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Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-09-03
New Dances To
Be Safe and Sane
Such is the Decree That's
Gone Forth From
Professors

New STYLES in dance steps this
winter will be old steps revised
and gently wedged into the one
step and fox trot.
That's the latest decision of
American dancing masters.
They find the two-step, long
the abused wall flower of the
dansant, and the waltz which
had begun to peep into affairs
as early as last spring, are to
come back in condensed form.
The dances for t b g winter
will be a combination one-step
and two-step, and a combination
of canter walk, hesitation and
waltz.
All Of which means that one
who has a taste for waltzing
must learn a few of the new
steps to waltz, and one who has
learned the new steps without
knowing how to waltz must
pick up the old accompaniment
to the Blue Danube"
Cut Intricate Steps
Back in the eastern section,
where the dancing masters of
the country are making t h 9
rounds of the seaside resorts, in
an attempt to get an advance
glance of what the people are
thinking of doing on the ball
room floors this winter, comes
the announcement: I'VE will
eliminate all intricate and diff
ficult steps. We will notreturn
to the old dances, but will make
standard dances.
This means that the old style
twaitz and tNe-stcp will be in
the discard. but it also means
that the highfalutin' curves, and
twists and dips will be eliminat-
ed. There will be a semblance
Of the so-called Raging" left,
and some of the best things of
the fancy dances, but with it
all a standard dance, and that
is what the dance people of the
country have been crying for.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-09-03
NeW Par eel Rates

All parcel packages must be
plainly addressed and must bear
the return address of the sender.
Unless there is return address
on parcels they be considered
as uIlnailable and turned in to
the dead letter department or
otherwise disposed of, according
to regulations.
Beginning Sept. 1st, parcels
will be insured at the following
rates:
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-09-03

In order to fittingly celebrate
the first birthday anniversary
of their son Paul, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hal Locke issued invitations to
several "hopefuls" about Paul's
tender age, Saturday afternoon.
Those Present (chaperoned by
fond mammas) were: Jack Ma
lone, Dorothy Benish, Katheryn
B u h, Marion Locke, Burke
McNamer a n d Frank Whet-
stone.
Prof. Thomas Shaw, the noted
agriculturalist, was here yester-
day, en- route from points west
to bingham, where a farmers
picnic and products exhibits are
staged.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-09-03
'Gondola' Wrecks
Delaney's Hudson
Toms Escape from Death
is Worlds Eighth
Wonder

Tom Delaney will live to a
ripe old age and it will not be
necesassary for him to w e r
charms" in order to steer clear
of bad luck. He proved this
last Sunday afternoon by fall
ing right into the clutches of
Grim Death and slipping out a
few minutes later, in perfect
condition.
Tom went out for spin in
his Hudson on the above after
noon. He called at Milestone
Grange and finding no one at
home, started back to town.
The switching crew were a t
work switching coal cars onto
the "Y" and had stopped just
above the road crossing when
Delaney came up in his motor.
Kane was at the engine throttle,
Foote was signaling the engine
and Dewing was working in
the field" as the switchmen,
say, or in other words working
at the rear. The signal h a d
been given to back up and just
as Tom drove onto the crossing
the rear car backed on, catching
the front of the auto. B 0 :
Dewing a n d Foote signaled
frantically to Kane, who threw
on the air and brakes. [ h 9
load was heavy and the grade
is rather sharp at that point and
the engine slid back a b 0 u t
thirty feet before a dead stop
was made. The auto was tipped
on it's side and front was COM
pletery battered aisa- crushed.
In some manner unknown to
himself, Tom managed to crawl
back to the rear seat and this
was his salvation, as he would
have been crushed to death
without doubt had he remain
in front. When the train stop
ped the railroad men, M. S.
Bush, Jeng Bake and t. j. Lar
son, who witnessed the mishap,
rushed to the scene and assisted
Delaney to crawl from beneath
the twisted and b a t t e r e d
machine. They were surprised
and delighted to see him emerge
from the wreckage without in
jury, save a slight bruise on
one foot. After lighting h
pipe, surveying the premises
and gazing for a moment on the
heap of twisted iron and splint-
cred woodwork he stepped into
Larson's car and rode into town.
A large number of people from
town went out to the scene OF
the wrecked car and it was past
the understanding of all how
Delaney escaped a horri b e
death. The car that crushed
the auto came to stop a little
on this side of the switch stand
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-09-03
The Market:
Back From Minnesota

Knute Hagan and little daught-
er Traphina returned yesterday
from Montivedio, MINI. Mr.
Hagan impaired to the writer
the said intelligence of the death
of Mrs. Hagan, at Bemidji, May
31st last, of heart trouble with
complications. Mr.. Fl a 6 a Ms
mother is caring for the young.
er child.
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(Contl ibuted)

tContNbuted)
A very fine chicken dinner
was served last Sunday, by Mr..
and Mrs. A. Metcalfe north of
the city. The invited guests
were: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Neu-
muth, Mr.. a n d Mrs. Urlich
Misses Croft, mclaughlin and
Hargus and Messrs. Kartack,
Kapp and Larmon.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-09-03
Presbyterian Services

Until further notice the hours
Of worship at the Presbyterian
Church will be as follows. Sun
day School 10 A. M. Preaching
IL A. M. Preaching Evening Ser
vice 8 P. M.
A cordial invitation is extend.
ed to ell to attend the Services.
W. A. Replogle, Acting pastor
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-09-03
Rockcreek Roundup

The Rock Creek roundup is
now in full swing, in charge Of
Riley Saffel, and a cleanup of
the outfit will be made this fall,
as far as is physically possible.
Shipments from Baltic to Chi
cago will begin soon.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-09-03

Special attention is invited
to the &c fee on parcels valued
at up to $500. Any insured
parcel lost in the mails will be
paid for by the Department, not
to exceed the value stated at
time of mailing and covered by
proper fee.
Beginning Sept. 1St, a receipt
may be had at the postoffice by
parties mailing fourth cl a S S
matter parcel post packages.
This receipt will cost one cent
and is simply a receipt to show
that the parcel has been mailed.
1t does not insure a pare e |
against loss. To obtain this re-
ceipt the parcel will be present.
ed at the window postage pre-
paid and one cent paid for the
receipt. The office will fill out
a tag and receipt, the tag being
affixed to the parcel and receipt
given to the sender. The insur-
ed parcel is recommended in
stead of the receipted parcel in
every case.
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WILSON'S WANE.

Suffrage has not been made a party question, but partisan poll
ticians have often tried to profit from it. More often they have
New Jersey as a case in point. After lodging the question for
more than two years, President Wilson with loud acclaim announc-
ed that he would vote with the sufragists in his own State. I'M
mediately his political undelstrappers set out to annex the suf-
frage issue and to tie another scalp to the Presidents none too
plentiful string.
Mr.. Wilson merely announced that he would support the suf-
quarters that this sealed the success of the movement. The
great man had spoken, the argument ran; what more remained
even they thought the voters still to be under the influence of the
Presidential spell and that the voice from the White House would
swing New Jersey strongly into line.
The suffrage amendment, however, was defeated by something
like 10000 majority. 1t carried only one county, and that the
smallest. in the state; and it was lost, by tremendous margins, in
the Presidents own precinct, city and county.
The moral seems to us obvious. 1t is that President Wilson has
lost a large measure of whatever public confidence he once COM
manded. Here was an issue, possessing undoubted merit, to
and newspapers have given ardent support to an extent which
warranted them in looking for a victory even without the Presi-
clusion seems to us to be inevitable that the anti-suffrage vote in
New Jersey. was swollen by the anti-Wison sentiment which is
known to exist there and which found in this years special election
an opportunity to express itself.
The President no longer speaks the compelling voice in tbs
country. Time was when, to Congress and to others, he was a
jewel-eyed political Buddha, whose thunder-tones caused all the
nipotent being, that to oppose him is neither criminal nor treason
able, and that resistance to his views is not to be visited with in
New Jersey has dared, with the suffrage, other communities will
dare with other issues.
MI. Wilson will be renominated, of course-umless he takes
counsel of the prudence and makes a grandstand play by declar-
ing that he will abide by the one-terrn plank Of the Baltimore
platform. But he will enter the campaign a sadly diminished fig
ue from the majestic proportions i'll which his idolators have
sought to make him appear. In his own State he has steadily
shrunken. He secured fewer votes in 1912, for President, than
ne Gid IN 1910, for Governor. In 1914 his party elected only four
Republicans legained control of the Legislature. In 1915, on an
issue OF his own making, we see the outcome.
to any party OF to any cause; he is a a liability. ~ And Andy yet t as IS he he is: all
that the Democratic party can boast of.
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Liked Free Thinqs.

In the American Magazine q United
States senator writes about the re-
markable mail that he receives. Fol-
lowing Is an account Of one of the
most amusing requests that he ever
received:
"The'American people are at all times
anxious to secure anything. no matter
how worthless, provided it will cost
them nothing. Every days mail brings
Its requests for seeds and government
publications. 1 have long admired the
frankness Of the mar who wrote to me-:
"'Please put my lame on the mail
ing lists for anything that the govern
ment gives away free"
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bers of his legation staff in connection
with the execution by the German
military authorities, of Miss Edith Ca
veil, a British nurse.
Referring to reports from London
that there was evidence of bad faith
on the part of the German authori-
ties before the execution Of Miss Ca
veil took place, the minister says the
legation officially. received no pledge
or promise that it would be kept in
formed Of the disposition of the case,
There were no conversations Of a di-
plomatic character, he explained, the
only remark on the subject passing
between an employee of the legation
and a subordinate German official.
With the exception of the plea fol
mercy which Mr.. Whitlock himself
addressed to the German military
governor after Miss Cavell confessed
her guilt in aiding the allied soldiers
to escape from Belgium, there was nc
step taken by the American legation
in which the German authorities
showed any discourtesy.
Officials here look upon the incident
as closed.-Special wire to the Grand
Forks Herald.
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POPULAR COUPLE
ARE. MARRIED

On Oct. goth, Mr.. oney William
Smith of Racine, Wis, and Miss Lydia
Elizabeth Munter of this county, we're
joined in wedlock by Judge E. H. Crit
fin of this city.
The bride is a popular young lady,
and is the sister Of Mrs. John B.
Briggs Of Overland township, and also
a niece of County Commissioner John
E. Thelin. The groom is a fine young
man, and has a host of friends. The
happy couple are spending their hon
eymoon with the friends and relatives
of the groom in Michigan. From there
they will go to Racine, Wis, where
they will begin housekeeping. Their
many friends will join in wishing them
happiness and prosperity.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-11-04
AIRsHIPs IN WAR.
In Some Way. They Are More Effective
Than AeropIanes.

In Some Way. They Are More Enees'vs
Than A~eroplanes.
While the airship is clumsier and
slower moving than the aeroplane. 1t
has its own special. uses in war. In
".Air Craft In the Great War;" by
Claude Grahame- White and Harry
Hooper, is this: 10.
'There are three points In favor OF
the airship, and none should be over
looked. She can remain in the air
many hours if required; even, in an
emergency, for several days. And in
this respect she has the advantage Of
the aeroplane. She can hover. too,
above a given spot, her machines
stopped and her car motfonless. This
is of value in detailed observations,
and here again she has the advantage
of the aeroplane, which can not hover.
IA third merit Of the airship. and
again a useful one, is that she can fly
safely at night. This provides her
with many uses in time Of war. Aero
planes can fly at night, too, but only
at a grave risk. If a motor fails, and
Tue ulE luuu has " uCSNCuus q
| prevents him from choosing a landing
| ground. and he may crash into a wall
or hedge, or the side of a house, or find
; himself in the tree tops of q wood.
"Hovering at the rear Of her W
lines, and fitted with a powerful wire
less plant. the airship can remain aloft
from dawn until dusk, her observers
watching constantly the enemy's battle
front, and signaling, while the news
has value, any change they may notice
in the position Of the troops. For de-
structive raids, particularly at night,
the airship has a grim potentiality.
"1'he point to be borne in mind. the
fact that governs the use Of an airship
in war, is that in a clear sky during
daylight. and away from the protection
Of her own guns or planes, she is large,
slow flying and highly vulnerable. Her
hull cannot be armored, fragile though
it is; the weight would be prohibitive.
So she may be crippled and sent to
earth by the accurate placing of a sin
gle bomb or SHE'LL"
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0Hlo's cooNsKiN LIBRARY.
How the EARLY Settlers Got Their First
Supply Of Books.

How the Early Settlers Got Their First
j.. Supply Of Books.
In the autumn of 1903 there was a
meeting Of the settlers in Dover. Sun
day Creek and Ames, Athens county,
O., called primarily to consider the
making of roads, but before it ended
it took up a side issue that. seen from
this point of view. seems to be the
most. important part of the meeting.
What they did about roads was of but
passing interest. The other matter pro-
duced %farreaching results.
1t is recorded that Josiah True call
ed attention to the need of books.
Probably most of those present had
enjoyed the advantages of libraries
back In their New England homes and
their isolation in their new homes in
the west emphasized the lack of them
here. BE proposed a public library.
The idea was warmly welcomed. but
how could it be secured without
funds? The %colonists were mostly
poor and what they had was not in
Nv u vi AOhCy. ALCAC wac OuL
little money in circulation and bust
ness was most easily carried on in
the form of barter. Finally some one
suggested that all present engage in
hunting fur bearing animals during
the approaching winter. and with the
proceeds Of the hunt buy necessary
books.
Agents of John Jacob Astor had WIS.,
tied the settlements promoting that
industry. and the young men had be-
come skilled in the chase. They en-
tered into the work with enthusiasm
and by spring a large store of skins.
mostly coonskins. had been collected.
Samuel Brown was to make a visit to
Boston. going by wagon, and it was
arranged that he should take the store
of skins east with him. stopping at
Astor's place in New York to dispose
of them.
DR.. Mannaseh Cutler went along with
him to make the selection of books.
These were bought in Boston with the
product of the sale Of the skins. The
name adopted was 1.-THE Western Lii
brary association" and it was located
at Ames. 1t was Incorporated Feb. 2.
1904. On Dec. II, 1904. the members
of the association met at Ames and
elected Ephraim Cutler librarian. Mr..
Brown had evidently returned with the
books, for it was voted at this meeting
to accept ifty-one books purchased by
Samuel Brown This was the begin
| ming of the Coonskin library.
1t is said that sixty of the youth in
that vicinity came at once under the
influence of that library. Of whom ten
graduated at Ohio university, two be-
coming professors, three preachers and
five lawyers. Thomas Ewing was one
of these, and he t~estifes in his auto
biography to its influence upon him.
Ten coonskins that he got went into it.
1t has been referred to as the first H.
brary on Ohio soil, but Howe says this
is an TOR. The Public library Of Gin
cinnati was established in 1902. and
there was a Farmers library at Belpre
in 179G.-Columbus Dispatch.
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CONDITIONS
FOR OCTOBER

In many respects October has been
a peculiar month, but can be we'll
called a fine month for October.
The highest temperature was 73 de-
grees on the LIST. And the lowest was
on the eighth when the thermometer
touched - degrees below freezing.
The normal temperature for the
month was 40.5. There was the least
precipitation this October of any Oct
ober since the local weather bureau
was established, there being only AS
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-11-04
DRIVING THE BALL.
Records Show That Golfers Can Guido
Baseball SIuggers.

Records Show That Golfers Can Guido
Baseball %SIuggers.
On several occasions debaters i'm
bued with the spirit of argument and
research have taken up the question
as to how much further a golf ball
can be driven beyond a baseball wal
lop.
There are at hand no official records
Of long flights in either game, meas
ured to the ultimate inch and establish
ed a the last word in the case;
But there Is this to go on-Fred Mer-
kle and Hans Wagner startled the
populace on two occasions by driving
a baseball over the left field fence in
Pittsburgh. This fence is 400 feet from
the home plate, and each drive landed
at least forty feet beyond the fence.
making a total carry Of 40 feet.
Walter johnson once smashed 4
drive over the score board in Cleve-
land, situated 400 feet from the plate.
This smash also carried about 40 feet.
So in the way Of flight, not including
roll. no ball player probably ever
drove beyond $50 feet. No man has
yet hit the center field fence at the
Polo grounds, which is $50 feet from
the plate.
A long driver in golf can frequently
carry between 225 and $50 yards. And
on II occasion Jesse Guilford, the far
driving wonder from Intervale, chris
tened the New HampShire Siepa Gun
smote a golf ball that flew 312 yards
from the tee. This totals 93G feet, or
about twice as far rs any athlete; has
ever been able to hammer u baseball
on its way. There have been golf
slnashes we'll above 1000 feet, but
these included the roll. which is too
much a matter of baked out turf and
wind to be used in any official way
Grantland Rice in Golfers Weekly.
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All His Fortune.

One day before his marriage tile Rev.
Sydney Smith ran into the room where
his fancee was, flung into her lap six
small teaspoons which from much
wear had become the ghosts of their
former selves" and said, There. Kate,
you lucky girl, l give you all my for
tune" He gave her, however, what he
did not mention, his fine character and
great talent and in every way proved
himself a. excellent husband.
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Notwithstanding that the price of grain has been somewhat low
since threshing began, this has been a banner year for the farmers
of Ramsey county. More grain was raised in this county this year
than in any one year before, and barring a couple of weeks of rainy
weather the fall has been all that could be asked to complete the
falls work. Flowing has been moving along rapidly during the
past two weeks and when winter closes in on us and the farmers
are spared the time to take an inventory of their years labors,
they will find the balance on the right side of the ledger, and a
most healthy balance at that.
For the past six weeks the editor of the World has been putting
in most of his time attending to his farming operations, but we
are now back to the wheel and hope to devote our time and atten-
ton to newspaper matters for the balance of the year, at least.
While the man who lives in town and farms at long range cannot
expect to make as much money out of his lands as the actual far
mel, we must say that the years results so far as farming is con-
cerned, has been very satisfactory to us.
In the death of Steve Jones our city and county has lost a splen-
did citizen, and a man who has done his part in building up the
county. He was a man among men, and in doing his part for his
county had more truer friends, and his death has left a vacant
place in our community which can never be filled. He has gone
to his reward, and those who know him best will have no fear but
what he will reap his golden reward in the land beyond the skies"
Here is the last shred Of that scrap of paper, the Democratic
Platform of 1912: eve favor a single presidential term, and to
that end urge the adoption of an amendment to the Constitution
making the President of the United States ineligible for re-elec-
ton, and we pledge the candidate Of this convention to this prin-
Through changing his base of operations frequently, the Kaiser
has nothing on Woodrow Wilson. whose ightnngchange on the
issue of national defence is only the latest in a long series of OPP
CREATIONS reversing himself.
Now that the foot ball season is over our boys may devote more
of their attention to their books.
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Two Rare Earths.

Gas nantes depend for their bril-
liancy and durability upon two rare
earths, thorium and cerium. These
alone made gas NANTES possible. They
are extracted from certain sands
known. as monazite, which are found
in vast deposits in Brazil. and in large
quantities in Canada, India, South
Africa and North Carolina.-New York
World.
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A Woman Rat Catcher.

At least one a woman has held the
position of rat catcher to the king Of
England. a warrant issued in 1872 by
the master of the ordnance states that
whereas Elizabeth Wickley is EN-
ployed in killing Of Rates and other
Vermins. in and about His Mates
stores and Houses in We Tower Of Lon
don. l have therefore thought fit to al
low her ye sum of Eight Pounds per
annum,'
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( of an inch of rain. On the 25th the
wind reached a velocity Of As miles an
hour, which is about as high a breeze
as W have without a cyclone. There
were II clear days, 10 partly cloudy
and T cloudy days.
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Air Craft as Storm Rsfuoa.

1t might almost be said that one OF
the safest places to be In during "a
thunderstorm is an air craft floating
free in the air, as the electric fluid will
almost assuredly obey the powerful
attraction Of the earth. Captive bal
looms. however. are quite another
thing, the steel cables by which they
are connected to the earth making
them exceptionally liable to be struck
during an electric storm.--Pal Mall
Gazette.