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»fÖR PRESIDENT, ROBERT M. La FOLLETTE, ON FARMER-LABO^ ^ICKET
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THE PRODUCERS NEW.
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OftciaTPaperof the City of Plentywood
VII, No. 22
THE PRODUCERS
NEWS GOES INTO
EVERY HOME IN
THE COUNTY.
A PAPE R OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE
PLENTYWOOD, SHERIDAN COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1924
Continuing Plentywood Pioneer Press, Vol. 10, No. 2
Continuing the Outlook Promoter
Sheridan County News & Dooley Sun
VOL
ound Keynote
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Pilsterine Again (Pilfers County
$80« Haul Hiis Month
$1300.00 Last Month
Green Ink Rodger, Pilster Storkan, Carl Peterson, Bridget
C Grady, Tvler and Ibsen are Going Strong—Believe hi
Getting While Getting Is Good.
COM. LUWDEEN FIGHTS WITH BACK TO WALL
Taxpayers root the Bills and Grit Their Teeth Until Election
Day When They Will Eliminate These Grafters and Put
County on Sound Foundation.
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Anotiier ç -0.00 for county printing
wa.> f.icivil iom lh e county at the
regular mee ing of the Board of Coun
ty Commissioner on September 2nd.
AI1 o: the orders for this huge sum!
came from the office of Carl Peter
sin, the "efficient" county purchasing
: 2ent and Cl ik of Court and from
he office of Bridget O'Grady, ,the
most extravagant Cl irk and Retford
r in t e State of Montana, who keeps
a payroll of 1G clerks and deputies'
h le other counties of the sann class
ix.
Carl Peterson, who is now gum -1
shoeing throughout the county in be
half of Carl Peterson for Clerk of the
District Court Club, the club consist
ing exclusively of Carl Peterson and
Dolly Peterson, who has been clubbing
Sheridan countv for a monthly c.f
$287.50 per month for the past three
and one-half years, besides such oth-|
er stipends as were handy in connec
tion with the puTchasinp* agency Tiev
er forgets to tell how efficient'an of
ficer he has been. He never tells ihow
ever, how he made his peace with Jud
Matkin as soon as the farmers had
elected him to office, for his (Jud's)
influence in behalf of Mrs. Peterson's!
appointment as a deputy in Carl's of-1
flee, and he always overlooks the mat
ter of how he entertained, wined and
<imed Jud all the time Matkin was a
member c.f the board of county com
misisoners. Carl is alright with the
grafters and county robbers. They
are more than glad to boost for him
and urg e all their friends and main
Greeters to vote for him. Carl is a
ver y fast friend of Leo Zeidler, w h 0
m connection with the Beisekers'sign
^ Pbony bonds for county money in
i he Nheridan Countv State Bank,
" j bonds wore never made good
ami upon which Zeidler is still liable
^arl think- that the onerations of
Z ' r nr. Clu.ter R iseker in'the
i Main .'eal i; all ri ht for
if A did not thing so, he would not
h' md at t him and JTatkin in their
-n t.. ib the count * some more,
li - ne Ca-1 ppt, r n -
P" " .u for vour uppoit in ^
coming ,do .tion, àsk him how the
arniemic gets its orders for county
jyitg amounting to thou
left ih,
3 n
, I - $ ?
n /' '. H ", }
. VI. in /i ho
ik ■ ouriffi. robber
- lon.ana Have him
w ' v-m on the Kochdge
mipti. pv,,i uVî- 1or k ot nn 5 ^
.soaslthim M.L.'u a 'i 011 flf raft - Al-|
ü; 1 : v ; -Ä ä;
•? iar > aliuw. ,1 bv law fnr him«olf
ne ether offic. rs were with the* ex
Ä hridgot O'Grady, but that
for u- ° , 8 baking th e county down
fort ^ s: ' ' lr 'es, or eight years pay
Z, 'Z y ,:'! s Carl stands for
one t.nng, mat i-.
01 1. t have it. r
wliich h
month.
men
ml
is
m the
explain his
political cie
p he D' ; neipTes
■ was , iected are a second
to y ™ nsid ;ation ! ° hin if he is able
m an ' xtra yiece of silver. Carl
ani
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v— th e m0 nev of the tax
Sin T' he wil1 aid and abet the
ominals to get it He is the Tmiic
* a!l . ot "ho now is posing as a pro
Sir «" the ticket ekked bv Jud
com l " o ml his K an 8 of crooks in the
is p ,0 , rkan ' the faldr medic, who
vising fo r purported medical scr
elect;', G «° en lnk dodger, the county
who Pc'Phottle Jack O'Grady,
a fp all ^rom the county,
Tw " a,n *ht with Carl Peterson,
watrk iu Work mg hand in glove. Just
Ihen rc ° Ppoting claims roll in and
with that Carl is the bird
P ol who draws up the orders.
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boycott The Boycotters! business men unfair to farmers
ZEIDLER HARWARE
HARRIS CONFECTIONERY
MONTANA MOTOR CO.
WEST CABARET
KAVON GARAGE
ORPHEUM THEATRE
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thieves Get Silk From N. J. Nelson
& to. Store and Ford From R. O.
' Nelson—Thought to Be Fooz e Run
ners.
T , rp . . . ^ ,
i , s * f^esday night or early Wed
j *Vr sday corning, burglars broke into
! f he . N / b" elson & Co. store at Out
i , 7 y means of boring through a
S doo , r lock and esca P ed with $13.00 in
I cash aad several hundred dollars
1 wo ^ th of sllk and two suitcases,
, Befor f having the town, the bar
«"»also helped themselves to
1 car owned by R. O. Nelson,
I If ? ash £T- of the Security
State Bank. The car was stolen
i ,° ln ^ le # ara ge V ar V l e •^ e ^ son re si
I d ? nce and the theft of the car was not
! dl ^ overed untl1 Wednesday noon,
Thenewsofthe robbery was tele
P honed to the Sheriff s office Wednes
day noon ' and two de P uties and the
® ou " ty att °T ney immediately went to
! 0utlook to investigate the case,
! ^ wo Q ud -e well dressed young men
1 were seen loitering about Outlook
I Tuesda y evening and it is thought
that the Y wei 'e implicated in the
1 thievery, and were probably members
' of a of auto thieves and booze
runners who crossed the Canadian
boundary after committing the crime
to dispose of their loot. Th e fact that
Sllk was th e only merchandise dis
turbed showed the robbers to be pro
fessional at the thieving game.
It might be well for all small towns
to put on extra vatche-, during the
nex t two months to protect their pro
P er Y from the marauders who gener
ad y follow the large band of harvest
hands to the country in the fall, hop
' n g to escape dete tion because of the
numbor of sträng rs here at that
time '
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SHERIFF SALISBURY
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Shenft Salisbury and Deputy Sheriff
Newlon raided the Redstone Pool Hall
which was being conducted by John
Boulds, but which is reported to be
owned by Roy Proffit, prominent Red
stone citizen ami a prominent member
of llie cJ - urc h element and a bosom
fri end dud Matkins.
?Tr - siwpected that his place
of business was under surveillance
sor - e tim e a *TO and it is understood
any
in connection with his business he
transferred the same over to John
Boulds, a noted gamblerjfrom Plenty
weed. The sheriff seized 35 bottles
? f beer which was kept in a back room
j? aa lce box
Boulds ard Havold 9 aveland . „ H
charge of possessing intoxicating h
and arrested John
on a
quors.
After questioning Cleveland he ad
mitted selling liquor for John Boulds
and Roy Proffit, and that he turned
the money over to them.
Boulds furnished bond to appear in
District Court next November. Cleve
land was released pending further ac
tion of the authorities against Proffit.
ALDA FRALEY LEADS IN PR1N
CESS CONTEST-RACE IS HOT
NIELSEN IS NOW CLOSE SECOND
ELIZABETH
As Time Grows Shorter Candidates Redouble Efforts to Land
High Honors and Enjoy Wonderful Trip to State Fair
Many Ways to Secure Votes.
CONTEST CLOSES WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17TH|:
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CJiv r* * _ -
vDend i.n Y our Renewal or New Subscription and Give tbs
Votes to 'Your Favorite Candidate—Girls Get Your
r» . t A . '
rnends to V\or»\ lOr fou - Anyoody S Race As Yet.
The P ri ucess of Sheridan Coun
ty contest is getting into the open
stretch and the next 12 days will see
the contestants vie with each other in
their campaign for votes. In the past
few days, some of the contestants who
were among the lowest hav e jumped
several thousand votes,
Hailie Wheeler and Lillian Gunder
son have jumped suddenly from 1000
votes to 5,900 and 4850 respectively,
thus showing that they can catch up
with the high contestants any time
they want to. Inga Olson of Comer
town rolled up a gain of 4,100 votes
since last issue and. Ruth Olson of
Outlook also made a substantial gain.
EACH ISSUE CONTAINS
200,000 VOTES.
It is easy to get votes if you go af
ter them. Each issue of the produc
ers News contains 200,000 votes in
free coupons alone, and you can easily
secure additional votes by soliciting
subscriptions which gives you
votes for each renewal and 1200 votes
for each new subscriber secured. Also
you may earn additional votes by col
lections of accounts which gives you
one vote for each cent ccJlected.
REMEMBER THE
DATE OF CLOSING
Don't forget that the contest closes
September 17th, instead of September
20th. The date of closing was set
three days earlier than originally
planned so as to give the Princess
time in which to prepare for the event
and to secure instructions from the
Queen of Montana Manager at Hele
rnnn
nie
v!iiTB«ïï BPAnv
KH.A1Ji
Each contestant is urged to have a
F ood PP^ure of herself ready so that
1 may be sent to Eelena immediately
j l 'P OT ? tke clcsin g the c V^ st . .
the large new spapers o, the state
ar ® anxî0US to : secure the cuts of the
Processes so that ceey may run them
<'Unrg the fair week.
600
na.
All
TIME GET
TING SHORT
; ^ases, *o you do not want to pass up
this opportunity. A few days of hard
work is all that stands between you
and the honor of being the princess
c.f Sheridan County and perhaps the
Q ueen of Montana. Should you win
the latter honor, you will receive
i StSS ok" eum ExhiMthm
a t misa uxianoraa.
NOW ALL TO
GETHER LET'S GO
Your friends are ready and willing
to help you if you only ask them to.
Call then up over the phone and have
them give you credit for their renewal
or fill your name into the free vote
coupon in each issue of The Producers
News, or drop them a line calling
thrtr atention to the fact that you are
in the to win. They want to see
LET'S GO.
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YIELDS 33Vi BU. TO ACRE i
Yours for a free press—Boycott
the Boycotters.
you get the honor.
WHEAT WEIGHS 64 LBS.
TO THE BUSHEL AND
Petg Marron of west of Plentywood
brought in 100 bushels of new wheat
to be ground into flour at the Plenty
wood Mill last Thursday. This is the
first new wheat to come to the mill
this year and it weighed 64 pounds to
the bushel. The wheat averaged 33V£
bushels ta the acre.
STANDING OF
CONTESTANTS
21,200
ALDA FRALEY,
Raymond
ELIZABETH NIELSON,
Dagmar
INGA OLSON,
Comertown
RALLIE WHEELER,
Plentywood
14,650
8,000
5,950
GUNDERSON,
Plentywood
HELGA HENDRICKSON,
Antelope
RUTH OLSON,
Outlook
IDA JESSEN,
Dagmar
4,850
4,500
2,800
1,000
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ARE YOU REGISTERED? If you are not
registered, you cannot vote at the general elec
tion. Every Man and Woman Eligible to Vote in
the Towns and Villages are Registered and the
County Hi-jackers Influence Their Votes Against
You. Get Out and Register and See That Your
Neighbors are Registered and Fight for year Own
Rights As Well
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as the lown Fie-Cc unter Seeker
Fights to Dominate Youv Welfare. DO IT NOW.
ONLY Â FEW DAYS TO REGISTER.
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OLE J.JERDE, COM
ERTOWN FARMER
DIES AT HELENA
WENT TO VETERANS HOSPITAL
NUMBER 72 FOR TREATMENT
ABOUT MAY 1st. FOR CON
SUMPTION.
Ole J. Jerdc, veteran of the World
War and prominent Comertown citi
zen died at U. S. Veterans Hospital
morning, September 3rd.
Mr Jerde was a member of the
peditionary forces in Siberia from
May 10th, 1918 until Nov. 7th. 1919,
where h? contracted his illness which
finally caused his death. Hi? health
was gradually failing until last April
when he decided to apply to the Unit
ed States government for treatment.
He was finally admitted to the Veter
ans Hospital at Helena early in May,
but his condition was then such that
his recovery was doubtful. Finally
September 3rd. he passed away.
The remains will be shipped
Comertown for burial. It is expected
that the body will arrive today. Pun
on Wednesday
ex
c.n
to
OUTLOOK HOSPITAL
Â1D TO HOLD BAZAAR
* will be reasonable and it will be * |
ChriSLÄ * 0btain your
cmnsimas guts.
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The warfare at the present is be
tween two rival governors. A big
battle is pending at the present time,
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Six people were killed :n a clash
between Ku Klux Klan members and
* Lunch Will Be Served and Bazaar *
Held Some Time in October— *
Date to Be Set Later. *
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The Outlook Hospital Aid is *
* planning to hold a bazaar and *
1* lunch some time in October, the *
* date to be set later. All those *
l intere t te L in a» q«««* Hospital *
;* are asked to contribute something *
fo be sold at the Bazaar. Prices * I
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CIVIL WAR BREAKS
OUT IN CHINA
Reports from China are to the ef
feet that armed forces are in conflict
i n that country and it is not known
to what extent the uprising will ex
tend at this writing.
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those opposed to the Klan last Satur
day afternoon at Herrin, Illinois.
Four of the dead were Klansmen
and one killed was a by-stander.
Mr. and Mrs. Satrie of St. Paul, vis
ited Sunday at the Andy Hansen
home. Mr. Satire is agent for the
Sig Ellingsen Stock Commission firm,
Persists In Operating Fords Wi hout
Ocense After Being Notified. .Must
Appear September 10th. Before
.ludge Olson To Answer charge 0
Cperanng Automobiles Without
License.
era! services will be conducted im
mediately upon the arrival of the
body.
SHERIFF ARRESTS
ERNEST LANG
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Asumming that they are above the
law and that they may do what they
please, Lizzy Lang and his brother
Earnest have persisted to. operate the
Lizzies and trucks without licenses
from time to time during the entire
season hoping to escape the payment 1
of license fees for motor vehicles thus J
cheating the county out of its due i
share of the revenues for the purpose
of building roads. Sheriff Salisbury
has published sevearl notices calling
attention to the state law governing
the operation of motor vehicles with
out licenses, urging that all owners
of such vehicles apply to^ the secre
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Farmer-Labor Party Stands for Mass Prosperity Which Means
Arrest of the Robbers in Our Government Says Senator
Anderson in Opening Address of Campaign.
LA FOLLETTE CANDIDACY IS GIVEN BIG
BOOST BY SENATOR J. W. ANDERSON
Frank J. Ewards, Farmer-Labor Candidate for Governor, De
clares Governor Dixon Sat Idly By and Allowed Rail
roads to Escape Taxation.
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* HIGH LIGHTS ON FARMER
LABOR MEETING
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Farmer-Labor *
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* I want to be red. * !
* Th e Farmer-Labor party stands * |
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* down but nc.t by men who believe *
in them. *
* I am as class conscious as a *
banker. The only difference is *
There must be a new lineup in *
this country before the power of *
*
Ther has never been such a *
demand for a change of adminis- *
trat ion as in this country at the *
present time. " ' *
Not only in our country but in *
* every country the masses are long *
~ ing for freedom, the solution of *
which may be found in the prac- *
* tical economies of life. *
* Slavery appears in, various *
* guises. It is now before us in *
*
* J.W. Anderson,
* candidate for United States sen
* ator:
If Robert M. L Follette is red,
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* for mass prosperity.
Great monopolies can be broken
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that I'll admit it.
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wealth is broken.
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* the guise of wealth. And wealth *
* is the most potent form of slavery *
* because of its complexity. *
* Frank J. Edwards, Farmer-La- *
* bor candidate for governor:
* If each party asks credit fc.r *
* better prices and good crops, let *
* them have it but insist that they *
j * allow us to elect a president every *
year and then we will have per- *
petual prosperity. *
* I am against matching dollars *
* with the U. S. government on the *
* "better roads" plea to give aid *
* and comfort to the cement trust, *
* steel trust and automobile manu- *
* facturera. If we economize we'll *
* find it practical to provide our *
* own roads. v *
* If the farmer don't make money *
he has none to pass along. *
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GRAWE CLOTHING
STORE ROBBED
SUNDAY NIGHT
Places Around City Where It Had
t
i Sometime between Saturday night
and Monday morning, the F. W.
Grawo
Most of Loot Recovered At Various
Been Cached—O'Connor Arrested
As One of Principals.
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clotning store in Plentywood
was burglarized and about $500 worth
of clothing was taken. The burglars
entered the store by climbing onto
the roof of a shed adjoining the store
and breaking a window. After gain
ing entrance they opened a rear door
thru which the loot was carried into,
the back alley.
Immediately upon discovering the
robbery, Mr. Graw e notified th e Sher
! and af ter a few hours a man by
i the name of J. E. O'Connor was ar
' vested and charged with grand lar
| csn ?Y- O'Connor, it is reported, was
! aa inmate of the North Dakota state
prison until Auggust 9th at Bismark,
having served there about one year.
The arrest was made after dis
covery that O'Connor had been try
ing to sell some of the loot to several
I. W. W. members and to divers other
people around town. By Monday
night all of the loot had been recov
e red with the exception of about 5
leather vests and several silk shirts,
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Frank J. Fishbeck, age 31, and Nel
lie M. Goodman, ag e 21, both c.f Plen
tywood, Tuesday, September 2nd.
Ed. Richards, age 52, of Plentywood
and Sally Schumaker, age 50, of Bain
ville, Wednesday, September 3rd.
The axiomatic principles in the ad
joining columns of this
paper as
expressed by Senator J. W. Anderson
and Frank J. Edwards, held the in
terest of a meeting erf Great Falls
progressives in th e Capitol theatre
Friday night.
Senator Anderson, an able speaker,
well äcquainted with conditions in
en ^^u a / U /i! n ^ J? years. He
said that throughout the country
there is being shown an intense in
"There **is ^o neecl^ol * ^creatinJ^fhe
farmer-labcr movement." h e saW. "It
is already here and it is up to the
people of the r-tate to take nn iP<s
advantages.
"Never in the history of our coun
try has there been such a desire for
a change in the management of our
affairs. This desire is hot confined to
c,ur own country but in every country
°f the world there is that longing for
freedom which will find its expres
s / on the practical economies of
tife. There have been different ages
°f slavery but none which forces
to carry such a heacy yoke as the one
the niasses are forced to bear in this
commercial age. Because of its com
Fixities ît j s difficult to trace its
Us
workings and in order to break the
shackles which bind us we must be
zealous in the
for -
ROADS DESCRIBED
Illustrating tactics employed by the
big interests Mr. Anderson explained
th e various ways railroads used
obtain money from the people,
"Occasionally the big money lords
quarrel but whenever that happens
the public always has to pay." An
example of this, Mr. Anderson said,
was the panic of 1907 where the
Rockeyfeller interests tried to oust
J. P. Morgan from Wall Street by
controllnig credits. Later on in the
United States senate, Morgan de
dared that the Rockerfeller interests
caused the panic and that's why he
urged there should be a law passed
providing for a more elastic rur
jrency system. "Without it," Morgan
I declared, "there is danger that the
I Reckerfellcr interests will be able to
; control 1 all the money in the country."
As i result of the panic thousands
of small business men went to the
wall. Thon followed the federal
serve bank.
cause we are striving
TACTICS OF
to
re
KESERVE BANK
HAD MERIT
"This had wonderful possibilities
b ul the wrong men. were put in
charge. No other man in the coun
i try has done so much to prevent these
: abuses in government as Robert M,
! La Follette.
be red,
If he is red I want to
Mr. Anderson said.
Never in th e history of this coun
try did the people produce so much
and hv e so ilttle. Never was there so
. much unemployment. Just as a farm
; er must have*a field he must have
thrifty workers. When you kill the
goose that lays the golden egg this i
, poor economics,
party stands for
\
is
The Farmer-Labor
mass prosperity
which means arrest of the robbers in
our government."
Explaining the necessity of break
ing up the great monopolies in this
counry, Mr. Anderson said that the
only way to eradicate the evils of bur
government was to send men to
Washington whom the people believe
in. "Most of the big manufacturers
would prefer to close down their fac
tories and throw thousands out c £
work than to keep them open and by
so doing accept less
price' in the way of prifits,
INCOME
TAX FIASCO
Mr. Edwards directed attention to
Mr. Coolidge's attempts to reduce in
come taxes. .„"This has been about
all he has done since he became pres
ident," Mr. Edwards said. "Whàt
does the average man care about his
income tax He gets so little that
it doesn't worry him much. But the
big moneyed men are interested. And
than 'their
he said.
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