The producers news. [volume], May 31, 1918, Page 2, Image 2

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bso f V n lof law err ac o
0-1. lAM:%W pr etes &w
at fa 9tla oaM
'In dation to the hetihal
ce*dlngs -i this cap I ish sh
sBose p- tisulars for your luforma
tion: tlpon affidavit of J 3. A.
McGlynn, that he had been dea&4
the rig t to make a 00,lA .add ma
at Elles City, ad hand been taku
to a train a - i stnacted to
the town at once, I directed the
county attorney of Casitr county to
investigate and institute the proper
proceedings against the persons who
had thus violated the law.
SOME OUT
OF THE CITY
"While but four or fee persons
were charged in McGlynu's aofdavit
with the amton against him stated,
the county attorney on has own me
tion made twenty-one defendants in
the proceeding that he sibsequently
instituted. It later developed that
#Everal of these defendanth were
not in Miles City at the time the
acts recited above were committed
and hence could have no possble
connection with them. Whether of
not the county attbrney latluded the
-names of thee twenty-on men in
the prosecution for the perpese at
diacreditmii and ifeating the ends
of justie , I am unabid to say.
"My own cemnection with the eas
was misrepreae ted. Because in a
letter I adied protection for Mt'
Glyp and his witnesses, It was made
to appear that I was afraid physical
ieiase would be er.ed me.
ATTEMPT
TO DICULE
"o in the Ias uotr a
Ydtto Mecatr
o whl& I wa_ aatle both
the euot9renraut Oa te law. How
ever; from this and other circurn
stasae, it appea rswry plain to -o
that there was a conderted attempt
by =ate ested persons at Mile City
to ridienle the pronsentlon that it
was the swran duty of myself aid
the -mnty atterney to institute d
umintain with dlE.a and sie "v
ity; to make ligt ot a serious in
fractiob of the aw, and to defeat the
ends of justice.
Of will ad" CoW your iftrmation
thatI went ta Miles City at the
countt atterney's request, and that
when I learned that there was ulo
proua for the proeseetlon of tsee
ef he de ifendma Is , m o w al h ir FO X 0 'j O " .
*'Ts action, In ale light of aater
events, was wmeoseasay, for all the
4 ppdnt wr. disebesged by tue
julties of twe peasimfore y the
Frelitu ,arMn was made, wits
-0t tiom: a nt ofa a word vi
evid e efor the d e, on
t W t
-y ;#e~e '"
-womw0pes
1W ~ snd. 4
'the
a eiang 'esablish
t of the
in the mob spirit
wbether mobs are
'! 'sens or the so
~~&ter o S d of sociqty, is
-r ioeus ineuce o toab
" ad e oit precious lib
S eole the state.
otterances in
e e should be promptly
tdfafly puu d, and adequate
for tht purpose eiist in the
-Rde and State codes. But it liei
nto legal ri ot afo n itizen nor
set o citisaps to pre-judge the ut
terances of any man, and forbid him
to exprm his opinions on any sub-
t The loyalty 1or. disloyalty of
any man's utterances are' to `be de
termined only in the expression of
the, and all persens anre held ac -
countable for what they say under
the civil aqd criminal laws.
CLOUD UPON
HII ZON
"A cloud has arisen upon Mon
tana's horizon that threatens dire
coasequ~nees td the people of the
state. - Class is being arrayed against
class, and bitterness is being engen
dered; and if the lawlessness cited
is not put down, and the right of
free speech is not rescued from the
diasrdpte thrown upon it, in my
opinion, conditions may follow that
will do the pople and the fair name
of the state incalculable injury.
"Lawlessues. begets lawlessness,
and wherq individuals or classes of
citizens are refused their-legal rights
by violence, the ordinary and natural
result is to stir the people wronged
to retaliatory violence and lawless
anes, which, as is well known to all
students of political matters, finally
rulta in the total disregard of law
andi --and ends in anarchy.
LAWS ARE
TRAMPLE- UPON
"If .the deeds referred to herein
piIpM unfortunately result in th
ry or d'sth of men subjected to
wgialifa thiS way, in agy thial that
aiht follow .'in court, It would be
wmipeasivbly abown that the" legal
rAgli. individuals had been with
drawn - from them and the plain
provisions of the constitution and
laws of the state trampled upon.
"In these duprivations of the
rlidts. of individuals precedents in
lawlesseas and v io1nce extremely
dangeroua to the conservative an I
Iwa-abidli g people is r aring it
head that may bring down upon
them appalling penalties.
"This is a strenuous period, and it
is diIcult for people to display the
easts self control and at and think
as they doin normal times; but, of
all classes of society, control,--mod
eratlom-ead due. respect for law cer
tainly is, most to be exrc cted from
the very people who at this time
seem disposed to take the law into
their own hands.
ASKS COOPERATION
OF COUNCIL
"In view of the persistent contin
usteia of the denials of the right
ofie. speech and the right to make
public addesrs in this state, and
in view of the purpose .for Which
the state council of defense was cre
at d, as I se it, I am constrained
to suggest to your honorable body
that you t 4eps to reinforce and
assist the orinary authorities in re
± the eugkr d in these in
' -ofte -law and In the pun-
st " th fenders. I tmaking
th .5 I wish to say that
16 "Ou~ to pr rform my- own
general .in".el`
hire la
-edmerily a#k t
.. :4te ctn;o il cf
an dh
4imnea of war; rital. tlh* ilty Pt MIp
thenfoibsment of the law; with the
I ppfresaon of all lawlessness, pad
'with the dty ot wong everything in
its pewer tQ maintain respect for
law, solidify the citizenry for~ all
legal, proper and patriotic purposes.
and win the war.
"This being the ase, I wish, in
closing, to urge with al possibk
emphasis that the state council of
defense, through its own action and
that of the county oficials, cooperate
to the fupllst extent of iti powers
with the ordinarily constituted au
thorities and myself in the suppree
sion of the latlessness descriltd and
in the t ndication of the right of
free spee and the right to make
public addresses in the State of
Montana:
"Respectfully,
"S. C. FORD,
"Attorney General of Montana."
GILBERT BURDG, DOOLEY,
MAKES EXPLANATION
Gilbert Burdg, a young farmer
who resides at Dooley, and was be
fore the `Sheridan County Council of
Defense last week, chargd with
ridiculing the uniform of a- U. S.
soldier, and who was let off by his
consenting to immediate induction in
th ' army, explains that at the time
the incident for which he was re
ported occurred that he was intoxi
cated and that he hai no recollection
of it whatrvier.
He says, "That day, having com
pleted my seeding, I brought in what
wheat I had left to the elevator. I
was going home wfrn some of my
friends wanted me to stay for ree
reation. We went to the saloon.
Everyone tw'atod generously and I
vn soon out of my head. In the
morning I was told of what had oc
curred and soon found myself in
trouble. Every one who knows me,
know that I haw or ver been any
e else than patriotic, that I have
no ill feelings towards the U. S.
uniform, and that my general repu
tation is good. I am very sorry
that this thing happry fd."
PIONEER PRESS NAMED
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
Pioneer Press: At a meeting of
the board of county commission s
held here Wednesday afemnoon ti
Pioneer Pss was named the coun
ty official paper to take effect June
1st, 1918. The Press was selected
as the official paper in, accori1ance
with chapter 71 of the 1917 session
laws, which provides that the con
tract for county printing shall be
awarded to daper which is most
suitable and ficiently equipped to
handle the work. The Press being
located as it is here at the county
seat and1 from the fact that we have
the most complete and efficient job
plant in this ,section, the printing of
the county can be handled in a much
mor3 satisfactory manner with less
loss of time and at a considerable
saving of expense in handling the
details and dtelivering the work than
has Vr en the case heretofore, when
the official printer was located at
some distant point.
MAY BE A GOLD BRICK.
Something Very Classy Is Being
Offered Select Farmers at
Flaxville.
Reports x ach this offi0 that there
are promoters in the vicinity of
Flaxville selling stock in a corpora
tion-called the United States Farm
" ra Grain & Cattle Company.
- It is understood that the propo
sition is very promising and that
only a select few of the farmers
are let in' on -al. .
No money is reqpired to buy a
share: just a note for 'fve hundred
dolars.
The profits o. tof eterprise are
so great that they will pay off the
ete shortly and Mr. Farmer has
made money by loaning his credit.
The, schboi. may be all right and
it may not.
Some people seem to think that it
is a :.me to heid off a community
=$W cROSS ACTIVITIES.
Y. ~W ~ ....2.00
S «.'J t Yý.4 c' .1iY ._ _ , .
Step into any Cigar Store
for a good smoke and the
(nine times out of ten) h
Cigar of a 'grand that is
on bill-boards, in news
magazines, with sou veni
stamps, calendars and big
signs, in the Cities; a cigar
scab sweat-shops by fore
and sold by expensive tray
to jobbers and again hy th
through salesmen to the
with a bonus of 230 or
Cigars with every thousani
Special Discoujnt of 10
5 Off, and sometimes even
Stamps thrown in. ('an su
be a good one and does t
get his money's worth?
NOT!
We make our own Cigar;
unnecessary expense put
cigar, and that is vby we
a big 5½/z-inch cigar 7 for
twenty other brands at ri
at the Cigar Factory.
We sell more
UNION Cigars
MADE Tobacco
Cigarettes
than all other dealers
Plentywood.
Orvil E. Whit
CIGAR COMPAh
-Cigars, Tobacco and C
All At Right P'
(Between the Gold (S)
Candy Shop)
NOTICE TO F
Place your order for
twine now at the F
ELEVATOR at Gutlook
Legal No
NOTICE TO CRED
Estatai of Gustaf Adolph 1
ceased.
Notice Is Hereby Given
dersigned, Administrator t
tate of Gustaf Adolph h`
ceased, to the creditors of
persons having claims j
said deceased, to exhibit
the necessary vouchers, g
months after the fivst p4
this notice, to the said a
at the office of Alfred j
Plentywood, Montana, the.
ing the place for the tram
the business of said 2st*
County of Sheridan. I
OSCAR T. BE'
Administrator of the e
Gustaf Adolph Benson, do
Dated May 13, 1918. r
First publication May b11
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