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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-11-21
COUNTY COMMITS
SIONERS Session

The County Commissions.
met in adjourned regular as
sion Thursday, all Of The bla' NJ. seS-
mlssioners being present ''lIl'
Deferred business fron, a.
previous meeting was trans. 'u'
ed and the appointment Of f'1,
deputies in the office Of + w. y.
Clerk of Court was conflme3 ''
Commissioner TYLER nro ata,
ed the appointment Of two '' ~
putles in the Office of Clerk ~ d
Court, contending that onlv o's
deputy was needed to trars s1i
the business in Sheridan CONN., CONN.,
ty, but the majority Of t5s
board with their usual djsra.
gard for expense appointed tuo
men to do the work that ons
man can easily do.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-11-21

! The farmer who complains of
monopoly rule and then gives
his support to papers maintain
ing this autocracy might be
likened to a mule kicking him
self to death. But then a mule
wouldn't do any such thing.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-11-21
DISTRICT COURT
MILL GRINDING,
Continued from Page One)

The case now on trial is the
State VS.. w. j. Tobin, for mali
cious destruction of property:
Alfred [. Vollum for the de-
Tense, case before the jury.
The criminal calendar will
probably occupy the attention
OF the court all of next week, al
though several of those charged
with gambling and blind pigging
have pleaded guilty and have
taken stiff fines.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-11-21
VICTIM OF MOBBERS
ACCUSES MINISTER
John Meints of Sioux Falls, S.
D., Asks 100000 Damages.

Mankato, MINI. -'They took
me out on the prairie and strip
ped my clothes off. Then they
tarred and feathered me. Stand
ing there in the moonlight, look
ing into the muzzle of a shot
gun, | felt the sting of lash on
my naked back. [ counted the
blows-one, two, three, four. I
could stand it no longer; [ turn
ed to the man who was fogging
me. For Gods sake, don't |
cried. | stopped. The mans
mask had slipped down on his
face and [ was able to recognize
him. He was Rev. H. w. Bed
ford, pastor of the Methodist
church in Luverne."
That was the testimony of
John Meints of Sioux Falls, S.
D., formerly of Luverne, Mimi,
in United States district court
in Mankato last week. Meints
is suing 80 prominent business
men of Luverne for 100000
damages in consequence of his
deportation into South Dakota.
followed by a tar-and-feather
outrage on the interstate line
19,1918.
The dramatic moment in
Meints' testimony came after
he had told how a mob of 100
persons had taken him into an
automobile for deportation.
Seized by Bandits
At a remote point on the
south Dakota line, Meints says
lis didnapers were ''held up" by
our armed masked men. He
vas taken from the automobile
" the bandits" whom he soon
recognized as Luverne business
men, and tarred and feathered.
Previously, Meints had been
leported into Iowa, after it was
ound that he had contributed
90 to aid in the establishment |.
f the Rock County Leader, a
weekly newspaper organized by
he farmers to support Nonpar- /,
lsan league candidates in the11
9l0 primary and general cleo
ion. (
The second Meints outrage
rought to a climax the persecu- F
lon Of Nonpartisan league Fl
under the cloak of 10y r
lty in Rock county. The week
: newspaper had been nailed Fl
p and the editor forced to flee
rom the state. Over a dozen
Comparison league farmers
ere forced to sign statements f
epudiating the Nonpartisan
'ague as a disloyal organization
18th the alternative of being
eported from the state.
Almost without exception the
e1endants testified that they
ad deported Meints for the
urpose of protecting" him
rom some mythical mob. They
enied any knowledge of the
ar-and-feather party.
Not one of the defendants
aid he had notified the sheriff
other police authorities.
James Horne, monument deal
Of Luverne, made the adnnis-
on, however, that all "protec-
We" activities ceased in Rock
ounty as soon as two agents
the United States depart
lent Of justice appeared in Lu-
erne to conduct an investiga-
on.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-11-21

Uplifting the savage, Or as It
is sometimes called in diplomat.
ic circles, the white mans bur-
den, is interpreted by Bernard
Shaw, the English humoriSt, to
be teaching the savage to wear
pants so that he will have DOC.
kets we can pick.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-11-21
STATE OPERATION
OF COAL MINES
CREA T VICTORY
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
mines it took over. Normal pro-
auction was assured within a
day or two.
On Saturday Governor Fra
zier announced the plan of state
operation as follows:
'The primary object of state
operation is to get the coal to
the people of the state" said
Governor Frazier. 81 feel that
everyone is willing to continue
to pay the present prices for, a
few days, until we learn what it
actually costs us to produce
the coal.
No Profit Wanted
In the operation by the state
neither the state nor the mine
operators are to make any pro-
fit. Royalties Of from 10 to rs
cents per ton will be paid the
owners for coal taken from their
mines. The price to the deal
ers will be governed by the ac-
tual cost of mining the coal,
plus this royalty and whatever
expense the state coal admins
tration incurs in operating the
mines. I anticipate there will |
be reduction in retail prices in
some localities. No cut will be |
however, until we have |
absolute figures on the cost of |
production"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-11-21

The Producers New-s2 year.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-11-21

A Want AID in the Producers News
brings results.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

of their lives would be to receive
American wages and live in Europe
Here, for instance. are some of the
prices:
Cabot was supposed to lead the list
The average evening gown from that
house ran from $500 to $500 francs; a
rose-colored satin evening coat with
white fox collar cost five thousand
francs; a young girls gown of net
cost 1850 francs; plain velvet gown
cost 1870 francs; the high water mark
was reached by the Byzantine evening
gowns which were 5000 francs apiece.
At the house of Lanvin, where every
one expects to pay high prices the
picturesque black taffeta gowns which
were a feature of her exhibition. cost
1900 francs apiece; a dinner gown with
a black velvet bodice and a tulle skirt
cost 1900 francs.
Doucet asked two thousand francs
for his best afternoon gown, while a
plain black frock of marquisette was
1900 francs
A brown suit at the house of Cheruit
was trif1e under two thousand francs.
plain coat and skirt at the house
of Renee was 1900 francs, and an after
noon gown 1900. black velvet suit
trimmed with monkey fur was 1900
francs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

terial and the two-button cut-awaJ
coat of dark fabric. Here and there
one sees well-dressed women who car
carry off this costume. and they stand
out strongly against a background OF
duvetyn, fur. homespun and stitchery
But woman must be quite sure OF
her style, she must be sure that she
can afford to look different from hel
neighbor, before she attempts this type
of street costume.
If she can carry If off, it is a saw.
ing of money in a way, for she ear
get the skirt at a department shor
or have it made by seamstress and
then place the bulk of her money on
a perfect fitting cut-away coat made
by a man who knows how to make
mems coats. 1t is the one type OF
jacket that cannot emerge from a care
less hand with any success. A poor
worker may hide his plumbers In any
other kind Of coat which the American
woman chooses, but not in this one.
With the exception of this type OF
costume there is no Partially shown
to the skirt of one material and de-
i. sign and the coat of another. The
American woman today is afraid of too
much novelty; she hesitates at choos-
ing a conspicuous suit or gown be-
cause she is touched with the thought
of economy. No one is safe from ii
today. With prices where they are
and with the increasing demands OF
labor, no woman who has any vision
wants to indulge in an orgy Of con-
spicuous clothes which may be out OF
fashion before Christmas.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

=
Wy Loiiuo'i women anu men, Is an ao-
mn dpie niaterlai 10 get II Is hoe
cheap pue II ouliaS's the sol.er Lap
rlcs'
Serge was so strongly sponsored by
the French dressmakers that it has it's
place for coat suit today. although no
one pretends that it is warm enough
for the American winter climate. AS
the coat is not lifted from the suit
during this fashion era, woman really
cares very little whether her coat suit
is sufficiently warm. She considers it
a frock and wears it as such. rarely
showing what kind Of a blouse is be-
meath It, She features blouses when
she wears short sport skirt and a
warm, rich sweater-7one of the new
kind that has taken grip on the pub
lie and kept the name and the gar
ment from slipping into oblivion.
If one has to buy material for a
coat suit. there is the delightful fact
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
Would You Pay Four Thousand Dollars for Frock

ures for their clothes. For instance,
one house asks four thousand dollars
apiece for it's evening gowns, and it is
claimed that one woman bought four In
one afternoon.
A woman who was interested in the
subject sent in worb of coat and
skirt with baby lamb that cost five
thousand dollars.
So far. these are the top notehes
in prices which have come to the
writer for the month of October
Other figures are double and triple
those of last winter. young girl
pays $215 for a coat suit with SOUR
rel collar. A suit without fur, but with
hand embroidery. made by smart
dressmaking house, is $315. The ordi-
nary suit is s275 if it is ready-made;
if begins at $500 is made to order.
Ordinary evening gowns are 5000
apiece. $500 is an average price. Hats
are between SIS and s1O0 Thirty-fiv
dollars is the average price at any
shop. even in the questionable neigh
borhoods.
Small shops that once were famous
for inexpensive clothes where smart
women went to get style rather than
workmanship, sell for $S5 the same
frock that used to sell for s35.
A chiffon gown with a sprinkling
of jet. carelessly made and over a
cheap lining, sells at most of the shops
for $65
1t would be easy to go on with pages
of statistics. One can gather sheaf
of them from every conversation of
women foregathered together.
Clothes, Of course. are not the only
subjects of discussion, although they
are the main one. Sometimes jewelry
is spoken of. To those who have money
it may be interesting to know that a
string of pearls that cost $500 francs
in 1924 now costs 250.0O0. This is a
French statistic given by a famous
jeweler.
Another figure added by this jeweler
says that a small string of diamonds
costing 100 francs a carat in 1914 is
worth today from $50 to 800 francs
carat.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

A Bernard tailored suit without fur
was hoo francs.
An evening gown at the house of
Patou, which is reckoned as one. Of
the small, exclusive houses. cost three
thousand francs.
The way to get at the American
value Of these clothes is to divide these
figures by eight francs. as that was
near the current exchange during the
weeks that the Americans We're buying
French clothes This brings the high
est-priced Cabot gown down to one
thousand dollars.
Now, one suit in America. made Of
fur, is $4,000. This was quoted in
former story as the highest price asked
by any New York shop. and an imme-
date protest came from other dress
makers who quoted much larger fig
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

are sent to make wonderful clothes at
smaller prices than the big ones be-
cause they do not have the overhead
charges he even arranges to have
her skirts made by dressmaker and
her difficult coat by tailor
She discards any idea of having ex-
pensive fur on her suit, unless she is
willing to pay goodly price for the
costume, but she finds odds and ends
OF fur in her possession which she
has altered by furrier to suit the
shape and type Of her tailored suit;
and she thanks her stars that the
fashion for attached peltry has been
revived for this winter.
There is widely accepted fashion
for huge cuffs as well as collars made
of peltry. and if one can manage this
without a large outlay of money the
suit at once takes on a most impor-
tant air. Squirrel. seal, moleskin and
beaver are the furs which are most
often used to make these collars and
cuffs, but woman need not discard
what she has because it does not APP
pear in the limelight
1t is again fashionable to have peck
cts of fur, and even the most expensive
suits permit peltry in patches around
the hem, SO thatlif one hassonly small
pieces they may be added in widely
separated strips The observer will
never know that it is economy 1t
looks fashionable. That is enough
THE COAT Fortunately for the
SUIT. woman who must econo-
mize, or rather, the SEN
sible woman who will not put all she
has into clothes. there is a wide choice
of materials for the coat suit
Duvetyn is fashionable, but it is not
more sought after than any of the
warm homespuns which are brought
over from Great Britain and made in
North Carolina on the Biltmore estate.
Velvet and velveteen are not fire.
quently offered for coat suits, although
both are used for frocks Whatever is
near suiting, as it is called, whatever
has sturdy weave like the suits worn
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
HOW ABOUT YOUR eLovEs9

sWe have all grown so used to find
ing everything We used to buy with
ease so expensive that we hardly dare
b,Iv it at all nowadays, that we don't
even draw a breath of protest at mod
ern glove prices. We pay three and a
half dollars for a pair of chamois or
doeskin gauntlets and merely wish a
devout wish that they will go through
the first washing without pulling quite
to pieces.
However, once in awhile 1t Is still
possible to find good gloves at reason
able prices. The~shops at sales--those
reason saving occurrences that still
take place when merchandise is re-
duced to such an extent that those with
small means can afford to buy-still
sell good dogskin gloves for less than
two dollars.
The new gauntlets in soft tan and
deep cream and oyster white chamois
or doesRin are such lovely gloves that
one does not begrudge the fact that
they make change of a five dollar bill.
They are really tempting, and they are
comfortable, too. for their wrist sec
ton. pulled over the end OF the coat
sleeve, keeps the arm warm and snug.
Gray suede gauntlets are also lovely
gloves to own. They are of course
more extravagant than chamois at the
same price. for they cannot be washed.
They must be cleaned and nobody
seems to have devised very satisfac-
tory means OF cleaning suede.
Then there are white channels gaunt-
lets, too, made either with a strap that
snaps at the wrist, or else with the
fulness on an elastic band.
Among the kid gloves. perhaps the
best looking are the tan ones. with
brown bands at the wrist edge or
brown ones, with black band. This
little trimming band is decidedly
decorative
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

Desmaer Has Decided Ask This Price for Certain
Evening Gowns, and 1t Said That Some Women Buy Not
Only One Several The French Prices Which Staggered the
During the Exhibitions Are Common in America and
the Cost of Caof Best Gown Is Not Considered the Limit
Here Comparison of Prices Between France and America
Show Country Leads the World in What 1t Is Asking
Getting Womens Apparel Never in the History of the
Feminine Coumery Cost SO Much Even Under the
De Medic and Marie Antonette. What 1t Costs to Buy
Evening Gown. What Women Pay for a Tailored Suit
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
WCMAN'S
INGE MUiTY
TAXED

WCMAN'S 1T is not necessary that
INGENUITY every woman paw these
TAXED prices for clothes. but
she must use ingenuity
+, il. she wants to dress well without
bankrupung the family. She must
twist and turn. she must find out
where to go and what to avoid, she
must wait until the climax Of the sea-
SON. is over and then buy when the
tide is running slow. Only the very
rich can take. advantage Of the open
ing of the season and dress according
to the prices that are asked when the
first models are exhibited.
There is no use arguing that these
prices are caused by the Importation
of French models. That is foolish
argument. 1t is quite true that a
French model for which man pays
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

French blue cloth coat suit with
collar of squirrel, shown at left.
In center, tailored suit of blue
serge with plaid design in fine red
and green stripes. There are sew
eral red buttons above the. waist
line. At right, odd coat suit of
beige tricotine with collar of seal
and cap to match.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

Jersey cloth In silk, in one of the
Keaves that go by various names. is
used increasingly for blouses. In
spite of everything that has been pre-
dicted, the slip-over blouse, with
peplum, is still the smartest vogue, To
be sure, some OF the very smart new
blouses reach only to the waistline, but
the peplum is the rule. And it is in
these blouses that jersey IN silk weaves
is especially desirable. For 1t has body
enough and at the same time supple
ness enough to hang well around the
hips. 1t is often deliberately embroid-
cred sometimes heavily braided in
soutache, sometimes worked in ma
chine stitchery with colored wool in
way that adds distinction to many of
the new blouses.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

TWO hundred and fifty dollars and then
SIXTY per cent duty is not going to sell
at a small price in this country. but
the amount of original French models
sold to the American public is SO small
as to be negligible in the final sum
ming up
-CONOMlZE The average woman
ON EVENING finds that she cannot
GOWNS. economic on. h n
street suit. so. il she
has not large dress account at her
disposal, she puts less money into her
evening gowns II she is going to
nave anything made at home. this is
what she leaves to the seamstress. She
pays whatever she can afford for a
coat and skirt She haunts the un-
fashionable places where little tailors
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

Silvered net plays large part in
young girls evening frocks. The net
comes in all the accepted evening
colors, and the silvering is accom-
plished by means of tinsel threads APP
piled by machine in a scroll design.
Usually the net Is scalloped like lace
at the edge.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

Black velvet embroidered with big
discs in white angora is an effective
combination in one of the new after
noon frocks. The angora is so suit
able in texture for use on the velvet
that 1t at once produces a certain
sense of fitness just to see the two
together.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

Ruching seems to have come In for
a revived attention. 1t is a long time
since we have had ruching--the regu-
lation narrow ruching, not the wide
Ruling of these latter years. But in
a velvet frocl< of much distinction
stiff little quilting of white muslin
shows in narrow margin around the
neck. And in some of the new net
neckwear a narrow net ruching is the
finish at the necklne. OF course ruch-
ing, if you are old enough to remember
its latest Incarnation a few years ago.
always tends upright, and does not
lie down fiat as does the wider ruff
fling. 1t is dainty finish even if it
is rather stiff
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

Cross stitch embroidery marks one
of the newest duvetyn frocks. The
cross stitch is done in silk in the same
shade as the duvetyn and this break
in the surface of the fabric furnishes
the only bit of decoration needed on.
the frock.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
EE RE ARE
SOME PRICES.

prices in France with the help of i'm
portant buyers, 1t was the belief that
these would be of extraordinary inter
est to the American public because
they were so tremendous, but they
have dwindled to very little in the light
of the amounts asked in this country.
Everything is so much higher in the
United States than in Europe-even
food and lodging that there turks in
the minds of those who are not bound
to the wheel that the best adjustment
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-07-13

| The mines themselves are marvels OF
Yankee ingenuity, as we'll as the method
Of laying them. A mine laying ship could
steam ahead at full speed and lay mines al
exactly regular intervals. each mine be-
ing anchored In place and so attached to
its anchor as to float st an exact prede-
termined depth below the surface OF the
water. Our North Sea barrage consisted
OF some hundreds OF thousands of mines
placed at three different depths in parallel
rows. from seven to fifteen feet below the
surface Of the water
How mines can be tossed overheard in
heavy sea. with the sure knowledge
that they will remain floating at fixed
spot and at a fixed depth below the level
or the water. Is puzzle that even many
men in the navy who have been actually
engaged in this mine laying work do not
fully understand. It is easy to under
stand how certain length OF cable may
be attached to an anchor at ne end and
a mine at the other and IL the depth Of
the water is known or course the length
of the cable can be adjusted to hold the
mine at a certain depth below the sur
Need Careful Soundings.
1t involves very careful soundings for
every mine and of certain amount Of
suesswork and chance. The water at the
point where one mine is placed may be
hundred feet deep: twenty yards farther
on. where the next mine is planted. It may
be 2o0 feet feet deep. Another twenty
yards and the depth may be 800 feet.
These variations in depth make no Diff
ference whatever with the laying OF the
new American naval mines. the mech
anism of which I shall attempt to de-
scribe as clearly as possible.
The mine itself is a simple affair. con-
sisting of a sphericaI buoyant chamber
containing in its interior a quantity Of
high explosive and with projections so ar
ranged that q vessel striking the mine
from any angle or on any side will imme-
diately set off the explosive. The Yankee
trick that enabled us to lay this great
North Sea barraKe lies in the mine anchor
and the mechanism which it contains. The
mine anchor is a cubical box OF galvanized
sheet iron. 1t is weighted on the bottom
to furnish 4 firm anchorage.
even in storm weather. for the bomb that
floats above 1t and to which it Is attached
by thin wire cable.
Inside the square box of the anchor is q |
reel from which run two lengths Of wire
,able. One OF these is attached to the
mine itself and is long enough to reach
from the surface approximately to the
bottom in any depth OF water in which 1t |
s practicable to lay mines. The other
cable is attached to solid lump OF metal
called a plummet Before it 10 launched
The mine nests In the open top OF the box
ike anchor and II attached by . simple |
catch which loops over a projection on the
nine itself. On the bottom Of the anchor
OK are four flanged wheels which run on
ails laid on the deck Of the mine laying |
hip.