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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1912-02-08
MEMS ovERcoATs

From 81 so up 10 k15. A latest style,
overcoat, with presto collar. regular
price, so, my price Is only 80 20. AL
wool Black coats 81 70; for the best,
1915. Boys over coats as low as
IS cents, and MP 60 SO so Mems pan t.,
as, 70, o.. sll0Bnd 81 30 are really
worth IS. Knee pants az low AS &c
pair, and mp to Csc,
Ladies' suits, black and blue serees,
suits, 81 90, worsted suits. $500, duck
suits, $2.10. Ladies' atwood skirts,
$240 and "a low ne s rs Ladies'
black .ur coats, 81 40, are really orth
Sl5 Ladies atwood coats, 81 80
Misses coats OH culors, ~ los IA s 10
and up to s37 Children coats and
baby coats, AL c,iors. Sl25 Teddy
Bear Goats. sl4s. children and La
dies Atwood sweaters, all colors, re .
white and grey.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1912-02-08
L. FOlGT
MANUFACTURING JBWELER
726 Seventh Street Northwest
BETWEEN C. and II.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
essG7S raTT7sG7s
essqaiFa9AAs

Everybodyhas some friend
whom they wish to make
happy. 1t may be mother
or father, sister or brother. 1t
may be a wife. or it may be a
sWeetheart-a' often them
selves.
Our stock Of Jewelry and
Bric-a-Brac is a complete.
Each piece has been carefully
selected and we feel satisfied
that a visit from you viii
bear US out nat we have as
fine a selection as can be
found anywhere. Why not
give US a call.
Any article that you may
select will be laid aside and
delivered when wanted. Ex-
penenced clerks. Polite at
tention.
WATCHES. DIAMONDS, EN-
BLEMS. RINGS, SILVERWARE
CLOCKS aud BRONzES, PRAYER
BOOKS rnd MEDALS.
725 7th Street, N. w. Washing.
ton, D. O., is the place and the man
to deal with is Il. VOIGT.
Everyone who deals with Voigt is
pleased
Nov lily.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1912-02-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 9, 1919.
BIZ CLYDE Fl. TAvrNNEH
William Howard Taft Is tho oae
best bet in the Republican nomina
sion handicap,
AT least this is the way 1t looks tc
me today, and have tried to view
the situation, II possible, without
prejudice.
| base my prediction on the theory
that Special Privilege. as represent
I'd by Aldrich, Penrose, Smoos,
edge. Crane, suggenhsim, J.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1912-02-08
National Nama

Washington, d. c., Feb 6, 1919.
The U. S. Supreme Court has dc.
cided that the l.. b N. Railway Co.
could not refuse to carry beer for
the Cook Brewing Company OF
Evansville, Ind into dry" Ken.
lucky counties and that the Ken.
lucky local option statute attempt.
ing to forbid such importations
could not operate against interstate
commerce.
Chief Postoffice Inspector Sharp
reports that during 1911, 522 per
sons we're indicted for mail order
frauds. or the 1876 tried 1874 were
convicted, IL acquitted; 1T await
.tEial 20 rssRaiinuaraud jury action ;
zs wsTsgarTssred but not indicted.
Hon. Oscar Under wood, chair,
man Of the House Committee upon
Ways and Means insists Upon NOR
economy in puplic expenditures.
The Lorimer investigation has
been suspended because OF illness
OF Attorney Hanecy, Loriner's
counsel.
The Moss committee OF the House
has exonorated D. H. w Wiley
pm charges OF conspiracy.
The reported activity Of men close
Rto Geo. W. Perkins OF ~. s. Steel I"
For Southern delegates gives cred
ence to the report that Sol Roose
welt will accept
The hearings Of the SenaAe Post
Office committee upon the proposed
Parcels Post are drawing TO q close.
Some Of the phases brought out are
the following:
To the casual observer 1t has
seemed easy aud reasonable for this
government 10 institute successfully
system upon the order OF That
operated il European countries.
The twenty eight million copies OF
farm iournlis published each month
have given plethoric advocacy. TIE
ordinary reader had failed to see
the counting room influence back OF
editorial endorsement OF these an 4
Ihe popular" magazines. They
themselves have not disclosed that
it does not pay local dealers to ad.
vertise in such periodicals and that
these are supported by advertising
from houses which aim to sell d.
rect to consumer to the elimination
Of the "middle-man." II has been
shown that you cannot eliminate"
him without uprooting many other
local interests: the local stores,
banks--in fact every other elemeut
Of towns vitality, and damaging
property values including those OF
surrounding lands; that consumers
would then pay more than they now
pay, since the profits OF retail mail
order houses In many instances are
more than that OF wholesaler ana
retailer combined.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1912-02-08
Executors Sale
OF VALUABLE
Real Estate.
Situate on the State Road not far from
Neshapiesville. in the 4th and 9th
Distrists Of 81 Mary's County.

BY virtue Of authority RwA
contained 10 the last will EssA
and testament Of Frances I'LL
Ann Thompson. Late OF 50.
aR Nays county, deceased, and OF
Us an order OF the Orphans Court of
- said county, the undersigned Exe-
eutor Of said deceased win sell By publie
austion In ths Village Of keehAniasviIie,
At NOON, ON
Monday. Fshrssy 10, 1914.
that Desirable tract or parcel Of Land
called and knownas
sIMnH LAND,
being the tract Of land which the said
Frances Ana Thompson, died eeised and
posaeased. and more fully described a.
lying partly in tbs Fiith and Fourth
Election Districts OF 81 Mary's county,
being intsrssctsd by the Three Notch
Road and bounded 90 West By the State
RoAd. and containing
AZ asrss. naors or Isss.
The land r. suitable for the staple
erops OF ths section, 10 susceptible OF i'm.
provsmeIi, Il conveniently situated for
schools. shurrhes and for shipping point
and Il improved By SMALL Dwell
Ling and The sSsal oct buildings.
THHMs or BALp-CAsh, or arrange
nbnts May DO made with the exeeatoF
iof part aAsh and deferred payments To
be sscurSd By Satisfactory bonds or
Aotes.
JESSE TURNER
ExecataF
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1912-02-08
A PROTESTED INDUSTRY

Sixty-6Ve per cent OF the workers
in the United States Steel Corpora.
tion' 3 plants 81 PittsburR earn less
than the actual cost OF subsistence
70 the average family. according 70
calculations made before the Stanley
steel trust investigation committee
by Louis d. Brandeis. ''ths peoples
lawyer. I"
THE average wage Of 90 per cent
Of the employees in she steel plants
al PittsburR." be said. is 1Ti cents
an hour. The Associated Charities
Of that city, by careful iuvestiga.
tion, has figured 10 out that the COS
of bare existence Of Q family of @
husband and wife and thrss child
rem In PittsburR Is 47ee a year. BY
working II hours day, 965 days o
year. this % per cent OF the work
srs, at the end Of their years labor.
will have earned just 81 30 less than
this sum.
These horrible conditions are
the result Of the uGe OF the great
power and wealth Of this trust 70
prevent its employees from joining
organizations. The condition Of la
Dor In this indu-try is nothing less
than slavery. In tOo years this
trust. while working men under
these conditions. has taken from she
American people $3.50 .0O0, 900 In sx-
cess Of liberal profit on its actual
Investment. and this enormous pro-
6t las been used 10 grind down tAs
workers te their present missrahis
senditien.'
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1912-02-08
Fall Gnd Winter Stock
AT
M. L. MlLLlSON'S,
BARGAIN HOUSE,
LEONARDTOWN, Md
SPECIAL IN CLOTHING

Mems suits medium weight, $l.05.
Heavier weight. 80 %. Nice sunday
suit, o. 95 Latest make. Suits. 1915.
All wool serge. 81 23 Suit, made 10
order. realty worth $20, my price. il
1915 A No. l Suit, sl2 so, IL really
worth $24.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1912-02-08
sIIOESl
SIOEsl

Mems Gre shoes "A low as 'S. pal,
latest style make 81 65, patent colt
buttons 1926 and up 10 81 pair La.
dies tiue ahOps M low AZ 5sc, pair, and
as high rs 81 30 Here IL vour bargain
every day shoes, Kangaroo sho ior
ladies a. low as $40 pair. hisses'
shoes the same Coarse shoes IA low
AS 9sc. pair and up to 81.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1912-02-08
NOTLONs.

Mems underwear, heeced, pair 10;
piece 3Se. light weight, per piece, ] pc
Mems fue shirts stiff blossoms worth
81, my price, 25c, 81 sbirtp, my price,
4S cente; Mems working shirts. 3 for
one dollar Men 4 socks. pairs for 25c.
Misses stockings, z pairs, 25c. Mems
suspenders pairs, 25c. Meas linen
collars, for Zoe.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1912-02-08
DRY GOODS

Cold weather coming. Double blank
cts pair 5sc. extra sizes, Csc Quilts for
double beds. CSC silk quilts, 8 4S
Horse Blankets. 3sc, extra sizes and
doubled gSc. Buggy robes. plush 81 80,
and 81 40 for one Is really worth $500
Canton Flannel, yd 6k and Sc, for the
hest red damask table cloth is worth
soc, my price, l9c, cotton yard " i'd, &c.
HATSl HATSl
Now special for the ladies and Misses
and girls wear prepared TO suit any
lady or Miss with the latest style hats
and with the lowest price. Socome and
get suited before they are packed over.
Also MIS- Millison will give nice pre-
sent with every hat bought from her.
| invite all my customers and friends
NJ L. MILLTSON,
LeonardtowD, Md.
Nov. 9-tf.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-04-19

their land, and then again there
may come a dry year, like two
years ago, when the water to ir-
rigate would be worth in any one
year all it will cost when entire
ly completed.
Some sections of the valley
may never need the water, and
other sections may need it every
year. This being true, then it
seems that the person who
started the report that the Pio-
neer is fighting the reclama-
ton" is either deliberately
fa}sifying or else has had a pipe
and let it go out. There is every
reason to believe that the party
who started this report is known
and it can be said that when
politics carries one to the extent
Of deliberate falsehood in order
to possibly win, that the limit
has been reached.
We want it known to both
those who favor and those who
do not favor the reclamation,
that this paper is favorable to
the reclamation, and that it is
not fighting the project now
under construction on the Flat
haad
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-04-19
Finished the Work

Alfred Paquette, deputy as
SCISSOR, finished work in this dis
trict last Saturday. He says
there has been a wonderful in
crease in both people and assess
able property since last year and
that the assessment roll will be
enormous. He says that people
generally are we'll pleased with
the assessment and that taking
everything into consideration
they are contented and satisfied.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-04-19
Conditions Good

George W. Covalt, secretary
of the Roman Democratic club,
arrived in Missoula this morning
to meet his mother, who came
in from her home in Cincinatti.
Parent and son left today for the
Flathead country, where Mrs.
Covalt will visit some weeks. >.
Speaking with reference to the
general conditions in the new
country, Mr.. Covalt said pros
poets for the farmers and indus
trial organizations could scarcely
be improved. The weather is of
the best sort and the ground and
trees are already covered with
the green of spring. All Of the
farmers are Fastening to get
their seeding done and there
should be an immense production
of grains and grasses this fall.
"All we need now," said the
visitor, is a railroad. The Flat
head country is in dire need of
transportation facilities and we
must have a steam or electric
line before we can continue our
development plans on the Flat
head. This lack sadly hampers
our operation, but we are work
ing while we wait and are hope
full that the powers that be will
recognize the want some of these
days. In the meantime we
would be glad to have the coun-
ty commissioners come and look
US over. Good country roads
would help some. "-Sentinel.
Real estate bought and sold.
Brewer & Hollingsworth, Roman,
Mont. 43
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-04-19
Has
Had a Pipe

IL came TO the knowledge OF
the Pioneer this week that some
body has been circulating the re-
port that this paper was fighting
the reclamation project on the
Flathead. That Somebody"
whoever it is who has been ped
ding that story, has certainly
been very badly misinformed,
and certainly has not been read
ing the paper.
There has been some things
done in connection with the dis
position of the Flathead lands
which have been censured by the
Pioneer. For instance, attention
has been called to the fact that
a large amount of land on this
reservation was never classified
nor appraised at the time the
balance was, and this fact has
been called to the attention of
Pioneer readers. 1t has caused
some confusion and has been the
subject of considerable annoy
ance to those who have applied
for homesteads on this class of
land, but at no time has this been
laid at the door of the reclama-
tion service. The Pioneer has
thought that those under the pro-
ject were entitled to know how
much of their homestead would
be irrigated and has not been
slow to say so, but, is that
fighting the service?"
Because the department at
Washington refused to give out
the information is no reason the
Pioneer has crouch coming,
and although an effort has been
made to have the department
it's ruling, that no ad-
vance information would be
given out. has not caused the
Pioneer to fight" the men who
are engaged in the great work
which is being done here at the
present time.
> The publishers of the Pioneer
have been in an irrigated coun-
try now for over 20 years and
believe they know the value of
irrigation to the lands of the in
ter-mountain country. They have
had practical and actual knowl-
edge of it's benefits and realize
fully just what it may mean to
the homesteaders of this section.
This being true, would it seem
plausible that they would fight
the reclamation service?
The facts are to the ontrary.
The Pioneer wants every acre of
the Flathead lands under irriga-
tion, and believes it the best in
surance any man ever took out,
whether they ever use the water
or not. There may be a series
OF years when no one will ever
turn the water from a ditch onto
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-04-19
Favorably Reported

The bill to relieve the settlers
on the Flathead reservation, Civ
ing them patents Immediately
after making communication proof,
has been favorably reported for
passage by the senate committee
on public lands. 1t is to be hop
ed that it will now pass and be-
come a law.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-04-19
Church Notice

Preaching services will be held
in the Methodist church Sunday,
April Fl, at 1870 q. m. and s D.
m. Sunday school at 1890 a. m.
There will be Sunday school and
preaching services at the Mud
creek school house in the after
noon at 2::3O and $3.50.
A. D. WEIGH, Pastor.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-04-19
Senator Dixon Wires AS
to Flathead Situation

of a gathering of number of
invited friends on Tuesday even
ing, April 18th, which was in
tended as a surprise birthday
party on the invited guests, it
being the anniversary of Mrs.
Rathbone's birthday. Tt was
not intended that the guests
should know the reason for the
party, but a woman's S we'll known
inability to keep a secret allowed
the truth to leak out to one or
two, and they, strange to say,
kept it quiet. The evening was
spent in various games of cards
and in visiting with one another.
Light refreshments were served
about II O'Clock and everybody
seemed to enjoy the evening
heartily. Mrs. Rathbone was the
recipient of a lovely silver spoon
tray by Mr.. and Mrs. John j.
Rogers and a silver olive fork
given by Mr.. and Mrs. Jos.
Bouchard. There We're just so
adults present, being just two
more than the hostess was years
young. Those present were:
Mr.. and Mrs. |. M. Brandjord,
Geo. b. Broughton, A. j. Brow
er, M. j. Benedict, Jos, Bouch-
ard, Jno. N. Bailey, Jas. Grant,
w. S. Hollingsworth, John Kent
ner, J. D. Larson, Jos. A. Le-
mire, D. N. Mason, Fred Potvin,
John j. Rogers, E. H. Rathbone,
A. M. Sterling, Stanley Scarce,
A. Sutherland, A. M. Thorn.
burgh, H. r. Stansbury, DR.. and
Mrs. John E. Fuhrer, w. r.
Sheen, Dr. w. W. Hall, DIR.
Geo. H. Putney, Don d. Rath-
bone, E. L. Mcconnell and Rev.
Father Keene of Gettysburg, S.
d., who arrived on that day to
visit with Messrs. A. j. Brewer
and w. S. Hollingsworth and
families, and who was hidden to
attend also.
YOUNG FOLKS PARTY
Wednesday evening the young
folks were invited to the same
residence to eat up the leavings.
They came and made more noise
than twice the number who were
there the evening before could
have made and had equally as
much fun. They played all kinds
Of games and enjoyed themselves
to the limit. They also managed
to clean up about everything in
the eatable line and then went
home apparently satisfied. Those
present were: Misses Hilda
Smith, Clara Goodrich, Ethel Mil
Ter, Effie Hollingsworth, Bertha
and Laura Edmondson, Matte
and Anna Trosper, Louise Bou-
chard, Edith Conway, Mrs. Sara
Ashman, Miss Barbara Kain, and
Messrs. Frank Denison, Ross
Lemire, r. A. Jensen, Bolivar
Scearce, Arthur Bouchard, Bert
Flatton, Albin Larson, Justus
and Don Rathbone.
DR.. and Mrs. Sheen attended
also, the former to help the host
properly chaperon the young
people, and the latter to assist
the hostess in the serving. Both
were a success.
EE.1 ~
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-04-19
What the Cow Has Done
Can Be Done Again

must De 1aceQ by the city dWeller,
and his 81, 100 Or ST., 200 net in.
come means as much to him as
the 81, 800 to So, 400 income of
his less fortunate brother who
dwells in the city and labors
from early morn until perhaps
late at night.
In the average community the
coming of new railroad or the
establishment of some great
manufacturing plant serves to
increase real estate values. In
Mount Vernon and vicinity the
discovery of the capabilities of a
cows production is responsible
for greater increase than the
coming to the average city of
two transcontinental roads. 1t
would be hard to find a multiple
of the ratio of increase of the
price Of lands in the surrounding
country.
AS an illustration, one promi-
nent citizen said:
Just seven years ago l went
out to look at some uplands,
which were covered with stumps,
and when the man asked me
$3.50 an acre, l told him he was
trying to rob me and indignantly
spurned his offer. Those very
same lands today are eagerly
bought at from SIS to $l00, and
with comparatively small ex-
penditure are made to sustain a
COW, which in a year will yield
it's owner from $110 to $120 net
income. And the land does not
have to be entirely cleared be-
fore an acre will sustain a cow.'
1t is quite true many farmers
do not have a COW for every acre
but it is also quite true that prac-
tically every acre in the sur
rounding country will sustain it's
cow. The result is that the cow
is forcing an era of land clearing
in the vicinity without parallel
in the previous history Of the
community. The so-called up
lands, so long disdained, are now
as eagerly sought after as were
once the fertile valley farms.
Dairying is being carried on on
a scale unprecedented.
What the COW has done for
Mount Vernon, she can and will
do for Roman or any other town
in the Flathead valley. Itseems
like with all the information that
has been impaired regarding the
amount of money to be made out
Of the creamery business, that
our farmers would get into the
cow business on a scale in keep
ing with the demands of the peo-
pie who are living here, at least.
There is shipped into Roman reg
ularly every month tons of but
ter, and all this product should
be produced at home instead of
away from here. Ask the mer-
chant how many cases of con-
densed milk he sells every year
and then compute how much
that is which leaves here
never to return.
The farmers of the Flathead
with limited acreage will see the
great benefit this would be to
them to get into dairying and cut
out the raising Of grain for mar
ket. Cows and chickens will be
the salvation of them all and the
sooner they get into this kind of
industries the better it will be
for all concerned.
Finished the Work
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-04-19

of Washington, which appeared
last Sunday in the Seattle Times,
is some startling information
concerning what the cow has
done for that town and the farm
ers surrounding it. It is here
that one of the largest condensed
milk canneries of the Pacific
coast is to be found, and what
that industry has done for the
farmers there can be duplicated
in other sections, with the same
energy expended as has been
exhibited by the people Of that
town.
The story alluded to is as fol-
lows:
Each municipality in the state
has some particular thing to
which is accredited it's present
prosperity or future hopes Of it.
1t may be only a certain kind of
fruit, which attains near perfec-
tion in it's vicinity, or it may be
lumber saving, or fishing, or
canning, or commerce or manu-
featuring.
In Mount Vernon it is the gen.
tie American cow that is given
credit for present abundant pros
perity and high hopes of even
greater yet to come. Here they
think milk, talk milk, ship milk,
and, more to the point, so far as
present prosperity be concerned,
they can milk. For this town is
the greatest milk canning center
of the Pacific coast. Located
here is the largest condensery or
cannery in the world the plant
of the Pacific Coast Condensing
Company, representing an in
vestment Of $3.50, 600, employing
40 people in it's operation and
paying out to employees and the
farmers of the surrounding coun-
try $500, a year for milk.
and slightly over a stones throw
distance is another condensery
with a capacity about two-thirds
as large and representing an in
vestment of about $500, 900.
The larger condensery uses
100, 900 pounds of milk a day,
for which the farmers receive
$1.67 a hundred. This means
$1,760 is paid out every day to
the farmers of the vicinity, and
as the condensery runs every
day in the year, including Sun
days, by continuing the equation
you ascertain that an average of
$50, 600 is paid out each month,
which means $500, 900 in a year.
These figures include the payroll
of the cannery's ITO employees.
The average price of a case of
milk containing four dozen cans
is $3.4O. And as 1000 cases are
produced on the average day, the
value of the daily output is
$4,000, and the annual output is
81, 100000. AS the smaller con-
densery has about two-thirds the
capacity of the larger one, the
value of it's annual output is
about 81, 100000, and in the
grand total Mount Vernon fur
nishes to the world canned milk
each year for which So, 800, 600
is exacted in payment.
Now, even the ordinary COW
will net the farmers at least S110
a year, and the better blooded
kind from $12o to ,$130. The
farmer with ten acres has room
on it for ten cows, as we'll as for
a home, barns and garden. His
net income is from 81, 100 to
$1,000 a year. And the word
met" is used advisedly, for it
must be borne in mind that he
has no rent to pay, providing he
owns this ten acres, which is
practically invariably the case;
he raises all the vegetables
which are required for his table;
L. l~r Fo,,, oE %lo ov~nncna fhof
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-04-19
Birthday Party

The home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Coker T. Rathbone was the scene