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Entere» as Second CUum Matter, October IS, ISIS, at the Post
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The grain gamblers of the
s " tate g have held an exalt
lnl ^it, n «r many years. Iheir
dt *"' law and no law could
* 0fd t uW> the statute b0 ° kS
* , P "'ouM touch the grain gam
that » 0U 'j profession. Every
** ° r nH h then P a crusade would
*°* * nd VT the evils of the
^pit'but the bnjs on *Jj e
Change *» uld P° ur 0,1 °" th n
ïd waters and soon all
Sft-h ffr, .
I Rut as is always the ease with
1 8 malted position, they
not with economic En
forced
mm
1 jSTwhich have now
1 heads of this government to
I ■ hod ti 3 the impoverished
filers—not that they wish to,
something had to be done to
their tottering 1
the
bat
»economic
structure.
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I Somebody had to be sacrificed
I ..M the altar of political wis
I !ml h happened to be the grain
I «»Mers. Now comes a wail as
I JTfat carcasses of the boys in
I the (tm in P' ( simmer ir î . th ' 8 fire
I of government competition for
I the control of the grain in this
I toantry They gnash their teeth
I u they see the greedy flames
I ifewly climbing up to bum their
I Konomic structures built upon the
I body of hard-working farmers.
I They appeal to Hoover that no
I nan sufh as Legge, has a right
I U, confiscate their property.
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■ In the meantime the farmers
■ 3 re enjoying the situation and
I getting many a laugh as the
I grain gambler howls about oon
■ fixation, etc. etc. They have mot
■ forgotten how he has helped to
I confiscate their property, and
H »e cannot say that it makes us
■ frei ba>d to see the fat hoys siz
■ île for all the fleecing of the j
I farmers which they have engaged
■ in It does make a difference who
■ is being fleeced.
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I Well the Disarament Confer
I is Retting ready to meet again
I after a week's layoff. So far it
I would appear that the disarma
I ment phase of the meeting would
I mean bigger armament with a
I stupendous race for supremacy.
I However, the day i s still young
I and the delegates have lots of
I time and England is showing
I them a good time. Great Britain
I was always long on diplomacy.
I So the woiHM will patiently wait
I and read loads and loads of stone
I and read reams and reams of pa
I per to find whats it all about.
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Mabfl Normand,'
screen
star, who has lived a varied ca
I rwr. died at Los Angeles this
I week at the age of 35. Many
I people will say that Mabel Nor
I mand dieti young, but .a story of
I Her life would reveal that she has
I lived a thousand years of the av
I person's existence in thrills
I *d experiences.
II1 !J ! !
I 1 i io,0irado registered «another
I «Hing by Federal officers this
I I!* w8en a man 30 was shot
I by an officer with a gun,
I Md another man seriously wound
I «• Daily the toll of killings,
I «w»fd from the present prohibi
I non laws grow larger and tem
I joince less. The dicks always
I jwe a good story ready. We
I ! 1 ! nder 1 , h<)W muc h longer the
I » will stand for
peo
- — the present
JJMitions. Not long, we'd say
roro the publicity it is receiving
® 0»ngre* 8 at the
present time.
N ew Census Recalls
Census of Thirty Years
In State of Montans
^ *° 'The Producers News:
Mmp, Feb. 28.- Forty years
months after Montana
I'nitp/l? 16 to?a statehood, the
I *ven • . es con ducted a census;
I other 15 11 * s to conduct an
I #in - r census
month tv. * m . Montana next
2 was ln ^90 and the
be -° * . "accounting" will
the ioiA ^fating comparison with
1330 enumeration.
the «f»!! ^t re on ^ y I** counties in
Ti - te then—three are 53 now.
and ÏÏ e  la . ti0 . n was 131,769
count*. 2 uted among the
follows;
7aTS" ead - 4,635; Cascade, 8,
301 ; n*l Uteau ' 4,680 1 Custer, 6,
15,200- p 0 S ° n ' 2,072; Deer Lodge,
239- jp.fi r ^ us ' 3,497 ; Gallatin, 6,
Clark iÄ?' 6,002 1 Lewis and
Hh,r VSi Madison, 4,66«;
Silver R« Mlsos «la, 14,411;
« ow ' 23,716
2,062.
PrinCipal
Helena, lass/i. r..
^aoonda,
«feat
and Yellow
a, 13,834;
Poii-'00°i Bozeman,
Butte, 10,701;
, 3,000;
sfW; ' 2»°0O; Livingston,
1**; fc 8 - 1.600; Miles Cit y ;
Cuter, 5oo 7220 » Fort
Falls,
b arner
GETS RAYMOND
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k°m received word
JW the that he
!l r U* Son i; bld amon K several
Ravirin^f 6 r0Qte be
extract cJ, ^ d Plentywood.
N. j Ro,,* 8 *^ ln ^° effect July
^^vera!^ heM the
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get n r * th e injured
PANIC CRIPS THE CRAIN GAMBLERS
Fund to Provide Farmers With Seed Passes Senate
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PROVIDES $7, «00,00# TO BE DIVIDED
AMONG 13 STATES INCLUDING MONTANA!
Montana Farmers Stricken By Drouth Will Share in the
Benefits If Measure Is Signed By President Hoover
Who Is Reported to Be Favorable to the Appropria
tion. Would Relieve Complex Situation In Sheridan
County,
Tuesday of this week. The Producers News received
the following telegram from Senator B. K. Wheeler, re
garding seed relief for drouth-stricken farmers.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 25, 1930.
F-ditor, Producers News:
Plentywood, Montana.
Senate joint resolution appropriating seven
million dollars to thirteen states including Mon
tana for seed loan to farmers just passed sen
ate. Measure goes to president for signature.
B. K. Wheeler.
Later dispatches report that the senate quickly accept
crat, South Carolina, it was
ed the amendments made
by the house and on motion
of Senator Smith, Demo
dispatched to the White
House. The president has
indicated he would approve
The appropriation would be ex
tended to farmers who have suf
fered damage from storms and
drouth in Alabama, Florida, Geor
gia, North Carolina, South Carol
ina, Virginia, Oklahoma, Indiana,
Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota,
Montana, New Mexico and Mis
souri.
Would Help Many Sheridan Coun
ty Farmers.
The signing of the appropriation
by President Hoover would re
lieve a rather grave situation in
Sheridan county.
Flor some time past, reports
it.
have been coming in, telling of
grave condition of farmers who
were unable to put in a crop be
cause they had no seed, nor money
to buy seed, and that it was al
most imposisble to borrow money
from the banks or anywhere else
for that purpose.
The drouth condition of last
summer left many farmers in very
hard circumstances and they were
wondering if it would be necessary
for them to leave the farms be
cause of lack of seed and a conse
quent loss of a crop the coming
season.
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* Helena, Mont., Feb. 27.— *
* UP—Marked increase in pro- *
* duction of butter fat during *
* 1929 in Sheridan county is re- *
* ported by B. F. Thrailkill, *
* chief of the dairy division of *
* the State Department of Ag- *
* riculture, following receipt of *
* production reports from coun- *
* ties in the eight state zones. *
* Sheridan county is within *
* zone eight which is one of the *
* five which reported gains. *
* Commercial creameries of *
* Montana marketed 16,684,437 *
* pounds of butter during 1929, *
* a gain of 310,605 pounds over *
* the previous year. *
* Zone one led the state with *
* a total butter production of *
* ,3,123,187 pounds while zone *
* eight led in butterfat exports *
* with a total of 788,872 pounds. *
Marked Increase In Butter
Fat In Sheridan County
Plentywood Commercial Held
Executive Meeting Thursday
On Thursday evening of last
week the Executive committee of
the Plentywood Commercial Club,
composed of the various directors,
met at the Fire Hall pursuant tot
the call of the new president, Jack
Bennett. The members present,
beside the president, were: H W.
Earner, H. M. Lewis. Fred Morck
and J Franc Murry. Fred Morck
was elected vice president; Percy
Neville, Secretory, and L. G.
Zeidler, treasurer. The following
were appointed chairmen of the
various committees: Lou Onsted.
XTho" roads; A. F
Ziebarth, fairgrounds; Howard M
SJwte city improvements; J
Franc' Murry, finance and air
ports; Earner, telephone and rurm
£ail Fred Morck, «,
parks- , .
The above-named chairmen wiU
select the personnel of their van
: _ committees, to be reported at
the next meeting of the directors,
It was decided that the Execu
tive Committee should meet regn
lari y every first and third TW
(day of each month, according to
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NEW DRAY LINE
OPENS IN THIS CITY
Beginning next Saturday March
1st, Plentywood will have a new
dray line.
The proprietors of the new en
terprise are Elmer Gooder and
Adam Sedevic, both well known in
Plentywood.
Mr, Gooder needs no introduc
tion t 0 the people of Plentywood,
having resided in this city for
many years, during the last few
years of which time, he has con
ducted a store delivery business.
He has served as a member of the
City Council two terms.
Mr. Sedevic has been a resident
of Plentywood for about two
years, being in the employ of the
Martin Dray line for over a year,
during which time he gained a
reputation for his promptness and j
efficient service,
The new firm will no doubt en
joy their share of the dray
business in this city and in an
interview with a Producers News
reporter said; "We aim to give
prompt and efficient service eith
er day or night and expect to
build up our business with this
standard."
Firemen's Dance Draws
Large Crowd to Temple
One of the largest crowds ever
present at a social function gath
ered at the Farmer-Labor Tem
ple in Plentywood Saturday night
to enjoy the Plentywood Fire
men's Annual Ball.
The hall was beautiful decorat
ed with Japanese lanterns which
cast an oriental glow over the
room, and with an orchestra made
up of Plentywood and Havre mu
sicians grinding out the peppiest
kind of music, everyone apparent
ly enjoyed themselves to the ut
most. The special coming up
from Bainville carried nearly 200
lovers of a good time and they
were met at the depot platform by
the Plentywood band, which gave
them a rousing welcome.
Most of those from down the
line took advantage of the fact
that Rudy Valee was singing at
the Orpheum to visit that popular
show house.
During the dance punch was
served by two young ladies f:ree^to
all who wished to partake and the
booth was well patronized by the
thirsty dancers.
the by-laws at eight p. m. m th
City Fire Hall.
There was much discussion of
c ity conditions during the past
year and the Executive Committee
concluded that much friction
might be avoided by full discus
sion 0 f troublesome subjects. It
was , therefore declared to be the
intention of the meetmg that, at
suc h Execuive Committee confer
enc es, any citizen of Plentywood
migh t appear and lay before the
Directors whatever matters he
deemed of importance to the com
m unity. The first portion of such
meetings of the Executive commit
tee is open to any person who has
matters of importance to presen
to the Commercial Club. After
fr' ovnect to go into executive
then expect g
sessiom that the general
It was decided Commerd ^ n club
meetmg the call of the
be discussion was
■ , proposition to have
had oftoe propo
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HOOVER GIVES GRAIN GAMBLERS THE FISH EYE
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THE BUCK WATCH'
IS FORD'S GREATEST
AU-Talking Fox Movietone Noted
Director's 27th Production; Sec
ond In New Medium.
Although "Four Sons won
John Ford, Fox Film director, a
world wide honor as being one of
the ten best pictures made during
the last year, there is a general
This pdeturization of
Mundy's stirring romance,
r 1 n g Victor McLaglen, is the 27th
jr ox Films production directed by
Ford. The Black Watch comes to
the Orpheum theatre next week,
commencing Sunday, March 2 and
showing for three days.
During 1927 and 1928 Ford di
feeling that his latest Fox Movie
one all-dialog production
Black Watch" will be a crowning
achievment of all time.
Talbot
star
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The
rected Mother Machree, Four Sons,
Hangman's House, Strong Boy, Ri
ley Die Cop and his first all talk
ing production, Napoleon's Bar
ber.
In the Black Watch Myrna Loy
heads a supporting cast
Plentywood Takes Second
Place in Sub-District
Basketball Tournament
Suffering defeat by Scobey at
Bainville last Thursday evening
cost the Plentywood High School
basketball team to lose the sub
district tournament, Scobey taking
high honors with Plentywood land
ing in second place.
Because of their position in the
tournament, however, the boys
were given the opportunity to at
tend the district tournament at
Poplar, where they will play the
fast Wolf Point quintet in the
first game Thursday night of
this week.
Continental Oil Co. Fur
mshes Clears At Banquet
In the writeup of the Commer
cial Club banquet Tuesday of last
week, we forgot to mention one
of the very pleasant events of the
evening and that was the cigars
handed out to the diners after
the banquet by Jack Kjelstrup,
traveling representative of the
Continental Oil Co.
The cigars were wrapped with a
pamphlet which told of the superi
or qualities of Conoco products
and from all appearances Conoco
products were giving a lasting im
pression on the Commercial Club
members
as they enjoyed the
delightful smoke after a delicious
(repast.
DEADLINES
Santo Domingo, Feb. 27.
—Revolutionary forces eure
in control of the dominion
republic capital. The lead
ers demand satisfaction for
their grievances.
Qovernor Cooper has de
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nied Snook executive clem
Feb. 27.—
Columbus,
ency. Ex-professor is doom
ed to die Friday night.
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Washington, Feb. 27.—
Taft is sinking gradually.
Hope for recovery has been
abandoned. His wife anc
daughter are at his bedside
and the end is expectec
soon.
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Chicago, Feb. 27.—Farm
Board purchases of wheat
sent wheat 2 3-8c to °>Vl
cents higher on the boarc
of trade today.
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Washington, Feb. 27.—
The House committee to
day favorably reported on
the John bill, placing Mexi
co, Canada, Central and
South America on an im
migration quota basis.
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Asheville, N. C., Feb. 27
—Six firemen were burned
and gassed in an X-ray film
fire at Aston Park hospital
today Eighteen patients
were saved.
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Washington, Feb. 27.—
Senator Dill of Washington
today introduced a resolu
tion forbidding Interstate
Commerce Commission per
mitting the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific
ger. He claimed the
bine would reduce employ
ment and stop healthy com
petition.
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com
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MCELROY LADY
DIES AT AMBROSE
The McElroy community receiv
ed a sorrowful shock when the
news came that Mrs. Selmer Espe
land had passed away at the Am
brose hospital the forenoon of
Tuesday the eighteenth.
Her illness was brief. It became
serious enough to demand medical
attention just when the storm of a
the twelfth had blocked the rail- at
road. Dr. Bud of Ambrose was
called and came in his snowmobile
the thirteenth. The next day Fri
day, the Soo Line opened and Mrs.
Espeland was taken to the Am
brose hospital. She was accom
panied by Mr. Espeland and Mrs.
Noon. Saturday an operation was
performed. It was unavailing,
however, and Tuesday forenoon
death came. Her husband, who re
day
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Funeral for Leo Gross
Will Be Held Saturday
The funeral for Leo Gross, who
was drowned in Wolf Creek Wed
nesday of last week, will be held
at the Catholic church, at 10:00
o'clock Saturday morning
Rev. Fr, O'Rourke in charge of
the services.
The body has been held await
ing the arrival of Frank Gross, a
brother, who is making the trip
from the Peace River country in
northern Canada, to be present at
the funeral.
Another brother, Fred Gross, ar
rived Saturday from Milwaukee,
Wis., to attend the last rites. -
A sister, Margaret, who lives in
Cornish, Iowa, was unable to be
present because of sickness in her
family.
Burial will be in the Plentywood
Catholic cemetery.
with
NEW CREAMERY
DECIDED UPON
Williston, N. Dak. — Immediate
steps toward the construction or
an up-to-date creamery building,
with the capacity required to han
dle the volume of business that has
developed, were authorized at a
special meeting of the stockholders
of the Farmers Union Co-opera
tive Creamery company of this city
when the directors of the company
were instructed by a vote of 61 to
29 to work out plans to finance,
select a site and proceed with con
struction. An advisory committee
of five to act with the directors
(ContlmMMl os pas* rasât»
MIDDLEMEN ASK HOOVER
TO MODIFY LEGGE POLICY
Refusal of Legge and National Farm Board to Purchase
Wheat from Speculators and Independents Causes
Furore on Board of Trade. Wheat of Member Co-op
eratives Guaranteed the Full Price Established by the
National Farm Board.
Bedlam gripped the nation's greatest grain mart Tues
day when the price of wheat swung crazily down to less
than a dollar a bushel on the Chicago board of trade. Aft
ter haggard traders watched their profits vanishing in
of
piles crumpled pink slips
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RACHEL ANGV1CK
DIES SUDDENLY
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Medicine Lake Girl Victim »f Spin
al Meningitis. Was Attending
High School. Mother Passed
Away In 1925.
Rachel Angvick, daughter of
Carl Angvick, living between Re
serve and Medicine Lake, and a
niece of State Representative Ang
vick, died suddenly at her home
in Medicine Lake Saturday night
from spinal meningitis.
The young girl, who was only
16 years of age, left school at 11
o'clock Friday, not feeling well.
She continued to grow worse un
til Saturday morning when Dr.
Cloud was called.
Her condition
that Dr.
was summoned from
soon grew so serious
Storkan
Plentywood, but to no avail. She
died Saturday night after an ill
ness of a short time over a day.
About two or three weeks ago,
Rachael and about 26 other young
folks were out riding in a sleigh
which upset and she was injured,
and is is thought probable that
may have been the cause of
illness and sudden death.
Mrs. Carl Angvick, mother of
deceased, died in 1926 and
that time she, together with
older sister, have been keep
house for their father until
winter when they were living
Medicine Lake while attending
school.
She leaves to mourn her pass
a father, Carl Angvick, a sis
Margaret, who is married and
a brother,
for
lives in Washington,
Cornelius, also of Washington and
sister, Sarah, living with her
Medicine Lake,
The funeral was held Wednes
at Medicine Lake, Rev. Stow
having charge of the services.
It is with regret we chronicle
untimely passing of this young
girl and the Angvick family have
sympathy of all in their
hour of bereavement.
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Sheridan County In Dist. 4
For Census Enumeration
Special to The Producers News.
Great Falls, Feb. 27.—UP—
Sheridan county has been placed
district 4—there are 10 in the
state—for the purpose of system
atic and efficient census enumera
tion. Other counties in this dis
trict include Daniels, Phillips,
Roosevelt and Valley.
Robert S. McKellar of Glasgow
has been named supervisor. The
census will begin in March and
supervisors have asked coopera
tion of all citizens to the end that
correct statistics may be obtained.
Learned Professor Forecasts
Prosperous Era For Montana
Butte, Mont., Feb. 27.—UP—A
vivid and convincing word picture
forecasting Montana's prosperity
for the next ten years was drawn
here recently by Dr. C. H. Clapp,
president of Montana State Uni
versity; a picture which embraced
the state's natural resources and
their probable development.
"Industries are dependent upon
their store houses of natural re
sources," Dr. Clapp said,
are turning away from the largei
cities back to the place where the
great fundamentals of wealth are
to be found. We, in Montana,
are to be congratulated, for the
state is rich in natural resources,
and we can look forward with
reasonable confidence
material prosperity during the en
suing decade.
Dr. Clapp grouped Montana's
four principal resources and the
annual return from each in re
cent years as follows;
Farms -
Mines -
Streams (water
power) -
They
towards
ft
..$200,000,000
.. 80 , 000,000
12 , 000,000
most of the day, powerful .
buying influences enterec
the pit in the board of trade
building.
In the last fifteen minutes of
trading, so hectic that it recalled
historic sessions during the world
war, prices jumped as spectacular
ly as they had sagged.
Caused By Grain Board Policy
The trade generally attributed
the spectacular break to the re
fusal of the Farmers National
Grain Corporation to purchase cash
wheat from other holders than co
operatives affiliated with it. Quot
ed statements by Alexander Legge
chairman of the Farm Board, were
construed as indicating that the
board was unconcerned with grain
after it passed from the hands of
cc-cperators into the hands of op
erators.
Action Approved
Shortly before making the dras
tic changé in policy, hegge con
ferred with President Hoover at
the White House, and after the
visit admitted that the marketing
situation had been discussed. It is
clearly indicated that it is the ad
ministration's intention to throw
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More Telephone Circuits
Between Culbertson and
Plentywood Is Program
Special to The Producers News:
Great Falls, Feb. 27.— Major
items in the Mountain States Tel
ephone and Telegraph Company's
$1,641,000 construction program
1930 include construction of ad
ditional circuits between Plenty
wood, Culbertson, Froid and An
telope and toll entrance cables at
Lewistown
Radio Club to Be
Formed In Plentywood
A meeting has been called* *
by the Commercial Club for *
next Monday evening at the *
Plentywood City hall at 8:00 *
o'clock, at which time a radio *
club will be formed.
The purpose of the Radio •
Club will be to promote bet- *
ter reception and seek to elim- *
inate local interferences. *
Every radio owner or pros- *
pective radio owner is urged *
to be present at this meeting m
as matters of vital importance *
will be taken up. *
Only by concerted action *
can radio reception be made *
clear from interference, and *
Monday night should be the *
time when radio owners fill *
* the city hall and give voice to *
* their radio troubles and form *
* a working organization.
* Remember the time, 8:00 *
* o'clock. *
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Forests (lumber).. 16,000,000
Good Return From Mining.
Mining, which has brought a
gross return of $2,600,000,000 has
a steady and substantial future,
the educator said. There is every
reason to suppose deeper develop
ment of Butte mines will reveal
large deposits of copper, silver
and zinc ore, although smaller
quantities of gold, arsenic, cadmi
um, manganese and platinum.
When electric iron smelting is
firmly established, numerous de
posits of fair grade magnetic ores
will be produced.
Although Montana's petroleum
reserve is only about 200,000,000
barrels, the university head point
ed out there are over 400,000,000,
000 barrels of recoverable oil in
oil shales and coal. Probable de
cline in the nation's petroleum re
sources would necessitate the pro
duction of motor fuel oil from
shale and coal.
The Doc. Is Optimistic
Future of the lumber industry
is assured, Dr. Clapp asserted.
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