The Ronan pioneer., 1911-08-04
Mr.. Editor Roman Paper:

to know by Soud Dakoty, vas tel
lin me you vas print a good pa.
per in Roman and Ay tank maybe
the Roman fallers would lake to
kno yust how Looey Hill and me
had big talk last Monday Git vas
das veek) Ay yust to work. by
Vim Hill, da fadder by Looey, on
da saction in Minnesotay, an ven
Ay work sax year Ay tank Ay go
some odder plac an work some
more. So Ay say to da boss how
much Ay got comm an he say a
noughts ay nought, ay figger ay
figger, Won red shirts a-comin' to
you. Ay ben talkin' long tame
comm to Montana so Ay yump
on Vim Hills cars an Ay first
COON to Kalispell. Ay har Won
man say da vas chance to get
ranch on reservations so Ay get
ticket an go by Poison. Ay tank
Ay skall see reservation but som
Poison fallar tell me Poison is
whole cheese an da vas no more
reservation. Ay tank he moost
bane preecher faller somtame. he
vas so full Of sans; said she vas
fairest mong ten tousand and Won
altogedder lovely, in fact vas He
bron of da whole works.
The rale estate man GAY tank
da vas call a shark) took me oop
to a high hill and he talk all bout
skeenery an da lake vas grand
view and water vas fine an Ay
had better com on in with Poison
fallers, so Ay pay my money, sax
hoondred dollar, an gat fine
piece skeenery, but Ay tank Ay
got bunk when Ay har all about
big wheat fields an apple orchards
down by Roman. Veil, lask wake
Poison fallers get togedder an
say What skall We do; sattler all
go down by Roman for trade
where big Wheat fields an apple
orchards are an mabbe something
don't happen to max new crop
suckers we skall hav to go to
voork. Looey Hill is comm cross
reservation and maybe we skall
get him to start water tank in
Poison an max guide beesness.
We will get Looey an ride him
cross reservation an tell heem
vat place Poison vas and vat
preecher faller say it is s-Hebron
of day whole work, vatever that
may be. Ay expected to be on
da comitty because Ay ust to work
by Vim Hill, Looey's fadder, but
day boonch of Poison highbrows
forget to ask me an so Ay piked
down to Ravally myself and ven
Looey sees me he say, Ivy, hello
Ole, ven did you leave Yim-
town Coon on in by my car"
Veil, Ay got in and We started an
by yimminy crickets, Ay wish you
could see car hike 1t vas bout
sax hoondred horse power, an
vas stripped down to pair of
gallusses, an say, We vent lax mill
tale of hale. Dere vas Won car
stayed by us, beeg Parce Ar
row. Harry Cox been driver,
which had som Roman fallers.
We com trou Mission lax streek
salvation, an Poison highbrows
vas lined oop to read essay of
Welcome to Hebron. Looey ha
couldn't vait, an da mex place We
strook da groond vas at Post |
creek. Ven We COON by Roman
Looey say Ay har so much about
desc place Ay must stop. So
Looey stopped an looked over
guide place for round house an
machine shop an Ay tank he like
it pooty guide, only Looey is a
faller don't say much; vot Looey
say to me is more noos as vat Ay I
say to Looey, an so Ay tell you
he tanks dis great valley. He
say he come by Minnesoty an
Nord Dakoty an Montana an dis
har country got em all skeened
for farewell in crops. He lax
the groond an the water, an the
trees an hay, the grain an the
cattle an the hogs an everything
nice.
Ven We get to Poison he say
we're vas my claim. Ay show
him an he say my, dats too bad,
Ole. YOU tax it from me. YOU giy