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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-09-01
OFFICIAL PROGRAM OF LABOR DAY CELEBRATION UNDER
AUSPICES EVERETT TRADES COUNCIL.
Mon6.y, September 4, 1911.

IL mGrand industrial parade starting from Rucker
marching Hewitt Chestnut thence countermarh
Hewitt to starting point Three prizes the sums OF
$1,000 will be awarded the best floats entered
by unions.
1900 m-Gates Robbins park thrown to the public Ad
mittance fee a gate 25 cents.
mBand park by Wagners eghteenpece band
mbor Day Grafton by Charles Perry Taylor OF Tacoma
secretary Washington State Federation of Labor
2:4O D. m-Band selection.
exhibition of the ntricaces OF stagcraft by
local members of the Theatrical Employees Union.
madies yard das to members OF the Ladies
Label League prize $780, prize $780, third prize,
$1O0
$40 hobble skirt open to members of the
Label League First prize $780, second prize $780, third
prize $1.OO.
400 mBaseba between Moose ball team and knights
of Columbus ball team
900 p m-Grand ball in Coliseum rink Music by Wagner
twelve piece orchestra
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-09-01

shunted back and forth like the shuttle
in loom.
In the election which decided the
change of government, Mr.. Rice states,
some of the old councilmen pooh poohed
the idea that five men could do as well
for the city as the larger council with
the mayor at the head, but the results
are there. Speaking of the way in which
the new commissioners go about their
work, he mentioned an instance which
came under his immediate observation in
the department over which MFR. ID. G.
Coates presides. Spokane is rapidly
coming to the conclusion that the city
might just as well put the profit in its
own pockets which now goes to the con-
tractor, but not all work has been done
that way. When certain paving con-
tract, which had been given to private
contractor, was far enough along for Of
ficial inspection, Commissioner Coates
started out with his hammer and sledge
hammer at that, to do some knocking.
And effective knocking it proved to be.
As he went along he would deal blow
to the new pavement and whenever his
hammer went through Mr.. Coates would
put cross. When he got through with
his knocking the contractor found that
one third of the pavement he had tried
to pass off on the city had been defec-
tive and must be replaced at his expense
Propositions in Spokane, which had
hung fire long time, seemingly in
|terminable, were quickly unravelled by
the new commission. They may dis
agree about great many things in Spo-
kane as people do everywhere, but on
one point the citizens, whose only con-
cern is for the better interests of the
city, agree and that is that the commits
sion form of city government is the last
and best word in the organization of Q
city administration.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-09-01
SPOKANE MAN
IS SATISFIED
THAT NEW FORM OF CITY
GOVERNMENT IS VAST I'M
PROvEMENT OVER OLD
STYLE OF WARD REPRE-
SENTATION.

Talk with man from Spokane, and
unless he is principal or henchman of
the Washington Water Power company
or some other tentacle of the Interests"
he is an enthusiast as soon as you men
tion the subject of their new commits
sion form of government. Questioned on
other subjects he will tell you that Spo-
kane is like other communities of the
northwest. Business is about the same
there as elsewhere; but of one thing he
is convinced, which is that Spokane has a
little the best form OF city government
in the state of Washington.
C. c. Price, well known particularly
in labor circles as former resident of
this city but now of Spokane, is no ex-
ception in this respect. MIR. Rice is here
visiting at the Radke home on Cakes
avenue, Upon being asked about the
new form of government by means Of
which the people of Spokane have been
conducting their municipal business since
last April he voiced the universal yer-
diet of the common citizen that when
the people of that city voted out the old
form of irresponsible council govern
ment, and put in its place five men, each
one of whom was held absolutely and
solely responsible for the conduct of his
department of city affairs, the people Of
Spokane did an act which will be re-
peated by every city of any consequence
in the entire northwest.
Mr.. Rice acknowledges, as every sensi-
BILE man must, that no system is auto
matte, and that ultimately the successful
working of any scheme of government
depends upon the man behind it, at the
same time he insists-and who can dis
agree with him-that system of city
government in which some particular
man, elected by the people, is held strict
ly accountable for the workings of his
department. the chances certainly ar'
ten to one that the people will secure q
better administration of their affairs
than where responsibility is continually
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-09-01
SPEND YOUR UNION MONEY
AT HOME.

Everett workingmen, and business
men too for that matter, ought to spend
their money at home. A stream of
money travelling out of the city for for
eign made goods is an invitation TO
hard times. In this connection We
would like to remind our readers who
like cooling draught that Everett beer
is an Everett product manufactured by
union workmen who spend their wages
at home II you are a beer drinker call
for the product made by and delivered
by union workmen.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-09-01
FOSTER AND SULLIVAN EX.
TEND COURTESIES.

Messrs. Foster and Sullivan, actor
managers of the Acme theater, have
contributed very materially to the sue
cess OF the Labor Day Celebration. In
addition to handling their own scenery
for the matinee performance, thereby
giving their stage hands an opportunity
to take part in the days exercises, they
have loaned much paraphernalia to the
stage hands for their floats and assisted
two other unions to prepare novel pa
rade features.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-09-01
HAFERKoRN WILL REMEM.
BER UNIoNISTS.

VIM. Haferkorn, the genial cigar man
of Everett, springs a pleasant surprise
on the union boys in this issue. He an
nounces that cards win be distributed
along the line of march, one to each
man in line, which when presented at
either one of Haferkorn's stands, will
entitle the holder to a good Soudan ei'
gar. This remembrance of Labor Day
viii be appreciated all the more by the
boys owing to the fact that Billy Hafer-
korn has always been steadfast friend
to union labor and gives employment
the year around to union men.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-09-01

meeting the marshal captains the unions
line of march agreed and will be carried out
below barring eventhhour change that be found
parade will Rucker
M north and nd south of Hewitt ALI of n5 are to
at II 100 O'Clock the head of the column will into Hewitt
Chestnut where the line will
march arch back to R9caer the & place Of dsband%ent % o
assigned the following places:
Division No. l.
Will side Rucker north of Hewitt,
ain and Marshal GIBBS and Chief Aide Edny
2-speaker of the day in carriage
Electrical workers with float. ~--
5-Machinistss2|
6-Journeymen Blacksmihs
Railway Trainmen with float
s-Bridge and Structural Iron Workers.
1O-Brewery workers with float
Division aide mounted Herb Strand
Division No @
Will the side of Ruker just south of Hewitt facing
Hewitt and will be as follows
12-Carpenters and JOiners
15-Budng Laborers.
16-Lathers with float.
Division aide mounted, Geo.. Cuye
Will form on the west side of Ruker just north Hewitt facing
Hewitt and will be as follows:
ls-Ladies' Label League with floats
2o-Laundry 20 Workers Worker. with float
22-Barbers.
2s-TalOrs
25-Knighs of Columbus ball team
Division aide, mounted, Richard D. Sullivan
Captains and Laundry Workers will be mounted
Will form on the west side Of Rucker south of Hewitt facing
Hewitt and will be follows:
27-Typographieal with float
so-stage Workers with float
31-Teamsters
Division aide, mounted Fred steffy
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-09-01
| VICTORIOUS;
- a POEM FOR LABOR DAY
NNAS> By JAMES SAEDGE27ON
&Y3!I4E- "a Copyright 1911 6y Press As soeIsH"

opyr,ght i9H 6y.Ao'erieen h~ess.Assoe'st'o"
2zE
I'm all the chapters Of Freedoms story,
SpIashed Ger with glory,
Since Time began;
In all the chronicles made enhancing
Through men advancing
The cause of Man,
In all the struggles that made Truth clearer
And brought earth nearer
To brotherhood,
We find the friends Of the right side hated,
illuminated,
Misunderstood.
IF God-Ied prophets, If saints and sages,
Were paid their wages
BY fire and sword;
lfprests Of progress were baked and baffled,
With stake or scaffoId
Their last reward,
Should those Of the present find food for
wonder
II they be under
The Sefsame curse,
There placed by lip servers Of form and letter,
Who make the better
Appear the worse?
TH0UGH crimes there be against love Of
neighbor,
That call on Labor,
To work her shame,
She has no shield for the baseborn actions
OF hate-Ied factions
That use her name.
Her cause Is still for the poor and loWly,
And high and holy
Its beaconS shine,
Belonging to all men, all climes and races,
The sweat Of whose faces
ProoIaIms her sign.
r KNOW not what scheme Of Greed to crush
her
Has sought to enmesh her
In seeming wrong.
only know that no cause is whittier,
No hope shines brighter,
Mans path along.
know that fraud can never take from Us
Her worldwide promise
OF final peace
And that by the spirit of high endeavor
Her truths forever
Shall find Increase.
VYYHATEvER mistakes may have put
" upon her
A false dishonor,
Wrought by the few;
Whatever conspiracies may enfod her,
We still behold her
As fair and true.
From those who In shortness of sight defame
her,
The blind, who claim her,
To lead the blind,
Herself she will purge In the fire Of duty
And shine In beauty
To all mankind.
CHE follows the gIeam, with face turned
~ dawnward,
To lead men onward,
With thought to bless.
Her cause Is that Of the wage-bound tcller
Against the spoler
OF Selfishness;
Her GOAL, to lift the lowest thing human
And to lumine
The darkest brain
. And out OF the surplus Of mems endeavor
To build forever
The common gain.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-09-01
Division No. 5.

Commercial fI0atS and CARRIAGES
Commercial parade entries of feature by firms fair
south side of Hewitt stretching
Hewitt Hewitt and then south Grand
Division aide. mounted Charles Inges
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-02-10
Suffrage Bill Killed.

When the proposition to give the
women the right to vote was voted
down by the people last fall the suf-
fragettes gave up the hope of getting
through the present session any bill
loking to that end. A similar bill was
drafted, however, but a property
owning clause was attached with the
hope that the taxation without rep
resentation" slogan would receive
the attention of the legislators. But
such is not the case. The resolution
Oh. j. r. No. 81 was lost by vote
of 26 to 50, and the talks made upon
the measure would indicate, after the
vote, that a sweeping suffrage meas
ure would have Jared much better. 1t
was the property owing feature of
the measure that showed it under
by such a vote.
Roskie and Vercoe Clash.
H. B. No. 207, directing the SAFE
of state land at Kampeska to an Of
ficers club of the state guard,
brought out violent argument be-
tween Representatives Roskie and
Vercoe, and the members got rather
personal in their remarks. The lat
ter was referred to as a "sorehead
officer" and he retaliated with a
statement to the effect that certain
facts were being withheld from the
legislators for fear they might kill
the bill if they knew the real truth
The measure was passed by vote of
54 to 3S, which was Just one more
than the number necessary to get the
bill through.
Horse Thief Bill Defeated.
H. B. No. 80, which would give the
sheriff of county the power to Of
fer rewards up to $3.50 in order to
expedite the capture of horse
thieves, was given considerable time
by the house and was lost by vote
of SO to "A. A motion to reconsider
was passed, however, and the meas
ure was placed on the calendar for
today.
The session of the senate Monday
was quiet. S. B. No. 10, calling for
fire proof prisons was lost and few
minor bills were passed.
Bills Passed by House.
H. B. No. 182-relating to bonds
of county auditors.
H. B. No. 11-raising witness fees
in circuit court.
H. B. No. 56-pertaining to vital
statistics.
H. B. No. 207-regarding sale Of
land at Lake Kampeska.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-02-10
NORRIS BROWN, CHIEF
FOE OF SENATOR IOKIN1EIs.

Washington, Feb 7-Senator
Norris Brown, of Nebraska, is now
taking the lead in the fight agains.
Senator Lorimer He says that the
evidence revealed in Illinois renders
it imperative that the senate DUST
the senator.
The heaviest attack that has yet
been made against Lorimer has come
from Senator Brown. He charges d.
rectly that Mr.. Lorimer knew of
every piece Of corruption that waa
carried on for his election
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-02-10

AS in all things else. the old or
der changeth." is true to a marked
degree in our celebration of the var
iOus "holidays'' on the calendar Just
as the twentieth century celebration
of Christmas, Easter, the Fourth OF
July, etc, differs from that of cen
turtles past, Sc in form and custom
does the modern celebrate st. Valen-
tines day differently from his fore
fathers. In sentiment only the
structural motif of the day has
there been no change.
Centuries ago, for instance, among
our Semitic and Aryan forefathers,
the day was pagan festival replete
with barbarous orgies and eXcesses
1t was held annually sometime in the
middle of February and was sort of
a welcome to the spring and return
ing sun. Even now savage tribes in
remote portions of the South Sea Is
lands, Asia and Africa, celebrate it
in similar fashion.
Viewed from less extreme stand
point a corresponding dissimilarity in
customs is likewise noticeable.
Whereas Milady Fair of few cen
turtles ago, was all a flutter over a
tender anonymous missiye, written
in longhand. on plain note paper,
placed under her door, or deity
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-02-10

Scotland celebrate the festival ac-
cording to the very ancient custom.
An equal number of the maids and
bachelors get together; each writes
his true or some feigned name upon
separate billets, which they roll up
and draw by way of lots, the maids
taking the mems billets and the men
the maids, so that each of the young
men lights upon a girl that he calls
his Valentine, and each of the girls
upon a young man that she calls
hers. By this means each has two
Valentines, but the man sticks faster
to the valentine he draws than to
the Valentine to whom he has fallen.
Fortune thus having divided the
company into SO many couples, the
Valentines give balls and treats to
their mistresses, wear their billets
| several days upon their bosoms or
sleeves, and this little sport often
ends in love.
Somewhat later doggerel verses
and notices were written upon the
billets in addition to the name of
the damsel to whom it belonged. In
time this custom led to exchange be-
tween lovers of deliberately orna-
mented Valentines bearing ornate
/ declarations of love in verse. In the
reign Of Charles H., Of England, ac-
cording to the diary of Samuel Pepys
both married and single people en-
tered into the drawing contests. In
/ variably presents were exchanged.
Pepys makes the following interest
ing entry in his diary on st. valen-
tines Day, 1867:
This morning came up to my
wife's bedside q being up dressing
lmyselfl little Will Mercer to be her
valentine. and brought her name
written upon blue paper In gold let
ters. done by him self very pretty;
and we were both we'll pleased with
It. But am also this year my wife's
valentine, and 1t will cost me five
pounds; but that must have laid
out IL We had not been valentines.
find that Mrs. Pierce's little girl Is
my valentine. she having drawn me,
which I am not sorry for, 1t easing
mo Of something more than must
have given to others.
II another entry he says. con-
a.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-02-10

| the drawing of the names of young
girls from box by the Roman youth
each OF whom considered the girl
whose name he had drawn his Valen-
tine for the remainder of the year.
he also presented her with a gift. In
deed variations of this custom OF
drawing the names of maidens fair
are to be found in other countries
coming down the ages to the present
day even
With the advent of Christianity
an effort was made to substitute
Saints names for the girls but alas,
the early Christians found that the
youth of the country lost interest in
the pastime with the feminine ele-
ment removed. Especially in France
did this lottery of love reach its high
est development. An equal number
of bellies and beaux assembled and
ascribed their names on billets. These
were then placed in two receptacles,
the men drawing from one and the
maids from the other.
Thus each drew the name of a
member of the opposite sex.
Mission, a learned traveller, pub
lished book of his travels in Eng
land, in 1898 He says in part:
"On the eve of ST. Valentines day
the young folks in England and in
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-02-10
TAFT TO MAKE SPEECHES
FAVORING RECIPROCITY.

Washington Feb. S.-Rushing
from state dinner tomorrow night
President Taft is to leave Washing
ton at 10 p. m. for a three days cam
paign for reciprocity. His first stop
will be at Columbus, O., where he
attends corn show on Friday. The
president will address the Illinois
legislature the following day and in
the evening will deliver the Lincoln
address. He returns here Monday
morning.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-02-10
the language of love the sentiments

the language of love the sentiments
that consume his heart.
1t is also the day when the small
boy has chance to get even with
that portion of the world that has
ever wounded his dignity, curbed
his ambition, or failed to meet the
demands of his youthful majesty
Secure in the concealment of his
identity he cuts loose with flood Of
comic Valentines that tell his teach
er better than he could, exactly
what he thinks of the size of her
feet; his Dad exactly how tight q
"tight-wad" a father is who can't
see what use in the world growing
boy can have for spending money,
and the policeman on the beat ex-
actly how despicable and red-nosed
minion of the law he is
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-02-10

thrown IN at her window, now she.
asmanus-anu receifes-an elabor-
ate and costly creation of paper and
lace or Vioiets and candy.
Just where st. Valentine comes in
and why the day should be named
IN his honor is mystery. Cupid's
day II really is, and one could hardly
accuse the little god of love of hav-
ing ever been bishop of the early
Christian church. Such ST. Valen-
tine was. or rather the st. Valentines
were, for there were two of them.
One was bishop of the church in
Greece and cured the son of a rhe-
torcian. Grafton. Of = serious illness.
The second St. Valentine was one of
the earliest Of the Roman popes- at
the time of the Claudian persecution
in the third century, to be as exact
as record has it.
Because of his success In CONVEX
sions he was cast into prison along
with many OF his flock. He, too,
raised the sick. for he restored the
sight Of the little daughter Of his
TALLER. Despite that he was martyred
for his faith. Perhaps the generous
deeds of these two christians the
giving Of their power with no thought
OF recompense was the formation
upon which the custom Of anonymous
giving on st. Valentines day Il
based.
Further than that, though, the ~.
ISOLATION Of the day with the saint Il
ambiguous Indeed It seems to have
been nothing more than coinci-
dence which came about In this
fashion: st. Valentine suffered mar.
tyrdom because Of his displeasine
the emperor By converting hundreds
of pagan Romans to Christianity. on
February II. a. D. 270. Later
when no was canonized and placed
on the calendar Of saints. his name
- bestowed on the day Of his death
which was made . festival IN order
n offset the festive influence Of ths
Roman Lupercalia.
This great Roman holiday Wal
hid on the 18th 81 February. il
I honor 81 Pan and Juno. and wa,
sntiroly FREQ of the barbarous prac
1 tlees 81 the early Aryans. one Q,
~ r. ureo ofa the celebration Mai
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-02-10

corning the jewels of a Miss Stuart
Duchess of Richmond:
THE Duke of York, being once
her valentine, did give her a jewe
OF about eight hundred pounds, and
my Lord Vaudeville, her valentine
this year., ring of about three hun
dred pounds
All of which seems to indicate that
the SWANS of those days were per-
fectly willing to back their gallant
ries by their pocketbooks, though it
must be admitted the belief was prev
alent that the drawing Of two single
people as valentines in way pre-
dicted their marriage.
Indeed there was a strong super
stition to this effect The day itself
was supposed to possess some prop
erty peculiarly it's own and conducive
to marriage. Attention was called
to the fact that on this day even the
birds chose their mates. The first
SihSic PCiS Vi luS OPPoolIe Sex
whom he met on his morning walk,
they said, was destined to be his fate
for life. One Of the writer's of the
time-Gay- quotes the following
from the pen of a sentimental dam
sci:
Last Valentine, the day when birds
of kind
Their paramours with mutual chirp-
ings find,
l early rose just at the break of day,
Before the sun had chased the stars
away;
Afield went amid the morning dew,
To milk my kline (for so should
housewives do).
Thee first / spied-and the first
swain we see
In spite of fortune shall our true
love be-"
Another old writer tells of love-
lorn lass, who with great care pin
ned four bay leaves to the four cor
ners of her pillow and fifth in
the middle; removed the yolk from
a hardboiled egg, filled the cavity
with salt, and after she had gotten
into bed ate the egg, shell and all,
heroically refraining from drinking
anything or speaking to anyone. By
doing so she hoped to encourage
pleasant dreams of her future lord
and master Unfortunately the writ
er does not say whether the young
maid in question received the re-
ward for which she so tragically
struggled.
A somewhat more mercinary form
of celebration seems to have been
customary among English children in
certain villages. Getting up before
sunrise, they sauntered forth and &C
costed everyone they met with the
salutation, "Good-morrow, Valen-
tine" in hopes of receiving gift for
so doing. In another section of
England the children were entitled
to pence upon stopping passerby
with the doggerel:
Good morrow, Valentine,
First it's yours, then it's mine,
So please give me a Valentine"
In the days of Chesterfield and
Macauley in England, the sending OF
high-flown, pompously worded dec
larations of admiration and love in
verse was quite the proper caper. In
deed it was considered essential that
a gentleman be able to compose an
ornate and touching bit of nonsense
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-02-10
NORTH DAKOTA DAIRYsIEN

jamestown, N. D., Feb. s.-The
annual convention of the North Da-
kota Dairymen's association, which
met here for a two days. session, Is
one Of the best attended meetings
ever held by the association. In
addition to the membership of the as
ISOLATION the attendance includes 3
number of noted dairy experts from
Minnesota and other states.