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The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-10-01
Winnipeg to Poison Rats.

Winnipeg, Man, Sept. %. With
only 5000 rats killed in Winnipeg dur.
ing the last three months under the
county bounty system recently insti-
tu.ed by the city board of health, tba
scheme has been abandoned and an ac-
tive poisoning campaign will be con-
Quoted. The danger of diseases being
spread by the rats, which infect some
districts of the city by thousands, has
been responsible for the activity OF
the Winnipeg board Of health.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-10-01
Greek Premier Wins Victory.

Athens, Sept 2S.-The result Of the
Kaleidoscope political changes of the
last few days in Greece is considered
here to be a decided victory for Pre-
mier Venizelos. The most scrupu-
lous observance of the treaty of al
lance between Greece and Serbia
now is believed to be assured, as also
is the active cooperation of Greece
with the entente powers in the event
of Bulgarian attack on Serbia.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-10-01
BRITISH OVERSIGHT OF WAR
Special Committee Appointed by As
quith to Assume Functions of
Dardanelles Body.

London, Sept. 2S.-Premier Asquith,
1t is announced, has appointed spe-
cial committee of the cabinet to be
charged with general oversight of the
war.
The committee, which is composed
of the premier, Lord Kitchener, David
loyd-Georgc Arthur j. Ballour, Sir
Edward Grey, Lord Lansdowne, And
Churchlll, Will act as a sort of eXecu-
tive committee, absorbing the func-
tions of the cabinets Dardanelles
committee.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-10-01
SALE COMING
OF FLATHEAD LANDS

The register and receiver of the Mis-
soula land office have received notice
that second sale of surplus lands on
the Flathead will be held in both Mis-
soula and Kalispell on the dates given
below. Judge McPhaul, who conducts
the sale, writes as follows:
''1o give the farmers and homestead
hrs who were busy harvesting during
the sale of the Flathead lands at Kalis-
pell and Missoula an opportunity to
o4rchase the adjoining tracts, furti.l =
sale of such lands will be held at Kali
ispell on November II and at Missoula
on November %, 1915. All unsold lands,
grazing, barren, etc, will be offered
under terms similar to those Of the last
sale. Notify all newspapers of the
facts and dates Of the further sale"
Register McHafIie writes that many
Of the settlers who desired to buy lands
at the former sale either could not
raise the money at the time or could
not leave their harvest fields, but now
that the harvest is practically over,
with splendid yield and fair prices,
they will find themselves in a position
to buy. Also that it is through the re-
quest of so many homesteaders that
Judge McPhaul decided to give them
another chance to acquire the lands
desired. This will probably be the last
opportunity and should not be passed
up.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-10-01
ITALY READY TO AID ALLIES
Will Send Wherever Necessary Con-
tngent of Troops Sufficient to In.
fluence Developments.

Rome, Sept. % (via Paris) - A
meeting of the Italian cabinet minis
ters, which a prominent statesman
said might be called council of war,
has just been held. Premier Salander
presided. Italian military experts af-
firm that all preparations have beer
made to send wherever necessary
contingent Of Italian troops sufficient
to exercise considerable influence on
Developments.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-10-01
Transy!vania Believed Sunk.

New York, Sept. 28.--According to
private advices received here the large
British transport reported by wireless
from Berlin on Sept. 21 to have been
sunk off the Island of Crete, in the
Mediterranean by German submarine
was the Cunarder Pennsylvania. This
big liner was $4,000 ton vessel, 54S
feet long formerly piled between New
York and Liverpool
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-10-01
Chicago Live stock.

Chicago, Sept. ogs--Ileccipts
$4,000 easy, unchanged to 30 under
Saturdays average; bulk S7.15M $50;
light, $1.5oM S.35 mixed, s6,S0M $40;
heavy. $6,55MS.15; rough, $6,55 q e,75;
pigs, s600MS10.
Cattle-Receipts, 1900; firm. native
beef cattle, S6.O0M 1910; western steers
$4,000 $50 cows and heifers s2.SaGp
S.25; calves. S725m11.
sheep-Receipts, 1000: firm; wethers
$500 q $50; lambs, 1915 80.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-10-01
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.

Minneapolis, Sept. 3S.-Bntter Cfoa n
cry extras, lb. 25c; extra frsts, &c;
firsts, 23c; seconds, 22c: dairies, extra
frsts, 22c: packing stock, 19c.
Eggs-Candled' free from rots, small
dirties and checks out, 23c; current
receipts, rots out, $3.50; checks and
seconds, per. doz lac; dirties, doz. J. SC.
Live Poultry-Turkeys. fat, 10 IDS.
cripples and culls. unsalable roosters.
Sc; hens, 4 lbs. and over 13 under 4
lbs. 1OM11c; geese, fat. 1Oc; guineas.
dozen $475: broilers 2 lbs and under,
per lb. 15c; springs. over lbs. 14c;
ducks. lie.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-10-01
Talk Across Continent

Wireless telephone communication
across the continent was accomplished
for the first time today, when expert
ments extending over several months
eliminated in successful transmissions
of the human voice by radio from the
great naval plant at Arlington, Va, to
the station at Mare Island, CAL, $500
miles away.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-10-01
Off On Big Hunt

A hunting party composed of G. E.
Broughton, j. D. Glathart, r. G. Nc
Bride, Jim Mcconnell, DR.. Fuhrer, w.
G. Brown and Bell Trosper left Roman
Sunday last for big hunt on Wolfe
creek west of Marion. They expect to
be gone about two weeks and come
home with all the game that the laws
of Montana will stand for.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-10-01
GRAIN AND LIVE STOCK.
Nrinneapolis Grain,

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 2X.-Wheat, Sept.
94hc; Dec 81 1ac; No. l northern, 9s IL {:
No. : northern, 95 l2c; No. ] durum,
99c; No. corn, 6Sc; No. white oats,
3312c: barley, mating. 49c; No rye,
94c: No. ! flax, s1.S3.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-10-01
American Steamer Released

London, Sept. %. - The American
tank steamer Corning, from Baton
Rouge for Malmo, Sweden, with a car
go OF refined petroleum and naphtha,
has been released by the authorities
at Kirkwall, where she put in recent
ly. On account of the detention of
the steamer the American embassy
has asked the foreign Office for an ex-
plapatiOn.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-10-01
Freiqht Train Kills Widow.

st. Cloud. Mimi, Sept. %. -- Mrs.
John Mertes. widow, IA years old
and resident OF Avon, near this city.
picking up wheat in the Avon freight
yards and instantly killed. She leaves
three sons and two daughters.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-10-01
HA|T|ENS ATTACK AMERICANS
Forty Rebels Are Killed in Encounte:
With U. S. Troops-Refuse
to Dsarm.

Cape Haitien, Sept. 28.-In an at
tack by IIaitien rebels on an Ameri-
can force, about two miles from Cane
Haitien, 30 Haitiens were killed. Ten
Americans were wounded.
The rebels have refused to disarm
and the Americans are marching on
Haut du Cap, in the Plain of the
North.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-10-01

Steers, $500 a 800; cows, s4,4om $50;
calves. $3.50: hogs, $1.35 q 40; sheep
and lambs, 1915 a 500.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-10-01
Lost

$500 reward for tae return of bay
horse colt with star in forehead and
branded C z on left front shoulder.
Chas. Zaruba, Horte, Mont. 2ltf
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-10-01
Duluth Grain.
South st. Paul I.iy

Duluth Sept 2S.-Wheat, Sept. a5 u
Dec. 81 Y No. l northern, 99c; No.
durum, S1.0ll2.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-10-01

Cincinnati, 4; Brooklyn, 3; II innings.
St. Louis, 3; New York. 2.
Philadelphia at Chicago, rain.
Other game not scheduled.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-10-01
YAQUIS BURN 60 PASSENGERS
SET CAR ON FIRE NEAR TORRES,
SONORA.
Indian Deserters from Mexican Fac
tionaI Army Derail Southern
Pacific Train.

San Diego, Cal, Sept 2S.-Eighty
passengers of a Southern Pacific Mex
lean train were thrown into a car con.
tanning hay and the car set on FIRE by
band of Yaqui Indians near Torres,
Sonora, according to radio advices re-
ceived here from Hermosillo via Guya.
mas
Only 20 passengers have been ac-
counted for thus far, the others hav-
ing been burned to death.
The Indians, according to the re-
port, numbered about 60 and were de-
serters from one of the Mexican fac
tional armies. They first derailed the
train. Most of the passengers were
women and children. No Americans
we're on the train.
U. S. Holds Up Ammunition.
Laredo, Texas, Sept %. United
States customs officials held up half
million rounds of cartridges and
large number Of army rifles, destined
for use by the Carranza forces, on
orders said to have emanated from
Washington. All shipments of am
munition will be so held pending fur
ther orders, it was said here
Detained for Investigation.
Washington, Sept. 2S.-Treasury de-
partment officials explained that the
shipment of arms held up at Laredo
had been detained merely for Gin
vestigation"
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-10-01
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Results.
No games scheduled.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-06-15

II turned to the gal and says:
How Is it? You heard what l
asked your father
"I hain't got any dress better n
caliker,' she replies, with her finger IN
her mouth.
".That makes no difference. / am
"a years old. / have log cabin with
no floor and no glass In the windows.
own a mewl, two hogs, one COW and
have got enough fire wood at the door
to last hull week. I am called a
good Teller and have fallen in love
with you. Let's get married tomor-
rer.'"
Its mighty sudden" says she.
"'Thats the way happy marriages
allus come about"
"'She looked at her father and then
at me, and the old man scratches his
head and says to her:
"'G-wan Malinda, I can finish hoe
ing this conf"
"And so we was married this morn
ing" concluded the bridegroom. And
that caliker dress is all right and, as
said before, it is June and perhaps
we might call her a June bride-per-
haps you might"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-06-15
Picnic Day

I" HEN the class goes for picnic.
IN and they find sylvan glade.
~ And somebody tips the barrel
that contains the lemonade
And someone falls from the hammock,
and the teacher wants to swear
But must smile with sanity patience
when a twig pulls off her hair.
Oh, it's then that hearts are joyous.
and it's then that life is gay.
When the class all gets sun blistered
on its happy picnic day,
And you sit you down to dinner, but
you rise to frown and sigh,
For the bugs are in the ice cream.
and the ants are in the pie.
A FOND FATHERS THOUGHT
who said spare the rod and spoil
the child?'"
II don't remember, but probably it
was some guy who was trying to tell
the neighbors how they ought to bring
up their children"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-06-15
Judgment Reversed

r T was the first double header of the
baseball season, and the boss was
waiting. From long experience
with comic papers and Joke books he
knew what to expect-and he did not
have long to wait. The office boy came
in apprehensively.
Boss" he quavered, I'D like to git
off today. Me grandmother
''Is sick, huh!'' finished the boss.
me grandmudder-" started the
boy again.
1.-The funeral is at p, M. isn't it,"
sneered the big chief.
ME grandmother" commenced the
boy again, patiently, wants to go to-
de ball game an I got to stay home
an min de kid"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-06-15

ANYTHING TO BRAG.
Conceit is in the glory of
Most everything we meet;
Fen soldiers boast the glory OF
An orderly retreat.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-29
SLABS LINCOLN PARK BOARD

Spearman Lewis, secretary Chi
cago Summer Resort bureau, takes a
strong stand for jitneys. He says:
Lincoln park is now barred to the
jitney bus and scent passengers. You
can ride in 81 sightseeing trucks or
$3-an-hour taxis. But not in nickel
bus.
That's a fine spirit for the Lin
coin park board to show travellers
from the smaller towns. Certainly
it's not the Chicago spirit. For
cents you are barred. For So an
hour you are welcome"
who owns the parks, the boule-
wards? The people. To whom do the
park boards come running when they
want money? To the people. l be-.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-29

lieve Mayor Thompson, elected enF
a peoples platform, can be counted
on to stand with us in this IL WeE
beat some of their bond issues at
coming elections the park boards 3
may listen to US" |
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-29
OMAHA NEW DRUG CLEARING I
HOUSE OF COUNTRY

HOUSE OF COUNTRY
Dope is being supplied to Chicago
fiends in wholesale quantity from
Omaha, Neb., according to a story
unfolded in Judge Landis' federal
court.
John DAVIS, up on charge of pos
sessing morphine, said supplies of
drugs are shipped here in great guam
titles from Omaha, now called the
drug selling center for the west
Police are now looking for ring
leaders of the opium gang that are
supposed to be in Chicago at pres
ent to line up agents to distribute
dope. Officers Busse and Johnson of
Schuettler's special dope squad,
worked up the case against DAVIS.
DAVIS will spend the summer vacation
at the Bridewell. In his six weeks in
Jail he has gained 40 pounds. He says
he is cured of the dope habit.
VIM. George, arrested on the South
Side April 4, for having dope in his
possession, told Judge Lands that
he had secured the dope from
w. H. Armbrecht's drug store, 1868
W. Madison ST., with a prescription
made out by DR.. Milton Titus of the
same address. Judge Lands contin-
ued the case until Tuesday that the
doctor and druggist may be brought
into court.
-O-O-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-22
All Varsity Men
AT This School

. Erasmus hall, q New York prep
school. 10 trying out one OF the most
interesting experiments ever attempt
ed In amateur sport. The idea is
that of Prof. 0. E. Ferry, faculty rep
resentative on the athletic board. II
Is to make an active athlete out of
every boy In the school and encour-
age everyone to play and learn the
game.
Every boy. in the school is mem
Der of the baseball team, no coach is
employed. new man acts as cap
tain In each game, and the teams are
changed for each game
An interclass tournament Is to be
staged and the players on the win.
ming class teams are to compose the
varsity squad.
Erasmus hall has games scheduled
for each Wednesday and Saturday
On the other days interclass contests
are to be played. The winners OF
Monday and Tuesday interclass
games represent Erasmus In Wed
nesday's game. The winners on
Thursday and Friday represent Eras-
mus on Saturday.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-22
STEWART,SAYLOR
BOUT HEADS CARD
Best Fight in State For Week
Is Scheduled at.
Jackson

Jackson leads the state In boxing
attractions this week. although Mickey
Sheridan and Milburn Saylor will not
fight as announced. N
Sheridan sustained injuries 1t his
Chicago gymnasium yesterday that
will prevent his appearance In Michi-
gan tomorrow night. and Hal Stewart
will be substituted to face the hard
hitting Saylor. A number Of Detroit
fans are planning To 60 to the Prison
city tomorrow to see the bout
Mt. Clemens offers an<ther card
tonight, with Jack Hunter, Of De-
troit. and Alex Macdonald. the Park
Hill phenom discovered by his father
and Johnny Whitaker, as the head
liners. Windsor will see fighting
again on Thursday night this week.
with Bonnie Mcneil and Paul Peder-
son slated as main 30 material Nc
Neil Is an in and out fighter. and II
he should happen to be in the mood
to make the going fast, an interest,"
ing session can be expected.
II is announced that Pal Brown and
Joe Azevedo have been definitely
matched for Windsor for March 4.
This bout should prove a big attrac-
ton. Brown being a great favorite In
these parts and Axevedo a worthy
foe. Taylor-Kaufmann and Saylor-
Lore lights are still hanging fire-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-22

revises In the midst az competition.
II wasn't till he returned here. that
he got going with his new stroke.
What he could do with 1t was shown
by the way he played through the
Massachusetts, competitions and also
In the amateur championship at
Ekwanok.
THE turf In Britain is wholly dill
erent from the American grass. II is
firmer and has springy tread. virtu.
ally unknown to our turf over here.
Another thing about the British
turf is that II never burns up like the
American grass, as last fall, when
the long drought left the links turf
almost like q powder. This was
especially noticeable at the Green
witch tournament, where Ouimet was
beaten. and at the womens national
at Nassau, where the club would 60
through the turf as easily az II there
was no turf there at an
THE prevailing humidity of Great
Britain, girt as II Is by the sea, keeps
the turf damp and firm. Any golfer
knows that It IL one thing to play
iron shots on a firm, solid turf and
quite another to da 80 where the club
quite another to do so where the club
goes through the turf as II would 20
through soft cheese.
1.-THE argument drawn from Ray
and vardon who played % well on
all the American courses, In OF no
value whatever, as they are such
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-22
The More Leagues, the Less
IObS. Is Baseball Paradox

least OF tnem
burlesque joke whereo inc
"The higher the ,.,,r.,,v
be would be at least wv more
about 200 less positions than
didn't belong They didn't NJ IN tne
or
resulted financial
in present opened 70 "
the $500 =, an i'm
forced to let
10 III
trying to positions TO be filled! -
Cn.n,s> arithmetic And yetab
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-22
Runnerup to Ouimet Explains
Champions Slump While in
British Isles

That difference in soil and gener-
ally unfamiliar ground conditions
make q material difference In the
game OF golfer 10 the assertion OF
John G. Anderson, Of the Brae Burn
(Afass.) Country Club who was run
ner-up to Francis ouimet for the Bay
State title.
AS seaside links are so rare in the
United States, one may say that very
few American golfers who have not
played ON the British seashore links
are qualified to pass Judgment on this
point OF soil effect" Mr.. Anderson
said. Take the case of Ouimet,
for instance, and the influence OF
British courses on his fame. He came
back to the United States with q
wholly different iron shot as Q result
Of playing abroad.
He found there that his American
style OF using his irons was not ut all
adapted to the turf. In making the
change In style his game naturally
fell on. as always happens when one
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-22
Young Star Develops Entirely
New Stroke Britons Note
Change When Here

masters OF all shots that they can
adapt themselves TO varities In soil.
but this is to be noted: That while
vardon was beaten by Ouimet &C
Brookline In 1918 In the United States
open, Ouimet was far down In the
list--not even In the first 50--in the
1914 British open, at Prestwick.
II make this comparison In no dis
arrangement of my friend Ouimet, but
merely to show that vardon was very
likely bothered by American turf,
Just as Ouimet was by British turf.
It is noteworthy, also. that the Amerir
can-bred golfer TO make the best
showing in a British open - John j..
McDermott, who tied with vardon In
the 1918 title play at Hoylake for
fifth place. Now. McDermott, for
some years, was the professional at
Atlantic City, where the 'sandiness'
of the turf makes the playing condi-
lions more closely resemble those OF
Great Britain than almost any other
course In the United States In the
matter Of sand.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-22
SMALLER UPSTATE CITIES
ARE PLANNING BIG LEAGUE
The Marble Slab Has No
Terrors For Water Star

w. r.. Corbett. the sydney, N.
9. W.. sporting authority, writes
very interestingly about Kahana-
moku. the Hawaiian swimming
marvel. now In Australia. Among
other things he says;
''Kahanamoku abhors sleeping on
an ordinary bedstead; he prefers
a shakedown on the floor and likes
his couch as hard az II can be
made short of lying on the bare
boards only This. he says. Is hne.
when you are used to II. There
Is more rest for the sleeper. and
Il Is natural. I remember Hack
enschmidt. the Russian lion, :.
saying that during his early man.
hood. and while he was developing
his marvellous strength. stone
slab with a doubled blanket, spread
over Il, was the only bed he had
or wanted"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-22
Nearly Score of Former Semi
Pro Towns Seek Places N
Proposed Circuit
TEN OR DOZEN MAY
BE GIVEN BERTHS
Representatives Of Interested
Clubs to Confer Early
Next Month

CHARLOTTE, Mich, Feb. 22.-The
proposal TO organize four or Six mid
Michigan cities into a baseball league
OF semi-pro grade this summer has
created great interest In this part Of
the state and now nearly score or
towns are clamoring for places In The
circuit. The baseball situation In
practically all OF the cities involved
Is excellent. and II fs believed very
probable that league OF more than
usual size aud strength will be formed
this spring.
Belding, Ionia, Creenville, Lowell,
Grand Haven. Holland. Grnd Ledge,
Portland. ithaca. Mount Pleasant.
Clare, Coleman, Hastings. Allegan,
Charlotte. st. Johns, Alma and Shep-
herd are the towns to be chosen from
In forming q circuit OF ten or twelve
clubs.
Two-thirds or more OF these play
Sunday ball. The schedule can be ar-
rpr ged so that the teams representing
the cities where Sunday games are
not played can be scheduled else
where on that day. avoiding open Sum
days. DIR. Lyle Is interested In Beld-
ing, Tom McGannons In Ionia. H. A..
Brown In Greenville. ]. Dayarn In
Lowell. b. A. Brace In Grand Ledge.
Yourgs In Portland. Davis In ithaca,
Walter Keene In Mount Pleasant, DR..
Carothers and Roy LaForge In Hast
ings, DaFoe and Mauser In Charlotte
and Charles A. Clark in st. Johns.
II is proposed TO call meeting I'm
Grand Rapids the second week IN
March that forfeits may be posted.
protection be formally asked for from
the National association and arrange
n .ents be made so that managers may
be appointed and the work Of signing
up players be begun as soon as pos
sible.
Last season and for several years
past bad feeling between towns has
resulted from arrangements taking
players from, each other. from the can
collation. of dates too late to make
acceptable substitutions and from
other causes that are common when
there is no understanding whereby
such things are forbidden. II is pro.
posed to ask protection that when val
liable PLAYERS are developed leagues
OF higher class which take them must
pay the clubs which discover and de-
velop them.
The st, Johns team developed two
players last year who 90 to higher
class leagues this year without the
club being paid anything. They are
InfeIder Pfeifer. who goes to the Du-
buQue club OF the Three I league. and
Outfielder Tony Shrull, who goes to
Matty McIntyre's Lincoln club Of the
lwestern league. These two players
might have brought. the st. Johns club
at least $1,000 had 1t been playing
under protection. .