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A PAPER OF THE PEOPLE. FOR THE PEOPLE. BY THE PEOPLE
PLENTYWOOD, MONTANA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1928.
XI, No. 26.
Entered u Second CUum Matter October It. :"J ?2?V
office at Plentywood. Montana, under the Act of March 8, IMP.
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VOLUME
SMITH FEATURES G. 0. P. CORRUPTION
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Record Breaking Attendance at State Fair on Monday
BONDS packed on derby hat
day-smith is main attraction
three Counties Have Exhibits With Others Coming
Princesses As Usual Attract Deep Interest—
Twenty
In Lat
Horse
bits Best Ever Shown At Fair Due to Late Dates—Large
Outside Attendance Reported. *
Racing the Center of Interest—Agricultural Exhi
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BE1PTS WILL PAY LAST YEAR'S DEFICIT
Helena, Sept. 24.—An immense throng which packed the j
.andstand, bleachers and the grounds affording any vantage';
romt from which the main attraction of the opening day could
I* Viewed, marked the opening of the 1928 Montana State fairi
and provided a most enthusiastic reception lor the state s dis
languished guest, Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York, democrat
ic candidate lor president, who had graciously responded to an
11 rr.. , • 4.1,0 Ti-ûûom-û* _1_men
to visit the Treasure*
invitation
State while Oll his way through
the west and the midwest, de
mie the fact that Montana's
. ^ vmIWa 1« tfmail I
vote m the e i g f ,
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of tne moit popu u s ot e
mg s° honored. ,.
-ir glua ". ? le ,
most bnlhan attire, largely because
of the anticipated visit y the st -
ard bearer of the democratic P ar ty>i
and the exhibition JäUs and barns j
were filled with better and larger
k
Uke°n Ws tU position 10 in front™ toe
"mike" connected with the numerous
amplifiers, did ^he cheering of the
aJL- cnhdHp after Rmith anneared
The Dconle then resumed the^r seats,
the woîdsof welcome
1
Erickson Welcomes
"Today", said the governor, "Mon
tana is privileged to extend its wel
come and greeting to a distinguished
American. Alfred E. Smith is no
stranger to you. You have all mark
ed his illustrious career. He has
come up from tfee ranks of the com
mon people. He has been four times
governor—governor of the state of
New York—something that has nev
er happened to any New Yorker in
my recollection and last June his
great party, assembled in convention,
madehim its candidate for president.
He has traveled across the continent
and has come to the Treasure state
of the union. To view our great
mountains, breathe our pure air and
I to greet the people of the great west.
[ He is welcome—more than thrice
welcome—and 1 trust his visit will
[ *>e profitable to him, and I am sure
a great pleasure to all of you here."
j Then when the thunderous ap
s plause which followed his appearance
before the amplifier, Governor Smith
I spoke briefly.
Tuesday's Crowds Fair
While the crowd which passed thru
the gates of the Montana State fair
Tuesday was not nearly as large as
that of the first day, still the pat
ronage was gratifying and the en
tertainment program, consisting
®ainly of horse racing, sufficed to
J*ep the visitors interested and the
Atting ring crowded at all times.
More interest was shown this year
7 the various counties of the state
® the agricultural competitions and
T agricultural building is filled
*ith county collective displays in far
Plater number and with more ar
btlc arrangement than those of last
year. These county booths carry
onderful collections of grains, for
crops, vegetables, fruits and spe
,7 ty crops in which judging
Mmenced Tuesday forenoon.
I Showing Larger
n _ the livestock barns and sheds
e improved conditions in the indus
rC are king reflected by larger
Mngs of finely bred cattle, sheep
was
tip. This advancement is no
menhJü S! th l ee these depart
Kp:. and the changing condition, is
b i b ;5 rem arked by fair officials, ex
[ mb >tors and visitors.
6 building is likewise
«I pens the finest types
Ü*! from the yards of
Mattwçrf îf rf sta 2' wWle th ®
er s and art rooms in the
i
i
^
aient M d* merchandising establlsh '
n ' ay ni Kht and stole $400.00
°£ h of goods.
^robbers gained entrance by
^^ the glass of the front door
Wdg OD . them t0 insert their
dosor S in side and unlock
J°oter 8 vtfe ? aia mg entrance the
le »C v f ped . themselves to 24
articles Sts ' Sllver ware, and other
OH d
the
WRGER LARSEN
STORE ROBBED
p n 7 Mercantile Establishment
Thieves and $400.00
" of Merchandise Stolen.
Thiev
sen
grandstand are packed with interest
ing collections.
Heretofore the sheep industry has
been represented at the state fair
only by the exhibition of live animals
bBt this year that secti ° n was aus -
me nted by a WO ol s how, known as
the Northwest Wool show, one of the
smaller buildings being given over
entirely to the exhibition of wool
fi eeces largely from Montana flocks,
but sti H witb fleeces from other
gtateg . tbe competition,
Wednesday's Crowd Larue
th «
large number of people If the num
ber of automobiles parked upon
taken mdi
grounds were to as an
cation, the crowd was the greatest of
the week as a11 P ark ing s P ace with
in the enclosure had been filled be
fore the middle of the afternoon and ; day
further admissions of cars were de- 1
nied by the gate keepers.
Judging Completed to
Judging in all departments was tire
completed late Wednesday afternoon
and from now on the displays will
nrr«icTrnrrk
4,043 KLCàlb 1 LKlU
VOTERS IN SHERIDAN
number nf vot
A check-up on the ftJ 0 ! :
ers registered to Çast the
the fall election m Shendan county
shows that 4,043 citizens are g
tered. I
This is the largest number q !
to vote in this cauI 5 y sl ^[; e ' i
when Daniels and tiooseve^ j
ties were a part of She ™J a * .
The large . nam ^ er . . reg ^7
vote at the fall election md c
lively interest in politics by _
j zens of this county and indicates
1 lively campaign.
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Three bandits held up three trav
eW men coming by car to Plenty
loot Mondav evening on the
^,.J as ir. f Archer and secured
high hill so ^ h cash
" The ^htehwayS" hoVere driving
» Mel cat y ran their machine di
a xiuicK car, lau me ,
rectly across the .«• striking
oncoming car came la Qut to
distance the traveh g xnOT g^
what the trou ba nds of
met by three l^ 115 J 1 , t ba ad !
the robbers who
over their cash and a ar . ;
and di.
JC1Ä
of their misfortune.
ROAD AGENTS ROB
3 TRAVELING MEN
see
Fast Boxing Card Billed for
Plentywood Friday, October 5
i nf nuietness
After several months of q
in boxing cards in Sheridan coun y,
arrangements have been completed
, g mnrp or i ess local talent
to stage am . . ., e F armer -
boxing tournament at October
Labor Temple Friday MgW.uc
5th under the auspices o_
tywood Athletic Assoc *ound go
The main bout is a ,,% e ndricks
between "Alkali F et f. from Ray
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bacV a. L. Wftg.
when he was m hisprime. gome
m»nd battler has been g .
hard bouts lately a ^ h J s ^ e ^ n 0 f
jjNf or J" well known to
Plenywood fight fans, but a n dl n ^
ent Tommy will enter t »
the!Friday night than has ever-jeno
ed heretofore in the Plen y b ] | y a
In fact Crohn spent pracricaliy ^
of last year in the £ tie . R
himself in the boxing g
to
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SENATOR T. J. WALSH
Senior solon from Montana who in
troduced Gov. Smith.
Mon<lay evcni , lg tw0 transients got
into an altercation on Main street
and engaged in a hand-to-hand strug
s le - D wing the fight, one of the
pulled a knife and slashed the
other across the cheek, cutting a
wound that reached to the cheek
bone, necessitating several stitches
being taken both inside the mouth
and on the outside. The man wield
ing the blade was arrested, but as
!tha injurej man refuse<i to testify
against him he was released with
} orders to leave town at once which
he did. The affair might have been
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more serious but for the timely in
tereference of another transient who
! knocked the knife from the hand of
ar tzr which came
DAN M Q QOWAN TO
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the attacker and then knocked him
unconscious with a blow to the head
HAVE AUCTION SALE
Dan McGowan of the Comertown
country was in Plentywood Wednes
having a sale ad printed in the
Producers News. He has rented his
farm, 2Ms miles north of Comertown,
Leo Brady, and will sell his en
personal property Saturday, Oc
tober 6th.
Emplove Gets Away With $700 Af
ter Forcing Car Driver to fa.re
Him 0 Culbertson at Point or
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Thursday evening of last week the
Flannery & Vaughn Pool Room at
Outlook was robbed of $700.00 by
an employe named Magrew, who
forced a man with a car to take
him to Culbertson at the point of a
where the thief is supposed to
have taken a train to healthier
OUTLOOK POOL
ROOM IS ROBBED
It is reported that the man who
robbed the safe had been employed
by Flannery and Vaughn fora con
siderable length of time and was
trusted with putting away the cash of
the firm in the evening after the
day's business had been completed.
On the date above mentioned the
said employe, however, did not put
the money in the safe and lock the
same, but instead placed it in his
pocket, went out and hailed a pass
ing motorist and forced him to take
him to Culbertson with his car us
ing as a persuader a tag revolver,
After arriving at Culbertson the
thief left the car with a threat to
tbe dr i ver if he divulged his where
a bouts. The motorist then returned
to Outlook, where he disclosed the
unusual affair and the discovery of
robbery followed,
Efforts to apprehend the abscond
in R "ave f hc^ M upto date
found after his arrival at Cnlhert
son.
he has improved wonderfully. The
ma in bout will draw out hundreds of
^ ox j n enthusiasts who would not
migs seeblg it for a great deal.
The semi-final will be between
Battling Bennie Velden who. hails
from Sioux City, la and Harris An
dei ^ n of Alamo, N. Dak. Anderson
^ remembered as the boxer who
forced "Red" Bolster to the limit
ft Brush Lake. He has improved
considerable since that time. Battling
sfASAktti
here. s
^ weight in around 165 pounds.
Other preliminaries which h a ve
not been fully dated are Red Bolster.
Bennie Harrington and a few more
°withVarvest p-*actically completed
it j s expected that a large crowd will
^ ^ tQ pee tWg fine card of
io Ca i talent fight for the champion
» Sheridan county. Reasonable
and!prices for admission will be charged.
These boys
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SPECIAL TRAIN WILL
CARRY PRACTICAL
LIVESTOCK
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"Blue Blooded" Show Stock But j
Animals That Are of a Common
Necessity on Every Farm Will Be
Shown By Demonstration Train.
The livestock special train is being
in central and northern Montana
the. extension service with the co- ■
operation of the Milwaukee and Great
Northern Railroads and the Montana
Wool Growers' Assn., which will be
Plentywood October 11, is a means
directing attention to the import
ance Of livestock in this part of the
state and of centering attention upon
some of the more important princi
pies of production which must be fol
lowed if the stock grower is to be
'The train carries no "bine blooded"
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strictly practical nature intended
oS el |nd
vantage on their farms and ranches,
Tito -Ertrioc wTiiVVi tbp exhibits will
tell, will deal with bulls, bucks and,
S pork, mutton, wool and dairy
Z area fn the^onmiSi
o hê farme« Stoctaen and busi
nia. Wa are m akin< r everv
"fort"" nTakeYhe "arrival" of^the
train one of the best attended ga
therings ever held here. Wheat pro
duction has attracted increased at
tention in recent yea£4 of good grow
ing
This year with wheat prices down to ,
_unfavorably low point it is again
being demonstrated that the safe ^ be
farming system is the one which in- ^
corporates some livestock. 1918,
Today,and signs indicate that the cover
will be true for the next few to
years, wheat is not the most profit
able cash crop. Where conditions are time
favorable for producing high quality
wheat at low cost it is desirable that
this crop be given a prominent place
but even on such farms livestock pro
vides a factor of safety which can
not be overlooked. On other farms
not favored by low costs and high
quality in wheat production, livestock
must be considered indispensable. To
all farmers the message of the live
stock train will be of dollars and
cents importance.
same
of
AL" ADOPTED
BY "LO" AS CHIEF
LEADING STAR
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Governor Is Presented With Indian
Bonnet, Pouch and Pipe and Cheeks
Daubed With Colored Powder.
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Special to Producers News.
Helena, Sept. 24.—Governor Smith
came to this northwest city Monday
night and during a round of activity
preliminary to the delivery of his
fourth speech of the campaign made
a brief speech from the grandstand
at the state fair a few miles from
his hotel, was crowned "Leading
Star" by seven Montana Indian
tribes, and visited the fair's horticul
tural exhibit before returning to his
headquarters for dinner.
Thanks Momtana People
Accompanied by Governor Erick
and Senators Walsh and Wheel
of this state, the democratic
presidential nominee was taken by
automobile to the fair grounds and
onto the race track. Upon reach
ing the grandstanti he alighted and
moutned a rostrum inside a glass
ed-in enclosure where, in a brief
son
er
talk, he thanked Montana and ad
joining states for the way the re
ceived him and emphasized the im
portance of state fairs to mark the
progress of agriculture.
Crowned With War Bonnet
On a platform close by the nom
inee then faedd a score of Indians
in their tribal costumes and war
paint. Representatives from the
Flathead» Fort Peck, Blackfeet,
Gros Ventre, Fort Belknap, Sioux
and Assinmboine tnbes were in
tbe gathering. Meade , Stee , le ' a
Sioux from Fort Peck, stepped
forward and addressed the govern
or: _ _ _ .
C h uLf
"We have been told, he said.
"that Mr. Hoover a* secretary of
commerce, is personally responsi
cisco. Can
treatment m
«Y on a re a -*««« tbat *****
organization /•*'. a * ****
noble aborigine. Chief Tammany,
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«ver the repeated protests of the
Alaskan Indians that their very
m has been threatened. He
has coldly turned these Indians
down
existence
and has Prantëi a fishing
m »„r,Tvr>1v to non-resident canners
of & Portland and San Fran
we expect different
tbe United States?
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GOV. ALFRED E. SMITH
Who addressed,huge crowd at State
Fair Monday
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DISASTROUS FIRE
BURNS ENTIRE CROP
| „Thursday afternoon of last week,
: terien^of r this city lostbif entire
crop of gram by fire, on hie farm
Mr. Petersen had been burning a
i straw stack the previous day and a
high wind arose on the day of the
f >re and rekindled the 'h'mg embers
whTb 1 Sn
*thTgrana
a ?ev a e P re° f blo a w e to Mr.'
Petersen who was hailed out entirely
,™ farm in the Dagmar country
' and was depending on his crop in the
! Antelope country to retrieve part of
ms 10SR *
boo Line Would Lnange
,
Time on WHitetail Branch
Washington, Sept. 22.—The Soo
ra Hway company today asked
j n t ers tate Commerce Commission
m0{b fy its order of October 24,
by changing the state time zone
i n g its line from Flaxton, N. D.
whitetail, Montana, from standard
moun tain time to standard central
who had shouted to him to tell a "funny story
would not speak. The band then played
West Side, All Around the Town," and Mrs. Smith, who
is accompanying the Governor, a very charming Irish
woman, appeared to be greeted by applause, and shook
hands until she was tired out. The train arrived in Bill
ings about 9:30 a. m., and after tarrying about three
quarters of an hour, departed over the Burlington for
Helena.
Governor and Mrs. Erickson of Montana met the De
mocratic nominee at Billings and both he and Mrs. Erick
son, together with Senators Walsh t and Wheeler ap
peared on the platform after Smith had retired, and
made a few remarks.
if
East Side,
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WILUSTON WINS
FROM FWOOD HIGH
Local Boys Outweighed .and Out-Ma
neuvered By Fast North Dakota
Gain Valuable
Upon arrival at Helena, Governor Smith went to the
State Fair grounds, where he was adopted by the Indians,
after which he said a few words to the State Fair throng
and was received with wild applause.
Gov. Smith dined a tthe Montana Club with a host of
Montana Democrats, while Mrs. Smith was a guest of
Mrs. Erickson at the Governor's mansion, at a dinner
Football Team.
Knowledge From Defeat.
The Plentywood High football team
played their first game of the sea
son last Saturday when they met one,
the strongest high school teams in
North Dakota, Williston, on the Wil
liston field,
gained the advantage at the kick-off
and soon had the ball over the goal
The experi- j
little trouble in
(Continued on iMst Fage)
The North Dakotans
U. G. BARNHOUSE, JR.
LOSES HOUSE BY FIRE
DAGMAR STORE
ROBBED SUNDAY
line for a touch-down,
enced team had
Information has been received by
. the Producers News that the home
clearing paths for the man carrying — of U. G. Barnhouse, Jr,, who is well
the ball, and consequently made their The Farmers Co-operative store at bnown be re, was burned to the
vards reneatedlv until breaks could Ç a S mar ^ as burglarized early Sun- g round September 7th at Grand Junc
mo/To fnr nniritc Thp Plpntv'amnd ^ ay mornin ^ 8a ^ e Nown. ^ on> c 0 i 0 . The report stated that
be made for points. The Plentywood; Tbe yeggs> four in number, ob- tbe fire star t e d in the shed from un
team made their yards several times i tained $100 in cash and several hund- known cause and spread to the house,
but not consecutively, and hence did red in checks but these were thrown ^ number of men who happened to
not succeed in carrying the ball to away on the road a short distance be W orking on the street came to the
west of Dagmar. ; ass istance of the Barnhouse family
The final score was 96-0 for Wil-1 These parties are said to be known when the fire was discovered and all
liston. Nevertheless the local team ; to the sheriff's office, and it is the household goods were saved with
has learned that each man must play ; claimed that one Riley, who was al- ■ the exception of some clothes which
the game as coached and be respon-1 legedly implicated in the Devils Lake were hanging on a line in the path
postoffice robbery and the holdup of of the fire. Fortunately the house
the Poxholm, N. D., bank some time was insured and will be rebuilt by
ago, is the leader. the insurance company.
The yeggs drive a Nasji touring -
car, it is said, and they are believed
to be headed for the western part of RESERVATION FARMER
the state.
A shotgun, with a supply of am
munition, was also taken from the
i store but no other goods were lost.
their own end of the field.
sible for his part in each play.
This week the team has bene drill
ing on fundamentals. They already
show a much better brand of foot
ball than they exhibited last week
end and should make â credible show
ing in the first home game this Sat
urday when they meet Sydney on the
Herald Field at 3:00 p. m. Be there
to support the team.
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
As C. V. Hatfield, who lives on the
I
Three Killed and Two Injured in
Crashes at Miles City and Billings
Miles City, Sept. 23.—John Nockels
of Billings and Robert Moore of
Wolf Point, pilots, were killed here
late Sunday afternoon when their
Monocoupe, a plane participating in
the dedication of the local airport,
crashed about tw» miles east of the
landing field. The heads of both
men were crushed beyond recogni
tion. An identification tag found on
the body of Moore gave instructions
to notify his mother, Mrs. Mary
Moore, Wolf Point.
Bob Hahm, of Miles City, an eye
witness to the accident, said that the
plane appeared to lurch into a nose
dive and crashed to earth from an
altitude of 100 feet. Hahm hurried
to the scene and found the men pin
ned beneath the wreckage,
were rushed to a hospital but were
dead before they arrived.
Nockels is understood to have lived
at one time at Carroll, la. He was
piloting the plane when it fell. The
Monocoupe performed in the stunt
flying of the afternoon and attracted
They
TEARS HIDE OFF HOOVER
DURING HELENA SPEECH
Packed House At Shrine Temple Greet New York s Governor
With Wild Applause as Bands Play "Sidewalks of New
Wheeler Introduces Walsh and Walsh Presents
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|York. c ^ t>
Democratic Nominee to Vociferous Throng When Smith
Delivers His Fourth Campaign Speech
ERICKSON WALSH AND WHEELER
ACCOMPANY TAMMANY CHIEF
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Special to the Producers News.
Helena, Montana, Tuesday, Sept. 26.—A1 Smith, Tam
j Chieftain, four times Governor of New York, and
Democratic candidate for the Presidency of these
many
now ^
United States of America crossed the borders of the
State of Montana, Monday morning at about 9:00 o'clock,
coming up from Denver, Colorado, thru Nebraska and
Wyoming over the Burlington route, in the most magni.
ficent special train ever appearing on a railroad track in
the United States—luxurious in its appointments, money
not being saved where it were possible to add elegance
to convenience—this super superb train consisted of 15
cars, specially arranged for comfort and convenience of
the candidate and his retinue. Senators Walsh and
Wheeler, accompanying the Governor on this tçip» seem
ed right at home in this luxury.
Gov. Smith appeared on the rear platform of the mag
nificent train at Billings, where he shook hands with the
throng, and done a few didoes with his brown derby,
when he flung it to an obstreperous lady in the crowd
much attention because of its small
size as compared with the larger
planes on the field. The plane had
taken off only a moment before it
crashed and Nockels apparently was
trying to get altitude when the Mon
ocoupe suddenly plunged downward.
The plane's motor buried itself in the
earth.
He and
WOLF POINT FLYER BEGAN
AIR GAME IN GREAT PALLS
Wolf Ponit, Sept. 23.— Robert
Moore, 22, who was killed in an ari
plane crash at Miles City Sunday,
was the son of Mrs. Mary Moore of
Wolf Point and R. H. Moore of Great
Falls. He was a graduate of the
Wolf Point high school and a star in
football and basketball.
James Cook flew from Wolf Point to
Miles City to do commercial flying.
Moore began flying at Great Palls
last spring and continued it here. He
had several hours solo flying
(Continued on I^ast Pas«)
to his
reservation, accompanied by his two
sons, were coming to Plentywood the
car in which they were riding jack
knifed and overturned. The elder
Hatfield was thrown from the car
and his leg injured. The car was
righted and the party resumed their
journey to Plentywood with no fur
ther mishaps.
LARGE BARN BURNS
AT COMERTOWN
Conflagration Thought to
Been Caused by Cigarettes or
Cigars Carelessly Thrown Down By
Hunters.
A large barn on the Sam Senning
son place north of Comertown near
the Canadian line was burned to the
ground Friday afternoon of last
week, together with a large amount
of hay and oats which were stored in
the building.
The Senningsen farm is rented by
Joe Olson.
Hunters are reported to have been
seen in the vicinity of the bam dur
ing the afternoon and it is thought
that a cigar or cigarette stub care
lessly thrown down, was the cause
of the blaze.
Have