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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-28
THE GEORGIAN AND THE /. S. A.

Editor The Georgian:
AS a member of the International
Stewards association and until this
year fourth national vice president
and. incidentally. steward of the
Piedmont hotel, this city, l want to
thank you not only for myself. but
In the name OF all those who helped
to make the Culinary Exhibit at the
Piedmont possible for the space
and notice YOU gave us on the front
page of your Surely Newspaper"
on January %.
We appreciate this moreso be-
cause no other paper in the city
thought it worth while to pay any
attention to body of men repre-
senting the l. $. A. men who un-
selfshly are working for the vel
fare and benefit of mankind.
The members of the |. :. \. were
instrumental in having passed the
pure food law. They were the men
who introduced the so-called Will
son bill regulating weights. meas
ures and net containers, and the
|. S. A is now Introducing bill in
congress to bring in meat from the
Argentine Republic free of duty. in
order to reduce the high cost of liv
ing--not for the benefit Of the l. s.
A. but for the benefit Of the public.
The Hearst newspapers are al
vays with the people and nobody
"'' 'iass this more than the peoplA
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-28
Charles S. Barrett Would
Make an Ideal Secretary
of Agriculture
MIR Wilson, in Making Up His Cabinet Gould No Better
Than to Select the Head of the Union for This Tn
portant Portfolio.

The announced desire of the presdentelect being to select
for his cabinet not only thoroughly qualified service under
the administration, but foet loose with respect to their
fractional and material agnments interests is difficult
how he could make happy choice agricultural
portfolio than Barrett Of Georgia president Of the
National Farmers Union
Mr. Barrett is practical and eminently successful farmer
He knows the business of farming soil to the barn and
back He familiar by of his years at the head
of the great Farmers necessities and desires
the agricultural interests. He knows AS no OTHER MAN
CAN KNOW DURING PRESIDENT WILSON'S TERN OF
OFFICE, the rank and file of the knows their lit
tie wants no less than their big ones.
He of tremendous ability Never before
he assumed the presidency of the Union has such an
organization known what be successfully organized
and effectively promoted He keeps constantly with his
work-there other individual in the country completely
possessed Of the farmers confidence high esteem
Over and above all of that Charles Barrett has kept pol
tiles of the organization which he the head He has
kept in touch with legislatures congress
matter of course always partisan sue
gestion from the unions endeavor.
If Barrett made Secretary Agriculture he would be
secretary for the farmers rstfo politicians never lie
would know in state in the Union the qualified
help him in the work of the departments would know
them largely outside of their politics.
Personally Mr. Barrett has been all saunh Demo
crat On that there is nothing ask Never how
ever has he been Extensively partsanand partisan
all in the handling Of his work president union
If there is department of the government that surely
ought to be mnmzed in its politics. will be agreed that
the Department Of Agriculture If there department
requires not only familiar with its purpose
fcient executive ability to carry that purpose effect
the Department of Agriculture. If there is department that
needs A PRACTICAL MAN, AND NOT A POLITICIANS at its
head, it is the Department of Agriculture
These things being why Charles s. Barrett
gia
The president would make mistake in naming him for
the agricultural portfolio in the new cabinet
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-28

other things not calculated to ele-
vate the country.
The exclusion section OF the i'm
migration bill has been eagerly ad-
vocated by certain classes of labor
in the belief that by reducing the
supply of workers, it will be easier
TO wiring advantages from employ
ers. This attitude is worse than
selfish 1t is deplorably short sight
ed. The more uns1i1led work per-
formed, the greater the demand for
skilled employees. To put it diff
ferently: If there be a dearth of
common labor. fewer superior DO
sitions can be available. The lars-
er the army, the greater the num-
Der of non commissioned and COM
missioned officers necessary. There
must De al 7oequdle supply or
hewers Of wood and drawers OF
water We can not all do fancy
work Somebody has n nlon, eo,ds
,,or+ orons o,o,, sta,,l.- ,,,,,,. ...,
anu = 0' '"' '0P'''' '''' '''''' "'s
sewers sweep l"e streets put coal
In cellars and drive numbering WaE-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-28
NEW SWAMP" DISCOVERED.

Editor The Georstan:
7 eat,e, ,,,,.salr ~, having had
~ , - and IN
f.,
ny '''''''' : e'' ''''o'7'
wards, avenues, drives etc" oo' u
would take a better educated anu
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-28
Letters From Georgian Readers

The biggest advertisement, the big
gest boost ever given to the city
of Atlanta-if not the best compH-
ment paid this city-was that Mr..
Hearst thought enough Of Atlanta
to esta blish a paper here" Very
truly yours,
EDW. r. FISCHEL
Managing Steward the Piedmont.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-02-14
ROMAN SOCIALISTS ARE BUSY
Red Apple Banquet

Invitations have been issued
by the Missoula Chamber of
Commerce for a Red Apple ban
quet to be held in the Elks' Tenn
pie at Missoula tomorrow even
ing. Preparations are being
made to entertain a number Of
the members of the legislature,
many having signified their in
tention of attending.
This is the sixth banquet of
this character to be given by the
Missoula chamber of commerce,
and previous ones have been
largely attended and quite bene-
fetal. There will be a number
from Roman in attendance if
all go who have said they would.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-02-14
LETTER FROM COMMISSIONER
OF GENERAL LAND OFFICE

Sometime ago the Pioneer pub
lished a statement, which was
current in the newspapers at the
time, stating that there was a
law or departmental order pro-
hibiting any one person from Sc
curing more than 100 acres of
land under any of the govern
ment reclamation projects. Be-
ing interested in the matter,
letter was sent to the department.
for first hand information and it
is printed below just as received:
Washington, d. c., Jan. %,
1913. Mr.. Geo. c. Eckley, Ro-
nan, Montana. Sir:-In reply to
your letter of January Ii, 1918,
you are advised that so far as
known in this office there is no
law prohibiting any person from
owning more than 100 acres on
the Flathead Indian reservation
in Montana, and providing for
the reversion to the United States
of lands owned in excess of 100
acres. Very respectfully,
S. V. PROUDFIT,
Asst. Commissioner.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-02-14

road in the southern portion, or
close to 81, 100000 in railroad
valuation alone. Added to this
would be the real and personal
property of the territory or per-
haps another million. probably
not quite, making anyway 81, :
500, 600 of assessable property.
The north portion would not
have single mile of railroad,
and probably would not have for
years to come, less than a mill
lion Of assessable property and
one third the population of the
southern half, so how could they
have a divine right to anything.
Its pure gall. popycock and bluff.
They have lots Of the latter but
got caught with a bob-tailed
flush.
The Courier should ascertain
the facts before posing before
the people of the proposed new
Continued on page two)
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-02-14
Socialist Debate.

On Thursday evening, Feb. 20. at
O clock, there will be debate in the
Methodist church on the subject: ere
solved, that the principles of Socialism,
if adopted, would prove harmful to So
ciety" A. J. Newton of St. Ignatius,
will defend the cause of socialism, while
some local man will defend the present
capitalistic system. Everyone who un-
derstands socialism should come out to
hear the arguments against it and
everyone who does not understand
should come out and see if there is any
thing harmful or destructive in the So
calistic doctrine. Music will be fur
nished also. Everyone is invited. No
admission is to be charged.
COMMITTEE.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-02-14
Mud Creek.

Jim Nash is home from a month s
visit in Portland.
Dwight Large entertained the batch
elors of the district at dinner and cards
Sunday last.
knute johnson returned last week
from Il trip to Butte.
A social and business meeting of the
Mud Creek School association was held
Wednesday.
j. F. Olson, president of the Co.
operative union and state organizer
left last Sunday for Power, Mont, to
organize local.
Will Crawford, who has been in Null
Ian, Idaho. for the past few months,
returned Wednesday.
Marion Large returned to Dixon last
Tuesday after months visit with his
brother, Dwight.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-02-14
Flour Mill Statistics

The twenty-three flour mills OF
Minneapolis manufactured H.
100000 barrels of flour during
the year 1912. A single row OF
these barrels placed end to end
would reach a distance of $500
miles, or from Minneapolis to
Alexandria, Egypt.
Place these barrels in an up
right position side by side in a
single row and a person could
walk on top of them for a dis
tance of 5000 miles without STEP
ping on any barrel twice. They
would form three solid rows be-
tween Minneapolis and New
York. Would make a wall of
flour barrels 173 tiers in height
around the entire city limits.
This wall would be the same
height as the flagstaff on the
court house and city hall tower,
or 400 feet.
1t would take a train of rs, 900
cars to transport this enormous
production from one point to an
other. This train would be $40
miles in length.
Form these cars into a solid
stationary train on one track of
a double railroad track leading
out of Minneapolis to Grand
Rapids, Mich. Then tuck your
self nicely away in one of the
sleepers on fast passenger train
leaving Minneapolis at 500 p. m.
On your arrival in Chicago the
next morning at nine O'Clock,
after a thirteen hour ride, you
will have passed only two-thirds
the length of this train of flour.
1t would require an additional
journey of six hours to reach the
end of same, which is still nearly
two hundred miles away.
This flour would make two and
one-fifth billion loaves of bread,
or % loaves for every one of the
95, 600, 600 inhabitants of the
Udited States.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-02-14

bill to a comfy, so this year Pol
son fallers say We must be more
pacific, more diplomatic. Ay tank
Ga called it an so We had another
bill struck off on da typewriter
and sent it over to Heleny. Desc
new bill had all da offices in
eet too, but desc tam Poison fall
lers say We will be fair so they
pick out two of da county COM
missioners from Poison an da
Odder one vas a man who has
been clear across da reservation
to da south side an who owns
part in a steamboat on Flathead
Lake. Poison fallers say We will
also be perfectly fair and un-
biased and to show YOU our harts
are in da right plac, We will
Civ Roman da graf RESPONSE
BILE yob of bein Cornor of da
new county. Dem Poison fall
lers sent da john wanamaker of
da reservation over to Heleny
to get da bill through but ven
John got over dere, da tole him
to be perfectly fair about da
Continued on page two)
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-02-14
Kaiser Well Finished

The well being drilled on the
Kaiser place west of town has
been finally completed and good
water was found at a depth of
42l feet, and there is now $50
feet Of water in same. Owing
to unforeseen difficulties it was
necessary to drill three holes be-
fore a good we'll was encoun-
tered. From Kaiser's the drill
goes to Julius Rinke's in 2O-21.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-02-14
Mixing the Dope for
Town Election.
CANDIDATES BEING GRooMED

When it comes to politics, it
can truthfully be said that the
members of the socialist party in
Roman are never found sleeping
at their post. AS active workers
in the interests of the dear
people, they are there with the
goods both early and late in all
campaigns, and at the approach
ing spring election they propose
to put stop to the game of graft
in the conduct of the affairs of
the town of Roman.
For the past ten days the ac-
tive workers in the party have
been working overtime in the
preparation of a thoroughly rep
resentative ticket to be elected
at the annual city election. For
mayor, the socialists appear to
be unanimous for E. E. Healey,
principal Of the Roman public
schools. Mr.. Healey is one of
the staunchest advocates of 60.
cialism now affiliated with the
local organization and it is not
believed there will be any oppc-
sition within the party to his
nomination and election.
In the selection of candidates
for aldermen for the three wards
there appears to be more diff
Guilty in deciding upon suitable
candidates. In the first ward it
is generally conceded that j.
l.. Michaels will be on the ticket,
with the second place still to be
filled. Up to the present time
no positive selections have been
made in the second ward, the
names of several prominent So
cialists being under consideration
however. But one selection has
so far been made in the third
ward, that of J. w. Drake, a
prominent contractor and build
er. His running mate will be
chosen in due time and the So
cialists will be in the field with
a full ticket.
So far as known, none of the
present town officers will seek
reelection, one term proving
sufficient. Whether there will
be any opposition ticket to the
socialists remains to be seen, but
as it is yet some time before
election, there may be many
changes in the present lineup of
the socialists, and other tickets
placed in the field,
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-02-14
OLE 0LES0N
COMES ALIVE
Meester paper editor:

Meester paper editor:
1t has bane a long tam since
Ay rote to your paper before. but
Ay hav had a lot to do an not
mooch tam for rite latters. Fen
day furst plac Ay bane gittin
married since Ay rote to you the
las tam. Ven Ay COON by Nord
Dakoty from da old country, Ay
lef bahin ma a leetle yaller hared
gurl in Silbojok, and las winter,
ven da skeenery was all froz oop,
Ay vent down to Ellis Island by
Moo York, an ven Elsie COON off
da beeg boat We got married an
COON up har to my plac, High
On -The-Rocks.' Ay yoose capi-
tai latters on da nam of my piac
now, since dat banker faller from
Roman, Meester Brewer, had da
authors copyrite bill passed over
at Heleny. Veil, Ay bane busy
settlin down housekeepin, an We
got da cutest lettle babbie vat
you ever see. Ha has got q foony
lettle sqvare head, yoost lax has
fadder, only Elsie say mebbe ha
will know more. Ay hope so, be-
cause Ay tank Ay bane gitten da
bunk again from desc Poison fal-
lers. an mebbe you can tell me
eff Ay hav. You know how Ay
bane tryin to get rid of my plac
oop har, so as to move down by
Roman, but Ay could not sail out
without loosin more as Ay put in
da plac, so one day Poison fall
ler sed he had guide skeem. Da
vas goin to buy oop all da hill
sides around town an would Ay
sell. Ay sed you bet your life, an
Poison faller say he would geev
me my price for the p]ac. Ven
Ay vent to town for max out deed,
Ay say var is de mooney, and
Poison faller say da aint no
mooney passes in Poison real es-
tate deals nowadays, but he say,
We will issue you one of our new
Boom Bonds" " to pay for eet.
Ay ask heem vat vas boom bonds
an he say da vas payable in one
year after Poison geets da county
sect of Lake county. He say dat
vas all da keend of mooney da
vas in Poison yoost now; every
body was swappin dere boom
bonds with each other an prop
erty vas changin hans very rap
idly, so Ay took hees boom bonds
an den Poison faller tole me to go
back to my place an live there
till The boom comes. So Ay bane
livin oop har on my plac now an
Ay thought Ay would rite to you
and find out ven you tank the
boom will boom.
1t ees pretty dull oop har in
Poison desc winter. Da cole
weather. has froze da bay fast
to ola bottom an mebbe next
summer da boats will have to
COON into town on runners for to
get da Roman wheat an odder
tings. We hav had some fires
har desc winter but ven fire
starts it gifts discouraged an
stops for vat is the use of burn
in oop empty stores.
Da only excitement We hav is !
to talk about da new county sect,
and voner how in the world We ar
goin to get hold of eet. We had |
a movement oop har two years
ago for sam ting an at dat tam
We selected da county sect an all
da officers, in fac, evryting ex-
cept da tax levy, but da crool leg
iSlachur would not even refer nllr
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-02-14
Church Notice

Services will be held at the
usual time on Sunday. Subjects
for morning and evening re-
spectively: ''The Call of Abra-
ham," and Thou Art the Man. "
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-02-14
Asks WarranyDeed
to County Seat.
LAKE COUNTY BILL DOOMED

1t is not always the unexpected
that happens, and this was en-
phasized conclusively last week
when the Poison Courier printed
an account of the meeting of the
conference committee held in
Poison on the evening of Feb. 3.
That paper did just as it was ex-
pected to do. 1t misrepresented
the facts and made deliberate
false statements.
1t says that the Roman dele
gates made unreasonable de-
mands in that they insisted upon
having two commissioners. That
is absolusely false. The Roman
delegates never asked for but
one commissioner at any time,
but did insist upon being given
an even break in the selection of
the third member. That is all
they did ask, and if that is be-
ing unreasonable then what must
have been the demands OF Poison
when they insisted upon being
given the majority of the board
and even stated that their de-
nand was a selfish one and that
the Roman proposition contained
all the elements of fairness.
Now the Pioneer has no desire
to mis-state a single thing that
occurred at the conference meet
ing and in again detailing what
actually transpired in Poison at
the time will say that if it does
not tell the truth. it is willing to
apologize and admit being mis-
informed.
In the first instance, the meet
ing organized by electing A. w.
Pipes of Poison as chairman and
A. B. Beckwith of St. Ignatius
as secretary. 1t was decided to
define the boundaries Of the pro-
posed new county as the first
step toward arriving at a de-
cision. The Roman delegates took
the initiative in this matter and
requested of the Poison men that
they make their demands known.
The Poison men then said they
had decided to take in all the
reservation north of townships
Il to the reservation line and the
remainder Of township 25 north,
not included in the limits of the
reservation. This took in Proc
tor, town off the reservation,
and to this the delegates readily
assented, saying they would be
glad to have that territory if the
people up there were agreeable.
The northern boundary being
settled, the Roman delegates then
stated that it was their desire
that the southern boundary
should be the present boundary
line Of the reservation. Before
agreeing or disagreeing to this
the Poison delegates requested
permission to retire to discuss
the matter among themselves.
Permission was gladly given.
Upon re-entering the conference
room, they were agreeable to the
southern boundary and every
thing seemed lovely. The next
matter considered was county
officers. Both sides assented to
the proposition that one commits
sioner be given each division,
that is, one north of townships
q and the other south of that
line, the third to be settled on
later. The several county officers
were decided upon the basis as
set out in the Whiteside bill now
before the senate. This bill placed
the treasurer next on the list
after the county commissioners
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-02-14

Ed Farrow of Moose Jaw, Can
ada, arrived in Roman last Sun
day to visit his parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Jas. Farrow of 21-2O.
Born DR.. Putney reports a
son born to Mr.. and Mrs. B. D..
Liebel of 21-2O, yesterday morn
ing, Feb. l3, 1913. Mother and
son doing fine.
In a letter written to her fam
lily received this week, Mrs. G. F.
Foster told of being out of the
Butte hospital and that she
would be home sometime next
week.
The Kansas legislature has
passed a bill providing for the
state to print the school books
and furnish to pupils at actual
cost. That's putting a crimp in
the school book trust, alright.
The next meeting of the Roman
local No. 1, F. E. & C. U. of A.
will be held at Glacier View
school house on Saturday even
ing, February 22. After the
business meeting the doors will
open to the public for a social
meeting. Light refreshments
will be served.
Attention of readers is directed
to the remarkable showing made
in the tabulated distances and as
sessable valuation in the adv. of
the Big store on another page.
Mr.. Scarce has demonstrated
the fact conclusively that all sec
tons of the reservation will be
closer to the county seat when
located in Roman than they are
at the present time, no matter
where one lives. There tables
are approximately correctly and
are worthy of clipping out for
future reference.
j. B. Bear came near losing
his residence on the ranch west
of town by fire last Friday morn
ing. He has a galvanized saddle
on the roof into which the stove
pipe fits, and it had so loosened
up as to permit a fire to start on
the roof. Mr.. Bear was not at
home and Mrs. Bear and her
sister, Miss Lane, noticed the
fire and with a couple of buckets
of water soon had it eXtinguish-
ed. The fire started early in the
morning just after fire was
started in the kitchen stove, and
and it was a cold morning to
fight a fire.