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The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11

FREE--Lists Of fine, cheap rarm land To-
Gated in Montana opened up by Milwau-
kee railway. Write immigration Agent,
Chicago, Milwaukee Il st. Paul Railway,
Seattle, Washington.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11

"WICK"-The piano With sor,--ms"r
by q master, $500 upward. Montana
Piano Co., Butte, Mont. distributors.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11

I'V!1 ACKES OF nigh grade stOck Tanch 10
forest reserve, samples of the vegetation
are to be seen In our office. Strouf Real
ty Co. 123 Central ave-. Great Falls, Mont.
1880 ACRE stock farm, good, cheap prop
Osttion, 800 acres decided and three re-
linquishments, good water, located In
Fergus county, Montana. Strouf Realty
Co.. 1913 Central ave. Great Falls, Mont.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11
FARM LANDS-FOR SALE.

900 ACRE ranch, seven miles east Of Ke-
vim, Montana, for rent. About 400 acres
broken out. For terms apply to J. N.
Thelen, Conrad Bank building, Great
Falls, Montana
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11

HOMESTI1AD DIS, contests, filings, pats, re
ters. A. H. Gesche land atty. Great Falls
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11

PERCIIER BELGIAN and SHIRE
STATIONS and MARES for sale. All
registered and fully guaranteed. II you
buy lIOLBEKT HORSE your neigh
bors will patronize you because A HOL.
BERT HORSE has come to mean one Of
the best. And the HOLBERT GUARAN-
tee fully protects IIOLBERT CUSTOM
ERS See our horses. Send &c in stamps
for souvenir horsehead booklet.
HOLBERT HORSE IMPORTING co.
Thos. X. Holbert, Manager.
Two Montana Barns.
Park Hotel, Culbertson,
Great Falls, Montana. Montana
Write Either Address.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11
CHIROPODISTS.
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

PANSY AND ASTER PLANTS, finest va
rites, 25c delivered. Daisies carnations
and other hardy plants and novelties, SOC
dozen. My 1917 list and cultural direc-
tions free. Fl. =. Jones, View Acres, Ham
iltOn. Mont.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11
CITY PROPERTY.

JUST A WORD, PLEASE-YOu can buy q
lot In the biggest, fastest growing town
In the west. Only $25 each. Well locat-
ed. Don't delay, Investigate this now.
Write ]. Ii. Corcoran. Great Falls. Mont.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11

BARGAIN--16-r room boarding and rooming
house on north side, Great Falls, one
ished and fully modern. Strouf Realty
Co., 1913 Central Ave-, Great Falls, Mont.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11
FARM LAND LOANS.

THE NOTES used by the Vermont Loan &
Trust Co. in makinng their loans bear
the following wording: This note is
payable at any time in sums of fifty dol
lars or more This is wonderful help
to the average borrower as it permits
him to reduce his mortgage loan to any
time he has any money to spare Write
Robt III. Cosgrove, their State Agent at
Billings, Mont, for further particulars.
FARM LOANS---ln territory adjacent
Great Falls. Terms attractive. American
Bank Il Trust Co. of Great Falls. Mont.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11
HORSES AND LIVESTOCK

WE HAVE a string of native Montana
stock CATTLE white face and shorthorns,
steers, heifers, cows, bulls; right kind.
Time given responsible parties. Address
Palmer Il Hough, Park hotel, Great
Falls, Montana.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11

SEVEN SECTIONS Of good land, good
water and grass. $500 per acre; $500
cash, balance in 10 years ut per cent.
Mont
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11

FIVE ROOM modern house at a bargain {;
close in; terms. Mutual Realty Co., 535
Ford building, Great Falls, Montana.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11


GREAT FALLS BLUEPRINTING CO., en-
craving and blueprinting, Great Falls
Montana.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11
TO TRADE.

VIE SELL and trade property of ever
description. StrOuf Realty Co., l2D Ger
tral avenue, Great Falls, Montana.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11

WYOMING OIL will undoubtedly make
For full, impartial and important infor-
nation address Secretary Wyoming Mon
tana Public OIL Exchange, Casper, Wy0-
ming.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

CITY FEED STORE, Waller, Montana
Only feed store in town. includes grain
and machinery business, seeds, cream
separator and other lines. Splendid pay
ing business. Satisfactory reasons. In
vestigate or write Box 267, Waller, for
full information. Act now; busy season.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11

BIG INCOME from small Investment.
$500 cash will buy old hotel and res
taurant building located on two best
business lots In thriving town. Room
425 Hotel Rainbow, Great Falls, Mont.
The Era-leader., 1917-02-08

stantly available power of the
navy to meet any sudden and un'
expected emergency, as they IN
crease the number of batt'eships
of the dreadnonght type from .
to 12, numerical increase OF %
por csnt, and a far greater pro-
p)rtional increase in fighting
power" says Secretary Daniels.
In addition to the four battle
ships there have been added to
the fleet during the past year the
destroyers Tucker, Conyngham'
Porter, Jacoe Jones, Wainwright
Sampson, Rowan, Davis md
Wilkes and tho submarines LII,
LIZ. L.3, La. L'9. LILO and LII
and the submarine tender Bushell
The Era-leader., 1917-02-08
Bogalusa Takes Over Water
System.

The city of Begalusa purch as
ed last week from the G. s. L.
Co., the water and sewerage
system, paying for the former
S51.5O9.s6 and for the latter
s40,16 as recommended by
Geo. Horde, engineer of New
Orleans.
The pumps, reservoirs, etc.,
we're not purchased by the city,
but the G. S. l.. Co., was given a
contract for furnishing the wat
er at 1851 per month, which how
ever, is less than the water bill
company will be each month.
Bogalusa is to lot bids in
March for city h.l(, a Jail and
six new school houses, while a
company of citizens is to erect a
a grain elevator.
The creamery, which is well
under way now. and also the
proposed elevator the farmers OF
this section should be specially
interested in.
The Era-leader., 1917-02-08

Franklinton, La, Feb. L.
To the Hon. Judge Of the District
Court, Wash. Parish, La
Gentlemen;
We, the Grand Jury, beg to
submit to you the following re-
port. The result may seem
small for the time we have in.
vestigated all matters coming be-
fore us and all matters claiming
our attention in a very careful
and painstaking manner 70 the
best of our knowledge and abili-
ty. We have examined forty
four witnesses and have found
seven true bills and entered no
bills and have referred one case
to the next, session of the grand
jury. We have made a thorough
investigation of tho Police Jurors
as far back as January 1, 1911,
and find part Of their transactions
not according to law but was for
the want Of knowledge as to
their duties and for the want of
system; therefore we recommend
and insist that the books of the
Parish Treasurer be audited by
some competent accountant as
far back and including the year
1911. We further recommend
that said Treasurer be required
to keep a complete set Of books
showing all receipts and disburse-
ments of funds coming through
his office and that the Police Jury
be required to publish in the off,
cial journal of the Parish each
calendar month complete state
ment of such receipts and dis.
bursements.
We thank YOUR body, the Hon.
Judge and the Hon. District At
torney, the Sheriff and his staff
of Deputies, for their kindnesses
and help rendered US while in
session aud beg you Honorable
body to be discharged.
E. L. Middleton, Foreman.
A true copy.
M. A. Thigpen, Clerk.
The Era-leader., 1917-02-08

of this area, however, is Texas
where the problem is somewhat
different than in the Statss east
of the Mississippi. In the latter
section it is reasonable to suppose
that in few years the tick Will
be a thing Of tho past.
The Era-leader., 1917-02-08
OHIO LITMBERMEN GUESTS
AT BOGALUSA.
Eighty Entertained by Great
Southern Company and
See Big Property.

Bogalusa, La, Feb. 1.-THE
Great Southern Lumber Com
pany and Bogalusa we're hosts
today to delegation of eighty
Ohio retail lumber dealers who
came down from the frozen North
to see what is called the biggest
numbering operation in the world
in the process of manufacturing
"Bogalusa brandt lumber, and
incidentally to get a breath OF
spring.like weather at a time when
Ohio is covered with a blanket
of snow and ice. The visitors
were royalty entertained and will
take back with them many pleas
ant remembranoes Of their stay
in Bogalusa.
A representative of the Great
Southern Lumber Company &C.
companied The party from the
time they left Cincinnati and they
we're the guests Of the company
from the time they left New Or
leans early today until they re.
turned there this evening. A re.
ception committee met the visi-
tors at the train and escorted
them through the sawmill plant,
commissary, hospital and in fact
over the whole property Of the
lumber company. The party
then visited the Y. NJ. G. A., aud
other public institutions Of the
city and enjoyed a drive through
the principal streets, at the end
Of which a we'll served luncheon
was rendered them at the Pine
Tree Inn.
Aftel luncheon the plant of the
Louisiana Fibre Board COMPANY
was visited, where the lumber.
men were surprised to see the
great quantity of paper being
manufactured out of Southern
pine sawmill waste material,
They were even more surprised
Ito learn that tE,, Great Southern
Lumber Company in now build.
ing a plant Of three times the
capacity Of that of the Louisiana
Fibre Board Company in order to
make all their sawmill waste up
into a useful product and to put
their refuse burner out of bust.
| ness.
They were informed that in tho
year 1919 still another paper mill
would be erected to utilize the
waste material developed In log
ging operations Of the lumber
concern, which would change the
reputation of Bogalusa as the
"Queen City" of the numbering
industry to the largest paper
making center south Of New York
state.
The visitors We're then taken to
the station and after every one
of them had given his assurance
that he had becom, a ''Bogalusa
Booster they all boarded the
IN. 0. g. N, tram fur Nsw Orr
leans,
The Era-leader., 1917-02-08
Dipping of Cattle in Infested
Area East of the Mississippi
to Begin in March.

ooAAAhS WHY 49,
ping of cattle in the tickinfested
areas will begin earlier than usual
this year, it is announced. There
are now 14,247 vats in commits.
sion and it will be possible with
these to dip over a million cattle
each month. 1t is planned to
begin the work as soon as posi-.
bic after March in order to
catch the first generation of ticks
hatched in the spring before they
have had time to lay eggs. In
this way it is hoped to release
much territory early in The fall.
There is indeed reason to be-
lieve that 1917 will see more ter
ritory freed from the pest than
any year since systematic tick
eradication was begun. Each
county released from quarantine
is an object lesson to its neigh
bors, and in recent years popular
interest in the movement has
been growing.
One evidence of this is the
action Of the people in Mississip-
pi in:making eradication a state
instead of a county matter. Un-
der this law systematic dipping
will be conducted this season in
each of the thirty counties in the
state still under quarantine. In
this area there are approximately
450,OO cattle and 2,70O watts will
be operated. In addition, dip
ping will be carried on in those
counties which have been freed
as a whole but in which some
herds have not been cleaned and
are still under local quarantine.
The work in Mississippi, it is
pointed out, will drive a wedge
of tck-free area right down to
the Gulf. The army Of ticks will
be cut in half-to be destroyed
piecemeal hereafter-and a high =
road for cattle from the freed
areas will be opened to the mar
kets of the North.
! In the other States east of the
Mississippi tie campaign of Grad.
ication is to be pushed vigorously
by counties. In South Carolina
only ten counties remain infested
and in all of these it is planned
to commence systematic dipping
| on March /. Five hundred vats
will be in operation and approx.
mately one hundred thousand
cattle will be dipped regularly
| About five thousand square miles
should be freed at the end of tue
season.
West Of the Mississippi the
problems of eradication in Louis
lana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and
Texas will be discussed at a con.
ference to be held at the end of
January in Dallas, Texas. Loui-
siana, like Mississippi, has made
eradication a state matter. In
the other States the work will be
carried on by counties.
| These facts indicate that thru
out the entire South there is a
determination to be rid Of the
Itick and that quickly. 1t is
many years since there was any
|question Of the feasibility of to-
tai eradication; the chief difficult
ty has been to convince the peo-
pie that it was really worth their
while to take up the work. To.
day so much territory has been
freed that the benefits are plainly
apparent, and this difficulty has,
/ therefore, to Il great extent abeen
removed. In the last three years
more than 10000 square miles
have been released from quaran.
tine. leaving 419,000 in the ems
The Era-leader., 1917-02-08
Strength of United States Navy

The following summary of the
ships of the United States navy is
taken from official sources, and
is doubly interesting just at this
time. 1t includes all vessels in
active service and in the reserve,
by far the larger number being
assigned to the Atlantic, Pacific
and Asiatic fleets.
The total enumeration OF the
ships is as follows:
First line battleships. ..,.. II
Second line battleships. 80. %
Armored cruisers. >. 10
First class cruisers ......... 5
Second class cruisers. -. 26
Third class cruisers. ...... Is
Monitors. s................... .
Destroyers. ..... ..... 80. 81
Coast torpedo vessels. :. 16
Torpedo boats. s.............. ~
Submarines. ..... 90. Is
Tenders and torpedo vessels. 8
Gunboats. :. -. -. 30
The Era-leader., 1917-02-08

In this list are grouped the new.
eat and most important vessels
such as the hattleships Oklohoma,
N. wade, Pennsylvania and Ari-
z,na, all of which have been add
ed since 1916. ''They represent
a tremendous Increase in the in.
The Era-leader., 1917-02-08
Official Journal of

Washington Parish Police Jury,
Washington Parish School Board
and the Town of Franklint0n.
The Era-leader., 1917-02-08
Always at Your Service
For Printing Needs.

All Kinds of Commercial Job Work
Promptly and Neatly Executed.
The Era-leader., 1917-02-08
Mrs. j. VOL BROCK, Editor.

Advertising Rates on Application
The Era-leader., 1917-02-08

Address all Communications 10
Era-Leader, Franklinton, La.
The Era-leader., 1917-02-08
SUBSCRIPTION sl.O0 A YEAR
Franklinton, la. Feb. 8. 1917
Grand Jury Report.

Franklinton, La, Feb. H.
To the Hon. Judge Of the District
Court, Wash. Parish, La.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-06
Boston Store

Knitting, Tatting, Crochet ing, Embroidering, will un- . doubtedly take considerable of your time and attention during the next few weeks. Let us supply your needs in this line.
 Bear Brand Yarns of all kinds. Special khaki color for soldiers. All the desirable makes of Thread for Tatting and CrOcheting.
 Silks and Floss for En- brOldery.
 Knitting Needles, Crochet Hooks, Tatting Shuttles, Round. and Oval Embroidery Hoops.
 An extensive variety of Stamped Pieces to Select from.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-06

men for the first draft of 6S1 ,OOO men. These will be sent next month to the 16 cantonmentS. Nearly 100000 men of the draft force will be used in raising the National Guard force to it's war strength of 409, ,OOO. Later there will be d second force of 5OO,0 called for the national army, afd this will swell the total on land and sea to more than 1,995,000 under arms.
 President Wilson on June issued his proclamation calling the National Guard into federal service in three increm rents. The first increment. which included New Y York state, was called into federal service on July 15, the second on July 25, and the third today. In this third incre- ment, were 75,OO0 troops from h. diana, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Mis- souri, Kansas Colorado New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and California.
 All three of these increments were also automatically drafted into fed cral service today. The National Defense act of June 5, 1916, hu- thorized the president to draft the state militia into federal service whenever he should be authorized by congress to employ the armed forces of the nation. He was so authorized when war was declared on Germany. Having been discharged from state service and drafted into federal serv- ice. the guard is now absolutely under the control of the president. The men draw the same pay as the reg ulars of corresponding rank. and will be eligible, like regulars. to partici- pate in the benefits of all the federal pension laws.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-06
GERMANY CHEATED OF VICTORY

Amsterdam, Aug. 6.-In the course of the patriotic celebration in the German Reichstag Deputy Loringho ven, reviewing the three years of the war is quoted by Vorwaerts as saying:
 If, nevertheless, these uneNampled German successes which. in earlier times would long have brought peace have not carried us any further it Is because the general world political and economical situation operates only in favor of our enemies. who have been able to enlist help from their eyer growing number of allies. This aid has enabled them to carry on the war until the present day, and 1t has come about that our sol- diers have been really cheated out of the fruits of their victories.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-06

A national war intelligence bureau is a development of the last few days in Washington. Henry l.. Stimson of New York, former secretary of war, will be virtually, if not nominally, at the head of it. At the outbreak of the war the secret service depart mment found that 1t was divided into nine branches. Out of this tangle the best solution was an agreement to CO., operate as far as practicable and divide the field among them. The president solved the problem by pro- vtding funds for the expansion of the war departments bureau. Spy ing around has always been danger ous business, but when the new bureau gets going woe unto unfriend- l5 aliens and disloyal Americans.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-06
CHURCH NEWS

During the month of August the Center Congregational church and the First Baptist church will hold union services. Services will be con- ducted on August 12 by Rev. John H. Strong of Baltimore, Md. on August 19 by Rev. w. E. Bates of Mystic, Conn.,, and on August 26 by Rev. Dr. Earle B. Cross.
 The Bible school will meet at 9:45 a. m. each Sunday.
 The evening service will be held on Walnut Hill park at D. m. in union with the other churches. If the weather is indictment, the service will be held in the chapel of the church.
 Church night services will be con- ducted on Thursdays at 7:45 D. m. in the chapel.
 During the month of August and the first Sunday in September the Christian Endeavor society will unite with the other local societies for a Union Vesper service on Walnut Hill park at o'clock. In case of stormy weather the meetings will be held in the chapel.
 Trinity Methodist and the South COngregatlOnal churches will unite in union services this month, the meet ings to be held at the former church.
 At the South church during the month the speakers will be the fol- lowing: August 12, Rev. Edward M. Chapman of New London; Aug 19 Rev. Watson Woodruff of the First Church of Christ, Lynn, Mass. Aug 26, Rev. $. A. Fiske of Berlin. Serv- ices will be as follows: August 12. organ prelude. "Berceuse": anth em 70 Jesus, Thou Art Standing; offer tory for contralto. Light" Buck. and organ postlude, Melody" Shelly
 August 19, organ prelude. Com munion in G." Batiste; anthem, Still. Still With Thee,'" Foote; offer tory Memories of Galilee," Morrison: organ postlude. "Reverie," Schuman.
 Regular services will be held at all the churches during the month. The boy and girl scouts will have their regular sessions and church night services of patriotic order will take place.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-06
MOVE TO SAVE WHITE FLOUR.

Boston. Aug, GA concerted move ment to save white flour was started in this state today. At the susges- tion of Henry B. Endtcott state food administrator, the majority of hotels, restaurants and clubs will refrain from serving white bread during the entire week. Thousands of house holders have expressed the intention of joining In the movement by using this week only corn, rice and other grains in the making of bread. MT. Endicott expressed the opinion that in this way fully 60,00o barrels of flour would be saved
New Britain herald., 1917-08-06
AMERICA NOW HAS
 S00,0Oo ARMED MEN
Nearly 1,500,000 Will Be in Uni-
 form Within Short Time

Washington, Aug. 6.-More than S0O,O0O men are bearing arms for the United States government in the war with Germany. This fact was accom- plished when the National Guard was drafted into federal service yesterday by presidential proclamation. There are more than 300.000 men in the guard units which were discharged from state service when they were drafted into federal service.
 When war was declared in April there were not more than 150,OOO men in the regular army. This looked like a small force with which to enter the greatest war in history against the nation that boasted the possession of the greatest military machine in the world. On April 1 there were approxi mately 62,OOO men in the United States navy-a force that has been more than doubled in the last four months. The army and navy together had scarcely more than 200, 900 at the beginning of April.
 In the intervening months, though intensive recruiting activity and the utilization and enlargement of the guard, the number of men under arms has been almost quadruped, and totals not fewer than S09,743 men, exclusive of about 10000 men in the officers training camps The total Is also ex- elusive of the force of 687, 900 men to
 be sent into cantonments next month
 under the draft act for the new na- tional army.
 When the 6S7,0O0 men of the first national army enter camp for train ing and are added to the force of SOO,OO0 now under arms in federal service the United States will have not fewer than 1.496,743 under arms on land and sea, at home and abroad. This may he Justly considered some l achievement for a nation that had not more than a quarter of a million
 under arms four months ago.
 Figures Arc Official
 These figures are based upon the latest obtainable official statistics of the army, navy, marine corps. and other branches of the united serv- ices. On Aug. the strength of the marine corps was 29.15S. On Aug. 1 the strength Of the navy was 137. .011. On June 30 the strength of the Ma tional Guard was 303.b79. On Aug. 1 the strength of the army was ap- ! proximately 295.00o, which lacked l Just 5000 men of its maximum war 1 strength. On Aug. 10 there were 10.- l GOO men in the National Naval Vol unteers and 35,ooo men in the Naval l Reserves.
 The government is now examining