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The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-10-31
MEXICAN SITUATION MIXED
POWER WITH UNITED STATES

The Mexican situation has not
cleared up very fast, although
an election was held in that re-
public last Sunday. Latest indi-
cations are that no candidate re-
ceived sufficient votes to make
his election legal and as a con-
sequence Huerta will hold on as
dictator. There evidently is an
agreement between the United
States and the European powers
to keep hands off and let the
combatants settle matters in
their own way, although the
United States may be forced to
take a hand to preserve the
rights Of American citizens now
there. A war to enforce collec-
tions of accounts should not be,
and those with money who ven-
ture away from home to invest
it take their chances on the
safety of the investment.
President Wilson made speech
in Mobile, Ala, Monday last and
while making direct allusion to
the Mexican situation, declared
that the United States would
never acquire another foot of
territory by conquest. While
probably speaking only for his
present administration, it would
be a good policy to adhere to.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-10-31
BAND WILL RE. E.0RChN|zE:
FOR WINTER CONCERTS

Editor Pioneer: learn with
pleasure that Prof. Judges will
remain here this winter and re-
organize his band and orchestra.
Also that he will give about two
concerts each month. Nothing
advertises a town better than a
good band and orchestra. An
other thing, the money paid for a
local concert remains in town.
Some of US remember with more
pain than pleasure the hustling
we were compelled to do, two
years ago, to make both ends
meet in order to raise $3.50 for a
travelling company to take out of
town. think most Of US are in
favor of home talent entertain
ments. | bespeak for these con-
certs a liberal patronage.
A. SUTHERLAND.
A meeting of those interested
in the e-organization Of the band
and orchestra will be held at the
school house on Tuesday, Nov. 8,
at 2:30 p. M, and a good attend
ance is desired. We are inform
ed that free instructions will be
given to those desiring to Join
either the band. or orchestra.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-10-31
SOIL INCUBATION
FOR ALFALFA CROP

That alfalfa is valuable plant
because of it's high proetin con-
tent and the fertilizing effect it
has on the soil on which it is
grown, seems to be pretty we'll
known. The bacteria which
brings about these desirable re-
suits by the nitrogen of the air
are something of which most
farmers have a speaking knowl-
edge. The most reliable evil
dence of these bacteria being
present in a soil is the presence
of the nodules on the roots of the
alfalfa. The question which con-
fronts the average farmer is how
to obtain the incubation of the
soil in a field which is not inocu-
lated or which has never grown
alfalfa.
First, let us notice what inocu-
lation means, or what takes
place. incubation is merely the
transferring of some of these
bacteria from one field to an
other.
There are two general methods
OF making this transfer, the soil
method and the pure culture
method, The soil method is the
one which is recommended for
the Montana farmer. This meth
cd consists merely of securing
some soil from an alfalfa field,
which is known to be inoculated,
and broadcasting it over the new
field at the rate of two hundred
pounds per acre. After this is
done the field should be thor
oughly narrowed. The following
year soil may be obtained from
the new field for incubation.
The precaution to be observed
in the soil method is to avoid the
transfer of Objectionable weeds,
such as dodder, to the new field.
For this reason care should be
exercised to obtain soil from a
field free from such weeds. w.
0. Whitcomh, Assistant Agron-
omlst, Montana Agricultural Col
lege.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-10-31

One noticeable feature Of the
Montana display is the enormous
potatoes shown; these are Great
ing all sorts of interest and daily
hundreds of these 'spuds' are
cut open to show the doubling
public that they are not hollow,
but white, bright and clear all
the way through. One weighing
five and three-quarters pounds is
the largest and sacks weighing
one hundred pounds with but 80
to 40 ''spuds" is a common occur
ence. The fact that the North
ern Pacific railway uses these
potatoes on their dining cars
prove that their flavor and cook
ing qualities are not lost in their
hugeness. Over five million
bushels of potatoes were mark
eted in Montana this year bring
ing the producer S1.00 per hun
dred on the average.
One lady accused the Montana
attendants of selling perfumery
but when she was told that this
delightful odor was merely the
aroma from the bright, red apples
displayed, she was quite amazed
that apples were really grown
there, but when told of several
of the valleys which raised up to
as high as 25O cars annually a
new conception of Montana as to
diversified crops was brought
out, for Montana's land values
range from the homestead and
cheap farm lands to the sunny,
slopy hills of the fruit sections
whose value per acre are natur-
ally increased due to the in
creased value in production.
In fact Montana's booth is SO
neatly and artistical]y arranged
that it Sets off the building in
which it is located in such man
ner that it brings about feeling
to just hang around" and talk
with those in charge, none of
whom exaggerate in any. way,
but tell in plain simple language
the success of the contented
many thousands who have select
ed Montana as their home-a
state whose natural productive-
ness is so vast and rich that it
has been nick-named 1.-The
Treasure State"
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-10-31
Sugar-Cured Ham and Bacon

When the meat is cooled, rub
each piece with salt and allow it
to drain over night. Then pack
it in a barrel, with the hams
and shoulders on the bottom,
using the strips of bacon to fill
in between or to put on top.
Weigh out for each 100 pounds
of meat 8 pounds of salt, two
pounds of brown sugar, and two
ounces of saltpeter, Dissolve
all in four gallons of water, and
cover meat with the brine. For
summer use it will be safest to
boil the brine before using. In
that case it should be thoroughly
cooled before it is used. For
winter curing it is not necessary
to boil the brine. Bacon strips
should remain in this brine four
to six weeks; hams and shoul-
ders, six to eight weeks. This
is a standard recipe and has
given the best of satisfaction.
Hams and bacon cured in the
spring will keep right through
the summer after they are
smoked. The meat will be sweet
and palatable after it is smoked
and the flavor will be good. An
drew Boss, University of Mime
sofa.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-10-31
CATTLE, HOGS,
AND PROSPERITY

Roman merchants are buying
much farm produce and from all
indications this branch of their
business will greatly increase
during the coming year. Our
farmers are turning their atten-
tion to COWS, hogs and diversified
farming just as rapidly as possi-
BILE and every shipment of dairy
cattle is bought just as soon as
they arrive. Along with the COWS
they are raising many hogs, and
it is no unusual thing to hear a
farmer say he will have no grain
to sell but that he will be buying
before another crop is raised.
With the advent of more recla-
nation bitches in sections which
have little or no water, the stock
raising business will take on still
renewed life and it is a safe pre-
diction that a year or two more
will find all the farmers feeding
all the grain they produce every
year. To keep sufficient stock to
eat the grain now raised entails
too much labor in the way of
hauling water and as soon as this
difficulty is overcome a marked
difference will be witnessed.
Many farmers think they have
no feed for COWS but this plea is
not we'll founded when we con-
slider what a silo will do for them
in this respect. A silo Of 40 tons
capacity will winter over 100 head
of cattle, and it would furnish
the best of feed for a dairy herd
the year around. The cost of a
silo is very little when built on
the plan that many are following.
It is stated authoratively that Is
acres of fodder corn will fill 40
ton silo, and this would be very
cheap feed. Last season one
farmer, not five miles from Ro-
nan, had about eight acres in fall
rye and the number of horses,
cows and hogs pastured on this
small tract is surprising. At no
time during the dry period was
the stock without good feed, and
they did we'll all the time. He
had at least four head of horses,
four or five head of COWS and a
dozen or fifteen head of hogs in
this pasture all summer, and it
shows what can be done in the
way Of providing good pasture
for all kinds of stock on small
place. This particular farmer has
only forty acres and his income
must have been much greater
than some who have more acres
to cultivate. 1t is method that
counts.
Deputy State Dairy Inspector
Arthur made the statement in
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-10-31
RAPID SETTLEMENT Of
THE GREAT NORTHWEST

takes the position that it is to the
best interests of the state to Sc
cure the settlement and cultiva-
ton of the state land grants,
rather than for the state to play
the part of the speculator and
hold the land for the purpose of
profiting by the unearned incre-
ment. The governor takes the
position that it is better for these
lands to be sold at the present
time for from $40 to 500 per
acre than to be sold 20 years
hence at from 500 to $40 per
acre."
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-10-31
Col. Rankin Dead

Col John K. Rankin, who was
the alloting agent for the Flat
head before the opening, died in
Lawrence, Kansas, Wednesday
Of this week. He was engaged
in the work of alloting the In
dians here about two years ago
and was well known to all who
lived here at that time.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-10-31

is noticeably increasing per-
centage which request infor-
nation regarding the sale and
leasing of Montana state land,
and it is apparent that with the
rapid settlement of the public
domain, especially near railroad
facilities, settlers are coming to
look with more and more favor
upon the opportunities offered
them by the state government.
Discussing this phase of the re-
suit of the states publicity cam
paign, Commissioner Kennedy
said:
There is no question that
many Of the settlers coming into
Montana now look with much
favor upon the opportunity to Sc
cure home by the purchase of
state land, and under the favor
able terms which this state land
is offered, | anticipate that the
next year will show an enormous
movement in this class of prop
erty.
''As is generally known, the
state of Montana has approx
mately 1000, 600 acres of land
granted it for various public pur-
poses. This grant includes sec
tons 16 and 3G in each township
for public school purposes, 14O,-
600 acres for the agricultural
college, $4,000 acres for the
state capitol building, $4,000
acres for the deaf and dumb
school, 100, 600 acres for the re-
form school, 100, 600 acres for
the school Of mines, and approxi-
mately so, 600 acres for the state
university. Under the terms of
this land grant, which terms
were embodied in the state con-
stitution, none of this land may
be sold for less than $40 per
acre, Or where appraised at a
higher figure may not be sold for
less than the appraised value.
The state maintains each season
an adequate field force engaged
in selection, appraising and re-
appraising this land, and for the
past several years there has been
a slight upward tendency in the
appraised value Of these state
lands. All state lands are sold
at public auction to the highest
bidder, subject to the minimum
price, and in the past year
the average price of all
state land has been in the neigh
borhood of $17 per acre.
Exceptionally good terms are
offered to purchasers of state
lands, they being required to
pay but Is per cent of the pur-
chase price down and to pay the
remainder in 20 equal annual in
stallments, with interest on de-
ferred payments at the rate of
5 per cent year. In view of
the fact that the state does not
require residence upon the land,
these terms are easier than those
under the homestead law.
1T is the policy Of Governor
Stewards administration to offer
all possible facilities to those who
desire to purchase state lands,
and in pursuance of this policy
more sales have been held this
year than was required by the
statutes. The law provides that
a sale be held in each county at
least once every two years, but, .
owing to the number of requests
received, several sales were held /
this year in counties in which
sales We're held last year. In
this connection it should be
borne in mind that no land is
offered for sale except those sub
divisions for which previous ap-
pIication, accompanied by a NOM
lnal fee Of SO cents, has been
made, and that before the sale is
held each tract is advertised in
some paper published in the
county in which the land is
located.
Governor Stewart properly 7
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-18
Juggling Butter Prices by
LaW-Breaking Monopoly

One of the last suits brought by Attorney General Wicker
sham against the Egn Butter Board the organization of
Western cold storage which controls absolutely the price
butter in this country Apparently this suit brought in the in
of the American housewife has not been actively pros
ecued by the present Attorney General to ey the defend
At all events find them busy boosting the price of
butter because butter production has decreased but be-
they power take of the market and
artificial scarcity.
Despite the pending suit to dissolve the Egn Board its
members and their associates withdrew from the market
million hundred and sixty pounds of butter during the
month of August
Foryhree of the big butter storage plants reported hav
ing sxtyve million five hundred and forty pounds hand
August l.
September forytwo cold storage plants had seventyw
million pounds. The difference added in month
AS result of this manipulation of the supply the price of
butter in the past month has increased five pound
August the best creamery butter sold wholesale for TWEEN
tysx and half cents while few days ago wholesalers
charging thyone and half cents pound The retail price
was hrtynne cents while inferior grades sold three
cheaper
There supply and demand regulation of these prices
It the result of successful effort to combine the produc
ing farmers but the parasite middemen force to
pay outrageous prices for household necessity.
Here plain violation of the antitrus law well Grim
inal extortion.
would be interesting to know the present Attorney
General intends press the suit of the Government against
these extortionsts and if not, why not.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-18

1t may not appear to the pedestrian but all automobl
lists joy riders speed demons drunken unatcs
frightened child careless preoccuped man
moving suddenly the middle of the street may be hit by the
respected the speed laws the
laws of
The suggestion that pedestrians be compelled to obey the
traffic laws and be forbidden the streets except at the
corners where provision be made for their safety is not
covert blow the liberty of the individual deep dark
plot to turn the city highways to the plutocra
is only logical that the responsibility for accidents should
be put upon the the automobile and he must be COMPEL
ed to every reasonable He must be forced keep
in mind that though children errac and Eighty
and it his business to that Of
these things makes him any of them
is of the business streets and of the dveways that
foot travellers should be kept the sidewalks and crossings
Of course, NO SUCH RULE CAN BE APPLIED TO THE
RESIDENCE STREETS THAT ARE THE SOLE PLAY
GROUNDS OF THE CHILDREN OF SWARMING NEIGH
BoRHooDS
The may be ideal places play but they
all that those children have and while it may be annoying to
the in the automobile crawl gngery and with his heart
in his mouth through these congsed districts he must not lose
track the fact that the play of the children important
than his comfort his convenience.
So the traffic laws should be made to keep pedestrians
the sidewalks except regular crossings and the people
foot should be compelled obey the crossing policeman wh
tie readily the in the machine.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-18

Now, that is my rule for health,
and that is what I eat. What 10
you say to it? If you could have
seen me nine years ago and could
see me now, you would know that
there is something in 1t, for I am
about the healthiest person you
ever saw.
While the men and women who
are enjoying good health may not
feel interested in this menu, it
should be clipped and saved ana
tried by the many dyspeptics who
are paying useless money for pat
ent medicines and fleeing doctors
with no results.
Poor people who are trying 70
sustain life on cheap food badly
cooked, and who find the food trusts
an insurmountable obstacle to
economy, could not do better than
to give this diet a fair trial for u
few months.
Health and a good bank account
may result, two great factors in
happiness.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-18
By GARRETT P. SERVISS

per square foot of surface. Now,
no bird is anything like so inef-
ficient as that.
1t becomes evident, then, that
the wing of the bird depends for
its power upon something else be-
sides area. The elements that
must be taken into account, and
which we can not yet initiate, or
fully comprehend, are the quail
ity of the feathers, the stiffness of
the supporting ribs, their elasticity,
and other unknown circumstances,
which, it is suggested, may depend
upon alimentatiOn of the bird, that
is, upon its mode of nourishment
and digestion, which, in turn, af-
fects its nervous and muscular sys-
TENS.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-18
One Mans Diet and What It Did for Him

woman, who is filed with high
ideals of life, declared she would
rather die and be done with it than
force herself to give up her favorite
foods and beverages coffee in par
ticular) in order to benefit her
health
1t is the belief of many people
that various kinds of food are nee
essary to the building up Of a Wig
orous body and that a change of
diet should be made frequently.
Certainly a monotouous menu pals
upon the appetite, and unless the
following list of eatables could be
changed and augmented not many
Of US would be happy in our re
pasts for any length of time.
Nevertheless, when a man makes
such positive statements regarding
the benefits resulting from such a
diet, benefits to body and purse, it
is worth considering. Let us listen
to what he says:
Here's a weu-balanced ration for
one day I eat only a little fruit
for breakfast.
BreakfaSt-One apple or banana
Dinner-One dish of homemade
corn flakes, one dish of boiled wheat
cereal. one dish of vegetable salad,
two or three slices of whole wheat
bread, one banana.
Supper-One dish of homemade
wheat flakes. one dish of home
made hulled homiuy, one baked po-
tato. one dish of fruit salad. whole
wheat or graham bread.
I suppose you Will say that
sounds monotonous. but I don't eat
to crafty discerning and whettei
appetite. ! eat to be strong and
well and to supply my body with
the foods that it really needs.
Nine years ago l was a wreck
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-18
Study Birds to Discover
Secret of Their
Flight.

Messrs. Housay and Magnan, Of
the Paris Sorbonne, have, with
this object in view. investigated
the fight of 200 birds, belonging
TO seventy-five different species.
They have discovered many very
interesting facts, which may serve
to guide the inventors of future
aeroplanes.
One thing that they have found
out, which greatly surprised them,
is that the ratio of the motive pow
er of birds to the supporting sur
face of the body and wings varies
inversely instead of directly. This
means that if the supporting sur
face is large the motive power is
prOportiOnately small, and if the
supporting surface is small the
motive power is proportionately
large. Or, to put it in different
words, the larger the wing surface
the smaller the motive power, and
vice versa.
This fact may prove of great use,
for hitherto it has been assumed
by the makers of aeroplanes that
the best flying machine must be
that having the most powerful mo-
tor and at the same time the great
est lifting power per unit of sur
face. Exactly the opposite rela-
ton is found among birds. The
best flyers have, by far, the fee
blest motive power and carry the
smallest weight per unit of sur
face.
Direct comparison has shown
that If an aeroplane of thirty feet
spread, and carrying about four
pounds per square foot, is reduced
homolOgously, or part by part. to
the dimensions of a bird of three
feet spread, it can carry a weight
of only about twO-fifths of a pound
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-18
Invisible Air Current.
Play Big Parts in
Flying.

Nobody could see how it did il.
Invisible air currents probably play
a part in the phenomenon, but that
is not all. The secret also lies
partly in the structure and action
of the feathers and in the control
of the bird over the curvature of
its wing surfaces.
Existing aeroplanes are a good
beginning, but only a beginning.
and before they can be perfected
we must carry them through a
course of evolution resembling that
which the birds have undergone
during the long ages that have
elapsed since their reptilian an
cestors first developed wings and
learned to fly.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-18
SQUABBLING.

Editor The Georgian;
It is unfortunate. 70 say the
least, that the Mayor and the
Rev. Mr. Mcconnell are at logger
heads. Il is more unfortunate
that they should air their griev-
ances in the public prints. Such
exchange Of opinions can do no
possible good. II anything. it
does real harm. I for one would
be glad TO see these gentlemen
declare the whole thing ~ and
settle down once more to the
more important things or this
busy life. OLD FOGY.
Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-18
Letters From the Readers of The Georgian

with seven children to raise-four
girls and three boys. My girls
have been safely guided but now
my two boys are growing up (the
oldest is marrieG) and getting out
into the world with its influences.
l dare not preach too much to
them, for they only laugh at me.
Every days picture l cut out
and lin it on my bulletin board in
the dining room. so when they are
all home at o'clock dinner they
an look az il and read il.
l can see the impression il
makes is better than my talking.
MRS. J. B.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-18
Understanding FIJI G h t
Would Solve Flying
Machine Problem.

Probably Il complete comprehen-
sion of the mechanism of flight of
a single bird, such as the gull,
would place in our hands the means
of making flying machine incOm-
parably superior to any yet pro-
duced. The full secret of the bird
being discovered, we might be able
to initiate it. But that secret re-
mains hidden.
Not long ago l stood on the deck
of a steamer in Plymouth harbor,
and, with a number of intelligent
men, who were as interested as
myself, watched the flight of hun
dreds of gullS. which came so close
that the movements of their eyes
were plainly visible. 1t was an ex-
hibitiOn of natures magic as Won
derful as could be imagined. The
birds scared, turned, descended,
rose, increased and decreased their
speed, by slight tippings of their
wings and changes of balance,
only occasionally Tapping their
wings for a few seconds, and IL &C
tually seemed to the observer SIS if
they did all this by mere exercise
of the will, as we sometimes mag
inc ourselves flying in our dreams.
One would have said that they pos
Sessed some source or kind Of en-
ergy unknown to us. When the
steamer moved off they followed
and, without the least apparent
eXertiOn, and often without any
visible movement of wing, kept
abreast Of it, outstripped it and
sailed all around it. Without II
single flap of its wings a gulA
would suddenly double it's speed. !