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_PLENTYWOOD, MONTANA, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1928
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" Second Claes Matter, October It. Itil, at the Poet
— ——— at Plentywood. Montana, Under t he Act of March », Ittt.
f . A. Clark, Jr. Appeals to Fellow Citizens
judgeshipcampaicn only stir
beware of
ROORBACK
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. Tuesday is primary day. *
• The day is close at hand ail'd *
Mhere is very little time left to *
last minute political at- *
• mswer
• tacks.
« There are always those who in- *
•dulge in the roorback tactic: that *
• is the making of exposures in re- *
• gard to a canndidate in the last *
• hours of a campaign, so late that *
• m an attacked has not time to *
• get his answer into the hands of *
• thf voters before election day. *
• Such tactics are cowardly anti un- *
»fair and those who indulge in *
• them should be defeated on gen- *
• erai principles—for they are not *
» fit for office. *
• No voter should pay the least *
• heed or attention to last minute *
•attacks. If there is information *
•worthy of the voter's considéra-*
• lion. it should by all means be *
• published anil presented in time *
• for the attacked candidate to *
• properly answer. If the attack *
• «ill not stand for answer it is not *
•worthy of your consideration. *
' Those who resort to this last min- *
1 ute stuff are afraid of an answer *
• -they are four flushers and poor *
•sports; they are dishonest and *
• unfair in their campaign an« will *
•be dishonest and unfair when in *
•office. They are un-American *
• and know not the principles of *
• fair play. So beware of the roor- •
•back. *
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FARMER-LABORITES
ANDDRYS PROCLAIM
NEED FOR NEW PARTY
Chicago, July 10.—Keynote speak
OE st the Prohibition ana Farmer
Labor conventions here today
claimed a need for a new party. Dr.
wigh Colvin of ivw York, chairman
f the Prohibition national committee
oeciared a new party is needed, "be
cause neither the Democratic nor the
«publican parties can completely en
force prohibition because each is part
»et and part dry."
tona Hughes Lundy of Chicago,
penmg the Farmer-Labor meeting,
■ a need lor party realignments be
5? of f w hat she termed "the dem
otion of the privileged few."
forrtL parti -o S wiI1 name candidates
C o r idency and ^ ce P resideiic y
Alüiougb he attacked both major
£ n/r î h - eir attitude on prohibi
ts i C3lvm de/cted of his
E h u a "^Kation of Tammany
ZJb ? ( alled upon the whole
electir n m Se up and P r cvent the
«ion of a Tammany wet.
J? 6 , Prohibition * *
g he election this
pro
leader predicted
,, , year will "turn
tional ÄÄ* question whether na
toiKtitm° hblt -n n as lm Planted in the
SuT I— remdin ' or whether
policy." ellmmated b y the A: Smith
Mrs. Lundy advised
, ,, the Farmer
ing worn' U Jv, < we sti ' d can p bow
W r ', taa * democracy will work,
1 ^ if we votin
the tu-n n -
LitL£. old par ties."
Deno cr J: t le , Ç epubbcan nor the
If the a ; lr Platforms "face square
»orkeil most im P orta nt to the
of Dulii;« 01 the coun try—protection
of £ t; reS0Urces ' farm relief, use
Val iiKiT 8 * in l?b°r disputes, and
said Ju>tl ce to rich and poor," she
'ÏO CUDHIE CAM
PAIGNS WITH MATKIN
^ttpanie/bv f Cudh i e of Scobe y
üssioner t îj l« I î Ber County Com
îarmers in h! called upon the
Precinctc tlJ ^ utloolc and adjoining
CES of the week in thi
!°r the lin former ' s . candidacy
Wjfe 0 # u, u , h : ran .nomination for
trict. ae twentieth judicial dis
The
SVi ta L S . 0ciet y of the Catholic
« ^er-Law'-r.^ a dance at the
& to^ h T r ple Tuesday » juiy
Dieted , llcn the «
1 Tl <*ets $ 1 . 00 ,
general public is
lunch 25c.
.- 2.™ MUST
*»swa BOND SUIT
nLED IN SHERIDAN
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' «M,"*""!. teile sued by •
Falls—Th e
National •
b bond dose to *
Hi a roM : n from his office
* PUintifp. ' mnst answer the •
* ^ine to amendfed complaint oc
Kpt " ® rder in the federal
to - Md >*
. ^ defenw overruled
> i Rat iol£ an ' # derau rrer. The*
«OBrt d3 1)6611 in the federal
* Ww U* «msiderable period,
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in primary
St anH C WK did r teS S r f te Little Interest—Rankin and Dixon
-Nr W | h r er . a " d ^' eWart ° nl y Names People's Tongues
on Republican TiSS "* 7 "' amPaig " *■** Sheriff C """* 4
VOTE WILL BE LARGE PRIMARY DAY
J " d " 2 fistlet iÄtefSlÄS
Both Candidates Busy
Judge Paul has been
. . out over the
district which is composed of Roose
velt, Daniels and Sheridan counties
as much as his duties in the chambers
will allow and has come in contact
with as many of the voters as pos
sible. He reports that the sentiment
seems to be overwhelming with him,
but his opponent, Attorney Cudhie is
a campaign especially in
the cities and villages and is leaving
n ° fiel ?s unplowed. Mr. Cudhie has
covered the district very thoroughly,
and he says that everything is now
oyer but the shouting", that he had
plenty of votes in his bag to insure
his nomination. Attorney Cudhie has
the ardent support of Sid Bennett
and Wm. Stevens and many of the
members of the old political group
that used to dominate this section of
the state and many voters look upon
the effort to nominate Attorney Cud
hie as the effort of this group to ac
tually come back politically. Attor
ney Cudhie's campaign has been
largely managed by Burley Bowler,
an experienced campaigner, editor of
the .Daniels. County Leader, who is
putting in his best licks for him. Ed
itor Dolin of the Medicine Lake Wave
is also strongly suporting the candid
acy of Attorney Cudhie. Outside of
this indications are that public sen
timent is largely with Judge Paul.
People as a whole believe that Judge
Paul has made good, that he is fair,
and capable and honest, and not parti
san, and that he ought to be nominat
ed. Those interviewed by the Pro
ducers News who have been out over
the district report that the vote will
give Judge Paul a two to one or bet-,
ter vote for the nomination and that
he will carry all three counties. At
torney Cudhie has never been a good
vote getter; he ran for county attor
ney twice in Daniels county being de
(Continued on Last Page!
Whole Nation Watches Flight
Of Planes That Will Visit Froid
Latest Dispatch Reports 22 Planes Make Perfect Flight While
Woman Pilot Has Trouble and Another Has Bad Luck.
Will Be at Froid, Sunday, July 22nd.
Tuczon, Ariz., July 11.—Twenty-two airplanes competing in
the National Air tuor Tuesday night were parked at the Davis
Monahan field after all but one had made perfect flights on the
nop from El Paso, Tex. John P. Wood, piloting a Waco, continued
to pile up his lead Tuesday but Mrs. Phoebe Omlie, piloting
monocoupe, arrived late after a day of trouble.
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Mrs. Omlie, who crashed her own*
ship at Marfa, Tex., now is flying
another plane of the same model
given her by Jack (Atkinson, tour
entrant who withdrew and is flying
as a passenger.
Of the 23 planes which reached El
Paso, one was left behind Tuesday
morning. George Peck, flying a Tra
velair,, halted to repair a balky mag
neto. '
Peck's ill luck was a doubly hard
blow—his home town, Tucson, had
prepared for him a special welcome
program. The honorary ceremonies
were hopefully held in abeyance
awaiting Peck's arrival.
Wednesday's schedule calls for a
hop-off at 8 o'clock for Ytnna, Ariz.
Here the planes will refuel and con
tinue to San Diego, Cal., for the
night stop. They are due to arrive
at Los Angeles July 12 and San Fran
cisco July 14.
Froid, —In a message received last
Tuesday the local Chamber of
Commerce, was informed that the
air-tour ships had reached the Mis
souri City; all ships except two were
credited with perfect scores.
Much interest is being displayed
over the entire nation in the > fhffht
of this fleet of planes, especially in
the sections over which they fly and
the cities they visit. John Wood of
Wausau, Wis., is leading the tour,
with Frank Hawk flying a Ford trans
port second; Dowser is third m a , b H n_
son-Detroiter. Eddie Stinson, of L>e
troit, who broke the world's endur
ance record is flying fourth with a
Stinson-Detroiter monoplane.
Twenty-Five Planes
Twenty-five ships are in the race
and are being piloted by the nation
best. The ships are of many defer
ent makes, of the latest models and
tuned up to give the very best that is
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PEOPLE S PUB. CO.
STOCK HOLDERS
MEETING RECESS
. The Stockholders Meeting
the Peoples Publishing Company
winch was advertised for last
„ Monday was quite well attended,
but there were not enough stock
* Present to constitute a quorum
so the meeting was recessed
' hi Saturday afternoon, July
at two o'clock, when it is hoped
that enough stock will be repre
sented to hold a meeting, elect
a new Board of Directors
transact such other business __
may properly come before the
* meeting. All stock holders are
* ur ged to be present either in
m Person or in proxy, in person,
preferably if possible, as this will
be a very important one.
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The following marriage licenses
have bee» issued from Clerk of Court
Olson's office during the past two
weeks: fh vV C. ;
Nels L. Ytelson, Dooley, and Nancy
Walkedeh, Raymond, June 30th.
James Logan, Glasgow, and Nina;
J. Leven^, Spobey, on July 2nd.
Magçfi Qverby, Alma, Sask., and!
Martha Blekeberg, Lake Alma, Sask.,
July 3rd.
George Earl Wyatt, Antelope, and
Icy Lee Wolfe, Plentywood, on July
MARRIAGE LICENSES
9th.
Benjamin Holland, Antelope,
Emma ,Lee, Antelope, on July 10th.
and
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in them. In addition to these twen
ty-five ships there should be at least
a dozen other ships;, some are coming
from Regina, Canada, some from
North Dakotà and a number of oth
ers from various parts of the state.
One Woman Flier
A tiny "monocoupe" is being pi
loted by Mrs. Phoebe F. Omlie, the
only woman pilot making the tour.
Big Crowd Coming
With favorable weather the attend
ance to this event will be the great
est ever gathered together in eastern
Montana. They are coming from
miles and miles to see this flight and
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FWOOD ALL-STARS
GOING GOOD IN CAN
ADIAN TOURNAMENT
Word was received here today)
(FrMay) that the Plentywood base
ball team which is playing in Win
nipeg and representing that dty
in a big baseball tournament, had
defeated Melrose twice with John
Donaldson, the great colored pitch
er in the box for Melrose. The
first game was a 4 to 0 victory and
the second 9 to 7. D^aajdson was
knocke« out of the box m the last
ga r^ e * t,, , , ... ni
The Plentywood A!1!^-Stars are
going good and look as though
they would brrng home the bacon,
al though report sure rather inde
finite as Producers News goes
to press. There have been no de
feats for the local team so far.
Sheridan County
Sells 250,000
Pounds of Wool
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The sheep shearing is now complet
ed over the county and nearly 250,
000 pounds of wool has been gath
ered by the sheep men for shipment
east.
The shearing was
, , _ delayed this
year by the rainy weather during
June which stopped operations
different times.
The average price of wool, accord
ing to leading sheep men of the
county will be 38c a pound.
The wool pool received some of
the crop while others shipped direct
commission houses at Boston,
Mass. Dewey Gould & Co. being'
one of the big purchasers.
Sheridan county is now one of the
leading counties in the state with
gards to wool production and the
at
to
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sheep men are wearing the broad
smile of success these days.
Farmers May Establish
Creamery at Williston
Williston, N. D., July 12.—-The di
rectors of the Farmers Union Pro
duce association are considering the
establishment of a co-operative cream
ery at Williston and if sufficient
stock is subscribed by the farmers of
the territory tributary to the city to
insure ample working capital, it is
probable that the produce association
will be merged with the creamery or
ganization.
The report
. for J ur.c shows the
handling of 16,449 pounds of butter
fat during June at a profit to the
association of $917.70.
The present privately owned
ery will in all probability be leased
^ the c° m Pany is formed and an ef
f° r t W1 . be made to enlarge its
?f business so as to take in cream
from northeastern Montana and Mc
Benzie county.
V
cream
zone
ITALIA MEN GOING
MAD IN ARCTIC ZONE
Stockholm, July 12.—The five
vivors of the Italia are ill with fever
and most of them show signs of par
tial insanity, according to word
ceived from the Swedish rescue ship
Quest today. Little hope is held for
their immediate rescue. Their morale
is low.
Lieutenant Einar-Pall Lundborg,
who was marooned on the ice near
Foyn Island with them for 13 days,
said that his stay was terrifying.
They had very little food and what
he got was rather unappetizing. They
were reprovisioned before he was
rescued, however.
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All Have Fever
Lieutenant Lundborg asserted all
the survivors were suffering from
fever and most of them showed signs
of mental aberration. Giuseppi Bio
go, radio operator, was suffering
from fever for the last two days be
fore Lundborg was rescued, but
ertheless, he arose at least
daily to operate the wireless.
Since Lundborg was rescued last
Friday there has been no radio con
tact with the marooned men, advice
from the Quest said.
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twice
Dakota Candidates are Tied
for Sheriff In Williams Co.
The official can
vass of the vote in William county
reveals the fact that two of the
en candidates for the nomination of
sheriff are tied for second place, Carl
Erickson and D. C. Poling having 923
votes each.
On unofficial returns Erickson had
928 votes, a lead of five over Poling,
but the canvassing board found in one
precinct returns an error that set the
Spring Brook man back five votes.
This was the only change made by
the canvass.
Mr. Erickson, who was sheriff of
the county several years ago, has not
been in the city since the canvass was
made and it is not known what ar
rangements he will desire to make to
settle question as to which shall go
on the ballot, but Poling, who has
been deputy sheriff for four years, i?
willing to have the toss of a coin de- 1
cide the matter. „
O. N. Lee, the league indorsee for
the sheriff's office, led the field of
seven candidates, having 1,423 votes.
The others, who are definitely elim
inated are E. O. Sundby, I. J. Moses, j
Earl Swimlev and Andrew Omholt.
Williston, July 9.
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CECIL JOHNSON TO HOLD SALE
Cecil L Johnston, custom officer,
located at Dooley, is holding a sale
iof hie hnnephold furniture at Dooley,
Saturday July 21st. Mr. Johnston
has a full set of household furniture
and utensils and anyone desiring fur
niture and other articles pertaining to
a household will do well to attend
the sale The Johnstons are contem
plat ^ e ' a ^er west.
son of empire builder
WILL FIGHT TO FINISH
Deposed As Head of Western Lumber Company and Missoula
Public Service Company Thru Intrigue of Copper Serpents,
W. A. Clark Answers With Challenge to Battle. Says
copie Must Rescue State from Shameful Degredations
Now Existing.
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IT MAY BE A WAR OR IT MAY BE A BATTLE
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Special to Producers News, By Butte Miner.
Butte, Montana, Wednesday, July 11—W. A. Clark,
Jr., yesterday, issued the following:
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF MONTANA
There are five heirs to the estate of my father, the
late Senator W. A. Clark, of whom I
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will 1 was placed in charge of the Montana property and
at the head of the corporations comprising what is known
as the Clark interests. This arrangement continued until
1 was deposed as president of the Western Lumber Com
pany and the Missoula Public Service Company at Mis
soula, yesterday.
The foregoing is told only because it is necessary to a
dear understanding of the causes leading to the action
ol the other stockholders or heirs in removing me from
the presidency of these companies.
I was offered a price if I would consent to withdraw
from and cease the campaign that has been undertaken
by the Butte Miner and Daily Northwest to arrest
trol of the state government from the Anaconda Copper
Mining Company and return it to the people. 1 would be
permitted to remain at the head of these companies, and
in authority over their affairs. If I refused, I would be
removed.
I promptly refused.
My manhood is not for sale at this or any other price.
These briefly are the facts relating to the acts at the
meeting at Missoula.
I entered this fight to see it through and with a full
understanding of possible consequences. I have no per
sonal ambitions and nothing to win or lose save the sat
isfaction of having performed a duty and rendered a
public service. I have no differences or controversy
with the Anaconda Company and can live and do business
in this state under the same conditions that prevail over
the other residents of Montana.
Now then, why has this fight been undertaken to re
move Montana from the domination of these New York
over-lords as they have been well named: overlords in
Montana, but not in New York, where they are messen
gers for the powers above them. It has been undertak
en, first, to release Montana of the shameful name of be
ing a corporation-owned state. Secondly, it has been un
dertaken to make business safe, so that it cannot be tak
en away from an honest man by judge-made law or cor
poration owned courts. It has been undertaken to
serve the right of self government to the people of Mon
tana and rescue it from the control of these agents of
the money power of Wall street, who operate our state
government by instructions over the telephone to these
messengers on the sixth floor of the Singer building who
transmit them to a truckling and truculent governor at
the state house in Helena. In their efforts to gag the
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Butte Miner these cowardly grand-dukes of the copper
octopus were afraid to come out in the open and fight.
So they thought to gag the Miner and me by conveying
threats of reprisal to the other heirs of the W. A. Clark
estate, who live iif New York and have long been out of
touch and sympathy with Montana.
"Montana is my home and will be while I live.
"I am proud of the privilege of being a native
I am proud of the name of Clark and of the part my
Father had in the development of the Butte Miner and
Montana; of the honors that were given him by his fel
low citizens and of the place he holds in the memory of
the splendid pioneers who were associated with him in
the trying times of the past. I will protect that name
while I live and fight for its honor as my Father would
be doing if he were with us today. My heart is in Mon
tana. I love every blade of grass and every tree in it I
will fight to the finish to rid it of the black name that it
has acquired because of the rule of an unscrupulous ring
of so-called financiers, who strong arm our own happi
ness, thimble rib taxation bodies, bully the legislatures
choose then own appointees for public offices and force
a serving governor to sign their appointments.
"It is a disgraceful condition of affairs, humiliating to
every red blooded man or woman citizen who
stands it.
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I have nothing to ask from the people of Montana.
I am fighting their fight and do not presume to be more
than a helper. The fight cannot be won unless they
come out to the front arrayed in fighting formation.
"I will give of my time or resources and the aid of
the Butte Miner and the Daily Northwest and other
forms of publicity as needed. As the Butte Miner
marked the other day, 'This may be a battle or it may be
a war.' Either event will be fought out and to the fin
ish. It may even be won by the people next Tuesday if
they will rally to defeat the Anaconda., candidates for
high office.
There can be no peace in this state until this arrogant
power of the copper heads of Wall Street is broken fin
ally and for all time.
I appeal to all citizens of Montana to arise and stand,
shoulder to shoulder in this fight for their independence
from outside government of and interference with their
own affairs."
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Here July
24th to 29th
Guarantors Ask Public to Buy
Season Tickets Which Will
Insure Chautauqua Next
Season.
The Plentywood Chautauqua will be
held in this city from July 24 to July
29.
An excellent program will be giv
en this year with high class special
ties.
The business men of Plentywood
.who have guaranteed receipts of
$1300 in season tickets are asking
the general public to purchase
son tickets from the committee in or
der that the amount may be raised
and that the purchaser may save him
self money and insure a Chautauqua
for this city next year.
The committee has advertise
sea
ment on page four of this week's is
S sue of the Producers News calling at
i tention to this fact. Read it.
INITIATIVE MEASURE
HAS 4,000 TO SPARE
18,000 Signatures For Prohibition
are Filed With Secretary of State.
Many More Than Necessary Two
Thirds of Counties Respond.
Helena.—Signatures sufficient to
place upon the ballot in November
the proposed measures providing a
prohibition law' for Montana haye
1 been filed with the secretary of state.
Several thousand more than suffi
cient signatures have been filed and
it is assured that the measure will
be on the ballot in the election this
fall, according to officials of the
Montana Prohibition Initiative league.
Many more than the necessary two
thirds of the counties have sent in
more than the required eight per cent
of their number of voters as signers
to the petitions.
34 Counties in Line
Signatures received up to June 24
at the office of the secretary of state
in Helena totaled 18,013. This was in
excess of 4,000 more than the requir
ed number. Thirty-four counties,
more than the required two-thirds,
had filed petitions,
which had filed signatures totaling
more than eight per cent of their
registered voters follows:
Make Full Quotas
Big Horn, Blaine, Carbon, Chou
teau, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fal
lon, Fergus, Flathead, Gallatin, Gol
den Valley, Hill, Jefferson, Judith
Basin, Lake, Liberty, Mineral, Mis
Pondera,
Rosebud,
Stillwater,
Wibaux,
The counties
soula, Phillips, Petroleum,
Prairie, Ravalli, Richland,
Roosevelt, Sheridan,
Sweetgrass, Toole, Valley,
Yellowstone.
The Montana Initiative Prohibition
leaguè plans an extensive campaign
during the rest of the summer and
j continuing up to election day.
FARMER'S BODY
IS LOCATED IN
MISSOURI RIVER
Ferry Employe at Wolf Point Recov
ers Remains of Robert Mielke
Drowned Last Week.
Wolf Point, July 9.—The body of
Robert Mielke, McCone county farm
er, was taken from the Missouri riv
er here Monday morning at 10:30 by
Russell Leathers, ferry boat employe.
; Mielke was drown Thursday night,
I whe nhe drove his car through guard
i rails on a ferry at Frazier. He was
j about 50 years old.
j The. body showed signs of having
i been in the water several days and
was that of a man of about 5 feet
I 9 inches tall, with dark hair and
j dressed in blue bib overalls, a blue
shirt and black shoes. A small purse
in his pocket contained a $10 bill and
50 cents. A glass case containing
gold rimmed nose glasses also was in
a pocket.
The description was broadcast from
j station KGCX Monday noon.
At direction of County Attorney
Hugh N. Marron, the body was taken
i in charge by a Wolf Point undertak
j er.
The body was identified as that of
I Robert Mielke by bis brother, H. A.
Mielke of Glasgow. Acting Coroner
Charles, Gordon decided no inquest is
necessary. Burial will be at Frazer.
! Mielke leaves a wife and little son.
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SMALL SON OF DOOLEY
FARMER BREAKS LEG
The three-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Brown of near Dooley
had his thigh broken in an auto ac
cident Saturday of last week. He
was brought to the Sheridan Me
morial hospital In this city where
the fracture was reduced and
wag
able to return to his home 6 miles
north of Dooley last Tuesday.