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The Ronan pioneer., 1917-11-23
BIG FUND FOR COUNTIES
FROM FORESTRY SERVICE

Montana has received 6,621.52
as her share of the funds collected by
the United States forestry service for
leasing permits and other concessions
in the national forests located within
the state and this money has been
distributed according to law among
the various counties where the for
ests are situated.
Flathead received the largest
amount. Lewis and Clark is in Sec
ond place, Jefferson third and eBa-
verhead fourth. Blaine stands at the
foot of the list and will receive 35
cents.
Sanders county, instead of getting
any money, is credited with having
overdrawn $2,2O345. This over.
draft is due to the fact that for sev.
ly distributed not in accordance with
the government regulations which
provide that 25 per cent Of the forest
reserve receipts shall go to the coun-
ties, based upon the proportion OF
forest reserve area in eacn county.
The money will be distributed as
follows, in most instances there being
small balance in no case exceeding
$265 still due the counties:
Beaverhead, $7.128.6O; Blaine,
35c; Broadwater, $1,220.14; Carbon,
81 ,802.44; Carter, $375.S1; Cascade,
$2,305.92; Choteau; $175.90; Gus
ter, $3,222.77; Deer Lodge, $6,639
ga; Fallon, $1,224.15; Fergus; ST.
o73.85; Flathead, $14,958.42; Gal
latin, $2,9S431; Granite, $4,9S7.17;
Jefferson, s9,606.50; Lewis and
Clark, $40, ,460.S5; Lincoln, $5,128-
IA; Madison, $6,488.49; Meagher,
$2,857.99; Mineral, $6,5S7.53; Mis-
soula, $4,S9S.S3; Musselshell, $137-
AS; Park, $2,6o7.4S; Phillips, $163-
.5s; Powell, s5,431.9S; Ravalli, $4,-
625.87; Rosebud, $95S.16; Sanders,
O. D., $2.203.45; Silver Bow, $3,-
898.07; Saltwater, $519.13; Sweet
Grass, $1,752.77; Teton, $2,321.60;
Wheatland, $75.63.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-11-23

ernment last spring, has been sent
by Peter Esterlund of Joplin to Coun-
ty Agriculturist Paul Banker. The
wheat yielded six bushels to the acre
and was sold at $1.85.
Butte.-Hallie McGrath, a gradu-
ate of the Butte High school in the
class of 1915, has been elected edi-
tor-in-chief of the Doomsday Book,
the annual publication of the law
students of the Georgetown univers-
ity. He is a member of the senior
class at that institution.
Helena.-Charles F. Huppe and
Myer Isaac Goldberg, who practiced
law in Billings under the firm name
of Goldberg and Huppe, have been
cited to answer contempt charges in
the state supreme court, 1t being al
legged by Attorney General Ford that
they were not admitted to practice.
Helena.-State Game Warden De-
Hart has gone on record as opposed
to the proposition to slay excess elk
around the national park and furnish
meat for the national army and thus
thin out the herd SO as to avoid loss
during the winter through starva-
ton, etc., after cold and snow set in.
Roundnp.-L HI. Sennett, local
attorney, who also is a part owner
in farm near Roundup, reports the
record potato yield for this county.
On two acres he dug 1900 bushels of
potatoes. In one hill was found is
pounds of spuds, and 10 potatoes
brought to town weighed 33 pounds.
Helena.-Attorney General Ford
l. s~<
Montana are aliens and State Game
Warden DeHart has decided as re-
suit that next spring they must eth
er take out alien hunting licenses or
surrender their guns. He claims they
have been destroying antelope and
thousands of eggs of upland birds.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-11-23
WOULD MAKE ROAD
FUND GO FARTHER
HIGHWAY COMMISSION EXPECTS
TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY
OF MONEY.
Divides Work of State Road Building
Body Into Various Departments.
Provides Plans, Surveys and Ad-
vice to Counties Without Any Ex-
ira Charges.

Members of the state highway
vided for by the last session of the
state legislature, expect to increase
the efficiency of the money spent in
road improvement in Montana from
10 to so per cent through a standar-
diation of road buildings and bridge
construction in the state.
The executive committee which
has charge of the active work of the
commission, has outlined depart
mental system for it's organization
that has been approved by the COM
mission. BY dividing the work into
different departments it is expect
ed to increase the efficiency of the
commission.
1t will have large sum of money
to spend as a result of collections
through automobile licenses and
from other sources, some of it in
conjunction with boards of county
commissioners and the rest under it's
exclusive jurisdiction. Since it was
organized last spring a total of $751;
600 has been spent.
Free Assistance to Counties.
In providing plans for roads and
bridges to the various counties the
commission has already done much
valuable service. In this no charge
is made to the counties. The work
includes making of surveys, bridge
plans and supervision and general
advisory work.
Much bridge work has already been
done by the highway commission this
year in the way of furnishing stand
ardized plans and supervising con-
struction. The biggest bridge job the
commission now has in charge is in
Cascade county, involving the build
ing of two concrete bridges across the
Missouri river at Great Falls. One
will be 1900 feet in length and one
1000 feet. They will cost upwards
of $500,000.
Bridge plans and construction su-
pervision have already been furnish
ed by the commission to the follow
ing countless: Beaverhead, Mussel-
shell, Lewis and Clark, Ravalli, Mis-
soula, Cascade, Valley, Madison,
Deer Lodge, Lincoln, Rosebud, Miner
al, Dawson, Gallatin, Broadwater,
Big Horn, Teton, Sheridan, Hill, yell
lowstone and Silver Bow.
Departmental Organization.
The plan of organization of the
state highway commission, as out
lined by the executive committee and
approved by the commission, is as
follows:
Department I.-Developing Road
Construction and Maintenance Stand
ards; Introducing Standardizations.
Department II.-Developing and IN
PRODUCING Bridge Construction Stand
ardization; Supervising Bridge Con-
struction.
Department III.--Initiating and De-
veloping Federal Aid Projects; De-
veloping System of Road Mapping
and Records.
Department w. Developing a
System of Cost Records.
Department V.-Developing Con-
struction Organizations.
Department VT'.-Information.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-11-23
ALHAMBRA HOT SPRINGS sHO1

ALHAMBRA HOT SPRINGS HOTEL.
: Open the year around. A comfortable
homelike resort Cuisine unexcelled. Baths
unequaled for rheumatism, etc. Rates
$3.50 per day. &..r ."''
Reduced Railway Rates.-Ask agent foI
80 days. round trip coupon ticket. Write
for descriptive pamphlet.
NJ. J. SULLIVAN. Proprietor.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-11-23
MONTANA ON BIG
AlRSHlP ROUTE
AERO CLUB PLANS TO HAVE
STUDENT AVIATORS CROSS
COUNTRY.
Four Airways to Be Mapped and
Charted From Coast to Coast With
North and South Lines Laid Out
for Side Trips; Main Line to Cross
Northern Part of the State.

Airships by the hundreds will fly
across Montana every day, making
stops at some of the principal cities in
the northern portion and using Great
larly landing station, when plans Of
the Aero Club of America are car
ried out.
1t is the intention to make trans
continental airship flights part of
the training of aviators for the army
who will pilot the 10000 planes
which are to be sent against the Ger
man flyers next year. In order to
provide regular courses, it has been
planned to chart and map four lines
of travel across the country to be
known as the "Woodrow Wilson air
way" the "Wright Brothers airway,"
the "Langley airway" and the
"Chanute and Bell airway."
Northern Montana is to be crossed
by the latter line, which is to be
named in honor of Octave Chanute
and Alexander Graham Bell. 1t will
cover the territory lying in a direct
line between Boston and Seattle and
the principal landing and supply
points will be Albany, Buffalo, De-
troit, Minneapolis, Bismarck, Great
Falls, and Spokane.
Peary Likes the Montana Line.
This airway, which is one favored
by Rear Admiral Peary, who was a
ed the four routes, is to have branch
lines leading north and south and
aviators will make flights to Miles
City, Billings, Lewistown, Livingston,
Bozeman, Butte, Helena and Missoula
as side trips.
The longest line is to be the ''Wood-
row Wilson airway" leading from
New York to San Francisco, touching
at Cleveland, Chicago, Denver, Salt
Lake and other important cities. The
"Wright Brothers airway" will run
from Washington through Virginia,
North Carolina, the state in which
Wright brothers made their first his
toric flight, and then turning west
ward it will cross the southern states,
touching the principal cities, using
Kelly aviation field as a big supply
point, and ending in Los Angeles. The
Langley airway" will run over a
shorter course between Washington
and Los Angeles.
The four systems under the plans
of the club will be connected by north
and south routes of travel, and two
big airways will be routed along the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
Map-N1aking Started.
Work of making the maps and
routes has already been taken up by
the club and the committee on routes
and landings of which Rear Admiral
Peary is chairman has already been
given instructions to get busy.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-11-23
PRESIDE HEAD
FOUGHT INDIANS
GENERAL McCLERNAND. SON OF
FIGHTER, MADE NAME in
MONTANA.
"a Nose Percy Fighter" Who out Fig
ured and Out-Generaled Redmen
During Trying Days of Indian
Campaigns in Northwest and Gain
ed Medal From Congress-.

Montana soldier boys now in train
ing at the Preside have as their COM
mander brigadier general, whose
reputation as a soldier was gained
largely in the famous Indian cam
paign of the '7O's in Montana, and for
the first time since General Pershing
left there for the Mexican border in
1915, a general is the commanding
officer.
Brgadier General Edward John
McClernand, who has been living in
San Francisco for year as private
citizen and who was retired from
active service five years ago, after
AZ years in the army, is now COM
mandant of the Presidio.
The new commander is a soldier
of wide experience. He is the son Of
the famous General McClernand, who
commanded the Thirteenth Army
Corps of the United States in the civil
war.
Ten years after his father quit
fighting the Johnny Rebs the new
commandant of the Preside had be-
come what the rough and ready cav
alrymen of the northwestern plains
used to call "a nose-Percy fighter" ="
1t does not sound mplimentary, but
it was.
The younger McClernand was a
real cavalryman from spurs to hat
cord, and among those hard-riding,
hard-living, sunburned, alkali-seam-
ed hoss-soldiers in the old-fashioned
blue uniforms with big black jack
boots, buckskin gauntlets, watering
brides, yellow-bordered blankets and
black Mcclellan saddles "a nose-Per-
cy fighter meant an officer that had
made record out-scheming, out-rid-
ing and out-fighting the crafty and
cruel Nez Perces Indians of the north
west.
This new commandant of the Pre-
sidio was the recipient long ago of
Congressional medal of honor for
"most distinguished gallantry in ac-
ton against the Nez Perez Indians +"
His cavalry record takes one back to
the already dim days of Custer, buff
falo hunting, vast virgin prairies,
massacres of whites with the toma-
hawk and the busy plying of the
scalping-knife.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-11-23
A GET-RICH-QUICK SCHEME.

Two young Irishmen in a Canadian
regiment were going into the trenches
for the first time, and their captain
promised them five shillings each for
every German they killed.
Pat lay down to rest while Mick
performed the duty of watching. Pat
had not lain long when he was awak-
ened by Mick shouting:
"They're comm! They're COMMIT"
"Who's comin'?" shouts Pat.
"The Germans" replies Mick.
"How many are there?"
"About 50,000."
"Begorra," shouts Pat, jumping up
and grabbing his rifle, "our fortunes
made"
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-11-23
IF UNIONS BAR ALIENS
MANY WILL Be HIT HERE

Proposals by the American FEEDER
alton of Labor to bar aliens who have
not given notice of their intentions to
become American citizens would
cause decided embarrassment to sew
eral Montana labor unions affiliated
with the federation, since in some
sections of the state the percentage
large.
The recent census taken by district
exemption boards for the Canadian
government, with view of exchang-
ing slackers, indicates that there are
at least 5000 British subjects in this
state who have not slgnlfied their in
tention of naturalizing themselves,
and it is said the entire alien popu-
lation will reach nearly 10000.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-11-23
FOURTEEN JOBS
FOR M0NTANANS
TREASURE STATE SHY ON IT'S
SHARE OF CLERKS AT
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Life in City of Washington With Gov
ernment Job Under Civil Service
Does Not Appear to Be Attractive
to People From Northwestern
State.

There are IA jobs, under the civil
service in Washington, waiting for
some Montanans to hunt them out,
for the Treasure state lacks that
number of official situations in the
nations capital to which it is en-
titled. According to a statement is
sued by the civil service commission
Montana is entitled to 73 places in
the departments at Washington and
has only received SO appointments.
The reason Montana is shy on gov
ernment clerks in Washington, how
ever, is due entirely to the fact that
there have not been enough appli-
cations from Treasure state residents,
who have passed the needed examina-
tions, to fill them, and so the civil
service commission has had to turn
to residents of the District Of Colum-
bia and adjoining states in filling the
positions as they became vacant.
Jobs in Montana Best.
One of the reasons Montanans
have been slow to hunt out jobs in
the federal service at the capital is
also believed to be due to the fact
that wages in the Treasure state are
sufficiently high and living condi-
tions so attractive that life in the
northwest is more appealing to the
average Montanan than life in Wash
ington could be. Many of the for
mer appointees from this state have
not stayed long in the east, but at
the first opportunity have grasped
it and returned to the west.
While Montana is shy on the num-
ber of clerks allotted to her, the Dis
trict of Columbia is long, having g.
351 appointments though under the
law entitled to but "a. Maryland
entitled to 252, has 730 and Virginia
entitled to 401, has 675.
The law provides that "appoint-
ments to the public service aforesaid
in the departments at Washington
shall be apportioned among the sew
eral states and territories and the
District of Columbia upon the basis
of population as ascertained at the
last preceding census"
Hard to Carry Out.
But it is hard for the civil service
commission to carry out the law to
the letter for when vacancy occurs
there is usually no eligible on the list,
who resides in some state whose ap-
pointment list is below par, and nat
urally competent help has to be Sc
cured from Washington or vicinity,
which is a very easy thing to do.
So there are some opportunities
under the civil service awaiting Mon
tanans, who want to move to the
national capital. Washington, how
ever, would do away with them for
an agitation has already been started
in the various Capital papers urging
the repeal of the section of the law
which theoretically at least, provides
for making appointments under the
civil service in Washington an ap-
pointment among the states.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-14
Rice Bread.

AS a war bread, nothing is better
than rice bread, according to today s
bulletin from the National Emergency
Food Garden commission. The follow
ing recipe is recommended by the com
mission for this bread:
2 cups boiled rice (l2 cup raw rice) /.
6 cups flour or more if necessary.
/ cake yeast, dry or compressed, or
10 cup Of liquid yeast.
tablospoonfuls sugar.
l tablespoonful salt.
. tablespoonfuls shortening, if de-
sired.
II cup lukewarm water, if liquid
yeast is not used.
Cook the rice until soft with as
much water as it will absorb and put
through a colander, cool until luke
warm, then add the salt, sugar and
about l cup Of flour and mix thorough
~. Next add the yeast, which has
been rubbed smooth in cup with 4
tablespoons Of lukewarm water. Gov
er and place the bowl out of the way
of drafts and at a temperature OF
from 50 to So degrees F. Allow this
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-14
America to Her Allies.

] send my men in khaki
With singing on their lips
My engineers and artisans,
Ny captains and their ships;
But vet another sending
Shall greet your lifted glance,
When the eagles of America
Are on the wing to France.
My fierce, white eagles,
They shall gather in their might,
In hundreds and in thousands
They shall circle for the flight
With wings that bear the lightning
With eyes that pierce the night.
Ny soldiers and my sailors
Shall prove their wrath and will,
Ny engineers and artisans
Shall serve YOU of their skill;
But yet a greater service
The four winds shall advance.
When the eagles of America
Are on the wing to France.
Ny fierce, white eagles
They shall gather for the feast.
Like a swift cloud of Judgment
They shall turn them to the East.
And God shall steel their talons.
-Theodosia Garrison of the Vigilante.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-14
How to Conserve Our Food Supply
Daily Hints o Substitutes for Wheat

mixture to rise for two hours or until
very light.
To this sponge which will be found
to be quite soft, add the melted short
ening and the remainder of the flour.
kneading thoroughly until a smooth
and elastic dough has been formed.
Do not add more water to the dough
unless it is absolutely necessary in or
der to incorporate all the flour. Set
the dough back to rise again for one
hour or until light. Mold into loaves
and place in creased pans and set in
a warm place. When they have in
creased to two or three times their
original size, bake in moderate oven
for about so or SO minutes
If desired, the sponge for this bread
may be set in the evening, using only
onefourth as much yeast as directed
for the quicker method. In warm
weather keep this sponge coolies
! son No. l03
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-14
cAMoUFLAGED NAMES TABOO.
Ethel Freshman Must Not Be
Ethyl Senior.

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Nov. 14.-Six
students in the University of Michi-
gan have been summoned to appear be-
fore notrary on the campus and make
affidavit as to their real names.
eve have had too many students
camoufaging the spelling of the names
after registering and we propose to
put a stop to it, = said Registrar A. G.
Hall. For instance one year we had
a girl register as Ethel Doe, the next
year the same girl registered as Ethyl
and so this year she comes to us as
Ethyline Doe, and that 8 the last
straw.
Perhaps the most fragrant case was
one here a few years ago, when twin
sisters entered the university. One
signed her surname "Bryce,' while the
other signed hers "Brice' 1t was
not until the last year they were in
the university that the authorities were
able to get that spelling Strengthened
out -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-14
Growth of Filtration System.

1t is an interesting fact that very
large number Of cities which formerly
used water without publication now
have waterworks filtration plants. In
1900, less than 100000 people were
using filtered water; in 1910, approx
mately 100000 were using it, while
at the present date about 100000 are
served by filtration plants. In 1900,
80 cities were using filtered water and
in 1917 there were ISL cities that sup
piled it, truly remarkable increase.
Reliable data pertaining to typhoid
fever show that the death rate has de-
creased at about the same proportion
as filtered water has increased. This
alone is sufficient reason for the rapid
adoption of filtration plants by munic-
ipaities.-From The American City,
July, 1917.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-14
THE CAR SHORTAGE.
War Bocrd Rushing Cars South and
West for Loads.

BOSTON, Nov Ii During the
asst week 800 fiat ears have been
rushed TO lines operating On the south
eastern part of the country III order
t. facilitate the transportation of the
plllng and heavy lumber needed for the
new ship building yards.
The commission on car service Of
the railroads war board has also or
dered the prompt movement of more
than 5000 box cars into the west and
middle west to protect government or
ders Of grain and hay. In addition a
large consignment of refrigerator cars
has been sent into Colorado, Idaho.
North Dakota and Minnesota to handle
the apple and potato crops.
To safeguard the movement of all
peglSh@hlc crops the commission on car
service has Just issued general order
to the railroads instructing them to
exercise the strictest economy in the
handling of refrigerator cars, the sup
ply OF which is unequal to the demand.
The order states that cars shall not
only be moved with dispatch and un-
loaded promptly but that all refriger-
ator cars be returned at once to the
owning road after they have been I'M
loaded. 1t is also urged more coop
Grafton on the part Of the shippers to
load cars to full capacity instead of
wasting car efficiency through con-
tinued shipment of minimum car loads.
The commission on car service has
supplemented this order with the sug-
9estion that the railroads save refrig-
orator cars by king more liberal
use Of box cars in moving potatoes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-14
FIFTY DEER FIRST DAY.
Wfndham with Ten the Leading Coun
ty Of the Entire State.

Reports received by State Fish and
Game Commissioner Linus Leavens at
his Office in Cambridge show that 50
deer with horns were legally shot on
the first day of the open season, Nov.
10. The largest number in any one
county was ten in Windham, given by
towns as follows: Townshand 4, Dunn
merston 2, one each from Brookline,
Brattleboro, Rockingham and Wind
ham. No deer were slain in Franklin,
Orleans or Grand Isle counties Re
ports from other counties were as fol
lows: Addison 6, Bennington !. Gale
donna ., Chittenden /, Essex ,, La
noble s, Orange 6, Rutland /, Wash
ington 8, Windsor 5.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-14
burden to himself always suffering. I

burden to himself always suffering. I
have had nothing but sleeplsss nights
since he was born. He cries contin-
ually and is unable to sat up. 1t is
seldom that | ever get to sleep before
3 clock in the morning.
DR.. Haiselden s new baby problem
has stirred the medical profession. Fol
lowing his announcement that he was
treating baby with its parent 5 con
sent, so that the child might die peace
fully in few weeks and not live
hopeless idiot, physicians and surgeons
today expressed violent disapproval.
''The medical fraternity never will
aceept or approve such practice, - Dr.
c. L. Humiston, president of the Chi
cago Medical Association, said today.
''Our association, of course. will take
no action in this matter, because DR..
Haiselden no longer is member and
any action designed to prevent such
practices must come from other
sources
CDR. Haiselden s course is absolute
" mjustifable, asserted DR.. A. A.
i o 'Neill, former head of the associa-
. tion and one of the leading members
of the American Medical Society.
There are ways in which pain can be
alleviated without causing the death
of the sufferer. No physician has the
right to cause death or, for that mat
! ter, TO refuse to prevent death under
any circumstances
J CDR Haiseden s method. If he has
been quoted correctly, is nothing more
than taking human life in order to
make death less painful. 1t cannot be
tolerated by right thinking physi.
clans. -