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A PAPER OF THE PEOPLE. FOR THE PEOPLE. BY THE PEOPLE
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PLENTYWOOD, MONTANA, FRIDAY, MARCH 30,1928
Entered as Second Class Matter. October 18, 1811. at the Port
office at Plentywood, Montana. Under the Act of March 8, 1870
Sub. Rates: SWt UoJ SS
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private Power Companies Charge Double Public Owned Plant Rates
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FINANCIAL legerdemain practiced
by PRIVATE COMPANIES, REPORT!;
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Juice Supplied By Municipal Plants of Cleveland, Seattle and
I ns Angeles to Public for Half the Cost Charged By North
„„ States and Monta» Power Companies. Ontario Sells
Flectric Current to People at Low Price. Juggling of Stock
a „d Manipulation of ControlThrough „"Holding Compa-',:
nies" Exposed. Customer Ownership rake Laid Bare.
Capitalization and Concentration in the Power Field Ex
plained.
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* > JL iiis t meeting of the National Directory of the P. F. of A.,
feChaii man was designated to make a report on the Securities
f power Companies which were then being extensively sold in
nwonsin Minnesota and North Dakota. The following compre
i' ive report of the activities of Electric Companies is the result.
It deals largely with affairs in the states where the demand fori,
the investigation took place but is interesting to people in all states;*
because it gives a comparative summary of charges showing that
Municipally owned plants are supplying service at half the cost
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WALLACE'S REPORT SCHOOL PROGRAM
The following is a copy of the re
port which is now in the hands of
of the Directory and will be
DRAWS BIG CROWD
subject of debate at the next meeting
of the national body:
To the National Directory of the Pro
gresfive Farmers of America—Greet
Brothers:
In compliance with your request to
submit a report on whether or not the
private power companies selling stock
to the farmers and others in the
northwestern states are over-capital
ized and what are the rates charged
to consumers as compared to similar
rates charged by publicly owned
plants, we beg to submit the follow
ing;
TTiere is a growing community of
interest and along with it an increas
ing similarity in methods, policies and
practices in the private power com
panics throughout the United States,
A study of any one of these typical
companies will reveal the essential
feature of all of them. We have se
lected the Northern States Power
Company as a typical example, and
from such sources as Moody's Manu
al of investments,—Public " Utilities,
Wm. Z. Ripley's "Main Street and
Wall Street" and other equally au
thoratative sources, have drawn the
facts upon which the following report
is based;
1. THE NORTHERN STATES POW
ER COMPANY AS A TYPICAL
EXAMPLE
The Northern States Power Com
pany serves as a very good example
illustrating the present status, the
usual practices and policies of the pri
vate power companies in general. It
is one of the larger, although by no
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WHITETA1L REAL
ESTATE COMMENCES
TO CHANGE OWNERS!
A number of Wisconsin and other j
eastern buyers have been in Whitetail j
recently making investments in busi- j
ness lots and farming lands adjoining
town.
There w
rere seven lots sold on main i
street in one day recently besides a
«20 acre ranch west of town. These
people after looking over the town and
the territory adjoining felt as though
this would be a very good place to in
vest some of their surplus cash.
During their stay in Whitetail they
became so well pleased with the pros
pects of the town getting started soon
in the oil game and of this becoming
n? e °i* kig fields in this state that
«»ey left considerable money deposited
"the bank to be invested in the oil
willing industry as soon as a start
ts made.
Quite a number of farm sales have
been made
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Farmer Crushed by Hail
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Johannesburg, S. A. —(Autocast
hail t au * ht on the veldt in a terrific
. u Mj in the northeastern part
oi Montana already this spring and it
| s e ^Pocted that this year will prove
be one of the best ever seen in
ontana and especially in the north
eastern part of the state, as there will
e hundreds if not thousands of tour
sts , co ming in here as soon as the
oads get in shape for cars to travel.
is expected a great many of them
• come with the intention of invest
tJn v 1 * arm lan ds and many of them
w m become actual settlers,
tn f Jr (lri Umg which is expected
will a very short time
It, also bring many strangers, some
fit* c Ä sit y to see one of the big out
o nil in g for oil and a great many
ners looking for a chance to make
investment as is always the case
® a «ew oil field.
Bit -, ,^ e be fortunate enough
l 0l1, which we have no doubt will
soon as the first well
' le o down to oil sands, it will start
f or this part of the state
Kftri o e P re( Jict will far surpass
view SUnburst field.— Redstone
Display Much Talent on Part of I
Children and Credit to Instructors.
Matinee Given in Afternoon.
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The grade school program which
was given at the Orpheum on Friday,,
March 23rd, proved to be a real sue
cess and was witnessed by a packed
house in the evening. Two hundred
children saw the afternoon perform
ance.
The first operetta, Peter Rabbit
was given by the pupils of the first
four grades and had been under the
direction of the teachers of these
grades, namely, Misses Thole, Qlson,
Hein and Larson. The pupils were
well costumed and well trained for
their individual parts. Ronald Lind 1 -
berg playing the part of 'Peter Rab
bit' did his part very commendably.
The second operetta, "Sailor Maids"
was given by the pupils of the four
upper grades and had been under* the
direction of the teachers of these
grades, namely, Misses Nordgren, Mil
1er, O'Hara, Olson ahd Graham. Sail
or costumes were the vogue and a
pretty group of sailor maids took the
chorus parts together with the sailors
bold.
The leading characters of the p.ay
were, Launs Beigh, Victor Van Hee,
Lois Goodman, Beatrice Debing, Har
old DaSilva,,, Sanford l Egge» MUdred
Hanisch, William Paske. Eac P J
his or her P ar ^ f ea î an( ^
a great deal of training. ,
The Faculty Trio sa ^ t ,°
between acts of the second operetta
Miss Laura Hem was the accompa
Grade Pupils Give Operettas Which
nigt for the evening.
j March 30th, at the school.
Case Against J. 0. Brensdahl
Dismissed by Judge Wheeler
Well Known Antelope Farmers Meet In Justice Court Before
Judge Wheeler—Lindell Accused Brensdahl of Threatening
to Shoot Him.
, The case instituted by Ted Lindell
against J. O. Brensdahl of the Ante
lope country was dismissed by Justice
Wheeler a few days ago after having
his decision under advisement for over
a week. The case attracted a ~ood
deal of interest and the court was
crowded when the trial took lace.
Change of Venue
It appears that Mr. Lindell com
plained to the county attorney that
Mr. Brensdahl threatened to shoot
him and a warrant was issued and
Brensdahl was arrested and asked to
show' cause why he should not be pu«
under a peace bond. Brensdahl filde
and afidavit of bias and prejudice
and Judge McElroy asked for a
change of venue. Judge McElroy at
once transferred the case from his
jurisdiction to that of Judge Wheeler.
Get Him" With a Gun
When the case came up for h earia P
the county attorney assisted by At
torney Greer prosecuted on belmlf ot
the state while Attorney Wagner d -
fended. The state put several wit
nesses on the stand whose evidence
tended to show that Brensdahl got
exasperated about some remarks made
concerning him by Mr. Lindell
told several persons that intended
to "get" Lindell with a gun. Other
witnesses stated that they heard some
thing about an effort being made to
get Brensdahl to the mail box *J.^
Lindell "could give him a pounding.
Manney Testifies
Jack Manney testified that when
lindell met Brensdahl and! the; lari
stonned his truck that Lindell ta Kea
i n a peaceful way J. kid's
about Brensdahl "shooting ms
dog." Brei \ s ^ hl scuffle with him
deu engage t he truck
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convictions in this term of the *
U. S. District Court. More boot- *
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term of Court than ever before. *
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* ments in one day before the Grand |
J p Sed M g °uiltf and'' werfgive' •
* prison terms, fined or put on pro- *
: »era, how- ♦
* ever contested 'and jury trials *
* took place. Attorney John L. *
* Slattery demanded in some of the *
RANKIN MAKES
LEGAL RECORD
tr , ials - ,. sla ' te , rs ; w , h ? is wcognia. •
. K e ol "m. "ÜSTelMta
* with the prosecuting Attorney. *
* The dramatic and aggressive Gov
* ernment prosecutor and Mr. Slat
"«"the
Great Falls while the Court term
* lasted.
* During the forensic battles of
the lawyers named the court room
* and t ke .corridors outside were
* crowded with people.
* The court, having disposed of
* criminal matters, will now turn
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Leo Young, farmer and grain buyer
of Raymond, returned Saturday from
an ex t e nded trip in the southwestern
states? having . spent the past tw0
j mon t},s traveling. He reports that he
enjoyed fine weather while awa" and
that he visited his parents who live
30 miles north of D ^ nver> Colo for
several days while on his sight-seeing
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EEO YOUNG RETURNS
FROM WINTER'S TRIP
TRAWICKY BREAKS LEG
Mutt" Trawicky,
Bernard
left Plentywood about three weeks
ago to accept a position with a big
auto firm in Minot, had the misfor
tune to break his leg when he slipped
on some ice. He is getting along on
crutches now and doing as well as can
be expected. Mrs. Trawicky left for
Minot Friday to be with her husband.
They expect to make their future
home at Minot.
who
Looking over the Grand View Hotel
register a News reporter found the
name of Krist S. Kristofferson, Oslo,
Norway, dated Thursday, March 22nd.
It is very seldom that a person is reg
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HERE FROM NORWAY
istered from a distance so far away
and particular attention was drawn to
it.
The P. T. Association meets Friday
Although the case was simple the
Justice delayed rendering the decision
for a considerable time.
Lindell said that Brensdahl drove
away and when he was a safe distance
turned back and threatened to "get
him". All through the case there was
much conflict of evidence. The case
was listened to very carefully by many
residents of the Antelope country
where the plaintiff and accused are
well known.
Prominent Dagmar Couple
Married At Plentywood
One of the prettiest weddings of
the season was celebrated at the Far
mer-Labor Temple Tuesday when
Judge McElroy tied the nuptial knot
between Alma Carlene Sorenson
Mike Hoff. The bride and bridegroom
are both residents of the Dagmar ter
ritory. The groom is a well known
farmer and mine owner and has long
been prominent in all progressive
movements for the betterment of the
county. The bride was practically
raised in the community coming
Sheridan County when she was a very
young girl. She is pretty and refined
and made a good appearance when
she had the ring slipped on her finger
and had the benediction intoned
the solemn Justice of the Peace, who
has the reputation of having tied more
people together during his term
office, than all the Judges who
ceded him combined.
The happy couple after spending
few days on their honeymoon return
ed to their home, where they are now
receiving the congratulations of their
many friends.
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NOTED SPEAKER COM
ING TO PLENTYWOOD
James Cannon, one of the most
noted lecturers and speakers in the
United States, will speak at the Farm
er-Labor Temple, April 19. His sub
ject will be "The Frame-up System
in the United States."
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JAMES P. CANNON
♦ Mr. Cannon is going back from a
nationwide tour during which '
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spoke to great crowds of people.
Mr. Cannon, besides being one
of the country's «post eloquent orators,
of social and econ
e made a study of
is a great student
omic problems. ^H
the causes back of the Sacco-Vanzetti
frame-up right on the ground in Mas
sachusetts. He has travelled widely
in Europe and investigated the forces
back of the phenomena back of frame
ups. His lecture will be a treat. Ad
mission will be free.
BENNION MEETS
WITH SHERIDAN
COUNTY FARMERS
County Agent Loader DiseTisses Agri
cultural Problems With Farmers
from Over the Entire County.
Fred Bennion, County Agent Lead
er, met last Thursday afternoon with
committee men from different com
munities in the county to discuss plans
for developing a long time Agricul
tural program for Sheridan county.
In, 1 »» ta!k Mr. Bennion ported out
the fact that the primary object of
agricultural program was to develop
1 wa y s aa ^ ^ iea J ls making rao
mone y ln the farming game with h
resources we now have. He said that
there are four factors that limit pro
fits in farming, especially in periods
of low^ prices. These factors are:
first, physical limitations (such as
soils and climate); second, practices
(methods of tillage); third, organiza
tion of farming system and best com
binations of enterprises; fourth, man
agerial ability of the farmer himself.
It is impossible to alter or change,
to any extent, the first of the above
factors. In the past years the Exten
sion organization has been devoting
the greater part of their time to de
veloping new practices such as meth
ods of tillage, pure seed, etc., among
the farmers. The Service has realized
that there are other things that de
termine, to a large extent,- as to
whether or not a farmer makes any
money during the year. The factor
that will receive a great deal of at
tention in the future will be the or
ganization of the different farming
systems. It will be necessary to de
termine what combination of enter
prises are netting the farmers the
greatest profit.
At a series of community meetings
that will be held in the county this
summer, information will be gathered
relative to the > success of different
types of farming. The information
will then be compiled and presented to
the people for their consideration at
a series of county-wide commodity
meetings that will be held this fall or
eraly winter. The people can then be
the judge and jury in determining
from actual facts what are the best
and most profitable systems of farm
ing to follow.
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Plentywood Show Windows
Bring Thoughts of Easter
The show windows of various mer
cantile houses in Plentywood are dec
orated with green palms as next
Sunday is Palm Sunday. The stores
are also filled with Easter goodies
and flowers for Easter Sunday which
falls on April 8th.
LOCAL MARKETS
1928
Thursday, March
Dark Northern -
Winter Wheat
Amber Durum
Miexd Durum -
Flax, per bu-
Rye, per bu.
Oats, per bu.-
Barley, per *>u. -
Potatoes, P er ..™- -
Creamery butter
Dairy Butter —— •
EggSjjper dozen.
_$1.12
1.11
1.04
1.01
1.91
.91
.41
.65
.75
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Treasurer Gets Double
Security In Few Hours
When Hass Pulls Off Bonds
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* farmer, who was recently married * I
* at Anoka, Minn., through Lew *
* Onstad, a Plentywood lawyer, re- *
* cently notified the County Treas- *
* urer that he wanted to withdraw *
* from $10,000 bonds which he had *
* put up for that official. Mr. *
* Hass stated in private conversa- *
* tion that he was very busy with *
* his own interests, such as collect- *
* ing interest on farm mortgages, *
: feK and" was 'anxious £ *
* retire from all public obligations. *
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* signers amongst several farmers *
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* few hours. The bonds were ap- *
* proved by Ju*dge Paul Tuesday. *
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Telegraph and Telephone
Line Should Be Owned By
Nation, Says Rep. Berger
and e Telegi g aph e Co^has deïtrïyed
practically all competition in the tele
phone business, dominates the field in
which it operates, and is piling up
tremendous profits by purchasing its
apparatus from subsidiaries, Repre
sentative Victor L. Berger introduced
a bill recently providing for the na
tional acquisition and for government
operation of telegraph and telephone
lines.
In a statement he issued, Mr. Berg
er said:
"Recent investigations made to de
tovrmna «hot otorwt if a«« /.nm
terrnm. to what etenxt, if any, com
petition still prevails in the telephone
Telephone and Telegraph Co does i2
per cent of the telephone busmes of
the United States, and dominates the
rest. It is inc richest corporation m
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Through its control of the Western
T-lectric company of which it owns 98
per cent of the stock, and from wmen
all telephone companies are obliged
purchase telephone apparatus on
cost-plus basis, the a t?rep a hone Trust
exacts tribute from the American
people from the time the apparatus
made dovm to and including the time
ue telephone user is compelled to pay
exohbitant rates for the service he
gets
"In addition to squeezing the peo
ple for ail they are worth by impos
ing a variety of unnecessary cnargrs
the trust exploits the workers, com
pelling them to wurk for ridiculously
low wages and for long hours at nerve
racking labor.
"Regulation has failed to deal with
the monopoly problem. No one even
pretends that the Sherman anti-truot
act is enforced or can be enforced.
stead regulation is one of the most
fruitful sources of corruption.
There is no reason why the
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Four Cracksmen Lock Customers» Cook and Waiter in Ice Box
Yeggs Blow Havre Cafe Safe
And Make Escape With $3000
—Get $3,000 in Cash, $500 in Checks and Notes and Miss
$300 in Cash Register—Japanese Own Cafe.
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Havre, March 27,—Four masked
bandits entered the Havre cafe at 3:40
this morning and escaped with over
$3,000 in cash, between six and seven
hundred dollars worth of checks and a
number of promissory notes of un
known value.
The cafe is owned by Henry Namba,
A. Y. Harada, a waiter was waiting
three customers at the time of the
houldup.
Two of the holdup artists entered
the front door and held up the waiter
and the three costomers at the coun
Two other men entered the two
doors and stuck up the cook. Ha
rada, the cook, and customers were
herded into the icebox in the kitchen
and locked in.
The victims declare that it took the
yeggs nearly forty minutes to blow
the safe and clean it out. The safe
blown with nitro glycerine and
on
ter.
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was
the two blasts were heard by the men
held in the kitchen cooler, who say
they were spaced about five minutes
apart and were not very loud. The
large safe with double doors was
cleanly blown open, the yeggs doin^
such a neat job that the right door
was still on its hinges after they were
through working and the other door
undamaged.
The bandits were described as wear
ing blue bibbed overalls, three short
and one tall. All wore masks.
"The three customers were relieved
of their valuables by the robbers who
got three gold watches and some cash.
One of the customers tossed Ipo
across the room and when the Pi^s -
oners broke out of the ice box he
found the bandits had not noticed hi
roll lying on the floor.
Over $300 in cash was in the cash
register but it was not touched.
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'MINNESOTA SENATOR
WINS ENDORSEMENT
AFTER LIVELY FIGHT
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i Floyd Olson, Hennepin County Prosecutor, is Standard Bear
er for Governor of Gopher Stat^Three Hundred Dele
gates Assemble in St. Paul and Put up Strong Ticket to
Wrest Control of Minnesota from Old Gang-Stale Con
vention turns Down Proposal to Put National r armer-La
Ticket in Field but Appoints Delegates to Attend North
| west Conference to Canvass Situation.
As we go to press the following news about the political situ
ation in Minnesota reaches us. The Associated Press states that
Senator Shipstead was endorsed by the Farmer-Labor Asso
ciation after a stiff fight. The Minnesota Convention di*J not
favor the idea of launching a National Farmer Labor Party
this year but appointed delegates to attend a Northwest con
ference now being held on the subject at St. Paul.
St. Paul, March 28.—(AP)—Over stubborn opposition of anti
conservatives, the Minnesota Farmer-Labor convention late Tues
,j ay indorsed United States Senator Henrik Shipstead for re-elec
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During a fiery two-hour debate,
sota was attacked as a "betrayer
and was defended as "the champion
~T ,. "f*
al government, which runs the potal
Business of the __ nation and runs it
efficiently should not also be able to
operate the telephone and telegiaph
.lines. The rates would be cut to a
pom t where business would increase.
xhe workers could get a living wage.
1 AtU \ the P 60 ? 1 ?» instead of remaining
a t the mercy of an irresponsible clniue 1
U-hich now runs these lines to buit|
themselves, could own and operate
them for the benefit of all the people
through its legally constituted gov
ernment, very much as the people now
ran the postal department.
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IVÆINMFQrYT A ROYQ AR
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RIVE FOR FARM WORK
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is Oscar Soli, Oliver Lewis, Chester
Lewis, Rudy Hagrey, Lewis Dolly, Or
ville Underdahl, Alfred Jacobson and
Helmer Carson constitute a party of
young men who arrived from Fertile,
Minnesota during the past few days.
Four of the boys arrived Friday night,
two on Saturday and two on Sunday,
They came by car and report the
roads as being in horrible condition.
These young huskies are looking fori
farm wort_
TLmvm will ha nn «flinni nn Fridav
There will be no school on Friday,
j April 6th, nor on Monday and Tues
In- | day, April 9th and 10th. These days
; have been reserved for an Easter va
! cation. All classes begin promptly at
feder-inine on Wednesday, April 11th.
SCHNITZLER HOME
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Senator J. W. Schnitzler re- * :
turned to Froid this week from *
various points in California, *
where he ha'd been sojourning *
for several months. The Roose- *
velt Senator and Bonanza farmer *
looks good and is slightly sun- *
burned after his trip. He bought *
a brand new closed Ryan Mono- *
plane which is now being special- *
ly constructed for him at San *
Diego. He will return to the Gold- *
en State soon and fly back in the *
machine. While Mr. Schnitz- *
new
1er has been much "up in the air" *
for the past several months he *
still takes an intense interest in *
what is going on down on the *
ground. A representative of the *
Producers News got several in- *
terviews from prominent residents *
of Eastern Montana on the *
Highway'construction plans of *
the State Commission, amongst *
which is an interview from Sen- *
ator Schnitzler. Next week we *
will give our readers a story *
giving the opinions of the best •
experts on this subject in eastern *
Montana. *
The Roosevelt Senator was pro- *
fuse in his praises of the wonder- *
ful roads, the glorious climate and *
the life and vim of Southern Cali- *
fornia but said Northeastern Mon
tana was the best place to main
tain a permanent home and make
« living.
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the senior senator from Minne
of the party that elected him,
of the working class.
The final vote was by acclamation,
so record roll call was taken, but
an official check showed that approx
imately one fourth of the 300 dele
g a tes registered disapproval of the
motion for indorsement,
Presenting an organized attack
aga i ns t the candidacy of Senator
Shipstead, his opponents began their
C0U nter move in the nominating com
m ittee where three of their number
opposed the majority report favoring
the senator and offered a minority
report with a candidate of their own.
oi afp ' ni ior«uid
^ convent i 0 n ^indorsed a of
. 1 i ne conyenuon muorseu »
state candidates headed by °yd *
son, Minneapolis, for governor, and
1 adopted a platform and a setofreso
! u j,' on ®„ adTtaistTatitn
f a r its att! t u de toward Nicaraxua.
Th ti ket i ndor sed by the conven
.• ; nc i udes .
Lieut Go Thomas Vollum, Ers
kin secre tary of state, Susie Stag
b Redwing; treasurer, R. C. Sleto
tenj Willmar; a ttorney general, C. F.
i G aa renstrom, Fairmont; railroad and
j ware house commissioner, J. L. Peter
| gon> p roc t 0 r.
officers were elected as follows:
j a. C. Welch, Glencoe, president; S. A.
I Stockwell, Minneapolis, vice president;
Frank T starkey> gt Paulf secretary
treasurer.
Platform
The platform "unhesitatingly and
straightforwardly" indorses the Mc
Nary-Haugen bill with the equaliza
tion fee inserted. The Great Lakes
St. Lawrence waterway was favored
as was development of river transpor
tatiion if barge lines are government
operated. An anti-injunction law in
labor disputes was indorsed.
Resolutions adopted urged adequate
care for sick and disabled veterans;
favored extending recognition by the
United States government "to all
countries," thereby stimulating indus
tries and acting as a panacea for un
employmment and more liberal stat
utes governing co-operative agencies.
THIRD PARTY TICKET PROPOSAL
CONSIDERED
St. Paul, March 28.—A proposal to
indorse a movement for putting a
third party ticket in the national po
litical campaign was before the north
west farm-labor conference here to
day.
The conference follows closely the
two days convention of the Minnesota
Farmer-Labor party,
The state convention voted down a
suggestion to send delegates to some
midwestern city to consider the for
mation of a third national party. 1 he
convention, however, authorized the
state party's executive committee to
attend the northwest session today,
A committee of seven, formed at a
meeting in Chicago last . unday
discuss plans for a third F" 1 *» J}?®
was represented today at the north
west meeting. The committee rewe
! sents some labor organizations and
farmer-labor groups.
New York, N. Y.—(Autocaster)—
Calvin N. Keeney of Leroy, N. Y., aft
er a quarter of a century succeeded in
getting the strings out of the bean
an d now everybody is growing them
I that way. Keeney sold his first seed
to a big grower who supplied Con
gressmen with the seeds they sent out
; to constituents and with lavish gener
osity they sent samples out every
where, and with that Keeney s prize
bean business blew up.
1 He has not been able to correct the
| faults of any other vegetable. His
children are urging him to look for
* another job where the fruits of his
• I toil cannot be pilfered by Nature her
Took Strings Off Beans
Now Seeks New Work
« self.