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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19
SHERIDAN COUNTY
THRESHER'S COMMUTE

The Federal Food Administrator
for Montana appointed Mr.. G. E. Boz
ster, chairman of merchants commit
tee Tor Sheridan county; E. w. An
derson, county agricultural agent
Plentywood, and Mr.. John temple, q
thresherman, Outlook, Montana, to
act as the Sheridan County Threshe,
Committee.
Mr.. Bolster was chosen as chair.
man. The Committee decided to as
certain the personal needs Of every
thresherman at Plentywood, Wednes.
day at 1:3O p. m, July Gath. All the
problems of all threshers will be TAX.
en- up at that time.
Come to big threshermen's meet.
ing.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19
REDMOND HAS NOT REPLIED

There is not a little surprise IN
ponlar that County Auditor Jim Red
nond has not accepted the invitation
of the Standard to declare himself
on the county printing scandal. We,
Of course, know personally where
Mr. Redmond stands but we did not
believe it would be quite fair to the
genial County Auditor to put him on
record in this most dises aceful at
fair without his consent so we Of
fered him of the column; of the pa
per gratis to come and tell the voters
what he thought of this high handed
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19

with this control, the control is COM
plete and absolute.
However, the conditions are such in
Sheridan county the demand was al
most unanimous that a county ticket
be placed in the field, and the will of
the majority of course prevailed as
II does in all Nonpartisar activities.
In the selection of ticket it is al
ways impossible to please every one.
Each man interviewed IL reference
to the ticket says that the ticket
could not be better except for one
.nan-and each individual points out
different candidate as the wrong
man. This is bound to be, no matter
who was nominated OF who COM
posed the ticket.
Among human beings there will al
ways be certain amount of person
atty.
We must, however, be broad
enough to forget personality; for it
is only by sticking can We win. The
delegates are your delegates-they
did what in their eyes, seemed the
best under the circumstances. No
one can do better than his best and
il you had selected the ticket, some
one would have been displeased.
1t was the policy of the farmers to
endorse those now in Office who have
conspicuously made good.
This proved their disposition to be
fair-this proved them to be above
petty, place hunting, pie counter
politics. This shows that they are in
politics for a principle and not fol-
revenue Or plumber.
Those who have made good were
.e-endorsed. Those who have made
conspicuous and dismal failure
those who have been weighed in the
balance and found wanting, We're re-
pudiated and men nomine ted in thei,
places whom the farmers believe will
meet the requirements of the Office
for which they were named.
These endorsements for the ole
officials comes from the farmers as
the highest kind of recognition Of
worth and ability ana character.
On the other hano it could not be
more of rebuke 20 those old Off.
Gals who We're not endorsed.
The farmers are not llaying pett.
politics. They are working honest,
!y for the public good.
Every man on the ticket is worthy
Of your support. You cannot serve
sourseH and the public better thar
oy supporting it.
Well Stick; Well Win.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19

"The Sheridan county board of
commissioners appear to have pulled
down a hornets nest about their
heads over the letting of the rounty
printing. The taxpaye,/ are entitled
TO the facts and circumstances in the
case and there is we'll aroused
bunch of newspapers in the county
that will see that the taxpayers get
them. wolf Point Herald.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19
Let Us Stick Together

The delegates duly elected, repre-
senting thirty-one psecincts in Sheri-
dan county, assembled at Welliver
Hall last Saturday and selected can
didates to be run as the endorsed
candidates of the Nonpartisan
League.
It is unusual for the farmers to
participate in county politics for the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19

Now is the time for the farmers
to build up their political organiza-
zion. Wall street has started pro-
paganda idea of government owner
ship. In a recent article these mono
polists admitted that the question as
to whether or not the people shall
keep the railroads, express business
and telegraph and telephone sys-
TENS, will be an open question to be
settled by congress after the war.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19

With government control ot
ways a fact, and the Control VI rail,
graph and telephone svsto. VI tee,
pacing plants almost ., S and
one of the planks OF the pls sf5'aInttr
principles of the &mericsn Ofn Of
ton of Labor seems in a faj, ,s saefa-
become true. The financed way 70
main that has built 50 man.. q
ten fortunes in this count, "l'got'
soon to be RELOCATED to the c,a seems
the dodo.-Fort Worth lind T as Of
er. "0E
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19

reason that it il considered unneces-
sary-most Of the officers being min
isterial or clerical in nature and it
being IN a broader view immaterial
whether or not they belong to or are
even opposed to the League, provid-
ing the League secures control Of
the state government: the executive,
lawmaking and judicial branches; for
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19

Every day in tn? year ,o,,.
Burnquist is using 1is high ofHs s.A'f
a means of further;ng and t;nS. d
ing the hold of special privjIss s1' ca
on the state, and the lear - ~
Nonpartisan League is drivine Ia 4'
to desperation. Verify, 2 Ittls N,a
teal pull and a shred of oyerro s'', I
patriotism is made to put over n n,s
awful things in this grand old s...
of Minnesota.-Nog~h Dakota LAIN.
Leader.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19
Value of Organization

ing something for the farmers in Or
der TO keep from losing votes to the
League. The stronger the League
e. ows the stronger will be the pres
sure on these old parties. When the
IA: mer joins the Ncnpartisan League
he net only is adding one direct vote
to the farmers cause, but he is add
ing one other indirect vote in each
Of the other political parties. He
not only concentrates himself poll
ticaily, but he multiphes himself po-
litically, which is going some.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19

Big business is not pushing the
sale of Woodrow Wilson's book, "The
New Freedom" That is one reason
why the farmers think it is such a
good book. Another reason is be-
cause they have read it.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19

The Nonparisan League is dead in
Minnesota 10000 strong. A few
more killings of that sort will give
big business setback such as it
never expected to experience before.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19

The only way that a man can pro-
tect himself, his wife, his family and
his business is through organization.
In this respect the farmer is no diff
ferent than any one else.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19
Coming Political Battle

The people will elect the congress
that will settle this question. The
Nonpartisan league is the biggest
and most successful organization in
the United States that stands for
government ownership. Let every
farmer get busy and push the League
so that the national legislature that
sits after peace is declared viii be
overwhelmingly for government own.
ership of the big national utilities.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19

Many who voted for Governor
Burnquist at the Minnesota primaries
wanted to set him up so they could
knock him down in the fall.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19

Winning the war is our first bust
ness. 1t can be carried on more eff
fectively if the farmers are orga-
nized the same as every one else.
The way to get results today is
through organization.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19

Since the government has made
such a success of running the rail-
roads we should not hesitate to trust
it with the packing plants.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19

The Wall Street ideal is to have
the farmers all hired men working
for them. But how about a republic
founded on such a citizenship?
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19

piece of work, but as Vs.,
accepted 'ts There is no doubt as b mas ! not
ne will in the very immed S' out thai
however-Poplar Standard 1utare
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19

Ine government has taken over the
wool business of ,he country and
stu more recently the telegraph and
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19

Subscribe for the Producers
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-07-19

The farmers of North Dakota not
only believe in majority rule but
they practice it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
Death Toll Has
 Mounted to Twenty-Nine

Tyler, Minn., August 22-Tyler tonight presents a scene of death and desolation as the result of the tornado which struck this little town last night. The death list mounted to g tonight. all of whom have been identified except one. Be- tween 50 and 60 persons were injured, five of whom are in an improvised hos pital in serious condition. Thirty busi- ness houses and about as many resi- dences were demolished Only four busi- ness establishments escaped the path of the storm, which tore through the town cutting swath five blocks long and two blocks wide. The property loss is estimated at about half million dol lars.
 Searchers worked all afternoon and Into the night endeavoring to release young man who was caught beneath. his home He was rescued alive after being buried sat near him in their home when the storm struck, vas instantly killed.
 One hundred and fifty persons in a moving picture show had a miraculous escape. Every building in that vicinity was demolished. The doors and windows Of the theatre, which is of stone con- strIction, were blown out, but the build ing remained intact.
 A team of mules standing near two story building were blown up on the roof of the building. They were not scratched and exhibited excitement only when preparations were made to lower them to the ground.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
MEMBERS OF MONTAUK
 CREW ACCOUNTED FOR

Jacksonville, Fla, August 22-Kll mem- bers of the crew of the patrol boat Mon tauk, which was driven ashore on Cum berland Island by high northeast gale early Wednesday morning. had been ac- counted for tonight. Of the s24 men aboard, seven lost their lives, either in attempting to swim ashore or when the vessel was battered to pieces by the high winds.
 Only two of the bodies of the victims had been recovered tonight, but patrols are continuing their search of the coast with the hope of recovering the others. The body of Joseph E. McCurry yeo- man, third class, of Florence, s. C., was recovered today from jetties at the en- trance to the Fernandina harbor, while that of Robert Travis of Atlanta was re- ported as having been recovered yester- day.
 A complete list of those lost follows:
 Robert Travis, Atlanta
 Sample, seaman, second class, Newberry, s. c.
 J. E. Singley. seaman. second class, Newberry s. c.
 J. Suddeth seaman, second class. New berry, s. c.
 F. S. Stewart, seaman, second class. Greenville, s. c.
 Joseph Emerson McCurry. yeoman. third class, Florence, s. c.
 - Nichols, fireman, third class, Greenville, S. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
Country Newspaper Space
 Is Reduced 25 Per Cent

Washington, August 22.-Reduction of 25 per cent of all publication space Tn excess of eight pages for country week. ly newspapers was ordered today by Chairman Baruch of the war industries board. Other features of conservation plan for newsprint paper, which by this order is extended to include the coun- try weeklies, are discontinuance of pa
 pers to subscribers three months after same subscriptions expire, stopping use free copies for exchanges within tha same county or a 40mile radius; stop
 ping of publication of extra copies fof advertising stimulation and stoppage of returns of unsold copies from news dealers. The war committee of the coun : try weekly publishers presented the plan which was accepted by Chairman Baruch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
Germany Admits Correctness Of American Troop Figures

Amsterdam. August 22.-CBy the Asso- ciated Press.)-At last the German press has given up struggling against the truth 1p a short notice. which appears in virtually all the papers. the identical nature of which suggests official in spiration, the reluctant admission is made that Secretary Bakers figures re- garding the strength of the American forces in France are about correct.
 One or two papers add the lame ex- planation that their former figures were based on the position prior to May and that the really big shipments of mon from America began since then.
 The papers now comfort themselves with the thought that of the 1,300,0O0 or more Americans, only 100000 are actually in battle array, with 900 behind the front and that the remaining 60O000 are etappen troops (engineers, railway men and general workers).
 The Berlin Taeglische Rundschau adds as it's own, information that no more than 150,000 Amerincan have up to the present been s"noticed" on the west front.
 The anxiety of the German war cor respondents is very apparent nowadays to impress the home readers that the s'elastic' defense in nowise impairs Ger man discipline fighting spirit. Thus
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
CHA|RMEN HOLD CONFERENCE
 ON W. 5. s. SALES
Chairman Ewing Tells of Pershing Patriotic Enroll ment Plan-Merchants
 Urged to Assist

The third and last of the county mer- War Savings headquarters, in the First National Bank building, yesterday, with State Merchant Chairman Robert w. Ew- ing interest in the sales of War Saw present from nearly all of the counties in north Alabama and several from the central part of the state.
 State Chairman Ewing explained the Pershing patriotic enrolment idea, which has been adopted as means of increas- ing interest in the sale sof War Saw ings and Thrift Stamps between August Sl, and October 1. MT Ewing explained that every person who buys a Savings or Thrift Stamp between or on those dates will be given a Pershing pin and his name will be placed on the roll of honor and sent to General Pershing as an evidence that the people back here are backing up him and the soldier boys in France.
 The slogan adopted for the Pershng pa. triotic campaign Is Are You Pershing Patriot?''
 The conference began at 10 o'clock and continued until o'clock, with an hour S intermission for lunch
 At the morning session State Director Crawford Johnson gave a talk on War Savings, in which he urged the mer- chants to push the sales of War Savings and Thrift Stamps as they would the sale of any other article in their stores, assuring them that in so doing they would be performing a patriotic service.
 The two other conferences were held in Mobile on Monday and Montgomery or Tuesday. At the three conferences State Chairman Ewing met and talked with practically every county merchant chairman in the state, and increased in- terest in the campaign will no doubt re- suit therefrom
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
MRS. DOMINICK DIES FROM BULLET WOUND
 INFLICTED BY NEGRO
Wife of Southside Merchant Victim of Pistol Wound Received When Robbers Attempt to Hold
 Up Husband

Mrs. Conatico Dominick, wife of Rico Dcminick, who operates a small store at HOO Avenue D, died yesterday at the South Highlands infirmary from gum shot wound received at the hands of an unknown negro on Wednesday night. From the evidence given the police de- partment, Dominick and his wife were in the store whenstwo negroes entered and purchased some cigars.
 While making the change one of the negroes commenced an argument with Dcminick. with the result that he or dered them to leave the store
 At this point one of the negroes, 1t is said. demanded of the merchant his money. Dominick rushed at the negro and pushed him out on the sidewalk, when the negro pulled a pistol and com menced firing, and shot twice, one of the bullets striking Mrs. Dominick, who was standing near her husband. The negroes then fled, and at an early hour this morning had not been apprehended.
 Mrs. Dominick was rushed to the South Highlands infirmary. where she was given every attention, but medical skill was unavailing and she died at noon yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23

the correspondent of the Cologne Ga zette tells of stiff fighting August te and + west of Roye in which the Prus- sians let the enemy come to close quar- ters when, under cover of machine gun fire. they leaped out and repulsed the attack in standing-up fight with vol leys or rifle fire, and taht likewise East Prussian infantry beat off a tank at tack August 17 southwest of Rove He adds that 145 disabled tanks were count ed in front of the lines held by Von Hutier's army between August and F.
 The Colonge Volks Zeitung correspond ent pays an involuntary tribue to the ef- ficacy of the entente pamphlet propa- ganda carried on by airplanes saying these pamphlets "are so seductively worded that anyone who is not we'll in- formed may almost, if not entirely, be persuaded.
 He therefore calls for vigorous coun- ter propaganda to "enlighten" doubting spirits in the army''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23

town changed hands many times, the vantage belonged to the British at last accounts. Further important penetra- tions of the enemy line had occurred and the British were operating well to the east of the Bapaume-Ar rail- way.
 WEDGE DRIVEN IN
 Under the further progress of the French armies from the vicinity of Lassfgny to Soissons a mighty wedge seemingly has been driven in between the armies of General Won Boehn ard the German crown prince. Over the entire front the Germans have been further pushed back, at some points distances from two to three miles, and in the retrograde movement the enemy was forced to abandon large numbers of guns. Noyon is now all but en- veloped and the hill and wooded coun- try in this vicinity almost cleared of the enemy. The Divette river has been reached and both the Disc and Ailette rivers have been crossed and the on- ward thrust of the French on the east ern end of the line from Soissons northward seems likely to bring >abo 1t shortly. the outflanking of the imper- tant town of Laon and the forced re- tirement of the Germans from the Ves- le river northward across the Aisna
 NiSWcu III dll US dSpeCIS the allleN offensive seemingly shows that Ger- eral Foch now has the initiative en- trely in his own hands and that he purposes to press his advantages for the little more than two months of good fighting that remains before the winter season sets in. Indeed, it is not improbable that he may elect to keep after his quarry even when the cold descends. The Germans nowhere are Jryifh hn; I Foch now has a greatly strengthened army. Foch is obtaining from across seas the strength in splendid man power that will permit him to work out his strategy in his own time
 Even the German newspapers now are accepting as true, although reluct- antly, the statement by the American Secretary of War concerning the strength of the American forces in France. Some of them, however, are endeavoring to minimize the number actually in battle array
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
Young Men to Register
 for Service Tomorrow

All men who have become 21 years of age since June 5, 1918, will be required to register for military service tomorrow according to orders from the Provost Marshal General. The registration will be held in the office of the local exemp- ton board on the twenty-second floor of the Jefferson county bank building. The various boards will conduct the register ing of these men and it is estimated there will be more than 3o0.
 All men living in the outlying terri tory surrounding Birmingham will reg ister with county board No. on the fifth floor of the Jefferson county bank building. J. F. Elliot is secretary of this division.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23

has been the scene of soma of the costli- est fighting during the war.
 INe heavy losses the enemy has re- cently suffered and the serious shortage Of men which he has encountered, how evers~ render such a retirement not im- probable. The German ranks are so de- pleted that in many instances the all lies have met German companies con taining less than 70 men
 Referring to the advance which the allies have made during the last month east of sAmiens. it is stated in London that this ground has been gained at a smaller cost than any victory in the whole history of the fighting on the west ern front The, number of allied casual ties is actually less than the n,,mher of prisoners taken. This is a situation which is unprecedented in large scale hattie
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
Ailette River Is Reached

London, August 2.-The French army, under command of General Mangin in it's attack on the Disc front today, has reached the line Of the Ailette river, ac, cording to seports reaching London this afternoon.
 The possession by the French of the whole line of the Aisne, according to London military experts, means that Marshal Foch's design to drive big wedge between General Won Boehn' s army and the forces of the German crown prince has been successfully achieved. Also that the Germans have been placed in position of the utmost difficulty, both north and south of the new French salient
 General Byng's advances north of the Ancre is regarded here as highly signifi- cant. for this advance has been made with comparatiYe ease over gronnd which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
Five Million Soldiers
 Hauled Since May 1

Washington, August 22-Railroads carried 5,377,46S soldiers, in the United States between May 1, 1917, and July 1, 1918, including each movement of sol diers from one point to- another. Up to January 1, the movement numbered 2,21s,532. and from January l to July. 13.169,5S7.
 More than half, or 3,902,000, of these troops were. carried on special trains, l.07S, ,0oNon regular trains and 1,395,000 were drafted men carried to training camps. The average distance run by each special train was 939 miles and the average number of troops carried by each train was 405
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
Alabama Men Named
 for Training School

The local Civilian Aide committe of Alabama. with headquarters in BIr- mingham, has received notice from the field artillery officers training school at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky that the following Alabama men have been accepted as candidates to at tend the school:
 Warren K. Clarke, 240O Arlington avenue, Birmingham; Edwin Harris Teaque. Cloverdale Road, Montgomery :, Jacob Allen Walker. Opelika: Leon e, Brooks, Brewton; Devane K. Jones, sU6 Queen City avenue, Tuscaloosa; Will liam l.. Halsey. Eustis street. Hunts vil1e: Addison White, Mcclure street Huntsville. v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
At the Lyric

"Courting Days" musical comediette, was the big feature of the new Keith bill presented Thursday night The act is well presented and is high-class song attraction.
 Trovato is another winner on the bill, He is little man with little violin and the combination brings much pleasure.
 Margaret Ford proves a distinct at traction. She renders several selections in baritone, and just to show she can change her voice, sings a most pleasing soprano number.
 "The Merchant Prince" is comedy sketch pre- santed by Jerome MerricS, Frances Ney and Jack West. Nestor and Vincent entertain in a clever novelty. The news pictures are interesting features of the performance.