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Producers News
Official Organ tf Fanners Holiday Association of Montana
Plsntywaod, Sheridan County, Montana, Friday, May 8, 1936
PWKJBHH) WBBKLY
JUJUTMENT CHECKS
promised soon
j'lotment checks due Sheridan
toimty farmers may be looked for
^ according to 'word sent out
r Senator James Murray, in a
wter in responce to urgent im
«whinitï for quick and positive
STbv wi™ fwm the Plenty
Id lions Club and the Shendan
ttuntv Board of Commissioners,
his letter to A. J. Olson,
duintan of the Board of County
Commissioners, Senator Murray
note, "I am very happy to know
that in view of the urgency of the
situation preferential treatment is
beine accorded to the contracts."
A copy of a letter from George
t Tarrell, director of the western
division of the AAA was inclosed
by the Senator which states :
office will endeavor to
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give Sheridan county preference
in the hope that the checks can
be issued much quicker than
would ordinarily be the case. It
ii hoped that these checks may
reich a large number of the
firmer» consented within about
two weeks time."
I County Soil Board
I Named at Session
I ii City Tuesday
R. G. Tyler, of Homestead, was
named chairman of the Sheridan
County Soil Conservation commit
tee at the election held here Tues
day. Fifteen community commit
were in session here and
■ balloted for county committeemen.
l Members of the former wheat
■ allotment board were named by the
I Regales as the county commit
I i?' C0Unt Y board will again
nH^T p ; sed of R - G * Tyler, John
HÄ, of , Westb y» Nels M. Olson
I J Oitlook, Harry Ehrmanntraut
■ ? J ecretar y and G. E. Fulkerson
il ^ re ?ï rer - 01e Wang of Plen-
I l as name d alternate mem-
»e county board.
- ? committeemen discussed the
sMai m l >ro ^ ram at the Tuesday
Saturday community committee
Gomm * tteemen
TViS* V eland > Antelope.
S Je ,?v se . n ' Archer.
QjJJVCtorÎBtiansen, Coalridge.
Tho^ a wi er . sen ' Comertown.
H î ^iphnstensen, Dagmar.
r* p Ehrmanntraut, Dooley.
G. p' rC n 61 *' Homestead.
N'els xi lvl erson ' Medicine Lake.
Ole wL° 8 S?' Outlook.
Plentywood.
J. W t?*'
EdWii* n ' Raymond.
fcT ey - Redstone.
John' Reserve.
8 B l h " al . Westby.
Tbe comf ch - Wo . ,f Creek.
»i dS? committee will
? C™ as ma v arise with
H b-JmT . an d wi " review all
^öhtteemen ^ by commun *ty
^tio^ m t ^ te f e , makes recom
{jfriculturp tRe . Secretary of
t touts ariS nc - ermnR tRe ma ki n g
S officii' m accordance with
î^ngs rn ^ tructl 9 ns » may hold
°* consider investigations,
Pecia l cases that may
arran t additional at
fe ey emng la »t Pri
Lou Bemi'JK Henson took
JJf* ^rii» ChîÏÏ'. Leonar d Heg
Ha*" Orris Moe,
V 8 '> car R ?Ä Sßen to Great
\L Sat urdav v. they cou ld attend
JS uSL program of the
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pass
to
«ion.
MONTANA-DAKOTA
HAS OIL AT BAKER
An oil well ha« been brought
in at Baker in the Montana-Da
kota Utilities fields, Vincent
Cleveland advised yesterday. Oil
was hit at 6709 feet in the first
drilling for oil in the field which
is a prolific yielder of gas at
greatly lesser depths.
Mr. Cleveland says that while
the well looks good, a definite
test has not yet been made.
Drilling was stopped to case and
prepare for the product and a
test as to quantity and quality
will be possible in about ten
days.
Northeastern
ally will be greatly interested
in the development of this first
well. Should it prove of com
mercial value as Is indicated, it
ill greatly encourage develop
ment thruout this area.
Montana gener
REGISTRATION BOOKS
WILL CLOSE JUNE 15
Notices are being posted and
published as provided by law that
the Registration books Will close
on June 15, which will be the last
day on which eligible voters may
register in order to qualify to vote
in the primary elections when can
didates for county and state offi
ces will be nominated for the par
ties qualified to participate in the
primaries; and also, if a taxpayer
on the 1936 tax roll, to vote in
the special bond election for or
against the proposal to bond the
county to build a court house. Only
taxpaying voters can vote on this
issue.
All electors desiring to vote at
the primary elections must regis
ter by appearing before the Clerk
and Recorder, or before a deputy
registrar, or any notary public or
justice of the peace in the county,
on or before tne date and hour of
the closing of the books. -
Electors who failed to vote at
the last general election must reg
ister to vote at the primary elec
tion. Electors who have moved
from the precinct last voted in, to
different precinct, must have the
change noted on the registration
books.
If you are not registered you
cannot vote.
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Lars Murk, Reserve Youth,
Accidentally Shot Sunday
Lars Murk, 17-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Murk of the
west Reserve country» was serious
ly injured Sunday afternoon while
gopher hunting, when a gun with
which he was hunting, was acci
dentally discharged into his foot.
rushed imme
youth
diately to Plentywood for surgical
attention and care.
It seems that the gun with Which
young Murk was hunting had been
set down and leaned against the
fence and accidentally knocked
down from which it exploded.
It is anticipated that it will re
quire some time for the youth a
recovery.
Belanski Fines Two for
Breaking Highway Laws
Harry DeSilva of PlentyTVood
paid a fine in the sum of $y ; o0,
for driving a motor vehicle
out proper license plates, and Mor
... Loutzenhiser of Medicine Lake
paid a fine of $2 for driving a
motor vehicle without a drivers
license, into Justice E. E* Belai -
ski's court Tuesday.
Both arrests were made bv High
way Patrolman Conwell, Who was
in Plentywood and vicinity Mon
day and Tuesday,
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EXTRA!
Dr. Ingvoldstad Is
Coming to P'wood
Noted Traveler and Speaker
Will Deliver His Famous
Lecture on Russia, Mon
day, May 11
Plentywood will have the oppor
tunity to hear a lecture on 'Russia'
by one of America s foremost
travel lecturers. Dr. Fred W. Ing
voldstad When he speaks at the
Farmer - Labor Temple, Monday
evening, Ma 11.
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Dr. Ingvoldstad has debated with
Clarence Darrow. The Henry Ford
Motor company published his ad
dress on Capital Punishment. He
has broadcasted for years on the
"Religion of the Coming Social
Order."
Last summer he spent some three
months in Russia, where he inter
viewed Archbishop Alexander Ved
inski of the New Russian church.
He. traveled through Russia with
out a guide, visiting some 90 cities
and towns.
He is lecturing under the auspi
ces of "The American Guardian,"
a national weekly published at
Oklahoma City, and will lead a
European tour this summer spon
sored by the same publication.
During the fall and winter, he
is making an extensixe tour of
Sweden and Spain where economic
developments are attracting world
wide attention.
Dr. Ingvoldstad comes to Plenty
wood from a tour of some 250
meetings in the 'west.
FRAZ1ER-LEMKE
BILL UP BEFORE
HOUSE MAY 11
Required 218 Signatures
Attached to Petition to
Force Vote
William Lemke, North Dakota
congressman and author of the
Frazier- Lemke farm refinancing
bill, spoke at 12:30 Tuesday over
a KFYR-NBC national radio net
work explaining the bill which
will come up for house action
next Monday, May 11. He se
cured the necessary 218 signa
tures to force it out of the com
mittee and onto the floor last
Thursday.
WASHINGTON, May 6.—House
inflationists followed up their first
major victory today by lining up
votes for the Prazier-Lemke farm
mortgage refinancing bill, which
is scheduled to reach a vote Mon
day. May 11. -J I
They completed the vote forcing
petition to the required 218 signa
late Thursday, ending the
vear long battle by admini
stration to shelve the measure.
The Democratic house whip, Fat
Boland, predicted the defeat of the
measure by 40 votes after taking
a poll of the membership. Forty
twp members are doubtful. •
The bill is politically explosive
and many congressmen coming up
for renomination wanted it side
tracked so that he wouldn't have
to record hi» votes on the farm
situation.
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MILO RENO IS DEAD
* EXCELSIOR SPRINGS. Mo. I
* May 5.—Milo Reno, 71, of Des *
* Moines, la., president of the *
* National Farmers Holiday
* sociation, died of acute heart *
* trouble in his room at the *
* Snapp hotel here at 10:15 a. *
* m. today. He had been con
* valescing from influenza. *
Mrs. Christine Hussy of Des •
* Moines, Reno's secretary, was *
* with him when he diel. His *
* wife, who had been hero since •
* a relapse recently, was nut in *
* the room. ♦
Reno, formerly a minister, *
* for many years associated *
* with the Farmers Union, es- *
* pecialy in that organization in- *
* surance enterprises, first came *
* into the national eye in the *
* early 1920's as an evangelist *
* of the discontented farmer in *
* the middle west. He directed *
strikes of farm producers in *
as- *
* several states in 1932 and in *
* 1933. •
* Reno came to this resort *
* town March 7 to convalesce *
* from an attack of influenza. *
* Two weeks later he was well *
* enough to give out his charac- •
* teriatic anti-New Deal attacks. *
* Later he contracted pneumonia *
* and hi s death has been feared *
* for several days. •
* He rose on his arm to ask *
* if the expected frier I had *
* had arrived and fell ba with *
* a heart attack. •
* His body will be taken to *
* Des Moines and cremated. *
* Wm. Langer, former gover- •
* nor of North Dakota, and reg- *
* ular Nonpartisa] League can- *
* didate for governor this fall, *
* speaking from hi 3 home at •
* Bismarck, N. D., said, "With *
* the passing of Milo Reno the *
* farmers of the United States •
* have lost one of their st aunch- *
* eat champions and the com- *
* mom people one of their great- •
* est statesman." •
Peder Moe of Pc Aar Is
Appointed District Advisor
POPLAR, May 4.—Peder Moe
has been notified of his appoint
ment by Governor Holt r ' district
adviser to the state p'ai ning
board for district No. 3, w.Jch in
cludes Valley, Daniels, Sheridan
and Roosevelt counties.
Members of the Sheridan coun
ty planning board are FreJ Morck,
Plentywood; A. L. Kadles, Medi
cine Lake; Carl Hol je, Reserve; O.
B. Hoven, Antelope; Carl Tange,
Outlook; A. T. Olson, Homestead;
Henry Hunter, Dooley; Ed Spok
lie, Westby; John Albers, Red
stone; Alfred Jensen, Dagmar.
Daniels county— B. C. Nathe,
Flaxville; Harvey Wager. Scobey;
Don W. Chapman, Peerless; Guy
Stalder, Scobey; Theo Krongard
and J. B. Bourassa, Flaxville.
Valley county—Jasper DeDob
beleer, Glasgow; Andrew Hell
stem, Hinsdale; E. A. Walstad,
Opheim; T. B. Kamrud, Hinsdale;
H. I. Curtin, Richland: O. G. John
son, Hinsdale; Mrs. Clarence Bill
ingsley and J. E. Stemhagen,
Glasgow; L. E. Strattor, Frazer.
Roosevelt county—Arthur Ryder
Froid; J. E. Peterson, Culbertson;
T. P. Danielson, Poplar; H. Mc
Cracken, Bainville; Elmer Olson,
McCabe; Clarence Lodmell, Brock
ton; C. DeVaney, Wolf Point.
City "Dads" Prohibit
Cycling on Sidewalks
The city "dads" have legislated
against bicycle riding on the side
walks in the future. Cyclists in
the county metropolis, henceforth
must keep to the streets.
The ordinance passed by the
city council prohibits the riding of
bicycles on the sidewalks at all
hours, and on both the street» and
sidewalk» after suneet.
HARRY PETERSON,
NOTED POLITICIAN
DIES AT BISMARCK
Was Leader of Welford
Faction; Burial Will Take
Place in Plaza
State Senator Harry T. Peter
son, Plaza, N. D., manager of the
state bonding, fire and tornado de
partment and chairman of the
executive committee of the Wel
ford faction of the Nonpartisan
League, brother of Ed Peterson,
groceryman, of Plentywood, died
in a Bismarck hospital at 4:30 p.
m., Saturday, May 2, following a
long, chronic illness.
Funeral Tuesday Morning
Funeral services were held at
9 a. m, Tuesday in St. Mary's
Catholic Procathedral here with
Rev. Henry Holleman, Rev. Rob
ert Feehan and Rev. John Schmidt
officiating. The body was taken
to Plaza for burial. The tjme for
the services there was set for 3
p. m.
The honorary pallbearers, in
cluded^ Acting Governor Welford
of North Dakota, and a number of
distinguished North Dakota citi
zens and state officials.
Senator Peterson leaves three
sons and three daughters, his
mother, and two brothers, Ed Pet
erson of Plentywood, and Martin
Peterson of Plaza, N. D.» to mourn
his death.
Ed Peterson left Plentywood
Sunday for Bismarck to attend liis
brothers funeral at that place and
accompany the remains to Plaza,
where they Were intered.
Senator Peterson, a farmer near
Plaza, was bom in Iowa in 1885.
When the Nonpartisan League wag
organized in 1916, he joined and
has been an active member of that
organization since. He was elected
to the state house of representa
tives in 1932, serving through the
1933 sessions and in 1934 named to
the senate in which he had two
more years to serve for his dis
trict, tiie 44th, Mountrail county.
Elected to the executive com
mitee of he Nonpartisan League at
the Valley City convention in 1934,
Senator Peterson remained with
the Welford administration forces
when they went into convention
separate from the Langer group
in March of this year. He pre
sided at the Welford convention
March 3 in Bismarck and
named chairman of that faction's
executive committee. He entered
the hospital the day following the
close of the convention.
was
DR. OSCAR BENSON
TO START PRACTICE
IN PLENTYWOOD
Dr. Oscar Benson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. O. T. Benson of Plenty
wood, who is Well known here,
having received his early educa
tion in the Sheridan county and
Plentywood schools, will arrive in
Plentywood June 1, when he will
enter the practice of medicine here
according to information given out
by Mr. and Mrs, Benson.
Dr. Benson recently ^graduated
from the Creighton Medical Col
lege of Creighton University, of
Omaha, Nebraska, and for the past
year has been doing Ms intern at
the Santa Pe hospital at Los
Angeles, California.
It is not often that
a young
I. , _ profe»«i(mal Work in
m s home town, but Dr. Benson it
an exception, coming home to start
hi, career among il, rid friends
and acquaintances.