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eating ShipwriGhts.

WASUINGTuN. Arrii lS.--AnpToxlI,
marslv 90" 81 IN" l'."o" rNr"fi'l'rS'.
,ii,, -, ,,,.,,,,.rs needed hy the shipping
h"ard To- hulld it, great TI""i Of wo"dr"
vessels have n"rm -r.'und hy the d"rart-
mcut Of labor III TWO !AyS al It's nation
wiL" inquiry. Thu work ~ 81" l'''
Preliminary reports from san Fran
cisco indicat" HAT 81" 'hlrwrishiS; Ia"
caulk"rS 900 j"lu"rS. 'n0 h"Al h''t''i'' ,
md 100 ,nachln,. hands hHv" hC"u found
in that Vicinity. ,
rhilnd"iphia reports aprr"Nimat"iT
700 About TO hIy" h""r located III
|, Inyclaud aul NOR" thau 20" III fa!t!-
more. In Kansas city and '%jN"S'"n the
departments agents haH" reported sue
rrsS INVESTIGATIONS ar" being carried
Ca in i:"aum"ml. Font Arthur, 'ranG"
land other ruris along tn" gulf coast. :
|. In IN" rhl" amh MiSSiS%iprr river
towns near -. Louis conS'd' tthir
uumb"r al heat rHrr"u'"r% hHN" been
located liz til. department < agents front
81 Louis and Memphis
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Aliens Must Move

WNSlIlNL;TUN. AurIl lS--Ali alien
enemies residing within on" half mix
"r Il fort. camp. aircraft station. g"r-
..rninuf, ~! uHlal vessel. may T"rl. fac
:"ry ur wurk$hip for the manufacture
uf ,n.niiiurIss ar. required t. r"moT, pr!-
OF III .!Inr ! uud"r penalty Of summary
arrest under instructions ISSUED t"dIi'
hv -, m;;n"I",i general L" United states
IHr%hai% certain except ions may hc
made Within w"il-d"tiucd limitations.
This carries "Ij tn" terms OF the pres
!d"nt's proclamation.
Tn" attorney generals instructions
also c"v"" he enforcement Of The. "tn-
cr regulations prescribed IN ;hC PrrSl-
dents pEuriHmHl ION. .Nii"n enemies
found win Forbidden articles in Inrlf'
I,nS~"sSI"u ute" April - shall h" ar
rcsi.d rAr"p, in cases wh""" tn" mar
s!u,I Shall hc satisfied they are not Jan
y.rrhIS 10 i,'ihll' safety.
Aliens VIII" fan /" lcav" IN" forbid
den zones ;,y jan" | shall j." SrImmaril"
arrested - may aliens entering thrn.
Permits may J." iSSii"d by iuIrShnlS I"
alien tr"lnI"s a." pass through The H"rir&
or to- r!rt"r In"m where 'hrIr daily WORK
carries !hrn inl0 fnhiriC, II lcrrIt"iE. In
certain INSTANCES whore III" -Sr,!' No.
IF aliens within tn" zones is dr"m"d url
10 bc AGAINST uuhli" polvF "X"mr: ions
will nc nadr L. tn" order requiring
them to mol". MI permits shall hc 70
yOCahic at any tlmr.
Alien enemies who tear down. multi
late. abuse. drSeCratc or insult tn" flag
are to be regarded as 2 Gangcr ~ III"
public peace. and summarily arrested.
In exceptional cases. tn" attorney
general announced applications for pa
feta VIII be entertained. All paroicd per-
aofs Will tn required a. give bond ana
have American citizens rdUeh for their
Hood behavior. Violation Of parole VIII
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WANTED-Female Help

wASTED-6lRL FOR general HoUSEWoRH.
COCO WAGES TO GOOD COOK. MRS. A. A.
WHEAT. BOTH PHONES. ap-lh-i
WANTE D-Ya,rcss Tor first class restaurant. Good
wages $50 ser wrrI and steady Mois 2jej Mar
L.. >,r.r, ap-lS-i
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Higher Grain Rates
Now Are Rejected

WASHINGTON. Arrll iS.--lncreaseh
freight rates Oh grain products and ny
ur0iurts from the Chicago district to
points east OF Buffalo. New York. We're
'li&auproved to-day. by the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Complains al In" hoaEd "f trade OF
Chicago, Chamber of Commerce OF Mil
M.aulic,. Merchants Exchange of 81.
Louis and other organization charging;
that grain freight rtl"S effected by "a
rOlnhlna lion az rates from -. Louis ia
points east Of BuifHl" via rail and lax"
w"rr unreasonable and unduly prefer
.riinl. wrrr SUSTAINED The railroads
were required I" establish joint through
r::il-lali--and-rail rates hut because OF
ari, at "yi,i"nr" III that respect 70 rates
wcr" specifically prescribed BY the COM
miro. ~
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CADILLAC STOLEN
Dan Ebberts Loses Big Touring Car
While Attending Show At
Cathedral

\ big Cadillac touring car belonging
"a Dan r:ht"rtS WAS stolen from its
parking place near the Scottish Rite
Cathedral last evening. Mr.. Ehbcrt had
driven the ear from his home in North
Wheeling Ia attend the Stone & Thomas
minstrel show nj In" Cathedral. While
H. waA enjoying III" pcrfnrmanc" SOME
body made away with his machine. IL
carried stat" liCrns" Tags No. iu.!06.
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EIGHTY HUB EMPLOYEES
MEMBERS OF RED CROSS
management Pays Up Membership II
wheeling Chapter-other Firms
10 Fall in Line.

Eighty employees of IN" Hub depart
mint s;nr.. ar. members Of tn" Wh""l-
Ing chapter. american Rcd cross so
ririy memberships w"r" given IL them
through the generosity Of III" liuh man
urrncn1. other firms If III" lily are
rr.srnfins their employees with member
ShipS hui no announcement has ben
,,,.tI..
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official news bureau denying that the
m,unit ion tHCt"rirS We're nli""I"'l. III"
T"Erhati says. however. that IN" graz
nrunirion Industry at Spandau has not
hr"n involved.
reports in all the Berlin newspapers
VII ion. haV" arrived here hEFc" maj IN"
demonstrators We're usual! urdGil! az
though ruughS rCS0rtcd /" nccalnhn'
window breaking III the Inter len LIN
, don. HE Friedrich ana Lctp&lr STRESSES
and timer central thOruuEhiar"S. S"I-
oicrS as well ~ police were used in cor
CONF thrown about tn" Inter Don Linz
den and the Imperial Castle.
Great crowds gathered in the nclSh-
horhood of the castle during the day and
lie temper Of the crowd. particularly
the women. i& described As Very bitter:
The strikers denounced TIA" farmers the
Wholesalers and tn" government III "Cuat
nj. aSUrc for responsibility Tor the r""d
situation. Even socialist leaders VINO
orpuS,d Inc strik,. mad" Il evident 10
the authorities that "a further curtaII-
r.rnt "f ra1l"nS from any cause c3ulu
lot H." borne.
Labor representatives. interviewed
Lord Mayer W"rmulh and tn" PrusAian
TODD commissioner MiCha"lis. Yesterday.
They were given an nSSur;tnc" III regard
ru food which it is hoped Will induce
! The workmrn To abandon the strike.
: The NpEWAERTS. alone OF the hiS
BcrlIn papers. vcnlured This m"rning
I" comment cditurially on the Strike. !
Snid lhaI tn" demonstration WAS based
NOT only tn" food situation and The de-
mAnd that internal reforms hc no long
er delayed hut also on The deep longing
Of the pcopl" for peace.
While claiming That the peace s"nti-
nl"nt has It decisive rol" In the move
mcni tho NorwacrrS argucSt that the
: Strik" cannon l.. regarded as antl-T"r-
"rnmrntHl. since the "AuSlrian and CIR
man dcclnaralionS Justify tn: hop" That
!! the policy of the Central Powers Is nov!
on path which viii soon lead /" p"ac,
The paper lamrntS the fact tina N"
demo stration will have exactly III" OPP
.uSit,. effect probably from that .i"Sir-
ed 10y encouraging G"rmanyS opponents
, To- continue tn" War and diminishing ih'
output of munitions. X also reEr+iS
, that among other excuses a crowd gath
cred in front of the vacan! British Em-
EaSay. yelling and cat-callinE.
NJ reports al a strike movement IN
larnr center. outside Berlin have ucHn
received as vet \ Kirl despatch Gays
that the Radical anti war party got
control Of the greater Kill socialist az
srmbly and passed resolutions against
ynlin. war credits. Another side light
teacher WIS put on trial for 'racitisi
intrigues" Sh" was acquitted "n IN"
ground THAI she WAS damented from
uvcr-SiraiH.
COPENIIAGEN. vim London, :f7rl IS.
SCI ~ MA Strik" has broken our
among Polish munltlnu workers III war
saw. where Germany has been nSinT
Polish lan"rrrs Ia help 10 supply On"
eastern. AMY. Ordinances OF tn" Ger
man military Governor. which ar" re-
unfinished in 4 Po&cn Polish paper
threaten those refusing t" work with a
years Imprisonment or trnmSf'r I" {"
prison CAM. TIL" G;"vrrn"r DECLARES
ihmt no rcl.:,,e"s or favurS for Polish
prisoners Of war will b" granted rH;il
The >trik,, movement is checked.
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Pre>niI1l1ls Go Up,

NEW YOI!K. April lN.--Om" q the
largest life insurance companies 81 :hr
country auu"uu,'"i to-day mat beginning
4; O'clock th.~ Hfi"ru"n", premiums on
new p"licteN OLE tho life 80 ANY man ~
The army az navy Wu"i! u" raised -
for each s.. nDn ~ insurance" This Is III
addition to an ,ucr"as," 80 -" ANNOUNCED
Srr,n linn. t.p.
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Order Of Notice thereon.

Grafton or T.nh"r. charged with .h'ac:-
mail that thy had been ririir"H'N"d 10y
III" labor leaders III r"guard PAYING
graft money.
Arthur Wells. 4 Chicag" contractor
and architect III charge Of thu c"nSirur-
ton CT Il hotel here. told the jury mat
hc had paid 5000 Ia Smith and bus,
ncsSc agent Of til" carpenters union to
Sctilr. Il sIrik" on the hotel Job.
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Fourteen Training Camps.

MASH NJ, IN. Nj'T.T TN---"F o q. Ttf'T
locations for civilian training camps tnr
anDlira;,is FOR commissioners in The new
war army designated 10y Secretary
Baker to-day. As follows
Fort Ethan Allen. Vermont: Flats
hurgh y. T.: Madison Barracks. y. e.
Fort Niagara. y Y: Fort Meyer. Viz
vinin; l'n:l uclr;horpc. 'i:,.; Fort Nc
i'EerSon. ia: Fort benjamin Harrison.
I,diana: l""rr Sheridan. Illinois; Fort
Logan II. Roots. Arkansas: Fort Smell
ing. Minnesota; Fort Rii"". Kansas leon
Springs Texas. and the PrcSidiu. SAN
Ira n,
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BIG GERMAN LOAN

AMSTERDAM. April IS. via London.
4:45 y. m.--A Berlin despatch gives the
amount OF subscriptions to the sixth
wnr loan, according TO reports thus far
received as I2,7T0,000.0 900 marks; eXclu-
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LABOR GRAFT ALLEGED

CLEVELAND. o.. Ar-II tS.--Thr",
contractors testified today. III tn" TRIAL
uc charles Smith. business .a="$ "f IN"
building trades council and John q.
owens. secretary Of tho Cleveland Fed
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D I E D

DIE
PATTERSoN--nn Wednesday, APRIL IS lai.. II
60 o'clo:k 4. NJ. AT the family residence. OH
M.xart Hin KATiiERlN. VIE % Frank Patterson.
in tie 41S year 81 her age
Funeral notice hereafter.
WAlTERS-un Wednesday. Aprti IS. 1917. ~ i:lO
o'clock J. NJ. al The family resldcrca l6t Four
t,~atl. STREET. MAGGIE NJ. wife Of w. r. Walters
Funeral services family residence Friday afternoon
10 Friends invited lnIrrmcnt private -
BRApFoRD-Or Thursday. April -. 1917. At 1885
O'Clock a. III. her luc Residence No 1885 Chap
Iuc s.Icc,. ALICE, wife q: &. u bradford in her
/; 18th year.
Funeral notice hereafter.
KRONHAROT--On Tursdsy April l'tn. 1877. a. 10
O'clock D. 80. at her !a:u residence 90 FouHe-nh
street. EVA TRAVIS. widow -: Caspe. krpnhsrdt.
Funeral services the resience Thursday afternoon
O'Clock. Friends Uf the family invited 10 attend
Inie-,nrn; Greenwood Cemetery.
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n1o,o aerOutlneS.

LONDON. April IL. $50 =. nh m, t,,',
,,,,.,. If rcIup!unS trLay II W"H ShS S'NI
IN, british government $h"u'i
, =" ti' 10 ire I'ni,"h states !" ""nr>m-
~" ,ra,r On tn, construction Of airr!"nr$.
Iohr f;aird. representative" al I'M ar
hoard in H." housc # commons F'p,' 'ti
"Thr subject already Is "HHI' ,','S,.a
Grafton by the E1N'Tn""h' 81 ''''
SrrioS"
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1llinota In Clio Lead.

WASHlNtiFhN. Nnri! IN tIii''T ~
in recruiting ia" h" regular army YES
;crdav according - Il 'ahulaird STATE
ment issued ny the wa d"l'ariln"h' Ia
dav. SHOW inE tn" Gu"t.t which Sh"Uid "'
supplied from each sta" ~ ih' un!"n =,
mi the army 20 full war strength. Hh,
th. number 'ni recruits actually enlisted
from each stat" during tn" d.,
With q quota Of HES. ILLINOIS re-
cruiting stations reported @i' in!i''r'N' :
accepted; rruuSS lvaui:t WA; SECOND WIN
a quota Of l5.%%n. and "a r''i.ti.l", ~
diana ih:-h. with. Il quota al -" ;'h'
49, recruits: Georgia l"urlh win It
uunta Of 5.2l6 and lab recruits. Wu!!E
New York and Missouri ted W!,h ! -
rerruts. although lhr New N"rk quota
is 126 AMI the Missouri quota ":">".
Thrr" states Delaware. New ithihr-
Shir.. and New NIc&i"". reported II" re-
,rujtS South Iakuta and Main" I"i'"ri-
oil one each. tn" total number 80 re
crl:itS Yesterday WAS ".iIo aud III" MUM
her OF men $till needed 10 hrlmE ne
army up :" full war strength - ,N';.>"H.
According II tn" war d"rar tnlfh'
statement - recruits were nhtaln"d from
W.st N-irpiui, Yesterday The quota
SIM needed from Yves; Virginia is an
uouurcd as 49,"
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WANrED-Sar>nnr. rArcpInnsl opportunity. &C.
uuirr established business for Yourself Automobile
accessory Biz demand Iasy Scer. Long profit for
YOU. Anr" territory. our advertising hclDl you
The Librrtr Rrlk co.. cleveland. q. ap-lp-g
WANTED. mschins:. Wheeling Can Co.. eth
aud Eun Sts ip-lP-i
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SELL. NE YOUR
CITY HI NJ T
FOR CASH !!

You probably want 10 build in he
suburbs and need %po, money ~ SWIM
the deal. III help YOU. ca! or write
me today.
ALLEN TURNER
Bell phone 1913. leo Market street.
Wheeling, ". Va. National 165-F.
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WAHTED-TWn de,k hands. fireman. Sand
Drr,Ir. wheeling. Located st Coz; OF 10th street.
wa;7,oud Apply Wheeling Wsll Plaster Go.
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siy. Of conversions OF older war 10
some subscriptions arc still TO
lrnm small subscribers and from tr
Al the front. The total for all war
exceeds 10000 100000 marks.
amount Of the preceding German
vas given unofficially as 1868,
nrarkS.)
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Men-WANTEp-Soy
YOUNG men and boys between IS and q
years. Steady employment. Apply Stone
Thnnas anil
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WRETeD-Nl"n aud boys tor factory work. Apply
Whitaker Gie.srrr "a. Wheeling CorTTsatinS DeVt
anal. II
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WEE1 EO-MIH WI" cam S,c=k one Or more 'ah<-
UaIrs G-ca; chance fr r,clE maa. rrh Tuilsf
I"-n MI:k"i 81. Bell phone ll.]: National l6J. !.
.,.1.}s
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WANTED-Male Help

wANTED-GooD STRONG 1oY TO
LEARN PRINTING TRADE. APPLY
TO FOREMAN INTELL1GEHCEE, 7TI
FLOOR.
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Cnl.ad States nr America Northern District II W"<;
Virginia. =:
T., ,l, nIi,i States piSfr.c. Court IA and Snr sa.I
District,
f., III. matter Of lIru;- e. p.-rer BANKRUPT. NJ.
al In HankrGp,cy Petition for Discharge.
T, the TIounraI.. Aston e.; nayirm. Judge .: ;hc
n.,,,c ,.or-- T., III. Ir,.t ;S,a,,-, Tor the Nurtf,-
.ru pis,,Ic, Of W,.,, y.rgint.:
1f,,rr +, rir,.r 81: Nl,,.lIu. nj The Count. q
unln and S;lr 81 Wr~, Virginia. IN ,Aid D1"i:"t.
,n.,.,,Try rrr.,.,: ,o,r on ,,r IN .,ay Of FchrI
arr las; PAST lc wa, ,u!y aiii,lg"d a h1u&rGn; I'M
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Fuller's earth Is now used In
ing, clarifying or altering vs
rarely for filling cloth. the put
which it was employed originA
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TANTs D-TcE Iaborcrs. Wheeling Wall Plaster Con-
pany. eth and Market streets. ap-li-i
WANTED-Fira Glass Goa; maker Steady work guar
antrcd s. ani up SaSr!sbefs. Martins Ferry.
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WANT ED-AirhanraI drafIsInrm over 81 years Of
| age. WHO .an dc;I f!vII lIyUus. Electric :S'eI-
cnr- nt rf-esSa:i. Permanent Portions md every
chance GGi adv aurCtent offered 10 the IElt 'icii
Address chief cIr:x Engineering Department. Nr1-
inSi!o,>r Ecc & ME- COMPANY East Pittsburgh Pa.
: ap-s3
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FOR RENT

FOR SALE-wc!l ir.L;cd .irtri'nn dot No.. %.
George g. GosIiry. CrcL;rt ". Va. ap-|-r
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WAHTE0-Man who r3n I9Ik well Ia Eurupesh iAo-
cua;ss -Greut chance lor ,icht man Allan Tu-ner.
1870 Market ST. Eel! phone IISj: Nat 1867
nr.p-Sl
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LOST AND FOUND
FOR SALE

LosT-IsrD,1 ~ heNs. reward for return To "c"tSe
Irhcr>i..". "0ri SLiL s'ir';. sr-it-l
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-02-16

out Of 100 an easy payment plan is
arranged. A piano undoubtedly is
a good investment and is something
that should be in every home, but l
believe an automobile has come to
be just as essential.
"The Chevrolet, for instaLce, may
be purchased for the same money
paid for a piano-more in some
cases and less than the cost of the
expensive pianos. When family
owns a Chevrolet the whole world is
open to them. One cannot describe
the delights until he owns car and
sees the happy faces of his wife and
children out along some fishing
stream or up some mountain road.
The Chevrolet can 80 anywhere, no
matter what the grade. 1t never
breaks down and the cost of opera
ton is less than the average man
spends foolishly around town.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-02-16
MILLION ACRES
TAKEN IN MONTH
ALL RECORDS ARE BROKEN AT
MILES CITY LAND %
OFFICE.
Close of February Will See End of
Public Domain in That Part of
Montana, II Filings Continue at
January Rate; Only Worthless
Land Left Unless Rush Abatcs.

All records of the Miles City land
office were broken during January,
both in the amount of land filed on,
Or at least applied on, and in cash
receipts.
The number of entries for the
month of all classes, but mainly un-
der the 640-acre homestead law, was
2,289 and the amount of land involv-
ed in these entries was nearly one
million acres, more than enough to
constitute a county under the pres
ent county division law.
The money received was $75, 5,906-
the biggest months business in the
history of the office, and one that
will probably stand as the record for
the office.
Comparing these figures with the
official estimate of unoccupied land
made by the general land office July
/, 1916, one has basis on which to
conjecture how long the public land
in the Miles City land district will
remain open for settlement. or
course, there is some land that is so
rough that it will never be taken up
but the bulk of the land is reasonably
good for grazing purposes even if
not for agricultural. Here are the
figures.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-02-16
carbon BLACK" NEW
PRODUCT OF MONTANA

A deal has just been consummated
at Minneapolis that promises to re-
suit in the establishment of new
industry that is destined to loom
large in the future of eastern Mon
tana.
The Montana Petroleum company,
holding natural gas rights on about
10000 acres of land in Baker gas
the eastern representatives of the
Gas Products company for the sale of
all of their surplus gas for long
term of years, and the new company
will put in their first plant at Baker,
Mont, during the coming summer.
The Gas Products company will
manufacture hydro-carbon gas black,
known to the trade as carbon
black" a commodity that can be
manufactured only from natural gas.
Carbon black has come into general
use within the last few years in the
rubber industry. Rubber men esti-
mate that this year the production of
automobile tires will amount to "a
100000 tires, and the growing use
OF carbon black in the manufacture
of tires has created shortage in that
product and manufacturers have been
unable to meet the demands.
West Virginia has enjoyed mon
opoly of this obscure business for
many years but the extension OF
pipe lines through that state has
made the gas SO valuable that many
carbon black plants have been closed
down for lack of gas. In searching
for new gas territory, the manufac'
turers finally decided on eastern
Montana as this field is so remote
from large centers of population that
they will virtually have control OF
the area for years to come.
The Montana Petroleum company
| is under contract to develop gas uI
to 5O,O00,0O0 cubic feet daily, which
is practically five times the presen
amount of development. They vii
continue their explorations for oi
during the coming year.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-02-16
BEST CARS NOW SOLD
ON INSTALLMENT PLAN
BILE AS PIANO, DECLARES
DEALER.

A few years ago when one pur-
chased an automobile he paid for his
car by check, or cash, and usually in
advance. But times have changed,
according to Edwin A. Pierse, Chew
rolet dealer, who says there is scarce
ly a car being sold in Great Falls
that cannot be purchased on the easy
payment plan.
"There was a time when cash was
required to buy an automobile, de-
clared Mr.. Pierse. Nov, by pay
ment down and an arrangement to
pay monthly installments one can
buy almost any car offered for sale
In Great Falls.
people think nothing of buying a
piano, for instance, and in some
cases they pay $500 to $3.50 for that
instrument. In probably 80 cases
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-02-16

The receiver and register of the
Miles City land office are both GER
tain that dummy entrymen are not
being used in their district for the
benefit of the big stockmen. In this
connection Receiver j. T. Hamil-
ton and Register George Myers have
issued the following statement:
ga statement is going the rounds
of the press of Montana that under
the 64O-acre law the land is being
taken up by dummy enrrymen for the
benefit of the big stockmen. You
can say for the Miles City office,
that while we do not know what
may be doing in the other sections
of the state and at other land offices
in this matter, we are satisfied that
the land in this district is being TAX
en- up by bona fide homesteaders
who intend to use the land for their
own use. This is proven by the fact
that between IS and 20 per cent OF
the filings that have been made sc
far under the enlarged homestead
act are additional filings-that is
they are generally 320's taken up by
settlers who have already filed on
half sections, of 4S0's being taken
bp those who have filed on 160's.
"Even if the men who are filing
on these lands should sell out to the
big stockmen later, that is something
which cannot be prevented and by
the time the big stockmen get il
they will surely have to pay enough
for it.
'The big stockmen of the west
have opposed the law rather thar
favored it, as a general thing, and il
may be that they are behind the
movement to raise suspicion in or
der to tie up the land and keep il
from being taken up by private own
ers, though we would not charge any
stockman in this district with any
such intrigue.
"The law will be distinct bene-
fit to every section of the state as
just as soon as the public lands have
passed into private hands general
cultivation of the tillable tracts will
follow and the price of land will &C
up all over the state"
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-02-16
COPPER IN FORD CARS

: The report that the Ford Motor
company would hereafter use no
more copper in the production of it's
cars Is denied by the officers of that
company, but they admit that the
present plans call for a marked re-
duction in the use of that metal
At present there enters into every
Ford car nine and one-half pounds OF
brass and eight and three-tenths
pounds of copper. This is a reduc-
tion of about three pounds of copper
in each car. Since the Ford company
has announced that it would build
close to 100000 cars in 1917, these
changes in manufacturing methods
will mean total reduction of 3,000,-
900 pounds in it's annual require
ments of copper.