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The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-07
OPINION VARIES
ON WHEAT PRICE
SOME APPARENTLY SATJSEIEn
WITH PRICE OF 1920:
OTHERS PROTEST..
Montana Farmers Will Receive a Tri-
tie Under 81 Per Bushel for 1917
Crop of Best Grade; Equity Off
Gals Dissatisfied With Action Of
Federal Commission.

The fixing Of the price of No.
Northern spring wheat by the wheat
fair price committee, headed by H. A.
Garfield, at Washington last week
has caused more interest among
Montana farmers than any wartime
incident for months.
The price fixed is 20 cents higher
than that named for the 1918 crop
by congress in the food control bill.
President Wilson declares that the
price of flour and other cereal prod
ucts will now be forced down, and
all Of the members of the committee
agreed in their discussions that the
price fixed will permit of a 14-ounce
loaf of bread for five cents This. it
is declared, will allow a fair profit
both to the baker and to the flour
manufacturer.
The price differentials worked out
are: No. l dark hard winter, 1924:
No. hard winter, basic, $2.2O; No.
l red winter, basic, 1920; No. / yell
low hard winter, $2.16; No. l soft
red winter, S2.1S; No. / dark north
ern spring, 1924; No. 1 red spring,
S2.l8; No. l humpback, $21O; No.
l amber durum, 1925; No. durum
basic, 1920; No. 1.red durum'
$2.13; No. 1 red walla, $2.13; No. 1
hard white, basic, 1920; No. / soft
white, $2.18; No. l white club,
S2.16; No. 2 of each grade is three
cents less; No. 3, six cents less; No.
4 10 cents less.
Charles D. Greenfield, state COM
missioner of agriculture and pub
licity, gave out the following state
ment concerning the price fixing:
Montana farmers generally will
be satisfied with the price of 1920
bushel for No. 1 Northern wheat,
Many farmers have told me that they
would be we'll pleased with price
around 50 a bushel for the best
grades of wheat, and l understand
that this price will rule for the bulk
Of the wheat raised in this state"
G. F. Lowrie, president of the
Equity in Montana, stated that his
organization was very much dissat-
isfied with the price fixed, which, he
said, would be Improbable to many
growers of grain. He said the price
paid to the Montana farmers should
not be less than $780,
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-07
TOP PRICE FOR
MONTANA STEERS

Seventeen Herefords, belonging to
the Matador Land and Cattle COM
pany of the Fort Belknap reserva-
ton, were sold few days ago by
Clay Robinson & Company. on the
Chicago market for IA cents pound,
and 20 carloads of cattle, averaging
1,21S pounds each, were sold by the
same firm at 13 cents, constituting
high water marks in the Chicago
market for this fall. The IA cent
price is the highest figure ever paid
in the United States for range fed
steers.
The Matador company, on account
of range conditions on the reserva-
ton, expect to ship 5000 head Of
cattle to Clay Robinson during the
next few months, the first trainload
having gone forward few days ago.
Stockmen Ship EARLY.
The word is being passed to stock
men to ship their cattle east in adj
vance of the rush to market that is
almost certain to occur in the imme-
date future.
With hay bringing from $25 to
$50 ton f. o. b., and the prospect
that it may double this figure by
next spring, owing to the hay short
age, cattlemen of extensive holdings
are said to be afraid to attempt to
carry their stock over the winter. 1t
is necessary to feed stock for four
and with hay at prohibitiye
figures this cannot he uone except at
a substantial loss.
There is some talk of shipping
cattle to the Dakotas and Minnesota
to be fed on straw and corn.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-07
MERGE SWARMS If
THEY ARE WEAK
SEE THAT YOUR BEES HAVE SUI
FICIENT HONEY TO LAST
OVER WINTER.
Examine Each Colony Carefully and
Ascertain How Much Honey 1t Has
Gathered by Fall; Every Colony
Should Be Large Enough to Pro-
duce Surplus.

Bees require sufficient honey in
their hives to carry them through the
winter. Has every colony in your
apiary increased it's size and harvest
ed enough honey to carry it through ?
This is merely a question of contin-
uing every colony without loss. 1t
does not take into account the fact
that in good apiary every colony
of bees should be large enough to
produce surplus for the owner.
Every beekeeper should examine
each colony carefully with a view to
ascertaining the strength of the col
ony. How much honey it will have
gathered by fall, and whether or not
there will be enough bees in the col
ony to winter successfully.
Build Up Colonies.
To build up weak colonies and
make strong colonies which are able
to produce surplus honey as we'll as
gather enough for their own use, one
may bring together two weak col
onies and thus form one strong col
ony. Late in the evening when the
bees are quiet go to the weak col
ony and remove the super or the top,
making the least possible disturb
ance. Then bring the entire brood
chamber of another weak colony and
place it on top of the first weak col
ony with a queen excluder between
the two. In order to prevent the
bees from fighting it is a good plan
to place a single thickness of news
paper over the queen excluder and
between the two chambers. The
bees will be so busy carrying out this
paper and cleaning it away that they
will have little thought of fighting
each other. Two colonies should be
merged into one with very little trou-
BILE in this way. The honey will all
be cleaned out of one chamber and
efforts concentrated in producing
brood cells and honey in the other.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-07

More beans were planted in Mon
tana this year than in any previous
year and the pTSSenl lmulcatl C1G rsrr.'
that many growers will reap a hand
some harvest. The bean crop is espe-
cially good in the Billings district
where good authorities state the
yield will average eight bushels to
the acre for dry land and II bushels
on irrigated ground. With beans
selling at from 10 to Is cents pound
this means a splendid return per
acre.
Many growers are raising beans
on large scale for the first time and
may be somewhat in doubt as to the
best method of harvesting.
Harvesting should begin as soon as
the pods are ripe. If there are only
small patches to be harvested, the
plants may be pulled by hand and
thrown into piles or windrows. How
ever, if the size of the field exceeds
an acre or two. some kind of ma
chine should be used. Hugh Tanaka,
Jap who raises 1900 acres of
beans near Billings, and who is con-
sidered an authority on bean raising,
uses the two row bean pulled. This
machine cuts the vines just below the
surface of the ground and throws the
two rows together.
Pull Vines When Damp.
Tanaka runs the pullers only from
five to ten O'Clock in the morning as
the vines are then slightly damp
from dew and very few of the beans
shell out. The puller is followed by
men with forks who throw the vines
into small piles where they are al
lowed to dry for three to four days
after which they are hauled to a
large stack.
If stacked in the field, the ground
should be covered with foot to IS
inches of straw to protect the vines
from dampness and to catch the
beans that are tramped out during
stacking. The tops of the stacks
should be covered With straw to
about the same depth, and the straw
held on by means of wires or strings
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-07

InIlaueipnla - East Germantown,
Pa, has changed it's name to Per-
shing.
Paris-Three and one-half million
Poles have died of starvation and eX-
posture as, a result of German admin
istration of Polish affairs.
Rome-Rome has little milk and
cream, while London and Paris have
plenty. Sherbert, therefort, is re-
placing ice cream in Rome.
st. Louisville government has Or
dered from the Wagner Electric COM
pany of ST. Louis 1000 4-inch guns
to cost $6,0O0,000, and $4,000, 900
worth of Sinch shells.
Detroit-Within the past two
weeks 20 automobile companies have
advanced the price on their cars from
$25 to $3.50 per car. 1t is rumored
that the Ford will advance it's price
this fall.
Washington-The average price
received by farmers of the United
States for the 1916 wheat crop was
$1.44, which compares with SO cents
for 1915; SO cents for 1914 and 70
cents for 1913.
Paris-It is calculated that at Ver-
dun, where the fiercest fighting Of
the war has taken place, 1850, 200
tons of steel from shells are lying
on the ground. 1t would take 1885,
900 freight cars to transport it.
Mexico City-Ofifcials of American
mining corporations say they will not
open properties in northern Mexico
until Villa and his bandit gang have
been crushed and ~ Carranza has
strengthened himself materially.
Salt Lake-Another record was
established when Hampshire ram
was sold for $1,000 here. It was
bought by j. A. Ditwiller of Twin
highest ever reached in the United
States.
Paris-The proposed prohibition
of bathing at home in Berlin to save
fuel and soap is called rank folly by
the Berlin dailies, which attributes
the notable increase in skin diseases,
dyssentry and other disorders to I'M
cleanliness.
Washington-Rep Nc
Arthur of Oregon has introduced a
bill prohibiting the use of the mails
to newspapers and periodicals print
ed in German unless parallel columns
are printed in verbatim English
translations.
Tyler, Textile largest peanut
products factory in the world is to be
constructed here by the Woldut Gro
Gerry company at a cost of $3.50, 900.
1t will make peanut oil and various
by-products, including cake and meal
for livestock feed.
New YOrk-The war has brought
to the United States the greatest de-
mand for Bibles the nation has ever
seen. Presses of Bible publishing
houses are working Is hours a day,
and still the concerns are falling be-
hind in their orders.
Washington-The government fig
ures that it will need 4,38O,O00, 900,
requiring 6, 100000 pounds of paper
to last till the end of 1918. The
price for the paper will be six and
three-quarter cents to seven and
quarter cents per pound.
London-Colonel Winston Church
ill, British minister of munitions, says
his department. is now employing g.
900 persons and controls an ex-
pediture of between three billion and
three and one-half billion dollars
year.
Atlanta, Ga.-Two slackers who re-
fused to register were imprisoned
and sought their liberty on writs of
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-07
WORLD NEWS TOLD DM BRIEF
.aiA | M

habeas corpus, alleging that the draft
law was unconstitutional. Their
writs were denied by United States
the constitutionality of the law.
New York-President Vanderlip of
the City Bank of New York, says we
are sailing, not drifting, toward gov
eminent ownership of railroads. In
his opinion number of the socialis-
tic measures are being adopted as
war measures will become permanent
parts of Americas economic struc-
ture.
London-When trainload of
leave-expired soldiers pulls into a
London station there is no long
tramp to quarters through darkened
streets, as was the case earlier in the
war. Now lorries and taxicabs are in
line to transport them, these being
furnished by the City of London Vol
unteer Motor Corps.
New York-The government is
making rapid progress with plans to
have a number of factories built for
the manufacture of heavy guns. Near
ly all of the manufacturers of ma
Culuc LOOIo III NEW LlSlduu, f6nnSyl-
vania, Ohio and Wisconsin have or
ganized ordnance companies and are
building plant extensions in which
ordnance will be built.
Chicago - Edward Weede, who
was wanted in connection with the
murder and robbery of two payroll
messengers, from whom $500 was
taken, defied storm of bullets from
80 rifles and held Off 500 policemen
for hours. Weede entrenched him.
self in a brick cottage on the north
west side. He was wounded and cap
tured when he tried to leave the
house.
New York-Julius Barnes, presi-
dent of the governments $50,000,OO0
wheat buying corporation, with his
staff will go to New York within a
few days to open general Offices 1t
is expected flour manufacturers will
agree to purchase grain through the
government and in connection with
the food administration purchases
for the allies. The wheat situation
will be entirely under control of the
government, the price to be fixed by
the committee of which President
Garfield, of William college, is chair
man.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-07
NO FEDERAL AID
FOR SEED GRAIN
GREENFIELD SAYS PLAN on At
R1CULTURAL DE- ARTAIENT
HAS FAILED.
Congress Amended Food Bill Provid-
ing That Farmers Should Pay Gov
eminent Cash for Seed Grain;
Lusk Tells Spokane Conference
Government Should Aid Farmers.

Charles d. Greenfield, state COM
missioner of agriculture and publici-
ty, who has just returned from the
Spokane conference of western state
agricultural representatives, called
by Secretary Houston of the federal
federal department of agriculture,
says farmers Of Montana and the
northwest who have been expecting
federal aid in the matter of seed
grain and credit will be disappointed.
The food bill, as originally drafted,
provided for an appropriation for
this purpose. The house amended
the bill, providing that the seed grain
should be furnished the farmers at
cost for cash. The amendment block
ed the plan of the agricultural de-
partment.
Lusk Advocates Aid.
F. S. Lusk. president of the First
National Bank of Missoula, invited
to the conference by Secretary Hous-
to to represent the banking interests
of Montana, stated to the conferees
that Montana did not come to the
conference asking for assistance. be-
cause the state was amply able to
take care of it's own needs. He added
that as the national government was
going to expend so many millions in
so many different directions to help
provide for the allies he was of the
opinion that no wiser expenditure of
at least some portion of these mil
lions could be made in the north
western states than by helpi. farm
ers, who were in financial difficult
ties, to plant largely increased acre
age.
To Plant Large Acreage.
Another representative from Mon
tana said that this state would pro-
duce, or rather would put in, as large
an acreage in winter wheat this fall,
weather conditions being favorable,
as it put in last year without any as
sistance of any sort from the national
government. But the government
was calling upon the farmers of the
state to put in largely increased
acreage in winter wheat and rye. He
said that without any assistance it
was more than probable Montana
would exceed the acreage in these CO.
reals this year as compared with last.
He added that if the department of
agriculture wanted the increase is
seemed to him, in view of the condi-
tiOns not only in Montana but in the
other northwestern states, that some
means should be found to assist those
unable to put in even a normal acre
age to do So"
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-07
INVITE SHEEPMBN
TO NEW PASTURES
MINNESOTA ASKS FLOCKMAS-
TIERS OF MONTANA TO MOVE
HERDS TO THAT STATE.
Minneapolis Commerce Association Is
Back of Movement to Underwrite
Logged Off Lands of That State;
Plan Suggests Some Action to Keep
Sheep Men Here.

Here is a new departure. The east
is bidding for great western breed
ing industry. Minnesota wants to
capture the Montana flockmasters,
eve and wether, whose ranges have
been taken over in recent years by
the sturdy homesteader and dry far
mer The Minneapolis Commerce as
ISOLATION is back of the movement,
underwrite the proposition of inter-
esting Montana sheep breeders in the
logged off timber lands of that state.
The announced plan is to move Mon
tana flockmasters to Minnesota for
that states enrichment.
Adyices from Minneapolis asserts
that Montana and Wyoming sheep
growers are facing the dilemma of Ell
Their selling off their herds or moving
them elsewhere, because of shortage
Of feed. They also assert that Mime
sota's cut-over timber lands have
been found adapted to sheep produc-
ton.
Who Started 1t.
This move Is to reach it's climax
at the National Sheep and Wool
Growers association convention at
Chicago, September II and IL.
Whether there really is shortage
of feed in Montana remains to be
seen. 1t is doubtful if the cut-over
timber lands of Minnesota present
better facilities for feeding sheep
than do the uncut forests of this
state. Minnesotas feeding ranges are
probably less than one-fifth the avail
able land for that purpose in this
state. But if that small tract is Wig
orously advertised it is easily under
stood how it can take from Montana
a big share of the present wool BUSH
ness.
Important Industry.
Wool growing and mutton together
form one of this states greatest in
dustries. There is no reason why it
should be diminished here to help
swell the gross production of anoth-
er state. There surely are many
ranges in Montana where sheep can
Craze. Wouldn't it be a good idea
for those interested to locate such
ranges and call the attention of the
sheep men to them.
Why would it not be a good idea
for Montana business interests to get
together and form a development as
ISOLATION whose duty is would be to
look out for just such instances as
this? 1t would be much cheaper for
the state to spend a few thousand
dollars annually in keeping such in
dustry here and securing others, that
it is to let go by default the good
things which we have.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-07

NJ. N. A.-Wk-O-3-17.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-07
Bad Days for Slackers.

These are days of anxiety for the
Stacker.
There are not many Of them in
Montana, but what few there are be-
ing run down to earth.
The United States marshal's office
has instructions to spare no effort to
locate and apprehend men who are
seeking to avoid service in the United
States army.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-07
TREASURE STATE FARM AND LIVESTOCK
Care Should Be Used in
Harvesting Bean Crop

with weights attached to the ends.
In some districts stacks are covered
Bith large sheets of canvas. There is
little danger of damage after the
beans are stacked, but If rain
should be turned as soon as they be-
gin to dry on top, in order to get the
damp pods off the ground. If al
lowed to remain damp the beans be-
come discolored and the quality Of
the crop is lowered.
The threshing should be done if
possible with bean or pea huller as
these machines are specially con-
structed to give the least possible
cracking of the beans. If bean
puller cannot be secured the grain
separator is the next best. When
beans are threshed with the latter
outfit, all but one row of the concave
teeth and half of the cylinder teeth
must be removed. The speed of the
cylinder must be slowed down to
three or four hundred revolutions per
minute but the separating parts
should be run at the same speed as
for grain. None of the threshed
beans are allowed to run from" the
elevator into the cylinder the second
time.
Use Old-Fashioned Flail.
When neither bean huller or grain
separator is available, a considerable
crop may be threshed by men with
old-fashioned fails and the beans
cleaned with a tanning mill. Two
men can average from 1000 to 1900
pounds per day.
The Jap bean raisers in the Bill
ings district make practice of hold
ing their crop and hand picking it
during the winter The hand picked
beans bring about one-third more in
price and provide profitable labor
during the winter months. One man
with machine costing about ten
dollars can hand pick from 500 to
1900 pounds day, which represents
a handsome wage in the increased
value of the crop. White farmers
would do we'll to follow the practice
of the Japs in this respect.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-07
Will Buy Western Land.

Millionaires and heads of large
corporations in the east are planning
to invest large sums in raw western
lands to avoid payment of heavy ex-
cess profits, under the new surtax.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-07
Short of "Pills."

Professionalism prisoners captur-
ed by the French state that Austria
is starving" for cigarettes. In vi
emma there are "cigarette lines"
along the sidewalks. No more than
four cigarettes can be sold to one
customer.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-07

You can't blame married man for
not wanting to listen to advice when
he is down town. That is all he gets
at home.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-07-27
SEND IN NAMES OF SOLDIERS
AND SAILORS.

THE NEWS wants for publication
and for filing in it's historical depart
ment the name of every Bourbon
county boy, or every transplanted
Bourbon county boy who is member
of the land or sea fighting forces of
the United States. Besides the name,
the following information is desired:
Name of parents; their place of resi-
dence, (if living), his age; date of
enlistment, name of company and
regiment or other organization to
which he is assigned.
A large number of boys from this
city and county are now in the Fed
eral and State military service, and
THE NEWS wants to print their
names on a roll of honor which it
will compile for future reference.
Promptness in sending in these
names will be duly appreciated.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-07-27
"a "a - -
UNION SERVICES SUNDAY.

At the Union meeting of all the
Protestant churches of Paris, to be
held at the Christian church next
Sunday night, July 20, at 1880
o'clock, Rev. DR.. o. r. Mangum, pas
tor of the Paris Baptist church, will
deliver the closing sermon of his pas
torate of that church.
Services will be conducted by the
City Union of Young Peoples Soci-
cites at $50 o'clock, Sunday night,
in the Endeavor room of the Chris
tan church. The program will be in
charge of the Epworth League OF the
Methodist church.
Union services will continue all
through the month of August. The
complete schedule will appear in
THE NEWS.
Rev. Mangum's subject at the
Union meeting will be Gods To-
morrow or Waterman, What of The
Night?"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-07-27
FUND TO TEACH ILLITERATE
REGISTRANTS

Bourbon county, which has eighty
six white and siXty-seven colored
illiterate registrants liable for mill
tary duty, will be called upon soon to
raise a certain proportion of a fund
of $4,000, for which the Kentucky
Illiteracy Commission is campaigning
to teach all soldiers to read and
write before the men are called to
the colors or go TO the cantonment
at Louisville. J. w. Porter, of Lex
ington, is commander of the Seventh
District. The district contains 1,773
illiterates liable to military service,
according to the registration, and the
district is asked to raise $4,000 of
the fund. The fact that the first
draft is expected speedily to be fol-
lowed by a second and, maybe, by a
third and fourth before another
twelve months makes it all the more
important to give instructions to all
those registered as not being able to
read and write.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-07-27
AREN'T THOSE LARGE P0TA
TOES?

Ten potatoes with a total weight
of eight pounds, constitute one claim
of Mr. Gus Christman, of near Paris,
to the title of champion gardener.
The potatoes, which are of we'll
known variety, were grown on Mr..
Christman's farm on the Clintonville
pike. They have large soulful eyes
that gaze upon those who view them
as if meditating the problem of how
far a hundred acres of eight-pOund
tubers would go in the nationwide
conservation of food program. A
local statistician estimated that at
the present market price of potatoes
each of the ten Christman products
would be worth 8 1-3 cents.
The potatoes are on exhibition in
the agricultural department of the
Kentuckian- Citizen. Wayne Getting
ham is suspected of using them for
paper weights when no one is watch
ing