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The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-12-22

I, this is the evenin' the kids hang
up their socks
The - it is says he. We'll,
here's one camp Santy'l probably
overlook. We amt got no socks nor
no place to hang 'em, N I don't think
the old boyd savvy our foot-rags.
That's the last / remember tflr I'm
wakened up along in the night by
Shutting Noise Reveals
Silvertip Eating Beans.
If it wasn't for a snuffin' noise
l hear, I'd a-tuk it for a trade-rat,
but with this noise, it's no guess with
me, n / call the turn alright, cause
when I take a peek, there bumped
between me and the fire, is the most
robust silvertip l ever seen. In size
he resembles a load of hay. The
fires down low, but there's enough
light to give me his outline. He's
bumped over, busy with the beans,
snuffin' n whinin' Pheasant, like he
enjoys 'em. I nudge Beaver easy'n
whispers: Santa Claus is here
"He didn't need but one look.
Yes says he, reachin' for his Hen
ry, but he amt brought nothin' but
trouble, n there's more'n a sock full
of that. You couldn't crowd it into
a wagon-box.'
"This whisperin' disturbs Mr..
Bear, n he straightens up till he
near touches the ridge-pole. He
looks eight feet tall. Am l scared?
Well, I'd tell man. BY the feelin'
runnin' up'n down my back, if l had
bristles I'd resemble wild hog. The
cold sweat's drippin' off my nose, n
l amt got nothin' in me but slush-ice.
Bruin Goes Down Under
Stream of Rifle Fire.
"The bark of Beavers Henry
brings me out of this scare. The bear
goes over, upsettin' kettle of wa
ter, putin the fire out. If it wasn't
for stream of fire runnin' from
Beavers weapon, we'd be in plum
darkness. The bears up agin, bel
lerin' n bawlin', comm at us mighty
warlike, n by the time I get my
Sharpe's workin', I'm near choked
with smoke. It's the noisiest muss
was ever mixed up in. Between the
smoke, the barkin' of the guns N
the bellerin' of the bear, it's like
hell on holiday.
I'm gropin' for another ca fridge
when I hear the lock on Beavers
gun click, n l know his magazines
dry. Lowerin' my hot gun, l listen.
Everythin's quiet now. In the sud-
den stiffness I can hear the drippin'
of blood above the drummin' of my
heart. It's the bears life runnin'
out.
Hide So Full of Holes
1t Wouldn't Hold Hay.
guess it's all over says Bea-
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THOSE WHO PAY
INCOME TAX IN
TREASURE STATE

More individuals paid income
tax in Montana this year than
last. Two persons are credited
with incomes ranging from
$25O,OOO to $780, 900, and there
are 500 individuals whose in
comes range from $4,000 to
$4,000 a year. "A little less
than 500 individuals paid in
come tax in 1916.
Two persons paid tax on in
comes of from $15O,OOO to
100000; one paid ON an i'm
come of $4,000; ten persons
paid on incomes of from $780,
900 to $4,000; IL paid on in
comes from $4,000 to $780,
900; II paid on incomes of from
$4,000 to $4,000; IL paid on
incomes of from $4,000 to
100000; 20 paid on incomes of
from $4,000 to $25,OOO; 66
paid on incomes of from $4,000
to 100000; while 156 paid on
incomes of from $4,000 to
$4,000. Who did the paying?
The government will not tell.
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but she's too cold to work her. The
SHOWS drove all the game out of the
country, N barrin' a few beans and
some flour, we're plumb out of grub,
so We decide we'd better pull our
freight before we're showed in.
THE winters been pretty open till
then, but the day we start there's a
storm breaks loose that skins every
thing I ever seed. 1t looks like the
snow-maker's been holdin' back, n
turned the whole winter supply loose
at once. Cold-well, it would make
a polar bear hunt cover.
Horses Hunch Halts
PrOspectOrs at Shack.
"About noon it lets up enough so
we can see our pack-hosses. We're
joggin' along at good gait, when
old Badly, our lead pack-hoss, stops
N swings round in the trail, bring
in the other three to stand. His
WINNER causes me to raise my head,
n lookin' under my hat brim, I'm
plenty surprised to see an old log
shack not ten feet to the side of the
trail.
"I guess we'd better take that
cayuse's advice says Beaver, pintin'
to Badly, who's got his ears straight
tened, looking at us as much as to
say: What, am l packin' for pill
grims; or don't you know enough
to get in out of the weather? It
looks like you'd loosen these packs.
So, takin' Baldy's bunch, we unsad-
died,
'"This cabins mighty ancient. It's
been two rooms, but the ridgepole on
the rear ones rotten n let the roof
down. The doors wide open n
hangs on one wooden hinge. The
animal smell l get on the inside tells
me there amt no humans lived
there for many's the winter. The
floors strewn with pine combs N a
few scattered bones, shown it's been
the home of mountain-rats n squir-
rels. Takin' it all in all, it amt no
palace, but in this storm it looks
mighty snug, n when we get blaze
started in the fireplace n the beans
goin', it's comfortable.
It's the Evening "Kids"
Hang Up Their Stockings.
"The door to the back rooms
open, n by the ligh, of the fire
can see the roof hangin' down "
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-12-22
HUBBARD
ON THE CREED OF
THE BUSY WORKER

believe in the stuff L
am handing out, i'm the firm l
am working for, and in my abil-
ity to get results. l believe that
honest stuff can be passed out to
honest men by honest methods.
believe in working, not weep
ing; in boosting, not knocking;
and in the pleasure of my job. 1
believe that a man gets what he
goes after, that one deed
done today is worth two deeds
tomorrow, and that no man is
down and out until he has lost
faith in himself, / believe in
today and the work l am doing,
in tomorrow and the work 1
hope to do, and in the sure re-
ward which the future holds.
believe in courtesy, in kind
ness, in generosity, in good
cheer, in friendship and in hon
est competition. l believe there
is something doing, somewhere,
for every man ready to do it.
believe I'm ready - RIGHT
NOW!-Elbert Hubbard.
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the bears bunk. There's rusty
pick layin' up again the wall, n a
gold-pan on the floor, shown us
that the human that lived there was
miner On the other side of the
shack we run on to pole bunk, with
weather-wrinkled buffalo robin
some rotten blankets. The way the
roof slants, we can't see into the bed,
but by usin' an axe n chopin the
legs off, we lower it to view. When
Beaver raises the light, there lies the
framework of man. He's layin on
his left side, like he's sleepin', N
looks like he cashed in easy. Across
the bunk under his head is an old
fashioned cap n-ball rifle. On the
headpost hangs a powder horn N
pouch, with a belt n skinnin' knife
a pretty old-timer
"Findin' the pick'n gold-pan
causes us to look more careful for
what he's been diggin'. We explore
the bunk from top to bottom, but
nary find. All day long we pros
poets. That evenin', when we're fill
in up on bear meat, beans II ban
nocks, Beaver says he's goin to go
through the bears bunk: so after we
smoke, relightin' our torches, we
start our search again.
"Sizin' up the bears nest, we see
he'd laid there quite while. 1t
looks like Mr.. Silvertip when the
weather gets cold, starts huntin' Il
winter location for his long snooze.
Runnin' on to this cabin, vacant n
lookin' like it's for rent, he jumps
the claim N would have been snooz-
in there yet, but our fire warmin'
up the place fools him. He thinks
it's spring n steps out to look at the
weather. In the way he strikes this
breakfast of beans, N they hold him
till We object.
Were lookin over this nest when
somethin' catches my eye on the
edge of this waller It's a hole,
rooted over with willers.
We'll, I'll be ---; there's his
cache says Beaver, whose eyes has
follered mine. 1t don't take a min
ute to kick these willers loose, N
there lays buckskin sack with five
hundred dollars in dust in it.
old Sanity Claus out there says
Beaver, pintin to the bear through
the door, didn't load our socks, but
he brought plenty of meath showed
us the cache, for we'd never a-found
it if he hadn't raised the lid
''The day after Christmas we
buried the bones, wrapped in one of
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PROPOSALS BY GERMANY

AS the time draws near for OBJ
servance of the birth of Bethlehem
when Peace on earth. good will to-
ward men, was proclaimed from the
heavens, the prospects for a new era
OF peace and good will after nearly
three years of world war are bright
enlng the far-spread battlefields.
Germany has made the first open
move for peace since the outbreak
OF hostilities in the summer of 1914.
The entente nations expressing con-
fldence in the ultimate triumph OF
their cause, decline to enter into ne
gotiations.
Germany demands the independ-
ence of Poland and otherwise gener-
ally the status quo ante, or the re-
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straight for couple of weeks don't
kick much on flavor, n we're at a
stage where meats meat
when it comes day, men Beaver
goes lookin' over the bears bedroom
You know daylight drives away
ha'nts, n this room don't look near
so ghostly as it did last night. Aft
er winnin' this fight, we're both
mighty brave. The roof caved in,
with four or five feet of snow on,
makes the rear room still dark, so
lightin' a pitch-pine knot, we start
explorin'.
CaI%and-Ball Rifle
Under Dead Mans Head.
"The first thing we bump into is
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storation of the boundaries that eX-
listed before the war. The allies Ge-
mand assurance that the peace will
be permanent one.
A note of defiance rings in the
announcement of the overtures made
by Chalcellon Won BethmannHollWeg
in his speech before the reichstag.
Emperor William, in his address
to his soldiers says:
"Soldiers: in agreement with the
sovereigns of my allies and with the
consciousness of a victory, l have
made an offer of peace to the enemy.
Whether it will be accepted is still
uncertain.
Until that moment arrives, you
will fight on"
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"Talkin' about Christmas" said
Bedrock, as we smoked in his cabin
after supper, and the wind howled
as it sometimes can on blizzardy
December night, puts me in mind
of one 1 spent in the SOS. Men
Teller named Jake Mason. but better
knowed as Beaver, is trappin' N
prospectin' on the head of the Por-
cupine. We've struck some placer,
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yer kind of shaky. 1T was a short
fight, but a fast one. n hell was
poppin while she lasted
When We get the fire lit, we take
look at the battle ground There
lays Mr.. Bear in ring of blood
with hide so full of holes he
wouldn't hold hay. l don't think
there's bullet went round him.
This excitement wakens us so we
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shaped, leavin' quite a little space
agin the wall. Once I had notion
of walkin' N prospectin' the place,
but there's something ghostly about
it N l change my mind.
when we're rollin' in that night,
Beaver asks me what day of the
month it is.
If I'm right on my dates says
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Happiest Man in Montana,

Governor Stewards Christmas COM
mutations of sentence to convicts, AZ
in all have been approved by the
state board of pardons, with but four
exceptions, and 3S men confined be-
hind prison walls AZ Deer Lodge will
find pardons in their Christmas
stockings
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our blankets, where we'd found the
cache. It was the best we could do.
"I guess the dust's ours says
Beaver There's no papers to show
who's his kinfolks, so we splits the
pile N leaves him sleepin' in the
tomb he built himself.'
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don't sleep no more that night. We
breakfast on bear meat. He's an old
boar, n it's pretty stout, but fell
Ter Twin on beans and bannocks
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-14
AUSTO-HUaGARY WANTS PEACE
UNWILLING, HOWEVER, TO MEET
TERMS OF ENEMY.
VIII Not Yield Territory to Allied Ma
tons, Minister of Foreign Az
fairs Says.

Vienna. Via Berlin to London, Sept.
12.-The Austro-Hungarian minister of
foreign affairs, Baron Stephen Burian
Won Rajaecz, discussed with the cor
respondent Of the Associated Press
the position of the dual monarchy in
the world war.
"Austro-Hungary is far from lying
down, AS hoped by some" said the
minister. 1T is true we would hail
peace with joy but not the sort of
peace our enemies would impose. So
long as we have to defend ourselves
against those who want to take part
OF our territory, we naturally are I'M
willing to discuss peace"
Not Surprised at RoUmania's Act.
The minister then reviewed the sit.
uation prior to Roumania's declaration
of war, saids
I'VE offered Roumania no territorial
concessions at any time after having
discovered in the case of Italy that the
world was likely to mistake our rea-
sonable attitude for weakness. Nor
were We taken by surprise by Rouma.
MIA. What did fool us was that Rou-
mania made up her mind so quickly.
We knew in June, after the setting in
of the latest Russian offensive that
Rome and Bratiano (the Roumanian
premier) had made a definite bargain.
Austria Going Her Part.
Replying to a question as to the
monarchy's military and economic
status at this moment, the minister
said he had no anxiety u that score.
But he added: Some think we are
not doing enough. In addition to hold
ing the Italians checked, we have
managed to render useless Brussiloff's
great offensive which is not exactly
child's play"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-14
WHEAT AND CORN CROP
MILLIONS OF BUSHELS OFF
low Amount Required for Home
Consumption.

Washington, Sept. 11.-Heavy dam
age to the country's cereal crops dur
ing August caused a loss of many mil
lions of bushels in prospective produc,
ton, cutting down the outlook for
wheat to below the amount required
for home consumption.
The Department of Agriculture's
monthly forecast estimates the wheat
crop at Gil, 1000, 900 bushels, or 9,000,.
900 bushels less than is calculated to
be necessary for domestic use. A
carry-over of approximately 100, 900,
900 bushels Of old wheat from last
years record-breaking crop. however
will make up the deficiency and leave
something like 1000, 900 bushels
available to supply the heavy demands
of foreign nations for American wheat
The heavy loss in prospective pro
duction Of corr was due to drought
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-14
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
VICTORY IS NEAR
TRIUMPH AN A LITTLE WHILE"
PREDICTED BY PRESIDENT IN
SPEECH AT ATLANTIC CITY
WILSON PLEDGES SUPPORT
Methods by Which He Would Bring
About Votes for Women Not Men,
toned in ADMINISTRATIVE
Cheercd by Thousands.

Atlantic City, n. J., Sept. IL. - Tri-
umph for the woman suffrage cause
"in a little while was predicted by
President Wilson here In a speech be,
fore the annual convention OF the Ma.
tional American Woman Suffrage asso.
citation.
Il have come here to fight with
you" the President declared. Imme.
diately the 1000 women present stood
and cheered. A few minutes later DR..
Anna Howard Shaw, honorary presi,
dent Of the association, with Mr.. Will
son still present, declared:
I'VE have waited long enough to get
the vote. We want it now. | want it
to come during your administration
Again the great audience of women
stood and cheered, waving handker-
chiefs.
The Presidents pledge of support
to the suffrage question caused Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait, president of the
organization, to say in a speech soon
after he closed: You touched III
hearts and won our fealty when you
said you had come here to fight with
u.s."
The President did not speak on the
method by which he would bring about
woman suffrage, but said: 1--WE shall
not quarrel in the long run as to the
method Of it."
The women in their speeches also
failed to mention the question of
method.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-14
BLISS TO TELL COMMISSION
CT CONDITIONS ON BORDER
Will Give First Hand information TO
Observation-Disclosures Board
at New London.

Washington. Sept. IL. - Secretary
Baker has granted the request OF the
Observation-Disclosures commission to have
Major General Tasker II. Bliss, as
s.stant chief OF staff. so TO New Lon.
don, Conn, to give the commission
ers information he has gathered first
hand concerning the military situa-
ton along the international boundary.
General Bliss will leave whenever
notified he is wanted. The general is
regarded as one OF the army's most
competent authorities on Mexican
questions. AS assistant chief OF staff,
he has more to do with the military
operations along the border than any
officer except Major General Funston.
and recently he completed a personal
inspection of all the border patrol
pilitia camps.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-14
WILSON'S PLAN TO END WAR
IN EUROPE Is DISCLOSED
dent and Peace Advocates Out
lined by Jordan.

Stanford University, CAL, Sept o.
Definite plans were outlined at recent
conferences between President Wilson
and peace advocates for bringing about
peace in Europe, according to Chancel.
lor David Starr Jordan of Stanford
University, who has just returned from
Washington. DR.. Jordan said he look,
ed for peace within six months.
According to DR.. Jordan the confer.
nee agreed that any one of three
plans would be feasible.
IA congress of executives of neu.
trail nations might take the lead in
bringing the beliigerents Of Europe to.
gether.
2-Congress might appoint represen.
tatives of other neutral congresses to
act.
3-The United States might act in
dependently.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-14
STAGE EMPLOYEES, LONoSHORE-
MEN, MAcHINlsTs AND PRINT
ERS ASKED TO LAY DOWN
THEIR TOOLS.
SURFACE CAR ATTACKED;
ELEVEN ARRESTS MADE
Serious Outbreak Is Started by Strike
SymPathizers and Shots Are Fired
by Police to Hold Back Men,
Lines in Manhattan and Bronx
Badly Crippled.

New York, Sept. IL. - A strike Of
stage employees, longshoremen, brew
cry workers, machinists, b~artenders,
moulders and printers in sympathy
with the unionized carmen who quit
their places four days ago, was decid-
ed upon at a meeting of the heads of
the unions, according to an
ment by Hugh F. Ryane, state organ
izer of the American Federation of
Labor.
A resolution was passed, calling on
all %unionized wage earners in greater
New York, Yonkers, Mount Vernon.
White Plains and New Rochelle to
sanction a strike "in support of the
contention of the street railway men
of their right to organize"
Want Garments Union Recognized.
The resolution recommended that
the workers in the various trades LAY
down their tools until the companies
union"
The delegates discussed the POSSIBLE
ity of collateral street railroad as
Stunning the attitude of officials of the
lnterborough Rapid Transit company
and the other lines involved in the
strike here, who at the present time
recognize the union but insist upon
forcing their men to ignore it." The
delegates were unanimously of the
opinion, it was asserted, that the &C
ton of the transit managers was
something that affected trade union
lists as a whole"
Willing to Fight 70 Finish.
Before a sympathetic strike can be
declared, however, it was explained by
the union leaders, it will be neces-
sary for them TO call mass meetings
of their respective unions and put the
proposition to a vote of their mem
bers. The delegates at the meeting,
it was said, assured William B. Fitz.
gerald, organizer of the Garments
union, that their members were will.
ing to fight to a finish, morally, ply
sically and financially in the interest
of trade unionism."
The fourth day of the strike found
ell surface car lines in Manhattan, the
Bronx and parts of Westchester
county badly crippled. At night the
police reported service had almost
entirely been suspended.
The most serious outbreak of VIC.
lence was an attack by strike sym,
pathizers against a Madison avenue
surface car. Eleven arrests were
made after shots were fired by the
police to hold lack men who tried to
rescue the prisoners.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-14
|FA|R DIES A BLAZE OF GLORY
RAIN FAILS TO STOP AUTO RACES
ON LAST DAY.
Six Agricultural High Schools Are
Awarded Cash Prizes-Candidates
For President Announced.

Minneapolis, Sept. 1.-THE Greater
Minnesota State Fair of 1916 died a
blaze of glory.
Rain that threatened to mar the
final day of the big exposition stop
ped in time to make it possible to put
the speed track i'll shape for the big
gest program Of automobile races II
the history of Minnesota fairs, and
great crowds iocked to the fair
grounds to witness the spectacular
contests.
At noon Saturday 2S6,404 persons
lad visited the fair grounds since
the fair opened Monday. Fair officials
estimated the days total attendance
would be more than 10000 despite the
weather. This would mean a total for
he week well above 800, 900, and this
figure, the officers said, will mean that
the 1916 fair will at least break
even" financially. The total last year
was 329,9S9, and with this patronage
the exposition made good money.
Prizes Awarded Schools.
Six agricultural high schools Of Min
nesota were awarded cash prizes in the
agricultural contest at the fair. The
tests were in agriculture, manual train
ing. sewing. canning, mechanical draw
ing, grade industrial and short course
work. Dawson headed the list with
a score of 635.75, winning $175.S0.
Other schools were: Detroit, 623.75
points, $155.59; Pipestone, $751;
points, S136.69; South st. Paul, 527.5
points, $122.59; Hayfield, 1895 points,
S111.30; Apnandale, 1855 points, $68.17.
The prizes were awarded by the fair
management to encourage work in
agriculture by the pupils.
Would Head Society.
More than 80 children, representing
13 public Fairgrounds in st. Paul par
~ticipated in a children's carnival in the
~hippodrome on the fair grounds from
10 a. m. until noon. They were cos
tuned as Turks, Indians, clowns,
brownies and other characters, and
ranged in age from 3 to Is years. A
parade through the fair grounds. head
ed by a band preceded the festival.
Three active candidates for president
OF the Minnesota State Agricultural So
cieyt have been announced, and will be
presented at the annual meeting in
January. They are Thomas H. Can
field, Lake Park; George Atkinson,
Mankato, and Frank w. Murphy,
Wheaton. all members of the board Of
managers.
Mike Holm, Roseau, is not a candi-
date for president, but seeks only a
place on the board of managers.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-14
Freiohter Hits Lake Steamer.

Cleveland, Sept. 3. - The steamer
City of Erie, carrying 1000 passengers
back to the city from Cedar Point and
~Put-In-Bay. collided with the freight
steamer Belgium just inside the break
water. A hole was torn In the bow
OF the City of Erie and part OF her
upper works ripped off. The passen-
gers made a rush for the life preserv-
srs, when It was found no damage had
been done below the water line, and
the passenger boat then was towed to
the dock. The freighter was trying to
turn around q the harbor.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-14
Danes May Avoid Elections.

Copenhagen, Denmark, Sept. I'm
the event of the present negotiations
for a coalition cabinet succeeding gen
eral elections probably will be avoid,
ed and the question of the sale of the
Danish West lndias to the United
States will be settled by a plebiscite
In Denmark. Conservative Leader Ell
linger says he expects the negotiations
will succeed and that should they dc
so. Christopher Hage, at present min
lister of finance. would become pre-.
mier. with Foreign Minister Scaveniul
remaining in his present post.