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HISTORICAL
- SOCIETY
OF MONTANA
HELENA. '
liberty
IS NOT
HANDED down
from above
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THE PRODUCERS |
NEWS GOES INTO
EVERY HOME IN i
THE COUNTY.
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Published Weekly
VOL. VIII, No. 18
A PAPER OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE
PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE
Plenty wood, Montana, Friday, August 7, 1925
Official Newspaper of Sheridan County
Entered as Second Class Matter, October 18, 1912, at the Postoffice
Sub. Rates:
In U. S. $3.0 q
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per year
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A N D PERTINENT
PERT
paragraphs pertaining
to THINGS AND EVENTS
OF GREAT AND SMALL
CONCERN.
—BY P. J. Wallace—
CARRION
CROWS
Ju.'t a* the spuier weaves his silky
web to lure flies into the larder of his
banqueting hall, in order that he may
his leisure pick the flesh of their
bones, so deceitful bankers are today
cunningly weaving legal nets to catch
farmers in their mesnes.
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at
unwary
About the meanest of these schemes
of financial ledgerdemain resorted to
by the unjailed bank closers is the
tgage. It is now becoming
n practice for some soft-hand
ed confidence man, who formerly op
<i from behind a bank wicket, to
vach a farmer against whom fore
;a proceedings have been insti
tuted, and try to get him to sign over
one ! mirth of Ids crop to the landlord,
bank or lean company. The shylocks
•lly approach the farmers around
Plentywood with smooth words upon
their lips but with dark and treach
rr
crop
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con I
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eraic
app
do
use
erous Being
experienced confidence men they of
ten times succeed in getting the farm
er to sign the crop mortgage. Once
the tiller of the soil puts his name on
the dotted line no carrion crows, who
hang around the carcasses on a bat
tlefield, ever showed more inhuman
vigilance than do these ex-bankers un
til they have the farmer's crop secure
ly in their clutches
That clone they care not if the
fanner l> in want, if his wife* is in
rags if ihi< litt!-* children go without
bîead on the verv land o^ which ^
rai-ed tiw taff of life They care not
if he shivers and ^terves though ?he
farmer who signedl a way one fourth
■ . ' • .° .'-"®re the
if wiïî thVsffik^ttîï» k »
tv. S °f il
extend little '-vmnathv to the wbn
let 'them take th^ bread oot^ thS
mouths of his children. These human
jaclats wi'l nrobxblv irir ^ aver Vn
s
producer from .his grain. They would
.moke contentedly even though they
heard the clods from the grave-dig
ppr'.. shovel rattle down on the coffin
lids of their starved victims, so long!
f tîie y si-ot their mortgaged loot. The
farmer who permits these ghouls to
pet away with his crop and leave his
family in want in the winter cold is
scarcely less criminal than a yelping
pack of wolf-like bankers who are at
his heels today.
S ( *D?rS!£
HAK\ LSI.
NO SYMPATHY FOR
"EASY" FARMER
ot
With a short crop and a long win
ter facing the tiller of the soil wisdom
dictates that he shoukj hold his har
vest until the wants cf himself and his
family are at first supplied. He
should not submit to a more degrad
in? form of tenant fanner serfdom
wer cursed the worst landlord
niled countries of Europe,
fourth crop extortion scheme of the
loan sharks, is more exacting than
any rent charge ever wrung from the
tenant farmers by feudal lords,
than a score of years ago the Irish
aimers overthrew a less damnable
system of land tenure and established
Peasant ownership on the blood red
omzmg ruins of many a historic castle
and aristocratic house. If the Ameri
can farmer does not want tc allow
mself to be submerged In a worse
7, ,°f serfdom to absentee loan
l, a} * landlords than has been over-I
i inwn elsewhere, he must begin to
sert himself. He must rescJutely
ft tne wiles of the confidence
hi °r are 0U ^ *° prab the produce of
arm. He must learn to overcome
»ueriörity complex" which
"mi+ ^TV,' ."'bite collared bandit to
hL °tj k * s ne ^ ar ious designs on
gn ' . 'pust look his banker enemy
évp?^ - n , t n e .^ ace and straight in the
ft! T" t , € ; 11 hlm to "L-er the hell off
comnb Ce '^ tbe interloper fails to
shoid I A lth f b,s i e ^ a i demand he
dis«» fn ta ^ e • do . wn bis shotgun and!
farm ^" e Unmvi * ed trespassers off his
FARMERS
INJUNCTION
The one
Less
men
the
en
^he t 0 , ,
kfcal p„n t: ° ''«an Sharks and their
duced a n» '> n a ? ents ba ve intro
Èdilàn ,■ mm 1 Î , ' n . crop £ rabb i n £ in
r ;\ during the week. In
I I lj' sold iitiii,.,, arms , ave been recent
II but v.Jierp ti, ° rec osure proceedings
! I period h u „ a °? e year> ? redemption
il bave been : i- ^f t - expired , injunctions
Il granted tn ^ t . • ^ d tem P° rar ily
I I Rowed the >ln 2 n tbe farmer who
1| receiver L ,,2 • r , or ? r ea Piug it. A
|| cro P and turn barvest tbe
II representutiv » ■ fte ^ 0ne 7 over tbe
11 sharks \vi-en > -°V 116 absentee
on k (t~2!+2j kno " n tbat: an 1°
io ademritr ted> y wbea there
ousnesq nf tv, ' medy ?.* ^ aw » the
Pest, p or ne proceeding is man-!
have used ini,'!A- 6 P° wer ful trusts
fe ct of labor iv® l0 , sback ^ e tbe
have heard tif t S A he first time
scheme has nefarious
Wr, fu, ased to ruin the
î he tiller of th ® w exploiting
> n the nex t if 801 1 will be exposed
News. Ksue of the Producers!
juncti
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Plentywood, Montana, Under the Act of March 3, 1870
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P A T
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Attem pt to Ra ilroad
Writ of Habeas Corpus Is
Granted Bp Judge Paul
Consniracv tn SKann-Vv,; rw i c* .* _ _
^ u . £. han g«<H Dooley Farmer to North Dakota
Without His Knowledge Exposed—Action of Governor in
Granting Extradition Papers Regardless of the Law and
the Pacts Inquired Into by Court No Evidence That HuPF
man Was a "Fugitive From Justice" in V—t n h »
Ugiuve rrom Justice in North Dakota.
N. D. ATTORNEY ADMITS HE HAD NO PROOF
A wnt of habeas corpus
Oiib-County Attorney of Divide
lj cr r cr\ i
; an .' °F Doolej',
m a hearing before Jud<r e Pay!
headno which i C ° > ,
r j ° . . la ~ ted tor two
ot determining whether there
in fact for l h~ w=,r™* r .
, r . w warrant oî
case by Governor Erickson at
No Basis for Extradition
The hearing- before
wVn/»v» i«, C 4 0 i * , ! Paul,
wbû-h tw ° days » during
SS time there was ample oppor
''ctiTi^^m^Vi^ 0 K^ r i-i? raa ^ e xT en was
?a To ÎSw some bari? M Dako '
«vSXsÄrS
gr^îüig the'writ of tfbeas^co^
releasing Harry Huffman from eus
De Puty Sheriff Lynch of Gros
Stated that in an extradition case
^ ' Vas necessary^to shovv the accused
a fugitive from justice; that in
° er fugitive from justice
l! ^ ere sboul-.l be a showmg that he was
i ri Sîfie"
I committed a crime. Neither of these
allegations were proved in this case
:
I A Dangerous Precedent
"It would be setting a dangerous
precedent," said Judge Paul, "to allow
j citizens of Montana t« be taken away
from where they live to be tried in
; another state unless the prosecuting
: authorities showed that they had
; some evidence that would at least
j furnish grounds for a conviction.?
Judge Paul ^ the attorney from
j Crosby that he would facilitate
peal to t be supreme court. That gen
d. emai i did not, however, show ,
disposition to go before that body,
Not Served With Complaint
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any
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DAMAGE REPORTS
FAIL TO HALT
MARKET RISE
Close Is Unsettled; September at $1.60, December $1.61
—Large Profit-Taking Sales Fail to Stem Gains—United
States Price for Wheat Now Above Liverpool.
CANADIAN SPRING WHEAT CROP DAMAGED
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CANADIAN POOL HAS
ALREADY PAID $1.55
PER BUSHEL OF WHEAT
Winnipeg, Man.—The sum of $15,
000,000 will be paid out to members
of the international wheat pools be
fore August 1 in the form of a sec
and interim payment of 20 cents a
bushel, it is announced by the presi
j dent of the Canadian Co-operative
Wheat Producers, Ltd. With the dis
tribution the total interim payments
; on account of the 1924 crop will
amount to $1.55 a bushel. It is ex
pected the final payment will be made
some time next month.
Construction of 30 more country
elevators at points in Saskatchewan
where it is found impossible to pur
chase suitable houses has been au
thorized by the executives of the
i Saskatchewan wheat pool.
The original'elevator building pro
gram adopted some months ago, au
thorized the construction of 30 ele
vators.
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On account of the heavy rain
the Brush Lake Rodeo is post
poned until Sunday, August 9th.
was granted in the case of the
rmmh, M n • ,,i '
count Y, D., against Harry
Montana, yesterday (Thursday)
Bt f p „ V inursoay ;
I 1 coanL y courthouse, me
days was held for tîie purpose
was any foundation in law nr
i. 7 y xounaanon in law or
extradition granted in the Huffman
Helena la<st wp^L
weeK.
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; U. S. Marshal Omck
A .
Arrests McElroy Man
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.Deputy United States Marshal O.•
( MçElroy^^^^ a f
bringing cattle illegally acmss
i border. He was brought before the
: U S. commissioner at Plentywood
Wednesday night and released on
bonds furnished by Carl Ebbing and
j p-. L- McElroy. He will appear for
truil befeu-e Judge Pray at Great Falls
i " a few " ame
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REGINA-MEXICO TRAIL DISCUSSED WITH
SASKATCHEWAN MINISTER OF PUB. WORKS
r< Mo^f r t °' op T ive ^ _ Wîî' Fron i
Montana Cities Assured by Gardner lhat Building of
Canadian Link Would be Undertaken Next Year.
lax THOUSAND FARMERS HEAR PREMIER
Chicap-n a n/u .. •
Chicago, Aug. 4.—Wheat ran up in
ice Tuesdav to nearlv 19 „
pnee Tuesday te neuriy 12 cents a
bushel above figures which were cur
tpnnrcT '
reports from the spring wheat belt
Canada in particular, aroused
speculative buying and so too SB
scantiness of the movement of winter
wheat to primary markqts. Closing
quotations on wheat were unsettled
at 2 1-8 to 4 3-8 cents net gain, Sep
tember $160 1-8 to $1.60 1-4, and De
cember$1.60 3-4 to $1.61, with corn
1-2 to 7-8 of a cent up. showing 3-8
to ..-4 o a cent n.se, and provisions
unchanged to 20 cents higher.
Some purchasing jT wheat to be
j ip P ed f r °ni Chicago to Montreal
added impetus to the new upward
swmg in price, which began here soon
after the opemng despite the fact that
Liverpool quotations had failed to re
fleet fully the advance that took place
yesterclay on this side of the Atlantic,
The fresh upturn here was started by
advices from Saskatchewan province,
Canada, saying that scorching hot dry
weather was turning the fields grey,
and that late wheat would suffer se
vere damage if the high temperatures
continued. Indications of improved
demand tended also to hoist the mar
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Montana Farmer
"Q®N" C0N ®T PRINCESS CONTEST
AROUSESjNTEREST CLOSES TOMORROW
Helena, Aug. 4.—(Special)—As the
time for the Montana state fail- draws
near interest in the fourth Queen
Montana contest is becoming much
more active -. Practica % all of Mon
^ na s , c . oantl ?f. are conducting con
^efenteti^sTo HdenV on^pt 8 7?^
9 and 10 for the par Pose of partici
\ he eve ^ which wiu decide
which Montana girl, cnosen as a rep-i
resentative or her county, will gradu
ate to the higher honor of Queen
Montana and represent this state
the national convention of the Ameri
can Legion at Omaha and the Inter-:
national Petroleum Exposition
Tulsa.
This y ear ' s Q ueen of Montana will
be a much-feted personage. After the
four ' da y whirl incident to the con
test at the slate fair the American
Legion is planning on introducing the
Queen to several of the cities of Mon
ta ™ prio * V* the national convention,
The social events at Helena, Omaha
and Tulsa wil1 be the most brilliant
and varied wb ich it is possible for
those communities to plan and they
wd | indeftd be an experience for the
winnings the stnte inir contest,
Details of the state fair entertain
ment are now being planned by spe
cial committees named to have charge
I of ^est and the plans have
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a wonderftal f ° Ur " day
the
BIG ISSUE OF PRODUCERS NEWS
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This week the Poducers News is
; having a press run of 8,000 issues of
a 20-page prner. The News is get
tire; r 1 better and reaching
■ m ™ ^ ^
at 1
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Many of the farmers present com
mented on the splendid Farmer-Labor
speeches, delivered to a great meeting
cf farmers by the Hon. M. Dohrty,
ex-Minister of Agriculture for On
tario, and Primier Dunning of Sask
atchewan. Unlike the banker con
trolled .holders of public office in Mon
tana, and other states these men de
dared time and again that they were
servants cf the farmers arid spoke
about the farmers' problems with
sympathy and understanding.
Regina-Mexico Highway Discussed
A large delegation from this and
! other Montana cities, waited on the
Hon. Mr. Gardner, minister of public
works, at the parliament buildings at
Regina
! T w \ Greer and Dr . York present
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The Plentywood delegation to the
Regina exposition returned last Mon
day and Tuesday, well satisfied with
their visit to the northern Canadian
city. They were unanimous in saying
that the expedition was one of the
best they had ever seen, rivaling the
famous Minnesota state fair in the
quality and quantity of its exhibits.
Understand Farmers' Problems
. ¥V ailu ^ 1Uf , ureseni .
ed the case fo? the buildiL of the
new Regina to Mexico highway to Mr.
Gardner, w.ho seemed to be very much
impressed with the facts presented to
Mr. Black, who is the farmers'
representative in the Saskatchewan
parliament, spoke in favor cf 'the
building of the line advocated by the
spokesmen for the Montana delega
I tion. The proposed Canadian link of
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th e ij ne j s to be completed from Re
gina to Ccylon and from thence to
the American road north of Raymond,
Mr. Gardner in replying to the delega
tion assured them he was heartily in
accord with the views put forth. He
was in favor of a road connecting Re
gina and thought the proposed route
was the most feasible for that pur
pose. It was evident from what Mr.
Gardner said, that as soon as the ap
propriations for highway purposes are
approved by the forthcoming session
of the provincial parliament that con
struction and surfacing of the Cana
dian part of the highway will be un
dertaken. The delegation came away
from a long conference with Mr.
Gardner, who was assisted by his sec
retary,
him.
Mr. Carpenter and Mr.
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nears the close tomorrow night.
Staid citizens are now abandoning
their daily avocations and are out
w,,rkinff like fiends for their favor
lte candidates. The race is getting
intercstin * as it has narrowed down
to four. The standing of cnnte-t
u s n fc " 1 '
of * s wken tbe votes were counted
at Thusrday night was as follows;
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The Princess contest is getting
more exciting every minute as it
Lillian Everson ...._45,210
Anna Hovet
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Lillian Gunderson
Gladys Kelly _
24,025
.20,810
It is stated that 0 « VO i-oi it .
a n of tl t t . ' . " ot
f" . of " ,e f° nt *f ta " ts are h « id ««
batk votes Ior the final.
Several of the girls visited Sco
bey during the week and got
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seem to t<bink tbat tbe y bave missed
something any week they have not
read the Producers News,
in many extra votes being secured
for the Princess contest.
many
new subscriptions. The Scobeyites
This
friendly feeling for this paper in
the Daniels county capital resulted
The contest will dose at 12
tomorrow (Saturday) night, when
it will be announced at Miller s drug
store who the happy girl is who will
wear the coveted diadem and enjoy
the glorious trip to the state
ital.
p. m.
cap
The Producers News $3.00
eao' 'he trews while it >« news.
a year
BIG SHOW COMING
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TO F.-L TEMPLE
One of the leading attachions to be
staged in Plentywood in many years
will appear at the Farmer-Labor tem
12,
the celebrated Beck & Walker min
strel troupe, a company of 18 people
will entertain. This company is
composed solely cf refined people, and
every member is a finished musician
and vaudeville entetrainer. The
pany comes here highly recommended
and the management feels satisfied
that the patrons will get their money's
worth.
r>>^ re . j s , w b ät the Tribune of Scotts
"Ij 1 "» Neb., said cf Beck & Walker's
f 0 ® r , mins trels after the company
iad played a date In that city to a
Beck & Walker's col
minstrels gave the theater goers
of a vanety of musical airs
and Iat e s(mg hits replete with har
mon y' which only a group of colored
peop ' e can produce. Mrs, Olva Jeffer
s on, mezzo soprano soloist, won In
sta.nt approval of the audience with
i "® r nuna bers. Bubber Carson, come
( 'ian and monologist, kept the audi
I e D^f. D 1 an u Pf < ? 1 ar his antics^ and
i witticisms, while Don Morton, tnck
skate dancer and comedian, fur
ms ^. ed anusua ^ thrills on the casters,
performing some of the most difficult
dances , and with ease and grace.
A male quartette unusually high in
quality of harmony, received loud ap
plause.''
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FORMER PLENTYWOOD
WOMAN IS CHAMPION TRAP
SHOOTER AT NO. DAK. MEET
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North Portal, 'Aug- 5.—Mrs. H. L.
uatson of North Portal, at the an
nual North Dakota trapshooting com
petition held at Minot this week, won j
the ladies state ohampionship of I
North Dakota. On account of living |
m Canada she could not, under tbe
rales of the association, take home
with her the coveted trophy though
many of the sportsmen present from
various states of the Union were
strongly in favor of waiving this reg
ulation as Mrs. Watson lives in Sask
atchewan, but a few feet from the
Dakota line.
Mrs. Watson formerly lived in
Plentywood and has many friends
here.
MIGHT BE
She:—"You may say what you
want to but it's the clothes that
makes the woman.
He:— "Yep—and breaks the man."
FailsjsiiSHES PRICE OF GAS
IN SHERIDAN COUNTY
Cuts Price Two Cents Per Gallon at New Station at Outlook
Thursday Binlds New Station at Plentywood—Producers
News Article Causes Sensation in Oil Circles in Montana
—Independent Producers Watch Moves With Interest.
CONTINENTAL OIL CO. HEAD RUSHES HERE
Spends Several Days in Secret Conference With Officers of
New Concern Lindsay Announces Construction of More
Distributing Stations and Takes Stock Off Market.
Taking up the challenge
ot a competing oil firm in
ompany slashed the pirce
yesterday. Orders were
quarters at Scobey to the
station at Outlook to retail
is two cents a galion less
• e garages in Plentywood on
effect at Outlook.
This i
New Westland Station at Plentywood
An Outlook resident informed
that the price of gasoline at the ga
rage in that city was 35 cents per,
gallon when the Westland made its
sensational cut. The price in the
Plentywood garages is 31 1-2 cents
and there is no announcement made
that they would follow the Westland
cut in prices, at the time the Pro
fand Company^s/howevl^chlng
ing the First National Bank building
into an oil filling station and announce
that they will retail gasoline Stereat
the same price as they do in Outlook.
Continental Manager Rushes Here
The foregoing were the outstanding
developments in the oil war situaticai
in eastern Montana during the week.
The exclusive article in last week's
Porducers News, giving the "low
down" on the maneuvers in the oil
world in eastern Montana was widely
read and extensively conied in the
press " the state/ It c^efted sufh
a furore that C. W. Landsrud, gen
eral division manager of the Conti
nental Oil Company, made a rapid
trip to Plentywood and endeavored
keep his identity and mission secret.
It is known, however, that the first
supply of gas to the newly erected
tanks of the Farmers Penn. Co. came
from the Continental distributing sta
600 Battle— 12
Hurt In Ku
Klux Riot
iVoman Starts Fight With Fier Remarks j Police Reserves are
Called But War Renews—100 Members of Hooded
Band Forced to Farm House for Refuge from Clubs and
Stones.
KLAN ROUTED BY ENEMIES NEAR BOSTON
Boston, August 2.—A hundred hooded and robed Ku
Klux Klansmen were routed in a pitched battle with 300 _
klansmen today at Ilsley Farm, Islington, Westwood, and a
dozen people were injured by sticks and stones hurled by both
factions.
anti
The klansmen were driven to cover*
a farm house, and the antis were
pushed back off the farm property
after special officers and reserve
lice had been rushed from neighbor
ing towns.
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Trouble arose when a woman mem
her of the klan is alleged to have
passed a remark to some anti-klans
man. Some one in the "anti" crowd
threw a stone, and the battle was on.
Sticks and stones flew fast and furi
ous in the hand-to-hand pitched bat
tie, which last a quarter of an hour,
until the klansmen were routed,
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FIGHT STARTS
ANEW
When reserves from Norwood, Ded
ham and Westwood quieted the fac
tions, a woman klan supporter mount
the speakers' rostrum, which had j
and ;
been tipped over in the melee, «m ,
attempted te start a speech. This i
caused hostilités to break out anew,
Some one in the "anti'" crowd
threw a firecracker, which exploded
with a report like a pistol shot. This
started the riot over again. Police, !
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flung in its face by the starting
Plentywood, the Westland Oil
of gasoline in Sheridan county
given from the company's head
manager of the new Westland Oil
gas at 29 1 -2 cents per gallon,
than gasoline was sold for by
the same day the cut went into
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tion. There was much speculation_
to the object of Mr. Landsrud's visit
to Plentywood at this time and as to
i whether his company would supply
| gasoline to the newly created Plenty
j wood concern,
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; wfstlaSd Whif nar ?" 1 ?^ 0 1 f
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i wStlTmlk^ow ÄfS 1
nn _n a .Tn no T . gettIn F " ia J 0 . r
S II LZpT- in
2 l l ve PS F abl,fibing
Montana rhfr!n£ g f f ^ tlons ln ea * te *" n
ë Æ, ^P^atwely
i Com nan v Westland Oil »
I iXSïï y JS. md ^ end ?l lt concern
Ä wide orgamz
a e pipHo-pfi tn wil' 1 f^butors who
F iv ^ handle oil from inde
and °nly. All
?L^ gasolie baridIe . d by th f Scobey
( iucers' in°the Kevin^fieff"* 1 ^ ^ pr °'
leeret tbat tbe 5i . ,
to ^bble , a ^ temp T d
1 îge Xevfe V P ° dU
Wp*u„ n( , - e d , ^°T ' 16 t ' me - tbe
deSnÄ IT buyer of m
P ontana oil products it is
a
Independent Producers Watch
Moves Here
It is no
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STOLEN CAR!FOUND
NEAR MEDICINE LAKE
A Ford two-door sedan, supposed to
have been stolen from E. B. Tasa of
Froid, was found near Medicine Lake
Tuesday by Sheriff Salisbury and
Ccamty Attorney Erickson. Sheriff
Anderson of Roosevelt county notified
Sheriff Salisbury that the car disap
peared from Froid and the Sheridan
sheriff at once instituted a diligent
search wth the result that the
was found in a broken down condi
tion on the road near Medicine Lake.
be Sheriff and County Attorney
car
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were hot on the trail of the
thieves when the News went to
car
mien une «ews went to press,
Tbe latest information was that the
supposed thief was traced to the Dan
iels county line. It is understood that
the Sheriff at Scobey has been noti
bed of the theft. Whether he will
put forth any effort for the appre
hension of the supposed criminal will
be apparent in the course of a week.