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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-08-06
"WHO IS HANDLING YOUR
GRAIN AT THE TERMINALS?"

The farmers of Montana are taking
great interest in the marketing Of
their grain this year and no doubt but
that most of their grain will be
handled by their "Own Selling Agen-
cy." The Equity Cooperative Ex-
change, St. Paul, Minnesota, as this
organization is owned and controlled
by the farmers themselves and have
proven to be of great benefit to every
one that has shipped their grain to
this firm and by the liberal patronage
it has received it has been compelled
to enlarge its capitalization from One
Million to Nine Million dollars and it
owns one of the finest terminal ele-
vators in the Twin Cities and owns
seventy-seven country elevators, be-
sides being one of the fastest grow
ing firms on the Chicago market.
This firm is also planning on building
also on the Pacific Coast, besides
having an agency at Superior, Wis,
and contemplating on establishing
branch office at Great Falls, Montana,
in order to successfully handle the
grain from this State. We are GER
tanly glad to see the farmers build
in up their own cooperative enter
prises, as it will eliminate several use
less middlemen.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-08-06
Start Drilling Well on Pop
lar Dome Within Ten DAYS

Popland Standard--Within the
next ten days the Pioneer Oil and
Gas company will commence to Spud
in the first oil we'll on the Poplar
Dome.
As stated heretofore in the Stand
ard the well will be drilled on the
Art Booth farm just southeast of Ar
thur. The derrick and buildings
have all been built and much of the
casing and machinery are on the
ground. The drilling machinery will
he in Poplar today or. tomorrow. 1t
is the machine that was used by this
company ut Williston. 1t is u star
machine. The company are buying a
new machine, u Standard. for Willis
ton. The machine weights thirteen
tons and will b. hauled across to the
south side by n tractor Carrying the
machine viii he one Of the biggest
loads the Poplar ferry has ever at
tempted. hut Mr.. Martin declares that
his boat will carry up to fifteen tons.
Mr.. Phillips said that the only diff
Guilty he feared in making the cross
ing would be in citing over the big
sand bar on the south side of the riv.
cr. Mr. Phillips thought that actual
work in drilling the well would be
started next week ol within len days
nj least
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-08-06
FIGHTING LIKE BARBARIANS

IN one of his great speeches against King Philip of Mcedon
who was planning Athens Deoshenes to tie Aen
rms that hev made b;arans instead Of ike the aircd
boxer.
T> this instead of hitting out "6'v from the
place vhere HIT they slrd hit rather 70 d. the
enemy the most damage go
The comparison to especially good for describing
the of the American people against the proteers We
soaked make about these shoe
Sugar scars and yell about that
gotten tired of that yell and after the
ment has Jailed three little retailers turn to wool and
cotton Clothes to railroad fares, to coal.
Just people Of Minneapolis warning rent pro-
tee whole the people of America have not looked for the
cause of proiteerng made them.
Until they merely thrustng out wildly like bar
bu,ians and the profteers will continue to win.
shining example of sensible fighting against the pro-
They organized and fighting the that makes
p1oeerg possible the alliance between special privilege and
politicians They would replace this corrupt rule with actual rule
of the people. ~
BY enforcing books which the politicians
enforce much Of the presentdy proteeng could be
knocked out.
BY public ownership of marketing facilities for the big farm
produce and Of utilities good deal could be eliminated Bet
ter regulation of business would do with still
The workman, the other hand who merely agitaes for
and let's the protees handle the country
anywhere And the farmer who confines his efforts to getting
little for his will likewise continue to get off,
Both fight like laltarians instead Of fighting with good
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-08-06
COOPERATIVE WHOLE
SALE GOES AHEAD

Suit Of three directors of the Co.
Operative Wholesale Society of
America, who it is said have been
seeking to disrupt the Wholesale
Society from within, and have it pre-
vented from further sale of it's cap
ital. stock in Minnesota, was decided
IN favor of the Society and against
the directors by the Minnesota Sc
curities Commission last week. The
Society has Immediately resumed or
ganization in Minnesota, while its
work has not ceased in North or
South Dakota or Montana.
According to the June 80 financial
statement, which the Securities Com
mission accepted as evidence in the
case, the Society has earned sur
plus of $1,000 since the first of the
year, instead of being bankrupt as
the complainant alleged. The three
directors have now agreed to resign
and it is expected that as soon as
their designations are in hand they
will be accepted and new directors
appointed in their places. The Co.
operative Wholesale Society has new
er been in as good conditions as now.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-08-06
rested 161 "reds"-S9 members Of the
Communist Labor party, 81 members
Of the Communist party and IS
I. w. WIS.
LITTLE I ] +: H ||l!l'l|! |!
.> SALARY, =: !: ::
By S. E. Kiser)


Yop must cure yourself of scolding
and be careful what you say;
Cease to 60 about complaining at the
prices you must pay;
Try to learn to iva on nothing and
Smile as # it made you happy when
there's any new advance;
Don't you let yourself be troubled at
the way you're kicked about,
Or they'll call you Bolshevistic if you
don't watch out.
Cheer for capital and grafters when
they pinch you black and blue;
Play the game and let the dealer
hand the two-spots all to you;
You must not be scolding judges who
discharge the profiteers;
Don't be mumbling sad predictions in
your grumbling neighbours ear;
You must try to seem contented and
divorce yourself from doubt,
Or they'll call you Bolshevistic if you
don't watch out.
If you can't afford new trousers, have
your old one patched some more
Let your children run barefooted,
such things have been done be-
fore;
Learn to find your way in darkness,
and don't let them hear you
scold;
If you can't get any sugar and the
car you catch is cold;
Take your medicine and like it, be
patient little scout,
Or they'll call you Bolshevistic if you
don't watch out.
Hand glad smile to the grocer, tell
the butcher YOU'RE his friend;
Don't be asking where the wealthy
get the millions that they spend
Just you work and don't be trying to
hold out single cent;
Try to think when you are cheated
that the cheating is we'll meant;
Practice patience, preach content
ment, though your hopes go up
the spout,
Or they'll call you Bolshevists if you
don't watch out
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-08-06
FARMING PAYS az

Forty years ago it took a hired
man about four and one-half years to
become a land owner-now it takes
him about nine years; forty years ago
it took tenant about five years to
become land owner, and now it takes
him about II years, according to de-
tailed studies by w. J. Spillman when
he was in the office of farm manage
ment, department of agriculture, but
some people declare the farmers are
becoming more prosperous. These
figures indicate three things: farming
is becoming more difficult to get into;
tenancy is increasing; and the farm
ers who have made money have made
it largely through increase in the
price OF their land, not through get
ting just price for their products.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-08-06

Now begin
The pleasant personal tales
About Senator Harding
and Governor Cox,
You can pick up any paper
And read how ONE Of them,
ct doesn't matter which)
Was entertained
Hy Il festive banquet
In his own HOME TOWN!
Proving conclusively that he
Is Il REGULAR fellow!
And how when his family heard
OF the nomination
They burst into TEARS
OF happy emotion,
And KISSED him all round,
Including the Aunts and Uncles
And Il lifelong friend
Eighty-seven years old.
Which leads one to wonder
II being nominated
Is chiefly pain or pleasure!
You can also read about
His wife
How lonesome she is
Because OF the heavy demands
The nation makes on hubby.
And yet how nobly
She resigns herself
To the sacrifice
And stays at home
Teaching her little daughter.
A womanly woman. of course.
To catch old-fashioned votes.
Yet a real sutfragist
To catch progressive ones!
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-08-06
NEW COOPERATIVE.
PAPER LAUNCHED

The Greenbush Co-Operator is the
name of new cooperative paper
that has made its appearance ut
Grecnbush. Mimi, as the represen-
tntive Of four cooperative organixa.
tions there. the Equity Cooperative
Exchange. the American Society Of
Equity. the Cooperative Store and the
Local Cooperative Creamery.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-08-06

When trust hires expert any part of old planet
it squawk about its efficiency and got Hoover back
home for the biggest jobs during the war; when
farmers or.Aalzaonshres from another county
otnef state. he outside a9ator.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-08-06

The only people protecting the American home today
those willing to break Cst and to prof.
teers in Jail is necessary to provide this protection.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-08-06
NOW BEGINS THE MYTH
By AniSe
Staff Writer by The Federated Press

~ >SSA t$%N+>A ANA1S
Ii you are sentimental
You will be told about
his MOTHERS grave
And how he visits it!
There are old tales from friend
About his fondness
For Bologn;, sausage
Showing his humble tastes,
We learn that he remembers
Those 20 cent dinners
lie used to eat when a boy
And all this gently suggests
Without saying it
That he is standing for
CHEAP MEALS for all!
1t is also related
How he won Il BET
OF a barrel of apples.
Which proves that he
Is HUMAN enough to bet,
But no DEPRAVED enough
to risk real MONEY!
They tell how he was fired
For displeasing
One of the ''higl>er-ups'
But how in the end
lie achieved Il modest fortune
And a beautiful HOME
which is duly pictured,
And all this proves him
A friend Of the POOR.
And yet efficient enough
To be RICH himself.
In other words. I'LL the old
AMERICAN VIRTUES
Are perfectly combined
In this one candidate.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-08-06
IN SWITZERLAND

One big profteer has been caught anyhow lie fined
- G0Oooo profits made during the which he
JAILED to declare in wing his Jules Bloch is his
The has been pending the ,mscc signed Roch
is muti-milolaile company promoter and fn.ncer.
What court imposed the fine:
Oh. it the federal commission ut Relne Switzerland
Over there they do it.
Wonder how they manage Grand Forks n. D) Amer
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-08-06
PUBLIC OPINION

American has been established the pr
s RS i5 R HA?GS OPINION AS EXPRESSED BY VOTES
%Sy v as:p & pne S"* Manly %1s M e
monty accused Of being Sgis it ARE really against an attempt
The latter e is quite e different matter and is in FACT denial
Of s Mo cp%dS is a%os as likely to be right as majority
opinion.
the majority. They realized the Importance of having
Of viii rs2 fSs
first demanded king to be in STYLE the time Of Aha and ja
and tn time of Christ when majority "no" was so far from
/" fact right seemed to have hay hard time t th"""% td the
severe ' ch'stisement Of the Whole Hebrew naon
ec u e e %Sf pse "@ @ nt a Ss S s eng
p,oiteeng going on here during the w; and since IS MOST
The p"e %6 0 HS
BY 1$ S;S$S e. :;:
6 ss SS Ses
great danEsr Nations than individuals succeed
IS TtSef
OF h mo & the o be b 1
opportunity to proceed in their patriotic duty.
When by reporter last winter for opinion
probably Of the peitence old WELL if they do
hyn Ss Tas Of Ts n nG
The Boston TRANSCRIPT that if the Kansas farmers do
get harvest hands they want that farmers
get of their mousines and to work What Wall
Street and her unkies have of the western farmers pobem
How spendidly fitted they to rule u.s.
With Harding conducting porch campaign Debs still
confined frontce effort and Christensen probably
to get around much looks if Cox the only nominee
of us will get a chance to see before choosing.
The only people protecting the American home today
those willing to break TRUST and to put prof.
teers in Jail as to provide this protection.
When trust hires expert from of tire old planet
it squawks about its efficiency and got Hoover
home for OF the biggest jobs during the when
farmers o'.lzationshres from another county
Other state, he outside a4itator
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-08-06

lr y headline the Wall Street Journal announces Kansas
wheat 6l6 bushels to the An of
but would be surprised find lot of political tubhurp
cnt 'lti" from it how prosperous the farmers
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-08-06
FARMER SENSE RECOGNIZED

FARMER SENSE RECOGNIZED
their wool and hold constitutes remarkable tribute to the
good r: :'%s': 8 :ssa
4; SIS i
banking which would
plan to themselves from the n .. q ing
f%5 SH' grains i" the early fall WHEN THE MARKET WAS
advocating these DEVELOPMENTS; the North
Dakota at first and then the farmers of Is other states and their
have been . called all the vile names which evil and
er by the department Agriculture making feeble .empt to
out the principle for which these farmers have been
stronger yet the Federal Reserve bank has evidently made
to advance money on wool stored under the aus
expecf either the farm government
r %aEet his prod s'''' S'''"S '"' giving vic 'S
The farmers safety Lies only in going ahead with his own
his program should be carried But wish point
$" @ $ s.s: % pS* s Ss"s
This farm bureau plan lust much attack so-cacA
ri T Oh h: fSf wry
S ss the ta of sS sts 5sa
81 'ff{ FIT NJ sS5ss'
ast the League program can be raised against this effort Of
e p ss We OF ws te make tst Tribute I'll.
sense of the Nonpartisan league farmers.
| A
| BY Bill Lloyd
Writer for The Federated Press
to be fate that every blooming candidate
shall use his front porch stand from which to speak out to
the land Now goodness knows I'm the that's gov
ermenta pie; haven't had the dough Of late up
delegate. AS for porch, shal boom-they
lodging room.
So I'll sit down the bed and tell Just what I'd of said
if thought had amy cali to run for president this fall:
Nov citizens and feown1.n jaws open full span,
AID while it's most crime to talke with tongue, signanguage,
or with chalk before the bulls back the I'll tell it to
while cam
amt candidate need much principles you've seed
writ in the hsry books ut school, what how the people
rule.
To build the platforms bit We'll stick these few planks,
to-wit: r
TO talk without fear of Jail, to meet peace and give
ball. to strike don't like the with fat judge
nay to give helping hand to Russia and land both mtts
ame,s Prussia to give lift to Irish mate let Uncle Samuel
handle freight protect the and his wheat
and banking cheat put and armies the skid from
treaties the lids and make it very damned unhealthy
to the wealthy, make the
glad by putting profteers to bad.
There plnks that might lay if had not worked
hard today But these few keynotes will bult while sitting
nghshirt Some other things might well be said but
must seek bed One word before douse the light
llSc common folks is all right!'
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-28
Wool Growers Deny
Fordney Bill Will
Increase Prices

Salt Lake City, Dec. 27.-J. R.
Marshall. secretary of the National
Wool Growers association, today
issued statement branding as "very
misleading" an assertion attributed
10 Congressman Madden of Illinois,
TO the effect that the duty proposed
on wool in the Fordney emergency
tariff bill would double the price of
clothing
Mr.. Marshall said: ~.
The National Wool Growers
association has repeatedly pointed
out that but little connection exists
between the market price of wool
and the selling OF clothes. Three
and one-quarter pounds of secured
wool are required for an average
sized mans suit made from wor-
sted CLOTH The Fordney bill pro
vidcs duty of IS cents per pound
on secured wool, The duty on the
wool entering into a suit would
amount to 81 40, which is verv far
from 100 per cent Of the price OF
any suit as Mr., Madden refers to.
Also, an import duty on material
does not necessarily mean that the
manufacture will be increased BY
the amount OF that duty.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-28
Air Mail Planes
WillFly by Night
New Service in Spring Will
Cut New York.Frisco Run
To Sc Hours.

Night flying on the Omaha divi.
sion of the government air mai
service will be started early in the
spring, according to word reaching
postal authorities from Washington
yesterday. Regular trips will BIZ
made at night, cutting the present
time from coast to coast in half. The
divisions to be first affected will be
Chicago to Omaha and Omaha tc
Cheyenne. t.s
Fifteen Caproni planes will be de-
livered by the Navy department in
the near future, under an agreement
reached recently. They will be used
in night flying as the planes now en-
ployei have been declared unsuitable
for this work.
Preparations for the innovation
are already under way. Equipping
of regular and emergency landing
fields on the Omaha division and
lighting facilities are under con-
sideration. s,
AS a feature of the aviators' mas
querade ball to be held New Years
eve under the auspices of the Ash
mussen airp1ane plant at the old
Dublin Inn building on Center
street, Pilot w. r. Holcomb will
make the first night airp1ane flight
ever attempted in Omaha. His plane
will be lighted by colored flares and
Very pistol signals. Pilots and
mechanics of the air mail station will
be guests.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-28
400 Service Men
AttackDa Hall
Police Arrest Hundreds After
Drive On Barbary Coast
Resort.

San Francisco, Dec. H,-More
than 400 sailors, soldiers and
civilians were arrested last night
by the police and naval beach pa
trolls after what the police charac-
terized as IAN attack in force upon
a dance hall in the Barbary coast
district.
Two marines were stabbed Christ
mas night at the hall, police said,
and service men last night attempted
TO gain revenge.
Beer bottles, clubs, bricks and
fists were used in the melee. The
police reserves were summoned
Upon their arrival the two factions
that had been opposing each other
united against the police, the depart
ment records declared. A reserve
;orce Of 200 provost guards quelled
the tufnult.
The manager of The dance hall
was held on charge of conducting
disorderly place. A majority of
the service men arrested were turned
over to navy and army authorities,
except Is soldiers and sailors who
were held by the police, with $50
civilians. on charges of disturbing
theypeace
No serious injuries we're reported;
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-28
Boy, Coasting, Is
Seriously Hurt
By Automobile
7
George Jensen, 8, Suffers In.
juries That May Cause His
Death as Result of
Accident.

Breaking in brand new sled,
brought to him Saturday by Santa
Claus, George Jensen, s, 2402 St.
Marys avenue, ceasting down St.
Marys hill at 2:45 yesterday after
noon, was struck by an automobile
driven by an unidentified driver who
speeded away. ...
The lad lies unconscious in the
Fenger hospital, suffering from a
fractured skull. Police surgeons hold
little hope for his recovery. He is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Jensen.
The father is employed as a painter
at the Alamito dairy.
The boy was sliding east on St.
Marys avenue. The automobile was
travelling north on Twenty-second
street.
J. c. Potter. 1920 North Sixteenth
street, and L. c. Nelson, 1878 Mill
tary avenue, who picked up the in
jured lad, told the police the auto
mobile was large touring car. with
all, the side curtains up, and was
travelling at high rate of speed.
AS the machine dashed across St.
Marys avenue, it struck the sled
bearing the boy, hurting both sled
and boy into the curbing with ter
rife force. s
Potter and Nelson picked the lad
up and carried him into the Stewart
hospital, from which he was later
moved to the Fenger hospital.
His head was badly crushed.
Police have the license, number of
the car and description of the
driver of the speeding car.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-28
Echoes Of Puritan
Days Resound When
Crowds Cry "Witch!''

New York, Dec. 27-Echoes Of
Puritan days resounded within the
walls of Washington Heights cour'
today when screams of witch, witch
she's WITCH" were hurled at Mrs.
Bessie Avorin. ....s
She appeared as a complainant
against Mrs. Sophie Stern, whom she
charged with having publicly de-
nounced her with untrue accusations,
but suddenly she turned defendant
when Mrs. Stern came to court with
her 2-year-old daughter who had
been cursed, she said, by Mrs. Av-
orin, and had lost the power of her
legs
'Up to couple of months ago.
said Mrs. Stern, while her sympa-
thizers booed Mrs. Avorin, ''my
baby was strong and healthy. Then
this woman went and cursed it.
Your honor. that woman is a witch.
Two hundred years ago she would
have been burned at the stake"
"The witch, the witch" yelled the
women spectators.
Bang, Bang went the magistrates
Then he dismissed The summons
against Mrs. Stern for lack of evil
dence,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-28
Mercury Takes
Sudden Slump
Omaha l Below at 7 A. M
5 Below at 81 Below,
at Noon.

A sudden and unexpected drop in
the temperature yesterday was
halted at 9 o'clock when the mer-
curry after steady fall for four
hours began to crawl up again.
At noon it was l below zero. AT
9 in the morning it was 5 below zero.
At 5 this morning it was / below
zero.
The return to bitter cold came as
a surprise after the mild weather
of Christmas day and Sunday. AT
5 yesterday morning when It was l
degree below zero, the mercury be-
gan to fall. From until 9 the mer-
curry dropped degree an hour.
At 10 it began to get warmer
when the mercury registered a be-
low zero. At II it was 3 below and
at II it was l below zero.
The forecast indicated fair weather
last night and Tuesday with rising
temperatures.
1t was l8 degrees below zero at
Valentine, Neb., at 7 yesterday
morning. 1t was 8 below at North
Platte, 20 below at Welliston, n. D.,
the coolest spot in the United
States yesterday; IS below at Bis
marck, N. D.; 10 above at Chicago;
s above at Kansas City; s below at
Sioux City; 2 below at Des Moines.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-28
IA Men Barely
. Escape'Death in
Heavy Blizzard
Two Omahans in Party Which
Braved Raging Snowstorm
To Reach Home in Time
For Christmas.

How IA travelling statesmen barely
escaped death by freezing and how
they battled two days for their lives
in blizzard in the western part OF
the state last week, so they could
reach their homes by Christmas eve
was told yesterday by w. E. Coffey
of Morris & Co., who is recovering
from his experience at his home al
1910 Charles street.
He and E. w. Lowe, 2752 Dodge
street, salesman for Cudahy & Co.,
and IL others were at Atwood, Kan,
last Monday when one of the wors:
Billiards in years visited THAT vi
cinity. The party had planned on
going to Trenton, Neb.. Monday, but
all trains were annulled.
They hired automombiles Tues
day and started for Trenton. The
snow at places was five feet deep
and a high wind blew it in clouds.
The leading automobile breaking
the way could not be seen by the
one following and as soon as a path
was broken it was filled by the drift
ing snow.
The man were forced to shovel
snow and keep on the alert to pre-
vent freezing. The, first day they
covered II miles and remained the
next night at ranch house. Eight
others, who were not in Coffey's
party continued to another farm
house where they remained all night.
The next day the journey by Cof-
fey's party was continued by wagon.
They made the distance to Trenton,
18 miles, in about 10 hours. The
men who had separated from Coffey
finally made their way into Trenton.
Most of the party had suffered frozen
faces and ears.
Coffey and Lowe arrived in Oma-
ha Friday morning. Coffey sus-
tained frozen ears and face during
his two-day journey through the
snow.