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A** 4 Historical SOCIETY OF MONTANA, Helena, rt ^ v> \VC* AC^ ,V> V THE PRODUCERS NEWS LIBERTY IS NOT HANDED DOWN from above THE PRODUCERS NEWS GOES INTO EVERY HOME IN THE COUNTY. Published Weekly A PAPER OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEO PLE Plenty wood, Montana, Friday, May 22, 1925 Official Newspaper of Sheridan County Entered as Second Class Matter, October 18, 1912, at the Postoffice at Plentywood, Montana, Under the Act of March 3, 1870 Pub. Weekly VOL. Viil, No. 7 Sub. Rates: $3.0o per . Foreign $3.75 year per year FOUL MURDER COMMITTED AT SCOBEY BODY OF VICTIM FOUND BY TEACHER Corpse of Carl Siegert Found Floating in Poplar Creek With Bullet Hole in Head, Where He Was Thought to Have Been Committed in Place Currently Rumored to Be torious Gambling Den. CORONERS JURY BRINGS IN VERDICT OF MURDER Sheriff and County Attorney Reported to Be Very Lax in Running Matter Down, As Murder Is Presumed to Have Been Committed in Place Curremently Rumored to Be Operating Under a Permit of County Officials. Murder and .robbery stalks the streets of Scobey and casts a shadow over Daniels county. The dead body of Carl Siegert, with a bullet hole through his fore head, was found floating in Poplar eek, 20 feet below the bridge be tween Scobey and the old townsite, last week, and furore of excitement over this climax i of a long period of lawlessness in the | count seat of Daniels county. Whenj* the body was first noticed by Miss Craddock and Mrs. Johnson, two Scobey school teachers, it was float ing in the river. They reported the find to the Chief of Police and the Sheriff who brought the body to the shore. The bedy was fully dressed and a cup was pulled down over the ears and face covering the bullet hole in the right temple that was the cause of his death. The people ci the town surrounding country are in a ROBBERY MOTIVE, IS BELIEF Siegert disappeared streets of Scobey about three weeks ago. About the same time rumors were current in the town that a row took place in a notorious gambling den in which a strange man was said to have lost considerable money and then got it back at the point of a gun. from the When Siegert was found his poc kets were stated to be turned inside out. The common belief is that rob bery was a predisposing cause of the murder. Siegert arrived in Scobey last Oc tober and was making plans to start a pop factory in the city. Coming from Long Prairie, Minn., he seemed to be in comfortable cir cumstances and to always have money in his pocket. Whether he was in veigled into the mad whirl of the lawless life of the Scobey under world and lost his roll before or af ter he was murdered are moot points on the streets of Scobey today. (Continued on last page) COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PAY ROOSEVELT COUNTY BACK TAXES Sherdan County Pays Roosevelt $8,623 After Conference Between Representatives of Both Counties—Expert Ac count Dwyer Checks Up Books and Gives Report of Amount Due Roosevelt County. As a result of a conference be tween the county commissioners Sheridan and Roosevelt counties was agreed that Sheridan County pay Roosevelt County the sum of $8,623, this amount constituting the share of delinquent taxes which had been col lected by Sheridan County since Roosevelt County was organized. Under the Montana Statutes some forty per cent of the delinquent taxes are to be paid by the original county into the treasury of any newly cre ated county. Several payments of delinquent taxes have been made by Sheridan County but there was a balance still due Roosevelt county and to arrive at the accurate amount the board of commissioners of this coun ty arranged with John D. Dwyer, an expert accountant, to make a check of the hooks in the treasurer's office at Plentywood. This was done and Mr. Dwyer made a report at a meet ing held last week between the board of Sheridan county and Chairman W. R. Young and members of the Board of County Commissioners from Roosevelt county. In announcing the settlement Chair man Young and Weinrich stated that overy courtesy possible had been ex tended Mr. Dwyer by the treasurer of Sheridan County and the board of commissioners. of it ; j I I , j * i I * I * ; ■■■■ ; * <'.n Saturday evening» May ."0, * * a Grand Ball will be given by * * the Farmer-Labor Association at * * the Farmer-Labor Temple. The * * proceeds will be for the benefit * * of the Temple. Th e stage will * * be finished on the evening cf the * * ball and the hall will be in un- * * usually good shape for dancing. * * The feet of the dancers will keen * * time to the rythm of the music * » of White's orchestra. A large * * trowd is expected from the sur- * * rounding towns and country. As * * the ball will be one of the events * * of the season everybody will be * * there. / * * GRAND BALL FOR BENEFIT qf FARMER-LABOR TEM * ple WILL DRAW LARGE * CROWD. BIG DANCE AT F. L TEMPLE SAL MAY 38 * * * * * * MARTIN NELSON TAKES OVER HELLAND'S UNDER TAKING BUSINESS Martin Nelson, the coroner, took over the Heliand Undertaking busi ness last week when Mr. Heiland sold the hardware store to the Peterson Company. Mr. Nelson who had been in charge c.f the Undertaking busi ness while it was owned by Mr. Heliand, will continue the same courteous and efficient policy that has characterized that business in the past. The parlors will remain in the same location and the only difference will be in the ownership. * * * * * * * PRODUCERS NEWS GET * PRINTING CONTRACT * * of * * At the adjourned session * the Board of County Commis- * * sioners, Monday, the Producers * * News was awarded the printing * contract for the ensuing iwo * « years. * There were only two bids filed, * * that of the Producers News and * the Plentywood Herald. There : * were very little difference be- * * tween the bids. The Board af- * * ter due * the contract to the farmers pa- * * * * per. consideration awarded * ****** * MRS. EMIL STENMARK CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY Mrs. Emil Stenmark entertained a number of her friends at a party at her home on the south side Thursday evening in honor of .her birthday. Re freshments w T ere served in the way of ice cream and cake. The guests were: Mesdames Louis and Ole Moe, Jens GronvcJd, Dan J. Olson, Lawr ence Olson, Wm. Newlon, S. T. Klov stad and Charles E. Taylor. A very happy evening was spent. Work on Ophei m G. N. Extension May Start Soon SENATOR ANDERSON SUES WHEAT GROWERS WE NOTICE I —BY P. J. Wallace— PERTINENT AND IMPER TINENT PARAGRAPHS PER TAINING TO THINGS AND EVENTS OF GREAT AND SMALL CONCERN. THAT'DR. O. M. LANSTRUM, owner of the Record Herald, and J. M. Hobbins, vice president of the Anaconda Copper Company are fra ternizing very closely recently. The latest joint enterprise engaged in by the above-named medicine men of two political groups is a sucker suction organiza tion known as "The Pacific Northwest Commercial and Industrial Exposition lion" to be .held in New Y'ork in the spring of 1920. Doc is chairman and Jim is a mmeber of the Board of Di rectors and everything is lovely, o o o Back in February some of the try followers cf the Doc and Joe Dix on noticed that the lobbyists of Doc and the Company were working joint ly for the passage of Resolution No. 10" which was recog nized as the "Pacific Northwest In dustrial Exposition. This came as a jar To the boys who were fed the mental pabalum that the Anacon da Company was dishing out money to everybody who opposed the elec tion of the Hon. Joe. The silencing 0 f the attacks cf the Record Herald 0n the Anaconda Company after elec tion made many honest supporters of Gov, Dixon realize in a dazed sort of \ Va y that the whole thing was a well staged game of hokum intended to bolt the electors into voting for Gov. Dixon who was elected with the aid 0 f Anaconda money four years be fore. supposedly antagonistic coun "Senate Joint on __ 1HE BIG MUDDY KU KLUX KLAN, which issued a notice threat ening to usurp the functions of the civil authorities recently if their con ception of "decency" and "good mor als ' were offended should read the, story of the Grand Dragon Stephen son in the Producers News this week, ims gentleman is being prosecuted for murder, rape, "indcency" and on the ground that he is a moron. This sots a rather toublesome precedent, Several thousands of one hundred per centers passed through the Klan klavern at one time or another since the crafty Bill Simmons conceived the idea of roping in the gentlemen^with ten dollar bills and no gray matter. Every one of these per centers in cluding the "Big Muddy Knights of . e are object, to prosecu tion, if being a moron is illegal. At a meeting in Indiana, where Grand Dragon Stephenson was the main attraction, a Klan lecturer gave a talk, the burden of which was that the Klan had "cleaned up" a certain town in New Jersey. He told all •ahout how the Klan was supposed to have driven out all the bartenders and keepers of bawdy houses, made war Jewish businessmen, organized a campaign to expel all Irish police men from the force and boycott the Italian barber, the Swedish and the Greek restuarant masseuer man. Since then practically every well known Klan leader has been indicted for ev-1 ery crime in the calendar from shoot ing craps to manslaughter. This in eludes raps, seduction and sodomy. In spite of this some local Kluxers are still foolish enough to. engage in a cross, burning stunt outside the house of some local poor woman. As long as there are morons running around loose, there will be smart businessmen to hand them a pillow case into which their heads can be jammed while the business of going through their jeans is attended to. - SENATOR T. J. WAI SH in thp course of an interview published in a Butte paper stated that he contem plated a visit to Europe at an early date. He informs the public that he will pay a prolonged visit to the world court sitting at the Hague and study the methods employed in settling dis putes between nati^j by this so-call ed tribunal which is controlled bythe International Bankers. On his re-! turn he will probably endeavor to per suade the Senate to send a represen tative to sit with this gang of judi cial crooks. This policy will not sur prise people who do not yet forget that Senator Walsh was one of the leaders in the plot to deliver feh« destinies of the people of the United States into the hands of a League of Nations where England would have six votes to America's one on the on (Continued on page 6) CHARGES OFFICIALS USED POOL MONEY FOR PRIVATE CAMPAIGN Says Dwight R. Cresap Caused to Be Published in Montana Wheat Grower, Defamatory Matter for the Purpose of Defeating His Candidacy for Director Last Summer. ********** * SCHNITZLER SHOWS FAITH * * IN NOR THEA ST MONTANA * * Poplar.—As an example of * * faith he has in his home state, * * Senator John Schnitzler, one of * * the largest individual farmers in * Montana, is putting in over 7,000 * * acres ff crop this year on his * * farms c.n the reservation. * * For many years Schnitzler has * * farmed on a large scale but this * * is the largest acreage he has ev- * * er put in. Last year Senator * * Schnitzler, who owns the First * * State Bank of Froid, is reported * I * to have cleaned up a small for- * i * tune on his crop and proof that * ; * .he believes 1925 will be another * banner years is shown by the * * enlarged program he has mapped ** * I * j * ! * 1 j : I 1 , T , - _ - . ... Boys from Dooley Team Players Wer Out of rorm and Numerous Errors Made. ! * out. * Schnitzler was in Poplar the * latter part ci the week to bid on * tribal land listed for sale. * * * * LOCAL TEAM WINS FROM DOOLEY BOYS Slow Game is " tôn B* Plenty« ned In a rather «low game last Sunday at the Herald baseball pai^k, the Plen tywood team won freon Dooley by a score of 13 to 7. i Ben Moe took the mound for Plen tywood to begin the game and Kingsley hurled for the Dooley | boys. It was plainly discernible from the first that Moe was not in condition and he walked man af^er i man, and after trying vainly to get control of the ball he gave his posi , tion to the regular pitcher for the ! local team, who hurled for two in I nings holding the Dooley team score j less. The Dooley pitched hurled the game through the nine innings and pitched a nice game although touch ed freely for hits, and he, too, show ed lack of condition, a natural result of the first game of the season, The Plentywood sluggers were on the job, however, and gradually gain ed on the lead which the Dooley ball tossers amassed in the early in | nings of the game and passed them with a good score in the fifth inning, after which "Wop" Bromberg took the mound, and pitched a fine game I for the remaining four innings, Numerous errors were made by j both teams which is to be expected during the first games of the sea I son as the boys have only had weath i er which would permit but a few days practice. Both teams showed up well and give promise of developing into fast aggregations before the end of the season. The Dooley team is to be congratulated on the sTiowing they made, when the fact is considered that the whole team is made up of borne boys, and we venture to say that they will give any team in the ! county made up of local players en j tirelv a hard run if they win from them. The Plentywood boys showed lack of condition and made numerous er rors which was to he expected, but it is also knpwn that one of the | players had been out the greater share of the night before and no ; doubt some of his errors could be traced to this source. It is a well known fact that a baseball player cannot spend the night in skylarking and P la Y bal1 the next da Y and ^ is i hc *> ed that Manager Fishbeck and! i Captain Gulhckson lay down hard ; and . fast 111168 1 ™ reRard . to breaking S training rules. The business men of i Plentywood and the fans have done ! splendidly in support .of a real ball team and they are entitled to real service. Let us hope that the base ba11 b °Y s wil1 realize this a " d "ill not bave to 1)6 dis «plined or dis cbar £ ed not appearing at their best on the diamond. The whole community is behind the ball team, and errors which are bound cree P ] n . durin S a game even among the bl f leaguers, are overlooked, but wihen , ? baseball Player deliberately P u *. 8 bim8elf ia a condltl °n where he 18 habl6 to make errors « n . easy outs, 'V e believe we are safe in saying that the fans will not stand for such performances. , , , .... statements published in the * ana ^ heat Grower last summer, ' vere wh , oll y fals6 > malicious*defama tory and unprivileged demands judg ment the defendan t in the SU JÎ? $°0,000. . !^ b f complaint recites that in an *lfî tack on Senator Anderson during th ® campaign for the election of di *j£? c ~ < ?f' s su ^f ed + tke Uresap com bination, the "Montana Wheat Grow er" of July 15, 1924, published a statement tending to show that Sen ator Anderson had not paid his mem bership fee in the organization. This statement was spread broadcast over the state just preceding the election and was intended to convey the idea, the complaint charges, "that plain tiff was then indebted to the Mon tana Wheat Growers in the sum of ten dollars upon a promissory note; that plaintiff was then and prior thereto falsely representing himself &g a U p member of said Associ St. In a complaint filed in the District Court of the Twentieth Judicial Dis trict, Senator J. W. Anderson sues the Montana Wheat Growers Associ ation, Dwight R. Cresap, B. D. Hol lenbeck, J. C. Root, B. A. Swall, Wm., McBridge, Joe Hoffman, Ted Berg strom, John Walton and Joe Barrt for libel. Senator Anderson charges that the Mon * * * * * * * * * * * « ation; and that plaintiff was so false ly representing himself for the pur pose of being elected a director of said Association. MEAT OF THE PLEADINGS The meat of the whole story is contained in paragraph seven of the » (Continued on last page) PETER KREBSBACH CROSSES DIVIDE Dies at His Home in Plentywood Af ter Lingering Illness of Several Months of Anemia and Complica tions Tuesday Noon. FUNERAL SERVICES THIS MORNING AT 10:30 O'CLOCK Peter Krebsbach, one of the pro of Plentywood and this section of Montana, a man well known to all pioneers and highly respected as by all who knew him, crossed the divide which separates this world from the next, Thursday noon, after a lingering illness of many months duration, the result of anemia and other complications, Mr. Krebsbach came to Montana from North Dakota to where he had emigrated from Minnesota as a young man and was one of the early citi who did much to help build up neers a man zens the city. . Deceased was bcirn at Spring Hill, Minnesota, April 21, 1875, being 50 years oid at the time of his death, The funeral was held at the Joseph's Catholic church, of which deceased was a member, this, 1 nday, | morning, at 10:30, Rev, Fr. O Rourke j officiating, and after the solemn High ?*lass the remains were conveyed to the Plentywood Catholic cemetery, where they were laid to rest, All of the business places of Pien tywood were closed during the funer al ceremonies. Deceased leaves to mourn his de- parture of this 11:2, hia wire and ! children, a son and wo daughters, j Lloyd, Gladys and Glow, i . Tbe . out-of-town relatives who at tended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs ! Joe Krebsbach, Knox, N D., x.ick Krebsbach, Kongsberg, N. Dg Mike Krebsbach, Esmond, N. D.; FLoience J> rebsbac N R Sm0 " d ' V n' n° hn Krebsbach, Browns Valley, N. D. The funeral was a large one and a testimonial to the esteem with which deceased was held in this community, FATHER WILHELM CELE BRATES SILVER JUBILEE Father Jacob Wilhelm will cele brate his silver jubilee of the 25th anniversary of his initiation Into the priesthood of the Roman Catholic church on July 8th. The feast will occur at Vibank, Sask., Can. Father Wilhelm has been a missionary priest in that territory laying north of Raymond in Canada for a number of years. g ^ OFFICIALS TENTA TiŸELY AGREE TO BUILD Farmers Have Already Subscribed $115,000 of $250,000 of Stock As Guarantee of Good Will tö Railroad Company —Grading of Roadbed Will Start This Summer. * . tv «j i T tji Fmst Big C ime ot reason In Plen î> y Tw 68 ,, P i aCG JÎ t Y 8y Afternoon at 4.UU Lioc ._ ; rrr. u u * ,, j 1 The baseball fans are all pepped-i up" over the game which the_ Pieu-, tywood team wll play with Scobey next Wednesday at the Herald ball park m this city . , Scobey and Plentywood are ancient enemies in the baseball world and - baseball in Sheridan or Daniels county will want to miss. nitche b r ey foÏ a the n !elîo d n bvîh ' name 0 f "Swcde" Eisb?re If thl ot fewede Kisberg. it the tans have followed baseball history in the big league, they will remembe,- that ÄÄ fcv wÄÄl fc>ox at the time they won tneir last P 6 ™?*! OT . liveredby the famous t.virler and the Scobey fielders are going to have their hands full, even though they have a $1500.00 pitcher. This game is really a battle be tween Sheridan county and Daniels county as to who has the champion team, and this is the first game of a series of games which will be the hardest fought games ever witnessed in this section of the state. Scobey would almost give up its county seat to beat Plentywood and the local boys are set for a battle in which no slios can be made. Every Sheridan county fan should be at the Herald Ball Parks Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock and boost for their home boys. Scobey is coming down loaded to the and it behooves the rooters * ********* * WALT WILLIAMS WILL * SING ON RADIO KGW, * MAY 27 FROM PORTLAND •J * * The radio fans of Sheridan and * * Daniels county arc notified that * * Walt Williams, formerly a home- * * steader of the Plentywood terri- * * tory and a barber bc.th at Plen * tywood and Scobey for a number * * of years, leaving Sconey where * * he had a shop a couple of years * * ago, and locating at Portland, * * Oregon, where he nas become * * quite a noted singer, will sing * * over broadcaster ivGW at Pc.rt- * *~land on Wednesday, May 27th, at * * 10 o'clock P. M,, western time * * or 11 o'clock P. M. central time, * * the time of this section, so the * * News is informed t>y Atty. Paul * * Babcock, who received the news * * from Mr. Williams the first of * * the week. * * * SCOBEY TO PLAY HERE WEDNESDAY . this city and county to get out and lie 'I ) beat them. _ The regular admission charge of 50c for adults and 25c for children ; under lo will be charged, j baseball of PLENTYWOOD TO PLAY LAKE SUNDAY Medicine Lake Has Strong Team and Is Re-enforced to Meet Fast Plen tywood Team. Next Sunday, May 24th, the Plen tywood ball team will journey Medicine Lake, where they.will cross bats with the baseball team of that city. to A fast game is expected as Medi cine Lake has a fine aggregation of players this season and they curing some of the best players other nearby teams for this big struggle. The Plentyood sluggers are going to have their hands full if they turn with Medicine Lake's scalp and a tight game is looked for from start to finish. A large delegation is going down from Plentywood to cheer the local team on to victory and the Medicine Lake fans will be out 100 per cent. are se on re » Opheim.—At a mass meeting held here last Saturday, at which Great Northern officials and about 500 farmers attended a tentative agree ment was made towards the laying of tracks from Scobey to Opheim at an early date. The railway president and general counsel; A. H. Hoagland, chief engi neer, and James Robinson, assistant general freight agent. Construction is contingent on the farmers in the Opheim-Scobey dis trict purchasing 2,500 shares of Great Northern stock at par as evi- , dence of their good will toward the railway company. Within a few hours after Mr. Gilman stated his proopsitic.n, $115,000 of the $250,000 stock guarantee had been subscribed, and officials of the North Country Railroad committee announced that they could raise the balance in two or three weeks. Grading of the roadbed will he started this summer, immediately following the approval of the plan by the beard of directors of the Great Northern system, and rails will be laid next year. Mr. Gilman said that it was proposed to have the line in operation by October 1, 1926, Mr. Gilman and his associates ar rived in the Opheim country last week Thursday in response to an in Ration of the North Country Rail road committee of which W. C. Kahle of Opheim is chairman. Other offi ci als of the committee are John Ma son, vice chairman; H. N. Isaacs, sec vet and p F . Smith, treasurer, n|s ^ mmittee has been workillg on the pro oaition of tti the G » eat Nort ï, e rn interested in the proposed ! exension for several months Mr Gil Ml . H land and Mr i p„„v, S= ÜSTSf * SSS hv thp railwav ' B ^ re he terms on Ä the Great Northern would th extension, Mr. Gilman made | ... • _ rps , pnt condi . | tfe" rf'X Taüway com"^ emm eraän « its ear " in « s - its «USes, and itg general f u tu re outlook. The basis of the sale of stock to ! the farmers is par, which is $100.00 ?' 0 n 1 'the P market todav k 65' 1 ern stock on the Tnarket toda Y ls b5 - 1 MR. AND MRS. CHRIS DALL CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING At the Lutheran Church at Antelope, Sunday, May 17th Hundred Guests Present. Over Two Mr. and Mrs. Chris Dali of Ante lope celebrated their Golden Wed ding at the Lutheran church at that city, Sunday, May 17th. Services were held at the churoTi and Rev. Egge cf the Plentywood Lutheran church officiated, before relatives, descendants and friends to a number of two hundred. After the service the relatives and guests repaired to tfte basement of the church where a bountiful feast was served. The oldyweds were tne recipients of several presents of gold. There were present eight children and ten grandchildren, besides Mrs. Thompson of Grenora, N. D., who was a guest at the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Dali fifty years ago, on the 17th of May, in Hutchison county, Minnesota. A son and daughter, who reside in Sheridan county, Jake Dal! and Mrs. Guilder Hovet were pres ent, besides a son Obert Dali, with whom Mr. and Mrs. Dali have resid ed for the past several years, were present, together with guests from Minnesota and Canada. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dali are pio neers in Sheridan county, coming here with their sons and daughters many years ago, where they have sen the country change from a wild prairie to a garden spot. Both joy good health and hope many years more. cn to live Read the ads in this issue of the Producers News. They contain . value for th e person who wishes save money. real to