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*•&*>*■ u MOKTAN*'.' T * •— ^MA. - 1 LIBERTY IS NOT handed DOWN from ABOVE THE PRODUCERS NEWS GOES INTO EVERY HOME IN SHERIDAN COUNTY Published Weekly "VOL. XI, No. 43 k A PAPER OF THE PEOPLE. FOR THE PEOPLE. BY THE PEOPLE PLENTYWOOD, MONTANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25,1929 * Sub Rates* 18.78 • IxaiC8, In u. 8., $8.00 Entered as Second Clans Matter, October 18, 1818. at the Poab office at Plentywood. Montana, Under the Act of March «. 1878 per year per rear ontanas Legislative MOI Grinds Slowly Farmers Stop Trains, Dump Million Pounds Milk CHICAGO MILK WAR STOPS WHEN ARBITRATION IS AGREED UPON Truck Driver Slugged by Pickets and Contents of Can Poured Over Him. ..Remainder of Load Dumped on Ground. Dairy Farmers Up in Arms. Million Pounds of Milk Destroyed. Waukegan, Ill., Jan, 21.—Militant dairy farmers waylaid two Soo Line trains at Lake Villa station 15 miles west of here Monday night and dumped the contents of two tank cars of milk onto the tracks. Sixty cans of milk were taken from the late afternoon train bound for Chicago and at 8:45 p. m. the strikers boarded a second milk train and emptied two* tank cars, later tossing out all the; milk they found in three réfrigéra tor cars. 21.—With striking Chicago, Jan. dairymen throwing up an efective blockade against importation of milk linto the Chicago area, and further Louis L. Gov. Reports of violence, Emerson tonight moved to bring about L settlement of the controversy be the producers and distributors. ;ween The goveernor said he would confer it Springfield Tuesday with a repre sentative of the producers to work out bn arbitration program. The announcement followed further Reports of violence. Farmers picket ing the highways of Kane and Mc Henry counties slugged Abel Leetzow, [truck driver for Charles Gifford of IBartleU, 111, poured some of the milk ■from his truck over him and dumped ■he remainder into a ditch. [ Following discovery of kerosene in some of the milk shipped into the ity, inspectors were assigned by the ealth commissioner to guard against urther pollution. Highway patrolmen were assigned to guard receiving plants of the larg « producers to prevent further vio knee to farmers attempting to deliv [r milk, and the Lake county circuit (Continued on Last Page) HERIDAN COUNTY FARMERS WIN MANY PRIZES AT MALTA SHOW egistered Flax of Sheridan County Receives First, Second and Third Places at District and State Show. Other Winners In Various Classes of Pure Seed. Medicine Lake Farmer Wins In Poultry and Turkey Exhibitions. Sheridan County Pure Seed Crow 's again won honors at the Montana istrict Seed Show and the Montana täte Utility Show which was recent [ held at Malta. The first three awards in the flax psses in both the District Seed how and the State Seed Show went I Sheridan county, demonstrating the lility of Sheridan county I arise high class flax seed. , i. nns county also had a number of rmer, who were consistent winners all other classes of registered and »proved gram. According to an item M hst rece ived by County Agent: the Secretar y of the u • low, I. i,. Lantz, Malta, the, Sowï ° f Sheridan °° UIlty are aS f ' Registered Margus—George Over I' 3r d; Lars Angvick 8th. •Registered Flax—Andrew Dahl, 1st; ■ U. Wang, 2nd; George Overby, 3rd. Rpproved Marquis—E. W. Martini, R; Lars Angvick 9th. Rpproved Victory— O. E. Wang, farmers approved Flax— O. E. Wang, 2nd. Approved Flax—Nels Ir iT D t W ° f Dagmar was als0 arded a silver cup by the Montana: îd Growers Association for the best u y seed flax sample shown in the eed Show, also a Bintliff pic e< • ®l n tliff Manu (Continued on Last Page) BOTH HOUSES WILL INQUIRE INTO BIG GAS TAX REFUND 21st legislative assembly are becom ing aroused to the seriousness of what they believe to be an abuse of the Helena, Jan, 21 .—Members of the | law permitting refunds of the state gasoline tax in cases where the tax has been paid upon gasoline used for agricultural and industrial operations and not for transportation upon the public highways. One and all are of the opinion that some step must be taken to remedy (Continued on page Eight) SMALL BLAZE CALLS OUT FIRE DEPARTMENT The Plentywood Fire department I was called out Saturday morning about ten o'clock to answer a fire ! summons at the home of Joe Mcln ' tosh in the southwest part of the city. The blaze was caused by some material close to a stove pipe and had been extinguished before the de partment arrived. Practically no damage was done. AN0THE0EETYME DANCE SATURDAY Because of numerous requests for another old time dance following the enjoyable time had two weeks ago at the Temple, the Plentywood Lodge of the Sons of Norway is putting on another of those popular events at the Teitip i e tomorrow (Saturday) evening and it is predicted that the large popu i ar community hall will again be the scene of a huge throng of me rry-makers, who will make the rafters ring with their shouts of en j oyment as tbe old-time dances pro gress in the good old-fashioned way. Otto's old-time Buick orchestra will furnish the music and everyone that heard them two weeks ago will be there and tell their friends of the ex cellent music they are going to have. The committee in charge reports that old-time music and dances will prevail throughout the entire evening and asks the public to come prepared for the time of their lives. Olson.- Annual Stockholders* Meeting ___ j The Annual Stockholders meeting ^11 be held at the Sheridan Memori al Hospital, February 16th, at 8:00 o'clock for the purpose of electing trustees for the year. 43-t3 NEW ELECTRIC RATE ON MINIMUM CHARGE TAKES EFFECT FEB. 1 * Helena, Jan. 21.—Commencing * * Feb. 1 the minimum charge of * * three of the larger electric sys- * * terns for combination use of elec- * * tricity for lighting, heating, cook- * * ing and appliances will be $1 a * * month instead of $2, the state * * public service commission an- * * nounces. The Companies which * * are putting the rate into effect * * are the Montana Power, Great * * Falls Power and the Thompson • * Falls Power companies. The rate • * is not applicable to hotel and * * rooming house service. * Son of Saco (Mont.) Lady Killed in Clash At Nicaragua Among those listed as killed in Nic aragua as the result of a tilt between i American Marines and Nicaraguan insurgents, was Private Rector, who 1 was bom in 1907 at Aredale, Iowa. He ; er >Lsted in 1025 from Des Moines, and I gave ms nearest relative as his moth er, Mrs. Laura J. Rector, of Saco, Mont. Plentywood Wins and Loses The Plentywood High School bas ketball team won over the Antelope highschool boys in a well played' game at the Farmer-Labor Temple The Sheridan County term of Court ended Monday noon, and the jurors were dismissed. Judge Felt presided over court Saturday and Monday. In the case of Dolin vs. Wächter, score was 21 to 13. The local boys lost Wednesday ev ening to Scobey by a score of 24 to 13 in a well-played game. DISTRICT COURT ENDS MONDAY NOON the attorneys agreed on a statement of facts to be presented to the Judge for his decision. The Ommar case was dismissed by the Judge after County Attorney Bakewell asked for dismissal because of lack of evidence. The Kelly cases went by default and judgment was rendered because of non-appearance. Monday noon, all cases having been disposed of, the jury was dis missed and the term of court ended. Judge Felt, who was called on some cases in which Judge Paul had been disqualified, presided over the court Saturday and Monday morning. The Omar Case Written By HANS RASMUSSEN Court session is over and justice has again been handed out satisfac tory to some and to the disappoint ment of others. The most interesting case on the court calendar was the Omar case, a where Mr. Omar was charged case with having received money from the county under false pretense. Lots of people were determined that this case should be aired out in court, so peo ple could find out just what was going on in the county and know just what done with some of the county's was Those in power at present money. time were just as determined that this should not come before the pub lic, so they started pulling all the wires they could. You could see county commissioners and other prom inent politicians walking in and out of the newly-elected county attorney's office, with the result that the case juggled from one end of the cal was endar to the other in order to gain time and finally dismissed by the DISTILLERY FIND RAISES HAVOC Wim MONTANA OFFICERS North Dakota Prohibition Officers Place Administrator Roberts and His Men In Embarrassing Position. Public Taking Much Interest in Dis covery of Huge Still By Officers of Another District. The capture of the hute still by North Dakota prohibition aiforcement officers in the wilds of the Missouri river without asking for aid of, or notifying, Montana prohibition offi cers of their intentions until after the raid, is creating a good deal of talk in this section of the state. Some people have expressed the opinion that the North Dakota offi cers made the surprise visit to the moonshiners in the Montana district alone because they felt that if the Montana prohibition officers had been notified the moonshiners would have received mysterious warning and fled before being captured. The strange part of the Missouri river affair is that Waddell, federal prohibition agent under Adminsitrator Roberts, who has been chasing all over northeastern Montana running down blind pigs and whose headquart ers are within 50 miles oi where the big still was found, was apparently unaware of the fact though several papers had given notice that stills were located on the Montana side of the North Dakota boundary. People are also wondering why these little one-eyed joint proprietors are brought into city court to pay a small fine, when they have a federal court for such cases and the offenders have been arrested by federal offi cers. They wonder if this is only a case of hi-jacking, At Billings some months ago, it is ■ reported that bootleggers brought be fore the city magistrate and fined, caused a grand jury investigation by * (Continued on Last Pase) ROUE SKATING IS PROVING POPULAR The pastime of roller skating at the Farmer-Labor Temple is on the in crease, according to A, C. Erickson the manager. Since the Temple acquired roller skates and the price was reduced to 25 cents and 16 cents, the sport has become very popular, and on nights and afternoons scheduled for skating, the floor is crowded to capacity. .80 •44 •84 •60 .45 county attorney "for lack of evidence," much to the disappointment of the jurors. What a joke—if there had been "lack of evidence," no effort would have been made to stop the case. The trouble was that there was too much evidence. Those in power knew that it would be no trouble at all to prove that Mr. Omar had received money from the county to which he was not entitled. They simply did not want LOCAL MARKETS Thursday, January 24, 1929 Dark Northern Wheat ... Winter Wheat .. Amber Durum __ Flax, per bu.... Rye, per bu. -- Barley, per bu. _ Oats, per bu. _ Potatoes, per bu._ Creamery butter, per lb. Dairy butter, per lb._ I Eggs, per doz.. .93 .92 .81 2.06 .60 .25 RAYMOND MEN SENTENCED BY JUDGE PAUL TUESDAY * t ♦ * * Tuesday of this week Judge S. * * E. Paul sentenced Pete Hen- * * dricksnteier and Bob Porter who * * were recently found guilty by a * * jury of second degree assault. * Porter was given a sentence of * * from 2 to 4 years in the state * * penitentiary and Hendricksmeier * * from 1 Vi to 3 years, * The men were taken to Deer * * Lodge Wednesday by Sheriff * Madsen and Oscar Ctollins. * * Power Company Man Goes To Havre to Trace and Stop Radio Interference Havre» Jan. 19.—Some electrical disturbance around Havre recently has been so evident that owners radio sets in the ctiy have been un able to receive clear programs. The Montana Power Co. has an ex pert coming here Saturday who will attempt to trace the trouble and cor rect the disturbance. Plentywood Implement Co. Receives Carload of Drills As the first token of spring Plentywood Implement (jompany loaded a car of Van Brunt Drills Tuesday Mr, Nelson believes in getting his stock of machinery in while the get ting is good and giving the farmers an opportunity to look over their spring purchases early, so that the needed implements may be taken out before the roads get bad in the spring, - LOCAL CHURCH TO BE ENLARGED Among improvements contemplated in Plentywood the coming year is the enlarging of the Plentywood Congre gational church from its present size of 28 by 34 to 34 by 56 feet. Besides the enlargement of the church proper, one or two rooms will be added to take care of the church's The edifice will numerous activities, also be provided with a full size base ment and a new entrance and steeple will be built. The new improvements which will cost about $9,000, have long been needed in order to take care of the large number of attendants of that' religious denomination and the over crowded condition of the church will be relieved by the addition. to have this proven. So they started pulling wires. Not that they were so overly inter ested in protecting Mr. Omar. They did not care much if he went to the pen or not. All they were interested in was to protect their own hides. If this case had been threshed out in court the evidence would very likely have shown how Mr. Omar was only the go-between, that he was not the one who got away with the real money—or only very little of it—but that the bulk of the money went to more prominent citizens including county commissioner. They were simply afraid to bring Mr. Omar on the stand. They knew very well that if Omar went to the pen he would not go there alone. Of course, it is all right sending people to the pen as long as it is the Pete Hendricksmeier, the Bob Porters and „ rm, 4 . even the Omars. That class of people , have very few wires to pull, but when (Continued on Last Page) MORE REVENUE FOR STATE DRAWS SOLONS' ATTENTION Higher Educational Institutions, Highway Projects and Other State Departments Clamor for More Money As Committees Go Into Session to Devise Ways and Means to Raise More Revenue. Taxpayers Indignant At What They Term Ex travagance of State Government. * With two and one-half weeks gone by, the State Legislature is still moving along slowly with many committees busy on plans to increase the revenue of the state to meet the demands of different 'departments for more money. The general public is not taking departments for more money. The general public is not taking kindly to the idea of increased taxes and believe the state should take means to economize rather than the present extravagance which is increasing expenses rapidly over the present revenues of the state. The action of the Representatives and Senators is being watched closely by the folks at home. MILLER PHARMACY TO OCCUPY-NEW BRICK BLOCK FEB. 1 of The Millers Pharmacy will move into the new brick block recently erected by Gottlieb & Stadig in the next few days, which will give that popular drug store one of the finest business places in the city. Mr. Miller, proprietor of the Mil ler Pharmacy, expects to be situated in his new place of business by Feb 1 and be the demands of his large number of pat rons. Pharmacy is now for rent, and while it is not known what line of business will enter the vacated premises, sev eral offers have been considered by Mr. Miller recently, and it is expected The present location of the Miller that with the big demand for business 1 houses located on Main street that will soon be the home for another flourishing business. 1 j 3400 ARRESTED WHEN CHICAGO POLICE STAGE GIGANTIC RAID ; | Judges Asked to Give Time for the Inquiries—Professional Bondsmen and "Mouthpieces" Have Tough Job. Most of Prisoners Booked on Suspicion Charges to Permit Holding. THREE NORTHWEST BANKS ARE CLOSE Bankruptcy, Defalcations, and Affilia tion With Other Institutions Cause Close Doors. Spokan, Jan. 21.—Three banks of this section were closed Saturday. The Bank of Farmington, Wash., failed to open its doors Saturday morning but other state banks of the inland empire will not be affected by the closing of the Exchange National Bank of Spo kane, it was said by Harry C. John son, state superintendent of banking. The Farmington bank was almost entirely owned by the officers and di (Continued on Last Page) i for the latest improvements in the equipment of that busy establishment and the large amount of work done attests to the efficiency of that popu j ar tire repairing and battery charg TIRE SHOP INSTALLS NEW BATTERY CHARGER A new Hobart 8 -hour battery charger has been installed by The Tire Shop this week, and Mr. Red mond, proprietor, states that he is now ready to charge batteries with the latest in charging apparatus. The new machine, according to Mr. Red mond, works on a new principle, and will fully charge a battery in eight hours by individualistic method. The Tire Shop is always on the lookout ing place of business. * Helena, Jan. 24.—Montana's house of representatives got down to work yesterday when it convened after the week-end recess and passed three bills heard a number of notices of bills and heard three new measures intro duced. The measures adopted were house bills 4, 5 and 7. , House bill No. 4 provides for is suance of county bonds for erection of high schools and their equipment and also sets the limit of bonded in debtedness. It passed the house with out a dissenting vote. House bill No. 7 was taken up next and also passed without opposition. It relates to joint school boards and provides that high school trustees and district trustees may form a joint board and name a district superin tendent. The only opposition to a measure came when House bill No. 5 was brot up. The measure passed, but not with the votes of the Carbon county dele gation. They voted against the bill. This bill relates to the high school tax. levy. it New Bills Introduced Three new bills were introduced. (Continued on Last Page) Chicago, Jan. 21.—The city's lock ups bulged and the police department fanned around in a frenzy of work today as it questioned, photographed and fingerprinted 3,400 prisoners ta ken in Chicago's geatest hoodlum oundup. Opened Saturday night, the dragnet was folded up and put away for the time being only because the raiding squads reported they could find no more suspects or underworld haunt* that needed raiding. Every police station in the city, w as jammed with suspects brought in wagon loads until the early hours of the morning. It was estimated thujpe to four days would be needed to slH the crowd and make the necessary records. A stream of lawyers began to pour into the criminal courts building with petitions for habeas corpus as soon as the doors were opened, but it son became evident their jobs were diffi cult. State's Attorney John A. Swan son requested judges, before whom po tions were heard to take no action until police had ample time to investi gate all those under arrest. Wanted for Murder In the wholesale arrests police hop ed to find the solution of many of the crime mysteries unsolved. Of the first 600 examined, 236 were found to have records, and one, John Hawkins, had long been sought for the killing of Betty Chambers, hoodlum consort whose body was found about a year (Continued on Last Page) v;