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THE. RONAN PIONEER
Entered as second-class matter May 12, 1910, at the post Located in the Heart of the Great flathead Indian Reservation
office at Ronan, Montana, under the Act of March 3, 1b79
Volume II. No. 50. RONAN, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, APRIL 12, 1912. $2 Per Year
Grain Crop Acreage
Trebled Over 1911
Accounts from the country sur
rounding Ronan indicate that the
acreage of grain of all kinds to
be sown this year will be more
than trebled over last year. In
many sections there are as high
as eight times as much to be
sown this year as last, and every
estimate is double over last year.
With crop conditions as good
as last year this will mean that
over 2,000,000 bushels of grain
must be reckoned with from the
Flathead this year, and that fact
should encourage a railroad to 1
build far enough into the terri
tory to transport the great crop
to market without the long haul
by wagons as has been the case
in the past.
Should the Northern Pacific
build from Dixon this year as far
as Ronan it would accommodate i
the entire grain producing sec
tion and would insure that road I
the tonnage for almost the entire 1
reservation acreage. There will g
not be a farmer south of the big 1
hill this side of Polson but who P
would rather haul to a railroad
than climb the hill, and this will
make it an easy matter to secure
all the grain hauling for the rail
road which penetrates this terri- v
tory. 1l
Its business will not be con- 0
fined alone to hauling grain out, t
as there will be a large surplus
of hogs and other farm produce a
to be transported. Then there c
will be an increased amount of P
all kinds of freight to haul into tj
the country, With the farmers P
raising large crops they will be
large buyers of all kinds of goods ci
and this will need to be trans- t(
ported by wagon unless a rail- '
road is built, and the one which t
can and does afford the easiest a
means will be the one to get the f
business. b
The wise ones say that the e
road will be built and this paper li
believes them.
Ben Jacobs Talks
Running at high pressure with
a tremendous lot of business to
transact in a short time, Ben
Jacobs of Ronan took a few min
utes yesterday to deliver a good
message from the reservation.
"You may say for me," was his
reply to an inquiring reporter,
"that there was never anywhere
a happier or a busier set of farm
ers and business men than you
will find this season on the reser
vation. We have just elected by
a practically unanimous vote Dr.
A. K. Resner to be a school trus
tee in our district, and it is a
foregone conclusion that he will
be made chairman of the board,
The election was notably free
from wire-pulling this year;
everything was open and above
board and harmony prevailed.
Dr. Resner's popularity is as
well deserved as it is general.
He served for 16. years as a mem
ber of a school board in his na
tive state, Iowa, and with this
experience added to good judg-'!
ment and magnetic personality,
he will be a potent force for the
policy of harmonious progress
which is the aim of all the citi
zens in the Ronan district. There
the school population is increas
ing so rapidly that a five room
building will be needed early in
the year.
"Not only is the school popu
lation increasing in our district,"
continued Mr. Jacobs, "but at
least 35 new settlers have moved
onto the big prairie northwest of
St.. Ignatius in the last three
weeks. Three traction engine
outfits, have been brought in this
season; one of them, a 110-horse
power engine owned by Henry
Pierce, being the largest in the
state. There will be a bumper
crop this year unless all signs
fail, and five times as much land
has been put under cultivation
as was used last year. With an
area three times that of the Bit
ter Root, the Flathead will in a
very few years make Missoula
the capital of an inland empire.
There is now no land for sale in
the vicinity of Ronan, and there
will be no homestead relinquish
ments. There has recently been
a remarkable influx of high grade
dairy stock, 14 head being
brought in only last week. A
cheese factory is soon to be
started among other enterprises
in the near future. The only
great need is for the interior de
partment to open up unclassified
land for settlement, and for con
gress to pass an assignable rights
bill now being considered."
Missoulian.
New Power Press
The Pioneer purchased this
week a new Cottrell power press,
large enough to print four pages
of a six column paper at one
time,
This new press has been made
absolutely necessary by the in
creased demand made upon the
present equipment, and to save
time a faster and more modern
press has been purchased.
As time rolls around and as the
country develops, a newspaper,
to keep up with other advance
ment, must increase its facilities
to handle the work, and this hav
ing been the aim of the Piomeer
for almost two years now, it will
be continued as long as the pres
ent owners conduct the esta~b
lishment.
This could not have been made
possible except for the patron
age extended the paper in the!
past- there having been only one <
job of printing of a commercial
character sent out of town since
the printing office was first open
ed for business. One firm has
thought it to their advantage to ;
patronize an outside establish- '
ment for letter heads, but one
only, so far as our knowledge
extends. That firm is dependent
upon the upbuilding of Ronan for
its success and to patronize a
mail order house 'for its printing
is a sure wan of not building up
any town. The same is true of
sending away* from home for
anything one can get at home.
Patronize the home merchant,
the home industries of all kinds
and they will grow with you.
Roosevelt Carries Illinois
In the presidential preference
primaries in Illinois Tuesday
Roosevelt carried the state by
130,000 majority over Taft. He
is sure of 52 delegates to the
national convention, having car
ried every district but one in
that state. He swept McKinley's
congressional district, the latter
campaign manager for the presi-'
dent, and also Joe Cannon's dis
trict, although both congressmen
were renominated.
LaFollette polled about 40,000
votes in the state.
The New York delegates to
the republican national conven
tion will go uninstructed, but are
said to be against Roosevelt.
That may mean they will be for
the man they think stands a
Ishow of being elected.
EXPECTANCY.
/ APPEN
1 i n
-Williams in Indianapolis News.
More About
A Fair
The people of Dixon are out
with the announcement that they
intend to have a fair in that
promising town this fall. They
make the positive statement that
they intend to hold a fair. That
sounds like business, as it de
clares exactly what they intend
to do. Up this way we talk
about what we would like to
have instead of saying what we i
intend to have. Now there is "
no good reason why the business
interests of Ronan and the farm
ers adjacent to Ronan should not
say, "We intend to have a fair." r
That would sound like business
and it would mean something.
Scattered all around us are a :
lot of farmers and collectively
and individually they are striv-,
ing to improve and make valu
able the several different tracts
of land they have secured under t
the law allowing homesteads on
this reservation. They have 1
builded houses, barns, fences,
etc., planted crops and in many
ways have added value to the
otherwise barren lands. So far
they have all done remarkably i
well, and to further increase the
value of the land they call theirs, I
they will need the advertising a
fair would give them. The Pio
neer has been telling every week
for nearly two years now, of
what crops can be grown and
just what has been harvested,
but that does not do all that
should be done. Some of the
grains grown, vegetables pro- I
duced and fruits ripened should
be placed on exhibition where
anyone the least skeptical could
go and see for themselves just
what. the country is doing. A
fair will be just the thing to
bring before homeseeking peo
ple the products of the country
and it would convince them of
the value of the land to be found
in the Flateead.
Lets get busy and organize for
the fair and be able to make a
positive statement when it will
be held. r
Ranch House Burns
t
Word was received yesterday
morning that J. J. Corrigan's
house on his homestead west of
Ronan was entirely destroyed by
fire Wednesday evening about 8 r
o'clock. a
Mr Corrigan was in town yes- p
terday and says that he lost t
everything he had, including.
s(me cash and all his clothes. I
He does not at this time possess 9
a coat. He places his loss at b
over $500 without any insurance. (
Dinner for
the Farmers
The Ronan Commercial club
has decided to entertain the far
mers around Ronan at two din
ners. One on April 27, and the
other on May 11. Those living
north of the township line be
tween 20 and 21 on April 27, and
those south of that township line
on May 11.
These will be get together
meetings and some interesting
short speeches may be expected.
The object of these dinners is
to create a kindly feeling be
tween the farmers and the busi
ness men of Ronan and it is
thought that by getting together
and discussing matters any dif
ferences, if any, which exist
may be explained and that in the
future as in the past the utmost
good feeling prevail.
The program as arranged by
the committee having these din
ners in charge will be announced
latter.
Obituary
John Wesley Hardman was
born near Niles, Michigan, May
19. 1841. Died at the home of
his daughter Mrs A. Kennedy
near Ronan, Montana, April 5th,
1912, aged 70 years 10 months
16 days. Deceased was married
to Augusta Barnes in 1866 at
Strawberry Point, Iowa. At
which place he lived for over
fifty years, coming west a year
ago last August, where he hoped
to make a new home. But God
in His wisdom called him home.
He was patient to the last, never
a word of complaint. All that
loving heart and hands could do
was done. With husband and
father gone, he leaves to mourn 1
a wife and six children, one
brother. one sister and six half
brothers. His father, mother,
brother and sister gone before
him.
Rev. A.D.Welch, an old friend,
preached the funeral sermon.
His words being full of wisdom
and comfort to those left to
mourn.
Interment was made on the
homestead of Mr. Kennedy for
the present, there being no
cemetery nearer than Polson. x
Another Addition Platted
County Surveyor Jas. H. Bon
ner was in Ronan over Sunday
and while here surveyed and
platted the Bourassa addition in
to town lots and the same will
be placed on the market at once.
It has been named the Glacier
View addition and the lots are
being sold by the Flathead Land 1
Co.
Resner, Long and Mason
Elected School Trustees
The above named gentlemen
were selected at the election last
Saturday to places on the school
board of Arlee district No. 28.
Two other candidates had been
placed before the electors, being
Geo. F. Foster of Ronan and E.
W. Rinehart of Moiese.
In Ronan the rivalry was earn
est and quite a number of work
ers were busy from the time the
polls opened until the close, and
the result was close between the
two Ronan candidates, D. N.
Mason winning out by 12 votes
in the home precinct.
Ballots had been prepared at
the direction of the board, which
placed Dr. Resner and D. N.
Mason against each other for the
three year term. This was not
what the voters of Ronan desired
and did not comply with the in
tent of the meeting which placed
Mr. Mason in nomination. As
soon as this was discovered an
other ticket was printed and this
ticket showed that Mr. Mason
was a candidate for only the un
expired term of Jas. Grant, re
signed. This ticket did not in
clude the names of all the candi
dates and some ill feeling has
been shown by those who felt
their candidate had been un
fairly treated. The same feeling
was felt when it was discovered
that Mr. Mason had, without
warrant, been placed in the run
ning against Dr. Resner, whom
almost everybody in Ronan
wished to vote for, but who also
wanted to vote for Mr. Mason.
The vote in detail from the var
ious precincts was as follows:
RONAN
Andrew K. Resner, 103; D. N.
Mason, 63; Leon L. Long, 96; G.
F. Foster, 51.
ST. IGNATIUS
Resner, 46; Mason, 28; Long,
50; Foster, 20; Rinehart, 0.
MOIESE
Resner, 31; Mason, 17; Foster,
2; Rinehart, 19.
ELLIOTT
Resner, 1'3; Mason, 12; Long,
L3; Foster, 1.
RAVALLI
Resner, 23; Mason, 20; Long,
31; Foster, 1; Rinehart, 3.
GRANDVIEW
Resner, 11; Mason, 10; Long,
I; Foster, 4.
ARLEE
Resner, 20; Mason, 17; Long,
:1; Foster, 6; Rinehart, 6.
Totals:- Resner, 247; Mason,
L67: Foster, 85; Long, 209;
Rinehart, 34.
St. Ignatius News
The Mission base ball team has
been reorganized with 20 aspir
ants for a place on the team
practicing every day. Prospects
are good for an excellent team
here this year and some good
games are anticipated. John
Dishmon is manager and L. K.
Doty captain.
J. D. Buckhouse and Miss
Nina Mason were married in
Missoula Wednesday and have
returned to the Mission where
they will reside with Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Buckhouse, the two
Mrs. Buckhouse being sisters.
E. L. Sperry has returned from
Spokane where he has been quite
ill and where he received treat
ment.
Dr. Thos. A. Mathews was up
to Helena the latter part of last
week whore he took the medical
examination before - the state
biard an, has received word that
he successfully passed the quiz.
Earl Heinote and Henry Moss
were summoned to Missoula Wed
nesday to appear as witnesses in
the Armstrong bootlegging case
which went up from Dixon.
They were subpoenaed as wit
nesses to appear in Helena on
Saturday in the habeas corpus
case of Deputy Marshal Ramsey
who shot Armstrong while it is
claimed the latter was resisting
arrest.
There was the usual large
crowd attending the Easter
services here last week. The
hotels were taxed to the limit.
Mrs. Geo. H. Beckwith and
children have gone to Hamilton
to spend Sunday with Mrs. Beck
with's father, J. E. Totman.
Miss Julia Martin of Clinton
spent the week end with her par
ents at this place.
The band boys have advertised
a dance at the St. Ignatius opera
house for Saturday night.
The Flathead Stockgrowers'
Association held a meeting here
on Saturday night last and de
cided that owing to the lack of
interest taken in the organ
ization, to disband.
Two wrestling matches were
pulled off here Saturday night
last. One between "Dutch"
Wagner and Pederson of Mis
soula, in which the referee gave
the decision to Wagner on a foul
after three minutes and 45 sec
onds of work, owing to Pederson
having secured a strangle hold
and would not release it. The
other match was between Henry
Moss of St. Ignatius and Jim
Ethell of Ravalli, and this proved
to be the best exhibition seen
here for some time. Moss won
in two straight falls. In the
afternoon Sunday, Tom Sontag
and Henry Matt went on, [the
latter agreeing to throw Sontag
twice in an hour for a $50 side
bet. Sontag won, Matt not get
ting a fall, although a much
larger man.
Word has been received from
Stanley, N. D., that E. W.
Burke the attorney, would leave
there on April 10th for the Mis
sion, where he will enter the
practice of his profession.
M. L. Dean, state horticultur
alist, has sent his representative
Mr. Sheely here with an outfit to
spray the orchard of the fathers
and sisters at this place. Mr.
Sheely is delighted with the fruit
possibilities of this valley and
says spring is much earlier here
than he expected.
Mr. Henshaw, official sealer of
weights and measures, was here
Wednesday and left yesterday
for Ronan.
V. H. Calhoun of the Flathead
Independent Tel. Co. and a force
of men are expected here today
to install a number of phones in
residences and business houses,
Father De LaMotte arrived
home today from Missoula where
he. has been receiving medical
treatment.
Emmett Connor who has been
spending the winter in Chicago,
has returned here to remain per
manently.
Forest Johnson, read supervis
or, has commenced work, being
engaged in grading the road in
front of the Mission hotel.
Dance Tomorrow Night
The Ronan democratic club will
give a dance tomorrow night in
the Ronan opera house. Every
body invited and a general good
time is promised.