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MONTANA
HELENA.
THE PRODUCERS NEWS
____ A PAPER OF THE PEOPLE. FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE
Plentywood, Montana. Friday, June 11, 1926.
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Entered as Second Class Matter, October 18, 1912, at the Post
office at Plentywood, Montana, Under the Act of March 3, 18Î0.
IN THE
J hv P.J. Wallace
o ?f*nd pertinent
Great and Small
Concern
to
of
.orRlBBEKS, Russian thist
ut*orms are a trinity of
Vth-s which the farmer
Cfiiid himself against. All
* ut beginning to show their
**• £Lu again in Shendan coun-
^ y iÎ7Crop Grabbing parasite is
U- 1 r5 , of the three because he
> * the shape of a man who is
- • he "made in God s im
" Perhaps it would
"'uunhemv to say that the crop
have their habitat i
f£jd and prey upon the farm.
Î re »ere cast in such a divine
* Jf Thev look more* like the
lints of some kind of a reptile.
** k the reason they crawl around
Jfliviate their victims before
JJ* devour them.
up** 1
I.«
and likeness.
in
Battle
line in the
jg a
of the Republic" which states
-Man would crush the serpent
The farmers should
Here
E;mn
his heel.
«Haber that lint, when some rep
1 in human form approaches and
V him to donate one quarter of
« crop to some absentee mortgage
® ny wr landlord. In most cases
grabber has no more right to
to sign away one-fourth
of his labor than they
ask me to sign them
During, and
a farmer
•w product
to
Sürth of my salary .
«»rp the period of rwlempt
in possession is
one
the man
. cf his land. He has a right to
jer these share-contract swindlers
rf his place and if they refuse to
n he is justified in peppering them
buckshot. If the tillers of the
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CUMMINS, who went down to de
frat in Iowa, started out as a pseudo
(ntrfssive just the same as some of
iW Montana representatives in
fîdiineton did some years ago.
Inf to form ho became a hardened
raflionary and was responsible for
•if passage of the infamous Esch
(crmins bill, under which the rail
indied the people of this
mmtry out of several millions of
"lais. ( ummins. for eighteen
yeans a senator, was one of the old
Bird and supported every bill that
bd the stamp of M all Street upon
it. He «as one of th'v galaxy o f
Sf*berry senators; he voted for the
Fardney-McCumber tariff bill, the
»wM court swindle, the cancellation
it Mussolini's debts, the approval of
i««lidgo's appointment of "Sugar
Utarley" Warren for attorney gen
«ni and e\ery other vicious meas
w demanded by big capital.His de
iat signalize a "political révolu
as Senator Borah says. The
Wfly oppressed Iow a farmer has
«list risen in rebellion against
Ac conditions imposed upon him by
Ac money powers of which such
»fli as (oolidgo and Cummins are
bt lUls. What has happened in
k«a last Monday will keep on re
ritin» itself until every world
"W senator and supporter of the
«didee regime is defeated. But
"ill Street is clever. It will dis
ard the Coolidge gang and send
J® son u* other bellwether to fool
> firmer« with illusory promises of
!**f- Charles Dawes may be se
Wed for the job. Who knows?
. regard their position from the
standpoint of eulightt*ned self inter
■ shorks will become as rare
(A. crop
. Vortheastern Montana as rattle
aike$ are in Ireland.
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"JUDGE COMER files for the S
Court" says a headline. This
** r '?ht which tho ex-Plenty
Judge is entitled to exercise
®wr the laws of the .state.
laws allow a man the right to
1*« a political jackass of himself
* so droites. Judges Comer and
■*Per are entitled to exercise this
But they have as much
hme of sitting on tho Supreme
Ä an
ÿïfiTÂ'.Â'Sr 1.S
"««»fiehts. Comer earned the rep
of being the "most reversed"
u
The
4,irV M ° ntan a "Den he occupied
_ «T it * n county while Leip
■ »R n S i k i n ° Wn as a c °nceited old fool
I ànrin 1 . sboot off his mouth
I hi * s a " ako on
I nia r The °. 0,ossal these
I bh n« °"' es * n aspiring to such
I ^ouua Ce ' s onb ''dualled by their
B "Ttii i l . gnorance °f the most ele
I tjj ■ *' no "ledge of jurisprudence
■ tW " mon sens ^ and justice. But
on the old party tic
w, o add
of the
v
materially to the
campaign.
'MUTT ' * *
• âvppLî®® INSUR. *
• iv^ ,p ANV TO HOLD *
« --MAL MEETING JUNE 26 *
• v -i -— •
• cti,* 1 s Cbri stensen. prominent *
® f Bugrnar, the secretary *
armers Mutual Fire In
'Set*". ;'* m Pany, with head of
'Ui», 81 1)a £mar. who was in
'»iSl 000 Wednesday informed
lÂ't'fSÎ'™'
•5»C.nL. t l l! " la T A""" 1
' 4t . Monta^ia° n SaG
I «*thu June 26th. and the notices
'tk» « me *Gng will ho mailed in
•££**,* a few days liî
! Iran*' 1 e,ect G»rec directors
*» rnav* 1 act SUc h other business
'• ° ome Mor * the
. *4 to tK .** l unch will be fcrv
Iw; f Vl »iting members of the
..rîri, 1 . 1 ,'
, Mr « une JcWk
. tk »Uta Ul * tw8en reports that
, has had Tvery loc
pro8 Perous y tor and
* * many members as
* « % L attend.
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BROOKHART VICTORY BLOW TO REACTION
I* *1* ■> t* '***3* *.* v *1' v **— *.
REGIONAL FARM LOAN BANK CONFERENCE AT PLENTYWOOD
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Will Convene At The Farmer
Labor Temple Monday, June 21
Delegates for Northeastern Montana Association Will Attend
—Pres. Jewett of Spokane Bank, Lieut. Gov. McCorm
ack, Leading Speakers—Important Problems Discussed
—Everybody Urged to Attend.
The Northeastern Montana District Association of Fed
eral Land Banks, of the Spokane Jurisdiction, will assemble in
Plentywood, at the Farmer-Labor Temple, Monday, June
21 st, 1926 .
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i
Lynn York în Accident on Scobey
Road Wednesday Afternoon. Es
Capes Uninjured While His Car !.
Was Badly Smashed-Madoe Man
Wrecks Auto While Coming to City
tn Witness Basehall Game Satur- i
d
TWO BUICK CARS
WRECKED NEAR TOWN
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Tw o automobile accidents^ in j
which the drivers and occupants of j
the cars fortunately escaped in- j
jury, took place on the road west
of town during the week. On Wed
nesday. Lynn York was out driving
his father's new Master Six Buick '
Coach when he met with an acci
dent west of town. The young
man states that he felt sleepy and
drowsed off. and as he awoke the
car was speeding up and begin
ning to sway from side, to side of
the road. lie endeavorei to re
gain control by applying the four
wheel brakes, but the car capsized
on its side., plowing up the ground
for several feet in a semi-nosedive.
Fortunately Lynn escaped injury,
although the glass in all the doors
and the windshield was broken and
the bouy was badly dinged all ov
er. The car was hauled into the
Donaldson garage and is now un
dergoing repairs.
Madoc Man In Accident.
Another accident took place Sat
urday afternoon when Mr. Lynn of
Madoc had his Sedan top broken
up close to town. Mr. Lynn was
| driving to Plentywood to attend the
; big baseball game. He states he
, saw a clear road in front of him
j an( i gave his auto the gas. While
his car was travelling at a good
speed he came to a dip in the
road where there« was a sharp
curve which he did not expect to
encounter. The result was that
the Sedan left the grade and turn
ed over several times. Fortunate
ly ? Mr. Lynn and the people who
were with him in the car escaped
uninjured. The top of the Sedan
wa s a complete wreck and the car
had to be dragged into town. It is
now in the Plentywood Garage.
1
sum" McIntosh killed
IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
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Well Known Sheridan County Mechanic Meets Death After
Car Goes Over Embankment E^rlyMonday Morning
capes Unhurt-Failure of Speeding Car to Turn Sharp
Curve Causes Wreck.
a
H. D. McIntosh was killed and Claude Stevens was seri
ously injured when the Chrysler automobile driven by the
deceased, rolled off the grade at the curve of the McIntosh
hill, south of Plentywood, early Monday morning.^ Mrs.
Stevens, who was also in the car, escaped uninjured. -_
Car Went Over Embankment
Slim" McIntosh and Mr. and Mrs.
Stevens were returning to town when
the unfortunate accident happened
The sur
• .
at 12:30 Monday morning,
vivors stated that the car went over
the embankment and the whole af
fair happened so suddenly that they
could not give any authentic account
It is certain,
of how it occurred.
however, that the deceased was dnv
ing the car at a high speed when
ihe attempted to negotiate the sharp
1 curve in the center of the hill. The
* I wheel tracks show that he was un
• ab l e to accomplish this and the car
*1 crashed through the wire fence and
* rolled down the embankment and
- righted itself within eight feet of the
riïer alter its three passengers
* WCre thr0Wn Æ Wreck
• McIntosh was thrown out first and
- his body was found, lying dose ^
• the top of the embankment. ^h er S
* w as a big cut on the side of his head
• and his chest appearedl to be crushed.
• He was conscious and when it wa.
* suggested that h. e h®.
* hospital, he replied that he did n
• consider it necessary to og as he onlv
. felt pain in hie leg. 'Claude Stevens
. I was thrown out half way do wn the
- embankment and sustained several
- cuts and bruises which necessitated
* the Pitting of his left hand in
• sling. His eye was hit m some
• manner and had to be dressed. Mr...
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The Northeastern Montana
composes that territory north of the
Missouri river east of Phillips coun
including Daniels, Sheridan,
Roosevelt and Valley counties, which
territory comprises
farming section of the
Montana, and produces the finest
W protein wheat Produced in the
w< ÎXr~ , , . ate
Th ? '> ele K at f s «P«®"»™ d f
ferent Fa ™ Lo , a "- J2
iÇorrrmei oe to arrive m l lentwooj
&"n<l a y, June 20th and al will be
ihere early Monday morning when
the best dry
State of
day's session, which will be replete
with activity from morning until
night. There will be a long program ( Q
ion which will appear 'the names of
jniany prominent people of Montana
and the West: Men associated with
the Federal Land Bank of Spokane,
including Geo. C. Jewett, President of
und Lieut. Gov. W. S. McCormack of
the State c,f Montana, who is also
[vice president of the Spokane Land
iBank.
District Officers Busy.
The officers of the Northeastern
Montana Association of Federal Farm ■
Loan Association, namely, John J.
Courtney, prominent pioneer farmer
of Antelope, president, and J. W.
Wulf, well known manager of the
Farmer's store at Froid, and of ex
tensive farming interests, secretary,
have left no work undone calculated
to make the Plentywood Conference
the best convention of its kind that
have occurred hitherto in this state.
The determining factor in bringing
this convention to Plentywood was
;the Farmer-Labor Temple, which af
fords proper accommodations for the
delegates andthe large crowd of far
imers and members of the local asso
j dations who attend these meetings.
Secretaries Delegates.
( The official delegates and members
| of the Northeastern Montana Dis
trict Association are the secretary
treasurers of the Federal Farm Loan
Association in the district, and the
members of the Boards of Directors
of the several Associations. The sec
retary-treasurers of the different As
sociation who will attend the conven
tion are as follows:
at
john J Courtney, Antelope; D. F.
Miller, Baylor; C. W. Harmon, Bain
the Federal Land Bank of Spokane,
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Will Play Fast North Dakota Team
on Plentywood Diamond June 10th
Grenora Loading Up for Big Game.
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Next Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock the Plèntvwood fence busters
will take on the Grenora team at the
local baseball diamond.
From reports leaking cut of Gre
L, that team is coming over load
ed to take Plentywood if they can.
It is said that several men have been
garnered from other North Dakota
teams in order to humble the cham
pions of this neck of the woods.
P A large delegation will be over
from Grenora to support their team,
and other towns in North Dakota are
said to be sending over quotas to
take in the big game.
The Plentywood fans, as usual, will
be out en masse and a hot battle will
be welcomed by the fans.
LOCAL TEAM MEETS
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Smith W. Brookhart
Sen. Albert B. Cummins
J
Official Call For Farmer-Labor
Caucus And County Conference
Q £ Sheridan county, Montana, by virtue of the authority re
a
. .on
posing in us, hereby ordain that the regular semi
annual precinct caucus of the Farmer-Labor party shall occur
at the proper places in the several precincts at 2:00 o'clock in
the afternoon on Thursday, June 17, 1926.
The members of the party shall meet, at place to be des.g
nated by the Precinct Committeeman elected at the last Pn
mary elections, who shall call the Caucus to order, or in his
absence, any member of the party may call the Caucus to or
der and a Caucus chairman and secretary shall be elected who
shall keep the records of the Caucus. The Caucus shall then
elect a delegate and an alternate delegate The candidate re.
ceiving the higf^t number of votes shall be declared elected
delegate and the candidate receiving the second highest num
her of votes shall be declared elected as alternate .delegate. The
chairman and secretary shall issue and sign credentials usmg
forms printed in connection herewith, to both the delegate
and alternate delegate, and also make copies of these creden
tials which they shall send by the delegates together
with the minutes of the Caucus to A Wankle Secretary of
the County Executive Committee, at Plentywood, Montana.
Both the delegate and alternate delegate will attend any
County Conference of the Farmer-Labor party, when called by
the Executive Committee during the ensuing two years.
County Conference
w/ .1 r« .• rommiffpp of Farmer-Labor DartV
Vl^e, the Executive Committee _ J? 3 .
of Sheridan County, acting under and by virtue or the author!
1 J •_ «U a « the regular
ty reoosmg in us, also ordain that the reg
bi-annual county conference of the precinct delegates elected
at the precinct caucuses held on Tuesday afternoon, June 17,
1926, in pursuance to the ordinance of this committee shall
the Farmer-Labor party of Sheridan county, Montana, shall
convene at the Farmer-Labor Temple at Plentywood, Mon
tana, at 2 oclock in the afternoon on Tuesday, June 22, 9zo.
The delegate and alternate delegate shall present the
j copies of the credentials and the minutes of the precinct cau
| cuses of Tuesday, June 17th, 1926, to A. Wankle, Secretary
of the Executive Committee, when they arrive,
i The Conference shaft be called* to order by the Chairman or
We, the executive committee of the Farmer-Labor party
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YOUNG PLACES
DESIGNATED AND
JUDGES SELECTED
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Final preparations for the Sheri- *
dan county primary nominating elec- *
tion to be held August 3, were com- *
Ipleted Tuesday by the county board *
of commissioners, which designated *
voting places and selected Judges
and Clerks of the election for the
county precincts.
The voting places and judges and
clerks by precincts, are as follows:
Westby Precinct No. J—Judges:
Walter Olson, Westby, Henry C.
Reuter, Westby; Geo. F. Freisieben,
Westby. Clerks: A. M. Ditmarson,
| Westby; B. Larson, Westby. Poll g
place: Fire Hall.
Westby Precinct No 2—Olnnus
Sannerud, Westby; E. - lay Mi ler,
Westby; Geo. L. Onstad We ?t b> ;
Clerks; Joseph D. Momson, Westby,
Carl Norman Bostad, V estby. Pol
™g place: Custom s House
Westby Precinct No. 3 Judges.
Gust Stubbe, Jf Y
da Enger, Westby, B*lP h E^uinger,
WpShv- Fdward^F Wertbv
d + _* -p p_'
p °ding P aC p' m 0 ' 4 T P d£rp ^,.
MÏÏ vLÏ wi- fcfr Degl
Martin Nereson, Westoy, reter ueg
. Westby; A W Overgaard, McEl
roy. Clerks: H. L Dunsdon Comer
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mg place. School House.
Comertown Precinct No. 5 Judges:
(Continued on page 4)
County Commisioners Complete Pre
parations for Primary Nominating
Election to Be Held August 3rd—
Clerks Also Appointed.
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LARGE CROWD
ATTEND PROGRESSIVE
FARMERS MEET
Plentywood Council No. 1 of *
tho Progressive Farmers j of •
fertring' m^g afThe ^ •
Labor Temple last Monday even- *
ing. Nearly every member was
pressent and visiting brothers *
and sisters from all over Sheri- *
dan County watched the proceed
j ng w |th interest. At about 11
o'clock the Council adjourned *
and immediately put on an en
tertainment for the visiting *
brothers which was voted one of *
t he best they ever witnessed. The *
members of the Council of Ac
tion who had met and transacted *
important business earlier in the *
day , and contingents from sever
al councils in Daniels County
were the honored guests. Every
* Council in Sheridan county sent
* , arge con tingents of earnest men
« and wom en who contributed ma
• terially to the success of the en
* terta inment which lasted until
* wee small hours of the morn
* in g . The event was so interesting
• that not a sing le member left bo
« f ore the Marseilles was sung and
, the proceedings were ended by
* the Di rc «tor.
* Council of Action Meets.
* The Shendan County Council
* of Action, which is now the su
* preme authonty m the district,
* held an important meeting Mon
* day aftenMKm ' 9 ues , . ons
, portance concerning tho econom
, interests of the farmers were
. discuased a nd acted upon. Every
* Couflcil ot^ Vro,r^e Farm
* erg an d virtually every precinct
# coun t y were represented.
Iowa
Repudiate Candidate of
Mellon-Coolidge Regime
Voters
Another World Court Senator Goes Down to Defeat—Burst
ing Banks and Harsh Agricultural Conditions Cause Mid
West Farmers to Revolt—Old Parties Fear Loss of the
* Northwest to Progressives.
Des Moines, Iowa.—Another world court Senator and
Coolidge adherent went down to defeat here this week when
Smith W. Brookhart won the republican nomination for U. S.
Senator over Senator Albert Cummins by a gigantic majority.
Within two months after he was kicked out of the Senate by
the administration regulars the famous Iowa progressive has
given the gang in control in Washington the most stinging«*
defeat of its
Voters Remember Tre.achery of
Brookhart has^rtill the general
election to face before he regains his
seat ip the Senate as a republican,
ousted
traitor by the regulars in Congress
some time ago. Much of his fight in
Iowa before the primary was based
his right to be vindicated by the
prnte.rs at the Primary election and
fact that he had refused^ to bow
W(?r ui court and other issues. Cum
mins » besides being a railroad owner.
line (or the World Court. His
treachery to the people who elected
aômesUc mon^Tinterësts htd
its effect in Iowa. There was wide
wheelhorses in the Coolidge machine
"
New Businessmen
effort" to dect S Cummins. The state
(was literally covered with men
The ^ople fgainst bolshevism
if Brookhart were elected. All the
a ^ f ^Thomï ÄB^khart^as
religion, etc. were used
Ameocan IggfcJ* ^ usai
for the purpose of discrediting the
|P™^ n "eftV^otthl
international Bankers and the rail
ffis famib" wh a'banï^t 1 Mason
City, got out and worked hard
against Brookhart. Some venial mem
0 f the railroad unions were used
sw j n g the railroad men into line
for Cummins but all to no avail. The
hmsted banks, the impoverished con
dition of agriculture, the reduction
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COMER FILES AS CANDIDATE
FOR STATE SUPREME COURT
Former Plentywood Judge, Now a Resident of Missoula,
Wants to Sit on Wool Sack— Mitchell and Cooney File
Democratic Ticket For Congressional Nomination
Political Pot Be
on
Placer Hotel Lobby Becomes Lively
gins to Boil.
as
Helena.—The lobby of the Placer Hotel is again
ing with political excitement as candidates are beginning to ar
• j visit the Secretary of State's office and file their nom
|inating petitions. Harry Mitchell, of Great Falls, and Byron
; r" oonev u ave fil ec l f or the two Montana congressional districts
j imvc
on the democratic ticket.
Mitchell and Cooney File for Congress*
Both Mitchell and Cooney have r
k een candidates on the democratic
| ticket several times before for the
i same offices but have failed of elec
| tion. Cooney will run on a dripping
we t ticket while those close to the
' Mitchell wigwam state that if elected
*'b e will favor modification of the Vol
s tead law.
, Dennis has filed for the office
ra ilroad commissioner and expects
make Ws race on the sl ogan of
efficiency and economy.
j ud e Ui[ per has filed for the su
preme court P on the Republican ticket
and Associate Justices Galen and Hoi
have officially declared their
to succee d themselves.
Judge C. E. Comer, of Missoula,
f fj of Plentywood. is a candi
date fo > the democratic nomination
f associate justice of the Montana
me court ; he having on Tuesday
fi i ed wit i. t ^ e secretary of state his
# nom i na ting petition in which he asks
^ that slogan "If elected I will per
^ ^ M prov ided by law,"
under jjj s name on the primary bal
j Judge Comer served as judge of
* the twentieth judicial district from
, t - f it creat ion up to a couple
• ^ C when he Removed to
* Missoula to re-enter the practice of
g^The tJSSS judicial distrirt
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, , . . , ..
created by act of the sixteenth
«
was
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HI1FRNFR DIlfKS
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A L'I Kk AlVlPr llr
xTi I Lit. OlrÜTii Ll/L
^„"^"cïwpuîîcheTs ^ftïr the
Event—Narrowly Escapes Wearing
^ ay âeu Their MoneylRyan and
Asked star . Performers at the
| ho ïr M £ b £ right Rustks Mo " ey
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p lentywood Commercial Club, last
ÄrftelÄhdÄ
ant i a large crowd to Plentywocvd.
Such men as Paddy K^ an an ^ Bob
broncho:
^'"the "m^enSft * f CharW
of wolf Peint, who per
f?™« 1 Ws
The!"7^ Sfre wild y a ndThe
several of them broke though the
fences but dld n0 " hurt any of the
prizes from George Wright and Heub
ner at th gate after the stampede,
but many of the cowboys w .o \.on
small stakes and did much- work
i about the place were not paid on time.
They held an indignation meeting
with the result that they marched to
wards the houses of Wright and
riders or bystanders.
Huebner Fails to Pay.
Several of the riders who won big
demanded and received their
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Thursday, June 3rd, Mr. Forrest
Matkin and Miss Mary Fitzer quietly
motored over to Poplar, where they
were joined together as man and wife
in the holy bonds of matrimony,
The engagement of Miss Fitzer
and Mr. Matkin had been announced
some time ago, so the marriage came
as no surprise to their host of friends
Both of the contracting couple are
well known irr this city, having been
students at the local schools. Miss
Fitzer graduating tins year Tbe
groom, who is a son of J. D. Matkin,
is now engaged in farming in the
Redstone country, where the happy
young folks will make their future
home ?*ter Julv 15th.
The legion of friends of this worthy
young couple join with the Producers
News in wishing them a happy and
prosperous voyage through life.
WELL KNOWN
YOUNG COUPLE WED
Wednesday morning and Wednes
day afternoon, Sheridan county was
visited by two nice showers which
we ^ gr roun d down to a depth of
1 two inches or more.