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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13
COMMISSIONERS WOULD IN
VALIDATE THE COUNTY

SEAT PETITION
Over Half of Names Are Scratched
BY Board for. Petty Reason, and
Ex-COunty Clerk and Recorder of
Sheridan County Sent Out to Sc
cure Withdrawals From Petition.
BOARD ADJOURNED TO VERI-
Fly SIGNATURES ON PETITION
WITH REGISTRATION LIST
Froid Tribune: On Monday, the
10th delegation from Froid went
down to Mondak, the present county
seat of Roosevelt County, and filed
with Clerk and Recorder Dwyer a
petition containing LA names of
bona fide tax payers asking that a
special election be called to vote on
the question of placing the perman-
ent county seat. The petition was
certified to by Mr.. Dryer and within
the ten days allowed by law he gave
notice to Chairman Weinrich that
such a petition had been filed, and
he in turn Immediately informed the
other members of the Board that a
meeting would be held on Wednesday,
IAlC AOeAi, 1oI Tile puIpOSC VI COIlSIu-
ering said petition, and at the same
time, it is said, he also took imme-
date steps to prevent such election,
if possible.
Ben Johnson, the retired Clerk and
Recorder of Sheridan county, was at
once communicated with and hired to
circulate withdrawal petition among
the taxpayers who had previously
signed the Froid petition, and by
hard work managed to secure II
Withdrawals from the Froid petition.
The commissioners, or rather Vein
rich and Patch together with county
attorney Walton got busy and pro-
ceeded to scratch all but about sixty
names from the original petition
which would leave the document with
a insufficient number of signers to
call the election. Froid got next to
their crafty work, however, and took
the matter up with Attorney Howard
NJ. Lewis, who appeared before the
Board Wednesday at Mondak at which
time the. petition was supposed to-
be considered. The commissioners
gave as an excuse for scratching off
the names Of taxpayers that the
names 50 stricken did not agree with
the registration list. For example:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13
SAVE THE
PRIMARIES
i Continued from page. oIe)

You will be there to help "Save
the Primaries. You can't sign petit
tons or vote if you are not regis
tered. At the picnics there will be
Notary Public, supplied with cards
and there will be people with petit
tions for democracy's sake.
Ali naturalized citizens should
bring naturalization papers for pur-
poses of registration.
And don't forget the Gigantic
Second Annual Nonpartisan League
picnic that will be held at Brush Lake
on Friday, July II, when the worlds
greatest lecturer on economics will
speak, and on Saturday, July 18th,
when President Arthur G. Townley
President of the National Nonparti-
san League, will speak, appearing in
Sheridan county for the first time. 1t
will be remembered that these Town
ley and Mills dates have been changed
from June 9th and 2Sth to July II
and AZ, by the state headquarters.
Save the Primaries.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13
HOMESTEAD SOLDIERS
fftsr,} HAVE RETURNED

Sergeant w. H. Mckenzie, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan Mckenzie of
Homestead, returned from France
Saturday. where he was a soldier in
the 23rd Engineers. He arrived from
France May 18th and was mustered
out at Mitchell Field, Long Island,
N. Y. The Sergeant like all other re-
turned soldiers, is glad to get back
to Montana.
We also learn that Hans Hansen,
another soldier of Homestead, re-
turned Sunday, but have not been
able to obtain any particulars.-Medi-
cine Lake Wave.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OF FARM BUREAU
NET WEDNESDAY

The Executive Committee of the
Sheridan County Farm Bureau met
in Plentywood Tuesday afternoon
and transacted official business and
outline the work for the ensuing sea-
son. Among those present were
Neils Christensen Of Dagnar, Carl
Peterson of Welliver, Mrs. Clair
Stoner and John Stoner of Outlook
and Hans Madsen of Archer. The
committee decided to resume issuing
the Farm Bureau News and bids for
the printing of same have been re-
quested to the printers,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13
FARMERS AUDITING
ASSOCIATION WILL HOLD
ANNIIAT, MEETJNfs

The N. E. M. Farmers Auditing
Association will hold its. annual
meeting, Thursday, July 10th, 2 ID.
M, at Plentywood, in connection with
the threshers', grain dealers and
grain growers convention = Metfio6ss
Of grading grain, grain inspection
laws, seed laws and other matters Of
immediate interest and value will be
discussed in addition. to the regular
business 1.
II All directors Of farmers business
organizations are invited to attend.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13

THAT the name of C. S. Jacobsen
might not be the identical Softus ia
cobsen), and so on down the Line. AT
ter considerable persuasion on the
part Of Froid's attorneys the Board
decided to adjourn the meeting and
drive to Plentywood to verify the sig
natures on the petition with those OF
the registration list.
At this writing the county COM
missioners are at Plentywood check
ing the names, and as soon as this
has been done they will go back. to
Mondak for final elaboration, and
its cinch that if Commissioners
Weinrich and Patch can discover any
further excuse they will take advant-
age of it and refuse to call the cleo
ton at this time unless forced to do
so by law which will be the case in
event they fail to do their duty.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13
WHITEHALL JUSTICE
ASSESSES FINE AGAINST
FARMER BECAUSE OF
THE DELAYED MAILS

Scobey Sentinel: One of the most
peculiar cases of law enforcement
that we have ever heard of, was
brought to our attention few days
ago and comes from the village OF
Whitehall, where one D. Dunn, Off
ciates in his native baliwick, as JUS
tice of the Peace.
On April 10th, Elmer Dodd, a
farmer residing near Julian, applied
to the Secretary of State for 1919
automobile license and later received
an official receipt for his money, dat
ed April 80. On May 10, Mr.. Dodd
thinking that sufficient time had
elapsed to permit the arrival Of the
plates by mail at the Whitehall post
Office, drove his car to that village in
order to secure them. upon reach
ing Whitehall he was placed under
arrest by Deputy Sheriff Hale Mel
son, for operating his car without a
license and arranged before Justice
Dunn, who imposed and collected a
fine of ten dollars, in spite of the
fact that Dodd held an official receipt
from the Secretary of State for his
license, the plates for which had EVIL
IDENTIFY been delayed in the mails
through no fault of anyone.
No criticism of Deputy Nelson
could be made of his part in the mat
ter, he made an arrest where he
found a man apparently violating the
law, but what about the Justice whose
duty it was to ascertain the true
facts before taking action? Howev.
er, the case did not stop with the
payment of the fine by Mr.. Dodd, as
was expected; he wrote the Secretary
of the State relative to his rights in
the matter and received the letter
reproduced below:
Must farmer be compelled to
keep his car idle and walk or drive a
horse to town because the mail SER
vice is poor? Shall every petty lar
ceny small town official have the
privilege of touching the farmer for
his much needed money, merely be-
cause he has the law with him? We
do not think so. We believe that the
Whitehall interpreter of the law
should be compelled to refund the
fine money out of his own pocket and
other small town officials should use
a little judgment in enforcing the
auto license law.
The Secretary of States Letter
Mr.. Elmer Dodd,
Julian, Montana.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 14th inst.
The possession of the official regis
tration certificate No. 42484, dated
April 30th, 1919, will entitle you to
operate your car for a reasonable
time pending the arrival of your
plates.
If they are not received by the
time you get this letter, advise US
at once and we will mail you a new
pair. This official receipt is prima-
facie evidence that you have paid
your fee and that plates have been
delayed by mail. This is no fault of
yours, nor is it the fault of the state,
but simply one of the accidents, in
cident to the transaction of general
business.
You may show this letter to the
court if you desire and request him
to postpone definite action in your
case until you have had sufficient
time to locate the plates you are en-
titled to.
Yours very truly,
C.. T. STEWART,
Secretary of State.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13
MEDICINE LAKE MAY
l1$ VOTE ON BONDS

The City Council has received Of
fetal information that it is within
their lawful jurisdiction to call 4 spe-
cief election to vote on bonds for
building q IRE hall and Council
Chambers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13
COMMISSIONERS TURN DOWN
FROID COUNTY SEAT PETITION

Froid Tribune: The Honorable
Board of County Commissioners of
Roosevelt County at a special meet
ing held last Saturday afternoon at
Mondak turned down the Froid coun-
ty seat petition with a bang and
cast the "scrap of paper" into the
waste basket, at the same time de-
claring it to be a useless document
of no force or effect, claiming that
the petition in itself was void on ac-
count of not having sufficient names
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13

FOR SALE-Registered Short Horn
bull, two years old. Good individu-
al. Royalty bred, born and accli-
mated in Montana. T. w. GREER,
Plentywood, Mont. 9-t2-c
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13

Continued from Page One)
lSchnitx," eeze.APoplar Standard.
- 71t*T Gs-
,Froid says we got the county print
ing because We aged Jack Patch
| $4,000 .planks.
Quite nice little sum that.-Pop-
lar Standard. n
why is Froid," or "fWhat became
of the names on the Petition" is the
title of a little one act drama that
was staged this week by the County
Commissioners of Roosevelt county
Scobey Citizen.
TURNED DOWN
Froid Petitions to Call Special
Count Seat Election Denied By
County Commissioners
Culbertson Searchlight: County
Commissioners Weinricn and Patch
were in town last Thursday night and
Mr.. Weinrich informed the Search
light editor that the troid petition
asking that a special election be
called to determine the location of the
permanent county seat of Roosevelt
County, was turned down on the
grounds of there not being enough
legal signatures attached to the petit
| ton.
The petition was signed by 141
men, but was reduced about one-half
by the fact that the signatures did
not agree in every particular with
the signatures of presumably the
same men as they appear on the
Registration Books of Sheridan Coun-
ty.
Howard M. Lewis of Plentywood
appeared before the board in behalf
of the petitioners. We understand
that Attorney Vollum of Plentywood
was there, but in what capacity we
did not learn.
Two courses are open to the petit
tions, one of which is to take the
present petition before the court to
compel the County Commissioners to
call the election as the petition asks
for, and the other is to start fresh
with new petition and have each
signer sign in exactly the same man
ner as his name appears on the reg
istration books. The latter is prob
ably the cheapest and best way, as
court trials cost lot of money.
Culbertson Searchlight: The regis
tration committee of the Culbertson
Commercial. Club have succeeded in
registering over five hundred voters
in Culbertson and vicinity and the
work is not yet fully completed. They
are taking no chances, but are regis
tering everybody, regardless of
whether they voted at the last gen.
eral election or not. This will make
certain that their names will appear
on the poll lists correctly and will OBJ
viate any errors that might be made
| in transcribing the records or other
wise. If you have not registered re-
Gently, do so at once. 1t can be
done in Culbertson before Geo. K.
Dick, c. c. Lewerenz, Frank Moon,
Frank Catlin, Harry Dale or before
any notary public or Justice of the
Peace. If you are not registered you
cannot vote.
Culbertson Searchlight: On ac-
count of the violent dust and wind
storm last Thursday night the big
mass meeting, called by the GILBERT
son Commercial Club, was not so we'll
attended as might have been expect
ed. A fairly representative audience
of Culbertson citizens were present
with few interested farmers. After
an informal. discussion of county seat
matters it, was decided that gilbert
son would astand pat" Tor the pres
ent, as an Independent candidate for
county seat, provided that the cleo
ton was called.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13

"Why is Froid," or, "rWhat became
Of the names on the, Petition"tis the
title of a little one act drama that
was staged this week by the County
Commissioners of Roosevelt county
Scobey Citizen.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13

State Bank of Plentywood1
alton, plaintiff, VS.. John,
H. E. Ross and william
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-06
WRITING MACHINES

The first writing machine was pa tented in England 2o5 years ago to- morrow, Jan. T., TIA. by Henry Mill. an engineer. It was an ingenious ap- pliance, and its only drawback was that it would not write-at least, not at a speed that rendered 1t at all practicable. Milrs Idea was permit ted to lapse until 17s4, when another Englishman patented a crude writ ing device. This was also a failure. as was the 'typographer" of William A. Burt, of Detroit, patented in the United States in 1929. The only Burt machine ever built was des- troyed by fire at the patent office in 1S36. A Frenchman, Xavier Proyin patented in 1883 @ machine based on the principles of modern successful typewriters. Charles Thurber oi Worcester, Mass, came a little near CT to practical machine in 1S43, but was unable to obtain commercial backing for his invention. The first really practical writing machine wal built in 1867 at Milwaukee. and wat the product of the efforts of three inventors. G. L. Sholes, s. W. Soult and Carlos GIidden.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-06
lP-TO.T .THE.MINUTE DOINGS IN THE SPORT WORLD D
LEONARD AND DUNDEE MATCDB RIBBONS OPEN SEASON TOMORROW NIGHT
LEONARD WILL GET
 SAYS PER MINUTE

Benny Leonard, worlds light weight champion, is to receive slight ly more than $416 per minute for his eight-round bout with Johnny Dun dee, his Italian challenger. It is said the title holder has been guaranteed $10,00O, with a privilege of accepting a percentage of the receipts. For the "A minutes of actual boxing which the eight rounds will produce this sum averages a fraction more than $416. This sum will probably surpass any Leonard has earned in the ring since gaining the crown from Freddie Welsh, not excluding his tilt some time ago with Ted Kid Lewis, welterweight champion. Dundee, it is said, will receive fiat guarantee of $5,O0O, with per centage privileges similar to Leon ards.
 The contest has been definitely closed by the officials of the Newark Sportsmen's Club for Jan. 20. The bout will be the first under the aus pices of the new club, which was CnIy recently granted a license. The big bout will be held at the First Regiment Armory, Newark, N. J. The promoters are confident of a capacity l crowd. The armory IS admirably adapted for the purpose of boxing promotion. When the work of plac- ing the seats in the big building has : been completed there will be a seat ing capacity of II, 900. Of this num- 1 Der 5000 can be accommodated in a gallery surrounding the interior of the armory.
 Leonard will have all natural phy-
 sicaI advantages over his Italian rival The title holder will out weigh Dundee, though by what mar
 gin is prolematical, for the boxers have signed at catchweights. It is
 well known, however, that Dundee
 can make the legitimate lightweight limit without difficulty. Leonard's s
 ability to scale at 183 pounds is a question, especially since the title ! holder has accumulated weight in his
 capacity of army boxing instructor. l Despite the physical disadvantages, | however Dundee is confident of his ability against the champion. The
 Italian lightweight has just returned from vacation in the mountains, anf
 declares he is feeling in topnotch
 shape. His manager, Scotty Mon
 tieth, has no apprehension on the
 outcome of the bout. Dundee, 1T
 the condition he enjoys right now,
 said Montieth yesterday, will give g
 ringful of Leonards aif they can han
 dle for eight rounds. He has boxed
 the champion before, you know, and
 there wasn't much danger of Leon
 ard finishing him."
 Leonard is reported in hard train
 ing, anticipating stiff tilt with tn, 1 Italian boxer. In his recent bout
 against Paul Doyle at Philadelphia
 the champion seldom landed heavy blows for fear of injuring his hands
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-06
A PHYSICIANS
 ADVERTISEMENT OF
 TWO CENTURIES AGO

The first physician to engage news paper space to advertise his alleged ability to cure disease was, 1t is be- lieved. pr. J. Pechey, of London. In the Flying Post, (this was not an aeronautical publication, needless to say) of 219 years ago today, Jan. 6, 1700, this announcement appeared:
 At the Angel and Crown in Bas- ing Lane near Bow Lane liveth J. Pecbey, 3 graduate in the University of Oxford. and of many years stand ing in the College of Physicians in London; where all sick people that come to him, may have for six peHce faithful account of their diseases and plain directions for diet and other things they can prepare them selves. And such as have occasion for medicines may have them of him at any reasonable rates without pay ing anything for advice. And he will visit any sick person in London or . the Liberties thereof in the day time for two shillings and sixpence, and anywhere else within the Bills of Nor tality for Five shillings. And if he be called in by any person as he passes by in any of these places, he will require but one shilling for his advice"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-06
BENNY LEONARD
 vS, JOHN DUNDEE

Benny Leonard will meet Johnny Dundee in an eight-round bout at the Newark Sportsmen's Club on the night of January 20. Catchweights have been agreed upon despite the fact that Dundee and his manager had held out for several days for 1855 ringside. According to the club, Leonard was wilkng to make 136. This Scotty Monteith refused to ac- cept and put the matter up to Dun dee. Johnny, who is training at Lakewood, told Monteith to waive weight matters entirely.
 q want Leonard. The more he weighs the better chance l have of whipping him. When he's heavy he isn't in the best of condition, so take him any weight" was what Dundee told Monteith. With that under standing, Monteith and Billy Gibson have signed the articles calling for the bout.
 That Leonard weighs less than is generally believed Is certain, because Billy Gibson is hankering for bout with some fellow who will make a side bet on the weight proposition. Take for instance Kilbane's blunder when he signed to meet Leonard in a handicap match. He insisted that Leonard make 133. Johnny had been told confdentially that Leonard would have to saw leg off to make even 136. Johnny had a substantial bet up that Leonard would come in overweight, and Benny had to put up a like amount that he would be at 133 or under. AS the pair walked into the weighing room, Leonard sure that he was under the required notch, remarked to Kilbane:
 Johnny, you've made the blunder of your life this time. You didn't think I could make the weight The busybodies have gone and got you whipped, that's all. You'll find me well under 133. And sure enough Leonard weighed hardly over 132.
 The remarkable part about Leon ards weight is that he never has been forced to "dry out" for bout Drying out has killed many a great fighter. If it does not ruin them physically, it does kill off their speed and a fighter who has to go through that cruel process often never lasts | long.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-06
BENDER BELONGS TO PHILADELPHIA

The controversy between the New Philadelphia Nationals over Pitcher Chief Bender has been decided by the National Commission in favor of the Yankees. The case is an interesting test of baseball law, and once more establishes the principle that if club claims a player by the waiver route, and that player is not delivered to the club making the claim, it does not have to pay the waiver price.
 The Bender case came up last Summer when Chief Bender went to work in a shipyard in Philadelphia. The Tanks were anxious to buy the Indian, but President Baker wanted no less than $7,500 for the veteran moundman. About ten days later waivers were asked on Bender, and the Yankees claimed him. The In- dian then made it known that he was through with baseball and would have no further dealings with the Philadelphia club. After this blast from Bender, who was then under suspension, the Yankee club with drew it's claim for the player.
 The Philadelphia club, however, maintained that the Yankees were re- sponsibIe to the PhilIies for the waiver price for Bender. and put in a claim for $2.5O0. The New York club maintained that the PhradelpnIa club had not been able to deliver the player, and refused to pay.
 The Philadelphia club carried its appeal to the commission, and in the decision handed down yesterday at Cincinnati the claim of the Phillies was not allowed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-06
TENNIS OFFICERS ELECT.

denomination of the officers of th' United States National Lawn Tennis Association is announced in the re port of it's nominating committee, just made public by Jas s. Cushman, the Chairman. The other members ot the committee are Richard Bishop of Boston and R. L. Van Arsdale of Chicago.
 The ticket they have named Tor ,1re consideration of the delegates 2t til annual meeting of the National As sociation to be held in New York or Feb. ', follows:
 President, George T. Adee, New York; Vice-President, J. s. Myrick, New York; Secretary, Edwin Y. Tor rey, Clinton, N. Y; Treasurer, Albert H. Chapin, Springfield. Mass; EXecu tive Committee. Ex-President Harry w Slocum, ex-President Robert D. Wrenn; Sectional Delegates, Josep1 M Jennings, Middle States, Chestnut Hill, Penn; A. Y. Leech, Jr.. Middle Atlantic Section, Washington, D. c; Delewates at Large, R. N. Williams, 2d, Boston. Mass; Watson M. Wash burn, New York; Chaig Riddle, Philadelphia, Penn.
 An innovation appears in the addi- ton to the Executive Committee of two former Presidents of the as ciation, Robert D. Wrenn and Harry W. Slocum. This action was recom- mended at a meeting of the Execu- tive Committee last year and ap- proved at the annual meeting. It is felt that this procedure affords the committee an opportunity to profit from the experience gained " the executives, whose intimate knowledge of the associations affairs might not be officially available.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-06
SPORTING NOTES

Fight fans who can remember fif- teen years back will regret to hear of the death of Private Thomas J. Coyne, once famous as a bantam weight boxer. He died not long ago in French hospital from an attack of pneumonia. "Scotty' Coyne, as he was known to the followers of the fis- tic game, went overseas several months ago as a member of the S7th Canadian Infantry Battalion and took part in several battles. Fifteen years ago he was considered one of the greatest bantams in the East. One of his most important ring contests was staged in Gloucester, Mass, with Kid Goodman. The bout was a fifteen round affair and resulted in vic tory for "Scotty''