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of Sheridan County
A PAPER OF THE PE OPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE
PLENTYWOOD, SHERIDAN COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1923
Continuing Plenty wood Pioneer Press: Vol. 9, No. 10
■ial Paper
No. 27
Continuing the Outlook Promotet,
Sheridan County News and Dooley Su»
üvi.
ORLD SER IES NOW ON IN NEW YORK
ompers Deno unce s So viet R ussia
r . PO, LOWING REACTIONARY LEADERS RE
F £ri TO RECOGNIZE RUSSIA—PROGRESSIVES
J{e THROWN OUT OF CONVENTION..
glK WORTH WHILE IS ACCOMPLISHED
American Federation of Labor
ft Portland. Oregon this week
» jrreat success from a social
but following the leader
Senary despot* wWcb.have
the Federation of Labor lor
tm " atuie
""''That has been made by
bring out the American
,*tion of Labor as a progressive
fbi politics or otherwise, has een
*«ith the steam roller and the
£ Legate has been threatened
pulsion or has been expelled
1 he meeting as a radical or some
i wen
effort
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;LEY GARNER
GOES INSANE
PIGS
MIUVT KAISER OF
HIS MIND AND HAS TO
ÎE TAKEN TO WARM SPRINGS.
farley Gamer, who is well known
L Sheridan County through his ac
Ljg in the hog: business, had to be
taK into custody last week as his
U had become unbalanced in such
fray that it was thought better to
L 'him in a safe place.
[Theunfortunate man is not a rav
Lœssjac in any sense of ih? word,
E its thought that with proper care
k my regain his normal senses.
F Curley is universally liked in Plen
mwd ind it is hoped that his condi
pfitill improve so that he may again
bis business of raising _ and
Uh? pure bred hogs, which business
k«tcoming into its own in Sheri
iki County.
FROM THE
OUTLOOK SCHOOL
1ER ARY SOCIETY WILL GIVE
EVENING PROGRAM FRIDAY,
(XT. 19. AT 8:00 O'CLOCK.
enrollment of the High School
*krwr this year than it was at the
*Knning of last year. Several new
■al- have entered, they are:
,3aie; Schuman, Elilabeth Johnson,
Kreis, Leo Lund and Gladys
Ee have some new teachers this
Professor Lundahl and Mrs.
' n High School, Mrs. Shultz,
and Miss Bergen, fourth
«fifth grades.
^ 01 fe r to meet the state require
^ became necessary to transfer
• 3 division of the second grade
«Pnmary room.
[j^ ^Woss is conducting her mus
_ '" the school building since
■ started. Thursdays and Fridays
■«»usic days. i n addition to her
u , «h* is instructing a
tttnol Orchestra organized by
Lundahl.
JJ* Outlook High School
rt- 'ru'l ? ' ve tbie ' r evening
JJ October 19th
" teon 10c and 15c.
to
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at 8 o'clock. Ad
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MADE TO ROB FIRST
NATIONAL BANK AT RAYMOND
*°BBERS
Tain F J?' LED WHEN BANK IS FOUND TO CON
C0miÄ HT WATCHMAN-CUT TELEPHONE
UMMUNICATION AND TELEGRAPH WIRES.
jS[ 5£r S ni tL ht hl n , eff . ort was
kui^d-bebanW of .Raymond,
w^fraph wi~c k > rob *. b€rs had cut
W*® d «£oth/Si! e t dmg out of
|V Pr °ceeded V o l fl P ^ 0ne , Wires and
ï ank handing.
structur «
Bflpfcd the tile place where
t0 the bank
Vjsbt tSouS ng L the ra Y s of
^ desired the window
to enter the thieves
other reason concocted by the reac
tionary leaders.
President Gompers of the Federa
tion of Labor has had a very fine
bunch of the moSt reactionary speak
ers corailed together from all parts
of the earth to tell the lesser fry
where to get off at and they have been
working overtime at the convention.
Apparently the delegates under the
influence of their reactionary leaders
do not wish to go into politics
as they turned down the motion to go
in with the farmers for political action
(Continued on page 8)
ROOSEVELT COUN
TY EDITOR GETS
BACK AT JEROME
For the benefit of the Poplar Stand
ard, which some time ago printed
statements to the effect that Dolin,
up in Plentywood, had perfectly legal
claims when he padded them against
the county, we can now state that, in
spite of the rank graft, the divvy sys
tem, drunkenness and riotious living,
and the natural attributes of gang
sters, has brought the Polluted Press
to an end, and the printing contract
and good will of the paper is being
taken over by the farmer's paper, the
Producers News, this week. "De
Gang" thus throws up the sponge be
cause it cost too much to keep a few
of the star perf<wmers out of jail and
the taxpayers were in earnest aboue
stopping the graft. It will go the
same way in Roosevelt county.
Farmer-labor representatives start
ed yesterday to organize in Roosevelt
county and we opine that the drunken
galoot who spoke about The Inde
pendent quitting will get other notions
in his head when he sobers up.
ED MOE ISSUES
CHALLENGE TO
SAMMY TRAPP
PLENTYWOOD BOXER
PUTTING IN SONIE
The Producers News is this week in
receipt of a letter from Eddie Moe,
local middle weight boxer in which he
issues the following challenge;
I hereby challenge Sammy
Trapp on a return fight any time
he wishes to go on with me.. If
* Trapp feels that there is not
enough money in it, I will fight—
winner take all, with a side bet.
Eddie has had a great deal more
training at this time than at any time
this fall and has had a sparring part
ner that has given him real workouts.
A few weeks ago he added a punching
bag to his equipment and has been
busy since gaining the speed and ac
curacy which a fast bag gives to a
willing pupil. ,
This will make a great fight and
hope that these two fighters will be
able to get together in te near future.
Charley Huebned was up from Med
icine Lake last Monday to hobnob
with friends and look after other bus
iness.
Lewistown—Oil found at 500 ft. in
city limits.
♦
YOUNG
AFTER
HARD WORK TRAINING ISSUES
CHALLENGE TO COLORED MAN
u
we
roused G us Earner who was sleeping
in the building. Gu§ made inquiry as
to who was there and what they
wanted and the men melted into the
darkness and disappeared. No doubt
the men who trie dto rob the ban
figured on the institution being un
protected at that time of the night and
they got an unpleasant surprise. Np
trace has been found of the pight mar
ouders up to date and they are, no
doubt far from the scene of their at
tempted robbery by this time.
BÎGFREE DANCE AFTER CORN SHOW
MANY BECOME
CITIZENS OF THE.
UNITED STATES
Six Residents of Sheridan County
Pass Examination Tests and are
Now Full Fledged American Citi
zens—Civics Class Takes in the
Proceedings.
On October 8 1923, a term of Natur
alization was held at Plentywood,
Montana, before Hon. C. E. Comer,
and Hon. G. W. Tyler, Unite | States
Naturalization Examiner.
The follôwing persons passed the
examination and were granted certifi
cates :
Andrew Christfim Haaning of Re
serve, Mont.; Knute Knutson of Med
icine Lake, Mont.; Soren Johannes
Johansen, Dagmar, Mont.; Jens Jac
obsen Lund, Reserve, Mont.; Martha
Hattwig, Outlook, Mont.; Joi|;en K.
Jensen, Medicine Lake, Mont.
The following petitions were denied
for the reason their witnesses could
not qualify:
Peter Nordquist, Reserve, Mont.;
Peter G. Erickson, Dooley, Mont.
The Eighth Grade Civics Class of I
the Plentywood High School in charge
of Agnes M. Duffy, teacher, attended
this hearing and were addressed by
Hon. G. W. Tyler Naturalization Ex
aminer of Seattle, Washington.
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A. F. OF L CON
VENTION HELD
Portland, Ore.—The 43 rd annual
contention of the American Federa
tion of Labor in session here has ap
proved the resolution calling for a
prolonged organization drive in the
steel industry until the eight-hour day
and complete unionization is attained.
Other resolutions which passed, favor
ed organization campaigns in the
southern textile mills and in the pack
ing houses of the country. The con
vention also authorized #ie Bookkeep
ers, Stenographers and Accountants
Union of New York, to organize the
half million office workers of that city.
George L. Beery, president,
Pressmen & Assistants union, reported
on the recent New York strike in
which he outlawed the local union for
alleged violation of contract. Frank
Hodges, secretary, British Miners
Federation, recounted the success of
the British Labor party and warned
the convention against the influence of
Moscow,
Delay In Mail Routes
Due To Lack Of Funds
The delay on the part of the post
office department in establishing the
two rural routes out of Plentywood
seems
more
cated by a letter recently received by
the Secretary of the Commercial Club
from Congressman Scott Leavitt who
has been investigating the matter
with a view of urging the établi sh
ment of the routes, Mr. Leavitt ad
vises
to establish the two routes but that
they are very short of funds and that
the delay in making a final, decision
is due not to inaction but to a desire
to esablish the service in the face of
what is considered by them a low and
inadequate budget. Under these con
ditions it is quite probable that no
definite action will be taken until Con
gress makes further appropriations
for the post office department.
to be due to a lack of funds
than anything else as is indi
that the department would like
9 CARS OF CATTLE
LEAVE ANTELOPE
J, J. Courtney and J. J. Murray left
on Thursday for Chicago with nine
carloads of cattle from the farms of
this vicinity. The early curing of
the range grass this fall has put
these cattle in Al condition and they
will no doubt, top the market for
grass fed stuff. A few head in the
bunch had been topped off on corn
for a week or ten days and it will be
interesting to note the results when
the auction block.
they go on
Try a Want Ad, it brings results.
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EXHIBITS ARE NOW COMING IN FOR FAIR
Local Committee Arranges for Big Free Dance to be Held at
Orpheum After Evening Show—A Regular Old Time
Bring Your Fiddle and Take in the Big Doings.
Dane
The Committee has been busy this
week adding the touches of gaiety to
the events of the Big Corn Show and
one of the events which will be last
but not least, is the free dance in the
evening at the Orpheum. This "will
be a eral old time dance and all fid
dlers and musicians are asked to bring
in their rçusical instruments in order
that the music may change off, 'thus
allowing all to join in the festivities.
There will be no charge of any kind
for this dance ,and the festivities will
probably extend until the wee hours
of the morning.
The Exhibits of the Com Show al
ready are making -their appearance
Meet With Business Men and Farmers and Gets Viewpoint on
AGRICULTURAL MAN FROM WASHING
- TON, D. C. DISCUSSES PROBLEMS
Condition of County—Will Report Findings to Agricul
tural Department.
Last Tuesday evening, H. C. Taylor,
chief of the Bureau of Agricultural
Economics, Washington, D. C., met
with a number of business men and
farmers at the City Hall in Plenty
wood and went over the general sit
uation of the county wi Jr **iem.
Mr. Taylor has come from the
Department of Agriculture for the
purpose of finding out how conditions
are in this part of the United States
from first hand information. He not
only stops and interviews the people
in the towns but makes a personal in
terview with farmers throughout the
country, and no doubt when he gets
back to Washington he will have some
think worth while to tell concerning
the condition of the farmers in the
Northwest.
The meeting at the city hall with
Mr. Taylor was a very cordial and in
structive one. It was brought out that
many farmers were leaving the coun
WHEAT GROWERS ASSSOCIATION
WILL HANDLE COARSE GRAINS
LARGE CO-OPERATIVES JOIN HANDS TO MAKE BET
TER MARKETING FACILITIES FOR FARM PRO
DUCTS.
The American Wheat Growers As
sociated, sales agency for nine state
wheat growers' associations, has an
nounced a new department in market
ing grain which should be of interest
to farmers of the Northwest. Thru
the purchase of the U. S. Grain Grow
ers sales agency by the state associa
DANIELS COUNTY OFFICIALS RAID
SOME MORE BUSY BOOTLEGGERS
GET MOONSHINE BY THE BARREL—CORRAL LARGE
ST ILLS AND BRING THEM TO SCOBEY—CUL
PRITS ARRESTED.
Scobey Sentinel: Sheriff Lawrence
and his force made more than a half
dozen raids this week on the moon
shine vendors and once more the coun
ty jail is crowded to the doors with
stills, bottles and jugs of home brew.
POOL HALLS RAIDED
Four of the raids were made on pool
halls, one in Scobey, one in Flaxville
and two in Whitetail. One livery barn
in Scobey, conducted by Buer & Mc
Clelland, was visited by the officers
and it netted enough of the deadly
moon to give the entire city the "D.
TVs" if taken in even reasonable
dos6s.
FIRST ARRESTS IN SCOBEY
The first arrests were made in Sco
bey Tuesday afternoon when Sheriff
Lawrence visited the Jensen and Mc
Donald pool hall. The officers, know
ing just where the booze was kept,
went with search warrant and warrant
of arrest for both Jensen and McDon
ald. The latter was not present when
the officers arrived, but Jensen was
placed under arrest and the officers
"found the booze in his pocket as they
knew they would. McDonald was
picked up in front of the postoffice.
Both men were lodged in jail, later
appearing before Justice Kloss who
and they have a wonderful display at
at County Agent Ostby's office at the
court house already. Every day
brings in new additions and as the dif
ferent communities and their
corn shows» there will be a wonderful
display streaming into Plentywood to
compete for first prize on the fifth of
November.
The committees over the county are
working hard to get the best to be
had in their precinct and anyone hav
ing prize products should help them
by sending in their products or letting
the committee know they have them
and they will call for them.
try because they could not make both
ends meet and the question was
brought up of remedy for this situa
tion.
Several remedies were suggested,
one being that the Federal Reserve in
crease the amount which can be loaned
on a farm and thereby allowing farm
ers to get loans which they are not
able to obtain at the present time, as
the mortgages on their farms exceed
what the Federal Reserve is willing to
loan on their places. Another reme
dy brought forth was the reduction of
the rate of interest and a long time
period of payment until the country
could get back to normal again.
Others suggested that there was only
one remedy and that was that the
farmer must have for his product a
price which covers the cost of produc
tion and a small- profit. Mr. Taylor
(Continued on last page)
tions, this organization hereafter will
market, on a commission basis, coarse
grains which are shipped to it at Min
neapolis.
The coarse grain consignment bus
iness of the American Wheat Growers
( Continued on page 8.)
. .
bound them over to the District Court
$1000 bail, which was furnished.
BIG HAUL AT LIVERY BARN
At the West Livery barn the officers
found gallon after gallon of booze hid
Kerosene cans
on
away in the straw,
seemed to be the favorite containers.
The evidence of sale was against Jack
Clark and he was placed under arrest
later securing bonds guaranteeing his
appearance in district court.
It appears that Clark is just the
salesman, taking all the chances,
others procuring the "moon" in good
sized quantities from the distillers,
and taking particular pains to avoid
their being arrested for selling the
CUBANS UP FLAXVILLE AND
WHITETAIL
'X Wednesday afternoon the sheriff,
accompanied by deputies again started
out to clean up Flaxville and White
tail where complaints had been made
and the Askelson pool hall at Flaxville
and the Carroll and Johnson pool halls
at Whitetail were all visited.
Askelson had previously p*ead gull
ty* and paid a fine for selling booze. He
little more careful this time but
was a
(Continued on page 8)
GIANTS AND YANKS BREAK EVEN ON FIRST TWO
GAMES OF SERIES—BIG STADIUM IN NEW YORK
SCENE OF GIGANTIC STRUGGLE.
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GIANTS WIN FIRST GAME OF THE SERIES
CAPT.FB.EBBERT
TO SPEAK HERE
j
Famous Speaker on Law Enforcement
Will Address Plenty wood Citizens
At Orpheum Theatre Next Thursday
Next Thursday evening, October 18,
at 8:00 the people of Plenty wood and
Sheridan County will have an oppor
tunity to hear Captain Frank B. Eb
bert, associate counsel of Anti-Saloon
League of America.
In the coming of Captain Frank B.
Ebbert the people of this community
will have the opportunity of hearing
one of the most Forceful and Eloquent
speakers today championing Law En
forcement on the American platform.
Captain Ebbert has spoken from coast
to coast and wherever he is announced,
draws immense crowds. He is a
"Hard Hitter." He has won for him
self the distinction of being one of
the Leading Dry Lawyers of America.
He will give the "Last Word" as re
gards news from the Battle Front of
Prohibition. He will tell what the
Dry forces propose to do as a means
of preventing Uncle Sam's ships from
being Bootleggers. He will show how
the "Wine,and Beer" issue is being
successfully me. He will show what
every community can and must do in a
practical way for the enforcement of
its own laws.
We have no hesitation in saying that
Captain Ebbert will give one of the
most Thrillingly Eloquent addresses
on any theme ever heard in your com
munity, says Milo G. Kelsier, Field
Manager, Lecture Bureau, Anti-Saloon
League of America.
CORN SHOW AND
COMMUNITY FAIR
AT MEDICINE LAKE
The Corn and Community Fair held
at Medicine Lake last Saturday, -Octo
ber 6th, was $ great success. The
corn exhibit would do credit to the so
called corn belt. There were over
fifty exhibits of com. The wheat,
flax, barley, oats and speltz exhibited
were excellent. There was a large
display of vegetables. The pumpkins,
squash, potatoes, beans, carrots, beets,
rutababgas, etc., shown proved that
this county is on par with any in pro
ducing farm products.
The poultry exhibit showed excellent
quality. The committees in charge
deserve a great deal of credit for mak
ing the fair the wonderful success that
it was.
The following received first prizes
on Corn:
O. C. Nelson, Homestead, N. W.
Flint; E. R. Henzer, Medicine Lake,
White Dent; O. C. Nelson, Homest*|ul,
White Dent; W. Hugart, Raymond,
Squaw Corn; Mrs. Geo. Charlesworth,
Medicine Lake, Gehu Flint; Geo.
Shields, Medicine Lake, Sweet Corn;
George Shields, Medicine Lake, Yel
low Dent.
The Medicine Lake Fair was the
first one o^the five Fairs to be held
throughout the county. The dates of
the other Fairs are—Outlook, Oct. 17;
Antelope, Oct. 18; Redstone, Oct. 20;
and Plentywood Nov. 5th.
OSCAR GULLICKSON
APPOINTED RECEIVER
Judge Comer the first of the week
appointed Oscar Gullickson of this city
to act as Receiver of the closed Sheri
dan County State Bank. Mr. Gullick
son will take care of the collections
and duties connected with this posi
tion and it is hoped that a settlement
can be made with the depositors that
will repay them in full for the money
they had in that institution.
WANTS ATTY.
GENERAL TO
PROSECUTE
Roosevelt Couny Independent:—In
the matter of the vote of Mrs. Ras
mussen, one or the dead Wolf Point
ers, and the charge that her husband
had forged her name, her father has
appealed to the attorney general to
prosecute. County Attorney Brown
tells us that he has not submitted the
samples to an expert because he can
not get a sample of Rasmusson's sig
nature—and looks as tho an embryo
political feud has been hatched that
promises to put the feuds of old Kain
tuck in the shade. By the time the
Powers, Von Hindie, Charley Huxol
and the lesser lights have disposed of
each other the farmer and labor crowd
will have had charge for many years
and wi
—and
spouting oil.
out the million-dollar deficit
oneer well No. 3 will be
P pfo
Last Wednesday, the largest crowd
ever attending a baseball game, wit
nessed the defeat of the New York
Americans to the New York Giants
by a score of 5 to 4. The game was
a thriller from stall to finish and the
lovers of the National sport in New
York filled every available s^ice.
Thursday, the Yankees came back
and defeated the Giants by a score of
4 to 2, thus evening up the series, one
game apiece.
Babe Ruth, famous Yankee player,
made two home runs and battled his
team to victory.
From all indications the series is
going to be a close one, with no fav
orites at the present time. Both
teams are buckling up their belts for
a hard siege and we will be able to
tell you the results better next week.
The gate receipts no doubt will surÀ
pass any World's series that have
been staged as yet and the players,
who get a certain percentage of the
money taken in at the gate, are after
the big money which goes to the vic
torious team.
A. T, LARSEN
PURCHASES THE
ANDERSON HOTEL
Deal Consumated Last Tuesday,
Whereby Mr. Larsen Becomes Own
er of Large Hotel Across From The
Producers News Office.
Last Tuesday, Mr. A. T. Larsen, rep
resentative of Sheridan County and a
former resident of Dagmar, purchased
the Anderson Hotel, located next to
old Tanner & Best Store Building and
just across from the Producers News
Office.
The name of the new hotel will be
Montana Inn, and Mr. Larsen intends
to give the building' a thorough over
hauling both inside and out. A new
coat of paint will be one of the first
improvements on the outside of the
building. Every accomodation will be
given to guests patronizing this hotel
and those who know Mr. and Mrs.
Larsen will vouch for the service in
this new enterprise as being 100 per
cent perfect.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Larsen are well
known to the people of Sheridan coun
ty and their integrity and honesty in
business is well known. When Mr.
Larsen out to perform a certain
task he does it well and the public
may be assured that the Montana Inn
will be one of the best kept hotels in
Montana and that the morals will be
above reproach.
Mr. and Mrs. Larsen extend a wel
come to all people coming to Plenty
wood to give their hotel a trial and
they feel assured, that they will come
again. The hotel is now open for bus
iness under the new management.
FORD CAR STOLEN
AT COMERTOWN
Last Tuesday morning about 1:30 a
Ford touring car was stolen from Fred
Torno, manager of the Farmers Ele
vator at Comertown.
The car was no doubt taken into
Minot as a man who had been hired
to take care of some cattle which had
been smuggled across the border and
which were in the possession of the
custom officer, said that at aJîput 2:00
two Ford cars passed him on the road
headed for Minot, one being a Ford
sedan and the other is thought to have
been the stolen car.
With such a lead the car was in Min
ot shortly after daylight and stowed
away no doubt in the robber's haven,
wherever that was located.
Sheriff Salisbury's office was noti
fied the next morning, but the only
results of the officer's telephone calls
and rapid investigation was that the
car had gone by hours before headed
toward Minot and no further trace
could be found of the machine.
The Ford was a new car this spring
and is quite a loss to Mr. Torno. Auto
and other thieves seem to be centering
their attention on the Comertown,
Dooley and Westby country and it be
hooves the citizens of that part of the
county to take drastic means for the
prevention of the theft of their prop
erty. Cars from all appearances
should be locked up securely so that
thieves in trying to get away with
them will make enough noise to rouse
some light sleeper in these towns.
The Sheriff's office is willing to assist
in every way that he possibly can,
but by the time he has information re
garding the theft the culprit, has got
ten into some large city like Minot,
where in a few hours the car comes
out a different looking vehicle entirely.
Phillipsbury—First shipment 500
tons phosphate rock from deposits in
this section to be shipped to St. Louis
by H. G. Wells, opening new industry
here.