The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-01-04
PUBLISHED YVRRY THURSDAY.
Entered ~ second class matter
sSzuary IS. 1894, at the postoffice
t Whitefish. Mo1t.. under the act
( Congress q March !, 1879.
WANTS TO SMOKE THE
PIPE OF PEACE

whose domineering spirit has been
felt in every community in the valley
and on account of which a general
hatred has grown up for her in all
the other towns; jealous Kalispell,
who hated to see anyone else grow
and prosper, and who felt as sore
as an open wound If defeated in
as small a matter as base ball game
by her neighbor, and would even
stoop to INSCRIPTIONS methods to
gain the glory therefrom; Kalispell,
with her lofty ideals. and the bet
ter-than you are spirit shown to
neighboring towns, has come down
from her high pedestal. She has at
last come to realize that she has
about reached the zenith of her
growth. and must have the co-opera-
ton of the whole Flathead empire
to keep on growing and prospecting
in the future as she has been doing
in the past. She has bowed herself
humbly, and has sent her repre-
sentative throughout the length and
breadth of the domain to make
peace with all people; to give them
the glad hand and tell them that
they are sorry for things they have
done in the past, and beg forgive
ness for these things and spread on
the salve to heal old wounds.
When flaring red posters we're
spread about the town announcing
that P. NJ Bernard, secretary of the
Kalispell Chamber Of Commerce
wished to meet the citizens of this
city and smoke the pipe of peace
with them they were startled, as if
thunder bolt had come from a clear
sky. It was the first time that she
had ever made any such overtures
to stump town." as we have been
commonly dubbed by her. White
fish, 1t might be said, is the daugh-
ter of Kalispell, as the pioneers
were all composed of Kalispell peo-
pie, but the division point was TAX
en- away from there some years ago.
That naturally hurt Kalispell very
much. and she never could forget
From expressions that have been
prevalent one would judge that if
Whitefish should have withered away
like flower and died it would have
brought much Joy to her heart. But
she did not do this. Whitefish
grew and prospered, and is now the
second city in the valley. This
caused Kalispell many heart aches.
Whenever possible anything good
about Whitefish was always flatten-
ed out and beaten into the earth
by her hammer. but a great change
has come over Kalispell now. Broad
minded men at the head of affairs
have seen the folly of such pol
icy. They have felt and seen the
need of cooperation. and have
bravely offered to make peace and
initiate us into a tremendous band
of boosters for the Flathead empire.
While the general feeling of
Whitefish in the past has been one
of animosity towards Kalispell-this
only being for good reasons-her
citizens being progressive and broad
minded people, who desire to build
up this city and the country sur
rounding and wants every one to
prosper. are willing to bury the
Ratchet and enter upon the plan of
cooperation proposed by Kalispell
for the boosting of this great Flat
head empire.
The new policy of Kalispell is a
splendid policy. The fading away
of her domineering spirit will create
better feeling all over this county,
and if the policy started is carried
out the whole of this great country
will be cemented together into one
solid mass, which is the only way
to push our way forward to prosper
ity.
From expressions heard at the
meeting Friday night, Mr.. Bernard
got a good idea of things as they
existed heretofore, and the reasons
why they existed. He also
was heartily congratulated upon his
broad-minded policy and was showed
that It met with the favor of those
present, and that he could be as
sured Of the cooperation of White