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R fit lliûlotical Library *S-«i *' X mar, fiegid er Now to Vote-—Registration booths will close at 5 p. m., on Friday, September 21st—Neglect may be*eç$j&tt 4 ^ 1 ht ■nUHMBfltfi fllHk ■ I — _ * ^ • er. S - . liberty IS NOT u\NDED from above pubjjsjjSL ^UJME THE PRODUCERS NEWS GOES INTO EVERY HOME IN SHERIDAN COUNTY down f A Weekly la, No. 2Â. A PAPER OF THE PEOPLE. FOR THE PEOPLE. BY THE PEOPLE PLENTYWOOD, MONTANA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER, 14, 1928. Sub. Rates: {»;*• gj year year Entered as Second Class Matter, October 18, 1912, at the Post office at Plentywood, Montana, Under the Act of March >, 1838. MPTY TREASURY SAYS RANKIN Marie Hareland Leads in Exciting Race for Princess WHO WILL BE SELECTED TO REPRESENT SHERIDAN COUNTY? Candidates Renew Efforts as Result of First Count of Votes j s Made Known—Friends of Candidates Rush to Aid of Favorites and Close Race Is Promised—Wonderful Time At Helena Awaits the Chosen Princess. « BULL MAKES STATEMENT TO GIRLS The race for Princess of Sheridan County has passed the first lap and the contestants are now coming down the home stretch. Who will be the winner? Pick your choice and help her along. The race is close and no one has a safe lead. O NEWSPAPER TO START AT HAVRE UniWd Publishers, Inc., to Include Chain of .Many Plants—New Daily Will Appear by Oct. 1, Is Announce ment. Chinook, Sept. 10.—A large publish ing and commercial printing corpor ation to be known as the United Pub lishers, Inc., was organized here by a group of northern Montana publish ers. The association is to have a cap italization of 2250,000 and is to en gage in general publishing and com mericial printing. Its principal place of business will be at Havre where it is proposed to establish by October 1 a new daily newspaper. Directors of the corporation are: John Survant, a merchant of Malta; E. T. Richards, business manager of the Chinook Opinion; H. B. Brooks, editor of the Chinook Opinion; Dan Whetstone, publisher of the Cut Bank Pioneer Press; T. F. Rucker, editor mid manager of the Phillips County News, Malta and Harry Polk, publish er of the Daniels County Leader, Sco bey and the Plentywood Herald and the Williston Herald. Though details of the new project were not made public it was announc ed that a modern printing plant will be established at Havre, which will be capable of handling all classes of commercial work as well as a large newspaper. It also was stated that each of the weekly newspapers rep resented in the ownership of the new corporation would be part of the chain controlled by the United Publishers, Ire. With the exception of Mr. Polk all of the men in the new corporation have been prominently identified with the republican party in northern Mon tana for several years. Mr. Polk, is now the owner of two republican pa P er!: in the northeastern part of this state. Montana Voters May Have Choice of Four Party Tickets Possible Entries in Field Socialists and Communists Slated —Major Factions Start Their Fall Election Campaigns. Hoover-Curtiss Organizations Formed Over the Stat Smith Supporters Are Active. as I Helena, Sept., 11—Two, possibly three and perhaps four P^" 1 tlés be represented on the November ballot this year.. Both 1 ^publican and democratic candidate lists have been filed with the I secretary of state and with these have been submitted a list of 1 e eelors ul tiie communist or workers party. A socialist ticket was i 1 ' ün unated by the convention last May but has not yet been certi etl to the secretary of state.* It may be received at any time prior to October 7. the tor? " commun ist party elec ■ cert a *^ ear on the ballot is not i b' Serra* An ,°P in t° n has been asked * General from Attorney a convention' ivr The 1 p ( f rty did not h(dd the 1907 , 10n ^ ay 15 as required by I °rs Jni 0 oc V nominated its elect quired Ä The secretary has in law gimJîÜÎ}*®, 1 ' the 1927 convention *ade K ed ! d a prk)r statute and a £ da t° r y for electors to be second a con vention on the May or whether the tor tiip L,, e ; ect ors may be certified PmS aspablic officers under The n ' °* * be older statute. ^didate^'wnr t party has for its Presides Z> Foster for President. Benjamm Gitl ° W for rears Äf w . party, for many has paocuM Politics in Montana any stat*° Ut of the picture, so far fe med. r,r national ticket is oon the *ice The as ^ bre iniP atfo ^ n conventions of their ? art } es out of the way L^Pletini^fv 'in the process ^ PnderTav the cam P ai ^ n is ay - Pairs throughout 'Continued of on L««t Paro) ♦ Never before in the history of Sher idan county Princess Contests has such interest been manifested as in the present contest being conducted by The Producers News. The race started with a bang and the contest ants, have never ceased in their ef forts to win the honor of representing this county at the State Fair held at Helena September 24 to 28 as Sheri dan's Princess. News of the great struggle has spread over the county and the cause of the different candi dates has been taken up by their friends who trojans. The candidates ing conducted by the Producers News and I take my position with a feeling that the present contest promises to be the best ever held in this county. The contestants this year are among the most popular and accom plished young ladies in this county and are showing great ability in this contest. The judges, Ed. Koser, Jerry Pow (Continued on Parol are out working like a,jre among the most popular girls in the county and any one of them will do honor as Sheridan's Princess and mayhap the Queen of Montana. The candidates and their friends alize what a glorious time the win ner in this contest will have at Hel ena. The splendid times by former princesses have been told and they all declare that words cannot express the event of their lives. Nothing is to» good for the Prin cesses at Helena. The girls are the center of attraction wherever they go. Their pictures appear in the big daily papers of the state and they are dined and feted at every turn. The best spats nrp rp<sprvf»d in the grand stand at the fair and they are the guests of honor at the Governor's home. The coronation ball is an event in every Princess' life and she will long remember the gala afafir. CARL BULL MAKES STATEMENT In an interview with a representa tive of the Producers News Carl Bull, manager of the Princess contest, made the following statement: "I have been appointed manager of the Princess of Sheridan Contest, be ie << n HEPPNER CAR TAKEN IS FOUND NEXT DAY The Ford Coupe belonging to H. R. Heppner, who lives east of Plen tywood, which was stolen from the Li brary comer in Plentywood Wednes day evening was recovered Thursday morning. _ _ — On the evening of the theft Mr. Heppner had driven to town to have some repair work done and had left the car parked on the south side of the library for a few minutes and when he returned the machine was instituted at gone. A search was once, Mr. Heppner going to Raymond. On his return Thursday morning a car was seen standing beside ® Plentywood-Raymond road about fou miles from Plentywood and upon m vestigation it apply detective after this Mr. Heppner for a position as experience. n 1 j Ü - Ï ■ - i - 31 >%*■. - y-, - * % 'M - . f MARIE HARELAND Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ludvig Hareland of Plentywood, leading in the first count of the Sheridan Princess Contest. who is J.V.PAPPENFDSBUYS FARMERS ELEVATORS J. V. Pappenfus Purchases Elevators tat Plentywood and Midby—Will Buy on Protein Content. w v f in vino- Fht» cpwpr flew« flip Work of laying the sewer across the Big Muddy flat is nearing completion, w h 1 e^remainde^ o^the^dig Zg wi" be h done by hand* The fH teîing plant wm be the next construe tion^ndm-takeninconnectionwith the Emilia»« menace whtch A deal has just been consumated whereby J. V. Pappenfus becomes the owner and manager of the Progress ive Farmers Club elevators located in Plentywood and Midby. Mr. Pappenfus is well known to Plentywood and Raymond citizens, having served his apprenticeship in the elevator business under John Karr in this city in 1913. From here he transferred to Raymond where he had charge of an elevator and where he took up a homestead living in that vicinity and running the elevator for five years. He also had charge of a large farmers elevator at Leola, S. D. for five years and had it in fine fi - nancial condition when he resigned to go into hiynnpce Em- J'j'T""'?* The new elevators will be known as the J. V. Pappenfus elevators and the new owner states that he will pur chase wheat on the protein basis and effect true values in price to the farmers patronizing his grain houses. Viggo Petersen will be the local buyer and Blaine Dean will be the buyer at Midby. SEWER EXTENSION NEARLY COMPLETED ovicied fee ..ears ai ti.e base of îbe M t the Se! nart ef the of the hill in the southern part of the Clt ^* PIONEER RESERVE MAN PASSED AWAY MONDAY Another pioneer of Sheridan county passed away last Monday when E. O. Kallak of Reserve died at his home near Reserve. Deceased settled at Reserve many years ago when Sheridan county was still a part of Valley county, coming to that community from Minnesota. He wus very highly respected by all who knew him and had the true pio neer spirit of kindness to a stranger in distress. Mr. Kallak had been in poor health , for the past year never having fully , recovered from a stroke of paralysis i which he suffered last spring. He ! was 73 yeafs of age at the time of | his death. j Decides his wife, deceased leaves ' six children to mourn his passing: Mrs. Riley, Mrs. Eidsness, Mrs. Bom stedt, John and Ray Kallak, all of Reserve, and Bertha Kallak of Port land, Oregon. The funeral was held at the family residence Thursday afternoon at 1:30, Reverends Sand and Frost saying the last words. Burial was in the Eden Valley cemetery. LUCILLE RICHWINE DIES OF LOCK JAW Last Friday afternoon the 3-year old daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Harry Richwine passed away at the local hospital from lockjaw. The little girl stepped on a nail which penetrated the foot resulting in lockjaw. •Everything was done to re- ■, lieve the little sufferer but to no avail. ! The body was taken to Medicine Lake where the funeral was held and the little body laid to rest in the cem etery at that place. The Richwine family has the sin sympathy of all in the loss of their little daughter. * Thos. Kennedy motored over from Wolf Point Sunday to visit his mother who lives here. He returned to Wolf Point the same day. cere * Hf I Standings of Contestants * 5 t : : $ * r ♦> I Thursday, 9; 00 p. m. 'X 1 X % ? t I Marie Hareland ..101,300 | || Carol Hoeck.79,300 ^ j- Glow Krebsbach.... 67,600 % I I Signe Bentesen .... 9,300 11 £ Helen Reuter. 900 { I ^ Margaret Cosper .. 700 1 : «!- I i V V • ' ., held to e pien g tywood Sunday afternooA, n the «Zaign ' 'toShätaSSS SU greater d"£ sent i° n ' m t ^ ie rank s of the G. O. P. , j he ^ e * g 01g()n ag chairman of the meetin S was in a stew most of the l ime ,"' as th ? , "f ftecks from all sides as he tried to get some K m Ä nce , °, f . order ' , Joe , Dolm Medicine Lake was extremely sore L - claiming that he had been ; - 4 i>-eaEXES ! CAROL hOECK Popular Westby young lady who is in second place in the race tor Prin j cess of Sheridan County, 1 - ■ , ? !i F) I 7 TII 1 FII ÎT' AM D i! I i t\Lil UDiilU/Tlt IlflLL I I? M F| Ç f M Li A 2 VA 1 11 fill/ I Finger of Suspicion Points Every where—Lard S. Olson and Joe Do lin Tangle Horns—Fear of Spies Creates Consternation Among the ! Members of the Party. slighted and had not received notice the meeting. L, S. said he sent Um mtice but Joe was just as posi . tivc that he didn't. A^whispering campaign featured the «oeeting with little groups gather ing about the room casting suspicious glances at each other and the word spy was distinctly heard many times as shifty eyes covered the room. Taken all in all the meeting was a distinct failure and the weakness of the G. O. P. organization loomed up as never before in Sheridan county. The raising of campaign funds is not meeting with the success expect ed as many heavy contributors in the pai§t refuse to have anything to do with an organization headed by L. S. Olson. 1 The excellent group of candidates put up by the farmers and workers of the cotinty has completely demoraliz ed the old gang and their efforts to get certain candidates to withdraw from the race are not meeting with the success anticipated. I Among the more prominent republi- : cans p re sent were Joe Dolin, Jack Bennett, Ed. Powers, L. S.' Olson, i Oscar Collins, Prank French and Aage Larsen. __ . " Z" CADFI || ill Pit l\Jk API V FUlvD v/V/UI L llLÜIlL 1 _ BURNED AT WESTBY While Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Heppner were returning from Estevan, Sask., Sunday where they were called by the illness of the former's parents, their Ford coupe was crowded off the road j by another car which was met. The coupe turned over after leaving the road and after considerable trouble was again uprighted and the Hepp Tier's proceeded on their way. They had gone but a short distance when the machine was found to be on fire, Thev hastily left the car and gathered ^ ug { the road side and extinguish e d the flames but the wiring had been burned and the auto refused to go. Assistance was secured at Westby and the car towed into that town where the damage was repaired and Mr and Mrs. Heppner made the rest 0 f the trip safely to their home east 0 { plentywood. v II *V "V m m -, . : - GLOW KREBSBAGH Daughter of Mrs. Peter Krebsbach of Plentywood who is third in the race to represent Sheridan county as Prin cess at the State Fair. BENJAMIN GITLOW TO SPEAK HERE SEPT. 24 Well Known Communist Candidate for Vice President of the United States to Address Au'Jience at Farmer-La bor Temple. n*,.™ START BRICK WORK rtyj TATTI ICO UI A/W M WJ 11 LlLD BUM _ With the completion of the base f th Gottlieb & 9tadio- build w 0 n main street work hfs com menced on the main building which will be constructed of tile and brick Hans Rasmussen started the first of Urn week laying the bnck and 0 n the front part of the new struc hire and carpenters are busy laying J ty and the people of Plentywood and surrounding territory will want to hear him explain the workings of the capitalist system from the standpoint of h w()rkers apd farmers Word has been received in Plenty wood that Benjamin GitLow, vice pres I idential candidate on the workers' ticket, will speak in the Farmer-La bor Temple Monday evening, Sept. 24 at 8 o'clock. Mr. Gitlow is an orator of rare abil ! It is very rare that one has an op portunity to hear as excellent a jjcaivcx an mi. vjtclow in tins pan of the country and a candidate for the high office of vice president of the United States. He is making a tour of the western states and Plentywood is one of the few stops in Montana. Whatever the political beliefs of any citizen may be it will pay him to hear this brilliant orator. the remainder of the floor. Work is being rushed to have the building in shap 6 e for co|( , weather . 8 Miss Elizabeth Baker of Glendive is the new librarian in charge of the Sheridan county library, taking up her duties September 1st. Miss Baker comes to Plentywood highly recommended and with quali fications necessary to care for that important position, Miss Frances Wheeler, who has had charge of the library for the past two years, will attend college this fall. v NEW LIBRARIAN NOW IN CHARGE OF LIBRARY Dr . v rD »err lore cvi if 1 BUY rKAL I URtb 0 K.ULL - While Teddy Nelson, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Adry Nelson, of Dooley, was attempting to descend the steps in the rear of the Decker building, where they have apartments, be fell through the railing to the ce ment sidewalk fracturing his skull Tuesday. The little fellow was brought to the Sheridan Memorial hospital here where he was given sur gical attention and is now getting ahmg nicely. He was taken home Thursday. __— £5 SsÄ, B. P. McDonald, weS known Froid barber, died at the Memorial Hospital in this city last Sunday of paralysis of the bowels, Deceased leaves a wife and two children to mourn his passing, Mr. McDonald is an old timer in the Proid community having home steaded there many years ago. County Visited By Rain Plentywood and Sheridan county were visited by two rains the paî few days which stopped thresnin activities. The first rain was a light shower Friday and the second was much heavier soaking the ground last Sunday. Wednesday the sun came out clear and with the present weather, threshing will soon be resumed. st KO ATTEMPT IS HADE . TO REDUCE STATE DEBT Hits Anaconda For Pernicious Activities and Control of the Daily Press—Says Huge Copper Company Pays Deficit of Losing Dailies in Order to T hrottle Dissenting Voices. Cut Bank, Sept. 11.—Holding up a copy of the "Montana Dem ocratic Circular" â campaign publication issued in October 1924, and pointing to the pledge made by Gov. J. E. Erickson to wipe out the state debt in four years and place Montana on a cash basis, Wellington D. Rankin, in his first speech of the campaign at Glacier Park, Monday eve-* ning, declared that Gov. Erick so r had utterly and completely failed to carry out his pledge and today wL mdebtedness "I have an advance copy of the i governor s speech to be delivered at the democratic state convention at tt , , , , , , ... Helena, wherein he tries to modify the statement made in October 1924, j about reducing the debt provided a friendly legislature was elected. j Theie is not one word m his state- j ment oi that year about a friendly legislature; it was made without qualification. He now weakly tries to shift the blame to the legislature. He made no efiort to stem the tide' of indebtedness and he must take the blame for a violated pledge," said Rankin. He gave figures showing the great increase in revenues in the past four ; years, from the Dixon inheritance, 1 metals mines and other taxes, total- | ing $5,000,000. Erickson has had more special tax money than any for mer governor. Neither he nor • his i friends can deny that successfully," said the speaker. "He has simply failed in the one big promise he made. in 1924." Rankin then lanuched into a blister ing exposure of the pernicious activi tKo in poiitioG of the Anaconda Copper Mining Co. "In 1924 this big corporation, owning all but one or two of the dailies of the state, set out to beat Joe Dixon, the best governor the state has e\er had. Dixon s of fense was that he conceived the Idea rf a hrtter 'ax equalization sytem and the metals mines and inheritance sz ÄÄüM g" d ,, a „ s™a"y ÄK'C ffi either wittingly or unwittingly-.! P| eier to unwittingly made the P led ^ es which he has so palpably lfailed to live U P to - ."Why does this corporation, appre mated by ail of us for what it is do « for the state in production and fme service see the necessity for (Continued from page One) ; 1 | Large Array of Premiums Offer Many Inducements to Exhibitors Winners at Sheridan County Fair October 10-11-12 Will Car ry Home Long List of Prizes—Farmers Are Requested to Gather Exhibits Now For Huge County Festival. Following is the list of prizes to be awarded to the winners at the Sheridan Coünty Fair to be held in Plentywood October 10-11 12, The list covers a large field and the Fair Board requests the residents of the county to gather their best specimens at this time and prepare them according to the rules printed below. ■ RULES Several check forgers have been op erating in northeastern Montana the past few weeks and business men at Froid, Medicine Lake and Plentywood have been the victims. The forgers enter a town and pre sent a check on some well known farmer and then disappear. Whether it is the same parties passing the bad checks is n»t known although the of ficers are making a thorough investi gation to discover this fact. The pool halls and the City Cafe in Plentywood are the latest victims. One description given of the forgers is that of a man about six feet tall and a shorter man wearing white, high topped boots. BAD CHECK ARTISTS VISIT PLENTYWOOD Judge and Mrs. S. E. Paul Return from Minneapolis Judge and Mrs. S. E. Paul returned Monday evening from Minneapolis where Mrs. Paul has been under the care of specialists for several weeks. The many friends of Mrs. Paul will be pleased to hear that she is much improved in health. r™ y A PA All Cfi TA ILiAALU UIL LU. 1U __ __ __ . ______ ERECT OIL STATION Work was commenced this week to prepare the ground for a new filling station to be erected on the corner us t sou th of the Orpheum Theatre on Main street, as charge of the clearing. An U p-to-date station will be erect e( j w itL full equipment for the best The Martin Dray Line of service to users of gasoline and The new building will add greatly KENMARE DOCTOR Dr. H. E. Landes airplaned to Plen tywood from Kenmare Saturday aft ernoon, being called here in consulta tien regarding the condition of Gust Strand of Reserve who had his arm crushed in a threshing machine Aug ust 26. The consultation regarding Mr. Strand's condition was satisfac tory and the injured man is reported to be improving steadily. Dr. Landes was accompanied by his sister, who is visiting the doctor from Oakland, Calif. - pq p p p. « p » npi tr>r\ a v FREE DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT AT F-L TEMPLE . tomorrow Saturday, night the ÎÂTM £ takes^if mean^ to stow f th * *•"» f™ "^one^coS? SÄfnte ^ ^ an j there will be no charge for 3710 ™ere wiu ne no cnarge lor gaia f ev , ent - A ?v ge cr °- wd ^5 good^niusic wil^be furni'hed^ Tell J our ( r i en ds and neighbors and make the first annua , {ree dance of the Farm er-L a b 0 r Temple one of the to the appearance of main street and will be in charge of H, C. Jensen. FL1ES HERE SATURDAY events of the season. 1. Entries will be received from .noon on October 9th up until 12 M., on October 10th. 2. Only one article in anyone class will be accepted for entry from one family. 3. Where there is no competition ord . y Fécond money will be awarded, P re i mlums will be paid for If*. and ^. nd places—Ribbons for 1 st, ? nd an ^ 3rd. Premiums will be paid by check as soon after the fair at P 0 SS 1 ble. booth arranged by anyone communi ty. ( Space for this display should be arranged for one week before fair opens.) SILVER LOVING CUP. _CLASS. "B" 4-H SWINE SHOW ONLY (Each breed constitutes a class) ; 2. Boar bom after March 1 st—1st, $ 5 , 2 nd, $ 3 . 3. Sow bom after March 1st—1st, $ 6 , 2 nd, $ 8 . CLASS "A" Lot Number 1—Best Agricultural CLASS "C" POULTRY (»pen to county) Each of the following breeds will constitute a class: Barred Rocks, White Rocks, White Leghorns, Brown Leghorns, Single Comb Rhode Island Reds, light Bramas, White Wyndotte and Buff Orpingtons— 4. Cock— 1 st, $ 2 , 2nd, $ 1 . (Continued on page Pour)