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Official Pap«r of the City of Plentyw—d
A PAPER O F THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE
PLENTYWOOD, SHERIDAN COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1924
VOL. VI!, No. 31
Continuing the Outlook Promoter
Sheridan County News & Dooley Sub
C
IS PRES
T. J. Walsh And Judge Erickson Win In Montana
DIXON DEFEATED BY
4, 000 MA JORITY
Metal Mines Tax Probably Defeated By Small Majority,
While All Other Measures Pass—Presidential Primary
Repeal Defeated. .
IFAVITT AND EVANS FIRfTFD TO
CONGRESS BY LARGE MAJORITIES
n i*j • BA a. n i ... «
Coolidge Carries Montana — Republicans Elect All State Tic
ket E« e pt Dix° n - La Follette Sacrificed In M° n tana t °
oave w aisn. :
> ! R AL RETURNS
Helena, Nov. 5.— J. E. Erickson of
Kaiispell Wednesday night occupied
the place of governor-elect of Mon-!
tana, on the face of revised unoffl
cial tabulations from 1,145 of the
state's 1533 precincts. The returns
indicated he had unseated Governor
Joseph M. Dixon, republican, by a
plurality of more than 14,000.
President Coolidge continued t 0 roll
up a commanding popular vote over
Senator LaFollette with Davis défi- i
nitely relegated to third position,
With the Coolidge majority past the j
15.(00 mark, and 140,000 votes tabu-,
iated, he appeared, assured of Mon
tana's four electoral votes.
In 'he congressional contests the
returns indicated Senator Thomas J
Walsh, democrat, had been returned
to h,s post at Washington by a mar
gin of more than 13,000 over his re
publican opponent Frank B. Linder
man. Congressman John M. Evans,
democrat, first district, and Congress
man Scott lieavitt, republican, second
district, likewise were returned win
h€ts.
The strength of J. E, Erickson de
mocratic gubernatorial candidate, and
Senator T. J. Walsh in the rural dis
tricts was apparent Wednesday night
as unofficial returns gave them sub
stantial majorities in counties clas
aififri by political observers as ^e
publican. President Coolidge also re
reived a commanding plurality in the
agnculural counties.
Counties
Of the 12 counties in which 120,000
of the 240.000 voters registered re
'ide, Erickson appeared assured of
carrying nine and Walsh seven The
counties are: Carbon, Cascade' Deer
L ipe. Fergus, Flathead Gallatin
Hill. Lewis and Clark ' Missoula'
Park. Silver Bow and Yellowstone.
Govenmr Dixon was leading to
m Park, Yellowstone and Car
"° n and Underman in Carbon, Flat-1
î?? a 'i Uv.i> nn<l Clark, Park and
jifllow stone. '
let urn
U Follette
'•armer-labH
re ÇD; sociay
^alsh 7
iivloli Davit * 27 £02;.
tLaFollette) 3,234 (Tort
t 175; workers 111.
— ."Linderman, 64,532;
Anilerson (F. L.j 4,259; Juttner (S)
' Teagarden (I) 76,
Frickson 77,281* Dixon 68,035; Ed
L. 5,756; Mathecon (S)
' *• 1 he returns substantiated those,
dr '\ today on which W. E. Dowlin,
3 hhcan cani Puign manager, vir
son 3 t^°, n< 7 eded tb e election of Erick
ct v l r ' ai " ! Evans and claimed
a ^ or Coolidge and lieavitt, in
t(l the effect this seemed
contents ° Ule outcome of these
Com i Evans Ahead
in the <T te returns from 298 of 492
Evan* o r )^., c . on ?ressional district gav e
I)avis ( R ) 18,560; Me
îi [Il m
pucitwl second district 531 of 1,041
Kirschu; *? ve: Leavitt 34,672;
U) 2 772 n * (I> > 19,803; Taylor (F.
With Tv
thews he exce ption of John Mat
*°ciate , er, '° rra tic candidate for as
court the lKe the state supreme
ket àn nr,, remainder of the state tic-1
Hite t ? bave taken a * defi
dates. republican candi
Aasodate 8 814 precincts gave:
Wat thews 48,364;
^ Pease (r - L)
Lieute fla ^ C< ' ormîck Win »
*3,434. r ^° ver nor: McCormick
^ 'S) 4V° 0r * y (d) 36 > 425 1 Skin
To : Foot« (r) in
W) W«»;
I 3,497; Wallace (a) 346.
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The Second Annual Plentywood
Fair was held last Saturday and was
a huge success. In spite of the cold
weather a verv large number from
all parts of the county attended. In
all there were approximately 850 en
tries including all kinds of grains,
vegetables, corn grasses notatoes
livesSck! po" t^-, S^ned goods^f
all kinds, handiwork, baking and
Boys' and Girls' Club Work.
The disulav of vegetables notatnes
grains, and the womens' departments
would do credit to any fair
The com was not lip to last year
but there were 35 entries that sur
prised everyone present for quality.
A Livestock Department of the 1
Fair was inaugurated this year, and a I
very good start was maide. Mr. R. R.
Ueland and Ed, Iverson of Antelope
showed excellent purebred herds of
Shorthorns, and Jens Ibsen of Doley !
showed his purebred Herefords, j
These herd are al of the best stock in i
the county, and will undobtedly make
a good foundation for the develop
ment of livestock in the county.
In the afternoon a very entertain
ing program was given by the Boys'
and Girls' Clubs of the county. Dem
onstrations, songs, short plays, and
recitations were given. A parade
was also staged by the clubs and
their leaders dow r n Main Street.
which^was very impressive. Banners
were carried by each club giving the
" a ™e o fthe club. Ten of the four-!
i teen clubs of the county were repre
rented with about 100 members.
^ as expected this WMthe larg
1 est fair ever held in Northeastern
Montana, and will undoubtedly be a
permanent affair Next week a list
of the prize winners will be publish
led.
COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEET1N»
NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT NOV. IS
! . ". ... ,
Every organization will remember
: to have its representative present at,
the second meeting of the Community
: Council this coming Thursday night
November 13 at 8 o'clock, impowered
and instructed to vote on the question
as to whether or not w'e shall enter
into such a project. _
!
"JUST STARTED," LA FOLLETTE
SAYS IN STATEMENT
Madison, Wis., Nov. 5.—Senater
Robert M. La Follette defeated ind*
pendent candidate for the presidency,
in his first public statement today,
commenting .upon the election, said;
1 "The loss of this one battle in the,
ag e long struggle is but an incident,
! "So far as I am personally con
: cerned," he said, "I am enlisted for
life* in the struggle.
"The progressives
mayed by this result," he said.
' have just began to fight. There can
j be no compromise on the fundament
al issues for which we stand.
will not be dis
We
NICKERSON SCHOOL TO
HAVE BASKET SOCIAL
On Friday November 14th, there
will be a basket social at the Nicker
son school 10 miles northeast of
Plentywood and 7 miles southeast of
Outlook. Ladies bring your baskets.
Everybody welcome Good time as
sured. Don't forget the date.
A. J. Beverong and Joe McIntosh
have rented the building just east of
the Sheridan County State Bank and
have installed a cabinet shop therein.
Farmers Are Returned To
Power In Sheridan County
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Every rarmer-Labor Candidate Elected In Spite of Storm,
Reducing Vote In Rural Precincts—Crucial Battle Won
In Spite of Efforts of Old Gang to Gain Control.
FARMERSJOW CONTROL COMMISSIONERS
'
Th e farmers' administration
returned to power in Sheridan
V^of the hardes t fought
campaign ever waged in Sheridan
county, in spite of the general
publican landslide, in spite of the
'frown of the gods who sent a bad
day and a fierce storm, the^ farmers
wo ™ . .
The winning of the election Tues
day means that Sheridan county is
redeemed and that the county will
c P n ^ nue career of tax reduc
and , Payment of the public
£ ebt afdil the entire obligations have
be ?n hqmdated.
Uu * JÎVÏ 18 \ lctor V
that - th< L fight that has been continu
m S * co y nty and northeastern
Mc , an , a for the P ast seven years has
»"* *•» w<m * and ft ««*» is «4
f? and fro ™ n ° w on the and
was
coun
re
means
organization can give its atten
î' 1011 tbe buddin g up of this coun
& w* ^ foundat j?IV The fi g ht
bas been . a a P d bitter one, but
the efforts *
DAY
COLD AND STORM
Election day borke raw and a
cold wind was blowing from the
n °rtheast, and about noon it
menced to snow and blow and by
^bree o'clock it was almost impossible
^° travel by car, which resulted
reducing the rural vote by at least
hundred votes. The vote in Sher
ldan County this year was mudh less
than it was two years ago in spite of
the fact that the registration was
reverul hundred larger. The vote un
vvas 90 per cent farmer-labor.
The opposition vote, which resides
for the most part in the towns, was
ca ^ almost to the last man, record
y ates being cast.in Plentywood, Med
iy ine Lake, Redstöne and Antelope,
Dagmar however, increased its vote
and cast a record vote for the Far
mer-Labor party. Considering the
above facts, the Fanner-Labor vic
tory was the greatest ever won in the
S5l u ^- BEATS
PEI EKoON.
com
rn
The closest race was between Dan
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Paul Beats Onstad For
Judge With 600 Majority
;
Coming Out of Sheridan County With 875 Majority, Farmer
Labor Candidate Overcomes Onstad's Majority of 125
in Daniels County and 175 In Roosevelt County.
BAD SNOW STORM REDUCES MAJORITY
S. E. Paul, of Plentywood, was
elected judge of the Twentieth Judi
cial District, Tuesday, with with a
majority of nearly 600.
Paul caried Sheridan county by
about 875 majority, but Onstad car
ried Roosevelt county by 160 and
Daniels county by 125, leaving Paul
a majoritv of about 600 in the dis
. • .
mi £ ul._ qw>
elated oveT"the election of Pad but
P^ul" ti nÄ it to f tee th f.™Äo°r
raui is nov
ites, but ajreatd^d *
many of the members of the old par
ties who jomedto^ther jnlhfte
farmers to put Mr. Paul on the bench.
Mr Onstad owes Wamajorrty in
tehtTisÄw"
Bowler, Wm. Stevens and Sid Ben
THANKSGIVING DAY *
IS PROCLAIMED BY *
NATION'S PRESIDENT. *
Washington, Nov. 5.—Presi- *
dent Coolidge issued a proclama- *
tion Thursday, November 27, as *
Thanksgiving day.
The proclamation urged that *
thanks be given because the year *
has been marked by a continua- *
tion of peace, whereby, "our *
country has grown into a rela- *
tion of better understanding *
with all the other nations of the *
earth,'' and because at home "we *
have continually been improving *
the state of health" with indus- *
trial production large and har- *
vests bountiful." *
»*-»*• «««**
MC DONALD LAYS
HIS MANDATE
AT KING'S TOES
BALDWIN EXPECTED TO FORM
GOVERNMENT
TIVES GAIN LARGE NUMBER
OF SEATS.
CONSERVA
London, Nov. 4.—England's first
labor-socialist government passed
out of existence this evening.
Premier MacDonald went to Buck
ingham palace and tendered the res
ignations of himsdf and his col
leagues to King George and they
were immediately accepted.
It is confidently expected that
King George will summon Stanley
Baldwin, the tory leader, within 48
hours and charge him with the task
of forming a new government. It
will he* tory in complexion, not coal
ition.
There has been gossip that Vis
countess Astor or the Duchess of
Atholl might be invited to accept a
government post, hut this is believed
(Continued on page 8)
nett, the combination which defeated
the farmer-labor forces in Daniels
county.
Mr. Onstad carried Roosevelt coun
ty because of his lead in Wolf Point
Jhe only town aI °ng the the
line that went for Onstad. Paul car
rymg all of the rest of the villages,
In Bamville, Attorney Walton put
Paul over with a nice little majority,
a nd over in Poplar the attorneys
'Trojan service for the new
J f Nÿgdrt -tea a bitter oppon
ent 0 f Onstad in the primaries, and
Bowler threw several fits about On
the primar fc s but finally lin
in order to defeat the farmer
îabor F candidate . e
Jf ^ farmer . labor Tote wMdl was
114 ^
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mam
SENATOR LODGE
ON DEATH BED
SENATOR'S CONDITION IS RE
PORTED CRITICAL FOLLOW
ING STROKE.
^ . .j ,, XT _
Cambridge. Mass., htov. 6 *
the condition of Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, who suffered a
stroke yesterday at the Charles
ton hospital here was declared
m a bulletm issued at the hospi
tal shortly after noon, to be un
changed, not hopeful "
Cambridge, Mass., Nov, 6.—Sena
tor Henry Cabot Lodge, who suffered
yesterday at a hospital
where he has been convalescing from
ear? tS?' ^ unconscious
view r ed C the n hifto?y of ÄTlLgK
U sinée Jtata Î3ÊK
ted to an emergency operation from
which he made good recovery On
20th, a second operation was i
performed.
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* FAMOUS JUVENILE
* JUDGE IS LOSING
♦ :
*
IN ELECTION VOTE *
- p. _ ~ T - *
Denver, Colo., Nov. 5.—Judge * 1
Benjamin B. Lindsey, democrat, * !
was having the hardest election * i
fight of his 23 years on the Den- *
* ^ er court bench Wednes- * :
day night. He was leading his * j
* republican opponent by only 765 *
* votes with six large precincts to *
hear from. Judge Lindsey w-as •
* KnKÎuv by the '
* T.-HJi . .v . . *
* Lindsey is the founder *
* r S . - 1UV T le He !
* ' ° 1 f|k a ? wn internationally as
* nnpnïl h0nty 0n 3Uvemle delm ' *
* r.Li T • , ^
Judge Lindsey told The Asso
* at o'clock that it *
ooked hke I ve been beaten." *
* assigned to •
* guard the ballot boxes contain- *
* Precincts S1X miSSmR l
precincts.
* *
The biggest advertising medium in
Northeastern Mentana—Take advant
age of it. The Producers News,
BROOKHART HAS
11(0 VOTE LEAD
Des Moines, Nov. 6.—An incom
plete recheck of the senatorial ballots
showed Senator Brookhart leading
Daniel F. Steck, Democrat, by 1,160
votes at 12:45 p. m. today. The to
tals were: Brookhart 447,204; Steck
446,044.
An official recount of the senator
ial ballots cast Tuesday in Pottawa
tamie county was started this
__ morn
ing and has recorded a gain of 30
votes by Brookhart over Steck, ac
cording to a message received here
by H. L. Cook, Brookhart's manager.
The county includes Council Bluffs,
where it was first discovered voters
had invalidated numerous ballots by
marking arrows upon them to set out
the fact that they had scratched
their ballots for Steck.
new steel structure, without ' inter
rupting traffic or changing rail line.
Miles City. Northern Pacific re
placing old Tongue River bridge with
ELECTORAL VOTES CREDITED TO
C00UDGE BOOSTED BY RETURNS
TABULATED DURING THE DAY
Figures Indicate That Coolidge and Dawes May Even Win
All Electoral Votes Now Classed as Doubtful—North
Dakota Only Possible Chance for LaFollette to Increase
His Total.
BURTON K. WHEELER'S STAR IN DECLINE
New York Nov. 6.—The Republi
can triumph in Tuesday's election
assumes an even greater magnitude
as the counting of the ballots nears
completion.
Overnight returns not only boost
e d the total of electoral votes cred
itecl to Coolidge and Dawes, but in
creased the likelihood that the new
administration will have a depend
able majority of its own part £ in
congress H y
They likewise lifted t 0 new heights
the vast Republican majorities in
seve ral states alreadv counted in the
Coolidge- electoral column, and gave
and N^da^h^ng"bXee^
ft? Th'at TV*' "* ^
ll g % A Tha * Uould grease the party
Itrf *5" £
a tll ^*
* T
threatened to capture one or the oth
But the figures available today
appeared to make both safely Repub
lican." ' „
er.
Dem. Standing.
The electoral bag of Davis and
Bryan remained meantime at 136, and
apparently the only chance of an in
creas e was in New Mexico where the
Democratic ticket was holding the
lead by only a scant plurality. Cool
idge* was gaining at a ratio, which if
maintained, would add the state's
three votes also to the Republican
total.
LaFollette's last opportunity to in
creas e the electoral of 18 given him
by Wisconsin seemingly hin«cd on
the returns from the only other state
remaining on the doubtful list_
^ orth Dakota—with five votes Cool
idge remained in the lead on the face
of returns from two-thirds of the
state, but his plurality was diminish
ing as a mounting LaFollette
in from the country districts
The congressional returns not only
indicated the defeat of the two pillars
of the La Follette bloc-Senator
^ ookh art of Iowa and Johnson of
Minnesota—but they lifted the Re
publican majority in the house to a
point where it seemed probable that
came
(Continued on page eight)
BIG WRESTLING MATCH IN PLENTYWOOD
NEXT TUESDAY, NOV. 11 ARMISTICE DAY
El wood House, Champion Wrestler of Montana Will Defend
Title Against Tom Alley Who Has a Brilliant String of
Victories to His Credit, at Orpheum Theatre Armistice
Day.
FIRST OF A SERIES OF WRESTLING MATCHES
Next Tuesday evening at 7:30
p. m., as a fitting end for Armistice
Day celebration, Elwood House,
of Outlook, champion heavy weight
wrestler of Montana, will meet Tom
Alley, in a gruelling battle on the
mat. The bout is under the auspices
of the American Legion and they
are claiming this to be a real at
traction.
Nearly everyone in Sheridan and
adjoining counties knows Elwood
House. They know he delivers the
goods when he gets on the mat and
that he generally gets his man be
fore the bout is ended. The Outlook
community will back their man to the
limit and are coming down to
him again extend his
strength and skill
see
enormous
over this
whose reputation is considered
the best in the wrestling
man
among
game.
Roy Alley is a stranger to most
people in this community. Mr. Alley
however, is well acquainted in Medi
cine Lake, and his reputation as a
wrestler is 100 per cent. He has met
of the very best wrestlers in
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_ _
* LONE TREE LADIES
* AID WILL HOLD SALE
* The Lone Tree Ladie's Aid will
* hold their annual sale of fancy
work, at the Ueland school house
* six (6) miles Northeast of Com
* ertown on Saturday
* 15th, 1924, commencing at 2 P.
* M. Free lunch after sale. Please
come and bring your neighbors.
* Place: Six (6) miles N. E. of
* Coraertown.
November
ROOSEVELT COUNTY
GOES REPUBLICAN
Roosevelt county went republican
Tuesday. Every candidate for office
on that ticket was elected.
John Schnitzler was elected state
senator by a nice majority over Ted
Danielson, his runner up. James Ost
by, the farmer-labor candidate finish
ed third.
The race for judge and countv
missioner was the closest, and Will
iams came near defeating Leeson for
that office.
The vote in Roosevelt county was
exceptionally light. It seems' that
the vote this year was about half of
what it was last year which
ceptionally high because of the cc|in
ty seat contest, but the storm kept at
least a thousand voters away from
the polls.
com
was ex
EXPOSURES" OF NO
VALUE SAYS WHEELER
Washington, Nov.
K. Wheeler of Montana,
pendent vice presidential candidate,
declared in a statement today that
the people had voted for reactionary
policies and "for what they believed
would mean material gain for them
selves" and that "exposure of corrup
tion in Washington apparently had no
impression upon them."
5.—Senator B.
the inde
RAY LANG DISTRI
BUTES DIVIDENDS
Ray Lang, the local Ford
.. . - —.— man,
made a distribution of dividennds to
day. He was àround paying the bets
that he had made that Salisbury
woud not be elected sheriff. It is re
ported that Lang made the boys a
present of his summer'sc earnings.
Ray does this every two years and
sort of enjoys making many of his
friends happy. It's Ray's
playing Santa Claus.
way of
McDonald cabinet
TO RESIGN TUESDAY
London, Nov. 3.—The expectation
in well informed quarters is that the
labor government will resign Tuesday
and that the king, in accordance with
custom will call upon Stanley Bald
win, as leader of the victorious con
servative party to form a new minis
try. Mr. Baldwin probably will an
nounce his chief apointments before
the end of the week.