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8 0? R ioN L TÎSS' ET> «ELENA A ' Historical Library ^ M u «v f * f \ - * » THE PRODUCERS NEWS GOES INTO EVERY HOHE IN SHERIDAN COUNTY u bertv not IS down ABOVE b,0® ed from 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. Pü G.fU R a f#»o. Foreign, I8.7B per year 3UD. i\aies. [D u 8 U 00 p^. VOLUME SMITH FEATURES G. 0. P. CORRUPTION I** ... . iiiiiiiiiiiiimiimni UlllllllllltllllllllUl 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 1 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 , ", ä 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. (Continued on L.&at l - age> _ 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 SÄÄÄ« 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 No run by at fv » > wt m a »r«« of KNlFF Pi AY TAKFÇ IV11I1 JL I Lull ImVLiU l\ï ft />tv TLT HIE â IUT firp Pl AiF ON MA IN ST I liiavLi V/ll 1"Halil ul* 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 | 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 a 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 ^ _ 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 - J SPECIAL TRAIN WILL CARRY PRACTICAL LIVESTOCK I "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" ÄÄ dSM 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 u Governor Is Presented With Indian Bonnet, Pouch and Pipe and Cheeks Daubed With Colored Powder. i 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, (Continued on page Eiphti «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? mmm ■ r % __ _ GOV. ALFRED E. SMITH Who addressed,huge crowd at State Fair Monday | 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, .. 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 >> |York. c ^ t> Democratic Nominee to Vociferous Throng When Smith Delivers His Fourth Campaign Speech ERICKSON WALSH AND WHEELER ACCOMPANY TAMMANY CHIEF - 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