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The Raymer enterprise., 1919-06-26

reptitious. II would have been quietei
had Marshall had his way. But HI
himself had stipulated that Hardin
should be told Of his coming. he had
seen the telegram before It left thu
Tucson Office. He might be assuming
an unfamiliar role in this complicated
drama of river and desert. but It was
not to be as an eavesdropper.
The heavy bus was plowing SLOWLY
through the dust Of the street. Rick
ard was given ample time to note ths
limitations of the new town. They
passed two brick stores Of general
merchandise, lemons and woolen
goods, stockings and crackers disport
Ing fraternally In their windows. 4
board sign swinging from the over
hanging porch Of the most pretentioui
building announced the post once
From a small adobe hung I bram
plate advising the stranger Of ths
Bank Of Calexico. The 'dobe pressed
close to another two-storied structure
Of the desert type. The upper floor
supported By posts, extended over thu
sidewalk. Melted wire screened away
the desert mosquito and gave the over
hanging gallery the grotesque appear
ance Of huge fencing mask. From
the street could be seen rows Of beds
as In hospital wards. Calexico, It was
seen. slept out Of doors.
desert hotel" bawled tho darky
refining In his placid team.
"Yes, sab. I'll look out for your bag
Got your roomf The hotels mighty
sure to be full. Not many women VI
down this away. All the meu
mostly lives right heah at the hotel"
Rickard made a dive from 4 swirl Of
dust into the hotel. The long line he
anticipated at the desk was not there
He stopped to take In q valley innova.
tion. One end Of the long counter had
been converted into q soda-water bar
The high swivel stools In front Of the
white marbled stand. with its towerii
silver fixtures. were crowded with dusl
parched occupants Of the bus. A white
coated youth was pouring coloret
sirups Into tall glasses: there was .
clinking Of Ice; q sizzling Of siphona
That's q new one on me-" srinned
Rickard, turning toward the deal
where q complacent proprietor stood
waiting to announce that there was but
one room left.
.With bathTs
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-06-26
RICHARD "GoES IN," AND AS He GOES HE BEGINS TO
APPRECIATE THE DIFFICULTIES OF HIS POSITION

SynopsisK c. Richard OF the Overland Pacific rail-
called Office Of President Marshall In Tuscon Az While
waiting Rekad reads the OF the Colorado river
efforts Of Thomas Hardin head OF the Desert Reclamation
Hardin had been ckard In col
whom ckard had fancled he
Marshall tells Rkard the Overland Pacific
Imperial valley wishes send Rckad take chssge
embarrassment suppanng
Hardin but is
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How Will Hardin rseslvs ths

How will Hardin rseslve The
man who eomss - supp,ant him
and how Will Hardln's wife n.
eeIve the man who once had told
her Of HE love and then, tom BY
doubts, had run away from hsr
sxpsetant syesi Thsss ars quss.
tons that worry RIciard, but 10
10 not left long In doubt Oct
the ansssr, With RIekard, In the
next lnstallmsnt.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-06-26
tTo BE coNrINUED.)

"Tots" Philosophy.
Always carry q little phllosophS
about with you. A gilded searchliphG
Is Of little account to u big sut1
stuck u the mud,
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-06-26
CHAPTER ".
The Desert Hotel.

He left the dusty car with relief
when the twin towns were called. He
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-07-25
IFS FOR NONPARTISANS

If you can't buy bill of groceries
without getting a free lecture on boil
shevism thrown in, change stores,
and If that doesn't help, try another
town or send away.
Ii you can't ask for bit of ac-
commodation at your local bankers
without being browbeaten and in
suited, change banks, or get out
among your neighbors and start the
ball rolling for a community bank.
Ii you can't get shaved without
having to listen to a torrent of [. V.
A. wisdom from tonsorial parrot,
change BARRIERS; and if that doesn't
relieve the situation, buy a safety
razor at a hardware store where /.
V. AS and Leaguers are treated
with equal courtesy and impartiality
II you can't go to church without
listening to political lecture, look
for a church where the plain gospel
is preached to saints and sinners
alike. @
If the newspapers that are coming
INTO your home are opposed to your
best interests and supported by She
people who are fighting you, cut
them out and subscribe for newsps-
prs that are financed by and run in
the interest Of the common people,
Cando N. - hcc0TG.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-07-25
MAN BROWNS IN G.. n.
RESERVOIR AT SNOWDEN

Bainville Tribune: Nels Chelte, a
Well known farmer OF the FalrvleW
country, was drowned In the Great
Northern reservoir at Snowden last
Thursday evening while in swimming
with a number of others. Chelte
was a good swimmer and had been
in the water for some time and it
is thought that he was taken with a
sudden cramp and was unable t.
swim ashore.
No one had been paying him any
particular attention and he had
swan away from his companions
when suddenly he showed signs of
distress and before assistance could
reach him he went down for the
last time. Efforts, which continued
most of the night, were made to re-
cover the body, but it had to be
abandoned until next day when it
was finally recovered Coroner
Gustafson was called to view the
remains and after investigating the
circumstances decided that an in
quest was unnecessary and the re-
mains We're taken to Fairview for
burial.
Chetle was on his way to Canada
with carload of stock and was
WAITING for his car to be switched
on to another train He was 80
years old and is survived by a wife
and several children.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-07-25
FIRST SCOBEY WAR BRIDE
ARRIVED LAST WEEK

Scobey Sentinel: The first real war
bride to reach Scobey was Mrs. Alex
Mallard, who arrived in this city
Thursday from Havre, France. Mrs.
Mallard was formerly Miss Margaret
Matlen of Lenvuin Cher in the big
war zone where she met Private NAL
lard of this city, who left his home
stead west of Scobey in May, 1918,
and responded to the call of the COL
ors. Soon after entering the army
ne was sent overseas with the thous-
ands of other American boys to
fight for democracy. Between trips
back from the big noise to rest up
from the strain of the struggle, Pri-
vate Mallard met Miss Matien and in
January of the present year they
We're married.
Returning to this country on a
transport in May, Mr.. Mallard was
discharged from the army and i'm
medlately sent for his bride. Mrs.
Mallard sailed from Havre on June
Il. They will make their home on
the Mallard farm west of this city.
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YOUNG BAINVILLE COUPLE
HAPPILI WEDDED

Bainville Tribune: A very pleas
ant gathering of relatives and a few
friends witnessed the marriage OF
Miss Ella Job and Thomas Aloud at
the Aloud home Sunday afternoon
at 2:30, Father O'Rouke officiating.
The rooms weer lastly decorated,
blue and white being the color
schemes. The bride was becomingly
gowned in white silk vita veil and
orange blossom and carried a bou-
quet of lilies of the valley. The
groom was dressed in the conven-
tional black.
After the ring service congratu-
lations were extended to the happy
couple. Following the congratula-
TORS the guests were seated to a
bountiful wedding dinner.
Both parties to the happy affair
are well and favorably known resi-
dents Of this place, the groom being
the junior member of the Golden
Rule, and has been a resident of this
city for a number of years. The
bride is also well and favorably
known here, having resided with her
parents in this vicinity for several
years previous to their removal to
Oregon and where she accompanied
them.
The happy couple left the same
day for Great Falls and other west
ern points where they will spend a
short honeymoon before returning
to take up their residence in this
city.
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JASPER MACANUFO WILL APP
PEAR BEFORE DISTRICT
FOR STABBING GEO, NICK

Culbertson Searchlight: Last Fri
day, July 18th, after the Searchlight
had gone to press, a stabbing ARRAY
case was up for preliminary exam
nation before Frank Moon, Justice
OF the Peace, Jasper Macanufo was
the defendant, charged with assault
with intent TO commit great bodily
injury, upon the person of Geo.
Nick, on or about July /, 1919.
Senator John L. Slattery ap-
peared for the defendant and Depu-
ty County Attorney Frank NJ. Cat
lin represented the state.
From the testimony it Appeared
that there was a scrap on between
the complaining witness and the
defendant when the latter drew a
knife and stabbed Nick in the side.
This ended the scrap and the de-
fendant made his escape. He was
arrested by Sheric Macy later at
Minot.
Macanufo was bound over in the
sum OF $1,000 to appear before
Judge Conner at. The netx term of the
district court. Bonds have not AS
yet been furnished and the defend
ant is in the custody of Sheriff Ma
cey.
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PIG

/ always like a pig.
His appetite is big,
But he isn't like chicken with its
dig, dig, dig;
And he isn't like some men
Who are only happy when
They have grabbed the choicest NOR
sci in the other fellows pen.
q pigs not over neat,
And his foods not always sweet;
And his highest aspiration is to eat,
eat, eat.
He's the synonym for greed,
But, unke the human breed,
He doesn't keep on piling up a lot
he doesn't need.
Now a hen will scratch around
Over forty leagues of ground,
And holler, Come and look at what
I've found, found, found"
And man is much the same
With his thirst for empty fame,
But pig just fills his stomach, car
ing naught for praise or blame.
an imposing front
Is the humans favorite stunt,
While pig dismisses pretense with
grunt, grunt, grunt.
No, his figure isn't trig;
His mentality's not big;
And he's apt to be untidy-still, al
ways like pig.
-Lippincott's.
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down the margin between his own
wages and his bare necessities.
Nor has the farmer mutilated his
own income that he might, like the
fakir of old, develop spirit for agi-
tation.
1t is just those who want things
to remain as. they are, who have so
far overreached in their power to
exploit, that things as they are, are
no longer workable for the common
people.
I The very existence of the common
people as civilized human beings de-
mands fundamental change.
The worker in the city must have
a steady wage income above the
bare necessities.
The farmer must be freed from
profiteefing in his produce and from
holdups on supplies and service.
Until these conditions are brought
to pass there must be unrest foundcG
on the best reasons in the world and
on reasons directly supplied by those
VINO would avoid change.
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The Trial at jackson

Conviction of A. C. Townley and
Joseph Gilbert on a charge of con-
;spiracy to defeat the state sedition
law is not being seized upon by Min
nesota politicians with the alacrity
that had been hoped for it.
It's a little too full of dynamite
for safe handling, according to the
views of these gentlemen, who fear
that it might explode in their hands.
The trial at Jackson was so utter
ly prejudiced, so sadly one-sided,
that sentiment in the town, at first
deeply hostile to the League chiefs,
shifted to severe censure of the court
and the prosecution.
Mr. Townley condensed into a
single paragraph popular sentiment
on the verdict. He said:
Judges and lawyers may bubble,
but In the court of public opinion the
common sense of the people will new
er approve a ruling that says a man
may merely deny he is dislOyal and
is forbidden to prove by constructive
testimony that he is loyal"
Although the prosecution was
given every opportunity and en-
enlargement to mislead the jury,
the defense was hedged about with
limitations that prevented it from
introducing any constructive evil
dence that would have proved con-
.clusively that Mr. Townley had con-
.sisaentIy supported the war.
The opposition has made much of
the fact that it was jury Of farm
ers that convicted Mr.. ToWnlc.r and
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-07-25

| bankrupt condition, we insist that
the same ends could have been
cached, the same results secured
for great deal less money.
And the county must sooner OF
Ii.ter stop these drunken money
spending sprees.
More economical methods must
BE Cnvlsed.
If it be necessary as M. Girard
CLAIMS, to provide some means of
making passage way, fully pro-
tected, from the court room to the
Judges Chambers, it occurs to us
that it could be done by means of
tne woven chicken netting we'll
Supported by we'll planed two-by-
tours, for very trifing expense.
This would also allow sufficient light
into the clerk of courts Office for
the transacting of what little bust
ness that comes into that office. This
could be beautifed and relieved by
draping with bunting, and royal
red carpet strip could be run from
the door of the court room into the
chambers, giving the whole arrange
mcnt a bright and cozy appear
ance.
We insist, that while these things
should by rights be done, yet the
most economical methods devisable
should be utilized and we are sur
prised that Judge Conner, wise aDd
learned as he is, was unable t. see
Ire inexcusable waste and extrava-
gance Displayed in resorting to
shinay steel counter sections for the
purpose in mind.
! TIE Judge says that the county
commissioners bought the counter
sections and therefore the county
will have to pay for them and he die
not. say this exactly on his own say
so either as he also referred the in
terested taxpayers to what several
other very learned gentlemen said
about doings Of this kind.
And ii two or three crazy county
commissioners had decided to buy
solid gold counter sections, studded
with rare gems, just to liven up the
court room a trifle, costing the peo-
pie $803,000, instead of $4,000, the
same law cited and arguments used
would have been just as sufficient
and under the circumstances, just
4 exactly as reasonable and convinc-
ing.
| For county commissioners arg
county commissioners; and there, is
no law to protect taxpayers from
the antics of idiots if once they get
into office.
| We repeat, it is really foolish and
simple to protest in the face of all
the idictic things that have been
done before, and it is surely vain to
expect to pick persimmons from
| squash vines.
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Sabotage

Millions OF pounds of meat, pur-
chased by The government for use by
the army are lrotting in warehouses
while people Of the country are pay
ing exorbitant prices Tor meat N the
shops.
Propaganda Of packers is iespon--
sible for this enormous waste.
It was aided by the war depart
ment, which listened &c the pleas Oh
the packers and did nothing nor mas
it vet done anything the meat
was unfit for use.
The packers were able to keep Up
nrices in the United States Whiie
This waste was going on. They made
the open plea that this meat be SOLD ,
n Europe, where prices were as high
as they could be maintained ana
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Creators of Unrest

The danger in present day discon-
tent throughout the world, that is,
the danger for those who want things
to remain just as they are, is the
there is so much good reason in it.
1t is not a part of good reason in
the workingma7f to see his children
going hungry and lifted without
protest.
There is nothing to commend the
spirit of him who would starve to
death rather than cry out against
things as they are.
1t is not part of good reason in
the farmer to let his little surplus
melt away under the attacks of the
protiteers and to substitute his wife
and children for the hired men with.
out protest.
If the toilers didn't have these COM
pelllng reason, which all real men
would have to respond to, there would
be little or no unrest, as it is called.
Who has furnished these good rea-
sons for discomfort?
Surely the workman has not cut
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, Mr.. Gilbert.
However, the jury of farmers was
handpicked by the county commits
sioners and on the panel of I41 VEN
iremen, there was not single
Lacquer, although the League came
within 81 votes of carrying the coun-
ty last fall.
The jury of farmers that finally
was chosen to try the case was per-
mltted to hear only one side of the
argument.
No matter how fairly jury might
have been chosen, the obstacles
placed in it's path by those in auth
ority made it well nigi, impossible
to arrive at a fair ver.!,ct.
While the prosecution was permit
tel to introduce opinion and CON-
nn1t regarding speeches. testimony
ths>: was vital to the defense wSs
barred by rulings of the cor-
y mistake in the initial IF enc of
tn witnesses, later rectlhed, 1a.1cd
al innI crtant witness f.rn, the
stand.
Mr.. Townley finally was denied his
constitutional right to plead in his
own behalf, and the case We. gi>rr
to the jury without an argument be-
ing presented by the defense.
Although the conviction may be
used for while by the opposition, it
will soon fall fiat, because the peo-
pie Of Minnesota will not counter
ance such a miscarriage of justice as
that perpetrated recently by the
court at Jackson.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-07-25
Counter Sections

VI course after the county has
purchased five or six dictanhones
winch are now discarded or arc Low
ing ABOUT town in the private nsa
OF private citizens; of co,Irsn .fter
1DuyIng me glass top desks and al
lowing them to be spirited in some
manner out OF the court house: of
course after buying electric fans to
oe used for Christmas presents for
friends of the gang; of course after
puylng and storing about steen bar
fels OF Ink and several cords of
penclis, and rolls of blottinp Daner
and $4,000 or $40, 900 worth of 9th
ncracks purchased from one
Mi. J0e Mossing BY . e9 ,,...s,r
of commissioners long since en-
tered into a condition of mental de-
teriofation or brain sluffing; of
course after spending a couple of
thousand dollars of the peoples
money to pay outside lawyers fees
10 keep from paying deputy sheriff
his honestly earned wages, only to
afterwards pay them; of course af-
ter all of these practical demonstra-
tons of softened and weakened
minds, it would be too much, in
deed, to expect that the taxpayers
could avoid paying for the counter
section folly or fancy.
Yes, that would be too much to
expect
Of coarse, some will say that the
corusser sections are needed-badly
needed.
Mr.. Oscar Girard insists that
they are needed mainly for the pur-
pose of keeping the sweaty sodbus-
ter away from brushing up against
the Judge when he passes from the
court room to the privacy of his
sanctuary just off from the public
office of the Clerk CT Court,
This argument is vc-y convincing
Almost any on n see how
desirable this is. L 1-ould by al
means be done. It is a3solutely un-
American to have q condition exist
ing whereby His Eo2or is compelled
to brush elbows with uncouth clod
hoppers and untidy ti!lers Of the
soil. Such a condition is unthink-
able and intolerable. It might in.
convenient bankers, lawyers and
others of the elite and select of the
class of the washed and frilled, II
finding their way to the presence OF
the Judge, put they have lots OF
time, and in view of the ends OBJ.
tanned, can afford to submit to cir,
cuitous and round about and sindi-
rect ways.
All this we say, we grant without
argument, is desirable and neces-
sary to any self respecting commu-
nifty; but in the face of the poverty
of Sheridan county, in view of its
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-07-25
GOOD YEARS BUSINESS
FOR FARMERS G.. & T. co.

Westby News: Saturday last the
officers and directors of the Farmers
Grain & Trading Company held
their annual meeting. A report was
made of the years business, which
showed that the company has pros
pered, and a nice dividend was de-
clared for the stockholders, which
speaks well for the present manage
ment and the able corps of assistants.
The amount of business transacted
the past year very nearly doubled
that of the year previous.
The old officers were reelected
with the exception of Mr.. Mathew,
who was elected in the place of Geo.
klttleson, resigned.
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Revelations of the power exerted
by the packing combine even over
federal departments has aroused the
entire nation" he said. ''The indig-
nation promises well for the bills now
in congress demanding drastic regu-
iation of the food packing industry.
A united front against this monopo-
listic aggression by the farmers and
wage-w workers, by producer and con-
sumer, will bring results at this ses-
sion OF congress"
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where this meat would have had
little effect on prices.
In that way the market was kept
at the top at home. The packers ar
gument, made unblushingly, was that
the sale in the United States might
break the market!
And yet the farmers of the United
States are getting Jess than before
for their beef cattle, while the price
of meat to the consumer has actually
increased! There is no explanation
of this phenomena from Washington.
They record it.
That is all.
Stastics available prove that the
wholesale price has dropped more
than 20 per cent, yet the price on the
retail market has increased as much.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-07-25

The press of the Democratic par
ty is making much of a cartoon
showing Elihu Root, of fragrant Wall
street memory, pushing aside Knox,
Penrose, Lodge and a few other
senators and molly exclai,ning: "The
president is right" The president
may be right, but this kind of testi-
mony is just the sort to 'discredit
him. 1t takes quite a little imagi-
nation to believe that Root, who has
always been on the wrong side, is
now right. The Democrats would do
well not to overburden our minds. e.
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ASSISTANT ATTORNEY =
GENERAL GRoRUD spp,o,
WEEK AT nv

Assistant Attorney GeDs,,,
rud who has been in Sheriff. G
ty for the week prior on hua; n eoQ
connection with the investin s.aea'
the election frauds wb;sssf0
place last fall and other COL n "
went to Havre Sunday eve riaptp
attend to several prosec,tioua ag
have been instituted againat WY ~
piggers and others in tbst Oh
Mr.. Grorud will return to D s
wood the first of next weet tlene
tinue his work here. 7" O.
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The peace conference delegates as
sure US that the peace decided on is
not so much the expression of our
war aims as the "best under the cir
cumstances." Inasmuch as the allies
did all the talking at Paris it would
appear then that the allied delegates
got under a lot of mighty poor cir
cumstances. We continued the war
for two years for principles only to
allow them to be pushed aside by
ourselves for a few circumstances"
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Socialism, anarchy, ~
Free love and the rest!
When you have no case at all
These arguments" are best.

1t is, curious low we reserve oug
bad names for supposed siners in the
common herd of humanity. The 9TH
er day the Hudson Coal Company
sent a car Of powder into tunnel
with q trainload of miners in def
ance OF the Pennsylvania state law
1t was probably its common practice,
but this time the powder exploded
and several scores of workingmen
were killed or injured. Yet not once
he's the press thought of calling the
company officials anarchists Tor their
contempt of law and disregard OF
human life.