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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10
GARFIELD MAY
 BE AT CONFERENCE

Washington, Dec. 10.---Fuel Admin lstrator Garfield has been asked by President Wilson to hold himself in readiness to join the peace. delegation Tn Paris to advise concerning prob Iems Of fuel production and distribu- to1n. Similar requests have been re- ce1ved by Henry P. Davidson, chair man of the Red Cross War Council, and Bernard M. Baruch, chairman of the War Industries Board. It is un-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10

Special to The Imes)
 Stratford, Dec. 10.---A sale will be held in the Congregational Parish House on Friday, December 13, from, 2:3O to 5:3O p. m. Cakes, pies, candy, ice cream and fancy articles. This is the place to buy for Christmas.
 A certificate of distinguished finan- cial service has been received by the Stratford Trust Go. in recognition for the work done by the institution dur ing the campaign for the Fourth Lib erty loan. This certificate is to be framed and hung on the walls of the counting room.
 Funeral services of Alan Theodore Saunders, aged two years, son of MT. and Mrs. Harry T. Saunders, 126 Sut- ton avenue, were held at i 80 this af ternoon. The Rev. R. D. Whitehead offteiated and the interment was in Union cemetery. Both Mir. and Mrs. Saunders are well known in town, be- ing workers in church and business circles. MEv Saunders conducts the Stratford Steam Laundry.
 There will be a special meeting of the Women's Aid society of the Con- gregattonal church in Packard hall on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30. The clam chowder supper will be served from 5 to on Thursday.
 Mrs. Ernest c. Carpenter, wife of the Rev. MT. Carpenter of the Meth odist church, is i'll at her home on Main street.
 Checks amounting to nearly $15, ,0OO were mailed yesterday afternoon from 1 the Stratford Trust company to the members of the 1918 Christmas club This is the second year that the Strat- | ford Trust company has run a Christ mas club.. Another will be started next year. The club for 1919 will be l limited to 800 members and when that number of people take out the cards | it will be impossible for anyone else to join.
 | The following sentences were hand ed out in the town court yesterday morning: Fred c. Humphreys, breach of peace, $7 and costs and jail sen tence of 90 days. The Jail sentence was suspended; John Martinko ot Avenue G received a similar sentence for drunkenness and wife beating; fol violating the game laws Michael Fro. rilh was fined $7 and costs amounting to s12.60 and G. Passacci s35 and costt amounting to $50.60.
 Miss Eva Carlson of South avenue has resumed her duties at Meigs 6 Co.'S after having been absent for foul weeks with an attack of influenza.
 News items for publication in Tht Times may be left at Carten Bros. stratford Garage, Main street.
 CORTEZ c. ROCKWELL, plunIbin:
 and heating; jobbing @ speciality Cor. Main and Hillside avenue
 Stratford. D 10 If STAMFORD GARAGE---Under nsv
 management. Repairing promptl!
 attended 10. Satisfaction guaran
 teed.
 TO RENT---6 rooms, corner Pemhrok
 and Reilly streets. Enquire Pete | Gleason, 2S90 Main St. Phone.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10
INTERNATIONAL.
 EGG CONTEST

During the fifth week of the laying contest at Storrs, the total prbduction of all pens amounted to 1,454 eggs, which was at the rate of POS per cent. A pen of Rhode Island Reds, belong ing to Laurel Hill Farm of Bridge ton, R. l., won first honors for the week by laying A eggs. Two pens of White Leghorns, belonging to Hilltop Poultry Yards of Suffield, Conn.,, and L. E. Ingoldsby, of Cooperstown, N. r., tied for second place with a pro duction of 40 eggs. An interesting point in this connection is that these same pens of Leghorns tied for sec ond place in the preceding week. A pen of White Wyandottes, belonging to Samul M. Monks, of Hartford, pen of Unite Leghorns belonging to M. J. Quackenbush, of Nutley, N. J., each pen laying SS eggs.
 Inasmuch as a complete report of the previous contest cannot be dis tributed to those on the mailing list until it is received from the printer, the management expects to report from time to time, in this writeup, some of the results obtained during the year 1917-18. The table below presents some of the information re- garding the Plymouth Rocks entered | in the seventh competition.
 BREED SUMMARY FOR 1917-1S. Plymouth Rocks.
 Average egg yield per pen, 1594 Mash consumed per pen, 62S lbs Grain consumed per pen, 411 lbs
 Value of eggs per pen, s72.s9 | Cost of feed per pen, S321; Return above feed cost, S40.76
 Weight of eggs per dozen, 239 OF | Value of eggs per dozen, 54.9'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10
Another Big Time Thursday

Another big time is promised Thurs day evening at the Colonial ball room in Fairfield avenue, at the mid-week social which is becoming very popular. This Is an evening of dancing under the most ideal conditions, with music by Murray, and last Thursday evening the biggest crowd of the season. Pop ular prices of admission with a good time for every one.-Adv
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10

B.. H. Dorman, superintendent of the Mountain Grove cemetery, report ed to the police that someone had en- tered the grounds early Sunday morn ing and had cut down a six foot Col orado spruce treee and made way with
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10

According to a telegram received from Washington a few days ago by Walter Kaminski of Broad street, Pri- vate Kaminski was severely wounded on October 29. He enlisted nearly a year and a half ago and had been in France for a number of months. Prt- vate Kaminski was employed at the Crane company previous to his en- listment into the National army.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10

derstood the cali for all three may come shortly after the President lands in France.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10

Italian Ministry announced that the Italian government will send back every mobilized emigrant to the coun- try from where he came.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10
XMAS MAIL.

Mail Early-Wrap. SecureIy-and Insure,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10

steel industry attended a meeting in New York to give. their views and recommend future policies and prices.
 Cabs of five locomotives were de- stroyed at Norwich, Conn.,, by a fire in the roundhouse of the New Haven Railroad.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10

Rodman Wanamaker, Special Dep uty Police Commissioner of New York, took 5000 cigarettes to the Hospital ship Comfort for wounded SO lers returning.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10

American Ambassador Thomas N. Page, called at the Vatican and an nounced that President Wilson would call on the Pope and Cardinal Gas parri, the Papal Secretary of State.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10
STOLE TREE FROM CEMETERY.

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10
WOUNDED IN FRANCE.

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10
SHUBERT THEATRE

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10

STAMFORD GARAGE---Under new management Repairing promptly attended 10. Satisfaction guaran- teed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10
STAMFORD

Special to The Times.) Stratford, Dec. 1O.---A sale will be held in the Congregational Parish House on Friday, December 15, from 2:30 to 5:30 p. m. Cakes, pies, candy, ice cream and fancy articles. This is the place to buy for Christmas.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-09-06
SHERIFFs SALE


In the District Coutr eff the Sew
enth Judicial District of the State
of Montana, in and for the County OF
Richland.
CHRIS JENSEN, Plaintiff, VS.. CARL
c. JENSEN, Hillsboro, NATION
AL BANK, corporation, A. J.
OLSON and C. E. CONFER, De-
PENDANTS.
SHERIFF'S SALE
To be sold at Sheriff's sale on the
9TH day of September, 1918, at 2 o.
clock P. M, on said day in front of
the Court House in Plentywood, Mon
tana, the following described proper
ty, to-wit:
The Southwest Quarter (SWA) of
Section twenty-seven (27), Town
ship Thirty (30), North of Range
tlfty-six (56) East of the Montana
Principal Meridian, lying and being
in the County of Sheridan and State
of Montana.
JACK BENNETT, Sheriff.
By L. D. FORNCROOK,
Undersherltr.
A. w. KILLAM,
Froid, Montana.
Attorney for Plaintiff. 2O-4t
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-09-06
SHERIFF'S SALE

OHERlFFS SALE
SHERIDAN COUNTY STATE
BANK, a corporation, Plaintiff, VS.
EUGENE BEEKS, T. w. GREER
and DAVID E. MCLAUGHLIN am
LEONARD A. BROWN, co-part
nears doing business under the
firm name and style of M-Laugh.
lin & Brown, Defendants.
To be sold at Sheriff's sale on Sat.
urday, the 21st day of September
1913, at ten o'clock a. M, at the
front (south) door of the County
Court House in the Town of Plenty
wood, Sheridan County, State OF
Montana, to the highest bidder for
cash in hand, the following described
lands and premises situate, lying and
pelng in Sheridan County, Montana,
and described as follows, to-wit:
All of the southeast quarter, and
south half of the southwest quarter
and northwest quarter OF the south
west quarter and southwest quarter
of the northwest quarter of Section
Seventeen (17) in Township Thirty
six 1850 North, of Range ffty-five
(55), E. M. M, containing three
hundred and twenty acroes more or
less according to the Government
survey thereof, together with all the
tenements, Entertainments and appu1-
tenances thereunto belonging or in
hnywise appertaining thereto.
Dated at Plentywood, Sheridan
County, Montana, this 23rd day of
August, 1918.
JACK BENNETT,
Sheriff of Sheridan County, Mont.
By L. D. FORNCROOK.
Undersheriff.
BABCOCK & ELLERY,
Flentywood, Mont.
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
First publication, Aug. 80, 1918.
| Fourt publication Sept. 20, 1918.
2O-24
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-09-06
MED. LAKE SUBSCRIBERS
SEND US COMPLAINTS

Complaints are coming into
this office from subscribers of
Medicine Lake to the effect that
they are not getting The Pro-
ducers News regularly.
We have watched the mailing
department carefully and find
that all subscribers newspapers
are going forward from this Of
flce regularly, and if any more
readers in that community are
not getting their paper, they
should report to this office and it
will be taken up with the postal
authorities for investigation.
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e.a Trade Commission Brings Out Testimony That Asom..
body" Is Roobing Producers and Public ownsrshjD
Would Be Remedy
BY Pref. w. G. Roylance.

IN THAR testimony oelore .ns ieoora'
~ commission a number of the
us ast monument stock buyers of the
nOs. .-g have expressed themselves un
e Ouu in favor Of the public own
QuI s,n Of stockyards. Depending. Al
s s1.r do, upon the grower for their
'u'. ,,ission and upon the packer fol
t"ni- market, the commission mer
s snVs been extremely cautious in their
testimony, aa but, under the skilful ques
.,".,ng Of Mr.. Heney, several Of them
IT, w. lad to state clearly the evils Of
vote ownership, and to point out
-, those evils could be cured by
public ownership
Heney Gets Facts.
Tho following extract from the ties.
..-,onv of Mr.. E. w. Houx, of Kansas
citv is a good example of the attitude
|. Al tbe commission men:
Mr. Heney-What Is the effect on
seduction of these violent fiuctua-
fans in the market!
Mr. Houx-I think 1t has disas-
.,ous effect Men will come to town
and lose a barrel Of money on cattle
ond thew can see no reason why there
should be this violent fluctuations. and
4 naturally puts the producer at log
psrheads with the packer, and he goes
hack with bad feeling against them.
and instead of taking profit home,
IL sometimes has note In the bank.
Il Should Cut Out Risk.
Mr. Heney-With a reduced number
Of cattle in the entire country, with
labor fully occupied and plenty of
4 work for every man; with a certainty
that there is not enough meat to meet
the demand at reasonable prices,
would any producer or feeder be justi-
fed in assuming that in raising a sta
pie product like beef, the risk and
speculative element ought to be re-
moved so that he could feel reason
q ably certain that If he fattened the
animals he could get paid a fair profit
for his time and expenditure?
Mr. Houx-Absolutely so.
II Mr.. Heney-Is that the condition,
however?
Il Mr.. Houx-No, it Is not. The pro-
Queer is not getting fair deal out of
Ibis meat business. Somebody is rob-
hHg him; | do not know who it Is
but the government ought to find out
who ii is.
Mr. Heney-That is what we are
trying to do. Do you think the owner
snip Of the stock yards by the big
Packers has tendency to impede COM
PETITION? =
Pry Monopollsts Loose. Isl
MI houx-That is rather a broad
& weston, Mr.. Heney, but as an alb
maa principle, it is wrong because
lsaas man into temptation. The
V0'ernnent should not allow packing
muses. TO control the stock yards, and
AuN and railroads and terminals and
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-09-06

every facility for handling beat in th,,
country; 1t Is absolutely wrong
Mr. Heney-They start with tn,
.oan bank and loan the money to IN,
.ee0er at good high rate of interest
tney control the terminal railroad,
over which the feeders go out am
over which the finished cattle Wi,
come back; they fix the rates ON those.
'ney nix the stock yards charges TO,
yardage; they furnish the feed and
sell II at high price, that must b
si'eh 70 the animals during the shor,
time they are in the yards: thew Dr.
the weighing themselves, because thew
controi the stock yards that run the
scales. so, there is constant tenn
tatlon from the time that the tb;no
starts until it is through with for tbe
packer to take advantage, and tba
opportunity for it.
state or federal ownership Of stock
yards would make the state or the
FEDERAL government an intermediary
between the grower and the hacker.
or more likely, between the commits.
sion man and the packer. In that
case there would still be the relation
between the grower and the commits.
sion man, and between the packer and
the consumer to be looked after: and
Det"een the packer and the consumer
there are still brokers, wholesalers
and retailers, who must add their prof.
It's to the final selling price, If their
business Is to continue.
The owners Of the stock yards and
packing plants stand at the apex of
this system OF manufacturing and sell.
ing meat products. They reach out.
ward and downward to the farms on
the one side and to the homes of the
nation on the other, controlling both
and consumption, by pre-.
scribing what the former shall receive
and what the latter shall pay. They
nave more power than can safely be
trusted to any private interest. and
the power they hold is the natural and
necessary development of our indus.
trial system.
State Must Take Power
That power must be taken over by
the state, and exercised in the interest
OF both producers and consumers.
Anything less than state ownership
Of both stock yards and packing plants
Is mere patch work It Is dangerous
temporizing with a tremendously seri-
ous situation, which, If continued, will
bring the nation still nearer to the
abyss of famine. With these private
monopolies in control of any part of
BUR marketing system we cannot have
free markets. and we cannot keep up
the efficiency of our farmers and feed
our people without free markets. Or.
ganized labor and the organized farm
ers are on the right track in this
matter. Let them not be misled by
specious half measures.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-09-06
BABCOCK & ELLERY,
'Eiantvuood Mont
SHERIFF,S SALE

F. PETERSON, Plaintiff, VS.. TFIOM-
AS C. PETERSON and JOSEPH
me PETERSON, his wife, Sc
CURITY STATE BANK OF
BONETRAIL, a corporation, form
erly Security State Bank of How
ard, North Dakota, a corporation,
STATE BANK OF GRENORA, a
corporation, of Grenora, North Da-
kota, SECURITY STATE BANK
OF MEDICINE LAKE, corpora
ton, G. M. LOFGREN and CITI-
ZENS STATE BANK OF GRE
NORA, a corporation, Defendants.
To be sold at Sheriff's sale on Sat
urday, the 21st day of September,
1913, at ten o'clock A. M, at the
front (south) door of the County
Court House in the Town of Plenty
wood, Sheridan County, State of
Montana, to the highest bidder fo1'
cash in hand, the following described
lands and premises situate, lying and
being in Sheridan County, Montana,
and described as follows, to-wit:
South half of the northwest quarter
and the west half of the southwest
quarter of section four, township
thirty-two, Range fifty nine, E. nj. MI.
containing one hundred sixty acres.
more or less according to the Gov
eminent survey thereof, together
with all the tenements, Entertainments
and appurtenances thereunto belong
ing or in anywise appertaining there
to.
Dated at Plentywood, Sheridan
County, Montana, this 23d day of
1918.
JACK BENNETT,
Sheriff of Sheridan County, Mont.
By L. D. FORNCRoOK,
Undersheriff.
BABCOCK & ELLERY,
Plentywood, Mont.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
First publication, Aug. 30, 1913.
Fourth publication, Sept. 20, 1913.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-09-06
FROID BOY rs WOUNDED
WHILE FIGHTING HUNS

Word has been received from
Ralph Svein, who was one of the first
OF Froid's young men to offer his
services to his country, that he has
been wounded in the right leg and at
that writing was in the hospital
somewhere in France. From what
We learn Ralph's wounds are not
serious and his recovery will likely
be only question of short time.
Mr.. Svein is a nephew of Mrs. J.
0. Dahl of that place.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-09-06
INCREASED PAY FOR
LOCAL DRAFT BOARDS

Increased pay for local draft
boards has been authorized by Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder. I'm
der an order announced last Friday,
members Of all boards will receive
from $50 to 5000 month, the amount
varying with the number of regis
trants on their rolls.
Fifty dollars will be the minimum
for members of boards with 1000
registrants or less.
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this court this the 2sth day of Aug
ust, A. D. 1918.
(COURT) O. R. GIRARD.
(SEAL) Clerk of Court.
By P. #. TANG,
Deputy Clerk.
J. J. GUNTHER,
Attorney for the Plaintiff,
Plentywood, Montana.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-09-06
ALIAS SUMMONS

ALIAO OO mAO1NO
THE STATE OF MONTANA
Sends greetings to the above named
defendant, and to each of you.
You are hereby summoned to an
swer the complaint in this action
which is filed in the Office of the clerk
of this court, a copy of which is
herewith served upon you in the
County wherein you reside, and to
file your answer and serve copy
thereof upon the plaintiffs attorney
within twenty days after service of
this Summons, exclusive of the day
of service; and in case of your fail
ure to appear Or answer, judgment
will be taken against you, by default,
for the relief demanded in the COM
plant;
This is an action for divorce
brought by the plaintiff against you.
In her verified complaint, duly filed
the plaintiff states, that you and she
were married at Walker, Minnesota,
on the 9Th day Of January, 1905, and
now are husband and wife; that three
children were born of said marriage,
towit: Britten William Young, age
eight years, David Daniel Young,
age five years, and Harry Harold
Young, age three years, and that you
are not fit and proper person to
have the care and custody of said
children but that she, the said plain
tiff, is a fit and proper person to have
the care and custody of said minor
children;
It is further alleged in said COM
plant that for more than one year
last past and Immediately preceding
the commencement of this action you
wilfully neglected to provide for the
plaintiff the common necessaries OF
life. and compelled to live on the
charity of friends in addition to what
she could earn for herself, although
You were abundantly able to support
her both by your wages and physi-
cal condition; she also alleges that
YOU failed to provide for her the
common necessaries of life because
of your idleness, profigacy and dis
sapation; she also alleges, that for
more than one year prior to the COM
mencement Of this action, you, dis
regarding the solemnities of your
marriage vows, wilfully and without
cause deserted and abandoned her,
and ever since have, and still con-
tinue to so wilfully and without cause
desert and abandon her and to live
separate and apart from her, without
any sufficient cause or excuse, and
against the said plaintiffs will and
consent.
Witness my hand and the seal OF
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believe FOES HIDE
| SPITE IN RESOLUTION
|FdfRleFS Indignant Over Efforts
10 STR Patriotism Against
NOnpartiSan League.

|,,o,a uS spread Indignation has been
|.,,s sOu throughout the Northwest by
H. ny directed efforts to play on
H.. psn,tenSion patriotism of enlisted
IN A. &Iu their families to the injury
I'm I hs NOnpartisan league. This has
IN, WI ~ confined to any one state, but
&c.,, ,'sA general, although several
Rlhna,iIl marked efforts were made in
d. y 1--we ~ OF the method is that
b drst. .ne case Of a contingent OF
d. 1'l Il from Kanabec county,
d. t,,, Ll route from their home to
b. d ar camp. they spent part
*see ~, III st. Paul, and while there
ach read: WIN a resolution
4 'Ea a. All Signed This.
IL al bn1 N 1t only fair that the peo-
nted cr1 ny stand back of and give
ent 10 tbo 'o 10 the boys who are
q yo ~ NE front"
easQe mn me boys were sons of
he W. sHOers and most friendly
sjgnn partisan league, but everv
hcb s eoea.. this simple statement,
4 lie Ia nsalned nothing detrimental
had P ha.. however, as this resolu.
Tie D, pen signed, it was announced
n tae gapT rs opposed to the league
~reno UUys had signed resolu
Sue Oncins the Nonpartisan
v and had oilnerS who knew the
70 The % oa received word from them
eetiatelvvO ntents of the resolution
0aderhsnipr protested that this was
we The fau eu method of trying to
hone "a ,sfmers' organizations and
NJ VII namoo o"0lS Wnen they
nation lines ihas to the paper. had any
sppear a. II was a ruse to make
Farnssss. opposed to the League
ons fa "r,s Resent Attack.
@sss paDs.' wrote to one OF
H. r.s as follows:
boys VII ' issue you state that
.as for ~ 'eft from kanabec
wilton sa camp all signed a
wan easa"0unclns the Non.
Would s que. Any good citi.
~. MAJORITY sn :. that resolution.
'psrtsrs ~ !. OF those boys are
me league and we
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consider this contemplate trick
against them and their folks at
home"
Another wrote: "EIeven of those
boys would not have voluntarily
signed anything against the far
mers' organization. The hand of
corrupt politicians is no doubt
behind the resolution"
Somewhat similar efforts were made
in North Dakota just before the pri
maries in that state; when disguised
resolutions were circulated among the
mothers of boys in the service, pro
testing against the holding or League
rally. The same methods have been
used in other places.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-09-06
STALE JOKE STUMPERS UP
AGAINST IT, SAYS JUDGE

Farmers are taking their poll
. tics seriously this year." said
9 Judge Willard /. Comstock Of
. Mankato In an interview in ST.
: Paul the other day. "They will
. not accept the opinions of people
from the cities and towns as their
. own.
1.-The country people are deeply
= interested in every public prob
= lem from the winning of the war
+ to the election Of township officers.
= They are patriotic to the highest
: degree and they invite serious
consideration of national, state or
= local affairs, but the campaign
= orator who expects to 60 into the
= country and get by with few
Jokes and sterotyped phrases, will
$ find himself up against it."