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RONAN, - MONT. in the U. S. Property
Ronan Blacksmith Shop
HARRY BURLAND, Proprietor
HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY
Plow, Wagon and Wood Work in connection. I have on
hand everything in the blacksmith line.
Ronan, Montana
WM. W. STEES
ARCHITECT
Save money by getting plans and
specifications before building
Rates reasonable
Ronan, : Montana
JOHN SING
LAUNDRY
First-class work
Reasonable prices
This laundry is now in operation
east of Reservation Lumber Co.
Custom Work Solicited
RONAN, MONT.
STAR BOTTLING WORKS
0. E. CHEFF, Proprietor.
Soda Water, Root Beer and
Ginger Ale.
Also dealer in
Candies, Ice Cream Soda,
Tobacco and Cigars.
RONAN, MONT.
A. Sutherland
Dealer in
Real Estate
Insurance: Only firstclass com
panies represented.
Notary Public: Conveyancing,
neatly promptly and correctly
attended to.
$6,000 A 125 acre irrigated hay
ranch, 6 miles north of Bigfork; fairly
well improved; yields a $1.000 crop
every year.
$500: To loan on real estate.
400 Acres near Ronan to lease.
Cheap.
Ronan Choice building lot on
north side at $225.00
Large well built house and lot.
$1250.00
House 14 x 24 and lot on the north
side $425.
Two room house and two lots
(one a corner lot) cheap $700.00
Call and list your property and I will
find you buyers. If interested watch
this adv. for frequent changes.
Ronan, Montana.
THE ST. IGNATIUS
POOL HALL
ED. DESCHAMPS, Proprietor.
First Pool Hall on the hill
above the Mission Hotel
Four Good Tables, Soft Drinks
Candies, Cigars, Tobacco.
Courteous Treatment to All.
DAWSON'S
Undertaking Parlors
RONAN AND POLSON
A. M. Sterling Co. Ronan Agents.
THE
First National Bank
of Missoula, Mont.
CAPITAL and SURPLUS - $400,000.00
EXCELLENT FACILITIES
OFFICERS:
E. S. Lnsk, - - - President
Frank H. Elmore - - Vice President
H. A. Newlon, - - - Cashier
Harvey S. Holt, - - Asst. Cashier
Ronan Cafe
New location
New furnishings
Everything first-class
Single Meals 35 Cents
SHORT ORDERS
Fresh bread and pastry of all kinds.
CHARLES DORRIS.
RONAN MEAT MARKET
For the choicest fresh meats
steaks, boils, roasts, etc., call
at the Ronan Meat Market.
Our aim is to please our cus
tomierts.
H. M. Gehlert
2nd door East of M. J. Benedict's
His Castle on.
the Rhine.
And How He Sold It to a
Descendant of Its First
Owner.
By F. A. MITCHEL.
Copyright by American Press Asso
ciation, 19U.
444.tt+It+?+I+l 14*++++++++++.
On the left bank of the Rhine is the
ruin of one of those old castles which
have stood In that region for centuries.
This particular castle some years ago
was bought by Carl iishoff, a German
American who had made a lot of mon
ey brewing lager' beer. Bishoif bought
with the castle a few pieces of furni
ture, pictures and other curiosities that
were several hundred years old and
had been handed down from one pur
chaser to another. With the decay of
the castle and the gradual breaking up
or loss of these articles all that re
mained had finally been concentrated
in one room, which, when the owner
was there, he used for a living and
bed room. In this apartment was an
antique fireplace big enough to roast
an ox. Over the chimneypiece hung
a picture that was especially prized by
Carl Bishoff.
Bishoff was an admirable amateur
chess player. Indeed, he had on sev
eral occasions tackled professionals
with fair success. The reason he
prized the picture that hung over the
chimneypiece at his castle was be
cause it represented a curious position
between chess players. They were in
medieval dress, the one long and
thin with a black beard, the other
stocky, whose beard was fiery red.
The dark man wore his heard at a
point, while his mustachios were turn
ed upward, giving him a malignant
expression. The red bearded man
was of a pleasant countenance. The
picture represented him looking on the
board, evidently troubled at a prospect
of being checkmated by his antagonist,
who was regarding him with an ex
pression of triumph. On a plate at
tached to the frame was the name of
the picture in German. "Checkmate in
Six Moves." There was a legend con
nected with the painting that the man
who had built and owned the castle
would some day return to repossess it
When he came-so the legend said
he would assume the position of the
red bearded man in the picture, and
instead of being cheekmated in six
moves he would checkmate in the
same number.
Bishoff chuckled at this legend, say'
Ing that if any one could get his castle
in that way he was welcome to do so.
He had studied for hours trying to
discover a method by which the short
man could save himself and had
failed. He considered the problem in
soluble, and several chess experis who
had seen the picture bad agreed with
hihm.
One autumn Bishoff, who had run
over from America to Berlin. con
cluded to pay a visit to his castle to
see that all was ready for the coming
winter. A caretaker lived in a room
that had been repairod and furnished
for him and his wife and could pro
vide wbat ilishoff required in the way
of refreshments. Bishoff would be
obliged to spend one night in the cs
tle and would do so in the room al
ready described.
It was a lowering afternoon when
he reached the castle, clouds hanging
low about the battlements. After mak
ing an inspection and talking over the
conditions with his caretaker Bishot!.
who had directed a fire be built in
his chamber, dined there, and when he
had finished pulled a big armchair up
before the blazing logs. Not feeling
especially happy in his gloomy abode.
he directed his caretaker to make him
a hot punch. This was set on a table
beside him, and as the hours slowly
passed he drove off his loneliness with
frequent potations.
Presently he fell into a dose. How
long ie slept he didn't know, but the
first thing he did know the door was
opened and a man came into the room.
Bishoff looked up, expecting to see the
caretaker. He was mistaken. The
person who entered was one be had
never seen. He approached BisholT
with outstretched hand and with a cor
diality that seemed more appropriate
for a host than a guest. Then he drew
a chair before the fire, warmed his
hands and. taking a pipe from his
pocket, began to smoke.
"Well," he said to Bishoff. "this is
a dismal night without. but rleasnmni
within. I'm glad you've made your
self comforta ble."
Bishoff has never been very clear in
his statements about this man. Were
it not that be has been so sure he wa'
awake and so explicit ahout smce
circumstances connected with the vist~
one would be warranted In assuminhi
that he was dreaming. At first. lII
says, it only struck him that the minu
was very queer looking, very queerly
dressed and wore a red heard. But
at his entrance Bishoff did not il
nect him with the pliture.
Bishoff was so astonished that f-i
some time lie made no response. In
deed. he couldn't think of anything 01
say. Finally he broke silence by ask
in German
"Whence come you?"
"From tip the river. I have had a
hard pull. Do you know I i'anm n-"r
being caught In that whirlpool? I was
pulling along when I heard a voice
singing. Glancing up. I saw a benuti
ful woman looking at me. oh, so tender
17, I could not keep away from her.
Turning townrd the shore. I soon found
my boat was beginning to whirl. With
a powerful effort I turued and pulled
back into smooth water. The singing
continued sweeter than before, but 1
stopped my ears with a bit of cloth I
found in my boat and did not look to
ward the shore. I narrowly escaped
the Lorelel."
"The Lorelei!" exclaimed Bishoff.
"You tell your experience as if it had
really happened The Lorelei is a
myth."
"Call her what you like. I don't
wish any more of her. I'll take some
of that ptneh. I need a braeer aftet
my narrow eseape."
Taking it mug from the mantel, he
poured out some of the liquor and
drank It off.
"One would.judge from the way you
conduct yourself." said itishoff, "that
you are at home here."
"I am."
"Whit do you mean?" snipped Dish
off angrily.
"Oh. don't get huffy. Let us enjoy
ourselves together." Then. notiming it
chessboird and eltssnen on a table.
he added:
"Do you play etess?"
"Yes."
"Well. there Is no better way of
spending an evening. Let us have n
game."
Ile took up the chessloatrd. set the
pitcher of punch aside, pliced the
hoard on thi table. urranged tle inn.
Without saying "by your leave." In
took the first moite. ltisholt. wonder
tug at the tants audo:ity. lowered his
eyes to the Iuessthonrd ii nd soon forgot
his astonisliment In the guite lie saw
nt once tili ihe stranger Wit Sn ex
colleui player. The g:amte was a lotg
one. and for souie time neithe lit tlunid
an adtantage: thuit litithnf. thinking
he saw t way to nheekantme his an
tagonist. moved and oliked till at his
antagonist its if to say. "I'ii soon have
you now, tmy tine fllow "
The stranger looked tip. too. and
with a low liugh tartned hi: htand
toward Iht' picture of the chess piay
ers that hot- over tto chi'inetp'ete
Bishoff gin tied froin toe boto: rd to l hi
picture, then beitk to the hosad. 10
started. The chessmen were in the
same position as in tte painting. Rish
off having the advantage. And then it
dawned on Bishoff that his visitor and
the man with the red heard were one
and the same.
"I will checkmate you ili six moves,"
said the stranger.
"You mean that I will checkmate
you In six moves." said Itishotl'.
"This against your castle that it is I
who checkmates you." He drew forth
a draft for 0,000 marks on a bank in
Cologne.
"Done," said Bishoff. F
His opponent took up a piece and
moved it like an automaton. Bishoff
moved again. On the stranger's fourth 1
move something Bishoff had never J
counted on happened. It seemed to r
him that the tables were turned. Aft.
er a long time he moved. The stran
ger moved again. Bishoff. who now -
lost his head, moved for the fifth time.
"Checkmate!" said the stranger,
moving.
"You've won; the castle is yours!" C
gasped Bishoff.
The stranger chuckled.
"All this is very queer!" gasped the
D
American, staring at the man with n
eyes as big as butter plates. t
"You are mistaken. Nothing is queer. 1
What is, Is You have only certain n
relations with the world of which you t
are conscious You think the past is
dead. Nothing is dead. Everything a
always lives. but all things change. o
Good night. This castle is now mine,
but I leave you in possession for the I
present." i
That's all Bishoff remembers of that
memorable evening. The next morn
log he awoke sitting in his chair. The
fire had gone out, and be was shiver
ing. He left without even waiting for
breakfast and offered the castle for
sale. An agent found a purchaser. and I
before Bishoff returned to America he I
met the man in the agent's office to
complete the sale. r
He nearly fainted on recognizing in
the new owner his visitor who had
t
checkmated him at chess.
While the papers were being made
out and the signatures appended Bish
off continued to stare at the purchaser, t
who gave no sign of ever having seen
him before. The man was in modern
dress, and his beard. though red, was
cropped close. He had lost everything
of his old fashioned appearance in the
picture. In other words, he seemed to
have been taken out of the fifteenth
or sixteenth century and dropped into
the twentieth.
"Have you ever been in the castle?"
Bishoff asked him.
"No. I do not live in Germany. I
have since my boyhood been in busi
ness in South America. It is there I
that I have ncquired the means to re
cover the home of my ancestors."
At this point the agent finished work
ing on the papers and said:
"Baron Becker conies into his own
after many centuries. He is a linel
descendant of the original baron who
built the castle. It was lost some 4001
years ago at a game of chess. There
is a legend that n descendant of its
first owner would come again into its
possession itt the same way that it way
lost to the family."
fisitufi was so affected at this in
formation thnt. he signed his receipt"
and hurried away without asking any
questions. much to his regret ever
since, for be appears to be In a mud
die about the whole affair. The unlv
part of it about which he is certain Is
that he was wide nwnke and in his full
senses when the events nocurred in thI.
agent's office.
He always ends his story with the
remark, "There is so much legend
about that Rhine connry that some of
it must be true."
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OF THE FAMOUS GOTZIAN SHOES
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Comprising
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Also Men's and Ladies House Slippers
Specials from all over the store that will be most
welcome for gifts and other purposes now.
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The Store of Quality.
ROSEGG BROS.
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS
Ronan, Montana
We will build for you in town or country. Good work cheap, and quickly
done. Will put up houses in any size or style and will be glad to give you our
figures. Post office address, Ronan, Montana.
Notice for Publication.
(Non coal land)
Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Missoula, Montana, Dec.
18, 1911. Notice is hereby given that
Benjamin A. Shourds, of Ronan, Mon
tana, who, on May 11, 1910, made Hd.
No. 01990, for S;< NW, N! SW
section 25, township 20 N., range 20 W.,
M. meridian, has filed notice of inten
tion to make final commutation proof,
to establish claim to the land above de
scribed, before Coker F. Rathbone, a
U. S. Commissioner, at Ronan, Mon
tana, on the 5th day of February, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses: Charles
M. Dorsett, Charles Towner, of Ravalli.
Montana, Joe C. Meingassner, Charles
B. Hogan, of Ronan, Montana.
JOSIAH SHULL,
dec 22 jan 19 Register.
Notice for Publication
(Non-coal land)
Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Missoula, Montana, Nov.
27, 1911. Notice is hereby given that
William P. Anderson, of Sloan, Montana,
who on May 19, 1910, made Hd. entry
No. 02146, for SEj Section 20,
T. 20 N. R. 21 W. M. M., has filed notice
of intention to make final commutation
proof to establish claim to the land
above described, before Coker F. Rath
bone, a U. S. Commissioner, at Ronan,
Montana, on the 15th day of January,
1912. Claimant names as witnesses:
John Frank Scearce, William P. Still
man, James J. Sloan, Allen Sloan, all
of Sloan, Montana.
JOSIAH SHULL,
dec 1 dec 29 Register.
Notice for Publication.
Non-coal land.
Department of the Interior, U. S. Land
Office at Missoula, Montana, Nov. 27,
1911.-Notice is hereby given that
Alfred H. Downs, of Dixon, Montana,
who,on January 19, 1911, made Hd. entry
No. 03100, for N3 SW4, section 29,
north one-half southeast quarter Sec. 30,
township 18 north, range 21 west, M.
M., has filed notice of intention to
make final commutation proof, to es
tablish claim to the land above describ
ed, before G. E. Whiteman, U. S.
Commissioner, at Dixon, Montana,
on the 15th day of January, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses: Harry C.
Neffner, Andrew Madsen, Mary L.
Huotte, Samuel P. Bunch, all of Dixon,
Montana.
JOSIAH SHULL,
dec 1-dec 29 Register.
Notice for Publication.
(Non-coal land)
Departmentof the Interior,U.S.Land
Office at Missoula, Montana, Dec. 4,
1911.-Notice is hereby given that Jesse
Lorenz Stegner,of Dixon,Montana,who,
on Oct. 28, 1910, made homestead entry
number 02081, for Unit F, sw se sec
tion 13, nw ne section 24,
township 19 north, range 22 west, Mon
tana meridian, has filed notice of in
tention to make final commutation
proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before G. E. White
man, a U. S. commissioner, at Dixon,
Montana, on the 22nd day of January,
1912. Claimant names as witnesses:
Louis Dols, Henry G. D. Hall, Orlando
R. Sturgis, Louis D. Roskammer, all of
Dixon, Montana.
JOSIAH SHULL,
dec 8 jan 5 Register.
Notice for Publication
(Non-coal land)
Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Missoula, Montana, Dec.
4, 1911. Notice is hereby given that
Charles M. Seaton, of Dixon, Montana,
who on May 19,1910, made Hd. entry No.
02145 for Unit 0, seb swb, section 6,
neh nw3 section 7, T. 19, N., R. 21
W. M. M., has filed notice of intention
to make final commutation proof to es
tablish claim to the land above described,
before G. E. Whiteman, a U. S. Com
missioner, at Dixon, Montana, on the
22nd day of January, 1912. Claimant
names as witnesses: Peter Johnson,
Charles A. Swope, Edward Rinehart,
Charles Austin, all of Dixon, Montana.
JOSIAH SHULL,
dec 8 jan 5 Register.
Central Hotel
Stinger & Morigeau Props
New Building
New Furniture
New Management
GIVE US A TRIAL
Ronan - - Mont.
Notice for Publication.
Non-coal land.
Department of the lnterior,U.S.Laud
Office at Missoula, Montana, Dec. 11,
1911. -Notice is hereby given that
Willard K. Terrill, of Ronan, Montana,
who, on May 31, 1910, made Hd. No.
02349, for Unit C. S3 NE Sec. 9, T.
20 N, R. 21 W. M. MVI., has filed notice
of intention to make final commutation
proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before C. F. Rath
bone, a U. S. commissioner, at Ronan,
Montana, on the 29th day of January,
1912. Claimant names as witnesses:
Henry Roy, Julius Rinke Bayard T.
Murray, William H. Reichard, all of
Ronan, Montana.
JOSIAH SHULL,
dec 15 jan 12 Register.
Notice for Publication.
(Non-coal land)
Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Missoula, Montana, Dec.
4, 1911. Notice is hereby given that
Demmon W. Waite, of Sloan, Montana,
who, on Nov. 15, 1910, made Hd.
No. 02403, for W% SE, SE SE Sec. 18,
NE NE section 19, T. 20 N. R. 21 W.
M. M., has filed notice of intention to
make final commutation proof to estab
lish claim to the land above described,
before Coker F. Rathbone, a U. S.
Commissioner, at Ronan, Montana, on
the 22nd day of January, 1912. Claim
ant names as witnesses: Mrs. Dorothea
V. Stillman, of Ronan, Montana, Allen
Sloan, Mrs. Virginia A, Hall, Benjamin
Grigsley, of Sloan, Montana.
JOSIAH SHULL,
dec 8 jan 5 Register.
Notice for Publication
(Non-coal land)
Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Missoula, Montana, Dec.
11, 1911. Notice is hereby given that
Gilley C. Cooper, of Dixon, Montana,
who, on May 23, 1910, made Hd. No.
02219, for Unit C, SW NE, NW SE Sec.
31, T. 20 N., R. 21 W. Mont. meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make final
commutation proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before G.
E. Whiteman, U. S. commissioner, at
Dixon, Montana, on the 29th day of
January, 1912. Claimant names as
witnesses: Charles A. Swope, Charles
M. Seaton, Carl O. Lundholm, Edward
E. Rinehart, all of Dixon, Montana.
JOSIAH SHULL,
dec 16 jan 12 Register.
Notice for Publication.
(Non-coal land)
Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Missoula, Montana, Dec.
4, 1911. Notice is hereby given that
Samuel H. Scearce, of Sloan, Montana,
whd, on August 12, 1911, made home
stead No. 03622, for swj4 sec. 20, town
ship 20 north, range 21 west, Montana
meridian, has filed notice of inten
tion to make final commutation proof,
to establish claim to the land above de
scribed, before Coker F. Rathbone, a
U.S. Commissioner, atRonan, Montana,
on the 22nd day of January, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses: Allen
Sloan, John F. Scearce, of Sloan, Mon
tana, Stanley Scearce, Albert M.
Thornburg, of Ronan, Montana.
JOSIAH SHULL,
dec 8 jan 5 Register.
Notice for Publication
(Non-coal land)
Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Missoula, Montana, Dec.
18, 1911. Notice is hereby given that
BERT S. WHITMORE, of Ronan,
Montana, who, on November 2, 1910,
made Hd. No. 02210, for Unit "C" SW
NW, NW SW Sec. 11, Twp. 20 N., R. 21
W.M.M.,has filed notice of intention to
makefinal commutation proof to estab
lish claim to the land above described,be
fore Coker F. Rathbone, a U. S.Commis
sioner, at Ronan, Montana, on the 5th
day of February, 1912. Claimantnames
as witnesses: James J. Corrigan,
Joseph Cernick, William Parkinson,
Bert Murray, all of Ronan, Montana.
JOSIAH SHULL,
dec 22 jan 19 Register.
Notice for Publication.
(Non-coal land)
Department of the Interior,U.S.Land
Office Missoula, Montana, Dec. 4, 1911.
-Notice is hereby given that Peter A.
IJohnson, of Dixon, Montana, who, on
May 21, 1910, made Hd. entry No.
02187, for Unit "F" NE; SE% See. 7,
N; SW34, NWa SEE, Sec. 8 Twp 19
N., R. 21 W. Mont. meridian, has filed
notice of intention to make final com
mutation proof, to establish claim to
the land above described, before G. E.
Whiteman, a U. S. Commissioner, at
Dixon, Montana, on the 22nd day of
January, 1912. Claimant names as
witnesses: Charles M. Seaton, Charles
A. Swope, William Felland, Charles
Rathbun, all of Dixon, Montana.
JosIAH SHULL,
dec 8 jan 5 Register.