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The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-06-04

own community and note the
land untitled, waiting for the
man and the plow. And think
of the unemployed all over the
country who are complaining of
mo work." It's bunk-all bunk
this cry Of no work. +" There's
plenty of work in the country
for those who are willing to turn
their hands to honest work
wherever it may be found. The
cold fact is, most people are so
arbitrary and stubborn they in
sist on doing certain kinds of
work, or they won't work at all.
Our great cities, and even
many of the smaller ones, are
simply staggering under the bur-
den of the unemployed, and yet
there are millions Of acres of rich
la nd waiting in vain for some
one to till them. There may be
people right in our immediate
vicinity who are wailing and be-
moaning the so-called lack of
work, when as a matter of fact
there is work for all Of them in
the fields adjacent to our little
city. The man who can't work
should be pitied and cared for,
but the fellow who won't work
should be kicked out of the COM
munity and left to shift for him
self. Too many drones waste
the substance of those who Gre
ate.
In any event something should
be done to prevent the waste of
good land which we see on every
hand, and if Germany can do this
while her armies are in the field,
surely we can do little better
while we have no armies on the
move.
The local man who can solve
this problem to the satisfaction
Of the public and the materia,
veal of the community is big
enough to be president of the
United States.
Who wants to be president?
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-06-04
War Summary

The heaviest fighting of the
European war is now going on in
the vicinity Of Przemysl, where
the Germans and Austrians have
been meeting with great sue
cess. The present engagement
is predicted to be either bril-
liant success or utter disaster to
the Teutonic army. So far the
Teutons have been highly sue
cessful and have taken 300, 900
prisoners, large quantities of
guns and ammunition4 and sup
plies.
On the line between Germany
and France, while there is con-
tinual fighting, no decisive en-
gagements have taken place.
On the border between Italy
and Austria the Italians have
taken some territory, evidently
without opposition, while in the
Dardanelles the allies are having
a serious time in their advance
on Constantinople.
German submarines continue
to obstruct shipping and have
succeeded in sinking a number
of large boats during the past
week. The Lusitania incident
is still in dispute, Germany fail
ing to give the United States a
direct reply to the note of Presi-
dent Wilson.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-06-04
Get Behind The PlOW

Germany, they say, is one vast
truck garden, with scarcely a
foot of waste ground. This is
the policy adopted by the Ger
mans to insure food for the SOL
diers and civil population now
that the empire is isolated from
the outside world. And if Ger
many can put millions of men
into her armies and still cultivate
all of her land, why is it we
Americans cannot accomplish
greater results with the land in
this country, where we have no
wars to swallow up the young
men and all are free to work?
Just cast your eyes around our
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-06-04
Round Butte Items


Preaching at Round Butte
church on June 9Th, at II o'clock.
Sunday school at 10 o'clock.
Erick Johnson is building a
fine barn on his ranch near mud
creek.
George Broughton is having a
we'll dug on his ranch.
Fred Hughes, wife and baby,
were callers at the Smith home
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Alma Myers was a Poison
visitor on Monday.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-06-04
COMPENSATION ACT
IN EFFECT JULY |

pensation Act is available to all
employees engaged in hazardous
occupation, except those whose
employment is only casual. The
law defines casual employment"
as something that is mot in the
usual course of the trade" busi-
, ness, profession or occupation of
the employer, " something out of
the ordinary line of work that
the employer is engaged in.
Under the head of hazardous
employment, it is only fair to
assume that about the only ex-
ception in addition to the casual
laborer,' would be farm or other
laborers engaged in agricultural
and stock raising pursuits, also
household or domestic servants,
and possibly clerks, bookkeepers,
and employees in stores, business
houses and mercantile establish
nents, and practically all occu-
pations where no power machin-
cry of any kind is used. Inter-
state railroads do not come under
the provisions of the Act.
Both employer and employe,
except as to public corporations,
can exercise their pleasure as to
which of the three plans of COM
pensation they wish to be bound
by, or none, if they so desire,
and will so notify the Industrial
accident board.
When the employer elects not
to come under any of the plans,
but to stay out, his affirmative
defenses in an action for DAM
ages, consisting of negligence of
the employe (unless willfuD
negligence of a fellow employe,
and assumed risk, are excluded
or denied him.
When the employer elects to
come in and the employe elects
to stay out, the present law gov
erns. When both elect to come
in, the provisions of the Act are
exclusive. The employe is bound
by the plan selected by the en-
ployer, unless he elects to stay
out altogether. 1t is the inten-
tion of the Act that any employer
engaged in hazardous occupations
as defined therein shall, before
being bound by either of the
compensation plans therein pro-
vided, elect to be so bound there
by, and that the employe shall
be presumed to have elected to
be subject to, and bound by the
provisions of the particular plan
which may have been adopted
by his employer, unless such en-
ploye shall affirmatively elect
not to be bound by the Act.
Neither can come in without the
consent and cooperation of the
other.
The compensation for per-
manent total disability is fifty
per cent of the employees wages
at the time of the accident. not
exceeding ten dollars per week,
for period of four hundred
weeks, then five dollars per week;
for temporary total disability,
fifty per cent for three hundred
weeks, not exceeding ten dollars
per week; partial disability, half
the difference between the wages
received at the time of injury
and wages he can afterwards
earn, not exceeding, however,
the difference between such
wages and the maximum amount
allowed for total disability, pro-
vided said amount earned and
paid must equal the minimum
compensation allowed for total
disability, for a period of one
hundred and fifty weeks in case
Of permanent partial disability,
and fifty weeks in case of tenn
porary partial disability.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-06-04
IN FAST GAME
ROMAN IS VICTOR

Oh DaSe pail seen on the Roman
diamond for two years, the Pol
son sluggers went down to de-
feat before John Swee's Roman
aggregation last Sunday. 1t was
a beautiful day and the diamond
was in the very best of condition
but the grass was a little too
plentiful in the outfeld-while
the crowd of spectators was the
largest so far this season.
The visitors came down from
the lake city full of confidence
and with a determination of an
nexing another scalp to their
already amply supplied belt. 1t
was a shame to disappoint them,
but after the game with the
Mission Reds the week before
John Swee got his boys together
and they declared the jinx off
for 1915, so there was nothing
left for them to do but go in and
clean up the lake shore bunch.
Poison went to bat and Pitcher
Phil Hull retired three good men
in succession, the last of the
three being Polson's star stick
performer Tom Brown. There
was a hole in his bat as big as a
wagon wheel. Roman took
turn at it, but our home boys
were too gallant to score first
and retired to the field with a
goose egg.
The second and third innings
resulted the same, but in the
fourth inning, Tom Brown, with
one out, found new club, and
pounded out a two bagger. Turn
quist succeeded in getting to
first on a wild throw and Brown
advanced to third, Millar famed
and the next man got a bingle
that brought Brown home and
sent Turnquist to second, and
another wild throw put him on
third. Another single put over
another score, but the next man
up famed and Poison retired
with two runs to their credit.
Roman failed to score and the
fourth inning came to an end
with the score standing 2 to O in
favor Of Poison.
In the fifth Palmer made a
single and stole second, but Hull
famed the next three men up
and left Palmer holding down
the second bag. The home boys
were shut out again in the fifth,
closing the inning at 2 too.
Brown again connected with
the ball in the sixth inning for a
one bagger and a couple of safe
bingles following brought him
over the home plate. But here
their fun came to an end and
they went to the field with one
more run to their credit. It
looked bad for the Roman fans
but when Jacobs knocked out
a two bagger there was a bright
spot in the dark day. Jacobs
stole third and then made home
plate before three men following
him were disposed of, closing
the sixth inning 2 to / in favor
of Poison.
Poison was retired in the
seventh without a run, as was
also Roman. Brown was up
again for Poison when the eighth
started and there was some
hilarity among the fans from the
lake, but he went out on a long
fly to center. Two more out
followed and then the Roman
boys went in and on single by
Jacobs and a two bagger by
Stock, followed by a sacrifice
hit, both Jacobs and Stock scored,
the inning 3 to 3.
Hull did some effective work
in the ninth, and with some good
assistance retired the visitors
with q p00so 600 The tie had
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-06-04

dollars per week for four hundred
weeks.
Alien benefciaries receive fifty
per cent of the statutory COM
pensation. Burial expenses sew
enty-fve dollars, and first aid
expenses fifty dollars, if not
otherwise provided for. No
compensation for the first two
weeks beyond the first aid ex-
penses allowed.
The loss of both hands, or
arms, or feet, or legs, OR eyes,
or any two thereof, shall consti-
tute total permanent disability.
The loss of members of the body
are graded from three weeks
for the loss of the end joint of
the little finger up to two hum
dred weeks for the loss of an
arm at or near the shoulder,
Compensation payments shall
be made monthly and are non
assignable and non-attachable
and the liability of compensation
payments cannot be waived. All
accidents must be promptly re-
ported to the board, and all
claims for compensation must be
filed with the board at the
earliest possible date, and are
barred if not presented within
six months of the day of happen
ing.
Three plans of compensation
are available to the parties elect
ing to come under same.
Plan No. l contemplates an ar
rangement whereby the employer
can make the compensation pay
ment directly to the employe as
they may come due under the
terms of the Act. The employer
must furnish conclusive proof of
solvency and ability to make the
and furnish security
for same.
Plan No. 2 contemplates an ar
whereby an employer
may insure his liability and pay
compensation and benefits as the
Act provides in any insurance
company authorized to transact
business in the state. The en-
ployer must satisfy the board as
to the amount of insurance he
takes, and file the policies with
the board.
Plan No. 3 contemplates an ar
rangement whereby the state
does the insuring, based on a
certain percentage of the annual
payroll of the employer, to be
paid into the state treasury. The
percentage Of the payroll to be
paid into the state under this
is based on a slid
ing scale according to the classi-
fication that the employers busi-
ness comes under.
There are twenty-six classes
Of hazardous employment, and
the percentage of the payroll
runs from sixty-five one hum
1redths of one per cent, under
Class No. l, covering theatre
moving picture operat-
ors, jewelry manufacturers,
electrotyping, engraving, stero-
;yping, embossing, lithograph-
ng, book binding, printing, and
similar occupations, up to Class
No. 26, covering the manufacture
If powder, dynamite, and other
explosives, on which the rate is
zen per cent.
An additional class, known as
class q, is also provided for,
any employer or en-
oloye engaged in non-hazardous
work may, by their joint elec-
ion, filed with and approved by
he board, accept the provisions
# compensation under Plan No.
}, at a rate of assessment of the
oay roll of one-half Of one per-
.ant.
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-06-25
DESPERATE FIGHTING
 IN ARRAS SECTOR
EACH SIDE DWELLS ON LOSSES OF THE OTHER, AND EACH EN-
 FLASHES ITS GAINS.
WILLIAM MARCONI.

London. - Although disagreeing as to results, the German official state ment and the French and British con- munications indicate that the fighting in the Arras sector and at the north ern front is as desperate as any tEe western theater of war has developed. The area of hostilities is tiny as com pared with the sweep of the Galician front where the Austro-Germans are still driving forward, but the last few days have brought much Eand-to-hand fighting, the British and French stri.- ing to hold the trenches gained, and the Germans, with a preponderancc Of machine guns, as promptly initiat- ing counter attack.
 Each side dwells on the losses of the other, and each emphasizes it's gains, all of which have been costly, although comparatively small as measured in distance. It is too early to say whether this means a serious F'ranco-British attempt to break through, but is it patent that they are on the offensive.
 In the east the Austro-Germaas forces are not only nearer across the frontier of Poland, but claim to have driven the Russians further across the frontier of Poland in the vicinity of Tarnogrod, as we'll as penetrating fur ther into Bessarabia- The battle for Lemberg is now raging along the fortified Grodek line, where it Is predicted the Russians will give a final stubborn battle to save the capital.
 The British press, pending such time as the Russians stiffen their re- sistance, is finding solace in the re- ports of the coliosal human sacrifices which the Austro-German drive through Galicia entailed. It is claim ed that the Russians, even if forced to retreat, by clever management have drawn the Austro- German forces periously far from their rail commu- nication, meantime so seriously sap- ping their vitality, with estimated losses of 10000 men a day, as to con- tribute materially to the outcome of the western campaign.
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-06-25
GEORGIA EXECUTIVE
 ALLOWS CLEMENCY
w WOULD BE A MURDERER" SAYS GOVERNOR, SHOULD HE
 ALLOW FRANK TO HANG.
DON'T WANT BLOOD ON HANDS
Speakers Started to Harangue Crowd From City Hall Steps, But Were
 Stopped By Extra Policemen.

Atlanta - Leo M. Franks death prisonment by Governor Slaton. An nouncement of the governors deci- sion came few hours after Frank had been secretly taken from the jail here and hurried to the State prison farm at Milledgeville Frank was sen fenced to be hanged for the murder of Mary Phagan in April, 1913.
 Governor Slaton still was at his country home when he announced his decision on the case over the tele- phone In making this announcement the governor dictated the following statement:
 All that I ask is that the people of Georgia read my statement of the req sons why I commuted Leo M. Franks death sentence to life Imprisonment before they pass judgment.
 Feeling as I do about this case, would be a murderer if I allowed this man to hang. It may mean that must live in obscurity the rest of my days, but I would rather be blowing in a field than to feel for the rest of my life that had that mans blood on my hands"
 Governor Slaton was completing a long statement giving his reasons for his action, and this, he said would be made public later.
 Early extra editions stated unoai- cially that Franks sentence had been co1nmuted and early in the morning crowds began to gather on the princi- pal downtown street corners The ar rest of man who attempted to dis mount policeman by grabbing the horses reins stirred the crowd at For sythe and Walton streets to excite ment, and they followed the officers to the City Hall a block away where they took the prisoner pending arrival of patrol wagon.
 Speakers started to harangue the crowd from the City Hall steps, but were stopped by an extra force of police.
 At Marietta. 20 miles from here, the former home of Mary Phagan, Governor Slaton was hanged in effigy. An inscription on the dummy read:
 John Slaton, Georgia's traitor gov ernor"
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-06-25
HEAVY FIGHTING
 RENEWED IN "
BRITISH WIN AND LOSE OF FRONT BEFORE eERNi
 COUNTER ATTACKS Il

London. - For the first tn| weeks there has been heavy dJ over a comparatively extensiye of the British front in BelgjuI Fance. Berlin describes it as j glo-French movement syncbnI with Russian reverses in Ga]jcI
 To win a mile of front, and M lose it before terrific German ter attacks was the experience ] British near Festubert. In al ment, frank if brief, Field Nd French records this incident bud not state the losses, which must| been heavy on both sides.
 The Germans are as frank i| ceding the loss of ground near l but do not mention having been ed, even temporarily, to yield al of their Festubert stronghold,
 In the east the Austro.Germa vance continues to swing io with the exception of the secti tween the Dniester marshes al rawna, where the Russians h the bridge-heads are making headway.
 Gen. von Mackensen, accord dispatches, has given himself night in which to capture Lem and it would seem that, at ths his and coordinate forces are forward, this time limit will be if the Russians are unable to il a stiffer resistance than they showing now.
 The latest Zeppelin raid on h has created hardly a ripple Of ment- Aircraft protection was of the subjects discussed n House of Commons, William JOY Hicks urging marked increa this branch. He said that must soon expect a serious H added that at one time more tna Zeppelins of the latest type weN the English coast.
 The under-secretary for Wa' Tennant, besides giving assa' that bigger aeroplanes were construction, said that since R ginning of the war the number chimes had been increased tenla the number of men engaged v branch fivefold.
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-06-25
GoethaIs Wants Rest

Washington. Major " George w. Goethals, goverhol Panama canal zone, is to De i' of duty and placed on the re'i' within the next few months
 will be done on the applcau' General Goethals himself, eeea1 feels that he is entitled 10 from official cares and resp11 ties. His successor will proD'1 Lieutenant Chester Hardlhs'
 neer of maintenance Of the cs'1
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-06-25
"Hair of the Dod.n

When man is debilitated from the effects of the previous nights de. bauch he Is frequently counseled to take "a hair of the dog that bit him." the meaning being that he should take a little of the same kind of Ii. quor that had upset him. The saying is a remnant of an old superstitious belief that the burnt hair of a dog was an antidote against the ill effects of intoXication.
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-06-25
No Reward Is Offered.

Washington. The Department of agriculture wants it understood that it is not offering $10,000 reward to the person finding a passenger or wood pigeon nest containing eggs. Hun- dreds of persons have written letters to the department for information The bird Is extinct, according to the best information obtainable. the de partment says.
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-06-25
Preparations are being made by the

Preparations are being made by the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad to handle 3,700 cars of peaches out or the Ozark region this year, according to E. D. Levy, general manager of the Frisco.
 MT. Levy says the season has been favorable for fruit crops and that beaches have responded splendidly The prospective apple crop in the Ozark region also is looming large.
 The Frisco taps the Ozark fruit country at it's richest producing points, in the Southwest Missouri e- zion, of which Koshkonong is the zen ter, and the Northwest Arkanss .x tar, ritory, of which Fayettevilleis' ,he cen. ter. The road also traverse s inc rich grain belt of the soutf west. from which it expects to der Ce hecvy .on- mage his year.
 Harvesting has tIegun or is begin ming practically Everywhere in the lower tier of Brain states. MT. Levy says. The wheat crop is made and is an abundant, one. Recent heavy rains in sections of Oklahoma and Texas damaged wheat but it is not too late to blow it under and make late corn crop. This will be done, MT. Levy says.
 The alfalfa crop is by far the lar gest ever known in the Southwest, in 1 the opinion of MT. Levy. The crop in some sections has been discolored, he says, but the discoloration does not 1 injure alfalfa as a feed. Whereas a few weeks ago MT. Levy expressed fear that the railroads would be unable to meet the grain situation, because they had not pur- | chased their usual amount of new 1 rolling stock, he now believes the car | riers by supreme effort will be able to handle the crops without serious congestion.
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-06-25
Eoreiun Trade Balance

Washington. = A foreign trade bal ance in favor of the United States of $14,256,2O7 is shown by a report is. sued by the Department of Commerce for the week ended June IF. Imports were $32,621,619 and exports SAG. 877,826.
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-06-25
CoIIeue Car Lawful

Washington. - Free transportation or transportation at reduced rates Of cars with exhibits of state agricul- tu1al colleges where the colleges ore sustained by state, was declared law. full by the Interstate Commerce Con,- mission.
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-06-25
New Subway Opened.

New York. - The Fourth Avenue subway line in Brooklyn, the construc- tion of which cost about S16,000, GOO, and occupied nearly six years, has been opened officially. The rou.e runs from the lower end of Manhat- tan to Coney Island.
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-06-25
Lawyers Ability.

It seems that lawyer is something of a carpenter. He can file a bill, split a hair, chop logic, dovetail an argument, make an entry, get up a case, frame an indictment, emoanel a jury. put them in a box, bore a court, chisel a client, and other like things.
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-06-25
Locomotives For Russi,

Philadelphia.-Alba B. Johnson
 president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works said he had received a cable message from the Russian government awarding a s6,0OO,O0O contract to inc company for 25O locomotives to bo completed by the end of inc nrocoot year.
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-06-25
Hambura Leather III

Hamburg. = For the @ sss,, :, since the beginning ol 'n' t.,, shoe and leather dealers VI ,,s Altona and vicinity have :. al <,
 an increase in the price n0. ,s,, shoes, but of repairing fo0''''
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-06-25
British Ship Torpedoed

London - The 2,OOO-ton Rrit,s, steamer Dulcie was torpedoad on, sunk off Suffolk. The members of the crew, with one exception. vera saved.
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-06-25
6 oeo. .Ooo Tons of Se''

Washington. - rms 'u .,. beet crop in the United o. ns. ises to be a large one. iAy '. ment of Agriculture eS'iiD'' yield at 6,29O,0OO tons.
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-06-25
Federal Reserve Statement

Washington. - Legal tender notes and silver in the hands of the federal reserve banks increased more than s4,000,000 during the last week, ac- cording to statement of their con- dition June Is, issued by the federal reserve board.
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-06-25
Waterway Bill Sioned

Sprlngfield. - Signing of Governor Dunne,s waterway bill, considered tho most important measure passed ,v thls General Assembly, was the nrin. cipal feature of the last hours of the Legislature. ''o