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The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-05-17
St. Ignatius News.

St. Ignatius News.
Mr.. Dietrich of Green Springs
spent Thursday and Friday ii
the Mission on business.
Carmen Worley and Miss Marie
Michel were married at the ST.
1gnatius Mission church Thurs.
day morning.
F. P. Ehlman of the Missoula
Mercantile Co. called on the bust.
ness men of St. Ignatius Thurs.
day and Friday.
A. ]. Brewer and E. H. Rath-
bone passed through the Mission
Monday afternoon on their way
to the convention.
The st. Ignatius ball team will
play the Northern Pacific team
here at the Mission Sunday. A
large attendance is looked for.
W. W. McCrackin, president
of the Ravalli County State Bank
is visiting his daughter Helen,
on her ranch "High-on-a-Hill. :"
Robert W. Newman accompan-
led by his wife and children and
Miss McLamb, spent Thursday
picnicing in the vicinity of the
Mission.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. A. Beckwith
motored to Roman to see the ball
game last Sunday. Their guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. Walter M.
Meglasson.
Ben Webb, r. Calkins, Rev.
W. S. Tester, George Lindsay
and Charles Nitz, all of the Big
Prairie, were Mission visitors
during the past week.
Supervisor johnson has about
completed the bridge crossing
Flynn coulee four miles from
town. This place has always
been a bad pull and will be a
great help to the many freighters
out of Ravalli.
At the republican primaries
held here last Saturday after
noon. G. H. Beckwith was elec-
ted by a vote of 43 to q to at
tend the county convention at
Missoula. w. H. Sabin ran
against him. E. E. Pride was
elected alternate.
The board of trustees for dis
trict No. % met at the St. Ig-
natius school Monday, May Is.
The entire board was in attend
ance. All the old teachers with
the exception of James Cowgirl
and Warren D. Harris were re-
appointed, these last two named
not being applicants for reap
pointment. Assignments to the
schools will not be made until the
next meeting of the school board.
A. B. Beckwith was the host
to a jolly crowd Of young people
who motored from the Mission
to Poison Sunday morning, dined
there and returned to Roman in
time to take in the St. Ignatius-
Roman game. Those in the
party included Miss McCrackin,
and Miss Turner of Hamilton,
Miss Hilda Smith the popular
Roman school teacher, her sister
Dorothy and Lewis Thomas and
A. K. Lusk.
A. Tinling, assistant general
freight agent Northern Pacific
railway, C. W. Merrilles general
agent Chicago Great Western
railway, and R. ]. Dee, travelling
freight and passenger agent for
the Northern Pacific railway,
through the Mission Mon
day morning on their way north.
They returned the same day and
stopped for an hour to discuss
conditions with local business
men. Mr.. Tinling was very
much impressed with the re-
markable growth the valley has
shown the past two years. 1t is
understood that these men are
making a trip of inspection, to
report on the Flathead valley.
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IL is stated that some discus
sion was had last Monday at the
school trustees meeting held in
st. Ignatius anent providing Ro-
nan with better school facilities.
That is a move in the right direc-
tion and will meet with approval
by the people here who have
children to send to school, pro-
vided it does not end with merely
discussing the matter. The peo-
pie here want action and not all
talk.
1t is proposed to provide tenn
porary quarters and await de-
velopments before building a
suitable and substantial building.
That may be the only thing
which can be done at this time
but it will meet with opposition
on the part of all the people here.
1t will mean the waste Of just
what it will cost to provide the
temporary building.
If Roman expects to remain a
permanent fixture in this section
and expects to grow and become
an important factor in the great
development which is now tax
ing place here, then the time has
come when we should have a
school building in keeping with
the other Improvements which are
being made. 1t is begging the
question to say that it can not be
done now and done properly.
There is $4,000 lying idle in the
treasury of the district and the
district can be bonded for quite
a sum more at this time and this
would enable the trustees to lay
the foundation for a suitable
building and one which will not
have to be replaced in another
year.
1t will be necessary before an
other year has passed to have at
least eight rooms. 1t will re-
quire six in September and the
time is very limited within which
to get ready for the coming fall
opening.
If the trustees can not recon-
cile themselves to calling an elec-
tion to vote bonds and settle the
matter of caring for the pupils
who must be schooled at Roman,
then the only recourse left US is
to ask for a division of the dis
trict and take the iniative with
a board of trustees which will
not be prejudiced in advance by
any local sentiment and who will
take a pride in providing Roman
with a school building which
will answer the purpose for a
term of years. Roman can not
afford to be handicapped by pre-
judice, and it seems that such
will be the case just so long as
the district is as large as it is,
with the trustees elected from
every section and some of them
living 80 miles from the town.
1t is a situation that never will
reconcile itself for the simple
reason that each locality in the
district will be envious of the
other. The district is altogether
too large to answer the purpose
and the sooner the situation is
changed the better it will be for
all concerned.
Take for instance this ques-
tion of voting bonds to build a
school house here. 1t can not in
reason, appeal to the voters of
Arlee to favor the matter; the
same can be said of Ravalli, St.
Ignatius, Moiese. and other re-
mote parts. They probably can
not be made to see that it will
be to their advantage to build US
a school house. 1t would be the
COMA with I1c uyarn tho cit,,o +in,,
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for mulatto, with hands scared and
twisted. Surely the fellow was no
soldier; he appeared more to me like
one who had followed the sea. 1
stepped over his body, and glanced the
length Of the hall. The chandelier was
shattered, the glass cleaning under
foot, the stair rail broken into Jagged
splinter, and a second man, shot
through the eye, rested half upright
propped against the lower step He
was sandy-bearded fellow, no better
dressed than the one without, but with
q belt about him, containing pistol
and knife His yellow teeth protlud-
Ing gave his ghastly features d flend-
ish look. Beyond him a pair Of legs
stuck out from behind the staircase
clad IN long cavalry boots, and above
these, barely showing, the green cloth
Of the Queens Rangers. Then Grant
had not gone when this attack was
made, OF else he had left some men
behind2 | dragged the body out into
the light 50 might see the face-it
was the Irishlnan who had helped III
my capture.
| stood staring down 1t him, ana
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about ne into the dismantisd ro0m
ehdeaEoring to clear ny hrain sns
figure all this out Il vas not 50 atm
cult to conceive what had occurred
every BIT Of evidence pointing to !
single conclusion Grant had searched
the house for Eric, and discovered NJ
signs Of his presence; whatever hae
subsequently happened between thS
girl and himself. she had not felt jus
tiled In releasing me while he ard
his men remained. They must hsve
departed soon after dark. well pro
vtsioned, upon their long march toward
the Delaware. leaving Elmhurst unoc.
eupied except for its mistress and her
servants. The fact that neither the
LADY nor Peter had opened the en-.
trance to the secret staircase would
seem to show, that the attack on the
house must have followed swiftly It
had been q surprise. giving those
within no chance TO seek for refuge.
There had been a struggle at the front
door; some Of the assAilRnts had
achieved entrance through tRe win.
dow, and that had practically ended
the affair.
But what had become Of Peterp OF
the girl3 Who composed the attack
ing partyi The Indian had been de-
spatehed to Valley Forge with my
memoranda; probably Peter, the h'sh-
man. and negro or two were alone
left to defend the house. As to the
identity Of the marauders, had small
doubt; their handiwork was too plain
ly revealed. and those two dead men
remained as evidence. Rough as wera
British and Hessian foragers, they
were seldom guilty Of such wanton de-
struction as this. Besides this was
the home Of prominent loyalist. pro
tected from despoliation by high au.
thority. The hellish work must have
been accomplished by one or more
bands Of those "Pine Robbers" who in
Tested Monmouth county. infamous
devils, hiding in caves among sand
hills. and coming forth to plunder anc
rob. Pretending to be Tories. their
only purpose of organization was pill
lage. Even in the army the names
of their more prominent leaders were
known, such as Red Fagin. Deb0w,
West and Carter, and many tale of
horror regarding their depredatioas
had ] heard told around the campfire.
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MU5Ian01J By MNRY IMEDG

the right but I had to move bsfors
could see the cause clearly-ths
snouldering remains Of what must
have been largs barn. advanced IN
that direction. skirting the orchard
and a row Of negro cabinA These
were deserted. the doors open. and
two Of them exhibited evidences 0s
flre. A storehouse had its door bat
tered IN. huge timber. evidently used
as ram, lying across the threshold.
and many Of the boxes and barrels
within had been smashed with axes.
The ground all about had been tram
pied BY horses hosfs, and only a
smouldering fragment Of the stables
remained.
! stared about perplexed. unable to
decipher the meaning Of such de-
struction. Surely Grant would never
dare such q deed with his unarmed
force. Besides Elmhnrst was the
property Of loyalist. ayl the colonel
Of his regiment Not even the mad
ness Of anger would justify so wanton
an act Whatever the mystery could
never hope to solve it lettering there:
the house itself would doubtless reveal
the story, and / turned in that diree-
ton. skirting the fence. yet exercising
care. for there might still remain de-
Tenders within, behind those green
blinds, to mistake me for an enemy. 1
saw nothing, no sign Of life, as /
circled through the trees OF the or
chard, and came out upon the grass
plot facing the front porch. The sun
was up now, and could perceive each
detail There was smashed window
to the right. a green shutter hanging
deiectedly by one hinge; the great
front door stood wide open, and the
body Of a dead man lay across the
dark stain Of blood ex-
tending across the porch floor.
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These came back to memory a. l
gazed about those lower rooms. dread.
Ing my nexz discovery, half crazed e
think that Claire Mortimer might &
helpless in their ruthless grasp Bet.
ter death q thousand times than s,,ch
q fate.
pushed forward into the rooms "A
the lower floor, more than ever IN.
pressed by their original magniflcenca
Now, however. they were ali confuslon
furniture broken and flung aside. vail
hacked, dishes smashed into frar
ments. The scene was siclxenine i =
It's evidences Of wanton hate Yet I I
found no more bodies, Or uroof !.
further resistance. IN what must haigs j
been Mistress Claire's private anass e !
ment stood with beating heart IA. 4.
Ing about at the ruin disclosed n.
large closet had been swept clean 8, !.
menta slashed with knives. ana I ~
n rags; drawers turned upside do,z,
n search after Jewels; the varv II.
tains torn from the windows 4 ~ -
scene of vandalism u when ~. "
bonds alone would b guilty.
40 BE cor srunn1
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Aajor Iawrenos. son Of Judge Law
renee of virginia whose wife vas 3 Lee.
sent On pertious mission By Gen.
ston. just after the winter at Val
80 feFse. Disguised IN a British uni-
torm lawrence srFives within the enemy's
nnsA Ihe Major attends 4 great fete
end saves the Lady OF the Blended
Hoss from mob, He later meets the girl
~ 4 brilliant ball Trouhis Is started
over waltz. and Lawrence ls urged By
nls Partner, Mistress Mortimer CThe Lady
g the Blended Rose), to make his escape
Lawrence is detected as a spy BY Captain
lrant Of the BT4tish Army, who agrees
% duel The duel is stopped By Grants
naendz and the apy makes q dash for
merry, swimming g river following = mar
TOW escape. The Major arrives at the
snop OF blacksmith. who Is friendly, and
Knows the Lady OF the Blended Rose.
captain Grant and rangers search black
smith shop IN vain for the spy Law
Pence Joins the minute men Grant and
MS train are captured by the minute men.
Lawrence is made prisoner by an Indian
And Two white men. who lock him IN
strong cell Peter advises Lawrence not
70 attempt 70 escape as some one"
would send for him. Grants appearance
adds mystery to the combination OF cir
cumstanees. Lawrence again meets the
Lady OF the Blegdid Rose. who informs
him that he IL In her house: and that she
was In command Of the party that cap
tured him. The captive Is thrust into q
dark underground chamber when Captain
Grant begins q search Of the premises.
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pULIMN N(JIE(


-. - -. 4. ~
ons y tne pest Ways g s'alI = 4
seI six mems, and grow.
~ successfully preserve esss, -
lscsly ATesn ones must De selected.
remember tnat if y tne prov 4.
nen tnat counts, not the pront z
"oIn; s..;,
Mhk y an exceiient 1000 LOE 49, 49,
W cnicks ana, n faci' iof any go
q lows.
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MISSOURI cuRE For eapss
azssses Mnzk e=sz-a.-s
eztasfs Causes y Wera 4
chisSs WindpIpa.

ny Ms JOHN :. MOORE -.
A NEST eommea disease -
chickens and enc wAieh causes -.
les IA Tie sumner i kapes ~
disease. which q most prsvel..s /.
cool. damp weather, Is cauass s s
worms. which get IA the yoanx ssl.ss.
windPipa, eaaslaE Il to sssp for - a---.s I
and # act disleassd. sAuttinr = n = s s
supply Of ali.
Sometimes the worm can h ,,-,...s
cut with horsshair, but thia /" J
severe remedy and other worms -
take its place.
The following Is q preventative -
VII check the trouble at once.
Obtain the leaves Of the eom-
WOODWORK. sometimes called Isrgs.
lem oak, plant which grows VIVA /.
most places. having an erect 49,
berry stem and small. ysIlowish ao-
srs. Its leaves when crushed 49,.
An unpleasant odor and are "a :
the manufacture OF vsrmifuge 80 !.
protect clothing and furniture frn-
moths and other insects.
Mash the leaves and mix IN a umsn
quantity with the chickens fesS )
put in the drinking fountains.
Or. after the seeds have rivsnss
they may Be used instead Of ~
leaves and 3 quantity gathered a.
future use.
The Southern herald., 1912-11-08
CHAPTER xv-eontInued.

The silence and loneliness caused
me to become restless. l could moi
entirely throw on the sense of being
buried alive in this dismal hole.
wondered II there was any way Of es
cape, Z that secret door was not
locked and unlocked only from with.
out. A desire to ascertain led me to
take candle IN hand, and climb the
circular staircase, examining the wall
as | passed upward. The interior OF
the chimney revealed nothing. While
! felt convinced there must also be a
false fireplace on the first floor, so as
r. carry out the deception, the dim
candle light made no revealment Of its
petition. | could Judge very nearly
wAare 1t should appear. and | sound
es the wall thereabout carefully both
above and below without result. Nor
did any noise reach me to disclose a
thinness Of partition.
Convinced Of the solidity Of the wall
at this spot, l continued higher until
] came to the end Of the passage. To
my surprise the conditions here were
practically the same. Had not en-
tered at this point / could never have
been convinced that there was an
opening. From within 1t defed dis.
covery, for nothing confronted my
eyes but mortared stone. / was sealed
In helplessly, but for the assistance
Of friends without; no effort on my
part could ever bring release.
Yet went over the rough surface
again before retracing my steps down
to the room below. ALI this must
have taken fully an hour Of time, and
the strain Of disappointment left me
tired, as though | had done a days
work. | can hardly conceive that /
Slept. and yet certainly lost con-
1ciousness, for when | aroused myself
/ was In pitch darkness.
! felt dazed, bewildered, but as my
hand felt the edge of the table COM
pretended where / was, and what had
occurred. Cropping about, | found flint
and steel, and that last candle, which
! forced into the candlestick. The tiny
yellow flame was like message from
the gods. How l watched 1t, every
nerve tingling, as 1t burned lower and
lower. Would 1t last until help came,
or was ! destined to remain pinned up
in the darkness Of this ghastly grave?
Why, must have been there for
hours-hours. The burning out of the
candles proved that. Surely could
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scrasohIno Hsds.

Il it is possible, do not keep laying
aens or raise young chicks without
this very necessary article, even On
the farm. Place your coops for the
little ones near some shady place and
there scatter coarse strawy manure
about three inches deep, then keep =
moist at the bottom, If there Is 40
rain, and watch the little fellows 20
down after the angIeworms that
flourish at the bottom, and you VIII
see your chicks flourish also. The
currant brush Is 3 good place.
The Southern herald., 1912-11-08
MLADY OF DOUBT
BYRANDALL PARRISH
m lu65or Of zOte N1derfe"
WyEa- ~s11zzg LaOg OfIbey yAOTghHc
o,rosur7 ac,r,rpa 20 -, Illustrations By IkEY TMDE

thing. even her. and cursed aloud. nat.
ing the echoes Of my own voice. II
seemed as though those walls, that
low roof. were crushing me. as II the
close, foul air was sufeating. ] recall
tearing open the front Of my shirt
70 gain easier breath. l walked about
beating with bare hands the rough
stone, muttering to myself words with
out meaning. The candle had burned
down until barely an inch remained.
The Southern herald., 1912-11-08
CHAPTER XVII.
The Queens Rangers.

A bullet~had struck the hand rail,
shattering sne Of the supports, and the
broad steps were Scared and splin-
tered. The man lay face upward, his
feet inside the hallway, one side of
his head crushed in. He was roughly
dressed in woolen shirt and patched
smallclothes, and wore gold hoops In
his ears, his complexion dark enough
The Southern herald., 1912-11-08
SIMPLE FEEDER FOR POULTRY
Automatic pevics, Shown In llIustre
tlon, as Practical as More e.
penslve contrlvanees.

An automatic feeder for poultry. Sin,
pie in design, yet apparently as prae
teal as similar devices OF more com.
plicated and expensive design. &
shown in the illustration. The feeder
which Is hung from any convenienl
support, comprises a grain contalneF
provided with a discharge opeaing Il
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Automatic Feeder.

the bottom: q scoop plvoted under
meath the opening. and penduIum-
like arrangement with q ball at its
end. The chickens peck ct this ball.
thus causing the pendulum to swing.
which tits the scoop and allows q
certain amount Of grain to fall to the
ground.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-30

OF rooters. Co. II. OF jamestown, and
Mandan will no doubt both play here
later on in the season.
John w. Walcker and John Korner
were down from their farms Monday
and returned the following day. They
have sixteen miles to drive and II Is a
long trip during these short days, es.
pecially when they have a load OF
cream for the creamery and take back
la load OF groceries. Mr.. Wacker, says
he gets a good price here for cream
and tests are better than in other
places, so thinks IL worth the extra
distance he has To travel,
Andrew T.. Sauer has had many Wis.
itors to @ the stock he purchased
In Biscay, MINI. The Holstein Frise.
an have good records and to the three
that Mr.. Sauer purchased this winter
he will add anore, so he will have q
well stocked farm. The dame OF
Duke the First has produced 32h
pounds of butter fat in seven days,
while the danes Of the two heifers
purchased have produced 301a pounds.
Mr., Savers visitors think he paid too
much for this stock, but time. will
prove hissgood Judgment.
The following Is a list of teachers
who secured certificates at the Nov.
ember examination held In this coun.
ty: Olga Ryan. RObt. McDermott,
Paul %Satterlund, Mildred Carver, Ben.
edict; Anna Torgerson, John c. Rear.
don, Max; Russell Whitcsel, Ryder;
Leon s. George, Clarence George,
Henry Wegaer, Douglas; Esther Pc.
terson, Underwood; Amy Holmquist,
Anna Mathison, Washburn; Albert
Panlus, Turtle Lake; James A. Rad.
ford, Mae Washburn, Mercer; Willis
Boots, Cole Harbor, and Effie Morris,
Wilton.
Among those who have come home
from college or from distant towns to
spend Christmas at home are: Miss
Hazel Forbes, who is teaching at Car.
pho; Miss Hilda Vail, Blenda Ander.
son. Esther Anderson and Mabel
Johnson, students at the Valley City
Normal; Miss Hilma Anderson, who
has been holding a position in the
State Deaf and Dumb school at Graf.
ton; Miss Ruth McCulloch, student In
the Minnesota University; Leo vii.
son. of the Jamestown college; Ho.
mer Wallin, Of the State University;
Mary Mitchell, a teacher in the For
man school, Ray and Mitchell, who IS
holding down a claim In Mercer cOun.
ty. .. "H
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spent Xmas with friends ii tho coun.

spent Xmas with friends IL the coan.
try.
Mr.. I. ], Falkenstein and family
spent Xmas with Mr.. and Mrs. v. l..
Anderson or Wilton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Mount entertain.
cd Mr.. and Mrs. II. Mccullough and
family Xmas day
The Misses Hazel Nixon, Pearl Nc.
Cullough. sigma Johnson and Ethel
Thompson arc home from Bismarck
TO enjoy the school vacation with
their parents.
Miss Ruth Odney's school is closed
for tho winter. Miss Odney has left
for her home in Cass county.
Mr.. John Hooper is confined to his
bed with intiammatory rheumatism.
His friends are sorry to learn that
there Is yet no change for the better.
The baby girb of Mr.. and Mrs. Os.
cal johnson Is very i'll. Mrs. Johnson
just returned from the hospital about
December 10 to their home near Viii.
ton. The condition Of the child was
such that a doctor was called last
Monday night.
Mrs. Levi Knapp is still unable to
leave her bed where she has been
confined with a hard case of typhoid
fever.
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1 CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.
Orsmstic Climax TO . TrAi In . French
Court.

Court.
Observation-Disclosures plays a tremen.
dous part In human history. Fate Il
another name for the same thing; SO II
luck. All these words are merely our
puny e%uphemisms for X, the unknown
quantity.
Not a day passes but the story Of .
remarkable coincidence IL brought to
public notice. A stranger incident new.
er occurred. however. than this one,
the account Of which is In an old copy
Of the ChronlqOe de Paris.
A youth Of about nineteen was
brought to trial for having broken the
window Of a bakers shop and stolen q
two pound loaf.
The Judge-why did you steal tho
loaf?
Prisoner-l was driven by hunger.
"Why did you not buy it,"
Because I had no money"
But you have n gold ring on Your
finger. Why didn't YOU sell itT'
II am a founding. When | was TAX
en- from the bank of a ditch this ring
was suspended from my neck by II
silken cord. and ] kept It In the hope OF
thereby discovering at least who were
my parents. cannot dispose Of It."
The procurer du roi (iing's attorney
made a violent speech against the pris-
oner, who was found guilty and SEN
fenced to imprisonment for Ave years.
Immediately upon this a woman more
worn down by poverty than age came
forward and made the following decla-
ration:
Gentlemen OF the jury. twenty years
ago q young woman was married to a
yonng man Of the same town, who aft.
erward abandoned her. Poor and dis
tressed, she was obliged to leave her
child to the care Of Providence. The
child has since grown up, and the wo
man and the husband have grown old
er, the child in poverty. the woman in
misery and her husband in prosperity.
They are all three now in court. The
child is the unfortunate prisoner whom
you have just pronounced guilty, the
mother is myself. and there sits the ia.
ther." pointing. to the kings attorney.