The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-10-12

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market last week at $1.15 an ounce.
London-South Africa has impos-
ed tax of five per cent on all dia-
monds exported.
Paris-The French government
has denied passports to the proposed
socialist conference at Berne.
Rio Janerio-Brazil is considering
tax of per cent on all manganese
exported to the United States.
Paris-Tests made of an airplane
fitted with two stretchers for carry
ing the wounded have proved salts
factory
HAVANA census of all foreign
ers in Cuba is to be made by the coun-
Gil of national defense, recently Gre
ated by President Menocal.
Neutrality-suspicious. Hays Ham
mond, Jr., wireless expert, has been
drafted, but at the request of the
war department, will be exempted.
Boston Massachusetts grew
more than 100000 bushels of pota-
toes this year, while last year her
crop amounted to only 2,275,0OO
bushels.
Petrograd - General Verhovsky,
minister of war, says his government
has received renewed assurances
from Great Britain and France that
they will not conclude a separate
peace.
Cody, Wyo.-Mrs. William F. Co.
dy, wife of the late "Buffalo Bill"
is doing her share to aid in the con-
servation of the food supply and is
distributing manuals telling what
Americans should eat.
New YOrk-More than 81 100000
worth of advertising devoted to the
sale of the Liberty loan was contri-
buted by business men. This con-
tributed to an enormous extent to the
success of the loan.
Washington-The government re-
search bureau says that 100000
worth of eggs spoil annually because
of poor refrigerating conditions and
because farmers do not put them on
the market soon enough.
Washington-Major General Hugh
l.. Scott, who has relinquished his
position as chief of the general staff
of the army to Major General Bliss,
will proceed to France as observer
general of the United States army.
New York-Banks which are men,
bers of the American Bankers asso-
citation have voted to escape high in
surance rates by organizing mutual
company. Banks now pay annual
premiums of approximately 100000
900.
Topeka-A call to wheat growers
in Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Col
orado, Wyoming and Missouri to meet
here and discuss the price fixed for
their grain has been issued by Maui
rice McAuliffe, president of the
Farmers Union in Kansas
Calgary-The Canadian immigra-
ton authorities say the movement of
settlers from the United States to the
Canadian west continues in consider
being well-to-do farmers above the
age.
Washington-In addition to the u.s.
ual fighting equipment, each Ameri-
can regiment will take to France 1872
machine guns, or 16 to the company;
three 1-pounder cannon and $50
trench knives. There will be 27,152|
men to the division.
Paris-Captain George Guynemer,
French aviator who has been official
ly posted as missing, is credited with
having shot down SO German planes
inside the German lines and with
having destroyed at least 25 more
that were uncounted, making 70 in
all.
MISUNDERSTANDING governors
nave approved plans to proceed at
once with the examination of the
seven million men registered under
the selective draft act and not called
in the first contingent. The work will
be taken up leisurely by the local
boards.
Boston-Cast iron shells, claimed
by their producers to be as effective
as steel shells, much cheaper and
capable of being TUNED out 10 times
as fast, are being shown here. So far
it IS not claimed that the war de-
partment has even considered them
seriously.