The Ronan pioneer., 1911-08-04

Stanley Scarce in his EMF,
shows that the farmers have been
getting busy during the past
week, and this fact is in evidence
in every direction from Roman.
Where waving fields of grain
were to be seen week ago is
now fields of shocked grain, and
the close proximity of one to the
other shows the enormous crop
to advantage. Thousands of
acres are already harvested and
another week will witness pretty
nearly all of the wheat in tn e
shock. Some of the oats also are
being cut and early spring wheat
will be ready by the time the fall
grain is out of the way.
Mrs. Ella Davis brought to the
Pioneer office Wednesday some
sample wheat she has grow n on
the ranch in Glacier View, north
west of Roman. Some of the
heads are almost six inches in
length and are remarkably we'll
filled. This wheat was grown in
a section of the country remote
from the known wheat belt of
former years, and in a section of
the valley where it was predicted
nothing would be a success with
out irrigation, and refutes the
opinion of some experts. 1t
shows that in ordinary years it
is a wheat growing section with
out irrigation, but does not nee
essarily mean that irrigation is
not wanted nor that it would not
be a benefit to the whole country.
The ladies of Roman, friends of
Mrs. DR.. Fuhrer, surprised her
last Saturday afternoon by giving
her a miscellaneous show er at
the residence of Mrs. |. M.
Brandjord. Mrs. Fuhrer was
induced to the residence by a
subterfuge and was very much
surprised to find herself the
guest of honor. Numerous USE
full household articles, such as
silverware, fancy dishes, etc.,
were presented and a delightful
afternoon was enjoyed by all. A
feature of the afternoon enter
tainment was the manufacture
by each lady of some article for
the new bride from a piece of
cloth, and they report some of
the ladies quite ingenious and as
humorous and original as we'll.
The writer made a hurried trip
to Dillon last Saturday, returning
home Tuesday noon. While some
very good crops are to be seen
along the railroad between here
and there, nothing to compare
with the Mission valley wheat
and oat fields were seen. While
some of the fields have very good
spots in them, there are too
many spots that show the reverse
to make an average like what is
to be found here. Near Deer
Lodge the best crops were seen,
and the farmers there have moth
ing to complain of. South of
Butte it is nearly all hay and that
crop is a large one. Dillon is a
fine city and has taken on metro
politan airs during the last four
years in a surprising manner.
Her streets are kept in the best
of condition, her shade trees are
now so large the city is hidden in
a grove of green and the resi-
dences and lawns are so we'll kept
as to be source of envy. There
is every evidence that prosperity
has not taken flight from Dillon
and the good people there are
pardonably proud of their town:
There was a ball game on Sun
day and of course we took that
in, and the visit has only one re-
gret for us, and that is that the
people whom we visited had
nothing to eat but fried chicken.
good peas, new potatoes, canta-
loupes, fresh raspberries, and
such common things, that we
were nearly famished upon ar
irving at home. Miss Byrl Rath-
bone, youngest daughter of the
writer, will remain in Dillon and
attend school this winter, attend
ing the State Normal, which is ,
one of the states best education
al institutions.
1t may have no significance but
it certainly means no harm to
have the president of the Great
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