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Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-09-18

Underwear, Medium Weight.
Cotton Fleece for S1.50 a suit
Heavy Weight Underwear
Fleece lined for $3.50 a suit
Winter Weight Union Suit
Spring Needle Underwear. The
best Union Suit at the price, 2.75
Heavy Weight Wool Underwear
Gray, per Suit $50
Fawn Color, per suit. $50
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Triple stitched, ventilated back
and arm pits, double back and shout
ders; %colors, Black, Blue, Brown and
Tan. S1.25 each
Flannel Shirts with Pockets
And Military collar. c olors,
Blue, Gray, Brown and Grass.
LIS to $50 each
Mems Shoes
80 styles to pick from. The finest
Kangaroo Calf to heavy work
stock. $50 to 500 a pair
Mems Boots
$50 per pair. All sizes. This
is a good boot.
4-Buckle Overshoes
Heavy rolled rubber soles, per
pair, 800. Light weight 4-buckle
per pair, 800
Fleece Lined Storm Rubbers
Cloth Tops, for 1.50 a pair
Neckwear, Gloves, Mitts, a choice
variety Of styles and prices.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-09-18

A better feeling concerns
ing the farming outlook for
the coming year is now APP
parent here. There is more
spirit and hopefulness; the
farmers are taking heart
again and are making plans
for more thorough and more
extensive farming next year
than in any previous year.
Conditions this fall to date
are the best for some time,
the prices for small grains at
present are a strong incentive
and the possibility that grain
will be lower within t h c
next year or so is remote,
So there is good reason fol-
revival of spirit and hope
and the business men of Cut
Bank should encourage it in
every way. The progress
of events have made us de-
pendent on farming to Z
great extent; its failure woulc
spell failure to the town il
large degree. Its success viii
mean a better town as vel
as a better rural section, bet.
ter values for all who have
staked their money in thi
community.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-09-18
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in Montana and it is right
that it should. 1t may not
mean any revolutionary poll
teal changes when it does
come, but 1t certainly will
mean that in the smaller
towns and larger cities of
the state the day of better
government will date from
the time the women have a
right to a say in municipal
affairs. And here is where
the strongest opposition to il
lies-among those who do
not want the towns and cities
made better. Votes for wo-
men in Montana will mean
votes for better t o W n S,
morally and hygienically,
and this in turn will mean
higher happiness nthe home,
the unit of good government.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-09-18

Tom Larson is under SUI
spicion of having violated the
corrupt ~practive act by in
spring one or two papers in
the county to make lame
a n d uncomplimentary re-
ferences to him, which is
sure to make his candidacy
very popular within the zone
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-09-18

The anti-G German news
papers in the United States,
when taken to task, give the
feeble excuse that they are
not unfriendly to the Ger
man people but would like
to see the Kaiser Inundated.
Do they forget that the
German nation to a man and
the people of that nation
atty in this country are with
the Kaiser, right or wrong,
and that they deeply resent
this attitude toward Ger
many, which has always
been friendly and fair with
our own countryl
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-09-18

The state republican lead
ers, in their recent conven-
ton at Helena, made a wise
and tactful move when they
endorsed woman suffrage.
Woman suffrage is coming
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-09-18
isfaction in making war on
the Russian thistle.

It's all in the point of Wis
ion. The republicans are
now baleful 'alarm-viewers'
and the democrats are lusty
'pride-pointers.'
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-09-18

All the politicians in Mon
tana are strong for votes for
women. The dears!
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-09-18

Where are all our goose
bone weather prophets who
predicted a dry fallf
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-09-18
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Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-09-18

A Fair Deal
MEMS DEPARTMENT
Fall Made to Measure Suits

Fall Made to Measure Suits
The new patterns are now
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1900 to 5000 a suit.
Overcoats, a Special Lot
600 to 1000. Blacks, Browns,
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Extra Goats and Vests
Only 800 for 2 pieces. We
have just rs sets. They are
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around every day.
Mems Mackinaws
Red, Blue, Gray, Brown Grass,
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Sheep Lined Duck Coats
Will keep out wind. Goat Length,
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Duck moleskin and corduroy
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Gated at these prices.
1000 to 1880 each
Blanket Lined Overalls
Brown canvas any size for 1.5O
Heavyweight Winter Pants
Made for warmth and wear,
$50 per pair
Mems Sweater Coats
All wool, at 200 and $50 each
Fine Worsted Jersey Sweaters
Colors Gray, Maroon. Navy Blue
Just the thing for all-year-round
wear. Only ZOO each
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-09-18
Every Item
WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT

Comforters, a nice line, LIS, LIS,
200 and 800 each
Double and Single Blankets, Cotton
and Wool, LIS to 400
Finished Pillow Cases and Sheets,
Made up Pillow Cases 25c
Made up Sheets Zoe
High Grade Sheeting, a very fine
quality for SOC a yard.
Shoes, Waiting Your Selection,
Twenty new dsfferent styles, for Fall
Wear; of the best material. Prices
range from $50 to 400 a pair Ask
to see them and it will be pleasure
for us to show them.
Ladies' Rubber and Overshoe,
Storm Rubber LIS
4-Buckle Overshoe $50
Sewing Machine Needles, buy them
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every machine made. 10 cents for
four needles.
Sewing Needles, all sizes. They
come in a patent metal box. Easily
removed from holder; no more need
les lost. Per Package, sc
Silk and Cotton Threads. Our
assortment is complete.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-09-18

Our German farmers here
about might find sweet sat-
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-09-18

Heaters and Ranges!
Biggest and best line in
this part of Montana
Cut Bank Hardware Co.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-12-25
IVY AND HOLLY.

Very little people will enjoy rimed
pastime called ivy and holly.
Chairs are arranged in two rows, ano
the children sit facing each other. One
youngster begins with some adventure.
as "Holly and Ivy went out to a party
The child sitting opposite must COM
plete the rime with another couplet,
for instance. "Holly and Ivy came back
hale and hearty"
Indeed. there Is no reason why the
pastime should be entirely relegated to
the kindergarten. On account OF the
rapidity with which the rimes must
be thought up the older boys and girls
will find 1t amusing too.
For a pretty search game which
young children as well as the school
going boys and girls would enjoy at
Christmas parties. cut several hundred
little holly leaves from green tinted
paper and hide them in the festive
rooms.
At given signal the young people
scamper Off in search Of these sym
bols of the season. The youngster find
ing the greatest number Of them in the
len minutes allowed for the search
should receive some inexpensive prize
decorated with a design representing
holly.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-12-25
THE BUSY FAIRIES

I have heard from Uncle Peter. who is
wonderfully wise.
That just before the Christmas snow il
falling from the skies
The little folk in Fairyland begin to work
away
At all the very incest toys for Santa
Claus sleigh.
He says they choose the nighttime. when
you cannot hear q sound,
When the playroom fire has fiickered out
and shadows gather round.
But silent hours they do not mind. they
do not heed the night,
For the moon holds up her candle. and
they want no other light
And Uncle Peter tells me. so think you
should be told.
That those who work for other folk arc
very seldom cold.
They trim the dollies' bonnets, and they
plat the dollies' hair,
They sew the dainty dresses that the
pretty dollies wear.
They paint the lovely engines, and the
sailing boats they make.
And the best of all the mincemeat pies
are what the fairies bake
And Uncle Peter tells me-and think he
must be right
That work like this is Just the sort to
make our Christmas bright
And don't you think loving thought
should go on Christmas day
To those who for our pleasure work and
ask no other pay2
Infants Magazine
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-12-25
RELIGIOUS FEELING IN
ERIN'S CHRISTMAS

THE celebration of the fent:val In
Ireland does not differ to any
great extent. perhaps. from Its
method Of observance in other coun-
tries. The deeply religious sentiment
of the country makes the religious OBJ
servance of the festival its dominant
feature.
The humblest habitation wears an
air of cheerfulness when decorated
with holly and ivy. from which the
red berries which grow on the holly
peep out in great profusion.
In the Catholic churches in the larger
cities and in many Of the smaller
places as we'll masses are celebrated
hourly from midnight on Christmas
eve. thousands fiocking first to the mid
night mass and later to those that fol.
low. Even in the penal days. when it
meant death for clergyman to per-
form the holy sacrifice or for those
who assisted at it to be caught in at
tendance. the midnight mass was new
er abandoned.
When the churches were destroyed
by Cromwell and Elizabeth the priest
took refuge beneath some protecting
rock, and with scouts among the flock
thrown out to guard against surprise
by the soldiery the mass was offered
up as it had been in the earlier days
Of Vxal ydsc ralioio.lc 0lnPU
Today. happily. there is no such
ban on the religious faith Of the people.
and the throngs who then focked to
the glen or the mountain side to assist
in the holy sacrifice can attend their re-
ligious services in comfortable churches
everywhere throughout the land.
On Christmas morning. especially In
the rural portions Of Ireland. the peo-
pie flock to the morning masses. often
travelling eight and ten miles from
their homes In the remote hills and
valleys Of their respective parishes.
The goose hangs high in Ireland on
Christmas day, and no family is too
poor not to provide the delicious bird.
On Christmas night the waxed bless
ed candle is lighted in honor of Christ's
nativity, and music and good cheer Of
every kind are enjoyed every where.
The day following Christmas, St
Stephens day, is also regarded as prac-
tically holiday. 1t is mostly availed
Of by the young people, especially the
boys, for fun and frolic of every de-
scription. Athletic sports. football
matches. hurting and other enjoyments
are general
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-12-25
SANTA CLAUS GIFTS.

Have large sack about the size Of
laundry bag filed with inexpensive
toys. Each boy or girl is allowed to
plunge his or her hand into the bag
(Which is pulled together at the top
with drawing string and to keep 1t
there for minute, feeling as many as
possible Of the toys contained in it.
Paper and pencils are then distrib-
uted. and each must write down the
names Of all the toys he thought he
recognized in the bag.
Those having the best sets of an
swers receive the toys as prizes.
OF course the bag is opened and the
contents spread out in order that all
may see just what is there.
This is not game for the very little
tots, but any school boy or girl can
play 1t.
The point which puts 1t beyond the
very little folks is the fact that the
names have to be spelled out.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-12-25
Real Meaning of the Day.

What with the happy hustle and
planning and working and shopping
which Christmas brings. there is real
danger that the deepest significance Of
the day may be overlooked. Superb
cially. Christmas is the season Of ever.
greens. of gayly decked trees, of Santa
Claus. of feasting and of the giving
and receiving Of presents. But If that
Is all that it is it is not enough.
The heart of Christmas-the meaning
that vitalizes all the observances and
perpetuates the festival throughout the
centuTies-is rude manger In an
oriental khan. wherein lay the Babe
who was the son of Mary and Son of
God. In its very name and In Its very
character Christmas is the birthday an.
niversary of the Christ Child. They
miss the message Of this gladdest day
Of the year who have not eyes to dis
Germ in it the cooling, helpless, beauti-
full Babe who in his complete human.
ness warns our hearts and who in his
divinity sets our spirits to soaring.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-12-25
ROYAL COURT.

This game of royal court will afford
amusement for the children at Christ
mas.
Arrange two rows of chairs back to
back and seat the children.
At each end of the double row place
table on which is cardboard box
containing one pack Of cards. Two
children in turn are selected from
among those seated.
They go, one to each table. and when
the signal is given race in opposite Ill
rectons round the chairs till they re-
turn to their original starting point at
the tables. The cards are hastily
placed in the box, and hurried search
is made by each of the two children
for picture cards.
The four kings, queens and knaves
must, when collected, be deposited on
a tray that has been placed In another
part of the room as winning post
The first to accomplish this wins. The
successful competitor returns to his
seat; the loser vacates his and Is then
out Of the competition.
The last two to remain in the game
are proclaimed king and queen OF
Christmas and receive prizes, while the
third is Jack the knave. He gains a
funny BOBBY prize. 1t il amusing to
dress the royal pair in regal robes
crown them and present scepters.
They may march at the head OF the
guests and sit together on draped and
gilded thrones.
Crowns of cardboard covered with
gold paper may be prepared for king
and queen. A very grand scepter may
be made by fixing an old tennis ball
by means of sealing wax on to bam-
boo cane and covering the whole with
silver or gold paper or going over 1t
with gilt paint
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-12-25
A Christmas Vision.

At Christmas, when the pealing bells
Ring back our hearts to Bethlehem,
Whence the fair flower Of Jesse's stem
Eternally our love compels:
Borne on the peal my fancy goes.
Far from the Thames and noisy Strand
To Christmas in that distant land
Where a more ancient river flows.
And there the deserts changeless calm
Is troubled. Gods and goddesses.
All Egypt's monstrous deities.
Gather in fear by well and palm.
The cry is heard: 20 Egypt, harkl
We gods must die. Another comes"
Again the unrelenting drums
Skater the horror Of the dark
Afar, where some oasis, spiced
With palm and lotus. charms the Nile
The sphinx, with her mysterious smile
Sees Mary kiss the sleeping Christ.
r.. Ellis Roberts.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-12-25
A CHRISTMAS PRAYER.

/ WHERE wee feet patter down the I:
(. OF Want and wretchedness and .
+ Woe.
4 Where wee eyes shine and wee lips =.
/ cali T.
|. Upon a dream they may not know .
!. Or where a mother marks their plea :
+ And turns her misty eyes away
Z From where they cluster at her
I, knee .
I. To dream with her Of Christmas .
/. day.
/ God. hear their prayer through snow .
Q and rain .
!. Or wailing wind and driven sleet. .
+ Let it not be they call in vain
1. To find their dream of Christmas
+ sweet
+ Let 1t not be their eager eyes
Z. Shall look in vain through blur
I ring tears
\. And find beneath Afes Swallowed
+ skies
t The hurt-rhe keartache Of the
I. years.
/. God, answer them who still hold
+ faith
Il Or clasp dream SO brave and
II true
\. That Christmas sends no phantom
!. wrath
/ To those whose message wings to
IA you,
4. To those who whisper through the
i night
OF one to come at mornings CLEAN.
Il o Father Of the Hearth of Blight,
q Give them to know their day Of
i dream!
+ Where love is prone or vanished
far.
Z Where life's gray shadows haunt
!. their play,
!. Give them to know the eastern star
Which guides them to thy holt
r day:
q Give them for this their day. at
i least,
!. All absence from the bitter rod
+ And through the fullness of their
y feast
4 The heart to smile up to their
j God.
i. -Grantland Rice.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-12-25
HOLLY BERRY CONTEST.

A contest adapted for children OF
any age can be played with the loose
berries which drop from the holly
when the Christmas greens are swung
into place. Gather up the little red
fruit. and when the game is to be play
ed give each child dozen berries, a
glass tumbler and two match sticks.
The youngsters should be seated
around large table. When the signal
is given each child begins to lift his
holly berries with the dead matches
and to drop them into his tumbler.
The berries must not be touched with
ones fingers under penalty OF 'foul."
The boy or girl first to call out "All
in"-that is, that all his holly fruit has
been dropped in the glass-is the prize
winner.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-12-25
Christ the Center.

1t is not mere figure of speech that
Christ, the anniversary of whose birth
we celebrate, is to our moral and spirit
ual what the sun Is to our planetary
system. The dependence in both cases
Is alike. If the body has appetites
the soul has ambition. and both must
be satisfied or human equilibrium Is
lost. We must possess the two, linked
together in some mysterious way, or
we shall fly to social and moral chaos.
Good government, good morals and ev-
cry orderly. well directed progression
rests on that concession.
To be infidel to 1t is to destroy the
ideal, to shrivel the heart Of the race,
to make might right, to enthrone selfish
ness and greed and to displace and do
violence to the public conscience.
The Man of Nazareth and what he
represents are the embodiment Of the
law of moral gravitation which holds
the world in its orbit. He gave us the
ideas on which orderly communities
base their legislation. He furnished us
with the spiritual ideal, created new
motives, made quiet, humble endurance
q cardinal virtue and placed on the
brow of bereavement the radiant cOro.
net of hope.
Others have sought the same end,
the same browning achievement. Confu.
cius, Zoroaster, Mohammed and Bud
dha were of the royal family of souls,
but at most they we're mere princes
in the presence of the King. They gave
much; he gave all.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-12-25

the set Of dishes or the play furniture
] want I'm going to try not to mind,
for am just sure Santa would bring
them If he could"
Clara had heard talk about the ex-
pensiveness Of toys, too, and when
Lulu explained it to her she wondered
II really dear old Santa would be too
poor to bring her all she wanted this
Christmas.
"Well, I'm going to keep on wishing.
Just the same" declared Clara. "You
know the fairies help Santa, and the
fairies can do anything"
Lulu was cheered by this view of the
case as she ran along home from
school. Every day she kept sharp
lookout for fairies. If ever she met
one she meant to beg that fairy to do
its little best to help Santa get his
Christmas toys.
On Christmas eve as Lulu got ready
to 60 to bed she noticed that the sky
had become quite dark.
81 wonder If we shall have white
Christmas| Lulus mother said as she
drew the curtains aside.
Lulu was tired and she soon went to
sleep. Some time later she opened her
eyes. CHANGING at the window. she
saw something white futtering and
waving just outside the window
Whatever can 1t bew she wondered
and jumped out Of bed and ran to the
window.
Dancing on the windowpane were
several little figures clad in glistening
white dresses, just like the snow that
lay on the ground. And auttering
through the air Lulu saw many more
of these little white creatures. which
she knew at once were snow fairies.
The fairies waved their hands, and
Lulu put up the window. Strange to
say, It did not feel cold, and the little
fairies few in without seeming to be
in the least afraid of melting.
1--WE are Santa Claus little helpers"
one fairy said. I'VE go about trying
to find out just what little girls and
boys want for Christmas. We can't
come until there is snow, though, for
we ride about on the fakes, and the
snow has been so late this year. And
now, little girl, will you tell us what
you want Santa to bring your"
Lulu did not have to think over that.
my dolly has crack across her face.
and her hair is all gone." she said.
Wont you please tell him to bring
me a new dollyT'
I'VE certainly SHALL" the fairies smil-
ed, and then they spread their little
wings and few out of the window.
Outside they looked like snowfakes.
Lulu crawled back into bed, and
presently she went to sleep again. She
did not know it was Christmas morn
ing until her mother called her with a
gay merry Christmasp'
Then she jumped out Of bed. run
right downstairs and see what Santa
has left for you" her mother said.
And when Lulu got down to the din
ing room she shrieked with delight. for
Santa had hung up her stocking and
filed it with goodies, while in a little
chair underneath the stocking was
seated lovely golden haired dolly.
Beside Il was little trunk, and when
LuIu opened 1t she found 1t full Of
pretty clothes for the new doll.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-12-25
Match Trick.

Give person sixteen matches and
ask him to lift up from the table fif-
teen of them on the surface Of the re-
naming one. To accomplish it you
must do as follows: Place one match
on the table; now place seven of the
matches on this single one crosswise
one end on the table. other portion on
the single match; now in between
these seven more matches leaning in
the opposite direction; on top of all the
matches. just where they cross. place
the. remaining match; now grasp the
first single match placed on the table,
lift up. and you have all the matches
raised clear from the table. Just as II
they were solid mass
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-12-25
Christmas Gratitude

Do think enough about saying "Thank you at Christ
mast hurry and rush through the busy days before Christ
mas and then when Christmas actually put of the
mood Of giving and sit down intent upon the elimination Of
our effort which is reached when receive We take what
comessometmes eagerly sometimes with disappointed shrug
but we take what comes do not and are we always
prompt to give thans certain benevolent lady said last
year. gave thyeght presents this Christmas and received
only nine letters of thanks" This seemed dreadful beyond
words "And what of the other fastened to ask Some
of them thanked when next met she said careless
and some Of them thanked at all You know, she
added after pause zone Of the hardest things do is to give
thanks gracous Some people never do it It the dis
tnct mark of high breeding don't suppose any one but
king or princess has really the perfect art Of saying Thank
YOU" is mark Of good breeding to be prompt and gracious
in giving thanks Even if the gift is pincushion and you
already ninetynne Others say Thank you" sweety
aectionatey and in the spirit Of Christmas Do not let twen
ty-four hours pass by without taking sufficient time to write
an appreciav afectonate little note to every who has
membered you Christmas time Though this may be looked
upon as duty Others it is far than that is duty
to yourself very real duty for to be discoureous to be
selfish and selfish is to be outside many Of e keen
est Joys As matter Of self training if for other reason
say "Thank you" quickly and atacvely and sincerely
you Can.