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The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-05-25

rial day was in effect for purpose kindred to
that perpetuated by the Memorial day institution
ne Journeyed to the scene of the decisive battle
OF the war for the Union in order to dedicate the
hrst national cemetery, pioneer of scores of SINH
lar shrlnes How closely linked are the institu
tons OF Memorial day and the countrywide
GORDON OF national cemeteries is not generally
appreciated Without the one we would not have
mad the other and indeed it was from the national
cemetery idea that there was evolved it's CON-
panion thought day.
1t was in 1863 that President Lincoln formally
opened the first national cemetery and the fol-
loving year-on this occasion the May 30 date
that has ever since been observable informally
opened the second Of the national cemeteries.
That at Arlington on the Potomac, which has
since attained to first rank among all the national
buryng grounds in point of size and in number
OF graves. 1t is at Arlington it may be men.
toned incidentally, that the president of the
United States usually delivers his Memorial day
address, but there have been numerous excep-
tons to the custom, along the lines of President
Tafts chosen plan for his first presidential recog-
milton of Memorial day.
There was nothing prearranged about that
first observance of Memorial day in our second
Oldest national cemetery. President Lincoln on
that eventful May 80, 1864, was merely following
his usual custom of devoting the late afternoon
to drive from hospital to hospital in and near
the capital In order to carry words Of cheer to
the sick and wounded soldiers. He was accom-.
panied by Gen. Montgomery G. Megs who was
at that time quartermaster general of the army
1t was late in the afternoon when they reached
the old Robert E. Lee mansion at Arlington. the
last OF the lmprovised hospitals which they had
Planned to visit that day. Upon their arrival at
Arlington the presidential party found prepare
ions IN progress for the burial in a distant and
already oTercrowded cemetery Of twelve Union
ana confederate soldiers who had answered their
last roll call at the hospital
The matter of instiutng a second great ma.
uona cemetery was then and there hurredly
given consideration and General Mejgs with tho
sanction OF the president, issued the order that
the dead awaiting burial should be inferred in
Arlington. He designated spot near the his
foIlc mansion for these first graves and lust at
shutdown simple services We're held as the bodies
were lowered into the graves. Since that first
IN oIlLal memorial day the population of Amer
ra &IealcSt city of the dead has increased to
lGc.o Tan 10000 and an average of 900 almost
tfl On Wlom are veterans of the Civil war are
b u Leie every year. project is now hefora
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-05-25
ENMITY FORGOTTEN

capt. s. r. Horrall tells pretty story of an
incident during the battle of Perryville, KY, on
October 8, 1862. Captain Horrall thus relates it:
THE Forty-second regiment, by overpowering
numbers, was compelled to surrender the ground
that had been fought over, back and forth, three
times, being held alternately by the Federas and
Confederates. thus mixing side by side the wound
ed and dead of each army. AS our men were
retiring, Corporal Allen Gentry, of Company H.
was passing a wounded Confederate, who asked
for water. Though at danger or risk of capture,
corporal Gentry divided his own scanty supply
with his enemy of half an hour before They
were no longer enemies. One of my own com
rades lay dying near Confederate The COM
rade's thirst slaked, the canteen passed into the
hands of young Confederate, who also lay dy
ing-the CLASSY look~of death in his eyes, He
drank the water the last drop, then-as did the
federal soldier--aid his head to rest in the long
Sleep They drank from the same canteen'"
Another story told by Captain Horrall brings
out a bit of ever-welcOme humor in army life He
says:
1T is well known that the men comprising the
Army of tho Cumberland, as others, were reduced
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-05-25

to night tents, or to field tents shaped and about
the size Of an ordinary tablecloth. When Chatta.
nooga, Tenn. was besieged by the Confederates
the Union army was lined beyond rifle range The
height of our enemy precluded the possibility of
doing much damage to them, either by artillery
or small arms, but by artillery the enemy bonn.
barded the entire federal lines. Now, the tents
were open at both ends, so it happened one dav
that 20-pound shell thrown by the enemy
t7d entering the tent OF comrade exploded,
blowing the tent tree-top high, earth and ALL Two
boys in blue were hard by, one the owner of the
tent and the other said:
There, you BANKED fool; you see what Won
get by leaving the tent door open.'"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-05-25

HE fact that PTeSl-
dent Taft saw fit
to devote the first
NJ e N orial d a y
since his elevation
to the office OF
chief magistrate
to participation in
the commemOra-
tive exercises at
the Gettysburg ma
tional cemetery
serves to focus
public attention
upon the annual
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-05-25

Mrs. Dobbs was trying to find out
the likes and dislikes of her new board
er. and all she learned increased her
satisfa ction.
DO you want pie for breakfast?" she
asked.
mo, thank you," said the new
boarder, with smile. "Pie for break
fast seems little too much"
That's just the way look at it,"
said Mrs. Dobbs, heartily. II say pie
for dinner is a necessity, and pie for
supper gives a kind O. finishing touch
to the day; but pie for breakfast Is
what I call putting on airs YOUTHS
Companion.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-05-25
Really a Serious Dilemma.

1.-THE chap who works on one side OF
me-" said an Office man, has been mar
ried six weeks and he sneaks to the
telephone about four times a day and
calls up his wife, and then I hear him
saying: Dear, how is your headache
now? hope you are feeling better
Then pretty soon he comes back to his
desk and goes to work again all smi-
ling.
THE man who works on the other
side of me has been married six years
and he goes to the telephone only
when he's called and then l hear him
saying: why, l can't possibly do that,
l can't spare the money! and then he
comes back to his desk al! scowling.
And, really, when I hear the way
these two men go on don't know
what to do. I don't know whether to
get married or to stay bachelor"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-05-25
A Divided Family.

The bright six-year-old daughter of
a physician happened into his recep.
ton room the other day and wait
ing woman patient engaged her in con-
versation.
Il suppose you go to church and
Sunday SCHOOL," she asked.
"Oh, yes, ma'am," she replied.
"And what denomination do your
parents belong to-"
why" said the little one, mann
mas Presbyterian and papa's
stomach specialist"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-05-25
The JeWeled Set.

An actress said of Eleanor Robson:
"She is dear. She has married Au.
gust Belmont. Now she is in the set
that once heard her so wittily ridi-
Guile.
"She said that in conversation with
a leading matron of this gilded, this
jeweled set, she once said:
land where do you think you'll
spend the summer, Mrs. Van Gelt?'
"'Er-the North Cape, I believe
Mrs. Van Gelt answered. One can get
skiing there all through August, you
know
"'And where will you spend the win
ter, then?'
ooh, Florida, by all means. There's
such ripping January bathing at Palm
Beach,"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-05-25
AT LAST.

"Pshaw!" exclaimed Miss Yerner inpatiently,
m sure we'll miss the opening number. We've
waited good many minutes for that mother Of
mine"
Hours, ! should say" Mr.. Sloman retorteG
rather Grossly.
blushing cheek upon his SHIFT front
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-05-25
New Fly Trap.

A Californian has taken advantage
of the fact that flies always walk up
a window by inventing a trap to be
fastened to pane in such a manner
that fly will enter it without being
aware that it has left the surface of
the glass.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-05-25
New Work for Women.

Mrs. Frederick H. Snyder is the
only women impresario on earth, she
says. She decided that grand opera
would be a good thing for st. Paul and
made her first venture so successful
that she has continued in the business
after the fashion of men engaged in
the same work.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-05-25

the pioneer. Baker, the originator of the cemetery
idea, was one of the men chosen to lay out the
initial cemetery. Not only that, but Baker con-
Quoted the first funeral in this first national GENE
terry and in personal charge of all the cemete-
rial and mortuary records of the army up to 1862
From this modest beginning the national cemetery
idea spread until there 83 national GENE
teries, with total burials of than $4,000 SOL
diers, of which number 100000 are unknown.
Gen. John A. Logan is usually given credit for
having suggested the observance of Memorial day
in it's present form. Nowhere is there more i'm
pressive celebration of each recurring memorial
day than in the national cemeteries-located in
80 states and territories and in Old Mexico-even
though some of them be situated in localities
remote from large towns or cities and none too
accessible. Particularly notable and interesting
are the ceremonies where the national cemeteries
located in the vicinity of state or national SOL
diers' homes. making it possible for the old vet.
Grams to themselves pay tribute to the comrades
who have preceded them to the last camp ground.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-05-25

AS mule is compelled to listen to
his own voice, we don't blame him for
being chronic kicker,
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-05-25
2czL AzxG2k2zZ MZY EYl5E17zIS0

of the army, they saw member of
the Sixth Massachusetts volunteers
being buried by the roadside. Baker
suggested that there should be In
every large city of tie country q
cemetery owned and controlled by
the government for the bSyial of the
soldiers, and that the national gov
eminent should keep a record of all
interments. Baker thought so well
of his suddenly conceived project
that he brought it to the attention
of Simon Cameron, then the secre-
tary of war. Cameron rejected the
plan, but Baker persisted in his ef-
fort to enlist the interest of the
government and when Stanton sue
ceeded Cameron he approved the
suggestion and six acres of land in
the rear of the old Soldiers home in
Washington were set aside as ma
tional cemetery.
1t will be seen that this
is in reality the first ma
tional cemetery, although Gettys.
burg Is commonly given credit as
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-05-25

Decoration day observances in our
great national cemeteries. Not that
it is anything unusual for the chief
executive to spend this May day of
memories in one of another of the
silent camp grounds Of the nations
fallen soldiery On the contrary, the
custom observed by practically ev-
cry president since the Civil war has
made it almost an unwritten law
that the highest official of the nation
shall at this spring festival of re-
membrane accept some ono of the
numerous invitations which are al
ways extended to him to unveil
some martial monument or act as
the principal speaker at memorial
services.
The exceptional interest in the
new presidents debut as the nations
foremost Memorial day orator arose
from the fact that it CHANGED to be
made on the greatest battlefield of
the greatest Of wars and in the same
environment where Abraham Lin.
coin delivered his most celebrated
address-that appeal for "the gov
eminent Of the people, by the people,
for the people" which is now read
on each recurring Memorial day in
every cemetery where a soldier of
the Union reposes in his last dream.
less sleep. Lincoln's famous visit
to Gettysburg although it was not
made on the present date of Memo
The river press., 1910-02-23
Calls Peary a Braggart.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-Denounc-
ing Robert E. Peary, the explorer, as
a "selfish egotist," and "bragg art"
Captain B. S. Osborn, secretary of
the Arctic Club of America, has writ
ten letter to the subcommittee of the
house naval committee approving the
latter's action in voting down the
proposition to make Peary a rear ad.
miral. Captain Osborn says in his
letter:
"To have given this selfish egotist,
this braggart, the rank of rear admi-
raj, would be foul blow to the record 9
of congress and an insult to the navy
of the United States. 1t would have
disgusted millions of citizens who
have no confidence in this alleged pole
hunter and Arctic fur trader and story
teller, who for nearly q quarter of q
century has been living of the peo-
pie, and sailing under naval rank to
which he has no legal right. He
should have been severely reprimand-
ed by the navy department long ago."
The river press., 1910-02-23
Charged With High Grading.

GOLDFIELD, Feb. 15.-Something of
sens sation was created yesterda ay
when four prominent citizens of Gold.
field were arrested on warrants charg.
ing them with cons piracy to rob the
mill of the consolidated mines COM
pany. They are Bart knight, chief
constable of Goldfield and democr attic
candidate for sheriff; M. J. Smith,
owner of an assaying plant; Jake
Hildebrandt, saloonkeeper, and Mar
tin Miller, an employe in the plant.
1t is charged that they obtained
gold from the amslgsmated plates in
the mill and that eight thousand dol
lars has been lost in the last few weeks
in that manner. Each of the accused
men was released on twelve thous sand
dollar bonds.
The river press., 1910-02-23
Wild British Cattle.

The wild cattle of Great Britain
have become one Of the curiosites of
the bovine race in England. There
are very few herds of them remaining.
and most of these are diminishing
from very natural cause. OF course
they are confined in parks and are
jealously guarded from any admixture
Of alien blood. They are as wild as
buffaloes and are treated in the same
way as deer. In color they are white,
with red ears, and historians assert
that they had large share in the evo-
luton of the Shorthorn as it is known
today. It is certain that the color
mentioned very often crops up quite
unexpectedly in our pedigree herds.
They will probably become extinct in
a few years owing to the extreme diff
Guilty of procuring sires unrelated to
the herds and yet of the same breed
Farm and Home.
The river press., 1910-02-23
PROBING CLAWS CHARGES.
Congressional Committee Hears Evil
dence In 6allinger-Pinchot
Dispute.

OlSpuves
WASHINGTON, Feb. I4.-The Bal.
linger-Pinchot congressional inquiry
began to bristle with interest toda
when John J. Vertress. coun sci for
Secretary Bsllineer, undertook the
cross.ex amin alton of Louis r. CLAWS.
principal witness for the prosecution.
A climax was reached late in the a.
ternoon, when Mr.. Vertrees announced
that box belonging to Mr.. CLAWS
and left With the grand jury at Seattle
had been broken open few days ago
and that large number of letters
missing from the files of the land of.
fee In Seattle, copies of which have
recently been published in q weekly
paper, had been found therein.
CLAWS angrily declared that If any
letters had been found in his belong.
ings "frame.up" had been prepared
against him. His denunci alton OF fed.
eral officers who would stoop to such
q trick to win favor from their gu.
perlors called out demonstr alton of
applause from the spectators. Chair.
man Nelson announced that q repeti.
ton of the outburst would result in
the room having to be cleared.
Mr.. Vertrees announced that A.
Christiansen, Claws successor as
chief of the field division, will be
called to testify as to the finding of
the letters. He offered in evidence q
letter from Christensen, giving the
details Of of the alleged discovery.
This caused q long wrangle as to
whether the letter should be received
in evidence at this time. The matter
was put over for consider alton In ex.
ecutive session.
At the morning session Mr.. Ver-
trees drew from the witness the fact
that he made no ch arges of corruption
against any one in the land Office or
in the department of the interior.
CLAWS declared that If he had found
evidence of corruption be would have
taken the 10 matter to a grand jury in.
stead of to the president. He said he
thought the facts warranted the opin-
ion that Mr.. Bsllinger and Mr.. Den.
nett had acted improperly, and he
harged them with official misconduct.
The river press., 1910-02-23
Tho Scented Court,

The rage for perfumes reached its
height during the reign of Louis XIV.
Throughout the continent his court
was known as the scented court" It
was then the custom when giving a
large entertainment for the hostess to
inform her guests what particular odor
she would use for perfuming her
rooms, and each guest would use that
odor in making her toilet. At court q
different perfume was used for each
day Of the week. Much more attention
was paid to the use of the perfume
than to soap and water, and cleanli-
ness was not numbered among the vir-
tues of that age.
The river press., 1910-02-23
R0UssEAU's sHYNESs.
An Experience the Composer Had In q
Country Inn.

An Experience the Composer Had In q
Country Inn.
On one occasion Rousseau composed
an opera. which was performed be-
fore King Louis XIV and met with
the royal approval. The king sent for
him. and If he had put in an appear
ance he would probably have obtained
firing disposition and could not bring
himself to face the court. 10 his
friends he gave as a reason his repub-
lcan opinions. but his real reason was
his shyness.
Accordingly he fed from the court
and sought the privacy of a country
inn. While he was there a man came
In who began telling the company
that he was the celebrated Rousseau
and proceeded to give an account OF
the opera. which, he said. had been
performed before the king with great
success.
Most men in Rousseau's position
would have felt nothing but contempt
for the impostor, but this extraordina-
~ man felt only pity and shame. II
trembled and blushed so," he tells US
in his confessions" "for fear the
man should be found out that it
might have been thought that l was
the impostor." He was afraid that
somebody might come in who knew
him and expose the pretender. At last
he could bear it no longer and slipped
out unobserved.
Very few people would treat an
impostor like at.-Westminster Ga.
zette.
The river press., 1910-02-23
May Make Manitoba Dry.

WINNIPEG, February 15.-Plans for
pushing y vigorous prohibition cam.
psign with the object of making the
whole of Manitoba "dry" will be dis.
GUESSED at the provincial conveption OF
the Roy al Templars, which assembled
here today for three days. session.
Reports prepared for presentation to
the convention show that 40 q resul,
OF the local option elections last De.
cember the sale of liquor is now
barred in more than three ffths of the
province.
The river press., 1910-02-23

are 10 the Great Falls and Glasgow
land districts.
Petitions favoring the settlement
and cultivation of lands 10 the valleys
OF the state which are included In for
est reserves is advocated in petition
received aud presented to the senate
by Vice President Sherman from q
number OF residents of Flathead
county.
A large number OF citizens and mer.
chants OF Poplar, Wibaux, Wolf
Point and Scobey have protested,
through Representative Pray, aeainst
the enactment of the postal savings
bank bill.
The river press., 1910-02-23
Buried Under Snowslide.

SPOKANE, Feb. I5.-Snow. which
has been falling stredily In Couer
d Alene and western Montana is inter-
fering with railroad traffic. More than
four feet have fallen in the last 36
hours. Four men were caught by q
slide In the mountains east of Wal.
lace, Idaho. Two extracted them.
selves. A force OF twenty men ia
working to recover the others. They
have been under 30 feet of snow for
l6 hours.
The river press., 1910-02-23
A DUTY OF CITIZENSHIP.

Whenever q citizen is aware that
the law is being violated In any par.
ticular 1t is his duty to bring the N At
ter to the notice of the proper authori.
ties. Then, If he finds prompt action
is not being taken, it is up to him to
make complaint, and make it strenu.
ously.
Too often that course is not fol.
lowed, says the Butte Miner. Some
citizens, doubtless perfectly we'll mesn.
ing In their attitude, are prone to
complain about official inaction, but
when the suggestion is made to them
that they are manifesting no disposi-
tion to take an active part. 90 far as
their citizenship warrants, they have
nothing more to cay.
Many declarations as to infractions
of the law are based on mere rumor
and gain detail each time they are re.
peated until they are asserted ss posi-.
tive facts.
Strsightwsy some we'll intending,
but over enthusia astic citizen. begins
voicing indignation at the inactivity
of the authorities.
Sometimes such irritation is mani.
tested against the press. it being the
proper claim Of the irste citizen tha,
the press should be among the drst to
champion right against wrong and
speak unhesitatingly for the enforce
ment OF the law.
Investigation by the citizen otter
reveals that his inform alton has moi
been exactly correct and that what he
thought was inactivity on the part o.
those who should take decisive action
was not due to fear or hesitancy 70,
The river press., 1910-02-23
THE TRUE SOLUTION.

A long time ago, many months be-
fore there was any particular talk
about high prices.> business man,
who is also known as q farsiehted
thinker and keen observer, declared
that our production of food stuff was
not keeping pace with the consump.
tion. The thinker declared that while
the production of foodstuffs was in.
creasing by arithmetical, the consump.
tion was incre asing by geometrical
progression and that unless the pres.
ent day tendency of the American peo.
pie to enter In the cities and In manu-.
featuring districts was checked, Am.
erica would soon cease to be an ex.
porting nation and would find that 1t
had to 60 outside to secure it's food
supply.
'The day is coming when our far.
mers will find themselves unable to
feed the nation" said James ]. Hill,
"snd instead of attempting to find
markets abroad for our meats and
our wheat. we ourselves will be in the
markets of the world after the supply
with which to feed the nation. Prices
will steadily increase to the point
where the problem of living for the
wage workers will become acute, and
it Is wise that we should seek immedi.
ate solution. The people must aban.
don the congested cities and manu-.
featuring districts and must return to
the land. The utilizatio of the empty
lands OF the nation, for the produc.
ton of foodstuffs is the only thing
that will defer the coming OF the evil
day."
Mr.. Hill raised the note of warning
long before there was any problem OF
the high price Of living, and he point.
ed out not only the causes that would
operate to bring about the conditions
now complained of, but he pointed out
the remedy, and there is not q serious
thinker in these United States who can
pick flaw in his logic.
When the day comes that every acre
of land in the great northwest, sus-
ceptible to cultiv alton, is made to do
its share in the production of the food
supply of the nation, when the vast
regions Of Montana and Wyoming
with their infinite possibilities for the
attainment of comfort and even q
competence by industrious people
have been adequately developed and
are doing their share in the enrich.
ment of the nation, then the question
OF prices will solve itself and ,he
danger of our being compelled to &c
to Australia and South America TO,
our food supply will be averted ano
general prosperity will come to our
people whether they be engaged ir
agriculture or in the manufacturing
industry Billings Gazette.