

alleged trade schools operated by men
like Moler, Coyne, Murray and others.
Secretary Mayne knows that compe-
tent Y. NJ. C. A. secretary can not be
made out of raw material in six
months time. Why, then, should he
be so easily duped into believing that
a competent journeyman plumber"
can be fashioned out of raw material
in six months by J. E. Murray?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-11
CHRISTMAS
SHOPPING

Christmas is almost here and the postman reminds
you of it trip when he leaves at door al
Turing catalogue from the Mail Order House. The best
use to which mail order catalogue be put is
kindle the breakfast fire.
The mail order catalogue presents to you hand
pictures of attractive looking Christmas presents
quoted fabuouy low prices You invited to send
your money quick You send it and STUNG. But
you don't get your money back.
Now is the time to take look in the splendidly
decorated windows of Lincon's progressive stores.
There you goods-not pictures. You go inside
and feel of them; turn them over; examine them and
get the salesmans guarantee that they just rep
resented your money is refunded. You can't get
stung here.
money with him. He gives you value received-ful
weight-ful He helps to make your town what
it is spends much of his money for your well
his benefit He keeps it all in circulation where
you reach it again. The mail order house don t.
friends; they don't deceive you They support the
which supports you They have proved their friendship
by their ads They show that they want your trade by
asking you for it through the columns of the paper that
is trying to help you fight your battles.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-11

OF course ! know John p. Frey
Perhaps you will recall that l said
that "a man named Fry from New
Jersey" had been appointed by Presi-
dent Gompers. ! wrote my conven-
ton story before the names of the ar
biters had been officially announced,
and my informant said that "a man
named Fry, from New Jersey" had
been determined upon by Uncle Sam.
Had my informant said Frey of Ohio,
l would have instantly recognized the
man. said Fry" not Frey" bod
gast 1t, can't you see where l was
misled? Frey of Ohio. Editor of the
Iron Molders' oJurnal Why. gosh
hang it, MIR. Labor News Man, I've
know him for years. and when
learned that he was the Frey, not the
Fry, appointed by Uncle Sam. m,
heart was full of rejoicing. Urick
Duffy and Frey-that makes a bull,
board Of arbitration and Cancellation
Couldn't be better. Sure thing. I wa.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-11
SERIOUS INJURY.

Wednesday afternoon the aged
mother of Erstine King fell on an icy
walk and sustained fractures of an
arm and a leg. Mrs. King was imme-
diately taken to a hospital and the
fractures reduced. Owing to her adj
vanced age it is feared that she will
not survive her injuries.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-11

Just consider that for a minute or
two Rigging up plumbing shop in
the Y. NJ. C. A. and guaranteeing to
turn out competent journeymen plumb
ers in six months-at $1O0 per head!
Messrs. Selleck and Mayne may have
believed that the school would be
good thing, but it is hard to believe
that men of their common sense could
be duped into endorsing scheme to
turn out competent journeymen
plumbers" in six months. And If the
Lincoln Y. M. C. A. is going into the
business of manufacturing mechanics
by rote, why not secure the services
of Mr.. Moler and start school to turn
out competent journeymen barbers'
in thirty days? Moler says he can do
1t, and he can come as near it as Muir
ray can to turning out competent jour
neymen plumbers in six months And
If plumbers and BARRIERS, why not
write to Coyne of st. Louis and get
him to start school to teach the
trade of bricklaying in sixty days?
Coyne says he can make a competent
journeyman bricklayer in sixty days.
And If Murray to teach plumbing in
six months, and Moler to teach bar
bering in thirty days, and Coyne to
teach bricklaying in sixty days, why
not get some employer of rat" print
ers who has a shirt-tail full of type
and an old army press to open typo
graphical school and turn out compe
tent journeymen printers in thirty
sixty or ninety days? The field thai
the Y. NJ. c. A. purposes cultivating
according to its arrangements will
Murray, offers unlimited possibilities
We know a lot of people who will
gladly donate handsome sums to hell
the Y. NJ. G. A. push that sort o
schooling" They are not philan
thropists. however. They are mel
who are always looking for strike
breaking material. and they know tina
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-11

1t is with feeling of humbleness
and contrition that We publish the
following from the Worsecter, Mass,
Labor News, but we print it more for
the purpose of using it as basis for
explanation than as a basis for apol-
ogy:
To VIII NJ. Maupin. Editor of The
Lincoln Wageworker: Is 1t possible
that you don't know that man Frey,
that you refer to as having been ap-
pointed as member of the committee
to settle the Electrical Workers con-
troversy? Have you never seen
copy of the Iron Molders' journal, one
of the neatest and ablest edited inter-
national publications in the country
and which is edited by that man Frey?
And didn't you know that Frey was
the fraternal delegate elected by the
Denver convention of the A. F. of L.
to this years British Trades and La
bor Congress?
Your lack of acquaintance with men
of such prominence Is surprising to us
up here in Massachusetts. who know
and regard John p. Frey, editor of the
Iron Molders' Journal, as one of the
ablest trade unionists in the country.
Where were you, Mr.. Maupin, when
Mr.. Frey delivered his excellent re-
port on the proceedings of the Eng
lish Trades Union Congress? Is it pos
sible that your interest in the Reid
faction of the Electrical Workers was
so strong as to put every thing else
connected with the convention in the
background?
You say you don't know Frey. If
ever You have occasion to go to Gin
cinnau make him a cali and get &C
quainted. We are certain you will es
TEEN him as much as we who know
him.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-11
Some Curt Comment on
Things in General

wrapped up in the success of the Reid
Murphy Electrical Workers faction.
To me that was the most important
thing about the convention-not even
excepting-well, excepting nothing at
all. The only thing l regret about
the whole thing is that l didn't know
from the start that it was Frey
John p Frey-instead of "a man
named Fry from New Jersey" who
had been selected by Uncle Sam. l
repeat it, l know John p Frey, and
I'm glad of it. To know his is a pleas
ure to commune with him is a source
of profit. To listen to him is liberal
education in trades unionism. Is this
explanation enough? Am l absolved
from the charge of being dad-binged
ignoramus? I repeat it know Frey,
John P. Frey. But does anybody know
"a man named Fry of New Jersey?
But. say! Did you notice that they
didn't throw the Reid-Murphy fellows
over the transom like lot of would
be leaders said they were going to do?
Under all the circumstances, don't
! you think We fellows from the wild
, and woolly west cut some ice down
there in old Toronto? Do we know
John P. Frey.! Say, we may not look
it, but, honest injun, we do know a
thing or two.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-11

Councilman Bauer's suggestion that
the city establish market house on
what has so long been known as
"Haymarket Square" sounds good.
Any old thing that might be done to
"Haymarket Square" would improve
it. for it is about the INST unsightly
thing within a thousand miles of Lin
coin. Dilapidated wagons. piles of old
junk, scattered hay, offal-everything
to displease the eye and offend the
nostrils may be found on "Haymarket
Square," Until something is done to
cure existing conditions there all talk
of making Lincoln city beautiful
will be bosh. And the market house
proposition strikes us as good one.
Establish 1t, then let the market gar.
deners confine their energies to the
market place and not be continually
annoying housewives by their back
door perigrinations. If Councilman
Bauer will push his scheme to sue
cessful conclusion, future generations
of Lincolnites will rise up and call
him blessed
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-11

Mr.. Selleck, who is at the head Of
the Y. NJ. C. A. organization, knows
that he couldn't for the life of him
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-11

Mrs. Will c.. Norton, of Humboldt,
Neb., was visiting with friends in Lin
coin the first of the week
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-11

The American Federation OF Labor
has its jurisdiction divided up into dis
tricts. District No. 5-Northwest-
ern." com-rises the states of Mime
sofa. lows. orth Dakota, South Da-
kota, Nebraska and Manitoba. That
Is quite sizeable territory, and con-
tains thousands of organized wage
earners. But district No. has no or
ganizer. and has not had since the
memory of man runneth not to the
contrary. Other districts of less area
but not of greater union population
have from two to four organizers. but
despite every effort the workers of
District No. have never been able to
secure an organizer The union men
CT District No. ought to begin max
ing "holler," and keep it up until it
receives just and proper recognition
from the Executive Council of the
American Federation of Labor.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-11

The Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion announces a new feature of their
educational work. At a recent meet
ing of the educational work, of which
MIR. W. A. Selleck is chairman, it was
decided to start a class in practical
plumbing and heating The committee
feels that it is very fortunate in Sc
curing J. E. Murray as teacher as
well as plumber. The course will
embrace all the fundamentals as we'll
as sanitary engineering, estimating
and draughting. Practice work will
constitute a great portion of the in
struction. The shop in which the work
will be done is so arranged that it will
be possible to put in the plumbing for
four-story house. The time re
quired to complete the course will be
about six months and the tuition will
be 800. Every man who completes
the course will be competent
journeyman plumber.-Lincoln Daily
Journal.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-11

The sooner the managers of the
Lincoln Y. NJ. c. A. pack away from
that Plumbing School, proposition
the better it will be for the Y. NJ. G.
A. We absolve President Sefleck and
Secretary Mayne from any intent to
framing up that deal with j. E. Muir
ray, but we rather incline to the be-
lief that they might have exercised a
little more caution, especially in the
matter of looking up Murray's record
as manager of plumbing schools"