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The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-05-11
WRITES PROTEST
ON ENEMY'S FACE
BYRON COONEY, BUTTE EDITOR
DEMONSTRATES HE HAS
PUNCH In BOTH HANDS,
Declares War on Editor Mulcahy Of
The Butte Independent; Two
Blows Struck, One When Cooney
Strikes Mulcahy, One When Null
cahy Strikes Ground.

The movement in Butte to free
Ireland has received somewhat of a
check. j. B. Mulcahy is at the head
Of the movement. Mulcahy is also
the editor of the Butte independent.
which is devoted to the liberation of
Ireland. There are many in Butte
who favor Irish freedom, but there
are some who are unkind enough to
say that the scene of Mulcahy's oper-
atoms is somewhat remote from the
country he would save. Byron Coon
ey said as much editorially in the
Butte American.
Mulcahy came back at Cooney by
asserting that the father of Cooney
had left Canada to escape conscrip-
ton. In passing it should be said
that Cooney senior is 80 years of age,
and has been a resident of the United
States for many years.
Editor Cooney declared the exist
ence of state of war, He met Null
cahy on the street The battle
opened. In the first round but two
blows were struck, one when Cooney
struck Mulcahy and the second when
Mulcahy struck the ground. In the
second round this process was re-
peated.
There was no fighting in the third
round because Mulcahy, having sat
isfied himself that the enemy was
out in force, and being of the mind
that he could best serve Ireland by
retiring from the zone of battle,
gathered himself together, and in a
mighty effort, sprinted away from
danger.
Cooney has been given the news
paper decision Mulcahy is said to
be writing an editorial for his paper
entitled, "He Who Fights and Runs
Away May Live to Fight Another
Day."
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-05-11

Montana Farmers: Help to
win the war! There is certain
to be a great shortage of pota-
toes. %. b. Whipple, horticul-
turist, Montana experiment sta
ton, writes on seed preparation,
care of the seed bed, and how to
terminate the seed.
With the present price of seed DO
tatoes, growers are asking a new
question, viz: GLOW little seed can
| use?"
Under irrigation for best results
potatoes should be planted in rows
about four feet apart and Is inches
in the row. This will require about
5000 seed pieces per acre. At one
ounce per piece this will require
about $50 pounds seed per acre. Two
ounce pieces usually do better but
with we'll prepared seedbed one
ounce will do. Several methods may
be followed to get these small pieces
and thus reduce on the amount of
seed
May Use Culls.
1.-Cut seed pieces to one eye
from average size potatoes; smaller
potatoes should be cut to two or
more eyes.
2.-For' this year use small or Gull
potatoes, while not a practice to be
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-05-11

views the world wheat situation.
says surplus is below normal
and considers shortage almost
a certainty.
The experiment station has re
ceived a letter that reads in part az
follows:
1T was my intention to increase
my acreage this year but in view OF
congress taking the duty off of the
cereals raised by myself and fellow
farmers, it will not be worth the ex-
ira labor. Patriotism, with an emp
ty purse and stomach, is not what is
claimed for il"
The opinion expressed in the above
letter is perhaps held by other farm
ers in this country. The view is er-
roneous. The United States is an ex-
porter, not an importer of wheat.
Last year we exported 250,0OO,OOO
bushels. Tariff affects only the i'm
ports.
Uncle Sans Contribution.
OF the gross wheat crop of the
world for 1915: The United States
produced but "a per cent; Europe
and Asiatic Russia produced SO per
cent: Argentine and her sister re-
publics produced five per cent and
Australia and New Zealand one per
cent
The April l estimate of the winter
wheat crop of this country is ST.
744,O00 bushels short of last years
crop and 243,947,0OO bushels short
of the crop that was harvested in
1915. To raise a wheat that will be
as large as the 1915 crop, if we can
depend on the past ten year average
yield of 1877 bushels per acre, will
call for 43,489,000 acres of spring
wheat this year. This is nearly two
and one-half times the area planted
% spring wheat in 1916.
Surplus Below Normal.
The purse of the farmers of this
country will not suffer if they SOW
spring wheat or other spring cereals
The crops in Europe are undoubtedly
short because so many agricultural
[aborers are in the trenches. The
surplus Of wheat in this country is
much below normal, and it is scarce
y possible that an additional 25.-
1913, 1000 acres of spring wheat above
asst years crop can be sown without
shortening up the acreage
peace Or not the world must be fed,
md wheat is the one staple crop that
S the most easily transported, and
hat is most relied upon as a source
Of the worlds food.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-05-11
EGG PRODUCTION
MUST BE DOUBLED
POULTRY EXPERT SAYS MON
TANA IMPORTING 100000
DOZEN EGGS ANNUALLY
State Production Is About Four Mill
lion Dozen; Shortage in Prospect
Next Winter; Prices Sure to Reach
Unheard of Heights; Make the
Hens Patriotic.

Montana farmers: Help win
the war! Montana is consume
ing 100000 dozen eggs annu-
ally, and is producing only about
half what she consumes. Will
liam F. Schoppe, poultryman at
the Montana experiment station,
wites this message:
The necessity for the hearty CO.
operation of the farmers and poultry
men in increasing the production OF
eggs is already being shown by the
high prices received for these prod
ucts and the indication of a shortage
in the supply at time when there
is normally an overproduction.
Montana annually imports over
seven million dozen eggs. Under
present conditions these eggs are be-
ing directed into other channels and
consequently few foreign, eggs are
finding their way into our market.
AS the hens of Montana normally
produce about four million dozen
eggs, it is evident that unless some
determined effort is made to increase
the production, there will be great
shortage of eggs this coming winter
anu pASoo "Aii A0eSA uh1lCol u~o1
heights.
Like the wheat crop, the poultry
crop is an annual product; birds
Matched now will begin to produce in
the fall, but unless these birds are
Matched early they will not mature
SO as to produce winter eggs and con-
sequently they become boarders for
the greater part of the year.
AS pointed out, Montana will have
to more than double her egg produc-
ton If she is to supply her own de-
mands. This can be done if every
farmer and poultryman will double
his flock and if everybody with lit
tie spare ground will join in the eff
fort. Poultry keeping does not en-
tail heavy labor, but the birds do re-
qulre constant care, and when given
it, readily respond with a good sup
ply of eggs. The field offers equal
opportunity to men, women and chill
dren, and is one of the ways in which
those unable to answer the call for
volunteers for military service can
join the great army of producers, an
equally important branch of service.
In order to have an active part in in
creasing the nations food supply; an
early start must be made, that the
stock may be mature by cold Wea-
ther. Enlist now, give your birds
the necessary care and attention, and
liberal reward in proportion tot
your efforts, will be yours.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-05-11

Montana Farmers: Help to
win the war! There is great
shortage of horses. Take good
care of the breeding mares. DIR.
E. III. Riley, veterinarian of the
stallion registration board, has
an important message to the far
mers of Montana, as follows:
War demand is having it's effect on
the horse business. Horses are high
er priced no than they have been for
years. In Europe they have doubled
in value since the war started. Nearly
million have been shipped out of
this country for war purposes. The
British, French and italian buyers
are now at our markets and no doubt
our own army horse buyers will
soon join them. During the past few
years, horse breeding has not been
pal reason was that the price of
horses did not keep pace with the
price. of other farm stock. AS a re-
suit, very large per cent of mares
were not bred and scarcity of
horses will result.
Care of the Mare.
From present indications, it is GER
tain that every colt raised will be
needed either for farm, commercial
or war purposes by this country or
by our allies Horsemen should
make every effort 10 breed every
mare that can be bred to the best
available stallion. Every known
method or device should be employed
to settle shy-breeding mares. If ev-
er there was time when every mare
should be bred and cared for, it is
now. Mares that are about to foal
should be carefully watched and ev-
cry precaution taken to prevent dis
ease infection of the foal.
Treatment of Disease.
The most common and fatal colt
disease is navel-ill. There is no cure
sor it, but it can be prevented. If
t is necessary for mares to foal in a |
stable, the stall should be thoroughly |
cleaned, disinfected, and bedded |
With clean, dry straw. AS soon as
possible after the foal is born, the
End of the navel cord should be dis
Infected with iodine or two per
'ent solution of creolin, cresol, car
'alic acid, Or any of the other COM
non coal tar disinfectants. Disinfec-
ion of the cord should be followed |
~ liberal application of busting
'owder. This precaution should be
aiken until the foal is two or three
weeks old. There is little, if any,
LANCER of infection where foals are
BORN and kept on the range or away
rom barn-yards or manure piles.
1t is only by breeding more mares
md taking better care of them and |
heir foals that we can expect to in I
crease the future horse supply.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-05-11

Hogs $15 Per Hundred.
Hogs on the hoofs sold in Great
Falls the other day for SIS per hun
bred, the record price for the state
of Montana
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-05-11
COPPER MINING
COMPANIES LOGGED-OFF
LANDS.

Our largest agricultural area lies
in the Clark's Fork valley, west of
Thompson Falls, along the main
line of the Northern Pacific rail-
way. The climate of the valley is
exceptionally pleasant, character
lied by the lack of extreme heat
and humidity in the summer, with
a mild winter season (late in start
ing), the thermometer seldom reg
lstering below zero. The warm,
gentle, chinook winds from the Pa
cific have a temperate effect upon
our winters.
Much of the land was cut over
years ago. Several forest fires
have swept it, burning out the
slashlngs, leaving condition
which greatly reduces the cost of
clearing and making ready for the
pillow.
The annual average precipita-
ton is 20 inches, we'll distributed
throughout the growing season.
Snow lays on the ground usually
from December 18th to March LIST.
The melting snow gives to this re-
tentlve clay soil the moisture stor-
age so much needed when the
crops are reaching maturity.
The soil ranges from clay loam
On the bottom land to sandy and
somewhat fine gravelly clay on the
uplands and benches. 1t is very
mellow and easy to pillow when
cleared, is richly stored with all the
elements of plant life, is a good
depth and in most places, far be-
low the reach of the auger. The
subsoll is retentive clay, ideal for
the holding of moisture.
Dalrylng is type of farming
best adapted to the timbered sec
lions of Western Montana. Most
of the land can be converted into
pasture at very little expense and
dairy COWS will yield a splendid
profit from the land without the
necessity of removing the stumps,
although sufficient land must be
put under the pillow to supply win
ter feed. In connection with dairy
ing, poultry and hog raising
should take an important part.
All fruits, berries and garden truck
thrive; field crops of grain, clover,
timothy, potatoes and stock roots
do we'll
We are selling agricultural land
i'll tracts of 40, 80, 100 and 1901
acres; grazing land in such units
as best suits the wants of the pur-
chaser. You are buying at values
fixed by experienced appraisers,
stripped of promotion charges,
commissions and other trimmings,
which are usually added before it
reaches the farmer. We will aid
you in selecting location that is
adapted to your needs, in short to
see that you are placed where you
can prosper; and stand ready at
all times to assist those who are
earnest and Industrious.
Our prices range from $40 to
$40 per acre, on terms of 10 per
cent down, balance divided into
ten yearly payments bearing 6 per
cent interest.
BLACKFOOT LAND DEVEL-
OPMENT CO., DRAWER 1890,
A MONTANA
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-05-11

ID. S. Fox of the Montana Ex-
pertinent Station, urges Mon
tana farmers to plant all the
Spring wheat possible. He re-
views the world wheat situation
says surplus is below normal
and considers a shortage almost
a certainty.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-05-11
Killed Husband.

st. Augustine, Fla, Mrs. William
Carcaba, wife of wealthy cigar
manufacturer, shot and killed her
husband in front Of their home, &C
cording to her story to the police
who found the body. Stephen Tomp-
kins, chauffeur for the family, fired
the shot, according to Carcaba's dy-
ing statement Mrs. Carcaba and
Tompkins are both In Jail.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-05-11
Seed in Demand.

Boston-The heavy demand for
seed has practically doubled the price
of all classes. 1t is stated that much
seed that farmers need is being sold
to persons who know nothing about
raising food.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-05-11
HINTS REGARDING
POTATO PLANTING
EXPERT SAYS FARMER MAY
HOLD DOWN SEED TO $50 LBS.
PER ACRE, If CAREFUL.

Cut Seed to About One Ounce Per
Piece, and Give Seeded Extra
? Care; Do Not Plant Potatoes I'm
til Ground Is Well Warmed I'm.
Otherwise Seed May Rot.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-05-11
WAR HAS TAKEN
MILLION HORSES
DIR. RILEY, VETERINARIAN OF
MONTANA BOARD ADVISES
RAISING OF COLTS.

Horses Have Doubled in Value i'm
Europe Since War Began; II There
Was Ever Time When Mares
Should Be Cared For it Is Now;
Treatment Of Diseases.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-26
ALUMNI LOSE TO
HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
Last Game Of Season for School Boys
Results i'll Score of 80 to 21-
Rough but Enjoyable.

Brattleboro high won the last bas
ketball game of the season Saturday
evening in the Armory by defeating
q team Of alumni of the school by a
core of - to p. Although rough the
anne was fast and the spectators
cmed to enjoy it.
Defiance, who played guard in the
Irst period and forward in the sec
und had IN eagle eve for the basket,
and il the first period when h. was
not so closely guarded he shot five
baskets from the floor Hard luck on
several clever losses in the second pc
iod he'd him to q single basket Capt.
Stearns also did some clever basket
,hootiag and was better on the foul
line than any member OF the team has
been this season.
OF the older boys sammy Plumb
carving a lot of excess baggage, did
lot OF floor work and managed to
cage two baskets. Whenever he
E. went to the floor lie took the count Of
nine in order to appear as fresh as
possible when he arose.
4 Mason sharp, at center in the first
\ halls and at forward III the last pc
riod. was in better condition than his
mates and garaered three baskets
during the game. STAN Wilson
ike his fellow guard, spent some time
rccuperating at such intervals in the
progress of the game as presented
themselves, but he did lot of long
distance running in chasing the bali
Harlow entered the game in the sec
ond period and showed that he hac
been playing some, for he tossed 81
per cent of his chances at goals from
the foul line. Lincoln Adams got :
basket in each Of the periods, al
though he played only q part Of the
aecond period, and Thayer tossed one
| The summary:
Brattlaboro High. Alumni
Stearns, If. re-, s. Plumb
/ Vinton, Defiance, IF, lg, Wilson
Moran, c, c, Sharp, Harlow
Defiance, Stowell, Il,
IF, Thayer, Gallup
H. Plumb, Howard, rg,
If, Adams, Sharl
Score, Brattleboro High 80, Alumn
.ol Ecole fro,,, nonr Nal auaa
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-26
Exploding the Geisha Myth.

Moral conditions i'll Japan are very
bad, due as much to indifference to
moral questions as to wiilful vice,
but the geishas aud their class must
not be allowed to dominate our
thought about Japan S admirable
womanhood. In spite of large classes
belonging to the haif-world of the tea
house or the still lower world of the Ii
eensed district, the impression | have
gained of Japanese women is one OF
extreme modesty, faithfulness and in
tegrity, if not real strength of char
acter.
Advertising in Japan has not yet
commercialized and idealized the fig
ures of japanese womanhood. Our at
titude, harmless as it may be, is not
understood in Japan At the annual
art exhibit the other day | saw three
modest women withdraw with bushes
from sculptures in the nude, which Jap
anese artists, under foreign influence,
are now for the first time in history
exhibiting i'll their art shows. ] have
not seen geisha, so far as l know,
during two visits to Japan. As a mat
ter of fact, l may have seen thousands
of them. But with one or two excep-
tions, l have never seen what, judged
by japanese standards. could be con
sidered modesty.-Maynard Owen
Williams, in the Christian Herald.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-26
Sporting Notes.

The Braves have started north with
Stallings worried about the makeup of
his outfeld.
Princeton has voted to give up par
tieipation IN intercollegiate athletic
events IN the event of war.
Fletcher Low, who played third base
for Springfield last season, has been
appointed an instructor in chemistry at
Dartmouth
After Ruth held the Brooklyn Ma
tional team to one hit in six innings
Shore was hit for six runs in the
seventh and Brooklyn won from the Red
SoX by 4 score Of II to ..
john Paul Jones of Cornell, by
many believed to be the greatest mile
runner that ever donn2d spiked
shoe, has been shared by Dan Cupid
The former half mile, mile ard inter
collegiate cross-country champion will
be married to Miss Mary Bell, Rob
inson, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
Arms Robinsoa of Evanstown, H., on
Tuesday evening, April 10. While in
college Jones broke the long stand,
ing mile record, but he has not donncd
spiked shoes since graduating. He is
now : mechanical engineer in Wash
ington, D. G.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-26
NEW JOB FOR jack o'HARA
Former Twin Slater to Manage Spring
field Eastern League Club.

Our old friend and team leader,
lack OIIara, is to be the new
manager Of the Springfield club of the
Eastern league if he can arrange his
business. Knowing O 'IIara leads to
the belief that h. viii be able to de-
vote the necessary time to baseball.
O 'lIara is Il graduate of Niagara uni
yerSity. At the close Of his college
career he joined the Utica club OF
the New York state league. The next
year he was with Jersey City in the
Eastern league and remained there in
1910. lie went to the Connecticut
league, PLAYING with Waterbury. He
went with the club to IIolyokc the fol.
lowing year and in 1913 joined the
Springfield team. He came to Brat
tlcboro rs manager in 1914, being par
TALLY incapacitatcd with rheumatism,
and was with Claremont the following
year. lie remained out Of the game
until near the close Of last season,
when h. took mp the job Of plotting
the Lawrence club and did good job
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-26
MUSICAL DIRECTOR BUSY.
Mr.. Cram Has Several Works in Prepa-
ration for Future Presentation.

Frank NJ. Cram, supervisor of music
III the public schools and organist of
the First Baptist church, manages to
keep busy even in vacation time. Dur
ing the school terms he is busy from
the first hour of school every morning
to the closing period in the afternoon
of each school day The high school
chorus has already begun work on Rose
Maiden, which IS to be given the last
OF April or the first Of May in tie
Auditorium with east Of out of-toWn
principals. He organized choral
union which was steadily growing III
membership and in iterest among the
unsteady inclined until rehearsals were
abandoned to make way for the Easter
cantata to be given Easter Sunday
evening by the united choirs under the
direction of Mr. Cram
He began piano lessons at the age
of nine years with teacher of the
New England conservatory of music in
Boston. During his high school period
| he studied under Alexander LAMB, an
| English organist During three years at
Brown university he studied with Gene
| Ware. university organist, and Hamil-
ton MacDougall, head of the music de-
| partment at Wellesley college.
| In 1913 he went to London and en-
tered the Royal Academy of Music,
winning the Stainer exhibition prize
of 20 pounds for organ playing. At
the end of the year he received a bronze
medal for excellence in examinations
Returning to this country he took the
shannon memorial organ in Saco, Me.
probably the finest church organ III that
state. He studied continuously during
that year and in September, 1915, was
admitted to the American Guild of Or
! ganists as an associate.
Since coming TO Brattleboro Mr.. Cram
has many times demonstrated his abili
ty as organist, director and pianist.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-26
Sporting Notes.

More than $50 players in the major
leagues il 1914 have passed into obliv
ion.
Lowell and LINN have beeE dropped
from the Eastern league circuit, lcav-
ing eight clubs in the league.
Fabrique and Hickman are two
youngsters with tha Brooklyn club
who will be hard to relegate to the
minors.
"Pi" Way, the old Yale star
twirler, has been let out by McGraw
to the Rochester cub, which is man
aged by Mike Doolan
Assistant Manager Jacob G.. Estey
viii make the southern trip with the
Amherst baseball team which will
leave Amherst Wednesday.
"Jing' Johnson, a young twirler
with Mack s Athletics this year who
| is showing up very well, is the John
son who formerly twirlcd in the Twin
state league and who was with Mack
last season.
At least ona event in the intereol-
lcgiates appears to be settled already
and that S the hammer throw. Rich
ardson of California in a recent in
tcrclass meet threw the IS pound
hammer l62 feet inches. He beat
lGildcrslccyc, who won the title last
year with throw about seven feet
worse than the above figures Last
May Richardson was third in the in,
! tcrcollegiates, with Isl feet 9lz
inches.
As rule right handlers have always
Been hailed as the greatest pitchers
but the southpaW has developed il
the major leagues during the last few
seasons TO a place of prominence. A
! l,ft handed pitcher has always beer
regarded as being more or less crrat
ic. In spite of all the talk about
unreliable southpaWs, the fact remain:
that nine out Of the first II FINGERS
in the National League last season
were left-handers.
Two world series wore broken a
the annual athletic meet of the Louis
vile amateur federation in Louisville
Ky, Saturday night Murchison o
the Columbia athletic club of st
Louis lowered the world s record two
iiths Of a second in the third heat o
the S0-yard dash, covering the dis
tance in As seconds. Robert Simp
son of the University of Missouri Sc
n new world S record of seven second
ia the second heat of the 6e-yard lev
hurdles event The former record wa
- % seconds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-26

Lyddite Is piagic acid melted With {
little vaseline.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-26

A ''printless newspaper believed to
be the first of its kind III America, Is
now fourishing in Switzerland County,
Ind. The newspaper is daily tele-
phone bulletin, furnished to subscribers.
At certain hour each day the ex-
change operators in all parts of the
county report to the subscribers the
news, including weather forecasts,
births, deaths, weddings, accidents, Sc
rious illness, Opponents and divorce
suits.