The producers news. [volume], September 13, 1918, Image 1

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SOLDIER WRCE AN
INTERESTINGLEa
The Producers News is proud to
publish the following letter which is
from one of the hundreds of Sheridan
county boys who has been on the
battle front on active duty since the
Americans' first campaign. This let
ter is from Corp. Jos. C. Burnha4
g"Co., 26th Inf., A. F., F. Mr.
Burnham has been a resident of Out
look and Dooley. He has a brother
at the latter Soo line town-Harry
Burnham, barber and hotel propriet
or. Corporal Burnham gives an ac
count of the doughboys from their
sailing up to August 9th, this year,
which is very interesting. Read it:
"Harvest is on here and the wheat
crop is good. Fortunately the ground
which we captured from the Huns in
July was covered with wheat, har
vested and shocked, ready to be gar
nered and which helped some.
I am going to tell you something
of a doughboy's life since coming to
France. We sailed from the United
States in December, 1917, on the
Levethan or Vaterland, and landed
en the north coast of England o
Christmas Eve. We remained ini
England two weeks and then crossed
the English channel and landed in
France. I never will forget the trip
across the channel; it is the roughest
place in the world and I lost every
thing I ate for a month, it seemed
to me. I would rather have been. on
the hurricane deck of the wo sty
broacho in Montana than on that old
boat in the channel.
After arriving from our rough ride
we remained in a small town for a
few days and then entrained for aM
trench training camp; we were on
the train two days and a night. We
remained at the camp for a fortnight
and there is where our old division
was broken up. The 2nd Montana
and the two North Dakota regiments
were sent to the regular army for a
replacement. I have never been sor
ry for the change because we got in
bhoe of the best divisions the United
State Army had which were the first
totops to land in France.
Ile trained hard for six weeks
th full packs and gas masks and
took our turn in the trenches.
e Put in about a month when the
forces started their big drive
spring and we were sent over
cardy to help stop the enemy ad
We stopped them there and
our ground. About three weeks
the Huns had a village which
located on a haill where they
see everything we were doing
ahelled us unmercifully, so that
aIs decided to tare this town. At
.fortydfive one fine morning one
ent of infantry, backed by our
?f, Went over the top and about
~leand a half further than their
ye, taking the town and driv- a
te huns pell mell. We fell back
lCtOy where we remained corn
7,but the Hluns counter at
seven times, only to be driven
ENLISTMENTS;
CLOSE STATIONS
enlistments for the ar
uZept as authorized by acts of
ii ceertan cases have beae
discontinued by General
of staff, and all recruit
will be closed as speedi
able. The enlisted me,
sch stations will be sent
t recruiting depot to be
iied and their quail
Ms made out with a view
at to "appropriatej
karch'8 order, anna ed'
Ssupplements that i.1
ago prohibiting ng S
eat of 1 en betwee
ages of 18 and 45 y
Itan Power act w .
*ss The order
tha all men hesee
acie mmtsar
through the
volunta
OuT~ho fI1
!e1°eUht W y
back with huay'- ;ar our Ar
La tiilera : ý» t- l i murderovs
ifre it gbraathat fell in
e behiga "69i, y _ap that they could
Stge'- a to tee tietkes and
t- ' e t mi gunners and
i rifle _ ,te down dike flies.
We I"' Me more turn of
Sser i ta he up there and
Sthen wee e We would get
Y one hot meal every night and have
corned beef, f'nnkey meat as the
boys weald call ; Once in a while
r the Huns roiild. sdhell our "chow"
-, party and if they ,,ade a hit we were
out of luck for something to eat for
t about twenty-four hours. After be-1
3 ing relieved we went back to a little
I town and secured new clothes and
- scrubbed up.
Well, the Fritzies were not satis
flied with their lot, so they. tried to
match on Paris-aought tard for
four days-an'd then Gen. Fobo start
ed his little surprise party for the
Kaiser and his sauer-kraut eaters.
'Our division and one other crack
American division was loaded on to a
truck train and taken close to where
Ithe Runs were trying to breik
through. We remained in a big
wood the first night and day, aud on
the second night we marched into the
trenches .ready for action. The French
had 'r artillery in place and wr
ours up without g!w pits be
g. At four thirty-five a. m.,
every French and. American gun
belched forth a terrible hail of
steel 'and a veritable hell-fire on the
enemy lines; the light artillery was
abeigc n their front lineki. the
six inch guns played on their bat
teries, and soon had them out of ac
tion. Every gun opened fire as if
one man had set them off at the same
time, and five minutes after the ar
tillery was in action the doughboys
went over the top, and believe me, as
far as one could see, their was a line
of olive drab colored boys that were
irresistible-couldn't be stopped
even though the Huns had a hundred
machine' guns pouring a hail of cold
steel into us. Our tanks moved on
the machine gust nests and put them
out of action in quick order. We ad
vanced for four days without a stop,
and held what we took on the fifth
day, and then the Scotch Highlanders
came up and relieved us that night
so we are in what we call a rest camp
or a quiet place.
I see that the British and Fiiench
are making a big drive on the old
front where w6 helped stop the ene
my last spring.
We have,. our replacement; men
from Ohio, and we are drilling back
here because the new zen need some
pi'Mtice in throwing 1band grenades
and satomatic ?ifle practice.
Hoping to hear from you in the
future, I am,
Sincerely yours,
CORP. 30S. C. BURNHAM.
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Patterson, a
the Nu Point Powder Cop
im gton Del., "vio has Ve
Plentywood during the past
announced that he has purclias&
acres of land about two mitls west
towk as a cite for a large powd
magazine wbicb the .)Pont peopZe
will have locatek here for the a
"enience of the trade in this sectio
of ! ontana.' The' powdej, magauil
will be operated by the Zeidler Ha'd
ware Co., of Plentywood.
The magazine will be ere*ted on
the newly purchased site at once anm
it is planned to build it of brick and
CAN PAY 1 S2ED GRAIN
AT ThEASUREl'S OFFICE
Just before g to press, we are
advised that all payments for seed
grain ' purchased from the county
may be made at the county treasur
er's office, at tli court house in Plen
tywood..
For the convenience of the farmers
who have purchased seed grain fro
the county, the treasurer has fuar
nished figures for the banIs and ele
vators in every town in the county
where the farmer can ascertain the
amount he has to pay for such grain.
LOCAL SCHOOLS OPEN
MONDAY, SEPT. 16th
The grammar department of the
local, schools will open on Monday
morning, September 16th, with the
faculty as follows: Miss Agnes Dirf
fy, eighth grade; Miss Martha Gern
tholz, six and seventh grades; Miss
Nellie Killem, fourth and fifth grades;
Mrs. Carl Sandstrom, second grade; 1
Miss Mary Daly, first grade.
OrderXuembV Five;
"Work or Fight"
Owing to the shortage of fakir la
- bor, the fact that many crops are
1 still unharvested and are apt to be
I damaged and lost, and it appearing
1 to us that the most bm ortant woma
i that can be done at the present time
- is to save said crops from loss,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that
I all persons otherwise unemployed,
and who are physically able and who
are employed in `tecessary or tri
vial -occupations, forthwith undertake
whatever employment they can find
in the harvest fields, or whieh may
be brought to their attention by any
member of this Council or any public
officer.
It is ordered that all policemen,
COALRIDGE FARMER IS
KILLED IN ACTIOS
The name of Private Adolph Ste
phan, of Coalridge, appears in the
first section of the casualties -among
U. S. troops, as reported by the com
manding general of the American
expeditioary forces.
In the casualty list, Private Ste
phan's address is given Coal Ridge,
Mont., but sice. we do not know` of
a town in. this itate Wnder that name,
we preame it is a mistake and was
meant to be C.olidge.
MYERS'O? `:WAl LAND `
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284 ZGISTERED H1ERE
* THURS 4,987 IN COUNTY "
According 'to figures received *
this morning, there were 284 reg- *
istrants in the three local pre-'
cincts who registered here yes- '
terday for the selective service. *
It is estimated that approximate- *
ly 4,987 registered in Shetidan $
c County.
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L G E PRECINCT DELI
GATES, HERE'S A TIP
elected to the precinct
C13 d. the League will be called
uapto assemble shortly at some place
to bei designated in the county for
tW~pirpose of outlining . the cam
paign now confronting us. Matters
of the utmost importance pertaining
to the vital business of organization
will also be taken up.
;Find out about this, Mr. Delegate,
paste it in your hat. See that you
are at the meeting when it is called.
Don't forget!
QUILT BARRAGE DIDN'T STOP
JACK FROST SUNDAY.
There was a raid on the attics and I
basement storehouses of Plentywood
and other Sheridan county towns, and
evei on the farms, Sunday night in
the, search for weapons with which 1
to ctunter attack Jack Frost, who 5
de yed the gardens. The late flax i
waa completely destroyed, it is said.
Early in the evening the citizens
of the county began laying down a
ieavy barrage of old rugs, blanicets, i
quilts, sacks and even newspapers.
But, the northern assailant got over i
the top in this sector, especially c
wbedre the barrage was not so heavy. t
town marshalls, members of Commu
nity Councils and all good citizens,
generally report either to the Com
munity Council in each community or
to the Ce -6 CA-:N P y theamm *
Plentywood, the names and ad
resses of all idle persons in this
County.
This order shall be and become ef
fective from and after the date there
of.
Made, approved and adopted by the
Sheridan County Council of Defense
at Plentywood, Montana, this 28th
day of August, 1918.
SID BENNETT,
J. D. MATKIN,
Members of said Council.
91 SHERIIDAN COUNTW
MEN OFF TO CAMP LEWIS
Ninety-one Sheridan county fight
ing men, thirty-three of whom are
1918 registrants, were inducted into
the National army by the Sheridan
county local draft board, and part of
the total number departed this morn
ing for Camp Lewis, Wash., while
the balance of the men will eptram
here tomorrow morning.
A complete list of the names and
addreses, including their order num
bers, was printed in the last issue of
The P2rwers News.
IREN URPHY AT FALLS
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SHERIDANCOUNTY
LOYALTY LEAGUE
ENDORSES TICKET
Old Gangsters Meet and Organize in a Last.
Desperate Effort to Beat the Nonpartisan
League---They Quake in the Shadow
of Their Doom.
ARTISTIC WORK OF "EFFICIENCY JIM"
A week ago today, Friday, the 6th
of September, members of the Old
L Gangsters and affiliated hangers on
of the plunderbund, met and con
stittued themselves into what they
were pleased to call the "Sheridan
County Loyalty League," however
just what they are so loyal to, ap
pears to be the old pap lines of com
munication which seems to be in dan
ger of being severed.
It is reported that the "great
scheme" was hatched in the brooding
mind of "Sunny Jim" Redmond, the
efficiency rubber stamp. artist, who
is now the political boss of the
Sheridan County Tammany Hall,, and
serves as auditor of the county.
The scheme is to inject the loyalty
issue into the coming campaign in
Sheridan county in the hopes of sav
ing some o fthe old political hangers
on who have cost the county many
thousands of dollars in the past sijc
years, and who it appears are about
bbe scrapped by the.patriotisfarn
ers in Sheridan county as a war
economy.
The undertaking is not democratic
in its nature. The select were called,
and a ticket was endorsed, to be
known as a loyalty ticket and then
the farmers are to be talked into
joining it and voting it straight, it
being now conceded by all of the old
plunderbund that the fight cannot be
won this fall by them unless they
can break up the Nonpartisan League,
so Ziyare g 'ct<. try thy z~ gad
that failed so miserably over in Da
kota, in the last desperate attempt
to save themselves from the Wrath
of the outraged taxpayers of Sheri
dan ,county..
The meeting was attended by the
bankers, politicians, , and political
beneficiaries from the several towns
and villages in the county. There
were no honest-to-goodness farmers
present. They were not wanted. They
will, however, be asked to join the
so-ealled loyalty league and to- vote
the self-styled loyalty ticket. Votes j
are what is wanted it is reported and
there seems to be a shortage in sight
-for the loyalty league.
It is reported that "Efficiency Jim,"
the "Sunny Rubber Stamp Expert," '
wanted to be endorsed by something i
that had the name of league in it, so
he called together his followers. Al- 7
so there was another plan: that was -
to endorse Frank Weinrich, whose
N. D. MAN HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Last Saturday night, about 9:80
o'clock, G. H. Hare of Ambrose, N.
D.,. into, Pleatywood in a hurry
y ca ot Appe Dr.
Sto give surgical . att tion to
I palon, Mr. 8 *ts wVhe was
qWs hpdly bruised about the face
.ausi a as a result of belrg thrown
over the windheld of the
Sic which the gentleesi were
were as route to.
VV*b* the ear ran into a dwp
at a speed of be.
* - M' es.4 a per hour, whk
fir ;hu the .oti
i savory record as a county commis
1 sioner for the past six years buried
i him under the snowslide, August
i 27th, in order to give that gentleman
7 an excuse to run again for county
i commissioner as an independent, but
: the plan slipped, for the Wolf Point
- crowd was out in force and voted
- down the man the voters had scrap
- ped once and endorsed their patriot
Mr. Jack Leonard, who is widely
known in these parts, much to the
( disappointment and disgust of "Ef
ficiency Jim," the rubber stamp ex
Spert.
After a lot of "gabfesting" and
I "wrangling" as to who were the real
loyal ones among the candidates, the
following were sifted out and the
stamp of approval placed upon them,
- by the old gang.
For State Senator, Henry Lowe, a
banker and old line elevator man, who
sometimes farms when he is not
farming the farmers, was endorsed.
Mrs, Lowe' was- umninated on the re
publican ticket at the primaries, be
cause of the fact that many farmers
were deceived into believing that he
was the farmers' league candidate by
the wording on the literature he sent
out. Nels Levang nominated on the
democratic ticket for this important
office was not up to par on loyalty it
seems and was repudiated-the only
flan of importance repudiated on the
democratic ticket. However, a speck
of something was found on his re
e! and x was carried out to the
scrap heap.
Auctioneer Jensen was put to the
acid test and came through with col
ors flying. He might not amount to
much as a legislator yet no one can
question his loyalty. Nyquist ,was
not even considerad in spite of th"
fact that he is a strong Wilson demo
crat and very ardently supportipg
the administration. Nyquist was
nominated by the farmers-that
ruined him forever.
The rest is a short story: Such t
paytriot as "Sunny Jim" Redmond
was endorsed without discussion, and
Mrs. Ben Johnson without a murmur.
Mrs. Boswiek, who was going to
run against "Efficiency Jim" for the
democratic nomination for auditing,
and who dame rumor has it, had it
lot of "dope" on the "Rubber Stamp
Efficiency Expert," and who it is re
(Continued on Page Three)
4TH LOAN COM
MITFEE TO MEET
HERE TUESDAY
CHAIRMEN FROM EVERY TOWN
IN COVNTY XPECTED TO AT
TEND.
A meetha# of the Fourth Liberty
Loan Committee, comprising a chair
mass froo ear -town in the county,
wIl hold a meeting at the headquar
ters in Peaitywood on Tuesday of
Ott wee*. The purpose of the
g is to discuss the question of
'T~ ~ ita Liberty Loan
hM "tarrs is located in the ofee
i i the =Herald belidlag and was
Mspt4 ftho aeas Treraday of this
. N.t. Ndlson Is the *Jrmmi
.y t 81 c~uty 0oitt
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