The producers news. [volume], October 30, 1936, Image 1

About The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937

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VOL. XIX NO. 30
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Plentywob à,. Sheridan bounty;- Montana. Friday, October 30, 1936.
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BANKER ROBS
CHILDREN OF
RICH RANCHER
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Court Condones Filching
Of A Nine- Y e a r-O I d
Boy's Heritage by "High
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Changer.
THE RECORD OF A
REMARKABLE CASE
PREFACE TO THE FAMOUS
CASE OF MONTGOMERY
VERSUS FIRST NATIONAL
BANK OP DILLON, J. H. GIL
BERT, ITS CASHIER. FED
ERAL LAND BANK OF SPO
KANE AND OTHERS.
"gHADY DEALINGS
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FOREWORD
In reading the record in any suit
brought on the equity side of the
dockst, one unfamiliar with legal
procedure is sometimes amazed at
the persons named as defendants
in guch a case. An explanation is
always necessary . It is found in
rules that the plaintiff must
make, as parties defendant,
parsons and corporations that
claim or might claim any intér
êt whatever in the property so
vat a complete, full adjudication
may he made as to how the prop
erty stands and as to who owns
It and who has any incumbrance
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J®norg® Montgomery, the plaintiff,
bad ho complaint of any kind
against, and had not been wronged
® any way by, the members of
b^ 8 own family, yet, it was neces
Jarv. In order to bring all parties
barm? claims or interest in the
ranch that wag left him by his
îath et, before the court, to name
fa Parties defendant his sisters,
Mrs. Margaret Montgomery Tuck
•r and Mrs. Helen Montgomery
J^ohns and also his mother, Mrs.
j { -ocilia Montgomery.
With this brief explanation the
ayman can understand the quota
t,( ms from the absolute record and
evidence in the case, the state
ment of which appears below,
William M. Montgomery,
J Bl K Hole rancher, died on Octo
ber 24th, 1919, he left to his three
f nr ' s 10,920 acres of land, valued
appraisers named by the Bank,
1123300.00, and left to his
^uow and daughters and sons.
Personal property valued by the
apraisers at $183.890.00,
nich estate was estimated by his
executor, the cashier of the bank,
fourteen months later, as being
J52J® net, above all of his debts,
^ ^»000.00. His widow's dower
^ appraised by men appointed
^ the bank at $57,000.00
. ^ widow never got a cent for
y * dower though the bank finally
deed from her for it for no
on?deration whatever. No son or
daughter of William M. Mont
6°mery ever got an acre of land
Ä dollar in distribution from
The entire estate wai
^■^1 end totally consumed by
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SOME NEXT LEGISLATURE
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COMING ASSAULTS on ABSENTEE. LANDLORD
ISM that MA3r BE REPULSED by FASCIST CLIQUES
and POLITICAL SUICIDE CLUBS at - HELENA i
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' In March, 1933* the days of the Bank Holiday, the total
temporary paralysis of the production-for profit system
in America, 7 out of 10 inquiring minds would have an
swered that the cause of " • *
the collapse was the lack | of .-|||||
consumers' purchasing po^v-'«|3|
er. If asked the cause jof • ||||
this, most . people • would
h ave v quickly- answered: Spa
"The spread between total Hg
profit fund and "the total ]
wages fund." The number mm
of farmers and othet work- HR|
ers make these the only ®
consumers worth counting ||||
on. Whatever lessens the ||9
spread between the .total S
received by farmers, work- | |||
ers and that caught by fàc- I
tories, banks, insurance
companies, bondholders, uti- |p |
lities, increase permanent
production of » wealth and Ji||
healthier distribution and |ii
postpones systematic collap- ||||
ses.
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Of course, the only mf th- m
od of eliminating all such |
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spread is hy production îor m
use and liöt for sale or pro- M
fit. While very few of the m
personnel of ttye Roosevelt r
Administration Have the courage to-go the complete- route I
to production for use, the President ' and all his-close
advisors know that ànother, debacle like that of 1929 r
1933 can be. postponed only by legal 1 capture of part, of
the income of the rich and artificial injection of this into
th. po.li.ts the farm-labor .onsomera (spm^s).
The Landon supporters did not ^Qw . 8 By< know ledge ..
about this obvious palliative. My reasoh for voting f 0^.7
Roosevelt in preference to Laudon was tfea^thejrqel ig
norance of the.Landon, Hearet,^lluuont, worg^H çrowq
if given power would in six months, have rushed* tne na- .
tion into another Hoover collapse.. Whilç the artificial*
New Deal methods of inflating the rich out of their sav- ,
ings by depreciating the coin, /Icvjing. Wgherjncpr
taxes, borrowing money, which may or notr.be repaid, aud
using it for doles, boondoggling and some , most useliu
public works, may postpone thé nOxf and more complete }
collapse two or three years. \ * ' _ .
Unless there be a great European War, to absorb in,
destruction of civilization our copper, chemicals, com and
uesirucuon Ui
cotton, the immense spread betweeiLJMlMc^jimeriS pro
fits and consumers buying fund is so out oÇ all propor
tion at present that another boom on paper is at hand,
and as the night follows day, a worse collapse is coming,
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A war in Europe might not postpone this. Europe.-has
rus u The House of Morgan will ;nqt lead us by
♦£ n^famrin to extend credit to Eufqpe,t Äght now .
the nose agaui w CAl,cl • _ — 1
the fear of war, preparation foF *ar, maki g pf..in "—
tions storing of supplies, IS probably stimulating our own
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ANNULS LOWE COURT RESTRAINING
ORDERS IN MOVE TO STOP DELAY
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FASCISTS IN
FIERCE PUSH
FOR MADRID
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Hitler and Mussolini Prom
ise Recognition if City
Is Taken
BATTLE IS DESPERATE
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German Bombs Dropped
On : City Were Filled
With Sawdust
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Av fierce Wt-tle was tagiiig this
week for the possession of Mad
rid,' wHicIl k the Spanish Fascists
are' determined to take in order
to secure promised official reccg
nitioit by Italy and Germany.
Thd capture, acclaimed as cer
tain'and in fact easy for the Fas
cists by virtually every observer
in Spain, has been blocked for so
long , that thé' Outside is beginning
tpu Cfuestion every report.
NO HELP FOR
SPAIN—NYE
.^PALLAS, Tex. _ On a
Jfislt here. Senator Gerald
Nye said that he opposed
me sale of war materials to
• 'the ..Spanish government.
r% the author of the
neutrality act, which, how-*
V^èy er# does not apply to civil
3 wars./ The Spanisfi govern^
-V ment, elected by popular
^ Vote, is fightiiig for its life
- ; against -its own. Fascists,!
Wfco refused to abide by thej
ballot; aided by Moors, Ger
vtnans and" Italians.
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a limited supply .x>f guns and am
'ffmnjtmn béôàùse cf the blockade
engineered by Italy and Germany
^ Admitted thé seriousness of
the-situation and moved govem
ment offices to Valencia, a coast
city^ Before the -transfer was
Cabinet, thus assuring represen
tation of all thé anti-fascist par
ties,
martial .LAW .
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Madrid oyer te a
military, defense ^command, with
to^ the last.
Fôdcf. yras* rationed; and strict
watch ; was .-kept over the move
menteyol, catena Some members
of classes, who re-
maw> '^ wniji ^exultant with
hope that ^ democracy will
smashed, were caught sniping at
goverument troops m the streets
and immediately taken before a
firing squad. After Tuesday mid
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HORSKYHÂD
RESTRAINED
THE GOVERNOR
Holt Can Now Appoint
Highway Commissioners
To Replace Those
Removed
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Special to Producers News
HELENA. —■ District Judge
A. J. Horsky last Saturday,
Kov. 14, ordered Goy. Holt, who
removed Montana's three high
way commissioners from office,
the day before, Friday, Nov. 13
to show cause Friday, Nov. 20,
why his removal order should
not be annulled.
Judge Horsky granted the ap
plication by Highway Commis
sioners H. J. McGregor, of
Great Falls; Rockwood Brown,
of Billings; and L. J. Croonen
berghs of Missoula; for a writ
of certiorari, ordering a review
of the public hearing before
Governor Holt which ended in
formal discharge of the high
way board for the collection of
illegal fees from the state.
Supreme Court
Annuls Horsky's Order
But the dilatory moves by
Montana's ousted highway
mission was thwarted Wednes
day, Nov. 18, when the State
Supreme Court issued a writ of
sepervisory control against the
Lewis and Clark county district
court and Judge A. J. Horsky
directing that the writ of
view and temporary restraining
order to show cause on Friday
be annulled, or that he show
cause before the supreme court
at 9:30, Tuesday, Nov. 24, at
9:30 o'clock in the forenoon.
Entire jurisdiction of the case,
''ich has occupied the center of
political interest for several
v eeks, is now in the hands of the
supreme court. In effect, the
a^t'on of the state's high tribunal
pv' ents any lower court from in
to '-faring with the executive and
d '-^^etionary powers of the go
vernor.
The writ was issued on the a*p
plicetion of Attorney General »E.
K. Matson so that "willing and
ep^edv justice should be done in
behflf of Governor Holt, as act
ing governor of the State of Mon
tana."
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: V Ik J. McGregor, Rockwood
Brown and L. J. Croonenberghs
are ordered to diamise the action
of the Lewis and Clark
countv ^
district court and Judge A. J.
Horsky or, in default, to appear
before the state supreme court
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