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Listen! Just a Moment Ladies and Gentleman I don't represent Tergus Falls Northern Woolen Mills or The Red River Woolen Mills Fergus Falls. But I represent the old reliable Fergus Falls Woolen Mill Co., organized 1889. Oldest, Largest and Best Equipped Woolen Mill in the Northwest Seling Direct to the Consum er. We have built up a wonderful business on 35 years of honest and square dealings. We don't show one kind of samples and ship something different in material when we deliver our goods. We sell Direct to the Wearer Only, thereby eiminating all middemen's profit. We can easily compete with Sears & Roebuck and Montgomery Ward & Co. I also have a full line of dress suits and overcoats, over 250 different fabrics of woolen cloth to select from, many different styles for young and old, made to order to the in dividual measure of Customer, guaranteed to fit in every particular at a price you can not duplicate anywhere—The cloth is made by The American Woolen Mill Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, the biggest Woolen Mill in the world and tailored by Expert Tailors, The True Greaters Outfitters. Last but not least I have a full line of Shoes of the most comfortable shoes ever made, regardless of price it is worn by men in all walks of life from Governors to Section hands in practically every state in the union. I have the contract for Sheridan and Roosevelt Countv, inclusive and shall call on you some time in the future with a full line of samples. Do not place your order until hrdlu rdl hrd Irdl rdlrdld Do Not Place You* Order Until You Have Seen My Line. Sincerely yours for business. Salesman. . PLENTYWOOD, MONT. BOX 404. Ready to Serve Meats Why spend your time these hot days over a stove cooking Meats when you can come here and choose from these choice, ready prepared eMats at a saving over what you pay for those you must prepare. 1 ! ! Keeping a supply of these Meats in your ice box is a splen _did plan. PHONE 17 The New Market FRED FORMAN, Prop. A Young Man's Plan A YOUNG MAN came to the bank one day and tol us he was going away from home to work. He wanted to know How to send his money back to us for his savings account. We talked this matter over with him and he found it easy to do his banking by mail. When he gets his salary he promptly sends a good share of it to be deposited for him. His b ank account is growing rapidly. When he comes home he will find more money to his credit than he sent us because his money has been earning interest for him. No matter where you may go you will find it easy to do your banking with us by mail. Come in and talk with us about this service before going away. THE First National Bank PLENTYWOOD, MONT. a TO ORGANIZE BANK CLERKS NEW YORK.—A quiet, persistent, and already promising campaign is under way to organize the 20,000 bank clerks of New York City. The un ionizing effort is being conducted by Bookkeepers, Stenographers and Ac countants' union 12646, with the back ing of the A. F, of L. Most of the officials of the larger local banks deny any knowledge fif the campaign; a few admit that they have heard rumors of it; but practical ly all give evidence of being worried about it. The union already has a nucleus of bank clerks around which to build, the employes of the Amalgamated bank and Federation bank, New York's two labor banks, having joined the union with the approval of the bank officials. Abolition of the usual Christmas bonuses to bank employes, 'and an nouncement that the city's banks were about to institute a "readjustment" of employes' salaries, was made recently, but not until after the organizing campaign had gotten under way, ac cording to Ernest Bohm, secretary of the local union. A previous attempt to unionize bank clerks here failed. The union, which was organized at that time, was called the Bank Employes' union. It did not have the necessary staying power be cause its membership was confined to bank workers. Officials of the Book keepers, Stenographers and Account ants' union are confident that the present move will succeed because the union already is an established, going organization which can function suc cessfully without the bank clerks. Thousands of the bank clerks in New York, married and with families, work 50. hours a week or more for $30 to $35. They frequently have to work several hours overtime for which they receive only "supper money." Anthracite Operators Look ing for Higher Prices ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.—Refusal by the operators to recognize the closed union shop and to institute checking-off of union dues on the pay roll is the cause -of the breakup of the anthracite conference here, called to draw up a contract in place of the one expiring Sept. 1. No immediate anx iety is felt since the motion to adjourn provded for reconvening the confer ence by secretary at any opportune time, which gives all of August to continue negotiations, anthracite figure on a reserve equal to a month and a half's supply by Sept. Dealers in 1. SMALL RAISE FOR CHICAGO L MEN CHICAGO.—Seventy-five cents an hour is the new rate for motormen on Chicago elevated lines fixed by arbi tration. Next year it is to be 77c. The old rate was 72c and the new rate follow custom in keeping their hourly wage 2c above that .of motormen and conductors on the surface lines. Ele vated conductors, who do not have to collect fares or issue transfers, will get 70c this year and 72c next, a sim ilar 3c and 2c increase over the old rates. Elevated guards get 68c and .„extra guards 67c an hour. The decision proves again that em ployers are using arbitration to keep wages down. The present rates bare I ly enable the m,en to preserve the low prewar standard of living. EXPLOIT CANADIAN LUMBERJACKS By SYDNEY WARREN Federated Press Staff Correspondent. The super-pa triotic British Columbia lumber own ers are thrilled with the new prospect of being able to stand by the British Empire. It is announced that the British government, alarmed at the extent of France's aircraft power, is negotiating for supplies of aeroplane spruce from the Queen Charlotte Is lands of this province at fancy prices. The pi-ospective boom calls attention again to the slave conditions under which the lumberjacks do the work while the employers rake :n the profits Last year B. C. lumberacks cut one billion, eight hundred and nine million board feet of lumber, of which amount : two hundred and seventy-three mil lion feet were exported. The logger's share of the total cut was 275 feet, or enough to provide him with a bunk in a "double-decker" bunkhouse. Insanitary sleeping quarters are common throughout the logging camps of the province. In some places the sleeping quarters ,meat and cook hous es and toilets are built close together, with consequent reeking conditions of filth and disease. In camps where piecework is the rule, the tools sup j plied are often antiquated and of little j use. Camps having shower baths are frequently without hot water and sometimes without any kind of water. The food is of low quality, the meat j frequently spoiled. Complaints against camp conditions brand the offender as a labor agitator. He is discharged and hi sname placed on a blacklist for the reference of the logging bosses of the province. If workers are known to belong to a un ion or receive mail from union head quarters, letters are intercepted in many camps and the person to whom they are addressed is minus his job. This system of "high ball" logging reached a climax recently in the case fif the Genoa Bay Logging Co. at Co witchan Lake. Early in June it prom ised the workers a free trip to Victoria and a supper at a leading hotel if the crew put 4,800 logs in the water be tween June 1st and the 28th. The men exerted themselves to do this, the natural sportsmanship of the lumber jack to perform such a feat being en couraged by the prospect of a holiday trip. Several obstacles were met with which caused an unavoidable delay and when June 28th came the crew VANCOVER, B. C. was somewhat short the amount of logs allotted. The camp closed down and the crew, thinking that their boss es would be equal in sportsmanship made ready for the holiday trip. The company officials, however, forestalled them, and instead of the trip and din ner, the Genoa Bay Logging Co. in its munificience presented each lumber jack with a 25-cent bottle of beer for a months' sweating at top speed. The cost to the company for speed ing up these workers for 26 working days was $10, which averaged about three-fifths of a cent per man for each working day. So enticing has been the "square feed" in speeding up lagging lumber jacks that another company with a "vision," the Chekamus Bumber. Co., near Squamish, recently gave a "feed" to its workers in recognition of a two million board feet output for month of June. There was the usual palaver about the necessity of a cooperative spirit between capital and labor. A few months hence and the scene will change—the same bosses who spoke platitudes about the identity of interests will be motoring and loung ing on Cailfornia beaches while their workers will be found in cheap room ing houses and eating at 15-cent res taurants in Vancover—broke, fiancial ly and physically. Printers Rap Rocke feller Foundation BUFFALO, N. Y.—The convention of the New York State Council of the Allied Printing Trades, in session here has adopted a resolution demanding the cancellation of the charter of the Rockefeller foundation, which it char acterizes as an "effort to control free education in the public schools of the state." Another resolution adopted by the convention urges wider support of the labor press. "The public press," it de clares, "does not give sufficient space to matters affecting organized labor." In another resolution, E. H. Gary is condemned as being instrumental in perpetuating the 12-hour day in the United States steel industry. MONTANA CROP REPORTS Factors affecting the condition of growing crops in Montana for the last half of July were largely favorable, but several days of hot weather caused injury to wheat and other small grains particularly in the eastern portion of the state, according to the report of the Montana Co-operative Crop Re porting Service. Moisture conditions have been gen erally sufficient for crop needs except in the east and southeastern parts, and in a few other localities. Several heavy downpour* caused crop losses, chiefly in the central and southcentral sections. Hail has done material in jury in many scattered localities. Al though grasshoppers injury seems to be less concentrated than it has been, yet mpre or less losses are being suf fered by nearly all crops from this cource in most counties. In the western two-thirds of the state, grains have been filling well, while further east much has been forced by hot weather to mature a little too early. Winter wheat harvest is well begun, with prospects of heav ier yields in many places than had been expected a month ago. The av erage yield will not be large, due to many poor stands. Spring wheat has made rapid progress toward maturity, and a few fields are ready to cut. Best conditions for this crop are found in the western two-thirds of the state. Corn also has gone forward in fine shape, and as a whole is in better con dition now than are small grains. Hay crops are mostly in good condition, and wild hay harvest is under way and the second alfalfa crop is being cut in the northwest, and in a few other places. Flax has been injured some by hot dry weather, but still promises a good yield. Some fields have been cut, while many are yet to bloom. Sugar beets are promising very good yields at this time. The fruit crops of the Bitter Root Valley suffered damages from hail to the ex tent of fifty per cept during this per iod. Livestock have made good gains on abundant grasses, and some cattel are reported ready to ship now T . Summary By Districts Northwestern District— (Flathead and Lincoln Counties). Excellent con ditions generally prevail. Hay and grain crops are very good. Some scattered damage has resulted from hopers and hail. Westcentral District— All other counties west of the Divide). Condi tions generally good. Yields oJ* small grains promise to be very good in Sanders, Missoula and Ravalli coun ties. Hay crops*, including alfalfa, timothy, and mixed hays are very good. Hail storms have reduced the prospective fruit crops of Ravalli by fifty per cent. Ranges in this district are very good. Southwestern District — (Beaver head and Madison counties). Mois ture conditions adequate and a very heavy crop of hay will be harvested, and grain prospects are good to excell ent. Hopers have done considerable damage in scattered localities. Northcentral District—(From the Divide east to Phillips County, and in cluding Teton and Choteau Counties). Moisture conditions have continued favorable. Crops not damaged by hail or hoppers promise good to excell ent yields. The large area included in the "Triangle," except in the south ern corner, will produce but little crop this year on acount of hopper devas tation, but recent rains have brought back range grasses in this section in fairly good shape. Losses from hail have been limited. Teton, Glacier and parts of Pondera report the best pros pects since 1915. Central District—(From the Divide east to Garfield and south to Yellow stone county and to the southern tier of counties). Prospects in this district are mostly favorable, but are spotted chiefly on acount of heavy injuries from hail, rain and wind storms in Musselshell,. Golden Valley and Fer gus counties particularly. Hoppers » c taken fairly heavy toll in scatter ed sections throughout the Com is in excellent condition. Winter wheat which is being harvested at wus time will vary greatly in yields, my crops are generally very good, as are range conditions. , Southcentral District—(From Gal latin to Yellowstone counties inclus ive). Prospects in this district are mostly very good. Han, excessive downpours of rain, and hoppers have caused heavy injury in various locali ties. Moisture conditions are for tne most part sufficient at the present time Range conditions are very good Northeastern District — ?P S county to the east line north of tne Missouri). Moisture conditions have been adequate for the most part, but the yield prospects have been lowered somewhat by hot weather, and to a lesser extent by black rust. Hail, hop pers and local "cloud-bursts have caused considerable damage in various localities. Corn prospects are excell ent, and ranges are good. Eastcentral District — (p. a ^' son .' Garfield, McCone, Prairie, Richland and Wibadx counties). Spring wheat has been materially injured by dry hot weather. Flax has also been injured, while the corn prospects are good to excellent. Losses from hail and hop pers have not ben excessive in this district. The range is rather dry and short in severa localities. Sotheastern Distrit—(Big Horn and Rosebud counties east and south t# state lines). Conditions are very gooo in Big Horn county, with injury from early and recend dry periods showing more seriously toward the eastern part of the district, prospects aparently be ing least favorable in Fallon county. Hail, hoppers and local "cloud-bursts" have taken a toll of the crops here al so. Range conditions arq» generally good, although grass is dry and short in many localities toward the eastern end. have GEO A. SCOTT, Agricultural Statistician. LAUNDRY BUYS FORDS Twelve Ford delivery cars were re cently sold to the Ideal Laundry of San Antonio, Texas, by the Yantis Herpel Motor Company. After a dem onstration and statistical comparison the special "truck salesmen company succeeded in replacing the entire transportation system of the Ideal Laundry with Ford chassis, equipped with commercial delivery bodies. This laundry formerly utilized horse-drawn wagons for practically all of this work. This sale was made by a special salesman, who was handling only this class of business. of this SNIFF AT DOCTORS ORDERS WILL NEVER CURE ANY PATIENT FOLLOWING PRESCRIPTION The doctor ordered the patient to go to the mountains and breathe the in vigorating air for a while. The patient made a week-end trip, took a sniff and returned home, say ing the whole thing was a failure. Many advertisers selling a line ad vertised by others regularly, put in two or three ads and quit in disgust. ? If a merchant selling just one line could secure a rush of business with one or two ads, where would we get the police to handle the crowds at the store selling a thousand lines and ad vertising every day? The effect of advertising is not mir aculous; it is a constant, consistent, sure upbuilding process. Instiutions in Plentywood who ad vertise regularly in The Producers News are building for themselves a permanent and enduring place in the esteem of the paper's readers . DINNER PAIL EPICS By BILL LLOYD O, me! O, my! Alack! Alas! The men who run the Peoples Gas and give Chicago gas to cook has wrote a new rule in its book, to give the girls who work for it a chance to hold their jobs a bit. They must not wear a sleeveless gown, and when they walk out in the town their head must be topped with a hat, or they'll be told where they is at. Rouge must be spread on very light. The lip stick, in which girls delight, must now be held to be taboo or they can hunt a job that's The powder, from the brow to chin, must be laid on in coat that's thin. In short they must go slow on make up, or there will be an office shakeup. Between appearance and their jobs the girls can choose with tears and sobs. They can't doll up to catch a beau, or off the payroll they will go. All pim ples now they must expose and squint down on a shiny nose. We have a bunch of grave suspic ions that men who hold the high po sitions think girls who make "them selves up some will put men's morals on the bum, and they can figure prof its better if they are free of any fet ter to the smooth skin of sleeveless arm and other undenatured charm. But what becomes of human rights when office girls look like frights? Why let the boss play duck and drake with beauty for its beauty's sake? The Woman's party should come out and swing a sleeveless arm in bout to stay this direful prostitution of wom en's unwrit constitution, which says that every modern Eve can wear face powder and no sleeve, and shan't con ceal her beauteous charm to save bank balances from harm. With my mug, I'm no ladies man, but for them I'll do what I can. And though it may not win me love, I'll cash in when I get above, you. new. I thank N.E. MONT. LABOR OFFICE BAINVILLE / MEN BROUGHT FROM EAST FOR FIVE COUNTIES- APPLY COUNTY AGENT. Federal-state Harvest Labor offices for the recruitment and distribution of TO We have the best equi D . ped line of Drugs and Accessories in Northeast, ern Montana At The Plenty wood rug the help that will be needed in the principal grain producing districts ot the state are to be opened at once at Bainville and Great Falls by the L. o. Farm Labor Bureau in cooperation with the Montana Department of Ag riculture. In 1922 the Montana De partment of Agriculture established a temporary harvest labor office at Bain ville for the distribution of harvest labor recruited by the U. S. Farm La bor Bureau. This season trained men of the U. S. Farm Labor Bureau will be in charge of the Bainville office and also the one at Great Falls, Serves Five Counties The Bainville office will serve the needs of northeastern Montana—Phill ips, Valley, Roosevelt, Daniels, Sheri dan and Richland counties; the Great Falls office will be in a clearing pokit for Judith Basin, Fergus, Cascade, Teton, Chouteau, Pondera, Lewis and Clark, Gallatin and other accessible counties. Farmers will list their labor needs with the county agents, who will not ify the distributing offices of the num ber of men needed and the wages of fered. The distributing office will send the men direct to the county agents for clearance to the farmers. Recruit From East Labor for northeastern Montana will be recruited from the east, and it is likely a special harvest fare will be put into effect. Because of the long, round about distances involved it is not practical to secure labor from the east for central Montana, so efforts will be made to recruit men from the west, as well as from those districts in Montana where crops are light be cause of drouth or grasshopper dam age. While these two districts are in greatest need of the greatest amount of labor, there are other districts that can also use men from the outside. The Bitter Root valley, south of Mis soula, needs a considerable number of men for haying, harvesting and finit picking. The region around Dillon, in southern Montana, needs mtn for hay ing, according to reports. The dis tricts around Bozeman and Helena also need men. Help Wanted to Harvest Canada's Biggest Crop See the West While Earning Money Western Canada has the biggest crop in its history. Farm labor is needed to harvest it. You can visit this wonderful country while earning money and see the great opportuni ties it has to offer. Special Low Fares Special arrangements have been made t<~ a very low fare to all points in the They will be in effect during the harvest Asst. Supt. of Colonization, Canadian Pacific Railway e harvest help Prairie Provinces. season. For full information call on or write to R. C. BOSWORTH 202 Exchange National Bank Bldg., Spokane, Wash. 4 1 ♦ 4 1 » ! ■ 4 » 4 * ♦ ♦ & $ ♦ ♦ fr 4 « 4 * if ♦ 4» ♦ 4» j ut >I < $ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ V t * V * v t >> £ ; { * t m * ' I I f t ■■ strain * □ . ; fa fii :■ £ : T t X Ü V t ♦14 V £ :• We have purchased a quantity of Regular Hams that we are going to give you at a price of 25 c per pound. Come in and take one or two home for your harvest. X f ♦ i * 1 I i AT I HEINS' MARKET! î I POOLING OF CATTIE IS PROFITABLE Oil COLORADO RANCBB WASHINGTON.-The cattle by ranchers in CoIoraÄ ci about better management am! ^ economical handling, according ft S.Klemmendsoiupf the atm* u * department, who has recently a study of 454 outfits ruS*»* the national forest, of that'sSf' Pooling not only makes it nLu. to handle cattle in the forest SS more economically." says Mr vi medson, "but many of these pooK following the practice of purchft. high-grade bulls to use on all the 5 m the pool. This is shewing fc J fects on the size and quality of tu calf crop. The cattle in the pools studio l. Mr. Klemmedson were taken cared at an average cost of Si.87 a foi during the last summer; cattle in £ individual outfits costing $2.86 a head to handle, according to the expert, figures. About 47 per cent of the tiv tal cost of handling the 42,254 head included in the survey went to the government in grazing fees. The rid ers and their grub used thf remain™ 53 per cent. Nearly 44 per cent of the stock or the Colorado forest ranges are cow*, the survey shows; 19 per cent year ling steers, 14 per cent two-year-olds, 4 per cent three-year-old steers, and the rest bulls, yearling heifers aai mixed stuff. The biggest loss was on. curred from poisonous plants. JUST SO During a discussion with his wift touching things domestic, Grouchleigs delivered himself of the following: "Marie, I have observed that she who makes a good pudding in silence is of greater worth than she wbe makes a tart reply."—Wayside Taiee.