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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-01-28
CHILD LABOR UNDERMINES THE
NATION

By Bessia Beatty in the "Bulletin.)
Child labor is the greatest problem
which confronts the nation today. Even
the politicians are considering it.
We in California think of child labor
as something remote. belonging only to
the cities of the east, where poverty is
prevalent and the struggle for existence
tierccst. We regard it as an abstract
subject, sympathize with the children
mildly when we hear stories of their
suffering, and even raise our eyebrows
i'll righteous horror upon occasion.
The thirteenth annual report of the
California bureau of labor brings the
shame nearer home. 1t proves that the
child labor problem is a vital one.
Strong men are the backbone of a
nation.
Weak women produce weak sons.
The woman who has wasted her child.
hood and girlhood and wrecked her BODY
by doing mans toll is not fit to trust
with the nations most sacred duty. She
Is incompetent to become mother
There has been much talk recently of
womcn'S emancipation.
What has She gained mot the occa
sional woman endowed with brilliancv of
intellect sufficient to combat men in the
professional world but the woman of
the middle and lower classes; the woman
who is the mother of the nation
She has gained the right to labor in
office or factory for one half or one
third the salary received by the man
who previously filled the place. She has
gained the right to toll away the best
part OF her life and all her youthful
strength. She has gained the right TO
an independence which in later wears she
will gladly throw to the winds as an
empty name. hollow mockery, sham.
For this she has paid her youth. her
strength, her beauty, her vivacity. her
right to fill her own position in her own
home, and, worst sacrifice of ALL her
right to become 4 competent mother.
1t IS trite to say men cannot marry
because women and children are takino
away their earning capacity and render
ing them incapable OF supporting wives
and families, Vet the tritest things are
the truest.
Ihere j. not woman among You who
does not know some man who would
marry if he could afford it. Child labor
laws are not favored by the largo EN-.
ployers Why should they beg Child
labor is cheap and fortunes are built on
cheap labor. Men are too apt to be
humane only 50 faras their pocketbooks
are not threatened by their humanity.
The child is cheap labor for the in.
diridual employer, but who can count
the cost 10 the nation The child is
the mother and the father OF future gen.
erations. Children cannot give their
strength and have it. too. and when the
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time comes for its employment in gray
er, more necessary and more sacred
duties, it is not there.
4 The result inevitable is u race OF
weaklings.
In the recent Borr war England count
ed the cost of child labor and the ~.
ton paid dearly for the gain, of the
individual When she sent out her
! all for troops the soldiers were recruit
! cd from the ranks of the poor They
were WrlklingS,mablc to stand the
/ hardships because the strength of their
/ mothers had. been wasted in chil1hood
! IT had gone TO swell the purses of the
/ factory kings and the nation paid the
/ price.
The report of the labor bureau shows
that IN one county there were issued to
illitcratc minors during one fiscal year
Ibo certificates ont of n total OF 522, or
about 80 per cent Think of IT in Cal
liornia! Thirty per cent of the chill
drcn OF one county illitcratc and labor
ing when they should be at school. All
tins IN spite OF the compulsory cduca-
ton law and the child labor law.
Some employers of labor have not
very nigh ideal OF the truth, and par
cnt1 and guardians desiring to obtain
certificates in order To enable minors
to work are not affected by an overdose
ct con'cientiousneS', Extreme caution
and vigilance must be constantly cNcr-
| eiScd to detect evasion reads the re-
port
While the child is not the industrial
factor in California that it is in many
eastern and southern states because
the manufacturing industries are not so
numerous or extensive, it is ncvcrthc-
less a subject for eternal vigilance be-
cause so much depends upon it.
| The labor bureau says that the time
has come when the state should inter
vcnc in the matter of enforcing the com
pulsory education laws and that it
should direct and enforce these laws
rather than leave them to the counties.
counties no children are employed. and
even in most of the fruit bearing coun-
ties the percentage is small, Los An
gclcs county has issued certificates to
1908 children and san Francisco comes
next with 1902 children with Alameda
in third place, employing SOB children,
all under the age of lG and many of
them younger. Many minors are at
work in the large cities selling papers
and matches, who do not come under the
child labor law. and these can only be
reached through the compulsory edu-
cation law, and then with difficulty.
Considering the population, the aver
age in San Francisco is not large but this
is attributed to the watchfu eye of the
labor unions, which see in child labor &,
menace to themselves.
The laws in California are not suffi-
GENTLY extensive or binding to cope with
tho problem even at this stage, and the
subject is one which should furnish food
for the though of every scriousmindcd
citizen
Even the policeman sees the danger.
Chief of Police is of the opinion that
numerous children of school ace. through
the negligence OF their Oarpnt :. are pN11 l.
ing the compulsory education laws Too
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No. 9462.
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

In the Superior Court of the State OF
Washington, in and for the Count,
of Snohomish
Amalle Saethcr and Frederick Saethcr
her husband. Plaintiff.
Ole h. lloyem, lnga f. lIoyem. Car
Hoyem. T. \. Void and WeyerhaetScl
Lumber Company, corporation.
Defendants
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. {,
the said Ole X. lloyem one of the above
named defendants:
YOU ale hereby summoned to appear
within sixty 900 days after the date
OF the first publication of this sum
mons. to-wit; within sixty lGOl days
after the 10th day of November 1905.
and defend the above entitled action in
the above entitled court. and answer
the complaint of the plaintiff. and serve
copy of your answer upon the under.
signed attorney for plaintiff, at his
office below stated; and in case of
your failure so to do, judgment will
be rendered against YOU according to
the demand of the complaint which has
been filed with the clerk of said court
The above entitled action has been
commenced to foreclose a mortgage up.
on real estate situated in the comfy
of Snohomish. state of Washinot ON
and described as Lows numbered Five
lj) and Six 90 in Block Eight Hundred
Twenty nine 1921 of the Plat of Eve
rett, Division II"
+, T.. ANDERSON.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Office and p. O. Address: 2l5 Stokes
Building, Everett, Snohomish County.
Washington
Date of first publication November
10Th l90S--7t,
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ALIAS SUMMONS.

In the District Court of the Twelfth Judicial
county of Chouteau.
Robert NJ. Traitor, plaintiff, vs.. Ira A. Hartig.
defendant.
The State of Montana sends greetings to the
above-named defendant:
You are hereby summoned to answer the COM
plant In this action which is fled in the office of
the clerk Of this court, 9 copy of which is here:
with served upon you, and to file your answer and
serve q copy thereof upon the plaintiffs attorney
within twenty days after the service Of this sum-
mons, exclusive Of the day of service; and in case
of your failure to appear or answer, judgment
will be taken against you by default for the relief
demanded in the complaint.
Said action is brought for the purpose OF &C.
curing . decree Of said court quieting the plain
tin's title to the ny MEX and NY NWk section
IA, township 81 north, range % east, In Chouteau
county, Montana, in which 1t is alleged you claim
some interest, which is a cloud ON plaintiffs title
to said land.
Witness my hand and the seal of said
srA, court this 10th day of April, A.. .. 1909.
" CHAS. II. BOYLE,
F. Stranahan, attorney for plaintiff.
First publication, April ~, 1909.
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A Rural Enoch Arden.

I'm u little town in a western
state" said Brown, "there was a half
witted sort Of fellow named BIZ
Wilkes. One day Bill took to the rail.
road tracks and never reappeared for
about six years. In the meantime his
wife, Bette, took in washing and sup
ported the family. One day Bill came
back. He went around to the kitchen
door, softly opened it. stuck in his
head and said. Boo, Bettie.' Bette
turned around from her washtub. TIE.
he.' said Bill; 4 scared We. didn't /.
Bette? Whenever I see a stage hus-
band return to his family l think Of
Bits greeting after six years absence,
Boo. Bette; l scared ye. didn't I?"-
New York Times.
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FIG. xvI-A TERMINATION o SHOWING
THE RESULTS OF AN INDIVIDUAL EAh
TEST.
than an inch Or two, so much the bet.
ter. Since the plant cannot begin to
digest and use the plant food Of the
soil and air until it has unfolded it's
leaves it is plain that the less soil it
has to push through before it can
spread out its leaves and get to work
the sooner it will commence to grow.
Deep planted seeds often so nearly
exhaust the plant food in the endo-
sperm before they reach the surface
that they are never able to develop
into strong, healthy plants.
After planting the aim should be to
keep the soil in the same fine filth it
was in at planting time in order to
provide large feeding ground for the
roots and prevent the escape Of capil-
larry moisture.
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office OF Hearing.

In the district court of the Twelfth judicial
district of the state of Montana, In and for the
county of Chouteau.
In the matter of the estate of Edward Stewart,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the will of Edward
Stewart, deceased has been produced and filed
herein; that the petition of j. c.. Baily, of
IHavre, Montana, tor the probate of said will has
April. A. b. 1903, at 10 o'clock a. a.. m n.'T be- eas and ID
the same is hereby, Get by the Clerk of eaid Court
as the time for hearing said petition by the said
court or Judge, at the court room of said court,
in the court house at Fort Benton, Montana.
That said. notice of said hearing is given by
said clerk by publication of the same in the
River Press, a daily newspaper printed and
published at Fort Benton, in said county and
state. for at least eleven different days of publica-
ton cOnsecutively.
Dated March 30. A. d. 1909.
CHAS II. BOYLE,
tsEAL. Clerk of the District Court.
By NJ. c. MACKENZIE, Deputy.
j. X. Bramble, attorney for petitioner.
First publication March 81, 1909.
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What's In q Name?

Josephine Dodge Daskam (Mrs. Ba.
CON- the a%uthoress, was at a seaside
resort n summer. While reading
some manuscript on the beach one day
a puff Of wind carried one of the
sheets toward the water. A young
artist. a total stranger, who was near
by. made a dash for the flying paper
and as he almost reached 1t stumbled
and pitched headforemost into the
surf. AS he regained the beach, linn
and dripping, he growled through his
set teeth, Josephine Dodge Dasl1am,
Josephine Dodge Daskam!'
The authoress. who came up to him
at that moment, gazed in amaZomcnt
at the forlorn looking figure for a sec
ond and then said in a tone Of sympa.
thy, "Do YOU know Josephine Dodge
Daskam?"
The young man turned a fine red and
said sheepishly. "No; I don't know her
from Adam, but I've read a lot OF her
stories, and I always say her name
when l want to swear and can't. Her
name Is the nearest thing to swearing
without being swearing that I ever ran
across"
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He Knew the Reason.

A rather pompous looking deacon in
a certain city church was asked tic
take charge Of a class of boys during
the absence Of the regular teacher
While endeavoring to impress upon
their young minds the Importance OF
living a Christian life the following
question was ~propounded:
"Why do people call me a Christian
children?" the worthy dignitary asked
standing very erect and smiling down
upon them.
Because they don't know you,' was
the ready answer of a bright eyed lit
tie boy. responding to the ingratiatins
smile with II equally guileless ant
winning.-Lipnincott's Magazine.
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Stuck to His Work,

Barry Pain, the humorist, at a gath.
ering OF artists one evening was called
upon for a speech.
Gentlemen" he said. "being present
at a gathering in which art is so large
" represented. l feel it incumbent
upon me to say a few words concern.
ing the subject Of painting. Speaking
personally. my only efforts in that d.
rection were on an occasion when l
enameled u bath. My friends said to
me, My dear fellow. it's no good your
going In for painting unless you're
prepared to stick to your work.
"WeN." concluded Mr.. Pain. amid the
laughter Of his audience. 81 did stick
to it."
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Stronc on system,

AT n certain coal mine in New Mex.
1cO the superintendent was greatly :".
noyed from time to time by employees
moving into and out of the compaav's
houses without due notification Of
their frequent changes Of domicile. II
became quite impossible to keep tie
rent accounts straight On the Office
books, and finally the superintendent
in his evaporation resolved upon
stringent measures. He therefore post
ed the following notice. which is given
verbatim-orthography, syntaX and all:
february the 18th.
Notice to all employees
aney Person or Persons that Moves
into A house Without My Consent shall
be Put Out Without annoy Cemmony.
Dam 1t 1 Must and Will have some Sis
tom. (S1gned) BEN FILSTER.
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Incidents In Which Coming Events
Cast Their Shadows Before.

Coming event cast tLcir shadows be-
fore them. The writtr Is led to be-
lieve this Lecause several incidents in
the lives Of his parents corroborate
the theory that presentiments Of good
and evil do come to persons unawares.
I will mention two Of them.
In the summer Of 1877 my father
late at night was returning to his farm
from the little town Of Nation. He
had stayed unusually late. When he
reached the farm all was quiet. Re-
moving the harness from his horse. he
proceeded to the carriage house and
hung it in its place.
He came out and closed the door. As
he did so he heard the harness fall. 1t
was very dark. He went back into the
house and found the harness still hang
Ing In Its place. The same occurrence
took place again. He went back again
and found It |. its place.
When the third time he heard the
sound of falling harness he did not
60 back.
Several weeks later his barn burned,
and it happened that the same har-
ness was In the barn loft. a valuable
set. He attempted to save it. The
staircase burned behind him, and he
was compelled to jump for his life
from a window. His previous expert
n c came to him wildly. He saved
the harness, but at the risk Of his life.
Another vivid incident l recall was
my mother sitting by the fire with a
sick baby. The nurse was present,
too, and both were wide awake. Her
father appeared to her and advised her
as to the baby's treatment and other
family matters. he vanished as quick
" as he had come. The next day she
heard Of his death.-London Tit-Bits,
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Notice Of Publication.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, April =, 100!

UNITED STATES LAND UFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, April 2, 1909.
Notice il hereby given that
WILLIAM $. FRARY,
attorney in fact for Hampton d.. Ewing, whose
postoice address is Great Falls, Montana, on
the 29th day of March, 1909, filed in this office his
applicant IN to select, under the provisions of the
act OF Msrch 4, 1907, lot 4, section 6, township 81
north, range l east, and lot 4, section 81, town
ship 30 north, range l east, Montana meridian,
containing 81, SO acres-serial NO. 05492.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
lands described, or desiring to object because Of
the mineral character of the land, or for any 9TH
er reason, 20 the disposal to applicant, should
file their atfidavits Of protest In this Office on or
before the 18th day of May, 1909.
J. NJ. BURLINGAME, Register.
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A Very Polite Reporter.


"When l was city editor of a little
paper In a southern CITY," said a news.
paper man, 81 wanted an interview
with a senator who was visiting in a
nearby city, but our man there wired
that he had failed to get the interview
because the senator had taken a train
for Washington and that we might
catch him ourselves when the train
passed through u city. Hastily
searching a time table, I found that
the train mentioned was due in a few
minutes. There being no other report
er at hand, I seized Bud Lunkly, a
raw reporter fresh from the country,
told him to meet this train at the sta
ton and get some sort of expression
from the senator on a subject then OF
much Importance.
"Some time later Bud strolled calmly
in and Informed me that after a per.
sonal search Of every a on the train
he had failed to find the senator.
"Do you mean that you looked into
all the sleeping berths, Bud2' said L.
"'Yep; that's what I DONE said Bud.
"'But, Bud I exclaimed in conster-
nation, weren't a good many Of these
berths occupied by ladies2'
"'Sure,' said Bud.
"'But what did you do when 70,
found a lady who had retiredr
"'When I busted the curtain open
and looked in and a woman jumped
up and screamed I took of my hat and
says, That's all right, lady; you amt
the man I'm looking ferv!''"
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Notice for Publication,
MOT cnol 1ovA
Not coal land


,0HbAT ALLs, MOnt., April IA, IVY.
Notice ls hereby given that the
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,
whose postOffice address ia st. Paul, Minnesota,
on the Esd day of February, 1909, hled in this
office its application to select under the provi-
sions OF the act of congress, approved July l,
1898, Gao Stats. 597, 6aO,0 the east half of the
southwest quarter Of section II, in township %
north OF range 10 east of the Montana principal
meridian. containing 80 acres. Serial No. O5li4. }
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
lands described, or desiring to object because of
the mineral character of the land, or for any 9TH
er reason, to the disposal to applicant, should
file their afadavits of protest in this office on or
before the 25th day of May, 1909.
j. M. BURLINGAME, Register.
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~1NCE corn is the principal crop
~ grown over so large a section
~ of the United States it is i'm.
portant that we learn as much
as possible regarding the best meth
DDS Of producing 1t. The average
yield of corn in the United States in
1907 vas only 1871 bushels per acre.
Many Of the best farmers are able to
obtain an average yield Of sixty to
seventy bushels per n year after
year. There Is no secret in their
Methods. They are simple enough to
be applied to every farm In the corn
belt. There Is no reason why the
average yield per acre should not be
dfty bushels or more instead of less
than half that, as at present.
In preparing to raise a maximum
crop Of corn there are two main fac-
tors to be considered-the soil and the
seed. OF these two the first Is prob.
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His Interpolation,

Colonel J. F. Barton, who died In
Alabama in 1897, was famous years
ago in the middle west as an editorial
writer Of great power and versatility
The queer thing about him was that
his normal p~enmanship looked almost
like copperplate-a beautiful flowing
script. But let him get excited or
hurried, and it doubled discounted the
excited chicken tracks IN Cleopatra's
Needle. One night a tramp printer
drifted into a western Office where the
colonel was in charge and applied for
a job. The foreman put him to work.
and he pegged along all right until
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Too Rare,

A party of fasteners went beal
hunting in California. Pete Wilson lee
the party. and day and night he boast
ed Of his skill rs a bear killer. They
got no bear on the hunt. and Pete
grieved terribly.
"This is good enough grub" he
would say as he pitched into a cold
can Of preserved meat, "but the finest
meal in the world, in my opinion, is 9
bear steak drilled to a turn over a log
fire."
Gimme BEAR" Pete growled one
day. Gimme a good bear brile. I'm
gettin' sick Of this canned stuff"
Look out!!' cried a neighbor
''There's a bear right behind you
man,
Pete gave n look. It was a bear
sure enough. He turned very pale and
bounded off into the woods.
1--WE thought you liked bear?" they
said sarcastically to him on his return
$50 I do" said Pete, "but that Teller
wasn't we'll enough DONE"
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Archie Stood Her Test.

II know Archie does not drink" con-
fded Mrs. Pike to her sister-"that is,
anything stronger than a glass of beer
on a hot day or maybe a hot whisky
when he has a cold. I made up NV
mind to test him. l have always said
l would neve live with a man who
drank. SO l prepared a test.
81 went down the street to a liquor
store and bought a box containing &.
bottle Of whisky. a bottle Of madeira
wine and a bottle of brandy. all for 81
IN the prettiest little box. Then
surprised him with it for his birth
day. and l tell you he was surprised
when he saw it and more so when
confessed that I had only paid 81 for
the bargain.
"Archie promised me solemnly that
he would taste the horrid stuff,
and, although l have kept it handy in
his study ever since and watched it
anxfously every day, he has kept his
word. Oh, 1 am so glad!'-Puck.
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Notice Of Final Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE

treat FALLS, Mont, March 80, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that
PETER SELSTROM,
OF Lower Highwood, Montana, who, ON June 26,
1908, made homestead entry No. 1858 (serial No.
o3Ol.a>. for lots 5. 8 and y, section 10, lots l and 4,
section 30, township % north. rang 6 east, Mon.
tana meridian, has filed notice of intention to
make final %tive-year proof, to establish claim to
the land above described, before the Register and
Receiver of the T.. S. land Office at Great Falls,
Montana, on the 10th day OF May, 1909.
Claimant name. rs witnesses: william Ker.
cheu and William Blevins. of Fort Benton, Mon
tana; Laura Moore, of Great Falls, Montana
John o. Selstrom, of Stockett, Montana.
j. NJ. BURLINGAME, Register.
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Worked the Director,

One Of the star comedians at the
principal theater in Frankfort went to
the director and asked for an advance
on his weeks salary. The books show.
ed that the whole amount had already
been drawn, and the director said,
"No."
Every good" said the actor; "then l
shall refuse to go on tonight"
The director saw that 1t was danger.
Ously near curtain time and reluctant.
~ gave the actor the amount asked
for, but said, Remember, sir, this is
nothing short Of %extortion, and a COW.
ardly one at that"
mot at all, Herr Director" said the
actor, stufing the money in his peck
ct; my name Is not on the bill for to.
night anyway"