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H '3 NEW? - U HIN MEMBERS OF THE FEDERATED PRESS STORIES YOU DONT GET IN OTHER PAPERS s> PRK l-». ; ISSUE OF producers - s IS 2.000, > EIGHT TH l -> OF th* VE"; p.\GE: Official PaP e! vTNo. 35 i * of Sheridan County and City of Plentywood A PAPER OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE Continuing Plentywood Pioneer Press, Vol. 9, No. 16 Continuing the Outlook Promot« . Sheridan County News and Dooley Sun PLENTYWOOD, SHERIDAN COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1923 VOL State Bank Of Plentywood Ceases Payments Monday Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party Calls National Convention 'SSEMBLED DELEGATES FROM MANY STATES DECIDE ON MAKING CALI j CHICAGO CONFERENCE CONCUR IN MEETING * ** __ I ention to Occur in Twin Cities May 30—5,000 Dele ^° nV oaies hem Every State in the Union Expected to Be Huge Meeting. Present at - Do e r en-?tion in Nation Conference Left to a Committee of i ^ pj ve _All Groups Endorsing Proposed Party Program 1 vited to Attend Call. m FARMER-LABOR CONVENTION WILL BE FIRST some three to five representing sev million organized farmers and , i> forecast in the results of , conference held in St Paul cm No «nber 15 th and 18 th for the pur ", of uniting the various groups of • r Farmer-Labor Party movement is this country. " f]j e conference was called by the Farmer-Labor Party group of Minne K . ta . which invited all organizations . - ding for the creation of a Farm ! ,'Labor Party to fight the battles of I jbe industrial workers and farmers politically tc send representatives to the conference. There were present at the confer ence John Fitzpatrick and Jay G. [ Brown, representing the Farmer-La [ r«r Party nationally, William Bouck Joseph Manley representing the Federated Farmer-Labor Party. John C Kennedy representing the Farmer Laoor Party of Washington. Ray Mc Lr. representing the Progressive Psrnr of Idaho, Charles E. Taylor, repenting the Farmer-Labor Party a* Montana, Tom Ayres and Alice Lorraine Daly representing the Far mer-Labor Party of South Dakota, J. A. H. Hopkins representing the Com mittee of Forty-Eight, and J. F. Emme. George L. Meyers, Cramer, Fred Seigel, Frank Fisher, W'liam Mahoney, H. G. Teigen, Roy C. Hannon, A. C. Welch. Otto G. Nel iersee, representing the Farmer-La w Party of Minnesota, and C. C. Part of the Wisconsin Non-Partisan lean». ein '6S R. D. After a half-day of discussion in "ich the various groups presented 'heir views in regard to the present Dolitica! situation in the United States, in which the need of a naticji i onranization for the purpose of the various groups and nomi xi' ir a candidate for President and ^'President am ' adopting a nation « platform was stressed by practical (Continued on Page Five) HUNDREDS HEAR SEN. ANDERSON SPEAK FOR FARMER-LABOR PARTY Spîendid Crowds Greet Richland County Solon Everywhere He Appears Speaking in Behalf of the Farmer-Labor Par *y an ^ independent Political Action on Part of Farmers **" ®IH OLD PARTIES OWNED BY WALL STREET H Is Impossible for Progressive Forces to Capture ^ither One of the Corrupt Old Parties and That Success Awaits Combined Forces of the Progressives in the Farm er *Labor Party. "W FARMERS ARE JOINING NEW PARTY a*f ° f farmers ' , l_ Sheridan verson ° Ut to hear Sen - <affe . 1 , ent Points in the ^ : SrPartv-t jeC V' Why ? v ;-: Vntv 1 rar ty. The citizens of nion» ,,een Slowing more j^kor nartv te . reste, i in the Farmer FaM J « nco folding of the ' '• ■ i an a p nven tion at which time ^ncht-l bv . ai ' n 3er-Labor Party was par.N-.n i " Baders of the old d nto«f^ ue ' and becoming ; of th, I e ' ,SRUst0(1 w?th an - ;i g tv,-- '''' u Pted old narties are r '°Te intent , te, ' ,lon "nth more and , tG the new party which at ' w : p ! h| - state k Mon ^farmer ^ Xl . election. Many of I tîu» e JOîain ^ at the meet e organizers in the field xery encouraging meet rv', 1 ^ new members in ~ rneetings. person who was a can republican nomination » m i9oo at fl Senate at the cw "hen he otes for that in % of tor lid tor united S UjOOo received nomination and! TDCC CAD P'WOOO IIVLiL ivU F iiUUl/ 'COMMUNITY XMAS * The American Legion will have * * a Community Christmas tree * * Christmas eve, December 24th. at * ' * Bankers Corner, Main Street, * i * near the Flag Pole in Plentywood. * * There will be a huge tree which * j * will be trimmed with electrical * ! very bril- * : * trimmings, making a * liant affair. * Santa Claus will be present and * * the Legion will present each child * * with a sack of apples, candy and * * nuts. * Christmas presents will be re * ceived for the tree by Leland * * Kitzenberg at the Kitzenberg * * Ready-to-Wear Shop and by Sid * * Erickson at Hein's Meat Market. * * The presents are welcome from * * everyone who are invited to put * * their presents on the tree. * Label well and put names on * * packages tc» insure proper deliv- * * ery. Before the presents are dis- * * tributed children will sing carols. * * ♦ * DOOLEY YOUTH' DIES AT HOSPITAL John Endahl, 21 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Endahl, who re side on a farm, seven miles northeast of Dooley, died at the Memorial Hos pital Friday afternoon at five o'clock of plural pneumonia. The young man was operated upon Thursday afternoon at five by Dr. Sells. The funeral will be held from the Dooley Lutheran church Sunday, Rev. Egge officiating. loomed as a political leader in Mon tana as a result of his splendid record in the State Senate and his sensation al run in the primaries, is a very elo quent and forceful speaker and makes a very profound impression wherever he appears. Last year after the pri maries Sen. Anderson refused to sup port Congressman Reddick, the repub for the United States iican nominee Senate and did yoeman service _in the campaign in b-half of Sen. rj Wheeler and contributed n& share to that gentleman's nugc jority in the final election. Senator Anderson says progressive forces in the ild^paiiies cannot capture either one of ll.cm an*l that the talk to the effect tha they can is a myth and the vapovings of hopeful and inexperienced politi (U'an-;: that the balance of power plan never did and cannot work in Ameri can politics : that both of the old par ties of capitalism are manned and fin anced by* millionaire with axes to K. R. small ma t h it t he I (Continued on Page Four) STATEMENTS THAT PRO- * DUCERS NEWS HAD ANY- * THING TO DO WITH CLOS- * v ING BANK ARE FALSE * It has been reported to the * Producers News management that employes of the Plentywood State * Bank has been telling depositors * that the failure of that institu- * tion has been the results of the * policy and activity of the Produc- * TlÊl 18 ABsou;TELY : It has also been spread that * the bank was closed by the with- * drawal by the County Treasurer * • * * of £30,000. The County Treasure * * from dS this bank F except"in^uch * * amounts as was necessary to * bring the deposits of Sheridan * * Suriiv which the tankT^abte • . Vi,V ,r, r h -. As , eady as *> : f s u t ^ Bart < 'ôf th Ævwood 'as • • fhe a Neî. n L: f .t P {h n  d thS • * the bulk was unsafe. In Decem * * ; * her, 1921, the State Bank of Plen- * * tywood commenced to protest * * drafts issued by Sheridan County * * and during the greater pe-rt ol * 1923 the State Bank was unable * * to furnish legal security for coun " ty money. It was only alter aev- * * eral months of negotiations that * the personal bond of Nelson, Mar * ron, Huff and Mrs. Fadness was * * finally renewed to take the place * * of the old bond which had expired. * * * ^ _ „ _ „ -**,.**»*-.«. rHAj R!MF RI RNFD VUnidlUSUL, UUlUILiU THIMMY NICHT I liUlVui/fl I llIvUll a - Store Of Buck well & Lobdeil Stock of FirÄ£"„?Ä ''ns'ur" nä. ' The store of Buckwell & Lobdeil, the location of the Coalridge postof fice, was completely destroyed by fire Thursday morning about 2:00 o'clock, There was about $1,000 worth of goods saved. The loss was about $25,000 and there was insurance 1m ab Th'e S fi?e Started in the kitchen of Dolpha Lobdeil, in a room over the store, as the result of the explosion of a gasoline stove. all M Jf fh^^inf and L °househSd| effects. Frank Buckwell. who roomed in a room over the store, also lost his personal belongings. • Bill and Hugo Hass of the Hass Brothers Farming Corporation, north of Outlook were in the countyseat tonight (Friday) looking after busi g i j t Tot County Commissioners Decide to Take Positive Steps to Recover Quarter of Million Dollars Involved in the Sheridan County State Bank Fail ures. . - The Board of County Commissioner * of Sheridan County at the special meeting on the minutes of the Board employing Attorney Arthur Leseuer of St Paul one of the most noted attorneys in the northwest, t 0 take the proper legal steps for the collec tion of the\$225,000 owed by T. L. Beiseker and the Sheridan County State Bank to Sheridan County, which monov was illegally deposited in that bank in the fall c.f 1920, and which was involved by the failure of that bank December 19, 1923, •and which money has been the subject of considerable litigation since, United States Senator B. K. Wheeler and Attorney Alfred T. Vellum .navin* been employed on this case in 1921 and 1922 when they effected a fttle ,„ pn | w ith the Beiseker interests, al-; ment wun ine bcl« •■ lowing him to pay the sumi ini 10 an j nual installments, at < 2 p terest. It was unde s time the settlement contract va. signed that the contract was guaran teed by the Minnesota Loan & Trust Company. The Sheridan County State Bank was allowed t 0 .,«- 0 ?®"' and T. L. Beiseker made the fnvt payment of $23,000, and interest, but when the second payment fell due, ARTHUR LE SUEUR EM A „__ - T nri nrurn PLQY£|) ()N COLLECTION MATTER (Continued on Page live) j THE COUNTY NURSE I « ! i <«£♦ The Producers News has been requested to re-state its posi tion in reference to the employment by the County Commissioners of a County Nurse. The Producers News is not opposed, nor never has been, to the employment of a County Nurse, providing that the County inaugurate a sane policy in reference to the employment of Doc tors and Nurses; but it has been and is now opposed, and strongly opposed, to the present county medical policy—a policy that is cos ti n g the taxpayers about $10,000 per year in order that Dr. Sells and Storkan may live in luxury while the people get practic al nothing in leturn for the money paid out. In the f a u 0 f 1920, when the Farmer officials first went into »«<*. at a meeting in Attorney Vellum's office, the editor of the P '" dut f ,S , NeWS Se ' out very clearly ,ts pos,t,on on the County The policy is the same today as it was when outlined in Janu- 1 ary, 1920. ! it is regretted that this policy, which is the right one, was not adopted at that time. Much trouble would have been saved, much money would have been saved, and the taxpayers would have gotten something for their money, even though a couple of Doctors would not have been so rich. i The position of the Producers News on the County Nurse, is this: The Producers News thinks that with the proper arrange ments, a county nurse would be a great thing for the people. It thinks that, providing these proper arrangements can be made, that no better nurse than Nurse Braden could be secured. The position of the Producers News on the Poor Doctor and IHeaIth Officer poiicyisas follows; j The County wiU hire one doctor who will both County p° 0r doctor and County Health Officer, and pay him a salary. This doctor, will be required to quit private practice entirely. He will 1 attend to the County Poor, he will sef that the school children are examined, that any uefects are corrected; he will attend to con diseases, quarantining and fumigating, and the inspec tions required by law; he will hold clinics. The County Doctor should be allowed a nurse as an assistant. . j thi th County sick will be taken care of by a doctor . , . , . . *_.ii whose interest will be to keep people well. This policy will save the taxpayers money and at the same ft me give the public something for the money spent. The only ones opposed to this policy at any time, that we can find, has been two doctors, both of whom want to be Pensioned by the county, for rendering very little service to the public, while at | ft ie sanie time promoting their private practice, These doctors have been able to influence the Board of Coun ty Commissioner to a policy very profitable to the doctors, more | than the Producers News has been able to influence them to a policy in the interest of economy and at the same time of actually giving the public something for the money. The interest of two men have prevailed over the interest of t the people Ol Sheridan County SO lai. During the summer, the County saw fit to economize by re tirinff the County Nurse, and then raising the gratuity of Dr. Sells just the amount saved by discharging the nurse. It is under stood that Dr. Sells took a very active part in having the nurse removed in order to have his salary raised. At the time the County Nurse was retired, the Editor of the Producers News was approached in behalf of continuing the em ployment of the Nurse, and the Editor took this position: The present policy is ridiculous. The discharge of Nurse Braden is the usual policy of the Board in economizing, to dis charge the only ones doing any work and to raise the pay of those who do nothing. We are for keeping Nurse Braden provid ing our policy is adopted. But if the present policy is continued, we feel that we cannot interest ourselves in the matter at all we take this position for this reason, that if Nurse Braden is re-em ployed her friends will be satisfied with that and will tolerate the present arrangement, but that if she is not re-employed, that thev will keep up the agitation until the present policy is abolish ed and the policy which we are supporting is adopted. We teel that the ladies of Sheridai> County can put this policy over it thev persist, then we will have a County Doctor hired to keep people well, and Nurse Braden, hired to assist him, for which w ' . .. ,.f* • position she IS SO well quaimeu. mn . prnp(] that w ip con . g 0> a s far as the Producers News IS concemeu, ft nue ft, be its policy. We are sure that Commr. Lunueen is lav _-._i.i_ tft fh e idea. It only takes another Commissioner, and sure , tY. 1 n „p nf these ffentlemen see the light. ly the ladies can make one ot th e e g ___ --—— - - " ~~~~~ IMF IMP IMP 1 AW ÄITTA -THICC &1 I Ff.FI) MtDlLlNt LAlVL AU1U llUtr liLLLULii/ IflUI/lVliiU niirriT OrMTFMPF IM MADTU TY A if filT A fI|VKN ShN I lJNLli IN NUKlll UAIVUIA ul,L,n UiAULUivu -- ! . , Officie Rail RolFiie Which May End Sheridan County UtllCialS Dtan 0 £_j ' • Capture cf the Gang Or thieves Vv no lave oeen . r ci- i _ rni.ntv and Along the Soo, Line Operating Ifl oncnaatl coun y in North Dakota. ___, A. Le St er Bar*e, who had., from F ax t N . D., and who was arrested at N D 0 n Nov. 9, 1923, c»n a bv Justirp of the warrant issued ousuce oi rne eace L S . Olsen, charging Lester, Barge with stealing the automobile, 0 f R. Borley at Medicine Lake■ ° n ; 1923 was sentneced to three on ' e . ha i f 'years to the North Da kota sta t e penitentiary by Judge Lowe ^ e District Court at Crosby, N. D., last Tuesday. The charge preferred a j. in the North Dakota ^ grand larceny of an .auto tol | n at Flaxton, N. D. !t seems that all of the automo ... fall in eastern Mon Wes stofim "" b the that Barge was a Member of. It was not learnt who Ti core until ihp Stanlev sto ] e these cars until tne öLamey sheriff> picked up Lester Barge upon a warrant issued by Olsen uprm a CO mpl a int sworn to by Sheriff Sahs burv Barge was driving a Ford Jwhen arrested and this was later identified as stolen from Fortuna, Tb j s j e d to Barge's arrest on the {j orth Dakot a charge. John North is still held at Stanley awaiting extradition papers to the State of _ (Continued on Page Four) UNABLE TO PAY CHECKS OF ONE DOLLAR Took Deposits Until Monday Noon, When it Traded $2500.00 Worth of Warrants With County Treasurer Olson for Checks Against the Bank Given in Payment of Taxes Then Ceases to Function. Information Unavailable As to Actual Status of the Bank— . Some Think It Wil. Open Agam As Soon as Available Cash Can Be Secured ' NO ORDER OF BANKING DEPARTMENT POSTED Officers of Bank Still In Charge—Representatives of State Banking Department Have Not Arrived — N. L. Nelson in Twin Cities. * WATTING FOR CASH SAYS BANK OFFICER _ _ iirv|tmn«n r Uß V W HJ I k \ 11X111 ÇTHI ! AQT WFFK u I UliLili Lriu i f I LiUiV i j ! I Between Thursday evening* and Saturday afternoon of last week, the 1921 5 passenger Buick belonging to Ray White, local depot agent, was stolen from the garage at his home, According to reports, Mr. White had not seen the car since Thursday night and after the snow storm of Friday, figured that he might as well take the battery out of thp car as he would not be using the machine any more this winter. Upon going to the garage he found the car had been ; stolen from the garage. Mr. White notified the Sheriff's of fice of the loss of the car and they immediately got on the trail of the thief and it is said they have a clue to his identity and if he is captured the officers believe it will bring out some sensational developments. Mr. White purchased the auto from the Donaldson Garage two years ago and the machine was in good condi tion. Mr. White, according to reports, is very fortunate in having $1100 in surance on his car against theft, which insurance will no doubt cover the loss to Mr. White. ' BUICK BELONGING TO LOCAL STATION AGENT MYSTERIOUS LY DISAPPEARS FROM GAR AGE. ♦ M'MASTER ORDERS CUT * Huron, S. D., Dec. 6.—Cover- * * nor W. H. McMaster entered the * * gasoline war again here today * * and ordered the sale of gas from * * the state's station at the fair * * grounds at 13 cents per gallon. * Editor Taylor Appears; Waives Examinations Is Bound Over to the District Court on His Own Recogniz ance, for Trial at Next Term of Court—Calls Bluif of Plentywood Medicine Man. DEFENDANT SAYS "ITS COMIC OPERA Editor Taylor of the Producers News arrived home from his trip t 0 the Twin Clties Saturday, where he went to attend the conference for the calling of the National Convention, of the Farmer-Labor Party, held in St. Paul, after which he visited rela tiv f s ,^ t various places, in Minnesota, Mo T nda f Y af ^T he i a ? p f ared before Justice Wheeler, pleaded not waived examination and was bound over to the district court for trial at t h e next criminal term. Editor Taylor, upon being inter viewed by a Producers News reporter said: "I waived examination in order to give Dr. Storkan a chance to air his grievance, if he has any. before a jury, in the District Court. I will just call this 'Comic Opera Bluff,' i which the doctor has made as sort of a fence to set beh'nd as a shield from the public condemnation of his own j picked and unprofessional conduct, j m an effort to defame and rum a , WT ..v nutlet VÏ ■ - p d -, . ' , j ' ' . prosecutions, the chances are K°° ( j that others will finish them up, and he will have fin introduction to the Courts that will, probably satisfy his craving for slander case* The public will remember that criminal actions is an old habit of Drs. Storkan and Sells. They brought enm mal charges against Dr. Hunter in The State Bank of Plentywood ceased to operate as a bank Monday afternoon. It took deposits up until Monday noon, when it was unable to pay out any more money, even turn ing down checks in the sum of $1.00. The institution then refused to take in deposits, and continued to refuse payment upon paper drawn upon it. The doors of the bank, however, wore pot closed, nor were any rep resentatives of the State banking de partment in town, nor has any rep resentative been in town since, as far as can be learned. The excuse given out by employes of the bank for the nonpayment of orders, was that the hank had run out of currency, iu^ that payment would be resumed Tuesday morning, when the tram came in with a shipment of currency, 'V^uch Cashier jJ. L. Nelson was in the Twin Cities airanging for with the Federal Reserve Bank. Tuesday morning passed, Wednesday monung fame and no currency arrived and the k an .k ( kd not resume paymen ir the taking of deposit, otill, however, the doors remained open and no officers °f the State Banking Department ar rived. Neither did Cashier Nelson s h°w U P depositors became panic stricken, and Thursday morning all were convinced that something sen ? us bad happened, although employes m charge of the bank would not ad mit that the bank had closed, but claimed that it was only in sort of suspended animation wai mg for money when it would resume opera tion. Friday morning the doors of the bank opened as usual with all hands at service but Cashier Nelson remained absent and no legend ap peared, announcing the final closing of the bank, to break the suspense. Monday morning, one of employes of the bank appeared in the County Treasurer's office and asked to ex (Continued on Page Four) N order to put him out of the way and destroy the competition of this white haired old man, by means of slander, but when the time for trial arrived they "had the criminal cases dismis sed. no.t daring to go to court to prove their charges, and having accomplish d their purpose in ruining the repu tation of the 'old man' in the protec tion of the public, as they put it. Later they intrigued Nurse Braden out of a job because people called her or the babies, instead of them, thus defeating them in a fee. Now pursu ing their habitual policy of destroy mg competitors by slander and in trigue they mode their unfortunate and contemptible slander attack upon Dr. Fawcett, and when that boomer anged, they now bring a criminal liliel charge against me in order to set up a smoke screen to hide their con temptible acts. « Th m } the oppor tunity th y rravin fo ; e to ° b P ? p ' tU ty / , - 1 * 101 > T '°. , th e fads before a court of record, and its a safe bet that whhn the time comes these birds will not be there but will be in some other state, ply ng . their came in greener fields * g e n g out I am quite sure of my position. I get the facts before I write articles. am usually very careful of myself, and in this particular case I put in a whole day running down the facts of the death of Ehrmanntraut, before the article was published!" U