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A PAPER OF THE PEOPLE. FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE
PLENTYWOOD, MONTANA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29,1930
Sub. Rates:
Foreign, J8.76 per year
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VOL- XIII. No^22
Entered as Second Clans Matter, October If. 1813. at tbs Post*
office at Plentywood, Montana, Under the Act of Marsh t. ItVt
fytyc See It
O'Flaherty
by Tom
the state conven
American Legion «
a* °* VI an animated chunk
tagged Albert
*f ^ c,ngre<sman and He
^ nn.mi^ed the assembled
induced labor at its
lftn With the aid of a
JS»1 children to polish the
iknal diction nnd ?. small
iTSdpigeons to furnish
gaf nHtm ry forgeries, the so
B -**be able to concoct ma
** i M sufficient plausability to
- «h« lower house that la
Soviet Union is in sore
the assistance of our la
urL American plutocrats.
Ä Albert told the strike
r!vL terionnaires—many of
^ mayhave been in the mob
^"»(Tacked the wobbly head
^ i n Centralis in 1919 «and
Î*V. , worker from a bridge—
i7 Serie! labor is conscripted,
m »el what I mean."
m
m
m
that
the
ni. «tuff «houM arouse
.ÎL Amy of Unemployed
Ljian government. V\ hat?
- actual!,»' force the workers
u*ork. Surely, human cruelty
Lot sink lower. Odds bodi
uTandiffKi! Let the solon say
.few words "These laborers are
L, than serfs. These are
*«got the Soviets, drafted.
Warded and even shot by trained
of the Siviet govern
hieb needs an' wants
mm;, especially American cred
it, in order tD develop and sus
goviet government.
(tin I te
fl** drafted people arc produc
M timber and pulpwood, mining
naiifine«e and coal for export,
TVy are planning to send as
■Kh as possible to the United
SUtes. Under the draft system,
they have been compelled to grow
wheat for export." This is good
G. 0. P. propaganda for the gen
ml elections. Lykell. Lykell.
*******
If there is anything in the old
adage that, "W h im th« gods wish
la destroy they first make mad
the Republican Party is doomed
la defeat an November 4, Instead
if at least making a gesture of
relieving the unemployed, even if
nth a gesture he as empty of
kosefit as the Farm Board was
U the farmers, the Elephantcers
are busily engaged goading the
■asses to anger and revolt with
idiotic speeches and pogroms
igafcst the militant workers. The
fishy "red" quiz of congressman
Fish, was intended to attract the
attention of the unemployed and
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Squirrel Food
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f A. NUT
W/.A
now know who the republi
an party is! None other than
Jttik French, L. S. Olson, R. G.
pier and P. G. Anderson. The
«publican county central commit
te, composed of these celebrities,
w: and elected French, chairman;
Olson, secretary; R. G. Tyler,
committeeman, and P.
Anderson, alternate state commit
* em nn- Both Tyler and Ander
ή ^ likely go to the state plat
convention which will soon
®| keld at Helena. The personnel
toe county central committee is
ge representative of the intel
g 8 ** and moral
dtcadenl
is particularly symbolic. No
totei 0 f the party could
possibly be selected. Inadvertent
? we character
G.
level of that
organization. L. S. 01
of an organisa
rv ex P°^ s itself. The Central
S*"» „t the republican com
•tsjr-jr«
tion of prark rvj ? représenta
hoocW v * ■ ch domg a
a8 mt r k 0 7 C Ev P uv th % Center ° f a
ever all a llk e figures, and
I bribed the n
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of the nU w u y er ..
^ °nce countv >e<m n ? n P artl '
wbo together with ve^idd^eS
*200.000 into the old
fcttidan (Wv qïS n if f T?
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T*' U a ST and
th' ' hrif ' y ,n pe '
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® s ®rer of 18 a . COUI ? t , y
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Flu Epidemic Causes Panic Ât Poplar
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Ambassador Gerard Catalogues America's Dictators
Name 59 Plutocrats
As Our Real Rulers
Democratic United States Has Vanished; Oligarchy of
Plutocrats Now Rule Nation, and Nation's Industry—
Hoover Not Mentioned But Mellon Is.
JOHN D. RYAN'S NAME APPEARS ON ROSTER
New York, August 20.—James W. Gerard, former
ambassador to Germany, today named 39
the "men who rule the United States,"
His selection was composed almost entirely of capital
ists and financiers and included leaders in the banking
persons as
mining, railroad business,
public utilities, the amuse
j
ment field, and journalism,
| New York, Aug. 20.—James W.
Gerard, former ambassador to
Germany, today named 59 persons'
as the "men who rule the United
i States."
j His selection was composed al
most entirely of capitalists and
financiers and included leaders in
the banking world, the steel indus
try, mining, railroad business,
public utilities, the amusement
field, and .journalism.
The list included John D. Rocke
feller, Jr., Andrew W. Mellon and
J. P. Morgan, but omitted Presi
dent Hoover and all other holding
national or state offices,
Power Behind Throne
.
Mr, Gerard explained the actual
"power behind the throne
wielded by men whose wealth and
important industrial position :'n
the nation give them a prominent
influence in American life. Where
as, statesmen, diplomats and poli
ticians owe their influence to the
offices to which they hold and are
usually shorn of most of their
power when they retire.
The List.
Mr. Gerard's list follows:
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Andrew
W. Mellon, J. P. Morgan, George
F. Baker, banker; John D. Ryan,
mining magnate; Walter C. Tea
Ford,
is
Frederick K. Weyerhauser lumber
magnate; Myron C. Taylor, steel
magnate; Charles M. Schwab, steel
magnate; Eugene G. Grace, steel
magnate; H. M. Warner, motion
picture executive; Adolph Zukor,
motion picture executive; William
H. Crocker, banker; O. P. and M.
Van Sweringen, railroad execu
tives; W. W. Atterbury, railroad
president; Arthur Curtis James,
railroad director; Charles Hayden,
financier; Daniel C. Jackling, cop
per magnate; Arthur V.
Aluminum company president; P.
G. Gossler, utilities magnate; R.
C. Holmes, oil producer; John J
Raskob; the Dupont family; Ed
(Continued on Page Five)
Davis,
CROP CONDITIONS BELOW NORMAL IN
WESTERN N. D. AND MOST OF MONTANA
St Paul, Aug. 27—Threshing re
turns from farms in Minnesota
and eastern North Dakota have
bee nrunning considerably heavier
than early estimates with quality
S (train excellent the Fanners
an grain men," the survey Bay-.
"As a result the receipts of 1930
wheat at Müinesota t f rmü ÿ% h ^
been the largest for August of an\
[y ear that many graÜ1 "
member for wheat grown in the
same year.
"One unfavorable result of the
heavy August receipts of gram în
the Minnesota terminals is that it
has tended to depress prices, but
grain traders generally think that
016 effect « of ^ h€avy arrivals
"Yields of' wheat and »
^ ^ eastern North Da
been larger than
was anticipated, with nusually
favorable results in the Red River
Valiev in both Minnesota and
Dakota.
"While crop conditions in Min
how Wn considered fairly
f^ôrabïe yWds on all crops are
running ahead of expectations tho
prospects for flax are rather poor
0 ^ nntatoes only fair. TTw early
Sy 5 wa UT large and
sweet dover and alfalfa fields gen
erallv are in fair condition. While
there considerable drouth dam
a{re to corn it is largely in spots
an( i the prospective yield over the
state is large Alfalfa and sweet
: ctoycr narthnilarly have proved
tTJr worth in providing feed for
—
Al ITI AAV CrilAAl 0
"U 1 LUUlV StHÜULo
TO OPEN SEPT. 8TH
Th Outlook public schools will
open on Monday, Sept. 8th with
the following faculty for the com
ing school year:
J. B. Alexander,
teaching social science; Miss M.
A. Craig, mathematics and science;
Miss Alice, English and French;
Mr. Lloyd Stoor, eighth grade;
Miss Nelle Donaldson, 7th and 6A;
Miss Clara Folsom, 6B and 5th;
Miss Alice Tronnes 4th and 3A;
Miss Edna Hawbaker, 3B and 2nd;
and Miss Dorothy Smith, 1st
grade.
The following regulations as to
qualifications for school entrance
have been given out by the school
board.
All pupils beginning school must
be at least six years old or be
come six years old by January ±,
1931. Those younger than that
will not be allowed to enter school
this year.
All pupils entering ninth grade
the first year of High School
must present an eighth grade di
ploma.
Students entering High School
late will not be permitted to car
ry more than three subjects.
Indications point to a very suc
cessful school and all patrons
Principal,
or
asked to co-operate with the
school faculty in making for a
bigger and better school than ever
this year.
are
Laborites Fume Over
York Baby Attention
Glamis, Scotland, Aug. 27.—At
tention paid the baby of the
Duchess of York has excited sar
castic comment by left-wing La
Oomparisons are made
borites.
between the lot of royal infants
and that of poverty stricken sub
jects.
livestock, as other pastures are
pretty well burned up. _
"Fairly liberal rains
Dakota have P as
and moisture is
lures and fall feed. Harreatmg is
g d the late planted will be
warn ana vu« f tmmoses p 0 -
garden vegetables are
t Wheat yields generally have
nmning from 5to 15 bush
^«tate, except for the
pp d Ri ver Valley and some other
favQred sec ticns of eastern North
Dakota< where yields as high as
g 3() bus b e l 8 an acre are
d
«ground Sheyenne and Eddy
County , North Dakota, weather
fmprovement. Hay crop, are be
P average barley and oats be
£ ^ and conditions unsat
isfactory with pastures short and
y p fast .
«ç rop conditions are spotted and
far below normal in western North
Dakota and most of Montana tho
there are areas in both of these
étions which will produce fair
. The feed situation is serf
ous this area.
"A report from the State De
partme nt of Agriculture of, South
Dakota says corn has deteriorated
^eatly. As an example of the
early harvest it was stated that
go per cent of the wheat had been
harvested by August 15, compared
with 41 per cent m 1 • -■ and 2
per cent in 1928 at corresponding
dates,"
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Taxpayers Wrought Up State Board Of Health Sends
At Olson's Hornswoggling Specialist and No. of Nurses
MANY IN SENTIMENTS VOICED TO
REPRESENTATIVES OF PRODUCERS NEWS,
THINKS MATTER SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED
BY GRAND JURY—PETITION MAY BE
PRESENTED TO JUDGE PAUL*
The taxpayers of Sheridan
County were "flabbergasted"
whew they read the exposure
last week in the Producers News
of the part L. S. Olson is ap
parently playing in a diabolical
conspiracy to defraud the resi
dent taxpayers of Sheridan
County, by and thru an ar
rangement, in apparent conniv
ance with republican county of
ficials, especially County Com
missioners to reclassify and re
value for purposes of assess
ment, thus reducing the taxes of
absentee and foreign owners of
land in this county by reducing
their valuation way below that
which wias set by the engineer
that classified the county in the
first place at an expense to the
taxpayers of about $39,000, and
thus shouldering the tax which
should justly be paid by these
land owners on the shoulders of
those who live here.
According to letters purported
to have been written by Olson,
he guaranteed to secure a cut in
valuation for a fee, and said he
was the only person who could
secure these cuts, and said that
in many instances he had secur
ed cuts as great as fifty per
cent.
Many taxpayers have called
at the Producers N-ew» nrrrrë
and expressed indignation that
such an injustice had been per
petrated upon them., by one who
had lived at the hands of the
taxpayers for so many years,
and insist that a conspiracy of
, . • - h j
ed by an especially impanelled
jury called by Judge Paul, and
that when the jury is called, a
this sort ought to be investigate
up
What Price, County Agent
IIIMtMttifMVttCIMNMIlHItlM
County Agent, in teaching farmer how to make
two blades of grass grow where one grew before,
travels thousands of miles, more and more each
year, and now Legge says its all a mistake, and pro
duction must be curtailed.
A study of the cost of the County Agent to the taxpayers of Sher
dan County discloses that in his work advising and educating the
farmers to great production: to diversify: to milk cows: to raise
beans: to grow turkeys: to caponize chickens, and whatnot, travels
more and more miles as the years go by. Just why he should spend
so much time on the road is a quandry.
While the cost of traveling about climbs ever higher and higher,
we find that the Agent is quite particular about the sort of works
that he does. Now, for instance: last spring, when the government
seed loan money was distributed, we find in the one chance in a dec
ade when he could have actually done something to earn his pay, then
he avoided tjie opportunity. In order to get a loan it was necessary
to make out applications: these applications were technical. The
County Agent should have been the very best qualified person to
make out these applications. He should have been familiar with the
law. He should have been familiar with local conditions. We as
sume that he was. He is supplied with the services of a stenograph
er. But our County Agent refused to either make out these applica
tions or to even assist in making them out. The farmer, broke farm
er * if y°»* please, askin g for a loan from the government, was com
pelled to go to a bank clerk or a lawyer to get his application made
out and pay out money for this service, while the County Agent and
his stenographer occupied themselves drawing salary.
mences Jy lst ^one year and
™ds June 30th of the next. So
the year is indicated by figures
« jHWWI. showing
months between these two dates.
For year 1923-24, the traveling
expenses of the County Agent was
$938.16, which at 10c per mile, as
^ is paid shows that he covered
9,381.6 miles in travel. He also
spent »863.19 for other expenses.
The next year, 1924-26, the trav
ella g expense of the Agent
only $635.60, indicating that he
traveled only 6,355, or 3.026 miles
less than the year before. He
stayed in the swivel chair more
tins year, but we find that his
telegraph and telephone bill jump
ed from $116.15 the year before to
$633.46 this year, indicating that
he did a lot of his teaching by
I wire and less moseyin* about. His
The figures showing the travel
ing expenses of the County Agent
for the last several years are re
produced below. They are taken
from the Annual Statement of the
County, and are certified to by the
Clerk and Recorder and are cor
rect, •
year com
12
was
special attorney should be ap
time editor and manager of the
I Plentywood Herald, a paper
i owned by Harry Polk of Havre,
and Bur]ey of gcobey .
The paper is republican in poli
tic*.
pointed by the Court, not so
closely associated with L. S. Ol
son as is County Attorney Bake
well, and one who is not a can
didate for office and interested
in whitewashing republican can
didates as Bakewell would prob
ably be, and the whole matter
sifted to the very bottom.
Too much of this sort of stuff
has been going on in Slier Mem
County and it is time that it
should be stopped.
It is reported that the matter
will be gone into thoroughly at
the convention of the Sheridan
County Taxpayers Association,
at Antelope, Friday, September
5th, and that recommendation
for definite action will be made.
A petition praying Juki gw Paul
to call a Grand Jury will be
circulated ameng the taxpayers
of the county and presented to
him as so»n as properly signed.
In the meantime a thorough
investigation of the re-classifi
cation will be mad« and the
finding will be published in the
Producers News.
L. S. Olson, the prime benefi
ciary of these fraudulent activi
ties is the secretary of the re
publican county central commit
tee and Commissioner Franl*
riuicn, iH tm u-oti
same- committee. The re-classi
ficatkn cannot be made with
out the approval of the board of
County Commissioners.
of the
L. S. Olson is at. the present
other expense dropped, being only
$71.71.
The year 1926-26, it cost the
taxpayers $1,120.68 for the Agent
to travel around.
11,206.8 miles that
was not too bad. His telegraph
and telephone bill was only $92.31
cents, however, and other expense
was the small item of $867. This
year not so much educating was
done by wire.
1926- 27, the traveling cost was
$1,098.68, indicating a mileage of
10,885: the telegraph and tele
phone increase some to $114.49
and the other expense hopped un
to $88.03.
1927- 28, it cost the taxpayers
$1,237.19, for the Agent's mean
derings, for a mileage of 12,371.9.
Jne telegraph and telephone bill
increased some more to $136.67,
and his other expenses also show
Pd an increase to $149.66.
In 1928-29, the County Agent
did some stepping about: his trav
Phng expense jumped to $1,995.10.
He covered considerable territory
that year, traveling 19,951 miles.
(Continued on Lost Pasei
He traveled
year, which
Horse Shoe Tournament
At Brush Lake, Sunday
* Next Sunday the best horse *
* shoe pitchers within riding *
* distance of Brush Lake will *
* meet there to test their prow- *
* ess with the steed's footwear *
* and incidentally compete for *
* the prizes that will go to the ♦
* winners. •
* There are three cash prizes *
* offered for first, second and *
* third best.
* bring their own shoes—we *
* mean horse shoes—and they *
* must register before 2 A. M, *
* The dontest will be fought *
* under regulation rules. *
* Mr. William Steele of Gre- *
* nora, impressario of the tour- *
* nament advises the Producers *
* News that he expects a large *
* attendance at this popular *
* sport. *
Contestants must *
ELMER GOODER'S LEG
BROKEN THURSDAY
Elmer Gooder, well known dray
man and deliveryman of this city,
had his leg broken Thursday af
ternoon while delivering express.
One of the articles was a big
box of metal, weighing over 500
pounds. While unloading articles
of merchandise in back of the
City Cafe, the heavy box became
unbalanced and fell, carrying
Gooder over the edge of the truck
where he nun g vmn tnc left
pinned under the box and
bones of the injured member pro
trading thru the skin. His cry
for help brought out Harry Koike,
owner of the City Cafe, who after
a strenuous effort managed to lift
the box high enough to extricate
the injured man. He wag rushed
to the hospital, where doctors
dressed the leg preparatory to put-1
ting it in a cast.
The unfortunate accident will
mean that Mr. Gooder will be laid as
for a long time before he is R
able to resume his work.
to
in
ERICK UNDBLOM
PASSES DIVIDE
„ _ . , _ .
Mr. Enck Lmdblom, pioneer
homesteader of the Whitetail area,
father of John Undblom, promin
ent Raymond farmer, and Gust
Lindblom of Whitetail, died at the
age of 82 in the Old People's
Home at Chisago, Minnesota, on
Sunday, August 17, as the result
of a paralytic stroke which he had
sustained several days before.
Grandpa Lindblom had his first
stroke five years ago and never
fully recovered.
John Lindblom, upon word of
the condition of his father, left at
once for Chisago.
The funeral was held at the
Lutheran church at Chisago, and
interment made at the Lutheran
cemetery on Wednesday, August
26th.
Erick Lindblom
Old Pioneer, Father of John Lind
blom of Raymond, Died at Old
People's Home at Chisago, Minn.
Sunday, August 17th.
was born in
Sweden 82 years ago, from where
(Continued on vase Six)
BODY FOUND AT
MC ELROY REMAINS
OF TOM CALLAHAN
The remains of the man found
one and a half miles southeast of
McElroy, in a slough on the
school section, about three weeks
ago, has been identified from the
I. W. W, card sent in by Coroner
Nelson to the I. W. W. headquar
ters at Chicago, as fellow worker
Tom Callahan.
The body, or what was left of
it, was discovered by John Nel
son, who was mowing hay in the
slough, This was the first year
the slough had been cut in a
number of years, which accounts
for the remains not being found
before.
slough had been so full of water
that it could not be mowed.
As near as can be determined,
Callahan came to his death
September, 1927.
seen at a pool hall in Westby. He
left there in the evening with
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For several years the
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He was last
a
Four People Dead and Many Others Dl As Result of
Dread Disease—Other Towns Along Main Line of
Great Northern Report Sickness. Nurse Dies.
An epidemic of black flu has broken out at Poplar.
Four people are reported to have died up to and including
Wednesday, among them a nurse caring for the sick.
*
'Mother' Bloor, Communist
Organizer to Speak In Plen
tywood, September 8
Ella Reeve Bloor, popular Com
munist orator and organizer, is
scheduled to speak here on Sep
tember 8, according to Wayne La
Grange, who is in charge of the
organization of the meeting. If
the weather is favorable, the
speaker will deliver her address
outdoors, but in case of rain, she
will speak under the hospitable
roof of the Farmer-Labor Temple,
built by the farmers and workers
of Sheridan county for the accom
modation of labor and farmer or
ganizations. -
Mrs. Bloor is an official repre
sentative of the Communist Party
in the Northwest with headquar
ters at Minot, N. D. The Party is
placing Communist tickets in sev
erai Northwestern states, includ
ing Montana and Comrade Bloor
is now making a tour in connec
tion with the campaign.
While The Producers News has
not been advised of the title of
Comrade Bloors' lecture it is as
sumed that she will explain the
of the Party in the con
gressiohal elections, crweil on tiie
free all |
war prisoners, including
the I. W. W.
necessity for action to
c f ass
Mooney, Billings,
prisoners in Walla Walla, Wash
f ngto n, as well as the many Com
munlsts who are in jail or under |
bond waiting to serve long terms
0 f imprisonment. ,
The workers and farmers of
Sheridan county are intensely in
terested in those questions as well i
prnRiram
unemployment and farm re- 1
e f they should avail them- i
selves of the opportunity to listen j
the. Communist solution from
one who occupies a high position
the Communist Party and one
that organization's most elo
quent speakers.
Last Saturday, August 23, at
the crest of the continent where
the Rockies divide the waters be
tween the east and the west, Mon
tana celebrated the annihilation of
the barrier that until now blocked
motor travel win he opening of the
fina] of the Roosevelt High
running from Portland, Maine
to Port land, Oregon,
MILITANT NORTH DAKOTA EDITOR URGES
ORGANIZATION OF NEW POETICAL PARTY
Progressive elements in the bent and badly-battered Nonpartisan
League of North Dakota declare that the time is ripe for the organi
zation of a political party that will stand foe the class interests of the
farmers and workers of the state. The Non-partisan League of North
Dakota was onde a militant organization and nobody can deny that II
aroused the farmers of the northwest to mass action against the cap
italists and their lackeys. The Nonpartisan League however is now
dead spiritually. Its leadership approves of the Hoover administration.
It no longer holds out any hope for the exploited workers and farmers.
And the progressives are determined that a new party must take its
place. The following ringing editorial from the pen of L. G Miller,
editor of the Bowbells Tribune, is a call to actiotu—Editor.
"A NEW PARTY IS NEEDED"
Progressives of this state and
Montana are not satisfied with
things as they are in the political
field. That is one fact that can
not be ignored, and is not forever
going to be ignored. Another par
ty, one that has the interest of the
farmers and workers at heart and
is not primarily concerned with
gaining office, is needed, and will
be started,
with reaction ruling both old par
ties the voters who want progress
can not affiliate themselves with
either. They can not claim to be
Republicans, because they have
nothing at all in common with the
party in power. This party has
betrayed the farmers and workers,
as the Democratic party betrayed
them when it was in power dur in»'
and after the world war. Neither
can by its very nature be a party
of farmers and workers, for neith
er is controlled by them in even
the smallest detail. They vote with
one or the other because nobody
has taken the task on himself of
organizing them and pointing out
the clean cut advantages to them
of a party of their own.
"This country is supposed to be
, governed by a two-party system,
one in power and the other pow
n
It is unavoidable.
Dr. Swanson of Poplar,
who has been caring for the
sick at that place is now
very ill himself. Several
doctors have called on him
in the last few hours.
The dead are: Gus Marquardt,
manager of the Imperial Elevate*
on August 17th; Mrs. Robert Carl
sen * August 20th; Mrs. Tierney,
August 25th; and Mrs. John Her
land, August 26th.
^ reported that the condition
at Poplar has attracted the State
Board of Health, and-that body
bas taken definite steps to arrest
the epidemic.
Wednesday, one of the members
of the Board arrived in Poplar, ac
companied by eight trained nurses
who went to work at once to re
lieve the sick and unattended. It
is reported that there are many
people in Poplar sick and in séri
ous condition at this time. It is
also stated Uiat there are people
ill at Williston, N. D., Wolf Point,
Glasgow, and Malta, but the epi
demie seems to be at its worst in
Poplar. _ '
. It seems that the patient feels
dull, develops a fever which runs
very high, is affected with dysen- ,
Vary, and either dies or recovers
in four or five days. After dea'
the body turns black.
-
Youth Take* RÎ Phlnndi : Y
1 8 —
son of John Pace, who resides on
a ranch south of Redstone, made
what was almost a fatal mistake
!
of Mercury for Aspii
John Pace, Jr., the 16-year-old
last Saturday evening, when he
took a bi-chloride of mercury tab
let, mistaking it for Aspirin,
which he was taking to relieve a
slight attack of inflpenza.
He became violently ill immedi
ately, as a result of which the
error was discovered. An emetic
was administered and he was
j rushed at once to the Memorial
hospital in this city, where he
received medical attention. The
boy ig now out of danger.
The Farmer-Labor Maes Con»
vention will occur at Parmer-La
bor Temple, Saturday. Sept. 6.
All Farmer-Laboritee are urged
to attend.
erful enough to menace that pow
er and act as a check against
ruption and misgovemment.
in actuality there are not two par
ties. There is no such thing as
an effective Democratic party op
posing the Republican bosses
whose minions are in office. Tho
group in power is a bi-party
group. It masquerades as Repub
lican in the North, Democratic in
the South, fooling the people
north, south, east and west. Nor
ris, in Nebraska, for example,
not a Republican* yet had to_
as such to go back to the senate.
Hefftin in Alabama is not a Dem
ocrat, and could not run as such,
because the machine was more
powerful than he, and he had to
run as an independent Democrat.
Heffhn is, of course, not to be
compared with Norris, fir>r Hefflin
is not for the people as a whole,
being reactionary and a selfseek
er among selfseekers. But
m his case the proof that the
trol of the parties is not in
hands of the people is
enough.
cor
But
is
run
even
con
the
apparent
The farmers 0 f the nation have
nothing in common with the boss
e 8 who control th e two old parties,
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