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A PAPER OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE _
PLENTYWOOD, SHERIDAN COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1931.
Official Pap>er of the City of Plentywood
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As We See It
by Tom O'Flaherty
Editer of "The Wasp"
he ECONOMIC depression has
visited Egypt and we hear
that King Fuad, in the inter
, royal economy, is about to
£ e is food taster > a
1 by the name of Mr. Tith
Kings always had a
notion that their help
something unhealthy
tleinan
gington.
craiy -
mihi drop
J thc royal soup and King Fuad
f no exception to the rule. So
J* engaged Mr. Titherinlon at the
beginning of his reign to sample
his nulligan before it reached the
royal palate. Now, however,
finies are so rotten financially in
the state of Egypt that Fuad
mus t take a chance on his cook,
gjnee he cannot afford a food
tjster. Maybe he cannot even af
ford food before long. Tithuring
ton migM get a job here this win
ter tasting the chow that the
Hoover hunger commission plans
dish outto the hnugry.
to
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If King Fuad really needs a
food tester free of charge (except
for the cost ofthe food he tastes)
a small advertisement in any
American newspaper will bring
him a bunch of replies provided
ragged
price of postage stamps:. The
trouble is that tour American can
didates for the job are likely to
be sa hungry this coming winter
that they might eat all the food
and the king to boot. People
get awfully hungry in a country
that has produced ao much food
even the cattle are dying of star
vation.
our
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When the pit a to crop failed
in Ireland during the notorious
famine years of 1845-48 there
was enough grain raised in the
country to feed three times the
population. For every ship load of
fold from the United States that
entered Cork harbor five ship
bads of grain left to pay the
landlords' rent. The social revo
lutionist James Fintan Lalor urg
ed the starving people to kill
sheep and cattle and eat them, to
seize the grain and eat it. Will
iam Smith O'Brien a green-flag
waving patriot urged them to re
spect the rights ofprivate proper
ty. They did, and 250,000 of
them died of famine and disease.
So much for law and order.
AYOR CERMAK of Chicago
got very indignant a few
days ago when it was called
to his attention that some
waggish member of the unemploy
«d, fed at the old county jail,
hung the sign "Hoover Hotel" on
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the old jail door. The mayor
said this was nothing less than
Bolshevism, was an incitement to
riot and anarchy and was an in
sult (o the president.
Cermak is a Democrat who was
elected with the aid of Republican
wtes. Scratch a Democrat and
you'llhear a Republican purr or
vice versa.
Boh un k
r
HAVE often wondered why
some congenital drys often
acted as if under the influ
ence of liquor. They suffer
ed from delusions of grandeur,
lied like Munchausens and wove
fancy tales of bright prospects
ahead. Now we know. They were
™ll of alcohol. A reputable
chemist discovered that drys» dogs
tel pigs have 100 proof alcohol
in their brains. The test proved
that the dog has les »alcohol in
his brain than the dry but that
the pig has more. At that they
•re away ahead of the poor devil
who has to buy his from the boot
kgRer.
I MIGHT BE A good idea for
Prospective college students
- 1 to go in for theology rather
. than any of the other perver
nons. We learn that out of tbfc
million unemployed in o*p
Germany, thirty thousand
nave university degrees. Lawyers
are a drug the market there
tel thousands of doctors are on
r* dole. But, theological students
"•ve all the work they can handle
are getting paid for it. The
atholic church employs twenty
thousand university men and
* Lutheran church comes next
n sixteen thousand. A couple
°f Rood
organizations sez we.
I HE INDUSTRIAL pages of the
topers make sad reading
these days. I am glooming
th® rx" September 3 issue of
H«. * Tribune. One head
a us that the spectre of
inn..*? 6 ^ Kangs over the steel
OctoL?' due some time "
So far stee l Kas been
»Uh tmg ° n t ^ e short time basis
But s î andar ds staying pat.
the st ^ 1 "»agnates, or rather
•teei a J 1ciers > who control the
Portant- 118 .* 17 and a H other im
Wst t irwfe StrieB Want a real
4 ^; G °d wa g* cut. They
qK tng to get it. Unfortunately
in tL.™ organization of labor
cut M u md «stry to fight the
S »«Sb, they wU l take the
r t °Ä R HEADLINE
** reanin^ ,. farmer8 are now
thev ^ harve8t of folly
; .„j Wed when the rascals
(Contii» Pr °? Uc€d "tore wheat
'Continued on Last Page)
says
Sheridan County U. F. L Now Organized
MacDonald Forms New Government In England
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN HOUSE OF
COMMONS CARRIES BY 309 TO 25»
London, Sept. 8.—Ramsay Mac
Donald's new national government,
formed to pull Great Britain thru
its financial crisis, won its first
battle tonight by gaining a vote of
confidence from the house of
mons with a majority of 59.
The house, which convened in
special session today, voted 309 to
250 in support of the new MacDon
ald cabinet, made up of members
com
from the labor, conservative and
liberal parties.
Labor Vote
Voting with the majority were
12 labor members, including Prime
Minister MacDonald, Chancellor
Snowden, J. H. Thomas and four
other ministers. All the conserva
tives and liberals supported the
government, as did three of the in
dependent members.
Three othe rindependents, in
1 eluding Oliver Baldwin, son of the
1 coservative leader, voted against
the government. The four Moseley
members supported the opposition
and three labor members abstained
from voting,
The vote came after an all-day
debate which started with a mem
orable oratorical duel between the
prime minister and Arthur Hen
derson, his old labor colleague and
now leader of the opposition.
The Question
It was taken on a resolution
calling for the house to resolve it
self into a committee of ways and
means on Thursday for the quick
passage of economy and revenue
measures designed to overcome the
threatened budget deficit of $600,
000,000. Mr, MacDonald had said
that this resolution would be taken
as a test of confidence or non-con
fidence in his government.
With the ample majority regis
tered, it was believed the atmos
phere was cleared for approval be
fore end of the week of urgent
legislation that is expected to
start new taxes rolling into the de
pleted exchequer.
While the vote was being taken
a large crowd took part in an un
employment demonstration outside
the houses of parliament and nine
persons were arrested when police
cleared, the streets .
There were loud ministerial yells
when a government majority was
indicated in the houes of commons
but the actual result was received
quietly and members departed less
or more silently as the session
adjourned.
Divide County North Da
kota Buys 1000 Tons Hay
Crosby, Sept. 4.— The Divide
county commissioners are complet
ing arrangements for the purchase
of hay through the agency of the
North Dakota Agricÿltural Col
lege, One thousand tons will be
purchased at this time and addi
tional amounts later in accordance
with orders received from town
ship committees.
BOND ISSUE AGAIN KNOCKED OUT'
BY S TATE SUPREME COUR T WED,
Helena, Sept. 9.—Montana's $3,- building at Montana State College,
000,000 public building program is
definitely out of the picture.
The state supreme court Wednes
day denied a petition for rehearing
constitutionality of the propos
al which it nullified by a decision
last July.
Under the bill voted on last No
vember thesu mwas to be distrib
uted to the several state institu
iions for construction of new
buildings.
Principal items in the two mill
ion alloted by the legislature last
winter were provision for buildings
for Billings and Havre schools,
now housed in rented and borrow
chemistry
on
ed structuers; a new
FARM BOARD HEAD STATES THAT
HE WONT ASK FOR MORE FUNDS
Washington, Sept. 9.— Chairman
Stone of the Farm Board said to
"We do not contemplate ask
ing the next congress for any more
money," Stone reiterated that the
board did not contemplate any fur
ther purchases of wheat and cot
ton through its stabilization cor
porations. . . .
It now holds approximately 1,
300,000 bales of cotton and 2UU,
000,000 bushels of wheat, bought at
when the price of these
day
a time
Children Have No Clothes
A committee from the south
east part of the ciunty called
on the local Red Cross officials
here last Tuesday and report
ed that at the first! day of
school, out of 19 children only
three showed up, the 16 stayed
at home because they had
jtloths to
no
After listening to the report!
SrsS-är&rss °a
letter to Red Cross headquart
ers and told them to get busy.
EXPECT POSTAL
DEFICIT AS P.0.
SAVINGS RISE
Washington, Sept. 9.—A postal
deficit of $150,000,000 for the cur
rent fiscal year was foreseen to
day by Acting Postmaster General
Ooleman as postal savings mount
ed to the new high record of $49,
090,000.
While hard times were affecting
the postal revenues, Mr. Coleman
said the savings had doubled, indi
cating that hoarded capital to some
extent was responsible for the ex
isting business condition.
He predicted the tide would turn
to economic normalcy "when em
ployed people, fortunate enough to
have a much decreased cost of liv
ing, quit piling up savings in fear
of the future and begin to purchase
things they normally desire."
To shrinkage of orders and ship
ments he attributed the present low
volume of mail. Postal receipts,
after 15 years of steady accéléra
tion have dropped $60,000,000. The
decrease is expected to bring re
verbérations in the next congress.
The latest estimate for the fis
cal year ending June 30, 1932, puls
the receipts as $656,000,000 as a-j
gainst $705,000,000 last year.
Postal savings increased from
$175,000,000 to $350,000,000 in the
year ending June 30, 1931 and now
are about $400,000,000.
Leave for Home Jungle
_
Harrison Hot Springs, B. C.,
King of Siam Will Soon
Sept. 6.—The king and queen of
Siam motored today to Vancouver,
B, C., last leg of their journey to
th ePacific coast from New York.
They will sail for Nanaimo and
Qualicum beach, on Vancouver is
land late today to remain there un
til Thursday. Next Saturday they
will sail for home, ending the first
visit ever made by oriental rulers
to America.
Lake Okeechobee in Florida, is
the second largest body of fresh
water in the United States.
two cottages at the
school, a receiving hospital, dormi
tories and quarters for doctors at
the asylum, a hospital unit at the
sanitarium, a new cell house and
extensive remodelling at the pns
on, 311 industrial training building
at the school for deaf and blind,
administration and class room
building and dormitory at the pr
phans' home, journalism building
at the university and a utility
building at the soldiers' home,
The other million dollars was left
for future emergencies,
No arguments on the petition
for a bond rehearing were heard.
Associate Justice Ford dissented.
commodities was much higher than
it is now.
Congressional critics of the op
eratkms of the board have said
they would oppose any further
large appropriations for the board
Under the
in the next congress,
agricultural marketing act, the
»board was given a revolving fund
of $500,000,000 when it began op
erations in July 1929. The last of
this $600,000,000 was appropriated
for the board in the last congress,
Creditors of Closed Westby
Bank to Receive Dividend
Helena, Sept. 6.— Creditors of
the Farmers State Bank of Westby
in Sheridan county will receive a
dividen of dabout $6,000 next week
according to George M. Robertson,
state examiner and superintendent
of banks.
The bank closed June 18. Robert
son explained economic conditions
around Westby made liquidation of
the bank difficult but that it was
possible that a small dividend
might be declared in the fall.
This is one of the perfectly safe
banks which was closed for the
protection of the depositors.
WORLD COURT BANS
CUSTOM TREATY OF
AUSTRIA ■ GERMANY
GeGneva, Sept. 6._ The world
court decided today that the pro
jected Austro-German customs un
ion would be a violation of Aus
tria's international engagements
under the Geneva protocol of 1922.
-phe decision, reached at The
Hague and made public here, was
j returned by eight judges of the
cour t with seven dissenting. One
0 -f ^h e disesnters is Frank B Kel
i n __ forrnpr secretary of state o f
the United States.
Members of the court from Po
j and( France, Salvador, Cuba, Italy,
j Spain, Colombia and Rumania con
curre( j j n ^he majority opinion. In
addition to Mr. Kellogg, the Ger
man, Biitish, Japanese,' Chinese,
an( j Belgian jurists dissent
e d '
^he court held that "the regime
established between Germany and
Austria on the basis of, and within
^ limits; of the nrincinles laid
dow by the protocol of March 19,
1931 (the custo ms union plan)
wou | d no t be compatible with prot
oco j signed at Geneva on
Octover 4, 1922."
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Missoula, Sept. 8.— During Au
gust the forest service in Missoula
paid out more than a million and
a quarter dollars, according to
figures released Tuesday by the
fiscal agent for region No. 1.
Total disbursements for the for
est service for August, including
fire fighting expenses reached the
huge sum of $1,359,300.34. A
number of warrants issued against
this sum, have not been cashed.
The total amount of money actual
ly spent in cash for the month was
$1,239,423.26.
Slightly more than half of this
amount went to fire fighting ex
penses. Fire expenditures totalled
$636,611.26, of which $251,247.22
was paid by the supervisors in the
field through checks on a Missoula
bank.
Money was paid to 9,657 men
during the month.
Progressives
By Attorney Jess H. Stevens, Great Falls, Montana
The supreme Issue, Involving
all other«, Is the encroachment
of the powerful few upon the
right« of th* many.—San. Bo ht.
M. IioPollette.
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HE FOLLOWING EXTRACTS
from an editorial in The Na
tional Tribune, official organ
of the Civil War Veterans, Span
ish war veterans and World war
veterans, will help to explain some
of thc propaganda now appearing
in Associated Press dailies: ,
"The vicious and unwarranted
attack of Dr. Henry S. Pritchett,
president of the Carnegie Founda
tion for the Advancement of teach
ing, on the American Legion and
the Grand Army of the Republic
might well go unnoticed except for
the act that it appears to be a part
of a propaganda campaign thru
out the country. Dr. Pritchett
charges that the "political colonels"
of the American Legion are plan
ning another raid on the treasury,
and in attackin the younger veter
ans of the World war he takes it
upon himself to slander the fast
thinning ranks of the men who
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fought for theUnion in the 60s.
For no reason at all, so far as we
can see, he declares "the Grand Ar
my of the Republic was transfer
red from a patriotic society to a
political subsidy-seeking organiza
MONTANA COUNTIES
MAY PROVIDE FOR
OWN DROIT RELIEF
Law Passed by State Legislature
In 1919 Gives County Commis
sioner» Power to provide nodes
sary Funds.
That Montana counties may pro
vide their own relief to drouth
stricken farmers who are in need
of aid, under provisions of a stat
ute passed by the legislature in
special esssion in 1919, is the dis
covery of Senator E. E. Fenton of
of Rosebud county.
Mr. Fenton recently conferred
with the attorney general and state
board of equalization concerning
the legality of the plan and an
nounced that he would return to
Forsyth to circulate the petitions
necessary to put the machinery in
to operation in Rosebud county.
The law providing for county re
lief is found in sections 4680 and
4705, revised codes of Montana of |
1921. Under its provisions county
commissioners are authorized to
purchase and provide seed grain,
feed, provisions and other neces
sary supplies, and to furnish the
same to the inhabitants of the
counties who by reason of drouth,
Kail, or other unfavorable climatic
■cosditions, have been rendered fi
nancially unable to procure sup
plies for their own needs.
The relief provided under the
law may be made available almost
immediately. Counties may issue
warrants until their total indebt
'TdfiBsa reaches five per cent cf
the ssessed valuation of county
property, to pay for the supplies
purchased for the drouth stricken,
Senator Fenton says that he has
investigated and found that almost
every county in the state has ample
leeway to provide funds for relief.
Petitions for relief must be s ig"
ed by at least 100 freeholders,
must be filed with the county clerk,
who calls a special meeting of the
county commissioners to make an
investigation of the needs of the
county.
exceed $10,000 the commissioners
may proceed at once to purchase
supplies. If the estimate is in ex
cess of $10,000 a special election
must be called to authorize issu
Vance of the warrants. Fifteen days
are required for notice and hold
ing of the election.
If the estimate does not
French Provinces Visited
by Rain, Snow and Floods
Paris, Sept. 6.— Premature snow
in the Alps, Pyrenees and Auverg
ne, menacing floods in the princi
pal rivers and downpours which
wrought havoc in the wine produc
ing region and drenched Paris it
self today ushered in the Labor
Day week-end.
Cherbourg was hit by a violent
northeaster. A sloop at Rochefort
was struck by lightning and no
boats have been able to leave Lor
ient for 24 hours. Several towns in
| the interior are deprived of electric
current, hundreds of livestock have
perished, many bridges were de
stroyed and property damage of
several hundred thousand dollars
was reported from the Carholles
region.
tion. _
has with any alleged "raid" on the
treasury by the American Legion
is beyond our comprehension. It
is added evidence, however, that the
Big Business interests which are
opposing the veterans will leave
no stone unturned t omislead the
American people. Big Business
controls the policy of three-fourths
of the newspapers and magazines
o the country through its adver
tising, and the propaganda design
ed to poison the minds of the peo
ple is receiving the widest public
ity. Big Business is determined
that the veterans shall be placed
in an unfavorable position in the
eyes of the people and is using
every means at its command to ac
complish this end. To a person
who is ignorant of the motive be
hind the articles written, it would
seem that the men who offered
their lives in defense of the coun
try in time of war are now its
greatest enemies. The veterans,
however, are not unmindful of the
fact that the United States is the
richest country in the world to
day; that it owes its riches and
power to the men who fought its
wars. Except for the hardships
and suffering of the men who wore
the Blue in the Civil war they
know our nation might now be di
vided. Had it not been for the men
Just what connection this
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Slate Abstracters Met at
Lewistown Last Monday
Lewistown, Sept 9.—Abstracted
of Montana held their annual con
vention here Monday and Tuesday.
Discussion of the new law gov
erning their work and an address
by R. W. Kemp of Salt Lake City
on "Title Insurance" was among
the highlights of the sessions.
W, B. Clark of Miles City is
president of the Montana Title As
sociation. The vice presidents are
C. C. Johnston of Plentywood, C.
W. Dykins of Lewistown and R. L.
Welliver of Billings. C. E. Hub
bard of Great Falls is secretary
treasurer.
Chicago, Sept. 6.—A decision on
the petition of the country's rail
road executives for a 15% hori
zontal increase in freight rates
probably will be handed down by
the interstate commerce commis
sion in Washington next month, it
appeared today a sthe last of the
commission's hearings drew to a
close.
It was expected today s session
would complete the series of 11
hearings held throughout the coun
try. The commissioners planned
to adjourn to Washington, where
final arguments of the petition will
be held September 21.
The decision is considered mo
mentous in economic history as the
railroad request for aid in time of
depression is unprecedented.
DECISION SOON
ON RAIL RATE
Three Billion Dollar Tax
Sale Is Ordered in Chicago
Chicago, Sept. 8.— The Cook
county treasurer's office announced
today that more than three billion
dollars worth of real estate will
i be placed on the books for sale
this week because of nonpapment
of 1929 taxes. The property in
cludes one-third of the real estate
in the county and is owned by
396,624 individuals. The tax was
due last May 16.
Delinquent taxes for 1929 here
amount to $69,230,000.
OUTLOOK H.S. HAS
INCREASED MEM
BERSHIP IN '31-'Î2
The Outlook high school opened
on September 7th with a larger
enrollment than any time previous,
the total enrollment being 73 pu
pils; of which 11 are Seniors; 20
Juniors; 14 Sophomores and 28
Freshmen. It is expected that the
enrollment will reach at least 75.
The past maximum enrollment
has been seventy.
A certificate has been received
from the state department show
ing the work of the school year
of 1930-31 as being fully approv
ed. Fourteen courses are being of
fered this semester which meet
fully all the requiremnts of the
state department.
who served from 1898 to 1902 there
is a grave doubt that we might
now occupy the position we do in
world affairs. If the men who
fought the world war had failed in
their responsibility undoubtedly we
would now be paying enormous
war indemnities in addition to suf
fering the humiliation of a defeat
ed people. These facts are ignor
ed Jby Big Business in its drive a
ainst the veterans and their de
pendents. When the war was on
and the money bags of the coun
try were in danger there was wild
acclaim for the men who wore the
uniform. Yet today the head of
what is supposed ti be a philan
thropic organization charges these
same men with belongin to a *'po
lical subsidy-seeking organization.
And the leaders of the American
Legion, which has a membership of
more than a million of the finest
men and women in the United
States, he calls "political colonels,
and charges they are planning to
"raid the treasury."
PROFITEERS GET 100%—
Reader, you miht well ponder
the foregoing, havin in mind that
during the civil war the soldiers
received $13 per month for their
services, and in a depreciated cur
rency at that; during the Spanish
war the soldiers received $15.60
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Big Crowd Attended
Meeting LastThur sday
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U.F.L. Meeting at Wanao
A United Farmers League
meeting will be held at Wan
ed School, Tuesday, Sept. 15th
at eight p. m. Everybody wel
come*
WILL SOLVE THE
COAL PROBLEM
EMBERS of the United Farm
ers League from all parts of
Sheridan county met with the |
county commissioners here last
Thursday for the purpose of talk- j
ing over the coal situation.
The fact that a majority of the \
farmers and workers living in the j
M
little towns will not be able to pay j
for coal this winter must be solved
in some way.
A state representative of the
Red Cross was present at the meet- !
ing and promised to have funds
available shortlyfor the purpose of 1
providing coal for the needy farm- 1
i
In order that the county may Î
take care of the immediate needs,
petitions are now being circulated ;
in thecounty. After 100 freeholders 1
sign the petition the county com-;
missioners have the right to issue j
Äo"^ t0 extent of :
* m, ;, •* j r t i
The United Farmers League can
nf®?- ° n t>US
important question while there is
yet tame to solve it I
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TRANS-NATION
EIGHT RECORD
11 HOURS 15MIN.
Newark, N. J,, Sept. 6.— In
dazzling streak of speed Major J.
H. Doolittle raced across the trans
continental sky trail to a new re
cord today.
The audacious airman set his
plane down here at 3:60 p. m. EST
just 11 hours and 15 minutes after
he had hopped off from Burbank,
Calif.
In bettering the 1930 perform
ance of Capt. Hawkes by one hour
and ten minutes Doolittle also beat
a field of eight into Cleveland, O.,
to capture the Bendix air trophy
competition from Burbank to Clev
eland. He arrive in Cleveland at
6:42.
Tired but still ambitious, Doolit
tle turned his plan around here and
streaked back toward Cleveland
where he arrive one hour and 52
minutes after leaving here. He
took six minutes longer to cover
the distance on the westward hop
than he had taken coming in this
direction.
VETERANS TO ASK CONGRESS FOR
IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF BONUS
Kansas City, Sept. 5.
Turning
down compromise proposals, the
Veterans of Foreign Wars voted
Wednesday that resolutions be
drafted calling for immediate pay
ment of the remainder of federal
adjusted compensation and the re
funding of interest on part pay
ments already advanced.
The delegates voted down a pro
posal submitted by the resolutions
committee that the interest rates
on advances be reduced rom the
present 4%% compound to
pie interest" or about 3%.
On the opening day of business
session of the encampment, Brig.
Gen. Frank T. Hines, administra
tor of veterans affairs, and Ernest
Jachnecke, assistant secretary of
the navy, urged a letup by former
"sim
CHINA. WRECKED BY FLOODS AND
ROBBERS, NOW FACES CIVIL WAR
Shanghai, Sept. 9.—A China ag
onized by floods and upset by ban
ditry and sectional military upris
ings was on the verge of another
sanguinary civil conflict today.
Only a month had passed since
the ill-timed rebellion of Gen. Shih
Yisan had been crushed in the
north and during that month Chi
na experienced the greatest flood
in modem times.
Today's news brought confirma
tion of the report that forces of
the insurgent government of south
China had invaded Hunan province
E COUNTY meeting of the
United Farmers League held
in the Farmer-Labor Temple
last Saturday, started out with a
bang in the form of a banquet.
Along the center of the bed!
were long tables covered with snow
white table cloths decorated very
artistically with beautiful flowers
and a sprinkle of little red flags in
between. On a smaller table laid
a one hundred pound roasted and
stuffed pig smiling at the dele
gates as they poured in from prac
tically every precinct in the eoun
ty. By the time the hosts, Rod
ney Salisbury and Marie Hansen,
gpt through feeding the crowd the
pig had lost its smile and disap
peared except for a few bones, and
just fine,
everybody but the pig was feeling
After the feed the precinct corn
mittees started the meeting by
electing Hans Hardersen chairman
and Ed. Ferguson of Westby sec
retary of the meeting. The next
iarder of business was the election
of county secretary and committee,
Rodney Salisbury being elected
county secretary, Robert Larson •
Marie Hansen and Art Wankel
county committee. This completed
the county organization ««me of
the precincts showing a member
ship of 90% of their adult popula
tion and only a few more precincts
remain to be lined up.
Chores and everything else werè
forgotten and it was long after
dark ^fore the meeting adjoum
ed «id people departed for their
homee aUover the county. Some
of ^em ^ it was the ^ st me€t _
ing ever hel din the county.
That farmers are taking a keen
interest in what is going on was
shownby the number of rather rad
ical resolutions unanimously adopt
ed at the meeting. Probably the
most important was the one in
which everybody agreed to unite
for the purpose if preventing sher
iff's sales and evictions of any
kind.
It is understood that a get-to
gether and general meeting for all
members is planned for s ome later
date by the newly elected commit
tee. People who are not members
yet shiuld see their local secretary
arid join the organization in order
to get in on this.
In order to give people an idea
of some of the things this organi
zation stands for we publish the
following resolutions all adopted
at the meeting after a fair and full
discussion. The resolutions will be
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Dry at Pendleton, Oregon
Pendleton, Ore, Sept. 6.— The
Pendleton district tonight had paw
ed its drouth record of 1929 when
there was no measurable rainfall
in 68 days. Friday's maximum
temperature was just short of 100
and Thursday's was 102.
service menin their demands for
additional federal appropriations
in addresses to the delegates.
The majority of the delegates
felt that since a certain few had
reaped the pecuniary benefit from
the services of the men who risked
their lives, their health and their
future happiness in the war, and
since the same few were at the
present time still reaping the ben
efits from the war that it was no
more than right that the veterans
be paid the balance of their ad
justed service certificates.
The ones opposing the measure
are those who, though reaping a
rich harvest from government se
curities, are worried lest they be
called upon to provide some of the
funds necessary for the payment of
the veterans' claims.
a part of the Nanking nationalist
goverment's territory.
Nanking, while repeatedly pro
fessing a decire for peace, is en
ergetically girding for war. The
activities of Chiang Kai-shek, pres
ident of the nationalist regime and
commander of its armies, indicates
he is preparing to strike swiftly
and with the most formidable
weapons at his command in the
hope of cracking the insurgent
forces before they penetrate far
into Hunan.