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The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1914-05-08

S1.00, James Kerns, Leon; second
prize, box of candy, Owl Drug store.
80 yd. dash, girls under 8; first prize,
Sl.O0; second prize. box of candy, Owl
Drug store.
Pole vault, first prize, glove, Owl
Drug store; second prize, unknown.
Running high jump, first prize, I'M
known; second prize, $500, Mission
Pool hail.
Relay Race, 5 points; History of the
World, Ed. Jenkins, Leon.
Running broad jump-1st prize, pair
athletic shoes by Beckwith Mercantile
CO.; End prize, So, by Mission Meat
Market and st. 1gnatlus Pool Hall.
Sack race-1st prize, pair Gotzian
shoes by O'Connell's Cash Store; End
prize, unknown.
Egg race-1st prize, book by Owl
Drug Store; End prize, stationery by
Mission Drug Co,
First and second prizes will be given
in the potato, high hurdle, low hurdle
and shot put contests, to be announced
as soon as solicited.
The committee will be glad to
hear of donations for the events
so far unprovided for. Everyone
spoken to has been very liberal,
which is greatly appreciated by
committee.
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new MAYOR UNHAMPERED
BY M|SS0ULA SOCIALISTS

At a meeting of the socialists
local in Missoula last Sunday it
was voted almost unanimously
to allow the new mayor and
councilman to use their own
judgment in the administration
of city affairs. In other words
the new officials were permitted
to select the appointive officers
without the dictation of the local.
After this resolution was passed
the mayor read a list of the
names he would send in at the
first meeting of the commission,
held on Monday last, to serve as
officials for the ensuing year.
They are: L. E. Harris, city
clerk; F. C. Hall, city treasurer;
j. L. Wallace, city attorney; Fred
Buck, city engineer; DR.. E. C.
Anderson, city health officer; H.
c. johnson, police magistrate; w.
H. Beacon, street commissioner;
Peter Loffnes, fire chief; Tom
Kemp, chief of police; John Ober-
ly, city herder.
Of these officials, Buck, Loffnes
and Tom Kemp are the present
incumbents.
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POISON ENTERTAINERS GIVE
A GOOD SHOW IN ROMAN

The Poison entertainers came
down from the lake town last
Friday evening in force and gave
pretty good show at the opera
house. This entertainment con-
sisted of some good songs, a
light farce, some drills and some
very good dancing. This latter
portion of the entertainment was
Highland dance by Mrs. M. A.
Myhre and Miss Cresswell, who
were enchored again and agarn.
The dancing of Miss Wright was
also an excellent feature.
A reading by Miss Adele Mair-
dan and Miss Ayers was appre-
ciated if the applause following
each selection is any criterion
and the music by the orchestra
was also fine.
1t remained for the last num-
Der Of the program to furnish
the greatest amusement, in
which our friend James Harbert
had a star part. 1t was a humor-
Gus Dutch song and Mr.. Harbert
and Miss Wright acquitted Them
selves nobly. Upon being called
back they sang a verse of local
application and it was as follows:
Phillip Antoine, und Ole Rathbone,
Dots vine DEAN in Roman,
You can't blay ball, in summer or fall,
Himmel! We wallop you blind.
So practice up now, find out just how,
Addie Sterling, und the bunch,
For Poison, you fellows
Will make us dandy fine lunch,
lunch, lunch.
Aside from the dancing the
show was not as good as our high
school put on a short time back
and the audience will agree with
this statement. The proceeds
were divided between the enter
tanners and the Catholic Sodality
Of Roman.
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SPECIAL LETTERBY
KENNETH ROMNEY

Washington, May 6-The an
nouncement by Congressman
Stout that he will be candidate
for denomination in the Angus;
primaries was received with
pleasure by his friends in the
house.
Speaker Champ Clark, discuss
ing Mr.. Stout's announcement,
said: Il am we'll acquainted
with Congressman Tom Stout.
He was born in my distritt and
| have known him ever since he
was a child. There are no better
people or democrats in the world
than the Stouts, Mr.. Stout has
attended to his duties closely and
stands high in the house. | hope
he is renominated and re-
elected"
REPRESENTATIVE Scott Ferris of
Oklahoma, chairman of the pub
lie lands committee of the house,
of which Mr.. Stout is a member,
was particularly pleased by Mr..
Stout's announcement. He satd:
II have learned with much
pleasure that Tom Stout has
announced for reelection. His
work on the public lands commit
tee, which has been dealing with
practically all Of the administra-
ton conservation measures, has
been indispensable. He is one
of the brightest, clearest headed
members of the committee. He
is one of the most effective
workers for a first-term congress-
man it has yet been my pleasure
to meet. AS an example of his
industry and accomplishment
here, | call your attention to the
fact that he has reported and Sc
cured the passage of at least
half a dozen bills out of this
committee, some of them of vital
to Montana and the
entire country"
Mr.. Stout is known as good
mixer and is regarded as a rising
of the house. His pleas
ing personality and his ability
have won him the warm friend
ship of Speaker Clark, Majority
Leader Underwood and other
house leaders, as we'll as of the
rank and file, and the experience
he has gained during his first
term is expected greatly to in
crease his usefulness if he is re-
elected, as his friends confidently
believe he will be.
There is prospect at this
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Roman owners of automobiles
turned out almost to a person
last Friday and escorted the Pol
son contingent into town and
drove them through the princi-
pal streets. A. M. Sterling led
the procession and the visitors
were given an opportunity to see
the residence and business por-
ton before the entertainment
started.
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That was another million dollar
show which fell last Sunday
night. The ground was again
thoroughly soaked and the snow
was much better than a rain.
Not for the past four years at
least has there been so much
moisture in the ground as at the
present time, and with crops in
the ground fully a month in ad-
vance Of last year, there should
be a wonderful crop raised on the
Flathead this year.
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ANNUAL SCHOOL
FESTIVAL EVENTS

The following is a schedule fol
the annual school festival to BE-
held in Roman on May %:
1000 a. m.--Addresses by State suiaso,,
intendent Davie, Prof. j. II
Hoist, president of Montana
Country Life Educationa
Association; DR.. w. W.
Kemp, head of the depart.
ment of education of the
University, Missoula; State
Rural School Inspector C.
w. Tenny.
Folk dancing and singing
exercises by school children.
Business session of the dis
trict unit of the Montana
Country Life Educational
Association and election of
officers.
1900 M. Lunch.
100 pm. Spelling contest to deter
mine the championship of
the district.
200 p m. District declamatory con-
test.
300 p.m.-Awarding of prizes and
certificates.
3:l5 ON. Athletic contests.
500 pr Girls baseball game.
600 pm Banquet by Commercial
club in honor of teachers and
trustees.
$50 pm. Reception and dancing.
The prizes which have been
donated are given below.
A. j. Brewer, Roman State Bank, a
silver cup as a trophy to be held by the
school winning the most points in all
events.
Beckwith Mercantile Co., framed
picture to the school winning in the de-
bate held at St. Ignatus May 8, Is
points.
F. j. White of the First National
Bank, Roman, sterling silver medal
to the winner of each team in the de-
contest, Is points each.
The school winning the senior SPELL
ing contest will hold the spelling cup.
for the next year.
Senior spelling contest, Is, 10, S
points; first prize, kodak, Scearce's
store; second prize, picture of noun
tains, Bigelow's studio.
Junior spelling contest, Is, 10, 5
points; first prize, kodak, Scarce, s
store; second prize, donated by George
Leon.
Exhibit of school work, 10, 8, 5
points; first prize, picture. Mission
State Bank; second prize, unknown.
Exhibit of manual work, each team
), 5, 3 points; boys first prize, pig,
Toe Allard, Leon; second prize, carpen-
er tools, Sterling's store; girls first
'rize, parasol, Sterling's store; second
prize, $3.50 in goods, Franks store,
Roman.
Athletic events in most cases count
J, 8 and points.
100 yd. dash, boys over IL; first prize,
.. 90, Max Lowenstiein, Leon; second
'rize, goods selected at Beckwith's
tore.
100 yd. dash, girls over IL; first prize,
g. 90, St, Ignatius barber shop, Buffalo
'afe, E. Brossoit; second prize, souve-
her spoon, Scearce's store.
SO yard dash, boys to IL; to be fur
lished by Arlee; second prize, to be
furnished by Arlee.
SO yd. dash. girls 8 to IL; first prize,
rio white leghorns. F. H. Lee, Leon;
econd prize, silver thimble, j.. B. Bear,
Roman.
30 yd. dash, boys under 8; first prize,
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tween the United States and the
Huerta government in Mexico
may be adjusted through the
mediation of Argentina, Brazil
and Chile. Secretary of State
Bryan and Secretary of Navy
Daniels are both confident that
there will be no further resort to
force in dealing with the Mexi-
can dictator. This optimism,
however, is not shared by many
members of the house and SEN
ate. How the A. B. C. media
tors can reconcile this country's
demand for the elimination of
Huerta with Huerta's demand
for recognition by the Uuited
States, is puzzling most of them.
1t is certain, however, that there
will be no more bloodshed until
President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan have exhausted every
honorable means of peace.
The senate committee on in
teroceanic canals has reported
the bill repeating the exemption
clause of the Panama canal act
with an amendment providing
that repeal shall not be construed
as waving or affecting any
treaty or other rights possessed
by the United States" This
amendment had the approval of
President Wilson and in this form
the repeal bill will pass the
senate. The testimony of Joseph
Choate, former ambassador to
England, and of Henry White,
secretary to the London embassy
under Choate, who were active
in the negotiation Of the Hay
Pauncefote treaty, that it was
the understanding of all those
having to do with the treaty
that the American ships should
be given no preference in the
use of the Panama canal, knocked
the props from under the oppon-
ents of repeal and insured the
passage of the bill in the form
desired by President Wilson.
After attempting to induce
John D. Rockefeller to bring a
stop to the civil war in the Colo
RADIO strike district, President
Wilson ordered federal troops to
restore peace between the war
ring factions. Under the con-
the president was
obliged to send troops when
Governor Ammons requested the
federal government to intervene,
both the strikers and
the mine owners desired inter-
vention. Bloodshed and anarchy
n the strike zone could have been
prevented by firm and impair
5ial action by Governor Ammons
1t the outset of the trouble, ac-
to members of the con-
gressional investigating commit
zee that went to Colorado.
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STATES GOVERNMENT
notes their progress on the map,
perceives their speed and their
route, and then predicts the time
of their arrival at any specified
point. If they travelled, like a
ship steered by compass, an ex-
act course to the east, and if they
moved invariably at the same
speed, then weather forecasting
would be a simple sum in arith-
metic, like calculating the time
when a railroad train running so
miles an hour will arrive at "a STA
ton 500 miles away. But storms
are not railroad trains. They
travel in an easterly direction, but
they do not travel due east. Their
speed is liable to change, and
they are affected by the presence
of other storms, by mountains,
large bodies of water, and many
other things which make weather
prophesying the complicated sci
ence that it is. The skeleton of
the science, however, is the pro-
gress Of those highs and lows"
eastward across the country.
This progress is caused by the
shape Of the earth and the we'll
known fact that hot air rises.
The tropical sun in the regions
along the Equator heats great
masses of air, which rise and
drift toward the North and South
Poles. AS the earth revolves
from west to east these masses
are carried along with it at the
same speed. But, as is we'll
known, the Equator revolves much
faster than the poles, which are
practically stationary, in much
the same Way as the rim Of a
wheel revolves faster than the
hub. Therefore these masses of
air, revolving at the same rate as
the Equator, begin, as they ap-
proach the poles, to move much
faster than the earth beneath
them. There is thus a constant
of the atmosphere
from west to east, a movement
which becomes more marked the
nearer one gets to the poles.
This, of course, does not mean
that the wind always blows from
the west. The great current flows
in that direction, but surface con-
litions cause innumerable eddies
which are the winds we feel. In
to low pressure area, for in
stance, the air rushes from every
direction. Thus, if the center of
he disturbance is to the west of
IS, we will have an easterly wind
IS the air rushes toward this CEN s
;er; when the storm has reached :
md passed us on it's easterly way
We will have westerly winds. For
his reason it is common to say !
hat west winds mean clear
weather..
1.-The air that flows into the {
ow-pressure area obviously must ;
% somewhere. Since it is COM +
ng in from every point of the
ompass, the only available place :
5 up. AS it rises it cools and con- t
racts. In the process the moist ,
re it contains is condensed and S
We have rain. That is, we are y
likely to. 1t can not be stated n
90 emphatically that there are S
many things to be considered o
which may make exceptions to j
he most fundamental rules. t
In regard to temperature, 3
veryone has noticed that rain in i
inter means warm weather, in &
ummer cool weather. This arises
rom the fact that heat travels )
lore easily through clear skies S
han through clouds and moist.
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HOW THE WEATHER IS FORECASTED
BY UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

authority of the secretary of ag-
riculture, the question was asked:
will you please tell me through
the Newsletter, in simple Ian
guage, how the weather forecasts
are made?" The answer was:
by telegraph. The weather
forecaster does not look out of
the window and guess. He is
not weatherwise like the old salt
who scents the approach of a
storm without knowing how. To
the signs by which the ordinary
citizen decides whether to take
his umbrella with him or leave it
at home, he pays no attention.
Give him his telegraph wires and
he can make his predictions as
accurately in a windowless cellar
as on the top of New York's
highest skyscraper.
The private individual sees
the clouds settle on a nearby
mountain or the rain sweep over
a field a mile from his house and
knows that the storm will be on
him in a few minutes. With the
aid of the telegraph the weather
man sees the same storm when it
is a thousand miles away, and
not only this storm but every
other one in the country. He
knows in what direction and at
what speed each is moving, and
can thus calculate with reason
able accuracy the approximate
time when it will reach any place
in it's route.
"Twice a day, at 8 in the morn
ing and s in the evening, reports
are telegraphed to Washington
from about 200 observers station
ed in as many different localities
in the United States and Canada.
In these reports the observers do
not volunteer their personal opin-
ions about what is going to hap
pen. They confne themselves to
a plain statement of the actual
conditions at that particular mo-
ment, the pressure, or weight, of
the atmosphere, the temperature,
the direction and velocity of the
wind, the amount of rain since
the last report, and so forth.
From this information the wealth
er map Of the United States is
made up, showing the conditions
that prevail in every part of the
country. Since there are two
maps for each day it is obvious
that by comparing them the fore
caster can keep track of the pro-
gress and course of both storms
and periods of clear weather.
From that, the next step is to pre-
dict what sort of weather will
prevail for a day or two in any
given locality.
This map is the basis for all
scientific weather forecasting.
A glare at it will show that it is
divided into high pressure areas
and low pressure areas. These {
are technical terms used to de-
3clibe the regions in which the
weight or pressure of the atmos- ,
ohere is great (high) or small y
Cow). At sea level the barome-
,er, which is used to measure this
weight, will register 30 inches I
lnder normal conditions of the at ,
nosphere. When it registers
more than this, say 30.5 or 81,
he pressure is high" when 1915 {
" less, ''low." In this way the Y
height Of a column of mercury in s
| barometer indicates the weight +
# the air just as, in a thermome- I
er, it indicates the temperature. t
Low pressures usually mean I
trong winds, rain, and rising t
temperature; high pressures, cool, i
lear weather. For a reason to i
'e explained later, these thighs" t
md lows" as they are called, /
=
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There is a prospect at this
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-10-01
MAY LOSE FIGHT FOR
PRIMARY COST PROBE
Senate Leaders Believe Com.
mlttee Will Turn Down
Resolution.

Washington, Sept. 29.-Though many
predictions were made last week Of a
Senate investigation into primary ex-
pendltures of Roger c. Sullivan and
Senator Penrose such opposition has
developed in privileges and elections
committee that it looks as if the Nor
fls resolution would be turned down.
Some of the Senate leaders have been
sounding the committee and find a
majority against the resolution. Sen
ator Clapp is n of those who is
strongly insisting on the investigation
and threatening to make such a fight
about it that the opposition though
expecting to win out and defeat the res
olution is not as certain as it might be
senator Kenyon is also for the in
curry He is in Iowa but has left direc-
IONS that his vote shall be counted for
the resolution. Under all the circum-
stances 1t was generally predicted about
the Senate today that if there was n
inquiry it would wait until next winter.
The national popular government lea
que is insisting on an inquiry, if there is
none now it is expected to demand one
when the election is over.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-10-01
ENGLAND Can DRAW $4,000
TRAINED TROOPS FRAN INDIA
Formidable Little Ghlrkas and Courageous Sikhs Win Battle
Side BY Side-Natves Use LONG Knives BY Special
British Permission.

dian army away. some troops win have
to be left.
Besides the regular troops ct the In
dian army, the independent Indian RAJ
jahs have all got troops Of their NJ
which would In all probability be Of
fered with the same Willingness With
which they have already Volunteered
monetary contributions. Fully $1,000;
Of thes irregular troops could be-
raised without n difficulty by Great
Britain. but 1t is not probable thai she
will use them unless as a last resort
The Indian troops would most prob
ably be transported to Marseilies. as
the shortest route to the scene o. ac-
ltion.
There are also available In Indian
$4,000 European and Eurasian voIun-
teers. 10000 men OF the Indian reserves
and $4,000 of the imperial service corps,
the last named being men furnished BY
the various Indian states.
Great Britain has In Egypt 5000
troops In the army of occupation who
could also be transported IL necessary
to France In a very short time.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-10-01
WHY 1T NOT
BE PETRoGRAD, RUSSIAN

-
From the New York World.
Beginning with Sedan day, "St. Pet
ersburg' is no more. The misty marshes
where its towers stand are hereafter
to be known as "~Petrograd."
Burg" meaning Borough" In Eng
disappearing lands, frowns in the
harsher sense Of fortress" or Strong
hold" in German. Luther sang of "ein
feste Burg BRAD is an exact equi-
yalent, as in Biograd (Belgrade). The
as 'Tsartgrad." the cars strong town.
Peter the Great who formed the Nus
covite capital long after New York was
a lively town. spoke German, and wei
coined Germans to his lands. Their
descendants are numerous about the
capital. Such places as Kronstadt have
German am hat will have to be
dealt with. st. Petersburg has long
been the only great capital to bear 6
foreign name with It's own people.
Germany is strict about using q Ger
man name whenever possible. "Luttichv
for I4iege and "Lowen'' for Louyain are
becoming almost as familiar as 10th
ringen" for Lorraine. In Berlin the Gus
tom extends to the most ordinary
words.
"Perograd" is a fi~rst-rate name. easy
to spell. truthful and not very long, for
q Russian one. Complaint MIGHT he
made on behalf Of st. Peter. whose
name the town has borne SO long: but
Russian higher criticism may have dis
posed of him in the Princeton fashion.
Many Russians had already sighted
as Petersburg"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-10-01

the field, have shipped them behind the
army by train loads in order to avoid
epidemics.
London. Sept. 29.-Telegraphing from
bordeaux under date of Sunday, the
Times correspondent says:
The rival armies are now close to
each other. A few hundred yards sep
arated the trenches yesterday. Every
where the German fury was u~navail-
ing and the close Of the day found the
allies left reaching up still further
north.
THE battle has become to some ex-
tent a race between this movement on
the left and the enemy's offensive
against the center and the right.
The failure of the enemy to shake off
the tightening grip of the allies on the
Disc and north Of the Somme was ac-
companied yesterday by a renewed at
tempt to smash the line. There was
massed the flower Of the army-the
Prussian guard which distinguished it.
self from the outset Of the campaign
by its ability to give and take hard
knocks. Further to the right the Ger
man offensive at first met with some
success. The attack was launched IN
the morning through the billy. wooded
country between the road from the
Somme to Chalons n the railway
from st. M~enenhould. to Vousiers. At
the end of the day the French recov.
cred the lost ground"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-10-01
Allies Pass Artillery Range;
Force Hand to Hand Fii0hti71o

Paris, Sept. 29.-The prolongation of
the tension on the two lines of fire
and death fronting each other on the
Atsne must have become unsupportable
to the Germans since the reports in
dictate that they have changed their
tactics and attacked with the bayonet.
The opinion Is expressed here that
General Joffre's master hand is shown
in this as it is believed he has succeed
ed in pushing his lines inside the range
of h deadly heavy German guns and
forced the enemy to hand to hand
fighting.
Since the attacks have beer ~repu1sed
over the whole line, according to the
official communication, the military ex-
perts here cannot see now what re-
sources the Germans can call to re-
trieve their fortunes.
The Matin expresses the opinion that
h new troops the allies found 'front.'
ing them on the left We're not Of the
German left, out We're part of the
forces detached after Charleroi and
sent to east Prussia, but now brought
back in haste. The general opinion is
that the battle has reached the most
critical as well as the most violent
phase n that the issue cannot be de-
layed much longer.
The losses Of the last few days on
both days as said to exceed all other
engagements of the war. Stories have
reached here from Belgium that the
Germans unable to bury their lead on