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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-26

by OGOT26 ElIIlST SODD
"The footsteps they echo forever
forever
It was in a secluded second-class
street that the little delicatessen store
of Mrs. Myrtle Howard stood and just
inside its doorway she sat. The hour
was late and there was little prospect
of further custom that night. With
the lights half lowered, however, she
was enjoying the cooling breeze that
had come refreshingly after a hot
midsummer day.
The footsteps! She was wont to
thus rest, with half-clOsed eyes
dreamily keeping at bay heartache,
a man she had never loved. He had
left her with two little children and
no money. She had decently buried
him and had taken up the hard bur-
den of life alone.
The little ones were now at a chill
dren's home. Mrs. Howard had to
work to pay for their care. She had
accounted it rare good fortune when
she was enabled to secure the present
little store. 1t was near TO a ScnOOl-
house and she had many little GUS
toners who reminded her of Aggie
and Lucille. Its former proprietor
had become an invalid, and although
Mrs. Howard had no money she
turned the establishment over to her
to be paid for out of the profits of the
business.
It was hard pulling, for the bust
ness was a petty one. The stock con-
sisted mostly of candies, cakes and
the more common and popular deli
cateSSen commodities. However,
there came from the tTifing sales suf-
ficient to keep the two children in
comfort and the patient mother was
content.
How she Ionged to have them with
her and how she hoped that such a
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-02-26
Cut Bank May Be
Built On Top Of
Bed Of Fine Coal
Two-Foot Lead being Fol-
lowed Into River
Bank

Cut Bank is underlaid with
coal deposits as great in extent
as those of the Lethbridge fields
and the quality is fully as good
as that of the famous Canadian
field.
How does that sound2
Well, maybe it is true, so
don't be a scoffer until you are
sure that this statement is not
true. Often it happens that
those who come to scoff re-
main to pray"
Do you know that a coal
miner Of eighteen years ex-
perience is now tunnelling into
the north bank of the Cut
Bank, about a half mile below
the city pumping station, and
that he has followed a two-foot
vein IS feet horizontally into
the bank2
The chief operator is F. F.
Booth and he now has couple
Of assistants and good progress
is being made. MIR. Booth de-
clares that the prospect grows
better as he enters the hill
a n d after he proceeds about
twenty feet further he expects
to have something good to show
the people Of Cut Bank.
S. E. Aibin and the writer
visited the mine Monday and
were shown small samples of
coal, which are as black and
glossy as that taken from a
Pennsylvania mine.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-02-26
An Entente CordiaIe

Sam Dunbar's duties as con-
stable for this township are get
ting more onerous and exacting.
Clerk Garrett has notified Sam
that he must be on the lookout
for airships of all kinds and to
arrest the drivers not carrying
numbers or exceeding the speed
limit, as per statute made and
provided. Sans diplomatic
note to Ed. will soon be filed
with the Choteau embassy and
will define his attitude on this
burning question. No serious
international trouble is expect
ed as a result Of this exchange
fof correspondence.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-02-26
Brief Lenten Rules

The precept of fast restricts the
use of food to one full meal day
All days except Sundays are days
of fast and abstinence.
Flesh may be used for the princi-
pal meal on Mondays, Tuesdays.
Thursdays and Saturdays except
Saturdays of Ember Week and
Holy Saturday.
Laboring men and inyalids are
dispensed from the law of abstin.
ence except on Fridays and Holy
Saturday.
All practical Catholics are ad.
monished to abstain from intoxicat.
ing drinks.
All over 81 are expected to oh.
serve the Lenten rules.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-02-26
Browning

AT a meeting Of the CONNER
cial Club a committee was ap-
pointed at the request Of Mr..
IC. L, Willis, the u. S. Indian
agent, to cooperate with the
Indian office for the betterment
of the town Of Browning and
the Reservation at large. The
committee appointed was
Messrs. w. E. Hagerty, Ed. Co
bert and F. E. McCabe.
There is considerable talk of
making Browning a hay center
so that the people Of the Reser-
vation could pool their hay and
have it stacked close to the
railway track so that it could
be baled and shipped out during
the winter months.
Some think that the Indians
might be used to manufacture
goods if the government or
some private concern would
care to make such an invest
ment on the Browning Reserva-
ton,
Mrs. Steele has returned from
Conrad where she underwent a
successful operation. She is
recovering rapidly.
Our friend VIM. Coulter, who
has been with the Armours for
many years, has left them and
is now with the Waharns Of
Portland, Oregon, where we
are sure he will meet with the
same success selling the goods,
and few know how to do it
better than William.
Will we have a fire service in
Browning? 1t is needed very
much.
We regret to see our old friend
wv. Deeringer quitting the road,
but we have no doubt he sees a
quicker way Of making a for
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-02-26
The Seed Lien Law i'm Brief

The most important measure
affecting the agricultural inter-
ests in Montana which has been
introduced in the present state
legislature became a law Tues
day, when Governor Stewart
attached his signature to III. B.
sl07, authorizing boards Of coun-
ty commissioners to issue bonds,
the proceeds to be used for as
sisting needy farmers to pur-
chase seeds.
Under the provisions of the
Jill signed by the governor
authorizing the issue of bonds
by counties for the purchase of
seed grain for needy farmers,
the bonds may be issued on a
petition of not less than. 100
freeholders in the county, but
the amount of the bond issue
shall not exceed, with the then
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-02-26
Seed Lien Measure the Principal
Topic of DiscuSsion--Anxiety is
Felt Over Decision of the Court

There will be meeting of the Grange next
Tuesday afternoon, at the Presbyterian Manse,
for the purpose Of taking action under the pro-
visions Of the seed lien law, in cooperation with
the Commercial Club. All Grangers should
attend. II. A. MALTBY
The chief topic of interest among farmers and busi-
interests here the action be taken by the Supreme
Court the seed lien law phone message from Rep
resenative Coburn states that the will go before
the court in few days.
A representative meeting of commercial club mem
bers was held Wednesday and all phases of the
matter discussed The commissioners will meet Monday,
March 1st and it planned to get action this
at that tme provided the vadates the law Com
missioner jacobson present the meeting and assured
those present that he would do all in his power in behalf
of all worthy persons in need Of seed provided the law
would stand the test committee consisting of r C..
Rasmussen 5. l. Potter and F. H. Worden appointed
by Chairman Anderson secure signatures and draft
printed forms which the financial statement of the ap-
Pllcan will be made The committee is actively
work on these details.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-02-26

Atty. Anker Torrison was a
visitor in Havre and Great Falls
the fore part of the week.
Mrs. Miller of Fort Benton is
spending the week with her
sister, Mrs. P. HI. Connolly.
Romeo Narducci, confidential
secretary for Jim Hill at the
depot, is more patriotic Amer
ican than ever since the arrival
OF a baby girl at the Narducci
home Washingtan's birthday.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-02-26
March Jurors

List of trial jurors for March
erm of court, 1915:
Atwood, Chester, Waller.
Berland. Lewis, Brady.
Banister, w. H., Cut Bank.
Cook, w. H., Choteau.
Cohoe, X. B., Choteau.
Davis, Charles H., Bole.
Edwards, S. A., Cut Bank.
Ellingsen, George L., Waller.
English, Benson, Dupuyer.
Foltz, Fred. Choteau.
Groves, E. W., Dupuyer.
Groneroe. Amund, Dutton.
Halberg, A. j., Dutton,
Houck, Ross, Choteau.
Harrison. Fl. D., Waller.
Hartman, Francis H.. Waller.
Handyside, Everett, Cut Bank.
johnson, Selsmer A., Brady.
jackson, C. f., Cut Bank.
Kline, Alfred, Cut Bank.
Ludowise, N. M, Power.
Adelbert, Luther, Cut Bank.
Massengill, George, Cut Bank.
Moulton, Edgar G., Conrad.
Moranda, Walter, Conrad.
Olsen, Thorwald W., Fairfield,
O'Brien, William, Cut Bank,
O'Dell, Charles, Dupuyer.
Price, Burwell O., Choteau.
Prince, Philip A., Conrad.
RleS, John, Conrad.
Robb, Earl c.. Cut Bank.
Rahac, Matt. F., Conrad.
Ries, Nicholas, Conrad.
Schwartz, JOS. j., Conrad.
Sheldon, George Al. Conrad.
Semmingson, Melvin, Conrad
Susie, Charles. Agawam.
Schlepp, Manuel. Brady.
Valentine, w. j., Cut Bank.
WaddelI, Otto, Dupuyer.
Westenaver, G. w. Conrad.
Young, John r. Choteau.
Yarger, 7. Sidney, Choteau.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-02-26
Must 'Fess Up

Attorney General Kelly has
rendered an opinion on t h e
question whether feminine vo-
ters would be subjected to the
same requirements as the mere
men in registering as electors
and says there is nothing in the
suffrage laws of Montana to ex-,
cuse the ladies from telling their
correct age.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-02-26

existing Indebtedness, the legal
limit. The bonds are to bear
interest at 6 percent. Not more
than 100 bushels Of grain or it's
equivalent is to be furnished
any applicant, and any one de-
string to obtain the benefits Of
the act must file his application
with the county auditor or clerk
before April l. Provision is
made for repayment by t h e
farmers and the advance by the
county of seed is a first lien on
all Of the property of the farm
er. The repayment is to be
made by October | Of the year
the seed is furnished, and if it
is not then paid, the amount
due continues to be a prior lien
upon the land on which the
seed was sown or upon any
other land owned by the appli-
cant.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-02-26
Announcement

We have purchased the dray
business Of Louis Siemers and
will be prepared to do draying
and heavy and light hauling Of
all kinds, in town and country.
When you want any draying or
water delivered, call the feed
b arm of Wheeler & Ohlinger,
Phone IL, and your order will
be given prompt attention.
Thayer & Marques.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-02-26
National Lecturer

The ladies of the Presbyterian
church invite the ladies of Cut
Bank and vicinity~to come to the
Manse on Thursday, March 4th,
and meet Mrs. Unruh, national
lecturer of the w. G. I. U.
Mrs. Unruh will lecture at the
Presbyterian church on the same
evening and the public is cordially
invited.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-02-26
City Fathers Will
Not Accept Fines
Of Redlight Zone
Anderson and Rasmussen
Oppose It and Garry
Point

Council met in regular ses-
sion Monday evening, with all
the aldermen present except j.
P. johnson. Mayor Potter pre-
siding.
This was the first regular ses-
sion Of Council in February, SO
there was considerable business
to transact.
The report Of the police mag
istrate showing fines collected
from inmates Of the segregated
district was read and accepted.
A molten to notify the magis-
trate not to collect the monthly
fines was adopted and the order
compelling the inmates to un-
dereo a monthly examination
by a physician was rescinded.
The reports Of the treasurer
and water registrar + or til e
month Of January were read
and approved.
The water commission report
cd anew schedule Of rates to
increase the revenue Of tn e
water department which was
adopted.
The G. H. Green company as
sured Mayor Potter when he
was in Spokane last week that
the pump which has been out
Of commission for some time
would be repaired without ex-
pense to the town.
The superintendent reported
that a number Of changes could
be made at small expense at the
pumping station which would
reduce the back pressure on the
pumps and this matter will
probably be attended to as soon
as the frost is out Of the ground.
A number Of bills approved
by the auditing committee were
allowed. Council by a unani-
nous vote decided against al
lowing the bill Of Norris & Hurd
for legal services. 1t was the
opinion Of Council that these
services" damaged the city to
a greater extent than the
amount asked for in the bill, in
asmuch as the legal advice for
which the bill is rendered re-
suited in a bond issue which
was rendered void by virtue Of
illegal advertising.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-02-26
Water Rates Raised

Sec. Vandemark reports that
the tentative water rates in the
city were raised by the coun-
Gil at their last session. The
rates were raised from SOC to
$1.00 per 1000 gallons and board
ing houses will hereafter be as
sessed $500 rer month.
Louis Siemers, tn e obliging
drayman, has moved with his
family to their ranch in Pleas
ant Valley and Louie expects
to devote his energies to farm
ing in the future.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-02-26
Hay

Hay
Fine timothy and alfalfa
hay in car lots or in small guam
titles also grain and other feed
now in stock at Ohlinger &
Wheeler's. P hon 9 II, The
Farmers Feed Barn.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-03
MARKETING THE PEACH CROP
One successful Way 10 in Car Lots
and That Means Comparatively
Some Essential Hints.

(By w. H. WICKES. Arkansas Expert
ment Station.)
For conditions where the markets
are comparatively distant there Is
Just one way to market peaches sue
cessfully on a commercial scale, and
that is in car lots. This generally
means comparatively. as few growers
have enough of any n variety to
make up a car lot themselves. Grow
ers in the same community should
plant the same variety in order h a
they may ripen at the same date. 1t
Is almost impossible for a peach grow
or to live by himself. Therefore do
not expect to go into a community. no
matter how well the soil and climate
are adapted to the cultivation OF
peaches, and expect to make a success
of five or ten acres of peaches unless
you have q good local market. Better
get a few neighbors. to go In with
you and plant a few acres and market
comparatively. Form a cooperative
association and. II possible. affiliate
with a larger central market agency.
AS for peaches. the trade uses the
bushel basket and the six-basket
crate. Nearly all the markets prefer
the buShel basket. and there It is.
In most cases, the more desirable
package.
Proper picking. grading and pack.
ing are essential features in peach
marketing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-03
SEPARATOR IS QUITE USEFUL
Dairy One Must Take Every Pre-
caution to Get Most Milk.

The modern dairy is very different
from the dairy of the old time. and to
get the last cent Of profit out Of your
labor. and out Of your cow, you must
take every p~recaution for securing tho
largest quantity Of milk and for get.
ting from that milk the largest guam
tity Of butter and cream.
One way is to get a separator and
then to learn how to use the separator.
Then you must study the food prob
lem. You must keep an o with
every COW. II you have three or five
or ten. do not average the production
of milk. Keep a separate account with
each GOV and find out whether each
COW is producing enough to justify
you In feeding it and caring for 1t.
This is the foundation Of C In
the dairy.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-03

rom the dairy herds of the country.
Except for beef for the few who are
able to pay very high prices. cows can
no longer be kept merely for the calves
produced; practically everywhere the
dairy COY must take the place Of the
beef cow. Since these facts are IN
disputable, acknowledgment seeking
to improve their herds for dairy pur-
poses should keep the item of meat
production constantly in mind.
How many COWS there are in tho
United States that are kept for milk
production. except for such figures as
are found in the census tables. is un-
known; but it may be safely stated
that the number exceeds 20. 900. 900.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-03

The combination beef and dairy
COW has been thus described: A COW
that is large. strong and vigorous. full
OF energy and Astounding In vitality:
physical organization and digestive
capacity such that she Is able to turn
to the best advantage the roughage CT
the farm. converting it into merchant
able products: that she yields large
quantities of most excellent milk at
for any and all uses; that heredity is
80 firmly established that she is able
to perpetuate herself through the pro-
duction Of strong. healthy calves; and
that when for any reason her useful
ness in the dairy is at an end. she
fattens readily and makes excellent
beef.
No one will deny the need Of a dual
purpose dairy breed in America-one
that is primarily a dairy breed but
that will also furnish desirable beef.
The old system of beef production
resting on free range, cheap lands and
cheap feed is wen now a thing of the
past Meats of all kinds are. year by
year, advancing in price; and IL the
working people r to have beef at all
within their means, it must come
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-03
PROPER BOOSTS FOR CHICKS
Always Use Flat Pieces About Three
Inches Wide-Aiiow Plenty Of
Room for Them to Grow.

Do not give the growing chicks n
opportunity to roost pom the cross
s%tuddings. II such r used in the
construction OF the house cover them
with a slanting piece of wood which
makes 1t almost impossible for them to
perch On.
The roosts should also not be round.
as such roosts are apt to cause crook.
ed breast bones. Always use fat
roosts about three inches wide and OF
sufficient capacity to accommodate the
number OF chicks comfortably. allow.
Ing plenty Of room Cor them to grow
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-03
An Awkward
Situation
By M OLIVER

copyright. 1915. by w. g. Chapman.)
Hal Very capable work. What is
that name in the %corner?" inquired St.
Clair. the famous painter, inspecting
the work curiously with his short
sighted eyes.
"Rennie, MI. ST. Clair"
"Rennie? / never heard Of him. But
he'll make his mark some day. IL he
keeps on like that"
1t was at the annual exhibition of
the Amateurs club. Rennio had been
painting for fiv miserable years. His
works had gone to the Fifth avenue
dealers, and brought him just enough
to keep him from starvation. Patient,
loving Muriel, in their home town.
might have to wait indefinitely before
he could send for her to be married.
For three years Rennie had exhib-
tied at the club. but never before had
his painting even been noticed. This
year st. Clair. kindly old man. had &C.
cepted an invitation to attend. His
words filed Rennie. who was waiting
near, with Joy. st. Clair had noticed
the worth of his work. A word from
st. Clair would make him famous.
The next day he carried his picture
back to his garnet. And he sat down
and thought over the scheme that had
been Matching in his brain.
He was desperate. Things had been
going worse than ever with him. Mu-
riel. faithful as she was, had begun to
grow impatient. She wanted to come
to him, to share his poverty, she said.
It was the letter of a lonely girl, be.
ginning to doubt her lovers loyalty.
For the first time she had begun to
dOubt-Rennie could read that be.
tween the lines.
He would take his picture to ST
Clair-not the one the famous painter
had praised, but his masterpiece OF
the wild horses, over which he had
spent five months. 1t was unsigned
it was enthusiastically he knew that
he had managed to catch the vital
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-03
SPIRIT DESTROYS
HIS HAPPY HOME
Wife Never Had Best Of Temper.
But Spiritualism Sends
Her Amuck.
LEFT HIM q TIMES
Muttered At the Sink Because Water
Didn't Run Fast Enough to
Suit Her, Says Exasper-
ated Husband.

Detroit. Mich.-Twenty-two times in
the last fifteen years Mrs. Helen Ward
has packed her clothes. the family
pictures and china and quit her job
as the wife OF John F. Ward. a middle
aged druggist and violin maker.
Twenty-one times John Ward laid
aside his pestle and mortar or a part
~ finished violin. as the case might
have been, and sought out his wife
to plead until she returned and put
back into their places the china and
family portraits.
A few days ago. in a dingy back
room of his drug store, with a partly
finished violin across his knees. he
told the story of how his home, his
business and seven years Of his life
had been wrecked. "It was seven
years ago." he said slowly. that a
woman entered my home with this
sp~iritualism tomfoolery.
Mother took it up and wouldn't
drop it.
"She eve had the best of a tenn.
per, but we got along fairly well until
she was medium-stricken. After that
oh, well! temper Is a weak word
after all.
Spirits Rad-Tempered.
THE deeper mother got into spirit
ualism the uglier she became. She
never seemed to get an amiable
spirit 1t wouldn't have been so bad
If she had. 1 think it was either
Black Hawk or Red Eagle depart
ed Indians. whose spirit possessed
mother. I've seer her. when she had
'em. mutter at the sink because the
water didn't run fast enough to suit
her.
when l protested she would fly
into a rage, pack the china and fam
lily pictures and quit. Often it tool
two weeks to find her. When l did
sometimes she was sorry and ready
to return. At other times she was
ugly and l had to coax her.
"Once l thought she was nearly
cured. A daughter by my first wife
attended a n The next day sht