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THE PRODUCERS NEWS
Paper of the people, by the people, for the people
By Peoples Publishing Company, Publishers
CONTINUING—The Outlook Promoter, The Out
look Optimist, The Dooley Sun, The Antelope In
dependent, The Sheridan County News, The Pio
neer Press and the Sheridan County Farmer.
CHARLES E. TAYLOR, Editor an>d Manager
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1928
SAME OLD WHEELER
Sen. Wheeler spoke at the Farmer-Labor Temple
last Saturday evening when he took occasion to "pan"
"Paddy" Wallace and Editor Taylor of the Producers
News.
In fact he was so much taken up in shooting off
about Taylor and Wallace that he almost forgot his oid
chestnuts about the Green House down on K Street.
When Wheeler found out that neither Taylor nor Wal
lace were there he filled up his lungs, strutted about
the stage, and defied anybody to bother him, just as if
anyone intended to bother him.
A couple of weeks ago a Wheeler and Erickson meet
ing was advertised in the Producers^ News in a half
page ad, to occur last Saturday evftn?ng at the Farm
er-Labor Temple,
dance but Dan Olson, now manager of the Producers
News got the date cancelled so that Mr. Wheeler and
Gov. Erickson could be accomodated.
But the brave Junior Senator from Montana had
meeting arranged later at Scobey to speak before the
picture show. Gov. Erickson was speaking at Opheim,
too lar away to get to Plentywood, or he did not want
we can hardly blame
The date had been taken for a
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to appear here with Wheeler
him.
Saturday afternoon came and no Wheeler arrived.
The local committee learned that Wheeler had had
himself dated .for Scobey and would not be here. All
afternoon they tried but could not get in touch with
him. They then put out a bill advertising Mr. Cooney,
Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor, as the
head liner together with Judge George Bourquin, of
Butte, Democratic candidate for Attorney General, and
others.
r ihe other candidates happened to be Secretary of
State Mount joy and Mr. Keeley, Democratic candidate
for Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner.
Judge Bourquin did not arrive.
The minor candi
dates were in a sweat; they did not want to face
audience coming out to hear Gov. Erickson and Sen.
Wheeler.
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These men phoned Wheeler until they got
him at Scobey. He refused to
Sen. Wheeler
come.
wao afraid to come to Plentywood.
He was afraid that Editor Taylor or "Paddy" Wal
lace would he there to ask him about the blackmailing
oi old Jorgen Thompson—or about his Poison
site vote, and other questions.
power
Mr, Keeley and Secretary of St^ite Mountjoy come to
Editor Taylor's house and told him that Wheeler would
not come to Plentywood. We asked them what was the
matter with Wheeler.
They said they didn't know,
»»c remarked, "Well that is surprising; the democrats
Lore spent a lot of money advertising and must
at least $25 for the Temple and there will surely be a
number out to see the Governor and hear what Wheel
er has to say for himself. Can it be that Wheeler is
scared to come to Plentywood ? Well you boys are in a
fine fix. You call up Wheeler and tell him to come on
down, that no one will bother him, tell him that I and
Sheriff Salisbury are going to a meeting at Comer
town, and wont
pay
even be in Plentywoood, he
pan
hell out of us if he wants to."
Sheriff Salisbury arrived just then,
duced, and he assured them that there
why Wheeler should not
and was intro
was no reason
come over as arranged.
Well Mountjoy and Keeley called Wheeler and told
him what they had learned and urged him to
Wheeler replied, joyfully, that he would
as he was thru at Scobey. He got to the Temple about
eleven o'clock and sang his "HI oT song".
He stayed in Plentywood all day Sunday and left
Monday morning.
come,
come as soon
While here he spent most of his
time with Jack O'Grady and Oscar Collins
_; who
looking after his campaign here, we understand.
Monday he mosied down the line and i
spoke at Froid.
are
in the evening
At Froid, true to form he paid his respects to Sheri
dan county; said it was the most corrupt county in
the state.
Any county where the voters don't vote
for Wheeler is corrupt, and then said: "The Producers
News has said I did not dare to come into the county,
but I went and stayed as long as I wished with
out the sheriff kicking
laughed.
The audience
We do not know whether Wheeler meant
this as a compliment or not. We could add that if
the county is as corrupt as the Senator intimated,
that he felt right at home here.
me out.
As a matter of fact Wheeler, though he had adver
tised his meeting here, did not dare to come to Plen
tywood until he was assured that he would not be
asked any questions about the "blackmailing of Jor
gen Thompsen," and until he was assured that Taylor
and Wallace would not be at the meeting.
Same old Wheeler.
THE STRAW VOTE
The Literary Digest for October 20th has a tabula
now rep
tion of the straw vote for the whole country
resented in the big poll.
Everyone of the forty-eight states contributed a
quota to the huge total of more than 2,500,000 votes
nu\\ gathered and tabulated in the Digest's greatest
of all unofficial polls. With the present tabulation,
the returns may be considered for the first time fairly
representative of the nation as a whole. The division
of the total vote is slightly more favorable to Gov.
Smith than in the earlier tabulations,
stand at 1,593,436 for Hoover to 910,234 for Smith,
giving a percentage of 63 for the Republican to 37 for
the Democrats.
The totals now
The wide-spread breaking down of political fences,
noted throughout the previous reports, is even more
evident in the present tabulation. It is a fact that
with a fuller report from the Southern states, there
is an increasing switch of Democrats to Hoover, along
with an increase of supporters to Mr. Smith from
former republicans.
The tabulation by states gives the Democratic
didate an actual majority of votes only in the south
ern strongholds of Georgia, Louisana, Mississippi and
South Carolina. Arkansas and Alabama give the Re
publican candidate a mere shade the better of it, but
Florida, North Carolina, Texas and Virginia, give
- appreciable maiorities, make up, in the case of Florida
and Texas, of considerable more former Democrats
than Republicans.
The revealing results of the straw vote are astound
can
ing. No one can hardly believe that Texas and Ar
kansas, Florida and Old Virginia, will cut loose from
old democratic moorings and swing into the repub
lican columns—yet the Digest report indicates that
this very thing is in the process of happening. If it
occurs, it will be a political revolution—the starting of
something that we don't know how will end. It means,
it seems to us the end of the old Democratic party, or
the amalgamation of the Republican and Democratic
parties in one conservative party, and the rising in
definite proportion of the American Labor party—the
Farmer-Labor party if you please—as the opposition
party.
The joining of the two old parties will prove that
historical truism, that a political party must reflect
the economic interests of its members. The old Demo
cratic and Republican parties represent the economic
interest of the same group, they have been maintain
ed as a bi-party political contradiction in the United
States for years, and seemed a successful contradic-1
tion at the above noted truism. But this purely arti
ficial situation is passing away, and with it passes
the Democratic party, the last anti-bellum tradition
of the south with it, the old southern ideas of white su
This strangest ot
premacy, and free trade: even the South melts before
the march of progress.
The New York Times remarks,
all campaigns, which may make an election map, No
vember 7th that will resemble a leopard's coat, is
merely having its peculiarities confirmed by the straw
vote."
The straw vote shows that Hoover will carry Mon
tana two to one. This probably will not be, but it
seems safe to concede that Montana is safely in the
Hoover column. From all indications now, Erickson,
the democratic candidate for Governor, and Wheeler,
the democratic candidate for United States Senator,
will both go down to defeat in spite of Anaconda and
all of its money: this in itself is a most remarkable
But when the dawn clears
November 7th, it is very likely that Wheeler will be
elected to stay at home in spite of the efforts of Sen.
Norris and Young LaFollette. It seems that the rank
and file are just not going to follow a lot of the old
leaders. And it is not to be wondered that they aie
not prepared to take Sen. Norris' advise after Wheel
Returning to the national situation it is -absurd to
predict that North Dakota and Minnesota will go for
Smith—any way it seems so to us.
Speaking of New York, the Digest poll shows that
for the entire state, Hoover has received 20S.65G votes
to Smiths 1 <4,531; and in New York City Hoover has
received 93,974 to Smith's 130,022. This indicates that
Hoover will carry the state of New York by a sub
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thing, and in the case of Wheeler, it seems almost
unbelievable, in view of the fact that the mining in
terests, the Smith - forces, and the labor unions, all
seem to be behind him.
er's Poison Power Site vote.
stantial majority.
Hoover has 93,286 votes in Chicago to Smith's 67,
646, and in Philadelphia Hoover has 68,495 to Smith's
47,810.
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It will be remembered that the Digest reports for'
the election for 1924 came within less than 2% of
being correct
g correct.
In Montana the returns show 6,750 for Hoover
3,152 for Smith.
From all indications now Smith
will be literally
snowed under—the worst defeated democratic candi
date since the Civil
Just why that should be is
one of those things that occur that cannot be explain
war.
ed.
Of course, we admit that we cannot feature Hoover
carrying Texas or Old Virginia, and we wont believe
it can be so until the reports come to that effect, No
vember 7th.
MORE WHISPERING
It seems that the Democrats of Montana are simon
pure devotees of the whispering campaign. 1
One nice thing about a whispering campaign is that
the whisperer does not have to prove anything- he oed- 1
die. th* Privately wMch he JL not Le l
publicly most times the yarn is just a plain lie. I
1 here is a lot of whispering being done over the
state about Wellington Rankin. One whisoer telK nnp
sotf ot a story to one class of peopleT^d alter to
another class.
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This .sort of campaigning is most contemptible. It
is the sort of an attack to which the victim can offer
no defense—he don't know where the snake is nor
what it is doing.
One of the most vicious whispers now traveling ov
er the state
is none
on some pretext or other at state expense,
other than Maggie Smith Hathaway, under the
pretense of looking after unfortunate children, , ~
finds her way into most every nook and cranny in the
state, and into every ear willing to spare her a minute
she pours forth her
she
\ enomous spew—Maggie is ener
getic and tireless and many an ear she poisons in the
course of a day's work.
While in Plentywood, Maggie Hathaway, plugging
for Gov. Erickson, the abject tool of the Copper Com
pany, told such stories as these about United States
District Attorney Wellington D. Rankin, the Republi
can candidate for Governor:
"Rankin does not pay his personal bills,
etc."
Ihis is a cheap, malicious lie.
"Rankin i s the most foul mouthed
son I have ever met,
Now this writer has known Wellington Rankin for
a number of years. We don't recall that
heard Rankin
tions with him.
per
etc.
we ever
use a profane word during our associa
Rankin as we know him does not drink,
saw him take a drink nor have we ever seen liquor
about him. He does not use tobacco in any form.
He is a moderate eater and keeps himself in splendid
physical condition. Morally he is a very clean man—
yes exceptionally so. Rankin is active and industrious
and one of the best attorneys in the state.
Rankin is a native born son of Montana. He is well
educated, being graduated from Harvard and won the
Rhodes scholarship to Oxford, England, where he
greduated. He has held the office of Attorney Gen
eral by election of the people; he has held the office of
Judge of the Supreme Court by appointment by Gov.
Dixon. He is now United States District Attorney for
Montana by appointment by Pres. Coolidge.
In all of the offices which Rankin has held
made good.
We never
he has
Rankin has always been progressive in politics,
is personally good natured and
and approachable—a real gentleman.
Now all of the cheap yarns being whispered about
Rankin can be put down as malicious libel and forgot
ten.
He
generous, courteous
The Medicine Lake Wave, last week, after devoting
four columns of black type to the telling of its few
readers how unreliable and lying the Producers News
is, repeated its last week's insinuations about Charles
Lundeen and his skyscraper—besides all of his usual
insinuations, based on not a word of truth.
WHEELER GREETED
(Continued from page One)
over to disturb the meeting by ask
ing Wheeler questions—that Taylor
and Salisbury were going to a meet
ing at Comertown, and would hot ev
en he in town.
The candidates called Wheeler and
advised him, and he agreed to come
and did come \as soon as his Scobey
meeting was finished. The Senator
arrived in Plentywood about eleven
o'clock.
The audience was entertained by
Frank Cooney and Secretary Mount
joy and other speakers, but had wait
ed for some time to hear the Senat
or. The crowd was mostly from the
country, only a few of the town peo
ple turned out—about 250
Leing 0U 1 t° hear Wheeler and Ér
ickson
wheeler took the platform imme
diately and delivered his speech
four years ago when jie was run
n * n S f° r Vice President on the Inde
pendent Ticket with LaFollette. He
told about the republican corruption,
about the "little Green House on K
street," about his part in dispersing
the "Ohio gang," and how he had
voted for the farmers.
After or before going thru this
eople
of
speech, he paid his compliments to
Editor Taylor and "Paddy" Wallace,
devoting most of his time to a tirade
about them. The audience grew tired
of his small town harangue and some
commenced to leave him.
Many of those* who attended the
meeting remarked that Wheeler's
speech was
a disappointment and
that it did the Senator a lot of dam
age, practically losing him what lit
tle support he did have—that the
speech was cheap and undignified and
unworthy of a United States Senator.
Gov. Erickson arrived in Plenty
, wood Sunday morning in time to at
| tend services at the Lutheran church,
! after which he went to Froid where
I h . e *jP° ke ir t the evening to a fair
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Sunday, where he was shown around
'by Oscar Collins. Sunday afternoon
1 he went !0ver to the Hass Brothers
ranch. Wheeler stayed in Plenty
| Monday" morning.'' 1 'He 'talde* short
| speeches at Antelope and Medicine
! Lake, and spoke at Froid in the ev
!"!!!£ î° u f ÿ r 'f iz ® d audience. He got
how bravere "was' when *h? hLVap
peared before a Sheridan county
di( ^ ce -
6oV ' .J? n ä® on , did not s P end much
time with Wheeler at Plentywood. In
fact he seemed inclined to get
from the Senator
au
away
as soon as possible.
Among other democrats in Plenty
j W(W)d Saturday, 'Sunday and Monday
! j e , re ,^ r * Ke . ele y> democratic candi
date for public service commissioner,
and Mary O'Neil, candidate for Clerk
of tbe Supreme Court on the Demo
i Cri vu n u
! î * aggle Sm iJ. h Hathaway was also
j m town on offlcial businegs
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WHO RAISED MOST
(Continued from tvoge One)
I cording to state department oficials
The yield per acre will vary in the
i s ? me field a P d unless some deiim
tions were laid down as to the con
ditions under which the average was
to be determined it is believed that a
rate of yield higher than any claimed
this year could be shown in cases
field were considered. PUt ° f ^
W. F. Casey, former secretary of
^ be rr S ^f* e ^ a * r ' and dry ^ and farmer,,
Î w • fSî ten years ag0 ' stated
county ' Sat 'we're LeasLlfoS
as showing the best stand of wheat j
freshed out 79 bushels per acre, al- !
though tbe a ^T a Ke of the whole field
~ 20 U " der ^
The man who called duty a pleas
ure was never faced by custom offi
cials.
ELECT
Wellington D.
RANKIN
Governor
of Montana
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He is Able, Fearless
and Conscientious
He Has Served
Faithfully
H® b independent and M
ernor will recognise no obli
gation except a patriotic ley
aHy to people of Every Claaa
*a his native state.
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pftbUoen State Central Committee)
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cused for one cause or another, the
panel for the trial as finally a creed
upon, is composed of O. Devine, M.
A. Ford, Henry Davis, D. D. Jami
son, Charles Pursell, H. T. Johnson,
V. W. Fey, G. M. Higgins, Frank
Knight, John Park, E. C. Teener and
Joe Sanders:
The plaintiff is represented by At
torneys Louis P. Donovan, A. C. I
Erickson and Paul Babcock and the
defendant by John G. Brown of the ;
Helena firm gf Stewart and Brown, I
William H. Clawson of New York and 1
Hurd, Hall and McCabe of this city. '
w. N. Davidsgn, assistant attorney
general, is representing that office. *
Ireasurer Torstenson on Witness
Stand
County Treasurer Eng. Torstenson
went on the witness stand Wednes
day forenoon and was on the stand
all day Wednesday and Thursday.
1 hursday he was under gruelling
cross examination by Attorney
George Hurd for the National Surety
Company. It is reported that he wiil
be thru Friday morning when he will
be followed by Deputy County Treas
urer Anna Hovet and clerk Ida New
Ion. It is not kngwvn when the coun
ty will be through with its case and
the defense starts.
Niels Madsen has not yet been call
ed for the county, nor has Sheriff!
Salisbury, Deputy Sheriff Gallagher,
nor has former Undersheriff Robke
been on the stand, so it is hardly like
ly that the state will rest before Sat
urday afternoon.
Several witneses were called the
fir *t of the week, namely Peter
Acklestad of Plentywood, Charles
Ross and Wm. Hass of Outlook, and
Charles E. Taylor of Plentywood.
Some of these witnesses were called
by the surety company.
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MONTANA'S WHEAT
(Continued from page One)
forecasted at 5,179,000 bushels which
is below the 1927 crop of 7,168,000
bushels and the five
year average
produtcion of 6,625,000 bushels,
duced acreage this year is largely re
sponsible for the smaller crop, while
yield per acre promises to be only
slightly below the five year average.
The bulk of the corn is fed out on the
farms producing it. The September
15th farm price of com was 83 cents
compared with $1 a year ago.
Flax seed production in the state
is now forecasted at 2,325,000 bushels
or only slightly below the 1927 crop
of 2,438,000 bushels and nearly double
the five year average production
1,088,000 bushels. The Sept. 15 farm
price of flax seed was $1.74 and a
year ago it was $1.86.
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buSt Farmer - Labor Tem P le > <><*• 31st.
DEEDS NOT WORDS
Construction, Not Destruction
Here read the record of Joseph
M. Dixon as Congressman, United
States Senator and as Governor
of Montana. Four years in the
House, six years in the United
States Senate and four years Gov
ernor of Montana.
Herbert Hoover will be elected
president of the United States. A
Republican senator from Montana
supporting the president will find
opportunity for important service
to this state.
VOTE FOR JOSEPH M. DIXON FOR UNITED
STATES SENATOR AND HAVE REAL
REPRESENTATION IN WASHINGTON
Here are a few of the actual accomplishments of
Joseph M. Dixon, while representing Montana in
the national capital, from the introduction of the
measures to their final enacement into laws:
15.
The establishment of the Sun River Irriga
tion project.
16.
Ihe establishment of the Lower Yellowstone
Irrigation project.
The establishment of the Flathead Irrigation
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, project.
18.
The establishment of the Blackfoot Irriga
tion project.
19. The establishment of the Fort Peck Irriga
tion project.
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The establishment of the Huntley Irrigation
project.
21 .
The Billings Public building.
The Great Falls Public building.
23. The Missoula Public building,
24. The Bozeman and Kalispell Public buildings
—in co-operation with Congressman Pray—now
Federal Judge.
The $340,000 appropriation for rebuilding
Fort Missoula.
26. The establishment of U. S. Forestry Head
quarters for District No. 1 at Missoula.
27. The original bill for granting to Montana
2,000 acres at Fort Assinniboine, for the establish
ment of some public institution theron, later com
pleted by Senator Mvers, after Dixon's term had
expired.
As against these things, what has Mr. Wheeler
done for Montana?
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1. Amending the Interstate Commerce Act to pro
hibit the railroads from charging more for the
short haul than the long haul.
26.
2. The establishment of Glacier National Park.
3. The establishment of the U. S. Land Office
at Billings.
4. The establishment of the U. S. Land Office
at Glasgow.
5. The establishmeftt of the U. S. Land Office
at Havre.
6. The creation of the National Bison Reserve
in Lake county.
Falls The estabiishment of the U. S. Court at Great
8. The establishment of the U. S.
Billings.
9- The establishment of the U. S. Court
soula.
10. The law permitting homestead
rorest reserves.
RECORD AS GOVERNOR.
As Governor of Montana Joseph M. Dixon, fight -
ing almost alone, was responsible for the Inherit
ance Tax, Metals Mines Tax. Oil Tax, Pullman Car
Tax, w'hich now have produced more than $5,000,
000 in new revenues and to that extent have re
duced the tax burden from Montana farms, home?
and business enterprises. But for the courageous
leadership of Joseph M. Dixon these measures nev
er would have been written into the law of Mon;
tana. WHO WOULD NOW REPEAL ANY Of
THESE MEASURES?
How much would the State of Montana be in
debt at this time
more received from the successful operation of these
laws?
Court at
at Mis
entry within
dian lands 0pening settlement of
Project.
, , the Crow In
now covered by the Huntley Irrigation
it not for the. $ 5 , 000,000
or
12. The
vation.
vation ^ 0pening of the Black feet Indian
14. The
vation.
opening of the Fort Peck Indian Reser
were
_ more fitted by temperament, abihtj,
energy, education and love for his home state tha»
is Joseph M. Dixon to represent Montana in tie
United States Senate.
Reser
No man is
opening of the Flathead Indian Reser
Cast Your Vote for
Montana's Greatest Statesman
Joseph M. Dixon —
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State Central Committee.
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l9 .1928
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Editor—Manager Polk, Who Owns
Plentywood and Scobey Papers.
Havre, Oct. 16.—Monday evening's
edition of the Havre Daily News-Pro
moter will be printed by the United
Publishers, the corporation which
sûmes control of the Havre daily
Announcement was made of the
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pletion of a conditional contract of
sale of the News-Promoter by Sam %
D. Goza of Helena, and A. G. Line
bargei of Havre, the sole
the United Publishers,
formed corporation,
H. B. Brooks, for 23 years editor
of the Chinook Opinion, will be the
new editor, while R. G. Linebarger, 11
present editor of the Promoter, will j *
i Le news editor of the new sheet and
Harry Polk, owner of the weeklies at
Scobey and Plentywood, will be busi- i
ness manager.
The same staff that is with the
Promoter will continue under the new
management.
"We have been able to see for some
time that there is a splendid oppor
tunity in the northern part of the
state for a good daily," said Mr. I*
Brooks.
"The proposition that we have is
owners, to
a recently
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with I'ayre as the central point,
Weeklies that
are now part of the i
concern are the Phillips County 14
News, Chinook Opinion, Cut Banjc
Pioneer Press, Plentywood Herald
and the Scobey Enterprise. These
different sources will supply news to
the Havre paper.
Thoj«e interested in the corporation
are: H. B. Brooks, Chinook; T. F.
Rucker, Malt|: Harry Polk, Willis
ton^ N. D.; Dan Whetstone, Cut
Bank; Earl Richards, Chinook; John
Survant, Malta;- R. G. Linebarger,
Havre; and Sam Goza, Helena.
"We are planning on additional
manufacturing equipment," 'said Mr.
Brooks, "rRt only to supply the need
of the Havre institution but to
care
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