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cost to the people along the proposed
line.
'lf it seems too costly to install
electrical equipment at this time, even
with the half developed power at Pol
son ready for use at nominal price,
on application to the secretary of the
interior, few gasoline driven motor
cars will furnish cheap transportation
on the proposed line.
Somewhere in the east there are
men, with plenty of money, who will
gladly undertake the work of construc-
ting the proposed road, if the matter
can be presented to them in an intelli-
gent manner. With the terminal at
Missoula, where reciprocal arrange
ments can be made with two competing
lines, there would be no danger of one
through line absorbing the entire
revenues of the shorter line.
"The future construction of proposed
steam road from Dixon to Poison,
which has been surveyed for more than
two years and then held in allegiance,
awaiting the pleasure Of the financial
magnates in New York City, need not
veto the proposed electric line from
Poison, via Roman, St. Ignatius, to
Missoula.
1.-The latter line will cut through the
very center of the richest portion of the
valley, lying along the foothills of the
Mission range, tapping the great tim
ber belt that stretches from Poison to
St. Mary's lake, as we'll as the virgin
forests along the upper Jocko. The
proposed steam road can never take
this traffic from the proposed electric
line.
1.-The building of the road, now pro-
posed by the people of the reservation
country will treble the value of every
dollar of real estate in the reservation
towns, will double the value of every
acre of farm lands tributary to the line
and will, the day it is finished, add
more to the value of Missoula property
than twice the cost of it's construction
and equipmint.
"Lets stop discussing politics and
spring robins and take up in dead earn
est with our neighbors in the Flathead
country the question of building the
electric line from Missoula to Poison.
1t can be done."
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-03-03
BRIGHT future
FOR CATTLE MEN

What does the cattle promise during
the last-six months of 1916 and the
years 1917 and 1918? The question is
answered by member of the live stock
commission firm of Rappal Bros. & Co.
of Chicago in recent circular as fol-
ows:
Increased production of the beef breed
of cattle in the United States which was
induced by the alarming shortage which
eliminated in 1912, was checked since a
year ago last November by the out break
of hoof and mouth disease which restrict
ed the movement of breeding cattle as
we'll as feeding cattle. The partial failure
of the corn crop, or billion bushels of
corn too soft to have even fair feeding
value, caused liquidation of cattle from
the corn belt to an extent which offset
all the gains in productions which had
been made since 1912. The back set to
cattle production will cause a continu-
ance of the high average of beef cattle
prices for the next five years or more.
This is in line with our advise of the past
five or six years and especially since
1912 when we foresaw the big advances
in values of stock cattle as we'll as beef
cattle.
Every indication points to $1,000 top
on the Chicago fat cattle market in July
and August, and this will staIt the range
cattle market next fall on a very high
level of prices, so if you are offered any
stock cattle of any age, buy them if
they can be had onthe basis of an aver
age of stock cattle values on the range
during the past two years. The con-
sumptive demand for meats due to the
splendid industrial conditions in the
east will last even beyond the end of the
European war, as our domestic needs
for manufactured goods are being dis
regarded by the great factories of the
east which are nearly all working "a
hours per day filling war contracts, and
when these war contracts are filled it
will take nearly another year to fill do
mestic orders which have accumulated.
Therefore, we again urge you to stock up
with all the cattle you can possibly
handle the profits of the coming range
cattle season are more certain than any
year we have yet seen judging from
present indications.
The Chicago market is now free to
deal once more in stockers and feeders
This will be great help to market val
ueS,
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-03-03
CENTRAL POWERS
Give ASSURANCE

Washington, Feb 29.-German sub.
marine commanders have been i'm
structed not to sink without warning
any enemy merchant vessels unless
the presence of armament ON board
such vessels sis proved"
Such information, it was authorita.
lively stated, was laid before Secre.
tary of State Lansing by Count Won
Bernstortf, the German ambassador. in
response to inquiries of the American
government concerning the new sub
marine campaign of the central pow
erS.
Austria is prepared to stand by the
same assurance, Secretary Lansing
was informed by Baron Zwiedinek, the
Austrian charge d'affaires, who called
following the visit of Count Won Bern
storif, to bring the response of his
government to the American inquiries
According to authoritative sources
Count Won Bernstorff was directed, in
Part, to say:
mo enemy merchantmen is to be
torpedoed without warning, unless tho
presence OF armament on board such
vessel is proved"
How the proof Is to be furnished in
individual cases is not made altogeth-
er clear in the written memorandum.
1t is understood from reliable quar-
ters, however. that the German am
bassador expressed the personal opin-
ion that the submarine commanders
have been instructed to look for such
proof in the actual use of the arma-
ment.
The memorandum. on the other
hend, is said merely to add in this con-
nection that the German government
is convinced from examination of the
alleged "secret orders of the British
admiralty that all British ships that
are armed are under specific directions
to attack hostile submarines on sight.
Secretary Lansing refused absolute
ly to make any comment as to the i'm
preston made on him by the memo
randum.
Before announcing the attitude of
the United States the secretary will
confer with the president
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stood his case will be heard in the fed
eral court in Missoula in May.
The simple fact that a grand jury
found an indictment against Mr.. Larson
does not necessarily mean that he is
guilty for grand juries hearing only the
evidence on one side of the case, have
been known to find bill against persons
entirley innocent of the charge. Mr..
Larson is confident that he will have no
trouble in establishing his innocence of
any intentional wrong.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-03-03
DYNAMITE EXpL0DES
IN ST. LOUIS SUBURB

st. Louis, Feb. 29.--Two persons ars
known to have been killed and 100 in.
jured. twenty of them seriously, when
five cases of dynamite stored at Maple
wood, suburb, for sewer construc-
tion work, exploded.
Approximately thirty houses, most
of them frame, were demolished by
the explosion and many other houses
were damaged. Windows We're broken
for fifteen blocks.
The explosion was caused by a fire
of undetermined origin. A workman
saw the blaze and shouted to his COM
panions, but it was too late to com.
bat the flames.
The damage Is estimated at $780,
000
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-03-03
DESCRIBE vERDUN BATTLE
German Prisoners Say French Fire
Was Murderous.

Paris, Feb. pa frightful mas
sacre" is how the German soldiers
taken prisoners in the battle of Ver-
dun describe the effect of the French
artillery, machine gun and rifle fire.
But the impetus of the assaulting
during the first four days, because
fresh troops were thrown into the bat
tie INCREASINGLY.
Advance, no matter what the losses
may be-" was the order given to the
German troops before the attack. This
is verified by documents found on one
of the captured officers.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-03-03
Mantle May Seek Senatorshp.

Former Senator Lee Mantle will be
a candidate for the United States SEN
the Republican ticket, providing an alb
solute veto is not put on his present
plans by his physician. All of the
plans to launch his boom have been
made by his admirers and in answer
to their requests for him to enter the
race he has told them that he will en-
ter the lists unless the condition of
his health prevents.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-03-03

Lake Forest, Ill.,, Feb. 29.-Before
the calling of the preliminary hearing
for William Fl. Orpet, charged with
the murder OF Marian Lambert, Lake
Forest high school student, before
Justice of the Peace Henry Wicker
man, Attorney James H. Wilkerson.
representing the defendant, announc-
animation.
The case will be considered by the
March grand jury.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-03-03
SCOUTS MAKE DARING RAID
Petrograd Also Reports Lively Can
non and Rifle Firing.

Petrograd, Feb. 29.-The official
statement from general headquarters
follows:
"A lively artillery and rifle duel oc-
Cured in the Riga region. The ac-
tivity of our artillery is reported to
have been successful
Our scouts carried out daring
raid near Zade. southeast OF Fried
richstadt. Without firing a shot they
attacked some German posts and bay
onetted numerous Germans"
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-03-03
From LONG, SOUND SLEEP,
RIP VAN W|NkLE AWAKES

While possibly not all Of the people
Of Missoula have awakened from Rip
Van Winkle slumber, evidence is here
with presented that goes to show that
at least some of them have. For some
time progressive few living on the
reservation have been endeavoring to
arouse interest in a proposed electric
railway from Missoula to the foot of
F"athead lake, the line to take in all the
rich farming and timber country along
the route. Their labors have been hard
and at times dscouraging, but they
went in to win and are confident that
success will eventually be the reward.
Little if any outside assistance has been
received, even from Missoula, which
would in the end be benefited equally
with the reservation country. Some
satisfaction was felt, therefor, when
Wednesdays Missouian came out with
a two-column editorial calling the at
tention of Missoula people to and en-
dorsing the project. The article calls
@tsShCAOii W VIC OlIo1 DCllIR Ulduc NY
our people, also to the utter indiffer-
ense shown by the transcontinental
railways skirting this territory, whose
plain duty it has been to provide trans
portation facilities for the 5000 people
who have come here during the past
six years and reduced the land from
raw barren waste to a state of cultiva-
ton, built homes, established schools,
constructed roads and, last year raised
more than one million and half BUSH
els Of surplus wheat, in addition to
thousands of dollars worth of other
agricultural products.
Instead of being helped in their eff
forts, says the article, "these people
have been penalized to theextent of one
third of their energy by the total lack
of transportation, without which no
community can prosper. Attention
is also called to the fact that the bulk
OF This immense crop had to be hauled
in wagons on an average of Is miles,
ana much of it 25 miles, in order to find
market, and that the directors of the
Northern Pacific railway have failed in
their duty when they allowed these
people to suffer from their neglect in
the expenditure of the amount of mon
ey necessary to build IS mile line
across level prairie from the main line
to the foot of Flathead lake.
Of the proposed line, on which our
people are now bestowing every effort,
it says:
Seventy miles of easy grade and a
supply of 60 pound rails will connect
Poison, Roman, St. Ignatius and the
fertile valleys that surround each of
these towns with. an outside connection
at Missoula with two transcontinental
lines Of railroad.
The right of way for the line can
be had for a nominal sum, The coun-
ty commissioners Of Missoula and Flat
head counties will undoubtedly give the
privilege Of building such portions of
the road as lie along .t42e. IL. II Il
ways in these TWO counties, free of
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-03-03
SHARP NOTE TO PORTUGAL
Berlin Vigorously Protests Against
Seizude of Vessels.

Berlin, Feb. 29.-iermany has ad-
dressed sharp note to Portugal in
protest against seizure of German
merchant vessels by tht Portuguese
authorities. This measure is charac-
terized as a violation of Germany's s
treaty rights and the hope is express
ed that Portugal will rescind it's ac.
ton
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-03-03
JURY FINDS RElSER GUILTY
st. Paul Man, Who Killed Companion
In Montana, Convicted

Guilty of murder in the second de-
gree" was the verdict returned by a
Joe Reiser, charged with having
killed Joe Fink, his companion, Dec
%, in cabin near Salesville.
1--WE leave his punishment to be
fixed by the court and recommend his
sentence to be as lenient as possible, -
continued the verdict.
The finding of Fink's body, the trac-
ing OF Reiser, his arrest in Dickinson,
N. d., and his story of the fight with
axe and shotgun as weapons has kept
interest at high pitch.
Reiser pleaded self-defense
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-03-03
Duma Approves War Loan.

London Feb 29.-The finance com
Mittee of the Russian duma. presided
over by Premier Sturmer, has approx.
ed the new war loan for 100000 600
rubles, says Reuters Petrograd cor
respondent. The interest will be- 51s
per cent The loan will run for ten
years with privileges similar to those
Of previous issues
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-03-03
H0Bs0N SEEKING OFFICE

Tuscaloosa, Ala, Feb 29.--Former
Representative Richmond p. Hobson
win be a candidate for congress from
the new Tenth district. He will op-
pose W. B. Bankhead, son of United
States Senator Bankhead. Mr.. Hob
son was defeated for the senate in
1913 by Oscar w. Underwood.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-03-03
British Force Defeats Turks,

London, Feb. ga Turkish col
umn was attacked and routed by South
African troops Saturday at Agaria,
Egypt. according to a British official
statement issued, which adds that the
fleeing Turks are being pursued
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-03-03
i.ill Not to Aid EeIgians.

Paris, Feb. 29.-The Belgian govern
ment omphatically denied the ste.ry in
o newspaper printed here in the Eng
liah language that James j. Hill is to
yCbuild the Belgian railroads.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-03-03
RECORD PRICE FOR WOOL
Boston Buyers Take Quarter Million
Pounds in Montana.

quarter OF million pounds of
wool have been contracted for at Dill
Ion by Boston buyers at 30 cents or
better.
Thirty cents is the highest price
ever paid for wool in Beaverhead
county, the biggest wool growing re-
Eion of the state
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-03-03
Round Butte Items

The Ladies' Aid will meet with Mrs
}. j. Smith March 7th. All are well
come.
On Friday evening March 10tn, the
Ladies Aid will serve chicken pie
supper at the Mud creek school house.
Supper from 6 to 8 o'clock, A musical
program will also be given. Price 25c.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-03-03
CHARLIE CHAPLIN TO GET
100000 A YEAR.

Yew York, Feb. 29.-For hit.
ting people on the head with
sugar bowls and pointing his
toes east and west Charlie
Chaplin will receive $670,000
real money in the coming year,
according to his press agent.
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German Commander Ends Life.

London, Feb. ga Petrograd dis
patch to Reuters says Count Kanitz,
the German commander. at Herman
shah, committed suicide when the
Russians entered the Persian city.
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What shall be done with that extra
days work, play spell, wage or other
increment this year?
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-03-03
TO GET DYES FOR STAMPS
Shipments From Germany Have Been
fA-ahged Through Embassy.

Berlin. Feb. 27.-Through the COM
bined efforts of the American embas-
sy and consulate shipments of aniline
dyes for the use of the United States
government in the production of post
age stamps and greenbacks has been
arranged.
One small shipment already has
gone and others viii follow shortly.
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Carran2a will be likely to s5cd per
spiration III trying to do as the mar
tyred Madero would have done instead
of shedding tears over the martyrs
fate.
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-06-22
FORMER KENNEWICK WOMAN
SAVES THREE FROM DEATH
Mrs. Geo. A. Fairchild Rescues Young
People from Drowning in the
Pal0use River

Mrs. Geo. A. -Fairchild, formerly of
this city, by her courage and pres
ence of mind, saved three young
people from drowning last week near
her home in Palouse. The story of
the near tragedy is told by the Pa
louise Republic as follows:
Only by the narrowest markin did
Miss Bess Couey, Miss Mary Breed
and Ray Batey escape drowning in
the Palouse river, about mile above
town Wednesday evening. The lives
oftthe three young people were saved
by Mrs. Geo. A. Fairchild at the risk
of her own life.
The. young people, accompanied by
Mrs. Fairchild and Mrs. Snyder, had
gone up the river to swim. The water
is approximately five feet deep where
they went in, but near the middle of
the stream there is big hole consid-
erably deeper, of which they did not
know. Miss Couey found herself out
of her depth in this hole and was UNI
able to swim. After going under the
water once, she called for help and
Miss Breed swan out to her rescue,
but, because Of her struggles, was un-
able to bring her to shore. Ray Batey
who was standing on the shore, recog-
nized their plight and swan out to
them, but the girls were by this time
so thoroly frightened and exhausted
that they chung to him and he was
unable to aid them and the three
could not have escaped had not Mrs.
Fairchild plunged into the water and
by some happy chance been able to
keep her feet on the ledge surround
ing the deeper water, and by catching
Miss Breeds hand lowed the trio into
shallow water.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-06-22
OSCAR HOWE DIES
AT EIGHTY-FIVE
Was Direct Descendant of Capt.
Miles Standish and Patriotic
Veteran of the Civil War

Oscar Howe, aged 85 years, died at
his home in this city at 9 o'clock Sat
urday evening. Death was caused by
diabetis from which the aged man had
suffered for long time. He had been
in very feeble health since last No
vember and had been confined to his
bed for more than three weeks.
The funeral was held at 10 o'clock
Monday morning under the auspices
of the local G. A. r. and the w. r. c.,
the funeral sermon being preached by
Rev. K. S. Tontz, of the Congregation
al church. Interment was in River
View cemetery.
Oscar Howe, during the years of his
long life was staunch American and
sturdy patriot and prided himself
not little on being direct descen-
dent of Capt Miles Standish. He was
born in Ontario county, New York,
October q, 1881. At the age of 10
he came with his parents to Lake
county, Illinois, where he was married
December, 1860, to Mary E. Adams.
In little more than two years af-
ter his marriage he left his wife and
baby to answer his country's call and
enlisted in Company I, Sixteenth Il
linois cavalry and served until the
close of the Civil war. In 1869 he
moved to Iowa and thirteen years la
ter he again moved westward and set
tied in South Dakota and was among
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-06-22

the pioneer homestead farmers of tbo.
state, He came to Kennewick in 1907
that he and Mrs. Howe might snend
the last years of their life with tbe;r
two children.
Mr.. Howe leaves his widow. som
ID. A. Howe, of Spirit Lake, Idaho 10
former business man of this city) and
a daughter, Elisa A. Sherman. wbo
has made her home with her parents
for a number of years. A second
daughter, died more than 30 years ago
II. A. Howe had been with his "a.
Their for several days before his death
and Mrs. Howe arrived Sunday.
Mr.. Howe had been an active men,
Der of S. G. Cosgrove Post G. A. R.
since its organization and his death
Trims the ranks of Kennewick veterans
to six.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-06-22

WE HAVE taken over the Breithaupt
: greenhouse and will handle full
line of cut flowers, floral designs,
potted plants; also a line of roses,
Towering shrubs, perennials, aspar-
agus, rhubarb, grape vines, berry
plants, etc. Kennewick Greenhouse,
j. B. Slaugenhaupt, proprietor, sue
cessor to the Breithaupt Green
house. 1914
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-06-22
LEAGUERS PLEASED
WITH KENNEWICK
Delegates to Dalles District Con.
ventiOn Express Appreciation
of COurtesies Extended

According to prominent church
workers in attendance, the twentieth
annual institute-convention of The
Dalles District Epworth League which
closed its sessions here Sunday night,
was one Of the most successful and en-
thusiastic meetings ever held in the
district. The young people who at
tended as delegates and the Clergy
men and educators of the institute fac
ulty were unanimous in their praise
of the manner in which the local
league and the townspeople co-opera-
ted to provide for their entertainment.
Formal expression of their apprecia-
ton was embodied in the following
resolutions adopted by the convention:
Whereas The Dalles District League
has been afforded the opportunity to
hold their annual session in Kenne-
wick and whereas the Kennewick
League has so thoroly arranged for
our entertainment, and whereas the
people of Kennewick have so gracious
ly opened their hearts and homes to us
that we feel we are being royalty en-
tertained; Therefor, be it resolved that
we, The Dalles District League, in
regular session assembled, take this
opportunity to express our apprecia-
tion and thanks for their efforts, and
to extend to the Kennewick League our
sincere congratulations for their evil
dent ability and success as entertain
ers.
Whereas, the Kennewick CONNER
cial club, anticipating our desires to
see the country surrounding Kenne-
wick, and our need of recreation, so
freely furnished automobiles on Fri
day afternoon for this purpose.
Therefore, be it resolved, that we
now show our appreciation for their
consideration by thanking them and
wishing them God Speed in their eff
forts for the betterment Of conditions
in. and around Kennewick.
Whereas, our convention would be
unestimably lacking in spiritual up
lift if it were not for our faculty and
special speakers; and whereas, we re-
alize that it required work and sacri-
flee on their part to be with US and
pour out to us some Of the spiritual
fullness with which God has blessed
them,
Therefore, be it resolved that we
extend to them our sincere thanks and
continue to prove our appreciation by
seeing to it that the good seed sown
in our hearts will reap rich harvest.
Furthermore, be it resolved that a
copy of these resolutions be handed to
the local paper and that they be in
cluded in the minutes Of this session.
The little league of Dufur, Oregon,
carried off the convention honors by
being awarded banners for the best
general report and the best missionary
report. Kennewick was second in the
general report contest.
The 1917 convention will be held in
Mabton. Miss Bella Mark, of North
Yakima was elected for her third term
as president.
Dwight Christianson, president Of
the Prosser Epworth League, succeeds
B. S. Snyder as first vice president;
Ethyl Gibson, of The Dalles, was re-
elected second vice president to have
charge of the missionary work; Grace
Carroll, Of Mabton, third vice president
will lead in the social service work;
Suisse Redmon, Of Toppenish is to idi-