The producers news. [volume], October 18, 1918, Image 1

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,A PAPER OF THE PEOPLE, gY TH PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE
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THOUSANDS BELIEVED
LOST IN FOREST FIRES
S. Paul, Oct. 14.-A dispatch re
cdped at the state capitol early this
~fdemon from Adjutant General
binow, at Moose Lake, stated that
the general forest fire situation was
Uell in hand. No further spread bf
te fires is feared and it is believed
tb the burned areas will be cleared
f bodies by tonight.
Doluth, Minn., Oct. 14--Chared
ains mark the ravages of the fre
w~hie swept into Duluth, destroying,
bo in Woodland, Lakeside and
•ster Park, within the city liipits.
Sk of Duluth the villages of
plih, Munger, Five Corners, H
ney, Grand Lake, Maple Grove aad
Twig, which were thriving commu
sties Saturday morning are almost
eaely obliterated today. Furter
rest Carlton, Cloquet, Brookston.
lre"ato:, are recognizable only by
sipn its, Pike Lake and Pine Hill
na pnore, while to the south the
loose Lake district is still a smould
ng ruin.
From these points thousands of
homeless persons have been brought
lere. hundreds mote taken to Hindk
ley and points further south, while
my of those seriously burned have
been removed to hospitals in St.
Paul and Minneapolis, after the last
nrailable cot in the three general has
tials here had been occupied.
Over virtually every foot of fire
,ept district the devastation was.
rompletc. Thk few farm buildings
Ssanding over practically ten
asara ,,.:care miles of northern
linesota which was in the path of
t flames, mark the freaks' of the
iefug-es here seemingly have no
hire to iearn the truth regarding
r 0ios, Most of them believe
ý' e~ry ý: they had in the
wrid has heen destroyed and in a
dzed manner they accept the kind
I, of the city which has thrown
" every available house to care for
t ten thouscand persons driven here
the flamr.
MDnneapolis, Oct. 15.-While res
wrorkers are combing the stricken
ktnets of Northeastern Minnesota
binjured and burned survivors of
t forest fire, hundreds of bodies of
V. THAYER FOR
mOUNTY SUPT. OF SCHOOLS
i Mabel V. Thayer, of Julian,
Scandidate for county superin
t of schools, endorsed by the
san League. Her mae will
on the National ticket. Re
this until she is elected.
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- M ABEL V. THAYER
SHORTAGE CAUSE
DELAY IN TAX NOTICE
to the fact that it is almost
to secure help at the pres
q account of the i enfI
and general labor bortage,
Treasur has been han
CO-tiderably and will be
eek or ten days late ia
lit tax notices this year,
are about eleven
be sent to taxpayers at t
gthe amount of work n
et this large
those who ifaled to aescape i~nm the
iame tot 210 :stea 4.il of 491th in
the Northern pait of the" atte are
still thought 'to be lying i tthe 'ashes
of ruined 'omes uand in the 'lackened
wasges.
Clwwded moriues in cetters for re
fugees are gtaatly meeting 'ilaces for
the living and the dead.
7ite of ixaeftifed dea 'late last
nighlt from .)iiluth, Moose 'ake and
Coquet, showed the eateiit of the
S -adica-tiek the heroic
e nofroating the relief workers
-'hre their work is done.
3t lafthe thousama persons eWtl
mated by autherities to have died is
the forest fire on Saturday, less the
600 are in the temporary morgeer
Over the wires last iight, by tele
gram and telephone, 'cAme the name.
of 225 known dead. The same wires,
a few moments earlier, had brought
the message from those in charge of
the rescue work that the dead must
"ie in the fields until the living are
taken care of.
A Tist of 106 persons was sent out
from Duluth. All day yesterday,
toirg'h the morgues iwhich have been
established there, anxious refugees
passed in fearful expectation between
rows of blackened corpses.
More than 100 names came from
Moose Lak~e-a shattered village in
the direct path of f fiercest of
the flames--where scenes of destruc
tion were so terrible as to be almost
unbelievable.
Eighteen Bodies Found
Eighteen bodies, found in one
school district near the heap of ashes
that was once the prosperous city of
Cloquet, were identified late yester
day, and their names, also, came ov
er the wires.
The destitution in and near Moose
Lake, where Adjutant General Rhi
now and his staff, in charge of re
lief work, have made their headquar
ters, is the most pitiable.
More than 100 children, terror
stricken at the experience through
which they passed, have been brought
into the city from hiding places in
which they crouched together, and
are being cared for by Red Cross
ntrses while search is made for their
parents.
DRAFT BOYS IN AUTO
ACCIDENT MON. NIGHT
While coming to Plentywood from
Poplar Monday eveiing of this week
to be re-examined for special ser
vice, Clifford Okerlund, brother to
Iiusm Okerlund, who is chief clerk at
the local draft board, was badly
bruised and luckily escaped a fatal
auto accident when his Ford car ov
erturmed as a result of a collision
with a horse on the road. The acci
dent happendd on the road between
Medicine Lake and Antelope and it
seems that an Indian was travelling
along slowly in a wagon and had a
horse tied to the back end and when
the boys came along with the Ford
car, the horse that was tied to the
wagon, backed around just as the
car was passing and the front wheel
of the car struck the hind legs of the
horse, upsetting the car _nd throw
ing its occupants out. Three other
Poplar boys who were in com.any
with Okerlund were uninjured
Mr. Okerlund, who was driving the
car, was baly brursed noout the face
and head, ids left ha and his right
knee are also in bad eape, l'at forj
tunately he is able to be about town(
At present he feels like a hghting
Marine after a skiff wi th alen
aldzig party.
DR. LEws o m oPrm amERm
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Dr. -LeIs, forneei of Plenty
wood, bet now bfý Ophm, arrived
heft 8nday to aefor hi brother
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U. S. Atty. Wheeler
Resigns His Office
United States District.'Attorney B.
K. Wheeler of Montana resigned his
office last Thursday, after numerous
conferences extending over several
days with Senator T. J. Walsh, Hugh
Wells, chairman of the Montana De
mocratic state central committee and
Colonel C. B. Nolan, Senator Walsh's
law partner in Helena. Wheeler's
term expired last spring and he was
I renominated by Senator Walsh de
spite many protests from the people
of Montana, says. the Montana Re
cord Herald, adding it being charged
that he had failed to vigorously en
force the espionage law and take ne
cessary steps to quell the I. W. W.
labor troubles in Butte.
In explanation of the resignation
Attorney Wheeler issued a statement
saying he was actuated by a desire
not to injure Senator Walsh's chance
for election and declaring he had been
"hounded for 18 months by the Ana
conda Copper Mining Company,
which conducted a . campaign of
abuse and misrepresentatoin against
him.
Senator Walsh always defended
Wheeler against the charge that he
had been lax in prosecuting the L W.
W. and other disloyalists, and main
taiged his record- jiiatied his reten
.tion in olee.
To this theory Senator Myers
would never subscribe and he at one
time recommended F. '1. Cowley of
Great Falls for district attorney. He
later recommended the appointment
of E. C. Day of Helena. as district
attorney.
Senator Myers' recommendation is
still on file.
THE DOUBLE CROSS.
The cat i out of the bag.
SThe rea:son -tr tfe Sheridan Coun
ty Iy5alty.L ° Ui rmr tparent.
Up until this time the camse for thas
organisation has been uamplainable.
It seems that there was after all
somse met od in thp madnams of the
sherida County lIyalty League.
The Predaeers News, to be short
and for the ak i.o tuth has deuig
ue antd t41 bo. awEtim' as the
".m1sy leage and
exalsed kiediwer^ 'y and
"Acm~ale ct0m0
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FARMER Q .I
STONI 1. R
STATE SENATOR
Farmer Clair Stoner, the Nonpar
tisan League nominee for state sena
tor endorsed and "supported by the
farmers, whose name is on Nation
c~ ticket, is now conceded as a win
ner by a large majority at the. gen
eral election this fall.
CLAUI STONER, of Outlook
Mr. Stoner is and always bas been
a farmer. He is honest and reliable,
and he will fight for the rights of the
farmers' whom he expects to repre
sent. There is no question as to his
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.endorsed for state senator on. the
lepublican ticket, mistee of Nels
Levang, the nominee on the -Demo-i
cratic ticket, because the business
min of . ulbertson needed Lowe in
their co_ ty seat business.. It was a
mater at logic, both the state ,and
national admi.lstratiop bA Demo.
cratic, Nesl Levang -eihou have had
he so-called loyalty eandam.n
Culbertson would ent stm. hr Le
vang. This also explainsasb it come
about that Nehemiah Di of Sco
bey, was ditched in hip f ey for
state senator by pressure elrted by
intemte oas, the u1PN Se
boy lo has. county ratas
Ste -m a line tvw4 sao
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A. C. Townley Will
Speak At Brush Lake
President A. C. Townley, of the
National Nonpartisan League, has
been secured to address a meeting to
be held at Brush Lake on Sunday
afternoon, October 27th, at 2 p. m.,
and if the present epidemic of Span
ish influenza subsides by that time,
the meeting will be a tremendous af
fair, otherwise there will be no nmeet
ing.
If possible, and it will be unless
the influenza is still in existence, the
committee will arrange to have a gi
gantic automobile parade from Plen
tywood to Brush Lake on October 27.
This will be a splendid opportunity
for the farmers of Sheridan county
to get together and hold a large de
monstration of their strength and
hear the president of the National
Nonpartisan League deliver one of
his able addresses. Of course, all of
this now being planned may fall
through with the present epidemic
:still in the air as no meetings of any
kind will be permitted while the
Spanish influenza continues.
Everybody who has an auto should
make arrangements to take a neigh
bor or friend with them if they have
room. The bigger the crowd the bet
tar, and wit such a chance to hear
Mr. Tmnley, the farmers gnd others
throughout the county will not need
much urging, only to call their at
tention to the date and place of the
meeting.
Mr. Townley has a big schedule
of meetings throughout the state and
unless he can ll this date at Brush
Lake, he will not appear in Sheridan
county this year.
platiorm makes the following solemn
piedge:
"I will during the period of the
war oppose all legislation in regard
to county division."
But, The Producers News is in
formed from absolutely reliable sour
ces that Banker Lowe has made a
promise to the buaieas men of u1t
bertson thatthough he will not intro
duce a county division bill himself
during the period ao the War, that
he will see to it that sm "h pper"
friend does introduce such a bill In
the coming session of the legislatnz
next winter dividlag the co frty o rma
east to west and mak lin G "lsltm
the county seatp .
Another poiet-h, has em i.4
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'FLU' EPIDEMIC CLAIMS
MANY IN COUNTY
More Really Sick People In County Than Auy~
Time Since Epidemic Commenced, Is Belief
Three Dead Here
According to the latest reports
many people in Sheridan county have
been claimed by the Spanish influen
za,,which developed into pneumonia.
In Plenty* there have been three
deaths up to this Friday. While It
is presumed that the epidemic is sub
siding in several communities, In
cludipg Plentywood, yet it seems that
new cases are appearing daily. The
fatalities are not, in comparison with
the large number of really sick peo
ple throughout the county, very
large. Thanks for that.
The dead in Plentywood are:
John Cavanaugh, aged 18 years,
died last Saturday. A Wolf boy, aged
about 16 years, died Monday. Ranny
F'ishbeck, aged 27 years, died Thurs
day night.
Early this morning the death of
Dr. Toney, of Redstone, who was
brought here with his wife and a
nurse early this week, occurred. It
i, reported that Mrs. Toney is seri
ously ill.
Over in the Dagmar country, P. L.
Jensen, who run for county commis
sioner, died Monday.
Charles Atherton, who resided in
Canada, died Monday night at the J.
S. Downey farm, just a mile north
west of Outlook. He leaves a wife
and a child.
At Flaxville, Mrs. Dave La
Blanche, aged 38 years, and Emil
Steffin, aged 20 years, died yester
day.
Guy Wesley Adams, a farmer who
resided about five miles north of
Dooley, died Wednesday morning,
leaving a wife and two children.
Miss Beatrice Reedlud, a cousin to
Louis Thorsen south of Outlook,
died Monday. She had been cook
ing for a threshing outfit.
Miss Anna Larter, who stopped
with her sister, Mrs. Sam Fawcett,
OUTLOOK BANKER'S SON
RUN OVER AND KILLED
A most unfortunate accident oc
curred at Outlook on Tuesday of
this week, shortly after the noon
hour, when little William, the four
year-old son of Banker and Mrs. A
Rueber, slipped from a wagon loaded
with lumber and the wheel passed
ver his arm and head, crushing out
the little life.
The little fellow, who was always
fall of play, had his wagon with him
and was playing about the wagon
when he decided to climb aboard. He
climbed onto the front wheel, and it
seems that while he was in the act
of doing this, the horses started up
at a walk and the little fellow slip
ped and fell, the hind wheel passing
over his body. The wagon was
standing in the back yard of the
Burns residence and was loaded with
lumber which O. B. Snuggins was to
haul to his farm in Canada.
Funeral services and interment
took place at Outlook on Wednesday
afternoon at three o'clock.
MRS. M. M. JOHNSON'S NEPHEW
KILLED IN FALL, IN IOWA
Mrs. M. M. Johnson was called to
Spencer, Ia., the latter part of last
week on account of tie death of her
nephew, which occurred shortly after
an accident. It is said that the boy,
who was about sixteen years old,
climbed up on the roof of a barn to
his pigean coop where he caught four
pigeons, and while descending the
ladder, he slipped and fell to the
eowh4 ere he was later aound un
nonsieas. The aceldedit Ihappened af
ter dark and when the lad was found
be had a flashlight in one hand and
the four pigeons in the otier, clasped
., fto, fm,
be. + eltt egang is on the run,
MW V0"'048d to ~40
who resides about 6 miles northwest
of Outlook, died yesterday mor.nig.
She was ill since the 7th.
A sad story is told of the ThoIp
son family who reside about 4 miles
southeast qf Outlook, two boys hav
ing died. .Mr. Thompson received
word that his son, who was at Camp
Dodge, was very low. He went there
and found his son dead, and then
wired Warren, his younger son to
arrange for a funeral. When 'the
father arrived home, Warren was
dead from influenza and two youag
er boys seriously ill.
Jack Kjelstrup's sister, Mrs. E. J.
Haugen, of Wolf Point, died #t the
hgspital at that place on Wednesday.
Her husband and two children are ill
at the hospital.
Jose Rosenthal, of Westby, died
Monday. He married Miss Ili
c'ierce, related to the Pierce's of
this place. There were no children.
It is almost impossible to record all
of the cases of the disease and deaths
properly because so many of us are
busy helping to stamp out the epi
demic and the fact that the desired
detailed information concerning each
is not available.
Briefly, the situation is serious, and
it requires coolness and courage and
sacrifice on the part of every person
in Sheridan county who is able to
give some assistance to the stricken
populace. That the people of the
county have been co-operating with
the board of health to stamp out the
plague is manifested each day since
the order was sent out. Evrerybody
wants to do something and they
should do all they can.
The recent rains give us some hope
of the epidemic subsiding in a short
time, at least the i-ains will clear the
air and settle the dust, keep those
who are afflicted indoors, and in gen
eral do some good.
BEATRICE K. O'GRADY
FOR COUNTY AUDITO
e Beatrice K. O'Grady, of Raymond,
, is the Nonpartisan League candidate'
for county auditor on the Republicaup
ticket, and was endorsed by the farm
j ers at their convention held previous
i to the primary election. That Mrs.
t O'Grady has the ability to serve the
people of Sheridan county in the of
bce to which she is neminated, is.a
known fact.
BEATRI L
Outside of at
Mrs. O'Grd a ietdb
farmer League fotr Coep
Auditor 1 the
Republiour t* bs
fled for tats bea
servi;e. Tbave
Iknown thii
Mrs. OYGr*l
paeked abther
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wilfor aear
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