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XI, No. 22.
A PAPER OF THE PEOPI F FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE
PLENTYWOOD, MONTANA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1928
Sub. Rates: SWt 85 SS ÎS
Entered as Second Class Matter, October 18, 1811. at the Poet
office at Plentywood, Montana, Under the Act of March I, ItfB.
ÎÔLUME
\Vho Will Be Princess of Sheridan County This Year?
PICK YOUR FAVORITE CANDIDATE;
SEND HER NAME IN AT ONCE
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Will Win This Free 1 np to Montana State Fair? All
Expenses Paid and Royal Entertainment for Young Lady
Winning the Diadem m Contest conducted by Montana
Fair Board and The Producers News.
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ahat voung Sheridan County Lady wants to represent this
V Ovinno« it thp Montana Stato Fair nt Halpna La f atari
county as Princess at tne Montana ötate ban at Helena be teted
aiid dined mid entertained lor one entire week, participate in the
pdion of Queen of Montana, and be received by the Governor
Mansion, and*- - -
Who
State
the Governor's
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given
in honor
!l Thé Producers News will provide
_ ea in for the people of this county
I piect a County Princess, to receive
trip with all expenses paid. The
fortunate young lady will have a won
derful time— an outing worth working
night and day for.
The different villages and commun
ié of Sheridan county have many
harming ladies most of whom would
appreciate a trip of the kmr, who
Ä1 make ideal princesses.
Qualifications
To be nominated for County Prin
ce the ladv must be between the
of 18 and 26 years and have
w n a resident of Sheridan county
since July 15th, 1927—which are all
of the qualifications necessary, with
the most of the votes to win this won
derful trip.
Who Will Be Lucky Young Lady?
We are herewith printing a nomi
nation blank which must be used by
the young lady or her friends to en
ter. The Producers News will pub
lish the names of all the nominees.
Nominations will «be received by the
Contest Manager, care of the Pro
ducers News, up until Saturday, Sept.
8th. Rules and regulations governing
the contest will then be mailed to
each of the young ladies.
Act now and get your candidate in
the contest !
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Henry Gronvold of the Antelope
territoiy motored to the county seat
Friday. Henry was one of those who
was hard hit by hail this year.
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Deal is Made for Cash Consideration But Sum Is Not Reveal
«I— Possession Given to Copper Company Wednesday Is
Report—C. F. Kelley, President of Mining Concern, Makes !
1C.M. Completes Purchase
Of W. A. Clark Properties
Announcement.
Butte, Aug. 25 — Officials and attorneys of the Anaconda Cop
per Mining Company devoted Wednesday to the task of reorganiz
es the several corporations involved in the sale to that company
the Vv. A. Clark interests in Butte and Montana-. By nightfall
-»no less than six of these had
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YOUNG MEN HELD UP
RY AIlTft RANiïUTÇ
U uAluJllü
Gurney and Kenneth KeUy
eld Up by Highwaymen as They
. Car Parked in Front of Kel
v Residence.
^hile sitting in a Chrysler 62 coupe
. ont of the Dave Kelly residence
C1 |i' Kenneth Kelly of Plenty
coctejv ^ aren ce Carney were ac
TupJi ^ re . e strangers about 2:00
o ut . a J doming fnd ordered to get
* Pr . n r . £ lve up the car in which they
Carney Umg w Bich belongs to Mr.
Quest S a ™ e y complied with the re
the orl ^ e . Bandits but when he hit
Wc t^v was running with the
tod tile , car sa * e ly in his pocket
orders £? r .kcked. The robbers then
car »ui e ^ to
a?
unlock and drive the
as passengers, but he
ton c °aldn't do so. About this
ed a ... °* holdup men display
1 strino-° r w ^roB he had fastened to
what n£ aroun d his neck and just
tostrumova - Woidd Bave made of the
just at i. 1 !- P r °hlematical because
toother at Carne y drove up in
lubbers fled Wlth assYstance and *Be
{Option ?£ lice were given a de
began a J , men immediately
»to ail ®^ arc B for the parties. A
found a t *i ng T> to tB® description was
I« tteforte, livery barn, and
. was Positively iden
Both Keiiv, ne i'B® holdup men by
1 ^or tL d Carn ®y- 9e also had
Ms np r C v° nvenientl y a string
* ave the nam «
N? 0r e Justin. was Brought
l^sdav » °* iBe Peace Wheeler
with IntenUo ^
(c °ntlnuea
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as
commit robbery
on Last Page)
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COMERTOWN STORE
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MONDAY EVENING!'
Jacob Tweet Store Again Entered by
Thieves Who Stole Guns and Mer
chandise—Two Suspects Arrested.
Sheriff Salisbury was again called
to Comertown Tuesday morning to in
vestigate the -second ro"bbery of the
store of Jacob Tweet Monday night or
Tuesday morning. S
The only clue to the robbers was a
hat which had been left .by one of
the burglars. Sheriff Salisbury got
busy at once and after investigating
found that two men had left Comer
town that morning and immediately
traced them, finding the strangers be
tween McElroy and Westby. One of
the men was identified by Comertown
citizens as the wearer of the hat
found in the store on the previous
day. Both men were brought to
Plentywood and placed in the county
jail. They gave the names of Si*
Schultz and Ray Howard. Schultz
gave his home as Emérado, N. D. and
Howard says he is from Illinois.
Sheriff Salisbury is asking all mer
chants In small towns without police
protection to keep a very close watch
their places of business, especially
at night as these places make easy
pickings, unless guarded, for the
tough element which fs following the
harvest hands. » ^
on
in line with the new ownership.
mc C nTftuowe™S p™blicitioi y of''sMe
and^Rob-j
ert Tally, president of the Clark-Mon
tana Realty Company. Expressed
opinions of officials were to the ef
fect that the former Clark mining
properties of Butte are probably to
be the object of intensive develop
ment on the part ° f the YY f'^ 1 °^ er ^
mo 0 un f t C1 of 1S in^ney n i e nvoWed in the deal.
The transaction resulted in the unit
ing of two banks, the W. A. Clark &
Bro. bakers and the Metals Bank and
Trust Co., the combined assets of
which will give Montana the largest
bank in the interior northwest in point
of capital structure.
Another phase of the sale, one
which had been talked of with consid
erable interest about the state, was
the passing of the Butte Miner com
into the hands of the Anaconda
A
by
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pany
company. . , ,. _
Physical possession of the proper
ties was to be turned over Wednes
day
In connection with the sale the
Standard printed the following state
ment of C. F. Kelley, president of the
Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
"As a result of negotiations
have been carried on for the i aa .
days the Anaconda Copper Mining
j has contracted to acq ™£®
cash consideration all of the
utilities comprising the i
company
for a
Montana
lowing properties: #
The banking business of Je f
partnership of W. A. Clark
ther; Butte Electric Railway Co^,
Timber Butte Milling Co ™m Orta
Minin c Co., Moulton Mining
Butte Miner Co., (morning
per); Montana Hardware Oo.^the
Montana property of . nnonerty
tana Realty Co., and all the property
of the Western Lumber Co., also »
t^ust rag«)_ _
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FOliNDDEADINYARn
Two Year Old Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Adolph Torgrimson Thought to
Have Been Killed by Kick of Horse.
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L^uSTwtK SnSTÄVSd
Mrs. Adolph Torgrimson, who live on
the , Frad Decker place near Dooley,
ran to the house screaming that their
little brother Lynn was lying on his
back out in the yard.
I. The anxious parents raafetd out and
took the llttle fellow "to the house
and then made a hurried trip to Dool ,
ey with the unconscious boy.
Cooper was secured and after an ex
j found tilat life had left the
UÆlgMSfÂÇ
the other children saw Lynn as he
hay on the ground. It is thought that
the boy was kicked by a horse ac
there were bruises over the lower ribs
"ää'ä be u
aftrnoon.
The family has the sincere sympa
thy of all im their bereavement.
Dr.
HUNTING SEASON WILL
OPEN SEPTEMBER 16
Mate will be the targets for the scat
tergun sportsman, after a closed sea
son several years. The season on
upland birds will open September 16
Tor a 19-day period, J. W. Carney,
chief deputy game warden announces,
Duck season will open on the same
1 date and continue until December 31.
(At a recent meeting of the tefe and
S a me commission in Lewistown, a*»
closed season was declared on upland
^ds in Shendan, Roosevelt, Daniels,
Flathead and Powell counties and that
P a rt of Teton county north of the Te
nve J- ., , , ,
Already the geese can be heard ov
« head at nights, waging their way
'»-the ""«>• D "<*s are gathering
" n the . 1 f^ es and small.bodies of wa
fcLjSfJ to/ÄShS*
1 hustling for themselves.
| Producers News Want Ad
Wins Over Three Papers
r
Once again the upland birds of the
W. C. Hayden of Soo Post Office
was a Plentywood visitor Tuesday aft
ernoon of this week. While in the
city Mr. Hayden called at the Pro- i
ducers News office to pay for a want 1
ad which he had sent in to be print
ed in this paper last week. He said
he had the same ad in the Daniels
County Leader, Medicine Lake Wave,
Redstone Review and The Producers
News The ad in the Producers News
brought the results and the truck
was sold to Ervin Sachow of Plen
tywood. He said he found out the
S" to°advï rt M„g tS fr ° m Whe " "
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John Jl ™ it P «1,
SSSTiS year"who°cany W (rff Ms
firewood.
Wellington D. Rankin Outlines
Policies of State Government
j Republican Nominee for Governor Discusses Serious Prob
lems Confronting the Next Montana Administration.
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predation of Herbert Hoover as the Republican presidential can
update, Wellington D. Rankin, the party's candidate for governor,
declared "we are singularly fortunate to have a man who has
spent all the formative years of his life in the west, living in Iowa,
Oregon, Nevada and California. *
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Prefacing his address to the Republican platform with an ap
Quoting from Mr. Hoover's speech '
0 f acceptance, Mr. Rankin said: "In
these plain, matter of fact, unequivo
ca i statements, there rings sincerity
^ determination. He pledges him
self to something definite and practi
ca ^ name ly the expenditure of a few
hundred million dollars, if necessary
in ord er to give the farmers their fair
s h are of the nation's prosperity.
Turning to the problems of the next
state administration, he said: "We
mindful of the fact that the next
governor of Montana will assume the
reins of government with an empty
treasury—a treasury worse than emp
ty, a mortgaged treasury—with an
overdraft of $3,063,004.32 in the gen
eral fund alone in June 30 of this
and an indebtedness in addition
are
year,
thereto of five million dollars which
was incurred by the people of the
state for construction, repairing and
equipping of the buildings at the sev
eral educational institutions.
Sees Need of School Aid
Nor are we unmindful of the fact
that provision must be made for the
maintenance of the four teaching
units of the University of Montana,
which have been receiving income
from a special mill and a half passed
by initiative measure No. 18 in 1920,
longer effective after. the year
n
no
1930.
Recalling that the present governor
recommended that the legislature
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CATHERINE GORMLEY
1927 Princess iof Sheridan County
STUDENTS SHOULD
ENROLL FIRST DAY
Crowded Condition of School May Re
sult in Some Students Being Unable
to Enter Later in Term—Plenty
wood People Asked to Co-operate
With Superintendent GLorvick for
Betterment of Schools.
In accordance with a recent de
cision of the board of education of the
Plentywood school district, the Plen
tywood schools will open on Monday
September 3. This follows a cutom
o"f long standing, that of opening
school on the first Monday of Sep
tember. There have been but few de
viations from this rule.
It will not be ne^sary for those
who were in high school or the eighth
grade at Plentywood last year to en
roll prior to Monday, September 3.
Students who are entering the lo
cal high school for the first time and
who are not graduates of the local
eighth grade should either try
come to the school sometime during
the week of August 27th to Septem
ber 1st and enroll or drop a card
j Supt. M. 0. Glorvick, signifying that
i they will be here on Monday, Septem
her 8 and in which class they expect
to enroll. Students from other school
districts than the local one should
bring evidence of having completed
the eighth grade and those who have
attended high school elsewhere should
submit a transcript of their record
from the school previously attended.
Expect Large Enrollment
While no definite information can
be given at this time as to the en
JÄ
admission willl be greater man any
made'to take care of every applicant
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either amend the present classifica
tion law or refer to the voters a new
financing measure for the university,
Rankin declared that "there
should be no change in the classifica
tion law which will, in any way add
to the tax burden of farm lands and
implements, livestock, real estate,
merchandise or such non-producing
property as homes."
He expressed himself in favor of
the best schools and universities with
in the state's means; for good roads;
for reduction in the rentals on state
lands; for more facilities for deter
mining protein content of wheat; for
amendment of the workmen's com
pensation law toward an
financial adjustment" between the
employer and the insured workman
or the dependents of those killed; for
enforcement of all the provisions of
the constitution, "including the 18th
amendment; for patronage of home
industry in purchases for state insti
tutions-, for consolidation of state
boards and offices, simplification of
the automobile registration law, ade
quate legislation to protect inmates
of state institutions against mistreat
ment, and adequate bank tax legisla
tion.
Mr.
equitable
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No Business Prejudice
"There must be," he concluded, "no
prejudice against honest business, or
ABANDONED CAR IS
FOUND BY OFFICERS
Pontiac Sedan With Oklahoma Li
cense No. 525-387, Engine No. P
11498 Found on West Road—Ma
chine in Bad Condition When Dis
covered.
While the city police were out ap
prehending car thieves Tuesday morn
ing they came across an abandoned
Pontiac sedan at the side of the road
between the Martin Nelson residence
and the Bob Chapman place in the
west part of Plentywood.
The car was brought into the Lang
garage where the license number and
engine number were takn by the offi
cers. A communication was at once
sent to Oklahoma reporting the pick
ing up of the car in the hopes that
the owner might be found . It was
thought by the officers, however, that
the machine carried a stolen license.
Evidently the occupants of the
abandoned car had met with some
kind of an accident before leaving
the auto to its fate as the front axle
was badly bent and the front wheels
were completely out of alignment.
The speedometer on the sedan reg
istered 22,196 miles and the body and
cushions were in first class condi
tion.
No clue as to the owner has been
found at this time. The machine is
believed to have come from the west
as it was headed toward Plentywood
when found.
RAIN AND TORNADOES
DESTROY IOWA AND
MINNESOTA CROPS
had taken horses to sell several weeks
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the gram which had been cut to mold
and rot in the field. Many crops
were also wiped out by hail.
Mr. Manney said that after looking
over that country of high priced
farms he preferred Montana and
wouldn't trade acre for acre if he had
to farm it.
Jack Manney returned Tuesday of
this week from points in southern
Minnesota and northern Iowa here he
ago. He said he visited the city of
Austin, Minn., four days after the
tornado had wrecked that city am
never saw such a sight 1 . That por-'
tion of Minnesota and northern Iowa,
he also said, was a veritable swamp,
rain coming down in torrents nearly
every day and terrific heat causing
to
to
ANTELOPE SONS OF
NORWAY WILL BUILD
NEW LODGE HALL
The Sons vf Norway Lodge of An
telope plans a large, new hal 1 and is
asking for bids for its construction to
be completed by Oct, 15. Antelope has
a large number of Norwegians living
in that vicinity and this lodge has
grown to such proportions since its
creation several years ago that the
present hall is inadequate for the
large gatherings, which sometimes
number more than 200.
special interest, on the other hand,
should own the
government, for
the government
belongs to the
people."
Mr. Rankin's
address follows:
"This is the
twentieth time
since state hood
that the Repub
licans have met
to formulate a
declaration o f
principles for
the republican
party of Mon
tana.
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It is signifi
cant, however,
that in the 40
years that have
elapsed since
Montana became a state we have had
but two Republican governors elected
by the people and this has been so
spite of the fact that a plebiscite
the voters of Montana would disclose
that there are at least 25,000 more
who claim adherence to the Republi
can than to the Democratic faith.
other words, Democratic governors
have been chosen by Republlcan elec
tors.
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Wellington D.Rtankin
Republican Candi
date for Governor.
We stand, however, today in a dif
ferent situation. While there is
such thing in human affairs as per
fect harmony the Republicans of Mon
tana are more united and militant for
the cause of independent state govern
ment than ever before in their his
tory.
"We are always proud to consider
the record of the Republican party.
It assumed control of the legislative
and executive branches of the federal
government 69 years ago. It had
sooner gained control of the govern
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SINKING SPELL ENDS IN
DEATH AT 3:45 A. M.
Immediate Members of Family at Bedside in Executive Man*
sion as Consciousness Leaves—Fatal Relapse Follows Sun
day Rally—Heart Failure Ascribed as Cause of Demis«
Lieut. Governor Walter Maddock Called From Farm to
Assume Governorship—New Executive is Progressive.
Bismarck, Aug. 28.—Governor Arthur G. Sortie of North Dako-
ta died at 3:45 a. m. today in the executive mansion in Bismarck.
Game to the last, optimistic even in the face of knowledge that he
could not recober, a knowledge which had come to him only during
the last day or two of life, Governor Sorlie fought a losing battle
throughout the night, lapsing into unconsciousness just an hour
before the end came. He had kissed his two smallest children,
-»Glenn and Evelyn, good night
ROBBERS ATTEMPT
TO FORCE WAY INTO
STORE AT OUTLOOK
Break Front Window in N. J. Nelson
Store Saturday Night—Leave Stol
en Car When Frightened Away.
Thieves attempted last Saturday
night to enter the N. J. Nelson Mer
cantile Store at Outlook, but were
frightened away when the noise of
broken glass caused breaking of a
front window by the burglars, awak
ened Ike Selvlg who lives over the
store and he let out a yell that sound
ed far over the town.
In their haste to get away they left
a car which had been stolen from the
doctor at Outlook standing in front
of the store. The car was recovered
by citizens called to the scene by the
warning of Mr. Selvig.
The thieves got away but a close
watch is being kept for suspicious
characters.
The J. C. Gronvold family has mov
ed into the house formerly occupied
by the Quitmeyer family on the south
side. The Quitmeyers moved to Pop
lar where they will make their home.
Sheridan County Fair Will Be
Held From October 10 to 12
Annual Event Promises to be Bigger than Ever—Fine Frizes
For Winners—Community Booths New Feature of Fair—
Livestock Demonstration Train Here October 11th.
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The members of the board of the Sheridan County Fair held a
meeting at the County Agent's office Wednesday evening, August
22, at which time plans were made for staging the county fair on
October 10-11 and 12. The reason for holding the county fair at
that time was in order to co-operate*
with the livestock demonstration
train which wall be in Plentywood on
the afternoon of October 11. A few
changes in regard to the fair will be
made this year; one of which is the
livestock department which will be
discontinued because of the livestock
demonstration train which will some- 1
what take the place of our livestock
department. However, a special 4-H
pig club will be open for all the boys
and girls who are now enrolled in the
club work in the county.
The premium list this year will be
, ...
larger than the previous years and it
was decided by the board of directors
that no special entries will be niade
to compete for cash prizes but will
only be accepted for display purposes.
A new department will be establish
ed this year which will create a great
deal of interest in the communities.
It will be in the nature of a county
exhibit
The fair board is awarding a silver
trophy cap for the best community
booth at the fair tMs year. Any
community in the county wishing to
participate in this exhibit will he al
lotted space providing they notify the
County Agent ten days before the
fair. All exhibits that are included
in the community booth will also com
pete for individual'cash prizes. It
was decided to make the community
booth display a permanent depart
ment in the Sheridan Countv Fair as
it is the principal way in which inter
est may be stimulated in each com
munity iu the county.
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BATTLESON CO.
SAFE AT FLAXVILLE
IS ROBBED OF $300.00
The Battleson Co. store at Flaxville
was burglarized Monday. Entrance
to the building was gained by break
ing down a door after which the safe
was blown and $100 in cash and about
$200 in checks taken.
early Monday evening. He was
weak then from the day-long strug
gle that He had faced ever since, early
Monday, a definite turn for the worse
had set in.
Later in the evening, IW. I. G.
Monson, pastor of the Trinity Tnglish
Lutheran church of Bismarck, was
called to the executive mansion and
administered the last rites of the Lu
theran church. For a short time the
governor visited with his spiritual ad
visor, even then speaking optimistic
ally of his prospects for ' recovery,
notwithstanding the fact that he was
steadily becoming weaker.
Family at Bedside
As the night wore on, the governor
became more restless, and it was ne
cessary to administer sedatives. At
about 2:46 a. m. he lapsed into un
consciousness and an hour later the
spark of life had gone from him.
At the bedside were the immediate
members of his family, his wife, his
son Arthur, jr., his daughter, Louife,
and his sister-in-law Miss Stella HWI
eboe and Mrs. Hilleboe, Mrs. Sorlie's
mother.
Brothers and sisters who had been
j summoned to Bismarck last Friday
by telegrams advising them there was
no hope had returned to their homes
inspired by the rally that the gov
ernor had made late Saturday and
early Sunday. In fact, on Sunday the
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PLENTYWOOD LOOT
IS FOUND AT SCOBEY
Sheriff Salisbury Brings Back Two
Suspects and Places them in County
Bastile—Men Picked up by Scobey
Chief o| Police.
Acting on information supplied
them b * She riff Salisbury the Scobey
poliee / orce watc hed members of the
c arTdva i Company playing in that
dt ^ ^ en( fea V or to solve the rob
of the Hanisch tailor shop in
tWg y cit last week .
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Their watch was finally rewarded
*>y observing one of the carnival men
who had remained in Scobey after the
carnival had left that town, wearing
» new pair of trousers which did not
seem to fit in with the rest of the
apparel worn by that individual. He
"as taken up and his room visitedI in
» hotel in that city where another
™ an was f® und ' aYld a number of silk
dresses and a suit belogmg to Posku
P°P e sku were recovered. Sheriff
Salisbury was called to take the men
ka d been placed in jail m > c °hey,
Jack to Plentywood after the goods
Bad been identified as the ™eirhan
dise stolen from the Hanisch Tailor
Shop in this city,
Two dresses were recovered and
the Popesku suit of clothes and fur
ther clues are being followed in the
hope of regaining the remainder of
the jstolen goods.
The suspected robbers who are mow
resting in the local bastile give the
names of W. J. Hedberg and R. V.
Black.
Hedberg says he does not know
anything about the stolen goods and
Black claims that a man brought, the
goods found in his room up in a box
and sold the contents to him for $15.