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*r. \ ^v.V ■ jC s r liberty IS NOT HANRED THE PRODUCERS NEWS GOES INTO EVERY HOME IN SHERIDAN COUNTY down above FROM A PAPER OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE PLENTYWOOD, MONTANA, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 4928 'ggwîâéz. '•^j Tn^ 48 . Sub. Rates: ffSt 8S Kî J2Î Entered as Second Class Matter, October 18, 1912, at the Post* office at Plentywood. Montana, Under the Act of March S, 1*70. TC n , ,, , i i I iiiiitiiisiiiMsiii:ii'isiiii(iiisiimiiisiiiiiiiis!iiiiiitiuiiiS l ii I lillill.il: I i .1 .lill I . 11.1 : 1 :1 1 . i 1 11 ■ Il 1 11 ■ : : I ul II I Ul II Si 11 i 11 il 11 ; I ill liim il ■ :i ■ ni II ■ ul II 111 1 II ■ DU iiniiiiiiiiii>iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii)iiiiiiii i iiiaiiii l i l iii,iii a i l iiiii l i 1 i, l ii lllll| i l| . l iiii iiiii(iiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiipiiiiiitiiiiiitii , iiii.(iiiitiii , iiiiiiiiistitiiitiiii. I min ni Senat or Wals h Wa xes Dum b in Presen ce of Standard Oil Magnate Ml MONEY FRIGHTENS FAMOUS SOLON FROM TREASURE STATE Montana Senator Awkward and Butter-Fingered When Stew art Refuses to Testify and Trembles in Face of Nabob of Gold as Great Mafiffa Explodes in Terrible Wrath. By LAURENCE TODD Washington — (FP)— Big business in the person of Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the board of Standard Oil of Indiana, faced the senate public lands committee last week for a round of bluff bullying and sleek sneering at these elected agents of - —*ereign states. SOV ing, filY TRACTOR MOL ATTENDED BY MICE THRONG School Put On Under Auspices of the Kavon Garage At Orpheum Theatre Friday and Saturday Very Interesting and Instructive. The widely advertised Rumely Oil Pull Tractor School occurred at the Orpheum Theatre last Friday and Saturday as per schedule. A throng of farmers attended from all parts of the county. The school was very interesting and instructive and made a lot of sentiment for the Rumely Oil Pull Tractor and the Rumely combine harvester and thresher; which will no doubt suit in a lot of sales for those im plements. There was an interesting pro gram of speakers and moving pic iure demoutrations. * The speaker for the first 'Jay was B. C. Tar pie, toe Rumely general traveler: on toe second day wias J. J. McCutch eon. assistant manager of this dis ll** °f the Rumely organization. He lectured on combines and sep srators. G. N. Malmo, district man a ^er of the Fargo branch attended and made some remarks; it was the 5* s< toool that he had attended nis year. He was much pleased. f ,he P'fture shows came in the afternoon and was the cause of in creased attendance. The audience was taken through the factories by Pictures an l ;l the different imple ™ en re B wer e shown at work by the I nf 1 ?!. m ? anSi much to the pleasure < ot the viewers. I and *Be combine were ■ of fl xhl v t,on at a11 times in front ■ »♦£! j'°" Rara ^ e "here crowds B gathered to look them is to go on." He banged his fist down on the table. "The senate has not authorized you to insult me." Sen. Walsh hastily suggested that Cutting's statement should be with drawn, and the younger man, blush ing agreed. Stewart leaned back in his chair, triumphant, while his bat tery of counsel grinned in approval of his smashing tactics. Half a dozen senators paled before the blaze in (Continued on page Five) over. wilf bas ket social and dance yj be ¥ d at the Archer „„ , - community ervhS a ? turda y nfcH March 10. Ev er > body is welcome. Norway Labor Government Says No Compromise With Capitalism Brief Rule When Leaders Refuse Responsibility Under onarchy—View of Workers' Interests Constantly in mds °f the Representatives of Labor. * ***shnrf°r 80 . vern ™ent of Norway 0a CarV^ d - , U Came int0 being ruary " and Passed out on Feb TK will rernnL* Cid s i taa bon in Norway time. The ! c niU r? e(1 for some little > ^ by forme w bbcral ministry head ! l M «wlnckTwin T mier Johan Ludwi S I boe - Them bave a hard row to one-fifth nf fu barty possesses only I »epan °Li he members of the Nor •kpeml un,J ament . a P d W H1 have apport , op P° sltion parties . i At the <r P ni er , to , sta y on the job. W last the j e ?" a l election on October hiding the fontes Norway in kts, elected ",^ clallsts , and Commun Jt-Thic vl" men, °ers to parlia I S 8 ® 40 percent^?!? ts a h ï tle more toat bodv 'in! ^ tbe membership of str °n(ïeq in , r ary tis b y far -the rv.n , Parliament. .The ohi Ca ,S Ijahor to Power. 1 on Tnü Serv ative ministry I not naa 7 28 > realizing that strontrlv ° * ° n w ^ b a parlia The K ^ 0p ^ sed to its continu ed of the i..i S thereupon asked the a .Ministry Ti? r P ar î y K rou P to form are strong ead ers of the party Pftby opposé c °mmunist in sym ety of eovprn' SUI Y lnR tbe responsi ' ch L However! 1 Und - er - the mon P°, U P decided ^v. the . ma J° nt y of the y y C - Horn*« ï Cl T lse and accord I SS*""? Vo' tthe ParUament. No* J*° w er than ^v.1laborites assumed Instead ma ? e kn0WT1 their Ca Pitalkm .?f. compromising n ne by the c^ a - S J b 18 charged was J anting i n c w ci , a ls t ministries L *Ä'« of Stauning Jtod. the NomL Mc P ona,d in Eng •ttneed that ît e ^ an labor party an ^dection nrL W ° U d adher e to (c °ntiifuwf ram and str i ve u nue<J on page Five) to for ment. re it could ment organize a min K i rso such spectacle of the arrogance ot organized private wealth toward orgamzed society in America had ev er before been staged in Washington, • turns capoling, rebuking, pound mg the table and shouting his pre tended anger or sense of insult, the burly dictator of Standard of Indiana tell what he knew of the $3,000,000 corruption fund raised by the joint action of himself, Harry Sinclair, H. M. Blackmer of the Mid west Refining Co., and the other con Arrogance of Wealth . . . ,, , spirators in the naval oil lands scan da '* I I ! Sen. Walsh of Montana proved awk ward and butter-fingered. Bratton of New Mexico and Nye of North Dako ta asked the most definite questions which forced Stewart repeatedly to decline to answer. Finally, the new est member of the senate, Cutting of New Mexico, touched off the fears of the oil king in a grand explosion of stage-wrath. Cutting, in a series of questions, led Stewart to show that he knew all about the sale of oil which created the $3,000,000 seciet Fund at the expense of the actual oil companies. Then Stewart began blank denials of know ing why he had been unable to buy this oil for his own concern, while a fake corporation, which he himself joined in guarantying, had been able to buy it at $1.50 and sell it immedi ately to his group at $1.75. The New Mexico senator ventured to say that this last part of Stewart's testimony was hard to believe. He even re marked that it was, of course, pos sible for the committee to assume that Stewart was committing perjury. "I say thats' an insult," yelled Stew art, in carefully calculated bluster. "I shall leave the room instantly if that N AUCTION SALES Four Auction sales are being published in this week's issue of the Producers News. Anyone wishing farm machinery, horses or cows will do well to read them over and at tend the sales as no doubt many bargains will be had. Carl Sather is holding a sale at the Westling farm, one-half-mile north of Westby on Saturday, March 10th, with a full line of farm ma chinery and horses and cattle. Ed. Ferguson is the auctioneer. On Saturday, March 10th, M. E. Lerbeck will hold a sale at his farm, 2 miles south and Vi mile west of Dooley. This is a big sale and car ries about everything used about a farm, and all kinds of poultry, horses and cfattle. J. Franc Murray will cry the sale. Mrs. Joe Wirtz will hold an auc tion sale at the Wirtz farm, V/t mile north and 1 miles west of Out look on Monday, March 12th. She has a full line of farm machinery, horses and cattle and many kinds of poultry. R. W. Ruegsegger will cry the sale. The Ole Galen sale will be held at the farm, one-half mile south and one mile east of Outlook, on Mon day, March 5th, and is a big sale, including all farm machinery, har ness, horses, household goods and miscellaneous articles. R. W. Rueg segger will cry the sale. Remember the dates and look ov the big ads in this issue of the Producers News. It will pay you. er Nels Nelson and George Copeland of the Raymond country were in county seat Saturday on business. [)f QlSOfl tO Drill Oil Well Oil Y,CI1 U " Plentywood-Redstone Holdings * Jokesters Steal Antelope Car Roy Dahl of Antelope accompanied by a lady friends drove to Plenty | wood Saturday evening to attend the I dance at the Farmer-Labor Temple in his Chevrolet Coupe. He parked his j car on the street near the hall. When he came to go home his car was mi&s ing and could not be located any where. He notified the sheriff and the city police who made a rapid search. The sheriff got in touch with everyone possible to be on the look out for the car. No one seemed to he able to locate the car or find any trace of it. ; Roy Dahl and his lady had to hire ! a car to take them home, , The next morning the missing ca: was found in Antelope near the lum ! her yard, in good condition and coid. Evidently someone with more humor than good sense had purloined the car as a joke to annoy the young people, and maybe to get home easy them selves. However if the party had been caught he would have to defend himself on a charge of car stealing which would not have been so funny. The party who pulled the joke may yet be prosecuted if the officers dis cover who it is. BLAZE AT BACHELOR'S BUNGALOW IN P'WOOD The bachelors bungalow, a small cottage, two doors north of the Farm er-Labor Temple was damaged slight ly by a small blaze which occurred Saturday, afternoon about half past three. It was the result of an over heated stove. One of the roomers put some coal in the stove, then went in to another room, and while he was ab sent, the walls took fire but had not made much headway. A pail or two of water being handy the flames were quickly extinguished. The damage is estimated at about $75.00. FLATHEAD DAM SITE TO BE LEASED * MRS. NICK RUETER SPRAINS ANKLE IN FALL Mrs. Nick Rueter experienced a painful accident last Saturday when she severely sprained her ankle, caus ing her considerable pain. She was walking along the icy streets when she slipped and fell to the ground, wrenching the ankle someway badly. She had to be helped up and assisted to her home, where she was confined to her bed for a couple of days. She is limping about now but the ankle is injproving satisfactorily. CITY B. B. TEAM WINS FROM ANTELOPE Wednesday evening the Plentywood City basketball team and Antelope City team locked horns at the Farm er-Labor Temple, Plentywood win ning by a score of 21 to 13. The Antelope players put up a strong game and had the local men fighting for every point they made. The Antelope boys are not satisfied with their defeat at this time, how ever, and will again play Plentywood March 9th, after getting some practice and working out new plays, which their recent organization did not allow time to bring up to the finest point. | more BETTIE REINERTSON FRACTURES SKULL Bettie Reinertson, the six year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Rein ertson of Dooley, while swinging dur ing recess at the McLain school house Tuesday forenoon, fell from the swing head foremost, striking the top of her head onto the frozen ground, render ing her unconscious. The teacher and children, after try ing to bring the unfortunate lassie back to consciousness, sent word the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Art McLean, where the child was later taken and another effort made restore consciousness while her ents were notified 1 . par Upon the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Reinertson, the litle girl still being unconscious, they took her in a car to Plentywood and the Sheridan Coun ty Memorial Hospital, where Dr. Campbell was called. Upon examination the physician pronounced that the skull had been fractured. After some work the tle girl was restored to consciousness and is now recovering slowly from an injury that came within an hair of taking her life. the THREE WELLS WILL SOON GO DOWN TO OIL SANDS Much Leasing Has Been Done and Four Geologists Have Passed Judgment on Local Structure—Fargo People In terested in Local Develop ments. CALIFORNIA OIL MEN LOOKING THIS WAY Dr.David Eugene Olson in a let ter to O. B. >%lson. Fiscal Agent for the Plentywood-Redstone Hold ing Company, stated that he is in Kalispell arranging to do some geo logical work for some of the large oil companies there and after this work is completed, he will return to Plentywood and work in thia territory. Dr. Olson is making arrangements to drill a well on this Company's holding that will .being here a co.r The Plentywoé ing Company is also negotiating with Fargo, NoTth Dakota people and California operators for other wells to be drilled on their hold ings. It is very encouraging to local people that there has been so much effective work done toward devel oping the Northeastern Montana territory. Much leasing and work has been done heretofore and also four dif ferent geologists have made favor able reports on the structure but this is the first real show of acti vity ever evidenced in this territory. his pecessitate prahle time. Xeidstone Hold I John Collier Says Lease Opens Door for Two Hundred Million Dollar Steal. Washington — (FP) — By adop tion of the conference report on the Interior Department appropriation bill, February 21, the Senate finally agreed to permit the Federal Power Commission to lease the great pow er site on the Flathead Indian Res ervation in western Montana to the highest bidder. Senator R. M. LaFollette, Jr., stubbornly fought the adoption of the report, on the ground that the commission would probably lease the power site to the Montana Pow er Company on terms which would not be fair to the Indians who own it. Senator Wheeler, defending the proposed lease, tdeclared that a riv al of the Montana Power Company had promised to bid $1.12 per horse power for the stipulated develop ment of 100,000 horsepower. The Montana Power Company had of fered $1 per horsepower. Wheeler declared that he would have been glad to vote for govern ment development of the power, but that there was no possibility of securing such action and meanwhile the Indians needed the income from this resource. John Collier, secretary of the In dian Rights Association, has de nounced the leasing scheme on the ground that the power is worth $200,000,000 more than the Montana Power Company would pay for it during the fifty year period of the proposed lease. Mrs. Charles Dahlin and son Don aid left for their home at Havre Tues day, after spending several days vis iting relatives and friends. They were accompanied home by Mrs. Ray White who will visit friends in Havre for a few days. to -—' 'S LOCAL MARKETS lit Thursday, March 1, 1928 Dark Northern — Winter Wheat — Amber Durum — Mixed Durum -— Flax .. Hye, per bu. Oats__ Barley _ Creamery Butter Dairy Butter .. Eggs, per doz. .. 1.04 ..... 1.04 .93 _ 1.83 _ Morris Plaisance is Fined for Speeding Morris Plaisance, salesman at the Lang garage, who was arrested the first of the week by the city authori ties for speeding and reckless driving in the streets of Plentywood, was ar raigned Wednesday before Police Magistrate Wheeler, when he pleaded guilty and the judge assessed a fine against him in the sum of $20 and costs. It is said that Plaisance had been a habitual offender and had ben notified several times by the po lice to no avail. The city authorities announce that the traffic laws are going to he en forced to the letter and from now on, and that there are some others that are likely to be introduced to his Honor shortly if they do not mend their ways. The city officials remem ber the death of a school girl that occurred as the result of an accident in the streets the results of the vio lations of the traffic laws and the toleration thereof and have determin ed that there will be no more such sacrifices if they can help it. Only a few days ago Donald Moore was run into by a reckless driver and his leg broken, the driver not even disclosing his identity but kept on going, putting the expense of the ac cident on the parents of the injured boy. LOUIS MEHL DOCTOR ING INFECTED EYE Louis Mehl, young farmers resid ing on the Blue Trail about ten miles east of Plentywood, who has been suf fering for some time with an injured and infected eye, and who has been at the Sheridan County Memorial Hospital for several days having the same treated, left the hospital last Friday and returned to his home the farm, the injured organ still un der a bandage. ANTELOPE WINS DE BATE FROM BAINVILLE Antelope won by a two to one de cision over Bainville in a district high school debate at Antelope last Mon day evening. This was an Interscholastic debate, Louise Adams and Delmar of Bain ville taking the affirmative and Blanche Glaze and Anne Powney of Antelope, the negative. Miss Arna Njaa, Howard Lewis and Earle A. Clifford, all of Plentywood, were the judges. ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL DECLAMATION CONTEST The Annual High School Declama tion contest was held at the Orpheum on Friday evening, February 24th, in conjunction with the regular meeting of the Parent-Teachers' Association. Six contestants took part in the con test and every one did his part real well in fact so well that it was more or less of a difficult task to pick the winners. First place, however, was given to Clara Onstad and second honors to Clarabel Malcolm- *> Third place was given Miss Verna Smith. The other contestants were Leland McNulty, Charles Johnson and Lillian Ermatinger. A much larger audience listened to the contest this year than that of last year. It is hoped that the next year's contest will bring forth a still larger number of interested persons. Musical numbers by Misses Scott and Njaa and also by the girls' glee club were enjoyed. Mrs. Edward Severson of Flaxville at Local Hospital Mrs. Edward Severson of Flaxville was brought to Plentywood on Wed nesday afternoons' train from the west on a stretcher and taken imme diately to the Sheridan County Me morial Hospital where she will receive medical attention. Mrs. Severson has been ailing for sometime and the doc tors say that an operation will in all likelihood be necessary. GEORGIA TROUBADORS COLORED MINSTRELS TO PLAY AT RAYMOND .96 .84 The Gorgia Troubadours high class colored Musical company of ladies and gentlemen, twelve in all will play at the Raymond Hall next Wednesday, March 7th. There will be a dance af ter the show. The show is said to be a very good one. 40 .70 .55 .46 .25 GREETED WITH HUZZAS AT WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION IN BUTTE Republican "Old Guard" Cheer the "Little Corporal" At Cap ital Where Widely Attended Banquet Is Given In His Hon or, Where Grizzled Field Marshal Greet "La Emperor. »» CANDIDACY ANNOUNCED WITHIN TEN DAYS By P. J. Wallace Great Falls, March 1.—The Hon. Joseph Dixon again holds the center of the political stage. He is campaigning with all the adroitness of a master actor and tactician. In Butte he marched on the stage of the Parkway theatre while the band played the Star Spangled Banner and the crowd roared back a welcome that shook the rafters. He told about* the struggles of George Wash ington and his ragged soldiers at Val ley Forge, with their feet bleeding in the snow, in such a manner that the suggestion of Dixon fighting the giant Anaconda percolated into the minds of the audience. His Head Bloody As the master actor on the plat form sketched the life of the father of his country th egreat audience could not help visualizing the form of another man fighting the battles of the average citizen in the state capi tal—"His head bloody" in the fray. It was a masterpiece of suggestion— a method if effective campaigning that no other Montana politician could duplicate. Next day there was a pil grimage of people to Mr. Dixon's suite of rooms at the Finlen Hotel, begging, yes imploring, him to run for gover nor of the state. They found their Moses to lead them out of the wilder ness presided over by senatorial and gubernatorial robots into the promis ed land of independent government. Mr, Dixon left for Helena immensely pleased but still assuming the pose of a martyr with becoming dignity. In Helena In the capital city he was met by prominent republicans from nearby cities. There was a pleased expres sion on their faces. There was a lith ness of step and a feeling aboard amongst them that their leader had returned from Elba and was ready t<r lead their hosts to victory. At once the Dixon festivities at the Placer became the talk of the city and office holders of every political hue began to speculate whether Dixon (Continued on page Eight) at Plentywood Wins Second Place At District Basketball Tourney Defeat Wolf Point By Score of 29 to 23 But Lose to Poplar By Score of 24 to 15—Boys Apparently Have Off Night— Gunther Chose Captain and Guard of All District Team. The final basketball tournament of the Northeastern District was held at Poplar last Friday and Saturday, Poplar winning first place and Plentywood second. The games were hard fought ex hibitions and were witnessed by packed houses. * BILL FOR FARM AID SOON TO BE DRAWN «sic«««« *«««««« * Washington, Feb. 27.—Having * * completed its lengthy hearings on * * the difficult question of farm re- • * lief legislation today, the house * * (agriculture committee plans to ♦ * begin executive sessions on March * * 5 to draft a bill. The executive * * sessions are exported to last only * * a few days and members of the * * committee predicted that * bill would be reported to the * * house March 12. * bill * a * ♦ Louise Curtin Victim of Ruptured Appendix Louise Caroline Curtin, the little six year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Curtin was taken seriously il at the Curtin home last Monday night, suffering severe pains in her abdomen. After suffering all night, Dr. Robb was called and upon exam ination discovered that the little girl was stricken with an attack of acute appendicitis. The girl was hurried to the Sheridan County Memorial Hospi tal where she was operated upon at once by Dr. Robb, when he found that the appendix had bursted and that gangrene had set in. The operation was successful, and the little girl seems to be slowly re 1 covering. PROPERTY ASSESSING COMMENCES MARCH 5 1 ' Aspelund Announces Honor System Will Be Employed In Towns As Well As In Rural Districts This Year. All office arrangements and pre liminary details relative to the 1928 „* assessment season* which will »pen Monday, March 5« have been com pleted. Lists will be mailed property own ers, who are requested to report ownership of property they have in their possession at noon. March 5. Any doubtful report will be inves tigated. With each assessment list you will find a letter of instructions. Read them carefully before filling our your assessment list. Any one having property to be assessed that do not receive an assessment list should notify this office at once, so we can send them a list and have their property assessed. Now, lets all work together and have everyone fill out their assess ments at once and return. Do not lay your list aside and forget about it, by so doing you delay the work at this office. O. A. ASPELUND, Sheridan County Assessor. The final basketball tournament of the Northeastern district was held at Poplar last Friday and Saturday, Poplar winning first place and Plenty wood second. Four Teams Entered There were four teams entered, having won the right to enter bv be ing the two highest ranking teams of the sub-district tournaments held at Plentywood and Malta a week earlier. The teams entered were: Poplar, Plen tywood, Wolf Point and Bainville. The tournament scores were: Friday Evening Poplar 38—Bainville 23. Plentywood 29—Wolf Point 23. Saturday Evening Wolf Point 35—Bainville 16. Poplar 24—Plentywood 15. The second game of Saturday even ing would have been a much better and more evenly matched game had the Plentywood team been playing true to form. In fact we rather ques tion if the outcome would not have been entirely different. By winning this game the Poplar team is entitled to represent this district in the state tournament to be held at Butte this week. In the choosing of the all district basketball team, the position of guard and captain of the first team was given to Leroy Guenther of Plenty wood. Gibson Zeidler was given the center position and captain's position th^second team. A special train was arranged for to bring the players and those who went to Poplar to witness the games. There were about fifty enthusiastic spectators present to cheer for the Plentywood team. on