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THE PRODUCERS NEWS liberty is N° T handed THE PRODUCERS NEWS GOES INTO EVERY HOME IN SHERIDAN COUNTY I DOWN above from A PAPER OF THE PEOPLE. FOR THE PEOPLE. BY THE PEOPLE PLENTYWOOD, MONTANA, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1928 _ Foreign, *3.76 per year [d U. 8., 13.00 per year Sub. Rates: X, No. 50 Entered as Second Class Matter, October 18, 1812, at the Post« office at Plentywood. Montana, Under the Act of March 8. 1870. VOt. IN THE JLpj.Wallace y *nd Pertinent KfijSSa Pertaining Fvur&sdnd Events t0 A% and Small Concern. cT ATE HIGHWAY COMMIS SE 8 ! ordered the construction S !0N has -, 0 f the Culbertson i " this year. The road is Stobt) ro m f the town ol I «•*«■. b "it year the Highway I Scobe>- . erC< j s even miles built I Culbertson. I nder this I norlh Roosevelt County gets seven I O road and Kamels county ! "fU'en miles also. I his is very I **,Sartor', so far as Sheridan I ttI * a !concerned but the Ummer I 'tclubs and the County Commis I 0,11 this country are to blame. I SSL a re stretches of road near I ^ a „d near Reserve that could I Ä bv the Highway commission I k Rut as far as that is concern I "V „on e of Daniels, Sheridan I 4 toSSt counties wouH be bet I ;leased it the Highway Commis I terP L,tinued the construction of I T 3 fc-un at Culbertson. The I KΠbuflt as far as Froid I !l- vein This business of tmker 1 £ peddling and pitching the prom is highway pleases no one and is much good to the public. I not highway Commission construction of this pro Culbertson - Bien t y w ood - Scobey Zi at the present rate .there will through highway in fifteen This will mean that the pco here now will be old before the con If the tinue the he a years Ld is built so that they can enjoy it and that the Commissioners will neglect the upkeep of this proposed highway because they consider it a state thorofarc to be built in the I near future. This is a very unsatis ! factory state of affairs and the High ! W ay Commission can pass the buck I by saying that they have only I ninth money to operate with. Ihey I have a good excuse notwithstandir I that the people are complaining all I over the state that the members of B the Commission are building high ! ways close to where they themselves I live, Butte. Helena and Great Falls I are getting the (Team while the back I woods districts are getting the skim I med milk. People say that they are I building a long street in Great Falls, I where Mr. Commissioner Warden I lives, out of the funds contributed I by the state and nation for highway I construction. I * * * I And you cannot blame Mr. Warden I or Mr. Roe or Mr. Good. They are I only following the example of Coun | ty Commissioners in every county I in the state, viz: building good roads I in the vicinity of their own posses - I sions first. Whenever you wheel I your autp on to a particularly good I stretch of road you can bet your I bottom dollar that there is a Coun I ty Commissioner living somewhere E close at hand. The members of the I Highway Commission are not exempt I from this peculiar trait of human I nature. They have so much money for road development at their dispos al and they attend to their own dis tricts. which are the most populous I districts in the state, first. They have many plausible arguments in favor of this policy — arguments which we in this sparsely settled re gion of few automobiles when c*om | pared with the rest of the state find it difficult to meet and combat. so All ggrious min'ded people in the state should give this problem the || attention its urgency and importance deserves. The question that con I f ron ts the people of Montana today is whether the people of this state— the men and women who have prac I tically built all the roads and bridges I now in Montana should be content j| yith the building of state highways ! n the present peacemeal fashion— ■ dribs and drabs—or should signify [ their intention to embark on some *No-date proposition whereby the roads could be built in the next few Tears and the members of the pres ent generation enjoy the advantages roej are entitled to in the few re too sphere. A bond issue seems to J* the only way out. This bond is e should not be made a charge ^gai.ist the state treasury but should .. and returned by the ® Gasoline tax. There is all kinds «1 money in New York that can be rau 1 r ? n sucb a bond issue at the 0 I three and a half per cent er a long period of time. I " now taking advant 1 Yort° j 11 ? sur idus money in New constrn"*- 18 kMT0W »g it for the I tem i n U u t,< î n " f a H y dro Electric sys I Pie J i thereby the Italian peo '■»ntagesof** | the incom P arabl e ac tion ft rV f Power at a frac Privat.. i . c< ? st that is charged by *Z£* tr z in i erest9 . in the Unit * ■ eight ner ^P 8801 "» is paying State 0 f \i nt for money that the and a., 1 14 can get for three New York * hiuie »hü • we want to con I "my veari^ 0n t* r ®tage for another tent to U , m ' Ion tana Are we con ? nd teduco k !hp U f b ° ne ! OUt of iaint half? rv th® lives of our cars in I mEJT 1 , to , build U P a 8*aeratio n y »î; e .î n slow ly for the next Vaw age° ,! Vlt 1 hout gaining any ad »e It is time that ■Wild Shif* 11 18 t,me that we today on t« 80 *? 16 °* tbe burdens of ^be gasoline * he n . ext generation, î^e interest take ca re of the state î be amortization of ? ï**tion. We Jn r highwa y con ÜS r lifetime V«! 866 K °°d roads in * empK* Tber « will be increas Jorke rs an / a !. ln the state for the j*her times tÜ* .T' 11 ** reflected in h 8in <*s man ^ farmer and the ai| iy i n 1 J^t us look the facts •St a conSu- aCe * Ut us bring ÿlhelpTC^of affairs that iî° ntan a now**!Liu e are here in • this state wb ? bave sacrificed ho Hundreds Are Drowned in California Illlllllllllll !>>> lltluli:||||> l ||||||| ll |||| || || | |{;|, | | || || || ||| |||| || ||| ||, || , ||||| | ||||||||||||||| l■lllll■ll■llllllillll■:lllllll■ll■ll■ll■lllIl•Illll■ll■lllillil■ll■l!■lllll■lllllllI■lllll■'l■lil ■ ■ Minnesota G. 0. P. Has Battle Royal Between Factions SCRAP OF BIG LUMBER KINGS REVERBERATES IN GOPHER STATE Farmer-Labor Chances Rise As Backus-Brooks and Shevelin Carpenter Interests Battle for Control of State Politics. Rainy River Steal Equals Flathead Dam Robbery By Mon tana Power. Republicans Split on Hoover and Lowden and Quarrel Over Gov. Christianson. . By H. G. TEIGAN The Farmer-Laborites are enjoying the fi,ght that is going on in the ranks of the G. O. P. between the Shevlin-Carpenter element on the one side and the Backus-Brooks crowd on the other. This fight in the G. O. P. omens well for F-L success next No vember, To be sure, Farmer-Labor victory is not dependent on scraps within the Republican party, but there is no gainsaying the tact that G. O. P. troubles operate to the advantage of the F. L. P. Paid Homage to Lumber Barons For years Minnesota republican of ficials have paid homage to one or the other of the two factions backed by the lumber companies. Every gover nor for the past quarter of a century has been under some obligation to or the other of these interests. The present governor, Theo. Christianson, was elected with the special hacking of the Backus-Brooks crowd. Schall, the bootleg candidate for U. S. senator, also had the more power ful backing of the Shevlin-Carpenter company. Congressman Newton from the 5th district is a Shevlin-Carpenter ite. Postmaster Coleman Pays Homage* In this connection too, it is worth mentioning that Postmaster Arch Çoleman is an errand boy of the Shev elin-Carpenter concern. This fact was shown clearly enough when the Min neapolis postmaster recently admitted to the mails under the second class privilege the so-called "Minnesota Leader" organ of Tom Schall's after the paper had been dead for more than two years. This is clearly contrary to the postal laws. The same charge be brought against Mr. Coleman in reference to admitting the "Minne sota Harpoon" the Tom Schall organ in 1924, notwithstanding that paper had failed to comply with the postal laws in several particulars. The Shevelin-Carpenter company group is backing Herbert Hoover for president, while Backus is supporting Lowden. Whether Brooks is for Low den or for Hoover has not yet been determined. It appears that Mr. Backus is not always able to control his partner as was shown when the latter voted against the resolution in the state senate a year ago, memoral izing congress to pass the McNary Haugen bill. Mr. Backus approves of this sort of farm relief legislation and gives his o.k. to Lowden, it appears, the that the latter is a one Tom can on the ground that the latter is a sup year they say. Sheridan County Case Against Surety Company in U. S. Court j Insurance Lawyers Not Ready to Meet Complainants When Case Comes Up. Judge Gives Time to File Briefs. Case May Go Over Until Fall Term—Surety Company Asks torney General to Compel Commissioners to Issue Dupli cate Bonds. The case of Sheridan County against the National Surety Com pany for the collection of the Burglary Insurance against that company is in the United States District Court at Great Falls. To 'prevent delay and to facilitate an early trial the legal representa hack to Sheridan County. Insurance Lawyers Not Ready * This left the case in a position that it was ready for trial in this term of the district court at Great Falls. The Company lawyers, however, asked for further delay on technical grounds. The Judge granted them time to file briefs. This action is interpreted by legal authorities to mean that the case will not come up for hearing this term of court but will go over until the fall term. The following is an account of the proceedings as reported in the Great Falls Tribune, a paper which is hostile to the interests of Sheridan County and is regarded as the North ern Montana mouthpiece of the Ana conda Copper Company, a corporation closely allied with the National Sure ty Company: $101,865.00 ACTION OF SHERIDAN COUNTY UP National Surety Company Is Granted 10 Days to File Briefs in U. S. Court The first legal skirmish of attor of Sheridan county neys in the case ■ against the National Surety company of New York occurred in federal court before Judge Charles N. Pray Wed nesday. The action is one growing out of the robbery of the office ol County Treasurer Eng Torsten son on Nov. 30, 1926, at which time bandies escaped with $101,865 in cash, and b °Arguments on a demurrer to the amended complaint filèd by the coun ty were to .have been heard Wedr.es (Contlnued on Last Page) *- - porter of the McNary-Haugen bill. F-L Farmer-Laborites of course cannot have any interest in candidates of the Hoover or Lowden type. Neither of these candidates is a friend of the farmer. Hoover, of course, is a well known enemy of the producing class while Lowden has never shown him self to be a friend, ecxept possibly in his advocacy of farm relief legisla tion. The Isaac Walton League seems to haVe become smeared up a bit by giv ing its o.k. to Hoover and to the Shev elin-Carpenter program. In this con nection it may be of interest to know that Postmaster Arch Coleman at a meeting of the Isaac Waltonites stated that he didn't want to be mis understood as being a conservationist. "I am," he said, "for conservation in this case (referring to th eproposed dams in the Rainy River) because of the Backus-Brooks interests being in volved. Otherwise I am not a con servationist," It is a good fight and it is hoped by all sincere progressives in the state that it may continue until all of the people of Minnesota know everything about the two lumber companies and their political operations. SENATOR AND JUDGE RETURN FROM N. D. Senator C. E. Taylor and Judge John J. McElroy returned to Plenty wood Wednesday from Bismarck, N. Dak., where they attended a political conference. They report the roads are bad in several places in the Flick ertail state. They returned by Bow bells where they called on Senator Ingerson and Editor Miller of the Tribune. There will be a nice poli tical situation in North Dakota this year they say. FIREMEN'S BALL TO BE GIVEN MON., APRIL 9 The Firemen's Ball which postponed February 22nd because of the death of Mrs. Leo Zeidler, will be given Easter Monday, April 9th. The Firemen's dance is easily the biggest social event of the season and is always attended by a full capacity house, where the young and old gath er to enjoy* the music and the fine floor of the Farmer-Labor Temple. This year the event will be on a par with former balls and while the citi zens of Plentywood and surrounding country enjoy themselves they also help the fire laddies' fund. The boys give, their time and efforts to pre vent the destroying by fire of proper ty in this city and it behooves all show their appreciation by their at tendance at their big annual ball. was OUTLOOK MERCHANT PUTS ON SPRING SALE The mercantile firm of N. J. Nel & Co., of Outlook is putting on spring sale and giving some splendid values. He has a half page ad in this issue of the Producers News and view of its contents will assure conservative buyers that now is time to save money during this sale. The sale starts next The sale starts next Wednesday, March 21st, and continue one week, ending Wednesday March 28th. son * SALVATION ARMY SERGEANT CONTRI BUTES TO I. L. D. * P .* ft f r fl iia„ in * * Mainstreeters to Help children * * of . str ? km s Mn ' ers 1« Penn^ * 8yivama * * Sergeant Packer of the Salva- * * tion Army turned over fifteen * dollars to Mrs. Marie Hansen to * * be sent to the International La * bor Defense for the benefit of the * children of the Pennsylvania coal * strikers. The fifteen dollars was * the result of a day's collection * along Main street. The Sergeant * approached P. J. Wallace Tuesday * evening for a contribution to the * Salvation army. Wallace explain * ed the condition of the victims of the Coal Barons of Pennsylvania and told the Sergeant that if he * * would contribute towards the * * strikers fund he (Wallace) would * * contribute a like amount towards * * the Salvation Army. The Ser- * * géant returned Wednesday morn- * * ing and said he had prayed to * * God to direct him and as a result * * was moved to contribute the pro- * * creeds of the day's collection to- * * wards the relief of the children * * of the strikers. Mr. Wallace then * * contributed as promised towards * * the Salvation Army. * Sergeant Packer got many con- * * gratulations for his exhibition of * * true Christian charity. * practical Christian who shows by * * his acts that he is a true follower • * of the lowly Nazarine. * the good wishes of people who * * take pains to discern the true * * from the sham in charitable un- * * der takings. 1 * Miles City man and lives at 316 * * Sewell Avenue of that town. He is a * He has * The Sergeant is a * - * « Wa Rose from Slums, Now Sought In Bank Failure i Sullivan, Ind., March 14 (Autocas ter)—Colonel "Jimmy" Lang, 73, was on his vacation for a month, and dur ing that time his bank at Sullivan was closed by state examiners. Now a reward of $10,000 has been offered for Col. Jimmy's rrest. Police in Chi cago have been asked to look for a white-haired, stoop-shouldered man about 5 feet, 5 inches tall, carrying a weather-beaten black bag. The Citizens' Trust Company, which the Colonel headed, suffered a short age of $250,000, and indicatinos point to the Colonel having about $73,000 of it. The Colonel was born in New York as Alois Tsairvich, in the slums, and one day came with a group of "fresh air kids" to live with James Lang, a Sullivan farmer. The boy took the name of his foster father and became a successful and respected citizen of Sullivan. Hatch Early, Get Big ger Poultry Profit Washington, D. C., March 14, (Au tocaster)—The Department of Agri culture has made surveys which re veal the decided benefit of hatching the year's supply of pullets early the eason. It was found that one hundred early hatched pullets will lay, in a year, about 16,000 eggs, valued more number of late-hatched pullets will produce only about 11,000 eggs. The late-hatched pullets will leave receipts in the seasons of lower prices only about half as large as the early layers. May 15 is a late as it is be lieved profitable to hatch. Bye, Bye, Bathing Beauties Atlantic City, N. J. March 14 (Au tocaster)—Samuel P. Leeds, president of the Atlantic City Chamber of Com merce, has admitted that the parade of girls in beach attire in the annual "Miss America" contest, staged here every fall, has been held for the last time. While plans are being drawn for the 1928 "Miss America" contest, no girls will appear clad bathing suits. BIG GUNS IN OIL STEAL MUST GO TO JAIL FOR CONTEMPT OF SENATE Washington (FP) — Harry Sinclair was sentenced to 6 months in jail, Henry Mason É ,, his lieutenant, to 4 months, and William J. Burns, detective and formr power in the Harding-Daugherty re gime, to 15 days in the lock up, for their P^tmthe jury tampering scandal that stop ped the Fall-Sinclair naval od fraud trial of last November, Sherman Burns* son of tn© founder of the Bums detective agency, was ordered to pay $1000. All four men have ap pealed to the higher courts. Day, a a ^EranSürAmi Well Known SheriBan County Wrestl-* er Who Now Makes Headquarters at Portland Sends Dern Over Ropes to Secure Verdict. The following article taken from an Ogden (Utah) paper has been sent in to the Producers News and shows that Tom Alley, well known in Out look and Plentywood, is going good and headed for the top. The Article Ira Dern of Salt Lake was knocked colder than the inside of last sum mer's ice box by Tom Alley of Port land in the third round of their finish-1 ing wrestling contest at the Twenty third street Auditorium last night. Dern as a result lost the contest the colorful Oregon heavyweight in match that sent the mat fans away wild with frenzy. Alley, who is a young grappler to make a national name for himself, secured the first fall after only 11 , .. rÄJÄÄ-ÄrÄ front and a half Nelson. Alley had Dern in a bad way after the men resumed wrestling when he iXeaking thXld tossed ft e Ore gon star with a double arm scissors in 20 minutes. Goes Over Ropes After a vicious and tempestuous nine minutes of wrestling Dern ap peared to be taking the measure of the coast star, using a series of head locks. Alley was quick to take ad vantage of an opportunity when it presented itself. With his head lock ed in Dern's powerful arms, Alley countered with a crotch hold. He slammed Dern with speed and power over the ropes and onto the floor he low. Dern thumped the floor with a thud and was carried to his dress mg room. Alley in a spirit of fine sportsman ship gave Dem ten minutes to recup erate and return to the ring instead of claiming the bout. This met with the unanimous approval of the crowd. Dem, however, was unable to resume wrestling and Alley was given the verdict. Claims Title The Oregon star as a result claims the Utah title today. Referee Bill Thornton introduced Ida Dern as one of three claimants of the Utah title. Nelson and Visser were named as the other title claim ants. Dern answered this statement with these words: "Thornton is all wrong, I am not the claimant, I'm it." This remark undoubtedly gave Al ley new confidence. He went at his task with determination and simply wrestled "rings" around the Utahn. He broke Dern's famous aeroplane hold on numerous occasions and at times tossed Dem around the ring as a child would toss a rag doll. His superiority over Dern was am azing. It demonstrated ' beyond all question of doubt that Alley is "top notcher" in every sense of the word. Big Surprise The main event not only surprised the fans in attendance, hut it also af forded a colorful match. Alley today expressed his apprecia tion to Promoter Revell for his chance to prove his ability. "I'm out to meet 'em all," said Al ley. "I'll take Visser, Nelson, Londos or any of them." The defeat handed Dem was the first suffered in two years by the Salt Laker. Salt Laker. »> PLANE "LANDS IN TIMES SQUARE New York, N. Y., March 12 (Auto caster)—Uncle Sam has gone into the press agent business to advertise the air mail. There is resting on a wood base today on the "Island" known as New York at Longacre Square be tween 46th and 47th streets, a plane with a 50-foot wing spread that has carried many tons of mail between Chicago and Dallas, Tex. The fuselage was attached to a powerful truck, and made the trip on its own wheels towed behind the truck all the way from Hadley Field thru the tunnel to Times Square. in en - Morey-Stoner Saturday evening, March 10, Miss Lucille Stoner and George Morey quietly married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clair Stoner of this city. The bride and groom are well known in Plentywood and the best wishes of their many friends go with them in their voyage through life as man and wife. were . Creamer ^ i, u tter_ Dairy Butter Eggs, per dozen LOCAL MARKETS Friday, March 16, 1928 Dark Northern — Winter Wheat — Amber Durum — Mixed Durum — Flax, per hu. Rÿe, per hu.. Oats, per hu.. 1.08 1.06 .99 .96 __ 1.89 .89 .41 .65 .76 .55 .46 .20 SLEEPING POPULATION OVERCOME BY FLOOD AS HUGE DAM BREAKS ; sent to a away Peaceful Valley of San Francisquito Turned Into Graveyard When Water Wall Gives Way. Two Flashes As Moving Stream Snaps Power Lines Only Warning of Impending Danger. Building Wrenched from Their Foundations and Human Beings Float Like Debris As Water Moves Onward. Pitiful Scenes in Greatest California Disaster Since Frisco Earthquake. out 11 Newhall, Calif., March 14.—Searchers for the dead, upward of 275 of whose bodies have been recovered Tuesday night, splashed t>»o>Wh the slime of San Francisquito canyon when St. Francis da ™ Broke and engulfed it. r rom Oxnard, Saticoy, Moor Park, Santa Paula, Saugus and a he dozen or so smaller communities which fringed the flood that dev stated San Francisquito of came AGRICULTURAL DE VELOPMENT MEETING An Agriculture Development meet ing will be held in the court the afternoon of March 22nd at three o'clock. State County Agent Leader Fred Bennion will be here at that time to meet with representatives from each community in the county to discuss plans for the holding of series of "County Economic Confer ence" meetings in this count in the year. It has become a recognized fact throughout the state, that the best method of establishin ~ and adopting sound Agricultural Program is by Economic Conference method. At the meeting on March 22nd, Bennion will discuss the factors that must be given consideration in termining an agricultural If Sheridan County is going to tinue to increase its agricultural wealth, it will be necessary to gather data from the best and most profit able agricultural practices that is now being followed. When this data is sembled and presented at the confer ence meetings that will he held in fall and early winter, it will be pos sible to draw definite conclusions to the most profitable and successful ways in which to increase the farm come and in this way raise the stand ard of living throughout the county. room m later program. I con (Continued on page Eight) ard of living throughout the county. at as all a New Manager of J. C. Penney Store Gives Optimistic Report af Al the Says February Sales Increased One and-One-Half Million Dol lars—Will Enlarge Local Store and Hopes to Double Pres ent Business in Plentywood. Avery L. Loser of Kewanee, Ill., arrived in Plentywood Tues day to take over the management of the local store of the J C 1 enney Company in lieu of Manager ST. PATRICK'S DANCE AT TEMPLE SAT. NIGHT A big time is promised those who attend the St. Patrick's dance at the Farmer-Labor Temple Saturday night. Special decorations have been made in the large hall for the occasion and from far and near comes the word that large delegations will he present from their respective neighborhoods if the roads are passable. Everybody will be Irish next Saturday night and wearin' the green. It will be a grand and glorious occasion with good music and a fine floor. Everybody will be there. Don't miss this great annual event. AUCTION SALES ALBERT HANSON SALE An unusually large auction sale will be held at the Melvin Evenson farm, T'/z miles due north of Ray mond when Albert Hanson will sell a full line of farm machinery, cattle, horses, household goolds, autos, trac tor, grain separators, feed, etc. The sale will be held Monday, March 26th, starting at 10:00 o'clock and E. C. Ferguson will call the sale with Emmet Hawbacker, Clerk. Mr. Hanson has a large sale ad in this issue of the Producers News. Be sure and look it over carefully and remember the date. JENS NYBY SALE Jens Nyby will hold an auction sale at the N. C. Christensen farm, 2 miles southwest of Dagmar, on Saturday, March 24th. The sale will start at 1:00 with lunch • at noon. Mr. Nyby has a full line of farm machinery, horses, harness and cat tle. Sundley & Brown are the auc tioneers and A. P. Schumacher will clerk. See his ad in this issue of the Producers News for further in formation and remember the Hate. -Ida to the death roll, 75-Foot Avalanche of Water When the 185-foot dam, barely two years old, gave way in the darkness of the early morning under pressure of 38,000-acre-feet of water behind it, it did so without warning and loosed on the ranches and camps in the can yon below it a 75-foot high avalanche of liquid death. Two great flashes as the flood snap ped the power line were the only netes of warning that catastrophe was hurtling down the canyon. Homes were crumpled under the great wave, families were pitched in to the maelstorm and torn apart. Mrs. Anna Hlozcloth seized her baby as the water crushed her home, but a swirling billow tore^the infant from her grasp and it was swept to death. An older child already had been carried away. C. H. Hunck, 80 years old, sleeping 1 in his home a mile and a half below the dam, felt the walls shattered about him and found himself struggling in the torrent. He caught a bit or wreckage and held on, then grew weaker and was on the verge of col lapse when a voice shouted to him in the darkness and a strong hand drew him to a substantial plank. It was one of his sons, and the pair were saved. Two other sons were lost. Out of the disaster rose a hero, who paid with his life for his courage. He .» fact best the Mr. that de now as the pos as in m con Gilbert Lee, who resigned to •go into another line of business. Mr. Roser who has been with the Penney company for some time, and is especially trained and instructed in the details of the Penney policy of merchandising comes to * Plentywood very highly recommended as a gentle man and a business man. He said in an interview with the Producers News, that he and the Penney company were particularly impressed with the re markable possibilities of the Plenty wood territory, in which the company has made a remarkable sales record, with sales steadily increasing. He complimented the fine showing made by Mr. Lee and said that the com pany would enlarge its stock and floor space preparatory to launching a campaign to double the business of that company during the next twelve months. In reference to the general Penney business for the month of February, Mr. Roser said: "Gross sales of the J. C. Penney Co. for the month of February, 1928, were $8,906,407.26 as compared with gross sales of $7,490,834,000.00 for the same period of 1927. The gain was $1,415,572.40 or an increase of 18.9 per cent. "Cumulative gross sales since the first of the year were $16,635,354.32 as compared with cumulative gross sales for the same period of 1927 of $13,821,494.70. Cumulative increase over the same period of 1927 was $2, 813,859.62 or a gross gain of 20.36 per cent. "Comparative sales for the month of February, 1928, were $7,954,396.29 against $7,166,433.12 for the same period on the same stures in 192 7 . The comparative gain was $787,963.17 or an increase of 11 per cent. Cumulative comparative increase since the first of the year was $1,445, 072.76 or a gain of 10.82 per cent. "A recent announcement by the company states that a new warehouse (Continued on page Eight) ,. as U