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A PAPER OF THE PEOPLE. FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE
PLENTYWOOD, MONTANA, FRIDAY, MARCH 23,1928
Weekly
Entered as Second Class Matter, October IS, ISIS, at the Poet«
office at Plentywood, Montana, tinder the Act of March t, lt7fl.
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Northern Montana Wheat Shipme nts M o re Than_ 28,00 0,000 B ushels
Montana Points Already Pass Million Bush
el Mark In Wheat Shipped While Montana Division of
Great
Five Northeastern
Northern Has Shipped Over 26,000,000. No Short
of Cars During Movement of Grain.
age
ill estimates of wheat production in 1927 in northeastern Mon
- have been broken by the actual shipments to market to date
there is still considerable crop left to be marketed. Estimates
4,1 p | ace the crop on the Montana division of the Great Northern
'Mûre than 30,000,000 bushels. This does not include any of the
cm marketed on the central Montana lines from Havre south or
Shelby south. * : -
There has been over .
K „- hp u «hipped off the Montana divi
5fîp to date, of the 1927 crop
There are a few desultory pieces of
threshing being done north _ot the high
ime which is remarkable in itself as
the'quality of such grain is good In
most instances, especially if it has
been given some protection by being
properlv stacked. There is approxi
mately "three million bushels still in
the country adjacent to points on tiie
Montana division.
Of the vast amount of grain al
ready moved by the Great Northern
four million bushels was from off the
high line, exclusive of Havre, which
point moved something over a million
bushels alone. The second district of
the Montana division which includes
Havre station, moved 4,900,000 bush
els, and the first district loaded and
shipped 4,500,000 bushels. The Scobey
branch shipped 0,200,000 bushels and
the balance of the grain making up
the 26,000.000 bushels was shipped by
the Watford and Richey branches.
The folowing stations have shipped
over a million bushels each: Richey,
Watford City, Wolf Poin, Malta and
Havre, while Rudyard and Hingham
on the high line are approaching the
three quarter of a million mark.
This crop has been moved without
any shortage of cars. There having
been empties at all times available
and awaiting to be loaded, and during
the fall when deliveries were heaviest
the loads were moved without delay
and so smoothly that there was no in
dication that a record crop was being
moved. This indicates the interest the
Great Northern officials have in the
communities which they serve. It was
necessary that plans be made as early
as last spring to move this crop such
as accumulating the cars where want
ed and see that they and the power
was in good condition. How well the
plans were laid, the results speak for
themselves.
26,000,000
Another Mysterious Fire Burns
Scobey Business Establishment
Outlet Store Goes Up In Flames Despite Efforts of Fire De
partment to Stop Destruction of Building and Goods. Sev
erai Thousand Dollars Due Scobey Business Men By Fire
Insurance Companies. Will Battleson Rebuild? Business
of Daniels County Capital in Precarious Condition As Big
Westland Oil Force Move to Minot.
Scobey.—TVvo big fires of unknown origin almost decimated
jwbey's business district during the past few weeks. Closely fol
lowing the binning of the big Battleson Store, another fire last
Ätrf }! ,e « ood8 and
Ivti - a,c k Bros., successors of the David Company. Happily
wth stores were well Covered by insurance.
Decimated
inœLi1 e â VU€ti0n 0f the two build-1
js Mil the remova! of the Westland
bu ir Ue Minot reduces Scobey
K^«lV r Æ us c T mon '
1 >ar-e
°il Comvvinv ^
10 Mirot will n u P i k -1/ tS ^ f ^n
move to C-iiifm-n r l bulW and , Wl1
aderable '- h vf 9 aused . c ° n *
k «e Mr ïS n busmess circles
tune in Scobev T? T w
spent a consii'eViW, 1S S&U be ^
and mayTtil ï? b r amoant re / e ? tl I
,!f e anew^wVprr> ^? llfon ? ia aT1 ^ r - st ^ rt
soil and ' tln . t ^ iere 13 a kinder 1
However tM' frim i ™ rS n ++} 811 '
as sert when ho „ S Mr * Bati \ eson I
t} * insur i,' hl v m< ?" ey ÄST
3nce company he wdl rebuild. 1
The Outlet Store I
. Starting from undetermined cause 1
m the basement tvl 1 1
«y, seeing an outlet iuthe^uild
^ and, when it w^ di.cnvered hv
? ne of the clerks smoke wafso dense
he quickly retreated md a trove the
alarm. ' mreated and gave the
of onenino 1 i, .
dc pff 0 x- °P enin gs through which to
who^Quick 1 ! h ^ mpered the . firc -
fW Quickly drowned out the
aaioke However le fV, tb fi° Ugb the dense
int« wever ' the flames had crept
outside with^i S ' c . ov ^ red inside a ^ d
^*y had^fî» 6 ^ iremen mt° thinking
ad the fire under control.
«uuqng a hole in the floor of the
h ^ re to overcome basement narti
" f the
the Sf- broke through the roof of
ing buiidi nR occu Pants of adjoin
H°8tmasfi n? u began movin £ stocks,
to
the
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WALKER FILES FOR
GOVERNOR OF STATE
ON REPUB. TICKET
Helena.—J. W. Walker, a member
of the state board of equalization, yes
terday filed his candidacy with the
secretary of state for the republican
nomination for governor of Montana
at the primary nominating election to
be held July 17, thi year. Mr. Walk
er was elected state treasurer in 1920
and before his term expired was ap
pointed to the state tax commission
for the term ending March 1, 1929.
Mr. Walker was born in Wisconsin
in 1868. He came to Montana 36
years ago locating at Kalispell where
he established a drug business in
which he was interested for more than
30 years.
The following statement accompa
nied Mr. Walker's filing yesterday:
If I am nominated and elected I
will, during my term of office earn
estly endeavor at all times to serve
faithfully all the people of the state
and will grant to the corporations, the
bankers, the farmers and the individu
als the same fair and impartial con
sideration that I have accorded them
in the administration offices I have
previously filled."
H. J. Faust of Drummond yesterday
announced his candidacy for the re
publican nomination for state treas
urer to succeed W. E. Harmon. Mr.
Faust served as chief clerk of the
Montana house of representatives last
session and has been identified with
commercial development in Montana
for the last 40 years.
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engaged the only ™ ca "t Jj$ ding 1U
th e city m ease ^ n f ^ d ® d ' fire -
When the roof ega ffomps
Xh B tad thCT nit ÄS
would'have wiped out the block from
South's^ variety to the Johnson hard
ware md possibly spread further,
Thé fire hits the Shaich brothers
esDOC iallv hard They had only $12,
the stock. It is said
nmre than $5,000 worth of goods had
Must arrived bringing the stock un to
more fhan $20 WO They carried $4,
nîu^on the building which they recent
^ « d
' David Shaich senior member of the
fir m was absent on I buying trip to
ChiSuro and St Louis *
Chicago and bt. L*m .
I . , y ,, t av for cer . |
1 Ben Shaich could not say lor
1 tain until his brother returned eth
er or not th . e 7uT°ï d M^ bU1 i wnnîd ^l
of Other suitable buildings would al
most make it necessary to start build-,
in * at once ' , , ,
^ng one month, Scobey's losses
I by fire have been almost as great as
H , 1T , in „ t b e previous 16 years of its
Lisxtence. Now, with every business
L in the c ;t y occupied and proper
L increasing in value, two di | a ^ r pdp
f ( rp _ have destroyed almost $100,000
worth of property and merchandise.
ttL B BÄlTRetums
from Sojourn In Florida
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I w B Braddock well known farmer
the Ravmond-Öutlook country, res
of that he enjoyed tn e winter vrym^
and that all the co He
entire i ^ t be b ack to Mon
ÄSso W ^e d Ä™k again.
SENATOR T. J. WALSH
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The crafty Teapot Dome Investiga
tor who turned down his bosom
friend Doheny to serve Standard
Oil. He has the active support of
Herbert Pect, Joe Kirschwing, Gov.
Erickson, former Lieut. Gov. Mc
Dowell in his effort to secure the
Montana delegation to the Demo
cratic National Convention.
D. Ryan, Con Kelly and Frank Kerr,
emperors of Copper and Power are
also expected to rally to the support
of the famed Senator.
John
it
IT CAN'T BE DONE
COMING TO P'WOOD
Swede's Musical Comedy Company
Will Present "It Can't Be Done" At
Farmer-Labor Temple Saturday ev
ening March 24th.
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Manager Olson of the Farmer-La
bor Temple informs the Producers
News that he has billed a good show
for tomorrow (Saturday) night.
• s Musical Comedy Company
is showing It Can t Be Done a farce
comedy of life on Hoskin's Farm, that
evening. ^ They have special scenery
and lighting effects and vaudeville in
between the Act Program.
The play is a side-splitting satire on
popular misconceptions of rural and
city life. , ,
Jack and Joan, city dwellers try to
show the farm-bred Darby and Jill
that they know all about "a farm.
Darby and Jill pretend to know the
city ways, neither couple deceive the
. . . . , ,
This is not a movie picture, but
is put on by professional actors with
special interior scenery and lighting
effects and an atmosphere of old times
will surround the house, savs the man
ager of the show.
The admission price will be 50 and
25 cents.
After the show a dance will be giv
en with an orchestra playing which
accompanies the show. They are said
to be exceptional musicians.
GOLF CLUB MEMBERS
MEET AT FIRE HALL
Tuesday evening the members of
the Golf Club met at the City Fire
formulated plans whereby the Plenty
wood Club would become known o vex
^Th^meetingVas** filled with enthsi
asm as the different reports were read
fo ^ontaiï^s^ew^embers!^ 38 ° Un j
The Plentywood Golf Club has rent
ed the golf grounds just north of the
city on the Raymond road for five
p^vements^ 6 planning extensive im
The present members are desirous
of making this great health-giving
city ^ ay find healthful recreation in
a game which once started becomes
more fascinating as the art of j?lay
| m The membershi^fee^ofY'year is
! $15 and any of the present members
' will be glad to welcome a newcomer
into the Plentywood Club
| G " lf ls considered one of the most
i healthful sports in the world today,
and is a game that can be played witn
great vigor or with ease as the play
er denre* 01 as his or her health per
«its, and n° doubt the Plentywood
Golf Club will grow rapidly as the
beneficial résulte to health and the
knowledge of the real enjoyment of
the game becomes better known to
the general public.
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TRIP R A T F ^IFT
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Helena, March 18 -Plans for revi
sion of electric rates of the Montana
Dakota Pa wer company m Montana
wereiset m nmtion by the state public
utilities commission Friday, with an
order summoning the company to
show ca^e.Thecon^ission «plains
that it desires uniformity in the com
pany's Montana rate?. The matter is
se t for April 13,
The jT t ^|T- 1 p^ 1 ^ 0 a ^ daf r< l ered tbe
ÄÄÄ Si
for rtsidentTof PtisÄtoÄ
j nan on the same level rates.
, The Hard Rock Oil company and
the Montana Gas corporation were or
Bk.itcr F.XS^yof^
Review was a visitor in the county
capital Monday looking after business
and getting a slant on political
Ifairs.
PLENTYWOOD BASE
BAIL TEAM NEARLY
SIGNED UP FOR YEAR
Grand Aggregation of Players Being
Gathered Together By Manager
Becker—Surprise in Store for Fans
If Arrangements Go Through.
With letters and telegrams coming
daily to Manager Becker of the Plen
tywood Baseball team from his scout,
and with but a couple more players
to be secured to round out the entire
aggregation, Jack is becoming more
optimistic in his prediction that he
will have one of the best teams that
represented Plentywood.
In an interview with the sporting
editor of the Producers News, Jack
said, "they are coating a lot of money. ]
but they can produce the goods, am. i
I expect to save money on transpor
tation, because they have already es- j
tablished their reputations and will
not have to be released after the sea- i
has started and new players hir
ever
son
ed. :
He also said that he had some sur
prises for the Plentywood fans in the
way of famous players being on the
. local team, if present plans did not
go es tray, and that the fans of Sheri
dan county W U] pac k the ball grounds
this seaso k when his baseball machine
ge ts j n ac tion to see major league
baseball played on the Plentywood
d i amon( j. *
Kenmare, Nwth Dakota, is going
^ave a fast baseball club this sea
son an( j j ias aready wired for dates
to meet the Phntywood team when it
ig organized. Of bourse Scobev will
have its usual i a st/oaseball club with,
we understand, DVnaldson, the great
colored pitcher, a&their first string
hurler . Minot wîl&live a first dass,
team this year «carding to reports
and Lignite> NorthDakota, is gather
infÇ a migh ty hosi of baseball war
, riors with challenges flung to the
winds for mes ^ he pr0 spects look
d for better basiball than has been
seen in thig neck T the woods f or
manv days an( j Ml
™ ak i ng r e a dy to till the boys at the
nager Becker is
end of the season 'T told you so.
The weather is all that could be desired. Beginning March 17,
Spring set in throughout Northeastern Montana. An old-fashioned
Chinook thawed,the snow and the streets of the cities and the low
places in the country became veritable rivers of water.
later on.
v
Arrival of Balmy Spring
Results in Statewide Activity
j
Snows Melt anc Disappear in Swollen Streams... Roads Were
Impassable But Dry Rapidly. Farmers in Fields in South
End of Coun y. Planting Season Will Open With a Bang
Next Week.^Tractors Chugging All Over State.
For a few days,the roads were
passable but they are now drying up
so that travel wil be resumed. In
some places the rapid rise in temper
ature and the consequent floods did
some damage. Near Redstone the
road was washed out by the floods on
both sides. Bridges were damaged
and careful driving is still required at
night.
Farming Gets Early Start
The flmefs'ta Ml parts the
county are getting busy for the plant
i ng season. Tney are fixing up ma
c hinery so that they can get in the
field next week. In the southern part
of * he coun t y there is some dragging
done now. The summer fallow ground
is b eing prepared, for early seeding,
Next week wd i witness much activity
in the fields in all parts of the conn
ty From presen t indications Sheri
dan County will have the largest acre
age of grain in 1929 in the history
county.
Machine Farming
Most of the work this year will
done by P° wer farmin &- During th*
past three years there has been
enormous increase of tractors of new
and improved design imported into the
p This ear long trains of flat
JJSn&Mtag loads of all makes
t t slowly wend their way along
^e brlnïh {Jie from Bainville
q pke j m The streets of the little
V'Pneim. xi chue-pinv ma
town® ^VXdedfrom Strain.
enmes justu ulowinv and
d -° rigs are being superseded
seeding ngs » ® h . hitched
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LOCAL MARKETS
! Friday, March 23, 1928
Dark Northern
Winter Wheat
Amber Durum
^i&^VT
Potato'esner
Creamery butter
af- Dairy Blitter —
Eg ^ " er dozen
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$1.10
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GOVERNOR AL SMITH
m
H, Maloney, Judge Rhodes of Great
Falls, Judge Bourquin Jr., Bill
Oül
hertson and the rank and file of
progressive democrats in Montana.
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i GOPHER P O I 5 Ü N
The idol of Montana Democrats who
is making no campaign to secure
the Montana delegation to the
Houston Convention but has the
support of Democratic Committee«
man Bruce Kremer, plumed knight
of Montana democracy. Mayor Kerr
Beadle of Butte, former Mayor W.
DISTRIBUTION
A fresh supply of gopher poison has
been mixed this week and will be
ready for distribution within the next
A new formula has been
f ew days.
use d in the mixing process and it is
expected that much better results will
be secured this year.
> The same agencies as last year will
\ again handle the poison. In this way
it will make it more convenient for
those living in different parts of the
county to secure poison. The places
where gopher poison may be secured
are:
County Agent's office, Plentywood
Farmers Elevator Co., Redstone
Farmers Elevator Co., Outlook
Raymond Hardware store, Raymond
Jacob Twéet, Comertowr
Far. Grain & Trading Co., Westby
Farmers Elevator Co., Homestead
Farmers Elevator Co., Med. Lake
Farmers Elevator Co., Reserve
Far. Grain & Ship. Co., Antelope
Gopher poison should be spread
early, before the breeding season. By
killing one gopher early in the year,
it will mean the elimination of many
is
the gasoline engine. There is much
activity everywhere and the machine
age has come to the last rampart of
0 i d fashioned civilization and displac
ed ihe horse as a beast of burden.
corresponding secretary,
California Woman's Christian Tem
P erance Union, "Is Your Daughter
Safe?" the SEX-ational drama of
life and love which will be shown at
the Orpheum, Plentywood, Mont.. Fn
day, March 30th, afternoon and even
ing, should arouse people more than
ever before to eradicate existing vice
conditions.
After viewing the production in Los
Angeles, Miss Hall sent a letter to S.
S. Milled, producer, commending him
f or the work he is doing in protecting
the young people of the age. "We are
very well pleased," Miss Hall wrote,
"with the manner in which your
sneaker brought the present conditions
tï our attention. The film will do
muc h to aid our girls and boys to lead
of cleaner, purer lives,
At all performances of the feature,
to a prominent lecturer and writer, gives
an address on vice conditions, their
causes and remedv
Matinees, For Women Only, at 2:30
and 4:00
by Night shows, for men only, at 8:00
to and 9-30
«one under sixteen years of age
^"admission price is 50
i SgffiTrtSwa.
W. C. T. U. LEADER
PRAISES FEATURE
According to Anna B. Hall, state
Southern
Clair Stoner arrived Saturday from
the western part of the state to visit
with his family and friends for a few
days. He returned to his work as
.93 a representative of the Wheatgrowers
Association last Tuesday afternoon.
He reports the roads as rapidly dry
.76 ing in the western part of the state,
.50 except in a few spots where exception
.45 al snowfall left the roads in very bad
.20 condition.
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MONTANÄSENÄTOR MAY
LOSE HOME DELEGATION
7 :
National Committeeman Kremer Returns from East Singing
Praises cf New York Governor. McDowell, Erickson and
Joe Kirschwing Say Walsh Is Not "Stalking Horse" Put Up
By McAdoo Faction. Mayor Maloney Says Smith Will Get
'Complete State Delegation. Wheeler Assumes Role of
Artful Dodger." Senator Bruce Asks Walsh About Sen
sational Rise in Power Stock After He "So Successfully
Championed the Cause of the Montana Power Co.
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Helena.—The injection of the name of Senator Walsh into the
presidential campaign as a candidate against Al Smith has caused
a split in the ranks of Montana..Democrats that may take some
time to heal. All over the state democrats are discussing whether
Walsh is a "stalking horse" put up by. the Me Adoo faction to de
feat the New York Governor or a legitimate candidate.
u
Is Walsh a "Stalking Horse
The great mass of progressive
democrats in Butte and Helena
maintain that the Walsh candidacy
is "a spite campaign" instituted by
the discredited ex-Secretary of the
Treasury to injure Smith« whom he
hates with all the bitterness of a
disappointed man. On the other
han <* Herbert Peet, Jos Kirschwing
and John Holmes and Dr. McGreg
m t _ „ . _
or > "f""* Great J all f, . democrats.
say Walsh is no stalking horse'
and that they will (attempt to get a
delegation from Cascade county to
the state Convention pledged "Walsh
for President or Bust." Tom Stout
of Lewistown is favorable to Walsh
but not against Smith. Tom has
lauded the "great statesmanship"
of Senator Walsh so long and so
loudly that he now finds it diffi
cult to do anything but support the
gloomy Teapot Dome investigator.
A Modern Balaam
J. Bruce Kremer, National Commit
teeman and plumed knight of Montana
Democracy, is back from his pilgrim
age to Washington where he worship
ped at the shrine of Andrew Jackson
and drew new inspiration from the
memorable assemblage of democratic
diners at the Mayflower. Mr. Krem
er was counted in the Walsh column
t • . , „ r, _ , ,
Lieutenant McDowell relumed from
trip through the south and west in
on journey
changed to Smith when he saw the
overwhelming sentiment in favor of
the New York man evident at the
Jackson dinner. Like Balaam of old
J. Bruce started out to curse Smith.
But paralleling the scriptural example
the Ass spoke to Bruce and the dis
tinguished orator remained to pray
the shrine of the man he intended
condemn. Kremer, besides being
mocracy's silver tongued orator is
garded as his party's shrewdest poli
tical guesser and strategist. His com
ing out for Smith forecasts the way
the wind is going to blow.
Erickson, McDowell et al for Walsh
Governor Erickson delivered
speech recently in which he declared
himself for Senator Walsh. Former
interest of the Walsh candidacyMwb
is reported to have met with such, up
Waislf candidacy ver^Se?^
he returned to the state. His strate
is to try to get the convention fc>
instruct the delegation to the Natfcmil
convention as compliment to Walsh s
g . reat se ™ e f pa , y ' ., ,
strategy thinks McDowell is the best
wa Y to sugar coat the bitter Waioh
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pill so that the donkey will swallow
it without making too wry a face.-Bill,
Campbell, the wet editorial leader, is
using his thunder in favor of Govern-:
Smith and he is not climbing up,
«y, 6 Ca Ä t £ Sk Governor
P ^ wf t \tavn a \fiinno «
J M.iSenator
Former Major Maloney of
has returned from an extensile Jnp
throughout the state in the
of the candidacy of the NewWY£k'
Governor He was cheered urt^ the
rafters shook when he assured a .great
meeting of the democrats of his. We
city that the Heart of Montaaq. De
mocracy thrilled at the mention o£the
name of Al Smith. Maloney Jôpie
back from his trip much enthused'snd
is confident that the entire Montana
delegation will go to Houston m^ruct
ed to vote for Smith until the last dog
is hung. Maloney has backing *)£ the
y ? u ". ger aad aggressive- jw^on
of his party. Judge Bourqum, lead
mg progressive democrat, who is
spoken about for the Senatorship in
every part of the state, does not hesi
täte to declare himself in favor of
Yorke J* * ¥T i
Wheeler on the Fence As Usual
Senator Wheeler is doing some tight
rope walking these days. He is re
? s « V t. St poc J et . ap Y® nda S
of Walsh. He has to be for him be
cause he gets his^gmdan^on national
problems, such as the World Court,
etc., from the senior senator. Walsh
to his rescue whenever some
more agile debater,on the Senate
floor sews him up. Anillu. teation
in point is when recently Wheeler wa?
speakl ? « ia fav ° r
ed by the Montana Power Companj
lease the Flathead dam, La Follette
shot the junior senator some embar
rassmg questions that had the ffect
of forcing him into aculde sac. WaJ.
came to his rescue, got him out of the
trap and then led the fight for tne
leasing of the dam. Wheeler told the
This
or
comes
few
as
bad
Methodists he addressed on his recent
trip that he was not in favor of
Smith. However, he was a Smith
man in the populous wet centers like
Butte, Helena and Great Falls. On
account of the delicate situation and
the fact that he is up for reelection
he will probably assume an. ostrich
like attitude and hide his head in the
sand. Or he may go back to his old:
Nicaragua trench and help to "Save
the Marines" from Sandino's men am
bushed in the Bulrushes.
From tan Independent Source
The usually well informed Martin
Hutchins, editor of the Butte Miner,
in an editorial entitled "Can Walsh
Win" says:
The senator is gambling for a
large stake. If he loses, his ca
reer in politics may be at an end.
Whatever the outcome of the
presidential ambitions of Senator
Walsh, the certain result is a wide
open split in the democratic party
of Montana that will not be healed
before the expiration of the sena
tor's term, a little more than two
years hence.
The clever politician is the one
who plays a waiting game. If there
is a republican ambitious for sena
torial honors in the election of
1930 he should be interested in this
situation. He may be servir" Mon
tana under the administration of
President Walsh. Either that, or
the senator may be in political re
tirement engaged in the writing of
memoirs of a life of noteworthy
service to his state and country.
Campaign Funds
Careful observers say that Walsh
must capture the Montana delegation
if he is to have any standing in the
convention. There is little chance now
that he can get it by the "Complimen
tary delegation" route as suggested
by Mr, McDowell and received with
such loud guffaws by the Smith men.
It is conceded that Walsh is a rich
man who is not stingy with his money
when his own interests are at stake.
It is rumored in Helena that he made
a .. bi stake .. on the ris e uf Montana
^
Power during the passage of the Flal^
head rumor
not confirmed the following inter
change between Senator Bruce of
Maryland and Senator Walsh as re
ported in the Congressional Record of
March 14, 1928, is interesting:
Mr. President, I
want to ask the Senator from Mon
tana whether it is true., as 1 have seen
stated, that immediately after tne
Senator from Montana so successful
, cha mpioned the claims of the Mon
tana Power Co with reference to the
Flathead Reservation, the stock of the
Montana Power c went M t
recollect> from 105 to 168.
MR. WALSH of Montana.
President I am unable to -advise the
with respect to the matter to
which he alludes. I am able, however,
to advige him that for M)rm , time prior
to the time when j S() SUCCESSFUL
LY CHAMPIONED THE CAUSE OF
THE MONTANA POWER CO., as re
lated b the senator, the stock reached
rather unusual proportions. That rise,
so £ ar ag m information goes, ante
dated b gome months the discussion
to which the Çenator But I
might also atdd that the explanation
( , u ^ e easy, because since that time
it ig reported that a combination and
consolidation between the Montana
p ower Co. and the Washington Power
^ have been accomplished, and it is
now po pu | ar i y believed that the rise
j n p r i ce Q f the stock of the Moiv
tana p ower Co. was occasioned by the
prospect of that consolidation,
MR BRUCE . Perhaps, however,
the previous rise in the value of its
s t 0 ck was due to the anticipation of
Senator's success with reference
to the Flat head Reservation.
MR. WALSH of Montana,
from Maryland is, of course,
entit]ed to indu i ee in any assumption
r expect to that matter that he
g but j am unable to speculate
' the subjec t.
What wn , the ^ Tepee " 0 rderT
There is much speculation as to the
j icy to he pursued in connection
with the democratic nomination by the
Tepee" otherwise known as the
Mg j xt h Floor" Montana headquarter«
of tbe Anaconda Copper Company. So
f&r there j g no gign tka t mi order haa
e out one way or tbe other. But
pointed out that Walsh does busi
v
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Mr. BRICE.
Mr.
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