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Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-09-22
"FATJACK"
GOOD JEHU
NO TRADER

Butte, Mont.-The enactment OF
the law which authorizes the estab-
lishment of land banks, for the pur-
pose of furnishing money at lew
rates and for long terms, to farmers,
recalls the days when Montana was
the money lenders paradise.
Thirty years ago "Fat Jack'' Jones
came to Butte from Kansas City,
where he had broken into the game
of life as a cab driver. There was
not a sea-going hack in Butte at the
time. Jack saw the opportunity. But
he had no money.
Jim Murray, five times a million
aire now, was then in the banking
business in Butte. To Murray Jack
went. He told the banker Of the
opening. The banker listened. Jack
was sufficiently eloquent to get the
desired loan, $500, which was to be
invested in a fine hack, and a hand
some team of horses. The interest,
modest enough in those days, secur-
ity considered, was to be five dollars
a day, payable at noo daily.
The hack was a novelty and Jack
drove a spanking team and a thriving
business. Every day at noon he would
drive up to the bank and pay the
interest. Then he would take the
balance and play faro bank with it.
Always, or nearly always, he lost. But
he handled a lot of money, there was
always plenty Of oats in the bin for
his team, and life ran along like a
song.
At the end of three years, he had
paid nothing on the principal, and he
began to tire of his bargain. Possibly
it was because of the monotony of
driving up to the bankers every day
at a set hour. Sometimes it i~nterfer-
ed with a session with the tiger. That
was inconvenient.
About that time rich ore was dis
covered in the Occur d'Alenes. Jack
got the fever. Finally he decided to
go to the new Eldorado. So he drove
+ his team up to the banking house,
paid his last days interest, told the
banker he could take the team and
=, hack, and walked to the new mining
! camp, a distance of 200 miles, over
the Rocky Mountains.
But luck was against him. Gold
4 didn't grow on the trees of the
Occur d'Alenes. About two months
after his departure Jack presented
himself at the Murray bank again.
He had walked all the way. He re-
n newed his arrangement with the
banker, and resumed business again,
; He is still at the old game, only now
he drives a Packard car, which the
/ banker has given him. Everyone
knows him in Butte. He is the only
+ chauffeur in Butte who wears a silI
hat, a habit he contracted in the rub
, Der tired hack days. Look for hin
rs the next time you go to Butte.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-09-22
THOMPSON
NO USE
FOR ICEMAN

Thompson Falls, Mont
sob, the ice man
Is a nice man,
But of this one thing be sure;
There is something
About his business
That affects his temperature;
For love is such a funny thing
AS I've found out
Once or twice;
And all one can get from the ice man
Is Ice! Ice! Ice!"
The love lorn maiden, enamored
of the cold hearted ice man, should
have had him in Thompson Falls,
where he would have been at her
tender mercy, because Thompson
Falls is one of the few places in the
whole of North American where this
tong-armed disciple of King Frost
is properly under subjugation, and
all through a natural phenomenon
that exists in very few places in the
world-a natural cold storage plant.
Sixty feet below the earth surface
is a stratum of porous Sandstone,
which, when tapped, yields an appar-
emily unlimited quantity of cold air.
This air is under pressure, and is
piped to all the cold storage boxes in
town. 1t is a puzzle to all the geol-
ogists who have examined ii, and
numerous theories, all rank guesses,
have been advanced regard ing this
remarkable deposit. The most pop
ular theory is that somewhere in the
bowels Of the surrounding mountains
is buried a million year old glacier,
and this stratum, in contact with the
glacier, conveys the air out.
In the summer months the air
maintains a temperature Of about 46
degrees above zero, and during the
summer months it flows outwardly
while during the colder months the
current flows the other way. This
suction is utilized, during the winter
months for the purposes of ventila-
ton.
The cold air is used by the Thomp-
son Falls Mercantile company fol
cold storage purposes, is used by al
the meat markets in the town, and II
numerous private residences; i
keeps the ice boxes Of all the thirsi
parlors cool, and during the hotties
days of the year reduces the temper
allure of the dining room of the prin
cipal hotel of the town to a mos
grateful degree. 1t is said to be
sure cure for hay fever, and man.
shifting visitors affect Thompson
Falls during the hay fever season. 1
keeps the delicate meat of the beau
tiful Rainbow trout, which abound il
nearby waters, firm and sweet fo
twice the period that ice does, ant
makes of the town a delightful plac
during the hottest season of tn
wear,
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-09-22
HIGH WAGES IN MONTANA
BALK CANADIAN AGENT

Helena Ross, repre-
senting Canadian c~olleries, has
been campaigning in Montana for
the past two weeks with the idea
of Turing coal miners across the
boundary, for which he has a IL
cense from the federal govern
ment. On account of the high
wages paid in Montana he is CO.
ing back to Canada without hav-
ing accomplished anything.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-09-22
M GERARD IN DUTCH

Butte. james w. Gerard, the
American ambassador to Berlin, who
is in trouble with the Germans, is
well known in Montana. He mar
ried one of the daughters of the late
Marcus Daily, and for a time had ex-
tensive mining interests in Fergus
county. He has spent a great deal of
time in Butte and in the Bitter Root
valley, the summer home of the Daily
family.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-09-22
PLACING THE BLAME

Ambition blooms to blush unseen
upon the desert air! How many hun
dred candidates are wrapped in grim
despair! How many broken promises
have lately come to light! How many
little homemade booms have felt a
fatal blight! How many men have
worried through the weeks of hope
and strife, to find that they must still
remain content with private life! And
from the host of candidates, we may
not choose the best; one does not
stand pre-eminent and loom above the
rest, but when the smoke has cleared
away and votes are totaled up, how
many optimists must drink of dissap-
pointment's cupl But i%mportuning
friends who kept imploring us to run,
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-09-22
WITH WOMEN VOTING?

Helena.-The public utilities COM
mission has made an order, effective
October l, limiting telephone CONVEX
sations on rural party lines to five
minutes duration, providing the use
of the line is demanded by another
person on the same line. Removal Of
the telephone of the offender is the
penalty for violation of the rule.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-09-22

Masonic grand lodge in Montana, and the pilgrimage to Virginia City, where
the first Masonic temple built in this state is a point Of interest to all Ma
sons, started from Butte. The evening before the special train al to start
old friends of Senator Clark called upon him at his Butte home and urged
him to accompany them N the trip.
eco to Virginia City with some of the old gang7 You bet I will, was
his reply. "You can tell them that I'll be there when the train starts"
And sure enough, when the Masons began assembling at the station in
the morning, Senator Clark was among the first to arrive. "Im out for a
good time today - he said a he greeted old acquaintance. "Ive been
dreaming about another look at Virginia City and the old gulch for a long
time, and when I get there it won It seem 81 many years since I was a young
fellow in a new country, with life before me-"
All the way n the train journey to Alder station the senator chated
and exchanged "reminiscences with pioneers, and when the end of the branch
line was reached he took his place in a Ford car and rode gany over the trail
to Virginia which he knew SC we'll half a century ago.
An effort was made to show Senator Clark some special attention; he
refused ALL such advances politely but firmly emo reason why any one
should make a fuss overm me" he said.
The senator never was inclined to plumpness, and in recent years he has
become mor .attenuated than ever. His spare figure in it's rather tight1f
ting, gray suit, was noticeable everywhere during the day. Notwithstanding
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-09-22
DANDEIIoNs ARE DowNED

Great Falls.-This city has again
made a successful fight against the
dandelion, and ends the season with
out a single yellow head showing on
the lawns and boulevards.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-09-22

@ ENATOR W.. A. CLARK, IS years old and on of the half dozen OF tn
~ worlds wealthiest men, threw aside the cares and responsibilities u
business the other day., and for ten hours tramped through the streets OF
Virginia City and the hills about the famous old town, living yer again Ia
memory the days of the early ZOOS, when az a prospector and trader ne
sought to carve a fortune out Of the wilderness.
The occasion was the fifheth anniversary Of the establishment OF the
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-09-22

Walt Mason is the man whom the
nation knows as the poet who writes
in prose form. When you look at one
of Walt Mason's effusions, which are
printed in numberless newspapers
throughout the United States, you
think you are seeing an ordinary
piece of prose composition But when
you read it, you find the words at
regular intervals rhyme. Soon you
realize you are reading verse.
Montana has a Walt Mason. He
lives at Denton, and edits the Denton
Independent. His real name is
Schuck-W. S. Schuck-but he writes
under the pen name of Robert
Strother. He is related to the famous
Strother family of the south, which
has produced many notable writers.
This Montana versifier produces
once each week a reflection in poetic
prose of some topic of interest in the
news. For instance, here is one on
the primary election:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-17
SECOND TROUT HATCHERY

State Fish and Game Commissioner
John w. Titcomb of Lyndonville has
definitely decided TO locate the sec
ond of the series of trout rearing sta
lions at South Vernon in Windham
county. Some time ago site was
selected at South Vernon but before a
final decision was made the location
was abandoned because of danger
from high water in the Connecticut
river, Recently preliminary survey
OF the land in the vicinity of a spring
owned by Frank II. Newton at South
Vernon was made by Il. S. casselman
of Dorset and the results of the in
vestigation determined the commits
sioner to make d trial of the water.
Frfty-two troughs viii be shipped to
South Vernon at once and it is ex-
pected that the station will be in OPP
Grafton inside of two weeks.
The first station established by the
commissioner, that at what is known
as the "Duck' pond in the town of
SALISBURY, has been in operation for
a number Of weeks. The eggs that
were placed in the troughs have al
ready Matched and so far good results
are being attained. The number of
eggs that failed to hatch is compare
lively small and Mr. Casselman who
makes frequent visits to the station is
we'll satisfied with what has been ac-
complished, County Game Warden Il.
S. Higgins visits the station every
other day to assist in the care of the
fry. In few days it will be neces-
sary to begin feeding the little fish
and then the constant attendance OF
at least one person will be required
at the station.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-17
Trouble Ahead.

Young Husband Ito wife)-Didn't l
telegraph to you not to bring your
mother with you?
Young Wife-I know. That's what
she wants to see you about. She read
the telegram.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-17
Canine Ruddcrs.

1.-The dog" said the scientific gentle
man, sometimes steers himself with
his tail" H
Uses it TO guide his wandering bark,
does hep asked the irresponsible
humorist.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-17

genuine sentiment there is back of the
various candidates whose names have
been suggested.
Section 6 as quoted by the Caledon.
ian above applies to the state primary
rather than the presidential primary.
1t controls the presidential choice only
as far as applicable and for that reas.
on it is not necessary to secure the
written assent OF presidential candi-
date for the reason that the state of
Vermont has no control over candidat-
es living in other states.
The state will be represented at Chi
cago by delegates elected at state
convention and each town viii elect
delegates to this convention the same
as heretofore. These delegates will
be furnished n certified statement OF
the vote cast in the presidential pri-
mary and will be morally but not le-
gally bound to heed the preference in
Dictated. 1t seems to The Banner an
ideal way of getting at the actual sent
iment OF the Republican voters OF Yer
mont. Any citizen worthy of being
chosen delegate to national conven-
ton should welcome showing of pre-
ference while at the same time he
would not be bound in case the choice
of Vermont voters were not a candi-
date and was out of the running.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-17

The militia company at Brattleboro,
Company /, is advertising for more re-
cruits. 1t is % men short OF its quota
and enlistments are decreasing. This
is an interesting state of affairs in
view of the prominence of war topics
at the present time and the demand
for preparedness. Surprising Congress
should provide for the enlistment OF a
greatly increased national guard
where are the men coming from?
The war department finds it just about
impossible to keep the ranks of even
our little regular army filled by volun
tary enlistment. II the army and
militia are increased will it be any
easier? The real fact is that compul-
sorry military service is the only meas
ure that will provide even a moderate
degree OF Preparedness
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-17
NOT ICE

The annual meeting of the Young
Mems association for the election OF
officers will be held in the Library.
Monday, March goth. 1916. Polls open
at / o'clock and close at o'clock in
the afternoon. 9l
Fred c. Martin,
Recording Secretary.
Bennington, VT, March 2, 1916.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-17
MOTT - 2

To the Ladies and Gentlemen ct Zen
ninaton and Vicinity.
Call and see my new Spring and
Summer samples. and you will surely
leave your order. Prices very rea'
sonable, cleaning pressing and alter
atoms a speciality,
Nathan Levin
1870 North st Tel ss-J
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-02-19
Settlement of Water Question Is in Sight


authorized
construction of
owned
settlement of this long standing
s615soe
accep and ratified the
During held between
Armour
City Marsh
the all the
legal all
fighting useless
that t had seuw selling possible.
stood ready sell
Those representing the
established by Judge Lewis
there possibility of the plan proposed by Senator
immediate the Union
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-02-19
August Senators Giuen NeU Line of Talk


things The
of heckng of pacfd witnesses
"up ago people they
with Germany fact the
with Mexico Germany
for anything We told that
Gentlemen, it
Frankly fee, that the
We
been impressed by it The European nations prepared for
something like billions
wounded of
the interest
o o good to me-.
I from old American stock family
blow about American manhood here
0 pited
preparedness capitalist
financing the European they supplying
methods of destruction They selling
dollars
and the banking
plng higher
pity
OF sette I'm
T with
of
and then have the bills besides
Tor preparedness and then
brothers and fathers and them
sforun We
have in this thing"
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-02-19
REGENERATED

lEy William II. Fox in Cincinnati
Chroniclcl
lie woke No wondcrl Such A rarlet
Would make the dullest dronc alert.
for, io' his unioD-labclcd packet
Was humping his non union shirt.
His labeled pants a separation
From scab suspcnders wanted flat;
And union shoes with Indignation
Were kicking his non-union hat.
Uprose in notched and scraggy bristl..
His rat-cut hair. His union card
Appeared with sundry bowls and
whistles.
ut gave it to him good and hard"
You nondescript 'twixt one and zero.
Why don't You be man or mousef
60, scab, at once, like Eliot's hero,
Or strongly build the union housci"
Enough was plcntyl Several vendors
Came rushing to his urgent call.
Some labeled shirtsl A hiatt Suspcndcrs I,
All union made / want them alli'
New clothed, he sought union barber.
Who clipped the rat-nips from his
hair:
And, wholly in the union barbor,
He feels himself man-hes fart
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-02-19
RATS, "pI" AND Ans

oSlng a thirty eight-caliber revolver
to shoot al rat in an upstairs room.
N when the room below is occupied by a
busy and Percoful ad setter is wrong.
according to Alonzo Clark, "A printer en-.
pioyed by the Times Tribune of Alex
andria, IND. Clark was setting politi-
ca' advertisement when a bullet came
u'r" the ceiling, scattering plaster, and
pare'y missed him. striking steel type
ease me political al was pied, the
,npes oeing scattered about the room.
ne ptllet glanced from the type case
keep the bullet. An investigation proved
that l8 yearold boy in an upstairs
room WAS shooting at rats.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-02-19
A Tale of Profit and Loss

Students of economic conditions and
needs n this country will find in the
annual report of the Western Union
Telegraph company for 1915 an illumi-
mating exposition OF the manner in
which the great corporations exploit and
impose on the working people 10 swell
corporation profits.
The total revenue OF the company last
year amounted to 2,356, ,2s6, against
SI7 ,463,952 in 1914. The net income of
SlO2lS,37l represents an increase of
81 SAG 1856, and the company's balance of
SII, SOB 800 for 1915 sHows gain of
81, ,4S5 .332.
These figures Indicate great prosperity
for the company. But how abHCt the
conditions under which its employees
work? On this subject the report of the
federal industrial commission declares:
"1he workers employed by the two prin-
cipal telegraph companies western
Union and Postall are not only under
paid, as admitted by the highest Of
ficials OF the companies in their testi-
mony before the commission, but are
subjected to many abuses, such as the
denial of proper periods of relief while
on duty, the establishment OF arbitrary
speed rates which frequently result in
overStraln, the arDltrNsy ulschIIGe oi
employees without notice for any cause
or no cause, the employment OF young
boys for messenger service under con
ditions which can result only in their
moral corruption and the employment or
women for telegraph service at night
What frightful commentary IS here
furnished on the way in which many
OF the greatest lines OF our trade are
conducted. Men. women and children
are deprived of the common comforts
and fundamental rights of life and ruth
lessly destroyed in order that Big
Business" may augment its gain. and
thereby the whole moral tone OF our
civilization is lowered. Yet the men
who have produced and who perpetuate
these conditions pose in the pubic gaze
as generous philanthropists by contrib
uting literally of the wages they have
withheld from the workers to church
functions and benevolent activities.
What can save us from the wrath that
must inevitably follow such base hypro-
crisy and brutal Indifference to human
welfare.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-02-19
SOME DIPLOMAT.

Harry, I am beginning to believe the
baby looks like you"
Are you, dear"
"Yes. ] notice it more and moro every
day. Pm so glad
DO you really want him to look like
mef"
"Of course, do. I've been sorry ever
since we had him christened that we
didn't give him your name"
Sweetheart, you don't know how
happy you make me by saying that"
And Harry, dear, ] found the love-
licst hat today. l don't believe / ever
saw anything that was 80 becoming to
me It's $25. DO you think i ought to
pay that much for HAITI"
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-02-19

Grant Hamilton, general representative
and legislative committeeman Of the
American Federation Of Labor, whose
Denver residence is at 3s lincoln street.
Miss Hamilton has lived in Washington
with her father during good part of
the past twelve years, and last year
graduated from the high school of that
city. Announcement Of this happy
event will be pleasing news TO large
circle of friends and acquaintance of
the Hnmiltons in Denver. The groom
is nn employc of the American Refining
and Milling company of this city, and
after brief honeymoon trip in the
Fast the couple will make their home
here.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-02-19
Organized Labor in Colorado Progressing


has made more progress than during the entire
ated promising
the bnckavers Denver
numbering % have secured advance of 81
The machsts railroad shopm painters sheet posters
confectionery
unless backed by the soIdity union
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-02-19

Woman suffrage and national pro-
hIbltion had tryout before the Senate
judiciary Committee this week Prohi-
Ditlon won and the women lost. That
H' thc committee voted to consider n
prohibition amendment to the constitu-
tioh at this session, and postponed the
susan IL. Anthony amendment until the
next session of Congress
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-02-19

Much is being made in the daily pa
pers over the appointment OF a high so
clety woman as secretary OF the State
oNil Service Commission, a place for
merry held by plain working woman.
Perhaps this will serve as test to
prove the worth OF society DANES to
the community. She should, at least,
have a chance to prove her metal.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-02-19

The Colorado Republican Editorial as
sociation met in Denver last week and
elected the following officers for the
year: President, C. d. Adams of the
Montrose Press; vice president, S. A.
Crary OF the Lamar News; secretary-
treasurer, Alva \. Swain, who also is
secretary OF the Colorado Editorial asso-
ciatIon. OF the Pueblo Chieftain.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-02-19

:, a Denver man is sucing his wife for
diVorce on the ground that he was kent
awake nights by her nagging and lost
ms Job with sewing machine comnanv
40 sane Judge or jury would ever turn
down plea of this character
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-02-19
MOST ESSENTIAL

Mistress-What do We need for
dinner?
ncrvnnt-Sure. ma'am, and I've trippc5
over the rug an We need new set OF
dishes.-Philadelphi Evening Ledger.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-02-19

II the labor movement is not travel
ing last enough to suit you get in and
heip carry the load with which it is
ourdehed instead Of adding to it by un-
l'.'r erlticism' The movement is going
ahead Just as fast as the membership
as whole is prepared to 90
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-02-19

According to statistics gathered by the
Denver police and officials of the district
attorneys office, 10 arrests involving
alleged violations Of the state prohibi-
tion law have been made during the first
six weeks of dry Denver. OF this num-
Der 43 have been fined or sentenced to
jail for bootlegging. The rest of the
cases will be tried in the next few
weeks
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-02-19

Census bureau experts estimate that
the population OF the United States,
January ], was lOl POS ,3l5, and that by
July I it would be lO2.Ol7 .302. July
last year, they figured the population
at 00,309,3ls. Western state have
led in growth, Washington heading the
list with Oklahoma, Nevada, North Da-
kota and New Mexico following in the
order named. The bureaus estimates
are based on the rate of increase be-
tween the 1900 and 1910 censuses.