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PLENTYWOOD, MONTANA, FRIDAY MARCH 21, 1930
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By A.
, il«'* growled old John
ambled up to a
T ***^the bakery lunch.
0d at ou -> And how s
"Tj. 80«?
eather- , » over head.
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t ||t fi
,either. *troinii that way.
bri I■ Æy be inter
I °S- Otherwise, okey, haven't
anv loss in weight.
I DOticed ■». are coming
'wtii yes." snorted John,
ïïaS fld ^ an soup wit ï
I* hu eer with plenty of
JJJJL "this town has attrac
'„ring chickens, an ev
" n t.f?: B he maneuvered
Äf into' a mope satisfac
L positicn. "'ou see as how
■ 1 ,:. Q U iet out to the
A Thi. stool ain't any
^.rlrtabk b.t th.. City
Ȁ "prosperity!
f arm relief, diversification,
li/ high taxes^
*" Tiaughwhên 8 i° think
d the spring taxes. Well,
tf'hX" and* that* 'endi "rse
Amt stamp won't be disturb
iw* l 'jïÂd i Ba h y S Lapp
ripping over at Big John's
ph*» about as how somebody
vw 'gin Albert an he was
hnda sore bout it. Said he
poing out to campaign
L W M^wmetodyV 118 thro*î?
didn't catch just whose. There
S'Sen' the combination
that beat the 'farmer-labor'
crowd last 'lection, does
there? Thev tell me that
Oscar Collins is still licking
his wounds because the outfit
dMn't make him undersheriff.
Made him instead a sort of a
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city scavenger in the 'county
metropolis' as the Iiacal writ
Oscar was handi
er says.
capped in his whiskey racket
by this slip-up—it was awful
humiliating to him, you see
as how he's what you call it—
sensitive. He did the best he
could with the help of Teddy
Winters, who acted as Gob
lin man for him in the shake
downs, but it only worked—
two or three times—you see
Oscar cashes checks—which
come back. They tell me some
of the boys have quite a col
lection of them. And IV'ddy
has other interests and can't
stay round here boosting Os
car's game all of the time.
There are the ladies from
Havre to entertain and the
Scobey drug stores need a new
supply of Canadian stuff now
and then, and they say they
sorta depend on him, so Teddy
can t stay here .all of the time.
And then there is the senator
ial investigation of enforce
ment coming and Gol. Sheri
dan and his border patrol
»ay be investigated, which
would not be so good. And
king as how Oscar don't
think much of Madsen, he is
wing to run for sheriff. Lou
•bistad is going out for coun
ty Attorney 'ginst Bakewell,
Hrd says. He w ill be sort of
nmning mate for Oscar. Lou
""'t take much
n - -j stock in
«rant. You see Grant i
«ajdWate for judge too. This
iTORe business makes fish
*orm of 'em all. Lou figures
w can get elected county iat
wwy in spite of barber
^ ^ flax scandal.
n he will put in his son as
assistant at a nice fat salary
z Jlm ,. Wagner has got,
Wt his office rent and a
Zk. Stm . grapher ' and he
PU to pick up enough Can
ian oü
keep hi s jints
® a «ion. and then in 1932 it
he judge or bust for Lou.
('.. M l8 . sort °f upsetting for
in? r fsr J he p,ans on jump
Judge from the same
them* One or both of
J^bout Noyemher. for 1
Red Eri °. k is ®° in K
ther« ln ' and ho does,
two judicial Bar
i m the weeds. It won't
»ill °* a i® 88, We
Grand Kle?? h - Mamm ' th «
of tol.lk of the Knights
left r busof Wolf Point,
8di fc who h ung the
$15.000 f L at 3,1 ex Pcnse of
the taxpayers of
folles Z. TOU n ty ' when his
kin Jib, f hnR . t0 Pkead
all the fnr a *'fe sentence
friendq C !l Ung in a11 his
Wd stretch
•on* U 0 " 1 * » sort of a
Tiihs- Hp ,alks *
ni patriot r Ue * 311(1 religion
flag P an( i n lsm - ,anl J waves the
5>«| fak"w ( nu r ' ds ~ h *'*
^ate for iLi , . ve a ca n
*e (W V dge . alr, Kht. You
î* ^ if I s S figur *d out
Rohke Fr n c Warray,
Petersen n ^ Vi ^
^° m Udahl' ? ans Wadsen,
■B UnT J a üLi aloe K 1 ®*« 1,
SK't SLr'v-"''
** goin? t( î ®° nt know
. ^Paign V 0 finance his
Jhifers, an ?M! d ** T ®d
*$• They d tb f whiskey
^tat SS ,****** *
?^ el Li Bakew * n ' 8
bî ^ LS PP08e - 1
P *«' Blfbli
Pollies
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CUT THE WHEAT ACREAGE
Farmers Union to Build Big Creamery at Williston
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Without Aid of Paid Salesmen
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Co-operative Is Selllllfif Stock
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Hone to Fnli«tt Int^rpct of Famw»rc I Inmr. M om L„ M i_
l . uniist interest otParmers Union Members In
Northeastern Montana In Buying Stock and Shipping
Cream—Efficient Management Has Established Sue
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CCSStul and Lxpandlflg Lnterpnse.
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. Farmers can do things as well as anybody else—some
times, maybe better.
This is proven by the establishment and success of the
Farmers Union Co-operative Creamery at Williston by
the members of the Farmers Union of Williams county,
North Dakota, which was started only a little more than a
year ago, and has grown* - —-
like the Proverbial green bey
tree ever since, and is goinjj,
to feax ^ ï out f or the Cream
, ,
j and butter and ice cream
business in this section of
j North Dakota and Montana
until it has corralled the
Fon's share of it — and there
is every reason why it should and
none why it should not.
The Williams County Farmers
Union is going to build a big
creamery building at Williston and
equipped it with the very latest
and efficient butter working and
manufacturing machine
ry—big enough to accommodate
the needs of this section of the
country and to care for its rapid
ly growing business for some time
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WOOL GROWERS
MEET SATURDAY
On Saturday, March 22, the
wool growers and farmers who
are interested in the marketing of
wool through the National Wool
Marketing Association will meet at
the County Extension Office at
1:15 P. M. Murray E. Stebbins,
Secretary of the Montana Wool
Growers Association, who is also
director of the National Wool
Marketing Corporation, will meet
with the wool
above mentioned date to discuss
the plans for marketing the 1930
clip through the agencies ap
proved by the Federal Farm
Board,
weeks,
meetings in all important wool
growing sections of Montana to
give the farmers the information
in regard to wool marketing so
that they may take advantage of
the organization outlined under
the Federal Farm Board. D. E.
Richards, Livestock Fieldman for
Montana State College, will give
the results obtained from the cost
of production studies from one
hundred sheep ranches in Mon
tana. Farmers who are planning
on going into sheep should be able
to get some valuable information
from Mr. Richard's talk on cost
of production. The meeting will
start promptly at 1:16 P. M. on
Saturday, March 22, in order that
farmers who come in from the
southern part of the county may
leave on the afternoon train.
growers on the
During the past few
Mr. Stebbins has held
SURVEY OF COUNTY CARE OF POOR
AMONG COUNTIES OF MONTANA
United Press Finds That Opinions Differ Among the
Counties Depending Largely Upon Methods In Vogue.
This survey Is Pertinent to Sheridan County Readers
As Commissioners are Planning on Poor Farm.
(By the United Press) 1
That perennial problem which |
faces every county in the nation,
how best to care for poor and in
digent inhabitants, has been solv
ed in various and sundry ways by
Montanan's counties; and, in most
cases, each board of county com
missioned is quite satisfied its
particular method is the better.
Selecting representative ooun
ties in the state, the United Press
has conducted a comprehensive
survey of the county poor farm
situation in Montana. In counties',
that maintain poor farms, operat
ine costs ner capita varied widely
7CEÄ monthly ai
lowances were between $10 and
$20 monthlv
Custer county paid *6260.76 for
the operation of its poor farm in
1929-the ^arrrber °f ^n
mates was eight—but this cost
was reduced to $2608.73 by two
sources of income (1) sale of pro
duce raised on the farm by inmate
labor, $953.45; (2) other operat
ing receipts totalled $696.56. Av
erage cost per inmate per annum
was $462.41, i fair criterion of the
average from year to year
The poor farm m which the
county's investment is $17,087, in
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Judge Paul Tuesday denied the
application l of^ attorneys Paul Bab
cock and T. W. Greer, for a con
tinuance over the term of the
cases of Fishbeck and Collins
j ch .arged with felonious assault and
! with giving liquor to minors, three
, the , flv ®, crl uunal cases set
! down for trial at the special term
cour t called to convene Tuesday
March 25.
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The above attorneys filed motion
for continuance on the grounds
that there was so much prejudice
prevailing against the defendant
1 because of articles
fudge Denies
Continuance jor
Fishbeck- Collins
appearing
the local newspapers and malicious
dissemination of gossip by certain
interested parties, that it would
be impossible to secure a jury at
this time, and such a jury was
secured they would be so prejudic
ed that they could not secure a
fair trial. The formal motion was
filed on the 12th on County At
tomey Bakewell, and with the
clerk of the district court on the
13th. It came up for hearing he
fore Judge Paul at Wolf Point on
Tuesday.
It is reported that Judge Paul
took the motion under advisement
for several hours and finally de
nied the motion. It is said that the
grounds given for denial by Judge
Paul were that the jury had been
subpoenaed, and would report on
next Tuesday and an effort could
be made to get a jury: that if it
was found to be impossible to se
cure a jury from the venire called
that the case would then be con
tinued to a later date.
It is certain, however, that
Judge Paul will not preside at
these trials but that an outside
judge will be called in.
The cases are attracting consid
erable attention because of the
fact that it is the first time in
the history of the county that
special term has been set and
jury called to try a calendar con
sisting of one felony and fur mis
demenor charges where all parties
were out on bail, putting the
county to what would seem to be
an extraordinary and unjustifiable
expense,
from the attorney general's office
will assist in the prosecution.
Tt is reported that an attorney
eludes several acres of fertile land
four miles east of Miles City on
the Yellowstone river, mi w c i?
located a two-story bnck building
equipped with a kitchen b^rooms
and parlor-much the same as
private residence ^gnoiltol
products produced by inmate labor
mdudes ponltiy producto, live
stock, wheat and Potatoes. The
commissioners are convinced th
farm is a money saver a^dthat it
P rovlde f ! * pdt
occup
Musselshell county, on the oth
er hand, sees no immediate need
of establishing a poor farm. Ito
board of, county comnussKme r,
carefully investigates J h ® domestic
and economic status of each appli
cant for pubUc ^pr««ndewdh.ws
so much ear , . check
^nerand^epe
on expenuu
has this it
the ^ *
will be con * . completely
Gallatin com^ " complex
"sold on i s - hr\ck dormi
consisting of ^ ^ house for
tory, a a baro hog
SÏLrSîS» n^ouse and machine
house, chic *ixht)
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«STÄ 3"SS
Russell In Statuary Hall
Washington, March 20 .—Accept-:
0 f the statue of Charles Mari .
Russell for placement in Stat- j
utary Hall of the national capitol 1
and the thanks of the United!
States Congress are provided for I
m a ^ e !u Ut i° n wh ^ has ipt ;
passed the house. The resolution!
refers-to Mr. Russell as on e of
Montana's most eminent citizens,
ÄifÄ'ÄI
of the early life of the West.' |
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Thomas D. Campbell,
Defendant in Suit
on Promissory Note
Helena, March 16.—Judgment
for $14,000 on three
I notes alleged to be
j sought by John G. Rumney in a
' suit filed in district court against
Thomas D. Campbell of Hardin,
the bonanza farmer. The plaintiff
also seeks interest at the rate of
7 per cent from June 11, 1927.
It is alleged that Campbell bor
rowed $15,000 from the plaintiff
June 11, 1927.
$5,000 each were executed, the
first due Nov. 1, 1927, the second
due Nov. 1, 1928, and the third
Nov. 1, 1929.
Rumney says $1,000 was paid on
the principal of the first note but
that no other payments have been
received by him. He seeks to re
cover $4,000 on the first note,
$5,000 on the second and $5,000 on
the third, plus accumulated inter
est. All the loans were payable at
a Detroit bank, where the loan
was made.
promissory
overdue is
Three notes of
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j The Junior Class of Antelope
High will produce "Be An Opti
j mist" Saturday, March 29th. This
hilarious comedy is cheerfully de
dicated to everyone, everywhere I
who is considered a grouch. 1
Funnier things happened than
you ever dreamed of after a mid
night encounter with a welsh-rare
bit. Can you imagine why shot- ;
guns and baseball bats are vital j
to the antique business?
If you yearn for "Culchaw" dont
see "Be An Optimist," but if you
want to hear the rafters of ^ the
hall ring with laughter then ' hop
to it.
The people as you meet them
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JUNIORS TO PRE
SENT PLAY AT
ANTELOPE
ft
are:
Isaac Golditch, antiquer
Kleis Larsen
Lois Clark
Becky, his daughter
Pietro D'Angelo Cacciatin»
expert worm-holer
- Jerald Richardson
Jimmie Maynard, the poor stiff
- ... Gordon Hoven
Mildred Clinton, who is in love
and likes it
Mrs. Clinton, why mother-in
law jokes are true - Ruth Herman
Mike, just what his name sug
gests - - 1 -
Ray Hudson, a friend in need
but scarcely indeed
Belva Hanson
Thorvald Larsen
Marius Hansen
Miss Hull, an interior decorator
- - Irene Gronvold
Maggie, not green for greenness
wears off, so call her stupid
Carol Foster
Ethel Peabody, who defies love
to affect her
Clara Christianson
Spencer, a paid guest
„ Knud Paulson
Madame Goopher, dispenser of
Lorna Blackmore
spirit
Williams County, N. D.
Farmers Union Locals
Organize Debating Teams
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The Farmers Union locals oi
Williams county are coming alive 1
f d r. = d t attaK
teams to debate public issues. |
Saturday at the Hebron consoli
dated school, Hebron and Bull
Butte locals will debate the ques
tion: "Should Farmers and Labor
Patronize Chain Stores?" He
bron to says "yes" and Bull Butte
to take the contrary side.
Then Stoney Creek will have a
debate the second Friday in April
on, "Resolved That the Individual
Dealer System of Distribution Is
Preferable to the Chain Store
System."
'These debates are attracting a
lot of attention and increasing the
attendance at the meetings of the
locals
FARMERS ELEVATOR
JOINS CORPORATION
— ,
Culbertson. — At a directors
meeting of the Farmers Elevator
company here it was decided to
make temporary application for
membership in the Northwest
Grain Association of Minneapolis,
ers
DEADLINES
ULai/LlllLJ
New York, March 20 —The lit
erary Digest poll revealed 191,909
vote. for enforcement; 224 , 1 «
l°^l So^t^nTy i0 8tatif " 7 tK
recent count with millions more to
still be tabulated and counted.
North Dakota returns showed i.ieo
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^eavii^wet^* 1 NeW Jersey vote<l
By United Press Special Wire to
The Producers News.
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London, Mareb 20.—London
today digging itself out of
heaviest snowfall in years,
inches of snow fell.
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Washington, March 20.—The La
bor department today predicted j
employment upturn and reported
auto production gains.
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Chicago, HI., March 20.—The .
Farmers National Grain Corpora,
tion has announced that they will
loan cooperative associations
money whore additional elevator
space is needed in the wheat heit.
Washington, Maroi, so— TU. fats
ijeiug tried charging with giving
Albert PaU a., hundred, thousand
Knoxville, Tenu., Mareb 20.—
Fire starting from an unknown
explosive origin, razed three blocks
and claimed three lives here to
day... The damage is estimated at
over a half million dollars.
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Washington, March 20.—Daniel
Boper, first prohibition head, to
day recommended mobilization of
the national citizenry to enforce
prohibition law. He urged Hoov
er to authorize governors to ap
point citizens observance councils
in testimony before committee and
11 that plan failed then repeal.
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of Edward Doheney, who is now
dollar bribe will soon be in the
hands of the Jury. Final argu
duty of one dollar and a half per
waiTvotea* to°day S °by lien,
a te which reversed itself. The Ho
puhiican-Democratic coalition pro
tested the duty.
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VH.r*ed that North Dakota farmers 1
«.-ClmniHsi m gives out dati show- i
ing shipping associations lost four
million dollars in recent ten cent
a? ras. 5 Ȋ
Nortb i:
Heher City, Utah, March 20 .—
S W :r°î. "4*.. "ÏÏÏ
Ba—- ** " e " a * ea
ments are now being made.
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Washington, March 20.—A tariff
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Chicago, May 20.—Wheat advanc
ed 1 % cents to 2 cents today as
a result of reported crop damage
in various sections.
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El Faso ,Tex., March 20.—County
Attorney Free bo urn of Butte, Mon
tana, today announced he would
demand death penalty for Melvin
Fayette, convicted slayer of Mrs.
Christina Wilson, wealthy widow
in Butte several days ago.
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LARGEST BANK IN THE WOULD
New York, March 18th.— Créa
tion of the World's largest bank
with resources approximating $2,
800,000,000.00, to be known as the
Chase National Bank of the City
of New York, was announced here
today. The institution is formed
through the merger of The Chase
National Bank, now the third
largest bank in the country, with
the Equitable Trust Company,
which in turn is absorbing the In
terstate Trust Company.
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BANDITS MASSACRE 2,000
Shanghai, China, March 18.—Or
ganized bandits have massacred
2,000 persons in Fuan Klangsl
province, said reports received
here Tuesday, and other robbers
are said to be planning to renew
attacks upon American and other
foreign shipping in the middle
section of the Yangtse river.
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NOTED BRITISH DIPLOMAT DIES
Woking Surrey .England, March
19.—The Earl of Balfour, veteran
British statesman, died here at
8:45 A. M. today in a room at the
home of his brother, the Honor
able Gerald Balfour. The window
of his bedside overlooked one of
the most beautiful scenes In Sur
rey. The end came peacefully to
this stateman, who was in his
eighty-second year. Balfour en
tered parliament in 1874. He nev
er married.
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CAPONE OUT OF JAIL
Chicago, March 19. — Chicago
wondered today what had become
of A1 Capone. Humors vary wide
ly alX)nt the whereabouts of the
overlord of gangsterland since his
is
said to 1>© waiting* with machine
guns for his appearance in Chi
cago.
—
A. O. U. W. Holds
_ a*
initiation At Meeting
. ,
Thursday evening, March 13th
the following officers for 1930
! were present and held a good
| meeting at which a nice class was
nutia ed: M. W.—Mrs. Ida J.
Kjelstrup; P. M. W.—John Palu
bicki; Foreman— E. G. Brown;
Overseer—J. L. Sorem; Treasurer
jj au ' Kurtz; Guide—Miss Blanch
Miller; Inner Watch—Sidney Har
land.
were •""* jf»
£
Playing cards and listening to
music furnished by Hallie Wheel
er and Kurtz brothers,
All the members present enjoy
ed the evening and promised to
return and bring another member
with them for the next meeting.
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Farmers Union Locals
Initiate Move for Storage
Elevator At Williston
A resolution was passed urging
the Williams County Farmers
Union to take steps toward the i
erection of a million bushel grain 1
storage plant at Williston was
adopted by the Stoney Creek local '
of that organization at its meet
mg last week The resolutions ;
were forwarded to other locals for
consideration. I
It is pointed out that there is
only 40,000 bushels storage space
available at Williston since the
Williston Milling Company elevat
ors burned some time ago.
Attention is called to the fact
that this elevator would serve, be
sides Williams and McKenzie
counties, N. D., the territory in
Northeastern Montana,
It is estimated that the Elevator
could be erected for $126,000. It
would be equipped with apparatus
for cleaning and processing.
CONGRESS PASSES
SEED LOAN LAW
* The bill to provide seed *
* loans for the farmers of the ♦
* northwestern states passed *
* congress Monday, the .amount *
* appropriated having been re- *
* duced from $7,000,000 to $6,- *
* 000,000 by the conference dom- *
* mittee of the two houses. *
\ telegram received by the *
1 * Agricultural college from the •
! * department of agriculture at *
\* Washington has been forward- *
I* ed ' to County Agent Ferguson *
* notifying him that funds un- *
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'Jer this act will be available *
«ann ami ackimr hi« ramvpra- *
T.? iTtÄz U.TS.
necessary machinery to ad- * !
♦ minister the art. *
* T . a t j asked •
rflWimm onH fhr«.« men for *
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périment of ag c ,
. Sr"tS Sa hÆarierl
: ft "•«-» »5
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* The *6,000,000 is available •
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Wheeler in „ , *
* tarn tte S enate March 8th,
„ matottg t ' s ^ f ♦
for gas and , ,
* m ila' P *
ably be aaop • _ *
It us raiders oo ,
* T 16 * han ? J rnio _ •
* able for any one farmer.
* Full information will be
* published as soon as released.
* The .amount appropriated is
* so small it is not likely that *
* any farmer can get more than •
* $ 200 . *
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Townley Anti-Saloon
League Debate at Williston
Williston, March 21.—A. C.
Townley debated here last night
with Dr. C. A. Ridley of Ashe
ville, South Carolina, Townley
spoke for government control and
Ridley defended prohibition. The
debaters were greeted by a pack
ed house at the Armory. In the
vote at the end of the debate
Townley won by a large majority.
An admission of 26 cents was
charged.
Alibi" Talkie Shows
Crooks With Their
Halos Discarded
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Roland West, famous producer- 1
director of film melodrama?
whose latest success, "Alibi," Unit- j
ed Artists picture, comes to the
Orpheum Theatre Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday takes issue with the
fiction writers who weave halos
of romance around crooks.
And his sensational photo dra
ma, "Alibi," is convincing proof of
his contention, for the picture
deals with criminals as they have
never before been dealt with on
the screen.
The modem criminal is a rank
coward," says West. "The gangs
such as those that figure in the
plot of 'Alibi' run in packs and
would rather shoot their victims
in the back than face them, for
they don't like to take chances. !
All my life I have wondered why i
certain people allow themselves to
wax sentimental over criminals
and blame the police for treating
them rough.
In 'Alibi' the hero is a detec
live and the heroine a policeman's
daughter, and the crooks get what
they usually get—and deserve—in
real life."
When "Alibi" was first shown
in Hollywood the members of the
screen colony were unanimous in
acclaiming West's feature as the
greatest all-around entertainment
of the year.
Remember the date March 23-24
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ONLY WAYTOSOLVE PRICE
PROBLEM SAYS PRES. LEGGE
D , . 0 Kl ~ D
rarm Hoard Chairman hays 1 N 0 Ltiective Steps Can Be
Taken Without This Co-operation of the Farmers—
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Asks tor 1 en rer Cent Cut.
A reduction of the wheat acreage in the United States
so as to reduce or eliminate the export surplus is the only
solution of the wheat marketing problem, according to
views recently expressed by Chairman Legge of the fed
*eral farm board, who, in a
Federal Board
Advocates farm
Storage of Gram
Washington, March- 18.—Warn
ing that the farm board was hav
ing difficulty in finding terminal
storage facilities, Chairman Legge
advised wheat farmers Monday
that if they had a good harvest
this year it would best be taken
ca re of in farm storage where m
surance rates are relatively cheap.
. rhe farm board chairman, who
J u f returned from a visit to To
P eka . Kan., said the prospects
were * or a good wheat crop but
' h «t «»»>« farmers were fearful of
a protracted drought.
Logg e . referring to a recent re
quest by the farm board that far
mer s cut down by 10 per cent
acreage of wheat land for
the next year, said that it would
*,»« »etter to let the lauds Ue idle
°, r revert to pasture than to pro
«uce upon them the extra surplus
that forces down ihe price of the
entire commodity.
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MAY SEND AGENTS ABROAD
Washington, March 18. — The
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-^ mer ^ can terminals. Chair- !
mm Legge said Monday night.
It would take some time to
work out such a program but it
would be beneficial," he added. ,
The board> through the grain
1 stabilization corporation, holds
j considerably more than 26,000,000 j
I bushels of wheat. This holding
ma y mount to more than 100,000,
000 bushels before the winter
wheat crop is marketed next June,
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There - will be a McCormick
Deering Tractor School at Out
look Thursday, March 26th, given
under the auspices of the Outlook
Implement Company. There will
be lectures, demonstrations and il
lustrative pictures featuring mod
emized and mechanical agricul
tural operations, directed by ex
perts. The school is instructive
and worth attending. The school
opens at 11 a. m. At noon there
will be a free lunch. Everybody
is cordially invited to attend.
TRACTOR SCHOOL
AT OUTLOOK
ROOSEVELT JURY ACQUITS DEFENDANT
CHARGED WITH SELLING MINORS BOOZE
Kenneth Parks Is Turned Loose By Vote of Eight to Four
— Everybody Surprised , Especially Hugh Marron
Whose Tongue Seems to Be Losing Its Cunning.
Special to Producers News
Wolf Point, March 19. The Dis
trict Court with Judge Paul pre
siding is grinding away on its
gnst of rape cases, booze cases,
robbery case, forgery cases, and
selling liquor to minor cases.
Court Stenographer Koser has a
bored look as he patiently records
the testimony.
Hugh Marron, Arlie Foor's as
sistant county attorney, is prose
curing in Hugh's spectacular way,
wind jamming along, and playing
to the galleries as usual. He hao
bad luck with the case against
Kenneth Parks charged with sell
ing liquor to minors. He deliv
ered one of his incomparable
harangues to the jury on the
beauty of the flag, the sanctity of
the home and the granduer of the
Goddess of Liberty and sat down
with a confident look in his eye.
But his "spell" backfired and the
jury brought in a verdict of not
guilty which was disconcerting to
Attorney Marron, who looked as
tonished. Hugh Marron will be
remembered as the County Attor
ney who spent $15,000 hanging
young Schlaps, a poor idiotic boy
who had never breathed a normal
breath in his life, when his rela
tives were willing to plead him
reply to a telegram recently sent
to him and to Samuel R. McKelvie
suggests a reduction of 10 per
cent in the wheat acreage, increas
ing to 20 per cent in order to make
the tariff effective.
"There is no solution of the
problem unless we get the co-op
eration of the farmers them
selves," declares Mr. Legge.
The farm board chairman de
clared that continued overproduc
tion in this country will end dis
astrously, and called attention to
the fact that according to present
appearances the stabilization cor
poration will have something like
100,000,000 bushels of wheat on its.
hands at the close of the present*
season.
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The full text of Mr. Legge's re
ply to the telegram of Gov. Shaf
er of North Dakota is as follows:
Replying to your question as to
the basis of buying wheat after
the congestion at terminals is re
lieved," the chairman said
this
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to a that is not in
the picture at the present time as
there.is no possible hope for relief
in this matter during the next
hO days at least, the tendency
seems for the congestion to be
somewhat worse than better
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f or the reason that we cannot see
*>»« *« «au permaneutly hop,
älsätss
tion, of course, of a comparatively
small quantity of high protein
wheat which will always be in de
mand for mixing purposes, with
other wheat producing areas where
investment in land, toxes, and la
bor are much below those prevail
iny in this country. It seems to us
that the solution of this prob
lem is to adjust our production to
domestic demand plus some of
these premium wheats just men
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Produces Blindly
I "There is no possible solution of
this problem unless we get the co
operation of the growers
selves. No other industry in the
world blindly produces without any
attention to potential market pos
sibilities. In endeavoring to ob
! tain equality for agriculture, it is
i perhaps essential that agriculture
heed some of the basic principles
of other industries. Wheat seems
to be in the worst situation of any
of our major crops, so far as the
export market is concerned, but
j fortunately there is only a small
amount of it exported on an aver
erage.
"Your growers will ask how
they are going to get along with a
them
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the case last week in the follow
ing words:
JURY ACQUITS MINOR CASE
"The first of the five cases
againt defendants charged with
selling intoxicating liquor to min
ors was tried Thursday, and re :
suited in a verdict of acquittal
that appeared to be a big surprise
to nearly all those who heard it.
It was the case in which Kenneth
Parks was the defendant, with
County Attorney Foor and Deputv
Marron prosecuting and J. K.
Bramble for the defense,
"In condensed form the State
offered evidence to prove that two
high school boys, Donald Seth and
Hans Sveem, aged 17 and 16 re
spectively, ordered, paid for and
received a bottle of liquor alleged
to be intoxicating. The evidence
of the hoys was that Seth
the spokesman and paid for the
bottle in advance and that Sveem
was with him when he received
the liquor and helped him drink it.
They identified Kenneth Parks as
the man who delivered the bottle
of liquor. The boys said they
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guilty for a life sentence. Mar
ron is one of those who like to
stretch their necks.
The Wolf Point Herald reported
WAS