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Producers News
Official Organ of Farmers Holiday Association of Montana
Plentywood, Sheridan County, Montana, Friday, April 3, 1936
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Minn. F-L Party Calls Natl Convention
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Carl Bull Forecloses Callahan Homestead
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MORTGAGE HAD
SEEN PAD) IN FULL
Cashier of Defunct Bank,
Would Take Last Piece of
Callahan Property by Bla
zen Fraud
Uen Raid at Werk
After the Union Central Life In
surance Company of Cincinatti
had cancelled Hurschel Callahan's
land contracts, and leased the farm
to Art Blase and others, old
cronies of Carl Bull, and put them
in possession of the same during
the absence of the Callahan family,
by entering upon the premises and
breaking the lock to farm house
without any process of law What
fo-ever, and after Fletcher Calla
han had returned to Redstone jbo
find the place occupied by their
old neighbors, and had gone back
to the bedside of his sick father,
at Sunnyside, Washington who
could not return to the farm at
Redstone immediately, because of
both Hurschel's and "Mom" Calla
han's illness, and evidently think
ing that the Callahans were not
going to return to their farm and
bad given up, Carl Bull employed
Marron & Foor, lawyers at Wolf
Point, to foreclose on the original
( allahan homestead, down on the
reservation, which Hurschel had
token When he come to Sheridan
county in 1916, and thus take the
to*t piece of property aWay from
bis old neighbor.
^hile
^hile the picking was in prog
rès there was no reason why Carl
should not do his bit and get his
share,/even though the mortgage
he foreclosed had been paid i
toll if the
in
papers had not been
I rned nor the mortgage re
eiied on the records. Such a
Z? 88 foreclosing of a paid
is a matter that did not
toer Carl Bull, the erstwhile
and thereby hangs another
♦ffl mt€res , tin S ta * e the final
cXv at ,^ e Pandering of the
rJ dS* m w *nch it seems that
hkH* v js and has been the
guiding brains
final This was the
Cillavî ro ^ e to niake sure tha t the
m sta yed in Washington,
to Montana 10 * * n ^ uture return
Sÿ«.
> 1918, Hurschel Cal
down ^^ armin 3 his homestead
the reserva tion south of
the mîîf' f^arl Bull a note in
bearing interest
Annum 5? $ 12 cent P«r
* Redsto^ ab i e State Bank
t0 2£ °f which Bull was the
Z"® ?°te was the regular
big f 0T :î? Vonte document provid
Mberai aîf erest on interest, and a
x *? st "
hv o, collection. It was
Th, B l H ««chel Callahan only.
> C Bui? f Ve ? for the bal -
ÿ'Wa ha?L for v 1,01868 which
KnS«. from him in
S Cl 0f l 917 - when Calla
t«,» ?hich he paid $600
for an
CT* mares : and $276
S? for Ae 1 :?? v geldin gB, or
Thou™ horses or four
hor8es av eraged about
Ulmed on pag e 7)
to annoy or disturb.
for
EDITOR CITED
UPON CHARGE
OF CONTEMPT
Supreme Court Brings Action
Against Western Progres
sive, Helena Newspaper
HELENA, March 27.—The Mon
tana supreme court today cited the
Western Progressive, a weekly
newspaper published in Helena,
and its editor, John W. Nelson, to
show cause April 1, why they
should not be punished for con
tempt.
The contempt proceedings, filed
by Attorney General Raymond T.
Nagle at the direction of the court
grew out of an article in the West
ern Progressive on March 13
headed, "Four Supreme Court
Judges Uphold Bank's Fraud.
The article was based on the
court's decision in the case of Julia
Doyle, plaintiff, against the Union
Bank & Trust Co. of Helena.
Lower Court Reversed
The Lewis and Clark county dis
trict court awarded Mrs. Doyle
damages of $1,093 as recovery on
depreciation in value of a bond she
purchased from the bank in No
vember, 1929. The supreme court
reversed the finding and ruled that
no evidence was presented in the
record as to the actual value of
the bond at the time of the sale.
Associate Justice Ralph J. An
derson wrote the majority opinion,
which was concurred in by Asso
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AN APPEAL TO THE FARMERS
OF MONTANA AND NORTH DAKOTA
The following appeal to the farmers and homeowners of
Montana and North Dakota, has been handed to the Pro
ducers News by a group of farmers with the request that it
be given the prominent position that its importance justi
fies; whiclTthis paper is only too glad to do:
Redstone, Montana,
March 7, 1936.
To the Farmers and Home Owners of Montana and
North Dakota:
The undersigned are calling your attention to the
articles written in The I^ceisNfwsior the past six
weeks giving an account of the Union Central Life in
putting Art Bla ge ontu th. Oühhan
farm daring the absence of the Callahans.
While this story has been told in length, it is all facts.
This is not Callahan's fight alone; it isalso YOUR fig .
the same. Sooner or later we will be obliged to ngnt
the same fight to save our ownJomeaWe must stand
together, for we cannot fight single handed tnese lerge
corporations.
SIGNED
p. W. Bncklin, Bedstone Harley E.^Potter, Daleview
F. R. White, Redstone K t Desonia, Daleview
A. J. Kollman, Plentywood N 0 j son , Redstone
P. J. Attested, Plen tywoo d Warren L. Griffin, Froid
Peter O. Fiske, Plentywood l. Tipp, Froid
Emil Mee, Archer g Larsen, Froid
Percy Moe, Archer j p > Larsen, McCabe
Begga Moe, Arch« Qle j, piakne, Archer
A. N. Wankle, Raymond M H Hansen, Redstone
Peter Fink, on P««« 5 >
SENIORS REHEARSING
FOR "NEW FIRES
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The Seniors of Plentywood high
school has begun rehearsals on
the annual play "New Fires", to
be presented Friday, May 1.
Glenn Hughes, director of the
University Theatre, University of
Washington, has said of this play,
"It is a comedy filled with idealism
that can be called truly American,
and is remarkable in tune with
present conditions. It is a sym
phony of humor, pathos, dramatic
incident and rich characterization.
ciate Justices S. V. Stewart, John
A. Matthews and C. F. Morris.
Chief Justice W. B. Sands dis
sented.
Exhibit A
in the contempt
proceedings showed the article in
the newspaper concerning the de
cision began:
"Bankers *who practice fraud
upon their old clients and custom
ers cannot be reached for damages
when the fraud is discovered . . .
So ruled four justices of Montana's
supreme court this past week . . ."
Cited as Conclusion
The supreme court's order to the
attorney general directing him to
file the suit said "the article did
not purport to quote any part of
the opinion, but stated the writer's
own conclusions as to the purport
thereof."
The high court first obtained
from the attorney general an
oipinion in which he expressed be
lief that the article was contempt
uous and warranted court action,
ordered the filing of proceedings,
then issued the citation.
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HEATED DEBATE OVER NATIONAL
ISSUE ENDS IN FAVORABLE VOTE
Elmer A, Benson indorsed for Governor; H. Y. Wil
liams Nosed Out by Lindsten for Lieutenant
Governor by Close Vote
ST. PAUL, Minn.—The Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party
in its convention, held in St. Paul, March 27-28, passed the
decisive resolution which lays the basis for a National Farm
er-Labor party to appear on the national ballot in 1936. The
resolution, which was hotly debated, finally passed by a
vote of 368^2 for and 250^ against.
Leader of the op osition to the resolution was former
Mayor William Mahc ey of St. Paul, who has been openly
campaigning for Rooc velt. His position was sharply chal-
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FARMERS FACE
PLANTING m
WITHOUT SEED
Situation Is th>e Sate in
Montana as in Nc: th
Dakota
BISMARCK, March Si. Unless
federal regulations are, Ranged,
10,000 farmers in Nortl. Dakota
may be unable to plant a .. p this
year, a check of federal an ! state
agencies revealed today.
The federal resettle lent ad
ministration is now providing for
emergency relief to 22,010 farm
families, and the maximum num
ber of these to be selected for re
habilitation will not be r ore than
7,000 under present regulations,
Iver Acker, resettlement official,
disclosed.
The number now cared for by re
settlement administration also in
cludes approximately 5,0 0 farm
laborers who will not need seed,
leaving 10,000 farmers who will be
without seed aid.
Under regulations of li e reset
tlement agency, farmer*, uot com
ing under the standard rehabilita
tion program cannot receive seed
from that source.
Present farm credit administra
tion regulations provide r.o farmer
receiving aid from any other fed
eral agency or able to obtain
credit, can be helped by that
agency.
Robert Cummins, head of the
federal emergency council for
North Dakota, said the problem of
providing seed for the estimated
10,000 farmers had been presented
to Washington officials of both the
farm credit and resettlement ad
ministrations.
"I believe a plan will be worked
out between the two federal
agencies to provide for those 10,
000 farmers not now eligible for
loans," he said.
CLUB MEETS
The Plentywood Home Demon
stration club will meet at the De
bing home April 3, at 2:30 p. m.
Hostesses will be Mesdames O. A.
Fossum, Johnson and Meade.
Mrs. Mae Johnson will give a
demonstration on fitting.
by William Mauseth of
Minneapolis, a delegate from
Local 382 of the Machinists
Union: "We got the support
of the armed forces of the
state in the Strutwear Strike
and we want to go further
and have that support nationally.
Roosevelt has been talking like a
lion against the Liberty 'League,
but he has been acting like a
rabbit."
Elect Special Committee
The resolution as passed pro
vides that "a special committee be
elected with representatives from
each congressional district to call
conferences and co-operate with
other progressive labor, farmer and
organizations and leaden
in calling a national conference to
explore the possibilities of a Na
tional Farmer-Labor ticket in 1936
and in promoting state Farmer-La
bor parties, a concentrated cam
paign to elect congressmen in the
1936 campaign, and in building a
national Farmer-Labor party."
The expectation is that the
groups as described will hold the
conferences and issue the call for
a National Nominating Convention
for putting a national ticket into
the field this year. Thus the way
is opened for drawing together all
progressive groups in the United
States to launch a people's political
movement against the forces of re
action.
Olson Gives Key Address
Governor Olson in delivering the
keynote address to the convention
approached
Farmer-Labor party in 1936 véry
carefully. He made no recommen
dation as to the action the conven
tion should take, but simply agreed
to concur in whatever it would
decide.
Some of the most constructive
planks in the platform are: For
the Frazier-Lundeen Social Insur
ance bill, for the Benson-Amlie
bill providing money for education
and work for all youth, for the
Frazier-Lemke Refinancing bill,
for the right of labor to organize
and bargain collectively, support
to workers on strike and against
thugs and strikebreakers.
In the opinion of some of tbs
progressive delegates, one of ths
weaknesses of the convention plat
form was that one important reso
lution in particular failed to pass.
This resolution called upon Con*
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the issue of a National