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fNCA Urges farmers to Back
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Nat I. Unemployed Congress
Special Meeting Will Be
Held In Capital On
Farm Relief
,
f„r tb> national congress, and toj
#?c-t delegates from all groups.
T*-« rem» delegates to the
cor g re -n will remain fn
ri g'nn ont day after the cm"
vr> will meet in special «es- 1
wt plans for thP 1
f of the Farmer« Emergency

fbe letter of the Farmers Na (
. ...
«Vv-fonal Congress of Unem-L-™
,■ , f „_d Tr.snr-.ppp wîii :
mVashirgton D c Jan^£
ij.15.7 1935 to hrin«- together the
treat ard growing movement to
Krnlat a plan for all forms of
Ä ÏTSÂ
rv ? t a-'d Serial Insurance bill.
. A ' i „e i!
Pr Action. presenting 115,000
(anrers. which calls upon the im
poverisned farmer? o America to
inpport am take part in this work-.
V e * nM fa ™ e ?' c f press - Tb' 3
f? ir a**ford with th e resolutions;
»dopted bv the Farmers Second
St/do we urge farmer^ in the i
inrncht area in the middle West :
1» serd delegates representing.'^
mat masses of the farmers. !
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prient millions of people and .
thousands of workers and farmers
Tt will be the most
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 6.—
ft-* Farmers National Committee
Action yesterday issued a call
all fanners and farm workers
for
to
thrir organizations to support
National Congress for Urem
Irsurance, which will be
Washington, D. C., on
«lf.frr.ent
held In
h n• 5 * 7 -
Farmer? ard their organizations!
asked to circulate the call of
the national sponsoring committee
510'
.re'i
f ! r .»f hill.
"TM? workers' congress will re
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orjjanizetions.
important and representative con- i
ference of the suffering people '
held in the United States.
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•Therefore, we farmers must take
Advantage of this opportunity to
pain support for our bill, the Far
mers' Emergency Relief bill, which
is e r dorsed by many farm organ
ization« only
ers' reb'ef bill ever written. Our
farmer delegates should therefore
tome prepared to stay a fourth
day in Washington for a special
session to bring pressure to bear for
the introduction and adoption of
the Farmers' Emergency Relief
bill.
"Wo farmers must support the
fight for the Workers' Unemploy
ment and Social Insurance bill
which was introduced in the 73rd
congress of the United States as,
H It. 7598. Thic bill provides
mm-ce f or the poverty-stricken
farmers* rot only that, it will also
put money into the hands of the
city workers so they will be able
to buy thereby ooening up mar
k „ tq fc l thp pro j urp of the farm
Therefore w*> must look at
tie o Winn of this bill as a part
of oar streffffle for relief ?or flm
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Write to the president and to
t-! , ., a .r . Pena „ n ir
' T ' r ' 1 sl °,
H.R. 7598, the only genuine work
e- France Hll before congress,
OHer- a supply of pcs car s a
othor literature from Herbert Ben
jarin Pnom 436. 799 Broadway,
Nrtr York C'ty or from the Farm
fr' N-fional Committee for Ac
tion, 730 T.ocust Street. Philadel
pbia. Pa. Postcards, 35 cents per
bundrod; rails, 50 cents per hun
dred—plus postage.
"Fratemallv yours,
"LEM HARRIS.
es
frs.
your congressmen
"Executive Secretary, Farmers
National Committee for Action.
OUTLOOK
Thanksgiving
Outlook hall was well attended.
Another dance, sponsored by the
Outlook Community club for the
benefit of the community Christ
•ill be held Dec. 8th at
lice, vv
the same hah.
tt has been reported that Mrs.
H; B. Braldock, who is al pres
«nt in Florida, has had another
I S « kc an f S qui î* „
I Mr. and Mrs. N. Flannery serv
I Ü their Thanksgiving day guests
I ^ a v ery delicious dinner.
I .* T 013 k ' retb s P ent tbe w eek end
I « the Bert Grove home.
I A das? of Catholic young folks
I confirmed Tuesday at the lo
fl «1 Catholic church.
The Lutheran Ladies' Aid held
1 baffle supper and miscellaneous
■ ak at the Radons building Satur
for the benefit of their com
Christmas program.
On Thanksgiving day the Ger
^ hutherar. church held services
*church.
w " r and Mrs. Chris Lux went to
J^icire Lake Tuesday to attend
funeral of a cousin of Mr. Lux
*"J.died in childbirth.
Lily Has s left Monday for
ashington where she intends to
Mb and Mrs. Jake Ereth are
''ting friends and relatives in
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CROOKED METHODS
USED BY COURT TO
DEFEAT FARMERS

-Most farmers have heard of the
attack by armed thugs on organ
i of the Holiday Association of
Nebra ^a, m which Mother Bloor
7*1 ar 5 ested and Eurt Sell was
uncor ^<>usness and 17
I T, e "J* 8 ' vere knocked cold,
Shortly after the attack, Burt Sell
SUH a?aiTlst tbe sheriff of
.the county, and his deputies, who
ta ® k ? art l « the attack, and against
or > VJ{ '■ °amages.
8 week J . Udge Hostetler held
distnct court in Sherman county,
lled the case and declared it bo
thrown oUt because no on e present,
^ as ^rested in it. This is ur-j
** vroceAure.
f?° th a . tto , r " ey =' „ h f ides hin,se ' f .
aha attorney had written the clerk
0 f the district court especiallv ask
ing for waminfi . as to whe „ the
case -y^oui^ brought up, no noti
fi c ati 0 n wa« received by the at
tomoys nor Sell, the plaintiff.
n . , ..
n( i case can be dls '
banded actio Y sim P ly shows that
^ « art and county officials are
th ' S T
c ? sa ; wh,ch . re » ,,y represents a
challenge to the farmers and
workers' right to organize. The
f arn1 ers are pledged to smack down
Judge Throws Out Suit of
Organizer Against the
County Officials
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y a 1,arme r Correspondent
j SHERMAN COUNTY, Nebraska
COMMISSIONERS
DEDUCE TA I AI17
IlLl Dull lU LUVŸ
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all such fascist attacks.
, . . By
omg so the county officials' sal
aries would be lowered to the e x
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Members of the Taxpayers A?- j
sociation and others met with the
county commissioners on Wednes
day of last week and discussed the
possibility of lowering the county
from sixth to seventh class.
5
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! n th * county wbo hr *ve quit pay
lnpr taxe5? *
Although the commissioners said
they would be in favor of putting
the county into the lower class and
taking a lower salary, their past
actions plainly show that they did
not mean what they said.
Excow
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,. P ' pp<prnb Pn the
valuation of the county was less
.. VP + t, 0T1aT i . 1 ^ t ^ at
. e . 1 wa? ' , e dldy *hc com
missioners to have put the county
rathe seventh^class, but they did
o i . o t .ey c aim some
extra cattle have been assessed and
it has brought the assessed valu
ation a trifle over the five million
dollars at this time. They are us
ing this as an excuse for not do
ing it now.
tent of $1,400 per year. Not an !
amount that would make much dif- :
ference to anybody, especially not 1
the 80 per cent of the people
i
suppose that,
cattle would have been the last
thing they could have found for
, the purpose, for after all thous
ands and thousands of cattle have
been killed or shipped out of the
It is quite remarable that they
were able to hunt up a few extra
cattle to raise the evaluation above
the five million mark. The ordin- ;
a ry farmer would
coun ty. How that can have in- ;
creased the assessed valuation of j
Hi® county is certainly a mystery.
! " ut where there i? a will of get
ting around things, there is always ,
a way.
j
Perth Liquor Store
^
Is Started In County
; J
; n ow Antelope is getting its li
quor store too, with O. B. Hoven
; ag mana g er . Just why the state
' is ^tting so "liberal" and mak
she ridan countv a present of
f g .. . J
! tore T 8 ' 1 ^^ood.
Westby, Medicine ^ke and ni - |
ope ' we do ^ ot 101 ow ' In
^hole state there are now 106
stores, or less than two for each j
county on the average. I
~ Yf the stores were established
f or the purpose of givin? some;
i nnemnloved a job, there might he
9omp reason for it. But O. B. j
Hoven is running practically the j a
w h 0 l. town of Antelope and can !
hardly he considered unemployed. |
xt m.u«t he a plum handed to him |
the governor for valuable ser-!river
vices rendered. Just what it could In
^ Wf , cannot imagine, unless it is
f 0T taking the blame for being the i
father of our county attorney.
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NEARLY TARRED
and feathered

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By LEM HARRIS
CUSTER COUNTY, Nebraska.—
There is a man in this county who
has built up for himself a reputa
tion of being a professional stool
pigeon for the politicians for the
past 35 years. Although he holds
no office in connection with the
relief administration of this
ty, he recently made it his busi
ness to go to Broken Bow, the
ccunty scat, and report the names
i rl ai itT wo!» 8 farm | ies whom *
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j reached the farmer, and werter.
on relief, decided
coun
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him ,ood and proper. They
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' Before (roinir after the stool
pigeon, some more men learned
„ whrt wa* bannend aTcoSed *
the rest that more was to bp
ed by spreading the news around
Uf what this man had done, and
just let public sentiment work on i
' him.
j Broken Bow was the first pla-e
to organize for relief in this !
| county. Tt is the only place that,
" ith %
ord°rr. ^thp» towns ir the coun-,
! ty are folleWg the good example i
; and ere organizing now. (
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Brensdahl and Andrew
Melvin \ rne^on called at th . i
Bakkeh
„ es Wec1nes(lay - !
Mrs - Ed A meson has been on
the sick list this week.
Goff called at the N. A. |
Ameson home Friday.
Mrs - Bil l Boff has been sick in
, bed this week.
gfedrt the N. A.
D oto«iv TnJ 3 &>ff
for the week énd
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The Silent Four have been
busy for a few days picking and
killing turkeys for the Christmas
home
Mrs. Hovland called at the Bill
cam e
market. The Chicago market is
24c and 25c for No. 1 dressed tur
keys.
ijhÄJU* 1 " by a
Mr ' and Mrs * FclTner Peterson
and fa ™ily are going to live near
Dagmar this winter.
Leslie Herman was home for the
Thanksgivine holidays. Leslie is
working in the CCC camp at Val
berg, Mont.
The Farmers Union held a meet
ing at the Hogeland M.W.A. hall,
Lee 12. Several outside speakers
were present. Election of officers
and much other important business
-;
The people of this community,
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HOGELAND
vice and they all join together in
their thanks to the minister who
Serves the credit for this good
work -
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en Joyed a very good basketball
&ame here Friday night. The high
school team played the town team,
The score was 21-23 in favor of!
the town team. This was a fast,,
c ] ean ^ ame ^ was enjoyed by
aU . *
A large crowd from Hogeland
journeyed to Harlem to attend the
there. Biff Bapp, the local
boxer , brought hom e the bacon.
Several Canadian? also attended
this match
came up at this meeting.
. _ _ w
are glad to learn that the skating
rink will soon be ready for ser
The people of this community
The men of this community have
decided to have a rabbit drive ev
ery Saturday. The first one took
place Dec. 7 and they returned
with a large number of rabbits,
Everyone is urged to join these on
Saturday.
The Hogeland Ladies' Aid met
at the church basement Thursday.
T hey held their annual business
meeting. They also elected new
0 ffi ce rs who hold the following
positions; President, Mrs. Benson;
^ pres ident, Mrs. Ekegren; sec
re tary, Mrs. Jameson; treasurer,
y[ rs Beck. The Aid has 19 mem
her s and has held 17 meetings this
year At these meetings they have
taken in about $150. The Aid also
has taken part in the bazaar and
_
^ coun ^f ^mission«* of
Sarpy comty ' , Nebraaka ' did not
make any application for federal
FERA funds for the county. Re
ief ig reeded here as badly as in
th e surrounding counties, but the
commissioners objected to spend
ns , the $3.000 which the federal
government requires from the
county before advancing federal re
lief funds. Those on relief work,
as these Ifiriftv commissioners al
low, are paid 26 cents an hour and
maximum of $6 a month for
any family. There is no direct re
lief director. The work is of the
hardest Tdnd, much of it on the
where the worlcers get wet
the course of their woifc. On®
farmer said: "T am positively
ashamed to tell peonle that T live
a county like this."
the Willing Workers meetings.
No Federal Relief
In Sarpy Co. Nebr.
UNITED FRONT OF JOBLESS
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Many groups participated in the Unemployed Demon
stration Day gathering in Chicago to seek better relief lor
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the jobless. From left to right are seen Socialists, members
of the painters' union, A. F. of L. and members of the Com
munist party. Some 25,000 persons let the bankers and poli
Tv hat they thousht about tre relief s "' *"
the
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By HANS RASMUSSEN
. . „ nllr wnrthv Dres i
Last sprmg our worthy P T
de «t bad a brilliant idea. "Lets
start a 50-year program. Let's
plant a ] ot of trees and create
beautiful parks," he said.:
tTllc «.
^ Atl our en in doe*
including postmaster and ,ug
got busy. All joined hands. A
beautiful park is just what we
want.
Maps of the park in red, white
"">« were p—
lowing tKes for the teds to dimb
, . rar „ to
H r °unds an p •
park.
The brilliant idea and our maps
impressed somebody in Helena to
the extent that they sent us 3,000
trees #f various kinds, ineluding
v
Christmas trees.
Up and down a county caterpil
lar now traveled, burning up a lot
of & as and oil ' and rootmg UP th ®
ground m good shape as i wen •
A small army of men were put to
, . , , .,
work digging holes deep and wide.
Nothing was spared to give this
50-year program a good start.
Some worked hard and some
didn't. Those who didn't feel bet
ter about it now than those who
did. Holes were filled with water
and trees planted so many feet and
inches apart in roSvs straight as a
candle. In the spare grounds 40
bushels of potatoes were planted
expecting to furnish feed for a lot
this winter. Then
'
all at once the pay stopped—the
50-year program had come to an
end.
While scores of tons of grass
hopper poison were being scatter
ed over the county, millions of
grasshoppers flocked to our park
where they were not molested with
any poison, and undisturbed ate up
every leaf on the trees as fast as
they appeared, and killed the trees.
A merciful frost came along and
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j through the "park,
is a mess of Russian thistles and
| other weeds,
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; a complete failure, and stands in
its present neglected form as
i monument representing the New
Deal and its 50-year program Of
course, out of the 50 years, there
are still the 49 left for us to live
, in hopes. We hope Medicine Lake
will have better luck with their
protect than we did with ours.
We never got as far as to find
| an appropriate name for our park,
; If we had, I suppose our patriotic
_
killed the potatoes.
Today, when you take a stroll
all you see
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What some of us
had hoped would grobv into some
■ kind of a park turned out to be
; feeling would have run away With
Us and we would have named it
Roosevelt park. One thing we
have 8 rossl y neglected. While the
President was making his tour
trough Montana, w e should have
! invited him to Plentywood for the
purpose of dedicating and taking
a good look at tbe P ark ke cre
ated for the P ur Pose of beautify
ing the country and bringing back
Prosperity. Instead of the New
1)631 giving ns a park with trees,
lt S ave Us a lo t of weeds,
Man and Team Earn
30c a Day On Relief
STROQL, S. D.— (FP)—A fam-1
ily of two gets three hours' relief
work a Week in Strool. With 351
cents an hour for a man and 25
cents for a team, the most a fam
ily can earn is $1.80 a week.
Families of three to five
given six hours' work a week, while
families of more than five get 11
hours.
are
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To meet Public Demand we handle the
FINEST of BEERS
Properly Refrigerated and quickly dispensed.
Call at our Parlor today.
The Hub
STEWART & DARVIS
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Un the Relief
Projects
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By LEM HARRIS
MINER COUNTY, S. D.—Miner
is just one of many counties all
through th ? droUght area that is
^tmg the most wasteful kind
3
^ inp . d re Vith shovels, evtn
In Miner county there is a road
building project which consists of
widening a 60-rod grade by six
feet,
:
Relief worker? on this pro
ject are using two-horse road slips
which take about a quarter yard.
The projeet is costing about $1,800
The men figured that if the job
wag ^ one ^th the county's elev
ator giaderf the actual cost of the
j ob would be $45
Farmers on the job are asking
^ bese questions: Is there not ne
.
cessary work Which can be car
ried on . n ^ effident manner
which ^ benefit the country a
lot more? At this time we can
not do more than pay for the feed
which a working horse requires at
present prices. Why doesn't the
county use its elevator grader on
the job and pay us the difference
in 3ost, which would mean our
horses could stay in the barn and
we would have some spending
money ?
HOSPITAL NOTES
Donald Greff of Archer had his
tonsils removed Tuesday morning,
Iran B. Eatinger of Antelope
had his tonsils removed Friday.
Mrs. Kate Duggan of Plenty
WO od was operated on for appen
dicitis Sunday morning
1 Eldo Evenson of Raymond had
his tonsils removed Friday.
a baby boy was bom to Mrs.
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J. a. Benson of Plentywood
Thanksgiving day.
! Mrs. Chas. McLaughlin of An
telope was admitted to the hos
p i ta i Sunday for medical treat
men t.
on
Mrs. Folmer Peterson and baby
son left the hospital for their
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you can't be with
them during the
holidays . . .
or
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ASK the
Long Distance
operator now
for the rates to
any towns you
would like to
can.
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G o a ! ridge on Dec - la
Norbert Schnittgen of Raymond
WT n dlSmiSSed fr0m the hospital
SU ? day *
1 Carl Laursen of Reserve was
able to leave the hospital Sunday.
He is recovering from his opera
tion very nicely.
Mrs. J. A. Benson and infant
son of Plentywood were discharged
from the hospital Sunday.
James Jorgenson of Dagmar un
derwent a major operation last
Friday morning.
Gertrude Vik of Plentywood rur
al was operated on for appendicitis
Friday morning.
Lorraine Swartz of Westby had
her tonsils removed Friday
ing.
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RAYMOND
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'itGrace McGowan was eali
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f i 0utlook ™ ere Thanks
| giving guests at. the Hannah home.
The Thanksgiving program at
sch ° o1 her ® Proved to be a
, big success.
i, Qmte a «amber of the folks
from around here attended the
dance at Outlook on Thanksgiving
evening.
i Mrs. C. E. Tucker and babies
™ ** at the Earl
Potter home at Dooley. Her
sin ' Enid ' came home to spend a
feKv days with her,
j Eunice Johnson of Outlook spent
her vacation with Marjorie Tooke
l Mr - and Mrs. Anholt of Outlook
spent Thanksgiving with Mrs. An
^ Mr - " d Mrs - D -
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The P.T.A. luncheon committee
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Thursday evening.
Joe Brown stopped over night
the Hannah home last Fridfy
Mildred Tooke visited withher
mother last week.
A group of ladies called on Mrs.
Hill Monday evening,
The P.T.A. meeting held in the
Raymond school house
a 4
was very
well attended. After the business
and entertainment hour, lunch
served.
BELDEN. N D—A new United
Farmers League local has been set
s* r 't-h «rr at M Gackia " y
!' U He "" d and MeGannon.
'5 If' , r "* mb , ers , have
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Who Doesn t Believe
| !n Santa Claus
UNDERWOOD, lowa.-Her
man Claussen. of UnderwoS
: Towa . sold 36 head of hogs
I mostly pigs, on Sept 27
wanted to pay some urgent doc
| tor bills,
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was
Roy Collins returned Monday
evening from eastern points.
Mrs. Lavadure took her little girl
to Plentywood Monday for medical
treatment.
NEW Ü. F. L. LOCAL
He
Claussen had fed these pork
er? approximately 200 bushels
of com and $50 worth of shorts
and tankage.
They netted him $16.16,
The total weight of the hogs
was 2,975 pounds.
Secretary
Hi-Bred Wallace's processing
tax got more than $65.
Extra Special!
$1.50
10 lbs. Cabbage,
40 lb. Box of Apples
and 5 lbs. Onions, all for _
Plentywood Produce Co.
OLD KOLLMAN BUILDING
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w - '-res this year are one-fare-and-one-half for
the round trip (IV2C per mile) good in coach
es and tourist sleepers, where operated; and
one-fare-and-one-third for the round trip
(2c per mile) good in Pullmans. See local agent.
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CREAT NORTHERN
TURKEY DANCE!
FARMER-LABOR TEMPLE
Saturday, Dec. 15
20 Turkeys Given Away
Ticket Entitles Holder to One Free Chance
One of Twenty Turkeys
on
Tickets Only 25 c
An Opportunity to Get Your Christmas Turkey
PACE THREE
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TRY A WANT AD

PRODUCERS NEWS WANT
ADS BRING RESULTS
PROFESSIONAL
DIRECTORY
DR. W. D. ROY
Dentist
Phor.e 119
Plentywood
HOWARD »I, LEWIS
LAWYER
A. C. ERICKSON
Attorney-at-Law
Practice in all Courts
Plentywood Montana
Johnson THE Abstractman
SHERIDAN COUNTY
ABSTRACT COMPANY
Only the Bert Abstracts of Title
Plentywood. Montana

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