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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-02-13
STATE ROAD FUND.

No. Of To whom For what
Warrant Issued Purpose Amount
1887 Joseph Berger, Labor on
state road Not. IS 800
1883 Leonard Berger, Labor
on state road No. and
4153s Leonard Berger, Labor 81
on state road No. 6 and
4154o william H;ettenabhurig, La. '00
Dor on state road No. 6 Is. 90
state road No. 8: 1890
1852 ]. p. Braun, Labor on
state road No. T.. 500
41543 Elmer C. Clark, Labor on
state road No. 8 and IL. 90
1854 Elmer G. Clark, Labor on
state road No. g.. 1900
41545 M. J. Cleveland. Setting
stakes on state road
4154e J. W. Fischer, Labor on
state road No. and s 100
41547 Carl Fitxan, Labor on
state road No. and z 20. 90
41548 John Gofka, Labor on
state road No. $1,000. 81 90
4l549L. Goika, Labor on state
road No. 26.0
1850 Phillip Hartman, Labor
on state road No. 8. 800
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-08-01
MAR0NEY FLEW IN HYDRO.
PLANE At |DLEW|LD SUNDAY

The flight of T. T. Maroney at
ldlewild island in Flathead lake
last Sunday, is reported to have
been a success as far as the fly
ing part was concerned, but as
much if not more dissatisfaction
is reported from those who went
to Poison purposely to witness
the flight than there was over
the delay in the exhibition at Ro-
nan last week. The people of
Poison are not to be blamed ex-
actly, except that the papers ad-
vertised the flight as taking
place on the lake at Poison,
when, in fact, it was always in
tended to have it occur at the
island so that the steamboat COM
panies could collect so much per
head for hauling passengers to
and from the island. 1t doesn't
pay to fool the people even part
of the time.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-08-01
DAIRY COWS
FOR FLA7HEAD

George Beckwith of St. Igna-
thus, who went east a couple of
weeks ago to purchase a herd Of
dairy cows to serve as a founda-
tion for the establishment of the
dairying industry in the Mission
valley, returned Tuesday, and
reported the purchase of 1l5
head of fine stock, including six
thoroughbred bulls, and heifers
from one to three years old, all
of high grade and Holstein breed.
They were purchased direct from
the farmers near Fort Atkinson,
Wisconsin, so that Mr.. Beckwith
had chance to investigate the
milk and butter producing quail
tiles of the mothers. The herd
is expected to arrive the latter
part of this week, and will be
distributed after few days of
rest. Dixon Herald.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-08-01
V. Stewart will be with the party
and perhaps others.

V. Stewart will be with the party
and perhaps others.
Should arrangements be ma1e
as planned, due notice will lie
given that everybody may have
the opportunity of coming to Ro-
nan on that date and get the ear
of Secretary Lane. At the out
set when he left Washington he
declared he did not wish any en-
tertainments hit did desire to
meet as many of the people as
he could and who had any mat
ters to communicate to him.
This method Of investigation
meets with hearty approval here
as the common people are the
ones most directly affected and
they are the ones he most desires
to listen to.
All deficits of the club were
arranged for Monday evening,
the members responding liber-
ally when the amount owing
was made known to them.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-08-01
MIGHT REPAIR ROMAN
BRIDGE At SAME TIME

Judge Patterson holds in a
decision affecting the ownership
of the bridge on Higgins avenue
in Missoula that the county must
keep same in repair, and this de-
cision is Of interest to the town
Of Roman. There is a bridge
across Spring creek, built by the
county, and which connects main
public highways, which is in
great need of repair just at this
time. If the county must main
tain and keep in repair the
bridges within the corporate
limits of Missoula, that same con-
dition prevails in Roman aud the
county should keep this bridge
passable.
The Roman bridge never was
much for looks or service, it hav-
ing been faultily constructed and
should never have been accepted
but now that it has been, the
commissioners should get busy
and make it presentable at least.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-08-01
EARLY MORNING FIRE
DESTROYS LUMBER YARD

An early morning fire destroy
ed the Denison or The Lumber
Co.'S. office and buildings Tues
day morning last. The origin of
the fire is mystery and looks
suspicious. When discovered the
flames had made such headway
as to prevent anything being
saved and the entire stock of
seasoned lumber and the sheds
and office were soon burned to
the ground.
The Lumber Co., had discon-
tinued business in Roman and
only a small stock of undisposed
finishing lumber remained in the
sheds and as no one was suppos-
ed to be around the premises
the origin Of the fire is difficult
to determine. None of the pro-
prietors were in Roman having
been away since the first of June
at which time they closed up
their Office here.
The loss has not been learned.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-08-01
DIGEST or THE MONTANA
STANDARD APPLE BOX Law

At the session of the legisla.
ture held at Helena, January and
February 1913, a law was enact
ed which established a standard
apple box for Montana, and fixed
the requirements for grades.
'The standard size of the ap,
pie box shall be of the following
dimensions, when measured
without distention Of it's parts:
Depth of end lO'2 inches; width
of end liz; length of box Is
inches inside measurements; as
near as possible 2l73's cubic
inches"
Amy box in which apples shall
be packed and offered for sale
that contains less than the re-
quired cubical content must be
market ''Short Box" on one side
and one end with letters one
inch high.
The box when packed and Of
fered for sale, shall bear upon it
in plain figures the number of
apples in the box (within 5 APP
ples); the name of the firm,
or organization who
shall have first packed or auth
orized the packing of the same;
also the name of the locality
where the fruit was grown; also
the correct name of the variety
Of apples in the box; also the
grade adopted by the grower,
firm, company or organization
that authorized the packing of
the fruit.
The grades adopted are Extra
Fancy, Fancy and &C" grade.
The extra fancy" grade
shall consist Of sound, smooth,
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-08-01
Cows, Old an Young

The age limit for definite use
fulness for a COW has never been
fixed. One of the leading ply
sicians of this country once
thought he had laid down a law
when he held that a man who had
reached 60 was done, so far as
any work was concerned. But
his arguments have all tumbled
down in the face of facts pre-
sented by men who at IS and so
have been doing the greatest
things in the world.
| suppose that most men would
argue that the cow that has
reached 8 years has come to her
prime and should not be kept
longer. But on our farm we
have at the present time a Jer-
sey cow that has reached the age
of 13 years and is still doing
good work. For a number Of
years we have thought that this
would be the last season we
would keep her, but she raises
such nice calves and gives such
good milk and in such plentiful
supply that we have kept her on
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-08-01
WATCH YOUR SpUOS
FOR the POTATO MOTH

Warming against a pest that
threatens every dinner table in
the land was issued lately by the
department of agriculture against
the potato moth, which is work.
ing havoc with the crop in num-
erous parts of the country and
whose ravages threaten to pre-
vent the planting of the vege-
table in many places of the win
ter supply. The pest especially
is prevalent in California and
Texas, the department reports,
and through shipments of early
potatoes it is being introduced
broadcast through the nation.
Experts in the bureau of ento-
mology urge potato growers to
look carefully over the potatoes
they dig and destroy every po-
tato and vine that shows the
slightest sign of the moth. Spec
ial attention, they add, should be
given to seed potatoes. Fumi-
cation with carbon bisulphide is
recommended.
The scientists utter a warning
against careless methods in
planting and harvesting potatoes
and declare unless protective
and defensive measures are
at once there will be a
serious reduction of the potato
crop" :"
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-08-01
West of Roman Party

I A small party of young folk
spent most enjoyable evening,
at the home of Miss Carolyn
Wolfe Saturday last. There
were games, music and dancing
and a delightful lunch served at
midnight. Those present beside
''home folk" were: Misses Edna
and Edith Whitney, Ada john
son, Helen and Florence Haegg
and Edna Meranda. Messrs. lilo
Whitney, B. F. Johnson, Harold
Haegg, C. H. Booth and Frank
Weaver of Idaho. Prominent
features of the entertainment
were music by Miss Edna Whit
ney, songs by Miss Wolfe, Ilo
Whitney and Billie Wolfe and
songs and jokes by Mr.. Haegg
and sister.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-08-01
M0|ESE, BIG BUTTE AND
VALLEY VIEW PROJECTS

and on to her present good old
age.
| MIXED the cow this morning
and could not help wishing we
had several more as good.
Now, as to the age of the
other extreme of life, when a
COW begins to be really useful is
quite poorly defined. l have seen
heifers at 2 or 4 that seemed to
be as good as they ever were.
The fourth year is called by
many the poorest year of all.
These men say you cannot tell
what a heifer will be until after
she has passed that age. And
yet at 2, l have some heifers in
my herd that are certainly prov
ing that some day they will be
valuable members of my herd.
1t is true that other heifers do
not develop quite as readily.
Some never get to be worth
keeping.
Because of this element of un-
certainty in young heifers there
are good many farmers who
would rather buy their cows al
ready matured and with estab-
lished regulations. | have a
brother-in-law who never thinks
of raising a cow. He says it costs
too much, and then you do not
know after you have raised your
cow what she will turn out to be.
So when he wants cow, he
steps out and buys her.
There is some grain of salts
faction to me, however, in watch
ing the development of the cows
of my herd from the little calf
up through. When I get a COW
of that sort l know her in all her
ways; and. what is quite desir-
able, she knows me. This mutual
is, as | look upon
it, a very desirable matter.
But the range of usefulness
does in the most cases lie be-
tween 8 and 10 years of age.
The cows younger than Cor older
han 10 which are really worth
keeping in the dairy are excep-
ions and not the rule. - E. L.
Vincent.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-08-01
Sale of State Lands.

State lands are being advertis-
ed for sale at Missoula on Goth
day of August, 1913, and include
25 different tracts in townships
contiguous to Roman. OF these
tracts three pieces are in 1920;
five pieces in 1921; eight pieces
in 1920; three pieces in 2l-2O
and six pieces in 1O-2l. Copy
of the official notice of sale may
be seen by calling at the Pioneer
office.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-08-01

Supervising Engineer Savage
has recommended that the
Moiese valley, Big Butte and
Valley View reclamation projects
be completed at once and has
sent to Washington detailed sur.
veys and recommendations tc
that effect. AS soon as approval
is given by the department in
Washington it is stated that bids
will be asked for the construction
of these units under the contract
system.
AS it requires considerable
time to advertise for bids and
get contractors under way, the
reclamation officials here at pres
ent, it is understood, will request
permission to continue some of
the work under way while the
bids are being asked for on the
other projects. This would de-
mand some labor and be a mar
ket for some farm produce, and
incidentally use up a considerable
portion of the money now avail
able.
The Pioneer has no hesitation
in saying that it approves of the
present plan to ask for bids on
all the remaining unfinished por-
tions of the Flathead project, be-
lieving that it will be to the best
interests of the settlers to COM
plete the work as soon as pos
sible, and by contracting it will
have accomplished this in much
less time than under the condi-
tions heretofore prevailing. This
paper trusts that the contractors
will not be subjected to the same
annoyance Mr.. Maher has been
put to and that who ever gets
the contract will make money
instead of becoming financially
embarrassed. The government
has no more license to change
the plans after a contract has
been let than an individual and
should pay for mistakes in like
manner.
The Moiese valley, Big Butte
and Valley View people are en-
titled to have the water made
available for their use at an early |
date and it would increase the
value of the land in those Sec
tions very materially were they
supplied with water for irriga-
ton purposes. It would mean
that every man who has a farm
in those sections had taken out
an insurance policy against the
loss of crops from drouth and
that has a value which cannot be
easily computed.
Farmers living in either of
these sections should make it
point to see Secretary Lane at
either Roman, St. Ignatius or
Poison on the 18th inst. and
urge upon him the necessity of
the early completion Of the pro-
jects destined to irrigate their
land.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-08-01
ROMAN PLAYS A GAMES
WINNING 8, LOSING S

well formed apples free from all
insect pests, disease, blemishes,
and physical injury, and all ap-
pies in this grade must show
natural color and be characteristic
of the variety. The color of ap-
pies of this grade shall be, for
solid red variety at least 70 per
cent of good red color; for strip
ed variety the apples must have
at least 45 per cent of red color
with yellow background; for red
cheek Or blush variety the ap-
pies must show distinctly color
ed cheek Or blush, and in this
grade no box shall contain more
than 200 apples. The fancy"
grade shall be composed only of
apples having the same physical
requirements as the extra fancy,
and be free from disease, blem-
ish, injury or defects as the
extra fancy, but may contain
apples that are slightly limb
rubbed or russeted. In solid
red variety the fancy grade must
have at least 35 per cent of good
natural color. Striped or partial
~ red variety must have at least
10 per cent of good red color;
red cheek or blush variety must
have correct physical qualities
without requirements as to color
and no box must contain more
than 225 apples. The &c"
grade shall be made up of all
merchantable apples not included
in the extra fancy and fancy
grades, and must be free from
insect pests, worm, and physical
injury. such as skin puncture,
and must be free from rot. The
requirements as to color shall be
omitted in this grade, and no
box contain more than 225 APP
pies. All other apples offered
for sale within the state of Mon
tana and not marked as extra
fancy" fancy" or &C" grade
shall be culls, and shall be mark
ed as "culls.
Section Z. All apples offered
for sale in this state in any other
manner than in the Standard
Box provided for in this act shall
be marked and sold as "cull ap-
pies" F."
Section 8. That any person,
firm, company, or organization
who shall knowingly pack, or
cause to be packed apples in
boxes, or who shall knowingly
sell or offer for sale such boxes,
in violation of the provisions of
this act, shall be guilty Of a mis-
demeanor. and subject to a fine
of not less than ten ($lO) dol
lars, nor more that fifty (S50)
dollars.
M. l.. Dean,
State Horticulturist.
Copies of the horticultural law
may be secured from this office
by any one desiring the same.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-08-01
COMMERCIAL CLUB
LAYING PLANS

A special meeting of the com.
mercial club was held last Mon.
day evening in the school house
TO devise plans for the securing
of a visit to Roman by Secretary
of the Interior Franklin K. Lane
on the 18th inst. This meeting
was held at the suggestion of
Senator Myers who writes that
he is particularly anxious for the
secretary to make a brief stop
here while passing through the
reservation.
Senator Myers has written that
he would wire the secretary and
also write him requesting him to
make a stop in Roman for at least
a couple of hours while enroute
to St. Ignatius after leaving Pol
son, as he believes it would be to
his advantage to know the peo-
pie here and learn first hand
their wishes on the questions
which were the subject of the
resolutions adopted here in May
at the joint meeting of the COM
mercial clubs of the reservation.
1t is a we'll known fact that for
over three years the Roman COM
mercial club has been continually
on the job to secure the reforms
asked for at that meeting and it
is more through the efforts of
this organization and the indi-
vidual members that these ques-
tions have been finally brought
to the attention of the secretary
than through any and all other
sources combined.
Much study has been given
conditions here and while the
local officials of both the recla-
nation service and the Indian
office have never looked with
favor on any of the propositions
advanced, the secretary in a late
interview has approved many of
the suggestions advanced in ref
erence to Indian matters, and an
effort will be made to induce the
department to favor many of the
reclamation ideas. Particularly
the question of having the gov
ernment bear the expense of the |
ditch construction the same as
river and harbor improvements. |
The club appointed a commit
tee composed of Stanley Scarce,
A. M. Sterling, A. J. Brewer,
Coker F. Rathbone, Fred ].
and the president l. M. I
Brandjord and the secretary A.
M. Thornburgh were added, to
have charge of the arrangements
and to meet the secretary at Pol
son and accompany the party TO
Roman on that date. Gov. Sam
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-08-01

Inc showing made by the RO-
nan team will average up we'll
with the general run of base
ball teams, as the result of the
IA games played is recalled. The
team has been handicapped this
year as in the past, by reason of
the fact that so many of the
players live away from town and
are not in close enough touch
with each other to do any prac-
ticing. All are local men who
either own farms or are working
all the time and Sundays have
been the only days they could
get away from their work to
play. This always prevents
team work, and the showing
made is good one, everything
considered.
The following is a summary of
the Ia games played:
April 37-F. J. White elected
manager of Roman base ball
team. Dance April 26 netted
$50 for the ball team.
April II Roman walloped by
st. Ignatius on Roman grounds:
score IL to 6; Wagner and Coveli
pitchers; Tom Wagner catcher.
April 1S- Poison l3, Roman Z.
Covell and Hull pitchers. Roman
grounds.
April Is Roman finally wins
game IL to 10, Big Arm and Ro-
nan. Gilbert Burland and Earl
Wagner pitchers; Dupuis and
Wagner cauchers. Roman grounds.
May 30-U. S. r. s. VS.. Ro-
nan. Bu,land pitched two in
nings. Hull five, Wagner two.
Roman wins IL to 10. Roman
grounds.
June l. Roman VS.. St. Igna-
titus. Wagner and Hull pitchers.
Wagner and Dupuis catchers.
Score Z to:6:favor of Roman. ST.
lgnatius grounds.
June 8-Polson IL, Roman z.
Poison grounds.
June Is u. S. r. s. VS.. Ro-
nan. Score Is to 3 favor of Ro-
nan.
June 20 Poison IL, Roman 9.
Hull pitcher. Roman grounds.
June 22- Roman plays at Big
Arm. Score Is to z favor Of
Roman. Mcdonald and Hull
pitchers.
June 90 Roman VS.. Farmers.
Score 22 to favor of Roman. B.
Hull pitched six innings, P. Hull
four.
July 4-Ronan 3, Poison S.
Poison grounds. Hull pitcher.
July G. Roman II, St. Ignatius
a, on Mission diamond. Hull
pitcher.
July 13 Dixon Z, Roman 2. at
Roman. Hull pitcher.
July 23- Roman wins from ALL
star team from Big Arm. Score
6 to 4.
1t is not definitely known
whether or not any more games
will be played and it cannot be
positively until after the
rush OF harvest work is over.
The chances are that next month
other games will be scheduled
and some of the good sport en-
joyed heretofore will be repeat
ed.
Manager White desires that
anyone having bills against the
club present them at once that
arrangements may be made to
pay same.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-24
NORTH SIDE NEWS
Storm Creates Damage in
North Topeka and Vicinity.
Bell Telephone Suffers Loss by
Poles Blowing Down.

The storm which occurred last night
did a great deal of damage in and
around North Topeka. The Bell Tele-
phone company suffered great loss
when nearly a half mile of poles blew
down near the Reform school. Four
teen toll circuits were involved in this
break and it will be some time before
they can be repaired. Farmers living
near North Topeka report that great
number of fruit and shade trees could
not Withstand the wind and were con-
siderably damaged. The hail broke
some of the glass in hot beds near
Shorey and also frightened a number
of horses hitched in front of the various
churches in North Topeka. large
sign board just south of Fire Station
No. blew down and is lodged across
the sidewalk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-24

leave the middle of April for Ashville,
n. c., to visit Mr.. Scandarett's sister,
Mrs. J. w. Burt.
Mrs. Nathan Price will leave this
week for a trip to California.
Mrs. c. w. Kouns will leave Satur
day for New York to visit relatives.
G. M. Rathburn stopped in Topeka
today on his way from Utah to State
line. Mississippi, where he will make
his home.
A party of Topeka people giving a
concert tonight at Silver Lake are:
Miss May Clark's trio, made up of
Miss Clark, violinist; Mr.: Frantz, eel
list, and Miss Ollie McNown, pianist,
assisted by Miss Katherine Aibaugh
and Bernard McMann.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Howard of Meri-
den are visiting at the F. G. Kibbie
home, 1906 Lane street.
Miss Marie Palmer is visiting Mrs.
George A. Poteet of Wichita.
Mrs w. M. Stewart and her daugh-
ter, Miss Margaret F,aris, of Oklahoma
City are here visiting Mrs. Stewart
mother, Mrs. ]. D. wooters.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. w. Allen have re-
turned to their ranch near Meriden,
after having spent most of the winter
with Mrs. Aliens parents, Mr.. and
Topeka in the early fall, and occupy
their new bungalow now in course of
construction on Douthitt and Fillmore,
and make this their home.
The final afternoon meeting of the
women of the Fourth ward was held
Saturday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. L. A. GiIlett, III Fillmore street.
The meeting was called to order by
the president. Miss Maud Mary Kline.
Various topics were discussed, includ-
ing the identifying Of Topeka. Mrs.
Roebrt Gordon and Mrs. Noble Prem
tbs spoke on the subject, and Mrs.
Prentis suggested among other things,
the planting of flowers in the alleys.
The city political situation was dis
cussed and the qualifications of the
different candidates, followed by a
social hour and q luncheon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-24
BOUGHT Big HOTEL.
S. G. Humphreys Acquires Million Dol
lar Hosiery at FL Paso.

Horace Humphreys of the National
hotel has just returned from Ell Paso,
Texas, where he and his father, S. G.
Humphreys of Wichita, closed a deal
for the new million dollar hotel Paso
Del Norte, recently built and which
was opened to the public on Thanks
giving day last. The Humphreys also
acquired from the Ell Paso e. South
western Railway company the beauti-
full summer resort hotel and cottages
located on top of the White noun
tains at Cloud Croft, New Mexico. This
gives the Humphreys five hotels. S.
G. Humphreys will be in charge of the
Texas and New Mexico hotels and
Horace Humphreys will look after the
Eaton at Wichita and the National
and Glenwood at Topeka