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THE
THE PRODUCERS
NEWS GOES INTO
EVERY HOME IN
THE COUNTY.
LIBERTY
IS NOT
handed
from ABOV e
DOWN
Official Newspaper of Sheridan County
vit'
A PAPER OF THE PE OPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE
Plenty wood, Montana, Friday, June 12, 1925
P ublished Weekly
VOL. VIII, No. 10
Entered as Second Class Matter, October 18, 1912, at the Eofftoffice at
Plentywood, Montana, Under the Act of March 3, 18 <0 Pub. Weekly
Sub. Rates: * n Ä° per year
foreign $3.75 per year
WE NOTICE
„rt'TlNENT AND IMPER
UxVnt p vrackaphs PER.
1 Y to THINGS AND
ÈvÀvS OF GREAT AND
SMALL
CONCERN.
_jjY p. J. Wallace—
BRYAN'S DAY
1NG
PA:
j Brvan says that if evo-■
' than Christianity cannot
Voiiva of Zion City
evolution is impious. He
the earth is fiat and that
.p nt go around me sun. He;
to take literally the statement
n he Bible describing four angels
" iin,r on four corners of the
îts J?? \he followers of Bryan i
pw*a U tew forbidding
if" reaching of evolution and
â v enforcing officers of that state
'„e't a man for telling students
St evolution is. He will be tried!
; h he mountain village of Dayton,
where W. J. Bryan will be given
W ll
Mr.
be
III)
m
the
.
chance to prove his contention.
0 o o
The Dayton schoolmaster is lucky
he is living in an age that the Bryan
of mind is not common or in a
Bruno was bum
type
dominant position. .
ed at the stake for teaching the
world was round. Copernicus was
Seir e forehelds d when^ Cdumbus^aS
e ,i by. to indicate that ne was insane,
and they said he would sail to de
it ruction over the edge of the se*.
Se 1 wasTlittle more freedom, or
he - 00i m ight have been forced on
his deathbed to entertain a committee
from the "index Liberarum." The
Free text books were adopted
at the close of a bitter struggle. The
high schools were opposed by those
who contended they would provide too
much education. The people who
opposed these tilings are now nearly
all forgotten as Bryan will be for
after he becomes
gotten ten years
worm food in a cemetery owned by
Florida millionaires.
OPERA BOUFFE
AT HOMESTEAD
The account we print on another
page of the evolutions ox some resi
dents of Homestead is illustrative of
the opera boutli'e always on tap in
Main Street towns. The trustees of
the Homestead School district seem
to be suffering from the Bryan type
of mind.
teacher outside hev
and demand that she walk along a
certain kind of a straight line. She
is to wear a kind of a moral
straight jacket inside and outside the
school room. Yet they like to attend
"shadow parties" where the figures of
voluptuous maidens are thrown on
the screen. We find one of the
school trustees enjoying one of these
exhibitions of feminine pulchritude.
He endeavors to get one of the male
the bid the
They follow a sen ml
working hours
cutups on
shadow with the object of leading
the original to the pie counter. An
other grave trustee swears that he
could not for the life of him under
stand why the first mentioned trustee
should he so anxious to get the vil
lage cutup to "eat pie with Miss
Deem. Is it any wonder that the
country is so full of morons when
the schools are in the control of such
fossilized old mossbacks and gossip
mongers.
BANKERS WANT
"LEAD PIPE" CINCH
The Bankers who got away with
Sd0.000,000 of Montana depositors'
money count themselves lucky that
their friends were In power and that
the law was not enforced against
them. Otherwise they would now be
sojourning in Deer Lodge and Leav
enworth instead of enjoying the
balmy air of Southern California. The
bankers are forward looking people.
They know that a bumper crop will
fill their coffers and enable them to
the depositors. This
time they want to be sure that the
niles of the game are all in their
favor.
s.,
i'a. k : 1 io m Terry and an old sheep
herder from Deer Lodge who has
er ..;, -11 m-ney invested In sank stock j
tc ' ' "hbih' to the depositors of the
'taie T.;ke all thieves the bankers
' < r and look a long way ahead,
j? 1 a
.t" 1 , X"
' i n- irrniiuts this time When
I'"; President the ' simple 16 farmer
''w from Vermont attempted to tell,
tlu ' larmers of Minnesota how to get
(r - He was .-peaking in the Minne
*a t-air grounds and most of his
, ''>'te impatient because the
orger Cal occupied the grandstand
1 , l -or the races would be delay
in' forty minutes they listened
M-v- ° s P eet 'b he was reading
Hi substance was the same as
rulyifo which drove the North Da
'- u ta ta.rmers into the Nonpartisan
r -;an,>. Ho told them the way to
the farmers problems was by
at home and going to work,
nen one of his harsher phrases was
■ et Uucl handclapping, a smile
(Continued an page 4)
again fleece
on a
ing
CAL EVADES FARMING
PROBLEMS AND TALKS
ABOUT GODS
l\a
o!
Bankers' Lackey s to Draft State Banking Laws
code commission appoint
MENTS CAUSE SURPRISE
j
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7 'tt>
Stewart, Attorney for Bankers Association, Brubery, a Bank
er, and Williams to Be Paid $8.00 Per Day and Expenses
to Submit New Banking Code to Legislature—Raw At
tempt to Write Laws in Interest of Special Privilege.
HOW SCHNITZLER OF E01D REVIVE BILL
j Promises of Senator Walker and Banking Group to Get Bill
Through Senate Show Double Dealing of Bank-Controll
ed Politicians—Guarantee Law Was Sidetracked for This
Code Law.
passed by the recent session of the state legislature. The mem
bers of the commission appointed are: Former Governor Sam V.
, .Stewart of Helena, W. A. Brubaker of Terry and former Senator
| c H williams of Deer Lodge. Under the act passed by the legis
lature the commission is authorized to make a study of the bank
; ing laws of Montana and other states and to draft a new banking
co d e to be submitted to the next legislative session for approval,
p he mem bers of the commission are to be paid $8.00 per day and
out of State funds while engaged in the work.
During the week, Governor J. E. Erickson named the bank
ing code commission of three members as provided by an act
expenses out of State funds while
BANKERS' LAWYER TO
MAKE BANKING LAYS
Sam V. Stewart is sr member of the
law firm of Brown and Stewart of
Helena, who are retained as attoY
neys by the Montana Bankers Asso
ciation. W. A. Brubaker is a banker
at Terry and C. H. Wiliams is a
sheepman and a large shareholder in
a Deer Lodge Bank.
surprise
pressed throughout the state that the
banking interests should be success
ful in securing the appointment of
such a ano-S'd-3d commission to draft
the banking laws of the state.
Considerable
was ex
HOW THE
LAW WAS PASSED.
The Bank Code Commission bill
was first brought up as a supposed
substitute for the Bank Guarantee
law. It was intended to delay the
passage of such a bill for two years.
It was argued that an impartial com
mission composed of representatives
of all parties would investigate the
banking laws cf different states and
submit a law that would suit the
needs of Montana. When the bank
depositors bill was defeated,
Code Commission law was passed by
the house but defeated in the Senate
the
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Donaldson and Risberg
Meet in Pitcher's Battle
At Herald Ball Park Next Sunday, June 14th—Scobey and
Plentywood Teams Prepared for Hottest Game of the
Season—Donaldson Brings His Catcher Along With
Him.
THOUSANDS OF FANS WILL WITNESS GAME
Probably the greatest battle ^be- *
Æâ K?«*It ;
sä th?SwHte
that team and cannot play in orga
nize d ball unless he is reinstated '
if this unfortunate incident had not
occurred, the fans of Northeastern
Montana would never have seen Ris
berg in action unless they had gone
to the big cities and taken in the
big league pmes. . It is a to
see the former \N lute. Sox pla\
action and whatever his general char
äeter might have been while employ
i" the Chicago White Sox he taowa
K ame to Z and the ga
centers aroun< him as thouflh he were
(Continued on page 4)
SHERIFF'S FORCE SEIZED TRUCKLOAD
OF CANADIAN BOOZE YESTERDAY
Thursday afternoon Undersheriff Clair Stoner, accompanied
Thursday aner truckload of Canadian beer which
by Deputy Sheriff Bantz smzea^ plentywood by william Gottlieb
was being streepy^Gottlieb and Streepy were placed under
Ä against them by Deputy County Attorney
Wallace.
engaged in the work.
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mr CHOW AT F I
DUS üllUVT rit 1-L
TEMPI F TOMORROW
ILmi LL 1 V/lTlVllIW f ▼
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/0 ATT1D^AV^ NIGHT
( jAlUKUAI ) mW!!
*
* Toby, one of the famous Rich
* ard Kent attractions, will be a *
* same company Sunday evening.
a
in
of . *
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feature at the Farmer-Labor *
*'Temple next Saturday evefiing at *
* 8:00 P. M., and every Saturday *
* evening thereafter for three *
* weeks. A 21 jewel watch, a *
* 24-inch string of pearls and a *
* chest of candy will be given *
* away free as a means of adver- *
* tising. Every ticket to the show
* and dance will give the holder a *
* chance on these presents. After *
* the show a dance will be held *
* and a good orchestra will furnish *
* the music. It will be an evening *
* of mirth and revelry which no- *
Anoth- *
the
the
and
the
by
* body can afford to miss.
* er show will be staged by the *
the
♦ * *
DANIgH g TRIKE ENDS
;
ä :
'ate • J' f eove rnment ar- *
A *
1 . V ut P j^ suring the union's *
1' ^ j' was accented bv both *
^ The employers had in- *
„ what amounted to an *
, ^ *
„ ^ Tp to P he last m i nute the mat- *
♦ ter looked insoluble and the king ♦
„ who had gone to a summer re . *
cort had returned to the capital *
. .râta to Se preiot to •
. emiflivnr to use his influence *
# against the strike.^ . . , ;
WAR RAGES IN CHINA
STAMPEDE OPENS TODAY WITH LARGE
NUMBER OF RIDES READY TO PARTICIPATE
Everything In Readiness for the Big Stampede Which Opens
Today and a Large Herd of Wild Horses and Bad Beller
ing Bulls Fill the Corral Which Is Located in the West
Portion of the City—Over the City Comes the Familiar
Sound "Let 'Er Buck
Powder River, Give 'Er the
ft a
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V*
Spurs.
PLENTYWOOD TEAM PLAYS FROID AT 5:00 P. M.
Battling Gamer of Raymond Meets Harry Burnham of Dooley
In Boxing Match at F.-L. Temple Tonight—Dances and
Shows Every Evening—Merry-Go-Round and Fortune
Teller Add to the Amusements Which Will be Staged
Friday Saturday and Sunday.
The next three days in Plentywood
including today will be full of excite
ment, if the weather man sees fit to
smile during that time.
Everything is in readiness for the
big stampede and the cowpunchers
and cowgirls are ready with all their
her buck" and "hook
regalia
'em cow." The corral is full of wild
oXw^anTThe bïïfs
are bellering and stamping around
the corral fence. The stampede
grounds Whi 5 h t u re ? t 0cate v m vi he
west part of the city have been
fenced and prepared In such a way
thot a lar ^ «■> the
.performances without danger of te
ing run over. The entrance to the
grounds is on the Plentywood-Scobey
roa d just west of the Martin Nelson
residence.
In the city a merry-gevround has
been installed the Icjt just e: st
of the Producers News building and
a band of fortune tellers have erected
a stand near the Orpheum Theatre.
BASEBALL GAME
P'WOOI) VS. FROID
Friday afternoon, the Plenty wood,
baseball team plays the fast Froid
fence busters, who have been
strengthened by the addition of sev
eral Notre Dame college players the
past few days.
Donaldson, the great colcared pitcher
will be in the lineup and. mayhaps he
might pitch a couple of innings if he
feels like limbering up and show the
fans some of his stuff.
This w ji| be a fast game and the
performance will start immediately
after th e Stampede, or at 5:00 o'clock
Friday and Saturday night, there
will be dances at both the hall in
this city and good music will be ren
dered by both orchestras playing.
BIG SHOW AT
F.-L. TEMPLE
The Richard Kent Stock Company
will put on two plays Saturday and
Sunday nights in the Farmer-Labor
sharp.
BOXING MATCH
FRIDAY EVENING
This evening a boxing exhibition
will be put on at the Farmer-Labor
Temple, the main bout being between
Battling Garner of Raymond and
Harry Burnham of Dooley. There
will also be several good prelimin
anes.
DANCES AT
BOTH HALLS
(Continued on last page) voyage on the sea of matrimony.
THE PEOPLE WERE
c , ccrcn DV r . ym m
FLEECED BY GAMBLLKo
„-Labor Senator from Minnesota, Exposes Tricks of
Insiders on the Wheat Pit in Chicago and Wall Street —
Farmers RobbedThree Ways._
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT AIDED
, . . , _ r n
department of Agriculture, Instead or Protecting r armers, rut
Out Fake Figures and Propaganda to Lure Vi f* ns 'M
Shearing Pens — Federal Reserve System Aids Wall
•
_ _ , ,
By Senator Shipstead . .
Talleyrand said a hundred years ago that, "Society is di
classes—the shearers and the shorn. Wise men
rarmer
Street Swindlers.
vjded into two „
ioin the former and avoid being caught with the latter.
He says: "Spring seems to be the scientifically appropriate
season for shearing the flock. Consult recent history—the wheat
market of 1925, 1922 and 1921. After the bulk of the wheat
leaves the farms the price begins to soar. The "bull " movement
reaches its peak between the end of January and the first
March. Then the "wise men" take their profits, the market col
lapses and the public shoulders the wreck, and we have the "fleec
ing of the lambs.
(Continued on page 4)
■ ■Aiminnni
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nniTnTI T - I7r
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fil
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Arr „ n{rpmpi1tti Ma de Tor Big Women's
A
Open
wlt and Darnel» C-ntte.
... , f f Drotrram an d a r
r ,^L^ f or the Moth^r's Camp
to be held at Brush Lake, July 15th
, 1Ktb , . made and accord
J® 18 ' h Jlrtestma^Hested through
ou ? I S of
belt Mother's Camps ever put on
. ate Montana.
1 T , E : s onen to any WO man
• : P Sheridan Daniels
Roosevflt counties who is interested
f n 00 ^l^mepwbler^. Men are
. ^ . uttuid all sessions of in
I ! prest ^ n them
Th meet ings will be held at the
can be had at the
1 hotel. For meals and lodging,
! ginning Wednesday evening supper
Saturday morning breakfast will
i^ « 3 . 25 , Delegates will be expected,*
to brin^ their own bedding. Cots
t>e provided. Transportation
w jn he provided for those who wish
to come bv train to and from Brush
^ake on Wednesday and Saturday
mo rnings, at Reserve. Those wishing
transportation should notify
County Agent as per application
blank. Applications for attending
Camp should be in by June 30th.
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j MISg MYRTLE CHRISTIANSEN
MARRIES IN SEATTLE
News of the marriage of Miss Mil
dred Christiansen tb Mr. Fred W.
Grant of Seattle, Washington
received this week. The wedding
took place at St. Mark's Episcopal
Church, Saturday, May 30th in Seat
tle, Washington, the ceremony being
performed by Rev. Dr. McLaughlin.
Mildred will be remembered by many
people here as she attended grade
! and high school in the city and also
j worked here before going west. She
i s a daughter of Mr*. Caroline Chris-1
tiansen of this city. After a short
trip Mr. and Mrs. Grant will be at
home at 714 Madison Street, Seattle
Washington.
Many close friends in this city have
se nt congratulations to the new bride)
am j wish her a happy and prosperous
was
ANTI-RED YUNNANESE
FIRE ON Ü. S. FLAG
*
Americans Wounded As Result of 30 Minutes Bombardment
By Reactionary Army—Foreign Imperialist Nations Fo
menting War in China— U. S., British and Japanese
Warships on Ground,
.
.
FOURTH OF JULY
SPORTS UNDERWAY
* Committee Is Busy Arranging
* Races and Sports For the Most
* Complete Array of Fun-Mak
* Events Ever Held in Plenty
* wood — Prominent Speakers*
* 'will Be Present.
* -
i * The Fourth of July committee
* is busily engaged in arranging
* f or gpo rts, music, parades and
i * speakers for the big celebration
I * to be put on by the Farmer-La
* and the Plentywood
party
* Commercial Club, July 3rd and
I "wire, have be*n kept hot tlw
* past few days in communications
* to prominent speakers whose
* presence are desired at this great
* picnic and celebration.
• It is hoped to be able to give
• out a complete program of the
• doings tor the two days m next
* week's paper.
* Several different lines of sport
or * such as horse racing and automo
* bile racing will take place during
* the two days and it takes con
* siderahle time in getting these
* lined up in such a way as to give
* them out for publication,
• But the committee is workng
* hard and they m determinedtkat
j * July 3rd and 4t . h
1 * amusements that will keep tne
huge crowd which will be present.
; * busy every minute ot the two
* days if they take in all ot th
* amusements,
the
■r
JOHN ALLEN IN PLENTYWOOD
Mr. John Allen, sergeant-at-arms
of the State Senate and former
retary to Gov. Dixon, was a Plenty
wood visitor during the week
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Eating Pie With Miss
Deem" at Shadow Social
-y'.'TYV
School Trustee Wessner Testifies How School Board Member
Olness Wanted Marty Rynen to Bid on Miss Deem's
Shadow and Eat Pie With Her—Homestead Village
Gossip Mongers and Old Women in Trousers Get Mixed
Up in Tangle Which Led to Discharge of Teacher.
DISTRICT PAYS PIPER FOR HASTY DISMISSAL
i
The following is an account of the
hearing held at the County Court
House, May 28th, and presided over
i by Miss Crone, in her capacity
County Supt. of School. In opening
■the hearing Miss Crone said:
"The hearing, as you know, is
called in the case of the purported
dismissal of Grace Deem from the
: Homestead schools. On March 6th,
1 Grace Deem was asked to resign as
I teacher of the Homestead schools;
she refused to resign and on March
I ed. * The case was appealed to the
!
! cision was made on March 14th. On
J May 8th, an appeal was taken from
| the county Superintendent's decision,
j the reques t cf the Superintendent of
j Public Instruction, for the purpose
! of getting sworn testimony in
case, for her consideration. -
being only one member of the school
board present, I will call on him first.
Mr. Wessner." , .
George H. Wessner being first
sworn deposed that he was a member
of the School Board <of Dist. No. 41
at the time of Miss Deem's purported
dismissal, identified following copy of
minutes of the meeting of the trus
tees of School District No. 41 held
as
the
There
at Homestead on March 5, 1925:
Minutes of Board Meeting. A spe
cial meeting of the Board of Trustees
of School Dist. No. 41 at Homestead,
Mont., March 5, 1925.
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♦
New York, June 10.—A dispatch to
the Evening Post today from Hong
Kong said four Americans in a launch
flying the American flag had been
fired on by Yunnanese at Canton,
The party, composed of UTanK
Crampton, head of an American con
tracting firm at Hong Kong, and
Montgamery Odgen, busar of
Canton Christian college, and their
wives, was endeavoring to cross the
river at Canton from Honan Island to
settlement.
*
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*
*
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the
Shameen, the foreign
when the firing started.
The others of the party were in
jured by splinters of glass. The fir
ing continued thirty minutes and com
Honan
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pelled the party to
and take shelter inthe Canton Chris
tian college, the Evening Post dis
patch said.
The Yunnanese who fired on the
American flag are the reactionary el
ement who are furnished with foreign
money to fight against the Kuomin
tang party who are in power in Can
ton. Several U. S. warships are in
Chinese waters and war in which Ja
pan and other imperialists will fight
for the control of China is imminent.
WESTBY HIGH HOLDS
COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES
With a big tent packed to capacity
by four hundred friends and relatives
graduating class of
Westby High School held its first
Commencement exercises last week.
The people showed by their attend
that they were very much inter
ested in the affair, and that they con
Continued on page 4)
of the senior
sec
.live
Mrs. Phelps, Mr. Olness, Mr. Wess
ner and Prof. Horsley, present.
A discussion was held in regard to
the conduct of the prfmary teacher,
Miss Deem. She left on the after
noon train on March 4th without con
sulting the Professor or making ar
rangements for her room being taken
care of the following morning in
case the train was late. After re
peated warnings in the past she has
continued to neglect her duty. A mo
tion was then made by Mrs. Phelps,
seconded by Mr. Olness that Miss
Deem be asked to resign from her
duties as teacher in the Homestead
school. Motion carried by unanimous
vote.
Motion made by Mr. Olness and
seconded by Mrs. Phelps that the
clerk be instructed to go and notify
Miss Deem in regard to the action
of the Board. Motion carried unan
imously. Motion to adjourn carried.
(Signed) V. E. Johnson, Clerk.
School Dist. No. 41.
J. S. Olness, Chairman.
Mrs. John Phelps.
Homestead, Mont.
March 7, 1925.
.
50 w . e no , w , inform you that in a
j meeting held today we have de
cided that your services
longer wanted here, —and you are
therefore discharged. The charges
Miss Grace Deem,
Homestead, Montana.
Since we have presented you
with the minutes of our last meet
ing held March 6, 1925, and asked
you in a pleasant easy way to re
sign as a teacher in our school—
and since you have failed to do
are no
(Continued on last page)

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