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Official PaP e!
vTNo. 35
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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
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CHICAGO CONFERENCE CONCUR IN MEETING
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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
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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.
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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».
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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
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®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
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received
nomination and!
TDCC CAD P'WOOO
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'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. *
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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.
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t h it t he
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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 *
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* 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
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* 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. *
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VUnidlUSUL, UUlUILiU
THIMMY NICHT
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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
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County Commissioners Decide to Take
Positive Steps to Recover Quarter
of Million Dollars Involved in the
Sheridan County State Bank Fail
ures. .
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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
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PLQY£|) ()N
COLLECTION MATTER
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THE COUNTY NURSE
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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.
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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
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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
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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 ___
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. , 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.
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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
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(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.
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WATTING FOR CASH SAYS BANK OFFICER
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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!"
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