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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-12-05
WILL MOVE 40
MINNEAPOLIS

Pelican Rapids, Minn.-The
village and community will be
very much grieved when they
learn that S. M. Strand and
family have decided to move to
Minneapolis to make their fut-
ure home Mr.. Strand was in
the city last week and while
there accepted a lucrative posi-
ton with the Central Mortgage
Co., of which concern he has
been elected vice-president and
manager. The firm is doing
business as a bank holding and
loan company and is associated
with the State Bank of Com
merce and State Institution for
Savings of Minneapolis. 1t has
control of a number of banks
throughout the state.
Mr.. Strand has purchased a
modern residence in the city
near the Central high school
and plans to leave here about
the fifteenth of December to
take up his new work. He re-
tains his controlling interest in
the First National Bank here
and will remain its president,
and plans to make frequent Wis
it's to our village so he will keep
in touch with his friends here
and all the activities Of the
town.
Mr.. Strand is an exceptional
ly fine business man as we'll as
an honored and respected citi-
zen and Pelican Rapids can i'll
afford to lose him. Such men
as he are needed here but he
has been called to a larger field
of usefulness and it it with feel
ing of personal loss and deepest
regret that we see him leave.
Mrs. Strand and daughter, Mar
gerry also .have hosts of friends
mere and they will be keenly
missed.
The good wishes of their Peli-
can friends will 60 with this es-
Unable family to their new
home and all will extend the
hand of welcome to them when
ever they have an opportunity
to visit us.-Pelican Rapids
Press.
Mr.. Strand is junior mem
Der Of the firm of Helland-
Strand, which conduct a we'll
known hardware store in Plen-
tywood. He has been here on
visits several times and is we'll
known to many of the residents
of this vicinity.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-12-05
DO YOU KNOW Mr.. KELLER?

The hand is quicker than the eye
and so is the typewriter.
Fifteen years ago, some of you may
remember, there were two great
magicians appearing before the Amer
ican public. Hermann the Great and
Keller the Magician. Although rivals
they were great friends. They were
sitting together at Brighton Beach
one day when an admirer of Her
mann's came up and started to tell
the latter how good he was.
"You know" he said, "that l am
something of an amateur sleight of hand
expert myself. I am sure no one but
that card trick you did last night
Oh said Hermann modestly, that
is very simple trick. Any one could
sitting right here could deceive you
I'm bet a hundred dollars he could
not" said the amateur and Hermann took
A deck of cards was brought and
Keller performed the trick with ease and
grace.
II guess you don't know my friend Mr..
Keller" said Hermann as he pocketed
the hundred.
When any sleight Of hand promoter
exchange something he says is sure to
make you thousands for every dollar you
put up, for your Liberty Bonds and War
Savings Stamps, you had better find out
whether you know Mr.. Keller
A prospectus and a promise is all the
equipment these takers require. With
that simple apparatus they can make
oils wells. spout where there is not
enough oil to Intricate watch; they
can find gold where there is not enough
yellow metal to plate profiteer's con-
science; they can make rubber planta-
lions flourish in countries where the
natives are the only things that stretch
If a man has $4,000 salary, he may be
able to afford to take a chance II he
has less than that amount he cannot
afford to lose
You know there is no trick about gov
eminent savings securities. You KNOW
they are safe. that they are proslta bic
and that you can exchange your War
Savings Stamps and Savings Certificates
for cash al q profit when you need it,
II you t.tira the slaight OF h;lnd m
cannot lool you. meet AR. Ee.-sr.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-12-05
PATRIOTISM A
PEACE-TIME HARIT

Does it take the sound of
marching feet and the roll Of
drums to awaken in us the pa
triotic fervor we profess to have
In our hearts? Is there not in
us the desire to do something
worth while for the suffering
at all times? Surely it is So
and the greatest problems Of
the day is combating disease.
The Red Cross has finished her
role of temporary relief and
cheer and now is preparing to
turn her excellent systematic
machine to be used for big dis.
asters such as floods, fires, and
epidemics, not forgetting the
unfortunate Of the war-stricken
countries.
Patriotism should not be q
wartime emotion, but a peace
time habit.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-12-05
THE NEW STRUGGLE.

On a subject of industrial unrest,
Bishop Williams of Michigan makes
this comment at the Ford-Tribune
trial: eff Bolshevism eyer sweeps
over America it will be due, not to
the I. w. w. and the ignorant prole-
tariat who fly the red flag, but to the
blind conservatives who resist the
world tide of the new democracy. By
wise, well-considered industrial reform
and social legislation, we should guide
these swelling aspirations out of the
channels of revolution into the chan
nels of constructive evolution. The
two systems which are now coming
into conflict in our financial and com
mercial world are the autocracy of
privilege and power on the one side
and the democracy OF service on the
other"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-12-05
McELROY

B. D. Knudson, from north of here
has gone to Minnesota to look up 9
business location. If he finds a sat
isfactory place he will quit farming.
The family is living in Westny ut
present in order to send the children
to school.
Mrs. VIM. McEiroy spent the week
end at Westby visiting friends.
The local school was granted q
holiday Friday to recover from the
effects of the Thanksgiving turkeys.
Mr.. and Mrs. lille Miller returned
Saturday from the Twin Cities
where they had gone for medical at
tention. Both are mach improved III
health. Mr.. VIM. 6. Pageraon who
had charge of their farm during
their absence, has now returned TO n"
own homestead here.
John Rice and A. w. Overgaard,
substantial farmers and stockraisers
of this locality, have both been build
ing up-to-date barns this fall. That
doesn't sound like being dried out,
does it.
Mr.. and Mrs.. Jas. Buch anan visit
ed their ,9aughtet, Mrs. Nile MIllel,
Sunday.
Card parties at VIM. McE!roy's are
becoming popular.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-12-05
NO UNIT SYSTEM FOR
NAVAJO CITIZEN
Navajo, Mont.
Dec. End, 1919.

Mr.. Taxpayer:
Have you studied the unit
system of schools If not, you
had better be thinking! And
get ready to help decide this
question next election. It has
once been defeated in this coun-
ty. And if the rural tax payers
want justice and schools, they
had better put the rollers under
it again. When the people of
Montana for the last 10 years
have fought for schools, all the
satisfaction the most of them
got was, There is no funds to
build a school in your neighpor-
hood" So we soon saw that
this would not work. So we got
busy and cut off, bonded and
built our own schools.
Now the most of the rural
schools have been worked I'D to
standard schools.
And who did it? Did the cor
porations that are so many
times mentioned in the unit sys-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-12-05
CONGRESS HEARS
UNCONVENTIONAL PRAYER

. The Congressional Record for
+" August 8, 1919, gives the prayer
y offered by Rev. Henry N Couden
in opening the House session as
follows:
. Good Lord, deliver US, we be-
y seech Thee, from the unwarranted
conditions in which we as a peo-
pie find ourselves.
. We have just passed the great
est war of all history, and won a
= victory for democracy, liberty.
= and freedom from autocracy and
= oppression.
Thus we have cast out the
demon of autocracy but we have
= permitted seven devils to enter in,
and the last state of the house is
is worse than the first.
The greatest trickster becomes
9 for day the greatest business
man.
The greatest trickster becomes
= for day the greatest lawyer.
The greatest trickster becomes
for a day the greatest statesman.
But honesty, justice, truth, right
eousness, which are eternal, will
assert themselves, right all
wrongs, free the oppressed, and
make life tolerable.
So we pray for victory over
the high cost Of living and the
deadly enemies of truth, liberty,
and justice. In His name. Amen.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-12-05
MUNICIPAL OWNEK t;1npSIl
SUCCESS IN CALlFVN"

Public utility companies s,,,. :,
forever Boosting Of then lfr s'sI
or efficiency ,s and &c ECONOMY oopottr5
to denounce municipal .,;o ooI 81
ship as "a fraud, a de y = = ss
snare" nevertheless: it f IS hi b
nificant and intereSting ll"JJ. .
not one municipallyy-GS.x sn,T,ia vs.
in the State OF 0a :L ratps d
compelled to raise it f''''
put on a sur-charge' ,ol srcess
of municipal ownership is sD Co
ever it has been . t! re o,nassib1b
elusive evidence OF lt' ! pdsl
ties toward effecting a9o,,a aii
ton in the cost oil nI If lid
government. BY way t;yc to not
tration, it is intereS!!lln sui, If Al
that last year the cry lSo; IN q
media, not only m nal .
lowest lighting rates a aUer So
bay. but also turned o o,.oI fup
600 profit into the !, ge 4ba stree
besides lighting all l. 'a oTIpctroIi
of the city with It's s., vl's reas
system. Is there any cy0d tow
Why the other cities y anu 10 ID
of the State may NOV "Paci
wise ?''-Editorial II 1T 1g1
municipalities" . A Avg eagle
Official Organ Of the ';+ hs"'
California Municlpall'F
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-12-05
WESLEY SCHOOL ENTER
TAINMENT NET lS66.

social held at Westby Friday
night q week ago, had a capaci-
ty house and sixty-six dollars
was taken in for the piano fund.
A program, consisting Of reci-
tation, dialogues, drills and sing
was the events of the evening.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-12-05
TELLS KNOCK
Frs WHERE TO GET OFF

dy, a prominent and prosperous
young farmer Of Outlook, which
brought in 40 signatures on The
referendum petition, which have
been sent by registered mail to
Box 1926, Great Falls, Mont, he
writes:
eff every member would do
their duty toward the league
movement as we have, there
would be no traitors or slackers
in Montana. I'll stick until I am
convinced by proof that the
league is wrong. Here is hoping
that all members do something
for democracy if you believe in
it. This is a good time to clean
out enemies while we are in the
race-members that cannot be
convinced, not like some of those
back alley trotters or traitors
or whatever you may may call
them-their sermon is to throw
the county. Thoe men who are
circulating petitions and looking
for support from the league for
political office, | want such trait
ors to understand that we are
out for justice and freedom Of
country, which we should have
had long ago.
I am not a ten cent peddler or
back alley slider or criticizer Of
our country. Glad smilers, back
patters, hand shakers and two
cent cigars fail to buy me. Yet
as far as / am concerned our
good league men may just as
we'll go to the lumber yard and
buy pine post and put hat and
coat on it and put up for office
for the league as to put up me.
If | was fit man for Office l
would not allow my bookkeepers
to put 85 per cent Of my money
to their own credit, like was
done, and only Is per cent to
mine. But [ thank them any
way if they will leave a little
towards my account SO | can
pay SIG and be League mem
Der and a few dollars for CLASH
fication fight.
[ want those 10-cent peddlerS
to understand that I have made
my own living since [ have been
in Montana and not figured on
neighbors and friends for sup
port and shelter like they have.
My advice to all good honest
men and women is: read those
papers that dare tell the truth
such as The Producers News,
The Montana Nonpartisan, The
Cooperators Herald, and Non
partisan Leader. These papers
will convince you to fall away
from the "Get-Rich Quick Wal
lingford'' class of people who are
a detriment to themselves and
to country and the folks that
raised them.
We will stick until the dawn
of the new day.
am sorry that I have to be
disturbed in writing this letter
at this time but I hear a noise
outside which indicates that it's
time to go and slop the pigs.
[ know that we have been
called [. w. W., pro-German,
boobs and rubes.
Here is wishing every good
honest person success in their
good work towards the League
movement.
Please have this published in
the next issue of The Producers
News and let those unorganized,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-12-05
WALL STREET PLANS
EDUCATION CONTROL
Many Organizations to Be Used
In Drive On Organized
ToiIerS.
INSIDER TELLS OF PLOT
American Committee of Minnesota Is
Branch of Nationwide. Oruaniza-
tion--WiII Censor Schools,
Books, Churches and Clubs.

Minneapolis, Minn.-An expose
OF a nationwide plot, directed
from Wall street, to control edu-
cation in the United States and
stamp out progressive school
books and liberal writings, work
Ing in harmony with the Amerl-
can committee ir. Minnesota,
which aims to curb organized la
Dor and the National Nonpartisan
league, startled the northwest this
week.
A member of the so-calIed Amer
lean committee, whose name has
been withheld, revealed the inner
workings of this group, covering
activities of many months.
The plans perfected call for
complete domination and control
of education, through writings
and speakers, In the principal
public schools, community Gen.
tiers, soldiers organizations,
churches, universities and club
gatherings.
Already at Work.
The American committee has estab-
1ished elaborate Offices in the Metro
politan Bank building, Minneapolis,
and has engaged a corps of paid pro-
fessional social workers." said to be
headed by Professor jerks of the Uni
versity of Minnesota, who recently re-
turned from Wall streets reported
convention of social workers" In New
York City.
The principal aims of the Mime
sofa organization, however, are to curb
the labor movement and the farmers
political organization. This is to be
done through education" The fol-
lowing workers" have been reported
engaged so far to take up the task:
Some of the Leaders.
Rev. Marion D. Shutter, Min
neapoIis, to handle the church
campaign.
Captain RUSSELL G. crevisbon, to
work among returned soldiers
and veterans organizations.
N. N. Leighton, president of the
Minneapolis board of education.
to revise the school books and
eliminate matters which big en-
ployers, grain gamblers and poll
ticians object to, and to substitute
reactionary subjects.
The War Camps Community
service, with headquarters in New
York and branches in many parts
of Minnesota, to censor commun-
ity meetings.
F. G. r. Gordon, notorious fix
err, and Professor koenig, of the
University of Minnesota, to be the
principal lecturers supplied for all
meetings.
Mayor Meyers of Minneapolis,
to use the police and other bur-
eaus against labor.
The fact that these men would be
connected with the American commit
tee was supposed to be secret 1t is
known, however, that they have been
admitted to "star chamber" confer
ences at the committees headquar-
ters.
1t is not publicly known what part
Governor Burnquist will take. The
members of the committee are for the
most part bankers, millers, brokers,
railroad officials, big employers and
contractors, with sprinkling of cor
poration lawyers. 1t has an initial
slush fund of 100000.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-12-05
OPEN FORM,

Our friends and foes alike, are cordially iri., W
of the of this, the peoples editorial conmpo to avail
one side of the paper Nothing obscene or SCH Wrte
Always accompany your communication with 1om will sl
otherwise your article may not be published # name ana
name disclosed say So but must know who you do hot
assumes responsibility for any article appea you are
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-12-05

ten TEN do it? Or did :
pie do it? I'D as,k
There is one thin.
more lackino FUN lung ma
tenn t which will ' D;ua a
five trustees =, r give ead
ter the five as ' naol viii h
possible divided I uait e@
orary salary Of si;lS aa
oDIns salary s. 5000 ~
not expect much s ss's.
a salary, nor w ceis''
much. "OulO -
You always can :.
of help and advise se' g Ct
have the money -I t. ss sla
self. No one Offered r. Ilt :,
get schools when w ". %
schools. We & /
What Montana need,
A law that will fOr l,ss' 81, '
or girl to go to scEoo Y' 9.
years Of age, proV T;f
have not got STEADY y' ena,,
be between the age Of IL ID =
This state is loaded dawn D. . /
ignorant children that st; y \
ing through the winter int 70 ~ Y
but smoke cigarette, 10y \
snuff and tell about Sylt' Sas !
tn y are; And tell about M
tie the teacher knows '''
The strong arm Of h. +,
system is: that there - .,
many children in the st' IT,
are being denied the rj li
free school on account !
schools.
There need not be one cBp
Montana sick CT well with Nh
school. '''
We have four schools nj
48: the children who are tn
from Lle schools are bOsr
and cared for and put in anf
school either in or out d
District.
All the trouble we find IN
district is some Of the BAT,
kicking about the kind Oft
ers we furnish. And We /
had everything from milk
to university graduate and
they are kicking. But the
system won't help this L
for if you vote out your
trustee and put in a Co
trustee you will be lucky t
get a teacher at all, becaut
county trustees are just
sure to supply their own
mands first then the dist
close to them next.
They will take the geOdt
ers and the fellow in the
skirts will take what he
whether he likes it Or not
because he voted out the
trustees of his district and
ed in five county trustees
may all live fifty miles fE0I
other fellows school.
You will have no chOlc
teachers whatever and
forget that.
IF our schools need cha
for the better, which | !,
they do, why not take u
tenn like the u. S. COVER
has of educating the Id
Big schools and fine dorm I,
When we do this, ! TIM !
will be doing something
children, ourselves and o.
eminent. For people M
education enough 50 as
able to vote his own ml y
out having some one +"
him. zeal
L. R. L0NGA'
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-12-05

We pay the highest market price
for butter fat. Bring or ship your
cream to the PLENTYWOOD
BAKERY, Agents for Northern Pro-
duce Co., Minot, N. ID.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-12-05
OIL COMBINE LEADS
IN PR0FITEERlNG
New Jersey Company Admits Getting
1856 Per Cent a Year.

The Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey has admitted averaging $3.50
per cent on it's common stock, which
is many times the actual investment
made, during the six years, 1912 to
1913.
Its profits for the war years must
have been considerably over this fig
ure. The Wall Street Journal has
been running a series of articles tend
ing to show that the public statement
OF this parent company is very con-
sentative, that is that it's profits and
wealth are understated.
Some inside figures which have re-
Gently come to light, put the profits
of the oil trust as follows:
fe12-1e1s.
Stock dividends ....... s341. 000, 900
Cash dividends ........ 504.655.233
Earnings held in business 299,272,374
Total ................$1 81, IA, 1921, GOT
Original capitalization. s233,01O. 00e
Profit for six years. ..... 513 per cent
Average annual profit. 85.5 per cent
Although these figures show an an
nual profit of 1884 per cent more than
the trust admits for its largest COM
pany, we still have an understatement
because the stocks distributed as divi-
dends were worth considerably more
than par at the time of distribution.
The American people are thus pay
ing enormous sums for getting one of
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-25
vARIOOS USES FOR PAPER BAGS

Don't throw away your paper bags
or at any rate not all of them. When
there is sickness in the family and
the rooms are heated by stoves. 1t Is
very disturbing for the patient to
hear the coal put on Fill lot OF
paper bags in the cellar and have a
hod full of them, then when the fire
needs new coal, drop bagful on
the bag will burn, so will the coal
It's neat way to do all of the time
saves lots of coal dust from flying
around the room.
The large size bags are fine for
putting away fur, velvet and wooller
pieces. No moths will ever ret tc
them. Paste the top together, put In
one bag and draw another one over
and paste; saves using the smelly
moth balls, etc. For great many
OF us it Is more convenient to use
things out of the bags in which they
come from the sore, like sugar, rice
meal. etc.
II you will turn the top OF the bag
over an inch or two, as If you were
going to hem it on the right side
it makes the edge firm and You car
dip out the contents without spilling
Just try it and prove It.
When you want to rub off the stove
slip your hand in a paper bag. II
will save the hands from the stow
backing.
Have a paper bag in a tin tomato
can to put table and sink scraps in
You can close the top of the bag;
no odor will come from It until Il
can be disposed of by burning OF
carried to the garbage can.
II you want to save SEEDS from
plants, tie small paper bag over
when the flower is nearly ripe and thu
wind will not scatter the seeds, you
will have them in your paper bag
and If you want to have a good
laugh sometimes, slip small paper
bags over kittie's feet and tie them
On.
There is no harder problem that
The young housekeeper has to meet
in her kitchen than the cleaning OF
burnt cooking utensils. Often when
one is new at the game Of preparing
meals, one learns by sad experience
and the result is that nne spends much
time and energy scrubbing pans that
have been left on the stove over
time.
A much easier method than trying
to rub the burnt substance off is to
make a solution of tablespoonful OF
salt and a tablespoonful Of cooking
soda to a pint of warm water. Pour
this into the burnt utensil and bring
II to a boil, then let it stand until
cold. This softens that burnt sub
stance so that 1t may usually be re
moved with stiff brush. II It per.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-25

s;sts in sticking it may be rubbed
with little sand.
II the housekeeper has some fresh
potato Feelings on hand two or three
teacups full Of these may be thrown
into the water instead of the salt and
soda and letting them stand the same
results may be obtained. 1t is impor-
tant that the water in both cases be
brought to a good boil and allowed
to stand in the utensil for some time
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-25

Florida contains four of the agri-
cultural experiment stations estab
lished in the warmer sections of the
United States by the Federal govern
ment for testing many kinds Of use
full products (not native) brought
from other continents.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-25

The only road to Independence
thriftiness and economy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-06-18

Ruth McArthur's bridge and AZ party
this afternoon. Summer flowers
adorned the rooms where the guests
were received and the trophy for
high score for both games were decks
of cards. Present were Miss Bess Nc
Leod, Miss Anna Murray, Mrs. Eu-
gene Cato, Miss Lucille Allen, Miss
Elizabeth Davis, Miss Sara Kendrick.
Miss Annie Lou Perkins, Mrs. Middle
ton Mcdonald, Mrs. Alton Cogdell,
Miss Christine Hair, Mrs. George An
drews, Miss Leta Merritt, Miss Ger
aldine Payne, Mrs. A. B. Turpin,
Miss Bess Bivins, Miss Elizabeth Ed
ridge, Miss Sara Britton, Miss Mar
thena Bivins, Miss Lois McMath, Mrs.
Nomdas White, Miss Leila Powell,
Miss Lula Mathis, Mrs. E. j. Eldridge,
Miss Linda Mathis, Mrs. Heys Me-
Math, Mrs. w. E. Taylor, Mrs. T. B.
Hooks, Jr., Mrs. J. L. Sparks, Miss
Georgia Bena Dodson, Mrs. Furlow
Gatewood, Mrs. D. K. Brinson, Miss
Kathleen Denham, Mrs. Walter Ry-
lander, Mrs. ]. D. Hooks, Mrs. James
Ferguson, Mrs. A. G.. Crockett, Mrs.
Stephen Pace.