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wheat, at $500; and 1928 busbels
flax at $3.70, from the Farmers
Grain Company, Antelope.
Receipt No. 50 covers 13 bushels of
wheat at $2.35, L. A. Kuros.
Receipt No. 166 covers refund of
fire insurance on seed grain claim ON
which Warrant No. rs, for $1,000.
payable to Peter Westerlund was is
sued, was missing. The claim COW
ering Warrant No. 40 contains same
charge. Difference in amount re-
suited from change in price of seed.
Warrant No. rs, cancelled November
80, 1918. Difference in Warrants
$4,000.
Claim on which Warrant No. So
for $518.50, payable to Farmers
Grain and Trading Company, West
by, was issued but missing. 1t was
found that Warrants No. 81 and No,
73 were issued for duplicate claims
and both warrants were delivered
before error was discovered. A
"stop- payment" was filed with Treas
urer on Warrant No. 7S, and payee
requested to return warrant for can
collation.. At this date March 1st)
warrant had not been returned and
was being carried as outstanding.
/ Claim covering Warrant No. 60
for $106.25, favor Peter Breninsen,
was missing. This was a duplicate
of charges covered by Warrant No.
II and was cancelled November 80,
1918. These warrants also show
changes in amount. Differences in
warrants $18.75.
Claim covering Warrant No. 72, for
$45399, favor of Farmers Elevator
Company, Dooley, was missing. This
was a duplicate of charges covered
by Warrant No. 79. Warrant No. 72
was cancelled November 80, 1918.
Difference of $90.52 shows in these
warrants.
Claim on which Warrant No. 80,
for $1,294.40, payable to Sheridan
County State Bank, was issued;
could not be located. We were there
: fore unable to designate items for
which this warrant was drawn.
l, Warrant was paid by County Treas
urer.
The following warrants were cam
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separate fund to be known as said
"Seed Grain Fund" is hereby set
aside and created; that said "Seed
Grain Fund" shall stand in the name
Of 81. F. Redmond, County Auditor
and disbursing agent of the Board of
County Commissioners in the matter
of the purchase and distribution of
seed grain;" and
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED,
that the said county auditor and dis
bursting agent pay out moneys from
said seed grain fund only by checks
countersigned by the chairman of
this Board of County Commission
ers; and
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED,
that the said auditor and disbursing
agent keep a full and complete and
accurate record of all moneys and
funds paid out of said seed grain
fund and expense connected with the
sale Of said warrants and the ship
ping, handling, storage, keeping and
distribution of said grain and that
he keep a record of all sums paid
out for seed grain, together with the
nature of the seed grain purchased
and moneys expended therefor and
the price per bushel, together with a
complete, accurate and detailed re-
port of any and all receipts and ex-
penditures of whatsoever nature con-
nected with the sale of said seed war.
rants and the purchase and distribu.
tion of said seed grain; and a record
of all grain purchased and sold.
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED
that the said county auditor ane
disbursing agent commence his du
ties Immediately and forthwith ir
connection with said seed grain fund
and
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED
that the proceeds of said grain war
rants aggregating the sum of ter
thousand dollars be immediatel!
transferred to said seed grain &C
count standing in the name of tht
said j. F. Redmond, Auditor ant
IDisbursing Agent; and
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED
that as the proceeds of the sale O.
said grain warrants totaling the sun
of two hundred ninety thousand dol
lars come in that all of said proceed
of the sale of said warrants be en-
tered in said seed grain fund ant
disbursed as hereinbefore set forth.
. | Tha
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EXAMINERS NOTES

EXAMINERS NOTES
Under date of January 2, 1918, we
find a resolution in the Minutes of
the session of the Board of County
Commissioners, of which the follow
ing is a copy duly certified:
"At 200 p. M, Wednesday, Janu-
ary End, 1918, Board of County Com
missioners met pursuant to adjourn
ment had on Saturday, December
29th, 1917, and pursuant to call OF
County Auditor to consider seed
grain petitions filed; all members and
the clerk present.
WHEREAS, the circumstances and
conditions are exceptional and war
rant unusual and extreme measures
on the part of the board for the pur-
pose of assuring to the inhabitants
of the county seed grain in the event
that the majority of the electors
vote in favor of the purchase of said
seed grain;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RE-
SOLVED, that ten thousand dollars
worth of said warrants be immedi-
ately sold without notice, and that
the balance of said warrants, totaline
the sum of two hundred ninety
thousand dollars, in conformity tt
the provisions of Chapter IS, Session
Laws of 1915, be hereafter adver
tised and sold and that an agree.
ment be entered into by this Boare
with the purchaser or purchasers o.
said warrants that the proceeds o.
the sale of said warrants shall bt
invested in seed grain, which sale
seed grain shall be placed or left il
storage in the elevator or elevators
designated by the said purchaser O.
purchasers of said warrants and tha
the storage checks issued by the sait
elevator or elevators covering sait
seed grain shall be deposited in es
crow with some responsible bank o
Trust Company or other persol
agreed upon by this Board and tn
said purchaser or purchasers of sal,
warrants pending the result of tn
election on the question of whethe
or not this Board shall purchase see'
grain and expend for said seed gran
more than ter thousand dollars an
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A. Munson, A. w. March, Mrs. Lawr-
ence Sandvig, Carl B. Peterson.
Raymond-W. r. Mack, IL. b.
Braddock, Henry R. Smith, John
Jorgensrud, Melvin Everson, Mrs
Ida Granrud.
Redstone-Henry D. Loucks, Lewis
Smith. Paul H. Kanning, Geo. A
Simmons, Mrs. Geo. M. Stlfnger,
Elmer V. Bergh.
Scobey-Frank Hughes, Noah Eng
land. Frank M. Robinson, 5. H. Sin.
ner, Mrs. H. D. Ludington, Mrs. 0
Ell. Won Kuster.
Westby (and parts of McElroy)-
O. E. Lien, McElroy, Martin Nereson
Albert Mayhem, Ole Anderson, r. O
Whitetail-W. E. Dunn, Myror
Mendenhall. Julian, John o. Saun
ders. Luther. Dodd, Julian, Elmel
Dodd. Mrs. Fl. T. Stagg.
Madoc-Hans Hole, FL. Bourassa
Ed. Bucher, E. ]. LaRoche, Mrs. A
IN. Morrison.
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Continued from column 2 this page)
iurv had been filed with Judge Hqr-
lev, and would call one without IuLSne 4,.n+
er err petitions, M but it appears now t1l1 that
HST Judge Rs'iE1 Hurley has called a grand ,,,iiI
jury in Valley county Wmcn cLlnoctad @ni
to toe expose e sensational doing EN- in that hat
bailiwick. 1t is reported taaT t;ne tne
United States Department OF JuStlo9 '.I,
has had secret service men ao wG+n o,,;+a
tI election frauds and it is rumored that
their report will make sensational
and interesting reading 49,
When a grand jury petition IS : pre- y, :
sented, be ready to sign it; for II ., the
farmers keep eternally at 1t, tney
must be able TO bring some oI o"'
birds Of prey to justice in the eno'
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Chairman.


At 600 p. M, on motion, Board
adjourned until 900 a. m.., Thurs
day, January 3rd, 1918.
Attest: F. A. WEINRICH,
BEN H. JOHNSON, Chairman.
Clerk.
CERTIFIED COPY
Doc. No. 122491
State of Montana, County of Sheri-
dan, SIS.
l. A. A. Major, Clerk and Re-
corder for the County of Sheridan,
State of Montana, do hereby certify
the attached and foregoing to be a
full, true and correct copy of various
sections of minutes of Commissioner
ers proceedings appearing on pages
431-432 and 433 as the same appeared
of record in Commissioners Journal
No. 2 in this office.
Witness my hand and the seal OF
said Court, this 18th day of March
1919.
(SEAL) A. A. MAJOR,
Clerk and Recorder in and fol
Sheridan County, Montana.
CAROLYN MILLIGAN,
Deputy
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All these warrants, aggreganng
s35 100000 were endorsed over to the
Sheridan County State Bank and a
part of them subsequently endorsed
to other banks or bankers. War
rants Nos. 7677 to 1880, inclusive,
were issued for the purpose of pro-
tecting seed grain option until such
time as an election authorizing the
issuance of bonds could be consum-
mated. The issuance of said war
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Calls Attention to the Loose and Incom-
petent and Inefficient Manner in
Which Redmond and County Commits
sioners Mismanaged the Seed Grain
Funds---a Story of Fraud and Graft
to End of Chapter
Loss MOUNTS INTU THOUSANDS

for and overriding of the law.
1t is a story of monstrous stupid
ty on the part of the county com
misisoners, branding them as gross.
ly incompetent and unfit for any
public office and only worthy of the
contempt of all citizens and laying 9
foundation upon which custer pro
ceedings will in all probability be
instituted, fof these men cannot bt
allowed longer to mismanage the af
fairs of the county in the ridiculous
manner in which they have.
April II, 1919.
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S929.89
Amount of outstanding war
rants March 1. 1918......- S9l l.5U

rants March l, 1918--.------------9511.oO
The claims, above enumerated,
covering warrants subsequently can
celled should have been filed, and
preserved, with other claims as they
constitute the only authorization for
the entry of such warrants IN the
Register of Warrants and BONDS
Issued" -
The records had covering the
handling of this seed were very
meager. No receipts were required
from the elevators for seed shlppeu
them and transfers of seed from one
elevator to another were not re-
ceipted for. 1t was found IN some
instances that elevators did not nave
enough County seed of a certain va
riety to fill orders and some were
filled from stock of elevator, eleVat-
ors then taking sufficient amount
to reimburse them from other Varle7
ties owned by County. NO record
was made of such TRANSACTIONS eA-
cept notations on borrowers 0rqeI'
In the case of the Montana ana Da-
kota Elevator at Scobey, no re-
cords could be found The manager
of the elevator evidently kept no no
records of the transactions with the
County. It will be clearly evident eso, 10
your Honorable Board that all Hgufes
given erlative to the number OIL
bushels of seed on hand are approx
mate. as no accurate detail Oh Irails-
actions was available.
All monies received from the saiG
of Seed Grain Bonds were dep0siVeTT T
with the County Treasurer ana al. an
claims and warrants etfectlng Inns 'nls
fund with the exception OF IhG1e eIz
mentioned in this report are On IL. lie
in the office of the County AuultGl' Ai,tg
Respectfully submitted
II. S. MAGRAW,
State Examiner
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The Producers News publishes
herewith the story of the systematic
robbery of the taxpayers of Sheridan
county by the arch CRATER of the
northwest through and by means of
the Seed Grain Fund, which fund was
voted by the taxpayers of the county
to aid the farmers in time of war.
A careful perusal of the following
report tells tale startling in its
duplicity, its bare-faced robbery of
the people, and criminal contempt
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CO. DADS ALLOW CLAIM
FOR COUNTER SECTIONS

Timmons and Matkins Take Bit in
Teeth and Allow the Claim of
$500 Over Auditors Head, After
Reconsideration of Former Action
Disappearing Hocking's Claim.
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No claim of any kind was filed to
cover the issuance of these warrants
and it was clearly done on the
strength of above resolution. In adj
dition we find that the following war
rants were drawn payable to 81. F.
Redmond, Disbursing Agent Seed
Grain Fund.-" January II, 1918.
Conora1 F,,rd Warrant
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-15

51 Born, wednesday,, May TIN, a son
R6bept Ito Mr.. and Mrs iBennie Fra
chella.
Mrs. f. a. Mcdonald passed Sun
ttHaAysl aW SandgaSeu wifi Q her father
Henry MoBt who is i'll.
e2cRarMg hChaht0tp OF sspringfeld
VT, passed Sunday in town.
William Sanford Vas in Walling
ford on business Saturday.
Mrs. Jack Ross left Saturday for
Fort Edward, n. Y, to visit relatives
( Mothers day-wHl be observed al
;the NJ. b church Sunday. All mothers
are invited. The usual carnation will
be presented.
Mrs. n. L. Schutt left for Rutland
Thursday to spend a few days with
her son. c. l. Hendee.
Daniel Hayden, who is employed al
West Arlington and living al present
with his daughter, Mrs. John Carey
passed Sunday in town.
Miss Stella Shevelin passed the
week end in Bennington with hel
mother and sisters.
F. b. Patterson left Tuesday for
jamestown, n. Y, to attend the furni
ture exhibition, the Hale company
having chairs at the exhibit sn..4r
Rev. c. NJ. Woodmansee OF Western
New York conference recently trans
ferred to Troy Conference, preached
his first sermon at his charges a
East Arlington and North SALISBURY
Methodist churches Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Vanalstynf
and the latters mother, Mrs. Ira J
Warner passed the week end at Al
bany with Mr.. Vanalstynes parents
They made the trip by auto.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. Bahan passed
Sunday at Bennington with the form
ers brother II. +. Bahan who recent
ly returned from France.
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READsBoRo

Neal Dolan spent Thursday at
North Adams.
Harry French of Wilmington spent
Sunday at his home here.
Harry Pike of North Adams spent
Sunday at his home here.
Mrs. Clarence Carter visited friends
in Shelburne Falls Wednesday.
Mrs Lena Jillson and son, Stewart
lend at her. home in Wilmington
II. a. Spencer was q business yisi.
tor in North Adams on. Monday.
j, ]. Grandchaaip spent the week
end at his home in Moth Adams,
Miss Elena Maroni was a business
visitor in North Adams Wednesday.
Miss Celia Dority visited her par.
ents in North Adams Friday and Sat
urday.
Edward and Rogar Letoumeau we're
business visitors in North Adams
Tuesday
Mrs. Thomas Holt of North Adams
visited Mr. and Mrs II. A. Spencer on
Thursday.
Miss Moreno Roche of North Adams
spent the week end With Mr.. and Mrs
Louis Loiselle.
Lorenzo Maroli has received his
final discharge from the service and
reached here Saturday.
Mrs. A. Maroni and daughter Miss
Marguerite were business visitors in
North Adams Thursday.
Mrs. w. F. Bowler was a business
visitor in North Adams and Benning
ton Monday and Tuesday
Mrse Lena Jllson and son, Stewart
were the guests OF Mrs. W. Carneyat
Mountain Mills, over Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon Lafleur Of
Greenfield, Mass, spent a few days Of
last week at Mr.. Lafeur's home here
Guy Bartlett arrived home Thurs
day evening after receiving bis hon
orabe discharge from the U. S. sery
icc.r.
Mrs Gardner Brown of Shelburnt
Falls, Mass, has been the guest o
Mr.. and Mrs. o. G. Brown for a few
days.
Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Maroni, visit
ed their son, Lorenzo, jr, at CAM
Deyens last week returning will
him Saturday evening.
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AS YOUNG AS
YOUR KIDNEYS

The secret Of youth is ELIAiINA-
TION OF POISONS from your body.
This done, you can live to be a hundred
and enjoy the good things Of life with
as much pep" as you did when in the
springtime of youth. Keep your body
in good condition, that's the secret.
Watch the kidneys. They filter and
purify the blood, all Of which blood
passes through them once every three
minutes. Keep them clean and in
proper working condition and you have
nothing to fear. Drive the poisonous
wastes and deadly uric acid accumula-
tions from your system. Take GOLD
MEDAL. HARLEM Oil Capsules and you
will always be in good condition. You
will feel strong and vigorous. with
steady nerves and elastic muscles.
GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules
are imported direct from the labora-
tories at HARLEM, Holland.
They are reliable remedy which
has been used by the sturdy Dutch for
over 200 years. and hue helped them
TO develop into one OF the strongest
md hearthiest races of the World. Get
them from your druggist. Do not tax F.!
a substitute. In seated PACKAGE .
three sizes, =,
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PoWNAL CENTER

Clyde Peckham lost valuable
horse Friday night. Death followed
acute pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hayes of Ben
nington spent the weekend with their
parents here.
Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Wood are de-
lighted by the birth of a daughter,
born Tuesday May 10.
Charles Mason spent Tuesday night
with Hugh Slattery at Petersburg
Junction.
A son, John Cation, was born We'd.
nesday May to Mr. and Mrs Byron
Barber
Mrs. Clifford Ostrander underwent
three operations at the Putnam Mem
orial hospital Tuesday, Her condi
ton is still serious.
Mr.. and Mrs. Almon Rathbun and
infant son of Fort Ann, N. Y, and
Mrs, Walter Sumner and son of Gran
Vile, N. Y, motored here Saturday
to visit relatives Mrs. Rathbun ex
poets to spend few weeks here with
her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John
Sumner.
A number of relatives from this
place attended the funeral of Mrs
Jane Myers Mason in North Adams
Tuesday afternoon
Spring sowing is late this year II
this locality. Some of the farmers
have their oats in the ground, but fo
the most part the recent rains hav,
retarded much progress.
Roy Lampmah, proprietor Of tn
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-15
BEST JUNK PRICES

Cash for Old False Teeth (Broken or
noD We pay $500 to $500 per set.
Also actual value for Diamonds Wath-
es Bridgework. Crowns Old Gold, Sill
yer and Platinum. Send at once and
receive cash by return mail. Your
goods returned II price Is unsatisfac-
tory. Mazer Bros, B-2O07 $. 9th St,
Philadelphia, Pa.
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Charles Garfield.

Charles Garfield died at his home
on Water street Tuesday morning at
4 O'clock
Sunday afternoon he was found in
the bath tub unable to speak but un-
derstood what was happening around
him. He never recovered so as to say
anything. s,' - gDNNst
Mr. Garfield was born III Afiington
April Is, 1874, son of the late Louisa
White and Orlando Garfield. He has
always followed the trade OF carpen-
ter and was one of the best that the
town afforded. On June "a 1868 he
married Irene White of Baltimore,
Maryland and last June they very
quietly celebrated their golden we'd
ding. Mr.. Garfield has lived all of
his life in town. He was a member
of the Masonic Lodge No 60 f and
A. NJ. and held the Office Of Master
for number of times and the pres
ent year he was elected secretary of
the Lodge. He was also a member of
Red Mountain chapter No Al, o. r. s.
He is survived by his widow and one
son Ernest of Peterboro, who arrived
home Monday afternoon, also by two
granddaughter, Alice and Irene Can
field of Peterboro, Canada. The fun
eral will be held Thursday afternoon
at o'clock at the house. The Ma
sonic services are to be held at the
grave. All Masons are asked 10
cone.
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Women Backing the Soldier Boys

When the history Of the war has
been written tho work done b. the
women at home will impress itself
upon this nation asofew even now rea.
lie. Literally millions OF women
left their homes and took up war ac-
tivities into which women had never
before been called, and many more at
home devoted long hours at work in
knitting and preparing surgical dress
ings for the boys over there. Some
may have worked at the expense of
health and are now suffering from
headaches, backaches, dragging-down
pains or some arrangement 1t should
be remembered that Lydia +. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound for more
than forty years has been restoring
such women to health and strength.
and is now recognized as standard
remedy.
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ARLINGTON


Mrs. w. C. Vioult of Troy was in
town Sunday.
Judge z. H.. Holden of Bennington
was in town Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Buck have re-
turned from Salem.
r. Case of Kalamazoo, Michigan
is in town.
G. H. Rice has returned from New
York.
Mrs. William Startup of Albany
has been spending a few days in town.
James, William and Edward Con-
roy are on a business trip to South
Bend, Indiana
Royce Higgins has returned from
Middlebury.
Privates Charlie CALI and Carleton
Bells have received their discharge
and are at their respective homes.
Mrs. o. d. Gilchrist has returned
from a visit to NewsYork
Miss Grace tombstone of Rensselaer,
N. T., has been visiting her brother,
A. VI. tombstone.
Robert Young has accepted posi-
ton with Warner and busting and ex
poets to take up his new work June
LIST.
Mrs +. ]. Stubunanch, who has
been in Buffalo, has returned home.
Enos Lathrop and son of Benning'
ton spent Sunday in town.
The following articles were shipped
by the Arlington Branch of the Red
Cross 20 girls dresses, 10 sweaters
8 pairs of children's socks, 2 pairs OF
mems socks, woman's shawl. Mrs
Thomas Higgins, chairman of supply
committee.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. cAsssi9

Washington, d. c., May 1S.-Red
Cross home service workers in CO.
IeRexhtida with The 1areas sf-y2Sj5fk
insurance have investigated 1900
9ass@ sM snfeeaqaq lip JrsaingSil
beneficiaries of men who died in the
service in France. said "a statement,
made public at headquarters here e.
day. The bureau, because of its ad-
herence to policy of delivering
checks to allotees only, has experience
ed much difficulty in locating. the beng
ficiaries owing, to frequent changes Of
addresses, and $4,000 checks now are
being held here awaiting claimants.
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EAST ARLINGTON

j1 Born, wednesday,, May TIN, a son
R6best Ito Mr.. and1 Mrs. iBehnie Fra.
ehella.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-15

Pownal Center Garage delivered two
Ford cars Wednesday, A truck to
Brownell r. Wilcox and a touring car
to Leon Peekhalh. lwrfs 90 "aui
Mr. William Hyler and daughter
Miss Agness Hyler and Mrs. Carrie
T. Lippincott Of Port Chester N. Y,
opened their summer cottage here last
week. Hyler Lippincott OF New York
city arrived Tuesdaygsdfo1t aI So d
About fifty voting people attended
a reception in Summit Hall Friday
evening for returned soldiers. The
hall was prettily DECORATED in the ma.
tional colors, y Music for dancing was
furnished by WALLACE Dorman and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-15

George Oatrhan.l Refreshments wefe
served and the party, broke up at
a. m, after having spent one Of the
most enjdypbb evenings Iof the year
Those present from overseas were
Fred and Everette Lille, Ray Odell,
Allen Morgan, Lauriston Wilcox and
John WEIGH. = -iaf "a "A is,iaf b..a
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-31

Strike OF
TeIegraphcrs Is Asked
Unless Men Re-insfdfed

MNSHI\GIp> May 3o-Nc-
tOrding iu announcement mere Nv
.. H. Mcdowell. chairman of the
Legislative committee of the wash
ington district council. President :
! koncnkHmp Df the nnm'r' lhi
TcIcrrnphcrs' union, tonight sane
toned an ullimatum sent today I"
Officials of The american lcl"-
phone and Telegraph COMPANY hhd
aud othrr wirr companies ut At
hnta Ca, IN which nation wide
Strike Of mcmh,T- Of the tcIcR-
rauhcrs and electrical union work
,r- b, threatened unless n number
81 telephone operators rHrntN
H. charged In atlanta and Nicin-
.iy nrr rriustntCd 10y noon Monday
The strike. which would at ia"
start Involve more than 300, 90
commercial tclcErnphcrs and tclc-
puuur workers throughout tho
country. II was said, would b"
urIlrd ~ - protest against action
uf the companies In hisChhrging
nluut 100 girl- employed M At
lanta ~ operators b''iuS" they
tud affiliated win the commercial
Tclcpgrnphcrs' unlop