The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-05-16

4 Stanley Scarce went down to
Mlssoula Tuesday night and re-
turned yesterday.
An option has been taken by
John Nadeau on the Harry Bur-
land eighty adjoining the Roman
townsite on the northeast.
John Nadeau, the Bigfork auc-
tioneer, has been in Roman this
week hunting a tract of land to
buy for a home. He has come to
the right place for an ideal home.
Harold W. Haegg, secretary,
announces a meeting of the Fair
view school organization on Sun
day afternoon, May Is, at 3 p. m.
All are urged to attend as there
is important business on hand.
David Melton has leased the
Spencer Powell cottage and has
moved his family to Roman. Mr.,
Melton is the man who gets the
wells with the Melton & Rinke
drill west Of town so frequently.
( The Roman and other reserva-
ton Elks will take the Roman
band to Missoula for the Elks'
convention to be held in August.
The Roman Elks will enter the
band for the prize and expect to
return with the cup.
Geo. E. Broughton and wife
left Tuesday for their Wisconsin
visit. Mrs. Lemire was unable
to accompany them owing to
measles in the family. The lat
ter expects to leave in a week or
ten days at which time Mrs. A.
L. Crawford will leave also for a
visit at her old home in Bemidji,
MINI.
Mrs. Porter L. Wilburn and lit
tie son and Miss Florence Dins-
more of Sibley, Iowa. are visiting
with Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. White.
The ladies are making quite a
western trip and will stay in Ro-
nan a couple Of weeks. Miss
Dinsmore goes from here to Glas-
gov to visit frieds before return
ing to her Iowa home.
Geo. B. Spaulding, who has
been homesteading west of town
and clerking for Stanley Scarce.
for the past fifteen months, left
yesterday for Hamilton where he
enters the employ of his brother,
merchant of that place. Mr..
Spaulding has made many friends
here who wish him we'll and hope
for his early return to the Flat
head.
]. D. Derrig, the engineer in
charge of the N. P. surveying
crew, was in Roman Saturday and
Sunday last and took in the ball
game in the afternoon of the lat
ter day. Mr.. Derrig is recon-
noitering the country very thor
oughly and will endeavor to select
a route to Roman which will meet
with the approval of the directors
of the road.
Fred T. Sterling and daughter
Miss Dorothy, her friends Miss
Robbins and Miss Robinson, and
Walter Beck of Missoula, passed
through Roman Sunday last en-
route to Kalispell and returned
Tuesday staying in that city two
nights and one day. They re-
ported the roads much better
than expected and that good
time was made on the trip.
Seed Flax For Sale.
RESERVATION LAND & LUMBER Co.
|. NJ. Brand!ord leaves today
on trip which is expected will
take in Shelby, Great Falls, Lew
iston; Havre, Grass Range and
number of other towns in the
northern and eastern part of the
state. He goes as the advance
agent of a number of North Da-
kota people who are seeking for
homesteads in Montana and this
trip is for the purpose of getting
information as to the most avail
able location for the colony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Heyer living ~
miles northwest of Roman near
the Flathead river, We're in town
Tuesday bringing with them the
cream from nine cows. This
was their first visit to Roman but
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