The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1911-09-29
Tim Hong has opened a cafe
in the Pablo hotel building.


chickens and grouse opens Oct.
LIST.
Mrs. A. M. Thornburgh went
down to Missoula yesterday but
is expected home today.
Big chicken dinner every Sun
day hereafter at the Roman Cate,
from 11:3O to 400 O'Clock. 22tf
Parties with section of land
to lease, either under pillow or
raw, can lease same by calling at
the Pioneer office.
Mrs. Ella Mcdonald is enjoy
ing a visit from her father, who
arrived in Roman this morning
from Washington.
Andrew Singer has leased the
interest of Antoine Morigeau in
the Central hotel and meat mar
ket. The change takes effect
the first of October.
Two new school houses are
being built in the northern part
of 20-21, and both are imposing
structures. Both will be ready
for occupancy in a short time.
Wheat on the Minneapolis
market was quoted yesterday as
follows: No. l, Northern, $1.O7
@S1O8; No. 2, Northern, $1,000
$1.O6: No. 3, wheat .98c@$1. ga.
1t is reported that wheat buy
ers at Poison are paying 81 cents
per bushel this week. That is
better than IS cents, the price
before the defeat of Canadian
reciprocity.
The ladies of the Catholic
Guild are preparing to give a har-
vest tea at the home of Mrs.
Fred Potvin, on Thursday after
noon, October 5th. A cordial in
vitation is extended to all.
County Surveyor Jas. H. Bon
ner accompanied by W. R. Glass
cock came up yesterday from
Missoula. They-ar looking over
the country and may go on to
Kalispell before returning home.
Mrs. D. T. Curran of Missoula
accompanied her husband to Ro-
nan this week and visited Mrs.
Jos Bouchard while the latter
transacted official business as
chairman of the board of county
commissioners.
VIM. Connerly reports that
three days more and he will have
harvested his wheat and have it
in sacks. He has his plows rum
ming night and day and hopes to
have all his ground sown in a
short time now.
B. H. Shead of Arlee, clerk of
school district No. %, is busy at
work taking the school census.
He was in Roman the first of the
week a day or two and says he
has nearly completed the work.
Mr.. Shead has endeavored tc
secure the names of all children
in the district that all the state
money coming to it is secured.
From all accounts of the visit
of Deputy Sheriff Hugh Kelley
to the reservation and his state
ments regarding the number of
acres of grain and the bushels of
wheat in sacks to be found here,
Judge Bickford and C. w. Clark
are respectfully referred to Mr..
Kelley for data upon which to
pass an opinion as to the practi-
bility Of building the electric line
from Missoula this way. If his
statements will not bring the
road then the Pioneer has no
business to try and inform those
gentlemen as to our resources.
A visit to the ranch of E. J.
Davenport will support the belief
in diversity of farming. Mr..
Davenport has over two hundred
head Of fine hogs, counting young
pigs and shoats. and they show
the thriftiness of growth which
with a hog is proverbial. He ex-
poets to fatten them and place
them on the market as finished
products. 1t is the easiest way
to market the grain raised on a
farm and by far the most profit
able. Besides, he has chickens,
ducks, geese, turkeys and a num-
Der Of fine dairy cows. This lat
ter industry is furnishing a rev.
enue all the year round and is
another source of profit many Of
our farmers should engage in.
His ranch is ideally sitnated for