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Bootl egger on Horseback Makes His Escape Amidst Hail of Bullets
CüALRIDGE MAN DODGES FEDERAL
prohibition officer in deep snow
Unhaltered Horse When He Sees Officers
Steffens Jumps
Approaching—Arrested Lately Sheriff Salisbury and Now
In Sheridan County Bastile—Corcoran on Big Campaign to
Dry Up Wet S^ots in Northeastern Montana—Huge "Still
Found at Snowden—Scobey Booze Joints Raided—Sheri
Dan County Distillers Get Severe Set Back.
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Climaxing a campaign to shut ail the moonshine distilleries in
[northeastern Montana Prohibition Director E. T. Corcoran
caased a bootlegger tor several miles in the Coalridge country last
Sunday. Rudolph bteffens was the fugitive from justice who es- i
taped on horseback amidst a leaden hail from the Colt automatic
of the Prohibition Officer.
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(oils, Sugar and Shots
On Sunday about noon Officer Cor
coran. accompanied by Under Sheriff
Kobke, was in the Coalridge country
to investigate the exploits of one
Dolphy Lobdell who was released by
Commissioner Belanski this week aft
er he was charged with having moon
shine, coils for a still and a truck
load of sugar.
The officers went to the place of
Pat Chapman who is alleged to have
taken sugar from Lobdell's truck
They found the sugar and at the same
time Steffens drove into Chapman's
yard with a team all lathered as if
coming from a long and strenuous
journey.
Steffens \rrested
Steffens was
Salisbury* in * Plent.-wooll Wednesday
and U Will in oi. T «mesday
fertile. The others aSeî Ä
S™ Steffens* Lee' Q
Pat Chanman -.n',! r> *i a PU T and
t hapiMn and Dolphy Lobdell.
uul in Uoosevelt County
(iKonin has been mopping up all
tn. fi? us in Northeastern Mon
l0 p t . h ® P a ÿ month on a huge
nit- n. .l , !c h bave been run_
pi ? tl l e « a ys of the "Bucket of
™ m Scobey have been raided
fn* a, ^o- ( l uail fities of poisonous li
I oi confiscated. In Sheridan and
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Steffens Runs
On seeing the officers Steffens
started to run. He was pursued.
He grabbed a horse out of the barn
ami without saddle or bridle turned
towards the open country a la Jesse
James. .Corcoran commanded the fly
ing horseman to stop but Steffens
just urged the steed forward. The
prohibition agent whipped out his
automatic and fired four shots in rap
id succession. One of the shots
grazed the ear of the fugitive but he
had the start of the officers and es
caped in the deep snow of the Coal
ndge country.
George Bourquin Slated for
Circuit Court of Appeals
• S. Judge Expected to Get Well Earned Advancement. Va
ra ^ c Y May Be Created In Montana Judicial District. How
'ttd M. Lewis Prominently Mentioned for Big Judicial Po
sition.
The
D 1 I'esignation of Judge Hunt from the Circuit Court of Ap
imno i! as * create( î vacancy in that office which may result in
,liJ 1 ta "^ changes in the Montana judiciary and the political
hieni! K . nt 01 -^ e s ^ e * The former justice of the Montana su
e C0U1 't stepping down from an important office to give
" m ° re "
BASEBALLFANS -^
HOLD MEETING
caiied ^Tni 1 ^ 0t ^ ase Gall fans
tywoid ?f* da u y ,, evenin S at the Plen
organizinp. 6 V for tlle P ur P°se of
f °ming season baSC baU team for the
and th, ni nv'^ ^ ans "were present
oughlv u-iti ter " as gone over thor
beiïï Vf? Ver . al *° od
$1500 u-., g °ffered. The sum of
a rnm SU ^ Cr '^ a t the meeting
v ' s 't thp im . lttee Wa s appointed * to
Plenty van , arams business houses of
amount in ra * se a sufficient
The f m ■ g00tl team possible,
funding tVn-u 1 entywo °d and sur *
,n * CkSi 2 see .";- to be strong
Point to in a . team this year and
summer mi y u ar as a ver y quiet
team for tuf bo . oste rs of a baseball
m°ney , Clt y claim that the
dif fe/ent ni. by tbe fa *s going to
Sundays woufn to seek en J°yment on
Sal ary of n ^ d »ore than pay the
r ^ceipt s 1 ^ 00( team if paid in gate
f°unds hjT winch is going the
J«ll league 18 ? P ro Posed base
tbl arge?citip c kl r g xT in a number of
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PANY TO SELL ICE
LESS REFRIGERATOR
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^ new company was formed the ;
P as t week for the purpose of selling I
j "} e Mystic Iceless refrigerator in four
i Northeastern Montana counties. The
i * eadln 8' members of the
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new company
are Frank Fishbeck and Stanley Palu
bicki.
A refrigerator has ben received and
is now on display at the Kavon Gar
age Show room.
The new refrigerator is claimed by
its makers to keep articles stored
therein at a very low temperature and
water is only needed to produce the
desired coolness, a pint or so being
placed every day in the top of the i
refrigerator in a pan which is covered 1
by slats. ,
This new invention will sell at $65 j
for the household size which is now
display, and if the refrigerator is
the success which its makers claim
it to be, it. will be readily seen that
a big sale is in store for the promot
ers and a S en t s - No ice is used and
no machinery is connected with it. The
"v" are JV' ed v ' vit !' a se . cr , et com P°
sition which absorbs moisture
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The last of this week will « the
new cooler ready for operation as it
takes about five days f or the water
to cover the box and draw the temper
ature down ready for use.
Messrs. Fishbeck and Palubicki are
very optimistic over the new refriger
a tor anc l if if proves to be the suc
\ cess that it is claimed to be will sell
I like "hot-cakes."
The machines are now being manu
factured at Great Falls for the state
of Montana.
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Leavitt Introduces Bill
It is an open secret that Judge Geo.
Bourquin, who made an enviable repu
tation as a jurist all over the west
during his occupancy of the federal
bench, is favored for this appoint
ment. Representative Scott Leavitt,
who is the only elected representa
tive of the people of Montana now in
Washington who has a chance of hav
ing his bills passed, has introduced a
bill in congress which would pave the
way for Judge BourquinV appoint
ment, As several states in the Rocky
mountain legal circuit have already
secured representation on the high
court in San Francisco the time is re
garded as ripe for Judge Bourquin to
be elevated to this position.
Dietrich Got Last Appointment
The last appointment in the Circuit
Court of Appeals went to Idaho when
Judge Dietrich was appionted. Judge
Bourquin was then mentioned for the
place and notwithstanding the fact
that his judicial qualifications pre
eminently fitting him for the position
submitted to President Coolidge
and his cabinet the Idaho judge was
appointed because of the unwritten
law of political exegency. Idaho has
two important republican representa
tives in the Senate and the influence
of the Montana senators in Washing
Senator
were
ton is known to be nil.
Walsh has to resort to the expedient
investigating" everybody and
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In the above cartoon, the artist pictures a supposed representative of the people, taking the
common people to look at a distant state while the power sites owned by him are
"staked down.
being
The same trick was resorted to in early days in the mining towns of Mon
tana. A miner who had not yet placed his location stakes on his claim was taken aside by a
tout of the big mining interests and told about the riches of the distant hills. While his back
was turned his claim was "staked" and stolen.
Taylor Talked of for Minnesota Governor
NATL. COMMANDER
DEMANDS PROBE
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* Minneapolis. — Emil Holmes, in
* his sick bed in the Ashury Hos
* pital here, today informed re
* porters that an attempt was be
* in g made to steal the most valu
* able power site in the West by
* the Montana Power Company. Mr.
* Holmes, who is National Com
* mander of the World War Vet
* erans and received over 250,000
* votes in his campaign for Lieu
* tenant Governor of Minnesota,
* said that he would demand
* gressional investigation of the
* lobbying of the Montana Power
* company in the matter. He said
that the Flathead sites were more
* valuable than Muscle Shoals and
* that any Progressive Senator who
* votes in favor of the Interior Ap
* propriation Bill containing the
* clause giving the Power Commis
* sion power to lease same will go
* down to defeat in the next elec
* tion.
"In the last war the boys went
* out and fought for this country,
* said Mr. Holmes. "We were not
* told that a group of politicians
* would give away the most valu
* able parts of the country named
* to greedy corporate interests. I
* give ample warning that I will
* speak in every big center in the
* Northwest States next
* and any so-called
a con
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summer *
_ , progressive *
* Senator who votes for the hill in •
* which this crooked clause is in- •
* serted will have to justify his ac- *
* tion for so «oing." *
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Dr. D. S. Cooper of Doolev wa« in
Plentywood Tuesday on business per
taming to his profession.
Montana Senator Cuts Wide
her Interests Are Valuable.
WILL STAY WITH
PEOPLE OF MONTANA
Minneapolis.—Senator Charles E.
Taylor of Montana is being seriously
considered here as a candidate for
governor of Minnesota on the Farm
er-Labor ticket. Although he is a
state senator in Montana he is a na
tive son of the Gopher state and has
extensive family and industrial ties
here. For the past two years he has
spent a great deal of his time in his
native state superintending work on
the very valuable timber crop on his
wife's' homestead. He has made con
necteions with the lumber interests in
the Twin Cities who have backed
their finance against his^ judgment
and the timber resources which he
controls.
Lath Mill
The result is that one of the biggest
lumber commission houses in Minne
apolis has agreed to erect a lath mill
on Senator Taylor's property. This
mill will turn the raw lumber re
sources of Mr. Taylor's holdings into
Balsam laths—a building construction
(Continued on page Eight)
local markets
February 3, 1928
__$1.02
Dark Northern
Winter Wheat ..
Amber Durum -
Mixed Durum —
Flax, per bu.
R ye , per hu.
Oats_—.
2 arley>
Daiî^Brtter
..
.98
.94
.90
1.82
.78
.40
.61
.66
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.45
HOSPITAL DAY TO
END WITH BIG DANCE
*
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* The ladies of the community, *
* both in the country and towns are *
* working hard in connection with *
* Hospital Day to be held at the *
* Farmer Labor Temple in Plenty- *
* wood, Saturday, February 11th. *
* The work is progressing nicely *
* and meeting with every success. *
* One doesn't need much explana- *
* tion of the plans for this year *
* when he recalls the success the *
* laUies had last year and this year *
* is to be even better.
! The men have made an excel- *
* lent decision in putting on a com- *
* bination of Olde Tyme dances as *
* well as the modern ones. There *
* will be two orchestras so there *
* will be no lack of music. We un- *
* derstand Mr. DeSilva is going to *
* make a large poster of the pro- *
* gram and place it on the wall *
* next to the stage so it oan be *
* seen from all parts of the hall *
* and the arrangements of the *
* dances will suit everyone we are *
* sure. *
* It is hoped that the weather **
* man will be especially good that *
* day, but even if the weather is *
* not the best it should not keep *
* anyone home as all of the "do- *
* ings" day an*d evening, will be in- *
* side the large hall.
* If indications count for any- *
* thing. Hospital Day promises to *
* be one of the biggest events ev- *
* er held in Plentywood. From far *
* and hear comes word of great ac- *
* tivity for the benefit of the local *
* institution of healing. The peo- *
* pie appreciate the fact that they *
* have a modern hospital in their
* vidnity and are boosting Hospital *
* Day to show their appreciation- *
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STATE AND NATIONAL
POLITICS PLAY PART
IN COLOSSAL STEAL
Efforts of Corporation Press to Suppress Facts Prove Unavail
ing. As truth Becomes Known Magnitude of Corrupt Ef
fort to Loot the Public Domain Becomes Manifest. "A
Hundred Million Dollar Power Site for a $10,000 Job.
Wheeler's Treacherous Betrayal of People Who Elected
Him Exposed.
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WORK PLAYS SMART P0UT1CS FOR HOOVER
How the Resources of the People are Traded Across the Coun
ter in Washington to Gratify Political Ambitions. Leader
of World War Veterans Demands Investigation.
I (From our own correspondent).
Helena,, Feb. 1.—The subject of conversation in the lobby of
the Placer Hotel, whenever two or more state house officials or
politicians from out of the state gather, invariably turns to the
eilort now being made by the Montana Power Company to gain
, possession oi the valuable Flathead site. The policy of the Mon
tana Power Company to suppress all news relating to the disposi
tion ol the water power at Poison until the bill was safely passed
I through congress has not entirely succeeded.
A. A. GRORUD CUED
FOR DISBARMENT
Helena.—On the complaint of
* Judge Lee Word, Attorney Gen
* enal Foot has issued a complaint
* Citing A. A. Grorud to appear be- *
* fore the Supreme Court to show
* cause why he should not be Uis- *
* barred from legal practice in
* Montana. Grorud was given leg
* al care of the Flathead Indians
* by Senator Wheeler some years
* ago and has been in Washington
* with Wheeler ever since.
* interference in the power devel
* opment project in Washington
* earned the condemnation of P. J.
* Wallace, representing the Pro
* gressive Farmers.
His
*
Bill Campbell Must Stand
Trial in Sheridan County
Motion of Helena Editor for Change of Venue Overruled By
Judge Paul. Demurrer Also Goes By the Board. $100,000
Suit Will Be on Mat Next Court Term.
Judge S. E. Paul denied the petition of Wm. Campbell and the
Helena Independent 1'ublishing Company for a change of venue in
tiie matter of Eng. Torstenson vs. Campbell and the Independent
Company. A demurrer interposed by Campbell's lawyers was also
denied by Judge Paul at the same time.
Trial to Be Held Here
This means that the libel action in
stituted by Mr. Torsteson against the
Helena editor will be tried in Sheri
dan County unless damages are paid
and a settlement arrived at before
the date set. It will be remembered
that shortly after the robbery of the
County Treasury, the Helena Inde
pendent published a long speculative
article on the affair. This article was
declared to be very libelous by two of
Montana's ablest lawyers, Messrs.
Pease and Nolan, and shortly after, a
suit
against Campbell and the Independ
ent Company.
Campbell Journeys to Great Falls
Campbell journeyed to Great Falls
and hired Rhoades & Hall to
defend him. ^ bls l e £ a j Trrrn inter
posed the demurrer and asked for a
change of venue. Pease and Nolan
filed a motion aslang that both be
dismissed by the judge for the follow
mg reasons: (1) That the motion and
demurrer should be called up for con
sidération within the meaning of Rule
XIX of the district_ court. (2) That
the demurer was frivolous and inter
posed for the purpose of causing de
lay. (3) That the stipulation enter-.
ed* into between the attorney for the
plaintiff and defendant has been aban-1
doned and breached by Campbell's
lawyers.
for $100,000 .was instituted
The matter was brought up in
Judge Paul's court by the filing of an
affidavit by Attorney Harlow Pease,
bringing to the attention of the court
Pease Files Affidavit
A Peop Behind the Scenes
Although the big daily newspapers
of the state ignore the propos ; tion
there is an undercurrent of specula
tion and talk about the methods usecF
to grab the water power that is be
ginning to prove rather embarrassing
to the company ana some politicians,
it is now known that after meeting
with some of the power officials Sen
ator Wheeler was sent to the Flat
head reservation last summer to talk
to the Indians on the leasing of the
the Flathead power sites. Mr. Wheel
er at the time said that some people
in the state believed in Public owner
ship but that he was of the opinion
that the present government of the
United States would not favor public
ownership for the next fifty years.
He said that the Montana Power com
pany offered to develop the sites im
mediately and pay the Indians a dol
lar per horsepower for the use of the
dam. This speech was suppressed by
the Anaconda controlled press but a
copy of it in the possession of a Mon
tana Power Company official caused
(Continued on page Elgni>
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the matters mentioned in the forego
ing paragraph. The trial will cause
a great deal of interest throughout
the state when it comes up by reason
of the fact that Mr. Campbell is
known as one of the "Kilowatt" edi
tors of Montana.
A CORRECTION
Last week in the statements pub
lished of the banks, a typographical
error was overlooked in part of the
issue of the Producers News. The
statement of the Farmers and Mer
chants State Bank should have read
$260,072.47
We are reprinting a corrected list of
-| >an ] c:s over th e country and it will
^ no tj ce( i the Farmer and Mer
c h an t s state Bank is among the
] ea( j ers
gec gtate Bank Outlook... $199,337.70
Farmers st . Bank, Westby 234,874.45
Rib gtate Bank Fwoo d . 239,959.42
Far & Merchants state
Bank pi en tvwood
rit gt .îtp Rank Doolev
B^k. Ä Lake 271.118.38
;First Nati onaI, Reserve. 292 036.62
** ...
! '-ounty Commissioners
Return from Convention
instead of
$60,072.47
260,072.47
154,020.75
Commissioners Frank
j County
French, Ed. Iverson and Art Wankel,
j and Niels Madsen arrived home Tues
i day after several days at the County
! Commissioners c'onvention at Great
Falls.

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