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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-07
The Weather
Forecast, yier
fOrccasti vitElnl.,-
Fnir Friday. slightly
warmer east portion.
Saturday partly cloudy.
North Carolina--Fnir
Friday. slightly warmer
central portion. Sutur-
day partly cloudy.
Local Tempcrntur, Ycst,r,lny

Local Temperature Yesterday.
q J.. ~. temperature. ............... b
MaSitnum temperature To y. NJ.
aihinofn Temperature to l.. Nj
aitHh ttnipcra> yesterday
Normal temperature Tor this dats..
Der.!cncy yesicrduy .........
Dticichcy vi nee M.lrch i.
Deficiency since January I.......... "a
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-07

Local observations ut y r.. VI. Yesterday.
80 wind direction. northeast: wind cclovt,y
is' weather at u M, clear
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-07

somehow this German ctAir reminds us OF
a fellow getting mad that he hites OF his
own leg.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-07
Precisely.

And would rather make the sally
Then sit there WHITING N the valley.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-04-02
D0LlN AGAIN
MANDAMUS
co. AUDITOR
Will Try to Force Her to Audit Claim
Not Properly ltemized and One
For Which He Has Not Furnished
Proofs of Publication.

Again Joe Dolin ruSles madly into
court.
This time he wants another man
damus.
He wants to rnandamus Mrs.
OGrady to audit another large claim
filed a year ago last spring and which
has not yet been audited.
This particular claim is for the
printing Of the minutes of the pro-
ceedings of the Board of County
Commissioners and other legal no.
tices.
The auditor has held this claim for
proofs of publication and copies of
the proceedings and legal notices, so
she can measure the folios and check
the bill as the law requires.
Mr.. Dolin has been requested time
and again to bring the proofs of pub
lication, and the claim would be aud
tied, but this he has steadily refused
to do for reasons best known to HIM
self. Not wanting to produce the
proofs of publication, lie now asks
the Judge to issue an order directing
Mrs. O'Grady to audit the same with
out the proofs.
The writ is returnable Monday,
April 5th. County Attorney Gunth-
er will appear for Mrs. O'Grady.
1t is a safe bet that Mr.. Dolin will
have to produce his proofs of publ
cation before he gets his claim audi
tied. .
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-04-02
N. D. VOTERS PASS
FOUR AMENDMENTS
League Took No Part in the Presi-
Dental Primaries-JOhnsOn Won.

Fargo, N. D.-Four constitutional
amendments submitted by the Non
partisan league legislature were rati-
ned by overwhelming popular vote at
the North Dakota presidential prefer
ence primary election. The amend
ments provide as follows:
Give citizens right to recall all
elective public officials.
Facilitate municipal ownership of
public utility enterprises.
Allow leasing Of state coal lands
for agricultural purposes.
Allow voter, moving prior to an
election, to cast vote in his old pre-
clnct until he acquires voting privi-
leges in new precinct.
These measures secured two-to-
one vote in the large cities, which
previously had been anti-League
strongholds.
The League, as an organization,
took no part in any other matters
passed upon at the election. Leading
League farmers, however, were ex-
tremely active in supporting the cam
paign Of Hiram johnson for the Re-
publican presidential nomination, and
W. J. Bryan for the Democratic presi-
dental nomination. Both johnson
and Bryan Won overwhelmingly and
North Dakota delegates to the ma
tional conventions are pledged to vote
for these candidates.
A EIGHT VOTE
A blizzard swept North Dakota on
Continued on Page Four)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-04-02
COUNTY AGAIN
sues D0LlN

The County of Sheridan, through
County Attorney Gunther, has
brought another suit against Joseph
Dolin for the recovery Of money, al
legged to have been paid to that gen
tleman, fraudulently, by means of
fraudulent claims, presented to the
County Comm 3 ! wear trpc
last November during that Saturnaiia
of allowing any and all bills on those
former dark November days. This
suit, it is reported, is the first of a
number Of suits, which will follow on
behalf of the county in rapid success
sion, in which County Attorney
Gunther will endeavor to recover for
the taxpayers of Sheridan county a
part of the thousands of dollars that
Dolin has defrauded the county out
Of by means of a printing contract
and perjured and fraudulent claims,
This case which County Attorney
Gunther has just filed is Identical
with the case filed last spring against
Dolin wherein he recovered about
$1,000 which that gentleman had col
lected from the county by means of
the $1,000 was for excess money paid
AoA SAAN RAAAtII6 u Vic IlIlldly Ddl.
lots for the primary election of 1918.
The case now filed is for the recov-
cry OF excess money paid Dolin for
the printing of the official ballots
used for the general election in the
fall OF 1918. The contract and the
facts IN the case filed against Dolin
Wednesday are identical with the
case last spring in which the huge
recovery was made.
The claim on which the county at
torney brought suit for recovery, is
No. l75O3 and on Warrant No. 9484,
in the sum of $1696.80, and which
claim was filed November 25th, 1918,
and audited by James F. Redmond,
by his wife and deputy, Bernice Red
mond, and the Warrant was issued
by Mrs. Ben johnson, by her deputy,
Rodger Burke, and countersigned by
Frank Weinrich, chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners.
The County Attorney alleges that
out of the $1696.SO collected by Dolif,
on the aforesaid claim and warrant
that Dolin actually had coming by
virtue of his contract, only $285.46,
and that Dolin had collected illegally
the sum of $1411.34 for which he, the
county attorney, had made demand,
together with 20 per cent penalty and
8 per cent interest as is provided by
law in cases where money is fraudui-
emily collected from the county, and
"that the defendant had failed, ne
elected and refused to return or to
repay the said sum-" and wherefore
the county attorney in behalf of the
county asked a judgment in the sum
Of $1411.34 together with penalty
and interest, which will amount to
$1862.95
And other cases will follow.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-04-02
FARM BUREAU
IS CLOSED

As it has appeared best to close
the +. &. Office, because there are no
funds with which to pay the Coun-
ty's portion of the budget needed for
Extension work in the county, l
want to again thank each and every
citizen and F. B. member and all for
the cooperation which l have re-
ceived all the time that have been
among YOU I have my failings and
make mistakes, but try not to make
the same mistake twice. Above all
else, must say that l have enjoyed
the work with you IA years). Some
things have been accomplished. There
is much left undone and will always
be plenty to do. There are many
pending action in the Office now that
cannot give attention. Therefore
in this letter shall attempt to ans
wer your inquiries collectively, and
announce the closure of the F. B. Of
flee.
The Federal Relief Bill has passed
the House. It is now pending action
of the Senate. This bill of $2,OOO,-
900 provides $500 for each needy
farmer on crop land. The Senate is
expected to pass this bill before you
get this letter, however, if you need
assis .,'rce, vou should write your SEN
ators, I. j. Walsh and H. l.. Myers
in Washington, D. c., and point out
your needs and what the farmers of
Montana did during the war, in
creased acreage and all that: and lost.
The Federal Relief will be handled by
the Department of Agriculture and
Continued on Page Four)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-04-02
COUNTY COMMITS ( (
SlONERS MEET
As County Canvassing Board, Then
Convene As Board Of County Com
MISUNDERSTANDING to Administer
Seed Grain Fund.

The Board of County Commission.
ers, all members present, convened
at the court house last Monday af-
ternoon as a canvassing board and
canvassed the results of the seed
grain election.
After the canvassing, the Board
convened as the Board of County
Commissioners and transacted rout-
inc business and took up the prelim-
mary work of administering the
seed grain fund.
Considerable time was consumed in
discussing whether applicants for
seed grain would be given orders and
allowed to buy the seed grain where
ever they can find it or whether the
grain would be purchased in uuanti-
ties from those who are possessed of
considerable seed grain.
The law provides that the Commits
sioners must buy the grain and dis
tribute the same, charging a certain
price for the seed grain. The Com
missioners decided to abide by the
law which decision was very satisfac-
tory to thessSsseed grain spectators.
The law also provides that the Coun-
ty Commissioners shall purchase by
bids all of the supplies to be fur
nished the applicants applying for
sions. However, lie Con comfy o comw;s- nauH
sioners decided mol to follow the law
in this instance, hut to give orders,
and allow the applicants to get the
orders filled. wherever the applicant
desired, thus, placing all merchants
IN competition. This plan is more in
harmony with the wishes Of the mer-
chants, if it. is out of tune with the
law. The applicant for aid will not
get any money, this will prevent any
mail order business, and will guaran-
tee that all Of the money will be
spent with merchants in the county.
The interesting part of the ar
rangement is that the law is the ex-
cuse that prevents the giving of or
ders to the applicants with which to
secure seed grain, because the COM
have friends who do not
want to have the seed grain purchas-
ed that way and the law is violated
for the same reason, that the COM
missioners have friends who want the
law violated. k Ii anothers case of
conflicting inke asta II VI; n 5 serrhants
must be satisfed ana m ais3I sE TIE seed ID
grain spectators.
If the applicant We're given an or
der for seed grain, he could purchase
the same from any neighbor who
might have it, or several could pool
and have a local elevator ship in a
carload if money could be saved in
that way.
This would, however, interfere with
seed grain spectators and their So
curing fancy price.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-04-02
STATE HAIL LOSSES
ARE ALL PAID

With warrants in the mail totaling
$4,000 every claim for hail losses un-
!lerwritten by the state has been paid
in full, according to E. X. Bowman,
chairman of the state board of hail
insurance. The warrants which are
now being sent represent 10 per cent
of the total losses incurred by farm
ers who insured their crops with the
state in 1919 and winds up the bust
ness for that year. With indications
for a good crop year in Montana and
more normal conditions, it is expected
that the volume Of business in 1920
will greatly exceed former years.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-04-02
STATE IN RED WITH
637,776 DOLLARS

M ntana's general fund is in the
red $G31 ,77G.Gt, loi' the quartH
ending February 20
State warrants outstanding for
November, Decesnhc,, January and
February have been registered and
interest has stopped. Warrants for
October and November were called
in February 10th wien interest stop
ped. Warrants OF December and
January have also been registered
and interest has stopped and Feb
rua,v warrants will not be registered
Tuesday afternoon, 1t is believed by
state officials.
Warrants previous to November
have been redeemed by investing
them in the common school perman-
ent fund and as receipts are sent in
replacing the warrants with cash.
Warrants for December are $685.
0C7S6 and for January S295, ,325.28.
The balance on December was
$215,2S9.07 and there were total re-
ceipts of $1,O55,1 80, disbursements
of $1,l33.73o.lo with u balance of
s406 SALT accor''ing to compila-
tions Of Officials ~ The Office of State
Treasurer II. l.. Hart
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-04-02
Fred lbsen Buys kelly's
Personal Property

A deal was completed the first of
the week in which D. w. Kelly sold
al all %tb OF his Isl personal property connect
past which has been very extensive
to Fred 1bsen of the Plentywood I'm
plement Company, who in turn will
sell the same to the highest bidders
at public auction to be held on the
property of D. w. Kelly, one mile
north of Raymond, Friday, April 9th.
The advertisement of this sale ap-
pears in this paper, and all of the de-
tails are given there.
1t is reported that Mr.. Kelly will
quite farming until the future out
look for farming is brighter.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-04-02

primarily an amnesty drive centering
around the one political prisoner
against whom no general antagonism
exists, it also will serve as q general
protest against continued abrogation
of Constitutional civil liberty. It
will concentrate the fight against de-
portations. =. It will reopen the de-
mand for release of Tom Mooney. It
will condemn proposed peace-time Sc
dition laws and other anti-labor and
anti-liberty legislation.
Every labor union, and every 9TH
er liberal organization, in the coun-
try is asked to assist this movement.
Send delegates to Washington. Send
contributions to help finance the ma
tion-wide Demonstration, to the
American Freedom Foundation, 1541
Unity Building, Chicago, Ill.
For $25 the Freedom Foundation
can send a delegate from some East
ern city. to represent by proxy any
Western. organization that will sup
ply that amount of money. This
proxy will carry a banner bearing
any inscription decided upon by the
organization that sends the proxy.
pebs Day must not go unremem-
befed by the workers of the country!
Nor mustsit be permitted to be un-
noticed by those who are responsible
for the continued Imprisonment of
Debs and the 5000 other political
and industrial prisoners who still re-
main in prison. It is the one manner
in which, at the present time, the
amnesty issue can be dramatized.
The success of this Debs Day Dem
onstration probably would assure
passage of the amnesty resolutions
by the Senate and the House of Rep
resentatives. Let every working man
and woman help to make the Demon
stration possible. Let every central
labor body help to make it memoir
able and effective! The time is
short! Act at once!
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-04-02
D0LIN TRIES TO
COLLECT ANOTHER
PHONEY BILL
Sues County for About Forty Dollars
Shaved OF From His Bills for
County Printing BY County Audi
tor O'Grady,

The life of the Sheridan county
printer is full of woe. Times have
changed since those days when Sun
ny Jim Redmond used 20 audit the
printing claims and when any old
kind of claim went through-these
good old days when Dolin used to
pull down a hundred dollars from the
county between the rising and the
setting Of the sun every day of the
week and with Sunday thrown in for
good measure-those days when he
used to spend his spare moments at
the Radisson Hotel spending the
money filched from the taxpayers of
Sheridan county like a drunken sail
or: But. ah, those were the days!
Little Prince Dolin has Nemesis
in the form and shape of Bridget"
O'Grady, and that Nemesis seems to
be on his track night and day. Graft
ing on the printing contract is not
the easy picking that it used to be.
Mr.. Dolin is now getting paid for
what he does, according to his con-
tract.
The latter part of last week, he,
BY his Attorneys, Babcock & Ellery,
filed another suit against the county
to collect about $40 which he had
charged against the county and which
tat the county auditor had trimmed
off from his claim.
Mr.. Dolin will know just where he
is at when the court has few more
chances to interpret his contract.
Mr.. Dolin's printing contract,
thanks to Mrs. O'Grady, will not net
him $4,000 for this year.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-04-02
DEMONSTRATION PARADE
FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS
Debs Day. April 13th Will Be Date of Effort on Behalf
Political Prisoners at Washngton-Bl Before Senate
Free Debs and 5000 Other Prisoners Convicted in Vic
lation of the Constitution of the United States.
RESTORE GUARANTEES OF CONSTITUTION

Demands for amnesty for all po.
litical prisoners will be concentrated
in Washington, D. c., on April l3
the first anniversary Of Eugene Debs
entrance to prison.
A Debs Day Demonstration, mob
ilizing delegates from every An.eri-
can city in Washington on that date,
is being arranged by the American
Freedom Foundation, with the coop
Grafton OF other national organiza-
tions. Briefly, the plan is this:
All organizations affiliated with the
Foundation, and others in sympathy
with the amnesty movement, will
send delegates or proxies 70 repre-
sent them in Washington. A COM
mittee in the national capital is ar
ranging for a demonstration head
quarters now. The delegates will par
ade from these headquarters to the
White House.
In the meantime, a committee Of
prominent citizens, including officers
Of international unions, will be select
ed to seek an interview with Presi-
dent Wilson, Attorney General Palm
or, Secretary Of War Baker and 9th
er officials. These interviews will
nave been arranged previously.
Following the parade mass meet
ings will be held at which the most
prominent champions Of civil liberty
in the country will speak. These
meetings will be held during the af-
ternoon and evening and will hear
reports of the interviewing commit
tee.
The Demonstration will demand the
immediate passage of the amnesty
resolution recently introduced into
the Senate by Senator Joseph I.
France of Maryland. A companion
bill will be introduced into the House
on or before April 13, and delegates
from the various states may visit
their representatives urging the pass
age of this legislation.
While the Demonstration will be
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-04-02
OUTLOOK JUNIORS
WILL PRESENT
M0LLY'SAUNT

Members Of the Junior Glass of
the Outlook High School will present
"Molly's Aunt" gripping three
act play, Saturday, April 10.
The Caste Of Characters is conf
posed Of members Of the Junior class,
who have devoted considerable time
to preparing the play and the public
is promised its moneys worth.
IA admission will he 80 and rs cents
and after the play there will be a
dance.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-04-02

It will be observed that the village
vote is 7l3 for and 1877 against or a
majority Of SIG for, which consti-
tutes the majority cast in favor of
the bonding proposition, while the
country precinct vote stands 799 for.
and SO4 against. The entire effort of
the villages was exerted for the bond
issue while the farmers opposing the
issue made no effort against the pro-
position in any organized way, and
the columns of the Producers News
was given freely to both sides, and
the Producers News published only
a statement of facts.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-04-02

Total liability of the board was q
little under $1,000,00O in 1919, Mr..
Bowman says.
Of losses incurred so per cent were
paid by October Z, another 10 per
cent was paid on February 10 and
the remainder on March II.
Because Of the unseasonably hot
weather in the crop sections Of the
state in May and June of last year
much business was cancelled and 9TH
ers did not take any insurance.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-04-02

The Catholic ladies' will give a
Leap Year Dance on Easter Monday.
April 9Th. This promises to be a real
time. The last dance the ladies of
this city gave was a real success and
this will be another just like it
Scobey Citizen.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-04-02

In the analysis given above, the
Dooley precinct is listed as city
precinct, because of the, fact, that
very few farmers vete6 in, Tint pte-
vinct: to offset this, Whitehall is list
ed as country psecfnct, where al
Of the village vote went for tho bond
ing proposition; Daleview, Reserve.
and Homestead are listed - country
precincts because of the very small
vote in the villages; Raymond and
Comertown are also listed - eom-
try precincts: So it will be conceded
that the basis of analysis a ~.
The Redstone, FlaxHlle, and Nado:
village vote is estimated, 80 :.
Country Vote
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-04-02

day appropriated $4,000 for relief
and to meet obligations incurred by
local chapters In announcing the
appropriation, Red Cross officials said
the situation in the drought regions
was such as to demand state and
federal aid beyond the resources of
the Red Cross"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-04-02
OFFICIAL RETURNS OF THE RE-
CENT SEED GRAIN ELECTION.
Analysis Show That Bond Issue Was Put Over By the Village
Vote-Defeated B} Farmer Vote-Oficial Returns
Show Light Vote Throughout the Country Precincts and
Heavy Votes in the Towns and Villages
MAJORITY FOR BONDS. 563

We publish below the official re-
turns Of the canvass of the county
canvassing board which convened last
Thursday, indicating that there were
2461 votes cast at the seed grain elec-
tion, March 25th, ami that 1912 votes
were cast for the proposition and $40
against.
The report in detail is as follows:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-04-02
RED CROSS .tPPROPRIATES
MONEY FOR DAKOTA AND
MONTANA

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the condi-
ton Of the families in the drought
regions of North Dakota and Mon
tana as "amounting to a public dis
aster," tie American Red Cross to-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-04-02
Difference

MT. J. J. Morgan made business
trip to Plentywood last Monday.
A careful analysis of the vote dis
closes, as predicted in the last issue
of the Producers News, that the bond
issue was pat over by those residing
in the villages and defeated by the
actual farmer vote.
Village Vote
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-04-02
Dunn Anxious to Cooperate
With Governor in Appeal
Butte, Mont, March IL, 1920.

Butte Mont, March IL, 1920.
Hon. S. V. Stewart, Helena Montana
My Dear Governor-Whe have not had the honor Of
ply from to communication of March take the
Of again addressing regard appeal feel
doing am not imposing because the appeal
conviction by Robert Lee Word is matter in which
and take lively interest Like have viewed with alarm
the long delay Of the Attorney General filing his brief and
bringing to trial. Like also have endeavored
have brought to early hearing But like all my
efforts in this respect have failed The attorney
to persist in the view that should give his
violations of law rather than to This very
ing to both Of assure Governor, that
to yours.
Since the matter of interest you
and suggest Governor, that get together
Of this matter without the Intervention Of the attorney
era Your recent official acts indicate that
Gdenee the ability and the integrity Of the attorneys
the Power therefore, suggest that the
toneys for the Montana Power
attorney general and De-
Tense on appeal This Think is eminently proper
The fact that the case really for the benefit Of the
Co., rather than the people the Please take
this matter with advisors and let hear
Their location in this city makes it possible directly
with me- thus saving valuable time and postage
mutual satisfaction l await your reply.