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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-02-21

The great opportunity offered the
lea clearly is shown in the statistics
furnished by the government and
quoted below. While the United States
is the greatest cotton producing coun-
try in the world, the imports of manu-
featured cotton goods exceed the value
of exported goods of similar character.
yer half of. Americas raw cotton is
exported and manufactured abroad.
Why not manufacture the goods at
home and keep the profits in the United
States?
Imports of cotton manufactures into
the United States, the producer OF 40
per cent Of the worlds cotton. will APP
proxilnate $4,000 900 in value in the
calendar year, 1912 while the exports
will probably exceed $50,000.0OO. Inn
ports are coming in at about the same
rate as in 1910 and 1911, while exports
are rapidly increasing. In the 10 months
which ended with October of the years
named imports of cotton manufactures
We're valued at $4,000, 600 in 1910, $53,-
100000 in 1911. and $685. 5 200 in 1912;
while exports nave advanced from $29.-
600, 900 in 1910 to 1896, SOC, 900 In 1911
and $4,000, 900 in 1912. thus justifying
the above estimate of the statistical
division of the bureau of foreign and
SOIiIIIGLSS, MAiSI PASS>o SHS
years imports and exports of cotton
manufactures at 100000 900 and $780,
G0O.0 600 respectively. For a longer pc
riod-the Is years from 1891 to 1912
it is found that imports increased from
$32, 900, 900 in 1897 to an indicated to-
tai OF $40. 0OO, 900 in 1912, a gain OF
about 100 per cent; while exports have
increased from $1S.5 500, 900 to $50, 900, 900,
q gain of 10 per cent.
The worlds production of raw cot
ton for mill consumption is, according
to the figures of 1911. 22.297, 900 bales,
of which 1886, 900 bales, or 20 per cent
of the total, were produced in the Uni
ted States; 2,614, 900 bales in British
India, 1.45O,00O bales in Egypt, 100000
bales i'm Russia, and 1887. 900 bales i'm
all other countries. OF the cotton pro-
duced in the United States about two
thirds is exported, chiefly to England.
Germany, France and other European
countries, from which we in turn i'm
port large quantities of cotton MANI
features, mostly of the higher grades.
Thus OF the $50, OOO. 900 worth of cotton
goods imported in the period from Jam
uary 1 to October 81 of the current
year, $31, 600, 900 was the alu of laces,
edging and embroideries: While the re-
mainder included Sc 5000, 900 worth of
cloths, 1866. 900 worth of thread. So
SOC, 900 worth of pushes and velve-
teens, $2.5 500, 900 worth Of stockings and
hose. and $500. 900 worth of handler
chiefs and mufflers.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-02-21

The stalk Of the blossoms 6 to
the height of Is feet and looks like a
giant candlestick. for 1t carries often
as many as several thousand blooms.
Many fields Of maguey miles in length
are to be found in Mexico and there
Is scarcely q bit Of the plant which
annot be used In some manner.
" make splendid fodder for COWS.
portions Of It ri baked and prove very
paIatable to eat: It can be used to
are manufactured thread and naner.
The sharp spike at the tip Of the stalk
2 Be made into q needle: It's tai mole
2 Tor the ridgepole Of q peasant cot
taee, and the favorite Mexican drink.
puIque. 10 manufactured from Il
g water 70 be obtained by cuttins
= nonow 70 the stem and fermenlll.,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-02-21

Under the leadership of American
educators, Philippine education is maxi
ing a remarkable advance. Indeed.
according to recent reports received
at the United states bureau OF edu-
cation. there are features of present
day education in the Philippines that
are we'll worth h careful
OF school leaders in the united states.
1t is in the field of industrial train
inE and useful arts that the Filfpinos,
under American teachers, are making
the most notable progress; such prog
ress, in fact, that in certain lines
particularly lace-making and embrold-
ery-the products of the Phillppine
with the work of the famous French
and Swiss experts. but promise to
compete with them successfully in the
worlds markets.
The whole system of education in
the Philippines is based on the prin-
ciple that the children should receive
training that will prepare them di-
rectly for the life they are to live.
The boys receive manual training from
the very beginning. In the lowest
grades they make articles that they
can use and sell, both in their own To-
calities and elsewhere. The most inn
hat weaving. 1t is a prescribed exer-
else in the primary schools. The bu-
reau.. of education at Manila consid-
ers it one of it's legitimate functions
to give such training in the making
Of good a as will afford q large
number Of children q permanent
Of earning q livelihood" wrote Mr..
Frank r.. White, director of Philip
pine education, in 1910, after the
courses had been introduced. and the
development OF the work has more
than justified his claim. Chief among
the products are the famous "buntal"
hats, made from the leaf stem of the
opened burr leaf. The schools do not
attempt to replace hand machinery
with modern apparatus, for it is rec
ognized that there is a real demand
for the products of careful handwork-
manship. Besides the prescribed
courses in the primary schools, there
are regular trade schools, where the
boys spend the greater part of the
school day In actual manual labor in
the shops. A set of dining room furni-
ture in red nara, made at the Philip
pine school of arts and trades in Ma
Mia, sold for 5000 at last years carni-
val.
In the girls schools plain sewing and
housekeeping have generally formed
the prescribed courses. but recently
lace-making and embroidery have been
introduced because they are arts
which, besides possessing educational
value. furnish the girls with a re-
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-02-21
Dr.. R. M. Anderson and Ernest De kovsn L.ffnaweII.

Inc world has heard much of the re.
cent successful arctic expedition OF
Steffansson and Anderson, which re-
suited In the discovery of tribes of
blond EskimOs in the far north. When
ANDERSON returned to San Francisco
the first of November he was sur
Inc by a crowd of newspaper re-
porters who were eager to get his
story.
mere was another arctic explorer OH
the same ship that brought Anderson
n oa,a TO America whose exploits in the
poiar regions were quite as worthy of
praise, but who received little newspa-
per attention. The explorers name is
Leffingwell n he halls from Pasa-
dena.
During the last eleven years Letting
We'll a spent considerable time on
the north a OF Alaska. He has
about $50 miles of this coast. TO the
whalemen n the ever-increasing
number of trading vessels this survey
Will be of incalculable value. More
recently he has devoted himself 10 a
series OF astronomical observations and
70 the exploration of half a dozen geo.
logical horizons. from each of which
he has brought home fossils.
Leffingwell says that surveying in
the land of the midnight sun is no job
for a man in Il hurry. During his first
year In the far north he was favored
with only 10. days in which it was pos
sipie to carry on his work. During the
" months of his last stay.in the Arctic
there were only about three months of
good weather.
L~effingwell has explained some Of
the difficulties in the way of taking
Observations in the Arctic.
The observer must hold his breath
or the frost will fog the glass. Much
of h work is done at night. but IL
the reading light is held too close the
heat will disturb the level. Care must
be taken not to breathe on the pivots
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-02-21

of the Instruments. as frost there Will
aHect their accuracy. 1t is impossible
To lubricate the Instruments, as the Oil
would freeze. On this account h in
Struments work more or less stiffly.
The instruments must be insulated
from the heat of the body by being
wrapped in bandages.
I'm operating these delicate instru-
ments a delicate touch is necessary.
Holding ones breath is not conducive
to. s~teadinesS. as the effort accelerates
the heart beat. On my previous trip
l found that the extreme cold made it
impossible to manipulate the meta!
parts of the instruments with bare
fingers. and with bare fingers it had to
be done. 1 had all the metal parts of
my Instruments covered with fiber. I
wore gloves hat left only the tips OF
thumb and forefnger exposed, and as
a further protection against cold even
wrapped the pencil with which / made
my notes in cloth. In that air the
hand will freeze stiff in one minute.
and as | had to work an hour at a time
1 found all these precautions neces-
sary."
DIR. Anderson. who accompanied Stef-
fansson. has many interesting things
to a about the trip the two made
to the far north. Perhaps the most i'm
teresting feature of their trip was the
discovery of the blond Eskimo tribes.
10 ail lNem DlOnO ESklmOS, said
Doctor Anderson. lis rather an exag-
geration. Some of the men had brown
boards and brown mustaches. and I
saw some women : with rosy cheeks.
There was an entire absence of the fiat
noses SO characteristic of the Eskimos.
Their features were all Of an aquiline
type. 1t is possible that they are the
descendants of the survivors of the
Franklin expedition. of which los men
in two ships were eve accounted for.
The natives. however. have no tradi-
tions. as far as we could learn. that
would confirm or even suggest this
theory
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-02-21
IS THIS HI ORIGIN OF
FRIETCHIE?
NEW LIGHT ON w4,rr,ER's MUCH DISCUSSED POEM.

country by cheering themselves and
giving themselves a welcome. AS
Floweree's band. playing .sDixie,' was
passing a vine powered home, a young
girl rushed out on the porch and waved
a United States flag. Then, either fear
ing that 1t might be taken from her or
finding 1t too large and unwieldy, she
fastened 1t around her as an apron,
and taking hold of it on each side and
waving 1t in defiance. called out with
all the strength Of her girlish voice
and all the courage Of her brave young
heart:
Observation-Disclosures come
and take this flag, the man Of you who
dares!'
Knowing that many of my men were
from q section of h ountr which
had been within the enemyss lines, and
fearing lest some might forget their
manhood, / took Off nv hat and bowed
to her. saluted her flag and then turned,
facing the men who felt and saw my
unspoken order. And don't you know,
my dearling. that they were all Vir-
ginians and don't forget 1t, and that
almost every man lifted his cap and
[scheered the little maiden who, though
calling US traitors, till finally letting 1t
drop In front Of her she cried out:
"aOh. l wishII wish I had q rebel
flag: I'd wave that, Do
1.-THE picture of that little girl in the
vine covered porch. beneath the pur-
pie morning glories with their closed
lips and bowed heads waiting ana say-
inG their prettiness and bloom for the
coming m0rn-of course. I thought OF
you. my darling, For the time, that
little 0reencastle Yankee girl with, hcr
beloved nag my own little prom-
ioed to be wife, receiving from her
|soldier and her soldiers soldiers the
|reverenco and homage due her.
We left the little glrl standing there
with tho flag gathered up in her arms,
~ Is too sacred to be waved now that
even the enemy had done Il rsverence,
picture Of heroic womanhood.
- ever.SYour Beloved Soldier"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-02-21
From the Pictorial Review.

From the Pictorial Review.
Ever since Whittier wrote Barbara
Fritchie." historians have discussed the
truth OF the incident described in his
most famous poem. There has been
discussion pro and con in literary and
historical circles for so years. 1t Is
!eft to q current magazine to shed new
light on this interesting question. Pic
torial Review prints in its December
number thes second installment Of 1.-THE
Love Letters of a Conferedate Gener-
al: written SO years ago and now pub
itshed for the first time, In which an
episode very similar to that of Barbara
Fritchte is described in a letter which
the general wrote to his sweetheart
who later became his wife. 1t will be
OF interest to every student of Amer
lean history. The letter follows:
G~reencastle, Pa. June -, 1863. I
never could quite enjoy being a Com
quering Hero" No. my dear. there is
something radically wrong about my
! can fight for q cause I
Know 70 De JUST, q risk my own life
ana the lives In my keeping without q
Thought OF the consequences; but when
We've CONQUERED, when we've downed
want to hurrah. l want to 70 on ali
by mysteif and be sorry for them
want TO lie down In the grass, away on
IN n woods somewhere or In some
lone valley on the hillside Tar from all
human sound. aasd rest my soul and
put my ear to sleep and get hack
s0meth!ne-! don't know whnt-but
something h that Il gone from me
something subtle and unexpIainabIe-
somethinE I never knew I had tin! I
lost it'll u waas eone-xOne-anne!
yesterday my men were marching
through the little town n
Greencasfle. 3 bands nj playing our
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-02-21

A portrait of George Washington
which is supposed by the purchaser to
be an authentic picture by Gilbert Stu
art was lately sold at auction in Lon
don. Four portraits of Washington by
Stuart IRE believed to be in existence.
Of which three are located: the where
abouts of the fourth has been a mys-
terry. A fine portrait Of Benjamin
Franklin. by Mason Chamberlain, was
also disposed Of at the same sale. and
brought a much larger price-$14,0 600
tina the somewhat a~pochryphal Stu
art,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-02-21
TRULY A PLANT OF PARTS.
Century Plant 10 Food, Drink, Hou,.
and Raiment 60 Mexicans.
From Ave Al

In 1880 the congress OF Mexico issued
an order that none Of the state docu-
ments should be indited upon any me-
maSuey. This 10 the national plant:
and some have insisted that the very
word Mexico" was derived from the
word mex-tli. which means maguey.
The Mexicans do we'll to be erateful
to this product Of their country, for II
= food and drink. house and raiment
20 the Mexican. Ite other name II
agAve. or century plant, from the on
ular fallacy that Il blooms only once
= century. whereas Il really blossoms
every eight years.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-02-21

showkegan, Me-, recently went dem
ocratic after 80 years Of republican
rule. and as his first case the new jus.
tice of the peace was trying 81 young
man charged with fast driving. The
prosecution had rested and the attor-
ney for the defense arose. Your honor,
I nov that the respondent be dis
charged" "All those in favor OF he
motion will say aye" announced the
new Justice. A chorus OF ayes" re-
sounded through the court room. Re
spondent is discharged" said the JUS
tice.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-02-21

James Russell Lowelrs remark that
Niagara Falls had nothing else to do,
man who-called upon to be impressed
by his first view OF "all that water
coming down such q height"-replied:
Why wouldn't it?" But the best of
recent Niagara stories is told in the
last Argonaut. 1t is of the housewife
who saw the falls for the first time.
oh" h cried. that reminds mel
left the kitchen tap running"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-02-21

With 2,40o active employees, who have
been in service 40 years or longer, and
with 1852 men who served 40 years
payroll which is probably unique
among those Of the corporations Of this
country. No less remarkable Is the
fact that the Pennsylvania's records
show that today there r upon it's
payroll 480 men who have been in its
service more than SO years. One en-
ploye has been receiving pay from the
Pennsylvania for sc years.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-02-21

An English correspondent Of the New
YORK tribune says that during the last
year the process OF making wool NUN
into "silk' has been perfected. and That
severaI pig firms are now turning out
large Quantities of the substitute. one
Il Hh. me urn. employing 1000 hands.
can no longer be found on the ma rret
and wood pulp makes an almost ner.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-02-21

John Frederick Ballard, winner of the
Harvard prize play contest, took u2 u
homestead and worked as a cowboy ne
fore going to Harvard and entering the
Pleywriting class OF Professor Baker.
While In b west he wrote q play in
competition for the annual scholarship
prize awarded by the Mcdowell Eel
lowshtp, and obtained second place. but
no other reward. Then followed two
YEAR at Harvard n his winning play,
Believe Me, Xantippe.'
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-02-21

Reporters are obliged to write their
descriptions Of accidents hastily. and
oIten from meager data. and in the at
times make them ridiculous: for ex-
ample, q New York city paper a few
days ago. in describing a collision be-
tween q train and a motor bus. said:
Thc train, too, was filled with pas
sengers. Their shrieks mingled with
the cries Of the dead and the dying
Of the bust" %
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-02-21

n United States navy, according
20 OFFICIAL reports. last year continued
70 occupy third rank among the great
navles Of the world. being outranked
oniy ny those Of Great Britain and
1 Sn.nn IN the number Of battle-
pertor to ours. The powers rank TINS
az to their naval strength: Great BRIT
air. Germany. United States. France
Japan. Russia. Italy. Austria-Hungarv
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-02-21

a large roof garden where residents
Of the north end can seek relief from
the sweltering heat in summers to
come Will be n Of the features of the
new branch public library in North
6ennet street. Another feature will be
me large assembly hall at the rear Of
the first floor. A stage is located ut
the north side. At the opening. which
probably will occur soon, there will he
no Formal STANDARDIZATION Post
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-08-01
Birthday Party

Miss Thorna Brown celebrated
her 18th birthday last Monday
evening by inviting a number of
her friends to the Brown home.
Those present were the Misses
Anna, Alice and Bertha Pied
alue. Regina Roberts, Hazel and
Viola Bennett of Leon, Florence
and Mercedes Nice, Margaret
Morgan, Ethel Swarstad, Winni-
fred, Thelma and Thorna Brown,
Messrs Frank Menager, Don
Rathbone, Joe and Edward Pied
alue, Harvey and Henry Roberts,
Clarence Faust, Carl Holm, Hon.
err Carper, Claude Miller, Luke
Bouchard, Harry Bouch, William
Fed derson, Walter Fisher, Geo.
Covalt, Jack Sterling. Leon
Bishop and Claude Brown.
Dancing, games and other
were enjoyed and
an elegant lunch served to close
a pleasant evening.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-08-01
Good Cheer Club.

The Good Cheer club met with
Mrs. Fred ]. White Wednesday
evening, with Mrs. H. E. STAINS
bury joint hostess. The meet
ing night has been changed from
Monday to Wednesday evening
and the attendance continues
good. Several outside guests
were present at the last meet
ing, including Mrs. w. j. Milne
of Minneapolis. Mimi, Mrs. Fred
T. Sterling, Missoula, Mrs. O..
A. Spraol and Mrs. w. w. Ber-
ry, Long Beach, Miss Ethel
Swarstad, Thompson, N. OAK,
Mrs. R. Jeanette Larson and
Miss Maude Emerson of Alden,
Mimi, Mr.. and Mrs. John Knit
ner of Seattle, Wash, Mrs. B.
M. Hall of Alden and Miss Ethel
M. Hall of Bemidji, Mimi.
A very enjoyable time was had
and the lunch at midnight up to
the standard. The next meet
ing will be on August Is, with
Mrs. c. F. Rathbone.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-08-01

Edw. Baldwin received his
certificate of registration for his
farm in 21-21 Tuesday, County
Clerk Darlington having received
the blanks for that purpose and
is now sending out same as fast
as the names are applied for.
This practice of naming the
farms will soon show good re-
suits and every farmer should
avail himself of the chance.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-08-01
WANIS.EQR SALE. Etc

eer.-Adv. 8
Wanted-A woman to wash. Apply
at Sterling Hotel.
Oats for sale; six miles west of Ro
nan. -Chas. Zaruba. 1874
Good heavy lumber wagon for sale.
See Mrs. r. M. Bonner.
Ten-acre tract for sale one-half mile
form Roman. Call at Pioneer. 10
Four teams of heavy work horses fol
sale on time. Brewer & Hollingsworth.
No. Home Cured Bacon, 22c per
ID. ROMAN MARKET. 5tf.
Bring your cream to A. M.
Sterling Co.
Four room house and one acre for
rent. $500 per month. - Mrs. Ed.
Clairmont. 14p
Remember the Auto Cafe for din
ners and short orders. "We serve the
best there is. 8
Arrangements have been made
by which we also will buy your
cream. A. M. Sterling Co.
| will buy all kinds of stock,
fat or otherwise. H. M. Geh-
lert at the Roman Meat Market.
One Hoosier grain drill, two 16-in.
sulkey plows, and one new 81 Mitch
ell wagon for sale. Eric Bergstrom.
1882
Moving picture machine and~electric
piano for sale at bargain. Both in
tirst-class condition. Address Pioneer,
Roman, Montana.
Haying and harvesting will soon be
here and you will need more horses to
do your work. We have seven teams
of young, heavy work horses for sale on
easy terms. Brewer 4 Hollingsworth.
Come in and see our new spring
and summer samples; don't be
afraid, our prices are right; we
sell fine English slip-ons from SO
to $25. Roman Tailoring Co.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-08-01

Spencer Powell has gone te
Salt Lake City, leaving Roman
the first of the week.
Farmers west of town and ir
some other localities. are busy in
the harvest fields these days.
Carl Holm and the Misses
Hazel Bennett and Winnifred
Brown were entertained at the
Roberts ranch Sunday.
James T. Mcconnell quite Sc
verely burned one of his hands
last Saturday while vulcanizing
an inner tube. The injury while
not serious was very painful for
a few days.
Mrs. w. J. Milne and little
daughter, of Minneapolis, Mimi,
are visiting with her sister Mrs.
Fred j. White this week. She
expects to be here a couple of
weeks at least.
Fred Wagner of Kalispell is
visiting with his brothers Tom
and Earl this week. He reports
that Claude has been taken to
his fathers home and was doing
nicely. He will soon return to
the ranch west of town.
Mrs. G. r. LAWS, Harold and
Miss Helen Haegg living west of
Roman about ten miles are en-
joying a visit from their father
0. w. Haegg and sister Miss
Florence, both of Chicago. Mr..
Haegg expects to leave tomorrow
as he represents a sewing ma
chine on the road but Miss Flor
ence will make a more extended
visit.
A telegram was received Tues
day by G. F. Foster announcing
the sudden death of O. ]. Muir
ply, a brother-in-law Of Mrs. |
at the Anaconda mine at
Butte. He was an electrician and
came in contact with a live wire,
killing him instantly. Mrs. Fos-
ter left at once for Butte where
The funeral took place, having
lust time to reach Ravalli by
auto, H. M. Gehlert taking her
here in less than an hour. No
further particulars were learned.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-08-01
Advertised Letters

The following letters remained
uncalled for in the postoffice at
Roman, Montana, for the week
ending July 81, 1913. When
calling for same please say lad
vertised."
Eugene Kizer, Edward c..
Wilke, Annie Jasper.
A. M. STERLING. P. M.