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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-02-13
LIVESTOCK BEING
FED ALL OVER STATE
PLENTY OF SEED WHEAT ON
HAND-FLAX AND OATS ARE
SHORT-WINTER WHEAT IN
SPLENDID CONDITION - MORE
CORN PLANTED.

Helena, Feb. 10.-Reports from
twelve counties in the northern, Gen.
trail, eastern and western sections of
the state on crop and livestock con-
ditions up to January 81, received by
Charles D. Greenfield, Commissioner
of Agriculture and Publicity, are to
the effect that the first month in the
year was much less severe on live
stock than the preceding winter
months. Livestock is being fed in ev-
cry section of the state and in all of
the counties reporting there is suffi-
cient feed on hand to carry the ami
mas through, but it is costing the
feeders a very high price per ton for
hay and other feed stuffs. So far as
reports show there has been practical
ly no winter killing of fall grain. Sew
eral of the counties report surplus
of Marquis wheat for seeding pur-
poses, but other seed grain is short.
The following reports from the coun-
ties will give an indication OF local
conditions:
Roosevelt county. Stock wintering
fairly we'll with enough feed on hand
to carry them through. Sufficient
Richland County-Weather during
January was generally severe, range
cattle showing the effects. Much of
the range is covered with ice render
ing it inaccessible to stock. There
appears to be sufficient seed wheat in
the county, but oats and flax will
have to be shipped in.
Dawson County-Severe weather in
January caused considerable loss in
livestock, especially calves. There
is shortage of both feed and seed:
Custer County. During January
there was one week Of severe cold
weather. There appears to be plenty
Of feed on the market and where live
stock losses have been reported there
was lack Of proper feeding and pro-
lection from the cold.
Rosebud county. Cattle properly
fed and cared for are doing well. Con-
siderable loss is reported among range
horses. No winter killing Of fall
wheat and rye reported.
Musselshell county-Feed is scarce
and expensive. Winter crops in good
shape
Saltwater county-No winter kill
ing Of fall grain reported. Surplus
of good Marquis seed wheat but
shortage in all other spring grains.
Feed extremely scarce and high
priced.
Chouteau county.-Livestock gen.
orally being supplied with sufficient
feed and horses not dying to the ex-
tent that they were earlier in the
winter. Winter wheat generally in
excellent condition..
Valley county-Practically all live
stock has to be fed regularly. With
the exception of sheep stock is gen.
orally in poor condition. Plenty of
seed wheat in the county with per-
haps small surplus for export.
Blaine county-Conditions were
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-02-13
Jen. Hansen, Daernar Citi-
zen, Returns From West
Member of Executive Committee of
the Nonpartisan League for Mon
tana. Back on Job Again.

Jens Hansen, one of the League
warehouses; Of the Dagmar precinct,
and member Of the Executive Com
mittee Of the Nonpartisan League of
the State of Montana, returned from
California the first part Of the week,
where he had been recuperating his
health. Mr.. Hansen was operated on
last fall in the Twin Cities and went
to the Pacific Coast to spend the
winter in a milder climate, and he re-
turns to the scenes Of activities in
Mr.. Hanson was in Plentywood We'd
nesday and Thursday attending to
business and calling on friends and
left this morning for Medicine Lake
to attend a meeting of the Farmers
Elevator and Flour Mill at that point,
in both Of which enterprises he is in
terested.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-02-13
STARTING AN ENGINE

Unless you personally want to
quit this cold world, or at least spoil
a good far mengine, don't prime en-
CINE cylinders with ether, says Prof.
H. E. Murdoch, of the Montana State
college. I'm cold mornings" writes
Prof. Murdoch, prime cylinders with
high test gasoline; never ether, it's
dangerous. Get gallon of eighty
five degree test gasoline and keep it
only for printing. Get a good charge
in each cylinder, then let the engine
stand a minute or so to give the gaso-
line chance to vaporize before try
ing to start"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-02-13
OBITUARY

Marvin Richard Hill, baby son of
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. f. Hill, was born in
the Lakeside hospital at kenmare, N.
D., April 20, 1919.
Four weeks later he, with his moth
er came to Outlook, Mont, where he
was the morning STAR in their home
six miles east of town.
Six months passed by and they were
filled with health and happiness. These
months and days were as the beau
tiful morning sun coming up over the
horizon but barely had it come into
full view when a cloud began to creep
over, and the spear of disease had
laid it's hand upon the little fellow.
All human agencies were used to
battle against the sickness. He was
taken to the Outlook hospital six and
a half weeks ago, where he was given
all medical care, but providence still
deemed it wise to let the cloud creep
over and gradually they became deep
er until the morning OF Jan. 2Stn.
1920, at the age Of 8 months and B
days the Master plucked the little lily
and took him home.
The funeral services were held from,
the Methodist Episcopal church last
Friday afternoon at one o'clock. Miss
Gertrude l.. APPEL, pastor OF the
church officiated. 1nterment was made
in the Outlook cemetery.
There is reaper who name is death,
And with his sickle keen,
He reaps the bearded grain at a
breath
And the flowers which grow be
tween:
Shall l have nough that it fair? said
he;
Have nought but the bearded grain !?
Though the breath Of these flowers
is sweet to me,
will give them all back again.
He gazed at the flowers with fearful
He. kissed their dropping caves
It was for the Lord of Paradise
He bound them into sheaves.
My Lord hath need of these flowers
gay.
The reaper said, and smiled;
Dear tokens of earth are they,
Where he was once child.
They all shall bloom in fields of light,
Transplanted by my care:
And Saints upon their garments white
These sacred upon their garments
g white
Those sacred blossoms wear.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-02-13
SCOBEY BOY DIES
AT CAMP LEWIS

Scobey Sentinel: Edward Bilden Of
this city, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Julius
Bilden, died Thursday at Camp Lew
is from pneumonia following infiuen-
"a. Mr.. Bilden received a message
that Edward was seriously i'll We'd
nesday and the news of his death
reached here Thursday.
It is expected that the body will
reach Scobey either Saturday or Mon
day, and we are informed that fun
eral services and burial will be held
in this city.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-02-13
THE LEAGUE
AND THE LEGION

The impression seems to exist in
some quarters that Nonpartisan
league publications are opposed to or
in some way are fighting the Amer
lean Legion. The facts are that the
Nonpartisan league has neither in
dorsed nor condemned any soldiers
organization. The League believes in
the right of soldiers, as we'll as all
other interests, to organize.
It is true that few local posts of
the Legion in various states have
condemned the Nonpartisan league,
and Legion members, according to
press reports, in some instances have
participated in activities to prevent
League meetings being held. 1t is
also true that, when the Legion first
organized and before its national con-
vention, at which resolution aimed
at the Nonpartisan league was voted
down, there was a widespread feeling
that certain interests would attempt
to use the Legion in a political fight
on the farmers organization. How
ever, the national Legion convention
almost unanimously killed a resolu-
ton attacking the League, and the
national heads of the organization
have issued statements warning Le-
gion posts and members to keep out
of politics and against taking the law
into their own hands or encouraging
mob activity, directly or Indirectly.
FOR FAIR DEAL
League publications above every
thing else stand for enforcement of
the constitutional rights Of free
speech and peaceful assemblage, and
will continue to condemn all persons
and organizations, whether Legion
members, local Legion posts or any,
body else, which attempt to prevent
the full exercise Of constitutional
rights by the League or anybody else.
The national Legion has done much to
prevent unwarranted action against
reformers and reform organizations
by hot-headed or mistaken Legion
posts and members by making the
statement it did regarding law en-
forcement. State bodies and local
posts of the Legion by following the
national body's lead would make the
determination of the Legion not to
mix in politics and to keep free from
lawless activity, all the more plain
and emphaic. Silence is often con-
sidered as giving consent. Therefore
local Legion posts should be quick to
condemn and discipline their few
members who do not have a proper
understanding Of the high standard
of their organization, and state Le-
gion bodies would do well to take the
same action regarding local posts
which do the Legion damage by mix
ing in politics.
Nonpartisan league publications are
only too glad to assist the national
and various state bodies of the Legion
in keeping the organization clean and
by pointing out and
helping to eliminate the few misin-
formed and hot-headed Legion men,
bers who will not live up to the high
standard set for the organization: But
League publications will not condemn
local posts or state bodies Of the Lee
gion for acts Of irresponsible men,
bers, unless, of course, state bodies
and local posts by direct statements
or silence lend their approval to I'm
acts.
There is not the slightest reason
why there should be any fight be-
tween the League and the Legion,
and there is no such fight, so far as
the League is concerned.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-02-13

And the mother gave In tears and
pain
The flowers she most did love;
She knew she would find them all
again
In fields of light above.
o, not in cruelty, not in wrath,
The reaper came that day;
Twas an angel visited this green
earth
And took the flower away.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-02-13
COURTS WERE
RAVlNC MAD
FEDERAL JUDGE BOURQUIN, In
DENYING HABEAS CORPUS
WRIT, SCORES SEVERITY OF
SENTENCE OF E. V. STARR.


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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-02-13
MONTANA WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

one OF 15.NO acres near DlllOn anu
one $500 acres near Three Forks, be-
ing formed. :,
Great Falls has 5,625 pupils enrolled
in public schools.
Billings planning new city hall.
Missoula-52 million acres pri-
vately owned and state owned lands
may be added to national forests in
district one.
De Borgia-Rock Island property
to be improved.
Helena-54 oil and gas leases re-
corded in November and December,
most of which are in Mussellshell and
Fergus counties.
Few persons outside the confec-
tionery industry realize what it means
for 1OO, OO0, 900 prosperous people to
quit using alcohol and go to using
candy.
Lewiston-Silver and lead found in
Cone Butte district.
Billings-Approximately 100000
in bonuses will be distributed among
farmers who last year supplied beets
to the Great Western Sugar company.
About $4,000 will go to farmers in
Billings district.
Great Falls-Cascade county votes
$250,O00 for aid of drought-stricken
farmers.
Approximately $4,000, 900 will be
spent during 1920 on road work in
Idaho will expend SIT ,00o, 600; Mon
.tana, $6,600,000 on state roads and
$4,000,000 on county highways; Utah,
Arizona, 81 ,000, 900; Wyoming. s., o00c
IN 60 mn nm
Whitefish to have larger po4toftice:
out Of Montana during 1919.
acres yielded $50, 493, 900 in 1919.
cludes $40, 100000 constructive work.
tana improving.
completed. Work to start in spring.
Billings to have 100000 hotel.
Butt Butte3s aeo;s1' Y. W. c. A. build
ing promised.
Dillon-Steel bridges to cross Beav-
.erhead river near here.
Observation-Disclosures point to great
building activity for spring. ,
AAvAukoIO1k~~xA6Au oA4AUNO AA5lA" ~
to be constructed between Gardner
and Cooke City.
Increasing car shortage liable to
coast lumber industry.
Harlem high school to receive 49,
696.02 out of county funds and Chi
nook $13,59O.92.
Miles City gets $50 h. p. turbine
engine for lighting plant.
Winnifred-Oil drilling to be re-
sumed.
Missoula 49, Montana Culvert and
Flume Co. to enlarge plant.
Lewiston-Drilling resumed on pro-
perty Of Kansas-Montana Oil and Gas
Co.
Whitefsh-Lumber yard to be es-
tablished here.
Eureka-$50,O00 bonds to be voted
for new school building.
Helena-Federal Reserve Bank OF
Montana secures home. Will enlarge
building.
Helena-$100 cattle raising corpor-
alton formed.
Forty-one national banks in the U.
S. had gross deposits of $50, 900, 900
or over on Dec. 81. Of this number
"a reported increases and II decreas-
es as compared with Nov. II. Pres
ent figures compared with 1914 IN H.
cate tie tremendous imitation in bank
credits during the last five years. In
quite few institutions deposits have
doubled, while in several instances
they have trcblcd. One bank more than
quintupled it's deposits during this
period.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-02-13
TOURNAMENT DATES

High school officials of the state
are reminded that the dates of the
ninth annual basketball tournament,
to be held at the State College, are
March 10, II, IL and Is.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-02-13
ND. PROGRAM TAX
45C FOR FARMER
HAIL INSURANCE SAVINGS PAY
ALL INCREASES -- MINNESOTA
TAX HIGHER.

Bismarck, N. D.-?ropagan';Sts in
other states who are reporting high
taxation as means O. rejecting on
the farmers industrial program fail
to state the most obvIcu; facts &C.
garding taxes here and elsewhere.
The farmers administration has
control over state taxes only, and in
the present year these constitute ii
per cent of the total to be raised, or
about 81 on the average quarter sec
ton.
Of every dollar raised for state
purposes, the industrial program,
which anti-farmer forces would thus
discredit, takes only 6.2 cents, or less
than as cents a quarter section.
On the other hand, one part alone
on this program-state hail insur-
ance, which was in force last year
has saved the farmers who took adj
vantage of it not only more than their
increase in state taxes but more than
the increase in all taxes levied.
STATE TAX FIGURES
State levies in North Dakota for
the last five years have been as fol-
lows:
1916 .................................$1, 655,234
1916 ................... 1,417,984
1917 ................................. 1867, 612
1918 ,688,355
1919 ....................... 3,676,039
The Nonpartisan league became a
factor in the government here fol-
lowing 1916, and it will be noted from
the above figures that the farmer ad-
ministration kept taxes down re-
markedly in the high cost years
1917 and 1918. The year 1919, which
shows a gross increase of 1887, 684,
or 1l7.7 per cent, include a new item
Of $761,87 for the liberal soldiers
bonus.
Deducting this items to make q
fair comparison with 1918 we have
an increase of $1,226,811, or 72 per
cent.
Of this amount little over $780,
900 is a new item for the state in
dustries. The big increases have been
made for state educational work and
other state institutions. The state
colleges, general state educational
work, the care of dependents and de-
linauents have previously been con-
siderably neglected in this state, and
the farmers legislature showed its
progressiveness by giving the work
enough to meet higher living costs
and something for advance. The in
crease for this kind of work is about
1890, 900 over the allowance for 1918,
and SO far as known none of the cri-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-30
IMMIGRATION AND
ITS PROBLEMS Is
SUBJECT OF Talk

Addressing the Kiwanis club at
the weekly luncheon i'm the Oliver
hotel Thursday noon. Rabbi Albert
Minda of Temple Bethel presented
his view of the immigration problem
which COnfronts the American pub
lie at the present time He reiter-
ated former statements recommend
ing the opening of the gates to the
oppressed of the remainder of the
world so that those unfOrtunates Of
other lands may come TO a spirit OF
demoCracv and freedom and enjoy
the best things of life as those that
came before them We're allowed to
drink from the fountain of true lib
erjy.
lie hayed those immigrants who
came TO these shores for the sole
purpose of amassing wealth IN order
that they may return to their ma
tive land TO live a life of apparent
ease. He also denounced the resi-
dents OF foreign extraction who re-
fused TO become naturalzed or take
part ln our national institutions and
severely Ceusured those who after
living I'm the country for many years
and enjoying the freedom OF the
land attempted 20 spread the seeds
of discomfort.
The speaker wildly portrayed the
thrills and feelings OF the immigrant
as he stands on the steerage deck of
an incoming steamer and for the
first time sees the symbolical statue
Of the American spirit-Liberty-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-30
TRACK
ELEVATION PROBLEM
Board of Works Selects May
4 For Another Hearing
on Question.

South Bends track separation
problem is to be resUrrected, accord
ing to an announcement by the
board of public works Thursday.
The resurrection is to take place
at . o'clock next Tuesday afternoon.
May 4, al the board of works office
in the city hall.
The problem has been dead 20 all
outward appearances since last July.
At that time q meeting between
members of the board of public
works and Representatives of the
various railroads affected was held,
and II was decided that nothing
could be done during the govern
mental control of the roads
Since then the roads have been re-
turned 70 private ownership. and
the board is now 10 again discuss
the problem of track separation.
Expect Representatives.
II is possible that representatives
Of the roads viii be present at the
meeting next Tuesday afternoon.
The Chamber OF Commerce is to
have a committee present This
committee viii be composed Of City
Atty. Thomas w. Slick, David Gull
foyle and an engineer TO be named
by the chamber.
Little has been heard regarding
the track separation problem, eX-
cept that occasionally money from
the track separation fund has been
transferred from time TO the city
water department.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-30
CHARGES CRUELTY IN
DIVORCE COMPLAINT

Harry Brooks. a moving picture
manager charges his wife Alice
Brooks with cruel and inhuman
treatment and desertion In a petit
tion for a divorce filed IN the Super
Tor court Wednesday afternoon. He
sets forth In the petition that Mrs.
Brooks has an uncomfortable tenn
per and without cause accused the
plaintiff OF infidelity in addition 70
continually nagging at him He
further says that she left him with
out excuse 20 live with her mother
fnWinnipeE. Canada. He says that
he was always a good provider and
treated the defendant as a dutiful
husband. One daughter. Virginia.
five years old is with her mother in
the Canadian city
Esther G. NIasteruau Is charged
with assOciatlng with other men and
visiting them in other cities by ap-
pofntment made over the telephone
En- a suit for divorce filed by George
NIasterman. The plaintiff further
alleges cruel and inhuman treat
ment and quotes his wife as saying
that she does not care for him any
longer. has no regard or affection
for him and does not desire 10 live
with him any longer. The plaintiff
IS a telephone man In WalkertOn.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-30
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