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Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-01
HADDAM NECK
C. r. Society Plans Honor Roll of Boys in Federal Service-Preparing for Christmas Entertainment


 Many of the farmers tn this section are selling their milk to be delivered In Aidaleto~n-
 Mrs Merrill Shepard is tnproveing in Eeafth after serious operation She expects to return home in a few weeks William Harvey Brooks of Deep River was a guest at the Sexton farm last week.
 Honor Roll Planned.
 The Christian Endeavor society of the local church is arranging for an Honor Roll for the boys who are in the Q. & service from this place.
 The evening service at the Con gregational church will be in charge of the Christian Endeavor society.
 The fair of the ladies connected the the Congregational church will be held at Grange hall
 William Johnson has returned to New Britain after spending a few days at CsDt- Neison'S
 William Seiden and son Eric have returned to the city after a few days visit at the Selden farm
 Mrs Hannah Selden is visiting rel a4fves in Massachusetts
 Rehearsing for Christmas.
 Mss Edith Raymond, organist at the Congregational church, is drilling the Sunday school children for the Christ mas entertainment
 The subject for Sunday morning service at the Congregational church will be Stale Religion" Rev. w H. Raymond will preach
 Cap Sandin is renovating his cattle stables. making them sanitary witrh cement floors and runways.
 Election of Grange officers win be held in December.
 Mildred Lomberg and Emily Col Hns Of Hartford were week end visit ors here. returning Sunday evening.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-01

Consul General J. L. Britain, of Sydney, Australia, reports under date of August 29 that the sawmills which are operated and owned by the State of New South Wales were run durinE the three previous months at a. pro&t of 1872 per cent. It is stated that the saWmills have been able to take con- tracts at profit and operate in conn petition with private companies.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-01

with any other club with the assur- ance that the conditions under which their competitors will shoot will be the same as the ones under which they themselves make their scores.
 A record book is kept by the asso- citation and Q shooter can find out the best score that has ever been made under any of the standard sets of conditions, by simply writing for the information.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-01

In the Palace bowling league Friday evening Lepold smashed the league record for three string total by hitting the pins for a total of 339, Callahan running him a close second with 336. McVeigh also rolled high. getting S24 for a total and 120 for high single. Team took two games from Team while Team 6 took tFo from Team g.. The scores:
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Awarded Hiqh sinqie Prize.

W. Pattison, who rolled with the Palace team in the Eastern Connecti- cut Bowling league which recently closed it's tournament, has been awarded high single of the league. His score was 12a. One of the New Lon don men beat him out for high single with 135. but as the New Londoner had high total and the ruling says no two prizes to one man, the prize went to Pattison.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-01
dleweight champion of the world.

Fitz's rise to the heavyweight pinna- cIe, the true story of Corbett's bar room attack on the Cornishman, will prove interesting reading in Close up No. 5, which will appear in these col unns on Dec. 8.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-01
Special Bowfino Match,

In special bowling match at the Aetna alleys the Y. M. H.. five took two games from the Marlin Rockwell team on Friday night. The scores .ssa
 Y. M. H. A.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-01
COTTON.

New York, Nov. 30.-Cotton futures opened firm; December 3040; Janu- ary 29.50; March 29.15; May 2s.9O; July 2S.73.
 Spot cotton quiet; middling upland 31.00.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-01
MONEY. 7

New York, Nov. 30. = Call money steady; high 6; low 5; ruling rate s; closing bid 5; offered at 1-2; last
 loan 1-2.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-01

By William H. Recap.
 In the three close-ups with the Flght1ng F1tz the writer has faithfully covered the ring life in Australia of
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-01
PALTTZ AND POWERS
 SiGNED-TO4 BOX HERE
Pastime Athletic Club Will Open the Boxing Season Here With 15-Round Match.

Matchmaker Jack Sullivan has the signed articles of Dave Powers and K O. Palitz for the appearance here in December and he has also signed articles with Young Deal of New Lon don, better known as Danny Doyle, to meet Martie Allen of New York in
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-01

The Y. M. H. A. team would like to challenge the Letter Carriers for next Tuesday night. The Shoe Statesmen want a game with the Marlin Rock well.
 SIX CLOSE-UPS
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-01
SIX CLOSE-UPS
OF FIGHTING FTTz

HemIniscences of a 27 Years lnti- macy With Great Fiehter-ArrivaI of the Cornishnan in America-Hov, He Became Worlds MiddIeweioht Champion.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-01

DEFECTIVE FIUES and careless ness with stoves and furnaces are the ezr1se of many a disastrous fire
 FIGHT NOW see us about the FIRE INSURANCE you need and have your property protected against the hazard that ever threatens your home, store and stock
 We offer skilled service and the pro lection of sound. high grade com panies-
 ISAAC s. JONES
 insurance and Real Estate Agent Richard@ Building s1 Main s.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-01
CHESTERFIELD

Surprise PMrfy for William Howard on Ills Birshday-SaIe Of Real Estate.
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The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-04-13
TREATMENT OF WIN
TERKILLED WHEAT

Reports from different sources in
dictate that there is some winter kill
ing of winter wheat in many sections
Of Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, In
diana, Ohio, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kan
sas and Texas. and of hard red wheat
in the western and southwestern
plains. particularly in Kansas and
Oklahoma, although whether the ex-
tent of the damage is more than the
average is uncertain.
Where there has been winter kill
ing the question arises as to what is
the best course for the farmer to
pursue. The following procedure is
recommended by the cereal special
lists of the United States Department
Of Agriculture.
III the crop is not more than half
killed, it may be advisable to let it
grow and depend upon natural STOOL
ing or tillering Of the remaining
plants to produce a crop. Even fields
in which a majority of the plants
have been killed may give profitable
yield. 1t should be borne in mind
that hard winter wheat tillers even
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-04-13
WONDERFUL DISPLAY OF NERVE

We do not know exactly where
Turtle Mountain is located, but it is
somewhere in the state of North Da-
kota. Nevertheless we believe the
brave act of this lady should not go
by without mention and we print the
account of it as published in the
Turtle Mountain Star, as follows:
"At the burning of a barn in Steele
recently, our superintendent dis
played some nerve and pluck. Miss
Sherman did not wait for the men to
get there, but hastened to the barn
without stopping to dress, and in bare
feet united the horses before they had
become unmanageable, thus saving
them with little trouble. There is
not man, we venture to say, in all
Steele, but would have stopped to put
on his pants before venturing out in
to the crisp air, but she did not, her
whole thought being Of the dumb
animals imperiled. and it was. in
deed, a nervy and cool-headed per-
formance."
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-04-13
THREE THOUSAND
ACRES FOR WHEAT

Bids for leases on farm lands north
OF Horte, reserved for allotment pur-
poses, were opened at the Indian
agency office at Dixon yesterday and
are being considered for immediate
approval or rejection. Licenses will
run for the season of 1917 ouly, and
all fences, buildings or improvements
may be removed at the end of the
license period, October 1, 1917.
Practically every acre of these
reserved lands is irrlgable and this
action by the Bureau of Indian At
fairs places 5000 acres of highly fer
tile agricultural land under pro-
duction the current season. Of this
acreage there are 2200 acres in town.
ship II N, range 81 w., and $50 acres
in township % N, range p w.
These lands have been divided into
areas of 16O acres in most cases and
bidders limited to GAO acres each in
accordance with departmental regu-
lation. A hundred thousand bushels
more of wheat will be produced trib-
utary to Roman under this disposition
Of the Interior Department.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-04-13
WILL BUILD 1000
NEW WOODEN SHIPS

A dispatch from Washington dated
April 8, states that the shipping
boards program of building 1000
wooden ships of 5000 or $500 tons
each to meet the loss of tonnage by
submarine warfare and thus help de-
feat the German undersea campaign
has been formally approved by Presi-
dent Wilson, The first ship will be
ready within five months and the
board will call upon the treasury for
from S10,0O0,O0o to $15,OOO,OO0 within
the next few days.
Fifty million dollars already has
been authorized by congress for the
work of the board, BY October, it is
expected shipyards on The Pacific and
Atlantic will be turning out the new
vessels at the rate of two or three a
day.
The great fleet will fly the Ameri-
can flag and each vessel sailing to
tie war zone will be armed. Calls for
the building of 10000 tons of shipping
monthly.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-04-13
PEDEN AND DWYER
ELECTED TRUSTEES

At the annual school election of
district No. 2S, held on Saturday.
April 7, G. l.. Peden of Roman and
Dan Dwycr of Arlee were the Win
ncrs, and will hold their respective
offices for the ensuing two years.
Four candidates filed petitions for
election, T. IT. Bateman of Ravalli,
Dan Dwycr of Arlee, John Markert
of Arlec and c. l.. Peden of Roman.
For the first time in the history of
the district the people of the Round
Butte district are represented on the
school board and the entire district
is unanimous in it's approval of the
two men selected, While interest in
the election was not keen, there was
a fairly strong vote. John. lnnes of
Arlee and l.. l.. Long are the retiring
members of the board.
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are in the opinion of western Mon
tana farm authorities, greatly needed,
both in order to benefit the land and
to increase the revenue derivd from
all sections of Montana. The state at
large can produce hundreds of times
as much produce as is now being
raised on it's agricultural lands. 1t is
for the purpose of arousing the
spirit of wasting nothing; of making
productive the vast amount of land
now lying idle that Missoula's COM
mercial organization has raised its
thousand dollar fund and launched
the campaign.
The contest is open to ALL There
shall be two districts, namely: Dis
trict No, 1, all territory embraced in
the city limits of Missoula. District
No. 2, Orchard Homes, Rattlesnake
and South Missoula.
The outlying territory in the coun-
ty of Missoula shall be made up of
10 districts and shall be: No. 1, Bon
ner: No. 2, Lolo; No. 5, Potomac; No.
4, Arlee: No. 5, St. Ignatius; No. 6,
Frenchtown; No. Z, Roman; No. s,
Post Creek; No. g. Round Butte; No.
10, Moiese. To these outlying dis
tricts the Missoua Chamber of Com
merce gives a purse of $50 each, pro-
vided the residents of these districts
will raise a like amount, or, the Mis-
soula Chamber of Commerce will give
as much as any district raises up to
$50; provided, further, that persons
i'm these districts will arrange to ham
die the contest in business like
manner. The same rules should be
followed in all districts,
All contestants must grow potatoes
in order to compete and at least three
other of the following vegetables:
Potatoes, beans, peas, cabbage, beets,
parsnips, carrots, turnips.
At least one fourth of each gar
den must be planted in potatoes.
All entries must be made before
May Is, 1917. Additional informa-
tion may be obtained by addressing
D. d. Richards, secretary of the Mis-
soula chamber of commerce.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-04-13
CONGRESSMAN EVANS
WANTS TO FIGHT

Representative Evans on April Z,
in the following letter to the presi-
dent, offered his services:
Being one of those members of
the house of representatives who
voted to declare war against the
enemies of our country, and feeling
that l should not vote and ask some
other man to do that which | myself
would not do, hereby tender to you
and the government my services in
any branch of the military establish
ment, pledging to you my faithful
services to the extent of my ability
in any position high or low to which
you may assign me. ! hold myself
subjct to your call"
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-04-13
ASKS FOR MINIMUM
PRICE FOR WHEAT

J. Ogden Armour of Chicago, one
of the leading packers and grain deal
ers, has made statement favoring
the fixing of a price by the govern
ment for all food products. He said
because the time is short and the
situation so dangerous, I favor gov
ernment supervision and control of
the food production and food prices.
Let us do it before we are compelled
to do it. The prices of wheat, corn,
live stock and other food products
have gotten away from any control
but that of the government. Let the
government, for instance, fix the
wholesale price of all meat products.
That would probably result in an au-
tomato regulation Of all prices from
the producer to the consumer, If it
failed to do so, further government
action might be necessary.
Let the government, say, guaran-
tee to the farmer a minimum price of
$1.5O a bushel for all the wheat he
can raise. 1t would be perfectly
safe thing to do. 1t would not cost
the government cent.
"These are radical suggestions.
But this is an emergency which moth
ing but radical remedies will meet.
There are firms whose profits would
be cut but in the present situation
the individual would have to suffer
so long as benefit to the mass of the
people reSultS.'
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-04-13
COUNTIES OPERATE
FERRY At SLOAN

Last week the board of county COM
missioners Of Sanders county favor
ably acted upon the proposal of Mis-
soula county to take over the pri-
vately owned ferry at Sloan and to
maintain and operate it after April
2, free, as part of the public thor
onghfare. Allen Sloan has been des-
tgnated as public ferryman and will
be at the service of the travelling
public seven days a week from a.
m. to 6 p. m. each day. After six
O'Clock in the evening a foliage will
be collected from belated travellers
river.
This action by the respective coun-
ties removes one of the last "Old
West" institutions in the reservation
country, Frontier conditions have
frequently demanded the erection of
bridges, building of roads or construc-
tion of ferries by private enterprises
in order to meet the requiremnts of
early and struggling settlers. And
when such benefactions are placed at
the service of the public by private
indivi iduals the commonwealth per-
mits such individuals to collect a
foliage for labor and money eXpen-
dcd.
Such ferry has been operated for
years at Sloan by Allen Sloan. one of
the pioneers of the Flathead reser-
vation. Mr.. Sloan has transported
passengers over the tortuous channel
of the river in al sorts of weather
and under the most adverse condi-
tions. through periods of flood water
and the river treacherous with flood
ice: while his own dips into the
angry waters have been numerous.
he has never yet wet a passenger or
had an accident. His appointment
as public ferryman comes in fitting
recognition of long and efficient SER
vice. A ferry at Sloan without Allen
Sloan at the blocks wouldn't seem
like a ferry at all.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-04-13

tracing with farmers for their
wheat at S1.GO a bushel and the loss
will be between 30 and 35 million
bushels. This loss would have bought
more tractors than have been made
up to date,
Tractors will never be sold ex-
tensvely in winter wheat areas until
more manufacturers couple up with
the few who have hooked their work
up with that of the farm papers that
are fighting the problems of this
territory. In other words, the argu-
ments to sell tractors must be in line
with the agricultural problems of the
territory in which they are sold.
The manufacturer who does not en-
courage his local distributor and
statesmen by helping them meet local
conditions in each of the separate
crop areas can never secure, In any
one of the areas. his maximum of
sales. The largest and most success
full implement houses today are fol-
lowing this local method. Just SO
the method by which agriculture has
been promoted and the method which
has brought the most success to agri-
cultural manufacturers must be fol-
lowed in selling the tractor.-Farm
Implement News.
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Germany has actually been making
on the United States for many
months is recognized in official form
and the United States thus announces
to the world it's determination to take
up what President Wilson character
lied in his address to congress as
Germany's challenge to all the
world, her war against humanity.
Speaker Clark signed the resolution
in the early hours of the morning
and Vice President Marshall signed
it soon after the senate convened at
noon. The engrossed copy was sent
at once to the white house. 1t was
waiting for the president when he
returned from a short walk with
Mrs. Wilson.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-04-13
CONTEST ON POTA-
TOES AND GARDEN

The question of the high cost of
people for so many years that it is
almost necessary to go back to the
pioneer class in order to find the time
when it was not one OF the para
mount issues before the public. We
have heard this question discussed
from the lect ure platform, through
the columns of the press and mag
azines and even from the pulpit. Up
to the present. however, the high
cost of living has deigned to pay but
scant attention to all this comment
and the price of sustaining life has
rocketed skyward daily.
The Missoula chamber of commerce
has now taken hand in the game
and believes that it has evolved a
workable idea which will not only
serve to check the soaring price of
living, but will also produce greater
cash returns to the farmers of west
ern Montana than they have been re-
cciving inthepast.
a fund of $1,000 has been raised
for the purpose of stimulating inter-
est in diversified gardening within
the city and county, "Gardens and
potatoes"-that is what the CONNER
cial organization is banking on in it's
effort to bring money to the farmers
and cheaper the cost of living in
Missoula. The fund raised is to be
distributed in prizes and in case
some Of the youngsters find it impos-
sible to secure seed an effort will be
made to find some means of supply
ing them enough for the purpose of
planting their acreage.
One of the prizes is for the best
acre of potatoes in the county and
it is thought that this will have the
effect of inducing many of the farm
ers to plant an acre of potatoes
which would yield large cash re-
turn. In addition to achieving this
result the chamber of commerce be-
lieves that the high cost of living
can be abatd and relief brought to
many of the families now suffering
on account of the high cost of veg
etables and similar produce.
Cultivated and diversified crops
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-04-13
WAR RESOLUTION SIGNED
BY PRESIDENT WILSON

President Wilson on April 6, signed
the resolution of congress declaring
a state of war between the United
States and Germany. The measure
was passed by the house by vote OF
1913 to SO and by the senate by 50 to
6. The war resolution was signed
by the president at I'll o'clock, All
the naval militia and naval reserves
We're called to the colors with the
presidents signing of the war reso-
luton. The president also signed a
state of war between the United
States and Germany. In the proc
lamation he called upon American
citizens to give support to all meas
ures of the government. BY the sign
ing of the resolution, the war which
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-04-13

better than many other varieties and
in that way thin stand will be UNI
usually increased.
I'm case of severe injury, where
wheat is largely or entirely destroyed,
it is better to plant some other crop,
which should be corn where this crop
will grow to agvantage. In the ex-
treme western portion of the plains
states, from Nebraska southwark,
milo or kafir usually would be better
than corn.
"In the western portions of Kan
sas. Oklahoma and Nebraska, spring
wheat. particularly durum, may be
protitably sown instead of titled
crops, The durum wheat will give
better results in these districts than
any spring common wheats. Durum
wheat, however, should never be sown
as a mixture in fields of winter wheat
which has been partly winter killed.
as it is difficult or impossible to sell
the mixture under normal market
conditions. 1t should be sown only
where the winter wheat field is plow-
ed and completely resown.
eff it is desired to SOW spring com
mon wheat in thin stands of red win
ter wheat, a variety of hard red ker-
nels should be chosen, such as Mar
quis or Preston. The use of spring
common wheats should be confined to
the extreme western and northwest
ern portions of Kansas and adjacent
Nebraska. Usually spring wheat and
winter wheat can not be harvested
we'll together because of difference in
the time of ripening.
"In the true spring wheat districts,
where all seeding has yet to be done
it appears from reports so far that
there will be only barely sufficient
supply of seed if quality is taken
into consideration. 1t is important to
give careful attention to the germ
mating power of the seed"
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-04-13
JAPS WILL FIGHT
FOR UNITED STATES

Japanese members of the local as
sociation of Heiwa-Kai at Sacra-
mento, Cal, have offered to fight for
the United States against Germany,
a resolution to this effect having
been adopted at mass meeting.
Copies of the resolution are to be
sent to President Wilson, Governor
Stephens and the California council
of defense. Local Japanese say they
expect the action of the association
will b approved by the thousands of
Japanese throughout the Sacramento
NallcV.