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A PAPER OF THE PEOPLE. FOR THE PEOPLE. BY THE PEOPLE
PLENTYWOOD, MONTANA, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1928 _
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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 KÎÂ buflt 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
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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)
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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
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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,
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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
, ..
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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•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
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