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Library ic ai «-17-22 . - ''VVIC I 1 Montana. h BL ena. OF fi peESS ,.^k of. KOm T (' EK * IS 2.00*, c TWELVE MEMBERS OF THE FEDERATED PRESS STORIES YOU DONT GET IN OTHER PAPERS IHI* Of the p SEW p\f*E> k. Sheridan County and City of Plentywood A PAPER OF THE PEOPLE, FOR tjdE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE Continuing Plentywood Pioneer Press: Vol. 9, No. 12 Continuing the Outlook Promoter Sheridan County News and Dooley Su» PLENTYWOOD, SHERIDAN COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1923 VI. No. 29 Vol Supreme Court ill Of Voters Kg Com Show In Plentywood Monday, November 5 th , hdantial Compliance With Constitution Made By Votes of 5U People and Legislates, Even Though Not Entered Upon Senate Journal, Make It Legal—Callaway, Holloway Stark— —Cooper and Galen Dissent. JUSTICES DIVIDE THREE TO TWO IN DECISION Helena. Oct. 2'b--Validity of the state hoard of equalization, or commission, is upheld in an opinion handed down Saturday by X- supreme court bearing the approval of three justices and the ifc'iDT>rov hi o. The opinion was delivered by Associate Justice A. P. Stark and concurred in by Chief Justice L. L. Callaway and Associate i'ttice W. L. Holloway. Separate dissenting opinions were sub dued by Associate Justices A. J. Galen and C. H. Cooper. Reverses Jackson The majority opinion reverses the judgment of the district court of I*w ' an ,l Clark county. Judge Joseph • Jackson of Butte presiding, and re inamis the cause with direction to en judgment in favor of the defend ter ants. instiuted two This was an action months ago by C. H. Martien as sessor of Lewis and Clark county, in I hi?individual capacity as a citizen and taxpayer, against State Auditor Geo. j F Porter and State Treasurer O. H. I Junod to enjoin them from paying sal aries to the members of the state I joard of equalization or its employes, I upon the ground that the amendment lo section under which the board was created last winter, is invalid iri^ not I having been proposed and submitted to the voters by the extraordinär' *?>ion of the seventeenth legislative assembly in accordance with section 9 of article 19 of the constitution. Had Blocked Salaries The action was instituted in the de partment of Judge W. H. Poorman, who after being disqualified by the de fendants, called in Judge Jackson to (Continued on page 6) CD1RT0WN HOLDUP IS GIVEN SHFF SENTENCE OF 4 TO 8 YEARS Neil Mac Donald Pleads Guilty to Holdup Before Judge Com and Is Sentenced to the State Penitentiary at Deer Lodge Last Monday. er J Neil MacDonald, who was brought j Wk from Minnesota last week by i Deputy Sheriff George Bantz, plead riilty last Monday to robbing three j 'Ten at Comertown in a pool hall and j sentenced by Judge Comer to j **** 'Tom 4 to 8 years in the State I Penitentiary at Deer Lodge. ; MacDonald made no excuse for his frime and seemed thoroughly hartf j toiled abou the affair. He made no I pretense of being sorry for his crime '*1 did not even show signs of re r rse as the heavy sentence was giv I en him by the judge. sheriff Salisbury and Clair Stoner ,.'n Moiula S w 'th the young man who "1 commence serving his term at ce. FORD CAR STOLEN AT SCOBEY Toi kfvr VKK WAY WITH FORD LOVrivn i AR AT SCOBEY, BE Mktfk 0 T ° FLAXV1ll E POST *an had h! ay evenin FL after the some time Ti *° Ver tlie horizon for stole a k ' , t lleve . s fame along and from pJSl tounn R ca D 1922 model, vflJe , a » Postmaster at Flax ine<< ar J' r ' Was transacting bus ^"4 in°the\f fl * had lGft the The Sheriff' i reet h is Y. 0 lce °* Daniels coun 5^ theihief md n M aS T to cap ' "d a rev.. ? • - ? r ' lasa ^ as offer car peison in he whereabouts of ■b car. blhtran Ladies 'Aid ,0 Ha ve Bazaar Nov. 17 The 1 makin.- iJ Lutheran church bazaar v!wu ^.„ preparati °P for a N ' ov cmber i7tV4i h r ltJ Saturda y» ;°dtine: hard + at * ie s have been l or this <al. ° P re P are the articles A assortment™ 1 have a very v «ternoon^n*! ' viR . be serv ed on by Ö* ladies Don? n i ng ° f + ? at (lay wont forge the date. Ik P A UAH 17 OllAT* PIIADnr F A fill Y Mlllr Mlllrrh 1 amu. 1 U11VL UIIVI I U TT A o HO W\T THnr A TUTO HAS MANY BARGAINS In Connection With the Plentywood Bakery and Grocery, Ed Weiss, The Proprietor, is Putting on a Big Sale for Corn Show Day Only. In order to give the farmers who are attending the Corn Show an op portunity to lay in their winter sup plies at greatly reduced prices and ef fect a huge saving, the Plentywood Bakery and Grocery in conjunction wih the Family Shoe Shoppe is putting on a special sale in groceries and hosiery. Mr. Weiss Its offering j.0 lbs. of sugar for 25 cents with every purchase of $10 or over, many bargains that you cannot afford to miss. Look over his ad in this is sue of the Producers News and make him a visit while in Plentywood, Corn Show Day, November 5th. He ihas Read the news while it is news— The Producers News—$3.00 a year. WESTBY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MAKING MOON FINED $200 AND 60 DAYS IN THE COUNTY BASTILE FOR MAK ING INTOXICATING LIQUORS IN WESTBY. Erickson and County Attorney Sheriff Salisbury went on a still hunt to Westby and finally their search ended at the home of Claude Donovan where they found mash in the making and a quantity of liquor. Donovan was brought to Plentywood and plead guilty before Judge Comer who imposed a fine of $200 on the I I moonshiner and also a jail sentence of 60 days. Claude is now in the bastile with two months before him in which he can decide whether it was worth it or not. 1NGWALS0N STORE PUTS ON BIG SALE WILL BE IN FULL FORCE CORN SHOW DAY, GIVING FARMERS OPPOKTIJNITY TO STOCK UP FOR WINTER. Beginning Saturday, Noy. 3rd, the Ingwalson Co. Store m Plentywood will put on a big sale at greatly re duced prices. The sale will continue until November 10th, giving the large number of visitors to the Corn Show Monday, November oth, an op portunitv to take advantage of the manv money saving bargains which he is putting on that day. Winter will soon be with us and Mr. Christianse* manager of the Ingwalson store, js making special reductions m t..~ lines as well as others. SeeAis atl 111 this issue of the Producers News. Messrs. N. L. Nelson, Earner, Swenson, and Smerude left Sunday for Goose Lake returning Monday well rewarded for their trip. Ask N. for particulars. FARMER-LABOR PARTY AT GREAT FALLS -; Delegates Gather Together from All Parts of Montana and Go on Record in Favor of Farmer-Labor Party—Program to Be Worked Out and Platform Formed Wednesday. GREAT ENTHUSIASM IS SHOWN AT MEETING * Led by Senator Charles Taylor * * of Sheridan county, delegates to* * the farmer-labor conference in * * session at Carpenters hall in Great * * Falls last Tuesday night launched * 1 : ^ M - tana : * A working program and platform * * was formulated at sessions which * * continued over Wednesday. * * The meeting was called to or- * * der shortly after 8:00 o'clock by * * Senator Jasper Haaland of Lib- * * erty county, who had been elect- * * ed temporary chairman at the * * afternoon session. The report of * * the credentials committee showed * * that 28 delegates were entitled to * * seats, one of the number being * * Miss Emma Crone, county super- * * intendant of schools of Sheridan * * county. * * Several telegrams were received * * from labor unions endorsing the * * movement, but who were not in * * a position to send a delegate. * * Sen. J. W. Anderson, who was * * not able to he present wrote a * * long letter which was read by thé * * secretary.' Mr. Anderson in his * * letter strongly endorsed the farm * er-labor party and said the time * * was opportune for such a party. * * Senator Chas. Taylor of Sheri- * * dan county said that the purpose * * of the meeting was not to decide * * whether a farmer-labor party * * should be organized but that it * (Continued on Page Seven) ******** DR. STORKAN RETURNS WITH LAWRENCE BLOOR it was found that the young lad had two vertebraes broken in his back. He was placed in a caste and after three weeks he was able to come home, be ing at all times under the care of Dr. Storkan. They arrived in this city Monday and Dr. Storkan accompanied the lad to his home 50 miles northeast, of here and received the thanks of the father and mother for his careful and Dr. J. C. Storkan, who left here some three weeks ago with Lawrence Bloor for Rochester, Minn., returned last Monday with the young man. It seemed that Mr. Bloor had fallen off from a hay rack and had seriously hurt his back and after being brought to the hospital here it was thought best to take him to Rochester, where the famous specialists in that city could give him the most careful at tention. Upon a careful examination skillful attention to their son. FORD CAR STOLEN FROID CITIZEN Last Sundav night a Ford Coupe, belonging to John Danielson was stol en from a garage at Froid. The gar age was broken into and the Ford which was standing near tne door was backed out and made away with by the auto robbers. Sheriff John Anderson was immedi -1 ately notified at Poplar as soon as the loss was discovered, but as yet they have no clue to the whereabouts of the car or the culprits who stole the ma chine. Eastern Stars Entertain Grand Worthy Matron The regular meeting of the Eastern Stare Lodge of this city was held Wednesday evening in the Masonic hall with à large membership present. The Grand Worthy Matron of Montana, Mrs. Anna Smalley was present and ahe gave a very nice and impressive address, complimenting the local Chapter here in many ways. After the lodge meeting terminated, a committee composed of Mrs. Wm. Erickson, Mrs. E. I. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Shippe and Martin Nelson served a very elaborate lunch which was greatly enjoyed by those present. After the lunqh the members wended their way homeward, having had a most pleasant evening. FORMER DOOLEY CITIZEN ARRESTED +— Selling Liquor—Pleads Not Guilty OTTO STADIG IS NABBED ON CHARGE OF SELLING LIQUOR —PLEADS NOT GUILTY. Four alleged moonshiners rested Saturday on .sworn out by the county attorney's office. Three of them were arraigned in district court Monday afternoon. King Lewis of Opheim and Otto Stadig of Glentana, both proprietors of pool halls, were charged with sell ing liquor. Both plead not guilty and were bound over to the next term of district court under $750 bond. George Thienes of Thoeny was charged with selling, possessing, transporting and manufacturing li quor, and plead guilty to all four counts. He was also held under $750 bail:.. ■ were ar informations "Baldy" Frazier of 'i'hoeny was too ill to be moved at the time to coma to Glasgow and file his plea. The au thorities state that a still and a quan tity of mash were found on the prem ises of both Thienes and Frazier.— Glasgow Courier. NEW CHIEF OF POUCE MAKES FIRST ARREST Tuesday evening, Chief of Police Klovstad was called to the Union Ho tel by Ole Ronning, the proprietor. It seems that a drunken man who had came to town Tuesday had got filled with "moon" in Plentywood and had smashed the big plate glass in the front of the Union Hotel and in oth er ways had made his presence un desirable. Mr. Klovstad immediately located the "stewed" stranger who had wan dered off on his way for further de predation, and took him to the city jail. But the gentleman, who was in ; a ver y b a( j way, seemed bent on in i juringr himself by throwing his head recklessly against the steel bears, so Klovstad took him down to the conn ^ „ baggie where he sobered up. ' Q n Wednesday morning, the man i g ave hj s name as Gilbert Warga, appeared before Judge Olson, police magistrate, and received a fine of $25, h e paid and he also reimbursed Mr. Ronning for the window which he had broken in the Union Hotel. The stranger has been working in the country near here for several months and had just finished his work. He claims his home is at Big Sandy, this state and after his re lease left for that place Wednesday afternoon minus about $100 which he left in Plentywood between the boot leggers and those damaged by the ef feet? of the hooch on his system, DOOLEY DEGRE OF HONOR TO GIVE DANCE Next Tuesday evening, Ocober 30th, the Degree of Honor Lodge of Dooley is preparing for a grand ball to be held in the Dooley Hall Prizes will be given to the best couple i i a waltz and also to the best two dancers in a fox trot. At midnignt the members of the Lodge will serve sapper. After which dancing will again le resumed. The Joy Jenerators of Plentywood will furnish the music and a general good time is assured those who attend. GEORGE DAUGHTERS TAKEN UP AT WESTBY In rounding up the booze peddlers in the Westby country last Sunday, George Daughters was taken up as a suspect and lodged in the county bas tile pending furher action by the of ficials. LAUNCHED CONVENTION +-- TFArHpRÇ MIY WITH *Luivllljliu ITIIA **1111 REDSTONE BOARD REFUSE TO WORK IF WARRANTS DISCOUNTED — PROFES ARE SOR SENDS IN RESIGNATION. Prof. Fred M. Sheehan sent in his resignation last Monday to the Red stone school board and quit the job cold last Wednesday along with Miss Rose Mary Bollinger, one of the teach ers in the Redstone school. It seems that Mr. Sheehan and Miss Bollinger were offered a certain sal ary as teachers at the Redstone school but when their warrants came, they found that after they were discounted they were considerably short of what they had been promised and Mr. Shee han and Miss Bollinger claim that they have tried to fs?t the Board to adjust this difference so that they might have clear he salary at which they were hired. Apparently they could not get any satisfaction from the Board, so they did what they had promised to do if an adjustment was not made—that was, quit. Professor Sheehan and Miss Bol linger were down from Redstone the middle of this week to see the County Superintendent about several matters in regard to school laws of Montana. Montana. In the meantime the Redstone school is getting along as best it can. Such happenings greatly demoralize school and it seems too bad that a matter of salary should come at this time and interfere with the school children who are just now getting nicely started in their school work. Messrs. Bucklin and Loucks of the school board at Redstone are now looking for new teachers, and it is hoped that the wage question will be settled with the next teachers before they make a long journey to Montana, and again cause an interruption of the school work. OUTLOOK MERCHANT HOLDS ;ANNUAL SALE N. J. NELSON & CO. STORE PUTS ON FOURTH ANNUAL SALE, STARTING WEDNESDAY, OCTO BER 31. The Fourth Annual Sale of the N. J. Nelson Store at Outlook begins next Wednesday, October 31st. and Mr Nelson is putting on the biggest bar gains that has ever been held in that citv at this sale. the Nelson Store in Outlook has a reputation for putting the bottom out of the prices at these annual sales and this one will be no excepion. That popular Outlook store has a füll Tme of dry goods and groceries, clothing and shoes and all will be on Winter is not far off and Mr. Nelson is including winter apparel in this sale, giving the people of that vicinity an opportunity to stock up for the winter at less than mail order prices. Mr. Nelson has a large advertise ment in this issue of the Producers News and in it he is showing a few of the manv bargains he has to offer. Look his ad over carefully and make out your order. Interesting Dairy Meeting Wenesday at Hotel ■■ ■■ County Agent Ostby accompanied by Hr. O'Donnell of Billings, Mr. Tretsven of Bozeman and Mr. Johnson of Salt Lake, Utah, and who spoke at the Outlook Corn Show Wednesday afternoon, stayed over here during the evening and held a very interesting meeting in the Elgin Cafe, Each of these gentlemen gave a very interesting thirty minute talk which t was thoroughly enjoyed by those pres ent. Mr. O'Donnell was the first on the program and Jie gave one of the most interesting talks on divensfied farming that it has been our pleasure to listen to for some time. Messrs. Tretsven and Johnson gave those present some interesting facts in con nection with the dairy end of the farm. Advertise where it pays—circula tion 2,000 every week. Exhibits Coming in Daily As Time Draws Near for Big Show —Wool Growers Are Planning Big Day and Will Exhi bit Free Moving Pictures. MERCHANTS TO GIVE SUBSTANTIAL PRIZES Many Prominent Speakers On Agriculture Will Be Present and Give Some Interesting Talks on Different Methods of Diversified Farming. MANY STORES ARE HOLDING SPECIAL SALES As the Time approaches nearer for the Plentywood Corn Show, Exhibits are coming in rapidly every day and every precinct in Sheridan county will be represented on the final day when the exhibits are placed in the large south room of the Helland-Strand Hardware Store in the Bolster Block. Interest is increasing over the county over who will be the winners ot the prizes in Sheridan county as this will he the climax of what has been a wonderful display of farm products in differ ent communities in this county and of course the winners in the Plentywood Corn Show will be champions of the cunty and these winners will no doubt be taken to the Big Com Show at Chinook, where they will empete with Northeastern Montana for high hon ors in the line of farm products. ♦ CAPT. FRANK EBBERT DENOUNCES PATRONS OF BOOZE PEDDLERS Talking to his audience as the jury, Captain Frank B. Ebbert, Thursday evening at the Orpheum showed every inch the trained lawyer, close observ er and student he is. Holding his hearers in profound attenion, he set forth the steps in the legal process of the prosecution of the violator of the federal and state laws on prohibition. I was evident that many of the au dience had never heard of the different steps that could be proceeded under (Continued on page 6) Antelope Physician Passes Away At The Plentywood Hospital J. C. Hunter, Well Known Antelope Doctor Dies After Lin gering Illness—Passes Away Monday Morning at Plen tywood Hospital—Funeral Held at the Orpheum Theatre Under Auspices of Masonic Lodge. DANIELS COUNTY FARMERS STRONG FOR THIRD PARTY At County Convention Thursday Eve ning Farmers Go On Record As Favoring Farmer-Labor Movement And Elect Delegates To Attend Great Falls Convention To Help Program And Organize State. In response to the call for a county convention of the Farmers and Labor ers in Daniels Gouty a representative crowd assembled at the Sentinel office Thursday evening, later adjourning to the public rooms in the Tande store. The meeting was called to order by A. W. Schammel, one of the execu tives of the League organization in the county and Chairman of Board of Directors of the Farmers Publishing Company. Besides the group of local farmers in attendance, Gordon C. New, who h as been over considerable of the state this summer doing organization work f or ^be Montana Grain Growers, and 0 scar j Collins, Deputy State Land Agent and former sheriff of Sheridan County who has visited nearly all p ar ^s of the state the past summer, attended the meeting as interested wor kers for the farmers movement, These two men threw some interest j n g light on the feeling of the people throughout the state by stating what their impressions were as a result of corn ing j n to contact with hundreds of people in different parts of Montana, After a thorough discussion of the benefits and possible drawbacks that m igbt result from the organization 0 f a third party, a vote by ballot was taken as to whether the farmers of (Continued on page 6) given some very liberal prizes amounting to some total to hundreds of dollars and some one is going to he paid very handsomely both in mater ial goods and satisfaction in the fact that he leads the county in the farm product on which he won first or se ond prize. No doubt the large room in the Helland-Strand Hardware will be packed with the various exhibits and it will be a great deal of enjoyment for residents of different portions of the county to view the products from their own community as well as those from other parts of the county. From all reports, there will be it huge crowd in Plentywood on Monday November 5th, and a fine line of speakers on the production of farm products has been secured. The Wool Growers in Sheridan (Continued on page 6) After a lingering illness and an op eration which his physical body did not ihave the recuperative powers to withstand, Dr, J. C. Hunter, well known doctor in Sheridan county, passed away a the Sheridan County Memorial Hospital in this city last Monday morning, at the age of 76. Dr. Hunter came to Sheridan coun ty about six years ago and settled at Outlook. After practicing there for some time he moved to Antelope where he has been dividing his prac tice between that village and Plenty wood. He leaves to mourn his death, a wife, Mrs. Grace Hunter, a son in St. Paul and a daughter in Idaho, both children of his former wife. The funeral was held from the Or pheum Theatre and was under the auspices of the Masonic lodge of this city. Rev. A. R. Boone said the funer al sermon and the body was laid to rest in the Plentywood cemetery. MEDICINE LAKE BOOT LEGGER NOW IN JAIL MUST SERVE 60 DAYS IN JAIL AND PAY A FINE OF $200— STILL PICKED UP IN S/VND HILLS NEAR MEDICINE LAKE. Last Saturday Sheriff Salisbury and County Attorney Erickson picked up Charles F. Brown at Medicine Lake under the charge of selling intoxicat ing liquor. After bringing Mr. Brown to Plentywood, Deputy Sheriff's Bert Torstenson and Art Aldrich left the following Sunday for the Sami Hill where Brown makes his home and came back with a moonshine still. With the evidence all against him. Brown decided to plead guilty and he was brought before Judge Comer who imposed a fine of $200 and 60 days in the county jail which sentence fie is* now serving at the county bastile. >