The producers news. [volume], November 23, 1923, Image 1

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MEMBERS OF THE
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STORIES YOU
DON'T GET IN
OTHER PAPERS
of Sheridan County and City of Plentywood
A PAPE R OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE
PLENTYWOOD, SHERIDAN COUNTY, MONTANA,
(Kjcial Paper
Continuing Plentywood Pioneer Press, Vol. 9, No. 15
Continuing the Outlook Promoter
Sheridan County News and Dooley Sun
Governor Walton Of Okjahoma Is Fired
if. ANDERSON OPENS LECTURE TOUR O F STATE ON FARMER-LABOR PARTY
. r Ordinal Counts Dismissed; Motion for New Trial De
** °nied in Decisive Standing Vote; Will Make Another At
tempt to Get Federal Intervention; Lieutenant Governor
in Office. _
«BEES OF GUILTY FOUND ON ELEVEN
OF SIXTEEN CHARGES PREFERRED
_ : 0 Farmers and Laborers Who Elected Him, Walton's
Re:çn as Governor of Oklahoma Comes to Dramatic End
—Former Supporters Deserted Him—Another Warning
tc Double D ossers.
Traitor
Nov . 19.— J. C.
Oklahoma City,
um, n fifth governor of Oklahoma
./removed from office Monday
bv unanimous vote of the state
e cowt of impeachment after his
ria' on charge of corruption in
irt.'neglect of duty, moral turpitude
one general incompetency.
I formal verdict ordering the re
^■val was returned after the execu
te had been found guilty of 11 of the
$ charges presented. The vote was
off
to 0.
4!
Six of the original 22 charges con
.-atuting the impeachment bill were
»sed by order of the court.
The court, by a standing vote, de
•j«i a motion for a new trial, which
Governor Walton's counsel filed imme
diately after the verdict was announc
The governor's removel, although
EO t formal ordered until after a ver
dict had been returned on each charge,
made certain shortly before 4
[ (dock when the court without a dis
puting vote found him guilty of abus
jg his pardon and parole authority.
41 for Conviction
Forty-one senators, lacking only
m of the total membership of the
voted for the conviction of the
eewncy charge, the first to be voted
spa Senator Jack Barker, who has
wed consistently in the governor's
favor throughout the 16 days of the
tria! was absent when the final roll
wa< called. The articles of impeach
ment were filed by the lower house of
die state legislature, which less than
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LX
U. TROWBRIDGE
PLEADS GUILTY
MEDICINE LAKE MAN RECEIVES
<IX
MONTHS SENTENCE FOR
HAVING STOLEN CAR IN HIS
POSSESSION.
Jf*t Friday night T. T. Trow
Jrow of Medicine Lake appeared be-.
Judge Olson at the Court House
•' Jus city and plead guilty to having
* Fon, auto in his possession on
l n'ch the engine numbers had been
•snoved. He was given a sentence
! yA ix m °uths in the county jail and
j serving his sentence at once.
«oral: Look over your second-hand
«engine numbers before buying
•»you have the pedigree of'the
«me m your possession.
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°. f „d the 2S
* 'vas oniv a'joke 4me kkls
,,. fn Playing'on the nublic but
n^r the rÎJή f* U f
4":;-lärm bofrdsto'gXrÄ
U,, ,T 24 feet long and
*** "ÎÜS'Â wùd
"" I 0il '-ned
5^*1" £3
r ÿgX.Â.Tÿ
ü LemÏrs 1 of the klan
L*' [ ne pSj their appearance be
^ 6 th " pub L i n [ u regalia apd
.lontitv chance to Ruess as
,
—
,° hollers down a well
w^.as mam l h ,!, lias to won't
^^hocHmh P ° c en d° llar s as the
»mbs a tree and hollers.
U.K.SMAKE AP
PEARANCE IN CITY
ÖntSSSP given NOTICE of
BY \re. N v E 0F KE KLUX KLAN
liftï«4 N L 0F burning two
1)4 : night DAY AND SATUR -
Of
tourg.
* men
liflT
. erent
*- ™ «eer?
4° the
»ne
man
« the
fete
ATTEMPT MADE
TO BURN GOODMAN
RESIDENCE SUNDAY
It seems that Mrs. Goodman herd
come up town on a business errand.
and while the children were playing
in the house and the hired man was
also sitting in the residence, some
person or persons slipped around to
the west side of the house and placed
a large pile of kindling and after sat
urating the kindling with kerosene
and also the side of the house, the
fire bug touched a match to the
wood and disappeared in the dark
ness.
Firebugs Try to Burn Beautiful For
rest Goodman Home in Outskirts of
Plentywood While Mr. Goodman
W&s Away on Business.
Last Sunday evening between the
hour of 5:00 and 6:00 o'clock, an at
tempt was made by unknown parties
to bum the Forrest Goodman Resi
dence which lies on the eastern out
skirts of this city.
In the meantime Mrs. Goodipan had
finished her duties up town and was
returning home when she saw the
flames. She immediately called the
hired man who got some water and
quenched the fire which had iot got
ten sufficient start to prevent the
blaze from being extinguished with
the water from the pump.
The kindling was placed in such a
position so as to bum the telephone
wires as it leaped into the air and
thus prevent aid being called, giving
the blaze a better chance to develop
so as to be impossible to check until
it had devoured the residence.
A News notified by
reporter was
Jerry Powell, who has lived with the
Goodmans for years and who was call
ed from up town as soon as the blaze
was discovered, that the fire was not
the work of children, but that the
„ . , , . ,, ,
off ! cials were working on the case and
asia S ev * ry ™ eans at / hspo?al
to trace the fire bug to hls lan *
MEDICINE LAKE
CAR RECOYERED
The Ford car belonging to the Se
curity State Bank of Medicine Lake
which was stolen from that city a
few weeks ago, has been found at
Bowbells N D
, ^„foieXAtaT'b^tS Sheriff [
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took it to Bowbells, after notifying
Sheriff Salisbury that he had the car.
Mr. Paaborg left last Tuesday for
"fflî ttÿsÊa 0t
KÄttoplSÄ
caneXT Ivank &rge i s one o,
KARELS CLOSING
miT AT Him ftOK
U U I Ä1 ill) 1 LUUIl
Wei. Known Out.ookiMerdhant O«
inff 0u * Stockat Outlook Prépara
£ ä
r C Karels who has been running
i 1 *T ry f Älook n has tUr "d
forlÄTSf a Position at ^neapedis,
! at |
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th^pflnlu"« News^H convince any- |
one that the goods are being sold
a t a price below that of replacing,
, them and anyone wishing to stock U P |
for t he winter can make money no |
I faster than by attending the C. X- \
Karels Sale. No doubt the goods will {
move fast and those arriving early,
will get first pick. See hi s ad m this |
issue of the Producers News.
Taxes In
Sheridan
County
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County Taxes Lower But City
and School Taxes are High
er in Most Places.
MUST FOLLOW ACTION
OF COUNTY OFFICIALS
The mailing of tee annual tax
statements from the office ct the
County Treasurer is almost comp 1 et cd.
With each tax notice a letter of in
struction is sent explaining the new
law providing for the semi-annual
pay met of real property taxes—with
the exception of city Special Improve
ment taxes—-and outlining the riY vhI
of payment. We note that ilÿs let
ter also cal's attenricn to the reduc
tion of one mill which was'nude in
the county levy this year.
Most of the tas t - - w ill find ' r
j taxes lower thio year on an equa»
| valuation basis as compared with last
1 year; others will find them higher,
either on account of higher valua
tions or on account of increases in
the City, Town or School District
levies. It is well to remember that
the levies for City, Town or School
District purposes is a local matter
for each city, town or school district,
and can not be confused with the
county taxes,
In many cases the levies for School
Districts, Town or City taxes have
been increased, either on account of
large indebtedness or on account of
additional expenditures made by them
for divers reasons. In a few in
stances the levies for the School Dis
tricts, Towns or Cities have been low
ered, but the increases are many more
than the decreases and the taxpayers
should take special note of all i
creases.
has demonstrated that it is possible to
lower the taxes and there should be
no valid reason for not doing what
the county government hag demon
strated that can be done. If a City,
School District or Town is persist
in
Your county government
ently increasing the levies for the
purpose of operating its institutions
or its government, it is time to mves
tigate the reason for the increases.
In many cases throughout Sheridan
County, the local municipalities are
making no headway toward liquidât
In fact
ing their outstanding debts,
this is true in most cases. In other
cases the local municipality is actual
ly increasing its indebtedness by leaps
and bounds. In other words, it is not
only spendig what is raised by the ev
er-increasing tax levy, but is actually
loading additional burdens on the
future.
We could cite many instances where
In some cases the
this is true,
School Board or the City Council jiis
tify increases in the bonded or war
rant indebtedness by stating that they
have a great amount of outstanding
isrm foundation for^the» cont'nftonï
j. «ä'SS Ä th Ä
rec?Äring h "e t curre m nr n yS 1 r UnC IN
^rprrpp WORDS THE AMOUNT OF
TAXES THAT HAVE
CURRENT^ UNPAID ON NOV. 3«
CA^ES THAN ™E L fSoU OT œf
UEÇTED ON OLDER DELINQUENT
SJSÄ
£ hÄtf* T* "
Ä
heretofore These people forget en
tircly the fact Wlth decrease
cQu y should operate for
f "fAtas TthfexpeS
county, and defray all the e p
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THANK SGIVING DINNERJmjrf
AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH
A b * Thanksgiving dinner wüi h.
f n ^„f„frth ofR'lu'e Trail on Com'bc
° ae own gra(le> Turkeys, geese, ducks
^ chi ckens and plenty of good
things to eat. The money will be
* f geats in the basement. All
" re welcome .
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^ newg while it is new s
p rfK i U cers New's—$3.00 a year.
i" 01 d Gang" Tries To
Frame-Up Something
Plentywood Bunch That Has Always Opposed Producers
News and Farmers Again t ry to Injure Farmers' Paper
By Using Hospital as the Goat.
EFFORTS WILL FAIL AS THEY ALWAYS DOi
Reports from various sources dis
close that a number of "soreheads"
in and about Plentywood have taken
to» heart an article which appeared in
the Producers News in the issue of
November 16th, relative to alleged
misconducts and unethical practices on
the part of Drs. Sells and Storkan in
removing one, Louis Ehrmantraut,
from the Outlook Hospital to the
Plentywciod Hospital a few hours af
ter he was operated upon at the
former place. Mr. Ehrmantraut died
a few days after the transfer took
place.
These "soreheads" wail and wring
their hands and accuse the Producers
New of bending its effort to ruin and
discredit the Plentywood hospital.
Not one person in Sheridan county,
nor anywheres else will see a single
word against the Plentywood hospital
in the article referred to and the Pro
ducers News has never at any time
knocked the Plentywood hospital nor
any other hospitals. These persons,
who are all well known to the Pro
ducers News, are deliberately trying
to misconstrue the article as a knock
against the Plentywood hospital,
thereby hoping to create adverse sen
timent towards the farmers' paper and
OWNERSHIP OF FORD CAR IN QUESTION;
AUTO PLACED IN CUSTODY OF SHERIFF
T
Magnus Pederson of Medicine Lake Refuses to Give Up
Machine to C. C. Nichols of North Dakota and Places
Auto in Custody of Sheriff Salisbury.
WILL WAIT FOR LEGAL OWNERS TO CLAIM IT
M Pierson boutrht a second
from T T Trowbridge at
( . orc j 4 "V A™ .
| Mcclicin® Lake a ^hoirt time ag-o and
[ th / re , by start ed a string of events
which are not y t e (led.
what defaced and the matter was re
ported. T. T. Trowbridge was visited
by the officers of the law in regard to
the matter and claimed that he had
bought the car from a stranger by the
name of Joe Moore.
The Ford car was advertised as a
stolen car and the description given
tallied with a car that C. C. Nichols
of Flaxton, N. D. had lost about the
middle of October.
Mr. Nichols upon hearing of the re
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 29th, the Outlook
Men are Preparing a Big Feast for the Benefit of the
Outlook Commun ity Hospital.
DANCE TO BE HELD in tue EVENING
OUTLOOK MEN WILL
GIVE BIG BANQUET
The OvUoek men say that it's go
in g to be the biggest feed ever put
on by anyone m Sheridan county,
quality counts for anything they're
lv
f* of ducks, turkeys,
i chickens and geese with all the trim
; mings^
things to eat the t oniv popping fi»*
talked of long after the feast ). M
j been eaten.
i There has been considerable rivalry
between the ladies and gentlemen ofl
Outlook on account of dinners which
; have been 'served heretofore and the
; resu i t has been about 50-50. This has
caused a rather bitter feeling on the
part of the men and has resulted in
its editor.
Sc»me of these
talk
soreheads
prosecution, boycott and everything
else against the Producers News. This
is not the first time that a certain
clique has attempted to discredit the
Producers News. Many similar ef
forts have been made in the past, in
most instances, when the Producers
News has attempted to publish the
truth, but which might frustrate some
evil design of some greedy co* crim
inal person.
The article was designed to elimin
ate evil practices in the medical pro
fession to the detriment of the public
at large. Many instances of very
serious consequence have been called
to the attention of the Producers
New s regarding the Plentywood doc
tors, but which we refrained from
publishing in order to avoid adverse
sentiment which the doctors always
attempt to stir up whenever their
practices are criticized. We find,
however, that the majority of the
people want to know the facts and we
were pleasantly surprised at the un
usually large number of new subscrib
ers which have come in since the ar
ticle referred to was published.
U
covery of his car at Medicine Lake,
immediately went to Medicine Lake,
arriving there last Tuesday and iden
tified the car.
Mr. Nichols said that he bought the
car from Frank Barge who also makes
his home at Flaxton, N. D., and Mr.
Pederson claims that it was a stolen
car when Nichols bought it and that
Nichols had no more right to it than
he did and Mr. Pederson refused to
let Nichols take the car and placed
the machine in the hands of Sheriff
Salisbury until the legal owner could
be found.
There will no doubt be further de
velopments in the case and in the
meantime the officials are making a
search for the first owner of the car.
this biggest of all spreads ever held
in this county on winch th^ men urn
spending thex £ U"?? 3 «™*® " '
at Stivers Hall and accommodation ;
^ ^ a^i'wilP.xntfnue umiTaiTsre
sen . M
DANCE IS THEEVENING
,„^7 Xnksgrvjng din no. the
bi°g £ncc win be MdL
tnp the h^t^fantest.^ ^
to tal £ p ar t in the Outlook feast and
dance. Reports have it that the Ray
mon d country is going dh masse
and also a great number of Plenty
wood folks are planning on taking in
the festivities in that city Thanksgiv
(Continued on Page Four)
Well Known Senator from Richland County Will Begin Speak
ing Tour of State in Sheridan County—Will Give Reas
ons Why a Third Party Should Be Placed on the Ballot.
NOTED ORATOR HAS AN IMPORTANT
MESSAGE TO DELIVER TO THE PEOPLE
Senator Anderson, Who Is One of Montana's Foremost Men
Today, Speaks in a Clear, Concise Manner and Straight
to the Point—By All Means Attend These Meetings As
the Farmer-Labor Party Is the Big Issue In the State of
Montana Today.
FARMERS STATE
BANK OF MEDICINE
LAKE IS CLOSED!
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The Farmers State Bank of *
Medicine Lake, Montana failed *
* to reopen its doors on Thursday *
* morning, November 22nd.
We •
have no report as to the cause *
* for the failure, but it has been *
* known for some time that the * 1
* bank ha« been in
* financial condition.
an adverse *
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OUTLOOK MERCHANT
MAKES STATEMENT
Outlook, Mont., Nov 21,
Editor Producers News,
Plentywood, Mont.
Dear Sir:
Please correct the statement in your
article of last week to the effect that
I was instrumenta? in having j»lr.
Ehrmantraut moved from the Out
look General Hospital to the Sheridan
County Memorial Hospital. As a
matter of fact, I never talked to the
Plentywood doctors at all. I did not
know that they had been called until
aft rethey had gone back home.
Please do me the justice, too, to
publish my statement that I have
never knocked the Outlook Hospital.
I have never turned down a call for
help from this hospital, contributing
always my share in money or in mer
chandise. whenever called on to do so.
This is indeed a mc»st unfortunate
affair f«r all concerned; and I trust
cember 6th. 7:30 P. M.
REDSTONE—Friday, December 7,
2:30 P. M.
ARCHER—Friday, December 7th,
7:30 P. M.
that you will do me the courtesy, in
fairness to myself and family, to pub
lish the above statement.
Yours very truly,
KARL J. KARLSON.
DR. J. C STORKAN FILES CRIMINAL
COMPLAINT AGAINST EDITOR TAYLOR
Last Thursday evening. Dr. J. C. Storkan of Plen
tywood filed a complaint against Charles E. Taylor,
editor of the Producers News, charging him with crim
inal libel in connection with an article published in the
Producers News.
The case will be watched with great interest by
the people of Sheridan County and many sensational de
velopments will be brought out no doubt at the trial.
This will undoubtedly result in the exhumation of
the body of Mr. Ehrmantraut for further investiga
tion.
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Editor Taylor was out of the country when this
complaint was filed, hut is expected to arrive in Plenty
wood next Monday.
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* MUST SELL GASOLINE
: ati«cent|OR state ;
.
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. dea ,^ ^ Monday the *
* state priie of 16 cents, or the *
, 12 2 cents per gal.on at M.tch- #
. * . .... . •
Margaret Richardson of Antelope
was in Plentywood Tuesday between
; ^un^Su^ïtatende^ rfS?hoo"f
mo"
-a»
southern Pacific has ordered 75 new
locomotives for deliver in 1924. De
liveries of oO new passenger locomot
> v «s» ordered several months ago, are
under way. T*o orders represent an
expenditure of $8,000,000.
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Sez I to myself, sez I, The Produc
ers News is the paper to buy!
J. W, Andei-son, former State Sen
ator from Richland county and can
didate for the U. S. Senate on the Re
publican ticket in 1922, backed by the
Farmer-Labor forces of the state, and
the Chairman of the Executive Com
mittee of the Farmer-Labor Party of
Monta, will lecture on the needs of a
Farmer-Labor party in the state and
nation.
Mr. Andêrson is c»ne of the fore
most student of Economics and Poli
tical Science in the United States.; he
is also one of the ablest speakers.
At this time, during the period of
birth of the New Party, it is plainly
the duty of every good citizen to in
form himself upon this vital issue,
whether one believes in the need of the
formation of a new party or not. It
is therefore urged that every think
ing citizen come to these lectures op
en minded to weigh and consider the
merits of the issues.
This is the foremost and most
momentous issue in the United States
today. A small admission fee of 26
cents will probably be charged to
defray expenses of the speaker.
The first meetings are scheduled as
follows:
COMERTOWN—Friday, Nov. 30th,
2:30 P. M.
DOOLEY—Fridaay, Nov. 30th, 7:30
P. M.
RAYMOND—Saturday, December
1st, 7:30 P. M.
OUTLOOK—Sunday, December 2*
3:00 P. M.
DAGMAR (Brotherhood Hall)—
Monday, December 3rd, 7:30 P. M.
HOMESTEAD (School House)—
Tuesday, December 4th, 7:30 P. M.
RESERVE—Wednesday, Dec. 5th,
2:30 P. M.
MEDICINE LAKE —
December 5th, 7:30 P. M.
PLENTYWOOD — Thursday, De
Wednesday,
M^fäntÄÄ aüd
bas lived in the Outlook community
for m *ny years and was very popu
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! w a_;d young man.
he happy young couple wall live
I for theToming year "Ä
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| Ä ÄnÄfhM ££
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I marnée may he «Wlf»l and
, as cloud,ess " their mora,n *f
HILL-BANTZ
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Gust Strand of Reserve was a
business caller in this city last Thurs
day. While in the city Mr. Dahel
called at the Producers News office
and renewed his subscription to Ihe
farmers' paper.