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Mail Schedule

Since the change of time in the
arrival and departure of the
stage from Ravalli about the
middle of November there has
been some confusion among the
patrons of the Roman office, the
main trouble being in the de-
parture from here of the south
bound mail. Roman, being an
intermediate point, has no reg
ular schedule. but for the guild
ance and information of the pat
rons of this office Postmaster
Sterling gives the following
schedule as being as near to the
right article as possible for him
or any other person to guess the
speed of a stage horse, one day
with another, between Ravalli,
Poison and Roman:
South bound leaves Roman $50
a. m.
North bound leaves Roman 1900
m.
In other words, mail deposited
in the Roman postofice up to
$50 a. m. will certainly be in
time and leave on the south
bound stage for that day. North
bound mail deposited up to 1900
noon will also be in time for the
north bound stage. In case the
stages are late, using these hours
as the schedule time, mail depos-
tied up to within a few minutes
of the actual departure of the
stage, will be dispatched, but
patrons should remember that in
case they defer depositing their
mail later than the hours stated
above they are taking the chance
of a days delay in the forward
ing of their mail. Mr.. Sterling
will always, so far as possible,
dispatch all mail deposited in the
Office on the stage for that day,
but patrons should endeavor in
all cases to govern themselves
by the hours stated-9:30 a. m.
for the south bound mail and
1900 o'clock noon for north
bound.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1911-12-15
Farmers Annual Meeting

There was a large attendance
at the regular and special meet
ing of the Flathead Farmers
Mutual association at the Elliott
school house, Sunday, Dec. 3,
1911. Interest ran high in the
semi-annual elections and after
a spirited session the following
were elected for the coming
term: Warren D. Harris, presi-
dent; c. B. Hogan, vice-presi-
dent. Ben Jacobs, 'y-Tres. /;
j. Gotfrid Walman, Sergeant
alarms.
Considerable time was spent in
discussing the telephone stu
alton, V. H. Calhoun of the In
dependent Co., representing his
company.
The matter of general enter
tainment was again taken up
but was not disposed of.
The next regular meeting of
the association will be held Sum
day, Jan. Z, 1912, when all out
standing committees are expected
to bring in their final reports and
the chairman of the newly ap-
pointed committees will be called
upon to make reports of pro-
gresS.
Attendance of all members is
requested.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1911-12-15
Illegal to Sell Estrays

In an opinion to the county at
torney of Gallatin county, At
torney General Galen holds that
no authority exists in the stat
tutes for the practice that has
been followed for years by stock
men and others finding estray
livestock. 1t is held that per-
son finding lost property or saw
ing any domestic animal from
starvation or drowning, has no
right to advertise it for sale or
dispose of it to defray the cost of
caring for it. He may recover
his reasonable costs and charges
or acquire title to the property
only by proceedings outlined BY
sections 1896 to 2002, revised
codes of 1907.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1911-12-15
Birthday Party

Mention should have been
made last week of a delightful
birthday party given Miss Efie
Hollingsworth at the residence
of her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. j. Brewer, on the even
ing of Dec. End.
Those present were Misses
Edith Conway, Katherine Titus,
Hazel Rathbone, Emma Hollings-
worth, Ethel Miller, Mr.. and Mrs
W. S. Hollingsworth, Mr.. ane
Mrs. C. W. Hollingsworth
Messsrs. Girwood Black, Spence
Sterling, Devere Jackson, Harry
Vought, Chester Vought, Dick
Helmers, DR.. Putney, r. A. Jen~
sen and Fred Stees.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1911-12-15
School Entertainment

There will be the first school
entertainment held in Roman at
the Methodist church this even
ing. The entertainment will con-
sist of drills, recitations, read
ings and music, by the pupils,
and is worthy of patronage. A
small charge for admittance will
be collected and the proceeds
will be used to purchase books,
pictures, etc. for the schools.
Turn out and help a worthy
cause.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1911-12-15
Report of 3rd and 5th Grades

Miss Hilda Smith, teacher of
the 3rd and 5th grades of the
Roman school, furnishes the fol-
lowing report of those not ab-
sent for the month of November:
Thelma Brown, Mary NORM,
Esma Trahan, Beulah Dickson,
Sarah Ramsey, Alice Ramsey,
Ralph Rogers, Claire Lefavor,
Ada Burland, Arthur Ridell, Vic
tor Bergevin, Thomas Mcdonald,
Ruby Dix-13.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1911-12-15
Western Harvest Pictures

Great Northern Railway ex-
hibit cars containing products of
the western states and moving
pictures of western harvest
scenes are proving the greatest
corroborating factors the western
governors have. Without these
realities for the people of the
east to look upon the governors
admit that their flood Of oratory
would fail to paint an effective
picture in the mind of the aver
age easterner. However, seeing
is believing, hence the state exc
cutives naturally are placing
great dependence upon what the
exhibit cars and moving pictures
show. Through the courtesy of
Louis W. Hill, president Of the
Great Northern Railway, who
donated the governors special
train, making the eastern trip
possible, the moving pictures of
the governors party, which are
taken in each city, are sent on
ahead to be produced in the var
ious vaudeville houses, so the
governors themselves as well as
the public may sec them. All
records have been broken fol at
tendance in the exhibit cars since
they left St. Paul. In Buffalo
| 6, 500 people passed through the
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Stories Gathered from Far
and Near of Interest to All

construction work will proceed
until western Montana will be
invaded and many rich districts
now without railroad communi-
cation will be tapped and opened
for development. Present indi-
cations point to much railroad
construction in Montana during
the year 1912, and the Flathead
country will probably be the
scene of a large share of this
work.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1911-12-15
Farmers Interested

Roman Pioneer: have re-
ceived a letter from Professor
F. S. Cooley, supt. Farmers in
stitute, requesting our cooper
alton in making the coming in
stitute a marked success.
The Flathead Farmers Mutual
association, which was instru-
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Volume IL. No. 33.
Remarkable Development
and Increased Business

That the development of the
Mission valley has been rapid is
recognized by all observing resi-
dents and also by the frequent
visitors, but we doubt if even
these have fully realized the
great change that has taken
place in the past 18 months. The
general development of the val
ley and the rapid, substantial
and justified growth of the towns
is truly wonderful. From a bar
rem prairie, as the eye glanced
over the valley eighteen months
ago, the country has been trans
formed into the abiding place of
some four or five thousand happy
and contented people, with com
Portable homes, rich fields, full
granaries, growing towns, mod
ern conveniences and a most
promising outlook for a still
greater future.
This development and growth
has been steady, each succeed
ing month showing a gain over
its predecessor. There has been
no boom and no false or inflated
values on ranch or town prop
erty. The towns and the busi-
ness has grown as the country
demanded. The growth and ex-
pansiOn of the banking business
is a good index to the growth
and development of the reserva-
tion country. The banks in every
community are the bookkeepers
for that locality and they are the
institutions through which most
Of the business transactions are
conducted, and taking this as a
basis we have obtained through
the courtesy of the Roman State
Bank some valuable figures
showing the business conditions
in this locality conducted through
that institution.
This bank commenced business
at noon on the 18th day of March,
1910, with only 10 depositors.
The following table shows the
increase in this respect:
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1911-12-15

For your choice cuts of meats
for Sunday dinner, the Central
Meat Market has the ones you
want. Beef, pork, veal, chicken,
turkeys, every thing for your
dinner.
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There has been deposited in
this bank since it commenced
business in March, 1910, $780,
842.43, a little better than an
average of $1,600.00 per day.
The most of this money has been
used to develop and improve the
country around Roman. The
figures show a remarkable and
steady growth in business. Not
alone has the banking business
prospered and expanded, but it
has been the increased business
of the merchants and the general
activity of the farmer and every
other business interest in the
development of the country, that
has made it possible for the bank
ing interests to make such a
splendid showing. It is certainly
encouraging to know that this
new country is making such
rapid strides, and when we stop
to realize that the work has only
commenced, our imagination can
hardly carry us to what will ac-
tually be realized in the succeed
ing four or five years.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1911-12-15

cars in a single day. Altogether
more than 100000 persons have
viewed the exhibits thus far on
the eastern expedition of the
governors.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1911-12-15

Go to Benedict's for your can
dy, 10c the pound.
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The volume Of daily business
done, using the same dates as
given above, which will be
noticed as being every six months
The Harlowton news., 1911-02-17
LIGHTNING VERSUS STEAM.
Testing the Telegraph In tho Early
Days Of Its Invention.

Testing the Telegraph In tho Early
Days Of Its Invention.
Years ago, when the electric tele-
graph was new idea and mystery
to the masses, there came trouble one
Saturday night in the Bank Of Eng
land. The business Of the day had
closed and the balance was not right.
There was deficit of just f1OO. 1t was
not the money, but the error, that
must be found. For the officers and
the clerks there could be no sleep until
the mystery had been cleared up. All
that night and all Sunday force of
men were busy; money was surely
gone from the vaults, but no one could
discover whence.
On the following morning a clerk
suggested that the mistake might have
occurred in packing for the West In
dies some boxes Of specie that had
been sent to Southampton for ship
ment. His chief acted on the sugges-
ton. Here was an opportunity to test
the powers Of the telegraph-lightning
against steam, and steam with forty
eight hours the start. Very soon the
telegraph asked man in Southamp-
ton, HAS the ship Mercator sailed"
The answer came back, Just weigh.
ing anchor"
"Stop her in the queens name,"
flashed back the telegraph. "She is
stopped" was returned.
"Have on deck certain boxes (marks
given), weigh them carefully and let
me know the result" telegraphed the
chief.
This order was obeyed, and one box
was found to be somewhere about one
pound and ten ounces heavier than its
mates-just the weight of the missing
sovereigns. "All right. Let the ship
gow was the next order.
The West India house was debited
with the f10O and the Bank of Eng
land was at peace again.-Harpers
Weekly.
The Harlowton news., 1911-02-17
WHISTLER WAS INDIGNANT.
The Idea of Buying His Pictures and
Then Dem anding Possession.

A certain eminent English lady, the
proud possessor Of n title of fairly high
degree. who admired Whstler's gen.
Jus to the extent Of purchasing one of
his pictures. never was able to obtain
possession of her property. One day
she drove to the studio In her victoria.
Mr. Whistler went to greet her.
"Mr. Whistler" she said. 1.-TWO years
ago bought one Of your pictures. a
beautiful thing, and have never been
able to hang 1t on my walls. 1t has
been loaned to one exhibition or an
other Now today have my carriage
with me. and would like to take 1t
home with me- l am told 1t is in your
possession"
Dear lady" returned Whistler. "you
ask the impossible. | will send It to
you when have It again. but 1t is not
here. You have been misinformed."
And so forth and 50 forth. to the same
effect. and the lady drove off without
her picture
After she had departed Whistler
commenced to poke around his studio
and. to the great astonishment of n
friend who had been an involuntary
listener to the above conversation, he
brought forth canvas.
Here 1t is" he said. "She was right
about one thing-it is beautiful" And
1t was beautiful
"But the impudence Of these people,"
he continued. "who think that because
they pay few paltry hundred pounds
they own my pictures. Why. 1t mere
ly secures them the privilege of hav-
ing them in their houses now and
then! The pictures are miner
The Harlowton news., 1911-02-17
LAYING BRICKS.
How Scientific Methods Raised tho
Standard Of Days Work.

There are now eminent consulting
engineers who are engaged by indus
trial heads to study their establish
ments from top to bottom with view
to finding by scientific study the meth.
DDS of working. accounting and han
ding abor which will improve on the
old traditional habits. Some extraordi.
nary results have been attained. What
scientific management means Is ad-
mirably illustrated by the story of
bricklaying. as told by an expert.
Ordinarily a brick mason makes
eighteen different sets of motions In
laying single brick. He bends over.
in the first place, to pick up one brick,
and in lifting 1t he lifts ten pounds of
brick and about hundred pounds of
brick mason-the upper part Of his
own body. In laying 1000 bricks in
days work he lifts 100000 pounds of
brick mason. This was an obvious
waste of labor So common laborer
was hired to put the bricks where the
masons would not have to stoop for
them. Another thing Is that when a
AldSoH plShS up uAuuuluUe DIlCh,
which Is always little thicker at one
side than on the other, he tosses the
brick up. turning 1t over until his
touch tells him which side Is the top
before he puts 1t in place in the wall.
The cure for this was to have all the
bricks piled top up before they were
brought to the masons. Then. further.
every one has seen the mason tap his
brick several times to settle it into the
mortar-more waste Of time. The cure
was to make the mortar thinner. so
that the weight Of the brick would set
tie it into the right position. This was
scientific management. motion study"
1t raised the days work for the aver
age brick mason from | 900 up to 2.7OO
bricks a day and in individual cases to
much higher figures. The mason made
only six motions where he used to
make eighteen.-American Review Of
Reviews
The Harlowton news., 1911-02-17
SHOCKED The GUIDE.
Antics Of an lrreverent Visitor At the
National Capitol.

Antics Of an lrreversnt Visitor at the
National Capitol.
A big man with a fierce. bristline
gray beard and wearing a broad brim-
med slouch hat marched down the
main corridor of the capitol, closely
followed by guide at a dogtrot.
They had inspected statuary hall and
the rotunda and looked In at the cham
ber Of the supreme court. and the Wis.
1tor had made no other comment on
the sights shown him than to utter an
occasional grunt, snort or growl.
The big man paused at the end of
the corridor and jerked his head to-
ward a carpeted passage.
"What's them burglars doing to.
dayY he demanded.
1.-The senate is not in session, sir"
said the guide in a shocked voice.
After the visitor had departed the
guide sat down on his chair in front of
the statue Of Daniel Webster and
mopped his heated brow.
That's one kind that comes here"
he said. 1--WE have all kinds, but his
style is the hardest to deal with.
Called the senate burglars-you heard
him-and he kicked at everything else
I showed him. That kind comes pre-
pared to kick. They amt got no pa
triotism at all, and United States
senator amt no more to them than a
doorkeeper. Why, I'm afraid to take
men like him into the supreme court.
Likely as not they'll say something
disrespectful right out loud. Do you
know what that one said when I show
ed him statuary hall? He says, Who
are all these crooksY Then he wanted
to know how much all them statues
cost the government and who got the
rakeoff. I told him they were given
by the states, and he said that was
once when the states put one over.
"You wouldn't think" said the guide,
with a sigh, that patriotic Americans
could come here and be so callous
about the things they see. They seem
to begrudge giving dollar to be shown
the place where Webster stood when
he made his reply to Hayne. l don't
know what the country's coming to.
I've been a guide here twenty years,
but never thought I'd live to hear
the senate called burglars. s."-Washing.
ton Cor. Kansas City Star.
The Harlowton news., 1911-02-17
A Medical Sherlock Holmes.

A physician was Knocked down and
robbed while on his way to see pa.
tient. His pockets were ri6ed. and
one of the articles stolen was a cln.
ical thermometer with which he had
earlier in the evening taken the tenn
perature of patient. He remem-
bered the temperature registered and
also that he had not shaken down the
mercury before putting the thermom-
eter in his pocket. He communicated
these facts to the police. Some time
afterward a thermometer registering
the identical temperature was discov-
cred in pawnshop. and the police
were enabled thereby to track the doc
tors assailants and to arrest them.
The Harlowton news., 1911-02-17

kerosene. costing me cents q gallon
delivered at my railway station three
and a half miles from the farm. Pure
white kerosene at the same place costs
me cents gallon. Gasoline costs
me 1871 cents. For an average days
run l will use about two gallons gaso.
line, two gallons Of lubricating oil
and fifty gallons Of kerosene. With
these figures one can form very
close estimate Of what it will cost
him to operate similar engine under
his local conditions.
The Harlowton news., 1911-02-17
HaIlucinations of henbane.

Henbane bears a remarkable reputa-
ton for creating the most extraordi-
nary hallucinations. DR.. HoultOn re-
lates that some monks who ate the
roots by mistake for parsnips trans
formed their monastery into lunatic
asylum. One monk rang the bell for
mathis at midnight, and Of those of
the community who attended some
could not read, others "fancied the
letters were running about like ants"
and some read what was not in their
books. Even the exhalations from
these pretty but very poisonous fow-
ers produce these weird effects.-West-
minister Gazette.
The Harlowton news., 1911-02-17
Tho Wicked Ma aioritv.

A new gardeners had been employed
on a Long Island estate. This man
was raking leaves off the lawn one fall
day when a neighbor, passing by. in
quired Of him. where's the gardener
who used to work here"
Dead, sir" was the reply.
''Deadw said the astonished neigh
Dor Then. musing. he added. Joined
the great majority. eh?"
"Oh. SIR" the gardener interrupted in
a shocked voice, ~ wouldn't like to
say that. He was good enough man
as far as l know"
The Harlowton news., 1911-02-17

Readers Of the Montana farm
articles in this paper are in
vited to submit questions relat-
ing to any phase of agriculture.
These questions will receive
the prompt attention of special
lists. Submit all inquiries to
Professor H. F. Patterson of
Bozeman, Mont.
The Harlowton news., 1911-02-17
WILLHELP DESTROYWEE
Sheep Are Very Valuable for That Pur.
pose Upon the Farm or
Ranch.

The statement has been made that
sheep will eat anything but mullen
plant and thistle. That remark con.
veys wealth of meaning, and is liter.
ally true. Sheep are the best scavan.
gers that we can have upon farm or
ranch when it comes to cleaning the
place of weeds. Sheep have been
known to eat thistles. The writer has
noticed the lambs and older sheep as
we'll pick the thistle out of the good
hay and eat them with apparent relish.
How to rid the place of obnoxious
weeds is an ever increasing problem,
especially in the irrigated districts.
However, if diversified farming is prac.
ticed the weed question will be much
easier settled. The Master has estab-
lished sort of equilibrium for all ma
ture and just as soon as man destroys
this equilibrium just that soon must
more stringent means be employed for
controlling our operations. The farm.
er or ranchman who raises but one
crop or one kind of live stock is sure
to get into all kinds of trouble. Weeds
and insects will destroy his crop, and
disease is apt to overtake his live
stock. Besides when a farmer pro.
duces only one kind of grain and only
one type of live stock, the market is
very apt to influence his prosperity;
whereas if he produces all kinds OF
live stock and different kinds of grain
he is sure of better prices, for the mar
kets are seldom alike on all classes
of stock and upon all types of grain.
Therefore the weed problem resolves
itself into something like this: The
very best kind of farming for farmer
to follow is the kind that will destroy
the most weeds and bring in the larg-
est returns, as we'll as maintain the
fertility of the soil. That means a
good rotation and different classes of
live stock to which the feed or grains
are fed. This last includes sheep.
They will destroy more weeds and
bring in more money than any other
type of animals.
1t must not be concluded from this,
however, that the way to kill weeds
is to simply buy sheep and turn them
In the fields. In that event nine times
out of ten the large weeds will not be
touched. Sheep do not like rank
growing weeds. Sheep, that they de.
stroy weeds, must be handled with
skill. 1t will be remembered by sheep.
men that the young shoots of weeds in
many cases are preferred to grass
Therefore to insure the best work the
weeds should be moved and then the
sheep will destroy large number of
the young growing shoots. The roots
must be entirely destroyed before the
plants will die, and If the sheep are
kept upon the weeds long enough the
roots cannot live-H. F. Patterson,
Montana Agricultural College.
The Harlowton news., 1911-02-17
The Alteration Of the Via.

Wigs were never so popular as in the
reign Of Charles II. The author OF
"The Beaux and the Dandies" tells
us that "when Cibber played Sir Fop'
ling Flutter his wig was so much ad-
mired that he had 1t carried to the
footlights every evening in a sedan
chair, from which 1t was handed to
him that he might put it on his head"
The Harlowton news., 1911-02-17
FOR LAMENESs IN HORSES.

Mare sore in her front legs in the
frog. Blacksmith put bar shoes on
and put on the frog tincture of arnica,
Please give your advice.-H. K, Mich.
Better let the mare rest a while with.
out shoes. See that there is no thrush
in clefts OF frog. Trim point of frog
even with the sole, stimulate growth
of hoof with Spanish fly one ounce,
lard four ounces, rubbing around top
of hoof on the hair once a week.
The Harlowton news., 1911-02-17
Placino the Blame,

Judge Ito burglar on triaD-Have
you anything to say, prisoner? Bur-
glar-Yes, your honor. I was only act
in on me doctors advice to take some
thin afore goin' tor bed.-Boston
Transcript.
The Harlowton news., 1911-02-17
Trouble In tho Air.

Husband-You don't 60 shopping
with Mrs. Nearby any more? Wife
No. The last time we went she want
ed a remnant that l wanted.-Judge.
The Harlowton news., 1911-02-17

It's faith in something and enthusi-
asm in something that make life worth
looking at.-O. w. Holmes.
The Harlowton news., 1911-02-17
TREATMENT OF HORSE NANCE.

Horse with mango. Have used dis.
infectant on him, also soap and sui.
phur and lard. When l think he is
better then he gets worse-M. E. D.,
Wis. Unslacked lime one pound, sub.
Innate sulphur two pounds, soft water
two gallons. Mix and boil down to
one gallon. Let stand till cool for
three hours. Pour off the clear liquid
or strain and apply over the whole
surface once day with gentle rub.
bing. Give in the feed twice a day
tablespoon of Fowler's Solution.