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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-05
Uncle Bob Writes
June 26, 1910.


Dear Editor: Please note the
date on this letter for / wish to do
some political prognosticating and
you may dig this letter out of the
files next November to see how l
rate. First: Our boy Governor OF
Minnesota has really done himself
proud out here in the East. /
bought lot of New York papers
and cut out the. editorials to mail
you, and damn if 1 can find them
anywhere. Anyway, you know as
we'll as do that he has come out
for Wilkie from here on out. Of
course, by the time this reaches
you the nominations will be closed.
1t all shows that the Kid Gov
ernor is a shrewd analyst and that
the sleepy-looking Taft never could
get nominated during these times,
and that DEWEY looks like a lit
tie boy playing gangster against
the real Dillinger (Hitler), and SO
it's Wilkie or nothing. Despite the
fact that Wilkie is a capitalist, it
seems out this way that he'll have
a terrible time trying to get the
big shots to kick in with some
dough to campaign with when he is
nominated.
The colored brethren are all
asleep because they haven't any of
their cousins hanging around
Wilkes headquarters to save them
a seat on his bandwagon when il
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-05
Wake Up Tomorrow
Morning

Wake Up Tomorrow
Morning
By Morris Gibbs, Sr.
Wake up tomorrow morning
With a smile on your face
Your countenance continually is
expressing,
Whether happiness is still in
good grace.
Wake up tomorrow morning
Determined to be kind,
Don't start the day sowing
Seeds that are unkind.
Wake up tomorrow morning
With a friendly word to say,
Your tasks will disappear like
lightning,
AS you do your work every day.
Wake up tomorrow morning
And if the sky is dull and gray,
You can inwardly be saying,
Appearances won't disturb my
day.
Wake up tomorrow morning
Determined in all you do,
To give the best, always resisting
Halfway measures, as they'll
never do.
Wake up tomorrow morning
Resigned to one holy end,
You'll never allow wrong design
ing,
To usurp what good can send.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-05
History of Yorktown, Va,
Influenced by Tobacco

Tobacco was a dominating influ-
ence in the history Of Yorktown,
Va, and the tobacco industry -four
ished throughout the Old Dominion
late in the Seventeenth century.
York, the port on the York river,
provided the first shipping facilities.
Its palisade of logs extended to the
first English settlement at James
town on the James river, as a de-
tense against Indians. The British
crown regarded York as sufficiently
important to warrant the purchase
of so acres at point where the
York river provided excellent an
chorage and the projection Of Glou-
cester point narrowed the waterway
for easy ferriage. In 1851 this pur-
chase was made, 10000 pounds Of
tobacco being the price paid.
In that same year the land was
surveyed off into a gridiron pattern
for q shire town and port, with half
acre lots laid off and sold for $50
pounds Of tobacco, each conditioned
by agreement to build house within
a year. Otherwise the lot would be
forfeit to the crown. Down to the
present day the streets determined
by the survey Of 1891 have main
tanned their original lines and
names.
It was at Yorktown that CORVALLIS
surrendered to Washington and Ro-
chambeau in 1871. Not far away
there was hard fighting in the Civil
war, during the peninsula campaign
In the spring Of 1852.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-05
Museum Cleaning Beetles

A ravenous race Of African bee
ties named dermestes, has been i'm
ported by the American Museum Of
Natural History in New York to do
the delicate job of picking clean the
bones of animal skeletons too tiny
and fragile to permit cleaning by
PSYCHOLOGISTS without danger Of being
broken. Skilled workers at the mu-
scum scoffed at first when DR..
George c. Goodwin, associate cura-
tor Of mammals, returned from Al
RIGA with his idea and his beetles.
But now the beetles are about to 90
to work on a large scale. And the
workers will have more time to clas-
sify the 5000 skeletons which come
each year to the museum. The bee
ties will be big help-if they don't
get loose. If they ever do get free
among the crowded, valuable exhib-
its they may do considerable dam
age. DR.. Goodwin keeps his bee.
ties in jars within a metal-lined,
warmed and ventilated cabinet.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-05
Bolton Predicted
Wilkes Selection

Editors Note: Robert "Uncle
Bob" Bolton is in New York City.
In the past three weeks we have re-
ceived two delightfully."- entertain
ing letters from him. Both carried
so much crisp news comment that
we thought we would print the last
one (vernacular and ally with one
or two deletions. It might inter
est those who read this letter to
note that Mr.. Bolton predicted
WENDELL WILKES nomination
on June 26, which was one day be-
fore it occurred.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-05
The Dreamland Cafe

editorial Minneapolis street disorder the June
who for their have tried
idea that the editorial attack the Dreamland Cafe
located at 1855 Fourth Ave. S.
Dreamand that editorial
being conducted orderly aw-abdng The
Mr. and Mrs A Cassus comply with all the requirements
do lettering disorder their
premises
They credit for making available in that section place Of
recreation for those who seek it. The Deamand well appointed and
managed and is a business to the community
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Sound Advice to Graduates

month of June ushers in the graduates
greater those school and college
drop of school work
Two million twenty years
are and half million of the group
of school, trying to make living
graduating from high school this month
with continuing education would hire ourselves
ont to carpenter painter plumber electrician
chanic.
We would volunteer work nohng-caryng tools
running errands just At night we'd
n library and read up the business at hand
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In MemOriam

In loving memory of our father,
grandfather and friend, Charles
Shapard, who left one sad year
ago July 2, 1889.
We who loved you sadly miss
you
AS it dawns another year
In the lonely hours of dreaming
Thoughts of you are always
near.
Anna C. Green, Ida M. Combs,
daughters; and Antonette Per
teet, Douglas S. Green, grand
children, and Scott Taber
friend.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-05
The Truth About
Immigration of Refugees
to the United States

gees who were supposed to be coming into
America in huge numbers. The American
Friends Service Commission, n Quaker
group, in the interests of truth sought the
facts about the refugee who has been ad-
mitted to America. What this fair Or
ganization found was put in pamphlet
form. The best digest Of that pamphlet
to our mind was given in the March issue
of the NORTHWEST ORGANIZER" We
think our readers should know the facts
in this situation and we are reprinting
in two installments the ORGANIZERS
digest. This is the concluding installment.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-05

Editors Note: There are organizations
in this country who are constantly trying
to stir up strife among the various races
and religious groups. Up to two or three
months ago before Hitler took Denmark
and Norway, here in the Northwest anti
Semitism was on the increase. Much was
said favorably about Hitler's treatment of
minorfties. Many seemed to think Herr
Hitler was justified. Also we heard much
about the influx of Jewish refugees into
America. In New York certain interests
tried to arouse even the under-privileged
Negroes against the thousands" of refu-
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starts rolling. AS a matter Of fact,
the dark reporters just yesterday
deemed it wise enough to go and
ask him what his views are on race
prejudice. He said he is against
race prejudice and religious preju-
dice, but he SKINNED over it as
quickly as possible.
Well, it seems a pity for the Re-
publicans to waste all that time,
breath, and money when the Demo-
Gratis will sweep Roosevelt back
into office again next November.
By that time Hitler will have over
powered Britain, Japan will have
seized the Dutch East Indies and
as soon as the English are no long
er able to help China, Japan will
mop up the last of the resisting
Chinese and grab the Philippines
whenever they get the go ahead
sign from Hitler. That will be our
Munich. If we let them get away
with that Hawaii will be next on
their list. 1t looks pretty bad.
Don't forget, Mr.. Editor, that
you have q secretary and if you
would dictate a few lines to her to
send along to me sometime, 1 would
surely appreciate it. Joe Louis
figured that Godoy's famous
crouch depended on two good eyes.
That crouch made quite a monkey
out of Joe the first time, but
Godoy knew that if he crouched
too low and sat down fiat, then he'd
make a monkey out of himself, so
he had to keep one eye on the can
vas to see how close to it he was,
and one eye on Joe. The first
thing Joe did was to bop him right
in one eye and close it up, and
Godoy had to stand up straight and
look Joe straight in the face with
the other eye. Then, too, Joe
doesn't know that Chile is a coun-
try in South America. He thinks
it's hot dish south of the border,
and he kept hearing about the
Chilean so he thought they were
feeding Godoy Chilli between
rounds, or at least giving it to him
to smell >. and they say you can't
taste nothing, nohow, lest you can
smell it, so Joe thought he'd fix
that by busting Godoy in the nose,
and then he couldn't see, he
couldn't eat and he couldn't smell.
Boy, but he sho' could hug. That's
why the fight lasted so long. He
kept hugging Joe for six rounds,
and Blackburn was getting sorta
ashamed about how the fight was
going, so he remembered how mad
Joe was in that first fight when
Godoy kissed him, and he whis-
pered in Joe's ear and told him that
he heard that Arturo was going
to kiss him in the seventh round
for the benefit of the Finnish refu-
gee who wuz taking pictures from
the ring side. Now, Joe doesn't
mind giving thousand dollars out
right to the refugees but when l
saw him at his sisters graduation
at Howard University, l learned
then that he doesn't like to kiss
nobody in public, not even Marva.
So that was when he poured all the
rights and lefts into Godoy's
mouth in the seventh when he was
saved by the bell. Which reminds
me, though, that 1 am going to
kiss you on both cheeks and on the
mouth, too, for giving me that pass
to the Worlds Fair.
Yours truly,
Uncle Bob.
1866 73rd St.,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-05

The British Home Office has re-
ported to Parliament that the H.
900 German refugees who have en-
tered Britain have provided work
for $4,000 workers.
The London Spectator, on Janu-
airy 20, 1889, pointed out why this
was so:
"In some cases whole industries,
or sections of industries, have been
transferred completely to this coun-
try. The whole of the valuable fur
trade of Leipzig, for instance, has
been transferred to this country.
The greater part of the present
leather bag industry now estab-
lished in England has since 1881
been built up by German Jews.
In Lancashire there is one
leather-bag business which employs
over $50 British subjects. A
German-Jewish refugee and his
family are establishing a fine fur
nishing-materials factory employ
ing forty British subjects, and an
Italian Jew is starting a mass
production furnishing-fabrics fac
tory which, beginning with ITO
British employees, is expected ult-
mately to employ about 1000.
Other firms are manufacturing
soups, delicatessen, furnishing,
lamp shades, electric equipment,
furniture. . A silk printing fac
tory now employs forty. A
leather glove factory employs fifty.
. 1t is estimated that the ladies'
clothing trade alone is responsible
for the employment of about 1000
additional British subjects. One
effect of the transfer of industries
has been that firms in this country
who previously brought goods
abroad find that they can still pur-
chase from the same firm, but that
it has now been established in this
country.
In the United States
mo one can guarantee" write
the Quakers, "that more work will
be created in our country by the
coming of these Immigrants, as
seems to be the case in Great Brit
ain, but there is certain to be con-
siderable work of this kind Great
ed. A few examples must suffice:
Zone German textile man used
to own a shirt factory in Germany
and sold his wares to South Amer
lea. Having to leave his homeland,
he has transferred his factory to
our country, and is employing
American labor to supply his Gus
toners as before.
"Harmonicas and accordions used
to be imported from Germany. Now
a refugee has set up shop for the
making of these instruments and
American workers are making
them. A German firm exported un-
til recently certain types of WOO
hosiery to the United States. Now
the three refugees who had owned
this firm have re-established it in
Massachusetts and are employing
38 American workers in the manu-
facture of goods which had beer
imported previously from abroad
To this list of the Quakers
could be added an example
known to the Minneapolis
union movement: that of two
German refugees who came to
Minneapolis about a year and
a half ago, and are now OPP
Grating a shirt factory employ
ing about thirty local men and
women. The shop is 1000
unior and "a .rroNwinO panidIv
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-05

One more report, this time from
Canada. The New York Times for
March 3, 1910, reports that be-
tween five and six thousand Eu-
ropean fugitives, bringing with
them an estimated $4,000, 900,
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06

tunnel and the control tower are built
Of reinforced concrete.
The drainage area above the dam
contains $50 square miles. IL extends
into the Madison national forest and
reaches an altitude of over 5000 feet
above sea level. A great part Of this
watershed Is open country and Is COW
cred with heavy snow during the win
ter. When the snow meltS IN the spring
the runoff Is of a comparatively short
duration. Engineers designing the
structure figured that there might be
a freShet of 10000 cubic feet q second
and so designed spillway TO handle
this amount Of water. The spillway was
cut in solid rock just beyond the west
end Of the dam and Is lined with
heavy reinforced concrete.
The reservoir covers approximately
1000 acres of land that was originally
divided between 600 acres of excellent
meadow and about 400 acres of grazing
land It is about five miles long and
from quarter to three-quarterS OF
a mile in width. When full this reser-
voir forms a beautiful lake between
the Ruby mountains on the west and
the Snow Crest range on the east. AS
1t is only about 20 miles from Butte,
with so miles Of excellent highway, this
lake Is destined to become a popular
resort for summer sports. 1t viii fur
ntsh good fishing and boating and so
win add to the pleasure as well as
prosperity for the community.
The principal function of the public
works administration Is to lessen un-
employment. The state water conserva-
ton board felt that irrigation projects
would not only create immediate en-
plOyment at the site Of the projects
and additional employment In the
manufacture of essential materials Of
construction, but would lessen mem-
ployment permanently by improving
the condition of the landowners. At
present there are 1874 subscribers to
water from this Ruby river project. In
a short time these subscribers win be
able to put all Of the water to bene-
fetal use, and so increase their income.
This money viii be spent for farm
equipment, automobiles and improved
living conditions, and add its little bit
10 the prosperity Of Montana and these
United States.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06
State tuberculosis
Society to Meet
At Helena ADriL 8

The Montana tuberculosis associa-
ton win hold its annual meeting
Saturday April 6, at the Placer hotel
In Helena TO elect officers and di-
rectors for the ensuing year, accord
ing to Henrietta Crockett, secretary.
The program for the meeting viii in
clude discussions on all phases OF
tuberculosis control work In the state.
Dr.. @. A. Stewart OF the University
OF Minnesota will be the principal
speaker, explaining modern methods
OF tuberculosis control among high
school and college students. Reports
on last years work and the 1899 seal
sale win be presented at the meeting.
Up to date methods Of determining
the presence Of tuberculosis In the
human body will be illustrated by a
sound moving picture film released
this month by the National TubercS1-
loSis association.
British factories use up 5000 tons
OF celluloid annually manufacturing
toys, OF which 100000 celluloid- made
toys are sold each year.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06

contract to carry the mail between
Fort Benton and Fort ASSinnibome for
two years at 5000 per month. At the
time the latter contract was an es-
pecially dangerous one, for 1t was at
the time Of the Sioux war and the
trouble with the Nee Perez Indians.
Rowe soon sold his contracts for
$26, TOO and In the fall of 1884 began
buying horses. He went into the livery
business, and took up ranching and
farming near Fort Benton. At one time
he tried raising English Shire horses,
and paid as high as $500 for stall
lion of that breed.
James H. Rowe and family came
west In 1873 to Join his brothers. He
was In time TO join In the stampede to
the Barker mines with the others.
in the district told Billy Rowe about
their find, according to Wearn Rowe,
son of James, and Wearn Rowe says
that one evening his two uncles and
father were greatly excited, and that
night they made few preparations,
and the next morning were gone.
The brothers secured some good min
ing properties out OF this stampede,
Charles becoming half owner with T..
G. Power Of the Flint Lock mines
James Rowe later became assessor
of Chouteau county, which position he
held for several years. He died about
1898.
Charles Rowe served ON the Fort
Benton city council for several years
and later was elected mayor Of the
city. He took prominent part in coun-
tv politics, and aided IN securing q bill
to permit the city TO issue bonds for
waterwurks. He had been In partner
ship with r. j. Todd IN operating the
Grand Union hotel from 1891 TO 1893.
when he retired. BE died July 25th,
1902, at Fort Benton.
Bfllv Rowe lived 10 be almost 90
years DAD, dying nj Fort Benton Ia
January. 1875.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06
Rr IoEL T. OYERHoT.sER

Skipping hurriedly through the
files OF Fort Benton newspapers,
one is struck by the frequency
with which the names of the Rowe
brothers appear in print Appar
emily animated by a bubbling
spirit of adventure, the three men,
Billy, Charlie and James Rowe,
seemed to have a knack of CROP
ping up wherever there was ex-
element, and some of their dOings
add interesting sideIights TO life In
Montana in the sixties, seventies
and eighties.
OF the three, William Rowe had the
most adventurous career His beard
saved his life when a youngSter In
Minnesota. He traded mining claim
for a tin cup and butcher knife, set
a war party Of Crows afoot. and a
runaway span of mules resulted in a
$50 day job at Helena.
Charles Rowe had less spectacular
series of adventures, but drove stage
for Wells-Fargo, was participant in
half a dozen gold stampedeS and even
tually settled down to run the Grand
Union hotel, at the time one of the
finest in the northwest.
James, brother of the two, did not
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06
BY EDWARD w. RTTCHTE
Special Assistant to Commissioners
of Public Works

The Ruby river valley is intimately
connected with the early history OF
Montana. Robbers Roost, reported to
have been a hangout of bandits, Is
/ still standing on the main highway
4 The town of Alder is In this valley
and Virginia City is only a few min
uteS drive by car from the river. In
the sixties highwaymen held up and
murdered their victims IN this region
and were themselves hunted, tried and
executed by vigilanteS. The early set
tiers suffered many hardships from
cold and hunger, as wen as robbers,
but were willing to endure these In
hopes of getting some of the gold that
had been discovered IN the g1lcheS.
Most of the placer gold has been
taken from the gulches. Most OF the
camps have been abandoned. The out
laws and vigilanteS are gone and Vfr-
ginia City, once Montana'S territorial
capital, is now but a fraction of its
former size, but the valley still holds
promise OF wealth to the industrious
and provident ranchers and farmers
Many comfortable homes dot the val
ley and sheep now Craze over lands
once terror1zed by Plun1ner and his
men.
Water Means Lasting Wealth
The state seal of Montana contains
the words, "Oro 7 Plata" Governor
Ayers has aptly said that water and
grass replace the gold and silver that
are lost forever when taken out of
the ground, and that this same grass
and water viii be the basis of lasting
wealth that nothing can destroy. the
soil of Montana Is fertile and given
water will produce abundantly, but the
rainfall alone is not sufficient to raise
good crops and irrigation Is necessary.
Water In many streams has been over
appropriated and their flow decreases
as the growing season advances so that
sufficient water is often lacking for
late irrigation. However, thousands Of
acre feet of water go TO waste every
year during spring freshets caused by
could be saved and put on the land
when needed, 1t would naturally in
crease the wealth OF Montana.
The state water conservation board
is making an exhaustive study of I'M
developed water resources of the state,
and, with the assistance of public
works administration, has been able
to supply needed water to third Of
q million acres of land. The Ruby !
river project is one of its larger de- |
velopments and 10000 acre feet of
water that was formerly lost Is now
stored In q great reservoir near Alder |
and Is available for use on the land |
when needed.
Project Cost 100000
Oct. 10, 1896, the public works adj
made an allotment of |
$4,000 to the state water conServa |
ton board for construction Of the |
Ruby river project. The allotment Is |
divided between a loan of $4,000 and |
a grant Of $234,OO0. In addition to |
these sums the state water conserva-
ton board has invested about $50, 900 |
in the project. Forty thousand acre |
feet of water will be stored for irri- |
cation of 10000 acres Of land, and |
10000 acre feet of water are sold from
this project to the Broadwater Mis-
souri, development near Townsend and |
ToSton.
The charge for water viii be So cents
an acre foot, plus cost Of maintenance