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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
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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
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some time Ti *° Ver tlie horizon for
stole a k ' , t lleve . s fame along and
from pJSl tounn R ca D 1922 model,
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car
peison in
he whereabouts of
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car.
blhtran Ladies 'Aid
,0 Ha ve Bazaar Nov. 17
The 1
makin.- iJ Lutheran church
bazaar v!wu ^.„ preparati °P for a
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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
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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
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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 *
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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