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THE PRODUCERS
NEWS GOES INTO
EVERY HOME IN
SHERIDAN COUNTY
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A PAPER OF THE PEOPLE. FOR THE PEOPLE. BY THE PEOPLE
PLENTYWOOD, MONTANA, FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1928.
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Entered as Second Class Matter, October 18, 1918, at the Post*
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' Ttunp Small
Concern ! ^
to
of
SATI KDAY AM) SUNDAY
L' davs (or the people of
I "„„H ond the county. Cars
pl 'f-V*the soaces in front of the
()n Sunday people came from
^ distances to witness the base
Sfime The visitors liked the
^ of our city and the absence
rtafnt After all what we are
0 !?., s to rive the people who
2 In this earth today an opportun
fteenjov themselves Ihe reason
J u from surrounding counties
P '° P Plentywood is because they
r': h Mhw >■»" at home
to that no 1,1,16 sn ""! ,6rs wll j
J r ;; fere with their movements and
that their cars
safe: that they w
2 -, (b e restaurants or
hotel« and that the spirit of hos
tility of the old west prevails.
P also feel with Thomas Jeffer
"the government that gov
ieasl governs best." The Sher
iff the Mayor and the Chie.f of Po
licf are to be congratulate 1 ! on the
,n they handled the crowds and the
crowds are to be congratulated on the
uv they observed the law and be
haved themselves.
U4ST
were
and property are
ill not be overcharg
soaked" at
Ik]
that
son
err.
BILL HAYWOOD'S death in Russia
the theme of many editorials In
to-newspapers of the country. In
great majority of the papers
there »as a sneer and a word of
enndemnation. Even in death the
hired writers pursued a man they
Hared not attack face to face. But
the name of Bill Haywood will be
spoken by millions of emancipated
wage slaves long after the w r onns
find sustenance in the putrid brains
of the editorial courtisans who are
now throwing literary garbage on his
grave to please their masters. In
the last half century the industrial
conflict in America threw up two
commanding figures who dedicated
their lives to the work of bettering
the condition of the
amongst whom they lived and moved.
Their names were Eugene V. Debs
and William I). Haywooti. One was
gentle and Christ like—a man who
was moved more by love of humanity
than anything else. The other was
a fighter thrown up by the mining
camps of the west whose fierce hat
red of the system which enslaved his
fellows was the fuel which caused
him to face even death itself for the
cause he believed in.
was
underdog
•ViAH was an arkwright. When he
saw a flood coming he met the con
ditions confronting him by building
^ a huge boat w hich he called an Ark.
° Ur Arkbuilders on the Border Pa
ir«! act in a different manner when
a flood of Canadian beer approaches
iw international bortier. They run
towards Plentywood and enjoy them
Sfves like Nero, who fiddled when
^ome was burning. We did
H rf ar ^ thief of Police Pierce or
not
■ ^r follins united the members of
I ,, Sheridan s unmounted police to
■ e P them in kevpiujr order in the
■ '»stern Montana metropolis. One
I ls ct>r,a ' n that the citizens or
9 , gangers within our gates, did
■ n«t desire
s»... i j :,ny sn °°pcrs to look for
• ggK'd goods in their automobiles.
think the Border Patrol would be
riinn tn ^ a , Red * n watching the rum
«mi e [ S ' " 10 ^ ave now substituted
I e j eams f (, r high powered cars in
m SKlnR border, than in looking
LTk car for a bottle of
Tl] T' 0ur farr ners ; who are
> lJ(i X)ne op community, need
ishin and . relaxation after fin
an H i. s Pring work, and should
I objected to annoyances by
"nose place is along the border.
L i i f b RTS> is the head of a
»h k* ^° rc ? °.f Piohibition agents,
town ,i Ur * s dicti« n over these
U ^ 1 . bootleggers violate the
too brazenly, Sam's men
tore of the situation, __
rav.! 1 ' (ierstand tb ' s overlapping of
J'Mnnivnt bureaus
"« should
I#r k with
to
can
We can
I.tkf
not
and agencies,
think that they would
some
cooperation. It
main* • Us , dlat tbe place for coast
for tv, a tbe shore; the place
inland. prob * bd *on agent is in the
Btrrior ?> W ? 8 , a P d Place for the
tiomi i; atro i js along the interna
m an '"j* ^'hen a Border Patrol
t»r a it n< ^ w eek end looking af
fr«m r0ad R an R several miles
1,,K \ or " hen Apollo like,
Waki n ^ S A nUc . h of bis "'»king hours
toarrnvf j 6 bearts °f the ladies.,
Profes,cw. and , s l nR *^ while a funeral
ttag .. n .. 0 ^ heavily laden vehicles
b*.», f e , e ' n his absence, people
to U« " a ? questions. They want
cro»,j f u ^ etb er this Patrol is
or an «.«f unmount ed political police
t°knot bod >- They want
' n Sc»»h*.v parley Huebner's yard
Hy "pL- ls bttered with bottles la
^albr- ?.u Albert Beer", "Johnnie
er's a,R ' s Dem pie", "Teach
»°nU R and other names that
>s fin<jinf R ! st tbat much fine liquor
■orth of ç*. w *y across the border
°f the R,. r j° h? n wbde the members
°ki I** n i er patrol are talking to
th „ s '? d \ n Plentywood or
Tari »er.LuL b l ack Attorn" at the
10 'P'ow tliA r T emple ' Tb «y want
thl*, A„j Wky ,and wherefore of
«P and tell S ° m<? we may op *
[?use the WW^f J thinRS that wil1
^ border n ! nu ders wbo evade
J«*!». a ^"»e anxious mo
^ efficient ° r ' to tbe w * se should
Tom ST(h:t * * * *
!£. interim tbe l e sser lights
Sun <lay sern^? R P^ss, devotes
^ thi* col Uni T to some remarks
5?« disna r ^ la8t He makes
SS wit h o .T nK re î ïl ? rks about the
d afford ,t ? ntlning tbe pap« 1
J? 1 from Pa8s ov «r such
L Posses« +v?r apparently did
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social and In
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I Public Ownership Making Headway' Says Tiegan
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OPERATIONS OF BIG POWER
MOPnPOUES BEING EXPOSED
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Propaganda in Schools in Interest of Bis Utility Coroorations
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Dare^d linormous Lirait of Northern States Power Com
_C onat _„ at L. i r* pj . . r -
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Common People by Gigantic Combine
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By H. G. Teigan
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outlie pio ö ieisi> IS oemg made along the lines ot public ownership
these days. Loth houses of congress have passed resolutions ap
Paving government operation of the huge Muscle Shoals power
ago passed the Noms resolution
project. The senate some time ^_ ____
and the house just last week adopted the Morin resolution. Both
resolutions are substantially the same and the differences are be
mg adjusted in conference in order that an identical measure may
be passed by both houses before*
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adjournment.
At the same time that Congress is
proceeding to do something along pub
lic ownership line the federal trade
commission is sticking the harpoon in
to the power octopus.
Power Trusts' Operations Exposed
The investigation into the
power
trusts] operations by the federal trade
commission, it will be remembered,
came abozut as a result of a resolu
tion by Senator T. J. Walsh of Mon
tana, adopted by the senate about two
months ago. Senator Walsh attempt
ed o have the investigation t conduct
ed by a committee of the senate, but
by a comparatively small margin the
senate voted to entrust this important
investigation to the federal trade com
mission. The commission as now con
stituted is far from progressive and
the power senators believed that little
harm to their big baby would come
from an investigation by the commis
sion.
But it now appears that things are
not going so well for the trust. The
commission is really performing bet
ter than had been anticipated. Thus
far the work of investigation has been
wonderfully effective and there have
resulted some startling revelations.
Power Interests Control Schools
It has been shown that the power
trust has supplied the public schools
with its literature and it has also
been shown hat text books favorable
to public ownership in use in the pub
lic schools and in the state universi
ties, state normal schools and other
state educational instituions, have
been successfully weeded out as a re
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Dagmar Co-operative Store
Will Increase Capital Stock
To Raise Capitalization from Twenty to Fifty Thousand Dol
lars. Is One of the Greatest Retail Merchandising Estab
lishments in Montana.
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The Farmers Co-operative Association of Damai:, Montana, has
just begun proceedings, through its attorney, Howard M. Lewis,
of Plentywood, Montana, to increase its capital stock from $20,000
to $50,000; and the Producers News is printing five hundred
copies of its amended Articles of Incorporation and amended By
Laws. In another column will be found the formal notice for the
publication of such corporation, indicating its proposed increase of
its capital stock by more than doubling it.
Started In Small Way * *-
This organization was started in
Dagmar in 1917, with a small mem
bership, there being only forty or fif
ty members. It was originally orga
nized as one of the "equity stores"
under the "Montana Plan" of the old
Equity system. And abo !{JMontana's
thing it did was to contribute
for the establishment of a wholesale
house in Great Falls, which has never, |
__ yet, been established. It next pur
chased the store of Petersen and Jor
gensen at Dagmar. The original cost
to the association for this building,
with its equipment a £ d j% aS
invoiced, was about $10,000; and tor
a long time about the first official
act of every director was to sign up
a personal guamaty of the corpora
tion's debts to the extent of about
$12,000 to $15,000.
A Well Managed Enterprise
Originally incorporated for $20,000,
with about'two score members, it now
owns the second largest store ui
northeastern Montana—just a few
feet shorter than the largest store m
Plentywood; and it now has over two
hundred members, and owns two
dwelling houses, and other structures,
addition to its store building. It
uses the old Carl Ruder store building
at Dagmar as a warehouse. its
growth is characteristic of well-man
aged cooperative institutions and is
indicative of what any of farm
ers' organizations may do when tney
operated carefully and well.
Buys for Cash and Distributes
y Dividends
The Farmers Cooperative Associa
tion of Dagmar buys for cash, and it
discounts all its bills. It sells for
caA and all of its members receive
trade-dividends to the extent of from
six per cent to ten per cent on the
amount of their respective purchases.
amoui v ^ the institution last
$78,000. It markets an
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The turn-over
year was over
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suit of the activities of the power
U That t e h P e r o S „ e w ntat r S i h J
at power tr ^st has something
orofits C ar C p an pnnr-mmiV spU pirLa It < f net
gS!
a'ïrs.
During the year 1927 the Standard
Gas and Electric Company which
owns a controlling interest 'in the
Northern States pfwer CoSnanv had
year 1926 What fs mostTstonishW
» chat the net earnings are nearly 45
per cent of the gross Income 45
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AMERICAN LEGION
MEETS IN P'WOOD
The members of the American
* Legion in Northeastern Montana
* held a big get together in Plen
* tywood last Saturday. In the af
* ternoon there was a large meeting
* in the Orpheum Theater and at
* night a big dance at the Farmer
* Labor T e *«Plc- Marty of the Le
* gionn aires s
* big baseball
* day. All the visitors expressed
* themselves satisfied with the
* splendid time they had in the
* Sheridan County Capital.
stopped over for the
_ game the following
Misg Elizabeth Ireland northern
only candidate for high
sta ^ e office was a visitor in Plentv
wood this week. She is candidate for
g ta t e Superintendent of Public In
s t ruc tion on the republican ticket and
mee tj n g w jth much support on her
tour through the state,
Miss Ireland has been super i n tend
ent op scbo °L in Havre for man;
years and bas the support of educators
and public S pi rit e d citizens throughout
nor thern Montana,
ELIZABETH IRELAND
VISITS PLENTYWOOD
MONTANA-DAKOTA
HEAD RESIGNS
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• Williston, May 29. —Warren *
• Jennison, one of the founders of *
• the Montana-Dokota Power com- •
• pany, and president of the organi- *
• zation from which it has grown *
• to its present proportions, has re- •
• signed as manager of the Willis- •
• ton district, his resignation to be- •
• come effective June 1. He plans •
• to go to Montana for an extended •
• vacation. •
• Mr. Jennison has bought property •
• o nthe shore of Flathead lake, 25 •
• miles from Kalispell, and expects *
• to spend the summer there. Be- •
• yond this, he says, he has no •
• plans at present. He retains his •
• financial interest in the Montana- •
• Dakota company. *
• F. R. Kleinsorge, of Williston, •
• it is announced, will succeed Mr. •
• Jennison as manager of the Wil- •
• liston district.
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KREBSBA'^H RESIDENCE
IS SCENE OF SMALL FIRE
Last Tuesday the fire alarm aroused
the people of Plentywood at 4:40 in
I the afternoon. Ihe fire laddies re
sponded instantaneously and the long
1 fire truck swept up the street to the
' £ Iartin Nelson ^ on! ! e in * few minutes,
But some 0 ne had got their wires
1 crossed, and again the fire truck
[wheeled around and speeded to the
Krebsbach home on the opposite side
i of tb ? cii J\ Here il was fouml that
; gasoline had in some manner become
| ignited in a pan and that Mrs. Krebs
j bach had thrown the blazing pan out
i s * de » severely burning herself on both
; arms. She was taken to the hospital
where the burns were treated, when
! sbe a ^ain returned to her home. No j
j damaffe was done to the house - 1
Q q WAGNER BARN
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BURNS —$3,000 LOSS
Wednesday of last week, G. C.
!!'l les south o£
I the buildings and machine. *
a, 11 seems that the youngest son of
~r S "Äf ÜÖÄ £
i , . n gs which were quickly en
: !' S m f,a , mes /"L hot that nothing
f oul<1 Be saved. A brand new Chand-j
h W îf ,n * 6 t B*rage but could no)
Wa « ner had ™ insurance and
2? 5 on , M i|2i t0 in the
j neighborhood of »3 000. He will re
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PLENTYWOOD WINS
TWICE FROM SCOBEY
First Game Was
But Second Game
^»ter of 20 to t,
fas Tight With
Famous Indian Pitcher in the Box
for Scobey.
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he Plentywood baseball team defeat
ed Scobey at the Herald Ball Park in
this city last Sunday by a score of
20 to 4 and again defeated them at
Scobey 5 to 3 last Wednesday.
Before a huge crowd of fans, from,
Plentywood and Sheridan countv and
Scobey, the fast Plentywood team un
der the management of Jack Becker,
smacked the pill all over the lot and
ran bases until their tongues hung out
as the Scobey ball plavers chased the
soaring sphere far out in the fields ln
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all directions, while the Scobey f ans !
who had come down to see their boys
take the Plentywood fence busters to
cleaning, groaned in anguish all j !
despair
For the first two innings all went!
well until the Plentywood players no
ticed that their new balls which had
just been thrown into the game were
through the cover with three
deep gashes. A protest was made* to
the umpire abcui ruining the balls in ,
this mannei and because the practice
of mutilating a bail in this manner is
against the rules of baseball. This j
was the beginning of the end and the
way the Plentywood sluggers landed
on the horsehide was nothing short of
marvelous. Plentywood made five
home runs during the contest. Happy '
Felsch garnered two 3-baggers, cue ;
cut
2-bagger and a home -cm out of five
times at bat.
The last two innings, Meyers re
heved Ryan, but was hit hard, not
claiming to be a twirler.
Clark pitchcu a nice game ior Plei
tywood and while touched up for sev
eral hits, kept them well scattered,
allowing but four runs. Mr. Clark
did exceptionally well considering the
fact that he had just gotten up from
an attack of thç flue a few days previ
ous and was not in the best of shape
pnysicai y. r . Mp
« /xtwI , , .
The second game was played at
Scobey and was a dherent kind ol
r. hb !n .. .i?: "Ph?cf" y <ä
strengthened by Seeley, fam
ous Ind!an pitcher who was going to
pitch for the Mratywood 1team, but
f™! arrangem ents fell th rough. The
Chief was brought over from Minot
by aeroplane m order to be present
for the game and the crowd was held
awaiting his arrival.
The game was full of sensation and
interest from fi a ^ a t o 0 , fini ^ h ^ irst S c °
bey being in the lead and then Plen
tywood with the score a tie—3 to_3 in
the eighth inning. Int he ninth, Bien
tywood took advant g of an error by
Scobey together wl t bbea 7 , bating to
gamer two more sc s and cinch the
game.
It was one of the hardest fought
games ever played on the Scobey dia
mond, and encouraged the Scobey fans
to think that they still had the mak
ings of a team which would defeat the
Plentywood All-Stars, when they got
organized
Scobey has got a good ball club.
Their exhibition in this city last Sun
day was poor because of the weak
ness in the pitcher's box, but the rest
of the team showed up to be of extra
sood players. With the addition of
"Chief" Seeley, the next game with
Scobey will probably not be such a
walkaway, although Plentywood is
still confident of having the best
hunch - of players in the Northwest in
eluding Scobev.
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Rev Calvert returned from a two
weeks' trip to Great Falls and other
Points in the western part of the state,
last Wednesday.
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Williston Rejects Paving Bids
N. D. SENATOR CLAIMS
DOHENY AND SINCLAIR
DONATED TO DEMO FUND
Again—Figures Are Too High
Williston, May 29.—The Williston
city commission rejected all bids for
paving and has aovertised lor new
bids, which are to be received June 11.
This is the. second lot of bids tc be
rejected by the commission, both bc
cause thev appeared too high. Tie
second set of bids came from the
same contractors as the first and the
quotations were the same as those of
lhe fir . st bids -
President Metzger of the city com
mission declares that he has assur
ance that better figures will be ob
tained this time. "We are positive,"
he says, "that paving will be done
this summer and at a much lower
price than those quoted in prior bids.
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Walsh Gets Hot Under Collar When His Party is Hit—Claims
Republican Party and Officials are Only Ones to Blami
Flickertail Senator Says He Has Proof in His Possession—
Claims Sinclair Gave Huge Sum to Democratic Campaign
in New York State in 1924.
LLOYD BOLSTER BREAKS
BONE IN LEG THURSDAY
While playing in the barn at the
rear of his home Lloyd Bolster fell Washington, May 29. —Assertions concerning the democratic
B» 31 »" Thursday of last week, party which were made by Chairman Nye of the senate public
S3Ä hip. ^ committee in his report of the investigation of the Conti
local hospital where Dr, Storkan re- j cental Trading Company were challenged m the closing hour of
duced the fracture. i the session today by two democratic committee members, Walsh
COUNTYAGENTMOVES ÏSÂSl-JÏ:
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County Agent Ferguson has moved
Jos office fixtuers, files and data from
JBe court house to the Sheridan Coun
i library building. The new quarters
TT Tl 3S W SS "I™]! f ! n '
nshed and will be more centrally lo
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OUTLOOK BANKER
MAKES $88.00 ON
TRIP TO FW00D
Some Interesting Sidelights on How
i Game Is Being Played. Niece of
i Bill Hass Finds Nigger in Banker
Koester's Woodpile, Confronts Him
and He Escapes to Duluth<
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with Miss Wanda Hass last
; M°nd a y with reference to some lots
i JJ J he 1v ? utlo< * townsite. It appears
that ^ . f had . considerable
m °n e > in the Security State Bank op
f at ? d b Y Koester and that he advised
! her in so ™ investments. After much
Outlook.—The whole town is talking
about the deal Mr. Frank Koester
conversation Mr. Koester told her he
1 xf 6 ^ er . f 0 ? 1 , 6 °^ s , $150.00.
Mlss , Ha ^ decided to make the mvest
ment. The next thing that happened
was ^ ba ^ * be Outlook banker
j um Pf d his , car and dro ^ e
to Plentywood and bought the lots
^ 0Unt Y Treasurer
He got no deed but re
s °I d them to Mïss Hass making a
P r .cLt of $88.00 or almost $5 for each
?] de he traveled to Plentywood. Miss
® dl< |. no ^ se L e bow ■^ r - Koester
could deliver a deed so soon so she
came t° Plentywood and found out
what the Outlook banker paid for the
bd;s be . so , to ber *. When she learned
* . facts she considered holding up
trains in a gold mining country was
? r ma i s tuff compared to what Mr.
Koester tried to pull on her.
Calls on Banker
She called to see Mr. Koester and
told him that she did not like the deal,
He told her it was a legitimate trans
action. She wanted to withdraw the
monev she had on deposit in his bank
but he told her she would have to
wait.
Next day Mr. Koester left for Dul
u th but is expected back soon. Miss
Hass'« statement to the press on the
subject is as follows:
« 0n Sunday nightj May 27th> j
went over to Frank Koester's home
and he offered me six lots west of
the 0utlook schoo , hoMe {or ?2 00.
, told Mr Koester that was t00
much s ° he aft6r s °" e ar «"
j that be would let me have them
f £ $1M 00 Mr Koester then went
t o Pientywood the foliowing Monday
and ma J e arTangemeilts " ith the
ç ounty Treasurer and paid him
?62 .0O for the six lots that he sold
*, me for ?150 00 makinf . a proflt
0 f about $90.00 for his trip to Plen
tvwood
* "i am a depositor of Mr. Koes
ter>s bank E0 j then went to his
bank and dema nded what money 1
bad on cbec icing account. Roy Nel
g assistant cashier, told me that
the ^ didn , t have money on hand to
pay me ^ ba ^. j baV e to wait until
tomorrow,
"I do not think it fair for Mr.
Koester to try and rob a working
girl of $90.00 just because she has
confidence enough in him to be
lieve him square instead of an old
flim-flammer.
Dark Northern
Winter Wheat
Amber Durum
Flax, per bu. ...
Py«» V e * b «.
j Oats, per bu.
j Barley, per bu. „.
Creamery Butter
Dairy Butter —.
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LOCAL MARKETS
Thursday, May 31, 1928
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discussion by telling the senate that
. he believed port i„ n ï of the report
| were not justified by the testimony.
j Expressing a desire that the actual
'«witness after witness" had testified
that he had " not confined his contri
butions to any one political party" as
"aag........
j Turning to the assertion in the re
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Professor Worst Speaks at
Commencement Day Exercises
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* Professor Worst, well known in *
* North Dakota in the days of the *
* Nonpartisan League, spoke at the *
* Commencement Day exercises at *
* the Orpheum theatre last week. *
* The class was the largest that *
* ever graduated at the local high *
* school for many years. The ad- *
* dress of the North Dakota pro- a
* fessor w'as much appreciated by *
* the large audience. *
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Dillage's Cuban Pirates to
Play Here Next Saturday
Plentywood All-Stars Will Meet Famous Cuban Pirates Next
Saturday, June 2, at Herald Ball Park—The Only Real Cu
ban Ball Club in United States—Hear Them Talk Spanish
When "Happy'' Felsch Hits the Ball.
Manager Backer of the local baseball team has made arrange
ments with Dillage's Cuban Pirates, who are making their first
American tour, to play the Plentywood All-Stars in this city to
-morrow (Saturday) June 2.
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Christen Jacobson, a farmer living
east of Homestead, died at 6:30 a. m.,
mornin S» May 29th.
Mr. Jacobson is an old Civil War
veteran and has a remarkable war
record. He enlisted when he was 17
years of age and continued throughout
* mi' var ; _
The deceased had been ailing for
several years and was under the con
stant attention of his daughter Mav.
He was one of the first settlers in
the Homestead country and was a
very hard worker.
Mr. Jacobson was 84 years of age
when he died, being bom December
12, 1844. His wife preceded him in
death 12 years ago. He is survived by
two daughters, May Jacobson and Mrs.
Belle Kemmer and one son, Arthur
Jacobson, who resides in Washin^on.
Funeral services will be held n
Homestead the latter part of this
w ^ek.
SHERIDAN COUNTY
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HOMESTEAD PIONEER
CALLED TO REWARD
WELCOME RAINS VISIT
Sheridan County was visited by
showers Tuesday morning and the
weather Thursday night gave promise
of more rain to relieve the long spell
of dry weather which had prevailed
in some parts of the county. The rain
w as heartily welcomed by all.
• Three men, Jerome Wilkie 23, *
• Albert Glombois, 24 and Emory •
• Wilkie, 18, were arrested by ♦
• Sheriff Salisbury for stealing a •
• car at Brush Lake two weeks ago •
• and afterwards abandoning it aft- •
• er stripping it of its cosing. The •
• defendants pleaded guilty and *
• were sentenced to 60, 90 and 30 •
• days, respectively, in the county •
• jail. They are now serving their •
• sentences in. the Sheridan County •
• bastile. •
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TIRE THIEVES JAILED
.95
.43
.66
56
.46
.20
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port that Edward L. Doheny, who
leased the Elk Hills naval oil reserve,
had "been liberal with his contribu
tions to both parties," Bratton recalled
that the oil man had said he had con
tributed $75,008 to the democratic
party at one time while it was later
shown that this figure should have
been $34,000. Nye interrupted to say
that subsequent investigation had re
vealed the $34,000 figure as correct.
Defends Report
The committee chairman defended
his report that many witnes^s had
contributed to both parties as a "very
positive statement of fact." He declar
ed that Harry F, Sinclair, who leased
Teapot Dome oil reserve, had helped
both parties financially. This brought
Senator Walsh to his feet with a re
quest for Nye to reveal the source of
his information. The Montanan de
nied that any evidence had been re
ceived showing contributions by Sin
clair to the national democratic cam
paigns.
Nye said information had been re
ceived by the committee, which had
not been published, to the effect that
Sinclair had contributed $3,000 to the
fund raised to bring the 1924 demo
cratic convention to New York. He
added that this information would be
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The Cuban pirates are said to be
the only real Cuban ball club in the
U. S., and they are reported as hav
ing a mighty strong organization.
However, they will find that the local
team are not the common small town
baseball team and will have to travel
on high if they are able to stop the
Plentywood sluggers,
A good crowd is expected to help
the boys defeat the Cubans if it can
be done, and Manager Becker feels
that his boys are equal to the occa
sion with the backing of the local
fans.
When "Happy" Felsch lifts one ov
er the fence, you will hear the Span
i s h rising from the Cuban throats in
a torrent of words,
The Cuban lineup is as follows: Per
! ez, ss.; Kasso, 3b; Ramero, If; Stock
man, cf; Gonzales, 2b; Alvarez, p;
Fernandez, lb; Rocha, rf; Armando, c;
; Diez, p; Casa, p; Rodriguez, Utility.
Locals to Play at Williston Sunday
The day after playing the Cuban
Pirates, Plentywood will play Willis
ton at Williston. The North Dakota
city is said to have a good team this
' year and Williston will be out en
masse to see their local boys play the
All-Star Plentywood team.
GEO. BOLSTER FILES
FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR
George Bolster, old time merchant
and resident of Sheridan county filed
this week for the office of County
Assessor. Mr. Bolster said that if he
is elected he would give Sheridan
county a good daministration in the
office and would not discriminate
against one class of tax payers in fa
vor of another. Mr. Bolster said he
would talk to the voters through the
columns of the Producers News and
would have his picture and policy pub
lished at an early date.
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1 Lars Angvick of the Antelope terri
tory filed for the legislature this week.
To date there has not been many fil
ing but a big rush is expected at the
office of the Clerk and Recorder
week.
LARS ANGVICK FILES
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