The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-04-25

Fulfilling our recent promise to
reproduce any extraordinary article
appearing in the "grafters organ,
the Pioneer Press, the Producers
News reproduces the leading article
of the journal, now famous all over
the state because of the fact that it
has drawn 500 per day for the last
ten months from the county by
means of scandalous and pilfering
printing contract, for the possession
OF which the above organ is under
lifelong obligations to faithful Frank
Weinrich, the now experienced coun-
| ty Commissioner of Roosevelt county.
| The article which we are reproduc-
ing has every earmark of being a
materly offspring of the trenchant
pen. of Climo Ellery, of the law firm
of Babcock & Ellery, long the per-
sonal advisor of Frank Weinrich and
the rest of the old gang, under which
gang leadership the county has been
plunged head-over-heels into debt
and under which gang guidance the
100000 outstanding warrant indebt-
edness, which the proposed bond is
/
of it the result of absolute graft
and of which quite goodly sum
went into the purse of the said Bah
cock & Ellery, for hrm of the
ability and standing OF the above
firm cannot donate its services to the
gang and must, of course be paid.
However, just the manner in which
+bo1v ,,,o,.o voo;J will oany, ho fr
the public through the columns OF
the Producers News and when the
farmers have read which they will
be able to understand why such 9
bond of sympathy exists between the
said firm of Babcock & Ellery, anC
faithful Frank Weinrich, bond thai
is no doubt responsible for the fac
that that firm has opened law Office
at Mondak where they will be more
available to the experienced Vein.
rich, faithful servant of the people
of Roosevelt county.
/ There is a reason for all things.
In order to keep the records clear
the editor of the Producers News
wants to state right here, that th'
Producers News has not been prom
ised the county printing by the boart
of county commissioners or any
one else whosoever; that the edito
of the Producers News has made
no deal of any kind with any one
and that this paper is under no OBJ
legations to any banker, lawyer, o
! political orgaization in Sheridan
county, except the Nonpartisa1
League; that the editor of the Pro
ducers News has never had even
polite conversation with the count,
!, commissioners of Sheridan county
and that if the Producers News get
the county printing it will be be
cause it is awarded the printing at
ter the contract has been advertise
l and because it submits the best bi
E in competition with all of the news
d papers of Sheridan county and
e this paper submits the best bid, w
: shall expect the contract; not be
: cause the county commissioners lik
.. the Producers News, but because tha
: board owes it to the taxpayers to &c
d the work done where it can get it tn
e cheapest, just as it is the duty of tn
S county commissioners to sell tn
bonds in the manner and after tn
fashion in which the most none
: can be saved to the taxpayers.
. Any allegation that the Produ.
ers News has made any deal or al
, rangements with the Sheridan Cour
ty State Bank is falsehood and
: made deliberately out of the whol
cloth. The editor has been in ths
!, bank on business as it has in tt
. other banks of Pletnywood. He hs
!. been in the private Office three time
> for as long as ten minutes at tin
:. since he has been in Plentywood.
The Producers News is absolutel
. neutral in the bond controversy {
q between the parties of the suit. TIL
n paper still maintains its position tn;
the bond agents should have bee
) called in and given chance to b
; on a serial bond. There was no e,
N cuse for not having done so; the ia
4 tics were in harmony with the usu
! methods of doing business in whit
" all of the bankers, and the law fir
% of Babcock & Ellery absolutely a
= ouiesed, in view of the fact that mol
y of the institutions ever raised vol
J. in protest when these debts were b
Of ing created, debts which for Il
l. most part is the results of the abs
in lutte throwing away of the people
money; and of which waste al