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CONTINUING TRB GAWK# COUNTY CHRONICLE
LODGE. CARBON OOUWTîf',»O^TANA~, ^ THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 5. i»».
VOL. 2. NO. 84.
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HEAD OF LABOR FEDERATION SPEAKS
TO EDUCATORS AT RULES CONVENTION
Stephen Ely Gives Labor's View on Education,
CUM Labor, the Agricultural College
and Elementary and High Schools
Stephen Ely, president of the Montana State
Federation of Labor, spoke at the Miles City con-«
vention of the Eastern Division of the Montana
Educational Association last Friday. The conven
tion met for three days, October 29, 30 and 31 and
between 700 and 800 teachers from the elemen
tary grades and high schools of the eastern part
of the state were in attendance.
Prominent speakers at the convert
tion were Governor J. E. Erickson;
ll. Mitchell, Mayor of Great
Dr. F. J. Kelly, head of the
depdrtment at Education of the Uni
veietty of Minnesota; Dr. Atkinson
of the
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Argicultpral College;
asy *pe|»feary.,«f Mow-1
«ÉI \Alloclation ; a ad w.
at Billing«, president-itf
the eastern-diefarien of Montana Bdu
rational Association. 'S
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Mr. Ely, the first speaker, spoke on
the subject "Education and the Eco
nomic and Social Efficiency'of La
bor," and we ate here publishing Mr,
Ely's address.
Labor's View oe Education
Mr. Chairman and Ladies and
Gentlemen of the Montana Education
al Association:
■ I am glad , to be with you at the
cordial invitation of Mr- Legan, the
President of your Association and î
sincerely appreciate the opportunity
to speak to you, because to my mind,
this is the first time a representative
of the American Federation of Labor
in this state appears before you.
Now conveying to yon the greet
ings of the women and men I have the
honor to represent, I wish to say that
the A. F. of L. is a democratic organ
ization of women and rati voluntarily
banded together for the advancement
of their common interests. Hw in
troduction of power driven machinery
in the process of production and distri
bution, transformed the £Ce of par
nation. The individual pmetn et ion of
the skillful mechanic lording ever Ua
small shop, have keen eliminated and
the manufacturing plant and depart
ment store substituted. The railroad
and the airplane have taten the place
of the stage «each. The «U wooden
plow drawn by oxen, has been thrown
into discard and the tractor intro
duced on the tana. With the Aid «ff
the machine the productive
the individual
faanced manifold, dad those in
of tiie industries have
wealth. Whilç the iudriridnal, small
production waa the. order of the day.
mf
the worker after serving one, twe
more years off
quire the low«ftf#|gpk
the chosen cgsfLj* generally
off
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country today emmet entertain the
hope that he woajid ha able to own or
control them. Va
he may ho, ha h«l no «aim in the man
the gnat
Matter how skllîful
a gement of them. The owners man
age them impersonally through hired
men. They often lira away from the
location of the enUi prises and do
not come in personal touch with their
employees. To bargain with suoeeea
with auch corporations for terms of
employment, the individual workqr
has no chance. It is our experience
that the employer* have not given or
offered us anything on a silver plater.
We soon realized that without organ
isation, we are easy prey to the bosses.
We became organised and gained
power which we use to lighten the
burden of toil by increasing wages,
reducing the hours of work, ameliorat
ing the condition* under which the
work ia performed and battling for
legislative and dvic reforms to elevate
our standard of life. We learned that
the recognition accorded to our claims
is equal to the power and perfection
of our union upon which we base our
hopes, aspirations and their attain
ment for a better and brighter and
happier future. Our organization
came into existence by agitation and
education for removal of wrongs prep
etrated upon tiw workers. Education
Is the soul off our movement. Hence
fay tiw nature off tiw things we are in
t«rou t ed in
We have
powerful financial
which have
to
It a vehicle tot
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growing demands of the common
! people for recognition and "better fe
[ muneration of the services they ren
! der to society. Because a few workers
tv natural endowment, special adap
! ration and industry, are aide to rise
j s he w s .their class, is.jp reason
wrong coneeptioo epiî fostering
'tiawagh oar public school« that the
I worker* should remain unorganized,
We had to light vigorously the open
shoppers to retain and maintain the
freedom of our educational system.
We believe the education must be
based on facts and given without prej
for
it
oi bias to those who seek it. We
believe the teachers should not serve
übe interest# of any special group, but
all the people by being allowed the
freedom to impart knowledge in ac
cord with tlje facts unfolded by life.
With this, we do not mean that the
teachers shall be allowed to inject
their personal views nor educational
hoard* tyranize the teachers staff by
fofdng them to expound their views.
W* stand for democracy in education.
We have insisted that text books on
social science used in public schools
should give due credit to the various
■economic groups and correct appraisal
at 'the things organized labor has con
tributed for the prosperity and ad
vancement of our country.
Organised Labor in co-operation
^jtk liberal minded and {»Hie spirited
(Citizens have struggled to- establish
and build up a public school system
and combating the prejudice of priv
ileged classes who opposed the intro
ductioB of compulsory education on
the basis that it was an infringement
<m personal liberty and in violation of
religious principles.
Slowly but sarely the fight for Uni
versal education has made progress
tub tal at ik*a become general. Compul
aory eduqption has been established
m ewary state but one. We must be
proud «f our state, as the Montana
echo«] Mpatem is the moat advanced
m the émmAry, and te organized labor
any other group of people
ie due, as it was the only
m ogre nixed body of eit
ixcmb that «aw to It that tin right
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sys
our
hesaMpl«si«tltnties when tin eoostitaUonai
Inasrporated into the state
waa wjnvenad mod The
PadrMinii of Labor in con
was tbs first civic
a atandfar free text
It is a ml known and generally a*.
early part of the last centary. Since
the public acheoi system has become
completely established and thoroughly
engrained in the hearts and btains of
system eff the United Btetes was cre
ated become eff the iadttbnt demands
of our pi sneer trail« unionists in the
our people, it has been with the great
est pride that trade unionists in every
local community of our country as
sume it to be their paramount duty to
protect sod advance the interest* of
education through the public schools
and to do whatever is permissible end
possible to assist the teachers to im
prove their condition of employment.
That they do not have to give up their
civil rights, be disfranchised or not he
allowed to express their opinion on
public matters for fear that it may
displease any faction that may control
the board of education. A teacher
must not be open to the taunt, "do yon
say that because yon think it is true,
or because if you said anything else,
you would lose your job."
The A. F. of L. does not wish pub
lic education to be influenced by par
tisan bodies of any kind. The per
sons mast competent to judge in de
tail what should be taught sad how it
la the edMatioaal protection. The A.
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AFTERTHOUGHTS
By E. P. Conwell.
Armistice Day
On next Wednesday we will turn from the ma
terialism of almost every other day to pay tribute
to those who, but a few short years ago, thrust
aside the dreams of youth and marched away to
deatk Yes,, it has been but seven short years
since wè were engaged in the greatest conflict the
world has ever known. Then it was that streets
echoed to the tread of myriad- feet, bands played,
flags waved. There were cheers for those depart
ing for the scene of conflict and tears for those
who made the supreme sacrifice and would never
return. /
The war was wont won gloriously, nobly and
with a supreme self-sacrifice on the part of our
American soldiers that is graven deep on the
heart Of the nation.
And then the Armistice was signed. And then
It was said that our people were anxious to forget
the war—everything pertaining to it Our boys
came back. * True, not all of them returned. Many
there were who were laid to rest in a foreign land
where they will lie in dreamless sleep "until the
daybreak". High-hearted they lived and high
hearted they offered their greatest gift When the
hour came they did not count the cost nor yield to [
fear. Youth was theirs and the dreams of youth
but all this they rehnquished. A valient charge
a bursting shell and there was rest We may be
anxious to forget that war but we cannot—we
sbould not fbrgefc On Anpifctioe day it is ours to
recall their heroic deeds, to renew the faith. The
olive-drab dad boys of 1917-1918 will not forget.
On next Wednesday those Avatars of Freedom,
whom we call dead, will walk the-wodd once more
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merely desires to assist the teachers
and the general public to resist tiw
earoachments of 'those who are seek
ing to use the schools for promotion
of their selfish interests.
Since only a constant watchfulness
«n the park of the people will provide
a permanent safeguard against sneh
an influence, the most necessary task
ia tiie awakening of the public, as Pro
fessor Dewey says, by spreading the
information broadcast about -what is
being done and the organizations res
ponsible.
Labor will be particularly alert to
express through any channels open to
them their resentment against any
manifestation of any reactionary drive
against education.
The best protection, however, will
come from the professional indepen
dence and adequate information of the
teacher# themselves. When teachers
are ode^pliely paid, well informed in
current problems, and able through
potigt of organisation to resist
ropf# f&laences, the schools will
the
imp
The of the Montana Educa
te therefore the best
JkviMMsiftfeion
this
org snto a tt pp fa consistently and affec
tively wfisrUag towards these objects
for the rank and file of the touching
Child Labor
We boost of the material resources
eff onr counrty, giving little thought
to the greatest asset a notion host
Ha womanhood and manhood. We
have harnessed streams, prefer*tod
mountains, spanned rivers, and conti
nente. We have out-distasted the
world In production and commerce,
but we must admit that we wantonly
disregard human life in tiw industries
and tolerate the exploitation of mors
than 500,000 children e w pte ye d in
cotton mills, canneries and sthur man
ufacturing enterprises undipr meet ap
palling conditions. These children are
working ten to twelve hours per day
for a pittance. Naturally they do not
receive proper nourishment, they are
deprived of acfaooling, they remain
dwarfed physically and msfltaDy; and
many of them do not attalti Manhood.
When labor sought to have the U.
S. Congress pass a law to prohibit the
employment at children i» factories
at a tender age, Senator Ledge at
Masse chômais, refused to bstirve the
hamritaluterics about thè atiaèrufale
life Of tiw children and deriM to in
vsetigato tiw Charges. On Ug
from » visit to the cotton aiflli
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Sooth, he »sported condJthma even
move
and added «hat 06%
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WASHOE GIRLS HAVE
BEGUN SERIES OF
SEWING LESSONS
W» Grace Garoy, county home
dMMIÉÉmtion agent, left Monday for
Fraodbiop where the "Type Pattern"
demonstration was given the ladies of
that community. A meeting was also
held with the young girls who are in
tereated in the organisation of a sew
ing club. isMtructions in "The MetH
ods Involved in Bowing", the Wise
Section of the e —tiu ne, considered as
whole, the S elt cti n of Ready-To-Wear
garments, the Care and Repair of
Clothing, will all be given.
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A* enrollment of twenty women in |
the Bridger community for the Nu
trition Project were given their first
les » a n Wednesday.
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The 4-H Club 61 girls at Washoe
have begun their aeries of sewing les
son* and are to be cumplimprrteti ntt
their Intereat, enthusiasm and work
they have accomplished lira lew weeks
time. The Washoe women will re
ceive instructions in the Type Pattern
this afternoon and the Washoe girls
will meet with Miss Garey this after
noon after school. Use of Type Pat
tern and Construction Principles will
be given the Washoe women at a later
date.
Miss Garey will address the Bear
creek Women's Club at Bearcreek, No
vember 7th, on the subject of Nutri
SSLpm«It! H she Lu Su* dîÜlzs^thïl
subject at Frombcrg and Brid
* er next we< *
h « îüitiflüd mi.. S' to the iTt
that she will be in Carbon county
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Garey's schedule in the county at that
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work. Judges determined the winners
•*■-- * ^ in - Brid »^ ,Mt
Q>ut _,. t , CM . 2nd ,
Mr*, woif«.
Beadspread-Appllqued 1st, Mrs. N.
Mo j ltÄomery ;
Lyk e*.
Hardanger-ist, Mr*. John Reed,
^ e h: 2nd ' Mr *- J: F - Hickey '
S^ut. m« woods, T owei. ;
2nd, Mr*. L. Simons, Centerpiece,
crocheting-m, Mr*. Ludemann,
2SÎ " t:
Embroidery—1st, Mrs. H. Sands,
« p ill( * w 2 nd * Hre - R<H38 *> buf -
u _ 1 „ A Dlh ,
strom.
*/**-**> Mr * J - r ®ck«y.
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d«™^ H«*-i.t. Mr* a. d«w
*° we " 2 ^- *" ün * ReM *
^Tufted work-i*t and 2nd, m«.
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Lunch Sot—Colored Embroidery,
1st, Mrs. i, F. Hickey; 2nd, Meridan
DaUatroin.
Irish Crochet—Baby Caps 1st and
2nd, Mrs. Luderman.
Flour Sack Lunch Set—-Mrs. Reese.
Tie and Dye—1st and 2nd, Miss
Corkle.
Antiques—1st, Mrs. Overbids, quilt;
2nd, Mn. J. Bean, Drawn work; 3rd,
Dr.-diver, Homespun scarf; 4th, Mrs.
Violn Towns, Black Shawl.
Child'* Worit—1st, Peggy Baker,
buffet set; 2nd, Justine Reese, doily.
Commissioners Aid
Poultry Association
County Commissioners J. B. Con
very of Silesia, Lee Gard of Belfry,
and John Kelly of Castagne met in the
çity Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
for regular monthly board - session.
Regular monthly bill* were allowed
and general routine business trans
acted.
Bids for the county health officer
and for care of the county poor will
be advertised and contracte tor same
win he let at the next meeting.
The commissioners appropriated
$100 for the promotion of tiw work of
tiw Carbon County Poultry Acsocia
tion.
c «" 1 "* 18
of Mail
Carriers on Routes
Expire July 1, 1926
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Contracts for carrying the mails
on all star routes in the state of Mon
Una will expire July 1st, 1926. C. R.
new contracts will be awarded com
Northrop, local postmaster, has re
ceived notice to this effect and that
inencing July 1st, 1926 and ending
June 30, 1930. Persons interested in
I
ing at the local postofflee where they
may examine the records as to any
route in the state. One does not have
to be a resident of the route when he
I bids if he will agree to become a res
same can secure information by call
| ident if he is a successful bidder,
RED LODGE—COOKE CITY ROAD
In last Sunday's Blllinga Gazette there appeared an article
purporting to eonie from the Stillwater Commercial Club, signed
by one J. P. Ernster, ss président, in which he belittles and décrié«
the proposed road from Red Lodge to Cooke. The article takes a
slap at the mining industry around Cooke and says that there is
very little mineral being produced in that locality now that will
stand the truckage and freight charges. It is quite evident (hat the
writer is not familiar with the development in and around Cooke
City, or he would not make auch a statement. The recent strike
in the Glengarry Minin# company alone will Justify the building
of the road, to say nothing about the Western Smelting and Power
Company's mines and smelter, the Byrnes properties and many
others that are being developed at thia time. Mr. Ernster advocates
the taking out of the ore through Yellowstone Park by way of
Gardiner and says there is an excellent road from Cooke to Tower
Falls where they Intersect the park highway. It is also apparent
that the writer is not familiar with the road from Cooke to Gardiner,
The road from Cooke to Tower Falls is a very poor road. The
grade on Crescent Hill, from Roosevelt Camp to Gardiner is so
steep as to make it impractical for commercial trucking. Besides,
the park service is desirous of eliminating the trucking through the
park, and the people of Cooke are also anxious to get away from
the regulations which they are compelled to observe and which
makes the road impractical for freighting through the park.
The article goes on to say that there |a no merit to the Red
Lodge-Cooke project and if there is need for an outlet for the
mining industry at Cooke, that ike only practical road is up the
Stillwater. Talk about inconslsfewry ? In on# paragraph there U
no ore hi Cooke, in the next the Gardiner roots is tin beat, and
finally, the Stillwater is the only practical route!
We can net believe that the good people of Stillwater county
will acquieace or approve of any such statement an made in the
article. The road np the Stillwater was advocated a few yeara
ago and while it was being urged not one Voice from Red Lodge or
Carbon county was ever raised against their project. We are not
saying that the Stillwater ha* no merit. W# do know that it
would be difficult to reach Cooke City up the Stillwater over Daisy
Past. The object of the Both Lodge-Cooke City road is to furnish an
outlet for the great mineral deposits hi that region. A great deal
of work has been done to further thia project.
The article states that the proponed read from Rad Lodge to
Cook* la a twelve foot road and- on a grade of five per cent The
road that la proposed is a for««# highway according to the speci
fications of tha Far entry Department and ia intended to take care
of the tracking from Ceoke City. A car can go from Rad Lodge
to Cooke City on high pad the mileage la far shorter than any
other prepaaed rente. Hie writer »ay* that eighteen mi lea of tha
proposed rood ia ahp«e timberline, This is not (bus. Ho a be
mutes the statement that the Rad bodge-Codhe rnnte reaches air
elevation of mace than 19,000 fast and that Mg Ire per eent of tiw -tv \ -
cart will functimt' properly at that sia eatte i. We are n iMirtk| j tT '■
autamoMtap today wO«M My ft that .■* stub
•totemeat. As • matter of fact, tny mai» Of car today *tlt furnctio« - ;
properly at a higher elevation and it ia odly tha ohaèlata ears that'
will net. Mr. "ISnMÉfflp' 4MB net mention that "Daisy Pass is atmest I
10.000 feet Ugh, bat attempts to leave thé Impression that nn <*,i
would function praparly ever Daisy Pass.
what the nwdwtirm at
We have no desire to east any reflection on the beauty of the
Stillwater «r belittle It in any way. If there Is a merit to a road
np the Stillwater, the proper way to get It is to advocate it on it«
own merit and not knock any other project. Misstatements and
misrepresentations will never build a project or gel anything for
a community. We can say to the people of Stillwater county, if
you have a meritorious rente, go after it and we are with you; but
when anyone says that thee* ia no merit to the Red Lodge-Cooke
road, we take issue with them. As to the aoenlc beauty iff this
proposed route; at one point can be seen thirty-six beautiful lakes,
AIM with mountain trout. The road passes within six miles of
seven of the thirteen Grasshopper Glaciers, and pastes within a
few miles of beautiful Deep Lake and along side of Beartooth
Lake and within a few miles of many others, Ailed with fish and
the entire region ia truly the Switzerland of America, the hunter's
and fisherman's paradise. This road will pass within two miles of
the largest chrome deposits in the United States. There are forty
seven distinct veins running as high as sixty per cent in chrome
and a percentage in nickel.
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All of the foregoing facte tend to prove that the statements
of Mr. Ernster are ridiculous and erroneous—he does not prove the
feasibility of the Stillwater rente, but givea all of his energy to be
littling the Red Lodge-Cooke route, which he, a* an individual does
not favor. When it comes to a project of such vaat importance as
the proposed route which 1« bring sponsored by the Beartooth
Boosters' Club of Red Lodge, the Billings Commercial Club and all
far-seeing persons in eastern Montana, the opinion of Hr. Ernster
should have little weight with those who are informed of the facto
concerning the Bed Lodge-Cooke route. It is unfortunate that any
community has at the head of its commercial organization a
who handles the truth se carelessly as Mr. Ernster dees, sad aa
extravagantly makes statements concerning a matter ia which he
is not fully informed of actual facts.
BEARTOOTH BOOSTERS* CLUB
Rei Lodge,
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Lou Maryott Makes
100 in Postal Test
Case examinations given the postal
employees of this city last Wednes-
day and Thursday by W. C. Ott, chief
clerk of the railway mail service with
headquarters at Helena, showed very
«optional and splendid returns.
These examinations are conducted an-
nually throughout the United SUtea
to determine the efflcinecy of all civil
service clerks. A grade of 95% is
considered very good and entitles one
to * 1100 rai ' ,< ' in P*V {or the y«« r -
Lou Maryott received the grade of
100% and has the distinction of be
lr(r the emp | oyee heretofore in
Rod Lodge to receive a perfect grade,
Burr D. Vier« marie 90.89%; S. W,
Waples, 99.36%
98.71
and Edwin Pelo,
Examinations will be con
ducted again October, 1926,